The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-12 00:00:00

TO THE SECRETARY
OF THE BRADFORD
(CONTINUED
REFORM
NDAYS AND ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the 10tb
the ECSSDHAOYYS2f the
Exchequer produced. his plan for
the IrCEhDaNn
of
the Seats forfeited by the disfranchi rAssign
ban's•and Sudbury • a subject
on
whichBpm public
of St. Al-
ment
bad been considerably raised. It is
impossible curiosity
that his plan was as fair, open, honest, undisguisetd' i o dedeny,
proschable a proposal to add four Members to theCrorne-
servative side of the House, as if it had been suggested to
give four new Members to the county of Buckingbsm,
The proposal was, to divide your West Riding into
two, taking the North Midland Railway for the line of
demarcation, giving two new Members to the North-
Eastern or agricultural division, and leaving you of the
South-Western as you are. Credit was taken for not
allowing Leeds to corrupt the air,rieultural division, state-
ment being made that it was proposed to make a hump
in tle divisional line for the purpose of keeping Leeds
on the other side. Further, a division of the same
nftture was to be perpetrated on the South division of
Lancashire, with the-pdpuble cleat of fixing the capital
of the new division at Liverpool, where Conservative
prii:ciples are considered to be strong,
The bait thrown out in this to the Liberals,—who as
children of light, are not expF,oted to be always a match
for the children of this world,—was "You cannot ob-
jec to an arraorz,raent that gives more Members to the
carne pootilr!ioli" in fset, the Ct,audos Ciente over
.gain. And it was musing to see, how many appeared
dir,poscd to rise at this fly.
The lliamber fur the U-ivcrsity of Ox(ord. (Mr. Qlsci-
steno) rt:phed to the Chain< liar of the Exchequer. Le
ab;y ovrrtnrned the preliminaries of the official spcslicr,,
who had laid down with considerable pomp of language,
that though there was nothing magical or cabalistic
in the precise number of GSS Members of the House
of Commons, there was an imperious necessity that this
'suste • • number should be precisely preserved..
mysterious ln
fees be had argued. with all the powers at his cora-
mat'id, that before the Governem at could go to the pre-
mised appeal to the people, iS was necessary that the
House should be filled up to the mysterious number with
four Conservative Members.
After this reply, the House went to a division by
common consent on the motion of Mr. Gladstone to piss
to the other Orders of the Day; which was carried
against the Chancellor of Exchequer by 234 votes
to 148.

An unsuccessful attempt was made on the Ministerial
side of the flou,e, to diminish the importance of this
vote by repreeentic.• it its what was called " a snap
division;" the argumt3ciat being founded on the division
taking place earlier Cian was expected, and consequently
a number of Members having gone to dine. But this
manifestly depended on the assumption, that only Tories
go to dine. Any man with the slightest knowledge on
such subjects must know, that unless it can be proved
that Liberals de not dine, the number of diners on each
side must have approached to the proportion of the final
numbers; and consequently if fifty Members went to
dine, it is as certain as that a man firing into s fl .ck of
sparrows would kill a nearly equal number of cocks and
hens if the-numbers were equal to begin with, that thirty
out of the fifty would be Liberals, end therefore, if no-,
body had gone to dine, the majority against the Minis-
ters would have been ten more than it it was. When a
party to any contest makes an eff,rt which so palpa-
bly fails, it is within the limits of the most temperate
and justifiable opposition to hold it up to public non-
sideration as a striking evidence of weakness, and
carry to the utmost the advantages derivable from the
fact.

Hero then is the Tory Ministry in a minority of eight
times (which but for dining out would have been nine
times) as many as induced their predecessors to throw
up the Government. It is to be feared the superiority
alluded to as in possession of the children of this work',
will prevent its having anything like similar seise •
quences now.
An interesting question for our side, is to know what
could base induced the Tory Ministry to put themselves
into this minority. Supposing that we had been called
to hold their cards, it is clear our aim must have
been, to propose the maximum of advantage we were
sure of carrying, but first end above all things to
propose nothing we should fail in. Why did the Con-
servative Ministry fall into this huge mistake? Or
can it, as some suggested, have been intended, and is
there anyihing behind? The probability appears to be,
that there is not, and that it is simply the result of what
was noted to you in a pr,ceding letter, uuder the phrase
of the squadron-officer b. in; ridden over by his men be-
hind. Their squadron, ii appears then, is a mob, not
under the direction of the ostensible leader, and conse-
quently in only a slight degreejunder any direction at all.
AU of which, let you and me, who ride in the opposite
ranks, treasure up lot. use as opportunity may arise.
The Militia Bill was thin proceeded with in Com-
mittee. After stout resistance, Clauses 7 and 8 were
carried by majorities of 169 to 82. and 216 to 99.
Clause 8 is tor fixing the Quota of counties by Order
in Council. Tho basis of this fixing appears to be =lie..
cessarily circuitous. Where can be the necessity for in-
stituting a cumbersome preliminary inquiry into the num-
ber of serviceable men in the respective counties, when

the object might be obtained with quite sufficient accu-
racy by dividing according to the population? Suppose,
for instatel, it is decided that 80,000 men are to be

levied in England, with a population of sixteen millions.
Was it necessary to do more than direct each county to
furnish cue militiaman for every two hundred of po-
pulation ?
But there is a further question, of considerable im-
portance. Steirg it is declared to be desirable to raise the
men by voluntary enlistment, why may not as many
men bo so raised as will enlist without diktinction of
counties, and the counties in the last resort be charged
with raising the deficiency by ballot by the rule men-
tioned above? On what principle is it to be said, if
Lincolnshiremen are eager to enlist and Yorkahiremen
are not, that the men shall not be taken by voluntary
enlistment in Lincolnshire, but shall be taken by forged
conscription in Yorkshire? If you and I were allowed
to settle this matter, I think we could contrive to
mend it. _ _ _

I Kill note, that the proposal of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer for making the North Midland Rail-
way the line of demarcation between the intended divi-
sions, is not carried to the clearness which would pro-
bably have been shown if the plan had been of
longer life. The North Midland Railway, to my appre-
hension, stops at Normanton. But from the mention
made of Leeds as near the boundary, there seems no
doubt that the boundary intended in that part of the
line was what you call the Leeds and Bradford Rail-
way, and that if the agriculturists were to be" shoulder,'
you were to have been ribs." When you see the por-
trait of the unsuspecting animal that is divided into
joints for the instruction of inexperienced carvers, it
may make you think of the escape you have had in
the West
the Maynooth question, after a
Os Tuesday long
I debate, was adjourned till the 19th.
I am, Sir, yours eery sincerely,
AN OLD IiEIfOILMER
Blackheath, May 12, 1852.

A SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING FOR
TIIE TANNING TRADE. By Joseph
Sawyer, publisher
This book has been compiled expressly for the
be„,fit of those connected with the tanning tradf.,
~ for
.which," says Mr. Sawyer, ' there is as yet DO
Sufficiently defined system of book-keeping, although
it ranks third or fourth among the manufactures of
Great Britain." To give some idea of the extent to
which the leather trade is carried on in this country,
Sir P. M. Eden, in his work on insurance, estimated
the value of the different articles manufactured of
leather, in 1803, at 12,000,000/. The work is divided
into two parts. In Part I. will be found instruc-
tions for the preliminary arrangement of books.
al_ d
detailed information for those who are not.practeincerlirt
acquainted with book-keeping, followedd bY
devoted to the
rules for balancing, &c. Part 11.
consideration of the difficulties of
concise accounts in the tanning traodoe:
the principle which the author c
convenient and advantageouds.
very carefully arranged,
and
Sawyer has fulfilled the .
in his preface, viz.,
merit and illustration, p
• 448 y ti
ex-
traneous matter and useless t
a set of books relating to
prin-
ciple of which must
[
ill keepinge clear and
and explaining
considers the most
The whole has been.
we consider that Mr.
Which he expresses
mplioity of arrange-
d by the exclusion of all
a less technicalities, to produce
be tanning trade, the b
obvious even to persons un-
acquainted with bookkeeping."

NEW ASYLUM FOR FATHERLESS CHILDREN.--.
Yesterday the eighth anniversary of this asylum, at Stam-
ford-bill, was celebrated at the London Tavern by a festival,
at which Mr. Peto, M.P., presided. About eighty friends
and supporters of the institution dined together. It is a dis-
tinctive feature of this charity that it imposes no restrictions
with respect to the ages of those whom it is intended to be-
nefit, but renders aid to the destute orphan as early and as
as he may need help. Thep New Asylum" was formed
long
in 1844, in consequence of differer ces as regards religious
teching.which had arisen in the original orphan asylum,
founded in 1827. The Chairman stated that the Prince of
Wales was a contributor of 250 guineas. The Hon. Chair-
num advocated the claims of the charity very successfullY,
and stated that there were now upwards of one hundred
orphans in the asylum, and that the high character of fired
orphans with its management was a guarantee for their
excellent training and the care bestowed upon them. It
was in contemplation to erect a new building more com-
mensurate with the claims on the benevolence of the funds
of the charity, and there was already a fund amounting to
2,400/. towards this desirable object. After the dinner the
children belonging to the asylum, who presented a healthy
and prepossessing appearance, walked in procession round the
room, and after singing a hymn retired. The health of the
chairman was proposed by Ur. Alderman Wire, who referred
to the liberality which has characterised his career, both as a
Aeoruvyneiteiinnri
public man and in private life. This toast was
4asarna.v
dully received, after which a list of subscri
to 9621. was read by the hon. secretary, the It
including a donation of 250 guineas from the chairman, and
one of a hundred guineas from Baron Lionel Rothschild,
treasurer of the institution.

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