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      3 kJ ^ ffr ^ ^ * tte " ™ ^ eE by Austria ; but lEII ^ g PB ^ ^ ^^ victory must be a gain to £ pB PiSSr / jy *^* her ^ " ^ opportunity for 3 E& ^^^^^ ^ tlHma ^ or the Western alliance ; but - llji |^^^' 8 lie ^ t ° a great extent be the 3 f ^ gBPl £ ff ffi r * % > whichever that ally may be . * V ^^ ra ^^^^ r ^^^^ tliat war can exist in Europe ^^^ S ^ m 1 t hape 8 rising among the oppressed nations ; (• u&inOTe strongly , if Spain should , make a fresh *|^ raf 'Ibfr -freedom . Great questions , therefore , i ^^ Iaun -the arbitrament of England . ^ Shoutld Austria aide with England , she must ^ accept protection against the encroachment of -I $ juf £ & ^^ : |> rice for their allegiance , is it possible that Bng-1 aWd ^ EUi ~ ne ^ lect to impress upon the young Emperor tWeStadioii policy , and the living model of ^ Swiduitet ; or would it be possible for Austria to | &SK 6 iild ; Austria elect to run the portentous risk ol ^ iij ^ ing Bussia to establish a new Muscovite . jl ^^^' suijh ,-_ an act of desperation ' would be a ' •/ i ^ j ^^ gteb att ihe provinces of Austria , while it ¦ ' " w ^ Mji l | &r £ ng ; a ^ Mh ^ an array of •;; i ^^^^|| Qi ^ ib * pae her to accept any support ' ¦< &gs $ mmB $ » resources that the state of Europe ; s i . ' ¦ •; ; ^ p ^^| | ; ^ ffafg 6 f , Baglft | d must be on tius ¦ v ' ¦ ' " - ; ; ^^ l ByPo fei * M ^^ , i » asons , the cry of every . * : ";• l ^^ lSEfcn now ought to he , "St . George and : ¦; * ¦*¦ ^^ -a ^ -fe ^ t--... k ¦ ¦¦ ... ¦¦ • .,. ¦/ . -

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      : ^^^^^^^^^ i ^^ l ^^ r y : t ' ' . - % § i || j |^^ of the % j&jtse ^^ the - ¦^^^^ & 0 ^ 0 t 8 g ^ a : approaching to unfairness ;; 1 flQt | wa / tnu ^^ we were mistaken in the ' facta , Itis no excuse to sny that into this mistp ^^ w # were had ihy a positive assertion in print , W ^ ic ^^ t themomeott it did not occur to us to ques-¦ 0 ^^ bOBd ^ tie cretr had been in service . six years . ; ' ^ Illl ^' point we welcome the ^ - ¦ ¦¦' .. - our

      . : ^ *^ lT < Hir ^ deao of wlat shoald be foreign policy so exactly coincide with those entertained by the navy , that I fede connacedjjoa Will allow me to point out an error in last Week's trader . You complain that the me . n belonging to f Tlutis are , -wftw serving six years , compelled to remain uj ^ r | b e ^ ^ e , 2 % <*« was conamissioned on July , 1850 f ioC ier-iiMn , therefore , have been employed more than « j years and a half , probably tvro-thirds have net served , 7 jnore than three years . These men . were entered for five ^ pSMUSf , jjmjl if needftl for six months more , at an increased . 3 S | p . J ^ opgeqoentlj tho majority of these men will not have ¦^ iprnjiJeied . j ^ h eir . term for more than two years . I do not fwHere'tne crew themselves consider their treatment harsh wi I 4 o not think the Admiralty could at this critical - ^ tincture have acted otherwise . , ; ., ^ U . mo 8 t excellent spirit pervades all men-of-war's men just now . They coote forward with « will to join the ships liilelr commissioned , and , though perhaps the merchant' . MsjDleQ hang back o > u account of tho high wages they rejtffi ^ i ,. I ambound t « say the hundreds of landainen who jhlyjei entered lately are most anxious to perfect themselves in tlieii duties before the spring . "

      entered at one of tie outports is allowed Is . 3 d . per day for rabastenee . When there are a lot of them , say fifty , a small Government steamer is sent , and they are bundled on board , given the day's allowance of provisions and nothing more ' . The steamer , perhaps , stays a day or two in port , and then proceeds . She may be a day or two on her voyage before she approaches a naval port . Now , sir , all this time these unfortunate wretches , who are probably suffering from seasickness , are lying ; about the steamer ' s deck without beds , blankets , or even straw . Is this a scene likely to fascinate our young men with the service , or to disgust them at once ? If beds cannot be found by the Government for our volunteers , let a few be borrowed from the gaols . It might not be amiss ta mention , that when troops are embarked for a day hammocks and bedding are supplied by the dockyard . " Bat why should our Admiralty ignore the use of the railroad ? In nine cases out of ten I am confident a great saving would be effected , if the men were at once sent down to their ships . The cost would be under 11 . a Lead in most oases , and you wonld save the subsistence money , the wear and tear of the steamer , coals , Ac ., &c . I believe the Admiralty baa partially adopted . this system , as men from the nortbern ports are now sent by railroads . I Lope soon to hear those from Dover and Yarmouth are equally fortunate "

      Our correspondent touches , upon another point , not Jess deserving of attention ; for assuredly nothing ^ can be more important than ta preserve the efficiency of the recruiting staff by giving to it its due rewards : — " Again , let mo contrast the miserable parsimony of the Admiralty uf the allowances that are made to officers en-Hating seamen . In the . army an . officer is allowed 2 s . per diem for subsistence and lodgings ( no very horrible extravagance ) , and It for every man he enlists . A naval officer

      is allowed nothing when at a naval port—say Plymouth or Portsmouth—the Admiralty alleging that he ought to live on board the gnardsbip . At a mercantile port—say Iiveipool— -he . receives 7 s . 6 o \ a day ; a sum , I do not hesitate to say , insufficient to pay for board and lodging . Their lordships thiflfc otherwise , as I hear they have reduced this aHoirance to 5 s . lately . Unfortunately for our lieutenants , mere board and lodging is the least of their expenses ; in order to procure seamen the same liberality must be shown that is exercised by private shipowners . Jack will not

      talk to you about shipping till you ask him to drink a glass of grog . Quakers naturally will say this is a horrid state of afiairs , and that it is better to get no men than to get them by such means . If so , let the Admiralty recall all the officers from the outports , and save their paltry 5 s . a day . Bui if not , let them behave with the common liberality which a private company would show towards its agents , and we shall hear no more of the scarcity of merchant seamen in the omtports , or of naval officers being deterred by the expense from raising , seamen .

      "I trust my next letter may give you a detailed account of the taking of Cnraatadt . " Our 'correspondent signs himself " Patriot , " a name he is rally entitled to use ; indeed , we are confident that there is many a man bearing her Majesty ' s commission who is on that account not less , but more entitled , to call himself the servant of his country ; and if the country cripples the zeal of . its servants by stinting their means for

      action / how can it expect even the most patriotic of its officers to execute the duty according to the necessities of the country and the dictates of their own hearts ? We want such , seamen as England can furnish , -whether they are already afloat or to be sought ashore ; and we want them to be officered by men who feel that they have the confidence , as well as the commands , of their country .

      . We have no doubt of it ; and the sole object of pur remark , was to insist upon the principle of following out as much as possible this volunteer spirit ; for nothing can be more valuable , -whether / afloat or ashore . W e still think that it would be harsh and impolitic not to extend , in spirit aa well as in letter , the a-dvantages of the improved naval 8 V 8 tein to the old hands as well as to the new . If there is any superior advantage , it should be on the side of the old hands even before tho new . With respect to the particular case , our objection is fuLly answered by our correspondent . He follows up his correction by excellent and practical suggestions respecting the class of landsmen : — "A man under 5 foet G ^ inches \ s rvjectod , though frequently such a man ia in every way inoro qualified fir hard work tlia-n a man standing » omo two indiea higher . A mm

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      OMISSIONS IN THE SPEECH . IRELAND ; AMERICA ; EDUCATION . Tub omissions of the Queen's speech are not less remarkable than the points which it includes . Ireland is overlooked , ot rather perhaps we might say , that the omission of the word " Ireland" from the speech , proves that it is more fully included than it used to be when that island stood for separate mention . England is not mentioned , nor Scotland ; the Sovereign was speaking for the United Kingdom , and happily , distinctions which used to separate Ireland from the two sister kingdoms , are passing away " . Henco there is no necessity to repeal the union in the royal speecft ^ by mentioning Ireland us a separate dependency , distinguished from the oth

      against us ! It has beeii ^ discoveTecIrindabdj that her navy is not so strong afloat as it is on jpap « r but we all know the resources of that Kftpublic ^ its unconquerable spirit , its prompt action . . W ^ all know , too , unhappily , that there are "gjues * tions" which our Government keeps open and sore , and thus it might happen that differences between the Governments should arise . If so , let us say , without any craven . apprehension , that the paths of English commerce would no longer "be undisturbed . How interesting , therefore , would

      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¦^¦¦^¦¦¦^ MaWBHBHB United States of America—that power of all others whose friendship is most important to this country at the present juncture . Save France , there u not a power on the Continent who . can cope with our navy ; none except Russia which would vm *; ture even to contend against uauat sea . Wha ¥ France , England ^ ad-th ^| LJnite ^ States are together , commerce ifr ^ 9 $ ( Nfllft& ^ -SSJX ' foe that lither one of these , th >^^^^^«^ ingle handed , destroy . Howi ^ oferj ^ nt if . Jung&ca wera

      it be to the public of this country to receive from the Sovereign of England assurances , corresponding -to the assurances on those very points of differences which the President of the United States recently made to his own people intones of the most friendly spirit towards Elhgland ., Is it possible that Lord John Russell ' s literary , spleen against Mr . Everett can animate the Cabinet , and make it turn with coolness towards the Government of the best friends which England can hope to possess f ; ¦¦ " ,- '

      Upon the third omission in the speech we can put a more obvious and hopeful construction — -Education is left out . A measure on tfcat important . subject bas been expected , and indeed promised , from , the present Ministry . Scothind awaits a measure , and on practical grounds . Influential men , almost in an official posit ion , have recently been showing that education in this country ; would be the means . of preventing , juvenile crime , and of checking those mistaken disturbances of industry in the north . The working classes cry aloud for education ; the educated classes insist upon it . At Liverpool , the rector of the town ana the coadjutor Catholic

      bishop were , joined with a leading liberal Unitarian , a Presbyterian , a Scottish " Baptist , and the fiery Low-Church Hugh M Neile , in declaring that sectarian differences might be overcome to carry education down to the vqung and erring of the humbler classes . Why , then , is it that Ministers hesitate to bring forward that favourite measure ? We say that , conjecturallj , we can explain their delay . It may be that they regard the public as spontaneously working out the difference that divide it , and as employing the interval still left in a fermentation which wUl

      introduce life and harmony in the body politic , to prepare for the reception of a more ample and energetic measure . No movement out-doors is more pregnant with future consequence than that which Lord Ashburton has set on foot , in offering prizes for the teaching of common things ;* and the account of this plan is opportunely published in a separate and substantive form . In tuition , generally , it is

      the custom to teach more set knowledge out of books , little of the things by which we are surrounded , and which we have to use for the practical purposes of life . Mechanical laws and the proper use of tho ordinary implements of lifephysiological , laws , and the proper arrangements for health—economical laws , and the proper management of limited means for the comfort of the family—are omitted , in favour of information respecting events that happened a long time ago or a long way off . By giving prizes to teachers who can teach " common things , " and to students who show aptitude for learning common things , Lord Ashburton takes a step towards bringing popular education directly to the point of applied knowledge . It is another instance of the manner in which public opinion is preparing the great , education question for tho more effectual treatment by the State . Lord Pulmerston ' s reply to the deputation on juvenile offender proves that Ministers are not dead to educational subjects , though they are onl y represented in the speech by the least comprehensive section—University reform .

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      11 ' Sgyj > 8 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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      * AshYmrton Prizes for tho teaching of " Common Things . " An account of tho proceedings at a moetiug between Lord Ashburton and tho elementary schoolmasters assembled at Wiiic . Jicstor , on Friday , Doc lfl , 1 S 53 . vrith a correct . report of tlu * aridruHHen rioli ' veletl on that ocension , and a < I « -Uiiled schema or U » e prizes oll ' urod . Groombridge and . Sons . ft . Paternoster row . 18 f > i .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 4, 1854, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2024/page/12/