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Jut* 31, 1852.] THE LEADER. 721
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BERESFORD AT BRAINTREE. Of Mr. William B...
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DIOCESAN SYNOD. The Bishop of Oxford pre...
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LETTERS FROM PARIS. [From our own Corres...
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i _, t . /> r _^ You must not change the name of the thing . _KoreTit and deal with it by whatever sleight of hand + w may ' they need never think they can palm it off upon _rtP oeople of England under another name . ( Loud cheers . ) We hear -of things ' looming in the future . ' ( Great _laugh") x will tell you what is ' looming in the future . ' A lart bottle into which a conjurer is to jump . ( Loud _laiiohter and cheering . ) May I be there to see . ( Loud fS £ , and cries of ' You'll be there . ' ) And fhanks to the people of Carlisle I shall be there . ( Loud _heers . ) And I tell you this—I am satisfied that all these vain declarations about some ' great scheme about revision of taxation which will be hailed with delight and atisfaction _by all classes of the country' are vain delusions , and will be dissipated into thin air . ( Loud cheering . )" After having " assisted" at a most enthusiastic and hearty meeting , the audience went their ways .
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Beresford At Braintree. Of Mr. William B...
BERESFORD AT BRAINTREE . Of Mr . William Beresford , respecting whom report is rather busy just now , we are glad to get an occasional au thentic g limpse , and to record some of the words which fall from his eloquent lips . Our latest sight of him is entering Braintree on Monday , in a procession of yeomen , with his colleague , Sir John Tyrell , and other Essex worthies . These Derbyite gentlemen are met by the mob— -classically " the rabble "—and stones as well as yells are hurled at their heads . One strikes Coriolanus Beresford on the neck as lie dismounts at the White Hart . Not satisfied with this he shows himself at a window of the inn , when a st one smashes the glass and falls on the forehead of Coriolanus . All the shops , meanwhile , are closed , the police compelled to be extremely alert _; and the " Blues" make their way into the tavern under salutes of groans . However they ate th eir dinners , drank the loyal toasts , and then " The Bishop and the Clergy of the Diocess . " Whereupon the Reverend H . Magendie replied , and described the " mission" of the Derby Government in these most remarkable words : —¦ and
" There was a charm which he could not describe , a warm feeling which came over them when the affairs of this country were administered by a purely Conservative Government . He could not describe that feeling ; that was beyond his power ; but it was something akin to this—a consciousness that whatever changes and reforms might be necessary , they were effected by a Conservative Government in a manner congenial to them all . There was a courtesy and a kind spirit which attended a Conservative Government , and for that reason , if there were no other , they were attached to it . ( Cheers . )" The health of the Members was proposed and duly acknowledged—Sir John Tyrell made two points . He described all classes of the community as combined to extract "justice" from the " late" rulers of the country . " They asked no more , and , by heavens , they would be satisfied with no less . " Mr . William Beresford , M . P ., said he had come there in a feeling of kindness and goodwill towards " the whole electors . " He had forgotten every unkindness and insult lie had met with . He thought it would not be noble or proper" to trample on the vanquished . But lie left his sympathetic auditors to judge whether ho had been met in the same spirit by the " lowest classes in the town . " ho continued have used harsh wordif I havo
" If , " , " I a , made use of a single opprobrious epithet , every justification has boon made for my having done so by the conduct oi" those to whom that ep ithet was applied . ( Cheers . ) If the lower classes in Braintreo wished to justify mo in having called them ' a rabble , ' certainly they have been the people-, by their conduct to-day , who have given a plea and justification for that torin . " ( ltonewed cheers . ) lie then declared that the rioters , ho hud thought , were not Braintree men , but hired rabble ; and ho menaced Braintree with the Ions of the honour of being tho nomination town . Mr . Lennurd bad taunted him with being a Free-trader at Colchester , and a Protectionist at Bmintreo . Ho did not nee any difference . Ho was Jin _^ i cheap lout " , but bo thought tho farmers ought to havt / reinunerating prices . He then gave this us bis economical creed : — - andbe
"I am a Protectionist ; I was a Protectionist , , - _lieving in the truth of it , I hope I shall continue to bo a l _' _rotectionist until tho last day of my life . ( Applause . ) Never , since 1 H 47 , however , did I uphold the old sliding _Nenle . Sineo tho hour thai il , was excommunicated by Sir It- I _' eel 1 know that it wan impossible to _rc-imposo it , and 1 never held that doctrine . But thin I do maintainthough I have not the power , 1 am sorry to say , to carry 't- that a hiiitill fixed duty would bo a fair way of _nshnhurxiny , out of tho pockets of tho _foreigner , those awns which 'tot : _mtrsulvus are _cxporthuj to _juiy for _fbroitjn (/ ruin . ( Cheers . )" Thin in no doubt tho "justice" which Sir John Ty roll _sware by heaven they would have . Mr . Beresford could not howevor totally ignore tho Derby nfliiir CoriolnnuH an bo wiih . Ho _hu ' kI—• " Now , I am facing my _constituents , and I think that they have a right to Know that which _aHeets tho honour , character , and credit , of their ineinberH . 1 lmvo soon within tho hint few days _« _tatoi » entn in certain adverse journals thut I havo been tampering with tho purity of the election of _tho borough of Derby . 1 do _consider , that if any not of
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men have a right to ask of me an explanation on that subject it is the electors of North Essex . ( Cheers . ) I shall give them but a very brief explanation under existing circumstances . I consider that though they are the people alone who ought to ask me a question on the subject , there is , nevertheless , but one real place where it ought to bo , and shall be discussed , and that is the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . ) I am not going to permit these false accusations to go forward and not to notice them . The proper place , however , is not the dinner table here at Braintree , but the floor of the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) Still , I am not going to dismiss you quite so quickly . " I tell you here that , directly or indirectly , I have had no hand whatever in any case whatsoever of bribery in the borough of Derby . ( Cheers . ) Further , as to the particulars , I will not go , because , whenever Parliament meets , whether it is mooted on the other side or not , I shall consider it my duty , in my place , to state that these accusations have been made against me , and I shall call on those who made them to prove them . ( Loud cheers . ) I shall endeavour to have an inquiry into the whole thing , which , I have not the slightest hesitation in saying , will expose bare and broad to the public view as gross a case of conspiracy , combined falsehood , and vile subornation as ever was brought before a committee of the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . )" drew
Coriolanus grew very magnanimous as he towards the end of his speech—very grand and forgiving indeed . He said" There is not a man that has insulted me , even if he be one of the ' rabble , ' whom I will not assist to save from any impost that afflicts him . ( Cheers . ) While I am your member I am the member of all . The labourer , the artisan , the peasant , —all , in my eyes , deserve the same respect as the gentleman ; but let them pay the same deference to fixed authorities and to the principles of justice . ( Loud cheers . ) I trust I should be the last to use any ug _' . y terms to men with horny hands or sunburnt brows . They are worthy of respect if they behave themselves decently , but I think it hard that the freeholders should be prevented being heard by those who have no votes themselves . ( Cheers . ) I hope that this subject will be buried from henceforth . I shall not recur to any ugly terms if they will only let me alone , aud I hope for the future that I may be able to repress that Irish spirit which is in me of resistance to insult . Remember , if I have a warmth that will not stand to be bullied , it is also a warmth that can be grateful , and the greatest warmth I possess is embodied in my feelings of gratitude and affection to you , the electors of North Essex . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . )" No doubt Braintree will repent in due time , recognise the commanding genius of Beresford , and when he leaves his country , as he may do ; not by compulsion , of course , but choice , " such is the state of society , " Braintree will raise unto him a brazen monument , and inscribe it to " W . B . ; " but now Braintree , forgetful , hoots William Beresford out of tier streets !
Diocesan Synod. The Bishop Of Oxford Pre...
DIOCESAN SYNOD . The Bishop of Oxford presided over a meeting of about 200 of the clergy of the diocess , convened to elect two proctors to represent the Order in the Lower House of Convocation , prior to the assembling of the new Parliament . The Synod was held in the Brome Chapel of St . Mary ' s Church . The writ having been read by the deputy-registrar , ( Mr . John M , Davenport ) , the Lord Bishop addressed the meeting upon the nature and object of the Synod , pointing out that the two Houses of Convocation are a part of the constitution of the realm , and that at this era in the history of the Church it was , in bis Lordship ' s opinion , of the utmost importance that a revival of this constitutional assembly of tho Church of England as , pructically , an ecclesiastical legislature , should bo effected . tion been made that it
A sugges having was unprecedented for the Bishop of Oxford to preside at the _election in person , his Lordship informed the meeting that be had ascertained from the records of the _dioccss that ( to go no further back ) Bishop Smallwell bad presided over a similar meeting in 1700 , and again in 179 ( 5 , and Bishop Randolph in 180 ( 1 , Bishop Moss in 1 . 807 , and Bishop Jackson in 1812 . It ; was in the permission of the Crown to grant a revival , and that permission bad been sought of ( he Crown from the curliest , ages . A great , object wiih thai the Church , through tho medium of the ( Jonvocation , should exhibit new signs of life and energy , guided and restrained by that moderation and forbearance which especially belong to the Christian elmractor . His Lordship said be could read in tho countenances of the reverend and learned persons before him a sense of the importance of this crisis , und lie need not ; urge upon them that it , was their duty to assist , in awakening the Convocation from its trance , und taking measures for the ' maintenance , through its agency , of the dearest , right , n ami privileges of the Church . Believing in their essential unity with the Church Catholic from the beginning , bin _Lordship _naid he should esteem himself faithless to his charge if he failed to act , up t , o hi . _s _convictions , and exercise the _legitimate and constitutional means now presented of advocating the Church ' s hi _tf h interests . Men should all appreciate this crisis , and awaken tho land from its untimely sleep . And ho was sure the meeting would to-day delegate niou of moderation , wisdom , mid . a truo
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love to God—who valued the privileges we had received , and were ready to hand them down to posterity . His Lordship concluded an address in his wonted eloquence , and of which we have given but an imperfect report , by requesting some gentleman to nominate proctors for the Convocation . The Rev . Jacob Ley , of Christ Church , proposed the Rev . Henry William Majendie , Vicar of Speen _, Berkshire , to be one of the proctors ; the Rev . W . J . Butler , Vicar of Wantage , seconded the nomination , and it was carried unanimously . The Rev . Edmund Hobhouse , Fellow of Merton College , proposed the _Revi Robert _Hussey , B . D ., Professor of Ecclesiastical History , to be the other proctor ; the Rev . James Baker seconded the nomination , and it was carried unanimously . The Rev . Arthur Isham ( Rural Dean ) addressed the meeting in opposition to the principle of reviving the active proceedings in Convocation ; as did also the Rev . Robert Monro , the Rev . Dr . Silver , and the Rev . Gibbes W . Jordan . At the suggestion of the Bishop that polemical discussion should be avoided at this purely electoral meeting , the observations were not persevered in . Professor Hussey expressed his thanks . The Rev . H . W . Majendie was not present .
Letters From Paris. [From Our Own Corres...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Correspondent . ] Letter XXXI . Paris , Tuesday Evening , July 27 th , 1852 . I fi n d myself compelled to return to the reception of the President at Strasbourg . I would beg you to obsorve , in the first place , that the Press no longer exists in France—that the Government alone has the public ear , through a monopoly of publicity—that the two quasi-democratic journals , the Presse and the Siecle , no longer dare attempt opposition—that , consesequently , the truth has no longer any means of making itself known .
This monopoly of publicity in the midst of the universal silence , enalle _* Bonaparte to be his own historian , and to impose upon the weak and the indolent as to his real position . Abroad , the deficiency of verbal information , the only information possible as things now are , must naturally increase the common illusion . Abroad our universal silence may fairly be taken for universal assent . The consequence is , that you are often astounded by events , and that at the very moment when you are most eager to salute the usurper as a great man , this pretended great man , whose artificial splendour imposed upon the vulgar , is precipitated from power amidst universal contempt . What , then , you will ask , is the truth about this reception at Strasbourg ? I will briefly sum up all the facts .
There was an official programme . This programme was rigorously followed . Bells were rung , guns were fired , a ball was given : the houses were decorated with banners and illuminated—by order of the authorities . There was a display of fireworks : the Alsatian population , essentially military , were tresited to a magnificent spectacle of the passage of the Rhine , and—that was all . " But the population displayed an irrepressible enthusiasm / ' " Hut . the ladies covered tho President with flowers . " True enough ; but what ladies ? The ladies of the Government functionariesthe ladies of un exclusive official world , to whom was reserved the privilege of admission within the railway station . The railway administration had presented to each of these ladies a bouquet , and these were the bouquets thrown at the President . They obeyed orders —nothing more . As to the irrepressible enthusiasm of the population , examine it closely , it , vanishes into smoke . 1 st . The mule population , generally speaking , whether middle-el . iss , operatives , or peasants , wen ; exceedingly cold in their demeanour . 2 nd . The authorities manifested clearly enough , by an excess of precautionary measures , a strong distrust , in the enthusiasm of the Alsatians—those brave and sturdy electors of 18-18 , ' 40 , and ' 50 . Access to the station was prevented by a regular cordon . sanUaire . The Government , too , had secured ho . _stttijes in the different quarters of Strasbourg , and had made respectable inhahitan / _s of that city responsible for the tranquillity of the rest of tin ; population .
1 now come to what , the PreTef , of Strasbourg called " tho great , demonstration of the peasantry of Alsace " —that is to . say , the de / lle of ruslie curs , covered with garlands of tlowers , anil filled with _young girls . It , was not a demonstration of this peasantry and operatives of Alsace , but ol" the master manufacturers . These musters compelled their workmen to lend their daughters for the ceremony . They drew up those enthusiastic inscriptions . Tint workmen submitted with a good grace : they have endured more and worse , iu the hope of a bettor day to coine . The young work *
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Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31071852/page/5/
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