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years , ambitious , quite unprinci p led , and very vain . There is nothing lie will not do to retain the position which Court intrigue , and not parliamentary following , gave him . He will make war with , or for Eussia ; oppose Parliamentary Beform , or propose Universal Suffrage ; become a brother of the Oratory , or seek refuge in that Free lurk which his blundering legislation called into existence . The cleverest thing that Lord Aberdeen ever did was to persuade the Whigs that he meant to abdicate at the termination of the first session of the Coalition . It was an act of the most adroit deception since the election of Pope Sixfcns . Such a man will not have any twinges about the fate of the English Constitution , and , we doubt not , is quite , prepared to close his career as one of those courtier Ministers with which his country has so prodigally furnished us , and add another to
the resplendent list of the Cans , the Hays , and the Butes . Nothing , however , will persuade us that English gentlemen , a Sir James Graham , or a Mr . Sidney Herbert , statesmen educated in the House of Commons , Parliament men , can , however serene may be their countenances in public , contemplate the present state of affairs without great disquietude and disapproval . • • * * " The runners and hangers-on of the Government , in order to divert the storm of public indignation from the heads of their patrons , liavo the cue to abuse the House of Commons , and to hold up that assembly as the cause of the inefficiency of the public service . This will never do . It is not true that the House of Commons , like the Ministry , lias done nothing . The House of Commons , this session , has done a great deal . It has stopped Parliamentary Reform ; it has vindicated the Protestant character of the Constitution ; it has checked centralisation ; it has given another blow to the
selieine ot secular education , which . is continually brought forward in so many insidious forms . These are not mean services ; and a grateful country will on reflection not fail to recognise that it is indebted for these benefits , not merely to the House of Commons , but to that spirit of party discipline which still largely prevails in that assembly . It is the rallying of the Conservative party that has steadied the ship . Amid a crowd of hostile and rival sections—old Whigs headed by Lord Seymour , discontented Eadicals pushing on Lord Dudley Stuart , the Manchester school inflamed by the indignant logic of Mr . Blight , Sir William Heathcote crossing himself at the head of the Tractarians , and the Popish recusants brooding in sullen vengeance over the ruins of their betrayed confederacy—there is still in the House of Commons a numerous and compact par / ty ; not anxious for power , yet not afraid to assume it , and" resolved never to retain it unworthily—a numerous and compact party prepared to xiphoid with all their energies "the English : Constitution . "
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AN M . P . 'S VIEW OF PARTIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . Mr . Lucas , M . P ., Writes thus to his journal , the Tablet : — ?' The disorganisation which weakens and paralyses the Government is not confined to them . It extends , I need hardly say , to the Conservatives , and it places a serious impediment in the way- of that which many honest people desire—I hiean the junction of the independent Liberal elements of the Houso of Commons for the purpose of checking and propelling a Liberal . Ministry . Upon tlie dissensions of the Conservative Opposition I havo no need to enlarge at present . It is commonly said that about sixty or seventy members are all that the leader of the Opposition can count upon . The rest of that once formidable band arc sheen
without n shepherd . -Amongst the independent members the differences are not loss obvious , and presuming upon these differences and the impossibility of overcoming them , the Government play with Liberal interests as they please . Of courso in this enumeration I leave ont of account the apostate Irish members . They are the merest slaves of the Government , and cannot be counted on cither now or hereafter for imy independent course . But leaving them out of account , the misfortuno i $ that the Liberal members who really mean to bo independent are disunited among themsolyes . lleligious questions form one element of tins disunion—and l ) v religious questions I mean the hatred which some members and more constituents bear to the Cntholio religion . Leaving , however , religious questions o \ it of account , look at the experience of the past week , AVe have just tK'cn u movement nmonght certain independent members
in a sense more or leas hostile to tho Government ; but ns fur ns opinion went tho members who "were most hostile to that movement nro also independent Liberal members , who should bp at ( ho hoad of tho independent Liberal party . Sotting iihuI q tho rivalry of more personal ambition , if there wore two men pitted nguinst each other on Monday night , it Was Mr . Cubdon and Mr . Lityurd—Mr . Cobdon nil for peace , Mr . Lnynrd nil for war . Tho men who liave the most capacity to loud am independent party in tho House nvo tho heads of what Is called the Manchester purty . But , after nil , the war is tlio grout question in cvory man ' s iniml , and upon war tho Manchester loaders are at vnri : mco with tlio bulk of thoso who , on matters of home policy , would bo prepared to act with them . I do not boo that there need bo any very grout difficulty in unitiiiE tho independent Liberals from
England with tho independent LiboraLs from Ireland upon grounds that , should bo satiofactory to both .- and beneneial to both countries . If thoro uro difliciuUca in tho way these auom to mo to bo not umuperable , and tlio part of an Inmost ana reasonable polhioism ia to ondeiiwur to ovcrcomo them . I hoo that tlie Lender liaa lately been working in thin direction , and . Imn Hurt ) , \ wish ovory suueoas to his effort a . I am nlntid tlio HcsHion is too far gono for anything very decisivo to bo done at prosont \ but I hopo tlmtbdbro Parliament next hbmhiIiIch— oven it n comploto nccord and iiummient upon all oLjcotn cannot bo hoped fm-yc-t , tlmt at loTwt borne tonics muy bo uolorted upon which , by common effort » of independent inoii , sound principles may bo mlrnnood mid promoted 11 Bom « thln of thia kind w not di . no , great , opportunity will bo thrown awuy . I oiiruoatly l . o \ , o tho iftUrlStT WU 1 ' ™^ " « «* »«•« W "
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THE COURT . Her Majejot is to-day to prorogue Parliament in person . On " Wednesday , her Majesty , the Prince , and the children , with a party , cruised in the royal yacht , from Osborne to the Channel Islands , and anchored off Alderney—the Queen receiving on board an " address" from the astounded " authorities , " and the Prince going on shore .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Amosismknt * oit San Francisco . —An extraordinary pedestrian feat was performed in San Francisco the other ilay . An Englishman of tho name of Hughes walked SO consecutive hours , without resting one moment , on a plank If ) feet long by 3 feet wide , in a saloon . Ho completed tho task on Sunday evening at 10 o'clock , and was dreadfully knocked up , but is now recovered . " It was quite n disgusting sight to look at him towards the end of tho task , swollen and stupitied as he was . " A London AxroiiNRY i ^ Svnsitv . —The Eiujnra ( Sydnoy ) tells this fitory : Another trial lu > s excited a great dual of attention . A Mr . James Ilu . tbund , who was formerly an Attorney , at Verulnm Ihuldinps , Cray's Inn , sought admission " to practice in tho Colonial Courts . He lvaa opposed by a young innn who had followed him here from London , on a charge of having obtained a largo sum of money irom him on false pretences . Mr , Gilclirist , tho opponent of Mr . Husband , had preferred this charge nt tho Clcrkenwell l ' olico Court , in London , whoro a sort of compromiso wua entered into and tho defendunt ( Husband ) escaped under n feigned name to this colony . Ho was got ting Into a very rospcctablo practice when Jib London creditor : inivcd , and demanded tho : » mount of hix clnim , about 6 ( JlU . Mr . Hurtbund disputed tlie payment , and brought an action against tho pursuer in tin : colonial eou its for ttio wrongful impriHoniiK . 'iit ho hud Buffered in London . Tho jury returned a verdict for tho pluiiitifi ' , dnnmgoM ono ittrthiiif ; . After this , Mr . Huhband sought to have his conditional admission to practice , for 0110 year made porinnuont . After much dincuBftion tho judgfta refused liw implication , and ]) o hart been Hlruek oil ' thu rolls of tho court , with liberty , however , to runew his application on rebutting tlio evidence producod n ^ ainst him . Tlio ease- h pvciili . ir from tho fa c t , of an action having been brought here fur injuries alleged to have been mxtttained in England , and it afi ' oidrt iv curious instance ol tho iu ' . iniutu connexion tlmt now exists litwecn two
countries mo widely ttepuruti'd . A ( jovicuisoh ' h ti \ m—OvKiorcit Moiiaus in Austuaija . Tho . Sydney ICini > iro « ays : Cttptain Kit / , Hoy , tho Aidu-do-Catnp ami Hon < il tho ( Jovomor General , iv short timo ago laid 11 criminal information ( or slander ugaiimt tlio propriutors of i \ weekly juvper , culled tliti People's Advocate , und wul )
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known for ifs antipathy to the Government , and for the seventy of its strictures on the vice-regal household . It charged the Captain with cheating at cards , but the charge iras not sustained to the satisfaction of the jury that tried the __ c ^ se , and the defendants Messrs . Hawksley and William' "' w < ilC f <) und S ' ° d sentenced to six weeks ' imprisonment C * * , " ^ . als 0 > , P y / fine of 25 / . each to the Crown . The J . ^ ownt or v ^ nnes has been raised by public subscription , for the prosecutor ^ nofc f « vonr ? bly known to the Sydney public , and had very rcceiT , Y Slv " en great cause for scandal . *
The Campbell . MoNunresr . —In the House of Lords , on Thursday , Lord Campbell asked Lord Aberdeen how it was that the Denn and Chapter of Westminster would not let the Tom Campbell monument be placed in the Abbey without the payment of a fee of 200 /? Lord Aberdeen answered , that the Dean and Chapter levied such fees in order to maintain the edifice _ in good repair ; and that the money , therefore , rjmst be paid . He could not promise a public grant ; but he intimated that privately he would take some steps to carry out the wishes of the subscribers , of whom lie was one . aiKTROrOLlTAX AND PROVINCIAL JoINT - STOCK Beeweky Co 3 Ipany . —The annual meeting of this company was held on Wednesday , at the office 8
Moor-, , gate-street , City , J . F . Boutains , Esq ., in the chair . By the report of the directors it appears , that notwithstanding the high prices of mnlt and hops during tlie last year , the afikirs of the company at the present time were going on satisfactorily , and that with some further increase of capital , which they hoped to obtain , sufficient to enable it to fully develop its London business , considerable profits may be anticipated . The accounts of the last year and statement of the company ' s affairs were presented to the meeting , and unanimously adopted . A dividend of 5 per cent , was declared , and the meeting , which was well attended , separated after transacting the ordinary business , with a vote of thanks to the directors and chairman . — -From a Correspondent .
The WoHKiSG JIaS ' s Emigration . — Captain Lean emigration officer , has applied to the magistrates to interfere so as to put an end to a" Working Man's Emigration Society , " which h « j charges with . , obtaining money under false pretences ^ pretending to guarantee passages to Australia , and never keeping their engagements , but keeping the money deposited . Tbe magistrates granted summonses against the manager of the society . ¦ On Thursday this ' manager , Mr . Soper , presented himself to the magistrate , the charge being that he had unlawfully acted as a passenger-broker-.-without a licence . He was defended on technical and legal grouuds , and the summons had to be dismissed . Sir John Shelley , M . P ., trustee of the society , expressed his confidence in it ; and the barrister , Mr . Sleigh , stated that the society had sent out hundreds of Working men to Australia , and was respectable .
The Mouxtgakiiet Estates Case . — -TJie plaintiff in this " Ten Thousand a Year" case has won : Lord Mountgarret is pronounced by a jury illegitimate . But the cases will not rest tliere : we shall soon hear of it again in the superior com ts . The New Goykrnok of Van Diemen ' s Land . —We were the first to announce that Sir Henry Young was to be removed from South Australia to the government of New Zealand ; thatappointment Laving been reconsidered , he is to succeed Sir William Denison hi the more lucrative government of Van Diemen ' s Land . —Daily News . Extra-aiuit-Ai , Cemetery . —The great parish of Marylebone has this week laid the foundation stone of the chapel of their new cemetery . The site chosen is situate near the village of Finch ley , between the Five Bells and the Green Man , and is within a short distance of the St . Pancras nnd Islington ground .
]\ I k . Carpex is " kindly treated" in gaol . Ho is not clothed in prison costume ; and he is not sentenced to prison die t' — having dinner parties of his own viands .- " Gentlemen" are greatly respected in all cases ; and Mr . Carden is made as happy ns possible . Aitaihs at Lisbon . — " An attempt hns been made to get up a liUls excitement and a cull for the Rational Guard at Lisbon , in imitation of Madrid , but people generally seemed to think they enjoyed liberty enough under a Government whose , tolerance has long been a perfect contrast to the despotism at Bladrid . " Coi ' -Fius-nousics . —Tho coffee-houses of England lake precedence of those of Franco , though tho latter liavo more enduiingly flourishoit . In 1652 , n Greek , in tho service of nn Mngllhh Turkey merchant , opened a house in London . " I have discovered his hand-bill , " says Mr . Disraeli , "in
winch ho sets forth tho virtue of the cuubo drink , lirst publirjuely made ntui sold in England , by l ' asqua ltosce , of St . Michael's . Alley , Contliill , nt tlio sign ot Jiis own head . " Mr , Peter Cunningham cites a ms . of Oldys in his possession , in which some fuller details of much ' interest arc given , Oldys says , "The iirst use of coti ' ec in England wns known in JLUoT , vhon Mr . Daniel Kdwards , u Turkey merchant , brought from Smyrna to London ono l ' usqua Kosco , a itagiiBim youth , who prepared this diiuk for him every morning . 15 ut the novelty thereof drawing too much coinjinny to liim , he allowed his said servant with Another of his son- in-law's , to sell it jaiblicly ; and they set up tho iirst cuul'O-Iiouso in London , in tit . Mic-bad ' a Alloy , CornhilL Due they separating , l ' asquii kept in tlio house ; and lie who hud been liis partner obtained leave to pitch a tent , and soil
tlio liiiuor , in tit / Mich mil ' s Church-yard . " Aubrey , in hi a Anecdotes , states that tho tirsL vendor of coffee in London was one How man , couchiium to n Turkey morchniit , named Hodges , who was tho I ' ntlior-in-law of Kdwards , and tho partner of l ' aacjua , who got int , i > dillloultii'H , partly by lrio not bting a IWionian , ami who loft the country . Bownmii wii . s not oiily [ iiiti-oiiihoJ , Lut a nuignificeiit contribution ot ono thousand bixpeucvs \\ i \ s pivhonted to liim , wlierewitli he made great improvements in lii . i collVu-houhe . liowinan took an apprentice , ( I ' ayntcr , J who Hoon learnt tho mystery , and in four yiMirti sot up lor himself . Tlie ctiiVeo-houHoatJoon bucaina nuiu « roiis : tho jirincijial wore Karros ' , tho Kainbow , at tlio Iuuer- 'lVinplu G . ilo , and JoIiu ' m , in Fuller ' s Uento . " Sir Henry Mount , " n » ya Aubrey , " wan h great upholder of colVco , mill « coiwlant fruijuunter ol" colleo-liouBCd . " — '/' able ' J ' ruits .
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THE WINDSOR BARRACKS aZ . F AIK ; The court-martial on Lieutenant PeiT v * u s - J " progress—the progress being like that of" a Qav ^ y in a sewer—the heaping of filth and mud on eiti ^ ^ side . No facts have come out , in the last week's evidence , to present the case in any new aspect . On Thursday , a correspondence between different officers was produced , which tends to leave Lieutenant Perry in ii position in which he will lose all the sympathy the public have extended to him . This is the damaging letter ;—" LlKUTENAXr SUERVINTOJT TO MAJOR FlTFII . " Weedon , May 31 .
" Sir , —In obedience to your orders , I beg to state below some of the complaints against Lieutenant Ferry and Ensign Knapp , which 1 have found necessary at various times to bring to your notice . " Lieutenant Perry some short time ago ( in presence of Ensign Waldey and liis servant ) , upon the occasion of my handing him a memorandum respecting dr ills , which were written by your directions , went through tlie motions of wiping his * posteriors with it , and returned it to me . " He has also been absent as well as late for drills . On the 25 th inst . he was absent from afternoon drill , for which omission he was directed by you to attend morning drills until further orders . " Ensign Knapp / I have bad to bring before you for absence from morning drill ; also for snlkiness and inattention on several occasions ; together with improper conHuct during divine service ( reported by Captain Clarke ) . Having been reported absent from a board which assembled on Saturday last , he was directed by you to attend morning drills until further orders .
" Lieutenant Perry and Ensign Knapp , thus attending morning drill for omissions of duty , were reported ; to me this morning by the sergeant-major ; for dictating and ordering him to substitute company drill for the position drill named in orders . The question having been settled by reference to me , they , after a considerable lapse of time , fell into the ranks in a most discontented and unofHcer-like manner , which ( I understand ) caused considerable merriment to the men . - ' " The position drill ( which , they consider derogatory to their rank and position in the service ) consisted of the extension motions and the usual portions of the sword exercsie . —I have the honour to be , sir , your obedient servant , " C . K . Shkrx ' ixtos , Lieutenant , 46 tli Eegiment , " Acting Adjutant Detachment . " The Officer Commanding 4 . 6 th Eegiment , Weedon . " The defence commences on . Monday .
Meanwhile the result of the first court-m artial on Lieutenant Greer has become known . The Court recommended that he be dismissed tlie service ; but the Judge-Advocate General ( -who , of course , takes a hint from Prince Albert and other authorities ) refuses to ratify the decision * on the ground that the trial was marked by injustice and unfairness . What authority will the Court now have when it re-meets ?
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A * g US * , IZ :. ] THE LEADER . 753
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 12, 1854, page 753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2051/page/9/
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