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704 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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COMMEKCIAL MORALITY—A HUDSON ERA. IN NEW...
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HOW TO DEAL. WITH NECESSAKY EVILS. The L...
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MOVEMENT TO "PRESERVE" SUNDAY IN SCOTLAN...
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THE SPITALFIELDS SILK TRADE. A meeting o...
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ONE OF THE GOVERNING CLASS. A Correspond...
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MB. URQUHAKT ON OMER PACHA. Mr. Ukquhart...
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COURT AND "FASHION." The Court is still ...
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OUR FEMALE TROOPS IN THE EAST. TiusitB i...
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704 The Leader. [Saturday,
704 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Commekcial Morality—A Hudson Era. In New...
COMMEKCIAL MORALITY—A HUDSON ERA . IN NEW YORK . The Times City article says : ~ " The commercial accounts from New York describe a partial recovery from the intense panic caused by the defalcations of Mr . Schuyler , but the stock-market was still in a state of great agitation , and the general distrust rendered it almost impossible to obtain advances on any description of security . Heavy additional failures are announced . The chief subject of discussion on all sides was as to the legal liability of the New Haven Company for the 400 , 000 Z . stock
over issued by Mr . Schuyler , it being evident that the directors intend to dispute it . Little doubt was entertained that , if the fact of the certificates having been signed by the proper officers can be established , the claim will be sustained , but the treasurer has already attempted to represent that his signature was necessary to their validity , and that this was never affixed . The probability seems to be that the bonds were sufficiently regular to involve the company , but that , under any circumstances , the holders , to escape the necessity of protracted litigation , will be induced to accept a compromise . "
The ISevr York correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says : — " The astounding stock frauds of the past week , extending , so far as known , to at least three millions of dollars , have not only shaken public confidence and credit to a degree unprecedented for many years , but they have produced deep and anxious inquiry as to the latent but rapidly growing causes of such deplorable evils , as w-ell as solemn , and it is to be hoped not unprofitable , reflections upon the alarming fashions and signs of the times , especially in this city of New York . Whither has flown tlte republican simplicity of bygone years , accompanied as it was by pure sincerity and simple truth ? Alas ! it is known no more
But , in its stead , we have extravagance , luxury , pride , pomp , and an aping of aristocracy . Nay , start not . Believe me when I say that aristocracy exists in a republic ( L mean social aristocracy ) , especially in the larger cities . Why , here in New York , as well as in other cities I could name , many merchants , brokers , and particularly contractors'and speculators , who reside in palaces decorated with the thickest and richest Tqrkey carpets , sofas , and chaises-longues , worth hundreds of dollars each—lakes of mirror in gorgeous frames adorning the walls- —chandeliers in . gold and crystal , with their thousand lights—paintings by the old masters , statuary , marble and -rosewood centre tables , brilliant with buhl and ormolu—bedsteads worth from one to two thousand dollars each—cellars stocked with the rarest old wines
—one or two carriages , and the entire family establishment conducted on a similar scale of splendour . And then , for the dresses of ladies ! No wonder such glorious houses as ' . those of Stuart and Co ., and Bo-wen , and M'Narnee flourish in New York . The public journals every now and then chronicle the gay doings of private parties and balls , where some of the dresses of the ladies cost more than a thousand dollars each . Now , all this is very well , whei-e tlie givers of sucli parties are really men of wealth , for , if they live within their incomes , tlieir lavish expenditure encourages many branches of industry , and spreads money and the means of support amongst the indnstrions classes . But , alas ! such is by no means the case , for , in many instances , the most dazzling livers are
citizens who mainly depend for their revenues on wild and chance speculations , bubble companies , and stock-gambling . Such an artificial condition of things and of society , such a hotbed of extravagance , while it produces intense and incrediblo rivalry among its puffed-up , vain , and deluded votaries , but too frequently leads to the commission of such gigantic frauds as the one or more that have recently discredited the stock transactions of New York . However great the loss and ruin that may arise from the New York and Newhaven , and the Haarlem swindles , and hovrover numerous the losers , still the results will , in the long run , be increased caution and a severer scrutiny into railroad and Other company affairs . Already people begin , to inquire how Mr . S ., Mr . P ., and Mr . O ., can possibly continue to live in a style of magnificence almost vying with regal splendour , when his real resources are not patent to the public , but
only inferential from supposed stock and bubble enterprises . Hereafter , it will bo more difficult to throw dust in the eyes of stockholders and directors ; it will no longer be easy to build up gorgeous structures of gilt gingerbread instead of gold to ( lazzlo j allure , and swindle the public—no longer possible to make imaginary fortunes look real , as if by the magic of Aladdin ' s lamp—no longer fcasiblo to got immensely into debt by artificial and deceptive means , and thus to live , at tho expense of creditors , in a style equally luxurious with that of JLucuIlus . M Mr . Robert Schuyler , tho Napoleon of the great' do' in Wall-street , is a prominent mombor of tho ' uppor ten ' fnppor ton thousand ) ns tho Now York moneyed aristocracy is vulgarly styled in contradistinction from tho oi polloi Tho utmost confidence was reposed in him , and in the railway world , ho was regarded aa a little prince . " Tho pulpits of New York have been busy in denouncing this state of things . It is a •< panic" —such aB followed our own " railway mania , "
How To Deal. With Necessaky Evils. The L...
HOW TO DEAL . WITH NECESSAKY EVILS . The Leader has done good work in tho press—in teaching'journalists that tho moat" delicate" subjects can 1 ) 0 so handled as not to oftend proper delicacy while doing public service . The Morning Chronicle travels , of late , boldly into tho field wo opened 3 and wo recommend to the attention of tho orthodox , who may suppose that we are revolutionists , tho following remarka of a conservative journal on tho question of prostitution : —¦ " Painful as are tho details lately rovoalod , wo miiat use them to bring out one aspect of tho question . It is un notual
fact that the white slave of this sort purchased at 81 . produces an annual return of one thousand pounds a-year . In the instance to which we have referred , the hire or the girl produced , in one week , 23 ? .: and if we estimate the outlay oa her clothing and board at the enormous amount of one-fourth , of her miserable earnings—i . e . at 2507 . a year—she produced , to her keeper , who never gave her a single farthing , at least a clear annual profit of 750 / . Ought we , or ought we not , to interfere _ with his traffic ? We say nothing wow of the crime of procuring and buying young girls . On this point the Bishop of Oxford ' s Act is a step in the right direction , for it makes such transactions penal ; but we have not attempted to deal with the relations between the brothel-keeper and his inmates . They can be dealt with , however . We find from Behrend , the great German authority on this subject , that this very matter of the tariff for lodging , board , and clothes , as between procurers and prostitutes , is accurately and
successfully provided for in the Berlin regulations . Such a case as that of Marmaysee's would be impossible in G « rmany . And let nobody turn in disgust from the consideration of these matters . Our affected prudery has borne no good fruits . In England , there are , after all—relatively to the population—more prostitutes than in France ; and our illegitimate births per thousand are , to those in France , as seventy-one to sixty-four . As to other social consequences of the present state of things , until we have mastered the great work of Parent-Duchatelefc , and studied the records of the Congres General d'Hygiene , which met some years ago at Brussels , we are not justified in forming , still less in expressing a judgment on one of the most important problems of the day . We will only remark that , in ages when there was . more real , though less affected , zeal for public morals than in our own , such , subjects received —as they do now in almost all countries except Englan tithe earnest and practical attention of the authorities both in Church and State . "
Movement To "Preserve" Sunday In Scotlan...
MOVEMENT TO " PRESERVE" SUNDAY IN SCOTLAND . The Glasgow Sentinel in an able article says : — " For the last month or two certain so-called ' religious ' and ' temperance' journals have been exulting over our Scottish Public-house Act . They have affected a great desire to make the people sober , and have ostensibly supported the measure on that ground 5 though we have averred that its chief recommendation in the quarters referred to was its Sabbatarian provisions . It is fortunate that the report of the Parliamentary committee comes early to expose these pretended champions of temperance . Already one of tho Glasgow supporters of the new Act has denounced the report —the Scottish Guardian , —and we expect daily to read , of others ; while so far none of the journals that took the side of the measure has offered a word of approval of the report , though in regard to the English public-houses it proceeds to a considerable extent in precisely the same direction ; this shows how far cant and hypocrisy , and not a real regard for sobriety , have been the actuating motives of the Forbes M'Kenzie partisans . Meanwhile we hope that Parliament will have the courage to take up the report of the committee and legislate in the spirit it directs , despite the noise and clamour that will be raised about' Sabbath desecration . ' In doing so it will be sustained by the real intelligence and independent spirit of the country , rapidly rising superior to the tyranny and intimidation of ecclesiastical coteries and cabals , and prepared to do its duty to tlie people whenever those in power earnestly desire to work out a necessary and important reform , and tho public interests require it . For ourselves , as far as Glasgow is concerned , we snail not rest satisfied until at least our public Museum and the Botanic Gardens are opened to the inhabitants on the afternoon of every Sunday . "
The Spitalfields Silk Trade. A Meeting O...
THE SPITALFIELDS SILK TRADE . A meeting of the operative silk weavers in the velvet branch was hold on Friday week , to hear the report of the committee appointed to presont the uniform list of prioqa to the manufacturers . Tho report was that all tho manufacturers , with the exception of three , had agreed to " confer" with the workmen as to the list proposed . A speaker at tho meeting recommended that the workmen should leave tho employment of the manufacturers who refused to " confer ; " but the idon , though cheered , was not carried out . Mr . Archer , " a young master " present , gave it as his opinion , that tho masters could afford a better price than they gave . Mr . Walsingham , an operative , spoke at considerable length , confirming tho statements of his colleagues . " Tho committee had waited upon Mr . Edmunds , of Steward-street , who was about to commonco in the velvet branch ; and suoh was tho favourablo impression they miulo on that gentleman ' s mind , that ho told them that when tho Hat w « b adopted , ho would conform to it , but , should ho commonco boiore it wna adopted , ho would consult the committeo respecting liia prices . ( Groat cheering . ) 'tho coinmitteo hud waited on ( mother mannfticturcr in opitul-square , who would not allow his namo to bo mentioned , but tho gentleman lived next door to tho firm of Stone nnd Kemp . ( ShoutM of laughtor . ) Ho had promised not to niuntion lua numo . ( Continued lnughtcr . ) Thnt gontlomiiu said lie alvmyu dcnlt fairly by his hands , and ho liked u bold man , who would Hpeak liin mind at tho scale , as that wn » the [> ropor place to do bo ; but whon ho found u . man dincontuiitod 10 discharged him . ( Itoura of laughter , and a Voico : * What countryman ia ho ? ' ) Tho committee could not prevail upon tho gentleman to wiy whether ho would ultoiul tho moeUnn or not . " ( Laughter . )
One Of The Governing Class. A Correspond...
ONE OF THE GOVERNING CLASS . A Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser , is enumerating the " good things" enjoyed by various prominent lordly men , and their connexions . He speaks thus of Lord Stanley of Alderley—an astute statesman , who has always been "in" but never " forward" in calling attention to his innings : — " Now for a summary of -what the public has done for thL-3 gentleman ( he alone can say what he has done for the public ) : —One bishopric ( for his uncle ) for 12 years at 5000 J . a year ( besides patronage ) , is 60 , 000 / . ; two baronies , Stanley and hddisbury ; Home-office , six months , 1 OO 0 J . ; Treasury , six years and a quarter , 12 , 500 / . ; Paymaster ' soffice , one quarter 5001 . ; Foreign-office , five years and a half , ll , O 0 O £ ; Board of Trade up the present time , about 25002 ., making a total of 87 , 500 ^ ., exclusive of patronage to an enormous extent , and appointments of his connexions , especially that of his son , a mere lad , who has been placed over the lieads of many older and more meritorious men in his profession ( the diplomatic service ) as a further guarantee and a future assurance to John Bull that the family of Stanley of Alderley shall not be forgotten . This is the way the Government is carried on . " The writer ( he signs A Tax Payer ) seems io think that he has made a discovery as to our political system !
Mb. Urquhakt On Omer Pacha. Mr. Ukquhart...
MB . URQUHAKT ON OMER PACHA . Mr . Ukquhart , in one of his interesting , but not important , letters to one of the evening journals whom lie inspires , says ;—" I know no name which it would be more prudent to keep in reserve at present than that of Orner Pacha . 1 have no respect for renegades or for Franks . Omer Pacha is both . He is an Austrian by birth , a Frank . by education , and a renegade by choice .. In the Turkish army , from the period of his entrance into it down to the commencement of the last autumn , his conduct has been distinguished , and , I may even say , pre-eminent . By offering hid resignation in the first period of the Montenegrin affair , he seemed to have established his sincerity ; but when he lent himself to crossing the Danube at Kalafat , and not crossing it from Matchin , he placed himself in a position whollv novel , and which I will , not venture to characterise , leaving it for history to determine whether he Svas no soldier or no patriot . This monstrous case does not stand alone . Silistria , you say , was endangered . Well , if it was so , how did Omer Pacha sit quietly at Shumla , with , 88 , 000 disposable men under Us immediate orders , during the two months of that siege ? and hoiv did he proceed thither only on the morning lie received the courier announcing the departure of the Russians ? " > Yet , knowing that Omer Pacha was generalissimo-, Mr . Urquhart prayed Parliament not to let French or English go to the assistance of the Sultan !
Court And "Fashion." The Court Is Still ...
COURT AND " FASHION . " The Court is still at Osborne . Her Majesty and the Prince take yacht-voyages in the Solent . The fashion of the week has been down at Goodwood . A " sporting reporter , " dating Tuesday , says ;— ' " Tlie magnificent meeting at Goodwood was inaugurated to-day under the most favourable auspices . The attendance of aristocratic and other visitors certainly showed no diminution from that of former years , although the absence of several distinguished persons was noted . 4 'An attack of the gout , we regret to state , confined tho Duke of Richmond to the house during the early part of tho afternoon , but just before the race for the Stewards ' Cup ho arrived on the course in a pony-chaise . The principal members of his family « assisted , ' as usual , at tho meeting . " Tho yellow jacket and crimson cap—tho colours of tho noblo proprietor of Goodwood-park—were not displayed during tho day , and tlieir total disappearance from the tuif was the only cause of regret which tho spectators cxperiencftd "
Our Female Troops In The East. Tiusitb I...
OUR FEMALE TROOPS IN THE EAST . TiusitB is a lady-camp at Therapia : the wives of the officers , French and English , who have " moved on . " A correspondent says : — " Madame Yousouf . ld'Allonville , Dundas , Chnbnnnes . and sevoral others reside in tho village , as also Madnnm < lc St . Anmiid , who , by the way , shines nbovo tho rost , as uu old soldier and able tactitiiui , and more especiall y as regards siego operations , having ensconced herself ami suite in tho Imperial Kiosk , and curried u position , as far aa I am atvure , hitherto impregnable to friend or foe . " Another , writing to the Daily News , says that tho Turks cannot understand this camp ! " For thus runs tho Turkish adage ;—• Woman ' s h « : » rt is soft , her hair long , nn < l intellects Bliort . ' There Li still , nil ndinit , one splendid exception to tho rule—tho young und charming Oountcsn of J 1 Y 10 II , who at every station , it npii « ars , h « a been an object of universal attraction . Here » hu whs encamped at lluydor Paaha , within an enclosure of tho Hnsta-niind * , and many a lingerer had at times a reverential poop us Una pjontlo spirit tripped across tho award , with all tho world before hor . ua if homo , country , friends , Hiiduflfcctiona were nil centred . 011 thnt spot . ' May Providence yuido her uninjured along . ' She is now , report a « yo , with Iht own rides , foremost in tho flold . " The wives of tho soldiers—and tho female camp followers gonorally—are very differently treated . Tho Government gave them a passage ouL—and there leaves them ; und , wanting allowances , accommodation , and food , they are Buffering severely in tho strange land .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 29, 1854, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29071854/page/8/
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