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rueveral wards amounted to 198 , nearly the whole of which we surgical cases . The Queen next inspected the Brompton barracks ; and finally the invalid depot at St . Mary ' s . At the conclusion of the inspection she returned through the "barracks , where the troops were drawn tip in line ; and a royal salute was fired from the southern battery on her reaching the railway station . The Freedom of the City of Edinburgh has been conferred on Major Nasrnyth , in consideration of his ieroic defence of Silistria , and his important services at the battles of Alma and Balaklava . _ _
On the 1 st inst ., while the labourers were digging ibundations for the houses on the crescent now building on the Round Hill Park estate at Brighton , belonging to the members of the Conservative Land Society , they discovered an urn , evidently Roman pottery . On being examined , it was found to contain boxes which had been burnt before being so deposited . The urn stands nine inches high , and about six inches broad . No lid could t > e found ; but that such had belonged to the urn is certain , from the fact that a well-made brass hinge , in good preservation , was exposed to view . Some Roman Antiquities were not long since dug out in the immediate . neighbourhood . It is possible , from the character of the land , that a Roman encampment formerly existed in the locality .
The Daily News American correspondent says that " things are coming to a crisis in Mexico . It is rejorted and believed that Santa Anna ' s reign is about over—that Alvarez has possession of nearly or quite all the Mexican coast on the Pacific—that Santa Anna ' s funds are exhausted , and that in his poverty and desperation he is resorting to the last expedient at hand , and has proposed to the American Minister to sell another portion of Mexico to the United States . But there is no probability that even General Pierce ' s administration would entertain the idea of purchasing another province from Mexico . " The Murder in FolEy-pxaCe . —Luigi Buranelii was on Saturday brought up at Marlborough-street for further examination ; but the woman whom he wounded being still in too dangerous a state to give evidence , he was "remanded for a month .
Ministerial Appointments . — -Viscount Monck has been appointed to the Lordship of the Treasury , vaoated by Lord Alfred Hervey- This completes the ^ Treasury board , which is now constituted as follows : — Viscount Palmerston , First Lord ; Sir George Cornewall Lewis , ^ Viscount Monck , Viscount Duncan , and Mr . Chichester Fortescue , Junior Lords . The Right Hon . W . G . Hayter and Mr . James Wilson , Joint Secretaries . Mr . Monsell retains the Clerkship of the Ordnance . —Globe . Release of Garden . —John Carden , who was convicted last summer df an attempted abduction , has , by id act of disgraceful " grace , " received a material commutation of his sentence . He is to be released from
iurther imprisonment , on condition of remannng in a foreign land until the end of his term , and of giving ¦ security , himself in 20 , 000 ? ., and two sureties of 5000 / . ¦ each , to keep the peace towards Miss Arbuthnot in particular , and her Majesty ' s subjects in general , for ten years . The bail bonds have been perfected , aud forwarded to the executive . ^ arTklEETrNor- ^ 'At a : late meeting of the Newcastleon-Tyne Foreign Affairs Committee ^ the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . That , public opinion in demanding the dismissal of the late Ministry required a effange of measures as well as of men ; that the war policy of the new administration appears to bo ' in no respect an improvement upon that of the late Cabinet 5 that , therefore , the Palxnerston Ministry can . have no claim to the confidence of the people . 2 . That
peace in accordanoe with the terms known as the ' four points' would be dishonourable , illusory , and fraught with consequences dangerous to Europe ; that , therefore , tho appointment of a British Plenipotentiary to attend tho Vienna Conference is either a I'idiculous mockery , or part xxf a plot to commit tho country to the terms of a shameful peace . 3 . That this committee recommends and appeals to tho British . pcoplo to hold simultaneous public meetings throughout the country on the 28 th of ( March—the anniversary of the declaration of war—for the purpose of reviewing the course of tho first year's hostilities , and to make manifest to the Throne , Parliament , and Europe at large , the national will in reference to tho future policy and conduct of the war ; and this Committee resolves that a public mooting of tho Inhabitants of Newcastle bo holden on tho day above named for tho business herein specified .
Pay of Ensigns . —Tho pay of an ensign is only SCs . 9 d . a week , and this pittunco is subject to many nnd heavy deductions . Fifty days' pay arc deducted for tho mess and band oxpcnHCH , « nd 90 s . —that i « , upwards of five days' pay—for tho stamp on the commission . Tho recipient of this pittance ia expected to keep ( Up . tho appearance of n gentleman , nnd to enter into tlio ¦ s ociety of young men of that cIiih . s . Compare Avith this xato of pay that of eomo inferior grade ? , nntl it will nlninly appear that there nro instances in which a soldier may not be able to afford tho honour of promotion to tho rank of ensign , . and would bo infinitely Aviacr to reject tho temptation of au apimrent rise , to be coin-• pensated by a real fall in his circumstances . Tho pay trf a corporal in tha Sappers and Miners is 11 . 17 s . a Wtiok , or threepence more than that of an ensign . That
of a sergeant in the same corps is 2 , 1 5 s . a week , or 8 s . 3 d . more than that of an ensign . That of a coloursergeant is 21 . 8 s- 6 d . a week , and that of a sergeantmajor in the Sappers and Miners is 21 . 16 s . a week , or 19 s . 3 d . more than the pay of an ensign . —Times . A Chinese Oath . —A Chinaman ( that is to say , a native not a vendor , of China ) was charged at the " Thames Police . Office , on Wednesday , with . wounding one of his countrymen , when the following odd scene occurred : —It seems that , on Chinamen being sworn , a saucer is presented to them , which they dash upon the ground and break to pieces . The prosecutor , though nted thim
seated and very weak , broke the saucer prese o into pieces ; but fhe second Chinaman , on receiving a saucer of the same size , which he threw with violence on the floor , could not break it . Mr . Ingham ( the magistrate ) told the Chinaman to try again . He did so , but with no better success ; the saucer rolled along the floor unbroken , amid considerable laughter . A third and a fourth time was this repeated . The Chinamen were struck with awe , and the Europeans were greatly amused . Mr . Ingham said the saucer was a strong one , and he wished his own « hina was of the same strength . He directed the witness to break it on the edge of the witness-box , and he did so , and scattered the fragments
on the floor . Fires and Loss of Life . —On Thursday , shortly before Boon , a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . Rouse , in Farringdon-street , by which property to a considerable amount was destroyed , and owing to which a young woman , who attempted to escape by jumping from a window , was killed . Another woman was fortunately rescued . The building was four stories high . Another fire , of a still more destructive character , and attended with the loss of four lives , occurred late on Wednesday night , in Clipstone-street , Portland-road . Several persons who lodged in the house made their escape by the staircase through the flames , and reached
the street , and two women were rescued by means of the fire-escapes of the Royal Society . As soon as the flames were sufiiciently subdued , an entry was made into the third floor , in the front room of which the bodies of three female lodg-ers were discovered , and in the back room the body of another , shockingly burnt . The origin-of the fire is not . known . _ JPeace Efforts of Austria and Pkussia . —Immediately after the death of the Emperor Nicholas , the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors in Paris and London , being instructed by telegraph , represented that the situation being now so completely changed , it was ive the
highly ^ desirable not to press on the war , but to g new Emperor of Russia time to establish himself-firmly on the throne , and to encourage by conciliatory conduct Che development of his presumed peaceable inclinations . I cannot say whether or not an armistice was in terms asked for ; but this much is not doubtful , that the German powers recommend that the status quo should be preserved as nearly as possible , and deprecate any assault upon Sebastopol . until the Emperor Alexander shall have Jiad an opportunity of negotiating . Very pressing representations in tliis spirit were made repeatedly on Saturday morning both in Paris and London . —Daily JVews Paris Correspondent .
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Leader Office , Saturday , March 10 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . NEW WRIT . A new writ was moved for the borough of Tamw . orth in consequence of Sir Robert Peel having accepted the office of a lord of the Admiralty . THE NEWSPAPER STAMP BIIX . The Chanoellor of the Exchequer stated that lie would move the second reading of this bill on Monday week .
THE EARL OP LUCAN . Lord Elciio , with reference to a motion of Mr . Henry Berkeley , which stood on the paper for an inquiry into tho circumstances connected with the cavalry charge at Balaklava , stated that in consequence of the new matter contained in the recently published letter of Lord Raglan , tho Earl of Lucan had aguin applied to the Commander-in-chief for a court-martial j nnd pending that application , Ire appealed to the noblo member not to bring forward his motion . Mi . Berkele y agreed to postpone it .
BREECH-LOADING ARMS . Mr . Maguiiie drew tho attention of tho Government to a new brocch-loading carbine , which ho had seen tried yesterday , invented by a Mr . Sharpc , an American , and pressed tho advantages which such a weapon would afford to our cavalry and artillery . Mr . Monsklx . stated that breech-loading arms wero to bo udoptcd iu our cavalry forthwith , -and that the authorities wero only waiting for the decision of thq competent inspectors us to which of several descriptions which find been submitted to them was the best .
VtXLUNTEKR KDPWB COBFS . Mr . Wkxiaws uTged the ofifers < 0 F » immbe * oi persons to form themselves into volunteer riflt corps . Lord Palmerston declared that such corps would be no use whatever even in case of invasion , and declined to encourage their formation . . ' . The House then went into committee , of flttpply on , the Ordnance estimates . ' ' ' A discussion arose on the first vote for the establishment of a camp at Aldershot , especially the item of semi-permanent barracks , which was opposed by Lord Seymour and others , on the ground that such erections would neutralise the real purpose of an encampment . The whole of the Ordnance estimates were gone through , no discussion of any consequence taking place . The remainder of the business consisted of the passing through the orders of the day , and there was nothing in them of interest . The House adjourned soon after eleven o ' clock .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . TICKET OF LEAVE CONVICTS . liOrd St . Leonards drew attention to the subject of granting tickets of leave to convicts . He urged that as transportation had been abolished and penal servitude substituted for it , the system of granting licenses to convicts to go at large in certain districts had arisen . It had , however , proved to be most dangerous in its effects ; and the noble lord adduced a number of instances to show that most unfortunate results had followed the discharge of a great number of persons , who had relapsed into crime from the difficulty placed in their way of obtaining honest employment , which was not a little aggravated by the system of espionage by the police , to which they were subjected . He strongly urged the necessity of some alteration in the system .
The Earl of Granville , while regretting the defective working of the system , was yet unprepared at present with any new plan with , reference to the question , although the Home Oflice was employed in acquiring the . fullest information with the hope of future action in the matter . He argued that the statements of Lord St . Leonards were in many respects . exaggerated , and certainly did not correspond . with the information ^ received by the Government . Earl Grey censured the practice of encouraging policemen to follow returned-convicts ^ and prevent their obtaining employment . He recommended the Government to send a large number of convicts to Western Australia and other available colonies .
The Lord Chancellor recognised-the abstract advantages of the system of transportation , which had been discontinued only in deference to the feelings of the colonists . " With respect to the tickets of leave , he contended that the experiment had , on the whole , proved successful , and a large number of convicts had become honest members of society .
THE COLONIAL OFFICE . " The Earl of Derby brought forward the subject of the present condition of the Colonial Office , and remarked upon the vacancies left in the public service by the absenco from England of the Colonial Secretary . He saw no reason to anticipate the early return of Lord John TLussell from Vienna , and meanwhile the state of several dependencies appeared to be bec oming exceedingly critical . The business ol the department had been handed over to Sir G . Grey ad interim , but as that right hon . gentleman was already charged with the functions of Home Secretary it was impossible hut that some of his onerous duties must be left unperformed . He inquired what steps the Government intended to take to put an end to so anomalous a state of things .
Earl G < ranville exp lained tho arr angem ents tor the discharge of the more pressing business devolving upon the Colonial-office , and eulogised tho indefatigable industry of Sir G . Grey . He could , however , afford no information regarding the appointment ot an Undcr-Sccretary to the Colonies , intimating that before that post could be filled up , the bill now before the Legislature , permitting three Under-becretarics of State to sit at ono time in the House ot Commons , must have becomo law . „ , ;„„?«<» Their lordships then adjourned at ten minutes past seven o ' clock .
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( By Confincntul Tclet / rayft . ) Madrid , Thursday , March 8 . A battalion of marines left Cndiz to-day for Cuba . Five thousand men will leave ia May . The nrniy of Iluvannuh will bo augmented to 30 , 000 men . Vienna , Friday . The tfcnora l hope that the conferences will have a satisfactory result has removed tho T > ad impretslon which the manifesto of tho Emperor Alexander bad produced .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10031855/page/11/
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