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October 30, 1852.] THE LEADER. 1037
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Very large policies of insurance are, we...
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Steps, it appears, have been taken to ob...
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¦ I'-in undorHtood that tho funeral proc...
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The men arrested for beins implicated in...
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BELGIUM, CUBA, AND TURKEY. In three quar...
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Mr. Dawson Has Published Tho Following L...
of Mr . Paget ' s annoyances , and I find that my affair happened a few days before his . —I am , & c , Qck 20 . Geoege Dawsox .
October 30, 1852.] The Leader. 1037
October 30 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1037
Very Large Policies Of Insurance Are, We...
Very large policies of insurance are , we hear , being fleeted in the City on the life of the President of the French Republic . Whether a clause is inserted providing for an increase in the premiums on revival of the Empire is not stated ; but the proposals for these insurances , even at a liberal rate , have been refused in more than one quarter . —Daily News .
Steps, It Appears, Have Been Taken To Ob...
Steps , it appears , have been taken to obtain at least a site for a new National Gallery . " The Royal Commissioners , who were constituted a permanent body by a charter granted by Her Majesty immediately on the closing of the Great Exhibition , have recently completed some very large purchases of land , which it is understood are to be applied to the above object , in combination with museums such as that now at Marlborough-house , or generally for the promotion of arts , manufactures , and commerce . The charter referred to gave power to appropriate the surplus derived from the Great Exhibition to such
purposes , but the extent even of the land purchases must have already exhausted that surplus , and the nation will have to supply the requisite funds for all that is to follow . " The site chosen for the realization of all this is at Kensington-gore . Behind Gore house and the line of houses which stretches almost uninterruptedly from the new houses of Hyde Park-terrace up to Kensington turnpike is an extensive tract of land , now principally occupied as market-gardens , except that part of it which abuts westward on the road called Gloucesterroad , in which Mr . Canning ' s house and grounds , called Gloucester-lodge , were situated . Most of this
land belonged to the Baron de Villars and Lord Harrington , though a portion of some extent on the north side , near the Kensington-road , was the property of the parish of St . Margaret , Westminster . The whole site is very beautifully disposed , gradually sloping to the south from the high ground of Hyde Park down to the Old Brompton-road . The lower part of the land is familiarly termed " Brompton-grove , " and is ornamented with some really fine timber in the gardens and grounds still
remaining on the southern part of the estate . The first tract of land obtained by the Commissioners was from the trustees of the parish of St . Margaret , Westminster , from whom it is understood about twenty acres were obtained , at a cost of 60 , 000 / ., or thereabouts ; but the principal purchase ( a very recent one ) is from the Baron de Villars , who has sold forty-eight acres of land to the Commissioners for the large sum of 150 , 000 ? , For some smaller purchases to complete the boundary us much as 4 , 0001 . per acre has been asked , and , we believe , given .
" The general scheme we understand to bo this , — About 200 yards on tyiis side of the turnpike at Kensington a road id to be cut , 100 feet wide , from Kensing ton-gore to Brompton , coming out at tho back of Onslow-square . This road will furnish an enormous f ' rontago for the new galleries to the west , and tho facade will return at tho south end to any depth required . The quantity of land secured will also allow of ornamental grounds around the building to a considerable extent .
" Ihe price paid for this land is certainly very great , and perhaps greater than has ever been realized before under similar circumstances ; but still , notwithstanding tho ex travagant , not to say extortionate , demands of the owners for land which , to a considerable oxtent , is now only growing cabbages and onions for tho London market , we are glad tho land is secured for national objects , oven at a national price ; . "
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¦ I' -in undorHtood that tho funeral procession of tho late Duko will be marshalled on tho Purado-ground at tho baok ( 'l tho llorno O-uardH , and Ihonco juihh along tho Mall in ,. ' ¦ '' » on ' H-park , up Constitution-hill , and along 1 'ienal > - , ' '•"" OH ' H-Htiwt , Pall-mall , and tho 8 t . rn . ud , to St . ¦ « iu 1 h . This alteration haw boon inado out of deference to "io oxproHHed doniro of Lho houHoholdorn along tho lino ot route . I'l jo ceremon y of "lying in ntato" will , it in undorh . owl , ])( , <; arrj ( ,, i out ,, pon ft H (; n ]( , of inagni / ioonco novor otoro attempted in thin country , or uerhai > n oven in ' 'iiropo . Oholmw College ooiiHintH ehiofty ot a contra ! . 'piirtincjiiti „ £ ¦ octagonal form , opening on the ono nido ,. ' ! " ffnsat hall , and on tho other into tlus chapel 01 "'<» collego . The whole of thin rango will bo fitted up »» an nmuo priato mannor , tho wallH and ovory portion of
IMI « l < ting being draped and festoonod with blaok cloth * I ° " 1 tho "lying in state" will tako placo , is an apar t ¦ it'nt < , f noi , ] ,, dimonHioiiH , 150 foot long 1 > V nearly f >(> " «" . ' < l and 4 o ] , i | K Tho Marqui * of lOxotor , an her ' „ ¦ UJ / ' H ' <) rd ( -hainliorlain , haH tlio direction of'Uiin porth ' l ' ° ¦ < lx uko Hh () ul ( 1 bo ftt olu : o worthy of 1 ' , i ' T and tho man , wiaoly placed tho maltor in i-lio ua ot <> "o of tho first architects and artistu of tho day ,
Professor Cockerell , R . A ., who in the kindest manner consented to act , and at once prepared a series of elaborate and very beautiful sketches . These designs have already received the warm approval of her Majesty and Prince Albert , and the progress of the works is only delayed by the care necessary in the removal of those time-honoured relics—in the shape of captured flags—with which the walls of the old hall are hung . Many of these flags were taken in the Duke of Wellington ' s own battles , and it is intended that all these shall be introduced in the decoration of the chamber after the walls havo been dressed . The catafalque on which , the coffin will rest is to be placed at one end of the hall , opposite to the door through which the public will be admitted . The windows will be all dark , and the only light obtained
will be from colossal wax candles contained in silvered candelabra , fourteen feet high , pf which there are nearly one hundred , placed at ptated intervals along the hall , which will be lined with- men of the Grenadier Guards ( the Duke ' s regiment ) with theip arms reversed . The period that has elapsed aince the Duke ' s death has been occupied to very great advantage by the Earl Marshal and his assistants in the College of Arms . The heraldic and armorial decorations have been arranged with the greatest possible accuracy , and it is believed the effect of this portion of the ceremonial will far exceed anything of the kind witnessed of late years . Sir Charles Young , Garter Kingat-Arms , is devoting himself to the completion of all the important matters coming within his department .
The Men Arrested For Beins Implicated In...
The men arrested for beins implicated in the duel at Egham were on Thursday remanded , and have been sent to Horsemonger-lane Gaol . The jury have returned the following verdict in the case of the keeper who was killed by the cobra : — " That Edward Horatio Girling died from the effects of wounds inflicted by a venemous serpent , known as the ' cobra de capello , ' and that the injuries were the results of his own rashness , whilst in a state of intoxication . "
A Copy Of The Following Circular Has Bee...
A copy of the following circular has been addressed to the chairman of every board of guardians in the United Kingdom : — " Sir , —I am instructed to inform you that it has been resolved to hold , in the Town Hall , Manchester , on Wednesday , the 3 rd of November next , a Conference of Members of Parliament , Guardians of the Poor , Ministers of Religion , and others favourable to the principle of substituting , in Poor-Law . Unions , / productive employment for mere relief , either in total idleness , or accompanied by degrading and useless taskwork . " Viscount Goderich will take the chair at eleven o ' clock
in the forenoon . " In order to avoid loss of time in unnecessary discussion , it has been decided that tho objects of the Conference shall be confined to the two following , viz .: — " 1 st . To collect and bring under consideration the various methods in use , in English or Irish Unions , for usefully employing the Poor receiving In or Out Door ' lielief , ' with the pecuniary and other results , beneficial or not , arising from , their adoption . " 2 nd . To consider and adopt means for promoting tho general enforcement of productive and healthful labour , and otherwise furthering tho benevolent purposes of tho Poor-Law Association .
"In the event of your concurrence in measures which are increasingly felt to be not only more just and humane to tho Poor , but calculated to diminish tho burthen of pauperism , correct the indolent habits often predisposing to it , and reduce the number of those who recruit the ranks of crime , I have tho honour very respectfully to invito yourself , and any of your colleagues to be present on tho occasion ; and I beg to express an earnest hope that your Board will take into serious consideration , and concur in remedying , evils equally doplorablo upon humane , economical , or Christian grounds .
"It is conceived that the present condition of the country is peculiarly favourable to tho gathering together of gontlomon qualiiied , by prolonged observation and experience , to offer suggestions for tho practical adoption of improvements in Poor-Law administration , which have already proved successful in some plocos , and if generally enforced , would not onlyproduoo immediate benefittotlie Ratepayers , and the Poor , ' but prepare tlio country to encounter , without risk or inconvenience , those periodical commercial crises , which tho records of the past provo to bo inevitable . History has too fatally shown that measures taken hastily , and under immediate pressure , are totally inadequate to tho evils to bo mot , and involvo—as they did recently in Ireland enormous waste of tlio national resources . Tho comparatively slight prossuro of thoso evils at present only renders tho t ' inio moro propitious for introducing tho proposed improvements .
" I would also especially remind you that tho recent , ' Order' of tho Poor-Law Hoard renders an inquiry into tho bout means of ' Hotting tlio Poor to work ' urgently important , both to tho ( Juaidians and to tlio Ratepayers . Tho actual experience of very many Unions , particularly in Ireland , soorns to demonstrate that tho didicultios of complying with tlio requirements of tho Lnw in this rcHpoct , are rnoro imaginary than real . " II" it . bo tho pu ' rpoHO of yourself , or any of your brother Guardians , to attend tho Coni ' orcnce , an intimation to thai , olfoct from you , njmn an narfy day after tho rocoijrf <>/ this , will bo highly esteemed .
" I nni also dosircd to stato that , in t . ho ovorit of your non-attendance , any practical nuggoMtions , from Momhoi-Hof your Hoard , calculated to aMHist tho Conference in carrying out thoir objects , will bo accootalilo , and tlio requisite stops taken to bring thorn uudor tlio consideration of tho Public and tho Legislature . " I have tlio honour to bo , Mir , " Your very obedient servant , " A hciiiiiai . i ) ( J . Htark , " Oonoral Secretary of tho 1 ' oor-lju . w AHitouiuliou . " " 7 , Norlblk-fltroet , Munoheutor , October aoth , 1852 . "
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...
There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed , when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Arnold .
Belgium, Cuba, And Turkey. In Three Quar...
BELGIUM , CUBA , AND TURKEY . In three quarters of the world , all of them important as turning points of action for the future , the British Government is understood to have taken up a position ; and , as usual with our present Administration , that position is precisely the one which should not be taken . For Cuba , as we might have expected , the report is , that the English Government has actually given assurance to Spain that she will be supported . This report has been put in circulation before , but it is now accompanied by the further
intimation , that Spain herself would view a war without dissatisfaction . On what ground she could be prepared for so expensive a sport , we cannot at first understand ; but it may be supposed that by any general commotion—and almost any commotion in Europe , just now , must be general—Spain may hope to obtain guarantees for the maintenance of her present system , which she is unable to obtain by any power of her own . That England should be on the side of old , decayed Spain , and against the United States , would be a calamity ; and if the report should have in it any shadow of truth , the public ought , as soon as possible , to repudiate both the position and the Cabinet that has occasioned it . Every
fresh difficulty in the United States only concentrates and strengthens the purpose which has been moving the people of that llepublic ; and in the last accounts , we notice that shrewd politicians who have hitherto been undecided , like the New York Herald , the Times of America , are now obliged to fall in with the sentiment of the day— " Cuba must be ours , and at ' once . " It is not to be expected that the United States will stop in the course thus declared . The Government at Washington cannot prevent it ; diplomatic objections will be brushed away like straw ; and if England should attempt to interfere , the sole residuum for us will bo tho worst hostility that can befal us .
Nearer homo , there is another quarter on which tho politics of Europe turn , —Belgium . When Belgium was made into an independent kingdom , her neutrality was guaranteed by the principal powers of Europe . That neutrality is now invaded by a coercive " recommendation " from thoso powers , —so say . s the Morning Post , " to make it a sinc-qud-non in the formation oC a now Government , that it ahull present to tho Chambers a Bill to impose some restraint upon the licentiousness of tho Belgium press in its expression of opinion with reference to foreign and
friendly states . " In other words , . King Leopold is coerced into imposing a condition upon any new Cabinet , Liberal or otherwise , that it shall restrain criticism on I < Yenehor Austrian politics ; and tho name authority which wo have already ({ noted , announces that tho British Government has taken part in this recommendation ! Jjorrl Mahneslmry and his " intimate friend" are in a compact alliance , therefore , with tho despotic K ) wer « . It is promotion , perhaps , for Louis apoleon to attain that position ; but that England should help him to it , and place herself by Iuh side , i . s a degradation to the country .
The third pivot of politics , which is just now sensible of great agitation , is Turkey . Tlio Hank , which maintained a kind of Hcini-om ' eial nlliiuir . o with tho Htate , had received the royal authority , to contract a loan of f >() , ()()() , <)()() piastres , m hieh , reduced to . English denominations , would bo about half a million . The guarantee , indeed , was due to the credit of the Hank , the Government having used that eHtahlinhment as n rough mode of supplies for an exchequer hnukrupl . under tlu » most lavish expenditure . Hut thin loan was to ho obtained in tne markets of i ' ariti and London , and was negotiated at tho iualunou
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30101852/page/9/
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