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May 29 * ^52 .] THE LEADER- S09
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THE WAGNER CASE AGAIN". Mb. BethelIi car...
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: CHURCH MATTERS. The Church Estates Com...
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PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION. CO-OPEBATIVE LE...
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PEEL MEMORIAL. On the 5th of May a meeti...
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THE ARCTIC SQUADRON. [From tho Morning H...
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The Late Parliamentary Duel, What Is Cal...
¦ + * to me on Friday mornnlg that thenceforward , && K . ont the eoniested election , all bad blood and all KWmieB cease to exist , / . / . fpSonel Eopiillyi however ^ has Since thought it expej- « f to re-open the whole question . First of all , by his ^ ^ nff upon the publication of'the minutes of a differ" ^ Vt 5 which Captain Vivian , on my part , was strongly n ' sed . and to which he only after lone delays and grave ° K ^ s finally consented ; and secondly , by the address «• lving before me * which is very imperfectly correct , "Mv gallant colleague states 'that he had no commu-¦ ation vnth me previous to the election of 1850 . ' I never nl rt at he had ; but I asserted , what he does ; not contra-JW' that I wrote to the chairman of the meeting which Educed him , for the first time , to the electors of
Can-Jprburv calling upon all my friends to support him Colonel Bomilfy goe 3 on to say that ' his being then lected' was not , in his belief , owing to my support . I ber re that it was so owing ; and a reconcilement between these two contrary beliefs ia obviously impossible . I am fflad , however , that Colonel Romilly does not deny , if he Somewhat ungraciousl y acknowledges , my assistance , in his nhras * ' The fact of that support I am ready to admit / « My gallant colleague goes on to state— 'On the subject of the now apprbachirig election I never had any formal interviewwith --Mr . Smythe . ' Here , again , I never contended that he had * 'It is true that , having met me on several occasions , he ( Mr . Smythe ) has originated
conversations with me on the subject . ' Now the point of this sentence consists in the word which I have ventured to italicise . It is precisely my char ' ge against Colonel Bomilly that he did allow me to originate conversations on the coming election . My sp ^ en words were these : — - At any rate it was under the hailttcination that our coalition , as I had heard nothing to the contrary , still subsisted , that directly after the certainty- of an immediate dissolution I spoke to my colleague in the sense of making ; immediate and joint preparations / " Golpnel Bomilly remarks , very truly , that / Mr . Smythe appeared to be annoyed , and expressed himself
warmly on the occasion ; " t > ut the gallorifr officer io under a . complete misapprehension when he continues— 'but he afterwords distinctly admitted to ine that I had acted towards him fairly and openly in the matter / The mutter to which I alluded in these expressions hsid no reference whatever to Colonel Bomilly ' s general conduct towards myself ; they were simply used in courteous acknowledgment of a letter which Colonel iRoinilly had sent to me , intimating his intention to hold a meenng of his friends in Canterbury ; and had I known : that at that meeting Sir William Somerville ' s name was to- be proposed , I certainly should not have complimented Colonel Romilly either upon his openness or Ha frankness . "
Of course we are not judges of the " difference , " bat we put it to our readers whether the reply of Mr . Smythe does not look like a surrender ?
May 29 * ^52 .] The Leader- S09
May 29 * ^ 52 . ] THE LEADER- S 09
The Wagner Case Again". Mb. Bethelii Car...
THE WAGNER CASE AGAIN " . Mb . BethelIi carried an appeal before the Lord Chancellor in the above case , praying him to reverse the decision of the inferior Court , The case was argued on Monday and Wednesday . Priority had been granted to it , as the Lord Chancellor understood that tlie question of the jurisdiction of the Court would only be argued ; and he expressed his surprise when Mr . Bethell re-opened and re-stated the case . Mr . BethelTs address , and the dialogue which arose ' out of it between himself and Lord St . Leonards , occupied the whole of the hearing . The points contended for were , that the Court had no jurisdiction , and therefore ought not to have issued the injunction ; that the nonpayment of the jnoney vitiated the contract ; and on this point the weight of Mr . BethelTs argument rested on a lost letter alleged to have been sent by Dr . Bacher to the Wagners , on the 10 th of March , offering to pay tho money ; and that the agreement had been founded ° n a miHropresentation on the part of Lumley ' s agont to lull the Wagners to sleep . Tho Lord Chancellor was of opinion that that amounted to a charge of fraud m any sense , Mr . Betholl thinking it fraud in one sense .
Itosumed on Wednesday , the Lord Chancellor hoard t » o counsel for Mr . Lumley , who recapitulated tho wets alread y before our readors . Tho Lord Chancellor then dolivored judgment . Ho decidod that it was within the jurisdiction of the Court to grant the injunction in this case , as well from tho general principles ^ cognised by tho Court , as upon the authority of presents ,, of which he cited a considerable number .
V ' Jth regard to the merits of tho case , his lordship c ewed Dr . Bachor from any imputation of misrepresentation or ubuso of confidence , and decided that ho vas authorized to act as ho did . With regard to the Wmont of tho 300 Z . his lordship differed from tho j ovivb bolow , m . deciding that this was on . indopondont > ntracfc , but considered that Mr . Lumloy had sot him-M w by ton ( 1 | ftrin & tho money . Ho decided that ¦ ' Vacnor anrl -hi * ( lnn » lifm < Ti «/ l n /> rminsrvir 1 in tho
ni ,. J ' paymont bv returning no reply to tho commutlw 2 S » ° Dr * B « ohor , in which ho oftorod to pay aZ \ , Tho fltory of the loat letter ho thought told "Suinsfc tho Wagners . iano « lul ° tho Courfc > thoroforo , was that tho inthe , ° ? S rftnto <* by Vice Chancellor Parker againat « e touOaUts , 8 h 0 uid continue in force , and that
Mdlle . Wagner should not be permitted to sing at the Covent-garden Opera-house . In connexion with the above case the following fact may be taken . We presume Mr . Lumley ' s position has necessitated a solemn appeal to the patrons of the old opera , to stand " on the ancient ways '' ofoperagoers , for a large meeting was held on Saturday at the Duke of Cleveland ' s , under the presidence of the Duke of Leinster , when resolutions were passed , not so complimentary to Mr . Lumley , as declaratory of a conservative resolve to support the fallen fortunes of Her Majesty ' s Theatre —Jusqu' a la bourse . Upwards of one hundred influential habitues were
present , among them being the Marquis of Clanricarde , Marquis of Worcester , Sir Anthony de Rothschild , his Excellency Baron Brunnow , his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio , his Excellency Baron Rehausen , Earl of Shelburne , Earl of Harrington , Lord Ward , Viscount Clifden , Lord Cranbourn , Viscount Anson , M . P ., General the Hon . H . Cavendish , Sir Ralph Howard , Bart ., M . P ., Hon . G . S . Smythe , M . P ., Lord G . Paget , M . P ., Sir Henry Webb , Bart ., Lord Win . Lennox , W . M . Thackeray , Henry Baring , M . P ., Colonel Dixon , B . W . Packe , M . P ., H . Brereton Trelawny , M . P ., C . Barry Baldwin , M . P ., General Sir A . Woodford , Mr . Albany Fonblanqne .
: Church Matters. The Church Estates Com...
: CHURCH MATTERS . The Church Estates Commission , established " to facilitate the Management and Improvement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England , " issued its first report on the 1 st of March . It has been printed , and is of some importance , as directly bearing on the Church loosehold question . The report is addressed to the Secretary of State for iaie-Hoffie Department , and signed " Chichester , Henry Goulbnrn , and John George Shaw Lefevre . " . It is as follows : •—" tinder this act any ecclesiastical corporation may , with the approval in wrifemg of the Church Estates Commissioneis ( who shall pay due legard to the just and reasonable claims of the present holders of lands under lease , or otherwise , arisin g from the long-continued practice of renewal ) , sell to any lessee the interest of such corporation , and may enfranchise any copyhold lands , and may purchase the lessee ' sinterest or deal by way of exchange , or otherwise , as may be agreed upon between the parties . Certain sub-lessees are to be considered as entitled to the
privileges of lessees . " The act further provides , that the surplus moneys arising from transactions under this act shall be appropriated to the common fund of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England . " The short time that has elapsed since the passing of the act has afforded little opportunity for ascertaining the extent to which its powers are likely to be made available , but we seo no reason to doubt that its operation will
materially facilitate the settlem ent of the Church leasehold question to tho satisfaction both of the lessors and of the lessees . " Proposals to sell reversions , or to purchase leasehold interests , have been submitted by the Archbishop of Canterbury , and by the Bishops of London and Norwich , by the Chapter of Durham , and the Vicars-choral of Lichfield , and we have reason to believe that similar applications will shortly come before us from several other ecclesiastical corporations .
" We have also received ono proposal for tho enfranchisement of five copyhold tenements under tho seo of Norwich . " No purchaso or sale has yet beon concluded , but tho several transactions are progressing satisfactorily towards completion . "
Progress Of Association. Co-Opebative Le...
PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION . CO-OPEBATIVE LEAGUE . Mb . Nasii read , on May 9 th , a paper upon the Equitable Labour Exchange , established in Gray ' s-inn-road in 1832 , upon tho suggestion of Mr . Owen . He traced tho cause of that want of success in great part to tho too small amount of capital on which tho institution commenced . £ 2000 had been named , but only . € 600 was subscribed , and of this nearly £ 300 was absorbed in payment of arrears of ground rent . There wore , howovor , othor difficulties . The notes which served ns a medium of exchange , and which at nrst were at a
premiunvgnulually foil to a discount , from tho want of a sufficient choko of articles . Tho goods brought for exchange gradually changed their character from goods in which materials woro worth , more than tho labour , to thoso in which tho labour was worth more than tho material . Much injury was dono also from spurious oxchanges , which arose and created distrust of tho systom . Yet goods to tho estimated value of £ 11 , 140 passed through it during the aix months of its existence , and tho value of tho goods deposited . for oxchango , as well as of tho exchanges , effeoted an immense saving , by striking off a vast amount of intermediate profit .
Mr . Lloyd Jonos expressed his opinion that to such an exchange tho introduction of articles of food was requisite ) to keep tho notes at a premium , and that part of tho payment ought to have been made in caoh . Mr . Sftull stated difficulties from articles of food being
wanted so much more frequently than others . The baker would be overpowered with articles which he did not want . Mr . F . Worsley answered this difficulty by showing that a coat or table was worth many loaves . Mr . J . D . Stfles stated another difficulty , the want of persons sufficiently skilled in the value of articles ; again , in the want of cash being taken to pay the commission . Mr . Neale called attention to the two principles involved in the Labour Exchange , the bring ing the producer and consumer face to face , getting rid
of unnecessary intermediate dealers , and the introduction of the labour-note , or new medium of exchange , which was liable to be depreciated by the want of a sufficiently wide sphere . In itself he considered the labour note a more philosophical medium , though in the Labour Exchange it was necessarily imperfect , because one man ' s hour of labour could not be valued at the same rate as another , whose labour , though not more useful , was , in general society , more highly paid . Dr . Travis , Mr . Fleming * and Mr . R . Cooper spoke , and the soiree adjourned .
The Executive Committee of the National Association of United Trades have forwarded to us a document , sighed " William Peel , " in which they avow their intention of forming a " National Association of Workers / ' not recognising the distinction between skilled and unskilled labourers , but only between idle and industrious workmen . Thus they hope , by forming a comprehensive Association , to escape the fate ot the isolated iron trades , and exercise their fair influence in the labour market .
Proposed Emigration of Engineers . —The emgration committees of the ^ Amalgamated Society to the trades in general have issued an address totheir fellowworknien , in which , after detailing the well-known facts and sequel of the engineers' strike , they call for pecuniary contributions to enable their unemployed members and their families to emigrate , if desirous of doing so *
Peel Memorial. On The 5th Of May A Meeti...
PEEL MEMORIAL . On the 5 th of May a meeting of the Committee of the Working Men ' s Memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel , was held at Mr . Hume ' s house , in Bryanstone-squaxe , and the under-printed set of resolutions agreed to : " ' That the fund shall bo denominated ' The Working Men ' Memorial , ' and the amount be transferred to a pub * lie and corporate body , upon a declaration of trust , for tho following uses : ^—" ' That the annual income of the fund shall be appropriated to the purchase , binding , and stamping 1 of books
useful to working men , comprising works . upon history , mechanics , arts , and sciences , and general literature suitable to the working classes . " ' That each of these books shall be bound in an appropriate cover , and each chapter impressed with a distinctive and appropriate stamp . " ' That applications shall be received from all public libraries , mechanics' institutions , reading-rooms , and literary associations in the United Kingdom ( where the working classes have access gratis , or at a small charge ) , for all such books .
" ' That a preference be given to all towns and places from which tho subscriptions have been received . " That the annual distribution or g ift of such books shall be in the discretion of the corporate body , according to rules to be prepared by the committee , and stated in tho trust . " ' That tho binding of each book shall be appropriate , and shall denote that the book has been presented to tho particular library , & c , as a memorial of the late Sir Robert Peel , from a fund subscribed by the working men of Great Britain , to commemorate that statesman ' s successful efforts in giving to tho population of this empire untaxod bread , and that tho same , or a similar appropriate notification , shall bo upon tho stamp . '"
It was also rosolved that suggestions as to the carrying out of tho above propositions would bo received by Mr . Hume from any subscriber .
The Arctic Squadron. [From Tho Morning H...
THE ARCTIC SQUADRON . [ From tho Morning Herald . ] ( prom a correspondent . ) Her Maiesty ' a ahip , Intrepid , at Sen , May 3 , 1852 . I embrace this opportunity of sending a short note by these steamers who have towed us to lat . 59 58 N . long . 21 49 W . Wo are all well on board tho Intrepid , and I beliovo all the squadron are so , as far as I know . Wo arc considerably advanced towards tho scono of operations , where Sir Edward Belcher will have an opportunity of grappling with an antagonist hitherto u fltrangor to him . I should recommend thoso gentlemen who woro so eager to witness tho exploding of tar barrels by the moans of galvanism and gunpowder in Woolwich Dockyard , to make an excursion this summer to Davis Straits , in order to have ocular proof of their effbet on tho immense floes that choke " Melville Bay /* Afl for myself , I have every confidence in the energy and perseVeranrie of Sir Edtoard , but the blowing-up wid afterwords clearing aWay of B 6 me fifty joailoa of ico
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29051852/page/9/
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