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    1263 THE LEADER, [13*0.504. Nov. 19, 185...

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    THE REGENCY OF CENTRAL ITALY. TiiE Princ...

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    manner in ' which he discharged al liis . duties , was . earned by acclamation . The first Court of'Common Council under the new mayoralty was held on Thursday , when a resolution of thanks to the late Lord Mayor was carried by acclamation . Amongst- other business much discussion followed a motion for a grant of 100 guineas in aid of the London Rifle IJrigade , an amendment to Increase the amount having been made , but the original motion was carried .. A memorial from the London , Dover , and Chatham Kail way Company , praying for the support of the corporation to the proposed extension of the line intoFarringdon-street , and for arrangements to purchase or rent the vacant site of the old Fleet Prison , was referred to the improvement committee .

    The Stkiic ; - ; in the BLir . inxo Trades . —Up to Thursday evening ho meeting of the master , builders to consiaer the withdrawal of the strike from Messrs . ¦ . Trbllopo ' s establishment by the Conference had been held , iu consequence of the absence from town of some of the leading builder . * . But a special meeting of the executive committee of the Central Association v-as convened for yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon , ¦ when the masters were to consider what steps should be taken consequent upon the withdrawal of . tho strike . We understand that some of the masters are strongly opposed to the withdrawal of the document ,,, whi !& many ' appear to be in favour of it , now that the strike" has been abandoned by the Conference .

    But we are informed that before the declaration is withdrawn , under any circumstances , the masters must have a guaranty from the various branches of the building trade , i ' .-,: it , in the event of the old hands returning to work without being subjected to the declaration the workmen now empk > 3 ed under the declaration shall not 'be in any ; way molested or iinnoycd . The heads of the different trades sitting at the Paviors' Arms , Westminster , and the masons , are , we believe , prepared to give a guarantee to that effect . Under those circumstances we hope that before our next issue the unhappy struggle that lias so long been maintained'in the building trade will be brought to a close . —Building News .

    The Garibaldi Fitxd . — A correspondent of the Daily News , asks '' how it is that no London committee has been formed to give publicity and form to this subscription ? The spontaneous offerings which day by day appear in your columns are evidence of a wi «? e- ; sprcaJ pympathv with the object , which , properly appealed to , would give a satisfactory result . But you in us ft be well aware , sir , that the groat mass of the public never move in such matters spontaneously ; they wait for a recognised initiative . Where are the men to whom Englishmen

    are accustomed to look as leaders when a national sentiment has been aroused , and is seeking for appropriate action ? If they now . abdicate their natural functions smaller men will take their place . " Public Health .--The mortality of the metropolis was less Jast week b j' 131 deaths than the previous week , the total being 1 , 0 . , or 121 below the estimated average . Bronchitis continues to increase , numbering 102 among its victims last week . Scarla'ina and diphtheria maintain a high mortality . The births were 1848 .

    Diplomatic . —Some changes of importance are announced in the Gazette . Sir Arthur Magenis leaves Sweden , and becomes our representative in Portugal , and the Hon . George Jerningham will be our Minister Penipotentiary to Sweden and Norway . Mr . Gordon , our minister to the King of Hanover , goes to Wurtemburg , am ! Mr . Howard leaves Lisbon to go Jo Hanover . LOUD SlIAFTESBUnV AND TIIR BAKERS . —Lord Shaftesbury , in reply to a deputation ou tho subject of long hours and niglit-work , said , he thought they

    had done wisely in rejecting the idea , of a strike , which was always unsuccessful against capital . He recommended them to keep their cause before the pubjirj and to call a public meeting requesting the attendance of the employers , and they could then fairly state their case . They had enormous grievances to redress , but did not requiro either a strike or an Act of Parliament . The deputation , having thanked his lordship , then retired . Tlie proposed meeting will bo hold in Exeter-hall , und it is anticipated that Lord Shaftesbury will preside on the occasion .

    of the arduous and important duties with which he has been charged . The meeting was convened by the Lord Mayor , who could not have more appropriately inaugurated his period - of office . The Bishop of British Columbia gave an interesting sketch of the ' history of that colony , and an account also of the various classes of which its population is composed . He described the natives as being a more settled and hardy race than lied Indians generally are , and for this reason he expressed a strong hope that if the . influences of civilisation were brought to bear upon them their extinction might

    be prevented . The Bishop of Oxford delivered a very fervid and eloquent speech , in which he advocated the introduction into the colonies , at tht-ir very beginning , of the full system of the Church of England , and delivered an impressive appeal on behalf of the Indians , towards whom , he said , our past policy had been fraught with cruelty and injustice . The Bishop of London and Governor Greywere among the succeeding speakers , and subscriptions poured ' in to the amount of more than a thousand pounds . It . should be stated that Miss Burdett Coutts has endowed the bishopric with no less a sum than £ 25 , 000 .

    The "Exolish Mahometan . - "—Paragraphs have appeared in all the papers , stating that the son of Lord Stanley of Alder ley had , during his travels , embraced the doctrines . of Mahomedanism ,. and , in . fact , identified himself with the manners and superstitions of the East . Tlie lion . Henry Stanley , like many other intelligent English gentlemen , has mixed with" the inhabitants of the countries through which he passed , with a desire to become thoroughly acquainted with their manners , language , habits , ' and religion , and in his intercourse with the natives may have assimilated his costume somewhat to their habits . But that lie had become in any way imbued with their religious ideas is wholly a calumny . He is , or was , recently , at Siam , and is about to return home shortly , with unabated regard for the institutions of his native land .

    operatives who spoke at the Edinburgh meeting did their best m opposing it . N . kw Yankee Swindle . —But for a timely exno sure in the papers , the family of a tradesman in * Exeter would probably have been victimised A few weeks since the son of the tradesman in question died , and a day or two ago a letter addressed to the deceased arrived from Maine , in , the United States It says . — " Poor dear Samuel is dying , and we are " in the most dreadful want . You begged me never to write , but after waiting so long and no letter I

    am compelled to disobey j'ou . That you nii .-ht be free and happy I left all and fled with my poOr fatherless child to this distant and strange land , and daily since have I prayed to Heaven for blessings on j-ou . Unless you send by return mail , your poor sick , imoftLiiding child will starve to ' death . " It concludes with a passionate injunction " to send per return mail a £ 10 note . " The bait v as an artful one , inasmuch as the Christian name of the alleged illegitimate child is the same as that of the deceased .

    Mori : " Puseyism . "—At a meeting of the committee of the parochial schools , Am well-street , Clerkenwell , it was ummimously resolved that the ' further attendance of the children at St . Philip ' s Churcli , ( Tranville-. cqnare , could not bapennitted , in consequence of the Popish practices adopted there ,

    St . 'George ' s-is-tiie-East . —On Sunday the disorderly scenes in St . George ' s-in-the-East were repeated with additional features of outrage and riot . The service was conAuctod by the Rev . C . F . Lowder , in the place of tlie Rev . Bryan King , and the church was graced by the presence of a body of police . A protest apainst this latter arrangement has lx . ' en drawn up by a number of the ratepayers and forwarded to the Secretary of State . The disgraceful proceedings have been followed by police prosecutions against two lads of sixteen years of age , who have each been fined small sums for helping to produce the excitement . They are cajled pawnbroker's assistants , and are described as belonging to the Wesleyan body , who " are very bitter against Popery . " The penalties were instantly paid .

    The wakkfibld Commission . — lie Wakeneld Election Committee resumed its inquiries on Saturday in that town , with tho view of obtaining the evidence of those members of the Conservative party who liad been out of the way . On this occasion , Mr . Charlesworth , tlie cousin of the candidate of that name , was examined . This gentleman at once acknowledged that it was bribery against bribery at the last election , and he « ave some account of the great sums of money with which ho had to do in superintending tho contest . Mr . FornanuVs ! , the corn-fnetor , who acted as paymaster of the Conservative forces , was also examined . His evidence is a very instructive piece of electioneering hi sto ^' He and his friends were so vorv liberal that even all the old women in tho town had tea . Tho mysterious

    " Man in tho Moon , " who shone so brightly during the contest , turns out to be one Mr . John Whhehend , an upholsterer of Bradford . His evidence was equally instructive . The Commission was then adjourned to meet in London on Monday next . Post Office Savings Banks . —On Wednesday last this question was brought before the Huddorsflelu Chamber of Commerce , and was most favourably entertained . Tlio plan , which Mr . Sikos has embodied in a printed paper , that of making all the money - order offices contributory to tho savings banks , has received the approval of the commercial gentlemen of Huddersfiold , and as they have resolved to send a copy of tho tract of Mr . Sikos to all tho Chambers of Commerce in tho United Kingdom , the question may bo subjected to very enlarged discussion .

    Mr , A . Black , M . P ., and tub Bthikku . -- working classes of Edinburgh have boon disploasod with tho views against strikes which wore propoundod to them by Mr . Black , M . P ., anil have held a public meeting- to paes resolutions and make speeches against what the hon . gontloman advancod . At this mooting tho now Lord Provost took the chair , but ho did not Boem to do so for any other purpose than to promote free dinousslon on ( Tuoationfl of so much Interest . Mr . Black ' s lecturo , It will bo remembered , was one of tho olovorofit and clearest defences of iVoo competition over miido . The

    Gubbn-wich IIosi'iT / r .. —On Thursday morning K . Inghum , Esq ., Q . G , M . P . for South Shields , "William Iiutt , Esq ., M . P . for Gatoslioail , and John Charles Dal rymplc Hay . Esq ., captain in uor Majesty ' s Navy , assembled at tho Admiralty , under powers conferred upon them by a Royal coiomissfon , to inquire into the internal economy and management of Greenwich Hospital , and of tho funds by which it is maintained . It is expected that tho inquiry will lust about a weok or ton clays . British Coi . umiiia , —On Thursday a largo and Snfluontlal meeting was hold in tho Egyptian Hall , » t tup Mansion House , for tho purposoof considering * no DpBfc measures to bo taken to assist tho bishop about to proceed to British QoluinbiA in tho disoharge

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    1263 THE LEADER , [ 13 * 0 . 504 . Nov . 19 , 1853 .

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    The Regency Of Central Italy. Tiie Princ...

    THE REGENCY OF CENTRAL ITALY . TiiE Prince de Carignan gave an audience on Sunday at Turin , to the ' Chevaliers Mingiiotti . ami l ' eruzzi , who had come to request him to accept the regency conferred upon him by the National Assemblies of Parma , Modcna , the I ^ pmagna , and Tuscany . Prince de Carignan in his reply said : — "lam deeply moved by your offer , and tender . my thanks to the assemblies and the peoples of Central Italy , who have given me so great a proof of their confidence . I believe that , in making this offer , you are influenced less by my personal merits than by your devoted-. ness towards the King , and by your feelings , which are not onlv liberal and national , but also those of

    order n : r . l respect for monarchical hititutions . Weighty representations , reasons of political propriety , and the approachin g Congress , deter ine , much to my regret , from responding to your appeal , or accepting the charge offered to me . This forbearance on my part , and the sacrifice I am thus making , will prove more useful to the interests of our common country than if I had acted otherwise ; ¦ nev ertheless , I thought to do an act of service in designating the Chevalier Boneompagni as the person who ought to be entrusted with , tho regency of Central Italv . Ri-turn my thanks to the people you represent : tell them that their perseverance andtheir general conduct deserve the sympathies of Europe ; tell them to reckon always on tFu 1 King , who will support their wishes , ami who will never abandon those who entrust their destinies to his

    loyalty . " The Prince de Carignan then suniinoiu'J the Chevalier JJoncoinpagni * to undortnko tlio regency , who jntiiwutcl his readiness to . accept tin- honuur and responsibility of . that office . , It is asserted in Paris that the measures Uucen in-Turin in reference to tho Regency have ~ ik ; ch completely disapproved by the Emperor . It is stated that tlie Trench Government , hus made known its disapproval to the Sardinian Government , ami m all tho Italian states . oonUins 1110

    A Paris sonii-ofncial correspondence following : — " The message received from mrin , stating that the Princo do Curignuno did not confine himself to tho refusal of the regency , liiu iiihicjtook to offer u substitute in tho person <> t Al . »» onconipmr ' , has produced a very bad imprcssi ; " . neio . It was stated that the Government of Siii'ilntm Una not followed the wise counsels oflbrud by U »« < ' ' " ' moiit of Franco , as expressed in the letter oi i Emperor to tho King . Jt is cjuesliono . l 0 ' . ^' ^ right Sardinia undertakes to prejudge the 'I ' . ' ; 1810 "" of tho Congress in naming a Regent lor < - *•• ' »'" Italy , < md thus by his nomination ussiiinlntf " ' ^ Duchies M-oro already annexed to . Sardinia . ii" » proceeding is contrary to all eustoin , ijiui «•« »' accordance with the rights of the pooplc , The Conatltutionnal of Thursday announros Uii «

    tho French Government , true to the prlncjiples <> «" policy , 1 ms recommended the Cabinet of I ' . ' " ,,, ' annul tlio appointment of the ltogonev which i 10 Government of tho King of Sardinia has dciogafcod to Chovalior liuonooinpapni , as mmuIi «]» P oini " mont would prejudice the quostione brought l » ot »« J and onoroaeh upon tho oompotoiiay of , tlio u «) ngi «»»« Tho Coiuititutionnal flaya : — " Tills mlvluu liiuat oo considered as a proof of tho Holloitudo o * I ' . ' " poror ( ox the Italian 0 AUMo j wliicli oaufio Jiomauo

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19111859/page/8/