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Dec. 27, 1851.1 &f> |> 1Lt&*tt. 1231 _. ...
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Saturday, December 27. The Queen held a ...
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MISCELLANEOUS. Prince Albert has been el...
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A serious fire occurred on Wednesday at ...
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The Austrian Ambassador at the British C...
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Two vessels are being equipped for the p...
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The split in the Catholic Defence Associ...
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MIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DKATIIS.
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MIRTHS. On the 17th instant, at. Kadborn...
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The Humboldt arrived at Covvos yesterday...
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The Arctic Expedition. The Avon, With Th...
on her passage from Hong-Kong to Port Clarence . Lieutenant E . L . Cooper ( invalided ) , and Mr . John Simpson ( B ) , surgeon ( on promotion ) , came to San Francisco by the Daedalus on their way to England by Panama . The whaling vessels have crowded in great numbers this year again to the Straits of Behring , but have not been so successful as before . The season has been a late one in those seas , and , the ice floating about until late in July , has caused many
disasters , no less than eleven or twelve vessels having been lost , but not many lives . Among the vessels endangered by being " beset" by the ice were the Enterprise and Daedalus , somewhere near St . Lawrence Island . The line of ice in the Arctic Sea has likewise been found in a lower latitude than in the two preceding years . There is no account of the Investigator , Commander M'Clure , since July , 1850 ; probably he is to the ice eastward of Point Barrow . Her Majesty ' s ship DEedalus sailed from San Francisco for the Sandwich Islands on the 31 st of October .
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Saturday, December 27. The Queen Held A ...
Saturday , December 27 . The Queen held a Privy Council yesterday at Windsor Castle . The Ministers were all present except Sir Charles Wood . Lord Granville was ( July sworn in , and received the seals of the Foreign-office . The Earl of Westmoreland also had an audience with the Queen . The Morning Chronicle prominently inserts a communication on the Palmerston affair . The following passage is worth considering ; we have no means of testing its accuracy .
" One story goes that the probability of a coup d ' e ' tat in France had been hinted to him—that his opinion was asked as to its propriety—and that he approved it both before and after its execution , in apparent ignorance of its tendency to establish a despotism which would forthwith com bine with his old and most inveterate adversaries , the hereditary and established autocrats . He is supposed to have expressed this approval . " On the other hand , the Post , organ of the late Foreign Secretary , writes very emphatically .
" He approved , it is alleged , of the course adopted by the President of the French Republic , and his colleagues not only ' differed from him in their views ' on this subject , but there was * a marked difference between their mode of dealing with the emergency' and that of the noble Viscount . The Times takes great care to impress upon his readers that he does not speak here from official information . It is well that he enters this caveat . For we do not hesitate to assert , upon grounds and authority which leave on our minds no doubt of the fact , that , when the matter shall be fully investigated ; and the proofs laid before the public , it will be found that the Cabinet has , since Lord Palmerston ' s retirment , officially commuriicatd to the French Government ' views and
8 nitiment 8 ' precisely similar in every respect to those which had been communicated to that Government by Lord Palmerston , and that there is no difference' whatever between their ' mode' and his of dealing with this emergency . We make this statement with the fullest confidence that it will be found correct , and we have a claim to be believed , inasmuch as we have never misled the public mind in any matter . " A correspondent of the Daily News calls upon us to suspend our judgment , as the facts have yet to be explained . He disbelieves all the assertions of th < j Times—especially the main assertion , that Palmerston approved the coup d ' etat . But he says that , if Lord Palmerston really did desire such a fall for France , " no punishment that public opinion can devise is too signal for such treachery . " The Time atries to divert the controversy from Why Palmerston was dismissed , to What will he do ?
Miscellaneous. Prince Albert Has Been El...
MISCELLANEOUS . Prince Albert has been elected honorary member of the Berlin Building Society . The Bishop of ; Hereford's carriage , containing his lordship , his son , and Mr . Cox , was overset by a truck in the streets of Hereford on Monday . No one was injured . Lieutenant Pim , R . N ., arrived at St . Petersburg on the 13 th instant . He purposes proceeding to the mouth of the Kolyma River , vid Irkutsk and Jakutsk , in Siberia . Mr . E . J . Lowe , M . R . A . S ., has generously offere 1 to transfer his valuable collection of astronomical , meteorological , and optical apparatus , to trustees , with the view of founding a midland establishment or observatory for the promotion of meteorological and astronomical science , on condition that a sufficient sum be raised to buy or build a house , with garden , & c , for a resident observer , to secure to such person an annual income , suitable to his position and requisite knowledge—say £ 200 a year , and to provide for the repairs and improvements which may from time to time become advisable . Mr . Lawson has also offered , besides the donation of the instruments , which cost upwards of £ 10 , 000 , to contribute 1000 guineas in furtherance of the object . At a special meeting of the Nottingham Town Council the offer was accepted .
General Paul Anderson , C . B ., Colonel of the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders , died on the 17 th of this month . This gallant officer was for several years the confidential friend of Sir John Moore , upon whose staff he was employed , and he was present , at the moment of his decease at Corunna . General Andrrson was wounded in the expedition to Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrornbie . He subsequently served in the Mediterranean , the West Indies , the Peninsula , and at Walcheren ; and at the termination of the war he was appointed Deputy Arljutant-General to the forces at Malta , under the late Sir Thomas Maitland . Ho succeeded to the colonelcy of the Seventy-Eighth in 1837 , which is now again at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief .
A Serious Fire Occurred On Wednesday At ...
A serious fire occurred on Wednesday at the distillery of Messrs . Burroughes , Aldgate . A still-head blew up , a great quantity of spirits was consumed , but the exertions of the firemen saved considerable property . The body of a man named Whorrall was found in Coleshill Old Pool , on Saturday , by some boys . A cord tightly encircled the neck , and the legs were tied together . No evidence whatever was brought before the coroner ' s jury to . show whether Whorrall came violently by his death , and consequently the verdict returned was died from strangulation . It is , however , suspected that he was murdered .
A letter from New York states that there can be no doubt of the identity of the notorious George Hackett with the person who , on the 27 th of June last , broke into the stores of Mr . Williams , of Newark , Jersey , and stole from thence watches and jewellery to the value of 5000 dollars . He was subsequently arrested in a house in New York , known as the Five Points , in company with another Englishman , and all the stol < n property found in his possession . The thieves , who passed under the names of Shields and Thomas , made a desperate resistance , wounding the officers severely with clubs , but were ultimately secured and committed to prison . Here Hackett made a most daring attempt to escape , and
astonished the turnkeys by the never-ending supply of files he seemed to have in his possession . It was found necessary to remove him to a new cell every day , so frequent and ingenious were his attempts to break from prison . On being brought up for trial , he pleaded guilty of the burglary , and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment , in the State Prison , and two more for the attempt to escape . On hearing his sentence , he cooly requested the judge to " put on the other eight , so as to make the even tw . nt . y . " His accomplice was sentenced to eleven years , and both are now , writes our correspondent , in '' snug quarters , " which the gaoler guarantees will " hold them to eternity , if necessary . "
The Austrian Ambassador At The British C...
The Austrian Ambassador at the British Court , Count Buol-Schauenstein , is reported to have received orders for repairing to his post from Brussels , where he has b sta ying out of the way of tiie Kossuth demonstrations . We have reason to believe that the Marquis of Normanby is about to leave Paris , and that Sir M . BuHver is likely to replace him as our minister in France . We hear , also , that Count Flahaut will shortly arrive in England as Minister from the French Republic , in the place of M . Walewski , who is about to return to France . — Standard .
Granville George Leveson-Gitnvor , second Earl Granville , and now her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , is a comparatively young man , having been born in 1815 . He graduated at Christ Church , Oxford ; was for a short time attache to the British embassy in Paris , and aubspquently Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; was appointed a railway commissioner in 18-1 ( 5 , in which year he succeeded to the earldom ; master of t . heQueen ' s hitckhounds , July , 18-1 ( 5 ; vicepresident , of the Board of Trade , May , ISIS ; was M . I ' , for Morpeth , from February , 1837 , to February , 18-10 , and 18 l
sat for Lichlield , from September , 1811 , t . < vJa unary , (>; was appointed a deputy-lieutenant of Salop , lo 1 ( 5 ; secondmajor , Staffordshire yeomanry , 1818 . Kurl ( Jranville was ,-it , iiniHt be remembered , chairman of the council of the Royal Commission of the Great . ( Exhibition of 1851 . The first ( Earl was a distinguished diplomatist . ; be was uncle to the second Duke of Sutherland , and was long known as Lord Granville Levesou Gowcr . Q § The Constitutional of Bohemia states that Kossutli ' . mother , who was lately , sui |) jis <» d in the night , ut . her house by Austrian officers , died at l ' cwth on the l (> th
instant . Field Marshal Radet / . ky arrived at . Venice on the 18 th , in order to compliment the . (/ rand Duke Constunt . ine and his consort , on the occasion of the Kinperor of ltuysia ' . s birthday . Mr . Dudley Field , of New York , who has ho ably uhhisKhI in carrying the important measures of Chancery Reloim in that state , was entertained on Saturday by a party of legal gentlemen at . the London Tavern . St . Thoioat' . s Day having fall * n on Sunday , the election of Common Councilmen and Ward ollicers for the
coming year was postponed until Monday by virtue of a precept , addressed to the Aldermen of the various wards by the flight ' Honourable the . - Lord Mayor . luMveral wardH the present members were returned without oppo-Nition ; and the cluing * h being comparatively few , little , if any , excitement prevailed in those that , wire contested . The royal baron of beef wan brought , into the royal kitchen at . Windsor Castle on Tuesday ; the process of rousting commenced at . eleven o ' clock on the morning of that any , and w . ih not completed before eleven o ' clock at . night . The baron , cut from a handtiomo Devon ox , wan
supplied by Mr . Minton , the royal butcher at Windsor ; it weighed 4301 b ., and was placed cold on a side table at the royal banquet on Christmas Day .
Two Vessels Are Being Equipped For The P...
Two vessels are being equipped for the purpose of establishing coaling stations and new penal settlements in the Southern Pacific . In addition to the Rifle Brigade , now under orders for the Cape of Good Hope , it is said that jthe Eighty-Fifth Foot will also be sent . At present there are , exclusive of the local force , eight regiments of the line and one of Lancers in that colony , and . the Forty-Third was shortly expected . The Cape Corps will , in all probability , be converted into a white regiment . Rumour adds that Lord Harris will shortly proceed to the Cape , to supersede Sir Henry Smith in the civil government . The choice of such a man as Lord Harris would , it ia believed , be popular in the colony . —Daily News .
The Split In The Catholic Defence Associ...
The split in the Catholic Defence Association has widened . Archbishop Cullen has written a long letter defending the policy of appointing Mr . Wilberforce , and of considering the Catholics of England and Ireland as one body . The Nation fiercely denounces the appointment as an ignoring of Ireland . In reference to the letter of Archbishop Cullen , on behalf of Mr . Wilberforce , the same journal says : — " We reg > et to find that his Grace sees nothing objectionable in the system against which the protest of the Irish members was levelled . The prelates who know Ireland best , and have longest mixed with the people , have come to a different conclusion . " The Tablet merely gives the result of the election , with the remark— " We are sorry to add that rumour conveys the information that the result of this ballot has excited grave dissatisfaction in certain quarters . "
Mirths, Marriages, And Dkatiis.
MIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DKATIIS .
Mirths. On The 17th Instant, At. Kadborn...
MIRTHS . On the 17 th instant , at . Kadborne-Iiiill , Derbyshire , the Lady Anna Carolina Cliamlos I ' ole : n son anil heir . On I . Jn- 1 m . li instant ., the wife of John Murray , Ksq ., AlbeinarlehI reel . : a son . On tlit- -Int . instant , at . Lichfield , the wife of the Reverend William I '' .. Jell , vicar of ( Jailton-in-Oraven : a won . On tin- JJikI instant , in Duhlin , tlm l . idy of Colonel J . Illooniliehl ( ioil ^ li : a son . mauria <; i : s . On the I 7 t . h instant ., at . Trinity Church , liotley . i , the Hnvnrrml l '' ie < lei icl » II . llot . hiiiu , rector of llushlmry , Salop , hi-ciiikI sdii of the late Vice-Admiral Sit Henry Hoi lum , K . ' ' . . 15 ., ami the l . aily l ' ranreH llolli . un , of Silversaiids , Hurrey , to Kleanor , fourth daughter of Hubert . ( JohIiii ! , ' , Khi \ ., of Uoll <; y ' n-i >;« rk , Surrey . On the IHth instant , at , St .. Mark ' a , Wolvei hain |) ton , Kupeit Kettle , l . s (| ., ( if the Oxford Circui I , to M ihs ( Juiikc , ul Merridale , only child of Hie late William Conk «\ Knq . On the ~ ' 0 lli instant , at . St .. () » i : ' a , Hanover-aquaro , John Moore Cole Airey , Kh <| , second son of the late l . ieiitenalit-( icneral Sir ( ieoifje Airey , K . C . H ., and the Honoui able l . mly Aiiey , to Amelia , necond daughter of H . 1 > - WiiUh , Kmi ., of 1 , 1 , lion . ( in i he y . ' nd instant , at St . . lude ' H Kpiseopal Church , <; laHtfow , Dr . l-Yederick I ' eiuiy , I ' rofeMsorof Cheini * ti y i'i thf Audersoiiiau University , to June Helen Perry , eldest daughter of the late Kobert . Terry , Ksij , M . I ) ., < il . s-ow . On the -J'Jiid instant ., at . Trinity Church , Inlin ^ 'ton , John »' . Cheyne , Lieutenant K . N ., to Kiiinia I ' imiicsi , only daughter of tin- late Lieutenant . CharleH Mural Gardner , R . N ., both of Islington . DKATHH . On the 13 th instant , at lilachloi d , ill his HevenliHh year , bir I ' leclei iek I . email IIii ^ ith , Itai onet , of Hlaehfortl , l > evoii . X ) n the l . 'ith iiistiuil , at . liirf lodjjinfjfi . in l ! akrfr- » tr « et , Cnptftiu the Honourable Cliarletf Southwell , K . H ., atf ' « l Btivnnty-two , suddenly , Irom oK-iilicition of the heart . On the KJlli inMunt , at Carlisle , Mr . James Sleol , editor and proprietor of t . Carlisle Journal , hi the nfty-fiftll y «» r of iiiii a ; f e . On the I ' . M . h iiiHt . itilt , at Hampton Court , the . Lady ( ieor ^ e Seymour , to the tfieal grief of h « r family . On the l ' . ) th iiiHlant , H . M . W . Turner , R . A . On the 20 th instant , in Katon-Hqiiaro , Mir llriien Ohicheutcr , Uitroiiut , ol ArJiiifrlon-oourl , Duvoii . iifftnl llll . y-iioven .
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TO READERS AND CORRESPO NDENTS . In reply to inquiries we may state that the Office of the Friends of Italy is No . 10 , 8 outhampton-street , Strand . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London .
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The Humboldt Arrived At Covvos Yesterday...
The Humboldt arrived at Covvos yesterday . She brings papers from Now York up to the 13 th instant . The immense enthusiasm aroused by Kossuth was increasing . On the 11 th instant , a grand banquet was given in his honour at the Irving-house by the Corporation of Nevv York . The speech of Kossutii on this occasion was said to be his masterpiece . It developed in the clearest manner his views and expectations regarding the action of the United States in reference to intervention in Hungarian affairs . The New York Times of the l . 'Jth contains the subjoined telegraphic Nummary from Washington of the proceedings in the Senate in reference to the reception of Kossuth : — " The KosHuth resolution wan cull' -dup by Mr . Scward . [ This resolution provides for a public reception of Kossuth by the Congress ] Mr . Hale announced that he had paired off with Mr . IJerrii-n , who was called aw . ty by illne . su . The debate was resumed . Mr . Mallony spoUo in favour of the resolution , and Mr . Badger made a long dedamat ion against it . " Mr . Scward followed . He rebuked the policy which strives to reject an expression of our sympathy towards the illustrious exile . Kossuth , if rhis resolution should liot . prevail , would retire , and whither ? To his own country he cannot go , —from Turkey he has jn « t been released , —und to Knglaud he must look , in such an emergency , for aid and shelter . Vet * c recognize him us the representative of Democracy . Shall he , then , be compelled to retrace his sfeps ? The question must , go before the tribunal of public opinion . Mr Setv . ird went on fo portray the state of the public , feeling in relation to this subject , and made a inont effect ive npt-rch . " When Mr . Heuard had concluded , the question was taken 4 > n the first branch of Mr . I Semen ' s amendment , and it . wan rejected—yeas 14 , huys 2 ( t . The . second clause was then put , and lost . Mr . Borland thereupon moved a substitute for Mr . Shields ' ** amendment , tendering a cordial expression of sympathy to the people : of llun-i gary , recognizing Koasuth as Governor of Hungary , and inviting himself and bin associates to the capital nu the Kiientn of the nation ; and also providing for a uuitable appropriation to be placed at the disposal of the President to defray the expenses of tlrfir entertainment . This amendment was rejected . TIio one , previously offered by Mr . Shields was also lost . YoftH , 10 ; nayH , 'L \\ . " The joint reaolutiou 8 ubmittcd by Mr . Howard was
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1851, page 1231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_27121851/page/11/
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