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to private John Byrne , 52 nd Light Infantry , late of the 18 th Royal IWsh , for distinguished conduct while serving ¦ with the allied forces in the Crimea . He had behaved ¦ with great gallantry in the attack on the Redan on the 18 th of June , going out under a heavy fire and bringing in a wounded soldier , who , however , afterwards died . During the whole time he was in the Crimea , Byrne was never absent from any of his duties ar single day . He also served in the Burmese war , for which he has a medal , and has now volunteered to proceed to India .
The Medical Department of the AR > nr . —The members of the Royal Commission on the Medical Department of the Army met for the first time on Monday , at No . 1 , Whitehall-yard . Mr . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., was the president . The other commissioners present were Mr . Augustus Stafford , M . P ., Colonel Sir Henry K . Stocke , K . C . B ., Dr . Andrew Smith , Mr . Thomas Alexander , C . B ., Sir Thomas Phillips , Mr . James R . Martin , Sir J ames Clarke , and Dr . John Sutherland . Dr . Bulfour is secretary to the commission .
The Exmouth Aground . —The screw steamship , Exmouth , 90 , Captain Harry Eyre ^ , which arrived with the Colossus at Plymouth on Wednesday morning from Lisbon , struck the ground about three miles north of the Lizard , on Tuesday morning-, during a dense fog , and was for a short time in some danger ; but she was speedily backed off .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Duchess of Kent has been out of health ; but she has now almost completely recovered . —Viscount Castlerosse , Comptroller of the Household , had an audience of the Queen on Monday , to present the Address from the House of Commons in answer to the Speech from the Throne at the commencement of t ' le session . The National Reformatory Union . —A meeting of the friends of this institution took place last Saturday afternoon at ; No . 3 , Waterloo-place . The Hon . Mr . Liddell , M . p ! , occupied the chair . Mr . Gladstone said the chief object of the meeting was to hear a suggestion from M . de Metz as to the propriety of establishing a
normal school in this country for reformatory sehoulmasters ; and he trusted that the society would take that subject into consideration , and communicate with the Committee of Education of the Privy Council upon it . The qualifications for reformatory schoolmasters as laid down by the minute of the Privy Council were much too high , and the consequence was that the sort of men that were really required at such institutions could not be obtained . —After some discussion , it was resolved , on the motion of the Rev . Sydney Turner , that a committee should be appointed to consider the matter . A great many gentlemen having spoken , it was finally agreed that a joint meeting of the Law Amendment Society and the National Reformatory Union should take place .
PoitTENDie and Aliiheda . —A convention was signed on the 7 th of March between her Majesty and the Emperor of tho French relative to Portendic and Albreda . Her Majesty relinquishes for her subjects the right , hitherto enjoyed by treat } ' , of trading from the mouth of the river St . John to the bay and port of Portendic , inclusively , and his Imperial Majesty of France cedes to her Britannic Majesty the French factory or comptuir at Albreda , on the north bank of the Gambia , on the west coast of Africa , with all possessory and other rights to
the said factory appertaining . French subjects will havo free access to tho river Gambia for purposes of commerce , and bo allowed to reside at Bathurst Town , but not elsewhere , except as regards Albreda , where actual French residents may remain if they wish . French vessels in the Gambia will pay the samo duties and tolls ad British ships , and nil imports and exports will pay tho same duty in French as in English vessels . Tho French Government may maintain a consular ngent at Bathurst , to be approved by tho English Govornment .
South Africa . —A great deal of anxiety was felt , at tho timo of tho departure of tho lust mails , with respect to the state of tho Knrir frontier . Several of tho colonists have been killed by tho savages , and reprisals have bc-ou taken by the troops . There havo boon lights among tho Kafirs themselves , who stool from ono another , as well as from tho whites . Tho condition of adairs in tho !) range- Free State is ominous , President Boshof having ? Nhibitcd great animosity to his English subjects . The President of tho Trans-Vaal Republic has mado a dcnand for tho territory . PLANS FOlt THIO NlCW GOVKRNMIWT OfPICRS . TllO
L'Oinmisaionorn selected to act as judges of tho designs now being exhibited nfc Westminster Hall arc—tho Dulco if Bucclutich ( to represent tho Hoiiho of Lords ) ; Mr . Stirling , M . I * , for Perthshire ( for tho House of Commons ) ; Lord Eversley , tlie lato Speaker ( on account of liis experience in tho chief requisites for Government Klllcos ); Earl Stanhope , President of tho Antiquarian Society ; Mr . David Roberts , U . A . ; Mr . Hum ; and Mr . Itrumil , the well-known onginnor . Tho first mooting of Ilio judges took place on Wednesday . All Avoro proion t .
iStuanoic Caseh ok Poisoning . —A Mr . Lufrpj , n Jubinot-niakor of Fcnzanoe ., Cornwall , and four of hU lousohold , havo . boon mado suriouttly ill liy mime loaves > f broad proparod liy tho woman servant out of ( lour
and yeast she had purchased in the neighbourhood . The bread was submitted to analysis , and found to contain arsenic . In the mean while , two other persons foolishly tasted it , and became very ill . The liv ^ s of the people affected appear to have been saved by the very excess in the quantity of the poison , which caused them to vomit . Flour from the same sack , and yeast from the same vessel , were sold to other customers , who felt no ill effects . The servant who made the bread was among those who partook of it , and became ill . —An old woman
at Carlisle , nearly ninety years of age , has been accidentally killed by tincture of opium , or laudanum , sold bv a chemist ' s junior assistant in mistake for -tincture of rhubarb . The dose was a very small one , but the patient ' s great age had rendered her so feeble that she sank under the effect of the narcotic . The coroner ' s jury found a verdict of Accidental Death , and severely censured the carelessness of the assistant ; to which the coroner added that the j'outh might think himself extivmely lucky in being so leniently dealt with .
The Lundhill Colliery Explosion . —A great many more bodies have been discovered . Eleven were buried on the evening of Friday week , when a large procession of relatives , friends , and others followed the coffins to the grave . Many of the mourners were overpowered with grief , and a young married woman , sister to the widow of one of the men , fell down on the road and died . It is believed that she was labouring under disease of the heart , but that the excitement accelerated her end . —Some few of the men making the exploration of the f it have been obliged to leave owing to their health being affected ; but the majority hold on . They ridicule the idea of any one being left alive in the pit at the . time the shafts were closed .
Remains of the Moa . —The skeletons of three individuals of the Moa species—a huge bird now extinct —were dug up on the 4 th of January at Glenmark , New Zealand . They were imbedded in a peat swamp , into which thev appear to have sunk in seeking refuge from fire . The Bishopric of Nonwicn . —A special meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich was held last Saturday at the Deanery , in the Cathedral-close , for the purpose of electing a Bishop in the room of the Rev . Dr . Hinds , resigned . " The conge d ' e' / ire , declaring'the vacancy and " recommending" the election of the Hon . and Rev . J . T . Pelham , M . A ., having been read , the proceedings resulted in the return , as a matter of course , of that crentleinan .
Election Petitions . —The petitions relative to the Cambridge , Athlone , and Huntingdon elections were issued on Monday . In the first document , Mr . Adair ( the petitioner ) alleges acts of bribery and treating , on the part of Mr . Steuart ( one of the sitting members ) , the admission of voters on his behalf who were not qualified , the rejection of voters on the petitioner ' s behalf who were qualified , and voting at the wrong booths . In the Athlone petition , the Hon . Henry Handcock charges the sitting member with bribery , treating , and intimidation . The Huntingdon petition relates to a double return on the score of an equality of votes , and Mr . Followes , the petitioner , alleges against the return of Mr . Ilcatlicoto , double voting , voting at the wrong booths , fraudulent personation , erroneous entries , and the reception of unregistered and unqualified voters .
Till ! Kkw Reading Room at the British Museum , and somo of the libraries of the institution , were thrown open to the general public last Saturday morning . After to-day , they will be closed , except to those having the usual ticket of admission . Visitations of Apothecaries' Shops . — A second visitation of apothecaries' shops in the City was made ou Thursday week by the Censors of the College of Physicians , assisted by tho wardens of the Society of Apothecaries . The censors report that the shops present a gone-rally improved condition , and they havo found occasion to express their approval in nearly every instance . Especial caro was manifested by nearly all tho proprietors of shops to avoid chances of accident when dispensing poisonous drugs .
Ragged School Union . —Tho annual meeting of the friends and supporters of tho Rugged School Union took plaeo at Exotor Hall on Monday ovoning , under the presidency of tho Karl of Shaftosbury , who said : —" The number of their . scholars was 22 , 000 , and tho number of their schools might bo estimated at about S , in lo <> distinct buildings . But tlioro wore U' 2 , 000 children more still wandering about like tho Budotiins in the Desert , witli none to care for them in body or soul . Indeed , thero were wholo districts whore- thousands wore
congregated , and where thero was not even tho semblance oi a place in which tho rudiments of education could bo imparted . lie regret led that , tlioro wan a dellciuucy of toaehor . s , no that in hoiuo dist . rict .-J there were many applicants for instruction whoso wants could not bo supplied . Tho ragged school children who had emigrated had done groat credit , to their teachers , and , notwithstanding former prejudices , a raggod school cortilicato was found to bo a passport , to sorvk-o . " Various other hopeful features were mentioned , and tho financial stntemont showed a balanco in hand of H 721 ,
Rklkuous Tyranny in Scotland . ' —Two mombors of tho parish church at Loehrut . ton have been refused church privileges by the kirk session for leaving tho e . luuvh when t . lia ceremony of ' rebuking' wns going on . I'hey appealed to the Presbytery of Dumfries , ami stated
that , on the Sunday in question , upwards or forty Bad left the church at the time alluded to . The Presbytery , with one exception—a gentleman who stickled for the maintenance of ' church discipline '—resolved to reverse the finding of the kirk session , and to reinstate the offenders in their privileges , but without restraihhig the minister from exercising his right of rebuking . — -When will Scotland have the courage to release herself from these degrading and infantine leading-strings ? The War in China . — -Further official papers have been issued , relati ve to our proceedings at Canton . They do not contain any important additional facts ; but the following passage from an imperial edict , issued on the 27 th of December , may be quoted as au amusing
instance of misstatement : —" With reference to the memorial of Ye-ming-chin , representing that the English barbarians had picked a quarrel with us , and that our troops had been victorious in two actions with them : — in the course of the 9 th moon ( October ) , some of the Canton marine having seized some pirates on board a lorcha , the English barbarian chief , Pa-hea-be ( Henry Parkes ) , attempted , on pretence that this act was matter of complaint , to revive the question of admission into the city , and ventured to open fire upon the city and to burn the shops . On the 1 st and 9 th of the 10 th moon ( October 29 th and November 6 th ) , our troops engaged ( the enemy ) , and were victorious in both actions , killing and wo * unding about four hundred of the
barbarian villains and slaj'ing their admiral . The patriotism and enthusiasm displayed by the gentry and volunteers of Canton had already dispirited the barbarians . Land and marine forces numbering 20 , 000 and more , regulars and militia , had been moved . up , and the barbarians , who have been indulging in the greatest arrogance and frowardness , will not , it is to be presumed , after the check they have received , venture on any further display of lawless violence . The Americans , French , and other Western nations , being sensible that the English barbarians are wrong-in this quarrel , do not choose to co-operate with them , and , as they are thus wholly unsupported ( as well as defeated ) there is " a reasonable
possibility that suffering will induce repentance , and that they will desist from hostilities . " Growth of Cotton in India . —At a meeting of the Society of Arts , held at the rooms of the institution , Adelphi , on Wednesday evening , a paper on the question , " How can increased supplies of cotton be obtained for the manufactures of this country , " was read by Mr . J . B . Smith , M . P . for Stockport . As on previous occasions , Mr . Smith directed tho attention of his auditory to the vast capabilities for cotton-growing presented by our Indian possessions , if properly managed . A long discussion ensued , in which Sir Erskine Perry , Dr . Livingston , Lord Stanley , Mr . Crawford , Sir John Pakington , and others , took part .
Suicides . —Emma Bass , the wife of a photographer at Bethnal-green , having had a quarrel with her husband , in the course of which she threw a fork at him , and en-r deavoured to strike him with a poker , swallowed a large quantity of cyanide of potassium which her husband used inhis business , and expired in a few minutes . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity , and at the same time condemned the selling of so dangerous a poison to ignorant persons . —Mr . Charles Stewart , surgeon , of Woburn-buildings , Woburn-place , has committed suicide by swallowing prussic acid . —An
elderly maiden lady named Martin , residing at Heavitree , near Exeter , killed herself on Monday by taking essential oil of almonds . She had been in a desponding way for some time . — Mr . John Fife , a medical gentleman of Birmingham , brother to Sir John Fife , has poisoned himsolf at his lodgings , Surrey-street , Strand , by a large dose of morphia . He went to the Strand Theatre on tho previous night , and returned in an excited state , a 9 from drink . According to one witness at the inquest , he had said that family matters preyed on his mind . The jury returned a verdict exonerating him from any intention
to take his own life . Festival of the Sons op the Clkrgy . —Tho 203 rd Festival of tho Sons of tho Clergy in aid of the funds of the corporation for assisting necessitous clergymen , pensioning their widows and aged single daughters , and educating , apprenticing , and providing outfits for their children , was ) celebrated on Wednesday nt St . Paul ' s Cathodral , with a full choral service of nearly ono hundred voices , at . which tho choirs of her Majesty ' s Chapel Royal , St . Paul's , Westminster Abbey , and St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor , assisted . Loud Eloin' . h Mission . —After having crossed tho Isthmus ( says a despatch from Paris ) , Lord Elgin will find tho Ava awaiting him at Suez . This ship will convey him to Singapore , where ho ia to remain till tho arrival of tho French Commissioner . Mis . W . II . Russicll ' h Nauhativis . — On
Monday last , Mr . W . II . Russell commenced tho delivery at Willis ' s Rooms of a . course of lectures descriptive of his personal experienco during the Russian war . His narrative was sprinkled with anecdote , and with a fow political allusions ; but , upon tho whole , it was confined to a gonoral account of tho progress of operations . Mr . Russell fjpoaku with a , little hesitation , but is , iiovortlioloss , spirited and ollbetive . The audieneo liston « d witu interest , and were warmed , at . limes , into oiithiiHiasm Ou Thursday ovening Mr . liiiMoU eoiiiimiod his narrative , which will bu concluded this « v < miing ( Saturday ; . Saxitauy Static uv tiiic Cnv .-Ata meeting ol tho
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2193/page/11/
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