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ISTo. 423, May la 1858.] THE LEADER. 4®&
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THE CONFERENCES IN PARIS. The plenipoten...
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THE CONTINENT. The annual meeting of the...
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Mr. Wali'OI.k has resigned his appointme...
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and gorse and heaps of pine cones that lny about . Fed by these most inflammable materials , it seems to have spread very rapidly , advancing simultaneously along the old Guildford road and towards the Mitchet hills ; Tie views to be got from these steep heights into the country below were picturesque beyond description , and the little glens and shady dales that lay between the ridges were exceedingly beautiful . Now nothing can exceed the desolate and . weird-like aspect of the whole
scene . All except the largest trees have been consumed , mid the scorched aud blasted appearance of these only makes the desolation still more striking in its appearance . The whole of the extensive range-of the Mitchet heights appear like so many huge mounds of charcoal , the black look of which contrasts most sadly with the rich green hills and plantations to be seen around . The intense silence , too , that pervades tlie great extent of hill and . dale over which the lire has raged is not the least mournful of its many impressive features . "
Mb . Morris Moore ' s "Raphael . "—We have received letters from Paris describing the host of visitors that crowd the rooms occupied by Mr . Morris Moore , 54 , Rue de Grenelle St . Germain . Among them are persons of the highest rank . We have also a copy of the French journal , IS'Union , which contains an article , if possible , more enthusiastic of the " Apollo and Marsyas" than those we have already given . Besides which , a private letter has arrived , upon which great reliance may be
placed , stating that a communication lias been sent ( from London ) to M . MeYime ' e , of the French Academy , and Inspecteur-General des Monuments Historiques et Antiques de France , begging him to give no support to Mr . Morris Moore or his picture ; upon which that gentleman said , " Je ne dirai autre chose que e ' est tiu magnifique Raphael . " "We have already recorded the opinion given by M . MerintKse , and he is therefore too far committed to retract , even if his politeness woidd carry him so far . — The Uu ' ddinrj News .
Mr . Edward Aixumdtv ( Jlovkk has been removed from Newgate to the Queen ' s Prison . ¦ The Cape of Good Hopb . — In the opening speech to Parliament of Governor Grey , his Excellency announced the intention of the Imperial Government to confine the King of Delhi in Tort Cox , on the frontier . The offer to employ ten disaffected . Sepoy regiments at the Cape has been declined . The attempts made to raise a regiment of CatrVes or Fingoes have failed . Hostilities were apprehended between the Orange Free-State Boers and the chief Moshesh on the long-vexed boundary question . The Kev . J . Wilson has been cruelly murdered in CaftYaria ; several coloured herdsmen have
been murdered by Ca fires -within one hundred miles of the metropolis , and a feeling of insecurity is spreading through the country . The Rajaxi ¦ Bkooki-: made a speech on Wednesday , at the anniversary festival of the City of [ London General Pension Society , held at * the Xondon Tavern . In answer to the toast of his healthy Sir James Brooke said : — "It is not a short-sighted view which this country ought to take of its future relations with the East . When we look at the development of our trade with China , and when we consider ' tlie recent occurrences in India , wo must , if we be wise men , and bo guided by wise statesmen at the helm , look some-¦ what forward , and consider what the condition of future
generations may be . It is not the present advantage that should exclusively engage our thoughts , but the future well-doing of our country should be a subject of deliberate consideration . We might gain something from the present and preserve a great deal for the future . Care should be taken of present interests , and caution adopted to prevent the introduction of a foreign influence As Tar as regards myself , such an event would be no sacrifice . Hut L look with the utmost confidence to the future . I will tell you , . however , boldly and freely , as nn Englishman ever ought to do , that , " if I do not i ' nul
that support , that encouragement , and that justice from the Government of this country which 1 expect ami hope for , then , I have rendered no services to England , ami all I have achieved may puss into tho hands of a foreign power . I have ventured thus to tell you tho truth . For the rest , L am contented to await the issue . But , gentlemen , whether in this country or in a distant clime , 1 shall over romeniber with the deepest gratitude your kindness to-night . " The Duke of Wellington presided , and the health of the lt ; ijah was proposed by Alderman IVIochi .
Pur . ss PuoSHOimoxR . — Mr . Slack , on Wednesday evening , delivered a lecture on Press Prosecutions in aid of the Prosecution Fund . The object of his discourse- was to show that tyrannicide ! might ho justified by an appeal to Scripture and to ancient and modern history , and that , good monarch * neiid not tear assassination . In the course of the evening , Mr . Edwin . lames ami Dr . -Bernard were obsorvod in tho body of tho room , and , having received an enUuiHiaHtie welcome , were , obliged to forward
come and address the- meeting . Tlie former said ho looked on Uie hile prosecution us nn all cm pi to set an obsolete , law in lorce for the . . sake of cnisliin ^ an object of political hatred , and of pandering to an alliance with a foreign despot . TIki latter expressed in warm terms hia thanks to tho jury who acquitted him , and tho people who sympathized with him . Natukaj . ( Jam . —Carbureted hydrogen obtained artificially , from ooal , peat , oil , ami wood , i * > wll Known tt 3 " gas , " of winch such Urge siuMdie . s mo now
needed for the lighting of our town . This gas ia thrown out naturally from the coal deposits of many districts ; and is sometimes , under those circumstances , used for economical purposes . The fire-temples of Western Asia were , aud still are , supplied from this source ; . at some salt works in China they have long used this inflammable gas in evaporating the braine , and lighting the premises ; the town of Fredonia , in Ne w York State , is lighted by means of a local supply of the gas ; in the Hepburn Colliery the gas from the coal is . used , in lighting the stables ; and at Wallsend a large quantity of gas ( 11 , 000 hogsheads a minute ) is bronght to the surface in iron pipes , and wasted . —MantdVs Geology .
Sugab . —In the Chemistry of Common Life , the subject of sugar is treated in detail , which renders repetition here superfluous . Two questions only need be . touched on , Is sugar injurious to the teeth ? Is it injurious to the stomach ? ' To answer the first , we have only to point to the Negroes , -wlio eat more sugar than any other human beings , and . -whose teeth are of enviable splendour and strength . To answer the second is not so easy ; yet , when we learn the many important offices which sugar fulfils in the organism , we may be certain that , if injurious at all , it is only so in excess . The lactic acid formed from sugar dissolves phosphate fo lime , and this , as we know , is the principal
ingredient of bones and teeth . By thi 3 dissolution it becomes accessible to the bones and teeth , and as sugar affects this ,. its utility is vindicated . But a surer argument is founded on the instinct of mankind . If we all so eagerly eat sugar , it is because there is a natural relation between it and our organism . Timid paxents may therefore check their alarm at the sight of juvenile forays on the sugar-basin , and cease to vex children by forbidding commercial transactions with the lolypop merchant * and cease to frustrate their desires for baTleysugar by the horrid and never-appreciated pretext of the interdict being " for their good . "—Blackwood ' s ^ Magazine .
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.: . Leader Office , Saturday , May 1 st . -LAST MGHT'S-PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . In this House , the Oaths Bill was read a third time , and passed . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE MILITIA . In answer to Mr . Labouchkhb , Mr . Walpole said that the militia would not be called tor training before the 30 th of June . MR . EDWIS JAMES . Mr . Hust asked the Home Secretary if his attention had been called to the part taken by Mr . Edwin James in tho meeting against Press . Prosecutions . —Mr . WalroLis said that until tlie notice of the question svas given his attention hadnot been called to the proceedings at the mooting in question , but he then read the report with the utmost -astonishment . Jle was since informed that Mr . James attended , not with Dr . Bernard , but as a spectator , and that he onlv came forward on being
called on . In many respects , tlie report was inaccurate with regard to Mr . Jjunes having refused a brief for the Crown in the case of Bernard ; tlie Attorney-General applied to Mr . James to have his assistance in the prosecution , and he answered that he had been retained by the defendant and had had consultations in the case . The . statement , therefore , that Mr . James said he rejected a retainer in the prosecution because it was an attempt to revive an obsolete Act of Parliament at the request of a foreign de-pot , -was incorrect . Ue ( Mr . Walpole ) had given his full assent to Mr . Jamas being Dr . Bernard's counsel ; the regular license for the purpose was at once given . It ought to be known that the Crown never deprived prisoners of any counsel they required . MUTILATIONS AND EXECUTIONS AT ( ANTON . In answer to Mr . ltomsKT . soN , Mr . Sicvmouu Fitzc ; kuai , i > . said that , with regard to a statement which had appeared of certain barbarous executions at Canton , there was no information on the subject ; but ho was . sure they could not have occurred iimlcr the cognizance of anv -English tribunal .
Till ' , INDIAN KKSOl-imONH . ' On the motion for going into committee on the resolutions on the ( . iovennucut of India , Lord Hanky Vanio moved that the change of circumstances since the first proposal by her M . 'ijcsty '» advisors to transfer tho government of India from tho East , India Company to tho Crown renders it inexpedient , to proceed fuitLiev with legislation on the Kuliject during llic present . session He reviewed the . position in -which the question now stands , which he contended materially altered tho necessity which he , wiLh many others , thought existed for immediate legislation . Notwithstanding the huceeSfcCH of our nrin . s in India , tho condition of thingM in Hint countrv was not favouiahlo . (» the
adoption oi any wv . nl change of ( . joverinuenl . — Public opinion out of doors had not , decidedly pronounced as to what ought to bo tho future government
of India . —Mr Gregory , who on a former- evening had made a motion for postponing legislation this session , said he had -withdrawn it only in deference to the feeling of the House . He disclaimed any party motives in the course he had taken , being only actuated by a sincere belief that it was an inopportune moment to legislate for India . —Mr . Arthur Mills opposed the motion , and Sir Francis Baring advocated delay . —Mr . Milner Gibsoj ? -was in favour of proceeding with the resolutions . —Lord Balmkrstox also opposed the motion , and declared his readiness to consider the resolutions in a fair spirit . —Lord Stablest , on the part of the Government , declared their intention of proceeding with legislation in the present session . The House then
divided—For the motion ... 447 For the amendment ... ... 57 Majority ... ... 390 Lord Johx RussELii then stated certain modifications which he proposed to make on the amendments of which he had given notice on the Government resolutions . The Plouse then went into committee . Mr . Disraeli simply moved the first resolution : — " That as the territories under the government of the East India Company are by law to remain under such government only till Parliament shall otherwise pro- > vide , this House is of opinion that it is expedient that the transfer of such government to the Crown should now take place , in order that direct superintendence of the whole empire may be placed under one executive authority . "
A discussion followed , in which Mr . Mangles , Sir Edward Colebrooke , Sir G . G . Lewis , Mr . Horsmlan , Colonel Sykes , and Mr . Disraeli took part . The resolution was agreed to , and the House then proceeded with the oi'ders of the day , which finished the sitting .
The Conferences In Paris. The Plenipoten...
THE CONFERENCES IN PARIS . The plenipotentiaries of Austria , France , Great Britain , Prussia , Russia , Sardinia , and Turkey , met on Thursday , in conference at the hotel of the Ministry of Foreign . Affairs , to take cognizance of the final act signed at Constantinople on the 5 th of last December , for the purpose of consecrating the result of the labours of the Commission created by the 30 th article in the Treaty of Paris for the definition of the Russian and Turkish frontiers in Asia . The Conference acknowledges formally to the plenipotentiaries of those two Powers the receipt of their communication . —Moniteur .
The Continent. The Annual Meeting Of The...
THE CONTINENT . The annual meeting of the Crddit Mohilier Company was held at Paris on Thursday . The profit was declared to be above seven millions of francs , three millions of which have already been distributed , at the rate of twenty-five francs per share . The remainder is reserved , and no dividend is announced . " "You will have noticed , " says the Daily News Paris . correspondent , " the decree in the Moniteur , calling out 42 , 000 soldiers of the class 1 S 56 , which the Minister of War had , for ' budgetary ' considerations , postponed inrdefinitely . It ia now , as always , next to impossible to know whether the army is substantially augmented or not . The explanation given for the present levy is that the reductions of 1857 have brought down the effective strength of the army below the complement fixed by tlie Budget of 18-18 . "
The Vonstitutionnel contains the following remarks on the Budget in the spirit of ] SI . Vuitry ' s speech : —" The commission , in its report , expresses a desire to reduce the budget of the Ministry of War , which absorbs half of the government resources . IJut the question is not purely a financial one ; it is essentially political , and consequently can only be solved by considerations of a superior order . Save in thi . s budget , tho possibility of effecting an economy scarcely exists , so hardly pushed are ve by the necessities of a . civilisation -which constantly imposes fresh duties on the State-. " ( general Esphuisae has signed a decree interdicting the ( jivculution in France of the Jiulvpeiulaiice Beige till further orders .
I he Uelnrcsta Bill has beon fin . rily adopted in the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies by 110 to 12 . It is ' confidently reported at Berlin that Queen Victoria will visit the Prussian capital in September .
Mr. Wali'oi.K Has Resigned His Appointme...
Mr . Wali'OI . k has resigned his appointment ns Church Estates Commissioner in consequence of holding the ollice of Home Secretary , and tho Archbishop of Canterbury baa appointed in his place Mr . Dccdcs , tlio member for East Kent . Sih Alicxani > i : u Cocichurn baa been neriously ill , but we are glad to learn Hint ho is now recovering . MioKTiNd oi < ' Limn Dkkuy ' s SurrouTHits . —A mooting of tlio political supporters of tlie , Karl of Derby was held yesterday morning at his oflicinl residence in DowniiiR-. strect . Circulars , inviting members of the House of Commons who ar «> in favour of his Lordship ' s general policy , were issued on Wednesday , and about , a hundred -certainly not . more ( saya the O' / of / a )— ~ Hnondud to tin ) Invitation . According to tho £ >///> , the number was 18 !) .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1858, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_01051858/page/11/
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