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No . 383 , July 25 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 707
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visions of the proposed bill . —Mr . Bowyeb supported the motion . The ScttJcrroB-GtesrERAT ,, Lord Joan Manners , Lord Stanley , the Attorney-General , and Mr . Mal . ins , contiruied the discussion , which was closed bv Lord Palmerston , -who strongly urged the House to proceed with the bill . The House divided , when the numbers were—For the postponement ... ... 130 Against it ... ... «•• 217 Majority ... ... 87 Lord Palmerstok then consented to postpone the second reading till Thursday next . The House afterwards proceeded with the other ^ orders , and adjourned at twenty minutes to two o'clock .
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THE CONTINENT . The Moniteur announces that the rumour which has been circulated of the despatch of French troops to China is entirely without foundation . Ferukh Khan , the Persian Ambassador , left oh Thursday morning for Brussels with the members of his mission . He will be present at the marriage ceremony of the Princess Charlotte , and , before leaving Belgium , will conclude a treaty of commerce with that country in the name of his Sovereign . Count Sartorius , the notorious Spanish minister , has arrived in Paris on his way to the baths of Vichy ; M . Bravo MuriUo has likewise arrived in tlie capital . The harvest has nearly terminated in the south of France , and the result is said to be magnificent .
The Count and Countess de Montemolin , Don Fernando , and Don Sebastian de Borbon are now at Baden , in Austria , pursuing , it is said , the old phantom of the ' fusion . ' It is said—and contradicted—that Count Montemolin positively refuses to . recognize Queen Isabella . The Protestants of Yendomej not possessin g a chapel , hired some time ago a room in the town . for public worship , and engaged M . Ciidier , a Protestant minister of Orleans , to officiate for them . After the second
celebration of divine service M . Cadier and eighteen members of his congregation were prosecuted by the local authorities before the Tribunal of Correctional Police of the town , on the charge of having violated the law no associations and public meetings , by not having obtained the authorization of the Government for their meetings . They were all convicted and condemned to pay jointly a fine of 50 fr . Three days ago , they appealed to the Imperial Court of Orleans against this condemnation , and the court quashed it on technical grounds . —Daily New s
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A Parliamentary 'Mot . '—With respect to the King '" Arms meeting , at wliich Mr . Horsinan presided , it is currently said ' there was more Horsemanship than statesmanship . ' Conviction for Murder . — George Jackson and Charles Brown have been found Guilty at Stafford of the murder of Mr . Charlesworth , on the highway . Our readers are already acquainted with the facts . The men Avore sentenced to death . Crystal Palace . —Return of admissions for six days , ending Friday , July 24 , 1857 , including season ticket-holders , 44 , 909 . Tins Galway Election . —Mr . G . H . Moore has retired , and Sir Thomas Redinglon is now the only candidate .
Attempted Suicinn . — Between eight and nine o ' clock yoaterday morning , a respectably-dressed woman , apparently about forty years of ago , made an attempt at suicide from a boat on the river . She mounted one of the seats , and precipitated horaolf into the water . Tho pierman at Wostininntcr-bridgo put on " , and succeeded in getting her into his boat in an insensible Btato . She was immediately conveyed to the nearest surgeon's , On recovering hqr sonaes , sho said , " Why did you not lot mo drown ? " Sho was then given in charge of the police , and convoyed to ( ho station-liouao .
Extensive Fire , Yesterday . —A ( ire , attended with great destruction of propoity , broke out yesterday morning on the extensive premises of Mr . P . Ing ' s Htoam sawmills and cooperage works , Poplar . Tho foreman in-Bpootod the promises after tho dormrturo of the workmen , nnd found everything 1 Hnfo , and tho flros properly extinguished . Soon after two o ' clock , tho firo waa dtaaovorod by a policeman on duty . The ( tamos made buou rapid progress that , though u largo body of watar wan thrown on them , the promleoa and con touts were conaumod . They wore not insured . Muitnisu in AniOKDisENBiiiRK . — A podlar , named Booth , living in Old Moldrum , Aborrtcontihiro , line murdered hla mother-in-law . Ho acouHod hit * wile of
frequent infidelities , and , on hearing poaUivoly of hoiho now misconduct on her part , ho attempted to wtab her . Sho fled and hid herself in her mother ' a houeo , whoro tiio enraged husband followed hur , and , mooting his motherin-law , whom ho acownea of abetting bis wifu , atabbutl hor to tho heart . Ho luia boon urroutcd ,
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There is no learned man but will confess he hatli much profited by reading controversies , bis senses awakened , and . his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable fbT him to read , why should it not , at least . be toleratoLefor his adversary to write/—Mii / rojsr .
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THE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE AND BOBEBT OWElf . ( To the Editor of the Leafier . ) Sir , —That so good a movement as the Natidnal Conference on Education , so admirably inaugurated by the truly noble speecli of Prince Albert * should have been marred by the unworthy and paltry means taken to silence the veteran Owen , is indeed much to be lamented . Thanks to you , sir , for your very spirited and proper commentary on this really un-English proceeding . Is it not humiliating to think that this proceeding should have been enacted at a meeting which I observe you report to have been composed chiefly of clergymen ? ., ' ¦ ¦
And who was it that was thus silenced ? A patriarch , bordering on ninety years of age , than whom it would be difficult , if not impossible , to find in the Queen ' s dominions a man Avho has spent so much of his own wealth and personal exertion in promoting the sacred cause which the Conference has taken up , now that it has become inevitable , if not fashionable . To the proof : If I am right , the first public speech which Robert Owen ever made was as president of a public dinner given to Joseph Lancaster , in Glasgow , in 1812 , to forward whose system of education Owen contributed one thousand pounds , and five hundred pounds to the rival plan of the orthodox Dr . Bell , with a promise to double it if the promoters would throw open their doors to all , without respect of creed ; which ,
however they declined . On the 1 st of January , 1816 , Mr . Owen delivered to the inhabitants of New Lanark an address on the opening of the ' Institution for the Formation of Character , ' upon which he had previously expended the princely sum of ten thousand pounds , and in the conduct of which , for many years after , he spent annually twelve hundred pounds . Though more than forty years have elapsed since the delivery of this address , it is as applicable now as then , and is well worth the attentive perusal of any member of the late Conference .
The admirable results which flowed from these comprehensive measures , and the almost magical effects on the population of New Lnnark , were fully reported upon and published by Dr . McNab , tho private physician of the Duke of Kent , who , at tho instanco of his Royal Highness , undertook this duty . This report , too , the members of tho Conferenco would do well to consult , for it especially shows that which to many , if not all its members , appears ft puzzle , — "how effectively to combine education with work .
I observe with pleasuro that Mr . Baines had the courage to boar testimony to tho Conference of what lie had himself witnessed in this respect during Mr . Owen ' s rule at Now Lnnark , in common with tens of thousands of others from all parts of tho world , and in every grade of life , from the king'to tho peasant . Again , the venerable old man whom tho clergy refused to hoar was tho first who limited the houvs of labour for children and young persons in his own factories , and who laboured hard for years to obtain a legislative enactment on the subject } furnishing , Bo ' curlv as 1815 . to the first Sir Itobort Pool the honds of a Bill which ho introduced into the Houeo of Commons for tho regulation of the employment of children and others in cotton manufactories , and which was intended to limit tho time of labour to
night hours per day . Mr . Owon was examined before tho Committco on this Bill , and laboured hard , and spont much money , in that and after years , In endeavouring to impress tho public mind with its vast Importance . In pursuance of this , ho issued * m addross 4 to British Master Manufacturers , ' and nnothor ' . to tho Earl of Liverpool , ' then ( 1818 ) prime minister , On tlio Employment of Children in Manufactories . In the previous year , 1817 , ho had published « Observations on tho MtrocfcB of tho MunufaeHiring System , with Hints for tho Improvement of those Parts of It which aro most Injurious to Health nnd Morale ,
Dedicated most respectfully to the British Legislation by Robert Owen . ' The Conference seemed to be divided in opinion" as to whether the education , which all admitted ought to be given to the rising generation , should be furnished from the resources of . individuals . or from the State . Robert Owen had successfully tried the one plan , and vigorously advocated the other . Again : the Conference found great difficulty in the way of sill educational efforts in consequence of its . complication with the Labour Question . Kobert Owen had practically solved this question a generation since , and was there with his experience of the past and advice for the future . Yet this is ttie man whom the Conference—not openly , but by an unworthy , tricky device—refused to hear . ...
Why Karl Granville did not exercise the authority with which theConierence had that day invested him , and , in his character of chairman , insist on a hearing for Mr . Owen—who , it is reported , was busy writing an amendment when he was jockeyed out of his privilege—is not explained . But it is painful to see that the meeting—the majority of whom it is reported were clergymen—so far forgot their profession ot Christians par excellence , as to Teluse to a man whose hairs had grown grey in the sacred cause ot " education ' which they had met to promote , that fair play' which is the peculiar boast ot Englishmen . Let us , in charity , hope better things in iuture . I am yours , &c , William Pake . Clontarf , Dublin , June 30 th , 1857-
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THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) " Cute pelleni . " Sharp after the skins . Sir , — The committee on the Hudson ' s Bay territory is now , I believe , sitting ; and it is well that the public should be aware that the Hudson ' s Bay Company have , since the time of Charles II ., held an in . jurious monopoly of the corn-bearing country known by the very indefinite appellation of the ' Hudson ' s Bay Territory ; ' that , in the ^ gainful pursuit of peltry , this company has lost sight of the main condition ou which , even in those days of corruption ,
the grant was made to the Company of Adventurere , viz ., the condition of colonising . Have they colonised ? The Red River Settlement , groaning under the weight of the little finger of tliis potent corporation , can hardly be considered as anything but a languishing necessity . What is the commercial tariff imposed on the settlers ? Let this be well investigated . I fancy there is a Mr . lsbiater who can give some information on the matter . It is well that the people of England should look thoroughly into this affair . The company have a-gnin and again violated their chnrter , which , by the way , was renewed
in William UI . ' s time for a specific period only ( seven years , I heheve ) , so that since that period till very lately they had no shadow of titlej but by some means , and mysterious enough , they had obtained of late u eort of renewal of their charter ( being long since extinct , be it observe . !)—it renewal on . terms not sinco fulfilled—witnea * il » e ' Paget bound transaction . Why , sir , tho public have to look at the physical geography ot Vancouver Oregon and see what they are Buffering to lie idle , and then to 8 naw their fingers with vexation at tlie neglect ot a tstte for cities and fleets-for such is tlie strait routta of Vancouver ; and this is the last acquisition , I belie-vo , of this Hbsirbiiur
. company . Look ut L"Uo Superior and ilio copper works there , so snugly kept in the uu ( sk « round . I l "" cy 1 , 0 would he- u bold fellow who would equal thero without the leave and license of He ' Culo l ' ol oin Companv . ' Why did the tidi-nted gentlonmn tl oy eqnt out ' an Governor of Vancouver or 1 ' agcj t b » mod--why did ho rcsiun hie appoint mini , but that ho tolC ? he Xlo thing * a » aVlwunr 'Twua u Baratarian "T wonder tho company have not a wholesome dread of the nn « o advice of tho JJoii to bunclio before daring to » o into a committco *• fot ! ""' £ Wj Sancho : lor the- more you etir it the nioio It will
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Leader (1850-1860), July 25, 1857, page 707, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2202/page/11/
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