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One of the most important of these was . held in the : 'irowW'Hlfll ' " «^ F ? Btonih ^ ha » a on the evening of EhiB » aimvwelB > toein ^< H ^^ lequiffltioa < tf $ * m buMMd ¦« £ * he- pwncipad ^ ftrans aad aaibabitaartB . 5 r ^<^ r-; aocupied iby ; tl » afayeay and . between six attd « oiren * houBand person * vcere spseBent ; 3 } fa © prJacipdb epeakerfr . were Mr . W . MsitkewB , Mr . <*; Dixon , Mr . George . Dawson , Mr . T . EL Oal , and J&iT ^ WiifleoiVja working nam . Me . M » tth * s « commftnted aeTesely on . the tna » nagemeat « £ ifeha war . The bnaincsB of the countryhad note been placed in the hands of proper . snB . en ; and thegxeople namstisay to their ( rulers that : they wall ha *« nn « x more o £ ^ thi 8 oobbing ; that merit «« ist *> er «> - warded , ooiine © uniahed , and responsibility fisted . Mr . Matthews expressed great pleasure at the reaigo » ticaieoflSiriJ « aaeB Graham , Mr . Gladstone , and Mr . adneySerbert . ..
. .... Me George IDawfson , "who was received with pt » frfanged cheering , isaid , they were not ^ there to disease Dtte warvitself . They met , At the invitation of others , tori 6 elBiOld ^¦ lm ^ . in £ pl ^ J ^ . ' ^ IMd 1 th ey ¦ tlliink that -even that great : balL'wouki hold' every widow who wept ft * tkeshua ? ^ . In itbaseidilys silence is a sin . They who lift up their wcee riwdl say with 4 he Apostle in the -olden -time , "I ej&Uyoit all to iwitnew , the : dayj Iannguiltleas of the blood of ; -BDeiy man . " ( Cfcera . ) -He dreaded the * timey iuverOT Hbcryears-tD come , wlien ; theae orphans will grow « p < to beroen ^ sapittg , ^ TeUihe the «* ory « f my father ' * fteath , " KiheBaid it was at Alma ' s glorious steeps , at Balaklava ' fl ^ wfiil xharge , * fc Inkerman ' a terrible , fight * to
] to < couldfBay it-with-joy ^ tout say , " Yomr father died «^ raga , i « E-vernnh f . starved , choked by a green coflfeetaarryv killed in the roadless Crimea ; and , as be lifted iipfri ^ fif-fgiqlttg Vnine , a p ^ rihn stood dumb and' calm , and allowed Government to shuffle in and out of place , and , 3 iat ! to embarraas a Minister ^ took no part in the solemn iinqueat « £ ibldod' ^~ to $ eHthem that there ' s shame inpro 3 pecfcfar us . ( CAeers . ) In the army the system -nosrotteni Who had not -seen ¦ Field Marshals made in S'day ? Wholiad not heard © f officers blooming out into fijUj skill by puroh « ee in in hour ? It was a strange system— - « ne bought skill in the army . No _ man oould liny brains , skill , or learning in the law or letters' ! hut' in the army , if we couldtat buy either
skiZl or brains , rthey could have the notion of mem . It wa& » miserable system altogether . Boys-were put over the heads « rfmen rwiho ; ha& seen service , for no better reastotUaaa * hat thejfonrniet ) were menAere of theariatocracy . IKastfKre no bawre-hewrtodBian that would cut through atm dashthe entangled naeehes of routine—who would dare to . t > e censaroA , cashiered , tried by court-martial , and brofcenibr-duty —( cAeera)— -no man < who would come bom * and say , " I haveeaten the show bread of Toutine ; I ihave-sinned . I didn ' t do -my -duty as a soldier , but I did&ia » a Christian and a man ? " { Loud iCbeers . ) We would keep at it ^ then , till we got the right men . Then dam * the green coffee -question . He should like to paint them a picture . lie-should like to showHhem an English
soldier m < rags , 'hungry , gaunt , and lean , -with the top of ¦ itni-po ^ and t ^ wBty-greeii coffee , berries , with a rusb--light underneath , trying to roast them- ; and that done , too , under an inalement sky , up to the knees in mud . Qlorioua picture ! Sing " Rule Britannia , " and let fifes and drune strike out " The Roaat Beef of Old England . " (¦ Loud cheer * . ") He would put the picture to them- —a tin pot ,. n » hnght , a « d-green coffee berries ; misery , wet , cola , mud , Tags ,-and dirt , and the meal neeeseary-to-save the poor-fallow's Ufe . ( # A * w *» of '" Shame . / " ) , He would put H to them df ¦ mes lying for hours after battle ttnoCTedftar , unattended , stiffening- slowly into death . " -Oh , "' said tkeartetooraoy , that-vvaatbe medical department —Hitfras their < fault—tvo hare nothing to do with it . !* We said , " No . " ( Cheers . ) We asked who put the surgeons down , snubbed them , gave them the cold
shoulder ? Why don't surgeons go into the navy ? Why , if 'they « were not of the proper blood , clique , class , or-order , they-were snubbed , put down at once , sent to jness with some pertinrifcliipman . The nation demands tfhut the 'whole-system of' England shall be altered—not "< fhe army-and navy-only , bnt all the Government departments , which should bo open to approved' abiHty , tried "by examination . Hie Indian service lias been reformed , and is now-open to all England ; and that enooftd bathe rule for all services . He doubted the . efficacy of the coinmissiona-that -wore to be sent out to fbe Crimea , and had no confidence in LoTd Palmerston ; but'would give his humble , support to any Government who would ae « uafcrarely-and'honourably through this war . ^ Cheers . " ) The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —¦ . ,
" That > this -mooting is of opinion that our'notional htoonraod earffetjyand the > lives of our country men in th « Bast—far -deirer * to . us than nny administration or distinction of party—imperatively require a full and . searching inquiry into the causes of the disasters in the Crimea ; and this meeting strongly urges on the Legislature the necessity of aucb . inquiry .. . ' * That in the opinion of this meeting tbo system of pvtdhMiiag oommiesiona and promotions is calculated to < 4 MAt < 4 h »« dvnwBMon « nt oi military genius ; that it is an lajmHtr to the : « ffleet « - , non * oommissioned offleors , and pifri'Mw , —tdaaHmcthwa to tl » best sendee and interests of the nation . "
the Emperor of Russia is the acknowledged head of ihafe Churoh , the Greeks jn Buropeaa T # uOfiey oaacuisaUy iook wp to the Ctear ag their protector agaaart the . « m » ree « io » 8 © f their Tw ^ ifih masters . Mr . Thomp ^ ou . defended theTCOUjjse adopted toy Sussia to defend her idaim as protEeter of the Greek Church inBuaaiat and ftrgued that it was a , fatal ; mistal £ einot to Jeave TiuJsey to defend herself after -she hadrejected * be Vienna , note . Mr . Serle denounced the attempts *> f the JPeace . Society to make the w « r . xat pe « uiai ^ . and : Booyed resolution- —• with
Jk . netHion founded , on ihese xes « lutions -was aaoptedVand was presented on Monday njght t » the House of Commons by > Miv . Munia * A » aeUng took place ; at ^ the Gora Exchange of "VKateefieldvaa'WBckieadaymee > k » atwhieh aja :. < 5 earga XhonwfiOAJnade aTieBg . ad&esgto prove thatJEn ^ - landioa ^* -notit » l » av * -deei « rod war againat Russia . M »» Thon ^ aoo -did not deny-tliftfc RttewalB ^ an Aggjnndising Pdwer ; -. hut a » , he argued , tha G « eefe Gtoweh is * he national religion of Russia , as there sa 0 ^ &mOiOOO of . that oomsaupionJa the empire , . and
" That this meetiog aa of opinion that the wor Busaw ewght to . i » carried on witfc vigour , until an hoaowabl © , peaoe -can be obtained , and that no . temna owgbt to be . agreed to whiett , do not Jrecogniae the-destruct ^ Bi of Sebastopol and the free navigation of ttho DMmbe : ' , anA Black Sea . ' In ^ Ue « f tb » feflft > Bks oiMs * G . Xhompson and Jus ftiewK thw . reaotetuxn was carried by . about 20 to 1 > Ee (« tioBB ; to toetib Houaeifrdn favour -of the objects of . the war , a » d pcaying for > a vigprons pEosecution of ( hestijatiea , together with a seaEehing inquiry iato ttie : aa « 6 ea of the late dis » 9 teE » j have been uoaai aWsly jsigaed ; at jCbesterfield . ia
. ^ U ; a meeting JS ^ ca ^ le ^ iiHM ^ Tyne , where &&-aolaticwfts were passed denouncing the present military system , and in favour of the abolition of the lash , the following letter wae read : it was -addressed tQfthe « baJEman ,. the Mayor-of Newcastle : — " Sin- —JAayerthia ^ moment aeenthe annonncement of aaneetingrfoibe held in . lfiawcastle / on Thursday next , to consider : tbe : subject of promotion in the British . army . " ¦ I ; deeply iegret _ that the-same cause wJaich at ; presant xsmtvm me from the House of Commons prevBats my , attending to take a < personal share in . your ; pr«—oeedinga- . _ ....
"Itoow no quesfciosi . wliioh , at this disastrous and diagraoofnl coajunctoire ntoxe imperatively demands the attention of * U thinking EogUabmen thon . jOiat ~ of our arrajigsmente- for military promotion . Our present system of purchasing commissions is precisely . oalc « - lated toolose every prospect-of distinction to the ; priyate soldier , to , paralysetbelegitimate ambition of oneritorious officers ^ -and . to commit the ultimate duectaojiittf a campaign to the feeble hands of such leaders « s those whese guilty incompetence has lately ^ aerinoed . the £ nwt Army that -ewer left tbo ^ ^ ahores of England .
"lB « e , that ! tbis question has been taken up by Jbord Goderich . I am sure that it could not be entrusted . to an honeater , or I will . add , a more prudent public man . Jj tiflito W 8 , e ^ rts ^ added _ to those of my gifted fniand , Mr . Layard , tliat we . dn » aigraat Baeaaore shall ^ owe : any response on the part of Parliament to the cry of indignation at recent-mismanagement , which was so powerfully . originated !* y the : press , and has been so generally echoed thron ^ hout the country . " Let me take this , the first opportunity , of thanking my kind friends for the sympathy which I have received , under my late severe attack , from all classes and parties in Newcastle ; and also for the unexampled forbearance with which they have a « qniesoed / in toy temporary withdrawal from the House of Commons . I trust , TV ' ith , God ' s Mossing , that I may be shortly enabled to resume the active discharge of my duties as one of your
representatives , . " Xotme xeniain , dear Sir , your faithful servant , " J . B . Blackett . "Cockayne Hatl $ y , St . Neots , February 21 , 1855 , " A publitt meeting of ' the workiug olaeses < ot Xfottingham was held on Tuesday evening , the 27 th ult , in the Assembly Rooms , Nottingham . Resolu tions . urging the Goveroment to pursue an inquiry into > tlie cause , of the disastrous state of the army ,, &c ., were adapted . A crowded meeting was held At . Preston , on Huesday evening , for tlio purpose of " denonuciug the gre&s mismitttagement whidi luia been displayed in connecxiou -with the war ,, and demanding a . searching revision of our military system , and an . inguiry into the causes of the deoimation of one of the finest >
armifis that ever left England . " The chair was taken by Mr . "W " . Livesey . The speeches and . resolutions were-of a vigorous character , and a petition to JPaxliamenttvajs-adopted praying for an effective pjra « ecution of the war , and a con \ plete reform . in our military system .
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ST 1 ATJE OF 2 U 1 AIME , j ^ ABOUR , AND THE POOR . The state of trade is generally depressed . In Manchester this , depression continues unabated In the cloth and yam-market ; the'donan ^ from the home trade is on a Iimit 0 d > 8 < mle , while the advicos from Twarry all fthoftnreign markets are of a cheerless and * nMNrtf 0 fti < ftoTT character ,
aaA ' Jthe&Kfb , waek ? e- baeioea » ia « -bee « . ^»» iiBportairt in amount , ¦ with ^ droopingprLces . "Hie houses engaged iu the print trade a « e noti generally , well employed , but some of the leading firms are busy , and the productions embrace some-patterns of great novekjr and taste for the coming season . The icon trade of South Staffordshire has , bean reported to be , in some district ^ , in consequence of the frozen state rof the canal * , almost entirely suspended .. Some furnaces ihave been put on half-blast and some entirely blownjout (; anditia albng . labourto restore a blown-out furnace . Many of the milla are standing for coals , but it is stated that the stocks of pigs will not increase , inasmuch as the furnaces are nearl y as ill off . Orders are not improving ,. and the reduction" of prices has-not at a"H increased the American trade , as some had
expected . Some branches are stfll rather active , as in heavy ironfofundry , or hardware , or cutlery for export . THre bice , and hosiery , manufactures of NottUtgbana arc far from prosperous ; and "trade has been "greatly checked by the recent frost . In Leicester , some of the worsted mills have been working short hours . TheTjusiness of the , port of Gloucester , has been , quite stopped for tea days or a fortnight by the-frost ; many of the working classes have been thrown out of employ ; the timber trade is almost entirely at a stand-still ; and trade in general suffers greatly . At Xeeds , the tone pervading almost all mercantile and commercial transactions is of a very gloomy character . The woollen Tnanufactnre is undergoing a downward tendency , and large numbers of artisans are out of work .
The state of the poor in Birmingham and the surrounding districts continues most lamentable . Several members of the clergy , both of the TJissenters and of the Church of England , as well as other dkaritable individuals , have visited the habitations of the poor , and report that great distress prevails among f 3 ie industrious classes in consequence of the aboEt time adapted in several manufactoides . and the almost eatire suspension of work in others . The rectors of three ^ of tie largest parishes , in , Birmingham ( represent : the privations of these classes as great in the ( extreme . During ithe last week there'have been from 3000 to 4000 individual applicacations for relief at the -workhouse , and these maybe said tarepresent at least 12 ^ 000 . persons . Tbesejiumbers do < nab include at least : all those who have received extraparochial relief contributed by public subscription and
private charity . Although'on tone or < two occasions there have been symptoms of approaching disturbances , yet with the exception of a flligh . emeute , which occurred on Wednesday the 21 st , the starving population of the town have exhibited great patiencejinder their privations , gratitude to their benefactors , and regard for thalaw . At Stafford , Coventry , Kidderminster , and Kedditcb , where the staple manufactures of the districts aTe much depresse d * and in Stafford , where the shoe . trade has not been worse for the last twenty years , the work-people suffer terribly . At'Redditch , more particularly , great distress exists , in consequence of the , bad state of the needle manufacture . One of the largest works-dosed for the week on the 14 th inst ., and the operativesiand . their wives are in a . most distressed condition . Add to this the inclemency of the season and . the entire anapanaion of out " door- workj-andjthe nictu » e _ of . misery will be complete .
Immense numbers of destitute poor sought reuef ou Monday -at the Thames JEolice-oourt , or waited at the doors of the workhouso . in the hope of obtauiing assistance . At the police-office , upwards . of 1500 persons , the greater number of whom were 'Irish , were relieved with bread ,-and small sum * of money from the poor-box fund , during the last week . On Monday , Mr . Yardley , the sitting magistrate , awarded lOs . 'each to 53 families 5 s . each to 50 other married couples , together with other sums , and . loaves of broad to various claimants . The almost total suspension of work on the river and iu the docks , owing , to the frost ,, had caused a . fearful aniounf of destitution ; but this is now diminishing . The ministers of various denominations have each received a sum of money from , the poor-box fund of the above office , for the relief of distressed persons belonging to their flocks , and whom they believed to be worthy of
consideration . The east end of London "has again become perfectlv quiet ; the thaw . having removed all fear of future rioting by unemployed labourers . The bakers and othor provision shops are no longer in a state of siege , although a , few extra policemen may still be seen in the principal thoroughfares . Had the frost continued another week , the peace of the City juight have been seriously enclaugorefl , as the numbers and tho desperation of the dtarviing workmen increased day by day . Business boa been resumed in the . docks and shipping ; and the money voted by tho corporation and collected from various sources has been all distributed .
A large number of labourers and mochanics have been out of employ in Exetor and other parte of pcvontfJuru , and great distress has been experienced . To-mitigate thbin Exeter , a soup kitchen , cwaaoJe of conaiderabK ' magnitude , haa been in active operation for the last five yvaaIcw . BnsinosB in XhibHn continues -wretchedly dull ; , and large numbers of workmen have twon thrown out ot their occupations by -Haa reoont severity « t the wenther . The aoconnts from the north of Ireland continue gloomy ; th * weavers are eufifering gwat difltrees . 'The fi »»' . hwwverj 'have exp ^ rionoed but Utflortlnotturtion .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2080/page/6/
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