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Politics.! THE LEADER. . 737
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THE VOLUNTEERS. The Duke of Richmond has...
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IRELAND. It is stated in the Irish paper...
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GENERAL HOME NEWS,
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The CornT.—The Queen was much engaged du...
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Politics.! The Leader. . 737
Politics . ! THE LEADER . . 737
The Volunteers. The Duke Of Richmond Has...
THE VOLUNTEERS . The Duke of Richmond has presided at a meeting of deputy lieutenants of Sussex held at Brighton , to consider proposals for the formation of volunteer rifle corps , as well as artillery corps in maritime towns , in which there may be forts and batteries ; and also to consider the best measures to be adopted for completing the two battalions of the county militia . The Duke said , he thought the movement for the establishment of rifle corps was most
important , as showing that the people of England were fully alive to the position they held , and prepared to defend themselves . He had received many communications on the subject of the uniform , and considered that the plainer the dress the better . A resolution was carried , that it was very desirable that rifle volunteer corps should be formed under such regulations as may at any time be adopted by the Government , and that the formation of sucli corps was especially required for the county of Sussex .
The Lord lieutenant of the county of Kent has issued a code of instructions , for the formation of volunteer rifle companies , and companies of artillery on the sea coast of that county where forts and batteries at present exist . The Lord Lieutenant particularly recommends the attention of volunteers to the artillery arm in those localities . These corps should be formed so as to be able to assemble quickly at an alarm post . The rifle corps should not consist of less than fifty , but the artilldry corps should be of smaller bodies of ten or , at the most , twelve men , as being sufficient to work a gun . The Right Hon . Sir John Coleridge addi-essed a meeting at Houi . , in Devonshire , this week , which was held witli a view to induce the labourers and farmers of the district to assist in the formation of the volunteer corps . The ex-judge made a sensible and interesting speech , and resolutions of a practical character followed .
The borough , of Marylebone is to have a local corps , and a preliminary meeting has been held previous to calling a public meeting on the subject . We hope the metropolitan volunteers will increase in number-, at present they do not set a very'brilliant example to the rural population . Lieut .-Cdl . the Duke of Wellington inspected the Victoria Rifle Corps on Wednesday afternoon , at Kilburn , and expressed himself highly gratified at the smart and soldierlike manner in which the various evolutions were performed . The Kilburn rifle ground has of late become a great centre of
. A notice has been issued that the first company of the South London Rifle Corps has been formed , and will proceed to immediate practice . It is also announced that under the sanction of the Lord-Lieutcnant a second company will be formed , and those willing to join arc requested to give in their names immediately . A meeting will . be held of the members of the Hon . Societies of the Inner and Middle T . emplo ° " Wednesday , the 22 nd of June , 1859 , in the hall of the Middle Temple , at 4 o ' clock precisely , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of forming a Volunteer Rifle Corps .
Ireland. It Is Stated In The Irish Paper...
IRELAND . It is stated in the Irish papers that the Lord Chancellor would sit for the last time on Thursdaj ' , after which the right hon . and learned gentleman retires into private life on a pension of !) , ( 500 / . per annum . Mr . Napier lias filled the high office for a period of sixteen months . There are at present four lawyers living- who have presided in the Irish Court of Chancery—namely , Lord St . Leonard ' s , Lord Campbell , the Right Hon . Francis Blackburne , and the Right Hon . Hnisicro Brady , and to these will in a few days
bo added the name of tho Right Hon . Joseph Napior . UNIJBIt-SlSCUKTAUYSIIll' FOR IltEI-ANP . — It is reported that Lieut .-Colnnol Larcom , tho present Under-Secrotury ibr Ireland is about to have promotion , which leaves this offlco vacant , and that Mr . Torrcns M'Oullagh is about to succeed him . This is good news for the Liboral party , and ] the appointment will give universal satisfaction , on account of tho able administrative talents Mr . M'Cullagh is known to possess , and , also as a proof that consistent politics ami genuine talents are noticed and appreciated .
" The work commenced here on last Tuesday evening , by an open-air gathering , at which some of an organised band , winch travels the country for this purpose , joined about a dozen- clergymen in preaxshing , sing ing * and yelling . Some of the organisers were manifestly idiotic , and all were grossly ignorant of the simplest principles of Christianity . Since then , things have become daily worse and worse . Business may be said to be at an end ; and from morning till night , but much more from night till morning , clergymen , tad characters , and fast commercial travellers , who « an find nothing else to do , and wish to be able to tell a good story for the rest of their lives , give the tone to hundreds of persons who roam the streets , or roarri from house to house , yelling , screaming and
blaspheming . Respectable and educated young women contend with notorious bad characters for the privilege of kissing and embracing well-known profligates on the public streets . Numbers of girls from the country have come into town and remained at the above occupation . Any one who seems to be in his right senses is threatened and reviled by the maniacs ; and a gentleman who endeavoured to Stay the torrent ran the risk of being drowned .. A young- woman stands up in the assembly , anil calls on some one to whom she takes a fancy to advance and kiss her . They climb up trees in order to meet the Saviour . They chase the devil for hours about the house until they get him finally into a corner , when' they choke him . Bands of seven or eight , male arid female , parade the streets and kiss at every-street corner . Then come the revelations .
Every one , of course , sees Christ , but their view is oftetter bent on the infernal regions . One lady saw a deceased Presbyterian minister driving a bread cart through hell . Another saw the late Pope dancing on a redhot griddle , ^ and a previousoccupant of the Papal chair cutting turf ( she was from the bogs of Bally money ) in order to keep up the heat . A sharp contest arose , in her hearing , between this labourer and the devil , about the work done . The same seer saw a deceased corpulent person put to a strange use . The old devil was cutting him up in pieces and feeding the young ones with him Whenever they favour us with a view of 'heaven , itis found quite filled with Orange lodges in session . Now , sir , these are not stupid attempts at jokes , but the fundamental points of the new religion , preached and circulated . "
The Northern Whig says : —The extraordinary religious excitement seems to bo on tho wane in Belfast . Tho churches whore tho " manifestations " lately occurred wore not half full on Saturday evening , and tho " converts" to the " now faith " were fow and far . botweon . This is what wo oxpocted . us the result , and . it is to be hoped that tho town will soon again resume its wonted sober aspect . A statement , forwarded to us by a clergyman of the county of J ) crry , is remarkable . It describes a otato of social disorganisation which ie positively lamentable . Our correspondent says : —
General Home News,
GENERAL HOME NEWS ,
The Cornt.—The Queen Was Much Engaged Du...
The CornT . —The Queen was much engaged during the first few days of the week in interviews with the statesmen who are engaged in forming the new Cabinet On Monday there was a grand dinner at the Palace , and on Tuesday , after receiving the address from the House of Commons , the Queen and her family left for Windsor , where they will remain till next Tuesday . On Wednesday morning the Queen and Princess Helena visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore ; and the same day there arrived on a visit at the Castle , The Maharajah Duleep Singh , the Duchess of Manchester , the Duke of Beaufort , the Duke and Duchess of Buecleuch , the Duchess of Sutherland , the Marquis of Exeter , the Marquis of Abercorn , and Earl Delawarr . The next day , accompanied by a splendid court , her Majesty visited Ascot Races ; and on her return to the castle entertained seventy guests at a state dinner in St . Georges ' Hall . The day concluded with an evening party , for which a number of additional invitations were
issued . Tino I ' jjiNcu of Wai . us . —The Edinburgh Express says that tho Prince of Wales purposes to reside in Edinburgh for several weeks , preparatory to going to Oxford in October . 1 J ) ehi » y Ministry . —On Saturday a grand banquet was given to Lord Derby and his colleagues by the Merchant Taylors' Company . After Sir John I ' akington , in returning thanks for tho navy , had pointed out the admirably efficient state to which the Conservatives had brought it , the Earl of Derby said , forliimselfand his ministry : — " Having accepted office under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty , and at tv time of no ordinary anxiety , we have laboured sedulously and diligently—each in tho discharge of the duties of his separate
departmentto perform honestly and faithfully the services which wo owed to the Sovereign who had placed power in our hands , and to the country which enabledJia to carry on tho public business . If wo have not succeeded in preventing other countries ! from entering Into mad and causeless hostilities wo have , at least , not failed in our endeavours to keep England out of the turmoil of war . Wo havo hitherto preserved to her tho blessings of peace , We , have proteotod her from all-entangling and embarrassing alliances ( loud cheers ) , and wo aro now enabled to hand over , the reins of Government to our successors , whoever they may bo , with the country in a position , I hope , prepared for war , if unfortunately they should bo drlvon Into it \ or it they should determine us long as possible to
main-Tnw Division on Sati ; uimv . —In tho division in tho House of Commons last week , according » to tho Analysis of tho Secretory of tho Kofortn Association , thoro were eleven profosaod Liberals * who votod with the Torios , and two profeascdTorles who voted with tho Liberals , ten Liberal membera woro ulaoiU , and four Torios . Tho groat bulk of tho Llborul Koinan Catholic members voted for the amendment whloli overthrow tho Government .
tain peace , in a position in which they can with advantage make use—as I am sure every English minister must be anxious to do—of those means , both moral and physical , which we have been carefully engaged in collecting and strerigthenine . I think 1 may venture to state on my own behalf , as well as on behalf of that great'Conservative party , that there will be no factious course taken which may prove embarrassing either . in the first place in the formation of a new Government , or in the next place in the subsequent proceedings of our political rivals ; and that so long as they continue to walk in the li ^ ht of the Constitution and exhibit a due xegard for , and interest in , the honour and the happiness of the nation , not from their own
supporters will they receive a more cordial assistance than from the opponents whom they have succeeded in displacing , but whose sanction and aid will be given us before to any measures the object of which is the maintenance of the prosperity and welfare of England . "—The Lord Chancellor in an eloquent speech denied that he had shown the great exaltation . attributed to him on receiving office—Thanks for the toast of the House of Commons irere returned by Lord Stanley who said , "I firmly believe that upon the balance of two great parties the efficiency of our Parliamentary government depends . I am persuaded that , a House of Commons which should be exclusively what is called 'Liberal , ' assuming such a thing could be , would be incapable of passing a . single measure , while I am equally sure that a House of Commons composed of political elements
exclusively Conservative—again assuming the possibility of the existence of such an assembly in which I do not believe—would in the end become a revolutionary institution . Another respect in which I should like to see Parliament remain unchanged is this : I hope the time may never come when that state of things which now exists shall cease to be , and in accordance with which the great majority of those , who compose the House of Commons are men who go there , not from a wish to 1 gratify any personal ambition , not from the expectation of office or from a desire of personal advantage and emolument , but who take their seats in . that assembly merely because they think that by so doing they can best discharge the duties of life , and because to sit in the House of Commons is an accidentalmost a necessary accident—of the social position which they hold . " The Affairs of Italic . ^— A blue b ook of 400 pages has just been published , containing the correspondence on this subject , which begins on the 1 st of January last , and ends with a despatch of Lord Malmesbury , dated the 5 th of May . This despatch , and one of Count Wnlewski , to which il is an answer , are worthy of careful perusal , particularly that of Lord Malmesbury , because it gives a general outline of the policy of the Derby Cabinet as fur as the war in Italy is concerned . In the first the French Foreign Minister writes to the French Ambassador in London to express a hope that England would take sides with France and Sardinia , so that men-. sures might bo concerted in common against Austria . Tho Count states the motives that induce France to
assist Sardinia ; he mentions the endeavours ot Austria to acquire a preponderating influence in Italv ; ho oommonds the conduct of Sardinia in resisting such endeavours j and he states tho mischief which ho believes will arise if Sardinia bo overcome . In reply , our Foreign Secretary expresses a hope that tho alliance between H ranee and England may long continue , and he condemns the interference of Austria with Italian independence . But he goes on to remark that Sardinia cannot bo held blameless for her dreams of ambition and aggrandisement , and ho condemns tho conduct of Austria in requiring Sardinia to disarm . Lord Malmosbury thinks that nothing serious would havo hannpnod if Franco had restrained . Sardinia ; ami ho
goes on to assort that the English traditional foreign policy is that of " authoritative non-iiUurfcrcnco in tho affairs of foreign states , a pplicy which Lng-Innd , he says , cannot depart from on tho present occasion . Ho therefore distinctly , but with hiiiccto roL'ivt , refuses to co-opcrato with Franco iu a struggle which will only bring ruin and misery upon Italy . But ho prefers tho good offices of the JJrltish Government , H they may bo doomed by cither party to bo of any advantage , and flays that Knal " und may . even oHor her se rvices for tho restoration ot peucu , without being invited to do so , when opportunity otfbrs . Lastly , ho intimates that military glory cannot bo tho objoct of constitutional government .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18061859/page/5/
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