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The King of Sardinia completed the 39 th year of Ms age on Monday . ... IJis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has sent ^ 25 towards the St . Paul ' s Cathedral Fund . > The Princess Alice will be confirmed at Windsor during the Easter recess . The ceremony will he limited to its purely religious character . _ On Thursday , the little Prince Imperial entered his fourth year , Paris did ho / illuminate in honour of the event . Colonel Tait , C . B ., and aiderde-camp to the Queen ( brother to the Bishop of London ) , expired at London - House , St . James ' s-square , on Wednesday evening . . . The ' Head Mastership of the King ' s School ; > Canterbury , has been conferred on the Kev . John Mitchinson , M . A ., of Pembroke College , Oxford . ^ At the anniversary meeting of the Statistical Soeietv on Tuesday , it was stilted that Lord John Russell had acceded to the request of the council to be placed in nomination for the office of president . The marriage of Millie . Eveillard , daughter o the . French Consul who was murdered at l ) jctUlah , to M . Emer : it , was celebrated at the church of St . Clothildc , Paris , on Saturday . At a meeting of the Kiclimoiid Bridge ComiQissioners , on the 10 th instanti it was decided that on the 25 th instant , the toll bar should be removed , and the bridge declared free to the public ; The ^ National Gallery , Edinburgh , is to be opened on and after the 22 nd , though the permanent and complete ¦ arrangements , do hot come into ojieratiori till the ( ith April . A ballot has taken place for the election of a chaplain to St . Pancras Workhouse , in the room of the Kev . Thomas Pugh , resigned . The Rev . J . K . Jennings Avas . declai * ed duly elected . Madame Coldschniidt and her husband will , it is said , visit . Leeds in the autumn , and give their services gratuitously at a graiid concert in aid of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution . . . . The workmen of the lilcswick Kagine Works , to the number of about 900 , were entertained by their employer ,. Sir William Armstrong , to a grand dinner in the Assembly Rooms , Newcastle , on Saturday ¦ last .. : .. . , . . .... A letter from 3 Taples says : — "An American , who had received disastrous newsfrqni home threw himself , while in the presence of a number of persons , into a current of lava , at Vesuvius . His body was , of course , almost instantly consumed , " The Jlev . Jjjdwai'd Parry , private secretary and domestic chaplain of the late , and present bishop of London , has been rewarded for his services with the living of Acton , Middlesex , the value of which is between 900 / . and 1 , 000 / . a year . The Aflglian chief , Sid Dyk Khan , who lias been at Constantinople for two years as a refugee from Candahar , has left for Alexandria on board the Silistrin , with a suite of twenty-four persons . He intends proceeding thence to England . iVri ' atigcituunts are in progress for erecting a new . pier at London-bridge , on the Surrey side of the . ri yor . Persons who land at the steam-boat pier , will be able to pass under the bridge and ascend on the side of the road nearest the railway . The Nord speaks of a memoire which the Abber Prince Lueion Uonaparte has sent to the- Emperor upon the Italian question . The Abb 6-Prince lionaparto was educated at ¦ Homo , is very devoted to the Pope , and bus up to this timo refused all tliq honours offered him by the Emperor . The first js ( ohc of a villa which Rossini intends building at l ' ussji was laid tlio othur day nem » tho Promenade dti Ttnnehigh . Tho maestro himself officiated on thy occasion , and ' placed under the stone an inscription and a modal which had been struck in honour ot'lils Siabitt . . ¦ " Amongst the events of the fortnight , " snys tho Bengal fJur / iuru , < " are an ordination , at which throe natjvos from tho north-wc'Storu provinces woro admitted to tho order of deacons . At Barriporo , sixteen niijos south of Calcutta , on tho 27 tlvjb ' eb . 102 native Christians woro OQiiflrnied . " The liite Mr . Connnirwionov Phillips loll personal ty valued at 30 , 000 / . and boquoathod tho wliolo to Ida widow , excepting a gold snuiF-box , a goblet , ami a travelling ' ease , which contained a kiriib , fork , and spoon , formerly belonging to tho Empwor Napoleon , At Lebanon , Kentucky , n young lady was waiting in -her room ready Urcssou for her imuTiugc , when tho bridegroom , on opening tho door , ocoasionod a draught , whioh blow hor veil into tho nro , In a moment b 1 iq was in flames , and sq areadfal wore tho injuries she received that death ensued . Tho Jerusalem Literary Society , which was sot on foot aonio years ago for tho purposo 61 '
investigating on the spot , the history and antiquities of the Holy Land , so unaccountably neglected by the great bulk of the English residents , has resumed its meetings , under tlie presidency of her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul , Mr . Finn . Surveying Expeditions . —Orders have been forwarded from the Horse Guards to the head-quarters of the Royal Engineer' establishment at Chatham , directing a surveying expedition of the Royal
Engineers io be held in readiness to proceed to Montenegro , for the purpose of making an accurate survey of the boundary line to Constantinople . The officers named to accompany the expedition are Captain Cox and Lieutenant Sitwellj RE . Another expedition of the Royal Engineers is also in course of formation for the purpose of proceeding by the overland route to Persia to survey the Turkish and Persian boundary line . This expedition is likely to be absent from England three years .
Russian Dixsers . On the now favourite fashion of dining , on the Russian model , Monsieur Gogue lias a word to say . There can be no doubt but that the old system of laying on all the dishes together , " though it has something grand and noble , and causes an agreeable surprise , ravishing the eyes before satisfying the taste , " still has this serious drawback ; they get a little cold before they can be served , and thus ' are sure to lose " some of their most precious qualities , " to say nothing of the atmosphere which the combined savours of so many dishes is sure to Generate . On the other hand , the Muscovite practice ensures the service taking place with extraordinary rapidity , and the viands being eaten at the precise instant they ought to be . It has that incontestable recommendation . It : has also this
economical advantage—have you twelve or twenty guests : all that is to be done is to reinforce each plate as required , there being no necessity for extra dishes . But what is perfect in . thfs world ! Monsieur Gogue darkly hints that , under this / Russian cloak , preparations that have visited the table on a previous occasion , may be introduced without danger of discovery , by which unworthy subterfuge , for . instance ¦ a salmon that yesterday evening adorned the foot of the table ; may to-day be foisted on the unsuspecting guest , in flimsy disguise of a side-dish ! To sum up all , the Russian -plan : seems to countenance good cheer ; but the old French plan is the more noble , more elegant , and splendid of the two I—Household Words . : ¦
Official Corruption in America . —The recent report of the Investigating Committee of the House of Representatives , demonstrates the painful fact that in " the model Republic of the world , " corruption of the most degraded kind pervades every branch of the public service , dictates the course of the Government , and finds a ready and not always tacit accomplice in thePresident himself . It charges and proves that the . country is governed by politics more than policy , and for the profit of political partisans rather than for the general good ; that the Executive and his Cabinet freely employ the public money to purchase friends and partisans ; and that for the gratification of a weak ambition the
President of the Republic descends to the arrangement of the details of bargain , and sale of the meanest of tho offices in his gift for the meanest of party purposes . That similar crimes were committed before the present administration came into power we fear is only too true , That previous impunity has only tended to aggravate the . evil , and more firmly establish this system of robbery and wrong at Washington is only too obvious . The repprt of the committee of investigation , indeed , ia an indictment such as can scarcely find « - parallel in modern history , unless wo seek it in the recent events in Hay ti . Soulouque , tho black Emperor , plundered his country for his own private
emolument—Mr , Buchanan , tlie white President , consents to the plunder of his country for the emolument and advantage of his private friends . Many of our newspapers and all our stump orators are accustomed to rail , in terms unmeasured and with reproach unstinted ) against tho despotism of the world . " \ Yo denounce it and repel it . We devoutly thank God in tho face of all nations that wo are not as other men , and we proclaim that all people to bo t \ 'oo and happy * must do as wo do and bo as wo are . And yet there is no ruler in the Old World who would stoop to such paltry peculation as has juat boenrevoaled hero ; there is no Government in Europe thnt would
condescend to share tho hire of the labpuror appointed for political purposes ; thero is no form of society botweon tho British Isles and tho Oauoasus that would not turn with scorn from any public body guilty of such miserable national pockotpicking . If such a system bo permitted to continue , tho country can never achieve tho groatnoss to which the genius , intelligence , and enterprise of tlie people , if honestly diroutod , would cntitlo it . If there be no punishment for vonallty in high places , thero will'bo incessant encouragement to venality , bqcauso it is profi . ta . blo in monoy and in nowor . —Noiv York Times .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . As soon as the House assembled , Mr . Roebuck : asked Lord J . Russell to withdraw his motion which stands for Monday , and to substitute a series of resolutions which the House could take into consideration : If the noble Lord persevered in his course , it could only be for the purpose of thro wingout the present Government , and procuring a dissolution . He could assure the noble lord that it was most undesirable uzider present circumstances ,
to persevere , so as to lead to n dissolution , as in that case it might tend to precipitate war on the Continent . The object of the noble lord ' s .- ' motion was to bring those again into povv-er who . had been last year put out of office . This lie could by no means approve of He also ' wished to ask the Chancellor Of the Exchequer , whether ,, in case Lord J . Russell consented to what he asked , whether he ¦ ¦( Air . Disraeli ; would withdraw his bill , and bring in another founded on sUch resolutions ' ' as the House
might adopt . , Mr . Cox said he had a similar notice on the books . The Resolution of Lord John Russell did not go far enough , and- ^ 'ould not satisfy the Radical party in that House . lie wished tho ' noble lord to state what he intended to do . about the Ballot . lie could tell the noble lord ( Lord John Russell ) , if he did not £ ? ive his adiicsion to the liallot , lie would never be considered by fifty members who supported the Ballot , as their leader . Lord joiix RL-ssin . L considered this discussion premature , lie hoped on Monday night to be able to satisfy the House that the course he proposed to take was the right one . When the time came for discussing the question of the Ballot he should be then prepared to avoAv his sentiments . VOTK OF THANKS TO LOKI > CU'UE , TUB
GOVJSJtNORGliNKRAL , AND THIS OtfJFlCKltS OP THIS AHJIY . Lord John Russkll , inquired whether it was intended to propose a vote of thanks to Lord Clyde , the Governor-General , and the officers who had distinguished themselves in the pacification of Oude . The noble lord accused the Government' of conveying , by the sneering tone of the last dispatch , the distrust which they entertained towards the Governor-General . ' ¦ Lord Stan i , i : y said it was the intention of Government to propose to the House u vote of thunlp to all those who , either in a civil or military capacity , had assisted in tho pacification of Oude .
Lord Paumeii . sto . n , adverting to the dispatch alluded to by Lord John U us sell , deeply regretted that Lord Stanley had written a despatch so sneering and ironical in answer to Lord Canning ' s despatch , which deserved dilft- 'i ' out treatment .
QlMilCN H M liSSKNl i KltS . Mr . Wish inquired what was tlio rcnuuieratkm of the Queen ' s messengers ! , and how the . £ 40 , 000 voted to defray their expenses was disposed of . Mr . l '' mGKK . \ u > would lay tho papore on tho table , which would explain the matter . The salary was £ ! iliO u your , with a liberal allowance for travelling expenses , TMK UKKOII . M lWl . f .. Mr . Rich ivavu notice that in Committee , on tlio dislranchisi'MKJiit of small boroughs , he should move that property , as well as population , he taken xuto account .
this t , i ; rKitAXNi . ' . v . Ti <> N' him .. Sir S . NaimicoTis , in moving that the Ilouso go into Committee on this bill , said , it wuh procisoTy sli ilar to he bill introduce ! hy the Into Government last Tear i m < l » vu « iutcn . U'd to correct thu contuaion . nto w cl pemni . ua « i <» ns hud fallen hIiuk > the Act of 1834 , by vliich Act all V w * ona wore en titled to suiierannu . it ion , excout those who wore otherwise nrovIS for lv Act of , 1 'urllament , Tho Uon . ESiiet 112 i \ . ulverted to the objee ons that had been mlsul uirulust portions of the 1 ) 11 ) , and gave his rSSoni why 1 » o did not think tho objections wolL
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HOUSE OF LORDS . A long discussion arose in reference to the proclamation of Oude . There "was nothing of importance produced ^ ex cept the statement by the Earl of Derby , that the Government- were in full accord with the Governor-General , and that it was the intention of the Government to advise her Majesty to raise him a step higher in . the peerage . Some strong comments were ., made by Lord Guaxville oil the dispatch'written by Lord Stanley to the Governor-General . The Earl of Ellexborougii said the dispatch was justified by Lord Canning ' s conduct . Some remarks were made about the appointments of magistrates in Ireland . It was asserted that the system of appointments objected to took its rise in . previous administrations . —Adjourned .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2286/page/15/
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