The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-30

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The news brought by the Arctic is not of much
Importance but the correspondence and extracts we
give will be found interesting
The accounts from the city Of Rome are of little
interest. The Pope has prohibited the circulation
of Mrs. Beecher Stoves "Unce Tom"
Our London Correspondence.
ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY,l
LONDON, Tuesday, May IT, 1853.
The Duke of Northumberland -Nunmerics Labor
Oppression-Louis Naqoteon-4 ,Oord with Ne.s
York Manag9s-Royai Italian Opera-Ne.o
Piece at the Lyceum-Dublin Erhibition-T1it-
sun Monday-1he Theatres of Ne,y York and
Londos'-Neo Comedy at the Hay Market, &c.
Noblemen are not always the wsest or most dis
Greet men in creation; and verify the exposure Of
the descendant of the Percys does not prepossess
respects their honesty. Here we have
live duke, who has been half century in the navy.
who, on his own ingenious confession before COM
n,ittee Of the House Of Commons, convened for the
purpose Of inqurng into dockyard election bribery,
stands charged with knowing nothing of matters
naval Nasty pitch and tar have to very little pur-
pose sent their odours into his arstocrtic nostrils
for although he processes immense zeal for the SER
vice, he pleads utter ignorance to oil the facts
patent to the world at arge-of the gross bribery
that has been exercised in the various naval dock
yards Of this great kingdom. Il know nothing
about it = is the compacent reply Of my Lord Percy
to all answers on so unpleasant subject and yet,
in reward for his darkness matter that calls for
Diogenes lantern, he has received salary Of Ca 500
per annum. 81 declined to interfere from want Of
experience was again plea but yet his Grace Of
Northumberland hesitated not to abuse his powers,
by sending his secretary, Mr.. Stafford, in govern
ment steamer, to amuse himself with summer
trip, and inspect the curiosites Of Devonport dock
yard just at the time Of More's election when
dinner and few toasts to constituents would be SO
extremely welcome and all at the expense of John
Bull, who is sadded with ducal noodle to pass the
accounts, and pronounce all right what all the
world, except the dockyard interest, knows
to be all wrong. Seriously speaking, however,
the admiralty Of this country is perfect dis
grace to tit is rotten to the core, and
every naval officer, every mercantile seaman.
quite laughs at the state Of things allowed to exist in
cur dockyards where men work short hours and
drag their bodies along in way that would cause
their immediate expulsion from any private building
establishment And why? Simply that the gov
ernment Of the day may be assured Of the votes OF
these subordinaes in the employ of the admiralty.
Tfaith the ladies Of England are well provided
row with retreats from the sins and pleasures
Of the world for Mr.. T. Chambers the liberal men,
Der for Hartford, informs the people of Protestant
Britain that there seyenty-fve Roman Catholic
converts in England and Wales, besides one hundred
AngloCatholic or Puscyitc nunneries, which altogc-
ther contain immured within them three thousand
females in state of mental and bodily sub
lection Such iacts-and they are undoubted-
give us feelings of perfect horror; for those poor
creatures when once caught in these ecclesiastical
traps are really in worse position, as regards m-
pcryison, than criminals and lunatics. The
poor women arc there, ard compelled to submit to
the hard rules and harsher penances which the lady
superors may please to enon and there Is no habeas
corpus, no method eby which they can obtain re-
lease. Nay, SO far from that, there are affiliated
converts abroad, to which they may be consigned in
case Of unwshed for inquiries. Now, of course, If
ladies tired of the world choose to retire from it and
prefer the gloom of q convent to the cheerful sun
light of social life, they have right to do 80; but
surely the abbesses and superiors of converts are
not TO be entrusted with the unchecked exercise of
greater power than that held by the keepers of pra
ons and madhouses. Englishwomen are free, whether
nuns what else, and fully entitled to the pro-
lection OF our national laws; ought any abbegs
to be allowed to divest herself Of the responsibility
which devolves on her, respects those under her
charge, or to keep any single female one single hour
in her establishment without her consent or against
her will.
The stocking trade OF Leicestershre has for long
period been subject to grievance which has happi-
ly called forth some very strong remarks in the
House of Commons. Stocking frames are essential
to the workmen, and the manufacture, hitherto
conducted is of domestic character, carried on at
the workmcn's houses Hence arises a charge for
frame hire; and the annual rent demanded by the
employers amounts to seventy.fve per cent ON
the price of the frame, oil Of which is deducted
from a very low scale of wages, and that too
without any reference to the amount of work
done in the week. whether full or slack time al
though ut the same time the unhappy workman il
compelled, by positive promise, to forego all
chance of employment from other quarters. Then,
again, there are middemen-g -good-natured go-be-
tweens-who, under the pretence Of helping the poor
workmen to employment, help themselves TO lions
share of their already wretched earnings that at
last poor Plgarlick comes off with miserable pit
tance of about ninepence day. whitley the master
manufacturers Of Leicester and other stocking towns
are amassing wealth and revelling in luxury pro-
position for inquiry into and reform Of this system
was burkcd the other night IN the House OF Com
mons but nevertheless, system like this, whioh
grinds the faces Of the poor Is rank monstrous,
accursed offence against the laws OF God and man,
ard partakes OF sll the evlsal the damnatory e.
sentals, of the truck system, which s, u spite u