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September 9, 1854.] THE LEADER. 347
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1854.
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The Bmgssings Of Absujbd Mteeatuhe. The ...
awakening of their human feelings . Tho local legend and the eternal fiiiry tale do this in the young . The novel , the play , and the newspaper accomplish the same end in the aduft . The legends of the saints did good in their day ; but , Triien the Church and the State interfered , and prescribed a mental aliment , tlie people who obeyed became serfs or imbeciles , or both ; while those who refused to recognise the law frequently degenerated into rebels and 6 ceptics . Louis Napoleon , who- saw so much in journalism to excite his abhorrence , was not likely to review with tolerance the Looks and sheets which the French peasantry delighted in . The legend looked silly ; history was faulty , and . republican tracts were treasonable . No wonder be limited the rustic literature . Cardinal Wiseman would also substitute authority for taste ; but , as opinion in England is adverse to interference , he would first issue a commission of
nquiry . Why does not has eminence read the world as well as his boots ? In England , Ireland , Canada , and the United Stales , people read what they like ; and the people of England , Ireland , Canada , and the States , are the most moral j > eoj ) l « on earth , —the wisest ., discreetest , best . In Italy , Austria , Sweden , and Russia , thu people read only what authority , lay and ecclesiastical , permits . Arfd what is the consequence ? . The Russians are slaves and thieves . Sweden is filled with illegitimacy , and Austria is still more grossly immoral . Italy is the land of brigandage and conspiracy ; and the successor of St . Peter finds Rome safe only tecause the tower of St . Angelois tenanted by a foreign army \ " : ' . ¦ -. ;• . ' .. '¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦ . . : ¦ ¦; " ¦
Many of those who talk most about the necessity of better education are ignorant of facts , or lack sincerity . The ¦ worHng-classes luiovy better than those who would teach them the sciences appertaining to their respective . occupations ; but what ; they want , political knowledgej is taxed before it can reach them . A free press . - ^ newspapers without stamps , are accorded to the people of the United States '; and it is not disputed that tl i & American working-men are the "best informed workmen in the world . Ifc is a libel on human nature to assert that ' the-popular taste sacks gratification in improper reading . Tacts , plain palpable' facts , demonstrate the contrary ; and the progress of the age shows that works ; of fiction are not improper reading . The best . reading undoubtedly is reports of the occurrences of the day . Let tM people have access to the . se , and they will be satisfied .
September 9, 1854.] The Leader. 347
September 9 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 347
Miscellaneous. Robert Owest;—Mr. Owen's ...
MISCELLANEOUS . Robert Owest ;—Mr . Owen ' s forte appears to us to have been action . His principles have not / always been ¦ happily staU'd , nor enforced with vivacity . He lately remarked to tis , -ft-liiit he has' often , said publicly ; , that he docs not and Ticrer did care for fame . We are sorry for it . It would Lave lieen better for his friends and his cause if he had . He who holds public truth in his hands , is bound to take care of Its reputation by all the arts of genius he can command , and by all the forethought he can exercise . But in the match-Jess influence of LLs life Mr . Owen is unequalled . A kinder . nature , a sweeter spirit , a braver , or a gentler advocate lives not among men . At eighty-five he lias the enthusiasm of a youth , the good sense of a man , the placidity of a philosopher , and the devotion of a saint . He enjnyd tho
friendship of the great and the confidence of the people , and -we trust lie has many years of honour and gratilude before him yet .- — The Measoner . A Spr . JKCT fok A Poem . —Captain Klpckgether , of t lie Bremen ship Hiiidoo , while on his passsige to New York , picked wp a boat in Ayhich were J ' ouv human skeletons . The & ont vyr . is full of -water , but , Le 4 ng of a light construction , had continued to iloat . A few remnants of clothing were found , but nothing to give any olue to the unfortunates . The Moi > el Pkotkstant Member . —One of the many idiotic religious societies of Liverpool—the Working Men's Protestant Association—has sent a lengthy compliment to Mr . Disraeli , in reference to some speech of his in the Ilou 60 of C ominous . Tiiis is the point : — " Such a declaration from the commanding wisdom , uprightness , stem integrity , rarely
concentrated in . <> ne man , and the uncompromising determination to defend the principles upon which rest the noblest monuments of human greatness , which , with tlio blessings of Almighty God , diffuse peace to our beloved country mnid revolution and ansirchy in continental nations—happiness to the Bubjoct , and , in proportion us they we extended , wisdom and blessings to the human race—is cheering , and will induce the Protestant working men of Liverpool , united in determination to sud in upholding these principles , to confide in your wisdom uml determination , and to regard you as the centre of future operations in reference to all measures that "will havo to bo discussed in the Houao of Commons uQccthig the Protestantism of Enclnml . And mav Alminhtv Goil
give you strength and prolong your valuable life , that t ] io cause the Protestant working men of Liverpool commit to your charge may prosper and triumph . " Anothkh Vicbsion op 'miclhsuor ov Oxford Anijcdotk . —There is a moro amusing version of this anecdote , if true . Tho bittl-iop was rebuking one of hia clor * y for following the hounrfa . "My lord , " ropliod tho cWgyirmn , * ovory man must have sonio relaxation , and I assure vouv lordship I never go to balls . " "Ah , " wud tho bishop , ' "I porooivo you « U « Ao to my having boon at tho Duchoas of fcjutherlnnd ' a purtyj but 1 give you my word I never wua in thoaamo room with tho dnncora . " < My lord , " respondod tho Mlorgyman , " mymnrc « nd I "nro getting old , and toe < tro never in * Ae aame field xvith tho hounds "
, A Madman ijm a 'Railway Cauiuachk . —Tho oftluuils on uie rnilw ;» y Hn . o wore aomuwhat alannod i \ fow days ngo nt tlie conduct of a muniao , who was a passongor by tfio iiuU down-train . When tho train rouolied Peterborough , tho man ( of short build and rcspoctablo nppo 4 irnnco ) got out nncl pllopod about tho platform , exclaiming , " I have a commission from tho Almighty to ¦ chain tho devil iu a Hrat-olusa xarr » a |; o . " Howaa with diflUuUfcy ( juiotod and secured in a eooond-class oarrinpo , tho doors being lockod , and thus forwurdoU to his des-tl nation . —Sfamfora Mercury .
A Practical People . —Two hundred people are dying daily in England of cholera ; and we appoint" Board of Health , and the staff of that remarkable institution numbers exactly twelve men ! Twelve men to organise sanitary reform ! How we laughed , nationally , when three members of the Peace Society travelled to St . Petersburg to request Nicholas not to go to war ; it was so ridiculous ! But our practical arrangement for " health" is still more strangely illustrated in connexion with the army . One cause of the great mortality of the troops in the East has been traced to the clothing , as utterly unsuitable to the climate . Accordingly , there is to be a reform in re vesliaria . The evil was found out three months ago ; and a commission having been appointed to look at all the armies of Europe , the new proposed articles , the pantaloons included , have already been submitted to the inspection of her Majesty ; and it is very fairlv p _ ilfMilated that bv next . A . nril new r . lntiiinor mnv li <*
assigned to the army of the East . How many soldiers will have died in the meantime ? Pei-liaps a great many . But then , the poor fellows , their hearts bursting- against the druggets in which their carcases are enclosed , will be consoled with the reflection that they are falling in the defence of civilisation !—Liverpool Journal . Ease is Elegance . —A Boston ( N . Y . ) paper says tliat a clergyman , not a hundred miles from tliat city , preached the day before in his shirt-sleeves , and apologised by saying that comfor t was preferable to fashion , and as much to be sought on the Sabbath as on week days . Femax . 1 £ Physiciaks . —> The Massachusetts Legislature , at its last , session , appropriated funds to the New England Female Medical College , located in Boston , to pay for the tuition of forty students annually for five years—New York Tribune . ,
English Bathing Delicacy . — Tlie discreet Observer inflicts this rebuke ! xi ' poii the indelicacy displayed by hotli sexes at the English ; . waterin # -flaees : — "We cannot help expressing our surprise that fathers of families ; will allow their daughters and wives to be daily spectators of scenes which no other nation would sanction . At Margate , for instance , one niorning this week , at . high water , there w « re probably as many as a hundred ; inen and women in the water together . The ladies no doubt had bathing dresses on , bat the gentlemen' were entirely in a primitive state ; No distinction was made as to where the ladies and gentlemen shouldbatlie . It is true that these machines Jiave awnings , but ; then they are not generally regarded , for invariably the gentlemeji ; go beyond them , and tlie : ladies are but too prone to follow their example . The consequence is that such scenes as the following occurred : —We counted a party of
five females , we cannot call them . ladieSj who were engaged amidst shouts of lapgJiter from . tl * e bystanders on tlie beach , with a gentleman , in a Jsplashing-iniatch . They were as close together as if tliey y vere of the same party .: Thebeach was thronged with admiring spectators , and many of them with glasses , although they were not required , as the' lathers from tlie high tide were quite close to the shore . So much for the Margate bathing ; tliat at Eatnag-ite , however , is worse . At the lowest calculation on Monday morning last there coujd not have been less than from 1500 to 2000 ladies and gentlemen congregated together on a very small- portion of the sands , watching two or ' three hundred people bathing . The machines , as at Margate , have awnings , buti from the sea
being rough , they could not be used . Again , there was no distinction made between the machines of the ladles and gentiemen ; they were mixed altogether , and the whole of the bathers wore certainly not more than ten or fifteen yards from the beach . A more disgusting sight could scarcely have been witnessed than by the want of modesty—nay , of common decency evinced by the ladies . " Mada ^ ik SoN'ivus . i- ^ Madarae Sontng , it is stated , just before her death , in Mexico , expressed a feur tliat she had been poisoned—and further , that both her body and that of Pozzolino have been disinterred , and that evidence was found , which settles the question beyond a doubt , tliat they had both met with an untimely death . —New Itork liecorder .
No moiw CHinuou-nATK 3 in Biniu > 'QHAjr —We ( Birmingham Journal ) congratulate tho public of Birmingham iu having this week emancipated the town from the stigma of ai \ enforced church-rate . Tho vestry yesterday resolved to levy no enforced rate , but to invite tho voluntary aid of tlio parishioners to tho extent of a penny in the pound . JosKPai Hume . —Mr . Hume , JM , 1 ' ., was tpreceive tho freedom of tho Burgh of Wick , on Thursday the 7 th instant . Tho John o'Grout Journal thus denies the report at present current : — Wo are glad in b « ing able to « ontradict n rumour now nflont , to the effoct that the veteran member for Montroso intended retiring from Parliament . In a kttev wo received on Monday morningfroin Mr . lluino , ho status — ' I huvo no intention , nor have I intimated to any porson that I have any intention , to rotive from tho representation of the Montroso Uurghs as longaa I may bo able to do tu
you may judgo for yourself us to tho probability of my being able- to perform thoso duties . ' llv . lluino , though bordorinj ; on fourscore , is halo nnd hearty , though perhaps less so thim we have seen , «« d etill able to grapple with any . knotty quostion of finance . Joseph Hume , has been undeniably a useful mnn to tho country , and though on Home pointa wo may ( lifter from him , wo oarnostly wish tliat many years may elapse ere tho nation loso his vuluablo sorvicea . " A Yovku MiaomisK Makicm . —A few duys hinco tho olootrio tologragh coinmuiiication from ISIuiiioro to Hamburg was surtdenly stopped- On investigivtion it was found tlint tho earth which covorcd tho mttia had boon dug up iu a cortaiu epot , and tho wires cut , and it was booh afterwards discovered Llmt tho author of tlio niihchu . f wns a little boy , 12 yenra of ago , who resided in tho villngo of Aponnwle . near which piiico tlio lino paaucd . Ho was arrostcd , and brought keforo tho Ooricctional Tribunul , by which he wus Hontonccd to bo whipped throo timua , anil to receive in all 45 lnshcH .
Ojmuak * Salivion . —TIjo Oommiaaionors of Irish Fiahories make tho following suggcutionH in their report : — " Wu foci convinced that it may proiluco itiiuiy valuablo rosulta , if properly nnd judlcioualy carriod put : but , doubtless , in Its
infancy some failure in substantial advantages may be anticipated , which should not , however , discourage those who adopt it from persevering until they arrive at a practical knowledge of the modes of proper application and management by which it may become available for increasing the value of tlie salmon fisheries . It occurred to us that a great desideratum connected with tins question Would be , ascertaining , if possible , whether , after tlie young fish had been produced , they might not be lcept within the control of the person whose skill and industry would entitle him to the advantages which might be derived ; and as the natural habits of the salmon require migration to tlie sea to become valuable for the use of man , involving the uncertainty of
returning to his rightful owner who reared him in the element alone suited to his infant state , the inspecting commissioners , having obtained the sanction and co-operation of the board with whom they are associated , had prepared at Kingstown a place suitable for this experiment . This may De termed a ' pond , ' 200 feet long by about 50 feet-wide ; at low water its depth is about six feet . A rise of six or seven feet occurs at every tide , flowing in through a grating placed across the entrance to confine the fish within . \ Ve took fry from the fresh waters of the tiiffey and Bray rivers
at the proper age and migratory state , and have transferred them to this pond , -where they can now be seen daily . They are watched by many persons anxious for the result of this experiment , and appear to be thriving well , arid have increased considerably in size . Very small fish pass ia through the grating from the harbour , and the young salmon are seen feeding upon them . If this experiment should succeed in demonstrating that salmon may be thus successfully kept under control until they atiahi to a size rendering them valuable in . an edible point of view , innumerable enclosures may be made around the coast varying in extent according to circumstances , and by these means the artificial : production of salmon may become of vast importaxice . "
Pbufect ist Iasting . —The great Franklin lived for a fortnight oil ten pounds of bread a week , and remained stout and in robust health , and in his Autobiography he mentions a lady whom he knew who lived on . gruel alone ; . A native of Connecticut , being mad and be 3 ieying meat poison , lived on vegetables alone for sixty- two 'd : iys . — -Wew 3 font / ilt / . '
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TOCOEIIESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is of fceil delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frej [ u 6 iitly from reasons quite indepondent of tlie mbrits of'the cornmunica-: tiori . •' ' ¦ ' ' ¦ " . , '¦ . ' .. - ' ' ... '¦'¦'¦ ' ' '¦' . '¦ ' No notice e _ au be taken of anoiiymoiis commvinicatiOTis . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; tiot iiecessarili : for publication , biit as a guarautce of his good faith . Communications should always be legibly written , and on ¦ one side of the paper only . If long , it increases tne diflBculty of findinp ; space for them . We cannot undertako to return rejected comnauiiications . All letters for tho Editor should be addressed to ^ Wellington-street , Strand , London .
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I"here 13 nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and . convulsive , as the strain to keep things 11 iced . when , all the world i , 3 by tho "very law of its creation , in eternal pr ogresa . —Dk . Arnoxd .
Suggestions Toll The Recess. Although Th...
SUGGESTIONS TOll THE RECESS . Although the Austrian , declaration , of continued neutrality , constitutes 110 real cJh & ngo in the situation , it is an incident which marlcs the anomalous relation of Austria to the belligerent states , and ifc certainl y warrants us in summing uj ) tho account as it now stands . The position , is this . Having assorted the right of reigning o \ cr Christian subjects within Turkey—a demand as preposterous as if the Sultan professed to reign over Mussulman subjects in India , —Russia was told , by France and England united , that they would support Turkey against her . Sho seized tlie pcovinces of Turkey as " < hoak « ge > for her right . She waa told if she did nob retire the Western I ' owors would make her ; she defied them . She has been fovood out ; and now , probably , if shewere allowed , she would gladly go homo and huah up tho quarrel . But sho muat bo beaten , aad made to say thafc she knows eh © ia beaten , and pay tho co-at of boating her . Now , is it
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 9, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09091854/page/7/
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