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      existence were occupied by the revolutionary incidents which occurred in 1849 at Pernambuco , which prevented it at once turning its attention to the slavetrade question . But it lost no time in doing so ; and in the spring of 1850 the Brazilian navy was directed to capture slavers . Several captures had been made , when , in July , 1850 , the Sharpshooter arrived from England , bringing orders to Admiral Reynolds and his officers to capture vessels equipped , or being equipped , in Brazilian -waters ; and , if necessary , to resort to violence in . cutting them out Under

      these orders , the Riflemen seized a Brazilian ship under the guns of Paranagua , and battered down the fort when its officers ventured to protect the property of their sovereign ' s subjects . These orders and their accompanying violence , of course , excited great indignation in Brazil ; and public feeling would , in all probability , have overthrown the new policy of the Government , had not Mr . Hudson , the British Minister at Rio , and Admiral Reynolds interposed and assumed a responsibility at variance with the instructions from home .

      A conference took place between Mr . Hudson and Senhor Paulino de Souza , the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs , on the 13 th of July , 1850 , at which the then state of affairs relative to the slave trade , the new policy of Brazil , and the new orders of the British cruisers , were largely discussed , and certain arrangements were concluded . Unfortunately the results of the conference were not reduced to writing , and there is some difference of statement as to their precise intent between Mr . Hudson and Senhor de

      Souza . Substantially , however , they come to this ; that on the latter undertaking that the Brazilian Government should vigorously go on capturing slavers and liberating newly imported slaves , and that every effort should be made by the Brazilian Ministry to induce the Brazilian Chambers to pass laws of additional stringency for the punishment of all persons engaged in the African slave trade , Mr . Hudson and Admiral Reynolds agreed , on their own authority , to suspend the orders received by the Sharpshooter . On the 15 th Senhor De Souza conciliated the Chants

      bers , with a view to the proposed legislation , by announcing " that he had well founded , hopes that the violence committed in the territory of the empire would cease ; " and before this announcement the public excitement gave way , and the Imperial Cabinet regained sufficient power to persist in it 9 policy . In further pursuance of its undertaking of the 13 th of July , the Imperial Cabinet introduced and procured legislative sanction to the slave-trade law of the 4 th of September , 1850 , which renders the laws against persons engaged in the African slave trade as severe in Brazil as in any other country either in Europe or America . The execution of those laws is confided to a special judicial establishment ;

      Brazilian cruisers at sea , and Brazilian police and soldiery all along the coasts of the empire are directed to put them in force ; and to secure popularity for them , Government has encouraged the formation of anti-slavery societies . The consequences of this new policy were , that in the year 1850 no fewer than 2000 slaves , either taken on board slavers by Brazilian cruisers or Africans newly imported which had been seized by the police , have been liberated ; that some six or seven slave ships have been captured and condemned ; that criminal proceedings have been instituted against some of the larger slave dealers , and there lias been a panic amonsat and a large

      emigration of that interest in Portugal . In short , the Imperial Cabinet had every reuson to suppose that its proceedings , under the arrangements of July 1 . 3 , were eminently satisfactory to the British Government : when , on the 10 th of January last , Mr . Hudson , in an interview , required of Senhor de Souza , that Brazilian forts on the coast should be considered as men of war , and that British cruisers should have a right to claim their co-operation against Brazilian vessels lying under the guns of the

      forts ; or , in oilier words , that Brazilian forts should be placed at the disposition of British men-of-war , and made to act against Brazilian property . This Htrange request Senhor do Souza declined to entertain . And next ( lay , on the 11 th of Janunry , 1851 , Mr . Hudson addressed a long and formal note to him , charging the Brazilian government with having failed to fuliil the agreement of the 13 th of July preceding , and announcing that the suspension of the orders brought , out by the Sharpshooter to Admiral Reynolds had terminated .

      Senhor < le Souza replied to this document on the 28 th of Jimuarj' last , showing that England treated Brazil with civility when ulie was engaged in the ilave trade ; but now that she was determined to fluppresH it , England treated her with less than justice . But , in Hpite of this , Brazil will pernevere in her enli ghtened policy , even though England should retain the obHtacles she hao placed in her way . The anti-Hlavery party might crack this IJrazilian r . ut with Lord Pahnerston , much to the advantage of the country and their cause .

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      Mr . Dovvton , the inimitable comedian , whose , death took place last work , wiik born at Kxeter in I 7 ' >< - > eonnequently h <* w : ih in bin 8 Hth year . At tlio age of 10 he wiih articled to an architect , but . having performed Carlon in The Uv . venye at a private theatre with good huccchs , he wax induced to relinquish building Hiibstantial eamleti to erect certain ones in tho air , and joined a strolling company at Auhburton . II « wuh nubHequently engaged by Mr . llu # hcn , manager of tho Plymouth theatre . 11 ih first appearance at Diury-lane . was on tho lOtli of October , 17 M > , in the difficult character of Hlieva , in Cumberland ' s comedy of T / w Jew . Thin had long been a favourite part of Jiannititer'ti—KUiatou had iiIho marked it for hid own . Mr . Dowfon Htepped into t . h «; field , and , without taking tho laurel from either , honourably Hhnred

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      PERSONAL NKWH AND GOSSIT . Tho Exposition und its adjuncts are mill town talk . The visits of tho Queen , tho projected roviewn , tho Fancy Hall to be held at Buckingham Polaco in

      June , are among coming novelties ; while of actual facts we have the deaths in the peerage , the state ball and the drawing-room , both more splendid than usual , owing to the distinguished foreigners present . But the Park and the streets are as gay and interesting as the Court in this merry month of May , 1851 . The Queen held a Drawing-room ( the second this season ) at St James ' s Palace , o ~ n Tuesday afternoon . Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at two o ' clock from Buckingham Palace , attended by the royal suite and escorted by the Life Guards . The drawing-room was numerously attended . Among others present were the Prince and Princess of Prussia , Prince Frederick William of Prussia , Prince Henry of the Netherlands , and Prince

      Edward of Saxe Weimar . The Queen wore a train of buff watered silk , having flowers of white and yellow brocaded on it . The train was trimmed with tulle , yellow ribbon , and bunches of lilac , ornamented with diamonds . The petticoat was of white satin , with an upper skirt of blonde , triraed with bunches of lilac and tulle , and ornamented with diamonds , to correspond with the train . The head-dress was formed of diamonds and feathers , and a wreath , of lilacs . The PrinceBS of Prussia wore a train of blue silk , brocaded with silver , and trimmed with , bonquets of blue flowers , with diamond ornaments . The stomacher was also decorated with brilliants . The petticoat was of white watered silk , trimmed with flowers , to correspond with the train . The head-dress was composed of diamonds and feathers with flowers .

      The Queen gave a state ball at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening to a most numerous and brilliant court , invitations having been issued to about 2100 . Halfpast nine o ' clock was the hour named , but before that time the nobility and gentry began to arrive at Buckingham Palace . The diplomatic corps , with their wives and daughters , and the gentlemen of the respective legations , foreigners of distinction , the cabinet ministers , and other high functionaries of state , privy councillors , the ladies and gentlemen of the household of the Queen , the Prince Albert , and the members of the royal family , and the Queen ' s aides-de-camp , all alighting at the garden entrance of the palace , while the general circle of visitors entered the palace by the front central portico . The whole of the guests were ushered up the grand staircase to the state saloons , which were illuminated with the greatest brilliancy and splendour ; and to these were

      added on this occasion the Garter-room , and an adjoining apartment , leading into the south end of the magnificent Picture Gallery , and affording increased accommodation to the throng of company . The ball-room was prepared as en former occasions , a quadrille band being stationed in an orchestra , elevated within the alcove , reserved seats for the occupation of her Majesty and her circle being arranged on one side of the saloon . A second ball-room ( the Throne-room ) was also prepared for dancing , a quadrille band being placed within the Throne alcove , and reserved seats being elevated down the east side of the apartment . Both ball-rooms and all the state saloons , together with their approaches , were decorated with choice and fragrant shrubs and flowers , tastefully arranged in the angles and recesses . The Picture Gallery divided the two ball-rooms , and here the company assembled on thpir arrival until the entrance of her

      Majesty . Precisely at ten o ' clock the Queen and Prince Albert entered the White Drawing-room from the royal closet , and passed in to the Grand Saloon , which was then opened from the Picture Gallery , and the assembled company followed her Majesty and her august circle into the ball-room . The Lord Chamberlain having conducted the Queen to the ball-room , a quadrille was formed , and her Majesty opened the ball with the Prince of Prussia , the vis-a-vis being Prince Albert and the Princess of Prussia . Prince Henry of the Netherlands and the Duchesa of Argyll joined the quadrille . Refreshments were served to the company throughout the evening in the Green Drawing-room . A state supper was served in the principal dining-room , the repast comprising every rarity and delicacy .

      It is understood that the Queen intends to give a third state ball in the month of June next ; and that , for the encouragement of trade , her Majesty nan resolved that it nhall be a fancy bull . The costume will be the full dress of the Court of Kins Charles II ., from the Restoration in 1 GG 0 to 1686 . The choice of dress will not be limited to this country , but will include the Court costumes , of that period , of other European countries . By permission of the Queen , the privilege of admission to the royal pleasure grounds at Kew will be considerably extended during ; the present summer season . Prince Albrrt ' H proposal to adjust , by arbitration , his claims for the allodial rent due to him , has unexpectedly been rejected . The fiscal attorney ban entered his appeal at the Coburg Court , and insists on carrying on the . suit through all stages .

      lhe Karl of Uantry died at Ulengariff-lodge , county Cork , on Friday night , in bin eighty-fourth year . By his wife , Margaret Anne , daughter of William , first Hurl of Liwtowel , be had four houh and a daughter , the eldest of whom , Viscount Heerhaven , succeeds to the titles and estates of the deceased earl . Viscount Ueerhaven married , in October , lH . 'Hi , Lady Mary O'Uryen , third daughter of William Marquis of Thomoiw ) . Viscount Newry , M P . for Newry , died at Iuh residence , Carlton-terrace , on Tuesday , lie was the eldest mm of the Karl of Kilmorey , and was born in 181 . / . He married , in 18 . 'W , Anne Amelia , oldest , daughter of tho late Honourable Sir Charles Colville , U . C . I * ., ami by her han had isNue several children , including an infant born a few montliH wince .

      lhe death of Karl Cottenham , late Lord Chancellor , took place at tho small Iowa of Pietra Santa , in the Duchy of Luccii , on tho 29 th of April . ( Jharleti Cbriatopher Pepyw was born in the house of bin Iittber , in Great Rusaell-Ktreet , liloomsbury , in tho year 1781 . The family of Pepys waa originally seated » t IMhh , in the county of Norfolk ; but early in the sixteenth century it removed to Cottenham , in Cambridgeshire , from which

      place the noble and learned lord derived his title . Amongst his ancestors may be mentioned Samuel Pepys the author of the Diary , and Secretary of the Admiralty in the time of Charles the Second ; and Richard Pepys , who was appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in the year 1664 . William Weller Pepys , the father of the late Lord Chancellor , who held the office of a Master in Chancery , was created a baronet in the year 1801 . This baronetcy devolved upon the Earl of Cottenham , upon the death of his elder brother , without issue , in October , 1845 . After graduating at Cambridge , he entered Lincoln ' 8-inn as a student , and was called to the bar on the 23 rd of November , 1804 . Lord Elden , who was never slow in recognizing undoubted legal merit ,

      conferred upon him a silk gown in Michaelmas term , 1826 , and thenceforth from that period , up to his elevation to the bench , he was engaged in all those great contests in the Court of Chancery , in which his opponents were such men as Sir Edward Sugden , Sir James L . Knight Bruce , and the late Sir C . Wetherell . In 1830 he was appointed Solicitor-General to Queen Adelaide , and in 1834 was promoted to the office of Attorney-General . On the resignation of Lord Brougham , he was appointed Chief Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal , and in 1836 he was appointed Lord Chancellor . Heresigned that office in 1841 , and was again appointed lit 1846 , and continued to hold the Great Seal , until compelled to retire from office , through ill health , in Easter Term , 1850 .

      According to present arrangements a series of reviews , military inspections , and sham fights , will take place in the vicinity of the metropolis as soon as the weath er becomes more settled . The grand annual inspection of the household infantry , by Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington , is fixed to take place on Thursday , the 29 th instant . On the same day a review of the Royal Artillery , the Royal Engineer Corps of Sappers and Miners , the 17 th Lancers , and the Woolwich division of Royal Marines will take place on Woolwich Common by Field Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey , Master General of the Ordnance . A few days afterwards the cavalry regiments quartered in the vicinity of the metropolis , viz , the First and Second Regiments of Life Guards , First

      Dragoons , Fourth Light Dragoons , Eighth Hussars , and Sixteenth and Seventeenth Lancers , will be severally inspected by Major General Brotherton , Inspecting General of Cavalry , when they will be put through the various cavalry evolutions preparatory to a grand review and sham fight , which will take place in the cavalry exercising ground , Hyde Park , early in June ; but it is not intended to have any military demonstration on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo . Two batteries of horse artillery , three field batteries , and a portion of the Royal Marines will arrive from Woolwich to take part in this splended spectacle , when , in addition , the whole of the available strength of six . battalions of household infantry and six regiments of cavalry , will be on the ground .

      Among the passengers in the steamer Euxine , which arrived at Southampton on Tuesday , from Constantinople , Smyrna , Malta , and Gibraltar , was Sir James Brooke , K . C . B ., Rajah of Sarawak , and Governor of Borneo . He appeared in excellent , health and spirits . Sir John Key has been chosen alderman of the ward of Bridge Without , in the room of the late Sir Claudius-Stephen Hunter .

      The Emperor of Russia lias conferred the Grand Cross of the order of St . Anne on General Caslelbajac , French Minister in St . Pet . erisburir . The King and Queen of Prussia intend to go to Warsaw to meet the Emperor and Empress of Russia , who are expected at the Polish capital soon after the middle of the present month . It . is believed that the Emperor of Austria will also visit Warsaw at the same period . The Duke of Nassau gave a grand festival on the 1 st of May at his beautiful chateau at liibetich on the Rhine , near Franefort , to celebrate the installation of the new married duchess . The whole diplomatic Corps from the latter town attended on the occasion . The happy couple , intend shortly making a series of visits to the neighbouring Courts , extending their journey as far as Stuttgurdt and Cassel .

      The christening of the young Prince of Meiningen will take place at Meiningen , upon the 1 st of May . Among the sponsors are their Prussian Majesties , and the Prince and Princess of Prussia , uncles and aunts to her Royal Highness the hereditary princess . The hereditary prince was a nephew to our late Queen Dowager , Adelaide . M . de Talleyrand , first , secretary of the French Legation at St . Petersburg , ban just married the Prim-ess Nade . ge de Woronzofi ' , who belongs to one of the first families in the country . The King of Greece arrived at Vienna on the 1 st , of May , and has taken up hiw residence in the palace of the Archduke Albrecht . After dining with the Kniperor , ho appeared at the Italian Opera .

      The christening of the infant Grand Duke of Mecklenburg has drawn a large royal party to LiidwigslufH , in the neighbourhood of Schvverin . The ICings of Prussia and Hanover are both among the guests . Lord Westmoreland left Berlin for the same purpose .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1851, page 435, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1882/page/7/