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POSTSCRIPT . Saturday , July 20 .
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• wish to reduce wages in order to supply the locks to Government at a low price . The female haymakers at the farm of the British Iron Company struck on Monday last for an increase of wages . A very destructive fire occurred at Bristol on Monday night in the Japan finishing works connected with the extensive floor-cloth manufactory of Messrs . Hare and Co ., which ranks among the largest works cf its kind in the world . The stock of the building was composed of resin , oils , turpentine , and other combustible materials , and the flames spread with such' rapidity and fierceness that they were not got under until the building in which the fire originated was destroyed , and a loss of from £ 1500 to £ 2000 incurred . The young man who was before the magistrates at the Guildhall some days since , charged with sedition , and who described himself as a " determined Chartist , "
refusing to give his name , made a daring attempt to escape from the City Compter , where he had been imprisoned , on Thursday , having failed to get securities for his future good behaviour . When he discovered that he was found out , he grasped the iron railings at the window of his cell , and delivered a very touching appeal to those below . He swore that he was wrongfully imprisoned , and would one day be avenged . It required three men to remove A * dog-cart , containing a well-dressed , styiish-looking gentleman , accompanied by a man-servant , drove up to the principal entrance of one of the most picturesque mansions in Leicestershire about a fortnight ago . The
proprietor was absent in the metropolis . The gentleman , with an air of supreme confidence , rang the bell , and , the door being opened , required to be shown into the best apartment , at the same time acquainting the butler that he had been appointed house steward by his master . The butler , rather startled by this announcement , was a little incredulous ; he thought there must be " some mistake , " and , as the visitor was accompanied by a stout , strong fellow , he became a little alarmed , there being only one or two other servants about the place . His alarm increased when the new " house steward" demanded an examination of the plate , and he therefore privately sent messengers to a neighbour of his master's , and the family lawyer , to acquaint them with the circumshortlafter
stance of the stranger ' s visit . They were y on the spot ; but the gentleman of the dog-cart , unabashed , maintained his ground , and nonplussed the squire and the lawyer , stating his determination to remain in the neighbourhood until the return of the owner of the mansion . The former , however , took the precaution to write by the next post to that gentleman , who returned home by the earliest train , much surprised to hear that he had obtained a new " house steward , " and more especially in the shape of a person whom he had never seen . It is needless to state that the dog-cart had by this time disappeared . What might have happened had the butler been " gullible " our readers may imagine . —Leicester Chronicle ,
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The secretary of the Repeal Association whose name was Hagarty , died suddenly on Monday night . His official labours terminated on the day of the adjournment of the association , and his earthly career closed the same niirht . He died of disease of the heart . The Kepeal Association , at its usual weekly meeting on Monday , was adjourned sine die , Mr . John O'Connell stating that he would be prepared to reopen Conciliationhall , or meet elsewhere , as soon as he received assurances oi support from the country that would justify him in doint ? so . The repeal rent for the week amounted only to £ 4 10 s ., to which minimum , the chairman observed , it had descended from a weekly sum of £ 3500 . Mr . Smyth , the Clare magistrate , who has been charged with procuring the death of his mother , has been ° admitted to bail to take his trial at the next
. The Belfast papers contain the particulars of a collision between the Orangemen and the police , which took place near Belfast on the twelfth of July , in which the latter fired on their assailants , and severely wounded two of them . According to the Freeman ' s Journal the Austrian Minister has handed to Lord Pahnerston the sum of £ 3000 , " the munificent subscription of the people of Austria towards the relief of the Irish poor . "
At the meeting of the Mayo Independent Club , convened to secure the liberal interests at the approaching election , it was announced that Mr . Joseph M'Donnell had withdrawn his claim in favour of the other liberal candidate , Mr . O ' iliggins . It is therefore understood that the latter gentleman will obtain the undivided support of the liberal portion of the constituency .
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HEROIC INTREPIDITY . A man of the name of George Allan , living at Hankside , Southwark , has , at the risk of his own life , saved from drowning in the river , within the last few years , nearly twenty persons . For this series of heroic acts ho has never received any reward but the approval of his own conscience and the ad « miration of those in the neighbourhood who may happen to know him . Surely he is a fit subject , if over any one was , for a pension from Government ,
But if this cannot be obtained for him , the Leader may have generous readers , who may bo attracted by this noiice toward his name and claims . And pprhups you might not think this hero of humble litb unworthy of your powerful advocacy . I send you the address of a gentleman well known and much respected at Bankside , where till recently he resided , who will be glad to corroborate my statements regtirding George Allon . The address you will perhaps be kind enough to give to such as may request it .
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The third reading of the Factories Bill having been moved in the House of Lords , last evening , the Duke of Richmond reiterated his objections to the measure , as constituting a breach of faith between the Legislature and the operatives , and moved that it be read a third time that day three months . The amendment was briefly discussed , and negatived without a division . The bill was then read a third time . The Earl of Harbowby moved an additional cause , extending the operation of the act to children . On this amendment their lordships divided : Contents , 14 ; non-contents , 30 : majority against the amendment , 16 . The bill was then passed .
On the motion for the House of Commons going into committee , last evening , in order to consider the royal message asking a provision for the present Duke of Cambridge and his sister the Princess Mary , Mr . Hume remonstrated against the continuance of the parliamentary annuity granted to the Duke of Cumberland , and still paid to the King of Hanover . He wished this sum to be economized before voting more money to members of the Royal Family . Lord John Russell , after alluding to the benevolent purposes to which the late Duke of Cambridge had devoted a large portion of his income , observed that
the result had been to diminish the patrimony bequeathed to his son , so far as to afford the present duke no more than £ 1200 per annum * exclusive of the income which he earned in the honourable discharge of his professional duties . After referring to the precedents afforded with regard to the children of George III ., the noble lord proposed , as a fitting medium between the claims of economy and the dignity of the royal family , that £ 12 , 000 per annum should be the allowance to the young duke , and £ 3000 per annum to the Princess Mary . Including the dowry of £ 6000 a-year secured to the Duchess of
Cambridge , and the £ 3000 granted to her eldest daughter , the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , there would still accrue to the Exchequer a saving of £ 3000 on the £ 27 , 000 hitherto paid to the deceased duke . The vote of 12 , 000 to the Duke of Cambridge having been put , Mr . Hume was sorry to differ from the noble lord as to the amount which he thought necessary for a suitable provision for the present Duke of Cambridge ; £ 8000 a-year was all that was granted for many years to the late Duke of Gloucester , and he thought that would be sufficient for the present Duke of Cambridge . He did not wish the members
of the Royal Family to be without the means of sustaining their dignity , but he desired that that House , who were the trustees of the public purse , should have some regard in making those grants to the misery and poverty existing in the country . He admitted the merits of the present Duke , but on the whole he thought that an annuity of £ 8000 a-year was amply sufficient provision for his Royal Highness . He moved , therefore , as an amendment , that the sum be £ 8000 instead of £ 12 , 000 a-year ; and he should take the sense of the committee on the question . Mr . DisitAiiLi said the House was unanimously of
opinion that some provision should be made for the present Duke of Cambridge . The only question was , what allowunce should be granted . The precedent of the Duke of Gloucester was a very judicious one ; but the Minister had thought proper to propose for the Duke of Cambridge a sum considerably under that granted by Parliament to the Duke of Gloucester . He ( Mr . Disraeli ) assumed that the reduced allowance was proposed in consideration of the distressed condition of the times . Duly weighing the claims of the Duke of Cambridge and the altered circumstances of tne country , and especially the distressed condition of the agricultural classes , he
considered the proposal made by the First Minister a just , a fair , and a model ate one . Mr . Bright was rather surprised at the statement relative to the income of the present Duke of Cambridge . It appeared that the late Duke had divided his property equally among his children ; but that he had attached to the share of his son certain annuities which entirely eat away his share —equal to £ 1600 a year . And yet the eldest daughter of the late Duke had an allowance from Parliament of £ 3000 a-year . He considered it unfortunate that the property left by the illustrious father was left in such a manner that the whole of it was now handed over to other parties , leaving his son to be provided for by the country .
" He could not say one word against the late Duke of Cambridge ; but , looking to the statements of the noble lord , it appeared that since 1778 he had been in the receipt of sums varying , from his share in £ 60 , 0 U 0 a-year , to £ 15 , 0 U 0 , £ 21 , 000 , and latterly , for many yeais , £ 27 ) 000 . lio was not awaie of his receipts as the Viceroy of Hanover ; but Parliament was bound not to shut out altogether from its consideration that parents owo a duty to their family in high life as well as in the other degrees , and that they uro ' bound to act by them so as not to throw tho burden of lnuintcnnncc upon the public when it wus possible to avoid it . That the late Duke of Ciinibridiio should , ihojefort . ' , have made soinu provision for his ( shildn ; n 'tut of the largo iuctuc ; hu derived fioni the country w . mM Lave been but fnir , and i \ oz to have cast them in this njumier upon the public . The past ,
however , could not be remedied , but the future could . He ( Mr . Bright ) Was not opposed to some provision for the present Duke of Cambridge , in case his private property was insufficient for his station ; but the advantages predicated in the case might be purchased at too dear a rate , and all the friends of the monarchy should , in his opinion , so arrange affairs of this nature as not to let them come under the eye of the public in an unpleasant manner for that institution . He looked at the fact in this light . The present Sovereign of this country had a numerous family , and in no long time provision would , no doubt , have to be made for the children of the Queen . Would the Prime
Minister of the day propose , or the Parliament grant , £ 12 , 000 a-year to each of them ? He ( Mr . Bright ) doubted whether even a prime minister would propose it . The Duke of Cambridge , however , was only first cousin to the Queen , and would Parliament be justified in granting him a sum greater than that which would be hereafter given to her Majesty ' s own offspring ? If therefore £ 12 , 000 a-year each was considered too much for the children of the reigning Sovereign , it would be unjust to her Majesty ' s offspring to give that sum to the cousin of enter
the Queen . He ( Mr . B . ) might be taunted with - taining certain opinions on the subject of the monarchy ; but he was quite satisfied that the minister was not a friend to the monarchical institutions of the country who proposed a vote on such a subject to the House that did not recommend itself to consideration at once by its moderation and by its economy . The impression that would be made on the country by the vote before the House was an unfavourable one in respect to the ob * - jections against the monarchical system on the ground of expense . "
The Marquis of Granby , Colonel Rawdon , and Colonel Chatterton supported the vote , as did also Sir Robert Inglis , who remarked that discussions like the present were consequences of a bargain which had been anything but advantageous to the Crown . From the accession of George III . down to William IV ., the sums received out of the Crown estates amounted to no less than 116 millions sterling * while the equivalents granted by Parliament weie only 67 millions , leaving a clear balance in favour of Parliament of 47 millions sterling . If the Crown . had reserved its estates there would have been ample means of providing for the royal family without coming to Parliament . ( Hear , hear ) . The House having divided , the numbers were—
-For the amendment , 53—against it , 206 Majority against it , 153 . Mr . Hume then moved that the allowance do not exceed £ 10 , 000 , which he thought was an ample allowance for the cousin of a sovereign , when the first lord of the treasury had only £ 6000 . The noble lord should also recollect that the sons of George III . for many years did not receive so much as he proposed now to give to the Duke of Cambridge . Looking at the condition of the country and the weight of taxes which pressed upon the people the present proposition was one which the noble lord might reasonably
accede to , if not he should take the sense of the committee upon it . ( Hear , and cries of ' " ) As one anxious for the maintenance of the monarchy he wished that the expenditure on that head should not reach an amount which the people might be led to think unreasonable . Sir Henry Willouohuy enquired whether the noble lord contemplated , in the event of any future contingency , as marriage for instance , coming to Parliament lor an increase of the allowance he now proposed ? ( Hear . ) Lord John Russell said that was a question he should not like to answer at the present time .
( Hear . ) The honourable baronet was aware that £ 14 , 000 was the amount granted to the late Duke of Gloucester , and , as at present advised , he should say that under no circumstances should he be disposed to propose that a larger sum should be allowed to the Duke of Cambridge . He must , however , not be understood as committed in any way on the subject . ( Hear . ) Mr . Heywood supported the amendment . If honourable gentlemen were dealing with their own funds , of course they might make the allowance as high as they please ; but , remembering that this money would cume out of the pockets of the labouring classes , he could not support the larger amount . if the Famil
Mr . Dkujimonu observed that , Royal y had not consented to an arrangement by which Parliament had robbed them of their estates—( hear , hear )—if Parliament had not taken possession of the woods and forests , which had been badly managed because they had been in their handsand it those estates had been as well managed as any private estate would be , there would have been no reason for this application , for the royal Duko would have been in possession of an enormous fortune . On a division , Mr . Hume's motion wus rejected by 177 to 55 . The original resolution was then put and carried , as was also another resolution , authorizing a grant not exceeding £ 3000 a-ycar to the Princess Mury .
The House having gone into committee of supply , Mr . Cojjukx opposed the vote of £ 10 , 000 for the purchase of the Danish forts on the Gold Coast of Africa , contending that the purchase was an attempt , and u futile one , to suppress by land that slave trado which we hud been unable to suppress by sea . A long and interesting discussion then took place , involving the suppression of the slave trade , the African squadron , the extension of our colonies , tho
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JOtY 20 , 1850 . ] && *> & *« & **? 393
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Leader (1850-1860), July 20, 1850, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1847/page/9/
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