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PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP. Fancy balls in...
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The Interest Of Thursday, However, In Co...
exquisite foreign temper . ( Cheert . ) They had a real black diamond , too—a " Cole" of most excellent quality . ( Cheers , and laughter . ') from the beginning of this undertaking to the end much useful work had been done which had not been much talked of . { Hear . ') The mayor had alluded to his own efforts ; but he felt that he occupied the position of the apprentice who stood ready with a feather in his hand , to drop a little oil on any part of the machine that might become rusty . ( Cheers . )" The entertainment wa « a decided success ,
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Personal News And Gossip. Fancy Balls In...
PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . Fancy balls in shoals , magnilicent beyond ( conception , distinguish the week of May Fair . Besides , we have had a balloon accident to gossip about ; and the Waterloo Banquet , which Punch had led people to believe would not take place this year . And the third shilling week at the Exposition has excited more wonder than any of its predecessors , by the enormous crowds who have ebbed and flowed into it like a tide . The Queen and Prince Albert went to the Exposition on Monday morning , and in the afternoon paid a visit to the remains of Louis Philippe's family at Claremont .
The Queen completed the fourteenth anniversary of her accession yesterday . The King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon , on a visit to the Queen . The Duke of "Wellington made his annual visitation on Monday to Trinity-house and thence to the Hospital at Deptford . The "Waterloo banquet was held as usual at Apsleyhouse on Wednesday . There were seventy officers present who fought on the 18 th June , 1815 . The speeches delivered were short , and not at all noticeable—the Duke only bowing an acknowledgment when his own health was proposed . " When the party broke up , he set off in his carriage for Lady Ashburton and Miss Coutts ' s
re-. " Vauxhall Gardens set an example to Apsley-house . A Flower Show was substituted for the customary " Waterloo Gala . Miss Burdett Coutts gave a fancy dress ball on Monday , in imitation of the Queen . Lady Ashburton also gave a fancy dress ball this week . " A more popular selection , " says the Irish correspondent of the Times , " could not be made , his lordship , unlike but too many of his peers , being a constant resident on his Irish estates , and deservedly a favourite with all classes and all parties , whether ' Orange' or ' Green . '" The Count and Countess de Morella , the Carlist General Cabrera and his wife , have contributed , as their third donation , the sum of £ 20 to the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen .
Lord Palmerston has appointed the Reverend Mr . Hale , D . D ., to be chaplain to the British Embassy in Paris . Died , on the 14 th instant , at his country seat , Gosfieldhallj Essex , Edward George Barnard , M . P . for Greenwich . He was at the neighbouring town of Halstead only the previous day , transacting business with his solicitor . General Sir W . Gomm has determined upon making Simlah his home , having purchased an estate there . The north-west frontier , towards the Yoosoofzye and adjoining hills , is still kept in a constant state of ferment by the predatory incursions of the tribes who infest those rocky
. The Newcastle Journal informs us that the Duke of Northumberland has issued instructions to his agents in that county to select from each of his bailiwicks a certain number of cartwrights , artisans , and intelligent farm servants , to the number in all of about one hundred and fifty , for whom the duke has made arrangements to defray the expenses , not only of their journey to and from London , but also for their maintenance during their stay here , in order that they may have an opportunity of inspecting the Crystal Palace . Similar instructions have been given to the agehts on the other estates of the duke .
The Prince Of Prussia, With The Princes ...
The Prince of Prussia , with the Princes Frederick "William and Albert , have returned from Warsaw to Berlin . The Ki"K of Prussia has nominated the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia head of a regiment of cuirassiers , and the Grand Duke Michael chief of a regiment of hussars ; while , on the other hand , the son of the Prince of Prussia has been nominated by the Czar chief of a regiment of hussars-Prince Paskiewitch arrived in Berlin on the 16 th , and went on to Potsdam to vihH the Kinir of Piussia .
The Government of Piedmont has ordered Bertola de Rimini , an emissary of the Pope and of the Emperor of Austria , to be expelled the country , and to be conveyed to the frontier by the police . Father Basil , a Capuchin , was found strangles at the foot of the altar at Aleppo . The French cohsul ^ has taken enfegttie steps rbr inquiring into this crime . Ex-President Heriara died in Mesdcd on the 15 th of Mr . Barnum and Jenny Ltrid have respectively published •« Cards " in the American papers . Mr . Bariiam intimating that Jenny Lind was about td give her nine last concerts , and Jenny Lind intimating that the " nine last" were only to be the " last" during her engagement with Mr . Barnum , not by any means her last on the American continent . Henceforth Jenny Lind will
Count orders that the Vauban frigate shall receive them at Civita Vecchia . The remains will be deposited in the south isle of the church which the cardinal constructed at Ajaccio , and then gave to the town . The Minister of "War , on his part , has ordered that niilitary honours shall be paid to the remains of Madamte and of the Cardinal . The inauguration of the statue erected by his native town , Andelys , in memory Of the celebrated paihtef " , Nicolas Poussin , was celebrated on Sunday with great pomp . ' ' „
" sing oh her own hook . A young ( Spanish ) ensign having little or no patronage to depend on has most unexpectedly found himself promoted to the rank of captain , say two steps at bnciej ahu ordered , with a well-replenished puree , to visit the London Exhibition and travel about Europe for a year . Many queer reasons are adduced for this sudden prosperity , but one thing is certain—namely , that it has become necessary to remove him from Madrid . —Madrid
Correspondent of the Times . The Procureur of the Republic has just caused to be seized at the Librarie Democratique et Sociale Europe enne , a pamphlet entitled , Le Republicain des Campagrnes , by Eugene Sue , Felix Pyat , Schceleher , Joigneux , and Pierre Dupont . A Concert and Fancy Bazaar have been held at Chelsea Hospital this week , in aid of the founds of the Brompton Consumption Hospital . Six military bands attended . A monster tent was erected for the bazaar .
One of the young Dimsdales , of Derby-day notoriety , has been apprehended , and liberated again on bail . One of the " own correspondents" of a Paris daily paper , sent to London to describe the Exhibition , gravely relates as a specimen of Eng lish manners , that a great sporting nobleman recently gave a magnificent banquet to his friends , and when it was over told them that they had eaten the winner of the Derby , which he had specially killed , as a mark of respect both to the horse and them .
The Archbishop of Paris has entered the lists against Socialism . He has taken upon himself the task of " developing " certain decrees of the Council of Paris , in an " exhortation" lately issued . In this document he is said to show that common uense , philosophy , and religion , agree in recognizing the rights of property ; that , without the existence of property justice could have no reasonable basis , and life no iixed mark ; that religion not only sanctions , but encourages the rights of property , honouring them in their source , which is labour . The whole exhortation is addressed especially to the work-people of
Paris . One of the last remnants of the Order of Malta , the Chevalier Pariaot de Guymont , who belonged to the family of the Grand Master Lavalette , has just died in the Convent of St . Jenn < li Untane , in Sicily , to which the directing chapter of that famous order had retired . He distinKuished himaclf iu the expedition which the last Gran d Muster Bent against Algiers towards the end of the eighteenth century , and General Utfnapftrte , when he took poH « eHHi <» n of Multa , demanded to see M . < le Guytnout , 4 tn « l received him with marked distinction . He was iu the Beventy-Heventh year of his age .
The mortal remains of Cardinal Feson and of Madame Mere ( mother of Napoleon ) ure abbut to be removed from Gome to to Ajacuio . The Minister of Marine hao given
Police. Mr. Pennington, A Youthful Gentl...
POLICE . Mr . Pennington , a youthful gentleman , Major Stack , and two others , were returning from Hampton races on Friday week in a " drag , " four-in-hand , with , a trumpeter behind playing his instrument . As they were going from St . James ' s-8 treet into Pall-mall , the Queen ' s carriage wa driving out of St . James ' s Palace to the Opera . Th " police on duty immediately signed and shouted to Mr Pennington to stop ; but he , taking no notice of the warning * drove on . The constables then rushed at the " leaders , " and forcibly arrested the " drag , " whereupon Mr . Pennington , in a state of great excitement , called nut . to his friends to take the numbers of the police .
Sergeant Barnes came up , gave his number , and said the men acted under his orders , that their instructions were to stop every vehicle while the Queen was going by , and that in another moment the leaders of the " drag" would have ran into the royal carriage . Not satisfied with this explanation , Mr . Pennington determined to demonstrate the problem , —" given a four-in-hand drag , a sharp angle , and a royal carriage on the road , how to stop the drag" — for the benefit of the police , culpably ignorant of such recondite mysteries . Ite laid a complaint accordingly , and the constables were brought before Mr , Hardwick to answer for their alleged misconduct . There was no dispute as to the stopping of the drag , it was admitted . The fun of the case turned upon the atyle and point of
the following passage : — Mr . Pennington ( says the report ) , who haa a very youthful appearance , begged to be allowed to make his statement . — " I want to show , " said he , " how excessively dangerous it is to take hold of leaders . Nothing else can occur than an accident . If you take hold of leaders while trotting , there can be but one consequence . Take hold of leaders , and you must overturn the whole thing . There can only be that one consequence , and I want to show the incautious way the constables acted . " Mr . Hardwick : But the constables nay they shouted out to you when they saw the Queen ' s carriage coming ? Mr . Penning ton : I did not hear them . The constables seized my leaders . What is the use of catching hold of leaders ? You can't stop a dray that way- ^ you can only upset a drat ; . What ' stfm natural consequence of catching hold of leaders t—why , that the wheelers run into thtt leaders and throw them down . 1 Buy the constable must
Hardwick said h « must thea be prepared to takt tfeft consequences . But the comedy did not end there . The next flay . Saturday , the four-in-hand drag , garnished with Mt » Pennington on the box handling the ribbons , twd grooms behind , and the remorseless trumpeter , appeared in Marlborough-street ; and the learned whip , descending from his exalted station to a flourish et the trumpet ! requested to be shown In to Mr . Hardwick . The magi * , trate being too busy , Phafe'toh was obliged to put tip with the chief clerk . His object in corning to the court was to apologize to Mr . Hardwiek for having , fts stated la th *
report in the newspapers , presumed to differ with th * magistrate on tfre question of the danger of driving it four-horse drag through the streets of Londotii H « begged to state , that he had no intention of offering the slightest disrespect to the court , nor did he mean to convey an impression contrary to the opinion expressed bV the magistrate . He hoped the chief clerk . Mr . Leadby , tttmld make that explanation tb Mr . Hardwick . Mr . Pehnington was then bbwed out ; and mounting the box to ahbther burst of sound from lh « trumpet * drove gallantly away .
As an instance bf coolness and utter fHmfcftelts of speech , which may be called the Candour © T Shameless * n « ss , we lay the following unequalled itortr befc + e & ttf readers , eulled from the police reports of the wetefc . A . young man of " gentlemanly appearance , " named Jamefc Smith , stated to be the son of a clergyman in the West of England , was apprehended at his father ' s house on Sunday last , and brought before the bench at Guildhall on Tuesday , charged with forging two checks , One for £ 73 , and the other for £ 16 . His own account Of the affair , as givea to the officer , is as follows i—• ' I met a lot of skittle sharpers in Oifbrd-str * et , whd invited me to a neighbouring public-house , and subsequently persuaded me tb bet . upon their play . 1 did so , and lost all my money . They then persuaded m * tb
pledge my watch , the proceeds of which they secured in a similar way . I was then left without a penny ^ in my pocket * and without even the means of securing a night's lodging . I afterwards thought of a Mr . Lewis whom I knew , and accordingly drew a check in his natne for 4 ; 18 on the London and Westminster Bank . Having sutceeded in getting the money , I started rot Somersetshire again ; but when I gbt as far as Slough , near Windsor , it struck me that I might go back and get more money . With this View I stoppfea at the Slough station and asked the porter for a piece of paper , and wrote out a check for £ 73 in Mr . Lewis ' s name , and on the samft bank . I returned to London , presented the check , an'd obtained its pretended value . I have Bpent all the money , with the exception of a few pounds , in riding about the country . The remainder is in the coal cellar . " The officer found in the place indicated £ 10 7 s . lbd .
Mr . Lewis , of whose name prisoner had made clandestine use , had left the court whfen his evidence was required . Sir Peter Laurie strongly animadverted on this proceeding , and immediately adjourned the case . On Thursday , the forgery was fully proved against Smith , and he was corhmitted for trial . Not an improper pendent to the above example of coolness is a case of " spitting * ' at a baronet in the street , by a " tall , military-looking gentleman , " who shelters his conduct under the precedent afforded by Count Rossi , who spat upon the Prince of Canino the other day , in order to provoke a duel . The " spitting" individual in question , however , had no such provocation for an act of beastli * ness as Count Rossi had . His name is John Francis Bigge , and he wasbrought before Mr . Broughton at MarjJ lebone Police Court , on Tuesday , charged with assaulting Sir Georce Armytage .
Sir George said : While walking with Lady Army tag e and Miss Morgan , in the Edgeware-road , we met Mr Bigge , who immediately turned round and spat right in my face , saying , " I have done it , and here ' s my card , " at the same time handing his card to me . A policeman , who was close by , took him in charge at my desire , and at the station-house he wished to make me an apology , but I objected to accept of one from him . Ite stated that therb was a banditti ih London who were constantly insulting him , and that he had recently done the same thing to a Frenchman which he did to me to-day . Miss Morgan and the police having corroborated this evidence ,
Mr . Bigge said : I was returning from a short walk when some gentlemen made an insulting sign to me . I passed on , and was going towards my home , when at th * corner of Burwood-place I saw Sir George and two ladies walking together , lie made to me a similar insulting sign , t turned round to him , when he gave me a most insolent look , Upon which 1 went forward and spat in his face . I thought he intended to challenge me , and I therefore gave him my card . I did It merely as an example , to show him that he should Hot do such a thing
aKain . I think , however , that it must haVe been a m « lnnlcndu since fcJir George states that he never haw m « before . He id a gentleman , and I am a . gentleman alnoi Mr . lh ought cm : You surely don't mean to nay that what you are charged with was the act of a gentleman ? Mr . Bigge : 1 don ' t know . The Count Rossi and others have done the aume thing . Mr . Droughton ( to complainant ) : Did you make any sign whatever to Mr . Higge when you met him ? Sir George : None , sir , whatever .
Mr . 'li'igge ( much excitedj : At the station I expressed my sorrow at what had taken place , and offered what t thought was all that was necessary j but he Said he Would not be satiRiled with an apology . Sir George ; Mr . liigge admits that he spat in a Ff « neh > mun ' H face a fewdaya before he committed the itme act towards me , und 1 consider thai upon publio grounds I am right in bringing this case forward . Mr . Broilghton ( to Mr . JliKge ) : 1 can look upon your conduct in no other light than that of a most gross outrage upon 8 ir Geftrge Armytage , and that It wa * 6 f such a nature that he could not , as a gentleman , paes it over
be ignorant , of Iiih duty . Air . Hardwick : lint may there not he some danger iu driving a carriage , with four horson , iu London streets ? Mr . Pennington : 1 can ' t see any risk . Mnjor Stack hoped the magistrate would hear evidence to prove that the party were not intoxicated . Certainly he and his friends had had a little wine , but they were sober . Mr . Hardwick said the evidence of the constables only went bo far us to show tin ; party wire excited ; there Was no need , therefore , of evidence to tuibrttanUate aobrieiy .
Mr . Hardwick , however , decided that the police were justified in what they hud done , and cxprcuned hin opinion that the driving of four-in-hund drags through tU 6 Atreetn of London was dangerous ; a fact whiuh Mr . Peunington was by no means inclined to admit . Mr .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21061851/page/8/
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