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Leader (1850-1860), 25th March 1854, Edition 1 of 1, Page 276, Untitled Article

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      Jtty « r |^^ Bjr ; 1 Mayor protests against whole ntasfiigmEjL ^ - For more than a century it has been usnal to elecf . auc ^ u&ifuxt ^ from the Court of Aldermen . ~^ e Duke © f Arjgyll presided over the annual charity dlMw of tho Orphan VToxking School , at Haverstock-hill , on ^ PP ^ : Aifoir dinner nearly 1 OO 0 L were collected . > Cliralnal y ^ seman hjs ordered that a special prayer be "TlBQd ^ in ^^ he 'Gatholic churches that tie armies of tae Queen aovrpxeriuloyer her enemies . uii ^ e Earl ^ Liohfida , a well-known Whig peer , at whose abode ^/^ e ^ Jjichfieldrlipnse compact" was made , and who msTostmaBter-Genejral when Rowland Hill's penny postage glaii . waa curried , died on Saturday . - -jSlr . PameU , Commissioner of Bankruptcy at Birmingham , d&Mon ' Tae&lay morning . ^ A letter from Brody , of the 14 fcu inst ., states that Mr . BeD ^ rho wa s" taken prisoner by the Bnssians in the Black Sea , while serving in an Egyptian steamer , had arrived in tfeatrtown , accompanied by a Russian officer . He is now on lifr ^ ay to "Vienna . Ho declined anofer to enter the Russian ^• SliBBO . 'Ou ' ¦ i . ... '¦ ¦ , ^ hepldham people leld a spirited meeting on Wednesday , : a $ d # heaxtily supported the war . They call upon the Go-? Ctnment-to ohtam material guarantees from Russia for the AtureTpeace of Europe . -M ©; are enabled to state that the . Turkish Loan for JZ j tOOOj OOOt has been taken by Messrs . Eothschild of thiSrCity . The price is 84 , the Btock to be reimbursed at ^ par ^ iri 15 years &om date of issue , and it will pay nearly 9 per ( bent , on these terms . —Globe .

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      . The , Goort of Proprietors of the East India Company held th ^; quarterly meethig on Wednesday . Mr . Lewin moved lifc ^ I ^ R . jCfiByti-be considered by the Court ol Directors . These ^ judges ha |[ been removed by Lord Falkland , one because he wasin debt t the other because be was said to keep a mistre | B ^ yet tie Government knew of Mr . Le Geytrs debts : i ^ h en he ^ as . appointed , and Mr . Grant never paraded his mistress in public . ' Ifce previous question was only carried bfrj 2 ^ to 20 . Major Oliphant , the chairman , made no stateinent of the grounds on which the decision of the Directors was based .

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      The London Training Institution for Adult Hale Criminabmdeepljxmdebt ; Its expenses are 3000 k ; its yearly '¦ : Mi ^ 0 : 0 i ^ Sm ^ ' ^ - ^^ - '' ^ 9 B ' - Nen nude to- the public for OTpp % . by *; ineeting at Willis's Ecoms , Lord Shafteabury in viTHe jD ^ ei < tf Bnccleuch is redeeming his pledge of more ealous ittedUon to the interests and hoiusehold comforts of theworltiigclasses on his estates . He is at present erecting aTrange of first-claas dwellings at Eckford , in Roxburghshire , to ^ - ^ npwl'by the day labourers , foresters , and others on ^ s . esteteof Eckfonl Barony . JEa ^ hbouse-centahis five afUtme ^/ m one kind and another , and , as nkay be concew ^ jiic ^ istnicted on the most approved style of sanitary -mn ^ biousebold comfort . —Edinburgh News . i i ^^^ antic ^ pations entertained ttiafr the cholera bad wholly c di | umeared in Leeds . have not been realised . There have tew tew tatal the

      jmyuua ^ ttiflepast eays Deen a cases , wholly unc ^^ ted with laill of Messrs . Wilkinson , in which it t : 3 ^ i : | made its appearance . . The authorities are daily con-Cjpcting and carrying : into effect precautionary measures . .. Atis . recent meeting the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers agreed to the following resolution : —" Having regard to the further delay which must occur in the formation of any new commission , and to the very serious injury which inust result from a continued suspension of the sewerage works j the commissioners will carry on the duties of the commission , under the powers vested in them ly the Sewers Act , until their successors are appointed . " . The firet portion of the embankment of the Thames on the north or Middlesex shore at Chelsea , and the construction of the approaches thereto and to th « suspension bridge to cross the Thames to the new park at Battersea , commenced on Wednesday . It is intended to form an embankment on the south shore of the Thames from Vauxhall to Battersea , and a promenade and carriage drive for the use of the public .

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      At a sale of autographs , on " Wednesday , at Messrs . Puttick and Simpson ' s , of Piccadilly , a letter of Oliver Cromwell , addressed in his own hand , " Fot my esteemed friend , Mr . Cotton , pastor to tie church att Boston in 2 J ew England , theise , " October 2 , 1651 , was sold . This interesting letter was written shortly after the battlo of Worcester . He alludes to the difficulties he has experienced in treating with some of the Scotch party , " whoe were ( I verily tninke ) Godly , but thorough weaknesse , and the subtiltye of Sathun , ihuolued in interests against the Lord and his people . With what tendernesse we haue proceeded with such , and that in aynceritye , our pa |> era ( Which I suppose you hauo seen ) will in part manifest , and I giue you some comfortable assurance off . The Lord hath maruelously appeared euen against them , and now againe . when all the power was deuolveu inte the Scottish Kingeand the malignant pzirtic , they inuadcingo England , the Lord rayned vpon thcip such snares as tli « enclosed will show , onl y the narrative is short in this , that of their whole arrnie when the narrative was framed not nu « of thoir whole annie were returaed Whatisth « Lord a doeiug ? What proplic&ies are now fulfillinge ? Whoe ia a God like ours ? " 1 ho letter concludes with manj expressions of Christian sympathy . After a vigorous competition , the lot aold for 36 / . to Air . II . Stevens , the American ngent .

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      A vast and enthusiastic meeting was held at Blackburn , on Thursday night , to celebrate the liberation of the delegates upon bail . It is expected that the trial will be postponed till the autumn assizes , oil the ground of the sliort time allowed for preparing the defence . On Thursday , 115 immigrants arrived from the south , all unskilled ; only about 40 of the persons could be intended for the mills , tliexemainder being children and aged persona : also 17 Irish from Manchester , a filthy lot , and 13 stocking-knitters from Dent .

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      injuriously , and especially condemned it as tending tp destroy the existing parochial system , while it would be an act of confiscation as regarded the possessors of real property . Ijord D . Stuart seconded the amendment , on the ground that it would be equally injurious to the ratepayers and -the poor , urging . that the evils of the present system were much exaggerated , and that the changes proposed would only increase what evils there are , especially in large cities . Mr . Kbb Sxstmsb supported the bill on the principle that it would tend -to free labour .

      Satubd-Ay , March 25 th . The proceedings in the Houses of Parliament , last night , were generally without interest . In the House of Commons many questions were asked , on the common profitless system , occupying time , and yielding no information . Then the House proceeded to the motion of the second reading of the Settlement and Removal Bill , when Mr . Stafford moved that it be read a second time this day six mon ths . He pointed out a number of instances in-which the bill would act

      - Mr . H . DuvMBfbsto ; objected to the measure as an addition to that legislation which , since 1834 , bad been directed against the poor and their right to re-15 ef , and would destroy that protection to which they are entitled . A long bat not very interesting discussion followed , which continued till nearly twelve o ' clock , when Sir Oeokck Gbet suggested that Colonel

      Dunne had stated that the Government had promised to engraft the case of the abolition of the compulsory removal of Irish paupers on the present bill , to which lie objected . This led to a discussion , as to whether the debate should not be adjourned to a distant day ; but it turned out , on the statement of Sir J . Graham . that the Government had determined to make that question the subject of a separate bill ; and , after a skirmish , the debate was adjourned to Monday .

      Soon after the House cose , at a quarter to one . Mr . Dkummond ask ^ d , early , an the evening , if XiQfd John Russell had any objection to produce the treaty which had been" signed between England and Prance relative to the objects of the impending war ? Lord J . Busseix said no treaty had been signedonly notes lad passed between the two Governments on the subject , and it -would not be proper to pro . duce these .

      In the House of Lords the only business of interest was a short discussion between the Law Lords on the second , reading of the Common Law Procedure Act , which was purely technical , with the exception that Lord WiCKtow made a serious complaint of the introduction of a clause , giving power to the judges to dispense with oaths of witnesses in cAaes cf conscientious objection . The Eail of CtAircABTr inquired whether the Government intended to imitate that of Russia , and have a solemn fast and a religious service in order to implore a T > lessing on our armies in the approaching war ?

      The Earl of Aberdeen replied that it would be premature to appoint such a ceremonial , as war was not yet declared . There was in our liturgy a . form of prayer for the success of our armies , but it had not been thought necessary to use it yet , as we were not engaged in warfare . The House adjourned before seven o ' clock .

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      KNOTTY POINTS . Politics , the otljer sex , the theatre , the Court , and the last speculation in Stag-alley form club topics in general . Mr . Bright , as usnal , made a mistake in attributing an extraordinary amount . of consideration to the habitues of these vast social nests respecting " the dinner . " Brillat Savarin ' s assertion that cookery is only for a few—elect , predestined , promethean souls—is as true as ever . The Englishman who lives by eating , naturally resolves all his difficulties in the cliquetis cTassiettes : that ' s all . There ' s a man at the United Service who takes " a power of snuff . " He vows all the time that he hates tobacco ia any form , but uses Fribourg ' s mixture because he's d « af from a Canada winter . And , similarly , we < line and excuse our gourmandise .

      At tie French Ambassador ' s dinner , the day of departure of liord Raglan and H . K . H the Duke of Cambridge was only talked of , not settled . Tie pay and allowances have only jast been determined . The Sultan has presented both these gentlemen with six caparisoned chargers , but he ' s a poor soldier who rides any but his own horse . The rumour that some 3000 or 4000 British troops are to pass through Paris , en route for Marseilles , is quite correct . In 1851 , some engineer officers going to tie ball at the Hotel de Ville ,

      prepared for the lord Mayor and the Exhibition staff , received sundry muddy compliments from the gamins of the capital , who lined the streets along which they passed . Tempora muianlur , the red and gold uniforms are always indulged now with a . hearty cheer of recognition at the Emperor's receptions or parades . The Due d'Aumale is said to be willing to turn his regards to the Eastern expedition !!! He had a notoriety at the College du Roi for figliting ia bis early days . \

      Lord Mayor Sidney has damaged himself by his grasp at the President ' s chair cf Christ ' s Hospital . The choice of the Puke of Cambridge by th « majority of the almoners is not toadyism , though it looks like it . There has been war to the knife for the last twenty years between the Foundation ani the City authorities , wfib insist on their rights and won't earn ' em : so the Duke has the dignity . The Canterbury Theatre is for sale . The house , of all otbexa in the country , which was the fashionable autumn rendezvous for amateur Thesjians . Why doesn ' t Foker or Tom Holmes buy it ? Two Loves and a Life , at the

      Adelphi , will be their greatest card since Victorine . Mr . Charles Beade , oaie of infinite fancy and passion , and Mr . Tom Taylor , sensible , Btrong , with a vast experience and good generous blood in his -veins , combine more perfectly than any two dramatists since Beaumont and Fletcher . Mr . Kean had the offer of the play , but wishing to dwarf it into three acts , was refused possession of it . They couldn't have played it at The Prin <« ss ' 8 . Looking over the programme of the Italian Opera doesn't encourage one . Konconi will have to do Tamburini ' s work and his own . It ' s a

      pity , as the Timej says , to let go of Formes . Mr . Gye is a very Herod in liis opinions . He's a far more exacting manager than eTen Mr . Lumley . Mr . O . ' s little finger is thicker than Mr . L . ' sloina . They—that ia , the Carlton-terrace clique—tried to iaduce Mr . Mitchell to manage her Majesty ' s Theatre , With its box-owners gaping like horsc-lceches Four thousand poutids to be paid down as entrance-money . As the factions oan ' t agree far their common interest , the house remains , like the Temple of Janus , closed . There ' s to Le no Opera war .

      The America yacht is for sale on the 13 th nest month . Clipper as she is , it is not overy one who can mannge her , keep hor dry , oi live comfortably on board . There ' s none liko Camper of Gosport to build a comfortable sea-bo : it . There has bee-a a serious discussion at the Horse-Guards about permitting the soldiers'beards to grow . Mr . JJacaulay ' s opinion rested on one of Sponce ' s notes , " The heads of Romans are witliout beards , all tho time between the elder Bratus and Adrian , except a head of Nero and of two or three before him , who let their- * grow on some melancholy occasion . "

      There are sustainable doubts nbout the authenticity of some of the specimens in tho collection of clay and wax models now on view at Marlborougli House : tho original study in terra cotta , by Raffiiele , for his Jonah , stated to be worth 1500 / ., is n rejUUy , though a copy or two vnny be found in a shop tienr the BTlliotheque Mazarin , ai . d perhaps ia \ V ; irdom- -str « et . Also let one remark on the increasing number of almost indetectablo forgeries of lotteid « nd MS . bearing uigmitures of royal and other ^ notorious personages . I liavo seen u bundle of array warrants , tempi 1611 ) , exactly lileo the original aavo in the manufacture of the p .-ipcr .

      When is the unfinished block of now building between Chancery and Fetter-lanes to bo occupied as a . Record repository ? 'Tis a massy-looking house , with iron doors , iron windovYfraines , iron staircases , and lire-proof walls . Has Sir Francis Pulgrave , ne Cohen , ever been under Bynagoguical sentence of incremation for his change of faith ? Else which of tlio authorities , like a . burnt child , dreads tlic fire ? Gide and Baadry , of tho IJue Bonaparto , are puMiahing a noble editionot ltembrundt similar to those in our IJi iiiah Museum , at Amsterdam , and in the Bibliotliequo Nntionulo . The ro-imprcssion of these marrela of chiaro-scuro ( it ' s tho best

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      Tho marriage of Prince Joachim Murat with the Princess Wagram , granddaughter of Marshal BertMer , was celebrated on Thursday in the Chapel of the Tuilerics , in presence of the Emperor and Empress , Princes Jeronio and Napoleon , Princess Mathilde , and the Grand Duchess of Biideii . The ceremonj was performed by tho Bishop of Nancy , Chaplain of the Palace . The Admiralty have adopted the code signals in their coninnunicationa by electric telegraph , in order to ensure secrecy for their orders to the outsorts . — Plymouth Journal .

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      Mr . Frederick do Molyna , formerly member for Kerry , and recently committel for trial on n ohurgo of forgery , died ia Newgate last wee ! . One Jones , a keeper of the lunatics in the Marylebono Workhouse , has been dismissed for drunkenncses . George Hennen , a stonemnsca , brutally murdered hia wife with a hatchet , on Friday last . Hennun apponrn to be insane ; no motive for tho crime is apparent ; when spoken to he sail nothing but ' Alt she waa a g < o I wife to me . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 25, 1854, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2031/page/12/