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      POLITICAL rOEBSHADQWINGS . Mb . - HBSI . IST , M . P ., is Oxfordshire . —The annual meeting of the Oxfordshire and Banbury Agricultural Association was celebrated on Tuesday at Banbury . In the afternoon , a dinner was held in the Town-hall , at which Colonel North , M . P ., President of the Society , presided . In the speech of the evening , Mr . Henley , after congratulating the meeting on the dying away of the Indian rebellion , and the termination of the war with China , and also after having , in allusion to Cherbourg , expressed his gratification that peace with China would enable us to have more ships cruising about our shores , spoke as follows : —At many of the meetings irhich have lately been held in various parts of the

      prevented attending by illness ; but I ask you to drink this toast , because the House of Lords is a great institution in England , and the embodiment of the independence of the country against arbitrary power . Long do I hope , it will continue to be so , and long do I hope , that England will continue to be the sanctuary of freedom and the glory of the world . " Mr . Spooner ' s health having been drunk , that gentleman , in returning thanks , said , that he had always looked upon the agricultural interest as one of the most important . in the country , and it was therefore with the deepest interest that he had watched the enormous strides the science of agriculture had made of late years , for he said , without any fear whatever , that upon the improvement and success of agriculture depended in a great measure the success , the- prosperity , and the happiness of the empire of Great Britain itself . ,

      The Reform Movement in the North . —An active agitation in favour of Parliamentary Reform has , for the last eight months , been conducted in the two counties of Durham and Northumberland by the . Northern Reform Union . From a report submitted last week to the Members of the Newcastle branch of the Union , by the treasurer , Mr . Jos . Co wen-, jun ., we learn that upwards of thirty public meetings . in connexion with the Union have been held in the northern districts , commencing with Newcastle ,-and comprising North Shields , South Shields , Hexham , Blyth , Hartlepool , Darlington , Middlesboro ' , and nearly all the large colliery and

      manufacturing villages between the lyne and the lees . All the meetings have been numerously attended , and at none has the least opposition been offered to the resolutions of the Union , or a single hand held up against them . The council are preparing to- extend and complete their organisation , and they declare that in every centre of population in the northern counties there shall be , before Parliament reassembles , a local branch of the Reform Union . A great gathering of Reformers is to be held in Newcastle in the course of a few weeks , at which the winter campaign is to be formally commenced .

      A Meeting was held in Greenwich on Thursday to support Mr . Ernest Jones in his candidature for the representation of that borough , and also to advocate the principles of the Political Reform League . A resolution in favour of the objects of the League was adopted ; but a resolution pledging the meeting to promote the return of Mr . Jones as member for Greenwich was not so successful . An amendment declaring that it was inexpedient to select a candidate until the period of the elections had more nearly approached was carried by a large majority . :

      country there has been a considerable quantity of loose talk , by what I might almost term " loose fish , " in reference to the Government . Persons who are now occupying similar positions to that which I have the honour to fill have been subjected to somewhat coarse remarks . Some have abused us for being Conservatives , and others have abused us because they , say we are Liberals . Now , I am old enough to remember when the name " Conservative" first came up , for , unfortunately , I am not a young man . I believe , however , that the three points which were then raised , and the defenders of which were called Conservatives , are now scarcely known . At any rate they have long ceased to be attacked . Those three points were , first , an indiscriminate attack upon the Irish Church ; secondly , a demand for Church property to be put into secular pockets ; and , thirdly , the independence of the House

      of Lords . Those were the three points on which the Conservatives stood ; two of them were furiously attacked for some years , but now all of them have died away .. I certainly don ' t see why we should be abused for being Conservatives , and for not going whooping and hallooing about these matters , when nobody makes any attack upon them . If similar questions should ever be raised again I don ' t think that the Conservative party will be found wanting in their defence . With regard to the future I am sorry that I cannot pretend to say anything at all . You know very well that the Government are in this position—the parties who made the Reform Bill have chosen for the last six or seven years to find fault with their own work . Mind you , it . was no work of the Conservatives . But , at the same time , if there is any possibility , of our amending , it so as to satisfy all parties , I see no reason ¦ why we should not make the attempt .

      The Members fob North Essex . —^ Major Beresford and Mr . Du Cane met their constituents at Walton-onthe-Naze , on Friday . The Major informs us that the Essex farmers are blessed with harvest stores in the best condition , and that " prices are not likely to be affected by foreign competition . " He expressed a hope that they would , therefore , meet their landlords with " pockets full of money . " Mr . Du Cane ' s speech demands more attention , for , besides being a review of the

      last session of Parliament from a Conservative point of view , it made special reference to what the hon . gentleman did not hesitate to call the forthcoming Reform Bill , From what Mr . Du Cane said it would seem that the Conservatives have a great anxiety to solve and settle this question . He remarked that it was impossible to speculate upon the provisions of the bill which the Government would introduce , but he hoped it would be of a comprehensive and impartial character , and such a settlement indeed that it might be regarded as

      final . Mb . Spooler , M . P ., and Mb . Newdegate , M . P ., rjsr Warwickshibe . —A dinner of the Sparkenhoe Agricultural Association took place on Tuesday , afc Tamwortb , and was presided pver by Mr . R . Spooner , M . P ., supported by Mr . C . N . Newdegate and a large gathering of the farmers and gentry of the county . In proposing the "Health of the Queen , " Mr . Spooner expressed warm indignation at the manner in which her Majesty ' s name had been passed over on , recent festive occasions in Ireland ,, but added that he , had nodoubt the loyalty of the Warwickshire farmers ana the agriculturists generally throughout the country would induce them to drink it with enthusiasm . Mr . Newdegate in the

      course of the evening proposed the toast of " The House of Lords . " He said ;—; "In other nations you may find representative assemblies elected more or lees according to the will of the people . In othor nations you will find sovereigns with power more or less absolute or more or less controlled , but in England alone you will find a balance of power , which is established by the existence of three co-ordinate estates—that of the Sovereign , the House of Lords , and the House of Commons . Too House of Lords is appointed arbiter between the -jwill . ofLthQ-pcoDle . and the discretion of the Sovereign .

      Often has that House interposedits "' indopenaonooj wiHSlf js its most glorious characteristic , to stay the arbitrary invasions of the Crown , or eheok the wanton impulses of the people . Depend upon it that tlxo dobt which England owes its House of Lords is far greater than those who think lightly of our interests can estimate it at , I believe the House of Lords is independent because it is hereditary ; and it is that , therefore , which gives It true value . I bog to propose " The Health of the House of X ^ ords , " lamenting that wo should have to do s , o in the absence , of , the distinguished members who have been

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      THE METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL . If there is a work of real charity , or one which they who have not time or facilities for investigating " cases worthy of their attention , " it is the assistance of a public hospital . To all public hospitals we ever readily volunteer our small aid , but to none with such special interest and anxiety for a successful issue to our plea as to the two or three free ones which the co-operative charity of a few subscribers seems barely to keep open for the gratuitous relief of the sick and destitute poor . Sentimental pleas for such institutions have been worn threadbare from time immemorial in charity sermons , governors' reports , treasurers' appeals , and other forms of prayer , but the miserable fact remains that the hospital accommodation of London for pauper in-patients is fearfully deficient , and shows not the slightest symptom of jn ^ crease in proportion to the population . An occasional gleam starts athwart the darkness of this subject—a darkness favouring the death-march of pestilence—when we hear of a noble legacy left by some dying patriot to some one or two institutions ; but , on the whole , much

      square , Bishopsgate-street ; and Mr . Renton , the secretary , writes us that 2800 medical and 1800 surgical cases were treated there in 1857 . The institution , we were pained to learn , had during the same year only 1410 ? . of revenue , and incurred a debt ( in meeting the most indispensable outlay ) of 250 / ., in addition to 1770 ? ., or thereabouts , the amount of its previous incumbrances . It is not possible that a charity relieving in a year no less than 4 ( 500 of the sick poor , will be allowed to close its doors , for ever in default of little over 2000 / . W « have contributed our humble offering in thus making known the 1 deficiency . Let our brethren do likewise , and that deficiency will be soon changed into a surplus .

      as we may in theory admire the voluntary system of charity , we must own that , in the case of hospitals , the spring is yot inadequate to the' demands upon id . It is incumbent upon , all , then , who may have the craft of the divining rod , to discover , and , if possiblo , to tap now founts of charity . Wo all know that they are under the soil of the world of Mammon washing through golden sand-beds , but few may force that stubborn land to yield her golden treasure and her fair stream togot her .

      Lazarus from Spitalflelds , sorry , sore , and sick of the typhus , appeals , while it ia yet time , to the living Dives for a gift to the Free Hospital there . Answer him Dlvos , for it is bettor that thou give a little now , than thin k of bribing Heaven in thino hour of palsied fear with fifty thousund pounds . Of charitable givers who TlftbW ' nbliTEffli&Y ^^ of the East , and rejoices in no rich neighbours and incumbents to plead for him , our client askti but a little dole out of the lapful . Of the traders cspeoially , who , earning their weulth all about him , and , by the holp of his very hands , dine jovially on food ho may hardly droam of , and sleep luxuriously in air that ho may unHFon Sunday , he has a right to crave a mite ; and a very little mite from all on whom ho has a claim would stand him in gooll stead . The Metropolitan Free Hospital is In Devonshire-

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      IRELAND . Cabd ik al , Wiseman . —This personage returned to Dublin on Friday from Mnynooth , and delivered an eloquent lecture in the Music-hall for the benefit of the " Catholic Young Men ' s Society . " For some time before the hour announced for the commencement of the lecture an immense crowd collected in the neighbourhood , and the applause which greeted him on arrival was tumultuous an . d repeated . The building was completely filled . The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor and Mr .

      George Bowyer , M . P ., occupied seats near the lecturer . Apropos of -this ecclesiastic , we read in the Weekly Register : — " We have received some interesting intelligence from Spain . . We are informed that the account of the reception in Ireland of the Cardinal Archbishop . has created the liveliest satisfaction , and that an invitation has been forwarded , soliciting him to pay a visit to Spain , and to become the honoured guest of the English College at Valladolid . His welcome would be as enthusiastic as that he experienced in Ireland . "

      The Lord Mayor and the Cardinal .- —From the Dublin papers we learn that Lord Eglinton and his colleagues are not tho only persons who have sinned unpardonably in declining to dine with Cardinal Wiseman at the Dublin Mansion . On Monday , at a special meeting of the Town Council , Alderman Reynolds gave notice of a resolution : — That Alderman Lambert has , by refusing to . accept the invitation of the Lord Mayor to dine ; at the Mansion-house on the 1 st instant , on the ground that Cardinal Wiseman was to have been present at the banquet , nrosslv violated his promise not to

      interfere in politics ; that such refusal , sent to the Lord Mayor at half-past six o ' clock on the day of the banquet , and signed James Lambert , Lord Mayor elect , is an insult to the whole Catholic body , and more particularly to the . Catholic members of this council , and believing as we do that political or religious prejudices ought not to prevent or obstruct social intercourse , we are of opinion that Alderman Lambert is not a fit and discreet person to be elected to the office of Lord Mayor , and therefore that the nomination to that office be cancelled . "

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      COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE . BRITISH COLUMBIA . Bfit E . Lytton has made arrangements for opening » bank at Vancouver ' s Island , and ultimately , iu M nUsu Columbia . Ho has also suggested a plan for uniting ' » fortnightly postal communication to Now JZeal «»< l « u )<* South Australia vid Panama , with a postal florvit'O pv tho sarno route to Vancouver .

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      956 THE LEAP E It . [ Mo . A 4 & , September 18 r 1858 .

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      AMERICA . The Arabia has arrived at Liverpool , with dates from New York to the 1 st instant . Another grand celebration in honour of the Atlantic Telegraph was to take place on that day . The order of the procession , which was to march through the streets , occupied four columns of the New York papers . The yellow fever at New Orleans was advancing with rapid strides . Tho deaths on the 30 th ult . rqached ninety-two . This terrible epidemic continued without abatement at Charleston .

      Considerable excitement existed at Kansas , in consequence of the recent arrivals from tho gold regiuiis . of Pike ' s Peak confirming tho existence of tho preciou 3 metal in abundance in that locality . Tho gold found is similar to that of Frasier River and California . A second Frazer River excitement was apprehended . Mormon affairs appeared to be getting worse and worse , and Brigham Young ' s financial prospects were ia a sad plight . The Indian tribes in Utah woro becoming troublesome , incited , it , is supposed , by the Mormons for tho purpose of diverting the attention of tho army frotri themselves . From Oregon wo learn that ia a fight with one of tho hostile tribes on tho Columbia River three ofilcurs nnu thirty men , under tho command of Colonel Stcptoo , were killed .

      A destructive tornado rocontly visited several of the towns in Now York State , destroying everything in Ita course , tearing up trees , demolishing buildings , fences , and blowing down dwellings . Orders had boon received in Now York for tho construction of two magnificent steamers for trading purposes on tho groat rivers of China .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 956, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2260/page/4/