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      Exeter Hall And Cheslyn Hall. If We Atte...

      Why is our City embellished with gigantre , insolvent palatial warehouses and banks , but because traders on the one hand , and depositors- on the other , always did and always will judge by appearances ? Let the private banker adopt cabs , and a shabby coat—let the joint-stock bank resign its Corinthian portico , designed by the first architect in his profession , and its Babylonian staircase , built by the first contractors in England , and show the result at the end of a year in diminished capital and withered profits . and Cheslyn

      The case of the brothers Henry Haix , which is still in t he Bankruptcy Court awaiting the decision of Mr . Commissioner Fane , is a notable example of this doctrine of appearances . Whatever these men may have been in their professional capacity as solicitors and money scriveners , one thing is certain , that they would never have attracted the capital , and commanded the confidence of the persons whom they have so grossly defrauded , if they had confined their operations to the dingy precincts of a lawyer ' s office . It was as the frank , open country gentlemen , the hard riders , the straightforward fox-hunters that they won the ear of at least the most influential of their unfortunate

      clients . Without this real , or assumed character , it is more than probable that these men would never have had an opportunity of operat ing upon Sir Charles Rtjshottt . In the melancholy instance of Mrs . Dalgleisk , whose 2000 / . consols were quickly transformed under the hands of the unscrupulous brothers to a stable at Neasdon of the more than doubtful estimated value of 150 / ., this ill-used lady admitted herself that she would not have trusted them to the extent that she did , but for her knowledge of the fact that they kept a carriage . Here we observe again the influence of appearances , and the well-calculated , operation of the all-powerful ' carriage / Any poor , plodding , honest professional diffi

      man , who defrauds nobody , and yet with - culty is enabled to pay his way , may languish longenough for the patronage of rich and powerful clients , because he cannot back his talent and principle with the external gewgaw of a carriage . Far be it from us to say anything that may seem to prejudice the very proper sympathy felt , and the subscription started for this unfortunate Mrs . Dalgleish , but we trust that the severe lesson which she has just learned will shake her belief to tlie hist day of her life in . the necessary connexion between carriages' and true respectability . With regard to the town life of these interesting brothers , it seems , from all accounts , to have been what is called ' gay . ' Their ambition did not rum in the * same channel as that of Sir John Dean Paul .

      While he was adorning a chair at a religious meeting , these kindred spirits—kindred in the manner in which they accumulated funds—were dressing for the Wine Rooms , the Casino , or the more brilliant Bal Masque . Wherever the shrill and hollowlaugh of the half-dozen ' more unfortunate' wa 3 heard , mingled witli the furious popping of champagne corks , and the measured provocations of the Varsoyienne , there were the liberal scriveners , the pride and envy of every humble Barnwell in the place . Unsteady apprentices looked on with a longing eye , and signed when they thought how muclt better in the race of dissipation it was to be a master tl » an a servant . When Sir John was

      hastening in his carriage to the familiar chapel that had grown up under his fostering hand , the wild , young , generous , sly scriveners were inside one of those snug , improper Traoiata broughams that roll from St . John ' s Wood , in the cool of a summer's evening , towards the Trafalgar at Greenwich , or the Star and Garter at Richmond . Mrs . Dalgleish's little fortune wa 9 sacrificed , because the apartments at Brompton , and the detached cottage somewhere about Regent ' s Park , with their fair , but exueting occupants , hnd to bo paid for , and the ' aociul evil' patronized with no niggardly hand . Sir John is herded with thieves and vagabonds becauso it was iv necessity of his trading position that ho should keep up appearances , and the nourishment of his existence that he should live iu an

      atmosphere of deportment and reapoctabihty , surrounded by the substantial realities of this world , while professedly thinking of the next . His lot fell iur-liaFd- ^ tiinc » jrwben-Ticej ~ ftltliough--i ' ampant , ^ wa 8 hidden , and exposures were young . His Judgea thought that they had made an example of him that ; would deter others from following in hia footsteps , aa doctors sometimes hastily out oil' a diseased limb to suvq a body , when tho body is worse than tho limb , onl y tho latter is weak enough to bo tho first to show . it . Tho brothers Haxi ,, for tho paltry satisfaction of standing well in the county , and tlic more

      paltry ambition of outvying a few weak , idle clerks and shopmen in the markets of uneasy virtue , are now awaiting a tardy judgment at the hands of a Bankruptcy Commissioner , which , if there is any even-handed justice in the land , will be at least as severe as that which has fallen upon the fraudulent bankers whose ill fate it was to go before them .

      Lord Max.Mesbury An Extraditionist. Lord...

      LORD MAX . MESBURY AN EXTRADITIONIST . Lord Palmerston has been driven out of office on a question of national honour . Lord Derby has been lifted into office upon that same question . But his appointment of Lord Malmesbury to the Foreign Office is peculiar , as an illustration of the principle upon which ' national honour' is to be vindicated . We have no desire to prejudge the diplomacy of this nobleman , or to condemn him for the sake of a foregone conclusion ; but the facts of his biography must be remembered . In 1852 he was made Foreign Secretary by Lord Derby , and the Patrie rejoiced that the most intimate

      friend of Louis Napoleon at Ham had been chosen to represent the foreign policy of Great Britain . In that year , moreover , he introduced a Surrender of Criminals Bill , which , after much op-position , was withdrawn . His language upon that occasion was reported as ' courteous and supplicatory ; ' but Lord Aberdeen condemned the measure as one ' which required nothing but the French Letter of Accusation to warrant the apprehension of the alleged criminal ; ' Lord Brougham urged 'how very little security there would be under this bill for the safety of political offenders ; ' Lord Campbell declared that 'if this bill passed , the result would be that we should be bound to deliver up to the French

      Government any Frenchman in our dominions whose presence was wanted in France by that Government for any purpose whatever . ' The Earl of Malmesbury replied , in defence of his bill , ' with artful simplicity / and the measure was read a second time ; but the Cabinet was ultimately forced to abandon it , although a Convention embodying its provisions was actually signed at London on the 28 th of May , 1852 , by Lord Malmesbury and Count Walewski on behalf of their respective Governments . Without wishing prematurely to discredit the new Foreign Minister or his colleagues , we must be allowed to doubt whether the ' national honour' question has been settled by the transfer of the seals of the Foreign Office from Lord Clarendon to nton cher Malmesbury .

      The Havelock Memorial. The Havei/Ock Mem...

      THE HAVELOCK MEMORIAL . The HaveI / OCK Memorial Committee have appealed to that which is , we think , one of the sentiments most deeply rooted in the British character—the admiration of pure patriotic devotion . Having obtained from the late-Government a site in Trafalgarsquare , they propose to erect their monument near to that of Sir Chart . es James Navier ., tho conqueror of Scinde . IIavelock ' s name is one which the world will not willingl y let die , and this is the moment for testifying to his public services and personal worth . His countrymen will honour themselves in honouring the memory of this good and gallant soldier , who saved tho garrison of Lucknow , and perished before the proud acclamations of the British people reached him on the battle-field .

      Mr. Cobden. We Have Heard With Deep And ...

      MR . COBDEN . We have heard with deep and sincere regret that there is no probability of Mr . Cobdem ' s accepting a scat in Parliament for a long time to come . Domestic afflictions , one upon another , conspire to prevent him from taking any active part in public business . Iu tho existing state of the Liberal party in tho House , so contused and incoherent in its principles and its personal fallowings , the presonco and authority of Mr . Bhight ' s traditional compeer would be folt as an earnest of a policy , and a pledge of independence und advance ,

      ample of the Emperor of the French and Imperial Guard " ) have contributed 15 , 1872 . 8 s . 2 d . The actual contributions from all sources up to this date have been 342 , 9292 . 18 s . 4 d . The cities of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dublin , Cork , Manchester , and Liverpool have acted separately in the realization of foods ; Edinburgh hai contributed its earliest collections , while the other Scotch cities , with the exception of Glasgow , have transmitted their contributions . Manchester "and Liverpool still retain the control of their contributions ; but the Irish cities have consented to co-operate with the committee , and have remitted the amounts of their several funds . In addition to pecuniary contributions , generous offers have been made to maintain and educate gratuitously orphan children , male and female , of which the committee has already partially availed itself . Offers have been

      received to maintain without cost fifteen boys and five girls ; and numerous applications have been made to receive children of both sexes on moderate terms , of which advantage will be taken as opportunities occur . " Metropolitan Improvements . —A report waa presented to a Court of Common Council , held on Tuesday , from the Improvement Committee , with respect to the bill for the abandonment of the Metropolitan Railway , and for the dissolution of the company . The report recommends that a petition be presented by the court against the bill . The court adopted the report , and agreed to a petition . It also unanimously adopted a report from the Improvement Committee , recommending that a petition should be agreed to in opposition to the Omnibus Tramway Bill , on the ground that it would be unjust and impolitic to allow any company to appropriate any part of the public streets for their own

      advantage- , » - ¦ _* Hampotead Heath . —Mr . Daw , the chief clerk of the City Commission of Sewers , read a report , at a meeting on Tuesday , from the General Purposes Committee , to whom it had been referred to consider the Hampstead Heath Park Bill now before Parliament . The report stated that the committee were of opinion that the bill is objectionable in many of its provisions , especially as it would entail on the inhabitants of the City , in common with those of other parts of the metropoEs , a considerable charge . The report ( which was received ) recommended the court to petition the House © f Commons against the bill . of

      Law Amendment Society . —A general meeting this society was held on Monday evening—Lord Brougham in the chair . The Secretary read the report of the committee on the Law of Legitimacy , which stated that the law at present is so deficient as to prevent any person from establishing before a court of justice his status of legitimacy , unless some question of property be concerned . The report suggested that the law of England in this respect should be assimilated to that of Scotland . The document having been adopted , a paper was read by Mr . Harris on the appointment off auditors to trust estates , and ordered to be printed . The NeW Houses of . Pakliamknt . — A

      Parliamentary paper has just been issued , containing some correspondence between Sir Charles Barry and the Board of Works relative to the expenditure by the former , aa architect , on the New Palace at Westminster . Sir Charles has been directed to give no further orders for any work in the palace the cost of which cannot be defrayed out of the balance of the vote for the current year . The architect appears to have exceeded , to a considerable amount , his estimates for sundry expenses iu connexion with the Houses of Parliament , and to have entered into special contracts for works without the sanction or knowledge of Sir Benjamin Hall , and contrary to his express desire . Eakly Sowing in Scotjuu »» . —The season still continues so fine in the north of Scotland , that the sowing of the more early cereals has commenced on Deeside . There has been only one snowstorm in Scotland this winterand that lasted but a few days .

      , This Cmckoyman v . the Physician , —Mr . Farnell , Assistant Inspector of the Poor-law Board , attended a special meeting of the Greenwich Board of Guardian ^ lost Saturday , in order to investigate a complaint made by tho Rev . John Poltimore Courtenay , curate of St . John ' s Deptford , to the effect that , whilst engaged in professionally visiting the nick poor , he had been grossly insulted l » y Dr . J . Arthur , medical officer for Deptford district ,, who had threatened to exp « l him from Uie rooms of vurious pauper patients . The doctor , it appears , asserts that the gloomy appearance and ' sepulchral notes' of the clergymen—more especially of PuMyite clergymen—induce tho putieuta to think themselves booked for the next worldr und ho exorcise a prejudicial effect on their health . The whole case will be roleried to the Poor Law Board ,

      The Gamb Laws ani > Pook Rbl * e * v— It appears that , iu tlie year 1856 , 285 vrennon and 780 children were thrown upoti the poor-rates In England and Wales , at a otal coat of 7 Q 5 i . for their support in- and out of doors , iirconae 7 } ueTicin } fT ; i ^^ ally maintained being immured In gaola for offence * against ihe game laws . Tliia appears from a return moved lor by Mr . Golvlle , M . F . Disthbh . 1 in SriTAkNKLDflv— Mr . II . «• W'Uiamff ^ Hon . Sec . to tho Kin # ISdward Ragged School of Industry , Albert-street , Spltallields , has written to tUe Timo $ to call attention to tho distressed condition of the poor in tUat neighbourhood .

      By Tho Gunorul Committee Of The Indian R...

      by tho Gunorul Committee of the Indian Relief Fund , in which we road : — " The United Kingdom has already contributed 1322 , 082 / . 11 s . 7 d . The English colonies have not all had sudloiont time to respond to tho appeal ; but a sum of 2005 / . 10 s . lid . h « s been received from thorn . In tho North Amorican colonies , Hats have been opened and liberally sustained , whilo wo are informed tlntt from nil or moat of them legislative grants may be expected . Foreign States ( following tho generous ex-

      By Tho Gunorul Committee Of The Indian R...

      No . 4 , 14 E bbkpa by 27 , 1858 . 1 T H B I . E A P B B . 207

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27021858/page/15/