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'A . T > D EELLOW 7 r E have the pleasure of introducing our aders to Major-General Chaeles Bickabb ox , [ Receiver-General of the Duchy of Pansier . This is a great gentleman , upon whom me years since was bestowed the hand of a dy above whose cradle glimmered the rejcted glory of a crown . But he will be lown in future less by his noble connexions an by a brief discourse on official responsility , delivered by him to a select audience
l the 22 nd of February , 1855 . Now , the occasion , of this clear and pithy irangue was as follows : —Major-Greneral ttAEiiEs Richard Fox , as " Receiver- General tlie Duchy of Lancaster , is responsible for rtain funds , and entitled to a certain salary , i the accounts rendered to Parliament , only irtions of the amounts paid to him appear , . d he is thus "wronged , for society respects e recipient of 878 / ., more than the recipient from 5231 . to 6071 . Why was the General
sprived of this advantage ? Possibly , from 0 to three hundred pounds sterling a year , n the sly , ' made up for any loss of conleration the Receiver-General might have ffered from the discrepancy between the rliamentary returns and . the actual items , jsides , 'he was above the base view that a m should solicit the reverence of the vulgar parading the full amount of his income . 1 all events , he would not be less modest an the Clerk of the Council-whose annual
eeipts from the Duchy , of 134 x 21 ., were , for me years before 1855 , entered in the par-, mentary returns at about half that amount . The Receiver-General , iu fact , took the achy into his confidence , and received its lances in his own hands long beyond the tes on which he might have relinquished at onerous responsibility . " A balance of out 7000 £ . is yearly brought forward in the counts as being to the credit of the Reiver-General at the Bank , besides the addi-> ns thereto , which temporarily exist by the Ilection of the half-yearly rents , from which
* ge sums Hke Majesty dercves no incest . " Then who derives it , and "why was eneral ! Fox so indignant when those arngements were unsettled ? " " What shall e honest man do iu my closet ? There is ? honest man that shall come in my closet . " How it ever came to pass that a conscien-3 us auditor was introduced into this happy mily it is beyond us to tell . But it was . A most unaccommodating gentleman apiared , vested with great powers , and uatppily resolved to perform his duty . The ittered Volscians stormed at and insulted
w ; but not being a simpleton or a poltroon , set to work at the rectification ot the acunts , and General Fox , responsible for the nds of the Duchy , suggested in his cool and oid way that tho auditor of tlio Duchy of mcaster should ' confine himself to his cdnance duties . ' But the Royal Letters itent having commanded General Fox to ? o in all things attending , observing , aiding , id advising' tho auditor , this
recoimnendum waa not obeyed . The General had a familiar , named Goocn . ais individual seems to have been employed a hector to frighten Mr . Beutolacci out his functions . " Ho on several occasions , ben I was auditing tho accounts nt the ble would sit down upon it , and throw hiin-If into different positions , aud put his foot ) on the table , and in various methods renw himself offensive . " Thoso fancy attitudes ( ing unsuccessful , tho Boots referred tho fair to hie prmoipnl , and then ( J iia . iu . es rCHABD Pox evinced hia godlike
indignation . His brazen-axled chariot rolled down Pall-mall ; the Ordnance saw him ; his winged words were few , but fierce : — " What have you done to General Fox ?" said Mr . Comneii to Mr . Bbetolacoi . "Why ?" . " Because he is in a furious rage with you /' " "Why ? " again . " I have seen General Fox , and he said to me : — ' A damned fellow has coble down to the Duchy fkoji Paix-Mail , and WANTS TO HOLD ME KESPONSTBLE ! ' "
This was the evidence taken on Monday last before the Committee . Iiike Burke , Mr . Bubtolacci may say , " I was not made for a minion or a tool . " But his appointment as auditor plunged him into a pit full of artifices , and at the bottom he finds Receiver-General Fox , who damns the idea of responsibility .
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DEFALCATIONS IN PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS . The defalcation with respect to the Regium Domini in Ireland amounted to about 30 , 0001 ., those in Buckingham Palace to 12 , 000 ? ., those in the Admiralty Registrar Office to 6 O , 000 Z ., those in the Council Office to about 3000 Z . The amount of those in the Treasury , Intestate Estate , and Escheats were of an unknown amount . Four
years ago , a gentleman was sent down to an important provincial town , to examine the accounts of a person suspected to be in arrears . " For four years , " said a witness , last week , before a parliamentary committee , " the whole of the system was one great fabrication . The accounts sent up and audited , and passed according to tlie usual forms of audit , were perfectly fabulous . " It may be added that rumours were afloat some months ago of an extensive * draw ' upon the Secret Service Fund . Perhaps these facts may suggest to Liberal members the necessity of a searching inquiry into the financial administration of the public departments .
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AN INCREDIBLE RUMOUR . A CFitioirs babblement is afloat at the Clubs , which , in justice to the persons concerned , ought to be sifted . Some of our readers may remember that when a debate arose in the House of Commons on Mr . Wise ' s motion for a Committee to inquire into the affairs of the Duchy of Lancaster , Mr . Bass made certain observations . He complained of having to keep game on tho Ducliy Lands rented by him in Staffordshire for the benefit of the Crown and its favourites . For that complaint , made b y Mr . Bass , as a Member of Parliament , he has been punished ,
we hear . Lord Waterpabk , axe-bearer to the Duchy , bears' not the axe in vain—that is , unless the report in circulation be false . Ey virtue of his office of axe-bearer he is vested with authority over the Duchy estates , and iu the exorcise of it he writes—gossip says—a letter of rebuke to Mr . Bass . A correspondence ensues , and ends in the withdrawal from Mr . Bass of his shooting privileges over his own leaseholds , to tho groat depreciation of the property , leaseholders not being willing to hold under the bon plaisir of Lord Wateepauk . Why has not tho honourable member brought Lord Watjgiipauk to the bar of tho House for this unconstitutional
lvroceetling—an insult and an outrage to Parliament ? Wo can scarcely credit tlio reason which lias been whispered about , that ho was persuaded by that incorruptible Radical , ISu' James " Ghaiiam " , one of tho Duchy councillors , not to move- in tho matter . 11 tho rumour bo well-founded , somo independent member , in dofouce of Parliamentary prerogative , should compel Lord Watjekpauk to account for his proceed ings .
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There is no learned man but will confess he hath much- profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why •' . should it not , at least , be tolerablefor his adversary to "write ?—Miuroxr .
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THE LATEST PERFORMANCE OF THE PATKIOT . ( To the Editor of the Leader ,. ) Ser , — -I can assure you that the people of Sheffield feel themselves under a deep debt of gratitude for the able and fearless manner in which you have exposed the rascally frauds on the Duchy of Lancaster , nor are they less indebted to you for your exposure of the unpatriotic conduct of our eloquent and plausible member Mr . Roebuck . During the recess when hon . members were engaged in the performance of the same duty as that on which they are now employed—the doing of nothing —( may they never do worse)—people were busy
asking the question , What will Parliament do ? Certain it appeared to them all that something of importance would be done , and that no matter who might be idle , Mr . Roebuck would not ; in fact , it was asserted that he would present to the House a petition from certain West Norfolk electors complaining- of the violation of a resolution of the House of Commons prohibiting the interference of Peers in elections , and that not only would Mr . Roebuck present the petition , but that along with it he would administer such a castigation to Leicester , Hastings * and Co-, as would make that honourable fraternity wish that the electors of Sheffield had never returned such a bold and fearless champion of the rights and liberties of the people .
Respecting the petition itself , they were right ; but Mr . Roebuck having failed to obtain permission of Leicester , Hastings , and Co ., to move for a Select Committee , he was compelled on Tuesday night to announce with all due gravity ( amidst the laughter of the House ) that ' he intended to do nothing , ' Well done , Sir Oracle . I can , sir , assure you that in a very short time there will be but one opinion in Sheffield respecting Mr . Roebuck ' s conduct . The sooner he comes down and clears himself , if he can , the better . Yours truly , -A Sheffielder . Sheffield , July 6 , 1857 .
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No . 381 , July 11 / 1857 , 1 TflE . LEADEB , 663
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SOCIETT FOR THE AirENDJIEirT OF THE LAW . This society had its annual dinner last Saturday , when the president , Lord Brougham , took the chair . After complimenting Mr . Napier for his efforts towards establishing a Department of Justice , Lord Brougham continued : — " Mr . Napier had also done much towards establishing a system of compulsory examination for barristers , which he ( Lord Brougham ) -was certainly in favour of as an almost necessary measure , and certainly one well calculated to raise the statics of the profession . He sincerely hoped the benchers before long would give that question their most serious consideration . Puring the present session , he expected that a great deal would be done in the way of legal improvement ; and the moasures for a reform in the law of marriage and in the proceedings of the probate and ecclesiastical courts were in a forward state , and stood a fair chance of being made
law this year . A much-needed legal reform for simplifying the laws relating to the transfer of real property , ho feared , would not be brought forward this session ; and it waa a disgrace to our code that the transference of an acre of land should still remain a process in which the greatest legal difficulties were encountered . He believed a Government bill -would shortly be brought in with a view of obviating those difficulties ; but ho ( Lord Brougham ) fancied ho should have to do what he had done with regard to tho Bill for the Improvement of tho Patent Laws , when , after waiting somo time for tho Government measure , he was at last obliged to bring in a bill ou the subject himself , on tho provisions of which two bills respectivel y ono very good bill had ultimately boen enacted . " Other toasts followed , including " tho Bench of England , " coupled with tho name of Mr . Baron Bramwell , who has done much to improve the common
law procedure . Hkai . tii ov London . —In tho week that ondod last Saturday , tho totul number of dnnths registered in London was 1020 . In tho ton years 1847-50 , tho average number of deaths in tlio weeks corresponding with last week was 080 . But , as tho deaths now rotimiQcl , occurred in nn increased population , it is necossary , wtli a view to comparison , to r « ls « j tho avor / igo proportionally to tlio Increase , in which enso it will boooino 1078 . lho deaths registered last week woro thoeoforo loas by 49 thnn lho nvoragoof mortality at the boginmng of July would have producod . —Last woyk , tho birthn of 8 / 0 boys nnd 779 girls , in nil , 1 G 0-1 children , woro rogistorori Iu London . I » the ton corresponding wooks ol tlio yenrn 18-17- / 5 ( 1 , tlio nvorago numbor was la «^ From t / tc l {< f / iiitrur- ( i \ 'uev < d ' 8 Weekly Return .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 663, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2200/page/15/
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