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mam thaw , that , brutalized Hcentiousnees takes forms wbicli reverse tKe order of oatoifcQ , aad . -we Sad £ beparental iujBtincts tbeias ^ raa 4 eadened and depraved . Barenra sell tkeir * Juldjren \ 8 lives for burial Tees , to dmidig © aad . starve them to death , or dieny fcbera © ffiroring , £ > r attempt to debauch , the purity w £ i £ U they . should guard . It would ae ^ m thai in jnaay a house of this moral country there lives a hideous fiecwL Cend , JB ^ pal in
tl ^ iiu ^ st ^ of ^ oxiie the Bays or its laoat -corrupt luxury , is imitated Bud payeaileied , ; joi ( i , wiiat is worse , Uiexe is no ^ iiat « rf : gemriiie . chivalry to seek out this rrttdruagp , gfco challenge and to destroj it . ^ . > 3 ^ 8 f o , " * sfcorie 8 , stxiki&g amongst a Tqgjpn £ or I ^ Mir / hideous i character , jprovofce these reflee&oas . In one , ai 4 ihe ThameB Policecoiflfti , on Eriday , Mr . Enimot , a wholesale . ^ onfectjoaer , accused a yomu ? woman , of an- ;
jEKMaauiF fean ^ y triDeaQS the bell *© f . his hcwmJ . JWWL ^ lpe IpeJeBco liraught forwf . the ¦ . sfcorjyi ^ a ^ a ^ ^ tlie house of her prosecutor's iktheryibe womaaiad been seduced uBalerai ^ rtMiuse ^ : marriage , hada ^ oiiapaflaed the aeduoer to Afiaea , had heea the ttiother of three daMreiv"" had / ' as « he said to him Jhlm ju& a , ^ , Hhe 2 sj ^ po ^ be ^ -fesaa ' . ibeiag apomety $ xu |< aa ^» e £ &fl ^ e < j The " beauty" of the children engaged fth ^
ia » tmcfcive affectiona <) f t ^ ma ^ i&tDate ,-wli ( y Joad ^^ iecoTTiflainnTit that " anj £ itlior mighi •^ I ^ M ^^^ beOQ . " . The maxir did ittoit 4 e ? tM ^ £ ^^ ^ $ s # ^ ^ oBaan , iie cottld-aotf ^ gaioj ^ a ^ tfee namely aad creditable appearance of vJgjSniijj # i ^ % j % ^^| yr _» Jbufc tbe-baaaiy ofcj ^ ikQ 4 &ili ^ diedo , tbfevapp *^^ of iiwthfial aiffe ^^ ijiuN ^ i . ^^ iiBp ^ i ^ a ^ lei ^ iiid the audaes ^ e ^ j ^ aiavoloe fer Mm . ¦ He said , "iret , Lex suraimon me £ or the children—I will pay tha J 78 . 6 d . ^ er week . " That is the measure of hia "• t ^ fff * i iTtftfrt | 6 Mcg > r . • ¦ ¦ -.. ?
A Ttoe Jotfaerustory is ' -Scarcely less ^ hoekixtgj - A : vwidc » 9 F rftxid ^ . jwidowerihave maimedj tlid w-omaniiavijig a « on seven years of age , thei . man 4 » daugJ » ter ^ Jtud a bob , nine and-m x ^ noua cs& £ ; mge *> J ,. The woinan , who has been a > dreHaer . at * ithe&breidiL&til gea in high Iflo wn ^ laoguagf ^ . in Mreqi&Mit drains , and in a discrimination between her own child , who ia . ^ omfortablvj fed , and . ber ^ tefMihildi'ea who are BtarvpcL . neglected , « ud oppressed . Billy , the step-J 086 ILhasfo » ld the father that his half * brotherj
. had got tokn ioto trouble % Tommy , the wejnarfa aon , tells his mother ; and tie Avomaii , intoxicated with drams and a theatrical exaltation of mixk « T and tongue , beats , ticks , and kaocka about the little boj % until he actually dies . 3 ? he pathetic appeal of the wretched child , the remonstrance of the woman ' s own infant son , and the eloquent silence of the eider sister , failed to check the miserable woman . But to us the moat
mournful and painful part of the tale is the quiet steadiness with which the little girl pursues her duties to her murdered brother , to her father , » nd even to the household , throughout tbafc frightful tragedy . The summons to Billy to > come and be washed , when he was half kiUed , her care to " wipe up tlie Blop ** — ' ' the blood and water , " she explained
to the magistrate , —before her father came home ; ber quiet concealment of her own bleeding- eye , leat he should Bee it—all proclaimed a long enduring habit of suffering , horrible to the imagination when 'we remember that the sufferers were so young , &o tender , eo helpless . Vov their father must " have known their sufferings in their aspect ; but he was no defence to them .
In this shameful quiescence the man , — who appenr 8 to be really afflicted by the disaster that has occurred , —does perhaps but present an exaggerated example of eon duct very common amongst five uneducated class . How often do -we hear our friends amongst
the democratic circles anveigh against " gentlemen" for qualities of an ungenerous kind ; « aaadiiow often , on witnessing conduct of this jgort axaoQgst the uneducated class , and even . amongstonen of tike working . ¦ class who canjEot < daiza to be uneducated , do we call to jnind the contrast afforded between them omd the " gentlemen" whom , they so often upbraid , One of the most painful incidents of such scenes as the one we have described as the pasaiveness of the bystanders , There Jias been too mu £ h of this contrast . In
former times , before the new police became the guards of London streets , it was most frequently the " gentleman . " who became the protector of any woman , child , or helpless man , insulted or . oppressed by . another . It is true that in the present day men wearing good coats will witness outrages , and will ^ abstain fixon interference on- a calculation of itbeir own competency to master the ^ aggres-# or ;; ^ gnd Aa imita . tion of the working-dass
ibebearance is ispieading amongst the welldressed claaa . But we < lo > not believe that wag fem&eman i met incapacitated by positive ififirmity 3 ^ would witness an assault on a wmaa& . Q £ a -child without interfering ; still less would he endure the spectacle so often witnesseid in th © ' low" streets , of brutal tyranny by husbaad or parent . ' ,, Itis tanie ^ hat an many biases tke gentle jnan . might be toto feeble * in frame to
con-| ^ uer , tbu . i that is not the question ; the obligation aader whieh he aeta is a sense that ifehe principle of defending womanhood or childhood * agaki 3 t , p hysical violence is greater than ihe vBafety i > r even tke life of any one msai . So completely is that feeling identified with , the institutions of gentle birth , that it becomes hereditary ; and the -man who violated ihe obligation would feel that he had
degraded his ancestors aad his descendants by bringing a sisahx upon the family escocheon . Xt is , nve believe , far nxoie than hereditary aptitude , that unreasoning , foregone resolution , wMch gives spirit to " blood , " and has . so often , jnade the gentleman superior in eonflict-with those who seem stronger than himself , and are / certainly not less brave . For . bravery ia one of tlie commonest and most eqoially spread qualities of the English
race . The Man , however , who thus vindicates & principle of true chivalry does more than rescue the victim for the moment ; he also exhibits personally an example of that conviction which ia deep-rooted in the whole class , —that the generous vindication of right
is more important than the safety or the life of any man . By the self-same example he tends to produce in those who stand around admiration for the lofty impulses which thus le-ad lustre to birth , and derive sanction from the hereditary suffrage of the whole highest class of the country ; and at the same time ha excites an
abhorrence ot the brutal and mean spirit which deliberately calculates personal safety , and prefers connivarace in cowardly tyranny . That true nobility of spirit is as open to any working man as to a gentleman who can tra-ee his descent from the Knights of the Conquest or of Palestine ; and the working class are as well able to understand that for every -victim re&cued a moral check is put upon the tyranny over other victims .
Sympathy Avitii natural life-giving right is the principle of all true chivalry , which cannot bo entirely smothered by any class habits or social conventions . ! Even tlieso two cases exhibit something of the immortal spirit . The little girl who quietly pursuod her duties through the whole storm of murder—who mutely protested against the crime of her stepmother witliout flinching in her aflectioni —who concealed her own sutlerings ; the magistrate who , breaking through the
ordinary distinctions between " legitimate" and " illegitimate , " pointed to the "beauty" of th& children as claiming the proud actnowledg , nient of the father— - ^ both these persons . attested the force of the noblest instincts of our humanity .
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A QUESTION OR TWO tO THE ADISEKAJjTT . The sufficiency or insufficiency of attention to the wants of our forces in the Baltic and Black Sea is much debated — with exaggeratioia ., we suspect , on both sides . We believe that unusually honest pains nave been devoted to secure adequate provision ; but t"hat those wno have . had t&e actual exercise of the duty have in some important instances
failed . Cf the latter fact we have evidence for which we can vouch as beyond aU question . A letter from a friend in the Raltie fleet , whose position , enables him to speak with , personal knowledge , suggests to us tkesetwo questions : — 1 . "Way should officers be debarred , the luxury of letters irom home ? 2 . Why saouM-sKips cleared for action be unprovided with the common necessaries for the wounded ?
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A . * " STRANGLE " IN PABUAMEMT . A aoEDJBD-Bdxrox fioveunnaent , it-now appears , ai : a Government shaped iitee a ^ Chinese < shild '« toy , —a Xr&rermaent which it ad ; « noe rthe snort jshaky sod -tbe most steady , —whose fonetion it is to be knoeked ^ abaut , and whose Miipiacticability it is that it eaoaot ^ levpceft . Here is the Coatition , 4 Mb week , eoncluc&ng a series of disaafcas ^ wMeh would hawe decfcrciyed any dozea onlinajy Adannistratioas . Oa Thursday n ^ ght it get l > eateii oa . the last -of tlie ltofc of measures which it liad to present out of its
programme of ih&session , ~ - ? iar though the Oxuad Bill ~ w * s going through coxsmittee last Jaight , it is a bill « onsi , der 3 l 4 y mutilated , and which has yet 1 o run the . gauntlet of the House of Xorda . How account for these consecutive catastrophes to a Cabinet which , while beaten on all its plans of statesmanship , has carte blanche for practical government , as testified by & vote in favour of the two budgets on the part of a majority , nine oat of ten of whom considered that Mr . Gladstone had been making mistakes ? The fact appears to be that
when a Government is in power , - not as a party Government , not as a statesmanlike Government , but simply as an administrative Government , with but one principle , —the advisability of carrying on public affairs , —there is nothing to restrain the mass of members from voting according to their own convictions , or "the conviction of their constituents , —both of which \ rouh 3 be repressed were there a party organisation , and were it understood that & defeated Cabinet would resign . Jones knows that his vote doesn't matter to
Kfiytermuch , while it may ina . tter to certain austere crews of attorneys or clericals , down ia Ms borough , very much : and while he thus improves his seat , he can afford to be indifferent either to the agonies of Lord John or to the apathy of the public . It may fce that when Mr . DisTacli comes next montli to his cynical Teview of the career of tlie Coalition , he may not take that philosophic view of the present
genius of the House of Commons . It will bo his business to laugh at all the talents who could do nothing , and to sneeT at the men , who , now conquered twice a week , used to declaim upon the degradation of L . ord Derby remaining in power wrtulo impotent to promote his personal policy . But everyone sees that , in Parliament , -wo are playing » t peace , just a « in the Black and Baltic Seas we aro playing at war .
And accordingly , as a division does not matter except as a . vexation to an individual , so the whole interest of this active week has been a personal interest . Indeed , what better evjienco could we have that we have nothing really to do , than that three days of the week hnve beeai devoted to religion ? -Just » 3 on tiuudaye we take care of oar souls because «•
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*•* THE LiBADERJ ESatorhat ,
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Leader (1850-1860), May 27, 1854, page 494, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2040/page/14/
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