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¦ w itness their deaths . 'We know that English officers have the habit of disobeying regulations by advancing too far in front of their men ; we believe that any Englishman out of the ranks put in the same position waiitddoH&e same } btttit is not for us to dispute with Sif ^ George . Suffice it to notice the extreme narro # ttess of that understanding ; which could not * ufier the idea > of abolishing neck Sfe ^ cks in tbe torrid wea * hfcr of a Levantine summer , and returns , oppressed with the experience of the Crimea , to preach upon the policy of looking to the escutcheon or private income of our officers , before we intrust them with humbler men . Yet Sir George , let us
remember , stood seoeaid . iin succession to Lord Raglah- —superior i ; o Pastes Simpson . Amongst personal notabilities , too , let « s note the retirement of Mr . Duffy from Parliament and British life , and his contemplated . retreat to golden Australia . Prosperity be with him , aod peace be found in-his new abode ! In these times of-war > our-sphere is decidedly too quiet for him ; but in Australia he jnay perhaps raise some Irish question—discover » some » ght of the Milesian to the exelusive ^ possesaionof that soil ; nay , perhaps , discover that Miletus , after all , was not the original land of the Irishman , but Australia .
"Some exception to the rale of smoothness appears atLfirsfc sight in the failure at the launch of the Marlborough . The vast ship , 245 feet long , by 206 broad , and 26 deep , was to have been floated on the waters for which it is destined in the presence of the Queen and a gay assemblage at Portsmouth on Tuesday . Everything went smoothly , excepting the keel of the ship . There -was a hitch . The Court had to make the best of
its way out of danger , and the launch bad to be completed in the absence of royalty . Sailors in the vessel will probably remember the omen ; for Queen Victoria has been so accustomed to be petted by Fortune , that the hitch under her gracious countenance looks like a calamity . Perhaps &here may be a moral m the reverse . Are these very big ships exactly the thing we want just now ?
There has been no hitch in the French loan . Louis IJAPOxjEOBr is certainly the grandest borrower that ever appeared ; even the exhaust ] ess 5 * mrrdidbut enjoy a fraction of the Emperor ' s facility . The Heaven-born once attempted an 4 ope& loan , but at ruinous interest , and the measure was botched in the mode of working . It did bring out one thing—that volunteer lenders were very anxious to come forward whenever there was
vco . appeal made to them in thatjdirect form . Louis Napoleon asks for 30 , 000 , 000 J . sterling , and he is offered 136 , GG 0 , 00 GZ ., besides 8 , OO 0 , 0 O 0 J . from foreign sources . It is true that some portion of the subscriptions may be tendered in the forecalculation that the amount would be reduced , some portion may be simply ostentation on the part of men that could not produce the ^ money ; but making every allowance , it is manifest that he is the pet of the lenders .
: F » anci 8 Joseph , of Austria , must look on with ¦ wonder and envy at such easy modes of raising "the wind . For the Austrian Government is obliged to reduce its army in order to save expense , and yet it cannot raise money enough for present purposes . After a brief enjoyment of [ better credit it sees its financial state declining a ^ jain j and the once productive Lombardo- Venetian kingdom yields nothing but disappointment . Germany is in a curions state . The minor governments we so ifuriivwimt of « ash , that they ¦ sate understood to be defaulting in the matter of keeping up the-force which . they are bound to resolution of the Dietthat
. maintain under the , they shall remain in a . state of preparation for war . The people of Wurtemberg see in this state of things a nappy opportunity to enforce the claim i .-to : constitutions for all the German States ; the . more since the Western Powers ( say the cunning jKJople of Wurtemberg ) see the necessity of con-, jBdliuatlng Germany against the encroachments of Russia . Uncomfortable enough must kings and Ocnrrtiers feel At this ominous movement of the vgronnd beneath their feet ! The Hanoverian Government has lately been attempting to xet tftf i * ' , the constitution given in 1848 , but the ' people protest . The governments view with
dismay the retjwifcment of our Foreign Legion with Germans and ^ Polcs—a recruitment which , during fl » e week , Mr . Milner Giuson has by hints asfced Lord Paxmkkston to give up ; but in vain , for Lord Palbm » 6 Ton perseveres . ^ It is ndt ^ "wonderful that vtmrier these wcumatances German eaashequers sfeould be shaky . If we turn our regard from simple politics to business finance , thej > rospects of this countary and the "world » t large , we shall find the promises of the early season ttaus far sustained . The agriculturists have been holding their society meeting
at Carlisle , and exhibiting machinery to the natives ; and Mr . Mechi has had his philosophical dinner at Tiptree Hall , with & survey of his farm . They taive furnished contributions towards a Teview of the ^ world ' s wealth , but not , perhaps , so much as they anight , if wo could have anything like an industrial Council somewhere in this season , to report progress . Journalists do something , but evidently we want a more systematic collection and concentration of reports from the several parts of commerce that bear upon each other . If our Money Market has stands in lieu
been dull , the very dulness which of vicissitude shows how stout is the practical steadiness in the "market . The decrease of Bank bullion to the extent of 685 , 000 / ., the cloudiness of the weather , the reports from Germany , cannot affect our money public with more than a shade . Nothing is more conspicuous than the steadiness of business reported from every province of manufacturing industry . " Steadiness "—that is the almost universal word . Commercial philosophers say that the absence of speculation , and the general tendency to make
work to order , which are now the rule , are not likely to continue through the prosperity that they will produce . Limited liability , and a reaction in favour of joint-stock banks as compared with private banks , or any pretext for extravagant action , will , say the prophets , set us spinning again , with a grand crash at the end . ** Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof . " Perhaps increased publicity , and sounder views of credit , which are gaining ground every day , may in future check this over-excited speculation , and block out
' « crisis . " In the meanwhile the reports of good crops at home continue to be confirmed , and the reports from abroad are good , especially from America . In Canada they tell us that the grain crop -will be the largest ever gathered . It is more set off to this prosperity that the oidium or cryptogamous parasite which infests the vine , has shown itself extensively in Italy ; but bread promises to be abundant everywhere . Industry amongst ourselves is working to order , credit is good and not abused , and hence in great part the smoothness which we have noticed .
Not that we are without our rubs . We have already noticed one hitch ; a serious friction continues here and there , both in public and private life , sometimes amounting to shock . The committal of Davidson and Gordon to Newgate for trial reminds us of unsound parts in our commercial system . Strahan , Pauz ,, and Co . continue to make weekly appearances at Bow-street , and are likely to do so until September , then to be committed for trial .
The police inquiry into the disturbances at Hyde Park is almost a daily entertainment . The great Hughes has been examined , and as Cia ^ rELLETTO confessed that ho " once did sp it in the house of God , " so Hughes candidly allows that he did say ** Damn your blood , men , feel your leftV— -but he " only used the expression once 1 " There is the select committee to investigate our adulterations ; before which como witnesses , wellinformed men , who justify . adulterations , cither by saying that they are only " impurity , ' or that the public likes them , or thnt , as the gM said when she was convicted of an unaccountable infant , " it is very little . " tuiut
Edward Rawmo exemplifies another IU . wi . Kisa mastflr mariner , competent , probably , to navigate a ship when sober ; but unfortunately he put to sea when his head was top-heavy with spirits . The water was rising to his knees in his own cabin before ho could rouse himself to go on deck to witness the lqaa of his ship and of many on board , and to save—one bflby ! For the instinct of humanity was not dead in the man , and it probably helped the jury to their wonderful verdict of acquittal . The severest shock comes . from Darlington , in Durham , where u gentloman of hijrh station in the county is accused of slowly poisoning bin wife , —
of beang » mtiw » . T affarqe , a Tawkm . of high rank ; ajadsomeoi * the circumstantial evidence already obllecteidls"formidable . One sign of poisoning by arsenic , ' ifbr < -example , is tingling of the bands : tingling tfthelands did Mrs . WooLEitfeel ; and when the medical man noticed it , the husband said tha&tit had been observed " the day before ;" on whichehe reminded her husband that she had askedkranto tell thej > hysician several days before .
The wife -dies , and Hibe body is examined ; and there is arsenic , surely * onough , and traces of many another injury inflicted by our ways of life on a poor lady . It is Society pursuing its self-anatomy with the scalpel —and much of that frightful havoc upon the wife ' s vitals was going on , poison or no poison , while Mr . Wooleb was displaying ** ( Jhe hospitality of an English gentleman , " and his admiring guests were boasting over the httppiaess of our moral land , * ' in which vice , " Ac .
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CRIMINAL LAW . In the House of Lords , on Monday , Lord Brougham obtained certain returns , in continuation of a former return , having reference to the Criminal Law . Several bills were forwarded a stage , ami their Lordships adjourned .
CLOSE OF Tire SESSION . The House of Commons , . at the morning sitting , was occupied in committee with the details of the Limited Liability Bill . In the evening , JLord Palmerston called the attention of the House to the state of the public business , and , observing that there were reasons upon which he would not dwell why the session should be closed by the 14 th or 15 th of August ( foNowin & the precedent of last session ) , moved that orders of the day have precedence of notices of motion . The motion was agreed to . SIU JOHN MACNEIIA ' S MISSION TO THE CRIMEA . Lord Palmerston , in answer to Lord Hotham , said it would not be for the benefit of the public service if the report of Sir J . Macneill were submitted to the House .
THE MALLAGHEA AFFAIR . Lord Palwebston laid on the table papers from Sierra Leone connected with this affair . THE DECORATION OP THE BATH FOR NAVAL SERVICES . On the order for going into Committee of Supply , Admiral Waicott , in moving for a copy of a minute by the Board of Admiralty relating to the claims of contain officers to be recommended for the honour of the Bath , complained of injustice done to officers , himself included , who had been passed over . —The motion was seconded by Captain Scobell , and
supported'by Sir G . Pechell , Lord John Manners , and Sir De Lacy Evans . —Sir Charles Wood said that the object of the motion was to coerce the Admiralty into granting certain honours—an object which the House ought not to entertain ; and Lord Palmerston observed that it would be utterly impossible to carry on the military and naval services if the prerogative of the Crown were interfered with by tho House . — Ultimately the motion was negatived ; Admiral Waxcott observing that the Admiralty might break his heart , but they should not break his spirit .
SCOTCH SCHOOLMASTERS . Mr . E . Lockhart called attention to the inconvenience that would arise from the act regulating therfuUaries of the parochial school masters of Scotland being allowed to expire without further provisions to meet the exigencies of the case . —The Lord Advocate said there would be ample time for making the necessary provisions next session . The House then went into Committee ok Sujpjjly upon the Civil Sbjivice Estimates . Various votes were agreed to , rafter discussion , and the Chairman reported progrees .
8 AT . E OF DEER HILL . After several bills lutd been forwarded a stage , Mr . II . Bkuk . i ; lky moved the second reading of the Sale of Beer , Sec , Bill , tho object of which is to modify and amend the act of last session , in accordance with tho suggestions of tho Committee which had just concluded its sittings . Tho bill proposes that public houses shall bo closed from twefvo o ' clock on JS « lurdny night to one o ' clock on Sunday , when tliey are to be open till three , then to bo closed till live , and then opened till eleven . —After somo little verbal opposition , tho bill was read a second time . —The bul passed through committee on Tuesday nitf lit , after an attempt on the part of tho Marquis of Blani > - FonD to defer tho committco for three months— -an amendment which was negatived by 62 to 10 .
TUB liOYAL SOCIETY . Lord Granvillio , on Tuesday , in the Ilouso oi Lords , explained , in answer to some remarks by Lorn BiiovoiiAM , tho circumstances under -which tUv
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 4, 1855, page 734, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2101/page/2/
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