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Banquet To General Williams. The Army An...
ff tm « fr ^ m yy p ^ q itiop r they never recoiled u « Jal the « ao-TOfp t whaiL they were ordered to do so ; and when , the game w » s up , they treated us . like friends and brothers . 5 ? £ ey sacrificed themselves in the most splendid , most foeautiful manner j they detached themselves from the fia » ks of 4 he columns , and came forward * nd made walls «» f thewaelves in front of their batteries . "When we came $ o mix among them , only two months after this terrible infliction , ' there was : not an evil eye among them , ' as the Tiwte- V « old say j there was the eye of friendship and the ; fcand of a comrade from one end of Bassia to another ( Cheers ^ That was the feeling as we went along through the country . Of the Sovereign of that empire , J speak in the same strain , and , in fact , higher . " At the conclusion of the General ' s remarks ( which ¦ were received with the greatest enthusiasm ) , Captain Moray shouted , "We have not had half enough cheering ; l * fc us have one cheer more for Mourayieff . " This was done , and another officer immediately called for one eheer more tut the Emperor of Bussia—a call which was luost heartily responded to by the conapany . The guests a & ortly afterwards separated . On Wednesday , " The Chairs" of the Hon . East India Company gave a splendid entertainment at the London Tavern to some 11 11 11
obliged to taie to the weaving of only the coarser sort of material called " -wrapping . " The brother ofScholefieldis-an idiot , in support of whom hia father is allowed a small sum of mamty from his town & kip . Thooww Cthe . Wind son . ) was admitted in February , 1 S 48 , to Hejisbaw's Blind Asylum , near Manchester , where lie remained u »* ilJiMJ « > 1855 , when " lie was dismissed , " * ay » Mr . HttUoaiwiiis letter , " for bre & eh of discipline , but not affecting his moral character . " The offence alleged against Scholefield , for which he waa discharged from the asylum , consisted inUinvs ' elf , and four or five ot ^ his fellow inmates , presenting a petition ( written out by one of the officials of the asylum ) to the committee , " setting forth what they considered might be some improvement in their condition , " and also censuring the conduct of one of the superior officers of the establishment . As they refused , frafea fellow feeling , to mention the name of the pers ^ Peho had embodied the petition , the men were dismissed . The London magistrates entirely concurred in thinking that Scholefield was none the less entitled to the sympathy that had been expressed io his favour on account of the disclosure concerning bim .
4 QJ XU & JOIUSI * UU > fclU £ Ui *& UVU . UCUUCIO V * IUC MVA » UU military services , at present in this country . Among Others who were invited may be mentioned Sir William Qomm , the late commander-in-chief of the Indian army ; Sir Bred . Carrie ; Sir Scudamore Steele , whose name is JuWGur & bly connected with the late war ia Burmah ; Mr , Frere , Commissioner of Scinde ; Sir John Login , the able and zealous tutor of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh ; Dr . Boyle , who has paid much attention to the ifihsroos productions of -4 ndia ; Mr . B . Stephenson , the engineer of the great Indian Bail way , and author of the projected line through Asia Minor , and along the banks of the Euphrates and the shores of the Persian sea to Ahercagital of the Bombay Presidency ; Mr . J . W . Kaye , favourably known by his valuable contributions to the history of modern India ; Brigadier Mackenzie , & c . & c The most honoured guests included Sir Lawrence Feel , hate Chief Justice of Calcutta ; the Bight Hob . the Lord Mayor ; Major General Sir W . F . Williams , and ' * the men of Kara . " The gallant baronet was naturally the lion of the evening , though bis brave cpxnrades- had no reason to complain of their reception hvr their A . n *? M » n *; hrofthfifs-in-flrins . Tt ia simprfliinnfl tn
remark that the dinner was in every way worthy of the Jong-established reputation of the London Tavern , as welJL . 49 . of the munificent entertainers . The various 8 j » e « caea were also full of pcint and appropriateness , and were received .. wi $ h ^ 9 iueh enthusiasm . And loud was the appliftue * -fiiien General Williams acknowledged that he - tf & fc mainly indebted for his . knowledge of commissariat matters to the many excursions he had mad a into the Indian Empire , during the ten years he was stationed at Geyloa . No doubt this entertainment will give dire offence to Lord Elleab 4 |) fagh and Mr . Otway , who did aot happen to > be invited . Bnt it is only in this manner that the Hon . Court is able to express its approbation of the conduct of its servants . There are no substantial rewards , » 0 t even honorary decorations , in its power to bestow upon men who ore retiring into private life after devoting the fcest period , of their mental and physical vigour to the administration of a mighty empire . It is true that the £ a # t India Company are now only trustees of the public revenues of India . ' But in that capacity they are bound t <> do their utmost to obtain efficient servants ; and an honorary recompense at the close of an arduous and faithful career will always be prized and looked forward to a » lanir the snirit of chivalrv and . trentlamanlv fopilini ?
exist upon earth . If the censors of a judicious liberality « ce consistent , they should go still farther , and insist « pon the sale of the Company ' s plate , and indued of all the aupellectilia not absolutely required for the collection ' and distribution of revenue . The same principle of utilitarianism should bo also * applied to the government of tMa great country , and benches and a barn bo provided for our hereditary and ; representative legislators . Until , this- como to pass , let not the Honourable Court bo grudged the power of occasionally displaying a graceful and grateful hospitality . General Williams has also been entertained at Woolwich , where he received a bouquet of flowers from the ladiea , accompanied by an appropriate speech . THE STOKY OF THOMAS SCHOLEFIELI > . In consequence of the interest that has boon excited hvjrtfc * . ease- of Thomas Scholefield , the blind man , who . recantty walked from Bolton , in Lancashire , to London , bk order to get into the St . George ' s Fields Blind School ; ( tfte particulars of which appeared in the : Leader of June 21 st ) , a large sum of money has be « n collected for'hiiuae . Inquiries respecting his previous lifer and ctwmcte * h * Ve been set on foot by * hv Lambeth , magistrates , Mr . Norton and Mr . iEUiott Tho former has received a letter from Mr . Hultoa a country magistrate , near Bolton , which contain * - some painJWhr Interesting Ittets connected uritbtflcboleflekl and h « family . His father , whose sight « p |> eNt 8 to be fast falling , vras fttrtaawly ¦ * » ilkureaver ol Bolton , butj fn conaequenrco of Ms advanced ag « v « n * of th » defect in his vision , h « is now
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London Vegetation And Londonsmoke. Undek...
LONDON VEGETATION AND LONDONSMOKE . Undek this head , the Times publishes a letter from Mr . S . Broome , gardener to the Inner Temple . The com .-munication is very interesting , both with regard to its facts and to the fine , open , unsophisticated , breezy style in which it is written . Mr . Broome has been gardener to the Temple for three-and-twenty years , during which time the smoke from steamboats and from the Surrey river-side factories ( until the act of 1854 ) increased to such an extent that rosea and other flowers which used to bloom in the old learned gardens ( roses associated with the wars called after them , and with Shakspeare ' s play ! of Henry VI . ) refused to put forth a bud , and the trees would hardly issue into leaf . Since the Smoke Prevention Act has come into force , however , matters have been righted , and the Temple Gardens , in due season , have again f lushed with their green and crimson shows . Mr . Broome writes with almost human compassion of his " poor roses" and his " poor forest-trees , " but he has a manly pity for real human beings too—human beings
equally blighted with the roses . He adds , in words that wilL do him honour r" There 13 another and far greater circumstances connected with these gardens thaa the vegetable world . The benchers and members very liberally , at a great sacrifice of comfort and expense , allow about two hundred families ordera to walk in the gardens the whole year through . They also throw them open to tbe public after six . o ' clock in the evening ; and on Sundays , on fine evenings , ire average from 10 , 000 to 11 , 000 that pass in the course of the evening . The majority of these are poor little sicklylooking creatures , penned up in the elose lanes and alleys round the neighbourhood , not old enough to get to the parks ( as they would be tired in going there ) . I will tell you what they put me in mind of when they get on the lawn—a little dog that ha » l ) een tied up all day , and let loose . They roll and tumble about , kicking up their little legs on the grass ; it really does my heart good to see them ; and I must confess that , out of such a number of little creatures , and no one to look after them except the officers of the gardens , I rarely have a flower plucked or a branch injured . Picture to yourself , Sir , these poor little children walking and rolling in clouds of smoke for three hours ; what good can such an
atmosphere do them , inflating their little lungs with benatly smoke such as it was here two years back ? When they came out , they looked pale and tired ; now , they go out with their little eyes sparkling with joy , running and jumping like so many kittens , refreshed from the change of air , and pleased with the treat . And all this is caused by suppressing the smoke nuisance . "
The Revenue. The Official Returns For Th...
THE REVENUE . The official returns for the quarter which closed on Mond ' ay , th « 30 th ult ., were published on Tuesday . They enow an increase of 422 , 052 / . upon the produce of the corresponding quarter in last year . The chief details are as follow : — INCREASE . Customs £ 0 ( 5 , 415 Excise 241 , 020 Property Tax llfl , 91 > 5 Crown Lands 1 , 000-Jt' 45 G , O 30 DICCIIEIASI !! . Stamps £ 18 , 895 Taxes 0 , 005 Post-oflico 0 , 000 Miscellaneous 8 , 084 £ 38 , 984 Not increase £ 422 , 052 The increase on the year ending with the 30 th of June , 1856 , is also satisfactory ; it amounts to 4 , 101 , 620 / . as compared with the year which closed on the 30 th of June , 1855 .
State ©F Trade. The Trade Reports For Th...
STATE © F TRADE . The trade reports for the week ending last Saturday , from the manufacturing towns , indicate great steadiness , together with increased confidence as to future prospects , owing to the weather and the state of the discountinarket . At Manchester , there has * been a fair general demand . The Birmingham advices describe no material alteration in iron , the orders for which are still rather limited , but the removal of & U doubt as to the prices of last . quarter being fully maintained has imparted a better tone to the course of operations . Tin the general mairafactares of the torn * , there has been increased employment . A fall in copper has occurred unexpectedly . At Nottingham , tnere have been a large nnrnber of purchases , especially of lace . In tbe woollen dwtriets , an absence of activity is strll noticeable , but prices , on the whole , are well maintained . In the Irish linen-markets , animation continues . — Times . Mr . Charles Magnay , of the firm of Young , Son , and Magnay , shipbuilders of Lhnehouse , whose men are now on strike , and who took proceedings against several of them in the couTse of last week ( as reported in this paper ) , appeared before the Thames magistrate on Monday to lodge a complaint against a shipwright _„„ . „ , ! Tt «>« nn Tlio Arm HnH nrospmit . ftfl T ) enf . r > Ti e \ yt tfra
previous Fridaj-, for breaking a contract to work for them , under the new regulations , for six shiUings per day for twelve months . The man , when before the magistrate , declared his willingness to fulfil tlie contract , but said he had been tampered with and intimidated by the Union men . On promising to commence work , he was released without any punishment ; but , after working a few hours on Saturday , he left , and had not since returned . Mr . Selfe , the magistrate , said he would grant a warrant for the apprehension of the man . Mr . Magnay added that nhie shipwrights had entered into a contract with theiT agent a ± Southampton to work for them for twelve months at six shillings per day . The I men came to London , were sought after by the Shipwrights' Union , and tampered with . They had not commenced work at all . In answer to Mr . Selfe , who asked what reason they assigned for this conduct , Mr . Magnay replied , " None at all , Sir . When they signed the agreement , they said they were quite satisfied with our terms and our regulations ; but we know that our yard is like a beleaguered fortress . Men are constantly watching from n . nnhiichnuse window all that is iroinir on within r there
are spies and scouts at the corner of every street near the yard ; the men wo engage in the country are intercepted at the railway stations ; and we believe intimidation has been practised . There are plenty of men anxious to work for us , but they are prevented by a tyrannical and inquisitorial tribunal which interferes with the freedom of labour , and has agents all over the kingdom . " The names of the men exercising this inf luence were then read by Mr . Magnay , and the magistrate said he would issue warrants for their apprehension . Mr . Magnay rejoined that he would rather have summonses ; he did n > ot wish to have the men locked np . But Mr . Selfe recommended warrants ; and they were accordingly made out . The men were , brought up on Wednesday , and , having promised' to resume work , were discharged . Between 300 and 400 miners employed at the Oaks Colliery , Barnsley , are on strike , alleging that th « mine is not in a safe condition to work in . The strike of tli « masons at Pembroke Dockyard has been in a great measure brought to a elose by bringing over men from Dublin , which has caused many of the old hands to return at the former wages .
Nawab Op, Surat Treaty Bill. We Have Bee...
NAWAB OP , SURAT TREATY BILL . We have been favoured with a copy of tho petition of the East India Company to the House of Lords , praying to be heard by counsel at the bur of the House , against the second reading and further progress of tho above bill . This bill , they say , has two distinct objects : to put a particular construction on a certain treaty , and to empower the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to re-hear questions relating to tho private estate of the Nawab tliat have already been determined by the Legislative Council of India so far back as 1848 . Tho petitioners object to the first part of the bill , as introducing "the practice of deciding on the disputed interpretation of a public Jind political treaty by n private bill . " Tho treaty in question was made in 1800 by the Marquis Weileslcy with' the nearest relative of the lost Nawab . The Kast India Company vrns thereby bound to allow the titular Nawab a pension for the maintenance of his unreal dignity m long na tho title was transmitted in tho mule line , according to the Mahonnnedan usage . Tho last male hoir of the Nawab with whom the treaty was niado died in 1842 , and consequently tho title also became extinct . Rufc ho loft one surviving danghter , married to Meer Jafflcr Ali , and ceTtain collateral relatives , who disputed the legitimacy of the daughter . Tho Bast India Company therefore held themselves absolved from tho further payment of the pension ,, but liberally consented to pay tho same amount to tho lute Nawab ' d family , mijmt tho expenditure incidental to keeping up the dlg-uity . Tho preamble of the bill is
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071856/page/6/
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