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Nov. 1, 1851.] ©&£ ILt&Xlt X* 1047
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THEATRES. Want of space prevents our doi...
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POLITICAL AND SOCIAL. ODrnannatintus nf \\\t l$tn\i,
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THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF'S CHARGE. October...
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THE TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. 48, Morninirton-p...
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HOMOEOPATHY A 1IUMHUG. Liverpool, Octobo...
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I»—Vivian At The Bloomer Ball. For A Fia...
h nW the Tailors there have taken a large building i the jjtmarht which they christen Academie der Kleiderkunst , or Academy of the Art of Tailoring , and are there occupied in inventing a sort of national costume , in order to do away with French fashions , against which their pride revolts . Success to them ! But this appears to me to be the case with all reforms , whether of politics , language , or costume , viz ., they must pass to a higher stage throug h modifications of existing things . Bloomerism will fail as the Phonetic System failed—the change is too sudden , the leap too great .
Home I drove , sad and thoughtful . My expectations had not only been disappointed , but I had seen Human Nature under aspects by no means favourable : the mob outside , the mob inside , and those poor creatures flaunting in satin , driving one ' thoughts in upon one ' s soul to brood there in sadness ? Above shone the cold stars , distant and dim . Around all was silent . My wearied head was soon reposing on the pillow , and I too passed into silence .
Nov. 1, 1851.] ©&£ Ilt&Xlt X* 1047
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Theatres. Want Of Space Prevents Our Doi...
THEATRES . Want of space prevents our doing more than simply recording that Miss Laura Keenk made a successful debut at the Olympic in the Lady of Lyons ; that Morris Bar . net has worked up an old and amusing story into a very amusing farce , Circumstantial Evidence , at the Strand Theatre j that Miss GLlyn has been reading Shakspeare at the Whittington Club j and that Ingomar , that queer German play ( in which Anderson made a dash at low comedy ) has been revived at Sadler ' s Wells to give Phelps the part of the Barbarian , which we hear he plays very skilfully .
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^*« ¦ " Influence Of Co-Opfcration On Pu...
^*« ¦ " INFLUENCE OF CO-OPfcRATION ON PUFFING . An Association of Journeyman Hatters have commenced business at 32 , Broughton-road , Salford . The miseries of unlimited competition , the abuse of the power of capital , have taught the working classes that " union is their only strength" ! but painful experience has likewise shown that strength to be wasted , for the most part , in combinations for the raising of wages , in the forced idleness of strikes . By united labour , therefore , they now seek to maintain themselves and their families , and if not iti every instance ublo to oomppip with the nominal cheapness of the low-priced tradesman , they hope in the quality and workmnnshipof their goods to guarantee to all customers the fullest value of their , orders . Those who look beyond the work to the worker , who feel that custom itself has its morality , and that the working classes of England have been stinted of their due reward in money , health , and knowledge , will surely aid a movement which tends to substitute airy workshops for dens of filth and fever , fair prices for starvation wages , fellowship for division , and moral as well as practical self-government for mechanical obedience , or thraldom bitterly felt , and by the peaceful , healthy , intelligent , and gradual processes of labour , to check the blind and sudden struggles of want .
The Old Garratt Store , Manchester , is a new store , doing a portion of its business with the Central Agency of London . At No . 31 , Brook-street , Old Gnrratt , near the Carpenters ' -hall , this industrial cooperative association lias been established by working men . The objects of this society are to supply it . s members and others with articles of consumption of the best quality at a reasonable rate , and to direct them to the production of agricultural and manufactured wealth , so as to supply their material and educational wants , improve their social and domestic condition , and generally diffuse the bent'iits of cooperative unity . The capital is . raised in one pound shares , each member has two shares , and
pays one shilling for entrance fee , and instalments of not less than threepence per week , until the whole be paid up , five per cent , per annum interest allowed on all puid up . shares . The profits after retaining one tenth for secular educational purposes , and one tenth for a sunk fund will be divided amongst the members in proportion to their outlay . In case of tiickness or distress , a part oi the shares may be withdrawn , thus answering the purposes of a Trades' Union , Uene / it Society , or Savings Bank , and industrious classes und all in the . district who are'dusirous of seeing the present system of isolation superseded , are asked to give them all the assistance in their power .
lhi . s ntore does not yet receive all the support it has a right to expect from friends near , able to add useful iKllucnci ; to ith proceeding , and in some moral measure pledged to do so . But on another visit I hope to find it possessing the cooperation of all its rightful allies . The store at 1 , ' { , Nwan-Htreet , Manchester , under the superintendence ol Mr . Lloyd Jones , is a branch of the Central Agency , 7 (> , Churlottc-htrnet , London . It i « Well skuiiied , well Mocked and beam the appearance of » promising buriinews whop . i lie account of the two stores first named is rendered ( with hli f ^ ht omissions ) in the words of the placards issued
lHtfllfMl l \ v tli 4 t il i cj ., l 4 ,..... ...... i : ; .. .... * i . ; .. .. „ ..,,.,. » . . > t si ) k ¦ /> ( I ir by the directors , and it is on this account chiefly , »» at 1 use their statements . The old verbiage and bomliuHt , which pretended to cure all human ills , and reiorm the entire navigable world , by u uiimlc grocer ' s
shop , or isolated hatter's block , is now falling into desuetude ; and a modest good sense , moderate in its professions , but not less faithful in performance , is taking the place of the old hyperbolism of reform . All over East Lancashire I observe new mills being erected , all of them large , manyof them , elegant structures , much more elegant and tasteful than their commonplace , gloomy , prison-like predecessors . The cottontrade people flourish in these days . At Padiham the working classes are taking advantage of this vegetable prosperity . Seventy-five " operatives have subscribed as many shares of £ 25 , and built an admirable mill , both as
respects strength and style . Its complete fitting up with , machinery will raise its entire cost to about £ 7000 . The shares are being augmented to effect its finish . Its rise has been rapid . When . I went over it a few weeks ago its machinery was beginning to be placed in it . If these operatives do not get rich by their plan , they are pretty certain to get knowledge , position , and the incalculable pleasure of being their own masters . Already it is being spoken of as an asylum for some men who , on account of their opinions , have been injured in their employment by other masters . Thus cooperation enables these operatives to become the protectors of tlieir own cla I .
It is mot likely that nny of these new capitalists will fall into the narrow selfishness of too many of the present race of masters . 'JJhese rising cooperators everywhere make provision for the education and final emancipation of their employes , which promises a better future for industry . Some political lecturers have lately been round , speaking against cooperation , on the ground that it makes men into masters and capitalists . So much the better . The more the meriier . Let the workman have his turn ; no harm will happen if the chance conies round to every man . Any how there will come moral good out of these
cooperative schemes . The pretension of honesty is good —it leads to : he reali'y . Protesting , as all cooperators do , against the present false system of trade , they endeavour to avoid it , and bit by bit they succeed . Witness the plain , and therefore pleasant , statement made by the Central Cooperative Agency of London , of the goods they supply . They confer ( as I have observed in a former letter ) as much benefit on society by the quality of their statements as by the quality of their articles ; and all cooperation inclines to proportional language . Disliking competition , it naturally avoids its besetting vice of exaggeration to sell its strife-begotten wares .
Puffing has become a moral nuisance which ought no longer to be endured . When a man tells mo , as is done by show bills at many stations on the Midland line , that rny " railway expenses may be saved" by buying his tea at his shop , I not only disbelieve him , I am disgusted with him and his tea too . If I do not soon learn to dislike tea itself , 1 am suie that I could no more drink the decoction procured from than I could JSpsom Salts , in which Pil . cochia had been dropped with a view to flavour it . If a tradesman tells me he has " the finest bacon ever imported , " how am I to prove it ; and if I cannot pr « vp it , why does he tell it me ? Am 1 to take his word ? A dozen other Corn-factors , in the same street , tell me the same thing . The "finest " hog that ever was , cannot have been large enough to have filled a dozen shops at once . He who tells me what I cannot prove , and what I cannot believe , must mean to
deceive me ; and if he will deceive me in his window , how do I know that lie will not deceive me over his counter ? The man who will lie in his placard , will not scruple to lie in his dealings . I am sure that there is- a widespread sickness being felt at this offensive inflation ; and even poor and humble tradesmen in every part of the country ure conceiving a repugnance to the practice , and refusing , to fall in with it , and poorer working-men ( from whom it is not to be expected ) , and from poor workingwomen ( from whom it is less t ;> be expected ) , are avoiding those shops which offend taste and truth in their puifings . I have seen this done , and have ascertained it by questioning , and I know that the day is coming when the trade of truth will be as profitable as the trade of falsehood is now . I ought to write has been , for I am glad to be able to s : ay that the trade of falsehood does not pat / now half so well as it did , and is altogether a " losing game" in many places . Ion .
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rtlNCEHITY AND 1 HUTU IMC FORK A I . I . llllNOS . lllC feeling which we are considering ( Conscientiousness ) is the most important of all , because it regulates the proper action of nil the others , by coniiuing them within the bounds of what it * right . It makes us desire " to do to others as we would they should do to us , " and to love truth and sincerity above all things . It is painfully evident to nil who think upon the subject , how much the world needs the proper cultivation , exercise , und direction of this faculty . It is disheartening to contemplate the vast area which " Vanity Fair" occupies , in which each arts a part :, each wears a mask , each endeavours to deceive his neighbour by passing for something niortuir Ickh than
he i . s , and each is . satisfied with mere seeming , Without being or doing . Love of approbation in the prime mover ; the craving for distinction , not excellenceto appear , not to be . . Praise is the grand desideratum ; and as to be virtuous is often too dillicult or too troublesome , the semblance in assumed of whatever will best Hecure the approbation of society . The development of a large conscientiousness can alone counteract the wide Hpreading and infectious tendency . We must strengthen the love of truth , ol sincerity , of candour , iu our children , and begin early to make ; them feel heaitil y ashamed of taking credit which is not strictly their due . Never neglect an opportunity of showing how mean , how diHlionowt it iu , —Education of ( ho feelings , by Charts JJnty ,
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There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Milton .
The Bishop Of Llandaff's Charge. October...
THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF'S CHARGE . October 27 , 1851 . Sir , —As you profess to conduct your paper for a social and religious purpose , 1 take for granted that you would not df . sire to accomplish your object by unrighteous means . You stated in your number for October 11 , that the Bishop of Llandaff , in his Tecent charge , lias made the " cmshing confession , " that " the Church of England is not the Church of the people ; " and you have given with inverted commas the words , " Still , the Church of England is not the Church of the people , " as if these were the Bishop ' s wprds . Now , the fact is , that the Bishop never said anything of the sort . His words , which are garbled as above , are these : — " The Church of this diocese , it cannot be denied , is not , to the extent which ice should desire , the Church of the people . " You have applied to the Church generally what he only said of the Church in the diocese of Llandaff ; and you have altogether omitted the qualification with which he has made the statement even with respect to that . You have kept back from your readers the fact , that in thirty years the population of the diocese has increased from 150 , 000 to 357 , 000 , which is sufficient to account for and explain the statement ; and you have shut your eyes to the Bishop ' s words , p . 53 , in which he is speaking of the Church of England , and says : — " Our Church is not , as it is too frequently regarded m Wales , the Church of the rich only , but of the poor also . " Sir , I take for granted that truth is your object , and persuade myself that you will not hesitate to retract a statement which you have so incautiously made . A Clhhgyman op the Diocese of LtjANDAFf .
The Temperance League. 48, Morninirton-P...
THE TEMPERANCE LEAGUE . 48 , Morninirton-placc , October 2-1 , 1851 . Sin , —Finding from the remarks upon me in your paper of the 18 th instant , that you have been led into a gross error , in consequence of the inaccuracy of a part of the report of the inauguration of the Temperance League , at Exeter-hall , I beg to set you right in that matter . In that report I am stated to have asked— "Did any of them think that our Saviour ever partook of wine ? " Whereas it should have been , ' * ever made or partook of intoxicating winet" The effect of this omission , I am sure you will allow , entirely alters the character of my question . Being chairman upon that occasion , a paper was bunded to me , with the Question of , " What do tho teetotalers say to the miracle of our Saviour turning the water into wine ? " This paper I read , and staled , ior the information of the querist , that the teetotalers had already largely discussed that subject , and also nettled it to their entire satisfaction ; and that their opinions might bo found in various Temperance publications . Now , as thin question was put to teetotalers , and im I was then addressing a large number of those persons , I asked "If any of them thought that our Saviour ever made or partook of intoxicating wine ? " The universal reply was "No . " After this explanation you will , no doubt , find that you owe me an apology . The insertion of this letter will , however , satisfy—Yours respectfully , ( j ! ko . Ckuikbuanjc .
Homoeopathy A 1iumhug. Liverpool, Octobo...
HOMOEOPATHY A 1 IUMHUG . Liverpool , Octobor . 27 , 1851 . Sin , —That a whole page of your most excellent paper should have been sacrificed , in itH lust number , to Hi « : h a subject an Homoeopathy , terming it " Tho Medical Question of the Day , " caused me no very agreeable surprise . Why , Sir , there jh not a rightthinking and honest in . m , who , after giving tho matter u fair and close examination , hug not pronounced Homowimthy uu insane idea or a yilo deception .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 1, 1851, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01111851/page/19/
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