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Leader (1850-1860), 3rd July 1852, Edition Country of 1, Page 9, AN ACCESSION TO DISSENT. The Reverend J....

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      Have We The Right Of Public Meeting? Me....

      been suddenly suppressed by the presence of a body of mounted and armed police , who will neither permit persons reasonably to converse together , nor arrest them when thus engaged , but arbitrarily listen to , interrupt , and separate such persons , without assigning a reason , or giving them the opportunity of trying the question by law . That this meeting considers the capricious and unexampled interference of the police a dangerous , infringement on the right of public speech afforded by tho common , law of England , and is determined to make a stand against an act that is at once aggressive , illiberal , and unconstitutional . "

      The meeting he saw before him gave a direct denial to the calumnies which had been uttered by the Home Secretary . The men who were in the habit of meeting in that spot weekly had never outraged public decency . When their representative ( Mr . G . Thompson ) appealed to the Home Secretary on tbe subject , that functionary had boldly asserted that indecent , obscene , and blasp hemous language had been made use of , to the annoyance of the locality . The Home Secretary must Lave been misinformed , as he had stated that which was at variance with the truth . It was no doubt an attempt of the Tory government to put down public discussion . They no doubt would like to introduce the acts of Lord Castlereagh ; but public opinion would soon convince the Derby Government that such an attempt would very soon be put down . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . James Savage seconded the resolution . He had written to the Home Secretary , and after waiting fourteen days , got for answer that Mr . Walpole considered the police justified in the step they had taken , never taking the trouble to say under what law they had done so . A . S . Ayrton , Esq ., spoke in support of the resolution , and was loudly applauded . He had heard the persons ho saw before him accused of blasphemy and obscenity . The decorum he saw gave a flat contradiction to such a foid calumny . ( Hear . ) It was most essential that at all cost the right of public assembly should be vindicated . There was no law which

      sanctioned the late unprecedented interference of the Home Secretary . ( Hear . ) The police had not the power to interfere , unless sanctioned by the law of the land . The police were not to be the tools of the Government , but the servants of the public , out of whose funds they were paid . ( Hear . ) There was only one way in which lie could account for thejate !' attempt to disallow meetings on that spot , and that was that it-was a part of the crown lands . If this was the ground upon which the Home Secretary had interfered , then the people had the House of Commons to appeal to , aud by which he hoped they would get redress . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., had travelled in many foreign parts , and he had always found his countrymen protected in propagating their peculiar views as missionaries , even at the expense of running down the religion of the country in which he was residing . It was hard if the same liberty was not to be found at home . He regretted that the reply he received to his remonstrance from the Home Secretary was most vague . It had been reported , by whom lie could not remember , that blasphemous and obscene language had been used at these meetings in Bonner's fields , but upon what , particular occasion he could not ascertain . ( Hear . ) He trusted that whoever might represent them in tbe next parliament would make it their business to move for every tittle of evidence upon which this arbitrary and illegal step bad been Liken .

      Mr . W . Newton having spoken in support of the resolution , it was put and carried with acclamation . Dr . Oxle . y then moved , and Mr . Thornton Hunt seconded , a resolution , to the effect that a deputation be _iippoinfod to wait , upon the Home Secretary with a copy of" flu- prc . co . ding resolution , which was unanimousl y agreed to , and a vote of ( banks having been 'Warded to the chairman , this large and most orderly meeting dispersed . We understand that , subscriptions are being collected to defray the expense of any legal proceedings which this Oriental freak of the Kiiinfly secretary may necessitate .

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      1miogknss Of Association. I'Sta Dmsmm Kn...

      1 MIOGKNSS OF ASSOCIATION . i'STA DMSMM KNT _<>!' ' TIIK NOKTHKKN CO-OIMOUATI VIO ll N ION . '; adjourned conference , comprising representatives Iroiu the several co-operative societies of Leeds , _Hrad'hi-d , Halifax , Pudsey , Yeudon , Wilsden , Uingloy , and _Ihiwarfh , was held iii Huudford , on Sunday hist . Mr . Ihihues , of Leeds , occupied the chair . A draft of rules

      b > r the management of tbe proposed union , fo be denominated ( J , ( , « Northern Union of Oo-operafivo Societies , " wns _aubniiffed to the meeting , and , with a few v , 'i'bul alterations , agreed to . It , wiw also resolved , ' ¦ hut the seat , of the central committee , for the first year , _nhould be located in Leeds ; and a . list of names '" gentlemen , well known for their services , in tbe cause of association , together with the president of each

      1miogknss Of Association. I'Sta Dmsmm Kn...

      society in the union , was agreed to , as forming the executive for the first year . After about three hours deliberation , the conference broke up , the unanimity of their deliberations being a favourable indication of the future usefulness of the union . Mr . Lloyd Jones , of London , was present , and , at the request of the chairman , made a few explanatory comments on the new law of industrial trading societies , which is now only _vj _& iting the : rpyal assent to . become . law .,

      Illegal Flogging In The Navy According T...

      ILLEGAL FLOGGING IN THE NAVY _According to the Portsmouth Times an unusual act of cruelty was perpetrated last week on board one of the Queen ' s war steamers at Portsmouth . The victim was a boy of " the first class . " He was placed on the back of one of the men , by the orders of the first lieutenant , and held there while another man flogged him with a cane . The pain made the sufferer struggle hard to free himself , which he effected ; tbe lieutenant ordered two men to replace him in his former position on the other ' s back ; the " horse , " however , being unable to hold the boy in tbat position , tbe lieutenant called the quartermasters to seize him up to tbe Jacob ' s ladder . The boy was accordingly so seized , and triced

      up by his wrists and ancles , bis feet not touching the deck ! The said lieutenant then directed the caning to proceed . After a time the caning was suspended by the order of the lieutenant for a few minutes , and then recommenced ; the castigation was after a time stopped a second time , and ultimately recommenced : after this the boy was cut down , and confined under the after part of the main deck ! This conduct is a violation of the Admiralty instructions . It is said the captain of the ship w as not acquaintetl with the proceedings . It is stated that the steam-ship in question is the ftetribulion , and the officer whose conduct is likely to become the subject of judicial inquiry is her first lieutenant , G . O . Willes .

      Paul Cullen Enthroned. In The Church Of ...

      PAUL CULLEN ENTHRONED . In the Church of the Conception , at Dublin , Dr . Cullen was enthroned with all due pomp and circumstance . From an early hour a large crowd of people , of all creeds and conditions , had collected in front of the chapel in Marlborough-street , anxiously waiting to catch a glimpse of tbe procession as it passed from tbe gate at the south side of the building to the grand entrance at the east . Shortly after 11 o ' clock a procession of the clergy , headed by the dean and chapter of the diocese and the other clerical dignitaries , & c , all clad in their richest robes , and preceded by the cross ,

      issued from the main _entrance and stood at the summit of the stops leading to the front portal . A crimson cushion was placed in front of the steps , bearing a gold crucifix , and at either side stood the acolytes with lighted tapers . The street in the vicinity of the church was crowded with thousands of people , whose subdued and reverential demeanour evidenced their deep sense of the solemn nature of the occasion . At halfpast eleven precisely the Archbishop arrived in his carriage , attended by his chaplain , the Bev . Dr . Ford .

      His Grace was robed in soutan and rochet . On issuing from bis carriage the Archbishop knelt at tbe front of the steps , and then ascending , he was received by the Very Bev . Dean Meyler , the Venerable Archdeacon Hamilton , the Very Rev . Dr . Yore , the Rev . Dr . A . _O'Connell , the Rev . Dr . Cooper , the Rev . Dr . Lamm , and other members of the chapter . The crucifix was then presented to Dr . Cnllen , who sainted with reverence the emblem of our salvation . The procession then formed , and passing round the north side of ( he church entered tbe sacristy , where a throne was prepared for

      the new Archliisnop . The Lev . Dr . Ford read tbe Papal rescript affirming the election of the Most , Rev . Dr . Paul Cullen to the urebiepiseopufo of Dublin , and an address , on the part of fhe dean and chapter and parish priests oft . be archdiocese , was then read , and presented to bis ({ race , with ihv _. following title : —"' To his ( Jrace the Most Kev . Paul , Lord Archbishop of Dublin , and Primate of Ireland , Ac , Delegate of the Apostolic see . "

      The procession then again formed , and issuing- from fhe sacristy , proceeded round the walls of the church lo the principal entrance . His Grace walked beneath a canopy of while satin trimmed with gold , supported by the Lord Mayor , . 1 . Reynolds , M . P ., . John O'Connell , K . Kelly , T . C ., ' ll . W . \ Vilberloreo ,. und M . Krrington . The choir , chanting the Tt ; _fJeniti , headed the procession which entered the church mid advanced lo high nlfiir , where the ceremonies wore proceeded'with .

      This procession , be if observed , took place out of doors , in . sight of the public at , large , and within a fool , of the common pathway , from which fhe processionists were only separated by an iron palisading ; so that , strictly speaking , the cevomomeH were cimlhietl to the precincts of the ehapol , and consequently , hy it nice _dis-

      Paul Cullen Enthroned. In The Church Of ...

      tinction , there was no breach of the act of Parliament for the suppression of religious displays in the Queen's highways .

      An Accession To Dissent. The Reverend J....

      AN ACCESSION TO DISSENT . The Reverend J . E . Gladstone has addressed a letter to the Bishop of London , announcing his secession from the Church , and his acceptance of the charge of the new Free Episcopal Church , at -St . Mary Church , Devon , which is a meeting-house recently built by Sir Culling Eardley . He assigns as his reason , that the late decision of the Arches Court establishes the bishop ' s power to prohibit any clergyman from preaching , without assigning any reason . He considers that the contest in which he has been engaged with his lordship , has been on behalf of the liberty of presbyters ,

      against the irresponsible and unlimited domination of the prelacy . He acknowledges that he has the alternative of seeking the reversal of the sentence hy the judicial committee of the Privy Council , "but , " he continues , " as it appears that the great body of the clergy are content to abide in a position wdiich I cannot but think to be one of galling slavery—in which , though under the vows of God ' to preach the Word , to be instant in season and out of season / they are liable to be stopped at any moment , even by the private whim or pique of a bishop , who is not bound to give any reason for his _" _proccdure—it does not seem to me to constitute my duty to carry tbe matter any further . "

      University Of London. A Committee Of The...

      UNIVERSITY OF LONDON . A committee of the Senate , consisting of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the University ( Lord Burlington and Mr . Shaw Lefevre ) , Lord Monteaglc , Sir James Graham , Mr . Grote , Dr . Arnott , Mr . George Corncwall Lewis , and Mr . Senior , have presented their report to the Senate , concerning the proposals submitted to that body' by the committee of graduates . These proposals are—first , that the graduates shall be admitted into the body corporate , in conjunction with

      the Chancellor , Vice-Chancellor , and bellows ; secondly , that the _graduates of a certain standing shall have the right of meeting in convocation , of discussing any subject , and of recording its opinion thereon ; but with no power of interfering with or annulling any acts of the Senate , except in the cases of surrendering or accepting a charter ; thirdly , that the graduates shall bave tbe power of submitting to the Crown a list of persons , not necessarily graduates , from among whom a certain proportion of all future fellows shall be selected .

      The report proceeds lo explain the " fundamental principles which distinguish this university . In tho first place , its charter holds forth an encouragement for pursuing a regular and liberal course of education to all classes and denominations other Majesty's subjects , ' without any distinction whatsoever ; ' in the second place , it depends mainly on the public funds for its support ; and , thirdly , it is an university which does not teach by lectures , but testa by examinations . " It was created , in the words of its charter , ' for tho purpose of ascertaining , by means of examination , the persons who have acquired proficiency in literature , science , and art , by the pursuit of a regular and liberal course of education , and of rewarding them by ucudcmic . d degrees and marks of honour . '

      " Its duties are to define the length of study which is lo be considered ' a regular course of education ; ' to fix Iho subjects and times of examination ; to recommend in certain cases to the Crown institutions from which candidates are . to be received ; to appoint examiners ; and to confer the degrees and marks oi' honour to which those examiners report the candidates entitled . ' If has , therefore , no professors , no tutors , no jurisdiction over the students in the allilintod institutions . It meets from time to lime , in apartments provided by ( ho

      _Governmcnl , to perform its important but simple duties . " The committee go on to say that , they have every reason to believe that , up to the present time , these duties have been , on the whole , satisfactorily performed . They feel considerable _diflieulty in proposing any change in a constitution which appears to work well , and that the peculiarity of that constitution increases this diflieulty , by depriving them of the aid of experience . They think that , the examples of the older universities , these being institutions principally for fhe purpose of education , not , of examination , are inapplicable .

      "The older _English universities , " they urge , " are bodies of great wealth and extensive patronage , comprehendingmany persons of different clnsscs entitled to share in their revenues , enjoying their social and literary advantages , and resident ' under their jurisdiction . Constitutions giving to Home of these classes a part , in the government of u corporation which presides over their moral and social , and intellectual , and indeed over their pecuniary _interosts , seems natural and almost necessary . " Tho claim of the graduates of ' the University of London fo participate in its government does not rest on those grounds . " < . To fhe first , proposal tho committee see no objection ; and , so far as if would facilitate the grant ol" the Parliamentary franchise , and a representation in fhe House of CommoviH to the graduates , tbey givti it , their cordial approbation .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071852/page/9/