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      Mr. Whiston's Case Was Part Heard Yester...

      134 L 19 s . 10 ^ . ; and dBr om those Guy-street , Borough , 36 ? . 10 s . The report speaks favourably of the progress made by the Kamsgate and Brig hton branches of the Association , and expresses regret that other towns have not availed themselves of the benefits which the Association offers . In a sanitary point of view , the exertions of the Association have been attended with great success—the mortality among children especially having been reduced one-half below the usual average of the metropolis . Under all the circumBtaiices ^ the directors considered themselves justified in announcing a dividend of three per cent , on the capital invested ; and though the fund of 1926 Z . available for this purpose was swelled oufe by an amount of 4312 . in hand at the last annual meeting , the chairman stated that a yearly dividend of 2 . £ per cent , might now be looked upon as certain ; Not more than half of the 100 , 000 ? . capital which

      the association is authorized to raise has yet been invested ; but it is anticipated that the whole can be advantageously laid out with the existing management and staff , and that an economy will thus be effected , which Will make the returns 3 £ or even 4 per cent . Both the chairman and the Earl of Carlisle pointed out very clearly this view of the case , and from their statements and the report , it was made pretty evident that the association is gradually assuming a good and safe financial position . At present their chief difficulty and loss is with the Albert-street Chambers , which , from some unexplained cause , do not seem to let well . It is hoped , however , that any prejudice which the industrious classes may have found ; with regard to them may be shortly overcome , and in the meantime the directors will confine their efforts to providing dwellings for families . The report having been adopted , the proceedings terminated .

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      The King Of The Belgians Arrived At Wies...

      The King of the Belgians arrived at Wiesbaden on the evening of the 12 th . The Duchess of Orleans , with the Count de Paris and Duke de Chartres , arrived at Ostend early in the morning of the 15 th , and left in a few hours after for Germany . The dismissal of the functionaries of the University of Kiel has thrown much gloom on the minds of the people , who anticipate that the majority of the students will desert this seat of learning , once so celebrated . Accounts from . Zuickaw , in Saxony , to the 13 th insfc ., mention that a fire had occurred in the neighbouring town of Kirschberg , on the preceding night , and during its progress , which lasted twelve hours , had consumed forty-four dwelling-houses .

      The Following Return, Made Out By The Po...

      The following return , made out by the police , exhibits the numbers who attended the Cork exhibition each day since the opening : — Two Shilling Tickets Total number who Sold . entered Exhibition . June 11 237 ...... 1074 12 436 1397 14 316 1533 15 382 1470 16 ...... 326 1886

      The Megcera has just accomplished a wonderful passage from the' Cape , says the Times , It will remain recorded as a proud fact in the annals of the Admiralty , that this gallant ship has at length completed the run in only twice the time taken by an ordinary commercial steamer . The Hellespont sailed a fortnig ht after the Megcera , and arrived about a fortnight before her . The total time occupied by the commercial steamer was thirty-five days ; — Her Majesty ' s screw steamer took 61 days to accomplish the same distance . This may indeed be considered as a triumph . We invite attention , however , to the performances

      of an emigrant sailing ship , " the Bride" Captain JNattrass , which made the passage from Plymouth to Port Phillip in soventy-nvo days , that is to say , in only fourteen days moro than tho time occupied by Her Majesty ' s steam ship Megcera in tho run homo from tho Capo . Tho Bride —a mere sailing ship—reached tho Capo on her outward voyage in forty-four days ; tho Megcera , with steam power , accomplished tho homeward run in sixty-one days . This , however , may bo considered a groat success for tho Admiralty .

      On Wednesday evening , about 5 o ' clock , an accident , attended with los s of life to ono person , and serious injury to another , occurred in tho tunnel connected with Spital Tongues Colliery , near Uowcastlo-upon-Tyne . This tunnel , which is about two miloB in length , passes under tho northern part of tho town of Newcastle , and is used exclusively for tho conveyanco of coals from tho colliery to tho river Tyno . Some repairs wcro going on in tho tunnel , and as its breadth is only just sufficient to allow a wagon to pass along , orders had boon sent to tho colliery tliat no wagon was to bo sent down after ton o ' clock on Wednesday . Those orders had , unfortunately , boon

      misunderstood . About iivo o ' clock , Mossrs . Arkless , colliery viewers , and a staithsman named W . Armstrong Coulson , procoodod up tho tunnel from tho ond noxt tho rivor to look aftor tho repairs , and after thoy had got a good way up , to their surprise * and horror thoy hoard tho noiso of a loaded wagon rapidly approaching . Their only possiblo means of escape was to ho flat on tho ground between * tho ^ ^ fTTT 7 Tr ^ > JC'ails , and allow tho waggon to pass over them . Thoy did vu * / V ^^ r ^ JfWilJ ^ ti Coulson , being a Btout man , was caught by tho lw" * \ JS ^^ v * " ' *' ¦ $ &/}& $ &* part of tho wagon , and wn « so dreadfully mangled , ¦ UtiAwV rjik ^ WAtfsT & drtio died almost immediately . Ono of tho Mossru . fclKjlffiijJ & g !^ £ wSr / a ridess hod his arm broken , and was othorwino injured , ii >< 2 rwt ^ Jw * . \ cSiiiw tTup brothor escaped unhurt . Ooulnon was 01 yoarn of feiC-X ^ n * * j £ v > fll ejjffiA has left a family to doploro hin melancholy end . ' iJ ^ Ot MfBill Stf i w \» reajjblamo appears to bo duo oitbor to tho person Riving , fklfi wMf Jl ^ fflftL TW ** " * pnrwnn ¦ rncoivinff tho orders ; and , doubtless , a -, ?> jflp | JPjj IffifflSftjfii ' i flBiP'JL i" m nli | iilinii ii ill bo mado bolbro tho coroner . ' ' * IMIiww fiiS ^ Pz ^^^ coluory chahg od hands only recently , and is now tho ^ i | R % ^^ 5 ^ nP *^ orty ° * ¦^ * - " ^ word Richardson , of Wickham , near , ¦ flff *^>>»* iy Pa n »*^ NflwnftH ' tlln . It ifl only about ton days ago that tho boilor ' \ of an ongino uaod for drawing- tho wajjonn up thij tunnol ' exploded an < l killed two men . ' .

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      Sattjrday, Tone 26,1852. .

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      There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there 13 nothmg so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to . keep things fixe . d when all the world is by the very law of its creation in . eternal progress . —Db . Abnold .

      Bunkek's Hill And Waterloo. Heluctant As...

      BUNKEK'S HILL AND WATERLOO . Heluctant as tlie Orleans Princes may have been , they have succumbed ; and the last accounts represent them as submitting to the ascendancy of the elder Bourbon . The Prince de Joinville has given in ; he could not prove a sufficient following in Erance . The Duchess of Orleans has only been able to maintain her position by seceding from the family circle ; still cherishing her delusion , that the Comtede Paris is the desired of the French nation . This event is but one in the series which continue to consolidate the Royal interests of Europje . It follows but a few hours after the final ratification of the act which settles the Danish succession . Although apparently belonging to a different class of relations , the possession of Tuscany is really part of the same system . The influences and organization of legitimacy are extending in every direction ; its servants are actively engaged throughout Europe in rivetting its connexions against any future shock ; and for the present they are successful . It is impossible not to contrast this growing strength of the allied Sovereigns , heads of the

      legitimist party , with the failing influence of constitutional monarchy . While active statesmen of Spain are considering a revolution from above , the influence of England is defied in the person of her citizens . Since- the peace , England ' s power has never been so useless for the vindication of the national dignity , or for the personal safety of Englishmen . This is not only an evil in itself , but it indicates the existence of a more deep-seated evil—the decline of influenco and power as represented by constitutional freedom . Such a decline is not a mere matter of humiliation , but must have tangible consequences ; if the States representing constitutionalism on the continent decline in influence and active

      power , both the minor states adhering to that form ofgovernment , and parties in the several states , will fall off * in confidence and in numbers in a ratio increasing with the advancement of time . It requires no ^ reat foresight to perceive that if the position which constitutionalism has occufned during the peace be now forfeited , it may be ost for some time to come in the history of the world , and perhaps for ever . That despotism can permanently maintain , itself , we do not believe ; but that the opposite extreme may take

      its turn before constitutionalism , becomes more probable with every accession to the ranks of despotic power ; and if wo are to anticipate a period of triumph for despotism , continued for some indefinite time , and then a period of triumph for democracy , also of duration not to be calculated , we cast the probabilities in favour of constitutionalism altogether beyond tho reach of calculation . Those who are anxious for the maintenance of constitutionalism in Europewho are anxious for its bare existence—should

      oxert themselves to maintain it while thore is yet time . It cannot bo maintained by a passivo submission to the indignities which are already tho precursors of more palpablo adversities . Tho man that is habitually insulted cannot remain long without having to defend himself against direct blows ; and few will tako tho part" of the notorious recreant .

      There is , no doubt , arising in tho world , a spirit that fills us with hope for it . A Black wall dinner is not tho place whoro wo may usually look for sitns of tho renovation of the world , and yet the spirit to which wo allude has had its manifestation in that decorous and luxurious quarter . On tho 17 th of Juno , an American gentleman , resident in London , illustrious for his liberality , assembled a party of ladios as well as gcntlomcn ,

      to enjoy his ; hospitality at # ie Brionswict ^[ oteli Most of thejparty were ^^ pii me ^ y ^ t ^ svim ^ them were ^ is called high social station * The Governor of the Bank of England , for example , who cannot be reckoned amongst revolutionary assemblies a member of Parliament or two ; - more 6 ri lesi connected with trade , and other persons . of social influence . . After dinner , there was some toasting and speaking ; the Queen of England and th © President of the United States sharing the

      convivial acclamations jo £ | he company . It was a decided case of fr ^ jpeni ^ ing , in its aspect of the best breeding . Onfe of the company was a gentleman , who must be considered , on account of his ' 6 fii ^ l ,. as / w most distinguished American in this country . He delivered an address highly pleasing to his English brethren , although tho end and aim of it was to -fecal the aiuiiversary which that day marked in the calendar— " TheJBattle ofBwnkerg

      Hilt" His speech stamped , > t ] b . e festival as the celebration of that great victory of freedom . Were the English offended at the reminiscence P Not at all * A gentleman , high incommercial , station * hailed the memory of that day as one not derogatory to the pride of England ; but rather as addingtothe comm on victories of the race over the influences hostile to freedom—a victory which has secured the benefits as manifest for England as for America herself , and has extended its benefits even to the continent of

      Europe . In like mannerBannockburn was . not a victory over England , but a victorious resistance to the encroachments of bpjpression—a victory which scouted from Scotland the attempt to introduce a Gorman pale / and placed Scotland by the side of England to defend the liberties and ; advancement of Great Britain . So the real statesman perceives in the Battle of Waterloo , not the victory of England over France , not even the victory of Legitimacy over Illeeritimacv * so much as the sturdy planting of a

      standard of constitutional freedomer-thestandard of the common weal of civilized Europe . parting the two extremes of irresponsible Absolutism and irresponsible Adventurism . So . it proved wJule opinion advanced in England ; and while the memoryoftliatgreat victory lent its moraliorce to the influence of England , she was able to arbitrate in the conflicts of Europe , and , upon the whole , to maintain the standard which she had raised . Wellington , the soldier , was the instrument , not the dictator , of that operation . Even the

      statesmen who conducted the conventions were but half conscious of the revolution which they were assisting . We begin to understand it now that the movement of that process begins to cease- — when Waterloo has become a mere memory m Europe , and has almost ceased to be a power . It has almost ceased to be a power through the voluntary passiveness of our statesmen . Its political value , however , was not overlooked at that festival where the other victory , seemingly bo diverse , was celebrated ; and the anniversary ot

      the following day was emphatically recognttedas a joint record for America as well as England . If , indeed , we had statesmen m our councils capable of understanding the glorious spirit whicn flashed for an instant before that festive assembly , we might see raised in Europe the most brilliant light of freedom , the most exalted standard or power for civilization which-the world has ever witnessed—we might see constitutionalism , as it is understood in England , and as it is not tntsunderstood in the United States , become the dominant power , under the united spirit ot J * unKer b Hill and Waterloo .

      A True Champion Op The Church. Oub Reade...

      A TRUE CHAMPION OP THE CHURCH . Oub readers are already acquainted with tho Boverend Joseph Brown , of Ohristchurch , JSlaejfriars , who annually leads forth the poor ot tn » parieh , as he did tho poor of his district »^; nol-greenr for a . summer holiday out ot-Wim * but the parish festival at Ham this year was diflr

      tinguiehed by some novel traits , xne ™ * YT classes had resolved to present t ^ ir rector w « u a testimonial , in acknowledgment ot 1 » 8 P *^ , thropy and his practical services in f ^ etcp t \ iJ and at the subsequent collation , in M ^ de ^ 6 his own house , on Ham Common , whieji ne £ " •* to the principal parishioners and tos P " ^} friends , there was a new toast- "The TruBtceB Ot Marshall ' s Trust , " functionaries who Tesponcwa in person . The present from the wdrtong oto & w

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061852/page/12/