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THE HOOD MONUMENT . A correspondent writes— " Perhaps some of your readers may be interested in an account of the ceremony that I-witnessed to-day at the Kensall-green Cemetery , viz ., the inauguration of the memorial to the late Thomas Hood . The day being one of the finest and most genial that we have had this bitter summer brought out a good assemblage of the friends and admirers of poor Hood ; not the common-place , over-dressed fins ladies and gentlemen who usually compose an English crowd , drawn together by idle curiosity or . mere invitation , but principally mechanics and artisans , with a sprinkling of literary people and foreigners .
" The site of the poet ' s last resting-place commands a lovely view over the Surrey hills , with the glorious Crystal Palace , which , had he lived he must have rejoiced in ; and on the other side the woody heights of Harrow , with its church pointing skywards . The railway close beneath , with its rushing trains at intervals , recalliiig one to the bustle of the outer world . « ¦ " Richard Mouclcton Milnes—one of the kindest and most genial of the world's * curled darlings' who has passed through a life of fashion and popularity untouched and scatheless—had come to do honour to ttie memory of his brother poet . Nothing could be better in taste and feeling than his inaugural address
—a graceful and withal earnest review of Hood ' s life . His simple character , his goodness , the eflect that his poems had produced and aTe producing amongst all classes , especially those in whose behalf lie wrote , the ^ tory of bis difficulties , and the ready Assistance of $ h ? Robert Peel when made aware of them , were raiefly dwelt oiv by Milnes . The drapery with which the oust of Hood was covered was removed , and the ceremony thus ended , all crowded round the last memorial of the * people singer , * and thanked th e orator in spirit for his loving tribute to the memory of him who ' sang the Song of the Shirt . ' These words , with the name and date of his death , compose the inscription—an all sufficient one . "
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A TORY TO £ W OF TK& HOUSE OF LORDS . TtefE Press , in its last number , 'presents ah article , in reference to the ' votes-of the House of Lords on the Oxford tlriiversity Bill , vrliicK indicates bv its style the authoritative Tory writer : — ' ' -= ttfThe dislocation of political purttes tvbieh has of late years Tendered the iWdrkitig of our parliamentary' Government so f&eble and ) fib vacillating , has told with equally powerful effect upon the House q £ Lords as upon the 'Houso of Gornmons . Vy ^ iile the effect lias been eq ually powerful , it has , from the peculiar cgris ^ itutipa of the Upjev Chamber , necessarily been more permanent . " When Sir . Bobert Peel , intoxicated with ' tlat power which he owed entirely to party , first rneditated theidea of governing without piifty connexions , two influences arose , which
lh ttie course of isVehts were to be substituted for that ancient system of Church and State which a free aristocracy was peculiarly adapted . to uphold . Those were Boreancracy and Tfactarianism . The first would have secured centralised patronage , and fcina second nspjrdd to . govern the multitude bjra t heocratic . revival . , Botli , if successful and united , rajght ^ haye ^ brrned a strong Goyernrnent , though , at the ultimate expens ? of public l ^ berfcv . and , national character . . " The Newman defection liaiT already opened the eyes of sound Churchmen , however hjah their views , to the abyss they were approaching , when tiie Papal aggression rouped tt fefentire ttdtiuiry ' arid' that Protestant revival , commenced which , if wisely * guided , ' rrmy yet save rind secure the libertieH . ond greatness of this country . ' On-tho other bund , the fall of . Sir Robert Feel ; was i a heavy , blow and great
discouraeempnfc ' . to , . wo dcFWppjng burea » cracy , although bis Whig 8 n 5 oe 8 Bpr . 8 ^ ayp . ! at , time 3 , yftt . J \<; r , < rQm instinct tlmn design , feebly atjiernptcd , ito pursue . , his ; B | auhjb | o projects . Notwiths V & Wjotyre , the bre « kTUD , qf parties , jind , tn . incpnaistent and incoherent ,, conduct insepurabjo m ^ . popular aierhcy bf tnti'Ho ' uso ^ 'f Corrirnona of fate ' Wars' niia been Conservative in tho best Wid widest ' sense' 'df tfte tipfth'ot . '' Public opinion has operated upon tho popular branch , and , in n great degree , neutralised the evil working of tho exotic influences introduced by Sir Kolert Peel mid liis disciples , and ¦ which , if consummated } HttW havb Bbttkd Kngland under n ^? teW ^* n ¥ P , > pe % . W 9 Wlwj ^ ics pf . ( lift . German 9 flW . PRF , ^ # -ftipso , of , tho Bftman , $ y , no <| . , Thus , amid fclic parliamentaryicbaosi . a ., pounorful , ( Conservative i partyin > tlio
day receiving fresh ncttt ; 58 i 6 tt » 'bflii 1 ! r «< ftferti ; i' 3 rBBlh ^ n 6 oflly SWiP i ^ l i fl » J ?^ Pi ^ l : WftrtUe |«^ ioivh / ja , w ^ rAea 89 d , iO > thoqHli Jft rppppjatio ^ itf ^ op ^ mnp pomr and ita / cuquonfcitriumphs , JJhougtoOonaervatuvO f it is popular hi its sympathicB . ' -Faithful to Church und 'State , le would uphold fho Chiirbii on n \ \ ?^ M ^ M 0 ^ $ ??* & $ & to * ** - Wrt-ft * WfM « l moiptafa mp ; , 9 tme , J ^ sUt ^ lnons , of , ftp country ,, for , pnrfcy , wuwxm ftrffiea on tm « Utipa « ry influence ^ nnd loorftnutlipritT . It fin opno&d / thorofofo , tq Gcntraliantionand 'Frn < ttai 4 nnMrn t > and in its objects , ua well aa' -irt'tho floufeoi ) of ittr' 'powdr . ' it in n u" i ¦¦ < „ < . ' , ¦ ......-, // ¦ . ,.,-,., vlfiiW » Pr > n-, tl » fi ;/ A * Wflo of ; Lewis « flWrft , « ro > f « r otherwieo . TthaMiostoroaliopinion haw ivory little , if atalL modiWod tlio cdndUI < m pr 6 d ( Miei ((!») y tho ( Halcfcutiort of pAitietf'atldi tlio'l ^ eoi syBtom . ^ 'Ini ' tlft'HotfW'df I ^ Msi t ( j « i ( WooS- 6 f < tli 6 'Wht g Ay Jlory parties aro about equal , whilo tl » o party which acceded fbomtho Cpnaorvativo ranks , under tho Influence of tho h \ t « t aSw ? aSlVttSPf W ^ W-VR ' W rntiet '' tb'l ) oi ! wcfcn ; : i ; iilrty « inl ppWfXTi ni ^ flW > BHn , » H fi-Wtujpe -frf . ^ h ^ , qopn ^ i ^ n . /» pp , wjc , iii . 0 : 3
the Houso oi Lords , not only in their original unpopular form , but perhaps eveu aggravated , and with less disguise . Here we find Ministers of State with no following in the country , while ambitious prelates combine to substitute for the power which political party has hitherto alone supplied in England , the influence of the great corporation of wliich they are the chiefs , and which influence they are seeking ( o extend and enforce by means alike audacious and empirical . The statesman , resting on Bureaucracy , will ultimately establish Centralisation : while the bishop , assuming that the
whole population of the country is in his fold , prepares for that synodical action which is never for a moment absent from the thoughts of this anti-national confederacy . The Duke of Newcastle may be looked upon in the House of Lords as the model type of the Bureaucratic Minister , while the Bishop of Oxford is the prelate who is to render the Church in EugUmd both catholic and popular . Both individuals act under the Jesuitical inspiration of JMr . Gladstone , who is prepared at the same time to reform the civil service on Chinese principles , and give the Church of England a Parliament of its own .
" To establish in England centralised authority and priestly domination is not an easy task , and requires no ordinary powers , yet it is one on which the House of Lords , unconsciously no doubt , to many of its members , is now actively intent . So far as regards tlie constitution of this conntry , it is a destructive process-, a system essentially revolutionary . "
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THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ACROSS THE ATLANTIC . In its article on the electric telegraph , the " Quarterly " brings up the latest news as to transatlantic telegraphing : — " The restless spirit of English engineers , having provided for the internal telegraphic communication of Great Britain and her principal dependencies , seems bent upon stretching out her lines to the East and to the West , so as ultimately to clasp the entire globe . The project of connecting , telegraphically , England with America is , at the present moment , seriously engaging the attention of scientific and . commercial men . The more daring engineers are sanguine of the practicability of laying a submarine cable directly across the Atlantic , from Gulway to Cape Race in Newfoundland . Now * that we have Lieutenant Maury ' s authentic determination of the existence of a shelf across the North Atlantic ,
the soundings on which are nowhere more than 130 O fathoms , the feasibility of the project is tolerably certain . The principal questioa i 3 whether , if a line were laid , an electric current can bo passed through 30 GO miles of cable . No doubt , by the expenditure of enormous battery power , this might be accomplished through wires suspended in the air , but it is a question whether it can . be done along a vast length of gutta-percha coated wire passing through saltwater . There is such a thing as too great an instigation Professor Faraday has shown that in such circumstances the wire becomes a Leyden jar , and may be so charged with electricity that a current cannot , without the greatest difficulty , move through it . This is the objection to a direct cable between the two continents ; if , however , it can be overcome , doubtless the ocean path would in all possible
cases be adopted where communications had to be made botween _ civilised countries haying intermediate barbarous , or un ^ en ial lands . To escape this at present dubious ocean path , it is proposed to carry the cable from the northernmost point of the Highlands of Scotland to Iceland , by wav of the Orkney , Shetland , and Ferroe islands—to lay it from Iceland ' across to tho nearest point in Greenland , thence down the coast to Cape Farewell , where the cable would again take to the water , span Davis ' s Straits , and make right away across Labrador and Upper Canada to Quebec . Here it would lock in with the North American mesUwork of wires , which hold themselveB out like an open , hand for the European grasp . This plan seems quite feasible , for in no part of the journey would the oatil © require to bo more thnn mile
SJUU s long ; and a 8 it seems protty certain thnt a sandbank extends , - with good soundings , all the way to Cape Farewell , there would be little difficulty in mooring tho cable to a level find soft bottom . Tho only obstacle that wo see is the strong partiality of tho Esquimaux for old iron , and it would uerhups bo tempting them too much to hang their coasts with this material , just read y to their hands . The want of settlements along thia inhospitable arctia const to protect the wire is , we conteuo , a great drawback to tho aoheme ; but wo fnney posts might be organised at comrWtt , ° l y a » oml } coat , , copsidering . the rnngnitude and importance of fljho ^ uqdortakwg , . Tho mero oxpenaa of m » HjriK ana laying the ' cable would not bo much more than ' -doublo that of ' buil ' d ing the now WestirirnUcr-briiltro acroasihe ^ Tliarnei" -, ¦ ¦ 1 * " ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ i . , P
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: ¦ ¦ - " r-1 " -i ~ " - ' ¦ :. ¦ - ¦ •¦ ,, cojty ^ t f sstoty cor it ^ j Acir on catt . ciii ^ jp . .,, . " . ; . 1 A kOVER ; OF . TJJJE QUJ 3 JBN ,.,. . . . , . . ' A , Captain Ceeilp , an officer in tho Landers , went rnad Home yours ago / and v / aa shut up in a , lunatic asylum , 1 iy his i family . The Lunatic Faricnda ' Society -became acquainted ^ itbv Ilia case , deeidod that ho was mot mad , and , insisted bn a ; commiaaiaiv of inquiry . It has hoeh ihold art Olamen ^ siinn Ilatl ^ this week , before Mr . Ifmnois Barlow , a Master in L ' unoicy . ' Sir IT . Theaiger , | rjliO ' appotvr »( l / A ) r tho family , and in sxipportof tho-bi ^ rhnil ^ ibrn , boA > cnonced by complaining of tho officious , and , na 'lie euid , unjustifiable / . conduct'Of tho Lunatic Ifrionda' Society , "in imeddl inQ ^ th . ^ h yji case j fiiiid ,, ho thent ^ P 9 & tlio f « ot 8 , Jujuwaoallon onjiio cdniducli of his cl er | ts ,. ; ThrfAffillrtloft Uloh fca ^ bcon'mwab'Wt'baptAn j dhH ( Hyrt ( i ife ^ fofitftyrb- 'tikTi waWo y oh . r » thllo il ' esslj / f > Utt )< ttl liv wtiilnethont' hy his fatherj wt \ e rijude , ¦}¦ ¦¦> " ¦• - ' ' i ; : , ¦ i' ¦ ¦ . ;/
in entire ignorance of the circumstances of the case . Captain Cliild was the second son of Mr . Child , of Kinlet Hall , in Shropshire , and was entitled to' the reversion of 4000 / . a year on his father ' s decease . He was now in his 43 rd year . In 1838 he became possessed with the extraordinary infatuation that the Queen had a marked attachment to him , and that she evinced her affection in an evident manner every time they met . He had at last even written to her Majesty , inviting her to open & correspondence ; and he quarrelled with his brother and other members or his family , who had implored him to desist , and endeavoured to disabuse him of Ins unfortunate notions .
These letters to the Queen , though not signed by Captain Child , were traced to him , and the result was a conference between his father and'Ziojrd ' Hill , Commander-in-chief , and the Marquis of Ifdrmanby , the then Home Soctetary : —the rdsult being confinement in a lunatic asylum . ' . ¦ The Secretary to the Luoatic Friends' Society produced 203 letters written hy Captain Child , while in confinement , some of them in cipher , the , key . of which had been obtained ; and lie submitted these in proof that the " party" wasof soundmind .
They all , more or less , contained protests against the continuance of his detention , and the legality of his first incarceration in an asylum . In one he had declared that he had never entertained tlie idea that the Queen had formed an attachment for him since the month of June , 1840 , and that he had been mi * - led into the impression that she was attached to him , by what he conceived to be . some peculiarity in her manner towards him at the Opera , The . letters were admitted to indicate great mental acuteness , and were written in an excellent , compact , and finished style .
Mr . Leman , of the State Paper , office , deposed to having easily succeeded in deciphering , the letters . The words ** ' Serat" and " Gerho * meant the Queen ; " Lorenzo" stood for Prince Albert ; . and "Aore " signified the Duchess of Kent . The letters ¦« «• K . JBw " meant her Majesty ' pj Ministers ; and " Friend" was applied to Louis Napoleon . ; . . Xibrd Shaftesbury had examined the lunatic in 1852 , and deposed that he had then regarded him as of unsound mind . ' Gapt , Child was then introduced , liis appearance excited considerable interest . He is pf . " ele ' nde ^ build , about fi . ve feet ten iricaes high , wit ? ia . th 6 rough military bearing . His answers . to-ti ^ &Ue ' siiqns put to him were given ' with great shrewdness . Their
substance was that he had certainly considered tliat the Queen's manner to him at first had \ teen somawhat marked , and he could excuse the letters he had written to her , though he could not justify them . Other persons had thought that the Queen had paM him marked attention . He must decline to say who they were , but he would tell anythipg to settle the question of his insanity . The Queen pai 4 l » ni attention both before arid , after her marriage in ji marked manner , but he did not . mean to , say that anything wrong was intended by it , but there was a
marked manner . He would much rather-not say who beside himself observed it . He had supposed from the Queen ' s manner that hor marriage vritb Prince Albert was a sham , it w ' as not a fixed opinion , but a mere supposition , which' he g 6 t rid of , rtot by lapse of time , nor by treatment , b ' ut by proofs thatit was not a sham . It did happen that there was s 6 nmerthing in the Queen ' s manner , but he would , nqt draw , the least inference from it , he would not even say it was intended for him , but it waa for some ono close by where he was . Tho proceedings were then adjourned .
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Tim Windsor Barrauka oftic « ra' row , lms been someMbnt pi * i-alelled by a cage ia the navy ^ -A « ou « r (> . m » rtJHl ay-Bcrnblcd on board hpr MajoBty'ssl > ip Impregoiable , 10 * , Cop * tain Wisp , on Monday ,,. Admiral Stopford , ipreaidoat , to try Lioulcnant Frcdprjck G . Lcigb , on » olwrfie of drunknenncsw , 1 ho Qqurt sentenced tbo prieoner to bo , dismissed from Jior Majpaty '» service . . A coi ; i-B 8 pondor » t of ¦' tb » . > Times gives tia-RtJjnce ^/ of , the , ea stern qoniosoq ^ in tlw WindHor . Hmmvclt ' S affair :-r-pcrecwtion p f tUp " Spoon . ' . Not long ,, «* go we had ^ court of an <« i > ry Jn ^ blin ,, Bji . wuwli it was ploye d lhut 7 ono of . tlio uflic ^ ra of « rogiinent ,, th <) n mwrtor « d in tho Royal barmoka , Jiud , bcui ) ifo « -iyoftra ; ( thei victim , of th « SQ saoat . putrngespn thfl part <> f kte brotlior qfficor * , with the U Icnowledgo of tho colonel , who luid , jnn 4 o no attempt to put an ud touuoli , oruol « n < j cliegrHOofvlipjiacwdiHKs . > On of
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Leader (1850-1860), July 22, 1854, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2048/page/8/
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