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• will probably , in mathematical science , accomplish no inconsiderable reputation . The person to whom I allude —and many of you know him—was , I believe , a labourer , working upon small weekly wages , and at this moment he has a wife who is engaged in one of the factories in this town . Sir Eobert Peel made a hearty , masculine speech . How , he -would ask , was this Institution keeping pace with the requirements of the age ? Were they coining that true currency of progress "which alone was really valuable ? Were the working classes of this town , as they were at Sheffield and elsewhere , placing their institution upon a firm basis , rendering it as inuch as possible independent of extraneous aid and of lukewarm friends ?
Lectures and other subjects hnd been referred to . Now he understood they had a library , on the shelves of wliich were numerous entertaining works calculated to induce in their minds a taste for reading . He would urge every one to- cultivate that taste ; it was the most happy of all tastes . Fe " nelon used to say that if offered the riches of the Indies in place of his taste for reading , he would spurn them all . Observe what a taste for reading -would do . It would not only pla . ce them out of the way of vicious habits and idle pursuits , but , with cleap literature and a free press , it at once placed , as it ¦ were , the cottage on the same level with the castle or the palace . He was sorry that there were not more of the operatives of Preston present on that occasion . He should
jhave been , glad to address a word or two to them ; for he vas told by his hospitable friend Mr . Hollins , that about two-thirds of the operatives were under the age of twenty —between sixteen and twenty ; and Mr . Ashworth , he believed , stated the same thing . Wlat a remarkable effect good example and industrious habits must have upon that class ; and if they were neglected , what a wide field there must be for ignorance and intemperance . He was one of those who thought that one of the greatest obstacles to the diffusion of knowledge amongst the people , had been our existing taxes upon knowledge . Sir Eobert then alluded to the sviggestion of the noble chairman , that some portion of the Sunday should be devoted to mental culture . He ( Sir Eobert ) thought it would be absolutely impossible to introduce that system .
He would have voted for the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays , bat he felt that it would be very difficult to regulate the religious question , and therefore lie would not introduce it . What he would recommend ¦ was , that the great employers of labour should devote say six days in a year to holidays for their workmenof course without any diminution of wages . That was no nonsensical plan , but one which had been adopted in the great Government offices , where certain days were set apart for the benefit of the clerks . Now he thoroughly approved of that plan , and though , as his noble friend had said , we might lose a million sterling a day by holidays , yet he thought we should gain infinitely more from the harmony and good feeling that would be created between employers and . employed .
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At Beverley " the Reformers" have been giving a dinner to their new member , the Hon . Arthur Gordon ( son of Lord Aberdeen ) . He made a significant speech in reference to the war : — There is no doubt—it is no use disguising the factthat our armies are in a delicate position , and one ¦ which should justify some amount of apprehension on our part ; but notwithstanding that , I think it docs not justify anything more . It is true they are largely outnumbered . They arc opposed to a powerful and skilful enemy—tho weather is opposed to thorn—sickness has thinned their ranks—tho very nature of the ground on ¦ which they have to work is against them ; but , notwithstanding that , British skill and valour will
overcome all obstacles , whether they arise from nn army superior in numbers to their own , or unseen , as sickness and diaeaso . Moreover , though during tho last few months we have received such intelligence from tho Crimea , though their numbers were often disproportionate in tho struggles in which the armies have boon engaged , I know that shortly nftor these accounts loft tho Crimea largo , reinforcements , must have arrived , and other reinforcements are on the way , and still largor arc setting out . I know that from tho very moment in which tho Government commenced prosecuting tho war , they have been alive to the necessity of keeping up tho efficiency of tho army . All wore aware that they would bo diminished , and that it was necessary to ltoop up thoir strength by reinforcements , and that l » nn not been overlooked . I therefore have no
apprehension whatovor ita to tho result of tho war ; but , at tho same time , the tidings wliich wo receive might Justify much anxiety , and I holiovo tlioro in no person , whoso attention is not now fixed upon tho solid uud warbcatou fortress of tho Crimea , and who dooa not wait anxiously for th « result of tlio present conllict . I think , gvntlunicn , that tho ovents of tlio war during tho past fuw months Imvo fully justified , if anything was wanting to justify it , tho policy of tho Government in deferring war iih long iih powslblo , and in preserving peace , because I fool qulto nuro that thin country , if it luwl hud nny thought tluit war could liuvo boon avoided , ¦ would not have patiently noon its trounuruH laviahcd imd tlio Hvch of Us b » uh BiicvHlcod . And it is tho conviction tlinfc every moana watt unori to preserve peace that mukoe the nation now hq unanimous In tho support of that war .
The honourable gentleman , having then alluded to the gallantry of our soldiers before Sebastopol , went on to refer to the question of reform . He said : But I must not forget that I am speaking to a , meeting of reformers . Though I think reforms will make their progress in the very nature of things , I am afraid that this war will not assist them . ; I am afraid we shall not make the progress we should have made had we been in a state of peace . I do not see how any extensive reforms , especially Parliamentary reforms , are to be carried , unless there is a very strong public feeling expressed in their
favour out of Parliament . When everybody ' s attention is directed to the war , that great amount of public feeling is hardly likely to be expressed , and , therefore , I much fear that not so much will be done in reference to this subject as is desirable . But I think our duty as reformers is to take whatever is practicable , I , therefore , look with no ordinary satisfaction to the declaration which was made not long ago , publicly , by the First Minister of the Crown , on the occasion of receiving an address , when lie said we would "fearlessly carry the hand of reform into every department of the State . " I think that declaration of the First Minister of the Crown one
of importance , and one which , knowing him as I do , I feel certain was no mere formal speech , but the deliberate conviction of an honest mind .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Lieutenant Perry has written an apparently satisfactory explanation to the Mayor of Windsor , requesting the withdrawal of tlie 1500 / . He had been recommended by a friend in . Paris , a banker , to take advantage of a . good opportunity for investing in American rail-ways . He has also requested the 'Mayor' and his friends here to apply the remainder of the money as they may think best . The -writer of the City article in the Times discredits Mr . Terry ' s statement . He thinks that there is no such railroad as that alleged to have been recommended by the Paris banker .
Dr . Jacob ahi > Chki st ' s Hospital . —Since the dismissal of Dr . Jacob , the Governors have held a meeting , and an attempt was made to add the insult of a vote of censure . An amendment however , -was moved .: —" That the thanks of the Court be given to Dr . Jacob for liis excellent and well-timed sermon ; " and carried by a large majority . A correspondent of the Times , " Verax , " lias been considering the question of the misappropriation of overgrown charities . Although
deprecating the medium of Dr . Jacob ' s charges , he rejoices that they have been made , and anticipates tlieir being established , He also suggests that the disclosures made in the sermon should occupy the attention of the Charitable Trusts' Commissioners , who have power to settle all such disputes . An inspector should sit , and a bondjlde investigation take place , with reporters present , and then the public would be enabled to , judge . It would also bring to light tiie indolence of the commissioners , of -whom nobody cA'er heard except on the Dulwich College Inquiry , of wliich , by the way , nothing came .
The Unco' Good . —Missionaries have persuaded the omnibus « nd cab drivers of Glasgow , that driving on Sundays is driving to . Consequently last Sunday walking -was the order of tho diiy for all but the pliarisaical few who kept carriages . Very serious inconvenience was felt , but tho immediate result was that very few peoplo went to church .
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Wo have received tho following despatch , dated last night , from our correspondent in Paris ;—11 1 am nsMurcd that two divinionn of French troops am about to ombark for tho Duuublnn I ' rinuipulitluH , in addition to those who ni-o going to the Crimea . "
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BrunHcln , Friday . An account , purporting to bo of Itunsian origin , hULqh that nothing oxtvuordlnary luul tukon placo before Sobantopol to tho 10 th . Tim flro of tho allioa was kept up .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there ia nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when , all the -world is t > y the verylava'of its creation in . eternal progress . —Dk . Arkoxd
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CONDUCT OF THE WAR . The impression is gaining 1 ground that the House of Commons would have been of valuable assistance to the ministry in conducting the "war ; and we may look for an early demand on the part of the public that Parliament be re-assembled . In the meantime the country
will have some limited opportunities of expressing its will in relation to the future of the war , and to the diplomatic position in -which our Government consents to stand in regard to Austria . By death , from Russian bullets , and from the ordinary casualties of ordinary years ^ there are about half a dozen " seats" vacant ; and the various bodies of electors now called
upon to name their representatives in the national senate can select the occasion to offer useful suggestions to a Government , the great merit of which , as its partisans so frequently assure us , is that it is not above being taught its business . Perhaps public opinion is not to tie gathered with any accuracy from what may occur in bribable places like Bedford , or in nominee counties like Fermanagh or Ayr . But it is quite possible , and very desirable , to attach popular conditions to the election for Marylebone . Let us hope that that borough will make some effort to elude the lucrative
mancouvres of the St . Pancxas vestrymen , who have , with unexampled impudence , handed over one of our popular constituencies to a Downing-street nominee . At least , if we are to have Sir Hamilton Seymour , whose only merit is that he knows the feelings of the Czar—a knowledge which he may use with the sinister felicity which characterised the last session eifusions of that other
ex-ambassador to St . Petersburg , Lord Clanncarde —lot it be a condition that on the hustings he shall be specific , and not diplomatic , in his declarations as to tlie conduct of the war . At present Liberals require no " pledges " but those that are martial : as to Reform Bill , and Ballot , and Taxes on Knowledge—these questions are being decided before Sebastopol and on the Danube . There is no cant , among the many cants of tho moment , more afflicting than that which is based on tlie assumption that foreign war arrests home civilisation . It has been in war that have arisen tho
glories which aro tho characteristics of JCviglanu . English liberties are the results of war : English literature has become groat in those times of war , when tho human intellect is enlarged in comprehension and in sympathy : —cvea English commerce springs from wars .
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Yienna , November 20 . Eeports from Kischeneff state that after the battle of Inkerman the Imperial Princes Michael and Nicholas left the Crimea , and returned to the head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff . It is expected that tlie Czar will visit the army of the south , if not that of the Crimea . To the expected invasion of Bessarabia the Russians , it is said , can oppose an effective army of 80 , 000 .
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Lkadkk Office , Snturdar , November 25 . ( By Submarine and Britisk Telegraph . " ) ANOTHER BATTLE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL . The following important despatch has "been received l ) y tlio Times . It was forwarded from Constantinople to Semljn by courier , and thence to Vienna by tolegraph . It is dated Constantinople ; , November 16 : — " On tho 18 th tho ituBsians attacked tho French lines , but wero repulsed . " Tho loss wis groat on both slrtcn . " The Russians have received further rcinforcoments . " The Qucon of tho South has arrived with 1200 troops .
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TO COXt-ILESPONDENTS . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 7 , "Wellington-street , Strand , London .
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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 25 , 1854 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 25, 1854, page 1114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2066/page/10/
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