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profitable and constant customer , either directly or m-Sirectly—to the landlord and cultivator of the soil , for his food-to the artisan , who fabricates . roinci article ^ emust require-andto the State , which realizes , from theartioles he is enabled to consume , his portion of the common tax necessary to the support of the Government . . - . . ¦ " That the inmates of 170 chief poorhouses , ™ ththeu auxiliary establishments , together with fifty gaolai and penitentiaries scattered all over Ireland , mth in , taitna ] Instruction ^ occupation , threaten wirt ^ the most alarming consequences the morals , property , and peace <& . the country ; Ind , if not remedied in a prompt and effective Wav will , at no distant period , convulse society to its r ^ rSuSov- to peace , its enterprise , its happiness ,
and lead to greater emigration , greater poverty , sunenng , and degradation , than we now experience . «* That history and observation satisfy us fully tnat Ireland did and can manufacture extensively , and that nothing is now wanted to enable her to resume her manufacturing enterprises but a widespread and thorough system of practice and mechanical instruction , which must reach the poor and the rich in their respective spheres , and through their respective schools and colleges ; and that we consider the workhouses and prisons suitable in a special degree to train their present inmates , pftrticnlgrly the y ounger portion of . them , in habits arid arts that wifli in the course of a snorr time , render them independent and useful members of
society . " That a special enactment , authorizing the guardians of the various workhouses throughout Ireland to reciprocally exchange with each other all articles manufactured in their respective houses , and to export the surplus , if any , under regulations , to foreign nations , would tend to instruct the guardians themselves in manufactures , by repeated experiments and improvements , and the poor in their charge in practical knowledge by their own actual operations , the very best system of teaching , *; and that this course , we maintain , would ^ bring the workhouses and prisons of Ireland to a condition as near as possible to self-supporting , and in the most unobjectionable way—would , in fact , convert them into mechanical and manufacturing schools , which would cease to be a burden , and would become a profitable Investment for
the nation . WESTMINSTER A 2 TD TIMLICO PEOPLES * INSTITUTE . At the half-yearly general meeting , held on Tuesday evening last , in the new Council Rooms , St . Leonardstreet , Tachbrook-street , Pimlico , Mr . E . M . Kirched in the chair , the secretary ( Mr . EL Stalwqod ) read a report , setting forth a most flourishing financial « roll , thanked the Pimlico working builders for placing those new and elegant council-rooms at their disposal , warmly eulogized the public press for cordially seconding the efforts of the council , announced handsome subscriptions from E . V . Neale , Esq ., C . Lushington , Esq ., M P ., G . Pouncer , Esq .. F . J . Furnival , Esq ., T . Prout ^ JSsq ., and others ;
also that Messrs , Cathie , J . T . Lockhart , Esq ., and J ) r . M . Oubrey , had given their gratuitous services and lectured on , 8 cience , history , and politics ; also that B . O'Brien , B . A ., Jonathan Duncan , and George Thompson , M . P ., Dick , Esq ., Author of " The Curse Removed , " and others , had volunteered their services as lecturers in aid of the building fund ; and that they were about to enter on a course of lectures , and the formation of classes to teach writing , arithmetic , mathematics , and also for public discussions on moral , political , and social subjects . After brief speeches from Messrs . Lockhart , Stalwood , and Walford , the meeting separated , highly elated with the success obtained .
central cooperative agency . The agency transacted business with Stores at TJllesthorpe , Woolwich , Banbury , Galashiels , Burnley , Leeds , Braintree , Rochdale , Birmingham , and Swindon . An evening party was given on Friday , the 23 rd , when Mr . Newton , Mr . Musto , and Mr . Allan , of the Amalgamated Society , met the managers of the associations . Banbury has applied for a lecturer . A petition , praying Parliament to modify the law of partnership , now lies for signature at the Cooperative Agency Office .
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A deputation , consisting of Viscount Goderich , Mr . T . Hughes ( barrister ) , Mr . Pickard ( manager of the North London Builders' Association ) , Mr . Cooper ( manager of the Working Tailors' Association , 34 , Castle-street ) , and Mr . Jennings ( manager o [ the Pimlico Builders' Association ) , had an interview with the Bight Honourable H . Labouchere on Tuesday , at the office of the Board of Trade . A deputation on behalf of the ballast-heavers , including Mr . Vansittart Neale ( of Linooln ' a-inn ) , Mr . Frederick J . Furnivall ( of Llncoln ' a-inn ) , Mr . Henry Mayhew , Mr . Thomas T . Fynn , and Mr . Henry Barthorp , had an interview with the Bight Honourable Henry Labouchere , on Thursday , at the Board of Tirade .
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NATIONAL DEFENCES . The war topic stijl continues to agitate the public mind . Several active gentlemen in the Stock Exchange have agreed to form a club , on the principle of enabling members at their convenience to practise rifle shooting , it being understood that although each gentleman will suit the time of his attendance to his own convenience , ho will , as a member , be pledged to become expert in the practice . Mr . Charles Mitchell , of the Stock Exchange , has been appointed honorary secretary , pro . tern ., and Mr , Henry Tudor treasurer . The authorities at Woolwich have consented to place at the club ' s disposal space at Woolwich for practice , to bo exclusively used by members lit stated times , so as not to interfere with the regular artillery exercise . The subscription of members will
UC 1 U C * fc |/ UW *» V" »* m * ~ -v . ~ mm * * : •/! Meanwhile the papers teem with letters on . noes , but no earnest movement is proceeding . It is said that a commission , consisting of Major-General Carden , of the Royal Engineers ; Colonel Colquhoun , of the Royal Artillery ; and Sir E . Belcher , Royal Navy , has been appointed to examine and report on the state of the defences in the Channel Islands . TheTTnited Service G ^ xefftnsBively -fliittksiiherers-na ground for alarm . " It is rumoured , in well-informed quarters , that in the budget to be presented to the French Legislature uponits assembling , aproposal will be made , emanating from the highest authority in the Republic , for the reduction of the French army . This , taken in connection with the pacific tone of the circular to the European Powers , ought to disarm apprehension . " . _ m __;
he two miineas per annum , of which one guinea is to trap ^ op riatld to prizes for the best shots , and one euHea Tor general expenses . Each member is ? oVS himself wi & a rifle , and to pay for such ammunition as he may use . The W ^ JjXjftjE ease an eminent rifle maker to supply efficient rifles St a moderate cost , and competent instructors in rifle shooting will be on the ground when required . None but members or subscribers will be allowed to be present at the ordinary practice , but meetings will be Wd when members' friends may attend . Ihe club to be managed by a committee selected bytne members . This is little better than ^ dilettanteism , and is , in fact , little better than a pieeon-shooting club . The French won't be frightened at five hundred undisciplined gentlemen , who will enter the field " at their own convenience . " ¦ .
Military intelligence from Ireland Bhowjf increased activity in the war department . Arrangements for recruiting the army are in progress , and measures are about to be taken to provide enlarged barrack accommodation . The Board of Ordnance , some months since , had issued an order for the sale of extensive barracks in the town of Drogheda ; but that order has just been cancelled , and the buildings are to be placed in agitate of thorough repair for the reception of troops . The Limerick Chronicle states that the recruiting
for the Forty-fifth and Ninety-sixth in that garrison has ceased , the out-pensioners of the district having completed their requirements in a few days ; and it is , considered that the ouVpensioners will be able to supply all demands for this branch of the service . Notwithstanding the great ^ decrease of the population , from famine and emigration , that journal , which devotes much attention to military affairs , is of opinion jthat "by ordinary exertion of a well appointed recruiting staff , with the aid of the out-pensioners throughout the provinces , 10 , 000 young men could be raised in Ireland in one month for the army . " ; The Athlone Sentinel says : —
" The general and staff are under orders for removal from Kilkenny , whether to be disbanded or transferred back again to Athlone does not yet appear . One thing , however , is certain , that the military authorities have discovered the absurdity of concentrating three general officers and the military strength of the country into the province of Munster , leaving the whole province of Connaught and the western seaboard wholly unprotected , while the most important position—the key-stone of the kingdom—with almost impregnable batteries and fortifications at Athlone , is falling to decay . Happily for Ireland , her poverty is a sufficient protection from invasion , as her present defenceless state offers no other barrier . to the entrance of a hostile power . "
The following appears in the Armagh Gazette : — " The Twenty-fifth and Thirty-ninth Regiments of Infantry , and the Sixth ( Enniskilien ) Dragoons , have recruiting parties in this city , who have enlisted several smart country lads . "
The State Of Ireland. Assassination, Thr...
THE STATE OF IRELAND . Assassination , threatening notices , a Special Commission , accompanied by troops of dragoons , a Chief Justice denouncing the Riband conspiracy from the bench—these are the moving incidents of contemporary Irish history . But beside these , and forming mere episodes , there have been two meetings , one at Dublin against the Maynooth Grant , and the other at Limerick—the long-talked of " Arundel Banquet . " The Special Commission for the trial of the agrarian murderers was opened by the Chief Justice of the Queen ' s Bench at Castleblaney , county Monaghan , on Tuesday . He denounced in solemn words the extensive Riband conspiracy , of whose existanoe he had no doubt .
" Whether the murderers of Mr . Bateson were actuated by private and individual hatred , or whether they were the official asaassins , entrusted to carry out the sentence of daath pronounced by the Riband Society , it was not just now , perhaps , a matter upon which it was very important to be informed . But there was one thing clearthese men , however actuated , never would have perpetrated the offence—nay , would never havo attempted to perpetrate it—at the time , in the place , and under the circumstances it was effected , unless they were assured of that protection , and that support , and that connivance in crime , which the Riband Society assures to all criminals , no matter how atrocious the offence which they perpetrate . There wag no doubt in hifl mind
that this particular crime was committed by persons who trusted for safety to that organization . Let them observe the circumstances under which it took place . It took place on the public highway , in the broad daylight , within a short distance of a populous village , at a place where people were passing and repassing every minute , coming to the town and going to and from the fields ; and yet there was no hand fted , no voice raised , no effort made to secure the murderers . There was no man in his senses who would believe that such an attempt would be made , that such a crime would be perpetrated , unless the perpetrators were previously assured of the protection and support of the
people amidst whom it occurred . It unfortunately hap . pened that they were , in the present case , right in their calculations , to a certain extent ; for , notwithstanding the place , the time , the circumstances , there was no assistance given to prevent or expose the murderous deed . The assassins walked off securely ; and it did not appear that the slightest assistance was given by the people in following out the track of the murderers . If there was no other fact or circumstance but that one , it would be sufficient to show , clear as evidence could make it , the existence of a wide-spread system of crime and intimidation . In the simple statement which he ( the learned
judge ) had made of s the simple facts of this outrage there was abundant evidence of this fact— -abundant evidence to satisfy Ay one of the existence of that terrible body to which he had alluded . It was a body that had followed the example , and formed itself on the model of several others of the same kind which had preceded it , and which he was quite safe in stating had proved to be the severest scourge of Ireland . " . He pointed out how these secret societies obstructed the progress of Ireland in the pathway of amelioration ; and he showed with great force how the crimes committed under their sanction were sure to be
punished , as the informer was sure to appear . Two men named Francis arid Owen Kelly were arraigned for the wilful murder of Mr . Bateson , and pleaded " not guilty . " An attempt was made last week to shoot Captain Morant , agent to Mr . Shirley , M . P . He was walking in his garden , and the would-be assassin fired from behind the wall . The Protestant demonstration took place in Dublin
on -Tuesday ; but it is of small importance . The " Arundel Banquet" came off at Limerick on Tuesday ako . " * N . Cardinal Wiseman" and "> 3 & D . Murray" sent letters of excuse / Lord Arundel and Surrey was also absent from " indisposition . " There were , however , six members of the Irish Brigade present , and 400 gentlemen . The novelty of the occasion was the speech of Dr . Ryan , Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick . Referring to the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Act , he said : — -
• ' " But I proclaim here , and I do so not in any spirit of defiance , that this is a law which will not be observed . ( Loud cheers . ) It is not our wish , as ministers of religion , to offer any insult to the powers that rule over us . We are bound to respect them under all circumstances ; but it is equally our duty to perform our ecclesiastical functions in defiance of any act of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Whenever the duty of consecrating bishops under the Papal rescripts is to be performed—whenever it may be my duty to attend and officiate—I will do so , be the consequences what they may . ( Loudapplause . ) No matter how severe the penalties which they may inflict upon us , our duty we must and will perform . ( Cheers . ) We cannot swerve from it—we must serve God rather than man . ( Cheers . )" On a more important topic a very broad hint was thrown out .
* ' It strikes me that means could be found by which a satisfactory understanding could be come to between the temporal powers and the just and spiritual rights of the Church , and that could be done only by the temporal power coming to a proper understanding with the Court of Rome on this difficult and important question . ( " Hear , hear , " and cheers . ) The groundwork has been already laid in the measure for establishing diplomatic relations between the Courts of St . James ' s and Rome . Let that measure be given effect to—let those Courts come to an understanding and an explanation—and , if they do not , they will not be acting as they ought , but will be guilty of neglect that must be attended with injurious result * . ( Hear , hear . ) The Queen can send an ambassador to
Rome , and the Pope one to the Court of St . James ' s . Nothing stands in the way but a little matter—that the Pope at first would only send an ecclesiastic . I believe that is but a matter of etiquette ; and is the peace or welfare of the country to be sacrificed to etiquette ? I hope not . A layman might easily be found suitable for the duty ; the Pope could easily select a man of wisdom , learning , and trustworthiness , to discharge the duty of ambassador at the Court of St . James ' s , and I am conndent that his holiness would not sacrifice us to any point of etiquette , nor leave us to tyrannical laws . ( Hear , hear . ) It may be said that this penal law will not bo put into execution ; but I don ' t wish to see a a Word suspended over my head by a single hair . "
Dr . Ryan is said to be a moderate man , who has only lately appeared in tho political world . Lord John Russell ' s Act brought him there .
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ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE . Valuable collateral testimony to those views which have been constantly advocated in tho Leader , w afforded by a New York correspondent of the Times . Writing on tho 10 th of January , he says : — " Mr , Walker's English speeches have produced quite ft Wide sensation in America . Ho has certainly taken
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 31, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31011852/page/6/
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