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870 t&tyt QLe<eV. [Saturday,
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court Circular of las...
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The London correspondent of the Wexford ...
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M. Guizot, as director of the French Aca...
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A deputation of members of Parliament, a...
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A Remarkable Escape From Prison. A Convi...
weight forced out the boarding . Having got under the gallery he met a serious obstacle in the shape of a zinc ventilator , but this soon gave way , thus enabling him to descend to a small closet beneath . A window with trifling protection afforded him access to the parapet wall some few feet below . Gaining it , he proceeded along it to one of the main walls , fifty or sixty feet long , communicating to the governor ' s house , on the north side of the prison . Beaching the end he by some means must have got on to the roof of the house , a height of more than six feet from the wall . Having obtained this point all obstacles were apparently at an end . He divested himself of the prison clothing , save his trousers and blue shirt , and with the " jemmy , " rope , sheets , & c , left them on the roof , and by sliding down one of the gable-end walls got clear of the gaol .
870 T&Tyt Qle&Ltev. [Saturday,
870 t & tyt QLe & lteV . [ Saturday ,
Miscellaneous. The Court Circular Of Las...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court Circular of last week contains nothing remarkable . The royal family still remains at Windsor Castle ; the Queen walks every morning on the slopes , when the weather is fine , the younger branches take such pedestrian and pony exercise as is meet for them , and Prince Albert generally goes out shooting in the morning , attended by Colonel Bouverie . On Monday Prince Albert went to the Town-hall , and presided at a meeting of the Royal Association for the Encouragement of Industry and Cleanliness in the Dwellings of the
Labouring Classes , and on the same day Lord and Lady Palmerston arrived at the castle on a visit to the Queen . The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , accompanied by the City Remembrancer , had an audience of the Queen at the Castle , on Tuesday , to receive her Majesty ' s pleasure relative to the day for the reception by her Majesty of the address from the Corporation of the City of London on the papal aggression . Alderman Salomons and some of the members of the Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London also attended to receive her Majesty ' s pleasure on the same subject , which is fixed for Tuesday next .
Prince Albert arrived at the building erecting for the Exhibition of 1851 , in Hyde-park , on Thursday , at eleven , and inspected the works . At twelve o ' clock he presided at a meeting of the royal commission for the promotion of the Exhibition , which lasted till twenty minutes past three o ' clock . The workmen employed on the building assembled at the entrance ; and , on Prince Albert taking his departure , greeted him with loud and enthusiastic cheers .
The London Correspondent Of The Wexford ...
The London correspondent of the Wexford Independent says , " There are two appointments decided on , but kept very close , for reasons of state policy—that of Lord Normanby to the most lucrative office in the gift of the Crown , the Governor-Generalship of India ; and that of the Right Honourable Mr . Redington , Under Secretary for Ireland , to the Governorship of the island of Malta , to succeed Mr . More O'JFerrall . " It is understood that the Earl of Chichcster , a nobleman no less distinguished for sound common sense than for his unblemished and honourable character and his entire freedom from party feeling , will be proposed as the successor of Lord Shaftesbury in the chairmanship of the House of Lords . — Globe .
The Globe says , " It is generally understood in legal circles that the Attorney-General , Solicitor-General , and Mr . Welsby arc actively engaged in preparing an Act of Parliament to meet the recent aggression on the part of the Roman Catholic bishops . " The comtnittce of subscribers to the monument to the memory of the late Lord Jeffrey met last week to decide whether the memorial should be a work of sculpture or of architecture . The decision was in favour of sculpture . " We have heard with great satisfaction of a munificent offer made by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer at the close of some dramatic entertainments which he has been giving at Kneb worth—the performers consisting of the company of amateurs who usually play under the managerial direction of Mr . Dickens . Sir Edward proposes to write a play , to be acted by that company at various places in the United Kingdom : the proceeds to form the germ of a fund for a certain number of houses to be further
endowed for literary men and artists , —and the play itself , if we understand rightly , to be afterwards disposed of for the added benefit of the fund . Sir Edward will likewise give in fee ground on his estate in Herts for the erection of such asylum , rest , retreat , or whatever else it may be determined to call the residence in question . The actors —to whom a conspicuous share in this good work will be due—hope , we understand , to take the field in the spring of next year . —Athenawn . M . Drouyn dc L'Huys ( the French ambassador ) arrived at the French Embassy , in Belgrave-squarc , on Priday evening , from Paris , after a temporary absence , occassioned by the death of his father .
Mr . Jacob Bell , chemist , of Langhum-place , has issued an address to the electors of St . Albans , soliciting the representation of the borough . He declared himself a Prop-trader , a decided but moderate Liberal , a supporter of the general principles of Government , and a firm opponent of Papal aggression . Mr . Bromley , the lately elected MP . for South Nottinghamshire , has declared his intention of retiring from Parliament , on account of continued ill-health , and a growing desire on the part of his constituency to be xxwxvt viticiciitly represented . Lord Newark , and Mr . Barrow , of Southwell , are talked of as likely to become rival candidates , the latter being favoured by the county gentry and tenant-farmers , and the former by the local
aristocracy . nriRiucracy . The election caused by the elevation of Mr . Baron Murtm to the judicial bench is not likely to be contested in l ' untefrnct . The present candidate is the Honourable Beitby It . L . nvley , son of Lord Wunlock . A few days ago a party of the electors , wishing for a representative of more liberal piiuviplw , boUoUcu Thomas Greenwood
Clayton , Esq ., of Bierley , Bradford , to become a candidate . That gentleman has just forwarded a reply , in which he , " for the present , " waives his pretensions . The place of Deputy Ranger of Windsor Park , vacant by the death of Sir Thomas Fremantle , has been conferred on Captain F . H . Seymour , one of the Equerries in "Waiting to Prince Albert . William Porster , Josiah Forster , and George Stacy , of the religious Society of Friends , had an interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office , on Tuesday , to present an address on the subject of the slave trade and slavery .
, _ ... The Essex Herald states that overtures have been made to Mr . Halford for the purchase of Prime Minister , his Derby crack , and that only last week the very large sum of £ 9000 was offered for him , with Mr . Merryman and Harriot thrown in . Of the sixteen Turkish and Arab youths who have lately been sent to Europe for their education as medical men , five have been sent to England , five to Germany , five to Italy , and only one to France . The inference is , that France has lost favour with the Viceroy , owing to the connivance by the French consulate at the flight of Artin Bey .
M. Guizot, As Director Of The French Aca...
M . Guizot , as director of the French Acadamy , and conformably to the usages of that body , was received on Saturday by the President of the Republic , to whom he was charged to announce the election of M . Nisard , and to demand the approval of the President of the election . M . Guizot is said to have remained for some time in conversation with Louis Napoleon , and to have been greatly pleased with his reception . The action for defamation instituted by M . Charles Bonaparte , Prince de Canino , against the Viscount d'Arlincourt , for having published a defamatory note against the former in his new work , was tried this week , before the Court of Correctional Police . The interest
attached to the proceedings , and the talent of the eminent counsel employed attracted a numerous auditory . After eloquent speeches from MM . Berryer and Chaix-d'Est-Ange , and a speech from the Prince de Canino himself , the tribunal condemned M . d'Arlincourt to a fine of 300 f ., with costs , and the insertion of the judgment in a certain number of journals . We learn from Paris that there is every probability of the Minister of War withdrawing his demand for the extraordinary credit of 8 , 400 , 000 f ., the aspect of affairs in Germany being of so pacific a character as to render an
encrease in the French army unnecessary . ~ A strong effort is about to be made by the objectors to the French law of the press , to have it so modified that the principal responsibility of libels shall rest upon their authors , and not upon the editors or proprietors of the journals giving them publicity . Workmen are now occupied by the city of Paris in planting trees along the inner ana outer boulevards , in the Champs Elysees , and along all the double line of quays from Bercy to Passy . The quay along the poultry market is now planted for the first time . hat to
The ceremony of presenting the Cardinal ' s Monseigneur d'Astros , Archbishop of Toulouse , took place in the chapel of the Archbishop ' s palace in that city , on Thursday week . Monseigneur Appolini , the Pope's Ablegate , and Monseigneur Doney , Archbishop of Bordeaux , presided at the ceremony , at which the Prefect and the principal authorities of the place were present . The Risorgimento of Turin , of the 29 th , publishes a letter from Oagliari ( in the island of Sardinia ) , of the 25 th ultimo , which states that the insurrection at Sedillo has been completely put down . The populace having returned to order , a portion of the troops which were sent to Sedillo had returned to their cantonments .
The Austrian troops who assist Pio Nono to keep down his people are paid out of the taxes levied by the spiritual head of the Catholic Church from his grumbling subjects . The French troops whom Louis Napoleon lends his Holiness for the same pious purpose are supported out of taxes raised by the people of France . The Pope naturally prefers the French mode of doing business , and , therefore , he is endeavouring to get the whole of his execrable police work done—on the cheap systemby what Michelet calls " the holy bayonets of France . " The Araldo , weekly journal of Naples , announces the fact that the Neapolitan Government has prohibited the sale of the works of the following authors : —Shakspeare , Schiller , MoliAre , Lamartine , Lucretius , Lucian , Sophocles , Sismondi , Thiers , and Humboldt . Amongst the works of the latter especial prohibitive mention is made of the Cosmos .
Bravo Murillo , the Spanish Minister of Finance , tendered his resignation to the Queen on the 27 th ultimo . The reason assigned for this step is the extravagant expenditure of Narvaez and his colleagues , which has produced an enormous deficit , ten times as great , in fact , as the deficit represented to the public , which is thirty millions of reals . Queen Christina protects Bravo Murillo , who will go into opposition at the head of a party of seventy deputies , Complaints have arrived from the frontiers of Bohemia that the Croatians stationed in the neighbourhood come over the boundaries and infest the Prussian villages by begging . The Austrian armament is vigorously continued ; 20 , 000 men are to be collected at Cracow , while Lemberg will be garrisoned with 27 , 000 Russians .
Accounts from the Hague state that MM . Nederraeyer Van Rosenthal , Lucas , and Van Spingler , Ministers of Justice , Marine , and War , having felt offended at some proceedings in the Second Chamber with regard to them , have tendered their resignations . The first sod of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway was turned on the 31 st October , in presence of the officials and a few other gentlemen . The contract for the Sion . embankment has been given to Mr . J . Balston ; the line may probably be opened by the year 1855 . The Calcutta contract has been disposed of to an English house , but the work has not yet commenced .
by er , endeavoured to seduce the affections of the wife of Lieutenant Shelton of the 33 rd N . I . Having been forbidden by Lieutenant Shelton all communication with Mrs . Shelton , Major Bartleman entered the house with the express purpose of speaking with the lady in her husband ' presence : he there beat the husband , and afterwards returned with his commanding officer to hold further conversation with the wife . Finally , he sought to justify his proceedings by producing before the court of enquiry a note received from Mrs . Shelton , intimating that his attentions were not offensive . The result of the trial is not yet known .
which he had been entrusted her fath The currency of Runjeet Singh is being fast called in and the East India Company's coin is substituted- a bulk of silver , valued at thirty-five lacks of rupees ' or £ 350 , 000 , weighing upwards of seventy tons , is now on its way down to Bombay for the purpose of beino- recoined in our Mint ; the treasure is guarded by the F ' iftysecond regiment Bengal Native Infantry . A court-martial assembled at Barrackpore , on the 18 th of October , for the trial of Major J . Bartleman , of the 14 th N . I ., for scandalous and infamous conduct , in having under the cloak of an almost paternal authority , with
It turns out that the disturbances which recently occurred in India , along the Punjaub frontier , were the result of our own mismanagement , in suddenly encreasing the irregular troops stationed at the salt mines , whereby the jealousy and fears of the hill men were not unreasonably excited , and a tribe called the Khuttucks joined the Wuzeerees , to make common cause in repelling any further advance or encroachment upon their territories . Lieutenant Pollock having been despatched with , a reinforcement detached from the Kohat garrison , for the purpose of relieving the guard at the Khel salt-works , he discovered that the cause of disturbance was exclusively attributable to our own irregulars , whose irregularity had occasioned the demonstration on the part of the
mountaineers . The proposed constitution for the Cape of Good Hope sent out by Earl Grey , does not seem to grow in favour with the colonists . The presidency of the First Chamber , proposed by Earl Grey to be in her Majesty , is rejected even by the Government Commission , and by the municipal authorities totally repudiated . The Government proposals , almost in every article , are far short of the requirements and intelligence of the colony . The inhabitants , as on the convict question , have deliberately made up their minds ; rejection of their suggestions is
sure to evoke an irresistible opposition . A constitution for the Cape will never be graciously received unless it thoroughly embodies the English representative principle . Disturbances have again broken out on the Kaffir frontier of the Cape of Good Hope , the native tribes being the aggressors . It does not seem that the malcontents were very formidable in numbers , but still appearances were sufficiently menacing to induce his Excellency the Governor General ( Sir H . Smith ) to repair without delay to the scene of strife , in order to ascertain the cause and extent of the outbreak , and to adopt such measures as he might deem necessary for its speedy
suppression . There is some distress in the manufacturing districts of New England . More than 300 , 000 spindles have been recently stopped in the cotton manufactories at Lowell and elsewhere in Massachusetts , and they do say 700 , 000 spindles in all the Northern States . About half the Maryland cotton factories have suspended , but in Pennsylvania very few have stopped , if any . The manufacturers attribute all this to the tariff of 184 G ; but the very high price of the raw material , and the introduction of cotton mills in the South , are probably the principal causes of the depression .
According to the report of the chief of the police in New York , there were more than 10 , 000 persons arrested for misdemeanours and felonies in that city during the past three months , where there are also 4267 licensed drinking-houses , and 718 unlicensed . ditto . The custom imported into America by German immigrants of locking up considerable sums of gold and silver in boxes in their own houses , instead of depositing such sums in a bank for safety , has frequently led to horrid crimes lately . Two weeks ago a Swede named Carnal
murdered M . Rousseau from Belgium , and nearly murdered two sons of M . Rousseau in Dey-street , New York , because he knew that the old gentleman , who was a boarding-housekeeper , had 300 dollars locked up in a box , where he constantly kept his money . Some hopes are entertained of the recovery of the two sons . The monster had to fly before he could obtain the money , and , in escaping , he jumped over a wall into a stone area , broke his arm , and was otherwise terribly bruised . He has been fully committed for trial .
A Deputation Of Members Of Parliament, A...
A deputation of members of Parliament , and representatives of the metropolitan parochial boards and members of provincial poor-law unions , waited upon Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey , at the Homo Office , Downing-street , on Wednesday , for the purpose of drawing the attention of Government to the necessity of introducing some measure , during the ensuing session of Parliament , whereby the representative principle might regulate the boards comptrolling and administering the county rates . Mr . Roberts , of Rochdale , having read the prayers of several of the memorials adopted by the boards of guardians , Mr . Hume said it was now incumbent on the Government to make the
question a Cabinet one , and bring it to a successful issue . In the country districts a very strong feeling prevailed , especially among members of boards of guardians , ami farmers in particular , who , from being peculiarly circumstanced could not at all times " speak out ; " but who were most desirous that some legislative enactment should be passed whereby some control might be had over the expenditure of the county rates charged upon and taken out of the poors rate . Several other members of Parliament urged the same view of the subject . Lord John Russell said that although he concurred in
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07121850/page/6/
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