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that he was on leave , and wished to be allowed ^ follow the bentTof his own inclinations , doubtless thl 8 ^ W steanceon the part of the corporal would have had hut little effect , as , neither understanding the other s language , any colloquy , however eloquently maintained , would under the cu-cumstances , be but lost breath . ^ Fortunately , a Maltese gentleman happened to pass by , and seeing a Jioncommissfoned officer of her Majesty ' s , marines in earnest conversation with Italian gendarmes , stopped ,-and kindly offered his services as interpreter . He immediately perceived the true state of the case , clearly explaining to the o-endarmes that the man was on leave , that leave extending to the following morning ; that he was , moreover , a non-commissioned officer , and , as such , entitled to reto follow
spect . The gendarmes still stated their intention the man . The corporal then volunteered to accompany them to the nearest police-office , to request that he might be no longer molested . Here the Maltese , having as he thought done all t hat was requisite , disappears from the scene . The corporal enters the police-office , and at the same time one of the gendarmes runs to another office but little distant , and procures an iron chain 5 with this he and his comrades , strong in numbers as in insolence , attempt to bind the unfortunate Baggs , who , however , being a man of m ost powerful frame , and indignant at the outrageous treatment he was receiving , smashes the manacles they are attempting to put on him , and very nearly tmta the whole force to flisrht . It speaks strongly in the
man ' s favour , that though master of the field for the moment , he struck no one , but merely used his best efforts to obtain his liberty . Baggs was eventually mastered ; a reinforcement of men and chains arrived , and the corporal was bagged . The cowardly ruffians , then quite sure of their prey , sfaruck him repeatedly , and inflicted a severe wound on his forehead . Baggs was next laid flat on his back , bound in chains on the table of the police-office until the following morning ; he was then , in broad daylight , marched in irons , still , of course , in his uniform , through the streets of Leghorn to another policeoffice , where he was eventually found by an officer of Jiis ship sent in search of him . Now , it is necessary to add to this statement the fact , as fully proved by all-the witnesses
( whose depositions were , doubtless , forwarded to her Majesty ' Government by her Majesty ' s cJiargS d ? a ff aires ) that Corporal Baggs was perfectly sober , was offending no one , was creatirig no disturbance , or outraging any national prejudices or customs ; he was simply amusing himselfthis evidence is strongly corroborated by the irreproachable character given the man by Captain Codd ; indeed it appears no man on the ship ' srbooks was more highly esteemed by his officers . Captain Codd immediately entered into communication with Mr . Scarlett , the chargS daffaires , by whom the case was most warmly taken up . A very serious correspondence ensued between Captain Codd , her Majesty ' s chargS d ' affaires , and the Tuscan government , and I have every reason to believe with a result so little
satisfactory , that Mr . Scarlett threatened to demand his passports unless reparation was made in . seven days . Before the expiration of that time , the Due de Casigliano offered as redress that the offending corporal of gendarmes ( not the superior officers of police , as ^ stated by Lord Malmesbury , ) should be suspended , and put under arrest for eight days . As the case was referred to the Foreignoffice in London , we may presume that this miscalled reparation was justly considered by Mr . Scarlett as no reparation at all—the more so , as no security was given that the said punishment would be inflicted , and it is notorious conduct of then
that the Tuscan government upheld the * authorities , but being compelled by tlie firm and decided conduct of Mr . Scarlett to do something , they wont throug h the farce of protending to sacrifice a subordinate officer of police . I am credibly informed , from an unerring source in Paris , that the Due do Casigliano sent instructions to Prince Joseph Poniatowsky , the representative of Tuscany at the courts of England and France , to make a statement of tho case to the Foreign-office in London , and to demand that Captain Codd should be reprimanded . "
Verily , it would seem that under a Tory Government the uniform of a British officer may no longer prefer the commonest claim to bo treated with respect ; on the contrary , it must endeavour to atone for tho supposed liberal tendencies of British subjects in plain clothes , by a more conspicuous submission to outrage , and by a more ostentatious humiliation .
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LORD DERBY AT THE MANSION-HOUSE . Eastrr Monday is a great day for London propor . Tho Lord Mayor goes to Church in his stupendous triumphal car ; tho Bluo-coat boys avo admitted to an audience of tho civic satrap , nnd aro regaled with buna , and "tipped" with sixpences ; Bow bells aro rung industriously ; and tho glories of tho day aro crowned by a banquot at tho Mansion-houso , to which tho Cabinet Ministers nro always invited , and at which two or three genornlly arrange to bo present . Tho . Earl of Derby , tho Premier , according ' to long-established
otiquetto in tho enso of a , now Ministry , honoured tho Lord Mayor with his company "on Monday lust . The banquet in tho Egyptian Hall was of the usual sumptuous description ; covers wore laid for 350 . Mr . Abbot Lawrence , tho American Minister , tho Turkish Minister , and Madame Musurus , Huron Bentinck , tho Dutch Envoy , and tho Swedish Minister , represented tho corps diplomatique . Besides Lord Derby , tho members of Government present wore , tho Duko of Northumberland with his Duchess , tho Earl of Hardwioko with his Countess , Mr . Secretary Wnlpole and Mrs . Wftlpolb , tho Judge Advocate , the Solicitor
audience what he was not going to speak about , and in the remainder apologised for having nothing to say . " It would be inexcusable , " he said , "to introduce any topic of politics at this season of good-will , and in this company . " He touched lightly on the difficulties of his situation " with little leisure to mature measures to be submitted to Parliament . " He Relieved that both friends and opponents alike gave them credit for not shrinking from the responsibility of office , when their refusal would have caused a " protracted Ministerial interregnum at the commencement of a session of
Par-General , and the Eight Hon . Cecil Forester . When the cloth had been cleared away , and the " loving cup " had been sent round , the Lord Mayor proposed the usual loyal toasts , which were received with great applause . " The Church" was acknowledged by the Bishop of Manchester . " The . Navy and the Army ** by the Duke of Northumberland and General Sir Archibald ' -Maclaine . ¦ * . The Lortt ; Mayor then proposed the health of " The Earl of Derby and Her Majesty ' s Minister ' s , " which was received with loud cheering . Lord Derby , in the first half of his speech told the
hament . " I do not presume to speak of any political course of action ; but this I say , that I hope I see indications , and indications not to be mistaken , in this metropolis , that we are not looked upon as a set of reckless or careless men , likely to endanger the credit of the country and . its great commercial and mercantile interests , or to neglect the great religious , moral , and social obligations which of Cxovernment
must rest upon us . ( Cheers . ) A change so total as has taken place could in some countries have been considered only next to a revolution ; here we happily see that such changes can take place , not only without disturbance to the ordinary course of public affairs—without ruffling in the slig htest degree the serene aspect 01 society , and without disturbing ( I say it without greater happiness ) for a single moment the personal friendship ot political opponents . " ( Cheers . ) the
. The nation was attached to the constitution and ancient institutions of the country , and every one was well aware and fully satisfied that no Minister could direct his course beyond the limits of- the constitution . " " Well is it known that no Minister can direct the affairs of this country permanently or for any lengthened period unless he enjoy the confidence and support of his fellow countrymen . ( Hear , hear . ) Whether we do enjoy that confidence as a Government no distant time will clearly and undeniably prove . ( Hear , hear . ) If we do not possess that confidence , I , for one , can sa y * with perfect sincerity , that I shall resign office , and with it the labours and anxieties of public life , with far more of readiness and far more of comfort to myself than I have undertaken the arduous and painful responsibilities which a sense of duty imposed upon me . " ( Hear , hear . )
But if the Ministry should be honoured by the support of "the intelligence of the country , " no sacrifice of "time , health , or life itself" would be deemed too much to prove themselves worthy of the favour of the Sovereign , and of the support of the people of this great empire . The Earl sat down amid great applause from all parts of the Hall . The health of " Tho Foreign Ministers present" was briefly acknowledged by the American Minister , and the customary reciprocation of complimentary toasts and speeches having been duly performed , the Lord Mayor and his guests retired to tho drawing-rooms at about half-past ten o ' clock , and the party began to break up .
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IRELAND . A deputation , headed by tho Duke of Leinster , the Earl of Rodon , Viscount Monk , &c waited upon the Lord Lieutenant on Monday to present an address on tho part of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland , congratulating his Excellency upon his arrival in this country , and requesting permission to enrol his name as vice-patron . Tho address spoke of tho great dcpi * ession of tho agricultural interest , and tho aovero sufferings to which tho owners and occupiers of land have boon subjected for tho last few years , as causes which had naturally retarded tho progress of tho society . Notwithstanding those drawbacks , it was stated that there had been a manifest improvement in tho cultivation of the soil . Lord Eglinton was very guarded in his roply , merely
observing , " That agriculture ) has always been tho foundation of tho prosperity of ovory nation ,, thoro can , I think , bo but ono opinion , and" a BOOjoty which link for . its object Ihu' dpvolopmont of tho resources of thia country , by improving tho brood of cattl ' o find tho system of husbandry , and circulating scientific know ledge among tho farming clauses , ought to receive tho cordial support of all who wish well to Iroliuul . I flineoroly hope that tho industry of your people , encouraged by tho oxamplo and fortified by the instructions of societies such as thin , may , oro long , ovorcomo tho Bovoro depression under which tho agricultural intorosts havo of lal ; o years boon labouring , and triumph ovor tho difficulties which havo so long oripplod their energies . " It would appear that tho deputation wore anxious to havo elicited from tho Viceroy an opinion upon tho
question of free « trade and protection . They must have been rather disappointed . The following reply was sent by the Prime Minister to a memorial presented to him and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the vexed . «* Consolidated Annuities , " signed by 7 Q Irish members , and forwarded \ by Sir Lucius O'Brien . The official answer runs as follows : — - ¦ , Downing-street , April 6 fch , 1852 . .
"Mr dear Sib . Lucitrs , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial transmitted to me in your letter of the 2 nd inst ., and which I have forwarded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The number and respectability of the signatures attached would of themselves command the respectful attention of the Government , even were the importance of the subject itself far less than I readily acknowledge it to be . The measure now before ' Parliament , was necessary for the purp ose of giving legal effect to the amount of relief afforded tiy the Treasury minute of the late Government , but I can give
no better proof of the spirit in which my colleagues and myself are anxious to approach the subject than the consent which I readily gave to Lord Monteagie ' s motion for a select committee of the House of Lords , which is nowdili . gently engaged in investigating all the circumstances connected with these advances , the repayment of which has been provided for by the Consolidated Annuitiesi " I have the honour to be , dear Sir Lucius , ¦ ..-, ¦ '¦ " Yours very truly , " Sir L . O'Brien , Bart ., M . P . " Deebt . " The Earl of Derby is putting himself in a fair way to find unqualified favour in the eyes of that large and influential section of the Irish gentry who have united for the purpose of obtaining the easiest possible terms for the settlement of the long standing account between themselves and the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury .
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PRESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE . ksother reception of the public in , the Crystal Palace was accomplished on Saturday ; again for a few brief hours some thousands of persons were scattered through its vast and desolate aisles . Whether influenced by the sanguine hope of preserving the fabric , or by the regretful expectation of its speedy removal , the same unflagging spirit of admiraifon seemed universally to prevail . The chances of an unfavourable issue to the natural desire to retain so brilliant a memorial of those triumphal scenes which have so lately been the allabsorbing topic , invest these later visits with melancholy anticipations of a possible farewell . So thoroughly is the display of 1851 associated in every mind with the building itself , that the acres of vacant flooring suggest-, even to the most unimaginative , the recollection of what has been , and is now past . It certainly presents now a very different scene . The transept is
clear , excepting a solitary fountain , a refreshment counter , and a few seats and tables at the northern end . Prom one of the pillars on the right , where the transept is intersected by the nave , was hung one of the views of the building , as proposed to be altered for a winter-garden , according to the plan of Sir Joseph Paxton . Lord John Manners having positively forbidden a second introduction of military bands , the
music was confined to a performance upon the organ by Mr . W . T . Best , who played selections from Mozart , Haydn , Handel , Mendelssohn , and Sebastian Bach , concluding with the Hallelujah Chorus , at live o ' clock . During the afternoon the company promenaded in tho nave , ascended into the galleries , described the different sections to their friends from memory , looked curiously at the maze of pipes exposed to view in tho machinery department , and , in fact , followed tho bent of their
different humours ; and as tho declining rays of an unclouded sun shone unimpeded through tho transept roof ; gradually and silently withdrew . It was rather warm , tho canvas awning no longer moderating tlie effect of the gloss roof ; but it by no means follows that such a retreat would not bo most agreeable during tlio prevalence of the bitter east winds with which tlio metropolis is so often favoured , while tho canvas can easily bo restored if tho preservation of the building oo
decided upon . , With respect to tho moans now being taken to arrest tho sentence of demolition , tho petitions to both Houso . of Parliament , lying in tho building , received an immense number of aignnftiros . At threo o ' clock a general meeting of tho committee took pluco . in tho largo roon near tho south ontranco , and ^ solutions woxo unnminously adopted to organize district committees alld g fc up pithlio meetings in various parts of London , so tho metropolitan public generally may hayo »«» «> PP " tunity of expressing their views and opinions upon subject . Meetings with this object will take P i ? J , tho courso of next week , and on Monday the ij thoro will bo a general public meeting of tho poopiu .
London . ... i , For tho country tho annexed form . of petition » been suggested , and a great many already oirouiu in various . cities , towns , and boroughs : —
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Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1852, page 364, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1931/page/8/
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