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Miscellaneous. I Rs- The Couht.—The Maha...
tion derived from the patronymics of eminent men in literature , science , art , statesmanship , arms , & c . Metbopolttan Drainage . —The Metropolitan Board of Works resumed , on Tuesday , the consideration of the report and plan of the engineer upon the points of discharge for the drainage of the metropolis , suggested in Captain BurstalTs letter , and approved of by the First Commissioner of Works . Mr . Few supported the niotioa moved by Mr . Carpmael on . the last day the question was debated , namely , that the report of the engineer in respect of the outfalls suggested in . Captain Burstall ' s
report , and approved of by Sir Benjamin Hall , be adopted . Major Lyon proposed , as an amendment , that before adopting the plan , the board should take the opinion of some eminent engineer on such parts of it as might be deemed expedient . The amendment , after a long discussion , was negatived , and the resolution of Mr . Carpmael / was carried by a majority of 23 t <> 13 . A resolution to send up the plan to Sir Benjamin Hall by the Chairman , a < companied by the engineer and clerk , was carried by a majority of 21 to 13 . A protest against the plan was handed in bv Mr . Daulton .
The Gkokgian Romance . —Mr- Arrowsmith has written another letter to the Times , again asserting ; the truth of his celebrated Georgian railway narrative , but without bringing forward any testimony to confirm his story . One or two noore letters , pro and con ., have likewise been published in the Times dvmng the week . One of these contains a communication addressed to the Savannah Republican , and published in that journal of ¦ November 24 th , the writer of which states that a " mail agent" has told him that the story was concocted by himself , and read by him to an English traveller , in the course of a conversation about " Southern atrocities . " The traveller requested a copy of this production , and was supplied with one . This was afterwards published in the Times in the form of the letter which has given rise to so much controversy .
AoMtNiSTRATiVE REPOKar . —A letter has been addressed to Mr . Roebuck , Chairman of the Administrative Reform Association , by Mr . Gassiot , with an analysis of the divisions in the House of Commons during the last session of Parliament , as regards members for boroughs enfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832 . In this letter Mr . Gassiot calls attention to the remissness of independent members of Parliament , as exhibited by their frequent non-attendance , the result being that bad Government measures have been passed which mightfhave been thrown out , and many good popular measures been thrown out wfiich might have been passed .
Mb . BAJtosr Nathan , long known as " master of the ceremonies' at Rosherville Gardens , Gravesend , died on Saturday , the 6 tbi inst ., at his residence , Kenningtoncross , from the rupture of a blood-vessel in the head . He was much respected by those who knew him . M . Kossuth has been presented with the freedom of the burgh of Hamilton . The Southampton Election . —Mr . Andrews , the Mayor , having come forward as a candidate , addressed bis supporters at a meeting held on Thursday evening . His opinions are liberal , and he is inclined to the principle of non-intervention . An attempt has been made to form a junction between the supporters of Mr . Weguelin and Mr . Andrews ; "but the former refused to come to terms , and each division of the Liberal party is now determined " to fight it out to the last man . "
Proposed Removal of the Courts of Law . —A deputation from the council of the Incorporated Law Society waited on Thursday upon Sir Benjamin Hall , at his offices , Wliitehall-place , relative to the removal of the courts of law from Westminster and the erection of a building in the neighbourhood of the inns of court , in -which all the courts , both of law and equity , and all the law offices might be concentrated under one roof . Sir Benjamin concurred in the opinion that the courts at Westminster arc highly inconvenient and insufficient , and advised the deputation to communicate with tho Attorney-General .
The New President op the Ukited States . —The President elect , Mr . Buchanan , having been tho President of the Board of Trustees of the Franklin and Marshal College since its organization in 1853 , the students , tothe number of over one hundred , provided themselves with a band of music , and waited upon Mr . Buchanan at his residence , Wheatlanda , for the purpose of congratulating him on his election . Tho visit was suggested and arranged among the students themselves , who laid aside for the occasion all their party preferences . prejudices . On their arrival at Wheatlands , they were received most cordially by Mr . Buchanan . He thanked
Ins young friends for tlie visit , for he was sure that their congratulations wero sincere , as thej * sprang from the warm liearts of youth which had not j-et had time to Ibecomc corrupted and hardened in tho ways of the world . There were many little ecccntricitica in the life oi a c «»! go Btudent which might bo pardoned or overlooked ; but there was one habit which , if formed at Sl r i ^ ^ iJ J outh ' would ding'to them through In , Uheftire 8 t prospects . Ho referred IV ™ tZ "Seating liquor * . lie urged them to kn ^ l i T H f th 0 y , ™ « t °° k to loam , to acquire two it to advantage in after life . hc ] l 0 ncd hifl voun £ r cfivtvT ^ £ ? i rf ° ^ » sZ tizi of everything . He thanked them for their
congratulations upon his election to the high and responsible office of President , but whether the event would prove to be a matter of congratulation time alone could determine . Without saying which party was right or which was wrong , the fears of the "father of his country " had at last been realized , and they now behold a sectional parly—one portion of their Union arrayed in political hostility against the other . The object of his administrationwould be to destroy any sectional party , North or South , and harmonize all sections of the Union under
a national and Conservative Government , as it was fifty years ago . Unless this were done , the time might come when the sectional animosities which now unhappily existed might break -up the fairest and most perfect form of Government the sun ever shone upon . In conclusion , he said that if he could in any degree be the honoured instrument of allaying this sectional excitement and restoring the Government to the principles and policy of their fathers , he would then feel that he had not assumed the arduous duties of the office in vsiin .
Lieot .-Geneba-L Sir Stephen Lakeman was married on the 1 st . inst . at Bucharest , to the Princess Marie de Philippesco . Sir Stephen by his marriage will inherit a princely fortune ; he also become aWallachian noble , ' Boyard ' of the first class .- —Court Circular . EtmiAxs in Madeira . —About a month ago there appeared in the English papers a statement of the death of Rita Gomez , at Madeira , whose body had to be cast into the sea because the Romish authorities refused to allow a Protestant to be buried on shore . Public
attention was called to this illiberal proceeding , and it has been announced by tho Protestant Alliance that the Roman Catholic authorities in Madeira have been so far influenced as to permit the interment in the British cemetery of the body of Luisa Gomez , the sister of the deceased Protestant Rita Gomez . It is considered that after such a precedent has been conceded by the Madeira Government , the right to burial on shore may be considered secure for all Protestant inhabitants of the island . ¦ ¦ ¦' : .. " ¦'¦ ¦
Judge Haliburton" on our Coi / tnies . —The Hon . Judge Haliburton delivered a lecture on Tuesday evening at the ManchesterA thenajuin "On the'British Colonies , " alluding more especially to Canada . He showed the complete dependence of that colony on England for all manufactured articles , arid concluded by recommending that it should be allowed to send representatives to the British Parliament . Revision of theBible .- — The Rev . Dr . Cummiug delivered a lecture on Tuesday night in Exeter Hall on the revision of the Bible . After referring to some learned authorities on the subject , he remarked that
they differed as much about the texts they impugned as the texts they approved of ; and he maintained that so long as unanimity does not exist on the question , they would do well to stand fast by the Greek tex . t they have , which had received the approval , not of hnlf ~ a-dozeii of persons , but of all tli « accomplished scholars of Cliristendorh . He quoted the opinion of Canon "Wordsworth in support of his views , and explained that what he ( Dr . Cumming ) contended for was , not that alteration or improvement was impossible , but that the present state of Greek scholarship is so unripe that they should not meddle with the matter until it lias reached the
culminating point of excellence , which he hoped it would very soon attain . . The Westminster . . Scholars '' third performance of " Andda" took place on Thursday evening , before a crowded audience , among whom were the Turkish Ambassador , Sir Benjamin Hall , Lord Robert Grosvonor , Mr . R . Lowe , M . P ., Mr . Forstcr , M . P ., Dr . II . Phillimore , Mr . Sladc , tic . The Winter Speeches at St .. Paul's School were delivered on the same day . A Sadleir Case . —The case of Fullerton v . Rhodes and Edmonds was heard in the Court of Exchequer oa Thursday . The plaintiff is an iron merchant , and this was an action against two of the directors of the Royal Swedish Railway Company to reco % 'fir 700 / ., the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by Dunn , llattersly , and
Co ., on the 28 th of January , 1856 ,. at three months ' date , on tho chairman and directors of the company , and accepted by the then chairman , John S . aiUeir , " pro self and co-directors , " and endorsed to the plaintiff for value . To this action the defendants pleaded several picas , and among them one denying their acceptance , which raised the following questions—vix ., 1 st , whether Sadleir had authority from the defendants ho to accept hills ; 2 nd , whether , if he had not such authority , the defendants had rendered themselves liable by recognizing and ratifying his acts ; and , 3 rd , whether they were liable by reason of having held out to the public that such acts were adopted witli their approbation . A verdict was given for the defendant Rhodes , and a verdict for tho plaintiff for 718 / . as against tho defendant Edmonds .
This French Inundations . —Sir . lanisotjco Jejecbhoy , tho munificent merchant of Bombay , has transmitted , through the recent Lord Mayor , n » um of 500 / . in nid of the sufferers by tho French inundations last Juno . TlIK I .-ATI 5 WAI / fKU PAT . MKn AND Till ! PltTOCK OV Walks Insuuanck Company . —Mr . Roundell Palmer , with whom was Mr . Hastings , moved in the Equity Court for the court to appoint a person to represent tho estate of Walter Tnlmer , deceased . Tho bill was filed by tho Prince of Wales Insurance Company , for the purpose
_ of bemg relieved from a policy on the life Of w Z Palmer , to msure a sum of 18 , 000 /; , for which a Iar 7 premium , exceeding 1700 / . was paid . Within 2 days after the insurance was effected , an absolute assign ment of it was executed by Walter Palmer to hu i » h . William Palmer . WalterPalmer diedsome shor ° W afterwards and William Palmer has since been w £ * murder . The consideration for the assignment w « V ^ debt alleged to be due from Walter PalmftToWnit Palmer , and which was less , in amount than the sum ? paid for the premiums . A Mr . Pratt had had posses ?;™ £ * ? . ?*• ¦ ™ — .. -Sgestei in th / buuX ho claimed hen it
a upon , but by his answer heX claimed any such interest , and he appeared to admit th * whole case made by the bill , which was that the noliov was obtained by fraud . He had given up the nolicv which was now in the hands of the court The otker defendant was the Attorney-General , anv property of William Palmer ' s at the time of his execution beiti * vested in her Majesty . He was not in a situation to say whom t key should desire to appoint . The court might , if it thought fit , appoint the widow of Walter Palmer . By her answer she disclaimed any interest The court decided to appoint Mrs . Walter Palmer , upon Mr . Roundell Palmer promising that she should be iudemnified against the costs .
ruB OurwAED India IMails . —Intelligence readied Southampton , on Thursday , that the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Ripou , which left Southampton on the 4 th instant with the India mails , ' encountered a succession of heavy gales from the south and west , and was obliged to run into Corunna . She kept close under the lee of the bind , but on opening Cape Finisterre the wind became more violent ; Und the captain was anxious to get a safe anchorage ;
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Eaul ( j RAxvitLE . 'has . been appointed Chancellor of the London University in succession to the Earl of Burlington , resigned . Attempted-Mx'k ' der . bit a'Wife . —A woman , ivam « d Catherine Todd , -was charged at Clerken well yesterday with murderously '; wounding her husband . The man came home on the previous night drunk , and , finding that his wife hadlish for supper , he got out of temper , and took up a knife , with which he attempted' to stab her . A quarrel ensued ; and the wife , taking thu knife away from him , plunged it into his temple . The police were called in , and the ' man was conveyed to'tho workhouse , where an operation was performed which ¦ may have the effect of saving liis life , though he is still in a doubtful state . The woman was remanded .
The Ksightsbiitogr Chukch Cask . —Sir Jolin Hodson has announced , olruially , to the 'Koyistrnr of the Court of Arches , that he-will deliver his-long-iionding jutlgment in these suits on this day ( Saturday ) nt eleven o ' clock . . . Run on the Natioxai . Bank or Tiim'kkauv . —^ In consequence of the late decision of the Lt ' ml Chancellor with regard to banks , there was a run by the depositors on the National Bank , Tippemry , last Mnmliiy and Tuesday . The manager was obliged to send for n party of police to keep order while tlic depositors , who tjuite blocked up the place , were waiting to rcoeivo their respective amounts . On Tuesday ami Wednesday , there was a aiinilar run on the branch of the National Bank in Cushe ) .
Ckystai . 1 l \ , \ r ., ACE . —Koturn of admissions for six days , ending Friday , December 19 th , 185 G , including season ticket holders , G 158 . Cai'xain IIautstkln . —We rcgre . t to announce that , owing'to , the imniediato departure of Captain Jlarlstciu and the American ofliccrs of her Majesty's ship Kesolute . tho invitations to dino with the President and Fellows of the Koyal Geographical Society and other public bodies liavc necessarily been declined . Captain lliirt-Htcin and officers and crew Avill , we believe , return to the United States in her Majesty ' s ateamer Iletribwtion , now at Portsmouth . — Tim & s .
Tins Royal Biutisii Hank . — Juihsmkst . — J-ord Justices Knight Urueo and Turner delivered judgment yesterday ( Friday ) i « i tho ease of Ait < hison v . Loo . They arrived at the conclusion , that the injunction of tho Vice-Chancellor below could not bu dissolved , and tlint the proceedings in bankruptcy must goon as in tlio caao of the effects of an ordinary individual or firm . All the money , books , & c , of tho . bankrupt estate « ro to bo handed over to the oflicinl assign' * ) with the exception of 20 , 000 / ., out of which the liulnlitica of the officers of tlio Court of Chancery are to u ° defrayed , and tho balance , if any , is to bo \> nh \ over nv Hio same way as the estate . Tho ' decree is to take effect at onco . With , respect to tlio coutfl , tlicjMVill W paid out of the estate ; and the official iminager ' B are to bo reserved .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 20, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20121856/page/10/
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