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      THE QUEEN AT LEEDS . On Mondav , long before the hour at which her Maiestv ' s arrival was expected , all the available accommodation in the vicinity of the central station at Leeds was occupied , and many thousands of people who could not procure a position whence they could hope to obtain a glimpse of the Royal cortege , repaired to other parts of the route to Wobdsley House . Spacious galleries and platforms had been erected by the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern Railway Companies , at each side of the joint station of the companies , for the purpose of affording their servants and others an opportunity of seeing her Majesty . One of these galleries commanded a view of the carriage-road leading from the station , and the Others a view of Wellington-street . These were crowded , and their occupants waited in good-humoured expectancy , until the salute by the . battery of Royal Artillery gave intimation that the Royal train had arrived . To say that the streets were crowded would give but a faint idea of the throngs which crushed against the barriers round the station ; and , in spite of everv effort among the foremost spectators to keep back a pressure that was almost killing them , the mass kept pouring in , making the massive timbers bend like twigs . The station was very handsomely decorated , aud where the Queen was to alight was draped with scarlet cloth ; and here were assembled the Earl of Derby , Earl Fitzwilliam , Earl Hardwicke , the Mayor and Mayoress , Vicount Goderich , Sir Harry Smith , Mr . William Fairbairn , the nephew of the Mayor and chairman of the late Manchester Exhibition , Mr . Denison , M . P ., the chairman of the company , the High Sheriff , and the whole of the Aldermen and Town Council of the

      had the distinguished receiving Queen Great Britain as his guest , and nothing had been wanting on his part to render it befitting the occasion . AH that art and money could devise and procure to make the apartments worthy of their illustrious occupants was done , and all in the most excellent taste . Leeds was brilliantly illuminated in the evening , and it is supposed th t there were nearly 200 , 000 persons in the streets .. Tuesday morning broke with heavy clouds , mist , and rain , but notwithstanding , from the earliest hour thousands upon thousands poured into the town from the country , and from the neighbouring towns . At half-past eight , the Prince Consort paid a private visit to the Exhibition of Local Industry at LeedSj but the secrecy of the matter was so well kept that none observed it , aiid ^ no notice was taken by the mob . The Prince returned to Woodsley House at half-past nine .

      At half-past ten the mist disappeared under the influence of a sun which soon after shone brilliantly . The mass of the out-door spectators ,. roughly estimated by those accustomed to such calculations at half a million , belonged of course to the industrial classes of society , all , or nearlv all , clad in holiday attirei About 25 ^ 000 members of the Odd Fellows and other benefit societies were employed to form a single-file barrier in front of the crowd on each side of the way- —a duty which they performed very effectually . As insignia , they all " had a sprig of holly only , fastened in their coats , and they all wore white gloves . The galleries and platforms were numerous and ample , especially in the outskirts of the town , and there were comparativelv few seats unoccupied .

      At Woodhouse Moor , an immense piece of ground , a few hundredyards from Woodsley House , were assembled , stationed on rising platforms , about 32 , 000 children of the Leeds national and Sunday schools , headed by their teachers ; and here , when the Queen passed , the National Anthem was sung , as previously arranged , by the children of the schools , her Majesty giving the signal by holding up her right hand , and standing till the conclusion . Her Majesty left Woodsley House at about half-past 10 . The cortege consisted of three carriages . In the first were the Earl of Derbv ; Lady Churchill , Lady in

      Waiting ; the Hon . Miss Stop ford , Maid of Honour ; and Miss Hildyard , Governess to the two Princesses . In the second were Sir Charles Phipps , Colonel Ponsonby , and General Grey . The last carriage contained the Queen , the Prince Consort , the Princess Alice , and the Princess Helena . The royal carriages were preceded by carriages containing the members of the corporation , and the Mayor , attended by the Town Clerk . The reception of her Majesty was as grand in its enthusiasm as anything could be . For nearly four miles it was one continued ovation . At the Town Hall

      the crowds were so great that the barriers at last bent , cracked , and splintered before the immense pressure ; but the admirable arrangements of the police averted all mishap . The Queen reached the Town Hall at twenty minutes to 12 . On entering it her Majesty wa 3 rapturously cheered , as she had been during the long line of procession . The Queen and Prince Gonsort , with the Princesses , advanced to the dais , tile members of the corporation standing on the right , arid the magistrates of the town and county on the left of the throne . The Bishop of Ripon then read a prayer composed for the occasion . An Address was next presented to her Majesty by the Corporation of Leeds , to which she returned a gracious answer : and conferred the honour of knighthood upon the Mayor , now Sir Peter Fairbairn : r '

      . wmaa ¦ 1 ^ The Earl of Derby then came forward , and , addressing the assembly , said , "I am commanded by her Majesty to declare that this hall is now opened "— an announcement which was responded to by loud cheers fr om all parts of the hall . The Hallelujah Chorus was sung by the choir , and her Majesty then retired , amid the cordial farewell acclamations and manifestations of all assembled , and proceeded to a suite of private apartments in the building , nltcVo luncheon had been prepared . After the lapse of about half nn hour the ' Royal party agttin entered their carriuge , and a f ew' minutes after one resumed their journey to the north .

      The inauguration of the Town Hull was followed by a banquet given by Sir Peter Fairbairn to about three hundred of the principal ladies and gentlemen who had been previously invited to tbo inauguration . The banquet took place in the large hall , which will in future be known by the name of " the Town Hall . "

      borough . The Aldermen had ordered robes specially for the occasion , the corporation having done without such appurtenances up to the time of her Majesty ' s visit . As to the costume of the Mayor , it resembled , to use the words of the Times , that of " the most magnificent of the Medicis or d'Estes rather than the chief citizen of a plain manufacturing town . It is needless attempting to describe the dress . Our readers will better appreciate it when we say . that it was all that silk and crimson velvet and ermine combined could effect towards richness .

      This grandeur would have-ruined any man of ordinary appearance ; but the Mayor , with his fine upright carriage , snowy hair , and long flowing white beard , became it admirably , and looked ten times a Mayor . " An accident had nearly prevented his worship ' s attendance on the occasion , his horses having run away with him when going to the terminus ; he however escaped injury . As usual , a large body of London police were on dutyj who admirably performed the task of preserving order . Another detachment from the metropolis was also present— -of pickpockets—forty of whom were recognised on their arrival by their frienjici in blue , and locked up till the Queen and the cn >« Vd had gone . Almost at the very . second appointed ' the royal train glided into the station . The gucarcl of honour of the 22 nd saluted , the artillery began its regular salvoes , and amid cheers and waving- of handkerchiefs her Majesty alighted on the

      platform . The Earl of Derby arid the Mayor were the first to welcome her to Leeds . The Mayoress had the honour of presenting her Majesty with a iriagnificent bouquet , and the royal party were then conducted to their carriages , outside . After the lapse of about five minutes the royal cortege left the station . The Mayor ' s carriage , containing his worship the Mayor , the Mayoress , and the two Misses Fairbairn , took the lead } the royal carriages , three in number , followed , escorted by a squadron of the Yorkshire Hussars , commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett , and a squadron of the 2 nd West York Yeomanry , under the command of Lieut .-Colonel Pollard . The two first carriages , each drawn by two horses , contained the suit © of her Majesty and the Prince Consort , and the third , drawn by four horses , was occupied by the Queen , the Prince Consort , and the Princesses Alice and Helena . After the escort came a carriage containing the domestics of the , royal household .

      Her Majesty ' s reception was enthusiastic in the extreme The Times , says that ¦ tybftM ,, ,. j £ j . CiZi ' ingewas t *\ 'i \ ' y » wn outside the railway station , there arose such a cheer aa has seldom been heard before . It was the cheer , not only of the thousands to whom she was visible , but the cheers of all along the line of route ; it was caught up and posBed from street to street , over crowded housetops , and into places far removed from where the Queen would pass—one long-sustained outburst of loyal enthusiasm eueh as we have never seen equalled before , < m < l such qs we never expect to hear surpassed oven in England . It was not alone a shout of welcome to hor of at the that

      Majesty , but one gratification knowledge she was at last the guest of Leeds , and that for a time the borough became the seat of empire of the greatest TOWtt * Chy ^ f > H ; ue * earth ** " ^ he ^ beings , shouting and cheering , pushing and throwing their hats and handkerchiefs into the air as if they were demented , thronged up the streets , half wild with exultation and delight . It ) was really a spirit-stirring sight , and one that can only be soon in England , and not even always there . " - Woodsloy House , the residence of the Mayor , whore her Majesty now proceeded , was her home for the night . Tblfl stfe ronched about lialf » pa . st six , when the Mayor

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      THE COUNCIL OF INDIA . On Tuesday the Indian Council sat at the India House , in-Loadflnhall . atrflflt . mQiifl of , fho i % fri afljtjfl devolving on Lord Stanley , as the Secretary of State and PresideWof the Council , was to divide the Council into committees for the more convenient transaction of business , noBigning to each a specific department in the government of India ; -which he 4 id at the meeting of the Council on Friday last , The departments are three in number—( lrst , Finance , Homo , and Public Works ; second , Poll- ' tlaaland Military ; third . Revenue , Judicial , and Legislative . The Committee of Finance . Homo , and Public Works

      comprises Mr . Charles Mills , Mr . E . Macnaghten , Mr . J . Shepherd , Sir Proby Cautley , and Mr . Arbuthnot—the first three being elected members , and the last two nominees of the Grown . To the Political and Military Committee have been assigned Sir John Lawrence , Major-General Sir Robert Vivian , Sir Henry Rawlinson , Mr . Willoughby , and Captain Eastwick—the first four as nominated members , and Captain Eastwick as elected member ; to the Revenue , Judicial , and Legislative Co mmittee , . Sir James . Weir Hogg , Mr . ' Mdngles , Sir Frederick Currie , Mr . Prinsep , and Sir Henry C .

      Montgomery—the first four elected , and . the last nominated . The Council is composed of fifteen members , besides the President . In some cases it will be observed that the nominated members preponderate in the committees , and in others the fact is the reverse ; but there is really nothing in that , for . the names of the gentlemen appointed will , show that they have all been selected by the Secretary of State with a rigid regard to their special experience and aptitude for business . The Secretary of State is empowered to rearrange the committees f rom time to time , and generally to direct the manner in which the business shall be transacted .

      The whole of the business of government appears now to be transacted in Leadenhall-street , and little or none at the Board of Control . The apartments heretofore occupied by the Chairman of the Court of Directors have been assigned to the use of the Secretary of State , who attends at the India House from day to day . The scheme of consolidation of the establishments in Leadenhall-street and . at the Board of Control is still under consideration . In the mean time , until it shall have been settled and made public , some natural anxiety i 3 felt by the clerks in the different departments , whose interests it will materially affect . Lord Stanlev has appointed Sir George Russell Clerk * K-C . B ., and Mr . Henry Baillie , M . P ., to be Undersecretaries of State ; and Mr . James Cosinti Melyill , late Deputy Secretary to the East India Cohipany , to be Assistant Under-Secretary of State . On Wednesday the Council held their second meeting at the India House . Lord Stanlev presided .

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      MR . ROEBUCK AND THE FRENCH PRESS . The Cutlers' Feast at Sheffield took place on'the 2 nd instant . Among the guests and orators were Mr . Uocbuck , Mr . Monckton Milnes , the Master Cutler himself , and several local notables . Mr . Milnes made a graceful speech , touching upon the chief subjects of interest- — Cherbourg , India , and China . . Mr . Roebuck , who had been mildly reproved 03 ' Mr . Milnes for his language at Newcastle , said he would- respond to the . sentiment that no one should needlessly excite national animosities , and he did so very characteristically .

      "But , Sir , the farmer who goes to sleep , having placed the , watch-dog , Tear'em / over his rickyard , hears that watch-dog bark . He , in the anger of a half somnolence , says , ' I Wish Tenr ' em would be quiet , ' and bawls out of the window , Down , Tear ' eni . ' ' Tear ' cm ' does go down , the farmer goes to sleep , and he is awaked by the flashing in at his windows of the light of his ricks on fire . ( Cheers , ) I am ' Tear ' em . ' { Loud cheer * and laughter , ) I tell you to beware . . . . . Mark me , I know what I am saying . I say it upon a solemn occasion . I say that the French press is the expression of the Emperor ' s opinion , and that his appeal to the prejudice and hute that now exist in the minds of the French people against England is a manifestation of the Emperor ' s opinion . 1 am the watch-dog ' Tear ' cm , ' and I only tell you what my honourable friend would tell you , though in more mellifluous phrase , when 1 any —Bo you prepared ; get your gups , get your ships ready , for , depend upon it , that in his heart he knows that Cherbourg is a standing menace . Now , I tell you what will result from all this . I am sent to Parliament as your representative . There have been estimates , and in the next session there will be estimates , and everything that goes to protect England against foreign invasion will receive my hearty support . " ( ft'otrttctud cheering . ")

      The Steals has a long article with reference to Mr . Roebuck ' s speech in his now character of Tear ' , anil to Sir Charles Napier ' s recent letter . It denied the superiority of the English over the French navy , because , it says , the navy of England , numerically far stronger , is yet not in proportion to the necessities of the country and to the immense extent of British colonies : — The French navy , on the contrary , is in perfect equilibrium with the wants of the country . In the hypothesis of a naval war , wo have not thousands of points to protect , and wo can devote all our energies to attack . The English , in their reasoning on maritime mnttord , always commit an error , which we have pointed out on several occasions . In a war , a Power ought not to ox poet tVliavb ' orfl ^ But England thinks only of France . She has another enemy , Russia , who presses her in the East , in Cliinn , in India , and who menaces hor in tho Baltic , where the Russian fleet , from being excluded from tho Black Son , is forced to accumulate its forces . Suppose an iiwlor-Htanding coino to between Franco and Russia , tho French ' ( loot holding firm against the lingHttli ve « aols , while tho Russian floot should convoy on uriuy to dlaonibnik in

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 924, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2259/page/4/