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B £ I 8 / t ? B li fc-A N »; Oc U SL fffB G $ VB ftit- — ' $ l * e- Qswefc accompanied- by Pijnoe jdbert , Prj » ce > B ' i » derick William of Prussia ,, the Regent of Baden * , the Princess Royal , and the Princess Alice , Tinted" tie oamp at Aldersnotfr on Monday . —The Queen give a State Ball on Tuesday evening at > Buckingham ftoJaoei . 'when General Williams was . introduced to her Majaaty . Ijtu ^ bATIQJTS . France . — Her Majesty and Prince Albert have testified their sympathy for the sufiterers by the late innimdations in Franoe by forwarding to tbe Xwrd ; Mayor donations of 1000 / . and 500 / . respectively , in aid of . the fund now being raised at the Mansion-house for . their relief , The Prince of Wales , with his tutor , Mr . Gibbs , was seated on the bench at the Central Criminal Court dorins a . part of Tuesday .
FimBKAXi OP XBB LATE MAJOR THOMPSON . The IBjDBains of this , lamented and gallant young officer were laid in their last resting place at Brompton Cemetery on Tuesday , at twelve p . m . The funeral , which was a strictly-private one , was only attended by the personal . friends of the deceased and hia family . Among those who attended at his family residence in Gloucester-street and joined the procession , were Lord Panmure , General Sir Fenwick Williams , Sir Benjamin Hawes , Lieutenant-Colonel Lake , Major Teesdale , &c . Local Chabqes upon Shipping . —The committee Xttet again on Monday , when Mr . Shuttleworth , in continuing his evidence in defence of the corporation , replied to certain complaints that had been made . " It
had been said that the dock committee paid a large sum towards the expense of police . They did so ; but it was . for special services rendered by the police in protecting valuable property on the several docks , in the same way as the police are paid for similar services by the railway companies . The payments for watching and lighting certain streets were also for the protection of their own property . " As to the purchases of land on Wallasey Pool , Mr . Shuttleworth read various documents to show that it was not , as asserted , ta prevent the formation of docks there that the corporation made . the purchase in question ; and , with regard to the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks , this , he said , was a T * ecessary © Kpenditure to provide for the commerce of the Mersey .
The Sound Dues . —The Committee for considering these dues met on Tuesday , and examined Mr . Edgar Bowring , Registrar of the Board of Trade , -who gave several . historical particulars with reference to the imposti The Committee then adjourned . Frightjful Dhath . —A man engaged in painting , a house at Hartlepool slipped from the ladder , and fell upon the railings below , on the sharp points of which he ¦ was literally impaled . He died almost directly . Mb . Crampton arrived'inLondon on Monday , and had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon . Ho also paid a visit to tbe Premier . Dr . T , S . Holland , who returned only last Saturday from Rfenkioi' Hospital , where he was assistant physioian , died suddenly in London , from an epileptic attack , daring last , Monday night .
Leicester Election . —Mr . John Biggs , the late Mayor of tho town , has been elected , without opposition , for-Leicester . IiORDOouGH has . just'distributed in the Crimea the insignia of the Order of the Bath to the French and English Generals and superior officers upon whom the honour has been conferred by the Queen . '' Suspicious Death . —The body of Mrs . M'Kighf , the Wife of a Dumfriesshire gentleman lately staying at Ben Bhydding , has been discovered , in a ravine- near Ilkley , With marks of violence which render it probable that she has been murdered . " The Inundations in France . —A town ' s meeting has taken place at Liverpool , to express sympathy with tbe sufferers by tho Fronch inundations , and to inaugurate a i subscription .
Tub ; Late -Joseph Hume . — The City of London jneeting in furtherance of tho memorial to the late Joseph Hume , will bo held at tho Mansion-house , on Rriday , June 27 th , 18 !> fi , at twelve for one o ' clock preofcely . Tho Lord Mayor has consented to preside * ; Stiuku o » Railway Poktkuh . . — -The porters and plerkfl belonging to the gooda department of tho London and North-Western Railway arc now out on strike . They Complain of n reduction of their wages and of the economising tendencies of Mr . Carter ; the goods manage ^ whoapi dismissal they demand . Tho company refnsos to agree *—A movement is going on among the Frcaton Weavers for an advance of wages ; but they have not yet reaortod to a strike , though thii is threatened .
Sxtordat Hali ^ Holiday . —Messrs . W . H . Smith , tile well-known news-agents , have arranged to give tb » decks in their establishment tho advantage of the Saturday half-holiday , by dividing them iuto two . Brigade * , to take tho half-holiday alternately . They Have Isntaettfa circular announcing thin intention , nnd wo *» pe the trad © will not be slow to follow tho example of " the princely , house . " Ham .. Iinv ,. Thomas Palmjcr . —The following letter Appears in tho daily papers : —" Sir , — I beg to inform , yon , and also tho public generally , that I am not thu ' < o » thor-of ttt » pamphlet called' ' A * Letter to the I ami I QWcf Justice- Campbell , containing Remarks upon tho
: Conduct of the Prosecution and the Judges ; with Strictures on the Charge delivered to the Jfary ,. illustrative of its dangerous Tendenoies ^ of thev ltong-enjoy « Right * and Privileges ofr Englishmen / nor jrs » the | same- published with : my Baactumy < m authority , - ^ - ; , tours obediently , Thohas Palmer , brother of the xwr fortunate William Palmer . ?' Heai / th ov London DtiRiwa the Week . —In thei weekthatendedlast Saturday , the total-number offdeatite ; registered was 102 7 , In the corresponding weeks of ten jrears , 1846-55 , the average number was 930 ,, which , for
the sake of comparison , should be raised according to increase of population , and in this case wiM become 1028 . The actual-number agrees closely withthe result obtained ) by calculation ; and it may . be affirmed , that the health ) of London , if not better , is also not worse , than might be expected at this healthy season of the year . —Last week , the births of 823 boys and 749 girls , in all 1572 children , were registered in London : In the ten corre-1 spending weeks of the years 1846-55 , the averagpeH number was 1372»— -From the : Registrar-General's Weddy Return .
Prince Napoleon has arrived in the North of England . The-CrtstaXi PaIiAce Fountains . —The grand waterworks in the Sydenham Gardens were opened on . Wednesday evening , at five o ' clock , in the presence of the Queen , Prince Albert , and their royal guests . The : effect was magnificent ; and " no better idea , " says a ; contemporary , " can be given of the magnitude of ttiia magnificent series of fountains and their combined effeet , which far excel those of Versailles ,, than by stating the ; fact that , when they are in full operation , 11 , 788 jets are playing , and that the quantity of water displayed simultaneously in them is about 120 , 000 gall 6 n » peri minute ;"
A Doomed House . — A . calamity even more distresssing thanithat which recently afHicted the Dean of Carlisle has occurred in the family of the Rev . Mir . Cwyther ( brotherof Lord Milford ) . The wholfr of his children ,, a son and four'daughters , were swept away by scarlet ) fever in less than a week .. The son was heir presumptive ^ to the extensive estates of Picton Castle . The New Gees' Cemetery . —The table of board fees ; on interments in the cemetery at Hford having been duly promulgated andapproved by tbe Home Secretary , the : City Court of Sewers has ordered that the part of the : cemetery not proposed to be consecrated be opened , for interments forthwith . The Parish of St . Pancras has rejected , by a large majority , the application of the Public Libraries Act .
Gold Robbery . —A rumour has reached Southampton by the West India mail steamer La Plata that the : greater portion of the gold which was missing by the Solent , and which had been exchanged for shot , &c .,, has been recovered . The delinquents were detected at ! Cartliagena , at which place the robbery is supposed to ; have taken place , and i the weight of the precious metal > restored is said to be above one hundred pounds . The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Auroad held its annual meeting on Wednesday , when the Archbishop of Canterbury presided , and Mr . Gladstone was among the speakers .
National Orphan School . —The Duke of Cambridge will lay the first stone of the building to be erected for tho use of this institution , on the 2 nd ofl July . The asylum was established , in 1849 , as the Cholera Orphan Home ; but has attained such a development that it promises , to become , what its name implies ,, a National Institution . Narrow Escape of Signor Mario . —During the performance of tho last scene of 77 Trovatore , at the Lycoum Theatre , a few evenings ago , the rope from the flies , sustaining a . heavy iron candelabrum , weighing upwards , of ten pounds , suddenly snapped , and the machine , descending like a shot from a cannon , fell on the stage , glancing along tho person of Signor . Mario , and breaking 1 into fragments at'his feet .
Suicide at Dover ;—An elderly gentleman , who was not known , and w <* o has not since been identified , has destroyed himself by leaping off Shakspoaro ' Cliff , Dover . His body was found by some seamen ; it was quite ahapeless , and all the features wero utterly obliterated . A gentleman , whose appearance corresponded with tho description given of the dead man , was previousl y , seen by tho wife of one of the coast-guard walking up to a . spot on the cliff where an alpaca umbrella was afterwards found , and where ho suddenly disappeared . This ntleman haa
Turn Cask ok Mr . Oooksky . — ge written to ua to complain that , although wo noticed , in January , 1855 , tho granting of a rule for a criminal information against him , wo have omitted all reference to the recent fact of Sir Frederick Thesiger , on tho part of the plaintift ; consenting to tho rale being discharged with costs * or rather applying to th © Court of Queen ' s Bench for permission to do so ,. on account of the affidavits which the Attorney-General was about to read in Mr . Cooksey ' s behalf being such as must inevitably havo resulted in tho discharge' of'the rule . Mr . Cooksey also encloses n printed document , from which it appears that a . largo and influential . meeting ,. held iu the town * ball of Cainpden , hat ) presented a testimonial to lum iu proor of its high esteem and repudiation of tho charge Imraght ngninnt him . — Tho oml «» ion of reference in tho . ™ columns to tlio facts mentioned by Mr . Cooksoy
was purely acxsjd ^ ptaj , apd . ire ace . therefore glad to have an . opportunity of repairing what might otherwise seem jJIfce . UtfttBtice ; but we , mu # pro ^ st against the ton © of ilfev . Vooissey ' s oonunanication , in , which : he implies that the latt « r part of the oas » w « a otpitted because it was "lea ? , piquant" than the first : JMW * .. The Leader seeks faithfully and fairly to reflect the-fiapte , of the day , and not to , find matter for " piquant '' paragraphs . While asking for redress , Mr . Cooksey might as well h ^ ve adopted a courteous interpretation of the error . State of Trade *—The reports , from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday indicate little alteration in the state of trade . At Manchester , the market was heavy at the' commencement , but it ultimately acquired , steadiness , and ' quotations are unchanged .
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FRANCE . Another change has taken place in the weather . Accounts from the south speak vaguely of disastrous floods in the , districts round tho Garonne , and it is reported that the Emperor , lias left for Toulouse .
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Leader Office ) , Saturday , June 21 , LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . NATIONAL ET > tTCATrON' ( lKEIiAND ) . Mr . Chichester Fortescue gave the terms of the motion he meant to postpone on Monday evening , with a view to rescinding the decision the House came to , on Mr . Walpole ' s motion on Tuesday last , on National Education in Ireland . THE GUARDS FROM THE CRIMEA . In answer to Mr . Baring , Lord Palmerston said the entrance of tlie-Guards into London oa their return from the Crimea would be so arranged as to enable the public to see their entry , and they would afterwards be reviewed in Hyde Park
THE- CASE OF FOSCHINr . Mr . Bowyer gave a history of the easy escape of . Foschini , and urged that it was owing to a conspiracy got up by a party of Italian refugees in this country , connected with Mazzini , and that no reward could induce any of . Ms countrymen to give information with regard ¦ to the assassin ; as they would have faJlen victims to the ' organized society of Red Republican Italians which , esdsts in London . Sir George Gkey declined to enter into any of the alleged facts mentioned by Mr . Bowyer . He would only say that every effort was Tnade by the police , both in London and at the outposts , to arrest Foschini . REDUCTION OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY .
In answer to Lord Hotham , Mr . Frederick Peel said that there would be the usual reduction of officers to the peace establishment in all regiments in the army , and those selected for reduction would , be the junior officers . THE DESPATCH OF MR- MAKCY . Mr . Gladstone inquired when tKc answer of the Government to Mr . Marny ' s despatcli intimating tho dismissal of Mr . Crampton would be laid on the table of th © House ? He hoped it would be at as early a period as possible . —Lord Palmerston said that he had no doubt he should be able to produce the despatch and the answer to it in the course of next week .
Sir John Pakington thought that until that despatch was produced it would bo better to postpone the discussion on the Enlistment Question ; but he hoped that that discussion would ere long be brought on . — After , a few remarks by Sir Georcje Grey , Mr . G . H . Moore said he should postpone his motion until after the production of tho despatch in question , but he thought some early and definite time should be fined for that discussion . . , Tho orders of tho day were then proceeded witn .
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Highway Rohiiery . — Two cases cAuao before the magiotratcH , yesterday , of highway robbery with violence —the one in Westminster in broad daylight , -he other in St . Panoras at night . The accuaed in tho fiwtxaBC was remanded ; in the latter , sent for trial . Cuvstal X ' aj . aoic— -Return of mlmiimioufl for » ix ( layp ending Friday , Juno 20 th , 1 H 5 < J : number admitted , including 'Beasou-ticket holder * , 44 , 168 . . . . _ , > . „
Stabbing a Husband . — Mary Jonos , a dissipated woman , was charged yesterday , at Marlborough-street , with stabbing her husband in the oye with a knife . » ne waa bound over to keep the peace for thte « months . Central Criminal Court ( Yjestkuday ) .. —WOUom May was Acquitted on the clmr ^ -cT inducing a woman to drown herself from Lomdtm Bridge . —George Frederick Lillycrap was det * a red Not Guilty on an indictment for folouioutdyembozzling and appropriating to lus own use cortui ^' inoneys and gooda , after au , adjudication of bankruptcy had taken place , hucIi moneys and goods then being tho property of his asaigneca . — c ° ^® B Christian MOller ami William Foster woro found -Guilty of nrocurinK the engraving of a copper i > late for forging the notca of a Swedish Joint Stock Bank . Se » tence , WRfl deferred
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 587, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2146/page/11/
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