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PUBLIC MEETINGS . . m SIDNEY HERBERT , M . F ., ON OUR ARMY AND NAVY . Se twentv-seventh anniversary of the United Service Institution was held in the Lecture Theatre Wbitelia , la 9 t Saturday afternoon , under the presidency of the * tf ht Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., > vho made a long speech on the condition of our army and navy . Beferring to the great popularity of the navy , as compared with the army , which he said is shown by the , fact of its beine mach easier to obtain from the House ot torn Zm lOOO / for the sea service than 100 ? . for the land service he remarked that there is too great a jealousy in STcountry of a standing army . " We must have the subject of feeding the army and its sanitary condition brought under the notice of members of Parliament for they are of great importance . He remembered , when be was Secretary for the War Department , that a feeling of iealousy prevailed against enabling troops to witness the evolutions of an army in the field ; and there was one hon . member in the House , calling himself a Liberal , who night after night put questions about two horses who were drowned by the upsetting of a pontoon bridge at the Chobham Camp , and who thought that the loss of those horses counterbalanced all the good of the camp . But that feeling is removed , and we have camps in various parts of England and in Ireland . Whatever is done , it is impossible to teach the army during the time of peace how to meet difficulties that must arise in -case of war . He defied them to teach the commissariat their duties during peace . But still the theory of what ought to be done should be put forward and studied by them during the times of peace . In the navy there arc very great advantages not enjoyed by the army . Vessels are the same during war as in peace , for they always -carry their hospitals and commissariat with them , and they fire at barrels instead of at the enemy ; in fact , it is much about the same as in war , with the exception that they are not fired at in return . ( Laughter . } But with the army it is very different . They have to supply resources , and other tasks to perform ; in fact , they have to make bricks without straw . He trusted it would not he deemed impertinent in him mentioning these things , , but he hoped that the class of considerations to which he had referred would not be neglected by the council of that institution in selecting the subjects for the various lectures in future . " .
for more than twenty-one years should be put on the register . Finally , the report urged that there should be a simple measure passed for the transfer of land , which would render the transaction analogous to the transfer of stock in the Bank of England . —After considerable discussion , the report was ordered to be printed , and taken into further consideration that day fortnight . THE ITALIAN CONFEEENCE . The sittings of the Italian delegates have been continued , and , on Mondaj ' , the address ( of which we gave a summary in our last ' Review of the Week' ) was carried amidst loud cheers . After considerable discussion on Monday and Tuesday , the following resolution was proposed on the latter day by Signor l ' orro : — " That the Italian refugees resident in the United Kingdom be at once called upon by the Italian National League to give expression to their sentiments , through the means of the public press , or a public meeting , of their utter abhorrence of the recent attempt made by one or more of their countrymen on the life of the Emperor of France . " Signor Crevelli seconded the resolution . Several speeches were delivered condemning the silence of their countrymen in exile , but otherwise objecting to the form of the resolution . The Conference then adjourned without coming to any decision . KEFORM MEETING AT HAN LEY . A meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the Townhall , Hanley , Staffordshire , on the subject of Parliamentary Reform , and also to listen to an exposition of his views on the present crisis from Mr . J . L . Ricardo , M . P . Resolutions in favour of a broad measure of reform , including the ballot , having been passed , and a petition to Parliament adopted , Sir . Ricardo rose , and commenced his observations by denouncing the subserviency of those members of Parliament who invariably follow Lord Derby , or Lord John Russell , or Lord Palmerston , or some " other lord . He Lad always told his constituents that they must not expect that sort of thing from him . Consequently . "He was one of the ninety-nine who stood f orward to declare that the laws of England should never be altered at the- dictation of a foreign despot . { Loud cheering ?) He did not niS . " to say that the French Government asked anything very unreasonable , but their demand he considered to be one of a series which would have been made , and by -which the liberties of the English people would have been endangered . { Renewed cheering . ' ) There is no amount of jealousy—there is no amount of vigilance—which the representatives of the people ought not to exercise in guarding against the first encroachments of the liberties of this nation . It is the restraint which is the cause of the weakness of the French Empire ; and he did not feel at all surprised at the people attempting to take the power into their own hands and to break oft' their chains . " Mr . Ricardo thought that the Derby Ministry occupies a very unconstitutional position , inasmuch as it ¦ will attempt to rule by a minority . He never expected a satisfactory measure of Reform from the late Government . Mr . Disraeli said there was no demand on the part of the country for Reform . Then the cry of Reform must be raised . ( Loud cheering . } The people had leeu bamboozled too long , and must let the Government know they would stand it no longer . The franchise is the right of every Englishman ; and the working classes as a body are quite as capable of exercising it as any other class . For himself , ho would rather be elected or rejected by the people of the Potteries than by his present two thousand constituents . He also spoke warmly in favour of the ballot . , l * ' 1
MEETING OF LIBERALS AT PORTSMOUTH . The Liberal electors of Portsmouth are anticipating a general election . On Friday week , a numerous and respectable meeting of the committees of Sir Francis Baring and Viscount Monck was held in the Athenaeum , Portsea , to take counsel with those gentlemen as to the future policy of the Liberal section of this constituency . The chair was occupied by Mr . Alderman Nance . The Viscount and Sir Francis having addressed the meeting , and expressed their want of confidence in the present Government , the following resolution was adopted . — " That this meeting , having heard the sentiments expressed by Six Francis Baring and Lord Monck , consider them , as staunch supporters of a Liberal Government , entitled to the confidence of the electors of the borough of Portsmouth ; and those present at this meeting pledge themselves to support those gentlemen at the next election . " A chairman and vice-chairman of committees were then appointed , and the proceedings terminated .
GREAT MEKTINO OF UNKMPLOYKD AT BIRMINGHAM . An immense gathering of the unemployed was held at Birmingham on Monday upon an open space of ground known as Gosta-green . A Mr . Dalziel was called to the chair . Mr . Mills proposed that , "in the judgment of this meeting , the present unparalleled distress of the working classes is brought on by circumstances over which they have no control , and as such thoir severe wants require immediate relief . " The motion was carried unanimously . A second resolution , calling upon all municipalities to ., memorialize the Government for the adoption , of a broad plan of emigration , was also carried after several labourers had addressed the meeting . A third resolution appointed a deputation to wait upon the borough magistrates , and confer with thorn upon the measures to bo adopted for the immediate relief of tho memorialists . The meeting was then adjourned till Thursday .
TUB LAW AMICNDMICNT BOOIKTY . Tho members of this society met on Monday , Lord Brougham in tlio chair . Mr . Edward Webster road tho first report of tho Real Proporty Committee on tho transibr of land . Tho report statod at groat length tho difficulties and expenses attendant on tho pnwont systom of Boiling or purchasing land . Thoro is tho difficulty of establishing title to landed property , and tlio expense of tho transfer Is aorlously dlsproportionod to tho amount _^__ Qf . t ho-purohnso ~ monoy .-. ~ Should . rthoro-l ) o-a-iogiBtrrttion of tltlo such as was adopted in France , and which is found to work oxtromoly well V No imionvonionco had occurred in Scotland , from tho power which persons havo to Bonroh registers , in order to disoovor whether property was oncutn bored or not ; and it was urged that ovory owner of land should bo enabled to place his land on a register . Tho report adopted tho recommendation of tho Registration Commissioners , that mortgages and loasos
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AMERICA . A ' duel mania , ' as ono of the American papers designates it , has burst out in various parts of tho United States , and given occasion for much scandal and some amusement . A second fracas hns taken place in Congress during a Kansas dobnto . Mr . Johnson and Mr . Bell had an altercation which resulted in the latter saying that "ho was road } ' to moot tho Senator at any timo , or any others who should back him . " A challenge has passed between Colonol Sunnier and General Harnoy ; and there has boon a ' difficulty' with tho Hon . J . B . Clay and Mr . Culloin . Tho two last-named gentlemen wore drinking in tho bar-room of Brown ' s Hotel , Washington , wlion Mr . Cluy used nomo expression which Mr . Cullom considered personally oflunsive . Ho uskod Mr . Clay If ho mount to insult him ; on which tho other disavowed any such intention . Tho question , however , wag ropeatod , ncounipaniod by a niouauing gesture . Mr . Clay said he was not accustomed to bo addressed in such a threatening muiuior . Mr . Cullom retorted that Mr . Chi } ' was " tho apofltnto son of a noble sire . " Mr . Clay said his physical condition prevented him from answering with a blow , L )» t . lihol . c 9 uldnnot _ ruaiat _ pro (; luiinnitv . C , ullonua ,. danuiui , i . Hooundrol . " Blows onsuod j " tlio two men , " as thqiVew Yorh Tribune courteously culls tho combatants , wero separated , and monnuros Avoro takon for a dual . There woro hopes , however , that tho business would l > o ridtllod by arbitration ; and inileod tho latest report is that a poauoful sottlomcnt had boon como to . Uut thoro woro plenty more frays to componsato for nny disappointment that might bo felt at the inglorious
tormination of the Clay and Cullom business . A despatch from Washington states that ' a fisticuff altercation' occurred on the 20 th of February in a barber ' s shop between Lieutenant Bell , of the Cavalry , and Lieutenant Williams , of the Dragoons . The antagonists went out of the town , and fought with pistols , when Williams was wounded in his hat ( so to speak ) , and Bell discharged his pistol in the snow . After this lustration of their honour , the parties returned to Washington , apparently reconciled—a sweet and truly Christian termina--tion of a broil . Ex-Lieutenaut Rbind and Captain Corrie have been held to bail for challenging Commander Boutwell . At Boston , a fight took place at an hotel , which has also resulted in a duel . A Mr . L . D . Merrill violently assaulted a Mr . F . Birge , " the former , " says an American telegram , " spitting in the latter ' s face , &c . " What delicate amenities are included under that comprehensive bit of Latin , it would be difficult for an Englishman to divine ; but probably an American can infer , from general experience , the orderly and logical succession of insults of which spitting in the face is the postulate . However , Mr . Birge retired to his room ( probably for the sake of ablution ) , and then , reappearing , called on Mr . Merrill for the satisfaction which one gentleman , &c . " A collision immediately took place , " says the telegram ; but the pistols did no damage , and the parties were separated and put under arrest . The Tennessee Senate has also been the scene of a disturbance . One honourable gentleman gave another the lie ; whereupon the honourable gentleman thus branded struck his adversary over the face with a * "book . A scuffle ensued ; but the irritated oratoTS were speedily separated . These , exciting little episodes , however , are not confined to the Legislative Chambers ; the law courts , < oa , can boast of them . A case was brought before the Supreme Court of the State of New York , in which the plaintiff was a Mr . Jobson , a literary man , at one time residing in London . The defendant called Lola Montes an one of his witnesses , his object being to blacken the character of Mr . Jobson . She was subjected to a severe cross-examination , and denied with much warmth the immoralities with which she has been charged . On the following day , there was a great deal of crimination and -j- ^ rimiuation ; and at length a disp u te between Mr . Jobson add tfeS-d " ?? l'lant ' s counsel , Mr . Seely , terminated in a regular fight between ^ £ k £ »> ™ Avhich Mr . Jobson . used a thick stick he had with MiftSfflil ! . ^ wa 3 crested from his grasp by his opponent . Lola JHonTS § -J 2 ° ^ t on all the while , and exhibited great solicitude for " THE - ——_ _ Seelv . At length the fight was put a stop to , and the official referee said he would have no more to do with , the case . He had full powers to commit all the parties to prison , and is blamed by the New York papers for not doing so ; but he appears to have been too much . frightened to do anything . The ship John Milton , bound from theChincha Islands to New York , has been lost on Long Island . None of the officers or crew were saved . A shocking catastrophe has occurred at St . Louis . A drug-store under the Pacific Hotel took fire , and the iiames enveloped the staircases , so as to cut off all egress . Some of the inmates were burnt in their beds ; others leaped from the windows , and were horribly mangled or killed by the fall . Out of a hundred persons iu the house , twenty-nine are known to have been killed and six seriously injured , while many more are still missing . Five steamboats have been destroyed by fire at New Orleans . The whole of the shipping in port was at one fane in a precarious condition . A bill has been unanimously passed by the Kentucky Legislature , and signed by tho Governor , authorizing the Executive of that State to rniso a regiment of volunteers immediately , and to tender thoir sorvicos to tho President of tlio United States , to aiil in suppressing ; the rebellion in Utah , The Kansas Houso of Representatives has passed resolutions protesting against tlio admission of theStato into the Union under the Lecoinptou constitution ; repelling ; " with scorn tho libellous charge contained in tho message of the President accompanying the Lecompton . constitution , to the olrect that the freemen of Kansas are a lawless people ; " and solemnly pledging themsolves to resist the obnoxious constitution and Government by forco of arms , if iieotMsaiy . Tlio Council concurred in thoso resolutions , there being only two negative votes . The troops of tho Utnh expedition woro in good health at the last udvicos . Tho United Status District Court of tho territory has indicted Brigham Young , Kim ball , and other of tlio ' saints , ' for high treason . . In attempting to oscupo from tho Sing Sing prison by moans of tho ice , four convicts havo boon shot—two mortally . Monoy is o : i » y ul Now l ' orlt , and the supply continues abundant . Tho last intelligence from Moxiuo is duplorablo Comonfort has tnkon refuge at Now Orloiun . Gonoral ZulQflfilUwMKMIlSMEaf ^^ , at Sun Luit do i ' otosl ; Uoiioral Allaro has proclaimed tlio Dictatorship of Santa Anna . Orissabu ia in tho powor of General Liv / imi * , miU tlio Cusllo of Poratu iu tho liands of tho Progrosiatas . Tho Congress has beou oonvokod at ( Juana Praia , ami preparation !) are on foot for inarching on Mexico ; whilst , in tho south , Alvaroa supports his candidature by anus , and , iu tUo wc&t , Gonoral Vidauri is endeavouring to form u republic .
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v « 416 . MAKCH 13 , 1858 . ] THE REAPER . 24 . 7
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Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1858, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2234/page/7/
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