On this page
-
Text (4)
-
1082 THE LEADER. [Saturday ,
-
THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER. The new Lord Mayo...
-
THE CITY COMMISSION. As yet the evidence...
-
LETTERS FROM .PARIS. Licttjoii X0VTI1. i...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
After Receiving Innumerable A»D_ Very Di...
behave better in future , We believe that amongst the provisions of these treaties is a stipulatio n to encourage gradual emancipation in Cuba by means of apprenticeship , with a very long term . It is quite possible that that might be contemplated ; but if so it would imply no animosity in our Government , nothing hostile to the United States . We agree that the fulfilment of such a project would be inconvenient , and "tre have always expressed our opiiiion that the sooner Cuba belongs to the " Onion the better . Surely , however , it would be easy for the United States to accomplish that junction without a quarrel with England and [ France ; which would be more damage to the liberty of the world than any other conflict .
Another story of the " cock and bull order , is specially prepared for English readers . The President has recently made certain appointments , and he is represented as having done so without the advice of the Senate , contrary to a fundamental usage of the republic . No representation could be more delusive . When the President is inaugurated , the session of Congress is usually approaching a close , and the Senate generally sits a week to confirm , the appointments made by the President . In the interval , other appointments have to be made , and they are always made upon the understanding that they
await the confirmation of the Senate . President Pierce has made such appointments , and it is more than probable that they will be confirmed when Congress meets , on the usual ground of confidence in the chief magistrate and his selection . In the recent cases General Pierce has strictly followed the ordinary routine . In the United States , the author of the letters in the Times has already been mentioned by name , and taunted with the extraordinary imaginative colouring given to his correspondence ; which is ascribed to the supposition that he is deeply disappointed because G-ftneral Pierce has not discerned in him the
qualifications for office . For our own part , we cannot withhold an expression of regret , that the English journal of the widest circulation should consent to derive its American news through a channel so distorted , and to publish what purports to be intelligence , but which discreditably fails to convey to the English reader the slightest information of American polities as they are . While the new Lord Mayor Sidney ascends his throne with the usual pageant and banquet at the Mansion House , the late Lord Mayor Challis resigns the throne with a peculiar device for immortalizing his one-year reign ; and the Koyal
Commission keep up an accompaniment obhgato of inquiry into the ways and doings of the Corporation . The device of ex-Lord Mayor Challis , is to set up a statue to Prince Albert , in commemoration of the great Exposition of 1851 ; and thus , wlion posterity looks upon the statue of the comely Prince , and calls to mind the greatest event of " our reign , " it will perceive that the memorial ia erected by the immortal Challis ; so that , chronology notwithstanding , Challis will somehow or oilier bo associated with tho Prince and tho Exposition . Bidiculo has made much of
tho mayoral device ; but the noblemen and gentlemen who were invited subscribed freely . Statues arc becoming a drug , and who could refuse one to the Prince P Publishers advertise Christmas presents ; from ^ a guinea Bible to a JtCecpsakc or Chateaubriand ' n Mala , you may Huit yourself with an appropriate gift lor a bride or ward . Sculptors Avill soon be advertising memorial bust . B nnd immortality HintueH , . suitable for Princes , noblemen , M . I . Vh , Ac . It will he easy to keep a stock of bodien on hand , with classic legu , to be headed with a cant from the original , on the shortest notice * .
Besides tlio improvements promised in the groat cardinal improvement of Hie City Municipality , there are some others already proceeding or connnencinfj ; . The society for tlio amendment , of tho law , which , has already . secured such an immense amount of practical improvement in the NtatuteH and in the practice , has opened its seisnion by nominating a committed to procure the appointment of a Minister of Justice , to preside over tho legislation and conduct of justice on behalf of the Executive ( jlovernment .
A smaller improvement , but one of the deopoBi importance , ia the eHtablishinent of mi infant nursery , whoro the children of the poor , may bo roi'oived in charge . This is an innovation appropriately introduced into tho parish of St . Marjn ' s , under tho immodiato suporintondonco of
the Hector , Mr . Mackenzie , an active and benevolent man . Amongst the ladies who tale a foremost part in this excellent institution are Mrs . Grladstorte and Lady Goderich . The BtJriie in the cotton fields continues with no immediate prospect of an accommodation . While the North country seamen are giving tip their strike , the masters in the cotton districts are in-more than one place adding to their demands a retractive to the ten per cent , where it has already been allowed to the hands ; and they
appear to have done so at Glossop . We have already expressed our opinion that they could not afford that rise commercially ; but that circumstance does not render it less deplorable that they should have been so foolish as to grant what they must retract ; that they should throughout manage so ill as to have given to a difference already sufficiently vexatious , all the aggravations of disappointment , perversity , and bad feeling . The cholera still advances in its aggregate
numbers , though , it does not show itself with great virulence at any particular spot . The recently published report of the Registrar General has one interesting fact , in addition to the well-known fact , that the pestilence flourishes best amidst crowded habitations and squalor : the virulence of the disease is very nearly in an inverse ratio to the elevation of the ground on which houses stand . At an elevation of a hundred feet as compared with twenty feet , the deaths are as 2 to 30 .
1082 The Leader. [Saturday ,
1082 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
The Ninth Of November. The New Lord Mayo...
THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER . The new Lord Mayor , Mr . Sidney , had a fine day for his mediaeval progress through and about his domains . Wednesday was rather bright for the season , and the atmosphere was just chilled enough to be bracing . The civic procession set out from Guildhall at noon , in grand array . Mr . Oooke , of Astley ' s , had been called in ; and everything that an experienced dealer in show and theatrical effect could do was done . There were the mounted police and the lancers to clear the way ; beadles and school-boys , and pensioners and boats' crews , fire brigades , heraldic banners , watermen , and a host of officials connected with the
companies and the corporation . Then the Common Council of the Lord Mayor ' s ward , the Sheriffs , and the higher legal officers of the City ; then the Aldermen , a portly crew ; then the late Lord Mayor , followed by the " banner of justice" and " Justice " herself ; the " nations , " an Australian trophy , divers allegories , and the Lord Mayor himself . Of this procession the more remarkable featureH were the emblematic cai-s and cavalcades , so peculiar to the burgher class all over the continent , but only recently introduced in our civic processions . The standard bearers were particularly noticed , especially the Russian and Turk ; the former being dreadfull y hissed ; the latter , heartily cheered . " "
Having gone about the City , the Lord Mayor and train went to Westminster by water , and appeared before the Barons of the Exchequer , according to tho ancient custom . When they returned , they landed at Blackfriars Bridge , and thence to Guildhall . In the evening tho old civic hall was gay with preparations for dinner , to which there came troops of guests . Among-Ht them Sir James Graham , Viscount Palmcrston , Lord Canning , Lord J . Russell , Earl of Clarendon , Earl of Aberdeen , lato Lord Mayor , Maxquis of Salisbury , Viscount Mandovillo , Sir C . Wood , Sir W . Molesworth ; Sardinian , American , and Paraguaian Ministers ; Danish Charge" d'Affaires , Mr . Cardwcll , Lord Hatherton , Sir J . Pattcson , Mr . BaincH , Sir J . Pakington , Mr . Walpolo , and Mr . Oorncwall Lewis .
J lie speaking was below tho avorago . Lord Mayors are seldom oratorn , and Mr . Sidney ia no exception . Sir . lames Graham , in reply to tho "Navy , " wpoko the usual commonplaces . The British navy is read y to fight , to protect commerce— -in abort to do its duty in peace or war . Mr . Buchanan , from America , represented the foreign Ministers , but , not witli any oratorical display . Then came Lord Aberdeen returning thanlcH for tho flattering toast— " to her Majesty '* Ministers . "
On my own behalf , and on Mint of my colleagues , I hog to o ( fer my acknowledgments for the fluttering ( jxprossioriH with wliieh our healths have been propound , and the mode in which they have been received by the company . It ia no t ; too nnu-h , 1 ( runt , for us to liopo that in the difficult , position in which we are placed wo may receive a favourable conniilo mUon for the motives which inlluoiico us in the diHclmrgo of our duty . (< Jhoors . )\ l t in truo that wo avo the mn-vaiitH ol' the Oown , but lmmiijy in this our < j ( l y such Hcrvico in mil , incompatible with a ' sincere desire U > im > nioU > tbe wolinnt and happiness of Iho people . ( Jlenr , hear . ) _ Notwil , liMl , anding Uie wonderful progress of thiH country m neimieu mid m art , I am aware that much y < , | , remains to be don ,-, and that the mwawhh of future oflorU may J » e greatl y oiUioi- promoted or retarded by tho conduct i \ ™ " ? '" who "" V H >| m « i lo Imi in oHice . ( Ilmr , hear . ) My lord , 1 . luiow that much is expected from us by the country , mid 1 hope that wo shall bo lound ready and Willing to anawor to the call . In a country ouch uh ours ,
and in a hei ght of civilization such as that in which wa live , the real triumphs of a Minister must consist in pro . moting the progress of industry and the development of the natural resources . Such a course is the object of her Majesty ' s present government . I trust that nothing mav happen to 1 impede our onward progress , and that whatever reforms may-be necessary will be carried on in the absence of any disturbing causes , whether forei gn or domestic ( Hear , hear . ) When last I stood up in this room , as the guest of your lordship ' s predecessor , I declared that the policy of her Majesty ' s government was a policy of peace desir to that declaration
I e now repeat , and I go further " and say that no other principle of policy will ever be an ' nouncedbyme . ( Loud cheers . ) But , emphatic as these words may be , let me not be understood as conceiving the impossibility of war , because the occasion may arise when war cannot be avoided , except at the expense of our country ' s honour . ( Hear , hear . ) All I can say is , that as far as I am concerned war will never be undertaken except with reluctance , and when imperatively demanded bv the honour and interest of the country . Such I believe to be the duty of an English Minister , as I am . sure it is that of a Christian man . ( Cheers . )
As for the rest , it was not worth much . Lord Clarendon was as commonplace aa Sir James Graham in defending the Peers when not attacked ; and Lord John Russell only escaped from truisms about the Commons by referring to the City Commission . He said he was gratified to find that the corporation did not shrink from that inquiry , but manfully courted the most searching investigation . He believed that by promoting useful reforms the corporation would best promote their own stability , and their efficiency as ah element in the government of the country .
Lord Palmerston and the '' Lady Mayoress and the ladies , " Lord Campbell for " the Judges , " and Mr . Sheriff Wire for himself , brought what seems to have been a dull evening to a close .
The City Commission. As Yet The Evidence...
THE CITY COMMISSION . As yet the evidence of Mr . Acland , taken before the Commission , has called forth nothing but indignant disclaimers . He was again examined , on Tuesday , but he added nothing to substantiate the charge previously preferred against the Court of Common Council , of bribing the press . He showed , however , that the accounts of the Corporation are in a state far from intelligible . Sir George Carroll has denied some of the evidence , respecting bribery , point blank ; and Mr . Alderman Wilson , in his place in the Court of Aldermen , has begged the public to hear both sides before it decides . He promises a satisfactory answer on the part of the Court .
The Commission sat again on Thursday . Mr . Fisher , a solicitor of Combe , Delafield , and Co ., narrated a case of hardship suffered at the hands of the City . Messrs . Combe hired a wharf" for landing malt on the Westminster side of Waterloo-bridge in 1833 . The City put in claims for the porterage and mileage of the malt . As the claim was resisted , bills were filed in C hancery in 1835 . The firm were advised to apply for leave t o inspect the documents under which the claim was made , and in 1842 Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce made an order to that effect . Tho City appealed ; Lord Lyndliurst confirmed the order . The City took the appeal before the HouRe of Lords . It lias not yet been decided , and all the suits are at a stand . This litigation has cost the firm 2000 / .
Mr . Hubbard , governor of the Bank of Eng land , stated that he conceived tho reason why merchants will not accept civic offices to be that conscientious scruples proven tthem from performing judicial functions for which they have neither tho requisite time nor inclination . The next witness , however , Mr . John Dillon , of Morrison and Dillon , thought that the merchants affected to treat civic honours with contempt because they desire to neglect the public duties attached to them . Mr . Dillon would not abolish municipal
institutions in the City . He would give corporate institutions to the metropolitan boroughs ; and then ho would place the police , the sewerage , and tho lighting and paving under federal boards formed of members ot these corporations . Mr . Dillon confirms Mr . A cland s view of the City accounts . "In vulgar phrase you can neither make head nor tail of them . " Tliey oug ht to be made intelligible . For inntaneo , he had novor boon able to get an answer to the question—what in tho income of the City of . London ' \
Letters From .Paris. Licttjoii X0vti1. I...
LETTERS FROM . PARIS . Licttjoii X 0 VTI 1 . i ' urls , Thursday Evoiiintf , Nov . 10 , W > 3 - Tins trial of the affair of the Opera , Oomiquo commenced on Monday hint . Tho disclosures Imivo anxiously occupied public attention . Some are thinking of tlio clangers they have incurred : others are <« hcussing whether the conspiratOiH were backed by Wj real organization . Many arts surprised at tho lack o men of any importance in tlio principal <; oi » H | Jira . « y-There ban even been a whisper in Paris , that tho « iuo' « of the plot wore actually shot on the vory ««» of their arrest , and that the men aiow before the ooi " are mere puppets , or , at best , doublcura of the hiium b actors in the buHinenH . . . 1 don ' t believe thin last report , for my own pa" . what occasioned it was , probably , tlio throat * ol
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1853, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111853/page/2/
-