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SS ^ KSSS ?* Slj ^ T lose the fi « t precious moments of the foe > I £ t in broaching such a set of idle > the « ri * as shall give him time to return befoTe any be agreed MI Italians make the Peninsula their own ; let it be formed into what government or governments
they please , so that they be but Italian , and are bound together by one common league ; let those governments educate the people and improve their physical condition by wise economical laws and administration ; let the Italian army be such as Italian soldiers can form , and the navy be such a one a& Italy's geographical position warrants , and then let us see what opposition Europe will offer to the "just rights" of Italians , and , if offered , what it shall be capable of effecting against them . National inde
This is not mere paper-staining . - pendence and prosperity for Italy may be slowly and certainly achieved if the one desideratum , unity , be not wanting . The question of an Anglo-Italian legion has too many sides to be touched on slightly , but we think , if " An Italian" can overlook the apparent incongruity of a nation fighting the battles of other nations while their own remains unfought , he may yet find advantages in ^ k ^ Lans being instructed and practised in the use affirms when it shall be time to wield them in theiE . o « rn defence . .
Iiet not " An ItaSqn . 4 ' misconstrue our dittering with him on the qneS ^ oint of Italy ' s failure into any desire to palliate the cdnduct either of Europe or England . We feel Italian unity so all important to be obtained , and so omnipotent if obtained , that we must risk censure that we may be open to in having tried to show how deficient it has been in the past . That if not we , our children and our children's children shall witness the union of Italians as a nation , and behold them prosperous in their national independence as the result of that union , is the faith of A Beueveb in -Italy for the Italians .
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MISS NIGHTINGALE . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ' ) Sip , —I see by this week ' s Leader that subscriptions arV being raised to enable Miss Nightingale to establish an hospital on her own system of unpaid nursing . Perhaps it is hardly fair to make remarks on a statement which does not emanate from Miss Nightingale herself ; perhaps her friend Mrs . Herbert may not have intended to indicate the plan in its details ; yet while the subject is fresh in the minds of all readers of newspapers , I would wish to say a few words . We have in England no vast influence at once exciting
and controlling like that of the Catholic Churchnone of the materials for creating an order of unpaid Sisters of Charity from the higher classes—for this is what an unpaid syBtem implies . Undoubtedly there are characters of a peculiarly noble and devoted stamp—such characters as that of Florence Nightingale herself , who can carry out such a career with unabating energy—but among independent women , tempted as they are by all the employments and amusements of their rank , can she reckon on finding lifelong coadjutors ?
might be instructed and paid on the same principle as the functionaries of ^•<^ J * T ^ VS £ a tutions ; but the rich and the middle class also ^ need nurses , need them wotully , and would gladly secure intelligent service by payment . * . i , iaw # wv Those who will devote themselves to this work for the love of Christ aiwl the human race , may still do so unpaid ; when we find them , wo will honour theS as we do her whom a whole nation honours ; but to let this great opportunity pass without some effort to extern ! the sphere of paid occupations for those many women , earnest and good , 1 to ¦ « r 6 jm « t is a matter of daily bread , would indeed be to , throw away a chance of organising one of those wiselyplanned schemes which strike deep into the social life of a people , and fructify a hundred-fold , not in one , but many directions . I am , sir , your obedient servant , A Subscriber—B =. Carisbrook , August 29 th , 1855 .
Besides which , such a system would leave unaided one of the gTeat movements of the age—a movement which it might so easily include—that of the endeavour to find fresh modes of securing a livelihood to the female sex . There are so many women energetic , kind , patient , capable of perceiving the moral beauty of such work as Miss Nightingale's , to whom money is , however , a necessity , both for themselves and for those near and dear to them . Where is the moral dishonour of working , even in a noble cause , for money ? Man shall live by the sweat of his brow ; and whatever the social creed , it is but too plain , and often too sad a fact , that woman
must too . The barrister pleading for life , the judge administering justice , the physician healing the sick , the clergyman labouring for souls , —all these work for use , for benevolence , for religion , but also for money ; and is not the labourer worthy of his hire ? Apart from some' extraordinary religious sanction , such as the Protestant religion cannot supply , no cause succeeds , no movement penetrates vitally in the heart of society which is not interwoven with the laws of that society . The same reasons which render the exertions of private companies and contractors so . infinitely more efficient than those of government functionaries , give a double weight to those efforts of moral enthusiasm which are based on
what I may term the political economy of the case . Schools are never truly satisfactory till they are selfsupporting ; what people pay for they value and use to the uttermost , and for what they value they are willing to pay . I am quite aware that it will bo said that the poor need nurses ; but surely these nurses
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ARCHDEACON DENISON . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Dbak Sir , —I should be obliged if you would publish the enclosed letter . Yours truly Josbph Wolff . Isle-Brewers Vicarage , August 27 , 1855 .
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To all my dear friends toho addressed to me letters of remonstrance for having given evidence in favour of the Venerable Archdeacon of Taunton , the Hev . George A Denison : My dear friends , for thus I consider you , though we are totally at variance on this subject . You find fault with me , and therefore I shall at once lay before you , with the utmost candour , the sentiments and conviction of my heart and mind , and the motives by which I am actuated ! About ten years ago I myself fell into the mistake of protesting against the appointment of a gentleman to a highly responsible office on some foreign station . Now , though I could not retract at my dying hour one single iota of the observations I made at that time , I nevertheless expressed my deep regret for the step I had taken , for
the greatest persecutors . " And this is ideo- confirmed by the conduct of the Protestants towards Kepler , Hugo Grotius , and others ; and I only declare to you openly , that if my friend Denison is not suffered to live in peace , I shall produce more example for strengthening the assertions of Hume , Tholuok , and Sidney Smith I I am , my dear friends , Yours affectionately , i Joseph Wolff .
I felt that it savoured of a spirit of persecution . I therefore not only communicated frankly my sincere sorrow to my friend the Kev . Doctor McNeile , of Liverpool , and also the Earl of Shaftesbury and others , but t « ok good care ever since not to appear again as an accuser , and stood aloof in the cases of Dr . Hampde ^ and the Rev . Cornelius Gorham ; and only a few months ago , when I was excited with indignation at the Popish practice prevailing , not in a society composed of members of the High Church or Tractarian party , but in a society composed of mem-, bers of the so-called Low Church or E vangelical party , I was abuut to protest openly against that Popish practice ; but on reconsideration of the whole matter , I wrote to a friend that I would not give trouble to my old friends , and I desisted from my purpose . and
But it is another thing to be & persecutor , another thing to stand up as the friend , defender , and advocate of a godly , p ious , philanthropic , zealous , devoted-servant of Christ , and conscientious pastor of his flock , as I consider my most excellent friend the Archdeacon Denison to be , and , moreover , an attentive read er of the Sacred Scripture . I was present , I say—I was his guest—when he was studying the subject of the Real Presence , and let me only state a dialogue which took place between him and me on that most important subject . z I said to him : " Denison , let us examine the sentiments of the Fathers on this point ! " Denison , in his usual manner , swung his arms about , and replied : "No , I have nothing to do either with the Fathers or tradition ; I shall stick to the Scripture !" And to the Scripture he only adhered ; and the
result of his investigation was , that tho packed commission at Clevedon , though they had perfectly made up their mind before they congregated to crush that excellent man , were forced to admit that his sentiments were not Romish ! What are they , therefore , I ask ? 1 hear that they are condemned as Lutheran . Let this be granted for a moment for argument ' s sake . Has the Church of England not decreed that any candidate for orders in tho Church of England may be ordained by the Bishop of Jerusalem by simply subscribing the Augsburg Confession t And was not Bishop Gobat exalted to tho sky by having offered openly in the Church of Jerusalem his right hand of fellowship to the Lutheran minister Valontiner , sent without episcopal ordination to superintend the Lutherans in Jerusalem ? Is a doctrine to be considered orthodox at Jerusalem and heretical at East Brent f
Let me declare openly to you , that if you succeed in depriving Archdeacon Denison of his endowments , you have deprived his poor parishioners of an affectionate and benevolent ehephord . I want to know whether the Rev . Joseph Ditcher would ever give up tho greater part of his parsonage for a school for the middle classes as Mr . Denison has done ? Alas I here is frequently a great deal of truth in what the infidels say , " that tho Protestants have at times boon
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PRINCE ALBERT . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sir , —Will you oblige your French readers by stating the offices ( with substantial incomes attached ) which are united in the person of Prince Albert ? ^ ... It will be interesting to know how far one so high in station has protested by his example against the immoralities of favouritism , pluralities , and sinecures ; vices which it is now pretty evident have largely contributed to sap the foundations of England ' s strength . Enquire u . Paris , August 25 , 1855 .
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SUNDAY TRADING ONCE MORE . ( To tlic Editor of Uie . Leader . ) Sir , —In a former number , " One of the Mob" sneers at my previous advocacy of a day ' s rest to the shopkeeper ; but he neither denies anything advanced , nor yet palliates anything I denounced ; indeed , he as completely mistakes my position as the mob do the whole question . The real question is , Shall we have one day in seven for repose or recreation , or shall we not?—it being understood , pay all tlie same . It we are to have a Sunday's rest , I beg to ask both " one of , " and the whole mob , Why are shopkeepers to be excepted from that regulation ? Is their labour
so light that they need to be lengthened m their hours , and days also ? or is it impossible that in s : x days the people c annot , if tliey will , supply themselves with all they require , swipes included ? I will not insult the mob by saying tliey cannot ; and it thus becomes a case of will . Now , if it is for convenience required of shopkeepers to labour at their calling on Sunday , pray , dear mob , do be consistent , and agree to do the same yourselves ; because it would be very convenient to your masters that you should do the same ; and mark , if the law did not protect you , competition and necessity would soon compel it .
There is ever some JeVv , or some Judas , who will be stepping over wholesome regulations , and compelling habits publicly injurious . The Factories Act both regulates the hours per day and the days per week to tho labouring class , and that vastly to their advantage ; and why we should be cut out of the same right or priviledge of law , is to one shopkeeper a complete mystery . Of course , I may shut up my shop if I choose , but if my neighbour does not , I lose what ho gains ; but if all are compelled , none lose , for all have the same chance of time . But it is useless
to argue for a day of rest , for none deny its advantages , both personal and social ; what I contend for , is the enforcement by law , in order that all may enjoy it . Of course , the " a / 7 " is bound by sheer necessity ; and I have again to affirm there is no necessity in the metropolis for Sunday trading , in either food or clothing . It is argued , " wages are paid too late . Let that bo altered then ; and the beat way of arriving at it is by a strict enforcement of " no Sunday trading , " and by an earlier closing on Saturday nights . One of tho surest signs of social improvement is a fitting of means to the end for social wellbeing ; tho retailers , as n class , are far too long cmployed already , and to add Sunday to their already too long six days' hours is too bad , oven for the mob .
It appears , however , the mob have no wish to injure tho shopkeeper ; but that their rest-day being advocated by a Loud is the whole cause of tho ob--jection to the Bill . A noble reason , truly , especially by that mob , who arc so prone to rush after aria tocratic sights . Have tho mob become democratic all at once ? Perhaps we may hear something of the Charter by-and-by , if we progress so favourably . John Holmeb , Shopkeeper . RiimocKitOBiw in SoMKRaicrsmRK . —At tho annual meeting of tho Somerset Archaeological Association , which extended over three days , it wna stated that tho remains of a rhinoceros and other extinct animals had
lately been discovered in tho neighbourhood of Taunton . Those reinainH were found embedded amongst northern trees , indicating that tho climuto in which th «\ y lived must havo boon much tho name a » it ia now in Eng land . Tmc Guvichnmknt a 1 Jai > Paymamtkic . - — Another poor woman , tho wife of a man in tho Land Transport Corps , has applied to a magistrate , to complain that nho has boon finable to got tho money which nor hu » hana has authorised her to receive out of his pay . It was stopped after tho first two months ; and applications at tho War Office and at tho ofllco of tho Land Transport Corps havo failed to bring any redress . Those chsos have become very frequent of late .
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THE IBADE B . P * ° - & *> Satttbpay ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 1, 1855, page 842, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2104/page/14/
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