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No. 381, ~~ ; ».Wl - THE LEA DEB. 663
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Society foe the Amendment of the Law.— T...
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Pall-Mall Reformers. "We Said That Mr. R...
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No. 381, ~~ ; ».Wl - The Lea Deb. 663
No 381 ~~ ; » . Wl - THE LEA DEB . 663
<A. D D Fellow.*' We Have The Pleasure O...
< A . D D FELLOW . *' We have the pleasure of introducing our readers to Major-General Chabi-es Rickabi * FoT ^ iver- General of the Duchy of Lancaster . This is a great gentleman , upon whom some years since was bestowed the h « j £ afa lady aWe whose cradle glimmered the reflected glory of a crown . But he will be known in future less by his noble connexions than by a brief discourse on official responsibility , delivered by him to a select audience on the 22 nd of February , 1855 . Now the occasion of this clear and pithy harangue was as follows : —Major-General Chaeles Richard Fox , as Receiver-General of tlie Duchy of Lancaster , is responsible for
certain funds , and entitled to a certain salary . In the accounts rendered to Parliament , only portions of the amounts paid to him appear , and he is thus wronged , for society respects the recipient of 878 Z ., more than the recipient of from 5231 . to 607 Z . Why was the General deprived of this advantage ? Possibly , from two to three hundred pounds sterling a year , « the sly , ' made up for any loss of consideration the Receiver-General might have suffered from the discrepancy between the parliamentary returns and the actual items . "Resides , 'he was above the base view that a
tion . His brazen-axled chariot rolled down Pall-mall ; the O rdnance saw him ; his winged words were few , but fierce : — " What have you done to General Fox ? said Mr . Conneli , to Mr . Bebtoi- ^ cci . "Why ?" " Because he is in a furious rage with you . "Why ? " again . " I bave seen General Fox , and he said to me : ' A damned fellow has comh down to the Duchy fkoji Paix-Mail , and WANTS TO HOLD ME BESPONSTBLE ! ' " This was the evidence taken on Monday last before the Committee . Like Btjbke , Mr . Bubtolacci may say , " I was not made for a minion or a tool . " But his appointment as auditor plunged him into a pit full of artifices , and at the bottom he finds Receiver-General Fox , who damns the idea of responsibility .
man should solicit the reverence of the vulgar by parading the full amount of his income . At all events , he would not be less modest than the Clerk of the Councii r whose annual receipts from the Duchy , of 1342 f , were , for some years before 1855 , entered in the parliamentary returns at about half that amount . The Receiver-General , in fact , took the Duchy into his confidence , and received its balances in his own hands long beyond the dates on which he might have relinquished that onerous responsibility . " A balance of about 7000 Z . is yearly brought forward in the i \ vix \^ vui
UCCUU . JJ . ta iXa uvijug * j * u w - ceiver-General at the Bank , besides the additions thereto , which temporarily exist by the collection of the half-yearly rents , from which large sums IIeb Majesty derives no interest . " Then who derives it , and why was General Fox so indignant when those arrangements were unsettled ? " " What shall Close i &
the honest man do in my * r xuero no honest man that shall come in my closet . " How it ever came to pass that a conscientious auditor was introduced into this happy family it is beyond us to tell . But it was so . A most unaccommodating gentleman appeared , vested with great powers , and unhappily resolved to perform his duty . The flattered Volscians stormed at and insulted him ; but not being a simpleton or a poltroon , he set to work at the rectification ot the accounts , and General Fox , responsi ble for tho funds of tho Duchy , suggested in his cool and Inoid wav that tho auditor of tho Duchy of
Lancaster should confine himself to Ins Ordnance duties . ' But the Royal Letters Patent having commanded General Fox to ' bo in all things attending , observing , aiding , and advising' tho auditor , this recommendation was not obeyed . The General had a familiar , named Goocii . This individual seems to havo beon employed
as a hector to frighten Mr . Beutolacci out of his functions . " Ho on several occasions , ¦ when I was auditing tho accounts at tlie table would sit down upon it , and throw himself into differont positions , and put his foot upon the table , and in various methods render Inmself offensive . " Thoso fancy attitudes , being unsuccessful , tho Boots referred tho affair to hie principal , and then Cuaiu . es Richabd Fox evinced his godlike incligna-
Defalcations In Public Departments. The ...
DEFALCATIONS IN PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS . The defalcation with respect to the Begium Donnm in Ireland amounted to about 3 O , O 0 OL , those in Buckingham Palace to 12 , 0001 ., those in the Admiralty Registrar Office to 6 O , 000 Z ., those in the Council Office to about 3000 Z . The amount of those in the Treasury , Intestate Estate , and Escheats were of an unknown amount . Pour years ago , a gentleman was sent down to an important provineial town , to examin e the accounts of a person suspected to be in sai
arrears . "Dor four years , " a a vrauesa , last week , before a parliamentary committee , " the whole of the system was one great fabrication . The accounts sent up and audited , and passed according to tlie usual forms of audit , were perfectly fabulous . " It may be added that rumours were afloat some months ago of an extensive ' draw ' upon the Secret Service Fund . Perhaps these facts may suggest to Liberal members the necessity of a searching inquiry into the financial administration of the public departments .
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There is H . o learned man but -will confess he hath 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 , af least be tolerablefor his adversary to writet—MiLTOir .
The Latest Performance Of The Pateiot. (...
THE LATEST PERFORMANCE OF THE PATEIOT . ( To the Editor of the Leader . " ) Ser , —I can assure you that the people of Sheffield feel themselves under a deep debt of gratitude for the able and fearless manner in which you have exposed the rascally frauds on the Duchy of Lancaster , nor are they less indebted to you for your exposure of the unpatriotic conduct of our eloquent and plausible member Mr . Roebuck . During the recess when hon . members were engaged in the performance of the same duty as that on which they are now employed—the dovng of no-^ % - ( may they never do worse)—people were busy asking the question , What will Parliament do ? Certain it appeared to them all that something of importance would be done , and that no matter who might be idle , Mr . Iloebuck would not ; in fact , it was asserted that he would present to the House a petition from certain West Norfolk electors complaining of the violation of a resolution of the House of Commons prohibiting the interference of Peers in elections , and that not only would Mr . Roebuck present the petition , but that along with it he would administer such a castigation to Leicester , Hastings * and Co-, as would make that honourable fraternitywish that the electors of Sheffield had never returned such a bold and fearless champion of the rights ana liberties of the people . __ . . , . , __ A dux
Respecting the petition ltselt , they were ngnt ; Mr Roebuck having failed to obtain permission o ± Leicester , Hastings , and Co ., to move for a Select Committee , he was compelled on Tuesday night to announce with all due gravity ( amidst the laughter of the House ) that ' he intended to do nothing : Weil done , Sir Oracle . I can , sir , assure you that in a very short time there will be but one opinion in Sheffield respecting Mr . Roebuck ' s conduct , ihe sooner he comes down and clears himself , if he can , the better . Yours truly , -A Sheffieldeb . Sheffield , July 6 , 1857 .
An Incredible Rumour. A Cfhiotts Babblem...
AN INCREDIBLE RUMOUR . A cfhiotts babblement is afloat at the Clubs , which , in . justice to the persons concerned , ought to be sifted . Some of our readers may remember that when a debate arose in the House of Commons on Mr . Wise ' 9 motion for a Committee to inquire into the affairs _ t » . 1 . 1 . - T \ ., ^ U - ^ ~ 4 ? T . onnoc'fnK ~\ Yr > "RlSS innflfi l VX LiUUVilHU r— ___„
{ J ^ ^ HU JL- ' LAV ^ UY . ^ A j , * . » . * - * . . . w ^~~ certain observations . He complained of having to keep game on the Ducliy Lands rented by him in Staffordshire for the benefit of the Crown and its favourites . For that complaint , made by Mr . Bass , as a Meinbor of Parliament , he has been punished , we hear . Lord ¦ YVatebpabe :, axe-bearer to the Duchy , bears' not the axe in vain—that is , unless the report in circulation be false . By virtue of his office of axe-bearer he is vested with authority over the Duchy estates , and in the exorcise of it he writes—gossip says—a letter of rebuke to Mr . Bass . A
correspondence ensues , and ends in the withdrawal from Mr . Bass of his shooting privileges over his own leaseholds , to tho great depreciation of the property , leaseholders not being willing to hold under the bon piaisir of Lord "Watebpauk . Why has not tho honourable member brought Lord WateiU'abic to the bar of tho House for this unconstitutional and io xrui
proceeding—an insult an outrage - 1 iament ? Wo can scarcely credit tho reason which has been whispered about , that ho was persuaded by that incorruptible Radical , Sir James ' Guaieam , ono of tho Duchy councillors , not to move- in tho mutter . II tho rumour bo well-founded , somo independent member , in dofouce of Parliamentary prerogative , should compel Lord Watekp ahk to account for hia proceedings .
Society Foe The Amendment Of The Law.— T...
Society foe the Amendment of the Law . — This 3 ociety had its annual dinner last Saturday , when the president , Lord Brougham , took the chair . After complimenting Mr . Napier for his efforts towards establishing a Department of Justice , Lord Brougham continued : — " Mr . Napier had also done much towards establishing a system of compulsory examination for barristers , which he ( Lord Brougham ) -was certainly in favour of as an almost necessary measure , and certainly one well calculated to raise the status of the profession . He sincerely hoped the benchers before long would give that nuestion their most serious consideration . During the would
present session , he expected that a great deal De done in the way of legal improvement ; and the moasures for a reform in the law of marriage and in the proceedings of the probate and ecclesiastical courts were in a forward state , and stood a fair chance of be ing made law this year . A much-needed legal reform for simplifying the laws relating to the transfer of real property , ho feared , would not be brought forward this session ; and it was a disgrace to our code that the transference of an acre of land should still remain a process in wnicn the greatest legal difficulties were encountered . He beliovcd a Government bill would shortly be brought in with a view of obviating those difficulties ; but he ( Lord Brougham ) fancied ho should have to do what he bad done with regard to the Bill for tho Improvement of the Patent Laws , when , nfter waiting some time for the Oo-4 . , „„„„ ,, ^ a . ha ivii q a * lust oblitrod to bnntr in a
bill ou tho subject himself , on tho provisions of winch two bills respectivel y one very good bill had ultimately been enacted . " Other toasts followed , including the Bench of England , " coupled with the name of Mr . Baron Bramwell , who has done much to improve the common k Lo . nox .-ln tho week that ended last Saturday , tho total number of drtnths registered in London was 1020 . In tho tea years 1847-50 , the avyri „!• , i « ,, fi , u 5 n thn waclcs corresponding wn »»
E -i : ™ 080 . " B ^ m tho deaths nowMrotunjj d , occurred in an increased population , it is ™ ° ™ " % ' * " a view to comparison , to ml *) tho ayorng * P' ^ ™ ™ ^ SSEjsh-i : s rjzp & g * tlioveniw JS-17-M , tho nvorago number was 11- * .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11071857/page/15/
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