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Leader (1850-1860), 3rd January 1852, Edition Town of 1, Page 9, Untitled Article

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      MISGELLANEOUS . Prince Albert has signified his commands that , an pxtra week ' s holydays should be granted , as a mark of ? X satisfaction he derived from his visit to the Westminster Play , on Mdnday , ^ he 22 nd ultimo ^ _; . _ :.. The Marchioness of Bath has presented Mr . Bennett , late of St . Paul ' s , Knightsbridge , to the living ofErome , Somersetshire . He has decided on . accepting it . ~ Morning Chronicle , . ¦ ¦ : > V , ¦ . } - " ' . x We hear that Mr . Labouchere is about to pay a private visit to Manchester this week , arid that he will be the cuest of Mr . Thomas Bailey , President of the Chamber of Commerce , and one of the Royal Commissioners . — - Chronicle . ¦ __ . . ¦' - Mr . Labouchere was on Wednesday at Bowood-park , the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowrie . The French Government have presented a cheat of Sevres porcelain to "Barl Granville , President of the Royal Commission , and a tea service to Mr . Dilke , member of the Executive Committee , as a testimonial of the sense it entertains of the part which they took in the Great Exhibition . , » . . , The National Public School Association have received a letter , stating that the Premier will receive a deputation on Tuesday , the 6 th instant , instead of on the 31 st . The deputation named includes Mr . Henry , M . P ., Bar . Milner Gibson , M . P ., and most of the leading members of the association . .

      Mr . J . M . W . Turner , R . A ., whose death was announced in our columns last week , Was buried on Tuesr day in St . Paul ' s Cathedral . A great number of artists attended * and the pall of the coffin was borne by Mr . Creswick , Mr . Chalohs , Mr . Roberts , Mr . Witherington , Mr . Mulready , and Mr . Stansfeld . The body lies close to the graves of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Christopher Wren . Mr . Turner has left by his will a sum of £ 200 , 000 , for the purpose of founding an institution for the relief of decayed artists , and has given all his p ictures ( with the exception of three of his own works , which are left to the nation ) for the purpose of embellishing the building which is to be erected for that purpose . A gentleman in Newcastle-uponTTyne having applied to the Mayor of Southampton for the autograph of Kbssuth , has this week received a . note from his Worship , a copy of which we append ¦ : — -

      " Southampton , December 20 , 1851 , " Sir , —Agreeably to your apquest , I inclose you the last autograph of the . patriotic exile . He gave me several , but they are all gone but this one " . I have had applications from all parts of the globe , but have been compelled to refuse some scores . Yours , in haste , " R . ANDREWS . " Admiral George Barker died on the 25 th ultimo , at Spririgvale , Isle of Wight , in the ninety-secpnd year of his age . Admiral Barker entered the service in 1771 > and was present in many gallant actions with the enemies of his country . He attained the rank of captain on the 8 th of June , 1799 ; vice-admiral on the 12 th of November . 1840 : and admiral on the 27 th of December , 1847 .

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      Among the improvements called forth by the increased locomotive propensities of the age , we note brie which is likely to be productive of much convenience and advantage to the public . The old , unsightly , inconvenient , and dangerous bridges on the Thames have one by one given way to more safe and elegant structures . The bridge across the river from Fulham to Putney still remains—a serious obstruction to the navigation . For the requirements of a century ago the existing bridge was doubtless sufficient ; but the enormous increase of the traffic , more especially of steamers , calls for a bridge less dangerous to vessels and passengers . To effect this object a company , has been formed , with the view of obtaining an Act of Parliament conferring the necessary powers . The

      capital , a large portion of which has already been subscribed ,, is ample for thepurpose ; and as the shareholders in the old bridge have already shown a desire to amalgamate with those of the new one , the expense and delay consequent on a Parliamentary opposition will be avoided . The new company propose to construct a handsome iron bridge , with arches of sufficient height and span , to replace the present unsightly mass of timber . They have received the best assurances of support from , the neighbouring proprietors and other parties likely to be interested . In addition to the tolls obtained on the present bridge ( which will be adjusted on a liberal principle ) , there will be those derived from steam-boat passengers , a part of the plan being to erect a pier for their accomodation , as on Hungerford-bridge .

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      The office of provost of Trinity College has been conferred on Dr . M'Donnell , one of the senior fellows , and ° £ i £ he m 08 t P P ula « " men in the Irish University , l i j ?* argui 8 of Anglesey has instructed the agent of im lordshi p's estates in the county of Louth to make an abatement of 20 per cent , on the renta now paid by tenants-at-will . The noble" owner has made the same reduction every year since the commencement of the potato fnilure . ¦ n a ?? ft 8 two ° > who was so murderously attacked near hi ? ik v- davB a 8 ° » * progressing favourably ; and , aunougn his medial attendants cannot as yet , from the aefvere character of his wounds , pronounce him out of nanger , they entertain atrono- hoties of hia ultimate

      recovery . Ribandiam is not dismayed . Four days after the attack on Mr . Eastwood , a deliberate attempt was made , within about two miles of the town of Dundalk ; to assassinate a respeotable man named John Overend , who WftB returning homo to the village of Louth , from the Tnnfr ? { Dundalk . He was met by two men at a plaoe called Knookbrid ge , and one of them diBoharged a pfstol £ Lu ' rT dging . tho contents ( slugs ) In the small of his mfi ;« 7 ° u , ? . U to the ? »» d immediately , and the miscreants , believing , theyTiad taken his life , cfecamped . we « r « & 8 haV ? Blnce be ! n e * trP ° ted b y Dr . Brunker , and we are happy fo etate that Ovfcrend is not very

      dangerously wounded . He was employed as ia bailiff on estate of the Reverend Arthur Olive , iri this county , of which Mr . Graham Johnston , of Dundalk , is agent . Two persons have been arrested on suspicion brttie Louth police , arid lodged in Dundalk gaol . A bailitt , m the service of the Reverend Andrew M'Oreight , m the county of Down , was beaten by a gangof ruffians , on Saturday last , and robbed of a considerable sum of money . The magistrates bfArinaghY seeing the extensive spread of RibandiSm and the insecurity of life and property , held a meeting on Tuesday at Ballybot , and adopted the following resolutions : — . « ' That application be made to the Government to make such an addition to the police and military force in the disturbed districts of the county , p as may be necessary to enforce the law arid protect life and property ; and that in allcases of trial for any agrarian outrage special juries be empanelled to try the accused

      parties . " That all the expenses incurred for the maintenance of extra police be chargeable upon the townland or towrilands for which such extra force may be required ; and that the 1 rate rendered necessary for their support be levied forthwith by the police authorities . "

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      Saturday , January 3 . Rumours are infinite respecting the difficulties of the Cabinet . The reconstruction of the Ministry seems farther off than ever . Great efforts have been made to induce Sir James Graham to take the Homeoffice ; but he has declined , it is said , because Lord John ' s Reform Bill is not strong enough . Mr . Cardwell was to be Paymaster of the Forces , but he is probably waiting the lead of Sir James Graham . Lord Lansdowne goes out , to be succeeded , it is said , in the Presidency of the Council , by—the Duke of Argyll .

      The Times this morning has a sneering and damaging article on the Whig "fix . " It opens by an alarmist paragraph speaking of " graveapprehehsions , " and then proceeding in this strain . The italics are our Own . " The apprehensions , however , which a changing and , apparently , a provisional Cabinet justly inspires , are a more serious affair , and we cannot but participate in them . A Cabinet which undertakes to advise the Sovereign , and to * lead the Legislature of an active , businesslike , and improving p eople ,. must have a strong line T > f policy , able administrative powers , and an energetic expression . It has to dictate , to teach , and to do ; to

      strike the mind , and to produce great results . We might say more , but this is enough ; for the vejy feeblest description of our present Ministerial efficiency would be apt to move a smile at the expense of the sixteen noblemen and gentlemen—speaking of them as a whole—that constitute the Government of this mighty empire . Some of them may be very excellent gentlemen and very right-minnded ' politicians '; they may once have been famous , dr . may still be wetl-connected ; but , unfortunately , they have not lately distinguished themselves either by Parliamentary or by official success . To the vulgar eye , the look of the Government suggests the same unpleasant ideas of redundant office and

      superfluous salaries as that of the Court itself , with its pageant of loyalty . ' Failing powers , frequent illness , and grievous unluckineas are felt at least to disqualify for * a service which ought to be efficient , and successful . If people wish to enjoy their otium cum dignitate at the close of their days ; if they are too modest to be eloquent , or too gentlemanly to stick to the desk ; if they are invalids , or unlucky ; Downing-street is not the place to nurse a sick Statesman , to hide excessive modesty , to soothe the decline of life , or to provide opportuninies for the man who is the sport of an evil destiny . The work is too hard , the pace too severe , find the road too heavy , to allow of a faulty team . They who are not equal to the work , must give place to those who are . "

      And as if this were not a sufficiently bitter draught for the Premier , the article winds up as follows >—" Lord John Russell has not succeeded in raising any young statesmen of merit to supply the place of his own veterans and invalids . On the other hand , out of his constant and avowed supporters there is a vast amount of ability scattered over the various sections of the political world . The vast remains of the dismembered Conservative party lie all around him , sufficiently disgusted , we should think , with the game of impotent and suicidal revenge into which they have been duped . They are only waiting the call that is one day to summon them to a policy worthy of gentlemen and statesmen . There is also the

      Manchester party , which , if it cannot bo . invited to a participation of office , has too much truth and ability on its side to b , e lightly opposed or easily withstood . To the other independent powers in tho field must now be added the raost ^ powerful defender of an indifferent cause , tho moat active in office and the most persuasive in the Senate , the most ambitious , and in all respects the most formidable man in the whole circle of Whig statesmen . The Cabinet of last session , which hardly survived it , is now minus Lord Palmerston . It may not be a matter Qf much moment what line he takes next session , or what political combination he may attempt ; but the fact that he ia no longer attached to Lord John Xlussoll , and is open to bids from other quarters , does certainly suggest the necessity of acquiring all possible strength for the Cabinet , deprived of hia aid and threatened with his hostility . "

      We are almost tempted to say that Lord John will have to take refuge in the wisdom of Sibthorp , and coalesce with Roebuck , the prince of conciliation .

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      On Monday evening a collision between a passenger and a cattle-train occurred on the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway , , by which a" servant of the Electric Telegraph Company was killed . A passenger-train ran into a monster cattle-train ; shivering the van to pieces . Inquests have been held during the week on the bodies of the men killed in the frightful explosions at Rawmarsh , near Rotherham and Wigan . The . evidence is sufficient to show what a hundred previous inquiries had already demonstrated , that the proprietors of coalpits have rib regard for human life , and that the miners are quite as reckless in exposing themselves to danger . On Tuesday week the nine a . m . train from Sunderland to Shields , when about a mile from the first Shields

      station , ran-into a number of empty coal waggons standing upon ^ he same line . One of the waggons was broken to pieces , and others much damaged . The engine and tender Were thrown off the line , and so prevented the train from proceeding . The whole ' of . the passengers escaped uninjured except two , who were slightly bruised . For some time past the conviots . " at Woolwich have been in a , state of mutiny , which on Tuesday last arose to an unbearable pitch . They returned from their work in the dockyard to take their dinner on board the Warrior convict-ship , and had no sooner entered the ship than they rushed down and took possession of two of the decks , defying the guards or any of the military to come near them , at the same time singing , cheering , and

      swearing ; and some , who had got hold of pipes and tobacco , commenced smoking . The guards were threatened in such a mariner that they represented to Mr . Masterman that it would be dangerous to go out with the convicts in the afternoon if examples were not made of some of them . Captain the Honourable Montagu Stopford , acting superintendent , was immediately communicated with , and the guards of the Royal Artillery arid Royal Marines Called on board , and the guards in charge of the convicts , with-drawn cutlasses , went . below and brought up and heavily ironed thirty-eight of the most outrageous , and disarmed them of the knives , forks , and sharpened

      files of which they had by some means become possessed . Twenty of the convicts were in the course of the afternoon conveyed to London in the police vans sent down to Woolwich for the purpose , and safely secured in Milbank Penitentiary . The other eighteen were also heavily ironed and taken on board the Wye , in the river . The military displayed great forbearance under most provocating circumstances , as the whole of the convicts were armed , in some shape or other , and it was only the sight of the bayonets and the caps on the nipples of the percussion locks -half-cocked which checked their movements , and ultimately restored some degree of order .

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      BIRTH 8 . " On the 18 th of- December , at Earlsfort-terrace , Stephen ' sgreen , Dublin , tho Countess of Courtown : a son , stillborn . On tho 25 th , at Montague-street , the wife of Edward Leigh Pemberton , jun ., Esq .: a son . On the 27 th , at Newstcad Priory , Lincolnshire , Mrs . F . T . Monkhouse : a son . On the 28 th , at Cleasby-villa , Tollington-park , Hornsey , the Wife of George W . M . Reynolds , Esq .: a son . On the 28 th , at Harleyford , the seat of her father , Major-General Sir WiUiam-K . Clayton , Baronet , the lady of Captain Bishop-Culpeper : ' a daughter . On the 29 th , at "Waterstock , Oxon , tho wife of John Henry Aehurst , Esq .: a son and heir .

      MAIUUAGE 8 . On the 13 th of December , M . Charles Eugfine Leloup , Fonctionare do l'Ktat Bolge , to Caroline Henrietta Frederica Beauclerk , daughter of the late Loid Frederick Beauclerk . On the 19 th , at the British Embassy , at Florence , Colonel Sir Henry Fairfax , Baronet , to Sarah , eldest daughter of William Astell , Esq ., M . P . for Bedfordshire . On the 27 th , at Lyons-sur-Rhono , the Count do Vioillefoy , Chevalier of tho Legion of Honour , and Captain in tho Third Regiment of Cuirassiers , to Augusta Frances Wynne Aubrey , fourth daughter of Lieutonant-Oolonei Harcourt Wynne Aubrey , formerly of the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) .

      DEATHS . , On the 20 th of Dcoemb ' or , at his residono , Orlel-torraoo , Cheltenham , James Arthur , Esq ., M . D ., K . H ., Deputy Inapcotor-Gonoral of Hospitals- _ ' , On the 23 rd , at WoolwUjJi-ooinmon , Harlot , tho wife of Colonel Oourtenay Oruttenden , ~ ftoyal Artillery . On tho 24 th , at Wheatley , Sir William Bryan Cooke , Baronot . On Chrlatmae-day . nt l ' ortaea , alter a short tuid Bovuroilliioaa , tho Honourable Pownell F . Pellow , First Lloutenant of her Mujoaty ' a yaoht , ViotoriA and Albert , aged twonty-olght . On tho 87 th , at Southampton , Lieutenant Edward Lloyd Cooper , Royal Navy , lato of her Majesty ' s shipB Herald and Plover , agou thlrty > sevon , on liis return from tho Arctic Expedition . . . On the 29 th , at Brighton , aged six months , Fanny Elizabeth , infant daughter of Professor Ansted , of King ' s College , London . On tho 80 th , at tho Cloisters , Windsor , ilarriotte , the beloved wife of Dr . G . J . JSlroy .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS .

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      ERRATA In our Paris Correspondence , p . 1223 , for " plebiscite , " read " plebiscite "; for " they shout of LibertS , Egalite " , Fraternity still having at you from all the churches and public monuments "; read " the derision of LibertS , Egalite , Fraternitfi still staring at you from all the churches and public : monuments "; for *• the secrets of letters for England are respected , " read " the secrecy of letters for England is respected . " P . 1224 , col . 1 . for " since the capitulation of Vienna . " read

      ¦ " sjnea the capitulation of Venice "; for " he left Vienna , " read "he left Venice ''; at the bottom , for " xeally and unrepresented by , " read " really alien to and unrepresented by "; col . 2 , for «• plebiscite , " read " plebiscite . " P . 1225 , col * 1 , for "I still think it was na better policy , " read "I atill think it was the better policy "; for " as the first dispersion , "' read " as the first aggression "; col . 2 , for " Est ce qui vous allez voter , " read ' Est ce que votre allez voter "; col . 3 , for "ilsusera , " read " il s ' usera . "

      In Portfolio , p . 1238 ^ 2 nd line , for " from De Balzac ' s play , ' ] read "Honore" de Balzac ' s play "; for " our witty and civil friend , " read" bur witty and cruel friend , " P . 1239 , col . 1 , for " Le succiis ! ah I de combien d'infamiea se compose t ! ils souvent , " read "Le succfis ! ah ! de combien d'infamies rie se compose t'il souvent" ; for " was thought a little' trop hazarde " , ' so it was cut down to three , " read " being thought a little ' trop hazarde , ' it was cut down to three . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 3, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1916/page/9/