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lieges , alifiougi * they stand condemned by every authority i&at beloags to the world of politics . Lord % ensleydale , although represented only at present by his name and patent , has created a tumult in the House of Lords . The Peers repe 3 an unhereditary Xiovd . Be he judge of the highest standing , they declare that a man is degraded by being elevated for his own lifetime . Lord J ) jbbby , who is more than " the tenth transmifrtee of a foolish face , " the fourteenth and not
introduced by the Lord Advocate , will place Scotland under a similar control . Not only in the metropolis , therefore , will the central executive at Westminster possess an army . , It will alspjfossess an army out of red uniform tnrbughou * aft three of the united kingdoms , witb power in the metropolis , the English counties , * u& Ireland , if not in Scotland , of concentrating that force upon any point where it is aVcessary for the maintenance of order .
Another practical measure advanced by the author of the partnership reform has had a curious and interesting treatment . Mr . Lowe proposes to abolish passing bills upon shipping , and to reform the collection of local dues ; which , in many cases , are diverted from maritime uses , and employed as simple contributions towards the corporate funds of particular towns . In some cases these tolls were the gift of the Crown to corporations , perhaps as a rewardfor work done . The ports that enjoy
tjiese privileges are in many eases ancient harbours , of little modern utility , such as Dover , Ramsgate , or Bridlington . Important as these stations may be for postal services , or for the comfort of sea-side visitors , they have little value as harbours for the slipping of commerce . In some eases , ancient family privileges , such as those enjoyed by the Seftons , of Lancashire , have been purchased by ports . Of the local dues , about ^ 550 , 000 is devoted to purposes of utility for shipping ; while
about ^ 400 , 000 is used in building , " paving , and , as ; the advocates of Liverpool avowy in erecting edifices needed for " the ends of justice" in south Lancashire . Theseare very proper objects , but vvhy they should be charged on sea- going sliips it ; is-difficult to make out . The imposts , however , find defenders . "The corporations that enjoy such privileges conceive their " property " to be attacked , and those very communities that have most bene-^ ted by the extension of municipal freedom , ^ f- ^ freetrade , an * L : xrtner ^ rbvciples in . vogue , stand forth like many corrupt boroughs , defending the
rpttjsn : sefits in Parliament . ' Mr . Lqwe , who is making , an honest step ^ na ; correcting antiquated aTitiaesiis'threatened with opposition from every place where the inhabitants have some fantastic right of taking money from the pockets of sailors . On the other hand , if Liverpool is against him , he has with him the whole of South Lancashire , including Manchester and the great towns . In like manner , probably , though he is resisted by Dover , Hull , CMC . 'Bridlington , he would have the counties , the metropolis , and the most important commercial classes to sustain him .
The , admirable pair of bills which Mr . Lowe introduced last week to amend the law of partnership have excited an unexpected hostility . Members affected to welcome the bills ; they have , since called for " delay , " of course as a paeans of defeat . The joint measure is too full and popular . It would abolish all restriction upon entering into partnership with limited liability , and would secure for shareholders a real control over their own managing officers . We shall show , next week , how fcmly the measure , deserves popular support against those members who oppose the interests of the people in the name of the people .
- "Mr . Collier lias tried once more to get an instalment of ecclesiastical reform by transferring testamentary jurisdiction to the superior courts , biHiMhel has scarcely any prospect of success . Sir J ^ £ ** Allntl BETTHriELii , the Solicitor-general , cort ^ * $ & ? & t ^ ot v ) he . < lcspon < lfe | . The banded purpose of ' l ^ vyy ii ^/ vifhejrfeollcctiye higotrywof , established .-ju rfadictfaij ,. c ^ dixUtcd-Vvith some old Roman cement , protects tl ^^ p ^ ifcoTJ ' fe ^ of rats , , £ our-legged and tVKo 4 egfce < l > a ^ 'nofcw ; . Shor t of abolition will prevent thera from ymt ^ ftji ^ S private life of the
foolish , leads the resistance , reinforced by Lyndhurst , St . Leonards , and Campbell , with Brougham wavering between ; while the Lord Chancellor and Government enjoy the cham pionship of Lord Grey . There are two questions at issue . In the first place , it is desirable to have more Law Lords in the Upper House ; for , although the Law Lords say that there are enough already , we know that the number will soon be fewer , as most
but a " decoration . " A bronze cross is to be conferred on all naval and military persons who show conspicuous valour in the presence of the enemy . In the case of the humbler ranks , the cross is to he accompanied by a pension ; but in the decoration itself there will be no difference . It will bear the words " For valour . ** The gift , however ,
constitutes no real enrolment in an order . There is no brotherhood , no knighthood , no master , nothing of association i no connexion 'between the members of the order except the fact that they are all named in the Gazette . The decoration , however , is of a kind that must he highly esteemed by all who can win it ; and it is really the first concession to the
ranks that has yet been made . Captain Scobell has tried to get an examination into the administration of the Navy ; but , although assisted by Sir Charles Napier and Mr . Lindsay , he was successfully resisted by the officials . Mr . Osborne can mount to the top of the Admiralty to look down into tie corruptions of the Horse Guards ; bat when the Administrative Reform Association proposes to enter the street door of his own department , Osborne is firm .
The East India Company has been banqueting the first officer of the Company ' s army , who has risen to the chief command of the army of a Presidency , General Patrick Grant . Mr . Warren , the Recorder of Hull , the eccentric Lilybcean observer , enters Parliament , as member for Midhurst . Liverpool has had its municipal preface of a public meeting in rebellion against Mr . Lowe ' s Tolls and Dues Suppression . Bill . Among the contract trade , there have been some failures , conspicuously , we deeply regret to find , that of Scott , Russell and Co ., apparently from undertaking enterprises with too little regard for the time within which obligations were to be completed . Our ablest speculators have too little regard to the calendar and clock .
of the Law Lords would be charged high premiums by the insurance office . The Lord C hangellor following Mr . Fkaser MAcatiEEN , to whom Lord Lyndhurst had referred the question , thinks it well to admit judges into the House of Peeis , although the Crown does not undertake to admit all the judges' progeny , be they judicial , judicious , or the-reverse . But , secondly , the descendants of the feudal lords of this countrywho are no longer feudal lords—say that Lord
Wensleydale may be the first of an order of life sen ators whom they expect to supersede the real House of Lords . It is a revolution , they cry ; and Lord Campbell proposes to refuse Lord Wbnsleydale the right of taking his seat Lord Campbell and the Peers join issue with the Crown . If the people really understood the bearing of the whole question , they would rally to the support of Ministers ; for never was there a . more happy fluke in the way of a great constitutional reform .
We have two official manifestations this week , both of them in ^ the direction of our improvement ; both of them , however , confess that further improvement is required . The Commissioners on the State of the Army in the Crimea have published their report . It is true that they find some of the picturesque descriptions of suffering endured by the troops to have been exaggerated . There were no regiments starving ; no decimation of the force by disease ., through the culpable ladies of
the Commissariat . But men were left without food for whole days , when food might hav « been furnished to them . When meat was obstructed by insurmountable difficulties , rice lay forgotten in stores . Green coffee was served out to the men , and waa a minor poison causing a wholesale indisposition . Tents were kept packed up , because of misunderstandings . If the regular thing could not be provided , the Commissariat department appeared incapable of inventing a substitute , os using that which it had in hand . When one officer su g " gested a mode of sheltering the beasta , . Lord
Lucan threatened to put him under arrest for making the suggestion ; and when another officer proposed to inarch the horses down to tho food , which could not be brought to them , ho incurred the displeasure of Lord Cardigan . The Times remarks , and usea no exaggeration in saying so , that it seemed to bo the purpose of the two commanding officers , whoso exploits at Balaldavn . have become ao memorable , " to destroy tho cavalry division s" and if such was thoir purpose , few commanders m tho Crimea advanced so far towards complete success .
The other official emanation is that which has been announced aa " the order of merit « " The Yeritable thing turns out to differ greatly from the idea suggested by tho name . It is not un " order , "
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122 T H E L E ADER . ; > | No . 307 , Saturday ,
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Monday , Mbruary 4 th . COtTNTrV COURTS . In presenting to the House op Lobds a . petition , from tlie corporation of Sheffield , complaining of the amount of fees exacted in County Courts , Lord Brougham gave notioe of his intention to bring in a bill to improve the admiuutmtiou of justice in those courts . The Lord Chancellor statod that a bill-had already been prepared toy the Government , which would , to a great extent , remedy the evil com plained of . THE OLOOK . AND BEtXS AT WHSTMlNSTElt .
The Marquis of CIjANIiioardb , m moving for copies of correspondence relating to the great clock and bells of the Palace at Westminster , complained of tlic confused system and contradictory authorities under ¦ which this part of the workfa of tho new building had been conducted . — -Lord GrajnvujLE admitted the inconvenience , but hoped the clock aud bolls would be complete by the close of the present year . The House then adjourned .
MINISTERIAL INTENTIONS . In the House op Commons , Sir Geoiioe CSukv , stated tlmfc tho question of churcli-ratos hart boon under consideration , but lie could give no a » ini ranee as to whether a measure would be brought in thin eeasion . Should the House consent to allow tho measures to bo brought iu , of which notico had boon given by two members , tho Government would be pi'epared to Btate ita opinion at a future puriod . —la anawer to Mr . Hotohinb , lie stated tluit a nol « cfccommittoo would be appointed to connuler tho bust tuodo of establishing n xmblio road befcwoeti I'iiulico and Pall-Mail . —Replying to Mr . Wiaw , he intimated that it was not iutoudod to make any alteration in , tho tiekot-of-leavo / system . —Mr . Hoii&man , in lumwer to Mr . MA , oumn , montionod that the * Government , did not intend to bring in a measure on tho nulijoob ;> t ministers' money hi Iroltuid . —Sir Gkouuk Uki : y , in answer to Mr . Dilmvyn , Hfcatod that it . waa not intended to alter tho law relative to -violent a «« uiltri on wonaon and children . f . OOAI . DUW 3 ON HHUM'INU . The IIouho having rouolvod itHol ' if into a committee on tho actu relating to txiorohant shipping , Mr . Lowm moved for loavo tv bring in n . bill '" * tho abolition of punning toll * uncl tho regulation o \
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2127/page/2/
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