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      The Court.—Her Majesty And Her Family Ha...

      The Family of Hbnrt Coht . — The family of Henry Cort claims compensation from the British nation for the unjust forfeiture of their father ' s Tights . This Henry Cort was the inventor of the process for the conversion of pig iron into malleable iron by the flame of pit coal in the puddling furnace . Before his time our iron-masters were compelled to employ charcoal for fuel . Having thus got pig iron into a malleable condition , Henry Cort invented a further process for drawing it into bars by means of grooved rollers . In other words , he reduced the labour and cost of producing iron to one twentieth of -what they were before his day , and the iron was of a better quality . How , it may be asked , can the

      for preventing the erection of illuminated indicators was agreed to , and the court adjourned . PROTESTANT Alliance .- —The annual meeting . of this society-was held yesterday * at : the Freemasons ' Tavern , but was very thinly attended . The Bight Hon . the Earl of Shaftesbury occupied the chair . On the platform were the Hon . A . Kifinaird , M . P ., Signer L . Bianchi , Kev . Canon Chanapneys , Mr . Oliphahtj & c . The report stated that great mischief was likely to arise from the late Government having appointed Roman Catholic chaplains to the army and navy , with the rank and pay of the established church clergy ; but a good step had been taken by the military authorities with reference to the non-saluting of the Host at Malta . It needed , however , all the energy possible on the part of the society to recover the lost ground . The balancesheet showed the revenue of the past year to have been 9651 . 18 s . 3 d ., and the expenditure left a balance of over 120 Z . in hand .

      children of such a man be in want ? How is it they are not among the wealthiest of the land ? The answer is this : —Mr . Cort had entered into partnership with a certain Mr . Adam Jellicoe , at the time Deputy-paymaster of the navy . Jellicoe advanced money , and was to receive in return half the profits of the trade . Cort assigned to him . besides , his patent rights , as collateral security . In the year 1789 Jellicoe died , and was found to be a public defaulter . The Navy Board issued extents against the trade effects of Cort and Jellicoe , and confiscated Cort ' s patent rights , which they treated as valueless . The hardship of the case was this : a property which should have been estimated at the value of 250 , 000 / . was forfeited to insure payment of a debt which the estate would have satisfied seven or eight times over had it been fairly handled . Nobody but the

      ironmasters profited by this mismanagement , and the Corts were ruined . It should be emphatically remarked that it is not even suggested Cort had anything to do with Jellicoe ' s defalcations . He was purely the ' victim of a swindler ; but , although it might be right to cause the firm to refund the sums in which one of the partners stood indebted to the public , it was utterly , wrong to destroy the noble fortune which this ingenious man had wdn by the force of his intelligence and industry . England is indebted for a large share of her present prosperity to Henry Cort ' s inventions , but now his four surviving children—all of them being persons about severity years of age—are beggars , and only saved from the poorhouse by pensions amounting in-the aggregate to 902 . per annum . There should be more gratitude in ah iron age to the children of Henry Cort . — Times . .

      Society for the Propagation op the Gospel . On Wednesrlny there-was a special choral service in Westminster Abbey , the sermon being preached by the Rev . Henry Drury , B . D ., Prebendary of Salisbury , and Chaplain to the House of Commons , hi aid of the Society . The rev . gentleman astonished the congregation by giving out a text which no one recognised as a passage of Scripture , The words were , " We may— -we must—we will , " ^ and he obtained them in the following manner ;—"We may , " from the 3 rd of Genesis , 2 nd verse ; ¦" we must , " from the 14 th of Acts , 22 nd verse ; " we will , " from the 24 th of Joshua , 21 st verse . The

      combination of the three formed the text , from which he proceeded to argue that we may , we must , and we will evangelise the world . . The rev . gentleman adverted to the vast operations of this the oldest missionary society in connexion with' the Church , to its hundreds of missionaries , schoolmasters , and catecliists scattered over the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown , and adverted ¦ p articularly to Jhe great strides which it would nave to make . in India in consequence of the openings recently made there for the spread of the Gospel . His appeal on behalf of the society ' s funds was responded to by a liberal collection .

      The Finance of London . —The Chamberlain of the City , in his annual accounts , acknowledges himself a debtor to the amount of 162 , 392 ? ., and a creditor to the amount of 26 , 2132 , leaving a balance of 136 , 1782 ., being the surplus of the several duties and payments to the 6 th January , 1859 , to be carried to the account of application , of surpluses . The duty on coal yielded 145 , 703 / ., and the duty , on wine , 4 , 708 / . Public Health . * —The return of the Registrar-General gives n very unfavourable view of the . health of the metropolis for the past week , the deaths numbering 1 , 400 , an excess of 300 over the estimated average , The mortality from diarrhoea

      Jhas rapidly incrensod during the Inst four weeks , and last week tho disease was fatal to 264 persons , the larger proportion of them being infants and young children . X > r . Lotheby reports a alight Increase in tho mortality of the City . City Suwnna . —The Commissioners met on Wednesday at Guildhall . The general purposes committee presented n report on a minute referred to them respecting an intention of the Metropolitan Board of Works to apply to Parliament for powers to levy rates by tlieir own collectors . The general imrposea committee thought there was no ground for nuoha step . Report agreed to , Dr . Letheby gave In M « report on tho sanitary state of the City . A petition to the House of Commons against tho Mil

      <§60 The Leader* [No. 487. July 23, 1859...

      <§ 60 THE LEADER * [ No . 487 . July 23 , 1859 .

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      ¦» = The Peace. Arrival Of Napoleon Hi. ...

      ¦» = THE PEACE . ARRIVAL OF NAPOLEON HI . AT ST . CLOUD . The Emperor arrived at St . Cloud at a quarter after ten on Sunday morning . The Empress , with the Imperial Prince and the ladies and officers of her household , -was in waiting to receive him for more than an hour at the Orleans station of the " Ceinture" railway by the park wall of St . Cloud . The Princess d'Essling and Mesdames Bruat , Braneiori , Fleury , and Conneau , were grouped about . Empress like the ladies in Winteriialter ' s . wellknown picture of her . The little prince wore his corporal's uniform * and had a laurel crown in his hand ready td give to his father oh his arrival . A privileged public , among whom were a great many actors and actresses of the Theatre Francaise , were permitted to watch the scene from behind one of the park gates . As soon as the Emperor arrived he kissed the Empress , and then took the Imperial Prince in his arms and held him for some minutes , and afterwards gave his arm to the Empress and handed her to an open carriage , which conducted their Majesties and the imperial infant to the chateau . At noon the Emperor attended mass , and immediately after he received his ministers .

      Napoleon's Justification. On Tuesday, Th...

      NAPOLEON'S JUSTIFICATION . On Tuesday , the Emperor received the great bodies of the State , the Presidents of which , M . Troplbng Count Moray , and M . Baroche , addressed congratulatory speeches to his Majesty , The Emperor said : — " Arrived beneath the walls of Verona , the struggle was inevitably about to change its nature , as well in a military as in a political aspect . Obliged to attack the enemy in front , who was entrenched behind great fortresses , and protected on his flank by the neutrality of the surrounding territory , and about to begin a long andbarran war , I found myself in face of Europe in arras ready either to dispute our

      successes or to aggravate our reverses . Nevertheless , the difficulty of the enterprise would not have shaken my resolution , if the means had not been out of proportion to the result to be expected . It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles opposed by neutral territories , and then to accept a conflict on the Rhine as well as on the Adige . It was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the concurrence of revolution . It was necessary to gQ on shedding precious blood , and as last risk that which a Sovereign should only stake for the independence of hie country . If I have stopped it was neither through weariness or exhaustion , nor

      THE PARISIANS AOTD THE PEACE . The terms of peace have not only occasioned a feeling of disappointment , discontent , and evenindignation among all . those who took a sincere interest in the object of the war , but have very seriously damaged and lowered the Emperor in the opinion of all classes of society . ; The working classesmore especially , who three months ago thronged the Lyons railway station every evening to cheer the troops as they started for Italy , perfectly understand that the blood of their sons and brothers has been , ' shed in vain , and they deeply resent the trick that has been played upon them . At the same time the commercial men and tradesmen , whose interests

      naturally lead them to look upon all war with disfavour , have little confidence in the peace , and reflect with consternation that the same unscrupulous and inscrutable will which plunged the nation into the Italian war upon false pretences , may at any moment begin another . It is certain that a project was formed to hail the Emperor as he passed along the Ghemin de Fer de Ceinture with cries of " Vive P Armee ! " " Vive l'ltalie ! " " Vive la Liberte ! " but I suppose it was given up as too dangerous . Many Orleanists , legitimists , arid republicans view the state of affairs with various degrees of satisfaction , because they think or hope that the Emperor has made a fatal mistake . of

      The Cfironde Bordeaux , which has been guilty of giving expression to the general feeling of regret ? and disappointment , in a leading article concluding with these words , " Happy Manin ! to have died before this day ! " has received a warning . The last proclamation relating to the peace , which was posted up all along the Faubourg St . Antoine aselsewhere , was found the next morning to be adorned with the additional title of " Traitre , " af ter the signature of " Napoleon , " by which it is terminated , and the gendarmes were employed the whole morning intearing it down amid the jeers , and laughter of the workmen , who repeated with affected emphasis the last bon mot with which Thiers has gratified us , or at at all events . the last which he has been made to utter on the occasio ' n . " Louis Napoleon knows best how to make war ; but sapristi ! Francois Joseph knows best how to make peace . "

      through abandoning , tho noble- cause which I desired to serve , but the interests of France . I felt great reluctance to put reigns upon the ardour of our soldiers , to retrench from my programme the territory from the Mineio to the Adriatic , and to see vanish from honest hearts noble illusions and patriotio hopqs , In order to serve the independence of Italy I made war in ihe face of the opinion of Europe , and as soon as the destinies of ray country might be endangered , I concluded peace . Our efforts ana our sacrifices , have they been morely losses ?

      No . We havea right to bo proud of this campaign ; we have vanquished an army numerous , bravo ana well organised ; Piedmont has been delivered from invasion i lier frontiers have been extended to tho Mineio . The idea of of an Italian nationality has been admitted by those who combated It most . All tho sovereigns of tho peninsula comprehend tho imperious want of salutary reforms . Thus after having given a new proof of the military power of France , the peace concluded will be prolific of happy results . The future will every day reveal additional cause for the happiness of Italy , tho influence of France , and the tranqullity of Europe .

      Paris Gossip.—Never Since The Coup Detat...

      Paris Gossip . —Never since the coup detat have there been such wholesale seizures of English journals as now . All the London papers , both morning and evening , have l > ecn confiscated with the exception of the Chronicle and Post . I do not know on what principle the latter escaped , for it has now added its voice to that of the rest of the Englishpress . The Chronicle alone continues to write articles on foreign affairs fit for quotation in the French papers . The police are busily taking out of the print sellers' windows of Paris all caricatures that might be displeasing to Napoleon III . ' s late enemy but now close friend , the " young and chivalrous " Francis Joseph , Emperor of Austria and Venetia , and principal member of the Italian Confederation . The Emperor when he travels is constantly followed by a numerous body of gendarmes in plain , clothes . No further back than yesterday the copy of a despatch , that only has an imaginary existence , was put into circulation . In this , amongst other things , we were assured that Mantua and Peschiera would belong to Piedmont , and that Venice was to be erected into an independent archduchy . The head and manager of these singular contrivances Is the ex-perfect of police , Pietri , who has had long and strictly private interviews with KossutU and . other Hungarian chiefs . " Since the news of the peace ( says a correspondent ) tho number of spies employed to listen to private conversation in caftis and salons has been doubled . Several ladios have been enlisted in the service . I do not give this hews as a rumour , its reaches mo from an official source . A good many arrests continue to bo made in the Faubourg St . Antoine . " ——— ,

      Ipkbs Naroxjsonibnnes.—The Rage For A Dy...

      Ipkbs NAroxJSONiBNNES . —The rage for a dynasty 1 ms taken the fiercest hold upon Napoleon III . while in Italy , and it is ascertained beyond all doubt that the acquisition of the ashes of the Duo do Beiclistadt entered largely into the conditions of peace . These poor ashes wore refused before . Tho answer returned by the Court of Vienna to the application to obtain them was , indeed , scarcely courteous , reminding Franco , that though it had been pleased to denominate the Duo de Keichstadt Napoleon II ., yet as ho hod never reigned either in Franco or elsewhere—the young man could never be regarded otherwise than as an Austrian Archduke , and as such , occupied in death the place most fitting to his remains . But all this is changed now . Napoleon HI . is welcome to all that ever did belong to Napoleon II . —his bonce j and Austrian pleasantry , declares that the Emperor of Austria- not only courteously acceded to Napoleon ' s demand of tho corpse of tho Due de Keiohstadt . but jocosely ottered to throw in

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 23, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23071859/page/8/