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Among the gentlemen forming the deputation were : — Mr . Robert N . Philips , Mr . Absalom Watkin , Mr . Mackie , Revs . Dr . M'Kcrrow , Dr . Beard , and Francis Tucker , Manchester ; Rev . W . F . Walker , A . M ., Incumbent of St . James ' , Oldham ; Rev . J . A . Baynes , A . M ., Nottingham ; James Simpson , Toxhill Bank , Lancashire ; Dr . John Watts , Manchester ; Mr . Robert Hey wood , Bolton ; Mr . Richard Solly , Sheffield ; Mr . Samuel Lucas , Mr . Edward Swuine , London ; Mr . Walter Ferguson , Liverpool ; Dr . Smiles , and Mr .
James Kitson , Leeds ; Mr . Hugh Ferguson , London ; Mr . D . F . Routh , Twickenham , and Mr . R . W . Smiles . Mr . Gibson introduced the deputation , and his lordship was addressed by Mr . Absalom Watldi ^ of Manchester ; Messrs . Samuel Lucas and Edward Swaine , of London ; Dr . Smiles , of Leeds ; the Revs . Dr . M'Kcrrow and Dr . 'Beard , of Manchester ; the Rev . W . F . Walker , Incumbent of St . James ' , Oldham ; the Rev . Francis Tucker , Manchester ; the Rev . J . A . Baynes , Nottingham ; and by Dr Watts ,
The points urged by the deputation were chiefly : — a vindication of the National Public School Association from the charge of irreligion in character or tendency ; the necessity of increased means for public instruction ; and the expediency of supply ing such means by local rates ; and the constitutional principle of according to the rate-payer the political , if not indeed the natural , right of control over the rate in its administration .
The deputation urged also the inexpediency of relying on the common day schoolmaster for the inculcation of religious instruction , on the ground that his duties were sufficiently onerous , if he discharged them efficiently , without imposing this upon him . The deputation expressed very decided opinions as to the moral value of a good system of secular instruction , and maintained that the numerous sectarian differences in the country rendered it impossible to provide , with equal justice to ; ill parties , a system of public instruction by means of local rates , or public taxes , unless such system were divested of a special religious character .
The deputation respectfully requested his lordship to take their views , and the views of those they represented , into consideration in relation to his Boroughs Education Bill . The following may be stated as an epitome of the objections urged to Lord John's education Vi \\ . — Summary . —The bill makes no provision for tbo certain extension of education , except to out-door paupers , and it is not at nil covtjiin that nny child , not already at school , and not a pauper , will ever get to school under thc _ provisions of the bill , except in places where the population is
less than five thousand ; mid the minutes in Council wholly exclude from aid all purely secular schools , the only class of school * in which the whole of the teaching is unexceptionable to persons of all religious denominations . Lord John Rii > ' « ell thanked the deputation for the tone and manner of their observations , and expressed his gratification at their practical character , . lie requested that the suggestions which had been thrown out might lie repeated to him in a dear ; m < l cynei . se form in writing , and promised them his best consideration . The interview occupied about ; m hour and a quarter .
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LOSS ( W A MVKKPOOL SHIP . An emigrant vessel has been wrecked in its passage from Liverpool to New Orleans . The William , and Man / left Liverpool for Mew Orleans on the 24 th of March , with over two hundred passengers , mostly Irish , Scotch , and ( Jemmn emigrants . The voyage was at first very favourable , and the mixed company on board formed si . very pleasant and cheerful party . On the IJrtl , the ship entered the dangerous channels of the Bahamas ; the we-. ither then became most threatening , the sky was clouded , the wind blew strong from the south-east , and there was a very heavy kc ; i . Aft . ei
passing the island of Abaeo , they steered for Khrnnp Key , and at . sunset ; lost sight of it . This , it in considered , led to some error on the purl , of the captain ; the cloudy weather also prevented his observing the huh ' h altitude ; consequently , he mistook bis course , and ; it ( sight o ' clock in the evening , tho ship struck upon n . sunken rock . Orders were- quickly given to brace the yards round ; it was ( loins , but without ell'ccl . 'Die terrified passenger * crowded on deck ; Honit ! screamed ; others caught , hold of tho sailors ,
clinging to them for safety ; and the confusion of tins hapless nnd frightened crowd much obstructed the ( ' ( forts of the seamen . Tho ship now rolled heavily ; the neii broke over her with every large wave . Tins < : itnt . iuu ordered the men to prepare to cut away the muni ; the lusnd slnyN were cut , and everything got roiuly , hut , the captain still hesitated , as tho sails prevented tho idiip from rolling . The boats meanwhile were ^ ot , ready , when , afte- fifteen minutes Imd passed , the ship K ,, t oir tho rock . But , in a few minutes she Htruck ujkiu smother with tremendous force . The
shock flung down many on the deck , and the terror of the passengers was now intense . One of the surviving seamen says : — " Some were upon their knees , praying for the Lord to have mercy upon them—some were crying , others were running catching hold of the officers and crew , begging them to save them , telling them that they were unfit to die , that they were unprepared to meet their God . Some , who had the evening previous been boasting of their infidelity , were the first upon their knees and loudest in their cries for God to have mercy upon them . It now seemed evident to all that the ship would go down immediately . Men , who before this had acted their part nobly , now ceased to make any effort to save themselves or others . Some went to a cask of liquor that was between decks and there forgot their dangers and troubles . "
The water rushed into the hold ; at midnight it was four feet ; before morning it was eight feet deep ; and when day dawned , there was ten feet of water in the hold , and the pumps were abandoned in despair . The crew worked hardly at getting off the boats ; there was much trouble , as the passengers rushed to them , and when they were launched , they had to encounter a fierce sea beating under the quarters . Three were swamped almost immediately . The life-boat got safely off ; the greater portion of the crew filled it ; none of the passengers getting in . This was the first to leave the ship ; and it is noticeable that the captain took advantage of it to escape , leaving in the ship six of the crew and about one hundred and seventy of the
passengers . At his departure the passengers raised a scream of terror , knowing all hope was ove r when the captain gave up the ship . But the long-boat was still left . The six seamen got it ready and got it off . The passengers looked on , and then , as the boat got free , they flung themselves overboard to reach it . An eyewitness says : — "I never saw anything in my life so fearful . Women and men jumped overboard frorn tho after part of the vessel near where the boat lay , and many were drowned . One of the crew who was in the longboat was compelled , with a hatchet , to keep off the passengers who were crowding into tho boat , and who , if allowed to enter it , ¦ would undoubtedly have sunk it . "
The passengers in t his boat were picked up by an unknown ship , and the captain and crew in the lifeboat by a New York vessel .
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OATH TAKING . Tni 3 question of the rights of conscience respecting the taking of oatlia arotto before tlie Peterborough Election committee on Wednesday . ' The decision of the committee makes the proceeding important . The matter is thus reported in the Morning . Post : — " Edwin Augustus Scholey was called as a witness , but on coming to the table he said , though ho was willing to be nwom on the New Testament , he did not attach more importance to that book than to any other . lie said he was not a Christian , but was willing to be sworn in the ordinary way if the committee wished it ; but , whether sworn or not , he would , in giving- his evidence , speak the truth , and nothing but tho truth . The committee ordered the room to be cleared , and on the re-admission of tho parties , the chairman desired the witness to bo re-called , and on his appearing ho asked him whether he believed in a . Supreme JJeing , and in a future state P The witness replied , that he believed in a something superior , but what that something wan ho had found no one to tell him . Ho eventually udmiU . od that ho believed in a God , and that when , he took God to witness that ho would speak tho truth , that was a form of oath which would be binding on his conscience , . lie was therefore sworn . "
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1 IISC K LLAN E O U S . Having returned to London from the comparative solitude of Odbome , with her health restored , the Queen is resuming her old habits of activity . She has received the Duke of Genoa in due form ; she has held a drawing-room and received two hundred young ladies ; she has twice visited the French playn ; she attended the J Lillian opera after the drawing-room ; and us early as half-past nine on Monday , with her spouse , she visited the Exhibition of Cabinet Work at ( Jove House .
For the information of Lord l ' uhnerston , Sir Richard Mayne , and the Government spies , we may state that it is reported by the Court , newsman that the Queen ban visited the Countess of Ncuilly , widow of the ex-King Louis Philippe , residing at Clareinont with her flons , the so-called princess of the House of Orleans , alleged pretenders to the throne of France .
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Mr . Moundell l ' almor ban boon returned for Plymouth by a majority of (! K . A Conservative , Mr . Aspiuall , has been returned for Clithoroo by a majority of seven . Among thoso who voted for Mr . Anpinall was Henry Taylor—• tho man who confessed before the conunittoo to having tnlum a bribe at tho lust elect ion . Sir John Key ban boon elected Chamberlain of tho City by a majority of . ' 11 . 70 to 21 ) 1 * 2 . In returning thank " , bo alleged that , Sir Peter Laurie hnd persecuted him for yearn , nnd tlmt Iho whole of tho Info oppoHition to him emanated IV . 11 ik Sir Peter , who put up 1 \ 1 r . Scott . A monument to Sir Isaac . Newton is to bo oreotod at ( h-untham in 1 H 5 t , exactly 201 ) yoai-N after Nowton entered a froo boy ou tho foundation of tho ( hanthum ( Jramnmr School .
Dr . M'Hale is " alarmingly ill . " The news comes by telegraph from Dublin , consequently no details are given . In the case of L umley against Gye , for M »*«™™ with Miss Wagner , in her engagement with Mr . Lumley , a verdict for the plaintiff has been pronounced . Mr . Burnard , the sculptor , has' been commissioned to execute a bust of Mrs . Beecher Stowe , A plastef cast , which was considered a good likeness , was exhibited in Willis ' s Booms last week . Messrs . Keogh , Sadleir , and Monsell , have withdrawn from the Administration . The declaration of Lord John Russell on the Irish Church question is the cause of the
. , _ „ .-, As a means of po pular education , the Museum ot Ornamental Art at Marlborough-house seems successful . During the month of May , 7759 persons were admitted free on the public days ; and 851 persons were admitted as students on the payment of 6 d . each . These do not include the registered students of the classes and schools . We observe with regret the name of Sir Charles Abraham Elton , of Clevcdon Court , Somersetshire , in this week s obituary . Sir Charles Elton servedthe . office of High ^ Shenff sinceHe had attained the good
of his county a few years . age of seventy-five , and is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son , Arthur Hallam Elton , who it may be remembered , contested the Eastern division of the county of Somerset on the Liberal-Conservative interest , at the last general election . She late baronet was a good specimen of the English country gentleman , living a We of unostentatious ease and dignified retirement among his friends and tenantry . But he was something more : he was a man of a warm , genial nature , of large and liberal sympathies , of fine scholarly culture ; and his loss will be felt beyond his immediate neighbourhood .
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The latest news from the Cape is in general gratifying . Occasional murders by Hottentot banditti have taken place , but there is no organized hostility . The inquiry into the cause of the rebellion is proceeding . The provisions of the " Constitution" had given " the greatest satisfaction" to the colonists . We understand that the Governor-General s report on Indian Railways will be forwarded to this country by next mail ; but in the meantime we may state that his lordship approves of the extension of railways in general , and recommends that they should be wrought by Joint Stock Companies . He makes especial reference to the routes embraced in the system of the Upper India Railway plan , as every way desirable , and likely to become remunerating to the shareholders and useful to the country . — Globe .
Facts touching wages are few this week , but satisfactory , Generally speaking , the working men have their own way . and are taking an unusual amount of leisure . The " puddlers" of the iron districts are meditating a strike . The carpenters of Birmingham have returned to work on threepence a day , one penny less than what they demandod , but they arc to We work at five o ' clock on Saturday . Tho South Shields shipwrights have ootained tho 88 » . a . week demanded . Tho tailors are also in full work , having obtained 4 s . per day . The . joiners have obtained 27 * . per week . All the operatives in the district are in full work . Frnm tho north of Ireland wo hear that hands are wanted
in the mills , and that oven agricultural labourers are scarce . Tho diet in Marylcbone Workhouse is described by a writer in the Times as unwholesome : — " So short a daily allowance of bread that many of the healthy eat it all at one meal , and beg from the sick what they leave for tho others , meat which is so hard that many cannot eat it , broth that many more dare not , and rice , perfectly black , form somo of the items enumerated to me of tho bill of fare , not by one of tho paupers , but by a servant of tho establishment . If you look at the diet board you would say the inmates lived well , but I call it n lying board for they don't keep t o it . One patient was ordered meat ovory day , and had it for a week , but then they took it oif . Just , perhaps , for a little- whilo before they dio they give thorn wino or brandy , but that is no good . "
Tho La Plata , lately arrived at Southampton , from tho West Indies , had yellow fever on board ; somo of tho crow have flinco died . A floating lazaretto for tho invalids is suggested . A question has arisen respecting tho ground on which the cam }) at Chobhum will bo placed . Tho churchwardens of the parish notified that they would let portions of tho common in tho vicinity of tho camp , for refreshment touts and marquees ; but Lord Heatori at onco gave warning that no such thing would bo allowed ; and that any
suspicious persons found on tbo field would bo arrested and sent to . head-quarters . This has frightened tlio churehwurdeiiH , but bus roused the lord of tho manor . Lord Onslow declares that lie will lot tlio ground to whom ho chooses , and that bo is acting under legal advice . Touching tho damp ground , we hear that tbo guardsmen ropudiato tlio offered palliates , and linvo already commenced plaiting straw nmltrosHOH instead . Orders liavo appoured commanding tho troops to arrivo in ono day , and Hot up their tontH at once , that it may bo ancortainod in what , period of time i )( MM ) men could bo concentrated in ono spot .
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1 he rector of Newport , J ' agnoll thought proper to change tho hours of service from tux to oighfc , instead of from threo to five , tlio usual hours . A . publie-house-kcepor who had his placo ojmsu between nix and oight was summoned by iho police lor lnivinjr his hotiso open ( luring tho bourn of ( fivino M > rvi <; o ; but after throo trials , tho QucWh ltanch decided that ho had nov . violated tho law , as tho aorvico woh not hold ( lurin g the iihunl hours . Stephen Mount , t , V man charged with committing perjury beforo tho ChatliMu eommittco , has boon committed to paol . » Mr . Commissioner Philips wnn Imockod down by a ( sab in Kleet-Htreot , and is l ym * down ho Korioimly l > ruinod in t ho arm , that he will not be nbl 0 to attend to Inn duties for Homo time . A young person from tho country wont to boo tho picturea at tho Royal Academy . Her haud was detected
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1853, page 538, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1989/page/10/
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