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      I Norceive That My Remarks Upon A Petiti...

      Danish as little as they do Russian . Every person acquainted with the dialects spoken in Hplstein Schleswig , and the neighbouring countries , will admit that this is overdrawn in . a high degree . I have no- doubt that the people of Holstein have just cause of complaint ; hilt the same may be said of the greater part of the people of Germany . Ask any native of ilolstein whether he would prefer the rule of the Elector of Hessia or that of the King of Bavaria to that of Denmark . I think with all evil 3 , he would prefer t helving of Denmark . With regard to the charge that the Danes are striving to force ' their dialect , or if Germans will have it so , language upon the people of the two Duchies , the Danes are just as loud for time

      in their complaints that the Germans a long past have been endeavouring to banish the Danish language from Sehleswig , which they maintain , is peopled entirely by Danes , some thousands of whom have , however , been Germanised and seduced to take part against their own race . The Danes insist , too , that in seeking to obstruct the progress of the ITochdeutsch , they are committing no injustice , as not the Hoch-deutseli is . the language of the Germans , so called ; of llolstein and Schleswig , but a dialect which bum ' s almost as much resemblance to some Danish dialects as to Koeh-deutsch . I have spoken with many natives of Holstein , anil the desire of the majority—that is of those with whom I have conversed—is to be left in peace by . the Germans , who really have nothing in the . shape of real liberty to offer them . The interference of the Germans has certainlv proved hitherto rather hurtful than useful

      to the Holsteiners . Are Germans themselves quite sure that they are not being fooled by their Princes in this ¦ question ; 'of the Duchies ? Have they forgotten the- part which the Federal troops played in the Schleawig Holstein war . Truly the Holstein an d Schleswig people have little to thank them for as yet—a few pretty songs , some eloquent speeches , a little money and plenty of lint for the wounded , while the war raged—that is about all the good the Duchies have derived from their German brethren . But the fact is , the question is not one . of political liberty so much , as of race . It is not so much a sfcrugglc of the Holsteiners against the tyranny of Denmark ; the tyranny has been produced by the struggle , as against the . Danish , element . It is the German against the Scandinavian , not the freeman against the despot . > On another occasion I may have more to say upon this subject .

      234 /The Lea Per. [No. 465, February 19,...

      234 / THE LEA PER . [ No . 465 , February 19 , 1859 .

      Miscellaneous The Court:-—Her Majesty An...

      MISCELLANEOUS The Court :- —Her Majesty and the Prince Consort with the' Royal children arrived at Buckingham Palace for a few days on Monday . The Queen held a Court on Thursday afternoon at Buckingham Parlace . The Sheriffs , Alderman Hale and Mr . Cbnder , had an audience , to receive her Majesty ' s commands with respect to the reception of an address from the Corporation upon the birth of her grandson . Her Majesty appointed Tuesday next for the reception of the address . Her Majesty and the Prince visited the Royal English Opera , on Tuesday evening , and the Princess ' s Theatre on Thursday . It is her . Majesty ' s intention to hold levees at St . James ' s Palace , on the 23 rd instant , and on the 2 nd of March , and to hold a Drawing-room and another levee before faster . " . Deaths in t * ie Peerage . - — The Marquis of Bristol died on Tuesday , at the age of ninety . He is succeeded by his eldest son , formerly Earl Jermyn , who has himself reached the ripe age of fifty-eight , and has two sons . —The Duchess of Leinster expired on Tuesday morning , at Carton House , near Dublin , in the sixty-sixth year of her age . ' -The deceased was third daughter of the third JDarl of Harrington , and married the present duke in 1818 , CouitT ' Qtf Common Council . — -The Court mot on Tuesday fur the dispatch of public business . The report of the improvement committee relative to the metropolitan railway undertakings ' was brought up by the chairman , and the recommendations therein , wero agreed -to be adopted . A report was presented relating " to the application of the surplus of the London Bridge approaches fund , in further

      liquidation of charges by the Commissioners oi Parks and Palaces , the Amount being 36 , 514 / . A long report was brought up relative to forestalling cattle in the Metropolitan Market , which was agreed to . The chairman of the corn and coal and finance committee brought up the draft of a bill for repealing the Act of Common Council of the 29 th May , 1845 , for regulating the appropriation of the rents and profits of the Finsbury JUstate . Agreeably to a motion to that effect , the bill was road a first and . scqond time . On Thursday , a special Court was held for the dispatch of public business . A memorial was presented from the inhabitants of Farringdon Without , praying for tlio erection of a meat and poultry market on the north side of Smithfteld , The memorial was referred , to the Markets Improvement Committee . A motion was then mado for the third reading of a bill for

      ropeal-EiiECTiON Intelligence . —• On Saturday */ Mr . Gladstone was unanimously re-elected member for the University of Oxford . —Mr . Alderman Salomans was returned for Greenwich by a majority 6 f 889 over Mr . Angerstein . —Mr . Lover , who has been elected at Galway , said that lie should support any Government that would advance the interests of Galway as a packet station , and would oppose any Government that refused . —The electors of the borough of Ilythe returned Baron Meyer Rothschild as their representative , in the place , of Sir J . "W . Ramsden , Bart . There was no opposition . — Mir . Edwin James and Ooldnel llomiHy are candidates for Marylebone . Colonel llomilly addressed the electors of Waryleboue on Thursday . He announced

      himself to be an advocate of vote by Ballot , a more equal distribution of Members , and the Abolition of Church-rates . He would not pledge himself to vote for Mr .. Bright ' s bill , or any other measure , till he had it before his eyes . A resolution , pledging the meeting to support Colonel Romilly , was carried by an overwhelming majority . —The following gentlemen have been respectively proposed and seconded to represent the borough of Enniskillen , in the room of Mr . James Whiteside , who has resigned , viz .-. — Paul Dane , Esq ., the Hon . John L . Cole , John Collum , Esq ., H . M . Darcey ; Esq ., W . A . Dale , Esq . The show of hands was declared to be in favour of the Hon . John L . Cole . A poll , however , was demanded on behalf ; of the other candidates .

      Church Aproixf 3 iENT . —We have just learnt that the Chancellor has appointed the Rev , Henry White , late Curate of St . James ' s , Devon , to the incumbency of the Savoy . Church Precinct , in the Strand , London . Saving Life at Sea- —A meeting of merchants and shipowners was held at Banff , on Monday , for the presentation to Captain George Watson , of the schooner Banflshire , of a gold nieda . 1 , awarded him by the Prince Regent of Sweden and Norway , iu approbation of the services rendered by him in saving the lives ofthe crow of the Swedish brig Ulyse , on the 27 th September last , in-the Cattegat .

      Mr . Robert Chambeks . —On Monday evening-, this gentleman gave , a lecture , in the Merchants ' Hall , Edinburgh , on " Merchants and Merchandise in Old Times . " A large number of gentlemen , representing nearly all the various proiessious and mercantile interests of the city , Were present . ; The Great Eastern . — On Monday the first step towards preparing this vessel for sea was made , by hoisting in the enormous main shaft of the paddle engines . The weight of the whole mass was 40 tons , and every part of it was carefully'turned in steam lathes in Mr . Scott ltussell ' s yard . In order-to move such . a ponderous weight and raise it to the required height , it was necessary to secure the service of one

      of the new floating derricks which have recently beeu employed with such success in raising and transporting masses of the heaviest description . The wooden derrick was used on this occasion , and performed the task with a facility little short of marvellous . In one hour from the time that the great machine went alongside Mr . Scott Russell ' s yard the whole operation was completed , and the monstrous , awkward-looking piece of iron safe on the deck of the great ship . Measures had been taken to ascertain if depositing such . a mass of dead weight on the extreme edge of the deck made the least diill'rence in the vessel's trim , but not the slightest alteration was perceptible . The register of the Grout Eastern ,

      as belonging to the Great Ship Company , was signed on Monday , at the Custom-house . It is not probable that the other works necessary for fitting the vessel for sea will commence before the end of the present month , when the contractors will bo bound under penalties to ]\ p , ve all finished in ilvo months from the date of the time of commencing operations . Society ov AnTB .- ^ OnWednesday Mr . XI . Chester read a paper on tljo Society of Arts Union of Institutes , and the examinations connected thua-witli . An admirable discussion ensued , in which Lpru John Russell delivered himself very en ' ootively on the important question of the education and improvement of the working-classes . Sir W . J ' . >* ooa and the Bishop of London took part in tho

      cliscusng the Act of JCommon Council of May 29 , 1845 , for regulating the appropriation of the rents and profits of the Fihsbury estate . A long discussion took place on the subject , aud the motion was carried by a large majority . A motion was then made to reduce the allowances of committees for dining , & c . ; it was however , exposed , and was lost on a division by a considerably majority . Public Health . —The deaths in the metropolis last week amounted to 1 , 274 , which was an increase of 31 over the former week , but rather less than the calculated average . Scarlatina and diphtheria are slightly on the decrease , but small-pox is on the increase . The number of Mrths for the week was 1 , 754 . The report of Dr . Letheby for the City indicates a rather favourable condition of the public health , the number of deaths ( 55 ) being a little below the average for the last three years .

      The Committee of Counci-l o > - Education . —Mr . Harry Chester after a service of nearly 33 years hi that office , has retired from the post of assistantsecretary to the Committee of Council on Education . Mr . Sandford has become the senior assistant-secretary ; and Mr , Sykes , the senior examiner , is promoted to the post of junior assistant-secretary , vacated by Mr . Sandford . City Sewers . — -The annual Commission was

      opened on Tuesday . Deputy Christie was re-elected chairman ^ the usual rules and standing orders agreed to , and a good deal of routine business transacted . Dr . Letheby reported that 24 G experiments , had been made on the illuminating power of the gas supplied to the City during the quarter , with a satisfactory result . The chemical . quality of the gas had been remarkably good , for the gas , with few exceptions , had been free from sulphuretted hydrogen , as well as from excess of ammonia and tarry matter .

      Lords Hatuerton and Ingestre . —A . correspondence between these noblemen has been published . The latter noble lord was reported to have said , in a speech delivered at Worcester , that the idea of bringing forward Mr . . Calthorpe for the eastern division of the county had been " hatched " by Lord Hatherton , at his seat at T ^ eddesley . Lord Hatherton thereupon writes to Lord Ingestre , utterly denying the . truth of this statement , and asking him for his authority . His reply is , that he knew that Lord Ward had been to Teddesley ; he thought that Mr . Calthorpe had been there also ; and , knpwing the interest Lord Hatherton took in politics , ¦ " he considered it probable" that the idea of bringing that gentleman forward had been . hatched in his lordship ' s house .

      A Journal for the Chinese . — -The North China Herald states that a newspaper published at Shanghai in Chinese by the missionaries has attained a circulation of 700 . The people buy it week by week , paying cash , and each purchaser reads it aloud . The Chinese , it appears , are much interested in all local news , particularly police reports . Mr . Cobpbn .-:- —This gentleman has sailed for America . He has lately translated the new work pf M . Chevalier on the great gold depreciation question . Mr . Cobden seems to have shown some anxiety that the views of the eminent French economist on this subject should be put before the thoughtful politicians of our own country . The work contains a few pages of preface by himself . 1

      The See obLondon . —Last year the net income of the See of London from property within- the metropolis , as appears from a lute return , was C 10 , 23 / . 9 s . 2 d . Indian Civil Service . —The Secretary of State for India has issued his regulations for the examination of candidates for this service in India . An examination will be held in London in July next , and of the successful candidates 26 will be selected for the Presidency of Bengal , 8 for that of Madras , and 7 for that of Bombay ; in all , 41 . The subjects to be got up for the examination are the language literature , and history of England , Greece , Homo France , Germany , , an . d Italy j pure and mixed mathematics , natural science ( chymistry , electricity , and nuignotisra , " natural history , " " geology , and mineralogy ) , logic , and mental And moral philosophy ,

      Sanscrit and Arabic ( both language and literature ); 7 , 375 marks will be allotted , of which 1 , 600 to English and composition , and 1 , 200 to mathematics . A second examination must bo passed by the selected candidates in Sanscrit , the vernacular dialect of India , tho history and geography of India , tho general principles of jurisprudence , the elements of Hindoo and Mahomedun law , and in political economy . No candidates will be allowed to set sail for India . until thoy shall have passed this further examination , or after they hnvo attained the age of 24 years . They must also give good proof of their sound bodily health and good moral character . Lord , Stanley has decided to allow 100 / . to each of the selected candidates to meet the expenses that must be incurred by thorn before thoy proceed to India , The age has been fixed at 25 for candidates who may pass their first examination in July , 1850 ; After that the ago will be 24 ,

      . , f Meeting ojt French * Democrats . — Tho " Com . mune Revolutionnairo" announce that they will , on Thursday evening , the 24 th inst ,, hold a puuuc meeting in Fitisroy-hall , Little Portlnnd-sirout , In order to commeniprate the soeond French Jtopuuue of the " 84 th February , 1848 . " Tho Revolutionary Commune invite all democrats of any nationality to celebrate that fraternal commemoration . Koyaj . Thamms Yacht Cr . uB . ^ -Tho annu al ball , under the auspices of this distinguished club , too * place on Thursday night at tho llanovor-squaio Kooms . It was a most brillant assemblage , as it over has been , and great pains wero tftKun w onsuro tho comfort of the four hundred ladles ana gentlemen prosent . Dancing commenced at io " o ' clook , to Adams ' * band , and was continued wan much spirit till a late hour in the moruing .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19021859/page/10/