, 1869-12-03
LONDON.
The Government and the
Press,
The New Peers.
Poverty Of the Laboring Class OF
England.
The Lives Of Strange Women"

AAoAA toS A~O11u@ P8E1e DEtl6FN any lcD CVl1-
nl&ted under the present regime would pass. The
journals are tafely tuned, " and Nr, Gladstone L
the orRantst. 1t little hckenng this perpetual
9audaiioo OF the Premier And Of everything he
does 4 fake only Of Independent citslcsm would
DC treat The TOT Journals denounce ali he
does a. v1ie; tho Liberal ones extoli Is ~ inspired.
The plain truth Is told BY NOBODY. Mr.. Bright,
who nAes u watch IN the interests Of the people,
IS inled 10 sleep BY the orlate Of once, and Tho
Nmniae Star Is extinct Radica.l1u has hardly
moutb-piece LEFT.
a genuinely upright censor would have TO cop-
demn not q few ot the dotngs Of the government
The convenience OF the Ministry. and no: the
public service, has been the study. Last seasoa
place vas wanted for MI. Staos!eld, and 30 an
elaborate explanation vas Maie to Parliament,
Of which the g1sl was, that Third Lord Of the
Treasury must be created. The work was so
e1tlous that no olEer alternative YES possible.
At. stAns1eld got The place AID the sals1y, md
had nothing 10 do. To-day they expel that Job BY
another. Ar. Layatd, the most unit ptreou tha:
could be choteh In The three Kingdoms for q
pctt requiring ipcg,rert and temper, !s ruade
Autsstadof Al the stormy post Of Madrid,
nnd 40 Equally urtuMatle EAn 10 moved Into HI
placc,-1r. Ss2l sleld t4ki1g tae secoad vacancy.
Nov tit otlsct Is achteGe1 the Thirl Lori Of the
Trashy is proclaimed srpe1Gaisy, and ~ ahoE.
thst. Teen Mr. GladEtoncs s Eoa, who Is the type
ttoaar5 teldenctes,--,s put INTO beth, while ut
Isleast fcale OF lnnnttely better nemDers. who
have real cla:ms for WORK coac, are ra.set over,
These ate only few OF the recent Scandals; they
may bc sa.d to culm1nase In
THE TEN NEW rEER5.
What is IT TO te q Peer tn England : 1t IL 10 DO
iegisa'or without accountability. 1t Is to poa-
eetA the privilege Of helpIag to veto any measure
The people may deaife Mithaot having TO astempt
an explanation. Still aore: II Is TO hare the right
u transmitting these privileges 10 posse1ltJ- Nj.
Gladstone Is in e2d IninurtJ In the House Of
Lords. aud ia attempting to rsdrcia the balance
r. Lew csesuons. but nearly all pt the ten ne~
rtsr. a1e selected purely ior their wealth. With
one exception, they have ooue uoihing; they have
Eo neniat dlssiEctiveress whatever: aud their
equals could be selected amongst
tie 1lst twenty nen crossing London
briuge. II 1'fe1s arc to te perpetual
iLst,.utpuy much better men could be found The
ttst Of the batch Is SI John Acton, = Iseral Ro-
! MN Catholic, In bad odor at Rome, hu. Que OF
tue most learned men In the country. lie hsa
twice cons uader the bun ot tho Pope: once for
bis # l111 ( iId Ecstfsn Res!er, ''alI cuce fog
hs 'Oarontclc." lie Still nfofesse. Roman Cataol.
lc!sm, but his inflmate friends include The chief
teachers OF rle sdtanced tchotl of critical theo-
1oslan-. Dean stanley and the Rev. Jalucs Mar
s!aeau are AMONG his c!oae associates, ant he ap-
peaIs to hsvp great deal Ia common With them.
Tut don't suppose his 1earal1g OF Ills ability had
anyluilg 10 do NTH his reetage. lie II atep- son
to iLe Earl OF Granville acd that Is
the expaIA,iou. The other RoIan Catholic
thc1- hare been Ec other Konan Catholics Cte
ated Perra since the 1,efotmatlon} now acquiring
tee nu1oTs Of the peerage IL a!Dg1lar!y Eealous
| nltEauoutaLe. Lord T. uo*ard. Ut hts religious
s'elief say ntthisg. Such rnatte.z ought not 10
he cots,ttrtu where the mesits are great. Nu. Il
hapre..s tIat Lord Howard carries Ills Theology
Into nts political HE, aud It coors eFeryth1nR he
aoe4 70 pull ltin IL the lIouse OF LoEts is 10 cs-
| tallse constant infutnct for what l. narrow
md ht.oted. Ga scAscel! aty point docs he nsree,
i not nertls with The Liberal party, but with the
ideas u Hcdssn c.Elt:zauou- Lie ~ slave OF the
pF1estA lie ADDS another stone to the lefcECes Of
/ fcutiA,fm,
Di the rest OF tho new Peers one Is 2 succes sul
! haukcf, the father Of lhe government "whtp.'t
i Artttrr Is the 1rrlEtmate Eon Of al LIT Wiz
tnr t. .cepi.ocs hase G,Teu-Sl: Join Acton and
| the Roman E4sn4.tc zealot-,ae new Peers rep
| retent mere gold, aud will hat add 10
the Riezt fund Of stupidity which Ia hereditary IN
| tile House Ct Lords After NIL, ME- Ga1s.oae Is
Huen lie other pre1.i=rs. lie has inaa.Zurated
60 NEn Of Immaculate purity and Go1ltks
justice. lie supplies no parl:cu ar contrast to his
Predecessors, save Ia tile ex:ra severity Of bis
l pro{esslC1s. He cxu dekceLl 10 = los as Openly
| as Lard Pl!Ee.ttaa hlmae.i.
| tt Is cnroas though taa: the Tina, the organ
roF errrsitcrf OF the EoyeErtng classes, shoui he
lee sec paper to estimate these appointments nt
theI1 tIue rai1e. Ia this caIdos due to the fact
| that the loDK.eIpcctet peerage has not yet been
| offered to Hr. Waller, and that the object
| Ia To inliouatc that he womb not take
| It u 1t were 1t hts disposal: However that n.y
| be. piato-sWakipG, from whatever motive,
Ii hetteE than the toad5tsm which the
| Liberal pTces generally nauttcsts. The
| T.mfs processes 10 he q, 4 loss to account
10, tic readiness Ut 80 many mea who have lived
| IN the full blaze Of tie Commons to accept the
| otteusit5 Of the Upper Chamber, and doubts II
they have eny deusiors as to the amonu: OF po!!t-
tca r'IWeft or tho extent OF fteo will they w14 re-
| cetve with the EraIs q peersRe- II tnints u
Impossible not TO lave notne feeling Of upeastLesa
Ut t.=tns len springs Of nesccn gs1Itei =: stEoke
IN The uuu.e CT Lords. The Eous Of Wings elevs:-
Ct. to the pesrtec-nay, Wings themselves, 70
| wEofc tho accident ha2pens-often drop beaiad
! lEto toIscIras!sM; aud how Is 4 House OF
Lords, rtTpctua!sl in:reaz1g ic numaess, and
alxay- incllncd % reaction, 10 he reconc:lel WITH
an Elsctiye As.eurly rts:1ly rr..ric.ed IN u1m.
Ocss, AID daily more jealou1 Of lts Aushont5: "It
is severe ttial,' says the 7imes, t'of our Ial;h
| iu tle uoa.t-TaaleleeA o. The tntuza, and Ii or
anal!sE of the feeling, NJ the new Peers he cos-
rect, nfc pccsaees ~oald ts.c sa'i.e't the greater
| pert Of them. Tnty aerept their honofs manly
from perional motives; and, though they would
doubtless TX Pe1Sctl that their sn1s shonlt be
! sE!larly horcrci, tect wonld b. satisfied II they
we1e Advnrced ID 8 .imllar flshlou 10 themselves
by the cl.ocr Of MiniateT ~ thuy a.lyaaced 10
Sea1a"
TIE O-ITR END cP The SCALE,
Lr Fcctca.s pobie te1ttacs...is FAKE In. q
drop uu: OF the sea OF Engllsh poverty. Thu.
tsey leave the Agricultural 1ahorer untouched.
The cHtd,en III which he lives IS sufficiently de-
scr1hsti this week, In an Official report 10 pllIa.
n Ell, hy Il 70. 4. coDnIs,iJn. 4 nAceherl's WIFE
in p,r-esshlEe told one Of the Commissioners that
tl,er cot little butchers heat now aud then, bat
no: tlon the hatcher.
we IuI't.' she said "buy hit from Chrl,-
naa 10 chrls'naA.' Tn.s is how lney get it:
"Wc tei., .ar- Sc: III of .nut1oa at ihrtc
the fh.u,: II is good when stscfed sn time Mea,
Ir,'n 'ht ha'chcr conlts only Ut Chr:s'na% Al
s.a I've e. I've ,s3 q iasssa .Re
81 "sn ss' 10 III r3 2 :& for We h.9sss: st.sa
OF c4hlsee. aad we put J bI: o, lat 10 the pa;a-
soe.. auus ktow that butchers mest ever goes
out 10; ~ harvest Geld 1he5 as;nk s,eoa a; nA:.
to ha.e bas they callca ch:ckory, ard We dftufed
| 5ccd bit o. It. GEf Eew It seems to have Soce
ns sgsns q; aesn e wnst
1Ttas cs.eese R1l natteE.,' The stephtru's fAu.ls
ase her.t'l md costrrd Ia this wise:
a Bcese .hss c e w We III s oy ss i9s ani
re Escd Gil 6! ns 10 sleep in sheln: q. one time
IRE acre thtteeu or fourfecu Of ns. Oae Of
them e 't'5:th room: 10 tue oher the doc: o7:}
| nreced fer .oa 10 so IN salc*ass. Downstairs u e
have eel, oae room with tscplacs. and We haye
s - ~ "a; a. az tys ~ tsiS 10
| fhat " Got ItN:n Cau who cane 1oant: tc
r7d ter ~ Is iortuiehT, We caa1 get eaoash
| money At ore t1nc to buy o1e.''
Several mcn living upon Earl Saafiesh7rJ :
| estate weTo examined Tbegr total average
weekly wages were about Il thll.nes week. In
| otter Places, thi1licrs ~as the highest that
MD be earned IfoE the people hse the extract
! shove will ano*. 4 little u.rAi "Hnea anything
! happens" on the farm TO co* or she-7: AI.*
rfus ttcacIe the poor man could Iot eas barley !;
rarel5 ZIP Of catlS for the chlldrc1, bat b71,h.
10 = hich woTkhouse skHly" must be luxasJ ;
AID yet not one wo,! Of complaint Ye, th:o1en
Ill ts!s o1e G.eam Of hope, ast onlJ CLEAN,
| traEe. The .hefhe.d'. w::c sayE, .'oae n& :sir
sals : gone to America, aat there's our Jim, he
| rays he be AVA! too II 1t wasn't for hs tad leg.
They hse to be good scholars, becaEse 1t te.2i
| tttE. to SO NAY"
TIE aL<1ve was n pt.1ted Ia s1h6:aGce h several
c;ter ~Nrrsse*. The evidence Of the farmer. e1.
ratns Ety the laooreFa At TIE agricultural meet
tle= rscs:7e T'..1ss :cr e1agtrs u .arsc fazG.e<
.--ests Tltai1i faaLy i not dec i.el a1 el+,-
bic sefSAat. for Two bo.s can 10 Is much work a.
| 4 nan. BE-! tteir combined wages Go not a4osu.
| 10 10 Euch.
TEE EErKNc1sr ANnSTNA"
| 4 question which q lnAu Of the xofll net Also.
lctet. tcsd 70 ice,itr nu,: oec75.ozsuy pct -
| himself As he secs the rapid kuccess!oo OF Irai1
woEen who achieve gsdty height OF uo.a,fe:4
Ter SEASON, and then dlAsppeAr-Whal becomes
Of the aooEt uas; Ct the Pc: tos1 ct.argaous: the
| "wo.cn Ct r1a1k," who, however thes
| averSe taeiT wsocEh arc always the
ucrc to be pt::td: The answer By
peLp.e who say they Know, di1e1s In character.
A certain proportion set .e:sIene7tl lud pasA The
res: Of their cars IN provincial &oEus. and e7:er