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Leader (1850-1860), 21st February 1852, Edition Town of 2, Page 179, Untitled Article

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      Kence disasters did happen , . but _ Sir Harry is A tiounced by Ms injured chief , and dismissed . Ministers are called upon to pay the default of savings ' -bank offices , Jiev _ having incurred a Saf liability ; for Tidd Pratt advised , and Tc £ vfpr declared , that savings ' -banks had a Governm ent guarantee ; but "fer-Wd Pratt is not public officer ;" : only a Parliamentary nominee , whose advice people may ask ; and Porter only said that in a book . ^ . Troops were to be sent to the Cape ; they are overcrowded in a steamer , slow and illfitted but Mintpnaval lord of the Privy Seal ,

      ; , « avs that the Admiralty is not to blame ; " the master" wanted to go into Plymouth for a cheap market , and " made an excuse ; " and if the steamer had gone on , the men would have " shaken down" into their places . They were only soldiers , and why should they not be packed like clothes in a carpet bag P True , clean shirts and d ress coats w ould get creased in so long a journey , but soldiers are not a gentleman's ward-Mr . Coppock employs local agents for electoral local

      negotiations ; and said agents nave impressions as to the possible advent of fixture favours , in the shape of Government appointments . " Coppock ! Coppock ! Who is he P" cries Mr . Redtape Redbox , with unfeigned amazement . He is the man , you reply , who got in Mr . Bell for St . Albans . " ' Well , I know nothing of _ Mr . Bell or St . Albans . " How can that be , Mr . Jiedbox , when Mr . Bell showed you his address , being introduced to you by Mr . Coppock ? " Ah ! I remember seeiner those two human beings

      simultaneously , and I saw an address , but I did nothing in iir—I offered no situations . " No , Mr . Edwards never obtained his , but Mr , Bernard had an appointment—the -Mr . Bernard who helped Mr . Coppock " in re Dyce Sombre , sir lunatic , " when that oriental came in for Sudbury . Mr . Redtape Redbox , however , knows nothing about Sudbury . There is one-half of every story which your

      experienced official manages never to know—the bad half . Mr . Bell is Member for St . Albans , and contemplated an address while he stood in presence of Mr . Redbox ; Mr . Dyce Sombre has been in Chancery , and was in Parliament ; Mr . Bernard is a very meritorious public officer ; . Mr . Coppock , aa Mr . " KedBox "believes , lives in Cleveland Row , and is a Member of the Reform Club —what more should Mr . Redbox knowP 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 then P If Mr . Coppock has been giving away public offices , " unbeknown , " how could Mr . Redbox help it P

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      HOW TO BE THE ELECT OJf 7 , 500 , 000 . Among a vast number of facts which arc daily coming to I ' Bhfci to prove that tho immense majority which Louis Bonaparte bestowed upon himself in tho election of December , was a barefaced imposture , ( made respectable , we "impose , in tho eyes of our government by its enormity !) hero is ono that defies all contradiction . In one of tho tm electoral sections of tho town of Lillo , called tho Section des Canonniers , Louis Bonaparte had 1014 votes ugainBt him , and only 551 in his favour . This result was no sooner known than it was welcomed with shouts of

      Vive la Hepubligue ! So far , so well . In the general recapitulation of the votes , the preceding numbers were exactly reproduced—hut after having been transposed : that is to say , the majority , in' the process of Napoleonic calculation , had become the minority , and vice versd . This fact was affirmed to M . Biauchi by the municipal officer himself , who drew up the report of the votes of the Section des Canonniers of Lille . And M . Bianchi ( a man universally respected and esteemed ) endorses it with the responsibility of his own name , and of his own honour .

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      NADAUD—THE MASON MEMBER OP PARLIAMENT . M > Nadaud , ex-representative in the National Assembly of France , is now working as a common 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 was a " Socialist . " In other words , according to the generous and 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 . Ue 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 . " 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 socialist . " M . Nadaud retired into Belgium in company with many of iis ex-colleagues 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 return to my old work as soon as my mandate should have expired . I am now a working mason I "

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      I . Tho advertisement duty to bo roppalod . IF . Securities ngiiinst libel , &c ., to bo dispensed with . III . All matter published in a newspaper to bo copyright for the following periods , reckoning from tho timo of commencing tho publication—nninoly : For six hours , in tho place where first publiahed , and in till places within fifty miles thereof . For nino hours , in all places moro 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 be public property . IV . A , newspaper to be defined as " any publication issued imparts 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 .: d . Z <* t 2 [ 400 square inches , one farthing Q \ g . i-aS 800 ditto , one halfpenny O J ¦ g |» M 1200 ditto , three farthings 0 $ s ^ o * Jl 600 ditto , onepenny 1 S ' S § 1 2000 ditto , one penny farthing 1 $ ©< d O -S 2400 ditto , one penny halfpenny 14 £ § 8 g 2800 ditto , one penny three farthings 1 J t ^ " 2 t 3 y 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 xocai . post , as at present . VII . Any publication , not being 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 news , 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 , Law 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 f ounces , while the penny paper , which pays a farthing to the post-office , will weigh only half-an-ounce , or less than one-fifth . The scale of stamps now suggested , if combined with the privilege of sending the papers free through the local 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 tho Times , would bo published for a penny ; and for three-halfpence , papers would be published as large as the present ovening papers . Clause 6—Grants free passage through the loca posts , a privilege which the present regulations do not permit . It would have a very great effect in cheapening papers , as it would reduce the neivsvenders' charges ( for delivery ) . Clause 7—Prevents undue advantage being taken of tho postage facilities . Newspapers have to stamp ALL their copies to obtain this privilege , and it would bo unfair to grant it to other publications , unless they , too , stamp every oopy .

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      Feb . , 1852 . ] THE LEAD EB . 179

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      GltEy ' s ONE E 11 R 0 R . To one fault docs 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 tho West Indies ; in tho Cape Colony , but one . He was—tho recording angel will melt when he records the one little error , much like a virtue—ho was—too anxious to reduce the amount of the forces .

      Cinpcllctto confessed , dying , that ho once — with a horror he avowed it , his agony impressing on his ghostly confessor the sanctity of tho man—that once he spoke disrespectfull y to his mother 1 It was a sin . Grey is more saint . Brought to his last account—tho last published in the blue books—Grey can only confess a virtue . He hna no sins on hand for tho purpose ; but his candour selects , perhaps , his weakest virtue ; and his modesty hopes thnt , in default of a better , it will serve for a vice . Dear Grey 1 how tho colonies must lovo him I

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      Tin this dkpabtment , as am- opinions , howeveb kxtbhhb , L ABB AIXOWHP AW EXPRESSION , Tim BDITOB NECEHBABILY HOLDS niMBKI . il BKSPONSIBIJ ! IfOB NONE . ]

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      There is no learned man but will confess ho hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his mdfimonf sharpened . If , then , it be profitnb c for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for hia adversary to write . —Miivton .

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      SCHEME OF SETTLEMENT OF THE NEWSPAPEIt-STAMP QUESTION . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sin , —I take tho liberty of forwarding a scheme for settling tho newspaper-stamp question , which has occurred to mo aftor reading tho evidonco given before tho committee last eension . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , 1 : a . H . a .

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      Mr . Topliu ' s remarks have been met in other parts of our paper . A notice of the theory of Stephen Pearl Andrews will shortly appear . Mr . Henry Edgcr , of Williamsburg , received . Hanslope , " Buckinghamshire , send 8 * ., for tho Kosauth-Shitkspero fund .

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      SHKM . KY on Blue Stookinqs . —I am sorry that bo much hus been said about the blues ; it is a pity that such a hue-and-cry has been raised against them all , good , bad , and indifferent . John Bull would havo settled it best by just lotting them alone , leaving the disngrccablo ones to dio oil' in 8 inglo blessedness . But tho ceru / eanly blue , —tha true celestial , sho who really Una heaven in her eye ; follow her to the world ' s end . Love her !—Adore her I—You must nnd will . "Win her and wear , if you can . Sho is the moBt delightful of God ' s creatures , —Heaven ' s best gift ; man's joy and pride in prosperity;—man's support and comforter in affliction . —Shelley ' s Letters .

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1923/page/15/