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      A Toby View Of The Period. An Authoritat...

      years , ambitious , quite unprinci p led , and very vain . There is nothing he will not do to retain the position which Court intrigue , and not parliamentary following , gave him / He will make war with or for Russia ; oppose Parliamentary Reform , or propose Universal Suffrage ; become a brother of the Oratory , or seek refuge in that Free Kirk 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 Sixtus . Such a man will not have any twinges about the fato of the English Constitution , and , we doubt not , is quite prepared to close his career as one of those conrtier Ministers with which his country has so prodigally furnished us , and add another to the resplendent list of the Carrs , the Hays , and the Butes .

      Nothing , however , will persuade us that English gentlemen , a Sir James Graham , or a Jlr . Sidney Herbert , statesmen educated in tho 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 tli e House of Commons , like the Ministry , has 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 lias given another blow to the

      scheme of 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 Wings headed by Lord Seymour , discontented Radicals pushing on Lord Dudley Stuart , the Manchester school inflamed by the indignant logic of Mr . Bright , Sir ¦ William Heathcote crossing himself at the head of the Tractarians , arid 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 party ; not anxious for po-vrer , yet not afraid to assume it , and resolved never to

      retain it unworthily—a numerous and compact party pre pared to uphold -with all their energies the English Consti tution . "

      August 1% 1854. J T H E L E A D E R. 753

      August 1 % 1854 . J T H E L E A D E R . 753

      An M.P.'S View Of Parties In The House O...

      AN M . P . 'S VIEW OF PARTIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . Mr . Ltjcas , 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 tho way of that which many honest people desire—I mean the junction of the independent Liberal elements of the House of Commons for the purpose of checking and propelling a Liberal Ministry . Upon the dissensions of the Conservative Opposition I have 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 are sheep

      without a shepherd . Amongst the independent members tho differences arc not less obvious , and presuming upon these differences and the impossibility of overcoming them , tho Government play with Liberal interests as they please . Of course in this enumeration I leave out of account tho nposUite Irish members . They are the merest slaves of tho Government , and cannot bo counted on either now or hereafter for any independent course . But leaving them out of account , tho misfortune is that the Liberal members who really mean to bo independent are disunited among themselves . Religious questions form one eloment of this disunion—and by religious questions I mean tho hatred which Homo members and more constituents bear to tho Catholic religion . Leaving , however , religious questions out of account , look at the experience of tho past "week . Wo have

      just seen a movement amongst certain independent members in a sense more or less hostile to the Government ; but « a far ns opinion went tho inombors who were most hoslilo to Mint movement nro also independent Liberal members , who shoiild bo at the head of the independent Liberal party . Sotting aside the rivalry of more personal ambition , if there w « ro two men pitted against eaich other on Monday-night , it wjis air . Cobden und Mr . Lnynrd—Mr . Oubdon all for peace , Mr . Lnyiml all for war . Tho men who have the most capacity to lond an independent party in tho House nro tho heads of wlmt is culled tho Manchester party . But , after nil , the vriir ia tho groat question in every inun ' a mind , and upon war the Manchester lenders nro at variance with tho bulk o ( those who . on matters of homo policy , would bo prepared tc UOt with thom . I do not SCO that them need b « nnv v . » rv

      grout difficulty tn uniting tho independent Liberals from ICnfihmd with tlio independent Liberals from Ireland , upon grounds tlmt hhould bo satisfactory to both , und beneficial to both countries . If thoro nro dHHcultieH in tho way theso ttooin to mo to be not insuperable , and tho p ; u-t of mi honoat nud rcuHonftblo politician is to endeavour to overcome t . ricm . l hoc that tho JLeacler has lately been working in this direction , lUKl I ftm WUr )> j X W j Nl , ( jy ,,, ^ HHCC 0 SS t () | , J Ofl- () rta . J a . ni utruld tho Henaion is too fivr gone for anything very decis ive to bo done flt present ; but I hope that l . oforofVnrlhimcnt mxt nBHomblcs —« v « n if « complete nocord and agreement upon nil objcotB cannot bo hopecf for-yet , tlmt at least » om <> 1 C 1 T ' ( lo "oloctod « pou which , ' by ' common ellbrta of Lm £ « i * T " ' Ti P » rf | ' > o « " 4 «» advanced mid piomcted ir B « mothin of this kind ia'not done , crc . vt , wportuniuoa will bo thrown ttWfty . I ounUtllr hopKo

      The Windsor Barracks Affair. The Court-M...

      THE WINDSOR BARRACKS AFFAIR . The court-martial on Lieutenant Perry is still in progress—the progress being like that of a " navvy " in a sewer—the heaping of filth and mud on either side . ISo 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 a position in which lie will lose all the sympathy the public have extended to hirn . This is the damaging letter : — " Lieutenant Shervinton to 3 Ia . jor , Fvffe . " Weedon , May 31 . " Sir , —In obedience to your orders , 3 beg to state below some of the complaints against Lieutenant Perry 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 drills , which were written by your directions , went through the motions of wiping his posteriors with it , and returned it to me . " He lias 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 had to bring before you for absence from morning .-drill ; also for sulkiness and inattention on several occasions ; together with improper conduct 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 teen settled by reference to me , they , after a considerable lapse of time , fell into the ranks in a most discontented and uuoificef-like manner , which Ql understand ) caused , considerable merriment to the men . " The position drill Qwhich they cobsidei derogatory to their rapk and position in the service ) consisted of the extension motions and the usual portions of the sword « xercsie . —I have the honour to be , sir , your obedient servant , " C . K . Sherviston , Lieutenant , 46 th Regiment , " Acting Adjutant Detachment . " The Officer Commanding 46 th Regiment , Weedon . " The defence commences on Monday .

      Meanwhile the result of the first court-martial 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 ?

      The Court . Her Majesty Is To-Day To Pro...

      THE COURT . Her Majesty 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 Oaborne 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 .

      Miscellaneous. A-Musemkntb Of San F« An ...

      MISCELLANEOUS . A-Musemkntb of San F « an Cisco . —An extraordinary pedestrian feat was performed in San Francisco tho other day . An Englishman of the name of Hughes walked 80 consecutive hours , without resting one moment , on a plunk 15 feet long by 8 feet vide , in u saloon . lie completed the tusk on Sunday evening at 10 o ' clock , and was dreadfully knocked up , but is now recovered . " It was quito a disgusting sight to look at him towards tho end of tho task , swollen and stupifled as lie was . " A London Attoiinby in Sydnkv . —The Empire ( Sydney ) tells this story : Another trial him excited n great di-al of attention . A Mr . James Husband , who was formerly an Attorney , at Vcru j nm Buildings , Gray ' s Inn , wonglit admission to practice in the Colonial Courts . He was opposed by a . young man who had followed him hero from London , on u charge of lmvingobtained a largo sum of nionoy from him on fiwso pretences . Mr . Gilohrist , tho opponent of Mr . Husband , hud preferred this charge at tho Clorkonwell Police Court , in London , where n sort of compromise was entered into and tho defendant ( Husband ) escaped under u feigned name to this colony . Ho was getting into it very rcupoctablo practice when lii » London creditor iirrivcri , and demanded the amount of hi » claim , about 600 / . Air . Husband disputed the pry meat , and brought an notion nyuiiiist tlio purauer in the eoloimil eouita for Urn wrongful imprisonment ho had suflbivd in London . The Jury returned i \ verdict for tlio plaintiff , damages ono fiirthmg . After tliia , Mr . Husband nought to havo bin coinlitionnl admission to practice for ono year iimile poruinnent . After much

      disous-Bion tho judges rofnsoid Inn application , and ho im » boon struck oflf tho rolltt of tho c-ourt , with liborly , howuver , to runew hiii application o : i rebutting tlio evidence produced agiiiuttt him . Tin ; » : uho in peculiar Irani thu fact , ot mi action having buon brought lioro for in juries alleged to liuvu been tmgtiiinod in tiugliuul , mid it ailbidit a curious instance of tho iuiimuto connexion that now oxi « t « between two countrimHO widely m'jianiti'd . A ( loViciiNoit ' a y *> M—Oi > iokii MoitAi . K in Australia . Tlio Sydney A ' j / jwjVfl Kftys : Ouptiiln Fit 7 . Hoy , tlio Aido-do-Oamp and son of tlio Uuvornor UciiotiiI , n , abort time ago laid a criminal infornuilion for hIimhIot ugaiiiHt tlm }> ri )|> i'itiU > iN of tt weekly paper , culled tho I ' coplv ' s Advocate , and well

      known for its antipathy to the Government , and for the severity of its strictures on the vice-regal household . It charged the Captain , with cheating at cards , but the charge was not sustained to the satisfaction of the jury that tried the case , and fh « defendants Messrs . Hawksley and Williamson were foand guilty , and sentenced to six weeks ' imprisonment each , and also to pay a fine of 25 / . each to the Crown . The amount of these fines has been raised by public subscription , for the prosecutor is not favourably known to the Sydney public , and had very recently given great cause for scandal .

      The Campbell Monument . —In the House of Lords , on Thursday , Lord Campbell asked Lord Aberdeen how it was that the Deun 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 , mustbe-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 sxibseribers , of whom he was one . Metropolitan and Provincial Joist - Stock Breweky Company- . —The annual meeting of this company was held on " Wednesday at the office , 8 ,

      Moorgate-street , City , J . F . Boutains , Esq ., in the chair . By the repart of the directors it appears , that notwithstanding the high prices of malt and hops during the last year , the affairs 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 he 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 , wlich was -well attended , separated after transacting the ordinary business ^ -with a vote of thanks to the directors and chairrnan . —From a Correspondent .

      Ihe Working Wans Emigbation-- — 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 he cjiarges with obtaining money under false pretences , pretending to guarantee passages to . Australia , and never keeping their engagements , but keeping the money deposited . The magistrates granted summonses against the manager of the society . On Thursday this manager , Mr . Soper , presented himself to the magistrate , tlie 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 . S-ir John Shelley , HP ., 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 MouNTGARitET Estates Case . —The plaintiff in this " Ten Thousand a Year" case has won : Lord Mountgarret is pronounced , by a jury illegitimate . But the case will not rest there : we shall soon hear of it again in the superior courts . The New Governok of Vak 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 ; that appointment having been reconsidered , he is to succeed Sir William Denison in the more lucrative government of Van Diemen ' s Land . —Daily News .

      lixa'KA-MURAL Ccmetep . v . — The great parish of Marylebone has this weelc laid the foundation stone of the chapel of their new cemetery . The site chosen is situate near the village of Finchley , between the Five Bells and the Green Man , Jind is within n short distance of the St . 1 'ancras and Islington ground . JMii . Cakdkn is" kindly treated" in gaol . He is not clothed in prison costume ; and he is not sentenced to prison diethaving dinner panics of his own viands . . " Gentlemen" greatly respected in nil cases ; and JNIr . Cardon is made as happy as possible . Aifi'Ains at Lisdon . — " An attempt has been made to get up u little excitement and a call for the National Guard at Lisbon , in imitation of Madrid , but people generally seemed to think they enjoyed liberty enongli under a Government whose tolerance has long been u perfect contrast to the despotism at Madrid . "

      Ooi'FKE-iiousics . —Tho coflee-houses of England tako precedence of those of Fiance , though tho latter have more enduringly flourished . In 1052 , a Greek , in tho service of an Unghbh Turkey merchant , opened a house in . London . " I havo discovered his hand-bill , " says Mr . Disraeli , "in which lio sets forth the virtue of tho coffee- drink , iirst publiiuiorv mudo and sold in England , by Pasqun lioseo , of St . Michael ' s Alley ; Cornhill , at the ( sign of his own head . " Mr . Toter Cunnnifflmm fitca a ms . of Oldys in his possession , in which some fuller details of much interest are given . Oldys says , "Tho first use of cofi ' eo in England was known in 16 i > 7 , when Mr . Daniel Edwards , iv Turkey merchant , brought from Smyrna to London , ono Pasqun Kosco , a Ungusan youth , who prepared this drink for him evory morning . But the- novelty thorcof drawing too much comjmny lo him , he allowed lii . t siiiJ servant with another ofhiB son-ixi-law ' a , to fioll it publicly ; and they set up tho lime

      cofloo-liouse in London , in bt . Michaelh Alky , Cornlnli . But they BC'parating , Partiiua kept in the houao ; and ho who had . boon his partuur obtained loavo to pitch a tout , and soli tho liquor , in St . ; Blichnor » Church-yard . " Autroy , in his Anocclutort , statestlmt tho lirat vendor of colll-o in London wan o-iH ) lJowman , oouchinun to a Turkey merchant , named Uodg < ' » , who was the fittlu'r-iii-Iaw of Kdward . i , and tho piirinor of Piisqim , who got into dirticukifs * , piutly by li ) a nollnlnga freoimin , aiul who Wt the country . Bowman wan not oi . ly nationisoJ , but u innyniHeeiit contiibutlon ot ono tliouaand bixpuncen was mwonted to luin , whorowiin ho made great iiiiiirovemcnlfl in his uohVo-Iiouhp , Kowuiau took tin nimrentiw , ( Payiitt-r , ) who huoii loarnt tho inyMtory , and in four yearn »« t u |> ''»• l > im * vlt \ Tlio ooflw-houBon Boon beenmo numerous ; tlio princiiml were l-arrou tlio Kambow , at the 1 nner-Toninlo ti « to , ami Jolln ' M , in 1 'uller ' a KcntH . " tiir Henry IJIoiml , " nnys Aubmy , " waa a Ri-uat upholdor of ( iiiri-o , and a i-oimtant frwnwnter ol coiloo-hoUBca . "Tuble Traits .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 12, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12081854/page/9/