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VANE TEMPEST AS AN OITIGER, A GENTLEMAN,...
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Dissenters Painted By Themselves . We Ha...
dead and degrading level of those country stations where drinking alarmingly prevails , and where , for that very reason , amongst others , the contributions are so inadequate as to compel , for current expenses , large drafts upon your Treasurer . Teetotallers , and A nti- Teetotallers , that are sitting around that Board , here is a subject that demands your close and immediate attention—a subject on which I shall be prepared to give , when you are prepared to hear—information , that will make your ears to tingle . With regard to my successor , also , I should like him to be a thorough Congregationalist , and be inducted ' with a sa'iptural deference to the views and feelings of . the- Church . In iVew Amsterdam we are : all '¦ XTon-Intnusionists . " ¦—
The Committee refused to bear Mr . Davies on tie subject of his letter ; and in another eloquent touch Ebenezee tells a further offence , with the hopes of a peculiar satisfaction . If a profane ribald -were to cry in a burst of anger , meaning little , " Damn the fellow- ! " missionaries would cast up their eyes in pious horror ; but a missionary can , with deliberate mind , sit doAvn and pen this pious ¦ ' phrase : — " The man-who presided on that occasion— -an' ofcZman , who will soon have to appear at Heaven ' s bar—has been the chief promoter of the new chapel set up ia opposition to min . e !
The shop ! the shop !— -how it drags men down . Even Ebenezer , j \ Iartyr lets the tradesman get the better of the Saint ; and he advertizes the " beautiful new gown" which he received as the crown of liiartyrdom , and proof of custom at his shop , from * the hands of " Olatja A . Prior , " and other ladies .
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The Literary Association Op The Friends ...
THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OP THE FRIENDS OF POLAND . A document has lately been published , to which we beg to direct the reader's attention . It is the report of the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the literary Association of the Priends of Poland . As is generally known , to be a Friend of Poland is historically re spectable , two dukes , two marquises , ; .. ei ght earls , a viscount , two barons , three colonels , a doctor of divinity , and seven not very
revolutionary members of Parliament being members of the Society . Last year , indeed , a Polish princesg aided ^ at a concert held in the Marquis of Bbeadaxbane ' s drawing-room , to assist the Polish cause . Two perfectly unexceptionable amateurs , Sir John Habrington and the ^ Hon . "William Ashlet , then volunteered their performances ; there was a lustrous gathering of aristocracy , two guiueas were paid for each ticket , and 485 Z . ISs . 6 d . were the net proceeds of the day . Three duchesses , three dukes , several countesses , and the
minister of a foreign court were among the subscribers , so that we may repeat , it is highly respectable to be a ' literary' friend of Poland . But , after paying our compliments , may we glance at the balance-sheet ? The income of the Association for the year ending May 3 , 1856 , was 739 ? . 14 s . 6 d . Out of this , what proportion , goes to the relief of the Poles ? A sum of 4191 . is
consumed in expenses , leaving 2601 ., or not much more than one-third , to carry out the legitimate objects of the Association . A hundred and ' fifty pounds , therefore , must be drawn from the balance remaining from the previous year . The distribution of costs is in this fashion : —For the temporary relief of refugees , 129 / . 8 s . ; rent and salaries , 2151 . ; assistance in sickness , 218 I lls . ; messengers ' wages , and attendance at the Chambers , 54
. 1 . 3 s . 3 d . j assista 7 ice to leave this country , 16 ? . 6 s . 6 d , ; postage stamps , postages and post-office orders , 19 ? . 13 a . 5 d . ; funeral expenses , 27 Z . 12 s . 9 d . ; sundries , repairs , and i ? 7 fcy -i * 0 harges > 25 L 14 a 9 d ' 3 education , 007 -i 6 d ' ' printi & g the annual roport , < ML 10 s . 5 d . Tho expenso of holding public meetings is set down at 02 ? . 5 a . ; stationery at zji 16 s , Cd . ; newspapers and books , -2 & s . 14 » . ; reporting the proceedings of the annual meeting , 57 . 5 s . coals and candles , loZ . 2 s , Od . ; cub-hire , 1 ? . 13 s .
Thus , the ordinary income of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland is " unequal'to the ordinary expenditure . The income for the year ending May 3 , 1856 , from subscriptions and donations , amounted to 246 ? . The working expenditure for the : same period , exclusive of the relief afforded to the refugees , amounted to 479 ? . The Balance froni the previous year amounted to 369 ? . Amount bestowed in relief , 409 ? . Thus , had not the Princess MLabcelxine Czabtob . yska
assisted at a Matinee Musicale , the Literary Association of the Eriends of Poland would have been a bankrupt affair . Its income was not sufficient to meet the expenses of offices and officers . "Wei ] , then , the concert took place , and 485 ? . were received . The number of Polish refugees in England on the 3 rd of May last was , as nearly as can
be ascertained , 639 . Of these 157 receive Government allowances , and three Association , allowances , two of the three being ; mad , the other an orphan . " The remaining 479 refugees" ( we quote the report ) " "dp not receive any permanent allowance ; but all are assisted by the Association , to a very limited amount , in case of sickness attested by medical certificate . " It would seem that the executive has imitated the economy of theXAterary Pund . Here we find 479 ? . a year expended in the collection and administration of ; 739 ? . ; we have chambers , rents , printing , public meetings ( 62 ? . !) , reporting , salaries , & c , consuming far more than the regular income of the Association ; so that , taking the whole amount expended during the last year , the " . refugees in England could not , upon an average , receive a shilling per man per month from the " Friends of Poland . " " We are , indeed , glad to learn that "almost all the refugees are , under ordinary circumstances , able to support themselves . " "We wish to do full justice to the sincere liberality of the noblemen and gentlemen composing the Association- "We only desire to call their attention to this expenditure , which is out of all proportion to their means . They have an honorary secretary , and we do think that , for the meetings of the council , private hospitality might provide . At all events , the Sussex Chambers are not wanted . "We should
like to receive , moreover , an account of the emoluments derived from the Society by individuals , and to know ' the reason why' 54 ? . paid to a messonger , is not included among the " salaries . " The Association has no longer a political existence ; if it has now betaken itself to simple philanthropy , there is no injustice in asking that the Poles should derive as much advantage from it as their " friends . "
Vane Tempest As An Oitiger, A Gentleman,...
VANE TEMPEST AS AN OITIGER , A GENTLEMAN , AND A LORD . Lord Eunest Vane Tempest belongs to that class whom it is the special object of our present administration , civil and military , to bring into tho army . "Why ia it that the system , of promotion by merit is refused , but that it would keep out this class ,
and bring in another ? On what ground did Lord Cardigan claim , to take his ease in his yacht , while his companions were undergoing hardship , toil , a . nd death , except that if such indulgences were refused , men of his position would have no inducement to enter the army ? The present system , therefore , is maintained in tho desiro to havo oilicers of the EitNEST Vane class .
There is an esoterio and an exoteric principle Esoterically , by men outside the sacred class , tlie rosults of tho election will not be thought happy . In barrack wo seo the officer of tho model class goading his subordinate uutil that subordinate incurs the suspicion of xinmauliness because ho does
not mutiny . Lord Ernest is not consni cuous for diligence in his studies , but for diligence in inventing new but paltry tor merits . He shaves the regulation moustache " oi the young cornet he exposes that younogentleman to contempt before brother-officer * for conduct which is in itself neither xm military nor unmeritoridus ; and he rebels against the serious exhortations of his Commander-in-Chief , and makes himself the Lord of Misrule . The class which thus disports itself in barrack , proves unable to conduct itself in battle—apologizes for leading a ^ retreat at Balaklava , by the plea that ' " rall .
y mg" was out of the question , —and , for lack of better arguments , meets the accuser with language of common abuse . Lord Caedigait never was exactly of the Vane pattern ; he was always serious in his folly ; he established the "Watheit espionage from conscientious motives , aud set his face against a black bottlo on grounds of dignity ; but both sliow the stuff of which certain officers are made They would probably be good fighting private soldiers ; they have not the temper wliich makes a man eligible to bo a corporal ; and , grave or gay , they have not the brains to keep discipline in barrack or battle .
A man in commission is expected to be " ' a gentleman . ' A gentleman remembers his birth in order to set himself a higher standard of bravery , of generosity , of fidelity , and of self-discipline . Vane ' Tempest ' known to us by two exploits , in which he is seen descending to malignant horse-play , or to bullying conflict with his ' inferiors . ' One ground which has been alleged as the excuse for men who did not at once administer
corporal punishment to the big bad boy is , that he is possessed of unusual bodily strength , which he chivalrously employs to hector over the weaker . He is richer than Ames , and , glorying in a purse which he can spend in eating and drinking , he sits at dinner , taunt * ing his brother ' gentlemen' with not being able to ' afford' a cab or a bottle of
champagne . He is so thick-skulled , and is so low a specimen of good breeding , that positively he does not know that a true gentleman may be poor , and that to taunt a man with poverty is something meaner than the purse pride which used to be the worst opprobrium of the ' vulgar . ' That is the sort of ' gentleman . ' that it is desired to draw into the
army . But perhaps Vane Tempest thinks it needless to be a gentleman , since he is a ' nobleman . ' "What is a ' noble' man ? It is vlr oiohilis—a man who is able to be ' notus , ' or -known , by his pedigree or hereditary cognizance ; that is , a man of gentile or gentle l > irth—a gentleman . But Vane is a ' Lord '—a man specially noble . Now , God forbid that we should join in the cry against Lords and Gentlemen . There have been
men of these classes whom it would be an honour to- associate with , to serve with , or to servo under . There was one man of the name which Vane Tempest desecrates , of high birth though not himself a Lord , against whom OnoMWEXii would not invent a reproach . Falkland , who died in defence of legitimacy , was a man of such noblo quality that his mere adhesion to a cause made his opponents mistrust their own judgment . Tho cluss of Lords may stilldoc ' s stillproduce
, , noblo minds and noble hearts . But , alas the ' order' is little known by its better specimens , who , in these days , havo become , lileo tho ' upper ten' of America , quiescent , uupatriotieally passive , floating with tho stream , accepting expediency , aud negatively nllowing others to represent thorn positively . Tho less unworthy of thoso who aroactivo aro oxpouientiats , bustling ibbblem in political shifts , conniving to outwit tho classes
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1856, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18101856/page/14/
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