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      Capture Of Swrsroiiers.—James Allen, Sen...

      J £ gtod ; 4 jpB y ^ ence isras excessive , and he was rather * Migbiy ; . us $ d { ^ , cpjqiseqi » en « e .- Several , members of the . gggtropoiitan and City Police stated , that _ the inap , fajrithfeiy upon-one occasion , imprisoned two years for j £ fcw y / with ijiolence , ^ d upon many occasions for 3 fito . & W !^ -. . ;^ rtjtnmed . « onvjct ,, but tiiey ihopeil , the Alderman would - ¦ Mffl ^ « JLhJn £ iii . order , that , particular inquiries might be riftdainto h | a past career , as well as for other reasons . &^ a $ therefore remanded for a week .

      ^ DB ^ JEtATBaq J ? vMffMXS . —Christopher Ward , described *!§ ' music © pgravpr , in the employ of Mr . Goodwin , of Opper Wellington-street , Strand , was summoned at Jb-trfStrtet , under the new Reformatory Act , to show ciuge why he should not contribute to the support of l ^ ia son , John Ward , who , was convicted of felony at the I ^ edfl ^ Quarter Sessions in March last . The father gated that he had the boy in . . London last year , and procured a situation for him at' a printer ' s in Woodt * e £ but he . stopped out late at night , and only kept place a few months ; after which he left his father and returned torois mother , who had been cohabiting with another man at Leeds , and caused the boy to be what he was . He separated from his wife ten years ago at Edinburgh , and made her an allowance , which he kept up till he found she had other connexions . Evidence - waa afterwards given to show that the father's habits ^ re , as depraved as the mother's ; and he was ordered to jpay 2 s . $$ . a . week . ' . ' ... ' ' f ^ fp Mubdbbs near Mri / ton Mowbray . —The keeper of the Thorpe toll-gate ( a mile out of Mowbray , on the Grantham Road ) has been murdered , together with , his gnuidsc-n . The old man and the boy were fgoncl pn Thursday-morning , ia their dwelling , horribly mangled ^ An inquest has been opened , and is adjourned . are

      A returned convict , named Brown , lies under suspicion , «^^ e police searching for him

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      Rage And Discipline Of' Those Braveturks...

      rage and discipline of' those braveTurks , under Selim Pacha , their commanding officer , and' the Turkish general officers , "who supported me in every trying situation , and who ,, from the first moment of entering tie place to , the last , were toy friends and counsellors . I thank them from this spot , and bear testimony to "their valour , for it would have been impossible for the Turkish army to show more endurance and true courage than they did . ( Loud cheers . ) I have another duty to perform , in doing

      which . I torn , to our former enemies , now our mends , the Russians . When dire necessity obliged me to go into the camp of General Mouravieff , " I went to a brave man , who received me with a kindness and ahighmindedness I shall never cease to remember . An army irritated with dreadful losses and the other casualties of war received me when I went among them , not as an enemy but as a comrade—received , me not with the skin-deep politeness displayed when two gentlemen meet , but with the politeness of the heart . General Mouravieff is a man of the olden time . He is s stern man , but I believe that if there is an honest man on earth it is he . I have heard it said that a project has been debated in England , having for its object the presentation of a testimonial of British esteem to General Mouravieff . I can only say , that he and his brave army have my greatest esteem . ( Hear . ) He not only received me kindly , but in the hour of sickness he visited me , and in all my intercourse with him he acted as a brave and chivalrous man should act . In Kars he found a half- ^ tarved , half-clothed army . He fed and clothed them . Nor was he less attentive to the wants of those in whom the seeds of disease were sown , and in whom famine had more than half accomplished its deadly work . ( Loud cheers . ') I must also tell you that in passing through Russia , from one end of the em-10 j ainaii

      ; £ g £ RETURN OF GENERAL WILLIAMS . Tfiji . noble defender of Kara arrived at Dover on Monday . J 3 e was met by the Mayor -and a large crowd of enthusiastic welcomers , and , having repaired to the Royal Ship Hotel , he received a deputation from the pifncipal authorities of the town . After the reading of an . address , . General Williams replied as follows :-r- ^ Mn Mayor , I •/ liaa ATI / 1 4 VAW «^ 1 A * V « AV « in vAfnminn + V » nnlrn Avv 4-1-a A itAnAn * ifUMw VlUVilft % lCtllWU I- ¦ » fT- 1

      pire me omer , . nave expenenceu m no uegree the friendship and charm of Russian society . When I arrived at St . Petersburg the Emperor received me in so kind a manner that nothing could have exceeded it . ( Hear , hear . ") That kindness was again repeated at Berlin , where no man could have been received -with greater honour . The King of Prussia and the young Prince , who is at present in England , and who ia soon to be allied to England ' by ties more close ' and binding than at' present , met me at the head of the troops , and treated me with the greatest possible consideration . I return them my most sincere thanks from this British ground . ( Cheers . ") The kindness and con-3 1 tell voucnsaiea to

      <• " « gVUV' f ( ^ * , " -T XVI 1 > UC * UVJUUUI jOfll have , done me , it is in terms inadequate to express my feelings . that I do so . Seldom , if ever , called on to address a body of ladies i and gentlemen such as I now see , il labour : under difficulties of . na ordinary character ; butyl assure you tha 4 nS ( feet most deeply the honour you have done me . I feel it the more , perhaps , in conseqpftntse . of . this" day / being -the anniversary of the day 0 tt 3 ; which General Mouravieff appeased before Kars . ( Qki & yO ; F . or myself , I thank God forjhaving preserved m § jth ) 50 jxgU 8 Q , many dangers , and , that it has been my fyctuPQi , to . ; serve . tbe - Queen ,, in such - a . manner . I am t & gnkfijl that it has pleased her M « tf « aty . ta . shower . on me bo ^ many honours ; I am thankful that 1 have ob ^ tauied , ibe goodwill of this glorious country ; and espeurtsuiunttut iuc uiauucaia

      sideratioa which , a you , were me ' in Russia and Germany were repeated in France , when 1 I arrived among our glorious and brave allies , the French . ( Hear . ) God grant that that alliance may I hold good ' for many years to come ! ( Laud and pro-I longed cheering . ) The day before yesterday , I was presented to the Emperor , from whom some time since I had the distinguished honour of receiving the cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour . I was Sorry that , having sent it to England , I was unable to wear it upon my breast upon that occasion , and I expressed that regret to the Emperor and explained the reason ; upon which his Majesty immediately rose from his seat and said , « I will get you another ! ' In a moment he brought me out the star of Grand Commander of the order , which Loud cheers telt tnat tne act

      C | # 4 f . y . ( list Jk u « vb . uevu , oy . »» , - tjpn *> f , it this day . ( Cheers . ) la addressing , an aasembj # ge . « f my oountrymen on landing upon-British soil , I ha , ye more than one duty to perform ; and the first is t ^ jaUudei to , those brave men who surrounded me in ty $ hour of ( extreme distress , who were indefatigable in discharging . their duty under the trying-circumstances iunwhich they were placed , aud who supported and beared mq under every difficulty . ( Hear , hear . ) They fa § Her -opco nagged in the performance of their duties , fay , or night . , By day they wore at their posts—at Wght they wore in the . trenches , ¦ ( Cheers . ) But , while I n &}> th . e . greatest ( pleasure in adverting to their glorious ( fcnduct , I have a melancholy duty to perform , and a ityjuto to pay to departed heroism and worth—to the tupmory of one of my bravo companions , Captain Ijhpnipson . It was only the day before yesterday * Wu ^ e at Paria , that I heard of his severe illness , and ltyge , did I then think that ( ho scenes of this world WojuJd soon olpso upon him . I had looked forward to Visiting his mother ' s house and cheering him as he had wiAeouently oheered mo . Unfortunatel unhappily , it Tim

      he presented to me . ( . ) X was towards the British nation—not towards : me ; it was totally , unexpected and uncalled for . And now that I have arrived home among you I feel that I am witnessing the happiest day of my life . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Mayor , ladies and gentlemen , I thank you mo 9 t heartily for vour kind expressions , and for the consideration with which you have listened to me . "

      ty ^ beon ordered otherwise . only consolation which oiltJ ] Q offered , to his widowed mother is , that her lalUn ^ ed son died a glorious specimen of an . English ftpWt ( Cheers . ) ' I can assure you that ho was never djfanted ; that when reduced to a ekoleton , by dire diseaM ,. ho -was not prevented from doing his duty day or pjfcht . Poor Mra . Thompson will have the consolation fWJph tvas been the only consolation experienced by * n * j » y . . mothers during the present war—they have given *^ nki f oa » to . thoi « erv » co of the country ! And if tho day ?? D » fifi , TrhW , W » e . repetition of this sacrifice shull be noc « Mary , I believe there will be thousands who will give "fcityMjrvoflfkpring as readily aath « mothers who aro now yrfq ^ ng > ipr . .. thf , lo * s of tboira ; for woe to tho nation W ^^^ ta ^ jft / mMUary art ! Woo to that nation—VW *» tothatnationr-rwhiph heaps up . riches but which * 9 ft ! rJMjfc ,. tfJRif ' ^ . precaution to dofond thorn . ( J / ear , *&&<>} . > $ b * Vft ( PWed ,. through arnaipd Europv , apd . I ^ Ho thuLth ^ ar ^^ . opportunity ! of utfaring a warning to thobe who forget the military art . ( Cheers . ) I have another duty to perform , and tlmt ia , to recal tho cou-

      A Blind Man's Journey. A Young Blind Man...

      A BLIND MAN'S JOURNEY . A young blind man , named Thomas Scholefield , applied on Wednesday at the LambotU Police-court for assistance . He had been born blind near Bolton , in Lancashire ; aiid , his father becoming advanced in ycara , and his sight partially failing him , he ( tho son ) determined oncoming up to London , seeking admission into tho Blind School in St . George ' s-fiolds , and learning some trade that ho might support himself and family . But , to his great disappointment , he learnt that he could not be recciv « J , on account of being over the ago of limitation ( twenty ) , unless he could bring extraordinary in-— PB \ I > 1 1 . 1 H 4 _ * M . n am »^ rm w ^ 4 ~ ± ^ AP ^ % fi vn ^^ vsr mis uui

      tercst to uear . no coum uu , « m " « *»«• " uu « left in London without money to take him back to his homo . U'he magistrate , who greatly commiserated his case , gave him 1 / . out of tho poor-box , and got him to leave his address , that ho might communicato with him f any money should be transmitted by tho benevolent . In answor to a question from tho magistrate , as to how he found his way up to London , Soholeflold replied that , " hearing" tho hcdgc 3 ou each side , he managed to keep tho centre of the road as near as possible , and travelled tho whole distanco without a single accident ; but tho rougliness of tho road had very nearly worn out a utout pair of ahoea . Ho never , ho said , run foul of any impediment that was as tall as himself , as ho always " hoard" it as he approached , and therefore avoided it . Tho lainp-poBtH , he added , he " hoard" na ho approached wjthin a couple of yards of them , and could count every one on the side of th « street on , whigh ho passed . Th « , impediinonts which puzzled him wero short poat » , or I heaps of stones not eulliciontly high to roach hu ear ; I but ho gonorully managed to avoid accidents .

      Continental Notes. ¦ . ••¦ ¦ .- ..:.J. -...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . ¦ . ••¦ ¦ .- ..:. j . - , IB 4 SCB .., ¦ ' ' . ' , ' . " ¦ '' The baptism of the Imperial Prince took place last Saturday at half-past five o'clock , ^ . m ., at the cathedral of Notre Dame , amidst a great accumulation of eplendours , ecclesiastical , civil , and military . ¦ We have neither the space nor the heart to repeat ihe gorgeous absurdities with , which the ceremony was surrounded , - and'need only mention that the Cardinal Legate conuvbvui ¦

      v « . . , uv wouj w tttxxy xyui . , uittb . nil } HtUUHvUVV Tf " ll | f ' through the various buffooneries with due gravity ; that , after these things were happily concluded , an Assistant . Master of the Ceremonies cried aloud three times " Vive le Prince Imperial /"; that the Pontifical blessing , de- " livered by the Cardinal Legate , concluded the ceremony ; that there was great noise of cannon before and after ; that there were flags and streamers enough to make a gala day ; and that a great crowd assembled "to see the show . Nearly eighty prelates were present , and among them were three Irish Roman Catholic Bishops on their way from Rome . A grand fete , to commemorate the ceremony of the previous day , was given on Sunday in Paris and in all the principal towns of France . The village of Bezandun , in the department of the Drome , and eighty acres of the most fertile land , in the department , have been swept away by a landslip , and the ruins carried into the river Bine . The chateau of Truinas , in the same department , has likewise been destroyed . The southern departments have not only suffered severely by the late inundations , but are likewise about to be deprived of a great source of wealth , at least for this season . It appears that the silkworms are dying of a disease which the Italians call gattine . Their growth becomes stopped . Some produce a few threads , and

      others attempt to form a ball , but the silk is of no value . The silk crop for this year will be the worst that was ever known . —Times Marseilles Correspondent . A subscription ( says a Calais paper ) is being formed for the erection of a chapel at Agincourt in honour of the French victims of that battle . It is known that ' amongst the dead were 8000 knights and esquires , more than pne hundred baronets , seven counts , the Dukes of Brabant , Bar , and Alencon , and the constable and admiral of France . The subscription is being received by a Franco-Belgian commission , which includes the highest names of the two countries . , The Emneror . on Fritlav week , received the different ¦ t

      , r , r . . ' deputations and jurors of the Cattle Show at the [ Tuileries , at two o ' clock ; aud among the rest , those ] from the Royal Agricultural Societies of Great Britain and Ireland . . ... On the occasion of the baptism of the Imperial Prince , the Emperor has pardoned 291 persons confined - , in the bagnes and prisons of the empire , commuted . or . reduced the penalties of 489 others , and remitted tha fines of 251 delinquents . . He has also granted-a-remisr sion of the remainder of the . ir pyniohments to 180 military offenders , aj } d a . reduction to 123 others . I n conntation witli the same event , the city of Paris gave a ball on Monday night to the Emperor and Empress . The Hotel de Ville was ornamented much in the same manner as on the occasion of the Queen's visit

      last August . At the banquet given in tfie same place on the previous Saturday , the day of tho ceremony ( when the Emperor was also present ) , an awkward accident happened . It was found , on their arrival , that there was literally " no place " for six cardinals who wore among the guest * . Fancy a cardinal being addressed in the language of Malthus to the poor— "There is no place for you at the table ! " However , matters did not quite come to that pass : their Eminences wore aqueezed in somehow—higgledy-piggledy . Let us Lope they bore the chastening miafortuno with proper Christian resignation . Cardinal Patrizsu has presented " tho Golden Rose " to tlio Empress , as a type of " tho joy of the two Jerusaleins , that is , of the Church Triumphant and tho Church Militant , " and of " tho joy of all tho saints . " Prince Napoloon has started for tho north of Europe , in tlio Reino Uortense . A project of law on the Regency has boon presented to tho Trench Senate . Enough has transpired to show that tho Empress ia tho regent proposed in ca « c of the Em-« nnn «' iii . miun Kim in tn ha assisted bv a Council of

      Regency , named by the Emperor in a letter which is to remain cloaed until that ovont . In caae of tho Emproaa'a deiniae tho nearest rolutivo of tho Emperor ia to bo Regent , but only until auch time as the Sonato shall have named a Council of Regoucy ; tho Emperor Btill resorviug the rijrhtof a previous nomination which will snperscdo that of the Senate . The Senate , as wo learn by three lines in tho Moniteur , has achieved itH lirst act of opposition . It has actually thrown out a bill , and a very important bill . By % majority of CO against 06 , this body of salaried nominees has uinilo a marvellous show of independence , and against the ordorn of tho Government which . created and pays it , has put a veto upon tho measure for imposing a tax upon horses and carriages uaud in Paris , which had I bean accepted by the Corps X-Ctfialatif . — Daily New ** . ' It in stated confidently that tho proposed bill on the custom * duties will meet with a serious opposition in I tho Corps Ltfgialatif . All the commissioners named are opposed to the meanuro . —Morning Post .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21061856/page/9/