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ceedings against . jLo ^ d *' . ' 3 Bttiry ' , ' ; . ' w ; hose ; . name ; he was assured tfojjMLbG strucfc'ljpfti by a ' cpnYmlttee of the House of Coth ^ bns ' niF ^ MuiatTyy ah d his own substituted . Sir : Samuel then alluded to the differences in itie Cabinet ofrthe' ^ UDJect of Reform , which were so markted' thttt * he thought it was probable they might yet lead to sundry ministerial resignations among the ^ haftpV family" now in Downing-street . Lord Bury could , he thought ; give them a good deal of information oh the subject of bribery , of which ,
through his agents , he liad considerable experience . The Reformers of the north have , as we under-8 tand " ft'om > circular ; of the Northern Reform Union , held rio fewer'thaLn 200 public meetings . They have sent eightyrflve ^ petitidhs to Parliament , and have issued 5 O 0 , 0 d 0 tracts and publications . They intend , before Parliament meets , tb hold fifty meetings in addition , and , in the meanwhile , they call upon their brother reformers throughout the country to organise their respective districts . . 1 at
TheFinancial Secretary ^ for India , a meeting of his old pevbnpOrfc- constituenf s , spoke ; of the gross deception which the Cliinese had practised upon the flag of England , which , he continued , had been' tarnished ih a way to which England would never submit . Mr . Wilson also wishes us to understand that the perusal Of the official correspondence might lead td the conclusion that Mr : Bruce has acted in strict accordance with the instructions he received from Lord Malmesbury . Mr . Ei S . Catlet , M . Pi , has delivered , at Catterick , a speech treating of France and a French invasion . Mr . Cayley is greatly alarmed at the policy of Louis Napoleon , and he urges that we . ought to spend immense sums of money in preparing England for " contingency , " and the rifle clubs should be formed all over the country like" cricket elevens . "
The great Conservative banquet to Lord Derby on the 29 th will be atery splendid affair . The chair ' . "" will be occupied by Mr . Shand , Chairman of the- Liverpool Conservative Association . An imposing array of Conservatives is presented in the list of distinguished persons ; v ? no are expected to attend , among them Lord Malmesbury , Mr . Disraeli , Sir John Pakington , Lord Chelmaford , Sir Hugh Cairns , Lord Stanley , Lord Ravens worth , General Peel , Lord Hard wick , Lord Eglintoun , the Marquis of Salisbury , the " Marquis of Bath , Lord Wilton , Lord John Manners , Colonel Taylor , &c .
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Creorgc , St , ephehijpn , his father ,, deemed Himself a riglkt happy ipjin when , ' 6 n earnings Of' il . a-week , he cofci < f offer his hand and fortune to the pretty farmservant / Fahny'Heftue ^ oh / He tobk her t ; 0 his hom& oh the'batik of the Type , ' towards the end ojf ' 1802 * and on : the T . 8 th " of DfcceJttber in the following year . George gtephtehsbn ' s "only son ,- Robert , was bom j George . Step hen son-felt deeply hiir , own warit of , ed , ue ft itioqj , apd m ^ owdcr ; that his son nqight not suflfeffrom . the , Brtme . c ^ MBp ^^^ of , himflrst toa sqhool , atX ^ ng ^ enton , arid afterwards jo , the schqajl of ^ a , wST OP ' i * ^^^^ > » & le * wMm #$ % ? i age . of lp , Robert ! ^ tejp henson was apprenticed to Mr ^ NieHcW ^ Vbo'd ;; ai mllihgwbrtr vfo learn"the 1
. ; , ROBERT STEPHENSON . This great engineer died at his residence in Gloucester square on Wednesday morning last , in his fiflty-seventh year . Mr . Stephensoh's health had beendelicate for about two years , and he complained of facing strength just before his last journey to Norway : / Ifi Norway he became Very unwell ; and when'he arrived at Loweatoft lie was so weak that he hadno "be carried from his yacht to the railway , and thence'to his residence in Gloucester-square , Vhere > hie malady grew so rapidly as to : leave from ijh ? $ F 9 fc but faint Tiopfcs of his recovery . He had not , strength enough to , resist the disease , and ; he grad ^ ajly sank aad died ., ... He was . born -under ' Very humble circumstances .
business < tK * mi fc 6 H « r / J "WhereWe served for tutee jreura , an * bec&me fantUfrar > M < ith alKthe 'deparftn ' onts offund&rriround ' ^ orfc . :. j His > father » was engaged at thevswrie 'coHleir ^ ' < vnd ' > tf ) e'evenings 1 of t > oth wdro devoiedttotthelt'iDfi'ntnRl'i ni ^ yrcrvement / , ^ ¦; ' ¦ ¦ • ¦ •' - " \ MXaiG ^ oTge'Stephtenson ^ ffmnd the desirerioon arosei to "give "hitr . ion'A"Btill ^|) EitteTi eduotxtiom ¦ ' He sent ' hint in > the ! year * I 62 t > 'ito >* hw < lDuinbUTg > h Univprsityi ^ e . ? eiHopo was featuring ' ph « h < 3 mi » trvySir John ' LceH&on'nntuitialbhiloaoph ^ an d Jameson on natural hi » tor . y . wi Though youba <>| $ f eplten 0 on remainodiin Edinbik-fflu but ^ ftSxnmotfths ; Me 4 b' surinoned -that
he '« tf&ft » -tnuali Vorlo ^ n ^ tlittt-tirtieiaB most ^ tudentff do-in w » threcf ' yeaTWc 6 wW » e . . ifo'c ' d&thlb ffethor BoVrift JP 80 sa )> uti . i ; thi < monoy % t » riaoHot trudged / when J < tho Bon ^ et ^ riaed ^^ lC ^ Hng ^ dr ^ hijin' Ih 6 aumtner ^ f t&tolc b * i % faj $ 1 rttt ) t > hifei 4 ^?> r ^ hehw | igained « ati > eh ^! WttiveMi « y . ''Hiu . > n . nr * y . uii m 'jt fXhfc ra 7 ^< w » v , thiM" » ntrf * iirUe 8 tlio prtneiprtl w ^ rka o ^ thUvgtej ^^ owtM ^ ni 181 ^ 2 Robort > Qtepheheon i \ nw WPI-Mnlcqailtoohlit Atth ^^ ho 'had bj > th ^ ^ wre ' ? tlffW 4 ^ islo ^ ini « « tlv » w «( rmJtocto # M « 5 ®^ ra « WW gWlrf » lMr » yj <* n ^ l * teoapl ^ iof ytora *' < f ^ won ;*^ o < ocoi % d )^ c ori » ni ^» k > ii i ^ ssneatnino ^ tho
gold and silyeir tnines of * . South r Atn eifi < ja : ; -Tlie change of air anil scenei eonfHbuled to thedres ^ oratidn ofhis heaTthi atfd , aft € r ^ liaViHg'Yojjttaa&r Mie Silver Minrng ^ tJoinpihy OF C 61 umbii , h& rettfrtied to Eiiglaiid in 182 ^; by ^ ay of the United :-1 States ' ' and Canada ; in . time to assist his'f&fcher in'the arrangemehts of the Liverpool and Manchester Railwayy by placing himself at the head of the factory at Newcastle . ; "About thistime , indeed ; hg skeins to have almost exclusively devoted his atten'fion to tne study . of the locomotiver engine , the working of which he explained jointly with Mr . Locke , in a report replying to that of Messrs . Walk # r anS Rastriqk , vrho advocated stationary engineSi How well he succeeded in carrying out the ideas Of his fathers was aftervp'ards seen when he obtained the prize of ^ E 50 D offered by the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway for the beit locomotive .
The next great work upon which Mr . Stephenson was engaged was the survey and construction of the London and Birmingham Railway , which he undertook in 1833 . He had already been employed in the execution of a branch from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , and in the construction of the Leicester and Swannington line , so that lie brought to his new undertaking considerable experience .. On being appointed , engineer to the company he , settled in I ^ jndon , and had fhe satisfaction of seeing the flraisddcut on the , 1 st of June , 1834 , at Chalk-farrti . The ; line was complete in four years , and on the 15 th Seikiember , 1838 , was opened . The difficulties of this vast undertaking are now all forgotten , but
at the time they , were so formidable that it was seriously proposed to abandon , the tunnet altogether , but Robert Stephenson ; accepted the responsibility , of proceeding , and in the end conquered every difficulty .,. He worked with amazing energy , and it may be said that in one way or another lie has been engaged on all the railways in England , while in conjunction with his father he has directed the execution Of more than a third of the various lines in the country . Father and son were consulted as to the 35 eigium system of railways , and obtained from iSing Leopold the Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1844 . For similar services performed in Norway , which he visited in 1846 , Robert Stephen-, son received the Grand Cross of . St . Olof . He
also assisted either in actually making or in laying out the systems of lines in Switzerland , in Germany , in Denmark , in Tuscany , in Canada , ih Egypt , and in India , As the champion of locomotive in opposition to ; stationary engines , he resisted to the uttermost the atmospheric railway system , which was backed with the authority of Brunei , and had at one time a considerable repute , although it is now nearly forgotten . In like manner he had to fight with Mr . Brunei the battle of the gauges , the harrow against the broad gauge , and it is superfluous to say ith ^ at he was successful here as in , all his undertakings . In the sphere of railways he has been since the death of his father the foremost maiQ , the safest guide , the most active worker . ' ' : V " ';" ¦¦ ''
, It is in ^ he Balsby funnel and the bridges which he greeted for railway purposes that his . genius , as an , pngineer ia most strikingly , displayed , and by these j , t is , that , he will be b ^ st remen ^ berod . Of his bridges , we refer to the liigh level one ^ at Newcastle , constructed of wood and iron * to the Victoria-bridge at Bermck ' built of stone and brick , ta'the bridge in wrought and cast iron across the Nile , to the 1 Conway . andthe Britannia bridges over the Menai Straits , and to the Victoria-bridge over the St . Lawrence . With ; the method of tubular , bridging Stiephen . flpn ' s name . is pequliftrly . identified ,, . and by it < he . will probably be . bosit known to , , posj |; erity as , distinguished . f jom b . i . 8 . , father ,,, ^ ho . has almost ; the
entjre , pre aif 0 jttinr e rauway system . jji w ^ li » ot bo swo poseci that , Mr , JRoberJ ; , Stephenagn'a ^ bowv ft were confined fa tho ; onstructten and j survey Of railways . We have reports of h > 8 qn the > London and Liverpool systems of waterworks . In j 1847 'hei'w a 8 returned ^ b ' a tfn&rttbe * of Parliament for WMtby , fat the'Conservative interest ; ¦ He took A i great interest iri all'flcientiflb Investigations , and was -a iDetaatoer ' of' notoro limn one' scientific Bociety . Hia ' liberftllty intthe'oauae of science was gresit , and it may betaibntionea 1 tlmt he earner forward 4 n 1855 > and' paid OflTw ' debt' amtiuhtine to ^ 3 , 100 ; which th «
Newcastle Literary arid PliilosophicurSociety' lind incurred , hii'niOtfvc . being ; to ubG ' hia own fllu a . ; , graUtUa € ffbr > t ! lie'bteWi 0 fit 8 which ho hSniaelfhad recoiV € i *< rom'Jit'W , m rt } ply'Hft 3 fj i ' -w hitf ^ bsa'wm ' be fblt atffQVeiy ift ^ liis ' prof ^ ioir , "it ^ will be ^ till more polghttnMy'Mt ^ n < 'hi * ulttrg 6 i circle' ) of'friends and ftCcfnalrifranocijt for ^ Iie'wtvfl tftgood'iaar'Ho wef »• gteat , fthd-ehoimaiKUiws ^ eTm ' mohJ to » b 6 odmired thUn ^ the engin ^ r > i '' j J Hi » rtben ^ len <^^ wn B ^ rtbouhdecl ^ 'and qver | « ytwfi ¦^^ eApewIfed ^ iho'uflttnd , * iw ^ duttik"gfood nnae « m 'HiS ^ thift ?* cfliro 'l « i't » j «^^/^ wa ' a for > the children HMT old ft- ^ ntlB'HvhO'lmd be 6 b ^ kinO- ^ o'him ' in ertriy lift ) , ' a < tmittg * lt < iMfo l theht * ir'B < Jhbb \ t ) f ^ Tia Tprotidirt ^ 'ftn ^ lwhl wltH > 3 oHtvrAot © WiUb gehoirtteivyv i »> t ;
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. , LITERABX N . P , TE ^ VpF THE ^ E % / ' .- > •• ¦ ¦ •; ..- ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ . ¦ : » ,. : r- . ¦ ¦ . ¦ •; . ' ... - ¦ ' " ' . ' MR , W . ; MOY THOMAS , who is so well known as a contributor to our periodical literature , and also as a learned and persevering archseologist , basin the press a selection of stories , ' originally written by him for Household Words . The volume is to be called " When the Snow Falls /? and will be produced by Messrs . Sampson Low 8 c Son . ^ ¦ . ... Among the principal books in-Messrs . Longman ' s new list of forthcoming works are : —Palleske ^ s * ' Life of Schiller , " translated by Lady Wallace the third and fourth volumes of Capt . Brialmont ' s ' Life of the Duke of Wellington , " translated by the
Revi Gv R- Gleig , MiA . ; , Moore's " Lalla Rookh , " illustrated by John Tenniel ? Bunyan ' s " Pilgrim ' s Progress , " with a preface by the Rev . Charles Kingsley , and steel and wood engravings after designs by ; Charles Bennett ; a new edition of "Italy in the Nineteenth Century , " b y the Right Hon . James Whiteside , M . P . ; Vol . II . of the " History of France , " by Eyre Evans Crowe ; w Tlie Sea and its Living Wonders , " by Dr . George Hartwrg ; a " History of Constitutional and Legislative Progress in England , siace the Accession of George I 1 L , by ThomasErskineMay ; the Abbe Domenech ' s"Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North
America ; " ' ^ Travels Peru and Mexico , " by S . S . Hill , Esq . ; Vol . VII . of the Works of Lord Bacon , collected and edited by J . Spsdding , M . A . ; R . L . Ellis , M . A ., and D . T >^ Hea , th , Esq . ; an improved edition of M'Culloch ' s " Commercial Dictionary ; " a new edition of Dr . lire ' s " Dictionary of Chemistry , " by Henry Watts , B . A ., F . C . S . ; an-entirely new edition of Ure ' s " Dictionary of Arts , Manufactures , and Miiies , ^ edited by Robert Hunt , F . R . S . F . S . S ., assisted by some of the first scientific men of the day , and many other minor works .
Mr ; Bentley ' s literary announcements for the season include " Lives of the Archbishops of ( Canterbury from the Mission of Augustine to the Death of Howley , " by Dr . Hook , Dean of Chichester ; " The Diaries and Correspondence of the Hon . George Rose , " with original letters of Mr . Pitt , Lord Castlereagh , Marquis Wellesley , Mr . Wilberforce , Lord Eldon , Mr . Perceval , Lord Sidmouth , Lord Bathurst , with a correspondence with Lady Hamilton respecting Nelson aud his daughter , edited by the Rev . Leveson Vernon Harcourt ; " Say and Seal , " by the author of " Queecby , " &c , * ' Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Rev , Richard Hurd , D . D ., Bishop of Worcester , " by the Rev . F . Kilvert , M . A . ; " The English Satirists , " with a Preliminary Essay hof
on Satire ; " The Autobiograpy a Seaman , ' by Thomas , TSarl of Dundonald ; " « Lives of the Princes of Wales , " by Dr . Doran ; " Anecdote Biography , " by John Timbs ; the third volume of M . Guiiot's " Memoirs of my own Time ; " the third and concluding volume of " The Life of Charles James Fox , " by the Right Hon Lord John Russell , M . P . i " The Court of England under the Reign of George IIL , " by J . Heneage Jesse ; Enngo-Bragh , or , Irish Life Tales , " by W , Hamilton Maxwell ; " Women Artists in all Ages and Countries , " by Mrs . E . F . El let ; " History of the Governprq-Oeneral , of India , " by John Wilham Kaye : '• • Jean and Nicolette , " by the author of " Thd Mill in the Valley j" London and Pans ,
Social and Religious ; " " SiiaKespeare r » i' ^ v * Pictures Grat 6 and Gay , " by Dr . Maghm ; and numerous lesq ilmppTtant book 9 . Thb Indian Xancet contains much , matter that is interesting to the medicnl profession , andis , as far as cirownstancea will permit , what its nnrne imports .. There is a report on thev sanitary condition of Indian gaolBi an epitome of medical nowa from tho Eng ^ sb mediqal journala , und oylainaloocounts of BGywa . } caaos in this country . The / m /?« n Lancet is a bi-monthly publication , mid doserxps the
support of tho medical profession , . Tl > b Boston Cwrifr publishes the followmg letter , Which Lieut , Coll John S . Forster , of tho ^™* Committee of the Mercantile Library A w ^ j" ! "' haarecoived from Mr . Charles Diokens :-- ' * I » og to assure you , in xeply to your obliging letter , tiiai you are miainformed , and that I have no in ^ n " " of yisiting Ajmorica , in tho enBuing outumn . ~ -0 iumm » Piojcj ^ a , !' , . } a ± a It Jhtaa . iFCPW *^ ^ eqn . annQuoc d that tiw «»« iJarl Minio Ws Toft : a MS . wprk of great intent and value , " from which his admirers ( if » ny ) jvntioj-Pftte mrtch . Tl » c n ^ mc -w ^ Wtjh thO'worfc ia to recoivo , howot « r > 'hft « no * yfefbtteft announced . ' ' ' f -The Owning leotute > for' ' tl ^ \ yintov j Soaa ion-oi trntTe ^ ffity Oolloiefe t ^ aa' d ^ UVtor pd by rrofoBsor Nowmnu on WeurteiitrtyiMn th ' e ' FaouHy of ArM ftno ( La ^ $ <^ i <|? h 0 « r ^ fe »» Or ^» kotciV < ia « tno J > rogt « H 8 oi
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 1156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2316/page/16/
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