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fortune , I would go round the country and buy up all the seed ; not at what the farmers would ask for it , for they did not Jcnoto the value of it , but on whatever terms I proposed myself . " This statement was made at the annual gathering of the Royal Irish Flax Improve ment Society , and the report of the committee . strangely confirms Lord Downshire ' s story , since it appears that out of 138 , 611 acres of flax grown last year in Ireland > the seed of at least 100 , 000 acres was totally lost , because Us value was not known . Now , an acre of indifferent flax will yield two quarters of linseed , and half a ton of bolls , " equal to hay /' The loss , therefore , to green Erin , last year , in these two representatives of beef and nautton , was as follows : — 200 , 000 quarters of linseed , at 50 * . is £ 500 , 000 50 , 000 tons bolls , at 60 * . is . 150 , 000 £ 650 , 000 In other words , the holders of 650 , 000 acres at 11 . per acre , were last year ejected from their farms for non-payment of rent , because the " Royal Society for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland / ' had not taken the pains to impress upon the minds of t he peasantry that beef and mutton were as valuable as linen and cambric . It is asserted that it is owing to the exertions of this society that the breadth of land under flax has increased from 53 , 863 acres in 1848 , to 138 , 611 acres in 1851 . Agriculturists have been appointed to " instruct" the people , and the first evidence of their instruction is , that over half a million of money has been wastedenough for the support , through the winter , of over 200 , 000 souls and bodies ! Is not this monstrous ? Here we are importing 650 , 000 quarters of linseed annually , for crushing , and 100 , 000 quarters for sowing , while it is wasted , in this wholesale manner at our own doors . ' Let us remember Lord Downshire ' s tour through Ireland when next we are asked for an Irish starvation grant , and refer the applicants to the Royal Flax Society for particulars .
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A H INT TO THE READ E RS AND A G E N TS OF THE " LEADER . " ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sie , —I feel that it would be an unpardonable act of indifference , not to say ingratitude , to neglect acknowledging your truly valuable services in exposing the disgraceful intimidation , and other mean and unlawful practices exercised by the Protectionist party during the recent East Somerset election . It will be gratifying to you , and doubtless to many of your readers , to know that so highly were your bold , manly , and impartial exposures appreciated , that the friends of Mr . Elton , the Liberal candidate , ordered to be printed and posted your first article on the subject as a placard , and to be circulated over the whole county . That the influence of that broadside imbued the minds of many doubtful electors with manly and independent resolutions to vote conscientiously , I know to be a fact ; that it also prevented or stifled the commission of further contemplated outrages upon public justice by the same party , I know to be also true . With a deep conviction , therefore , of the great value of the Leader to the cause of liberal principles and general progress , I conceived it to be my duty to set about the work of attempting to augment your list of subscribers . I first supplied those friends who were most likely to be supporters , with a copy of the paper " to read , " and within ten days after , by such simple means I procured for you nearly twenty quarterly , hnlf-yearly , and yearly subscribers , who , no doubt , even after the termination of those respective periods , you will still retain as your constant readers . Believing that many persons , and especially agents , are unaware of their personal influenco in forwarding the interest of a newspaper , I beg to be permitted , despite all delicacy , to suggest to them that some such effort be made generally by the readers and agents of the Leader . Enemies there are who hopelessly , but eagerly , seek its destruction—and it is only a few weeks ago since an instance of the kind came under my observation . Why nhould not , therefore , friends make a bold push to enlarge its already wide sphere of usefulness ?•—I am , & . c . A FiilENI ) TO THE " JjliADT . 1 t . " Woflton 8 upor-Maro , August VI , 1852 .
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THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —There is much truth in "Ion's" strictures on the Temperance cause . The advocates of that cause hqve by their injudicious zeal , brought it into disrepute ! Their intemperate advocacy and rudeness to all who do not embrace the whole six points of the Teetotal Charter at once , have done more to drive from their ranks the cool-headed thinkers than all the arguments and facts presented by experience could do to attract recruits . The champions have damaged their cause ; but if the cause be a good one , as " Ion" confesses , then , I think , a writer of his well-known moral courage might have taken up the good cause , without being overawed by any " harshness of imputation /' Like all spectacles , Cruikshank ' s illustration of the gradations of drunkenness is highly coloured ; but there are instances of such small beginnings leading to the fatal consequences there pictured . And on the ground of expediency ( the only tenable ground of total abstinence from strong drinks ) , one instance in twenty , or one in one hundred , will justify the adoption of the extreme course of safety . How necessary to the safe navigation of our coasts are the lighthouses on headlands , &c .
Perhaps , nineteen nights in twenty some of these lights may not be required , yet who would extinguish them ? Paley ' s moral axiom— " If , by following any course of action , we may do some good and can do no harm , we are as much bound to follow this course of action as though the good were certain , " applies strictly to the temperance cause . I-think " Ion" most unhappy , too , in his condemnatory illustration as given in a colloquy between a London lecturer and the Temperance hotel-keeper . If there was any blame to attach in his being there , blame those who sent him ;
and if he chose to be there , then the rudeness in treating the hotel-keeper as represented by " Ion" is certainly on the side of the metropolitan , for whatever extreme views the man might have regarding alcoholic drinks , his consistency and sincerity in maintaining them should have elicited the admiration and approval of the guest , instead of his ridicule . Suppose this fatigued lecturer had been recommended to a Jew s eating-house for refreshments , would he have p resumed to quarrel with his host because he could n ot have a ham sandwich ? + K- Adair .
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TO CONTINENTAL LEADERS . ( To the Editor of the Leader ) SIHj—Would it not be well if the advocates of political liberty in those countries which are now grievously in want of it , would restrict themselves at present chiefly to one particular object to be gained . Say , for instance , that they take up courts of justice , and by showing the outrages committed in them , and the means by which reforms could bo made , even under the presen system of government , draw more forcibly and to one point the attention of people here ; whilst by exposing fairly their injustice , and Hooking , without threats o violence , to slmmo them into a change , they " ™ } J degrees acquire some influence over the rulers or «• countries in which they wish their opinions to bo le But without this , and supposing that no such result i possible , to soo the leaders of the democratic party woi - ing definitely at tho reform of law would inspire mo confidence in their intentions than unything else won
1 remain , Sir , yours respectfully , z , \ ' ,, [ We urc afraid our correspondent is not sufficiency explicit jis to what should bo done under present ( Mr < ^ stances in the way ho stutos in tho countries to w » he appears to allude . —Ed . ] _______ —— —~~^
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804 T H E L E A DE R . [ Saturday ,
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NEW POEMS OP CO-OPERATION . We have before drawn attention to the People ' s Mill at Leeds , as illustrating the advantages of co -operation in the preparation and purchase of ilour . Nearer town , at New Brentford , with offices in Upper Wellington-street , has been established , a People ' s Brewery . The economical advantages of this new experiment in . Association consist in tlie sale of Ales at reduced prices , in enabling tlie poorest who consume Ales to become themselves shareholders at a limited liability , in giving all subscribers the right to view the promises and inspect the materials used , and in tlio admission ( after five per cent , to the shareholders ) of tho workmen regularly . employed , to participate in the surplus profits according to wages earned . Tho sanitary advantages are , guaranteeing genuine boor , and the non-use ot those deleterious drugs which are so frequently employed . Except from houses of tho highest character , it is next to impossible to obtain ales tlie purity of which can bo relied upon . With such houses the mass of our population aro precluded from dealing . This Metropolitan and Provincial Joint Stock Brewery Company will therefore bo a means of moral and economical service to all who consumo malt beverages . The quality of tho Beer and Porter brewed by this Company lias been tested by an eminent analytical chemist ' , whoso certificate we subjoin : — To Mu . W . Stisvunb , Manager of the . Metropolitan and Provincial Joint Stock lirewerjj ( Jomjxtny . Sin , —T have examined the Ale and Stout browed by iho Metropolitan and Provincial Joint Stock Brewery Company , and have found them to bo perfectly freo from any deleterious ingredients , and to contain nothing but what is derived from good malt and hops . Altogether I . consider the wholesome beverages browed by this Company to be of unexceptionable character , and ouch that must find favour with tlie public for their excellent qualities and moderate prices . 1 am , sir , your obedient servant , Wii'MAM Hahtic , Analytical Chemist , iJ , Brook-street , Bond-street , London . Angnfll 1 ft , Iflfi 2 .
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A National 1 ' akty . —What , we want in a new power , which mig ht bo to our two great , family parties what the WhigH were to tho Tories filly years since . Tho times seem to bo ripening to mouio such iwmo . 11 ad wo a great Nattonambt party—wo liko that , word , it in largo-moaning and large-hearted—even the literature of such a pnrty would be aw a morning froshness to us all . It would bo a literature of conviction Jind feeling . At present our literature in hardly Iohh Kubserviont to the artificial pleasure of certain superiors among us , than was that oi" I'Yunco under Louia XIV . to the will of ita grout ruler , — British Quarterly Iteview . —Augimt .
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A NEW T U R N 1 P . ( To tho Editor of the Leader . ) Hirtlo , near Hey wood , August 7 , 1852 . Sin , —Though not having an inch of ground besides a small garden , 1 have boon much pleased with tho articles in tho Leader , on Flax Culture , and wish to draw the attention of the writer to a new variety of turnip , which I think will be of service in the dilemma mentioned in this day ' s article , about the stone turnip not always-succeeding at . so late a part of tho year , as a successor of flux . It is sold by Mr . Chivas , seedsman , Eostgate-ntreet , Chester , who , I have no doubt , will bo huppy to supply his pamphlet , containing testimonials , & « ., a copy of which I sent to a friend of mine only a few minuteH before I got your paper to-day , or I would have unclosed it . 1 send a little of tho seed , and tho following extract from tho Cottage Gardener of July 2 iH , h : — " Wo horo beg to recommend to tho allotmonfc man , and indeed to everybody , a now turnip which has appeared in these parts during tlie last two yearn , called the ' Orango . Jelly . ' This him boon given to tho public by Mr . Chivaa , weodHinan , Chester , who grows an immense stock for tho agrieuIturiHtH : they are txiginiiiiig to find its valuo . To allotment holders it i » of equal importance , as combining all that is requisite , viz ., heavy cropping , Bhort tops , and a 5 ) oc uliarly rich flavour and pulpy flosh . As wo had some-Loublg oi its varlittouft , we this Bpriaar tried * plot against
the early Dutch and Stone—a pretty good test—nn ^ < - beat them hollow ; and as fpr flavour and texture tW no comparison . We were shown a field by Dr . BrindJev in April , which the doctor said was sown in the swvwl week of September last , and , strange to say , has prodS at that late period a crop large as good-sized cricket bull and which had stood the winter in st y le . This is a bt t boon to those who want to crop very late ; for at thatkto period most of our other kinds would be nothing b t foliage . The allottee may epw some b y all means if h can get at it , for his family ' s use , as well as for the ' pie " Mr . Chivas ' s instructions are , to allow nine inches or certainly not more than a foot , between the plants each way . *—I am , Sir , your obedient servant , W .
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There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and ms judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to "write . —Mii / ton .
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[ IK THIS DEPABTMENT , AS All . OPINIONS , HOWEVEB EXTBBMB ABB ALLOWED AN EXPBESSION , THE EDITOB NECESSABILY HOLDS HIMSELF BESPON 8 IBLE FOB NONE . ]
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* We suspect this turnip to bo a congener ot tho A ^ doen Yellow . A Her tho strong recommendation ol ot ^ . ^ collont contemporary , wo uhould not honita-to to how August , on the cloaral flax bed . But it must not u < d gotten , that rape will flourish in land unfit lor tu " l '?„ that the hardest winter will not nffept it . —h » - ** «" jfll f Wo aro not awaro that . Tows' " ^ jnt f- , ""^ r 0 H ,, nwhere a slice of ham is not to bo procured . l » o r '' » ' <() tativeti of that distinguished race have tho good » ^ l ii ...: ¦ «¦ •!• ... i . i : » .... « r . u ir \ flworiHi'lvUti ttll * " .. .
_ , _ , , , _ Keep incur Ijoviucim onujioiiuuB ¦ " " «""" ' roi > orf » on seek to impose them upon customers , a hug" 1 * 1 „ of whom nW noceBBWily bo Q entiles , and mauy o \ u » voreant with pork . — -JSjd .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 804, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1948/page/16/
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