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      The Case Of Mr. Whiston. The Reverend Ro...

      universal diffusion as the worthiest , object of a nation s solicitude , is the calling of a teachers-laborious anxious , illrequited , and unhonoured as it is—to be made withal so uncertain and dependent that no man of spirit , or who can tret a living in any other way , would deliberately enter upon it ? Surely , my lords , you will not lend yourselves to this . In the " name of substantial justice , and sitting as the representatives of a king who founded churches cathedral and collegiate , 'in order that youth might be liberally trained , old age fostered with things necessary for living , and that liberal largesses of alms to the poor in Christ , offices of piety teeming over from them , might thence flow abroad far and wide , to the glory of Almighty God and the common welfare and happiness of the subjects of the realm , ' my lords , I make bold to say that my dismissal cannot be ratified unless those intentions of Henry VIII .

      are set at nought . " When he wound up with the words of the Minister of Henry VII ., a loud cheer burst from the auditory . Mr . Whiston had spoken seventeen hours . Further hearing of the case stands over until after Easter term ^

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      The Murder Of Mr. Boyd. Thebe Is No Long...

      THE MURDER OF MR . BOYD . Thebe is no longer any doubt regarding the fate of Mr . Benjamin Boyd , late of the Stock Exchange , which has excited so much anxiety in the city . He was on a tour in his yacht , the Wanderer , from California to Sydney . The island of Guadalcauar is one of t he Solomon group in the South Pacific , and it has been frequently asserted that the inhabitants are cannibals . All that is known regarding this horrible case will be best gathered from the extracts from the ship ' s log-book , which details the whole circumstances , and is attested by the master and crew of the Wanderer : — " Tuesday , Oct . 14 . —This day , at three o ' clock p . m ., we came to an anchor in a small bay on the south-west of the Island of Guadalcauar , being in south latitude 9 . 40 , east longitude 119 . 50 . 15 . A number of canoes were alongside ,

      but without any article of trade , and at sundown all went on shore . The night passed in perfect quietness . —Wednesday , 15 th . —This ' morning , at an early hour , many canoes were alongside , without any trade or warlike weapons . ^ At about half-past six Mr . Boyd arose in _ usual good spirits , and taking the small boat , with one native of Ocean Island , went ashore to shoot game . The boat was seen to enter a small creek , and was immediately out of sig ht of the ship . Mr . Boyd fired one shot soon after . Many natives were seen standing near the entrance to the creek . About _ seven o ' clock another shot was heard , but nothing transpired to excite suspicion . " The details of an attempt by the natives to obtain possession of the ship , in which they were beaten off with great loss , are then given . " Wo now manned the boat and went to seek Mr . Boyd , but all the traces we found were the place of struggle and the marks where he had fired two shots . From the marks ashore , and the

      situation of the wadding of Mr . Boyd ' s gun , it would seem as if he was attacked as soon as the boat got out of sight of the ship , and was killed after a struggle in the water , as was also his companion , but what became of the bodies God only knows . That the natives should have attacked us in the face of so many large guns may seem strange to many , but , by their motions , they evidently thought that the fire was the only thing that coujd hurt them ; for when a musket was levelled at one , ho then put up a wicker shield and came boldly forward ; and , in fact , one canoe came up , receiving a two pound charge of grape . That we should hnve beaten them , unprepared as we were , was more than we expected . If they had como up in a body , the tale would never have been told , for what could be expected of four men to two hundred well armed savages . As it was , it was a hard fight . " The document concludes with an account of some other futile attempts which were made to recover Mr . Boyd ' s remains .

      Miscellaneous. On Monday Princo Albert A...

      MISCELLANEOUS . On Monday Princo Albert and Prince Leopold of Saxo Coburg Kohary , accompanied by Lord Hardingo , the Mas ! or-General , and attended by Colonel Hug h Seymour , visited tho lloynl Aracnol at Woolwich , the engineering and gun-boring department , tho gun-carriage manufactory and tho laboratory . After a prolonged inspection ot every object of interest the princes entered tho royal carriage and drove to tho east ond of tho ArHonal , whore the officers and non-commissioned o / licora , under command ot Major Brownrigg , of the Coldstroam Guards , were practising with tho Minio rifle . At tho conclusion of tho firing they returned to Buckingham Palace .

      Sir John Dottoon , Dean of the Arches and Judge of tho Prerogative Court , was sworn of the Privy Council on Monday , ami took his poafc afc tho Boarti . Captain Sir Chovlos lEotham , K . C . H ., baa boon appointed tho BritiHh Envoy to tlin Brazilian Court , to net in conjunction with the French Envoy in Hctthng tho Ilivor Plate ufl ' airs . Mr . Brando has retired from tho post of professor of chemistry at , tho Koyal Institution , which ho first iiHswrned in tho year IHI' 2 , under tho auspices of Davy and Wollaaton . To Mr . Brando tho dwm ' mil world is indebted for 11 » o introduction of Michnol Faraday to tho sceno of hit ) t . riumphfl in oloclrieal science .

      Captain Erasmus Ommannoy and Colonel Fremont , with Mrs . Fremont , from tho Uniied States , vi « itn ( l Woolwich Dockyard yesterday . Colonel Fremont , is well known in all quarter * of tho world , his nnmo being ho often mentioned in connexion with tho "diggings" in California .

      Tho Grand Pukon Michael And Nicholas Arr...

      Tho Grand Pukon Michael and Nicholas arrived at Munich on tho 20 th ult . Tho Due-how Ida ' )! " Saxo Woimnr , muter of tho Into Quim . ii Adolnido , < li < ' < l nt Wi'iiiinr oil KaMii-flny liwfc . a ho X > h « Iiohh wan tlio mother of IMnro MwarU ot hwoWciinar , an ollicor in Iho ( Ircmiwhor Guards , and who late ly jiiarruwl Lady Augusta Gordon Lounox , uuug htor oi tho Duko of Jtiolniioml .

      Lord John Manners has prepared and brought in a bill to empower the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings to inclose and lay out Kennington Common , as pleasure ground for the recreation of the public . A p roclamation was ordered to be issued at the Privy Council on Monday , for giving currency to a new coinage of florins . The new coin has for the obverse ^ her Majest y's effigy crowned with the inscription , " Victoria D . G .: Brit . Reg . F . D . : ' and the , date of the year ; arid for the reverse the ensigns armorial of tho United-Kingdom contained in four sliields crosswise , each shield surmounted by the royal crown , with the rose in the centre , and in the compartments between the shields the national emblems of tho rose , thistle , and shamrock , surrounded with the words , " One Florin one-tenth of a pound ; " and with a milled graining round the edge .

      The Indiana , screw steamer , 1800 tons , was launched from the establishment of Messrs . Mare and Co ., Blackwall , on Wednesday . This is one of a fleet , now being embodied by the Screw Steam Navigation Company , for the carrying on of a rapid postal communication between England , the Cape , the Mauritius , and our Oriental possessions . The "baptismal ceremony" was performed by Miss Ellis , daughter of the chairman of the company .

      A Meeting Of The Members And Promoters O...

      A meeting of the members and promoters of the Home Counties and Metropolitan Freehold Land Society took place at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , on Tuesday ; Mr . H . B . Horton in the chair . Resolutions were passed in furtherance of the movement , and an address was delivered by Mr . Beal , pointing out the objects of this and similar societies . The number of these societies in England alone was 170 , and the number of enrolled members 200 , 000 , while the amount of subscriptions invested was 300 , O 00 Z . per annum . u On Tuesday the annual meeting of the subscribers to the City of London Ragged . Schools was held at the London Tavern , the LorcL Mayor in the chair . The

      report stated that , the average daily attendance at the boys' evening school was 47 , at the girls' evening school 35 . The average attendance at the day-school for infants was 88 . In the Sunday school for females the average attendance in the afternoon was 60 , in the evening 107 ; " and the Sunday school for males in the ^ afternoon 29 , in the evening 57 . There were also industrial classes for boys and girls ; and a benevolent lady had established a sick ' fund , by which soup and other necessaries had been given to 1054 destitute families . During tlie year three boys had "been enrolled in the Shoe Black Society , and three employed as " Broomers . " Several girls had gone into service . The expenditure of the schools had exceeded the receipts by 74 Z ., and more subscriptions were urgently required .

      The Differences Which For Some Weeks Hav...

      The differences which for some weeks have existed between the master gunmakers and operative stackers and finishers of Birmingham , have at length Ijeen satisfactorily arranged , and the Government contracts for a supply of 23 , 9000 Minie * rifles will be immediately commenced , and speedily executed . The proposed embodiment of the militia appears , by the accounts which reach us from various parts of tho country , to be less liked as it becomes better understood . Meetings to oppose , and petition against , tho bill have lately been held in Cowper-streot school-room , Finsbury ; in the Beaumont Institution , Tower Hamlets ; in the Town Hall , Southampton ; at Worcester , tho Mayor in the chair ; in tho Brig hton Town Hall ; at Scarborough ; at Hereford ; Skipton , Clitheroe , Neath Abbey , Hull , and Merthyr Tydvil .

      The Sheffield Polish and Hungarian Eolicf Committee announce , that tho whole of tho refugees resident in tho town , more than fifty in number , are now in a self-supporting position , and tliat , therefore the Committee may now bo dissolved . A committee , consisting of Messrs . Groves , Harvey , Ironsido , Hemingway , and Glavcs , is appointed to wincl up and audit the accounts , and to present them to a public soire " o , to bo held in commemoration of the arrival of tho refugees in Sheffield . A small balance remains in tho treasurer ' s hands , which will bo applied to assisting any of tho refugees who may happen to bo in bad health , or short of employment . Mirny of tho exiles , working at various handicrafts , aro gontlcm cn of good family and

      education . On Saturday lant tho churchwardens of tho parish of St . Thomas , Winchester , distrained tho goods of tho llov , Ignatius Collingridge , Roman Catholic priest , for tho nonpayment of two church rn-tos , amounting to 25 « . Iho articles distrained wore removed to tho police Htation , and wore sold by public auction , and realized 31 . M . Iho cooils were purchased by a gentleman of Mr . Colhngndgo s congregation , and woro by him proaontod to his royoronco . On Sunday Thomas II . ' Blundoll , Esq ., of Inw BlundolJ ,

      tlio Catholic High Shorifl' of tho county of Lancashire , attended high mass at Copperas Hill Chapol , and ciimom full stato ill his carriage , attended by tho Sub-Shoriit , Allon Koyo , Esq ., anothor Catholic . Tho SherifFhad boon on attendance on Mr . Baron Aldorson , whooponed tho Spring Commission lato on Saturday evening . On fcumlay niornimr at 10 , ho with his offlcortt , and tho Mayor , and novoral members of tho Town Council , oscortod Baron . AMorson tt > Goortfo ' H Church , and them proceeded in stat o in Ins enrnago t ,. ft < mnarnB Hill , preceded by hi « juvoliu inon , tho truuipotor

      coins boforo him sounding tho trumpot . r X \ u ) hhorill , on arriving afc tho chapel with his chaplain , tho ltov . Potor Whitoffold , wa- » conducted to tho pow of Mr . Ivoyc , tho iavolin men in Jivory , with thoir javelins , kneeling boforo tho altar . High mass wan then colo )> rato ( l , and alter tho " mur ' tlkio" hud Voncludocl , tho 1 fi ft h MUoriU" returned t , o his hotel in tho satno manner an ho caino . An imrnoiiHu crowd of pomww followed tlm carriage . A wolf rocontly cncimed from WoinhwoU ' H monagorio > wliii" oxliibitinff ' at Movmiouth , and committed soriouii injurioM amongst several / locks of » hocp in tho

      neighbourhood of St . Fagan ' s , Glamorganshire . It was observed bv ft-labourer , who saw it feasting on the remains of thre fine lambs which it had just killed . The alarm was riven " and a chase commenced , but the beast wasi not tillea until it had reached Canton Common , where it fell , after havine been pierced with eight bullets . ¦ . *

      On Friday Week, The Roman Catholic Metro...

      On Friday week , the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Church at D uhlin was arranged for the ¦"' ceremony of the selection by the suffragan bishops , canons , and parish priests of the Archdiocese , of three names , to he transmitted to Rome , from , which the Pope is to anpoint a successor to the late Archbishop Murray . The solemn paraphernalia of mourning in which the cathedral had been enveloped , since the death of the

      venerahle Archbishop , had disappeared during the preceding night , and the altar was arranged for a solemn high mass . At the conclusion of the mass the laity and such of the clergy as were not entitled to vote [ were required to leave the church , and accordingl y retired , when the doors were closed , and the election proceeded . The total number of electors in the Archdiocese is 54 , and of these three were absent . The votes were as follows :

      Archbishop Cullen ( Dignissjmus ) . . . . . 23 Very Sev . Dean Meyler ( Dignior ) , . . . 9 Bev . L . Dunne , P . P . ( Dignus ) . . ... . 8 Three other candidates , the Rev . Dr . Miley , of the Irish College , Paris ; the Reverend Dr . O'Hanlon , of Maynooth :. the Reverend Dr . Russell , of Maynooth ; and the Reverend William Meagher , were also put in nomination , hut the three who obtain the highest number of votes , to which the epithets of dignus , dignior , and dignissimus , are applied , are the only ones which will he forwarded to Rome j and with so overwhelming a majority in favour of Primate Cullen ,

      even if there had not been any understanding on the subject before , it is supposed to . be quite certain that the Pope will present him to the vacant see . The ' result '¦ pf-this electioji js a significant fact . No more marked evidence of the feelings which predominate at present in the great'body of the Catholic clergy of Ireland , could have been given , —feelings of total obedience to the wishes of Rome , and indifference to the wishes of the English Government , and the moderate party in their own church . Many people have been at a loss to understand why Dr . Cullen should have

      been elected to a see which reduces him to a lowergrade in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland . The flet is , that although the Archbishop of Armagh is the " Primate of all Ireland , " the occupant of the Archdiocese of Dublin is placed in a muck more influential and conspicuous position . Besides this , it is rumoured that Dr . Cullen is likely to be invested with the privileges of " papal delegate , " or legate , if not with the full-blown honours of the cardinalate , dignities which would ride over all minor questions of local rank and precedence .

      Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant Governor Of ...

      Sir John Harvey , Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since 1848 , expired at tbe Government House in Halifax at half-past eleven o ' clock on Monday , tho 22 nd ult . Tho number of persons killed in tho United States by railroad accidents , last ycai " , in proportion to tho num who travelled upon raifroads , was one to a hundred

      thousand . Kossuth was at St . Louis on tho 13 th of March . Hia first speech in that place is said to have created a tlcop impression . Ho commented boldly and explicitly on tno Society of Jesus , and its position towards tho causo ot liberty . Ho also argued that ho was not opposing tno freedom of tho Boman-catholic religion by leaguing witu Mazzini for tho independence of Italy . Theodora Parker lectured last month in Now York on " Tho Truo and False Idea of a Gentleman . " Tlio Movie Journal , edited by N . P . Willis , indulges in tho following characteristic American sketch of tho lecturer s personal appcih-anco : —" His fino arched forehead swells umyarn , and loses itsolf in tho bald dome whoro , as tho-phronologiaw

      assort , tho organ of rovorenco is p laced , to peal forth coasolcfis anthems to tho Creator ' s praise . " At Toronto , on Sunday , tho 14 th of March , Mr . Caughoy , tho celebrated rovivalist , was preaching to a concroeafcion of Methodists , when an alarm was ffivon wn tho galleries woro giving way . A rush immediately onsuco , and though no lives woro lost , sovoro injuries woro eu « - tained by some of tho asflombly . Tho preacher " » n F ? . ™ tho occasion" by attributing tho panic to tho unmeuim agency of his eatanio mnjonty .

      A Phy«Ician At Prnguo Hnn Just Died A Re...

      A phy « ician at Prnguo hnn just died a real mnr T Hcienco ; " ho had been in Iho habit of taking strong <«' ofnoitfon , aftor swallowing an antidote , in ordor w » tho effects . On tho Sflwl ult ., ho took so largo a ¦ q »»»« / of morpliino that all tho oflbrta of somo nioclioai »«" protiont at tho exhibition oouhl not save him . ^ On Friday W ( iolc a goiiileman , a member of tho »» ^ Dovon Itillo corns , waH practising at a marie » wj nrri \

      distant , with a now riilo which had just oa * j « L'unmak « r at lOxotor . Tlio I argot was « ltu ' l < od J i , ) U j | ot upaHloop hill , Polo-hill , on tlio J ) ovon ostoto . ^ f d Htruck agaiiiHt a piece of rock , glanced over * h £ J rkfl . Ht-i'uck a woman who was totally out , ot sight , oi u "' . . ftlM , man , inflicting a flesh-wound in tho thigh . XiW * ^ n has boon measured , and wan found to bo n » 1380 yards , or moro tlum tliroo quavtorti oi a mm .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10041852/page/12/