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894 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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ELECTIONS. king's ltnn. The vacancy in t...
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ABDUCTION IN SCOTLAND. There ia still su...
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THE EARL. OF DERBY AT DONCASTER. There w...
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IHJCAL TENANTRY. Mjts. Stowe, in her " S...
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ABE LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE SULTAN OF AME...
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INAUGURATION. OF ST. GEORGE'S' HALL
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TIIE MORMON'S. This sect has gained pros...
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894 The Leader. [Saturday,
894 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Elections. King's Ltnn. The Vacancy In T...
ELECTIONS . king's ltnn . The vacancy in the representation of this borongh , caused by the death of Lord Jocelyn , has been filled up by tbe unopposed election of Mr . J . H . Gurney , of Colton Hall , Norwich , a local magnate . Mr . Gurney ' 8 politics are , as a -whole , ministerial . In returning thanks at his election , Mr . Gurney simply referred to his former speeches for his political opinions . They are contained in one of his speeches , of whicb the following is a resume . He stated that " His previous political course Lad been very much a blank . He had proposed Mr . Peto at the last election for Norwich ,, but solely upon commercial grounds , considering him one of those men whoSe commercial knowledge , standing , and character , are so valuable that they ought to be in
Parliament whatever their politics may be . Not anxious for the war at first , he considered it the duty of Parliament to give to the war the first and fullest attention , and , therefore , instead of » continuance of tax-repealing legislation , an increase of taxation must be expected . He could conceive few greater evils to the country than a sadden and entire change of ministry during the war , and therefore thought it necessary for Government to abstain from introducing important measures which , if defeated , would render resi gnation necessary ; but if a measure of parliamentary reform , ¦ were brought in , it must be dealt with . With regard to constituencies , it was his opinion that difference in size constituted a very important element of advantage and safety to this country ; but , on the other hand , he thought it highly desirable that . the aggregate number of members returned by each should in the bear fair 1
county gross a numenoa-proportion to population . About a . reduction of the franchise , lie was apt very hot , having little faith of its doing the good anticipated by some , and little fear of the harm prognosticated by others ; but he would not oppose a reduction of from 102 . to 51 ., if brought forward by . proper men , under proper circumstances , and at a pi'oper time , and extended to counties as well as boroughs , seeing that agricultural constituencies are the main strongholds of Conservative opinion , and that when more sail is hoisted , it is only right to take more ballast on board . To the ballot he was opposed , considering 5 t as a machinery for enabling a . man to say one thing and do another . If , however , popular feeling should prove to be overwhelming in its favour , he would give way with the best grace possible , although , to speak plainly , he should not like it . He was entirely opposed to the abolition of the property qualification . He had some faith in the old Norfolk proverb—' An empty sack dou ' t stand upright , '
and did not wish to increase the number of empty sacks in the House of Commons . As an elector , he di d not wish to see Jew , Turk , or infidel in the House of Commons , but , as an elector , held it Ma right to rote for Jew , Turk , or infidel if he pleased to do so , and that ' . it was burring his constitutional right to prevent jhim . With regard to churcli nnd state , he believed it the duty of the state to provide religious services for those who , of their own free will , liked to avail themselves of them . He upheld church rates as just in theory but admitted the present mode of collection to be highly unsatisfactory , still he would not vote for their abolition until he saw a good and safe substitute , which might perhaps be found in a better and more economical administration of existing church property . Ho was exceedingly jealous of any further legislation upon the subject of education , and asserted the full right of dissenters to enter the universities . lie was opposed to the Muynootli grant as the most anomalous and unreasonable excrescence appended to the Brhish constitution ; state salaries should be reserved for state servants , and the Roman Catholic priest was not the servant of the state but of the Popo . "
XOKD DUNCAN IN FOnFARSHIRK . A meeting was held last week at Dundee , at -which Viucotant Duncan , who is a candidate to fill the vacancy in the representation of the county of DForfar attend « d . Lord 3 > nncan addressed the assembly . He supported the war , and eulogised some of the measures of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; he should generally , but not blindly , Bupport the present Government ; all sound reforms would have his voice and vote . Ilia canvass appears to be successful .
Abduction In Scotland. There Ia Still Su...
ABDUCTION IN SCOTLAND . There ia still such a thing as iLochinvarran ) , or abduction , even in Scotland , but it takes the curious turn of the kidnapping a bridegroom by his brother . It win be remembered , s « ys the Stirling Journal , that about nine or ten months ngo considornblu excitement was created in the Bridge of A \\ i \ n by tho reporC that a bridegroom liad been abducted on , his marriugo-duy . The story went- —that a poor , but of course eminentl y handsome , workgirl , of about thirty years of ngo , hud fascinated her employer , who waa considerably her senior , but as in other cases . " the course of true lovo never did run smooth . "
After tl » o marrisigo-dny lmd boon fixed , the bridegroom was nowhere to bo found . Search was mixde , und mociHongcrs sent in ovory direction , but for n time without success . It now turns out tlint tho elder , and only brother of tlio bridogroom had . previous to his going nmianing , lodged » notarial protect with the session-clerk of the pariah , intordioting hia msning the usual certificates of proclamation , on th-o ground tlmt hia brother , tlio bridugroom , was in " an infirm nnd facilo atnto of mind , and to auoh an extent as to effect hia reason luid judgment ^ whereby ho is rendered unublo to look after hid nifuira , und ia liublo to bo imposed upon tiy designing parties ; nnd further , ia not in a nt condition of mmd to outer into tho state of marriage "
TUo bridegroom was , it seems , confined under legal process , but avoided jit , got inurriud , and brought an notion for damages against his brother , wUieh will shortly como before tho Scottish Uibunatls .
The Earl. Of Derby At Doncaster. There W...
THE EARL . OF DERBY AT DONCASTER . There were doings at Doncaster races last week which the turfites did not seem to think at all '' chivalrous . " The Earl of Derby < had three horses entered for the St . Leger , one of which— " Acrobat "stood high in the betting . In the race the horse did nothing particular , and at the close was " nowhere . " When the Doncaster Stakes were run for , this game horse beat very easily the horses which came in second and fourth for the St . Leger . Upon this , the belief that the thine was a " cross "
_ " Oavc rise to a scene of the greatest uproar and confusion . John Scott , amidst a storm of groans and hisses , was hustled in every direction , and his party liad to fight their way through the crowd to rescue him from the Lynch law with which his exasperated assailants threatened him . Great praise is due to Harry Broome for the protection which be promptly and effectually afforded him . Whether Acrobat conld have won the St . Leger or not is a , problem we are not prepared to solve ; an explanation will now , doubtless , proceed from the proper quarter . Fortunately , Lord Derby had left the course before the disgraceful scene took place . " Another account states : —
" The excitement and confusion which certain proceedings occasioned to-day will be ever talked about in connexion with the Doncaster meeting of 1854 . In the whole course of our long experience of sporting men and sporting ' doings' we neverwitnessed a scene similar to that which was enacted on thi » the last day of the meeting . Out of Acrobat ' s success for the Doncaster Stakes grew a riot which has no parallel in the history of the turf . The style in which this liorae defeated Ivan and Scythian seemed to convince the spectators that liis performance for the St . Leger was a delusion and a sham . John Scott was hooted and groaned at with increasing fury , until his assailants lashed themselves into a frenzy of indignation , and proceeded to acts of personal
violence . Templevnan made a timely escape , but John Scott was surrounded and hemmed , in by a crowd of yelling and enraged men , ' the ringleaders' of whom being evidently Yorksbiremei ) . His clothes were almost stripped from his back , and whon rescued from the hands of the ' rioters' his plight was miserable in the extreme . . Fright had evidently rendered him powerless , and but for the rallying of his friends , who struggled violently to keep off his assailants , the consequences to him might have been very serious . Harry Broome took up the cudgels valiantly in his behalf , and made such good use of his fists , that John Scott was at length , but with much difficulty , lodged in safety in the saloon of the stand . Just prior to this row , Lord Derby had quitted the course , but hia name was shouted in anything but respectful terms . " - ¦ . Threats of bringing the matter before the sporting tribunals are rife .
Ihjcal Tenantry. Mjts. Stowe, In Her " S...
IHJCAL TENANTRY . Mjts . Stowe , in her " Sunny Memories , " extols the system pursued on the Duke of Sutherland ' s estate . The NorOiern Ensign , therefore , is indignant—denies the facts , and asserts that " The system which Mrs . Stowe lauds is an utter failure What , it asks , is the present social condition of thu county of Sutherland but that of absolute and universal serfdom ? The whole of its 25 , 000 inhabitants are , with less than 200 honourable but marked exceptions , either the most abject oerfs or the uncomplaining . and pliable tools of tins duke ' s commissioner . Does any tenant or tenant ' s dependant dare to speak louder than in muttered whispers against a single despotic act of Mr . Loch ? We know Mrs . Stowo ' s statements to bo baseless , fabulous , and it is truly sad to think that a oa . uoe so noble and so well entitled to the support of mankind
nt largo should suffer , aa that of freedom will now do , from Mrs . fcjtowe ' a ill-judged and gratuitous defence of -what she never personally inquired into . Sutherlandshire in just Russia in miniature—Russia absolutism , the rule of terror reigns with unchallenged sway . There is either rolling afiluenco or wretched poverty . There is the noblest structure in the north of Scotland , and there , arc the meanest huts . Almost within sight of proud Dunrobin ' a goldonpeaked turrets there are cabins where human beings burrow , in which the Good Duko would not allow his dog to live . 1 Superior power and woalth , ' have so far aided 4 tlio struggles of advancing civilisation , ' that in scores of instances , pigannd aljccp , and dogs , and cattle , and human creatures live and move- and hivvo their bring -under tho siuno roof . JOiiro they to complain of their Btiite ? 'Then , ' say their surly tormentors , * leave tho country ; you have no business hore . ' Do tlioy venture to represent to tho Dulto their condition ? Ways and metms arc taken to suppress their grouninga . generally by tho aid of throat and menace . And thus lm « imi .
vtiranl { Sutherland become totally pumlyscd . From hoad to foot the whole community is one vast fostering sore . Tho whole charges against tho people have been proved to bo malignantly fabulous , and to bo only adopted to afford a pretext lor roinfeofling proprietorship with supremo sway , and aconnng the prosperity of tho rich by tho ruin of the poor , I ho vast nnd splendid straths of » noble county , wholly turned over to snoop fanners , were to bo tho source of more than om-ntul opulonco to tho Dunrobin trciwury , and tho county would apeodily become ono vast El Dorado . God lnw ordered otliorwiHo ; and while tho enemies of tho noble pcoplo ot Sutherland have so far got their wiali accomplished , in their wreck and eviction , their great aim has been neutrallaod . and with tho destruction ot the flnost peasantry under heaven , rarmrkuble for all those features of character which tlJutinguiahtt truly noblo community , hma como the uttor anlulnlntion ot nil those phases of material prosperity which accompany , by tho wiae and merciful arrangements of the Divino Boliig , an industrious and free peoplo . Mr . JLoch h « u sown tho mud . und ho now roupa tho whirlwind . "
Abe Louis Napoleon And The Sultan Of Ame...
ABE LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE SULTAN OF AMERICAN DESCENT ? The Pitsburg Post has a curioua legend of facts which will tend no doubt to connect more closely still the alliance between the Emperor of the French and the Porte . The past history of the family of Louis Napoleon and the Saltern of Turkey is full of interesting and marvellous incidents , some of which are probably not known to our readers . These two monarchs , now so cordially united in the straggle to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire , are both grandsons of American ladies . Those ladies were born and raised in the same neighbourhood , in the island of Martinique , one of the West Indies . They were of French origin , and companions and intimate friends in childhood and youth . They were Josephine de Tascher and a Miss S < . The history of Josephine is generally known . She went to France , and married to M . Bcauharnais , by whom she had one son , Eugene , and a daughter , Hortense . Some time after the death of Beauharnais , Josephine was married to Napoleon Bonaparte , and became Empress of France . Her daughter Hortense was married to Joseph Bonaparte , thea King of Holland , and the present Emperor of France is her son by this marriage . Miss S quitted the Island of Martinique some time before her friend . But the vessel that was carrying her to France xt & s attacked and taken by the Algcrine corsairs , and the crew and passengers were made prisoners . But this corsair ship was in turn attacked and pillaged by Turin pirates , and Miss S was carried by them to Constantinople , and offered for sale as a slave . Her extraordinary beauty and accomplishments found her a purchaser in the Sultan himself , and she soon became the chief lady of the seraglio , and-Snltan ' ess ' of Turkey . Mahmoud II . Wits her son , and the present Sultan , Abdul Meiljid , is the son of Mahmoud . . Thus the two sovereigns who now oocupy so large a space in the world ' s eye , are grandsons of American Creole girls , who were playmates in their youth , and were as remarkable for tlieir beauty and excellent dispositions as for their varied and singular fortunes . Both these women , in the height of their power , remembered all the friends of their youth , and provided" munificently for their welfare . Many of the relatives of tiie Sultaness left the Island of Martinique and settled at Constantinople , where their descendants still reside , and ezijoy the favour of the Sultan . The Sultaness died in 1811 , the Empress Josephine in 1814 , and their grandsons now rule over two wide and powerful allies in one of the most momentous and sanguinary struggles ia which Europe was ever involved .
Inauguration. Of St. George's' Hall
INAUGURATION . OF ST . GEORGE'S' HALL
LIVERPOOL . The ceremony of opening St . George ' Hall , at Liverpool , was performed on Monday—without the Queen . or Prince Albert . The Mayor was supposed to be next best person to presid e , because of hia office , and his being the chairman ot the Building Committee . The preparations in the hall were confined to the arrangements for the musical performances ; and the ceremonial was of the slightest . The Mayor and Corporation , with a few local notabilities , inarched in soon after eleven o ' clock , the national anthem was sung , a prayer said by the Bishop of Chester , and then the Mayor declared the hall open in the following terms : —
" In the name of the Mayor , Aldermen , and Burgesses of this ancient and loyal town , I proclaim , this hall to be now opened . Hereafter all public meetings whatever convened by tho Mayor will be lieldhero ; and the hull will also be used for other public purposes sanctioned by the council of tiie borough . " The musical part of the affair th en commenced , and continued for a day or two ; but they were not l > y any means satisfactory in their carrying out , although the selection was good .
There is no doubt that the long talked-of inauguration of this fine building was a failure , nnd reflects little credit on a large and wealthy town like Liverpool .
Tiie Mormon's. This Sect Has Gained Pros...
TIIE MORMON'S . This sect has gained proselytes in Wales . A large number of persona in South Wales have left , nnd others are still preparing to follow , for the Mormonite settlements in North America . Tlieae persons arc principally from the counties of Carmarthen and Glamorgan , and many have given up a comfortable home an / 1 subsistence , in order to seek tlieir paradise on the banks of the Salt Lake . A very largo oxodua of these deluded people has taken place from South Wales , and , if anything , the movement ia on tho increase . The emigrants are principally small formers , mechanics , iron-workera , colliers , & c , with here and there persons of a better class . They make their way to Liverpool , Bristol , or Plymouth , and thence start for Now Orleans , -whore they ascend tho river to their new settlement .
The domesticity nt the capital of Mormonism does not soem to bo enticing . A recent visitor ( Mr . Ferris ) says : —¦ " Pol ygamy ia introducing iv now stylo of building nt Salt Lake City . A man witU half-a-dozen wives builds , if ho cmi , ft lon R , low dwelling , having oU entrances from tho outaido ; and whon ho t « k « a in a now wife , if able to do ho , » dd » another apartment . Tho objoot is to keop tho women and babea u » much aa possible ' npurt , und prevent thoso tumble cut-lighta whioU aomotunoft occur , with < Ui tho tus-
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 23, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23091854/page/6/
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