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      nimity prevailed . The speakers were Mr . J . Ingram Travers , Mr . R . W . Crawford , Mr . W . Williams , M . P ., Mr . James Clay , M . P ., Mr . W . S . Lindsay the great shipowner , Mr . Gassiot , Mr . M . Clarke , Mr . Pascoe G-renfell , M . P . and one of the directors of the St . Katherine's Dock Company , Mr . W . Hawes , Mr J . D < Powles secretary to the London Dock Company , Mr . W . J . Hall , who has been so long persecuted by the Board of Customs , and who has so ably and courageously resisted them ; Sir James Duke , M . P ., Mr . M'Gregor , M . P ., Mr . D . C . Guthrie , and Mr . Somes . Altogether , every branch of commercial and trading industry -was represented at the meeting . The following are the important resolutions agreed to : —

      " That the extraordinary and unexpected issue of the oppressive , unjust , and enormously costly proceedings instituted by the department of Customs against the London and St . Katharine ' s Dock Companies , furnishes a new and alarming example of the irresistible powpr of this department to overwhelm a defendant with costs , and of the unscrupulous manner in which that power may be used while exempt from public control ; and proves that neither public companies , nor the character and property of private merchants and traders are safe , so Ions' as the nresent irresponsible system of

      management is allowed to exist ; and that a deputation from this meeting do wait upon Lord John Russell , the Prime Minister of this country , and member for the city of London , to represent to him , in the strongest possible manner , the dissatisfaction of the mercantile community with the management of that department of his Government having the control of the Customs , and to urge upon him the necessity of the reappoiatment of the select committee of the House of Commons , to continue the inquiry commenced last session into the management of the department of Customs , at the earliest period of the coming session . "

      There was not a sparkle of opposition , and no Government was ever more severely censured " by any public " meeting .

      1156 «Pue He A Her. [Satoriuy ,

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      Manchester Educational Movement

      MANCHESTER EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT

      Mr . Henry , M . P ., presided over a meeting of the council , on Monday , at Manchester . There were present Mr . Cobden , M . P ., Mr . T . M . Gibson , M . P ., Mr . George Combe , and Mr . Simpson , of Edinburgh . Mr . Henry said that the time had come when mere passive sympathy with the principles of the association would not serve the promotion of its objects , and active promulgation of those principles was necessary . The bill intended to be brought before the House of Commons was in the hands of the printer , but had not quite been settled . The following resolution was moved and seconded by the Reverend W . F . Walker , incumbent of St . James ' s Church , Oldhatn , and the Reverend F . Tucker , Baptist : —

      " Resolved , —That the following be adopted as an appendix to clause vi . s . 3 : — " ' That schools already in existence may become free schools under the direction of their present or future managers , and receive — per week for eaeli scholar educated in them . " Provided , — " ' 1 . That on inspection they are found in a satisfactory condition . " ' 2 . That " the inculcation of doctrinal religion " shnll not take place in them between the hours of — and — in the morning , and — and — in the afternoon . " ' 3 . That the attendance of the scholars on th «

      " inculcation of doctrinal religion shall not be compul-Bory . " ' 1 . That " the inculcation of doctrinal religion " rIiall not be a part of the duty of the teachers under this system . " ' f > . That no part of the school payments derived from the rate ahull be directly or indirectly applied to the inculcation of doctrinal religion . ' " The extension of the association embodied in the resolution was supported both by Mr . Cobden and Mr . ( jr ib . son , and carried unanimously . The effect of thiw addition to the proposed bill would , it was admitted , be to approximate the plan of the National Association to that of the Manchester and Sal ford

      Society . Mr . Cobden looked hopefully upon this aH a nign that parties were coming to an understanding ; and Mr . ( j ibson thought that they only gare a fair consideration to the views of others and preserved the principles of the association intact . The new clause would , in fact , amount to taking powers to purchase of the denominational schools that part of their teaching which wuh uccuhir , leaving doctrinal religion Ntill in the hands of the sect to winch the school belonged . In nhort , the addition to cIiiunc vi . h . ' . I . ih an attempt to nullify the objections of the voluntaries .

      A large meeting was hold in the evening at the ( Join Exchange ; and , an at the morning conference , Mr . Henry , M . I * ., took the chair . The speakers were Mr . ( Gibson , MA' ., Mr . ltayjicH , M . A ., of Nottingham , Mr . ( Jeorgo Combe , of Edinburgh , Mr . Cpbden , M . I ' ., Mr . Simpson , of Edinburgh , and Dr . Watts , of Manchester . The resolutions were of a more popular character than those of the conforonce , and ure chiefly remarkable lor taking ground strongly in favour of Ht-culur education . The main point of Mr . Combe ' s speech wan u demonstration of the nocoHBity for instruction , and u description of whut thut

      instruction ought to consist in . Mr . Cobden , who followed Mr . Combe , thought that they had hardl y arrived at the point where they could define specially as to what the instruction should be , and he insisted at length on the necessity for instruction generally , and on the injustice of any system supported by public rates which should exclude the children of any sect whatever . Antagonistic to this meeting of the Public School

      Association , the Manchester and Salford Society held a meeting next day , for the purpose apparently of counteracting the effect produced by their opponents . Mr . Entwhistle presided . There were present the Bishop of Manchester , Mr . Canon Clifton , and Mr . Canon Stowell . These gentlemen addressed the meeting , and complained bitterly of the unfair treatment they had received at the hands of their antagonists . The Bishop of Manchester moved the following resolution : —

      " That this meeting gratefully concurs in the desire publicly expressed by her most gracious Majesty that the youth of these kingdoms should be religiously brought up , and that the rights of conscience should be respected . " The Bishop occupied himself in defending his own conduct , chiefly in attacking his opponents , including the High Church party and the secular instructionists in the severest terms . Mr . Alderman Shuttleworth moved" That it is expedient to provide , by legislative enactment , for the free education of all the children in this district , by means of local rates ; such rates to be administered by local authorities . "

      Mr . Canon Stowell spoke to the resolution in his customary tranchant style . He characterized Archdeacon Denison as the impersonation of Tractarian bigotry , and Dr . Watts as the impersonation of an extreme and unmitigated latitudinarianism . He likened the one to Caiaphas and the other to Pontius Pilate . All the speakers were greatly annoyed at the step taken by the Public School Association , described above . The following resolutions were also adopted : —

      " That the rates so levied ought to be applied in support of existing schools affording religious and secular instruction , and of similar schools to be hereafter erected by voluntary liberality ; and also in the erection of schoolrooms in destitute districts ; That in the case of schools not receiving Parliamentary aid , and not publicly recognized as affording religious instruction , provision should be made for the daily instruction of the children in the Holy Scriptures ; and , That in all cases the right of the parent to select the place where his children shall be educated ; and to exempt them from any distinctive religious teaching to which he shall conscientiously object , must be sacredly maintained . "

      A deputation waited accordingly on Lord John Russell , headed by Mr . Entwistle . They made their statement , and Lord John Russell received them with great and particular attention . He approved of ci rate , provided the difficulties as to religious scruples could be smoothed away . He was prepared personally to accede to the general principles of the Association .

      The Statutes Of Thurles. It Is Understoo...

      THE STATUTES OF THURLES . It is understood that Archbishop Murray has come to the conclusion not to publicly promulgate the statutes of Thurles . In this resolution he is supported by the bishops in whose dioceses the " godless " colleges are situated ; each of whom firmly protested against the synodical decrees placing the eolleg e s under the ban of the ultramontane party . Two polish priests of Waterford have issued jointl y a letter in reply to a fierce attack on them by another priest , charging them with disobedience to the Pope , for having supported the national board of education , and assisting to found what is called a " model " school in Waterford . The defence ia manly and direct , and warm even in defence of ' ? mixed" education .

      The Life And Death Of Marshal Soult. Nic...

      THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MARSHAL SOULT . Nicolas-Jean-de-Dieu Soult was born at St . Amand ( Tarn ) , on March 29 , 170 ' . ) . His father , who was n notary , seeing that lie hud no taste for his own profession , allowed him to enter the army . The future Marshal of France entered the Royal Regiment of Infantry in l 7 H /> , where he wan soon remarked by his aptitude for the functions of instructor . Ho was mudo non-commissioned oilicer in 1790 , and then passed rapidly through the intermediate grades , until ho reached that of Adjutant-General of the Staff , when ( General Lefebvro attached him to his owi : service , with the grade of Chief of Brigade , In that quality he went through the campaigns of 1794 and- 179 /> with the army of the Moselle , and owed tohia talents , as well an to his Republican principles , a rapid promotion .

      I he battlo of Flour us , fought in this campaign , materiall y advanced his prospects . There , indeed , he iirst came prominentl y into notice , and an anecdote of his courage and conduct on that occasion is wellknown to all who have studied those first inurvcllouH campaigns of the armies of the Young Republic . Soult was chief of the staff to Genorul Lefebvro , who hoaded the advanced guard of the army of tho

      Moselle . When the right wing underM ^ I ~ ~ — routed and the general * himeeff Wd to SlV ^ onLefebvre's division , he entreated , in an aL * , despair , a succour of four battalions that h ?™ - ?* seek to recover his lost position . « GiVf > tfcl l ? talions to me , " said Marceau to Lefebm ft ?? ^ blow out my brains . " Lefebvre hesitlled and WUI suited Soult . Soult remonstrated , and renret ^ that to lend these battalions would enSSSTS * safety of the whole division . Marceau waslndL ^ that an obscure aide should venture to have an ! «!? nion on such a subject . " Who are you ? " £ Marceau . Soult responded , " Whoever I am T « calm , which you are not . " The indi gnation of Ma ? ceau was extreme . He threatened , and then chal - lenged Soult to fight him the following day « Good •» said Soult ; « I will not treat you SithT diaSSft . but I must speak the truth . Do not kill yourself £ ^ ^ W" ^* <*« ge againnd

      , ^ , you shall have our battalions as soon as we can siwr « them . " The result justified Soulfs self-reHance Lefebvre s division was almost instantl y afterwards assailed by the enemy . In the middle of the battle when the French , as Lefebvre thought , were beinjr beaten , Soult ' s advice was again asked . Lefebvre wanted to _ retreat . Soult pointed out signs on . the enemy ' s side which indicated that they were themselves giving way . An order from Jourdan . arrived to charge ; and Soult was right—the enemy was retreating . When the battle was over , Marceau confessed the superiority of Soult , and protested that he had won the battle .

      Successively raised to the rank of General of Brigade , and then to that of General of Division , he took part in all the campaigns of Germany , until 1799 , when he followed Massena into Switzerland , and thence to Genoa , where he was wounded and taken prisoner . Set at liberty after the battle of Marengo , and raised to the command of Piedmont , he returned to France at the peace of Amiens , and was named one of the four Colonels of the Guard of the Consuls . When the Empire was proclaimed , in 1804 , he was nominated Marshal of France ; and during the campaign which terminated in Austerlitz , held the command of the fourth corps of the grand

      army . In all the great German battles Soult took a conspicuous part . At Austerlitz he commanded the centre of the French army , and Napoleon ' s instructions to him were , " Marshal , act as you always do . " In the heat of the battle , orders came from the Emperor , who had waited a long time for Soult to move , to attack without delay , and gain the heights of Pratzen . The aide-de-camp returned to the Emperor with the Marshal ' s reply , ' * It is not time yet . " The Emperor enraged , and fearing a fatal blunder ,

      sent a second order . It was unnecessary—Soult had put his columns in motion . The Marshal had been watching the Russians , who were extending their line to the left , and so weakening their centre , which rested on the heights , and he had waited for the right moment . Napoleon saw the brilliancy of the movement . He galloped to the ground where Soult stood , and in the gladness of the assured conqueror , he said , " Marshal , you are the ablest tactician m the army . " "I believe it , sire , " responded the Marshal , " since your Majesty tells me so . " Shortly afterwards Marshal Soult was created Duke of

      Dalmatia . It was , as we have said , in 1808 that the Marshal entered Spain ; and , falling upon Sir John Moore 8 division , caused the disastrous retreat to Corunna onlj , however , to be repulsed with loss when the English turned to bay below the walls . By h'B orders the French cannon fired minute guns over the grave of Sir John Moore , and he caused a record or . the death of the brave English general to be carved on a rock near the spot on which he fell . For some time thereafter , success attended every operation oi Soult ' B armsHe invaded Portugal took Oporto ,

      . , and governed the country so vigorously and lairiy that the opponents of the Braganza family mncio overtures for the permanence of his sway—a proposition which has been turned to the disadvantage oi the Marshal , but which there is no evidence or uclioving that he ever entertained . But the evil Iuck the Marshal was approaching . Welling ton wm »" vanoing to meet him ; ho was attacked and routtu the famous passage of the Douro—one ot tno i gallant exploits ever attempted by an nssauIt .. U

      army , operating , in spite of a broad "V ^ Ek one of equal force , entrenched on the opposite bank . , So complete wan the surprise and ho utter tut . that all the French artillery woro taken , all their sit ^ in the hospitals captured , and then , alter 11 over , Wellington quietly Bat down to Soult H * iinn Tho French general , however , rallied J » " fo « £ during tho night , the disorder ot the t ™ Y *™ J * ixtf tially mended , and lie quickly continued ** * ££% when lie was stunned by the intelligence that Mar-j Hereford hud crowed the Douro h « 1 ™ W ^ Wellingtonand held the bridge over the Amor

      , Ho wifSS . irately obliged <<> ' ^ dS ^ hi . baggage behind him , am ^ tby --

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 6, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06121851/page/8/