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A " aUBAilGEiR" IN PARLIAMENT . In * pttffttfcatsttrpimse like the present we oafy case for ia ^ jfitot * t * lndirltt «« l »> - * he -whote poiat of this I » arMiuMent « ry vrwafc is that Lord Jobn Bfrssell is ¦ a&&goamgvpim the w « 8 * 4 » A goaaMterable . saetion of theD ^ tmaLpattyae ^»< a £ present exclusively eneagefe then * being a eouapteta cessation of corra
spojiikeaearftrifth " aetifffr" aoMttfoeKts , iathe psycolologirai partuit of finding cwfe Lord John BasselL . After *» < et * ti * tf o& caureanrates—old member said it remiadfcct theto oC the style of the pious Mr . -Bs |* if # --i& : 4 » f £ t <« Mi liow dvwi Mr . Hume can jogoot ^ asr-fturfebw in th » coaviction thafcJEwra Joan is a . "Befi * tnes » " After bis Uuuderhaff do Mr .
Heywood ' * two « lauses » I don't seer h « jr anyone can ew % gj&a Vtoa&uze torepeattiwJWOMerieithatLtarct ^ olini an adroit tactician . After Hr . 3 ^ 0 . ^ 8 " eigplaaatlon , ^ doa'fc * ee . ho' * r ^ here em » l > e any fkrfcher indolence m i 2 ie ^« asaa £ creed tiiafcXord > Joha is faithfal to hie fcUswU * -And it is . *• character fdr these three gualitftii wihiclt he never possessed , that liord , John ' s supprateraaVaya set tip for ILord . tojin , ; bo Cher discoveries of the week may have a sinister inflaence oil Ms career . " rt * e speech of the noble I *> rd on church
rates , * said i £ r . Milner Gibson oiv Ttofittday , «* has exRlo ^ e ^ like a locket , in th « rants of hi * liberal foirovew , ^ a remark at which t *>* a John shifted hia legs Wiia ^^ Iato gp ^ a «^ in ^ ass&lulity , and at which the Bubordinate <» i ^ 3 of champions of Whrgfptinciplea held devil tiaeir heads .- Mr . Gibsom has the mei ^ Vthe n ^ wer ^ lifch d ^ elt near the rose , —tihs irWrnity ^ tlx Mt . Bright has taught him a painfal tric ^ otteingpr ^ faefenk reference to sp ^ ^^^ attd lif * many
on TOur ^ a ^ bfnntness excited avkward sensitttJ « i 1 ? he uader-ilunatow , who aupptes * Hadffctf t ^ itt ^ pfes in deference to Lord John , * htr |* always for waiting « Httle longer , —it beifig- a rfery good tting to get a following as a Bef « raer yifc « ev « to tatty a Beforih ^ wface dgbrrfein ^ to « fer Mr . GibiWaV advice . Fdr , atid Mr /^ Sfetm , # !«> 1 * very prm * J of his celebrated rattf < wr / " I !« v * bet » » Btrtx ^ dmate member of a
Govfetnifretft * * ttd I kiww wM * t it i « to have to rate , to # « mw yatir chitf , against ronr conviction and yotit CoflsciettdB , * n < T Idb * ppe * S to the ttoHe lord on loebslf « f hi » irif «* 4 or cAmgatt , to let them , this once r TPtfto < bP Mtlr . He jrw « o 4 to whose clacftes th ^ y <) ntisrna « i ^ 4 ei ^^^ The Hoa ** teughed * tart it nnutt have been tragedy lo these sutordinBtes Go sit thue degraded . Twelve hundred >» year , wad the consolations of a fussy ambitiovL indaea politician * ta endure a good deal of
mea nno **; and , in the ordinary cage of a castomaty Gopevnment arrangement , one would feel no aympathy with a- Crew tnus assailed by Mr Gibson , Bat ) in , the case of this Government , they are ft gpftendid set of men , the subordinates * and it is to be ardently hoped that they are getting disgusted . They may see in the treatment of Mr , Struct at what these old lords and grand courtiers rate the honour and the capacity of tne untitled intellects that condescend to play tfie game of a brainless aristocracy ; and the falsification of the conditions on which the minor Liberal
Ministers entered the service of Xiord John Russell should suggest that it would be better worth the while of men like Mr . Robert Lowe , Mr . Bernat Oaborne , Mr . James Wilson , and Mr . Baines , to remain trne to tire people , and' to create their own party . The cleverest men in the Government are subordinates ; and tvh ? No doubt , because such a state of things , like Lord John ' s church-rate , is in harmony with an Established Church , an hereditary peerage , and a packed House of Commons—all of which Lord John prefers to the clearer contrivances of the United States . Bat is it not a pity that a good Government ,
like the present , should go to pieces , as people say it is going , because of the follies and fatuities of one or two old lords in it , —the clever subordinates having no control over these dull old gentlem en ? Not a subordinate sitting on tho Treasury benches on Thursday but felt that Lord Jolin was going wrong : and yet th « subordinates didn't say a word to pull Mm right . When Lord John made tho speech , last year—it was a veTy odd speech for a Liberal—which drove Mr . Monsell and Mr . Keogh irwo resigning , and Lord Aberdeen Into apologising-, Mr . Halter ventured to tell Lord John
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K 0 S » UTH' 8 EDITION OF HIS OWN SPEECHES .
( To the Editor of the Leader . ) 147 , Fleet-street , June 20 , 1854 . Sir , —A writer in Douglas Jerrold ' s paper of last Saturday made a demand that Kossuth ' u great Sheffield speech should be reproduced in a " cheap form . " As that notice may lead to the attempt by some publishers to issue it , we beg your insertion of the substance of a letter we have addressed to tho editor of the journal above named . Tho additional publicity of the facta in the Leader will probably cause 1 ft to be usefully quoted in provincial quarters —and especially in America . There needs , we know , no other appeal to you than the assurance that your insertion of the letter will be an act of justice to Kossuth , and servo the interests of literature .
The publication of Kossuth ' s Sheffield evening speech "in a cheap form" has been done ami undone , and is about to be done again , and done better . Regretting tluit so important a speech should paaa away with tho newspapers of the day , we sought to give it a more permanent form , and wider publicity , and issued the Sheffield evening speech , reprinted from the pages of the Leader , at 2 d . It was soon in demand . Bat we took an early opportunity of communicating to Kossuth , through a mutual friend , a copy of our edition , when we loarncd ttmt it was
the wish of Kossuth to issue an edition of his speeches hiraseifc 1 st &efeienee to his wish we at onee stopped our presses , threw aeieLe our placards , and cancelled all the advertisements we were able We would on no account ( and wfe teSeve fto English p-ttblislwr * -onld ) attempt to fesue » copy which tfliould deprive an «* fie > especially , Otf any advantage that could aeerne from the publication of bis own speeches , which are as much his property as the book of the author or the handwork or the mechanic Besides , no report at tlie newspaper can do entire fa siSee to Kotteutb ' B wonderful * &a » tery of ©» laa >> guage ^ -and h « ia now a goo d English scholar en ough tk > be vexed afc « eeing in priat the English he would not write *
t"he public harve hitherto looked on BLossuth ' s « peeenes- * 8 Vtegfa spftfefehe *—» political public pro-|«« y which it w * s an * ct of loyalty to diflfUse . Bat from tft&dajf on wiuca 8 KcM 9 ath publishes & speech himself the public will bay only hi * Editions , and no English publisher will , for one moment , think of invading his rights . Will you permit me to add , for the advantage of Kossuth ' s Edition , that it w& include his Sheffield and Nottingham speeches together . He stereotypes * tbefn . Triibnet will be tfae pwbliAe ^ and the price will be almost nominal .
Some objection has been raised that Kossuth ' s ^ reviotw ^ wecfees are charged 5 s . It OTBjghVtovreveT , * o be known th * t the volume is handsomely printed , and coataint nearly 6 O speeches—which is scarcely a . penny € ocft- * -and that the whole are editecl by l * rofessof Newman , who has collated all that ia ^ ndtfting ¦ fSWm- 50 ^ speeches , delivewd in Amctica , a * weU as p 3 Peserv « d * be Boost artistic exprewdon of his English apeedhe * * Mparoduoed on the othes side of the Atlantic . It conxes within our knowledge that I ^ ofessor Newman paid upwards of IOC ? , out of bis owH pocfiet fdr the pub ? i atf <« of those speeches , and
that not 50 / . has yet returned . If any one considers such , a yoliaaa © too dear for mechanics- < thou |( h we cannot believe that English mechanics are : not too rndependent to Wish irnpoffant books giveh ttoem ) , let the" ^ re « tibfariie » , itie Atheffannre and Mechanics' Institutions , btty * tich a worA , and thnot ^ pat ib within the reach of those who are > unable to l *» y it for themselves . This is * far better oowtte than attempting to circulate u cheap , " unauthorised , or inaccurate editions . For the poor man , bating fast little opportunity of cttlttJre , shoiaH mtet , if h * coald help it , gee any but the best books .
Tours ever faithfully , George Jacob HoLroAKE ^ ( For Holyoftke and Vto . )
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WCOtLl ? OKAttON OV UtTElUUY BfiBttf . { To Ae fidiew of the L ^ sader . ) London , Juna 22 , 19 S 4 » Sx £ , ~* -The writers who advanced the literature and journalism of the last centary have fairly been eclipsed by those of our own time j and we may conclude that such men as Congreve , Addison , Swff ^ and Johnson could scarcely have lived as gentletnren by the mere sale of their writings * had not tho deficiency of the natural demand tor literature been made up by artificial encouragement in the shape of bounties and premiums ; and Jeffery , in his " Progress of English Literature , " tells us Rowe was not only
Poet Laureate , but also land surveyor to the Customs ; Gay secretary of legation ; and Swift , but for the unconquerable aversion of Queen Anne , would have been a bishop . We all know Addison was Secretary of State , and Johnson was only placed beyond poverty when he was more than fifty years old . But , flir ,, this is an age for newspapers , magazines ^ and pamphlets ( as was stated last night at the meeting of literary men , held at the Freemasons' Tavern ) ; the demand for literary talent is on the increase . I believe , sir , from a pretty long acqtiaintarfce with journalism , that hardly any one with ati educated mind , well stored with history , literature , and politics , need , like poor Goldsmith , vegetate upon oatmeal
rather than dine with a party of eight at Kichmond . Journalism , however fascinating to art ) bitiou 9 men , and men of a certain independence , such as the Bai \ which was so ably dilated upon by Mr . Johnson Neale , or by the no less high-minded body of working litterateurs , so vividly depicted by Mr . Thornton Hunt , and others , demands our best endeavours for the deserving and less fortunate , in adversity or want of employment , and it was thought the Athenaeum Institute hardly met the case , and the meeting , after a very interesting discussion , agreed to appoint a committee to consider and report upon the best course to pursue in order to earry out such arrangements as would form , literary men irkto a more extended corporate institution .
Now , sir , why not let us all try to make tine Athenaeum Institute a minor athenaeum , combining with it . the advantages of life insurance , so as to make it a rendezvous for literary men and journaltets , in fact , a Press Club , where we may all meet ami discuss literature without that extreme secres /* jeulouby , and rivulry which wo know is the bane to all sociality , and which we all deplore . —I am , fiiC yourB , obediently , E . B . A .
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with frankness , that he ( Lord John ) was making it impossiffe for Mm ( Mr . Hayteryto nramage the Irish members ; and ttpon that occasion Mr . Hayter had to repent elf his daring in adrwing an old LottS who ftas the Bedford following . When Lord John made Ms celebrated botch ( it was about equal to Iris tactique on Thursday last ) on tfte Militia Bill—a "botch whueh drove him otit —the subordinates would bav 4 e eat bite Whether he resetted or not—*© " *** £ as 6 » H farther endurance . Bttt
they ctwW merely- have resigned : it would not be constittitiaflal Ib the House for the capable * m itettfc&atfe to Bfco * w the httbedle aristocratic captain Itowto « aril tha rfrijw theynovst throw thewadtees ovetftottfe Parliamentary history does not present Kgteafter tttetaiDtte of bungle ttiaa Ikwd # ohn *» le « d $ t the Goverasjeat on Thorsdafv ; Mr . Walpofe '« ip ^ etdt 'gawe m © toellcnt opportnmty to any l ^ gh-f ^ faibed maa to renoance « aefat a chieftainsh ^ k iBmt none etirred * the House r « sb « d to the secvEid divMofi £ a utter confusion and
hiciotacrence . Ms , J&ri $ m ; ar failldg Mr , Heywoo 41 s ^ retarn-tod tbe eimrgevwith the second clause will renew fte ojpporbanity . It is fe « tubate > that there are only * limited ntimberof offlea * for , possible subordinate * . What would have become of ta » jif the < 3 calhion could have contained all the aspirates . There ' s Mr . Laysnl : lie ira » ieft «« U » and » in consetnence * we have been kept tolerably sfaraight and authentic La our view of Turld ^ k politics . % ord Aberdeen's speech , on Mondjay—whether Ire : v ^ as right &t wrong in his * oint of
! view anS in his inferences 5 s quite another question - " ¦ wasvifulenatly atttagohisticJeo ; poptilaropmi < m , and , ' ^ eoordia ^ ' ^' yeAci ^ ed the uaiversaidugust o ? ^ people enlighteanedly convinced that they heye a right to lead in a war for hunuttt freedom : —yet tlie speech parsed away . 1 $ r . iDfarfceiS is waiting for his smnmary ^ f the « efi 9 i » n , or LOtfd Dudley Stuar ^ a questioo about MmistexiAi : explanations ; afid it was only last night that it oceurred J ; a Mr . Layard—who , alter all r prematurely surprised the Honse—that when a First Minister and a great people ate directly opposed , there ought to lw some explanation , and , if pos-(
sible , some adjastmentv < Xord Aberdeen eagirt to go out , "—that is the cry ; and no one better comprehended ^ the meaning of Mr . ILayard ' s notice tihan Lorol Aberdeen , when , reaching his seat ¦ a botft ttre ih ther afternoon , the assiduotts A * gyfe &-XbtitntA 3 um- oCth « menacing debate of the Cookmom . NoH ^ . if tbe Eartof Aberdeen has an intention left , it is an intention to remain Eirst Minister , the selfgoverned country notwithstanding : and he has indicated his customary actiteness in promptly anticipating Mr . iLayavd , and arranging for his own explanations on Monday . Next week will determine the fate of the Ministry- and the object of the wax . Saturday Morning . " A Stbawqer . "
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nm THE LEADER . LSaturba-,
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There i 3 no learned man but -will confess ~ h& bath much , profited Toy reading controversies , hia semses awakened , and ius judgment sharpened . If , then , it be proHtable for nim " to read , -wliy should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —M . 11 . 1 OK
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Leader (1850-1860), June 24, 1854, page 590, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2044/page/14/
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