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issue by a decree . The Corporation demurred , but the demurrer was overruled ; they appealed , but the House of Lords confirmed the judgment of the Master of the Rolls . Insufficient answers were next put in , but no evidence ; and , although the case has been pending nearly ten years , no evidence has yet been put in . The Crown claims the property in the bed and soil and shores of the river ; the Corporation claims them also ; but while the Crown produces chapter and verse for its claim , the Corporation rests upon immemorial possession .
Mr . Hickson concluded his evidence the same day . His remedies for corporation abuses are—the 14 th clause of the Municipal Reform Act , abolishing trade privileges ; the conservancy of the Thames ; and the fellowship of porters to nieters , &c . ; the amalgamation of the city police with the metropolitan police ; the abolition of the coal tax ; and the placing of the power of election boards of guardians in the hands of the new municipal authorities . The last meeting of the Court of Aldermen brought the new Lord Mayor into collision with his brethren . When the account-book was handed to him , vouched for by two aldermen , Lord Mayor Sidney objected to
signing one item . That item was one of 358 / . for fittings up the treadmill , taken from the Compter , at Holloway . Mr . Alderman Wire ventured to remark that it was usual for the Lofd Mayor to sign items vouched by two of his brethren . The Lord Mayor properly said that during his Mnyoralty he would do nothing as a matter of course ; he would have the sense of the Court before he would sign . ; and then privately he would support nothing injurious to public morality like the barbarous treadmill . It was shown to the Lord Mayor that he had been present at a meeting of the gaol committee which agreed to the removal
of the treadmill , and had voted in the minority against it . The Lord Mayor contended that the proposition was not to re-erect but to remove the treadmilL , finally the matter ended by the Court resolving that when an item was vouched by two aldermen it should be paid . So the Sheriff" out-generaled theTLord Mayor . Matters seldom go smoothly in the Court of Common Council since the Commission began its inquiries . At a meeting , on Thursday , a conversation arose upon a report recommending the repeal of the prohibitions against the employment of non-freemen , and against the trading of non-freemen in the City . Mr . H . L . Taylor , digressing , said : —
As regards the investigation now going on—and would that the evidence given before that Commission were based upon truth —( hear , hear)—if there were not some gross misrepresentations—grosser than can by possibility be imagined by any one who lias ears for truth—I would not mind what the "' result might bo . ( Hear , hear . ) There is quite room enough to find fault , quite room enough to amend , quite sufficient to show that there might be a very considerable improvement upon the present system of the corporation , without descending to the most gross and palpable and deliberate falsehoods that ever could have entered the mind of man . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Elliott . — I wish to know whether my friend means that , I gave utterance to them ?
Mr . II . L . Taylor . —I Jim quite sure it will be patent to every member of the Court that my friend Elliott is not the only individual that has given evidence before the Commission . Mr . Elliott . —That does not answer luy question . ( Confusion . ) Mr . JT . L . Tnylor . —When I made mo of the expressions that fell from me , I did not know that , my friend was present , and 1 had him not in my thoughts . ( Laughter . ) After Home talk on the business before them , the row began again : —
Mr . Elliott—Language was indulgod in just now , by a gentleman opposite ( Mr . II . L . Taylor ) , of which I think I have a right to demand an explanation . jN ' o proper and consistent explanation bun yet been given . I will not say no urigentlemanly , but so unusual an attack was made upon the Hworn statement of myself , sitting directly opposite my friend , who used the words , " wilful and deliberate falsehood , " that 1 had aright to iisk him whether lie alluded to me . He avoided the answer . 1 daresay he thought lie acted vi ; rv triumphantly ; but , as a proper explanation was not given , I have , only to nay that u gentleman who will
ntand up before bis fellow-citizens and make such an accusation as that , ami then escape from giving an answer , is a gentleman , in my opinion , beneath contempt . ( Cries ol •' Order , " and confusion . ) . Mr . II . li . Tnylor -1 thought I . exculpated you altogether , il' you can satisfy your own mind that my observations should be applied lo you , I can ' t help it . ( Jjfiugl f fcr . ) Jfr . IflllioLt---Thiil' is an old-fashioned way of answering a question of this nature . You could get that aiinwer at any pot-house in the City or in any country town . ( Much confusion . )
Mr . . ' Do . Jersey -Mr . klhott ought lo be satislied with the explanation of Mr . Tnylor , who could not impute anything to a gentleman whom lit ! had not in bin mind at' the time . The . Lord Mayor—1 beg to nay that if Mr . Taylor had imputed to any gentleman present sueli mi observation , . 1 dhoulfl have deemed it my duty to have culled Mr . Tnylor to order ; but I thought lie explained his words in a very MatiMtuclory manner . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr , Elliott—Such an explanation In perfectly satisfactory to inc . hut it did not cud hero . Tho other member of tho
Common Council who has given evidence , Mr . Deputy Bennoch , rose and said—In the course of an answer made by a gentleman to this Court , there was certain unqualified language used , applied to certain parties . . Who they were I know not ; but if false reports or false evidence have been given anywhere , there is a proper . place for the refutation to be made by those who have grounds of complaint . They have the opportunity of going and showing that this report or that evidence is unfounded , untrue , or exaggerated . As one who has been there , and listening to p . n answer
made to a very proper question put by Mr . Elliott— "Do you mean me ? " The reply was— "I did not know you were in the court , " and , " I had not you in my thoughts . " But , inasmuch as the gentleman who made tho accusation had his eye fixed upon me —( loud laughter)—or , at all events , directed towards that part of the court where I was sitting . I apprehend the same answer is not sufficient , so far as I am concerned . And when gentlemen have gone and honestly given evidence upon oath , I think it right , when the } - are present , and unqualified language is used , to ask of the gentleman who makes use of it , do you include me in that accusation ? ( Increased laughter and confusion . ) s
Mr . H . L , Taylor—All I can say is , that whatever I have stated here" I can prove . lam not going to charge any one individual with anything . I have stated again and again that a vast number of persons have given evidence before the commission that is not founded upon truth . ( Hear , hear . ) Deputy Bennocli—That is not an answer to my question . The Lord Mayor—I hope the Court will pardon me for ri
saying that I think-Deputy Bennocli has a perfect ght to ask whether he was alluded to ; but , of course , the proceedings of the Court are in their own keeping . I can only rule in the way in which I consider the Court would wish its proceedings to be governed . Mr . Taylor lias stated , certainly , that in which I for one do not disagree with him , because I know there have been false statements made , but I think it also right that Mr . Taylor should state in the Court whether he does include Deputy Bennocli in bis accusation . ( Cries of " No , no . " )
Deputy Bennocli—I demand an answer to a simple question . I ask for your lordship ' s protection , and the protection of this Court . I ask the gentleman to answer the question—I ask him as a man of honour . ( Cries of " Don't answer it . " ) Deputy Holt—I move that Mr . Taylor do not answer such a question . ( Great confusion . ) The Lord Mayor—I must say that it is for Mr . Taylor himself cither to give an answer or withhold it . These are dangerous imputations to make , and I should , as an individual , feel aggrieved when charged without an explanation .
Mi " . Bennoch , however , failed in getting an answer ; and the matter ended by a return to the business before them . The Report of the Committee , so far aa related to non- '' employment , " was received , the rest rejected , on the ground that the Committee were not instructed to report upon that subject .
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THU STRIKES . ' 1 'iiic Preston men seem Htill determined to pcu-neverc with vigour in their struggle . Last week the contribution to unpport them was 2200 / . On Monday tho mills were opened to receive applications . About eight applied , nix of whom were , women . Am they went in and out , the crowds Htood around laughing . Delegates have been actively enga . god thin week ; and tho following list will show that , they have not laboured in vain , and that the workmen of London will Hband by them . The deputation of the Preston look- on ( , h , in conjunction with others , have waited upon tho following trades soeiol , ien in the metropolis . The council ' of tho amalgamated ongincei-H , &o . &a , who have voted 200 / . to Prowton ,
and ^ 25 / . to Wigan . The typefounders of London continue weekly subscriptions , to be sent direct to Preston . The city ladies' shoemakers , the city bootmakers , and ironmoulders , who send support from all their branches . The national association of united trades will support by every means in their power The cabinet makers of the West End voted 30 / ., and weekly subscriptions . The tin-plate workers , 25 / 1 ' The bookbinders , Pemberton-row , 10 / . The pianofortemakers have the matter under consideration , and received the deputation most favourably . The corkcutters , 20 / ., and weekly subscriptions . The West End bootmakers , 30 Z . The West End ladies ' shoemakers St ., and further subscriptions . The bricklayers
of London show strong sympathy , and they are goinoto call a mass meeting , for the expressed purpose of rendering support . The morocco leatherdressers continue weekly subscriptions . The ropemakers , 10 / . and weekly subscriptions . The amalgamated carpenters' delegates , 51 . The carpenters of the "Running Horse and George" forthwith will render assistance . The French polishers , 3 / ., and five shillings per week from their box , and weekly subscription . The philanthropic block coopers . 10 / ., and further assistance . The tin-plate-workers , Bell-inn , have the matter under consideration . The hand-in-hand coopers , ditto . The
silkdyers , 15 / . and weekly subscriptions . The cartwheelwrights , weekly subscriptions . The bookbinders , " White Horse , " Holborn , weekly subscriptions . The brushmakers motion for 50 / . as a gift . The cabinet makers , city , subscribe weekly for the present . The boatbuilders have responded to the appeal , and will send what they can to Preston . The cigarmakers , weekly subscription at present . The tobacconists will take the matter up . The compositors send weekly subscriptions . The brewers' coopers will render what assistance they can . The hearth-rug weavers , SI . per week during the struggle . And numerous other trades have the matter under
consideration . The Burnley mills have re-opened with success , for four days a-week ; at Bacup , for three days a-week . At Bury the hands still hold out . ' Baron Alderson delivered a charge to the grand jury at Liverpool this week , in which the following passage occurs . Referring to some of the cases in the calendar , he said : — " There is another class of cases , in which two or three persons are accused of a , riot at Wigan , arising from that unhappy difference of opinion between the workmen and masters , which I am sorry to say has been so prevalent ia this county of late—not indeed in this county alone , for this species of insanity is pervading almost all labourers in
England . It lias extended even to the agricultural districts , and with the agricultural labourer it has as little good sense and as little reason as it has in this case . Tho great want of knowledge on the part of the general body of the people of the real causes which govern the rate of wages in the world is the principal cause of this evil . If they did but know a little more of that political , economy which many people talk of and so few understand , they would see that this is not the way in which the thing can be clone , even if it were desirable to bo accomplished . It is lamentable that it should be wr and one cannot help thinking that it is from the want of experience that this matter arises , for , from the shortness of lite in tho manufacturing districts , the people
employed there are generally very young . The proportion of the experienced to the inexperienced , then , w very small , and it lias been my unfortunate fate , tho course of my oflicial life , to come hero and try in oucccssuhi , persons of this description , for the same sort of oflencc . Every eight , nine , or ten years a new general ion arisen ; they have not ; the experience or the sufferings of their prcdeceHHOi-H , and by their liumbern they overbear the iriorc experienced , and thus the thing arises from time to tune . I don ' t sec ; bow the thing- can be prevented , unless by a more general spread of sound education among the p eople r that is tho only modes in which to my mind the remedy can be provided " . If we could but do that—if we eon < teach them what was really for their good , they would cease to be tho prey of einptyrheiided follows , as they at . present seem to be . These are tho only observations linve to make on these cases . We can only deal with t'lem rw they are brought before us ; but . 1 wish that we cmiiu
nave them from the commission of them ) ollences uy n" » - additional experience which from our ago we possess , Him by our knowledge , through education , which wo are WIlu"k to communicate to our poorer brethren , if we could . J it is , we can only repress the crime as it breaks out . " >' violence . We shall do that , but of course with a meroiim disposition ; because , after all , w » euimot help weuig M > J |' there are people who believe ; themselves to be m . "' ° " ^ although they break , out into insubordination which te »< ¦ to breaches of the peace . " . . . ¦ ,, The reference was to tho boys arrested for the rioi y u » Wigan . They were punished with iinpi iKOiiinenlHOrin had been a rioter before . .
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LOYALTY" vema LAW . SttitflKANTFuai ) , of the Hth Hussars , appear * " ! f" ^ fore the magistrates at College-Htroot J » olio « - <> U « . ¦ , Dublin , on Wednesday , to answer the comp laint oi « Mr . Koary , a dentist , ' for an assault ; the charge l > o "h that the sergeant had twitched off tho complaina "' ^ hat in the theatre after he had refused *«> n ) I"ov - < himself , while the anthem of " ( rod Have the Iju <> wan being performed . The policeman on duly n < theatre at the time refused to take tho charge a ^ h the Horiruiuit , and Colonel Brown , Polieo OommiHHionoi ,
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THE SMITHFIELD CLUB SHOW . Every year the choice beasts of the land are mustered in the Baker-street Bazaar , to contend passively for prizes . Aristocratic fanners , country gentlemen , tenant-farmers , the Prince himsel f , enter the lists , and strive for precedence . Formerly it was in the jousting arena—now it is in the show yard . This year , the show has been less splendid , but more useful . In past years , fat cattle—beasts whose offal , not whose flesh , yielded the butchers a profit , were exhibited ; but this year there were only two large animals , and only one decidedly and uselessly obese- one . Tho big beast ia a tall ox , grown by Sir Harry Verncy ; the fat animal in , appropriately enough , a pig . But neither has gained a prize . The judges have eschewed fat . The list of prizes shown that tho aristocratic'Competitors have bad their share . Lord Leicester in first of tho first in Devons ; Lord Radnor , in Herefords ; the Duko of Richmond , in South Downs . In nhorthoms , Mr . Stratton , of Broad Hinton , near Swindon , bears away the bell ; in long-woolerl sheep , Mr . (¦ * -. S . Foljambo , a Nottingham gentbman ; in cross-bred sheep , Mr . Druco , of Eynsham , Oxon ; and in pigs , Mr . John Coate , of Hainoon , near Blandford—Prince Albert taking the second place . The dinner canio off as usual at the Freemasons ' Tavern . The Duke of Richmond , of course , presided . Lord Berners , Mr . Philip Pusey , Lord Portman , and others , were the speakers ; but their speeches were on topics suited to tho character of tho meeting . The attendance at tho whow yard has been unusually good .
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1182 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1853, page 1182, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2016/page/6/
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