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    Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...

    , before seven o ' clock . Her Majesty and the Prince , with * e ISncess Royal md Prince Alfred paj d a visit en route to the Duchess of Kent at Abergeldie Castle . . A Fbbnch Motheb .-A woman has attempted to drown her daughter , who was about ten years of age , by Sing her fver tte bridge at Neuilly . Ibe child , however ! was rescued by a boatman . It appeared that she was illegitimate , and that the mother , being about to marry again , wished to get rid of her , so that the hus- band might be ignorant of his wife ' s previous lapse . Fali « of A High Chimney . —Shortly after fire o ' clock , pat , on Thursdayweek , the colossal chimney attached to the vitriol works of Mr . Jones , at Victoria-quay , facing the Royal Barracks , Dublin , suddenly fell , level- ling with their foundations several high walls in its vicinity , and breaking down the greater portion of a long slated shed , but fortunately without doing the slightest personal injury . . The West Indies . —The islands , according to the last accounts , are for the most , part healthy , and genial falls of rain have brought the canes forward with great rapidity , so that they now present a very luxuriant appearance . A severe shock of earthquake vras felt at Jamaica on the 30 th of July , about five o ' clock in the afternoon . The Legislature is prorogued till October . — Several immigrants from the Cape Verd Islands have recently arrived in British Guiana ; but some difficulty arose from the fact that the expense of bringing them exceeded the amount of bounty paid for the introduction of Portuguese immigrants . The Governor , therefore , sought the advice of the Court of Policy , some of the members of which wished hi 3 Excellency to pay the overplus out of the Colonial revenue ; but the Governor declined to incur such a responsibility without the au- thority of the Combined Court . Finally , after much discussion , it was resolved that the bounty should be raised to fifty dollars , on condition that the immigrants should be indentured for five years , the same as the Coolie immigrants , but reserving to them the right , if they thought proper , of terminating the engagement at the end of three years , on condition that they paid the sum of twenty dollars . Much dissatisfaction , is felt at the regulations , with respect to immigration , of the Land and Emigration Commissioners , who only allow a small number of colonists to be conveyed in the same ship The French system is pointed cut as being much better and surprise is expressed at the fact of several British subjects having been imported through private agency from . British India to the French settlement of Pondi cherry . —Demerara is suffering from an insect plague "A kind of caterpillar , " says a West Indian paper , " has appeared in the colony in vast numbers , and is rapidl destroying all kinds of vegetation ; even the grass is de voured by them , and the foliage of trees and plants soon disappears when they attack it , leaving nothing but the bare stems and branches . They have also commenced on the canes , and have consequently created great un easiness on account of their devastations . " Clerical Distress . —Another letter from "A Cu rate" appears in the Times of Monday , with reference the case of the poor clergyman whose starving condition he brought before the notice of the public in the course of last week . The writer , in his present communication meets some of the objections of the other correspondent of the Times on the same subject— "An Incumbent He says he had even over-stated the poor man ' s stipend it i 3 60 ? . a year—not 801 . The appeal to the benevo lence of the public has been a-nswered ; subscriptions now coming in ; and the whole case has been laid before the Bishop of the diocese . The u Curate" further marks : — " I am sorry to add that this case is not isolated one . There are not less than five thousand rates with only 80 Z . a year , and at least six thousand cumhents with less than 2 O 0 Z . a year . The writer this letter is but a poor curate , ' passing rich on 60 ? year , with rent and taxes clear , ' and a married man five children . For eleven years has he laboured on poor pittance , and , should his health fail , others have to appeal for him , as ho now appeals for his brother in the Ministry . Ilia neighbour , the Dissenting minister , has 40 01 . per annum . " In a further commu nication the " Curate" says : — " I have received a from the Bishop of the diocese . His loidship informs mo that the curate entered into an agreement with ¦ vicar to accept a less salary than the act of Parliament appoints if lie would let him have the curacy . Bishop required the vicar to pay the logal salary : the curate , when ho found himself in pecuniary difficul ties , preferred resigning the curacy rather than break previous agreement ho had originally entered into the vicar . Pending the Bishop ' s correspondence him his health failed . " The Wellington Statck at Manckesteii was augurated on Saturday . It stands in front of the Infirmary , close by the statue of Sir Robert Peel ; it full length bronze figure , thirteen feet higli , standing podestal ninoteen feot high , and is designed by Noble . Figuros of Valour , Wisdom , Victory , and stand at the four angles . The Duke himself is sented as a senator . The ceremony of inauguration together an immonso concourse of people . The nnu . corporation walked in procession from the Town to the Inflrmary , accompanied by the IliBhop of chester and the principal subscribers to the statue , lins cost about 700 QJ , Lieutcnant-General Sir

    Smiti . gh J ui J » Oi bam . Mr . , a ' pi ffor . ti dinn Mr . the j local the 1 part of o aubs anm <*>™ pom petu clud T the of \ Ror bod wes eigl cofl brie vau was tern I con bur Mr . pro offi < Lai ent 1 cas rec , fiel , abl pla . - m € , for fir ! y thi - he sc pu - D ; ^ - to Bi Ji of , of I -Fi . " ! w : w - w arc el ai re- A an a cu- In in- m of Ps . a . a with e this 1 will 1 sick I t - 1 letter < tlie : The but - a with with in-Royal is a on a Mr . Peace , repredrew mayor -liall Manwliicl Harry Smith and Ms staff were also present , with troops of the not < 7 th Dragoon Guards and 25 th Infantry , to aid the police acres ra keeping the lines . - Tj Opening of the Addeblby-pabk , near Birmikg- Pers bam . —On Saturday , the land recently appropriated by term Mr . Adderley , M . P ., in the neighbourhood of Saltley , as satis a ' people ' spark , ' . was , for the first time , thrown open t * ov « for that purpose , when the occasion was celebrated by a « dinner and other appropriate festivities . At the dhraer , men Mr . Adderley explained that his sole object in giving lne the park was to bestow on the working classes a healthy than locality in which they and their families might enjoy _ A the benefits of fresh air and exercise . The affairs of the u tt park , he observed , were now managed by a committee l ; of operatives ; but , as soon as a sufficient numbeT of colli subscribers was obtained to defray the small amount of tnbi annual expenses which would be necessarily incurred , a sup ] committee from among the subscribers would be ap- fine pointed , and he would then convey over the land in per- nuu petuity upon a mere nominal rental . The evening con- thai eluded with cricket , dancing , and music . I hi The Late Sir William Temple . — The remains of E the Hon . Sir William Temple , K . C . B ., the only brother Bui of Viscount Palmerston , were brought from London to oot Romsey on Triday week in a hearse . On Saturday , the tim body was consigned to its last resting-place , under the fed west window of the Abbey Church , in a vault in which an eight members of the Palmerston family repose . The Bui coffin , surrounded by powdered clarcoal , has been the bricked in , and a small tubular shaft projected from the cor , vault , through the wall , to the outside . The funeral fal was private . Only ten of the family and friends at- . tended . Viscount Palmerston was cMef mourner , nai Defalcation of an Income-tax Collector ^ - I he w , commissioners of income and property-tax for Black- aei i burn , after an investigation , have suspended and arrested so Mr W . B . lllingworth , the collector of the income and pH ¦ property taxes for the borough . The defalcations of this > officer amount to upwards of 1000 / . He was lodged in at Lancaster Castle . The sureties will almost cover the tre > entire loss . —Manchester Examiner . s « Poisoning Foxes by Strychnine . -- According to a en ; I case reported by the Bucks Herald , several foxes have an I recently been killed by strychnine , laid about m the tn < fields in the neighbourhood of Liscombe . Some valu' , able dogs have also been poisoned by eating of the meat ha i placed about for the foxes . , , . on j A Candidate for Poor-law Reuef . —At the last sei - meeting of the Wortley Board of Guardians , application be . for relief was made by a woman who stated tba . tjier "W " s first husband had enlisted for a soldier and desarted her ; M r that her second husband was dead , her third lost , and se . - her fourth in prison . The applicant was only thirty- cc a seven years of age , and has three children . tr ie The Cmsiate of Darien . —Dj . MacDermot has tl 0 . published a statement , to the effect that the climate of sr i- Darien , where he has "been staying , is by no means un- fc healthy . ^ , w i- Clerical Difficulties in Cljebkenwell . — ibe a to Bishop of London has sequestrated the living of bt . 0 ] , n James's , Clerkenwell , and the inhabitants are in a state si 3 e 6 f considerable difficulty in reference to the appointment w „ of an incumbent in the room of the late Rev . W .. E . U w it Faulkner , who died a few weeks since . The living , ai " which has always beeu in the gift of the parishioners , st i- was to be contended for in the usual manner , when it iv o- was suggested that , by Sir Benjamin Hall ' s new act , the g re election was taken out of the hands of the parishioners * re as a body , and confided to the recently elected vestry , h e- At the last election , which took place in 1839 , ttere was s an all the excitement of a political contest . Bands ot 1 u- music were sent through the streets , committee-rooms 8 n- J ^ ere opened at public-houses , the candidates made their i of Hpeeches at taverns , and the clergyman ' s hat was carried i a . about to collect for the expenses . As regards tlio present ; fth election , the churchwardens cannot makeup their minds his how to proceed , and the whole of the circumstances i ? have been submitted to Sir Sitaroy Kelly , who has iclc been requested to state whether the election is vested in ing the ratepayers or in the Local . Management Board . 1 he m- living is worth about 300 ? . a year . t « r Loud Belter . —An address of congratulation on his ms elevation to the peerage has been presented to Lord tl . e Bclperby the members of the Derby Mechanics Instient tution ; and his Lordship has replied in a letter full of The kindliness and good feeling . ,, r i but The Convict Establishment at Woolwich has jul- been entirely broken up during the week , and the whole , ka of the convicts , numbering upwards ot 1100 , are rcrith moved to the new convict prison at Chatham , vith Tub'Cape . —By the last advices from tho Capo of Good Hope , we learn that the CaiFres arc quitii tranquil , in- in outward appearance , and it is said that tlie new of \ Z \ the emigration to the frontier of 10 , 000 of tl « British ? 3 a Gorman Legion has been received by them with conon a sklerablo dismay . Moshosh , tho great chief , has declared Mr . that if they come he shall at once go further afield . * aco Tiiu Duke of Nohthumbbrcasd ' s Pbiekb . —lho Si distrkt around Stanwick Park , the « eat of tl . e DuUc of Kv Northumberland , in North Yorkshire was last week lie avor scono of competition for prizes given by Ins grace , for ^ lie Soil best managed farms on tl . e Stnnwick and » c'B » u ™ 8 Ian- estates . These prizes were originated lnst year , aud , Wd conbhtcd of one of 30 * . for tt . o best rnn ^ . 1 ^ torn tarry exceeding two hundred acred , and . one of 1 M . for a farm not acres Th Persian ment The than A is "I colliers tribute fifteen that This Burt down fed an the L fall - has >¦ " . her 1 so 1 pit s i at B a and e the - t has one t ii- ber r "W ; d - is of i- ie It . te it L . w g , ¦ s ] it he : rs y . ¦ as of ms eir ied ent nds ces has I in me his , ord sti- 1 of has liolc re- , oof qnil ra of itUl . con- -Tho koof the r he n-ing and firm X

    exceeding two hundred acres but more tnan twenty . e Dispute with Persia . —Ferouthe ' -Khan , the Ambassador at Paris , is to proceed to London to terminate the Angle-Persian dispute , by offering full satisfaction to England , on condition that the English Government will recal Mr , Murray . The Stocks have been again resorted to as a punishfor drunkards at Tettenhall , near "Wolverhampton . good sense and good taste of this revival are more questionable . . " ¦ - . Contrast . —A Dissenting minister in Wales , who threatened with a seizure for church-rates , writes : — preach every Sabbath to eight oi nine hundred , miners , and labouiexs , and they willingly conabout one hundred pounds a year towards my support . The rector reads a sermon to some ten or persons every Sabbath , and receives six or seven hundred pounds a year for his services ; andyeUt seems I must be prosecuted for not supporting his cause . is rather a hard case !"—Liberator . Fire . —Some premises at Peckham , occupied by Mr . , waterproof clothing manufacturer , were burnt on Sunday afternoon . The edifice was chiefly of timber , which , together with the inflammable contents , the flames to such an extent that , notwithstanding excellent supply of water , derived from the Grand Surrey Canal , on the banks of which the building stood , fire was not extinguished till the factory was nearly consumed . The loss , which is very considerable , will on the Imperial Fire Office . ^ . . ¦ , Suicide . —A very extraordinary and'shocking suicide , been committed by a girl , thirteen years old , at Wike , near Manchester . Her father ( a labourer ) , beat with a leathern strap fox telling a falsehood , which affected her mind , that sh . e threw heTself down a coal-, sixty-four yards deep . _ ¦ An Historical Tree . —The famous " Charter Oak Hartford , Connecticut , fell on the 21 st nit . with a tremendous crash , leaving only ahout six feet . of the stump . This tree was far past its prime when the- ; charter was concealed in it on the 9 th of May , 168 J , was probably an old tree when Columbus discovered New world . Me . Roebuck and his Constituents . —Mr . Eoebuck been presented by his constituents at Sheffield with thousand guineas . The residue of the public subseription is to purchase a portrait of the honourable mern-, tobe placed in some public hall in Sheffield . ^ Un ednesday evening the presentation took place , llie .. Music Hall was crowded in every part . At half-past seven o ' clock , the Mayor came upon the platform , accompanied by Mr . Roebuck , who was received with protracted cheers . After some introductory observations by the Mayor , Mr . Roebuck addressed the auditory in a speech of which the more remarkable passages were as follow :- " When I began political life , all the world was alive about the Reform Bill ; and I recollect being carried , as it were , upon tlis shoulders of the people , in opposition both to Whigs and Tories , upon that occasion . But now , if an angel of light were to come down with reform in his hand , the people of this country ould turn from him , not with disgust , but with apatny , and would say , ' That is not what we desire on the prcsent occasion . ' What is it , then , you do require r I will tell you what you require . You have seen Lngland within the last few years engaged in a fierce struggle with ono of the greatest Powers of Europe , xou have sent from your shores an army of gallant men , such as England never sent from its shores before QAeen ) . That army , you have heard-for you did not see—that army was suffered to dwindle away after victory ; such as usually distinguishes English soldiers . You heard tliat there came upon that army all the ctiIs of climate of want , and of misery . I ask you why did this occur ? I will tell you why . Because the Government of this country was composed of men sought for only in the ranks of the parties of the State . ^ f ^ TZ ^ this country govern this country . 1 think they govern it ill ( cheltio ) . Now 3 say , what you dcsire y to bcj that all the powers of tlie State be well administered \ hear , hear )} You cannot effect this but through U o House of Commons . Some time ago when ^ J ^™ " nistrativo Reform Association were collected to ^ aber , there was a belief that they could obtain their end ^ without at all affecting the House of Commons . I , who haio ra ^ cd my life in that House , who have seen ita infli ^ encc ipon the Government of this country , believe ttatno tiling can bo done but through it . Well . i lion , ^ i ™' * oeKin with you . It is not simply in the House of CommSs-it is in the constituency of this kingdom-Sat we must begin . " Mr . Roebuck also referred ^ the despotisms now overshadowing Eu rope and aud ho be liovcdthoprcse . it stillness betoken , th ^ jo wo jon the eve of great and wonderful changes , to bo effected by I -A processor preserving these relics ofold times has been applied by Mr . Scott , architect to the A . bbcy . A very weak res - mous solution of spirits of wine has been \ uiZa into the decayed parts by mean , ofa ^ g ^ i syringe , perforated vrith numerous Imo holes , w »»« h J ™ such slicnt and gentle streams thnt , although the Btono 1 penetrated to a conalderable depth , and thus rendered q ito firm , looso scales hanging on the Burfacc ar «)

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06091856/page/9/