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      Miscellaneous. The Court.—Her Majesty An...

      terms when of age . " The men generally laugh at the absurdity of this stuff , but the education of the Parsee females is not yet sufficiently advanced . —Manners , Customs , and Religion of the Parsees . Pl . EA . sunE of Walking . —The falling tide had left a breadth of comparatively firm sand b y the time I was ready to start , and along that I took iny way to Biidlington : another stage of thirteen miles . The morning ¦ was bounteous in elements of enjoyment : a bright sun , great white clouds sailing high across the Hue , a southwesterly breeze , which made the sea playful and murmurous : all gratifying to the desire of a wayfarer ' s heart . I could not help pitying those farmers at Ueverley , -who saw no pleasure in walking . No pleasure in the surest promotion of health and exercise ! No pleasure in the steady progressive motion which satisfies our love of change without hindering observation ! No pleasure in

      walking , that strengthens the limbs and invigorates the lungs ! No pleasure in arming the sling against the giant ! No pleasure in . the occasion of cheerful thoughts and manifold suggestions -which bring contentment to the heart ! Walking is an exercise which in our days might replace , more commonly- than it does , the rude out-door recreations of former times ; and if bat a few of the many hundreds who put on their Sunday clothes to lounge the hours away at the corner of a street , -would but take a ten miles' walk out to the country lanes or breezy moorlands , they would find benefit alike to their manhood and morals . If I remember rightly , it is one of the old Greeks who says tJiat walking will almost cure a bad conscience ; and , for my part , I am never so ready to obey the precept of neighbourly love as when my sentiments are harmonised by walks of seven or eight leagues a day . —A Month in Yorkshire .

      The Stolen Kiss . —The Wilts 7 nre Independent states that her Majesty has been pleased to grant a pardon to the man William Craft , who was sentenced to six months' hard labour for an assault in kissing a young lady at Swanage . Alleged Tampering vrrrn irnn Ixdia Miiu—Private letters from Berlin mention that tlere are strong complaints that the last Indian despatches and letter bags had been tampered with at Trieste , the seals broken , and correspondence violated , under pretext of plague at Tripoli .

      The Jeddah Massacre . —31 , Sabatier , Consul-General of France at Alexandria , las been charged by the Government to proceed to Jeddah to make investigations respecting the recent outrage . lie is at present in the Pyrenees , on leave of absence , but is to embark at Marseilles in a few days for Egypt , on Iris way to his destination . An English C ^ BtN-BOY at Batonse . —• After the review at the fete at Bayonne , the other day , a mdtde cocagne , about thirty feet high , was raised . To the top of this mast was affixed a board , to which were attached various tempting trophies , the prize of the most successful climber . Many were the pretenders who essayed tattain

      o the crown—that is , the summit of the pole ; many were the unsuccessful . There were three , however , who attained success at the very first effort . These were an English sea-boy , belonging to a small craft used in the river , and two Spaniards . The English ]< id went to work in a steady business-like manner , with little apparent effort . He climbed the wast as if he were mounting a ship ' s sido , and had his feet on steps . Arriving at the summit , he quietly put forth Iiis hand , and , pausing for a moment to survey the prises that met his eye , seized a shirt , which ho tucked under his arm , and descended , amid the shouts of the multitude , wilh the same serious earnestness ho had displayed when mounting .

      Sittings of tub New Indi \ k Council . —It is rumoured ( says Allen ' s Indian Mail ) that Lord Stanley has intimated to the new Indian Council , that tliey are to sit as formerly in Lcadenhall-stroct , and that lie will occasionally tnko the chair as president . A portion of the clerks at the India Board are to be retained , who nre to receive the decisions of the council , and to revise or Amend as heretofore . Thk Latm Sib II . Wiixook . —Sir Henry Villock died at Mortlako on Tuesday . Ho formerly served in th « Madras Cavalry , and attained tlio rank of lieuten .

      intcolonol . His diplomatic rather than his military services procured him distinction . In January , 1810 , he was attached to tho embassy to l ' ersin , and acted for several years—from July , 1815 , to January , 1827—as Charge * d'Affiures at tho Court of the Shnh . lie was decorated With tho Persian Order of the Lion and Sun , of the first claas , which tho Shah of Persia conferred upon him for his services in tho field . Ho wns in tho receipt of u pension for Iiis diplomatic sorvices . In 1827 he received the honour of knighthood . Sir Henry was for ninny years a director of tho Eust India Company .

      f * 'E Indian Khukllion . —The Times correspondent says : — "Tho Oriental instinct of cunning atlenst teaches the neutrals that tho day is ours , and their sympathy and co-operation will henceforward ho decided . With tho exception of tho Nnna Sahib tlio enemy have now no loader of note . Tantia Topoo is hut the executive of tho Nana . Tho Moulvio has fallen by tlio treachery of our friend tho Rnjnh of Po-waynofor treachery it was if it be true , na 1 have heard ,

      that the fanatic was shot while engaged in a parlev . The Ranee of Jhansi has met the death of a heroinefor to me it seems that the circumstances of her fall , bloody , and fierce , and cruel as the tigress was , entitles her fate to be regarded with something like admiration charging at the head of her squadrons . To the uninspired man prophecy is fatal . I shall not say that India will be tranquillised ere the season for campaigning begins . The swell of the great ocean may still beat with sullen roar long after the storm has subsided , but there are no terrors and no danger in , its tumult . "

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      Leader Office, Saturday, August 21st. Th...

      Leader Office , Saturday , August 21 st . THE QUEEN IK GERMANY . Her Majesty continues ia excellent health at Potsdam . There is no further telegraphic news referring to the movements of the roj-al partv .

      The Continent France. It Is Said That, I...

      THE CONTINENT FRANCE . It is said that , in the- speech he is expected to make atRennes , the Emperor will announce the satisfactory termination of the labours of the Paris Congress . At the grand banquet to be given , there will be present deputations from the municipalities of the large towns , and from the Councils General of the departments into which the ancient province of Brittany is divided . A good deal of interest is excited by the speech the Emperor is to make . As regards foreign policy and the peaceable intentions of this Government , it will doubtless be a confirmation of that made at Cherbourg ; with respect to home policy , a hope lias been expressed that a liberal tendency will be manifested , bat on this it would be unsafe too confidently to reckon . Another day will resolve the doubt . The Emperor is expected to arrive at St ; Cloud on Saturday , and to leave for Biarritz on Monday .

      The Paris Conference met on Thursday to sign the protocols relative to the Panubian ? riacipalities , It is supposed that a month will elapse before the ratifications can be exchanged , and , therefore , beyond what ( if anything ) the Emperor may choose to disclose at Rerines , nothing can lie publicly known by the public sooner . The Paris journals express their surprise that so vigorous a measure as the bombardment of Jeddah had been decided upon by the English authorities without

      waiting for French co-operation . The Pays adds : — '' However , we'trust that this lesson will have a decisive i n fluence in the East , and will modify the spirit of hostility which at present animates the greater part of the population . The state of Turkey is , there can be no doubt , deplorable ; and is such as . to threaten the peace df Europe very seriously . It is quite evident that the isorders now going on in every quarter o f the Turkish Empire are not referable to casual and transient circumstances . "

      M. Liadieres, Formerly An Aide-Decamp Of...

      M . Liadieres , formerly an aide-decamp of Louis Philippe , and a deputy , has just died . His funeral , which took place to-day , was attended , by a great many Orleauists . The Prcsse iVOrient , which has just arrived , confirms the gloomy views of the Pays . It affirms that the Christians of Syria , more especially those of Damascus , Aleppo , and Nazareth , are in a state of terror , and apprehend a Mussulman St . Bartholomew . Two governors , tho < e of Safia and Bsiarre , have , it is said , fought a pitched battle , in consequence of a private quarrel .

      This Cask Of Majok Yklvehton.—The Edinbu...

      This Cask of Majok Yklvehton . —The Edinburgh Conrcmt says that two witnesses—a Roman Catholic priest , named Mooney , and an old lady , also from Ireland—wcto examined yesterday in the Procurator Fieeal ' s oflicc , in connexion with this painful case . The result has not of course transpired ; but Major Yelverton ' s friends continue to express the utmost confidence that tlio case will break down . Dahing Strket Roiikhky at Mid-day . —Yesterday James Callings was indicted for stealing a watch from Daniel Itibeiro , who had lately arrived from Calcutta , and on the day of tho robbery was in John-street , Minories , about twelve o ' clock . Ho stopped to look at a picture-shop , when tho prisoner came up and began ( o look in alffo . All of a sudden ho felt a snatch at his

      watch nnd saw it in tho prisoner s hand . He tried to Iny hold of liiin , whan he tvipped him up and threw him on tho pavement . 'JL'ho prhoner was apprehended five dnyH afterwurdp , when tho jrosccutor swore positively to him , but tlio piisonor denied the robbory . Witnesses were called , who left no doubt , and tho jury returned a veidict of Guilty . Tlio pri ouor wns a well-known thief , aril had been so for upwards of eight years . He wns Fontcnc . 'd to four yems ' vonal servitude . After honring his sontenco tho prisoner commenced a volley of abuse to the . lud . y , o nnd witnesses , nnd became i = o violent that tho officers of tlio rotirt hiul great dlflieulty in removing him from the dock .

      Notices To Correspondents. N °}L Oticc C...

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . N oticc caii . be taken of anonymous correspondence . W natever is mte-ntled for insertion must be authenticated oy the name and-aildress of the writer ; not necessarily lor publication , but as ; i guarantee of his good faith . it is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters wo receive , llmr insertion is orten delayed , owinp to a press ot matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent-of tlic merits of the comtnumcalion * We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

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      There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the -world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Du . Aknoud .

      Position Oe The Derbtite Administration....

      POSITION OE THE DERBTITE ADMINISTRATION . The Roman satirist commences one of his most severe and , at the same time , most practical commentaries on the state of . things arbviud him with , the familiar question , "Whence , and whither ? ' * Wa have no wish , to toe severe just now on anybody in particular : we certainly cherish no factious grudge towards Her Majesty ' s servants in Downingstreet . Bat , as practical observers of practical concerns , we are , in common with a great number of our acquaintance , ' somewhat curious to know , before proceeding further , where exactly we are going to , and who lias hold of the reins ? We are not for furious driving ; and for what is called cutting a fig-ure on the road we have not the slightest respect for those who indulge , in such puerilities . Governing honestly and well is a sober business , and we are essentially a sober-minded people . Splendid political conceits arc discounted at -very disadvantageous rates ; amongst us ; and magnificent promises o £ administrative benefits to be conferred by any set of men , whether in the shape of expansion abroad or economy at home , create no other feeling amongst the great body of our countrymen than au irresistible wish to button up their pockets .- We are very far , therefore , from requiring at the hands df Lord Derby or bis colleagues any exhibition of political fireworks during the autumn ; or any announcement of wonders in preparation for next season . What we seek to be satisfied about is

      rather as to the direction m which we are tending " , and the general character of the policy by- which tlic external relations and domestic interests of the cnipirc is likely to be swayed during the residue of the present year . \\ ere ministers supposed to be thoroughly agreed among- themselves , or if in the belief oi approaching unanimity of sentiment on all vital questions , they took any pains to repudiate past differences or to dissemble thoso that still divide them , we should feel , perhaps , some hesitation in . adverting to the prevalence of conUicting views among the members of Lord Derby's Cabinet . But-the contrary is so notorious , Unit it were mere affectation to ignore the fact . Antngonism of sentiment on subjects like the Jew Bill and Clmrcli Rate Abolition were

      recognised indeed from the outset ; but freedom , not only of conscience , but of speech and vote , was claimed for the minority on these and one or two minor topics , whereby it was hoped perhaps that general accordance upon other matters might more conspicuously appear . In the tremulous uncertainty as to the existence of the Government , which laste ' d from the . beginning of March until the end of May , there were low opportunities for tlic development of diverging tendencies . During 1 ho remainder

      of the session it was otherwise . Alter tlic collapse of piirty energy consequent ou tho failure of Sir . Cuvdwc ' ll'a motion , tho frail bonds of DisraoliLo discipline appear to have gradually become loosed ; secretaries of stule won ; found voting ia opposite lobbies ; lords of I lie Trwmiry divided iu like manner ; nnd law advisers of the Crown were heard to declare thai ; tlioro was no force whatever in each other ' s legislative , arguments . Tho climax of diversity av < w readied on the Corrupt Practices Hill ,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081858/page/11/