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VOI * . V . No . 200 . ] SATURDAY , JANUARY 21 , 1854 . [ P&ice SikPBNOB .
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W HAT will be the Emperor ' s reply ?—That is still the question . The last accounts from St . Petersburg tell us that the joint note of the Four- Powers , and the notification o £ _ the naval occupation of the Black Sea , were before him ; he appears to have been in the act of considering them ; and those-who stood around v watching his moody And excited state of mind , were anticipating the explosion . Every mail may now be expected to bring the detonating missive .
The Fusion project appears to have suffered a disastrous contre coup in the letter of the Duchess of Orleans—an historical document , remarkable in many * respects . It discloses -what we all supposed , but what is now stated on unmistakable testimony—that the Duke de Nemours had been taking great pains to , get - up tlie Fusion . It is evidently his own expression , for the Duchess quotes it as his , and she almost apologises for not being convinced by the earnestness of his entreaties .
She stands upon principle , and has been accused of illogically mistating her own . grounds . Sle reminds her brother-in-law that legitimacy would , by her birth , naturally be the principle to command her allegiance ; but her son , she says , inherits , in virtue of an elective monarchy instituted in the person of liouis Philippe , and sustained by her husband , Ferdinand , Duke of Orleans ; and that principle she feels bound to abide by as the guardian of her children , whose claims even yet sne does not regard as hopeless .
properly a conspiracy ; and if the Duke could use the plain language of which the project is capable , perhaps he might have pointed out to the Duchess the probability of success . . We do not suppose , however , that she would have been . more induced to join the plot . " The letter has been declared to be a " forgery , " but no evidence of that assertion
has been advanced . Whether through the Duchess ' s-holding back , or thro ugh . some hjnt from Windsor Castle , the proposed meeting at Clareqaont on the thirteenth , of this month is not to take place : n format notification to that effect has been issued with the signature of " Edward Oust . " '
The tales about Prince Albert ' s interference not only continue , but acquire confirmation from the comments made on the other side . The Times has at last broken silence , having been anticipated by Mr . C . C . Greville , clerk of the Privy Council ; pamphlets on the subject have appeared , and some approach is made to getting up a case on the other side . The particular points appear to be , that the Prince is a Privy Councillor , and has a right to be so , according to precedent ; that as a . Privy Councillor he has a right to advise his Sovereign
upon invitation , and is responsible for the advice so tendered ; that he cannot interfere against the interests of England , since las children claim its throne ; and he is now , to alL intents and purpose , an Englishman . All very good assurances , in their way , but not at all countervailing the plain statement , that Prince Albert has interfered in the business of Ministers . The proper reply would be to show that that is the affair of Ministers , and that if they suffer it , they must be answerable , not he . Mr . Roebuck was mentioned as the
Cobden and Mr . Bright ^ a conference the Public School Association Un : Manchester . Mr . Cobden revived many welT-iratjjni truths respecting the importance o ^ educatioa * ; and ^ n ^ aiiy old friends in the way . of statements ^ and names connected with the Public School Association are once more before us . ' But there : appears to be some reason why this body does not obtain a grasp
of the pjiblicf Whetherit is ihatNits leaders prp > ceed in too doctrinaire andrfesiddiipus ^ / Hray or whether they fail to appeal to the feelings $ raich guide the reason of rntost inen > we do not laabse ; but we only know , the fact . "Wjth one of theimost reasonable propositions ever advancedibeforerthe public , they still remain an association advancing proposition ' s . : : ; . " ¦' . '
Sir James Kay Shuttleworth may boast that he has done more . He has at all eventVbeen one of those who have g < jt up such schools as have been established under the Educational Committee of i « -. *¦ ¦ ¦ the- Privy Council , and he now puts forward a very creditable lecture on the necessity of public education . :. Very good ; but "we saris still without public education . Sir James-lias known its necessity for the last twenty -years , ' and . public departments of the State Mve seen the necessity for twenty years ; but we are still without it . And we do not know that we are any nearer than in receiving creditable lectures frpm Sir James .
He points to strikes as the result of insufficient education , but the application of . the proof is so imperfect as to render it almost an untruth . It is not want of education that makes the working man strike ; it is , in the first place , the want of plain specific commercial information as to the value of a particular commodity — his own labour ; and secondly , a want of trust in his employer . The working man strikes
beperson who would put an inquiry in Parliament on the subject ; but he declines the duty , partly , it would seem , because ho cannot be so unpolito . To question , he says , -would be tantamount to accusation . As ifany honest gentleman coming up from the country , and asking the properlyinformed authorities what was true about the matter , would become , by that honest , tight-feeling question , the spokesman of the Prince ' s prosecutors ! The nonsense that has been uttered
cause striking is the only means to bo obstinate on his side in the bargain ; and if lie is not obstinate sometimes , tho master will think that he wip . always yield . It is nonsense to say that stxjkes are always unsuccessful , or cost niore than they bring . There have been innumerable strikes that were perfectly successful , and yielded nothing but profit ; they arc the strikes in which employers yield promptly . Prolonged strikes axe costly , and generally prove that the working classes have made a mistake , which they would correct if they had the information . In another respect , Sir James shows how ill he applies his own literary knowledge . He regards the present strike as an operation of Socialism ,
upon this subject , both in exaggerated horror at royal or foreign interference , and in horror at disloyal animadversion , is beyond measure . Public education lias occupied prominent attention this week . It has boon discussed by Sir James Kay Shuttlewortli , at Padiham , at the innuguvation of the trade schools ; and by
MrAn hereditary claim to an elective monarchy has been noticed as being illogical ; but it is the expression only that is so . JLouis Philippe was appointed to tho throne by the apparently free choice of the people ; he always professed he held his post upon the strength of that appointment ; and there is nothing illogical in supposing that a dynasty is appointed by a people , and holds its
appointment during good behaviour . There arc many circumstances which might justify the Duchess in thinking that Louis Philippe ' s appointment for the dynasty had not been authentically cancelled ; and if the tenure seems a bad one in the present state of French politics , unquestionably that of heaven-appointment , by which Henry V . claims the throne , is still more remote and . untenable . But tho Duke de Nemours apparently seeks less for opportunity than for a combining of influences . It is u coalition , or more
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N-EW 5 OF THE WEEK- * r ^ o » Removal of the Courts from OPEN COUNCIL— THE ARTSSu ^ e ^^ uSa ^ tiiig ::::::::: S ^^^^ =:=: S grTonSifc " g The .-h ™ * N % ht » *«» Public School Association , " 5 t » PoUceMatterT 57 rKE * * ! ' ??!^ - - \ "l"W" «* < Mympio _ .. 67 . ¦ Social and Political Views from . mKKousT 57 Government Matte to Australia . 6 * . Bnrforfs . PanoramaOf Constan-Manchester ...:.......... 52 public affairs literati irt « . JJ * * ? •••• - Education and Strikes -. 52 Th ^ n ^ n ? wf 7 K « s ™ TV ? Protestantism . " .. » :. / : ¦ ffi ^ te ^^ Si B T ter ?»^^ ^^ eo & ®» a «^ . . - ™ S Births , Ma ^^ ea ** ... * 8 nafDUD ^ " 55 Treaties between Bussia and . Books oa our Table 67 . f ; .- ¦ . ; r Brffip ^ r ^ or ^ 55 osS ^ msr :::::::::::::::::: S portfolio- - ^ c *™™*? m ** j » $ s-- : CityMat ^!~ ... ; 3 ; 56 Jg areweUto Jfr Jamba Watwoa . 62 Philosophy . Civilisation , and Oiiiy InJeUWee ^ Mtekets , Ad- ... , vivj jm »» b » ... ; ...... o *} The German Powers ... ; . 62 Toothache ... Ji ... 67 vertiaements i &c * . v 7 . A .. ; .. ' . ; ,.. 09-70 *
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 21, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2022/page/1/
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