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      Misgellaneous, Tflie Coubt.—The Queen, P...

      after the meeting "which . ' "we have seen to-day , and the descriptions of other meetings which -we have read in the papers , that that prophecy is verified . A hundred years ago , and I am afraid a . much shorter time since , there was an expression very common , ' as drunk as a lord , ' It was a true proverb , for there were very few sober lords in those days . Now , however , the only drunken lords are the ' lords of the harvest , ' and 1 hope that henceforth it will he as difficult to find a drunken harvest lord as a drunken Parliamentary lord . " After lauding the now prevalent custom of landlords—and , he added , landladies—attending harvest homes , he denied an . assertion that had been made-with respect to him , namel

      y , that he wished to force labourers into being teetotallers . What he wished was that they should use , and not abuse , God ' s gifts . " One point more , " continued the Earl . " Let me express the gratification I feel in presiding' over a meeting at which , if anything , women predominate . I always feel more at home when I have got the ladies about me . It is on their account and on account of their children that I have denounced the disgraceful system of men getting drunk at the alehouse and leaving their children starving at home . But , women , you also have a duty to perform , and mind you do it . Make your homes agreeable ; make the attractions of home so great that your husbands will not wish to go to the public-house . "

      Prorogation of Parliament .- —Tuesday being the day appointed for the reassembling of Parliament , the formality of a further adjournment was gone through ; her Majesty , by means of her Commissioners , further proroguing the two Houses to Thursday , the 13 th of November . Convocation : — -The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury was on Wednesday prorogued , pursuant to the Royal writ , in the Jerusalem . Chamber , Westminster , by the Vicar-General , Dr . Twiss , under a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury , to Friday , November 14 . Education . —A meeting was held at the Polytechnic Institution on Monday eveniug , to inaugurate a series of evening classes which are about to be formed in connexion with , the Society of Arts . The chair was taken by Dr . Booth , treasurer of that society . Some addresses were delivered and votes agreed toj and the meeting then broke up . -

      Adult Education . —The third annual , meeting of the Hants and Wilts Adult Education Society , and the conference of kindred associations in union . with it , were held at Basingstoke , on Tuesday , in the Town Hall ; The objects of the society are to promote the establishment of literary and scientific institutions , libraries , and leading-rooms , and to encourage a spirit of inquiry and improvement by the delivering of lectures on literary and scientific subjects throughout the counties of Hants and Wilts . There was a numerous attendance of clergymen , and the company included the Bishop of Winchester , the Bishop of Salisbury , the Dean of Hereford , the Hon . and Rev . J . Best , the Itev . Canon Woodroofe , the Rev . Canon Jacob , the Rev . A . Wodehouse , the Mayor of Basingstolce , Mr . W . Portal , Mr . Chadwicb , Chute

      Mr . , Mr . H . Cole , Mr . J . E . Jervoise , T & c . The Dean of Hereford was voted into the chair , and addressed the meeting at great length . The other speakers were the Hon . and Rev . S . Best , the Bishop of Winchester , Mr . Edwin Chatlwick , the Bishop of Salisbury , the Rev . Mr . Kingsley , & c , who enlarged on the necessity of encouraging education among agricultural labourers , and young men generally . As an instance of the extraordinary iguorance often found among clerks in Government offices , Mr . Chadwick observed , in alluding to the new system of competitive examination : —" No doubt , the new examinations , such as they were , served to arrest such appointments as that of an hon . young gentleman wlio , being asked by a reverend examiner , a member of the association , to name Burke ' s principal work , innocently replied , « The Peerage and the Baronetage ; ' or such young gentlemen as one who got an

      appointment as a clerk in a high office of state , who , as an official friend in that same office told him ( Mr . Chadwick ) , was found addressing a lettor for the Archbishop of Canterbury directed to ' John Ebor , Esq . ' ( A Mtgh . ') The nomination examinations might stop the more egregious examplcB by which the vicious and corrupt system was made scandalous , and in effect , the present fragracntitious and departmental examinations might be made to prolong it . Ho warned them against the dclusivo character of the packed competitions of nominated candidates , and urged the ' necessity of increased exertions on the part of all concerned in education throughout the country to prevent the evasions of the principlo of open competition , and to ensure the great educational and social results already indicated . " A presentation of prizes took place , and the day concluded with a dinner in the evening .

      CONQR ATULATOKV AdDRICSS TO Lf > RT > BlCUTCR . A special meeting of the Derby town council was held on Tuesday , for the purposo of adopting a congratulatory address to Lord Belper on Ids elevation to the peerage . This was done unanimously . Lonr > John Rwsseli- and family havo arrived at Turin . The New Frisk Tradk ITai . t . at Manciikktkr . — The inauguration of the new Free Tratlo Hall took place on Wednesday evening at laulf-pnst nix o ' clock . A public meeting was held in the grand hull , and the

      ceremony terminated with a ball , for which the assemblyroom , the drawing-room , and the whole suite of receptionrooms were thrown open . Admission to the meeting and to the hall was restricted to the holders of tickets , -which , were issued by the committee to the shareholders and their friends . At the commencement of the meeting , which was presided over by Mr . George Wilson , the chairman of the late Anti-Corn-Law League , there was bat a spare attendance in the body of the hall , and , although subsequently the number of the audience was gradually augmented , many of the invited guests did not arrive until the proceedings were drawing to a close , and the time for the commencement of the ball approached . Among the gentlemen on the platform were Mr . Milner

      Gibson , M . P ., Mr . J . Heywood , M . P ., Mr . W . Brown , M . P ., Mr . Kershaw , M . P ., Mr . Brotherton , M . P ., Mr . J . Cheethara , M . P ., and Mr . T . Barnes , M . P . Mr . Bright , the colleague of Mr . Gibson in the representation of the city , was prevented from attending by the state of his health . Invitations had also been sent to Mr . Cobden , Mr . C . P . Villiers , Mr . Fox , and General Thompson ; but , from various causes , those gentlemen were unable to attend . The Chairman , in opening the proceedings , briefly recounted the circumstances that had led to the erection of the building , which it was intended to render

      available for the purposes of public meetings , of concerts , and ^ of other entertainments to persons of all sects and parties . Jlr . Milner Gibson moved a vote of thanks to the proprietors ( part of the guests ) , and addressed the audience on the chief political topics of the day , adding that his own viows had not undergone any change . The resolution was agreed to , and other resolutions , entirely of a complimentary nature , were subsequently proposed and adopted . The other speakers were—Mr . Cheetliam , M . P ., Mr . William Brown , M . P ., and Mr . Hey wood , M . P . The Henckfokd Conservative Association held

      its annual meeting at Castle Headingham on Monday , when the chairman ( Mr . Ducane , the new candidate for the representation of the northern division of Essex , Sir John Tyrrell having announced his intention to resign ) , Mr . Majendie , Major Beresford , and Mr . Hamilton , expounded their views on the prospects and principles of Conservatism . The major had a fling at our weekly contemporary , the Press , which he denounced for denouncing the denouncers of Maynooth . Such is Conservative union !

      Mb . Napier , M . P ., at Keswick . — -A lecture -was delivered , on the evening of Friday week , in the lecturehall of the Keswick Mechanics' Institute , by the Eight Hon . Joseph Napier , LL . D ., M . P ., on " Labour and Knowledge in Connexion with the Condition and Prospects of the Working Classes . " The Rev . T . Wilson , B . A ., president of the Institute , presided . The object of the lecture was to show that the condition of the lower orders may be elevated by education and leligioiis training-.

      Religious Peksecutiojt in Spain . —The Protestant Alliance has brought under the notice of Lord Cardigan the case of Sefior de Mora , a Spaniard , who has been thrown into prison , and handed over to the " Tribunal of the Faith , " for having become a Protestant . St . Paul ' s Cathedrai .,. —A somewhat serious difficulty has arisen in reference to the election of a minor canon of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Some days since , the Rev . E . G . Beckwitb . died , and this created a vacancy among the College of Minor Canons . The remaining minor canons claim , according to what they state is immemorial custom , to nominate two candidates , one of whom shall bo selected by the clean and chapter ; but the dean and chapter say the minor canons have no such right , and that they must not be allowed to exercise it .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , October 11 . NAPLES . The political trials are concluded , and the- following sentence has been delivered : —Mignonna has been condemned to banishment for life , Mauro Dangelia for twelve years , and the priest Decicco for two years . The monk Eoggero and another havo been set at liberty . The King and the Duke do Calabria arrived at Naplos from Gaeta on the 30 th ult . General Martini has boon received by the King , and at the conclusion of the conference a Council of Ministers assembled . TJio roport of the intended despatch of a llussian fleet to the Bay of Naples is referred to in a letter from Genoa of the 5 th , which snys : —" Long before the publication of the Cortscliakoft" circular , the Emperor Alexander II . had resolved on sending n flotilla into the Mediterranean , but it was merely to havo it nearhis august mother , and to secure to her an asylum in the not very probable evont of a revolutionary movement . This is the reason of the Russian vessels coming from Cronstatlt . "

      Arrest Of R0bs0n, The Crystal Palace For...

      ARREST OF R 0 BS 0 N , THE CRYSTAL PALACE FORGER . William James Robson , recently a clerk in the Crystal Palaco Company , but -who fled in con . « eiiueueo of the i frauds which ho is supposed to hnvo committed having ' been discovered , wns arrested a dny or two ago on the

      Continent . After a week ' s concealment in . London he made his way , disguised ^ to Fran ce ; th ence to Belgium , Germany , and Hanover , and ultimately to Copenhagen . Thsre he sojourned at the principal hotel for a day and night , and then proceeded to Helaingborg , where he arrived on the 5 th inst . From this place he proceeded to ELunore , where he remained until Sunday last , and on that day -went on board a steamer to return to HeXsingborg across the Sound . On the steamer reaching her destination at Helsingborg , the attention of the authorities there was called to Robson by the singular fact that his means were so 3 traitened that he had nofc

      money to pay his fare for the trip ; and this led to his detection and final apprehension . He described himself as an Englishman travelling for pleasure , and gave tha name of Edward Smith . When asked by the authorities for his passport , he was obliged to confess he had none . This being against the law of Denmark , he wa 3 detained ; and it was then suspected he was no other than Robson , a description of whom had been sent to Copenhagen . Mr . Lund , the English detective ofticeT , was telegraphed to , and he at once sent a sergeant to Copenhagen . Tfcere is no convention between , this country and Denmark which could enable the sergeant to arrest Robson there ; but the Danish Government ordered him out of the country for the offence of travelling without a passport . The police officer followed till he could legally secure him ; and Robson was yesterday ( Friday ) placed at tho bar of the Lambeth police court . He . was wrapped in a large cloak , and seemed very much depressed . Evidence having been received , the case was adjourned .

      The Rotal British Bank. A Singular And V...

      THE ROTAL BRITISH BANK . A singular and very perplexing contest of jurisdictions in connexion with the Royal British Bank has commenced . A fiat in bankruptcy having been issued against the bank , one of the messengers of the Bankruptcy Court , with several of his assistants , proceeded , under instructions from Mr . Lee , the official assignee , and Messrs . Linklater , his solicitors , to the head office , in Threadh « edle-street , and , after serving the adjudication of the Court , entered on the premises , and took formal possession of- the bank . On arriving there , they posted up tlie adjudication ; but it was immediately removed by' the officers of the interim manager . Mr . Wintle , one of the assistant messengers , proceeded to seize the cash bags in the hands of the clerks , but was made to surrender them . Mr . Harding , the interim , manager appointed by the "Vice-Chancellor , told the

      messengers that he refused to recognize the authority of the Court of Bankruptcy . An armiatice having been agreed upon , the interim manager immediately proceeded to serve copies of the order of the Court of Chancery on the Court of Bankruptcy and on the ofiicial assignee , and also proceeded to the various branches of the bank in different parts of the metropolis , in each of which , to the surprise of the previous occupants , he found a messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy in possession , with whom he dealt as he had done with those in Threadneedle-street . Thus matters remained up to yesterday ( Friday ) . It is stated that the chief messenger from tlie Bankruptcy Court insists on keeping possession ; and it is understood that the matter will bo brought beforo the Vice-Cbancellor , with , a view to settling the dispute . The Bankruptcy Commissioner issued a summons against Rfr . Harding yesterday . .

      Denmark.—Advices From Copenhagen Of The ...

      Denmark . —Advices from Copenhagen of the 4 th state that tho Ministerial crisis was still undetermined . The Diet of the monarchy was opened at Copenhagen on that day by royal rescript . In the elections which followed , M . Rotwitt was chosen President . The Diet was then prorogued -until the 1 st of December . Tiik Subscription fou Itai-y . —We are glad to announce that the English subscription for tho guns of Alexandria , and the ten thousand muskets , is carried , on jointly—n . proof that the liberal Italian party is animated by no unworthy jealousies of Piedmont . We shall publish next week all tho lists of subscribers that arc sent in beforo Friday .

      Accident ( Yestkrdat ) . —An accident , attended with loss of life , occurred at tlie Upper Globe Repairing Dock , Rotherhithe , early yesterday morning . A number of men were engaged in shipping a mast on board a schooner . The mast suddenly broke in two , and foil against some gearing , on which George Chappcll and William Kandoll , shipwrights , were at work . They fell from a hoight of seventy foot , and Chappell died almost immediately after being extricated , while Randoll received such injuries that his recovery is considered hopeless . Latest- kbom Amkuica . — Tho commotion in Kansas continues . On the 10 th of September , Lane ' s men fired

      upon tho United States troops under Governor Geary and General Smith , at a crossing in tho Kaw River , wounding several ; the troops returned tho fire , killing about forty of Lane ' s men , and taking about ninoty-fivo prisoners . —Mr . Banks , the Speaker of tho House of Representatives , has made a speech at Now York in favour of Fremont , in which ho denounced " the moan and scandulous policy declared in tho Ontend Conference , and reaffirmed , blindly and darkly , in the Cincinnati platform . " Tho speech was delivered in front of tho Merchants Exchange , to an immense and very enthusiastic audience .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101856/page/11/