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for the use of the corps , none of "which are under 100 strong . The Queen has accepted the services of three conipanies of volunteer rifles in the Isle of Wight- — viz ., at Ryde two companies ( Nos . 1 and 2 ) , and at Newport one company ( No . 3 ); and additional companies and subdivisions will shortly be formed * at Sandown , Ventnor , and elsewhere in the island . At a large meeting at Kirriemuir , in Scotland , the Earl of Airlie presided , and said : —" The present state of things as regards the relations between this country and the great military monarchies of Europe is one which cannot be contemplated without giving rise to . very serious reflections . How is it to be dealt with ? I think the people of this country have given a very practical answer to that question . They know that they can
scarcely combine with their free institutions that rapid and summary mode of action to which despotic Governments have recourse . They have , therefore , sought for their weapons in the armoury of freedom , They have endeavoured to find in their free institutions , in their habits of local self-government , iu their municipal organisation , some force which might countervail that of the great centralised military monarchies . And they have found it . They have had recourse to means which are in perfect accordance with the spirit of the constitution . Each town , e ach district , each community , great or small , has become the centre of an association for . the defence of the country . And this organisation has been perfectly spontaneous . It does not owe its existence to the fostering care of the Government . "
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The Court . —The Queen and royal family are spending the Christmas at Windsor in the usual style ; and are all in good health . Her Majesty and her daughters walk and ride daily in the grounds near the Castle , while the Prince of Wales and his father occasionally shoot in the royal preserves ; The Prince Consort has this week been in town for the purpose of transacting business at the South Kensington Museum and the Horticultural Society . Among the visitors at Windsor we find the names of the Duchess of Kent , Duke Pelissier , Count de Lavradio , the Prince of Leiriingen , and Sir Charles Eastlake , P . R . A . The Gazette contains an announcement that there will be a presentation of the Victoria Cross at Windsor Castle on the 4 th of next month .
Public Health . —The Registrar-General , in his last weekly statement , observes that the cold weather has produced a great increase of mortality , and asserts that in London 278 persons died who would have survived had the weather been less severe . The number of births was 1 , 768 . The New First Commissioner . —The Tipperary Free Press says : — " It is rumoured here that the post of First Commissioner of Public Works , vacant by the death of the . Right .. Hon . H . Fitzroy , will be conferred on Ralph Osborne , Esq ., M . P .
Mr . C . Gilpin ,. M . P . —This gentleman remains in a very precarious state . He has returned to town after a stay of some weeks at Folkestone , from which , however , he derived little or no benefit . The nature of his disorder being such as to prevent his swallowing more than the smallest possible quantity of nourishment , his strength is of Course much reduced . His attention to business of any kind whatever is strictly forbidden -by Sir B . Brodie and his other medical advisers . Under the most favourable circumstances his recovery mu 8 t be a most protracted one . There has this week
Revision of the Liturgt , — been held a meeting of distinguished laity of the Church of England , which is somewhat remarkable . It is a movement commenced to resist aggressions upon the Church of England . Lord Nelson was in the chair , and speeches were made by Mr . Henry Hoare , Mr . T . Erskine , Mr . Beresford Hope , and Mr . Hubbard , M . P . The language of these gentlemen is wordy and unpointed , yet it is pretty plain that the object intended is that of putting up the motto of Sans changer , over every parish church in the kingdom . The Prayer Book must not be changed , nor the laws for the repair of churches , nor any other thing which forms what is known as high and orthodox English Churchism .
Charitahljj Contributions . —The appeals made on behalf of the starving and destitute this Christmas , through the columns of the public journals , have produced an enormous sum . The Bishop of London writes to the editor of the Times : — ? ' I beg to thank you for' haying called attention to the claims of the Metropolitan Relief Association through the publication , of my letter , Allow me , in proof of the valuable service thus rendered , to acknowledge various important donations since received , and especially one of u thousand guineas , sent anonymously to the secretary , with a note addressed to me . "
Death 6 k > . Mb . Wright . — The onco popular comedian , Mr . Edwnrel Wright ,, died , after a . protracted illness , at Boulogne , on Wednesday evening last . Ho was born in 1813 , and was , therefore in his forty-sixth your . Ho first appeared on the staffO in 1834 , and fulfilled his last engagmnenfc at the Adelphi Theatrp . in March last . The peculiar talon t possosscd by Mr . Wright noods little rocoramondation at this moment s his most successful nchiovementa afo still frosh in the minds of the nublio , who will hear with sincere regret of the loss qustalned bv the , profession at a period at which
it can but ill afford tlie deprivation . Anti-Slavery Mhetino in Ei > iNnuucm . ; --J-he movement on bohalf of Dr . Chcevor , of Now ' York , roauiros notice . Among the clergymen of Now York that eminent divine etnnda foremost , aa tho advocate of anti-slavory principles . 1 ho greatest efforts havo , in conaonuonoo , been put forth by tne pro-slavery party to drive him from the pulpit wliiah ho fills with so much honour and success . In this they have not succeeded , but tlioy havo so far diminished the pecuniary resourooa of the Cmirctt that Dr . Cheover ia conatralnod to appeal to Ms English brothron for sympathy and ass istance . On ? result of the appeal has been the holding of a . < rroat mooting at Edinburgh , at which Dr . CandlUl *
delivered an admirable apooch . Tub Wakhk-ibld Inquirx—On Saturday , tno commission again a » aomblcd at WakefioM to inquire
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LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . In the Divorce Court , on Saturday , Sir C . Cresdwell gave judgment in the case " Sopwith v . Sopwith . " This was a petition on the part of the wife for divorce , on . the ground of her husband ' s adultery ; The evidence showed a very discreditable course pursued by the petitioner and her friends to get up evidence . His lordship gave it as his opinion that gross perjury had been committed , besides that there were glaring inconsistencies and discrepancies in the statements of the petitioner ' a witnesses ; he believed there was no substantial proof in support of this charge ; he therefore dismissed the petition , and decreed that the respondent should be indemnified in costs .
That dirty busijjpss , the case of the Hon Hugh Rowley , was again the subject of investigation this week , but with great judgment the magistrate , Mr . Paynter , rebuked the further unnecessary exposure that has been made of it , and condemned Rowley for making an additional Show of himself . Mr . Paynter has formally adjourned the inquiry for a week in the hope that he and the public may hear nothing more about it . It therefore rests with the unfaithful and divorced husband to drop the matter . If he does not do so , there will have to be a grand jury indictment , which is not likely after what the magistrate has said .
Complaint has " been made to Mr . Selfe , at the Thames Police-court , against Robert Weir , late captain of the brig Cuba , now lying in the West India Dock , that he refused to deliver up the certificate of the ship ' s registry , incurring thereby a penalty of . £ 100 . As Weir was out of the way and could not be found , orders were given for the grant of a new certificate . A man , named William Betts , was charged at Wprship-streof Police-court , before Mr . Hammill , with forging a name to procure a marriage . It was urged in extenuation that the act was committed for the purpose of saving his sister from disgrace . The prisoner was remanded , and bail refused . ' ' ' .
A person named Honry Albert Ball was placed at the bar of Guildhall police-court , charged with forgery and fraud It was stated , that the prisoner had been employed to procure advertisements for a now work , » nd had brought in one which was subsequently repudiated , and the order pronounced to be a forgery . He had likewiao received the commission allowed for tho advertisement . Alderman Salomons remanclod tho case for further inquiry . Henry Paul , foreman to a printor and publisher of St . Martin ' u-lano , in wlioao service ho had been for ten years , was charged before Mr . Henry at Bowatreot police-court with stealing a quantity of books from his master ' s warehouse . The prisonor was committed for trial .
At tho Mansion House , on Thureday , thoro was n charge of attempting to bribe a Government official . TJUo Lords of tho Admiralty complain that ono Mr . Jolin A . Salmon attempted to bribe Mr . Miller of the Ppxtsmouth dockyard , so tljat this offloial might gtvo his certificate allowing certain sums of money claimed for work done . Tho sura alleged to havo boea thus offered was . j 6 0 , sont to Mr , MUter In two cwvoHopea . Mr . Sleigh , for tho defence , aonlod a
corrupt purpose , aud charged the Admiralty with appointing spies , assailing them for such a practice . The defendant is remanded . A traveller , named Robert Pluck well , who had been fourteen years in the service of Mr . Penson , of Snow-hill , was charged , at the Guildhall Policecourt , yesterday , with embezzlement , amounting to between £ 200 and . £ 300 . Evidence being adduced , Alderman Finnis committed the prisoner for trial .
A Dorsetshire farmer sends us the record of the conviction of a brother farmer for putting a trapped pheasant into his pocket . The defendant and his father have been in the occupation of the farm on which this occurred for twenty-two years , and are highly respectable individuals . The farmer ' s son had nothing to do with the laying of the trap , but was spied out by Lord Sandwich's gamekeeper , as he killed it . He gave the pheasant up to the gamekeeper .
The foreman and ten of the jury who convicted the Rev . Mr . Hatch on a charge of indecent assault , have signed a memorial to the Queen , representing that if the facts now ^ tated by the prisoner in a petition to the Queen had been proved before them , they would have acquitted him . They therefore pray that these facts should be investigated . Tlie twelfth juror is reported as " unable to attend . " Mr . Traill , the Greenwich magistrate , who , with Captain Harris as nautical assessor , lately held an official inquiry into the loss of the steamship Paramatta , has just made his official report to the Board of Trade . The Paramatta was one of the Royal Mail Company ' s ships , and ' was wrecked on her first voyage on the Horse-shoe Reef , near St . Thomas ' s . It is considered by the Commissioners , as stated in their report , that Captain Baynton , who commanded the vessel at the time of the wreck , did not exercise
a proper degree of caution under the circumstances , and in consequence his certificate is suspended for twelvemonths . A special report has been printed of a trial at Liverpool on the 9 th inst . involving a question as to the right of masters of vessels to retain commissions , gratuities , or passage money . Mr . Benson , captain of the ship Pomona , had retained , on his return ^ ron ! Calcutta , certain sums which had been handed to him by persons at that port whom he had employed had
to execute work upon the vessel , and which he received as commissions or gratuities . He was also charged with having appropriated to liis own use two sums respectively of £ 15 and . £ 45 , received from passengers . A verdict of acquittal as regards embezzlement was rendered in each case , but it is important to observe that the bench and the jury concurred in expressing distinct condemnation of the course that had been pursued , and a hope that the disclosures made would operate as a warning .
" Whether they used the term gratuities , or presents , or discounts , " observed the Deputy Recorder , " nothing could be more monstrous than . to suppose that a captain , who had under his charge his employer ' s interest , should take money from the tradesmen with whom he dealt , with whom he made bargains , and over whose conduct he was the only person who really exercised any control . " At the close of tlie case the Court advised Captain Benaon to account to his owners for the money which was defaulting , intimating that , although he had been acquitted on the criminal action , it was still open to them to take such oivil proceedings as they might think fit . ¦ . ... ,., _ into the late lamentable
Tlie Coroner ' s inquiry fire in George-street , Westminster , has been brought to a termination . The jury returned a verdict to the effect that there was not sufficient evidence to sliow how the fire originated , and while declaring that there is no evidence to show that the slightest blame attached to any ono , they express regret the parish engine was not sent for . It appeared , hovrovor , in evidence that this engine was not of any great use , „ ,. Two lamentable shipwrecks are announced . 1 lio moat sorious ia that of tho Blcrvio Castle , bound for Auatralia , which is supposed to havo been lost aomowlioro in the Channel , the evidence of it boing a number of cases bearing her name which havo been niuked uo at Calais and at othor points of the lost
French coast . Tho othor ship which liaa boon is tho Lady Franklin , a vossol engaged in tho bouth American trade . It is boliovod that all on board have perished excepting ono of tho crow . Ifom additional particulars received respecting tho loss of tho JJlorvio Cftstlo in th © Channel , on Tuosday night or Wednesday morning in last week , tnero s little reason to doubt that that voesol camo into coiliflion with another , and tlio consequence was that tha Blorvio Caatlo was lost ) , with all her passengers , mid perhaps tho other vosaol was lost also , for some doubt is ontertaiuod whether a wrook which lms boon observed floating in tho Channel waBtlio Blorvio OaaUlo , as its appoimvnco does not , 11 »« * JJ could bo tiscortaliiod . corroepond with * . «*'*« . ««» vosaol . That tho Blorvio Cuatlo waa lost nt tho titfio itatoa there is but too good reason to bollevo ,
on account of goods being found on the coasts of England and France that had formed part of the cargo of that unfortunate vessel .
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* " No . 510 . Dec . 31 , 1859 . 1 THE LEADER . 1411
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 31, 1859, page 1411, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2327/page/7/
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