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MISCELLANEOUS. Lord John Russell gave a ...
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The Trench garrison in the city ol Koine...
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A very numerous meeting of the inhabitan...
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William Bent, agreengrocer, aged seventy...
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MISCELLANEOUS . Lord John Russell gave a Cabinet dinner at his residence in Ghesham-place , on Wednesday evening . The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl of Minto , Viscount Palmerston , Earl Grey , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir John Hobhouse , the Earl of Carlisle , the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere , the Marquis of Clanricarde , and the Kight Honourable Fox Maule . Lord John Russell has issued invitations for a grand parliamentary full dress banquet at his official residence in Downing-street on the 3 rd proximo , to the several members of the administration and court having seats in that assembly . The Marquis of Lansdowne will give a grand full dress parliamentary dinner on the 3 rd proximo , at Lansdowne-house , to a large party of peeis . Lord Stanley will give a banquet to the Duke of Richmond and a numerous circle of Protectionist peers on the 3 rd of the ensuing month ! at his mansion in St . James ' s-
square . The Daily Neivs says " It is generally believed in naval circles that the command of the Mediterranean fleet will be given to Admiral Deans D . undas ; and that the gallant officer will be succeeded as first 'Sea Lord' of the Admiralty by Admiral Elliott . " It is reported that Sir Edward Colebrooke will become a . candidate for the representation of the Falkirk district of burghs , on Lord Lincoln ' s being raised to the House of Lords . The Gazette of Tuesday night contains the Speaker's notice that at the end of a fortnight from the 13 th instant a writ will be issued for the election of Members of Parliament in place of Viscount Alford and Robert Bromley , Esq ., both deceased .
Mr . E . Edwardes , who was for the last eleven years employed in the library of the British Museum , has been appointed librarian of the Manchester Free Public Library , at a salary of £ 200 a-year . The late Mr . O ^ baldidton , manager of the Victoria Theatre , has not died so wealthy as was generally anticipated . The personal properly , it is understood , will be sworn under £ 4000 . The lease of the Victoria Theatre , with all the paraphernalia , he has bequeathed to Miss Vincent , who is also left sole executrix and residuary legatee . To Mrs . O . sbaldiston and her two daughters , lie has b < queathed a policy of assurance for £ 1000 , and about £ 160 in money . It is said that his wife had pri vinusly received an allowance of £ 301 ) per annum . The furniture , plate , carriage , & c , at his villa at West Brix'on , he has left to Miss Vincent , with whom resides Miss Beatrice Osbaldiston .
The Lisbon papers s . iy it is expected that the King Consort of Portugal ami his two elder sons will visit London duriiu ; the Exhibition , and that they will be conveyed to this country i / i one of the war steamers . The latest nccount . - * from Van Dieinen ' s Land say that Mr . Smith O'Brien li . nl unived i : i lloburt Town , by the steamer , from Port Arthur , and had accepted his ticket of leave on his word not to leave the colony .
The Trench Garrison In The City Ol Koine...
The Trench garrison in the city ol Koine- is reduced to / 5 ()!) 0 men , but there are a few more in the environs . The officers and soldiers continue to conduct themselves with gnat propriety , but there is no friendly intercourse with tlieinhabitants ; frequent collisions take place in the wine shops between the Jumii . ui and Fnncli soldiers , find ol the ialter no less than nine were lately killed and wounded within the last ten ( lavs . The Rinnan .-soldier has the advantage with the short sword ; the Frenchman is not
so quick , and generally is the sufferer . A telegraphic message on Thursday announced the sudden r < situation of the Spanish ministry , and the immediate departure of General JNarvuez for I 5 ayoune . The circumstances which led to this event are not even remotely hinted at in the communication refened to . The Mini . ster of Finance had issued a decree , prohibiting the circulation of l / rench gold , except as a metal for itw intrinsic and conventional vmIjc ; but thiit it might be exported from Spain dmy free .
Accounts fi oia . M . id ; id ol the 8 th state that serious distui hances have taken place in Reus , Catalonia , against the tax of communes . The posts of the city guard were burned . M . iSoler , the collector of the tax , w , is asmiHMniited . Similar disorders have taken place in other parts of the province . The line of telegraph * from Madrid to Cadiz in ne . uly completed . This , with the establishment of a line ol Bteam-packetH belwcm llavannah and the lutter place will g ivt ) Madrid news hoiuthe Wist Indies every ( ifteen days . The SclileKwi ^ -llol . steiu question has been settled by the Hiibniissiou of the Studiliolders , the latter throwing tlie » nn < -lvi-s upon the ( ieiin . in confederacy to protect , ( he rightH of llolstein and Schlcswig , which that confederacy promised to do .
The ? tjpeech of 1 \ 1 . M . tntenfl ' cl on the 7 th instant , in lhe Second Chamber , was rath t remarkable . 11 < - ridicules jn the most insolent . :, t \ le all tlmt Prussia has done Hince 1 H IS . The noble stand tliat lhe lJi-HKiuiiH have made for their constitution , is called a dange ' i oua ievo | ution of officials—a revolution made in dressing gounn ami sli lU ' ' > ''¦ ' ¦ ' contrasted contemptuously with buciiciulo revolutions , which suppose , M . MniiteuOel intimiiteH , at least couni ^ e in I he revolutionists-, He n . iy . s that . Prussian policy | iuh reached its liuniny point ; that hi ; hope" it wl " never a ^ ain be involved i , n u fog ; uiid that it must break decidedly with all revolutionary prinoinlt'HThe ninth battalion of the gnrrition of Kcnctaburi ; , in
Sehleswig-Holstein , received pn the 7 th orders to march . Thinking they were about to attack the Danes , ^ they cheerfully complied , but they were taken to the fortifications , and told to shoot a soldier of the battalion , who had been condemned to death by a court-martial for having killed a s , ub-lieutenant . They uttered cries of indignation , and refused to take part in the execution , saying that the sublieutenant had ill-treated , his men . The officers succeeded in quieting them , and eight men were drawn by lot to shoot the soldier . When the word of command was given , three men iired in the air ; the others discharged their muskets at the man , and he fell dead- The three refractory soldiers were at once seized , tried by court-martial , condemned to death , and early next morning were executed . fram Calcutta
The Overland Mail , wmen brings news to the 7 th ultimo , says that Sir William Goram landed very quietly , and was installed with the usual formalities . Sir Charles Napier will not meet his successor , but proceed via the Punjab and Scinde , to Bombay , whenee he will embark for Europe . The only event of any importance in the Bombay papers last received is the account of a slight skirmish with the Wuzeeree hill tribes , who made an attack on our outposts on the Bunnoo frontier on the 19 th of November . They were , however , unable to make head against the fire kept up by the guards , who anticipated the attack , had been placed in the towers of theee villages , and were driven back with considerable loss after fifteen minutes' firing . The main body finding their advanced detachment so roughly handled , and having learnt that the outposts were well supported , immediately dispersed . ¦
_ _ „ ., Letters and papers from Port Phillip , New South Wales , Launceston , and Hobart Town , to the 5 th of October , describe the existence of a strong and combined movement against the further extension or continuance of the convict system . A great league was forming for the purpose of agitating the question throughout the whole of the Australian colonies , all of which , it is remarked , are deeply interested in the matter . At Hobart Town the members had taken the following pledge : — " We solemnly pledge ourselves neither to hire nor employ ,
directly or indirectly , convicts , male or female , whether called exiles , probationists , passholders , or ticket-of' -leave men , and whether sent under the present or any other system of transportation , which shall arrive in the colouy after the present date . " Meetings of the colonists had been held at Hobart Town , Launceston , Adelaide , Port Phillip , Sydney , and other places , at which resolutions of the same character were unanimously passed . There had also been meetings of the various trade unions , from which , it appears that a determined opposition will be organized against the further continuance of the system .
The latt . st accounts from Nicaragua state that the ports of Sun Salvador were then blockaded by the English , and that those of Nicaragua were threatened . The troubles arose from a misunderstanding with a German Jew , who pretended to he an American commercial agent , but , was some time since appointed as magistrate at San Juan hy the English Consul . In the exercise of his functions he sentenced a number of Nicaraguan boatmen to he flogged in the presence of Mr . ChatfieM . This produced a meat excitement in the interior , which led to acts of retaliation . Upon this the English Vice-Consul claimed redress of the Niearaguan ( Jovernment , orderiug the above pints to he put in blockade .
According to the American papers " a great impulse has been ^ iven to industry and enterprise on the Island of Juan Fernandez . A company has been formed with the exclusive privilege from the Government , of occupying that island for a specified term of years . The object ol the Government in this arrangement is to colonize and cultivate the island , for which purpose it presents remarkable facilities . It abounds in every variety of ugiicultmal products , the ' ehtnate is fertile , and therein a safe and commodious harbour for all commeieial operations . A communication will he established immediately between Valparaiso and Copiapo , in the first instance by sailing vessels and afierwaidsby steamers .
The New York paper * reeeived by the l ^ st steamei contain the correspondence between Mr . Webster and the Austrian Minister at Washington respecting the appointment of Mr . Dudley Mann to communicate with the Hungarians , had they established their independence , and also a report of the discussion which arose in the Senate on the presentation of the correspondence on t . lie liOlh of December . The Au-tiian Minister ' s letter , complaining that the Austrian Government was called " iron rule , " and that Ivo . ssuth was treated with respect
was leceived with " considerable merriment . " Mr . Webster ' s reply was pronounced " capital , " and u \ is proposed to be honoured by the . printing of 10 , 001 ) extra copies ! which , however , was negatived . A Washington correspondent of the I ' ribiuic rcniai ks : — - " During the deiiuncia ! ions of Austria and Ru-.-ua by Mr . Magnum and Mr . Walker , Mr . Uodiseo , the Russian lYlinimer , was in the lobby , Mhru ^^ inij his shouldeis in a v < 'iy . startling manner . The more Conservative- and cautioim tone of Mi . Clay , however , evidently relieved him . "
A Very Numerous Meeting Of The Inhabitan...
A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of , S | . Anne , kiolio , was hrld ulllu- theatre , Deau-stiect , on ThuiHiLiy livening , for tiie purpose of petitioning l ' arliamcnl in favour ol lhe 'iinineiJiiite repeal of the vvindoivtax ,. The meet ing was addrei-H'd by Sir De I , icy Kvaus and Mr . C . Lusl ) iu ^ ton , who both spoke confidently as to the piobable abolition of the tax , if the people would only persinl . in their demand . It is repotted that the Chancellor of the Kxch < quer , instead of proposing the total repeal of the window-tax , ' eout . vinpliil . ert only u reduction of this impost . In tinevent ofliin bein ^ compelled , by tin ; prensure . from without , to repeal it eul . in-. ly , he hopoa to retain it portion of it , by levying u tax on bonnes . The arrangements for tho erection of the marble . ure . h
at the Oumberland-gate entrance to Hyde-park will he carried into effect as . speedily as possible . The nece 8 sary excavations and formation of the foundations are proceeding rapidly , and the workmen are employed until an unusually late hour at night , in order to facilitate the completion of the works . . - „ , A crowded meeting of the ratepayers of Marylebone , composed of gentlemen of all shades of political opinion , was held , on Monday evening , in the Court-house , for the purpose of organizing measures wit , Jx a view to the total and immediate repeal of the window-tax . peputations were present from the East Panoras Parochial Protec
Association , from the Marylebope Ratepayers - tion Association , from the Marylebone Parochial Committee , and other bodies . Letters were read from Sir James Duke , M . P ., Mr . B . Bond Cabbell , M . P ., and other influential parishioners , expressing Jheir cordial concurrence in the . movement . Mr . IfichoUy , the chairman , observed that Sir Peter Laurie had said te had almost the authority of Government for stating that the window-tax was doomed . A resolution condemning it ,, and calling for its immediate , total , and . unconditional repeal , was carried unanimously . It was then agreed that a great public meeting be held in a few days in the workhouse-yerd , in o . xder to prpniqte the repeal of this tax , and that Sir B . Hall be , invited tp preside .
It is stated that an order has been sent to the Bristol parochial authorities from the Secretary of State for the erection o , f a lunatic asylum , the estimated cost of which , is £ 50 , 000 . ' ' . ¦ An interesting meeting was held at Southampton on Tuesday , when Mr . Howe , the Nova Scotian minister ,, now in England , stated what mea & ures his Government have designed to promote emigration to British American colonies . One portion , of his plan to facilitate emigration is to fit up what he calls ocean omnibuses , that is , large steamers , without sleeping births , but with large arm chairs , to accommodate a large number of emigrants , and to convey them from England to Halifax in ten days for a very small sum per head . Once at Halifax , he says , an unlimited number of emigrants wquld soon find labour and subsistence in abundance .
William Bent, Agreengrocer, Aged Seventy...
William Bent , agreengrocer , aged seventy-eight years , was thrown out of his vehicle , owing to the dangerous state of the road , while riding along Newington Causeway , on Friday fortnight , and received such injuries that he died on Saturday last . An inquest was held on the body on Monday , when the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Mr . Pocook , chairman , and the five trustees of the South District Board of St . George , Southwark . " The coroner took the recognizance of £ 50 from Mr . Pocock for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court , and stated that he would accept the recognizances of the other trustees in a similar amount . The Franconid , from Baltimore , for Liverpool , laden with cotton , and tobacco , ran on the rocks at Ithoscloyn on i ^ unday , and became a total wreck . The Captain , mate , and nine men were drowned .
A fire broke out in a mill belonging to Messrs . Shatwell and Co ., Pinmill Brow , Manchester , on Tuesday evening , which terminated in the partial destruction of the building . The fire , it is supposed , originated in the tup story , but from what cause cannot yet be ascertained . The property is insured for £ 6000 , but the loss , it is stated , will be much greater than that sum . A fire broke out in the extensive establishment of Mr . Thomas Nelson , Hope Park End , Edinburgh , on Saturday evening , when the premises sustained serious injury , and it has been estimated the stock of printed sheets consumed on the second and third floors of the building
was worth nearly £ 2000 . The hydraulic presses , printing machine , and steam-engine have sustained some d-image . The property was insured to the full amount . A labourer named Itobert Appling , engaged in dia charging the cargo of a Guernsey schooner in the Regent ' s Canal Docks , on Thursday afternoon , was suddenly shot ( -lead by some unknown person . A report of firearms wua heard , the mun exclaimed " Oh God , I ' m 8 uot !" aud fell dead , a bullet having passed into his right breast . From the direction taken by the bullet , the piece must have been fired from an elevation . The police have carefully searched all the adjoining buildings without detecting the perpetrator of thin murderous
outrage . A fatal accident occurred at the Ingatcatone railway Ntiition on the Kastern Countin Railway , whereby John Wilson , an engine-drive r of the company , unfortunately lost hi ;* life . Tin * driver of the ' goods train got oft hi » engine , it in mippoaed , to expedite the passing of the truin , when , by some extraordinary oversight , he got between the two trains . He was ^> ivin ^ soniu directions to the driver of tlie passenger train , when tUe engine of the floods I rain jimmied him between the truhiH , and crushed him to deatti .
A boat , containing nine individuals—viz ., two watermen , two women , and live children , were being rowed over the river , at Gray ' s Thurrock , on Saturday afternoon , when a eo . tl-bii ^ ( joing dow n the river unfortunately rim them down , and the whole party were drowned . The crew of a . Swedish hii ^ lying in iht : Downs last wiik , having neeured the eiiptain and mate in the cabin , proceeded to rifle tin- v . hnc ! of every urtiulcof value , and among other property of u portable ( Inscription carried oil the enpt . iin ' n w . tt .-h . Having tu | u . to ihe boat , they deneited her on lauding near tin- second batt * ry at Deal , where the bout wan found and secured by the coaHtguurd <> u duty .
A . youuKp ; enlleiniUi , who called hinuelf John l «\» tlwr-Kill , uud who hud evidently been indulging ralher freely after ilium-r or nuppor , on Sunday uveniug , commenced the . old iil > Htiid piuoticu of iinKiu « bellu uiiti knocking at the dooru of tbo peai ; uubl « inhuUitunU uf Noi ' U » n- » tre « t , by way of uinuweiueni . A polioeiuiiu tried to muonatrutn wfith hnnoiuhe . folly of hucIi conduct , but h « would not hwten to luiu . Jlo wu » brought up at Ma , riborau H h-Htreo <; ( lolioe-oUic . K , on Tuesday , und ordered to pay 40 h . for injury to uoor-bdla , uud £ , ' { for uwaulting the police . ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 18, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18011851/page/8/
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