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forts as are essential to health , decency , and cleanliness , and which are not furnished by the hospital , viz .: clothing , linen , washing , boots and shoes , groceries , &c , and is especially inadequate when weighed with the greatly increased revenues of the hospital since the _ time of its munificent founder . " " Your petitioners beg respectfully to state that they ^ have been accustomed to something more than the necessaries of life ; and have been taught to consider the Charterhouse as an asylum for decayed gentlemen . It is freely and gratefully admitted thatof late years , your lordships'
nomina-, tions have been more in accordance with that honourable designation . May they not respectfully ofier this as an additional claim to an improvement in their position ? _ ¦*' They are induced to make this renewed application at the present time , as , in the instance of a former application , the answer g iven them was , not that the funds would not admit of an increased allowance , but that the governors then ' declined to comply with the prayer of the petition , ' which does not forbid them from hoping fora future favourable consideration of their present petition . " [ Signed by the brethren . ]
The governors considered this on Friday . They were Dr . Bird Sumner , Archbishop of Canterbury ; Dr . Charles Blomfield , Bishop of London ; Fox Maule , Lord Panniure , Mr . Justice Cresswell , and Archdeacon Hale . In reply to the poor brothers , the rich governors said they could not , consistently with their duty , increase the pension .
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TROOPS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN . With "what authority we know not , the Times ' correspondent at Dublin , writing on Tuesday , furnishes the following paragraph : ¦—"It is again confidently stated that a large body of troops is under immediate orders to embark in steamers at Cork for the Mediterranean . The 1 st of January is the day named for their departure , and it is added that so pressing is the demand that at least one regiment will be forced to march on Christmas-day to arrive in time at the place of embarcation . The corps here indicated is the 62 nd , at present stationed in Kilkenny . The march to Cork occupies live days . The 46 th Kegiment , forming part of Dublin Garrison , got the route yesterday for Kilkenny to replace the G 2 nd . The first division of the former marches to-morrow morning . "
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THE NEWCASTLE MEETING . Duly ; on Monday the people of Newcastle met in such numbers as the place of meeting provided for . Mr . Crawshay did not take the chair , as the Mayor was present , and was willing to occupy the post of honour . As our readers have already seen the resolutions , we omit them , and simply record the salient speeches . Sir John Fife , who moved the first resolution , said there was a painful impression on the minds of most men that the Government of this country had not teen bo prompt in this matter as our gallant neighbours , the French , nor so decided as it ought to have "been in asserting the authority of international law , the honour of her Majesty , and the interests of the nation .
The documents issued of late from St . Petersburg stood unparalleled and alone in the history of modern Europe for their unblushing falsehood and their domineering insolence . ( Cheers . ) They could not , however , wonder at the conduct of Russia , when they thought of the shameful encouragement she had had from a puny in thia country , of whom Lord Aberdeen wua at the head . When they considered tho character of the C / . ur , his insolence , his domineering conduct , and his unwarrantable invasion of the Principalities , were not to bo wondered at , for they were duo to those parlies in this country who hud ho shamefully trilled witli its interests , i ' ho defenders of Lord Aberdeen ' s conductand they were very low— . said , ho moderate had been his lordship ' s course , that it ; had had tho happy cfi ' ect
of obtaining tho acquiescence- oi Austria . ( Laughter . ) But , roineinuciing iliac Austria was nothing inoru tlnin the abject tool of tho Czar , he could not imagine a keener sarcasm on the conduct of a prime minister of this country than to Hay ho had tho acquiescence of Austria and tho approbation of tho camurilla of Vienna . ( Cheers . ) This country once had it prime minister called Chatham , and , il ' lie had lived in tho present day , wo Miould huvo had no war —we should have Had no crossing of 1 . 11 o 1 ' ruth ; lie would have toW tho Ciar at onco that he would sweep tho Russian Hag from tho face of tho ocean , and ho would have kept his ¦ w ord . ( Cheers . ) fc > ir . John Filo did not , wish to speak disparagingly of the man to whom the country was principally indebted tor the blessings of free trade ; but this argument held forth at the peace meeting in Edinburgh was tiiis—II your ully , however old and I ' aitiilul , be rather weak—if ho is driven with his back to the . wall—by deserlini' him in his
"dibtroHfl , you will tmvo yourselves n liM . lo money . ( Sir . John X'ifo never could believe tjmt such an argument could weigh with tho majority of his fellow-countrymen . ( Cheers . ) ltutlicr than that they should become- ho degenerate ) to tho wpiritof their forefailicr .-f , so debused in character , it were butter that Great Britain should ho sunk beneath tho waves of tho B « a , and that her grand old muni should be oriibud from tlm history of tho world . (( Jhoers ) Thuro wore parties in this country ready to invoke- the npiiit of Christianity in rclereneo to this matter , but his opinion was , that of tho whole dramatist personal in this atlair , tho Multim was tho only man who hud practised i | . It wan a saying of tho witty and proiliguto Charles II ., that ho had in hi « own breast just aullicient virtue to eiuthlo him to mliniro that quality when lie saw it in others . JSIot only wan it . that Austria and Kun » ia dared not imitate tho virtues of tho » Sullan , but they hated them ; for tho » Sulluu had shown them an example of uoinotliing like constitutional
government , in the Danubian Principalities especially , which neither Austria nor Russia dared to follow . They also hated Turkey for her religious toleration ; and he would tell them that the Christians in the Ottoman Empire did not pay church-rates . They hated her , too , for her commercial freedom , her proverbial honesty , nndj most of all , for her noble hospitality . Those districts on the Danube which were occupied by the Sclavoniaii race , had , for the last 400 years , enjoyed under the Sultan something like constitutional liberty , electing their own chiefs and princes , and paying tribute to the Sultan which was rather more nominal than oppressive . Eussia had sent a commissioner there on the pretext of protecting the Greek Christians ; butfor the last fifty years the conduct of that functionary had been so uniform that , it . could not be attributed either to the innate
depravity . of the Russian character or in the individual , but could only be accounted for in oneway , and that was by the systematic instructions he received from St . Petersburg , for he had made it his business invariably to stir up and foment hostile feelings and jealousies between class and class , and to make the government of those countries bad and disturbed , and as dissatisfied as possible with the sovereignty of the Sultan . And this he had done by systematic bullying , lying , and cheating . In 1842 Prince Alexander was elected by the Servians as their Prince . The Czar , knowing that he was hostile to Russia , sent to the Sultan , insisting on the election being rendered null and void . Prince Alexander was not popular in St . Petersburg , and the Czar would not have him . Sir Stratford Canning wrote to the British Government , stating that , in his opinion , the Sultan ought to be supported in resisting this insolent demand on the part of
Russia ;" . but what happened ? Lord Aberdeen said , very coolly , that Prince Alexander would very soon be glad to flee from his own people , and that British interference-was not necessary , because Austria did not find it necessary to interfere . Alexander , however , was re-elected , and he was their Prince to this day . Sir John Fife gave them that as a specimen of the bullying insolence of the Czar , and to show the infatuated , doating policy of Lord Aberdeen , and his entire reliance on the honour of the Czar . He believed that peace was one of the greatest blessings on the earth , but ho was convinced that peace never could be secured by mean compliances , nor by a base desertion of the principles of justice , ' and whether they considered this question in a moral , a religious , or a political point of view , they would see that it was the duty of this country to show Russia that she should not invade , rob , and plunder at her own good pleasure . ( Cheers . )
Mr . George Crawshay , who moved the next resolution , very properly took up the question of secret diplomacy . He said the only apprehension he had in proposing this resolution was lest it should be thought too moderate in its language , for lie believed that the indignation which they felt at the conduct of the Russian Government was something too deep for words , and could only find its vent in deeds . Mr . Crawshay complained of the unwarrantable degree of secresy that had been shown all along by the present Government in reference to the Eastern question , the like of which had never been evinced in regard to any previous war . His opinion was , that every despatch which was either rccoived or sent away by the Government , should be published
to the nation in tho shortest possible time . But , as it was , enough had been known to cause great dissatisfaction with tlie manner in which the Government had proceeded in this afFair . Ho did not propose to move a vote of want of confidence in the Government , but that they should keep their judgment on this subject in suspense . Ho was confident that if tho people only used a little gentle pressure towards the Government , though it had behaved in so very unworthy a manner in the affair of the Vienna notes , it would do all they wanted , and would recommend the forces of Great Britain , in conjunction with those of France and Turkey , to
be employed in compelling the liussian Government to evacuate tho Danubian Principalities . Ho was more alarmed ut tho negotiations at Vienna than at tho war on tho Danube , and his opinion was that tho Government should demand tho perfect neutrality of Austria in this matter ; and in tho event of this not being complied with , that they should inscribe on their British fl .-ig tho independence of Italy and of Hungary , and tho extinction of Austria , as they had already inscribed upon it the independence of Turkey . Ho believed the causu of peace could only bo maintained by action . ( Chcora . )
Mr . Cohen seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . A loyal memorial to the Queen , based irpon the resolutions , was afterwards adopted , signed by the Mayor on behalf of tlio meeting , and directed to bo intrnsted to Lord John Rusaell for presentation to her Majesty .
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ABOLITION OF THIS POOH LAW BOARD . Tar : northern boards of guardians are again on tho alert to oppose the renewal of tho Poor . Law Hoard . On Monday , there was a meeting of delegates ut Manchester , " for tho purpose of determining whiit steps ( if any ) shall be taken during tho next session of Parliament , cither to limit the powers of tho L ' oor Law Hoard , or to attempt a more extenwivo interference ( herewith . " This is a continuation of tho movement against the diluted orders of Sir John Trollope , retained in a modified shape by Mr . Haincs . Mr . John Holt , of Stulibylee , Uacup , occupied the chair , and laid beforo the meeting letters , giving- a qualified support to its objects , from Lord (» oderieh , Mr- Walter , M . P , and Air . Wieklmm , ALP . The speakers complained of the restrictions which the orders of the hoard place upon the action of thu guardians ; 1 ho power which it poHsebays of making what are in effect Acts of Parliament ; its denial of relief , and punishment of poverty . Sonic instances were mentioned of gentlemen whom tho arbitrary conduct
of the hoard had compelled to * withdraw from th post of guardian . The meeting were first asked tn adopt a resolution asserting that , as during neW session the Poor Law . Board will be reconsidered the present is a favourable opportunity for obtain ing some limitation of its powers , - but an amendment " asserting that it was time to move " for the dis ' continuance" of the hoard , was moved by Mr . Smith " of Bradford , and carried by 15 to 8 . Mr . Frost of Bradford , moved : " That this meeting is of opinion that the powers possessed by the-Poor Law 13 oard of making orders , which have the force of law , are most unconstitutional in principle and mischievous in practice , and such as Parliament has no right to delegate ; and , therefore , this meeting determines to make every effort during next session to prevent tug renewal of such powers to any body . "
This and other resolutions , appointing a committee and calling for a subscription to meet expenses , were adopted , and the meeting broke up . The following letter , apropos of a statement made at the Manchester meeting , has an intrinsic interest . It has been published in the journals . At a meeting held at Manchester on the 12 th hist , to consider the subject of the powers of the Poor Law Board the chairman is reported to have stated : " According to a Parliamentary return of last session , the cost of the Central Poor Law Establishment at Gwydyr House was 260 , 000 / . annually . " JSfo .. Parliamentary return of the last or any preceding session will be found to contain or bear out this * statement .
On a reference to the estimates for the -current year , laid before Parliament last session , it will be seen that the entire cost of the establishment of this board , including the salari es of the president , secretaries , inspectors ( with their travelling expenses ) , ckrks , messengers , and servants , together with the law charges , and all incidental expenses , amounts to 34 , 0737 . The estimates comprise , besides this sum , the following charges , which , although connected with the administration of the Poor Laws , form no part of the expenses of the central establishment , and which , until the year 1846 , were defrayed exclusively out of the poor-rates , namely : —Salaries of the
auditors of the poor-law unions , 13 , 500 / . ; salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in poor-law unions , 22 , 000 / . ; one-half of the expenses of the salaries of medical officers in the several poor-law districts , 80 , 000 / . According to the same estimates , the aggregate cost of the Poor Law Boards for England , Scotland , and Ireland , including the salaries of auditors ,, school-teachers , and medical officers , amounts to 214 , 494 Z . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , Courtenay . Secretary . Poor Law Board , Whitehall , Dec . 13 .
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BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW . The good town of Birmingham , famous for all kinds of energetic exertions in political and social affairs , has of late years got up a cattle and poultry show . It is not Brummagem ; it is genuine . The public were admitted on Tuesday . Very little short of tho Metropolitan Show in Baker-street , in point of number , it would seem to have been more nearly equal in point of quality . Mr . Stratton ' s steer was beaten by a beast exhibited at Birmingham ; and , generally speaking-, the beasts were well , but not over fed , and admirable in their proportions . It is not a little remarkable that animals are now sent to these exhibitions from long distances—a fact , showing that the
prizes are really regarded as distinctions . 13 ut the chief interest of the display was the nnnienso quantity of poultry—thousands of pens . Wo quote the Times for an account of this portion of tho show : — "Last year ' s exhibition contained 1300 pens of tins description of farm produce , a number which was then quito unapproached ; but now the entries are 2275 . If it be borno in mind that tho present contributors , who come from all parts of tho country , and even from Ireland , with tho exception of some 50 or GO , are nil amateurs , and that tho sales of birds fvliihilwl uinrtiititAf ! nn 'I'iiiwiImv hefm-fi four o ' clock , to lOUW ,
( some idea may bo formed of the wide area over which tlie poultry mania is diffused , and of the intensity of its syrnptoms . The 50 or 00 exceptional cases nro those of dealers permitted to fill spuco not occupied , from accident or somo other cause , by the original applicants . One of these u "' !* sold a cock mid hen ( Bramau Pootras ) on Tuesday iox' } ml the auctioneer , with a boldness which reminds one or pom . George KubiliH , declaring that * they were thrown away * " - Unit price . ' It would thercforo npponr that , notwithstanding all the ridicule poured upon it , the poultry inanm still rngi » among us with epidemic fury . It has given Jin £ ' "T dinary interest to this year ' s hIiow at Uinningham . for sut a collection lias never previously boon brought together ; « '
however nb . surd may bo the present undo of forcing ' () nva ' a branch of farmyard economy hitherto as absurdly neg - lected , there can bo no doubt that in our usual wild ex !; . g / tnt wjiy wo are perfecting tho bent breeds of poultry mi world . Tho display of these at JJirininglmm M sot oil « v ^ now and greatly improved arrangement of pens , whic 11 able tin : birds toJbo much bettor Heen than formerly . ^ biled in such numbers and excellence , facilities of inspect » » so « h to discriminate their nicely shaded merits . 0 HS ~ "i : ' and it may help to convoy BOinu idea how closely tn 80 mtare contented , that n lino pen of Cochin China fowls , w « won the silver modal in its class at Cheltenham , » ua *] jn ih-Ht premiums elsnwhero , has not even been mcritn > noa-DorkingH , e *|> oeially tho ( lark gray , tlioro is u wona « i display . Tlio Spanish nnd gatnti varieties are * w > cmlinHy wojl represented . Malays , which fi « n « . 'i-any » weak parts of poultry exhibitions , are hero exceeding j
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1206 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 17, 1853, page 1206, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2017/page/6/
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