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April 19, 1856.1 THE LEAD . ER. 369
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Leader Office, Saturday, April 19.
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LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT, HOTJSE OP LORDS...
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HOUfcil!. \jb ^OiVjuviONS. ADJOUBNMENT F...
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THE PEACE. The Presse dTOrient announces...
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FRANCE. Tho Duke do Broglle, as is custo...
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The Crimean Board mot again yesterday (F...
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Naval And Military. Improvements In Fiel...
of tlie gunboats had been held on Tuesday , but the line-of-battle ships were prevented from joining by stress of weather . Sir Charles Wood , First lord of the Admiralty , Admiral Berkeley , Second Lord , Lord Panmure , Lord Hardinge , and several naval and military officers of high rank , were present . The Queen has invited Sir Edmund Lyons to be her guest on hoard the royal yacht on the occasion of the review . Russian Prisoners of War .-The Imperatriz transport , No . 150 , arrived at Sheerness on Sunday from the Thames . She steamed up alongside the Russian prison ship Devonshire , Lieutenant Commander Lloyd , and received all the Russian prisoners of war and also the merchant seamen of different northern nations who had been detained for breaking the blockade . The Imperatriz left again the same day for a Russian port in the Baltic ( supposed to be
Ldbau ) . . . The Chatham Military Hospitals were visited by the Queen and Prince Albert on Wednesday . Albebshott . —The Queen will review the troops at Aldershott this day ( Saturday ) . Wbeck op an : American Bark near Deal . — A -very heavy gale from the East by North has been blowing during the greater part of the present week ; and the Blanchard , Captain Lawrance , of Yarmouth , United States , has been wrecked near Deal . The crew and passengers were all saved . The water is out in . the marshes in th . e neighbourhood of Deal , and it is reported that considerable losses have been sustained by the graziers , and that many ewes and lambs have been lost .
April 19, 1856.1 The Lead . Er. 369
April 19 , 1856 . 1 THE LEAD . ER . 369
Miscellaneous. The Cotjbt.—The Queen's B...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Cotjbt . —The Queen's Ball , announced for Friday , the 6 th of June , is to take place on Tuesday , tke 17 th of that month . Her Majesty has given sittings to Mr . Noble for a colossal bust for the Townhall of Mall of Manchester . The Queen held a levee on Tuesday afternoon , at St . James'Palace ; a writer , who last year called attention to the same subject , again addresses the Times , to complain that the crush and struggle to obtain entrance are as had as ever . Fires . —Between eight and nine o ' clock last Sunday evening , a fire , supposed to have been , caused by an escape of gas , broke out at the Vauxhall-station . of the South Western Hallway , and destroyed the whole
range of buildings . The business of the station was going forward as usual , when an alarm of fire was given , and at the same moment flames were discovered in a small room adjoining the booking office . The fire quickly spread to the booking office itself , and compeJled all those who were there to retreat hastily from the spot . The conflagration continued to make such rapid pr-ogress , that in a very shoi-t time it extended onto the platform , and soon afterwards th « entire station was on fire . In consequence of th « suddenness of the occurrence , the officials were not able to signal the trains then on the line to stop ; and two up trains from Twickenham and Windsor set down passengers at the station while it was on fire .
No lives , however , were Io 3 t , and the line was soon repaired . —An alarm of fire , which , for a short time created some confusion , wa 3 raised on Saturday nighi at Drury Lane Theatre . Some experiments were being made , under the sanction of the committee of management of tine threatre , by the Fire Annihilate Company . The instrument , which was being tried on some of the gas battens , had its head blown off by the liberated carbonic acid . The whole of the stage was immediately enveloped in a mist , and some persons , fancying the place was on fire , rushed out and gave an alarm to that effect ; but matters were speedily set to rights . The inventor of the " aunihilntor" has
since written to -the Times , to state that , according to the way the chemicals used in the machine are compounded by the company whioh has bought his patent—the invention is absolutely dangerous . —The Caledonian Distillery , Edinburgh , a new building , regarded as the largest and most complete establishment of the kind in Scotland , has been destroyed by fire . —Lavender Bock , Rothorbitho , was discovered on Tuesday evening to be on fire ; but the flames were got under . —The house of a wax-chandler and oilmerchant in Albany-street , Regent ' s-pavk , caught fia-o on Tuesday morning , about eleven o ' clook , and was destroyed , together with the stock . Several of the adjoining houses were damaged by fire and water .
This Laws a 3 ? iteotin <* Women . —A mooting of a somewhat extraordinary character was -held iu the Town-hull , Leicester , on Monday night . The handbills convening it stated that the object wns to conaidcv the laws relative to the protection of women , and that no men would bo admitted , " excepting , of oourao , gentlemen of the press . " Tho meeting immberod about two hundred . The , majority wcro women of middle ago , of tlio operative class , in gonoral respectably dressed . A Mra . Woodford was votod to the chair , and tho piinolpal speaker was a Mra . WigRoId , who made aorao really clover speeches . lb ¦ waa unairimoiiBly resolved to support the motion of Sir Erakiuo Perry for a , revision of tlio marriage laws . A petition to tho House of Commons waa agreed to , and tho p » ocoodings , whioh wore conducted with groat proprioty .
terminated by the singing of the National Anthem . It waa agreed , with one dissentient , not to support Mr . Dillwyn ' s measure for introducing flogging as a punishment for wife-beaters . National Education . —A meeting has been held at Halifax , to consider the subject of national education . The Mayor presided , and the assembly was addressed by Mr . Edward Ackroyd , Mr . John Abbott , Mr Stores Smith , the Rev . W . Walters , and Mr .
Alderman Crossley . A motion in favour of a general measure of national education , which should not supersede , but aid , the voluntary principle , was carried by a considerable majority , after some opposition by Messrs . Walters and Crossley , who proposed and seconded an amendment deprecating all governmental interference with the education of the people , as endangering their liberties by increasing ministerial patronage . A petition was adopted in accordance with the resolution .
The New American Ambassadoe , Mr . Dallas , was entertained at a banq-uet at the Mansion House on Thursday . He spoke strongly in favour of
conciliation . Chabge op Fraud against a Lady . —A lady who appeared at the Mansion House as a Mrs . Maiy Eliza M'Nair , was charged with having obtained a sum of money ' from , the East India Company by false and fraudulent pretences . It appeared that she was the widow of > Captain M'Nair , who had been in the service of " the East India Company , and who died in 1838 . The widow then received a pension on the usual condition that it would be forfeited if she
married again . Ten years ago , according to the statement for the prosecution , she took to herself another husband , yet ever since then has continued to receive the pension , the East India Company being until the last few days ignorant of the change in her position . The case was remanded ; and , on the lady ' s solicitor hoping that the bail would be small , the Lord Mayor remarked , amidst some laughter , that he supposed the lady ' s husband could come forward and bail her without difficulty . To this , the solicitor replied , " Our defence is that she has no husband . "
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Last Night's Parliament, Hotjse Op Lords...
LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT , HOTJSE OP LORDS . TOBTUBE IN INDIA . The Earl of Eixenborough stated that the case of a person convicted of torturing & native of Bengal had been punished by five years' imprisonment in chains , with hard labour ; which was a satisfactory way of dealing with the offence . The Duke of Arqyxi . concurred in that opinion , and' produced a special report of the case . » TICKET-OF-UJAVE SYSTEM . The Marquis of Salisbury brought forward the subject of ticket-of-leave convicts , complaining that the Act of 1853 had not been properly carried out , and moved for certain returns connected with the subject . The Duke of Argym . said that the report of ^ Colonel Jebb , which would shortly be published , would show that the system had on the whole , worked well . The three per centage of reconvictions of ticket-of-leave men , was only eight per cent , in the whole time since 1804 . Earl Stanhope then proceeded to bring the whole question of secondary punishments before the House , Tho matter was discussed by Lord Lyttelton , Earl Ghah-YIU . E , tho Earl of Derby , and tho Earl of Ha . rrowby . Ultimately , Eai'l Staniiope gave notice that he should move fop a Select Committee to inquire into the subject . The House adjourned at a nuartor to nine o'clock .
Houfcil!. \Jb ^Oivjuvions. Adjoubnment F...
HOUfcil ! . \ jb ^ OiVjuviONS . ADJOUBNMENT FOB . TUB NAYAI . REVIEW . In tlio course of a conversation with reference to the business of the House , it waa announced that tho House would be adjourned on Monday evening next until Thursday—the object , of course , being to allow members to visit the Naval ltoview on Wednesday . KAHS . It was arranged that Mr . WHiTESiDE ' a motion , x-olativo to the full of Kara , should come on on Monday week . NEW PUDUO OFFICES . Sir 15 . Halt , gavo notice that on the 28 th of May he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into tho subject of founding now Public Ofncos in tho neighbourhood of Downingatreeb .
PARLIAMENTARY RprORM . Sir J . WAuasUix renewed his notlqo of motion fox' Parliamentary Reform , which wns jirovcntod coming' by the " No House" tho night before , for the 8 th of May . POSTAL COBtMUMOA-TlON WITH AUSTRALIA . In roply to Mr . Kvkwtn Dknison and Sir J . Takinqton , Mr . Wilson stated that none of tho tendon * nindo for tho supply of a Postal Sorvico to Australia had boon considored aoccptablo by tho Government , and tlio service was agrcod to bo thrown opon to public competition ; no but decision had bqcn oomo to with regard to nny particular route . MOHUMKNT TO TOE DUKE Ol' WELLINGTON . On a question from Viscount Ciu'xsea , Sir 11 , Hall stated that a sum of . £ 20 , 000 , balanco of tho . £ 80 , 000 votoil for tho funeral of tho Duko of Wellington , would be applied to tho oroctlon of a monument to him In St . I ' nul ' a ; tho designs for whioh will bo thrown opon to competition . HEUr . DIT . AUY PENSIONO , In answer to Sir V . Uaiuno , Mr . Wimon said that certain
hereditary pensions to the Duke of Grafton and the descen - dants of the Duke of Schomberg had been purchased tor a capital sum of . £ 213 , 000 , which had been paid out of tlia revenues of the Post-office and Excise , on which they had been chargeable . The House then went into Committee of Supply , and \ raj occupied mainly with the Civil Service Estimates til ] the rising .
ERECTIONS IN THE PABK . In answer to a question , Mr . Mokselz . said that the buildings erecting in Hyde Park were being done - with the joint concurrence of the War Department and the Board of Works . Sir F . Thesiqeb—For -what purpose ? Mr . Monsexx . —For fireworks . Colonel Knox inquired of the President of the Board of "Works if it was with his concurrence . Sir B . Haix said that lie had nothing to do with sanctioning the works . He liad been on the ground to-day to see that no obstruction to traffic should result from it . Mr . G . Dundas aslced what these fireworks were for , and the amount of the expenditure ?
Tho CHANCELiiOB op the Exchequer said that , at the proper time , the details of the expense would be laid before the House . Mr . G . Dtjndas—But what are the fireworks for ? The Cuanckulob of the Exchequer said he really did not think , at first , that the hon . gentleman was in earnest . It was to celebrate the peace .
NAVAL HEVIBW . On the motion * for the adjournment of the House , Col . Fbench aslicd a question relative to the facilities for the members of the House seeing the naval review . Mr . Lindsay asked if the Perseverance placed at the disposal of the members of the House was the same ship that capsized lost yea . If so he hoped the Admiralty would snppjy a sufficient number of life-boats . Having spent so much money about the sad realities of war he thought thus show might faa , ve "been dispensed with . Mr . Latabd asked if it were true that a certain number of gunboats had been constructed for this review ?
Sir C . Wood said that the gunboats had not been built for the occasion . The Admiralty had provided the best accommodation for both Houses of Parliament , but he was unable to accommodate the wives of the Commons , although he had those of the Lords , their number being fewer . The Perseverance was a very good ship notwithstanding the accident to her in dock , and he could not be supposed to desire to capsize Tiis own side of the House whatever he might do to the Opposition . An attempt was made by Mr . Hasfxexd to get tlie adjournment from to-ni £ ht to Thursday , but it was rssisted by the Government . BEVENUE 8 O * INDIA . On the motion for going into Committee of Supply , Sir E . Pekb * called attention to the state of the Indian revenue , which ,, he urged , was yearly showing a great deficit as compared with expenditure . He deprecated the principle of annexation , the last instance o which was in the case of the kingdom of Oude .
Mr . V . Smith urged that the question should have teen brought forward on the Indian Budget ; and he cormbatted the fallacies ! and arguments of Sir E . Perry , and defended the policy of Lord Dalhousie . Mr . Otwat made some stringent remarks on ouroppressiv Indian policy , which was defended by Sir J . W . Hoqg , who also went at length into the question of the revenues of India .
The Peace. The Presse Dtorient Announces...
THE PEACE . The Presse dTOrient announces that the evacuation of the Russian territory by the Allies will begin with tho fortress of Kinburn , and that Eupatoria will follow . At the last sitting of the Congress , the members were occupied with questions of detail in reference to—1 . The free navigation of the Danube ; 2 . The interior regime of the Principalities , and the arrangement of the frontiers ; 3 . The situation of the Christians in Turkey . For these purposes threo Commissions are appointed : — 1 . A Commission , named by all the Powers represented at tho Congress on the subject of tho Danube ; 2 . A Commission , named by all tho Powers except Tiedmont , on the frontier question ; 3 . A Cotpnmisaion , named by nil tho Powers , with tho addition of delegates from the Divan , to consider the position of the Christians .
France. Tho Duke Do Broglle, As Is Custo...
FRANCE . Tho Duke do Broglle , as is customary when a new academician has been named , has been presented to the Emperor . " M . 1 c Duo , " said tho Emperor , addressing him after the first compliments wore over , " I have read with much interest and pleasure your address to tho Academy on your reception . Permit mo to thank you fop tho very nattering manner In which you have alluded to the Emperor Napoleon I ., my undo . Allow mo also to express tho hope that your grandson will llnd reason to speak as favourably of tho 2 nd of December as you , M . lo Due , have spoken of the 18 th Brumairo . " Tho Duke answered , " Sire , History will decide . "
The Crimean Board Mot Again Yesterday (F...
The Crimean Board mot again yesterday ( Friday ); but no details of general interest were elicited . The BunnoN Poisonino Gases . —An action has boon brought in tho Darlington County Court against Mr . Woolor , to recover £ \ 6 12 s . Od ., tho charges of Mr-Jackson for attendance on tho late Mrs . Woolor . Mr . Woolor resisted , on tho ground that Mr , Jncknon pretended to bo a physloian when ho was simply an apothuenry , and that ho had not troatod Mrs . Woolor properly , nor glvon notice of the Byroptorns of poisoning , A verdtot was awarded for tho amount claimed . Qront oxcltoment prevails , and public fooling In strong against Mr . Woolor . GovTsnaMBNT ArpoiNTMBNTU . —Wo have reason to know that tho Governorship of Victoria has boon offered by the Colonial Secretary to tho Kivrl of lAltfln , And deolinod by tho noblo carl . Wo bollovo it In most probable that F . O . Martin , Esq ., " W . D . Hoftso , E »<] ., and John Simons , Esq ., will bo appolntod additional Innpootora of CluarUlos under the Act 18 and 10 Vic , o . 134 . —Globe
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Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19041856/page/9/
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