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994 THE LE A D E.B. [Saturday,
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The "six regiments ordered to the Medite...
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Jullicn has become a kind of idol in New...
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The "Lord-Li(Mitemmt and bin countess ha...
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A very pretty story was lately told of a...
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On Saturday morning, on tho Great Northe...
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1853.
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There is nothing so revolutionary, "beca...
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THE SYSTEM OF FORTY YEARS. Four proposit...
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An Important Declaration Has,, During Th...
geon , testified that he had " frequently" excused prisoners from crank-work . " ( Edema was a frequent cause of his excusing them . " That disease is produced by " thinness of blood , over work , and low diet . " The Department of Practical Art . have closed its rooms in Somerset House . It thus gives up the task of direct teaching , and will confine itself , in future , to the training of masters , and to instruction in the hi g her branches of design . Courses of tuition , lectures , and access to the museum , are the means employed . For the masters already trained , sufficient provincial employment has been found ,
and in no case has the guaranteed salary of 70 ? . for the first year been required . The many elementary schools instituted have supported themselves , even in towns of no great wealth : such as Chester , Hereford , Swansea , Ximerick , Waterford , and even the Welsh village of Llanelly . The annual meeting of the senate of the Queen ' s University in Ireland , was held on Monday , at Dublin Castle , for the purpose of conferring degrees and honours . The Lord-Xiieutenant was present . The Lord Chancellor presided as Vice-Chancellor of the University , in the absence of the Earl of Clarendon , who holds the rank of Chancellor .
The Maynootli Commission has been taking evidence during the week . The evidence is given in written statements , and oral explanations are added , if necessary . 3 ( . The proposed Edinburgh banquet to lord Palmerston has been put off " for the present . " A new iron yacht is to be built for the use of the Queen , the present Victoria and Albert not being commodious enough . The local corruption is still remembered in Barnstaple , and the dissenting preachers of the town have taken an odd way to keep the people in mind of it . In several chapels they have appointed special religious services for humiliation , prayer , and exhortation , in reference to the recentlymanifested corruptions in the borough . " Meetings for prayer were accordingly held , and addresses delivered on moral purity .
The expected contest at Lisburn election is set aside . Mr . Birney has retired , and Mr . Jonathan Joseph Uichardson , the Liberal candidate , has been returned . In-the West Kent registration division the [ Liberals have gained 603 . It is worthy of political note that the freeholders of forty shilling a year tenements , bought from the freehold land societies , have been admitted to the Middlesex electoral list , only on showing that they were under no mortgage to the society . It has been also held as doubtful whether ' a tenement bought for 25 ? . is worth forty shillings a year .
994 The Le A D E.B. [Saturday,
994 THE LE A D E . B . [ Saturday ,
The "Six Regiments Ordered To The Medite...
The " six regiments ordered to the Mediterranean" from Dublin , go to replace regiments at Gibraltar and Malta drafted to the West Indies . * A # hpJl Prussian squadron passed Dover , on . Thursday . It consisted of a frigate , an cighteen-gun ship , a brig , and a Fourth vessel . They saile ;! westward . The South Devon militia has happily distinguished itself by a union , on parade , with " the fighting fiftieth . " The men wore drilled on llusborough-down , near Plymouth . After the manoeuvres , Sir Harry Smith thanked all the militia , artillery , and infantry , for their steadiness and
acquirements , paying , " Now I have seen what I always foretold , and will say to the Secretary of State , that the Militia of England is a body to be dependerl upon , at any emergency . " It is most praiseworthy to all members of these corps to have been able , after so short a drill , to take their stand by the side of tried troops ; and the alacrity and steadiness under arms was very surprising to all officers who witnessed their operations . The " South Devon , " inarched into town with ranks as compact as if their drill hud been for an hour on the Hoc ; the 50 th Regiment followed , with their splendid band ; and the other troops defiled to Devonport .
Jullicn Has Become A Kind Of Idol In New...
Jullicn has become a kind of idol in New York . One evening he struck up " Yankee Doodle , " as if suddenly inspired , and threw the crowd in CaRtl 6-gar-< 1 ciih into an added extaay by concluding with " Hail Columbia . " But his " unwearied spirit in doing courtesies" h- 'iR been shown in more nolid form . Ho organized a concert on behalf of the Buffering survivorw of the Now Orleans dead , and the proceeds have been handed over to the authorities—Jullien completing the benefaction by giving in a receipted note of the whole oxpenH « f ) , sih hia own addition to the 1500 rlolln . rfl realized .
The "Lord-Li(Mitemmt And Bin Countess Ha...
The "Lord-Li ( Mitemmt and bin countess have returned to Dublin from tho Ave . st . A mthor whimsical circumstance occurred on their journey homo . An uddrc . H . s from tlui Town CominiiwionorH of Athlono was to lmv been presented to the Lord-Lieutenant in passing through that ( own , inwl a deputation was in waiting nt the railway-station lor tho purpoHO of presenting it ; but to their great , lunii / enienl , tho special train c < mveying Inn JCxcellency ¦ whirled by them at full Hi > eed , and with mingled feeding ' s of disappointment and offended dignity , they returned to their council-room . In a i'ew hours after , howovor , a letter IVom his . KxcellencyVpvivate secretary arrived , informing them t hut souk ? railway odieer wns to blame , and that the Lord-Lieutenant was , in fact , as much disappointed as they were on finding that tho train passed without stopping . Tho explanation wan , of course , quite satisfactory .
The Karl of Onslow luw presented Mr . Morris Mooro with the sum of KM ) guineas , as a mark of tho mmiho he en-IcrtiuiiH of tho norvicoB rendered by Mr . Mooro to » the imMic . and to art by his exposure of the proceedings at the ! Na . tioiuil Gallery . The An / o ( one of ( . he fine fleet . of'Mie General Screw Steam r ! hip ( 'Oni [> uny ) Im . s made tho voyage from lCngl / uuKo Sydney in nevenl . y days . TIun , allowing for the noven dtiyet spent , in < linelitHiriii | r ] , („ . cargo , « , ( , Melbourne , makes her run to that , jiort but tuxly-lhrcu clays ! The vessel was also detained at St . Vincent , by Hovero gales , which prevented her coaling for live days . ' Tho Auulrttlian jumii , dcflpatcliod
from home by the overland mail of the 4 th of May , had not reached Sydney by the 20 th of July , while the Argo , which sailed four days later , ( on the 8 th July , ) had landed her cargo on the 18 th of July . It is not unlikely that our next A ustralian news will come by the Argo , as the mail now due in London , from Singapore , and to be delivered to-day , missed the Australian mail ship , and so brings no Australian letters . ¦ ' •¦• ¦ The fleet of the West India Eoyal Mail Packet Company numbers twenty-one vessels , of over thirty-four thousand tons . It has just declared a dividend of 21 . per share for the first half of the present year . The G-olden Age—a new American ship , of great sizehas arrived in Liverpool . It has peculiar boilers , each forty feet in length , and with funnels at each end . The
vessel is intended to ply between . Panama and Australia . The Boomerang screw was tried in comparison with the common screw , at Portsmouth , on Wednesday , and it was found that the common screw of the same pitch and extent , its action is much less than that of the Boomerang . Thus there appears to be an advantage in the oblique blade and leverage of the Boomerang . Gravesend , London , Deal , and Dover , are now linked by telegraph wires , and messages of twenty words may be sent along the line for one shilling . The railway locomotives of theTdngdom number 3942 . The peculiar industry of the north of Ireland—the cultivation of flax—has been happil y extended to the south . Flax markets have been opened in some towns : recently in Bandon , where the first sale last week was very successful .
A Very Pretty Story Was Lately Told Of A...
A very pretty story was lately told of a sailor who became heir to a large fortune . The story was untrue . But Jack got his discharge on the strength of it , and borrowed considerable sums of money in his character of a wealthy heir . The report from the JLimericTc Chronicle , that " the commanding officer of the 90 th has been arrested for drunkenness" is unfounded . An advertisement of a slave sale appeared in the Times of Monday , headed , " Sale of coffee p lantation of G-oossen , situate in the colony of Surinam , with its negroes , cattle , and other appurtenances . " A correspondent writes to the paper , adding that " one right honourable baronet owned some black men in Surinam now , and but lately a Glasgow
bank had a mortgage on such property . Romances of Australian _ adventure are becoming common . One is told this week of a Rutland lass . Eleven years ago Sarah Bunning was engaged to be married to Samuel Kirby , but he was taken up for sheep-stealing , and transported . The girl then obtained a livelihood for herself and child by making stays , and latterly she had been in the habit of visiting the neighbouring villages for the purpose of receiving orders . One day iast week she had been to Morcott on business , and entered a railway carriage at Luffenham station , to return to Stamford . There were several men in the carriage , one of whom fixed his eyes so intently upon her , that she was induced to change her position , with the view of escaping the apparent rudeness . The man had recognised tho features of his new
fellowtraveller , and again " catching her eyes , exclaimed , " I'm the man , I ' m the man . " The voice of Samuel Kirby , to whom she was to have been married eleven years ago , then fell upon her cars , and this extraordinary meeting led to her having hysterical fits in the carriage . She regained her consciousness , and the train approached Stamford ; on alighting at the station both proceeded to tho fomale ' s home in Water-street , where it was speedily arranged that the long-postponed wedding should forthwith take place . A license was procured without delay , and on Saturday last the marriage was celebrated at St . Martin ' s church . If , appeared that , af ter Kirby obtained his liberty , ho proceeded to tho gold diggings , where ho was successful . He then resolved to come to England , to offer hia hand to his old sweetheart , and to return with her to Australia .
The jury which inquired into the boiler explosion nt Locds , fatal to six persons , lias returned a verdict expressing blame to tho owners of tho mill , for tho dangerous state of tho boilers , and tho want of proper superintendence . If the Mayor of Liverpool " bee made fatherre in hys yore of mairoltee , " the townsmen shall present " ane silverro cradle to hys faire ladye . " So runs an old legend of tho town . The custom was fulfilled last week ; to Mrs . Littledale , wife of the late mayor , n silver cradle was presented , in commemoration of tho birth of her last son , and in token of respect for her husband's civic worth . The roof of a house in Pettifort-court , Strand , fell in , on Monday night . The next house was being taken down , and tho shoring was imperfect .
A Sligo steamer was on its way to Glasgow ; its ruddor gear got , out of order , and it had to throw overboard all the live cattle , " whieh heavily loaded its decks . Some fifty ( tattle which remained on board wero suffocated . A debtor ban died in consequence of the low diet given in Winchester ( Jaol . The Coroner , who inquired into tho case , recommended an inquiry . The county house of correction , at Brixton , is to be used as a general prison for female convicts .
On Saturday Morning, On Tho Great Northe...
On Saturday morning , on tho Great Northern lino , the nxlo-treo of a coal-train carriage broke , and much damage was done to tho road . As no one was killed , no inquest was hold . Some miles ofT the . Noro , tho Trident steam-ship ran down the ' Jlarotoood brig , almost running over it . Six men went down in the brig , and were drowned .
"A reduction of the United Htatoa lurid " " is inthnatod as probable in a public letter of tho Secretary of the Treasury . The West India mail arrived at Southampton at , two o ' clock yesterday morning . Tho fever had abated nt Jamaica . There is no political news of importance . The yellow levor is raging fiercely in Bermuda . Colonel Phillips , tho . acting governor , maiiyoffioors in the garrison , and wliole families of tho principal pooplo at St . George , wero swept off .
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, "Beca...
There is nothing so revolutionary , " because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all theworld is by the verv law pi its creation in eternal progress —Da . Abnold
The System Of Forty Years. Four Proposit...
THE SYSTEM OF FORTY YEARS . Four propositions are repeated this week with tuiflincfiing pertinacity ^ in . the hope , vain we trust , of arresting the word and action of England in defence of public justice . They are , that the Ottoman Empire is sinking past salvation ; that however Eussia and Austria may have behaved , it is not worth , while to sacrifice daily and hourly hetacombs for the punishment of the Czar ana the House of Hapsburgj that a new war would rekindle the revolutionary volcanoes of 1848 , and that this country would incur a ruinous expenditure . As in the last European war , it is difficult to estimate the amazing faculty of voluntary dulness , or of fanatical impudence , which can sustain arguments like these . In some cases we ascribe it indeed to neither of these qualities , but to that obstinacy of habit which , clings more to thought than to any other part of human nature . Mr . Bright , for example , has been brought up to wear a particular kind of clothing , and to entertain a set of opinions on the subject of physical arbitration which have been made to accompany
the doctrinal hat and coat collar . Mr . Bright has found little difficulty in modifying the coat and hat collar ; but to modify the thought appears to be far more difficult ; and hence we imagine , rather than from any moral obliquity or defect of understanding , the impossibility under which he seems to labour of seeing the facts before his eyes . He considers it unwise to drive the Government of England into a war with Russia in defence of Turkey ; that it would be as guilty , or more so , than it was to enter into a conflict with the American colonies and France
formerly , JNow the case is wholly different : the contest is not in behalf of Turkey , but in vindication of public law . If Turkey had committed a wrong , and had drawn upon herself the fate of lawlessness , when it is perpetrated by a weakly power in defiance of the strong , not a voice in this country would have been raised in her defence . But Turkey had done nothing of the sort . In every previous aggression , Uussia has contrived to mask her aggressions under some show of pretext , or has at least secured the complicity of other nations , our own included . Ihus
. Russia was allowed to appropriate whole provinces in tlie East with which we sympathized but faintly ; to appropriate to herself , or to her Austrian accomplice , the lands and the laws ot the Poles and the Hungarians , with whom wo professed indeed to sympathize , if a clamorous enthusiasm at the name of Lord Palmorston can bo considered sympathy . But now the Czar has discarded all pretexts save those which arc more impudent from their transparency than sneer , quarrel p icking . He has invaded Turkish eovoreitrntv by the" simple exorcise of will and force ,
implying in tho face of Europe that there w no law on the Continent to restrain any state from taking all it will , and keeping all it can ; he is persuaded to aggression by the impunity accorded to his incessant outrages ; and the question now is , whether the public law thus violated flhali bo sustained once for all . or whether it shall bo but *
rendered by those Powers who have tho atronpu to punish , and tho duty to resist . It is therploro not logically honest to represent tho war , n war there is to bo , as one in defence of the Porto . is more properly one in defence of all the Bac » of Europe who aro threatened , and not remotely , with the fate of Poland and Hungary . It is a » amende honourable to thoRo nations whom ou
diplomacy lias betrayed to the spoilers . It is admitted by tho Times , that such a wai might bo popular ; " but wo shall Iw-ve , » ay » that journal , "to pay the enormous bill oi w »» for the gigantic quarlrol . " Wow the truth ib , Uw * wo are loeW by tho present policy : losing ov <» j
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1853, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15101853/page/10/
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