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GENERAL HOME NEWS . The Cottbt , —On Friday her Majesty , tfie Prince Consort , and the Princesses Alice and Helena , made a tour of the Trossachs and Loch Katrine , and at the upper end of the Loch her Majesty formally opened thenew works , by which the waters of that beautiful ^ lake are made available for the supply of the city ol Glasgow . The day , unfortunately , was not favourable . The Queen started the next morning tor Wales , arriving at Holyhead at seven in the evening . Sunday was passed at Penrhyn Castle , and _ Monday , the sovereign left for Windsor without inspecting the Great Eastern , as was expected . The royal family have received no visitors since their return to Windsor .
The Prince of Wales . — His royal highness has left Buckingham Palace for Oxford , where he will complete his studies . A Avitty contemporary remarks : "Of course the Prince of Wales will not join in any town and gown rows while at Oxford , will have no occasion to ' sport his oak / and will never be pursued by the Proctor and his bulldogs . We shall never hear of his Royal Highness slanging bargees at Iffley Lock , driving forbidden tandems while in statu pupillari , missing chapel , or incurring * impositions . ' And it is certain that his Royal Highness Albert Edward will never be ' plucked ' for his " little go . " But Ave express a fervent hope that the pompous old college Dons of Oxford
won't toady the Prince of Wales beyond reason and beyond endurance ; . The judgment of these good learned men may be warped by the comparative isolation in which they live , and by the gross beatitude of port wine , red mullet , oyster patties , and venison collops , in which the portion of their lives not devoted to the disinterment of Greek roots is passed ; but they should remember that Queen Victoria ' s eldest son is , after all , but mortal man —or rather a frank , generous , unsophisticated youth , whose beard is not yet grown . In the . very first paragraph of the intelligence announcing "the arrival of the Prince in Oxford , we read that' the
movements of his royal highness had been kept a secret by the University authorities . ' In the name of common sense , why ? What motive could there exist for secrecy ? Is matriculation at Oxford one of the Eleusinian mysteries ? and is the Prince of "Wales the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan , that only the Master of Porpiis and the Dean of St . Vitus are to contemplate his inscrutable face ? The more people of every class see of their young Prince—the more he mixes and familiarises himself with them —the richer will be the harvest in loyalty and love that will await him on the day—may it be far distant !—when he is called upon to ascend the throne of the mightiest empire in the world , "
Pkince Napoleon in England . —On Tuesday the great Plon-Plonpaid a visit to the Great Eastern , and spent about three hours on board . The Prince arrived from France in the steamer Dauphin , commanded by M . Roca , and was accompanied by a large suite . The prince examined the ship minutely , and expressed himself delighted with all he saw . The guns on deck seemed to be a great attraction . Scarcely a Frenchman beside his Imperial Highness p assed them without stopping , taking out the tommuzzleThe band
pion , and peering down the . employed on the Great Eastern came on board at nine o ' clock , and on learning that the Prince had arrived , played " Partant pour la Syrie , " and then , by ¦ way of contrast , they favoured him with " Britons never shall be slaves , " He paid a visit to a gunboat and a despatch boat lying in the harbour ; then inspected the breakwater , and in tho afternoon left Holyhead in the Dauphin for Liverpool . On arriving there he proceeded by rail to Manchester , for the purpose of purchasing horaes .
Death in * the Peerage . —General the Earl of Westmoreland , G . C . B ., and G . C . H ., -expired on Sunday evening at Apethorpe House , the family seat in Northamptonshire , after a short illness , is his- 76 th year . The deceased lord passed through a very Active military and diplomatic life . His connexion with tho Russian war was the culminating point of hicKpolitical career . The musical world sustains the chief loss in the death , of Lord Westmoreland . Public Health . —The deaths in tho metropolis last week were only 902 , a fact which shows that the health of London is in a satisfactory statq , being
about 200 deaths below the estimated number . Tho only unfavourable features exhibited are tho still high mortality from scarlatina and the tendonoy to Increase of small-pox . The births during the week numbered 1 , 627 . The return for the City is also favougspble . Thm Loss ov the Alma . —Tho official report of Mr . Traill , the magistrate , and Copt . Walker , nautical assessor , respecting the lose of the Alma steamer in the Hod Sea , lias been issued by tho Board of Trade , together with their decision upon tho matter . Mr . Traill considered the loss of tho ship as proceeding from the default of the chief ofllcer ( Mr . JDavies ) in noli Paying due attention to . the bearings « f .. the
Great and Little Harnish , and in consequence not hauling the ship up soon enough and far enough to avoid the danger , which had he consulted the chart must have appeared to him directly in his course . The certificate of Captain Henry was returned to him . The report concluded by recommending a light to be placed on one or two points indicated . The Board of Trade decided upon suspending Mr . Davies' certificate of competency for twelve months . * j Citt Matters . — A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday , the Lord Mayor in the chair , when Mr . James Abbiss , the newly elected Alderman for Bridge Ward was formally presented to the Court , and took
the usual oaths and his seat . He was then warmly congratulated by his brother aldermen . Aldermen Rose moved , " That it be referred to a committee to take into consideration the laws relating to the sworn brokers of the City , and to report thereon . ' Alderman Sidney said , Alderman Rose had given no reason why his motion should be adopted , and as the Government would doubtless in their bill deal with the subject , he ( Alderman Sidney ) would move the previous question as an amendment . Some discussion ensued on the point ; after which the amendment was negatived , and th e motion
agreed to . In the Common Council on Thursday , some discussion took place on the important question of the coal dues . Mr . Alderman Cubitt moved that the Coal , Corn , and Finance Committee should report to the Court on the subject , and should also have power to confer with the Government . The Alderman very strongly advocated the maintenance of the tax in a modified form , that is its retention so far as the general public are concerned , but its removal from manufacturers upon whose interest in competition it might act prejudicially . An amendment was adopted limiting the power of the
Committee exclusively inquiry . The City Commissioners of Sewers met on Tuesday at Guildhall . A precept having been recently received from the Board of Works requiring payment oil the 30 th April next , from the commissioners , of £ 7 , 800 , due from the City , a rate was now ordered to be made for that purpose . The medical officer presented his weekly report on the sanitary state of the City , after which the court
rose . The Social Science Congress . —At the general meeting which brought the Conference to a close , Lord Brougham made reference to the important inquiry that had taken place on the question of direct taxation . The conclusion come to was , that taxation should be direct as far as it is possible—that is to say , as far as it is safe to do so without endangering the provision needed for the purposes of the State . With regard to the Conference itself , we may total of
mention that it now numbers a membership 1 , 366 . No fewer than 175 papers had been read during last week ' s sittings . Next year the Conference will assemble in Glasgow . On Saturday evening Lord Brougham , and Lord Shaftesbury went over to Halifax and attended a soiree of the Mechanics' Institution . Although a whole week was dedicated to the business of the Congress ,, and the various sections applied themselves most studiously to their duties , several papers sent in remained unread .
The Stepney Coroner ' s Inquest . —The Bishop of London has caused formal notice to be served upon the Rev . James Bonwell , incumbent of St . Philip ' s , Stepney , of his Lordship ' intention to issue a commission under the provisions of the Church Dicipline Act , for inquiring into the grounds of the scandal existing against him in reference to the above inquest . The commission will be addressed to Dr . Twiss , the Bishop ' s Vicar-General ; the Ven . Archdeacon Hale ; the Rev . Canon Dale , Vicar of St . Pancras ; the Rev . J . E . Kempe , Rector of St . James ' s , Westminster ; and the Rev . W . G . Humphry , Vioar of St , Martin ' s-in the-Melds .
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WAKEFIELD AGAIN . TO XHE EDITOR OV " XXXB JUBADER . " Oct . 15 , 1859 . Sin , — -As your " Wakefleld subscriber , " I must again take tho liberty of correcting a mistake that you make to-day in referring to W . H . Loatham , Esq ., late member for this' borough . You say Mr . Leathana is " a Manchester man , a mill-owner , a cotton lord , and brother-in-law to Mr . Bright . " Hero are four assertions , but only one is
oorreot . Mr , Loatham is none of tho first three , being a country gentleman , entirely unconnected with trade or commerce , When you again refer to tho peccadilloes of tho Liberals in this borouffl ) , bo kind enough to remember that we have a Tory faction—Thitherto dominant for some years—and that in tho evidence given before the commissioners on Friday last , Mr . Donl-Bon , banker of Leeds , stated that Mr . J . 0- -D * Charles worth was security for tho sum of -66 , 000 , to
be advanced to his cousin—^ which sum was all advanced ( except £ 250 ) between the middle of April and 5 th of May last . Mr . Charlesworth ' s cousin being very active during the election , it has to be proved what become of this £ 4 , 750 . . Yours respectfully , T . W . Gissing-
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THE PROGRESS OF INTERFERENCE . We are taught by a contemporary that there can be no end to measures for improving people by constraint after they are commenced . Some years ago the Legislature was induced by very strong reasons to provide for the inspection of passenger vessels and secure for emigrants and others all the comfort and good treatment on board ship they had a righi to expect . The law was generally approved of Subsequently the Legislature , prompted also bj strong reasons , made provisions for securing as fai
as it could , the competency of all the officers entrusted not only with the command of passengei ships , but of all other merchant ships . This regu lation , too , was much applauded . What may havt been the exact amount of success obtained we an not in a condition to say—for we are not precisely acquainted with the number of accidents which happened before the Legislature took tht matter in hand and since ; nor with the various causes wholly extraneous to its exertions , which may have tended to increase or lessen disasters at sea ; but they
are now so frequent and alarming , and so many result from negligence or carelessness , that the Times , urging similar reasons to those which operated formerly on the Legislature , suggested on Monday that " every vessel before it left an English port should be certified as fit to put to sea . " This would be a very large extension of the supervision now exercised by the Board of Trade over the mercantile marine . It implies inspectors at every port and surveys for every voyage . It implies great additional and vexatious interference with our shipping , already exposed to competition both with railways and foreign shipping , and would be a great impediment to its prosperity . howeverand similar facts to
Similar reasoning , , those which justified the first enactments referred to also justify , the proposition of our contemporary . They justify , too , a great deal more interference with all the business of life , for there is no part of it which may not be so carelessly or negligently conducted , and which is not so conducted as frequently to . end in a waste of property and life . No one , therefore , can foretell to what extent of interference measures intended to constrain men to adopt improvements may go . Bearing in mind , therefore , modern experience , which teaches us that such interference iss generally injurious , rather than ancient prejudice which instructs us to expect from it everything useful and good , we conclude that legislation intended to improve society requires , before it be adopted , a great deal more earnest attention than it usually receives . —Daily JVews .
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General Hakney from an American Point ou View . — A correspondent of the JYew York Times saya . — " General Harney is severely condemned by the most intelligent and educated of our countrymen on the spot for this action , on tho ground that , no matter how clear and indisputable may be our title to the island , as long as it is a subject of controversy or correspondence between the two Governments , or their commissioners , it is disputed territory , and neither party has aright to sole and oxolusive , occupancy or jurisdiction over it . Our companies here are weak in men and weaker in officers , there being btit one officer to each company . Waggon-road expeditions , boundary survey , and arrests have
consumed their force . Had a collision taken place Defore August 10 , the ' enemy' could have ' wiped us out , ' Wo are indebted to th < j forbearance and magnanimity of the English navul officer for tho continued peace between the two countries , General Harnoy , who is horo called * Goliath , ' for twq reasons—first , that ho is a very largo man ; and second , that Jie is all matter and no mind—ought , I think , to bo courtmartialed and dismissed the service for his conduct In this case . In Europe ho could not have retained his commission a minute after tho flagrant and out-GovernmentThe
rageous act was known to the . man is not half so flt to be a general as to be a hostler of a livery stable . It is Baid tho General s real object is political popularity , with tho insane ldoa of using the same at the Churloaton Convention ii la Taylor and Pierce . " Mr . Prendergast , the Accountant-General ok Madras , baa been diamisaod in consequence of his don-ling in Tanjore bonds ; and Mr . R . P . Harrison , tho Accountant-General to tho Government of Boagal , will succeed him . Tho changes consequent on . tho transfer will give promotion to several of tho
uncovenanted officers of tho Calcutta Treasury , and allow of the reduction of the accountant ' s salary to 2 , 000 rupees a month .
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NV > . 500 . Oct . 2 a , 1859 . THE LEADER . U ? I
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 22, 1859, page 1171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2317/page/7/
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