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June 16, I860.] The Leader and Saturday ...
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EECORD OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COLONIAL.. ...
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now purchased would be let to the good friend of M . BoimiEs , viz the French Charge' d'Affaires , so that next session the House of Representatives might be called upon to grant another sum of equal amount for other premises , to serve as Government offices , and so on ad libitum . Perhaps the Government is seeking to get all the house property , as well as all the landed property ' -of . the country in its hands . . , , , ., . ,,. The telegraph has already conveyed to your readers the lntellijrence of the intended meeting of the Princes of Germany at Baden Baden , as also of the interview which it is reported will there take place between the Pbince Regent of Prussia and Louis Napoleon . Should this interview really occur , we may regard it as a confirmation of the truth of the statement published by the Dusseldorfer journal . During the week , letters from Berlin positively declared that the interview sought for by the French Empekob had been declined , and we had long accounts of the endeavours of Prince Gortschakoff to oust M . Von Schliinitz from the Foreign-office , and to put M . Bismaeck in his place . The mists which hung- around the intrigues of the Feudal party and the diplomacy of the Russians are beginning to clear off . The rumour goes , that it was the aim of the Feudalists and Russia to induce Prussia to join the French-Russian alliance , and that for her adhesion a great extension of territory in Germany was offered , and further the prospect of an eventual annexation of the Duchy of Holstein . The system of annexation was also to be carried out in Germanv , upon the condition , of course , that France should be put ao-ain into possession of her " natural" Rhine frontier , and that Russia should receive the lion ' s share of the lands now owned by the " sick man . " To gain over the Prince Regent to his policy , the Emperor Napoleon ardently desired an interview ; but the attempt failed ; - the Prince decidedly refused to listen to any proposals as regards cither alliance or interview . Prussia declared she would never seek an extension of territory in Germany by a onesided alliance with a foreign power , nor would she ever consent to the surrenderor a portion of German territory to obtain acquisitions in other countries . The interview with Napoleon was declined , and the Prince hastened from Berlin to avoid meeting- the Grand Duke Nicholas , who was on his way there ; so that the interview , which took place in passing , had the appearance « f a casual encounter . Such was the report which , true or false , was intended as a hint to the HahoverianXourt and a reply to the speech of M . Von Boiumes , or , sis we must for the future designate him , Count Von BoiraiES . The Federal Diet is occupied with the Wurzburg proposal respecting-the introduction of equal weights and measures Into air countries of the Confederation . _ . _ ^ The Austrian Council of the .. Empire has given proofs-of more independence tlian was anticipated . The Government proposed that the discussion of the budget should take place iu full council . The proposal was rejected . It was then proposed to form a committee of seven persons to discuss the preliminaries ; but a counteramendment to elect 21 members for the committee was adopted by 42 to 14 votes . The foremost speaker was the Magyar Count , Majiatii , who , apologising for not being quite master of the German tongue , said , that " the publication of the transactions , to Avhieh the Government was opposed , would fulfil the ardent wish and very reasonable demand of the people . In their deliberations upon the " budget , it wouTd ~ be their mty ~ tire 1 « fliri ^ 4 he objects of the disbursements . No Government was expensive but that which iuled over malcontents—the cheapest was that which produced the greatest number of contented subjects . " The freedom of speech in these first transactions has caused considerable and j very agreeable surprise .
June 16, I860.] The Leader And Saturday ...
June 16 , I 860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 575
Eecord Of The Week. Home And Colonial.. ...
EECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL .. There is news from Australia , dated Sydney , April 25 , that ¦ another rich gold field has been discovered near Twofold Buy . On account of a native rebellion in New Zealand , troops liuve beon despatched from Melbourne , Sydney , and Hobart Town . 210 , 000 , ounces of gold have been shipped during the month . ^ Among the north country vessels that are supposed to have i perished during the late gales with their crews is the Star of North Shields . She Hailed for Holland sonic days before the Whit . Monday storm , and has not since been heard of . She had eiglit hands on i board . The owners had given up all hopes of her on Saturday , j There is a report of tho loss of a vessel bound from the lyno to ' Holland , which , besides the crew , had the master ' s wile and four ; children on bonrd ; but it is to bo hoped that tho rumour is not j true . Five of the bodies of the unfortunate seamen lost in the Jane i Green near Hartlepool have been picked up and decently interred , j The ships stranded at Rcdenr during tho storm have been got off , without any very serious damage . _ I Tho Marquis of Brettdullmno has relinquished , for the use ot Her -Majesty-, the npnrtments in Holy rood Pulaoe , whioh his Unr < I « hip and ¦ predecessors have held for many years . The rooms are on the south side of tho Palace , mul in immediate connexion with those of Her Majesty . Tho Dukes of Hamilton and Argyll are now the only noblemen , possessing- apartments in Holyrood " . Her Royal Highneas tho Duchess of Kent has rented Lauriston Castle , near Edinburgh , for the summer months . Her Royal Highness and suite are expected to take possession shortly . ' Colonel T . W . Hamilton , C , B ., of the Grenadier Guards , is about to be attached provisionally to the legation at Berlin , ns military < 5 ommisBioner at the head-quarters of the Prussian army .
! Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the Koh-i-noOr diamond , which has been re-cut since the Exhibition of 1851 , to be exhibited at the South Kensington Museum , in aid of the fund for building the Female School of Art . A large collection of ancient and modern jewellery will also be lent on , that occasion . Tickets are obtainable at the Museum , and at Mr . Mitchell's , Oid'Bond S ' treet . The amount of duties received at the port of Bristpl for the month ending the 31 st May , was £ 113 , 330 12 * ., being more than was paid by all the other ports of the Bristol Channel , Gloucester included . On Thursday morning last , at eight o ' clock , police constable Baker , of Willesden , succeeded , in the disguise of a butcher , in apprehending William Hawkins , a native of Ivinghoe ( who was at the time working on the underground railway in London ) , on a charge of being implicated in the Beechwood murder . The prisoner is supposed to be the man who was seen by Cook and Burgess with the two other men at the time of the murder . The ceremony of enthroning the Right Rev . Joseph Cotton Wig : am , D . D ., the newly consecrated Bishop of Rochester , was performed in the cathedral of his diocese yesterday afternoon , in the presence of a large number of the clergy and laity ; the choir , and a portion of the nave , being crowded . On Tuesday , a deputation , consisting of 150 gentlemen , waited : upon Lord Palmerston , at Cambridge House , in support of the pro-I vision for a religious census , proposed in the Bill brought in by the * Government , as being- preferable to any return to the fallacious test i of 1851 . _ , ! On Tuesday night a public meeting was held in Jbroemasons Hall , Great Queen Street , in opposition to the provision in the Bill now before Parliament for taking a census of the population of ' . England and Wales , next year , by which every householder is to be S required to make a return of the " religious profession " of every ' ¦ person abiding in his house . , .,, -nt -i-i i On Monday evening last a young woman , named Lilla JSeltliorpe , 1 residing in Windsor-iilace , Hull , fell asleep whilst sitting in a chair . : placed before the fire . It is supposed that being too near the grate her crinoline and dress became ignited , for when discovered , about j half-past seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , she was almost burnt ! to a cindeu . Medical aid was at once called in , but scarcely any i ¦ - relief could be given to the poor girl ' s sufferings . She _ was removed ; to the infirmary , whel-e she died in the afternoon . _ ¦ ¦¦ On Tuesdav , at the Westminster Police Court , a volunteer obtained ! a summons " against the toll-taker of the Vauxhall-bridge , for refusing to allow him to pass withou tpay ing the toll . The words of the-Act bearing upon the case were " for any soldiers , or for any v volunteers upon march or duty . " And Mr . Paynter , the magistrate , , had no doubt the applicant was exempt . ,, , ¦ . „ I On Wednesday at noon , one of an extensive block of superior live : story new houses , just completed for occupation in Portsdown-roadj , Maida-hill , was discovered to be on fire in the basement , whilst the i workmen , who were employed to complete some adjoining houses , | were at dinner . Information was immediately forwarded , and the ! parish engine was quickly upon the spot , closely followed by the Baker-street , King-street , Grosvenor-squarc , and Wells-street engines of the London Fire Brigade , The flames , nevertheless , i ^ pread-rap idly ^ thi ^ ug = lt-th ^ building ^^ ndJbeibxe . tiiey _ aoiiI d be smb-! diied , and within an hour after the arrival of the engines , ihey had demolished the roof , which fell in with a terrific crash . Masses ot i burning embers were scattered over the houses runnmg parallel , known as Lanark Villas , which seemed to be in imminent danger ; but the fire was fortunately arrested before much damage was effected . The premises where the fire originated are said to be fully insured . The cause of the fire is yet unknown . On Saturday and Sunday last , the trial trip of the Great Eastern took place preparatory to her first voyage across the Atlantic . The results of the trip have proved on the whole decidedly satisfactory . The number of bankruptcies gazetted in the first five months of the present year was 118 , being at the rate of 1 , 005 per annum . The average of the previous ten years was 1 , 090 per unnuiii . In the London district ' 1 . 18 bankruptcies have been gazetted this year to the close of May ; in the Liverpool , 18 ; in the Manchester , f 3 ; m the Birmingham , ( 52 ; in the Leeds , 41 ; in the Bristol , 41 ; in the Exeter , 22 ; and in the Newcastle , It . It is said that the French Insurance Offices intend presenting a petition to the Emperor , praying that a "law may bo passed to prohibit the sale of matches made with white phosphorus , and to allow none but those made of amorphous phosphorus to bo made for the future . Official returns show that the average annual number ot accidental fires in France was about 2 , 200 up to 1838 , before friction matches came into use . In 18 U the number had risent t o 4000 which has constantly increased till in 1857 there were 10 , 00 " fires . ' These figures show that it is most desirable to provide some means for preventing such n destruction of property . The jilW > vr 7 < 7 ^ Presidency , condemns tho publication of Sir Charles IWyan a Minuto as dangerous , not in exciting revolt among tho natives , but in increasing race hatred between Europeans and nativcH . I Ho writer says : — t ? The people of this 'Presidency arc too fund o peace and quietness to break ont into rebellion on account of a littc extra taxation ; but there are such things as passive reactance andi secret combination , in whieh the people are not novice , and it ;« ot very eafo to raise and eprcid discontent even among- a population peaceably disposed .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1860, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16061860/page/19/
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