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318 THE L E A JD> g R. [No, 315, Saturda...
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PUBLIC MEETING. EABL GRANVILLE ON EDUCAT...
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IS MR. JOHN" SADLEIR DEAD OR ALIVE ? Thi...
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THE REVENUE. The official statement for ...
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STATE OF TRADE. Stath op Manufactures. —...
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IRELAND. FiBAKi'ur., Aooidjwe at JJuumn....
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Imperial Parliament. Monday, March 31s/....
plise had had a good effect . The "broad principle of punishment itself needed inquiry , to ascertain whether tbey were not depending too much upon reformatory processes . On . those questions he relied very little on tlte opinions of lawyers , for the professors of any art generally take the most limited views of that art . It would be inost injudicious to return to the old system « f transportation to the colonies , with its attendant horrors ; but it might be worthy of consideration wbether they could not introduce into this country ¦ what in Prussia is called " internal -transportation , " ^^^^ m ^^^^— ^ mii ^ . m i .
sad which consists in removing criminals from one part of the country to another , and employing them In hard labour . The system of banishment had been -recommended by some—of allowing the criminals to go > where they liked ; and , if proper security could be taken against their return , perhaps that system would he tie least objectionable of any . He would suggest sen addition to the amendment , consisting of the following -words : —" And how far its provisions relating to the discharge of prisoners may be susceptible of improvement . "
Ikfr . Batnes thought that the effect of these words would be to limit , instead of to extend , the inquiry . —Mr . Newvegate advocated a renewal of transportation ; and Mr . Fitzgeraxd was favourable to a modified form . — Sir Stafford ! N " obthcote thought a serious question for the committee would he found in determining how the" prisoners are to be treated on Saeir discharge . —Mr . SooTTthen withdrew his motion , and the amendment of Sir George Ghey was adopted as a substantive resolution .
SPECIAXi AND SIMPLE CONTRACT DEB 1 S . Mr . "Maijns obtained leave to bring in a bill to abolish all distinctions between specialty and simple contract debts . As the law stands ,, creditors by speeaalty ( bearing a seal ) are paid from real estate before creditors by simple contract can participate , so that , ¦ where the assets are insufficient , the specialty creditors c 6 me in and sweep everything away . Has object ¦ was to remove that anomaly and injustice . TEUST -i > ROPERTT , & C . The Attornet-GtJENEBal obtained leave to bring in a bill to am « nd the law relating to the criminal appropriation of trust property held by persons as feustees or bailees . The special object was to put fraudulent trustees on the same footing as bankers are placed , in reference to securities placed under their charge .
ssir John Sheixey ; obtained leave to bring in a toll-to amend the law with respect to the election of directors of joint-stock banks in England . Mr . BoxfVEREE obtained leave to bring in a bill to « mend the Poor Law , as regards the appointment of auditors , & c . The Bankers' Drafts Bill was read a second time . The Factories Bill was read a second time ; amendments to be introduced in > committee
318 The L E A Jd> G R. [No, 315, Saturda...
318 THE L E A JD > g R . [ No , 315 , Saturday , ^ .
Public Meeting. Eabl Granville On Educat...
PUBLIC MEETING . EABL GRANVILLE ON EDUCATION . The conversion of the old diocesan school at Bristol into a Trade school , and its opening on Friday week , ¦ was the occasion of a visit from Earl Granville , President of the Council of Education . In these trade schools , there is added to thei'outine of educatiou a course of instruction , in the principles of science Tr ith special reference to trade and manufactures . . After partaking of refreshments , and inspecting the building , the Lord President , the Mayor , and the other noblemen and gentlemen , adjourned to the tall of the Society of Merchant Venturers , where a
public meeting was held , over whioli Earl Granville presided , in the absence of the Lord Bishop of the diocess through ill health . A report was then read , various resolutions wore carried , and , in answer to a vote of thaulcs , the chairman addressad the meetiug . Saving alluded to the rise of trade schook in Germany , where instruction in practical matters has lately been regarded as of greater importance than classical attainments , Lord Granvillo remarked tUat a knowledge of living languages aud co ntemporar y fivctff is much needed among Englishmen , though ho ¦ did not think that knowledge should induce us entirely to abandon classical attainments , the effect of which . ib to humanize and elevate the mind . Ho
then glanced at the superior state of education in foreign countries to that which 2 > i'evaila in England . * A recent review in the Times stated that , ' as ovory Bavarian i » able to road , the groatost prison p unishment that con be inflicted is to tako away Jbooks from tlio prisoners . ' Now , it was molanoboly * to reflect what was the proportion of prisoners in our 1 ipfolB < upon -whom such a punishment could possibly ¦ fluttettii © slightest effect . It was a singular fact that WMUnglotHl < md Wales only 69 por eont . of tho men waowero married signed their names to tho marriage « e * titto » tea , and that there were only 50 por oont of tft «^ om « n who were able to do the eaino . Tho city ' oLXS ? iT" l be < ™« ° » Somersetshire and ' SSSST ^ % ° obso * that i » tho GloutjSS *** the <* ty tho percentage of oduoatioivwM . ^ bovo tho average , because It was to bo
found in the ten foremost counties in tha . t respect in England and "Wales . On the other hand , the Somersetshire portion of the city was not in the ten worst counties , nor in the ten best , but it was below the aver age of the whole counties of England and Wales . He found that the average of the men able to read and write in that part of the city was 66 and a fraction percent ., while of the women it -was as high as 61 . " Referring to the means for advancing education , he observed : — " Sir Arthur Elton , " who had spoken at the meeting , " had referred to the Government being able to give a stimulus to education by disposing ot public offices to educated men . The Privy Council had tried a small experiment in that way , and it had
answered exceedingly well . In the same way there were few great employers of labour who could not even with advantage to themselves , find the means of giving a stimulus of this sort . The directors of the railway by which he came to Bristol had a regulation not to take into their employment any person who could not read and write , and did not know something of arithmetic . ( Hear , heccr . He believed that this regulation entitled the directors of that line to be considered as greater educators than even the excellent schools which they had established . ( Ap-2 > la > use . ) He was sure that the trade schools might act most usefully as a stinaulua in this respect , always provided that they strictly adhered to the rule ,
without which their own efficiency would be destroyed , that they should require a strict examination as to whether the candidate who presented himself was really worthy to receive the necessary elementary instruction . It was certainly a most marvellous thing that the people of this country , . while running the race of competition with other nations , should refuse to themselves such an element of success in commercial progress as that of education . What would be said of a strong nian who , having ' engage with a powerful adversary , should bind up one arm ? " ( Applause . ') By a better system of education , Lord Granville observed , we should create a superior race of artisans , who would derive
gratification from their employments , instead of that deadly weariness which had been illustrated by Sir Arthur Elton in the case of a man who put an end to his existence in consequence of not being able to go on working in a mere routine manner . After paying a high compliment to the Kev . Canon Moseley for his great efforts in the cause of education , ILord Granville referred to the chief features of the school which they had then met to inaugurate . "BCe rejoiced to find that the boys were there instructed in the ordinary branches of a sound English education . He
hoped that m this school special care would be taken to teach the English language—a subject which was too much neglected in every school of every class in this country . He believed there was no advantage which could be given to a man greater than to learn to speak and write his own language grammatically . It might be trivial to mention the circumstances , but he knew a lady who was proposed to and married by a very able man , not so much because he had fallen in love with her personal charms as because he was so delighted with , the letters which she wrote to a third person . " ( Laughter and applause . )
with some further observations on the advantages of education , the Chairman concluded , and the proceedings were brought to a close .
Is Mr. John" Sadleir Dead Or Alive ? Thi...
IS MR . JOHN" SADLEIR DEAD OR ALIVE ? This startling question is mooted by a Dublin newspaper , the Nation , the writer of an article in which declares his deliberate conviction that there exist reasons of a , solid , reliable character for believing that Mr . John Sadleir has not committed suioicle , but hag simply being playing the trick , well known both in history and romance , of a pretended death aud a supposititious corpse . The following are the grounds on which the writer bases Iub scepticism as to John Sadleir's suicide : —
1 . It appears from the letters of the alleged doceased that ho had contemplated suicide for a week before tho act ; yet on Saturday night ho was endeavouring to obtain money . —2 . From , tho time tho poison must have boou taken to tho time tho body was discovered , there was not timo , considering the circumstances of tbo death , for tho corpao to got quito cold and stiff , as it wasfound 3 . The identification of tho body was oxtremoly doubbful , being , says tho Dublin writer , based onl y on the representations of Sadleir'B servant , Elwyn , who lias known hie master "but eighteen months . " Tho deceased ' s relatives ,
though in town , did not vie w tho body . " It may , in addition , bo not undeserving of roinnrk , that the reports iu tho puhlio proaa Bpoak of a change in tho features of tho deooanod , aud of hio looking older than he really was . "—4 . " In tho work of Dr . Taylor , tine toxioologist , which Sadleir , it is stated , had boon perusing on tho day of his death , ia u diacuasion of the question an to whothor dark luiir cnu bo artificially ohangud to light , and hiu nooouut of sundry wftshoH of roooufc invention which © ft ' oofcunUy pro cluco tho result . " ELwyu , in giving ovldenoo at tho inquoat , eaid that on tho inetno « mble Saturday
Ms master told Him to prepare two hottles , and € h . at he thought the poison which had been sent for -was some ingredient for a hairwash . [ The writer th « n very confidently draws his deduction that here was ' a man , who , as alleged , was on the point of com mitting suicide , busying himself in making a hairwash ! " We ( Leader ) must say the deduction is quite unwarranted by the premises . Elwyn did not say that his master was making a hairwash , but merely that he tho ughts was about to do so—that opinion being based on . a misinterpretation of the contents of the bottle which had been filled at the chemist ' s . ]—5 . The place where the body was found was suspicious . " Why should Sadleir , intending to make away with himself "by poison instantaneous in its effects , trudge ou t to Hampstead-heath , in the middle of the night , for the purpose , first putting into his pocket a piece of nanpr to tell his name ? " F y The article concludes with a remark upon the ease with which a body could be procured among the two and a half millions of the population of Londo n . We must add , however , that a letter to the Times completely demolishes this most ingenious and most Irish figment .
The Revenue. The Official Statement For ...
THE REVENUE . The official statement for the quarter that terminaied on Monday exhibits a gratifying condition of the national resources . 1 'he result is an increase , as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , to the extent of £ 1 , 477 , 645 , the items of which are as follow : — INCREASE . Customs £ 497 , 358 Excise 37 , 082 Taxes 7 , 708 Property Tax 937 , 946 Crown Lands 1 , 000 Miscellaneous 55 , 141 £ 1 , 535 , 935 DECREASE . Stamps £ 55 , 76-6 Post-office .. 2 , 524 _ 5 S , 2 S 0 Net increase £ 1 , 17 T , G 45 The met increase on the year , ending vn the 31 st March , 1856 , amounts to £ 4 , 497 , 671 .
State Of Trade. Stath Op Manufactures. —...
STATE OF TRADE . Stath op Manufactures . —The-accounts of the manufacturing trade of the country during the week ending last Saturday are satisfactory from all quarters , although a partial interruption- has been occasioned by the Easter holidays , and the coldness of the weather has continued to exercise an influence . At Manchester , the . market' has been steady , aud the principal houses are fairly supplied with orders . At Birmingham , the preliminary resolution of the ironmasters not to make any reduction of prices fox- the coming quarter has given stability to the ; trade , and it is also stated that the recent advices from Amorica are less discouraging . Injthe potteries , tho agitation , commenced for free trade with France , lias been encouraged in a mamier which gives hopes of its extension . The Nottingham accounts describe a partial diminution of activity . In the woollen districts thero has been continued steadiness , and in the Irish linen markets the transactions have been numerous , with a . good proportion of foreign orders . —Times . ' The Boaud op Trade Returns for the month ending the 29 th of February were issued on Tuesday , and furnish proof of extraordinary activity in all departments of trade consequent upon the approach of peace . In the declared value of our oxportations , thoro is tho extraordinary increase of £ 2 , 6 * 03 , 831 , the total for tho corresponding month of lust 3 'oar having been one of tho most unfavourable during tho war . This increase in spread without exception through cyeiy branoh of industry , but metals find tho yarns of cotton , linen , and wool , have exporioncod tho most conspicuous improvement , in consoquouco of ? tho demand occasioned by tho growth of confidence among continental manufacturers . Tho revival in tho Australian trndo seems to bo indicated by au augmentation in the shipments of haberdashery , hardware , and leathor . With regard to imported commodities , thero is no material alteration on tho avorago , the consumption of some articles prosouting a oonfliderablo increase , while in others thoro linn boon ftB large adeoroaBO . Whout , flour , and rioo , huvo arrived in augmented quantities . Coilbo , - \ vino , and tobacco , figure for an increase . Of tea , the consumption hUowh a diminution , although ttio importations have boon extremely hoavy . SSugur , HpiritH , fruits , aud spioofl , are likewiso on tho unfavourable hMo . — Idem .
Ireland. Fibaki'ur., Aooidjwe At Jjuumn....
IRELAND . FiBAKi ' ur ., Aooidjwe at JJuumn .- —A " wako" was being hold ou tUo body vt' a child , iu a niiborabk alloy in . Dublin , oallod PonroHu ' u-lanu , whon tho i \ oor mhioh vnw nour tho top of tho huuae ) loll through
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Leader (1850-1860), April 5, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05041856/page/6/
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