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fayour of the persons referred to . The Queen , however , ' cannot tut feel pleasure at the sympathy and kind assistance extended to the distressed relatives of the soldiers . The uie Major Bukton . —Mr . Vernon Smith , the President of the India Board , has just shown his sympathy with the family of the late Major Burton , by the offer of a cadetship to one of his sons . Shipwkecks . —The screw steam-ship , Earl of Carrick , has been wrecked off the Isle of Man . All but two hands were lost . —The Wallace , of Leith , Captain Cormea , -was struck by a tremendous sea while on her return voyage from Quebec to Greenock , and capsized . She was then eight hundred miles distant from Gape
Clear . Every effort was made to right the vessel ; but another heavy sea struck her , washing overboard the ohief officer and the steward . The remainder of the crew held on to the wreck ( for the masts had by this time gone ) , and for ten days drifted without food or water . They were obliged to kill a favourite dog , to save themselves from death , and to eat the flesh raw . Ultimately , they were taken off by the Colina , Captain Robins . AH but one survived . The Golden Age , of of and from Halifax for Ponce , Porto Rico , was thrown on her beam ends in a heavy squall , on . the 9 th of November , and all her crew washed overboard , except one man , who was taken from the -wreck on the 22 nd , by the JReindeer .
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No . 405 , December 26 , 1857 . ] TEE LEA D E R . 1233
M I S.C Ellaneo Us. The Court.—The Queen...
M I S . C ELLANEO US . The Court . —The Queen and Royal family removed from Osborne to Windsor last Saturday . The Marriage of . the Princess RoYAL .- ^ -The marriage treaty of the Princess Royal with the Prince of Prussia has been signed at the Toreign-office , by the Prussian Minister and Lord Clarendon , and also by the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The nuptials will take place in January . The Princess Alice . —The story with respect to the hand of the Princess Alice having been demanded for the Prince of Grange , is denied by the Observer . Commutation of Punishment . — In the case of Frances Harris , who lies under sentence of death at Wincheater , for the murder of her child at Portsmouth , the Secretary of State has thought right , under all the circumstances , to advise a commutation of the capital sentence to penal servitude for life . The Indian Mutiny Relief Fund . —The Hon . Chas . Murray , her Majesty ' s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Teheran , has sent 100 ? . to the fund , at the same time expressing a hope that other members of the diplomatic profession will follow his example . Our ambassador at Vienna has transmitted to Alderman Finnis the sum of 1501 . the subscription of Baron Anselm Rothschild to the fund . The : Siamese Ambassadors have been visiting Liverpool .
The Christmas Holidays . —An agitation has been going on throughout the week in favour of making thi 3 day ( Saturday ) a general holiday , so as to give working men and men of business a relaxation from toil of three days . The Lord Mayor , upon leaving the bench at the Mansion House last Saturday , spoke \ yarmly in favour of the suggestion , and was loudly applauded . Tliis demonstration of feeling , however , -was of course checked . It is believed that the day will be very generally observed as a holiday . Suicide . —A Mr . Kilby , who a few days ago was charged at the Mansion House with an attempted robbery , but who was set at liberty by the Lord Mayor . with an assurance that there was not the slightest stain on his character , has cut his throat under the influence of the depression and mortification caused by his having been given into custody .
Mr . James CorrocK , the well-known electioneering agent , died at hia house in Cleveland-row last Saturday evening , after an illness of only four daya . He was fifty-nine years of age . Though a lawyer by profession , he devoted himself almost entirely to the struggles of constituencies , and was mixed up with transactions which were neither to the credit of himself or his clients . He appears , however , to have Leen always faithful to the Liberal party , and his word was invariably relied on in the case of ' compromises . ' Last August , on the death of Mr . Dclane , he was made treasurer of the Kent County Courts . His death appears to have been occasioned by annoyance at the imputations which were cast on his character in connexion with the failure of the Surrey Gardens Company , of which ho was a shareholder and leading director . Mr . William Augustus Tollemacho succeeds him in the ollice which he held for eo brief a time .
Wiixiam Russkll . of thk Timks . —Mr . William II . Russell , the celebrated Crimean correspondent of the Times , takes his departure this day for India , by the Overland Mail , to report the dc * nouinont of the revolt in the leading journal . It in scarcely probable that Mr . Russell will reach the seat of the insurrection in time to boo fight , but having in the Crimea employed his genius as a painter of battles , he will now have an opportunity of dissecting the causes and consequences of a rebellion the last sparks of which will bo trampled out by the time he arrives on the scents .
The Reform Movement . —A public meeting has been held at Rochdale , convened by the Mayor , at which a resolution was carried in favour of a very radical reform of Parliament , including manhood suffrage . A petition to the House of Commons was agreed to . — We read in the Daily Telegraph : —¦ " It is with great satisfaction we announce that the Reformers of the United Kingdom are making rapid progress in their organization . The manifesto lately circulated by the press has received the adhesion of Mr . Richard Cobden , Mr . Milner Gibson , Mr . Bright , Mr . Hadfield . Mr . White ,
Mr . Coningham , Mr . W . J . Fox , Mr . Miall , and the-representatives of Leicester , Dundalk , Clare County , Hull , Bolton , Halifax , Northampton , Frome , Bury , and Lambeth . Moreover , the leading Liberals out of the House of Commons are joining the union with enthusiasm , including , we believe , Mr . George Wilson of Manchester , Mr . Robertson Gladstone of Liverpool , Mr . Titus Salt of Bradford , Mr . Charles Neate of Oxford , Mr . Bass of Brighton , Mr . Samuel Moriey , Mr- Humphreys Parry , and others whose names will , of course , attract the materials of a powerful and continually increasing rganization . "
The East -Indian Government . —The Globe announces , in an apparently official manner , that the double government of India is to be abolished , and that the administration of our Eastern empire is to be brought under the direct authority of the Queen . Return of Baron Brunow . —Baron Brunow has been reappointed by the Czar ambassador to this country . The Crown Jewels . —A dispute has been going on for some time between the Hanoverian Ministers and the Court of St . James ' s , with respect to the British Crown jewels . Hanover claims these , on the ground that some of them were taken with him to England , by George I ., and that others , which were bought out of his privy purse by George III ., were left by him and Queen Charlotte to the Royal family of Hanover . The
jewels are worth considerably more thati a million . After a great deal of private litigation , the matter , it is stated , has been decided in favour of Hanover . The Elections . —Mr . Grant Duff has been elected by show of hands , and without Opposition , for the Elgin district of burghs . Sir James Weir Hogg , the other candidate , retired from the contest ; but the proceedings were riotous . —A nomination of a member for Bucks in the room of the Hon . C . C . Cavendish , who has been , raised to the House of Peers , took place on Wednesday at the County-hall , Aylesbury , the High Sheriff of the Court presiding . The show of hands was in favour of Captain C J . B . Hamilton , formerly member for Aylesbury . A _ poll was then demanded in behalf of Mr . W . G . Cavendish , son of the late member . A third candidate , Mr . Acton Tindal , lord of the manor , withdrew . The polling-will take place to-day .
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LEAnan Office , Saturday , December 26 . TRANCE . A council , at -which the Emperor presided ( says the Morning Star of this day ) was held on Wednesday , the subject under consideration at which is understood to have been that of agriculture and assurances . The Emperor lias left Paris for Rambouillet , for a day ' s shooting .
The Earthquake In Naples. Some Atldititi...
THE EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES . Some atldititional particulars of this catastrophe are given in a letter from Naples , the writer of which says : — " Vesuvius is now in full activity ; but , for some days previous to the earthquake , no fire issued from the crater . Whenever the mountain emits fire or lava , we feel quite safe , and you may well suppose how gratifying is the present appearance of our safety-valve . Whatever accounts you may read of the state of this city at the time of the shocks , it will fall short of the reality . Women were seen carrying their children—men helping some father or mother , or some sick person wrapped up in the first covering available ; women screamioif , tearing their hair , praying , and calling on their patron saint and the Madonna Iminacuiata , all passing frantically in densely crowded streets . " There has been a slight shock of earthquake near Liebcnzell , Wurtcmberg .
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United Association ov Suhoolmastkks . — 1 he fourth annual meeting of the United Association of Schoolmasters will be held nt tlio House of the Society of Arts , on Monday and Tuesday the 28 th and 29 th inst . All the sittings will be pvnn fr « c of charge to all persons interested in the aubject . llK-KSTAULISIIMKNI' OK POLITICAL UniONS . — A mcctiug of some of the old reformers of Birmingham lias been liel < l nt the public office , the object of which was to consider whether an effective union of the middle anil working clusscs could be established , fo > r the purpose of aiding a movement for an extensive measure of reform in the next session of Parliament . The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday , January 5 , in order that the necessary preliminary steps might be taken for the formation of a Reformers' Union . —Morning / Star .
Notices To Cobbespondents. "We Are Again...
NOTICES TO COBBESPONDENTS . "We are again compelled , by the extraordinary pressure ot political , and more especially of literary matter , to omit our' Portfolio ' this week . G- — -M is thanked for his suggestion , but there are special reasons for not making the alteration .
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Several communica . tions unavoidably stand over . Ncr notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence . Whatever is i utended for insertion must be authenticate wy the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good fait V . wo cannot undertake to return rejected communications
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CHRISTMAS POLITICS . The season of Christian joy and charity brings to a close a year of widespread suffering and disaster . To thousands of families this Christmas is but a contrast to the last , bitterly reminding the bereaved of their desolation . To the poor it has not been one of happy comfort ; they are paying the price of recklessness and criminality among the rich . But God temper's the wind to the shorn lamb . Many a home , last week oppressed by
an anguish of doubt , was suddenly irradiated on Wednesday when the glad tidings were announced that those brave men , and beloved women , and dear children , so long in fearful peril at laickno w , had been rescued by ' Gampbei / i / s coming . ' The Christmas of England was happier on account of that intelligence , which so many trembled to hear . Yet a blood-coloured ray streams from the prism of our passing history ; the victory was not without its terrible cost , and for tho 3 e
who were saved from death , others died during the conflict of mortal enemies raging for six days in front of Lucknow . The trite language of consolation plays like an idle wind around the miserable solitude of those who had sons and brothers there ; and yet it is gracious to offer balm , although it cannot heal , and it is not perhaps in vain to hope that they who speak in the name of the Prince of Peace and Giver of Life may piously assuage the sorrows even of those to whom
bereavement is newest . The duty of these days of worship and festival is to remember that benevolenee is the highest virtue in the heart of grace , and that all men may do something towards the promotion of good-will on earth . It is not in the East alone , where rebellion has howled like a tempest , that sufferings
deep and poignant have been endured . Our labouring classes at home , now that Christmas tables are bright and warm with abundance , suffer from want of employment and hunger The Christmas of the poor—thousands of them—has been such that they might well cast wistful glances at the kitchens of Milbank and Coldbath-fielda . Have we taken
thought of this ? The year 1857 wears its holly-crown , and assumes ita red-sprinkled sceptre , and stately and modest habitations alike have glowed ruddily with the light of fires and lamps , and merriment has dissipated the night , and children have been grateful for the benignant love of thoir parents , and the end of December has been the summer of English homes . " We would not ace > the young faces overshadowed , or an intrusion of melancholy at the fireside ; but humanity should spare some moments ) , even while it rejoices , to
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 26, 1857, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26121857/page/9/
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