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"" ^ TO R EADERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . T E G— The length of his paper unfits It for our columns . Vrf ~ Mr 7 weS ^ iE ^ inrla ^^ necessarily forcing upon ub the pain of declining- contribu-- tions to forget the fact that the Leader is a newspaper , and can only devote a small portion of its space to purely literary articles . We are sometimes obliged to keep poetry , and prose also , in type for months-together , unable . to find space for ¦¦ them .,, * . ' ¦ , , i • ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ "¦ ' ' ¦ » AH letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communication s should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . ^
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Saturday, January 24. - M. De Morny Is N...
Saturday , January 24 . - M . Morny is no longer Minister of the Interior . There were , it appears , a set of new decrees to be countersigned ; De Morny recoiled , Foxjld andRouher supported him ; all . resigried . In the , Moniteur of yesterday , which announces the resignation of th . ese Ministers , and the appointment of JPersigny , as Mi-HsW ^ f ^ h ^ feterioi ^^ inea ^ -as-Minister- ^ rf- ^ inance ^ and Abbatucci as Minister of Justice , De Maupas as Minister of Police * appear the decrees which even the unscrupulous De Morny declined to
countersign . These decrees , signed by Casablanca , elevated for the occasion to a new Ministrythe Ministry of State—are , first , one which enacts that the . members of the Orleans family , their husbands and consorts , and descendants , cannot possess any property ( moveable or immoveable ) in France . They are bound to sell them within the year ,, and in default they will be ' sold by the State . A second decree cancels the donation made by Louis Philippe on the 7 th of August , 1830 , to his children ,
and enacts that their properties , of about two hundred millions of francs , shall be employed as follows : — Ten millions to societies ^ of secours mutuels . Ten millions \ W the improvement of the lodgings for the working classes . Ten millions to the establishment of a credit foncier . Five millions to a benefit fund for the poorer clergy . All the officers , sub-officers , and soldiers in active " service , will receive , according to their rank in the Legion of Jloflqur : the Legionary , 250 francs : the officers , 500 francs ; Commanders , their rank in the Legion of Jloflqur : the Legionary , 250 francs ; the officers , 500 francs ; Commanders ,
lOflio francs ; " Grand Officers , 2 tit ) Q francs ; Gnmd Crosses , 3000 francs ., A national p alac ' e" will serve for an establishment for the education of orphans and families whose heads have obtained a military medal , which entitles them to a pension for life of 100 irancs . The Palace of Saverne will serve as an asy lum to the widows of high functionaries , civil as well as military , who have died in the service of the State , and the State is charged with payment of their debts . The dowry of 300 , 000 francs granted to the Duchess of Orleans is maintained . The President renounces all-claim 1 respecting confiscations pronounced in 1814 and 1815 against Bonaparte families .
The " Englishman " Whose Two Letters To ...
The " Englishman " whose two letters to the Times on the coup d ' etat have created so much stir , writeB again this morning on the absorbing topic of war and national defence . " Despotism , " he says , " and constitutional government are face to face . The outworks of our Parliamentary system were in Republican France . We would not see that . They have been stormed ; the breaching battery is now pointed againt us . " . He lays about him in good dashing style , and our inefficient Ministry get a good share of hard blows . He objects to additional troops , both on account of their expense and as a civic danger . Peterloo , he says ominously , is not so far off as 1804 . His remedy
ours . ' Volunteer troops are a part of our system—in the last war they were a large onel The actual Yeomanry is rather a set off to the Lord-lieutenant of the county , an electioneering influence , and a means of attending drawing-rooms in regimentals , than a genuine force . The Itine Companies which are proposed would , under judicious regulations , be most valuable . The history of America shows what can be done by men who step forward to defend their country with a stout heart , a keen eye , and a good rifle . " The Ministry lived last year on the Exhibition . Will it , he cbks , live this year on a panic ? Further , with great force , he puts tor ward views in which we thoroughly sympathise .,
, ' Is England to look on with folded arms at a new partition of Europe ? Is Savoy to bo annexed , or is JJelgmm to become a province of France , and the lttnne her boundary ? Men whom X respect say , or aeem to aav , that that is no concern of ours . The lreaty of 1815 is waste paper ; each party has broken it m turn , and Cracow , Hungary , Italy , and Ger-K ? , * ^ ' nttV « found it . an insulting mockery . Granted . What then ? Thoro iu a law antecedent to all treaties , and abovo them—the law of self-prenervation . It is England ' right and duty to maintain her indeponOpnco ^ hor high place among the nations , the legacy our fathers loft , the heritage we owoour sonB , I am yet
to be convinced that policy and prudence , or even p « economy , counsel us to remain passive , and to wait till despotism has closed its ranks , mustered its forces , intrenched its camp , and ' organized its blockade against our commerce and our principles , its razzias against our coasts . " His position is , that the right disposition of our naval force isthe true defence of the coast ; and he insists that if war should come , it must be a naval war , a war of liberty- ^ a war which , would seal up the coast of France .
" How long would it be until there arose that sinister cry which has reached him once already- — " a bas le tyran " ? For the contest would not be what the former in its outset was—despotism and England against liberty , but England and self-government against despotism . The faction and the arms of Bonaparte would be opposed to us , but with us would be the intelligence of Frenchraen ; their constitutional sympathies , their Republican convictions . Liberty . would be our flag—Tyranny hisand who can doubt the issue ? '
" And when the fiends who ride the whirlwind for the fell purpose of selfish aggrandisement and of human butchery are driven to the hell of conscience and of infamy out of which such passions come—when the clouds are scattered and the heavens are clear , and the sun of justice , peace , and freedom lights the earth again —it will disclose the people of England and of France exchanging , as before , the grasp of mutual friendship , and esteem , and battling only in the generous contest for pree'minence-in ~ arts ^ inteiligemce , and progregg ^ - ^— - These are sentences and sentiments worthy of , <* an Englishman . "
Slight Symptoms Of Giving Way Are Eviden...
Slight symptoms of giving way are evident among the employers . They state , by circular , that the members of their association are " at liberty to employ labourers and apprentices in cleaning , stocktaking , & c , the rule ( passed at the meeting which decided upon the closing of workshops from the lPth of January ) only requiring that the engine should be stopped , and that no productive labour be carried on . " They have also made advances to nori- society men and the labourers , proposing ignominious conditions . The monthly report of the Amalgamated Society was yesterday issued . On the subject of the strike the report states that from the returns already received the whole number of members now out of employment is short of 2500 .
" This is certainly , " continues the report , " a less number than we anticipated , and , if the 9411 remaining in work subscribe cheerfully one day ' s wages per week , our membersuway receive the necessary benefit without a large rednction of the society ' s funds . .... 41 subscriptions already received are very good , considering ibe short time there has been to organize committees to receive subscriptions ; and , another week will considerable augment the sum already received . Returns have already been received from 100 branches relative to the voting of £ 10 , 000 for cooperative , workshops . We" are happy to inform the members generally that nine-tenths of the votes are in favour of the resolution of the extcutive . , " The number of members last month was 11 , 762 ; this month there are 11 , 911 ; being an increase of 159 members . " By order of the Council , " Joseph Musto , President . " William Allen , General Secretary . "
Admiral Ommaney, Commanding At Plymouth,...
Admiral Ommaney , commanding at Plymouth , refused , it is said , to nend a ship to look out for the boats of the Amazon . He has written to say that no application for a ship was made . Mr . Fox said he had called on the admiral , which the latter has written publicly to deny . Mr . Fox , it appears , did call , but saw only the Secretary , who said that the Admiral considered it useless to send a ship . Sir John Ommaney [ by implication blames young Vincent for leaving him in total ignorance ; and writes to Captain Chappell : — " As the Admiral serving here , and the only person capable of affording assistance , I appeal to you whether some person Bhould not have come to me to have afforded me information , and to have Bolicitod assistance , had it been required ? " But as no one did go to him , ought he not to have gone to some one ? Would it have been a very great breach of naval etiquette ? The search for the raissintt boats of the Amazon by the
steamers tardily sent out by Government has had no result . Mr . Acton Warburton , who accompanied the expedition , considers that it has not been efficient . A few weeks before the close of the Great Exhibition a company of eminent gentlemen , natives of many countries , met together and formed an association for the purpose of obtaining from the Governments a cheap and uniform international postage rate . Lord Granville was then a simple member of the association ; now he is a Minister . This was thought to furnish a favourable opportunity for pressing the question on the Government , and accordingly , a deputation waited on the Foreign Minister yeBterday . Lord Granville acknowledged the imnnrfftnfi « of tho nroieot . and concurred m the
views of the deputation . There were practical details which must h & conBidered in other departments—in those of tho Postmaster-General and of the Chancellor of the Exchequer . He believed that both were considering the subject , and doing a great deal to remove the most glaring anomalies that at present existed in postoffice communication . It was a question whether the objects of an international postage « hould be negotiated at once with all other countries , or in detail with individual governments . Ho would communicate to bis colleagues what had been stated to him on that occasion , and do everything in hifl power to oeBiat the views of the deputation .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law © I its creation in eternal progress . —Da . Arnold .
Her Majesty's Three Oppositions. As Thei...
HER MAJESTY'S THREE OPPOSITIONS . As their day of trial approaches , the Ministers , it is rumoured , grow more confident . If we were to ask why , we might wait long for an answer ; but we have still longer ceased to expect any necessary logic in Whig conduct . There is a growing 4 ** - like to have a reason for an act : it is not " practical . " Perhaps , as Palmerston remains so very riuiet , the mice think that the cat is asleep , ordeacL
And truly , although Puss has a common habit of feigning death , she really is not immortal ; and truth may at last overtake the most wily wights . Again , it is supposed that the anti-invasion spirit will serve the same purpose of political diversion which the anti-papal excitement did , without the trouble of a Durham letter to get it up ! And acting , perhaps , on the strength of these elements of success , certain valuable aid is proffered to the Whigs . The Times advances to encounter its
. The tactics of the Leading Journal are curious for naivete . There are , quoth the writer , not one , but three Oppositions ; and it singles out the one Opposition which calls itself Protectionist to show how contemptible it is .- It displays for its leaders eleven gentlemen—a cricket "innings "; Lord Derby , Lord Montrose , Lord Malmesbury , Lord Salisbury ^ Lord Burleigh , Mr . Disraeli , Mr . Herries , Major Beresford , Mr . Newdegate , Captain Vyse , and Sir Charles Knightley . These gentlemen have been stopping four days at Burleigh-house , discussing , as our contemporary surmises , the price
of corn and the price of office ; and the Times infers that even the Whig Ministers will not flinch from a challenge thrown out by such an " eleven . " But then there is the Peelite Opposition ; also the Manchester Opposition—if it is an Opposition . And Palmerston , who may not be dead . However , having sneered at the disjointed feebleness in which the Tripartite Opposition must find itself , the Leading Journal marvellousl y takes to the whining tone , and tries to beg off its proteges , the Ministers— for the Ministers do appear to have been once more its proteges , at least during the astronomical day which ended with noon on Wednesday .
" A practical and industrious people is apt to inquire what a man has done before they are lavish of their confidence . We beg , then , to suggest to all the three parties composing the Opposition that their only way to run up a good credit with the nation , and so to make a foundation for future success , is to do rather than to undo , to forward such measures as they honestly enn , and not to seek every occasion to is
clog the wheels of Government . What aone abides ; what is hindered , at best , is forgotten . For proof of this we need only appeal to the history of the last half-dozen sessions . Why have the three Opposition parties lost ground continually , even in tho face of an enfeebled Government ? Simply because , while they have been intent on party operations , they have too often forgotten to establish a character for real utility . "
So , to acquire the confidence of the People , the Three Oppositions must unite to uphold the Ministry , which will fall if they handle it roughly ; and having propped up by a threefold compromise that tottering party , they will have earned said public confidence 1 It is the coolest and simplest attempt to catch old birds with chaff that we remember . » But it is as little to be expected that in deference and mercy to an imbecile Government ,
all Three Oppositions will consent to be more imbecile , as it is that the anti-invasiqn excitement w . ill again extend to Ministers the lease of a disdainful endurance . The People , we suspect—perhaps our wish may be father to the thought—will not be content to indulge tho Whigs with playing at popular indignation for another aeason . On the contrary , the miserable hollow cant of last session is now thoroughly understood—and not forgotten . Before Lord John ltuasell can bo again believed ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 31, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31011852/page/11/
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