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No. 493. Sept. 3, 1859.1 THE LEADER. 101...
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A Tetter from Captain Blakely, HP., Roya...
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Samuei- Lover. — Perhaps no song-writer,...
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Tho acrobat Blond in has again orosaod o...
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COMMERCIAL.
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THE PROGRESS OF THE CORN TJRADE EKOM the...
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MONEY MARKET & STOCK EXCHANGE.
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Friday Evening. Is consequence of the ap...
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Serials. Blackwood. — We Have The Conclu...
narrative is conducted to 1746—the date of the battle of Culloden . The work ought to substitute mime It combines the domestic with the historic , and thus is doubly interesting .. English CrcxoPiEDiA of Arts and Sciences . BvCharles Knight . Part Till takes us down to the end of second volume , and the word " Cohort . "
No. 493. Sept. 3, 1859.1 The Leader. 101...
No . 493 . Sept . 3 , 1859 . 1 THE LEADER . 1017
A Tetter From Captain Blakely, Hp., Roya...
A Tetter from Captain Blakely , HP ., Royal Artillery to the Secretary of State J or War ; claiming the original Invention of an indispensable feature of the Armstrong Gun ; ivith an authentic description dfthat Weapon . —James Ridgway . The title sufficiently explains , perhaps , the subject ami argument of the pamphlet . Mr A . T Blakely claims to have discovered , independently of Sir W m . Armstrong , a method of making a much stronger cannon from the , same quantity - ^ of ' metal than is lanand to have taken out
nossible by the ordinary p , riateut accordingly . These facts lie stated , by letter to General Peel ; and otherwise affirmed that his patent involved certain indispensable parts of Sir Wm . Armstrong ' s guns . It had been also supposed that Mr . Blakely had forestalled Sir William in other points for which he deserved no credit . The publication of the real state of the case he therefore thinks an act of justice towards all parties . Some of his statements in the pamphlet are startling , and he now thinks that he is entitled to royalty for
the experiments which he has been at the expense of making , or that his patent should be purchased by Government . There are doubtless points of similarity or identity in both plans .
Samuei- Lover. — Perhaps No Song-Writer,...
Samuei- Lover . — Perhaps no song-writer , not even Moore himself , ever acquired such a wide , such a national reputation , as the author of " The Angel's Whisper , " " Molly Bawn , " " Molly Carew , " " The Four-leaved Shamrock , " " The Road of Life , " , though last , certainly hot least in our best affection , " Rory O'More . " Permit the writer of this short biographical sketch to digress for a while , and narrate a little incident which will tend more to prove the popularity of this sweet little "touch of nature " than volumes of panegyric . It was in Glasgow , this very year , and the day after the Burns ^ festival , that a party of gentlemen ( including among their number Samuel Lover and the writer of this sketch ) visited the establishment of the Messrs . Symington , who are well known to the world of trade for their
beautiful muslin curtains , and one of whom is almost as well known to the world of letters for literary merit of no common order . In the course of the visit we came to a large room in which a great many young damsels w h ereat work , engaged in the delicate task of taking up loose threads and repairing all accidents that had happened to the delicate fabrics in th e progress of the work . These "lassies " looked up with a half-curious air has we entered , and were quietly setting to their work agajnwhen one of the partyr—it was Mr . Peter
, Cunningham ( Petrus ipse , Peter the son of Allan)—stepped forward and said : " Young ladies , I think you ought to know that the author of ' Rory O'More ' is in the room , and I think that if you let him go without singing his song it will be your own fault ; " whereupon he pushed Mr . Lover forward , half-blushing , all-laughing , and covered with the natural confusion of an Irishman . This announcement was received with great appiause , and in a moment work was laid aside , and the veteran bard was surrounded be that audience which Apollo over
loves best—a circle of the Graces . There was no escape , no help for it ; to yield with tho best grace possible was the only way , and that Mr . Lover very gracefully did . Taking off his" hat —< for , liko a true Lover , ho is always one of the most gallant of men—he sang " Rory 9 'Moro " } n capital style , giving to it far more raciness and humour than any one who has not had a similar treat would concoivo to bo possible . How the lasses enjoyed it ! How they giggled and laughed , and gloofully approoiatod the " situation " where Rory , " the rogue , " and whon
givoa " another to make it quite sure ; " the gallant singer kiasod the back of his hand , to suit the action to tho word , how saucily suggestive ¦ one or two of thorn looked , as if to hint that lie might have chosen a more natural illustration without giving mortal offence . It was a capital scene , Wlion tho song was ovor thorp was a genoral ' round ° f applause , and as wo loft tho room one of tho proprietors of tho establishment exclaimed , as he wrung Mr . Lover ' s hand , " . Thank you , sir ; Not one of those girls will forgot yon to her dying day . " —Critic .
Tho Acrobat Blond In Has Again Orosaod O...
Tho acrobat Blond in has again orosaod ovor Niagara Hivor on hlstight-ropp , carrying a man on liia back . Ho promises next to take ovor . cooking stave with him , and whon in tho centre of tho ropG to cook Bomo omelettes .
Commercial.
COMMERCIAL .
The Progress Of The Corn Tjrade Ekom The...
THE PROGRESS OF THE CORN TJRADE EKOM the monthly tables , to which we referred very briefly last week we may glean , now and hereafter , which we could not then do , some items of useful information as to the course of our trade . First , let us refer to tlie corn trade . The imports of wheat and flour , in the seven months , were—. 1 S 57 . . 1858 . 18 . 1 ' . ) . Wheat qrs . 1 , 547 , <> 47 2 , 74 () . 442 2 , 5 SO , OS 1 Flour cwts . 1 , 712 , 748 2 , 7 UM 53 2 , 023 , 01 ) 1 Thus of both these articles there was a much larger importation in 1858 than in 1857 , find a somewhat smaller importation in 1859 than in 1858 . At present the six Aveeks' average price of
wheat is 44 s . 4 d . ; "last year , at this tune , it was 45 s . 5 d . ; and in 1857 , 57 s . From this comparatively high price having brought forward such a comparatively small supply , * " ¦ ' 1857 , we may be sure that the price was proportionally high and there was a proportionable scarcity of wheat throughout the world . After the harvest of 1857 the price declined , and continued at abotit 44 s . through the year 1858 , and in that year we obtained an additional supply;—a proof that wheat was comparatively abundant in the markets of the world . Of the comparatively small supply of 1857 , and of the supplies for the other two years , we obtained
from—1 S ' i 7 . 1 S 5 S . IS . /' . ) . ^ Wheat .. qrs . 4 , 1 ) 43 4 rf . S , 958 l ; 0 : > 9 , 7 S 3 France Flour .. cwts . 124 , 3 ' . > 7 1 , 173 , 031 2 , 400 , 0 S 7 The United Wheat .. qrs . : « 5 , < W 7 392 , 281 3 , 288 States Flour ., cwts . 923 , 439 1 , 338 , 792 24 , 803 In the seven months , therefore , of the present year the supp lies from the States have been almost nil , and those from France have been very great . The price of 44 s . lias been remunerating for our at
neighbour ; it was more than she could get home , and she sent us large supplies . But this price was not remunerating for the American grower ; it was not more than he could get in S " York or Boston , find he sent hardly any wheat and flour hither . The Americans , as has been remarked by the Daily News , liave been undersold in our markets by the French , the old country growing corn cheaper than the new . The value of the wheat and flour imported from
France in the six months of this year is . £ 3 , 683 , 146 ; while from the United States we have only imported of wheat and flour to the value of £ 21 , 690 . To the extent of the difference between these two-sums France will be enabled to buy more commodities from this and other countries , and America less . Of our great trade relations with the States the grain trade is only a small part , and thoug h the decline in it will be disadvantageous to us , we look with much satisfaction at the increase of the grain trade with France , as a guai'antee for ^ the continuance ot peace between the two countries . The sum mentioned as the value of the wheat
and flour imported from France , whets pur curiosity to know something of the value of our grain trade generally in the year . " We must , therefore , state that the total value of corn and flour imported in 1858 was ^ £ 20 , 152 , 641 , in . 1857 it was £ 19 , 380 , 567 , and it was more than in 1858 in each of the two years , 1854 and 1856 . Jfor all this wheat and flour we have paid with our manufactures , not with gold , of which we have none , exoept what we buy in liko manner with our manufactures ; and buying corn and flour . for £ 20 , 000 , 000 . to that extent our industry is stimulated ns it is rewarded by the food obtained . Prior to 1854 there wei'o no returns of . tho
declared value of commodities imported , but only of quantities , and therefore wo cannot toll year by year what hus been the value of the corn trade flinco tho com laws wcro repealed . The <| uunti £ ies of all kinds of grain and meal imported since 184 , 6 were ns follows : — TOTAL . tlUANTITV OF Cin . VlN AND MKAL 1 . MPOHTEO AS IMl ' KUIAIL . ({ UAHTKRMVonr . Uuurtorii . Yunr . ( Juartora . 1 H 17 ll . Wia . frlO 1 HM 10 , 17 !» , i : W 1 HI . S 7 , 5 'JIV » M 1 * M ? , lHH » , Mi JrtU ) 10 , ()( l \ l , (( lU 1 nV 5 .... . ... iV . ' 7 w , Hl : l lis ;» o i » , <) uV » imi i . v > n w ,: iuw , J , ' . ' * im . -h ( i , niM , o » 'a iM 7 . ik u , imi , i'iii , 1 S , V » ? , 7-Hl , l ) ll » 1 H . V 1 11 , « IK » , 7 O 3 Total ( Juurtorn lJO , ( MMi , i ) iW Avortiuv pur annum l > , V ' . 'l , 5 sU
In Ib 4 ( 5 , tho your \ v \\ vn . the corn law ' was ropouluii and when in consequence « additional quantity oi' grain ciuno in , tho qiuintlly imported
was 4 , 752 , 174 quarters . In 1844-5 the average of the two years was 2 , 730 , 298 quarters , so that all above this quantity , which came in annually subsequent to 1846 , may be considered as having been kept out oif the mouths of the people . To get at this quantity we subtract 2 , 700 , 000 quarters from 9 , 200 , 000 quarters , which gives us 6 , 500 , 000 quarters ; To be quite within bounds , let us assume that three quarters of these various kinds of grain are equivalent to the nourishment of one person in a year , and then we shall have , on a rough calculation , 2 , 170 , 000 persons added to our population , and sustained in comfortable existence by the industry which the corn-laws stifled .-If
we assume the average price through the period to have been 40 s " . per quarter , including all kinds of grain and flour , we shall have , as the annual average value of the corn imported , , £ 18 , 443 , 178 , something more , than the average annual charge for the army , navy , and ordnance . It is more than the total value of the exports of England and Scotland a century ago ,, which , according to " Macpherson ' s Annals of Commerce , " amounted , in 1700 , to . £ 15 , 781 , 175 , and almost double the value of the imports in the same year , , £ 10 , 683 , 595 . Our-grain trade is now , therefore , extremely important and valuable . In fact , except cotton , it surpasses in value any other article imported , and in importance is quite equal to cotton .
Saying nothing of the number of people which such a quantity of food has enabled ^ to live comfortably and rear up families ; saying nothing of the hunger , the disease , and death which withholding thefood would have Caused , we refer , merely to the quantity imported-and' the value of the trade , and appeal to the good sense of the people to judge the legislators , the landlords , and their allies of the pulpit and the press , who , professing a desire to enrich the country , suppressed and stifled for many years so large and valuable a branch of traffic . Just now this matter is of vast importance ; The press—the anti-democfatie , tLe Conservative , the mere Whig , the nominal free trade presses taking advantage of the errors and faults of the workmen on strike to hold their
class up as unfit to exercise the franchise , in order to maintain as long as possible the present system of corruption and exclusion . But if their present mistake justifies the continuance of their disfranchisement , would not the terrible—the criminal mistake persisted in by the landlords and their partisans for more than thirty years , justify their disfranchiscment immediately and for ever ? Would not the persistence of this class in still maintaining many restrictions on industry almost as bad as the starvation laws now abolished , justify the public
in demanding that they should be placed on a level with the excluded workmen , if the latter are not fit to legislate , neither are the others . N " ay , would not this doctrine , which disfranchises men because they commit errors , justify the total annihilation of liberty and the establishment of despotism in the hands of men whose claims to infallibility show them to be utterly unlit to exercise power ? The demand to continue the disfranchisement of the multitude becnu . se tho men on strike are supposed not to understand political economy , is to knock all aristocratic legislation on the head .
Money Market & Stock Exchange.
MONEY MARKET & STOCK EXCHANGE .
Friday Evening. Is Consequence Of The Ap...
Friday Evening . Is consequence of the approach of the 4 th , when a number of bills come to maturity , which falling on Sunday , thoy must bo mot to-morrow , money is in temporary demand . Otherwise the market in genoml continues ousy , and thorc Ifl no alteration in tho tornis . Some arrivals of gold have taken place , and more are expected , which will probably increase tho oaso till they have had tho customary otloct of oxciting additional enterprise . On the wliolo , howover , tho money market is dull , liko other markets . In the Btock Exchange there has been no animation in the wook , though , tho tendency has boon upwards . Torday Consols opunud at \> ft' } , but this market wun dull , und they were <| iiotod at ^ lower boftiro the close . ' Yesterday tlio l ' arls Uourso doullnod . and to-day tho wires brought u still furthor iloullno , which contributed to tho depression of our nutrkt't .
Railways woro stoady . Tho Indian loan is at » 0 | , nml continues to bo vuvy favourably rogardod . Tho India Council arc ho well provided with ciiHli ^ by tlio payments on account , thut thoy oilbr to lend inonoy in Consols in tlio Htock Exclutngo , and probably
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1859, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03091859/page/21/
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