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November 4, 1854.] THE LEADER. 1037
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MR. URQUHART AT NEWCASTLE. ¦Thk city of ...
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WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE. The Reverend P. D...
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THE LATE MR. GEACH, M.P. The representat...
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WHAT IS BEING DONE BY THE CENTRAL ASSOCI...
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PUBLIC OPINION IN AMERICA. The position ...
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November 4, 1854.] The Leader. 1037
November 4 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1037
Mr. Urquhart At Newcastle. ¦Thk City Of ...
MR . URQUHART AT NEWCASTLE . ¦ Thk city of Newcastle-on-Ty ne lias scarcely recovered from the effects of a great fire and explosion , than 3 tr . Urq _ uhart appears making great efforts to set the " river , " at least , alight again , and then to- blow up all England . There was a public meeting to which Mr . TJrquhart delivered himself : — " He commenced by observing that in the few momentens words which the chairman had addressed to them , there was one expression which startled him ; he said , ' the next war in which England was engaged- ' Now he doubted whether England would live to be engaged in another war . He feared that England had entered upon a war which might see oat the best of them assembled , — a war which , from a small beginning at Bethlehem and Jerusalem , had spread like a thunder-cloud westward , till it overshadowed the plains of Europe , and
upon this devoted land would fall the bolts of its fury . The word had gone forth—and he feared much the war would see England rased from the rank of independent states . He -wished he could speak of a future wax for England . He had long been of opinion , and had expressed fourteen years ago in this very town , that the next war would be a mortal one for England ; and he had pointed out that those resources , which we had dissipated in peace , would only lead to a false expenditure of our resources in war . These words he had repeated again in 1838 , with reference to that maddest of all acts , by which it was pretended that we were making war with Russia , when we marched into Aifghanistan . We make war with Russia ! It wanted for that , heads not armies . You might as well attempt to strike a necromancer . We had the limbs—Russians had the brains . "
The war was not meant seriously The invasion of the Crimea had been delayed till , the autumn , and" Furthermore , the expedition from . Varna , to Sebastopol across the . Black Sea was fixed , for the week of the equinoxiai gales ; and , when it was too soon , what did Admiral Dundas do but delay the passage for three days —^ so nicely was the thing developed : and the whole plan acquired additional significance from the circumstance of a British minister—the son of a Russian woman—having gone to Brussels to meet the Russian General Count " Woronzow when the expedition to the Crimea took place , as Count Pahlen had previously visited London and conferred with several of the Cabinet Ministers when the expedition to Sebastopol Avas announced , —all showing that the expedition io the Crimea was an insidious Russian trap . "
Working Men's College. The Reverend P. D...
WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE . The Reverend P . D . Maurice delivered an inaugural lecture at St . Martin ' s Hall , Long- acre , on the opening of the college which , it is proposed to , establish for working men in lied Lion-square , and which commenced its operations this week . Both the large hall and galleries were filled with an attentive auditory , of which a large proportion were working men , who manifested great interest during the delivery of the lecture . After glancing at the objects aimed at in the studies pursued at the two universities , he referred to those contemplated in the formation of the new college , one of which was to oifer the means of education to all , and in
such a way as to bring forth equally the -whole man . By many persona it had not been deemed possible to imbue the working man with a tusto for history or the fine arts , but the college had been formed with a full consideration of this objection . There was , ho believed , no class of Englishmen who ever pursued knowledge for its own sake ; and though he admired the patient industry of the German , ho could not pretend to imitate him . Tho study of political questions was more or less a necessity for tho working man , as b eing intimately connected with his interests ; and might bo justified by th « example of our universities , in which tho polities of the day occupied so lnrgo a share of attention . With respect to
the working man , it was too much taken for granted that his work was a thing entirely sepnratc from his education ; and while there wan a desire to throw open the universities to all clnssoa , it seemed to bo thought necessary to leave tho labourer as ho was , and that the only wny in which lie was to bo taught was in tho way of lectures . Those were well , but experience proved how rarely the working man nm < le use of their advantages . There was no uhaino to him in thin , tunco there was in truth no relation between hit * pursuits in tho ( lay and what ho whs invited to study hi tho evening . After illustrating this point at Home length , the lecturer detailed tho motives and clrcuinHt . anc . Gn connected with
tho formation of tho college , arming in tlm iirat instance from tho sympathy felt by himself and others on account of the sufferings of tho working oIhhhos , caused by their Btrifo and competition with oncU other , ouch acting aa if he waa seeking to deprive his fellow of tho fruitu of hia labour . Workshops were ostubllnhod on » HBO « iativo principles , but they wore chiefly prized for tho huUo of tho discipline they afforded ; and ore long their promoters connected education with them , and llilrio nnd mi « cellancoua clasaoa . But It waa f « lt that thla would mot inept
the wants of the working classes , and that an institution was needed for mental and moral cultivation . It was in Sheffield that a model had been founded of what they deemed necessary—a college which served not only for the wants of its population , but supplied an example for others . The trades and guilds of the middle ages were colleges—they were bodies of fellow-workmen ; and he thonght there was a special appropriateness in the phrase for their own use , which would meet with the cordial approval of the working-classes . The adoption of the term , therefore , was deliberate and advised , and the institution was one , he believed , fitted to unite the feelings of Englishmen in the work of education . They did not wish their students and pupils to feel that they
weie merely acquiring certain branches of knowledge , but that they were scholars , and a fraternity of scholars , at all times , as much when they were in the shop as when they were with their teachers in the college . Another point to be settled had been how to husband best the little time the working-man had to spare . Loose sets of lectures were to be avoided , and it was thought most desirable that the } ' should be lessons rather than lectures , and that half the time occupied by each should be filled up by questions adapted to bring out the facts already in the mind of the working-man . A third consideration was the choice of subjects ; and these had been arranged so that each might take what was best suited to him . No one was pledged to take any particular class of study , nor was there any dictation on this point ; yet , while the student would be able to take
his choice of the subjects which most interested Mm , the object would he to keep up a connexion between them , so that the different lessons might illustrate each other . He briefly described the yario . us subjects included in the course , and the objects that will be kept in view in their treatment . On one evening of the week there would be lessons on politics , including questions that refer to laws , political economy , and home and foreign policy . On another , language would form the subject of study , and so of other evenings , in which the other topics mentioned in the series will be lectured upon and discussed . After enumerating the various gentlemen who proposed to take part in the educational teachings of the college , and dwelling forcibly on the . many " auguries" of future usefulness and success , he concluded with an eloquent appeal on behalf of the college , grounded on its strong and legitimate claims to publie support .
The Late Mr. Geach, M.P. The Representat...
THE LATE MR . GEACH , M . P . The representation of Coventry is vacant by the death of Mr . Charles Geach , a very able mian . He died of " a mortification of the leg , " of a character which puzzled the surgeons . Mr . Geach began life as a clerk in the Birmingham branch of the Bank of England , on the small salary of 150 ? . per annum . From that situation he was selected as the managing director of the Birmingham and Midland Joint Stock Bank , which' he conducted with great ability and credit . Mr . Geach was a few years since the co-partner in the patent for the railway axle-tree , a lucrative monopoly , which , though tlie patent has expixed , has continued a largo source of wealth to the two proprietors . Sir . Geach was a director of the Crystal
Palace Company , of tho Manchester , Sheffield , « nd Lincolnshire , and of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railways , and he was a large contractor for working power . Ho was also the principal and active partner in one of the most extensive manufactures of machinery in Staffordshire . His habits of business and personal industry were uncommon , nnd his extensive commercial operations were all conducted with singular regularity and prudence . On tho last general election hia return and that of Mr . Ellico , for Coventry , were unopposed . His death will be deplored by his constituents of every grade of politics , and his seat will not be easily supplied . He was elected by tho more liadieal section of the electors , but his course in Parliament was independent and temperate , to their general satisfaction .
What Is Being Done By The Central Associ...
WHAT IS BEING DONE BY THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION IN AID OF SOLDIEKS' WIVES AND WIDOWS . ( From the Association ' s Circular . ") TimEia thousand five hundred mothers , nnd Hevcn thousand children , are at this moment under the vigilant care of tho association ; one of these mothers with ten cfdldren , ton of them with aix children , upwards of twenty with four children , upwards of fifty with three children , hundre < ln with ono or two children . More than two hundred women have boon provided with ttitiiationn or net up in buninc'HS . More than ono hundred children , most of thorn orphaiiH , have been provided for entirely . Already , tlm cholera and tho Iohh of tho Europa have mndo twenty-flvo widowH , and forty-one orphnns ; how many more may not , the coiiUmmiuja of tho war add to our number I Donations , according to a fixed ncialo , havo been granted to some widowH ; for others , annuities * have boon purchased . Upwards of HO . OOOf . has boon received , of - which <> 6 , 000 / . hna been placed in Government HcscuritioH , in tho hope of osttabllHhlng a permanent fund . Double the amount will scarcely moot the canes of widowhood that a protracted war muat bring upon u » .
Public Opinion In America. The Position ...
PUBLIC OPINION IN AMERICA . The position of parties in the United States is , at the present moment , very singular . New combinations are taking place ; new designations are taking the place of old party names ; but party objects seem to be much the sa me , viz ., annexation and a status in European politics . The state of things in New York is thus sketched by a correspondent of the Times : — " The aspect of New York politics is more confused
than ever . The Know-nothing Convention last week terminated a stormy session by nominating an independent ticket , made up from men of all parties , and have thereby destroyed their own power . Great efforts were made to induce thenn to select their candidates from the other tickets , in which case they would have held the balance of power . As it is , they will draw strength from the others , but not enough to elect their own men The Tribune , the Whig , or rather Fusion organ , says of the convention : — " ' On the whole , we like the shape things are taking . We are going to have ' a chunk of a fight' after all , but the right ticket will come out ahead . ' " The Silver Grays and the many of the Anti-Maine-Law Whigs who do not vote for Seymour will probably go with them . " The work of fc fusing' the Whig party of the North in an anti-slavery party is going on -with- more or less success . In Vermont and Maine it has already been done , and the joint candidates put into office . In Michigan the Whigs have surrendered without terms , and adopted the Freesoil ticket . In Massachusetts they hold
out in a separate organisation , but adopt the ' Northern ' principles entire . In New York they do the same , meeting with the opposition which I have informed yoii of inprevious letters . Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Indiana vote to-day . In the two former States the Whigs will probably make large gains , as they have succeeded in ' fusing' with the Frees'bilers . In Pennsylvania the same elements of . Maine Liquor Law , Know-nothingisrn , and , abo ^ 'e all , open and gross corruption , ent er into the elements of the contest , and will influence the result . As the America leaves from Boston , it is probable that she will carry further news .
" On the issue in these great northern States ( Pennsylvania , OJiib , and tJew York ) " will depend the fate of the new Northern party . If they can carry those States beyond the possibility of losing , and can then agree upon a candidate for tho Presidency , they ^ vill go Lnto the next election "with a strength that nothing can resist . The Administration seemed . in the removal of Judge Bx & nson last year to give up all hope of carrying New York , and to have concentrated its strength , on Pennsylvania and Ohio . It may be set down as certain ^ that , except in * very extraordinary case , whichever party can carry tliese two States , will win . the day . If there were many candidates in the field , with strength divided 5 a various States , such might not be the result ; but with a division on two leading candidates it could hardly fail to be Che case .
"The California elections show an overthrow of tho Administration , and an election of independent Democrats . I judge , from my private letters , that tho election was one of unusual excitement . The polls " were guarded by . armed men , and even loaded cannon wore planted £ n the streets of San Francisco . The result is said to be favourable to good order and honest administration , and probably we shall hoar no more of failure to meet interest from this prosperous State . The Knownothings made their effective and secret organisation felt . in San Francisco as they have in tho Atlantic cities . " There is a strong British naval force at Grey town . What is meant by ihe following : —
"The Administration havo despatched Commander HoIHiih . and the I ' rincoton to ( Jreytown , and tho Independence is to follow , if sho htm not ulrauly sailed . Workmen have been employed night and day in getting her ready for sea . " Annexation is on tho move . It is snid by a New York paper that " A treaty has actually been made with the Dominican Government , by which thu latter coiIoh to the United States tlip port of Saniann , on tho bay of that nwno , with a strip of bnid . How largo this , strip is we are not informed , but thait is a , matter of little consequence . Tho main thing is that our slavery-extending ( lllbiiHtcr Government in to havo a foothold on that inland . A beginning will thuu be made , and the sequel of tho drjimii can ho pressed to its consummation with all practicable rapidity .
" The : ostensible purpose for which wo aso to acquire Siunana is doubtLOBH for a naval station . " Again a correspondent of tho Daily Nmos nays : — " We havo satiflfuatory confirmation from tho Sandwich Inlands of tho negotiation of tho treaty for their annexation to the United States . Tho proposal of annexation emno originally from tho inlands . General 1 'iarco received it with favour , and a special moHscngcr < wn » despatched with tho reply to tho American commissioner . When tho matter wan laid beforu tho council _ of » tat . < s it wan approved by cvory incinbor uxoopt l ' rinoo Alexander , tho heir-apparent , «»( 1 1 > lllti ' K" < jhicf - rj ' h 4 } Htipulatlonn of tlm treaty of annexation w « iro ( lollniUvoly arranged . The treaty iUolf was duly signed , and io now in thu Imnds of tbo American 1 ' renidont , awaiting tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 4, 1854, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04111854/page/5/
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