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m I SM ? B li ii ^ i N E ; Q ? U SL . cfea : CtoroEr-rlJfae- Queen , accompanied by Prinoe Albert , Prj » ce > Frederick William of Prussia ,, the Regent ^ Ba < fen * the Princess Royal , and the Princess Alice , ' fifii ted'tTje oamp at Aldershott on Monday . —The Queen gave a State Ball on Tuesday evening at Buckingham fblaoei . -wnen General Williams was . introduced to her m *» tv-Inu ^ batiQJTS . jn France . —Her Majesty and Prince Albert have testified their sympathy for the sufferers by the late innundations in Franoe by forwarding to the j tord * Mayor donations of 1000 / . and 500 / . respectively , in aid of . the fund now being raised at the Mansion-house for . their relief . The Prince of Wales , with his tutor , Mr . Gibbs , was seated on the bench at the Central Criminal Court
during a-part of Tuesday . ., FimBKAJj op xhb late Major Thompson . —The nejB & i ns of this lamented and gallant young officer were laid in their last resting place at Brompton Cemetery qn Tuesday , at twelve p . m . The funeral , which was a strictly private one , was only attended by the personal Mends of the deceased and his family . Among those whp attended at his family residence in Gloucester-street and joined the procession , were Lord Panmure , General Sir Fenwick Williams , Sir Benjamin Hawes , Lieutenant-Colonel Lake , Major Teesdale , & c . Local Gharoes upon Shipping . —The committee jnet again on Monday , when Mr . Shuttleworth , in continuing his evidence in defence of the corporation , replied to certain complaints that had been made . " It . had been said that the dock committee paid a large sum towards the expense of police . They did so ; but it was . for special services rendered by the police in protecting valuable property on the several docks , in- the same way as the police are paid for similar services by the railway companies . The payments for watching and lighting certain streets were also for the protection of their own property . " As to the purchases of bind on Wallasey Pool , Mr . Shuttleworth read various documents to show that it was not , as asserted , ta prevent j the formation of docks there that the corporation made i
the purchase in question ; and , with regard to the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks , this , he said , was a necessary expenditure to provide for the commerce of the Mersey . The Sound Dues . —The Committee for considering these dues met on Tuesday , and examined Mr . Edgar Bowring , Registrar of the Board of Trade , -who gave DATraral T > 1 Csf nMAal rvaiW-i / Mil a «* a -n *! * - ! - » ¦ wnfiwAnAn 4-yv 4-It a im
posti The Committee then adjourned . Frightjful Death . —A man engaged in painting , a . house at Hartlepool slipped from the ladder , and fell ¦ upon the railings below , on the sharp points of which he ¦ was literally impaled . He died almost directly . Mb . Crampton arrived'inLondon on Monday , and had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon . He also paid a visit to the Premier . Dr . T , S . Holland , -who returned only last Saturday from Rfenkioi' Hospital , where he was assistant physioian , died suddenly in London , from an epileptic attack , daring last , Monday night . Leicester Election . —Mr . John Biggs , the late Mayor of tho town , has been elected , without opposition , for-Leicester . IiORDOouGH has' just' distributed in the Crimea the insignia of the Order of the Bath to the French and English Geuerals and superior officers upon whom the honour has been conferred by the Queen . " Suspicious Death . —The body of Mrs . M'Kight ; the ¦ Wife of a Dumfriesshire gentleman lately staying at Ben Bhydding , has been ' discovered , in a ravine * near Ilkley , With marks of violence which render it probable that she has been murdered .
"The Inundations in France . —A town ' s meeting 'has taken place at Liverpool , to express sympathy with -the sufferers by tho Fronch inundations , and to inaugurate a > subscription . The La . tjb-Joseph Hume . — The City of London jneeting in furtherance of tho memorial to the late Joseph Hume , will bo held at tho Mansion-house , on Rridayy June 27 th , 1850 , at twelve for one o ' clock prcctlely . Tho Lord Mayor has consented to preside . '; ' Strike o » Railway Porters .. —The porters and plerkfl belonging to the goods department of the London and North-Western Railway arc now out on strike . They Complain of ii reduction of thoir wages and of the economising tendencies of Mr . Carter * the goods manager } Whoapi dismissal they demand . Tho company refnsos to agree *—A movement is going on among the Prcaton Weavers for an advance of wages ; but they have not yet resorted to a strike , though this is threatened . ¦ 8 A * OTiDAr Hali ^ Holiday . —Messrs . W . H . Smith , tt * e well-known nowa-agents , have arranged to give th » decks in their establishment the ndvautuge of tfie Saturday half-holiday , by dividing them into two . tflrigaden , to take tho half-holiday alternately . They H « ve Isstteitacircular announcing this intention , and wo hope the trade will not be slow to follow tho example of " the princely , house . " T «» ,, Kkv , . Thomas Palmicr . —The following letter Appears in tho duily papers : —" Sir , —I beg to inform , yon , and also tho public generally , that I am not thu ' Author < of tt & pamphlet called' ' A * Letter to the Lord I Q Mef Justice * Campbell , containing Hemarka upon tho ¦
- j Conduct of the Pi ?> secution and the Judges ; witfif Strictures on the "Charge delivered to the Jury , iHustra- * ti ye of its dangerous Tendenoies- of' the- Ibng-enjoyedfl Right * and Privileges ofr EngJiehnwu / nor ir « then sana & published with ; n » y sanction * otv authority , - ^ -J . " Cours obediently , Thomas Palmer , brother of the no-J fortunate William Palmer . ?' Health ov London during the Week . —In thej ' week that ended ; last Saturday , the total-number off deatite I registered waa 102 7 , In the eorreaponding weeks of ten I . years , 1846 ^ 55 , the average number was 930 ,, which , for ! the sake of comparison , should be raised according to in-I crease of population , and in this case wiM become 1028 . The actual-number agrees closely withthe result obtained ! by calculation ; and it may . be affirmed that the health ofi I Loadon , if not better , is also not worse , than might be \ — —¦» —vhhi «& v «\ VX IjU-T * I ^^ l ¦ HtMl
— -J « — w . wvw *«* «»^* . V . JX * OVU ^ y - ^^— . fllCCKi the births of 823 boys and 749 girls , in all 1572 children , were registered in London : In the ten corre-1 spending weeks of the years 1846-55 , the averaged number was 1372»—From theRegistrar-General ? s WeekfyA Return . Prince Napoleon has arrived in the North of England . h The-Crtstaz , Pajlace Fountains . —The grand waterworks in the Sydenham Gardens were opened on . Wednesday evening , at five o ' clock , in the presence of the ; I Queen , Prince Albert , and their royal guests . The : I effect was magnificent ; and " no better idea , " says a ; contemporary , " can be given of the magnitude of this ; magnificent series of fountains and their combined effeet , which far excel those of Versailles ,, than by stating the ; fact that , when they are in full operation , 11 , 788 jetsare playing , and that the quantity of water displayed simultaneously" in them is about 120 , 000 gallbns- peri minute ;" A Doomed House . —A . calamity even more distressing thanithat which recently afflicted the Dean of Carlisle has occurred in the family of the Rev . Mr . Cwyther ; ( brotherof Lord Milford ) . The whole of his children ,, a son and four'daughters , were swept away by scarietf fever in less- than a week .. The son was-heir presumptive ' ostuies oi
o Lua ujtiexisjve jticlou y ^ aszLe . The New Gegy Cemetery . —The table of board fees ; on interments in the cemetery at Hford having been duly promulgated andapproved by tbe Home Secretary , the : City Court of Sewers has ordered that the- part of the : cemetery not proposed to be consecrated be opened , for interments forthwith . The Parish of St . Pancras has rejected , by a large
majority , tne application oi tne jtudiic i-iiDranes Act . Gold Robbery . —A rumour has reached Southamptoi by the West India mail steamer La Plata that th < greater portion of the gold which was missing by thf Solent , and which had been exchanged for shot , & c . has been recovered . The delinquents were detected at Carthagena , at which place the robbery is supposed to have taken place , and < the weight of the precious metal restored is said to be above one hundred pounds . The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Auroad held its annual meeting on Wednesday , when the Archbishop of Canterbury presided , and Mr . Gladstone was among the speakers . National Orphan School . —The Duke of Cambridge will lay the first stone of the building to be erected for tho use of this institution , on the 2 nd oi July . The asylum was established , in 1849 , as' the Cholera Orphan Home ; but has attained such 3 . development that it promises ; , to become , what its name implies , a National Institution . Narrow Escape of Signor Mario . —During the performance of tho last scene of II Trovatore , at the Lycoum Theatre , a few evenings ago , the rope from the flies , sustaining a , heavy iron candelabrum , weighing unwnids . of ten nounds . suddenlv snaoncd . & od the
machine , descending like a shot from a cannon , fell on tho stago , glancing along tho person of Signor . Mario , and breaking into fragments at'his feet . Suicide at Dover ;—An elderly gentleman , who was not known , and wfa > has not aince beon identified , has destroyed himself by leaping off Shakspoaro ' s Cliff , Dover . His body was found by some seamen ; it was quite ahapeless , and all tho features wero utterly obliterated . A gentleman , whose appearance corresponded with tho description given of the dead man , was previously , seen by the wife of one of the coast-guard walking up to a . spot on the cliff where an alpaca umbrella was afterwards found , and where ho suddenly disappeared . Turn Cask of Mr . Cooksey . —This ; gentleman baa written to ua to complain that , although wo noticed , in January , 1855 , thu granting of a rule for a criminal information ngainst him , wo have omitted all reference to the recent fact of Sir Frederick Thesiger , on tho part of the plaintiff , consenting to tho-rale being discharged with eostsj or rather applying to the Court of Queen ' s Bench for permission to do so ,. on account o £ the affidavits whi ' cli the Attorney-General was about to read in Mr . Cooksoy ' s behalf being such as must inevitably havn resulted in tho discharge of'the rule . Mr . Cooksey also encloses a printed document , from w « icht it appears that u large and influential mooting , h « ld iu the town * ball of Cainpden , has presented a testimonial to him in proor of its high anteem and repudiation of tho churgeH brought ngainnt him . — The omission of reference in the , ™ columns to tho facts mentioned by Mr . COoksoy '
I ' was purely accidental , and . ^ e are . therefore glad to have KS ^ Z ^^^ ^ ^ Kottgrmie sim U ^ . m ^ mei but w ^ mmt pro ^ st against the tone ^ of kJfcv . Voetosey's communication , ¦ in . which : ha implies that the latter part of the o * 8 iewa 0 o *(* it <» d because it was "leas ; piqiuwt" than the first : jjaj * .. T & e Leader seeks : &* tf » fuUy and fairly to reflect tbsfiieta . of . the day , and not to . flndi -matter for " piqoant" paraanapliB . While asking far redress , Mr . Cooksey might as well' have adopted a courteous interpretation of the error . State of Trade *—The reports , fiom the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday indicate little alteration in the state of trade . At Manchester , the market was heavy at the' commencement , but it ultimately acquired , steadiness , and ' quotations are unchanged .
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I —?—Leader Office , Saturday , June 21 , LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . NATIONAL EDtrCATTON' ( lKEIiAND ) . Mr . Chichester Fortescue gave the terms of the motion he meant to postpone on Monday evening , with a view to rescinding the decision the House came to , on Mr . Walpole ' s motion on Tuesday last , on National Education in Ireland . THE GUARDS FROM THE CRIMEA . In answer to Mr . Bartno , Lord Paxmerston said the entrance of tlie -Guards into London on their return from . the Crimea would be so arranged as to enable the public to see their entry , and they would afterwards be reviewed in Hyde Park THE CASE OF FOSCHESU . Mr .- Botvter gave a history of the easy escape of Foscbini , and . urged . that it was owing to a conspiracy got up by a party of Italian refugees in this country , connected with Mazzini . and that no reward could induce
any o £ > his countrymen to give information with regard 'to the assassin ; as'they would have faJlen victims to the ' organized society- of Bed Republican Italians which , exdsts in London . Sir George Grey declined to enter into any of the alleged facts mentioned by Mr . : Bowyer . He would only say that every effort was -made- by the police , both in London and at the outposts , to arrest PoRo . hinj .
REDUCTION OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY . [ In answer to Lord Hothaji , Mr . Frederick Peel [ said that there would be the usual reduction of officers to the peace establishment in all regiments in the ' army , ![ and those selected for reduction would * be the junior ' officers . i THE DESPATCH OF MR- MARCY . ' Mr . Gladstone inquired when the answer of the Government to Mr . Marny ' s despatcli intimating tho ' dismissal of Mr . Crampton would be laid on the table of the House ? He bopedit would be at as early a period as possible . —Lord Palmerston said that he had no doubt he should be able to produce the despatch and the answer to it in the course of next week . L Sir John Pakington thought that until that despatch was produced it would bo better to postpone the discussion on the Enlistment Question ; but he hoped that that discussion would ere long be brought on . — After > a ' few remarks by Sir George Grey , Mr . G . H . Moore said he should postpone his motion until after the production of tho despatch in question , but he thought some early and definite time should be fixed for that discussion . . The orders of tho day were then proceeded with .
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FRANCE . Another change has taken place in the weather . Accounts from the south speak vaguely of disastrous floods in the . districts round the Garonne , and it is reported that tho Emperor , lias left for Toulouse .
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Stabhino a Husband . —Mary Jonos , a dissipated woman , was charged yesterday , ut Marl borough-street , witli stabbing her husband in the eye with a knife . She waa bound over to keep the peace for three months . Central Criminal Court ( 7 jestkuday ) . —William May was Acquitted on the charjge-of inducing a woman to drown herself from Londtm Bridge , —George Frederick Lillycrap waa depfclrctl Not Guilty on an indictment for foloiiiouul ^ embozzling and appropriating to his own use cortui j ^' moneys and gooda , after au . adjudication of bankruptcy had taken place , such moneys and goods then beintf tho property of his assignees . — Charleo Christian MOller ami William Foster woro found-Guilty of . procuring the engraving of a copper jilute for forging the notca of a Swedish Joint Stock Bank . Sentence , wna deferred . Highway Rohiiery . —Two cases camo before tno magiatratcH , yesterday , of highway robbwy with violence —the one in Wostmlnster in broad daylight , the other in St . Panorns at night . Tlie accused in tho nret xaee yiob remanded ; in tho latter , sent for trial . Cuvstal I ' alaoic . —Return of adiiiin » i » ufl for » ix dayp ending Friday , Juno 2 ftth , 1 H 5 < J : number admitted , Including BoaHon-tickct holderu , 44 , 158 .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21061856/page/11/
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