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LONDON:
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1141.

The Leeds Times says that The Sun, in re-
commending us to " throw aside" our agitation for
extended Suffrage until the Corn-laws be repealed,
unconsciously repeats the gross blunder of the
Chartists, who demand that all other political ques-
tions should be sacrificed to that of Universal Suf-
frage." Our Contemporary surely forgets that the
Chartists not only demanded that all the other po-
litical questions should be sacrificed to that of Uni-
versal Suffrage, but that they opposed every species
of agitation for any other reform, attended meetings
called to consider other subjects, moved resolutions
of their own, and, so far as they could, absolutely
interdicted every other agitation but that for the
Charter. Surely The Sun has done nothing of
the kind. Far from opposing or thwarting our
Leeds friends, we have, in our humble way, said
something in their favour, and done something to
forward their views. Far, too, from demanding
that all other political questions should be thrown
aside, we have simply recommended the agitation
for the Corn-laws as preferable ; and totally unlike
the Chartists, we have professed our willingness to
aid any one scheme which the Reformers will unite
to promote. As practical men, looking at the im-
mense force—which all the sinister interests com-
bined to oppose any and every species of reform,
however small or however great—bring to bear
against us, we have adjured all Reformers to bend
all their energies, because all will scarcely be suffi-
cient to achieve any one reform. This opi-
nion, we are happy to sec, is shared by some of
the most intelligent Reformers of all ranks, and IN e
must maintain and enforce this opinion, though
the Leeds Times should repeat its accusation that
we commit the " gross blunder of the Chartists."
The Leeds Reformers can only hope to realise
their scheme of reform by uniting all Reformers in
its favour. When that is to be accomplished, we
cannot at present guess. The Leeds Mercury and
other papers of that stamp represent a large section
of the Reformers, who have declared by it their
hostility to the plan of the Reformers of the Leeds
Times. But, without the assistance of the former,
the House of Lords cannot be stormed ; and at
what period are they expected to be won over ?
One part of the Leeds democratic Reformers'
scheme is equal electoral districts. However just
that plan is, and on principle it has our full appro-

bation, it is quite a novelty in our electoral system.
We see that the Weekly Chronicle of Saturday
hints disapprobation of that part of the scheme.
The Leeds Mercury has not merely opposed it by
argument, but has gone the length of declaring that
all the old boroughs and chartered towns will stre-
nuously resist it. But their assistance is necessary
to carry any plan of reform in opposition to the
united landowners. At what period may that be
calculated on ? Not months merely, but years
must elapse, and in the meantime are we to accom-
plish no reform whatever ? That must, however,
be the result. We can command no reform unless
our energies are united. We cannot now unite all
Reformers in fav our of the plans of the Leeds Re -
form Association ; and, unless we can unite on
some other plan, be it the repeal of the Corn-law
or the Ballot, we shall have no reform. To
put an end to the hope of reform, when it might
be achieved, is, in our opinion, to promote revolu-
tion ; and therefore we are for now uniting all Re-
formers around the Anti-Coin-law League.

Two flagitious cases have lately been brought
before the public of cruel and scandalous treat-
ment of paupers. At Eton a woman was shut up
in an unwarmed room, without bedding or clothing,
with a slight intermission, for thirty hours, her
offence being a wish to dress her child's chilblains.
At Hoo several girls have been whippect It is the
business of the Times and some other Anti-Poor-
law journals, to paint these cruelties in the darkest
colours, and most certainly it is not our business to
extenuate them. We abhor such eouduct as that
of the masters of the workhouses at Eton and Hoo,
who are especially bound to be kind and considerate
to the many helpless children of misfortune and
misery who are placed under their care, and at their
mercy. We know nothing much more atrocious,
except it he similar conduct in parents to children,
than for the legal guardians of the suffering and
dependent poor to treat them with cruelty. At the
same time, we cannot allow it to be:supposed that such
cases never occurred under the old law. 'We are well
convinced that they did, and were probably much
more frequent than at present. In fact, considering
how jealous a large portion of the public has been of
the New Poor-law, how closely some public jour-
nals
,have watched the manner in which it has been
carried into execution, and how eagerly they have
been to detect and expose faults, we are inclined to
believe that the cases of cruelty under the adminis-
tration of the Poor-law have been remarkably few.
If they had been ten times more numerous we
should not have been surprised. How can workhouse
masters have compassion fur the poor when spiritual
and lay Peers, and rich country gentlemen,
starve them by law? When a Noble Duke,
whose family and relations are quartered on the
public, and provided for out of the public funds,
does not think it beneath his dignity, at a
Board of Guardians, to move a resolution to. de-
glade the food of the poor, is it not to be ex-
pected that the servants of the Guardians should
catch the spirit of their masters, and flog
and imprison those whom the law and the Guar-
dians treat so scandalously ? We shall have but
little improvement in the servants of the State till
the Bishops, the nobility, and the gentry, set them
the example of respecting the rights of the
people. Humanity will flourish in work-
houses when it pervades the Legislature, and over-
flows into our laws. Boards of Guardians and

masters of workhouses will probably think it their
duty to be kind towards unfortunate paupers, and
give them an abundance of food, when the Legis-
lature has learned to respect the rights of industry,
and does not wilfully withhold food from the labour-
ing classes.
If the Times and its co-mates, instead of raving
against the new •Poor-law, would inculcate a respect
for justice on the Bench of Bishops,—would inspire
the Dukes of BUCKINGHAM and RICHMOND
and their followers with some little regard to the
rights of the starving Manchester weavers, the
Sheffield cutlers, or the Walsall smiths, not only
would the poor-houses have fewer tenants, but they
would be much better cared for, and much more
kindly treated. As long as a law exists which starves
a large number of the people every year—as long as
the Legislature betrays a terrible disregard of hu-
man life, how can it be expected that the charities,
amenities, and kindlinesses of our nature, should be
cultivated by the servants of the Legislature, who
preside over workhouses ? When they are particu-
larly cruel they take their cue from Parliament.

We feel absolutely ashamed on being again
compelled to advert to the conduct of the Earl of '
CARDIGAN. The history of the 11th Hussars for
the last twelvemonth is a disgrace to the Govern-
ment, and indeed to the people of this country.
The system of oppression and insult so ruthlessly
persevered in by the Commanding Officer, the hu-
miliating submission of brave men to his tyrannical
orders and caprices, the apathy of the Commander-
in-Chief to the indignities inflicted on gentlemen
placed under his protection, and the tardy, forced,
and equivocal censure of acts, any one of which
would have ruined an officer without aristocratical
patronage, are, we believe, unequalled in the most
despotic Government on earth, and can no longer
be endured in a free country like this. If Lord
CARDIGAN is not removed from the army be-
fore the meeting of Parliament, the representa-
tives of the people will be compelled to adopt
resolutions which will be productive of other
results than cashiering his Lordship, or even
dismissing Lord HILL. Enormous taxes are
raised for supporting an efficient army, and
while operations are hampered in India, but
more especially on the coast of China, for want of
troops, we have at home one regiment at least
(how many more, we know not) which is totally
unfit for service, because Lord HILL persists in
subjecting, it to the misrule of a commanding officer
already removed from another for misconduct, by
an order of WILLIAM THE FOURTH. Lord
CARDIGAN is comparatively not to blame. He is
spell-bound, like those unfortunate persons in high
life who are addicted by nature to thieving, and
whotu no exposure, no disgrace or punishment, can
wean from their low and pilfering habits. The
punishment, therefore, must fall on Lord HILL
and the Government, who allow an incorrigible
offender to debase and disgrace the British army.
Let any man read the account in another
part of The Sun relative to the last act of
the Noble Earl, and deny that the time
is fully come for his second removal.
Dr. SANDHAM is a medical officer of long
standing, has been in India, we believe, for many
years, and is an honour to his profession ; yet, after
every endeavour to suit his conduct to the temper
of his Commanding Officer and avoid a quarrel, he
has been at last compelled to remonstrate, and ask
a temporary relief from the galling bondage. If
this last fit of extravagance does not open the eyes
of Lord HILL, we have no doubt it will convince
Prince ALBERT that he and Lord CARDIGAN
cannot remain in the same regiment. It appears
that on Friday the Lieutenant-Colonel had a short
interview with his Royal Highness at Windsor, the
result of which will probably transpire in a few
dndayespendn
.Leett
spiritusho pe,for the sake of the army, that
the result will be such as every man of honour and
i
anticipates.

Among the mass of viivate intelligence from China
brought by the oyez laud wail, were a number of It t-
ters addressed to commercial establishments and indi-

viduals, which only now begin to be communicated
to the newspapers, and which represent, we regret
to find, the success of Admiral ELLIOT'S expe-
dition to the mouth of the Peiho, as likely to be
less successful than the first accounts led us to
believe. In a word, they represent the Gallant
Admiral as bamboozled by the Emperor of
CHINA, who is said to be as wily a diploma-
tist as LIN himself. The verbal concessions
made to the Admiral, are stated to have had
no other object than to remove the British
fleet from a position in which it could dictate
terms to the Celestial Government, and where its
very appearance for any length of time would open
the eyes of the Chinese to the weakness of the
tyranny which oppresses and enslaves them. We
ourselves stated that any retrograde movement of
the British forces, before due satisfaction was ob-
taMed, would be attributed to fear, and the follow_
ing Imperial Edict, forwarded to Canton, after the
conference with the Admiral at the mouth of the
Peiho, proves that we were not in the least mistaken;