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THE IABMER AND HIS FBIEISTD . The country gentlemen begin to show themselves men , and leaving the Derby and Beresford hunt have turned to the more wholesome and cleanl y task of working well each in his own field . And the earth has given the new Antaei a fresh strength . An active and enterprising landlord , once a thorough Protectionist , sends us ¦; this week a tale of his own conversion to unprotected science , comically contrasted with the headstrong obstinacy of a foggy old farmer . He writes : — " This morning I went to inspect the men finishing the work of cleansing my reservoir . I met old H— ( his immediate neighbour and tenant ) , and told him I should make a large tank at a sufficient distance from the houso to catch the liquid manure and surface water from my out offices , Ms out offices , and his pigstyes , so as to put a good sum in his pocket in the shape of the best manure we know of , and at the same time remove a dangerous nuisance from the vicinity of his house . His answer was : ¦—" I doan't want a tank . It ' s always run into therditch oin' I known it , an' I ' ve bin here thirty-eight year . " " And how often have you cleaned out the ditch ?" " Well , I know I ' ve cleaned ' un out twice . " " The ditch is within about forty yards of the house , and the manure water alone must have been worth hundreds in the period he named . " Our correspondent adds , "I didn't believe he could be such an ignorant old fool . " He forgets that not many years ago half the farmers of the kingdom were allowing such wealth to run to waste while they ran , piteously howling , after the Derby dilly .
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[ IN THIS DEPARTMENT , AS AJili OPINIONS , HOWEVIB EXTBEME , ARE ALLOWED A 2 f EXPHESSIOlr , THE EDITOR NECESSABILX HOLDS HIMSELF KESPONSIBLK FOB NOJTeJ
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HOTEL CHAHGES . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Boulogne , 13 th Oct . 1853 . Sib , —The Leader of the 24 th September contains respecting Jiotels , an article full of truth , and very much to the purpose , and ending with the announcement of a project that could but appertain to a company who have already stirred the world with a most gigantic conception , executed so that every nation in turn will try to imitate it . This project , sir , which I think is the indispensable auxiliary to railways , will complete the grand education of cosmopolism begun at your great Exhibition .
The good effects of such a change m the systems of hotels can hardly be calculated , for it will bring together people that would otherwise have remained buried in their own conceit and infatuation . . . . The idea is certainly worth the great nation which has already taken so many noble initiatives . The Frenchman , who still thinks that a visit to London costs a small fortune , will no longer satisfy himself with what he hears from those lucky enough to have the means to go and see ; but he will be able to go and see himself ; and as his bile will no longer be kept in constant ebullition by the incessant drags upon his purse , his eyes will see what they otherwise would certainly not have seen .
Besides , instead of a hurried visit of . a day or two , during wliich the visitor runs from one place to another like a madman , he will give himself time to digest his thoughts , and will not regret his money when he has had what he wanted for his money . . . . The question is not always the sura spent , but often , what did one get for that sum . Now , Mr . Editor , suppose the system projected for London be carried in Paris , and iii some of our principal towns in France , how many English , who return home disgusted with the numerous impositions to wliich they have been subjected , will lose many prejudices only to be eradicated by a frequent and friendly intercourse .
Again , how extended the limits for the peregrinations of the humble purse when this most excellent hotel system is imported into Germany and Italy . With respect to Paris and London it is most desirable and very feasible . Cheap and comfortable placet ) might even bo secured in Boulogne and Folkestone for the traveller to either capital . Let un also hope that the passage between Folkestone and Boulogne would then be wluit it should have been for some time—5 a . and ' Jx . In conclusion , Mr . Editor , I think that all the world ought to vote thanks to a company who are taking an initiative pregnant with ho many meariH of civilization , and which will do more lor fraternal fooling Ixitwom nations than writing for a century upon manners , &c , Exouho my Franco-English , and allow mo to remain , sir , your very obedient Horvant , P . Bonnufoy .
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A NEW INVENTION . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) October 19 , 1853 . Sib , —Shawl and plaid printing gives occupation at present to between three and four thousand persons in Scotland . These persons work with blocks in heated shops . The occupation is severe , not very healthy , and not very permanent , but remunerative while it lasts . _ ¦ Messrs . dimming , Melville , and Co . are patentees for a machine of cylindrical character , which will produce four times the quantity of work at present produced by three men , and for the sum of eight shillings will give what at present a workman would charge four pounds .
It is only within a fortnight that the sight of the new machine has induced 130 sales at 1001 . for every four , that is , above 3000 £ . . worth of it has been sold . These sales only include the right to fit them up ; the material and expense of fitting them up depend on the buyer . Now , what is the moral of this ? Naturally it should tend to take a tax off , but the greater number of the blockprinters here look on it as a misfortune , some see through it a criminal intention , and would say the inventors have " perpetrated , " &c . I cannot see how a blockprintcr . can make his objections good unless he ignore the c onveniences and hopes of existence .
When a blockprinter sends his child to a baker s shop ho is careful that it learn to walk thither on a path approximating as nearly as possible to that line , " in which / ' saith Archimedes , " if any two points bo taken , the part intercepted between them is the shortest that can be drawn . " When a blockprinter is eager to Rec a friend , his walk is such as to show he practically understands Euclid 1 and 20 , every time he turnfl a corner . When he wishes to heat hifl houso he inserts a
pokor whore the power of the lever will abbreviate that of the hand . Ho will not even let a syren pluck oft hiw beard , but fliosforthe aid of the keenest of wedges , and his obligations to the wheel arc past finding out . It would bo hard to find him working- seriously without ( according to the measure of his force ) working on the very principles wliich urged forward the most startling inventor in his career . Mothinka , thon , it were wiso to pauso before he blame . 'TlW-
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1022 THE LEADER . [ SatukDAYj
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THE GREEK EMPIRE NOTION . ( To the JEditor of the Leader . ) 10 , Great Winchester-Street , Old Bvaod-street , October , 18 , 1853 . Deab Sib , — -Permit me to thank Mr . Robinson for his letter referring to the Greek Empire meeting at Crosby Hall , and at the same time to correct a misstatement of his , or a misprint of yours . I spoke of 9 , 000 , 000 of Christians , not of " 90 , 000 , 000 . " The Greek Empire attempt seems to me to be a great mistake . It means insurrection of the Christian population of Turkey during her present difficulties , and the sequence of such insurrection would be , not freedom to the Christians , but dismemberment of the Turkish Empire . Such insurrection would be an excuse for Austrian interference on the western frontier , and would force Turkey into an injuriouH truce with Russia , so that an insurrection , whether meant or not , would really be an effort for the interests of Runsia . The Christian iiiHurrcctioniBtH would be put down . If Turkey alone could not do it , Russia and Austria would help her to do it . Their object is , I need hardly my , not freedom to the people , but aggrandisement of Russia and Austria . The character of the Christian and of the Mussulman need not be diHCUHHcd , nor the motives and interests that prompt Englishmen to advocate the restoration of the Greek Empire . The inutility of such an advocacy is so plain , and the blind infatuation of its advocates bo evident , that there in no need to imply bad motives to defeat them . Intelligence and on orgy are sure to make theuwolvuH felt . If the GreolcH possess qualities they will become the dominant race , but if the Turks pohhohh those qualities in a greater degree , then . ' nothing we can do will dispossess them of the inheritance and dominance that in over tho birthright of intelligence and strength . Yours very truly , C . F . NwnohL .
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Tiiere is no learned man but will confess he liath much , profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and iris judgment sharpened . If , then . be profitable for him to read ,-why should it net , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to "write- —Milton .
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THE WAGES MOVEMENT AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sin , —I bolievo it is a maxim of tho political economists , that a man should , bo peaooably allowed to get as much as ho can for hi . s commodity , and that tho Holler will probably bo it bettor judge than any unuitorewtod party , though never ho learned in their ncieiieo , of what that maximum in . Publjo writers who violently condemn tho worlcman ' H domundH , and oouiihoI masters not to accede to them , appear to mv > flomotimoH to lost ) sight of theso maxims . It in hIho , if I ' m not mistaken , admitted by thorni flfcnio ocononuHtH ( who worn never particular friondH of ours ) , that A . ' u nifumil to Hell m , at least , an good a , proof that tho market value ban not boon ofl ' orcd , h . h XVh declining to buy in a , proof of tho contrary .
Writers who point to the rejection of the workman ' s demands , as irrefutable evidence that they should not have been made , appear to me to forget this maxim , also . I am told , that all good Benthamites have scratched out of „ their dictionary such words as " regrater , " ' forestaller , " " usurer , " " extortioner , " &c , and that they affirm , tnat a greater demand than supply gives the seller the power to exact a higher price , and the right to do so , if he can . May not a shipwright or collier , for instance , who could neither read nor understand Mr . Bentham ' s elegant English , possibly have a glimmering of this truth at the present time ' . ? . If so , ought we , professing Benthamism , to call Mm a " misguided man , " to rate him from the Bench , to abuse him in the papers , and to caricature and sneer at him inPunch ? A general bullying of the '' Bears , " or an overbearing attack upon the '' Bulls , " might probably affect the Stock Exchange ; but it would neither be fair towards the "Bears" oMhe "Bulls . " Our Newspaper writers , I supppse , feel this ; for they never interfere with , them to damage or uphold either interest . Now , we are simply "Bulls , " and our employers ( without offence ) are " Bears . " Might it not , then , be fairer and wiser , after all , to let us alone , too ? I am , Sir , yours very respectfully , W . M . T . .
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GOVERNMENT NEGLECT OF SCOTTISH lUGHTS . ( To tho JMitor of the Leader . ) But , Mu 0 h of tho indifforoneo regarding Seottinh mattor / i , UHcrihod to tho good folks nouth of tho Tweod , aiiHoH irom two eaiiHOH—viv ; ., from limited and imporioot notion *) of what Scotland roally requires and complains of , and above all , from a diHboliof that a Government which given jiiHtico to England , and hoiuothing mom to . Ireland , " would deny to Scotland her juHt and pro ] Mir rights . But such ' in tho fact , aH tho following oxtiuct will in Homo measure illiiHtnito : TlIK KlUCNCII IN 1 'OHHKHHION OK A UltlTIHII DoUIC . ThiH , Jiowcvor iitrnngo and omiiiouH it may ttound , in literally tho outjo . Tliui-o ia ut Loith u Government dock
, ordering them to turn out , that he might shut the gates . Not knowing what to think of this foreign exercise of authority , the people , with their habitual deference to orders , obeyed , and it was only when fairly on the outside that they gave vent to their British feeling on the subject , one old woman exclaiming , "Weel wha wad hae thocht o' seeing us put oot o' our ain docks by the French ? " Seriously , is it not disgraceful that , for the miserable saving of a sentry ' s pay , the guardianshi p of one of our royal docks should actually be entrusted to the men of a French man-of-war?—North British jDail y Mail . Now , Sir , financial reform and retrenchment are two excellent things when judiciously administered but the screw principle , as applied to Scotland , is , to say the least , both unfair and unmerited , seeing that she is , in more senses than one , a paying concern . *
the French vessel called the Queen's Dock , forming tie westmost of the threB docks belonging to Leith Harbour . Here are laid up such government craft as may happen to be in the quarter and yachts and other private vessels whose owners are allowed the privilege . Formerly the entrance to this royal basin was guarded b y a sentry , but this , we suppose , being found to be more a piece of etiquette than necessary for eecuritv &c , the usual result in Scottish arrangements followed— - the extravagance was lopped off , and the sentinel with drawn , a year or two ago . Some few weeks back a sman French man-of-war came to our coast , and it has latterlv been laid up in this dock . The puMic , who are admitted to the place , were last Sunday evening rather astonished , as they were walking about viewing the vessels , &c . hnae there , Avhen they were accosted by a French marine from
"Were the English people fully alive to Scottish matters and interests , we would have no lack of hands willing and ready to help us ; to such I would now appeal , and from all I would ask help . I am , Sir , yours , &c . A . Scotchman ; Edinburgh . [* What would old Samuel Johnson have said to this assertion of our correspondent ?—Eb . 1
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NOTION TO CORKKHl'ONDKNTO . Kuhhjan HicitFnoM , by Alcxiiiulio llorzen , li » our n <> xt .
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Wiikn a Pknny lircoKU > T-Stamp ib . Bkquihici ) . — If you purchase over tho counter ho many articles that Jin invoice in made out , and the vendor writoHpuid agaiuf ' tho total of 21 . or upwards , a penny- receipt _ « tftmi ) should be stuck on tho invoice , and tho vendor ' s initial " written upon tho stamp ; whoroby it if * defaced , h" « rendered incapable of iiho a neoond time . ltom « nH > "j that tho Htamj ) in not a receipt until that defacementis made , and that nogloot to imiko it < wq > OH « H to a , 1 " >< of 10 / . . 1 f a tradesman , calling at your houHO , ti *^ off in your account-book items to tho mnount of jor upwards , that informal acquittance rmmt Jiln <> " witnoHHod by tho attachment of tho penny ( tJfrc'M- JV 1 ofoouiHe , iii paying larger mntw-- » u « h aHyo « r MK !! 11 "' liuui r « nt--yt ) u * will Uko oavo that tho roouipt w wrrti out on wtainpod papoi * . — Nonconformist .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 22, 1853, page 1022, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2009/page/14/
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