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NAUGHTINESS IN HIGH PLACES. coininunieations ting the good
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THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
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It is large enough to give offence to the Sultan , but not large enough to conquer the Druses—a race of robust , active mountaineers , dwelling in a rugged and difficult country , trained from their youth up in every stratagem of mountain warfare , and numbering 30 , 000 warriors . But if it : cannot conquer them , it cannot occnpy their country ; so that there is both the certain cost , the risk of defeat and disaster , and the impossibility of any
compensating' advantage ; and we are , therefore , somewhat surprised , not that the French Emperor should despatch an army imto Syria , without the consent and approbation of the Sultan ., for he has repeatedly shown that he is perfectly unscrupulous where he has his own interests to advance—but that he should stake his reputation for political sagacity , the glory of the French arms , and the peace of Europe and of the East , upon so very uncertain and perilous a venture .
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E VIL are corrup manners of om old nobility . We have it on the authority of the Morning Post , or we should not dare to hint at such a thing . When th « special organ of high life feels it incumbent upon him to lecture his aristocratic pets arid patrons , we may be sure that the ease is very bad indeed . Flatterers do not speak their minds until thing * come to the last pass , and flattery becomes a mockery . The encouraging doctor leaves off prating of hope , and bids the family prepare for the worst , when the death-rattle is in the patient ' s throat . The courtiers of King Canute no doubt begged their royal master to sit a little back when they saw the rebellious waves disrespectfully washing up upon his royal feet . § o the moralist of the Post is inspired with courage by the alarming- symptoms which lainand . **
have attacked our old nobility , to speak out . plump arid p , tell his master and patron that , he is in a bad way . We-have , been induced to believe that , since our gracious and exemplary Qpujcx came to the throne the whole tone of upper class society has been renovated and improved , We have flattered ^ ourselves that hard drinking went out with Mr . Pitt and Mr . _ F 6 x , and that the reign of the demUmondepassed away with that of his gracious Majesty KiNft Wilmaii IV . Our Qi / EEK , we know , has been a pattern to all classes , and we have fondly believed that her bright example has been reflected down to the lowest station of society through the aristocracy . We may havecharged the Upper Ten Thousand with being" bloated aristocrats' * inpolitical matters , but , in point of morals and- social propriety , we have been eager to bear testimony
to their distinguished > yorth . So heartfelt has been our admiration pf their irreproachable social arid moral qualities as men and brothers , that we have been enabled to join in chorus with that eminent poet , Lord John Manners , singing " God preserve our old nobility , " even if laws and learning , arts and commerce , and everything else besides , should go by the board . But we have been mistaken all this time , cruelly mistaken , and all the admiration , reverence , respect , esteem , and high regard which has been obtained from us , has been obtained—alas !¦ ¦ ' that we should ; have to write the words—on false pretences . Ves ; the fine young English gentleman , and ^ h ^^ ne 7 ; oung-Eiigli 8 h 4 ady-r are-both ^ p ^ n ^ vei ^^ erJous . chai ^^ Let the detective of the . Post state his case , ' * We accuse , '' ^ he says , •' the fine voung English , gentleman of permitting , piactisirig , and
sister being familiar with the names and persons of these outcasts , is perfectly revolting . The conduct of a man who dares to insult the modesty of his mother , or respectable female acquaintances , by introducing persons of this character to their notice , is nothing' less than brutal . The existence of such a state of things among the aristocracy can only he regarded as a phenomenon , a sudden and * virulent form of moral disease ; introduced by contact , and not likely to become epidemic . We are happy to hear that the malady has only manifested itself within the last halfdozen years . Until that period vice confined itself to its own quarter , seldom appeared save when it was called out of its hole , and never obtruded itself in places in which it would be sure tit meet with scorn and reprobation . In certain streets , theatres , rasinos . and other haunts of the kind , the ladies of the cameliii
were alone to -be found . Vice seldom comes forth into the outer world without paying to virtue the homage of trying to hide its head . ¦ ¦ What then has changed all this , and brought vice and virtue into such close companionship ? Let us see . It is almost six years ago that improper operas came into fashion . The ladies of the upper classes , both old and young , rushed to Her Majesty ' s Theatre to weep tears of sympathy over the woes of a consumptive cour tezan . Could it have been that spectacle which reconciled them to association with Lais and Aspasia in Rotten-row ? Or did loose morals come in with ornamental petticoats and Balmoral boots ? It will not be forgotten by the male community that about four or five vears ago the ladies suddenly began to show a great thei
deal of their ankles , not to say their legs . Until that period , r feet , as Sir John Suckling has it , " Peeped in and out , like little mice , as if they feared the light . " But that charming delicacy , all of a sudden ; gave way . Ladies' boots and petticoats were made to be shown , and legs arid ankles were showii with them . ^ It was Lais and Aspasia , we believe , who introduced this fashion , and Lady Alice and Miss Fanny were not ashamed to follow it . It became them , and it still continues to be exceedingly difficult to distinguish between Aspasia and Lady Aucr . They both walk the streets in the dirtiest summer day , asif the town Avere one uninterrupted puddle—Lady : Alice as prof ^ ly conscious as Aspasia that my Lord Ton XbimY is behind her . admiring her legs . This is a problem that may welloccupy" the attentionof the statistical Sbcietvy and we heartily commend it to the notice of that learned
Mearitime . We arc not greatly astonished that loose behaviour should manifest itself among a class whose lot it is to lead an idle purposeless existence . What is the dail y course of life of a young ladv of fashion ? She dresses , drives , dines , flirts , and figures at the ' opera . Her thoughts are entirely occupied with the last new fashion in dress , the last pew riovel , the last new opera , and the last new acquaintariceW Her whole mission in society is to shine as a belle , to be courted , admired ^ and in the end marriedjo some man There is reall
who is rich enough to minister to herselfish wants . y very little differenpe utter all between Lady Alice and Aspasia ; they both prostitute their faculties to base uses ; they both ^ devote themselves to a lite of thoughtless gaiety , and it there -be any excuse for such conduct it is due rather to Aspasia than , to Lady Alice . Profligacy is business with Aspasia ; wrth Lady Axicj-: it is pleasure . We are glad to see that the writer in the Post has made an appeal to the mothers of England on this matter , and we - ^ in < 'welv ^ tmsMha t ^ his ^ dmonitionsamiy-ji ( Jt , b . L ' in vain - . , „
fostering a ' lax system of demeanour in public which is capable of producing very serious results on society . He is becoming much more emulous of making the ' acquaintance-and frequenting the societv , even in public , of ladies of a notorious character . There is Aspasia , for example , a person of noted ill-repute . He has seen the fine young English gentleman riding w ith her in the Park , and scarcel y " avoiding the recognition of his more respectable friends . He has seen the fine young English gentleman descend from his mother's box at the opera to exchange penti / lar / e with Aspasta in the pit . He has seen him rise from a . seat beside Lais , in Rotten Jlow , to chat with Lady Alice or Miss Fann v over the rails , avoiding ho apportunity of admitting , even in the presence of those nearest ana dearest to hima close intimacy with those naughty
per-, sons , and that being tho style which he prefers , the tono which lias the surest attractions for him . This , however , is not the whole of tho offence . The distinguished culprit is further charged with corrupting the mind of Lady Amok and Miss Fanny , who an ? clearly proven , through his evil influence , to have become , to some extent , the associates of improper and guilty characters . The ' active und intelligent officer aforesaid deponefh that Lady Ai . kk und Miss Fanny are perfectly conversant-with the persons , names , nicknunios und even the personal habits and pursuits of Lais and Aspasia . They know that these ladies are naughty persons ; they know that their . brother . Lord Tom , und their lover , the Honourable Aioisris , frequent their society ; and they are ui-euHtomed to talk about them .
to regard them as rivals , amieven to imitate their fust graces . I continuHllv hear the remark , " says the fearless witm' 8 < i , " that none butther' f \ jfitl ? irl } r '"^ ot-on--j ' -amlr-tliL »^ Mh « t- { firlH ~ - ^ api ) nir-lr » -bt ? those who can an neurly us possible huituti ! the llauinling immnei-s of tho Indies of the tuuuuliu . . This is a very dreadful state of thing's , indeed . Who would luive thought it ¦? Wi > middle class people , whose wives und dnngliters do not even allow themselves to droam , of Hueh people us Lais ' Asvabia , can scarcely c-om-oive the-cuse . We cannot ealmly contemplate- the idea of a respuctuble young woman , or even , a respectable old one , being brought into contact , oven in the ' most remote degree , with such society . The bare thought of a daughter or
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npHE Bankruptcy Bill has en . compelled u > » > >>« X walking the * phmk « HU < 1 appuarinj ? amongst its hrethrcii . " Xante * hi Wurmte- rasto , " to be fished up again , and rescued at some future opportunity , though the Tivu-s thought it was to be carried safe into harbour , in spite of the general cutting away and casting overboard , which generally takes place at the end ot u session However generally useful the measure might be there the mercantile
were reasons for the . snerinci ' . In the first . ' plane , bodv , though strong , is by no ¦ means the strongest in the House of Commons ; in the second , the uninercautile part oi the _ llousr belon-to a class who are fond of long credits . Again , it was a measure- giving small promise of jobbery ; once more , it could . w >\ be screwed or twisted into a party matter : und lastly , except to u lawyer's eves , a bill of five hundred clauses would appear . -to . admit of simplification : . quite a suflicie . it number of objections to intorf <« ro seriously with the passing Of u bill , no mutter h (»\ v great it h promise of utility . . . , We « -i » rt : iinly nhull not enter into ; i duoussion ot tin' ohiusc-,. for var ious m » sons , nor U )) on its supposed action us regards stncU , \ mereuntile failures , but in that portion und aspect oj it t . » winch most objection has been mude-its severity towards . lebtors not in trude . or what the Tuxes might cull the impossible purl of t •«• bill" but which we , though doubtless in u minority , should liki < to see modified , vuther than ultogother given up . und with sumcient lupse ot tiuM- to allow of our - ' putting our houses in ;> ' ^ . before it came into operation . The Time * wishes t <» attud . to iini .-U t | e .- « . j . vntt'vl- -iMirt- ^ l ' -oue- . popHUitiiau ^ iMUJjL ^^ v ^ i ^ - ^^
, ui-cidentully tending even tw » vdH n pn / e ring hir U- » t """ J ' i-rwit orgaii not to In- in the ! h * lw » n , nw » "Hwt lo . lwid I In * . » i > . There are nonie cuses in which it is most desiruble U > see wlmt Hm nation /(•/// do . und where united action is i . eeessary ; surh . «»; .. mutters Of war und peture . wheii' disunited courses leud « > nmi S , m th , eyes o ! " fbroign pow , rs : but where . ^ . nml nu ul morality w in qucMtioi . there ought to l > e uo 1 ruckling to 1 u num .. uiHl nubit s There is no point in which t he upper t Wk «» i himlwl r . et have n ore need Jruise the cry of <¦ Suw us Irum ouwelves .
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July 28 1 B 60 . 1 Tht ' Saturday Analystand Leader . ' M&X
Naughtiness In High Places. Coininunieations Ting The Good
coininunieations ting the good NAUGHTINESS IN HIGH PLACES . * A-Z . . & ««^^'^ kA * Ak ^ - « ^ - ^«*««' v fl ^^^ v ** r ^* 4- V % j ~ l m w » r- \ r ^^ l ^^ V «¦« «^ w ^«^
The Bankruptcy Bill.
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 28, 1860, page 685, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2358/page/5/
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