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      thus . much to you , because the question at the present time —a question Vhich 1 fear will be muck debated before -we come to a solution of it—is not whether education ought to be given so much as of what kind it ought to be . But , whatever ottr views on this subject , we ought all to endeavour to promote that system of edocation that we approve , because the people of England have not at present either the amount or the quality of education that they ought to receive . " Lord John then made out with arguments and statistics that there are at least one million of children who do not receive any education , yet -who might be educated same what , if looked after , irrespective of the disputed question of secular or religious education , . Let them be looted after by all means .

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      THE PIMLICO CHURCH BATTLES . A i > BPDTAxrpN having laid before the Bishop of London a resolution passed at a vestry meeting- on Eaffter Tuesday , respecting certain practices in the church of St . Paul ' s , Wilton-place , bus lordship has replied by letter , stating that he would inquire into the allegations made ; and that be shall forbid the curates to make unauthorised'and strange obeisances to the cross placed on tie communion-table , and will require them to rend the service audibly and distinctly as tlie law enjoins . Mr . Xdddell has published a long letter repudiating the resolution of the vestry , " ontlie ground of its

      utter informality , " and contradicting its statements . He denies tbat"tlie congregation of St . Paul ' s u collected from variousf parishes / ' and alleges that oat of 1000 rented sitting * only 109 are let to aonpanshidners . He points to his crowded congixjgattou Its refuting the charge that ** the services are offensive to the majority of Chureli people in the district . " The difference between the service as it wall and as it ; now is consists , he says , in its t ) eing a IGbB ^ hol ^' « eryice . He has never heard an un-BOiuxd- ' ^ ocifc ^ ge uttered by his curates , and denies that ' ¦ |^ p- | ai ^ t&Hniaijr read inaudifelvi The assertiipii ; . ; pt || HEiJipg . , the alnis ' -chest , lie says , is simply sa ^^ G ^ y ^ trn ^ . Incite , seeing that he has been

      publicly Billed with the charge of Popery , whilst taring to . ^|^ l ; hi 8 arduous duties honestly and unobtrn ^ ively ^ aod that his diocesan has aot repelled the csutrge , pe challenges Ms accusers to meet hint in a egittxt- 'i 0 ^ atf and concludes by sayings—? - Hepei lien , I take nay 4 tand—that all the services in my churoh ^ u ^ Uwful services . I have accumulated evidences that they are blest to my people , and I will not give them up in the way demanded by your memorialists . 1 appeal to thelajras the only sure , sate way to vindicate my owncha-» cter . IT I am proved wrong in court , I shall gladly bow to m ^ sentenee ; if righf / l shall be saved from future vazations upon these points , as will your lordship and the Church also . "

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      THE ANGLO-GALXIC ALLIANCE . It is not only at official banquets that the satisfaction of the English and frenchmen « t the union of jthej ^ p nations findit utterance from the lipsctf an ajnbassador or a peer . 1 'he same sentiment is found elsewhere . Quite recently , M . Eugene Tissersnd 7 one of the commissioners sent by the French -Government into Aberdeenshire to look about him and learn what famous Scotch agriculture is like , iras entertained , on taking leave , by several farmers and proprietors at Alford . Of course there was speechmaking } but the dinner itself is signi ^ cant of much . M . Tisseraiid had lived at Tallyfour with Mr . M'Combie , and there he had seen to the best advantage how cattle are reared , fed , and grazed , and how farms are managed in Scotland . Mr . M'Combie said he looked upon M . Tisserand as a brother . He had neyer heard Lim speak a , foolish word , and no one had ever seen him do a foolish action . He had performed with bis own hand almost all the operations of the farm . But the speechmakingvr ^ not confined to personal compliments . The gnlLont Scots proposed the health of the Emperor , and to this , of course , M . Tisserand made reply . His main topic vaa the new alliance—the sympathetic movement which is always increasing and reaching the heart of l ) oth nations .

      tory and one absorpiion of nationality . . The beautiful conquests that every nation must attempt to make are those which are the result of superiority of intelligence , of wisdom , of laws , and of perfection of their institutions . Every nation has to conquer everywhere what can afford prosperity to its agriculture , commerce , and industry . You see that the French Government makes no other war with Great Britain ; and I am proud to be a soldier of its young and peaceful armyhappy to have bad this country for a field of battle , and delighted to have had for opponents gentlemen as distinguished and as kind as you . How happy I shall be to speak to my relations , to my friends , to my countrymen about your kindness and your noble and generous feeling to France . " { Emphatic cheers . ' )

      *' ^ Don't you s « e , " continued the commissioner , "that this feeling is infiltrating itself in the blood of « very one , and is found as well ia individuals as in the Governments ? Is not that the most sure guarantee of the union of our countrios ? Until the hist few years the spirit of both nations was quite different . Tho war of Franco with England was a national oae , and the Government of one or of another Power became unpopular as it tried to make end to our eternal dissensions : that is what we read in the annals of our bloody history . But now you see with what unanimity and enthusiasm both

      nations approve the alliance of their Governments . ThLa in the groat revolution , the great change , for which we mtust very deeply thank God . Now , the union of France and Oreat Britain ia a national one . No more fears , then , for tUe future time—civilisation will prevail ovor barbarismthe time of conquest is paased over . Yes , gentlemen , the time of conquest a won by the abuse of power and by ambition 13 past . But there are yd conquests , and more glorious conquests for n nation , than them * yet made by- our fleets and wmies , and of which the conclusion i 3 oae increase of terri-

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      THE PRESTON LABOUR-BATTLE . { Pram our CoifespondentJ ) Preston , Thursday . The central committee of li and-mule spinners , selfacting minders , turners , an 4 rovers , ia their weekly circular , take the following review of the last phase of the Preston contest : — " The newspaper press having , during the past week , propagated the report tiiat the great labour struggle in Preston is at an end , we feel called upon to state that so far as the spinners and minders are concerned , such report is wholly without foundation , for never since its commencement did they occupy a more favourable position than at the present time , and it only requires a continuance of that support they have hitherto received to crown their efforts with complete success . Of this you will be satisfied whea we inform you

      that whatever else may be the result Of this contest , to defeat them is impossible . You will see , notwithstanding , from thft resolution of the delegate meeting , "that every means will be tried to secure a speedy and satisfactory settlement of a dispute in which all branches of factory workers of Preston have , by their peaceful demeanour under trials of unprecedented magnitude and duration , earned for themselves ttte admirati « n of the rclicle civilised world ; of this we shall say no more , but will add , for your information , that a remittance of 371 . has been received from the workpeople of Fall River , Massachusets , United States of America , accompanied by aft ^ Jiddress , approving of the manner in which the struggle had been conducted , and containing an assurance of further support . " Among the resolutions passed at a meeting of this committee , held at Chorley , on Sunday last , is the following : —

      of which they have not endeavoured to dispute ; having found all our efforts unavailing , and knowing the Btrength and powers of support we possess , we are determined to maintain this contest for junxCK : we invoke the aid of labour throughout the kingdom , and thus convince theeir .-plojeis that the spinners ana minders are not yet the crushed and soulless things they would make them . " In their balance-sheet for the week the Spinners ' Committee state that , " the spinners stand firm in their demand ; the employers have made no

      movement towards effecting a reconciliation , hut are daily widening the breach by discharging -weavers be . cause they happen to hare a cousin thrice removed among the spinners , who manfully declines to " bow the knee to Baal . " From this document it appears that the spinners have received 745 / . 17 s . 0 § d ., out of whicli they have expended 738 / . 9 s . 7 Jd . in the relief of 2801 persons , carrying the balance ( 7 / . 8 s . 5 < 1 . ) into the Inexhaustible Box .

      From the balance-sheet of the Amalgamated Committee ; it appears that that body has received 323 / . 149 . Old . from the public , of which \ 00 L has been subscribed by the Metropolitan Trades' Committee . The weavers' balance-sheet discloses the fact that 4913 hands were ^ relieved by that body last week , at a maximum rate of Is . per head . The total income

      of that body was only 301 / . 14 s . l&d ., of which Blackburn ( the great prop and stay throughout the struggle ) has only contributed 30 / . In the address prefixed to the balance-sheet an account of the liabilities incurred , by the committee is given , from whicli it appears that 1 O 06 & 10 s . is still due to various parties . The committee make an earnest appeal to the districts that a levy of twopence per loom may be made to enable them to pay off this

      sura . last evening a meeting of the Blackburn operatives was held upon Blakey Moor , to take into consideration the coarse to be adopted there , and it vras estimated that no less than six thousand persons were present . The chair waa takenby G . E . Whittle , the secretary to the Blackburn weavers , and compiler of the standard list . The speakers were all against resorting to the expedient of a strike , and recommended the people of Blackburn to pause before they brought their own town to tbe condition in which Preston , then was . After a resolution had been carried sanctioning a weekly levy of twopence per loom in aid of Preston , the chairman urged tbe operatives to submit to the terms offered by tlie

      master , and accept the assurance that when truce amended the ten per cent , should be restored . An operative in the crowd moved , " That the operatives in the various mills where the reduction takes place only vork four days per week , until the present rate of wages is restored ; but in mills where the wages are not reduced , the operatives work as usual . " To this aa amendment was moved , to the effect— " that we work as usual until the affairs in Preston axe settled , when the subject may be again brought on for consideration . " ) : Ultimately the resolution to work only four days was carried ; the operatives appealing to consider that short time is the only pledge that the masters are sincere in urging a necessity for reducing the ten per cent .

      Next Sunday there will be a great meeting of spinners in Manchester , when the future conduct of the Preston spinners will be decided upon .

      "That the committee of spinners and minders of Preston be recommended and empowered by this meeting to wait upon the committee of their late employers , to see if a satisfactory arrangement « annot be arrived at , bat in the event of their not succeeding in procuring an interview , the workmen be empowered to wait upon their respective employers for that purpose . " In accordance vith this resolution , the following correspondence took place : — * ' Comuxifctee-rooms , Preston , 8 jji May , 1854 .

      u , — As we , the spinners and minders of Preston , h-ave ever had great desire to bring the unfortunate dispute which has so long existed between us and our employers to an amicable conclusion , which migEit be satisfactory to both parties , we once more appeal to you , the Committee of the Masters'Association ^ for an interview , for the purpose of drawing to a conclusion the long-contested struggle in which we are . engaged ; for v « have beea a long time willing to conclude this unhappy dispute by accepting an average of the trade . This we consider to be fatr and honourable . Hoping for an answer , I remain , your humble and obedient servant , " Thomas Baitks , Secretar y . pro tern . "

      Master Spinners Association Committee-room , May 10 th , 1854 . " Sir . —I am directed by tlie Preston Committee of the Masters Association to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8 th instant . The Committee may add , that a considerable number of spinners and piecers have already resumed work , and oan only recommend th « se still wishful for employment , to seek for any information they may require at the respective mills . —I remain , sir , &c , " James A . Ewksi , Secretary" Mr . ihomas Banks . "

      So far as I am al ) le to gather , individual masters are taking very vigorous measures to supply the deficiency of skilled labour caused by the resistance of the spinners . Trained spinners are being engaged in Glasgow and elaewhere , and in many mills the common hand-mules are being fast converted into self-actors . In spite , however , of these facts , the spinners remain firm , and have put out a manifesto of their intentions , from whicli I select the following passages as the most important : —

      ' If twenty or thirty thousand people could be supported for 80 long a time , sureJy , nmv ou . r numbers are reduced to three thousand , tlie united trades with a small subscription each will enable us to continue this contest till the masters of Preston give eorncthimg like the same pricca for labour . aa the majority of the manufacturing districts . " Tho jpress of this country has Baid muck about the flomands of the operatives , but they never slio- \ v us why tlie masters of Preston should not pay tho same Tor their labour as other pLaces . i

      ii nr _ ^ _ .. _^ l l . »_ - _* _ . i i f * i » " We det-ply regret tine misery and distress now impending over the town of Preston ; the famishing poor which muat ere long crowd to the overseers' oirice : the bankruptcy und ruin looming over tho tradesmen , ajid the dismay that begins to be felt in all classes of . society ; but knowing , alas ! too well , tho miserable prk « we receive ) fur our lubour in comparison with other towns , having earnestly requested tha masters to refer our claims to arbitration—claims the ju . « tico

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      "W . B . V DEFENCE . It has been reserved by fate for the yeomen and gentlemen of Saffron Walden , in Essex , to receive Mr . William Beresford ' s verbal defence of himself , in respect to his conduct as regards the Derby bribery business . He met these jolly constituents of his at the ina , rket ordinary on Saturday last , and having : satisfied the inner man in their portly and robust fashion , they listened to and cheered him while he pourtrityed himself , as no one else could pourtray him , in his own words .

      The first part cf his speech , to his " good , and tried a . nd true-hearted friends , the yeomanry of Essex , " was a defence of hiq silence , and a description of himself as a man marked for a year , the butt of party virulence , the victim of party caluinny . What a great man he is in his own estimation may bo gathered from this , that he traces tho attacks of the Free-trade journals to his protectionism , of the Paseyite journals to Ins uncompromising championship

      of the Protestantism of tho Church , of the Papist journals to the determined support he has given to the Protestant institutions of the country , and of " Baron Hothschild ' s journal" to the equally determined support ho has given to the Christianity of tho land I What an Atlas ! They hoped to ruin him , but could not ; and now the time has come when even his enemies must admit that they maliciously assailed him . And now ve must give his own words : —

      " Tlier * are two points in connexion with this matter tlwt I wish to lay strongly before the constituency of Esuex . Tho first ifl , that I did not take on myself my own defence . When tho accusation wux made I kept silenco , and this wus turned to my disadvantage by tho animosity of my enemies ; but the f « ct was , that when thefirat accusation came of iuy

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      440 THE LEADER . [ Sat ^ Rday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 13, 1854, page 440, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2038/page/8/