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Trinity , there was the customary hiss ; ' but the people immediately departed from the church in an orderly manner . The Zoological Society op London . —At the monthly general meeting at the society ' s house in Hanover-square , Dr , Grar , V . P ., in the chair ; the Hon . C . A . Ellis , Major " W . E . Hay , and Messrs . C . H . Mills and A . T . Bruce , were elected Fellow . * , and the Kev . John Fry , of the Cape of Good Hope , a corresponding member oft lie society ; and Major E . Fellowesthe Rev . "W . H . Hawker , I ) r . Shortt ,
, and Messrs . G . Hicks , J . E . Walker , W . S . Dugdale , \ V . Kay , D . G . Ellior , and F . K . Mallesou , were proposed as . candidates for tlie Fellowship , and the Rev . II . B . Tristram as a corresponding member . The report from , the council stated that the total number of visitors during the year had been upwards of 341 ' IHO , being an increase over the same period in lo .. of 19 , 384 persons ; and that the number of FelL-ws proposed and elected since the 1 st of January hist amounted to 88 , showing an increase of i > G Its compared with the previous year .
The Flowers in Hyde-park . —Mr . J . Mann , superintendent of St . James ' s , Green , and Hyde Parks and Kensington-gardens , states that tlie following are the facts relative to the recent disturbance of the flower-beds in Hyde-park : — " When Lord Llano ver was First Commissioner of AVorks the ground in question was laid out and a walk was formed ; the ground was then planted with deciduous and evergreen shrubs , aud a number of young trees were placed there to be reared until they were ready for transplantation into other parts of the park ; some annuals were also sown here smd there among the shrubs . While Lord John Manners was First Commissioner of Works some flowering plants were
introduced in numbers along the borders . Since then a considerable quantity of verbenas , geraniums , &c , have beenadded . It was found that the deciduous and evergreen shrubs thrived so ill , arid so many objections were made to the mixture of . shrubs and flowers , that it was determined to remove the shrubs , and my instructions have been to supply their place ¦ with flowering plants , making the centre of the beds similar to what the borders were last summer . These plants will not , of course , be -put into the ground until the spring of next year . With regard to the trees , two rows of trees remain untouched , and those only have been removed which , as I have before said , were planted there for nursery purposes . " f
Thjb Key . Thomas Dale . —In consequence of the vicar of St . Pancras having expressed his determination to adhese to his contemplated resignation of his vicarage at the end of the year , the gentlemen composing the deputation to present the recent address to the reverend gentleman to induce him to alter his views on that subject , from t he laity , have formed themselves into a committee to get up and present to the Rev . Mr . Dale a suitable and substantial recognition , on his retirement , of his thirteen years' services and ministration in the parish . The new vicar , it is understood , will be the Rev . W . Weldon Champneys , at present incumbent ; of WhitechapeJ .
The Public Heai / tii . — There was again an increase of deaths in the metropolis last week , which is chiefly attributable to affections of the respiratory organs ; 198 persons died from bronchitis alone . The total number of deaths was l ; 307 , and of births 1 , 785 . The mortality returns of the City also exhibit ah increase in the rate of mortality . City Matters . —Mr . Charles William Hick , the City swordbearer , died on Sunday morning , at the advanced a ^ e of 94 , of pleurisy , at his house at West Brixton . He hud been an active and influential member of the Corporation for a number of years before his appointment to the office of swordbearer , and he held that pffice for half a century . He was
highly respected by his fellow-citizens . The Lord Mayor , upon receiving intelligence of his death , immediately appointed Mr . II . # W . Sqwell , who lias performed the active , duties of the office for many years , to the situation pro tern . —The Stationers ' Company wity shortly come into possession of a large increase of rental from the estate of Pillibar , which is situate in the county of Londonderry , and contains nearly 45 , 000 acres , 20 , 750 of which are in cultivation , but capable of great improvement . Some years ago the amount received by the lessee exceeded 369 , 940 per annum . The leaso will shortly full in ,
and the Stationers ' , and two other companies , who ( low only receive about X 1 , 500 per annum , will very probably then have about . £ 10 , 500 a-year to divide . The livery of tlie company , who participate In tlie Stock of the company , have increased during : the lost year . . Thw Smitiifiblu Cr-un Cattle Snow . —The arrivals of stock have been already very nume * roue , but thefnmsa of the specimens are not expected before Saturaivy morning , as a very large number come from tha midland and northern counties , and nave been exhibited at the Birmingham show . Tho judges make thoSr awards on Monday , after wlilch * ! I'll * I
the private view takes place , and the show will open to the public on Tuesday morning . In consequence of Freemasons ' Hall being engaged on Wednesday next for the Grand Lodge of Freemasons , the annual dinnei ? of the club , to be presided over by the Duke of Richmond , will this year take place at the . London Coffee-house . The show is expected to be quite up to the average , both in point of excellence and number of the animals , with the shows of the last three or . four years , and it will be gratifying to country visitors to know that nearly all the railway companies are affording more than ordinary facilities to . enable them to visit London daring the show week , by announcing eheap excursion trains , ' ' the issue of day tickets at extremely reduced fares .
The . Gas Question , —Another deputation on the gas question , consisting of gentlemen delegated from the various metropolitan parishes and districts , waited upon the Home Secretary on Thursday . Their representations of their grievances were , of course , substantially similar to those of the deputation to the President of the Board of Trade on the previous day on the same subject . Sir George Lewis informed them that when he had heard the statements of the representatives of the companies on tlie other side , he should be able to state what course the Government would adopt .
The Builders' Strike . —The last weekly return of the London Registrar , we regret to say , exhibits an increasing mortality among . those who are connected with the strike in the building trade , being , within seven days , between 70 ; and 80 in number . This is certainly excessive , and makes one more than ever lament that we yet hear nothing of a better understanding between masters and men . The dull and deadly winter has come , and great must be . the amount of suffering endured by the families of the operatives who are on strike . —Mr . Wales , of the Central Association of Master Builders , writes as
follows : — "It appears from official returns by the members of the Central Association of Master Builders that above 15 , 000 men were at work under the declaration on Saturday , 26 th inst ., and up to the same date about 4 , 000 men had entered under shop rule , embracing the spirit of the declaration . — The charge of conspiracy arising from the metropolitan strike in the building trade , to which we have made allusion , could not be supported . ' The prosecution was , therefore , withdrawn ; and on the defendants pleading guilty to a charge of common assault , they were simply bound over to come up when called upon .
Parliamentary Reform . —A Parliamentary Reform petition is in the course-of being extensively signed in the City . It says that no Reform Bill will be taken as a settlement of the question unless there be a large extension of the suffrages in counties and boroughs , an equitable redistribution of seats , an assimilation of the electoral laws of the three kingdoms , and protection to the voter by means of the ballot .
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THE FRENCH PRESS . The circular generally attributed to the Minister of the Interior on the violent articles published against England is remarked on by the Siecle in- terms of approbation , as follows : —When the journals attacking England are those which habitually defend the Imperial policy , they render the Government responsible abroad , and the Minister of the Interior in consequence , requests them to use more circumspection . It is , without doubt , useful to refute errors and to protest against calumny and injustice ; but while defending with energy the . rights and the intentions of France , as it is the duty of the Press to do , it is easj-to avoid exciting the susceptibilities of
a great nation , and to protect the good relations of the two peoples . M . Billa ' ult requests the prefects to confine themselves to giving confidential recommendations to the journals on whose devotedhess and discretion * they can rely . The functionaries are not to interfere with the opposition journals , unless those prints , by their exaggerations , should put themselves too openly in discord with the ideas of the Government . Such cases are to be immediately pointed out to the Minister of the Interior . These ministerial observations are only addressed to the provincial press ; that of Paris in general , does not depart from the calmness without which all discussion is idle and irritating . Galignani thus comments upon the above :-
—"We have given the foregoing extract principally for the purpose of expressing our dissent from the assertion made in the last sentence , as it is matter of notoriety that the Legitimist and Ultramontane journals of Paris eagerly seize every opportunity of attacking England , and of generating ill-will between the two countries . Some short time back , also , tlie other Paris journals , 'as if in concert , frequently published unpleasant and irritating articles against the English people and Government . Let us" hope that such attacks are now at an end !"
. The Opinion JVationale has received a first warning from the Minister of the Interior , on account of having published an article on the temporal power of the Pope , which , as the warning states , is considered an outrage to a foreign govern ment and to the church , of which the Pone is the'heaL
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recourse to your invaluable p ills , which in a short time restored me to health , &c . — Yours , A . Bistis Massayk . "—Burrissnul being a district only three days' distance from this , and happening to know the names of almost nil the residents of that station , we began to be somewhat doubtful as to the truth of the above , but on a rcperusnl we were instantly assured of the article beiryr altogether a hoax . For A . Bistis Massayk read # a Bhis tee ' s jmussuck " ( a water-carrier ' s water-skin ) , and the hoax becomes revealed instantaneously . Spanish Enthusiasm for tub New Cjrusai > k . — The total force of the Morocco expedition amounts to 48 , 000 more men . Offers and promises of money and material continue to now in . The Seville Bank has voted a loan of 4 , 000 , 000 reals ( being- half its capital ) , with the full concurrence of the shareholders . Burgos has lent 1 , 000 , 000 reals ( £ 10 , 000 ) , and promises 6 , 000 reals ( £ 60 ) to tho man who captures tho first gun from the Moors , Puebla do Sanabria promises four reals daily ( nbout lOd . ) to the first ; man wounded . This has been already gained , for Echague ' s dispatch of tho capture of the Sorallo Port has stated one man wounded as his only casualty , Leon has given 00 oxon , and Cordova comes down with 30 Andalusian horses , and promises pensions to six wounded soldiers . Thero is hardly a province or town that does not give , or promise to give , something towards the war . Spain has , indeed , long been tho land of promise .
The Puffer Hoaxed . —The Dacca News thus notices one of Professor Ilolloway ' s puffs : —*• In an old number of the Phoenix , we read a puff of Ilolloway ' s , the prince of advertisers and father of quackery , to the following effect ;* - Sir , —I am an old resident of Burrissiiul , and for the last five years hail laboured under an incurable case of dropsy , which rendered life miserable , and my general appearance more like nn inflated bladder than anything human ; failing in every means I had at last
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1316 THE LEADER C ^ o- 50 & Dec . 3 , 1853 ¦
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THE TREATY OF ZURICH . The Muniteur has published the text of the treaty concluded at Zurich between France and Austria . All the provisions have been alread y made known by the telegraphic resume , published some three weeks ago . By Art . 18 , the Emperor of tiic French and the Emperor of Austria undertake to use all their efforts in favour of the creation oC ' an Italian Confederation , under tho honorary presidency of the Pope . " Venetia is to form one of the states of Confederation , and share the burthens as well as the privileges of the federal compact , " the clauses ol which are to he determined by an assembly
composed of the representatives of all the Italian states . " Art . 19 contains a reservation in favour of the Grand Duke of Tuscany , the Duke of Modeua , and the Duke of Parma , a reservation founded on the . fact that tlie territorial circumscription of the independent states of Italy , which took no part in the late war , can only be altered , with tho assont of tho powers that formed them and recognised their existence , Art . 20 informs us that the two Sovereigns 44 will unite their efforts to obtain of his Holiness that his Government should take into sorious consideration the necessity of introducing reforms in his administration which have been found
indispensable . " This is a fair resume of that pint of the treaty that relates to Central Italy , and this , it is to be presumed , is to bo the basis pf tho nogfociutions about to be entered into at the Congress . Ic is difficult to fathom what will bo the instructions our Government will give ' to its plenipotentiaries . It will not add to tho prestige or influence of England either to bow to the dictation of France , to act tho part of a persona muta , or to withdraw . Tho only sensible course would bo ta keep away . Tho British Government has , by this time , received its invitation . On its answer will depend tho position ot England in tho . counoils of Europe for many years to come .
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TUB CONGRESS . Tina Monitqur of Wednesday snys that the conimunioations convoking tho nasombling of the Congress were sent out yesterday to tfio sevonil poworo who are to take part in it . The flrst elttlng Q * the Congress will , it is stated , take place on tie Oth of January , I 860 . All the Powers which taico part la the Congress will bo represented by two Plenipotentiaries .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1859, page 1316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2323/page/8/
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