On this page
-
Text (3)
-
January 17, 1857.] ¦ - THE 1. E A T> E H...
-
AN ACCIDENT- IN LANARKSHIRE. The new mem...
-
COUNSEL AND CLIENT. A most important pol...
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.
;; Ii
A little silken rainbow is on her neck ; a goMesi serpent guards a turquoise on her wri & fc i she might trip over roelis and thistles without harm , in those costly and sensible toots of Balmoral , "which have superseded , among us , the sandals of the white-footed classics . There is a rumour that more material is in future to be used in the bonnet , and . less in the skirt , so that Euphrosyne will better preserve the rich colour of her hair , which fades in . the light , and will more successfully assert her sisterhood to the Grraces , who never wore hoops . Hoops , the authorities announce , are to be abolished , having failed , like the wood-pavement .
A conscientious contemporary , however , has taken all the Euphrosynbs to tast , not for copying all the colours in a cathedral window , but for rendering needlework a complex art . It is difficult to interfere without committing as many blunders as a civilian diseoxirsing on strategy ; but it ds the lily itself that makes a sacrifice when lost in . a Field of the Cloth of Grold . The Queen of Otjde must wear a G-oleonda of rubies and a Persia of
peaTls to decorate the dark austerity of her countenance ; but why should our Etjphrosyiste wear African earrings , Assyrian mantles , Bayadere dra-pery , or the jewels of Nottrmahal ? Or , if she does , why not add the little golden bells of Arabia , and the little golden coins of Parisian , and . ' the kohl of Egypt ( instead of the deadly belladona )/ and the mirrors of Barbaryy and henna dye , and campac blossoms ? The
Daily ^ JSTcivs will ask what is all this to end in at Christmas ; but we might as well ask the typical lily of our land to turn black as to put away " those sweet thoughts she thinks , of violets and of pinks , " or to forget ( if she ever knew it ) that , as in the Malayan tongue a woman and a flower are
synonymous , if one is a bluebell , another might as well be a rose . Instead of joining in this cold crusade against milliner ' s' bills , we say , Study taste more and fashion , less ; dress as richly as you please , so that your splendour he graceful ; and , if you cannot emulate the Indian lady , who imprisoned a thousand fireflies in her skirt of gauze , let the needle do all it can with the silk and the
dyes of the East . Dressmakers , instead of calling your profusion cruel , will be glad of the employment that abounds iu a gay season . The claim they have is , that when EtrpfERosYNE is going to Court or to a fancy ball , she shall plan her costume soon enough to give the poor work-girl time to finish it , without wasting her life away by night , wearing out her heart by bending twelve hours together over the fabric of lace and lustre that is to sweep over Aubusson carpets , under ' rich roofs embossed , ' and constellations of light in opal and crystal globes .
It is cruel to say that a delicately-nurtured girl is heartless , when she is only ignorant of tho slavery that is ordered in her name . " What does she see of the sempstress ? She enters a West-end shop , more brilliant , perhaps , than her own boudoir 5 her orders are received by a glittering lady ; not one of the pale dressmakers appears . They . arc out of Bight . The dress comes home ; the wearer is delighted ; the maker , perhaps , faints ; but tho maker and the wearer stand apart . Tho one has not been taught to reflect upon tho necessities of the other .
Has she been taught even to Iciioav when she appears beautiful or not ? Docs she , in fact , care for beauty so much as for fashion ? We submit that sonic of tho present combinations of Greek sleeves , Kai'iiael bodtlices , Bayadere skirts , basques , bretelles , epaulettes , lacings , flouncing a , feathers , and ' solid-gold buttons , ' of tnflUa , Bilk , velvet ( Terry and other ) , chenille , embroidery ,
resembling rivers of pearls , " and " medallion fringe , " have more affinity with Bashi-Bazoukism than with the grace of our pure Euphrosyite . Etty , when he went to Venice , could not find a box of colours ; but even Titian , when he lived there , could not have found colours to reflect the full-dress of certain English circles . If our costume as to come to that , let each , foi the sake of consistency , revert to doublets of green and amber , and cavalier hats and plumes .
January 17, 1857.] ¦ - The 1. E A T> E H...
January 17 , 1857 . ] ¦ - THE 1 . E A T > E H , 6 q
An Accident- In Lanarkshire. The New Mem...
AN ACCIDENT- IN LANARKSHIRE . The new member for Hamilton Palace is Mr . Baii / lie CocniiAN-E . Lanarkshire looked on , but said nothing , -while Mav Ing-its and Mr . Chajstceklor pretended to be asking for the suffrages of the electors . There are no electors in the county . The Duke of Hamilton is the hereditary Lord Protector of the population , and Mr . . BaiiiIiIE Coceoranu is one of bis delegates . Mr . ¦ Oochb . a . B'e , however , was anxious for a cheer , and suddenly promulgated , to all whom it might concern , that he hated despotism , and pined for the enianci
pa tion of the world . In fact , he has been reading his own book on Italy , and discovers that he never was a flatterer of the Italian despots , or a libeller of the Italian . Liberals . He teas , however , though lie says lie was not , and he may paraphrase this as he pleases . He defended the King of Naples without reserve . He defended the Papacy . He declared that tlie Homah Republic / was established and guarded by " foreigners . " Of the hundred and fifty members of the Constituent Assembly , there -were only seven -who were not citizens of the Roman States . Of the fourteen
thousand who fought during the siege , at least twelve thousand were Uoinans , while about two thousand were Lombards , Tuscans , or citizens of other Italian States- —not such " foreigners" as protect the Pope and the King of Naples . Their leaders governed Iiome for five months , and while in power
condemned not one man "to death for a political offence , and exiled no one on suspicion . They even allowed Panteoloni and Ma .-miamt , their avowed enemies , all the privileges of the Republic . What would be thought of us if we described Louis Napoleon as Calio-ula . without his courage ? Yet Mr . Cochhane wrote that the Roman
revolution only differed from the Reiga of Terror in being conducted by men of greater bravery and more determination . The largest and wealthiest constituency in Scotland finds itself suddenly represented , by this person : It lias no choice . As Buteshire is humiliated by the prerogative of the Btjtes , and Dumfrieshire by the prerogative of the QuEENSBEitKYs , so Lanarkshire is the fief of the IIamiltoks ; there are no forty-shilling
freeholds there ; tho little man is selected by the great house , and the premier peer of Scotland enlists a now soldier for his bodyguard in . the Commons . He is a Duke with a double title , a Marquis with a treble title , an Earl with a treble title , a Baron with an eightfold title , and a Member of Parliament by deputy . What has Lanarkshire to balance against the claims of this clustered pillar of the peerage ? It is merely a vast comity , with an area of moi'e than six hundred
thousand acres , a population of half a millionand not three thousand Jive hundred registered electors . Tho truth is , that the electoral system in Scotland is "worse than
our own . Nearly every Scottish county is an Old Sarum of private influences , where tho tcnants-in-chief of tho Crown and fifty-seven yours leaseholders and lifoholdevs arc parcelled out as the property of those singularly narrow-minded individuals , the Scottish
Dukes . It is really time that the Highlandsi and Lowlands should talk of reform . What can G-lasgow think of such a political P 4 r aS Mr * B - " ™ s Cochbams , tke slave of the Hamilton Aladdins ? And what does Mr . _ CooHBA » E think of Mmself , after eating the Italian toad , and waking up to find himself once more a Member of Parliament ? Ihe affair is accidental ; but the country is liable , to such accidents . You may buy a seat in . the House of Commons , or some one may give it to you ; bui it rarely happens that you are a constitutionally-elected representative .
Counsel And Client. A Most Important Pol...
COUNSEL AND CLIENT . A most important political principle was decided in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Monday , settling the rights of laymen as distinguished from lawmen . Mrs . Swynfuit claimed a n estate of 60 , O 00 Z . under the will of Samuel SvrraTE ]!? - ; and the heir-at-law contested the xeality of this bequest . Mrs . Swynieen ' s attorney was a Mr . Simpson , her counsel Sir Frederick Thesigeb . Circumstances came out which induced Sir
Fbedeeick to think that Mrs . Savtneen- ' s interest would be best served by accepting a compromise offered on the other side , 1000 Z . a year . Her attorney appears to nave agreed in the opinion , and sne consented so far as to promise that she would consider the subject . She went out of town and telegraphed a message signifying her dissent . Nevertheless , when the case came on in court , Sir
Fbedjsbick stated that it had been arranged out of court ; and subsequently proceedings were taken to declare Mrs . Swyneen ' in contempt , " and to compel her to carry out the arrangements ! It was contended , on the part of Sir Frederick Thesiger , that a counsel is invested witli a general agency , that the arrangement vras clearly for the interest of Mrs . Swynfeit , and that as he had accepted it in his discretion , she was bound .
Mr . Justice Crowdee laid down the law distinctly . A client is bound by the acts of his counsel , wlien those acts are in the ordinary course of law ; because it is presumed that the client has entrusted hia counsel to carry out the cause in a regular manner . But , "by a strict application of the same principle , the client is not bound by his counsel
in .. ; any extraordinary course without special instructions . " A client , " said Mr . Justice Chowder , " might thiak a particular barrister an excellent advocate , and might , therefore , employ him , but might have no confidence in his power as a negotiator of the terms of compromise . " The distinction settles the case .
Mrs . Swynfeit , therefore , is not to be punished for Laving refused to carry out an agreement which she liad always repelled . She is permitted to carry on the cause at whatever risk . Sir Fbederiok Thesiger , indeed , appears to take seriously Lord ! Eldon ' s dictum , that if any man . claimed a field from him , he would give it up so that tho concession were kept secret , rather than carry on proceedings at law .
But , for Heaven ' s sake , let ub exercise our own discretion in carrying out the dictum of Eldon . Law and lawyers are formidable enough ; but what frightful slavery should we all have been handed over to , if tho High Court of Justice had kid down tho rulo that as soon aa wo employed a counsel ho is our master , and wo no better than Iris wards . Counsel ' confer' together ; they ' arrange- ' nintters : what wonderful division of ' my client ' s' property might not have been carried out , if the Tiiesioer principle had been recognised , and its working duly developed .
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1857, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17011857/page/15/
-