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elevation to the bench , and his consequent resignation of the representation of Pontefract , says , in his address to the electors : — " I am happy to learn that I am likely to be succeeded by a gentleman of a distinguished Yorkshire family , and one whom I am confident will to his ut most maintain the supremacy of the Queen , the civil and religious rights and liberties of her subjects , and the independence of the kingdom . There is no longer any doubt as to Mr . More O'Ferrall ' s retirement from the Government of Malta . He has declared that he shall leave in April next , as his constitution will not permit of his risking another summer on the Malta island . Lord Beaumont is to succeed Mr . More O'Ferrall . _
Mr . Charles Norris Wilde , of the firm of Wilde , " Bees , and Co ., in College-hill , a nephew of the Lord Chancellor , and we believe his son-in-law also , has been appointed to the office of Secretary of Lunatics , vacant by the death of Mr . Cartledge . The secretaryship in lunacy is worth about £ 800 a-year , but its possessor holds his place at the pleasure of the Chancellor , and is removable by his jaccessor . —Chronicle . Inconsequence of the repairs required at the Mansionhouse , the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will not take up their abode there until after Christmas .
A Court of Directors was held at the East India House on Wednesday , when Lieutenant-General Sir John Grey , K . C . B ., was sworn in Commander-in-Chief of the Company ' s forces , and second member of council on the Bombay establishment . We have great pleasure in stating that her Majesty has been pleased to grant a pension of £ 100 a-year to Mr . John Payne Collier , the editor of Shakspeare , and author of " The History of the English Stage . " It is confidently reported in military circles that the large sum of sixteen thousand pounds has been offered by the Major of a Lancer Regiment , recently quartered in Brighton , for the purchase of the Lieutenant-Colonelcy , and refused after two days' deliberation . The highest sum ever given for the purchase of a step was , we believe , twenty thousand pounds .
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General Neumayer , having refused the command of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Military Divisions , and demanded to be placed on half-pay , the President , taking into consideration the General ' s former services , has retained him in active service . The civil law in Belgium , the same for the royal family as for the other citizens , requires the nomination of a guardian when there are children left minors by the death of either of the parents . In order to obey this law in the case of the young princes and princesses , a family council was held on Saturday at Brussels , under the presidency of M . Peeteis , juge de paix . The council was
thus composed : On the maternal side—the Due de Nemours , represented by the Prince de Leiningen ; the Due d'Aurnale , represented by General Jacqueminot ; the Prince de Joinvillc , represented by General Evains . On the paternal side—Prince Albert , represented by M . Van Praet ; M . de Gerlache , First President of the Court of Cassation ; M . Leclercq , Procureur-General of the same court . The king delegated M . Cornvay , intendant of the Civil List , as his representative . The council nominated the Due de Nemours to the office , and authorized him to accept the inheritance of the Queen , by inventory , according to the wish of the king .
Professor Kinkel , who was sentenced to death for the share he took in the Baden insurrection , and the story of whose wrongs wo lately gave in tho Leader , escaped on the nifiht of the 6 th instant from the House of Correction at Spandau . Oa his cell being opened next morning it was found empty , and a rope hanging from the window showed that he had descended by it to the ground . The latest news of Jenny Lind represent her as enjoying quieter triumphs in New York . She had sung at several concerts , one of which was conducted with Barnum ' s three dollars charge for admittance . Entire
satisfaction | attendcd the experiment , and no confusion or rioting occurred . Parodi ' s arrival , like that of her Swedish rival , had created some sensation , and at midnight she had been serenaded by some of the enthusiasts of New York . Parodi , apt and impulsive , threw a cloak around her shoulders , stepped into the balcony of the hotel , and returned the greeting with a rich cry of " Viva 1 'America" and " Viva l'ltalia . " Mr . Charles Mottlcy , one of the most ardent collectors of books , who died in September last , has bequeathed his library to the French Republic , on condition that it shall be placed in a gallery bearing his name as the rlonor . The Constitutions ! el states that the British Museum had offered £ 12 , 000 for this collection .
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An enormous mass of earth fell from the summit of the Semmering , on the outskirts of Lower Austria , on the 27 th ultimo . A considerable portion of the Vienna Railway , now under construction on that point , was buried under it , together with labourers at work on the spot . Measures were immediately taken to rescue them , but out of the twelve found hitherto only five are alive . The catalogue of the book fair of Saint Michael , at Leipsic , which is about to open , consists of 384 pages , and contains the titles of 5033 works which have been published in Germany since the Easter fair . The number exceeds by between 1200 and 1500 that of any fair since the revolution of 1848 .
Hungary , in spite of the present lull in its political affairs , appears to be socially in a deplorable condition . Murders by night in the streets of Pesth , highway robberies at the very gates of large towns , and all kinds of agrarian outrages , are of daily occurrence . A letter from Pesth states that great sensation has been caused in that city by the families of several persons , who were executed in virtue of sentences of the revolutionary court-martial , having commenced actions against the judges of the courts to recover damagQS . The President and Secretary of the Navy have granted to the United States Central Committee a first-class national frigate or steamer , for the purpose of transporting specimens of American manufactures , products , and inventions to the great National Exhibition .
Two very smart shocks of earthquake were felt at Malta on Saturday , the 25 th of October , at five minutes before one , p . m ., which , though they extended over a period of only a few seconds , have damaged the walls of several old buildings . The first shock was accompanied by a loud rumbling sound . A Mr . Orlandi made a balloon ascension at Barcelona on the 27 th ultimo . As no news was obtained of him for two days , great uneasiness was felt lest he should have met with the same unhappy fate as Monsieur Arban . He had , however , a very narrow escape of his life . The balloon was wafted over the snow-covered mountains of
Vallvidrera , where it was enveloped in a thick mist , now and then pierced by lightning . The intrepid aeronaut was covered with a thick coating of hail , that fell incessantly . Having ascended above the cloud , he caught another glimpse of the sun , and , seeing that the wind changed in a south-westerly direction , he resolved to descend to the earth , which he could not in the least distinguish . The wind drove the balloon with terrible velocity , and at last it fell into the sea , where M . Orlandi ,
holding fast by the ropes , managed to keep himself above water during three hours , when he was washed on shore at ten at night , his balloon being carried out to sea again . After two hours spent on the cold sand he recovered his strength sufficient ^ to get up and look out for shelter . He was stopped by one of the coast-guard , who was about to shoot him as a smuggler or a bandit , but recognizing him as the man of the balloon ( el hombre del fflobo ) he took him to a village and put him to bed .
M . Fenzi , the Florence banker , and other Tuscans , who have married English women , have called upon all those who are in the same position to join them in an undertaking calculated to diminish the influence of the French press in Tuscany , and to encrease that of the English press , by the monthly publication in the Italian tongue of the best articles of British newspapers . This periodical is to be called the " Itivista Britannica . " The two German travellers , Overbeck and Barth , who accompanied the expedition of Richardson to tho interior of Africa , have been heard of . A report received at Berlin , dated the 16 th of August , left them 300 miles south-east of Tripolis , where they intended to await the termination of the rainy season ; they were preparing canoes , which will be carried by camels , and used to cross the rivers . The travellers are assisted by contributions both from the King and the Geographical Society
of Berlin . A riot against the Christian population has broken out at Aleppo . A multitude of Franks were killed , and their houses sacked and burnt . The Turkish soldiers remained quiet spectators of these outrages . The most interesting point of immediate interest , on this continent , says the New York Herald , is the successful negotiation of Messrs . White and Vanderbilt , with respect to the Nicaragua canal . They have so far succeeded as to induce the principal capitalists of London to throw open one-half of the stock of the canal for British competition .
A large meeting assembled at Worcester , Massachusetts , " on the 23 rd ultimo , to consider the question of woman ' s rights , duties , and relations . Among the more prominent persons present were Lucretia Mott , Abby Foster , Harriett Hunt , Paulina Wright Davis , W . EL Channing , F . Douglas , J . C . Hathaway , Hannah Darlington , and Sarah Tyndalc . The discussion took a very wide range , involving the right of woman to admission to the universities , her right to partnership in the labours and pains , the risks and remunerations of productive industry , and a coequal share in the formation and administration of laws . Resolutions in favour of these claims on behalf of woman were passed unanimously , and the convention closed its labours , after having sat two day *
. An abortive attempt at revolution was contemplated at Panama last month , the chief object being to separate that part of the Republic of Nucva Granada from the rest , to make it , independent as a Republic of Nucva Colombia , and then to join that , of the United States . The principal movers in the affair were De Theller , formerly a Canadian rebel , afterwards a naturalized citizen of the Western States ; General Espitme , some other few native , American , French , and Italian residents in Panama . The general opinion was , that their intention was plunder , without any political feeling .
The Municipal Council of Paris , in its last sitting , voted l , l ! i 9 . 950 f . for the year for the expenses attendant on the support of foundlings , and a supplement of 31 , 000 f . for the better organization of the service of wet nurses , so as to prevent tho casualties which now occur from the want of the proper means of securing the health and good condition of the children confided to tluir rare . ]) aibc-s and Bbinqni were removed from Paris in a poRt-ch . 'ii . SP , on their way to Brllr-Tslc , last work .
A lurd of cattle strayed on to tho Nevers Railway , yiear Guriin , one night last week . Presently the mail train came up , mid , not . seeing them , dashed into the midst . Kight . of the poor beasts were killed , and the mangkd remains having blocked up the wheels of the locomotive , it ran off the rails , dragging with it the tender and two bnpgnjjr wagons . The driver and the fireman were thrown ( iff , but not hurt ; the conductor of the buirgage wagons Jwas thrown high into the air , and fell on the wires of the electric telegraph , but he was not seriously injured . In a Cabinet Council held at Vienna on the 9 th instant , Marshal ltadetzky protested in terms of great severity against the aggressive policy of the Cabinet .
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of Poland . Fancy dresses were " few and far between , " and military dresses were not so abundant as on former occasions . A transparency of the Palace of Glass for the Great Exhibition of 1851 , attracted its share of attention . The arrangements to avoid a crush were excellent , and the refreshments on a most liberal scale . Dancing was kept up with animation till a very late hour . It is said that the institution will benefit more than £ 1000 by the evening ' s proceedings . The Commissioners of Woods and Forests ( who , by the last returns , have a cash balance in hand of
£ 171 , 306 11 s . 3 d . ) completed the purchase of the Red House , Battersea , last week , and have given directions for Battersea-park to be proceeded with . They have also manifested a laudable interest and concern for the healthful recreation of the 30 , 000 inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury , comprising the squalid masses of Saffron-hill , St . Luke ' s , and Clerkenwell . The proposed park for Finsbury has occupied their serious attention ; and the committee appointed at the aggregate meeting , held in Sadler ' Wells Theatre , hare resumed their labours .
The nomination of Sheriffs for the different counties of England and Wales , for the ensuing year , took place in the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday . There was a large concourse of people present on the occasion . On the bench were , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir George Grey , and Mr . Fox Maule ; and the following Judges were present : —Lord Campbell , Lord Chief Justice of the Queen ' s Bench ; Sir John Jervis , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; Sir Frederick Pollock , Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; Mr . Baron Platt , Mr . Baron Alderson , Mr . Justice Coleridge , Mr . Justice Wightman , Mr . Justice Williams , and Mr . Justice Talfourd . After the usual preliminaries , the names contained in the list were , with some variations , appointed .
A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday contains a notice that Parliament , which stands prorogued to Thursday , the 14 th day of November instant , is further prorogued to Tuesday , the 17 th day of December next . Mr . Faraday , at the last monthly meeting of the Royal Institution , announced to the members present his discovery ( the subject of a paper sent in to the Royal Society ) that oxygen is magnetic , that this property of the gas is affected by heat , and that he believes the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle to be due to the action of solar heat on this newly-discovered characteristic of oxygen—the important constituent of the atmosphere .
We are glad to learn that during the winter months there will be no actual diminution of moment in our communications with New York this year , inasmuch as the United States ' mail steamers have very judiciously arranged to run their steam-ships from New York and vice versa , every alternate week , with the Cunard squadron . Mails will thus be despatched weekly , as at the present moment . The America , mail steamer , went aground , at four o ' clock on Saturday morning , close to the Gaily-head , coast of Cork ; but , on the rising of the tide , she backed off without any damage , and the accident was not known to the passengers for two hours after . In more than one church the G-utta Percha Company ' s tubes have been fitted up from the pulpit and reading desk to pews occupied by deaf persons , and notwithstanding they may sit upwards of thirty feet from the pulpit , they can hear every word perfectly .
Upwards of eight hundred hands have turned out at the Brymbo colliery for an advance in their wages of sixpence per day , and no arrangement appears likely to be come to . The company have given notice to all their hands to quit , in order to avoid violence between those men who would continue to work and the turn outs . The strike is expected to be general in the district , the colliers of several adjacent pits having turned out . A tooy , named William Shakspcar , was charged before Mr . Lucy , magistrate of Birmingham , with pocket picking last week . The incident caused some amusement in the police court .
An extensive fire commenced in a range of premises belonging to Mr . Hanidine , a rag merchant , in Butler ' swalk , Bermondsey-strcet , on Tuesday morning , which speedily extended into Blue Anchor-place , threatening the destruction of the National Schools , and several other erections used for private and manufacturing purposes . It was not until nearly three o ' clock that the mastery over the fire could be obtained , and not until several buildings were destroyed , including some belonging to Mr . Murrell , the straw merchant ; Mrs . Ock , private house ; and Mr . Harridine , the rag merchant . The schools adjoining fortunately received no damage , but several of the contiguous houses were greatly injured by the hasty removal of furniture .
During the Castle Donington feast the keeper of Mr . Batty ' s menagerie went into the area of the carriages in a state of intoxication , where lie came in contact with , one of the bears , and after a considerable contest the man and bear rolled down to the elephant , who , seeing the danger of the keeper , immediately seized the bear by the chain with his trunk , by which the bear had been secured , and in a moment extricated the man from the rude ? grasp of bruin , and kept him suspended until the man had recovered himself from the struggle .
Tho property taken by the police from Mr . Sirrell's premises in Barbican , pending the charge made against him at the Mansion-house , lias been returned to him by order of the Police Commissioners . Immediately after the discharge of'Mr . Sirrell , last week , on the several charges made against him , Messrs . Lewis and Lewis , his solicitors , made application to the Commissioners of Police for the restoration of tho property seized , which led to an inverviow between Mr . J . G . Lewis and Mr . Mnyne , tho chief commissioner , and the result was that the immense property , except some few articles for which parties had applied , was on Tuesday brought from Whitehall to Barbican . Several acts of incendiarism have recently been committed in the neighbourhood of Fareham , near Ports *
A brilliant and fashionable company assembled on Thursday night in Guildhall , to do honour to the ball in aid of the funds of the Literary Association of the friends
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 16, 1850, page 799, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1859/page/7/
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