On this page
-
Text (5)
-
July 15, 1854.] THE LEADER 657
-
WORKPEOPLE'S FESTIVALS AT THE CRYSTAL PA...
-
MADAME SONTAG. Madamiq Sontao died on th...
-
THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE. The South-Eastern ...
-
MISCELLANEOUS. The Frenchman, Le Tour, w...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
New Public Amusements . Tins Polytechnic...
by 100 , 000 11 . per shares , and that the gardens have been provisionally purchased for 25 , 000 / . " This is a very proper thing : but surely the Temperance Palace is not to be of " glass ?" In reference to the Queen's visit to Chiswick , last Saturday , a contemporary gives this rumour : — "' The visit of her Majesty was understood to be an effort on the part of the council to revive the declining fortunes of the society , which appear not to be on so satisfactory a footing as formerly . To make matters worse , it is understood tli . it Sir Joseph Paxton is prepared , nest summer , to enter i . ito formidable competition with the Horticultural Society , and give floral and musical Jetes upon a scale of splendour and at a price which will place them above £ ill rivalry . "
The Crystal Palace is to have a picture-gallery . It is to be " extensive , " to be open to artists of all nations , and with arrangements on a liberal scale for the sale of the works . At the Dublin Exhibition , where the picture gallery was the great attraction , 10 , 000 / . worth of pictures were bought ; and why not a proportionate result at Sydenham ? " The arrangements for collecting the pictures have been intrusted to M . Corr Vander Mauren , of Brussels , the commissioner , who brought to so successful a conclusion the exhibition and sale of the pictures in Dublin , and that gentleman has already succeeded in collecting about 300 first class p ictures , by French , Belgian , and German artists of celebrity . " It is understood that the waterworks in the palace fa rdens are in a sufficiently forward stato to lead to the ope that the smaller fountains will be playing ia about a fortnight . " At Malta there has been a novel festival that might be imitated here . The news runs : —
" His Excellency Sir W . Eeid endeavoured to turn the festival of St . 1 ' eter and St . Paul to a practical use . It is the custofti on this festival for all classes of people to nrtake picnics to the country , about Boschetto and Civita Vecchia , where they have no object beyond eating and drinking , and some very poor races in the evening : —in tact , it is too hot to make any exertion . However , Sir W . Eeid got up a committee , and offered prizes for the best samples of cattle , corn , vegetables , machinery , silkvyonns , & c . ; the prizes for Malta on a liberal scale , from 31 . down to 3 s . There were some very fine mules , poultry , corn , potatoes , and silkworms
exhibited—also some great improvements in machinery ; but the pleasantest sight of all was the happy-looking people , picnicing under the trees . All appeared thoroughly happy and contented . Here wasevery class , from the commandersin-chief , judges , senators , & c , down to th « poorest peasant , and all appeared to be thoroughly enjoying themselves . It must have been a proud day for Sir William ; and 1 believe all classes felt grateful to Mm for his endeavours to turn this festival into so useful an exhibit ion . Doubtless , from the many prizes given , next year's exhibition will bring forth more competitors . "
July 15, 1854.] The Leader 657
July 15 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER 657
Workpeople's Festivals At The Crystal Pa...
WORKPEOPLE'S FESTIVALS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE , f _ We have received this from a correspondent . We will always be glad of such communications , indicating such pleasant , facts . J OnjMonday last a new and elegant banquctting hall was inaugurated most appropriately by a dinner , given by Mr . John Cooke , of the Patent Permanent Capsule Manufactory , Hall-street , Citv-road , to forty of the -workpeople in his employ . Each man , woman , and boy on the establishment , together witli the wives of the married men , were furnished with a , ticket covering railway carriage to and fro and admission to the building . After enjoying from an early hour in the morning the incomparable beauties of the palace and ground .- ) , they met their respected employer , his family , and several of his friends , and proceeded to the newlybuilt roam , situated at the south-western corner of the palace , capable of dining from 15 O to 200 persons . The dhmer , which was of admirable quulity , excellently served , and moderate in charge , was done ample justice to by the tired siyhtBoeis , both juvenile and ndult . Appropriate toasts were proposed by Mr . Cooke , Mr . Strudwicke , his manager , and by several of the workmen and visitors . At soven o ' clock iho party broke up , every one highly delighted ,
. The practice which was that day initiated will , it is to bo hoped , be extensively followod , thus consecrating the People ' s l'ulaee amongst its other beneficent objects to the sixiul re-union of employers and employed .
Madame Sontag. Madamiq Sontao Died On Th...
MADAME SONTAG . Madamiq Sontao died on the 18 th June , in the city of Mexico , where she . waa ubout to slug , of a autldon attack of cholera . She was a great artist , a beautiful woman , and a beautiful character , und there is real mourning for her . Tho American pnper . - * uivu intereeting accounts of her experienced in the State . ) ; and more of her brilliant biography , with which we are ull familiar , tho English world « Jooa not need to hear of , just now . "Tempted b y tho brilliant ouccchs whiuh hud attended tho prolosuionul career of Jonny Lind , uid other grout , m-iiattt in tills country , Madanui Soiling umdo uii her mind to vihh tho United Slntort in ll . o foil of 18 , y > aud arrived in New m « l l" $° 19 Ul . ° »» Pt « n »>» r « f ti . ut vmr . Sho com-XT ! , J 1 "T "" ° i f crtB llt t 1 " *<« l > M > olit « n Hall , popularity . ftrom Now York . hIio wont to lioaton nnd
lMiilndelphia , where she continued to give concerts , and firmly established her reputation with the American public . She then returned to this city , and appeared at Kiblo's in a snecesbion of the lighter operas , in which she had won her European fame , and so great was tho success which attended this experiment , that she was readily induced to enter into an arrangement witli Max Maretzek to appear in another series of operatic performances , given at Castle Garden in July , 1853 . This engagement proved to be one of the most profitable operatic speculations that had erer been undertaken in New York , and in fact , according to the evidence of Maretzck on the Fry trial , the only one that had ever proved satisfactory to all concerned " . The result justified Madame Sontag in forming a travelling operatic company of her own , with which she successively visited Boston , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Richmond , Albany , Buffalo , Cincinnati , Louisville , St . Louis , : ind New Orleans , and in every city that she went to , the high
reputation that preceded her ensured her the most satisfactory pecuniary results . In New Orleans , she entered iuto an engagement with M . Masson , the director- of the principal theatre in the City of Mexico , to play in opera for a tiled period of two months , with the privilege on his part of continuing the arrangement for three months longer , at a salary of 7000 dollars a month . Before she started for the Mexican capital , she despatched her agent , Mr . Ullman , to Europe , with instructions to secure all the available talent that could be procured for the formation of a fresh opera company , which was to meet her in New York on her return - That gentleman has been some time goneon his mission , and is , we understand , already far advanced in his arrangements ; and it is not improbable that the first intimation that he will receive of the sad calamity which has deprived the artistical world of its brightest ornament , and crushed at a blow- this promising enterprise , will be the lines that we are now sorrowfully inditing . " She was in her 48 th year . She returned to the stage for the purpose of reconstructipg the fortunes of her husband , Count Rossi ; and in that , at least , she no doubt succeeded .
The Camp At Boulogne. The South-Eastern ...
THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE . The South-Eastern Railway Company takes people to see the Camp at Boulogne at so cheap a rate as to suggest that the most effectual way to sustain the entente cordiale would be for the British public to go over , en masse , to fraternise with the French army , whom it would be inconvenient to invite to London . The Emperor Louis Napoleon visited the camp on Tuesday , and was well received , both by the French and English in Boulogne . He was met by Count Walewski , the French Minister at our Court , vho had gone over expressly to consult with , his imperial master—and cousin . Admiral Lapierre , who is to superintend the embarkation of the troops for the Baltic , also met his Majesty . General Baraguay D'Hilliers is at Calais , where the embarkation was to take place ( yesterday ) . The English ships are at Calais , waiting .
On "Wednesday the Emperor had a grand review of the troops—about 12 , 000—who are encamped in the magnificent valley of "Wimereux , and the inspection having been brought to a close , his Majesty summoned the officers of the respective regiments , about immediately to march , towards him , ninj a circle having been formed , the Emperor , in the hearing of a large portion of the troops , and many of the spectators , delivered with much animation an address : —
" Soldiers—Russia having forced us to . war , France lias aimed fire hundred thousand of her children . England has culled out a considerable number of troops . To-dny our Hoots and armies , united for tho same cnusc , dominate in tho Baltic as well as in tho Black Sea . I have selected you to be tho fir . it to carry our eagles to those regions of tlio north . English vessels will convoy you there—n iwiiquo fact in history , which proves tho intimate alliance of the two great peoples , and tho linn resolution of the two governments not to abstain from any sacrifice to defend tho right of tho weak , the liberty of Europe , ami tho national honour .
•• Go , my children ! attentivo Europe , openly or seerotly , offers up vows for your triumph ; our country , pnmd of a struggle which only threatens tho aggressor , accompanies you with its ardent vows ; and I , whom imperious dutius retain still dUtnnt from tho scone of events , shall Imvo my eyes upon you ; and soon , in ro-boholding you , I sliull be able to fnvy : They wore worthy sons of the conqueroro of Austerlilz , of Eyliui , of Friedl . iiul , and of Mookomi . " Go , may God protect you !" Loud aud prolonged shouts of " Vive rKmpereur !" ( all about tho amp d ' etat ia forgotten in the pressing excitement of the war ) followed this juldresd . Hia Mnjosty returned from the review just at tho moment when tho steamer from Folkestone luul steamed up to the jutty , and tlio numerous p : iasengern ( 2 IO in number ) and crew gave him a warm English cheer .
1 he whole number of troops to bo embarked from Culaifl ( where tho Kmpuror now i . i ) is 9300 infant ry ; there Arc also a number of tlio horses of tho stiitf . Admiral lk-rkeley Iuvh , in concert with the French Vice-Adniirul Lapienc , made all tho necessary arrangements for currying out the embarkation . Tho troops will embark in English shipa , but tho artillery and heavy ordnance will , it is oxnected , be conveyed by ahips of tho French nnvy , Tho present division will bo formed into two brigades , under ( jiMiornl d'Huguus und General GrtSsy ; the whole force biding under tlio command of General Daraguny d'JUHlicrc ,
General Renault , and General Niel of the Engineers . Nothing has transpired with respect to the destination of the force in the Baltic , though the report that it is intended to take military possession of the island of Aland , as a point d ' appm fortifie , is very generally received . The whole strength of the division intended for service in the Baltic , including some English marines , will be equal to 25 . 000 .
Miscellaneous. The Frenchman, Le Tour, W...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Frenchman , Le Tour , who has been making " parachute descents" this season , has died of the injuries he received in his last experiment , and , let us hope , the enlightened public will be no more gratified witli such " astonishing feats . " No blame appears to attach to Mr . Simpson , of the Cremorne Gardens , whence the preliminaVy balloon ascents were made . Mr . Simpson took proper precautions that the parachute should be perfect ; and the affair was evidently an accident , for which nobody is to be censured but the public . Mr . Swabey , a registrar of the Court of Admiralty , disappeared some time ago . The deficiency in his accounts is now found to amount to more than 60 , 000 ? . The details of the case indicate that gross mismanagement which is the characteristic of British " Boards . " He never gave security , and his accounts were never looked into . In fact , it would appear that if Mr . Swabey had not run away , Mr . Swabey would have lived with a good reputation . Who is responsible ?
Dr . Newman , the new rector of tho " Catholic University " of Ireland , is addressed by his co-religionists as "My Lord , " " his Lordship , " & c ; and the Protestant papers are indignant . Drury Lania may expect excitement . Jullien has returned to Regent-street from New York—we hope , rich again . A Preston paper assures its interested public that the prosecutions against Covvell , and other leaders in the strike , have been , or are to be , withdrawn . But the question involved in their arrest ought not to be allowed thus to drop .
Medical , assistance and nurses have been brought from Glasgow to Wishaw to overtake the alarmingly increased number of cases of cholera towards the close of last week . On one day lately there were ten corpses lying in the village . Several cases are reported at Castle Douglas . —Edinburgh . Witness . . The Irish abduction case will soon be developed interestingly in tlie law courts . Application to the Lord Chief Justice Lefroy ( Dublin ) has been made to admit MriCarden to bail , and has been refused . Meanwhile Miss Arbuthnot is an object of interest . "
Mr . Rcinagle , the Royal Academician , has obtained hia certificate in the Insolvency Court . The Poulterers are establishing a new " article . " Quails are being imported in great numbers from Italy and arc selling as good " game" hi London . A Correspondent of a morning contemporary thinks that this is a question of the day—why will people , giving or getting change , hold money in their mouths ? He asks , can these persons be aware of the quintessence of filth worked by dirty fingers into the rims of coins and on their uneven surface , putting aside the fear of contagion , & c . Messrs . Black and Durand continue their negotiations in London relative to tho proposed Turkish loan , but huve as yet been unable to concludo « treaty with any capitalist , ill the absence of a guarantee of the iuterost and sinking fund from England or France .
The plan of open-air preaching hi \ 3 been successfully adopted in various parts of the kingdom , and the clergy o ' f this town have now resolved on attempting it . Tho Revs ' . J . C . Miller , W . Cockin , I . C . Barrett , J . Eagles , and S . Eardley have already carried their intenti on * into practice , and the Rev . J . B . Slarsden is about to commence similar ministrations . In each cuse , hitherto , we believe , orderly and attentive congregations have assembled . — 'A ria ' s Birmingham Gazette . [ This is a proper experiment : if the peopln will not go to tlio church , the church should go to tho people . But if it ruins ? " ] 'Iho chemists and druggists assistants are joining in tho agitation for early closing . Inasmuch as the public cannot fix the hour when it wants physic , there is more than the usual opposition to the demiind . A paw tor , working up at the beams of tho great transept of tho Cryatul I'alaci' , missed his hold , fell , and was dashed to atoms , in tho piesoncc of hundreds of people .
A somewhat minimi' accident occcuri oJ on Wednesday to t \ labouring man einj ; l <» jod in tho Now Houses of Parliament . Ho full SO feet , and was dashed ngitinst tin iron girder . On Thursday week the ship Diego , crowded with emigrants , saiiled from I iverpoul for Adelaide—nil in good order . Ere who hud gut round Ireland cholera broke out ; and llio master wisely put into Cork , and thence she was towed hy a fust sti'itiiiur to Liverpool , where quarantine liulks could bo got for tlio sick , vho wero numorouR . Forty-one- luul died in those few dnya : on tho Sunduy 17 bodieti having been tossed overboard . Liverpool is , of course ,
in groat terror , but tho hospital uocommodulioii » t onco provided , whs ample ami croditablo to Morsey eneigv . Hood's Mo . nvmknt . —Wo h : ivo nveived tfie following note , wliidi wo give iih iuiorinnlion intni-OHting to m : uiy i « uiu in giving it , wo nuiy s ' tnte thut tho tvholo morit in tins coinuiundnhlo and grucclul liuro worship is tluo to tho gentloinun who liigiib as honorary tiucrotiiry : — " ISir , — -1 beg U > iiitonn von that tint publie Moiwmont to Thomas Hood , by Mr , Matthew N » I > 1 <' , w »<» v being erected in Kuiitiitl-green ComuU-rv , and will Imj inaugurated on Tuesday next , July I til l > , " at thron oVIodt in tho afternoon , whun mi nildrc-hH will bn dolivenul liy Uichurd Moncktou
MihicH , Ls <| , M . P . " l'hu favour of your nttrndaiieo in specially invitod . " I have- tlio honour l <> I" ' , Sir , your moitt ohodiont Servant , "John Watkimu , Hon . Sec . " Tho " Harrow IVhI Testimonial ' aubncriptioiiH are to bo duvotod to tlio jMirolmtfu of a library for tlio Uppur School . Tliia i . i bolter than ouu of Iho oluruul aUtlucti .
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), July 15, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15071854/page/9/
-