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      good behaviour of the men quartered on them . It appears a if they had expected something very bloodthirsty and gavace to occur when they had notice to prepare lodgings for the men . They have been agreeably deceived , and are loud in praise of the militia , the more because the smallest amount of military education is something unusual to an Eng lishman . The process of drilling is watched with a kind of reverence . "

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      REPEAL OP THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE . The annual meeting of the Association established to promote the repeal of these oppressive taxes was held at Exeter Hall on Wednesday . The room was crowded . Mr . Douglas Jerrold officiated effectively as chairman ; and by his appropriate and witty speech exposed the injustice of the knowledge taxes , concentrating his force especially on the advertisement duty" The advertisement tax was a double tax—it was a tax on industry and a tax on want . Why should the widelycirculating advertising columns of a newspaper be taxed when omnibuses were allowed to circulate the same kind of intelligence duty free ? Almost everything was an advertisement . The tradesman ' s brass doorplate was an advertisement ; and it would be as just for the Chancellor of the Exchequer—bending his mind to the consideration of brass—( loud laughter and cheers )—to tax the brass doorplate of a tradesman as the type of . the printer . ( Cheers . ) There would appear to be some justice in such a kind of impost . For instance , the quack , having paid his eighteenpence duty for advertising his cosmetic , would not feel aggrieved , because he would know that the apothecary paid for his engraved plate anot his night-bell eighteenpence each . " ( Laughter . )

      The other speakers , each in his peculiar way , attacked the grievances in question . Dr . Watts , of Manchester , proposed the first resolution , which Mr . C . Knight seconded . He showed how important hooks were obstructed in their publication by the taxes ; and referring to Caxton , he said" The best monument that could be raised to the memory of that great man would be the establishment of a free library in Westminster , with this inscription— " This building was erected by the people of England in memory of Caxton , as a free library , in the year when the taxes on knowledge were altogether abolished . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Cobden went into the whole questionj » . in support of the resolutions .

      Here arose confusion and uproar in consequence of the appearance of Mr . Rogers , a friend of Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , who desired that the law compelling securities against libel to be forthcoming before publication . Mr . Milner Gibson agreed to the amendment , and it stood ultimately thus" That the duties on paper and advertisements , and the penny stamp on newspapers , and the system of demanding security from periodical publications , tend to injure literature , to obstruct education , and to hinder tho progress of the people in intelligence and morality . " Mr . Samuel Wilderspin supported the resolution , which , as amended according to the suggestion of Mr . M . Gibson , was carried unanimously . The other resolutions were as follows : — "That as tho newspaper stamp produces only a trifling sum to tho revenue , and as tho advertisement duty causes a positive loss to tho Exchequer , their retention can bo attributed only to a desiro to restrain tho liberty of tho proas . " " That tho Government having given notice to introduco a bill for the amendment of tho law relating to stamps on newspapers , this meeting do appoint its chairman , together with tho president and committee of tho association , and tho umlcrnamed gentilemen , to form a deputation to wait upon tho Prime Minister , in order to bring under tho notice of tho Government tho pernicious effects of tho newspaper stamp , and proas tho repeal rather than tho amendment of tho Newspaper Stamp Act . " The usual vote of thanks to tho chair terminated tho proceeding *) .

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      THE "M . P . " AFF RAY . Tiru division on Friday week took place very late in tho night , or rather morning . It rained fust . Groups oi members were walking up Cookspur-stroet ; when one Haid , " I vote we charter tho next oab . " A cub accordingly was hailed . So far all tho aceountn of tho transaction wo < ire about ( , o narrate briefly are not contested ; but hero bogiiiH a difference in tho statement of tho parties concerned . It would appear , from what was stated before Mr . Henry at . How-street ., on Wednesday , thai . Mr . Butler 'lohimtoiio and Mr . . Oliveira both bailed tho name eab . When it , drew up , Lord Drunilanrig and Mr . Johnstono "topped up to it , Lord Driimlaririg got in , and Mr . John-Htono was getting in , when Mr . Oliveira came up , said it

      was " ungenllomanliko conduct , " Htruok Mr . Johnstono , » is ho says , " slightly" with bis mno , turned round and "continued his cour . se . " Mr . Johnstono , fooling hiirwelt iiiNiiltod , ran after Mr . Oliveira , knocked him into the l ?)« tte . r , and Mr . Iliwtio , member for Glasgow , saw him kick him when bo was down . Such is the statement , of Mr . Oliveira ; who likewise added , that Mr . Johnstono pushed him from the cab before the " tups" were given . Hut Lord Drumhuirig and Mr . Walter Stirling Hay , that Mr . Olivdira was not pushed by Mr . Johnstono , and tlint as the luMor was half way into the cab Mr . Oliveira struck him on ( , ! , „ lMl ( . |{ | , W () « hoarty stripes , " and " ran away " « t remark able speed . When Mr . Oliveira recovered , be found himself the centre of a group ; ho heard Mr . Johnstono calling him a bluck guaxd , with a strong qualification profixod , and ho

      made a blow at Mr . Johnstone with his cane . Friends and police kept the foes apart ; and both went their way . The case was brought before Mr . Henry , at the suggestion of the Speaker , it would seem . Mr . Henry advised the gentlemen to settle the affair in private ; but they would not ; and , declining to deal summarily with the case , he sent it to the sessions .

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      AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS IN A POLICE COURT . " AemiccxTUKAii distress" appeared in a novel situation on Monday . A very portly , red-faced gentleman , described in the police-sheet as John Wilson , aged 40 , of the Castle and Falcon Tavern , City , shipowner , was brought before Mr . Yardley , at the Thames Police Court , charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself , at half-past eleven o ' clock on Sunday night , in Lower Shadwell . Mr . Yardley : What have you to say to this , Mr . Wilson ? —Wilson : Well , I got a glass too much . It was vexation and the depression of the times caused me to do it , sir . Mr . Yardley : We are all congratulating ourselves that we have very prosperous times . You are a master mariner , I presume , by your appearance . If you get drunk , you will lose your certificate . —Wilson : Your worship , I am not a master mariner . I belong to the agricultural interest . Mr . Yardley : I see you are described as a shipowner . You plough the ocean . —Wilson : ' ; I plough the land , and my ship ploughs the ocean . Mr . Yardley : Then you are making money both on land and sea . The division of Friday night , I suppose , caused you to get drunk . —Wilson : I was vexed with things . Mr . Yardley : I must fine you 5 s . —Wilson : I hope you wont do that ; things in Northumberland are very bad . Mr . Yardley : Oh , you come from Northumberland?—Wilson : Yes , sir . We can't get the interest of the money lent—I can't really . Mr . Yardley : Besides being a shipowner and landowner , you lend money on mortgage ?—Wilson : Well , I do ; but I am in very great distress indeed . The agricultural interest is very Tow , sir . Mr . Yardley : Is it really the case the agricultural interest is in a state of distress [ a laugh ] ?—Wilson : Well , it is in great distress . Mr . Yardley : Very well , then ; I will fine you 2 s . only , on account of the agricultural distress [ loud laughter ] . John Wilson put his hand in his pocket , and from amongst a quantity of half-sovereigns , halfpence , pieces of tobacco , and grains of wheat , picked out two shillings , paid the fine , and waddled out of the court—a large and unwieldy monument of agricultural distress .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and the Court are still at Windsor , where nothing unusual in the ordinary routine of royal life has happened .

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      Prince Albert has sent a donation of fifty pounds to the promoters of tho Marylebono Free Library . Tho Duke of Cambridgo presided over a grand dinnor given at tho United Servico Club , on Monday , to the foreign ofliccrs present at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington . When tho health of the Emperor of Ituasia was drunk , Princo Gortchakoff made a hearty ( speech in praise of English hospitality and tho Duke of Wellington , whoso system of warfare , lie said , had been adopted and proved by tho greatest captains of our day—in Kussia by Prince Paskiowiez , in Austria by Itadolzky , in England by Lord Jlardinge . Ho wound up by crying , Long live tho Queen and iioyal Family of England—long live the English army and English navy . " In short , gentlemen , " ho exclaimed , " glorious old England for over !" Lord Egjinton was formally installed as lord Rector of the University of Glasgow on Tuesday . received the modal of tho

      Baron Jlumboldt has Copley Itoyal Society lor his eminent services in Terrestrial Physics . Lord Broug ham , previous to his departure for Cannes , on Friday week , was entertained tho preceding evening at dinner by Louis Napoleon , at the Royal Palace of St . Cloud . Dr . Parker of New York has commenced an action for defamation against Mrs . Btowe , the authoress of Undo Tom ' s Cabin . High Mass was said for the repose of the soul of the Karl of Shrewsbury , at tho Cathedral of St . George , on Monday . The building was crowded by porams who paid for admission . Lieutenant-General WeinyHS died on Tuesday morning . He had been cloven years clerk-marshal to Prince Albert , and lived in the Great Park at Windsor . He was also colonel of the ninety-third regiment , and equerry in ordinary to tho Queen .

      Lady Ada Augusta , Countess of Lovelace , and Hyron's ordy daughter , expired after a lingering illiieHH of more than one year s duration , on Saturday . She was born in 1810 , lit the town residence , 12 U , Piccadilly , of her illustrious father , like whom she died in the . ' $ 7 th year of her age . The last Overland Mail announced the death of Admiral Austen , tho commander of the naval forces in the Burmese war . lie died on the 8 th of October , off I ' roine . He was born in 177 l >; ami entered the norvieo in 17 S > 1 . Ho was made Admiral in IH'ld ; and appointed Commander-inchief in tho East Indies in 1850 . By tho death of Roar-Admiral Austen tho following promotions and removals

      take place : Captain Sir Thomas Herbert , K . C . B ., M . P . ( 1822 ) , becomes Hear-Admiral of the Blue j Sir Edward Lyons , K . C . H ., G . C . B ., moving to tho white squadron ; and Peter John Douglas to the red squadron . Sir George E . Brooke Pechell , Bart . ( December 26 , 1822 ) , is now tho senior captain on the list . Captain George Berkeley Maxwell ( 1830 ) succeeds to the senior half-pay list , and Lewis T . Jones , ( captain of tho Sampson ) to the second senior list . The promotion of Sir Thomas Herbert gives another good-service pension to the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland ; and Sir Thomas having become a Rear-Admiral , a new patent will be necessary , and the Board of Admiralty will now include three flag-officers . Sir John Guest , one of the largest ironmasters of Wales , and member for Merthyr Tidvil , died on Friday week .

      Monday being tho 22 nd anniversary of the Polish revolution of 1830-31 , many Polish refugees resident in London attended a funeral service in memory of those who fell in that national struggle . Mass was said by tho Rev . G . Stasiewicz , in the * Koman Catholic Chapel , Sutton-street , Soho-square .

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      An important meeting for promoting emigration in New Zealand , was held on Wednesday at the Colonist ' s JRooms in the Adelphi . Mrs . Chisholm , Captain Hoseason , Mr . Edward Wakefield , and others were present . Mr . Henry Cole delivered , on Wednesday , the last of the course of lectures at the Society of Arts , on the " International results of the Great Exhibition . " The second report of the lloyal Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was issued on Tuesday , by whjph . it appears the commissioners have purchased , the Gore House estate , at Kensington , facing Hyde Park , containing 21 £ acres , for which they have given 60 , 000 L They have also passed a resolution authorizing the outlay of a sumrnot exceeding 150 , O 0 OL of the surplus in the purchase of land , on the condition that Government would engage to recommend to Parliament the contribution of a sum of

      like amount , towards carrying out the views of the commission as to the establishment of certain institutions of an educational and national character on the ground so purchased . Ministers having given this assurance , the commissioners purchased 48 acres of land adjoining Gore House estate for the sum of 153 , 500 ? . The proposal is to erect a new national gallery " on the Gore House estate , " and " an institution like the Commercial Museum , or Museum of Manufactures , already suggested by us , might be established on the corresponding site fronting the Brompton-road , at the further end of the property . " The central portion is to contain a building in -which the different societies might procure that juxtaposition so long desired ; while the two sides might bo devoted to the departments of Practical Art and of Practical Science .

      On Saturday afternoon Mr . Richard Redgrave , R . A ., art superintendent of the Department of Practical Art , delivered an introductory address " On the methods adopted by tho institution to impart instruction in art to all classes of the community , " in the lecture theatre , Marlborough-house , Pall-mall . There was a good attendance of ladies and gentlemen on the occasion , who took much interest in the subject . The lecturer , in the course of his address , observed that the Board of Trade had determined to afford all classes the means of acquiring elementary instruction in drawing . This would prepare tho student for entering upon the study of ornamental art , which will be taught in special classes formed for tho purpose . Theso special classes will bo presided over by a staff of competent

      professors , whose duty it would be to explain all the processes —by hand , machinery , or the laboratory—connected with ornamentation in tho several branches of industry . There will be special classes of this character in the following departments—viz ., 1 . Ornamental art , applied to woven fabrics ; 2 . Ornamental art , applied to metal working : , ' { . Painting on porcelain ; 4 . ( Jhromo-lilhography , for female students ; 5 . Artistic anatomy , drawing , painting , and modelling tho figure , especially with reference to ornament ; (> . Architectural drawing , practical corisf . ruetiori , and perspective ; 7 . A special class for the practice of wood engraving , for female students only . Thorn were also a library and museum of ornamental art , containing tho rarest works and examples , and to which accent * might be had by students and manufacturers for the purposes of examination .

      Tho University of London claims to be directly represented in Parliament , an Oxford , Cambridge , and Dublin are . A movement has been set on foot to effect this ; and in order to enforces and make public l . he chum , a public meeting was held on Tuesday at the IjYiiemuHons' Tavern , which was largely and inlliientially attended . Mr . Janiea J ley wood occupied the chair . On the platform wens Mr . Strutt , M . P ., Mr . Thornoley , M . P ., Mr . R , P . Collier , M . P ., Sir George Goodman , M . I ' ., Mr . M'Mahon , M . P ., Mr . Harnos , M . P ., Dr . Hilling , Mr . K . 11 . Goldsmid , Dr . W . Smith , Professor Carpenter , Rev . Principal Harris , of New College , Mr . Gibson Field , Mr . J . Taylor , Mr . J . b \ Gibson , and Mr . J . R . Mearn . The following resolutions Were agreed to : -

      " That this meeting , consisting of friends of the London University , is of opinion that the timo has now roino to onset the IJniver . sity into it parliamentary < : onstit . ueriey , and pledges itself to support that object by all the means in its power . " " That the members of Parliament , ( lie iuciuImm'h of Senate , and of the colleges of the University , ami the graduates and friends in London and the provinces , who join in this movement , he requested to net as a cominitteo to promote this object , and to take mieh steps an they may deem advisable for the purpose , with power to add to 1 . 1 muf number . "

      It was also resolved , a subscription to defray expenses should bo raised ; mid thus , with a good cause and a fair wind , another movement is under wnigli .

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      December 4 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1155 ^

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      Finding that an old Act of Parliament prohibiting taking money for admission into places of amusement on Sundays , would apply to the New Crystal Palace , Government have been compelled to insert a clause in the charter just granted , providing that the Palatce shall not be opened on Sundays , unless specially sanctioned by tho Legislature .

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      A prize of 1000 / . has been olforcd \> y tlio Royal Agricultural Society for the discovery of a manure , equal in for ( ili / . ing proportion to the Peruvian guano . In order to uccuro the prize , tho claimant will havo to satisfy the

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 4, 1852, page 1155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1963/page/7/