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Fbssdijlah Pacha , the Veely of Sivas , at one gnej Attache" / of the Ottoman Embassy m London , has Men iwS ^ Tifllymu ^ eraSx his palace at terze ^ um by / fpur ofhisG ^ S slaves ! In consequence of iH-u ^ experienced ^ aT&enah ^ ^ I « ance . and , having pat him to death one njght ui his ^ %£ < &dF tobScJnaga ( secretary ^ , confessed thedeed , andsurrenderedthemselves prisoner ? . Ttoiuii ' B -IiiKA op -HAPPiN ^ as . —A > d y correspondent ^ the Boston f , Wa ives her ideas of ' ^ perfect Miss" in the following paragraph : —" , rm a troman , win a woiWs weakness , and having a good constitution can leaTa er ^ at d <* al of happiness ! If I was asked myfdeadfperiecnjlifls , I should say , < A fast horse , a duck of a cutter , plenty of bufFalo robes , a neat-fitting over-coat with a handsome man in it , and—one of Madame Walsh's little French bonnets ! ' If that wouMn t > be happiness for one lifetime , I ' m open to conviction as to what would . "
fijEPDTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY ON Stbbet Cab FuOTRixa . —A deputation from the vestry of " St . Maiylebone , accompanied by Lord Ebrington , Jlf . P ., has-waited upon Sir George Grey , at the Home-office , online subject of street cab funerals , and the conveyance of . patients in the public vehicles to the Fever and $ mall-pox Hospitals . Mr . Guy referred , to the dally increasing practice of cab funerals of children to the metropolitan cemeteries , and to the practice of conveying patients having Bmall-pox . or typhus fever to the hospitals , , and contended that the increase of those diseases in ^ the ; bigfier localities was attributable to that _ cause . He offered some suggestions for remedying . the evil , . the principal points being , that the proprietors of cabs
who use them . for children ' s funerals should . be fined 107 . in each case ; that fever and smali-pox hospitals should be compelled to provide vehicles to send for patients when applied to , and that some of the ambulance vehicles used in the Crimea should be placed by the Government at the disposal of such hospitals . Sir George Grey expressed his concurrence with the deputation , and the importance of dealing , with jt in a sanitary point of view ; but said it was a difficult question , as persons might also get into a railway ; carriage which had . brought a patient with" fever' from a long distance and catch it . He would , however , put himself into communication with the Commissioners of Metropolitan . Police , and maturely consider the subject with' a view to the application of some remedy for the evil . The deputation then retired .
Liability of Railway Companies , —At the Doncaster County Court this vveek , an action was brought by Mr . Henry Downes , lutcher and farmer , of Bawtry , against the Great Northern Railway Company , to recover the sum of 42 / ., the amount of loss sustained by him by the killing of three young horses on the night of the 12 th of January last , owing , as the plaintiff alleged , to the negligence of the servants of the defendants at the . Bawtry railway statiop . The horses passed through & gate belonging . to the defendants ,
which leads into the coal-yard attached to the station , strayed on to the line of railway , and , a train passing at the time , they were all knocked down , two being killed on the spot , and the other so much injured that it was shot soon after The Judge told the jury that it was the duty of the company to keep shut the gate through which the horses passed on this occasion . The only question was , whether the plaintiff ' s servant had been guilty of any negligence . The jury returned a verdict for the full amount sought .
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THE KOYAL -VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE YESTERDAY . Tae Queen , apcoinpitfued by prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , the princess Royal , the Duchess of Kent , the 'Duke of Cambridge , and other members of the . rpyal family , and suite , visited the Crystal Palace yesterday afternoon , for the purpose of witnessing the inauguration of Baron Marochetti ' s Scutari monument and peace trophy . As early a , s eleven o ' clock , the doors were thrown open to the publu ? , and from that hour until , the arrival of her Majesty there was a constant succession of visitors . A place was set apart on the right of the Queen for the Ministers , and one on . the left for the Crimean officers , who attended by special invitation , and appeared in full
uniform . The Crimean soldiers formed a guard of honour , reaching on each side from the dais to the monument and trophy . Af ter the performance" t he National Anthem , and ' of a quartett from Mr . Costa ' s oratorio of " Eli , " the Scutari monument , which has been erected in jthe . nave , on the sputh side of the great transept , was unveiled , the band playing the " Marcia funebre , " from the " Sinfonia Eroica " of Beethoven . A hymn , by , Mr . JEL F . Chorley , was then sung to a Russian national air ; and some , other musical pejrformftnejeS ; followed . The Queen then walked through the ^ bu ilding , and departed .
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THE NEW LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has ^ communicated to the Stock Exchange a Treasury notice , addressed to the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England , in which he says : —" I request that you will make it known in the usual manner that her Majesty ' s Government propose . to contract on Monday , the 19 th of May , 1856 , for a loan of 5 , 000 , 000 * . sterling , to be raised in Consolidated 81 . per Cent . Annuities . The interest will commence from the 6 th of January , 1856 . Lord . Palmerston and I will be ready to receive , at a preliminary meeting at the Treasury , at one o ' clock on Tuesday next , the 18 th instant , any gentlemen who may be desirous of obtaining further information on the subject . "
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THE BELGIAN PRESS . The interpellations addressed to the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs , Count Vilain XIV ., by M . Octs , with respect to the observations on the Belgian press made by Count Walewski at the ; Paris Conferences , have called forth a very energetic statement from the Belgian ( Minister . In the midst of a deep silence , he aaid that tho speech delivered by Count Walewski , at the sitting , of the Congress on the 8 th of April , had , not yet been officially notified to the Belgian Government ; but the Ministers had an answer ready , which / wouldenergetically maintain the rights of Belgium as an independent nation . "No Power , " added Count Vilain , " had demanded a modification of the law . of the press in Belgium , and tiio cabinet would nevor submit to such a pretensvsii— -never !"
This declaration was received with immense enthusiasm . Applause burst forth from all the members on every side of the House . The tribunes wore crowded . Immediately on the conclusion of the Minister ' speech , t he House rose in great emotion .
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Leader Office , Saturday ,. May 10 .
LAST NIGHT ' S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . GENERAL WILLIAMS OF KARS . The Queen's Message , calling the House to concur with the Commons in , « nabjing her Majesty to confer a pensipp of . 10007 . a y « ar on General Williams for his Bexyiew ^ t , R ats , was brought pn . by Earl . G , RANjvxLLE , who recapitulated tho services of tho new barpnet . Tho motion was , agreed to unanimously .
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT . Tho ; Bi 8 iror of Oxford moved fo ? a select committee to inquire into the mode of r . Zrrylng out sentences of capital jmntohment . B * onaraoterized the present system as barbarous ^ degrading , And suggested that execution ? i ^ bujd # *« place in the presence of b , few seieqta ^ p ^ raon ^ . Alter ' a short discussion , tho xnqtipn ¦ TSa ¦ agreed fo . ' . ' ' wtcioKxs of leave ; ¦ Ttecount DimoAMMCarhriofly brought on tho subject of jtWkete . of laave , and , iwsred iiiwiuiry by . a committee of thatjHouae . The JPh ^ o of A ^ qxwo stated . that the « ubjec t / jtas ^ n the hapds of $ » rl $ tap uijpe , who intended , to move for a committee . Tho House adjourned at a quarter past seven .
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HOUSE - OF . COMMONS . jy wyyy- yn iff M rtf- ^ fcw-Captain Bkrkely took the oaths and . his seat < for Cheltenham . "
SMUGGLING AND . THE , © QA £ TTf 3 WASP . In answer to Mr . Stirling , > Mr . Wilson said * a number of- the cost-guard officers were withdrawn-for the war , but their places were soon ° supplied , -and there [ had been no increase of smuggling in consequence of the , change . CONFIRMATION OF OFFICHBS . In answer to Mr . J . A . Smith , Mr . "Frederick Peel said that candidates for commissions in the ^ army , who | are members of the Church of England , are required to give certificates of their halving been confirmed , as one \ test of their good character . RALE OF REFRESHMENTS ON SUNDAYS JS THE PARKS .
In answer to Mr . Chambers , Sir Benjamin Hall said he had not asked the opinion of the law-officers as . to whether persons selling refreshments on Sundays in the parks are liable to penalties under an act of Charles II . The honourable gentleman might try the question by putting the act in motion against such persons .
ASSAULT BT A POLICEMAN ON MISS ARCHEE . In answer to Mr . BownrBB , ; Sir George Grby said thatthe magistrate in the . case of Miss Archer ^ had dismissed the charge . Inquiry into sueh cases was > not usual , unless complaints were made to ihim ; ; but , -as it was certain a . gross assault had . 'been committed , he had directed further investigation into the matter . — 'Mr . ' Dtjhcombe complained that the recommendation of the ' commission which sat . on the Hyde Park riots last-year , that the figures on the . collars of policemen should be made more conspicuous , had not been complied with . — Sir Gkorge Gkey said he would inquire .
ADJOURNMENT FOB THE HOI 4 DAYS . Lord Palmbrstok moved ; that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday the 19 th . . POLITICAL EXILES . In answer to Mr . Duncombe , Lord Paluebston said that an amnesty had been granted to Frost , Williams , Jones , . Smith O'Brien , and other political exiles on the occasion of the Peace , with the exception of those who had broken their parole .
THE IRISH MILITIA . In answer to Mr . Henry Herbert , Mr . Frederick Peel said that no difference is to be made between the disbanding of the Irish Milftia and that of England ; but he would attend to the suggestion that this , is a-bad itime of the year for persons to get employment in Ireland . The paymasters will have a gratuity of three months' pay , as well as the subalterns . '
THE ROAD THROUGH THE PARK . THE JUDGE OF THE MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . In answer to Lord Ebbington and Lord Hotham respectively , Sir George Grey said that before the necessary pulling down of buildings to make a permanent road from Belgravia to $ t . James ' s , arrangements would be made for allowing the passing of vehicles through the Park . Mr . Pashley , the Assistant-Judge of the Middlesex Sessions ., was not restricted from private practice any more than the Recorder of London . A report that he had delayed the business of his Court , in order to attend to his own business in Wesminster Hall , was untrue .
TIIB STATE OF GREECE . Mr . James MoQbeoob inquired of the ' Government what course they meant to take at this crisis , with reference to some settlement of the present unsatisfactory state of Greece . — Mr . Gladstone protested against such a question being brought in on the motion -for the adjournment of the House . ANNUITIES Btr THE JRJAST- ^ JfDiA COMPANY . Sir E . Pebby called Mention to tho grant of 5000 ? . a y « ar proposed to * oe given by the East India'Company to Lord X ^ Vjuousie , and urged that ouch a grant was ille < £ *\ under the-East'India'Company ' Act , without the luthority of Parliament . —Mr . Vbknoh Smith saidthat , ) f there were any doubt on the subject , he should take the opinion of the law-officers ; but the question had not yet come before thim . -ns the proposal was only in its first stage .
EVACUATION OF THE CRIMEA . In answer ; to Sir Joiw Waush , . Sir Charles Wood said that toe embarkation of troops from the Crimea had ajraady commenced . The regiments for the Mediterranean would gorne * t . It was , impossible to fix a . period for tbo arrival of the whole army , but ho thought they would all be at home early in September .
GENERAL WILLIAMS . Lord Palmerston movpd a . aimjlur motion to that in ^ ho Lords for the granting of a pension of 10001 . a year to Gonorul WilliamB , and he passed an appropriate
eulogy on-that officer . —« ir-JoHW , PA . BaKaroM seconded the "; JBaotion .- * -Mr . ' SbymoubFitzgkrald suggested that there should be some recognition of the services of the British officers who were with General Williams at Kara . —The motion was . agreed to . ¦ The "House , then-went into-committee on the Police Bill , whieh occupied'the rest of the sitting .
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FRANCE . A despatch from Paris of yestorday morning says : — VTho Moniteur announces that M . do Morny has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of Russia . Goneral Edgar JTey left , ou Thursday for St . Petersburg . "
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SARDINIA DEMANDING THE CO-OPERATION OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE . The Morning , Pott of this day contains a remarkable statement to tho effect that " tho memorandum presented by tUo Count de Cavour and tho MaTquia do Villa Marina to tbo Chambers , shows that , Austria having at the Conferences refused to discuss tho condition of Italy , Sardinia , as tho only State which o « or » a barrier to revolution , demands the co-oporation ol England and Franco jn carrying out reforms . Finally * fho moinorandum oallu on England and Franco to uiwt « with Sardinia in tho application of clllcacioua rcmodiea .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/10/
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