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Behind The Scenes Of 0xf6rd. When A Stra...
sheltered in dark and troubled times : built by-the ha of simple and earnest -men for the serviees of faith and worship , and for the redemption cf that worst of pauperism , untaught human genius ; they have grown with the growth of the centuries , quickened with the life of learning , sent out the pioneers of science and discovery , filled the world with the warmth and light of genius and virtue , carried on the torch of thought and art , and are still ,
as they were at their foundation , the supreme temples of the national intellect and ^ heart , the supreme expression of the national unity of mind and soul . " Let us enter a college , the best sample , Mr . Cobden would say , we can find , and report progress . We will give the result of our researches in a future article : our readers will then be better able to understand the propriety of leaving the University ( represented by caucuses of a score of tutors , who have a horror of professors , and by hebdomadal heads , whose panacea for the century is a Chair of Chinese ) to legislate for itself .
1216 The Lead Er; [Saturday ,
1216 THE LEAD ER ; [ Saturday ,
A Model Mayor. When Christmas-Day Happen...
A MODEL MAYOR . When Christmas-day happens to fall on a Sunday , the most-loved holiday of the year is lost to . the working masses of the people , whose holidays are few . Christmas , as we all know , is the season of family meeting , when the absent and the distant come together round the old table , and snatch a respite from the struggle and the toil . In the sweet and sacred refuge of home , when the festival falls on a Saturday or a Monday , there is an opportunity for many to visit friends remote ; but the Sunday absorbs two holidays , and gives no time for more than the customary weekly rest . We are glad to observe that ,
in the absence of any official regulation , an effort will be made to abridge as much as possible the business of the Monday immediately following Christmas-day , find that several large employers have given notice that their establishments will be closed on the 26 th of December . The Mayors of Oxford , Birmingham , and Southampton have officially recommended the suspension of business . We have before us the minutes of the meeting of the Oxford Town Council , held on the 8 th iiistl , at which the question was raised by the Mayor iu a manner so'remarkable for its generous and liberal feeling , that we shall offer no apology for citing so noble an example . ¦ ¦ *¦; # ¦ ¦
" Alter the ordinary business had been disposed of , the Mayor ^ called the attention of the Council to the circumstance , that in consequence of Christmas . day falling , in the present year , on a Sunday , the people would be deprived of their most valued holidays . He was one of th » se who thought that the industrious classes had too few legitimate holidays in the year ; and that their ancestors , the Protestant lteformers , in their zeal for removing the abuses of the Church , had greatly overlooked the interests of the community in this respect , when they swept nearly the whole of them away . He hoped that the Council would assist him in obtaining a suspension of business , and in creating a holiday for the people on Monday , the 26 th of December .
"In answer to an inquiry whether the working men would bo paid their wages for that day , the Mayor said that the principle on which he acted was , when he gave his workmen a holiday , to pay them the same wages as if they had been at work . He could not control others , and he could only tell them what was his practice -, but if they would take his advice , they would do the same . " We trust this example may be generally followed . The Mayor of Oxford , Mr . 11 . J . Spiers , is , it seems , a very considerable erhi > loyer , and the conduct of his varied and extensive business is noted as a model of commercial enterprise and eflleiency . His name will be remembered by many of our readers for
having figured with some distinction among the exhibitors in the Crystal Palace of 1851 , and he is , we believe , an active member of the Society of Arts . It is agreeable enough , in these days of rotten corporations and corrupt municipalities , of turtleswilling aldermen and guzzling common councillors , to find a gentleman whose commercial position has been acquired by nound and steady habits of industry and enterprise , and who has attained distinction for a refined tasto and a generous love of art , occupying 1 the highest civic functions in a city like Oxford , too commonly , and , we fear , too justly , identified with all that is narrow , bigoted , retrograde , and exclusive . It is singular that , in an University city , it should be the city and not the university which holds up the banner of enlightenment . We do not
claim the Mayor of Oxford for one of our adherents lie would probably be classed among the , Libcral'ConHcrvutivcs ; but we shall never be disposed to quarrel with a conservatism' which is liberal enough to desire to uuivenmlise the something to conserve , and to ufl « the influence of office and of Htation on behalf of the- many who have fow friends . Wo congratulate Oxford on having such a Chief Magistrate May wo ask if the groat employers in the north , who are so eloquent in their professions at Mechanics ' i nstitutes and AtheiiuMims , are ready to create a holiday for their workmen on the tiGtli of this month ? We know that in any case the holiday will be taken , but , in tlie spirit of that reconciliation which wo nro taught to associate with Chri » tn » n . s , would it not bo better given ?
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There Is No Learned Man. But Will Confes...
There is no learned man . but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and bis judgment sharpened .. ' If ,, then , it be profitable for "him 1 t 6 read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Mutokt .
The Value Of The Beard To Artisans Nanso...
THE VALUE OF THE BEARD TO ARTISANS Nanson-street , Carlisle . ( To tlie Editor of the Leader . ) Sik , —As one among many artisans who have experienced great relief and comfort through the adoption of beard and moustaches , I think the least thing I can dp in return is publicly to recommend their adoption among my brethren in labour , as greatly contributing to purify deleterious air , and guard the lungs from the noxious particles which fly about from the substances they use in the prosecution of their various trades . Belonging to a very dusty trade myself , which , moreover * requires confinement in Jiot rooms , I suffered greatly in my shaven state from a severe and constant cough , often attended by painful attacks of quinsey and rheumatism of the jaws , which combined , as they usually were , reduced me to a very pitiable condition ; whereas , I have worn a beard now for four months , and these ugly maladies , which , during the reign of my razor , persisted in troubling me with at least a monthly visit , have not yet renewed their acquaintance , to my great satisfaction , I need hardly say .
Besides , my cough has nearly gone , and my lungs , in consequence , enjoy a peace they have for years sighed after in vain . This true statement speaks for itself . It makes my beard a sacred appendage in my eyes , which all the jokes and jibes I am continually favoured with shall not cast down from its eminence . Doubtless the jokers will be converted in due time ; meanwhile I beg to say to them , that I have found the yoke of lusty health preferable to that of Mrs . Grundy . I am , Sir , yours truly , James Waiter .
Very Essence Of Liberty, And That A Mino...
very essence of liberty , and that a minority has rights which may not be infringed with impunity . I conceive the end and aim of all legitimiit © society or government is the conservation of individual freedom , and that no right exists in the majority to curtail tlie minority ' s individual rights , when tho exercise of such interferes not with tho individual rightB of the majority . Casting nside the abstract right of the case , I think that , commercially , tho minority are correct : i . e ., a hundred members unite , one share to each at 1 / ., for getting 100 / . value and interest more quickly than as iHolated individuals ; on what principle do ^ y thfl of the members absorb the whole , and lot ten members go without ? Yourn , & c , Rusticus .
[" IluBtieuB" proposes for our consideration a problem of practical interest and constant difficulty ; wo will give it our early attention . —Ki > . ]
above a certain price , thereby securing a fair representation of views in morals , politics , or theology . This proposal , it is reckoned , will meet with virulent opposition . Though none of its opponents , to my apprehension , have advanced a justifiable reason for its rejection , nor shown the impartiality , nor the right of the majority , or the managers acting for them , to decide what books are to b " p admitted and what eschewed , perhaps there may bo found some plausible defence of the view of tho majority ; indeed , the intolerance on such and collateral matters in the part of Britain I inhabit is quite insufferable ; folks don't seem to see , or have not the courage to assert , that a majority in such cases strike at tho
OUGHT MAJORITIES IN ALL CASES TO BE OMNIPOTENT ? ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) SIK ? — Would some of 3 our able correspondents enlighten me on the following : —A reading-room , or Atheneeum , for " intellectual and moral improvement of its members , " by reading and lectures , has just been formed in a town of a population of 2800 . Books are to be bought for circulation among members , but the rule for selection of them has not yet been framed , a minority being of opinion that each member ought to be nt liberty to put in one volume in turn , if not
[Wo Imvo Received A Loiter From "A Frenc...
[ Wo Imvo received a loiter from " A French Subscriber , " protcH ^ ing against , tlui report , voittiuncd in the lust letter of our 1 ' nris . correspondent , of an nlliniioo hotwoou tin : Republicans and tl >« Fnttioni . st . s for tho overthrow of tlio Empire Ho khvh : —" For tho honour of tho KopublicuiiH , wiioao name : ! nro no doubt unduly cited uncj i > ltlio |] gl ) tho . SO dtizi'n .
belong to . a nuance , which is far from having the eclat of that to which' . my-. < friends * and myself belong and to which it is pur glory to belong , I do riot think any of them guilty of the charge which your correspondent takes upon . himself to bring against them * As for ourselves Re publicans , called 'Red , ' and who are whitening in the incessant struggles which for more than thirty years we have had to sustain against the different powers which have succeeded to the government of onr unhappy country , we protest energetically against any idea of coalition with the JRoyalist and reactionary parties , our principles not being those which suffer ' tis to compromise the sacred rights of nations . "" ]
Notice To Cokeespondents. Mr. Pepix>W.-—...
NOTICE TO COKEESPONDENTS . Mr . Pepix > w .- —The work referred to has been set aside for notice ; we cannot undertake to say when the notice vvill appear .
The Moustache And Beard Move' ¦ ¦; Ment....
THE MOUSTACHE AND BEARD MOVE' ¦ ¦; MENT . . : ' . ;¦ ¦ ¦ Report whispers that from New Year ' s-day the Moustache and Beard Movement is to date a sudden and triumphant accession of adherents . VVe have heard it suggested that the venerable dignitaries of the law would do well to abandon wigs and to cultivate beards . Certain we are that the majority of the Bar would be glad on any condition to give up the equally ugly and uncomfortable horsehair appendage , even if they were obliged to resort to horsehair as a substitute for the natural ornaments of the upper lip and chin . This movement excites pur apprehension . When beards are becoming conservative , is Europe becoming Cossack ? ;
Ultramontanism In Germany. (Second Artic...
ULTRAMONTANISM IN GERMANY . ( SECOND ARTICLE . ) " Ui / tramontanism , " to adopt the very words of a General of the Order of Jesuits , " crept in everywhere like a lamb ; it ruled like a wolf ; it was driven out like a dog ; but rose again like an eagle . " These words , which represent the suppleness , the spirit of domination , the impudence , and the perseverance of the Papal Church , are daily confirmed . They were confirmed when the coup d'etat completed the general reaction : t heir truth was likewise demonstrated when , in 1814 , the Restoration set to work to destroy the last vestiges of liberty . Even in 1814 it was evident enough that , if the Roman Church had formerly bent to the revolutionary hurricane , it had been with a mental reservation to reconquer at the first opportunity all she had surrendered . " No word is to be kept with the heretics . " In our preceding article on the conflicts between the Episcopat o f the Upper Rhine and the Government of Baden , we briefly indicated how the prerogatives of the State , respecting the Church , were acquired . We will now add a few details necessary to complete our exposition .
By the treaty of 1804 , concluded between the Archbishop and the Crown , the Government of Baden became rightfully Patron of the Catholic Church throughout the whole extent of the territory of Baden . The Archiepiscopate of Constance retained the right of patronage only over those parts of his diocese in which the dynasty of Baden had no authority , i » which , consequently , it could neither abrogate nor confer any right ; that is to s « y , in Switzerland , in Bavaria & c .
, ,, _ But some years after the treaty of 1804 , other provinces , which up to that time had formed part oi the diocese of the Arcliiepiscopate were again incorporated into the Duchy of Baden . Hero comes tlie question whether tho treaty above-mentioned wouK be equally valid for these new provinces . Now , ^ it ¦ " known that after the dissolution of tho Geinian
Empire , in 1606 , tho different dynasties jwsumea . sovereignty without restriction ( tandesjitr . « i-a . Machtvollhommenlmt ) . That which formerly w « u creed by the law of the Empire emanated hencuo ^ from tho sovereignty of the Prince . By Y 1 "" of this new and absolute principle , tho , Government < j linden declared that it would extend its rife . patronage also over the provinces recently acqu It might have founded that ri « ht on nn 1 » t ^' . , nI ) le tion of the treaty of 1 S 04 . It , preferred tho sum
assertion of its unlimited sovereignty . WwCeu There h the root of tho lonff * KX 3 &™ J * : " ^ the State and tho Archiepiscopate . 'J hose fit * "g » it is true , were sustained from 1814 to » 8 J 0-wn « ^ ferior ardour . During that interval the i "'" iftjC » l the " IJlacka" was engaged principally on tn ° I , ) C field : they played high . But Hin < -e the ;« ° ^ , < jn German Involution , and of the K ° ™ twn ° * eiAo <>» l specially , tho PapiatH Imvo resumed tho B * l l ££ lonCo purely ecclesiastical ground again , vvitli ] icV cs and an arrogance which iiulicnto that ltol 11 " ji , jia ( W the moment to have arrived when ph <; can it ""
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 17, 1853, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17121853/page/16/
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