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POSTSCRIPT. Saturday, March 8.
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\ yas held on " Wednesday at the new buildings , attended by Lord Ashley , Mr . W . Williams , M . P ., Dr . Mortimer , the Reverend J . Baldwin Brown , and other gentlemen , to celebrate the opening of the schools . The expenses of tuition will be £ 250 a-year , which is to be raised by contributions . The number of pupils with which the schools will open is said to be 500 , but there will ultimately be accommodation for 1000 . The Board of Ordnance have directed the officers of the royal carriage department at Woolwich to get the whole of the works in Seyssel asphalte , and the new iron roofs , completed with all speed , that this vast establishment may be thrown open to the many foreign visitors who may be expected to arrive in May . The Board of Trade r ? turns tor January show an increase in the declared value of our exports of £ 748 , 439 as compared with 1850 , and of £ 1 , 606 , 724 , as compared with January 1849 .
, A large number of the Liverpool seamen who have turned out visited Manchester on Tuesday , and on Wednesday a second detachme nt followed , making altogether between 600 and 700 . A large building has been taken for their accommodation , and they are supplied by the subscriptions which continue to be received freely . A ship ' s company at Liverpool , who were paid off on Monday , gave £ 7 towards the funds ; and in numerous instances seamen , immediately on receiving their wages , have voluntarily contributed liberally towards the
support of their brethren on strike . The amount of money now in hand is nearly £ 500 . Captain Ackerley , of the Royal Navy , well known about London for his eccentric philanthropy , has been tried at the South Wales circuit for the manslaughter of a miner , who had been severely injured by an explosion , and whom the captain undertook to cure by means of his lamp , " forcing heated air through the nostrils into the body . The surgeon could not positively attribute death to this treatment ; and after a very ingenious defence—defending the use of the " lamp " on the principle that nature abhors a vacuum—the jury acquitted the
prisoner . Dropping into a grocer ' s shop , our attention was drawn to a ream of brown paper by the words , " Tax on this Team of paper , " in very conspicuous letters . Heading on , we obtained the information that the tax amounted to 16 s . 9 d ., and this on a single ream of the coarsest paper , the cost of which , exclusive of the duty , would be about £ 1 7 s . ; so that the duty was , in reality , above 60 per cent . — Preston Guardian . Two colliers , Charles Urmston , aged twenty-five , and his brother Thomas , aged twenty , were killed in a coalpit at Clifton-hall , near Manchester , the other day , through their own rashness . They ventured into a dangerous part of the mine without safety lamps , an explosion took place , and they were so much burnt that they died in a day or two after .
The Yarmouth union-house has lately been in a very disorderly state , owing to the number of dissolute characters whom it contains . Several of the supernumerary police have been located in the house for the purpose of assisting in preserving order . On Saturday an outbreak took place , in consequence of the news reaching some of the inmates that there was a riot in the town . This was , however , subdued with some difficulty ; but on Thursday last several of the ringleaders commenced by refusing to do any work , when one of them , a desperate character , named Girdlestone , was taken into custody , and was sentenced to forty-two days' hard labour . Three other paupers were sent to the treadmill for twenty-one days each , for refractory conduct . —Bury Post .
Philip Boan , the son of a London diamond merchant , was brought up in custody , at Liverpool , on Monday , charged with having stolen thirty gold chains , twenty-six gold watches , a number of other valuables , and eonie money , the property of hia father , who was absent in London . He was taken into custody on board the Underwriter , a vessel about to sail for America , and wad remanded till his father makes his appearance . The standing committee of the Repeal Association has given notice by public advertisement that it has been deemed necessary to suspend the meetings until further orders . The Dublin Evening Mail states that since the failure of Lord Stanley to form an Administration , Lord Clarendon ha . fi countermanded the orders for preparation to
leave Ireland and that all remains in stutu quo at the A hostile meeting took place nt . Merville , near Sligo , on Thursday week , between Mr . Verdun , Mayor of JSIigo , and Mr Charles A . Seclley , solicitor . The former was attended by a professional gentleman , and the latter by J » 8 brother . After an exchange of shots the parties were , with much difficulty , taken off the ground . The duel originated in an article inserted in the Champion newspaper , of which the mayor is proprietor . HODLKY ' h ltEVOI . VINO WINDOW-HASH .
. A model has been nhown to us , of a very excellent niveiition for improving the opening of windowH . By a " wry Himplo contrivance , the ordinary window-sash in inade to revolve on a point at the middle of each side ; « ue two Hashes , or either one , can thus be made to turn nimde out ho as to b <; cleaned in the room ; to lie in a Hlanun position witli the bottom outwards , ho an to j « iuut air and exclude rain ; to slide down quite to the Bottom , or up to the top of the window , ho to admit ' uriutiire , or full draughts of air without the slightest ' «> m , . *' addition to the usual cost in trifling , and , xrept in possessing the conveniences which we have " ( Heated , the w indow does not differ from those in com on use It la tt thorough reform , without innovation ! J" ret John Russell should consult the inventor on the ; ' . * ' I > ni » ciple b y which that apparent incompatibility achieved . The improvement in infcntcd by Mr . ( ieorge "odley , a working man .
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The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon , at which a deputation from the Corporation of the City of Dublin presented an address to her Majesty on the subject of the abolition of the office of Viceroy of Ireland , to which she returned a gracious answer . The Government have decided upon building a new wing to Wellington Barracks ( St . J ames ' s-park ) sufficiently large to accommodate an additional battalion of the Foot Guards , the expenme of which will amount to £ 40 . 000 . — United Servian iiazettu .
The further hearing of Mr . Uethell , in the caso of JVletairie v . Winemen , was continued yesterday . The affidavit , of Mr . lloldstock , the priest , was read , from which it appeared that M . Carre had been lor Nome time a member of St . Aloywius'a Chapel , JSomers town , and that it was at hih own request that the £ 7000 was given for the maintenance of the Catholic school . Mr . lloldmoek denied that he had exercised any undue or improper influence in order to obtain the signature of M . Cairo . The further hearing of the case was postponed till ISaturday ( this day ) . The Seventy-fourth Highland regiment , about to proceed from Cork to Gibraltar in the Vulcan steamer , is io go immediately to the Cape .. . No other regiment lias yet been ordered there . The total force oi Cavalry and Infantry at the Capo was rather less than 4000 of all ranks at the commencement of the recent hostilities .
The Htrike of the London ( seamen Htill continues . A meeting was held in the Temperance-hall , l ' rince'suquarc , Ratcliffe-highway , lant night , to receive an uu-Hwer from the President of the Board of Trade to a memorial presented on Wednesday , on the uubjeot of the . new Mercantilo Marine Act . The hull waa crowded by
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TO HEADERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it encreases the difficulty of finding space for them . All letters for the Editor to be addressed 9 , Crane-coart , Fleetstreet , London .
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The old broken down Ministry does not seem to gather strength by inaction . After a fortnight ' s rest Lord John came forward last night to tell the country that the Budget cannot be brought forward for a fortnight , and that the mangled anti-Papal measure must stand over till next Friday . To atone for that , however , the real business of *• the Queen ' s Government ''—the voting of the Army , Navy , and Ordnance estimates—is to be carried on with the utmost vigour . It is easy to foresee now what the session will be . Lord John will get the money votes passed at once , with the friendly aid of the Protectionists , and
then any of the other measures which Ministers have pretended to be anxious about will be either dropped quietly or huddled over in the easiest possible way , so as to enable the Queen to prorogue Parliament early in summer . The order of business , as stated by Lord John Ia 9 t night , is that the House shall go into committee on the Navy Estimates on Monday , to be followed by those for the Army and Ordnance . On Friday night the second reading of the mutilated Ecclesiastical Titles Bill will come on , and on the Friday following Sir Charles Wood will state what alterations he means to make in the budget .
Sir George Grey stated to the House , last evening , amidst considerable merriment , the alterations which Ministers have prudently resolved to make in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . Before doing so he adverted to Lord Stanley ' s suggestion , that a declaratory resolution should be passed by both Houses in the meantime , and that a committee should be appointed to make due inquiry before legislating on the subject . Such a course would multiply the difficulties attendant upon the question instead of diminishing them . A resolution could not pass without much acrimonious discussion , and , when it had passed , would be merely a piece of waste paper . As regards
the exclusion of Ireland from the bill , Mimsteis had come to the conclusion that they could not do so , without admitting that the authority of the Queen was less supreme in one part of the country than another . There was , no doubt , a difference between Ireland and England in regard to the pretensions of the Catholic hierarchy , and it was there the difficulty lay . In dealing with the matter great injustice , it was said , would result from the operation of the measure in Ireland . He thought the fears expressed on that head were greatly exaggerated , and endeavoured to show that the prohibitory force of the second and third clauses would not extend so far as
to circumscribe the privileges hitherto enjoyed under the existing Bequests Act . But , as Ministers were anxious to tlFect the object they had in view , " without giving even the slightest ground of complaint to our Roman Catholic lellowfcubjects in Ireland , that their rights are unnecessarily abridged , " they had come to the resolution of altering the bill to meet those objections . Their first intention was to omit certain words and insert others , so as to meet the cases referred to , but then they did not see how that could be done in such a way as to give satisfaction , and , therefore , said Sir George , amid roars of laughter ,
" We have come to the conclusion , that if the House , after hearing my . statement , shall agree to the second reading of the bill , we shall , when the House shall go into committee upon it , propone to omit altogether the second and third clauses . { Hear , and laughter . ) With regard to the fourth clause , that is wholly ancillary , and a corollary to the seend and third clauses ; and , therefore" — The explosion of derisive laughter from all Hides of
the House , which thin announcement railed forth , drowned the conclusion of tin ; Bcntence , but ho obviously intended to say that , as the second and third clauHCM—the whole pith of the bill—had been thrown away , the fourth must necessarily go also , leaving only the firnt elau . se as a bone of contention , upon which the Houhc nmy fritter away the bent period of the HCHNion . The effect of the mutilated measure in well described by the Times of this morning : —
" It ia unlawful for Dr . Wiseman to call himself Archhinhop of Westminster , and for Dr . M'llale to call himself Archbishop of Tumn , and the Government may , if it please—that is to Hay , if it is disposed to create a violent , disturbance and most (> ernicious ugitat . ion among the Irish Roman Catholic *— prohcctite the only party who systematically ho offends . But it is quite lawful for these persons to convey or recetvo property under these illegal titled , and ull donations or bequests made to or for the purpose of supporting or endowing these dignities which
Purliament deolares to he illegal and void will be perfectly valid to all intents and purposes . Lord John Russell told us in his famous letter that the assumption of authority by the Pope and the Cardinal was inconsistent with our national independence . He proceeds to legislate against that assumption of authority , and he openly and avowedly sanctions its exercise by withdrawing all prohibition from its endowment , and placing the power of repressing it , not in the hands of the people at large , but of the Government of the day . "
Mr . Fagan was the only Irish member who stated his opinion on the abortive measure , which " he still regarded as an insult upon the great principles of religions liberty , and as such he should oppose it . " Sir Robert Inglis told Ministers that they would be compelled to adopt a measure infinitelv ^ 3 tronger and more suited to the necessities of t'B ^ a wasion . Mr . Bank . es recommended the Home Secretary to postpone the consideration of the measure for six months , rather than ask the Legislature to act so disgraceful
a part , after what had already taken place . Colonel Sibthorp characterized the whole affair as a Jesuitical manoeuvre to catch the unwary . " For his own part he fully expected to see the Pope himself here in England—not in the Crystal Palace , because he ( the Colonel ) was not going there—but in Downingstreet , and to find a portion of the secret service money applied to his entertainment . " Mr . Stanford supposed Lord John , like another very distinguished performer , was about to leave the stage : —
? ' From the announcement which had been made that evening by her Majesty ' s servants he learnt that the whole company were to appear before the House for the second time on Friday next , to perform a serio-comic drama—the subject , Papal aggressionbut with the fifth act left out ; and after that there was to be the popular pantomime of the new budget , in which a very distinguished harlequin would play some of his most dexterous tricks , and an
unrivalled clown would jump through all the windows at once . { A laugh . ) In his belief the company would not give any great satisfaction to boxes , pit , or gallery . { A laugh . ) The House might remember that the only part of Mr . Romeo Coates ' s acting with which the spectators were pleased was his giving up the ghost , for they always made him die over again . He believed , in the same way , that that would be the part of the noble lord ' s performance which would best please the House . { Laughter . )"
Some conversation took place on the Kaffir war . Sir De Lacy Evans said the Jast two wars in that colony had cost between £ 2 , 000 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 , 000 . Would the House be allowed an opportunity of expressing an opinion as to what sources the money required to suppress the present war would come from . The Colonial Secretary had forewarned the authorities at the Cape that the next war which ensued there must be conducted at their own expense . Lord John Russell said that one regiment had been sent out to the Cape on the responsibility of Government , and another would probably follow ; but it was not intended , with the exception of sending out reinforcements , to incur any expense without laying a statement of it before the House .
Mr , Kino , amidst considerable cheering , brought in a bill to extend the right of voting for counties to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of £ 10 . The bill was read a iirst time , and ordered to be printed . The second reading has been iixed for the 2 nd of April . Lord Brougham explained at some length in the House of Lords the provisions of his bill lor extending the jurisdiction of county courts , which he described as extending to bankruptcy ( out of London ) , equitable jurisdiction , arbitration , and reconcilement . Lord Langdale , Lord Cranworth , and the Lord Chuncellor , made some remarks on the bill , which was then read the iirst time .
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POSTSCRIPT . Saturday , March 8 .
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March 8 , 1851 J Cfte Vital ! tt * 22 !
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Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1851, page 221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1873/page/9/
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