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Mf . Comjer pointed out some defects in the bill -widen Were matters of detail . Bt * . "Bolt supported the bill ; as did Mr . Malzns , vho tirged that some compensation should be given to the proctors whose business had been destroyed by it . After a discussion in -which Sir E . Perry , Mr . Wkst-HKAi > , M . Hudson , the SoLiGrroR-GESERAL , Mr . Hkadlam , Mir . Cairns , Mr . Ayrton , and other members took part , the bill was read a second time . FRAUDULENT TBCSTKE 3 BILL . The House then went into committee oh this bill , which occupied the greater part of the remainder of-the sitting .
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS , YESTERDAY . Hyde-park was thronged from eight o ' clock yesterday morning by crowds of persons , fashionable and humble , waiting for the arrival of the Queen and the distribution of the Victoria Cross to the heroes of the Crimean war . The day was intensely hot , and , before the proceedings were over , many ladies fainted . A lustrous sunlight gave additional splendour to the military dresses , and showed the picturesque masses to the best advantage . The Queen's Pavilion was in the centre of one side of the square . On either side were galleries , one for the accommodation of foreigners of distinction and members of the corps diplomatique , and the other for members of the Legislature . Beyond these , again , were larger galleries , for the friends of the parties decorated and for the general public . The total accommodation did not give seats to more than , ' seven thousand persons , and the applications for places were sixteen thousand in number .
The troops , numbering about 8000 , commenced taking Tip the respective positions assigned them on the ground at nine o ' clock , preceded by their bands . The Queen entered the park at ten o ' clock . Her Majesty was on horseback , and was dressed in a scarlet jacket -with a gold band across it . After the lines had been inspected by tiie Queen , the recipients of the decoration passed bo- fore her Majesty , and received from her hands the mark of distinction , which they placed on their breasts , by the side of those they had already obtained .
The distribution of the crosses occupied about ten minutes , and on its termination the recipients defiled past the ( Jneen , and took up a position in front of her Majesty and suite , and by the side of the staff officers . The infantry then marched past the Royal party in open column , followed by the artillery and the ambulance waggons . Then came the cavalry , and then the sailors . At the conclusion of the review , a Royal salute was fired , and her Majesty left the ground amidst the cheers of the populace .
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CISCASSIA . —REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS . The Circassians have repulsed an attack on the banks of the Chabacha . A thousand Russians were killed The Circassians who assassinated General TokonofF have effected their escape .
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Manslaughter ax Reading . —Some haymakers in the King ' s Meadows , Reading , had a violent quarrel on Thursday , and got to fighting . The contest lay more especially between one named Appleton and another named Lawrance . The former at length struck the latter two severe blows under the ear , and knocked him down , and in two minutes he was dead * Appleton and two others were taken into custody . Attempted Murder m Drury-jlane . —A man , named Thomas Berry , made an attempt yesterday to murder the woman with whom he cohabited . He plunged a knife into her breast near the heart , and then made his escape . The woman remains in hospital , in a very precarious state . SiwipB . — -A gentleman drowned himself from Southwark bridge yesterday about noon .
Tub Murder in Essex . —A man who was formerly in the service of Mr . Small , at Chingford Hatch , has been apprehended by the police on suspicion of being the murderer of the housekeeper last Sunday , the details of which will be found in another part of our this day ' s paper . It is stated that the suspected person haa only very recently been , liberated from Springfield Gaol , where he lad , been imprisoned eighteen months for horsoqtealing , lie was seen near the house a' short time before * toe murder was committed . A Steamer Wrecked . —Intelligence has been
received at Penzance that the screw steamer Maos , of and for Rotterdam , from ; Cardiff and Bristol , ran on shore during a thick fog at night , about one mile oast from Pendeen Cove , near the Land ' s End . The crew saved tlieoiaelvea in the boat belonging to the vessel . Assistants is being sent down to save the cargo , &o . Thb Votb » t Ballot , —A meeting in promotion of the ballot will be held at the King ' s Arms Tavern , New Palace-yard , Westminster , on Thursday evening next . MJe , George Wilson , of Manchester , wttl take t | i « chair at six o ' clock .
Tub Grand Dukjs Cqnstamtina reached St , Petersburg on too 15 th , on his return from his tour In Westflr n Europe . CnTOTAX * Pacaok . —Return of admissions for » lx darn ending Friday , June 20 , 1857 , including season Uck « t holders , 84 , 144 .
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thousand votes . The Government obtained a hundred and ten thousand ; but from this number serious deductions must be made . We will lay no stress upon rumours , but will confine ourselves to absolute and unquestionable facts . We will , therefore , suppose that there were not—as we have heard , upon ex * cellent authority—several thousands of blank bulletins deposited in the balloting-urns , every one of which was counted in favour of the Government . Such is the belief in Paris ,
as well as that the boxes were illegally opened after the first day ' s voting ; but we will dismiss these surmises altogether . The Government , then , with a body of fifteen thousand paid electoral agents in the capital alone—who all voted , unlimited pecuniary resources , a complete command over the press , and innumerable facilities for acting upon public opinion , may be assumed to have obtained the suffrages of a hundred and ten thousand citizens . Deduct
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS . Pabis has declared against IjOTHS Napoi / eon . The Empire is condemned by the head and heart of France . This important result will be manifest to any one who bestows a moment ' s thought on the circumstances of the late elections . "Without any means of influence whatever , except the circulation of a mutilated , persecuted , and divided press , a few hundreds-of placards , and the necessary bulletins , the Liberal Opposition , although disorganised , mustered more than ninety-six
from these six thousand sergents de ville , the municipal guard , the religious corporations , the multitude of servants attached to the Imperial household , to the grand officers of state and ceremony , to the Senate , to the Legislative Corps , and to the Hotel de Ville , the candidates tor the cross of the Legion of Honour , the tradesmen of the several palaces and public institutions , the workmen in official employ , the keepers of pumps and
parka , and the military garrison of Paris ; say nothing about the votes of cowards who were intimidated , and of imbeciles who were bewildered , and fifty thousand suffrages may be set down as official , semiofficial , or compulsory . On which side , then , is the triumph ? On that of the Government , with fifteen thousand paid agents , regiments of military voters , vaat establishments of men obedient to its will , which polla a hundred and ten thousand ; or on that of the
Oppo-; we will set down seventy-fivethousand as not eager to denounce the Empire , though certainly notanxious to support it , and the other seventy-five thousand as enemies of Loyis Napoleon , too inveterate and too determined upon his overthrow to recognize his political existence by takintv part in the electoral actions of the Empire ! We regret the policy of abstention ; but , wherever adopted , it signifies the deepest hatred of the despotism that rules in France . The fairest calculation , therefore , gives the following result : — 354 . 000 electors in
Parisconceded to indifference sition , which has not a single free orauT which worked its agencies in secret , Xh held no meetings , which dared not mibl 5 its manifesto which could not compe ^ single vote , which was unable to exoosp \\ 1 character -of the Imperial candidates , Jnd which received the tribute of ninetv V thousand voluntary , unpurchased suffrai ^ I There were a hundred and fifty thousand abstainers . By some they are claimed in ^ body as belonging to the Opposition We prefer not to go so far ; let half of . them be
200 , 000 hostile . 75 , 000 indifferent or doubtful . 50 , 000 official , or officially compelled . 25 , 000 or 30 , 000 Bonapartists . Add forty thousand struck off the electoral lists as * suspects , ' and imagine whole quarters full of voters under threat of transportation , and such is Paris ' satisfied . ' We ask again , on which side is the victory ? By few persons , even politicians , was a movement of opinion so clear and powerful anticipated . It has cheered the minds oi those who since 1851 have been desponding , and it comes at a time when , instead of being
alone , as during the Russian war , we perceive our own invariable estimate of the Empire , to whieh we have adhered through good and evil report , asserted by an overwhelming majority of journalists in Great Britain . In France , whatever have been the results of the elections in the provinces , the example of Paris cannot be without a lasting and farspread effect . Should the imperial system survive five more years of financial difficulty . of dear food , discontented workmen , and official quarrelling , we shall see whether Louis Napoleon will dare once more to confront
universal suffrage . He cannot conceal , even from the dead-eyed peasantry of the Doubs . the return of Cavaigjstac , Cabnot , and Goudchaux ; the rural pop ulation will take a hint from the metropolis , and it cannot be ninny years before the spirit of opposition stirs even in the Legislative Chambers of the Empire . It may be expected that , when another opportunity occursthe policy of abstention
, will be almost entirely abandoned . Every one now admits that , had the Paris opposition voted en masse , a majority of the circumscriptions must have been carried against the Government ; as it was , the Liberals guinea a positive majority infra muros ; perhaps tuo three districts which have to renew the contest may now amend their tactics and struggle lor one or two additional successes . The recent
election , in spit © of long preparations , was managed in a hurry , in consequence ot an unfortunate misunderstanding which arose uetween the independent committee and certn conductors of the Opposition P ^ ss ; « naert c present rfyime , asis well known , it ia diilium \ o form political combinations ; the ponce agent ancf the spy are too active , and corruption has crept too far into the vitnto o society . Have we exaggerated , then , ) j J ing that Paris 1 ms declared against Ja > vu Napoleon ? Modify the calculations , w you pleaee . it does not give him * bona Ji «*™ ovity ; it will not bo denied , wo suppose , that hia ser cnt 8-do-ville ~ inuincwol otters , military garrison , the servants ot ma new
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v There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnat-ural and convulsive , as the strain to keepthings fixed -when all the woxldis by thevery law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . ABhoi . i > .
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SATTJEDAY , JUNE 27 , 1857 .
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No notice cau be taken of aiftKfiymous correspondence . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of th » writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith . We cannot ; undertake to . return rejected cofamunications . Communications should always bis legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . It is impossible to acknowledge tbie mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it . is frequently from reasons quite independent , of the merits of the communication .
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notiobs a ? 6 corbespondbInts . P . R . —The letter oh the London TJniversit * j 8 unavoidably postponed until next week . M . State Policy o » MopkiSw Ettbopb . —2 ! ha author compiains wo have not read his book ; he ^ ias evidently not understood our review . W , e are gla » "that he disclaims Alison . . ¦ f
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Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2199/page/12/
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