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1316 THE LEADER [No, 506. Deo. 3, 185Q.
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THE TREATY OF ZURICH. The MonUeur has pu...
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THE CONGRESS. Tub MonUeur of Wednosday s...
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The Court.—Her Majesty And The Prince Co...
Trinity , there was the customary hiss ; but the people immedi at ely departed from the church in an orderly manner . The Zoolo & ical Societt op London . —At the monthly general meeting at"the society ' s house in Hanover-square , Dr . Gray , V . P ., in the chair ; the Hon . C . A . Ellis , Major W . E . Hay , and Messrs . C . H . Mills and A . T . Bruce , were elected Fi-llows , and the Kev . John Fry , of the Cape of Good Hope , a corresponding member of the society ; and Major E . Felloves . the Rev . W- H . Hawker . Dr . Sliortt ,
and Messrs . G . Hicks , J . E . Walker , W . S . Dug < iale , W . Kay , D . G . Elliot , and F . R . Malleson , were proposed as candidates for the Fellowship , and the Her . H . B . Tristram as a corresponding member . The report from the council stated that the total number of visitors during the year had been upwards of 34 l . <" -oo , being an increase over the same period in ic- ¦ ? i <> f 19 , 384 persons ; and that the number of FfciLitt ' s proposed * and elected since the 1 st of J . inuarv Ja < t amounted to 88 , showing an increase of 26 : is compared with the previous year .
The FM > wf . rs in Hyde-park . —Mr . J . Mann , superintendent of St . James ' s , Green , and Hyde Parks and Kensington-gardens , states that the following are the facts relative to the recent disturbance of ¦ the flower-beds in Hyde-park : — "When Xrord Llano ver was First Commissioner of Works the ground in question was laid out and a walk was formed ; the ground was then planted with deciduous and evergreen shrubs , and a number of young trees were placed there to be reared until they were ready for transplantation into other parts of the park ; some annuals were also sown here sind there among the shrubs . While Lord John Manners was First Commissioner of Works some flowering plants were
introduced in numbers along the borders . Since then a considerable quantity of verbenas , geraniums , & c ., have been added .. It was found that the deciduous and evergreen shrubs thrived so ill , arid so many objections were made to the mixture , of shrubs and flqwers t that it was determined to remove the shrubs , and my instructions have been to supply their place with flowering plants , making the centre of the beds similar to what the borders were last summer . These plants will not ,, of course , be put into the ground until tire spring of next year ; With regard to the trees , two rows of trees remain untouched , and those only have been removed which , as I have before said , were planted there for nursery purposes . "
the private view takes place , and the show-, will open to the public on Tuesday morning . In consequence of Freemasons' Hull being engaged on Wednesday next for the Grand Lodge of Freemasons , the annual dinner of the club , to be presided over by the Duke of Richmond , will Ibis year take place at the London Coffee-house . The show is expected to . be quite up to the average , both in point of excellence and number of the animals , with the shows of the last three or four years , and it will be gratifying to country visitors to know that nearly all the railway companies are affording more than ordinary facilities to enable them to Usit London during the show week , by announcing' cheap excursion trains , and the issue of day tickets at extremely reduced fares .
The Gas Qcestton , —Another deputation on the gas question , consistingof gentlemen delegated from the various metropolitan parishes and districts , waited upon the Home Secretary on Thursday . Their . representations of their grievances . were , of course , substantially similar to those of the deputation to ths President of the Board of Trade on the previons day on the same subject . Sir George Lewis informed them that when he- had heard the statements of the representatives of the companies on the other side , he should be able to state what course the Government would adopt .
The Builders' STitiKE .-r-The last weekly return of the London Registrar , we regret to say , exhibits an increasing mortality among those who are connected with the strike in the building trade , being , within seven days , between 70 and 80 in number . This is certainly excessive , and makes one more than ever lament that we yet hear nothing of abetter understanding between masters and men . The dull and deadly "winter ' has come , and great must be the amount of suffering endured by the families of the operatives who are on strike . —Mr . Wales , of the Central Association of Master Builders , writes as
follows ;— "It appears from official returns by the members of the Central Association of Master Builders that above 15 , 000 men were at work under the declaration on Saturday , 26 th inst ., and up to the same date about 4 , 000 men had entered under shop rule ,, embracing the spirit of the declaration . — The charge of conspiracy ¦ arising from the metropolitan strike in the building trade , to which we have made allusion , could not be supported . The prosecution was , therefore , withdrawn ; and on the defendants pleading guilty to a charge of common assault , they were simply bound over to come up when called upon .
Parliamentary Rkfokm . —A Parliamentary Reform . petition is in the-course of being . extensively signed in the City . It says that no Reform Bill will be taken as a settlement of the . question unless there be a large extension of the suffrages in counties and boroughs , an equitable redistribution of seats , an assimilation of the electoral laws of the three kingdoms , and protection to the voter by means of the ballot .
The Rev . Thomas Dale . —In consequence of the vicar of St . Panoras having expressed his determination to adhere to his contemplated resignation of his vicarage at the end of . the year , the gentlemen composing the deputation to present the recent address to the reverend gentleman to induce him to alter his views on that subject , from the laity , have formed themselves into a committee to get up and present to the Rev . Mr . Dale a suitable and substantial recognition , on his retirement , of his thirteen years ' services and ministration in the parish . The new vicar , it is understood , will be the Rev . W . Weldou Chumpneys , at present incumbent of W hi tech a pel .
The Public Health . —There was again an increase of deaths in the metropolis last week , which is chiefly attributable to affections of the respiratory organs ; 198 persons died from bronchitis alone . The total number of deaths was 1 , 307 , and of births 1 , 785 , The mortality returns of the City also exhibit an increase in the rate of mortality . City Matters . —Mr . Charles William Hick , the City swordbearer , died on Sunday morning , at the advanced iige of 94 , of pleurisy , at his house at West Brixton . He had been' an active and influential member of the Corporation for a number of years before his appointment to the office of swordbearer , and ho held that office for half a century . He was
highly respected by his fellow-citizens . The Lord Mayor , upon receiving intelligence of his death , immediately appointed Mr . H . W . Sewell , who has performed the active duties of the office for many years , to the situation pro tem . — -The Stationers ' Company will shortly come into possession of a large increase of rental from'the estivte of Plllibar , which is situate in the county of Londonderry , and contains nearly 45 , 000 acres , 20 , 756 of which are in cultivation , but capable of great improvement . Some years ago the amount received by tho lessee exceeded £ 9 , 940 per annum . The lease will shortly Ml in ,
and the Stationers ' , and two other companies , who now only receive about £ 1 , 500 per annum , will very probably then have about £ 10 , 500 ayenr to divide . The livery of the company , who participate In the stock of the company , have increased during the last year . Tmh SMmiffiBLi ) Qt , vn Cattlio Show . —The arrivals of stock have been already very numerous , but tho mass of the specimens nro not expected before Saturday morning , as a very large number come from the midland and northern counties , and nave been exhibited at tho Birmingham show . The judge * mnko their awards on Monday , after which
1316 The Leader [No, 506. Deo. 3, 185q.
1316 THE LEADER [ No , 506 . Deo . 3 , 185 Q .
The Puffer Hoaxed'.—-The Dacca News Thus...
The Puffer Hoaxed ' . — -The Dacca News thus notices one of Professor Ilulloway ' s puffs : — "In an old number of the Ptioanix , * \ v ( i read a puff of IIolloway ' s , the prince , of ^ advertis ers and father of quackery , to the following effect : —Srhtv—I am an old resident of Burrissuul , and for the » a « t five years had laboured undern an incurable case of dropsy , which rendered life miserable , and my general appearance more like am inflated bladder than anything human j failjfrg in every means I had nt last recourse to your invaluable pills , which in a short time restored me to health , & c . —Yours , A > Bist . is Massayk . " —Burrisaaul being a district only three days' distance from tlijs , and happening to know the names of almost all the residents of that station , we began to bo somewhat doubtful as to the truth of the above , but on a repornsnl we were instantly assured of the article being altogether a hoax . For A . Biatis Massayk read " a Jfthistee's mussuclc " ( a water-carrier ' s water-skin ) , and tho hoax becomes revealed instantaneously . Spanish Enthusiasm for thio New Crusade . — The > total force of the Morocco expedition amounts to 48 , 000 more men . Offers and promises of money and material continue to flow in . The Seville Bank has voted a loan of 4 , 000 , 000 reals ( being half its capital ) , with the full concurrence of tho shareholders .. . Burgos has leal ; 1 , 000 , 000 reals ( £ 10 , 000 ) , and promises 6 , 000 reals ( £ 60 ) to tho man who captures tho flrBt gun from tho Moors . Puobla do Sanatoria promises four reals daily ( about 10 ( 1 . ) to the first man wounded . Thio has beon already gained , for Echaguo's dispatch of the capture of tho orallo Fort has stated one man wounded as his only casualty . Leon has given 60 oxen , and Cordova comes down with 80 Andalusian horses , and promises pensions to six wounded soldiers . Thore is hardly a provinco or town that does not give , or promise to give , something towards tho war . Spain has , indeed , long boon the land of promise .
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The French Press. The Circular Generally...
THE FRENCH PRESS . The circular generally attributed to the Minister of the Interior on the violent-articles published against England is remarked on by the Sieclc in tornia of approbation , as follows ;—When the journals attacking England are those which habitually defend the Imperial policy , they-render the Government responsible abroad , and the Minister of the Interior in consequence , requests them to use more circumspection . It is , without doubt , useful to refute errors and to protest agaiust calumny and injustice ; but while defending with energy the rights nnh the ' intentions of France , as it . is the duty of Hie Press to do , it is ' easy to avoid exciting the susceptibilities of
a great nation , and to protect the good relations of the two peoples . M . Billiiult requests the prefects to confine themselves to giving confidential recommendations to the journals on whose devotedness and discretion they can lx-ly . The functionaries are not to interfere with the opposition journals , unless those prints , by their exaggerations , should put themselves too openly in discord with the ideas of the Government . Such eases are to be immediately pointed out to the Minister of the Interior . These ministerial observations are only addressed to the provincial press ; that of l ' aris in general , does not depart from the calmness without which all discussion is idle and irritating . Galignani thus comments upon the above : —
" We have given the foregoing extract principally for the purpose of expressing our dissent from the assertion made in the last sentence , as it is matter of notoriety that the Legitimist arid Ultramontane journals of Paris eagerly . seize every opportunity of attacking England , and of generating ill-will between the two countries . Some short time back , also , the other Paris journals , as if in concert , frequently published unpleasant and irritating articles against the English people and Government . Let us hope 4 hat such attacks are now at an end !"
The Opinion JS otionul < r has received a first warning from the Minister of the Interior , on account of having published an article on the temporal power of the Pope , which , as the warning states , is considered an outrage to a foreign government and to the church , of which the Pope is the hta ;! .
The Treaty Of Zurich. The Monueur Has Pu...
THE TREATY OF ZURICH . The MonUeur has published the text of the treaty concluded at Zurich between France and Austria . All the provisions have been already niailo known by the telegraphic resume , published some three weeks ago . By Art . 18 , the Eiupcror of the French and the Emperor of Austria undertake to use all their efforts in favour of the creation of " an Italian Confederation , under the honorary presidency of the Pope . " Venetia is to form one of the states of Confederation , and share the burthens as m-ll as the privileges of the federal , compact , " thu clauses ot which are to be determined by an assembly composed of the representatives of all the Italian states . Art . 19 contains a reservation in favour of the Grand Duke of Tuscany , the Duke of Modenu , « n . d the Duke of Parma , a reservation founded on the fact that tho territorial circumscription of the independent states of Italy , which took no part in the late war , can only be altered , with the assent , of the powers that formed them and recognised their-existence . Art . 20 informs us that the two Sovereigns " will unite their efforts to obtain of his Holiness that his Government should take into serious consideration tho necessity of introducing reforms in his administration which b ( Wo been found indispensable . " This is a fair , resume of that port of the treaty that relates to Central Italy ; and this , it > s to be presumed , is to bo the basis of tho nogociatlons about to be entered into at tho Congress , It Is difficult to fathom what will bo tlio instructions our Government will give to its plenipotentiaries . *« will not add to tho prestige or influence , of England either to bow to tho dictation of France , to wi tho part of a persona mu ( a , or to withdraw . ^ Tho only sensible course would bo to keep away . Thq Bntlsu Government has , by this timo , received its invitation . On its answer will depend tho position ot England in tho councils of Europe for many years to come .
The Congress. Tub Monueur Of Wednosday S...
THE CONGRESS . Tub MonUeur of Wednosday says that tho communications convoking tho assembling of tho Oongross wore sent out yesterday to tho sovoral powers who are to take part in it . The first sitting ° » tho Congress will , it is stated , take plaoo on tno 5 th of January , 1800 . All tho Powers which taw part in the Congress will be roprosontod l > y * Plenipotentiaries .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03121859/page/8/
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