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The Nineteenth Century , No 182, Apr 1892 [92r] (188/244)
The record is made up of 1 volume (120 folios). It was created in Apr 1892. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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1892
LET LONDON
I venture to make a rejoinder to Mr. Protliero 's criticism of my
defence of the London County Council, entitled ' Towards a Com
mune,' wMch appeared in last month's issue of this Review. In an
article entitled ' Towards Common Sense ' Mr. Prothero attacked my
principles, questioned my taste, impugned my credit, and generally
questioned the accuracy and logic of my statements. In so acting
my critic fell into the common error that all journalistic opponents
of the Council have made, who hoped, but failed by mere strength
of invective and denunciation, to hide their enmity of the Council
by ignorant or deliberate misstatements of the Council's work and
conduct.
Mr. Prothero, pursuing this line, says in one part of his article
that my temperate but vigorous defence and truthful statements of
the Council's position ' had been exaggerated into rhetorical falsehood.'
No facts were adduced to prove such a statement; no figures brought
forward to controvert the dispassionate presentment I made. Instead,
we have wild disagreement and captious criticism, showing a lack of
knowledge of English municipal life even of the most elementary
character. The excuse that the article was hurriedly written could
be accepted on matters of opinion or taste, but the wild utterances of
my critic on matters of fact must not be allowed to pass uncontra
dicted. First let us deal with the of the Council and the
statement that ' the members of the old Council who most inspired
the confidence of the public have all retired. Though Lord Eosebery
seeks re-election. Sir John Lubbock is gone; Sir Thomas Farrer, Mr.
Cohen, Lord Lingen, and Mr. Farquhar are also gone. In their
place stand men unacquainted with business or finance.' In every in
stance this statement is fiction or fabrication. Lord Rosebery has
been re-elected by a popular constituency, and since then elected by
the Council as its chairman. Sir John Lubbock, at the practically
unanimous request of his old colleagues, has accepted the position of
alderman. Sir Thomas Farrer, Lord Lingen, Mr. Cohen, and Mr.
Farquhar have not retired. They are still, as aldermen elected for
six years, or as elected councillors, members of the present Council.
Three of the six councillors mentioned have been elected on to the
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The file contains a copy of the journal The Nineteenth Century. A pencil note on the cover of the journal, in the hand of Lady Pelly, indicates that Lewis Pelly was being read an article from this journal on Easter Sunday five days before he died.
The article he and his wife were reading has been marked on the cover 'Prospects of Marriage for Women, by Miss Clara E Collet' which appears on folios 24-31.
A second annotation, written by Sir William Henry Rhodes Green, gives the date of Lewis Pelly's death and is provided as context to Lady Pelly's comments.
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The journal contains one set of foliation and three sets of original pagination.
The principal foliation for this volume appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, using a pencil number enclosed with a circle.
The three sets of original printed pagination that appear are as follows:
The advertisments at the front of the journal are paginated as i-xxxii; the articles themselves are paginated as 525-712; and the Sampson Low, Marston & Company publications list at the rear of the journal has been paginated as 1-8.
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- Title
- The Nineteenth Century, No 182, Apr 1892
- Pages
- 92r:98r
- Author
- Burns, John Elliot
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