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there' are fdw ^ will deny it—I say again , the actor ' s is sts' n < Jble * ofi art , when rightly employed , as can erig « g «!' tlie' faculties , mental and physical , of man . " He . als'ti rtferrtd to tlie great service which , good acting ' may 1 render td tlie cause of education and progress— -a truth whicb . he had learnt frorri his experience daring' the' past thirteen years , " passed in a somewhat peculiar' pbsitiort : " — Mr . " Buekstone , in alluding , in the cotrrBe ' of his speech , to the patronage of the drama by the ' Queen , said : —" Believe me , I feel proud to declare this evening , and before such- an assembly , that a demonstration of the small amount given to a certain actor , on a recent occasion ^ for Ms services there , had nothing whatever to do--with the generosity of the
Court , or the director of its theatricals . ( Cheers . ) A liberal snm is allowed for these performances . I know , as regards myself , I have always been ' -well and sufficiently remunerated . And the receipt by . this actor of the small payment , which he presented to a police poor-box , was a question with which her Majesty had nothing to do . ( Cheers . ) In these sectarian times , the performer ought to be too proud and too grateful that his royal mistress is pleased to encourage his art in her own halls , than , seek by an exhibition of doubtful taste to question the liberality of a Jdnd patroness , who had only the interests of the drama in view when she invited the actors to give a * taste of their quality' in her own palace ; " ( Cheers . ') Mr . Buekstone having expressed a fear that their trustee , Mr . Dickens , would have been off during the last few weeks electioneering , that gentleman , in returning
thanks for his health , said : — " God forbid that he should have any electioneering designs on any constituency whatever . His way of life , his means of usefulness in life , such as they were , had been long ago chosen , and lie had no intention of canvassing for any success beyond that which he had already achieved— -beyond the approbation of tbat distinguished circle which expanded behind Mm" ( the ladies on the dais ) " or that of which lie hiiad ' -a diitt perception in the clouds above him" ( the ladies in the gallery ) . Mr . Phelps in replying to the toast of hia health , gratefully accepted the general acknowledgment of the Value of the actor ' s profession . He mentioned , however , that this favourable feeling was not universal , as , at a boarding-school to which he bad sent his daughter , some of the pupils were removed bacause the principal had consented to receive the daughter of an actor .
consisting of a regularly built Roman wall , indicating tho building of which' it would s 6 em to form , a portion , to have been about sixty feet ' eit / her way " . In addition to this many fragments of articles , such as Saurian ware , flue tiles of a hot vapoor bath , amphorae , glass , and nails , lave also been discovered- — -Brighton Gazette . FanA-tigism of the AusTkiAir Ci / ebgy . — -An emigration fever is now raging in the Tyrol , and many of the mountaineers have gone to Peru , because the Ultramontane keepers of their consciences have told them that no good Catholics ought to pitch their tents in countries which , like America , are principally inhabited by Protestants , The increasing desire to emigrate is said to hav « given serious annoyance to this Government . The fire-and-flame sermons of the Jesuit
missionaries have turned the brains of two girls •—a servant and a seamstress . Tie poor creatures , who have become monomaniacs , talk of nothing , bub the loss of their immortal souls , and of the hell to which they are doomed . About a fortnight since , the proprietress of one of the first hotels in the suburb of Leopoldstadt died suddenly of apoplexy , and the priest who had been sent for expressed his indignation that he had been called from his bed to attend a corpse . A day or two afterwards , a Jesuit missionary , in the Church of St . Jotn , began to preach at the relatives of the deceased , who had been renowned for her kindness to the poor , but such a murmur of indignation arose that the reverend gentleman was obliged to change his theme .- —Times Vienna Correspondent .
A Diligence Overturned . — The journey of a company of Spanish actors , who were on their way from Madrid to perform at the Folies . Nouvelles in Paris , has been attended with a melancholy accident . The diligence in which , they were travelling was overturned near the frontier into a ravine . Two female dancers were wounded in the head , and a third had her right arm broken . The guard was killed . BI-assacri ; : of French SETTLEns in New Caledonia . — Eleven Frenchmen , settlers at Morari , l ^ ew Caledonia , have been murdered by the natives , together with fourteen Or fifteen Kanakas in their service .
Extensive and Destructive Fire at Leeds . —Be ~ Iween one and two o ' clock on Thursday morning , the premises of Messrs . It . and S . Harrison , mustard and chicory manufacturers , Jack-lane , Holbeck , Leeds , were discovered to be on fire , and before the arrival of the fire-engines the flames had extended so rapidly , that all efforts to save the main building were ineffectual , and the machinery and stock were entirely destroyed . The damage will probably exceed oOOOJ Suicide . —Mr . Sarnuel , Wilkes , a clerk at the Sun 3 ? ire Office , has drowned himself in the Serpentine out of a fear that lie would be unable to perform the duties consequent on a promotion he had recently had . He has left a mother behind him .
Nationai * Characteristics . —It was on a day during spring that we drove to call on some French friends who had bought a country villa near Florence . You approached the Iioubc by a grove of cypress trees , interspersed with statues and jets d ' eau . Before it was a terrace commanding' a splendid view of Florence , and the neighbouring hills . The contndini were bus } ' ploughing the fads , with my black-eyed friends the oxen . The fields of fresh green-corn -were bright with brilliant flowers , and we stood and gazed entranced at the exceeding beauty . Presently , Monsieur and Madame came out to welcome us , together with their sister and niece . Tho ladies all wore coloured handkerchiefs over their
heads , and there was a grace and gaiety in their welcome that we never use in England . I say use , because I will not "believe that we are either naturally morose or uwgraceful , but we do not nlways think it worth our whttd" to be gay and pleasant to those from whom we « ipseet nothing in return ; and so , instead of dispensing brightness and gladness to those with whom wo come in cottttat , tKore is generally nothing more stiff and boring than a » morning call' in England . This is never tho C * f * l a v ? T ?* * d < ynot remember ever having 1 made a viatt that 3 did woe lea-vie the house happier and brighter thaw I-entered it . One of tho greatest characteristics o both tho ench and
Fr Italians is their perfect easo ; there is no attempt to hide anything from you , they do not try to appear what they nr « not . Poverty is no disgraco-rlchea aro no honour : There seerae no attempt ou tho patt ^ of one class to tread on the hcela of another , %£ a' £ S T 6 lftti 0 " ^ vftnt and master ; tenant and S i . f ' ™« tadini and signer ; shopkeeper ^ LS * T' " mUOh mOT 0 ^ cefully and Lppily Sf' rh ° y aro alwftys ™ endly together , « , „{ Vou 5 £ Z « u ? "fftet y ?"'^ wn forgetfnlnoasof tho rtlfiorenoo it lian pleated Go « l , in this world -only , to mnko aSSZT ^ ^ Ahroad ' '" ' Olim *» " « - < ' * ™
IkTrenrcs-rtNa DraccYvronKH . —During tho past week Rom * very imating cliscovorlcn have bc , n mal n Danny Park , Thir-fltptorpolnt . Tho remains of a Ilomn villa havo hoc , b , ou ht to light on u commanding fiuttfttion , neur lho Uonmn camp on , "VYolstunbuTy-hill
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Leader Office , Saturday , April 11 tbi THE NEUFCHATEL QUESTION . The Swiss JBund gives a statement of the conditions which Dr . Kern brought forward at the fifth sitting of the Conference , as the only bases on which Switzerland would consent to treat . They are opposed , in almost every particular , to the demands made by Prussia .
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THE CONTINENT . " I am enabled to state , on the best authority , " says the Globe Paris correspondent , " that the amnesty which is to crown the visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph to Hungary will be of the most complete description ; it will alone exclude Louis Kossuth . " The Republican party in France has definitively decided on its candidates in the approaching elections . In tlie provinces , Liberals of local importance will be chosen in preference to names more familiar to the
nation , bat whose influence is more of a moral than of a practical character . In Paris , the best men of the party will be brought forward , and the election of ono or two of the candidates is nearly certain . The presence of a little opposition in the Legislative Chamber v . ill render immense service to that insipid body . The candidates for Paris will be Cavaignac , Carnot , Bothmont , Dafaure , Guinard , and Goudchaux . In Lyons , Jules Favre will bo put forward , and probably elected . — Globe .
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FALL OF HOUSES ( YESTERDAY ) . A very lainentablo catastrophe occurred yesterday ( Friday ) morning in a court , called ltusscll-placc , turning out of Little Rnsscll-atrect , Covciit-garden . Tho liouscs there ( five in number ) w « ro in a very dilapidated state , and were being pulled down . Some workmen -were employed upon a wall at tho back , which fell down shortly before eleven o ' clock , burying several persons in the ruins . Four men were drawn out , —one dead , and tho other three frightfully injured . It is feared that one of those * will die .
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Tan Bisnoviuo of Norwich . —Although tho bishopric of Norwich will not bo filled \ ip immediately , we . have every reason to share in tho anticipation that Mr Pclhnrn will be tho successor of Dr . Hinds in that see . — Globe . Exticnsivk "Finis at Pott . ar . —Between the hours of tiireo nnd four o ' clock yesterday morning , a fire , involving greiit destruction of property , broke out on tho premises of Sir . Ilrondatnil's , dairyman , Alpha-road , Millwall , Poplar . The ilnnioH progressed so rapidly that tho . greatest diillculty nroso us to the removal of the horses , cows , and other animals , which would have perished but for the AssiRtnnco of the neighbours . Tho tenement was burnt down , smd tho adjoining 1 buildings wens considerabl y damnged Jjy lire and wafer . Mr . Brondtit .-iirs is not insured .
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There is no learned man but -will confess hp u > - much profited by reading controversfe ^ fiis ' en-e ^ awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If the ? , 1 ? be profitable for him to read , why should it no ? ' £ least , be tolerable for his adversary-t 0 writ ^ Tf-M ^ iox
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This second clause establishes that the ' p-inclph upon whieh the petition was drawn ' is virtually conceded by society , although it lias not as yet worked into the common la \ vy " whatever may : be said on all hand 6 of the trust which a wife ought to repose in a husband , it is an- undeniable fact that those who , in the present state of female education , or by right of some prerogative , consider that it- is tlieir place to judge for her , concerning her pecuniary , affairs , very rarely do allow her , were she ever ' so much disposeil to do so , to fling all the chances of ppcuniaFy ease into the same boat with her husband ' s fortunes , and that were they to dd so , society would turn- round and stigmatize them as-careless and unfeeling for a daughter ' s interests . The cotnmoa sense cf the world is at variance with the sentiment of " the world ; arid those who would require from the individual-woman a complete renunciation of all ideas
THE LAWS RELATING TO THE PROPERTY OP MAKRIED Tv-OMEJT . M Y ( To t 7 ie Editor of tTie Leader . y £ jiK , —In rny last letter I discussed at some leno-th the first clause of the petition relative to the P ^ n perty of Married Women . I now come to tlie second which ¦ affirms , "that it is usual , when a daughter marries in these ( the upper and middle ) ranks to make , if possible , some distinct pecuniary provision for her and her children , and to secure the money thus set aside b y a cumbrous machinery of trusteeship , proving that few parents are willing entirely to entrust tlie welfare of their offspring to the irresponsible power of a husband , ' to the chances of his chaf acter , his -. wisdom ; , and his success in a , profession .
of tneum and luum , require that the fatner sha . ll step ia and rigorously fulfil for her that attention-to'the hard facts of life , of which slie must be wholly innocent and oblivious . Hear what the father would say to liimself , and to the world : —
" My daughter ' daughter the whole of her life , and I am not j ustifiedin placing ber , unable to work } and perhaps the mother of" several children , wholly at the mercy of some one whom I may only have known six months . If she chooses to give him the interest of her fortune I cannot help that , but I ought certainly to feel- sure that he cannot take the capital without her knowledge and against her will . Besides , he [ might fail , and then where would she and the children be ? " And so he takes his 5000 / , or his 20 j 000 ? ., and ties it up tightly under care of the most trustworthy person he can think of , and dies under the comfortable assurance that if the trustee neither dies nor runs away , his money is safe from his son-in-law ! And I contend that for a
father not to do this , would in general be thought to imply weakness , or culpable neglect ; and that in the case of commercial houses , irven clearly understand that they are trading with the husband ' s and not with the wife ' s property , and that fe v creditors , even in cases of aggravated failures , would be so cruel aa to rej oice in seeing innocent women and children involved in a common ruin , since , be it remembered , they have not contributed to speculations , and that the cliances of their extrication are infinitely less . It is somewhat analogous to cases of partnership of limited liability , where tho basis of a commercial agreement is a priori laid down ; and it will be better for trade when no confusing ideas of the possibility
of the wife ' s fortune being responsible cross the judgment of those-who have dealings with the husband . It is aaid to be a scandalous sight , when a man who has not wherewith to pay his creditors , lives in affluence \ ipon the fortune of his -wife ; but which is worse , to see a man indebted to tlie affection ol his wife for rescue from a portion ( and only ft portion ; of the . evil and social disrespect ha has brought upon himself , or to sec her children in need of bread tui'l education for want of a simple understanding beforehand that she had a right to secure their welfare , whatever might occur to him ? Itor a mother who brings children into the world has a positive
right to demand of society tho power to provide lor them , without beino : placed at the mercy ol tne spoiler or the improvident . To her belongs tho p » m and the trouble , the anxiety , and the largest P > rl ) 0 ™ of moral responsibility to God in regard to tlieir training . All the world admits , nay , insists upon this as a matter of religion and sentiment . *<> | 1 ^' therefore , surely , must bo accorded the very l » nU J " right to keep her own mid to work for them ; not . nuui nib , to take anybody cIsc ' h money , Uovemimut or other , but to work for them herself , in ii still cot society where , in spite of muny changes for tin- hette , the struggle ia enormous for thtt-penmlcss mother o
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346 THE LEADER . ,, ' fNo . 368 , SATtntPAY .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 11, 1857, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2188/page/10/
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