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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—The Duchess of...
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to private John "Byrne , ^ 5 2 nd Xight Infantry , late of the 18 th Boyal ' Ifisn , for distinguished conduct while serving with the alliea forces in the Crimea . He had behaved with great gallantry in the attack on the Redan on the ISth df June , going out under a heavy fire and bringing in a wounded soldier , wlio , however , afterwards died . During the whole time he was in the Crimea , "Byrne was never absent from any of his duties a single day . He also served in the Burmese war , for which he has a medal and has now volunteered to proceed to India . The Medical Department of the Aumy . —The members of the Royal Commission on the Medical Department of the Army met for the first time on Monday , at No . 1 , " Whitehall-yard . " Mr . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., was the president . The other commissioners present ¦ were Mr . Augustus Stafford , M . P ., Colonel Sir Henry K . Stocke , K . C . li ., Dr . Andrew Smith , Mr . Thomas Alexander , C . B ., Sir Thomas Phillips , Mr . James K . Martin , Sir James Clarke , and Dr . John Sutherland . Dr .
Balfour is secretary to the commission . The ExtuoutH Aground . —The screw steamship , Exmoufh , 90 , Captain Harry Eyres , which arrived with the C olossus at Plymouth on Wednesday morning from Lisbon , struck the ground about three miles north of the Lizard , on Tuesday morning , during' a dense fog , and was for a short time in some danger ; but she was speedily backed off .
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Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Duchess Of...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Duchess of Kent has been out of health ; but she has now almost completely recovered . —Viscount Castlerosse , Comptroller of the Household , had an audience of the Queen on Monday , to present the Address from the Mouse of Commons in answer to the Speech from the Throne at the commencement of the session . The National Reformatory Union . —A meeting of the friends of this institution took place last Saturday afternoon at No . 3 , Waterloo-place . The Hon . Mr . LiddelVM . P ., occupied the chair . Mr . Gladstone said the chief object of the meeting was to hear a suggestion from M . de Metz as to the proprietv of establishing a '
normal school in this country for reformatory schoolmasters ; and he trusted that the-society would take that subject into consideration , ' and communicate with the Committee of Education of the Privy Council upon it . The qualifications for reformatory schoolmasters as laid down by the minute of the 1 ' rivy Council were much too high , and the consequence was that the sort of men that were really required at such institutions could not be obtained . —After some discussion , it was resolved , on the motion of the Rev . Sydney Turner , that a committee should be appointed to consider the matter . A great many gentlemen having spoken , it was finall y agreed that a joint meeting of the Law Amendment Society and the National Reformatory Union should take place .
Portends and Alukkija . —A convention was signed on the 7 th of March between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French relative to Portendic and Albreda . Her Majesty relinquishes for her subjects the right , hitherto enjoyed by treaty , of trading from the mouth of the river St . John to the bay and port of Portendic , inclusively , and his Imperial Majesty of Franco cedes to her Uritaunic Majesty the French factory or comptuir at Albreda , on the north bank of the Guinbin , on the west coast of Africa , with all possessory and other rights to
the said factory appertaining . French subjects will have free access to the river Gambia for purposes of commerce , and bo allowed to reside at Bathurst Town , but not elsewhere , except as regards Albreda , where actual French residents may remain if they wish . French vessels in the Gambia will pay the same duties and tolls as British ships , and all imports and exports will pay the snmo duty in French as in English vessels . The French Government may maintain a consular agent ut Bathurst , to bo approved by tho English Government . South Afuioa . —A gront deal of anxiety was felt , at tho time of tho departure of the last mails , with respect to tho state of tho Kafir frontier . Several of tho colonists have boen killed by tho savages , and reprisals have been taken by the troops ' . There have been lights among the Kafirs themselves , who steal from ono another , as well aa from tho whites . Tho condition of affairs in the Orange Free Stato is ominous , l ' rosidont Jioshol' having exhibited great animosity to his English subjects . Tho President of tho Trana-Vaul Republic has umdo a demand for tho territory . Planm for this Niew Government Owioiw . —Tho commissioner * selected to act us judges of tho designs now being exhibited at , Westminster Mull are—tho J ) nko of IJuceleuoh ( to represent tho Mouho of Lords ) ; Mr . Stirling , M . I ' , for I ' orthshiro ( for tho Mouso of Commons ) ; Lord Evcrwloy , tho Into Speaker ( on account of his experience in tho chief requisites for Government oIHcom ); Earl Stunhopo , President of tho Antiquarian Society ; Mr . David Roberts , K . A . ; Mr . Hum ; and Mr . Brunol , the well-known cnginnor . ' Tho lirut mooting of tho judges took place on Wednesday . All wore pro-HCUt . Stkanoic Casich qv Poiboninu . —A Mr . Lngg , a cabinot-inakor of Pun / . anco , Cornwall , and four of his household , Imvo boon mado seriously ill Iiy mime loavoi of broad prepared by tho woman corvnut out of Hour
and yeast she had purchased in the neighbourhood . The bread was submitted to analysis , and found to contain arsenic . In the mean while , two other persons foolishly tasted it , and became very ill . The lives o'f the people affected appear to have been saved by the very excess in the quantity , of the poison , which caused them to vomit . Flour from the same sack , and yeast from the same vessel , were sold to other customers , who felt no ill effects . The servant who made the bread was among those who partook of it , and became ill . —An old woman
at Carlisle , nearly ninety years of age , has been accidentally killed by tincture of opium , or laudanum , sole by a chemist ' s junior assistant in mistake for tincture of rhubarb . The dose was a very small one , but the patient ' s great age had rendered her so feeble that she sank under the effect of the narcotic . The coroner ' s jury found a verdict of Accidental Death , and severely censured the carelessness of the assistant ; to -which tlxe coroner added that the youth might think himself extromclv lucky in being so leniently dealt with .
The Lunohill Colliery Explosion . —A great many more bodies have been discovered . Eleven were buried on the evening of Friday week , when a large procession of relatives , friends , and others followed the coffins to the grave . Many of the mourners were overpowered with grief , and a young married woman , sister to the widow of one of the men , fell down on the road and died . It is believed that she was labouring under disease of the heart , but that the excitement accelerated her end . —Some few of the men making the exploration of the | it have been obliged to leave owing to their health being affected . ; but the majority hold on . They ridicule the " idea of any one being left alive in the pit at the time the shafts were closed .
Remains of the Moa . —The skeletons of three individuals of the Moa species—a huge bird now extinct —were dug up on the 4 th of January at Glenmark , New Zealand . They were imbedded in a peat swamp , into which they appear to have sunk in seeking refuge from fire . The Bishopric of Norwich . —A special meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich was held last Saturday at the Deanery , in the Cathedral-close , for the purpose of electing a Bishop in the room of the Rev . Dr . Hinds , resigned . The conge ( Telire , declaring the vacancy and " recommending" the election of the Hon . and Rev . J . T . Pelhani , M .: A ., having been read , the proceedings resulted in the return , as a matter of course , of that gentleman .
Election Petitions . —The petitions relative to the Cambridge , Athlone , and Huntingdon elections were issued on Monday . In the first document , Mr . Adair ( the petitioner ) alleges acts of bribery and treating , on the part of Mr . Steuart ( one of the sitting members ) , the admission of voters on his behalf who were not qualified , the rejection of voters on the petitioner ' s behalf who were qualified , and votiug at the wrong booths . In the Athlono petition , the Hon . Henry Handcock charges the sitting member with bribery , treating , and intimidation . The . Huntingdon petition relates to a double return on the score of an equality of votes , and Air . Fellowes , the petitioner , alleges against the return of Mr . Heuthcote , double voting , votiug at the wrong booths , fraudulent personation , erroneous entries , and the reception of unregistered and unqualified voters .
The New Reading Room at the British Museum , and some of the libraries of the institution , were thrown open to the general public last Saturday morning . After to-day , they will be closed , except to those having the usual ticket of admission . Visitation .- ? of Apothecaries' Shops . — A second visitation of apothecaries' shops in the City was made on Thursday week by the Censors of tho College of Physicians , assisted by tho wardens of the Society of Apothecarios . Tho censors report that the shops present a generally improved condition , and they have found occasion to express their approval in nearly every instance . Especial caro was manifested by nearly all the proprietors of whops to avoid chances of accident when dispensing poisonous drugs .
Ragged School Union . — The annual mooting of the friends and supporters of the Ragged School Union took placo at Exeter Mall on Monday evening , under tho presidency of tho Earl of Shaftosbury , who said : —" Tho number of their scholars was 22 , 000 , and tho number of their schools might bo estimated at about USD in 150 distinct buildings . But thero wero 2 ' 2 , 000 children nioro still wandering about like tho Bedouins in tho Desert , with none to euro for thorn in body or soul . Indued , thero wero wholo districts where thousands wore
congregated , and whero there was not oven tho semblance o \ a placo in which tho rudimonts of education could bo imparted . Mo regretted that there was a deficiency of Leacliurs , ho that in some districts thero wore many applicants for instruction whoso wants could not bo supplied . Tho ragged school children who had emigrated had done groat credit to thuir teachers , and , notwithstanding former prejudices , a ragged school eortillcato was found to bo a passport to sorvioo . " Various other hopeful features wore mentioned , and tho financial statomont showed a balance in hand of H 72 / .
Ri ' . i . KiionH Tvhanmy in Sooti . and . —Two nioinbors of tlio parinli church at Lochrutlon have been refused church privileges by tho kirk session for leaving tho I'hurdi wlicii tho ooramony of ' rebuking' was going on . They appealed to tho Pm-ibytory of Dumfries , and stated
that , on fhe Sunday in question , npwaids ol : forty naa left the cliurch at the time alludea to . TheTres ^ yterff , with one exception—a gentleman who stickled for "the maintenance of ' church discipline '—resoTvedto reverse the finding of the kirk session , and to reinstate -the offenders in their privileges , but without restraining the minister from exercising , his right of rebuking .- —When will Scotland have the courage to release herself from these degrading and infantine leading-strings ? The Wak in China . —Further official papers have been issued , relative to our proceedings at Canton . They do not contain any important additional facts ; but the following passage from an imperial edict , issued on the 27 th of December , may be quoted as an amusing
instance of misstatement : — " With reference to the memorial of Ye-ming-chin , representing that the English barbarians had picked a quarrel with us , and that our troops had been victorious in two actions with them : — in the course of the 9 th moon ( October ) , some of the Canton marine having seized some pirates on board a lorcha , the English barbarian chief , Pa-hea-be ( Henry Parkes ) , attempted , on pretence that this act was matter of complaint , to revive the question of admission into the city , and ventured to open fixe upon the city and to burn the shops . On the 1 st and 9 th of the 10 th moon ( October 29 th and November 6 th ) , our troops engaged ( the enemy ) , and were victorious in both actions , killing and wounding about four hundred of the
barbarian villains and slaying their admiral . The patriotism and enthusiasm displayed by the gentry and volunteers of Canton had already dispirited the barbarians . Land and marine forces numbering 20 , 000 and more , regulars and militia , had been moved up , and the barbarians , who have been indulging in the greatest arrogance and frowardness , will not , it is to be presumed , after the check they have received , venture on any further display of lawless violence . The Americana , French , and other Western nations , being sensible that the English barbarians are wrong in this quarrel , do not choose to co-operate with them , and , as they are thus wholly unsupported ( as well as defeated ) there is a reasonable possibility that suffering will induce repentance , and that they " will desiot from hostilities . "
Ghovvth of Cotton in India . —At a meeting of the Society of Arts , held at the rooms of the institution , Adelphi , on Wednesday evening , a paper on the question , " How can increased supplies of cotton be obtained for the manufactures of this country , " was read by Mr . J . B . Smith , SI . P . for Stockport . As on previous occasions , Mr . Smith directed the attention of his auditory to the vast capabilities for cotton-growing presented by our Indian possessions , if properly managed . A long discussion ensued , in which Sir Erskine Perry , Dr . Livingston , Lord Stanley , Mr . Crawford , Sir John Pakinjjton . and others , took part .
Suicides . —Emma Bass , the wife of a photographer at Bcthnal-green , having had a quarrel with her husband , in the course of which she threw a fork at him , and endeavoured to strike him with a poker , swallowed a large quantity of cyanide of potassium which her husband used in ' liis business , and expired in a few minutes . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity , and at the same time condemned the selling of so dangerous a poison to ignorant persons . —Mr . Charles Stewart , surgeon , of Woburn-buildings , Woburn-place , has committed suicide by swallowing prussic acid . —An
elderlv maiden lady named Martin , residing at Hoavitree , near Exeter , killed herself on Monday by taking essential oil of almonds . She had been in a desponding way for some time . — Mr . John Fife , a medical gentleman of Birmingham , brother to Sir John Fife , has poisoned himself at his lodgings , Surrey-street , Strand , by a large dose of morphia . Ho went to the Strand Theatre on the previous night , and returned in an excited stute , as from drink . According to one witness at the inquest , ^ he had said that family matters preyed on his mind . Tho jury returned a verdict exonerating him from any intention
to take his own life . X ' icstivai , oi- this Sons of tiik CnmiaY . —Tho 203 rd Festival of the Sons of tha Clergy in aid of tho funds of tho corporation for assisting necessitous clergymen , pensioning their widows and aged single daughters , and educating , apprenticing , and providing outfitB for their children , was celebrated on Wednesday at St . Pauls Cathedral , with a full choral servico of nearly ono hundred voices , at which tho choirs of her Majesty ' s Chapel lioyal , St . Paul ' s , Westminster Abboy , aud St . Georyo ' s Chapel , Windsor , assisted , Loud Elgin ' s Mission . —After having crossed the Isthmus ( says a despatch from Paris ) , Lord Elgin will find tl »« Ava awaiting him at Suez . This ship will convey him to Singapore , whero ho is to remain till the arrival of tho French Commissioner .
Mic , W . II . lvt ; . s . siou / . s Nahuativk . — On Monday liirtt , Mr . W . II . Russell commenced tho delivery at , Willis ' s Rooms of a course of lectures descriptiv e of his pmvtonal oxporionco during tho Russian war . His narrative was sprinkled with anecdote , and with a few political allusions ; but , upon tho whole , it was confined to a gouoral account , of tho progress of operations . Mr . Russell ( monks with a little iiositutlon , but is , novortnoloas , apirilod and eubotive . Tho midioiico I '" , " iV » m interest , « nd woro warmed , at times , into Ull . " lllfll ";" On Thursday evening Mr . Knnsi . ll continue . ! '"« »«" " tlvo , vliloli will bo concluded this evening ( SaU . i lny > . 8 asitaky St . vi-k ok tiik Orv .-At ii meeting ol tho
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16051857/page/11/
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