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September 3, 1853,] THE LEADER. 845
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LETTERS FROM PARIS. [From our own Coebes...
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. Lours Napoleon and hi...
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The Home Secretary At Home. Lord Pai/Mee...
tigators and acquirers of knowledge . The workman now , without going many yards from his home , may acquire a knowledge of distant countries which was gained by adventurous travellers who had traversed the burning desert or encountered the stormy ocean—who had visited the Arctic reg ions , or gone to the extreme of the southern hemisphere . The mechanic has now an opportunity of acquiring tie results of these painful exertions without stirring from home . " He has nowalso the means of applying to his own purposes all the knowledge which men of deep science have gained by laborious processes , whether in chemistry , in mechanics , or any other branch ; and he . is enabled easily to profit at a small expense from the investigations which have been so arduously pursued by others . The mechanic is also , by these institutions , initiated into the
secrets of nature , the contemplation of which tends to elevate the mind ; and while , on the one hand , it teaches every man how insignificant a portion he is of the great universe which science unfolds to him , it must also , on the other , render him more contented with his lot , and more resigned to bear those individual evils which Providence in its wisdom may have ordained him to suffer . The mechanic in his small room , by the library which is placed at his command , is enabled to know the wonderful contrivances by which insects too small to be seen by the naked eye are yet formed with all the artificial conformation of larger beings—that although you cannot perceive them , yet that they have joints , and limbs , and veins , and blood that circulates , and lungs that breathe—that they are endowed , although in minuteness hardly conceivable by man , with all the elaborate contrivances which we find
in the larger objects of creation . The mechanic also by these institutions is enabled to carry his mind to the more elevated and distant regions of ihe universe ; he is enabled , not merely to understand the wonderful mechanism of that system of which this earth forms a part , but he can carry his views further , and learn that there are visible to those who have the command of the marvellous telescopic improvements of the day , eighty millions of suns , all of them probably as large , though , some may be larger , than ours—all of them surrounded by planets like our . ,. ' containing probably an indefinite number of beings , all the creatures of the same great inscrutable power which made this world—the contemplation of which subject must , I think , raise the mind of the mechanic from earthly , low , and vulgar considerations , and tend to direct his mind with , fervent devotion towards that great and mysterious Being from whom he derives his present existence . "
Then coining to one of the local subjects of the day —the institution of the Savings Banks—he spoke homely maxims with force and freshness . " Well , then , if these institutions are advantageous to the middle age of man , so also are savings banks valuable establishments for the benefits they confer upon declining age . There is no maxim of life more important than this , that a man should make the day conducive to the morrow —that he should bo willing to forego the enjoyments , the temptations , the allurements of time present , for the purpose of laying up a store which shall ensure to him comfort in time to come : and the observance of that maxim
is no loss productive of comfort and happiness in this world than essential for our well-being hereafter . Those who act upon that maxim will find themselves comfortable , wealthy , and respected . Those who , on the other hand , fire careless of to-morrow , and think only of to-day , and waste and riot in extravagant and needless pleasures those means which ought to bo laid up in store for their futuro support—they will lose the respect of all their neighbours , and , what is still a greater loss , they will lose all respect lor themselves . Well , gentlemen , nothing can bo more calculated to encourago tho habit of forothought and providence than these savings banks ; and I trust that tho good effect of tho establishment of ono in this town will bo hs
grait ns it baa boon proved to be in other places where similar institutions havo been founded . I trust that tho Workman who by his industry and skill is now in tho receipt of ample wages , instead of squandering ( as perhaps many may now bo tempted to do , by tho want of any proper lnoaim of accumulation ) in dissipation , in drunkenness , •> f in other momentary indulgences , a largo portion of his <; iirning . H , will be induced to lny by that portion for the itituns support of himself and his family ; and depend M'O'v it that if onco the habit is acquired , and a man Ix'tfum to feel that by providenco and forethought , by mivuig up a Hale ( \ ny by day and week by week , bo in "fiouinulal . ing a store which will stand him instead whon
i \ rainy day coinofl , whon ago and infirmity prevent him ''• oiu labouring with tho hiiuio activity ns ho has been able jii do heretofore—when onco that habit in gained , ho will ll »< l it n . source of pleasure ns well as of advantage—ho w i" "iid it a source of honest pride to himself to know that " « uis been collecting together a little stock for himself , . " ll 0 Wl " be a far happier as well >\ h a far inoro respootijl'lo member of society than ho would linvo been if ho had iwipatod in daily and weekly riot and extravagance those "cun . s wind ! ought to bo otliorwiso aiid more ndvantatro-Ull . y applied . " h On tho education of women , ho spoke with equal inilli . x
I lure is otio * thing , I think , still wanting to complete ( ll ! institutions of thi . i town . J . mean a school for the "ration of ii-1 « . Thero is an excellent boys' school , but „ ''' llrt (; y « fc " ¦ similar establishment , for girls . Now j . * '" lemen , it , is well known that tho education of women ¦ <> i ( lie ( . rreahiHt , importance to societ y . Men may bo ineu t | , ( , roujrh hIoiiom of which tho fubrie of society if ) Ui V i " ' U' '' ' TO 11 tf '' lln ( 1 tlu ? r « HiHl , iii { j portions of "i . niDnc ; but , women tiro that finor cement without which ¦'"' mo rou . riu ,,. iufrredientu would not , find order or consis-» cy , and without wliieh there can bo no benuty , no form •¦ wtinjr omliimii ™ . We . ill know tho important iniiin . U ' " i i ! * 1 H < ' XO 1 > I ( 1 < 1 ]> y women upon the welfare of »'" , whether it be in tho capacity of daughters , of sisters , iinv ' ° . . ln <)( llorH ; '" id therefore , mdependontly of . y vvfrn . nl lor tho fuiror oox—a regard , liowovor , which I
am persuaded all whom I now address feel in the strongest degree —( a laugh)—the most selfish consideration , a single regard for ourselves , a mere regard for man , abstracted from and independent of woman , ought to lead us to endeavour so to mould and educate the rising generation of the female community that they may be as well fitted as it is possible for good training and instruction to make them to perform the various duties of life in the capacities of daughters , sisters , wives , and mothers . I therefore commend to your consideration—though it forms no part of tho institution now about to be established , I commend to your anxious and earnest consideration the establishment also of a girls ' school at Melbourne . "
As a pleasant wind-up to the proceedings of the day , the townspeople dispersed themselves among the grounds of Melbourne gardens , which were , by the Mnd permission of Lady Palrnerston , placed at the disposal of the committee for the benefit of the institution . Boats also plied on the lake for the accommodation of excursion parties .
September 3, 1853,] The Leader. 845
September 3 , 1853 , ] THE LEADER . 845
Letters From Paris. [From Our Own Coebes...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Coebespokdent . ] Letteb LXXXVIII . Paris , Thursday Evening , Sept . 1 , 1853 . We are still lying in a dead calm . Little or no news floating about . Excepting always the eternal Eastern , Turkish , or Turko-Russ , or Russo-Turk question , which is considered here at Paris to be more embroiled than ever , there are no other matters worth mentioning . The Bourse , however , is disquieted , and totters again to a fall . There are two causes for this : —
1 . The tidings of the harvest . 2 . The disposition of Turkey to resist . As to the harvest , the result of the crops is now completely ascertained . The whole of the south of Prance , and all the eastern departments , saving the Lorraine and the Beauce ( the latter indeed is the great provision market of Paris ) are severely affeeted . The northern departments and the western coasts , on the other hand , present a satisfactory yield . Taking all results together it is estimated that the total deficit in the French crops amounts to an eighth , or fifteen millions of hectolitres ( about 1 , 125 , 000 tons English ) . Tho JPresse , in its commercial bulletin of the 28 th-iilfe meltons the total deficit as double this ealenln . -
tion . I only trust that journal may be in error . In every town throughout Franco the price of bread has risen , nnd murmurs are already heard . What will it be in the winter ? The Government fancies it has acted with extraordinary discretion in forbidding the public journals to discuss the question of " subsistence , " and in assuring the public through its own organs that it has taken all the necessary measures to meet contingencies . And yet mark what a mistake this conduct of the Government really is , for while tho public press is compelled to maintain absolute silence , the measures taken by the Government preventively—such as the
suspension of the sliding scale in the import duties on grains—has excited public attention more vividly than twenty newspaper articles , and has alarmed tho country to an extraordinary degree . A deep and wide uneasiness prevails on tho subject . Fur-sccing men discern a double danger . Tn the first place , a commercial crisis , and as its immediate nnd certain consequence , a political crisis . Add to this the country being now completely in the hands of jobbers and Jnw . s of every description , it is likely enough that these gentlemen will work up the corn prices to u formidable pitch . Ilevico it is that many men of business , who have cordially accepted the
present regime , begin to havo their misgivings ; and those who frequent the Hourso arc disposed to get rid of their negotiable securities at tho prices to bo got now ; which aro relatively the most advantageous that can bo expected . Hence this decided tendency to u fall which begins to Bcuro the official world in tho midst of ita triumphal rejoicings . No doubt ; this official world , over ko prompt to cherish illusions , in ready to attribute tho downward tendency of tho funds to tho anxieties attendant upon tho tardy solution of the Eastern crisis , rather than to tho more Minister presentments of difficulties at home . If , however , tho Government hud
tiikon time to reflect , it would havo recognised tho nnplcuHunt fuel ; that , on tho very day when tho Monitc . ur triumphantly announced tho adhesion of Turkey to tho propositions of tlio Vienna Conference , the funds fell seventy eenl . inioH . It might , therefore , havo x-easoimbly concluded that ; another elumonfc of apprehension was anting upon the public funds , and that that element was no other than tho failing crops . lint how can you expect peop le who have 'f taken all necessary measures , " who have " provided for all contingencies" to entertain any alarms r It is only parties incurably hostile , and men blindly mid radically evil-intentioned , who can for n moment hesitate to bow in trustful fiuhiniNoion before flint terrestrial Providence which is othorwiao known as n " paternal government . " With regard to nUUirs in tho Euat , a few new points havo luison , which , if not of capital importance , do yol ;
deserve to be noted . . The Moniteur , in announcing the adhesion of Turkey , said that the Porte had adopted the Note of the Conference , with some changes of redaction of no importance . As to the nature of these verbal modifications , the Government organ maintained the strictest silence . The Journal des pebats , however , pierced the mystery . It ? correspondent at Constantinople , who is known to be attached to an embassy in that capital ,
writes—1 . Tim * the Porte demands that the phrase assuring to the Gr ' e ^ ks the advantages which other Christian communions enjoy should be rendered more precise in meaning , since it could not consent that , under the pretext of religion , they should be withdrawn from the rights and obligations of all Mussulman subjects . 2 . The Porte insists that it be clearly affirmed that the treaties of Kainardji and Adrianople do not attribute any right of protectorate to Russia over the Greek church in the East .
The news received yesterday from Constantinople directly confirms this version , and gives , besides , some curious details respecting the deliberations of the Divan , and of the Grand Council of Notables . The Divan assembled for six days out of eight . During these six days every deliberation resulted in a majority of eleven in fifteen members present . These eleven members were constantly for resistance ; two members only were for the acceptance , pure and simple , of the Note ; while the two others—viz ., the Grand Vizier and Reschid Pasha , abstained from voting . In the Grand Council the votes were almost unanimous for resistance . The
final result was , that conditional acceptance , with which you are now acquainted . Nothing , then , is yet concluded , or rather , as M . Guizot said last Saturday , " nothing is yet begun . " We in Europe have committed the immense mistake of not taking into account the stateof public feeling in Turkey . The Governments are all for peace at any price : they have tried to botch up a peace , and now we see the good results of their precious operations I
JEJn attendant , Bonaparte is enjoying himself . He sti'olls on the jetty at Dieppe , en bourgeois , and gets quite red and uncomfortable when his steps are pressed upon by the gaping crowd . He has already had inserted in the Vigie de Dieppe two notices , requestin g that he may be left in peace . He is like Sylla : without noting other points of resemblance 1 mean , he wants to become a private individual again at certain clays and hours . Old Jerome and his son have been to visit him from Havre , in the Heine Sor tense steam yacht : but it seems there has been a tiff ; for they went back again yesterday . Persigny was sent for by telegraph . What is the matter ? I shall try to find out . Meantime , private letters , arr ived in Paris to-day , report that the Due de Nemours and the Comto do Chambord have had a conference . S .
Continental Notes. Lours Napoleon And Hi...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . Lours Napoleon and hia Empress are doing their best to make an " enlightened despotism" popular at Dieppe . Somo unsightly forts , long an eyesore to the inhabitants , wore removed in a single day ; and tho Empress has designed a public garden which is to bo immediately commenced . " Three popular novelties ( writes tho Paris correspondent of tho Daily News ) now divido tho attention of the Parisians , tho . Hippopotamus , tho Sole , and tho roof-seats on the omnibuses . " " Coco , " as tho hippopotamus is culled , has been for weeks past , an occasional aliment to tho Charivari . Ho in regarded with tho same affectionate interest that nttonded hia cousin in tho llegent ' a-park , and tho tip of . his noso is anxiously looked for by crowds of morning visitors . Tho Parisians aro taught to bolievo that Ihoir hippopotamus is tho first specimen of tho race over brought lo Europe , totally ignoring our earlier acquisition . Tho now omnibuses , fitted like ours , with double roof scats , havo also been a fertile ( homo for the Charivari . It appears that tho startling novelty of passengers on tho roof of tlinso vehicles is rioldy enjoyed by the citizens , who ride up and down tho JJoulevards of an evening " for tho fun of the thing . " The other lion of Paris at the present time is tho Sola , a good-sized trading vessel with three mn . stH , which , after a tedious voyage , made ith way from Havre up to I ' liris . Tho Hoi a experienced great difficulty in getting through the iiumorous bridges , and gra / . od several rocks bordering the narrow channel , unknown , if . inunid , lo tho river pilots . Tho Parisians hope their city will , with tho iinprovomontH to bo mndo in navigation , become a Moa-port .
• Tho Prince and Princess Mural , aro at Marseilles , whoro they havo given a . grand dinner to the o / licors of the American vessel , tho Cumberland , many of whom aro old friondu of tho Prince . Tho French " Ocean" squadron , of ovolufion is now co mpletely organized , it consists of ( lie finit-rnto mixed vos-Bol , tlio Monlobollo , on board of which Vico-Admiral Bruat will hoist his Hag until fho Napoleon arrives ; the secondclass HhinJl ' orenlo ; the mixed vessel * AitstarlUz nnd . loan Hart ; tho ' Dii-i / utmc / in , hearing tho flag of Hour-Admiral Charner ; tho steal nor . Napoleon , exjiw . tod from tho Moditorranean squadron ; Mio mixed frigate I'omono ; tho otoam frigate CaJf ' arcUi ; tho Htonni corvette Tnf ' ornal ; and tho otoam corvotto lioland . J $ root ia tho rallying point pf
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1853, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03091853/page/5/
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