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ceedings , against . Ijosd . ; Bury , ¦ . whose name he was assured ; vrould Tt » e struck ' out by . a , committee of the House of Com . roons inFebruary , and Ms own substituted ; S | r . Samuelihen alluded to the differences in the Cabinet on the , subject of , Refprm , which were s ' 6 marked , thatv he thought it was probable they might yet Jead f to sundry ¦ xuinisteriai resignations among the , Chappy family " -hoft- in Downing-street . I oni Bur could , he thought , give them a good deal of infornmtion , , on the . subject of bribery , of which , through His agents , he ha 4 considerable jexperience . The Reformers of the . north have * as we underr stand , from a circular of the Northern Reform Union , held n ? feiTCr ^ fi an 200 public meetings . They have Sent eifchtv-five petitions to Parliament , and have
issued 500 , 000 tracts and publications . They intend , before Parliament meets , to hold fifty meeting * in addition , and , in the meanwhile , they call upon their brother reformers throughout the country to organise their respective districts . i . The Financial Secretary for India , at a meeting of his old Deyghport cojastHuents , spoke of the gross deception which the " Chinese had practised upon the flag oi England , which , he continued , had been tarnished in a way to which England would never submit . Mr . Wilson also wishes us to understand that the perusal of the official correspondence might lead to the conclusion that Mr . Bruce has acted in strict accordance with the instructions he received from Lord Malmesbury .
Mr . E . S . Cateuy , M . P ., has delivered , at Cattenck , a Speech " treating of France and a French invasion . Mr . Cayley is greatly alarmed at the poljcy of Louis Napoleon , and he urges that we . ought to spend immense sums of money in preparing England for " any contingency , " , and the rifle clubs Bhould be formed all over the country like " cricket elevens . " The great ( Conservative banquet to . Lord Derby on the 29 th will be a very splendid , affair . The
chair will be occupied by Mr . Sharid , Chairman of the Liverpool Conservative Association . An imposing array of Conservatives is presented in the list 0 » f-distinguished persons who are expected to attend , among'them Lord Malmesbury , Mr . Disraeli , Sir John Pakihgtori , Lord Chehnsford , Sir Hugh Cairns , Lord Stanley , Lord Ravenaworth , General Peel , Lord Hardwick , Lord Eglintpun , the Marquis of Salisbury , l ^ e Marquis of Bath , Lord Wilton , Lord John Manners , Colonel Taylor , & e .
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This great engineer died at his residence in Gloucester square on Wednesday morning last , in his fbftjr-seventh year . Mr . Stephenson ' s liealth had been -delicate for about two years , and he complained of failing strength just , before his last journey to ISfOTway . ;; Jti jTorway lie became very unwell ; and wrBen ^ he > lirrivjea at . ^ O ^ estdfb he was so weak that be lakd to be carried frbm his yacht to the railVray , arid tTienctf ' to liis residence in Gloucester-square , wherejhitfirfala'dy greVsorapidly Wto leave from the-flrst but "faint hopea of his recPvery . He had not strength « tiouRh to resist the disease , and he ¦
gradually sankxand died . • * .: ¦ . ¦ • ,-Hc'vras . born ; under ? very humble - circumstances . George Stephenson , hill father , deemed . himself a Fight happy man , « when , ion earnings of il .. a-vr . eejt , he could ; offer . jlns kan 4 , and fortune to the pretty ferw /^ rj ^ nT ^^ e ^ n ^^ lfendeyson . He t ook ji ^ r to , Jifs home on the bank ojQfle Tyne , ijowarOs ; tije end Of lBpf , ifnd on ilie . 16 th 0 fT ) eeenibVin th ? following y ^ ear '" George Stfejibensori ' s only" son ; , 'Robert , yr ' m hajrn-i G ^ or & e StepiieVfcjbtf felt deeply nis' own w 4 of education ; and in ^ rd & r that His Son might riot suflTe ^ frbm tlie uaiheea ^ so-, sent him / first to a dchool ' at & ohg Benton ; ahdr afterwards to the school' of a
Mri * Bruce , rin . Newcifistie , ' ; iOn leaving school , ¦ at the ? agejtjf a $ i Rpherfc , Step & enson vraa . apprenticed ito , $ | r | ^ Niobolas ., , $ Tpo &; < M " , JKMlingwortb * . to learn . the , busij ^ fi ^ , ^^ 9 m ^ ^ h ^ rq he served , / py . tfira . years , aria became . famihar with all . the , departmenta o ^ m ( d » 6 uml wiirk . ' ! Hiy fatlie ^ w ^ ' efigakpi at tWmffl cbWe # , Kn # tttti'eve 1 * in ' gi 6 r , boW ' fyi $ T %% e # rM fetyp ^ ri ^ on ^ niind thb desire favri nfoW ^ ^ vV nfB r A a ? M beWer eduea ' tiioii . ' He'ta Wwmy Mmp i * me EaMuWh-trhir ^ rt ^ Mr ^ m ^ ' ^ ' & mAg'M ctf 6 m $ rt % Sir Jptfii l ^ slWorinrftliiWl ' lihilbjjtfpir ^ and ' Jameson on naturnl Eqtn ^ rghf "iuT / Jw " n ^ # hfe WU >&>&<& I'ttUU do ^ u * . tomykAjtk < # u ¥ W . '' - # '; fcfflt W ftt W « tte JbWflf , ' ottx ^ hip ^ fewMr ^ waB . ] liot '' gru ^ KOd / 'VneJa'ljynje Jpffi
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gold and silver ., jnines > of . , South . America . The change of air' aha sceng contributed . to the restora ^ tibn of his health , and / after leaving founded ' .:, the Silver Mining ttoinpany . pf Columbia , he ' retur ' jii ^ to England in . 1827 , by way- of . the United . States , and Canada , in time to assist hip father in the arrangements of tne Liverpool and . Mahchesiter Railyray ., by placing himself at . the head of t he 'factory at ' . Newcastle ., . About this time ,, indeed , lie seems to have
almost exclusively devoted his , attentipn to . the ^ tudy of . the locomotive engine , the working , of whic ^ he explained jointly wlt | i Mrl Locke , in a report replying to that of Messrs . Walker and Rastrick , who advocated stationary , engines . How welV ^ suc - ceeded in carrying out the . ideas , of his . fathers was afterwards seen when he obtained the prize of £ 500 offered by the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway for the best locomotive .
The next great work upon which Mr . Stephenson was engaged was the survey and construction of the London and Birmingham Railway , which he undertook in 1833 . , He had alrftdy been employed in the . execution of a branch from the Liverpool and Manchester Raihvay , and in the construction of the . Leicester and Swannington line , so that he brought to his , new undertaking considerable experience .. On being appointed engineer to the company he settled in London , and had the satisfaction of seeing the first sod cut on the 1 st of June , 1834 , at Chalk-farm . The line was complete in four years , and on the 15 th September , 1838 , was opened . The difficulties
of this vast undertaking are now all .. forgotten ,, but at the time they were so formidable that it was seriously proposed to abandon the tunnel altogether , but Robert Stephenson accepted the responsibility of proceeding , and in the end conquered every difficulty . He worked with amazing energy , and it may be said tiia . tin . one way or , another he has been engaged on all the railways in England , while in conjunction with his father he has directed the execution of more than a third of the various lines in the country . Father and son were consulted as to . the Belgium system of railways , and . -obtained from King Leopold the Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1 . 844 . For similar services , performed in Norway , which he visited in . 4 6 , Robert Stephenson received the Grand Cross of St . Olof . He
also assisted either in actually making or in laying , out the systems pf lines in Switzerland , in Germany , in Denmark , in Tuscany , in Canada , in Egypt , and in India . As the champion of locomotive in opposition to stationary engines , he resisted to the uttermost the atmospheric railway system , which was backed with the authority of Brunei , and had at one time a considerable repute , although it is now nearly forgotten . In like manner he had to fight with , Mr . Brunei the battle of the gauges , the narrow against the broad gauge , and it is superfluous to say that he was successful here as ii > all his undertakings . In the sphere of railways he has been since the death of his father the foremost man , the safest guide , the most active worker . ... .
It ia in the KilBby tunnel and in the bridges which he erected for railway purposes that his genius as an engineer iB most-strikingly displayed , and by these it is that he will be best remembered . Of his bridges , we refer to the-high level one at Newcastle ^ constructed of wood andiron , to the Victoria-bridge at , Berwick ,. built of stpne , and brick , to , the bridge in , wrought ¦ and ca ^ t iron across the Nile , to the Cbnway and : the Britannia bridges over the Menai Straits , ' aijd to the Victoria-bridg 6 l over } he St , Ljiyrrence . ' ' With' * he method of " tubular bridging Stephehaon ' s name is' peculiarly identified / arid by it he wil > ^ probably be -best known to posterity as distinguished from hisv father , who has "almost the entire credit of the railway syatom . ,
; It will hot b & supposed that Mr . Robert Stephen 4 son s labours ~ were confined'to the construction and surve ' y . of rp ^ lway 9 > We hove reports of Ills on the London and Liverpool systems of waterworks . In i 1847 he was returned as member of ParHament for Whitpx ' ; Ib'tKe . CoiiBejfVa ' tyye . iWteires ' t , Me took a g ^^ eiit ' Jnt ^ 6 st 'to' m sojlehtiflf ; , i ^ Ves ^ gationa , and iwOT » ¦ m ' $ m )> ev ,. of \ mdtp ^ hftri pn ' e ' spleijfiltiflip spciety . Hy . libeVaHtV vi rtjhe cause ' of sciobde was great , and it WAV 7 > 0 ' mentf ohed' that' W came ' forward in 1655 , M & 3 M ' ma mWtmpunWe W-Jt & tWJ wnjqli tlie KeWcasWXiWra / jffaria . ^ jToi ? b ^ Wpa ^ ' Spoiety 7 j ' iricurtr 6 d , his * notiye Veirig . to' uoq h |» pwn phrr .,. ; , ^ Wti ^^ fo'ir ' tliqjienjAteTwliSic ^ hehi ^ wlf Jl ^ d rccVi ^ a tMk ii Mrfy life , ; if m * id ^ yni be foit > MA « 8 AtiNi
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Rev . G . R . Gleig , M . A . ; ^ loore ' s "Lalla Rookh , " illustrated- by John Tenniel ; Bunyah's "Pilgrim's Progress , " with a preface . by the Rev . Charles Kmgsley , ai \ d " steel and 1 : wood engravings after designs by Ch & rles Benttett ; : a . heweditibn of " Italy in the Nineteenth Century , "" by the Right Hon . James Whiteside , M ; P . ; "Vofc'II . of the "History of France , " by Eyre Evans Crowe ; " The Sea and its Living Wondersj" by Dr . George Hartwig ; a ' * History of Constitutibrial and Legislative Progress in England , since the Ac ' cession of George III ., by ThornasErskiiieMay ; ihe Abbe Ddmenech ' s"Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North
MR . W . MOYTHOMAS / wlio is so well known ^ s a contributor to bur pefipdical literature , ' and also as a learned and pei ' severirigarchaeplbgist , has in the pres ^ a selectjion of stories , prtginally writfett by him * for Household WordsV The volumeis to be called " When the Sho # Falls , " aiid Mil be produced by Messrs . Sanipson Low & Son . > ' '¦ Among the principal books in Messrs . Longman ' s new list of forthcoming works are : —Palleske ' s " Life of Schiller , " translated by Lady Wallace ; the third and fourth volutries of Capt . Brialmonf s ' " Life of the Duke t > f Wellington , " translated by the
America- " *• Travels m Peru and Mexico , " by S . S . Hill , Esq . ; Vol . VII . of the "Works of Lord Bacon , collected and edited by J : Speddirig , M . A . ; R . L . Ellis , M . A ., and D . D- Heath ., Esq . ; an improved edition of M'Culloeh ' s " Comniercial Dictionary ; " a new edition of Dr . lire ' s " Dictionary of Chemistry , " by Henry Watts , B . A ., FiC . S ,,- an entirely new ediv tion of tire ' s " Dictionary of Arts , Manufactures , and Mines , " edited by Robert Hunt , F . R . S ., F . S . S ., assisted by some of the first scientific men of the day , and many other minor works . Mr . Bentley ' s literary announcements for the season include " Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury from the Mission of Augustine to the Death of
Howley , " by Dr . Hook , Dean of Chiqhester ; " The Diaries and Correspondence of the Hon . George Rose , " with original letters of Mr . Pitt , Lord Castlereagh , Marquis Wellesley , Mr . Wilberforce , Lord Eldon , Mr . Perceval , Lord Sidmouth , Lord Bathurst , with a correspondence with Lady Hamilton respecting Nelson and his daughter , edited by the Rev . L & veson Vernon Harcourt ; Say and Seal , " by the author of " Queechy , " & c , " Meriioiirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Roy . Richard Hurd , D . D ., Bishop of Worcester , " by the Rev . F . Kilvert , M . A . ; " The English Satirists , " with a Preliminary JBssay on Satire ; " The Autobiography of a Seaman , " by Thomas , Earl of Dundonald ; " " Lives of the Princes of Wales , " by Dr . Doran ; " Anecdote Biography , " by John Timbs y the third volume of of Time the
M . Guizot ' s " Memoirs my own -, " third and concluding volume of "The Life of Charles James Fox , " by the Bight Hon . Lord John Russell , M . P . ; " The Court of England under the Reign of GeoVge III ., " fey J . Honeage Jesse ; Ermgo ^ Braghi or Irish Life Tales , " by W . Hamilton Maxwell ; " Women * Artists in all Ages and Countries , " by Mrs . E . F . Ellet 5 « History of the Governors-General of Ixidin , " by John William Kaye . * " Jean and Niqolette , " by the author of ?* q . V . M » ll . in the Valley }\ ' " London nnd Pane , Social and Religious ; " . Sljakespeare Papers , or Pictures Grave a « 4 C | ay , " 1 » ' Dr . Magjnn j and numerpuiai less iniportarit feobka . . Tkb Indian Lancet Pontalns much mnttcrthot is iniereatlng to ih ^ ' irieaical profession , nnuia , as far as citcumstanice ^ will permit , what its wtfno id on tiie
impprts . Th ^ re a . rijtJott sanitary , wuditfon' of Indian gaPlfliari epitome of mescal neTva froni theEbgJIsh mediqal journnls , and original accounts of several easel in this country . The Indian Lancet is a bi-monthly publication , and deserves the support of the medical t > rpfe 9 sic » n . , The Boston Courier publisher the followmg letter , yrUoh . Lieut . Col . John S , popster , of thg ^ f ^ Committeo of tl > 0 Merpaijtilo . Library Absoc ation , hds received from Mr , Ch > rlcB ; Dickens ;— "Xbe g to assure yoii , itt reply ' to ypiir obliging lettet , ^ tiuw V 6 U are'hiMrifotmea , and'thnt I have no in tohtion Pf visiting Arae * ica r in the ensuin g autumn . * r-CnrA » I . il ! B ' t ) X 0 K ' Bi N 8 . ¦ ' ' .. ' It has treopntly bqen announced -, tlmt tho «««« Earl . Minto- hasileft a ( MSi / work of ?• great ^ ntoraat and value , " from whiqh his admirers ( if any ) anttoi-¦ nnt-a . mnnti HHltA nnvnn wht / ili * llA wnflT ia tO rCCClYvj
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15101859/page/16/
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