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' Mii 26, 1864).] The Leader and Saturda...
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FOREIGN. Vienna, May 19. Austria, Prussi...
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PARLIAMENT. ( X the House of Commons <> ...
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Tuesday ' -afternoon-last , in the nave of Wesfcmiuster Abbey . The grave is near to that of Robert Stephensosi ,. and close by the pulpit from which the sermons at the special Sund . ay evening 1 services are preached . A vast number of persons congregated in the neigh , bourhbod of the Abbey to witness the arrival of the . funeral cort . ejfe * which consisted of the hearst * , 15 morning couches , about 50 private carriages , and some 400 or 500 gentlemen on foot . ] t is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mr . Albert Smith . This popular '' author appeared as usual in hi . s entertainment at the Egyptian Hall on Monday evening . He afterwards iiad a sudden and severe attack of bronchitis , which prevented his reappearance on Tuesday , as announced , and terminated" fatally at his residence , North End . Lodge , Fuluain , at 8 o ' clock on Wednesday morning . _ ¦ _ .
A very large public meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon at Manchester , in the Free Trade Hall , in promotion of the mission to Central Africa . Lord Brougham and the Bishop of Oxford attended the- meeting . The third annual meeting * of the City of London Auxiliary to the City Mission was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern , under the presidency of the Earl of Shaffcesbury . At Epsoai Races on the Derby Day , Wednesday , May 23 , tha race was won by " Thorinauby , " belonging to Mr . Merry . The value of -the stakes , deducting the money to be paid to th-e second horse ( the Wizard ) , the judge , and towards expenses , is £ o , 0 W .
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F . MTRnTATNWENTS . At HTbr M ' . vjkjty ' s Titiutrn , . Mdlle . Albrmi ai ) pcared on Tuesday evening lust in tho opera of " Somiramido . " On her first appearance in the sumo optsra , fourteen yours ago , this tinu and accomplished si tgor nuhie ' vod universal fame . Her splendid voice has lost nothing by time , hor vocalisation on Tuesday evening being irroprouohablo and faultless . In ( he character of Arsaco . Mdlle . Alboni ceituinly exhibit * tho rarest of vocal gifts , and 1 ' unoinuteH her henrera completely . Mdlle . Tiliens , tho Viounoso primn donna , also diapliiyoil tho ' fino qualities of hor rnro voico , and was tumultuoualy npplnudod . Signor Evonudi acquitted himself admirably as
Assur . Signor Belart in the character of Idreno was most effective , and the high priest Oros was creditably . ' . rendered by Signor Vialetti The choruses were weil done , and the opera throughout gave unbounded satisfaction and delight . ¦ Madame Puzzi's concert on Monday morning , at the Hanover Squa . ue Rooms , attracted a fashi . livable and numerous * audience . Tne programme was well selected , and interpreted by highly talented performers . Mi-lane B . irghi-Mamo , among the accomplished artistes present , may be said to have stood chief . In the duet % i f" \ . , _ ... * " ... _» 1 4-T ... i .... *_« 4 . ii * . t ^ T .. ...... I ?* . _;? a' o _ . a r _ . ?_ ti io ' and tne beautiful Neapolitan air Santa Luoia
" Dunque son , " , " she created the hig . iesb eiiLhu ' siasui . Mills . Piirepa san ^ so well liie luughing sou j fnmi Aubar ' s last opera , " Minon Leseaut , " that she was * compelled to repeat it . The shadow son » ' from " Dinorah " was brilliantly rendered by Madame Lemtnens Sherrington . Various selections fro n " Martha , " " 11 Trovatore , " ¦ ' Ti Burbiere , " and " D m Giovanni , " were admirablj 1 " sung by Mesdames Everardi , RudersdorfF , and Lemoire . by Signori Mariano-Nerf , Solieri , Ciabatta , and othars . Thr ^ e MS . productions vvere also performed ; , an-d asi " Ave Maria , " by SignOr Griuglini , the fine and accomplished tenor .
St . James ' s Hall was crowded on Monday evening last , the attraction being an instrumental and vocal concert of unusual interest . Tile instrumental portion of the programme was-confided to M . Sainton , Herr Go'ffrie , Mr . D . iyle , and Signor Piatti , who rendered the various pieces to perfection ^ The voca l music was interpreted by Mr . Sims Reeves and Mr . Santley . The latter was encored in Mr . Wallace ' s new song . ' The Bellringer ; " he also sang * well Mr . Davison ' s arrangement of Shelley ' s poem , " Ri > ugh Wind , that moaneth loud . " Mr . Sims Rjeves gave' tho " Sleep Song /' from '' Massaniello , " and was encored in the barcarole , " La gita in gondola . " Mr . Benedict accompanied with perfect skill and taste . We have no doubt that these Monday Popular Concerts will be crowded as long as they continue to be given .
Cuystal Pala . ce , Sydes . ham , — -Tne . great flower show of the season will take place on Saturday , . ' 26 th May . .. The entities by exhibitors are already in advance of last season . The arrangements , for the threat' internutional musk-al . festival of theOfplieOnistesof Prance , in June next , are progressing ih the most satisfactory maniiei " . The various societies , some of whom come front the extreme south of France , have now . sent in their adhesions , and _ the ruutes _ by which the small army will reach England are being settled with ^ rreat exactness . Probably not one in a hundred of these - 'gentlemen has
ever before been in this country . To enable them all to arrive on the same ( lay , inanv routes . .. must be adapted ; and , therefore , it will be seen that no small' amount of care isTrequisite in this part of the arrange i uent ' s . The interest axcited by the . iffiir in France is-very great , and it is already announced that many leading celebrities , literary and artistic , will accompany the excursion . Measures are being organise 1 for ollering our visitors those polite attentions which are freely dispensed , and held in so much esteem , by our continental nighbii ' urs ..
At the Lomjox ] MEcriANics' Institution , Mr . Ellis Koberti gave a concert on Monday evening last . 'The . programme contained some attractive novelties in the choice of Welsh music , which were admirably nerformod bv Mr . Ellis Roberts , the skilful harpist
himself" . The vocal music was well selected , and iritu ' rprctud by Madame Lmra Baxter . Miss Anne Cox , Miss Eleanor Arinatrongy Miss Eliza Hughes , and 3 Ir . Winn . " The baating qf my ovyn heart" was - uiiiirmingly sung by Miss Cox , and encored . Miss Armstrong's sinking of " Flow on , 0 . silver Rhine , " was deservedly applauded . Mr . Winn , the popular ballad vocalist , sang with great spirit and vivacity " John Brown , or a Plain Man ' s Philosopuy , " and was loudly encored . In the ' second part , Madame Laura Baxter gave " Oh , wcel may the keel row" with considerable graue and liveliness , and elicited by it the warmest applause . Mias Cox was also most pleading in rendering " Tell me , my heart . " . Mr , Winn , who always succeeds in rousing his audience to ^ a high . pitch of hilarity , was ' exceedingly happy in giving the old English ditty , " Camelasses and lids . " The harp solos—fantasia , on " Home ,
, swoet hoini ' , " and " Ruio Urittmniii , " and " Welsh M . dodie . s , with variations , " were cleverly and . exquisitely performed b . V Mi \ Itubnvta , who , on rtH ' p Hiding (¦> t . ' ' unorgtitiu encore . * , gave oilier Hue . specimen ' of his skiil on the harp . Tho' concert was , throughout , highly pleasing and successful .
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FOREIGN . Vienna , May 19 . Austria , Prussia , and England are said to have agreed to the following : — " 1 . As to the maintenance of the integrity of the Empire . 2 . Should an inquiry into the situation of the . European Chrisiiaus in-Turkey take place , it is by no means to lie instituted * exclusively upon the basis of the facts given by Russia , but in an independent rnanner , and upon the facts reported by the different Anibassadors and Consuls in the East . " From Naples , Monday , May 21 , it is announced that the Neapolilaii army htvs been totally defeated , hear Palermo , by the soldiers of Garibaldi . The JPutrie of Monday contains a despatch , amiouncing that Colonel Pimodan . li . sul obtained a decided success agaiifst the volunteers who had entered the Roman territory . The . 'brother ot" Orsini is said t > have been killed . The Pontifical gendarmes were SO in number , ami the revolutionists 300 . _ " ¦¦ .. ' , .
Paris , May-22 , The Opinion Nationale says ¦ : — " . despatch of a French naval force to the Adriatic is spoken of . " The official journal of Sfaples , of ; the 1-Stli inst ., states that Giiribaldi -is in Sicily . According to later instructions , received from Vienna , the Austrian flotilla will be provisionally confined to cruising off the jSFeapolitan coasts , in the Adriatic , without ' crossing the Straits of Messina . Turin , May 22 , The Treaty of Zurich has been approved in the Sardiniuu Cinunber . s by 215 against 16 votes . The report of the Committee on the treaty of cession of Savoy and Nice to France concludes by proposing its approbation by the Cham hers . The Piedinontese Government has prosecuted the Bishop of Forli for susnendiny the priests who assisted at the celebration of the
TelDeiun at Jlologna in honour of the Sardinian constitution . From Constantinople , May 21 , instructions have been forwarded to the Turkish-diplomatic agents abroad , informing them that the Sultan questions tho competence of the Powers to institute ^ the inquiry proposed by , Russia . The Sultan invokes Article IX . of the Treaty of Paris , ' dated 30 th March , 1856 . Tho Marquis do Lavalettc has addressed tho principal French resident * in Constantinople , in a speech which has produced a sensible effect on the Bourse , and caused a considerable rise in the quotations of foreign , exchange . band of 500 volunteers have
From Rome , May 22 , we learn that a re-entered Tuscany . A batallion of Pontificalchasseiu-s [ fired upon each other in error ; a captain , lieutenant , and five soldiers were killed , Artillery has ' left Rome for the frontiers . From Naples the success of Garibaldi ' s troops has been confirmed . Berlin > May 23 . —The Prussian Chambers wore closed to-day by the Prince Regent , who in his speech said : " Govorninont is niost seriously endeavouring to bring about » ui . 'h solutions of 1 . 1 ) 6 questions which nt present engage tho attention of the European Cabinets as will bo adequnto to the inaintommce of tlio balance of power . " We have news from India to April 28 . —Mr . Wilson in a speech in council answered the objections of the Madras Government to hia scheme of taxation .
On the morning of tho 20 th the Wu / . urce * attacked 'Colonel LuniHcleu's column , with some ( hiuuigo to tho cattle mid cump followera ; bat they were driven out with heavy loss , and pursued for three miles over the hills , and , to all nppcarances , have been broken up . Thu cholera , lms been prevalent in Oudo , but is now disappearing .
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PARLIAMENT . ( X the House of Commons <> i Tuursilny night , on the motion for adjournment till Monday , Mr . Hen-nhssky called attention to the statement m . ule by the SoucixoiiGkn'KUAI , witli reference to an advertisement in ' tho Times lor raiding inmoy to . assist the insurgents in Sicily , and to a decision of the Court of Cmiiiiion Plead as to tho legality of such a proceed in-jr . Tue Solicitor * Gknkuax suiil his opinion was , that an individual acting by lumaelf , by his own will and mind contributing t <> the subscription in miestion , would , not rendur himself , liable to un iudiclmunt ftt vvld not undcMtand the view
coun ' iiim law , Mr . \ VuriM « ii > vi e > ^ tukou by tho SoMcrroii-GKXKR . u . ofintorimtioiuj law . Mr . JAMBa hud no doubt , uh a lawyer , t hut thuro was clear evidence of mi ovoirt act of conspiracy , and thought tho S > dicitor-Gono " ru , l had l > uen off his guard , and had « iven n i-uhU opinion . Tuo 8 ou « HX » a-GENUK . vr , said Micro could bo no doubt of tho principle of th « cnunion law , that it wan illegal to interfere iu the do . neaUc affairs of another state , but tho S . iliulUu-Guiwrnl luid understood tue question to refer to criminal proceedings , and hud stated "nib us indictment would not lie against a person who euntnbutod to the fund . Mr . OanjitNK «' ' 1 ! t wlM ll 0 > v beyond doubt tliat tnia auo-
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Leader (1850-1860), May 26, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26051860/page/21/
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