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      Where Ignorance Is Strength, 'Tis Folly ...

      hence disasters did happeir , Jrat ^ Sb Harry is Ministers arfe failed upon to pay the default of sar ings ' -bank Offices , Jxer ^ a ^ pg furred Ji tw 5 * declared ; thiit savings' -banks had a Go-^ en ^ aitee ^;« - % r . TiddPrattis not I public officer r m Parha ^ e ^^^ inmee , whose advice people may ask j and Porter only said that in a book . .. ¦ _ . ' . 'V ¦ '" : Troops were to be sent to the Cape ; they overcrowde d in a steamer , slow and illfitted - but Minto , nayal lord of the Privy Seal , ?* £ ?& »* the Admiralty is n 6 t to blanie- « the

      master" wanted to go into Plymouth for a cheap Market , aiid " made an excuse ; " and ^ if ^ the i earner had gpiie pn , the ihen would have « shaken down" into their places . They were only soldiers * and why should they nothe packed like clothes in a carpet bag ? True , clean shirts and dress coats would get creased m so long _ a , j ourney , but soldiers are not a gentleniaii s wardrobe . , ¦ : ' ¦¦ _ : .... . > .. . . ! - . » . - ' . .-iTi . - -. - T Mr . Coppock employs local agents for electoral negotiations and said local agents have impres--i / Si « m tn tliR TM > ssible advent of future favours ,

      in the shape of Government appointments , " Coppock ! Coppock ! Who is heP" cr ies Mr , Bedtape Redboxi with unfeigned amazetaent . . " He is the man , you repto who got in ^ r , BelLfor St . Albans . " Well , I know hothmg ^ of Mr . Bell or St . Albans . " How can that be , Mr . B « dbox when Mr . Bell showed you his address , being introduced to you by Mr . Coppock ? . "Ah : ! I rfimember seeine those two human beings

      simultaneously , and I saw an address , but I did nothing in it—I offered no situations . " Ho , Mr . Edwards never obtaine _ d his , but Mr . Bernard had an appointment—the Mr . Bernard vrho helped Mr . Coppock " in re Dyce Sombre , a lunatic , " when that oriental came in for Sudbury . Mr . Be & tape Bedbox , however , knows nothing about Sudbury . There is one-half of every Btbry which your

      experienced official manages never to know—the bad half .- Mr , Bell is Member for , St . Albans , and contemplated an ^ Lddiress whilei' he' stlodd m presence of Mr . Bedb 6 i / fy [ r . Dyce Sombre has been in Chancery , and was in Parliament ; Mr . Bernard is a very meritorious public pfficer ; Mr . Copttodk , a ' s' Mr ? Bedft 6 x : tieliey ^ s' ; Hy ^ s in ' Cleveland Row , and is a Member of the Reform Club —what more should Mr . Redbox know ? If

      there is any wrong , there is of course redress ; Edwards is examined before committee , and , in spite of his emotion , his heart of hearts is torn out ; Waggett is hunted to France , St . Albans is to be disfranchised , as Sudbury has been , and Mr . Coppock is in the hands of Mr . Roebuck . What thenP If Mr . Coppock has been giving away public offices , " unbeknown , " how could Mr . RodboxhelpitP

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      Guev's One Error. ' To One Fault Does Lo...

      GUEV ' S ONE ERROR . ' To one fault does Lord Grey own , with a charming candour , since nobody else could have detected it . He has no errors to confess in Canada , none in Australia , none in the West Indies ; in the Cape Colony , but one . He wns—the recording angel will melt when he records the one little error , much like a virtue—he was' —too anxious to reduce the amount of the forces .

      Ciapcllctto confessed , dying , that he once —with a horror lie avowed it , his agony impressing on his ghostly confessor tho sanctity of the man—that once ho spoke disrespectfully to his mother ! It was a sin . Grey i » wore saint . Brought to his last account—the last published in the blue books—Grey can only confess a virtue . Ho has no sins on hand for the purpose ; but hia candour selects , perhaps , hia weakest virtue ; and his modesty hopes that , in default of a LctteiV * it will servo for a vice . Deai' Grey ! how tho colonies must lovo him !

      How To Be The Ismoct Ojf 7,500,000. . A ...

      HOW TO BE THE ISMOCT OJf 7 , 500 , 000 . . A mono a vast number of facts which are daily coming to light , to prove that the immense majority which Louis Bonaparte bestowed upon himself in tho election of December , was a barefaced imposture , ( made rcBpectablo , wo suppose , in tho eyca of our government by its , enormity 1 ) hero is ouo that defies all contradiction . In one of tho ten electoral sections of the town of Lille , called tho Section des Canonniers , Louis Bonaparte had 101 < t votes iiguinst him , and only 551 hi his favour . This result wna » o sooner known than it was welcomed with ahouta of

      ' . Vive laUepublique ! So far , so well . In the general recaipitttlatibnl of the" votes , the preceding numbers were exactly rejprodiiced—but after haying been transposed : that is to say , the ipajority , iu the , process of "Napoleonic calculation ; had becomeithei mmority , and t « V *> £ r #£ This fact was affirmed to ] M . Bianchi by the municipal officer himself , who drew up ; the report of the votes of the Section < de * Cdnonniers of Lille . And M . Bianchi ( a man universally respected ' and esteemed ) endorses it with the reJsrponsibilitir of his bwn name , and of his own honour .

      Nadaud—Tthe Mason Member Of Parliament. ...

      NADAUD—tTHE MASON MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT . Mi ^ ADATT D ^ ex-representative in the National Assembl y of France , is nowc working as a commpn mason in London . He was one of the men selected by his fellows to represent the ' . wants-and sufferings of the great working class . He was recommended to their suffrages , not by any peculiar opinions , but by his straightforward honesty and

      uprightness of character , and by a cultivation of mind not so rare to find as difficult for working men to accomplish . But he wasai "Socialist . " In other words , according to the generous anU enlightened interpretation of the great Party of ! Order , whose / vocabulary is so rich in calumny—a dangerous man , and "fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils . " "Let no such man be trusted . " For what is Socialism but— " flat burglary . "

      Yes ! M . Nadaud was a Socialist in another and very different , and the' true sense , — 'he desired to live by his labour , as he had desired that his fellows should be allowed to live by theirs . He desired , too , very possibly , the peaceable and progressive amelioration of the lot of the working classes . "Well ! compare this humble , honest man to the Prince-President , the delicice of our House of Lords and of Downing Street , and so long the champion of the now proscribed and banished French "Party of

      Order . 'l ^ Of Louis Bonaparte we need say nothing here . The very stones cry out his praises . But here is a little trait in the history of a "dangerous so ' diaKst . " J MT . Nadaud reared ; into Belgium in company with many of his ex-coileagues of all shades of opinion . He was offered a lucrative and responsible situation on a Railway , but declined the offer . "I promised my constituents , " said he , * ' to retiqrja to my old work as soon as my mandate should' have expired . I am now a working mason 1 "

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      Tliere Is No Learned Man But Will Confes...

      Tliere is no learned man but will confess ho hath much nrofltedbv rending controversies hia aenaoa awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Mw-ton .

      Scheme Of Settlement Of The Newspaper-St...

      SCHEME OF SETTLEMENT OF THE NEWSPAPER-STAMP QUESTION . ( To the Editor of the leader . ) Sir ,- —I tako tho liberty of forwarding a scheme for Bottling tho nowspaper-stamp question , which has occurred to mo affcox' reading tho evidence given before tho committee last ? session . I am , Sir , yoxir obedient servant , J : — . a . H . a . I . Tho advertisement duty to bo ropoiiled . IIr Securities ngaiust libel , & c , to bo dispensed with . III . All mutter published in a newspapor to bo copyright for tho following periods , reckoning ft'oin tho time of commencing tho publication—nnmoly : For nix hours , in tho place where iirat published , and in nil placos within fifty milew thereof . For nine hours , in all placee raoro than fifty

      and . not more than one hundred miles distant from the place of first publication . For twelve hours , in all places more than one hundred miles distant from the place of first publication . After the expiry of these periods , all , matter published in a newspaper to Tbe public property . iv . ' A newspaper to be defined as " any publication issued-inparts or numbers ' . at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days , and containing news or intelligence of public events , or any comments thereon . " No class exceptions of any sort to be recognised , V . Every newspaper to be registered before the first number is issued , and each copy to be stamped according to the following scale— -viz .: i ^ g-a / " 400 square inches , one farthing 6 J 1 . 6-1 § 800 ditto , one halfpenny 0 * TSCSS 1200 , ditto , three farthings -,... Of | 5 = * J 1600 ditto , one penny 1 g « gggT 2000 ditto , one penny farthing ; .. 1 J id » ,, 2400 ditto , one penny halfpenny ............ 1 \ £ § £ g 2800 ditto , one penny three farthings If ¦ ft ¦ S'tf 3200 ditto , twopence 2 VI . In consideration of the stamp duty , newspapers to be allowed to pass free by post , and not to be excluded from the locai post , as at present . VII . Any publication , not leing a newspaper , but registering as such for the sake of obtaining a free passage through the post , to be obliged to conform to the laws affecting newspapers , and to stamp every copy , or that privilege to be denied them . NOTES . Clause 3—Settles the piracy question . Clause 4—Removes every difficulty as to what is and what is not a newspaper . It must be a periodical published at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days . It must contain neios , and no class exceptions are recognised . Therefore a single publication of a piece of news is not liable to a stamp ; but a class publication , such as The Athenceum , Lato Times , Builder , & c , is . Clause 5—Fixes an equitable scale of stamp duties , when it is remembered that these stamps give a free passage through the post . The present stamp is one penny for 1530 square inches , and there is- no smaller stamp ; consequently a paper one-fourth the size of the Times ( exclusive of supplement ) would by the present scale pay as much duty , consequently such a paper is never published . The scale now suggested , however , approaches as nearly as possible an ad valorem duty , and also pays the post-office in proportion to the work done . The penny paper , with 400 square inches of printing , will weigh in proportion considerably less ( being a thinner paper ) than the fivepenny paper , with its 1600 square inches of printing . The fivepenny paper , which pays the post-office a penny , will weigh about 2 | ounces , while the penny paper , which pays a farthing to the post-office , will weigh only half-an-ouncc , or less than one-fifth . The scale of stamps now suggested , if combined with the privilege of sending the papers free through the xooai . post , will foster the establishment of penny and twopenny papers . Under this scale , evening papers , containing as much matter ( or more even ) as two pages of the Times , would bo published for a penny ; and for three-halfpence , papers would be published as large as the present evening papers . Clause 6—Grants free passago through the loca posts , a privilege which tho present regulations do not permit . It would have a very great effect in cheapening papers , as it would reduce the newsvenders * charges ( for delivery ) . Clause 7—Prevents undue advantage Iwuig taken of fcho postage facilities . Newspapers have to stamp AM . their copies to obtain this privilege , and it would be unfair to grant it to other publications , unless they , too , stamp every copy .

      Mr. Toplin's Remarks Have Been Met In Ot...

      Mr . Toplin ' s remarks have been met in other parts of A notice of tho theory of Stephen Pearl Andrews will shortly appear . . Mr . Henry Edger , of Wilhamsburg , received . Han slope , Buckinghamshire , send 8 j ., for the Kossuth-Shaksporc fund .

      Shkm'ky On Blue Stockings.—I Arn Sorry T...

      ShkM'KY on Blue Stockings . —I arn sorry that so much , lias been said about the blues ; it is a pity that snoh a liue-and-cry has been raised against them all , good , bad , and indifferent . John Bull would have settled it best by just letting them alono , leaving the disagreeable ones to die off in single blessedness . But tho ceruleanli / blue , —tho true celestial , she who really has heaven iu her eye ; follow her to the world's end . Love her !—Adore her ! - ^ -You must and will . Win her and wear , if you can . She is tho moat delightful of God's creatures , —Heaven ' s best gift ; man ' s joy and pride in prosperity ;~ -man ' a support aud comforter in affliction .- —Shelley's Letters .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021852/page/15/