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    dite Sir Rowland Trenchard neck Sbpt. 20...

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    FREEHOLD LAND MEETING. Two considerable ...

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    STEAM PLOUGHING. Lord Willoughby d'Eresb...

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    DONCASTER RACES. Fine weather, crowds of...

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    PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP. The Queen take...

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    Public Opinion. " It Has Pleased God To ...

    « If Cuba is to be saved for Spain , the latter ought , in the opinion of the public , to be made to pay her debt , to BritiBh and French creditors . « Every day brings us nearer to that war of principles , " says the Leeds Times , « which one of our own statesmen long ago predicted as * ^ WV « S of Europe . " And then referring to the Whig share in the " Von Beck" mystery , and expressing its desire to be charitable in construing the expression " foreign branch of the English police , " it winds up with an ominous doubt : —

    « If it should turn out that the Whig Government has really been maintaining a horde of sp ies for the benefit of the Continental despots , to watch and betray the exiles who have sought refuge on our shores , that Government will have reached a depth of official infamy and humiliation to which we had thought it impossible for any English administration to sink . " The Lincolnshire Chronicle is engaged on an electioneering topic , fighting the Stamford Mercury , ¦ w hich advocates the reelection of Sir Montague Cholmondley . Apparently the editors do not fight in person , but mysterious correspondents furnish the polemics in the leading columns . In the Nottingham Mercury there is a thoughtful paper on the laws of settlement and removal , suggested by the late report of Mr . George Coode to the Poor Law Board : —

    " Though we are quite of opinion that , were the power of removal of native paupers by warrant entirely abolished , the remaining portion of the law empowering the removal of Irish , Scotch , and Chan nel Island paupers would speedily have to undergo considerable modification , yet we can scarcely see it necessary that the abolition of this part of the law of settlement and removal should proceed , side by side , with the abolition of the law affecting our native population . Such , however , is the statute

    rooted objection we have to this tyrannical , that if it was found impossible that the law affecting the removal of one class could not be repealed without the necessity of abolishing that which affects the other class , we would risk all the disadvantages , anticipated to arise from the non-removal of Irish , Scotch , snd Channel Island paupers , rather than have the labouring population of England longer exposed to the grinding oppressions of this partial and unjust law . "

    The advance made in social questions is shown by the notice which the excellent lectures of Mr . "William Coningham have attracted . The latest is in the Birmingham Journal , from which we cut the following : — " We have before given reason for our belief that the cooperative system has not only always failed but always would fail amongst us , even if it should become general , which we hold to be impossible ; but we rejoice at the opportunity of showing from the source named that the cooperative principle as developed in France is not the destructive and demoralised thing it is represented by certain writers here ; and that it is altogether fallacious to suppose that our working classes wculd necessarily be irreligious and

    anarchical if the cooperative principle were more prevalent amongst them . As to the incendiarism and depravity manifested among some of the so-called organs of the industrial masses , as quoted by the Times beforementioned , similar proofs of exceptional rascality might be obtained in infinitely greater abundance ten , twenty , and thirty years ago , as was proved before the Newspaper Stamp Committee of last Session beyond all doubt , improvement on that score being every day more conspicuous . The evidence and opinions of a gentleman in Mr . Conintfham ' s position are worth something ; and as a contribution to a \ ital question in social philosophy , and one that will need our best attention very frequently for the time to come , we give the substance of his experience without further comment . "

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    Freehold Land Meeting. Two Considerable ...

    FREEHOLD LAND MEETING . Two considerable meetings connect * d with th e freehold land movement took pluceon Tuesday ; on at Kingsland , and the other at Lambeth ; and «• meeting of the Westminster Society on Wednesday . The first was large , and Mr . James Taylor , of Birmingham , delivered one ol his characteristic speeches : — " In Birmingham the society had existed just four years ; they had made 1100 allotments ; they had 3004 nhares , and had taken in one day last week nearly £ 1000 . They had now near £ 20 , 000 worth of land ready to divide , which would make 700 or 800 allotments more . They had been ridiculed at first , amongst others by Mr . Newdegntc , M . P . ; but he had ceased to ridicule them now , for he knew he should lose his seat at the next election . Land which was offered by retail at !}«« . 6 d . per yard had been bought by the society for Is . Id . per yard . ( Hear , hear . ) The estate had been allotted , und one lot which cost £ 17 hud been sold since for £ 50 . One man

    wl : o had three lots , which bad cost him £ 60 , had let them off on a building lease for < « )!) years at a reserved rent of £ 8 Hh . per annum . { Hear , / war . ) One of the last estates they had purchased was in the borough of Birmingham : it cost the members 2 n . l ^ d . per yard , or £ 24 a lot , and the lots had let from 46 s . to HOa . a year . A hostile surveyor had btated in the reviiiing barrister ' s court that i . one of thin land wan woilh lean than fa . a yard , though it had only cost the members ' 2 a . 1 . ^( 1 . The societies in Coventry and Wolvcrhanipton had . Leon equally successful . Another feature of these noddies wae the political one . lie had now a vote for seven counties , and should posses * other three next yeur . At the next , election he hhould hav « th « " pleasure «> f voting either lor or against Mr . Disraeli if he Blood again for Buckinghamshire . { Hear . ) This was the

    reverse of all other movements in one respect , for it attained its object , not by expending , but by saving money . The Birmingham Society alone had created six hundred county voters ; let the London societies proceed in the same way , and they would soon be able to give notice to quit to those obstructors of improvement , the present Jounty members . { Cheers . ) The Chairman ' s statement , that nearly a million of money had been subscribed by these societies , was considerably under the mark : taking the averaee value of the shares at £ 30 , the amount was near ^ two mmions and a half . ( Hear , hear . ) Wdfking-^ fe ^^ ass : raw ? ss ^& ro ^ fta yoa wo ™ Oy ' ve swallowed monny a field . ' ( " Cheers " and laughter . ) " .

    .. The Lambeth meeting was held to celebrate the taking possession of a plot of ground , recently purchased by the Lambeth Freehold Land Society , and took place on the West Kent Estate , situated near the Forest-hill Railway Station . The society was established in October last ; the number of shareholders is 600 , by whom 1000 shares are owned . The estate comprises thirty-eight acres , and is divided into 334 allotments , each allotment entitling the holder to a vote for the county . An ox was roasted whole and distributed to the poor . A number of ladies were present , and the band of the Sappers and Miners in attendance . The estate having been duly perambulated by the company , some two hundred sat down to a cold luncheon , after which speeches and toasts were the order of the day .

    Steam Ploughing. Lord Willoughby D'Eresb...

    STEAM PLOUGHING . Lord Willoughby d'Eresby has lately been making experiments in steam ploughing . He is said at length to have satisfactorily settled the vexed question , not only as to the practicability of ploughing by steam , but as to the superior cheapness and efficiency of that over the ordinary method . A private experiment with one engine was made at Grimesthorpe , on Thursday week . The field selected for the purpose had grown a wheat crop , and was of good malleable soil . The engine was placed on a moveable tram-road at the end of the field . By way of testing the relative powers , the plough , a double one , with reversed shares and coulters , was

    drawn in one direction by horses , and contranly by steam . The horses , four powerful animals , had much labour to drag the implement , and that only at a slow pace ; whilst the engine , of 26-horse power , hurried it back as fast as a man could fairly walk to conduct the plough . After several " bouts " a subsoil plough was attached at a gauge of 9 and afterwards 12 inches . This additional burden , which the horses could not possibly have drawn , evidently steadied and improved the motion , and left the work in a most satisfactory manner . Harrows were afterwards appended with an equally pleasing result . The ploughing took place across old land , which showed in some places considerable dips .

    The plough used on this occasion was designed and manufactured by an ingenious mechanic , named Downes , living at Ryhall , near Stamford , who has for some years deservedly been held in high esteem as a ploughman and ploughmaker in the midland

    coun-. It is estimated that the ploughing of twenty-four acres of land by horse power would cost £ 9 12 s ., while the same work could be done by steam for £ 6 16 a ., leaving a balance of £ 2 16 s . in favour of Bteam power .

    Doncaster Races. Fine Weather, Crowds Of...

    DONCASTER RACES . Fine weather , crowds of spectators , plenty of sport , and capital races have characterised the Donaster of 1851 . The race on Tuesday was the Great Handicap , which was won in first-rate style by the Confessor , who waited on his horses up to the stand , when he quitted them and ran in first by n length . Tuesday , altogether , is said to have been the best 41 first day" known at Doncaster for many years . Eighteen horses started for the St . Leger on Wednesday . The betting was 6 to 4 against Ilernnndez , 2 to 1 against Aphrodite , 6 to 1 against the Ban , 12 to 1 against Newminster , 12 to iigainst Kphesus , 18 to 1 against Miserrirna , 40 to 1 against Lough liawn , and 50 to 1 aurainnt Phlegra .

    The starting , it should be premised , was tinder taken by Captain llous , who got through bin task with so little difficulty , that the race cume off within a few minutes of the time specified on the cardn . Deceitful went away with the lead , followed by Jixeter , Aphrodite and Goliuh lying third and fourth , Hernandez next in company with Cniuus , Newminster , Phlcgra , Sir Rowland Trcnchurd , Ilonkcm Snivvey , and two or three others Kphcsus , Lough Bawn , and Jack Robinson

    bringing up the rear . lCxcter retired before he reached the milepoet , but in no other respect were the positions of the leuding horfien affected until they got to the Red-houno ; here Goliah and Hernandez were beaten , and Newminster took the third position . Halfway between the Red-house and the bend Deceitful gave way , and the race was Itft to Aphrodite and Newininnter , the latter getting to the mare ' s head inside the distance , quitting her half-way up , and winning in * canter by two lengths , HookemSnivvoy . whp wa » as far behind

    Aphrodite , beating Sir Rowland Trenchard by a neck . Phlegra and Miserrima were fifth and sixth , Larnartine and the Ban next . The race was run in 3 minutes 19 seconds . Newminster belongs to Mir . A . Nichol , and was ridden by Templeman . The Queen ' s Plate was won by the Maid of Masham , ridden by G . Abdale , beating Cossack with the greatest ease . On Thursday , Mr . Stebbing ' s Alfred the Great , ridden by Flatman , carried off the Twenty Sovereign Sweepstakes for two-year olds . Le Juif , a three-year old , won the Cleveland Handicap by a head ,-after a fine race , beating Worcester and Vanguard . - « j _ , C

    Personal News And Gossip. The Queen Take...

    PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . The Queen takes daily drives about the Crags and Pass of Ballater , and Prince Albert is walking up his health while he is stalking down the deer . The Ministers are everywhere ; and all fashionable people flitting about in all directions . London gossips have had Bloomerism brought home to them by Mra . Dexter , who has caused a deal of talk , and no doubt we shall soon see Bloomers abroad . Lord and Lady John Russell surprised the good people of Dublin by a visit on Monday last , said the Times ; but its informant was hoaxed . Lord John had only gone to ' lot ! Brougham was seen in the House of Lords on Wednesday . He appeared in much better health than

    when last in town . -, ., i * ' + u * u ~ The Bishop of London has embroiled himself with the parish of St . Mary , Whitechapel . by interdicting a clergyman just chosen as lecturer , from preaching . A meet in * was held on Thursday , and it was resolved that , spite of the Bishop , the lecturer should discharge his " Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne is making a most minute inspection of the state of fortifications in the Channel Islands and the western coast of England . Mr . Richard O'Gorman , one of the oldest and most respectable merchants of Dublin , has left Ireland for the United States . The exile of his only son , a noble-minded young fellow , who came out in ' 48 , and who is at present a practising barrister at the American bar , has been the cause of Mr . O'Gorman ' s departure . . _ . .

    Father Gavazzi has created a fervour in Scotland quite as great as that in London . The , brewers of Southwarkgave Haynsu a taste of English detestation of women-floggers and men-slaughters ; the workmen of Mr Napier ' s foundry at Glasgow turned out , and gave hearty cheers for the priestly advocate of Papal reform , and Italian nationality . Mr L awrence , the American Minister , and Mrs . Lawrence , are on a tour through Galway and Connemara . Mr Joseph Hume paid his constituents a public visit on Saturday , and delivered a financial and reform speech in the Town-hall of Montrose . The old veteran was heartily received . The soiree to Mr . George Thompson , M . P ., fixed for Tuesday , was unavoidably postponed , owing to a bereavement in the family of that gentleman , whose second son expired on Sunday evening , after a protracted illness .

    The Earl of Donoughmore died on the afternoon of the 12 th at Pahnerstown-house , his lordship's mansion in the county of Dublin . He was in his sixty-fourth year , and had been for a long time in a declining state of health . He is succeeded in his estates and title by his son , Lord Suirdale . Died on Wednesday morning , at his residence in St . Gihs ' s-strect , Oxford , after a few hour * ' illness , John Kidd , DM . of Christchurch , Regius Professor of Medicine , Tomline's Prelector of Anatomy , Aldrichian Professor of Anatomy , and Radcliffe ' s Librarian . Dr Kidd was highly esteemed and respected both in the University and city of Oxford . In 1800 , being then a student of

    Christ Church , Mr . Kidd took the degree of M . A . In 1801 that of Bachelor of Medicine , and in 1804 he proceeded to the degree of Doctor of Medicine . In 1822 Dr . Kidd succeeded Sir Christopher Pegge , Bart ., in the oflice of Regius Professor of Medicine , to which is annexed Tomline ' s Protectorship of Anatomy , and the Aldrichian Professorship of Anatomy , and in 1834 he succeeded Dr . Williams as Radcliffe s Librarian . Th # election of a successor to the latter olfi . ee rests with the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , the Chancellor of the University , the Bishops of London and Winchester , the two principal Secretaries of State , the two Chief Justices , and the Master of the Rolls .

    Mr . James Richardson , the enterprising African traveller , died on the 4 lh of March last , at a small village called Ungurutua , six days distant from Kouka , the capital of Bornou . Early in January , he and the companions of his mission , Drs . Barth and Overweg , arrived at the immense plain of Damergou , when , after remaining a few days , they separated , Dr . Barth proceeding to Kami , Dr . Overweg to Guber , and Mr . Richardson taking the direct route to Kouka , by Zinder . There , it would seem , his strength began to give way , and before he had arrived twelve days distant from Kouka he became seriously ill , suffering much froia the oppressive heat of the huh . Having reached a large town called Kangarrua , he halted for three days , and feeling himself rather refreshed he renewed his journey . After two days more travelling , during which his weakness greatly increase *! , thev arrived nt the Waddv Mcllahn . Leaving this p lace the

    on the 3 rd of March , they reached in two hours village of Ungurutua , when Mr . Richardson became » o weak thai he was unuble to proceed . In the evening ho ok IIttle food and tried toWP , but ^ of » me very restUsH and left his tent supported by hi » "errant He en . 1 ook ^ Um and threw llii .. »« .-lf •*«« «» hlB * " *'< £ ? ho asked for a His attendants having made some coffee , he asked lor a cm bit lu n « strength to hold it . He repeated Beveral tiZ ' « "I nave no strength , " and after having pronounced the name of his ™ f ° , "B ^ ed deeply , and exphed without a struggle about tvfo houia after midmghW

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 20, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20091851/page/7/