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Jan. 25, 1851.] «»> ¦* " «»»** 93
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PROPOSED PRIZE ESSAYS. Jan. 10,1851. Siu...
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THE "MORNING POST" AND ITS COMPOSITORS. ...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From ...
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. Fhid...
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AVKRAtlK lMtlUK OF HIKiAR. Tho uvurage p...
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Chartist Leaders. 4, Navarino-Frrove, Du...
«« The reputation of the Chartist party in thi « country has sunk so low that few men believe it capable of elevation or care to attempt it . One would suppose that no men of reputation or political knowledge have existed among the working classes for the last twelve years . Yet there lias been iio lack of them ; but they have betrayed their order . Itjs a harsh word to write , but treason is the appropriate description of the course they have chosen for themselves . They who desert a cause are as criminal as they who betray , & c . & o .
I care not foi the harsh terms employed in this sweeping cenauie on the intelligent men of the workin * classes , providetthe writer had clearly attached it to those who , from unworthy motives , had abandoned their faith in Democratic principle . But it is quite possible I apprehend to have firm trust in those principles , and yet at the same time to feel a strong conviction that the relation of the Chartist party , or rather " of the met . who assume to be the leaders of that party , " is indepd sunk so wretchedly low as to be incapable of elevation . I have scarcely the vanity to suppose Mr . Holyoike had my name among others xn his mind when writing this sentence ; but being one who , in times past , felt proud in aiding with my humble efforts movements toward the attainment of the ole ' s Charter , I feel bound to tell Mr . Holyoake he
pep commits a gross wrong if he brands as traitors to the cause of human fre « dom , men who prefer standing aside for the present rather than associate with the imbecile set who Ijave dragged Chartism into the mire , and who are as incapable of leading the people as they are unwortbjy of being accepted by the people for their leaders , if do not blame Mr . Holyoake for taking a different course : he is a brave man and fearlessly places himseif ( to the amazement of some of his friends ) alongside of the member for Nottingham and the enthusiastic barrister who intends to wave the green flag over Buckingham Palace . It may be he is taking a judicious course ; *'* a little leaven may perchance leaven the lump . " God grant it may ; but let him have a Little mercy on weaker brethren . I for one will never shrink from declaring my honest
conviction that democratic institutions are necessary for the salvation of this country . My faith in the ultimate success of the people is as strong as ever ; but that success will not be accelerated by the help of such men as we find composing the chiefs of the movement . The appearance of some of these on the platform is quite sufficient to drive the writer of this letter out of any Chartist meeting . Hoping these hasty lines will in some measure modify Mr . Holyoake ' s opinion , that all Chartists are traitors who withdraw from open agitation , and convince him that there are other causes which operate to prevent some of us taking the course he thinks fit to pursue . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , William Addis cott .
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Proposed Prize Essays. Jan. 10,1851. Siu...
PROPOSED PRIZE ESSAYS . Jan . 10 , 1851 . Siu , —In a letter which you kindly permitted to appear in your " Open Council" of the 28 th of September , a proposal was made by me for a Prize Essay upon the 18 th verse of the 2 nd chapter of the First Epistle General of John , to be published in continuation of the Latter-Day Pamphlets , at the expiration of the year 1850 , as a Last-Day Pamphlet , and to be followed by a series of Tracts for the Millennium . My object in now addressing you is to furnish subjects for the other essays , and to request that you will award the enclosed Five Pounds to the
author of the best essay upon the subject which stands first in the list . The competitive essays upon this subject to be sent to you not later than the middle of the ensuing month . And , immediately the successful essay is published , another prize will be forwarded by me for the successful essay upon the next subject for the next month . And so throughout the list , as each prizo essay is published , a similar amount shall bo remitted to you as a prize for the next subject in rotation , until the list becomes
finished . The competitive essays upon each subject to be Hcnt to C . C , No . 8 , King William-street , West Strand , not later than the last day of the months to which they fall in succession , and the most meritorious writings to be published an soon after as convenient . Regretting to hear of the severe illness from which you have recently recovered , and which luw so unfortunately delayed the publication of tho former prize esway , I remain , dear Sir , yours truly , A CONHTANT RliADKK .
List of Subjects for the Prize . Essays to be called Tracts for the Millennium . Kix Knsiaya upon the following personal or individual unties , the practice of which in Religion : — ^ Prayer , being the worship of One True Uod . "• Innocence , being Abstinence from Vice . •» tieli-exuminaLion , being tin Approval or Condemnation by Conscience . 4 . Repentance , being the Remission of HinH . <>• Atonement , being the Reparation of Offences . «> - Regeneration , being u Necond Uirth , or Innocence Regained . Six 1 £ ksuvh upon the following social or relative duties , tue performance of which is Morality : — i- lo generato , rear , and establish a family .
8 . To acquire and communicate knowledge . 9 . To promote virtue and to prevent vice . 10 . To amend , improve , and reform the laws . 11 . To eradicate slavery and to foster equality . 12 . To prevent , arrest , or suppress all warfare , and tc encourage social and international cooperation .
The "Morning Post" And Its Compositors. ...
THE " MORNING POST" AND ITS COMPOSITORS . Jan . 23 , 1851 . SrjR , —A , communication appears in your Journal of last Saturday containing insinuation * and assertions derogatory to the conduct and character of the compositors of the Morning Post . Of itself that communication would have been deemed unworthy of a reply ; but as you , in your editorial capacity , interfered m the matter , reiterating the language and supporting the position of your correspondent , it would be as well that the facts of the case should now be laid before the public . Let me ask , in the
first place , where did your correspondent receive the information that the compositors of the Post were working extra hours at low wages ? This letter appears in your columns , and is brought before the public eye before one week ' s work is brought to a close , and previous to one farthing being paid for labour done ! How is he justified , then , in bringing forward such accusations when at the time he penned his letter , and at the time it was printed and issued to the public not one of the compositors stigmatized had received any remuneration , fair or unfair , for the labour of the week I This fact of itself shows that your correspondent
had little regard to the veracity or candour of his statements . However , for his information , if not for his consolation , it may be stated , that the compositors of the Post are paid according to the London scale of prices , as framed by the Typographical Union . Not a single extra hour ' s work is done without receiving its equivalent as laid down in that scale . Even supposing that any one of the late compositors of the Post had been engaged on that paper during last week , he could not in justice to his employers , the profession , or himself , have charged one sixpence more of wages than was received by the present compositors . The cause ( if any ) of complaint
must , therefore , lie in another direction . Perhaps your correspondent sees something grievously wrong in Scotch compositors being introduced at all into a London daily newspaper office . No one will deny the right of an employer , when dissatisfied with a workman , to dismiss him from his employ and place another in his situation ; and if an employer finds reason to be dissatisfied with a body of workmen , he is certainly justified in adopting similar steps . Now , it was no fault whatever of the present compositors of the Post that the late hands were dismissed from their situations . They did not offer their services at a reduced rate of wages , or to work more hours , nor did they agree to any terms at all encroaching on the
rights of the profession . Again , your correspondent seems to labour under the very erroneous idea that , because the present Post hands agreed to work at a stated weekly wage ( a wage in accordance with the rules of the London society ) , that they also agreed to labour any number of hours that might be required . Such an idea is destitute of the shadow of a foundation . A certain number of hours' work is done ; but every hour over and above is paid strictly according to the standard already mentioned . Some difference , however , does exist in this respect between the daily press and all other systems of working in Britain , which may partly have occasioned the vituperative communication of your correspondent .
Little benefit , however , would accrue from discussing the merits of these points ; nnd no doubt your correspondent will find it the better course of policy to keep such matters as far as possible from the eye of scrutiny and investigation . If he should again como before the public , through the medium of your columns , let him be honest enough to deul alone with fuctH . xmd he will find that bis weupons are pointless , and his grounds of discussion very circumscribed . Hoping you will have the kindneps to give insertion to tho above , We remain , Sir , your obedient servants , Tun Post" Chaimol .
[ We have inserted this letter upon the principle of fair play ; and we have no doubt our correspondent will reply . —Ed . ]
Health Of London During The Week. (From ...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Regiatrar-CJeneral ' B Report . ) , The number of deaths registered last week in London amounts to 1037 ; while in the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1841-60 it varied from 9 ( 50 in 1843 , to 1401 in 1848 , and the average wu » 1149 . This average , if it , bo augmented in the ratio of previous encrease of population ( 1 . 66 iier cent , per annum ) up to the premnt . time , becomes 1253 , compared with which the prcHent return exhibits a great decrease ; but it . will he borne in mind that violent epiueinicB , which multiplied , the deaths of the period , from which the uverage in drawn , have ulao left a less population to yield a smaller contribution of mortality , if * -ho two roturna of the lust fortnight be compured , it appearH that , whilst they almost coincide na regard *) the total number of deatho , they differ in the
proportions in which prevailing diseases have proved fatal . Smallpox was fatal last week to 21 person * , of whom five were adults . With regard to three of the children who died , and two men , aged respectively 19 and 39 years , it is mentioned that they had been previously vaccinated . The Registrar of Mile-end Olatown Lower was informed by the father of a family that two of his children had been suffering from smallpox ; that one , aged three years , who had been vaccinated at the age of three months , apparently with effect , died , and another , who had not been vaccinated , was in the way of recovery . A house in Whitechapel is also mentioned where three children were suffering from the disease , who had all been vaccinated . The disorder seems to be rife in this neighbourhood , and one of the medical men states that he has now 29 cases under his care . The Registrar of Christchurch , Marylebone , reports that " between the beginning of November , when smallpox suddenly became prevalent in his district , and the end of the year , 27 persons died of the disease , and in only two of these cases had vaccination been performed . " But in order to settle the respective rates of mortality among the protected and the unprotected , it is obviously necessary to ascertain the number in each class living in any district . In the returns of last week seven localities are complained of as damp from want of drainage or lowness of situation , or otherwise unwholesome . The births of 815 boys and 784 girls , in all 1599 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1395 . Ten Weeks Week of 1841-50 . of 1851 . Zymotic Diseases .. .. .. 2290 .... 196 Dropsy , Cancer , and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat .. .. .. 557 « ... 36 Tubercular Diseases .. .. .. .. 1831 .... 172 Diseases of the Brain , 8 pinal Marrow , Nerves , and Senses .. . .. .. 1234 .... 137 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 365 .... 43 Diseases of the Lung's and of the other Organs of Respiration 2549 .... 202 Diseases of the Stomach , Liver , and other Organs of Digestion .. .. .. 629 .... 66 Diseases of the Kidneys , & c 100 .... 18 Childbirth , diseases of the Uterus , & c . .. 115 .... 7 Rheumatism , diseases of the Bones , Joints , & c 63 8 Diseases of the Skin , Cellular Tissue , & c . .. 13 .... 1 Malformations .. .. .. .. .. 23 .... 1 Premature Brrth and Debility .. .. 253 .... 27 Atrophy - .. .. 151 15 Ao-e . 638 46 Sudden ] 09 .... 4 Violence , Privation , Cold , and Intemperance 247 .... 23 Total ( including-unspecified causes ) .. 11485 1037
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Money Market And City Intelligence. Fhid...
MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Fhiday . The market for English Funds opened dull on Monday , with a decline in prices . A fresh Ministerial crisis in Paris , with the doubts pertaining to the final course of events in connection therewith , inclined the speculators to sell . On Tuesday the depression still continued . The non-arrival of the French mail also gave the opportunity for the circulation of unfavourable rumours , although by telegraph the prices of stocks from Paris came higher . The presence of the Government broker as a purchaser was counteracted by sales to the extent of about £ 200 , 000 for a Scotch bank , and by some large speculative operations . Consols were at one time as low as 9 ( 5 , but they afterwards rallied , and elbsed at 96 & to 96 ] . The market was firmer on Wednesday , and prices advanced 4 upon the previous day ' s quotations . Yesterday the improvement was maintained and Consols closed at 9 Gjj to 96 \ J . This morning the market opened firm , the news from France being considered favourable .
The range of prices during the week has been , Consols , 9 G to 96 | "» Bank Stock , 213 £ to 215 ; Three and-a-Quaiter per Cents , 988 to 98- |; Exchequer Bills , 673 s . to 59 s . prcm . The foreign market has been heavy during the week . The transactions in tho official list , yesterday , compiizcd : —Brazilian , at 904 ; Chilian , 104 J ; Danish Five per Cents ., 102 ; Ecuador , 34 ; Grenada Deferred , 33 $ ; Peruvian , for account . 78 . J , 774 , 78 , 77 £ , and 78 ; the Deferred , 334 , 32 $ , and 334 ; Russian Four-and-a-IInlf per Cents ., 9 C > i and 4 ; Spanish Five per Cents ., for account , 17 J nna i 5 Spanish Three per Cents ., 38 ; Belgian Four-and-a-llalf per Cents ., 92 , Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents ., 57 i , 68 , 67 J , and 68 ; and the Four per Cent . Certificates , 1 ) 14 and 91 . Makk-lane , Friday , Jan . 24 .
The supplies of berth English and Foreign Wheat since Monday were moderate , and of French Flour much smaller than they have been of late . At the country marketn held during the week the trade lias assumed a ( inner tone , in which our market has not . participated , except for flouting cargoes of Polish and Odessa VVheat , which are now held for 34 s . to 35 s . ; being an advance of 1 h . ( id . to 2 h . ( id ., per quarter from the lowest point . The fluent qualities of Malting Barley Bell readily at former rutcH , while other description *! continue very unsaleable . With moderate supplies of () . » U » the trade is very inanimate . Arrivals from Jan . 20 to Jan . ' 21 : — KngliHh . Irinh . Foreign . Flour . Wheat .. .. 2010 - ft >/> 0 . 'i / WO IWley .. .. ( i 960 - - II 10 OiitH : « M 0 1201 8430 - -
Avkratlk Lmtluk Of Hikiar. Tho Uvurage P...
AVKRAtlK lMtlUK OF HIKiAR . Tho uvurage price of IJrown or Mimcovatlo Hw ( fiir , computed mm tlu > r « tuin « inn « J «; in tho wook uncling Ilio 7 th day of January , JHftl , is HIM . 4 ^ 1 . per owt .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 25, 1851, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25011851/page/21/
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