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Tuesday afternoon lust , in the nave Abbey . grave is near to that of R > bert Stephenson , and close by the pulpit from which the « ermons : it the special Sunday evening services are preached . A vast number of persons congregated in the neigh , bonrhobd of the Abbtjy to witness the arrival of the funeral cortejrewhich © insisted of the hearse , lo morning coaches ,-about 50 private carriages , and some 400 or 500 gentlemen on foot . Jt is with deep regret that we announce the death o ? Mr . Albert Smith . This popular author appeared as usual in his entertainment at the Egyptian Hall . on Monday evening . He afterwards had a sudden and severe attack of bronchitis , which prevented his reappearance oil Tuesday , as announced * and terminated fatally at his residence , North JEnd Li * dge , Fulhain , at 8 o ' clock on Wednesday morning . ¦ _
.. . . A very large public meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon at Manchester , ' ¦ " the Free Trade Hall , in promotion of the mission to Ce * itra , l Africa . Lord Brougham and the Bishop of Oxford attended the meeting . The third annual meetinsT of the City of London Auxiliary to the City Mtosion was held on Wednesday at the London Tarern , under the pre * 4 deney of the Earl of Shaftesbury . At Epsom Races on the Derby Day , Wednesday , May 23 , the race was won by " Thormanby , " belonging to Mr . Merry . The value of the . stakes , deducting * the money to be paid to the second , horse ( the Wizard ) , the judge , and towards expenses , is £ 6 , 030 .
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Fromi * .-Constantinople , May 21 , instructions have been forwarded to the Turkish diplomatic agents abroad ,-informing them that the Sultan questions the competence of the Powers to institute the inquiry pi oposed by Russia . The Sultan invokes Article IX . of the Treaty of Paris , dated 30 th March , 1856 . The Marquis de Lavalette has addressed the principal French residents in Constantinople , in a speech which has produced a sensible effect oil the Bourse , and caused a . considerable rise in the quotations of foreign exchange . ^
From Koine , May 22 , we learn that a band of 500 volunteers have re-entered Tuscany . A butallion of Pontifical chasseurs [ fired upon each other in error ; a captain , ' lieutenant , ' and five soldiers were killed . Artillery has left Rome for the frontiers . From Naples' the -success of Garibaldi ' s troops has been confirmed . Berliu , May . 23 . —The Prussian Chambers were closed to-day by the Prhice Itegent , who in his speech biihI : . '" Government is most ; seriously endeavouring to bring about such solutions oft . hu questions which at present engage the attention of the European Cabinets us will be adequate to the maintenance of the buliuic .: of power . "
Vienna , May 19 . Austria , Prussia , and England are said to have agreed to the following : — " 1 . As to the maintenance of the integrity of the Empire . 2 . Should an inquiry into the situation of the European Christians in Turkey take place , it is by no means to be instituted exclusively upon the basis of the facts given by Russia , but in an independent manner , and upon the facts reported by the different A-mbasScidm-s and Consuls in the East . " From Naples , Monday , May 21 , it is announced that the Neapolitan army lias been totally defeated , near . Palermo , by the soldiers of Guri . ba . ldf . ^\\ q Patrie of Monday contains a despatch , announcing that Colonel Piinodatt had . obtained a decided success against the volunteers who hud jentered the Roman territory . Tile brother of Orsini is said t : > have been killed . The Pontifical gendarmes were 80 in number , a « d the revolutionists .-300 .
Paris , May 22 ; - / . Ttee Opinion-Rationale says : — " Tlie despateu of a Freiic 4 » naval force to the AdViatic is spoken of . " The official journal of Nnplps , of the l . Sth ins . t ., states that Garibaldi is in C * •¦' ¦ " ' ¦¦ •"''¦"¦ ' . ; -. .. ¦¦ . — ' . - Ki / iilir ¦ ' — ¦ ' ¦ ¦
According to later instructions , received from Vienna , the Austrian flotilla will be provisionally confined to cruising off the Neapolitan coasts , in the Adriatic , without crossing the Straits of Messina . Turin , May 22 . The Treaty of Zurich has been approved in the Sardinian Cuumber ^ , by 215 agsmist 16 votes . The report of the Committee < m the treaty of cession of Savoy and Nice to France concludes by proposing its approbation by tbe Chambers . The Piednvontese Governiiient has prosecuted tlie Bishop of Forli for suspending the ' priests who assisted at-the celebration of the ^ gtf / rt'at ^ Boio'gn ^ aHn ^ iontnn ^ or-the ^ ardinian- ^ onstitntion ^
Wo have news from India to April 28 . —Mr . Wilson in a speech in council answered the objections of tho Madras Government to hid scheme of taxation . On the morning of tho 201 h tho Wuziirces attnekod Colonel Jmmsden's column , with some damage to the c . tttle nod camp follower *; but they were driven out with heavy loss , and pursued for three miles over tho hills , and , to nil appoaranqea , huve been broken up . Tho cholera has been prevalent in Omlc , but is now disappearing .
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Madame L : uira Baxter , Miss Anne Cox , Miss Eleanor ArmstmrrgTMiss Eliza Hughes , and Mr . Winn . " The beating of my own heart" was charmingly sung by Miss Cox , and encored * Miss Armstrong's sinking of " Flow on , O silver Rhine / ' was deservedly applauded . Mr . Winn , the popular ballad vocalist , song with great spirit and vivacity " John Brown , or a Plain Man ' s Philosophy , " and was loudly encored . In the second part , Madame Laura Baxter gave " Oh , weel may the keel row" with considerable grace Miss
and ' liveliness , and elicited by it the warmest applause . Cox was also most pleasing in rendering " Tell me , my heart . " Mr . Winn ^ who al w ay s succeeds in rousing his audience to a high pitch of hilarity , was exceedingly happy in giving the old . English ditty , " " Come , lassos iWul ' lads . " . Tne harp soloa—fantasia on '' Home , swoet home , " and " Rule ' Britannia , " and " Welsh Melodies , with variations , " were cleverly and exquisitely performed by Mr . Huberts , who , on respiKiiling fco the euorgetiu encores , gave oilier'fine . specimen * olhi-i skill on the harp . Tlio concert was , throughout , highly pleasing and successful .
Assur . Sjghor Belart in the character of Idreno was most effective , and the high priest Oroe was creditably rendered by Signor Vialetti . The choruses were well done , and the opera throughout gave unbounded satisfaction and delight . Madame Puzzi ' s concert on Slonday morning , at the Hanover Square Rooms , attracted a fashionable and numerous audience . Tue programme was well selected , and interpreted by highly talented performers . M . vlame Borg-hi-Matno , among the accomplished artistes present , may be said to have stood chief . ¦¦ In * the duet " Dunque . io son , " and the beautiful Neapolitan air "Santa Lueia , " 1
she created the higiest enthusiasm . Muile . Parepii sangso well the laughing sou * . ? from Aubar ' s last . opera , " Minon Lesctuit , " that she was compelled to repeat ifc . Tlie shadow song from " Diuorah" was brilliantly rendered by Madame Lemmens Sherrington . Various selections from " Martha , " " II Trovatore , " " II Barbiere , " and ¦ " Don Giovanni , " were admirably sung by Meadames Everardi , Rudersdorff , and Lemoire , by Siguori Mariano * Nerf , Solieri , Ciabafcta , and others . Three MS- productions were also performed ¦;• and an "'Ave Maria , " by Signor Giuglitu , the fine and accomplished tenor .
St . James ' s Haix was crowded on Monday evening last , the attraction being an instrumental and vocal concert of unusual interest . The instrumental portion of the programme was confided to M . Sainton , Herr Goffrie , Mr . Doyle , and Signor Piatti , who rendered the various pieces to perfection . The vocal music w » 3 interpreted by Mr . Sims Reeves and Mr . Santley . The latter was encored in Mr . Wallace ' s new soiig ^ ' The Bellriuger ; " he also sung well Mr . Davison's arrangement of Shelley ' s poeui , " Rough Wind , that moancth loud . " Mr . Sims Reeves gave the " Sleep Song , " from " Massaniello , " and was encored in the barcarole , " L ; i gita in gondola . " Mr . 'Benedict ' - accompanied with perfect skill and taste . We have no doubt that these Monday Popular Concerts will be crowded as long as they continue to be given .
Crystal Pa-lace , Sydenham . —Toe great flower show of the season will tiike place on Saturday , 26 th May . The entries by exhibitors are already in advance of last season . Tiic arrangements for the great international musical festival of the"Orpheonistes of France , in June next , arc progressing in the most satisfactory manner . The various societies , some of whom come * from the extreme south of France , have now sent in their adhesions , and the routes by which the small army will reach England are being settled with ' grea texactness .. . Probably not one in a hundred of these gentlemen has
ever before been in this country . To enable them all to arrive on the same day , inany routes must be - "adopted '; . and , therefore , it will be seen that no small-amount of care is requisite in this part of the arrangements . The interest excited by the affair in ^ Franee is very great , and it is already announced that many lending celebrities , literary and artistic , will accompany the excursion . -Measures are being organise . ! for offering our visitors 'those polite attentions which are freely dispensed , and held in so much esteem , by our continental nighbours .
At the London Mechanics ' . Institution , Mr . . Ellis . Roberts gave a concert on Monday evening last . The programme contained some attractive novelties in the choice of Welsh music , which were admirably performed by 3 Ir . Ellis Roberts , the skilful harpist himself . The vocal mn- < ic was well selected , and interpreted by
At Her MAffiwTV ' s Thratrk , , Mdlle . Alboni appeared ^ on Tuesday evening last in tho opera of " Scmirainide . " Oa h « r first appearance in tho same opera , fourteen years n ^ o , this fino and accomplished si iwer achieved universal fume . Hor Hplondid voico has lost nothing by time , her vocalisation on Tuesday evening being irreprou ' ohablo and f'aultleHrj . . In tho character of Arsaca Mdllo . Alboni certainly exhibita'tho rarest of vocal gifts , nnd fascinutos hor bearers completely . Mdlle . Titiens , thu ViennertO prima donna , alao displayed the fino qualities of hor rare voice , and was tumultuoualy applauded . Signor Everardi acquitted himself admirably as
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J N tho House of Commons o-i Tuursday night , on the . motion tor adjournment till Monday , Mr . Hennessey uallo ;! attention to the Htutemeut made by tho ¦ 'SoMCiTi > u-GE > 'i 5 a . vT . with reforuuoo to an advortisoment in the Times for railing money to assist tho insurgents in Sicily , and to a decision of the Court of Common Pleas as to tho legality of such a proceeding . Tuo Somoitor-GiSXisii . tx said Jtis opinion w . is , tliafc an individual acting by himself , by hia own will and mind contributing to the subscription in question , would not render himself liable fco an indictim-nt at common law . Mr . AViutksiue could not understand thpyiow tukeu by tho SoLicixou-GKNiaiAL of intefnittion . il law . Mr . James hud no ' doubt , as a lawyer , that thoro was clear evidence of nn ' ovwt act of eouapiraov , and thought tho Solicitor-Gnuoral had boon off his guard , mid had given a runh opinion . Tno Souoitob-Gbneu . vl said tbore could bo no doubt of the principle ut tue
co . i / mon law , that it was illegal to interfere m tho domestic affairs of anutliursLiitu , but tho Solicitor-General had unilurstouU tlie quobtion to refer to criminal proecedingd , and 1 tad Mated thut « n indiotment would not lio against n pumm who contributed to tho fund . Mr . OdBjKNK said it was now beyond doubt that thus aub-
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of Westminster The May 26 , I 860 . ] The Leadei * and Saturday Analyst . 505
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Leader (1850-1860), May 26, 1860, page 505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2349/page/21/
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