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medical science has proved that idiotcy is not often that perfectly definite and hopeless malady which it used to be deemed , hut that it is capable oi considerable amelioration * J jrttf ftWte But tfii wealthy can secure the skilled ca ¥ 8 and well " arranged circumstances which may ifevelope the cramped growth of the intellect . Tliii , therefore , is the very case for combttled aid . There is one annual meeting which always occasions great anxiety to the Bishop of London and other quietists " It is the meeting of the
, National School Society—a corporation with a peculiar charter , and a peculiar position just at present . By the charter the management of the schools is vested in the committee , the subscribers having no control , The society , therefore , meets every year to hear what the committee has been pleased to do , with no choice but that of submission for the subscribers . This was all very well while the society had a smooth course as the chief patron of general education amongst the poor , on
behalf of the church ; but ecclesiastical divisions have widened amongst us of late years ; the church has become unconcealedly an aggregation of sects , differing more from each other than many of them do from sects without the pale of the church ; and the practice of the Committee has undergone a serious modification . We learn from what passed this week , that not only are unbaptized children admitted to the schools , but that the learning of the catechism is not always enforced . In short , the church abstains from
asserting itself very positively m its own schools , lest it should frighten away the Dissenters whom it hopes to catch with the salt of schooling , and perhaps to convert by sandwiching a dogma between two rules of arithmetic . Now within the National Society there is a party which resents this compromise of church standards , and would absolutely enforce them . Not only does this party think so , but it feels itself under the duty of declaring
its conviction . Open speaking is felt to be a frightful danger , a subversive risk to the Church of England ; and there is a vast combination of the pacific multitude to put down any Archdeacon Denison who may stand forth and declare his mind , or insist upon the standards of the church , and nothing else . The church , therefore , has abandoned its old practice of ignoring Dissent , and consents that its children shall sit and learn by the side of the heterodox .
From the church to the camp is a common step . Chobham is in military possession , and its broken ground is now animated by groups in the varied uniform of the British army . Its duties have begun with something like rigour . Arriving on the ground , the men had only time to pitch their tents , before it began to rain j and some young officers learned , perhaps for the first time ,
the smell of wet canvass , to say nothing of other perfumes not greatly resembling the phials at Isidore ' s . Next day there was a surprise , and the troops were called to arms ; the enemy , however , which they had to confront , appeared in the mild form of Prince Albert , and the troops had to undergo nothing more terrible than to be looked at . Tiic fine appearance of the men , their smartness
in manoeuvre , their cheerful discipline , were the object of immediate remark . There is unquestionably plenty of good soldierly stuff on Chobham-common , with officers who hav « seen real service , and can put their men through their camp exercise as if it were real . There are also some , we suspect , whose manner of growing inured to camp life will rather amuse hardened veterans , at least so we judge from some items of the impedimenta which have gone down to Chobham . We
hove heard , for example , of charming beda , not only convenient to pack up , but luxurious to lie } , upon . " Al campo 1 " sings Tancredi , — " to the •_ r ^ S -edthlrr ' toiAuiing to a glass of wherry and a biscuit / . ^ Li zC ~ Vi ^^^ Ben-roora ; and such appears to be the ( l /^ < ~ 7 ^ v ^^^^ V ^ cutertaine ( l by some of our heroes . 8 k * C '^ 'k ^ WsKjfc < f | WM * * ^ ttggftg 6 descried by prying \ Sk&U j _ ^^ t ^^^ Pg ^ nious cloned dish , for conveying ^ Sfflb ^ ' Vi \ -V °
dinners hot and liot fitem some neig hbouring kitchen ; a contrivance so ingenious ,-and of such price , that it H rated at 241 . It is understood tfe&t the ctffiimon loldier cafltttit boast of suClTftn item in hi » kit . & >! it is the Soldier of Beldritvia , we Suppose * > ho is to £ iit this dish through iti fexercisei * But it is reported the veterans have ijlans to neutralitt these Sybfttttl&sdWSnings of this soldier ' s life . The slumbers of the downy coudh will be disturbed by the horrid bugle , and dinner parties round the 241 . dish will be routed by orders to move the encampment of the regiment . There are defeats , therefore , in store at Chobham ,
as well as victories j and il will be well for some if those whose red cloth is of fine quality should prove as cheerful under the trials as the men with worsted shoulder-knots .
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THE WEEK IK PARLIAMENT . TUBKEY : THE ALLIED FLEETS . The paragraph in the Moftitew , stating the despatch of the French and British fleets for the Dardanelles , was alluded to in both Houses on Monday evening ; Lord CluUsmiCAEDE and Mr . Lataed asking , was the statement correct ? Lord Clabendoh and Lord John RtJSSElili made , substantially , the same reply . The statement in the Monitewr was accurate ; but the movement of the fleets did not preclude the pacific solution of the dispute . Speaking from memory , Lord John Russell added , that the despatches to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ( giving him power , under certain limitations , to call up the British fleet ) were sent on the 81 st May—and the directions to the Admiral at Malta , to proceed to Besika Bay , were sent on the 1 st or 2 nd of June . THB " OFFER OF OFFICE ** TO MB . KEOG-H . The " facts" relating _ to this affair were stated by Mr . Keogh and by Lord 2 STaas on Thursday . Mr . Keogh said , that tlpon the formation of Lord Derby ' s Government Lord Naas sought him with eagerness ; pursued him from street to street * and house to house ; inquired for him from several friends , and at the Reform Club j and finally requested him to come to meet him at Lord Naas ' s house . ( Mr . P . Scully and Mr . R . Osborne were witnesses of the inquiries . ) Mr . Keogh saw Lord Naas .
** Tho noble lord asked me about hi 8 prospects fid * the County of Kildare , and -whether I , or any of my friends , would give him an active opposition . I said , as far as I was personally concerned , I would not give him any opposition , nor would any of my friends do bo ; for I confess that I sympathised with the noble lord , and did not wish to see tho noble lord ' s ambition baffled for want of a scat . " Lord Naas , then changing the subject , said that he had been directed to ask would he , Mr . Keogh , accept office under Lord Derby . Mr . Keogh jestingly asked if they intended to make him Chancellor of the Exchequer . Lord Naas replied that he had asked a serious
question , and expected a serious answer . Mr . Keogh then asked by whoso authority the question was put , and Lord Naas answered that it was at Major Beresford ' s desire , and that Major Beresford was in communication with Lord Derby . " I then said that it was impossible for me to accept office under Lord Derby . " This conversation occurred before all the Government appointments were made . Mr . Keogh immediately reported the conversation to Mr . Osborne . ( By a letter read by Mr . Keogh Mr . Oaborne confirms this statement ) . Lord Naas himself said to Mr .
Edward O ' Flaherty that he had had this conversation ( Mr . E . O'Flaberty by a letter confirms this statement . ) Subsequently Major Beresford addressed Mr . Keogh in the lobby of tho House , and " whiningly " remonstrated with him for his attacks on Mr . Disraeli , adding , " we expected better things from you , seeing that Lord Derby auked you to take office . " Major Borcsford also asked Mr . Keogh had he received from hiin a friendly messugo . sent through Lord Nnan . Mr . Keogh immediately reported this conversation to Serjeant Murphy . These facts of his immediate publication of the ; two conversations wero mentioned to show
that Mr . Keogh had not circulated the rumour merely to meet Lord JOglinton'w accusation . Mr . Keogh tlion condemned Ijord Kuan's conduct in delaying to roply to recent letters of Mr . Keogli , asking had those conversations occurred : to Ins lordship's denial by letter that neither " directly nor indirectly' * had ho offered Mr . Keogh office ; and to his ailence when ho saw the Irish press falsely ntutfng that there wan a corrupt compact l > etwcen him and Mr . Keogh respecting tho election for Kihkuo . In conclusion Mr . Keogh said : — " 1 novor asserted that tho noblo lord ' offered mo office , hut I always assorted , and now assort , and shall always Mcrt , thac tlrt noble lord asked mo if I -Would accept oflico . But wo know what that means . Is thero nuy
politician ifl this Mftiak so young as to doubt the meaning of the in # 3 # * h « H | mt By the Chief Secretary for Ireland . I am asked , * M jWtowtee offered office under Lord Derby's Government , woWd yttti Accept it ? ' Remember , I was asked that quebtiBtt before Wd Derby ' s Gov ernment was completed . Afa ( T I ask any member of the House what they think was tlttS meaning of these words ? It is just as if a man were to ( ft to a lady and say , If I to a ^ you to marry me . trfailt would be your answer ? It would be an ihsiil * to » ttte understanding of the House to think they WdtUtt come t 6 any other conclusion than I have stated . "" . Lord Naas ( objecting to " the betrayal of private conversations and " the distortion of words used in confidence" ) stated his version of the case . Mr . Keogh and himself were in Opposition together . A very friendly feeling existed between them , and unreserved communications were natural and frequent , especially when Lord Naas brought forward his motion relative to Lord Clarendon , Mr . Keogh being fully conversant with the
facts of the case . " My motion was made on Thursday—the division on the motion of the noble lord opposite ( Lord Palmerston ) took place on Friday—and on Saturday Lord Derby accepted from her Majesty the task of forming ft ministry Shortly after—I cannot recollect which day , but 1 think it was Tuesday—an intimation was made to me that it was very probable I should be offered oflSce—dependent , of course , on the probability of my re-election . I thought I might safely refer to a member of an opposite party . * n a political opponent , and ask him whether it was kkery or not that I should be opposed at my election . "
He therefore sought Mr . Keogh , as was described , and an interview resulted . "I was met with a most friendly feeling by the honourable and learned gentleman , and in a friendly way he did exert himself , without compromising his own opinions , to save me from a contest at that time /' The following is the account of the interview : — " When the honourable gentleman came into my room , we discussed for some time different topics connected with various interests . Amongst them was the subject of the election , and I recollect distinctly what I said to the honourable and learned gentleman . When the House hears the question and the answer , I will allude to the circum *
stances und er which that question was put and the answer was given , and I will tell the House the reason why I put that question . I asked the honourable and learned gentleman in perfect confidence—never thinking that the question would ever be made an engine of to endeavour to damage toy character—I asked him this question— ' If office had been offered to you under the new Governnfent > would you or your friends have accepted it ? ' I fully admit that 1 asked that question ; it may have been an imprudent question , but I can safely say it was not put with the intention which the hon . and learned gentleman has assumed . He made an answer , which I recollect as distinctl-y as tho question . ( Hear , hear . ) His answer was
this— ' I think that , after all that has occurred—after the part that I and my friends have token in the overthrow of the late Government—some such offer might have been made . ' After that we proceeded to discuss the various topics connected with the prospects of party at that time , and the hon . and learned gentleman in the course of that conversation asked me a question which I thought was rather peculiar . He aflkea mo whether any person in authority authorized me to ask that question . I said' As you ask mo tho question , I can toll you that Mr . Beresford knew of my asking this question . ' The reason I gave that answer was , that I had a communication a few hours before with my right hon . friend ( Mr . Beresford ) .
I was walking in St . James ' s-squarc , and met my right hon . friend . I stopped him , and asked tho news , and commenced a conversation . I said to him most distinctly , ' I wonder what position in the now Parliament the Irish party aro likely to take with regard to the Government p ' He Said ho did not know . I said— ' I am on friendly and intimate terms with an hon . member of that party ' - ;* , alluding to tho hon . and learnod gentleman opposite , who makes this attack . ' I can have no hesitation in asking the question—and I will ask him tho question—for I had intended to ask him the question as a matter of informa * - tion for myself , whether ho would liavo accepted office , or was disappointed in not getting it . ' The right hon . gentleman then made this statement to me : —' You may say
at tho same time , from mo , that the Government havo no unfriendly fooling whatever towards them . ' That is the reason why , when tho hon . gentleman asked mo that question , I was hound in honour lo flay that Mr . Boresfotd know of my asking him the question I put to him . But I do soy this—that tho right honourable gentleman novor authorized me to make an offer of oflico to tho honourable and learnod gentleman . I had so great an objection to making what are called ' authorized communications' of any kind , that I did not givo tho message of my right hon . friond to the hon . and learned gentleman ; and ^ in further proof of my statement , I may say that I hover did , until tho < la _ y before yoKtordaV , mention the result of
that interview to any one single living man . When tho hon . and learned gentleman loft the room , after our interview , tho impression loft on my mind was this , that in tho answer he gave to mo , and in tho ' subsequent convorsatipn we had , wo discussod it in that spirit , and I thought ho lef t tho room with tho impression that no oiler of oifloo was likoly to bo made to him or to his party . 1 . will dp him the lustico to Bay , that my impression was , that if tho oiler had boon made to him it would hare boon refused . Lot mo now call the attention of tho Kouso to the day on which tho alleged oiler of oflico was made . It wan stated to havo been made on Thursday , and every oflico uridor the Government was filled up thon . Tho authorised list of tho new appointments had appeared that morning In tho nowflpaporu , and it iu quito impossible that tho hon .
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THE LEADER . ^ [ S atpbday ^ o 7 o ¦ m - , - r || — " fe ^ apM ^ fc
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Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1853, page 578, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1991/page/2/
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