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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—Her Majesty -w...
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25g2 The Leade Jr. [No. 453, Novgmbek 27...
25 g 2 THE LEADE JR . [ No . 453 , NovgMBEK 27 , 1858 ,
Miscellaneous. The Court.—Her Majesty -W...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty -will leave Windsor Castle next week for Osborne . The Queen will be accompanied by all her family . Among the visitors at Windsor this week have been the Duke and Puchess of Aumale , the Comte de Paris , tlie Due de Chartres , the Lord Chancellor , and the gallant hero of Lucknow , General lnglis . On Monday the Queen honoured with her presence a ball which she gave to the servants of the household in celebration of the Princess Royal ' s birthday . The Canadian News says— - " We have undoubted authority for stating that , although her Majesty finds it -will be impossible for her to pay a visit to her loyal subjects in Canada , a short interval only will elapse before one of the young Princes will go there . "
The Prince of Wales . —His Royal Highness arrived In Berlin on Saturday , where he will stay for three ¦ weeks . The Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed Colonel the Hon . Robert Bruce to be Governor to the Prince of Wales . To be Equerries to his Royal Highness : Major Lindsay , Fusilier Guards ; Major Teesdale , C . B ., Boyal Artillery ; Captain Grey , Rifle Brigade . Extra Equerry : Viscount Valletort . Marlborough House is to be repaired and redecorated for the Prince's residence on attaining his majority . The PruIcess Frederick . " William . —A Berlin letter of the 21 st inst . says that th « birthday of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia was celebrated there with extraordinary rejoicings . Her Royal Highness looked remarkably animated and happy .. During the day she received a numberof costly presents , and a large bouquet of English roses and other choice flowers grown for . the occasion . The Princess anticipates her confinement very
carly in the ensuing year . The Order of the Bath . —On Monday her Majesty invested the following with the insignia of Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath , having previously conferred upon them the honour of knighthood : — Majors-General J . E . W . Inglis ^ Major-General E . Lugard ; Dr . A . Smith , Mr . R . M . Bromley , and Sir . T . T . Grant ( Civil ); Rear-Admiral Sir H . J . Leeke also was invested with the insignia of a Knight Commander . The following received the decoration of Companions of the Bath : —Colonel C . Steuart , 14 th Light Dragoons , Lieut .-Colonel T . C . Kelly , 38 th Regiment , Colonel C . Frariklyn , 84 th Regiment , Lieut .-Colonel E . Maberley , Royal Artillerv , Captain . G . W . Preedy , R . JST . ( Civil ) , the Hon . J . * A . Bruce ( Civil ) , Deputy Commissary-General W . J . T . Power , and Mr . S . Petrie , Director of the Commissariat .
" General" Orgosi . —We read in a Paris letter that a short time ago this adventurer having solicited an inp terview with Lord Stanley , was received by his lordshid at the India House . Qn this occasion the general statethat several persons , mistaken fur him , had recently been arrested by the English authorities in India , that he wished to do away with the impression that he had ever been a '' systematic" enemy Of the English , that he was now returning to Burmah with purely commercial views , and that he would be g lad to receive Lord Stanley ' s assurance that he might cross English territory M-ithout
being molested . Lord Stanley , it appears , thought it right to listen to all that the adventurer had to say , but without making him any reply whatever . The latter complains to his friends that all his assurances of his innocuous intentions , and all his arguments tending to show that his own interest would prompt him to be friendly with the English , and that he could not , if he -would , do any serious injury to Englisn power in India , only drew from the English minister the stiff phrase , twice repeated , Je riai rien dejplus it vous dire , he having said nothing to him whatever during the whole course of the interview .
Deceased Noblemen . —The Earl of Courttmn , while attending a meeting of poor-law guardians pf Gorey , on Saturday , was attacked with apoplexy , and died soon after . —We have also to record the death of Lord Proby , heir to the earldom of Carysfort , in his 35 th year . ENar ^ vin > ' 8 Foreign Policy . — Oa one side , the legitimate resentments excited by the imprudent and illogical policy of England in her relations -with other States , oh the other the horror and spite with , which the spectacle of her enduring and prosperous liberty filla servile souk ? , have created in Europe a common ground of animosity against her . It will be easy for « ny one who may wish it to turn to good account this animosity , and to proftt by it for the purpose of engaging England in some conflict , out of which sho runs a
great risk of issuing either vanquished or diminished . It is then that the masses , wounded in their national pride by unforeseen reverses , may raise a storm of -which nothing in her history up to this can give an idea . To prevont this catastrophe , it concerns her not to blind herself any longer ns to the nature and extent of her resources . Her military strength , « nd above nil , the acquirements in military science of her genornls and officers , arc evidently unequal to her mission . Her naval strength may be , if not surpassed , at least equalled , as' it once was by our own undor Louis XIV . ami Louis XVI ., as it will again , if our honour and our intorest should require it . Sho confides too much in the glory of her past , in tho natural courogo of her sons . Inasmuch ns she la essentially warlike , she considora liornelf , wrongly , on a lovol with modern progress in tlio tut of
¦ war , and in a position to resist superiority in numbers , in discipline , and camp [ experience . Because in 1848 the bravest and best discip lined armies did not save the great continental monarchies from a sudden and shameful fall before an internal enemy , she chooses to doubt that a good and numerous army constitutes the first condition of safety against on enemy from without . For the very reason that she is free she believes , and wrongly , that she has nothing to feaT from the enemies of liberty . No ! her institutions are not an impregnable bulwark , as Mr . Roebuck unreflectingly termed them on his return from Cherbourg . Alas ! all experience of ancient and modern times proves that free nations may succumb , like others , and even more rapidly than others . Liberty is the most precious of treasures , but , like every other h the hatred
treasure , it excites the envy , te covetousness , of those men , especially , who do not wish that others should possess an advantage which they themselves have neither known how nor wished to possess . Like every other treasure—bi-auty , truth , virtue itself—liberty requires to be watched over and defended with a tender solicitude and an indefatigable vigilance . All the inventions of which modern science is so proud are as useful to despotism as to liberty , and even more so . Electricity and steam will ever lend more force to strong battalions than to good reasons . By substituting mechanical contrivances for the mainspring of morality , man ' s individual energy , the former invite and second the establishment of the empire of might over right . This is what the friends of England and of liberty ought never to lose sight of . —Comte de 3 fontaltmbert .
Clerical Amusements . —If a clergyman hunts one or two ( lays in the week , he is called a " hunting parson , " as if he had no other way of spending his time in summer as well as whiter ; so with cricket , and fishing , and archery , and shooting , or whatever be the relaxation adopted by the clergy . Men ( or rather let us say old tcomen ) speak of them as if their whole time and attention were devoted to amusement ; whereas these recreations are often the very means and instruments by which the hard-working clergy are enabled to fulfil the duties of their profession . And then , for fear of " offending the weaker consciences of the brethren , " by the breach of their self-imposed restraint , these men recommend total abstinence from all amusements . With them abustis tollit vsum . Every pleasure and recreation becomes " a snare , " or " an entanglement / ' or " a stone of stumbling , " or some such cant phrase ; and so , instead
of showing their brethren how to set to work to reduce their indulgences within proper limits , and so becoming an example " of moderation to all men , " they recommend the cowardly and slothful method of total abstinence from these good things , which they have not the courage to use aright . Why , what is this but the spirit of monachism and seclusion , which made the old hermits , and monks , and nuns shut themselves \ ip away from a world which they had not the courage to face , and desert the post assigned to them in the great battle of life ? What is this but the total abstinence principle of the teetotaller , who declares all wines and liquors that are made to gladden the heart of man " pernicious poisons "* because he cannot restrain himself from the abuse of them ? And then these gentry must make a virtue of their necessity , and set up their total abstainers as saints and model parsons- — The Field .
these great honours and distinctions 1 owe to no merit my own ; I owe them all to the matchless courace an ° endurance of those I see around me , and not to th only , but to our surviving comrades now serving in the East , and to those who fell in the struggle . And f this and for all my honours I thank you froin my hearT my friends and comrades . " Major Dinning , the senior military officer present , said , — " On the part of the ear rison I feel bound to disclaim the merit which General lnglis , with that rare self-abnegation which alwava characterised him , attributes to them , and not to himself Every man here knows that to the incessant and untiring personal supervision of ( . Jeaeral lnglis is to be attributed the final success of the defence ; and to him , therefore as much as to any other man he has named , those present are indebted for their lives . " We understand that the gallant General returns to the East by the steamer of the 4 th , of December .
Tiee French Press . —A Paris letter says : — "The press is rnpidly approaching the complete quietism of Figaro ' s Journal Inutile , and , like it , may uot even thea escape suppression . ' ' Pourvu que je ne parlo pas en mes eciits ni de rautoritrj , ni du cuhe , ni de la politique ni dc la morale , ni des geijs en place , ni des corps ' eretlit , ni de I'Opera , ni des autres spectacles , in de personne qui tieniie a . quelque chose , jc pui » tout imprimer libreinent , sous Finspeetion de deux ou tmis censeurs . ' It is difficult to point out any one of the above topics which can now be treated . Authority?—Out of the
question . Morals?—Why , there are few of the great personages of the day who would not interpret the praise of morality as the bitterest censure on themselves —witness M . de Mohtulembert ' s casei People , in office ? - —Not even by implication , as the Jiecue d < -s Deux Moncles and others c : m tell . Of great bodies in credit ? —The ' great bodies' do not , I suppose , moan the sun ' , moou 7 planets , . or fixed stars , or anything else than the Senate , Legislative liody , and Council of State . The proceedings of-neither , of them are made public ; of course , censure is not to be thought of . Of the Opera and other theatrical representations ?—Matters inavcome
to that point before long . Ihe Opera and certain other theatres are subsidised by the Government , are under the control of the Minister of State , arid may , I suppose , be officially protected from criticism . So that you sec Figaro ' s programme , wants but little to bu complete . " A Strange Story . —The following is from the Peninsular Corresjiondence : — " We are sorry to announce that Mr . Morphy , one of the most gifted members of the Spanish bar , has just died under circumstances somewhat singular . Mr . Morphy was celebrated for his knowledge of gastronomy , ami was , perhaps , on account of this scientific appreciation of the chefs d ' ieucre of the
diplomatic kitchen , as well as his convivial talents and his powers as a conversation-man , a frequent guest of the former and present English Ambassador , who , among ' other essential professional qualification ? , are au fait in the arts of hospitulity . It appears that some six or seven days ago the unfortunate gentleman went to dine with Mr , Buchanan , the English Minister . He had put on a pair of boots tight beyond tlie- usual powers of endurance , and sat chatting with his host , who little dreamt of the voluntary martyrdom to which " Ins witty gueet had subjected himself . Violent inflammation supervened , followed by gangrene , which carried the
The River Medway . —The condition of the river Medway , owing to the filling up the bed of the river , has been getting worse for several years past j and steps are now being taken to adopt measures to counteract the increasing evil ; it is alleged that the very existence of the large naval establishment at Chatham Dockyard is seriously imperilled . At Chatham , a meeting wus held on Thursday , for tho purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting vigorous and energetic measures to prevent the continuous accumulations . After some discussion the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight to enable the promoters of the meeting to decide on tho plan to be proposed for improving the
unfortunate gentleman to his grave . FixsHun . Y Park . —On Monday evoninf ? a public meeting was hold at Pentonville , to consider the propriety of urging the Metropolitan ' Hoard ot >> orlcs to tnko immediate steps to carry into elluct the Act or Parliament authorising the formation ot a parts wr Finsbury . A memorial to tlie Hoard of Works , embodying ( he views of the meeting ' , was adopted . City Sewkiis . — On Tuesday a court was ueia for the despatch of business . Dr . Letbcby "'««»«* hid weukly report on tho aanitary stato ok tne wiy . Somij discussion took place as to » plan to » m P """ Holborn hjll , but it led to no result , ™ o 'ourt then took into consideration a precept which , the y » J J * J had received from tho Metropolitan Hoard of >\ orKs « the payment . by the City of 15 , 700 / . 12 s . ( Id . m its *""" towurda the metropolis main drainage ruto . a » ° " "
. The Garrison op Luokjsow . —On Tuesday last , being the anniversary of tho dual rescue of the Luoltnow garrison , tho whole of tho surviving members of General Inglia ' s little band now in England dined to « ether , to commemorate the event , at the London Tavern . After the cloth had been removed , General lnglis said" Comrades , we have met here to-night to commemorate the events of the past in a perfectly private manner , but there is one toast , and ono only , which I must call on you to drink in solemn silence before wo part— 'The Memory of Henry Lawrence , ' but for whom every man hero would also bo sleeping in a bloody grave ; with
was referred to the general purposes « oni nutl I e 1 0 f ., opl > i lflfl Public Health . — -With the ineroiwiiig culd l | cr " £ been an increase in tho mortality in the metropolis . » cording to the KegiHtrai-General ' s return tlie j ° ™ , \ , 1487 deaths in London last week , whereas in «»• * " » ' * week of October the number waa only 111 » 5 "'" ^ V ] . over the average Mug aa high as- 800 . S ? corlotin » M slightly on the decrease . 10 U 3 children wore , bom during the week . In tha City tho number ot u «« i »» wns 65 , being os near the average as possible . A Pathetic Ballad . — Perunps Madame - groat « a
• The Moinory of Henry Havolock , ' who , in the . emphatic language of Scripture ) , ' laid down his life for his friends } ' and 'Tho Memory of all tho honoured Brave who foil beside us in the Defence of LticknoW In solemn silence , all standing , comrades and friends . " When tho silence occasioned by this nfloctlng appeal had been somewhat broken , the gnllant General said , — " Comrades and friends , I hnve received tho thanks of Parliament ; I have been Invested with tho Insignia of the Bath by tho gracious hand of hor Majesty ) I have received ( he thanks of the Government of India ; I have received tho thanks of Nova Sootin , my native country , and have boon presented with a sword by that body . AH
crowning strength Iny in pieces of another'an , er . * hops in thoao littlo melting histories—nt vhw" ow " , cry , and in which tho events of a life are """ f "" 11 ??" within tho ooinpans of throo » hort stanxatf- > viu « u rate hoyf tho youth of pvopo * rtua » ing manners , w ¦ w » unluckily his worldly endowment * tlo not ««» W » 'J ™ ' bus gtthiud tho aflbctions of ft youn / j portion unuui ¦ i b » and without . the sanction of her lawful guimliuii ! ¦« i « ay « Mttdamo PlquoUo , dropping hor urma peiwivey , entering on tho burden ! " 'Us M'o old story I L ii moui yw bion n ' ust rien , n ' est rien I sans biou , biiiw "«•}""' J . t r-r-rlcn ~ n'ost R-r-ri-on ! 1 ! " which , owliiiff tl »» um
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27111858/page/10/
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