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    512 ______ ---J!l!!L*L^^ 29, 1885,

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    MISCELLANEOUS. Txie Court.—Prince Albert...

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    Me Licantile Marine. A Brae Rusl)Ov,\' I...

    partments bv longitudinal and athwart-ship bulkheads , which are so " placed as to add greatly to her strength and safety in case of accident . A steam yacht of one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty tons ia being built by Mr . Laird of the same material .

    512 ______ ---J!L!!L*L^^ 29, 1885,

    512 ______ ---J ! l !! L * L ^^ 29 , 1885 ,

    Miscellaneous. Txie Court.—Prince Albert...

    MISCELLANEOUS . Txie Court . —Prince Albert and suite landed at the dockyard , from Osborne , shortly after six on Thursday evening , and proceeded to Dover en route for the Continent . He was accompanied by her Majesty in the royal yacht Fairy , as far as the dockyard , and , after taking leave , landed at the Royal Stairs . Her Majesty left the harbour about a quarter-past six on her return to Osborne , receiving on entrance and exit the usual salutes . Retirement of JIh . Justice Coleridge . — Mr . Justice Coleridge , who has sat for three-and-twenty years as one of the Judges of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , is about to retire , and will be succeeded by Mr . Hugh Hill , Q . C ., who was called to the bar in 18-11 , and who is about sixty vears of age .

    Strike ix Youkshike . —A strike has taken place among some of the colliers in Yorkshire . They demand higher wages and more time for the improvement of their moral and intellectual condition . Fire . —A fire burst out last Saturday morning on the premises called Charlton Wharf , the property of Sir Thomas Wilson and of the Messrs . Hoare , the brewers , but let to a Mr . Ayler , a rope-maker . The engines were quickly on the spot , the " call" having been received by electric telegraph ; and the flames were at length extinguished by the firemen and police . The cause of the misfortune is unknown , and the total amount of loss is variously estimated ; but a good deal of the building was destroyed , and the furniture -was considerably damaged .

    Stajived Cheques . —The bill imposing a penny stamp on cheques came into operation on Tuesday morning . In . cases where money is paid across the counter to the drawer of a cheque himself , such cheque being " to self , " and not to order , no stamp is requisite , the cases contemplated in the various Stamp Acts being those only in which a third party is concerned , and which are held to arise out of transactions of profit . Transfer tickets for Customs and other payments issued by bankers against stamped cheques for the sake of security are also exempt .

    Suicide in Chester Castle . —The son of a labouring man at Seacombe , near Chester , named Littler , recently ran away from home in order to escape some punishment with which he was threatened for misconduct . He returned , however , the following day , and was soon afterwards apprehended by a police officer on a charge of stealing some bottles of wine and a writingdesk . Littler was subsequently examined before the Wallasey magistrates on this charge , and was committed to Chester Castle for twenty-one days . On the second day of his imprisonment , he learned that his mother had been taken seriously ill in consequence of his apprehension , and he therefore begged to be allowed to go home and see her . The officers of the prison in vain attempted to calm the boy's feelings ; his grief at not being with his mother was beyond control , and at length brought on a fit . He was last seen alive at three o ' clock one

    afternoon by the deputy-governor of the prison . When the gaoler went into hia cell with liis tea at six o ' clock the same evening , he found the lad hanging suspended from a hook in the Avail . Life was quite extinct , and on a slate in the cell a few words were written by the boy to his parents , saying that he should die if they did not come to see him . An inquest was held , and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity , caused by excessive grief . " The ruNEUAi , Car of the First Nai « oleon . —From the circumstances of the long lapse of timo and the spoliation b y visitors since the funeral carof the Emperor

    Napoleon was placed in the Royal Repository at Woolwich , coupled witli the fact of there being no records nor sketch specifying the precise state in which tho relic waa received after the funeral in St . Helena , some difficulty has beeu experienced in ascertaining tho peculiar species of drapery aad other ornaments with which the car was decorated at the time , tho whole of which are now wanting . At length , however , a veteran soldier—one James Cooper , eighty-three years of age has been found at Bcxley Heath , who has given the required information . He was at the funeral of the great conqueror , and can recollect all tho details sought for .

    Mr . Poli-ock , lato Judge of the Liverpool County Court , died on Thursday . Pkofkssok Max MUllkk . —The follows of All Souls College , Oxford , have elected Professor Max Miillcr a fellow . By tho new ordinance the fellows are itllotvcd to elect professors to fellowships without examination . These fellowships arc tenable for life , and are not vacated by marriage . Pkotestant Aumanck . —Tho seventh annual meeting of this Bociety was held on Monday at tho Frcemntton ' s Hall . Tho Karl of ShaftcRlmry presided , nnd tho report stated that the alliance has made successful roprcsentutions to tho Privy Council on the subject of luce ' s Outlines of English History , but hns failed in its attempts to

    induce-the-Society of Arts to take tlie same vJew of the work complained of . It is still engaged on the general question of the Privy Council school-books . A correspondence lias also been carried on with the authorities of Oxford University respecting Luigard ' s History of England , -which the examiners in law and modern history had recommended ; and the result is , that the recommendation has been set aside . Mr . SruKGEON ' s New Chafel . —Mr . Spurgeon and his congregation have at last fixed on a site fox the large chapel they are about to erect . The spot they have chosen is the open space opposite the Elephant and Castle . The ground belongs to the Fishmongers' Company , and they are to receive a ground-rent of 150 / . for it / The building will be speedily commenced .

    The Roitai . Geographical , Societv . — The annual meeting of this society was held on Monday nt Burlington-house , the President , Sir Roderick Murohison , in the chair , lie detailed to a numerous audience the progress of the society during the past year , and concluded by investing with the medals awarded them Mr . Alexander Dallas Baehe , of the United States , and Captain Collinson , of Arctic fame . In thee ' vening , about one hundred and twenty of . the members attended the dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern , Sir Roderick Murchison again presiding . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦• .. ¦ New Si : itjEANTS-AT-LAW . —Mr . Petersdorff and Mr . Payne ( of the Home Circuit ) , Mr . Cross ( of the Northern Circuit ) , and Mr . Tozer ( of the Norfolk Circuit ) , have been raised to the rank of serjeants-at-law , and were on . Friday week sworn in before the Lord Chancellor , in his private room in the House of Lords .

    Major-General Sir Archdai , e Wilson , of Delhi , has arrived in town from India ; It is the intention of the members of the Oriental Club to give a banquet to celebrate the return of the gallant officer . Lord ' .. Siiaftesbuktc ' s Sabbath Observance . —The Earl of Shiiftesbury writes to the Times to < leny that he attended a meeting- on Sunday at Cambridge House . He says : — - " I did not attend any , meeting on the Sunday alluded to , or on any other Sundays either at Cambridge House or elsewhere . " Lard Derby also writes to deny that ( as stated by Lord Shaftesbury } he had said that his Lordship had attended the meeting . The Premier ' s precise w ords were : — " I do not know whether he attended it . " Lord Shaftesbury , however , quotes some further lines from , his Lordship ' s speech , containing what he conceives to be an inuendo to the effect that he -was at Cambridge House on the Sunday in question . of

    COMJU ^ siON Lunacy . — An inquiry has taken place into the condition of mind of the Kev . Mr . Leach . The chief grounds on which his sanity waa doubted appear to have been that he entertained peculiar religious opinions ( believing himself to be inspired by the Holy Spirit ); that he contemplated marrying his servant-maid ; that he treated his domestics on terms of equality ; that he sang hymns in the intervals of cardplaying ; and that he was in the habit of firing pistols in his garden , to the danger of the passers-by . 11 is mother caused him to be shut up in a lunatic asylum for several months , and he complains greatly of her cruelty in so - acting . Mr . Chambers , Q . C ., in speaking : on behalf of Mr . Leach , contended that the inquiry was ) instituted for the purpose of obtaining the money possessed by that gentleman . The inquiry ( after spreading over some days ) ended in a decision that Mr . Leach is perfectly sane .

    Heal . tm op London . — The deaths registered in London , which in each of tho two previous weeks were about 1050 , rose in tho last week , ending Saturday , May 22 nd , to 1082 . In the ten years , 1848-57 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with lust week waa 1030 ; bat , as tho deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , they can only be compared with the average , after the latter is raised in a degree proportionate to the increase , a correction which will make it 1132 . Hence it is seen that the actual number of deaths now returned is less by 50 than the number which would have occurred if the nvevage

    rate of mortality , « s calculated for the third week of May , had prevailed . Six persons who had attained tho ago of ninety years and upwards were registered in the week , the two oldest of whom were a man , aged ninetysix years , who died in Great Dover-street , Newington , and a woman , aged ninety-seven , in lieaiunont-street , Marylel ) one . Besides these , a labourer ' s widow died at tho ago of one hundred years , at 4 , Pratt-allcy , Whitechapel . —Last week , tho births of 8 ' 1 G boys and 779 girls , in all 1 G 25 children , were registered in London . In the ton corresponding woolcs of the years 1848-57 , tho average number was 1548 . —From , the liegixtrar-General ' s Weekly Jielwn .

    Tjik : Ilon . sic Tamkii . —Mr . Rarcy gave u lecture on horso-taming , on Monday , at his school in Kinnertonstrect . The once savage , but now docile horse , Cruiser , was exhibited ; and two or three unruly beasts were tamed in tho sight of the audience , and brought to such a point of good breeding as to do anything they were bid nnd to follow Mr . Rurey about with all the affection of n dog . A savage zebra was also introduced , and at first appalled tho audience by tho fierceness of his yells and hiB demeanour ; but Mr . Karey compelled liiin to Ho down , and considerably , though not entirely , quelled

    the perilous wildness of his manners . The amr *" were highly delighted with the proceedings , aml recS Mr . Karey with enthusiasm . The horse-tamer is ah to visit Manchester , Liverpool , and Scotland . The Cape of Good Hora . —Advices from the Can » up to April 20 th , have been received during the wpa The hostilities between the Tree States and Mofi have resulted in a slight advantage on the side of th Boers , who have killed thirty natives . Owing totF state of things , Sir George Grey seems unwilling to avail himself of the leave of absence granted him . Everyftin is quiet in Kafiirland , and most of the savages wl /" recently escaped from Amsterdam Fort have been ie taken . One had travelled eight hundred miles towards his old station near Fort Murray .

    The Sham Italian Coxpkrences . —Count Awivabene transmits to the papers declarations ( to the effect that they knew nothing of the alleged Italiau Conferences in London ) , from Count Vitaliano Uorromeo , and Signors Luigi Carlo Farini and Cesare Corventi , Deputies to the Picdmontese Parliament . The Irish impostor it is thought , has once before imposed on people by pretending to be a French nobleman . . . - ¦ A Working Men's Estebtaixmext . —An entertainment was given at the Crystal Palace , on ¦ Monday , to the working men of Bermondsey and their families by their employers . A substantial dinner was provided and the chair was taken by Mr . JV 1 $ . Uevington , faced by Dr . Challice ; and these gentlemen were supported by a number of the clergy and principal inhabitants of the neighbourhood .

    Mh . Jame ' s Tuknki :, of Thrush Grove , near Glasgow —a well-known Liberal politician in the stormy days at the early part of the present century—died on Thursday week at the great age of ninety . WiLHEtMiNE Clauss . — -Madame Szarvady ' s second Matinee \ vas given at Willis ' s Booms on Monday afternoon . The saloon was brilliantly crowded , and the exquisite grace and feeling of the charming and renowned pianist ' s playing was acknowledged with a murmur of delight that found a vent from time to time ia irrepressible applause .

    . Musical . Union . - — There was an extraordinary gathering in St . James ' s Hall on Tuesday afternoon , at the bidding of Mr . Ella , to hear Joachim and Rubinstein play Beethoven's Grand Sonata in A minor , commonly called the Kreutzer Sonata , and a more magnificent performance was never listened to by mortal ears . Signor Piatti played a charming solo on tie violoncello on the' theme of Schubert ' s Utania , and the concert concluded with Beethoven's wonderful Septet , in which , besides Joachim , Piatti , and Mr . Dlagrove , Mr . Ilowell , Mr . Barrett , Mr . Lazarus , Mr . Jfausser , and Mr . C . Harper , from the Royal Italian Opera orchestra , played the contrabasso , oboe , clarionet , bassoon , and horn , and the musical qualities of the new Hall were tested to advantage .

    Her Majesty's Tiiicatiib . —Mozart ' s Nozze di Figaro will be produced to-night , with Mademoiselle Titiens as 27 te Countess , and Mademoiselle Piccolomiui as Susttunali . ' Royal , Italian Opkka . —La Traciata was produced on Tuesday for the rentre ' e of Madame liosio , with Gardoni and Graziani as Alfredo and Gtirmont . The opera was played again on Thursday , and to-night the Jlwjmnots will be repeated . Deceptions at Tin-: Atusuikk Show . —A discovery was made on tho morning after the show at Ayr that the two-year-old bull , for which the first prize had been awarded , had been decorated for the occasion with a pair of

    false horns . The deceptive work had been neatly done , A thin band of gutta percha was put round the base ot the horns and fastened by some adhesive substance , ami the hair was carefully placed over it . The skin of the animal had been punctured behind the shoulder , and air blown in to prevent a slight hollow being observed . The third animal in the same class had also been altered in appearance by puncturing and blowing . Thcoflbnding person is very properly excluded from showing stock again in Ayr , and the . directors further resolved that the cas « should bo laid before the Procurator Fiscal for the Crown counsel to decide whether or not tho offender should bo criminally prosecuted . —Caledonian Ha'cury . This Usitkb KiMnnnur Ay . t . iatm'ic . —A meeting of

    the members of this alliance—which has for its object the passing in England of an act similar to tho Maine Liquor Law of America—took place on Wednesday «' Exeter Hall , when resolutions were pulsed ami speeches made in accordance with the proposed object . -DkITKAT Oh' THIS ClIUKCH-UATK PAUTV AX WITH * nau > . —At tho Chorloy petty sessions , on Tuesday , several persons were summoned for u non-payment of a church-rate to tho parish of Witlmall , a vlUug 0 ' miles from Chorley . Mr . W . P . Robert * , of . Manchester , appeared for twelve of the defendants , and took tliret objections to tho rate . One objection was , that u meeting had been held in May last year , to lay « rute , aiw the proposition was then defeated . The present rii wua laid at a meeting- held in December l «» t- * ' Roberta contended that liio churchwarden * were , / «»<• » iw

    qfficio by the defeat in May . The second objection Vf , that part of the rate was made for tho purpose ol p" " chasing a hearse , which he contended could not I ) O 9 l ? l V bu supposed , by any sophistry , to be a portion ol

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29051858/page/8/