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Leader (1850-1860), 17th May 1851, Edition Town of 1, Page 460, Untitled Article

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      ^ d traced them a " gent "—query , Colonel Sib-• -horp ? " James Gray and John Allen were brought before Alderman Wilson , at Guildhall , on Saturday , by constable Allen , 354 , who said that between twelve &ndone o ' clock that morning he saw the prisoners on Blackfriarsbridge , with a pail of -whitewash , painting the words ' Free Trade and Starvation' on the parapet of the bridge . They had painted several walls in a similar

      manner . " The Alderman asked Gray what he had to say ?—Gray said : A gent as meets me every Saturday pays me twopence for every painting . { Laughter . ) I nave been at it a month . I tell the gent every time how many I have painted , and where I have painted them . " Alderman Wilson : Well , Allen , what have you to say ?—Allen : I assist Gray . I carry the paint-pot , and ne pays me 2 s . 6 d . a night , but I have not got anything yet . I went to work between twelve o ' clock at night and three in the morning . " Alderman Wilson : Gray , did you not know that you did wrong ?—Gray : The gent as employed me said there was no harm in it , as it was nothing about Chartists . ( Laughter . )

      " Alderman Wilson : You should have selected proper places , instead of public or private buildings . —Gray : I always takes the worst places , your worship , that I can find . { Laughter . ) I never did chalking before . " Alderman Wilson : What do you earn at your present profession ?—Gray : Sometimes Is . 6 d ., sometimes 2 s ., per night ; and occasionally none , as I do not always get paid . " Alderman Wilson : If you get only 2 s ., how can you pay 2 s . 6 d . per night ?—Gray : I don ' t know , your worship , but I do pay it . I am obliged to pay my assistants ¦ well . { Laughter . ) We do it in the night , because the children smear it in the day . ( Laughter . ) " Alderman Wilson : Well , you must go and clean the bridge , or I will send you to prison . " Not only the children deface the monuments of Gray and Allen , but indefatigable adults have emended some of them with laudable accuracy ; scrupulously inserting a caret between the word " and" and " starvation , " and , above , the word No .

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      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . Captain Paulet Henry Somerset , of the Coldstream Guards , has certainly been the person most talked of this week . The Town has rang with his name ever since Tuesday morning . The punishment inflicted by Mr . Hard wick has given universal satisfaction . Next to this escapade comes the Marquis of Anglesea's accident , which every body regi-ets ; and last , not least , the floral fete at the Kegem ' s-park Botanic Gardens . We must not omit to mention the inU-rnatinnal dinners , of which the Artists have set such a capital example . The Queen gave a concert on Monday evening , to which a party of between three and four hundred , coinprising theltoyal Family and illustrious forei gn vioitors , the diplomatic corps , and a numerous circle of the principal nobility , were invited . Refreshments were served to the company during the evening , and at eleven o ' clock supper was served in the principal dining-room . The Queen ' s Fancy Bill -the cos ' ume , full dress of the Court of ICing Charles II ., from the Restoration in IGo O to 1 ( 58 ft—is appointed to take place on ^ Friday , the KUh of J une .

      livery bod y vvill be grieved to hear that as Lord Anglesey was turning at a . sharp pace from ( Jrosvenor-street into Park-lane , the pole of an omnibus was driven with considerable force against his lordship ' s horse . The concussion caused the animal to reur up and fall back . Lord Anglesey , of course , lost his seat , but fortunately disengaged himself from the stirrups , and rose unhurta circumstance the more happy from the fact that the left leg worn by his lordship was ulvvays attached to the stirrup-iron by a small chain , which the force and weight of the fall providentially broke . The noble marquis rode to Uxbridgi ' -liouse in a friend ' s carriage . Ho was a good deal shaken , but not seriously injured by the accident .

      The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have decided upon widening I ' ark-lane from ( Jjcford-street toMiosvenorfr ate , to the extent of eight feet . This desirable step has been taken on the petition of the inhabitants , who have been required by the commissioners to pay half the expense incurred . At a meeting <> f the Corporation of London hold in the Guildhall , on Saturday , it was reHolved that anentei tainment , or entertainments , should bo ^ iven to the distinguished foreigners who have visited the metropolis Upon the occasion of the . ( jlreat . Inhibition of all Nations , and a committee ) was appointed to consider and report upon the most eligible means of accomplishing that object in the Guildhall . The plan will foe upon the mont . nia ^ iiilici'iit scale , and in every respect , worthy of the corporation ilihI the remarkable occasion .

      At . a very numerous meeting of the Conservative Club , on Monday , two gentlemen , one of them a distinguished member of the bar , wore requested , by an immense majority , taken by ballot , to retire from the club , on the purely political grounds that in the eHtiinittioji of the voters I lie . gentlemen referred to had ceased to be Coriacrvutives , as tin : term is understood by the club . — Standard —[ We believe I . lie two gentlemen alluded to are Mr . liethell , M . I ' ., and Mr . Acton Tindal . j JSir Charles Napier , on his arrival at Leamington Spa lust Monday ine . t . w it It a most cordial and enthusiastic reception from alulae number of the principal inhabitants , who had assembled for the occasion , and who ni e . sentcd an addrens to tho veteran soldier , expressing their high respect for himnllitary valour and renown . After thanking them for the unexpected oomplirnenr , Hir Churles

      said he had studiously avoided public dinners , from a conviction that therd is a great deal of humbug about all such demonstrations . The Clerkship of the Crown has 4 become vaoant by the elevation of Viscount Crowhurst to the earldom of Cottcnham . Mr . Michael Desmonde , of Kilkenny , who died last week of consumption , has bequeathed a large sum—£ 6000 , it is said , to the Roman Catholic Church , for various pious purposes , such as masses , the completionof the new cathedral in this city , &c . A homicide , named Montcharmont , brought out for execution atChalon on the 10 th , after a desperate struggle with the executioner , escaped from the scaffold , but was secured by the gendarmes , who reconducted him to prison , refusing to be instrumental in bringing the criminal a second time to the guillotine .

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      The Duchess d'Orleans visited the Princess of Prussia at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday . Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar also paid a visit to the Prince and Princess of Prussia the same day . In the afternoon the Prince and Princess of Prussia , Prince Frederick William , and the Princess Louisa , accompanied by the Duchess d'Orleans and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar , inspected Westminster Abbey . The whole party aftexwards visited the Bazaar in Baker-street . The Comtesse de Neuilly , ex-Queen of the French , arrived at Birmingham ' s Royal Ship Hotel , Dover , on . Monday week , from Claremont . On Tuesday the Countess took a carriage drive to Walmer , and on Wednesday left for Ostend , on a visit to the King of the Belgians . The Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Joinville accompanied her to Dover—the former immediately returning to Claremont , and the latter staying to proceed with the Comtesse to the continent .

      The Queen-Mother of Spain has sustained a painful accident . In getting out of her carriage at Aranjuez her foot slipped , and she broke her leg . No danger , however , was apprehended . The Queen was not allowed by her physicians to leave Madrid to visit _ her mother , that the hopes of the nation ( her Majesty being enceinte ] may not be exposed to hazard . The Ki ^ fe of Hanover left Charlottenburg on his return , by rail , to Hanover , on the morning of the 8 th instant . A grand gala banquet was given at Charlottenburg by

      their Prussian Majesties , in honour of their royal guest , which was attended by the whole of the Royal Family and Ministers of State , by the Hanoverian envoy , and by many of the highest military functionaries . The staft , with several officers of the regiment of Red Hussars , of which King Ernest is colonel , were also invited . In the evening their Majesties gave a small and select tea party , to which the Countess of Westmoreland , Mr . and Mrs . Howard , Mr . Julian Fane , and Mr . Manly had the honour of being invited .

      A letter from Rome , dated May 1 , says that the President of the Propaganda , Cardinal Fianzoni , has just issued an appeal to all Italy , calling upon all good Catholics to subscribe funds for the erection of a Roman Catholic cathedral in London . The projected edifice is to be dedicated to tit . Peter , and schools lor boys and girls attached to it . " A Farmer ' s Friend , " in the ' Times , says , with reference to the Protectionist Demonstration atDrury-lane : — " I was in Huntingdonshire a few days since , and a friend of mine in the county town there , who is a shopkeeper as well as a small farmer , told me that there were " 200 went from that place ; that they each received a guinea from the local Protection Society ; that after the meeting many of them dined together most jollily , went to see the ' lions , ' and amazingly enjoyed themselves , ' "

      The increased accommodation of the public "in Kew Gardens , which we announc * d us being in contemplation , has commenced , as will be seen from the following official notice : — " By the gracious permission of her Majesty the royal pleasure grounds at Kew will be opened to the public on every dny in the week , between the hours of one and six , from Monday , the 12 th of May , to Friday , the 12 th of September , during the present year . The access to these grounds will be in the Kew and Richmondroad , by the ' Lion and Unicorn Gates * respectively ;

      and , on the river side of the grounds , by the gate adjoining to the Hrentford-ferry ; the entrance gates to the Uotanic Gardens on Kew-green being open as heretofore . Communications vvill at tin * same time be opened between the Botanic Gardens and thft pleasure gronndH , by gates in the wire fence which separates the two . It is requested that visitors will a !> ntuin from carrying baskets or refreshments into the grounds ; and smoking in the Botanic Gardens is not permitted . — liy order of the Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Woods , " K'c .

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      The Austrians are still acting the part of insane despots in Italy . The Austrian commandant of Forli lately caused a young boy to be flogged to death for accidentally killing his dog with a stone . Count Nobili , the Austrian governor of Bologna , issued a notice on the 27 th ult . menacing with the bastinado all who were caught in preventing the inhabitants from smoking , and stating that all such offences , having a political aim , are liable to be punished by court-martial . On the 26 th , four peasants were shotat Forlimpopoli for having given shelter to part of the Passatore ' s band . A Hanoverian journal announces that the rearing and sale of singing birds in the vicinity of St . Andreasberg and Dunderstadt has become an article of commerce to a considerable amount ; and ' adds that upwards of 7000 canary birds were reared last year at the latter place , which brought in a sum of 4000 rix dollars .

      Such is the competition between the steam-vessels on the Hull and Hamburg line that last Saturday eleven lasts of wheat were taken by a screw steamer as ballast , meaning that no freight was paid for ii at all , to the great mortification of the shareholders . Some time ago a lot of sharpers in New York advertised in several Canada papers that they were prepared to take parties to the World's Fair and back , remaining there three weeks , for 100 dollars each . The " company" of swindlers obtained about 15 , 000 dollars and the whole thing has blown up .

      A grand entertainment was given at Astor-house , New York , on the 23 rd ult ., by the St . George ' s Society , at which Sir Henry Hulwer , who had just recovered from severe indisposition , was one of the principal guests and speakers . l ) r . Beals presided , and the Swedish Minister , Mr . Lytton , eon of Sir E . B . Lytton , was also present . Captain Cooper responded for the British army , Sir H . Bulwer for the Duke of Wellington , and Mr . Lytton for his father . The American papers state that Jenny Lind was grossly insulted , in Pittsburg , stones having been thrown into her carriage , and afterwards into her dressing-room . She subsequently refused to sing again , and left instantly for Baltimore .

      Mrs . Bloomer , editor of the Lil y , has adopted the " short dresH and trousers , " and saya in her paper of this month that many of the women in that place ( Seneca Falls ) oppose , the change ; others laugh ; others still aro in favour ;'' und many have adopted the dress . " She closes the article upon the subject as follows : — " Thoso who think we look ' queer ' would do well to look back a few years , to the time when they wore ten or \ fi lb . of petticoat and bustle around the body , and balloons on their arms , and then imagine which cut tho queerest figurethey or we . We care not for the frowns of over fastidious

      gentlemen ; we have those of liettrr taste and less questionable morals to sustain us . If men think they would bo comfortable in long , heavy skirts , let them put them on ; we have no objection . We are more comfortable without them , and ho iiavo loft them off . We do not say that wo shall wear this dress and no other , but wo ahull wear it for a common dross ; and we hope it may become bo fashionable ! that we may wear it at all times and in all places without being thought ttiriguliir . We have alread y become , su attached to it that we dislike changing to a long one . " -New York Vast .

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      CAPTAIN PAULKT IIKNRY SOMERSET . ft would bo un well if , in future , luri / e placards wen ; pl . 'icod in all the chief bill-stic : kiiig departments of tho metropolis , giving notice that henceforth tho law will bo administered upon , an well at * by tho aristocracy ; that fiucH will ceuae , and tho cells of tho Houho of Correction tako their place ; and that uny

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      460 ffl |) * ZLtaHtt . [ Saturday , ¦ '

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      The May Show of the Royal Botanic Societ y was held on Wednesday , at , the gardens in the Regent ' s Park . Notwithstanding the backwardness of the ncason , it was the finest May show which had ever been held in Europe , as undoubtedl y it . was the largest , to provide for which an extra lent was obliged to be piovided . The collection included three tents to the north of the winter garden , in which were the orchidte , pelargoniums , heaths , and seedlings . A tent , to the west in the American garden was devoted to the . collections of greenhouse plants , and one to . the east , near t he ( 'luster -gate , to the ro . se collection . Besides these , were on view ( lie great winter garden

      arranged speciall y for the day , the general scientific collections , tin- Victoria Itegia house , a small tent , of rhododendrons by Mchsrs . Standish and Noble , and in the new museum some fine specimens of wax flowers . Tho exhibition , brin ^ the lh > t of the season , was inaugurated by a mate visit , from her Mujcsty , who arrived at 10 o ' clock . The royal party likewise included the i ' linoe Albert , the Prince of Wales , the l ' riuce and PrinceHB of Prussia , the Princess Jtoyal , the Princo Alfred , the Princess Alice , the Princess Louise of Prussia , and l ' riuce Frederick William of Prussia . Tho Queen proceeded by the new musoura to tho general collections of

      stove plants , stopping for a considerable time to look at the plants of Lady Antrobus and Mrs . Lawrence , thence to the three northern tents , and afterwards to the tankhouse . This was the first time her Majesty had seen the Victoria Regia , the bud of which had risen above the water that morning , but which did not flower in tho white Btate until five o ' clock in the afternoon . Tbeic were , however , some lilies in bloom , which open early in the morning . The royal personages remained some time together , admiring theBe plants , although the house was intensely hot . Proceeding thence to the rose tent , her Majesty returned to the orchideous tent , through the winter garden , and left by the north gate . The foreign members of the royal party were surprised and amused by the presentation to her Maieatv and the four princesses of a bouquet each by the

      Duke of Norfolk , on the part of the society . The Queen , on leaving , at two o ' clock , was loudly cheered by a large number of people who had assembled in the park . Although the day was variable , the attendance was very large for an early show , the number of visitors and fellows approaching ten thousand . This is not surprising , considering that nearly thirty thousand tickets hav « been sold for the season , and that numbers of foreigner ® availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing one of the most remarkable scenes of Europe . The perfection exhibited in floriculture , and the assemblage of beauty of all nations , in the full blaze of fashion , can nowhere else be paralleled . Many of the foreign ambassadors , commissioners , and exhibitors were present , and among the variety of personages were Pestonjee Merjee and Vaccajee Merjee , the great Parsee bankers of the Eastern Dekhan . in their native earb : and the Honourable

      Messrs . Gayn and Dolon , from the far west of Kentucky . A robbery of unheard-of audacity , it is Btated , took place on Wednesday at the Jardin des Plantes , Paris . The thieves , who were probably concealed at the moment when the gates were closed , carried off one of the lions of the menagerie . The police only became aware of the fact the next morning , and entertain hopes of discovering the thieves , whose course has been tracked as far as the Quai by stains of blood on the ground . A handkerchief covered with blood has also been discovered near the animal ' s den : it bears the initials "C . V . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1851, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1883/page/8/