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to those Schools , containing a form and rules , as follows , for a BETUBN FEOM THE — SCHOOL FOE OENAMENTAL ART . " With the view of ascertaining the progress made durinn-the year ending March 31 , 1852 , in the several Schools of Design for-Owiamental Art , and submitting tho works of the ? students to public inspection , the Lords : 6 f the Committee of Privy Council for Trade , have determined that the following number of works from the - —— School be sent up ,, addressed to W . R . Deverell , Esq ., Marlborough House , P all M all , London , on or before the 24 th of April next .
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FATE OF MR . BOYD . On the authority of private letters , the Liverpool A lbion details the reported particulars of the death of Mr . Benjamin Boyd , formerly a leading member of the London Stock Exchange , and of late years a colonist in Australia . The story copied in these letters from the Sydney journals , is exceedingly incongruous , to say tho least . It seems that Mr . Boyd ' s little vessel came to anchor off the island of Gundalcanar ( one of the Solomon group ) on the evening' of the 14 th of October , and on tho following morning Mr . Boyd went on shore , stccompaniod by a Kannakn , with tho intention of
Hhooting game . Now Mr . Boyd , from Ins long residence in tho southern hemisp here , very well know tho savage nature of tho inhabitants of these islands ; indeed , ho had had a painful experience a very few years ago , when tho captain , officer s , and crew ( with one exception ) of a vessel belonging to himself wore massacred at one of these islands . Nor aro we awaro what game there is to shoot on those islands . Tho only reasonable h ypothesis is , that Mr . Boyd wont ashore to pay tho natives a friendly visit ( being possibly short of water ) , and therefore purposely avoided being
accompani e d b y moro than tho Knnnniui , as an interpreter , Tho 7 ^ arcdcrc >" waB KubHoquei » tly , Hum > unilou by not less than 200 of tho savages iu thoir canoes , and tho native crew heard them speaking of tho death of Mr . Boyd . Tho savages then commenced a desperate attack with spears , clubs , and stone ; and after a strugglo of half an hour wore beaten ofl" , with a loss of twonty-flvo of thoir number . Tho Europeans in ohargo of tho Wanderer wore only four , and after tho natives were bea t en o ff , wont ashore to mako diligent ( but fruitless ) search for tho body of Mr . lioy d and bis companion . It appears strange , after tho w » d fate of
Mr . Boy d and t he K anna k a , that four European sh o uld land s o i m m e dia t el y subsequent to * the fearfu l conflic t in w hich t he y had been en g a ge d , to rnakea diligent search for the victim ' s corpse . , They state that they discovered the spot where he had been evidently surprised and massacred , and t he y p icked up the belt Which he wore when he left the vessel . Now , i t see m s hi g hl y improbable that suclf a trophy 'as the belt would have been left for the four Europeans to pick up . Being unable to find any further traces , they re t urned o n board , having firs t burned all t h e ho u ses in tho bay . They remained a week off the island , and
the four Europeans went ashore every day in the boat , landing at different p laces , t o make dili gent search , for the bodies , but without avail . We then hear that the Wanderer appears off t h e bar of P or t M acq u arri e , on the Australian coast j and why she attempted to cross this dangerous bar , i ns t ead of proce e din g direc t t o Sy dney , abou t e i g h ty m i les down t he coas t , has yet to be cleared up . As the result must have been foreseen , she got stranded . All this , we repeat , wears a ve ry incredible , not to say a suspicious air . However , the account of the catastrophe had reached Sy dney by the
crew of t he schoon e r W andere r * and had created t hroug hout the colony , where he was so , well known for his public sp iri t and benevole n ce , a feeling of universal sympathy and regret . It is generall y admi tt ed , t ha t d uring his compara t i v el y short residence in Aus t ralia , few men bad done more than Mr . Boyd to advance the interests of those colonies , an objec t in t he pursuit of wliicb he Was aided by hi gh mental endowmen t s , great energy , and untiring zeal , as well a s b y the possession of extensive influence in the mother country . As a member of the Colonial Leg isla t ure , and chairman of the Pastoral Association of New South
Wales , he was mainl y instrumental m giving permanency to the property of the stockholders , by obtaining for them leases , instead of a merely permissive yearly tenure ; and the exertions of dihnself and other members of his family , in the cause of Australian emigration , are sufficiently familiar in this country to" render any observations upon them unnecessary . I f we are to accept as true the version g iven b y the crew of the W anderer , we cannot regard the untimely fa t e ^ of Mr . Benjamin'Boyd but as a great public loss , which will long be deplored b y his fellow-colonists , ds well as by his numerous friends in this country ,
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A CLERGYMAN " IN TROUBLE . " The trial of a case which has excited intense interest in Manchester and its vicinity , was commenced on Monday at Liverpool , before Mr . Justice Creswcll . Tho action was brought against the Eev . Mr . Middleton , Incumbent of St . George ' s Fields , Manchester , —" a widower and a father , 50 years old , " by Mr . Harding , a merc h ant , residing at Ramsdale-hall , Didsbury , for criminal conversation with his wife , a lady 35 years of age . The closest intimacy and friendship had prevailed betweon Mr . Hnrding and Mr . Middleton ever since tho severe illness of a son of Mr . Harding ' s b y a former marriage , when Mr . Middleton was in constant attendance , and used to pray
by the sufferer ' s bedside . From that time his visits to Ramsdalc-hall became continual , but no cause for suspicion arose in Mr . Harding ' s mind until J ul y , 185 . 1 , when , after a series of slight differences on account of Mrs . Harding ' s constant disregard of her husband ' s wishes from tho influence exorcised over her by Mr . Middloton , Mr . Harding forbado tho clergyman tho house ; but even at the period of this quarrel ho had no doubt of his wife ' s fidelity . The guilty pair could not submit to thin forced separation , and numerous clandestine interviews took pluco , until at last their conduct became notorious in tho neighbourhood , and on several occasions circumstances left no doubt on the minds of the witnesses as to tho nature of their intercourse . Two gentlemen , Mr . Dumville , and Mr . O <» don , having observed a mooting in a lano , between Mr . Middloton and
Mrs . Harding , and having beard him propose an gnation at his own house , communicated all that had passed to Mr . Kidd , tho Incumbent of Didsbury , who advised them to go at onco and inform Mr . Harding . Inquiries were now instituted , and a ninss of testimony was obtained from the servants , and other pernons , regarding t h o c onduct of Mr . Middloton and Mrs . Harding , from a period long anterior to the quarrel with her husband , which was nil dotailed in ovidonco on tho trial . Sir Frederick Thosigor , tho Attorney-General , was counsel for Mr . Harding , and Serjeant Wilkins appeared for Mr . Middloton . Martha Norton , formerly upper housomflid in Mr . Ilavding ' tt family , romeinborod Mr . Middleton very frequently calling at tho houtio at tho latter end of 1850 , and very often when Mr . Harding was not at homo . Ho used to remain in tho breakfast room with'Mis , Harding for an hour and a'half
or two hours . On bno occasion eho saw Mr . Middloton sitting with one , arm r > und her mistress ' s waist , and an o th er on hor nock , and kissing hor . Ono morning sho saw Mr . Middloton walk into tho breakfast room where Mrs . Harding was ; ho placed his hand on her bosom , and sai d , " It io vory cold , mamma . " On cross-examination by Borjoant Wilkins , she said there was a groat deal of misery in tlio family but she novor saw hor master and iniHtross . quarrol . Maria Evans succeeded tho last witness as upper housomaicl in Peeombor , 1 850 , andromainod until tho following April . Frequently saw Mr . Middloton at , tho house du riiif that period . Ho was frequently in tho broakfaoj ; room with Mr « . Harding . for two hours together , with oXy tho blinds drawn down . Before Mr . Harding oamo homo
Mr . Middleton used to leave the ( tioiise , and return in the course of the same afternoon , or evening , and on entering the room , where her master and ^ mietress . were , he would say , " Good morning , momma , have you been ' out to-day ? " One day she went to take some coals into the room , and saw Mr . Middleton standing with his arm round Mrs . Harding ' s waist ; . she was very much Agitated wh e n 1 t he hous e maid c a me i n , and dropped her smelling bottle , whilo ' J ^ r ^ " ^^^^ . ^^^^ . ^^^^' . the window ^ Catherine Hollinsworth had been in the service of Mr " H ard i ng for . three years , and stated , that ^ Tr . Middleton used to come nearl y every day to see Mrs , Hardmir when her husband jyas not at home , and regularly leave the house aquarter of an hour before thetime of his return from business , returning again in the evening , Mr . Middleton used to go but by the back gate , 5 Ir . Hardine came in
by the front door . She had often carried notes from ' Mr , Middleton to Mrs . Harding . On cross-examination , sho said , that her master and mistress sometimes had words certainly , but she had never seen them quarrel . Had never seen Mr . Harding take up tho poker to his wife . Had never known Mr . Middlettni interfere to preserve peace . Did not recollect having said that her mistress was an ill-used woman , or crying about the cruel conduct of Mr . Harding . She recollected the day that Mr . Harding separated from his wife , and left her alone in the house--it was the 9 th of December , 1851 . He had slept with
her th e ni ght before , and every night during the week before he left her . He had alwavs slept with her . I remember Mr . Brotherton and Mr . Nicld passing the evening wi t h t h e p laintiff and Mrs . Harding two days before . They appeared very happy . She remembered two sheriff ' s officers coming to the house about a week after Mr . Harding left it . She believed that he sent them . He used to come every day and speak to them . They hacl tho keys of all the doors , and the windows wrere screwed down . Mrs . Harding was in great troublo all that time . " I do not think I ever cried with her about it , or-told her that she was an ill-used woman . I will not swear that I did
not . No one was allowed to see Mrs . Harding but Mr . Heelis and the surgeon . Mrs . Harding ' s mother was ordered put of the house . Did not know that the bailiffs cried out shame at Mr-Harding ' s conduct . Mr ^ Harding ' s cook , Margaret Allen , deposed to having carried notes between her . mistress and Mr . Middleton . One witness , Elizabeth Eccleston , the ^ servant at a boarding house a !; gouthport , deposeE to having witnessed circumstances in the conduct of the accused p e rsons , which could leave no doubt of their guilt j but her cross-examination by Serjeant Wilkins brought out several ^ coritradictions in her story , and threw great suspicion jover her own private
character . Tho conversation which Mr . Dumynlc deposed to having heard behind a hedge was wholly uncorroborated by Mr . Ogdcn . At the sitting of the Court on Tuesday , Serjeant Wilkins commenced his address for the defendant . He went carefully t h roug h tho whole case , dwelling especiall y on the incredible nature of Elizabeth Eccleston ' s testimony . Mr . Justice Creswell having summed up t he evidence , the jury retired about half-past 12 o ' clock , and returned in the course of an hour , -when tho foreman stated that there was no chanco of their coming to any agreement . Tho Judge desired them to retire again , and alter a long consultation a verdict was returned for tho defendant .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Princess Mary of Cambridge , aged eighteen , mado her debut at tho Queen ' s Drawmg-room , on Thursday afternoon . It in said that Mr . Sidney Herbert ia very shortly to bo raised to tho peerage His Royal Highness the Count d'Aquila , brother of tho King of Naples , and the Countess d'Aquila , attended by tho Neapolitan Minister , Prince di Carini , had an audienco of tho Queen on Wednesday at Buckingham Palaco . The . Reverend Lord Mark Kor is said to have formally renounced tho " heresies" of tho Church of England , and joined tho Roman C ^ lholic Church . Tho Lord Chancellor of Ireland ( tho Right Hon . F . Blnckburno ) has beoti seriously indisposed ; he is improving in health , but will bo unablo to take his seat m tno Court of Chancery before next term , Avhich commences on tho loth of April . Edward Lombo , Esq . " , of Molton Hal ] , Wymondham , who recentl y diod at Florence , has loft his personal property , subject to tho lifo interest of his -wife , to tho university Collogo Hospital . Tho property is estimated « i » moro than 25000 / .
, Tho Draper ' s Company of London has eont a contribution of 100 guineas , besides an annual subscription ot - « hto tho Irish Church Missionary Society ; and a sum ot owto tho Ennis Fishing Society , which lias boon OHtablwno " for tho employment of converts to tho protest ant Jiutn . Captain O-rogg , inspector of pensioners in tho Livorpoo district , has been cloetod by tho Watch committoo to im po . Ht of hood constable , vice Mr . Powling . lnoro won * forty applicants for tho appointment , ono of whom bonc phi « W cast of his hond instead of tho required testimonials , and anothor his portrait . . . TUo Vory Rov . " Monaignoro" 8 oarloli « s written a lottex to the papors , in which ho throws tho ontiro bjarno oi > - i . muiAnlntinn •¦ I- / . An .. * < , i ,, l ,, n ilw > nlinvn iihlo . UPOn w » •*¦*
ClMimborlnin under Lord John JLuraoll ' s ministry , by wiion ^ according to his statement , inquiries woro nniuo prov to his presentation t 6 ( ho Quoon , and tho objection iu « foro ign titlo wa « nrst rained by tho prosoni ministry . ^ Tho United Flint GlasHmakorH of Uirminffham intonj to profiont Mr . Gcorgo Dawson , M . A ., somo lirool "^ , V ., tV ! with a splondid Bpocimcu of thoir manufacture , aa aw mortal of thoir a < Irniration and rwpoot "for hia «^ 3 y of tho causo of lmmanity and progress , « noro o » pcu « ^ thocaUHo of Hungary . " Thoir present ia « oup in ' » ° M f a of a tulip , fourtoon inches high , capable of holding ««"
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Number 1 * 3 , »• Number of Works ! -J Classes . of Works required ; ^; 3 : fo rw arded .
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1 Geometrical , Perspective , &c , Drawings 2 Ornament , outlined From the Flat 3 ' „ „ from the Bound 4 „ Shaded from the Flat . 6 „ ,, from the Eound 6 The Figure , outlined from the Flat . 7 The Figure shaded from the Flat . 8 „ „ from the Round 9 Anatomical Drawings .... 10 Flowers drawn from Nature . . 11 Ornament painted in Monochrome , from Casts .... 12 | Ornament painted in Colours . . 13 i Flowers and Fruit painted firom I the Flat . ... . . . . 14 Flowers and Fruit painted from Nature ...... .. 16 The Figure painted from Casts . . 18 Ornament modelled ..... 19 The Figure modelled , Reliefs , Hands , and Feet . ... . 22 Elementary design 23 Applied Designs ...... 24 Executed Designs in Fabrics . .
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Rules : —To every work there must be attached—1 . The name of the School from which it is sent . 2 . The name and age of the student . 3 , His present or prospective occupation . 4 . The length of time he has studied in the school . 5 . The number of the class to which the work belongs . 6 . The signature of the master , and date . _ If any design made in the School has been manufac tured , a specimen of tho manufacture- when possible should bo sent , marked with the above particulars , together with the name of the manufacturer . If this is not possible , a "description of the work should be given , and the name of the manufacturer . No Chalk Drawings of Heads or Figures , unless cop ied from the Round , are to bo sent up . No student is to contribute more than one work in each class ; and it is desirable that as many of tho works of different students as is possible should be forwarded . Landscapes unconnected with Decoration or Ornament , are not to be sent ; nor works framed or glazed . Casts from modelled ornament or figures should not exceed two feet nine inches in height , two feet in depth , and ono foot six inches in width . N . B . —This printed list , properly filled up , is to be returned with tho works , and a duplicate of the same is to be retained in tho local School . It may be accompanied by any remarks or observations which are deemed explanatory or useful . By order of tho Lords of tho Committee of Privy Council for Trade , ( Si gned ) W . R . Devebeli ., Secretary . Board of Trade , Whitehall , March 18 , 1852 .
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318 T H E LEA D E B . pA ? ijrday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1852, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1929/page/10/
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