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WE T..EAMS. [No. 277, SACTBDAT,
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THE SUNDAY OF THE SHOPMAN. (To the Edito...
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NAVAL CADETS. (To tho Editor of the Lead...
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State of the Thames.— Under this heading...
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"Thk Comic Old Gentleman. (To The. Edito...
% - 5 5 SS ^ . a a »—inspired confidence , and ^ . ^^^/ lock ^ Vecame tune , ftdvolity , coiicealed undertow ? h ^ . ds { . of mtrustejwith the ^ f ^ approach of impending surroundingrocks , and on wie » w storms . '' nyTonrPTifls called to power at the age Monsieur de ^ f ^' ggty years before , but fell of eighty , vas Minister ^ Jed author of a song SSos ^ ffi ^ e de ^ oSdour , who procured him * lTjK 3 £ ffS £ ofdeVhe grew more , jceose . w £ L Zwewas indignant at the conduct of her HSSuSf' ^ W ^ f S ° ^ M ^^« | £ ste- ^ - ^ ^^ K" ^ balls , they knock down a few masts and a few men , and tatter a few of the sails ; a great deal of powder ami shot ia expended . At length both fleets sheer off , each pretending that it remained master of the field of battle ; each claims the victory , and a Te JDeuml sung on-both sides , while the sea remains ^^ veS -adlfsegur , "to all idea of reform that might excite complaints or intrigues , and to every plan of campaign in which great success is only to be purchased at the expense of great risk , he wished to play the terrible game of war without venturing large stakes ; to parade , in short , but not to fight . He jested in treating even the most serious matters , and the sceptre , confided to his hands , seemed to be mflMyatoyto amuse his old childhood . " History repeats itself . _ , ITrom the Strand to St . Stephen s—from playwrights to Premiers—we cannot , it seems , be original even in our farces . The famous performances of Premier-buffoon turn out after all to be only adaptations . May the parody turn out less tragic than the original play ! w - J -
We T..Eams. [No. 277, Sactbdat,
WE T .. EAMS . [ No . 277 , SACTBDAT ,
The Sunday Of The Shopman. (To The Edito...
THE SUNDAY OF THE SHOPMAN . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib —Betwixt Exeter Hall and the Hyde Part mob it seems as though the parties most really interested ¦ were completely forgotten . The poor shopkeeper , if he have a soul to be saved , has a body also to te enioyed as -well as the " poorest" of the mob . The saints would shut him up in "little Bethel , " and the mob will cope him up to the counter—tender mercies If " it is desirable to have a day of rest , a Holy-day , or a day of relaxation and pleasure , the shopkeeper can indeed lay good claim to it . With longer hours during the day ( and no meal time ) , at more exhausting employment both of body and mind than that of the majority of the so-called working-class , he at least ought not to be debarred from that privilege or protection of law which has been so advantageously employed for the factory workers ; and if a day is to be set aside , it ought to be a day of complete rest ; and , to be uniformly kept , it must be enforced . If it be objected that it is not convenient to the poor , what then?—are they to be exceptions to a general good ? Bankers close at four o ' clock , and wholesale houses in good time . Business fits itself accordingly , not the less is done , —and though a few have to contrive their arrangements at some inconvenience , surely the conveniences of the trading classes ought to be of We trifling weight . In Leeds there is no Sunday trading , and the shopkeepers close at half-past ten on Saturday nightsthe police say it works well , and the people aro certainly no worse—and how is it , that in London , the " centre of civilisation , " the same arrangements cannot be done ? The objections are specious—certainly not real . By one of those singular perversions of both feeling and logic papers are prone to publish , and th « mob to yield to , it follows thus : —the mob hate the aristocracy for their enjoyments , therefore down with the shopkeeper , let him be deprived of any chance of either enjoyment or repose—a precious logic of facts this in the nineteenth century . On behalf of my class I feel deeply indignant at the injustice they receive at the hands of the people . Yours most respectfully , John Holmes , ( shopkeeper .
Naval Cadets. (To Tho Editor Of The Lead...
NAVAL CADETS . ( To tho Editor of the Leader . " ) Sib , —Lord Hardwicko ' s speech on the deficiencies of naval education , though calculated to call public attention to a matter of much importance , can hardly be said to grapple with the real difficulties oft the subject . It is true that tho education of a youth on board ship is usually very imperfect . But I am inclined to think that Lord Hardwicke exaggerates these imperfections , and does not trace them to thein true , origin . He considers that the instructions of ) the saheotaMflter are perpetually interrupted by the : dutie * of the ship , that the mind of the pupil iai uiatrttetedf from his studies by the variety of the :
^ scenes he witnesses , and the ezcitmg „ «*» ofthe servicea-on which he is employed . » "J us ^ Mll > that this , objection may apply m w ^ ment certainly does not during peace . . ^® ^^ J ^ ESSHSSBsfSKss standard of proficiency that , shall enuOe '• cadet to sfe ^ srs ^ ss tx . re s SsposS 111 this matter , , «<¦< homines tot xntentuB . Ev ?? yiaval instructor his hi . own system , ^ d SSS TL ° T £ S ££ J * S'S ? Z eS : s & v ^ asysar'SSSS »^ SS ? tI 1 i ^ rJ fac Sere are as many parties in education as m the English Church . If a cadet has received eighteen months' instruction under one system , and is-then transferred to a ship where a totally different plan prevails , it follows that he will be turned back in his Snation , and lose time , rank and »«^*«« g ; through the want of any fixed rule of education . To Pass for midshipman , a youngster has to undergo an examination before the commander and na ^ al instructor of the ship in which he is serving . What this examination is to be is not very c early defined My passing certificate speaks vaguely of a due knowledge of arithmetic , geometry , «™ ^ 8 ° " ° : metry , and a practical acquaintance with the use of the quadrant , and the manner of making observations * ascertaining the latitude and longitude therewith . " It says , moreover , that I could keep a ship ' s reckoning by "the common rales usually called a day ' s work , and had a due knowled ge of steering and managing a boat under sails and oars , and of knotting , splicing , & c . & c . " But by many naval instructors , these things are not expected , and not taught . I lost a month ' s time by being schooled by a man who taught little , and examined by a man who expected much . Certificates in the navy mean nothing , so that no naval instructor has fi scrnple of conscience in granting a certificate for such knowledge as that set forth above to a youngster whose acquaintance with arithmetic does not extend beyond the , four first rules , and who is proportionately ignorant of the other branches of navigation . I believe that the difficulties mentioned by Lord Hardwicke woxild be overcome if a rule of education was devised and strictly adhered to . As for youngsters not having time to learn on board ship , that is perfectly absurd , a few hours' application every day would soon give them a start . By diminishing the hours on which they waste their time on deck , keeping watch—that is to say , walking about doing nothing—you could add a daily period of time to their schooling . This is habitually done by some captains in the navy , though only few have the courage to break through the established routine even in so small a matter . Captains who are courageous enough to do so have found their efforts generally crowned with success , and youths who have been made to learn against their will find such advantages accrue from it in after-life , that they are actually led to look upon the navy as a good profession , Your obedient servant , Mid .
State Of The Thames.— Under This Heading...
State of the Thames . — Under this heading , a remarkable letter from Professor Faraday appearB in the Times of Monday . The Professor writes : — " 1 traversed this day by steamboat the apace betweon London and Hungorford bridges between half-past one and two o ' clock ; it was low water , and I think the tide must have been near the turn . Tho appearance and the smell' of tho water forced themselves at once on my attention . Tho whole of tho river waa an opaque pale brown fluid . Ift order to test the degree of opacity , 1 tore up some white cards in to pieces , moi » tened them so as to malto them sink easily below the surface , and then dropped some o those piecea into the water at every pier the boat tamo to . Before they hud flunk an inch below the surface , they were indistinguishable , though tho sun shone brightly at the time ; and when tho pieces fell edgowaye , the lower part -was hidden from sight before the upper part was under water . Near tho bridges , tho feculence rolled up in clouds so donso tlint they wore visible at tho surface , even in water of this kind . '' Discovery or a Komajt CAmp ik NkmrmrMnHiRi-iAHD . —A Roman castrim , or military station , liaa boon 'excavated at High Rochester ) in Northnmlrwlandj Tho walla consist off Very maeetvc masonry , twelrvftottand a
SSB ^ sMgr ^ aS appeared on one of tho slabs . Seme excavations on the ISe SU about three years ago , laid bare remams of the streets and houses of the ancient Roman town of ^ jSZ ^' ar LoHPON— The deaths registered in Londot-whichin May rose to nearly 1200 in a week , andt ^ Cne to nearly 1100 , fell to 926 in the week tliat Lded last Saturday . The average number in the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1 « -54 when corrected for increase of population , is 1068 The preset return is therefore of a favourable character . Diarrhoea was , however , fatal in 28 instances , cholera in 6 ; and one of the cases of cholera was of a severe type , as m eleven hours it killed a labourer in the Battersea Workhouse on Friday , 6 th of July . One warning of diarrhoea preceded the cholera—The health of London during the Sree months of April , May , and June has been bet er than it was in the corresponding seasons of the two previous years ; but the mortality is still higher than it was so ™ years ago , and the deaths in thirteen weeks were 14 997 ^ or more by some thousands probably than wo-uld have happened had the sanitary arrangements of London been in a satisfactory state . — From the Meffustmr-GeneraVs Return . .,, . . , The Turkish Loan ( says Gcdtgnum ) is to be un « tai the conjoint guarantees of France and E"S ^ nd- la that end , a convention was signed on the 27 th ult . between the Emperor of the French and the Queen ol England on the one hand , and the Sultan on the other , fixing the conditions on which the loan is to be contracted . The interest is fixed at four per cent ., with a sinking fund of one per cent , additional . The amount of the loan is to be appropriated exclusively to the necessities of the war ; and a mixed commission , composed of French , English , and Turks , is to watch over the manner in which it is to be employed , so as to prevent any portion of it from being diverted from its legitimate destination . Lastly , in order to prevent any confusion in the Paris money market , from a * rencn and a Turkish loan being brought forward about the same time , the Turkish one is to be raised solely in England . Torture rN tiik East Indies . —Further papers relating to torture in India refer to a minute of the Lieutenont-Governor of Bengal dated April 9 , 1856 , showing the measures pursued for ascertaining the correctness ol the statement made by Mr . Theobald regarding the alleged case of torture in Behnr , " the result of which , observes the secretary to the Government of Bengal , " leaves no reason for doubting that the particulars , as stated by Mr . Theobald in his letter of the 18 th of October last , are wholly incorrect . " In other words , there is no reason to believe that torture is employed in India under any circumstances . The Old Italian Opera-House has , we understand , been taken by the Bank of England for a Woetend branch . If this be true , there ia an end to all doubts about the existence of two Italian Opera-houses . For mere association sake , the regrets of all opera-goers will attend upon this change . The south-end of the Haymarket has been the site of an Italian Opera-house for , if we mistake not , a century and a half ; but now Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine . Tiik Houndsditch Clothes Mart . — On Tuesday morning , a deputation of tradesmen connected with tlio Houndsditch Clothes Mart , including Mr . Levy , its proprietor , had an interview , by appointment , with Lord Robert Grosvenor , to call his attention to the injurious misrepresentations to which they had been exposed , in connexion with his recently abandoned Sunday Trading Bill , and to deny that tho dealers in that locality are thieves . This Bishop or London has interdicted a concert of sacred music , which it was proposed to give in a church in Queonhithe . Tho public wore to bo admitted on payment of one shilling and two shillings , and the funds thua raised wero to bo devoted to school charities and repairs of tho organ . Could tho wildest infidelity conceive a greater insult to a place of worship than to turn it into a concert-room , with money taken at the doors ? The Lettiiks ov tub " Times" Crimean Oorhi :-oroNDKNT . —It ia with very great satisfaction that wo hear of tho approaching publication , by Messrs . Houtledgo and Co ., of tho entire aeries of Mr . William Howard Russell ' s letters from tho Crimea , -which for upwards of a year have been one of tho main attractions of the Time * newspaper . The norien will extend from tho departure of the army from Southampton to tho death of Lord Raglan—events which mark a clearly defined epoch of the war ; and it is imposBible to conceive a more vivid , picturesque , or vital hiHtory of that HtrugKlo in which every Knglinhman is bo deeply , though puinfully interested . The . volume , wo understand , ia to bo published at a moderate price . Tiik Aubtkia . it Proposition . — The diplomatic papers connected with the Austrian proposition woro published yesterday , A statement of their ohiof contents will be found iittoarWceWly Summary of News . g
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Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1855, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14071855/page/14/
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