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ST . ALBANS ELECTION . ^ ok lju ,, _ , . „ -. . „ . thousanc titest for the representation of St . Albans The im of rather an exciting character . The two the prOpi s were Mr . Bell ( Liberal ) and Mr . Alder- fer with en ( Tory ) At the nomination , which took subject , londay , Mr . Carden accused his opponents resorted to wholesale bribery for the pur- CHRI ^ curing Mr . Bell ' s return . He stated , also , j n a ] j ttleman had called on him , as soon as the abodes ir racant , and offered it to him on payment of festival ' [ rich sum he ultimately offered to lower to according L ¦> « , » . „ we are t
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he agents of the two candidates were ac- to roast j aged in securiug their adherents—bands of not com ambulated the streets—carriages and four , noble bai orses and riders gaily decked out with , the table in t the candidates , posted along the streets , to included the voters ; bands of music played stirring royal hoi i large force of men , some of them in a state j ^ t the ation , marched through the streets , cheer- inmates ing , and hurrahing ; and crowds of persons , iess aDU female , were assembled in the streets . Christmi was almost entirely suspended , and electors frOm bon electors devoted themselves entirely to the porter , y 'he "nollinsr commenced at eierht o ' clock , and , » , ;?* , , !„ , >
i very languidly , the greater number of the Sii"ar ex : eeping back , apparently in expectation of aref prov ( factory determination of their doubts . When regaled > ck arrived , the Mayor declared the final meats & le poll as follows : — tne guai Sell . 276 mates of 'arden 147 of two i Majority for Mr . Bell ~ 129 tion . th " nouncement was received with loud cheers the " esta
iends of the successful candidate . crease ii 11 stood forward to address the electors , but -which is r was so great that not a word he said could -whole , and at length he merely said that he thanked during t ors for ^ the honour they had done him in per cent bum their representative , and desisted from chial rel er attempt to make a speech . rden was received also with a good deal of pp , I interruption . He was understood to say tugh he was defeated at the poll , yet he felt r « , -r eality he was victorious . He then referred . " 7 , - i
iceedings by which , he said his election had . , ; ated , and expressed his determination to Prin e ^ lecessary steps to upset the election . , r . - Duches PROPOSED PARK FOR FINSBTJRY . John B tation , consisting of Lord Robert Grosvenor , Anson , James Duke , Bart ., M . P ., Mr . Wakley , John ai id several other gentlemen , waited upon Russell , n Russell , on Tuesday , at his official resi- Hon . T , "nowmnnr-atrflpf- tn nrpaont a mamn-rial and La J ^/ TlliuigOllbvi '\ 4 \ J / ILOdlb Cb ± ll * ZlML \ J ± la ±
x - ) ^ . ~ at a meeting of nearly 3000 inhabitants of Lady < , on the subject of the new park so much Brookej a that borough . The deputation having M . P ., I roduced by Mr . Wakley , Mr . Woodward Mr . H . $ necessity of procuring an open space in the above p district of London for the healthful recrea- nobility exercise of the vast multitudes it contained , seat , to mpressed upon his lordship that , as a sani- " Wobu j ure , the proposed park had the strongest of a sei pon the favourable consideration of the which t ent . tion . 1 J / Vhovf rrrnBronor nViearTro / l iViat Virt Tiorl tym _ Ol -LillCP \ tk 1 t ¦» f f
W S ^ W * V ^^ * \^ -J w » * * ^* A % ^ c ^ fcj ^* * v ^ V * V * * V * W * * ^* * * W V *» -r * W m the meeting from which the memorial had Macauli I , from a strong conviction , not merely that favourit lorth of London was necessary , but also 8 i ° ° * ic thought it but just that the same pro- ments l ould be made out of the public resources for longed ' as had been made for the metropolitan ini south and east of the Thames . His lordad that the site of the proposed park was The ant from Regent ' s and Victoria Parks , and ^ pa ] ' adopted , complete the circle of parks around j ack s enpnlcprs fvnlninpfl tn tint * "Prnmipr t . He nlan m .
ation of the proposed park . Three plans compan uded to—viz ., one containing an area of <• Betsy ; s , which it was estimated would cost portatio >; 480 acres at a cost of £ 200 , 000 ; and 380 Regent + ' 18 ( 1 . Oflf t . T > wna nf rrve > nt imnnrfnnnfi to mornint
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isely the workmen were gathered in a crowd entrance , and the Queen ' s carriage came up cheers and other demonstrations of hearty n alighting , her Majesty was received by the jentlemen , representing the royal commis-; h Lord Granville at their head : Mr . Cubitt , id , Mr . Cole , Mr . C . Wentworth Dilke , Dr . olonel Lloyd , Mr . C . Wild , Mr . Owen Jones , 1 . Digby Wyatt . Mr . Paxton and Messrs . enderson , the contractors , were also present , er Majesty ' s first visit to the works , and her of hearty admiration were frequent . Her ittention was particularly drawn to the men wmie
pon the transept ; ana ner majesty was tnd , the first panes of glass were fixed in this building . On leaving the ground , # fter a stay \ duration , the royal party were loudly cheered : men . iniversary meeting of the Edinburgh Morayanics' Society , last week , the chairman , Mr . i Gordon , Sheriff of Edinburgh , in proposing ) f the Queen , said , ?• I have had occasion ben this room , to tell you my belief that graby step , her Majesty would at last touch the
nurUa UI ivAUlu-y , U . UU . x u > puaocooiuu a . i , which I believe to be tolerably correct , that probably , we shall find her landing at Burg-? r way to Balmoral . " This would lead to the ^ hat the long-projected visit to Dunrobin be next year carried out , her Majesty pro-Sutherland by sea , and after staying some heir Graces the Duke and Duchess of Sutherroas in the royal yacht to Burghead , and take nd road to Balmoral , by ilothes , Tomantoul , . ff . he things to be sent from Vienna to the Exhivery magniflcentbookcase in carved wood , in-. present from the Emperor to Queen Victoria , fork of an artist named Leistler , and is very Academy of Sciences , on Monday , Lord read a supplementary paper on his welleriments on light . Great interest was excited numerous auditory by the contents of this reading of which lasted an hour , and which t , be considered as the complement of that is lordship last year , it may be remembered , sount of his previous experiments . His lord-> liged to wear a green shade over his eyes , continue wrak . The state of his sight has rented Lord Brougham from goinsr on with the ments which he had projected . He left Paris ,
V evening , for London , nburgh Committee for procuring the erection nent to the memory of the late Lord Jeffrey led that it shall take the form of a work of It will probably be a statue , for the Parliament 'he subscriptions at present amount to £ 2200 . s on the Civil List of £ 100 a-year cnoh have tod to Mr . Gorge Petrie , LL . D ., and to Mr . d . D . Mr . Petrie is a number of the Royal Academy of Arts , and Vice-President of the h Academy of Sciences . lie is author of the n treatise on the Round Towers of frefand , and ther antiquarian works . Dr . Kitto has been , umb from an accident when a boy , in spite o *
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it would be at the expense of as many -weeks of i the manne le lord remarked that it appeared to him the premis ed park was desirable , and he would con- are of opir r George Grey and Lord Seymour on the committed A young " has been b : 'MAS-DAY IN THE WORKHOUSES . shooting a ouses , from Windsor Castle down to the JlJeS aSoi abited by pauperism , the annual Christmas at , out ' thre < s been observed with much abundance , jng to forC { to the newspapers . At Windsor Castle , alternately d , " the baron of beef which graced the men , whon sr table on Christmas-dav was nut down them . On «
nine o ' clock on Monday morning , and was sum of mi eted before ten o ' clock that night . The were burg ] a was served up cold , and placed on a side m 8 S i dining room . " The dinner circle merely impudence le Duchess of Kent and the ladies of the m hls sh ° t i , young wor 9 u -4 . x . r . u night with arious workhouses in the metropolis the t ^ Haicr ? re regaled in the usual style of greater or was admiti lance . At Marvlebone workhouse " the oonf tho « a
-day fare is half a pound of roast beef , free A darin ; one pound of plum , pudding , one pint of night at th bread , potatoes , and other vegetables , terrace , 1 unce of tea and a quarter of a pound of church , ai a to each adult . The adults , who use it , eight » the 3 ; d with tobacco and snuff , and the children ^ as , . ^ l i a ^ down stan the evening with oranges , nuts , sweet- Dersons w ] , provided for by a subscription amongst ^ ^ s a m ans . The Christmas pudding for the in- an ( j COVer lis large establishment consisted of upwards man serva 5 ui ii () oi luii oi iiuil
jh . . ur , one quarter a , cnen , ana rith suet , lemon peel , spices , &c , in propor- great coat much more gratifying fact connected with been drop ishment , than the dinner affair , is the de- open . ; he number of paupers since last Christmas , aid to be about 2000 , or 25 per cent , of the i London , altogether , the total decrease The cor i year has been about 30 , 000 , being about 20 ceived an of the whole number in receipt of paro- morning , f in the metropolis . accompan works . N for the Qi
veral robberies of plate , jewellery , &c , and in which an entrance has been effected into go nearly accords that the police authorities m that the whole of the burglaries have been y one and the same gang , lan named Tyrrelt , residing in Manchester , ught up before the magistrates , charged with 'oung man named Joseph Haigh . Tyrrell b was sleeping in a lodging-house in Huttona fortnight ago , and that he was awakened •' clock in the morning by some one attemptthe back door and the back window-shutters On looking out at the window he saw two le warned to go away , or he would fire at
jf them still persisted , and , as he had a large ey in his pocket , and was afraid that they s , he fired a pistol at the man who was try-. The man then exclaimed , " D n your ' and went away . Haigh received the charge ler , and is said to be in a dangerous way . A n , who appears to have been spending the yrrell , corroborated his evidence . It is said > a 8 been once convicted of burglary . Tyrrell 1 to bail ; two sureties of £ 50 each . At pre-• seems rather mysterious , attempt at robbery took place on Sunday i house of Mr . John Carlyon ,
Strangwayson returning to their house , about half-past > und the nursemaid in violent hysterics . As recovered , she stated that as she was coming with a candle , she thought she heard some ipering in the parlour , and presently afterrushed out , and threw her back on the stairs , her face with her mistress's cloak . The , hearing the noise , came up from the kitiund her as described , and also that some which were hanging up in the passage , had d near the front door , which was left wide
MISCELLANEOUS . actors of the great Exhibition building reintimation shortly before eleven on Monday tat at eleven o ' clock precisely her Majesty , I by Prince Albert , would pay a visit to the time was lost in preparing , as far as possible , en ' s reception ; but beyond laying down a nlnn / v ? Vta YYtiitf 3 « 3-ir avonnoa if wna imnnRRihlP
•^^ - •* . r T * Jk - , , ' ^ A . . *« . * . vy ^> . * . V V V JL' » IC VV 1 J 1 < VH H ABBEY . for the i ke and Duchess of Bedford , as customary eleven pr tive season of the year , are dispensing their about th > ospitality at the ancient family seat , Wo * amid \ ov > ey , to a distinguished circle of relatives l ° vi t ^" ds . Among the guests of the Duke and ' 9 1 ™ 1 ™* staying at the Abbey are Lord and Lady Colone { 3 : sell and the Hon . Miss Lister , Viscount piayfuir discount Maiden , Viscount Valletort , Sir an ( j ] yir ' Lady Georgiana Romilly , I ^ ady Frances Fox and jady E . Bulteel and Miss Bulteel , the Right This was 3 . Macaulay , Mr . Cornwall Lewis , M . P ., expressio
f jLiicxusu . J-. L ; wi& , jjiiu ^ icuuLvy , anu »» j ^ v roline Sandford , General Hare , Captain employed he Hon . G . Byng , Mr . Augustus Stafford , on tne , Sf . W . R . Grey , M . P ., Mr . Arthur Russell , P ? ° ^ tY enfell , Mr . Bulteel , &c . In addition to the v' ^ e w " sonages of rank , most of the neighbouring ^ j ie nrl oprtrv lmvo Vippti invitrvi tn the * rliif » n . l _ i _;___ ¦»«¦_
participate in the gaieties . On Monday , j # Thorns i Abbey Theatre" was opened for the first the healt s of amateur dramatic entertainments , for fore now ; Abbey has long engrossed a high reputa- dually , st e performances were under "the patronage favoured Frances Hope and the Right Hon . T . B . informati . " The piece selected was the well-known rcx ^ ^ ea farce of Turning the Tables . At the conclu- f ^ gnce le farce the company partook of refresh- / - ?!_ , ; _ ..
, „„„ —» - ^^ ^ " — -r - ^ ^— - ^^ — -m- -r ~^_ - ^^ r - ^ — v— -m ^ ^ ^ - -m m ™ - v ^ - - - , ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ V % J an adjoining saloon , the gaieties being pro- ceeding rather an advanced hour . time wltl land will BURGLARIES OF THE WEEK . the High Devil ' s own , " as the author of " Latter- an Am ^ ) hlets , " would call the men who follow the bition is ippard line , have been exceedingly active tended ai It is the
xure oi one or me iiacKeic scnoui ui : » , a . u « . « . u . » , »» a of " the Doctor , " " the Countryman , " and aker , " the ruffians recently sentenced to trans- At th for the burglary at Mr . Holford ' s in the Brougha park , was effected at Islington , last Saturday known e ; by police-officer Gooderham , after a hard amongst The man , in company with another ruffian , paper , th lenced operations for getting into the grounds may , in 1 to Belinda-cottages , Canonbury , when he was in which the policeman . At the Clerkenwell Police-court , gave an t y , the officer exhibited one of the most com ship was of instruments used by thieves that was ever which st V . Inttn . V > n JVxtwwl .... tlin man tllVirtm ll /» M \ ntn T * I »< 1 . of liitO T ] lULltf tile Ulttll niiuill hu «»| iim >»| l
} d in the memorial should be kept open . All had con > ts which years ago supplied an in-draught attachei etropolis have been built upon . on ' Mori ohn Russell manifested some surprise that jete se of London had not interfered and prevented ' n . _ i open spaces as had been alluded to from an (] n < pered with buildings . _ also ' twi akley considered the present application had determi aims upon the favourable consideration of and wh jrnment . Unless the ground were secured months
nope oi ootaining a parK ior tne norxn *»« would be gone—or , at lenst , such would be Seveno mulation of buildings upon it that it could J " / . " - " nly upon terms infinitely higher than those for £ ftcne ^ might now be obtained . He mentioned as ci , ) 80 t ice the northern end of Chancery-lane . A timej ' j s ago that part <> f tho lane might huvo been attemp at an expense of about £ 700 . A new house in gold r being built there , and if the widening ever Nott
ill r HV IUUIIU UII u . — " <¦ the spot where he captured him , there were new exp ife preservers and sonic gags . The prisoner , a on Mom ? d athletic fellow , about twenty-five years old , The ii refused to give his name , was sentenced to three of a mon mprisonment . have dei ouse of Mrs . Whittaker , at Mariners , near sculptur s , was entered about two o ' clock in the House .-of Thursday week , by three men , one of whom Pensu ord over her , which had been taken from her been gr ; The burglars attempted to force the plate J . Kitto t were unsuccessful ; and , aftnr staying some Pliberr . ii rl using violent threats in the event of any Royal li , t alarm , they decamped , taking wilh them £ 20 well-kne nd several valuables . ° ' man i Sham has been the scene , during the last few deaf and
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 28, 1850, page 941, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1863/page/4/
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