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stepped forward and said to the men , My friends , ycu have learned to labour ; you have a right to rest ; but leave these lads ; let them learn now , and when their turn cornea they may rest as you do . ' The men gave way the youths marched home , and Mettray was saved —Saved , as I believe , by our habit of military discipline . " Mr . Commissioner Hill , Mr . Miles , M . P ., and others , tendered their personal acknowledgments to M . de Metz , and the meeting separated .
THE HINCHFOBD COMSERVATIVE CLUB . This society , which combines the discussion of politics with the distribution of rewards to labourers , celebrated its annual meeting on Friday week at Castle Hedingham . The chief speech of the evening was that of the Rev . Mr . Cox , who favoured his auditory with a statement of his opinions on public affairs as viewed from a Conservative point . The breaking up of party lie conceived to have been the ruin of the country . The late Srr Robert Peel he looked upon as a traitor , and summed up his character in the following imaginary inscription on his monument : — " To the memory of Sir Robert Peel , who forfeited his principles , betrayed his friends , and
destroyed his party ; and , to perpetuate these great events , this monument is erected . " Ileligion he held to be necessary to education ; and the ol » ject of the cecular system waa " to erect Godless colleges and infidel schools . " The XOl . and 5 / . franchises incurred his especial wratli . " The great body of the people " being Conservative , lie was of opinion that , whenever there is a reform of Parliament , the said " great body" will exclaim— " We will not have your Reforiu Bill ; but every one whose name is on the ratebook shall have a vote , and then we shall not fear
the result . " Mr .-Cox did not expect that many of his Conservative friends would agree with his opinions : nevertheless , they were loudly cheered . One sensible remark , however , should be placed by the side of the foregoing . Mr . Cox ridiculed the idea held by many that no man could bo a Protestant who did not denounce Mayuooth every time he stood up to speak . —Another of the speakers was the Right Hon . William Beresford , who , while lamenting the Derby Government , admitted that Lords I ' almcrston and Paniuure arc great improvements on Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle . He concluded by expressing his willingness to retire from the representation of North Kssex at the next election , provided nny neighbouring gentleman of Conservative principles were ready to take his place . THE EARL OF LEICESTER OX THE LABOURING CLASSES . At the annual meeting of the Docking Agricultural Society , near Fakenham , Norfolk , the Earl of Leicester , who was in the chair , said—41 I have the misfortune—at least the misfortune as far as I am concerned—to be a very considerable owner of cottage property . 1 have endeavoured , as far as 1 © an , to improve the cottage of the labourer , and in doing so I trust I have both physically and morally improved his condition . In the first place , I have endeavoured in building my cottages to provide such accommodation as will allow a human being to live in the way in which a man should live . ( Cheers . ' ) In the next place , I have
endeavoured to build those cottages at as little possible loss to myself as I can . To expect a prorit from cottage property without screwing the tenant , is impossible . My not allowing lodgers to be taken in , by enforcing a few other simple rules which it is necessary to make with the labouring classes , and by having my tenants in nearly every case directly under me as their landlord , I firmly believe that I have improved their condition both physically and morally . ( Cheer * . ') Now , gentlemen , aa to the master who employs the labourer . When I , as an owner of cottage property , have done as nuich as I possibly can to improve the condition of the labourer , much still rests with the master who employs him . 1 believe , gentlemen , a
good master makes n good man . I believe , if a little inoro attention were paid in looking after the labourers wo employ , wo might make them , in many cases , much more eflkient , ami give them a much greater interest in the soil on which they work , and the prosperity of the master who employs them . 1 believe that , when wo take labourers from another farm , by making a few inquiries into their characters at the place which they have left , by paying the mine kind attention to them that wo pay to our domestic servants , by taking , in short , an interest in them which we havti not hitherto displayed , wo might induce among labourers a regard for character which at present does not exist rtuuivu » utly in our district . " ( Cheers . }
The Earl strongly denounced the practice of begging for " lnrgcsBu" utter harvest , nnd lamented the tendency to drunkenness which characterises the Norfolk peasantry . Ho recommended the formation of libraries ami of ndult schools , the latter being greatly needed , uinco futhcra are naturally apt io take their children away from school curly , when they find that they can earn three or four ( millings ti week . The remarks of his lordship were received with great applause .
CANTERBURY DIOCESAN BOARD OP EDUCATION . The annual meeting of this society at Maidstone was very well attended . The Archbishop of Canterbury was in the chair , and Earl Stanhope spoke at length , bearing testimony to the efficiency of the school inspectors . One of the Government inspectors ( Mr . Tufnel , he believed ) , speaking of a school in another county , stated that he found the scholars unacquainted with many of the common facts of ordinary life , as , for instance , the distance to the next market town , and the difference between a foot and an inch ; but when they were questioned as to how many millions of miles the aun was distant from the earth , and the movements of the planets , the children were able to give him ready answers . Surely it was the duty of the inspector , in a case like this , to point out how there might be misdirected labours , as well as supine neglect . But . further still , it might be the duty of the inspector to point out that children are to be taught not merely in the same old rule or order , but that the questions should be inverted , or asked in different forms , so that they might obtain a knowledge of tilings , and not merely have a knowledge of words in parrot-like form instilled into them . After many other speeches had been made , the Archbishop spoke in conclusion . He hoped that Government would be satisfied that they were now going on in a way ns useful and as widely extended as it could be extended , at lea ^ t so far as -regarded the rural districts . He did not think a better plan could be devised than that of aiding local contributions by public support , and he was glad to see that one of the most influential of the statesmen who had brought in measures on this subject had declared that he sliould value no system if it were not based r > n religion . His grace exhorted all present to use their influence for the effectual support of this society . The meeting then separated .
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Tin ; Earl ok Ellesboeolgh has addressed the Wincheomfo Agricultural Association , at a dinner given by the Society after the distribution of prizes to working men . His speech consisted chiefly of a vindication of this method of rewarding labourers who have conducted themselves with propriety . Mk . J . P . Mukkol'OH , M . P ., met iiis constituents at Bridport on Monday , to give them an account of his stewardship . Oil the subject of the war , he said he was not hopeful as to its results . The Government had trimmed between the Manchester doctrine of nonintervention and the " grand throw for European liberty" which the nation desired to be made . He ridiculed the idea of Lord Palmerston ' s fitness for the Premiership , and , while admitting that he had some English qualities , showed , b } ' a sketch of his public life , that he bad repeatedly outraged the cause of freedom on the Continent . Lord John Russell was loudly denounced bv . Mr . Murrough , who considered Mr . Gladstone and 5 [ r . Disraeli our two best men , but held that they had been unfortunate in their associate ? . Mr . Murrough -waswell received ; and , after a speech from Mr . M'Mahou in favour of rousing the nationalities , and of general reform , the meeting separated . Kaicl Hrixe , on Wednesday , addressed the annual meeting of the Marlborough Agricultural Association , on which occasion he occupied the chair . Having alluded to the war , and defended the giving of prizes to working men , he passed to the subject of cottages for the humbler classes of agriculturists , and observed : —* 'It was notorious that there was a large number of cottages on his father ' s ( Lord Ailesbury ' s ) estate which were in a condition that he . should wish to sec altered ; but many gentlemen could tell them how difficult it was to interfere in such matters . For many years past strict orders had been given that no cottages should be built upon the estate which did not contain three bedrooms , in order that the proper distinction between the sexes might be enforced ; for nothing was more likely to lead to demoralisation tlian an iusuflicicucy of accommodation in sleeping apartments . But he must remind them that the fault did not always rest with the landlord . Many cases occurred in which , when a sufficiency had been provided , some of the rooms were let off to lodgers , and the inmates lived iu the same condition as before . "
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THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AT LIVERPOOL . The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday . The town was gaily decorated , and the day was observed as n holiday . His Royal Highness having been received by the Mayor and other officials at the Town Hall , ami listened to an address in which mention wns made of the Duke ' s Crimean achievement . " , he was ltd through the town , nnd inspected tlio chief objects of interest . On Wednesday , his Royal lliyhiK' 33 was invited to a grand banquet at the Town Hull . After several toasts of the usual order had been drunk , the health of the Royal Family , including tlio Duko of Cambridge , was proposed ; and the Duke , in the course of his reply , observed : — " A grant deal had been written upon the shortcomings imil defects in our arrangements for the
comfort and efficiency of the army ; but the fault was not so much in individuals as in the system , and still more in the state in which our establishments had been left by a forty years' peace . It might be said that the French had enjoyed a forty years' peace as well as onrselves ; but it should be remembered that the breaking out of the war had found them much better prepared than ourselves . The French had for many years carried on war in Algeria , and their transport and "
commissariat departments were therefore in a state of efficiency . When the war broke out , we had no land transport corps at all , and no ambulance , and we landed in a country where no horses or forage could be procured . The commissariat was a department of the Treasury , and the officers arrived in the Crimea with little or no experience of the work they had to perform . They were willing to learn , anxious to do their duty , and desirous to receive suggestions . But , wider all these circumstances , it was not to be wondered
at that deficiencies manifested themselves which made every one impatient . Officers were impatient , men were impatient , and ( said his Royal Highness ) "I was impatient . " But he saw around him many eminent merchants having establishments in every part of the globe ; and he would ask them whether a space of three , four , or five months would" enable them to form those establishments and make those ramifications in every part of the globe which were essential to the success of their undertakings , and the harmony and efficiency of their action ? ( Cheers . ) Time must be given for establishing the necessary organisation , and our establishments were now fast attainting an efficiency worthy of this great country . The lesson to be learnt from these eventsand he trusted that it would not be forgotten after the peace—was , not to starve our establishments during a time of peace , or to maintain them in a low state of efficiency as if we thought that war was impossible . "
The 1 ) uke expressed his opinion that a peace concluded at the present time would not be safe or honourable , and said it was to his great regret that he had been compelled , owing to the state of his health , to leave the Crimea . His health was nowrestored , and nothing would now give him greater pleasure than to return to the seat of war . With respect to army promotion , he stated his opinion that English soldiers " like to be commanded bygentlemen , and often feel irritated under the com . mand of men of their own station . " Thanking the Mayor and inhabitants of Liverpool for the brilliant reception they had given him , his Royal Highness resumed his scat amidst leud cheers . In acknowledging the toast of the army , Sir Harry Smith made some remarks with reference to the late attack on the Redan . He said there had
been much misapprehension with respect to it . In attacking a fortified place , the assault is usually made in several places at once , in order to distract the attention and divide the forces of the besieged , and it is not expected that all shall succeed . Wellington attacked Badajoz at four points , and his two crack regiments failed at the breaches made by the cannon ; but the assault succeeded at other points , and no one calumniated the crack regiments for their repulse . * The Earl of Derby acknowledged the toast of " The House of Peers , " and briefly vindicated the importance of that institution , and his own recommendation of the three peers created during his administration—viz ., Lord Stratford de Redcliffe , Lord St . Leonards , and the late Lord Raglan .
After a few more short speeches , of an unimportant character , the company repaired to the drawing room , where dancing was kept up to a late hour . The town was brilliantly illuminated , and the streets were crowded . On the following morning , the Duke inspected the river , the shipping , and the docks , and in the evening attended a concert at St . George ' s Hall . A great deal of indignation has been excited in tho press on account of a reporter from the Times being admitted at the Town Hull Banquet , while the representatives of other papers were excluded .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . Mosey Difficulties uh France . — The progressive decline in almost all public securities , and the serious fall that has taken place in the Rente , have led to considerable anxiety , and it may almost be said that a panic exists at this present moment on the other side of the Channel . On this subject , the Paris Correspondent of tho Times remarks : — " Persons who have a good deal of experience in financial affairs , and who have studied uttenattribute
tively tho nature and causes of these fluctuations , tho progrcssivo and considerable decline , wl » ' < - 'U has aovr existed for three weeks , not to one but to a variety or causes . They aro not of opinion that tho deficiency of tho harvest is alone sufficient to produce such a depreciation in all securities ; for , while « dnuUing tl >« tdeflciency oven to tho amount of 10 , 000 , 000 of heo to litres a aum 1 EK = K . « 3 EEE
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13101855/page/5/
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