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evidently much affected , was repeatedly interrupted by the applause of the members of the deputation . Lord Palmerston himself was deeply moved , and the most eager interest was manifested by the members of the household in the back ground . When her ladyship had sat down Lord Palmerston addressed the deputation as follows : — " Gentlemen , I hope you will allow me to say that I feel quite unable adequately to express to you the feelings with which the circumstances of this day have inspired me . To receive such a flattering mark of approval and esteem from so large a number of independent members of
the popular branch of the Legislature would at any time be a source of the greatest pride and gratification ; but at the present moment I need scarcely say that the compliment you have paid me is peculiarly acceptable . Such marks of confidence and approbation from the representatives of his fellow countrymen afford the strongest inducements to a public man to use his best exertions in the performance of the important obligations he is called upon to fulfil , and form the noblest rewards he can look to receive . I can assure you that this mark of your approval will but serve to encourage me in the performance of my public duties . With regard to my official conduct , I may say I feel supported by the conviction on the one hand that I have been influenced by no other motive than a regard for the honour and interests of our
common country ; and on the other , by a belief that he who so acts is certain to secure the good opinion and approval of his impartial fellow-citizens . One of the first objects of foreign policy is , as I conceive , to protect the interests committed to the charge of the Minister , and to afford our fellow subjects abroad protection against injustice and wrong ; and , on the other hand , to maintain and preserve peace where it can be done without forfeiture of that position to which a great and free country is entitled in the scale of nations . These feelings have hitherto guided me ; and the kind expression of your confidence this day , thus flatteringly conveyed , will but stimulate me to an energetic maintenance of the principle and policy thus approved . Gentlemen , I again thank you for the honour you have done me , and I beg to assure you with all sincerity that I consider this the proudest day of my life . " Prolonged cheering furnished a fitting finale to this interesting scene .
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FRANCE . In the sitting of the French Assembly , on Friday evening , General Lahitte , the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic , announced the final settlement of the Greek question and the restoration of friendly relations with England . The terms agreed upon are substantially those settled by Lord Palmerston in the London conference with M . Drouyn de Lhuys , so far as the arrangements entered into between Mr . Wyse and the Government of Greece are unfulfilled . The claims of the respective parties are already paid , and the actual sum handed over is more than that agreed to be taken in the London conference . The only point not entirely
ended is the indemnity set apart for the claims of Senor Pacifico upon the Government of Portugal . By the settlement at Athens a sum of money was set apart by the Greek Government to await the arbitration of Greece and Great Britain , and an umpire to be chosen by them in case of disagreement . By the new engagement , similar to that agreed upon in London , the arbitration of France is accepted , and a diplomatic solution is substituted for the substantial arrangement entered into at Athens . The French Government has publicly expressed itself in the tribune as satisfied with the termination of the negotiations , and the Foreign Minister has in the same public manner reiterated his anxiety for the promotion of peace and friendship between the two
countries . The debate on the Dotation Bill was brought to a close on Monday . The first speaker was M . Fould , Minister of the Finances , who rose thus early in order to indicate the course which Ministers meant to take . He denied that the measure proposed by the Government for the increase of the President ' s allowances concealed any of the arriere pensdes which people had attributed to it ; and , in order to show that such was not the case , he declared that the
Cabinet would accept the amendment proposed by the five members of the minority in the committee , and which was to the following effect : —* ' There is opened to the Minister of the Finances , on the exercise of 1850 , an extraordinary credit of 2 , 160 , 000 f . for the expences of the Presidency . " He added , tV \ at the measure put in this form would leave it open to the Assembly to adopt any course for the next year that it might think proper , and would at the same time preserve the dignity of both powers .
This declaration from the Minister of Finances yas received with approbation by a large portion of the majority , but the Legitimists and Republicans were perfectly silent . After a debate of little more than two hours , in the course of which General Changiirnier spoke warmly in favour of the bill , the Assembly divided , when the numbers were—For the bill , 354—Against it , 308 Majority for the Ministry , 46 .
Another of those extraordinary instances of persecution in which the French authorities have recently indulged , has just occurred in the department of the Seine and Marne . A Madame Horseaux , livinsr at Fontenelles , who had just received a journal ( a Republican journal , of course ) from Paris , lent it to a friend . For this she was prosecuted for hawking without a licence , and the criminal tribunal of Provins sentenced her , by default , to a month ' s imprisonment and a fine of twenty-five francs . Both the prosecutor and the defendant appealed to the tribunal of Melun , the prosecutor declaring that the punishment awarded by the court of Provins was insufficient . An able advocate from Paris defended Madame Horseaux , but the court confirmed the sentence of the court below , only reducing the imprisonment from one month to eight days . Here , then , is a respectable woman subjected to prosecution , fined , and imprisoned , for lending a newspaper to a friend . This is the second case of the same kind that has happened within the last two months .
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MORE MIRACLES . The Italian papers contain strange accounts of more miracles in the province of La Marca , and especially of a picture of our Saviour , which has disappeared from a church in the town of Sivola , and has been seen by the mariners of the Adriatic sailing about between two lighted tapers . The belief in such supernatural events , and the devotion of the pi-ovincial population , will be greatly increased by the perusal of the publication , Civiltd Cattolica , which the Government delegates have strongly recommended in circular addresses to the bishops and clergy of their districts .
The Osservatore Romano publishes a letter from Fossombrone , announcing that another miraculous image of the Virgin has commenced to move its eyes in that town . Except its smaller size , it is the exact copy of that at Rimini , and belongs to a woman called the Fattora , to whom it was made a present of on her wedding by a Monsignor , who is not named . It is added that this image began to move its eyes almost
at the same time as that of Rimini , and the miracle was first observed in private by the owner and some of her female friends . The Bishop Ugolini nfterwards got it placed in the Episcopal Chapel . A commission of theologians appointed to give it » opinion lias declared itself satisfied of the iact , and made a favourable report ; in consequence of which it was transported to the cathedral , where it now cures the halt , the blind , the dumb , and the denf . Immense sums have already been received for alms by the church .
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THE QUEEN'S STATE BALL . The Queen gave a state ball ( the first this season ) on Wednesday evening , at Buckingham Palace . The reception was unusually brilliant , the invitations numbering nearly two thousand , and comprising the Royal Family , the foreign Princes in this country ; the whole of the diplomatic corps ; the cabinet
ministers and principal members of the administration with their wives and daughters ; the officers of state , and the ladies and gentlemen of the households of the Queen , the Prince , and the different members of the Royal Family ; all foreigners of distinction at present in town ; several hundred members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons ; and many distinguished officers both in the naval and military
. The ladies appeared in new dresses of great beauty and richness , exhibiting every variety of colour and design in the fabrics , which were of the most elegant and costly materials . Jewelled ornaments of the greatest brilliancy and value adorned most of the costumes . The gentlemen were all in court dress , officers of the army , navy , and ordnance , wearing their respective uniforms , and members of the administration , the full dress official costume . Members of Orders of Knighthood all appeared in their different insignia .
Half-past nine o clock was the time of invitation , and shortly before that time the guests began to arrive : those having the entree alighting at a temporary entrance in the garden of the palace , while the general company alighted at the Equerry's entrance , in Pimlico . The visitors all ascenied the grand staircase , and , passing through the green , drawing-room , were ushered into the picture gallery , the alcove of which was filled with numerous and beautiful flowering plants , which were also tastefully inserted in all the recesses within the State Saloons and the approaches .
At ten o ' clock the Queen and Prince Albert , accompanied by the Prince of Prussia , and preceded by the officers of the Royal Household entered the ball-room , followed by the Duchess of Sutherland , the other lords and ladies in waiting , and the rest of the company . The Queen opened the ball with the Prince of Prussia , the vis-a-vis being Prince Albert and the Duchess of Sutherland . Refreshments were served to the company during the evening in the Green Drawing-room . A state supper was afterwards served in the principal dining-room , the table of which was decorated in the accustomed style of regal splendour and magnificence .
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THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS AND THE POST-OFFICE . A meeting of newspaper proprietors was held at Peele ' s Coffee-house , on Tuesday , to devise measures to prevent the stoppage of the delivery of newspapers through the instrumentality of the post-office , on Sunday . After a short discussion it was resolved to appoint a deputation to wait upon the First Lord of the Treasury and on the Postmaster-General , to urge upon them the necessity for rescinding the recenc post-office regulation . A petition to the House of Commons was also adopted , complaining that newspaper proprietors and persons employed on the press , have been suddenly and without notice grievously injured in their property and occupation . They urge also : —
«• That her Majesty ' s Government , in suddenly acting upon the resolve of an accidental majority , by stopping the delivery of the post on Sundays without taking measures to consult the real sense of your honourable House , has abandoned its duty and despotically trifled with the property and interests of your petitioners . " That the annual amount of Sunday labour which will be occasioned by the efforts of the newspaper proprietors to protect their property will be threefold that saved by the new regulations . " That the Post-office is a close monopoly of the most essential means of communication which necessarily can only be justified by its rendering the most complete and equal service at all times , to all parties who require its agency .
" That to make this great public institution subservient to the sectarian opinions of any body of individuals , is an usurpation of the rights of government , and a perversion ofits duties . " The daily papers are full of complaints from people in all parts of the country , who are suffering from this temporary giving way to the Sabbatarians . One writer complains that any communication from a relative who is now travelling in Scotland will be detained there , whatever the urgency , from
Saturday afternoon till Monday morning . By rail he could reach the spot in twenty hours , but , from the time of his friend's arrival at a certain p lace till the announcement of it reaches London , will be 96 , and possibly 115 hours . A Cambridge uttorney was favoured with two letters , sent to him (»> y country clients whose legal business required prompt attention ) by special messengers . If this may bo taken as a fair specimen of the amount of Sunday labour caused by the Ashleyitcs , they cannot boast much of their having effected a useful reformation .
A third case was much worse in its consequences , and will serve to show how mischievously the new rule would act were it allowed to continue . A bill for a great public improvement came before a committee of the House uf Lords on Friday last , and was adjourned to permit certain evidence to be obtained . A letter was written and posted that day , reached the person addressed on Saturday , was duly answered
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June 29 , 1850 *] tR % t & ££ & £¥ + 317
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UNITED STATES . By the arrival of the American steam-ship Atlantic at Liverpool , on Wednesday morning , we have advices from New York to the 15 th instant . The only important intelligence is that relating to Cuba . From the last accounts from Washington it appears that the condition of the relations between the Government of the United States and Cuba are not in so satisfactory a condition as the previous accounts would induce us to believe . The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer states that despatches had been received at the State department from the American Consul at Havannah , dated the 8 th of June , in which he states that the captains of the Georgiana and Sarah Lond will probably be executed by the Spanish authorities , unless the United States Government immediately and peremptorilj' interferes . The other prisoners would , it was believed , be treated with less severity . This was the impression not only of the Consul , but of the American shipmasters and others at Havannah . The Consul asks for positive instructions to demand the surrender of the prisoners , fearing that no other interference would have the slightest effect . At Havannah a good deal of excitement continued to prevail . An application for a writ of error in the case of Professor Webster , lately convicted of the murder of Dr . Parkman , was under the consideration of the Supreme Court of Boston . The points raised werethat the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction in the case , and had no right to try Webster ; that neither judgment nor sentence was in accordance with the requirements of the statute ; that no record of the ordering of the case to the Supreme Court by the Municipal Court appears ; that legal service of the indictment does not appear to have been made ; that the sentence was not in accordance with the statute in saying that the said Webster should be taken from the gaol whence he came , and thence to the place of execution , which is in the precincts of the gaol .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 29, 1850, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1844/page/5/
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