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166 T H E li 1A P EE. [No. 46a,^FEBBtrAB...
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NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF . COMMONS. S...
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REPEAL OF THE PAPER I)UTIES. A demonstra...
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Political Foresn Ado Wings. Mr. Bright.—...
place of Lord Goderich , about to succeed to the Peerage . —In ( Salway a determination has sprung up to make Mr : Lever a Member of Parliament . —Mr . Long has intimated his intention of retiring from North Wilts . — The Sheriff of Linlithgowshire has fixed this day for the election of a representative for that county in room of ! Mr . George ' Dundas , who has received a colonial appointment . The Lord Advocate of Scotland ( Mr . Charles Baillie ) will , it is expected , be returned "without opposition . —Mr . H . Adams has been re-elected at Boston "without opposition . Finsbukt . —^ A public meeting in connexion with the Metropolitan Boroughs Reform Committee was . held at the Belvidere Tavern on Monday . Resolutions were passed in favour of conferring upon Finsbury a larger number of representatives , and dividing it into several constituencies .
Mb . H . P . Shekidan , M . P . —The hon . member has addressed the electors of Dudley . He gave his general approval to Mr . Bright ' s bill , and very strongly denounced Lord Ward ' s attempts to influence the electors of that borough . He thought that in Dudley they knew -whether the Upper House did or did not pretend to exercise an influence over the votes of the constituency , so that they could judge for themselves whether Mr . Bright Was likely to be right or wrong when he said the aristocracy might exercise an influence of this kind . Lord Ward , it is asserted , has threatened to use his influence against Mr . Sheridan , whereupon Mr . Sheridan appealed to his constituents against aristocratic dictation . _
The Earl of Dueham . —The Earl having been invited to take the chair at the Newcastle Reform meeting of the 8 th of February , sent the following reply : — " Being obliged to go up to London next week , I am afraid I must decline the honour of presiding at the meeting to be held in Newcastle on the 8 th . Let me assure you at the same time that my sentiments on the subject of Reform are in accordance with those entertained by my father , and that ; in my opinion , no measure will be satisfactory that is not based on extension of the franchise , redistribution of seats , and vote by ballot . " -
Edinburgh ^— On Tuesday night a great Reform demonstration was held , at which the chief speakers were Mx . Duncan , M'Laren and Mr . Cairdj M . P . Mr . M'Laren very forcibly explained the nature and effects of the proposed-rating suffrage in relation to Scotland . Mr . Caird showed that it was absurd to suppose that the interests of farmers and their landlords were identical , and that if the former were protected in the free exercise of their votes , they would form very honest and intelligent constituencies . All the resolutions were unanimously adopted , including a vote of thanks to Mr . Bright , and an expression of confidence in his proposed redistribution . of seats .
Party Gatherings . —On Wednesday evening Lord Derby , as First Lord of the Treasury , and Mr . Disraeli , as leader of the Commons , gave full-dress dinners to their colleagues and more . prominent supporters . Lord Palmerston also met a party of his dependent supporters over the . dinner table at Cambridge House . As leader of the Opposition in the Peers , Lord Grariville also entertained a large party . The nrw Lord High Commissioner . —Colonel Sir Henry Knight Storks , K . G . B ., is appointed to succeed Mr . Gladstone as Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands , and will , it is said , set out next week for his
destination . Sir Henry was Assistant Adjutant-General at the Cape of Good Hope during the Kaffir war In 1846-7 , and was commandant at Scutari "; he was recently secretary for military correspondence to ' the Secretary of State for Wan The appointment is universally approved as that of a just , simple , clear-Sighted , honest English soldier and gentleman , a tried administrator , indisposed to dally with idle rhetoric , and capable of maintaining the authority of his commission with prudence , firmness , and decision . Nothing more than this is wanted at Corfu ; and certainly nothing less , after the flummeries of the last three months .
166 T H E Li 1a P Ee. [No. 46a,^Febbtrab...
166 T H E li 1 A P EE . [ No . 46 a , ^ FEBBtrABY 5 , 1859 .
New Members Of The House Of . Commons. S...
NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF . COMMONS . Several changes have been made in the House of Commons on its reassembling , death having removed three , elevation to the peerage others , and appointments a third class , who were members of the Parliament which broke up at the close of tlw > session on Monday , the 2 nd of August last . A few days previous to the prorogation , namely , on the 27 th of July , Sir William Jolllffe moved for now writs for South Devon and North Cheshire , the former vacant by the elevation to the peonage of Sir John Yarde Buller , Bart ., under the title of Lord Gl » , ur &! ton ; and the latter by the acceptance of the » Chfltern Hundreds" by Mr . Will jam Tntton Ego * , ton . Tor Sputh Devon ; Mr . Kekowich has been elected ( luring the reflogs . and-for North Cheshire , Mr , Wljora ^ ham Egerton , son of the lato member . The three'who have been . removed by death are Sir John Potter , M . P . for Manchester } Sir Joseph Bailey , Bart ., M . I ' , for Breoknookshiro ; and Mr . Booker 'MlalwmojTO , Bfr p » for Herefordshire . iw their place there have been elected Mr ,. J . T . Bnjsloyfov Manchester , Major Q . 0 . Morgan V 1 , , il *« . « .,: ««"¦ ¦ " > 'A . ... " . •¦ . . . ' . ¦ - - , .. I .. J . . ' ' '
for Brecknockshire , and Lord William Graham for Herefordshire . Three seats became vacant by appointments to the Indian Council , hamely-r-Reigate , by the appointment of Sir Henry RawlinsoU ; Guildford , by "the appointment of Mr ? Ross Di Mangles ; and Leominster , by the appointment of Mr . H . Pollard Willonghby . In their places there have been elected the Hon . W . Monsou for Reigate , Mr . Onslow for Guildford , and the Hon . C . S . B . Hanbury for Leominster . For Linlithgowshire a vacancy has taken place by the ; appointment of Mr . George Dundas . to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Prince Edward ' s Island ; and for Boston by the appointment of Mr . Adams to the Recordership of Derby . Mr . Adams will be re-elected , but Mr . Dundas will give
place to another representative . Mr . Whiteside , the Attorney-General for Ireland , -will become member for the University of Dublin , in the room of Mr . G . A . Hamilton , who has received the appointment of permanent Secretary to the -Treasury , leaving the electors of Enniski llen to find another , representative . The University of Oxford will have to go through the formality of re-electing Mr . Gladstone in consequence of the right hon . gentleman ' s temporary acceptance of the commissionership of the Ionian Islands . The elevation of Viscount Goderich to the earldom of Ripon renders
vacant the West Riding of Yorkshire ; while East Worcestershire becomes vacant by the elevation of the Hon . Colonel Rushout to the peerage ; ' under the title of Lord Northwick . These writs will be moved for immediately after the commencement of the present session ; and , as soon as circumstances admit , a new writ will be moved for the borough of Greenwich , in the room of Mr . John Townseridr disqualified by bankruptcy . In the ^ vent of Sir John Ramsden being elected for the West Riding , a vacancy will take place in the representation of Hythe .
Repeal Of The Paper I)Uties. A Demonstra...
REPEAL OF THE PAPER I ) UTIES . A demonstration of public opinion against the Paper Duties , made at Exeter-hall , on Wednesday , was an appropriate antecedent to the meeting of Parliament . Mr . Milner Gibson , who occupied the chair , was supported by a platform of gentlemen who are influential and representative , and he was himself received with great fervour by a highly intelligent assembly . So was Mr . William Chambers , of Edinburgh , who delivered a telling speech , but not more so than Dr . Watts , of Manchester , who undertook the special duty of showing that the Paper Duty , is a tax upon literature , an obstruction to education , an impediment to commerce , a hinderance . to production , and , that it interferes with the process of
manufacture , represses industry , and injures the public revenue . The meeting called upon Mr . Gibson still further to press the House of Commons on this subject , so that in the ensuing session such arrangements might be made as would enable Parliament to dispense with the tax . A petition was also adopted to the House of Commons . Thanks were voted to Mr . Milner Gibson , who in reply said , that the House of Commons had by a resolution condemned the Paper Duty . To pass resolutions and then to ignore them was to bring Parliamentary Government into contempt . That resolution must be dealt with , and unless the House were prepared to go the length of rescinding it , it must be carried into effect . '• ¦ ' ¦
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¦ therefore , have entirely disappeared in the purchase of the extra land , and the price of the bricks . The foundations had hardly been excavated , when a gentleman whose heart had been drawn to the soldiers * orphan by the loss of two sons in the Crimean war , offered an estate of 200 acres in the immediate vicinity of Windsor Castle , as a free gift , without any conditions whatever . The managers , however , determined to stick to their moor , and the college was erected thereon , at an expense of 75 , 000 £ The edifice is rather imposing to look at , but enormously expensive in construction , and singularly ill-adapted to be the home of gentle and delicately-nurtured boys .
The college is distant a few minutes walk from a station which has been formed on the Reading , Reigate and Guildford branch of the South-Eastern Railway ; it is about twelve miles south of Windsor ; Wokingham may be seen northwards towards the south is a part of the county of Hants , known as the Hartford-brid ge Flats ; and beyond these , in the distance , is Strathiieldsaye . . There are at present about one hundred , fine boys ia the school , all of whom looked exceedingly well in their semi-military costume . They cheered lustily for her Majesty and the other distinguished visitors , and seemed , as yet , to have suffered nothing in health or spirits from the defects of the locality . The school is intended to accommodate two hundred and forty boys .
Her Majesty arrived at the school about one o ' clock , accompanied by the Prince Consort , the Princess Alice , and Prince Arthur . The Commander ^ in-Chief was also in attendance on her Majesty . Her Majesty , > vlio appeared in excellent health , was received at the entrance by the governors , who wore a costume somewhat like that of the elder brethren of the Trinity-house ; and was conducted over the building , which she minutely inspected . Amongst the company ' were the Duke and Duchess Of Wellington , the Prime Minister and the Countess of Derby , arid Lady Emma Staulev ,
Archbishop of Canterbury , Bishop of Oxford ,-Right Hon . Spencer Walpole , Lords Cranworth , J . Russell , and Gough , Earl of Elleribbrough , Marquis of Salisbury , Mr . J . Walter , M . P ., & c . Her Majesty was attended during her inspection of the building by the Rev . Mr . Benson , head master , Mr . Shaw , the architect , Mr . Holland , the builder , and the officers of the college , by whom she was ultimately conducted to'the dais , ael-orapanied by the Prince Consort , and the young . Prince and Princess . The Prince Consort wore the uuifbnn of a governor of the institution .
Lord Derby then , as head of the college , read a suitable address , to which her Majesty returned a gracious answer . In the address , a paragraph hud been introduced by the Earl alluding to the birth of the Queen's grandson , and it elicited a special bow of recognition from her Majesty . The Primate , at the conclusion of the reading of the address and reply , offered a short and appropriate prayer , and tho proceedings terminated with the signing of the-rules and regulations by tho Queen .
THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE . Saturday last was the day appointed for the . opening of this institution by the Queen . The largo amount of money , 175 , 0002 ., which some time since was obtained by subscription for the purpose of erecting a lasting monument in honour of the greatest of . our English generals ; it was ultimately decided should be applied to theifoundation of a college for the education anij maintenance of the sons of military officers . The excitement of the Russian war hastened events , and an addition of 2 . 5 , 0001 . having been made from the Patriotic Fund to the sum already collected , the projectors of this institution commenced operations with' a capital of somewhere about 200 , 000 / . CCho Bitojolioseu for the College seems to bo y < iry unfit for the purpose , and is universally condemned . A contemporary truly observes that the ground upon which the new college stands is perhaps the most unsuitable—except Dartmoor or the Bog of Allen—that could be selected for an institution of tho kind . Tho visitors on Saturday were perfectly astonished to see an immense pile of red and blue brick , rising out of the drearies ^ of bogs , and only approachable by a hasty cut . through moist , yellow clay of the moat extraordinary tenacity . The character given of the place by people whoso hard fate obliges thorn to . 'live in tho vicinity ia , that it ia a desort in summer and a swamp in winter , and that the heat of one floaepn and the cold and damp of tho other are very much aggravated by tho entire absence of shelter . This unfortunate selection appears to have been wholly unnecessary , It is'true that 15 Aoiies bf : the heath , the muxlmum value of which was 10 / . An aoro , ivYoro the gift of Mr . Gibson , the army saddler , of Coventry-street :, but 120 more had to be purchased from tho same gentleman , with tho further condition that all tho brioks were to bo taken from Mm fields . The profit arjplug to the fund from tlte gift must , . ¦; ¦•¦ •¦¦>> ' ¦¦ ¦ , - ¦<• ¦ ¦ it
Gatherings From Law And Police Courts. O...
GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . On Tuesday the Lord Chancellor took his scat in the Divorce Court for the first time , it was said with the view of witnessing the working of the court . On tho bench with him were the Judge : Ordinary and 'Mr . Justice Wightmnn , Several cases for dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery or cruelty were heard during the day . At the Central Criminal Court , the sittings of which recommenced on Monday , James Hudson pleaded guilty to two charges of embezzling moneys belonging to the City . The prisoner had been employed m a clerk for twelve yeura in tho City County Court , and had taken tho money under strong temptation . Ho was sentenced to four months' hurtl labour . —liiuhurd
Pike , his wife , nnd daughter , wero trjod ' for coining . Tho officers surprised , the prisoners in their dwelling , the man had actually a mould in his hut ' tri , ami the women endeavoured to destroy several portions of moulds . Tlid prisoners made a desperate resistance . Pike , pleaded guilty . Hia wife whs ucquitted aa having acted under hia influence ; tho girl was convicted , but recommended to morcy . The mule prUouor was sentenced to four years' ponul servitude , and judgment was respited a 9 to tho girl , to allow inquiries to bo made—ThomaB Williams and Robert Frost wore iudictod for burglary and wounding Alfred Kvorshed , u , policeman , in tho house they hail broken into . Tho constable had
discovered them in tho act of robbing the house , and . Jw at once seized Williams , when both tho prisoners iniulo a most savage attack upon him , cutting and wounding him so sovorcly , thn , t , becoming faint from loss of blood , ho was forced to let thorn go . They wore speedily n »" prehendod , howovor , and woro now found guilty j thoy liad also been previously conviotod . The judyo ordered sentence of death to bo recorded , intimating that tuoy must suffer ton yourn' penal servitude .. Ilia lordship ordered 201 . to bo given to Evorahod for his gallant conduct on tho occasion .- —Thomas . JJIrahmoro , tJie St . 1 ' ftW " eras defaulter , waa tried on several counts . On sonio lio was noqulttod , and on othora found guilty , but I ' oooinmended , to meroy . Sohtonpo , twelve manlus' im prlaou .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05021859/page/6/
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