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CHINA. A six-oared pinnance belonging to...
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EUSSIA. The Osservatore Triestlno profes...
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PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX ASSOCIATION. A g...
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THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FRAUDS. CONVI...
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THE UNEMPLOYED. The working classes, it ...
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MABllIAGE ANOMALIES. Coudd " all the Wor...
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Miscellaneous. Suicide.—Mr. Thomas Higgs...
Th © Cqxjet . —The first of the theatrical performances at Windsor Castle for this season took place on Thursday evening , when Tke School for Scandal was performed , With a very brilliant caste ; and we are glad to see the name of Mr . Wigan among the actors . He has recovered , yre trust , from his late severe illness .
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- ^ Leader Office , Saturday , January 17 . TELE AUSTRIAJSTS EST ITALY . In Milan , tliere is a statue of St . Bartholomew , "who suffered martyrdom by being flayed alive . In that condition he has been represented by the sculptor . A Milanese youth , not long ago , went to this statue by nig ht , and wrote upon the pedestal the inscription , " The Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom . " He was afterwards detected , and has been sentenced to a long term of imprisonment . This anecdote we have derived from an authentic source .
Switzerland. The German Papers Publish T...
SWITZERLAND . The German papers publish the text of another Austrian despatch . This despatch is dated 6 th of January . It Is addressed to the Austrian Envoy at Berlin , and is a reply to the communication by which the Prussian Government informed the other governments of its resolution to adjourn the mobilisation of the Prussian army till the 15 th of January . The Vienna despatch expresses it ' s , gratification , and the hope tliat , should meantime no arrangement be concluded , the wisdom of King Frederick William would not refuse a further adjournment of any aggressive measiires .
China. A Six-Oared Pinnance Belonging To...
CHINA . A six-oared pinnance belonging to the American vessel Portsmouth was fired upon by the Chinese from some forts near Canton , without any provocation . The fire was very T ) risk ; but the Americans escaped without injury . The Portsmouth thereupon shelled the forts , and retired . Satisfaction within twenty-four tours was demanded of Teh . Of our affair with Yeh , vre read in the China Mail : — " After the capture of the Bogue forts , the Calcutta and Nankin remained behind for the purpose of blowing them up—no easy job ; and the fort at Ty-cocktow , having -fired upon the Hornet , Captain Stewart took possession , of it on the 16 th of November , after driving out the Chinese , and spiked its fifty-five guns . "
Eussia. The Osservatore Triestlno Profes...
EUSSIA . The Osservatore Triestlno professes to confirm some news given by the Trkst Zeitung relative to the occupation of the islands on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea . Some years since , Russia ' borrowed' the island of Dagada from Persia , as a station against the Turcoman pirates . The pirates were long ago annihilated , but the island in question , which is at the mouth of the Oxus , is still in the hands of Russia .
Property And Income-Tax Association. A G...
PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX ASSOCIATION . A great central meeting for promoting the objects of this association will be held at Exeter Hall , on Wednesday evening , January 21 st , when several Members of Parliament and representatives from most of the large provincial towns will attend . Admission by tickets only . Subscription , One Shilling and upwards . —Cyrus Francis Buott , Hon . Sec .
The Great Northern Railway Frauds. Convi...
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FRAUDS . CONVICTION OF KEDPATII . Leopold liedpath and Charles James Comyna Kent wero tried yesterday ( Friday ) , at the Central Criminal Court , for fraud and forgery on the Great Northern Railway Company . Kent was at first ordered to retire , and Redpatlx was then tried singly on one of the cases of forgery . Of this he was found Guilty , but sentence was postponed till nfter the issue of the next indictment . Redpath and Kent were then tried on a charge of feloniously forging and uttering a transfer to George Sidney , with intent to defraud . The Jury found a verdiet of GUII / TY against Redpath , and ACQUITTED Kent . At this there was applause . Itetlpatli was sentenced to transportation for life . The other indictments vrero -withdrawn .
Great Firm At Siiadwki.T..—A Lire Of Con...
Great Firm at Siiadwki . t .. —A lire of considerable magnitude raged yesterday morning in Lower Shadwell , at the premises of a ship chandler . The flames broke out in the back warehouses , used as a tarpaulin manufactory : these were nearly seventy feet long , of great ¦ width and height . Tho surrounding houses were seriously menaced , and it was long before tho conflagration was got under . Tho cause is unknown . Tho logs rfill fall on the Phoenix Fire Office . Wiucok op tiiic Briton Stkamkk . —By the South-Western steamer from Jersey , which arrived at Southampton yesterday morning , the crew of tho Briton steamer , belonging to tho Union Steamship Company , Invo reached there . They bring intelligence of tho foundering of the Briton off Capo U . shant , sixty mile * eouth-west of the cape , on Sunday lnst , at six a . m .
Notices To Correspondents. No Notice Can...
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . No notice can be taken of anonymous coirespondeuce « Whatever is intended for insertion , must be authenticated by the name and address of the ' writer ; nofc necessarily for publication , but as a- guarantee of his good faith . "We do not undertake to return rejected communications .
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There is xiothmg so revolutionary , because therei' 3 nothing so unnatural and cdirvulsive , as the strain . to "keep tilings fixed -when allth . e world is by thevery law of its creation in eternal progress . — Db . Arnold .
The Unemployed. The Working Classes, It ...
THE UNEMPLOYED . The working classes , it is said , are unfit for the exercise of power . But they have immense power , —a power of mischief , whicTi they do not employ . If they were unfit for that which is withheld from them , they would make use of that which , they do possess , and which might , at any moment , establish Terror throughout England . Nearly one-fourth of the working population of
London are now without employment . Twentysix thousand men . and "boys connected with the building trade alone have nothing whatever to do . Thousands of men hare applied ^ in one day , at the docks , for the labour that will nourish their families , in these damp and chilly days . " What then ? If they were as ignorant as the -Frenchmen of the sixteenth century , they would follow some Jacques Bonhomme and burn the habitations of the rich .
If they were governed like frenchmen of the present day , they would placard the walls with ¦ " Workmen wanted to sweep out the Tuileries . " "Wat Tyler and Jack Cade would be their statesmen—indeed they might have worse . Instead of this , they legalize their proceedings by obtaining the official sanction of the City ; they hold a vast meeting in Smithneld ; they construct a rough platform-upon an old sheep-pen ; a journeyman carpenter takes the chair , and the unfortunate multitude deliberates formally as to
the causes and remedies of its sufferings . Whatever maybe the opinions of the genteel , it cannot be endured that one working man out of four should , every winter , struggle against starvation . He may not be right in his views , but something must be radically wrong in the country . However perfect our economical system , it does not spare these myriads of the population from periodical misery , which , if they were crazy or unscrupulous , would drive them into all kinds of excesses . It is mere cruelty to tell a ticket-of-leave man that he must find
work when thousands of honest men compete against him , and fail . And it is mere folly to suppose that the class thus made destitute will not blame some other class for its afflictions . " Young man , " said an economist to Mr . Eowjsjst , " if you don't find a knife and fork ready laid for you at Nature ' s table , it ' s time you died . " . But the young man ventures to dissent . Besides , ho is not quite Biiro that Nature intended him to
starve . Society , at least , professes not to accept this doctrine , which , highly respectable as it is , contains more roal ferocity than any hook in tho Jacobin catalogue . Society constructs a Poor-law , opens Unions , and announces that no person in the Three Kingdoms need be without food or employment . But the householders tako tho poor into their charge , mid convert their dole iuto a degradation . Tho hideous word pauper is
attached to the inmate of the Union ; "he has been a pauper " is scarcely less a stigma than " lie was once convicted . " The uniform allotted and the work supplied are the meanest possible ; and , if the poor prefer outdoor relief , how are they treated ? They stand , in cold and wet , upon the pavement , until Mr . Overseer is ready . If houseless women seek the shelter of a casual ward , they are kept outside , in the
darkhalf-, froz ; en , or soaked with rain , until eight o ' clock , and , when admitted , lie down upon dirty straw , or other materials which would literally disgrace a kennel . No waitingroom is provided ; and the sleeping ward is often a breeding-place of crime , fever , and pestilence . This account is free from , the slightest alloy of exaggeration . Every careful reader of the newspapers will remember that within a few weeks numerous cases
have heen before the magistrates which justify every word we have used . The working classes should remember , if other classes forget it , that the Poor-law is their property . It is their share in the public income . They have as much right to it as alandlord to his rents . Mr . IM'Keith put this very clearly at Smithfield . He said , " 3 Jet us go to the workhouse and demand relief . The relieving officer will , perhaps , offer us a loaf . " Well , let us take it home and eat it ,
and then go and ask for another . " It is altogether an error on the part of a workman to pledge his clothes and tools before he solicits relief . The Poor-law Board is the publie Benefit Society , to which he , no less than the rich man , has subscribed in prosperous times . He is merely receiving "hack his deposit , in full or otherwise , with interest or without it . The relieving officer , if lie assumes any airs
of authority or contempt , is an , unembroidered flunkey , and ought to stand in a red coat and yellow breeches behind a gentleman s carriage . " When the working classes work the Poor-law to the letter , the other classes , astonished by the weight of the burden in times of scarcity , will call a meeting , nofc at Smithfield , and consider how they mav commute the tax .
How to commute it , however ? If they disregard the question , it will not be disregarded in another quarter . Mr . Pi / Exajjt , a house-painter , is out of employment for eight weeks . " What does he do ? He " studies tlie existing arrangements of society , '' he says . He and his class , therefore , organize " The National Association of Unemployed Operatives , " which , if properly constituted and directed to sensible objects , will become a power in the State .
The Smithfield meeting advanced to the discussion of certain topics connected with the land and with the game-laws . The gamelaws " \ ve hold to bo relics of ! N " orinan barbarism and feudal piracy . The other questions wo lay aside for the present ; but we shall recur to them , in order that the social projects of tho working classes may receive a close , free , and calm analysis .
Meanwhile , let the working classes employ the great engine which they possess—tho Poor-law . It will expand under pressure . Let thorn consider it as tlicir National Debt , and when they are in distress let them apply for their dividends as boldly as though they were Long Annuitants .
Mablliage Anomalies. Coudd " All The Wor...
MABllIAGE ANOMALIES . Coudd " all the World and his " Wife" assemblo a family meetiug in which every ono should tell the story ot" his wooing and h ' m wedding , what strange stories wo should hear I How diiforent iu many cases would bo tho narrative from the expectation ! Perhaps , however , tho most curious and interesting part of tho statement would consist iu
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17011857/page/11/
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