The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-30 00:00:00

IHR JOHN PAKINOTON ON THE EDUCATIONAL

QtriSTIoN.

RUMNOHAIt, Moiroar NIGHT.

This evening the introductory address on the
frommeesement of the seadeniksl year of the Bkraingham
and Midland Institute was delivered by the president, Sir
Joss PAUSGTON. The theatre of the isetitste was
crowded, sad the right hon. lamest 'stared the theatre
soon altar eight o'clock, accompanied by the mayor sad vs•
none members of the council. Skt John delivered an ad-
dress which occupied about an hour and a quarter. Hs
elaborately discomed the educational question in
its various bearings, offered various suggestions in
reference to the conduct of such institutions as
this, and pointed out modes by which they might
be made most valuable to the populations of large towns.
as congratulated the council upon the soma which bad
attended the institute since its establishment, and paid a
tribute of respect to the memory of the Lite Prime Consort,
who bad laid the foundation stone of the building in 18.55,
and delivered a characteristically practical address on that
occasion.

At the conclusion of the right hon. baronet's address a
vote of thanks was unanimously accorded bun on the mo-
tkm of the Karon, seconded by Mr. JAPTILAT.

r At the anneal dinner of the Leicester Lice° Red
Vietaallere Association last week, Mr. P. W. Matrix, the
=saber for Moobsster, presided. In proposing the toast of
the eveaing,
Mr. Mau= said he had bees asked in • very distant
county by • relation, bow it was he wee chairman of the
Licensed Victuallers' Associating'. Now, it wee no use
having any hypoccley among Meads, end the fact that the
licensed mina= bad guy and powerful weenies was the
reams be wee there as their chairman ; and the reason he,
during the last session, supported their interests in the
House of Commons was, that he believed their end was
justifies, ("Hear, hear," and applause.) There was • picture
sow exhibiting in London—he did not knew whether any
at them had men it—which was celled "The Worship of
Bacchne," and was dsawa by an old friend of all of them.
From the days of their childhood they reeollectod the
trwith which they looked at the sketches of George
abauk, the great artist. He believed him to be • very
good man, sad what was more • good fellow, but it was
said all men ware mad open sornethiog. ad he seed not
my in which direction George Cruikabank's proclivity was.
He was told this picture represented the eureMp of drunken-
ness'. and the snorts end priestesses were the licensed
victuallers and their humid'. (A kingh.) The picture
might be worth sepias as • work of art be believed It to ter
so, and recommended them all to go end see it when they
west to the Greet Exhibition ; but at the same time, as •
ratter of truth, lie believed it to be scandalously unfair.
(Hear, hear.) He believed the licensed victuallers sea body
were very mash amlimied by well-meaning people. Every
crime that wee committed was laid tu their charge ; bat how
stood the fact? When be went down to vow his friend,
the chairman of the Manchester Association, he had •
dreary wet day, and amused himself by looking over unie
parliamentary returns, and among others the returns of
aims. He found from these that one criminal in 18 was a
drunkard. That return slid not include pincer for drunk-
saness only, but person committed for trial, and therefore
must include every crime committed from drunkenness.
If they had one in 18 of these, it was clear that the other
17 should sot be putt* their score. (Applause.) The ple
who argued that all the crime in this country was due eop
to
the absorption of alcoholic liquors, in which every poor
glue of ginger wine, and sip of rum was hieladsd„ were pre.
fully r4ht to attempt to do away with the trade situp.
ther. That was not his belief nor that of the majority of
his fellow.emuitrymeo. Bat the tact that there ',teepee*
who eatertsined that belief showed the neemity for amo-
elation* al hammed victuallers. (Hear, hoar.) His
own belief, he candidly metered, was, that the mode.
sate um al beer as, and all other liquors, in which those
presultarsay dealt, was good and necessary. He
me 'w ia • medical point of view it was mid they were
hurtful ; and his answer wee that oo this occasion they had
for vice-president a gentleman of great knowledge in the
medical prairies, who so doubt knew what was good or
borstal ed this. (Applause.) At the same time they should
not casual from themselves that the abuse of these things
was not only bed in itself, but brought odium on the trade,
sod damaged these salutary associations. He a...t
their legitimate course should be to dwoonrage all abased
the trade. Suppose out of the hundred premed they had
got one bad one, no doubt he would figure in the papers all
over the country, and the merits of the ninety-nine respect-
able tradesmen would be overlooked that the scoundrel
might be properly gibbeted. He confessed he did not
think that fair play, and it was for that reason he had
great pleseure in accepting their invitation. He would
tell their temperance friends that he had attended this
year three associations of boomed victuallers, and had not
sue one drunken man yet. (Hear, hear.) He thought that
misht reasonably be brought forward as an argument that
the moderate use of alcoholic liquor was • habit of the
licensed victualler. (Hear, bear.) But in addition to that,
take the licensed victuallers as a body, he maintained that
they were not only not tainted with the vice of trying to
ruin their fellow men bare and hereafter, bat they had
many virtues besides. They were diatiogtualied for charity.
The charities they supported by their voluntary contribu-
tioos and without ostentation were amongst the noblest in
the land. (Hear, hear.) They were always ready to lend •
helping bud to them. More than that, he would defy
any one to my that, among the hundred thousand licensed
victualler' in this country, there was • greater proportion
of black sheep then in any similar number of other people.
They were very seldom accused of anything except keeping
open their houses too long, or serving a man who had had
enough already. They did not encourage that ; the drunken
man was the greatest curse to the victualler—(hear, hear)
—sod • tremendous detriment to their association. If
• man would encourage drunkenness in his house,
they should put • black mark saltiest him, end not
let their enemies do it. So long ss they did a legitimate
business they were • blessing to the country. It was very
bard that the body should be under a slur fee the doings
of the very few. He had known • great number of
bossed victuallers in various parts of the kingdom, and
be bad not found them much worse than their countrymen
L the same position in life. He believed they desired tode
their duty, and when they were attacked in an unfair
manner they had • perfect right to form association* to
help their weaker brethren, to promote the amendment of
laws which prewed hardly upon them. and to aid their
charities, (A misuse.) So long as their trade was carried on
in • fair and legitimate manner they had nothing to fear
from the legislature ; but if they pre up their emulations
and allowed the government to get it into the bands of the
black sheep, they might have much to fear for their pros-
perity. He hoped that day would never come, but till it
did he should always be happy to assootete with such •
body, and be hoped it would go on and prosper. (Applause.)
—Leicester Mertitry.

SIR BALDWIN weartyr,„.ll...P.._lllS POACH-

Asa Raz, MDiu'ooli;sizteiriiri.

At the annual dinner of the Ludlow Agricultural
Society, on fatorday
Sir C. Roos: BOUGHTON, in proposing the Health of the
County Members, said he felt that, politically speaking,
it would be impossible to find two gentlemen mole fit to re-
present the county than the two then present. They had
given • peat deal of time during the past seesion to objects
of local interest, and these were, they would agree with him,
what concerned them who lived in South Shropshire more
than did the abstract political questions they read of. They
might all have certain sympathies in politics, they might all
wish that Garibaldi would soon recover, might all
have their own opinions as to the length of time
which the Pops ought to stay in Rome. might have
all their own opinions as to the amouot of franker the
Emperor of Russia should give his serfs. Some of
them might have formed an opinion of the mints of
the difference between the Kies of Prussia and his parlia-
ment ; and sores of them might have considerable wishes sa
to which of the Kilkenny sate fightiog across the Atlantis
might first swallow up the other, and come out of the oat-
test with nothing left but its tail. But although all these
things had their sympathies, no doubt, the labours of then
members during the last anion had been particularly de-
voted to home natters. buries the 11C41601:1 many bills
which were possessed of much interest for them had ban
passed into law. There was the bill for the better
education of the children of the poor, for instance, and
bills for improving the highways and more mall=
veering the poor's rates in different parishes.
was also • law which bad just come into force, and
be thought • most excellent law, for the prevention of
poaching. (Hines and confusion.) He did not think thee,
were all of than of the same opinion about this, but he did.
not hesitate to express his own opinion, which was that it
was every excellent law. (Hisao.) There had also been
may other things which the county memben had carefully
and diligently considered. He had therefore great pleasure
in proposing their bealths, and he thought the meeting
would agree with hire that they were deserving of their hest
limas for looking after their interests, and hoping that it
would be long before they were otherwise represented.
Many of those present drank the health of Lord Newport
sMark, r•fuslsOto drinbohat of Sir Baldwin Leighton.
iWrOirr. /LP., having retuned thanks,
Sir BALDWLW LICIOBTON, M.P., followed, but he was re-
ceived with groans sod hisses. He did not make any allu-
sion to the pabohiag sal.—Birmi‘ghait Gazette.

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