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    LORD FALMERSTON AT ROMSEY . The annual meeting of the Romsey "' District Labourers' Encouragement Association" was held at Komsey , Hampshire , on Tuesday . Lord Palmerston ¦ was the hero of the day , and gave away prizes to a great number of labourers . He then made unto them the following speech : — " I have very great pleasure in being president of this useful institution , and it has afforded me infinite gratification to see so many of the labourers here having , by their good conduct in every possible way , earned the rewards which have now been bestowed upon them . It is unnecessary , in addressing those who have distinguished themselves as you have by your good conduct , to say

    anything touching that course of conduct which is calculated to secure personal comfort and respectability , and to call down upon man the approbation of his neighbours . But , nevertheless , it is always well that people should bear in mind general principles , though in addressing you , -whom Providence has placed in the labouring classes , it may not be out of place to remind you that the distribution of wealth and- poverty—the arrangement by which there are comparatively few rich and comparatively many poor , is the condition of the ¦ world in which we live , and that no human institution can alter this arrangement—can make all the poor rich . It might be possible to make all the rich , poor , but the condition of comparative poverty is a condition which ,

    by the arrangement of this world which -we inhabit , must inevitably be the lot of a great portion of the human race ; but , although it has been tlie pleasure of our Maker in a world which is a -world of trial and transition , and not the ultimate destiny of mankind—though it has been the pleasure of our Maker thus to subject a great portion o f the human race to trials and . privations to enable them to . qualify themselves for that future state which a"waits them , yet Providence has not been niggardly in those qualities which are calculated to secure to man that happiness which awaits those who well conduct themselves here , for all the good quali t ies of human nature—all ttie qualities of mind—all tlie qualities of intellect , all the qualities of heart—everything that tends

    to dignify human nature , and to enable men to distinguish themselves in the condition in which they have been placed— -these qualities have been sown broadcast over the human race , and are as abundantly dispersed among the humblest as they are among the highest classes of mankind . You will find that all children arc born good . It is bad education or bad associations in early life that corrupt the minds of men . It is true that there are now and then exceptions to general rules ; there are men who are born-with clubbed feet , there are men who are horn blind , there are men who are born with personal defects ; and so also now and then it will be found that children are born with defective dispositions ; but these are rare exceptions ; and be persuaded of this , that the mind

    and heart of man are naturally good , and that it depends upon training and education whether that goodness , which is implanted at birth , shall continue and improve , or ¦ whether by neglect , or bad education , or bad associations , it shall be corrupted and spoiled . Now , therefore , the first thing you would naturally infer from this is , that it is the duty of all parents to see that their children artwell and properly educated— -that they are early instructed , not merely in what is called book learning , in reading and writing , and things of that kind , but that they are instructed in the precepts of right and wrong , that they are taught the principles of their religion , and their duties towards God and man . Now the way in ¦ which that can be done is by the father and mother

    building up their course upon that which is the foundation of all goodness in social life—I mean a liappy home . Now no homo can bo a happy one if the husband is not a kind and affectionate one to his wife and a good father to his children . ( Cheers . ) For that purpose ho must avoid two great rock a upon which many men in the humbler classes of life make shipwreck—I mean the tobncoo-nhop , and the beer-shop , and publio-houso . The tobacco-shop ruiii . s his health , disorders his stomach , and loiula to all kinds of disease . Well , if ho wore a man living in a desert inland , dependent upon himself alone , it would be his own look out . Ho might then ruin himself , if h « pleased , and just as ho pleH . sed \ but the labouring classes must roinombor that their health and strength is tho wealth of thoir family , and if they ruin tlioir health and strength by intompomnc : o of any kind , they ant not merely

    injuring themselves , but doing irro , iarablo dimnago to tlio ^ o who are dependent upon thorn . So much for that great lino of tobacco , in which hoiiio men unfortunately , to their detriment , indulge . Hut the bcor-Hhop aiul tho publiohoiirto go much further in tlioir bud eoiisiirmcuees , because tho habits thorn contracted not only loud to tho < lu | Jtrmlntioit of tho individual and tho impovcririhineiit . of bin family , hut lead also to ollem'tv-wind crimes which in their romlt tend to pluuo u man in the condition of a IVlon nnd a convict . No man who indulges in drink can fail to fuel dogrmlod when ho recovers from bin iiitoxiontioii : mid that degradation—that hoiihc of diifrrjirtiitlon — leads him again to drown bin onro In ronowed iiitoxicjitlon ; and from at , op to rtUsp hu fill In to tho lowoul , possible condition in which a man v . un bis . Don't imagine when J am naying t . heso things 1 am not , perfectly uwnre they attoct , not thosut 1 havo Lliu plenums of uddre . s . siiitf . No man would huvo 001110 horo to-day to receive

    the rewards of good conduct who had not been perfectly free from , these things . You are entitled by your good conduct , and the position in which you have placed yourselves , to give good advice to your neighbours , who have not been so fortunate as you have been , not so alive as you have been to your duties to yourselves , your family , and your country . It is gratifying to see so many men who have , in the various pursuits of agricultural industry , entitled themselves to these rewards ; hut there is one circumstance connected with the list of prizemen which is peculiarly gratifying to me to think of . I mean that among you there are a certain number who have lived so long in the employment of particular masters that you have shown that not only those who have

    so lived must be most deserving men , and therefore have done honour to the class to which they belong , but the fact of their having lived so long with particular masters does equal honour to those masters with whom those labourers have so long remained . " He here selected eight instances from the list of prizes , and continued : — " Those eight servants have , on an average , lived thirty-three years -with their respective employers—a fact which does the highest honour both to the employer and the employed—• which speaks volumes in favour of the farmers who have engaged them , and the men by whom they have been served . I trust that next year we shall have even a larger assembly of prizemen than on the present occasion ; that

    the example of these prizemen who go forth to the ¦ world ¦ with the honourable marls of the approbation of the committee of this institution will serve as an inducement to others to imitate their example—that the good conduct of the labourers will more and more entitle them to the respect and consideration of the farmers who employ them , and thus .-the two classes who so mutually and necessarilly depend ori . each other will find their relations more and more cemented by mutual consideration and respect—a degree of things most important and beneficial to the interest of the nation at large . He proposed ' Success and Prosperity to the Labourers of Hampshire . '"

    At the dinner in the evening he made a characteristic speech in responding to " Her Majesty ' s Ministers . " " I can assure yovi that your worthy mayor has not , in any degree whatever , overrated the desire which animates her Majesty ' s Government to promote to the utmost of their faculties that system of progressive inw provement in every branch of our social system which it must be the object of every enlightened statesman , to follow out , and which it is so greatly for the'interests of the country should be fully developed . In that respect , however , 1 can hardly take credit to her Majesty ' s present Government for any zeal or success greater than have attended the efforts of successive

    Governments for now more than a quarter of a century ; for it is a remarkable and most gratifying circumstance in the condition of the country , that whereas in previous times the labours , and the time , and the attention of statesmen and Parliament were chiefly occupied hi convulsive struggles for the retent i on on the one band , or the obtaining on the other , of political power , for the last quarter of a century , and somewhat more , the attention of the Government of the day has been directed to internal , social , . and legislative improvements ; and Parliament having seconded their efforts , the greatest possible progress has been made in everything that concerns the welfare and happiness of the nation . The result lias been that although we have within no distant time had

    to contend with great privations , from famine in one place , from . scarcity in another , and are now involved in a war which requires every effort the nation can make , tho greatest loyalty and contentment reign throughout the length and breadth of the hind—that we hear no more of conspiracies and insurrections , but that the nation seems animated by one common feeling , that Government is carried on for the benefit of tho whole , and not for tho partial interests of individuals nnd classes , and that those who nrct charged with its administration dovote tho bent faculties of their nature , and the most zealous attention , to do all that is possible to increase the comforts of tho people , and secure , the prosperity of Lhc nation . ( Applause . ) The present

    Government , however , has eertauily upon its hands n work of greater msponmbility , a work of deeper importance , a work of ktrgor—I tnist not insurmountable—diniculty than has devolved upon any administration since the dosing of tho hint war . On thin occasion tluiro has boon no ( liU ' oronct ! between tho Executive ( Jovcrnnuint and tho country , except , t . liin , Unit tho ( . iovernment clung to tho hopes of pence long nl ' tcr tho country hud made , up its mind that war was inevitable — ( ii / iucr * ' ) — but in thai respect , 1 think tho country will not , find fault , with tho ( Jovcriiinont , because it wa ^ clearly tho duty of IIioho who were charyiid with tho fort , iiuoh and destiiiioH of a ixroat .

    notion to postpone to tlici lulost . period tho dreadful nll . cruativo of war . Tho oount . ry and ihoCJoveriinioiit have both comu to the conviction that it , wan neooasary to draw tho . sword for thu purpose of maintaining principles of tho utiiioht , importance ! to Llio woU ' nro of mankind—for tho purpose of not , only supporting tho won Ic utfuiiiNt . thont rung , and protecting tlni oonniiomiil and political interests of an ally , hut . for supporting llio sacred principles of international ri ^ 'ht , which , if violated in one case by a powerful ( jiovtMiunciit , uK'iinot . a weaker neighbour , would bo drawn into 0 , precedent , ami load to a ( lood of injustice whiili , Mi > oncr or lfitor , would luivo cwuc tw our own

    doors . { Long continued cheering . ) There never was in the history of the world a more honourable spectacle than that which has been exhibited by the British nation . "We have embarked in a war and are fighting , side by side , in honourable ambition , with a po-wer that in former periods we were only wont to met hostilely in the field . ( Clieers . ) We trust that that new companionship , cemented by the blood shed in action , and confirmed by those laurels which will be intertwined in victory , w ill long endure ; and that the two great nations which are at the summit of civilization , not only in Europe , but of the world —two nations most worthy of the esteem of each other—will , as the result of the resolution of the Government and the country to engage in this contest , be for ever bound together in terms of friendship and affection . ( Tremendous cheering . ' ) Anticipating that whatever may be the difficulties and

    dangers of the conflict—whether it may be long or whether it may bo short , the result , can be one , that is , that the arms of Kngland and France reared in combat for tho cause of justice and truth , for the cause of liberty and of national independence , not seeking conquests for selfish objects , but for those of the most noble and generous character—I cannot but feel confident that the result , come when it may , will be such as will gloriously crown the efforts which the nation has made , and -will place the honour of this country—Avill place the character , dignity , and well-being of this country—upon a surer and firmer lbasis even than that on which > they have hitherto stood—( great applause )—and when the people will look back upon the sacrifices they have made , they will feel that the result has fully justified the means that were used , and they , will feel that they have been rewarded by ample success for all the exertions which the Government has called upon , them to make . "

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    THE LOSS OP THE AKCTIC . Details of the loss of the Arctic steamer have arrived from time to time . More have been saved than was at first anticipated ; nnd no doubt more would have been saved had not the officers , and crew , and the male passengers , preferred their own safety to that of the women and children . Out of upwards of 400 only 88 have been accounted for . Captain Luce , the Commander , was saved , and he thus reports the loss to Mi \ E . K . Collins , tho chief proprietor of the " Collins line , " to which the Arctic belonged : —

    " Dear Sir , —It has become my most painful duty to inform you of the loss of the steam-ship Arctic , under my command , with many valuable lives , I fear among whom must be included your own wife , daughter , and son , with whom I took a last leave the moment the ship was going down , without myself expecting to see the light of another day to give you an account of the heartrending scene . The Arctic sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday , Sept . 20 , at 11 a . m ., with 233 passengers and about 150 in the crow . Nothing of especial note occurred during tho passage until Wednesday , 27 th , when at noon we were on the banks , in lat . 45 . 45 , and Ion . 50 . 00 W ., steering west per compass .

    " 1 he weather had been foggy during the day , and generally n distance of half to three-quarters of a mile could bo seen , but at intervals of a fevr minutes a very dense fog followed by sufficiently clear weather to seo one or two miles . At noon I left , tho deck for the purpose of working out the position of the sliip . In fifteen , minutes I heard a cry of ' Imrd a-starboard' from tho officer of the deck . I rushed on deck , and had just got out when , 3 felt a crash forward . At tho same moment I saw a steamer under the starboard bow , and the next moment slio . struck against our guards and passed astern of u . s . The bows of the strange vessel seemed to bo literally cut or crushed off for about , ten feet , and fjecing that aha must inevitably sink in a few minutes , and taking a hasty glance of our own uliip , and believing we wore comparatively uninjured , my llrnt impulse was to endeavour to Have tho lives of tho . se on board thu sinking

    vessel . " Tho boats were cleared , and the first officer and aix men left with one bout , when it , was found our ship was leaking fearfully . The engines wore net to work , bilgo injections put on , steam pumps jind the four d « ck pumps worked by the pas . songors and crew , and tho whip headed for land , wliioh I judged to ho about iifty miles distant . Itcing compelled to leave my boat witli tho fir « t oflicor and crow to talus oaro of tliemnelvos , several ineffectual attempts won . ) made to check tlio leak by gutting suilrt over tins bow , anil , llmlln ^ tho look # '" ' ' >> " <> on uh vory fast ., notwithstanding all our powerful meant * of keeping her free , f resolved to get tho bonts ready , and us lunny ladies and oliildren placed in thoni art pomublo ; but . no sooner had tho attempt . Imkiii "i'i ( l « than tho firomen and others tumIkmI lulu thorn in Hpite of all opposition .

    _ ..,,., "Wooing this Hluto of things I or . lcrtvl llio boats to bo veorod OHtorn by ropes , to l . o kepi I" readiness until order could bo Huniciwhat nistoro . l , when to my dismay I hhw thorn cut the ropo in llio boul , " ¦ " ! soon < liHi . ppear UHtaru in tho fog . Another boot wu * i . n . ken down by puraoiiH riialihiK into her while hii » Kl »« »<¦ »»« < l"vlttS and many were pn-clp lU «« l !»< " lll ( f h « " ""( l « lr . <)« no « l . Thin occurred while I hml boon < . hKi « h « j . I 111 K « ' «» "K «¦»" Htnxhonnl ^ nard-bout nm < ly , iiml placed tho hooond ofliccr in cliume of her , whim tho mum : fearful Hcono n »

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    m November 4 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1035

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 4, 1854, page 1035, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2063/page/3/