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THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858. 871
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and taking from his lordship her written reply, her plitical. THE PRESIDENT OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD
Majesty read aloud, amid breathless silence, as ON EDUCATION
follows : AT the anniversary festival of the Bear School Club
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,— IHE COUNCIL OF INDIA. Charity at Devizes, the Right Hon. T. Sotheron-
I accept with pleasure your loyal address, and I thank ON Friday week the members of the new Council on Estcourt, ALP., the President of the Poor-law Board,
• for the cordial welcome with which I have
yOU sincerely India assembled in the boardroom in which the Court
and one of the stewards of the charity, was present,
been received.
of Directors have been for years accustomed to hold
It is highly gratifying to me to witness the opening of and took part in the proceedings. Mr. Goddard, M.P.,
this noble hall, a work well worthy ot yTiur active industry
their meetings, at the India-house, in Leadenhall- presided at the annual dinner, and on " The Health
and enterprizing spirit, and while it will reflect a lasting
honour on the town of Leeds, I feel assured that it will also , street. Lord Stanley, the Secretary of State for of Mr. Estcourt " being given, the toast was received
secure to the thriving community whom you represent.t India, arrived at the India-house half an hour before and drunk amid loud cheers.
the important social and municipal advantages for which i
the time of meeting. The members of the Council
is designed. Mr. ScirtiEaoN-EsTcounr, having expressed Ws
present were :—Sir Frederick Currie, late chairman unabated interest in the institution, proceeded to
The mayor, with the mover and seconder of the
address, had then the honour of kissing hands, after of the Court of Directors ; Sir Henry Rawlinson, say :
which each member of the corporation was presented General Sir Robert Vivian, Sir Henry Montgomery, It is of great importance at a time when the nation is
to her Majesty by name. Mr. J. P. Willoughby, Mr. Wm. Arbuthnot, Mr. Mills, spending nearly 1,000,0001. a year in order to promote the
The Town Clerk then read to the Prince Consort spread of education that whenever gentlemen may meet
an address to which his Royal Highness made a Sir James Weir Hogg, Mr. Elliott Macnaehten
together to celebrate the anniversary of anything con-
suitable reply, in the course of which he said : Captain Eastwick, and Mr. H. T. Prinsep. The first' nected with an educational institution, the true objects of
six are nominees of the Crown, and the remainder education should be clearly and distinctly pointed nut,
It has afforded me the greatest pleasure to have been
are elected elected members. Sir John Lawrence, one of the so that it may be properly comprehended and thoroughly
present on the occasion of this first visit of your Queen to
eight nominated members, was of course absent, as understood that as Englishmen we do riot think the duties
Leeds; and I have been deeply touched and gratified by
witnessing the enthusiastic display of loyalty and affec, was also Sir Proby Cautley, another of the Crown of education are properly discharged merely by instilling
knowledge into the minds of our youth, but that we also
tionate attachment to her person and family which has nominees. The whole of the elected members were
co. nceiv. e it to be necessary to form their habits and prin.
marked her reception. in attendance, except Captain Shepherd, who was
ciples in order to give to education its full and legitimate
The interesting and imposing ceremony of knight- absent from indisposition, and Mr. R. D. Mangles, effect. Gentlemen, I cannot but fear that unless some-
ine the mayor was then performed by her Majesty, who is understood to be on the Continent, and absent thing of this kind be better attended to, we shall in some
who, taking the sword from Sir Charles Phipps, and from a similar cause. Sir George Russell Clerk, degree, if I may be allowed to coins word for toe occasion,
laying it upon each shoulder of his worship, as he K.C.8., and Mr. Henry Baillie, M.P., the late joint- unnationalize our people. What have hitherto been the
knelt before her, pronounced the magic words which Secretaries of the Board of Control, who have been characteristics of Englishmen? Granting that we are
conferred the dignity,—" Rise Sir Peter Fairbairn." appointed Under• Secretaries of' State, were also blunt, outspoken, rude, and uncivil--granting this, and a
Sir Peter then rune and retired to the foot of the dais present. thousand other things that foreigners might tell of us—we
amidst the unbounded plaudits of the whole assembly. The sitting, which lasted upwards of two hours, have always displayed among our national characteristics
singleness of purpose, stubborn heroism for the right, an
The Earl of Derby then, stepping to the front of was occupied chiefly in settling the future mode of
aversion to everything that :ooked like shirking a danger i
the dais, said, amidst loud and prolonged cheers : procedure ; and the President, in exercise of the
which we ought to meet ; and, above all, we have always f
authority. conferred
.upon him by the act, divided the I
am commanded by her Majesty to declare, in herpowerfully hated dishonesty.' These, gentlemen, are all
Council into committees, for the more convenient characteristics which may he inculcated by education, and
Mojesty's name, that this hall is now opened.
transaction of business, and also nominated the Vice- which certainly ought not to be lost sight of. I cannot help
On this announcement the Hallelujah Chorus fond-
President, selecting for that office from among the thinking that something more is wanted than has hitherto
lowed, at the conclusion of which her Majesty, the
Council Sir Frederick. Currie, the late chairman of been obtained fur the purpose of instilling into the minds
Prince Consort, the Princesses, and suite, conducted
the East India Company. of the generation now in course of instruction those great
by the mayor and the movers and seconders of the Those departments under which the several corn principles, those excellent habits pertaining to us as
addresses, and attended by the architect and the
mittees will range are three in number—namely, Englishmen. I believe, too, that the course of the public
town clerk, left the hall by the north-west door, and mind is a little turning to this direction. I observe that
first, Finance, Home, and Public Works ; second,
proceeded to examine the Crown Court, the Borough from those who have a right to speak upon the subject
Political and ilitary ; third, Revenue, Judicial, and
Court, and the Council Chamber, on the ground floor ; some reference to these points have lately been thrown out,
Legislative.. The members appointed to serve on and I think there is no person to whom such sentiments
slier which they ascended to the second floor by the
the Committee of Finance, Home, and Public Works have been expressed but must allow their full force and
flight of steps immediately to the right, and entered
. are Mr. Charles Midis, Mr. E. Macnaghten, Captain truth. I ask any one interested in this great question of
the mayor's rooms, which had been prepared for their
Shepherd, Sir Proby Cautley, and Mr. Arbuthnot— education to go to this school and examine the pupils on
reception and entertainment. Luncheon over, her
the first three being elected members of the Council, the general knowledge they possess, and their amount of .
Majesty returned to the hall, when, of course, the
and the last two nominees of the Crown. To the ligious instruction, and to say after doing this, and perusing
re-
same enthusiasm as before characterized her recap- and
and Military Committee have been assigned the admirable report of Dr. Wilkinson, whether the
bon and departure. At once entering her carriage great problem of middle-class education has not been
Sir John Lawrence,i Slaj‘orGeneral SirßobertcVivian,
her Majesty proceeded through the main streets ofsuccessfully solved fur more than a century in this town ?
Sir Henry Riw inson, , r. Willoughby, and aptain
leeds, and entering the Wellington station resumed
Eastwick. Thu first, four belong to the category of
re akin
right hon. gentleman concluded by
her journey journey to the north, reaching Edinburgh at 7.'26
nominated members of the Council, and the last, pressing his earnest wishes for the continued pro-
the same evening. At nine o'clock the following .
morning the Queen left Holyrood, and at, six p.m. Captain Eastwick, to that of elected members. The sperity of the Bear Club Charity.
members constituting the !Revenue, Judicial, and
arrived at her Highland home, there to find a brief
Legis:ative Committee are Sir James Weir Hogg,
respite from the cares which press on royalty, and MR. ROEBUCK AND MR. MONCKTON MILNES
Mr. Mangles, Sir Frederick Currie, Mr. Prinsep, and
the pageantry which surrounds a throne. AT SHEFFIELD.
Sir Henry C. Montgomery—the first four being
Lord Derby is with the Court.
elected, and the last a nominated member. The THE annual banquet, which inaugurates the acces-
-- Council is composed of fifteen members, besides. the.
The inauguration banquet was given by the Mayor - • sion to office of the head of the corporation of the
President, so that they have been equally spread
of Leeds, Sir Peter Fairbairn, to about three hundred cutlers of Sheffield, was given on the 2nd instant by
over the committees. In some cases it will be ob. • _
of the principal inhabitants and visitors, ladies and
served that the nominated. members preponderate in the master cutler, Mr. Robert Jackson, who is also
gentlemen, who had been previously invited to the
the committees, and in others the fact is the reverse ; mayor of the borough. Mr. Roebuck, M.P. for
inauguration. The banquet took place in the large
but a glance at the names of the gentlemen appointed Sheffield ; Mr. R. Monckton Milnes, M.P. for Pon-
hall, which will virtually be known by the name of
to serve on each. will be. sufficient to convince any
"the Town-hall:' His worship the Mayor, on whom refract; Mr. Basil Woodd, M.P. for Knaresborough;
one conversant with the history and character of each
her Majesty had a few hours before conferred the
individual member that they have all been selected arid Mr. W. Wood, M.P. for Pontefract, were amongst
honour of knighthood, presided over the repast. by the Secretary of State with a rigid regard to their the principal guests. 1
special experience and aptitude for the business in In responding to the toast " Mr. Monckton )
THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CONSORT are at present the departments to which they have been assigned. Manes and the House of Commons," which was pro. I
at Balmoral, having arrived there on Wednesday It may be stated that the Secretary of State is ex- dosed by Alderman HooLE,
from Leeds. The Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, pressly empowered to rearrange the committees from Mr. R. M. MILNES, M.P.—who said he did not
and Princess Louisa—the two latter having joined time to time, and generally to direct the manner in know how he could talk of the House of Commons
their royal parents At Darlington—are also at which the business shall be transacted. without in some degree passing the political boundary,
Balmoral. The whole of the business of the Home Govern- unless he talked of the House of Commons at. sea—
His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES IS ment appears now to be transacted at the house in thus alluded to the senatorial trip to Cherbourg .
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staying at Richmond-park. Leadenhall-street, and little or none at the Board of . e
had a pleasant trip to Cherbourg. There was only
PRINCE ALFRED, who having passed an examine Control. The official apartments heretofore occupied one slight drawback ; and that was the continual fear in
tion has been admitted a naval cadet, has obtained by the chairman of the Court of Directors have been the mind of every member that, by some contrivance or
two months' leave of absence, and is about to proceed assigned to the use of Lord Stanley, the Secretary of other, the worthy member for Sheffield might be carried
to the Continent, on a visit to their Royal Highnesses State, and he attends at the India-house for the off from us, and taken to some French fortress fur the re-
the Prince and Princess of Prussia. transaction of business from clay to day. There, too, minder of his life. We all knew well what he would do
HER MAJESTY has presented Count Beckler, Sir George Clerk and Mr. Baillie, M.P., the Under in that case. There is no power that could manacle him;
Marshal of the Court of the Prince of Prussia, with Secretaries, have removed their quarters; so that the and, knowing how you appreciate him, lam sure no effort
or ransom would have been thought too much to recoser
a valuable snuff-box. Her Majesty has also given new Council, with its necessary adjuncts, may now
him. But, at the same time, the very notion was painful
540110 thalers (18,0000 to be distributed among the be said to have got fairly into working order. to us, and when we saw him on deck reading the Edinburgh
Review, amid salutes from thousands of cannon, perfectly
servants at the Palace of Babelsberg, and a similar The scheme of consolidation of the establishments
sum to the poor of Potsdam. in Leadenhall -street and at the Board of Control, unconcerned, we thought what a misfortune it would be to
THE
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left town on propounded by Sir James Melvill and Mr. Leach, is l„,, my excellent friend and your worthy member. The / I
Monday for Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, still under consideration, and little or nothing is impressions he has given us of Cherbourg were not exactly •11
Bucks, known out of doors in respect to it. In the meantime, mine, because when I was there I was waited on by a 'rely
The Right Hon. J. W. HENLEY left town on until it shall have been settled and made public, handsome daughter of Normandy. I received every kind-
some natural anxiety is felt by the employee in the ness and civility from the French Government and people,
. and I should not think it right to criticize severely any--
The Marshal Duke of MALAKOFF has returned to
London from France. different departments, whose interests it will mate
thing we saw. Some fifty or sixty years ago Burke re- t
rially affect. preached some gentlemen of his time who were struck
Viscount and Viscountess STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE with the marvels of Cherbourg, and compared them to the
and the lion- Misses Canning left their residence On Wednesday the Council again reassembled,
il.
ill e • anti in the course of the sitting, which lasted upwards ,
1 rojans who admired the Grecian horse that wns to destroy
,i OSVellOr.Sqllare on Saturday, for Constantinoplc. of two Irturs, the I.:ouncil appointed James their city. But those years have gone by, and the Trojiill
The Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND have Mr. ,
Cosino Melvin, late Deputy-Secretary to the East I horse has now been built. We saw the place the other
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returned to Alnwick Castle, from a tour of several India Company, to the office of Assistant Under- day, and all we can hope is that against England it never
"48 Of the lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland. Secretary of State, way be used. But I. wish to record my reluotance to say
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