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Miscellaneous. The Court.—Her Majesty An...
Berlin , when she would honour the opera with her presence . Thb Latk Marquis op Queensberry . —No particulars have transpired in addition respecting the fate of this nobleman . All that we know , and all that probably will be known on this side of time , is , that he went alone from his own mansion-house of Kinmount early on Friday afternoon , armed with his gun , for the purpose of shooting rabbits , and that at four o'clock he ¦ was found lying dead in a field by two of his near kinsmen—a shot wound in his left breast revealing the cause of his violent , accidental death . Sudden and sad has been the latter end of the seventh Marquis of Queensberry . Born in high rank , the inheritor of a
great historical name , the heir of a house , which , though not one of the -wealthiest , occupies a distinguished place on the roll of the Scottish peerage—possessed of superior natural endowments , the head of a loved and loving family , of a household most devoted to him—he has perished in « moment . Five days ago he was in the flash of health , in the pride of manhood ' s prime , now nothing remains but a heap of senseless ashes , which will to-morrow be laid low among the ancestral dust . Faults he had not a few . That passion for the turf ( it is said the noble Marqnis lost a large sum recently at the Chester races ) , and kindred pursuits still more questionable absorbed much of his time and energies , brought clouds about his otherwise radiant path , and disappointed
the promise of his early career . Representing Dumfriesshire in Parliament , he -was the Queen ' s representative there , and also Controller of the Royal Household , and might easily hare climbed higher up the ladder of office and become an influential servant of the State . We entertained high expectations of the deceased nobleman , and it Is because we did so and were disappointed that we thus speak . But far from us be any feeling savouring of bitterness towards the dead . No cold patricianism or arrogant pride of rank was his . He was a fast friend ; had an open heart and hand for the wants of the poor ; was a considerate landlord , kind to his tenants , and deservedly popular with the peasantry of the district . —Dumfries / Standard .
The Grouse Season . —Sportsmen began work on Thursday the 12 th . About Brechin grouse are represented to be very abundant and strong in the wing ; while the Tnverne & s Courier of Thursday says , " We believe that the sport this season will be a fair average on the lower ranges , and on some of the higher , wherever there-were sufficient stocks . It is the remark of every sportsman that the birds are quite healthy and strong . Our list of shooting quarters let for the season is not of the usual length , many of the moors being unlet . This is partly owing to the disease of game last year , and partly to the effects of the great commercial crash of last year , and no small number of our best sportsmen are far away , warring under the scorching rays of an Indian sun . The accounts from the deer forests are most flattering ; stags arc in fine condition , with large , well-formed antlers . The sound of the rifle has already
been heard in the corrics , and haunches of fat vension seen in the larder . Captain Baring , at Strathgarve , shot a couple of stags , right and lc ( t both at a gallop' — the first falling at 116 yards , the second at 124 yards . In Strathconan forest , Lord Lichfield killed two stags , right and left , both in excellent condition , oiie with a royal head , the other with a head of eight tines . In Glenstrathfarar forest , the Master of Lovat shot a -very large fat stag , which weighed 19 £ stones clean . In the forest of Glendibidale , Mr . Horatio . Ross and Mr . Ed ward Ross shot each two stags . " Accounts from Wardhouse state that Mr . Gordon and party killed 54 brace on Thursday ; and from the moors of Mr . Robertson of the Royal , as follows : —At Claslinadarroch , Colonel Clowes and party , 114 brace ; Boginclough , the Messrs . Holden , 374 brac «; and Culrnin , Captain Gordon of Fyvie , 10 trace .
Si'Xrit of the French Pkess . —The Paris journals continuo to show ft decidedly anti-English feeling . The Pays undertakes to say that the English , without the co-operation of tho French , would not have obtained the results achieved in China . TUo same journal with , perhaps a clearer judgment , complains of the speeches made by Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Lindsay the other day . It talks of tliese gentlemen uttering " base insults , " addressed to the Emperor whoso guests they were th « day before , and remarks that " all that ill-will , envy , and ignorance can suggest to men anxious to pander to the passions of the populace is found in the speeches of Mr .
Roebuck and Mr . Lindsay . " The Union , another French Journal , assails our Lord Chancellor for " eccentricities of tho worst possiblo taste ; " nnd the Cfnivers , in its usual tone , aftirins that English misery , pauperism , and public debt owe their origin entirely to the Reformation . Frenoh Repuokk Gratitudk . —Tho new nnti-Engllftli pamphlet , noticed by our Paris correspondent , is attributed to , and . it is said acknowledged by , M . Jules Lechevalier , an ex-St . Siinonian nnd Sociulist , who was a refugee in England unlil pardoned by the Emperor , and . was at one time well known amongst a certain Bection of the Chartists of the metropolis .
Fudqe , —The Sliffo Chronicle has this revelation respecting the . future of Lord Palinorston : — " We are enabled to atato from an authority that is perfectly reliable that Lord Palmerston is about to retire from public life . He hoa agreed to do so on tho urgent entreaty of Lady
Palmerston ; and a growing defect in his lordship ' s power of hearing has also had a share £ a inducing him to bring his long public career to a close . The noble lord , when he shall bid adieu to the excitement of Parliamentary life , intends , with Lady Palmerston , to take up his residence at Cliffcny , near this town ; and instructions have been given , and we believe arrangements are now being made , to eiect a suitable mansion there for their reception . Rifle Cannon . —During his stay at Brest the Emperor Louis Napoleon is said to have resolved on employing in the navy the rifled cannon , of whieh trial was made in his presence on the Gavre ( the practising ground of Lorient ) , which trials gave very satisfactoryresults .
Suicide in St . Thomas ' s Hospital . —A gentleman of property named Thomas Spencer Blake , was admitted into the hospital at the request of his friends , -while labouring under delirium tremens . He contrived to throw himself from the window of a closet on an upper story , and falling from a height of 50 feet , -was so much hurt as to cause immediate death . A Wifb Killed by her Husband . —A journeyman baker , residing in Woodstock-street , was brought before Mr . Benn , at the Liverpool police-court , charged with the murder of his wife , in Scotland-road , on Sunday afternoon . The woman was drunk , and the prisoner wanted her to go into the house , but she refused , and ran into Scotland-road . The prisoner followed and struck her in the face ; she fell with her head against the kerb-stone , and died soon after .
The Garbick Club—The Court Circular says : — "Mr . E . H . Yates has uttered in print words which Mr . Thackeray thinks too strongly personal to be passed over in silence , and the " Garrick" have resolved to expel the former gentleman in consequence . Mr . Yat « s , however , is supported by Mr . C . Dickens , and several other gentlemen of weight , and the opinion of Mr . Justice Willes is to the effect that there is no other way of getting rid of the obnoxious member , except by breaking up the club , and forming it anew , omitting Mr . Yates ' s name from the list of its members .
juncts , hud been completed after great labour and time had been expended on . it , and the event was of a national character . He believed that the present Emperor had not the slightest intention of wishing Cherbourg to be looked upon as a menace to England , but while human nature " remained as it was , England could not seethe establishment of so great a work , evidently intended for a warlike purpose , without at once taking ; steps to counteract its probable effects . Nobody knew what the French opinion really was , and a time might come when the Emperor himself would not be -able to control the exuberance of feeling of his people .
Mr , Moffat , M . P ., on Reform . —In an address just delivered by this gentleman to his constituents , he said he was for the extension of the franchise , and would support a measure of that Jcind from whatever point of the political compass it might come ; being quite sure that it may be safely and beneficially extended . He was also desirous that -we should make our constituencies larger than they are at present . The Memoirs of Lola Monies . —A correspondent of the Literary Gazette says , " I wish you would expose the system of mock authorship . Here is a book professedly by Lola Montes , and really written by an American hack author . The lady has her special gifts , but no person who has had the honour of her acquaintance would suspect her of being able to write a smart and sensible book . We shall Lave Mr . Barnum next
announcing a diamond volume of Tom Thumb ' s memoirs arid affairs of the heart , and declaring that they were written by the dwarf , with a quill from a canary bird . " Mr . Alfred Wigan . —This gentleman has nearly recovered from his severe and long-protracted illness ; and there is reason to hope that in a short time he will be enabled , partially at least , to resume his professional avocations . Testimonial , to the Earl of Carlisle from the
Man over the Fali ^ . —The citizens in the vicinity of the Falls were startled by the cry of " Man over the Falls ! " and in a few moments hundreds rushed to the rescue , but all their efforts to save him were unavailing . He was seen by a comrade for a moment after he went over , after which he disappeared , and as yet his body has not been found . The accident occurted as follows : — He was standing on some planks which project over the platform of the mill , directly above the Falls , turning a log with a " cant-hoop , "' when the hook slipped and he fell backward down the precipice . He rose to the surface of the water , and attempted to swim to a ledge of rocks within a few feet of him , but was swept down by the strong current . He is a young man . from Palermo , Maine , by the name of George AV . Wood . —St . Anthony News .
Ladies of Irelani > . —A number of ladies , whose presence often graced the "Viceregal Court during the period in which the distinguished office of Viceroy was held by the Earl of Carlisle , baying resolved to offer bis lordship some testimony of their high regard and esteem for his dignified courtesy and attention while presiding in Dublin Castle , commissioned Mr . West to design some appropriate token , national in its character , and unique in its leading features . The object selected was a " Record case" of the most beautiful and elaborate
workmanship . It is made of Irish yew , carved in imitation of the celebrated ornamental pattern of the 12 th century , the nattes resembling the interlaced withes of matting . The case is bound around with silver , gorgeously chased , and engraven in compartments after patterns copied from the Book of Kelts and other highly illustrated works of the kind . On its inner surface are engraven the names of the lady donors . . County Courts . — -In 1857 , in the County Courts of England and Wales , there were 744 , 652 plaints entered , 395 , 731 causes tried ( or in which judgment was entered ) , and 5159 causes tried between 20 ? . and 50 £ ;
A False Alarm :. —Information was given at the police-station , Maidstone , that 400 / . in gold , and other propert }* , had been stolen from a public-house in the town . The landlord and his housekeeper , though on intimate , were not , it would seem , on confidential terms , — and the lady having a hoard , secreted it where the drunken innkeeper discovered it , and carefully hid it , not knowing -whose property it was . The detectives being set to -work , found the gold in an old chimney , and were rewarded with five shillings . Representation of Guildford . —Mr . Campbell is no longer a candidate for the representation of Guildford , and the contest now lies between Mr . Evelyn and Mr . Guildford Onslow .
1 , 937 , 745 / . was the total amount of the moneys for which the plaints were entered ; judgment was obtained for 978 , 592 ? . 5 14 < i , 417 ? . was paid into court ; 776 , 711 ? . was pail in to the credit of suitors , and 771 , 944 ? . paid out ; 1068 causes were tried by a jury , and in 516 cases the persons requiring a jury obtained verdicts ; 92 , 894 executions were issued against the goods of defendants ; 112 , 9 61 judgment summonses were issued ; 56 , 655 of these were heard by the court ; 27 , 783 warrants of commitment were issued by the registrar of the court , and 10 , 607 persons were taken to gaol under the warrants . The business of the County Courts has greatly increased since their primary establishment .
Action for Libel . — We { Edinburgh Daily Express ) are informed that an action is likely to be commenced very shortly against tlie editors of the Record newspaper ( London ) , for their publication of defamatory letters against the minister of the New English . Episcopal Chapel in St . Vincent-street , Edinburgh . lhitTH at a Railway Station . —On Tuesday , < i young -woman was delivered of a' full-gnmn female child in tho ladies' waiting-room on the Worcester platform , Dudley . She had been in tho refreshment-room , where the attendant , observing that she apjienred unwell , inquired -what was the matter with her , but received « n evasive reply . Tho officials immediately called in such aid as was at hand . She had heen living in service nt a grocer ' s in Wedncsbury , had left her placo that morning , and was enrlcavQuring to mnke her way to her parents . Both mother and infant are doing well .
Spuhgeon at Belfast . —This public favourite has engaged the Botanic Gardens for a series of appearances . It would appear that some of the proprietors are extremely adverse to their property being devoted to the accommodation of any preacher , of whatever sect or party . The Northern Whiff says : —¦ " Once grant it ns an arena of theological display , ami where could the limit be placed . Even in this religious and riotous town people would not go to the Gardens for the purpose of worship , or with any other object than the gratification of curiosity . " Death of Mr . Gecko k Coatnrc . —On Saturday last expired the great champion of philosophical phrenology . Mr . Combe was born in Edinburgh in 1788 , was educated for tho law , became a writer to the signet , and
practised for twenty years . Tho opinions of Gall and Spurzheim attracted his notico ; being convinced that they had a basis in nature , he pursued the subject , and in 1810 published his ' * System of Phrenology , " and founded the " Phrenological Journal , " which was afterwards conducted by Mr . Cox . In 1828 , he published " Tho Constitution " of Man , Considered in Relation to External Objects , " which attracted great attention , and it has been questioned -whether any modern volume has obtained a larger circulation ; 90 , 500 copies of it have been printed In Great Britain , besides lnrge sales in the United Stntes ; translations have also been mudo into German , French , nnd Swedish . Mr . Combo was an unwearied labourer , up to almost tho last day of his life , in tho promotion of education , Tnoors fok Diutisii Coi . umiua . — "Wo understand , on good authority , that it Is tho intention of her Majesty ' s Government to send out forthwith to British Columbia a
Mr . Locke , M . P ., oa Chhhuouro . —On tho occasion of laying tho lirut stone of some schools at Barnsley , Mr . Locke said that having known France for tho last twenty years , and being woll acquainted with tho port of Cherbourg , which her Majesty hud just visited , ho was well fitted to give an opinion with rcgurd to that and its relation to this country . Public feeling in Franco could not Lo gathered from tho tone of the French press ; for , in fact , there might bo snid to be no bucIi thing as a French press , it was entirely under tho control of Government . Still , it was well known that there was a feeling against Englishmen anil English institutions entertained by tho French people , and this might occasionally bo soen Btriking out in various ways . Tho great work of forming tho important port of Cherbourg , with all its ad-
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081858/page/9/
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