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1182 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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THE SMITHFIELD CLUB SHOW. Every year the...
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THE STRIKES. Tine Preston men neein Htil...
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LOYALTY verms LAW. SicuoiCANT FiKLi), of...
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(I I T V M A Tt K It M At Tho Milting Of...
issue by a decree . The Corporation demurred , but tbe demurrer was overruled ; they appealed , but the House of Lords confirmed the judgment of the Master of the Rolls . Insufficient answers were next put in , but no evidence ; and , although the case has been pending nearly ten years , no evidence has yet . been put in . The Crown . claims the property in the bed and soil and shores of the river ; the Corporation claims them also ; but while the Crown produces chapter and verse for its claim , the Corporation rests upon immemorial possession .
Mr . Hickson concluded his evidence the same day . His remedies for corporation abuses are—the 14 th clause of the Municipal Reform Act , abolishing trade privileges ; the conservancy of the Thames ; and the fellowship of porters to meters , & c . ; the amalgamation of the city police with the metropolitan police ; the abolition of the coal tax ; and the placing of the power of election boards of guardians in the hands of the new municipal authorities . The last meeting of the Court of Aldermen brought the new Lord Mayor into collision with his brethren . When the account-book was handed to him , vouched for by two aldermen , Lord Mayor Sidney objected to signing one item . That item was one of 358 / . for fitting up the treadmill , taken from the Compter , at
Holloway . Mr . Alderman Wire ventured to remark that it was usual for the Lord Mayor to sign items vouched by two of his brethren . The Lord Mayor properly said that during his Mayoralty he would do nothing ' as a matter of course ; he would have the sense of the Court before he would sign ; and then privately he would support nothing injurious to public morality like the barbarous treadmill . It was shown to the Lord Mayor that he had been present at a meeting of the gaol committee which agreed to the removal of the treadmill , and had voted in the minority against it . The Lord Mayor contended that the proposition was not to re-erect but to remove the treadmill . [ Finally the matter ended by the Court resolving that when an item was vouched bv two aldermen it should
be paid . So the Sheriff out-generated the Lord Mayor . Matters seldom go smoothly in the Court of Common Council since the Commission began its inquiries . At a meeting , on Thursday , a conversation arose upon a report recommending the repeal of tbe prohibitions against the employment of non-freemen , and against the trading of non-freemen in the City . Mr . H . L . Taylor , digressing , said : — As regards the investigation now going on—and would that the evidence given before that Commission were based upon truth —( hear , hear)—if there were not some
gross misrepresentations—grosser than can by possibility be imagined by any one who lias ears for truth—I would not mind what the result might be . ( Hear , hear . ) There is quite room enough to find fault , quite room enough to amend , quite sufficient to show that there might be a very considerable improvement upon the present system of the corporation , without descending to the most gross and palpable and deliberate falsehoods that ever could have entered the mind of man . ( Cheers . ) Mr . . Elliott . — I wish to know whether my friend means that I gave utterance to them ?
Mr . II . L . Taylor . ' —I am quite sure it will he patent to every member of the Court that my friend Elliott is not tlie . only individual that has given evidence before the Commission . Mr . Elliott . —That does not answer my question . ( Confusion . ) . Mr . JT . Tj . Taylor . —When I made use of the expressions that fell from me , 1 did not know that my friend was present , and I had him . not in my thoughts . ( Laughter . ) After some talk on the hu . sineRH before them , the row began again : —
Mr . Elliott—Language was indulged in just now , by a gentleman opposite ( Mr . ll . L . Taylor ) , of which 1 think I have a right to demand an explanation . No proper and consistent explanation has yet been given . I will not nay ho ungontlenmnly , but so unusual an attack was made upon the sworn statement of myself , Hitting directly opposite my friend , who used tho words , " wilful and deliberate falsehood , " that 1 had a right to ask him whether he alluded to me . He avoided the answer . I daresay ho thought ho acted very triumphantly ; but , as a proper explanation whs not given , 1 have only to say that a gentleman who will Htand up before his fellow-citizens and make such an accusation as that , and then escape from giving an answer , is a gentleman , in my opinion , beneath contempt . ( Cries of ' Order , " and confusion . )
Mr . JL L . Taylor -I thought I exculpated you altogether . If you can satisfy your own mind that my observations Hiiould bo applied to you , I . can't help it . ( . Laughter . ) Mr . Elliott--That is an old-fashioned way of answering a question of this nature . You could got that' answer ait any pot-house in tho City or in any country town , ( Much confusion . ) Mr . Do Jersey Mr . Elliott ought to be satisfied with tho explanation of Mr . Taylor , who could not impute anything to a gentleman whom ho had not in his mind at tho time .
Tho Lord Mayor - I beg to say that if Mr . Taylor had imputed to any gentloman present mich an observation , I { should have deemed it my duty to have called Mr . Taylor to order ; but- I thought : ho explained bis -words in a very satisfactory inainier . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . . Elliott—9 uoh an explanation in perfectly satisfactory to me . But it did not end hero . Tho other member of the
Common Council who has given evidence , Mr . Deputy Bennoch , rose and said—In the course of an answer made , b y a gentleman to this Court , there was certain unqualified language used , applied to certain parties . Who they were I know not ; but if false reports or false evidence have been given anywhere , there is a proper place for the refutation to be made by those who have grounds of complaint . They have the opportunity of going and showing that this report or that evidence is unfounded / untrue , or exaggerated . As one "who has been there , and listening to an answer made to a very proper question put by Mr . Elliott— " Do
you mean me ? " The reply was— "I did not know you were in the court , " and , "I had not you in my thoughts . " But , inasmuch as the gentleman who made the accusation had his eye fixed upon me —( loud laughter)—or , at all events , directed towards * that part of the court where I was sitting , I apprehend the same answer is not sufficient , so far as I am concerned . And when gentlemen have gone and honestly given evidence upon oath , I think it right , when they are present , and unqualified language is used , to ask of the gentleman who makes use of it , do you include me in that accusation ? ( Increased laughter and confusion . ) m ¦
Mr . H . L . Taylor- —All I can say is , that -whatever I have stated here " I can prove . lam not going to charge any one individual with anything . I have stated again and again that avast number of persons have given evidence before the commission that is not founded upon truth . ( Hear , hear . ) Deputy Bennoclr—That is not an answer to my question . The Lord Mayor—I hope tho Court will pardon me for
saying that I think Deputy Bennoch has a perfect right to ask whether he was alluded to ; but , of course , the proceedings of the Court are in their own keeping . I can only rule in the -way in which I consider the Court would wish its proceedings to be governed . Mr . Taylor lias stated , certainly , that in which I for one do not disagree with him , because I know there have been false statements made , but I think it also right that Mr . Taylor should state in the Court whether he does include Deputy Bennoch in his accusation . ( Crie 3 of " No , no . " )
Deputy Bennoch—I demand an answer to a simple question . I ask for your lordship's protection , and the protection of this Court . I ask the gentleman to answer the question—I ask him as a man of honour . ( Cries of " Don't answer it . " ) . ¦ ¦ ' Deputy Holt—I move that Mr . Taylor do not answer such a question . ( Great confusion . ) The Lord Mayor—I must say that it is for Mr . Taylor himself either to give an answer or withhold it . These are dangerous imputations to make , and I should , as an individual , feel aggrieved when charged without an explanation .
Mr . Bennoch , however , failed in getting an answer ; and the matter ended by a return to the business before them . The Report of the Committee , so far as related to non- " employment , " was received , the rest rejected , on the ground that the Committee were not instructed to report upon that subject .
1182 The Leader. [Saturday,
1182 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
The Smithfield Club Show. Every Year The...
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB SHOW . Every year the choice beasts of the land are mustered in the Baker-street Bazaar , to contend passively for prizes . Aristocratic fanners , country gentlemen , tenant-farmers , the Prince himself , enter tho lists , and strive for precedence . Formerly it was in the jousting arena—now it is in the show yard . This year , the show has been less splendid , but more useful . In past years , fat cattle—beasts whose offal , not whose flesh , yielded the butchers a profit , were exhibited ; but this year there were only two large animals , and only one decidedly and uselessly obese one . The big beast is a tall ox , grown by Sir Hairy Verney ; the fat animal is , appropriately enough , a pig . But neither has gained a prize . The judges havo eschewed fat . Tlie list of prizes shows that tho aristocratic competitors have had their share . Lord Leicester is first of the first in Devons ; Lord Radnor , in Hereford . s ; the Dtiko of Richmond , in South Dowiih . In nhorthonin , Mr . Stratton , of Broad Hinton , near Swindon , bears away tho boll ; in long-wooled sheep , Mr . ( I . S . Foljambe , a Nottingham gentleman ; in cross-bred sheep , Mr . Druce , of Eynsham , Oxon ; and in pigs , Mr . John Coate , of Hiunoon , near Blandford—Prince Albert taking the second place . The dinner ciuno off an usual at the FrcemaHonH ' Tavern . The . Duko of Richmond , of course , presided . Lord Hornera , Mr . Philip Puney , Lord Portinan , and others , were the speakers ; but their speeches were on topics suited to tho character of the meeting . Tho iittondance at the show yard ban been unusually good .
The Strikes. Tine Preston Men Neein Htil...
THE STRIKES . Tine Preston men neein Htill determined to pernevero with vigour in their Ktrugglo . Last week the contribution to support them wan 2200 / . On Monday tho lnilln were opened to reooivo applications . About eight applied , nix of whom were woinon . Ah they went in and out , tho crowds Htood around laughing . "Delegates havo been actively engaged thin wook ; and tho following lint will nhow that they havo not laboured in vain , ami that the workmen of London will Htand by them . Thodeputation of tho Preston lockouts , in conjunction with ofcherH , havo waited upon tho following trades noeiotion in tho metropolis . Tho council of tho amalgamated cnginocrH , & c . & c , who have voted ' 200 / . to ProHtou ,
and 251 . to Wigan . The typefounders of London continue weekly subscriptions , to be sent direct to Preston . The city ladies' shoemakers , the city bootmakers , and ironmoulders , who send support from all their branches . The national association of united trades will support by every means in their power The cabinet makers of the West End voted 30 / ., and weekly subscriptions . The tin-plate workers , 251 . ' The bookbinders , Pemberton-row , 10 / . The pianofortemakers have the matter under consideration , and received tbe deputation most favourabl y . The corkcutters , 201 ., and weekly subscriptions . The West End bootmakers , 30 / . ' The West End ladies'
shoemakers 3 / ., and further subscriptions . The bricklayers of London show strong sympathy , and they are going to call a mass meeting , for the expressed purpose of rendering support . The morocco leatherdressers continue weekly subscriptions . The ropemakers , 10 / . and weekly subscriptions . The amalgamated carpenters' delegates , 5 / . Tlie carpenters of the "Running Horse and George" forthwith will render assistance . The French polishers , 31 ., and five shillings per week from their box , and weekly subscription . The philanthropic block coopers . 101 ., and further assistance . The tin-plate-workers , Bell-inn , have , the matter under consideration . The hand-in-hand coopers , ditto . The
silkdyers , 151 . and weekly subscriptions . The cartwheelwrights , weekly subscriptions . The bookbinders , "White Horse , " Holborn , weekly subscriptions . The brushmakers motion for 50 / . as a gift . The cabinet makers , city , subscribe weekly for the present . The boatbuilders have responded to the appeal , and will send what they can to Preston . The cigarmakers , weekly subscription at present . The tobacconists will take the matter up . The compositors send weekly subscriptions . The brewers' coopers will render what assistance they can . The hearth-rug weavers , 31 . per week during the struggle . And numerous other trades have the matter under
consideration . The Burnley mills have re-opened with success , for four days a-week ; at Bacup , for three days a-week . At Bury the hands still hold out . " ¦ " Baron Alderson delivered a charge to the grand jury at Liverpool this week , in which the following passage occurs . Referring to some of the cases in the calendar , he said : — " There is another class of cases , in which two or three persons are accused of a riot at Wigan , arising from that unhappy difference of opinion between the workmen and masters , which I am , sorry to say has been so prevalent in this county of late—not indeed in this county alone , for
this species of insanity is pervading almost all labourers in England . It lias ex . tended even to the agricultural districts , and with the agricultural labourer it lias as little good sense and as little reason as it has in this case . The great want of knowledge on the part of the general body of the people of tho real causes which govern the rate of wages in the world is the principal cause of this evil . If they did but know a little more of that political economy which many people talk of and so few understand , they would see that this is not tho way in which tho thing can bo done , even if it were desirable to bo accomplished . It is lamentable that it should be so ; and one cannot help thinking that it is from tho want
of experience that this matter arises , for , from the shortness of life in the manufacturing districts , the people employed there aro generally very young . The proportion of the experienced to tho inexperienced , then , is very small , and it haa been my unfortunate fute , in tho course of my official life , to come hero and try in succession , persons of this description , for the same sort of offence . Every eight , nine , or ten years a new generation arises ; they have not the experience or tho sufferings of their predecessors , and by their numbers they overbear tho more experienced , ami thus tho thing arises from time to time . I don ' t nee how the tiling can bo prevented , unless by a more general spread of sound education among tho people ; that in tho only mode in which to my mind the remedy could
can be provided " . If we could but do that—if wo teach them what was ' really for their good , they would cease to be tho prey of empty-headed follows , as they at present seem to be . These are tho only observations I . havo to inako on these eases . Wo can . only deal with them aw they aro brought before us ; but . I wish that > vo could savo them from tlie commission of those ofleneen by that additional experience which from our ago wo possess , ami by our knowledge , through education , which wo arc willing to communicate to our poorer brethren , if wo could . . An it is , we can only repress the crime as it breaks out into violence . Wo shall ilo that , but of course with a morcilul disposition ; because , after all , we cannot help seeing Urn , them aro people who believe themselves to bo in tho rig " ' although they break out into mmibordination winch tends to breaches of tho . "
peace . Tho reference w ; ih to tho boys arrested for tho riot .-u Wigan . They wore punished with imprisonments . One had been a riotor before .
Loyalty Verms Law. Sicuoicant Fikli), Of...
LOYALTY verms LAW . SicuoiCANT FiKLi ) , of tho 11 th HuMHarH , appeared before the iniiffiHtrfttuH at College- street Pohc <> -ollice , Dublin , on Wednesday , to annwor tho complaint . oi . Mr . Keary , a dentiHt , for an aHHault ; the ehartfo in « 'h that the Horgoant had twitched off the comp lainant h hat in tho theatre after ho had rofuHod to remove it hiuiBolf , while the anthem of " God Have « ' «<*"" : wiih being performed . The policeman on < l « ty » * . theatre at the time rofusod to take tho charge npumt tho Hcrgoant , and Colonel Brown , Police Com . n . H » iono « ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1853, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10121853/page/6/
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