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824 THE LEADER. [Satttrday,
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New lines of omnibuses between Camden-to...
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The Irish are making decent and judiciou...
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A good sample of African cotton has been...
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Since 1840 tho amount of letters posted ...
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Lola Montes has married an editor in Cal...
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. It is imp...
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ir SATUBDAY, AUGUST 27,1853.
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There is nothing so revolutionary, becau...
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RATIONALE OF STRIKES. Several of our con...
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Another Old Soldier Is Gone: Lord Saltou...
of nations , and of Justice , ( Freedom , and Humanity all over the world . " And the people of Derby , who spurned " W . B ., " and despised " horse-nails , " propose to give a dinner to Lord Palmerston * as a man they deli g ht to honour . Mr . John Sadleir , the Catholic Lord of the Treasury , is a person of city eminence , being chairman of the London and County Bank , and in many ways a prosperous gentleman .- CJrand candlesticks , worth 600 ? ., have been given to him by the ^ shareholders of the bank , as a mark of their esteem . He deserves the gift : for lately when a provident fund for the officers was being arranged , he gave four thousand pounds towards it . Lord John Russell is staying at Eoseneath House , on the banks of the Gareloch . His wife and children , are with him . Sidney Herbert and his wife , who seem to have " an unwearied spirit in doing courtesies , " gave a feast to the school children of Wilton on Saturday . There ^ were music , flowers , and a pleasant countiy-dance , in which the givers of the feast cordially joined . With his " foot on his native heath , " Mr . John M'Gregbr , M . Pi for Glasgow , waxed eloquent on Monday in giving an account of what he ( and others ) had done in Parliament . He boasted that no Scotch members had been unseated for bribery or corruption , while 127 English members had been petitioned against .
824 The Leader. [Satttrday,
824 THE LEADER . [ Satttrday ,
New Lines Of Omnibuses Between Camden-To...
New lines of omnibuses between Camden-town , and the West-end , and City , are to be started : the increased traffic between the places requiring more conveyances than at present . The enormous value of building ground in the City is shown by the rent of 1300 Z . a year given lately for a piece of ground containing but 400 square yards . This letting , if calculated at its freehold value , at the present price of consols , would represent the extraordinary sum of rather more than 520 , 000 ? . per acre . A servant-girl died of Asiatic cholera in Princes-square , on Sunday , after a brief illness . There is no drainage to the house ; there is a cesspool in the yard , which contains
all the filthy water , & c , from the house , and it lies m pools in the front of the house all day long . The whole of the residents complain of the bad drainage in the houses of the square , and many are ill . The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have been compelled to pay 73001 . to the widows and orphans of the persons they caused to be killed on the 4 th of March last . The family of Constantine Carati , a Greek merchant who resided at Glasgow , obtained 3000 ? ., divided equally , one quarter to the widow ; and the rest to three children . Another family obtained 2000 Z ,, and the other families obtained the remainder in smaller sums . The Company have since stated on their tickets that they are not
answerable for accidents . _ A magnificent mansion between St . John a-wood and Highgate is to be purchased by Prince Albert , and converted into a " nursery" for the royal children .
The Irish Are Making Decent And Judiciou...
The Irish are making decent and judicious preparations to receive the Queen . Illuminations of private houses are to be dispensed with , but the public buildings and large shops are to be lighted . The Exhibition proceeds in popularity . A new valuation of Irish property is to be made , under the superintendence of Dr . Griffiths , the Chief Commissioner of Valuation . This will form the basis of all future taxation .
A Good Sample Of African Cotton Has Been...
A good sample of African cotton has been shown in Manchester . It was grown near Abbeokuta , on tho Gold Coast . Daguerrootypes in future arc to be passed free of duty . Four hundred thousand head of cattle aro imported into Liverpool every year . The Himalaya , recently launched for the service of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , is equal in tonnage to tho Duke of Wellington , and sixty feet longer than that immense war Bteamer .
Since 1840 Tho Amount Of Letters Posted ...
Since 1840 tho amount of letters posted has increased by 156 000 in the day : and even since last December the increase lias been 33 , 000 per day . In 1841 tho money orders of tho Post-oflico amounted but to 960 , 0002 . ; whilo in 1852 they swelled to no less than 9 , 400 , 000 Z , !! Tho value of our manufactures exported to Australia was , in 1850 , 2 , 602 , 2527-. ; and in 1852 , 4 , 222 , 250 ? .
Lola Montes Has Married An Editor In Cal...
Lola Montes has married an editor in California . Mrs . Graham and Mr . Kennedy attempted to get up in a balloon at Dublin , but failed on account of tho balloon not being made strong enough to carry two . Tho lady , a practised aeronaut , was hurt by being knocked about among roofs , tilos , and chimney-pots . At Bristol throo children wore bitten by a rat , which rushed into their bed , bit them on tho nose and arms , and loft thorn besmeared with blood . Tho next evening tho father killed tho rat . It was an iramonso animal of tho Norway breed—a species of rat which found its way into Encland about sixty years since , and which has now nearly exterminated tho ancient black rat of England . a r ^ A ^ n o-nntloman , staying with his wifo at Yontnor ,
¦ went out in a boat with two fishormon , and was aeon no more On tho next morning tho boat wan found washed ftBhoro . None oftho bodies Uvo boon found . Tho discipline and management ol tho Borough Gaol nt Birmingham , lately noted for tho alleged eru % ot tho Governor towards tho prisoner , w to bo investigated by Government Commissioners . . Tho Exctor and South Dovon Biflo Corps in making proKrcsB in diKciplino and pructico . It ih the only one ; in England of tho kind as yofc aanctianod by royal authority . An India plant as good as guttu porcha has boon found . Its milky juico whon dried bocomoH tough and hard . ' 1 ho chemical tuata correspond exactly with the OHtaWiHhod results of gutta-porcha . It becomes plastic in hot water , and has been moulded into cups and vessels . It will unite with tho truo gutta porcha . It also producer « u excellent
Railway excavators are now being drafted , en masse , to Australia . Three hundred and seventy labourers , with their wives and families , left S outhampton on Monday m the Jlerefordsirire . They are intended for the service ^ the Sydney Railway Company , to whom they are under agreement to work for two years at 5 s . per day . Cremorne is to see a sight of rare splendour on Tuesday . A grand day and night gala is to surprise the usual visitors and the new folk tempted by the notification that it is the benefit of Mr . Simpson , who for bis good works ( in fire and otherwise ) is much liked .
, fibre useful in the place of hemp and flax . B is called the M uddur plant of India ( Aaclepia ' ff g ^^ -l , Rflrfl The latest report of Pans fashions says— " Bonnets are very small , and are more worn about the neck than on tne e Over one hundred thousand pounds has been subscribed to the Wellington College Testimonial .. / . .. The Post Office is an exceptional institution of the age : it retrogades . One of its latest faults has been an ingenious arrangement by which the London morning newspapers will not leave town for Glasgow until the evening newspapers are printed . A pleasing fact is the holiday made for the Ragged School children of Spitalfields by Mr . Giirney , at Upton Park . He feasted 600 of the little fellows , who rejoiced exceedingly at the day ' s excursion .
In the -New York Crystal Palace the articles of art and industry from Lombardy were placed in the compartment inscribed " Austria , " This , though politicall y correct , gave offence to American feeling , and the proper inscription of " Lombardy" was therefore substituted . The mines in Ca lifornia continue to yield richly , and new diggings of great value have been discovered . The trade of San Francesco is rapidly extending . The town of Ophir , in California , has passed through the usual fiery ordeal of Californian cities . It has been destroyed by fire—for the first time . Australian magnificence is almost monotonous . It is great in wool and gold , men and ships . The commerce of New South Wales is rapidly increasing . During the first three months and twelve days of this year , the shipments
were , of gold , 325 , 464 ounces , worth about 1 , 300 , 000 / . ; of wool , 27 , 708 bales ; and of tallow , 3697 casks . With regard to the arrangements for cotton-growing , it is mentioned that the accounts from the Moreton-bay district , where an experiment was going on upon a rather extensive scale , continued to give promise of an excellent crop . A statement of the shipping entered , and the movements of the population during the same period , shows the arrivals of ocean vessels at Port Jackson to have been 108 , and the number of passengers 3935 , of whom 2359 had subsequently sailed for other places . Sir Charles Fitzroy ' s address to the Legislative Council takes a cheerful view of the general prospects of the colony : it notifies the concessions by the home Government .
An English Mormonite has written home to his friends in Norfolk an account of his progress to the New Jerusalem . He , with a wife and young family , seems to have been half-starved on the passage ; and turned off ashore , when his means were exhausted . He describes irreligion and licentiousness as wofully prevalent ; and is especially aggrieved at the sudden prosperity of one S—— , apparently the leader of the Norfolk detachment . " All things aro open to our eyes now . Brigham Young have no authority in this place ; ho is no moro than I am , call'd and ordained by God . He toket ( took it ) because ho was tho Bigest man . I believe it was wonce tho true charch , but ifc split up and Postido ( apostatized ) . " Happily , ho managed to get a small farm in a neighbouring county ; where , revelling in prosperity , and surrounded with old neighbours , he can "hardly know but what ho is in Bucknham . "
Niagara Falls , " as a lost wonder , " looms in tho future . Professor Silliman prophesies their downfall . But ho discredits tho opinion advanced by some , that the gradual wearing away of tho rocks of Niagara Falls may possibly result in draining Lake Erie . In a recent lecture ho remarked : — " They will not halt at their present station , but retreat slowly and surely about two miles furthor , when they will stop again for an unknown period , and probably for over , since at this place tho hard limestone will form both base and top of tho falls , and thus stop tho destruction
of tho rock . Somo have thought that thoy would finally reach Lake Erie , and that then the lake would bo completely drained . Such an event is impossible . At tho point already mentioned tho torrent will gradually wear away tho surfaco of tho limestone , forming a rapid , and thenceforth Niagara will bo ono of the lost wondors of tho world . " Bull-lights aro spreading from Spain ( " an advanced part of Africa" ) to Belgium and Franco . In Brussels somo accidents occurred . At Beaucniso , ono man had his thigh torn by tho horn of tho boast , and another was tossed into tho air .
Tho oldest republic in Eiiropo is tho republic of Andorro in Bpnin . Yot a bishop has mado an aggression upon it : claiming to bo its sovereign princo in virtuo of somo old right divino . Tho prolato was accompanied by a military dotachmont , and by a great numbor of poraons on horseback . Tho firing of musquotry took place as ho proceeded . Ho was received at tho limits of ^ ho valloy by all tho a ' uthoritioH , and a numbor of persona armod with inuskote and pistols , placed on an eminence , fired a salute . When oilonco was restored ,, tho chiof magistrate addressed him , and said that though thoy recognised him as their sovereign princo , ifc
was noconmiry that before entering ho should tako an oath to roapoot ; thoir privileges and defend thoir neutrality , Thin tho bishop did , whereupon tho Syndic and all tho lniigistnitou kissed his episcopal ring . Enthusiastic cries of " Long Hvo tho Princo of Andorro" worn then , raised . Moro diHohargoH ol ' muHquutry took placo , and a " To Doum " was chanted m tho churoh . Tho prolato thon took formal possession of tho territory , and a doctl notifying that act was drawn up . A grand banquet followed , and somo pieces of money wore paid to him as tribute , but after receiving them he guvo thorn to tho poor .
To Readers And Correspondents. It Is Imp...
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the masB of letters wo reno * Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matt and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite imf ' pendent of the merits of the communication . e > No notice can be taken of anonymous communications Wfc ever is intended for insertion must be authenticated bvt ) name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for uubl tion , but Jis a guarantee of his good faith . Ca " We cannot undertake to return rejected communications All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 7 , WelhW « street , Strand , London . "fason-Communications should always be legibly written , and on ona side of the paper only . If long , ifc increases the difficult ? of finding space Tor them . 3 OI
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...
There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Abnok * .
Rationale Of Strikes. Several Of Our Con...
RATIONALE OF STRIKES . Several of our contemporaries hare been writing lately against strikes , and we see that Mr . William * Crawshay , the great . iron-master , has also entered the field on the same side . But it appears to us that this discussion is a species of beating the air , in which the writers do not come to the point . They talk of strikes , as if a strike were a definite thing , bad in itselfj and having always the same kind of consequences . If they were to argue against disputes between masters and men , they would speak , not less , but more to the purpose . What is a strike ? It is the withdrawal of men from a bargain disadvantageous to them . To speak exactly , it is not proper to consider the labour employed by a particular house of business as separated into the individuals composing it . As a matter of political ceconomy , it should be considered in mass , as the employers are consideredjn mass . There is a firm on one side , the labour on the other . The firm comes to a combined judgment on its own interests , the partners all acting together . It would be false reasonas well as false justice , to withhold from
, the men the same right to act on the view of their common interests ; especially as the interest of each man can only be fully attained when all go together . The masters exercise the right of combining ; the iron-masters most especially and systematically have their quarterly meeting to regulate the price of iron , which they withhold from the customer at pleasure . The same right justly belongs to the men , although at present it is restricted by one-sided law . afford to
If the masters find that they cannot pay a certain amount of wages , they would effect a lower amount ; and if the men insisted upon a higher amount than the masters could really pay , the masters would ceaso to employ tho men . A corresponding right belongs to the labourers : u they want higher wages than the masters will give them , they have a right to withdraw from . the employment , collectively as well as individually . It is always to bo regretted whon disputes occur between masters and men ; it i & t 0
bo regretted if ono side obstinately refuses a reconciliation on reasonable grounds , and men aro to blame who strike without sufficient cause . Jjut if tho masters rofuso to go on according to tho terms proposed by tho men , thoir refusal is nothing moro nor leas than a ' strike" of tho mastors j and if thoir rofusal is unreasonable , they aro as much to blamo as tho men . In ? } XG " flpocts , indeed , they aro more to blamo , since thoy / itiion
ought to have better information . But v going into niceties , let us be content for tho moment with observing ,, that a refusal to work lfl »» much a strike on one side ne on tho other ; « - ^ that when refusal is made to back unrcuHonaWc terms , it is na eulpablo on tho one side na ll other . It followH , from this view , that thoro can be strikes which are quite justifiable and struct * which aro unjustifiable , but that tho want <» reason is not shown in the strike itself , any nio
on ono side" than tho other . . An instance occurred lately , in which a m «™ facturer produced his accounts to his wen , w »
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1853, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27081853/page/8/
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