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WHAT OUR YOUNG MEN ARE DOING. We believe...
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Commissioner Gottlbuktt And His Martyb. ...
Nor does lie stand alone . We have no doubt that a degree of leniency will be shown to a John Dbaif Patjx , the fraudulent banker of Evangelical persuasion , which would be refused to a perfectly straightforward man avowing his insensibility to Evangelism . This kind of admipistration frustrates justice both ways . Cubbd is subjected to an oppression which he does not deserve ; but the public also is deprived of a protection to which it has a right . Mr . Commissioner GFcoxbtten has proclaimed , by his behaviour in this case , that if a witness who desires to 1
evade givingevidence chooses to call himself " an Atheist , " he can compel the Court to lose sight of his contumacy in his enormity as denier of the faith . Public opinion would naturally be enlisted on the side of enforcing the law for the purposes of justice to creditors , and of preventing anything like conspiracy ; but here it is enlisted upon the side of the accused man , because he beeomes a martyr under sectarian oppression . The Court totally confounds justice and injustice , and places itself "below the very witness whose " impudence" it intends to check .
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What Our Young Men Are Doing. We Believe...
WHAT OUR YOUNG MEN ARE DOING . We believe that , with a few exceptionsand these chiefly among the working classes — -our young men are entirely disengaged from political agitation . The young men of the aristocracy consider the House of Commons , of course , the best club in London . The young men of the middle classes imitate the young men of the aristocracy as far as they can . You see them at the opera , or on the race-course , or at concerts or entertainments , or at wine parties , or in
biJliardrooms , or in cricket-grounds , or at regattas ; but , as a general rule , leaving out of view the body of young men on the London and provincial press , they are wanting in political knowledge and , as a natural result , in political enthusiasm . If we examine the leagues , committees , and associations that have been founded for 2 > ubKc objpcts within the last few years ,, we find engaged our men of mature age . Almost all our Parliamentary I / iberals are past their prime . There are , no doubt , men ripening to follow them ; but they do not appear .
AV ^ e say that our young men are occupied , principally , in amusing themselves , and in " getting on "—bath very necessary and laudable occupations .. But there have been days- when men , found it possible to be lively and prosperous , and , at the same time , to feel some public spirit stirring in their breasts . The history of the lteform Bill shows that a prodigious activity was manifested , at the crisis of that question , by
bodies of young men , who associated , and brought all their strength and . ardour into the contest . Now , come upon a thousand of these undeveloped citizens anywhere , and under any circumstances , and those who would be interested by a » political discussion form a very small minority . Mr . Cobj ) en , Mr . Bright , Sir . Tosiiua "Waxmissley , Mr . Duncombis , Mr . MiiiNEn . Giijson—all our known and trusted liberals
in l ^ irliament , have seen a generation grow since they entered public life ; but who , in Parliament , could replace them ? And who out of Parliament ? The class of agitators who ranted and roared during the Clinrtiat agitation is practically—and happily—defunct ; hut even if they continued iu existence , they must bo paused over . We aro speaking of serious politicians . Well , there aro some steady and conscientious workers in behalf of Liberalism , but not many of them aro young . Thoro is little doubt that a real movement
would bring * out the political qualities of the English character ; . but , at present , the English character appears essentially non-political . We are almost fitted for paternal government . At home , our Ministers avoid opposition hy attempting nothing . Abroad , their acts are thoroughly paternal , for they do all they please , and when it is done they tell us of it , with this remark , —that it cannot be undone .
Indian Officers With The Turkish Conting...
INDIAN OFFICERS WITH THE TURKISH CONTINGENT . It is understood that an animated discussion took place at the India House on Wednesday last , on a matter of some moment to the officers of the Native army who volunteered for the Turkish Contingent . It must be quite unnecessary to remind our readers that at the time when the British army was well-nigh annihilated , the Home Government looked about in all directions for means of repairing the consequences of their previous short-sightedness and neglect . We need not allude to what passed ia North . America—our business is with the East . Nat unnaturally they cast a longing eye on the noble army in the service of the East India Company , but neither could those veteran troops be spared , nor were there means to transport them to the scene of war . There happened , however , to be many officers at home , who might render good service in disciplining the Turks , especially through their past experience of Mahommedan prejudices and modes of thought . The temptation was not to be resisted . The Court of Directors was , therefore , prevailed upon to promise brevet rank , on their return to India , to such of their officers as might be disposed to enter this Turkish Contingent . The bait was greedily swallowed , and a more than sufficient number of volunteers speedily presented themselves . It is a fallacy to suppose that these were more genuine soldiers than those who remained steadfast to
their proper colours . The reverse was the case . Not a few of these volunteers had urgent private motives for not wishing to return to India , while others were eager to exchange the routine of regimental duty for the comparative licence of an irregular corps . Some , of course , were actuated by a truly martial spirit , but as a body these gentlemen were certainly not the elite of the officers of the Indian army . In that army promotion goes entirely by seniority , and brevet rank is never conferred , save for distinguished services in the field , in > presence of the enemy . Now , the sudden termination of the late war inflicts an act
of positive injustice on those officers of the Native army who were fulfilling' their legitimate duties in their proper sphere of action . The junior captain of a regiment who has passed the last summer at Constantinople or Kertch , goes back to his corps as brevet-major , and under certain circumstances may be entitled to supersede all his senior captains , who , less fortunate than himself , have been exposed the while to the inconveniences of an Indian climate . To say the least of it , the latter are hardly dealt with , and such was the feeling of an influential portion of the Honourable Court . The majority , however , were of opinion that faith must be kept with those who may have been induced by their promises to take
service in the Turkish Contingent . It was clearly a choice between two evils—between two acts of injustice . Either they , must act unfairly towards the great body of their best and most faithful servants , or they must forfeit their pledge to General Vivian ' s gallant followers . In the olden times they might possibly have effected a pecuniary compromise , but in the present crippled state of their power , they cannot perform even an act of charity without beinjj brought to task before one or other of the Houses of Legislature . They have decided , therefore , on committing the less unpopular act of injustice , to the detriment of the ofheors of their army und tho subversion of the principle on which brevtit rank has been hitherto bestowed .
Mit. Ar,Iiano'h Ciraitgkm Kou Civil Skuv...
Mit . Ar , iiANo ' H CirAitGKM kou Civil Skuvicics . —Tho Select Committee , appointed by tho ILoiihu of Commons to inquire into certain charges niiulo by Mr . Albano , the architect , for services at Paris and Madrid , and other items included in Claso 7 of the Civil Service Estimates , have reported that they consider tho cliurtft *** aro such as Mr . Albano was fairly and professionally entitled to make .
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There is xuo learned rang but will confess be hsAix 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 I—Mii / row
National Association Op United* Trades. ...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED * TRADES . ( To the Editor of the Leader ?) 32 , Nelson-street , Glasgow , June 30 . Sib , —In the " Open Council" department of the loaferof Saturday last , there is a letter from Mr . Thomas Winters , purporting to answer my remarks , wliich you so kindly gave a place to . Allow me , Sir , to-say that Mr . Winters does not answer my letter at all ; he completely hedges in the question . In my letter I denied the accusation of having , adopted the title of National Trades , or any other resembling it , and stated distinctly that the title we adopted was the United Trades' Committee in aid of the Miners . Yet , with an unaccountable obtuseness , Mr . Winters confounds us with the proposed National Association of Miners . I again repeat that the United Trades' Committee in aid of the Miners was composed of delegates from twenty-six United Trades in Glasgow , and had no connexion with the miners otherwise than aiding them in their strike . During the strike I received a very kind and manly letter from a gentleman in London ( who did not wish me to publish his name ) , enclosing two of the circulars of tho National Association of United Trades , one of which I placed in the hands-of the Editor of the Commonweaith here , the other I read to the committee ; and on the painful conclusion of the miners' strike—and then only—we
came to the conviction that in federal union alone was the hope of the working elasses , and I was entrusted by the committee to draw up an address to the various organized bodies in Scotland , and to appoint a night for a meeting of trades' delegates on that question .. Mr . Winters may have thought that we were wishing to rival the body to which he belongs , but if so he was- very wrong ; we only wished to imitate it . Our attempt may or may not be successful ; if it is , Mr . Winters may have the satisfaction of knowing that our English friends have the credit of directing our attention to federation . Mr . Winters thinks , apparently , that I am a miner . I am not : I am a journeyman slater , and
can assure him that I had no wish to assume the character of a correspondent of the press , which his hasty and ill-advised accusations have forced me to . The statement I made , that the delegates from this city were sent by a few of the United Trade * here , and their expenses paid by those trades , is not , nor can it be , contradicted ; and" I liave no doubt that Mr . Winters himself knows tlie perfect truth of it-I trust , for the sake of unanimity amongst the working classes of this country and of England , that Mr . Winters will permit me to close this controversy , which his hasty accusations have provoked ; and I beg to assure him of my personal esteem , but would recommend him to adopt a little of our northern
caution in future . I have a maxim that union is strength , and the greater the union the greater the strength . Does Mr . Winters not see how this maxim , might be applied to the Proposed Scotch Federal Union and the existing National Association of United Trades ? I may mention that I have received several letters from England , highly approving our efforts , and encouraging us to proceed , especially one from a long-tried friend of the working man , Mr . Alexander Campbell , of Oxford ; and it affords us a very considerable gratification to find that wo have enlisted the sympathies of so many of our friends in England , and I havo no doubt that Mr . Winters himself , on reflection , will be both n sterling- and zealous friend to us .
Allow me , Sir , to express my grateful thnnlcs to you for tho liberality you hnvo displayed in giving space to a very humble , and to you unknown , correspondent , and beliovo mo to bo your obedient and obliged servant , Wm . B . Camvbhm , Secretary to tho late United Trades ' Committee in aid of the Minors .
Tins Oitorh.—Favourable Reports Have Boo...
Tins OitorH . —Favourable reports have boon received from all parts of tho country as to tho state of tho crops . Wheat , oats , hay , bouns , & c , all present a very healthy appearance , with only a few local exception . ^ , and a liberal yield is anticipated . T 2 te bright , warm sunshine of tho laet week or two nas removed tho bad symptoms consequent on tlio previous Avct iind cold . It ia now thought that tho harvest will not bo delayed beyond tho first week iu August .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071856/page/15/
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