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    the pen , and how to fire paper at each , other . One of the most haughty of knights is IJord Cahdigaf , —and one of the most bungling of combatants . "We know none who can compare with him for skill in avoiding a retort , except Lord Luoan " . He seems incapable of knowing when , he is hit , and to have no other means of rej ) ly except identical propositions and vituperation . The principal charges are these- —That being a General of Brigade , the men and horses died under him for want of sufficient attention ; that when others were enduring

    GrEOEGi StuoiiEX Buck , and will persevere j ¦ we may see the army relieved of its enervating system of appointments by payment of money , and weeded of its tyrannical martinets , who claim indulgences in war , hector over inferiors , lead in retreat , and reply to the ¦ ¦ request , " for explanation of such conduct by scolding like a charwoman detected in retreating irregularly .

    hardships , he was seeking comfort in his private yacht ; that when the commonest soldiers were , acting together like brothers for the safety of mil and the honour of their country , lie was scandalously quarreling with Ms brother-in-law ; that he has sneered at that brother-in-law , his General of Division , for ordering a charge of which the higher officer saw the danger , but which he did not share ; that Lord Cardigan was in the van in the charge , and also in the van in the retreat .

    "What are Lord Cabixegan' s replies on these points ? Colonel Buck pronounces them to be most unsatisfactory , and the public agrees with Colonel Buck in observing that Lord CARDiGAisr does not explain _ away the facts , nor answer the last question at all . Colonel Buck contrasts the career of this 1 noble 'Lord , this ' gallant' officer , this knightly cavalier , with the career of Colonel Morris , who rose entirely through gallantry

    and merit j and lie reminds us of Lord CarpiGAisr ' s past exploits—his espibnnage on Cap - tain Wathen and the court-martial , followed "by the . captain ' s acquittal and Lord Cardigan's removal from the command of the Tegiment . Colonel Buck might have added the cases of the black bottles , of tax \ officer inade tomount and rcinoimt many times on parade as punislnueiit , £ c . Lord Cahdio-aIs was always a rigid disciplinarian ! His promotion -was rapid—for he purchased , and he is a Lord .

    CoTilcl a commoner do these things ? If this were the history of a commoner , would he . be promoted ? Would lie bo able to remain in the army ? "Would Englishmen so much as compare him with a Colonel Mobbts ? Certainly not . But this is only one fruit of the purchase system—that . system-which

    places rich men , no matter what their incapacity or their proclivity to Balaklava exploits and hard language , above the head of any man who is ' an officer and a gentleman , ' but is not rich . It is a system which literally degrades the true gentlemen , and the country winch permits it , below the level of the Cardigan .

    One good may come out of this correspondence . In his rejoinder , Colonel Buck says : — "I endeavoured to ascertain from ' those acquainted ¦ with the Horse Guards' machinery how your lordship had attained such rapid promotion . " I failed In understanding the process , but I was informed your lordship ' s advancement had cost you 34 , O 00 £ If your lordship to secure your advancement ¦ w as compelled to expend so large a sum , the inference can only Le that an officer without such resources would fail in his advancement In the British army , and that money- —not merit—decides the destiny of her oiliecrs . " 1 shall bo happy to join ultra Radicals or miy other class of politicians during- the next session of Parliament in securing for tlic army a more just and efficient system of promotion . " This is well snid—it is thorough-going , hearty . But , what is more , if Colonel Buck will stiVk to his purpose , ho will succeed . ¦ There nre others who think with him ; already . Lord GoDisnicii has made a beginning in the samo direction . If men can talk out Avitli the bold plainness , the manly directness of

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    THE KINGSWOOD BEPORMAT 0 B "Whatever doubts may be entertaineVl i ,, the genuine reformation of adult crimiiiP the possibility of reclaiming juvenile dehY quents is already established beyond all question . That there should be occasional backslidings ought to be no matter for special wonder or discouragement ; for even in the higher classes of society , with all the advantages of a comfortable home , early i nstruction , and good . ¦ example , there are , unhappily

    too many derelictions of the practice of virtue . If only twenty youths were reclaimed out of a , hundred , the philanthropist and patriot would still have reason to rejoice , and to persevere in . the good work . As ' -. trainers' of thieves , youths are more dangerous and expert than grown men .. They are less suspected and feared ; there is more sympathy in their manner ; theii * personal influence is greater . Lord Stanley , indeed , at the receait Conference alluded to one who had turned out

    nofewer : than , eight accomplished disciples . And they are naturally brought- more in contact ¦ with , the idle children of the poor , as they play . . about in the courts and alleys of tlie > neighbourhood . For this reason it is especially important that the viciously disposed should be restrained from pursuing their evil tendencies , and bo drilled into regular and industrious habits . Brief imprisonments usually confirm them in their guilty career , nor has

    the cat-o ' -nine-tails ever been known to produce a good citizen . Besides , in very many cases , petty crimes are tho result of absolute want , or of ignorance almost as absolute . In such instances common sense i" > oints out the sole remedy—an industrial and social education . The apx > lication of "this remedy is tho purpose of the different Kcformatories that have lately sprung into existence throughout tho empire , but nowhere in greater excellence than in Bristol .

    At a distanco of about three miles from that city , tho Kings wood lieformatory School stands on . a gentle eminence in tho inidsfc of a rich undulating country . It thus possesses tho advantages of situation so strenuously insisted upon by Mr . mi Metz as indispensable to the success of a penal colony . Originally a Weslcyan college , it was converted to its present purposes , in 1852 , by Miss Carpenter and Mr . Eussell Soott . At

    first it was a mixed asylum for young persons of eithor sex , who had either offended against the laws , or were only waiting for a temptation to < lo so . Experience , however , soon proved tho inexpediency of having boys and girls undur tho aamo roof , and in 1 S 54 tho latter were removed to tho lied Lodge in

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    A NEW TORY ORGAN . "Without playing the part of a prospectus , we" may announce that negotiations are going forward for the establishment of a new Tory journal . Some of the less prominent members of the country party are the " authors of the idea . They conceive that pure Toryism has at present no representative . We shall be glad to see the first number , if only for the sake of knowing what the Conservatism of Major Beresporb is . If a system , of polities could be devised , with Major Beeesfoed at one endj and Major Reed at the other , and if those gentlemen would be

    berahsm on the path of social reform , that ! w £ i ^ L : ^™ f ifc has * ° « peefc leaaw fu ^ ^ on . Member for Bucks , the mons ° f mfce 7 llecfc of the House of Comto be . cffi ? T ^ a lso when he ceased passin g al ?^ ° of ^ e Exchequer , while surfinancf fe ^ porariea in the , ence of iournalist itOpiCS abound uP ° n wM * Tory sevendavs pass ° V ™ ° ™ ¦ wMbh ' - - ill , in ffa ^ i ^ ^ - ^ ^ 'Vlt historical trails ^ " * , ^ ese aays , t m real Tory policy t ^ - e ° ? - * £ ? "' - in the unalterile i , £ ? * ^ le c , . isf 3 TOBD to vote against & ? ¦ , # WJ ° ? ^ hesto discriminate betweenT liesand *?*¦ * and Proud people of Braintree ^ / abb 1 ^ you will be yeomen ex officio ^ . £ ' ioBB will see the mob in a ^ jor Beres-Above all , rally to tlie suppbrK 5 , ^ rt ^' coming Tory paper , for it is dt . tlie , " ^^ prophets say , not merely to stei . + ' f institutions' England , but to 'WQ *[ poHtks of the year 1800 . " the

    active in the House of Commons , and establish organs of their views , there would be no more dull days in England , difficult as it is to imagine what Major Beeesfoed would accept as Conservatism , it is more difficult to guess what would satisfy Major H ' eed as Liberalism . That Toinantic member , the pride of the West of England , should publish his autobiography , with an illustration of the family tree , and a catalogue of his public services . We have long desired

    to know why he is a Member of Parliament , and w-hen it is probable that Lord . pAiiiiE-n .-STON-will make him , a , Lord of the Treasury . And this suggests an idea . A new parliamentary cornpanion . is wanted , even more than , a new Tory journal . It should set forth a list of the constituencies , and represent , with paragraphs affixed to each , to tins eftect

    " lieasons why the said gentleman is a Member of Parliament ;" ¦ ' " Keasons why ho represents this particular county or borougli . " The public would gain znticli uncomm on , and some surprising knowledge , especially if tho compiler were to add a record of legislative services , and analysis of the styles of eloquence , favoured by such constituenciea as those of Bath and Braiutree .

    To return to the projected Tory joui-nal . Itwill be judicious on the part of its conductors to establish a jn'ivate system of communication with at least the principal Cabinets of Europe , that we may learri , week by week , the positive resolves of Loiris Napoleon , the occult motives of tlic Emperor Axexa . ndeh , the tenor of Count "Wai / ewski ' s secret instructions , the contents of the last despatch , which no one out of the Cabinet has

    seen , and various other items of exclusive political information . The new organ , moreover , should make arrangements for procuring tho private opinion of Prince Albehi 1 on all matters of national policy , including his plan for punishing the Great British Constitution after it has undergone its trial and failed . We have long desired to obtain this advantage over our contemporaries , but whether Colonel Puirrs and Dr . Pi / AYFAIB are incorruptible , or whether H . 11 . 11 . has determined for tho future to act ' the inscrutable

    personage m admiration of his friend in Paris , the attempt has failed , and wo arc willing to desist in favour of an unborn brother . As to Lord Stant / ey ' s opinions , they are easily got at , but aro not copyright ; and Mr . Disraeli's views , besides being only ' professedly Conservative , ' plead a ' previous engagement . ' Tho now Tory journal will not bo able to say whether JN . lr . Dis-RAKJ / r , tlio most eminent statesman of his age , is prepared to inarch far abend , of Li-

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    Octobejj 11 , 1856 . ] THE LE ^ BE R . ' ' . . .. . ¦ ' ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ^ . ¦ . . . . Qly tf .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 975, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2162/page/15/