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Cv " ~ wvtr * of a working man , fell in love with a F » fiabo * er , fandroid hfm sa . ' . Like Joseph , he refSeo ber ad * nces during the lifetime . of her *? ** & > ¥ he husband dWd suddenly ; was buried ; exhumed , wd is body opened ^ arsenic was found in his stomach . Spanwbile Mrs . F ^ nch had been . made happy-but here SSe coroner anlhis jury to inquire the Myonng ™ " whom she lusM after was examined , ^ and , in « ? t weeks after the indtBjfence of her mad passion , she i « fi lStt 5 for the wilfulWder of her husband ! .. . . °° *? iutS continued , whence last mail left New York , excite the enthusiasm wherever
t ilarv 24 to greatest £ " nt The prospects of an Anglo-American alliance «« brie hteninp , and the probabilities of American Svention in Europe increasing . Resolutions and minter resolutions are now before Congress on the sublet whose fate we shall know probably by the next J ; i The winter has been very severe , snow and ice " hnndant and all the world out sleighing . The East T ?; vpr between New York and Brooklyn , wa * frozen over durinft the week . A rather angry correspondence is gS on between the President and the Austrian Minister . . _„ .: il . fA _» ^ i _^ __ j respecting the formplanand
The final arrangements , * contents of the works of Dr . Lees , of Leeds ( original and collected , revised and edited by the author ) , having now been made , it only remains that the friends of the project fnr their publication should complete their canvass for subscribers . They will contain an accurate portrait of the author , engraved by Linton , and several . illustrative emrravings and diagrams . The entire edition will be published , uniform , in three volumes , post octavo , neatly blmnd and lettered . Volumes one and two will form the first or Temperance " series—including the discussions and ' essays on diet , temperance , physiology , and the Bcriptural wine question . If preferred , they may be had 5 n narts . oer post , ' as they are printed , each volume paid
in advance . The second , or " Truth-Seeker" series , containing the philosophical and exegetical essays , and a popular system of logic , or the method , means , and matter of argument , will form volume three . After the works are issued , ' the three volumes will only be obtain--The Society for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge has just published its first annual report . It contains striking instances and opinions in favour of the desirable object the society seeks . But the Morning J ' ost , of January 23 , contained in its chronicles of the Amaz » n tragedy , an additional- * fact—a fact so curious and astonishing of the want of more widely-diffused
knowledge and cheaper- neswpapers . that it . deserves repetition and permanent record , as an historic fact of the times . Had any one made any such assertion of the darkness of England in 1852 as that fact reveals , it would have been utterly incredible . The Morning Post relates that " Notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions of the Southampton Amazon Fund Committee , they experience the utmost difficulty in discovering the families and relatives of those persons who were lost , in the Amazon . The Royal- Mail Company ' s establisment do not even retain a list of the crew ; and even if they did , it would not furnish information of where the men resided when ashore . Although the loss of the Amazon has been daily proclaimed and noticed in every newspaper throughout the kingdom for the last foi tnight , persons most deeply interested in the event , who live in the vicinity of
Southampton , are even now ignorant of the calamity . This appears almost incredible , but it is nevertheless true . It was only on Monday that the committee learnt that there was a widow with nine orphan children who had claims on them , living at Deer Leap , a few milts from Southampton , in the New Forest . Thousands of the wives ar , u children of poor seamen cannot read or write , and thousands can never enjoy the luxury of reading a newspaper . Means have been adopted to obtain information of the sufferers by the loss of the Amazon , by desiring the Southampton postmen to acquaint all those poor persons living in their districts , whom they may suspect to have had relatives on board , to attend at the Mail Company ' s offices , and give information , after which such information is handed over to the committee . Many a poor creature who had a relative on board has received from the postman the first announcement of the calamity that has befallen her . "—Reusoner , No . 297 .
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In the House of Lords , Lord Malmesiujky stated that a large quantity of gunpowder had been recently exported from this country to the Capo colony ana Bold to the Kafirs . He asked—«• Can no measures be taken in this oountry to atop the further exportation ; of gunpowder from our shores for we
use of our enemies ? He understood that by the law asit now stood , large quantities of ammunition could not be exported without permission of the Board of Ordnance . Had his noble friend any intention of bringing these exporters to exposure and punishment ? He also wished to know what steps he had taken to prohibit this exportation , and whether he knew that arms as well as ammunition had been supplied from this country , to the Kafirs ?* ' . .... ... ¦ ' . ¦ Lord Grey said nothing could be done to stop the exportation either of aims or ammunition ; but measures had been taken by the Legislative Council at the Cape to intercept the landing of both , which had been completely successful—now it was too late . The precautions should have been taken last February , and not last November .
" He was surprised that this trade should have been carried on so long without any attempt of the authorities to interfere with it . The commodore on the station had informed him that the traffic was now effectually stopped ; but he also told him that within the last few months several hundred tons of gunpowder had been sent to places along the coast for the use of our enemies . " After some conversation on the recall of Sir Henry Smith , and law matters , the House adjourned .
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The Times yesterday contained another letter , ' from a New York correspondent , " respecting Kossuth , of great intrinsic interest ; but having for us an additional value , as it furnishes more independent corroboration of our own views . The letter is dated January 24 : — " The last steamer informed you of the departure of the Hungarian for Cincinnati , and his reception at Harrisburgh , the capital of the great State of Pennsylvania . We now learn of his departure from that city . He has crossed the Allegheny Mountains , reached Pittsburgh , and is on his way to * the metropolis of the west 'Cincinnati . His journey resembles more the triumphal progress of an Emperor , flushed with victory , than of a
poor exile-propagator of a new political faith . . ... He will make , too , his appeal for material aid , and boldly tell western men not only to form associations and clubs everywhere to give him money for the Hungarian cause , but to unfurl for our home politics the banner of American intervention in the affairs of Enrope , electing no manto any office or honour who will not openly pledge himself to this policy . Already a thousand newspapers beyond the _ Alleghanies have declared for him , his . cause , and his policy . With few exceptions , the western members of both Houses of Congress have
espoused his cause , and even General Cass and Judge Douglass have publicly announced their readiness to vote for ' intervention to put down intervention . ' This is , doubtless , the prevailing feeling of the western States ; and , so strong has it become throughout the whole country , that the President goes so far in his official greeting and private courtesy to the Hungarian , that the Austrian Charge d'Affairs forgets the decorum due to the occasion , and says some things and writes others , which he is notified he can " withdraw during the next twenty-four hours ! ....
" It is quite possible that the boldness of Mr . Webster ' s speech may have disturbed the President , and the reasons for this supposition are very clear . The Austrian Chargfe doubtless did complain to the President of the speech of Mr . Webster , in an interview he had with his Excollcnc }' . But the President very informed the Chevalier that he should make known his grievance in writing , and through the regular channel . The Chevalier , however , chose an extraordinary channel . He sent a note to the President , who ( to his praise let it be said ) sent for the Chevalier and informed him that he could have twenty-four hours for withdrawing his note . This the Chevalier did . Here is one side of the story . There is another , however , and I shall give it . After receiving the note of the Charge * , the President sent for Mr . Webster , who at once demanded that it should be withdrawn—and it tons . Concerning the latter fact there is no doubt . "
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The Convocation summoned to meet at York found the doors of the Chapter closed ! My lord of York has not even the courtesy of " We , John Bird . " " Ebor " is not so polite as " Cantuar ; " he did not send even a Commissioner . The reason of this is said to be that of late no man has heeded the summons to Convocation . But is that any reason why the Summoners should not be in attendance ? Accounts of the terrible catastrophe at Holmfirtb , received this morning , are still more appalling than those of yesterday . The force of the torrent was great
enough to wash down whole mills , and sweep away enormous engines and machinery like dead leaves . Whole rows of cottages and their inmates were also destroyed . The loss of life is very great indeed—some say not less than one hundred persons drowned . Tho loss of property is also severe , being estimated at £ 600 , 000 . The banks of the reservoir were expected to give way ; some of tho persons living in mills close adjoining had removed themselves and their goods ; about filly persons were watching on the embankment . The Commissioners of the Reservoir are , it is thought , very much to blame .
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Ihe Queen of Spain is not much hurt . She " slept a great part of the night" of tho ' 2 nd . Some time ago M . de Montnlembort was elected to the French Academy in the room of M . Droz . It consequently devolved upon the Chief of tho Ultramontanes , and tho author oftthe coup d'eut , to pronounce an eulogy on his predecessor ; and upon M . Guissot , elected just previously , to reply to M . de Montalembert . This event took pluce on the 6 th , reports of the papers read on tha oooMion are given by the Timct of yesterday and to-day .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS .
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BIRTHS . On the 28 th of January , at Kiddington , Oxon , the wife of Mortimer Uicardo , Ken .: twins—a boy and girl . "a the 29 th , at Carlton-gardens , the Viacounteas Goderich : a son , v ? ^" r , " ' nt Berkeley-square , the wife of John Martin , Kb < j ., M . P .: a daughter . m « ., ° 3 Ist - ftt ' 1 ' rigon-terrace , Clnpham-road , tho wife of Mr . Godfrey Wordaworth Turner : a aon . n . < i - « . MARRIAGES . t \ . » » 29 th of J » n" » ry , at 8 t . Jamea ' a Church , Westminster , uio Uevvrend George John Uloomncld , to Isabella , third daughter n « tf ^' . 1 ) laho P ° f London . Moll r f , ° , Fcbrua 7 ' ntat- Botolph'a . Blehop « gnte , Jamea Can ? , ? i i I ' eloeete »' , Esq ., to Ann Isabella , eldout daughter of An ' ? ck 80 » . of the eaine place . 8 am Jl , 1 . ' i ! 10 Jlev ere » d Ti . P . Rogers , vicar of Bath Easton , MbpU « ° ' , Catl » erino Elizabeth , eldest daughter of John On , k 5 ' F 8 { 1 ° / Qwcen-atreet , Weatmlnater . Thom »« « . ' nt tit ' Margaret's , WcHmlnster , . tho Reverend of rft « r , arker . M . A ., of Queen ' a College , Oxford , and curate Edward i ' ii * lo ^ , Myr « Augusta H ' eii ' deiBon , nicco of the late ^« vynrd Banks , Esq ., of JNcwcaatle-on-Tyne , , o DEATHS . of th « nu ? , ¥ J « n" « 7 . General Lewla Grant , K . O . H ., Colonel On K « K " i * . thlle » ' inent ' *« € d "venty-foiir . •^¦ XJft ^ of h S'S !'"" ' M 1 " " Borry ' in the John cMp-I 11 ° ' ° br' »» r > i 'udd « nly , from pulmonary npoplexy , On tl . * m S " " ° . M ( ^ M »" «» « . Henbury . Ohe . hiro . «< rc « i flftv-fmiV " m xJ , H ? . i < lc " ? ' ^ " coraer ' JPaternoater-row , the LrXJ » a r Mr # W'Uam l " Oravea , more than forty yenrn in Uve of S «'«? , . * k W jwriod th ° muohe » loem « xl "P «» enU-« , 9 i tno firm of jLewia JScrgor and 8 on » , London ,
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TO HEADERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Subscribers , and the Trade resident in the City , may obtain supplies of the Leader from Mr . James Watson , bookseller , 3 , Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-row . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , . Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty ' of finding space for them .
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Saturday , February 7 . The House of Commons sat last night for five hours . Various subjects were brought before it . In reply to a question from Lord Dudley Stuart , Lord John Russell admitted that the account given by the newspapers of the outrage inflicted on Mr . Mather in Florence , by an Austrian officer , was in the main correct ; that Lord Granville had ordered an inquiry , which was now proceeding ; and that Mr . Mather , undoubtedly , had a light to reparation . There was some laughter when Lord John Russell said that the Austrian officer , judging by the " shape of Mr . Mather ' s hat , " took him for an " Italian Liberal . "
In a committee of the whole House , it was resolved to grant a supply to her Majesty . Leave was given to the Solicitor-General to bring in a Bill for the Relief of Suitors in the Court of Chancery . This measure provides for the payment of officials by salaries instead of fees ; abolishes several offices , reduces the salaries' attached to others , transfers the charges for judges salaries from the Suitors' Fund to the Consolidated Fund , and charges only on the former the salaries for administrative purposes .
Leave was also given to Lord Seymour to bring in a bill for the better supply of water to the metropolis ; and to Mr . Mowatt to bring in a bill for the same purpose . The difference between the two bills consisted in this , that while Lord Seymour only proposes to inspect and control existing companies , Mr . Mowatt would create a local body in the-metropolis representing the inhabitants , and entrust both the supply of water and the drainage to them . Lord Ebrington thought that the plan propounded by Mr . Mowatt the sounder ; but Sir George Grey while he did not oppose the
introduction of Mr * Mowatt ' s bill , 'saw " peculiar difficulties" [ parliamentary slang ] in the way of adopting the principal of representation in this matter A urn art discussion then ensued on the ventilation of the House , and the hot and cold blasts which found their way in there to the great detrirnent of the health of honourable members . Mr . Osborne moved that Dr . Reid be palled to the bar ; and on a division , it was agreed to call him by 55 to 24 . Dr . Reid was called in and examined . He said that the interior of the House was subject to currents of air from every side , that blow hot one moment and cold the next :
" On the first evening that the House met , doors were torn off in some passages leading to the House , from wh ? ch gusts of air came into the House from every side . You might as well ask me to regulate the winds and currents of the Bay of Biscay » s expect me to ventilate the House , if the doors and windows of the entrances leading to the House are not placed under my control . ( Hear , hear . ) The second difficulty in , that there are numberless chimneys surrounding the House , which poison the atmosphere b y the carbonic acid they send forth . ( Hear , hear . ) There are torrents of smoke coming into the House and its approaches from these chimneys , no that the House stands in an atmosphere of carbonic acid . "
He also asked for * ' protection againet the kitchen . " Just now the smells from the dinners were blowing in at every moment . ( A laugh . ) He was sensible of them where he just sat ( below the bar ) every time the door opened . . These nuisances he undertook to abate in two days at a moderate expense . " Lord Sbymouu : What do you propose to do for
£ 300 ? " Dr . Reid : To put the lights on a better footing , beginning with those in the gallery . Secondly , to put all the chimneys , which at present blow torrents of smoke into the division lobby , on a better footing . Thirdly , to prevent foul air from issuing from the vaults into the house . Fourthly , to consolidate tho flooring of the principal ventilating chamber . " He then withdrew , and , after some discussion , which mode it very obvious that Government were afraid of setting the " doctor and tho architect by the ears , ' it was agreed that the matter should bo referred to Lord Seymour , on the understanding that it Bhould be brought on again on Wednesduy . The House then adjourned until Monday .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1852, page 129, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1921/page/13/
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