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gone, there is the much more formidable fact left, that
if one won't give the rent another will ; and why
should the landlord take less than the market value ?''
All right, unless the laws favour the landlord in the
market ; this they plainly do by the law of distraint.
The landlord need not be so careful as other men in
respect to the class of persons he accepts as tenants,
because the law secures him his rent whether other
creditors get a penny or not. It may be said, that
after all the landlord prefers a tenant of good property,
and will give him the preference. True ; still the
biddings of the class who ought not to bid at all, raise
the price, and enable the landlord to knock his article
down to the man of adequate property at a higher
price than:it could otherwise have reached. If the
tenantry of the kingdom will unite to press this griev-
ance on the attention of the present landlord Ministry,
they can hardly refuse to remove it. The history of
this unjust landlord privilege is somewhat interesting.
The remedy for recovering rent by distress seems to
have been derived from the civil law ; the feudal law
forfeited the estate, in respect of which the service or
rent was not rendered. But this forfeiture was in the
nature of a pledge, the object being to secure the
thing due, which being accomplished, the estate was
suffered to return to its former holder. The civil law
favoured the " pignoriar method ; this was the foun-
dation of the system of distraint. Till the second year
of WILLIAM and MARY, however, the things dis-
trained could not be sold, the idea of a pledge being
until then preserved; but by 2 WILLIAM and
MARY, c. 5, the distress could be sold. The land-
lord's priority is, however, limited by statutes,
as against execution creditors, but in th e
absence of an execution he must be paid
in full for as many years as are due. If an execu-
tion goes in, he can only claim a year, as against that
(or hss under the County Court Act) ; but still, so far
as the law recognises his right to a preference,
although it shows a disposition to restrict it, it is
clearly a remnant of the now abrogated feudal system.
In all reason, therefore, the law of distress should be
abrogated also ; landlords should be regarded as simple
contract creditors, and come in pari passu with other
creditors in cases of insolvency. This would make
them wide awake in the choice of tenants, and of
course somewhat lessen the present severe competi-
tion for farms. Should the present Ministers refuse
to abolish a landlord privilege, which is at once so
unjust to other creditors and so injurious to the
farmers, they must renounce for ever the character of
farmers' friends ; and must stand forth in the undis-
guised quality of landlords caring only for their own
class.

than of Billingsgate. But—we are allowing our
emotions to transform what we intended to be a
simple comment into nothing less than an impassioned
eulogium. We must turn to the volume itself and
gratify the English public by quotations that may
clearly demonstrate the accuracy of our foregoing
observations.

It must be remembered that our historian, in the
work to which we are here making especial reference,
is recording events which have recently attracted the
regard of Christendom, and in doing this he pro-
nounces judgment upon the present members, and
particularly upon the present leader, of the French
Republican Government. He accomplishes this ap-
parently difficult task simply enough—by force of
language. Under the effort his diction proves almosq
wholly inexhaustible. His imagination, moreover
comes to the aid of his diction, and he luxuriates in
an astonishing multiplicity and diversity of what
some cavillers might be absurd enough to designate
the most coarse invectives and the most vulgar per-
sonalities. As in the introductory pages of the
volume, these are for the most part directed against
one personage in particular—the Chief of the
State, the man whom the French democracy
has chosen for its chief magistrate. M. VICTOR
HUGO, in his capacity as an historian, speaks of
this individual by all sorts of designations. He calls
him an " eunuch" (p. 63). He calls him "an ordi-
nary man broke loose" (p. 64). He calls him a
" ruffian" (p. 116). He calls him a " miserable
wretch" (p. 117). He talks of his " satanic art" (p.
121). He says to him—precisely in these words—
" you are a liar" (p. 123). He speaks of him as " this
great homicide" (p. 124), this " felon" (p. 124), and
this " slaughterer" (p. 124). A little further on,
and he introduces the same personage to us by new
epithets, and under rather unpleasant circumstances
—pointing him out as " this man, this ghastly but-
cher," with " his apron round his waist" and " his
hands in smoking bowels." He likens him to the
most incongruous personages both in the realms of
fact and in the realms of fiction. He informs us that
the head of the French Government is a " grotesque
FALSTAFF " (p. 145), that he is a " tragical RICHARD
III." (p. 145), that be is a " CM3AIt BORdIA" (p.

124), that he is a " CARToucna" (p. 124), that he
is an "abortion of TIBERIUS" (p. 246). Remember !
we are reading history, and that M. VICTOR Huno
is the historian !

Already we have seen that the First Nagistrate of
the French Republic is stated (p. 62; to be an
" eunuch." He is now no longer an " eunuch"—we
regret that we must write thus, but we ale quoting
the expressions of a great annalist—he is now no
longer an " eunuch," he is a woman, he is a " MES.
SALINA" (p. 190). He is one moment a " groom of
FEANCONI" (p. 229), and at another a " Mmdrin
of Lilliput" (p. 220)—though what all that means we
are left, of course, at full liberty to conjecture. Re-
freshed, it would seem, rather than exhausted by his
previous equanderings of epithets, the dignited
and elevated historian speaks of the Ruler
of one of the greatest nations in the world as " this
hog wallowing in his own slime" (p. 146). HE
calla him a " wretch" (p. 146). He calls him a
4' brute" (p. 160). He calls him a " noodle" (p.
176). He calls him a " scoundrel" (p. 184). He
terms him at one moment a " malefactor" (p. 187),
at another a "wretched creature" (p. 188), at ano-
ther a " traitor" (p. 191), then a " rebel" (p. 191),
then an " impostor" (p. 191). Here be is a " rogue"
(p. 192), and there he is a " miscreant" (p. 215).
Now he is "hideous" (p. 216), now he is " paltry"
(p. 215), and now again he is " ridiculous" (p. 216).
He:is a " nocturnal strangler" (p. 215), be is a " pig-
my tyrant" (do), he is a " buffoon" (do.), he is a
" grotesque" (do.). Turn over the page and you
find that be is a " fellow" (p. 216), and a " knave"

Another grievance is almost too obvious to need
mention. The Game•laws. This is a burden which
though apparently in the power of the farmer to
escape by agreement, is not really so. By de-
claring, what to the agriculturist are only
noxious vermin, game, the law gives the
landlord a power of preserving it to the farmers' in-
jury, which he would never obtain otherwise. The
very name is something. To preserve game, and to
preserve vermin, sound like different things. Yet
rabbits and hares (we say nothing of winged game)
are as much vermin to the farmer as rats and mice.
His green crops, especially Lord CARLISLE'S
" glorious turnip," on which the fertility of his land
depends, are as much injured by the former as his
corn ricks by the latter. And so indefinite, so diffi-
cult to assess, is the extent of injury, that while it is
very serious, it cannot easily be made a subject of
bargain. The Game•laws are in fact another rem-
nant of feudalism, and ought to vanish with it.
Moreover the actual cost to the farmer for increased
county rates, for the rural police, who are but auxi-
liaries to the gamekeepers, for supporting the families
of poachers while the fathers lie in prison, and in the
mischief dime by criminals manufactured by the
Game-laws, is by no means small. An intelligent
gentleman, in a small parish where the game was but
moderately preserved, showed us once conclusively
that the Game-laws cost that parish, not less than
1001. per annum. The " farmers' friends" would
struggle hard to preserve these " brute enemies" of
the farmers, but if the latter would bestir themselves
the rest of the community would soon compel the
Lords of the Soil to yield.
There is another burden which has been much
complained of, though we are not quite so clear that
it is a burden of very serious amount to the farmers,
we mean the Malt-tax. The extent of soil which
grows the better malting barley is rather limited ; no
doubt, however, were the duty, and the consequently
increased expense of manufacture removed, there
would be a large quantity of grain malted which now
will not afford the duty ; and the middling qualities
of barley would be much more in demand. There
would, no doubt, be a better market for barley gene-
rally, and as foreign barley, as is well known, is by
no means equal to the English for manufacture, the
benefit would be chiefly to the English grower. Still
we are inclined to think that while excisemen are
maintained at all, and at an enormous cost to the
nation, the gain to the farmer would in no respect be
equal to the loss of five millions a year to the revenue.
It is the whole community which pays the tax. The
farmer only suffers as the sellers of all taxed articles
suffer, by the diminished sale of his article. Should
the present income-tax be extended to four times the
number of persons who now pay it, it will render
possible the removal of several taxes, and the farmers
will only have to show that it is more desirable to
remove the taxes on strong beer, than those on know-
ledge and cleanliness; or on some of the most extra-
vagantly taxed articles, such as tea and tobacco. Can-
not the farmers persuade the landlords to pay
legacy duty like other people ?—this would go a
a long way towards meeting the deficiency occasioned
by the repeal of the malt-tax. We cordially wish
that this and every tax on British manufactures
could be abolished at once. Excise regulations are
most pernicious to the process of manufacture itself.
They spoil a vast deal of malt annually ; in the soap
and paper manufactories they do ten times more mis-
chief. They are indeed a blight on inventive in-
genuity and economy in every manufacture they
touch, but they can only be removed entirely by
adopting universally direct taxation. To this things
will come at last ; and if we have to bear the an-
noyance of a scrutiny of our property and income by
the taxgatherer, we may as well bear it for ten as for
one per cent. We should have no more unpleasant-
ness to submit to, and we might save in Custom-
house, preventive service, and Excise charges of
collection, two or three millions a year at least, not
one penny of which finds its way into the national
Exchequer. Let the farmers be awake—November is
at hand. The Mystery, or a finance scheme by Mr.
B. DISRAELI, is not yet published. It is quite pos-
sible for them to supply their own Chancellor of the
Exchequer with a page for his much-expected book.

(p. 217), a "brigand" (p. 217), and a "poor little
skeleton" (p. 216). Turn over another page, and
you learn that he is a " rogue" (p. 218), and not only
aa. " rogue," but "ti pitiful, sneaking scamp"
(p. 218) into the bargain. AL VICTOR HuGo's hair
must be sleek, we conjecture, and his voice snuffling
when he saith (p. 229), that the leader of the French
democracy is "a man of trick," and ." a man of lies,"
and " a man of evil"—why not have added, and "a
man of sin," with the nasal twang and in the very
words of EPHRAIM SMOOTH ? Within the same page,
however, even within the same paragraph, the sancti-
monious sneer breaks out into the cosrsest fury of
vituperation, where the serene and sedate historian—
through foaming lips and gnashing teeth—howls out

—There must be once more driven back " to his
dust, to his filth, to his oblivion, this gipsy king, this
pickpocket prince, this imperial ruffian" (p. 229).
Remember, again say we, that it is history we are
reading, and that M. VICTOR HUGO IS the historian!

If we are to believe our illustrious and incom•
parable annalist, the supporters of the chief of the
French state are " wolves " (p. 235), while the
chief himself is—what ?—a " hyaena " (p. 217).
If we are to believe him ! But how can we ?
Scarcely have we heard that the Ruler of France is
a " hyaena" (p. 217,) when we are called upon to
credit M. VICTOR HuGo's assurance, first that he is
an " ape" (p. 245), and then that he is a "parrot,"
(p. 245). Surely, this is the very menagerie of his-
tories, if it be be not, as we almost fancy the annalist
at one moment insinuates, the scavenger's cart, or the
draggling gutter. Speaking of the supporters of the
existing Government at Paris, the great annalist re-
marks (p. 223) that "they brave the bespattering of
the mud." Can he mean the mud thrown about so
very plentifully by N. VICTOR HUGO in his capacity
as historical scavenger ? Such mud as that, for ex-
ample, thrown against the Parisian Ministers en masse,
where he calls them (p. 135,) "those civilian bullies
of the conspirator." Or such mud as that cast against
the French administrators individually in neat little
splashes, as where (p. 76) he calls the occupan
of the Elyfes "Crime, " and the occupant of the
Luxembourg " Baseness," and the occupant of the
Palais Bourbon " Imbecility," and the occupant of
the Palais D'Orsay " Corruption," and the occupant
of the Palais de Justice " Prevarication." Such mud
as that flung at the Government, again collectively,
where he designates it (p. 77) "horrible, hypocritical,
and stupid." Or, still more, such mud, tossed up by
the heels, against the Head of the Government, where
it is said (p. 189) that "he is perjury personified;
he is mental reservation incarnate, felony in flesh and
bone ; he is an ambulant false oath, wearing a ge-
neral's hat, and styling himself Monseigneur." Let
us not mistake, however. We are not looking at
mud—we are looking at the lofty words of History.
History--which terms the same personage (p. 246)
" this masque, this dwarf, this nothing." History—
which calls (p. 246) RoullEß " a lackey," and
TROPLONG " a valet," and BAILOCUE—the annalist's
pet phrase of opprobrium: what possibly can suggest
it to him so frequently ?-13.1itocuE "an eunuch."
But—again and again let us repeat it, for otherwise
we should have it infallibly slipping from our recol-
lection—we are reading History—History, sedate,
dignified, and impartial. Yes, we are reading
History ! And M. Vic Ton HuGo is the His-
torian !

History is under great obligations to M. VICTOR
lino°. His recent contribution to the annals of the
French Republic must secure to kim the gratitude of
all those who are capable of appreciating to the
fullest extent this elevated species of composition.
The sedateness of his style is really something remark-
able. There is perceptible throughout such serene
impartiality of tone, such refined delicacy of ex-
pression, such impassability of judgment, such im-
perturbability of temper, such exalted dignity of
manner, such persuasive lucidity of arrangement.
SIIELLEYIUSed to say of the Elgin marbles that they
were the despair cf modern sculpture. It may be
said with equal significance that the last literary pro-
duction* of M. VICTOR HOOO must prove the despair
of all future annalists. Already we have taken oc-
casion to instance some few among the characteristic
beauties of this historic al masterpiece. We must now
venture to particularize a variety of other examples
of a similar description, satisfied that they cannot fail
to command in like manner the most respectful and
unaffected admiration. M. VICTOR lIUGO, we have be-
fore remarked, sedulously avoids anything that might
have the appearance of mere abuse or empty vitupe-
ration. TACITCS with all his terse pungency of satire
never allows a sarcasm to degenerate into scurrility.
Neither of course does M. VICTOR 1-luGo—scurrility
end his pen are altogether unacquainted. LIVY
sometimes indulged in some terrible and damning
adjective, but he never condescended to " cell names"
exceeding
Al
VICTOR
with the voice of a ticket-porter and the volubility of
ofanufiGsotfaarNiteerithwerh,lsece
courseedi dgoe fastidiousness
diction breathes rather the a
of
atmosphere of Mayfair

Thanks to the stringent comments of the public
journals, the metropolitan magistrates are beginning
to discharge their duties efficiently, so far as wilful
and unprovoked assaults are concerned. These mur-
derous onslaughts on private individuals or on mem-
bers of the police force, are no longer regarded with
leniency, dismissed with a trifling reprimand, or the
infliction of a small fine, as a playful and venial
ebullition of the animal spirits. The pugnacious gentry
whose custom it is, on the smallest provocation, or no
provocation, to " pitch in" to those who have been so
unfortunate as to incur their displeasure, have re-
ceived a heavy blow and great discouragement. One
of their recognised leaders, one of the prime spirits
of their order, has been for a time removed from
public Iife—JAMES CANNON, the fighting chimney-
sweeper, who had already maimed two policemen and
inflicted iljurideesatth of hataraenortehpeorr—as beentedhto have
occa-
sioned the
com-
mitted for trial for a murderous attack on a fourth
victim, another member of the obnoxious force, who,
unfortunately for himself, interfered to obtain medi-
cal assistance for his assailant.

Poor DWYEE had been one of the most efficient
members of the body, and was remarkable for a kind-
liness of disposition—one of the most essential quali-
fications lee his situation—that obtained the respect
and approbation of all with whom he had been
brought into contact. Ilis conduct on the unfortunate
unoarallehd
j,icn
0,0
_E,howed
an
almost

*
" Napoleon le Petit,7pur Victor Hugo. The autho-
rised translation is published in Eng:and by
~.nd Company, ~,1135, Fleet' atlcat. Vinteliy

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER l5,

degree of forbearance. Notwithstanding the
extraordinary nature of the transaction, the desperate
character of the attack, he refrained from using his
truncheon until he heard the name of his adversary.
Then, indeed, but not until after he had been sud-
denly and unfairly thrown down, his chest and
bowels jumped on, and an attempt at strangulation
made, from which he only escaped by the clasp of his
stock giving way—after being " butted" and
kicked with the utmost ferocity, he at length
availed himself of the weapon with which he was en-
trusted, but only so far as to enable him to keep his brutal
assailant at bay. Such conduct is deserving of the
highest praise, and we trust that the Commissioners of
Police will evince their sense thereof by the early
promotion of this meritorious officer.
One of the most painful parts of the transaction
was the apathy exhibited by the spectators. Although
there were from 2,000 to 3,000 present, no person
rendered assistance to the officer. He repeatedly
called for help, but none came forward. The
only result of his repeated appeals was that some
vagabond in the crowd—a kindred spirit to the
defendant—encouraged the ruffian by calling out
" Well done, CANNON—give it to the —." This
participator in, and accessory to, the outrage, unfor-
tunately escaped detection. The constables, were too
busily engaged in securing his confederate, the
chief delinquent, it requiring the united force of
seven constables to drag him to the station-house.

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The appearance of poor DWYER showed that the
consequences of the assault had not been overstated.
He had previously been one of the finest young men
in the division, but he was so altered that
even the officers of the court could scarcely recog-
nize him. He could only move when bent double,
and his glassy eye, haggard appearance, and death-
like countenance, indicated the intensity of his
sufferings. He may never fully recover from the
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villany, and regard it as a matter of perfect indif-
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West London ...all pd
Yk., New. & Ber. 100Lp
Do. & New. Ex. 201. p
Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p
York & N. Mid.looLpd

PREF:

..• •••
2 —l% dis.

19% 20%
9% —113%
14% 15%
3% Vi d.

. . di&
22 —23
75% 76%
41 41%
14 —l5
Par XP

••• - •••
169 - 171

2% -2%
12% - 13%
6% -6%
21% - 22%
9% - 10%

6 6

75 3
26

78X
42
118 117

Pm
84%8 %
11% %

17 % % %

119 %

323( 33 2% 33%

68 —69
8 .7% dia.
2% di&
50% 5114

17RENCH a:

Aberdeen all pd
Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all
Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk
Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 5/. pd
Caledonian, 101. 100/ p
Ches.& Holyhd. all pd
Cork and Bandon, 5%
per cent. l% p
Dundee, Per., & Aberd.
Junction all pd
E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all
Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p
Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p
Eastern Counties Ex.,
sp. c., No. 1 all pd
Do. No. 2 all pd
Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all
Eastern Union Scrip,
Guar. 6 per ct all p
Do. 101. Deb. Sh all p
East Lancashire, 6 per
ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd
East & West Yorkshire
Junction, sths all pd,
Edin., Per. & Dun. 51,4'
per cent. all pd
Glas. & S.W. gua 5 p.c.
Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd
Do. 5 p c. red. sc 100 p
Great South. & West
(Ireland) Bths all pd
Gt. West. (Berko & H.
Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd
Gt.W. fixed 4% 1001. p
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 20/. —6/. pd
Do. 6p. c. Stk. 100/, p
Leeds Northern, 6 per
cent. No. 1 l3/. pd
Do. Qrs., 1848 9/. pd
London & Brig guar.
5 per cent. ...100/. pd
Do. Pr.s p c. Stk. 1001.
Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all
Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 100/. p
Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. &
Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd
Ln.& S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p
Lon. & En. % Sh. all p
Man., Shell:, & Lincn.l
Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd
Do. New, 161. all pd
Do. 6/. ,31. pd
Maryport and Carlisle,
4 per cent all pd
Do., 4 % per ct 6 % p
Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 1001.
Do. Con. Bris. & Bir.,
6 per cent.... 100/. pd
Do. Erewash Val. all p
Do. Leic. & Swanning.
8 per e. Guar. 1001. p
Do. Pref., 4i p.c. Si. p
Norfolk Exten all pd
Do. Gr. 514 p ct. all p
Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p
North British 1001. pd
North Stafford....all pd
Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/.
6 per cent.... 100/. pd
Ditto ditto ... 31. pd
Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all
Shrews. & Ches. (N.W.
Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd
Do. 5 per cent. 101 pd
South Devon all pd
Do. New 1% pd
St.-Est. (Reading An-
nuities)...U. Os. 6d pd
Do., 4% p e 100/. p
Sth. York. 4p c gd. all
Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p
until July 1,1856, all p
Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent. 3/. pd
York, New. & Bar. all p
Do. Do Si. pd
York & N. Midland H.
and S. Purch. 101. pd

106 - 108

100 - 103
18% - 19%

Adis.— !,1 P

6 -.- 6X
a%-- 35i

lu 2 p
154 Pis P
14% 15

17 -17%

76% 77

33% %

13% 13

9 -9%

••• ..... limp

2% - 3K

.. ...
'-••• •••

8% - 9

1p
107 109
dia. par
151 154

... -- ...

69 70%

75 3

50%51%{

108%