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for the settlement of this great national question . Mr * B . W . Smiles , the secretary , read a large number of letters which had been received from members of Parliament and friends of educat ^ n , and among them two from Lord Stanley and Mr . Cobden , which expressed hearty concurrence in the objects of the meeting , and regretted that previous engagements placed it beyond their power to aid the cause with their presence on that occasion . Mr . William Entwisle moved the first resolution , ¦ which ran thus : —" That , although Parliament , by allowing : the capitation gTants of the Committee of Council on Education , has affirmed the necessity of additional efforts to extend and improve national education , and has sanctioned the principle of making direct payments out of the public funds in aid of the education of children according to their school attendance , it is the
opinion of this meeting that the provisions of the Committee of Council on Education are not adequate to the national wants , and that in granting direct aid for educational purposes the amount of such aid , the schools to which it should apply , and the specific conditions upon which it should be granted , ought not to be left , as now , to the varying , minutes of the Committee of Council , but should be determined by an act of Parliament ; and that for the obtaining of such an act the friends of national education ought to combine and make the moat strenuous efforts . " The Rev . Canon Richson remarked upon the inaccuracy of those educational statistics which are commonly quoted by the advocates of the voluntary principle as proving that education has made great progress within the last forty years . The speaker contended , on the contrary , that allowing for increase of population , the ratio of school attendance in that period has decreased from one in . ten to one in thirteen . He
concluded by moving a resolution embodying these views , and urging the necessity of legislative interference . Mr . J . A . NicTiolls moved , and Mr . C . E . Cowley seconded , tie third resolution , which was to the effect that all parliamentary grants should he defrayed out of local rates and administered by local authorities , elected by and out of the ratepayers . Sir J . P . Kay Shuttle worth made a speech in which he supported the views contained in this resolution ; and the Iiev . Dr . M'Kerrow moved the fourth resolution : —" That although , in * the opinion of this meeting , it would be unjust in administering any local rate , in aid of the schools built l > y voluntary effort , to interfere with the management ,
discipline , instruction , or inspection of such schools , otherwise than to secure the specific objects of such aid , yet it would be equally unjust to disregard the conscientious i ^ Untn of parents in respect to the religious education of their chnhrcnrt , <« of th . e ratepayers in respect to their paying for forms of religion to which they object ; therefore this meeting considers that the only requirement pertaining to instruction which , as a condition of receiving such local aid , ought to be demanded , is a prescribed amount of secular instruction ; and that the religious instruction ought to be left to be superadded , or otherwise , at the discretion of the school managers , but that no child ought to he compelled to learn a distinctive religious formulary to which his parent conscientiously objects . "
_ In seconding this resolution , Sir John Pakington vindicated the advocates of secular education from the charge of wishing to encourage infidelity , and said he believed them when they stated that all they wanted to do was to separate the inculcation of religious doctrine from the tuition of the intellect . Still , he thought these gentlemen did not sufficiently consider that the kind of homes from which the poorer classes come are hardly the places where religion is likely to be taught . He added : —" Previous to his visit to Manchester in November , he received a communication from that distinguished man to whom reference had already been made —lie meant Mr . Cobden—suggesting to him , as ho would have an opportunity of communicating with the leading members of both the educational bodies in this
city , to undertake the task of putting an end to the unhappy differences , and finding a common ground upon which all might unite . When he proposed a conference , in consequence of what was suggested by Mr . Cobden , some three or four gentlemen were deputed from each side . ^ On the day after he delivered his address , they met in conference ; and he was not going-too far when he said that this great difficulty , which had puzzled and perplexed England for years , and which , again and again , had been pronounced to bo insuperable , was solved by seven or eight gentlemen in a discussion ( hat did mot occupy two hours . " . ( Ajylmise . ') Sir John Pakington then explained the terms upon which they had como to an agreement , and which were the same aa those embodied in the resolution he was seconding .
The last resolution was to the effect that Sir John Pakington and Mr . Cobden be requested to persevere in Parliament with a measure for the promotion of education , based upon the principles previously moved . All these resolutions were carried unanimously , and the meeting separated .
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STANISLAUS WORCELL . On the 9 th of this month the last honours were paid to the remains of the lamented Polish exile , Stanislaus Wokceix , by a deputation of the proscribed patriots of France , Germany , Poland , and Italy . An eloquent and affecting address was delivered over the grave of the departed exile by M . Ledru Roitjn , who exhorted his proscribed brethren to derive courage and consolation from , the noble memory and example of departed virtue rather than despair from the passing triumphs of victorious crime . M . Ledru Rollin spoke -with generous emotion of the antique honour , the inflexible austeritv ,
the brave-hearted simplicity , and the unostentatious abnegation of Stanislaus Worcell , who , born in the lap of opulence and luxury , had sacrificed wealth , rank , possessions , the favour of princes , and even family affections , to devote his energies unreservedly to the great cause of freedom and humanity . M . ledru Rollin concluded with a stirring appeal to the united devotion of all who desired the same end—however they might differ about the means—to the common cause , whicli was nothing more nor less than the elevation and happiness of the human race .
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STATE OF TRADE . The general reports from the manufacturing towns throughout the kingdom continue to show h steady trade , but on the average there har been less animation during the week ending last . Saturday than for some time previously . At Manchester , the demand has fceen dull , and rather lower rates have been accepted , the state of the Liverpool cotton-market still inducing great caution . The Birmingham report describes no alteration in iron . The tone , however , is rather less firm . At Nottingham , there ha 3 been an unuusually large business in lace , and the transactions in- hosiery have likewise been satisfactory . In the woollen districts , prices are well maintained , and employment has been general , although scarcely so active as during ; the preceding week or two . —1 'imes .
About two hundred and fifty colliers liave turned out at Silverdale , in North Staffordshire , for an advance of wages . They ask for the return of 6 d . a day which was taken off some few months back , when the price of iron was lowered in that district , the price having since then risen again . The turn-outs have held several meetings , and with the men of one colliery arrangements are said to have been made ; but the rest refuse to go down the pits again unless their wages nre at once raised , instead of being kept at the present rate until the 1 st of next month , as desired by the employers .
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IRELAND . THE Tiri'ERAUY BANK . A motion , made before Itaron ( xrcene , in chamber , that the conditional order obtained for liberty to issue a writ of scircjiicias against Mr . Vincent Scully , M . I ' ., be made absolute , was ordered to stand over till next term . The conditional order was granted on foot of a judgment obtained by Mr . Walker ns public officer of the Ncavcastle Iliank , against the official manager of the Tipperary Bank , for the sum of 25 , 000 / . Pjiotichtant Edl'CATion . —Tlic Fermanagh Reporter states that tlic ignorance of the Protestant young men of that part of the country is so groat that they are positively unfitted for the position of policemen .
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AMERICA . The question with respect to the alleged corruption of some of the membra of the Washington Legislature continues to be the chief topic of conversation in the United States at the present time . Mr . Simonton , the correspondent of the New York Times , who made the original accusations , has been placed under arrest by the House of Representatives , for refusing : to disclose to the Committee of Inquiry the names of the persons who communicated to him the facts on which he based his accusation . His refusal ho explains by saying that it would be a breach of trust to mention the names of his informants . On being arrested , he gave notice to the Serjcant-at-Arms of an action for false imprisonment , and a
writ of habeas corpus was to have been applied for to test the power of the House to keep in custody a prisoner for contempt ; but the House an < l the Senate thereupon passed , with the utmost celerity , a short bill giving the power disputed . Another witness haa been captured in en cleav . ouring to fly from the city , and four others who will be called have resolved to defy tlic Committee . " The contest , " says the Times INew York correspondent , " develops a rather surprising amount of ancient Toryism latent in the Conscript Fathers of the Republic : the language used in speaking of the press sounds very like echoes of tho clays of Eldon and Castlcrengh , of which tlic hurried bill just enacted liaa some little trace . "
1 he same writer says that " tho Senate has again discussed the . Atlantic Telegraph Hill , with an amendment limiting the aid to bo given to the undertaking by tho United States to that furnished by tho British Government under its first contract . Lt was passed on the 22 nd of January . The only disturbing anxiety about the line is , that no guarantee can bo given for its use in timo of war . Tlio termini nre on British territory , and it ia conceded that this ia unavoidable ; but the possession of one of them ia not enough to socuro the communication . Mr . Seward stated his belief that tlic telegraph would prove ono of the greatest agentk in preventing war . " ( iencrnl Harvey bus declared Avar against tho Florida Indians . —It in doubtful whether Mr . iSumncr Avill bo able to sit in the Senate , his election to which lie lias accepted . His health has never been restored tince the attack made on him by Mr . lVeston S . JJrooks . JIow-
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A man who , together with his wife , was arrested a few days ago at Coggeshall , Essex , under suspicion of their stealing- some silk from their employers , suddenly staggered and fell down dead as he -was about to be removed in custody . The wife has since been examined , and admitted to bail . The man had been suffering some time from disease of the heart ; and the inquest has terminated in a verdict of Natural Death . A lamentable occurrence has taken place in the Lord Effingham Saloon , Whitechapel-road . Mr- Abrahams , the landlord , and his wife , with several other persons , were sitting together in the kitchen , when a large
quan-ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A pouter at a houeo of business in the City has been killed by ono of tho ' points' on the South-Western liAilway at tlio Nino Elma Station flying off and striking him down .
tity of brickwork fell into the room through the roof , which was then undergoing repair . Mrs . Abrahams and a female friend both received some severe contusions on the head from the falling matter , and were otherwise seriously injured . Two -workmen who were employed on the roof at the time , laying down a leaden gutter , were precipitated downwards , a distance of sixteen feet , on to the lower dwellings , by the falling in of the upper part of the high wall and some of the slatework of the roof-The four sufferers were immediately removed to one of the bedrooms 5 they were all in a frightful condition , bleeding profusely from the injuries they had received .
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estimated income was 1 , 200 , 000 ? ., and was in excess of the expenditure . The Customs' revenue was in a prosperous condition , a highly favourable change having set in during the last six months . The accounts from the gold-fields are of the usual prosperous character . At Horley River , however , a sad catastrophe has occurred , five Scotchmen having been buried alive by the earth falling in upon them as they were working a tunnel Melbourne and its vicinity have been visited by a wind and sand storm surpassing in intensity any which had been previously experienced in the colony . Considerable damage was occasioned by it .
In addition to the tragedies in the 40 th Regiment , stationed at Melbourne , which we related a fortnight ago , some other lamentable events have taken place at the same settlement . A police-sergeant , named M'Nally , has been shot dead in endeavouring to secure a desperate bushranger ; and another policeman , named Moore , who was assisting him , was wounded at the same time . A much worse business , however , took place among some of the convicts confined on board the hulks at Williamstown . One of these convicts is a man named Melville , alias Smith . He is a notorious ruffian ; but , by affecting a great deal of religious fervour , he obtained a remission of his sentence , 5 n the form of removal from the hulk No . 1 , the President , where the discipline is the
most severe , to No . 2 , the Success , where there is more indulgence . A gang of the prisoners had been on shore at " Williamstown , to break stones , and ; about five in the evening , fifty of thent were ordered into a launch , to be towed back to the ship . A small boat , manned by four men , refractory sailors condemned by the magistrates , was attached by a rope to the launch ; and by hauling on this rope the convicts in the launch brought the boat nearer to them . Owen , one of the boatmen , called for help , and Jackson , shiplceeper of one of the hulks , rushed forward through the convicts in the launch , but was instantly thrown overboard by Melville . He swam back , but Melville held him for a time under water . Another of the seameu was also thrown overboard , and his brains were beaten out by one of the convicts . Several more
seamen were thrown into the water , but they were ultimately saved , as was Jackson . One of the convicts jumped out of the small boat and was drowned . The rest cut the tow-rope , and put out to sea , Melville standing up as he passed the last hulk , and exclaiming , as he kissed his hand , " Adieu , Tictoria , at last ! " But he was doomed to disappointment . Shots were fired from the hulks at the fugitives , and one was killed and another wounded . A boat from ' the hulks , and a waterpolice boat , gave swift pursuit , and the convicts were overtaken after going about eight hundred yards . Melville says he knew that the odds were as nine to one against him : but be is tired of life , and so determined to run the risk . All the fugitives ( nine in number ) will be tried for the murder of the seaman whose brains were beaten out .
AUSTRALIA . Mrs . Donaldson , the new Treasurer at Melbourne , Iiub submitted tho Ministerial budget to the Assembly , lie Haul that at the end of 1855 the deficit in tho revenue was not less tlian 120 , 000 / ., 1 ho no-cumulation of former deficits . The present Administration intended to raise 150 , 000 / . by terminable annuities . The prospects of the country Avoro cheering . The
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Febrtjaby 14 , 1857 . ] TH-E'LEADBR ; ' 149
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1857, page 149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2180/page/5/
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