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    14iQ THE !L E AD E R. [No. 412, February...

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    PUBLIC MEETINGS. MEMORIAL TO SIB IIEXRY ...

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    tion in England , the prospect does not seem to be so promising ; and although the motion was carried by a considerable majority , it is plain that the old dreary Jight is about to be waged over again j and Lord Joiiisr might well say that he was " surprised at an opposition , which was but a renewal of that which had been offered to every proposal for the furtherance of education . " The arrival of the Princess Fkederick-William of Pkussia at Berlin brings the moment of bidding her farewell . Happily we ca'h do so in perfect hopefulness that her happiness is secured by the marriage which she has contracted ; and our last sight of her , for a time , will be a pleasant memory . Let us remember her affectionately pelted with flowers by the good folks whose Queen she may one day be , and , when struck in the face with a bouquet only too heartily thrown , laughing' with all the gay-hcartediiess of—the Princess Hoyal .

    The state of money and trade again attract notice . Trade continues to be very languid , although discount at the Bank of England has gone down to three per cent . It ought to be plentiful at that price , and ought to be readily taken up for investment ! But the bankruptcies that followed the late speculative mania continue to be reported ; and commercial men hesitate to rusk again into a debauchery of speculation , while the corpses of commerce he scarcely cold around them .

    A most extraordinary affair has taken place -near Bristol , a clergyman named SariTH and his wife being committed on the charge of attempted highway robbery and murder . Some years back it appears that the present Mrs . Smith was a servant in the house of Swan and Edgak , of Regent-street , and while there she ' kept company with' John Leach , who was a porter in the employ of the firm . She afterwards married her present husband , and Leach lost sight of her for some time , when relations were renewed between them for a brief space

    at a watering-place , whither she had invited him to come to see her . A very short time ago Leach received a letter which he believed to be in her handwriting , informing him that her husband had died and left her a thousand pounds ; and that if he were free and inclined to marry her , she should desire nothing better . Several letters followed to the same purport , and at length Leach was induced to go down into the country to meet her . They met , she dressed in widow ' s weeds ; she led him from the station ; and they were proceeding by her direction

    across a dark common , when she suddenly exclaimed , " We are lost \ " and immediately afterwards Leach was assailed with blows from a bludgeon dealt him by a man , whom he believes to be the husband of Mrs . Smith :. There arc many minor circumstances which seem to establish the fact that a conspiracy to murdor Leaxdic had been entered into by tlie husband and wife ; but at present the affair is all mystery and conjecture . The husband and wife are committed for trial . It is more like a talc for some English Dumas to write , than for an English ( Reverend' and hia wifo to do .

    Matters matrimonial occupy rather a large spaco in the news . The operation of the new Divorco Act is daily boeoming more noticeablo , nncl tho benefits of its provisions evidently better understood . Oases like tLut of Mrs . Maroino HowBxr , before tho Lambeth police-court on Wednesday ; , will no doubt be frequently hoard , Mrs . Howettc was married in 1830 . 1 ft 1850 hoc husband became embarrassed mid had to go to prison j she went to live with ho r fatlu 3 rr ~ Whonnrer ^^^ was roloasod , from prison , he came to her father' s , but tho lattor rofused to see him , or admit him ; she therefore requested hor husband to wr ito to jUor aud . she would answer his letter , lotting him know hoi- intentions . But the husband never wrote to her , and sho had not scon him from that time to tho present , though sho know that ho was living with another woman . She applied under tho Act tov nrotootioa for prprierty lol ' t her sinoo

    the desertion of her husband . The property consisted of a small legacy , and she had expectations of receiving something at . the death of her father , ninety years of age . The magistrate granted her the necessary order .

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    14 iQ THE ! L E AD E R . [ No . 412 , February J 3 , 1858 .

    Public Meetings. Memorial To Sib Iiexry ...

    PUBLIC MEETINGS . MEMORIAL TO SIB IIEXRY LAWRENCE . A p ublic meeting was held last Saturday at Willis ' s Rooms to inaugurate a subscription for the permanent endowment of the schools founded by the late Sir Henry Lawrence in India for Hie support and education of the children of British soldiers . In a printed document issued by the committee , it is stated that the Lawrence Asylum was established b 3 Sir Henry in 1846 , and that for the last seven years he contributed annually the munificent sum of 1000 / . towards its support . It is built for the reception of four hundred boys and three hundred girls , and is situated at Sanawur , on the loner slopes of the Himalayas , at a short distance from Kussowlee , which is the first hill station on the road

    from Umballah to Simla . The name of ' the Lawrence Asylum' was given it in October , 1847 , by the late Lord Hardinge , who in a minute written in the visitors ' book expressed his admiration of the institution , and his wish thus to commemorate the benevolence of its founder and benefactor . A similar school for the army in Rajpbotana and Western India was founded by Sir Henrv at Mount Aboo , when Chief Commissioner in 1856 , " and towards this he contributed 200 / . a year . Both institutions are now deprived of their chief stay , and are left to the precarious assistance of subscribers , many of whom , it is stated , have perished in the recent outbreak , while many more have suffered misfortunes which must necessarily contract their benevolence for the future ; and simultaneously with this failure in the ordinary sources of income , the applications for admission , owing to the large increase in the European army of India , will henceforth be more than ever

    pressing and numerous - The object of the institutions at Kussowlee and Aboo is " to provide for the orphan aud other children of soldiers serving or having served in India an asylum from the debilitating effects of a tropical climate , and the demoralizing influence of barrack life , wherein they may obtain the benefits of a bracing climate , a healthy moral atmosphere , and a plain , useful , and above all , religious education , adapted to fit them for employment suited to their position in life , and with the Divine blessing to make them consistent Christians , and intelligent and useful members of society . " The following bequest appears in Sir Henry ' s will : —" The Lawrence Asylum , the Aboo Lawrence School , and the projected Ootacamund Schools , I specially recommend to the fostering care of the East India Company ' s Government of India , which I have conscientiously served for more than two-andthirty years . "

    The chair at the meeting on Saturday was taken by Lord Panmure , in addition to whom the speakers were —Lord Hardinge , Sir F . Currie , Major-General Powney , Lord Stanley , Sir W . F . Williams , and the Earl of Shaftesbury . Tho following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —" That this meeting desires to mark the high sense which it entertains of the noble character and distinguished career of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence , as a soldier , a statesman , and a Christian philanthropist ; and is of opinion that the most appropriate means of perpetuating his memory is by the permanent endowment of tho educational institutions founded by him in Bengal and Bombay , and known as the Lawronco Asylums of Kussowleo and Mount Aboo . " " That subscriptions bo solicitod to the proposed memorial ; and , land bo invited

    in particular , that the army in Eng , in token of their admiration of tho gallant exploits of thoir comrades in India , to take part in maintaining , through the Lawrence Asylums , a shelter for the orphans of privates and non-commissioned officers , so many of whom havo fallen since tho outbreak of tho recent mutiny . " " That tho military schools founded at Kussowleo and Mount Aboo by the late Sir Henry Lawrence have a just claim to tho support of all classes of the community , as centres of sound Christian education for the children of tho extensive European nrmy which must henceforth bo maintained in India ; and also as nurseries , for roaring an indigenous population of British parentage , capablo of filling the vast openings for Europoan enorgy and skill which India now presents . "

    The Earl of Shaftosbury , in tho course of his speech , adverted to the marked oourteay of Sir HoniyLawronco ' a demeanour to tho native population , whom ho would novor poi-mit to bo oallod niggors , ' anil said he had reason to boliovo that more mischief had boon done in India by tho _ haMgUty ^ bpftrlng _ and _ in 8 W lting ^ hanguftgo towards

    tho natives of many of our English funeti 6 nrtrloa ~ m India than by almost anything olso . Thoro was horo u cry of ' « No , no !"—but tho Maharajah Dhuloop Singh , who occupied a prominent position on tho platform , nodded assent . tSovoval subscriptions wore announced at the close of tho mooting , among which wero tho following : —Mrs , Hayes ( a Hlstov of Sir Henry Lawronoo ) , 1000 / . ; his Hlghncfls tho Maharajah Dhuloop Singh , 250 /; Viscount Goiigh , 100 / . j Karl fc ) traflbrtl , J 50 / .. } - YJuoount Hardingo , 40 / . i Sir William QouGn , 6 M : and Sir George i ' ollock , 20 / . " «

    THE REFORM MOVEMEXT . A conference of the delegates from the Chartists of various metropolitan and provincial districts assembled for the first time on Monday in the small room of St Martin ' s HalL Mr . Alderman Livesey ( Rochdale ) was ' elected as the permanent chairman of the conferences The great discussion of the evening was on a motion of Mr . Ernest Jones ' s , affirming that the conference decided on uniting with the middle classes in a Reform agitation but at the same time reserved its right to pursue the agitation for the Charter . After some discussion and opposition , which at one time was rather noisy , tho motion was carried , with only two dissentients , amidst loud applause . The conference then adjourned to the following dav .

    On the conference reassembling on Tuesday , it was resolved that the executive should consist of a single individual , and Mr . Ernest Jones was elected to the office only two hands being held up against him . Mr . Jones then proposed a resolution in favour of manhood suffrage , and urging the working classes to lose no oppor - tunity of claiming this as well as the points put forth by the middle classes , and to support no movement that does not embrace it . The resolution was carried unanimously . The conference , sat again on Wednesday . The subject of debate was the time and means for reopening the Chartist campaign , and for holding public meetings in

    all towns and villages where possible , the appointment of speakers , and the organization of the first series of political tours . ¦ It was resolved that the campaign should be deferred till the adjournment of the conference ; that 100 / . be raised for the agitation of reform ; and that each locality select its own lecturers and arrange according to the -wants of the district . The powers of the executive were limited by a resolution that all important questions be submitted to the various localities , and that , should cause for a dismissal exist at any time , a new election should take place . It was proposal to give the executive 3 / . a week ; but Mr . Jones positively refused to receive any remuneration , and the motion was negatived .

    A-deputation from the London Parliamentary Kelorm Association was introduced on Thursday , when Mr . Samuel Morley , one of the deputation , urged on the meeting the necessity of adopting a conciliatory policy towards the middle classes , and of not . opposing an in - stalment of reform because the complete Cliartei' was not offered . Mr . Ernest Jones moved—; " That this conference of Reformer belonging to the middle and working classes , resolves that a movement be organized for registering manhood suffrage , repeal of property qualification of Members of Parliament , and the Uallof , a greater equalization of constituencies , and a shortening of the duration of Parliament to at least five years "; and that the middle and working classes unite for tho above purpose . "— -This motion , with the addition of a rider , proposed by Mr . llolyoake , and affirming lh . it all opposition ought to be in a conciliatory spirit , was carried , after some resistance .

    Ihe Parliamentary Reform Committee , in an- ^ eriiin the deputation in favour of manhood suffrage , .- ; m ¦; : — " They propose to give votes to all occupiers in piirliaraentary boroughs , whether they occupy premisses in purl or whole , and whether the poor-rate on account of such premises is paid by the occupier or the landlord . The franchise is not to be dependent on tho payment <> f the rato , but simply on occupation . Tho abolition of numerous small uiid corrupt boroughs , and tho trinit-ler oi their right to return members to large and independent constituencies , which shall possess the extended franchise , is also an essential portion of tho plan ; and the voter is to be protected , against intimidation and corrupting influences , by means of the JJnllol . "

    HOSPITAL l'OB SICK CIIILPKICN . Tho fn'rtt festival in aid of tho fund * of this institution - —the only ono of its kind in the metropolis—wns celebrated on Tuesday evening at tho Frcotnnsonn' Tavorn . Tho site of tlio institution ( which was opuned in 1 * 02 ) is a largo , old-fashioned mansion in Gumt O-nnond-Mivet , with a garden at tho back . Tho poor of the moti <>] K > lis contribute in ponco 60 / . annually . Mr . Dickon * occupied tlvo chair ut , tiro dinner , and made a speech in which delightful gloama of humour illuminated a human tenderness more delightful still . A subscription wns opened at tho close of tho evening , and nearly lUHWt . wero colluctod , including a donation of 600 / . i'rom a J ; ul . v " who declined giving her name . THIB WlVlfS ANI > 1 'AMILIKB OK MOI . PIKUs A- ^ O < IATK 1 N .

    Tho first public mooting of tho newly formed - tion for Improving tho Condition of Hi" " - ;? " . " , Families of Soldiers and Sailors wan »«*«• < " "" * Rooms on Wednesday . Tho Duke « f ( . ' ambi-idgo prosrtlo « r « nd-tlio-plabfoi'in-oxhibitoiUo ~ lur « flJitj ^ liti * £ " ' military nnd political notabilities . In aiUlronfting tno mooting , tho Dulco dwulfc on tho impolicy of IiiihIy m / irringoH on tho pnrt of tho Moldiorw , ami tho miccry intniio " on thoir wlvcu and families when tho roginu'iiln Hmvo England on foreign service . Tho Earl of SliaUwbury . Sir . John Pakington , M . P ., Mojor-Gonoral Sir > V * J ' Williams , Mr . lCinnaird , M . P ., Lord Ebury , mid tno Ohaplaiii-Genoral , most of whom spoko to sii »»<> oflbot as his Koyal llighnass , tho chairman . f Sovoral resolutions , iu accordanco with , tho objects u » tlio mooting , wore unanimously puasod .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13021858/page/2/