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The Empress of Russia, being indisposed ...
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Monday being the day to which Parliament...
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Murderous Outrage At Birmingham. About F...
only a man beating his vrife , or perhaps his son . ' Five young fellows who are said to belong to a gang of London thieves , have been apprehended on suspicion .
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COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OP THREE SISTERS . A most daring burglary was committed at Mallon-cottage , situated about a quarter of a mile from Abbotskerswell , Devon , on Monday evening last . The proprietor was absent , and had left the care of the house to his three daughters , who had just retired to bed when they heard a noise below , as of some persons breaking into the house . The eldest of them , about fourteen years of age , jumped out of bed , struck a light , which she gave to her sisters , and arming herself with two pistols , walked down
over the stairs , followed by her sisters . On entering the parlour they found everything in confusion , papers lying about , and the desk rifled . The burglars fled on the entrance of the girl , and the young lady with the pistols jumped from the parlour window on to the lawn and fired both after them . The thieves had stolen some money , papers , and plate ; but being eager to get off they dropped some plate in the lawn , which was recovered in the morning . Two suspicious-looking fellows were begging at the house in the morning , but they have not yet been apprehended .
Miscellaneous. The Queen And Prince Albe...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and Prince Albert , with the rest of the Royal Family , have been at Osborne-house since Saturday , and are reported by the Court Newsman as taking their customary exercise , and enjoying their usual health . The Queen has generously extended her bounty to those members of the household of the late Queen Dowager , whose length of servitude in the late King ' s establishment , and of Queen Adelaide , merited some permanent and yearly allowance . Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , it is said , could not well come before the House of Commons and ask for a
grant of public money , although they acknowledged that many of the royal servants , from the length of their services , were entitled to much respect . The Queen , therefore , came forward , and out of her own purse has caused yearly bounties , varying from £ 30 to £ 60 , to be awarded to those persons whose claims are most prominent . — Daily News . The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Sunday at her residence in Richmond-park , and afterwards proceeded to Claremont to pay a visit to the Duchesse de Nemours . She afterwards returned to her residence , Clarence-house , St . James ' s .
The Duchess of Cambridge , the Princess Mary , and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz arrived at Kew on Monday evening , from Plasnewydd , Anglesey .
Her Royal Highness The Duchess Of Orlean...
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans , attended by the Marquise de Vins and the Due de Trevise , arrived on Monday from Osterid , and proceeded immediately to her resilience at Daniell-house , Esher , where her two sons , the Comte de Paris and the Due de Chartres , remained during her absence . The Duke of Rutland , in imitation of the Duke of Glen Tilt , has given his keepers instructions to prevent persons from visiting the celebrated Druidical remains called " The Druid ' s Pulpit , " near Stanedge-pole , in . Yorkshire , on the plea that it would disturb the ganie . This celebrated spot has been the resort of antiquaries , naturalists , and artists for ages , yet now they are to be warned off , lest they should cause a few grouse to take wing .
Lord Brougham left town last week for the Continent , en route for his villa at Cannes . Lady Brougham arrived in town on Thursday from Brougham Hall . The Honourable VV . E . Duncombe , eldest son of Lord Feversham , who had been enjoying a day ' s hunting in the neighbourhood of Brandsby , was returning to the residence of his father in the evening , when the horse on which he was riding suddenly shied , and set off at full speed , and ran near to a large tree . Mr . Duncombe was struck on the head with considerable violence by one of the overhanging branches . Several teeth were knocked out , and other injuries on tlie head resulted from the blow .
It is whispered that a certain baronet [ the Hero ^ of Acre ?] , whose family characteristics are an absorbing aifection for naval service , has broken up his shore establishment , and with his family , big and baggage , has determined , during the ensuing winter , to make the ship lie commands his and their sole home This development , however , of the family passion for a marine residence is not in the Slightest degree palatable to the oiUcers and men of the ship , and they heartily wish the Admiralty would order the ship to Spithcad for the winter months , and give them enough of shipboard and rough weather witii a vengeance . — United Service Gazette .
Intelligence hns boon received of the sudden death of the wife of Donald Maclean , Esq ., late M . P . for Oxford , in the prime of life , at Castcllamarc , near Naples , on the 120 th ultimo . It apjn urs tluit Mrs . Maclean was taking a drive in her carriage when the horses took fright and run away , and the unloi tunsite lady sustained such severe injuries that she expired a few hours afterwards . We are glad , to learn that the trustees of the Owen ' s College , Manchester , havr appointed A . J . Scott , Esq ., Professor uf
the English Language and Literature in IJiiivi'isity College , London , and Dean Faculty of Arts ami Medicine in that , college , ns principal of the Owen ' s College , with the professional chair of " logic and mental philosophy , together with general grammar , anil English language ami literature . " The combined salary of the v . irinus ulliees will 1 > V < £ />;;() , It is understood that the new college will he opviied immediately after ihe Christmas vacation . Mr . Stephenson , the celebrated engineer , has examined the eastern and southern valleys of Switzerland
preparatory to forming a railway . He has , says the HelvGtie , expressed the opinion that the best line would be one leaving Yverdon , following the marshes of the Orbe , passing by a tunnel through the Mormont at Eatreroches to the valley of Venoge , and following that valley to the end .
The Empress Of Russia, Being Indisposed ...
The Empress of Russia , being indisposed from the effects of the climate , her physicians have ordered her to pass some months in Italy . She is to set out in a short time for Florence , where she will reside in one of the houses belonging to the President of the French Republic . The 10 th of October being the anniversary of the Queen of Spain ' s birthday , a grand reception for kissing hands was held by her Majesty at the Palace , a review of the garrison was passed , and a statue of the Queen was inaugurated amidst the thundering of artillery and shouts of " Long live the Queen ! " It is reported that the Queen , the Countess Montemolino , the Countess d'Aquila , the Countess Syracuse , and the Countess Trapani are all in that state in which ladies who love their lords wish to be .
Cardinal Wiseman is expected to leave Rome for his new archbishopric of Westminster towards the end of the present month , so that England will again witness , after a very long lapse of time , the presence of a member of the Sacred College . The cardinal ' s titular church in Rome is St . Pudenziana . It is said that the Grand Duke of Oldenburg has formally declared that he will decline the Danish Crown unless the rights of the Duchies are fully recognized , but that this will not alter the determination of the
present King , Duke Frederick TIL , to abdicate . His uncle , Prince Frederick Ferdinand , the heir apparent as next agnat , will not join in the abdication , but will accept of the crown should the King abdicate . This prince is in his 58 th year , and of a strong constitution . H ' iThe Detitsche Zeitung says : — " It is rumoured that the Elector of Hesse has abdicated . We are not informed on what authority this statement is made . Visits have been lately exchanged with great frequency between the Elector and Prince Frederick of Hesse , the next heir
to the throne . Mademoiselle Rachel , who has been making the tour of Germany with her troupe , was expected to reach Munich from Vienna on the 12 th instant , to give six representations at the Court theatre .
M. Tirel, Who Had The Entire Management ...
M . Tirel , who had the entire management of Louis Philippe ' s carriage department , has published a pamphlet containing some curious exposures , affecting many of the principal persons who held office in the Provisional Government . M . Goudchaux , in a letter to the Debate , denies the truth of the imputation cast upon himself personally by M . Tirel . m The handloom weavers at Ribeauville , in the Haut Rhin , have struck for higher wages . The carpenters of Liverdun , who struck for higher wages , have been sentenced by the Police Court of Assize of Tours , for coalition , to periods of imprisonment varying from two to six months .
The author , printer , and publisher of a lithographic print , entitled TriniU Republicainc , representing the portraits of Jesus Christ , Robespierre , and Barbes , were sentenced by the Court of Assize in Paris on Saturdaythe author to imprisonment for six months and a fine of 300 f ., and the printer and publisher each to imprisonment for two months and a fine of lOOf . A young man was assassinated in the open streets of the Faubourg Poissoniere in Paris at eight o ' clock on Sunday evening . This act of vengeance , occasioned by an irreparable injury inflicted on the murderer , was not intended for the person who became by mistake the victim . The author of the crime has been arrested .
An ascension , which exceeded in boldness anything that has hitherto been attempted , took place from the Hippodrome , at Paris , on Sunday . The Uranus , the balloon belonging to M . Poitevin , rose in the air , carrying , in addition to the aeronaut , three young females suspended from the car . They had wings affixed to their shoulders , and appeared as if flying in the air . Their ascent was hailed with shouts b y the immense concourse of persons assembled , but a feeling of terror seemed to predominate at seeing the females suspended in mid air , without anything apparent to support them . After being about an hour in the air , the intrepid aeronauts alighted in safety on a plain near Villejuif . The inmates of our ' wooden walls " seem determined
to maintain the traditional character of the nation for antiteatotalism . The latest accounts from Lisbon state that the Prince Regent , Lcamler , Arethusa , and Phaeton remain in the Tagus , and that the British sailors and marines , by their excessive drinking , afford daily amusement to the inhabitants . The celebrated Quinto do Ramalhno , close to Cintra , formerly the property of Queen 1 ) . Carlota , and where she was kept prisoner in 1823 , has been sold by auction . M . JosoTridore Guedes bought it for 10 , 500 , 000 reis ; he did not pay even the value of the stone .
The GiornaJecH llama of the 1 st publishes two decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Kites , signed by Cardinal Lambrusohini , the iirst of which declares that , owing to the virtues of the venerable servant of God , Maria Anna do Paredes , having been proved , as well as two miracles attributed to her , her beatification may be proceeded with . The other decree declares that the virtues of the venerable servant of God , Sister Angila Maria Astorch , having been proved , the discussion on the existence of the three miracles attributed to her may be commenced .
Preparations fire in active progress for abolishing , on the 1 st of January , 18-31 , the intermediate customs frontier between Russia and Poland . The Jews are to be removed to a distance of forty worsts from the frontier . In each frontier town -i 00 men ( infantry ) , and 500 Cossocks , and an equal number of gendarmes are to be
stationed . On the frontier between Poland and Prussia a line of huts is to be erected , 600 feet being the distance from hut to hut . In each hut a controller or clerk , two Russia and one Polish watcher are to live . The railway between St . Petersburg and Moscow is to be finished by the 1 st of November , 1851 , in obedie nce to the orders of the Emperor . After an unusually long session , Congress adjourned on the 30 th ultimo . A bill for the abolition of corporal punishments in the navy had passed the Senate . The bill for the appropriation of twenty millions of acres of the public lands for militaay services has also passed both houses , and will , no doubt , receive the sanction of the President .
The latest advices from Texas state that the passage of Pearce's boundary bill by the United States Congress had been announced to the Legislature , and that the popular feeling was decidedly in favour of accepting the propositions of the United States Congress . The Clayton and Bulwer treaty between the United States and Great Britain has caused a great degree of excitement in Central America . It is claimed by the organ of the British agents to be a practical recognition of the Anglo-Mosquitian pretensions in Central America .
Monday Being The Day To Which Parliament...
Monday being the day to which Parliament was prorogued at the end of last session , the House of Lords was opened , shortly before two o ' clock on that day , for the purpose of proroguing Parliament by commission . As usual on such occasions , a number of well-dressed ladies were present to behold the ceremony , and gratify their curiosity by gazing on the House and its gorgeous decorations , and were accommodated with seats in the body of the House . The commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Clanricarde , and the Earl Granville . Upon the commissioners taking their seats ,
Mr . Pulman was directed to summon the Commons to the bar to hear the royal commission read . After an absence of about a minute he returned , accompanied by Mr . Ley , the assistant clerk of the House of Commons ; Mr . Bellew , M . P ., Mr . Aglionby , M . P ., and several of the officers of the House , as representing the Commons of the United Kingdom . Mr . Lefevre having read the royal commission commanding and directing the commissioners to further prorogue Parliament from this day to Thursday , the 14 th day of November next , the Lord Chancellor , in terms of the commission , prorogued Parliament , and the proceedings terminated .
The Lord Mayor gave a banquet to the principal bankers and merchants of the city of London , and the masters and wardens of many of the principal City companies in the Egyptian Hall , Mansion House , on Wednesday evening . It will be remembered that the Lord Mayor of London pave a magnificent entertainment to Prince Albert at the Mansion House , in honour of theGreatExhibition , upon which occasion nearly the whole of the Mayors of the municipal towns in England were present . The Lord Mayor of York has announced his intention of giving a return banquet on the 25 th instant , at the Guildhall in the ancient city of York . Several members of the government , noblemen , and gentlemen have already notified their intention of being present on the occasion .
At the annual quarter session for the county of Surrey , held at Kingston , on Monday , there was a very large attendance of magistrates , in consequence of the anticipation that some proceedings would be taken in reference to the constabulary force . After some discussion it was resolved unanimously that a committee should be appointed to consider and report upon a plan for the adoption of a rural police force in that portion of the county which is beyond the radius of the metropolitan force .
Colonel Chaloner spoke doubtfully as to the advantage of spending money on additional constables . " He did not believe that the ninth part of a policeman on Bagshot-heath would have had any efFect in preventing that dreadful occurrence which had recently taken place in their own county . " Captain Mangles , who thought that a police force was absolutely necessary , said " his own house had been armed for a long time , and he never went to bed without having a six-barrelled revolving pistol under his pillow . "
At the quarter sessions for the eastern division of Sussex , held at the County Hall , Lewes , on Monday , on the report of the chief constable ( Captain Mackay ) , of the great encrease of burglaries in that county during the past year , a motion was unanimously adopted in favour of strengthening the existing police by ten additional constables . A meeting of Hungarian sympathizers was held in the Temperance-hall , at Bradford , on Tuesday evening . The chief speakers were the deputation from London , consisting of the Reverend Mr . Larkon and Mr . Thornton of suffer
Hunt , both whom dwelt upon the virtues , the - ings , and the claims of the brave Hungarian refugees . It was stated by some of the other speakers that , in spite of the briskness of trade , there arc at the present moment thousands of working men in Bradford who can scarcely obtain bread for themselves and their children , on account of the miserably low rate of wages in certain branches of employment . A resolution whs carried to canvass the town for subscriptions on behalf of tho patriotic refugees ; and the meeting separated , after a vote of thanks had been presented to Messrs . Larkui and Hunt .
We are glad to learn that the Railway Commissioners have remitted the tax upon excursion trains , when they enrry passengers at less than Id . per mile . The statues to be set up on tho four pedestals in the line of the enclosure in front of the British Museum will bo those of Newton , Shakspearc , Miltou , nnd Bacon ; models have already been made for them by Sir Richard Westmacott , who is to execute them all . The result of tho examination of tho ropes , canvass , stores , & c , found at Cape Riley , by Sir Edward Parry ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 19, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19101850/page/8/
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