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932 THE LEADER . [ 3 STo . 490 . Aug . 13 , I& 59 .
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the said act shall extend and apply to the person so offending . " There is a saving clause as to notices by Government and on private property . The Sunday Bands in the Parks . —Those of our readers who approve of this innocent recreation for the people will be pleased to learn that the dephtation to the Chief Commissioner of Works , on Friday last , to stop them was unsuccessful . The lands played as usual on Sunday . Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the weather , the receipts from the sale of programmes amounted to within a few shillings of the expenses . in their in
TheNbwLord—Wlien railways were - fancy it was supposed that they would injure the estates through which or near which they ran , and Ifr . Labouchere ' s father received the compensation of £ 30 , 000 for an imaginary detriment to his property of this sort . After his death , his son , finding that there was no injury to the " estate from the -vicinity of the railway , but the contrary , refunded the . £ 30 , 000 . For Mr . Labouchere this was no act of-virtue . He was as incapable of retaining what Jie had no claim to in strict honour as of changing his nature . With his fine fortune he could afford to "be scrupulous , we may be told ; but what a noble use of a fine fortune it is to be so scrupulous and others were not so . —Examiner .
The next Lord Mayor . —The Home Secretary having withdrawn his bill for the reform of the corporation of the City of London , the election of the Lord Mayor will " take place in accordance with ancient custom . This year Alderman Carter and Alderman Cubitt are the two seniors below the chair , and if the livery return them the Court of Aldermen will doubtless select Alderman Carter , who stands first ; but , if the livery take the same course this year ,, which they adopted last , and pass over Alderman Carter , they will return Alderman Cubitt and Alderman Sir Henry Muggeridge , in which case Alderman Cubitt , M . P ., will be Lord Mayor of London for the next year .
Legal . —The Recorder ships of Walsall , Newark , Lincoln , and Northampton having become vacant by the death of Mr . Serjeant Clarke , the following appointments have been made : —Mr . W " . J . Neale to be Recorder of Walsall ; Mr . Fitzjames Stephen to be Recorder of Newark ; Hon . G . C . Vernon to be Recorder of Lincoln ; Mr , J . Hibbert Brewer to be "Recorder of Northampton .
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THE GREAT EASTERN . The completion of this magnificent vessel was iormally celebrated pn Mbnda 3 ' , at a banquet on hoard the ship , which was honoured by the presence of many of the members of both . Houses and some of the most distinguished engineers and scientific ¦ men in the kingdom , though we regret to say that Mr . Brunei was prevented , from illness , from being j > resent . The deck has been planed and scrubbed to man-of-war whiteness , and not even a stray rope ' s end breaks the wonderful effect produced by its immense expanse . Her fleet of boats hang at the davits , ten on each side . The whole vessel has been painted , the saloons are finished , the cabins
decoxatcd , and even furnished . The masts are fixed and rigged with the exception of the yards , which will be sent Up in a day or two . On deck are four small steam winches or engines , each of which works a pair of cranes on both sides of the vessel . With these four double prunes alone 5 , 000 tons of coals can be hoisted into the vessel in twenty-four hours . The chief saloons—nil save one—have only been fitted to a certain extent in a temporary manner . The fittings arc exceedingly lmnsome and substantial , but the decorations of the huge iron walls And girders have been reserved until after her first trip , and now are only painted of n , plain white . The absence of elaborate decoration In them , however , is amply
When working 45 strokes a minute , with steam on at 15 lb . and cutting off at one-third of the stroke , these engines give an indicated power of 4 , 400 horses , but at 55 strokes a minute , steam on at 25 lb ., and cutting off at one-quarter of the stroke , the po \ frer will reach to 6 , 500 horses . Thus the united efforts of both screw and paddle engines will drive the immense vessel through the water with a power of no less than 12 , 000 horses . What fleet could stand in the way of such a d mass , weighing some 30 , 000 tons , and driven through the water by 12 , 000-horse power at the rate of 22 or 23 miles an hour ? Steam was got up in the paddle engines at halfpast 1 , At that time all the visitors were on board , and the engine-room and hatches , in spite of the heat , were crowded with eager lookers-on .
The engines worked with marvellous ease and freedom ; there was no noise , no 6 ign of hot bearings , and the result was considered by all the engineers on board to be satisfactory in the very highest degree , and far beyond what could have been expected . When the engines had been tested to the utmost to which they could be tried with a vessel at her moorings , all the visitors adjourned to the saloons , where a collation had been , laid out . The speech of the day iras made by Lord Stanley , who said of the ship , " You know that she is calculated to carry a population of not much less than 10 , 000 , including her crew , —a population so large that I almost wonder the company have not applied to the House of Commons to have the Great Eastern included in the new Reforni Bill , in the list of Parliamentary boroughs for the new schedule . "
It is officially announced that " the Great Eastern will leave this country for Portland * United States , early in the ensuing month , after having made a short trial trip . " The English port of departure does not seem to have been yet determined upon . More money is wanted : a special meeting of the shareholders is called for the 20 th inst . to authorise the issue of the 30 , 000 shares held in reserve , and to consider the propriety of insuring the ship .
compensated iu the chief saloon , which has been finished to show * the superb stylo in which the tvhole will be decorated when the Great Eastern begins running to the East . AH the berths are very roomy an cabins go—very lofty , well lit , and those on tho outer sides exceedingly well ventilated . On the lower deck tho berths are oven larger , loftier , and more commodious than those in tho upper . Both the berths and saloons horo are , in fact , alniost unnecessarily high , having very nearly flfteon foot in tho clear . Tho kitchens , pantries , undsaullerieeare all on
the same extensive soalo . Tho ice-house holds upwards of 100 tons of ico , and the lofty wine vaults already contain wine enough form a good freight for ah Oporto trader . The groat feature of the . day was tho trial of both ecrew and paddle engines for the 'first time . The paddle engines work up to an indicated power of 3 , 000 horses of 33 , 000 lbs . vrlmn working 11 strokes per minute with steam in the boiler at 10 lbs ., the expansion valve cutting off at ope . third of tho stroke . Tho screw engines are constructed on tho same wnproved , principles . They have four cylinders of 64 inoheB diameter and 4 feet stroke . The oylinders , « ro capable of being worked together or s ately .
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^ THE CONFERENCE AT ZURICH . On Monday and Tuesday the first sittings of the Conference took place . The Plenipotentiaries are —For France—Baron de Bourqueney and the Marquis de Banneville . For Austria—Count de Colloredo and Baron de Meysenbug . For Sardinia —The Chevalier Desambrois . Diplomatic banquets are the order of the day ; but as yet no business appears to have been transacted except that it is asserted that the conference has prolonged the armistice indefinitely .
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NAPOLEONIC INTRIGUES IN TUSCANY . An official message , dated Florence , the 9 th , states that the elections were concluded with perfect order , and a large number of voters attended to give their suffrages . The elected belong to all classes of tho country . The assembly was convoked for Thursday , find the inhabitants wore full of confidence .
A intrigue , which deserves notice-,, is-on foot for bringing forward Prince Napoleon for Tuscany , rather than that province . should be' annexed to Sardinia . A letter circulated by Government journals in France says that " everybody in Florencespeaks of Prince Napoleon as their future sovereign ., and that people chalk on the walls ' Vive Napoleon . ( Jerome ) , King of Etmria . ' " The correspondent ot the Daily News , positively states that " The people of those States think , almost to a man , that they have nothing better to do than to proclaim ^ Prince Napoleon their king . You may be certain of wliat I am now stating , for all the information I have received from Mbdena , Reggio ,
and Florence leads me to believe that such will be the final result . AH the exertions of Cavalier Farini , and of the Tuscan provincial giunta , are directed to insure the election of the Prince , who , they hope , will be allowed to accept the crown of the . renewed kingdom of Etruria . With such a solution they will avert all dangers of Austrian restoration , and ensure to themselves the support of France . In this fact lies , perhaps , the secret of the Villafranca convention , for it appears now that the long stay made at Florence by Prince Napoleon
had no other object than that which I have mentioned . Canrobert ' s corps d ' armee is on the eve of marching on Central Italy . It will be received with enthusiasm . If I am rightly informed , the marshal will be met there with the cry of " Long live the Emperor 1 long live Prince Napoleon , our King !" How can he oppose such manifestations , inspired by such devotion to the Imperial house he serves 2 The appearance of French troops in those provinces will , of course , ensure the election of the Prince , which is only opposed by a few republicans and by the small party of the former Austrian rulers . "
The French troops have suspended their departure from Italy .
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PARMA—ANOTHER REVOLUTION . Count Reisset has been sent from Paris to try to persuade the people of Central Italy to submit to their fate . In the meantime a French division , 10 , 000 men strong , has occupied Piacenzu . A letter from Parma says *— " I have no doubt we shall have one-half of that force here in a very few days . With 5 , 000 French bayonets to back her , the Duchess will not hesitate to come forth with a in-oclaniation , appealing to popular suffrage ; but I can toll you in sober truth , that in a public cti / % . called the Caffe Violi , a list is now open , the subscribers of which bind themselves 'to shoot or stab' any person who ventures to propose , or iu any manner to abet and promote , the Duchess ' s restoration . Reisset has arrived at Parma , and had a long interview with Count Pallieri , tho Sardinian Governor , assumed a very decided attitude ; and gave him " a bit of its mind " in as clear a manner as the envoy could desire . Ten thousand bills at least were stuck up at every corner of the streets , bearing the inscription , " Viva Vittorio JBmmanuele , nostro JRH . ' " On the 8 th Inst ., King Victor Emmanuel having withdrawn the mandate givon to the Sardinian authorities at Parnia , the Piedmontese governor informed the municipality that he was about to Ioave . On his departure , tho governor announced that ho should transfer the sovereign powers to his secretary-general , M . Manfrcdi , of Piacenza , to govern in the name of the people . This measure produced a bud effect on the public mind , and accordingly the next new 8 , dated the following 1 day , was that the Piedmontcse had boon driven from tho city . Tho red republic had been proclaimed . Property holders and the friends of order wore taking flight .
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THE FRENCH PRESS . A vert significant fact is the appearance in the Constitutionnel and -Pays of another article by M . Granier de Cassagnac , which , like the former one aboHt the " ingratitude" ot Italy , was beyond all doubt dictated at St . Cloud . The present manifesto , headed in very large type , " The Fortifications of Antwerp , " is intended to propagate the notion that the King of the Belgians in proposing to his Parliament a vote for strengthening the defences of his great commercial port on the Scheldt is a mere tool in the hands of England , who ,
looking forward to a war with France , wishes to provide herself -with an entrenched camp in Belgium . The project of fortifying Antwerp , he says , is brought on the tapis every year on the return of King Leopold from England , and always causes surprise in the minds of sensible men . Why Belgium , declared a neutral power by the treaties which constituted her , should consent to incur a considerable expense for works of protection of no utility to herself , has always been an enigma , tho writer declares , to persons who only regard the surface of things . . .
The Pres . se says , in allusion to this article , " We Bhall shortly have to notice the effect which this article cannot fail to produce on England and Belgium . " No comment is necossary upon such a production as this ; but it cannot be forgotten that in tins case Granier de Cassagnac and Louis Napoleon are identical . The former no more daro to pen such an article without the sanction , of the latter , that he dare to say a word against any Government proposal in his capucity of a reproscntnUvo of tho people .
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THE TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION Tiib solemn entrance of tho portion of tho army withdrawn from Ituly will take place to-morrow . From St . Maur they will march down to tho Imubourg St . Antoine , and along the boulevards troin the Bastille to the Rue de la Paix . Tho Kmperor will awu . it them at the Hotel do l'JCtjit Major . on the Place Vendomo , from the balcony oi which building lie will witness tho march past . From the Barrioro du Trono to tho Tuulories the Btroots and boulevards will be lined by tho Ariny of Paris und the National Guard . Thoro are to bo triumphal nrchestrophiesdocorations ol an
, , kinds , and a magnificent illumination lit iiig"s > tho theatres and public buildings nro to bo dressoa out , and tho Place Vendomo will be converted into an amphitheatre , the circular rows of benches being already in progress of erection , for tho aceouiroouation of tho Senate , Legislative Corps , Council or State , Sto . The papors predict that tho festival win bo unprecedented , for brilliancy in tho annals ol military triumphal celebrations . Tho theatres oro getting up pieces relating to tho exploits of the relurning army , and various Jite * wjll , it is e » W , wo organised to welcome and entertain the troops *
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page 932, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2307/page/8/
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