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trates to send such children to these institutions for a period sufficient for reformatory or industrial training . In addition to this , they submitted that , as a check to any possible encouragement being offered to parental negligence , a portion of any child ' s maintenance at a reformatory institution should be , under certain circumstances , recoverable from the parents , and that power should also be taken to apprentice children to various trades , and to adopt such other means as might be deemed necessary to enable them to commence a life of industry . The prayer of the memorial was , that her Majesty ' s Government would originate and support such measures as might be deemed practicable in the course of the present
session to carry these objects into effect . Such were the principal points of the memorial , and lie was sure it was unnecessary for him , on the part of the deputation , to call his lordship ' s attention to the increasing power and growth of public opinion on this question . TThe question was one of great importance at all times , but especially so at the present moment in this country , under the great social change which had taken place in the system of secondary punishments—a change brought about under his lordship ' s advice and sanction . The nature of that change male it imperative , as a matter of State policy , to adopt measures which would cut off the . sources from ¦ which these criminals had been so largely supplied . ( Hear , hear . ) Bat apart from mere considerations of State policy , he would add there were the higher
considerations of Christian benevolence , which ought to induce them to engage in the cause . It was his duty , on behalf of thcr deputation , to urge upon his lordship , as the representative of the Government , the necessity of their affording to these institutions their countenance and support , because many of the institutions established in this country on the voluntary principle had the greatest difficulty in maintaining their position . He had been informed that the oldest institution in the country , that at Stretton Dnnsmore , "Warwickshire , which had been established in 1818 , was about to be discontinued , unless gentlemen came forward with pecuniary support . He sincerely hoped that such support would be given ; but the inference that Government must take up the Question was obvious .
Lord Robert Grosyenor said that , as the representative of the Middlesex magistrates , he had to assure his lordship that the subject had occupied much of their attention . They had some time ago prepared a bill on this subject , but they had withdrawn it in the hope that a general measure would l > e introduced by the Government . If , however , the Government declined to take on themselves the responsibility , it would be his duty to submit the measure to wlrich he had alluded to the consideration of the House during the present session .
The Hon . Mr . Liddell said , he had been intrusted with a petition , signed by the Mayor of Liverpool , on behalf of a most nmnerous and influential meeting on this subject , which expressed opinions and wishes similar to those contained in the memorial to which bis lordship ' s attention had been drawn . He was also aware that in other parts of the kingdom the same strong feeling existed , and meetings having the avme object in view had been held ; one of which , he might add , liad been held in the important town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
Mr . M . D . Hill , the Recorder of Birmingham , stated that he had been requested to communicate with all the recorders of England with the view of ascertaining their opinions on this question , and the result was that in no single case had he received a dissenting opinion —( hear , hear )—while from many of them , including the Recorder of London , he had received replies announcing their intention of affording every assistance in their power in carrying a measure so imperatively demanded . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Lovaine
, the Hon . Arthur Kinnaird , the Earl of Harrowby , Mr . J . Ball , Mr . Adtlerley , and Mr . Monckton Milnes , then severally addressed his lordship briefly in support of the prayer of the memorial , and bore testimony to the strong feeling which prevailed in various parts of the country in favour of the measure . Lord Palmerston said , as far as the weight to be attached to the memorial was concerned , it was unneceasdwyor him to nay that the respectable and influential deputation he had the honour to receive
was a pretty good proof of the weight to bo attached to the resolutions adopted by the conference which they represented . It waa , however , he might add , quite unnecessary that ainy weight of this sort should bo thrown into the balance , because the question itself was of such interest and importance that the memorial must have made a suBiciently strong- impression on the mind of any man vho had been accustomed to consider such matters . No other recommendation to him was nccoaaary thau the tone of th « resolutions of the committee alluded to , and ho was quito confident that the question was one of the most important that could exorcise the attention of tho Government—because it was found that unless we could de-\ use sjme method of informing the minds of our
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POLITICAL BANQUETS . Propxbi / t speaking , the Parliamentary campaign opened on Monday night ; ftr then Ministers and their Opponents entertained select sections of their supporters at dinner . At the table of Lord Aberdeen Ministers chiefly were present ; but there were besides , Lord Grey , Lord Ashimrton , Lord Beaumont , Lord fthaftesbury , and Lord Yarborough . The dinner at Lord John Russell ' s partook of the game character . At both the mover and seconder of the Address , in each House of Parliament , were present . Th « Opposition mustered at toe houses of Lord Derby and Mr . Disraeli .
Lord Derby ' s party comprised thirty peers : —The Duke of Hamilton , the Duke of Montrose , the Marquis of Exeter , tie Marquis of Salisbury , the Marquis of Dewnshire , the Earl of Sandwich , the Earl of Cardigan , the Earl of Harftfeicke , thefearl of Lousdale , the Earl of Verulam , the Earl Desart , the Earl of Malmesbury , the Earl of Wilton , the TSarl Talbot , the Earl of } Winchilsea , fthe Earl Delaware-, the Earl of GlengaU , the Earl of Stradbroke , the Earl of Donoughmore , Viscount Cqmbermere , Viscount Strangford , Lord de Bos , Lord Southampton , Lord Kedesdale , Lord Colchester , Lord St . Leonard ' s , and Lord Colville .
Mr Disraeli entertained a party of the members of the House of Commons , including the Earl of March , Viscount Mandcville , the Marquis of Cliandos , Lord John Manners , Lord Barrington , Lord Stanley , Lord Lovaine , Lord Naas , the Hon . Henry Liddell , Sir J . S . Pakington , Mr . S . H . Walpole , Sir John Yarde Buller , Sir W . BL Jolliffe , Sir E . Bulwer Lytton , Sir Frederic Thesig % r , Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Mr . Alderman Thompson , Mr . Miles , Mr . George Hamilton , and Mr . Cairns .
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LETTERS PROM PARIS . Lktteb CX . Paris , Thursday Evening , Feb . 2 , 1854 .-M . de Kissbleff has just had an interview with M . Drouyn de l'Huys . I am able to give you a substantial abstract of the explanations of the Freucli Government . "In the diplomatic note of October 27 th ult ., Russia was warned that if she resorted to any fresh act of aggression upon the Ottoman territory , the two fleets would enter into the Black Sea to protect that territory . Russia , by the attack of Sinope , has , in spite of that warning , violated the said territory . The entry of the fleets into
the Black Sea is consequontly the carrying into effect of the previous declaration . To the question presented by ltussin , whether France preserves her neutrality or is making war , tho French Government has nothing to reply , except to refer to the beforementioned note of October 27 . " The person from whom I have , these details is in a position to be exactly informed , and you may consider thi 9 to be tho actual substance of the reply of the French Government to the demand for explanations . Tho departure of M . de Kisseleffhais boon warmly discussed at tlie Bourse : there are many who doubl it altogether . 1 know pertinently that he leaves l ' aria this evening , for lirussels .
servant , in the Russian embassy for the sake of " special information . " Such information is in value something like being « in tlie secret of the stablest The Charivari has adroitly made pleasant capital out of this absurdity , announcing officially to £ & readers that i % has the portress of M . de Kisseleffin its pay . Certainly , not a step , not a gesture , not a word of . that unfortunate Muscovite bachelor , condemned , to return to his own country , but has been published , commented , explained , interpreted in a thousand
ways at once . If M . de ICisseleff sneezed , the optimists said that all was well , and they are always the majority ; the pessimists , on ihe contrary , maintain that all is lost ; but they are not listened to . True , they have had the misfortune to be in the right hitherto , and while everything goes on for ihe best in this best possible of worlds , it does not seem likely that they will be in the wrong for some time ; yet Yon may presume that Mi . die Kisseletf leaves Paris you may equally presume that he will go no farther than Brussels
tt seems the provincial gobemtntckesm remote parts of Great Britain have been alarming eafeh other with preposterous atories-of PriircerA ^ bert"being sent to the Tower . Our provincial donkey s > have -been- opening their long ears at rumours scarcely le ^ SAbsurd-r-apm pos of the coup-de-main ssnd ^ to be In preparation ^ the Legitimists . These ruraours . are iwa to"Paris ^ bttt death tp departmental finctionafies ; as ^^ tHwlfc perceive * At Buy ( capital of the-depaitment of the Haute-Loire ) , a " good-natured friend" of the Mayor came , last Sunday morning , to bring liim the cbn& d « ntial tidings that the Emperor had taken refuge-in Viueennes with 4 : 000 men , leaving the metropolis ! in tlie hands Of the Legitimists . ¦ r
Thereupon panic of the Mayor . The Mayor rims all amazed and aghast to the Prefect , and asks ^ hini whether he bag had any iatelligen . ee ? Hiei , ; Prjll ^» replies "No , " and requests the Mayor to explain himself . The Mayor tells all he knows . The terrified Prefect , seeing himself out t , af . place , loses his ^ -wit % runs to the Gteneral of Brigade in command oi ^ the department , and to the Procitreur Itnpeiial ; i arifl tHere aTe all the authorities of Puy 1 umbiing <> ver one another and crying oat , " We arfe done % r , what is to become of us ? " At last a ConseUler
de'PreTecture suggests an appeal tp the signal-telegraph . After five mortal hours of awful suspense ( it was ^ Sji ^ day dawn comes » reply from Eersigny to the Preiect ^ itMt tlie Prefect is an ass : that unless he finds-out ^ > ib £ author of : the rumour lie will lose his situation This made the Prefect change his key . Instead of chiming in . with the general lamentation , > he summoned the' Mayor to name his informant . The Mayor resisted : the Prefect threatened . TbeMayor off Puy and his whole Municipal Council resigned Their resignation appears in the Mbniteur . ' '" V
It appears that similar stories were afloat in other departments . . ; * The Bourse has fallen to-day to € 7—the quotation of the Republic . As for the Bank , exhausted ky the drain for the purchases of coxa , it has * been forced this week to refuse half the bills which have fceen presented for discount . All commercial affairs at a stand's till-in Paris and in the provinces : where the workmea are ntft discharged , they are only working half time . It is impossible to conceal the gravity of Such a state of things in this country , where iamine end commerci ^ difficulty have always l > een the precursors of political troubles gfc
Far tlie last week M . dc Kisfeleff has been the man of the " largest personal following" in Paris : helms been the observed of all , hunted down from dawn to dusk by anxious eyes and credulous curs . You would have thought all Paris were bis creditors , from the affectionate interest displayed in Iiis ) whuruubouta and whutabouLa It has been nUlnnud tliat every banker , every heavy jobber , hnd a paiJ employe , or
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of troops in Aabi . Before he left Paris he had a long interview with tho Minister of Wur und Marshal Mugnan , / ito whom lie e . ivo a , full description of the revolving carbine , with which a . part of" hin corps tTarvifo in Asia is to be urmcd . This wenpon ia suii to bo one- of long range and unerring accuracy . It ia not bo heavy as might be supposed , tia there is only ono barrel with iivo chambers . Ia the hands of ^ ood markumen the Russian regiments may soon bo unolHoered . Sir Steplier * was permitted by the Minister of War und iVIarsiial Magnati to bo present at the drills of i lie CJinsHeuri ) de VinceniH'H , and ull tho military authorities wc . ro very < it lentivo to liim . A great number of Polish itiid oilier ofiiffera have loft France during the last few days lor Constantinople to offer their sorvicos , it being now understood that no more objections will be made to receive tlu'in , tho Turkish Minister of Wur Iiavine recommended iliut the army of Asia shall bo better supplied with officers tljHI ] it ia 110 rV .
CONTINENTAL NOTES . A decree in the Monitew has called into active'service the young soldiers yet disposable of the second portion of tho contingent of the class oi 1861 . Tlie naval and military preparations for war are proceeding in France with the greatest activity . It is certain that an expeditionary corps is in course oi organisation , to occupy Constantinople , so as to enable the whole disposable forces of the Turks to operate on the Danube and in Asia . Should the Russians , however , cross the Danube the French would probably defend t he Bulhuns . Th « effective of the expeditionary corps would jrobably be in the tirat instance 80 , 000 men , in four divisions . ' Sir Stephen Lnkcmun , who commanded the Waterkloof Rangers at tlie Capo of Good Hope , whore be obtained suck i « . brilliant reputation , arrived in Pjtria som « days ago on his way to Constantinople to take tho command of a large body
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JurenUe delinquents , we must be driven to some further mode of punishment , and punishments inflicted upon persons of immature years very seldom left a beneficial impression . The change in the system of secondary punishments to which the right hon . baronet ( Sir J . Takington ) had alluded made it imperative on the Government to take some steps to get at the source of the evil . He was quite aware that it was hopeless that this object could be attained
by private members of Parliament ; it was in itself far too complicated , and it was especially hopeless that it could be effected by private efforts in the present state of Parliamentary business . But he would go further ; he would willingly admit that it was the duty of the Government to undertake the task—and he would add that he felt that it was his duty to do so . ( Applause . ) He would do so—and he hoped to receive the advice in the matter—not of the whole of
the deputation , certainly —( laughter)—bat of those members present who had turned their attention practically to the question ; and he hoped , with tHeir assistance , and ^ especially that of the right hon . baronet , ( Sir J . Pakington ) and the noble earl ( the Earl of Shaftesbury ) , this session would not elapse without the passing of such a measure as would put a stop to this grea , t and growing evil . ( Great applause . ) The deputation then withdrew , highly gratified , not only with the reception accorded to them by the noble lord , but with the decided expression of his sentiments on the question .
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February 4 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . W 3
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 4, 1854, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2024/page/7/
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