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William And The Infant Prince Beingwell,...
The xatts Professor Worm . —Thig gentleman , -who was -well known in England , has just . died at Ham . , burg . He -was renowned as a publicist' on mercantile subjectsj andj during his last visit to London , appeared as a witness before the Parliamentary committee instituted for the investigation of the Stade-due question . His writings on English history are justly famous , and a larger work on this subject is contemplated from the valuable materials he has left behind . He was a warm admirer of British , institutions , which he never ceased recommending to his countrymen , and possessed many personal friends amongst the best . London circles .
Visit op ast Abyssinian Princk to Europe . —A letter from Alexandria , dated the 27 th ult ., says : — •' We have here at this moment one of the sons of the Emperor Theodore of Abyssinia . This young Prince , ¦ who has an extremely interesting appearance , is accompanied by a mritierous suite , and intends visiting Paris . He is the bearer , it is said , of magnificent presents from his father to the Emperor Napoleon . " Whittington Club . —On Monday evening the halfyearly meeting of the members was held . Mr . Alderman Mechi presided , and said he had examined the accounts of the club , which had his entire approval , and he was convinced that the institution was in a solvent condition . The secretary read the import , which was unanimously adopted . A managing committee was then appointed , and the proceedings closed by a vote of thanks to the chairman .
Protestantism in iTAi / r . —r-The police in Tuscany have been very lenient of late to Protestants ; and permit them to hold their conventicles , if not in safety , at least without fear of imminent danger . It has noAv happened that a certain Bartolomeo Gualteri , curate of San Donato al Ci 3 tio , in the diocese of Florence , informed his archbishop in a letter that he not only resigned his curacy , . but that it was also Ma intention to abandon the Roman Catholic Church , for his conscience no longer permitted him . to teach a false doctrine to the faithful entrusted to his care . The archbishop left this letter unanswered , and the curate , after having consulted his own safety by leaving the Tuscan state , and after having waited eight months without receiving any reply , published a pamphlet , entitled A Christian ' s Letter to Monsigfiore the Archbisrfop of Floi-ence . At the appearance of this
pamphlet the priesthood were struck dumb with amazement , and this the more , as the renegade priest was not only a man of excellent reputation , but also because the ' living he voluntarily abandoned was known to be a very lucrative one . He professed to prefer the salvation of his soul to the comforts of life , and to the affection of his family and his parishioners , who notoriously loved and respected him . The pamphlet is written with a truly edifying calmness ; there are in it no exaggerations of sentiment and verbiage , and it is consequently most assiduously read by the lower classes . You will hardly believe it how . seriously Papism is endangered by such small facts . But the court of Rome is also exposed to the attacks of most valorous writers , who undermine its existqnce By means of works of great profundity . —; Continental Review .
The Eltmejuly Gentjlemen of the House of Commons . — -Seventy-one members Of the present House of Commons claim exemption from serving on election committees as being above the age of sixty years . The list of these worn-out veterans of the Senate includes the names of : the Hon . General Arbuthnott , Mr . J . Bagsbaw , Mr . E . Ball , Colonel Boldero , Mr . Adam Black , Hon . P . P . Bouverie , Mr . W . Brown ( Lancashire ) Major C . Bruce ( Elgin ) , Sir C . M . Burrell , Mr .. Hales Calcraft , Mr . E . Denison ( West Riding ) , Mr . H . Drummond , Mr . Divott , Mr . T . $ . Duncombe ( Finsbury ) , Eight Hon . E . Ellice , Hon . J . E . Elliot , Sir Da Xncy Evans , Sir James Graham , Mr . Ilndfield , Mr .
Granvillo Harcourt , Mr . Henley , Mr . J . Heathcbat , Mr . Hope Johnstone , Mr . W . Long , Hon . Colonel Lowther , Sir C . Napier , Sir J . Owen , Viscount Palmerston , Sir G . B . Pechell , Mr . O . Ricardo , Lord J . Russell , Mr . Poulett Scrope , Mr . Slaney , Mr . R . Spoonor , Lord J . Stuart , Mr . Aspinall Turner , Sir W . Verner , Admiral Wfflcott , Mr . Wrightson , and General Wyridham . Sir Charles M . Burrell , the " father" of the House o { Commons , is no loss than eighty-five years of age , and has eat for Shoreham and tho Rape of Bramber sinco 1806 , the memorable year when tho ministry of " All tho Talents" ( including Mr . Fox ) was formed . Sir O . Burroll is only exceeded in ago by Lord Lyndhuret , of tho Upper House , who is in his eighty-seventh year .
when young heroes arc first taken up from grass ? Of course they submit , because they cannot help themselves , don the red trouse r s , and in time what with the friendly bonnes , and the regimental band , and the pleasure of being stared at , try to per - suadei themselves that they like thp service , which they probably d " o much in . the same sense that an omnibus liorse enjoys his daily runs from Putney to the Bank . But when there are threatenings . of war , it is then that the distress of France at this militarj 1 - man-hunt rises to its culminating point ! The effect of the few words with _
which Louis Napoleon was pleased to inaugurate the opening of the new year must . have shot like a spas m through the heart of rural France . In what cause was it that all these poor fellows were about to be instructed first in the mysteries of . the go ' ose-rStep , and secondly in the far simpler process of getting their brains knocked out amid the poplars of the Lombard plains ? It could not be very intellig ible ¦ .. to them what damage had been done , what insult bad been offered to themselves or their Emperor . He had spoken , however , and the petit vtrre of destinj 17 must be drained to the very dregs . —Times .
The Paper Duty . —Yesterday afternoon , a deputation on the subject of tlie repeal of the paper duties waited upon the Earl of Derby , for the purpose of urging upon him the repeal of the paper duties . There were a large number of members of the House of Commons present , amongst whom were Mr . William Williams , Sir Joseph Paxton , Colonel Sykes , Sir John V . Shelley , Dr . Brady , Colonel French , Mr . John Locke , Mr . W . Brown , Mr . Roupell , Mr . M . Gibson , Mr . E . Craufurd , Mr . M'Mahon , Mr . E . Ball , Mr . Edwards , Mr . Hatchell , Mr .
Salisbury , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Ayrton , Mr . Conyngham , & c . Mr . M , Gibson introduced the deputation ; Mr . Cbllett , Mr . Vizetelly , Mr . Cassell , Mr . Francis , Dr . Gray , Mr . Ilollingshead , and Mr . Moy Thomas . Mr . W . Chambers and other gentlemen addressed his lordship , urging the usual arguments in favour of the repeal of the tax . The Earl of Derby said that in the present state of the national finances it was impossible for him to make any definite , promise ; and he feared that it was more probable he should have to impose new than to remove old taxes . ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ •' . .. - .. ¦•
A Point for Litigation . —A nice point , which may unfortunately give rise to much litigation ; arises out of the recent deplorable accident at Beacon-terrace , Torquay . It will be remembered that Mr . and Mrs . Edward Hanibling , the occupants of No . 4 , when removed from beneath the debris caused by the fall of the high wall upon their sleeping apartments , were both dead . At the Probate Court , of London last week an application was made on the part of the heirs of Edward Ilambling to administer to his estate . It was contended that , though the body of the wife was warm when they were extricated , it could not be proved that she survived her husband , and-the heir-at-law to the latter was therefore entitled to inherit his estate , an d not the heirs of the wife . The motion -was granted . — Plymouth Journal . A Banker Playwright . —We land the following in
Museum are really of a very arduous description ; and then let us ask whether salaries , of which 245 / . is ^ the maximum , can be regarded as adequate remuneration ? Take , for example ^ Mr . George Gray , whose name is known throughout the scientific Worid as an ornithologist of established reputation ; take Mr . John Bennett , the eminent botanist : these gentlemen have served the Museum for twenty-eight and thirty-two years respectively , and are now paid such salaries as 245 / . and 2257 . In the librarj' , too , where there are necessarily employed many gentlemen highly skilled in languages , this same meagre tariff prevails , and salaries are . paid to linguists of world-wide reputation such as a City merchant would be sorry to give his foreign corresponding clerk .: We have every reason to believe that this state of things is most iinsatisfactorv to Mr . Panizzi , whose . active and
intelligent management of the Museum has at length secured him a proper appreciation from the public , in spite of much clamour and prejudice ; and we are given to understand that he has clone as much as he possibly can do to induce the trustees to recommend a more liberal scale of pay . Mr . Panizzi is too great a master of the art of organisation not to . know the stimulating influence which liberal pay exercises over even the most honest official ; and he doubtless knows that a continuance of such a cheese-paring system cannot but be otherwise than detrimental to the interests of the Museum ; So long as these gentlemen are so ill-paid , it is not to be wondered at if they employ their talents in other channels , whether by writing books or other congenial occupations . Strange indeed would it be if it were otherwise . — Critic .
T WiNANS Steam-ship . —The novel iron steamer , built by Messrs . Winans , of Baltimore , a sketch of which recently appeared ia the Illustrated News , has made an experimental trip . The accounts as to the result are very meagre . The Bdliimor * Sun says : ¦ — ' ¦ * With a pressure of fifty-six pounds of steam ( half her capacity ) a satisfactory headway was made . The points of the bow and stern barely touched the water , and the even progress of the vessel caused no commotion of the waves , but left a smooth . wake like a groove . The
steamer passed Fort Carroll until off North Point , when she was put about . The steamer returned about'tw . o o ' clock yesterday afternoon , and after playing about the open water , was returned to her moorings at the yard of the builders . The average speed attained was about twelve miles an hour . The ventilation below decks was perfectly preserved during the running of . the machinery , and at no time did the thermometer rise above- sixtyfive degrees Fahrenheit . We believe the builders regard the . trial as satisfactory , and a guarantee of success when a greater distance is attempted . "
The Corporal , at the Play . —The corporal of Dra ^ goons who sits next me , and who has given hostages to the drama at the playhouse door , leaving there so many of his accoutrements that his bulk is diminished by about one ^ -half , would astonish me by his presence in an orchestra-stall . ; but that knowing how completely it is a part of the present system in France to pet the army in every , conceivable' way , it would not the least surprise me to hear that the members of the military profession got their places in the theatre for half the sum demanded of their more peaceful countrymen . I have , however , nothing to say against my neighbour ; but , on the contrary , am proud to be able to state that he was extremely courteous and affuble to me , though he was
a Paris letter : —*' We have had a dramatic novelty at the Palais Royal Theatre within the last ten days , which , in spite of the public anxiety oh the subject of war , has been much talked about . It is a long farce , in three acts , with tho curious title of My Niece and my Bear , and tho author is no loss a personage than the famous financier and capitalist , M . MUluud ! M . Mil ' laud , who is fond of entertaining literary men , one day engaged in a discussion with sonic dramatic authors upon tho rolutivo difficulties of their profession and his own . Tho writers for tho stage held that finance must bo ono of tho ousiest of occupations , and , at tho same time , the most profitable . M . Millaud , on the contrary , maintained that it was exceedingly difficult , and Unit , in
a corporal , and I only a civilian j and that he conversed freely with me between the aota , making many guileless inquiries relative to the manners and customs of the English , which it was my agreeable duty to answer in such French as I could command , and with an ingenuous modesty . What a house ! What a country for tho arts ! The people on the Place do la Bourse to-day were talking about th « now play almost as much as about francs . The corporal of Dragoons settled himself in his place , with a deep .-drawn breath of prophetic satisfaction , as tho curtain rose ; and J , proceeded , for my part , to consider the course of tho play with close mid critical attention . —X > iok & ns 8 Household Words . The Phospeots of War for FricnchmkN . —If the
his opinion , dramatic authorship was infinitely more simple . Tho discussion continued with animation on both sides , until at lasttho millionnaire ottered to support his vio > vs by a practical demonstration of their soundness—in other words , to write a piece himsolf , a piece , too , that should plcaso tho autlio » co and be a legitimate success ! His . proposal was aceopted , » nd ratified by a bot ; and tho speculator turned author at onco sot to work upon his new employ , J / jy iYwce and my Bear , just produced at tho Palais Royal , is tho result of his labours . M . Millaud has won his wagor > tho piece is a real success . All tho Parisian critics t to know M
thoughts of war aro unwelcome in England , what a shudder runs through martial but disgustod Franco 1 Much as that warlike country loves tho sword , it ia , notwithstanding , true , and perfectly well known to all who have had an opportunity of observing tho habits of tho French peasantry , that among thorn tho conscription is about as popular as was tho appearance of a proas-gang among tho shipping in tho Pool during tho lato war . Joan-Marie and Pierre-Louis havo no object nearer their stout Gallic hearts than to bo allowed to cultivate tho paternal square furlong in ponco , duly subdividing tho estate ,
say so , and of course thoy ough | . . Millaud ' s name does not appear on tho play-wu . Thot document assures us that M . Frascatl is tho author . Such is tho pseudonym tho financier has assumed . UJ course , tho production of tho piooo has caused a goou doal of sensation in tho dramatic and , financial woriu . Well it may . What would bo Buid in London , I woudar , if Sir R . Carp Glyn , Baron Rothschild , or Ovorunu , Gurnoy , and Co ., wore to bring out a domostic druma for Robson at tho Olympic , or a soroaming r « r « ° »< £ Mr . Wright at tho Adolphl ? You would bo as muou startled , I fancy , as though Lord Maoaulay wow to compose a now galop , or tho Archbishop of Canterbury tooK t Into lila head to write a comic song for tho Lamuoiu hall which bears his numo . " Australia . —Tlio Norfolk arrived off Falmouth on Thursday evening from Melbourne , landed malls « nu passongera . and procoodod on hor w » y to Lontto »» w Wings on froight 7000 ounces of ffblU ,
and to solicit with horny hand from tho ungrateful soil as many potatoes as they conveniently may . With us Sergoant Kite does tho work . An unblushing brow , a voluble tongue , a bunch of ribands , and a gallon of ale seduce tho young ploughmen of our agricultural districts and tho idle artisans of our towns into tho runks . ; but thoy onllsjt of their own free will ., In . France thoy aro driven to glory , who n thoro la not money enough to purchase a remplacant , and how can a Fronoh peasant find money enough ? Serve ho , must , If ho draw tho fatal lot . Who that has over witnessed it can forgot tho anguish of that scono outsldo tho provincial viairio ,
Salaries at . this BRiTian Museum . —Attention has been drawn by several contemporaries to the inadequate salaries paid to tho able and meritorious gentlemen whoso services give such efficacy to tho British Museum ; and truly it ia a , matter for national shamo that when such vast sums of tho public money aro lavished , not to say wasted , in other directions , tho country should » oom to deal bo niggardly by those who aro among the most zealous and accomplished pf hor sorvants . Wo say $ eem , because wo believe that . it is only neodod for tho nation to undoretana the question to have'It immediately remedied . Lot It bo remombored , in , the first place , that the body of employe ' s at tho British Museum comprises men who aro really eminent in tho various departments of human Knowledge to whioh thoir attention has boon directed , and that their labours at tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12021859/page/10/
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