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their support . ' * The address adds , however , that "it is a . gratifying reflection that , through private munificence , with little 1 assistance from public sources , your Majesty ' s reign has been- signalized'by the erection of new sees in every quarter of the globe—from Africa to New Zealand , from Victoria to Rupert ' s Land . "We have observed with , satisfaction that" your Majesty has been pleased to appoint a . commission to consider the boundaries of some of the dioceses in England , and we earnestly pray that their inquiries and recommendations may be so directed- as to promote the efficiency and well-being of our Church . In the promotion of public educationa question which intimately concerns us as ministers of religion—we thankfully acknowledge the liberal aid aflbrded us by public grants . The attention ; directed towards the instruction of the young : is a marked feature
of the present age , but we deeply deplore the difficulties which , in too many cases , induce the labouring classes to remove their children from school at a very early age , before they have received the full advantages of a sound education and been- properly instructed in their duty towards God and . man . It is difficult to suggest the remedy , but if it should please your Majesty , in accordance with the spirit of that general summons ia your Majesty ' s writ , ' to treat of certain difficult and urgent affairs concerning' your Majesty , the security and defence of the Church of England , and the peace and tranquillity and public good of your kingdom and your subjects of the same , ' to commit to our special deliberation this or any other question affecting the interest of our holy religion or the usefulness of the Church , we trust that we shall not be found unmindful ofi the aolp . nnn
character of the functions we are called to discharge , and shall conduct our proceedings in . a spirit of reverent dependence upon the Divine blessing , and . with the diligence which would become us in obeying , your Majesty ' s commands . Hitherto the shortness of time given to our consultations has in a great measure frustrated the advantages which we humbly trust would result if fuller opportunity were afforded for ascertaining the opinions of the clergy by discussion in Convocation ; " The Queen's reply was of the ordinary formal kind .. The
Lord Mayor , heading a deputation from the City , then presented an address , congratulating the Queen on the recent birth of a Princess . —Her Majesty has commanded a private representation of Mr . Wilkie Collins es drama The Frozen Deep . It will be given on Saturday week at the Gallery of Illustration , the characters being sustained , by the original corps of amateur ladies and gentlemen , wlo played in it at Tavistock House . —The Queen held a Drawing-room at St . James ' s Palace on Tuesday _ afternoon , and gave a state ball at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening .
The Prince Consort . —At a Council held on Thursday , an order was passed for publishing a letter patent , by which the Queen grants to Prince Albert the title of Prince Consort during their joint lives . He thus becomes legally a member of the British Royal family , which he was not before , and acquires a definite English rank . The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon in the Spanish frigate Isabel la Catholique . A Ruffiajt ax Court . —A lady of distinction-writes to the Times an account of an adventure which befel her at the drawing-room held by the Queen a week or two
ago . When in . the thick of the ' crush , ' she was recklessly pushed on by " a tall , athletic , burly , red-faced biped , in a d & puty-lieutenant ' s uniform , with a short lady on his arm . " This individual , after much wrestling , struggled through the crowd to some more advantageous place , but in doing so threw the fair correspondent over a Toanch , breaking the skin , blackening the temple , destroying a brooch and bracelet , . and tearing the dress . In that flustered and disordered plight had the lady to present herself before the Queen . In the meanwhile t & e red-faced deputy-lieutenant passed on without offering a word of apology . Surely , qn that day , St . Gilos must have been visiting St . James ' s !
The Rbv . G . C . Gorham died a few days ago after a long and painful illness . The rev . gentleman was attopded by Dr . Thomson . Up to the last day of hie life ho Avas engaged upon a work entitled JRa / brmation Gleanings Lady Evbrsley , tho wifo of the lato Speaker of tho Houbo of Commons , died at an early hour last Saturday morning , at his lordship ' s residence , 09 , Eaton-placo . Her demiao was very sudden . About four days previously , she caught a severe cold , attended with sore throat ; and from this ehe never rallied . Nbw ZizAiuusm . —This colony appears , by tho latest advices , to ie in , a very flourishing condition . Tho loan of 100 , 000 ? ., originally contemplated by tho Government suffi
of tho province of Wellington , is not , it appears , - cient to enable tho Superintendent to carry ouf . without delay all his designs for the public benefit , and a bill has therofore been passed by tho Council , authorizing tho Government to borrow an . additional sum of 25 , 000 £ , of which 10 , 000 / . is to bo expended In erecting a lighthouse ad Poncarroiv ^ Head 5 5000 / . in building a bridge over tho Wangannl river ; 2000 ? . for abridge at Wal-ohina ; and 5000 / . for- survey contracts . Of the original sum , tho largest proportion will bo spent on immigration . Public works aro proscouted with great spirit . Tho ITouso of Representatives has voted 4000 ? . as a roward for the dlacovery oil any means which would rondor tho flax and other fibrous plants of . Now Zealand , available for export .
Other rewards have also been offered for the development of commerce : The anticipations with respect to the discovery of gold nave-been disappointed , only a very small quantity of the ; precious , metal having been discovered . Captain Mandle , of the Oliver Lang , has given an entertainment to the native chiefs , about forty in number , resident in the Wellington , district . Many of these chiefs are now actively engaged in commerce and trade . The Rochdale Election Committee .- —It was . decided last Saturday that , the proceedings of this committee should' be strictly private . Even the members of the JQCouse not . forming , the' committee were excluded . This excited great indignation ; and Colonel French undertook to plead the cause * of his fellow members before the committee , But" in vain . —On the committee
reassembling on Monday they resolved to admit the public again . Several' witnesses were then examined . Their testimony confirmed the original assertion of Mr . N " ewall , that a voter named Rothwell had been offered 50 / . to keep out of the way , so as not to give evidence before the committee . The inquiry was adjourned to Tuesday , when the proceedings were once more secret . The report of the committee was presented 1 to the House of Commons on Wednesday , and will be found in our parliamentary columns-. —Committees have also been sitting during the weeli : to' inquire into the Mayo , Cambridge , Pontefract , Wareham , andMarlborough ; butthey have not yet concluded . The Mayo evidence exhibits a singular scene of priestly interference and intimidation to prevent the election of Colonel Higgins .
The Oxford Commemoration took place on Wednesday . The Sheldonian Theatre was crowded , and several ladies , as usual , graced the scene . The writer in the Times says : —" The ' cries' were rarely political . The names of Lord Derby , Mr . Gladstone , and Lord Clarendon were received with favour . The names of Palmerston and Russell attracted little notice . The Bishop of Oxford was cheered , as were the Bishops of Kentucky and Victoria . Three vigorous rounds of applause were given to Miss Nightingale . ' The Ladies ' received the usual amount of polite attention , the chief variations of the captivating theme which met our ears being . ' the ladies in white , '' ' the ladies in blue , ' * the ladies in pink , ' the ladies in love , ' ' the young ladiesj ' ¦ ' the old ladies ; ' ' the ladies with hoods to their cloaks , '
' the ladies with no hooda to their cloaks , ' & e . " The candidates for degrees were—Sir Colin Campbell , Sir William Fenwick Williams , Baron Hoehschild ( the ; Swedish Ambassador ) , Mr . Dallas ( the -American Minister ) , Lord Powis , Sir George Cornewall Lewis , Sir John M'Neill , Sir Charles Nicolson , Mr . Sotheron Estcourt , Mr . Robert Stephenson , Mr . I . K . Brunei , Dr . Waagen . Dr . Livingston , and Dr . Farr . Some of these gentlemen were received with tumultuous applause , more especially the Hero of Kars and Dr . Livingston ^ but Mr . Dallas met with some coldness—perhaps out of an anti-slavery feeling . The other ceremonies passed off with the usual enthusiasm . The prize fonnded by Lord Stanhope for the encouragement of the studies of law and modern history has been awarded to Mir . Herbert Cowell , of Wadham College .
The South Kensington Museum . . —The Queen made a private visit to the schools and Museum last Saturday evening , Her Majesty was received at the doors by the Lord President of the Council and the Vice-President of the Committee on Education , the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Lord Stanley of Aldorley , and Sir Benjamin Hall ; by the Duke of Buccleuoh , the Earl of Rosse , Sir Charles Lyell , Sir Roderick Murcluson , Sir Charles Eastiake , Sir William Cubitt , tho Chairman of the East India Company , Mr . Bazley , Mr . Gott , Mr . Gibson , Mr ; Dilke , and other Commissioners of tho Exhibition of 1851 ; the Earl de Grey , Mr . G . Scott , and otlier
members of the Architectural Museum , tho Committee of British Sculptors , the Attorney-General and other authorities of the Patent Museum , and the officers connected with tho administration of tho museum anclsohoola . The Queen was accompanied through the buildings only l > y her suite and . the Cabinet Ministers . All othors who were admitted were stationed in those parts of tho building with which they wero officially conneoted , when her Majesty passed through them . —On Monday and Tuesday evenings , the nobility and membere of tho Legislature had a privato view 5 and on' Wednesday the doors were thrown open to the general public
Sir William Magnav . — Tho Committee of Privileges of the Court of Ald'ormon , nt a sitting on Wednesday , presented their report in connexion with the « aae of Sir William Magnay . They state : — "Wo have been advised by our law officers that tho proceedings against Sir William Magnay in tho Belgian courta cannot bo judicially investigated under tho City Election Act , and that this committee does not possess any legal means to compel the attendance of witnesses from whom the facta relating to tho transactions referred to out investigation
might bo ascertained . We therefore communicated to Sir William Magnay our intention to report tho documents to your Hon . Court , with the expression of our sympathy and rogrot nt tho position in which ho in placed . " Sir William has consequently resigned hie gown , and his resignation , has bean accepted . Election O p Shbrikfs . —Alderman Lawrence , and Mr . Allon , elti / . on and stationer , havo boon oloctod Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for tho ensuing year . Sir John Kay has boen ro-eleotecl Clutroborlain of London .
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Leader Ovpi & b , Saturday ; June 27 . " : LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAffilT ? . HOUSE OF LORDS ' . THE KING OF OTJDE . The Earl of Albem ^ rle gave notice' of his intention to bring forward the case of the King of Oude , and to move to refer it to a select committee of the House .
THE "VICTORIA CROSS . The Earl of Donoughmoee complained that he had been unable to obtain a ticket for a place to witness the distribution of the Victoria Cross . —Lord PANMUBBsaid that many members of both Houses had obtained tickets and got good places . Some allowance should be made wheii . it was known that 20 , 000 applications were made for tickets : —The Marquis of Clanricarde had no formal complaint to make , but he thought special accommodation ought to be provided for members of bot & Houses of Parliament on occasions of this kind .
THE KILKENNY MJUJISTRATES . Viscount Dungannon called the attention of their Lordships , to the conduct of a certain Justice of the Peace for the city of Kilkenny . The noble Lord condemned the conduct of Mr . Smith wick ,, one of the Justices , in adjudicating upon a charge of assault preferred against a Roman- Catholic and two Protestant Scripture readers . He concluded by moving for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the subject . —The Earl of Gbanvtlle defended the conduct of the Lord Lieutenant . The Irish Government had made inquiries into the case quoted by the noble Lord , and it was decided not to interfere . Under these , circumstances , it would ill become his Lordship to grant the committee asked for by the noble Viscount . INDIAN RULE . The Earl of Albemarlb , in presenting seven petitions from English merchants and residents in Bengal , remonstrated against the injustice committed and the evils occasioned by extending the jurisdiction of the Company ' s courts over British subjects in India . — The subject was followed up by the Marquis of ClanrioARDe , the Earl of Ellenborough , Lord Campbell , and the Duke of Argyll , and then dropped . MINISTERS' MONEY BILL . On the motion for the third reading of this bill , the Earl of Clancabty moved that it be rejected ; and ; after a brief discussion , the House divided : For the third reading—Contents ... ... 24 = Non-contents ... 7 Majority ... ... 17 The bill was read a third time , and passed . Tho House adjourned at half-past nine .
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• HOUSE OF COMMONS . COMMON LAW COMMISSION . In > answer to Mr . M'Mahon , Sir John Pakington said that the Common Law-Commission was considering its report , which would soon be presented . DISTRIBUTION OP TH « VICTORIA CROSS . S ir -Chatcliss Naiteb complained that , although-every branch of the army had been adequately represented at the distribution of the Cross of Victoria that morning , the Navy had been neglected , especially those who had served before Sebastopol . Colonel French said it was only just to the Chief Commissioner of Works to Bay that all the arrangements on'this occasion were most admirable . INDIAN REFORM . Sir Erbkinb Perry inquired whether any steps were to be taken towards judicial reform in India , founded on the report of the Commissioners appointed to . inquire into that subject , and whether the Legislative Council in India were to be allowed to reject any such , projects proposed by the Home Government ? Mr . Vbunon Smith defended the Legislative Council , and eaid that a measure which had been presented to them on tho subjeot would bo ultimately passed . TUB ORDNANCE 8 OHVBY . Mr . Liddell asked' the Secretary of the Treasury whether it was competent for tho proprietors of land in Durham to obtain , by paying the expenses , maps on tho twenty-five inch scale after the vote of the former night ; and whether there was any objection to present a return of the names of tho parishes aud places in Northumberland and Durham on the twenty-five inch survey , distinguishing those persona already furnished from those not furnished . —Mr . Wilson sold that there could bo no objection to the return , nor to supply gentlomon with maps of the ostatoa at their own expense . PROHATB AND LJCTTBR OV ADMINISTRATION BIIA . _ The Attoknby-Gknbkai- moved the second reading of this bill , which has been passed by the Lords , and which proposes to abolieh all tho prosont Probate Courts over tho country , and vest tbo proceedings with rospoot to wills in ono court , which should administer its business by a simple and cquifcablo procedure ^ Mr . llnwLitY oxpresood his approval of the ¦ bill , wiuou ho bollovod would remove tlin completion and reduce tho costs attending the prosont nystem of testamentary jurisdiction .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27061857/page/11/
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