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      nimity prevailed . The speakers were Mr . J . Ingram Travers , Mr . R . W . Crawford , Mr . W . Williams , M . P ., Mr . James Clay , M . P ., Mr . W . S . Lindsay the great shipowner , Mr . Gassiot , Mr . M . Clarke , Mr . Pascoe Grenfell , M . P . and one of the directors of the St . Katherine ' s Dock Company , Mr . W . Hawes , Mr J . D . Powles secretary to the London Dock Company , Mr . W . J . Hall , who has been so long persecuted by the Board of Customs , and who has so ably and courageously resisted them ; Sir James Duke , M . P ., Mr . M'Gregor , M . P ., Mr . D . C . Guthrie , and Mr . Somes . Altogether , every branch of commercial and trading industry was represented at the meeting . The following are the important resolutions agreed to : —

      " That the extraordinary and unexpected issue of the oppressive , unjust , and enormously costly proceedings instituted by the department of Customs against the London and St . Katharine ' s Dock Companies , furnishes a new and alarming example of the irresistible power of this department to overwhelm a defendant with costs , and of the unscrupulous manner in which that power may be used while exempt from public control ; and proves that neither public companies , nor the character and property of private merchants and traders are safe , so lone as the present irresponsible system of

      management Is allowed to exist ; and that a deputation from this meeting do wait upon Lord John Russell , the Prime Minister of this country , and member for the city of London , to represent to him , in the strongest possible manner , the dissatisfaction of the mercantile community with the management of that department of his Government having the control of the Customs , and to urge upon him the necessity of the reappointment of the select committee of the House of Commons , to continue the inquiry commenced last session into the management of the department of Customs , at the earliest period of the coming session . "

      There was not a sparkle of opposition , and no Government was ever more severely censured " by any public " meeting .

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      MANCHESTER EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT . Mr . Henry , M . P ., presided over a meeting of the council , on Monday , at Manchester . There were present Mr . Cobden , M . P ., Mr . T . M . Gibson , M . P ., Mr . George Combe , and Mr . Simpson , of Edinburgh . Mr . Henry said that the time had come when mere passive sympathy with the principles of the association would not serve the promotion of its objects , and active promulgation of those principles was necessary . The bill intended to be brought before the House of Commons was in the hands of the printer , but had not quite been settled . The following resolution was moved and seconded by the Reverend W . F . Walker , incumbent of St . James ' s Church , Oldham , and the Reverend F . Tucker , Baptist : —

      " Resolved , —That the following be adopted as an appendix to clause vi . s . 3 : — " ' That schools already in existence may become free schools under the direction of their present or future managers , and receive — per week for each scholar educated in them . " « Provided , — " ' 1 . That on inspection they are found in a satisfactory condition . 4 < ' 2 . That " the inculcation of doctrinal religion " shall not take place in them between the hours of — and — in the morning , and —¦ and — in the afternoon . " ' 3 . That the attendance of the scholars on the " inculcation of doctrinal religion" shall not bo compulsory .

      " * 4 . That " the inculcation of doctrinal religion " shall not be a part of the duty of the teachers under this system . " ' f > . That no part of the school payments derived from the rate Khali be directly or indirectly applied to the inculcation of doctrinal religion . '" The extension of the association embodied in the resolution was supported both by Mr . Cobdcn and Mr . Gibson , mid carried unanimously . The effect of this addition to the proposed bill would , it was admitted , be to approximate the plan of the National Association to that of the Manchester and Sal ford

      Society . Mr . Cobden looked hopefully upon thin as a nigii that parties were coming to an understanding ; and Mr . ( iibsoii thought that they only gave a fair consideration to tho views of others and preserved the principles of the ansociation intact . The new cluust 3 would , in fact , amount to ttiking powers to purchase of the denominational schools that part of their teaching which was secular , leaving doctrinal religion still in the hands of tins n < 'i : t to which the school belonged . In . short , the addition to clau . se vi . h . « ¦{ . in an attempt to nullify the objections of the voluntaries .

      A large meeting was held in the evening at the ( lorn Kxchmige ; and , : ih at the morning eonferem e , Mr . Henry , M . P ., took the chair . The Hpeukers were Mr . ( Jilwon , M . I ' ., Mr . liuyncM , M . A ., of Nottingham , Mr . ( Jeorge Combe , of Edinburgh , Mr . Cohden , M . I ' ., Mr . Simpson , of Edinburgh , and Dr . Watts , of Manchester . The resolutions were of a more popular character than those of the conference , and are chiefly remarkable for taking ground strongly in favour of secular education . The main point of Mr . Combe ' s speech wuh u dcirioiiHtrution of the necensity for instruction , and a description of what that

      instruction ought to consist in . Mr . Cobden , who followed Mr . Combe , thought that they had hardly arrived at the point where they could define specially as to what the instruction should be , and he insisted at length on the necessity for instruction generally , and on the injustice of any system supported by public rates which should exclude the children of any sect whatever . Antagonistic to this meeting of the Public School

      Association , the Manchester and Salford Society held a meeting next day , for the purpose apparently of counteracting the effect produced by their opponents . Mr . Entwhistle presided . There were present the Bishop of Manchester , Mr . Canon Clifton , and Mr . Canon Stowell . These gentlemen addressed the meeting , and complained bitterly of the unfair treatment they had received at the hands of their antagonists . The Bishop of Manchester moved the following resolution : —

      " That this meeting gratefully concurs in the desire publicly expressed by her most gracious Majesty that the youth of these kingdoms should be religiously brought up , and that the rights of conscience should be respected . " The Bishop occupied himself in defending his own conduct , chiefly in attacking his opponents , including the High Church party and the secular instructionists in the severest terms . Mr . Alderman Shuttleworth moved" That it is expedient to provide , by legislative enactment , for the free education of all the children in this district , by means of local rates ; such rates to be administered by local authorities . "

      Mr . Canon Stowell spoke to the resolution in his customary tranchant style . He characterized Archdeacon Denison as the impersonation of Tractarian bigotry , and Dr . Watts as the impersonation of an extreme and unmitigated latitudinarianism . He likened the one to Caiaphas and the other to Pontius Pilate . AH the speakers were greatly annoyed at the step taken by the Public School Association , described above . The following resolutions were also adopted : —

      " That the rates so levied ought to be applied in support of existing schools affording religious and secular instruction , and of similar schools to be hereafter erected by voluntary liberality ; and also in the erection of schoolrooms in destitute districts ; That in the case of schools not receiving Parliamentary aid , and not publicly recognized as affording religious instruction , provision should be made for the daily instruction of the children in the Holy Scriptures ; and , That in all cases the right of the parent to select the place where his children shall be educated , and to exempt them from any distinctive religious teaching to which he shall conscientiously object , must be sacredly maintained . "

      A deputation waited accordingly on Lord John Russell , headed by Mr . Entwistle . They made their statement , and Lord John Russell received them with great and particular attention . He approved of a rate , provided the difficulties aa to religious scruples could be smoothed away . He was prepared personully to accede to the general principles of the Association .

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      THE STATUTES OF TIIURLES . It is understood that Archbishop Murray has come to the conclusion not to publicly promulgate the statutes of Thurles . In this resolution he is supported by the bishops in whose dioceses the " godless " colleges are situated ; each of whom firmly protested against the synodical decrees placing the colleges under the ban of the ultramontane party . Two parish priests of Waterford have issued jointly a letter in reply to a fierco attack on them by another priest , charging them with disobedience to the Pope , for having supported the national board of education , and assisting to found what in called a " model " school in Waterford . The defence is manly and direct , and warm even in defence of "mixed" education .

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      THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MARSHAL SOULT Nicolas- Jean-de-Dieu Soult was born at St . Amand ( Turn ) , on March 29 , 170 !) . His father , who was a notary , seeing that he had no taste for his own profession , allowed him to enter the army . The future Marshal of France entered the Royal Regiment of Infantry in 178 / 3 , where he was soon remarked by Iuh aptitude for the functions of instructor . He wuh mudo noii-coinniiHHioncd officer in 1790 , and then pawned rapidly through the intermediate grades , until he reached that of Adjutant-Ueneral of the Staff , " when ( jcncral Lefiibvro attached him to Inn own service , with the grade of Chief of llrigiule . In that quality he went , through the campaigns of 171 ) 4- and 1795 with the army of the Moselle , and owed to his talents , as well as to his Republican piinciphm , a rapid promotion .

      1 he battle of Fleurus , fought in this campaign , materially advanced his prospects . There , indeed , ho first came prominentl y into notice-, and nn anecdote of his courage and conduct on that occunion is wellknown to all who have studied those lirst marvellous campaigns of tho armies of the Young Republic . Hoult wuh chief of the staff to General Lefebvre , who headed tho advanced guard of the army of tho

      Moselle . When the right wing under Mare ^—" routed and the general himself forced to SV" ? onLefebvre ' s division , he entreated , in an 'SoJS despair , a succour of four battalions , that h « m- v seek to recover his lost position . "Givetwi ? talionsto me , " said Marceau to Lefebvre " or T -5 T blow out my brains . " Lefebvre hesitated and « suited Soult . Soult remonstrated , and re present that to lend these battalions would endaWr d safety of the whole division . Marceau was indicant that an obscure aide should venture to have anv n nion on such a subject . "Who are you ? " pt P ! i Marceau . Soult responded , « Whoever I am 11 calm , which you are not . " The indi gnation of ' Mar ceau was extreme . He threatened , and then chal lenged Soult to fight him the following day . « Good " said Soult ; " I will not treat you with disr esnectbut I must speak the truth . Do not kill yourself general ; lead on your men to the charge again ad

      n you shall have our battalions as soon as we can spare them . " The result justified Soult ' s self-reliance Lefebvre ' s division was almost instantl y afterwards assailed by the enemy . In the Middle of the battle when the French , as Lefebvre thought , were being beaten , Soult ' s advice was again asked . Lefebvre wanted to retreat . Soult pointed out signs on . the enemy ' s side which indicated that they were themselves giving way . An order from Jourdan arrived to charge ; and Soult was right—the enemy was retreating . When the battle was over , Marceau confessed the superiority of Soult , and protested that he had won the battle .

      Successively raised to the rank of General of Brigade , and then to that of General of Division , he took part in all the campaigns of Germany , until 1799 , when he followed Massena into Switzerland , and thence to Genoa , where he was wounded and taken prisoner . Set at liberty after the battle of Marengo , and raised to the command of Piedmont , he returned to France at the peace of Amiens , and was named one of the four Colonels of the Guard of the Consuls . When the Empire was proclaimed , in 1804 , he was nominated Marshal of France ; and during the campaign which terminated in Austerlitz , held the command of the fourth corps of the grand

      army . In all the great German battles Soult took a conspicuous part . At Austerlitz he commanded the centre of the French army , and Napoleon ' s instructions to him were , " Marshal , act as you always do . " In the heat of the battle , orders came from the Emperor , who had waited a long time for Soult to move , to attack without delay , and gain the heights of Pratzen . The aide-de-camp returned to the Emperor with the Marshal ' s reply , "It is not time yet . " The Emperor enraged , and fearing a fatal blunder .

      sent a second order . It was unnecessary—Soult had put his columns in motion . The Marshal had been watching the Russians , who were extending their line to the left , and so weakening their centre , which rested on the heights , and he had waited for the right moment . Napoleon saw the brilliancy of the movement . He galloped to the ground where Soult stood , and in the gladness of the assured conqueror , he said , " Marshal , you are the ablest tactician in the army . " "I believe it , sire , " responded the Marshal , " since your Majesty tells me so . " Shortly afterwards Marshal Soult was created Duke of

      Dalmatia . It was , as wo have said , in 1808 that the Marshal entered Spain ; and , falling upon Sir John . Moore a division , caused the disastrous retreat to Corunna- — only , however , to be repulsed with loss when the English turned to bay below the walls . By « 18 orders the French cannon fired minute guns over the grave of Sir John Moore , and he caused a record or the death of the brave English general to be carved on a rock near the spot on which ho fell , lor some time thereafter , success attended every operation oi Soult ' s arma . He invaded Portugal , took Op ° rt ° i and governed the country so vigorously and lairiy i

      that the opponents of the Braganza fumily «» ao overtures for the permanence of his sway—a proposition which ha « been turned to tho disadvantage m the Marshal , but which there is no evidence or dc lievinir that he ever entertained . Hut the evil Iuck < the Marshal was approaching . Wellington wae i » uvancing to meet him ; ho was attacked and 'o ^' tho famous passage of tho Douro-one of the mm exploits attempted ban aw * ult ih

      gallant ever y army , operating , in spite ot' a broad river aK a . nst one of equal force , entrenched on the opposite b > w £ So complete was the surprise and so utter u that ulUhc French artillery were taken , oil the r h ^ c in the hospitals captured , and then , a < tor all * over , Wellington quietly sat down to boult h d £ The French general , however rallied h « ' <> , l .. r . " n , r rt ,., niirht . the disorder of tho army wanp r

      talymondedT and he quickly ™«™^ n * ™*^ when ho wa » -tuimod by the intense * that M " BorcKford had crossed the Douro I »«^ JP Wellington , and held the bridge over the Amau ^ He wiu . th . i 8 ultimately obliged toloavetl ° « ,,,, „ his baggage behind him , ^ ' ^ i ^ rap idly through the mountains , lho JJntian pu * i q [ on , and ehortly afterwards camo the groat D <

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 6, 1851, page 1156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1912/page/8/