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      72 The Leader, [No. 460, January 15, 185...

      72 THE LEADER , [ No . 460 , January 15 , 1859 .

      Misgellaneous. The Court.—The Royal Fami...

      MISGELLANEOUS . The Court . —The royal family are all well at Windsor . Her Majesty and her daughters walk in the Home Park daily , accompanied by the Prince Consort . The week has Ibeen a very quiet one at the Castle , Among the visitors were the Earls of Derby and Carnarvon , Lord and JLady Leigh , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Viscount Shelburne , and the Right Hon . J . W . Henley . Thb Prince of Wai > es . —On Monday his Royal Highness left Windsor for the Continent . The Duke of Cambridge accompanied the Prince as far as Folkestone , ¦ where a review and inspection of the troops at Shorncliffe , including the 100 th Canadian Regiment ( Prince of Wales'Cfwn ) , took places After the regiment had been duly paraded , and the usual formalities had been gone through , his Royal Highness , on presenting

      the colours , Addressed the regiment . He said it was most gratifying to him that , by the Queen ' s gracious permission , his first public act since he has had the honour of holding a commission in the British army should be the presentation of colours to a regiment which is . the spontaneous offering of the loyal and spirited Canadian people , and with which , at their desire , his name had been specially associated . After the ceremony the Prince left for Dover to embark for Ostendr on his visit to Rome . His Royal Highness arrived in Brussels on Tuesday , about . mid-day , and was received at the station by the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders . The Prince breakfasted at the palace , and afterwards went to pay a visit to the King and the Duches 3 of Brabant at Lacken .

      Prince AiJfked anx > his Toamks . —We can look composedly enough on the arrival of the Portuguese royal barge alongside of the Euryalus ; and we can be well content to be merely amused by the reported astonishment of everybody at the alacrity with which the Prince jumped into the barge- —an astonishment arising , we presume , from a general idea that the descent of a Queen ' s son from : a Queen ! s ship ' s side could only be accomplished ; by a species of solemn procession , or by a stages walk :, or by any other means , except the means natural to a lively lad of fourteen who can make good use of his legs . But the case is altered when we get to Malta . Here , in an English possession , where the authorities had no excuse for awkwardly thwarting the

      Queen ' s intentions , and mischievously elevating her son above the free sea-training and the impartial sea-discipline which can alone make a sailor of him—here , the sickening servility of these receptions of the young Prince reached its climax . The Governor , the Council , the Judges , the Archbishop , the Protestant bishop , the clergy , the nobility , and all the other grandees in the island , received the midshipman in solemn assembly on the steps of the palace . Whether they fell on their knees at his approach , or whether they walked backwards till they got in-doors , is not mentioned—but it is asserted , quite seriously , that a levee was held ; and that , wherever the Prince went , there a procession presistently went with him , both before and behind . There was a ball , too , ( the Midshipman ' s partners duly chronicled ) , and an illumination ; and there would have been more

      to-do , if the Midshipman had not " greatly chagrined " the Maltese by . graciously condescending to allow his Captain to proceed oh his cruise ! But the crowning absurdity of all was accomplished by making the Midshipman of the Euryalus publicly review , the troops of the garrison . When we had arrived at this part of the newspaper narrative , nothing else that it might have contained would have astonished us . After reading of all the soldiers in Malta being reviewed by a Sailor of the age of fourteen , we should not have felt the least surprised at being further informed of the governor boxing the compass , the judges holystoning the decks , or the Archbishop borrowing the boatswain ' s whistle , arid piping all hands , put of compliment to the Prince , in the very pulpit itself . What is to atop this fawning perversion of Prince Alfred from the plain professional purpose to which his

      parents have so wisely devoted him t Who is to prevent these abject authorities from doing their best to spoil a frank , Btraightforward , natural lad , who is promising so well at the fair outset of his career ? —Household Words . Royal Qeochiaphioai . Society . —« A very full meotxng of this society was held on Monday evening at Burlington House , Sir Roderick I . Murohison , president , in the chair , The papers read were : —l ; "Notes on the Zambesi Expedition , from the journal of Mr . 1 hernias Baines , P . R . G . S ., " communicated by Dr , Livingstone , F . R . G . S . Prior to the reading of Mr . Balnea ' s journal ,

      the means invented by him to enable an unskilled person to set up manuscript in type without haying recourse to the assistance of a professional compositor ; With several of his audience the ideas of the major were decidedly unpopular , but .-he had some supporters ' , and got through hia assumed task amidst a tremendous uproar . " The Great Sin of Great Cities . "—A meeting on what is affectedly called the " social evil" question was held on Tuesday , in the schoolroom adjoining AH Saints * Churchy Portland-place * An interesting and encouraging report , of the results of the labours of the local Prevention Society was read . Many of the houses of ill-fame had been closed , and many unfortunate women reclaimed and restored to society .

      Ministerial Appointments . —It is not Lord Naas who is to succeed Lord Harris as Governor of Madras , but Sir Charles Trevelyan , the . veteran assistant to the Treasury . Mr . George Hamilton , the present financial secretary , is to succeed Sir Charles , and Sir Stafford Northcote , Bart ., takes Mr . Hamilton ' s place . This will create a vacancy in the representation of Dublin

      University . The late Captain Shepherd . —The death of Captain John Shepherd was announced on Wednesday , and a vacancy is thus created in the India Council , of which he was one of the most esteemed members . He was also an Elder Brother of the Trinity-house , and Deputy-Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company . Apropos ± > e Bottes . — -Italy has often been compared to a boot . Taking it on this footing , we suppose Austria may be called " the iron" that has entered its sole . "— : Punch .

      Austria ' s Gekman Subjects . — -A letter from Vienna thus describes public feeling'there : — " The spirit of the nation has been so thoroughly roused by the hectoring of Sardinia , and by the domineering of France , that it is well pleased with the spir it displayed by the Emperor . The public grumbled when it saw large sums of money expended on new-fashioned saddles , helmets , sword-belts , and lappalien ( fiddle-faddle )' , but now that the question is one of maintaining the integrity of the empire , people declare that they are ready and willing to make sacrifices . Yesterday evening Gate von Berlichingen ^ hy Goethe , was given in the Burg Theatre ; and some words pronounced by ' the . man with the iron hand' led to a very remarkable ebullition of feeling on the part of the

      spatch was sent to Colonel Stratinoriwicb , who happened to be at Belgrade , to leave Servia , in order that his presence might not give rise to erroneous interpretations . ? ' . An " Insukrection" in Monaco . ^ A letter from Menton ( Monaco ) of the . 8 th says : — - "We have had a formidable insurrection her-e ! Some persons having got up a petition to the Government praying that vyine might be taxed , though it was the taxation of wine which caused the population some years ago to separate from their lawful prince—about five hundred persons

      two days ago , armed with spades ,, pick-axes , clubs , and other weapons , went to the Town-hall and clamorously demanded that no such tax should be imposed . The syndic protested that he did not know anything of the petition referred to , and some persons who were with him explained that if the tax were imposed , the proceeds would be employed in constructing a theatre , which would amuse the population , and be advantageous to the town by attracting strangers . But the mob were not satisfied , and compelled the syndic to sign a declaration that no wine tax should be imposed without the consent of the sovereign people . After this , they

      dispersed . " National Association for the Promotion of Social Science . —A numerous meeting of the merchants , manufacturers , clergy , and other influential inhabitants of Bradford and neighbourhood was held on Wednesday at St . George ' s-hall , for the purpose of making known the local arrangements which will bo necessary for receiving the association at its third annual meeting , to be held at Bradford in October next . Several gentlemen added their names to the list of sub- , scribers to the guarantee fund , which now amounts to 1400 / . A vote of thanks to the Mayor for his conduct in the chair concluded the business .

      The Pope and little Mortaka . —A letter from Rome of the 7 th says : — " On New Year ' s-day the Pope sent a basket of comfits to the boy Mortara by one of his Holiness ^ chamberlains . The child being , of course , duly prompted , asked for an interview with the Pope to thank him for the present . The audience -was granted , and . the chroniclers of the Vatican state that the tenderness of the Pope for the child , and the ' expansive confidence' of the latter , deeply moved all beholders . — PiiiNcE " Plou-Plou" and ins Bride . — -A letter from Paris says : —^ The personal attractions ofJL ' rincess Clotilda of Savoy are a topic of conversation . She is

      audience . Gate says :- ^ - ' Would to God that there were no turbulent men in Germany ! . If there were none , we should still have occupation enough . We could try to extirpate the wolves , we could every now and then fetch a bit of game out of the woods , and if we wanted still more to do , we could unite with our brethren to defend , the frontiers against those wolves the Turks , and those foxes the French , and to protect the more exposed provinces of the empire . ' The cheers of the audience were so loud aud prolonged , that M . Lowe , the actor who played Gcetz , was obliged to remain silent for some minutes . " . Church-rates . —An anti-church-rate meeting has

      spoken of as taller and more developed than her age ( born 2 nd of March , 1843 ) would indicate , and bearing some resemblance to her great maternal ancestress Maria Theresa , mother of Queen Marie Antoinette . Her betrothed husband was born in 1822 , on the shores of the Adriatic , educated an Italian at Florence ; his name is now in the mouths of the population all throughout the peninsula as Napoleonc /« o , this terminology being one of endearment . The entrance of the imperial couple into Paris is already the subject of a grand programme , in which pomp and pageantry on a grand scale will gratify the Parisians . "

      been held at Birmingham . The meeting was convened by the Mayor , acting on a requisition signed by eight hundred electors . The demonstration was held in consequence of a deputation from Birmingham which wajted upon Lord Derby some weeks ago , and presented his lordship with a memorial in favour of church-rates . Mr , Alderman Allday read a letter from the Rev . Dr . Miller , one of the leading Evangelical clergymen of Birmingham , containing his testimony against churchrates . Mr . AHday indulged in some reminiscences of the days when church-rates were enforced in Birmingham , and the most deplorable scenes of strife and bigotry were as a consequence enacted . The meeting also derived additional interest from the presence of Mr .

      Macmahon in Italy , — The policy of giving a chance to General Macmahon in Italy ( keeping Marshal Pclissier . in . the background ) is pretty obvious . It would never do to concentrate all the military prestige on ono head ; and as activity is the life and soul of an Italian campaign , Patrick Macmahon will bo more in his clement than the more unwieldy boloaguoror of Sebastopol . It was by rapidity of march and countermarch that tho First Consul fairly bewildered the slow though solid Germans along tho river banks of Lombardy , and tliu African Zouaves arc peculiarly nimble of foot , while tho battlo is oftcner to the swift than to the strong , as tlio bard of Mantua know . " Stat gravis Entollus" & cf—Globe .

      Scholefiold . The Destitute Poor . —Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to place 100 / . in tho Bishop of London ' s hands as a donation to the funds of tho Metropolitan Belief Association ( 4 ., St . Martin's-place ) , of which hia Lordship is President . Tub Consequences ov Wau to France . — In Paris well-informed people observe that France never at any period had so many unsound industrial undertakings

      Shipping on tub Mbksev . —From statistics pro . sonted to tho Mersey Dock Board , it appears that during 1858 , 10 , 720 vessels passed inwards through tho Victoria and other northern channols to and from Liverpool . This makes a totnl intercourse of ( M ,-102 vessels . During 1857 , tho total intercourse was 05 ) , 131 ) voasols . Rumourkd Equalisation of thic SrmiT Dim km . —Tho trade report of tho Freeman ' s Journal alludes to a floating rumour for some days current , to tho ofl'oet that it was under tho consideration by Government to roduco tho duty on spirits to a uniform rate of 6 s . per gallon , instead of 8 s . as at present . " Improbable as it is , " says tho report , " wo think it right to notice it , but it doosnot seoni to bo more than a more conjecture , founded , perhaps , upon inquiries by tho authoritk'H ,

      on hand as now , and that the distress when they are broken up will exceed all calculation . Wnr , they say , means wide-spread bankruptcy , 200 , 000 men out of work in tho streets of Furia , and a proportionate number in all other largo towns—men , moreover , who know how to handle a musket , and who will bo in a state of desperation . A deputation of bankors saw tho Emperor on Wednesday , and endeavoured to alnrm him . Several Ministers , among whom aro MM , Fould , Kouhor , and Count do Morny , have pronounced strongly in favour of

      which inforontlally lenil to it , but more upon the complete failure of tho attempt to rniso another halfmillion on Irish spirits , and on tho evident increase of illicit distillation , which is stimulated by two concurrent circumstonooM , tho very low prieo of grain , and tho oxcossivoly high duly , Whon tho cost of manufacture is not moro than 2 s . and tho duty is 10 a ., tlio chnncos nro In favour of tho smuggler . At tho snniu time wo do not traoo tlio falling off in tho dutloa to this onuso , but to a reduced consumption , and alm > u > tho reduced quantity hold by retailors in stock . It tlito bo the oaso when tho short price ia so vory moilornU ' , liow much more will tho rovonuo bo affootod whim tho price la , as in tho instance of a succession of bad harvests , greatly enhanced , "

      peace . Austiua and SmnviA .---A letter from Vienna , in tho Post Gaetitto of Frankfort , says : — "It is not true that tho French 'Cabinet has presented , to our Oablnot a noto declaring that Austrian intervention In Sorvla would bo considered a aasus bolli . Nothing in faot calls for a communication : of that kind , Austria having given explanations to the powers when she collected a corps of observation on tho Servian frontier . A oiroumstanoo which proves that Austria had no idea of Intervention is that -when tlio revolution broke out a telegraphic

      dothe President introduced the subject with extracts from a letter addressed to him by Dr . Livingatono , describing bis enthusiastic receptipn by the natives , tho companions of his former journey , whose numbers had been roducoa by sickness , and mentioning the general condition of the people and their treatment by the Portuguese authorities . 2 . "Account of the Lake Yojoa , or Taulobo , in Honduras , Central America , " by Mr . E . G . Squior , of the United States . Tho Wends of , Captains Burton and Speke , of tho expedition to East Africa , will bo glad to hear that those gallant officers have succeeded , after tho most trying efforts , in reaching and surveying the great lake of the interior and are on their return to Zanzibar . BonlowfrluvlfML to s weating In St . Mnrttoft H « U

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15011859/page/8/