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A lamentable event has occurred at Steanraer , Dumfriesshire . A Mrs . M'Intyre , while preparing to receive a small party of friends , received a letter , in which , by some singular mistake , she fancied she saw something about an accident having happened to her son , a shipmaster . Uttering a few exclamations , she sank into . a swoon , from which she never recovered . A telegraphic message was despatched to the son ; but , by the time the answer arrived , stating that he was well , the mother was dead . The Bill fob the Reform of the Cm Corporation . — -A meeting of the Court of Common Council was held on Saturday , to consider the bill for the reform of the City Corporation , introduced into the House of Commons by Sir George Grey . After considerable discussion , a sub-committee of twelve was appointed , to draw up , in conjunction with the law officers , a petition to the House against the bill , and to submit it to an adjourned meeting for approval .
The Dead Alive . —The bony of a boy was discovered in a box at Langley Point , noar Eastbourne , Sussex , last October , and was identified as the son of a Mrs . Ann Marsden , of Sheffield . There was no doubt that the youth had been murdered ; but , strange to say , Marsden has now turned up , alive and well , in the Union Workhouse at Ashton-under-Line , near Manchester . Canada .- —It has been decided by the Queen ( to whom the question had been referred by the Colonial Legislature ) that Ottawa shall be the future capital of Canada .
"Ottawa , " says the Canadian News , "is approachable by railroad , and is besides situated on the finest river , after the St . Lawrence , in Canada . Between the river and the Georgian Bay there is available for settlement 24 , 000 , 000 acres of * land . There may be , and undoubtedly is , some waste ; but , making all due allowance for " this , it is evident that Ottawa must be the centre of the future population of the country . The navigation between the Ottawa river and the Georgian Bay will one day be completed by means of the French river and Lake Nipissing . " The new metropolis , moreover , is situated in the centre of the timber trade .
The West Indies . — -The last advices from the West Indies do not contain any hews of importance . Dramatic Association . —The second anniversary festival of the Dramatic Sick Fund Association took place on Wednesday . Mr . Benjamin Webster took the chair , and was supported by Mr . Tom Taylor , Mr . Cooke , Mr . Shirley Brooks , &c . The association is said to be steadily making way . A subscription was- opened duringthe evening . - Fog at Liverpool . —For several nights past , there has been a dense fog at Liverpool . On Wednesday morning , the obscurity was so great that two ferry boats on the Mersey came into violent collision , and one of them sank after having landed all its passengers at the stage . A Remonstrance feom Mr . Cheek . —We have received two very inflammatory letters'from Mr . Cheek , of Oxford-street , on the subject of some remarks we made on the London illuminations in honour of the
Princess Royal ' s wedding . We said , after noticing several instances of peculiar taste in the devices exhibited by tradesmen in Oxford-street— " And the fourth ( example ) from the same street , where a fishing-tackle maker ' s joy at the great event of the day could find vent only in the publication of his own name in letters of tire two feet high— ' CHEEK . ' " To this , Mr Cheek says ( for we think it only right that he should give his version of the case)— "Now , Sir , I beg to observe that is M-ilfully untrue , for in honour of the occasion I had two large banners and a star seven feet in diameter , and for my oivn honour and for the information of the iniblic J had my name . " Now that the truth has been arrived at , we hope Mr . Chock will be satisfied with the Btop we have takon to give it publicity . We never denied that the name of CHEEK appeared 611 the night referred to in a firmament \ but we confess thut stars and banners mndc not a tithe of the impression upon us that was made by the effulgent 'CHEEK . '
Destructive Fi / uk , —The Yorkshire papers of Tuesday contain an account of the destruction by firo of tho new mill lately orcctud at Ueckmondwiko by Messrs . Edwin Firth and , Sons , Involving a loss of property estimated nt 11 , 000 ^ . London Missionary Society-. —A special general meeting of the friends of this society was held on Thursday at Exeter Hall , wheji resolutions woro passed in favour of sending more missionaries to India . TlIK SUUIIY ( JAHDKNS COMJf'ANV . III tllis CJISO , ill tho Court of Bankruptcy yesterday , tho " proposition )) made for an arrniiycniant with tho creditors having failed , Mr . Fleming , of the Committee of Shareholder * , and Mr . Choppoll , for several creditors , consented to tUo order boing made for winding up tho affairs of the Com-—pany . — ¦ ¦ — ¦—~— - ~ - - —— - — ~~—~ - '
Passports fou Fhasoic—Tlio French Minister for Foreign Affaire Iwh stated , in nnswor to inquiries from Lord Clarendon , " that no person whatever will be permitted to land in Franco without a passport , nor will n consul ' s passport , given to iiny one who may liuvo laudoil without 0110 , bo rooogiiizod , " _____ Fit ion 011 Ebpionaok in London . — A number of French police agents have already been sent to London , to hunt out , and keep up a surveillance 011 , tho refugees .
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No . 413 , Pebkuaktst 20 , 1858 . ] THE LEABEB . 179
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INDIA . A few additional facts are brought by the Indian mail . The district around Cawnpore is settling down and is about to be traversed by a movable column fron that station . The command of the Benares division has , it is said , been offered to Sir Archdale Wilson . The trial of the ex-King of Delhi had been fixed for the 9 th of January , but , the prisoner being indisposed , it was postponed till the 13 th . An ambassador from the King of Bokhara has arrived
at ' Cabul and been well received . Intelligence of the arrival at Herat of the British Mission had reached Cabul . The letters teem with accounts of internal dissensions and disputes , but the attitude of Dost Mahomed was very friendly to the British . The Dost intended proceeding to Jellalabad in a few days . From Kandahar Goolam Hyder Khan' writes that the Hazarah tribes had been reduced to obedience ; double revenue had been taken from them , and the chief instigators of the recent insurrection had been sent prisoners to Kandahar .
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Her Majesty's Theatre . —The Bohemian Girl , which has had a successful run , is to ba repeated once more on Thursday ; and tho winter season finally closes on Saturday next , with tho Trovatoro . Pkofessqk Frikklu—Two Hours of Illusions at the St . James ' s "theatre continue to bo fully and fashionably attonded . This Beloian Prkss Prosecution . —Invirtuoofati ordinance of tho President of the Court of Aoslzes of fclic province of Brabant , tho preliminary formalities required by tho law as fur as regards tho proceedings by default ngninst VJctor Ilallaux , oditor of tho Crocodile , took place on Wednesday . The Oonht'ihaov Bill . — A largo and influential body of tho citizens of Newcastle havo resolved to call a meeting to position against this bill . It is fixed for next Tuesday
. „ . » -,.. ~^ TlrR ~ "SOt 7 TIT" -NonTirAMPTONHinR « -ElaKOTi (> lJ . » - ^ Ti » election has turmiuatud in the return off Colonol Cartwright , tho Conservative candidate , by a majority of 85 over tho Government candidate , Lord Uunloy . Trial ok Mit , Monk . — Tim Lancaster Spring Asaizes opened on Thursday , on which day Mr . Uliomw Monk , Biiriroon , and late Mayor of'lWon , was found GuiKy of ionrintr tho will of Mr . I'M ward Turner , a poraon whom he had professionally itttomlod . The prisoner was sentenced to noiiiil servitude for life .
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Leader Office , Saturday , February 20 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HC-H 7 SE OF LORDS . TRANSPORT OF TROOPS . "Viscount Dungannon called attention to the circumstances attending the transport of the 69 th Regiment which was sent to India in a vessel which was asserted to be unseaworthy . —Lord Panmure said the occurrence , arose from unavoidable accident , and when the vessel was disabled another steamer was prosrided . EDUCATION IN INDIA . The Earl of Ellenborough moved for a return relating to Education in India , and cautioned the ^ Government against a system of instruction which might be believed to disseminate among the native population ideas and principles destructive of British rule in that country . —After a short discussion , the returns were ordered . The Havelock Annuities Bill was read a second time , and the House adjourned at a quarter past six . HOUSE OF COMMONS . BREACH OF PRIVILEGE MR . ISAAC BUTT . Mr . Roebuck gave notice of his intention to present a petition on Monda 3 > - evening from an individual complaining that Mr . Isaac Butt , a member of the House , had been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House ; and to move for a Committee of Inquiry . After a conversation , it was arranged that the petition should be presented on Monday , and notice given of a motion for a Committee . ¦ - . BOOKS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSIONERSIRELAND . In answer to Mr . Black , Mr . Wilson said that the exclusive privilege of publishing school books by the National Education Commissioners in Ireland was to be discontinued , ahd the books might be published by any bookseller . THE ROBBERY OF INCOME-TAX PAPERS IN THE CITY . In answer to Mr . Crawford , Mr . Wilson said that a . number of the income-tax papers which had been stolen from the office of the Commissioners for the City had been recovered . He explained that neither the Government nor the Board of Inland Revenue had the custody of these papers . MINISTER OF JUSTICE . In answer to Mr . Ewart , Lord Palmerston said the Government had not been able to perfect a plan for a department of Justice . THE CIRCASSIANS AND RUSSIA . In answer to Lord John Manners , Lord Palmerston said that certain Circassian chiefs had asked assistance of France and England against Russia ; but , as they had not co-operated with the Allies in the Russian war , they had no claim upon them for such assistance , and that no condition of this kiud was contained in the Treaty of Paris . CONSPIRACY TO MURDER BILL . Lord Palmbrston moved the second reading of this bill , and urged that it had no special application to aliens , nor did it arm the Government with any now powers to restrict the liberty enjoyed by foreigners in this country . Although no official communication had taken place , the Emperor of the French had been repeatedly assured in confidential messages that no infringement was possible on the English right of asylum . —Mr . Milnicr Gibson moved as an amendment thut " this House hears with much concern that recent attempts on tho life of the Emperor of tho French have been devised in England , and exprcsscss its detestation of such guilty enterprises ; that this House ia ready , at all times , to assist in remedying any defects in the criminal law , which , ufter duo investigation , are proved to exist , yet it cannot but regret that her Majesty's Government , previously to inviting tho House to ninend tho Law of Conspiracy at tho present timo , has not felt it to bo their duty to mako floino reply to the important despatch from tho French Government , dated l ' arin , Jununry 20 th , 1858 , and which has boon laid beforo Parliament , " —Mr . Baines defended tho bill , and urged that it covered « dofect in tho law , which It was necessary to amend . —Mr . W Akrons was prepared to givo his support to the bill of Ministers , if tlioy woro prepared to vindicate tho honour of tho country by answering tho despatch of Count
Walewaki , for unless that was dono it would appear to Europe that- ' -wo had altered our law at tho dictation of ft , .. foreigni power , —Sir ( jjicoitoic Cfritwv urged that , jaftgL the dobalc which had taken p laco 7 " ~ and tlio division which followed on the introduction of tlio Bill , no further opposition should bo made to it . He contended that it was unnecessary to have replied to tho despatch of tlio French Government , which might havo led to a coinplicated correspondence ; . A dignified courao had boon lalcon by tho Government . —Mr . M'Mahon opposed tho bill on tho ground that if tho offoiico was changed from misdemeanour to fvlony , it would enable tho police to arrest refugoos without warrants . —Mr . Byno opposed ,
and Mr . Spooner supported , the Bill , as did Lord Harry Vane , and Mr . Bentenck . —Sir Robert Peel opposed the measure , urging that the present law is quite adequate for any emergency , and that it is a retrograde step on the principle which of late years had bean adopted in our criminal law . After a debate in which Mr . Henley , the Lord Advocate , Mr . Gladstone , the Attorney-General , Mx . Disraeli , and Lord Palmbrston spoke , the House divided—For the second reading ... ... ... 215 Against it ... ... ... ... 234 MAJORITY 19 The Government was thus defeated .
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THE DEMONSTRATION TO-MORROW . The Committee arranging the demonstration for tomorrow have taken every measure to secure its being 'a representation of all classes averse to the Bill ; all attempts at speaking have been wisely prohibited . Any person violating the prescrirjea" injunction will be regarded as a spy or an enemy-of the public peace . We understand that copies of every placard , address , and instruction have been sent by the Solicitor of the Committee to Sir Richard Mayne ; the desire of tiro Committee being that the French authorities with whom Sir Richard has been in communication may see how widely different t an English agitation is from a continental conspiracy .
On Friday the Committee wrote to the respective chiefs of the London Press , wishing it to be distinctlyunderstood that foreigners were respectfully requested not to be present at the meeting in Hyde-park , it being purely an English question . We have received the following communication from the Committee : — 3 , Falcon-court , Fleet -street , E . C ., February 19 , 1868 .
( 7 b the Editor of the Leader . ) Sir , —r-Tho Central Committee issuing the enclosed instructions will esteem it a very great favour if you will intimate in your paper that tho Committee arranging the demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday wish it to be distinctly understood that foreigners are respectfully requested not to bo present , it being purely am English demonstration on an English question . We are , Sir , For the Committee , Your obedient servantB , HOLYOAKE AND CO .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 20, 1858, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2231/page/11/
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