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» IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Tuesday * May 31 . The sixth Parliament of our Lady Queen Victoria has commenced its sittings . In the House of Lokds the royal commission was read , and both Houses convoked for despatch of business . The new House of Commons were summoned to the House of Peers , and on their return proceeded to elect a Speaker .
Colonel Wilson Patten moved that -the Eight Hon . John Evelyn Denison , member for JNo ; rth Nottinghamshire , be again called to fill that distinguished office , dwelling upon the attention he had shown to the discharge of its duties , his impartiality ,, and his general bearing towards all members of the late House . He added a graceful tribute to the private virtues of Mr . Denison . —The motion was seconded by Sir F . Bauixg .
Mr . Denison submitted himself to the pleasure of the House , and , there being no dissentient voice , he ¦ was conducted by the mover and seconder to the chair , whence he offered his acknowledgments to the House . He was then congratulated upon his reelection by the Chancellor of the Exchequer arid Lord Palmkkston , and the House adjourned
Wednesday , June 1 . . The House of CoMwioNs , on meeting were summoned to the House of Peers , and , upon their return , the Speaker reported that her Majesty had been pleased to approve the choice which the House had made of liiin as Speaker , and that he had preferred on behalf of the House , the claims customarily made , which had been granted in the fullest . manner . He briefly again tendered his acknowledgements to the House . The swearing-in of the members then commenced , and continued-until ten minutes past four o ' clock , wlieii the House adjourned .
. Thursday , June 2 . The "House of Lords did not meet , this being Holy Thursday . : In the House of Commons 174 hon . members were sworn , and the House adjourned .
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VOLUNTEER CORPS . The volunteer regiments are groM'ing at length to imposing dimensions , and the meetings which are held daily in different parts of the country sliow an increase of the popular enthusiasm . At Reading , for instance , the mayor presided at a 'meeting for the- , formation of a corps , and speeches -were made by men of all classes , including a most -warlike address from the Rev . T . V . Fosbcry . Xord Vivian went down to Cormyall expressly to attend a county volunteers meeting , at which he presided as Lord-Lieutenant . In the county of Shropshire , and at Woodbridge , Newcastle , Ipswich , and Halifax , preliminary measures have been taken , and opinions expressed as a necessity for some alterations in the Act of Parliament . Birkenhead will in the course of a day or , two boast a volunteer corps of 800 fine 3 'oun-g men , called the Wirral Rifle Regiment .
The civil servants of the Crown in London are taking stepsin the same direction . The clerks in the Patent Office appear to have taken the lead with spirit . A meeting at Belfast expressed discontent at the state of the law as regards Ireland in this question . It was determined to petition Parliament to consider the Irish sufficiently loyal to serve as volunteers . The Orangemen were permitted that privilege in the last war , and they wish to avail themselves of it again ; while the rest of the population assert that their loyalty is not to be doubted . to form
At North Woolwich it has been resolved a corps composed of workmen , employed by Messrs . Silver , of Cornhill , who are ready to volunteer to the number of about .. 2 . 00 . A rifle corps is about to be formed at Windsor , to be composed exclusively of her Majesty and the Prince ' keepers , and men employed in the royal gardens , and farms , mid in the Great Park . The corps will number about 150 . Another class who tiro desirous ot forming a strong regiment , arc those employed on the metropolitan railways , who have lieMu meeting and enrolled many names , the London and JSor-tu Western taking the lead . . „ tnc Mrl
At Cheltenham , at a volunteer meeting , of Ellenborough made another telling speech on Thursday . JIo said that it was not safe lor us to remain permanently unarmed in the midst ot un armed world . Wo were not prepared . The nations of the Continent were prepared ; und they miyiit depend upon it the invention ot ' nillwuysnmluistwi'H for naval purposes luul most matorJiilly vjinwl tliu means of committing sudden aggression upon us . Ho would tell such us decided to become riflemen what he understood to be their mission . , it « ' « s ui doprivo the enemy of sleep from the < luy lie hunkx until ho filopt in death . Ho ou ^ ht to bo iiruMCMi night and day by riflemen . We had nii-n enough t () give ample rvlluf ' s . There Khouhl not ¦ l-o a niomi'iu in wl \ lch tlie onemy should sleep , nml If hi « U'l » t »
must bo untlor firo . Several Assuranco Companies Imvo adoptc'iUi formal resolution , that " no extra charge «¦>'' | JU niado to assurors joining volunteer rillo or urtllHTy corns . " It i « thought that u similar eourNu will uu generally pursued by till tho other aii « urimco com"imlos . . nu A company has been ibi'mcil by influeutiiu ^' > firms to foster tho Jliflo Corps movement , ami to give H a thorough 'system of combination and t'eiitral organisation . it proposes to supply tlio t : lui > J wltli a sound wonppn and n good uniform , nt u pncti
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At the Mansion-house on Saturday a negro , known by the name of " John , " was charged with having made a desperate attempt to murder a police sergeant named Oliver . The prisoner had occupied a lodging in the neighbourhood of the Minories , and , foi : some reason or other , had locked himself up in his room , and refused to conie put . . Attempts were made to expel him , and he in consequence made his way on to the roofs of the neighbouring houses . Several police officers then engaged in efforts to capture himj and one of them , the unfortunate Sergeant Oliver , was attacked by the prisoner , and dreadfully stabbed in the struggle which ensued . The prisoner was remanded to await the result of the injuries which Oliver has sustained .
The race weeks has brought with it as usual , a considerable amount of police cases in the Metropolis , as well as in the country . At the Guildhall , a common councilman attended to complain of the nuisance occasioned by the betting men who crowd Bride-lane every day . The Alderman had some doubt as to the power he possessed of removing or punishing the people who might assemble in the street , but expressed his determination to try the question . On the Derby night a great row occurred at Cremorne assembled
Gardens . A number of riotous persons in the coffee-room , and after drinking the proprietor ' s health , broke the tables , chairs , and glasses . They were with great difficulty ejected ; and had it not been for the precautions of Mr . Simpson , some persons must have been seriously injured , and even a loss of life might have taken place . One of the rioters was examined at the Westminster Policecourt . Mr . Payriter administered a severe rebuke to him , and required him to find sureties for his appearance next week .
An extensive seizure of obscene stereoscopic pictures has been made l > y . the police , which the magistrate at Marlborough street has ordered to be destroyed . . At the Thames police-court Mr . Smith * a shipowner , was charged with obstructing a quartermaster in the navy in theperformance of his duty . The cvse . was interesting as being connected with the manning of the navy . The quartermaster went on board a vessel called the Coldstream , which belonged to the defendant , for the purpose of obtaining the papers of a seaman who had enlisted into the navy . It was . alleged that Me . Smith , who was on board at / -the time , had insulted the . complainant , and caused the captain to expel him from the ship . He was fined forty shillings .
An inquest was held on Saturday , at Guy ' s IIospitaly on ttfe body of the unfortunate Sophia Moore , who was murdered by her husband in Trafalgarstreet , Wai worth . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder . " The assassin is not yet in custody . Andrew Huddlestone , the son of n surgeon in Holloway , committed suicide by taking a dose of prussic acid . The body was found in a field last week . The suicide appears to have taken place in consequence of some family differences . The jury could not determine in what state of mind the deceased committed the act .
LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . William Wellington Taylor , a tax collector of Islington , was examined at ClerkenwellPolice-court , on Saturday , relative to . a charge of embezzlement . The amount of defalcations is set down at over 700 / ., and the property of the parish of St . Mary , Islington . The magistrate ordered a remand , and refused to take bail . A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of Ebenezer Ward , also a collector of ¦ the same parish , and defaulter to the sum of 800 / . Ward has since voluntarily surrendered and in answer to the charge , said the deficit arose from liis granting receipts whence had not received the money . Mr , Tyrwhitt ordered a remand for a week , . and consented to take bail in . 2000 / .
The M'Donnell kidnapping case , it will be seen by our Queen ' s Bench report , has come to a termination . The child has been restored to her father , and the Rev . Mr . Roberts has been discharged on payment of costs . At the Court of Bankruptcy , Francis Worrall Stevens , described as a share dealer , of 3 , Royal Exchange , has passed his last examination . A case of defalcation by George Terry , a Leeds tradesman , has occurred . The delinquent was a-Grand Master of tho Odd Fellows' Provident Society , " and has made array with 4 , 000 / . Trust has been extensively abused , and tho result is an amount of distress among tho industrial and provident poor
• which is deeply to be doplored . In the Court of Common Pleas , tho Earl of Shrewsbury has brought an action for the recovery of the estates which were bequeathed by the lfttc ISarl to the infant son of tho Duke of Norfolk . The Attorney-Gen oral stated the case for the plaintiff , Wo l »» ve not it appears , heard the last of the libel case , Yescombo , v . Landor . Tho poet having left tho country without paying eithor tho damages ov the costs , furthor proceedings on the part of tho plaintiffs became necessary . They ascertained that a valuablo cstjito , culled Ipsloy Court , was held in
trust for Waltor Savugo Landor , and appealed to the Court of Chancery for power to stop tho rents until tho demand was satisfied . Tho Vioo-Chanoellor ordered tho rents to bo impounded . In tho Court of Bankruptcy , Mr . Linklatcr has announced that another dividend of a shilling in tho pound would bo paid to tho erortitors of tho British Bunk . This dividend is quite unexpected . . Tho alleged poisoning case at Richmond has gono through Us last stage preparatory to tho trial of Smethurnt . Ho has already been committed for trial by tho magistrates , and tho coroner ' s inquont terminated with a verdict of « Wilful Murdor . '
A young lieutenant belonging to the ' Royal City of Dublin Militia , stationed at Shorncliffe , named Thomas George Keogh , has committed suicide . The rash act was committed very early on Sunday morning , while the deceased was under close arrest . Various rumours were circulated with reference to the cause of tlio arrest . A 507 . note had been stolen from one of the officers' quarters , and it was reported that the deceased was suspected . A horrible affair has taken jilacont Oldbuvy , near Birmingham . Tho wife of a minor , named Foster , maddened , it would appear , by grief for the loss of a daughter , cut the throat of her boy , twelve years old , wounded another of her children , and then attempted to commit suicide .
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and the officers gave a ball in her honour the same night . ¦¦ .. ¦ •' Th ; e Queen ' s proclamation for manning the navv arrived at Marseilles in the beginning of the week There has not been time enough yet to ascertain the chances of success in enrolling British seamen but the prospects are encouraging . ' The exertions of the Admiralty are unremitting to complete a gigantic fleet , powerfully armed and completely manned . The Imperieuse 51 , Shannon 51 , Royal Sovereign 131 , Melpomene 51 , and Aga ^ memnon 91 , will all be ready for sea in a few days and a number of others are in a very forward state ' Recruiting for the navy is going on well . A considerable addition has been made to the Royal Laboratory and Military Store Departments of Woolwich Arsenal . The aggregate number of Government and contractors' hands now employed amounts to nearly 10 , 000 men and boys .
Orders have arrived at Vincennes , from Italy , concerning an improvement to be made in the mew-French canons ruyds , which are not found to answer all the expectations ' -which- had been formed with regard to their capacity . Their range is found to be marvellous , but no means of securing a good aim could be accomplished , and the gun is said to he for the present abandoned . The Charybdis , 20 , screw steam frigate , one of the new heavy armed vessels , was successfully launched at Chatham-, on Wednesday . She will be immediately brought forward for the steam reserve .
NAVAL ANJD MILITARY . Ilisjt Majesty ' s colonial steam-ship Victoria returned to Ilobson ' s Bay from a eruiso in search of tho remains of tho supposed wreck of her Majesty ' s brig Sappho , which was not attended M'ith success . In addition to tho four now vessels of war recently ordered by tho Admiralty to bo built at Chatham , directions have just boon received for two more . One of these vessels is to be a 91-gun screw liner , und the other a fil-gun gtuni ' u frigate . Tho four new vessels ordered are tho Bulwark , tfl , the Undaunted , 01 , tho Rattlesnake , 21 , and the Reindeer , 17 , screw steamers .
Tho French Emperor has given orders that all tho infantry regiments in tho army shall receive instruction in artillery practice Tho non-commissioned officers and select companies will bo Instructed first , and the syatom will bo gradually extended . Last Friday tho Countess of Rglintoun prcsontctl now colours to tho 30 tH regiment In tho Phamix-park in tho presence of the Lord Lieutenant and a brilliant staff . Tho peeress made » n oxcollont ppeeoli
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688 THE LEADER . [ News and
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2297/page/4/
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