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      General for Ireland ; that was in 1851 , and was both a general and a particular statement . The nature of it was , that Mr . Keogh was speaking of the necessity of having a "better class of men returned as Irish representatives ; and Mr . Keogh alluded . to " Paddy Somers , and others , who lived by selling places . " The informant No . 5 , vras James Walker , a solicitor , vrho stated that he knew of persons who had purchased places . If he was to name all the parties who

      mentioned the rumours of corruption , he . should name every acquaintance he had . Thomas Arkins , the city sword-bearer to the Corporation of Dublin , also spoke generally , and mentioned one member of Parliament ty name , wlio was guilty of corrupt practices . That gentleman was not a member of the present Parliament . Mr . Lucaa absolutely refused to give any cine to the Committee which in any way would enable them to pursue the inquiry .

      ' Mr . Keogh was examined . He did not recollect the speech about Paddy Somers . - Generally , he denied making any accusations of the kind referred to ; but he might hare said members sold their country . On the . whole , Mr . Keogh ' s evidence rather confirms the impression . that some kind of trafficking does go on ; but no specific charges are made . Mr . Keogh said lie was sure he used this expression at Ballina , —that if a member received patronage from the Government of the day , he was undoubtedly a supporter of that Government ; and lie was quite sure that applied equally to both sides of the House of Commons , and to England as well as Ireland .

      , Mr . Bright : Then yon speak from your own experience , being a member of the Government ? ( Laughter . } . Mr . Keogh : No one knows better . than Mr . Bright that what I have stated is true . ( Renewed laughter . ') Mr . Bright : And if those -who did not support the Government asked for patronage , they would not get it ? Mr . Keogh : They would not ; and they ought not either . Mr . Granville Vernon : Did you accept your present office with any view to bestow patronage on any person to whom you are under any obligation ? Mr . Keogh : Certainly not .

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      OBITUART . MARQUIS OP LOKDOKDERKY . Chables Stewart , Marquis of Londonderry , died on Monday . He was among the now not very numerous survivors of our last great contest with continental Europe , Says the Times . He entered the army as an ensign in the year 1794 , and saw some service in the unfortunate expedition to Holland , during the course of which he received a severe wound . During the whole course of the Peninsular operations there was n © more gallant cavalry officer

      than Charles Stewart . He was among the last to quit the beach at Corunna . During the subsequent campaigns we find his name honourably mentioned at Talavera , Busaco , Fuentes d'Onor , and Badajoz . It was not , however , only on the field of battle , where he ever displayed the qualities of a fearless and accomplished soldier that the Marquis of Londonderry earned honourable distinction . He was ^ from time to time engaged in important missions to the camps of our allies . One instance may be recorded in which his personal courage and resolution rendered essential service to the common

      cause . He was specially charged with the super-vision of Bernadotte , the Swedish King , who had armed his troops by help of subsidies from England , and was at the time wavering in his allegiance . No intercession less energetic than that of Sir Charles Stewart would have been effective to retain him in the path of duty . The secret history of the time exists to show what kind of remonstrance the English Envoy found it necessary to employ at so critical a moment as that which preceded the great battle of Leipsic . With all this , it was never

      pretended that the Marquis of Londonderry possessed the qualities of a great military commander . He was as fearless a soldier as ever drew sword , and as undaunted in battle . But it cannot be said that , either as a diplomatist or statesman , the deceased nobleman will leave behind him any great name . Tho position of his brother , and the greatness of the country which he represented , were enough to add dignity to his diplomatic services , and what can be said with truth is , that there never was a braver soldier in tlie British army than the Charles Stewart whose death it is our duty this day to announce .

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      "Ithad always been thought that when Major Beresford gave Mr . George Henry Richardson Cpx the " W . . B . ' letter , fie bad supplied the jnoney found upon Morgan . I irsi $ assured , ana proof offered , that Major Berosford had- not , directly or indirectly , supplied any money for Derby ; the money found upon Morgan had been supplied » ri Derby . I had been previously , told , by one who had good information , that Major Beresford ' a complicity began and ended withrfche

      ni IMUg Ul U 1 D aiOllbCl W 1111 . JMltll . VSU UOIllg UUU « iUUtHl pi | V this was tho fact ,. I felt bound , in common fairness , to put an end to the indictment aa to Major Beresford ; for { although the letter might have been held by the jury , from its terms , satisfactory evidence of guilty knowledge and of conspiracy for a common object with Mr . Cox , thin object to be earned out by Mr . Frail , as it was ultimately by Morgan y . s ' tilfjI ' -iF Major Beresford had not actually done more than write one of the most indiscreet letters ever written at tho dictation

      clW . B . " THE INNOCENT . The mystery of the Derby com promise has beetr revealed . Mr . Coppock has published alongletter in the Derby Reporter of tfie 3 d instant , detailing the reasons why this prosecution was abandoned ;^ Atecording to his statement , there were great legal difliculties in the way , whieh would probably have prevented him from convicting any of the defendants , and he consequently agreed , on the part of the prosecutors , to accept from Mr . William Thomas Cox , and others who were included in the indictment , the sum of 1000 / . ( for costs ) , in . consideration Of tjb 4 charge against them being abandoned . ' He goes on $ 0 state , not only that Mr . Beresford and his friends Were ^ r parties to the compromise , but that the chargesaf conspiracy andjbribery against Mr . B ^ resfoi ^ Vere entirely unfounded . The following is an extract from Mr . Coppock ' s letter : — : .

      of an indiscreet man , lib own self-reproaches had punished him enough . Notice was accordingly given to Major Beresford ' s solicitors , and to the Associate of the Court , that tho indictment would not be prosecuted . " , ,

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      THE PRfc STON LABOUR-BATTLE . ( JFr m our Correspondent . ' ) Preston , Thursday Evening . After a careful examination into the circumstanced attendant upon the events of last Friday , I can arrive at uo other conclusion than that the reading of tlie Riot Act was a most dangerous and ill-advised measure on the part of the Preston magistrates . No serious riot has really occurred in the town from tlie commencement of this lamentable dispute until now . The truth is , that on last Thursday evening a number of immiffrants from the north were expected

      by Messrs . J . and A . Leigh ( associated masters ) , and these gentlemen , instead of permitting : the strangers to proceed quietly to tlie lodging prepared for their reception , thought it necessary to provide vehicles , and an array of police to guard them through the town . This demonstration naturally attracted attention , and , as it was quite dusk , a number of mischievous boys and girls were foolish and wicked enough to assemble together and pelt tho corttge with mud and pebbles . The glass windows of an omnibus were consequently smashed , a stone unfortunately struck the head of a child , and tho countt lie Lei rattled

      ing-house windows of Mossra . gh were a little unmercifully ; and that was the true extent of tho actuul damage . Next morning ( Friday ) some Irish immigrants were expected to arrive by train at the Maudland Itailway Station , and this time the municipal authorities , headed by the mayor , determined upon making an extraordinary demonstration of physical force . Accordingly tho entire police force , and the fire-brigade , followed by tho magistrates and the town clerk , proceeded to the station , and a wondering concourse naturally followed them , whereupon the magistrates

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      March 11 , 1854 . ] THE LEA D E R . 226 ^ — ¦ ¦ _ _ — V * MO * ^^ . _ _ ^

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      » B . DENISON . Dr . Edward Denison , Bishop of Salisbury , died on Monday evening , after an illness of six days . For some time he had not been in the enjoyment of goodhealtli ; he was able to presido at tho annual meeting of the Salisbury Branch of the Church Missionary Society , on Monday , tho 27 th ult ., and on tho day following he went to Portsmouth to witness the embarkation of the troops . Shortly after his return he was seized with constipation . Mr . latum , a surgeon , was called in , and rendered every assistance in his power , but he gradually grew worse . On Friday and Saturday a change for tlie better took place , and hopes were entertained of his recovery ; but on Sunday symptoms of an unfavourable

      character manifested themselves , and within a short time his medical attendants gave up all hope of his recovery . From that time he continued to sink until Monday evening , when he breathed his last . Dr . Denison was educated . at Oriel College , and was placed in the first class of Literce ETumaniores at the examination of Easter Term , 1822 . In 1826 he was elected to a fellowship at Merton College ; and he then succeeded to the vicarage of St . Peter ' s-inthe-East , Oxford , a small college living , where he remained up to his appointment , in March , 1837 , to the see of Salisbury .

      Dr . Denison ' a father was Mr . John Wilkinson , merchant , of London , first cousin to Mr . Wm . Denison , of Kirkgate , Leeds , who left him the bulk of his property , provided he would assume the name of Denison , ' and continue the business which Mr . Denison had carried on at Leeds . This he did in conjunction with his brother , to whom Mr . Denison also bequeathed from 3000 / . to -4000 / . a-year . After that period Mr . John Denison was in Parliament for some years , and the bishop's elder brother represented South Nottinghamshire at the time of his lordship ' s installation . Among the bishop ' s brothers are Sir "William Denison , Lieutenant-Governor of "Van Diemen ' s Land , and the Venerable G . A . Denison , Archdeacon of Taunton .

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      SB . JENK . TK 8 . Oxford has sustained another severe loss this week in the death of the beloved and respected Master of Balliol . No event has thrown so deep and general a gloom over that University within our recollection . We can most heartily attest the complete truth of the following well-merited tribute to the useful , amiable , and honourable life of the lamented dignitary . All Balliol men ( and their ranks include some of the ablest and most distinguished of the day ) will concur with heartfelt sympathy and sincere sorrowin , these just and honest words of praise . We quote from \ the Times of Tuesday last : —

      " Richard Jenkyns , D . D . Dean of Wells , and Master of Balliol College , was born in 1782 . He was a native of Somersetshire . His Oxford career anticipated the time when University honours were first instituted ; but his known talents and good scholarship secured him , not only the college prizes of a Scholarship and Fellowship , which in those days were given by interest rather than on account of merit , bat the more important posts , first , —of College Tutor , which he held for a considerable term of years ; and secondly , of Master , to which he was elected in 1812 , at the age of 37 . He was at that time Senior Tutor and Bursar of his college , and third upon tlie list of Fellows . As a tutor we believe him to have been energetic and successful . He possessed many excellent moral qualities , calculated to endear . him to those with whom be came in contact- —excellent judgment ,

      sary , not only as a change of scene and air , but as a retreat and repose from the cares of the College * S ^ K . *?* 5 ^ vaca * ^ ™ urgently entreated by his friends to resign the mastership to rounder ( certainly not to abler or better ) hands , and to Remain in peace at home . But although it seems the good old man had a presentiment that he should never live till after Easter , to see reropened the cathedral which he had almost created anew by his munificence , he cowl not be dissuaded from devoting his latest" energiepp the labour of his active years . He made up his mjntl to " die in harness . " And if ever a name and a life deserved to be remembered and recorded with gratitude and , reverence , assuredly that simple and strong career of ; duty and devotedness deserves a monuihgifct at Balliol and a shrine at Wells . The lamented Dean and Master is to be interred on Tuesday next at Wells , in the Lady-chapel of the cathedral . The venerable Archdeacon Xaw , the canon now in residence , has the direction of the obsequies . The appli- ^ cations from old pupils to be permitted to assist at the last sad offices have been very nutnerous , butfthke arrangements , in harmony with the known wishes of the deceased , include only a certain number of the members of the college , Qua a limited circle of private friends . - : Ah interval of two months is allowed the college to elect a new master . The election rests with the fellows . .. ' ¦ ..

      great good sense , and a very considerable amount of sound and elegant scholarship ., It was , however , as Master of Balliol that he succeeded in doing his great work , that work which it is difficult to value too highly , and which will carry his name down to posterity among those who hare noiselessly yet most efficiently carried through a most important change . He found Balliol a close college among the least distinguished of collegiate bodies at Oxford—he left it almost entirely open , and confessedly the foremost of all . Through the whole period of iris mastership , from the very first , be aimed at opening the foundation—one by one he won the Fellows to hia views—and finally , in the year 1834 , he succeeded in setting aside the system of nomination which had previously prevailed , and set up merit—moral and intellectual—as the sole standard . The result has been

      seen in that galajcy of scholars and eminent men which has made Balliol famous above all the other colleges in Oxford for the last twenty years . To Dr . Jenkyns it is owing that the world now knows how great an amount of good may be effected by throwing open the prizes of a single college . The cause of University reform is thereby far more indebted to him than it could have been for an actual advocacy , Jif it had received such at his hands . In politics Dr . Jenkyns was a Conservative of no ultra character . Ha received his deanery in the jear 1845 from Sir Robert Peel . Of late years he had been opposed to Mr . Gladstone , whose Church princi p les he disliked . Bat he never lent himself to promote a factious opposition . He will long be remembered botli at Oxford and at Wells for his universal kindness , hia great goodness of heart , and his sterling good sense . He has left a host of friends to mourn his loss , and ho has not left , we are sure , a single enemy . "

      We may add that in liis own county ( to which his fond attachment was almost a second patriotism ) he will not be less missed and regretted than at Oxford . When he received his appointment to the Deanery of Wells ( the immediate neighbourhood of hia native place ) he found it difficult to restrain the joy of a hearty and affectionate nature at the accomplishment of the most ardent wish of hia life . And ever since 1845 , as large a portion of the year as he could snatch from his severer University duties has been passed in that city of ecclesiastical repose , in the midst of hia earliest associations . As at Oxford

      so at Wells , his active habits of business , his unalterable kindness , his unostentatious and unfailing charities , his generous warmth of nature , and simple dignity of manner , won all hearts , and conciliated the respect and sympathy of all classes and opinions . As at Oxford 80 at Wells , he was foremost in good works . To the restoration of the cathedral he contributed half Ins fortune , a sound judgment , and a cultivated taste . Tho now pulpit and stalls were his gift . Increasing infirmities hud rendered his residence at Wells of late even more than usually necea-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 11, 1854, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2029/page/9/