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ferent denominations , and was formally presented to her Majesty . " The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at Aston Hall shortly afterwards , and there lunched . Here an'address was read by Sir Francis Scott , in the course of -which it was remarked : — " In addition to the historical interest and kindlj reminiscences of Aston Hall , and the picturesque featnrea of its architecture , which will at once be appreciated by your Majesty and your Eoyal Consort , we venture to bespeak your Majesty ' s kind interest in the peculiar circumstances under which the park and hall have been purchased .
" In some towns in yonr Majesty's dominions , public parks have wisely been provided by wealthy corporations ; in others by the munificence of philanthropic citizens ; here ; also , we are indebted to private liberality for two places of recreation for the people ; but to Birmingham alone has it been given to secure by her own exertions an ancient park for the physical relaxation —an ancient hall for the mental cultivation—of her variously employed and laborious population . " Your Majesty ¦ will , we believe , be gratified to learn that Aston Hall and Park , have been acquired , for the most part , by the industry and economy of the people themselves . Of the money required for this purpose , a' very large proportion has been subscribed by th . e working classes , a circumstance which , we venture to liope , will not be without interest and satisfaction to your Majesty . " ;
The reply to this address having been read , several members of the corporation were summoned to kiss hands ; after which the interim managers were introduced to her Majesty , and bowed as they passed the throne . " A -very interesting , gratifying , and novel circumstance then ensued . Eight of the principal working men concerned in the restoration of the hall , were summoned before the Queen , who thus addressed them extempore : — " I thank you for your great exertions in preserving this old Hall to your townsmen ; and I sincerely hope that the par ! npay prove a boon to the industrious classes of Birmingham . " These words were loudly applauded .
The Queen subsequently requested Sir Francis Scott to declare the park formally inaugurated , which was done , and was followed by loud cheers and salvoes of artillery . Shortly afterwards , the Hoyal party returned to Stoneleigh Abbey , where , a state , banquet was given in the evening . At night , tlie grounds of Aston Hall were illuminated , and fireworks were let off . The streets of the town remained crowded till a very late hour . The Queen returned to London on Wednesday .
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IRELAND . Hydrophobia . —A fatal case of hydrophobia , arising from the bite of a cat , has occurred at Tattycor , in the parish of Dromore , Tyrone . The suffereT was a poor woman , and two months elapsed before any- evil symptoms resulted from the bite , which in itself was not considerable , la the intervals of her paroxysms , the patient talked very calmly , warning those about her to take care of themselves , as she could not control herself when the fit was on . She died in a lunatic asylum from sheer exhaustion , not having taken the slightest food for several days .
The Belfast Tea . Frauds . —The case of " the Attorney-General v . "Wallace , " being one of a series to be instituted by the Crown against parties alleged . to be implicated in the frauds of John James Moore , was heard in the Court of Exchequer on Monday before the Chief Baron and a special jury . The result was a verdict for the defendant , without his having been re . quired to offer evidence on his own behalf . Encumbered Estates Coukt . —There were several heavy sales of properties on Tuesday , the gross amount realizing over 40 , 000 / . The estates sold are situated in the counties of Loutb , Clare , Kilkenny , and Tipperary .
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AMERICA . The excitement on the subject of the outrages committed on American merchant-vessels by English schooners continued to increase at the last dates . In the Senate , a bill has been reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs authorizing the President to employ force to protect the rights of citizens from the aggressions of foreign powers . A report from the Committee on Foreign Relations , on the same subject , has been presented by Mr . Mason . Pending the uncertainty regarding the probable action of the British Govern merit , this report does not recommend any immeiliato legislation , but states that the committee have unanimousl y resolved that American ships , when at son , arc under tlio jurisdiction of the country , and that any molestation of them is an infraction of the national sovereignty . It is also affirmed that an unequivocal explanation should ho demanded from Great Britain ; and the report concludes J > y an expression of approval of the action hithorto taken by the administration , and of readiness to recommend ouch future legislation as circumstances may ro-« iuire . £ ho Democratic Republican General Committee of New York met , on tho ovonlng of the 27 th ult ., at Aammany Hall , for the purpose of denouncing the lnte flggrcsBiona on the Amorican ttag-which was dono wEUi much ompliasia .
Lord Napier is said to have despatched a messenger by special steamer to the English Admiral commanding on the West India station , informing Mm of the feeling that exists with regard to the conduct of our cruisers , and the measures which have been taken by the United States Government . The despatches are not in the nature of instructions , but simply suggestions for his guidance until the British Government can be heard from . By the latest news from the United : States , we learn that measures were before Congress arming the President with foil powers to resist the pretensions of Great Britain .
The case of Captain Judkins , who has been arrested for not allowing a Custom-house officer to go onshore while the vessel was in quarantine , is to go to trial , though Mr . Cunard , the head of the great company which goes by his name , protests against the injustice of subjecting the shareholders to the expense of defending the suit , which is merely to settle a disputed question of law . The New York Board of Aldermen have passed a resolution , on the recommendation of the Mayor , holding Captain Judkins harmless in any suits that may be brought against him by the United States authorities , on the ground that he acted in accordance with the directions of the Board of Health and the health officer . :
The . Federal House of . Representatives have passed a joint resolution , which virtually amounts to a declaration of ivar against the Bepublic of Paraguay . The proposed protectorate over Mexico has been rejected in the Senate . The trial of General "Walker , the Filibuster , has ended by the jury disagreeing , and the district attorneyentering a -nolle jnrosegnii . Great excitement has been caused at Petersburg , Virginia , by the discovery that several slaves were missing on the departure of a schooner belonging to Wilmington , Delaware . A steamer -was sent in pursuit , and five slaves were found on board . These , together with the captain and crew , were taken back , and lodged in gaoL
The excitement at New Orleans has ended by the triumph of the Vigilance Committee . The mayor has resigned the municipal authority into the hands of the committee , who have appointed one thousand men to maintain order . The city was again quiet . The -Zuloaga Government of Mexico has declared all the Mexican ports closed to commerce . It was expected that Alveran would have two additional brigades in the field on the 3 rd inst ., with a view to advancing on Cuermavaca . It is thought probable that Peschiera , Governor of Sonora , will declare that State independent in the event of the success of the Zuloaga Government or Santa Anna ' s return to Mexico .
The x risarri treaty , before reported as ratified by t he Nicaraguan Legislature , is still under consideration in that body . President Martinez has returned it for amendment , objecting to the occupation of the transit route by the United States troops under the conditions proposed in one of the clauses . M . Felix Belly , San Salvador , Costa Rica , and Nicaragua have formed & treaty , offensive and defensive ; and President Martinez has officially urged a union of all the States of Central America . Colonel Kinney , aided by some followers , has made an attempt to seize on the Government of Greytown ; but the movement failed . During the struggle , the Mosquito flag was hauled down , and that of Nicaragua hoiated . The boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua has been arranged . The Indians in Guatemala are troublesome , but the Bepublic id mostly quiet .
A very severe shock of earthquake was experienced at Lima on the 11 th of April , which lasted fifty seconds , and the alarm and confusion , were frightful . The New York money market does not aeem to have been affected in any way by the unsettled questions between Great Britain and the United States . Considerable attention has been recently attracted to the gold washings of Tlpuani , and tw « companies have been formed in La Paz for the purpose of exploring tho mines .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow and unchriatiau feeling is to l > e condemned which regards with jealousy tho progress of foreign nations , and carea for no portion of tho human race but that to which itself belongs . Dr . Aenold .
FIUNCK . Thic recent questions and debates in the Englisli House of Commons with reference to to the defence of tho country , and , tho allusions which have been matlo to tho alleged increase of the French navy , have led to > another official intimation in tho Afoniteur , which thus alluded to the subject ia its Sunday issue : — "About three months since , the English newspapers pretended that tho French Government was making great warlike preparations . The Moniteur denied tho fuct ^ but tho dame assertions arcs now renewed . "Wo deny them again . Tho military and naval forces established a year since for the budget of 1858 have not been increased . "
Pursuant to orders given by tho Emperor , all tho regiments of infantry of the lino are to receive rifles in exchange for tho smooth-barreled inuskcta with which they arc at present armed . ' TJ » e Prefect of the Gironde . in a noto communicated
to La Gtitennebf . Bordeaux , " says the Times Paris correspondent , - " congratulates the administrators of the charitable establishments of that city on having anticipated the measures prescribed by the Minister of the Interior by selling , several years since , the landed property belonging to the establishments under their care , consisting of thirteen houses ,, some arable land , and marshes . These properties , -which were valued at 229 , 525 f ., and which produced a rental of 7 , 479 / , 94 c . ; were sold for 258 , l 35 f ., and this sum , vested in Government rentes , produces a revenue of ll , 616 f . 7 « . " Some wheat and barley of this year ' s crop have just been received in Paris from Algeria .
Some apprehension was entertained in the wine-growing districts as to the approaching vintage , notwithstanding the healthy appearance of the vineyards . In many places wine is falling into disuse , and the population are resortiug to more economical drinks . " M . RegTiault , one of the chief functionaries of the "Western Eailway , " says the Times Paris correspondent , u has invented a new indicator for announcing the departure of trains at the different stations along the railway line . The apparatus consists of a dial-plate with a hand which may move right or left , according to the direction in which the train is to start . The
stationmaster at the terminus from which the departure takes place has only to press with his finger on a knob with which the dial-plate is provided to make all the apparatuses of the same kind along the line mark the departure J ; the hands remain in the same situation even when the communication is interrupted , and ( this is the most important point ) , should an inattentive stationmaster press on the knob of his indicator while the hand marks the impending arrival of a train , it will not obey ibis wrong impulse , but remain where it is , and thus call the station-master ' s attention to the mistake he was about to commit . "
Great excitement exists in France owing to the bill before the Belgian Legislature for the fortification of Antwerp . The official press in Paris exhibits some uneasiness on this head ; but the democratic Siecle says there is no occasion for alarm . General Espinasse has been superseded in the Ministry of the Interior by M . Ddangle , Senator , arid First President of the Imperial Court of Paris . The General is raised to the rank of Senator . ' . ¦'"¦ . The fifth meeting of the Conference engaged with the organization of the Danubian Principalities was lield on Monday . It is stated that the non-union of Wallaehia and Moldavia has been decided by a majority of * one-France , Russia , and Sardinia being for the union , and England , A ustria , Prussia , and Turkey , agjtinst it .
"A singular edict , " says the Morning Star , " has appeared in the Moniteur relative to tho circulation of books and pamphlets by the colporteurs , the individuals so much employed by our English Bible Society . This edict sets out with the assertion that 8 , 000 , 000 immoral books were dispersed over tho rural districts of France by 10 , 000 hawkers ' about the year 1847 , ' that is to say , before the happy period when a revolution prepared that country for its present ruler . 'ThUwas the consequence , ' we are told , of the imprudent neglect that is adorned with the name of Libertv . For six
years , the Imperial Government has sought to abate the plague , and , not being so successful as could have been wished , severe measures are to be adopted . l It is the duty of the administration , ' we read , 'to prevent foreign societies , possessed of considerable resources , from despatching agents to France with tho view of producing agitation . " We hope this does not mean thut the Bible is the next danger to be apprehended in tho land of Fe ' nelon . At all events , it pretty clearly shows that UieEunperor has a compact with the French clergy which may involve his retention of power . "
A horse-dealer of Mont rouge , named Meunier , has been tried by the Paris Tribunal of Correctional Police , for using insulting words towards the Emperor and Empress . The charge was brought by two personal enemies , who were severely cross-examined by the judge , who entirely shook their testimony , and the man was acquitted . The two false witnesses were then taken into custody , and committed for trial . Meunier received a good character from the police ; that is to say , ho was reported as a man who never , "under any circumstances , talked politics .
The report on the circumstances attending tlio late duel has been drawn up by tho public prosecutor at Versailles , and has j ust been published . It condemns the article in the Figaro as " an unbecoming and dangerous piece of pleasantry , addressed to an entire grade in the army , which is not less distinguished by its good conduct than by its bravery- " The article , it is . added , " was calculated to awaken juat susceptibilities . " Tho two wounds given to M . do Pen © are described as being in some sort accidental , and it is stated that M . Hyenne did not
know , when he inflicted the second wound , that one had been received just before . Tlia report aflirms that Hyenne has never been a fencing-master , and declares that as tho seconds of M . do Peno did everything to prevent the second duel , they must be declared not liable to prosecution . " As to tho military partios concerned- — namely , Ifyenno , who inflicted the wounds , and Courtiol and Koge , his seconds—tho appreciation of their acts does not belong to tho ordinary tribunals , for they arc sub-lieutenants of tho 9 th Light Dragoons , on active service , and figure aa * present' on tJ » o muster-roll of
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N < K 4 £ 0 , Jim © 19 , 1858 . ] MB IEADER , 585
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 585, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2247/page/9/
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