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at Queens town on Sunday , and sailed for Halifax and Boston the same evening , fMessrs . Edward Moxon and Co . have in the press " Memorials of Thomas Hood / ' collected , arranged , and . edited by his daughter ; with a preface and notes by his son . Bofch daughter and son inherit so much of their illustrious father ' s genius , that the book is sure to be a charming 1 one . The Melbourne Argus of March 17 announces the death , at the Bouse of a relative near Melbourne , on , Tuesday night , the 21 st ult ., of E . M . Whitty , Esq ., late of the London press , and author of the " Stranger in Parliament , " " The Bohemians , " and other works . Mr . Whitty had only recently arrived in that colony , in the hope of better health from the change of climate ; but recovery was almost hopeless from the beginning , and he has slowly passed away to an early grave , lamented by all who knew him .
Sir John Melville , who had been Lord Provost of Edinburgh , from 1854 to L 859 , and who lasb autumn received the honour of knighthood from Her Majesty in Holyrood , expired at his residence in Edinburgh , on Saturday morning , May 4 th . Bills arc passing through Parliament for taking the census in 1861 . ' The English Bill contains a new requirement , that every person shall state what is his religious profession . The firm of John and Anthony Blaikie , advocates and land factors , Aberdeen , has failed . The total amount of Mr . John Blaikie's shortcomings is set down at something pretty near £ 300 , 000 .
The annual meeting of the British and Foreign School Society was held on Monday , at the schools in the Borough Koad , under the presidency of Lord John Russell , From the report , it appeared that 250 young persous had attended the classes of the Normal College during the year , of whom 116 had been appointed to schools . Of the 123 students presented at the certificate examination at Christmas last year , every candidate succeeded . The treasurer ' s report showed that the total receipts for the year were £ 23 , 305 10 * . Sd ., which included subscriptions of £ 100 from the Queen , andI £ 100 from the Duke of Bedford . The Rev . James Bon well , against whom legal proceedings have been delayed , recommenced his ministerial labours at St . Philip ' s on Sunday last , and preached the morning sermon . The foundation-stone of the Royal Dramatic College , of which Her Majesty is patroness , will be laid by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort at Maybury , near Woking , on Friday , 1 st of June .
The number of . prisoners tried during .- -the year 1859 , before Her Majesty ' Judges , was 173 ~ number of prisoners tried before the Recorder , Common Serjeant , and Commissioner , 966 ; iotal , 1 , 139 . London pi-isoners , 300 x Middlesex ^ jrisonerS i 839 ; total , 1 , 139 . On Tuesday morning 1 the annual meeting of the Society for Promoting Church Missions to Roman Catholics in'Ireland was held at St . James's Hall , under tlie presidency of . Blr . Oolquhoun . Tha AvnliKUimi nf Yovlf flift ] fin Fl'ldilV ' ' fiVMtiixtr . Mum ><¦*¦ ' •« + half-past eight o ' clock , at his grace * s residence in Belgrave Square . ¦
• The-anniversary of the Religious Tract Society took place on Friday evening at Exeter Hall , and was numerously attended , LieutC-Colonel Herbert Edwardes presiding . ¦ ¦ From the report it appeared that the total issues of the Society within the year amounted to 41 , 710 , 203 publications . The total amount received for si . ln . 1 u-jis £ 86 , 732 ll-s - 2 d . Aipong . _ -the _ . sptialver ^ pr ^ aej iLjr . £ re the Dean of Carlisle , the Rev . Dr . Murray , of the United States , and Mr . J . G . Hoare . . Downing Street ,. May 3 . —The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adams G . Archibald , Esq ., to be attorney-general ; Joseph Howe , Esq ., to be provincial secretary ; William Annand , Esq ., to be financial secretary ; Jonathan McCully , Esq ., to be solicitorgeneral ; and John H . Anderson , Esq ., to be receiver-general , for the Province of Nova Scotia . Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the . Rev . Charles Bull to be colonial chaplain for the Falkland Islands . — Gazette .
Whitehall , May 4 . —The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Bight Hon . Robert Montgomery , Lord Belhaven , to be her Majesty ' s High Commissioner to the General Assembly of he Church of Scot ! and . — -Gazette , On Tuesday , May 8 th , at the Central Criminal Court , the grand jury returned threo true bills against William George Pullinger , the late cashier to the Union Bank , for felony . Jusfc before the Court adjourned the prisoner was placed at the bar , and pleaded ' . * ' guilty " to oil the charges preferred against him . In the last five weeks the deaths in London have constantly declined ; in the last two the decrease has not been very considerable . In the week that ended ltvat Saturday , the number registered was 1 , 205 . Last week the births of 903 boys and 900 girls , in all 1 , 803 children , were registered in London . ,
On Wednesday , Mr . Thomas Honloy , described as a gentleman , was taken up on a warrant by Superintendent Flanagan , before Mr . G . Darby ( Chairman ) and Mr . R . J . Graham , at the vestry-room , Eastbourne , on the charge of killing and slaying Reginald Channel Canccllor , late , one of his school pupils , on the 21 st of April lust . After a hearing of upwards of seven hours , the prisoner was committed to take his trml nt the Assizes , bail being accepted , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each , Edward John Lyttleton , a junior cashicv in the Union Bank , who was brought up at the Mansion-house before the Lord Mayor , on Friday last , for re-examination on the charge of having defrauded the Union 'Bank of the sum of £ 1 , 240 , was entirely acquitted of any complicity with Pullinger , and left the Court without a stain or etigina on his character . There wns a . grand muster of the volunteers on Wednesday
evening in Holland Park , which , both for the numbers present and the complicated nature of the evolutions gone through , was the best field-day which the new levies have yet attempted .
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• ' . FOREIGN . The Paris papers publish the renunciation by Count Montemolin of his pretensions to the throne of ' Spain . Paris , Saturday , May 4 tlu The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the individual payment for exemption from military service at
2 , 300 f . No decision has yefc been taken relative to the evacuation of Rome . From Geneva , May 5 th , we learn that the Cabinet of Turin has made a proposal to the Federal Council for the construction of a railway through Switzerland , to connect Italy and Germany . The operations for establishing the boundary line between France and Piedmont commenced on the 1 st of May . From Turin , May 5 th , we learn that the insurrectionary movement is spreading throughout Sicily . Rome , May 3 rd . The Pope makes an appeal to the Catholics , on behalf of the subscription to the new loan of 50 , 000 , 000 f ., bearing interest at five per cent . Belgium- has already subscribed 15 , 000 , 000 f .
Paris , Monday , May 7 th . The Constitutionnel has an article by its chief editor , M . Grandguillot , extolling the policy of Count Cavour ^ and declaring that France will energetically disapprove aggression , and that the work of Piedmont is no longer to extend her boundaries , but to assimilate herself to the annexed provinces . The Patrle of this evening says : — "We learn that General Garibaldi has left for Sicily , with an expeditionary corps d ' armee . " The JPatrie adds : " General Garibaldi , by acting thus , commits an act which falls under the application of the law against piracy . "
The Sardinian Cabinet has ordered the Sardinian vessels off-Sicily to oppose with armed force any attempt which may be made by persons who have embarked in vessels hoisting the Sardinian flag . " The intelligence from Vienna , May 7 th , is , that in reply to the proposals of France , England consents to adopt us the basis of the Conference Article 92 of the final Act of Vienna , which refers to the neutralization of the districts of Chablais and Faucigny . England reserves the right of making at the conference proposals relative to the mode of this neutralization .
From Turing May 7 , we learn that the Lieutenant-general has published a proclamation declaring 1 Palermo _ to be iuTlonger in 3 state of siege .- The result of the-elections shows a large majority for the ministry . General Garibaldi has only obtained thirty votes at Turin , arid Siguor Laurenti only fourteen . Serious apprehensions arc entertained as to the state of affairs in Sicily . The Secretary ' of the Count of Syracuse has been exiled . At Berne , the Federal Co ' . uicil has issued another circular note * lai ' iowing lite strategic importance of the neutralized provinces for the maintenance of the neutrality of Switzerland .
The JPatrie , of May 8 th , says that General Garibaldi ' s departure for Sicily has been fully confirmed . The Piedinontese Government made every possible protest against this act of General Garibaldi , which may involve the new Italian stale in grave difficulties . The different vessels belonging to General Garibaldi ' s expedition will dJrect- ^ licir- ^ ui'se ^^ vurds ^ ilitiii ^^ tion with the committee in London undertaking the collection of English subscriptions for Sicily , and lias received arms which had not passed through Piedmont . The Sardinian steam flotilla has left Leghorn for Sicily . Letters from Naples , to the 5 th , state that the insurrection continued in the interior of that island . General Balsano had demanded a reinforcement of 5000 men , in consequence of Garibaldi ' s expedition . , The Moniteur announces that a decree , modifying the project of law concerning sugars and coffee , has been submitted to the Legislative body .
Count Ludolf will assume , at Constantinople , the functions of Charge" d'Affaires of Austria . From Rome , May 5 th , the news is that 1000 Irishmen have left Trieste for Ancona , in order to be enrolled in the Pope's army . The Due do Gruinniont-, in accordance with instructions received from Paris , has declared to the Holy See that the French garrison will not leave the Papal territory until tho Sovereign Pontiff himself shall have acknowledged that tho departure of the French troops could take place without any danger to the tranquillity and safety of the States . ' Hanover , May 8 th . In to-day's sittings of the Chamber of Deputies , tho Minister of tho Interior , M . von Borries , stated that Hanover is faithful to the Confederation . The Federal Constitution
does not admit that a German Government should conclude a convention with a Foreign Power against any other German Powers ; nnd least of all would such a convention be entered into with France . The expedition of Garibaldi is reported to be organized on a very grand scale , being provided with arms , ammunition , provisions , ana mnterials for a campaign . It is stated that "he takos with him 20 cannon * He is suid to lmvo exchanged for gold 3 , 000 , 000 i in notes at the Bank of Genoa . Turin , May 9 , —The journals publish a letter froin General Garibaldi , in which he says , " It is tho duty , of all to encourage , aid , and to uugmont tho number of combatants against oppression . From the moment that our Sicilian brethren threw themselves into the struggle , I considered it my duty to assist them . Our battlecry will be , * Italy , and Victor Emmanuel I '" General Oudinot has given a denial to the report that he intended to take service with tho Pontifical army .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1860, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12051860/page/20/
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