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JAMES OF MAPvYLEBONE. What shall be done...
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^ ,* » A^Rr Ifi.1850.1 The Leader. V 497
^ , * » A ^ rr ifi . 1850 . 1 THE LEADER . V 497
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TSisdBIPTIQN TO "THE LEADER . " ONE GUINEA PER YEAR , UNSTAMPED , PREPAID . ( Delivered Gratis ) . g ~~^ NOTICES TO eORRESFONDinsrTS .. KTn notice can bo ¦ taken ' of ¦ -anonymous correspondence . Whatever 18 intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily far publication , but as a guarantee ot . his ffood iaith . Tt is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we recrf ™ Thoir insertion is oflen delayed , © whiff to a press ofni . tt . M- and When omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . .- ' . . ¦ * . '¦ ¦¦ We . cannot undertake to return rejected communications . OFFICE , NO . , CATHERINE-STREET , STRAND , W . C .,
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There is nothing : ' so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and- convulsive , as the strain to keep things iixctl when nil the world is by the very law of its creation ia eturnal jij-oj-Tess . —Pit . AiisoLO . ..
Success On Tho Part Of Tho Conservatives...
success on tho part of tho Conservatives . In other metropolitan districts some parsonnl changes aro anticipated—not always , perhaps , I ' or tho l > cttor . Sir Charles Napier is threatonoil with parliamentary extinction by Mr . Apsloy . Pel hit t , and , Mr . Oox may , perhaps , bo- run down \> y Sir Morton Peto ; whother Mr . Doulton or Mr . Jones is destined to roplace Mv . Williams in Lambeth , does not ns yet nppoar . l ' ooplo nsk why that Btm'dy
See A Greater Probability Of The Infusio...
see a greater probability of the infusion of new blood and popular strength , and a less stupid and ' superstitious hankering on the part of constituencies after effete pretensions and aristocratic names .
veteran of the Parsimony Corps should retire so soon . The answer giv e one witty friend of ours , was , we believe , not far from the truth , namely , that he felt himself sinking under the weight of Joseph Hume ' s mantle , which he had rashly undertaken to wear . Of the eighteen metropolitan members , the only one who has proved to be utterly deaf and dumb , is Mr . Robert Han'bury . Each and all of his colleagues have , during the last two years , done , or tried to do , something to sustain the character they undertook to ' ¦ perform . ' Lord Shaftesbury ' s nominee for Middlesex is a solitary and miserable exception , answering to the ' well-known description given of a certain learned functionary when in the House of Commons , and who invariably went by the name of "The heavy bigot . " Why a county like Middlesex should submit to be bunged down by order from Grosvenoivsquare , we confess ourselves unahlc to understand .
No member of the . rival . Whig and Tory Cabinets is threatened with serious . -opposition . There is a well-known freemasonry in these matters between the chiefs of the contending factions . Sir George Grey and Sir John Pakington are , indeed , respectably unopposeable in the nomination boroughs they sit for : . but most of their noble and right honourable associates on cither side of the Speaker ' s chair might bo put to the cost of a contested election . To guard against the possibility of being called upon for such a . sacrifice of tlieir private purse and convenience , the ' ministers that are and the ministers that hope to be , have agreed to pair oft—Mr . Disraeli with Sir Cornewall John
Lewis , Lord Palmers ton with Lord Manners , Mr . Estcourt with Mr . Yemon Smith , and Sir liuiwer Lyttoh with Mr : Labouchere . Whether the Attorney-General will have as little to do in East Suffolk as Kichard liethell is likely to have at AVolvcrhampton , we do not know ; but for our parts we should be extremely sorry to see either of them excluded from the " ncvv House of Commons . The subordinates do not , of course , come in for the benefit of the mutual protection rule . Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald , one of the most rising men on the Conservative side , and , we must be permitted to add , one of-the most useful and honourable public servants , is said to be threatened with-a contest at ITorshanx ;
while Mr . Lowe has already paid the penalty of his anti-Reform ebullitions at Kidderminster , by being driven ignomiiiiously from the field by Mr . Huddleston . Very few " of the great towns are likely to-be . contested ! Liverpool is content with one and one ; not so Leeds , Svhich buckles on its armour , and prepares to do battle in right earnest for the cause of progress . Birmingham , Sheffield , Newcastle , Glasgow , Bristol , Coventry , and Manchester are said to bo resolved to remain as they are . At Salfbrd there will be a sharp fight between Mr . Massey and Mr . Henry Aslrworth . Both are excellent men in their way , and it is a
bird of privilege wit h its Whig and Tory mottling , just as it was befor e * Nor does there appear to be a likelihood of any very serious change in tho borough representation . A contest is threatened in the City . Two thousand electors have called upon Mr . Thomas Baring and Lord Stanley , with ji view to oust two . out of the four Whig representatives of London . It cannot bo denied that the head of tho house of Baring stands facile princeps in personal fitness to represent the great central mart of national industry . Fifteen , years ago he was induced by Sir Robert Peel to
THE COMING ELECTIONS . A very general impression seems to prevail that the composition of the new Parliament will , after all , very much resemble that of the old . Should the event realise sucli an anticipation , we should he very sorry for it ; for we must be excused for saying we think a worse Parliament , for all practical purposes of progress , we have never had . It was born in a passion , it has lived in a dream , and it will die in a row , without dignity or pity . Few and short have been the clays of the years of its pilgrimage ; and now that it is about to vanish out of sight , nobody even pretends to . consider it any great loss . But what a ; -o we to have in its . stead ¦?'¦ As far as we can see , Mumbo-Jumbo seems to be immortal . Ilero and there a feather or two may be dropped , and youth may quietly replace age ; for even oligarchy has its times of moulting . But tho process takes place noiselessly and almost imperceptibly . There is a- slight iluttering of county plumage , and here and there things look rough for a week or two ; but by the tiiuu tho appointed period of change is over all will look smooth and unruffled a < rain , and we shall rccogniso the old
cpmo forward as a candidate on Protectionist principles , and was defeated by the extraordinary oxorbiom of tho Anti-Corn-Law Loague . We havo heard it said that , ho never forgave tho then Prhno Minister for having lured him into such a contest In ' defence of principles which tho Minister had even then resolved to abandon . No doubt ho would like to-reverse tho sonience now , If tho Liberals hold together , wo doubt tho possibility ot
great pity they should be pitted against each other . At Bath , Sir Arthur Elton has been hustled by the Pahnerstonians , ostensibly because , of his Tote against Lord John Russell ' s amendment , the other evening , but , i n reality , because he was one of the mutineers on the Conspiracy Bill . There is no mistake about the spirit of exclusjveness and intolerance which actuates the management of elections under the Cambridge House regime . No man , who is not a lordling or a flunkey , will be permitted to stand as a Liberol candidate , if Sir \ V . Hay tor can prevent it . Some very gross cases uia
ox tins Jcma nave come wiriun our Kuowiuujjy , the time for exposing them is not yet ,. Mr . Cobdon , wo aro happy to say , is certain to bo returned tbv Rochdale . Huddersfield seems determined to enjoy a little longer tho ignominy it earned for itsoH'by his rejection in 1857 . The Liberals of Cambridge lmvo boon squabbling among themselves , and losing a fair opportunity of retrieving their defeat of "two years ago . JI ' anything could hnvo recalled tlicin to a sonso of the position in which they have placed themselves by their unfortunate divisions , it would havo boon the fact that lust week the Managers of Little Ryder-street had tho coolnosa to send them an a candidate tho Honourable Colonel Vercker ,
who was , na a Tory , defeated at Yarmouth last general election , but whom . Cambridge House lias since enlisted in its irivgular corps . As wo do not allbet to bo up m tho dead knowlotlgo of tho political turf , we nhall hazard no conjectures » w to tho probable gaina and losses of tho coining raoo for powor . We only wish that wo could
Will Fraistce Disarm? The Ministerial Ex...
WILL FRAISTCE DISARM ? The Ministerial explanations promised last night have been deferred till Monday . Reasons of state policy are darkly hinted for this postponement ; and Lord Palnlerston is too shrewd a politician to object . It has oozed out , in a variety of ways , that the long-pending negotiations have reached this point- —that Austria , feeling her strength , and knowing that her antagonist is not ready , req uires , before she enters into a European Congress , that France and Piedmont should disarm . There is a certain aspect of reasonableness about this which it is not easy to gainsay . If the Congress should fail
in settling tenns of general accommodation , as it is very likely to do , the next six -weeks would just have sufficed , to give France time to complete her preparations for war . Cavalry cannot be moved in lai-ger masses until the spring grass is grown ; and many other items of the calculations necessary for success ! also require , to be looked closely into . Austria says , "If you insist on fighting , fight now : if you . are not ready , that is your look-out ; we are , and we shall not forego our advantage . " On the other hand , Piedmont feels that for her to consent to disarmament Would be fatal . The moral effect of such a step throughout Italy would be irretrievable . ¦ self
The people have everyvrliere shown great - control , patience , and forbearance , it is true ; but they have only been kept in hand , as it is called , by " the positive assurance that , however cautious and slow the steps in advance , there are to be this time none backwards . The first move of a . retrogressive character woxild dash the hi g h hopes now entertained , and cast doubt and suspicion on the future intentions of those who have undertaken the responsibility of leadership . A clear perception of these consequences is probably one of the strongest motives that inspire Austria to insist on her demand . If Louis JSTapoIeon be
sincere in his professions to M . Cavour , the same considerations will induce him to counsel resistance to the concession sought . All he can do is to parley and argue , as long as he is allowed to do so , in order that he may gam time , and meanwhile hasten forward his own preparations . _ Various partial schemes of disarming have been , it is said , discussed during the last week , tlirough the intervention of the mediating Powers ; but , if we are riirl ' itlv informed , without coming ^ to any accord . livery day , in point of fact , the difficulty becomes more * and more insoluble by means of diplomacy , and we own our anticipations are gradually settling down in the direction we least desire .
James Of Mapvylebone. What Shall Be Done...
JAMES OF MAPvYLEBONE . What shall be done unto the man whom Marylebono delights to honour ? What honour can be too great ; . what reverence too pi ' ofound ; what praise too hyperbolical ? Seats for any borough in England ' are at bis disposal . Premierships and Cliancell ' orships are kept open , ponding his reluctant choice . Popular ovations , festal banquets , and public testimonials are a matter of course . All this , however , is nothing , and Marylebonc will not be content-unless the whole country , falling prostrate bcibro the idol of tho hour , join in tho new confession of faith—that there is . hut
one Marylebonc , and James is its Prophet . Nebuchadnezzar roquirod all men to full down and worship the image that the king had set up . Our case is even a harder one than that of tho subject Israelites . At any rate , the idol of the King of the Chaldeans was a golden one ; hut we have to adore an imago of brass . Alas ! the spirit of Sluulrach , Meshech , and Abpdne ^ o lins not descended on us . Wo must porlbrco bow down before tho strange god of Miirylebone , and shout hallelujah with the crowd . ,
A great gonornl , who hod conquered on u Hundred battlo-fleUs—and novor ihwn liw swopd , save in tho cause of right ami justice ;—an illustrious Btntosmnn , wIiohoIiTo hud not been spent in vain , and who , in tho evening of Ins days received tho reward of his labours in hw country » reverence—a hero who hnd Bull ' ered in tho oauso of freedom—could iwno of them havo been hailed with more rapturous applause- —or more uproarious welcome , thim greeted Mr . li-awm James at tho close of his short Parliamentary
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Leader (1850-1860), April 16, 1859, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16041859/page/17/
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