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RECORD OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COIiCXSIAT,.
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now purchased would be let to the good friend of M . Borbies , viz ., the French Charge d'Affidres , so that next session the House of Representatives might be called upon to grant another sum of equal amount for other premises , to serve as Government offices , and so on ad , libitum . Perhaps the Government is seeking to get all the house property , as well as all , the lauded property of the country in its hands . , , j * j ^ \ n-The telegraph has already conveyed to your readers the . intellig ence of the intended meeting of the Princes of Germany at Baden Badenas also of the interview which it is reported will there take
, place between the Pbijtcb Regent of Prussia and Lours Nafoeeok . Should this interview really occur , we may regard it as a confirmation of the truth of the statement published by the Dusseldorfer journal . During the week , letters from . Berlin positively declared that the interview sought for by the French Emperoe had been declined ; and we had long accounts of the endeavours of Prince Gortsghakoff to oust M . Von SciiLErNiTz from the Foreign-office , and to put M . Bismarck in his place . The mists which buns ? around the intrigues of the Feudal tand 11 f % mww v- r- « w — . ** £ ¦
pary ill lSbS » V 11 11 ^ 1 IUI 1 « CUUILIIU «« W MHM ., * . M . ^ * : y — the diplomacy of the Russians are beginning- to clear off . The rumour goes , that it was the aim of the Feudalists and Russia to induce Prussia to join the French-Russian alliance , and that for her adhesion a great extension of territory in Germany was offered , and further the prospect of an eventual annexation of the Duchy of Holstein . The system of annexation was also to be carried out in Sl > € in * X lit ? bVftlUlU V / l « XIIllCA . CtK * V *» ¦ >» « m * 4- ** J \ T . i . v iwv ^« . *« . m . « v ** vww . »* . « thconditionof that should be put
Germany , upon e , course , France again into possession of her " natural" Rhine frontier , and that Russia should receive the lion ' s share of the lands now owned by the " sick man . " To gain over the Peixce Regent to his policy , the Emperor Napoleon ardently desired an interview ; but the attempt failed ; the Prince decidedly refused to listen to any proposals as regards either alliance or interview . Prussia declared she would never seek an extension of territory in Germany by a
onesided alliance with a foreign power , nor would she ever consent to the surrender of a portion of German territory to obtain acquisitions in other countries . The interview with Napoleon was declined , and the Prince hastened from Berlin to avoid meeting the Grand Duke Nicholas , who was on his way there ; so that the interview , which took place in passing , had the appearance of a casual encounter . ' Such was the report which , true or false * was intended as * a hint to the Hanoverian Court and a reply to the speech of M . Von Boreies , ov , as we must for the future designate him , Count Von Boreies . The Federal Diet ^ is occupied with the Wurzburg proposal respecting the introduction of equal weights and measures _ into all . countries of the Confederation , into an . countries oime \ joiiieuei . iuuii ,
.- ' The Austrian'Council of the Empire has given proofs of more independence than was anticipated . The Government proposed that the discussion of the budget should take place in full council . The proposal was rejected . It was then proposed lo form a com- , mittee of seven persons to discuss the preliminaries ; but a counteramendment to elect 21 members for the committee was adopted by 42 to 14 votes . The foremost speaker was the Magyar County Maj- i XATH , who , apologising for not being quite master of the Germaii j tongue , said , that " the publication of the transactions , to which i the Government was opposed , would fulfil the ardent wish and very : reasonable demand of the people . In their deliberations upon the , . budget r it-would 4 ) e ^ heu ^ dut ; y ^ the objects of the disbursements . No Government was expensive but that which ruled over malcontents—the cheapest was that which produced the greatest nuniber of contented subjects . " The freedom of speech in these first transactions has caused considerable and ¦ very agreeable surprise . j
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There is news from Australia , dated Sydney , April 2 t > , that another rich goldfield has been discovered near Twofold Buy . On . account of a native rebellion in New Zealand , troops have been despatched from Melbourne , Sydney , and Hobart Town . 210 , 000 | ounces of gold have been shipped during the month . Among the north country vessels that are supposed to have | perished during the late gales with their crews is the Star of North Shields . She sailed for Holland some -days before the Whit Monday ; - _ _ _ - j'lw « * Y ft V J V 1 She had ht hands
included . On Thursday morning last , at eight o'clock , police constable Baker , cf Willesden , succeeded , in the disguise of a butcher , in apprehending William Hawkins , a native of Ivinghoe ( who was at the time working on the underground railway in London ) , on a charge of being implicated in the Beechwood murder . The prisoner is supposed to be the man who was seen by Cook and Burgess with the two other men at the time of the murder . The ceremony of enthroning the Right Rev . Joseph Cotton
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the Koh-i-noor diamond , which has been re-cut since the Exhibition of 1851 , to be exhibited at the South Kensington Museum , in aid of the fund for building the Female School of Art . A large collection of ancient and modern jewellery will also be lent on that occasion . Tickets are obtainable at the Museum , and at Mr . Mitchell ' s , Oid > Bond Street ; ¦ ' The amount of duties received at the port of Bristol for the month ending the 31 st May , was £ 113 , 330 12 s ., being more than was paid by all the other ports of the Bristol Channel , Gloucester
Wigram , D . D ., the newly consecrated Bishop of Rochester , was performed in the cathedral of his diocese yesterday afternoon , in i the presence of a large number of the clergy and laity ; the choir , and a portion of the nave , being crowded . On Tuesday , a deputation , consisting of 150 gentlemen , waited j upon Lord Pahnerston , at Cambridge House , in support of the proi <« r ;* w . i . Cnv o i-olurinne /» £ > ncn « niwnnsprl in tlift Bill brought in bv the j vision for a reliious censusproposed in the Bill brought in by the
g , Government , as being preferable to any return to the fallacious test i of 1851 . ' , ! On Tuesday night a public meeting was held in Freemasons j Hall , Great Queen Street ; in opposition to the provision in the Bill ! now before Parliament for taking a census of the population of i England and Wales , next year , by which every householder is to be i required to make a return of the " religious profession" of every 1 his house
person abiding in f . ' On Mondav evening last a young woman , named Lilla . Nelthorpe , ¦ residing in Windsor-place , Hull , fell asleep whilst sitting in a chair placed before the fire . It is supposed that being too near the grate I her crinoline and dress became ignited , for When discovered , about j half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday morning , she was almost burnt ' ' to a cinder . Medical aid was at once called in , but scarcely any | relief could be _ given tolthe . poor girl ' s sufferings . She was removed to the infirmary , where shedied in the afternoon . - ! On Tuesday , at the Westminster Police Court , a volunteer obtained a summons " against the tollrtaker of the Vauxhall-bridge , for ; refusing ~ to allow him to pass without paying the toll . ^ The words t t the for soldiersor for
: | of he Acbearing upon case were " any , any i- volunteers upon march or duty . " And Mr . Payiiter , the magistrate , had no doubt the applicant was exempt . ^ ! On Wednesday at noon , one of an extensive block of superior five ! story new houses , just completed for occupation in Portsdown-road , i Maida-hill , was discovered to be on fire in the basement , whilst the workmen , who were employed to complete some adjoining houses , were at dinner . Information was immediately forwarded , and the parish engine was quickly upon the spot , closely followed by the Baker-street , King street , Grosvenor-square , and Wells-street engines of the London Fire Brigade . The flames , nevertheless , . ^ pjgad-iapialyJtoagliJih cou ld , , dued , and within an hour after the arrival of the engines , they had demolished the roof , which fell in with a terrific crash . Masses ot burning embers were scattered over the houses running parallel , known as -Lanark Villas , which seemed to be in imminent danger ; but the fire was fortunately arrested before much damage was effected . The'premises where the fire originated are said to be
fully insured . The cause of the fire is yet unknown . On Saturday and Sunday last , the trial trip of the Great Eastern took place preparatory to her first voyage across the Atlantic . The results of the trip have proved on the whole decidedly satisfactory . The number of bankruptcies gazetted in the first five months of the present year was 418 , being at the rate of 1 , 005 per annum . The avernge of the previous ten ye ars was 1 , 090 per annum . In . the London district 418 bankruptcies have been gazetted this year to the close of May ; in the Liverpool , 18 ; in the Manchester , 23 ; in the Birmingham , 02 ; in the Leeds , 41 ; in the Bristol , 11 ; in the Exeter 22 ; and in the Newcastle , 14 .
storm , nnd has not since been heard of . eig on j board . The ownera luul given up all hopes of her on Saturday . { There is a report of tho loss of a vessel bound from the Tyne to [ Holland , which , besides the crew , had the master's wile and four children on board ; but it is to bo hoped that tho rumour is not true . Five of tho bodies of tho unfortunate seamen lost iu the Jane Green near Hartlepool have been p icked up and decently interred . The ships stranded at Redcur during 1 tho storm have been got off j without serious damage
, It is said that the French Insurance Offices intend presenting a petition to the Emperor , praying that a law may bo passed to prohibit the sale of matches made with white phosphorus , and to allow none but those made of umovphous phosphorus to be made for the future OfHcial returns show that tho average nnnuul number ot accidental fires in France was about 2 , 200 up to 1838 , before friction matches camo into use . In 18 U the number hod risen to 4 000 , which has constantly increased till in 1857 there were 10 , 000 most desirable to
any very . The Marquis of Brendulbane has relinquished , for tho use of Her Mnjesty ^ the npurtrnents in Holyi-ood ^ Piilnce , > yliich hisjor ( l « hip and predecessors huve held for many years . The rooms are on the south j aide of tho Palace , and in immediate connexion with those of Her Majesty . Tho Dukes of Humilton and Argyll are now tho only noblemen ponsoasing npartmeuts in Ho ] yrood , Her Rpynl Highness the Duchess of Kent has rented Lauriston Custle , near Edinburgh , for the summer months . Her Royal Highness mud suite are expected to take possession shortly . Colonel T . W . Hamilton , C . B ., of the Grenadier Guards , is about to be attached provisionally to the legation at Berlin , ns military < jommissiou . er at the head-quarters of the Prussian army .
fires . ' These figures show that it is provide some means for preventing such a destruction of property . " ¦"" Tlie- '' : fl / t « ft ^ Presidency , condemns tho publication of Sir Charles Trevelyan ' a Minute as dangerous , not in exciting revolt among tho natives , but in increasing race hatred between Europeans nnd natives . I no writer says : ~ Tho people of this Presidency are too fond o peace and quietness to break out into rebellion on account of a littleoxtra taxation r but there are such things as passive resistance and secret combination , in whidi tho people are not novices , and it is not very safe to raise and spread discontent even among- a population peaceably disposed .
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June 16 , I 860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 575
Record Of The Week. Home And Coiicxsiat,.
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Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1860, page 575, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2352/page/19/
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