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strong , go roving about at all . As to my doing it , why I haven't been into the shop region for six months , and haven ' t walked for three months . But , in fact , there is hardly anvthing to be got , and the little there is , is dearer and " worse than in Wardour-street . As for really curious or pretty things , the Chinese will give more for them ! than we do . Why , if you were to send me loOQl ., tellmgine to spend 10007 . in . curiosities ' and keep 500 ? . for my trouble , I should immediately give one of my interpreters 10 / . to take the commission , profit and all , off my hands . Ah I you don ' t know this place . This place is socially a hell . * * * is a cowardly old idiot ; * * * , as you know , is a madman . Perhaps one or two of us
are a little corrupt . The consequence is , that everybody accuses everybody of all sorts of crimes , and we are all sitting on commissions of inquiry . During the last ten -weeks * * has sat on the average six hours a day for forty days on commissions , committees , or councils , which have blasted the reputation of two or three people . All this with plenty of counting-house work , the weather hot , my wife poorly , and my little girl and self ill , I wish I was elsewhere . The war with China is over , but whether the war with Canton is over is quite another matter . I am of the blood-shedding party , and desire a massacre of the braves , a set of mere idling thieves and ruffians whom the quiet citizens and the mandarins also will really like to see extirpated . "
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and her family continue to enjoy the fine autumn weather at Balmoral . Her Majesty drives out daily . The Prince Consort and Prince Alfred go out daily shooting or deer-stalking , in which they are accompanied by the Count of Flanders , who has arrived at Balmoral on a visit to her . Majesty . On Sunday last the royal party attended the parish church of Aatbil . The Queen and the Prince Consort visited their romantic hut at Alt na Gusach on Thursday , and passed the night there . This lodge is situated among the hills , and commands most beautiful views of the surrounding scenery . Its accommodations are very limited , and her Majesty is on these occasions attended by the smallest possible suite .
The Premier . —The illness of the Earl of Derby deserves mention in our record of vents . His lordship has been assailed by his old enemy , the gout , and in such a way , we believe , as to render him unfit for superintending the . business of the nation . The Precentor op Carlisle Cathedral . —The Bishop of Carlisle delivered his judgment in the case of the Rev . T . G . Livingstonv , the Dean and Chapter , in the Chapter-house , Carlisle , on Friday last . 11 is lordship said his opinion was that the provisions of the Carlisle statutes assigned to the dean a superintending power on all matters touching the celebration of Divine
service , subject to the general ecclesiastical law , and that as the statutes were silent respecting the preparation of any list of music to be used in the cathedral church , the dean was entitled to inhibit the precentor from preparing any such list ; but he could not concur with the Dean and Chapter in the view which they had taken of the formal complaints preferred by the petitioner , which raised a question as the proper interpretation of the statutes regarding the precentor ' s duties . He should , therefore , restore Mr . Livingston to the offices of precentor and minor canon within the cathedral , from -which he had , in his lordship's opinion , been without just cause removed .
Thk Bishop of Norwich . —The reports made from Tunbridge "Wells in reference to the health of the Bishop are of a favourable character ; he is still , however , advised to abstain from any . active exertion . The Guards' Memorial—It has been arranged that the memorial in the hands of Mr . John Bell , the sculptor , is to be erected in Waterloo-place , on the norih side of Pall-mall , but with a south aspect , so as to look along the area between the Athenaeum and the Senior United Service Clubs , near where the Biule light used to be . The monument will consist of four large figures , to be cast out of Russian guns taken at Sobustopol , and the pedestal is to be of granite . The large models are all ready for casting .- — The Builder .
commanding Lady Franklin ' s yacht , conveying the gratifying intelligence that he has safely crossed the middle ice of Baffin Sea , and is in a fair way of successfully accomplishing the object of his enterprise . New Camel Coftrs . —The corps is thus described by the Delhi Gazette : —" Last evening the Governor-General , Coinmander-in ' -Chief and suite ; were out on the rtiuiddn reviewing the Camel Corps , about 400 of these ungainjy beasts , going through military evolutions . It almost all
was curious to see these animals performing the movements of cavalry . Besides the native driver ( armed ) there is on every camel a Briton who occupies the back seat , in a position to use his rifle . The camels ara well trained . On a touch of the guiding-string down Would they drop on their knees , the riflemen would be off in a second , and go into skirmishing order till the recal was issued , when they would remount , and almost simultaneously , like a brown mass growing out of the ground , would the camels regain their feet . "
A Bold Skipper . —A small yacht called the Christopher Columbus has just arrived at Southampton from New York . She is only forty-five tons burden , and is scarcely bigger than an Isle of Wight wherry . She has been brought across the Atlantic by a man and two boys . She was wind bound for seven days on the banks of Newfoundland , and has been forty-five days reaching here from New York . She is beautifully shaped , r . nd was built by Mr . Webb , a working shipwright , who brought her over . The voyage of the Christopher Columbus is the most adventurous one on record . Mr . Webb intended to take her to St . Petersburg , but the
season is now too late . He brought over the Charter Oak , a small yacht , last year , and sold her at Liverpool . Protection of Life from Fire . —Four additional fire-escape stations were last week placed in the follow ^ ing localities : —High-street , Kensington ; Notting-hill , by the gate ; New Brpmpton , opposite the Consumption Hospital ; and Tower-hill . In the past eighteen months seventy-four lives have been rescued from death through the instrumentality of the society , and since it 3 reestablishment in 18 J 3 ( when there were only six stations ) as many as four hundred and sixty-eight lives have been saved .
Loud Goderich on Parliament and the Press — At an entertainment at Ripon on Friday , Lord Gbdericb said :- <—The duties of a member of Parliament in these days appeared to him to be peculiarly responsible . It was a happy circumstance that they were able in these days to congratulate themselves that the bitterness of party spirit had passed away from private and social life . It was passing rapidly away also , he trusted , from public life : but if the ties of party were to some extent
loosened , that only , as it appeared to him , threw greater responsibility upon individual members of Parliament . He believed that in the House of Commons in the present day , there was a widely-spread and earnest desire among the members faithfully to do their duty . There was one subject upon which they always united , whatever their party differences or divisions—viz . when they were called upon to defend the honour and independence of their country . This he knew , that if any nation in the world should be so rash as to think that
Richmond were walking in Richmond-park , a ruffian having thrown down one of the young ladies , attempte d to steal her watch and chain ; she , however , held it fast Whilst the other girls , with the governess , ran screaming for assistance , one of them , a Miss Jesse , flying to her schoolfellow ' s rescue , attacked the man with such determination that he left the field without his hooty . From the description given of him by the ' ladies he was afterwards captured by the police and committed for trial . Leominster Election . —The only candidate now actually in the field for Leominster is the Hon . Captain Hanbury , of the 2 nd Life Guards , who sat in the last Parliament for- Hertfordshire on the Conservati ve interest . Mr . James Wyld has issued an address announcing bis intention of reserving his claims until a general election .
The Egyptian HiaR-ArrARENT . —The fine steamship Faid Gihaad , built for the Pasha of Egypt , being ready for sea , a state visit was paid to her at Southampton by Toussoun Pasha , the only son of Ins Highness Said Pasha , the present Viceroy of Egypt . He was accompanied by Galloway Bey ( the Pasha ' s agent in England ) , Mrs . Williams ( his governess ) , a French medical officer , and other gentlemen . The crew welcomed the young Prince with a shout in their own language , resembling English cheers . On embarking in the Faid Gihaad the captain and officers of the ship received him as a guard of honour . The young Prince ,
who is five years of age , is a very handsome boy , thoroughly English in appearance , of fair complexion , with a little colour , and dark brown hair . His mother is , a Circassian . He was dressed in Turkish costume , with silver epaulettes , band , and two stars , which , together with the hilt of a small sword he carried , were profusely decorated with diamonds . He speaks French and English like a native , with very little Turkish , and exhibited much intelligence by the observations he made in going over the vessel . A dejeuner was served in the grand saloon , which \ vas » presided over by the youthful Pasha . The health of the Vicerov and his son was
drunk , which the latter acknowledged , by cxcliiiniing in good English , " Gentlemen , I thank you . " The young Prince remains in England another month , and then proceeds to Egypt . National Sunday League . —On Tuesday , the annual meeting was held at St . Martin ' s-ball . The report stated , that during the year live public meetings had been held , and resolutions approving the objects of the association carried , with one exception . Petitions had been presented bv Sir J . Trelawriev , Bart ., M . P . ; Sir J . V . Shelley , M . P . ; Sir J . Walmsley , M . P . ; Mr . Schofield , M . P . ; Mr . Cox , M . P . ; Mr . " Divett , M . P . ; Mr .
Ayrton , M . P ., &c , from various parts , containing 4672 signatures ; one of them , presented by Lord Stanley , from 571 gentlemen connected with literature , science , fine arts , professors of universities , &c , showing that the intellect of the age was in favour of opening museums , &c , on Sundays . A memorial would soon be presented to the Queen . The report then detailed the various steps in endeavouring to open the British Museum , the South Kensington , and other museums . The opening to shareholders of the Crystal Palace on Sundays was a matter of congratulation , and a discussion would soon -take place on the question of the opposition got up by the bishops and clergy .
she could attack England with impunity , they should be able to show her mistake . He could assure them that they would not find him the least inclined to enjoin parsimony in . respect to our national defences . With regard to the press , the noble Lord said : —Free discussion was the breath of liberty , and although they might very often see articles which they might disapprove or dislike , nevertheless ho was quite certain that no man who * loved the institutions of his country would desire to fetter the freedom of the press . Ho believed troth was stronger than error , and that they gained , instead of being the losera , by the influence of the press .
National Association for the Promotion of Social Science . —The second annual Congress , to be held in St . George ' s-hall , Liverpool , next week , wilt be inaugurated on Monday evening by an address by Lord J . liussell ; in the other proceedings Lord Brougham , the Karl of Shaftesbury , and others will tuke part . Tuesday will be devoted to addresses from the Presidents of the five sections ( namely ; the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , the Right Hon . ' W . F . Cowper , M . P ., the Right Hon . the Eurl of Carlisle , the Right Hon the Eurl of Shaftesbury , and the Right Hon . Sir James Stephen , K . C . B . );
Tub TELEGRAPn to Algeria . —Mr . Brett , gorant of the Mediterranean Submarine Telegraph Company , represented on Saturday to the President of the Civil Tribunal , sitting in chambors , that the cable between Franco and Algeria , vid Sardinia , which haul been laid down by the company , and supplied by Messrs . Newall and Co ., did not work well—some of the signals arriving incorrectly , or not at all—and that , in consequence , the French Government had declined to accord the guarantee
to a visit to the Akbar reformatory-ship , and to a some to the members and associates in the Town-hall . On Wednesday the Jurisprudence Department will be occupied with a discussion on Bankruptcy Law Amendment ; and on Friday tho Social Economy Department is to be occupied with a discussion on Coinage , Weights , and Measures . A public meeting will bo hold on Thursday , which will bo addressed by Lord J . Kussoll ana Lord Shaftfcabury . On Friday , at a grand P « blio dinner in St . George ' s-hnll , Lord Broughum will occupy tue chair . Among tho subjects for discussion , pnperp are expected from Mr . Ruskin , Mias Florence Nig htingale ,
of interest which it had promised for tho establishment of a telegraph to Algeria . He therefore prayed that practical men should examine the cable , and report on its defects , and that tho contractors should be made to effect all necessary repairs . Messrs . Nowall and Co . contended that the application ought not to be granted , inasmuch as they had delivered tho cable within a given time , and it had been laid down and worked well , which was all they had contracted to do . Tho court declined to interfere . —Galiynani .
Rev . C . Kingaloy , and-Mr . Slaney , M . I ' . . TpiB Confessional . —A meeting has been held by ^ no inhabitants of Greenwich to givo expression to tneir opinion regarding tho present attempt to introduce tno practice of auricular confession into tho Church ot . ^ "B " land . Resolutions were passed urging tho necessity iov the interference of tho laity , that tho Protestant cu » - racter of tho Church might bo sustained . . .. . This Coixikiis' Struck in Youksmikb . — { ho sin * at the Oaks Colliery , near Barnsloy , which haa IMW | upwards of eighteen weeks , wna brought to * a con ° m s '; on Saturday lust , tho terms being such as to eatimy « w masters and mon , without any givfng way on oitlior ¦ »«* . Tho strike . has caused an enormous expenditure "J V . masters , and has also cost tho Minors' Association up wards of 2000 / . '
Thk Hbaltii of London . —Though the Rogistrar-Genoral'a return shows tho deaths fur the last-week to have exceeded those of the previous wook , the rato is much below tho average . Scarlotina is still on tho incrouso ; the deaths from that disease last wook amounted to 104 . The total number of , deaths was 1021 , and of births 1726 . Dr . Lothoby roportu very favourably of the health of tho City for the lust quarter , tho number of deaths being 28 por cent , below the average . A Bkavk Gihu—As the pupils of a ladioa' school at
Miss Florence Niohtinqalk . —It is said that this lady will shortly visit Liverpool , and take part in the proceedings of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science , to bo held there on the 11 th inst . Thb Boyn Hull Affair . —The Bishop of Oxford has addressed an important letter to the Commissioners in tho late Boyne Hill confession case . While he rejoices at tho decision at which they have arrived , and maintains the propriety of a voluntary confession of sin , he yet raises
an earnest protest against the introduction into the Church of a system of habitual and enforced confession . This Horse-Tambk . —tThe partnership between Messrro . Raroy and Goodenough has boon severed ; " and while the latter , " says the Illustrated London News , " has returned to Canada , laden with a cool ten thousand as his moiety , after deducting exponaos , tho master spirit had taken a journey to Sweden , and purposes seeing Lapland before ho returns ., It is , surprising hoyr the system tokos everywhere . " Captain WGlintook . —A letter has boon received by 9 ir John Barrow , from Captain M'Olintock , R . N .,
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1060 THE LEAD E R * [ No , 446 , October 9 , 1658 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 9, 1858, page 1060, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2263/page/12/
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