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[February 14, 1857.] , THE LEADE R. 149
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ACCIDENTS AJJD SUDDEN DEATHS. ApoRTKit a...
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STANISLAUS WORCELL. On the 9th of this m...
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STATE OF TRADE. The general reports from...
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IRELAND. THE TIPl'ISllAltY BANK. A motio...
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AUSTRALIA. Mk. Donaldson, the now Treasu...
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AMERICA. . The question with respect (o ...
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The Manchester Education Sciikmk A Ruiiu...
for the settlement of this great national question . Mr « B . W . Smiles , the secretary , read a large number of letters which had been received from members of Parliament and friends of education , and among them two from Lord Stanley and Mr . Cobden , which expressed hearty concurrence in the objects of the meeting , and regretted that previous engagements placed it beyond their power to aid the cause with their presence on that
. Mr . William Entwisle moved the first resolution , which ran thus : —" That , although . Parliament , by allowing the capitation grants of the Committee of Council on Education , has affirmed the necessity of additional efforts to extend and improve national education , and has sanctioned the principle of making direct payments out of the public funds in aid of the education of children according to their school attendance , it is the opinion of this meeting that the provisions of the Committee of Council on Education are not adequate to the national wants , and that in granting direct aid for educational purposes the amount of such aid , the schools
to which , it should apply , and the specific conditions upon which it should be granted , ought uottobe left , as now , to the varying minutes of the Committee of Council , but should be determined by an act of Parliament ; and that for the obtaining of such an act the friends of national education ought to combine and make the most strenuous efforts . " The Rev . Canon Richson remarked upon the inaccuracy of those educational statistics which are commonly quoted by the advocates of the voluntary principle as proving that education has made great progress within the last forty years . The speaker contended , on the contrary , that allowing fqr increase of population , the ratio of school attendance in that period has decreased from one in ten to one in thirteen . He
concluded by moving a resolution embodying these views , and urging the necessity of legislative interference . Mr . J . A . Nicholls moved , and Mr . C . E . Cowley seconded , the third resolution , which was to the effect that all parliamentary grants should be defrayed out of local rates and administered by local authorities , elected by and out of the ratepayers . Sir J . P . Kay Shuttleworth made a speech in which he supported the views contained in this resolution ; and the Rev . Dr . M'Kerrow moved the fourth resolution : —" That although , in the opinion of this meeting , it would be unjustr 5 n administering any local rate , in aid of the schools built by voluntary effort , to interfere with tlie management , discipline , instruction , or inspection of such schools ,
otherwise than to secure the specific objects of such , aid , yet it would be equally unjust to disregard the conscientious feelings of parents in respect to the religious education of their children , or of the ratepayers in respect to their nayingfor forms of religion to which they object ; therefore tnis meeting considers that tlie only requirement pertaining to instruction , which , as a condition of receiving such local aid , ought to be demanded , is a prescribed amount of secular instruction ; and that the religious instruction ought to be left to be superadded , -or otherwise , at the discretion of the school managers , but that no child ought to be compelled to learn a distinctive religious formulary to which his parent conscientiously objects . "
In seconding this resolution , Sir John Pakington vindicated the advocates of secular education from the charge of wishing to encourage infidelit }' , and said he believed them when they stated that all they wanted to do was to separate the inculcation of religious doctrine from the tuition of the intellect . Still , he thought these gentlemen did not sufficiently consider that the kind of homes from which the poorer classes come arc hardly the places where religion is likely to be taught . He added : — - " Previous to his visit to Manchester in November , he received a communication from that distinguished man to whom reference had already been made —he meant Mr . Cobd « n—suggesting to liim , as he would have an opportunity of communicating with the leading members of both the educational bodies in this
city , to undertake the task of putting an end to the unhappy differences , and finding a common ground upon which all might unite . When he proposed a conference , in consequence of what was suggested by Mr . Cobden , some three or four gentlemen were deputed from each side . ^ On the day after he delivered his address , they met in conference ; and he was not going too far when he said that this great difficulty , which had puzzled and perplexed England for years , and -which , again and agnin , had been pronounced to be insuperable , was solved by seven or eight gentlemen in a discussion that did riot occupy two hours . " ( Applause ") Sir John Pakington then explained the terms upon which they had come to an agreement , and winch were the same as those embodied in the resolution he was seconding .
The last resolution was to the effect that Sir John Pakington and Mr . Cobden be requested to persevere in Parliament with a measure for the promotion of education , based upon the principles previously moved . All these reaolutiona were carried unanimously , and the meeting separated .
[February 14, 1857.] , The Leade R. 149
[ February 14 , 1857 . ] , THE LEADE R . 149
Accidents Ajjd Sudden Deaths. Aportkit A...
ACCIDENTS AJJD SUDDEN DEATHS . ApoRTKit at a houao of business in the City has been Killed by one of the ' points' on the South-Western Railway at the Nino Elma Station flying oil ' and striking him down .
A man who , together with his wife , was arrested a few days ago at Coggeshall , Essex , under suspicion of their stealing some silk from their employers , suddenly staggered and fell down dead as he was about to be _ removed in custody . The wife has since been examined , and admitted to bail . The man had been suffering some time from disease of the heart ; and the inquest has terminated in a verdict of Natural Death . A lamentable occurrence has taken place in the Lord Effingham Saloon , Whitechapel-road . Mr . Abrahams , the landlord , and his wife , with several other persons , were sitting together in the kitchen , when a large
quantity of brickwork fell into the room through the roof , which was then undergoing repair . Mrs . Abrahams and a female friend both received some severe contusions on the head from the falling matter , and were otherwise seriously injured . Two -workmen who were employed on the roof at the time , laying down a leaden gutter , -were precipitated downwards , a distance of sixteen feet , on to the lower dwellings , by the falling in of the upper part of the high wall and some of the slatework of the roof . The four sufferers were immediately removed to one of the bedrooms ; they were all in a frightful condition , bleeding profusely from the injuries they had received .
Stanislaus Worcell. On The 9th Of This M...
STANISLAUS WORCELL . On the 9 th of this month the last honours were paid to the Temains of the lamented Polish exile , Stanislaus WoKCEro ,, by a deputation of the proscribed patriots of France , Germany , Poland , and Italy . An eloquent and affecting address was delivered over the grave of the departed ^ exile by M . Ledrtj Roix , ut , who exhorted his proscribed brethren to derive courage and consolation from the noble memory and example of departed virtue father than despair from the passing triumphs of victorious crime . M . Ledru Eollin spoke with generous emotion of the antiqixe honour , the inflexible austeritv ,
the brave-hearted simplicity , and the unostentatious abnegation of Stanislaus Worceix , who , born in the lap of opulence and luxury , had sacrificed wealth , rank , possessions , the favour of princes , and even family affections , to devote his energies unreserved ^ ' to the great cause of freedom and humanity . M . Ledru Rollin concluded with a stirring appeal to the united devotion of all who desired the same end—however they might differ about the means—to the common cause , which was nothing more nor less than the elevation and happiness of the human race .
State Of Trade. The General Reports From...
STATE OF TRADE . The general reports from the manufacturing towns throughout the kingdom continue to show h steady trade , but on the average there bar been less animation dur ing the week ending last Saturday than for somo time previously . At Manchester , the demand has been dull , and rather lower rates have been accepted , the state of the Liverpool cotton-market still inducing great caution . The Birmingham report describes no alteration in iron . The tone , however , is rather less firm . At Nottingham , there has been an unuusually large business in lace , and the transactions in hosiery have likewise been satisfactory . In the woollen districts , prices are well maintained , and employment has been general , although scarcely so active as during the preceding week or two . — Times .
About two lnindred and fifty colliers have turned out at Silverdale , in North Staffordshire , for an advance of wages . They ask for the return of Gd . a day which was taken off some few months back , when the price of iron was lowered in that district , the price having since then risen again . The turn-outs have held several meetings , and with the men of one colliery arrangements arc said to have been made ; but the rest refuse to go down tlio pits again unless their wages arc at once raised , in s tead of being kept at the present rate until the 1 st of next month , as desired by the employers .
Ireland. The Tipl'isllalty Bank. A Motio...
IRELAND . THE TIPl'ISllAltY BANK . A motion , made before Baron Greene , in chamber , that the conditional order obtained for liberty to issue a writ of scira facias against Mr . Vincent Scully , M . I ' ., he niado absolute , was ordered to stand over till next term . The conditional order was granted on foot of a judgment obtained by Mr . Walker as public officer of the Newcastle Bank , against the official manager of the Tippcrary Bank , for the sum of 25 , 000 / . Puoticstant Ei > i ;
Australia. Mk. Donaldson, The Now Treasu...
AUSTRALIA . Mk . Donaldson , the now Treasurer at Melbourne , has submitted the Ministerial budget to the Assembly . Jlc said that at the end of Iftfifi ( lie deficit in the revenue wns not less than 120 , 000 / ., tho accumulation of former dcificitH . The present Administration intended to raise 15 O , 000 Z . by terminable annuities . Tho prospects of the country were cheering . The
estimated income was 1 , 200 , 000 / ., and was in excess of the expenditure . The Customs ' revenue was in a prosperous condition , a highly favourable change having set in during the last six months . The accounts from the gold-fields are of the usual prosperous character . At Horley River , however , a sad catastrophe has occurred , five Scotchmen having been "buried alive by the earth falling in upon them as they were working a tunnel . Melbourne and its vicinity have been visited by a wind and sand storm surpassing in intensity any which had been previously experienced in the colony . Considerable damage was occasioned by it .
In addition to the tragedies in the 40 th Regiment stationed at Melbourne , which we related a fortnight ago , some other lamentable events have taken place at the same settlement . A police-sergeant , named M'Nally , has been shot dead in endeavouring to secur , e a desperate bushranger ; and another policeman , named Moore , who was assisting him , was wounded at the same time . A much worse business , however , took place among some of the convicts confined on board the hulks at Williamstown . One of these convicts is a man named Melville , alias Smith . He is a notorious ruffian ; but , by affecting a great deal of religious fervour , he obtained a remission of his sentence , in the form of removal from the hulk No . 1 , the President , where the discipline is the
most severe , to No . 2 , the Success , where there is more indulgence . A gang of the prisoners had been on shore at Williamstown , to break stones , and , about five in the evening , fifty of them were ordered into a launch , ' * to be towed back to the ship . A small boat , manned by four men , refractory sailors condemned by the magistrates , was attached by a rope to the launch ; and by hauling on this rope the convicts in tlie launch brought the boat nearer to them . Owen , one of the boatmen , called for help , and Jackson , shipkeeper of one of the hulks , rushed forward through the convicts in the launch , but was instantly thrown overboard by Melville . Ho swam back , but Melville held him for a time under water . Another of the seamen was also thrown overboard , and his brains were beaten out by one of the convicts . Several more
seamen were thrown into the water , but they were ultimately saved , as was Jackson . One of the convicts jumped out of the small . boat and was drowned . The rest cut the tow-rope , and put out to sea , Melville standing up as he passed the List hulk ,. ' and exclaiming , as lie kissed his hand , " Adieu , Victoria , at last ! " But he was doomed to ¦ disappointment . Shots were fired from the hulks at the fugitives , and one was killed and another wounded . A boat from the hulks , and a waterpolice boat , gave swift pursuit , and the convicts were overtaken after going about eight hundred yards . Melville says he knew that the odds were as nine to one against him : but he is tired of life , and so determined to run the risk . All the fugitives ( nine in number ) will he tried for the murder-of the seaman whose brains were beaten out .
America. . The Question With Respect (O ...
AMERICA . . The question with respect ( o the alleged corruption of some of the members of the Washington Legislature continues to be the chief topic of conversation in the United States at the present time . Mr . Simontoii , the correspondent of the New York Times , who made the original accusations , has been placed under arrest by the House of Representatives , for refusing to disclose to the Committee of Inquiry the names of the persons who communicated to him the facts on which he based his accusation . His refusal lie explains by saying that it would bo a breach of trust to mention the names of his informants . On being ^ arrcstcd , he gave notice to the Serjennt-at-Arms of an action for false imprisonment , and a
writ of habeas corjms was to have been applied for to test the power of the House to keep in custody a jirisoner for contempt ; but the House and tho Senate thereupon passed , with the utmost celerity , a short bill giving the power disputed . Another witness lias been captured in endeavouring to tiy from tlie city , and four others who will be called have resolved to defy the Committee . " The contest , " says the Times New York correspondent , " develops a rather surprising amount of ancient Toryism latent in the Conscript Fathers of the Republic ; the language used in speaking of tho press sounds very like echoes of thu days of Eldon and Castlereagh , of which the hurried bill just enacted has somo little trace . "
1 ho same writer snys that " the Senate has again dificusBed Urn Atlantic Telegraph Bill , with an amendment limiting tins aid to be given to the undertaking by the United States to that furnished by the British Government under its first contract . It was passed on tho 22 nd of . January . The only disturbing anxiety about the lino is , that no guarantee can be given for ita use in time of war . The termini arc on British territory , mid it is conceded tli . it this is unavoidable ; but the possession oi ' ± > ue of them is not enough to secure thu communication , Mr . Sowurd ntntud his belief that tho telegraph would prove one . of tho greatest agents irt preventing war . " General Harvey has declared Avar against tho Florida Indians . —It in doubtful whether Mr . Sum nor will he
able to sit in the Sonata , his election to which he bos accepted . His henlt . li Iiuh never been restored since lh « attack made on him by Mr . Preaton S . lirooka . How-
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14021857/page/5/
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