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M1S0ELLAN EOUS. '1 he Queen is mill at W...
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The Grand Duke of.Tuscany has conferred ...
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The fifth of November was celebrated thi...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. O...
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~ - ~~~~~ lZW L ' & VERSUS & ATS . „ . ^ inwinc singular story of the doings of the ? 5 at Paris has been published in the morning f fi , between Lord H . ' s two owls , Th akCci ^ ou ^ , and twelve rats , came off at mid-IrOn UeaK ^ Qctoberj in the drawing-room of the nignt on |» The betg on tbe Bide of the rats , amount-JockeyVAg - were aU taken by Lord nf who backed his i ! ? mP ( i champ ions . The' most perfect order prevailed P * X drawing-roo m . The place of every spectator was m dr » wl hi » by the judges of tbe battle , whose orders asSlg " mni cit y submitted to . Lord H- had on his right fS thePOct of Marseilles , who , while the warlike M # Jtions were aolrtg on , Improvised a dozen strophes prep - ^ b ? the singular occasion . At about half-past " /^' n Victor Couturier introduced the rats . The large ' 6 ' which they were contained was placed upon a * > ip in the middle of the room , in order that the inmates , Si has fasted for twenty-four . hours might be publicly to sustain tneir ani
tT The dish chosen sirengm ana - * thpir ardour was a pasty of Perigord truffles , pre-Sdbyth ^ t worthy succe s , or of VateVt . be head cook f the club In three minutes these delicacies were disdof with an evidentrelish and appreciation which p 0 « lrl ha ' rdtYhave been predicated of rats . Lord H . ' theri nSeredt hfe'fatconer W bring in the owls . Iron' Beak A Young were born in Scotland , upon an estate of his lordship ' s , where for two years they inhabited an old tower in which they were one day surprisedl and captured , hv William Perkes , the falconer : They are owls of the Ureest kind . They are each two feet high ; their eyes nt I ghastly transparency ; lh if plumage a mixture of
various shades of grey ; vheir talons remarkable lor their form strength , and flexibility . As the clock struck twelve the signal for the combat was given . Victor Couturier let bose ° the twelve rats . They had previously occupied each a separate compartment in the cage , and finding themselves on the floor of the drawing room , while the digestion of the truffles was going on , were about to fall foul of each other , when William PerkeS turned the two owls into the arena . At this moment a religious silence prevailed among the spectators . Nothing washeard but the iercing cries of the rats and the gnashing of the
p beaks of the owls . Iron Beak opened the -war by flying at Kobert Macaire , alias the Greek , and seizing him by the haunches , pounded him as completely as a boa constrictor would a calf that he was about to swallow . Young at the same time as effectually disposed of the unlucky Coquartf , alias the Book-keeper . Prince Petulant alias Chamouski , Rotiilafd alias the Vagabond , and B . risquet alias Cut-K . nuckhs , fell altogether upon Young and hung on to his claws . Young caused Rodilard and Brisquet successively to bite the dust , but Prince Petulant obstinately renewed his atracks upon Young's
posteriors , and broke his thi ^ h in two places . I 5 y this time Iron Beakhadslain Voltaire alias the Enemy of Obscurity , tlie brave JLtat . apoil alias the Vexer , and Darkness alias t ie Pamake-eater . . But he had sustained the injury of a broken claw . The chances were now nearly ecjual . The two owls were seriously wounded , but five rats only , more or less injured , survived . The interest of the battle was at this moment at its height , Poulastrol alias the Wiyrnaker , who had hitherto cowered in a corner as if ashamed of himself , suddenly rushed upon Young , threw him upon his side , and literally eat out his eyes . The owl uttered a horrible scream , but in his dying struggles tore open the bowels of Puul . isirol with his beak , and
the two enemies expired side by side at the same moment . Iron Ueak was now singly , opposed to Tourlourou , alias the Brush-maker , the Marquis , alias Ilide-your-Love , the Parisian , alias the Chatter , and Prince Petulant . The hitter , who had eaten more truffles than any other rat , was furious beyond measure . lie clung to the sound leg of Iron Beak , and continued to gnaw it , while the owl killed all the remaining Tats . Of all the Kallant combatants , Iron Beak , the owl and Prince lVtulunt , the rat , alone survived , both mortally wounded ,
disabled , but still flushing Bnarks of fury at each other from their eyes Tlie judges at this Btage dtclared the battle a drawn one for ihe present , but decided that the Htikes are to be handed to the owner of the combatant that . Hball live the longest . Upon this announcement , Victor Couturier oirricd off Prince' Petulant to be loetored and nursed . Willium IVrket ) , the falconer , l < "ik care of Iron Beak , and the bnckerw on either side : x- now awaiting with iinxit ty the renult of the nkill of " » ' respective medical attendants of the multilatcd heroes
M1s0ellan Eous. '1 He Queen Is Mill At W...
M 1 S 0 ELLAN EOUS . ' 1 he Queen is mill at Windsor . The notable event ° f the week there being the investiture of Knrl Fitzvv 'lUam with the Order of the Gaiter . Hi' - gossip in the town is Htill liloojnerimn . No }( 1 »* than six ladicH were lecturing on Monday night m thin metropolis : one , Mrs . T . U . poster , nuperior * " her ( : Oa < ljutorM in many respeetH , lefctured at the * iinover-squ : ue U-oomn , but . wan dinanpointed in her a "dience . Sho ia a semi-lllooiiier . We uuderHtund thut Mih . ltn > u » lnuu is \\< n \\& t . o lecture nguinst ^"' o oineriHin . Mjh . Tracy ha . s written to the Chronicle ™ Htatu that no rc . Mpectabk ; Ulooiiuvrn purtieipntod in tll famoiiH Itlooinor ball . «•«« Itinhop of Oxford delivered a charge on ThurH" V at Aylesburv .
„ , ***• KoBHuth ha I an interview with M . Maz / . ini on 1 UCBday . o l" '' e I ' ol'Bh-lIuiiKarian ball will take pl : » ce nt the ^ "uahull , on ThutNtliiy next . It will be combined with concert . KoHsuth , it in reported , will he , present . ' i " « rac « Clark , ilio Quitii ' m iiliyHician , waited on J VoB Huth aM | l hiH fuinUy ou ( h ( hu * ^ AHe Htutuc of the late Lord Ovoiuc lkntinrk haK been ^ 'ced upon the j , redf « tal in Cuvrndish-flquiu ..-.
A courji ° f directors was held a ^ India-house , on Wednesday , " whien Captain Sir Henry J . Leelte , R . N ., was appointed Superintendent of the Indian Navy . A general assembly of the academicians was held at the . Royal Academy , on Monday , when Mr . William Boxall , Mr . Edward Wm . Cooke , Air . Frank Stone , and MrT Henry Weeks , were duly elected associates of that institution .
The Grand Duke Of.Tuscany Has Conferred ...
The Grand Duke of . Tuscany has conferred the Grand Cross of . the order of St . Joseph upon M . de Baumgartner , Minister of Commerce at Vienna . The funeral of the Duchess d'Angouleme took place on the 28 th ultimo , in the Franciscan Convent at Goritz . The cortege > which was Tery numerous , was headed by the Count de Chambord , Don Carlos of Spain , and his two sons ; and in it were the Count de Montbel , Duke de LeviB , and Count die Blacas . Waiting in the church Were the Countes 3 de Chambord , the Duchess of Parma , the Duchess de Berry , Count Lucchesi Palli , and Marshal Marmont .
It was reported in the Cologne Gazette that Lord Palmer 8 ton had apologised to the Austria Government for the Kossuth " mania . " The Globe of Tuesday denied , the rumour point blank . A letter from Leipsic says , " The catalogue for the book-fair of . Saint Michael has just been published . It results from it that , during the short space of time which has elapsed since the fair of Easter last , not less than 3860 new bookj have been published in Germany , and that 1150 others are in the press . More than one-half of these works relate to scientific subjects . "
The Fifth Of November Was Celebrated Thi...
The fifth of November was celebrated this year with considerable eclat . The Guys were numerous , large , and ridiculous ^ Some wore mitres , others high conical hats , others cocked hats , and not a few paper head dresses of an indescribable and unknown variety . The Pope and Cardirialwere not forgotten , nor were Marshal Haynau with his whip , and the young Kaiser of Austria , appropriately accompanied by a notorious morning paper . Czar Nicholas also appeared in rude guise , and a gigantic Bloomer astride a wooden horse completed the infinite variety of grotesque ugliness . But of the original Guy , with dark lantern and gunpowder barrels , few likenesses were seen .
The Judicial Inquiry Into Mr. Ramshay S ...
The judicial inquiry into Mr . Ramshay s case is now pending before Lord Carlisle , at Preston . The proceedings are very prolix , uninteresting , and confused . At the recent municipal election for Scarborough five Liberals displaced five Tories , and among the latter were three of the warmest suppoiters of George Frederick Young . An influential meeting of the supporters of Mr . Gibson ' s bill on County Rates and Expenditure was held at Newton in the-Willows , on Monday . Ei ^ ht members of Parliament , of all shades , except the thorough Tory , took part in the proceedings . The object of the movement is to place the expenditure and local taxing power under popular control .
Letters Signed " Clancarty " And " Westm...
Letters signed " Clancarty " and " Westmeath " addressed to Lord John Russell , appear in the papers from the lords bearing those titles . They complain of the enforced repayment of advances ; but , as they rtere written before the publication of the Treasury Minute quoted last week , they are of no importance , except as additional remarksof the extent of the feeling against wholesale and immediate repayment . The Marquis of Londonderry , in reply to an article in the Northern Whig , has issued from his office at , Newtownards a list of thirty-three tenants , who alone , out of 1600 on his lordship ' s estates in that quarter , attended the recent tenant-right meeting . Of the thirty-three , twenty-six are in his lordship ' s debt in sums varying from £ -5 to £ l' 2- > , and seven only appear clear on the rentbooks of the noble marquis .
Certain preliminary proceedings in the action brought by the editor of the World , Dublin , against Sir Willium SoincrviUe , took place on Monday . The action is brought to recover a balance due for work and labour in writing in support of the existing administration from July , 1818 , to January , l & VJl , a period of two years and a half , and the goods sold and delivered were copies of the World newspaper sent to the defendant , or forwarded to other parties at his request . The sum claimed is £ (> 70 () . The counsel for iSir William applied for a . new bill of particulars . The bill offered appeared to the judges illusory , but a technical difficulty arose on the aflidavils , and llie decision was adjourned .
Another murder lias been perpetrated in the Queen ' s county ( says the Leiiittltr Jixprcss ) . In this instance the victim is a small fanner , holding about six acres of land ; and his ollencc the supposition thnt his wife gave Mr . Jelly , Mr . Keinniis ' s ngent , information that the principal in the murder whs about , to sell off and go to America , which led to a seizure on bis property for a year mid a half's rent , up to the 2-Oth of M , arcli . The following are the pnrtieulais of the ulrocit . y : — Between six and weven o ' clock on ( Saturday evening , 1 'idwnrd lloian , u stonemason and farmer , accompanied by u number of men
entered ' the " bawn of John Fly mi , of Urittas , near Mountmellick , and commenced levelling an outhouse , to which he hud set up an itnaginauy claim , though it is two years since he bad been dinpoasesM-d of it . Flynii came out toresist the work of demolition , when the party turned on him in a ferocious manner , and beat him vvith rtticks and pitchfork * to such a degree as to leave him unable to stand . Flynn ' s wife wan also beaten severely , lind received two stabs of u pitehlork . The party having levelled the our-house left the neriie of outrage in triumph . Flynn having been removed to bed , lingered rrt great agony a shoittime when he died .
Mr . Stone , gave , hin far . Vvell lecture on electro biology at Cork , or » the 27 < . n ultimo , lie explained the iliffen-m- « between electro-biology and mesmerism , the first great difference being that mesmeric experiment were performed upon persona in a utitc of utter uiioonsciounneHH , ' mid
electro-biological , on Che contrary ; upon persons in . a waking state , and perfectly conscious or * what they were doing , though unable to resist the influence of the operator . Another difference was that mesmeric subjects were influenced by the will alone , and that their minds became as it were one and the same with that of the mesmeriser ; but ; on the other hand , the biological patient requires to be told what he is to do , and cannot be influenced by the will alone . Having made this preface , the lecturer then informed , the audience that there were amongst them several persons upon whom he had before experimented , and requested those persons to keep their seats if by any means they could do so . Five persons then came forward , as if . dragged on by some means or other ; but one still remained . The lecturer , perceiving him , told him
he would find the room too hot to hold him , and immediately he rushed forward with the appearance of one escaping from a fire . The lecturer then asked each of the six separately whether " they were abte to keep their seats , and they replied •« They were not . " The lecturer requested"them to shut their eyes , which they did ; he then told them they could not open them , which was the case ; he then told them they could , and they did . He performed a great number of" similar experiments upon them , making them suppose that the house was on fire , that they were seasick , that their seats were hot , that it rained , that they were attacked by snakes , that they were actors or opera singers , and a variety of other experiments . He concluded the lecture by mesmerising two little boys and bringing them from the midst of the audience by mere volition .
A dreadful boiler explosion occtfed on Thursday . A steam tug employed on the Kennetand Avon Canal near Bristol blew up and four persons were killed .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 17 th of October , at Hotel d'Europe , Alexandria , the wife of Alfred Fowler , Es ! q .: a son and heir . ¦ O n the 29 th , at Lowndes-square , the Lady Mary Egerton : a daughter . On the 30 th , at the Vicarage , Corby , the wife of ( he Eeverenil C . Farebrother , S . C . L ., rector of Iriiham-cum-Coiby , Lincolnshire : a son . On the 30 th , in Sackville-street , Dublin , the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Farraut , Eighty-first Regiment : a daughter . On the 3 lst , at Frittenden , the Lady Harriet Moore : a son . On the 31 st , at Bryanston-place , the Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor : a daughter . On the 1 st of November , at Cohvood-house , Sussex , the wife of Saint John Bennett , K & q .: a son and heir . On the 2 nd , at Upper Norton-street , Portland-place , the wife of Signer A . Ferrari : a daughter . On the 3 rd . at lckworth , the Lady AuthurHervey : a son .
MAIUUAUES . On the 22 nd of October , at ^ t . Matthew ' s Church , in the Island of Jersey , the Reverend Kowell Twopenny , rector of Little Casterton , in the county of Hut and , to Vlathilile Anaise , youngest daughter of Captain Marcus Louis , of Avrauches , France , late Fifth ltoy ; d Veteran Battalion . On the 23 r-. l , at St . George ' s , Catesby Paget , Esq ., to Adelaide , daughter ol the late Honourable and Reverend Miles istaple'on . On the 28 th at the Roman Catholic Chapel , Pierrepointplace , Bath , and afteriiards at St . James ' s Church , Bath , !>• U . Safe , Esq ., London , to U < orgiana , eldest daug hter of the late Colonel Gran by llely . On the ^ 8 th , at MiMenhall , Henry St . Quentin Isaacson , Captain First Austrian Imperial Dragoon Guards , second son of tlie late Stut .-villB Isaacson , Esq ., U . S ., to Elizabeth Mary , only daughter of Woolton Isaacson , ICsq ., of Milcienhall . the Reverend Newton
On the a « th , at Ardiigton , Berks , Barton Voting , Follow of N < u' College , Oxford , to Laura , second ( laughter of the Reverend Frederick Barnes , DA ) ., Canon of Christ Chun-h . On thu ^ 'Jth , at Lnndi-veilog , CannartluMishire , John Thirlwall , Esq ., of Liilc-olii ' s-inn , ncpluw of the Bishop of St . David's , to Atiin- d'Arcy . only ddughter of John Wilson , Ksq ., Judge of County ( Joints of ( i ) ainoi ^ anshirc and Brecknockshire , and Recorder of Carmarthen . On the 29 th , at tlie Alilx-y Church , Mabnesbuiy , William It . O'Uyme , Esq ., the Naval Biogiapher , to Kinily , eldest daughter of th « late John Truughuar Handy , Esq ., of Malmeabuiy , Wilts . <) u the 30 th , at the parish church of Clifton , the Reverend Robert Au ^ ustm Matnioell , joungest son of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Limerick , to Frances Erskine , youngest daughter of ! ¦ ' . T . Hall , KHii ., of Brunswick-terrace , Brighton .
On Uie 30 lli , at the Catholic Chapel . Spaiiish-plilue , 11 . Conto Fa <\ di Bruno , 10 Ague * , youngest , daughter of Kdward lluildle-Htoni * , Esq ., of Sawston-hall , Cambridgeshire . On th t . ice of the Peace , of Crinkle , in tbe Kind ' s County , Ireland . On the , 't (); h , at llerriard , Hants , Oliver Culley Codriiigl . on , Esq ., of Dean- house , near A lri'nford , H . iutri , t . o Henrietta , eldest daughter of the late ( ieorge Marx , Esq ., of huton-square , London . On the ; ilht , nt Ht . Georjje ' a Church , Huuover-Hqiiare , Major Frederic Urownlow , to Alary Essen ^ ton , widow of the late ¦\ Yilliain KHKcn ^ ton , Eutj ., the Firs , Great Malvern . DEAI US . On l . h < : Il'OUj of October , aged Kixty-eight , th <; Itevrreml 'I'liouiiiii Cokei Ailauis , ltmal Deui > , Vicar of Ansty , Warwickshire . On the 2 (> t . li , at . the < : 1 omc , Nornieh , Simuii , widow of tlio lteverend I ' . dward South 'lburlow , lale Oaniniof Norwich .
On the Jlltll , at Brighton , William W \ oii , It . A ., clilel engrarei of her Majesty ' s Mint . On the . 'Sdtli . in hiH eighty-seventh year , the Reverend Nal . luiuiel Georj » e WoodroUe , A . M ., forty-eight years vicar of the | mrMi ol Somerford Kt > yiivn , Wiltn . On tho : IIhI , iit . hiH residence , at . Brighton , JoHejih Ki : hollcl « l , E-s « i , in Iiih «; lt ; bt . y third . jeur . ,, . On the Int . ol November , lit . Torrin « toii-: «| imre . 1 lionias Unllowuy , F . H . S . ruid F . K . A . H ., Ke ^ i . d . iar ol lh < ' Amicable hoclety . : l " on' ! he" £% t <; iou ,.,. r , « ,..-ga « . e . . t . ^ nfH-pa . K , La . ly Buller , in her H ( : v « 'iit \ - « ii < 'ltl . li yvti " . . i i ,.... On the ill . at hi . . eM . lence . No . K . N « MVii . pton-pla « " . «• - nington . Su , . ey . Lieutenant John Lcw . h M « . •>» l »« »< "Y- » MiiiliieH . in t . h < - seventv-Memiiid 3 ear <> l Inn " ( f ,, .. ; ,. On the -n . l in Win w . rk-H ....... e . | i , l x , av . -r . m . l . I , on . lon I . ditl . Ho "' ... lVl « nKlV « .-r ,. fSirJ ......-H ... « l ' ¦> ' < ' > *¦»» " *»» I ennent . « , d rt » rX 7 i * -. ¦ ¦ y-. •¦ ¦ «"'' y t fT i " ^" !!! 77 !!^!! ll
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08111851/page/9/
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