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      ijflfeMncftjot - ~ opijjuwtr&s to tho ttssistaiice ' ? riiiclt JPisjupie&ikwm ^ g % ]^ t ^ eAGwwn m ' tliis . . ' J& * ^^* 0 ^« twevfe % -: Jea » e < S ' tlvft ^ > ithcto «] bL . the eoantey * ra » liraniinoua in lift feeling in favour of the war , , 1 £ ^ ^ lil&ieaiiate cbaceptiwaa ^ ite extent nod da-• atioiiTrtre qntertaiQied both by the country and the * iS 8 $ ** ; ' ' 7 ¦ '¦"'• : " . ' 1 "J $ « agt ^ jadi that ; ttie Vsgr . waij one . in "which the liberties of Ex&pGifG ® : ' mvsl sfek by ' ^ fte ^ aaida . pf Bussia for a Prot ^ 0 i ^> S 0 m .. ' S ! m ^^^ yi ^ &JV . b&Wcn &iioij ofQon-BtjJHrirao { i& . ' ^ hiB-. tjttfation tfio ^ cte ^ ide ? was' the estaDlisnmqnfe&f ift » 88 » Mi 4 rfjd ^; ey < % Afebj ^ ii of entirely separate and impendentjteifop .. \ He cfi ^ no ^ go rfpxjp Wrth Lord r * l * i * . ** AJZ . iV . » + £ « » A % * Uj : ' A » ot >«* aTVoo' - ctinwriKT thai ; thfi J

      Qw « nw « nt : wei ^ MM . By & * Em ^ ron aft * » e ^ Mapeii ^ tolief that tbia war vyould cot 2 ray « ocerKnydt ^ sJ ^^^^ etiB ^ i ^ h ' fa !! ,., xiofr , been Pjrjine Mao ^ ec He JHM > t ^ ''f ( mti 8 Tnirfl thit the .. whole codkq of tha secwt nego f'WW ^^ aj ^^ " ^?^*^^?^ . * * rn ^ & *?^ _ il ^ ^^ " " ^^ - * A ^ -i _ j - ^ j ^ Ei "Si' x £ * ¦ .-ii& tEe n ^ 8 SW ^ W ^^ # 16 Me "i ^ ar ; Be stronger iwrraed tt ^ € t « y ^ miept ^ t ^ tttflifljjr . ni a lifttll Hff "' x nTI J . D r *? £ their ^ notion of . « iie'StT ^^^^« xpenses . on the current year . H ^ however / cordiair ^ ggpi ^^ lhe ^^ rBsa . THi ( k ESarl q |^ li ^ E > BiBN raplfea | iyith some ' spirit . Ttie gist of Ma : obsCTyaiaanawas , that Lordy Derby ' s hioB ^ iiiWiflitniil-ir a Wx ^ fTtion of an article written bv

      ¦ mg ^ mMmmm wm * m * ' ^ feteM *!** $ pj | gg # iffl » <;¦ ' - , r , .-, :,, t ^ Ui ¦ •> .: . :,, ¦ 1 % . ^^^ Ea ^ - ;> o * -M ^ EaBWKWK » T r ; BadO ^ n ^ nx ^ the MarcLTiis of Xansdowne , Earl Grey , andrtb&l £ iz £ o £ J& ^ ttiokk also »* oke , and the AO < ke « a waa agreed t (> at aa e ^ y lK « r lialf-pa « t iiine . v ' .. -, :. , . . t ^| 8 y ^ theaddjrew to ^ Cw « n ^ a ^ into th « o » tim » of the *^ Tindksatea tl «* policy of t ^ Goyenraoent , wo * m » de - . ap- e * n »«* appeal to ^ i 87 ^*^ ^ . ^«^ ^ the Hou 8 e **; S ^ Se ^ ow ^ flhich w ^ t ^ Ttm o ^ o ^ ock TheJ ^^ ajf ^^ M wer « Mr . Xa ^ -bp , who : ^^^ praa « p »

      H ^ pW ' -lll i ^ PWIK ^ <^ pp | fjl % ^ -.. ... : i ^^ fe ^^ # ; lft ^^^ f ^^ e *« o ^ i ^ raaa ^ yi ^ wtpas apeec ^ ftprp that pamtxtf riew , tavTCiwlix ^ &P'j&i ( £ i ^ TO £ T niace at Bnairp aaa tellu } g / ^¦^ iaxuLKi . Ji atgteaf lengthy ¦ leneiredthis bill ofibdU ^ tnent against the Mini ^ ry , and dwelt stiongty on tHe supposed divisions . He espwially chared I ^ rff Aberdeen with being personally the cause of

      »^ I « H «| a |^ ^ msii ^ inl ^^/ Wliichthat monarch had never vedtnre tc ^^ up ^^ v ^^^ e ^ oveni ^ ^ sitttf ^ rd ^ iDir ^ yj 1 aiwf arguie < 4 tha , thew *«| iiatified in thinking that he wouldfin * a faithful a < Hierent in Irbra illb ^ rdeen , and on his beHef that there was nor ^| r ^ il £ iy ; tfe £ ^ een France ana * tfttiSiCpuntr ^ , judging ftop the invectives which hid ' heeii heaped on the ruler of that nation by sonie of the present Cabinet SdinistcrSa

      Alter a neat reply firom Lord J . Birsssxi ^ the addreff "nras unanimously agreed to . Early in . the evening , in . answer to tie Earl of RopiNvthe Earlof Abekdbe ^ stated that it was the intention of the Government to set apart a day for public prayer for the success of her Majesty ' s arms , of which the ArcnTirishop of CANTEnsuitr expressed Ma approval . The Hebdomadal Board gained a narrow victory yetterday . They prepared a petition denouncing

      the Dill submitted by Government to Parliament , and , praying that , in lien of the proposed measure , Parliarnent will be pleased to pass a merely enablingflijt ,. A | IowiDg the existing Hebdomadal Board to ^ a | pei &mh changes in the government of the uni-100 ? as ,.. it may think desirable , and empowering coUegep ^ with the consent of their visitors , to alter tl ^ ejr statutes or , jf they think it preferable , to retain them unaltered , with the single exception of oathf against change , of which Parliament should , it is allowed , enforce the abolition .

      This petition was debated in Convocation yesterday afternoon , and ojfcly carried by a majority of two . The numbers were—for the petition , 193 ; against it , 191 . - After such a . decision the petition will have little weight with the Parliament .

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      ' God save the Queen" with great unanimity , foe the inception of tLeii ? British companions ¦ m anot . ' The capitad ia exceedingly gay , and is looking forward ansiousij to this great arrival . Gndin ' s tall , some tinre back , at which theprincipal guests were attired as birds and fishes , wa s > thoroughly successful ; ef coarse there , was an Englishman , Major A . , present , who was announced : as- Sic Peter Wflkms ; There is an entente eordkile for young people who dance ( the . old aod fat are mterruptivc to saltatory enjoyments ) at the British Embassy on . the I 9 th i ' ti * for the benefit of the poorer British residents , so the Empero * take ^ 2000 francs , worth of tickets .

      'Tis intended that hear Gracious Majesty of Great Britain shell be : present , e » Seme merely j . at the opeuang q | the Cryatjti Saiaea , at Sydenham , on the 24 & of May . Bfamtfe foontsin for the grounds is nracb admired . The four qnar ~ ter » of tfeerglobear * to be pourtrayed , and to bear appropriate ? symbols . Sttrefv Australia should rise like the JFaxiaii Venus , the Flower of the Sea ? The figures are beitig east ia ffaatai by Brocciaai ,, of Drory-lane ,, whose eaves aora well worth a tM * . He has some s ^ adiea of animals' beads Iff Meni , wo ) a 4 erfUIIy , Bfe-likp . Sir Joseph Paxton has oraered Xrom the same eatojbl ^ bmenl , ^ QOf floTr ^ r vases for temporary use . m th * F * iacse gc ( H » id » t masblft -w ^ seja will e 7 eatua % replacfcitljMB . ¦ < -

      Belieya me as I was H compjmy \ rit ^ 5 tt Gr . A ., a tatll man . who doe&nt dj ^ ra « . t aae ^ s atl * n | iop k Wednesday veaajde-KghtM at , th * Nwfthajnj ^ Qa , Ijftce * , A large ^ and f ^ &hiqa ^ able flit « ada *« e , with a capital , co&t « $ t £ w the-ficeat Stakes ^ won by my Lord Chesterfield ' s Jatiq&eliiM * a »«* & hardjy mentiondd in the Eiagf There wei ^ tsor ^ sef neavy sjafls awing to Cortnrrjght trig ^ ng n || wl ^ l ^ l ^ t ; 0 i 5 y ^ low * and bruits , n » neck& ] i « a ^ e % ha {^ jr 9 ^ hux ^ ay ^^ Bjoyei anpthec-aceomjaodatiaB by the . GzesbfHiatWB Bttlwaj : I

      met Lord Dacre's hoaadfe at Bawiet ^ Ml ^ aBy ngp black horse down , there and back , by Jran ? for three sh 2-lings and sixpence . What fox-hunter grumbles at theraUways I w ; onder , now , spite of af ! their cutting up the country ? *? l \ fen ' t tka tinting * orts the " orses ^ ifar the ar 4 'iga way ; the constant ' ammer ,, ' aaftin * rt ' a ^ nmjSE , on the ' axd 'ig ^ w ay j it ' urta their ' owrftu If . you . WW ? A to go a ' unting ^ 'ire * ' ack and , 'ainmex , ' afOBOtx ^ , 'ananer 1 m . " The traic , however , is-better than a hack .

      PRIVATE AND COKJFEDENTIAIi . Oh t Liberty , eried J ^ darae Eoland , wha * crimes ate committed in . thj name 1 I ffni that I have l > een accused , like our historian Titmarsh in his chapters on snobs ^ of imftiiiging club law by my disclosures last , week ; and . am threatened , both in St . James's and-hi Covsht' -garden , with banishment for breach of -privilege ! / , who- quail not at a House of Commons ^ committee , to be ; scared by tfte- eotmcil of my clubs t The City dinner on the 25 th was the best effiort of Mansion-house hospitality 1 ever remember . Good company , hot soup , average sherry ( I wasn't one of the guests at the dais ) , and one bottle of Burgundy , obligingly procured for

      me by Mr . Deputy Obbard , which recalled the souvenirs of " the Vatei , " twenty years ago t Mast this is the ^ cevam f bius" of jjtondial eniertspnnofints m fcoris . The LopJ Mayor lias matfo . liisp ^ aee wthithe tPsst-ead ,. despite the Morn * ngr Advertiser , " who fans a flame between Cctfurt aai Gfty . The- Un ^ errSMMtKy of tbe Bwrdioi Gmtxt ^ whmet office las only srtecced t » the Hoase , f leaomtly o « i < i , th » t it aseemedL very ajp , ropri » te to him to see' the present chief nSa - Vitiate of tfe& Qity presiiang ovej : the happy diatrlcV east of Temple-bar ; inasmuch , aa ,, fjQjna ojd apsociatioos , hft alwaga regarded Sidney as the cl decus et tutamen" of Australia Felix—a little far-fetched , but a very allowable , after- dinner joke ; . ; aadf ptpticularty fpr an Oxford tutor .

      ! Hy wife < ioiaj > l % in « d sadly of her disappointment . at the reading of her Majesty ' s Message in . the HQuseQfLprda , Qn Monday nighfei TJafe Boading Cleifc performed bia fonction as if he was ftimbKng over a catalogue of old dothe 3 . Lady ,. li £ —rr- had prepared herself for trumpets , schawms-, P&wrsuivant-at-Arnjs , and a champion to throw down the gag * on : the floor of the apartnaent . A clerk or orier with a . f « e ^ voice is a Cajout morluum . \ Mothers of families with precocious sons hail the civil iservice reform with eatisfaction ! Oat of doors there ' s no

      i such stout opposition against it ; the grave objection seems to be lest Sir Charles Ireyejyan should have any hand in the management of the measure . He ' s the most unpopular Treasury pet ever invested with office ; &mily ties and his Inieddles pme mdustry keep him in power- ; but I never heardf [ a " gentleman' * say a good word of him . His bipod is red sfialiag-wai and his , heart-strings red tape . 5 Iy Uncle l Eoolsc « pj < 'wh ©' B bees a civil servant forty years com& > lid-; 8 ummer says the daily return of attendance , &c , ty each : of his six coadjutors in his department , ran thus when he first joined : —

      I From tO till 11 , ^ pe assembled—all seven . Ficoin 11 to noprr , ^ to begin 'twas too soon . From 12 . to 1 , thought whatfs to be done ? From . 1 to 2 , found nothing : to do . From , & to S , began to foresee , > , . That from 3 to 4 . was a terrible bore . I Bather than tbi ^ refoj-m it altogether . Dx . Bart ^ -, the untiring Africiin traveller ., has reached Tim

      : bncloo .: thai hitherto unexplored bourne from whence no traveller has returned . JBfri Peter-maun , his . correspondent here in town , reports ; for the benefit of commercial adventurers from 'Change-alley or Cheapside , that the Sheikh-el-Bakay , the xuling chief , has granted a complete imana for any English trader who may wish to visit Timbuetoo . Kind indulgence ! Ten to one Mr . Mechi will send a case of razors , Mr . Holloway a box of pills , and ex-Sheriff Nicoll a paletot , eie the year ' s out .

      Coven ttgarden is to open to-night with William Tell-In my ~ youth I encountered Duprez as . Arnold ( ah 1 the " Suivezmoi" ) , at the Academy , and the choir was perfect in Paris at tluib time . J ^ abuntur anni . There U to bo no Etoile du Nordy . though Cramers have purchased the copyright herein England , and Dr . Bimbault is scoring ; it and the publishers liave even refused the present usa of it to the Queer ' s' band , they say . Madamo Goldschmidt , nee Lind , will annually , I fear , have other things to attend to than the cultivation and care of her charming voice . Ohl these exacting husbands anLpatres familiarum .

      Why has my Lord / Salisbury closed Hatfk-ld Park against visitors , Cocknies ajtove alj . These demesnes , like wealth , property , and power of evtry description , are merely to be Lield in trunt for the general enjoyment . What man . of sense , now-a-duys , buries his talents in the earth for his own regards ? Tis the plcasantest bight to run clown on a Sunday , and seo tho holiday folks in the Botanical Gardens at Kew , thanks to Sir William Comn-iii-sioner Molesworth who has overridden the scruples of the nnti-sympathetic Sir William Hooker , the resident curator . If the Sjdenhtim Directors arc wise , they will open the Crystal Palace grounds on a Sunday , even though it clioko Dr . Cuinmiin' .

      You will ri'joice to be assured that there is to be a Kcaaon of French I * l » y 3 at the St . Jumcs ' s . Our iUitdwll i . s ii capilal innnrtger , save that he ' s a little too mucli led l > y the noso by Lafont , tho Vicux , the D'Orsay of the Coulisse . - * . Some question cxi .-ts ns to the French " Great Exhibition , " next year ; though the S <; viv . i pi-oplu aro jirepuring magniliccntly for it . Tlio foundations of their vuat building , in tho Chumps Elys < $ o » , are shaky ; tlio area i « fovmd to be insuffii-ient , und the wur epidemic rnus > t be attenuVd to . You bi'i : tliat ( lie b ; uids of the rcgimcntti in Paiis aro practising

      My Lord Palmerston regrets having slighted Mr . Baines . Tlie Home SeeretajFj , ? rchQnve \ ie . n , ^ Guanebo T q £ the ObserverwUl noi ; supper I iatiusiuatter , wiUcsde to , tixe President of the Poor ^ aw ^ ma ^ . proj ^^ aiuaezu ^ a ^^ l ^ l ^^ pi'aUe'iuad LearaeHt Gentiematt wifl . resiElme hia , avoffiJtionq ^ . Jgap t has done ao . There haa been nothing of mawersau ^ interest in the Hfevtae' this week . Hamp « tead r E-rater- Ra \ « nd St . Barna&os ,. Pimlico , may care for Inspection of &eNunneries j I can't , for I respect -vows in any shape . To bajaaace tiiew slowness in debate , the committees of the House have been very amusing .

      Even the wise man of . pjdnting-house-square , the . City intelligencer , can ' t explain the panic in the Money Market . Three weeks back , when the fleet was in the Downs , a rapid rise was reported ; now , the mere' formality of declaring the object of theic departure has driven everything downwards most absurdly . Neuralgia nnmml is beyond , the physician ' s cure . Consola havjag left off at 85 i , the famous bet . of 1 » , 00 ©/ L to SOW . between a veiy wealthy-gentlematt ,. of racing , and stock-jobbing notoriety , and one of the many Nobodiesof the Excnange 4 " tiat Consols would not felt as low as 85 ( being at the time of making thebetat 92 ) by , the middle of April , " will probably go hard with the millionaire .

      The "British Artists" is worth , seeing for KuriatoneV pictures . He paints a Moor ' s portrait as richly as Borrow didthveir country and life with his pen . Viscount Mahon is in the chair of the Literary Fund dinner on the 3 rd of May . Moncktoa Milnes assumes . th « pi-esidential Beat amongst the supporters of the General Theatrical Fund , on the 10 th of April . May there be a good muster at both these boards . I wouldn't care to live hi a land ¦ where neither authors nor actoxs were , grown .

      Messrs . Rose , of the Coalbrook Dale potteries , liave wsued fiome charming Purianjstatuettes . " CEnone , " by Shenton ; several subjects from the Faery Queen ( modtlled by Mr . Joseph Pitts , a very promising artist ); " Britomart , the Knight of Chastity , releasing Amoret , " " Britomart unveiling Arooret , " "The Vision of the Red Cross Knight , " " Sir Cnlepiae rescuing Serena" ( to wl . ich Hilton has done justice in the National Gallery ) . A pleasant graceful figure of a young girl bearing an opeu-moutiied bottle , is n delicate ideal of the Good Wife in tho legend of St . Keene and tho Cornish Holy Well—the well which gave the privilege to the

      first of a married couple , who tasted ita waters after the cerciiwny , of biipranacy through life . Tho husband (' tis such a true compliment to tlio mother-wit of ull maids and ma " troiis , that 1 must repeat it , old aa it is ) started from tho church porch where ho left his wif « , tho moment ihey were married , but found that she had been to tho well tho day beftro , and had taken n bottle of the sacred water to church . Tlio Wellington Docks h : ivo been a good battle-ground . Tho wonderful Wranghmn headc d the charge . The St . ly \ tlxerim > , London , East and West India , and Vicl&rin Companies were nil anaje'd against tlio intruder . . Ayrton , son oi

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      Our Preston correspondent forwards the following , dated yesterday : — " In estimating the number of immigrant hands , I find that 10 workers fnwn Manchester and 9 from Luncnistcr have be « n omitted , Yesterd . iy afternoon 92 liands arrived from Bedfordshire , of whom about 77 were lit for tho milla , and about 70 Irish from tho Liverpool Ui . ion Woikhoust ? , of Whom 35 lire likely to bo avaihiblo . I m : iy uluo notice the return of 8 persona , per tmin , as useless . From this it Would seem that tho balance of accost-ions of hands to tlio nulls during the week does not . exceed 200 , and taking the tteficitat U . 000 , it will take about 70 weeks to stock tho mills at the present rute . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 1, 1854, page 298, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2032/page/10/