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      the Larbert Junction by ordinary tram . From Larbert she travelled by a special train along the recently-opened branch ( the Stirlingshire Midland Junction ) of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to Polmont , occupying a royal saloon carriage , provided by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company . At Ratho , several carriages were in ¦ waiting to convey her royal highness and suite to Dalrnahoy House , where she remained all night , and proceeded from Batho per rail next morning , to join the express which leaves the North British station for London at a quarter to ten o ' clock .

      The Duchess of Gloucester has presented to her godson , Master Edward Gloucester Murray Colston , the son and heir of EdwaTd Colston , Esq ., and the lineal descendant of the illustrious philanthropist of Bristol , a handsome gold cup on a pedestal , engraved with her Royal Highness ' s arms and cypher on one side , and the young gentleman ' s underneath it . This gratifying present was accompanied by a splendid Bible , with Apocrypha and references , bound in purple and gold , with his name written in full length by her Royal Highness , to which the Royal Princess ' s crown and cypher are attached .

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      Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence is about to establish a district military school at Portsmouth , for soldiers to undergo a course of military instruction in engineering and tactics . During a recent tour in Scotland , Lord Carlisle , in company with the Honourable and Reverend F . R . and Lady Elizabeth Grey , presented himself for admittance into the regalia-room in Edinburgh Castle , without the requisite order from the Lord Provost ' s office . The warder at the foot of the stairs refused admittance to the party , but was ultimately induced to allo w his lordship to pass upon his representation that he was one of her Majesty ' s Ministers . Mr . and Lady Elizabeth Grey , however , not being able to advance the same claim to distinction , were prevented following his lordship by the scrupulous porter , who , upon his lordship ' s disappearancestraightway enquired , " What kirk has he ? " He

      , was informed that the gentleman he had just admitted was " one of the Queen ' s civil Ministers . " " Ou aye , " ¦ was the reply , " dootless an unco ceevil man he is ; but ¦ whar does he preach ? " Mr . Grey said he -was one of her Majesty ' s State Ministers , and that it was Lord Carlisle who had just passed up stairs . Just at this point of the conversation the earl , who had found it less difficult to make the functionary up stairs understand who he really was , returned to summon his sister and Mr . Grey to join him , when he was most respectfully saluted by the lay minister of her Majesty at the bottom of the steps as the Lord Bishop of Carlisle—a mistake countenanced by a " wide-awake " which his lordship ¦ wore , and which the worthy man supposed to be the ecclesiastical " shovel . "— Durham Advertiser .

      A rumour that Lord Gifford had met with a fatal accident while hunting turns out to have been a very harmless affair . It appears that while his lordship was hunting in Herefordshire the other day , the fox took refuge in a pit overhanging a brook , Lord Gifford having jumped off his horse to look at the earth and cheer his hounds , ¦ wa s immediately assailed by some hundreds of hornets , which the hounds had disturbed from their nests in an old ash pollard , attracted by his red coat . Upon throwcovered with hun

      ing down his cap it was immediately - dreds of hornets . He rushed up the opposite bank , called off his hounds and desired the first whipper-in to gallop away with the horses for fear of their being stung , but not before he had got several bad stings in the back of his head , his hands , and the back of his neck . After mounting his horse again , the pain became so intense that it caused him to faint away ; but on the stings being extracted , he soon recovered , and was enabled to find another fox at Trebandy , and , after an hour ' s

      running , to kill him . Lord Northland has issued an address of thanks to his constituents of Dungannon , dated at Madeira , where his lordship is at present , for their second return of him as their representative in Parliament , and expresses some hope of being able in the next session to attend his duties in their service . . The election of a member for the representation of the county of Montgomery , in the room of the late Right Honourable Charles Wynn , took place at the Shire-hall , Machynllcth , yesterday ( Friday ) , when Mr . Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn , nephew of the deceased member , was returned without opposition .

      Dr . Townscnd , the newly appointed Bishop of Meath , is the son of Thomas Townsend , Esq ., barrister , who was for several years the proprietor and editor of a newspaper called The Correspondent , now merged in the Dublin Evening Packet , and son-in-law of a gentleman named Spread , of Limerick , who , before his death , had been long the land agent of the Marquis of Lansdownc . It is now decided that Gibson is to execute the statue voted by the House of Commons to the memory of the late Sir Robert Pool , and which is to be placed in Westminster Abbey . Of course this statue will be chiselled at Rome , whore Gibson hus resided for some years past . The Manchester statue has not yet been given to any sculptor , notwithstanding the reports circulated to that effect . The Birmingham statue has been given to Mr . Hollins , whose studio is at present in Birmingham . The same artist is also selected to furnish a statue of the deceased statesman at Liehfield , of blue Sicilian marble .

      The AUa California describes " a specimen of gold , bearing the most striking likeness to the caricatures of Lord Hrougham . It is about two inches long , and the resemblance is most perfect . It would throw all the lovers of fun in London into ccstacics of delight . " Mr . Samuel Uogors is among ovir recent arrivals . We arc happy to say that the venerable poet is in good health , although Rtill PuflVring from the effects of his late accident . —Jiriyhton Gazette . Captain Domasywiuki , a distinguished Russian officer ,

      is now visiting the royal dockyards by Admiralty permission , and orders have been issued by their Lordships for every attention to be paid to him .

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      The Countess de Neuilly having received the most alarming accounts of the health of her daughter , the Queen of the Belgians , left Claremont , on Saturday , for Ostend , accompanied by the Duchesse d'Orleans , the Duchesse Auguste de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , the Due de Nemours , the Prince de Joinville , and the Due d'Aumale . The latest accounts relating to the Queen of the Belgians were of such a nature as leave no hope of her recovery . The Patrie of Tuesday says : — ' At the moment when the members of the Orleans family , who had left Claremont for Brussels , were about to embark for Ostend , a despatch by electric telegraph brought them news of the departure from Pari 3 for Claremont ot MM . Thiers and Casimer Perier . The Duchess of Orleans and the Duke de

      Nemours immediately returned to Claremont . It is presumed that some important intimation must have been given to those illustrious personages to induce their return , especially when it is considered that the object of their departure was to see a dying relative . The Paris correspondent of the Globe , after having suggested some doubts as to the success attributed to the negotiations carried on by M . Salvandy between the two branches of the Bourbon family , adds , that nevertheless the Due de Nemours had written to the Comte de Chambord that " the happiest day of his life would be that on which he could place his sword at the service of the Comte . " The Morning Post affirms that the fact of any letter having been addressed by the Due de Nemours to the Comte de Chambord is a pure invention .

      A service for the dead to the memory of Queen Hortense Beauharnais , Comtesse de St . Leu , and ex-Queen of Holland , was celebrated on Saturday in the parish church . of Reuil , near Paris , where she and the Empress Josephine are interred . The church , was hung with black for the occasion . At eleven o ' clock the President of the Republic , attended by his " brilliant staff" arrived at Reuil . A battalion of the 37 th Regiment , which is stationed in the village , were under arms to receive him , together with the National Guard of the place . The President was very well received , both at his arrival and departure , and the cries of " Vive Napoleon " were loud and unanimous .

      M . Guizot , who arrived in Paris on Tuesday , presided on Thursday at the weekly meeting of the French Academy . It is said that he is going to take part in the redaction of the Journal des Debats , and that he will sign his articles . The name of M . de Lamartine is also mentioned as about to figure among the contributors to the Siecte ; and other notabilities , political and literary , are given out as on the point of descending into the arena of the daily press . This coming forward of men of authority is the result of the obligation to sign in the law of the press , which has urged directors and proprietors of newspapers to seek big names to dazzle the public . Madame de Vaines , a niece of M . Guizot , who was so severely burnt a few days ago at the chateau of Villelouet , in consequence of her dress taking fire , has died from the effect of the accident . She was only in her 25 th

      year . Queen Christina attended with her husband at the hermitage of Nuestra Senora de Rianzares on the 29 th ultimo . The image of the Virgin was carried in grand procession from Tarancon , the clergy , authorities , and inhabitants joining in the procession . Queen Christina went out to receive it , and it was deposited in the hermitage , and service was performed ; after which the Queen-Mother and Duke of Rianzares returned to their palace at Tarancon . The Northern Gazette says that the marriage of the Emperor of Austria with the Princess Sophia of Saxe is positively arranged to take place immediately . A Bohemian journal states that Baron Rothschild will probably undertake the greater part , if not the whole , of the Venetian loan .

      The Gotha Life Assurance Society , in which General Haynau ' s life is assured for a considerable sum , has just called upon him to choose whether he will retire instantly from active military service or renounce his interest in the association . Mr . James , the novelist , is lecturing at Boston at present . He has not been very well attended , which is partly to be attributed to the prevailing excitement , and partly to the fact that lectures here have had their day . Some four or five years ago , lectures , lectures , lectures , were the rage ; and there was not then a theatre , or scarcely any other kind of amusement tolerated . The Jenny Lind mania rages as wildly as ever . Six concerts have now been given in New York , producing nearly 140 , 000 dollars . It is said that the lair songstress , notwithstanding her munificent liberality , hus been worried and pestered to death by individual and society-beggars of all kinds—both personally and by letter . She receives on an average 120 letters per diem .

      We see from the American papers that the Hutchinson family , including sister Abby , have gone west by way of Catskill , Hudson , &c , to Albany , ami that they proceed by way of Syracuse , Rochester , Buffalo , Cleveland , Detroit , and Chicago , to Milwaukee , Galena , and St . Louis , returning by Louisville , Oincinuaui , and Pittsburgh . They will generally sing but one evening in a place , except in the large cities , the time of their absence being limited . We are glad to learn that there is some probability of their visiting London during the summer of 18 ( 51 . If they do , we can assure them they will meet with a hearty reception .

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      The Daily News , in an article on the investigation into the affair at the Ordnance School at Curshaltou , says , " We are glad to learn that the offences charged against these youths are not of that terrible character which might be surmised from the * uncertain givings out' some journals . " At a public meeting held at the Sussex-hall , Leadenhall-street , on Wednesday , chiefly consisting of members of the Jewish persuasion , it was resolved ' to murk the appreciation of the present generation of the virtues and charitable spirit which characterized the late linroness de Rothschild , and at the same time perpetuate her memory by the establishment of a scholarship in connection with one of the Jewish schools , under the title of the * Hannah Rothschild Scholarship . ' "

      A public mooting was held at the Crown lavrrn , Clerkenwell-green , on Wednesday evening , to devise means of resisting a new church rate made by the trustees of the parish on the 18 th ultimo . Mr . W . Mason , a poor-law guardian , proposed a resolution expressing surprise and indignation at the intolerant conduct of the trustee board in attempting to levy another obnoxious rate for cnurch purposes , and characterizing the act as unnecessary as well as illegal . Alter considerable discussion as to the legality or illegality of the rate , the resolution was carried unanimously , and on the motion of Mr . Bennett , seconded by Mr . . Moore , the meeting pledged itself to aid by every means in its power a determined opposition to the rate .

      A public meeting was held in the Ipmprnince Hall , Westminster , on Monday evening , for the purpose of hearing some " astounding and startling (' nets relative to the horrid and cruel treatment" received by Messrs . John Shaw , John Bez r , " late of Newgate ; " John Fussell , ? ' late of Tothill-fields Prison ; " and James Bryson and George Shill , '" ln o of llorsemonger-lanc Gaol . " The chair was taken by Mr . Hannibal . Mr . J . Arnott , Secretary of the National Charter Association , read a letter which had been conveyed , he said , by stealth il

      from one of the prisoners in Tothill-hVlds Prison , ; stated that Jones , Vcrnon , mid Fussell had been confined in stone cells all day , between which nixl solitary confinement there wan no difference . Williams and the writer had been associated with thieves ami the worst of vagabonds ; they were not allowed a fire , nor enough of food . The food Uiey had was vc-ry coarse , and they were never permitted to louk each other ia the face , or to the right or left . In fact they had experienced all the horrors of the silent system , and the letters they had written complaining of this treatment had been suppressed by

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      Foreign Affairs , but , being already decorated with the same order , he placed it in the hands of his Sovereign who handed the treasure over to Prince Ischitella . From all this it will be seen on what amicable terms the Cabinet and President of the French Republic stand with , that of despotic Naples , where the Government prints are continually abusing Republicanism in every shape . AH the persons implicated in the riots of Clionselal Mirimande , and other villages in the Drome , and who in *

      consequence of the opposition offered to their arrest by the population , succeeded in escaping , are now in custody , many having surrendered themselves , and no further obstacle being encountered in the arrest of the others . The only exception is Soubeyran , whose escape we narrated in last week ' s Leader . The daring fellow has not since been seen ; though it is not believed that he perished in the Rhone , but that he has found a refuge amongst the hills of the Mezen and the Loire .

      The Monitetir publishes a decree of the President of the Republic , opening a credit to the Minister of the Interior to the amount of 103 , 000 f ., for the purcha . se of a portion of the paintings of the late King of Holland , which are to be placed in the museum of the Louvre , The Statuto of Florence has been suspended for having in its leader of the 18 th ultimo " insinuated that the Tuscan Government directs the public administration , not according to the rules of the existing laws , but by the aid of a material force . " Prince de Schwartzenberg , President of the Council of Ministers of Austria , left Vienna on the 3 rd for Bregentz , where , says the Breslait Gazette , all the kings of Germany , with the exception of those of Prussia and Hanover , are to assemble .

      The grand ascension of the aeronaut Montemayor , who announces that he has discovered a certain mode of directing a balloon , is fixed for the 19 th of November . He will attempt to proceed from Madrid to London . The Berlin papers state that the Constitutionnelle Zeitung has been suppressed by the Prussian Government . The rumours of new plans for the invasion of Cubarumours that have been mentioned in the American papers , and in the letters of well-informed Spaniards residing in the United States—keep the Spanish Government in a perpetual state of alarm . They have received information from Lieutenant-General Mirasol that proves to them that they hold their most valuable colony on a very precarious tenure . Mirasol proposes to fortify Havannah and the seven principal seaports , and to send an additional 12 , 000 men , and to buy several steam-boats to guard the coast .

      The Neapolitan official journal informs the public that the King of the Two Sicilies has sent the order of St , Ferdinand and Merit to the President of the French Republic , the order of St . Gcnnaro to the Minister of War , and other decorations to oflicial friends of Louis Napoleon . The same journal states that the amiable Prince has responded by conferring the Legion oi TTrmrmr nn Ca . v . Fortunato . the NetiDolitan Minister oi

      The American steamer Pacific , which left New York on the 29 th ultimo , arrived at Liverpool on Thursday morning . She was advertized to sail on the previous day ; but , when about to leave the wharf , her paddlebox came in contact with a shed , by which a gentleman named Walker was killed , and several other injured . Some of her floats having been knocked off , it was considered advisable to detain her until the following morning . The intelligence received by her is not oi" much importance .

      The forty-first anniversary of the American Board of Foreign Missions took place three weeks ago at O-wego , New York . The last year ' s receipts amounted to 251 , 862 dollars , and the last years expenditure to 253 , 329 . The board is in debt to the extent of 81 , 071 dollars .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 12, 1850, page 678, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1856/page/6/