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August 5, 1854.] THE LEADER, 7$I
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Satukday, August 5. Canada . At Tho Onrl...
yet give the name of the President of the Board ; but there -was no opposition , the \ M appearing to be generally approved-TIIE TICKET-OF-lVRAVE SYSTEMl In the House ef Lords , Lord St . Leonards brought forward the question of the ticket-of-le are system , which he urged had proved a complete failure . He stated that a number- of persons had ; relapsed into crime and been re-convicted merely because the ticket-of-leave acted as a bar on their obtaining employment , and lie thought that there should be some intermediate system of employment on public works , before these men were turned loose on society . The Duke of Newcastle contended that the number of persons -who had relapsed into crime after having obtained tickets-of-Ieave was very smallonly ofre per cent . ; that a regular system was adopted , by which , before the convicts were released , efforts were made by the authorities to get them employed by private persons , which was , as a rule , successful , as it was impossible to return to a system of transportation . The Government had their attention directed to the subject of tickets-of-leave , and if it should be found necessary some plan of employment on public works would be resorted to * Lord Campbell , expressed his belief that the system would never answer . The Bribery Bill passed through committee with little or no discussion , and several other bills were advanced a stage .
August 5, 1854.] The Leader, 7$I
August 5 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER , 7 $ I
The Globe Announces That Parliament I» T...
The Globe announces that Parliament i » to be prorogued on the 12 th—Saturday next .
Foreign. . The Moniteur Of Yesterday Mor...
Foreign . . The Moniteur of yesterday morning has the following : — Bucharest , July 29 . The complete evacuation of Bucharest will take place the day after to-morrow . Officers and soldiers that remain behind will be treated as deserters . Russian troops are concentrating' on the Sereth . The evacuation of Moldavia is not spoken of .
To Cortthsponde^Ts. Constant Reaiker.—A ...
TO CORTtHSPONDE ^ TS . Constant Reaiker . —A journalist ' s opinion on a point of law is worthless ; ask your solicitor , or Lord Brougham , who is fainiliar with all questions of foreign copyright . We received , late last evening , a letter from Mr . Barker . It must necessarily stand over till next week . It is impossible to aelnio \ rledfcc the mass of letters wo receive . Their insertion i 3 often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of tho communication-No notice can bo taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by tlio name and address of tho writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faitli . "We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All lettors for tho Editor should be addressed to 7 , Wellington-street , Strand , London . Communications should always bo legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long / it increases ! tho dilliculty of finding space for them .
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ITiGre as nothing bo revolutionary , becn \ aso there is nothing so unnatural nnd convulsive , as tho strain to keep things fixed when nil the world is by the very law of its creaUoa in eternal progress . —I ) A . Ahnoi . i > .
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TIIE DAY AFTER TO-MORROW . Ij ? wo are impatient with <; li © people of this country , who suilbr a dilatory conduct of affairs to prevail at head-quarters , we must confess that there has boen often too much reason to complain that tho patriot party of Europe has not sufficiently appreciated the virtue of passive quietude , —the policy of waiting , or permitting evonta to grow until they nro ripo for action . Tho grentoBfc danger thati appears at present possible for the patriot causo is , that some sudden and partial action Bhmdd anticipate opportunities , should cxposo tho Liberal cause boibro it ia Btronp , and render a final victory not ; nearer but impossible . There is a time to come , perhaps not long hence , which muat not be
lost : but fteifchep ought to be mistaken j and the nearer we approach , the more cautious should tc © be le & t we mistake . We would earnestly point oat to the patriot party , wherever it may exist , the exam ple of France and England , as bodily shown in the position of the allied forces in . Turkey . We ca . rv imagine the amazement of our friends at holding up that example ; but we believe that it is a sound precept , and we "beg " them , at all events , to observe one great distinction , of whieh we too constantly lose
sight . We are repeatedly blaming the Government for its want of energy and decision , when , in truth , we must confess that the real blame lies with the English people . If it is the English people which makes or permits the present Government , it is the English people -which hag encouraged , the policy of non-intervention ; and if we have any serious doubt at the present moment respecting the use of the opportunity now opening to the patriot party , it is as much from , the indifference of the English people as from the imvpatience of continental Liberals .
What the allies have done in the East has been tot wait until their own forces could be equipped and mustered , until the Turkish Government could be made fully to understand and feel the necessity and policy of cooperation in details as well as in designs , and to wait until the progress of negotiations should convince Austria-: that' her only safety would l > e in taking the side of European order—that is , against Russia ';' , and to do so , however Prussia might behave - We believe that more might have been done already ;
but if something be done now , and well , we shall not complain , that it was not done sooner . At all events , it is the fact that the allies find themselves in Turkey on ground which is much more consolidated , in a military sense than it was at the commencement of the war ; and they have Austria on the eve of advancing to co-operate . So far , whatever may happen , the allies start from a strong position . It is not that we are satisfied with the present posture of affairs ; but we may depend upon it that the contest is not going to
terminate upon the ground whieh it at present covers . We have seen signs of disturbance in Italy ; we have read with some impatience the announcement that Austrian reinforcements had arrived in Parma , to put down the people ; but our second feeling was a wish that the people should wait . We do not hope , still less wish , that England should play traitor to Austria ; but the period is coming on , not fast but certainly , in which Austria will have to account to other powers besides England . Denmark , too , has iust 1
put down a constitution by a conp-d '( itnt , avenging upon the Danes , who trusted their recreant sovereign , the injury which those Danes helped to inflict upon the people of Schleswig-Holatein , who were deprived of their constitution to swell the national pride of the conquering Danes . Our Government , too , assisted in that suppression of a constitution ; , and we do not understand that our Government ia interfering for the defenco of tho constitution in Denmark .
Hero , too , ia another account to be settled , but it must stand ; we shall be able to settle it bettor a short time henco than at present . Hesse Cassel , that audacious little state whose Princo and Prime Minister fled in terror at the consequences of their own lawless trea chory , was put down by Austria and Prussia ; England observing tho doctrine of non-intervention . —Another account to be settled in tho midst of Germany . Tho King of Prussia is meditating a grand treachery towards his
nlhoa Austria , IVance , and England , lleia about to side with . Russia . This alone , ohould it ti \ Ico place , -will bring tho war to a now stage .
Hitherto , the otkue * thrae ¦& £ ta < s Jfwnr Powers have dealt with " Prussia' * a & i £ that / expression indicated Eliug Fredextefc Wilto * B $ alone , and as if the trimtriing Prime Minister Manteuffel ,, were enough to represent thi # whole of the state besides- , - KTow , in England we know better ; we know that besides the king , more than the king , there is the Prussian people , wHch has evinced its knowledge < s > f liberty many times during the reigtt of tfa & present man , as well as his predecessor ' s ? which has already achieved ) national
independence . Are we to suppose that tftxg Prussia will be content to sn & ak at the tail of royal Prussia—ft Russian vassal ? We will not anticipate the answer to that grav # question ; but let us observe this alternative r if Prussia royal be permitted to * carry aUtbe strength of the state , its arniy and finance-., to the side of Russia , then Russia is per ** mitted to enter into an integral part of Europe , where Russia will most likely find other allies , and will stand on friendly ground ^ even at the frontier of Prance . Half of
Bu-rope will then be arrayed against the other half ; despotism will T > e maintaining its last great fight against- ^ "What ? Shall we sup * pose that England can give the character to the other side , and that the armies of the allies will be fighting for constitutional freedom ? If , indeed , we had the old national zest for war and victory , we miglst take such a share in this great continental ' conflict as to stamp our own character upon tlie Liberal side of the conflict , and to make even the > standards of Austria and Prance array themselves under the flag of popular and constitutional freedom .
Supposing that tlie Prussian people have * theii oAvn voice in this question , that they refuse to give away the army and treasury of Prussia at the caprice of their maudlin king , then the war of the Turks and tlie Russians will be extended and complicated with the civil war of the Prussians and their Mug j and it is impossible to suppose that the representath es of popular freedom , not only in Prussia but in Hesse Gassel and other
German states , —in all the oppressed parts ot Europe from Denmark to Naples—should remain quiescent , or permit the wretched clique that now occupy the thrones of Europe any longer to dispose of the destiny of states . Then simultaneously with the Prussians would bo the time for the people to rise—we will not at present venture to say where . We will not at any time venture to say where they
should not rise , if the opporttinity be a real one . But what wo do say is , that come when the time may , their plans should be so preparcd as to leave them after tlio end of the contest freed from the maudlin , disgraced , diseased , and depraved specimens of bad humanity who now totter upon thrones , likethoso of Prussia , Spain , and Naples , by the suffrance of disunited peoples .
Tiie Militia. Barracks Bill. Thh Amendme...
TIIE MILITIA . BARRACKS BILL . Thh amendment on tho fourth clause of the Militia Bill , which Mr . Robert Palmer succeeded in currying on Friday night , ia nob only a daningo to the bill itself , but is tho key to a mass of misconception , whioh tho ^ landed interest and a particular school ok economists not at pro-sent much ia fashion oonspiro to keep up . G overnment propoaod
to chm-go upon counties tlio cost ; of providing barracks lor tho militia . To thin Mr . latton . Bgorton lirut objected ou Thursday evening , on the scoro tliufc H would entail oxpona © upon conation . Upon hid own county rClii > Hhiro' | , for oxnmplo , it would , ho siud , < '« nt : uil tho enormous oxpenae of 12 , 000 / . or 1 . 3 , 000 / . in providing barrack accommodation for tlio two regiments , it ia a national ex-
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05081854/page/11/
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