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bered he used to defy the bailiffs with dogs , and was only captured after a campaign ) is not to be shortened—he is sent back to York Castle , the case being adjourned sine die . But there is no crime in the matter . The commissioner said" He had given his opinion on tiie case . It was a most calamitous failure , and had resulted in a great degree from the want of discretion . TJie case was free from vice , as to the creditors * but it was not one in which he could say , in the words of the act , that the debts had beea' incurred ' without culpable negligence . ' "
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THE ROYA 1 , FREE HOSPITAL CASE . On Tuesday , the jury at last gave a verdict in this case , after five hours of retirement from court : — " We find that the deceased Alfred Bichardsoa died , of inflammation , caused by an operation unskilfully performed by Mr . Thomas AVeedon . Coote and Mr . Thomas Wakley , jun . " The coroner inquired if the jury-wished to prefer a criminal charge against any one ? Which was replied to in the negative by the foreman . In the course of the last day evidence not medical , and rather immaterial , was given . Mr . "Wakley , sen ., the coroner for the county , and who had . been charged with an attempt to prevent the inquest being hold , was put into the witness-box ( where
lie was hissed ) and offered laboured statements to show that he had done nothing whatever to arrest inquiry ; and further , that he had done nothing to eject Mr . Gay from his position at the hospital . It yrill bo Tememhered that the profession was exceedingly indignant at the dismissal , by the committee , of Dr . Gayj an excellent and eminent man ; and as Mr . Waltley ' s son succeeded Dr . Gay , it is not difficult to trace the demand for this inquest on the first fatal case which presented itself to vindictiveuess against young Mr . Wakley . Very likely the verdict of the jury is quite just ; but do ve not know that surgeons are always experimenting in the hospitals , very frequently to the ruin , of the poor—most likely pauper—patient ?
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likely to give oitence to the great ruler of o ; ir brave allies ; but , as to whether : it any time I . hnvo served him or not , is a matter on which he can speak . Most trul y do Ire-grot having , in reply to questions , made some inadvertent allusions ; but , in a communication 1 have addressed to lii . s Imperial Majesty , I have given such explanations as will doubtless be considered by him to bo satisfactory . " Possibly the mistake—for suolv it is—lies in a small compass . The ' Wizard erf the North' is tlio title by which I was known at the Atlulphi Theatre , while the Professor Anderson of the Gfast / pio Citizen is possibly thought to bo some distinguished purt > on holding a choir in i > university . " The Emperor should set himself right .
LOUIS NAPOLEON AND MR . ANDERSON " . The Wizard of the North persists in his assertion that Louis Napoleon once borrowed . 500 / . from him . In writing to the Times he says : — " M . Mocquard charges me with having unwarrantably claimed acquaintance with his Majesty Kapoleon 111 ., and asserts that ' iSEmpereur n'a jamais comm , jnmais vu , la Processor Anderson . My answer is , that when Prince Louis Napoleon took a private box of me for the season at the Add phi Theatre fourteen yeans ago , occupied that box very frequently , and did me the honour of applauding my performances , I am afraid M . Mocqunrd did not form one of Iiis suite . The- public aro the witnesses I call in court . " I . should be exceedingly sorry to do or snv anything
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O 1 HAR I » ASHA . The Times correspondent , who is at the head quarters of the English troops in the East , describes Omar Pasha ' s appearance at the review got up for him by Sir George Bco-wn at Demo : — " Omar Pasha wuh dresitcd with neatness and simplicity —no order glittered on hia breast , and his close-fitting bh «> frock-coat displayed uo ornament beyond iv plain gold sbouldor- ^ Btrnp and gilt buttons . Ho woro tho fez cap , which showed to advantage the clear well-walked linoa of his ¦ calm and rcuuluto face , embrowned by exposure to wind mid weather fur many a ye « r ofusoldiur'a life , and the hue of which waa well contrasted with hia snow * white- whiskers In tho riulo and rutlicr sensual mouth , with compressed thick lips , was traceable , if physiognomy hnvo truth ; enormous llrmnosa and resolution . The ulilii , full and sqntiro . evinced the namo , qualities , which might nlso bo discmniil in tho general form of Dig head . Those who romemlwr tho
etatuo of Kadotak y at tho Great Exhibition will undorwtnnd what I moan , AH tho rougher features , tho coar . 10 nose , and tho alight prominence oJ the check l > oncu , nro more than redeemed by the quiok , penetrating , and expressive t > ye , full ot quiet courngo and ^ onlus , and by tho culm though rnther stubborn brow , marked by linos of thought , lining above Iho thick Hlmg&y eyebrow . In person ho npponred to bo rather bolow than above tho . ordinary height ; ku ; his horse , u welltrained pr » y , waa iw » t na Uul an tho English olmrgord beside him , urid , lio may rewlly bo more tlmn t > foot 7 or 8 . His Hguro in , light , apnro , nnd active , and hirt neat , on lioroeluck , though tw » lackisli for oar notions of fquentriiiii propriety , rinl « ^ frir ' p ° V lwv * P llHH 0 ( 1 ' » »»*<>> ' very well in tho XSio roSS ° f ™ f 5 i ""«" : , » - « PPol' » t « l qniet pntl ,-ni ,, n . mS , Sl » K T- ! . Uold ' « -ho mon , wlio had afi bwn diitoTZllns 3 ' P Wlll j : ^» d f » tl « io jnofcets , to tho front delight ' ol » w « d . biin cntUvahxkicaUy to hl « great
MISSIONS TO THE HEATHEN . Titk high church confederation for looking after the religion of the heather , had a meeting at the Mansion House on Wednesday , patting the Lord Mayor in the chair , where his lordship individually indicated , with his usual condescension , how complete is our education at home . The Archbishop of Canterbury moved the first resolution : — " That the recent providential openings for the diffusion of Christianity in heathen lands constitute a call upon th « Society for the Propagation of the Gosp « l to extend its improving operations . " ( Cowers . ) His grace showed , amiably , that the Gospel was turning the sword into the " pruning-hook" in savage lands , —and . concluded by asking for some subscriptions .
The Bishop of -London ( " who -was received with applause" ) supported that suggestion in an eloquent speech ; and being , just now , undergoing abuse for Puseyism , he thought it wise to indicate that he had even a greater horror of the Roman Catholic than of the worshipper of Mumbo-Jumbo , as thus : — " In the Mauritius there were half a million of souls , and only iive Church of liwgland clergymen . The Roman Catholics , on the contrary , bad a well appropriated mission , and were labouring earnestly and zealously , and but too successfully . "
The Bishop of New Zealand moved the second resolution . Referring to the determination of the Governmehf to discontinue the salary hitherto paid him , the right rev . prelate said he did not complain of that decision , and was willing to make the experiment of maintaining a . self-supporting episcopate . No enc was so well qualified as he -was to do so , because twelve years' residence there had made him acquainted with the best fern roots , the haunts of
birds and fishes , and the processes of native cookery . ( Laughter and cheers . ) They wouH see , therefore , that he was prepared 1 o return to his diocese , aud dig , or beg , or both , while engaged in the duties of his office . He said tliis in order to remove any doubts as to the course lie would take under the circumstances he was placed in . ( Cheers . } His lordship seemed to think that every missionary should be a bishop , there being something , in his opinion , peculiarly touching in the air of a bishop : —
" Any earnest Christian man going into a heathen land with the siuthority and graces of a bishop , would be abld to emito around him an effective native ministry . " ' Sir George Grey spoke generally , but guardedly , to the efject that a missionary was a good thing , and he illustrated his case like a man of genius ; "for , " said he , " when you are shipwrecked on a savage island / 'it is pleasant to find that a missionary has preceded you , and taught a Christian dietary to the barbarians ! The Bishop of Oxford proposed a resolution , pledging the society to support new missions , and confessed that among nil his noble and great friends , who , knowing him , must be Christians , he could not get money enough to support « i Natal mission : —
" flic resources of this society wcro so cripplud that tho other day , when it Was found that in consequence of a niisunderstiiniling as to the amount the sucicty could placo at the disposal of the Bishops of Natal and Graham's Town , that they were deficient 300 ? ., they could not find a single ' quarter from which that puliry amount could bo got . Out of thftt difficulty had originated that ^ veat meeting , aud , God willing , not only tho 800 / ., but the 20 , 000 / . for which tliey asked , should come . " The Bishop of Natnl seconded this resolution . ' Money was subscribed , and then the archbishop pronounced his benediction—and the company separated lor dinner .
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THE QUEEN AND THE ABMY CLOTHING . In tho Heport of the proceedings-in . tho IIouso of Commons on Thursday evening , \ yq find Mr . S , H « nuisuT said , the new patterns for the Army clothing wore to bo submitted to her . Mnjoisty to-morrow . Wo would have givon something to be present at tho interview between Iilt Majesty and tho Sccrotnrynt-War . Wo hope ono of tho best-looking men of tho Line was taken to tho Palace by Mr . Sidney Herbert , that the Queen might judge of the general effect of tho costume , which wo find is to consist of what wo have for years reeominoiuled—tho frock and tho helmet . It would naturally cause her Majesty ft pang to part with the < l Albert , " winch has made our
men look so comical for the past ten or twelve years , but tho feelings of the vvifo aro in subjection to tho wiadom and duty of the Sovereign , anil therefore wo can bcllcvi ) that tho queer thing is lor over put aside . Wo hope , however , that her Majesty has gono further than m-eroly inspecting tho cut , und tho nppearanco of tho custume . Wo trust that , in her euro and consideration for her good soldiers , Qucon Victoria Iiuh graciously conduecendwd to fee I tho < sloth—to hold it up to the light—to nib itj and atrotoh it—and bo satisfy hersolf that tho inatorial is something bolter than that wiiich , uinlor tho old Hyatoin , was forced upon tho soldier . — United Service Journal .
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MR . CAEDKN'S WOOING . . The Nation says : — " We have noticed in trie press and throughout society , n sort of mawkish , half-apologetic sympathy for Mr . Carden . It is a diseased pity , -vvhich ^ needs to be cauterised . E ? ther the man is a raving lunatic—dangerous to leave at large ( and there is nothing in his antecedents as the associate of the Tipperary gentry to indicate this ) , or he is a cowardly culprit who has richly earned the convict brand , since / the Lnv refuses to make his Jife the forfeit , of his unonanly > out rage . ' * ' Mr . Carrlen is a gentleman , and was madly in love , ' it is pleaded . Unluckily for his chivalry , the wealth of the coveted bride was even more remarkable than her charms . Abduction is tlie most vulsir and least defensible
crime that stains Irish annals ; and it * is" remhrkable that vulgar greed—not generous passion—has been neatly always its mainspring . " We should like to inquire what-pityv or . pardon' the Pharisees , who are so lenient to this deputy-lieutenant and justice of the peace who has overridden all law in the prosecution of Iiis amour , have , ever shown to the frantic outrage of a plundered , evicted , famished Tipperary peasant ? It was not to stimulate his jaded passions , nor to quench , his lust for gold or beauty , that he has been known , at 4 hnes , to rush from the roofless and smouldering walls the law had left him , and with the agonised gaze of Iiis wife yet scorehing his brain , and the wail of iiis famished children still ringing in his-ears , to deal a wild justice on his-oppressor .
" laking what the world ; calls the . fairest view of the case , a repulsive aad loathsome marriage £ fov all forced marriages are loathsome ) is tbc aoom of the- woman . " By what right , then , does society tolerate such an « eyil ? Why do the gentry in Mr . Csirden's county wink at a crime always so disastrous , so perilous in example , and in lias Case so audaciously . planned , and if we are to judge "by tlie fire-arms provided , prepared to be carried out with murderous unscrupulousnesd ? Is the old saying in Ireland to be for ever time— U'liere Ls one law for the rich , and another for the poor . '"
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INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT OLDHAM . AVe find this paragraph in the Times , and read it wonderingly as to the connexion between the working man and the Woriing-man ' s Hall , adorned by bishops , peers , and anti-union manufacturers . The patronage of the people by the Earl of Wilton occurs to us as interesting : — " An interesting ceremony took place at Ol > lhnrn , on Monday , ^ hen an Educational and Industrial Exhibition was opener ! in tho Working-man ' s Hall , with a view to raising funds for the erecti' > n of a new building for the Oldham Lyceum , the one hitherto used having become much too small and inconvenient for the purposes of that institution . By means of contributions from some of the principal English manufacturing towns , and from the nobility anil gentry
of the kingdom , a vi-ry lnrge and interesting collection of objects lias been brought together , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , the Earl " of Wilton , Lord Brougham , and the Bishwp of Manchester being among the leading contributors . The Exhibition was opened on ilonihiy morning by tlie Ear } of Wilton , who delivered a short address , and a very large number of visitors attended . A banquet took place in the Town-hall in the afternoon to celebrate the event , at which Mr . James Platt , of the iirtn of Platt Brothers and Co ., the eminent cotton machine manufacturer * -, presided ; iind addresses were delivered by the Bishop of Manchester , the Rev . Dr . Vnuglian , Mr . . T . -um / s Hatt , and tlio Ivirl of Wilton , who hoped the establishment of this Kshibilion for sucl » an object wi / tild have i \ good effect \\\ v > n the minds of the working classes , as an evidence of kind feeling on tho part of their employers . "
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A PROPOSED KAILWAY . Tuk Thames Central Railway is a . bold scheme , and , to many , will seem a wild one j yet it i 9 propounded by an eugiueer who has done , and is doing , great things ; and we must be cautious how we venture tc smile down anything from sucli a quarter . At present , legislative snuitiou is wautiug ; but the day may arrive when botli skill and capital will be forthcoming to complete the work . Let us imagine a railway rising boldly above tho level of the Thames , iind running along nearly equidistant between its shores . It will run from Westminster-bridge to London-bridge . Its supports will bo so light and graceful as to ofl ' or no obstruction to tho view from Whitehall-gardens and tho Temple-gardens , and tho few other snots whunoo a view can be obtained * The
railway will , in effect , bo u station nearly from « nd to end , whereby tho ^ router railways may form a junction . There will bo a water-way for barques and Mnall craft bcncnlh , and two water-ways for steamers between the rnihvny nnd the respective shores . By means of flouting fenders connected with the supporting columns , tho river truffle will bo definitely arranged into distinct trains or streams— -perhaps with greater facilities for river trade than if no railway existed . There will be approaches Ironi all the bridges , whereby to pick up pussiMigors from everywhere to everywhere— -nlwnys provided thut tho existing companies will carry tlielr linos from the present termini to iho banks of tho Thames . Barges and cmft will receive goods from tho railway , or supply goods to it , by n due umiugonicnt of tho snnco between tho ctiLumna . —Dickens ' s "/ luuaeftold Words . "
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JrtY 22 , 1854 ] THE LEADER . 679
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Leader (1850-1860), July 22, 1854, page 679, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2048/page/7/
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