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Ovn RE&iM « nFAi . i SsrAKi . jammjrts . ^—Mr , W . Williams , M . P . for Lambeth , lias got a detailed return e Specting these establishments at home and abroad , including West India regiments and colonial corps . They comprise 9243 officers , 16 , 319 , non-commissioned officers , and 196 , 676 rank and file ; total of men , 222 , 238 . There are also 22 , 825 horses . As to the expense of these regiments , the pay and daily allowance amount to 3 , 762 , 174 / ., and the annual allowances to officers to 93 , 024 ? . ; agency costs , 34 , 572 ? . ; and clothing , 871 , 343 ? . a year . The total estimate for the present year is 4 , 261 , 113 / . —Morning Star . Burning of the James Badtes . —The celebrated clipper ship , James Baines , took fire on Thursday morning in dock at Liverpool , and the flames could only be got under by scuttling the vessel . The conflagration is supposed to have originated in the heating of the cargo . Many of the dock-sheds and an adjacent vessel were injured . -
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DINNER TO SIR JAMES BROOKE . A . public dinner in honour of SirJam . es Brooke , K . C . B ., Rajah of Sarawak , took place on Wednesday , in the Queen's Hotel , Manchester . The Mayor presided , and the company was numerous and distinguished . Mr . E . Fairbairn proposed the health of Sir James Brooke , and in doing so narrated his achievements in the Eastern Archipelago , and highly praised hid character . —The toast was warmly drunk . Sir James Brooke , in returning thanks , said that the objects he always had in view in the East involved the happiness of a large native population , and were closely connected with the lives and fortunes of their fellow countrymen in a distant part of the world . " They were objects which might easily be lost by neglect and indifference , and which , if once lost , would ascertainly be a source of continual , but unavailing regret to this country . The question was , whether Sarawak was in future to be supported in this country , as it once had been , or whether it was to be abandoned , as it is at present . After fifteen j-ears of suspense—suspense which to him Was more difficult to bear than misfortune—was it not
reasonable that he should ask and expect that this question should at hist be decided ? ( Jlear , / tear . ) No Government could exist ., as Sarawak is now existing , under a prolonged uncertainty of what was to come . Let them know the truth j and then , if they found neither sympathy nor encouragement from their countrymen at home , they would bear their lot as they best might , and trust to God and their own energies for the rest . " . { . -Applause . ) Sir James then proceeded to speak of the manner in which the aid of this country , once promised to Borneo , was suddenlv withdrawn , and to point out in detail the advantages which , as the key to China , the middle point of the two great oceans , and the possession of ample fields of coal , that inland ottered to this country . In alluding to the opposition which he had met with in his efforts to promote what he considered to be the advantage both , of England and of Borneo , he said , "He would do no more than assure them that , if any man liad wronged him , he had forgiven him long ago , and to
express his earnest hope that , if he himself had wronged nny man , lie too should be forgiven . Even of that veteran statesman now in his grave ( Mr . Iluine ) , who had so vehemently opposed him while alive , lie would say , ' Peace be " to him ! ' ( Loud cheers . ) May his errors be forgotten , and the services which he rendered to his country only be remembered ! " Sir James concluded by again urging the advantages which this country would derive by forming an alliance with , and establishing a protectorate over the northwest coast of Borneo ; and by exhorting the influential inhabitants of Manchester to consider the matter calmly and impartially , and to give their earnest assistance if they found , on inquiry ( as he was satisfied they would tlo ) , that his claims for Borneo were founded in justice —were such as both the native population and tho English reaidonts there had a right to demand , and which the Government of this country would act wisely nnd patriotically in allowing .
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OBITUARY . John Cbamku . —The oldest of contemporary pianists mid oomposora for tho piano , and one of the moat celebrated musicians of hi . i time , Juan Baptisto Cramer , died on Friday evening ( tho 16 th inst . ) , ut liin residence iu Kennington-torrucc . He wan born at IMiinlioiui in 1771 , mid was consequently in his 88 th yenr , If not absolutely a great man , Cramer waa at leant one of those to whom tlio art is much indebted . Hiu chief muster for the pianoforte was the admirablo Clementi , and for com- ' position C . F . Abel . Though ho flourished contem-PosejOLefijail ^ JXiyi- ^ l ^ 'JIj ^ J ^ lJ ^ S ^ L , ill 11 * 1 Stcibult , the reputation ' enjoyed by Cramer " us a ' piiinial was HoTfoficTfo " none . His school \ va » that of Dussek , whom he is said not only to havo ernulutod , but in somo roopouis , and especially in tho execution of slow movements , to havosurpnsriod . He came to England at a voryearly ngo , nnd accomplished tho greater part of his artiutic career in London , Where his lessons wore more in request than those , of nny other professor . Novorthdoss , lie won renowned nil over tho Continont both na a composer and « pianist . Among his friends wntiiToacph Haydn , and among bin chief patrons und warm adinirurs wan thnt most inimical oi
princes , Ferdinand of Prussia , who , notwithstanding he was a prince , was justly esteemed as a musician . Cramer ' s last public appearance in this country was at one of the concerts of the Philharmonic Society , many years ago , when he took the principal part in one of Mozart ' s trioa . His playing on that occasion showed no trace of his former excellence . Mr . Cramer was one of the original partners in the eminent firm of Cramer , Beale , and Co ,, from which he withdrew about twenty years ago with a handsome annuity . —Times . Mr . Joseph Malcouwson , one of the merchant princes of Waterford , the head of a cotton-manufacturing firm which had dealings with all parts of the world , and also of an establishment for the building of iron steamboats , died a few days ago in Ireland . Lord Handyside , one of the Judges of the Conrt of Session in Scotland , as well as of the High Court of Justiciary , has died at the house of his brother-in-law in Clackmannanshire , whither he had gone to recruit his health . He was one of the three judges who , last summer , tried Miss Madeleine Smith on the charge of poisoning L'Angellier ; and in the autumn he presided alone at the protracted Falkirk Bank trial . His Lordship was a Liberal in politics . Lokd Dunfermuse . —James Abercromby , Lord Dunfermline , the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1835 to 1839 , died at Colington House , Scotland , last Saturday morning , in his eighty-second year . He was a son of the celebrated General , Sir Ralph Abercromby , and during his life filled several public posts . In politics he was a Liberal . Mr . Robert Stephen Rintoul , the founder , proprietor , and editor of the Spectator , died on Thursday evening , of disease of the heart , accelerated by constant attention to the work of his paper . The journal which he created has always held as high a position as any in the ranks of the press ; and Mr . Rintoul has been of service to the Liberal party to which he has consistently belonged .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon , and a Drawing-room at St . James's Palace on Thursday afternoon . Her Majesty afterwards , on the latter day , proceeded to the camp at Aldershot . —Prince Albert paid a visit to the Crystal Palace on Wednesday afternoon , and both went and returned by the new line from the Pimlico terminus . —The Queen and Prince Consort attended at the grand annual spring meeting on Monday of the Horticultural Society . The meeting took place at St . James ' s Hall , Piccadillv , the brilliant colouring and gilding of which
harmonized with tlu exquisite tints of the fruits and flowers . The Queen having left ( previously to which she complimented Mr . Owen Jones , the architect of the hall ) , the business of the annual meeting commenced . The Prince Consort took the chair as tho newly-elected President of the Societ }' , and replied in a few words to the addresses made to him by various speakers . He then left , and the flower-show -was formally opened to the public . —The Prince of Wales has been visiting , during the week , Killaroey , Glengarlff , Cahirciveen , "Valencia , and other spots of interest .
The West Indies . —A most alarming riot ( lasting five duys ) has taken place at Antigua . Thomas Barnard , a native of Barbuda , und Henry Jarvis , a native of Antigua , got into a quarrel , arising out of a preference shown by certain masters of vessols for Barbuda people The two men had an encounter , and Jarvis was wounded by ( it is alleged ) a concealed implement . Barnard boasted of his victory ' ; whereupon , the friends of Jarvis wreaked their vengoance on every Barbuda man , woman , and child they could meet with , and several were very roughly handled . This occurred on Monday , the 2 ' 2 nd of March . On tho following day , Barnard ' s house was blockaded by the mob during the whole day ; the police in vain endeavouring to disperse tho rioters . Measures wero tnUen for storming tho
house ; but tho exhortations of tho Superintendent of Police and of Mr . Justice Loring moderated tho fury of the riotors for a timo . At night , howovcr , they dispersed through tho streets , attacking tho promises of every ono who had given sholter to a Bnrbudian . A groat deal of damage was in this way dono to property . Half a du / . on policemen wero then nrmod with muslcots and bayonets , and they twico charged tho mob , who received them with showers of stones . Four of tho riotors wero wounded by tho bayonet , but no groat effect was produced on tho othors . About midnight , Mr . Justice Loring endeavoured to road tho Riot Act ; but ho was assailed with a shower of stonos , twico
knocked down , nnd forced to fly . The riots continued tho whole of tho next day , the authorities being very weak ; and on Thursday tho mob resolved to attack tho poll (! 0 ' -8 tatlonr" » vno i * e- 'Barnardr-httd-tak ( jn-rofugo .- ~ X ^ roviously to attempting this , thoy paraded tho Btroots , and destroyed many houses . Spoolal constables woro sworn in i and on tho following morning tho mob attacked tho Htntion . Tho police remained inside with loaded firearms , and in the course of tho night tho Governor arrived . About four in tho morning , tho station was aaMrtultod and forced ; but tho polico and special con-Btnblos chargod vigorously , aiiol tho mob woro driven out . Martial law wna then proclaimed ; two floldi . loees wero loiulod and placed in poHitloii , eo as to bo
able to sweep the approaches to the station ; motmtott patrols began to arrive from all quarter * { the streets were scoured , and several prisoners were brought ia . At the last dates , all was again quiet , and it was not considered necessary to disembark some troops which bad been sent from Guadaloupe .. The number of casualties reported is—killed , eight ; severely wounded , thirteen . The Late Snow-storm ts the North . —Some details have been published of the severe snow-storm , which , on the 7 th inst ., devastated the mountain district reaching from Skiddaw to the Caldbeck Fell sides . The snow was blown about in heavy drifts by a perfect hurricane of wind , and a great many sheep were buried alive . The wind was so strong that grouse and other game , and in some instances sheep , were blown away . For several days the snow lay about in large masses .
Fires . —An extensive fire burst out on Sunday morning , in Great Titchfield-street , Oxford Market , when several houses were more or less damaged , and a vast amount of property was destroyed . The flames were discovered very early , and the engines were soon on the spot ; hut , owing to a want of water , the fire could not be checked so soon as it would otherwise have been . The origin of the calamity is unknown ; but it is stated that this is the third time within the last few years that a fire has burst out on the same premises . Indiscretion of Educational , Agents in India . — The conduct of Mr . Chapman , Inspector of Education in Behar ( India ) , has recently been censured by the Court of Directors in a despatch to the Governor-General in Council , dated the I 3 th Inst . ( No . 52 . ) Referring to certain passages in the reports of Mr . Chapman , embodied in a " General Report on Public Instruction in the Lower Provinces of the Bengal Presidency , for 1855-56 , " the Directors instruct the Governor-General of India to
express to Mr . Chapman " the serious displeasure with which they have viewed his conduct in inducing the natives to believe that it was the order of the Government that their children should attend the schools under his inspection ; " it being their intention that it shall be quite optional with the natives to avail themselves of the facilities for education afforded them or not . The " over-zeal " of Mr . Chapman is indirectly censured in a subsequent paragraph of the despatch . The directors declare that " the Government will adhere with good faith to its ancient policy of perfect neutrality in matters affecting the religion of the people of India , " and they " most earnestly caution all those in authority under it not to afford by their conduct the least colour to the suspicion that that policj' has undergone or will undergo , any change . " The Governor-General is also ordered to rebuke Mr . H . S . Reid , of the North-Western Provinces , in the same manner , if it be found that he has pursued the same objectionable course . —Times .
Health op London . —The deaths in London registered in the week ending Saturday , April 17 , were 1207 , being nearly the same as those of the previous week . la the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of deaths in . the weeks corresponding with last week was 1102 ; but , as the deaths now returned occurred in an increased population , they should be compared with the average after the latter is raised in proportion to the increase , a correction which will make it 1212 . The number actually returned , therefore , agrees almost exactly with that obtained by calculation . Whooping-cough and measles still maintain a high mortality , the former having numbered 77 deaths in the week , the latter 55 . Two widows died at the ago of 96 years—ono at Walham-green , another in Islington workhouse . —La ^ t week , the births of 1009 boys and 950 girls , in all 19 « 5 children , were ^ registerod in London . In tho ton corresponding weeks of tho years 1848-57 , tho average number was 1383 . — From the Registrar General ' s Weulthj Return . Strand Theatre . —A " screaming " farco , entitled Your Likeness for a Shilling , the joint confection of Messrs . Harrington and Yatos , was produced at this little theatre on Thursday evening with groat buccoss . Puess Prosecutions . —A lecture is to bo delivered in dofonco of tho free press of England and of tho right of tho people of England on moral , constitutional , and legal grounds , to discuss freely and declare thoir opinions concerning any efforts that may bo made for tho overthrow of arbitrary power , tho restoration of national independence , and tho establishment of liberty ia any country . Tho lecture is to b « delivered on Wednesday evening noxr , in St . Martin's Hull , by II . J . Slack , Esq ., Barriatur-at-Law , and tho surplus proceeds given to tho " Tress Prosecution Fund . " Artificial Stonb . —Tho piocoss by which Mr . Ransoino , of Ipswich , luw boon enabled to produce an artificial stone , excelling in hardness nnd durability tho natural material , promises to be of groat uho to buildors and decorators . Stouo ornaments may , by Its means , bo produced at a trifling cost ; and , tho llguros bclti £ . mouWfldiuatoftftjilCj ^ bo attained , and beautiful shnpas bo produced wlth a certainty hithorto unknown . Thu composition roaomblea a HiiiKlfttono of tho best quality , ami la of n soft white or lluht b «< r colour . Tho Into l > r . Buckland and the lato Sir Henry do la Bcoha testified highly to tho merits of tho manufacture Tine National Loud ' h Day JIicht Association . *—Tho first annual mooting of the mombors and friends of thin association wan hold nt tho Freemasons Tavern , 0 real Qucon-atrcut , LIiiooIii ' h liin-Holdn , on Thursday
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yo . & 22 , ApriIi 24 ., 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 395
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Leader (1850-1860), April 24, 1858, page 395, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2240/page/11/
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