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The Commonwealth ^Glasgow)—A Very Able P...
The Commonwealth ^ Glasgow )—a very able paper distinguishing ; itself among the Scot < 5 h journals by its boldness , has these remarks upon Kossuth s visit to Glasgow : — " And yet , it seems ^ this man coming on this mission , some of our men in civic place did not deem it ' respectable ' to meet . This man of princely bearing , this man who was virtual king of a large European nation , who has stood and given orders on battle-fields where opposed enemies were cannonading each other , in whom the genius of a philosopher and a man of letters is made to serve the purposes of high patriotism , and wide and enlightened statesmanship ; and before whora even Emerson the American bowed , as before a superior ; there were persons among us who deemed themselves too •• Tespectable' to meet on a platform . What grand intellects we must have in Glasgow ! But the number of those who refrained from accompanying Kossuth to the platform on such grounds of ' respectability ' was , no doubt , small ; and we can understand that many whose presence there would have "been proper , kept away , or took their places as simple auditors , for more satisfactory reasons . It was to the honour of Glasgow , however , that on the occasion of Kossuth ' s visit such a man as Professor Nichol should have been his host , and that there were among our public men , and even among our clergy ( whose absence from political meetings is a matter of custom ) so many ready to appear in the cluster of Scotchmen that surrounded the illustrious guest . We observe , too , with pleasure that even in the adverse newspapers , there have heen no personal attacks upon the man . They resent his opinions and deny their utility ; but , with no exception that we know of , they speak of himself with respect . This , ' indeed , is one of Kossuth ' s triumphs among us . He has conquered the powers of editorial scurility . " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦¦
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\ ! | | MISCELLANEOUS . Refusin g to be Sworn . —We recommend to attention the moral of this case . In a trial for felony at Exeter assize , last Thursday week , a lady who was a material witness refused to be sworn to give her evidence before the grand jury , alleging that she did so from conscientious motives . She , it appeared , was neither a Quaker nor a Moravian . On its being mentioned to Mr . Justice Wightman , his lordship said that the lady need be under no apprehension that she was doing wrong ja taking an oath to give evidence in a court of justice . Perhaps she objected to take the oath on the ground that it was against the test of Scripture , " Swear not at all . " If so , that had been explained by very religious . and learned men to allude to " vain and idle swearing . "—The lady said she considered the word of God beyond the word of man . —Mr . Justice Wightman said he tlought the lady would do well to consider the sin she was committing in thus obstructing the course of justice in an important trial on a charge of felony by refusing to be sworn . If she still re- fused to be sworn he had but one duty to perform , and that would be a very painful one to him , namely , to commit her to prison ; but he begged to say that if he iyas compelled to do so she would have all the inconvenience of being a martyr without any of the merits . He would , however , strongly recommend her to confer with the sheriff ' s chaplain ,-who was desirous of explaining the text of Scripture to her , and he trusted she would be guided by the excellent advice which he was sure that reverend gentleman would , give her . The lady then retired with the chaplain , evidently thinking that he was a martyr . Some time afterwards the lady returned nto court , and . still refused to be . sworn . She was removed in custody of the gaoler . —QA question has been asked in the House of Commons about the matter , and it would seem that Lord John Russell i 3 " considering" -the expediency of ameasuretomeetsuchcases . il Mr . Ira Aldridge , the African tragedian , after having made his appearance on the greater part of the German theatres , and also on those of Basil , Bern , and Zurich , in Switzerland , intends to return to England . In Berlin , in the Royal Theatre , he received from the King the riband belongs ing to the order of Art and Science ; and in Bern , the repub- lican metropolis , he was honoured before bis departure hy a garland of Alp-roses . He goes from Zurich to Vienna ( where he is engaged ) , and from Vienna to Paris . The Royal Free Hospital Case . —After the verdict of the jury in this case , Mr . Cooke , the surgeon , placed his resignation in the hands of the Committoe of Governors of the College ; jand , after a long conference , the Committee have declined to accept it—thus meeting the public indignation . What will " young Mr . Wakley" do ? Mr . Jeremiah Smith , the late Mayor of Rye , has been liberated from prison by order of the Home Office . Why ? Because , say the papers , facts have transpired since his trial . What facts ? Is not this secret and irresponsible police in Downing-strcet ? Tho Now York Crystal Palace is a failure . Mr . Barnum has given up the Presidency of the Committeo—even ho could not save the " show . " Tho shares are " nowhere ; " and tho place is soon to be pulled down . On Monday , a bull driven from Smithfiold , got infuriated nnd dashod from Holborn , up Gray ' s Inn-lano . An old woman was crossing tho lane , and ho gor « d and tossed her lie raged for some hours in tho neighbourhood , but tho butchers appear to havo behaved like gallant Matadors . Do tho Anti-Smith field-Removal Aldermen count upon this as public unmsoment . A Dutchman charged with tho murder of fivo people and roboiTV ) in Amstordnm , is tho hands of tho London police , and 1 ms been " up " at the Mansion-house . Romandcd nntil tho arrival of the Dutch police . The electric telegrap had put an oflicor on tho watch , and ho ¦ was captured soon after liis arrival horo . Mk . Mkoih at TinrRRK-HAL . r »—On Wednesday the bold and onorgotic Mr . Mechi hud his annual gathering tho modol farm , Tiptroe-hnll . Those who have had tho pleasure of attending former assemblages of a similar cha racter , can very well recollect tho torront of ridiculo which Mr . Mechl had to resist in his earlier experiments , but tlioy also zittended on Wednesday , thoy would have scon almost universally , rMiculo displaced by admiration , nnd general anxiety exhibited nmongst those who wore most interested to aoquiro tiio most intimate possible knowled of tho means by which crops of tho greatest luxuriance hud boon produced on land which only ft few ycara sinco was barren nnd stony waste . Nothing , iu truth , could bo lin than tho appearance of tho different ooni-fiolda uudor combined chocta of tho { jlorimia weather and Mr . Rlechi Hkilt ' ul appliances . Tho -wheat wan pronounced to lo best that hud boon soon for aomo yearn , and tho barky and ouIb ciuiio in for an ahno . it equal sharo of admiration . Tho turnips received , as uhuh ) , a most critical Inspection and approving vordict , and tho live stock omried their Holld well put-up flosh with an . appearance of case and comfort that excited tho onvy of riioro than ono of tho visitors . company wi » ilitttlngutahed . " Sowugo manure " wua I groat question of tho day .
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FROM T H E LONDON GAZ E TTE . Tuesday , Jnly 25 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED—Robert Iahonvood and StrothlU Vodon , Uvorpool , wool dcnlora . BANKRUPTS . —lJdward John Wolla , Maidatouo , ironmonger— George Johnston , Oxford-stroot , veterinary surgeon—William Beckett , GllUnglmin , Norfolk , cattle dealer —Honry Adron , St . Johu-atroot , Olerkonwoll . baker—M « lohor Lopez , Vonchuroh-Htroot , nnd Oxford , cigar and win © xnorolmnt—Isiuvo Beck , Birmingham , lioonsou victualler—Jjldward Crane , Hunt , Klddornnlnstor , tronmonsor—Theodore Jowltt and Edmund Mioklawood , Plymouth , utatlonora —John and Honry lUolmrd JUulHteud , Bradford , Yorktihiro , \ vpol-atanlcrs—Oliarlou Honry Holgato , Kirton in Ltusoy , Lincolnshire , aorivemor—Joseph Ouiidoll , SholHolU , oarpomtor—WllUam Wild Pooto . Sholllold . shiwo-brokor—l » nao Thornllpy . ISnntuloy , nonr Ashtou-under-Lyno , cotton-spln" ^^ nU ' ii "S . VJL 1 ?? * * Manohestor , commiHHlon nsuut . SCOTCH SWaulfeTUAT 10 Nfe .-H . Laird , Oupar-Pif ..-, nurseryman—K . Ml'Nnb , Mllburn-cottavKo . near lnvomooa , l > riok manufaoturor-I . Quttutani , Glawgow . oil mnnufacn , pZ ( or « 1- no ' " "J ? " pq oy' in- ma ux " P ') By ac-
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Friday , July 28 . ' ' * " ' " -- — ¦ BANKRUPTS . —Sommersby Edwards , Long Buckby , Northampton , scrivener — John Humpiireyr Dorking butcher—Anthony Dealo , leadenball-street , patent ocean float manufacturer—James Maynard , West Chelsea , butcher —Horatio Clagett , Leadenhall-street , City , patent ocean float manufacturer—Michael Neville , Liverpool , brassfounder— T Gordon Henry Cripps , Shrewsbury , wine merchant—James I : Abraham . Bell , Great Baddow , Essex , hop merchant— "William Dundas , Colbridge-place , Paddington . house decorator and paperhaBRer—Francis Kay , Sheffield , nail manufac- ¦« turer—Henry Anderson , Leicester , manufacturer of carved frames—Robert Kirkpatrick , Manchester , brass and iron ° founder—Joseph Pratt , Manchester , bookseller and printer h —Ephraim 'Watson , Polstead , Suffolk , shoemaker and o farmer . , SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —David Miller , Ann field , b Tifesbire , wood merchant—William Taylor , Glasgow , builder s ; —John Laing and Sons , Edinburgh , postmasters—Malcolm ii Niven , Glasgow , merchant—James M'Connell and Company , n Hcielden , bleachers . u In ¦ of on in
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Saturday , July 29 . the Hou ^ e of Lords , THE SAI-E OF BEER BILL was read a third time , and before it passed , the Earl Haerowby proposed amendments to extend the hours during which public houses may remain open Sundays from between one and two in the day to between one and half-past two , and from between six and tea in the evening to between five and eleven , accordance with the notice given , by the noble earl on the previous day . The latter part of the amendment was opposed by the Earl of Shaftesbxtky and the Bishop of London , and supported by the Marquis of Ci « anricarde , and was lost on adiuision by a majority of 9—the numbers being for the clause as it stood , 24 j for the amendment , 15 . From six o ' clock to ten , therefore ,. remain the hours at which public houses may be opened , on Sundays . The amendment making the hour in the morning at which , these places may be open , from one to halfpast two instead of from one to two , was agreed to , and tho hill passed . The other business was merely formal . i ^ , £ " - a I a
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The House of Commons sat at 12 , and was employed in passing through Committee the Militia Bill ( No . 2 ) , which , provides for the military in barracks , and storehouses for the militia . An opportunity was taken to put the Government in a minority on the 4 th clause , providing that the expense of these buildings should be paid out of the county rates . Mr . Robert Palmer moved that it should be amended , so as to leave half , the expense oil the Consolidated Fund . Though vigorously opposed by the Government the amendment was carried by the country members , the numbers being for the amendment , 85 , against it , 60 , majority , 25 . The Militia Bill for Scotland passed through Committee in ten minutes . The House then adjourned from 4 to 8 . Among the questions to Ministers , the following only were of any interest : — Mr . Butt inquired whether it was true that the Danish G-overnment had conceded to America with reference to the Sound Dues : — 1 . That American ships , laden with transatlantic produce , and their cargoes , when bound to a Danish port to discharge them , shall be entirely free from Sound dues , as well as from light and buoy dues . 2 . That the discount of 25 per cent ., hitherto allowed to the importer when residing in Denmark , shall be discontinued . Also , whether any steps have been taken by her Majesty ' s Government to secure similar priviliges to British subjects . Lord J . Russell said the negotiation between these two Governments had gone off on a question of indemnity to Denmark , and therefore England had not taken any steps to obtain similar correspondence-Colonel Blair drew attention to the attack made in a loading article of tho Times on the late Captain ; Hyde Parker , in which it was insinuated that he j rushed heedlessly into an ambuscade when merely on an excursion of curiosity in the Sulina mouth of I the Danube , and appealed to Sir James Graham to I give any information which could set the real state . of things before the country . j Sir J , Graham then entered into a very feeling 3 statement of the affair , showing that Captain Parker 1 had gone on the expedition in question in the positive discharge of his duty , and not for mere pura poses of personal curiosity , and had performed that j duty in tho moat gallant manner . Ho hoard a I , strong tribute to the character of tho gallant oflicor , n and stated that despatches giving an authentic version of the matter would appear in tho Gazette of e that evening . > t Mr . Disiiaeh said he was anxious to correct an 0 error viuch he made last evening in Committee of l Supply , in respect of the renewal of crown leases . ! l In spunking on the motion of tho Government for " tho purchase of Burlington House , ho impugned ' their conduct because they had renewed tho leaso of 3 t a house in the vicinity of tho public offices , -which r he thought was detrimental to the public service , id Now , it turned out that her Majesty ' Government a were exempt from all blamo in that respect , and time or if any blame wus attached to the renewal of thelease , > ° Btrango to say , the blumo wns upon him , « n « " »<« »« i '« was r « sponmble . Ho then explained that ho had > " decided on not moving tho loasi ' , but by «^ rt j , unco and without his knowledge it hud beon granted 3 ^^ it ^ od « d with JJ . 0 Bribery BUI , J t various clauses being proposed by d floront members , lie moat of which wcro rejected on divers cnusoa-, but ho tho whole discussion wus of very average unportuueo . j 1 \ ^ E t I t a . - 3 ] i , \ ' ' 1 < ; . a h at - if , ge ft er tho 'o tho an and Tho tho
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Leader (1850-1860), July 29, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29071854/page/9/
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