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No. 423, Hay 13 1858.] THE LEADER. 4£9
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THE CONFERENCES IN PARIS. The plenipoten...
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THE CONTINENT. The annual meeting of the...
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Mr. Wakvolk has resigned his appointment...
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I.I I S C El La Re O Us. The Court,—-Acc...
and goree and heaps of pine cones that lay about . Fed by these most inflammable materials , it seems to liave spread very rapidly , advancing simultaneously along the old Guildford road and towards th & Mitchet lulls . The views to be got from these steep heights into the country below -were picturesque beyond description , and tlie little glens and shady dales that lay between the ridges were exceedingly bonutiuil . Now nothing can exceed the desolate and weird-like aspect of the-whole
scene . All except the largest trees have been consumed , and the scorched and blasted appearance of these only makes the desolation still more striking in its appearance . The whole of the extensive range of the Mitchet heights appear like so many huge mounds of charcoal , 'the black look of which contrasts mo . st sadly with the rich green hills and plantations to be seen around . The intense silence , too , that pervades the great extent of hill and dale over wliich the lire lias raged'is not the least mournful of its many impressive features . "
Mk . Morris Moore ' s " Raphael . —We have received letters from Paris describing the host of visitors that crowd the rooms occupied by . Mr . . Morris Moore , 5-i , Rue do Crenelle St . Germain . Among them are persons of the highest rank . We have also a copy of the French journal , VUnion , which contains an article , if possible , more enthusiastic of the " Apollo and Marsyas" than those we have already given . Besides which , a private letter has arrived , upon which great reliance may . be
placed , stating that a communication has been sent ( from London ) to . M . .. MeYunee , of the Trench Academy , and Inspecleur-Gencral < les Monuments Ilistoriques et Antiques de franco , begging him to give no support to Mr . Morris Moore or his picture ; upon which that gentleman said , " Je ne dirai autre chose que e ' e . st nil magninqiie Raphael . " "NVe have already recorded the opinion given by M . Meriinooy and he is therefore too far committed- to retract , even if his politeness would carry him so far . —The Duildinj News .
Mr . Ed ' waud Auciimcty Gi-. ovEii . uas . been removed from Newgate to the Queen ' s Prison . . . The Caj ? e OF-Gooi > Hone—In the opening speech to Parliament of Governor Grey , liis Excellency announced the intention of the Imperial Government to confine the King of Delhi in 1 ' ort Cox , on-the frontier . The oner to employ ten . disaffected Sepoy regiments at the Cape has been declined . The attempts made . to raise a regiment of CatfVes or Fitigoc-s . have failed . Hostilities were apprehended between the Orange Free-State Boers and the chief Moshesh on the long-vexed boundary question . The Rev . J . "Wilson has been cruelly murdered in Cufrraria ; several coloured- herdsmen have been murdered by Cull ' res within one hundred milt : s of the metropolis , and a feeling of insecurity is spreading through the-couutrv .
The Rajah IS hook is made a speech on "Wednesday , at the ¦ anuivt'isary festival of the City of London General Pension Society , held at the London Tavern . In answer to the toast of his health , Sir James Brooke said : —'' It is not a short-sighted view which this country ought to take of its future re- \ lations with the East . When we look at the develop- i ment of our trade with China , and -when we consider the , recent occurrences in India , we must , if we be vise men , j and be guided by wise statesmen at the helm , look somewhat forward , and consider what the condition of future generations may be . It i . s not tlie . present advantage that . should exclusively- engage our thoughts , but the i > : , j - ' i j-
future well-doing of . our country should be a subject oi deliberate consideration . We might gain something from the present and preserve a groat deal for the- future . Care should be taken of present iuteix ^ ts , and caution adopted to prevent tho introduction of a foreign inllueneo . As far as regards myself , such an event woul . l be no sacrifice- But I lwk with the utmost confidence to the future . I will tell you , however , boldly and freely , as an Englishman ever oiiyht to ilo , that , if 1 do not find that support , that encouragement , and that justice from the Government of this country wliich 1 expect , and hope for , -then , 1 have rendered no services to England , and all I have achieved may puss into the kinds of a foreign power . 1 have ventured thus to tell yuu the truth . For the rest , i am eon ten ted to await the issue .
15 ut , gentlemen , whether iii this country or in a distant clime , L shall ever remember with the deepest gratitude your kindness to-night . " The . Duke of Wellington presided , and the health of the U : ijuh was proposed by Alderman Meehi . Pkkss Pkoswutions . —Mr . Slack , on Wednesday evening , delivered a lecture on Press i ' rosei'utious in aid of the Prosecution Fund . Tho ol » Jw : t of his discourse was to t-how that tyrannicide might be justified by an appeal to Scripture and to ancient ami modern history , and that good luonarchs need not ( ear a . s .-nssination . In the course of the evening , Mr . Kdwiu . lames and Dr .
Bernard were observed in tho body of the room , and , having received an enthusiastic welcome , went obliged to come forward anil address tho meeting . Tho former said he looked on the late prosecution as an attempt to set an obsolete law in force for the sake of crushing an object of political hatred , and of pandering to an alliance with a foreign ilcspoL . Tho latter i-xpwjsned in warm terms lm thanks to the , jury who acquitted him , and tho people who nyinputliized with him . Na'I'uuai , Gan . — Carburet . Ud hydrofoil obtained artificially from co : i ) , peat , oil , mid wood , is well known aa " gay , " of which such large siii'iilies are
nowneeded for the lighting of our towc This gas is thrown ou . t naturally from the coal deposits of niapy districts ; and is sometimes , under those circumstances , used for economical purposes . The fire-temples of Western Asia were , and still are , supplied from this source ; at some salt works in China they have long used this inflammable gas in evaporating tho braine , and lighting the premises ; the towu of Fredonia , in New York State , is lighted by means of a local supply of the gas ; in the Hepburn Colliery the gas from the coal is used in lighting the stables ; and at Wallsend a large quantity of gas ( 11 , 000 hogsheads a minute ) is brought to the surface in iron pipes , and wasted . —Mantell ' -s Geology .
Sucjae . —In the Chemistry of Common Life , the subject of sugar is treated in detail , which readers repetition here superfluous . Two questions only heed be touched on , Is sugar injurious to the teeth ? Is it injurious to the stomach ? To answer the first , we have onl y to point to the Negroes , who eat more sugar than any other human beings , and whose teeth are of enviable splendour and strength . To answer the second is not so easy , yet , when we learn the many important offices which sugar fulfils in the org-anism , we maybe certain that , if injurious at all , it is only so in excess . The lactic acid formed from sugar dissolves phosphate fo lime , and this , as we know , is the principal
ingredient of bones and teeth . By this dissolution it becomes accessible to the bones and teeth , and as sugar affects this , its utility is vindicated . But a surer argument is founded on the instinct of mankind . If we all so eagerly eat sugar , it is because there is a natural relation between it and our organism . Timid parents may therefore check their alarm at tlie sight of juvenile forays on the sugar- "basin , and cease to vex children by forbidding commercial ¦ transactions with the lolypop merchant , and cease to frustrate their desires fo-r barleysugar by the horrid and never-appreciated pretext of the interdict being "for their good . "—Blackwood's JSIiiyazirtC .
No. 423, Hay 13 1858.] The Leader. 4£9
No . 423 , Hay 13 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 4 £ 9
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.. Lea » i £ rOfmce , Saturday , Hay 1 st . LAST ¦ NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . In this House , the Oaths Bill was read a third time , and passed . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at half-past five o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . TIIE MILITIA . Ill answer to Mr . Laroucueke , Mr . Walpole said that the militia would not be called for training before the 3 t ) thof June . MK . EDWIS JAMES . Mr , Hunt asked the Home Secretary if Ins attention had been called to the part taken by Mr ; Edwin James in the meeting against Press Prosecutions . —Mr . Walroue said that until tlie notice of tlie question was given his attention had not been called to the proceedings at the meeting in question , but he then read the report with the utmost astonishment , lie was since informed that . Mr . James attended , not with Dr . Bernard , but
as a spectator , and that he only came forward on being called on . In many respects , tlie report was inaccurate with regard to Mr . James having-refused a brief for the Crown in the case of Bernard ; the A . ttomey-General applied to Mr . James to have his assistance in the prosecution , and he answered that he had been retained by the defendant and had had consultations in the case . The statement , therefore , that BLr . James said he rejected a retainer in tlie prosecution because it was an attempt to revive an obsolete Act of Parliament at the request of a foreign despot , was incorrect . lie ( Mr .
YYalpole ) had inven his full assent to Mr . <); nnes being Dr . Bernard ' s counsel ; the regular license for the purpose was at once given . It ought to bo known that the Crown never deprived prisoners of any counsel they required . MUTILATIONS AN 1 > KXKCUTU ) NS AT CANTON . In answer to Mr . KoimuT . soa , Mr . Skymouu Fitz-< JKKAI . D said Unit , wiih regard to a statement which liatl ap | eared of certain barbarous executions at Canton , there was no information on the subject ; but he was . sure they could not have occurred under tho cognizance of any English tribunal .
T 11 K INDIAN ltUSOl . UTIONB . On the motion for going inti > committee on the resolutions on tlie Government of Jndia , Lord Hakky Yank moved that tlie . change of circumstances yine . e the lirsL proposal by her Majesty ' s advisers to transfer the govemiuent of India from the Kiiat India Company to tho Crown renders it inexpedient to proceed further with lt' ^ 'i ^ laliou on the subject duri ng tlie present session . lie reviewed tin ; position in wliich the question now Htiuids , which lie contended ninlorially altered the imctissity which Iks , with many others , thought existed for immediate legi > lation . Notwithstanding tlie hucrt'SMis of our arms in India , tb « condition of things in that . count rv was not fjivouisihle to the
adoption of any great change of Government . — L ' uhlic opinion out of doon ; had not decidedly pronuuiieed as to -what ought to be the future government
of India . —Mr Gregory , who on a former evening had made a motion for postponing legislation , this . session , said he had withdrawn it only in deference to toe feeling of the House . He disclaimed any party motives in the course he had taken , being only actuated by a sincere belief that it was an inopportune moment to legislate for India . — -Mr . Arthur Mills opposed the motion , and Sir Fhancis BARtsci advocated delay . —Mr . Milnbr Gibson wa 3 in favour of proceeding with the resolutions .- —Lord Palmerston also opposed the motion , and declared his readiness to consider the resolutions in a fair spirit . —Lord Staklky , on the part of the Government , declared their intention of proceeding with legisla - tion itt the present session . The House then
divided—For the motion ... ... ... 447 For the amendment ... ... 57 Majority 390 Lord John Russelx , then stated certain modifications which , he proposed to make on the amendments of which he had given notice on the Government resolutions . - The House then went into committee . Mr . Disraeli simply moved the first resolution : — "That as the territories under the government of the East India Company are by lav to remain , under such government only till Parliament shall otherwise provide , this House is of opinion that it is expedient that the transfer of such government to the Crown should now take place , in order that direct superintendence of the whole empire may be placed under one executive authority . "
A discussion followed , in which Mr . Mangles , Sir Edward Colebrookk , Sir G . C . Lewis , Mr . Horsmast , Colonel Syke 9 , and Mr . Disraeli took part . The resolution was agreed to , and the House then proceeded with the orders of the day , which finished the sitting . .
The Conferences In Paris. The Plenipoten...
THE CONFERENCES IN PARIS . The plenipotentiaries of Austria ,. France , Great Britain , Prussia , Russia , Sardinia , and Turkey , met on Thursday , in conference at the hotel of the Ministry of Foreign ' Affairs , to take cognizance of the final act signed at Constantinople on the 5 th of last December , for the purpose of consecrating the result of the labours of the Commission created by the 30 th article in the Treaty of Paris for the deiimtion of the Kussian and Turkish frontiers in Asia . The Conference acknowledges formally to the plenipotentiaries of those two Powers the receipt of their communication . —Monitcur .
The Continent. The Annual Meeting Of The...
THE CONTINENT . The annual meeting of the Credit Mobilier Company was held at Paris on Thursday . The profit was declared to be above seven millions of francs , three millions of which , have already been distributed , at the rate of twenty-live francs per share . The remainder is reserved , and no dividend is announced . u You will have noticed , " says the Bally News Paris correspondent , ' " the decree in the JSfoniteur , calling out 42 , 000 soldiers of the class 185 G , which the Minister of War had , for ' budgetary ' considerations , postponed indefinitely . It is now , as always , next to impossible to know whether the army is substantially augmented or not . The explanation given for the present levy is that the reductions of 1857 have brought down the effective strength of the army below the complement fixed by tlie Budget of 18-18 . "
The Coiisiitutionntl contains the following remarks on the Budget in tho spirit of M . Vuitry ' s speech : — Tlie commission , in its report , expresses a desire to reduce the budget of the Ministry of War , which absorbs half of the Government resource . But the question is pot purely a financial one ; it is essentially political , ami I'Giifiituiently win only be solved by considerations of a , supcri-jr order . Save in lh is budget , tlie possibility of dlccting an economy scarcely exists , so hardly pushed lire we by the necessities ol' a civilization which constantly imposes fresh duties on the State , " General r > pinassc has signed a ( lecrcr . interdicting the circulation in Franco of the Indcpciu / nncc liclye tilL further orders . The Defoivsla Bill has been finally adopted in the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies by 110 to 12 . It is confidently reported aL Berlin that Queen Victoria will visit the Prussian capital in September .
Mr. Wakvolk Has Resigned His Appointment...
Mr . Wakvolk has resigned his appointment as Church IC-slates Coinmi . ifioiior hi consequence of holding the olHoe of Home Seeivltiry , ami the Archbishop of Canterbury hus appointed In his place Mr . Deedes , tho member for Mast Iveiit . Sni Akkxanimck CooiviuiitN bus been ncriounly ill , but we are glad to learn I lml . lie is now recovering . Mkktinu oi' 1 a ) Uu Dickuv ' . s Suri'oitTKiw . —A inoel .-ing of the political supporters of the I Curl of Derby was held yesterday morning at his olhVial residence in Dowiiing-strnet . Circulars , inviting ineinlicr .- ) of the Jlou . u of Commons who are . in favour of his Lordship a general poliry , wen ; issued on Wednesday , mid ubo . ut a humlred— eerUinly not mure , ( says the (; l « hc)—rctfponded to tlio invitation . According to the bun , ll »« number wn . s 1 H \) .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01051858/page/11/
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