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Community at large have arrived at its present epnvic / tion , that conviction indisputably is , that a more ill-constituted governing body for local piupos ^ st lie . kiiigcloih does not contain , and . that aiess ^ h ^ teljitfibre or satisfactory account of inconiini ^ e ^ yjenditur ^ , lias seldojjiJieen presented to . ' the public , ' thau ^ JJa ^^ i ^^ ^ u ^ time tff time has been vouchsafr-d to us thereby ; . - : [ y ^ . ' - ' . TJiiUer tliese ch-cuiiistiliiees . it may appftav somewhat extraordinary that a deman'd should be made lroni t } ie TjegistTiture of vastly additional powers . -Sot content with the revenues already placed at their disposal , the nierabers of the Central Board requir e , that several others should be intrusted to them likewise . Were
they popular without being- . efficient ., or werethey eflieient yvitliput being popular , these further dippings into the pockets of the public might he endured . As they are neither ; the-one nor the ¦ other , we trust they will-be resisted as they deserve . Before any . new prerogatives are eonceded-to theni , the mode bf choosing- these metropolitan representatives Ought certainly , to be ¦ changed .. We dp not believe that one . man out of . twenty whom they ; tax has anv distinct ' , coneepiion of how they arc chosen . We remember to have read , some- time ago , jjerhaps , a paragraph in . a morning paper , . mentioning that . ^ h \ So-and-Bo havingbeen agreed on ( when , where , or how not stated ) , by the
majority of the vestry of the parish in which he lives , toils , and pays , and fljattherefore , all other candidates have withdrawn ; hut what all tjiis nieanSj and iii what way Mr . So-andr &o represents , him or his interests , he did not know , then , and he does not know how , mid . lie never will know ; untilthe end pf time , the Metropolitan Board has ., in point of fact , been . put together oh wiiat iseaiJed ; by courtiers" The Albertivie Systehy . " out of compliment to his lioyalHighness , by whom it Avas ii « =-
-ported from Germany . Everythjngvin tliafc country is managed by the indirect method of-double election ; and . the ; result is deemed so favourable to biireauci'atic asceiidancyj and the complete domination / of the sivprieme . e ^ eeUtvyc Goyer niTient , tliat -it is not wholly unaccountable . hoAV it should happen to be . introduced here . * Lord GuiiYj and other flatterers -of the Court , do noVhesitatc ' ' . dJir . e'tlmt- ' the ' infl , ueivcc of the Grovm lias dhniiiished , is diminishing , but Plight to bo increased ; ami they well know that what thev aim ' at cannot be effected without
disaccustoming' the people ; g-eiiendly to direct participation in . the management of their bwii affairs * . Tlfey : urg'e , therefore , upon all occasions , ; tiio withdrawal of power from popularly consjitvit <; d bodies , and-its delegation to irresponsibl e ; Boards , fclorp ovations , and Commissions ; and tliftn , by \ yay of niaking a show of respect foi- the bid free and Knglisli . lncthod of public choice , they vest the nomination pf such bodies in spinivpfchcH 'onvicil , tvpnwnittoc , or CfibaK The whole thing is part and parcel of . one great systelii , alike iu . sidipus and . subversive ;; aiid , as ; f ? u as . the iMetrbp * bl itaii 'Board is r-onccruedj that non ^ representativc system is now upon its trial . . .
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Ip \ J'JllBQDi . has a iaucy lor finest specimens—pcrnnps oven Li of thunder , if he is at a " safe distance , or within safeguar ^ of a good conductor j and cverybpdy . n ^ ay v ° P navi | 5 } with so iiiic a sample as the following- , " its echoes are only to be caught in the Air distance of lu ' stpiy . Xo \ v : the loud roar of t . lio Tapacy has dwindled to the childish treble of decrepitude ; its gunpowder is of that white kind , tlie charcoal of which was said to be madi ! of dead men ' s cinders ( the Church of Itoi . no could at one time furnish a gopd deal of such charcoal ) , which went ofl " with the mildest possible oxplosion . But to our specimen :
" H » Y the offondorp ncvei' withdraw from tlio eocii'ty of' Jv , t > ss , Caupu ' ah , llEitPD , ivwd Ppn'jluvs Tivatr . . Hay they perish l > y the cui-scp ofnn ^ ul . s , iuul expevienc ; e , 1 he coiiiniMniQn of Satan hi tlie porditjoii" of the IJeph , . . BIny they U . "ilo celcstiul niak'dictionn , him ] k'H'CHti'ial nmloclictions . , ' -, If -they aimoiid not , nor ii )» lc « ropaviition , mny the ^ ' be cursed in the four qujirtors of the world , ¦ cursocl hi the cast , jabnndoned in the west , interdicted in thondrth , fit ruck h , y exoouiDnum " ca , tioir in the tfoutli . j ' > iury they bo cursed ljy day lind excomnmnicated by niyht , eursttl in their liOuticfl und out of their houses' ^— excommunicated } eiirsqd A \ hen they lire about , and oxeommuuivated whexi they are seated ; q . urtsed when they eiifc and currtud when they driuk , cu . rsed when they elecp und excom-Inuiiientuil when they wake ; cursed when they . Work , and
oxcom-This is only a fragment of the bolt launched against Count ' . "V ^ i ^ TAXt of Prby ^ nce and Adelaide his mother , and extracted by .-SitSMp-xrai , ¦ 'the ; historian , from Lcs Preures de /¦ 'ITiifoire de la JllMdv \ -Ki * tneH . " - ' - ¦ . ' . : ¦ . ' . t / st to recover front tlie effects of all this dreadful cursing ' i -fw < T swefiring , as SiiakkspivAke softens down the liorror in \ M < tcheth by introducing the delieateness of the air where the swallows build ; and the lovely site of the f'astle ; and as Virgil carries you from the din of the forge where the sooty Oyelpps of Vtjlcax are hammering the thunderbolts , out to the balmy air anc ) . twitteriTig birds of the niorniiig—so we tell the reader that we have visited the remains bf the Abbey- , which- was the cause of all these tremendous imprecations . Beside a drowsy canal which : runs or rather passes between Xismes and the sea , not more than a morning ' s pilgrimage IVom' -tlu ; . Maison C ' arree , and the glorious spring that issues from the base of the Tourniagne hill .. is the oi ; igiiial liest of the famous IvAYJroNPS of r l ' oulouse : the abbey church of St . Gilles still stands . in its sleepy little toAvn , np \ v scarcely more than a poor -village , grey with re nturies of the Zianguedoc sun . AVhcil we saw it , all nature seemed to be taking- its midday siesfa , and we Avcre glad to take cool xefnge in the lower church—for it is double , the upper church on a level with the soil , and the lower co-extensive with it---a huge subfemmean enptj its arched roof snj ^ ported by short , but-. enormously . ' massive' pillars . . The stillness , sultry without , and ( lark and solemn' within , contrasted strangely with all tlie passions which , centuries ago , its possession excited ,, and the curses wliich . it c ' . iitiule . d on its usurpers . And who was the cursex * ? Xot by riiiy means one of ¦ ¦¦ tlie . mightiest ; of those , ' ... . .. "AV ho rose like ; shadows between inan and God , : Till fcliat eclipse , still hanging 1 over heaven , :. * -.. ' Was worshipped by the world o ' er which they strode For the true sim it quenehed . " lt . .- : \ vas . ^ 'B'E'SKD-ieT / tlie : . Eighth , only a niinoi- tlumderer ; irot a Giu : c ; qky nov an Inkgcicjst . FicM-r-e as they were ., ; we think there , is a tendency to overrate the actual eiiVct of excommunications on those , against whom they were launched , even in the most vigorous days of the Papacy . "We need only cite a very few instances out of many . It seems to have . 'nTccted subjects far more than princes themselves , some of whom appear to have passed their lives in the pleasing altcniations of getting cursed' and forgiven . They dreaded it mainly as it gave enemies an excuse and ah opportunity for attack , and subjects a pretext for disobedience . Our boldest princes obeyed or disobeyed as it suited them . AVill . iaS £ ; I . was glad of the justification p ' f Gkkc-oky ipr his attack upon Engl and , but would allow of no internal interference Avhen he avas once in possession . Joiik cowered before InxocKnt , but it Was Inn'ock ' N'I ' backed by Prance ; and- the two only successful expeditious in John ' s * reign , those against Wales and against Ireland , were . undertaken when he was actually under an hiterdict . iii ? NitY the Second of Eiigland , and Ihwuv the Fourth of Gerninny , bowed to . tjift rbjic oiily bepausc , he could hound on armed aliens or revolted subjects uguiuNt them . The Venetians ill Sir Hknhy VYotto . n ' s time defied hiin and his excommunications , on a mero rjuestion of mortniiiin . ( . ' HAitJ . Ks tlie Fifth , nnd . the arniy of the Constable Bouitnox blocked up a throateniug , protesti ' iig- Pope in tlio Cnstle of Aiigclo , ( ill lie esfjupud , fully anticipating ; that he and his place ; of refuge would be blown lip ' together , so much more formidable , wero \ vhtit ] J . roruRAS calls ¦ " Unanswerable barrels Of gunpowder for ending quarrels , " than ( iuy fulmiiiations of the Papney , Pomestie episcopal excpmnuniicntions fared -no boHrr . "When IIknu-Y the Third of ' . Kng-hind was false to our great ( 'harlev , " the bishops assembled \\\\\\ the pews , in prosoneu of the king , on tlio ' Jii-d < lny ol'Mny , 125 ^ , in WestniinHtcr Hull , mid with tlic . nipsfc terrific * splcmni ' tios cxeomnninicatcd , miiitlicmnfisfd , ( ind expelled from the bosorn of the Catholic Church all transgressors of tlio ancient ; liberties of thu realm , especially of those which are ron-Iniriod in the Great Charter . Whilst , the sentence was reading , the king held his liund oi ; i bis IihiH . willi n culm and cheerful , countenance . * When t ! i <» prc-liitcs lmd , ( iworrling- to mngo , thrown awny their cxlini't nnd smoking tapers , suying , ' Ho let nil'bo extinguished and » iwk into tliu pit of hell who incur this sentence , ' tlio king unswcwl , ' So help hio ( . Joi ) , an i shall obsfi've- and kenp all Ilie ^ e things , us I nni n ClirintiiiM mm ) , as J . f ) jn n , knigiit , ns I mn n king crowned and anointed ! ' " Shortly uffevwui'dfi hi ! trailed-Ilici whole nll'nir with as littUs iv # ni'd us the biirons who won Ilic ChnHoi- did the tlnvnt of . Ionn < i ; bring the Vow mid'li'is excoininnnicationrt to net ngainat Iln'in .. The WR ' ct of cNcoimuuiiieiifimi , iiulefd , Ju n \} vvi' \ y ri'ligioiiH
irnvniented when they cjideavour to repose ; cursed in spvin ^ , and oxcoirununiciited in winter , cursed , iu sumnior und oxoomiuvvniciitocl in autuirm , cui ^ ed in the prouent , and exooin « nuni < rutecl in future ages . May strangers sei ^ o all their poods 5 may their wivon '^ o to purditioji , and their : children porinix by the « w . ord ; maiy their houi'iahni ' ent be ae ' CfUrsed : may the remains of their tiiblo Lo necui'Hfc'd , and may thoso who tnnto of them be aoeurKed alfO : may the prienl who hIuiII ofl ' or Uiorii tlio liody and blood of our I >> rd , or who whiill visit thorn in Ihoir illnoes , Up ein ^ ed and excoriiinun ' u'ntecl may all thowo bo evireed who k . I ' uiII carry them to the Hqmloiire , or shall ^ Trnjien ^ l to bury them ; may they , iu lino , bo cMirwed and . exeomniuuleakd by U . U poeHiBlo iiddodietions . "
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' Ar-Rii / 14 , 1800 . ] [¦ - ¦ :., ' :: ¦'¦'¦ The Leader tin 345
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Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1860, page 345, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2342/page/5/
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