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      • House Of Commons. Common Law Commissio...

      Mr ; Coluer pointed out some defects in the bill -which -were matters of detail . Mr . Rolt supported the bill ; as did Mr . Mausts , -who urged that some compensation should be given to the ' proefcors whose business had been destroyed by it . After a discussion in which Sir E . Purr ? , Mr . Westhkad , M . Hotxson , the SoLicrroB-GKNEBAi ., Mr . Hbadx ^ aw , Mr . . CAiKUrs , . Mr . Aybton , and other members took part , the bill was read a second time . FRAUDULENT TRUSTEES BILL . The House then went into committee on this bill , which occupied the greater part of the remainder of the sitting .

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      • The Distribution Of The Victoria Cross...

      • THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS , YESTERDAY . Hyde-park was thronged from eight o'clock yesterday morning by crowds of persons , fashionable and humble , waiting for the arrival of the Queen and the distribution of the Victoria Cross to the heroes of the Crimean war . The day was intensely hot , and , before the proceedings were over , many ladies fainted . A lustrous sunlight gave additional splendour to the military dresses , and showed the picturesque masses to the best advantage .

      The Queen ' s Pavilion was in the centre of one side of the square . On either side were galleries , one for the accommodation of foreigners of distinction and members of the carps diplomatique , and the other for members of the Legislature . Beyond these , again , were larger galleries , for the friends of the parties decorated and for the general public . The total accommodation did not give seats to more than ' seven thousand persons , and the applications for places were sixteen thousand in number .

      The troops , numbering about 8000 , commenced taking up the respective positions assigned them on the ground at nine o ' clock , preceded by their bands . The Queen entered the park at ten o ' clock . Her Majesty was on horseback , and was dressed in a scarlet jacket with a gold band across it . After the lines had been inspected by the Queen , the recipients of the decoration passed before her Majesty , and received from her hands the mark of distinction , which they placed on their breasts , by the side of those they had already obtained . -

      The distribution of the crosses occupied about ten minutes , and on its termination the recipients defiled past the Queen , and took up a position in front of her Majesty and suite , and by the side of the staff officers . The infantry then marched past the Eoyal party in open column , followed by the artillery and the ambulance waggons . * 'Then came the cavalry , and then the sailors . At the conclusion of the review , a Royal salute was fired , and her Majesty left the ground amidst the cheers of the populace .

      Cjrcassia.—Repulse Of The Russians. The ...

      CJRCASSIA . —REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS . The Circassians have repulsed an attack on the banks of the Chabacha . A thousand Russians were killed The Circassians who assassinated General Tokonoff have effected their escape .

      Mjufblauahter At Reading.—Some Haymakers...

      MjufBLAuaHTER at Reading . —Some haymakers in the King's Meadows , -Beading , had a violent quarrel on Thursday , -and got to fighting . The contest lay more especially between one named Appleton and another named Lawrance . The former at length struck the latter two severe blows under the ear , and knocked him down , and in two minutes he was dead . Appleton and two others were taken into custody . Attempted Murder in Drvjry-lane . —A man , named Thomas Berry , made an attempt yesterday to murder the woman with whom he cohabited . He plunged a knife into her breast near the heart , and then made his escape . The . woman remains in hospital , in a very precarious state .

      Suicide . — -A gentleman drowned himself from Southwark bridge yesterday about noon . Thb Murder bst Essex . —A man who was formerly in the service of Mr . Small , at Chingford Hatch , has been apprehended by the police on suspicion of being the murderer of the housekeeper last Sunday , the details of which will be found in another part of our this day ' s paper . It is stated that the suspected person has only very- recently been liberated from Springfield Gaol , where lie bad been imprisoned eighteen months for horsestealing . : He was . seen near the house a short time before thQ murder was committed .

      A Svbawbr Wrecked .- —Intelligence has been received at Peneance that the screw steamer Maos , of and for Rotterdam , from Cardiff and Bristol , ran on shore during , a thick log at night , about one mile east from Pendeen Cove , near the Land ' s End . The crew saved themselves in the . boat belonging to the vessel . Assiat-« npe . Jfl befog sent down to save the cargo , & e . TjRET YorrH nx Balm > t . —A meeting in promotion of the . bftUot will be held at the King ' s Arms Tavern , New Palace-yard , Westminster , on Thursday evening next . Mr . George Wileon , of Manchester , will take the oU « ir at stx © Vilock . Thb Qbakd Dukb Constantinb roaohed St . Peters * burg _ on the 16 th , on his return , from his tour in Western J ^ ajrope . CnrprxL , PamiOE . — -Return of admissions for a \ x daya ending friday , June 26 , 1857 , Including swaon Uck « t fcol ( W 84 , 1-H .

      Notices To Correspondents. F. R.—The Let...

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . F . R . —The letter on the London University , is unavoidably postponed until next week . State Polic y b » Mosibb Eukokb . —The author complainsVc bave not read his book ; he has evidently not understood our review . Wo are glad that he disclaims Alison .

      No Notice Can Be Taken Of Anonymous Corr...

      No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence . . Whatoveris intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . Communications should always be legribly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive * . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent or the merits of the communication .

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      Saturday, June 27, 1857.

      SATURDAY , JUNE 27 , 1857 .

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      There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and . convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by th every law of its creation in eternal progress . —Dk . Aknold .

      The French Elections. Pakis Has Declared...

      THE FRENCH ELECTIONS . Pakis has declared against 3 Joiris Napoleon . The Empire is condemned by the head and heart of France . This important result will be manifest to any one who bestows a moment ' s thought on the circumstances of the late elections . "Without any means of influence whatever ^ except the circulation of a mutilated , persecuted , and divided press , a few hundreds of placards , and the necessary bulletins , the Liberal Opposition , although

      disorganised , mustered more than ninety-six thousand votes . The Government obtained a hundred and ten thousand ; but from this number serious deductions must be made . " We will lay no stress upon rumours , but will confine ourselves to absolute and unquestionable facts . We will , therefore , suppose that there were not—as we have heard , upon excellent authority—several thousands of blank bulletins deposited in the balloting-urns , everv one of which was counted in favour of

      the Government . Such is the belief in Paris , as well as that the boxes were illegally opened after the first day ' s voting ; but we will dismiss these surmises altogether . The Government , then , with a body of fifteen thousand paid electoral agents in the capital alone—who all voted , unlimited pecuniary resources , a complete command over the press , and innumerable facilities for acting upon public opinion , may be assumed to have obtained the suffrages of a

      hundred and ten thousand citizens . Deduct from these sis thousand serpents de ville , the municipal guard , the religious corporations , the multitude of servants attached to the Imperial household , to the grand officers of state and ceremony , to the Senate , to the Legislative Corps , and to the Hotel de Ville , the candidates for the cross of the Legion of Honour , th © tradesmen of the aeveral palaces and public institutions , the workmen in official employ , the keepers of pumps and

      parks , and the military garrison ot Pans ; say nothing about the votes of cowards who were intimidated , and of imbeciles who were bewildered , and fifty thousand suffrages may be aefc down as official , semiofficial , or compulsory . On which side , then , is the triumph V On that of the Government , with fifteen thousand paid ngeutis , regiments of military voters , vast establishments of men obedient to its will , which polla a hundred and ten thousand : or on that of the

      Opposition , which ^ has not a single free organ which worked its agencies in secret , wfeich held no meetings , which dared not publis its manifesto , which could not compel , single vote , which was unable to expose tC character of the Imperial candidates , and which received the tribute of ninety six thousand voluntary , uupurchased suffrages ' r There were a hundred and fifty thousand abstainers . By some they are claimed in a body as belonging to the Opposition . ' "We prefer not to go so far ; let . half of them be

      conceded to indifference ; we ' will set down seventy-five thousand as not eager to denounce the Empire , though certainly not anxious to support it , and the other seventy-five thousand as enemies of Louis Napoleon , too inveterate and too determined upon his overthrow to recognize his political existence by taking part in the electoral actions of the Empire . We regret the policy of abstention ; but , wherever adopted , it signifies the deepest ' hatred of the despotism that rules in Prance . The fairest calculation , therefore , gives the following result : —

      354 , 000 electors in Paris—200 , 000 hostile . 75 , 000 indifferent or doubtful . 50 , 000 official , or officially compelled . 25 , 000 or 30 , 000 Bonapartists . Add forty thousand struck off the electoral lists as ' suspects , ' and imagine whole quarters full of voters under threat of transportation , and such is Paris ' satisfied . ' We ask

      again , on which side is the victory ? By few persons , even politicians , was a movement of opinion so clear and powerful anticipated . It lias cheered the minds of those who since 1851 have been desponding , and it comes at a time when , instead of being alone , as during tbe Russian war , we perceive our own invariable estimate of the Empire , to which we have adhered through good and evil report , asserted by an overwhelming majority of journalists in Great Britain . In Francewhatever have been the results of

      , the elections in the provinces , the example ot Paris cannot be without a lasting and farspread effect . Should the imperial system survive five more years of financial difficulty . of dear food , discontented workmen , and official quarrelling , we shall see whether Louis Napoleon will dare once more to confront universal suffrage . He cannot conceal , even the Doubs

      from the dead-eyed peasantry of , the return of Cayaignac , Oabnot , and Goudchatjx ; the rural population will take a hint from the metropolis , and it cannot be many years before the spirit of opposition Btir & even in the Legislative Chambers of the Empire . It may be expected that , when another opportunity occurs , the policy of abstention will be almost entirely abandoned . Bvorj

      one now admits that , had the Pans opposition voted en masse , a majority of the circumscriptions must hare been carried against uie Government ; as it was , the Liberals gamed a positive majority intra tnuroa ; perhaps tni three districts which have to renew the contest may now amend their tactics and struggle lor one or two additional successes . The recent election , in spite of long preparations , was managed in a hurry , in consequence ot an unfortunate misunderstanding which arose iwtween the independent committee and certain

      conductors of the Opposition press ; under rw present regime , as is well known , it is aiiuowi to form political combinations ; the police agent and the spy are too active , and coruption has crept too far into the vitala ot society . Have we- exaggerated , then , m sry - ing that Paris has declared against kovia Napoleon ? Modify the calculation * . » you please , it does nofc give hun a bond JMt n » jority } it will not bo denied , we suppo , that his serffonts- de-vMe—municxm } olhcew , military garrison , the servants of his » ° "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27061857/page/12/