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    A ROYAL FREEMASON. Freemasonry has alway...

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    Mir. CORONER WAKLKV ON CHARITABLE INSTIT...

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    CLEOPATRA OUTSHONE. Awuh Pahiia, Viceroy...

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    removed, Mrs. Dickens und several other ...

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    Tknant Right Banqu10t To Sharman Craw Ix...

    those who came from a distance was the Mayor of Rochdale , who headed a deputation from Mr . Crawford's late constituents . Mr . J . H . Quinn , J . P ., officiated as chairman ; and , among the letters of apology read on the occasion , wa » the following from Mr . Cobden : — Midhurst , August 20 , 1852 . Sir , —I regret that previous and unavoidable engagements will prevent me accepting the invitation which the committee have been so good _jfts to forward to me , to be- ' present at the dinner to be given to Mr . Sharman Crawford on the 30 th instant . Had it been in my power , I should have most gladly offered my humble tribute to the

    integrity and disinterestedness which have characterised the public career of Mr . Crawford . One word of a practical kind . The contest in which you have lately been unsuccessful has been characterised by an unusual exercise of coercive influences on the part of the landlords over their tenantry . I am told that cases can be easily proved in which the hearts of the electors were known to be on your side , whilst they were forced to poll for your opponents . I wish you to appoint a committee for the purpose of collecting facts of this kind , and putting them on permanent record , so as to be available in fighting the battle for the only remedy for such abuses of power—the ballot . Individual cases , when well authenticated , will do more than abstract arguments , however logical , to carry public

    opinion in favour of this the sole mode of affording protection to the voter . I look upon a wider extension of the franchise , or more frequent elections , without the ballot , to be onl y plans for diffusing over a still larger portion of the people the sufferings and oppressions which now characterise our electoral contests . For my own part , when Free-trade and Protection are no longer political battlecries , I shall look forward with intense interest to the day when a really liberal and popular party shall organize itself with a pledge never to abandon the field until vote by ballot shall become the law of elections , as it is already the custom in almost every society , club , and association in the kingdom . —I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , Richaiid Cobden . William Girdwood , Esq .

    The principal speakers at the banquet besides Mr . Crawford were the Rev . Dr . Coulter , ex-moderator of the General Assembly ; Mr . Kirk , M . P . for Newry ; Mr . Kennedy , M . P . for Louth ; Mr . _Levesey , mayor of Rochdale ; the Rev . G . Maguire , P . P . ; Dr . Gray , Mr . Lucas , M . P ., and others . But the topic most handled was the late Down election .- Mr . Crawford is threatened with actions by seven gentlemen unless he will retract certain statements respecting the coercive mode of conducting the late election . He declares that unless they will declare that they had nothing to do with the proceedings complained of he will not withdraw his words .

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    A Royal Freemason. Freemasonry Has Alway...

    A ROYAL FREEMASON . Freemasonry has always been international . Nevertheless it is pleasant to meet with proofs of it in our own time . The Ulster Gazette publishes the following letter from the King of Sweden to his brother Freemasons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The original was written in French . The same journal mentions that the Grand Lodge of Ireland is about to invest him as an honorary member . To the Very Worshipful the Grand Master and Members of the Grand Lodqe of Scotland .

    Mr _Brethren , —The joy which every Freemason feels in obtaining a testimony of tbo friendship of bis brethren , that joy I experienced on receipt of tho diploma of honorary member of the Very Worshipful Grand Lodge of Scotland , which you have sent mo . In assigning me this honourable position in the midst of you , you have afforded me a striking proof of your devotedness fo my person . I appreciate the honour more particularly as 1 am the first on whom tho distinction has been conferred in this country . Tim ofiice of a Freemason is , at once , noble an . i grand . It is our duty to labour with enlightened mind , and a heart charged with fraternal love , for the perfection of the human race . The weak who aro oppressed , and all those who are in trouble , have inconte . sf . ible titles to our zealous and charitable protection . It is by holding firm in tbe indissoluble bond which unitcH all our brethren , however dispersed , over all the surface of the globe ; , that we can attain

    to the end , to which we aspire in silence , but without , ever ceasing , since we know that everywhere , and on all occasions , our brethren are ready to como to our aid with that charity , that spirit of concord , and that confidence which should characterise all tbo members of our order . He _Hutisficd , my brethren , that 1 observe with the utmost attention tbe march of events in the masonic world , and tbat , I sincerely rejoice in fhe success which attends on all true lVeema . _soiiH while labouring for the purposes which you have indicated—namely , tho happiness and well-being of humanity . 1 offer you , my brethren , the assurance of my fraternal affection , and it is by the holy number that I recommend you all to the all-powerful protection of the ( arent Architect of the Universe , who givcH us pence , joy , and benediction . Ohcau . ( Stockholm , Bonteinher 17 , lf . 51 . Ai ) . Tauvon , ( Ij . H . ) ( Jrand _Hocrctury of ( ho f J rand National _JjoiIl'o of Mcotlun _/ I .

    Mir. Coroner Waklkv On Charitable Instit...

    Mir . CORONER _WAKLKV ON CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS . Tiieim . is a difference of opinion as to where charity should begin ; some persons think it should begin " at home , " Homo with Mrs . Jellyby , at BaiTio-l > oolah-gha .

    Mir. Coroner Waklkv On Charitable Instit...

    Again , " at home" may have a wide significance ; it may mean your own hearth or your own country . And while many are ready to laugh at Mrs . Jellyby , they would not probably give a ready assent to the doctrine of charity as laid down by Mr . Coroner Wakley . That gentleman held an inquest at the Crown , Back-hill , Leather-lane , Holborn , last Saturday , upon Mary Daly , aged 65 , an itinerant frwit vendor , well known amidst the purlieus of Clerkenwell . The Coroner and iury viewed the corpse in a _horrible

    hovel in Somers ' -court , on a filthy pallet , which with a broken chair and half a table constituted the whole furniture of the apartment , the stench from which was so insupportable that it sickened those whose painful duty brought them in contact with it . Upon the return of the jury to the inquest-room , the Coroner observed that the atmosphere of the court was so foetid and poisoned , that unless it were instantly remedied , the neighbourhood would ere long be visited by some frightful and destructive disease .

    Foreman . —Disease has already appeared in the neighbourhood ; and three years ago a most frightful pestilence burst out in the very court which we have just visited . Coroner . —In deceased ' s house there is not a particle of furniture , excepting a broken chair and an old table , not fit to cut cats ' -meat upon . Its wretched tenants have nothing but straw and the floor to sleep upon . After some further remarks by the Coroner and Jury upon the frightful state of this locality , the

    following witnesses were examined : —Jane Owen stated , the deceased , another woman ,, and herself , lived in the same room . Thursday night deceased returned home the worse for liquor , with her daughter , who put her to bed . She did not stir the whole night , and the next morning was found lying on her face in bed , quite dead and cold . Another woman gave similar evidence . Mr . Gibson , surgeon , made a post mortem examination , and found that deceased was suffocated from lying upon her face while under the influence of drink .

    Foreman . —Don't you think it dangerous to eat fruit kept in such hovels amidst filth and disease ? Coroner . —Undoubtedly ; they are poisoned . Foreman . —The press would confer a great boon by publishing that fact , as many infectious and contagious diseases are disseminated by persons buying fruit in the streets . In my opinion such places as we have this day seen should not be tolerated , as they are fraught with danger to the public health . A Juror . —In the same neighbourhood there is a house where 60 persons sleep every night in three rooms . Coroner . —These wretched and horrible dens will exist so long as vagrants are supported by charitable

    institutions . The charity of the metropolis is too indiscriminate , and thus the deserving poor are unheeded , and drunken , reckless characters are well _provided for , either by private munificence or workhouse relief , which enables them to lead an idle , merry life . The money they get is squandered in drink , and at night for a few pence they obtain a bed in a wretched , stinking hovel , where all ages , all sexes , and all diseases arc crowded together , forming so many plague factories and disease depots . By such moans thoso hovels are supported and kept up . 1 was much pleased at read - ing in tho Times of yesterday an ably-written article condemnatory of the system of administering indiscriminate charity , and I hope that it will bo put down , for so long as a vagrant can live without working , he will do so . So convinced am I of the consequences of the evil that I havo ceased to he a vico-prosideiit to tho Soup Kitchen . In

    fact , begging has become a regular trade . A few years ago one of tho fellows who followed that avocation was examined before a committee of tho House of Commons , and stated that ho bad travelled over tho kingdom for nino years as a beggar ; that ho wns treated as a gentleman in prison , but most disgracefully in workhouses , especially in Lambeth , where he had to work before breakfast ( laughter ); that a slouched hat and a smock-frock , with a bundle of herbs in his hand , formed tho best garb for a London beggar ; and that there wero not 10 out of 100 vagrants worthy of relief . Such ( continued the Coroner ) aro tho disclosures mado by him regarding fhe bogging trade . I am , however , happy that , the press has taken up the subject , and trust that it will not _ceoso its efforts until this monster evil is completely put down , and thus prevent charitable institutions being abused , and their funds wasted upon lazy , worthless characters .

    Tho result , of these sweeping remarks was that tho jury expressed their fullest concurrence with tho opinions and observations of the Coroner , and , having returned a verdict " That deceased was suffocated while in a state of drunkenness , " the foreman promised lo lay beforo the vestry unfl » the _lxmrd of guardians of the Holborn Union the result of tho inquiry , with the view of having immediate measures adopted to improve the sanitary condition of tho neighbourhood , us he deemed it most important , at a crisis when a frightful epidemic was desolating not far-distant countries .

    Cleopatra Outshone. Awuh Pahiia, Viceroy...

    CLEOPATRA OUTSHONE . Awuh Pahiia , Viceroy of Egypt , ordered a _slenin yacht to be built , some time ago for his use on the Nile . It has just been finished by the builders , Tod und Mucgregor ; and is reported to be 1 ho most beautiful steam vessel ever seen . The iFaid-Itabane _" , or "Divine Favour , " as she is called , has tho following dimensions : —Keel wud fore-rake , lbO

    Cleopatra Outshone. Awuh Pahiia, Viceroy...

    feet ; breadth of beam , 20 feet ; denth _* _>? -u u _„ draught of water , 3 feet ; power _KgSes _^ oV _^ Her engines are bright with brass and stiel _workTnT" altogether finished with the same taste and _cSo _^^ superior workman would use in _turning out « _T ™ _Lij ch a She has likewise a small brass doS * _nf _» _W _*" used for supplying the boilers with water when _Z i w _engmeB are stQl . Some notion of the extentT _^ _"S licence of her decorative fittings may be lel ? / _" _^ fact that 500 men in Glasgow _^ dsewie _^ ha _^ _bS employed upon them for some time past and JL _^ working night and day . There are , in 8 W no _f than 460 pictures , of separate subjects , S in _w _" * almost any one of which would adorn the drawing-rooS a prince . The divans , which extend round the _salorm covered vnth costly cloth of gold , from the front oTwS is suspended gold embroidered needlework and _mSS gold bullion fringe ten inches in depth . Between the _C dows are a series of beautiful pictures of fruit and flow *™ " birds , & c , and vases enriched with precious stones pvL cuted b y the new patent gem-enamelling process _Tu „

    are set in frames , carved in black walnut , and _eflt in IT and burnished gold . The ceiling between fiie _betm _^ ( which are of mahogany , French polished ) is filled withdesigns of fruit and flowers , on papier machd panels _™ riched with gold border mouldings . Round each door are richly carved and gilt architraves and pilasters , all of dtf ferent designs , and representing various lovely floral com " binations . The lower cabins are reached by a spaciou _* " staircase , enclosed with mahogany , and adorned with stained glass windows and papier machd panels got up in the highest style of the art . The steps of the stairs are laid with very thick plate glass , painted with gold borders and representing precious stones in mosaic work At bn !

    aiid bottom of this unique flight of steps are four _laree silver-plated columns of fine chased work , between which are fixed the handrails , and filled in with pleasing designs of carved fretwork of rosewood . At the bottom of thesestairs is a spacious lobby , fitted up with polished bird ' s-eye maple , and elegant panels , from which branch off the waiting-rooms for the Pacha's suite , with baths , & c . Thedining saloon , an apartment about 20 ft . square , is fitted up also in maple , vtith . papier maehi panels , adorned with ' i a most brilliant cluster of paintings , representing animals ; of the farm-yard , the forest , and the desert . Some of the .-latter are painted in the act of killing their prey , aitU others , especiall y of the bear and monkey tribes , are thrcjrm

    off in very comical attitudes . It is worth while to notion that the human figure is not in any part _introducea _^ . _as being contrary to the religious notions of the Orientals . On each side of the dining-room are placed large divans of richly carved rosewood , covered with crimson and ; gold damask , with gold embroidery and fringes in _charter si-. milar to the adornments in the saloon above . Inth _© cent T j _» is a rosewood table like that already noticed . Ia thi ' _i hall are various other most exquisite furnishings _^ w _^ iiclli it would be tedious to enumerate in detail . The-pr i ; _Vato _* egtiring saloon of his Highness is fitted up wifih rich satdh wood , and surrounded with divans , covered with fiowens and gold damask on a rich white satin ground , festooned with embroidered gold needlework , and _passive gold ballion fringe 15 inches deep in front . _Raund the windows ,

    doors , & c , are white and gold damask curtains , with gold cornices , in style similar to the _uppeir saloon .. At tho end of this apartment aro placed a richly , carved and gilt table and mirror , and in tho centro a beautiful papier _machS table and two chairs , inlaid with _peacl and adorned with ; designs of birds and flowers . The _coilibags of this and the rest of tho lower cabins aro covered with gold damask ,. worked according to original dfesigns , with flowers , & c > and bearing his _Highness ' _s cuest m the centre , each panel forming a complete design of itself . The locks , hinges , * _, and handles of tbo doors axe richly plated on German _> silver , and they , ns well as _tbsv linger-plates , arc chased . A magnificent awning covers the main deck andr-poop . It ' is of rich silk damask , worked to an original _dongn , with i deep silk fringe and hangers , adorned in the- highest Htylo of art , agreeably to tile taste of tho country , for which this * little floating templto of costliness and beauty is intended .

    Removed, Mrs. Dickens Und Several Other ...

    removed , Mrs . Dickens und several other ladies occupied seats in fbo hunquctfing room . Mr . James _Crossley , in n long speech , expressing the warmest feeling for the success . of the enterprise , _Imposed " Prosperity to the Guild of Literature and AH , and the health of Sir Edward Bulwer Lyfton . " Sir Edward Lyfton replied long and eloquentl y ; and one or two extracts will show the pith of his oration : — " Everything great , " he said , " everything tbat has elevated man , everything that has civilized the world , _« <) "" " from that principle wliich is as familiar in tbe mill _<" _' '"" manufacturer as it iu in the closet of tho scholar—and that

    IHE GUILD OF LITERATURE AT MAN CHESTER . LiTEltATimu face to face with manufactures , tl « ' 0 « o shining on the other , and reciprocating compliment . ' across the snmo table , is a pleasant scene . And brightly it shone on Wednesday evening in the Free-trade Hall . There tho great men of Manchester , the leaders ot trade , the Huxley _s ami _Armitagos , aud Potters , and _Schwabes , the Henrys and the _Phillipses , met the gentlemen who _perlbrm on behalf of the Guild of . Literature and Art , at a grand banquet , with oratory to follow . The guests were—Sir E . 11 . Lyfton , M . I ' ., Mr . C . Dickons , Mr . D . Costollo , Mr . C . Knight , Mr . J . Tenniol , Mr . 1 \ W . Topluun , Mr . A . Egg , Mr . Wilkio Collins , _Miv Frank Stone , Mr . P . Cunningham , Mr . W . Jf . . Wills , Mr . U . Hell : and after the ( doth had been

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 4, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04091852/page/6/