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ijpWBtXip. Saturday, May 31.
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was held at the Prince Albert , Notting-hill , on Tuesday evening , ta express sympathy with Louts Kossuth » nd his fellow refugees in Turkey , And to memorialise the British Government and Parliament to Uke measures for terminating their forcible detention in the Sultan ' s dominions , Madame Pulsky and General Vetter , with many Hungarians , were present . A deputation was appointed to wait on Lord Palmerston on the subjeet , and make their report to another meeting . The annual meeting of the subscribers and committee of the London Library was held on Saturday , at 12 , St .
James ' s-square , Lord Lyttelton presiding . The report stated that during the past year forty-mne new names have been added to tha list of annual members , and five to that of the life members , The annual member * are now 750 , and the life members 163 , making a . total of 913 . The preparation of the second volume of the catalogue , which has been delayed by the illness of the librarian ' s assistant , will be published before the end of the current year . The receipts for the past year amounted to £ 2342 Us . lOd ., and the expenditure to £ 2227 17 s . 10 d ., leaving a balance of £ 114 14 s .
Mr . O . Dobson Collet , assisted by Miss Thornton and Mies A . Hinoki , gave a musical lecture on Monday , at the Mechanics' Institution , Southampton-buildings , en the Spngs of Sbakespere , in aid of the funds of t h e Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge . The . lecture was not so well attended as the cause , and the subject deserved . The lecture is new , and no doubt , when the public are more acquainted with Mr . Collet , they will not miss , the opportunity of hearing good poetry set to good music w « U and feelingly sung ,
The thirty-fourth anniversary of the Drury-Iane Theatrical Fund , founded by David Garrlck , 1766 , for the relief and suppost of indigent and decayed members of her Majesty ' s company of comedians , their widows and children , was held on Wednesday at the Freemasons * Taverp , Great Queen-street , Benjamin Bond Cabbell , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . About 200 gentlemen sat down to the dinner , which included every delicacy of the season . The subscriptions amounted to between £ 400 and £ 500 .
William Hamilton Lowry , captain , and Thomas Macanally , the mate of the Arabia , an emigrant ship on the line between Liverpool and New York , were charged at Liverpool , on Monday , with excessive cruelty towards a man named Pye , who , In consequence of the imputed cruelty , had thrown himself overboard during the passage . Both prisoners were committed fqr trial at the nest assizes . Major William Wynn , of the East India Company ' s service , jumped off Black Rock Cliff , at Kemp Town , Brighton . A revenue officer , in an effort to save him , caught his stick , but it broke with his weight , and he fell 100 feet and waa dashed to pieces . Mr , J . James Bristow , a well-known horse-racer , shot himself at the Saracen's Head , on Saturday . In his
pocket was found a curious memorandum : — "No one would think I have been mad for a long time , but now I know it . I have tried to hide it from my dear wife , and I have succeeded , but my race i « run . Back Fernhill for St . Leger , and Canezou for the Derby . — J . B . — Friday . " Another memorandum was as follows : — "The creat error of my life has been that I have never made my darling wife acquainted with my affairs . I have been driven to do many rash things . Who will love and cherish my dear wife , whose aim has always been to conduce to my happiness ? My brain is on fire . My poor relations ! Alas , alas , what is to become of my darling wife ! " The jury returned a verdict— " Temporary insanity . "
M . Pannier , the director of the C 7 iiravari , and M . Vericer , an artist , were tried and found guilty on Tuesday for lampooning the President of the Republic . The former was sentenced to six months' impiisonment and 2000 C , and the latter to two months' imprisonment and lOOf . fine . The French in Algiers had a smart conflict with the Kiibylea under Bou Barghe ) a , at u p lace called Bougia . On the morning of the 11 th of May , the hostile bands wore observed approaching . The garrison wa . 8 soon under arms , and outside the walla arranged in the moat advantageous manner . Colonel de Wengy immediately advanced to the attack , and a oharge of his cavalry put the JCubyle horsemen to the rout , fifty of whom were left on the held . In the mean time the artillery kept up a sharp fire on the groups of infantry , and the French infantry advancing completed their defeat . Several hundreds of tho Kabyle Infantry were killed or wounded . The loss of the Freuoh was very trifling . After this dofeitVBou Bartinc'la retired towards the head of tho valley .
An armed boat ' s crow , belonging to the Jerench corvette Alemene , wus sent to find n passage for the shin on the western side of New Caledonia , in November Ust . Thoy were mot nnd all massacred but three , by tl \ o treachery of the natives , who devoured tho dead and kept the Hurvivor » prisoners . The barge wns nent to look after the boat , mid rescued tho three men . Tho corvette thon Hailed along the const , m \ d successively lazed to the ground the huts at Tuiao , destroyed the planUtioim , Ciipturml the canocH , and shot 20 of the tribe . The same retributive puniahrnent was inflicted upon Hiengnebune « ud IVuba .
Thirty families from Mecklenburg have left Hamburg for Amcricn , in the nhlu Outteuburg , under l ) r . Urockinan , with tl » e Intention of founding a Socialist colony , tho fundamental HtaUitt'fl of which are published . A'l land , fixtures , and implements ar « to be oommon property ; articles of coiiHumpMon , are to belong to the individual producer . The soqiety , iwfrs > liberty for Ha aim , can Institute no oxteriml law . apply no constraint J it MubniHta only by the free will of its members : \ % re , pudiutcs the dictation of a majority , « qd will recognise the validity only of unanimous resolutions . The Prussian Po » t , p © e « 4 « e * not * Uow ptokageti weighing less than one hundred pound * to fa * » m % toy
private carriers , but claims the transport of such as part of its monopoly . An agent collected several packages for a merchant in the provinces , and put them into one bale reaching the weight which exempted it from the postal clause . He hay , however , been condemned and fined for fraud on the revenue . A company formed at Berlin at the instigation of a former Belgian Consul at St . Thomas , for the colonisation of Nicaragua and Costa Rica in Central America is patronised by the Government . Fifteen thousand pounds have been subscribed . The Prussian Consul General for
Central America , Privy Councillor Hesse , will favour the undertaking ; a commission is about to go over to make preparations for the reception ef the artisans who will form the vanguard . Letters from Copenhagen state that at a Cabinet Council held on the 23 rd inat ., it was decided that Prince Christian of Glucksburg , who H to be adopted by his Majesty , Is to succeed to the throne at the King ' s death . A letter from Florence of the 18 th , in the Misorgimento of Turin , gives some particulars about the arrest of Count Guicciardini and six of his friends , It appears that , on the arrival of the police , they were-sitting round a table reading a chapter of the Gospel according to St . John . They were taken to prison , and examined by a magistrate on a charge of having attempted to overthrow the religiqn of the state ; but the results of this examination being entirely in their favour , the publie prosecutor
declared there were not sufficient grounds for continuing the proceedings . The correspondent adds that the police , in virtue of the discretionary power ' With which it is invested , has condemned Count Guioeiaidini and his associates tp six months' exile in the province of Volterr * . The projected Cuban expedition , frpna the United States , which was announced as being wholly broken up , has not , it would appear , 'been entirely abandoned . It is now said , that it was not the intention of the leaders to actually organize the expedition in North America , but to sail unorganized to some point beyond the boundaries of the United States , and there make tuoh arrangements as should be deemed expedient . The United States Government has chartered the Crescent City steamer , with a force of 700 men , to eruise along the coast between New York and Savannah .
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Among the properties put up for sale In the Encumbered Estates Court , Dublin , on Tuesday , was Loughcooter castle , the residence of Lord Gort , and one pf the prettiest spots in Ireland . The sale was adjourned , the Court deeming the sum offered , £ 16 , 000 , far below the value . Lord Gort , who was present , observed that his father had refused £ 50 , 000 for the castle and demesne , ar > d that so much affronted did he feel at the low sum offered that he contemplated sending a message to the gentleman who made the proposal . The rental is nearly
£ 3000 . From a return printed by order of the House of Commons it appears that in 1849 legacy duty was paid in Great Britain on £ 4-5 , 283 , 070 of capital , and on £ 45 , 815 , 694 in 1850 . The total amount paid under each rate since 1797 was £ 1 , 501 , 109 , 328 . In Ireland £ 71 , 846 of legacy duty was paid on £ 2 , 478 , 948 of capital in 1849 , and £ . 55 , 633 or £ 2 , 404 , 491 of capital in 1850 . A r « turn has been printed showing the amount of the nuMicTevenueand expenditure for each year from 1822 to
1850 . The total annual receipts during this period have ranged from £ 69 , 829 , 691 in 1824 to £ 50 , 408 , 579 in 1835 . The total expenditure was highest in 1827—viz ., £ 56 , 336 , 820 and lowest in 1835 , when it w » 8 £ 48 , 787 , 638 . The following years show an excess of public expenditure over the receipts : —1826 , 1827 , 1831 , 1837 , 1838 , 1839 , 1810 1841 , 1842 , 1847 , 1848 . The amount of the deficiency has ranged from £ 345 , 226 in 1838 to £ 3 , 979 , 539 in 1842 . The highest amount of surplus revenue during the period under review was . £ 4 , 744 , 518 in 1822 , and the lowest £ 614 , 759 in 1832 .
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Thomas Cooi'hu'b Toub . —We learn that the author of " The Purgatory of Suicides" has taken leave pf his London audiences for six months , During the last week he has been addressing crowded auditories in Manchester . Next week he proceeds to Belfast for a fortnight , and from | h « nce to Glasgow . How long be remains in Sootland ig uncertain ; but we make uo doubt that the frienda of progress in that part of the country will hwtep , to neeure his services . Mr , Cooper's address in Glasgow will be , " oare of Mr . Clarke , 152 , HuocleuKh-atreet . "
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May 31 , 1851 . ] &f > t UtaitX . 511
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TO HEADERS AND CQ&BESPONDBNTS , We shall be glad to hear again from B . R , Several letters bav * been received by our publisher complaining of the non-receipt of papers , or the non-arrival of the Leader , until Monday . We h « e made inquiry , and find that the error * h ^ ve pot arisen in our office . The Country Edition of the leader U published an Friday , and the Town Edition on the Saturday , and Subscribers should be careful to specify wbioh edition they wish to receive . Complaint * irregularity should be made to the particular r > ewa-ngfnt supplyta ? ** »• P » pe * , » nd if any difficulty should oeeor tgeiu jt will be set right on application direct to our ofBoe , 10 . Wellington-street , Strand , London . It is impassible to acknowledge the m «» s of letter * we receiv * Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a pre « of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reason * quit * indfpendent of the merit * of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , mnd on ene side of the paper only . If long , it increase ! tae difficulty « f finding epaoe for them . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , WeJlingtoattreet , Strand , London . Errata . —la the letter of E . R ., last week , " reserve »* w * a printed fer " resume "; « preaent" for ** proposed " ; ' < popwlators " for *• population " j *• in " on " ; « men for " man . " We have to apologize for these disfigurements .
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Mu . Wvi-a ' a Mi > Pi » 'OF pui Kauth .- ^ -Wo were favoured on Thursday with a private view of this construction ; and we think that next to the Enpo «! tlon it \ t * the grandest thing among tho novelties of this womderlul year . You can travel with your eyes over every part of the globe . You can » ee from Cape Horn to tha North Pole . You can truco any route , perform any imaginary tour ; and while you study the geography yi > u can , lo . uk into the geology of the earth . Hut we inuat defer a fuller notice until next week . Hoyai , HumiKV Zooi . oo . ioat . Gahdkn » . —One of the most spirited gatheringu of the at anon , aluraya excepting thoHc at the Great Inhibition , took plane at thene popular gardens on Wednesday . The first vueotiiig of
the South London Floricultural Society was held in the day , and hud drawn together a vast number to admire the beauties of nature , but as evening advanced the gnrdenn becume ponitively crammed . J ullion , with hiH monster bund pad essentially popular tnusio , puvtt a concert of Home two hour * , during whiph tjcvcml mo . 1 on were pUyed by the elite of hla corps—Koonig , us usunlly , obtaining by a great majority the quffrages of the crowd . The day wu concluded by n brilliant display af ftrcworks , and the exhibition of tho " Diaphonic Panopticon , " a gigu . ntiu pauorytrna illustrative of the n «* Q « of the world , « uubject peculiarly well chosen , for lhi , i yuur ; for the bombardments and sieges which have held the publia t » then * $ iird < w « in former aensqns would not h * ve been highly dopapliraentary to our foreign guest * .
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The House of Commons went into committee last night on the Ecclesiastical Titles ,, Assumption BUI ; and the proceedings in committee occupied the main of the evening . Mr , Keooh renewed his motion to add a proviso ( amended ) at the end of the first elause , to the effect that no criminal proceeding should be commenced or indictment preferred , under this clause , against any person , except with the consent of her Majesty ' s Attorney-General for the time being first had and obtained . At the suggestion of Mr . Waxpole the motion was withdrawn .
Upon the question that the first clause stand part of the bill , Sir James Graham entered the lists and sustained the main burden of the opposition throughout the evening . He endeavoured to discover the real import of the clause , which , by its ambiguity , alarmed him . How did it stand ? The preamble mentioned one rescript , the rescript of the 29 th of September , 1850—the words of the clause comprehended all rescripts , past or future . By the preamble
the provisions of the bill would seem to be intended to affect only England ; but the clause extended those provieions to Ireland as well a 9 England , and that was equivalent to a declaration of war against Ireland . The Government had withdrawn the second and third clauses of the bill because they would interfere with the episcopal functions , which they did not mean , they said , to touch , in England or Ireland ? Was it their intontion to adhere to that determination ? The
late Attorney-General ( Sir J . Komilly ) had declared that there was no luw to prevent the Pope from dividing the country into diocesea or tees for episcopal purpoaes ; the present Solicitor-General asserted that by the existing law the introduction of Papal rescripts was illegal , and that this clause was merely declaratory nnd did not alter the law . But all the courts of judicature in the United Kingdom would be bound to obey such declaration of the law , so that it would extend beyond England , and ell rescripts appointing bishops with territorial titles would be illegal throughout the United Kingdom . That would be the effect of the clause . It would render null and void all the nets of tho priesthood . It would expose parties to indictment for misdemeanour , and he entered hia protest against it . The ArroENEV-GBNBUAi said that the clause wa »
declaratory of existing law . It would not affect the spiritual functions ot the Roman Catholic clergy . The discussion was continued at great length in the dullest manner imaginable . After encountering the Attorney-General , Kir Jainos Graham received nnd returned the fire of Mr . Walpole and Lord John Russell . The gist of the debate was , that all the lawyers were of opinion that the clause merely reenuctod the law , and that it would not interfere with the spiritual functions of the Roman Catholic clergy , Lord John Russell being especially convinced that the measure was in tho " golden moan" of legislation , neither persecuting the Catholic religion nor permitting an in » ult and aggression to pa «« unnoticed a . nd unrepcllcd . The " Irish" opposition watt quiet , having judiciously given way for Hir James Graham ; hut tho moment it showed itself in Mr . Reynold * , supported by a Scotch ally in Mr . Oswald , loud cries of "Divide" were raised , The' debate wound up in a general hubbub . Mr . Oswald , who could not bo hear < l on account of th » " groaning , ' moved that the chairman should report progress . Tho noiso fioiitinucd , and tho thread of the dweuaaion tan through the noise- A' Jongth the legal miftnofitlM , at the Buug 8 t » tion of Mr . Dibhaeli , having eondeseen < Jed to reply to the queries addrewd to them , Mr , Oswald withdrew his motion , and tho committee divided on the clause—For the clauae , 244 ; against it , f > 2 . Majority , 182 .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1851, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1885/page/11/
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