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ll9O THE L E A DE K. [No, 498, Oct. 8, 1...
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POLITICAL FORESHADOWINGS.
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THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. The building opera...
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Ll9o The L E A De K. [No, 498, Oct. 8, 1...
ll 9 O THE L E A DE K . [ No , 498 , Oct . 8 , 1859 .
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Political Foreshadowings.
POLITICAL FORESHADOWINGS .
for the money we expended . No extent of our empire prevented that concentration of forces in this country which was to be seen in the continental countries , and as he had lutely seen in Paris and other great foreign capitals ; but at the same time it was impossible for him to say , and he did not think it had been proved , in what way any practical economy could be effected in the military portion of our establishments . With regard to the navy , they had been informed that unquestionably there had been a great waste in the material fabric of that department ; and if it were true , as had been stated by the Secretary to the Admiralty , that no less than 5 , 000 , 000 Z . sterling had been utterly wasted in repairs and alterations that were not needed , and which a little
doubt that the At an agricultural meeting held at Wokingbam , Mr . Walter , M . P ., made a very effective speech , in the course of which he spoke of the connexion and influence exercised in the Church and the Army and Navy by Parliament . With . respect to the army and other military establishments , it was well known that the House of Commons not only voted the number of men and the supplies necessary , but also determined in what manner the bill should be paid ; and he must say that it always appeared to him to be a very difficult and mysterious matter to ascertain how it was that , with so vast an expenditure which we unquestionably pay for our naval and military establishments , we had so little to show
foresight would have prevented , that was a serious question for Parliament to consider . With regard to the advantages of our Parliamentary system , he observed that it was one of the happiest features in their social meetings , that whatever their political differences might be , and however ready they might be to take party sides , and to hoist party banners while political discussions were going on , yet no sooner did the great talking machine suspend its action than the excitement passed away ,. and they behaved towards each other as if no politics existed . He thought t hat was one of the happiest circumstances in the constitution of this country , and it often caused him to think how much better they
went on when Parliament was not sitting , and it made him very much' doubt whether they were not apt to humbug their constituents about the services wliich they professed to render them in Parliament . He admitted that agricultural associations were advantageous , so far as they confined themselves to giving prizes for ugri cultural skill , but he did not approve of their other objects . He had been in the habit of employing a great number of men , and lie had never found that there was any necessity for the encourogement of them beyond what lay in his power to afford , and he must say that , as regarded the agricultural labourer , lie did not understand why ho should be singled out by associations as an obiect for reward . He did not find in
manufacturing districts that that encouragement was ever thought necessary , or that an artisan was thought to be incapable of being intrusted with the good offices of his employer . l $ ut it so happened , that about twenty-five years ago there was a strong feeling in this country thnt the agricultural labourer was going to tho bad , that pauperism was'to be the order of the day ,- that the land was to be untilled , the workhouses to bo filled , and tho poor-rates to become heavy . It was thought , however , by some , that giving the labourer such sops by associations « f this kind , and rewarding him for bringing up his family without parochial relief , and for moral conduct , would in a great measure check the apprehended evil . Ho never shared in that opinion .
In a speech delivered by Mr . Dioby Skymouu , M . P ., to his constituents at Southampton , he gave an account of his position aa a member of the Independent Liberal party at tho tinio when an . adverse vote overturned tho Derby Administration . Ho describes himsolf as labouring under an agony of care , for at least ono night , because ho could not ¦ walk into the same lobby with Lord , Palmerston and Lord J . Russell until ho had softie distinct avowal from them aa to their lino of lioform policy . Ho entered into a correspondence with Sir \ V . JIayter , for tho purpose of obtaining such a declaration of Eolicy as would warrant him in voting with tho iiberal party on that occasion , and it was not until he had received tho pledge ho required , in tho speech which Lord John ltussoll made , that ho consented to assist tho prosont Government in obtaining
him , on this occasion , many honourable members of Parliament from whom he derived great assistance in fulfilling the duties of the office to which he was appointed ; and it was , consequently , to him a sincere pleasure to meet them again . He mentioned as a . remarkable fact in the financial history of this country , that during the six years he found by the returns of the income tax that the income of this country was eighteen millions a year more than it was in 1853 . The prosperity thus indicated was riot confined merely to any one commercial port , or to any particular manufacturing * district ; he found upon analysing the various income-tax returns that it was' pretty equally distributed throughout ^ the
whole of the schedules ; and this showed that , in spite of ad verse circumstances , the prosperity of the country was steadily advancing . He next referred to the country ill which it had pleased her Majesty to appoint him to high office ; and when he considered that that , country contained 200 , 000 , 000 of her Majesty ' s subjects , who were equally entitled to the protection of the laws and to the benefits of good government with the people of this country , he cquld only say that in any measures he should advocate , he should look to the permanent interests and well-being of that country as he would to the interests and well-being of her Majesty ' s subjects in this country . He believed that good government and wise regulations would intimately develope the vast and almost untold resources of India to an extent that would greatly add to the
prosperity and welfare of this country , for the interests of both were , to an extent , identical . — -On this occasion Mr . Horsfaix , M . P ., was present , and said that he had read Mr . Wilson ' s address at Hawick , and there was one subject to which he wished to allude , and that was the right hOn . gentleman ' s reference to the subject of Christianity , which , he said , it would not do to force on the people of India . With that sentiment he agreed , but at the same time he wished to say that it would be prudent and proper to encourage and countenance Christianity , for it must be remembered that during the recent mutiny in India , out of a population of 100 ; 000 of native Christians , not one instance of mutiny had occurred amongst them ; but , on the contrary , numerous cases of loyalty and devoted self-sacrifice in defence of British interests .
At a meeting of the Cotton Supply Association at Manchester , Mr . Wilson dwelt on the question wheh has been so long debated—whether India can be made to assist or to take the place of the United States in furnishing cotton for the Lancashire mills . On this point the new Indian financier is hopeful , but he disposes of the question of colonization summarily enough , showing that the rates of wages in India is such that it would be impossible for an Englishman to live on them , and that it is to native labour , directed and elevated by English superintendence , that we must look for
the future prosperity of the country . " What you want in India—with abundance , as you havo , of the cheapest labour in the world—is superintending intelligence , which may be easily and rapidly furnished from this country by enterprising young men well backed from home , commanding a sufficient amount of capital to purchase the raw products of the country , and to give a price corresponding with tho better qualities produced . " Tho natives , adds Mr . Wilson , when they find thatthebettor qualities command higher rates , will set to work to improve t ] ie staple .
Wo ( Liverpool Albion ) hear that the Tory banquet , which will take place on Saturday the 29 th hist ., in the Philharmonic-hall , is to be on p , scale of magnificence never before equalled in Liverpool ; that the demand for tickets ( at two guineas ) is very great , and that tho boxes and stalls will be crammed with , those , who can only afford to see the " Lions" feed . It is said that the Earl of Derby , Mr . Disraeli , and most of the leading men of the Conservative party have , already accepted invitations .
A demonstration in favour of Mr . Ralph Walters , the « unseated liberal member forBeverloyj took place on Wednesday evening . Mr . Walters made a public ontranco from the Hull-road , where a procession was formed , and ho was then escorted round the town to his lodgings in the market-place , from which placo ho addressed the people . A meeting . of Mr . Walters ' friends was to take place last evening in the Mechanics' Institute , and addresses of sympathy were to be presented to him on behalf of the electors and non-electors .
power . A banquet was given on Monday by tho Mayor ot Liverpool to the Right Hon .. Jambs Wix . soN , who . adverting to his connexion with tho Ministry , said in waB in tho year 1853 that ho took office under Lord Aberdeen ' s Government : and ho saw around
The Builders' Strike. The Building Opera...
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . The building operatives have now completed the eleventh wook of the strifo with their musters , and , on both sides , there is a determination not to yield except upon their own terras . Tho subscriptions for the relief ' of tho operatives yet out of work continue to come in well . Ono account , however , flays that " notwithstanding tho disgraceful eystom of coercion and intimidation pursued by the ' outs , ' it
would seem that not less than 10 , 000 men are at work under the declaration . " A private meeting of the Conference of the United Building Trades was held on Wednesday evening- at the Paviors' Arms . In the course of the sitting Mr . Ayrtbn , M . P ., had an interview with the members , which lasted , we understand , about an h our during which the honourable gentleman made certain proposals by way of mediation , with a view to the securing of a speedy settlement of the existing differences between the employers and the operatives Mr . Ayrton undertook to act aa the representative to a certain extent , of the Conferen ce at a spe cial meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Association of Masters , to be held on Friday , and the Conference resolved that on condition of the withdrawal of the declaration , they would agree to
an examination by a competent , impartial authority , of the rules and regulations of the various trades ' societies represented at the Conference , in order that any rules which might , by such authority , be considered illegal , might be made , with the least delay , conformable to the law . Mr . Jay , one of the most extensive builders in the metropolis , is most desirous that work should be resumed at his establishment , and he has all but withdrawn the document . Should Mr . Jay happily withdraw the document , there is little doubt that his example will be followed bv Mr . Myers , and probably some of the other large firms . On Thursday night a general meeting of the masons of London and vicinity was held at Wilcocke ' s Assembly-rooms , Westminster-bridge-road , Lambeth , " for the purpose of taking into consideration important matters in connection with the present dispute . " The meeting was a * private one .
The Building JVews remarks—" Having entered upon the third month of the building strike , we are sorry not to have it in Our power to announce at least the prospect of an early and amicable settlement of the unhappy dispute . With neither the operatives nor their employers is it possible to take part . Both have sadly erred and failed in their duties towards one another , as well as to the public . Their ambition seems to be to rival one another in stupidity and wrpngheadedness , and to strive for the sad distinction of doing the most mischief . While they are quarrelling upon points of etiquette , like yellow mandarins , they are all fast drifting on the shore to wreck and ruin ; and , what is vrorse , the interests of society are wilfully and scandalously sacrificed . " l
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parade , in the presence of the whole available force of the depot . After the promulgation ot the sentence pronounced by the court-martial , it was further announced that General Paeics , commanding the garrison , according to powers witii which he had been intrusted , had been pleased to remit in each individual case the punishment ot the lash , but the imprisonment would be rigidlj carried out . The prisoners were transferred to l-orc
NAVAL AND MILITARY . A garrison court-martial assembled during the latter portion of last week , at Woolwich , for the trial of five privates of the depot brigade , It . A ., on charges of desertion , some of which were attended with circumstances of an aggravated nature . The whole of the prisoners were sentenced to be flogged , and to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence for . the term of fifty-six days . The sentence was read by the adjutant of the corps on public
Clarence . The Moniteur dc la Flotte has been giving or some time past a series of articles on the I < , ngiwn navy . In Europe , it says , that we have 1 . 2 ships , carrying 5 , 513 guns , and representing a stcai pouer of 37 , 405 horses . This includes the guardslnps . in Asia it finds 40 vessels , 137 guns , 0 , 083 orso power ; in Africa 23 vessels , 22 * guns 3 , 082 horse power ; in America 22 vessels , 440 »""¦>• *" 4 , 547 horse power ; in Australia , & c , 18 aligj , 435 guns , nnd 2 , 040 horse power . J hes mo nitcur d « la Flotte then makos ,, the to \ < rj iufa remarks : ^ - « From what precedes , it rosu ^ } ft ™ naval forces of the United Kingdom , ™ WJAJJ H , flvo mrfsnf tho world , are' composed ot auouu
800 armed " war ships , two-thirds of wbio J » steamers , and more than half ships of the 1 frigates of the largest class , and wo own that r « difficult for us to understand the cries of nIjrm Jt the English journals concerning the P ™^ " ^ , "' feriority of their navy , and tho necessity of Jovoiop ing it to the point of having , as soon as pos « W ° . £ screw liners and 70 large ft ^ gates , wi h a correspom ing nuinbqr of corvottos and gun-boats . A »«« that possesses tho force wo'lwvo just onunioiotcjj with a reserve almost us largo , has it n ° t » n ^ resources than it needs to make its territory w speoted . and to assure tho protection of itsco « i wort on all tiio seas j and should it nob bo wo , on t ho co trary , who ought to conceive npproJioiieionfl presence of a maritime State , tho dovoloi o . t <> which inoroasos beyond measure Y It tho Js . i « i »««> f
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08101859/page/4/
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