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and there was no imputation on his honesty ; and it appeared that he had returned crying over the misfortune which had happened to him . The rule was refused . The Court was of opinion that the verdict was a proper one . The result will be that the clerk must make good the whole of the sum lost .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Lord John Russell gave a Cabinet dinner at his residence in Chesham-p lace , on Wednesday evening- The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl of Minto , Viscount Palmerston , Earl Grey , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir John Hobhouse , the Earl of Carlisle , the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere , the Marquis of Clanricarde , and the Rijjht Honourable Fox Maule . Lord John Russell has issued invitations for a grand parliamentary full dress , banquet at his official residence in Downing-street on the 3 rd proximo , to the several members of the administration and court having seats in that assembly . The Marquis of Lansdowne will give a grand full dress parliamentary dinner on the 3 rd proximo , at Lansdowne-house , to a large party of peers . Lord Stanley will give a banquet to the Duke of Richmond and a numerous circle of Protectionist peers an the 3 rd of the ensuing month , at his mansion in St . James'ssquare . ' -. The Daily News says " It is generally believed in naval circles that the command of the Mediterranean fleet will be given to Admiral Deans Dundas ; and that the gallant officer will be succeeded as first ' Sea Lord' of the Admiralty by Admiral Elliott . " It is reported that Sir Edward Colebrooke will become a candidate for the representation of the Falkirk district of burghs , on Lord Lincoln ' s being raised to the House of Lords . The Gazette of Tuesday night contains the Speaker ' s notice that at the end of a fortnight from the 13 th instant a writ will be issued for the election of Members of Parliament in place of Viscount Alford and Robert Bromley , Esq ., both deceased .
Mr . E . Edwardes , who was for the last eleven years employed in the library of the British Museum , has been appointed librarian of the Manchester Free Public Library , at a salary of £ 200 a-year . The late Mr . Osbaldiston , manager of the Victoria Theatre , has not died so wealthy as was generally anticipated . The personal property , it is understood , will be sworn under £ 4000 . The lease of the Victoria Theatre , with all the paraphernalia , he has bequeathed to Miss Vincent , who is also left sole executrix and residuary legatee . To Mrs . Osbaldiston and her two daughters , he has bequeathed a policy of assurance for £ 1000 , and about £ 160 in money . It is said that his wife had previously received an allowance of £ 300 per annum . The furniture , plate , carriage , &c ., at his villa at West Brix'ou , he has left to Miss Vincent , with whom resides Miss Beatrice Osbaldiston .
The Lisbon papers s . iy it is expected that the King Consort of Portugal mid his two elder sons will visit London during the Exhibition , and that they will be conveyed to this country in one of the war steamers . The latest nceounts from Van Diemen ' s Land say that Mr . Smith O'Brien had arrived i : i Hobart Town , by the steamer , from Port Arthur , and bad accepted his ticket of leave on his word not to leave the colony .
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The French garrison in the city of Rome is reduced to « 30 l ) 0 men , but there are a few more in the environs . The olficers and soldiers continue to conduct themselves with great propriety , but there is no friendly intercourse wit ) : theinhabitants ; frequent collisions take place in the wine shops between the Roman and French soldiers , and ot the latter no less than nine were lately killed and wounded within the List ten days . The Roman . soldier has the advantage with the short sword ; the Frenchman is not
8 i > quick , and generally is the sufferer . A telegraphic inessage on Thursday announced the sudden resignation of the Spanish ministry , and the immediate departure . of General Narvaez for liayoniie . The circumstances which led to this event are not even remotel } ' hinted at in the communication referred to . The Minister of Finance ! had issued a decree , prohibiting the circulation of French gold , except as a metal for its intrinsic and conventional vilue ; but tint it might be exported from Spain duty free .
Accounts from Muliidof the' Hl . h state that serious disturbances have taken place in Kens , Catalonia , against the tax of communes . ' 1 ho posts of the city guard were burned . M . iSoler , the collector of the tax , w . is assassinated . . Similar disorders have taken place in other party of ( he province . The line of telegraphs from Madrid to Cadiz in nearly completed . This , with the establishment of a line of Hteani-paeketH . bet wei n llavannah and the lat ter place will give Madrid news from the West Ludies every ( ifteen days . The SchleHwig- ITolnt < in question lias been settled b y the submission of the Ntudiliolders , the latter throwing themsrlve . s upon the (< eiman confederacy to protect , the rights of Jlolstein and ISchleswig , which that confederacy promised to do .
The speech of M . Maiiteii / i ' el on the 7 lh instant ., in the 1 Se < : oud Chamber , was rath t remarkable . He ridicules ill Ihe most insolent slj le nil that , Prussia I 14 S done Hinee 1 H 1 . H . The noble . stand that ihe Hessians have made for t . heir eonstil ulion , is ealleil adan ^ eious revolution of ollieials—a revolution made in dressing gowns utmI slippers ; it is contrasted contemptuousl y with biurieade revolutions , which , suppose , M ' . MuntcuflVd intiuiatrn , ut leant courage in t he revolutionists . Me says thai . Prussian policy has reached its turning point ; that he hopes it will never jtgnin be involved in a fog ; und t . lmt it must break decidedly with all revolutionary princinleH . ' The ninth battalion of the garrison of RendBburg , in
Schleswig-Holstein , received on the 7 th orders to march . Thinking they were about to attack the Danes , they cheerfully complied , but they were taken to the fortifications , and told to shoot a soldier of the battalion , who had been condemned to death by a court-martial for having killed a sub-lieutenant . They uttered cries of indignation , and refused to take part in the execution , saying that the sub-lieutenant had ill-treated hi * men . The officers succeeded in quieting them , and eight men were drawn by lot to shoot the soldier . When the word of command was given , three men fired in the air ; the others discharged their muskets at the man , and he fell dead . The three refractory soldiers were at once seized , tried by court-martial , condemned to death , and early next morning were executed .
The Overland Mail , wmcu brings news from Calcutta to the 7 th ultimo , says that Sir William Gonam landed very quietly , and was installed with the usual formalities . Sir Charles Napier will not meet his successor , but proceed via the Punjab and Scinde , to Bombay t whence he will embark for Europe . The only event of any importance in the Bombay papers last received is the account of a slight skirmish with the Wuzeeree hill tribes , who made ah attack on our oatposts on the Bunnoo frontier on the I 9 th of unable to make head
November . They were , however , against thence kept up by the guards , who anticipated the attack , had been plaeed in the towers of these villages , and were driven back with considerable loss after fifteen minutes' firing . The main body finding their advanced detachment so roughly handled , ana having learnt that the outposts were well supported , immediately dispersed . Letters and papers from Port Phillip , New South Wales , Launceston , and Hobart Town , to the 5 th of October , describe the existence of a strong and
eombined movement against the further exteusion or continuance of the convict system . A great league was forming for the purpose of agitating the question throughout the whole of the Australian- colonies , all of which , it is remarked , are deeply interested in the matter . At Hobart Town the members had taken the following pledge : — " We solemnly pledge ourselves neither to hire nor employ , directly or indirectly , convicts , male or female , whether called exiles , probationists , passholders , or ticket-of-leave men , and
whether sent under the present or any other system of transportation , which shall arrive in the colony after the present date . " Meetings of the colonists had been held at Hobart Town , Launceston , Adelaide , Port Phillip , Sydney , and other places , at which resolutions of the same character were unanimously passed . There had also been meetings of the various trade unions , from which it appears that a determined opposition will be organized against the further continuance of the system .
Tlie latest accounts from Nicaragua state that the ports of San Salvador were then blockaded by the English , and that those of Nicaragua were threatened . The troubles arose fre > m a misuncierstaneling with a German Jew , who pretended to be an American commercial agent , but was some time since appointed as magistrate at San Juan by the English Consul . In the exercise of his functions he sentenced a number of Nicaraguan boatmen to be ilogged in the presence of Mr . Chatfield . This produced a great excitement in the interior , which led to acts of retaliation . Upon this the English Vice-Consul claimed redress of the Nicaraguan Government , ordering the above ports to be put in ble > ekade .
According te > the American papers " a great impulse has been given to industry and enterprise on the Island of Juan Fernandez . A cornpauy has been formed with the exclusive privilege from the Government of occupying that island for a specified term of years . The object ol the Government in this arrangement is to colonize and cultivate the island , for which purpeise it presents remarkable facilities . It abounds in every variety of agricultural products , the climate is fertile , and there is a safe and commodious harbour for all commercial operations . A communication , will be established immediately between Valparaise ) and XJopiapo , in the first instance ! by sailing vessels ami afterwaidVuy steamers . The New York papers received by the last steamer contain the correspondence between Mr . Webster and the Austrian Minister at Washington respecting the
appointmunt ot Mr . Dudley Maim to communicate with the Hungarians , hail they established their independence , and jilse ) a report of the discussion which ar-ense in the Senate on the presentation of the correspondence on the ¦ 'JOtli of . December . The Austrian Minister's letter , com - plaining that the Austrian Government was called " an iron rule , " and that Kossuth . was treated with respect , was received with " considerable merriment . " Mr . Webster's re'ply was pronounced " capital , " uuel was proposed te > be honoured by the printing of 10 , 000 extra copies ! which , however , was negatived . A Washington correspondent of the Tributw remarks : — " During the denunciations of Austria and Russia by Mr . Magnum and Mr . Wnlke-r , Mr . Dodinco , the Russian Minister , was in the lobby , shrugging his shemleleis in a vpry startling manner . The 1 more Conservative and cautious t . eine ; o ( Mr . Clay , however , evidently relieved him . "
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A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St . Anne , Suho , was lielel .-.. I the theatre , Di-an-street , em Thurtitluy evening , fur the purpose of peMilioiiiu ^ 1 ' arliameut in favour ol the ; iinuteiliate repeal eif Ihe windowtax . The 1 meeting was adelre . sKe'd by Sir Do . Lacy LllviiJiH anel Mr . C . Lu ihingteni , who bot . li spoke ; conlidcully ; j . h tei the piormble abolilion of the tax , if the people would only persist , in their demauel . It is rcpoitiel that the Chancellor of the Kxchrqtier , instead of proposing the total repeal of tIk * wiiulow-r . iix uontempUtrH only a reduction of the iinpont . In the event of bin being cetntpolied , by the pressure from without , to repeal it entirely , he hopeti to rotain u portion of it , by levying a tux on houses . The urruiigunivntH for the erection of the marble arch
at the Cumberland-gate entrance to Hyde-park will be carried into effect as speedily as possible . The necessary excavations and formation of the foundations are proceeding rapidly , and the workmen are emploved until an unusually late hour at night , in order t . o facilitate the completion of the works . A crowded meeting of the ratepayers of Marylebone * composed of gentlemen of all shades of political opinion , was held , t > n Monday evening , in the Court-house , for the purpose of organizing measures with a view to tue total and immediate repeal of the window-tax . Deputations were present from the East Pasoraa Parochial tec
A ssociation , from the Marylebpne Ratepayers Protion Association , from the Marylebone Parochial Committee , and other bodies . Letters were read from Sir James Duke , M . P ., Mr . B . Bond Cabbell , M . P ., and other influential parishioners , expressing tkeir cordial concurrence in the movement . Mr . rficholay , the chairman , observed tha t Sir Peter Laurie had said he ha d almost the authority of Governmeat for stating that the window-tax was doomed . A resolution condemning it , and calling for its immediate * total , and unconditional repeal , was carried unanimously . It was then agreed that a great public meeting be held hi a few days in the workhouse-yard ,, in orrier to promote th « repeal of this ta x * and that Sk B . Ball be invited to preside *
It is stated that an order has been sent to the Bristol parochial authorities from the Secretary of State for the erection of a lunatic asylum , the estimated cost of which . is £ 50 , 000 . An interesting meeting was held at Southampton on Tuesday , when Mr . Howe , tfe * No > va Scotian minister , now in England , stated what measures bis Government have designed to promote emigration to British American colonies . One portion © X his plan to facilitate emigration is to fit up what he calls ocean omnibuses , that is , large steamers , without sleeping births ,, but with large arm chairs , to accommodate a large number of emigrants ^ and to convey them from England to Halifax in ten days for a very small sum per head . Once at Halifax , he says , an unlimited number of emigrants would soon find labour and subsistence in abundance .
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William Bent , a greengrocer , aged seventy-eight years , was thrown out of his vehicle , owing to the dangerous state of the road , while riding along Newington Causeway , on Friday fortnight , and received such injuries that he died on Saturday last . An inquest was held on the body on Monday , when the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Mr . Pocock , chairman , and the five trustees of the South District Board of St . George , Soathwark . " The coroner took the recognizance of £ 50 from Mr . Poeock for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court , and stated that he would accept the recognizances of the other trustees in a similar amount . The Franconia , from Baltimore , for Liverpool , laden with cotton and tobacco , ran on the rocks at Rhoscloyn on Sunday , and became a total wreck . The Captain , mate , and nine men were drowned .
A fire broke out in a mill belonging to Messrs . Shatwell and Co ., Pinmill Brow , Manchester , on Tuesday evening , which terminated in the partial destruction of the building . The fir « , it is supposed , originated in the top story , but from what cause cannot yet be ascertained . The property is insured for £ 6000 , but the loss , it is stated , will be much greater than that sum . A fire broke out in the extensive establishment of Mr . Thomas Nelson , Hope Park End , Edinburgh , on Saturday evening , when the premises sustained serious injury , and it lias been estimated the stock / of printed sheets
consurncel on the second and third floors of the building was worth nearly £ 2000 . The hydraulic presses , printing machine , and steam-engine have " sustained some damage . Tlie property was insured to the full amount . A labourer named Robert Appling , engaged in dis charging the cargo of a Guernsey schooner in the Regent ' s Canal Docks , on Thursday afternoon , was suddenly shot dead by some unknown person . A report of firearms was heard , the m ^ i ) , exclaimed " Oh God , 1 " » he > t I "" and fell dead , a bullet having passed into his right breast . From the direction taken by the bullet , the pieco must have been firad from an elevation . The
police have carefully searched all the adjoining buildings without detecting the perpetrator of this murderous outrage , A fatal necidont occurreel at the Ingatestone railway station on tlie Eastern Counties Railway , whereby John VVilaon , an engine-driver of the company , unfortunately lost his life . The driver of the jewels train got off his engine , it ia supposed , to expedite the naasing of the train , when , by some extraordinary oversight , he got between the two trains . He was giving some directions to the driver e ; f the passenger train , when the engine of tho tfooels train jammed him between tho trains , and crushed him to death
A boat , containing nine individuals—via ., ( wo watermen , twe > women , and live children , were beiug rowed over the- river , at Gray ' s Thunock , on Saturduy afternoon , when a coal-brig going down the river unfortunately run them down , and the whole party were drowned , Thee crew of a Swedish brig lying in the Downs last week , having secured the captain and mate in the cabin , proceeded to rifle tho ve'ssul of overy article of value , and 11111011 K other property of a portable eiu « cription carried e > il the captain ' s wateli . Having taken to the bout , they elesertoel her em landing near the suconu battery at Deal , wIutu the bout was found and tseoureel by tlie coastguard on duty .
A young grntlenuui , who ealleel himself John Folhergill , and who had eviilentlv hotfn indulging rath < rr freely after dinner or impper , on Hunday evening , commenced the old absuid pmuttoit of ringing bolls and knocking »' tho doors e > f Mm p « ac « tibL « inh » tMtauts of Norton-street , by way <» f uiniiHenitikt . A policeman trted to remonstrate with him on tlie . folly of aueh conduct , but he would not listen to him . Ho waa brought up at Marlboroug h-Btreet j oUco-ofHe : e , on TueBelny , and onlered to pay 40 s . for in jury to door-Ulla , und £ , ' { for ttSBauUina the nolioe .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 18, 1851, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1866/page/8/
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