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The Second Anniversary Dinner Of The Whi...
gre * or , M . P ., Mr . J . Wyld , M . P ., Mr . Francis Mowatt , M . P ., Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Mr . Wilson , M . P ., Mr . and Mrs . Douglas Jerrold , Mr . and Mrs . Cowden Clarke , the Reverend J . Austin , Mr . Robert Hunt , Mr . Charles Knight , Mr . and Mrs . Ashurst , Mr . J . Auldjo , F . R . S ., & c . ' a . ' The report of the progress made by the association was satisfactory ; the number of members at present on the books amounting to 1853 , including 93 life members . The statements of receipts and expenditure and of the assets and liabilities showed a decrease in the liabilities
of about £ 30 . The annual expenses , however , amount to about £ 2800 ; an in come of £ 3000 , and not less than 2000 members , are said to be necessary in order to place the institution in a desirable state , and for accumulating a fund for library furniture and other requisites . The committee congratulated the association upon the accession of Lord Brougham to the list of vice-presidents : he had , in the kindest manner , offered the institution the use of the elaborate philosophical apparatus with which he conducted his recent experiments on light , and had also sketched the diagrams required to illustrate a
lecture on the subject . Toasts were proposed and speeches were made in the course of the evening by Lord Nugent , M . P ., Mr . Wilson , M . P ., Mr . Douglas Jerrold , Mr . Charles Knight , and Mr . Robert Hunt .
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The Paris correspondent of the Globe furnishes the following anecdotes . You are aware that the Countess of Landsfsldt , or , as she is generally called , Lola Montes , arrived in Paris about three weeks ago from Boulogne and Spain , after several vain attempts to induce Mr . Heald to return to her . She had sent two persons to London charged to discover him , and use every possible argument to get him to join her , and on their failure even to obtain an interview with Mr . Heald , she placed her interests in the hands of a shrewd and able man
named L , who had on several occasions been her homme d ' affaires . This person not only contrived to have an interview with Mr . Heald , but also to induce him to return to the Countess , and make reparation for the way in which he had left her in Spain , without friends , and at that time , without pecuniary resources . Mr . Heald kept his word , joined the Countess at Boulogne , and , by means of an agent in Paris , took a lease at a rental of 16 , 000 francs a-year , of a beautiful house at Beaujon , on the Champs Elysees . This house he has
furnished at an outlay of at least £ 3000 , and he has also paid several old debts of the Countess . They have a large establishment of servants , but Mr . Heald is , they say , a man of order , and takes care to live within his income . As to that of Lola Montes , it is by no means so large as had been supposed . Her settlement from Mr . Heald scarcely exceeds a [ fifth of the amount which has been stated in the journals , and her pension from the King of Bavaria , which was at first £ 140 per month , has been reduced by the king one-half , in consequence of her having married without his consent .
We Are Sorry To Learn That The Prussian ...
We are sorry to learn that the Prussian Government has rejected Mr . Fairbairn ' s proposal to throw an iron tubular bridge across the R nine at Cologne , although it had been approved by the whole of the scientific world , and was sanctioned by the King of Prussia . The plan which they prefer to Mr . Fairbairn ' s is that of a suspension bridge , so that , instead of being able to run the railway trains across , without any stoppage , as in the Britannia-bridge , they will have to draw them over by men or horses , at a very slow rate , in order to prevent the ricketty structure from being deranged . Mr . Fairbairn has addressed a letter on the subject to Baron Ilumboldt , in which he complains of the treatment he has received . In the following extract frnm it he makes some severe remarks on the mistake which the Prussian Government has committed : —
* ' So far as words can be allowed to convey an intimation of a genuine conviction , M . Van der Heydt acknowledged at the Palace on the 1 st of November last , that no structure should ever be allowed to cross the Rhine which was not calculated to meet with perfect security the utmost requirements- of the most extended traffic , and the possible contingencies of great military operations . Your own enlarged conceptions at once prompted you to acknowledge that the design ( which , at that time , had received the sanction of the authorities ) was totally unfit for these purposes , and to admit that a suspension-bridge , owing to its strength to a flexible catenary , was inadequate to the transport of heavy
weightR . Hut when I submitted the results which had been accomplished in this country by the judicious application of a material until recently untried in such structures , — when I announced the successful realization of one of the boldest conceptions of modern times—when I stated that tidal streams such as the river Con way and the Monai Straits had been crossed bj solid and unyielding bridges of enormous span , which were capable , nevertheless , of sustaining ton times the greatest possible strain thnt the heaviest railway traffic couhl , in practice , subject them to , —when I had shown that this new principle of construction was peculiarly adapted to Runuouut the . numerous difficulties which the passage of the Rhine offers , by
requiring very few and comparatively sin . ill piers in the stream , and thti" allowing of the passage of lar ^ e timber-rafts in the summer , and offering the least possible , resistance in times of floods and breaking up of ice in the winter , and , above all , when 1 had proved that a structure so much superior could he erected and fixed at . an outlay considerably below that which had been demanded for a very imperfect one , —1 confess I was not prepared to fiml the Minister of an enlightened ami powerful people isking for the assistance of the whole world to perpetuate i scheme unworthy of Prussia , unworthy of the practical scientific knowledge of the nge , and in opposition to the leliucrutc and carefully-weighed opinion of science ' s rreatest ornament . "
To Correspondents. Several Complaints Ha...
TO CORRESPONDENTS . Several complaints have reached us respecting difficulties in obtaining copies of the Leader . There are many reasons for such difficulties in the way of a new journal , and the causes are various . In any case of delay or obstruction , however , subscribers had better communicate directly with our publisher , Mr . Joseph Clayton , Junior , 26 j , Strand , London .
The communication mentioned by H . B . has slipped out of our sight ; but it has not been intentionally overlooked . We shall be happy to hear from him again . Royalty is a fact not to be overlooked by any complete newspaper . Moreover , the royal classes have their rights and claims , as well as any other class ; and we cannot but assert their equality , in the teeth of a Democratic friend who gives us very trenchant advice .
[The Following Appeared In Our Second Ed...
[ The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week . ] POSTSCRIPT . Saturday , April 20 . The debate on the Australian Colonies Government Bill last night was commenced by Sir W . Molesworth , who moved as an amendment ** That there shall be established in the colonies of Van Diemen ' s Land and South Australia respectively , a Legislative Council and a House of Assembly . " If this amendment were carried , he should move other amendments , with a view to make the chambers elective . He quoted the despatches of Sir W . Denison and Sir Henry Young , to show that those two governors are strongly opposed to the bill : —
" The Under Secretary For The Colonies H...
" The Under Secretary for the Colonies had spoken of the information contained in Sir Henry Young ' s despatch as of little information- The honourable gentleman made that statement at the very time when this despatch from Sir Henry Young was in his possession . ( Hear , hear }) 11 Hawes : No , no . « ' Sir W . Molksworth : I beg the honourable gentleman s pardon , he will find it really is so , if he will look at the dates . *• Mr . IIawes : It was long before the despatch was received .
" Sir W . Moiesworth : Long before the despatch was received ! Why , this despatch from the governor was received at the Colonial-office on the 26 th of March , and my question was put to the honourable gentleman last Tuesday . Even if it had been Tuesday week , it was still in the possession of the Colonial-office . " As the bill was postponed last year in order to obtain more information from the colonies , it would be absurd , after receiving that information , to legislate in direct opposition to it . Earl Grey had already
condemned the system of New South Wales . In a despatch to the Governor of New South Wales , in 1847 , he spoke of the system of Government there as very unsatisfactory , and expressed a decided opinion in favour of two distinct houses as *• best calculated to ensure judicious and prudent legislation . " After replying in the most complete and conclusive manner to all the arguments urged against the adoption of two chambers , he concluded by stating that the question between him and Earl Grey might be stated thus : —
" The noble lord proposes that eight members shall be nominated by the Colonial-office and sit in the same House as the sixteen members who are to be elected by the people . On the contrary , I propose that both the eight and the sixteen members shall be elected by the people , and sit in different Houses . Therefore , the question between the noble lord and myself is simply this—Is it likely or not that the Colonial-office would by nomination select out of the materials in these colonies , eight men for each colony who would be better qualified to be members of a legislature than those which the inhabitants of these colonies would themselves elect . " Mr . E . Denison supported the amendment .
Lord John Kusski . i , denied that the people of South Australia were in favour of two Chambers . A large public meeting had decided in favour of one Assembly . Ho reiterated his objections to a second Chamber , whether elected or nominated . After a long discussion , in which Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Disuakli , " Mr . Anstkv , Lord John Mannbks , Mr . Aoi . roNUY , suid Mr . Hawks took part , the amendment was negatived by 218 to 160 .
The only business in the House of Lords , last evening , was a discussion originated by the Marquis of Wkstmkatu , who presented a petition from the guardians of the Carrick-on-Shannon Union , complaining of the late vice-guardians of the union for their lavish and unnecessary expenditure of the funds , and for their general mismanagement of the affairs of the union . After some remarks on the maladministration of the Poor-law in Ireland , he moved for a select committee to investigate the matter . The Marquis
of Lansdowxk did not think such im inquiry would bo beneficial , and he trusted the House would not agree to the motion . Lord Stam . kv thought that the charges against certain parties which Lord Westmeath had offered to substantiate formed a very fit subject for inquiry . The Marquis of Laxsdowne , on reconsideration , expressed his willingness to withdraw bis opposition to the motion ; and it was agreed that Lord Westmoath should move the nomination of the committee on Monday .
Prince Kamehameha , elder brother , and Prince Liholiho , the heir presumptive , Sandwich Islands attended by Mr . Judd , plenipotentiary , were presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert , on Friday , at an audience at Buckingham Palace , yesterday , by "Viscount Palmerston . —Court Circular . We regret to learn that the Earl of Bipon has been of late suffering from severe indisposition . As soon as possible the noble Earl will remove to his villa at Putney , a change of air being deemed essential to his Lordship ' s recovery . —Morning Post .
Sir Edward Knatchbull has closed , for three years , his immense and magnificent mansion at Meersham Hatch , in Kent , his diminished rent-roll not allowing him to keep it up . —Morning Post . The following paragraph appeared in the Daily News yesterday : — " We understand that Sir Robert Peel had a lengthened interview of many hours with her Majesty , on a certain day in the present week , Prince Albert being present ; and that the Right Hon . Baronet called at Apsley-house after having quitted Buckingham-palace . "
None of the morning papers-of to-day contain anything either to confirm or contradict this statement , except the Herald , which jumps to the unwarranted inference that ' * Sir Robert Peel has been called in . " The fact is not contradicted . Lord John Russell has , it appears by last night ' s Gazette , appointed his brother , Lord Wriothesley Russell , Dean of Hereford , and the Reverend Henry P . Hamilton , Dean of Salisbury . Each will , as dean , be entitled , under the Capitular Reform Act , to £ 1000 a year , and will by that statute be bound to reside in his deanery npt less than eight months in every year . At present Lord Wriothesley Russell is
one of the Deputy Clerks of the Closet to the Queen , one of the canons of Windsor , and incumbent of the parish of Chenies , containing a population of about 700 inhabitants ; and Mr . Hamilton is incumbent of Wath , near Ripon , a living worth £ 1000 , and having nearly 1000 parishioners . From Chenies , Hereford is distant nearly 200 miles ; and from Wath , Salisbury is more than that distance . It therefore becomes important to know whether either reverend gentleman resigns his benefice on his appointment to his deanery ; or whether Lord John , by the exercise of this patronage , means to add to the pluralities of the church . — " Simon Magus , '' in the Daily News .
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The Paris journals furnish us with the details of the terrible accident at Angers . The Eleventh Light Infantry , a regiment notorious for its democratic opinions , had been ordered to Africa on account of its recent votes . In passing through Angers , the troops were commanded to cross the Maine by the suspension biidge , a light bridge intended only for footpassengers , in order to avoid the more public thoroughfare through the town , which passes over the stone bridge . Seven hundred men , in the usual marching order , trod the bridge . The sappers and drummers were already over , when the two pillars of the North bank were torn up from their bases , and fell into the river , crushing some of the troops , and throwing the whole mass into the stream . Five companies of 117 men each , besides some women and children who were following the music , were
immediately engulphed : — " To describe the frightful spectacle and the cries of despair which were raised is impossible ; the scene at the bridge of Beresina can alone give an idea of it . The whole town rushed to the spot to give assistance . In spite of the storm which was raging , all the boats that could be got at were launched to pick up the soldiers in the river , and a great number who were clinging vo the parapets of the bridge , or who were kept afloat by their knapsacks , were immediately got out . The greater number of them were , however , found to be wounded by the bayonets or by the fragments of the bridge falling on them .
" From one bank to the other the river was completely blocked up by the soldiers struggling to reach the shore . If the weather had been calm , the greater numbqf of them would in all probability have been saved . The wind , however , blew a perfect hurricane , and the waves were very rough . Masses of men might be seen clinging to each other , the waves every moment washing away some of them until only one remained . IJeams of wood , planks , and every article that could be laid hold of , were launched to enable the men to keep themselves afloat until further assistance could arrive . When the musterroll was called over , of the 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd companies there remained only 14 , 1 G , and 19 men respectively . The number of deficient amounts to 219 , to which must be added 83 dead , and 30 wounrird in the hospital , making flip total loss to the battalion 2 S 2 .
" The accident occurred at eleven o flock in the morning . Up to two o ' clock 123 bmiit ' s hat ! been picked up . Among them was that of the portc-rirapcau , who had the standard firmly clutched in his hand . One soldier had a musket which had rim through his body . Another soldier was found completely pierced through with a musket , and many of the barrels of the guns were bent double . The colonel , who was also nt the head of the regiment , escaped with some contusions . " Numerous gallant deeds are told of those who rendered assistance . A young workwoman , at the imminent danger of her life , jumped into the water , and Baved the life of an oiKcer who was just sinking . A iourneyman hatter , named Turgis , who had ac-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 27, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27041850/page/8/
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