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MISCELLANEOUS . Among the visitors at Windsor Castle this week were several members of the ex-Royal Family of France . On Monday the Queen walked on the slopes , accompanied by the Duchess de Nemours and the Duchess d Aumale At a later period in the day the Countess de Neuilly paid her respects to the Queen and Prince Albert , andin the afternoon left the castle , accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale . It is stated to be her Majesty ' s intention to open the ensuing session of Parliament in person .
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We have reason to believe that the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne will be moved by the Marquis of Kildare , and seconded by Mr . Peto , M . P . for Norwich . —The Times . Lord Wharncliffe has withdrawn from a contest with Lord Redesdale for the chairmanship of committees in the House of Lords . Lord Redesdale ' s election is now certain . — Herald . In consequence of the death of the Marquis of Northampton , for many years President of the Royal Society , the usual meeting of the society , on Thursday , did not take place . We have much pleasure in announcing that the Order of the Garter has been conferred upon the Marquis of Normanby , in consideration of his important services as Ambassador in Paris , and in several other hig h offices of State . — Times .
The Marquis of Hastings died in Dublin on the afternoon of Friday week , at the age of nineteen . His mother , the Marchioness of Hastings , arrived from Ashby-de-la-Zouch , county of Leicester , a few hours before he breathed his last . She was accompanied by her second husband , Captain Yelverton , nephew to the Duke of Leinster . The Marquis of Hastings was born in 1832 , being the son of the late Marquis of Hastings , by the present marchioness , a peeress in her own right , viz . —Baroness Grey de Ruthyn , and who , on her second marriage , assumed the name of Yelverton . The late marquis was an ensign in the Fifty-Second Regiment of Foot . He is now succeeded by his brother , Lord Henry Weysford Charles Plantaeenet , born 1842 .
Lord Robert Taylour , second son of the Marquis of Headfort , died at the Barracks , Fermoy , on Sunday evening last , in consequence of the breaking of a blood vessel on the lungs . It appears that his lordship was walking in the town of Fermoy , when he saw a man beating a dog . On remonstrating with him , the man struck Lord Robert a blow , which he instantly returned , and then said , " I am choking with blood . " After lingering some days , he died without pain or suffering . Field-Marshal Thomas Grosvenor died at his house , Mount Ararat , near Richmond , on Monday last , in his 87 th year . He was the son of Thomas Grosvenor , Esq .
( who was brother to the first Earl Grosvenor ) , and , consequently , first cousin to the late Marquis of Westminster . He entered the army at the age of fifteen , and , after serving with his regiment in Holland and Flanders , took part in the expedition to the Helder in 1799 . He was appointed Colonel of the Sixty-fifth Regiment in 1814 , and was honoured by her Majesty with a field-marshal ' s baton on the 9 th of November , 1846 . He sat in several Parliaments as member for Chester , and afterwards for the borough of Stockbridge , and throughout his parliamentary career was a firm supporter of Mr . Pitt ' s policy , and , in general , of Conservative measures .
George Augustus Frederick John Lord Burghersh , eldest son of the Earl of Westmoreland , died on Wednesday , in the 32 nd year of his age . The Lord Chancellor has presented the Reverend Charles Cuthbert Southey , son of the poet , to the vicarage of Ardleigh , Essex , vacant by the death of the Reverend Henry Bishop . Sir E . Bulwer Lytton has lost no time in commencing to give effect to the munificent intentions in favour of the establishment of a new literary fund which he expressed at the termination of the theatrical entertainments given by him at Knebworth . The play which he then undertook to write , for performance , in furtherance of that object , by the literary amateurs , is already written , and will be shortly in the hands of the actors for whom it is intended . —Athenamm .
The Queen has conferred a pension of £ 100 a-year on the Civil List upon Mrs . Liston , widow of the eminent surgeon , whose affairs at his decease were not found in the prosperous condition that might have been expected from his extensive practice and professional reputation . Her Majesty has also plaoed upon the Civil List for £ 60 a-year the widow of Mr Sturgeon , of Manchester , upon whom a pension was lately conferred , but which he lived so short a time to enjoy . The Reverend Dr . Warnoford has intimated to the Reverend Chancellor Law , the Reverend Yaughan Thomas , and William S . Cox , Esq ., his intention to place in their hands the sum of £ 1400 , hi addition to the huui
of £ 2000 already paid over by him , aa an endowment for a chair of pastoral theology . The professor to be a olorgymun of the Church of England , in prieut ' s orders , and a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge . Mr . Hell , now Vice-Consul at Oran , is appointed Consul at Algiers , on a salary of £ 800 , by which a Having to the public will accrue of £ 800 a-year , consequent on the abolition of the oflico of Agent und Cousul-Geiioral , lately held by Mr . St . John , but which is not to be filled up . This , together with the Hiivini ? on the reduction of the Consulate General in Syria ( £ 1000 a-year ) , makes a total Having on two consular appointments of £ 1800 a-year . A saving of £ 1200 a year has also been made in the couHiilar establishments in China .
Lord John Russell has unsolicitodly appointed the necond son of Mr . Douglaa Jerrold to a clerkship in the Treasury . . Lord John Russell has addressed u letter to the President of the Edinburgh Royul Society , announcing the
Application has been made by the Shakspeare House Committee to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford for licence to Mr . Macready to read the tragedy of Hamlet in the theatre of the University—the Star Assembly Room , the only other place in Oxford adapted for such a purpose , having been found too small for the large audience they anticipate . It is said that Messrs . Charles Dickens , Robert Chambers , and Charles Knight will attend a meeting to be held in Dublin on the 30 th instant , on the subject of the abolition of the paper duty . .
intention of Government to place £ 1000 at the disposal of the society this year for scientific purposes . Mr . W . C . Williamson , surgeon , of Manchester , has been appointed by the trustees of Owen ' s College to nil the chair of natural history , which includes the teaching of botany , zoology , geology , and physiology . Mr . Tobias Theodores , who has long resided in Manchester as a teacher of several modern languages , has been appointed professor of German . . Mr . Corbould , of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours , was engaged some time since by Vivace Albert to paint a picture for presentation to her Majesty , the subject selected being the cathedral scene m the opera of the Prophete . The picture has been completed and submitted to her Majesty , and will , by her permission , be exhibited at the gallery of the New Water Colour Society at its opening in the spring .
Mr . Roebuck has written a letter to the Morning Post , in which he says that justice to Captain Yelverton compels him to make one statement respecting the paper signed " William Doria . " That statement is as follows : — >> I am alone responsible , " says Mr . Roebuck , ' for the refusal on the part of Captain Yelverton to meet Mr . Doria . In that matter Captain Yelverton , of necessity , had no voice . Mr . Doria will find that abusive language and tardy valour are with me alike unavailing . rector
The Reverend Robert Abercromby Johnstone , of Ingrave , who was lately charged with a criminal assault on a female servant , having received notice from the Bishop of the diocese of his lordship ' s intention to issue a commission of enquiry into the scandal arising out of the proceedings before the magistrates at Brentwood , has presented a petition to the Bishop , praying that he may be allowed to withdraw from the charge of the parishes of Ingrave and West Horndon . The Bishop has appointed a curate to reside in the rectory-house .
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The inhabitants of St . Imier , in the ^ canton of Berne , have risen in defence of a Prussian Jew , named Basswitz , who has made himself very popular among them by his benevolence as ? . physician , but had been called upon by the police to depart a 3 a political refugee . A commissioner of the Government has been sent to the place . The French Ambassador has signed a passport to enable Basswitz to proceed to Havre ; if he should not leave before the 16 th , the Government will send troops to occupy St . Imier . ' King Leopold has also a Ministerial crisis . The Belgian Ministry , having undertaken to reduce the present army expenditure of Belgium to 25 , 000 , 000 francs , had entrusted the Ministry of War to General Brialmont , on
the understanding that he was to act up to the view of the rest of the Cabinet in the plans for reduction . General Brialmont accepted the appointment , but instead of carrying out the views of his colleagues , announced in the Chamber , on Monday , that he could not realize any of the reductions proposed . Hereupon a scene took place in the Chamber , and the result was that Ministers resigned . After two days of uncertainty the Minister of the Interior announced to the Chamber of Deputies , on Wednesday , that the King had accepted the resignation of General Brialmont , Minister of War . Theother Ministers consequently remain . The Minister of the Interior is charged with the ad interim administration of the war department .
Letters from Brest state that the French war steamers which cruise off the Italian coast have captured a vessel belonging to Mazzini ' s committee , and sailing under the Portuguese flag . The rumour lately current as to the arrest of II Passatore has been discovered to be false , since he has recently appeared with his band , numbering thirty-five men , at Cassandolo ( Ferrara ) , where they bound the Papal soldiers hand and foot , pillaged eight houses , and killed a man who attempted resistance . Prince Paskiewioh , Prince Poniatowski , and the Archbishop Vladiku , of Montenegro , arrived at Rome on the 10 th instant .
The Emperor of Austria has raised Charles and Joseph , sons of the Polish Stanislaus Poniatowski , to the dignity of princes of the Austrian empire . The Austrian Lloyd ' s of Vienna says that the Russian Government has resolved to establish a telegraphic line from St . Petersburg to join the lines of Vienna and Berlin . Wilhelm Meinhold , the author of the Amber Witch , lately the pastor of a parish in Pomerania , is now at Berlin , preparing for admission into the Roman Catholic Church . His works exhibit the strong antipathy he always had to the philosophical rationaliam of an influential school of German theology , and his friends have long anticipated his conversion . the hundred and fiftieth
The Prussian Court celebrated anniversary of Prussia ' s elevation to the rank of a kingdom on the 18 th instant . The great distribution of decorations takes place on the 18 th of January every year . M . Munteufiol was honoured with the crows of the first class of the Red Eagle . In the morning there wan Divine service , with appropriate performances of sacred music ; at mid-day , during the ceremonies in the palace , an incessant firing of cannon ; then a grand banquet given by the King ; and in the evening the KiientH appeared , all in full gala , in the theatre , whore Schiller ' s Joan of Arc was performed . At tho banquet , M . Manteuffel sat immediately opposite to their Majesties , having on his right Lord WeHtmoroland ; on his left , tho special Kuueian Ambasnador , General Gruen *
baum , and Baron Prokesch . The Kiag gave the following toast : — " Fill your glasses , gentlemen—brimful , that you may empty them with me in thre « draughts : — ¦ " The first we drink to the Past—to tlie great deeds which our ancestors in Prussia have done—the sovereigns in union with their people ! " The second we drink to the Present , and may we do this the more joyfully because the prompt rising of the people , on my late call to arms , has proved that the corruption of the year 1848 has left the core of its heart uninfected . ¦•« The third is devoted to the Future . There are but few among us that can see the return of the nest jubilee ; but we all wish , with fervant hearts , that the coming fifty years may heap rich blessings on our Fatherland and the world !"
The King o f Holland has promised to give the gran d hall of the Royal Palace at Amsterdam , formerl y the Town Hall , for the temporary exhibition of Netherlands ' contributions to the Great Exhibition in London . A duel with sabres was fought at Madrid , on the 15 th instant , between the Count de San Luis , ex-Minister of the Interior , and M . Alejandro de Castro , in which the former was wounded in the head , but so slightly , that he was able to take his seat in the Chamber of Deputies on the following day . General Narvaez tendered his resignation and that of his colleagues to the Queen of Spain on the 10 th instant . The other Ministers also offered to resign , but the Queen positively refused to accept their resignations . Narvaez withdrew in consequence of the insults that he received from Queen Christina , becauss he would not be
a party to a proposition to make her . children by Munoz Princes and Princesses of the . blood . He left Madrid oa the day following for Paris . " After some difficulty , M . Bravo Murillo has been put at the h « ad of affairs . In the sitting of the Cortes on the 16 th instant , he made known the governmental programme of the new Cabinet . The Ministry , he said , would be tolerant and impartial , and would entrench itself in respect for the law . Good faith , justice , and economy would , as much as possible , preside over all its acts . It would withdraw the budget , which had been presented by the former Ministry , for the purpose of modifying certain articles relative to the public expenditure , so as to effect some considerable savings . The Chambers listened with most silent attention to the announcement of the Ministerial programme , without expressing any opinion either for or against it .
The Flamer , steam-vessel , was totally wrecked on the 21 st of November , on some rocks about fifteen miles below Monrovia , to the south of Sierra Leone , whilst the ship was in the immediate charge of the commander , the master acting under his orders . Th < wreck was complete , the engines having gone through the bottom of the vessel . The Bengal railway works are proceeding . The public-spirited Hindoos readily give up land , and a novel and effective inducement is afforded by the promise that the names of those who give up their ground voluntarily are to be perpetuated by being inscribed on some one of the bridges or other works to be constructed thereon .
A letter from Kingston , Jamaica , of December 31 st , says , " Cholera is still raging in all its malignity ; and the mortality in Montego Bay , amongst the children , is greater than it has been in any other part of the island . The ordeal through which we have passed has disclosed to us scenes that the greatest enemies of the island could not have supposed to exist . We have witnessed a degree of immorality , on the part of our people , that makes one shudder to contemplate . The greatest heartlessness has been exhibited by hundreds . A man refused to assist in placing the corpse of his wife within its coffin , unless he was paid to do so , and he is only one of many who are equally barbarous . " The Governor of Trinidad has caused circulars to be
written to the respective wardens , calling their attention to the possibility of cholera reaching that colony , desiring them to impress on the minds of the inhabitants Of their wards the necessity of extreme cleanliness in their habitations , and of the earl y removal of all filth , and the filling up or draining of all pools of stagnant water and other noxious matter . The steamer Niagara arrived out at Halifax at eleven a . m . on the 3 rd instant , completely encased in ice of nearly a foot In thickness ; but pursued her voyage to Boston , which port she reached on the night of the 4 th instant , still in the same condition . The proprietors of the United States steam-vessels having determined on establishing an alternate fortnightly departure from America , their vessels , of which jhe Baltic , now arrived , Is the first , will leave every second Wednesday . A weekly departure will thus take pluce throughout the entire winter .
Publishers of all newspapers in the State of New York have been requested to Bend to the Secretary of State two copies of each newspaper published by them on the 1 st of January , 1851 , or the earliest publication after that time ; one copy to be deposited in the State library , tho other to be sent to the World ' s Fair , in London . A New York paper Bays : ' An enormous mass of zinc ore , from the mines of the New Jersey Mining Company * is to be sent to the Great London Exhibition . The dimensions are five feet long , and between three ana four feet broad and deep , the weight being nearly eig ht tons . It took a week to bring It over the mountains mi one of the largest-sized trucks , with a twelve-horse team , and , in coming down the mountains , blocks and tackle , fastened to the trees , were required to hold It back . "
A robbery to the amount of 100 , 000 dollars was committed on the specie train , intended for the Crescent City bteamcr , while crossing the Isthiuiia of Panama . At Huema that the Isthmus is infented with an organize ** band of robbers , probably outluwn from the Unite * States . The train wua attacked only » * few mik ' H out <» 1 ' anaina b y sixteen men , armed to thu teetli , and three of tho muleteora were killed in the affray . The party rallied , however , defeated the robber ? , killed <>»« ttUtl wounded two others , tutting two prisoners and the booty . The brigands wore not Americana . Many robberies h » vo
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 25, 1851, page 78, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1867/page/6/
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