On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (5)
-
1000 . THE LEADER. [No. 493. Sept. 3, 18...
-
' laiTttift %^r*HTtS ^ u ** l * t cS^'*[wa. - «,
-
POLITICAL FORESIIADOWIKGS. The two Conse...
-
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. The contributions ...
-
NAVAL AND MILITARY. Two delinquents belo...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
1000 . The Leader. [No. 493. Sept. 3, 18...
1000 . THE LEADER . [ No . 493 . Sept . 3 , 185 Q .
' Laitttift %^R*Htts ^ U ** L * T Cs^'*[Wa. - «,
|§ 0 m $ JJ ^ uja ;
Political Foresiiadowikgs. The Two Conse...
POLITICAL FORESIIADOWIKGS . The two Conservative members for the southern division of Devon attended a large gathering of their party held recently at Ashburton . Mr . L . Pai . k , M . P ., thus alluded to the course likely to be adopted by the Conservatives early in the next session : — "I am told that the Ministry of the present day , far from having a majority in the House of Commons , is a Ministry on sufferance , and is supported only by a minority of the people . How long do you think that this wretched Government is going tb stand ? Do you think that they are the men to bring in a Reform Bill that would be satisfactory to you and to the people of this country ? Do you think that the man who sacrificed your interests and your honour
at the behests of France is the man to maintain your interests and your honour ? Well , then , what is the duty of the great Conservative party ? It is—and let there be no mistake about it—as soon as Parliament meets , to bring this question to an issue , and , by a vote of want of confidence , which I hope and trust I shall see moved , to drive from power that Government which for years arid years have maintained themselves in office by the greatest bribery and corruption , which has only just been found out , but to which the country is becoming alive * For wherever a , fresh election take 3 place , although the Conservative candidate may not in every place be successful , you will find that the Conservative candidate has had the greatest number of hands held
up in his favour ; and , therefore , if the Conservative cause rested on universal suffrage the Conservative and not the Whig would have been elected . "—Mr . S . T . Kekewich , M . P ., said : — "It appears to me that we ought to view the present Government with very great suspicion j and the reason I view them with suspicion is , because they consist of gentlemen holding so many opinions , that I think it is impossible for them to agree without some compromise of principle , and nothing is worse in the' rulers of this country than any compromise of political principle . I regard the Government just as we see beautiful figures through a kaleidoscope ; they are made up of shreds and patches , but when viewed altogether they present to the eye a very pleasing and imposing
effect . What is this Ministry composed of ? I do not wish to do them any wrong . I know the difficulties which public men have often to labour under ; that sometimes , there must be a little compromise of principle , but not too great a compromise . My honourable friend has' told us that we should go to the House of Commons next session and propose a want of confidence in the Government . Let us , if we have a majority , have a fair stand-up fight ; let us fight with confidence and courage , and try which is the strongest man . But do not resort to factious votes in trying to turn out the present Administration . If we determine to turn them out , let us do it in an honest and straightforward way . "
On Wednesday , about a thousand electors of West Kent , belonging to the Liberal party , dined together in celebration of the return of Messrs . Lee and Buxton , the Liberal members for Maidstone . On this occasion Mr . W . Lee , M . P ., observed that the Tories were not satisfied with being soundly beaten at the last election , but must try the forlorn hope of sending a petition without evidence to the House of Commons . Some of the witnesses had received as much as £ 40 to attend and give , evidence to unseat the Liberal members . Kut he must say that he had been treated in a very honourable manner by some of the highminded and influential Tories of Maidstone ; it was only a certain clique , who had for years looked put for the money of candidates , by whom this petition was concocted , lteferring to the present state of political parties , Mr . Loo expressed his intention to give a general support to Lord Palmorston ' s Government so long as it deserved the
esteem of -true liberals . The question of reform had beenstavedoffyenrufteryear . but thepresont Government came into office on that question , and was bound to bring forward a Reform Bill sufficiently comprehensive . — Mr . C . Buxton , M . P ., denied that any bribery had taken place on the part of himself or Mr , Leo , and the Torios had now spent about \ , Q 00 i . upon the petition , the result of which only rendered their seats more sceure . Ho considorod that the present law respecting bribery was inoperative . A severe penalty should attach to the man who actually performs the act of bribery , and the law should bo so altered that any man who bribed an elector should bo committed to gaol for a fortnight or a month . He should , as their roproaontativo , supports all liberal rucaaures , and could appeal with confidence to his jpaat votes * , ' The prosunt Government comprised in ita ranks many real reformers , tvnd thoy wight reasonably expect that such a moasuro of retorm . would bo introduced as would satisfy the
country . Referring to Continental affairs , Mr . Buxton strongly advocated the policy of allowing the Italians to choose their own form of government , and hoped that this country would never interfere on behalf of despotism . It is announced that on the 15 th inst , a Conservative banquet , on a grand scale , will take place in West Kent . Earl Stanhope will preside , and a large number of the noblemen and leading Conservative gentlemen of the division have signified their intention to be present on the occasion .
The Liberals of Kidderminster are organising a grand demonstration , which is to take place on the 23 rd of next month . A banquet to the sitting member , Mr . A . 11 . Bristow , M . P ., is to be given in the Music Hall , to which several M . P . ' s and the notabilities of the county are invited . Besides this , as the room will only contain sonie 700 or 800 persons , the non-electors will likewise give a fetei Nearly 2001 . has already been subscribed . On Wednesday the anniversary of an old-established charity called the Bear Club was held in Devizes , when , as usual , the members for the county were present . Mr . Loxg , M . P ., presided , and in his speech dwelt at some length on the necessity of getting rid of periodical invasion panics , and said to in the
that in his opinion every man ought serve militia or find a substitute . There need then be no fear of invasion . Captain Gladstone , M . P ., expressed a hope that whatever government was in power they would maintain a powerful fleet . He thought the majority of the people should be trained to the use of amis , and remarked on the fact that the army was at this moment 10 , 000 men below the numbers voted by Parliament ; but he congratulated his hearers on the . Government haying taken measures to secure a reserve of 25 , 000 seamen . Mr . Sothekon Estcotjrt addressed the meeting in a similar strain , and called attention to the fact that the Wiltshire regiment of militia was short of its required complement of men , and he appealed to the company to join the yeomanry .
The Builders' Strike. The Contributions ...
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . The contributions from the country in aid of the men on strike and lock-out amounted up to Thursday night , to . £ 350 . Further contributions are expected shortly , amongst others , £ 1 , 000 from the Amalgamated Engineers and £ 500 from the trades of Glasgow . A Non-Society ' s Men ' s Relief Fund has been instituted , of which Mr . Alderman Cubitt , M . P ., is the treasurer ; and to which he has subscribed . £ 100 . This fund is to be distributed only amongst the non-society men , who are willing to give their verbal assent to the declaration when the shops are reopened . . Late on Thursday night information reached us that negotiations were pending between the masters , and the operatives , the result of which , it is anticipated , will be an amicable settlement of the existing dispute .
There was a demonstration of building operatives at the Surrey Gardens on Monday , at which some 2 . 000 or 3 , 000 were present . Mr . Grey , the operative who presided , announced an unyielding determination on the part of the leaders of the movement , a statement that was loudly cheered by the assembly . The temper of the meeting may be expressed in one sentence—no surrender until the "document" of the masters is withdrawn . A strongly-worded , resolution , condemnatory of the document , was unanimously adopted . From the speech delivered by Mr , G . Potter , we learn that 14 , 000 or 15 , 000 workmen have made application to share the supplies at the disposal of the executive committee . The total income for the workmen on strike up to Monday in last week was nearly £ 1 , 500 , and the whole of this sum had been distributed save some £ 60 . Glasgow had promised to send up
£ 500 . A preliminary meeting of the anti-strike committee and nou-sociuty men engaged in the building trades was held on Thursday , in the Adeluide Gallory , Lowthcr-arcade , Strand . Several society men assembled round the doors , but no interruption took place . Mr . Ashby was called to the chair , and the meeting was addressed at some length by Mr . Plummcr , an operative , who argued that the trades' union was pursuing a suicidal policy , and contended that the history of trades' unions was one of * ' strikes
quarrels , disputes , confusion , ruin nnd misery . " Ho thought the " document" might bo accepted as amended by the anti-striko committee , and regarded as a shop rule . Mr . Diproso moved " That the thanks of tills preliminary meeting of the antistrike committee of non-society mon bo given to Mr . Plummor for his excellent address $ and it further desires to express its concurrence in the views ho has sot forth . " Mr . Jonos seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Barrett announced that Alderman Cubitt had oppressed hia willingness to bocome treasurer to aa
Anti-Strike Relief Fund , if a requisition signed ^ ' twenty members should be presented to him , and he ( Mr . ¦ Barrett ) believed that if they agreed to dp so , that hundreds of pounds would shortly be forthcoming for their relief , as the masters deeply sympathised with their sufferings . A requisition was immediately signed , and , after thanks had been voted to the chairman , the proceedings terminated .
Naval And Military. Two Delinquents Belo...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Two delinquents belonging to the Royal Engineers , at Chatham , have been tried and sentenced by courtmartial . Sapper Owen Lawby , tried on a charge of having deserted two years ago , was ordered to be branded with the latter " D , " to receive fifty lashes , and to be imprisoned for eighty-four days . Major-General Eyre commuted the fifty lashes to fortytwo days' imprisonment , making , beside the branding , 126 days' imprisonment . Alexander Cameron
a sapper , was found drnnk and guilty of riotous conduct in the streets of Chatham , knocking down one of the picquet sent to conduct him to the guardhouse . The prisoner lias only been nine months in the service , during which time he has been tried three times by court-martial . The court sentenced him to receive eighty-four days' imprisonment , and to have one penny per day of his pay stopped for twelve months .
On Saturday the Grand Duke Constantino paid a lpng visit to the Great Eastern . For upwards ot three hours he remained on board inspecting every part of the ship , from the lowest deck to the iron masts and colossal wooden yards , lie expressed himself perfectly astonished at the magnitude of the whole undertaking for a commercial speculation , though , merely judging of it from a nautical point of view , he had little doubt of its success . He claimed for the Russian Government the credit of
having the second largest vessel in the world—the General-Admiral—though , as regarded fineness of lines and beauty of form , he considered the Great Eastern to as much surpass that man-of-war as she did in size and power . His Highness expressed a wish to see the new steering apparatus ; this simple though most ingenious invention was accordingly inspected at Mr . Larigley ' s yard . The Paris correspondent of the Indepcndcntce writes : — " Letters from Marseilles state that a very general feeling of discontent prevails amongst the
merchants of Sweden , Denmark , Holland , and especially of the United States , at the extraordinary efforts which are being made by the British Government to enlist the sailors of those nations . English agents are offering no less than SI . bounty and 41 . 8 s . per month for men . The consequence is that there is an almost general desertion of men , and the merchants of these nations find it almost impossible to man their ships . These men arc taken to Malta in the first instance , and are from thence conveyed to the different maritime stations where they are required . "
The Toulonnais announces that experiments are being made at the islands of Hyiros with a cannon on a new model , which carries 12 , 000 yards . The Times thus recapitulates the measures taken for the national defence : — " Perhaps our army is still but a small one , perhaps our navy still calls for a better organization of our maritime resources , perhaps our fortifications may be the better for an authoritative inspection and a decisive report . It was maintained the other day that we could not at this moment bring above 30 , 000 infantry into the field against an invader . This , upon a rigobo
rous principle of reckoning , may possibly true , but we may add that it is full three times as much as we could havo done twentyfive years ago . The troops at home , besides being trebled in number , arc infinitely better equipped , armed , and trained . Instead of boing scattered by companies ovor the kingdom , thoy are massed in largo bodies , and inured by- the practice of camps to the usages of actual war . In particular , tho artillery has been strongly reinforced , and , instead of eighteen , wo could now produce l ^» guns , nil oxcollently served . Our lionia army nmy fairly bo estimated as worth flvo times tho foreo available in 1832 ; and to this wo « re proposing to add a resorvo of veteran soldiers in the ofbattlo
prime of strength . Our arrours in Dne - ships havo been rapidly made up , nnd in tho other departments of a national marine wo have littlo to complain of .. Wo have a formidable fleet of gunboats ; wo havo our Orlandoa anil Mersoys , worthy rivals , as wo boliovo , of Niagaras and General-Admirals ; and if stoam rams and iron-onscnl frigates are to take the load In sueh matters , wo havo uotu upou tho stocks . At sea wo have a Channel squadron and a Modltorrarionn squadron , whilo as to sailors wo liavo already somo rosorvo forcio , aim have adoptou measures for supporting it by others . Wo aro not overlooking any of tho discoveries oi modern science Wo nru rifling our cannon ; wo
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03091859/page/4/
-