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    " On the 2 cl of September Mr . Paget ' s house was entered by live policemen , who demanded the keys of his ¦ writing table , &c , threatening to force them open if refused . They proceeded to examine the house , and carried off ' every particle of writing they could find , including 200 or 300 letters , a MS . history of the late revolution in Hungary , nearly completed , four volumes of a MS . diary kept during the year 1849 , and a variety of other papers , as well , as 27 printed books . " Mr . Paget immediately communicated the affair to tho Hon . Mr . Forbes , the British Minister to the Court of Saxony , who took the matter up very warmly , and at once Landed in an official note to M . de Beust , Minister for Foreign Affairs , demanding an explanation of these arbitrary proceedings . M . de Beust declared that he

    knew nothing of the business , but would immediately inquire into it ; and the same answer was returned by the Minister for the Home Department . Mr . Forbes did not allow the _ matter to rest ; but it was not till the 9 th of September that M . de Beust informed him , unofficially , that Mr . Paget was asserted to have had at least one interview with M . Kossuth ; that he was suspected of having been a channel of communication between him and the malcontents in Hungary ; and that his papers had been seized in consequence . As Mr . Paget arrived in Dresden about the middle of August , 1851 , and M . Kossuth did not reach London till three months later , and as the proof of this fact was in the hands of the Dresden police itself , with whom Mr . Paget ' s passport had been deposited , it was no difficult matter to set aside this

    allegation . " Owing to the continued absence of M . de Beust , it was not till the 19 th that Mr . Forbes received an official answer to his note of the 2 nd , although he had repeatedly demanded it . This answer contained the avowal that the seizure of Mr . Paget ' s papers had been made in consequence of a communication from a foreign Government —of course the Austrian—in which the following statements are made : — " Mr . Paget is described as having been an active agent of M . Kossuth during the revolution in Hungary , and as having been intrusted with the most important missions . It is stated that after the revolution Mr . Paget escaped into Turkey with General Bern , and thence he repaired to Iiondon , where he resided till the arrival of Kossuth ; at which epoch he established himself at Dresden . Further , that in his correspondence with the emigration he signed himself by a false name—John Paff , &c .

    "In conseqenco of this information Mr . Paget ( continues the official note of M . de Beust ) was suspected of being , if not a member , at least an agent , of the Revolutionary Committee ; and the search was undertaken in the hope of making discoveries ; but that nothing having been found , the papers had been returned immediately . In spite of this assurance , the papers were not returned on the 23 rd , when , after a conversation with Mr . Paget , Mr . Forbes officially denied , and characterised all these statements as fausscs et controuvecs ; and insisted on the immediate restoration of Mr . Paget's property .

    " On the 25 th Mr . Paget was summoned to the police , and the whole of his papers and books restored . Fortunately , from among his papers , Mr . Paget was able to adduce proofs of the falsehood of every statement on which the Saxon authorities had founded the justification of their seizure . Ilia diary contained evidence , in every page , how far he was from admiring the policy or character of M . Kossuth . II is passport , and his permit to use arms , proved that lie had not escaped into Turkey with Bern in August , but had remained in Transylvania till November ,, when lie travelled through Vienna to .

    England , with the full knowledge of the Austrian authorities , while his passport from London to Dresden was contradiction enough to tho latter part of the statement . Fortunately , Mr . Paget was able to show even that in his correspondence with Hungarian emigrants he had used no other inline than his own , as their letters in answer were preserved , and were always addressed in that name . With ( hose prnols in Iii ' h hands , Mr . Paget felt himself entitled to demand an acknowledgment on the part of tin ; Saxon Government of the injustice of tho treatment to which lie had been subjected , and an apology for the error which lind been committed .

    "In the meantime , and before this demand had been transmitted to Mr . Korbes , Air . Page ! , received a letter on the 27 th , in which Mr . Forbes informed him that he had seen M . de . licusf , who requested him to convey tho expression of his regret , at the delay which hud occurred in returning tin ; papers , and also at the inconvenience to which Mr . I'nget hud been put ; at , the name time assuring Mr . Forbes that the police had undertaken the search on their sole responsibility , and had been in consequence strongly reprimanded by tho M hunter of the Homo Department . " Such bus been the termination of this affairkiivm uio icrmiuaiiou oi tins nnair

    , nueu nus noon . . , says tin ; Times ; and wo understand that Mr . l ' nget exp resses himself not . only obliged to Mr . Forbes for 1 , 1 k ; prompt , mid energetic milliner in which Ik ; look up i . ho matter , bud is <| uito convinced that it . in to his active intervention he is indebted for the restoration of his properly .

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    TJIIO WESTMINSTER l'KOI'LK'S INSTITUTE . Sir . John Siiku-hv , M . I ' ., presided over a ton -party , nf the Assembly Rooms , Vauxhall-rond , on behalf ol the " I'iuilieo and Westminster People ' s Institute , " on Monday evening . Among other persons present connected with tho popular cause , were Mr .- William <'<> - innghnm , Mr . Thornton Hunt , Mr . O'Hiion , Dr . M'Oubrey , Mr . William Stevens , and Mr . Samuel Kydd . Sir John Shelley expressed the pleasure lie felt at the opportunity given hint to further tho interests of

    the people , by coming among them that evening . He spoke warmly on the subject of education , and said the time was gone by when the education of the people could be neglected by men of his class . He well re » membered the advice tendered to him when a youth , by the late great Duke , that he should do his cuty wherever he might be , and npt to be idle , but to work , and it would confer more real pleasure on him than any office , however high it might be . He considered it his duty to be there . He called upon the Secretary , Mr . Kindred , to read a report of the progress of the Institute . Among the sums mentioned as being given since the last report , were 10 ? . from the chairman , 101 . from Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., and 51 . from Mr . Pouncey .

    Mr . Coningham spoke to " Progress , " as one of the things recognised in the new Institute . He dwelt on the importance of Secular Education , and instanced the schools of ~ New England , in America , as the beneficial results of that system . Mr . Dick called attention to the unequal pressure of taxation on the people , thereby lessening their capabilities to educate themselves . He quoted a passage from the Quarterly Heview , stating that "the people had no cause of complaint . "

    Mr . Kydd said , he had no objection to Secular Education , seeing that it was worldly education , neither had he to religious education , but education must be bad , and the great fact of the age was the educated progress of democracy . He could never meet with a solvent argument against the constitutional right to teach any more than to feed . Dr . M'Oubrey contended that the people must educate themselves ; that it was not the interest of Governments to educate them , that the people were not prepared to have Government schoolmasters , and that the Christianity of the present day was the Christianity of despotism .

    Mr . Thornton Hunt having been called upon to speak to " The Press , " said he would rather not speak to that sentiment , because that was continually before him . The subject of the evening was not so much so . He could not but remark on the great importance the education of one state had upon the other . He instanced the two Sicilies , as a case in point , where three times the people of those countries had risen up , by the action of this Government upon them . Yet the English Government failed to help them in the time of need . Ireland , too , said he , is becoming to understand herself better , and the intentions of the British Government towards her , by means of her better education . Italy could not be so were she better educated .

    Mr . O'Brien , in a very humorous but not very complimentary speech , spoke to the press , and instanced the power of the press , in the fact that Louis Bonaparte would not allow a halfpenny journal to be published in France . The speeches were interspersed with songs . The chairman , in returning thanks for the usual coinplimentary vote , said he should be most happy to help them at all times . After which dancing commenced , and was kept up till a late hour .

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    MONSTER FACTORY . Among the signs of our present prosperity the growth of the factory system has been cited ; and among the new buildings springing up , that of Mr . Titus Salt , of Uradfbnl , h : is been most prominent . We are indebted to the ' liradj ' urd Observer for the following' account : — " Mr . Titus Salt ., of IJradford , sonic months ago , commenced the erection of extensive ! lnanufact . uring premises at Sultaire , in the neighbourhood of Shipley , with a view to concentrate his now many scattered establishments into one vast whole , wherein the utmost economy of labour may be combined with every recent practical improvement in the alpaca , and mohair manufactures . A partial and—in some important respects — erroneous descri p tion of this undertaking has found its way into the London journals , and we have therefore heen induced to visit the works , in order to furnish the public with a just view of their extent , and importance . "The estate on which those buildings are being erected stretches from the lower road leading from Shipley to i , he Ilingley-road , across the railway , the canal , and the river Aire , to the confines of liaildou Green , and includes the flour mill and " stepping stones" so familiar to the numerous visitors to that romantic spot , Kldwiek

    ( Jleii . The part of the estate devoted ( o the works we are about to describe is one of ( . ho many beautiful spots ko abundant , in the beautiful valley of the Aire . It lie . s between the railway passing through Skipton to Lancaster and Glasgow , and the Leeds and Liverpool (' anal , both of winch will be able to convoy goods to and from the premises without either cartage or porterage . Tho area appropriated to the buildings is computed at six acres , while the several flours in the mills , warehouses , and sheds form a Hupcrlicies of 55 , ( 100 yards , or 11 \ acres . The mill , which runs from east to went , will bo 050 feet in length , and 72

    feet in height above the level of the rails . It includes six storeys , and is constructed of massive stone work in the boldest style of Italian architecture . The walk look more like those of a fortified town than that of building destined to the peaceful pursuits of commerce The floors are formed on arches of hollow brick , made ' on the ground by Clayton ' s patent process : the ' openings in the bricks being used for the purposes of ventilation . Hows of ornamental cast-iron columns and massive cast-iron beams support the arches . The roof will be of iron . The windows of large size are- to bo entirely filled with immense squares of plate glass

    The whole of this building will be fire-proof . From the centre of the mill running northward to the bank of the canal , a distance of 330 feet , are the warehouses , which , at the lower end , are 90 feet above the water . In the angle formed by the mill and warehouses to the eastward , comprising an area of 8400 yards , are the weft room and weaving shed , communicating with the several floors in the mill an ( j warehouses by fire-proof hoists . The weaving shed will hold 1200 looms . The shafting will run in vaults under the floor , thus preserving the vast room above free from every obstruction . The correspondin g angle

    on the western side of the warehouses will be occupied by an immense shed for combing machines , and chambers for washing , drying , and sorting the wool , and by reeling and packing rooms . Beneath this shed there is an enormous filter and reservoir , capable of containing 500 , 000 gallons , into which the rain-water will be conducted from all the roofs , to be applied to the process of scouring wool . The offices and store-rooms , extending to a length of 240 feet , with a very handsome facade , form the western boundary of the Works , and face a new road , made by Mr . Salt , which will extend

    from the Bingley turnpike road , crossing the railway by a handsome cast-iron bridge , and the canal and river by a wrought-iron tubular girder bridge , 450 feet in length , to the edge of Baildon-green ; thus connecting the estate on the north bank of the river with the more accessible parts of the south . The arrangement , design , and construction of the buildings are confided to Messrs . Henry F . Lockwood and William Mawson , architects , of Bradford . The engines , boilers , and machinery , are entrusted to the eminent firm of Messrs . William Fairbairn and Son , of Manchester . The

    engines are of beautiful design , and consist of two pairs nominally of 400 horse power . The boilers will be constructed partly on the tubular principle , and placed beneath the level of the ground to the southward of the mill , and communicate with the chimney ( 250 feet high ) at the eastern extremity of the works , to which is given the effect of an Italian campanile . The engine houses are situated on either side of the principal entrance to the mill ; and some idea of the magnitude of these vast machines may be gathered from the fact , that the engine-bed has absorbed upwards of 1200 tons of solid stone . The engines will be supplied with water by means of tunnels passing below the canal and communicating with the Aire . Another scries of tunnels will return the water back to the river when

    used . A branch from the railway will pass under the centre arches of the mill , at which point there will botwo hoists for loading and unloading railway trucks , and two for ordinary wagons ; and at the north end of the warehouses the same number of hoists will ho provided , two for wagons , and two for loading untf unloading vessels on tho canal . The whole of theworks thus described are being constructed ol stono ; . supplied by twenty quarries in the surrounding neig hbourhood , and for extreme niassivcness and solidity have no equal in this or any other country . The tf ~ works , to be situated between the canal and the river , are to be upon White ' s hydro-carbon system , »"" are calculated to supply 100 , 000 feet per day for 5 , 0 ( X ) lights , in the mills , sheds , streets , and houses of tho

    work-people . " When the works are finished , 4500 hands will be required to keep them going . This will involve an addition to the population of Saltaire of from llill ( i *'" ten thousand persons . To accommodate these , M' - Salt proposes to erect forthwith 700 dwelling house * ,, of various classes , replete with every convenience 1 ° air b y smoke , or the water by sewerage or other im purity . AVide streets , spacious squares , with g »« ' » ' '" ' ' attaciicd'round for recreationa large dining-hnll nw

    , . , kitchens , baths and wnshhousos , 11 covered niiirUe - , schools , and 11 church , each combining <> v «; ry III' 1 '''< TJ ~ mont that modern art and science has brought to htf ' ' an , ordered to bo proceeded with by tbo K ulltl ' ^ who has originated this undertaking . I" 1 '" ' '' and Daily News the expense of this gigantic IH "' taking is ' sot- down at liiilf-ii-inillioii of money , " believe every exponso connected with it will bo JU than met by less than hull ' of tho wum jianiwl .

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    962 THE LEA PER . [ Saturday ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 9, 1852, page 962, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1955/page/6/