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Boston Election.—Mr. Ingram has been ret...
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ejected him . Governor , on $ he retirement of Mr . E . Wootton . The retiring , governor has held the situation for sixteen years , and has during that time won the esfceem and regard of the ratepayers , the guardians , and the poor who . had . been dependent upon the Union . He withdraws to cultivate a farm which he has purchased near Dover .
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Naval And Military. Nurses At Naval Hosp...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Nurses at Naval Hospitals . — An Admiralty order j ust promulgated directs a considerable increase in the pay of nurses in the naval hospitals . It is to be hoped that a better class of attendants on the sick will thus be attained . Wrecks on the Welch Coast . — An immense quantity of wreck ibas been washed up along the shores of the Welch coast , a great portion of which has been recognised as forming part of the vessels
recently lost with lamentable sacrifice of life . In the Bay of Cardigan a large amount of timber has been picked up , and it is feared that during the late heavy weatlier more vessels -were lost than , were reported , as several have been missed . The bodies of those lost in the Catharine Jenkins . have - been recovered . No doubt is entertained as to the fate of the crew of the French ship JJuono , lost at Portheawl , as bodies , no doubt forming part of the crew , have been washed ashore .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and Prince Albert , last Saturday , visited the National Gallery in company with the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice . On her return to Buckingham-palace , the ( Queen received fortyrthree of the Guards who have come home wounded fromthe Crimea . Theinen / afterthe reception , were regaled in the lower dining-hall . The King of the Belgians is expected on a visit to the Queen , to be present at the confirmation of his goddaughter , the Princess Royal .
Warn of Habeas Corpus to prodtjoe the JBoi > t of a Child supposed to be detained in a Nunnery . — On Tuesday last Mr . Cook Evans instr . ucted . by Mr . Clarke , of Bedford-row , applied to Mr . Justice Crompton , at chambers , for a writ of habeas corpus on . behalf of Mary King , the mother of -Mary'Ann King , who it was supposed was detained in the Norwood Nunnery . The affidavit of the mother ( who is a Roman Catholic ) stated that when her husband died . in 1850 she j > laced her child in the Nunnery at Norwood far two years ; after which there was an intimation of her being sent abroad , to which the mother strongly objected . Arequest was then made to allow the child to remain six months longer , to which the mother consented . The
child after that saw her mother always in the presence of a nun ; and at length , when the mother began to express her determination to take her child home , she wife only allowed to see her child through , a lattice work or grating . Finchly , the mother , waB refused permission to see her daughter at all . At the latter end of last year the "mother met one of the priests , and asked him concerning -her daughter , and the priest said that her daughter had been sent to France some months since . ' The mother applied to a magistrate , who could not assist her . She was then recommended to apply to her attorney , Mr . Clarke , who went with her to the convent and demanded hex
daughter . The nuns replied that she was not there , but had been sent to France twelve months previously . Mr . Evans urged that if this habeas corpus was not effectual the law of this country was a complete blank to the mother , and fco any parent under similar circumstances , His Lordsliip granted the writ , which he made returnable at his chambers on Monday nex . t . Enclosure of Hami'stead Hjgath . —A special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday morning at tho Council Chamber , Guildhall , Mr . J . Thwaites in the chair , to receive deputations from the vestries of Hampstoad , Marylebono , nnd St . Panoras , " On the subject of the adoption of measures for securing Harupstead Heath for the recreation of tho public , " in consequonco of the bill now before Parliament , to give Sir Thonxvs Marion Wilson , Bart ., power to enclose and build on tliia Heath . The memorial from Humpstead urged upon the board tho necessity of their speedily interfering in this matter , and adopting measures for tho purchase of tho , ground in question . The cost of the three hundred . And tea acres was estimated at 43100 , 000 , and tUo memorial suggested that the approaches to the , hpath . should be improved . It also enforced the necessity of an application to Parliament by this board , xn accordance with tho olause in tho Metropolitan Board of Works Act . Applications had Doon mndo to Government on this question ; and on the last occasion tho deputation was told to wait and lay their case before this board , which wan then in contemplation , of being formed . Tho deputation from St . Panoraa concurred in tho recommendations mentioned in tho Harapstoad memorial , and added that . tUo pxpenwo qhould bo defrayed by a general , rate on tho inhabitants of tho metropolis . The deputation
from Marylebone also concurred in the prayer of "the Hampstead memorial , and approved of the suggestion of the deputation of Marylebone with regard toiproviding the money necessary to secure Hampstead Heath for the public . The deputation then , retired . The Bedfobd-row Murder . —Westron , the murderer of Mr . Waugh , is , by the decision of the Homeoffice , to be condemned to penal servitude for life . The jury ,. it will be remembered , found him guilty of the murder , but also found that he was " predisposed to insanity . "
Suicide of a Large Brickmaker . —Mr . William Rhodes , an extensive brickmaker , has committed suicide , . after suffering severely from mental depression . An inquest has terminated in the usual verdict of temporary insanity . Sir George Grey ' s Police Bill . —The court of Common Council , on the advice of its Consolidated Committee , has resolved to petition the Government against the Home Secretary ' s Police Bill , on the ground of its centralising tendency . Ruti « and Election . — The Hon . G . H . Heathcote , son of the retiring member , now a peer , was on Tuesday elected at Oakham , without opposition , to represent the county of Rutland .
The Unity Bank . —The subscribers of the Unity Bank have completed the , requisite payment 6 f 50 per cent , on its capital of £ 600 , 000 , and it is jetated that , immediately r on the receipt of its charter from the Board of Trade , which is expected in the course of the present month , the Bank will commence operations . — -Times' City Article ,, Wednesday . The Eastern Cottnties 'Rail-way . —The shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company . at rbheir meeting on the evening of Friday week , adopted the report so far ; as relates to the rate of distribution , and , with regard to the election of directory a poll has been demanded . The discussion throughout was of a turbulent character , a strong feeling being exhibited against a . continuance of the late management .
The "National Reformatory Union .- —A meeting of this society—the object of , which is to extend and encourage the present movement in favour of the reformation of criminals—was held last Saturday afternoon . Several members of Parliament and persons of high station were present ; the report was adopted ; a deputation was appointed to wait on Prince Albert , to request his co-operation ; and a motion was carried , appointing a sub-committee , for the consideration of the two bills with relation to Scoteb . and Irish reformatories . now before Parliament . s
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Leader Office , Saturday , March 1 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . Their Lordships sat only for a short time , and merely advanced one or two Bills a stage . In the early part of the evening a Royal Commission was held and the royal assent given to two Money Bills . HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE ROAD THROUGH ST . JAMES ' s-PARK . Sir B . Hall brought up the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the question , of a road through St . James ' s-park . It stated that they rejected the plan which proposed that the road should pass through the park ; as well as another which passed through part of the Green-park ; and they recomvnonded a road passing from Pall-mall , by Marlborough-house , and continuing along tlie roadway in the Mall in tho park , and thence to Buckingham-gate > they recommended a foot-bridge to be thrown over the water in Sfc . James ' s-park ; that the Duke of York ' s column and the stops bo removed , and an opening for oarriages from Trafalgar-square into the Mall be made , SHAVING ON SUNDAY . In answer to Mr . Muurouqh , Sir G . Grey s & id ho had inquired into the case of Joseph Wolstonohnm who wa . n fined for shaving a man onaSundayatOldhana ; but lie had no power to remit the fine ; that tho person on whom it was inflicted had not complained , and that it was an arrangement among tho barbers of Oklham not to ahavo on Sundays , and it was at thoir inatanoo that tho present offender was brought boforo the magistrivtofii . MiVruorous local manaokmknt amkndmbnt dill . Mr . T . DuNOOMHifl protected against the bill brought
in by the Attorney-General to amend a provision of the Metropolis Local Management bill of last session . but he was stopped by ^ the Speaker on the ground that the bill was one of the orders of the day and ought not to be discussed . He , however , persisted , and UTged'ihat the amendment bill would neutralise ^ the intention under which the original bill was passed He hoped it would not be brought on late that evening , and-begged that it might be postponed . The Attorney-General said the bill was only intended to make clear doubts raised on the operation of the Bill relating to vestries , and to prevent heavy litigation which -was impending over the parishes of the metropolis . THE GEAVES OF THE BRITISH OFFICERS IN THE CRIMEA . Sir J . Fergcbson inquired whether a pledge would be taken from Russia not to disturb the graves and monuments of the British officers and soldiers in the Crimea , in the event of the Allied Armies evacuating their present position . Lord Palmerston said -the subject _ would be attended to in the negotiations , and he thought there could be no difficulty in getting an assurance from the Russian Government ., that the graves in question would be respected . He paid a tribute to the generous conduct of the Russians during the war , and especially alluded to their conduct after the victory at Kars . Sir Djb Lacy Evans pointed out that the population-of the Crimea had been ruined by the war , and that certain portions of ground should be set aside and guarded and a rent-charge paid for it , with a view to preserving the graves in question . THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OS 1 THE HOUSE OB 1 LORDS . Ongoing intorCommitteeJofrSupply , Mr . Bowybr rose to bring the question of the condition of the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords , The House then went into Committee of Supply on the -Army '• Estimates . The "Estimates occupied the House till one o * clbcb The otl * . - ordets were quickly disposed of / and , the House adjourned at half-past one . ,
The Turkish .Reforms. "Welearn (Says A L...
THE TURKISH . REFORMS . "Welearn ( says a letter from Vienna in the Po & Gazette of Frankfort ) that Lord Stratford de Redelifle has presented a note from'the English Government , asking the Porte to allow , as a guarantee for the : promised reforms , the occupation by English troops , for an indefinite period , of Varna , Gallipoli , and Candia . It was -thought at Constantinople "that , . if this question be discussed at Paris , Russia will oppose it . Reinforcements are no longer directed on Kamiesoh , but on Masiak . Marshal Pelissier has been summoned to Paris .
The Baltic. Two Russian War-Steamers, Ac...
THE BALTIC . Two Russian war-steamers , accompanied by -three gun-boats , have got out of Sweaborg by breaking the ice . These ships have appeared in the Baltic . . JS ^
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT ( YESTERDAT ) . Frederick Quennell , a supernumerary at the Surrey Theatre , was tried for a murderous assault , within the building , of William . Hurcum , a dresser and assistant . He vras found guilty ; and , though recommended to meroy by the jury on account of some provocation whichthey " believed" he bad undergone ( though none was specified ) , he was condemned to ; ten months' imprisonment , the laBt week to be in solitary confinement . James Sydeuham , a wheelwi-ight , has been acquitted of a charge of killing a little boy eleven years of age . They were at the Surrey Theatre ; and the man , in order to induce the boy to sit down instead of standing on a bench , pinched him iu a delicate part of his person . The child died from peritonitus ; but the medical man could not say that ho might not have died without the injury , i ,
Boston Election.—Mr. Ingram Has Been Ret...
Boston Election . —Mr . Ingram has been returneel for Boston . He supports Lord Palmerston . The late Fihh at . Covent-oabdun . — Prince Arthur' visited tho ruins of tho theatre yesterday , and , say tho penny-a-liners , exclaimed " How dreadful !'" It is hard to eoy whioh ie the most child-like—the exclamation or the chronicle of it . Of tho two , the fu'st was certainly the more natural . The Duke of Cambridge also visitod tho ruins . —Mr . Hingston , treasurer to Mr . Anderson during his lato management , will havo a benefit at the Lyceum Theatre , on Tuesday next . The members of tho Covont-garden company will perform , and an » wldreB & written by 'Mr . Robert Brough will bo delivered . Tlie courageous conduct of Mr . HingBton at tho fire doaervos all reward . Tub Royai , Commission ojp Genhual Officers . — Tho board of general officers formed to inquire into tho Crimean report of Sir John M'Neill and Col , Tullooh , will hold ita meetings in > thc Great Hall tho Royal Hospital , Cholaoiv .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08031856/page/11/
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