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      exquisite foreign temper . ( Cheers . ) They had a real black diamond , too- *—a " Cole" of most excellent quality . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) From the beginning of this undertaking to the end much useful work had been done ¦ which , had not been much talked of . ( Hear . ) The mayor had alluded to his own efforts ; but he felt that he occupied the position of the apprentice who stood ready with a feather in his hand , to drop a little oil on any part of the machine that might become rusty . { Cheers . }" The entertainment was a decided success .

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      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . Fancy balls in shoals , magnificent beyond conception , distinguish the week of May . Fair . Besides , we have had a balloon accident to gossip about ; and the "Waterloo Banquet , which . Punch had Jed people to believe -would not take place this year . And the third shilling week at the Exposition , has excited more wonder than any of its predecessors , by the enormous crowds whp have ebbed and flowed into it like a tide . The Queen and Prince Albert went to the Exposition on Monday morning , and in the afternoon paid a visit to the remains of Louis Philippe ' s family at Claremont . The Queen completed the fourteenth anniversary of her accession yesterday .

      The King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon , on a . visit to the Queen . The Duke of Wellington made hia annual visitation on Monday to Trinity .. house and thenee to the Hospital at Deptford . The Waterloo banquet was held as usual at Apsley . house on Wednesday . There were seventy officers present who fought , on the 18 th June , 1815 . The speeches delivered were short * and not at all noticeable—the Duke only bowing an acknowledgment when his own health was proposed . When the party broke up , he set off in his carriage for Lady Ashburton and Miss Coutts ' s reunion . Vauxhall Gardens set an example to Apsley-house . A Flower Show was substituted for the customary Waterloo Gala .

      Miss Burdett Coutts gave a fancy dress ball on Monday , in imitation of the Queen . Lady Ashburton also gave a fancy dress ball this week . " A more popular selection , " says the Irish oorrespondent of the Times , " could not be made , his lordship , unlike but too many of hia peers , being a constant resident on his Irish estates , and deservedly a favourite with all classes and all parties , whether ? Orange' or ' Green . '" The Count and Countess de Morella , the Carlist General Cabrera and his wife , have contributed , as their third donation , the sum of £ 20 to the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen . Lord Palmerston has appointed the Reverend Mr . Hale , D . D ., to be chaplain to the British Embassy in Paris .

      Died , on the 14 th instant , at his country seat , Gosfieldhall , Essex , Edward George Barnard , M . P . for Greenwich . He was at the neighbouring town of Halstead only the previous day , transacting business with his solicitor . General Sir W . Gomm has determined upon making Simian his home , having purchased an estate there . The north-west frontier , towards the Yoosoofzye and adjoining hills , is still kept in a constant state of ferment by the predatory incursions of the tribes who infest those rocky retreats .

      The Newcastle Journal informs us that the Duke of Northumberland has issued instructions to his agents in that county to select from each of his bailiwicks a certain n , umber of cartwrights , artisans , and intelligent farm servants , to the number in all of about one hundred and fifty , for whom the duke has made arrangements to defray the expenses , not only of their journey to and from London , but uIbo for their maintenance during toeir stay here , in order that they may have an opportunity of inspecting the Crystal Palace . Similar instructions have been given to the agents on the other estates of the duke .

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      The Prince of Prussia , with the Princes Frederick William and Albert , have returned from Warsaw to Berlin . The King of Prussia has nominated the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia head of a regiment of cuirassiers , and the Grand Duke Michael chief of a regiment of hussars ; while , on the otber hand , the son of the Prince of Prussia has been nominated by the Czar chief of a regiment of hussars . Prince Paskiewitch arrived in Berlin on the IGLh , and went on to Potsdam to visit the King of Prussia .

      The Archbishop of Paris has entered the lists against Socialism . lie haH taken upon himself the task of " developing " certain decrees of the Council of Paris , in an " exhortation" lately issued . In this document lie is said to show that common Bense , philosophy , and religion , agree in recognizing the : rights of property ; that without the existence of property justice could have no reasonable basis , and life no fixed mark ; that religion not only sanctions , but encourages the rightH of property , honouring them in their source , which in labour . The whole exhortation ia addressed especially to the work-people of Paris .

      One of the last remnmits of the Order of Malta , the Chevalier Pnrisot de Guymont , who belonged to tho family of tho Grand Master Lavalctte , has just died in the Convent of St . Jean cli Catuiic , in Sicily , to which the directing chapter of tllat famous order had retired . He distinguished himnelf in the expedition which tho l » st Grand Master sent against Algiers towards the cjid of the eighteenth century , and General Bonaparte , when he took posaeuHion of Malta , demanded to nee M . de Guymont , and received him with marked distinction . He was in the seventy-seventh year of his age . The mortal remaiuH of Cardinal Pesch and of Madame Mere ( mother of Napoleon ) are about to be removed from Corneto to Ajaccio . Tho Minister of Marine has given

      orders that the Vauban frigate shall receive them at Civita Vecchia . The remains will be deposited in the south isle of the church which the cardinal constructed at Ajaccio , and then gave to the town . The Minister of War , on his part , has ordered that military honours shall be paid to the remains of Madame and of the Cardinal . The inauguration of the statue erected by his native to wn , Andelys , in memory of the celebrated painter , Nicolas Poussin , was celebrated on Sunday with great pomp . The Government of Piedmont has ordered Count Bertola de Eimini , an emissary of the Pope and of the Emperor of Austria , to be expelled the country , and to be oonveyed to the frontier by the police .

      Father Basil , a Capuchin , was found strangled at the foot of the altar at Aleppo . The French consul has taken enegetic steps for inquiring into this crime . Ex-President Herrara died , in Jilexico on the Wth , of May . Mr . Barnum and Jenny Lind have respectively pub ? lished " Cards" in the American papers . Mr . Barnum intimating that Jenny Lind was about to give her nine last concerts , and Jenny Lind intimating that the " nine last" were only to be the *? last" during her engage * ment with Mr , Bawutn . not by any meant her last on

      the American continent , Henceforth Jenny Liud will " sing on her own hook . " A young ( Spanish ) ensign having Uttle or no patronage to depend on has most unexpectedly found himself pro ^ moted to the rank of captain , say two steps at o » ce , and ordered , with a well-replenished purse , to visit the London Exhibition and travel about Europe for a year . Many queer reasons are adduced for this sudden prosperity , but one thing is certain—namely , that it has become necessary to remove him from Madrid . —jlfarfrtrf Cor ' respondent of the Times .

      The Proeureur of the Republic has just caused to be sei ? ed at the Librarie Demoeratique et Speiale Euro ? peenne , a pamphlet entitled , Le Republicain ties Qam * pagnes , by Eugene Sue , Felix Pyat , Schoelcher , Joigneux , and Pierre Dupont . A Concert and Fancy Bazaar have been held at Chelsea Hospital this week , in aid of the founds of the Brompton Consumption Hospital . Six military bands attended . A monster tent was erected'for the bazaar . One of the young Dimsdales , of Derby-day notoriety , has been apprehended , and liberated again on bail .

      One of the " own correspondents" of a Paris daily paper , sent to London to describe , the Exhibition , gravely relates as a specimen of English manners , that a great sporting nobleman recently gave a magnificent banquet to his friends , and when it was over told them that they had eaten the winner of the Derby , which he had Specially killed , as a mark of respect both to the horse and them .

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      POLICE . Mr . Pennington , a youthful gentleman , ' Major Stack , and two others , were returning from Hampton races on Friday week in a ' drag , " four-in , hand , with a trumpeter behind playing his instrument . As they were going from St . James ' s-street into Pall-mall , the Queen ' s carriage wa driving out of St . James ' s Palace to the Opera . Th " police on duty immediately signed and shouted to Mr Pennington to stop ; but he , taking no notice pf the warning , drove on . The constables then rushed at the " leaders , " and forcibly arrested the " drag , " whereupon Mr . Pennington , in a . stat ^ of great excitement , called out to his friends to take the numbers of the police . Serjeant Barnes came up , gave hia number , and said the

      men . acted under his orders , that their instructions were to stop every vehicle while the Queen was going by , and that in another moment the leaders of the " drag" would have ran into the royal carriage . Not satisfied with this explanation , Mr . Pennington determined to demonstrate the problem , —r" given a four-in-hand drag , a sharp angle , and a royal carriage on the road , how to stop the drag "for the benefit of the police , culpably ignorant of such recondite mysteries . He laid a complaint accordingly , and tho constables were brought before Mr . Hardwick to answer for their alleged misconduct . There was no dispute as to the stopping of the drag , it was admitted . The fun of the case turned upon the style and point of the following passage : —

      Mr . Pennington ( says the report ) , who has a very youthful appearance , begged to be allowed to make his statement . — " I want to show , " said he , " how excessively dangerous it is to take hold of leaders . Nothing else can occur than an accident . If you taJce hold of leaders while trotting , there can be but one . consequence . Take hold of leaders , and you must overturn the whole thing . ' There can only be that one consequence , and I want to show the incautious way the constables acted . " Mr . Hardwick : But the constables Hay they shouted out to you when they saw the Queen ' s carriage coming ? Mr . Pennington : I did not hear thorn . The constables seized my leaders . What is the use of catching hold of leaders t You can't stop a drag that way—you can only upset a drag . What's th * natural consequence of catching hold of leaders 1—why , that the toheefers run into thg leaders and throw them down . I suy the constable must

      be ignorant of his duty . iwr . Hardwick : But may there not be Home danger in driving a carriage , with four horses , in London streets ? Mr . Pennington : I can ' t nee any risk . Major Stack hoped the magistrate would hear evidence to prove that the party were not intoxicated . Certainly he and bin friends had had a little wine , hut they wero sober . Mr . Hardwick said the evidence of tho constables only went so far as to hIiovv the party wero excited ; there was no need , therefore , of evidenco to substantiate

      sobriety-Mr , llardwick , however , decided that tho police wero justified in what they had done , and expressed hia opinion that the driving of four-in-hand dragn through the streets of London was dangerous ; a fact which Mr . Pennington wax by no moans inclined to admit . Mr .

      Hardwiok said he must then be prepared to take the consequences . ^ But the oomedy did not end there . The next dav Saturday , the four-in-hand drag , garnished with Mr Pennington op the box handling the ribbon * , two grooms behind , ami the remorseless trumpeter , appeared in Marlborough-Btreet ; and the learned whip , descending from his exalted station to a flourish of the trumpet requested to be shown in to Mr . Hardwiok . The magi «! trate being too busy ^ Phaeton was obliged to put up with , the chief clerk . His object in coming to the court was

      to apologise to Mr , Hardwick fqr having , as stated in the report in the newspapers , presumed to differ with the magistrate on the question of the danger of driving & four-borae drag through the street * et London ! He begged to state , that he had no intention of offering the slightest disrespect to the oourt , nor did he mean to convey an impression contrary tp the opinion expressed by the magistrate . He hoped the ehief elerfc , Jkfy , Leadby , would make that explanation to Mr . Hwdwiek , Mr . fennlngtorr was then bowed out ; and . mounting the box to another burst of Sound frorn tb , e trumpet , drove gallantly away .

      As an instance of coolness and utter franknesa of speech , which may be called the candour of shameless ? ness , we lay the following unequalled story before our readers , culled from the pelioe reports of the week . A young man of ' < gentlemanly appearance / ' named James Snaitfti stated to be the son of a clergyman ia the Weak of England , was apprehended at his father ' * house on Sunday last , and brought before the bench at Guildhall on Tuesday , charged with forging two checks , on * for £ 73 , and the other for £ 10 , His own , account pf the affair , as given to the officer , is as follows : «—

      " I met a lot of skittle sharpers in Oxford-street , who invited roe to a neighbouring public-house , and sub * sequently persuaded me to bet upon their play . I did so , and lost all my money . They then persuaded las to pledge my watch , the proceeds of which they secured in a similar way . I was then left without a penny in my pocket , and without even the , means of securing a njght ' i lodging . I afterwards thought of a Mr . Lewis whom I knew , and accordingly drew a check in his name for £ 16 on the London and Westminster Bank . Having eiicr

      ceeded in getting the money , I started for Soraersetibire again ; but when I got as far as Slough , near Windsor , it struck me that J might go back and get more money . With this view X stopped at the Slough station and asked , the porter for a piece of paper , and , wrote cut acheck for £ 73 in Mr . Lewis ' s name , and on the same bank . I returned to London , presented the check , and obtained its pretended value . I have spent all the money , with the exception of a few pounds , in riding about the country . The remainder is in the coal oellar . " The officer found in the place indicated £ 10 7 s , IQd ,

      Mr . Lewis , of whose name prisoner had made elandeg * tine use , had left the court when his evidence waa required . Sir Peter L » u ? ie strongly animadverted on this proceeding , and immediately adjourned the case . On Thursday , the forgery was fully proved against Smith , and he was committed for trial . Not an improper pendent to the above example of coolness is a case of < ' spitting" at a baronet in the street by a " tall , military-looking gentleman , " who shelters his conduct under the precedent afforded by Count Rossi , who spat upon the Prlnoe of Canino the other day , in order to provoke a duel . The " spitting" individual in question , however , had no such provocation for an act of beastliness as Count Rossi had . His name is John Francis Bigge , and he was brought before Mr . Broughton at MaryJ lebone Police Court , on Tuesday , charged with assaulting Sir George Armytage .

      Sir George said : While walking with Lady Armytage and Miss Morgan , in the Edgeware-road , we met Mr Bigge , who immediately turned round and spat right in my face , saying , " I have done it , and here s my card , " at the same time handing his card to me . A policeman , who was close by , took him in charge at my desire , and at the station-house he wi # hed to make me an apology , but I objected to accept of one from him . He stated toat tb « re was a banditti in London who wore constantly intuiting him , and that he had recently done the same thing to a Frenchman which he did to me to-day . Miss Morgan and the police having corroborated thin evidence ,

      Mr . Bigge said : I was returning from a short walk when some gentlemen made an Insulting sign to me , I passed on , and was going towards my home , when at th ? corner of liurwood- < plaee I saw Sir George and two Indies walking together . He made to me a similar insulting sign . I turned round to him , when he gave ma a most insolent look , upon which I went forward and spat in his face . I thought he intended to challenge me , and I therefore gave him my card . I did it m « rqly as W * example , to show him that he should not do such ft thin * again . I think , however , that it must . have been a **» a' cntendu , since Sir George states that he never sf »« v mo before . He is a gentleman , and I am a gentleman also . Mr . Broughton : You surely don ' t mean to » ay that what you aro charged with was the aot of a gentleman * Mr . Bigge : I don't know . Tho Count Itosai and others have done the mm * thing . Mr . Broughton ( to complainant ) : Di « l you make any sign whatever to Mr . liiggo when youuaot him i Sir George ; Nonesirwhatever .

      , , Mr . Bigge ( much excited ) a -At tuo station I expressed my sorrow at what had »« ken place , and offered , what I thought was all that ' was necessary ; butheqeid ho would not be satisfied ^ th an apology . Hir George : Mr . Big ^ e admits t hat he spat in a Fr « uchmnn ' s face a low days before he committed the same act towards me , and I consider that upon public grounds I am right in bringing this . aa «« forward . Mr . Broughton ( to Mr . Bigge ) : I can look upon your conduct in no otu « r light than that of « most grow outrage upon Sir George Armytage , and that it was of such a nature that he could not . as a gentleman , pafl * it ovor

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1851, page 580, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1888/page/8/