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• ' Cross-examined by Mr . James : I know all . London tradesmen are prohibited from , entering the college . I tried it once . I was not turned out . " Mr . Pbopebt did not stand alone ; there are many young men in this predicament ; and there are many persons , -we conceive , in the position of Mir . Wotji / FE , some of them , perhaps , not quite so candid and straightforward as he showed himself to be in court .
How can any law against hells or racing be enforced in a case like tbis ? It is no question of thimble-rig . Many of these excessive debts are in the first instance honestly incurred , so far as the tradesman is concerned . There are young men who frequent tradesmen ' s shops , and who can spend their hundreds and thousands in dress ; and should a tradesman offend a customer , dressed as well , speaking as confidently , by asking if he can really pay for the goods sold ? No , the tailor relies upon the law . If , indeed , he were to be fined for neglecting to make due inquiries , and if the fine were precisely the amount of his bill , the tailor -would be cautious .
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THE MOVE OF PARTIES . TnE debate on Mr . Locke King ' s motion for extending the 10 ? . franchise to counties as well as boroughs , brought out some remarkable results . Sir James Gbiham gave marked emphasis to his epitaph on the political exploits of Lord John Utt 3 seii , ; Lord John Husseli , and the Premier took opposite sides ; the county gentlemen scarcely knew how to vote . But , although the Government obtained a majority , it has been sensibly wounded by the discussion . That alliance of which so much wa 3 Baid before the opening of Parliament , between Lord Palmekstok and the Whigs of "Woburn Abboy , has not been sustained ; the Bedford connexion stands apart from the Cabinet . Mr . Sidney Herbebt , under cover of declining to support Mr . Locke Kino , threw a hand-grenade of stinging sympathy at the Treasury Bench . Evidently , Lord Palmerston is on uncertain ground ; every day of
antagonism to his former colleagues among the Whigs , on the question of representative reform . To which party will he attach him self , or will he become an " independent ?" It is not more singular to find Mr . Cobden and Lord Debbt bringing forward , simultaneously , identicarmotions in the Lords and Commons , than to find Lord John Rtjssell and Lord Pai / mehston , formerly Premier and Foreign Secretary in the same Cabinet engaging in hostilities on . the field of Parliamentary ^ Reform .
That Mr . Locke "Kjlnq lost his motion is matter of no surprise—of little consequence indeed . A moribund House of Commons cannot be expected to entertain the question . Ear more important is the move of parties that is taking place , the wandering of the Tories in search of coadjutors , Mr . Gladstone ' s friends taking part , now with the
Opposition , now with the Whigs out of office , but steadily and systematically against the Government , the partial adhesion of the Manchester party to Sir John Pakington ' s educational measures , the generally suspicious view taken by Parliament of Lord Palmeeston's foreign and domestic policy . "Whatever majorities the G-overnment may obtain on
separate questions , we cannot fail to perceive that it does not possess the confidence of the Legislature or of the nation . "Within a few days it has suffered from repeated shocks . Whether , then , the financial debates close upon a defeat or a victory , we do not believe in the stability of the Cabinet , or in the continuance of the relations actually existing between the several parties in the Houses of Lords and Commons .
the Session adds to the insecurity of his position . While Mr . Gladstone seems disposed to coalesce , for special objects , with Mr . Disraeli , Sir James Graham announces himself in harmony , on general principles , with Lord John Busseli / . His assent to the declarations of the Whig statesman was far more cordial and distinct than Mr .
Gladstone s recognition of the Tory leader . Unless , therefore , the political heirs of Sir Robert Pjcjsii are divided among themselves , the Tory and Peelite coalition is of a temporary , not of a permanent , character , and we may expect the iriends of Lord Aberdeen to unite with the friends of Lord John Russell ; and in that case , what becomes of Lord Palmekston ? Tho Tories beliovo that he came into office through a stratagem , by which , when tho Aberdeen Administration waa dissolved , ho succeeded in foiling Lord Derby . And , now , after laat night ' s debatehe atanda in
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A FINANCIAL AMENDE . "We have to account for a mistake -which occurred in our last week ' s impression . At a late hour on IMday night we received from our reporter in the gallery of the House of Commons a precis of the statement made by the Chancellor cm the Exchequer , in which it waa stated that a tax of 9 d . in the pound was to be levied on all incomes of more than 150 Z . a year . There seemed no reason to doubt the accuracy of this report , upon which our observations were baaed , and it wa 3 not until too late that a more correct
account was received . A portion of our remarks , however , must have surprised and puzzled our readers . We can assure them that we had no desire to reproach Sir Cobne-WAiiii Lewis unfairly . Our . interest in the reduction of the Income-tax is not less than that of our fellow-countrymen who are not journalists . But we were not bound to suspect the accuracy of a report from a hand which has supplied us with our Parliamentary
summary ou Friday nights for several years . Hence the error in our report and iu our article—neither departments of journalism being exempt from the possibility of inaccuracy . It is better , however , to blame , and be deceived , than to praise and be disappointed ; so that while offering the conscience-money of recantation to Sir ConNEWAi ^ ii Lewis , wo must express tlie gratification we feel in not having to aunounco that he has proposed to retain any portion of the obnoxious war ninepence .
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and the dying alike co-operated , and as late as the month of May , 1854—in consequence of two legacies—the Society had a balance at the bankers' of 5400 Z . But during the intervening period this very respectable sum has dwindled down to 75 OZ ., an amount scarcely sufficient to maintain the schools for three more months . Among other disastrous influences may be mentioned the late war , which touched too many chords of personal feeling to allow full scope for chanty in the abstract . The high price of provisions has also affected the Society ' s funds to a very serious extent . It has likewise been observed
that Reformatories for criminals and Refuges for outcasts have diverted into other channels much of the public sympathy that , for a while , was concentrated on Bagged Schools . 3 ? ar be it from us to derogate from the merits and claims of the former , but there is no reason why they should be allowed to obliterate or supersede those of the latter . All of these institutions are much needed , though it is possible that the former might be less requisite if the latter were worked to their full
THE BAGGED SCHOOL UNION . Twelve years ago it was estimated that there were 30 , 000 children in London devoid of any reasonable hope of obtaining even that amount of education which might enable them to earn an honest livelihood by personal industry . This appalling consequence of an"extremely artificial state of society attracted the attention and excited the active sympathy of many thoughtful and benevolent individuals . It would have been somewhat
strange if the name of Lord Shaftesbttby had- not been connected with the attempt that was then made to remove , or at least to mitigate , a social evil of such alarming dimensions . A considerable sum of money was accordingly collected , and various means adopted for the purpose of converting into useful citizens the ignorant , and therefore vicious , children who infest the poor neighbourhoods of the metropolis . The results of these truly wise and philanthropic labours
maybe thus summarized . In 150 Ragged School Institutions there are 128 Sunday Schools , attended \> y 16 , 937 scholars ; 98 Day Schools , with 13 , 057 scholars ; 117 Evening Schools , -with 8085 scholars ; and 84 Industrial Schools , with 3224 scholars . The Day Schools employ 163 paid instructors , the "Week Night Schools 126 , and the Refuge and Industrial Institutions 43 ; besides 2139 voluntary teachers . The Refuges are sixteen in number , and furnish food , clothing , beds , and education to 500 inmates . A like
number of boys and girls have been enabled to proceed to the colonies , with every prospect of doing good for themselves , and of adding to the wealth both of their adopted and their mother country . That even those who are content to toil and labour at home have oeen taught a proper self-respect , is evinced by the fact that in the month of March , 1856 , prizes were distributed to no fewer than 366 young persons , of either sex , who had remained in their situations upwards of twelve months . And who is there that would not aay a good word for that household
brigado , -the Shoeblacks ? While other countries boast of their tricolored fla ^ London alone can plumo itself on its welldisdplined tricolored Brigade . Instead of that ear-torturing burden , " The Red , White , and Blue , " who would not rather lift up his voice , and Bhout for the Red , Blue , and Yellow—especially in dirty weather ? "Unhappily , thoro ia nlso a dark side to thia pleasant picture . The expenditure is necessarily increasing , while t ho income declines with waning enthusiasm . So long as this excellent movement possessed tho charm of novolcy , funds were not wanting . The living
proportions . The one thing needful is money . It is in the most destitute parts of the metropolis that these schools exercise the most beneficial effect , and it is precisely from those districts that no aid can be expected . To the wealthy , the benevolent , and the truly patriotic , the Society looks for the means to carry out its wise and generous schemes of moral and social reform . There can be little doubt as to the success of this appeal to a really charitable and munificent public , but it should ever be remembered that the value of a gift ia greatly enhanced by promptitude and despatch . *
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184 THE IEADER . [ No . 361 , Saturday ,
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, n * * - ^ j — — — * Donations are received by Mr . Joseph G . G ^ nt . tho Secretary , 1 , Exeter Hall , Strand .
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The Coai / whii * pers ov the Port of London . — -A deputation of coahvhippers of tho port of London , accompanied by Lord Robert Groavon or , M . P ., Lord Godorich , M . I \ , and several clergymen , had an interview on Wednesday with Lord Stanley of Aldorloy , tho president of tho Board of Trade , for the purpose of making known to tho Government tho aortous grievances under which they now labour , arising from tho withdrawal of tho bill which protected thorn from tho old public-houao truck Bystem . Lord Stanley said ho would cauao inquiry to bo made . Mawamk Ida Pfkifipicu hoa arrived at Capo Town on her way to tho Mauritius and MatfivguacAr ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1857, page 184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2181/page/16/
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