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      THE MaeHQylS OF AlSPG' £ iE 8 B 3 F . D 61 CO AwouasftT lived to henr the news of tire first ^» ated % ^^ lhgland in tlie great wet now breaking lift ik ^^ todstibfiA afc th * great p « a ^ in the settle * Dtoni ^ qdr > ^ WcSt HkP « vwrd- had piayed ti conspicuous pjiattiM O ^ fei ^ tdify ! of the-lrttle Ftiry > and her adneve * DAtoiUoff Stfbfastopol t reached- Looekwx about the middle of last week , and ! owly < m SaturdayTiioxning the ^ ^ SfiUrquiat of Anglesey lay--a , corpse , lie was eighty-she years of age , having bets born in May > 17 C 8 * Tweaty-one years after that event the French rd * wldtion bawt ; fbrth , involving the death of Kang L 6 ai *« nd war thrftughout Europe . Our hero , under hi'

      t in c « mmon with the- Great Duke—that . he-was ever before us . \ Ve saw him continually- and everywhere . In the ' parks , in the streets , in . assemblies and parties , or stretchi ing down Long Beach -in th » Pearl , with his gsreat mainsail . set , Lord Anglesey was ever about among hisceotmtrymen . ; ..... With him the old race of noblesM& we 3 l-nigh burnt out ; so of the Paladins ot the last- war . . Lord Berrsford , Lori . Londonderry , and Lord Anglesey have not teen slow to rejoin their great general * e-ren iai the grave . ''

      ttifctHleofLoraPBget . JFWsed ft regiment from a » iong t ^ : S ^ ffdj ^ re t « nBU » ry of . fffther , the Earl of lS ^^^ tt i'iti * feEi » ghti »* h Foot * andbeeftmeiULieitteni ^ Qollftteik -Ittrttftefe he- led hU regiment to lllitrite' ^ -andmnderithaODlike . ' of' 3 fo « fc shared ia-the ilitijuitiiiiiinw iitftnir to iFlAnders ^ which , altlm % h ; a multtnryftitare , wt » not withwtt those galbwr indi * ^ Ktti ^ wtfo ^^ fi ^^ w ^ 'TOect ^ witlr everywhere in tM ^ p ^^ dt ^ iK ^ BfrJ ^ sftJatmy , Tn thesfe action ^ con ^ - rweoiis alike in the advance and the retreat , liord iSSeilwon fcU ihare ofglor ^ . On returning to Eng-. l 3 ^^ Kt £ r ^| p || i | i ^ RM b ^^^ ^ oIoii « rof ^ e S |> s ^ j ^^^' -D *^ goODJBi-.-- Atlp » wi < 34 i a" « on « derabki ? ti § $ | yiiSr ^ E l ^^ ^^ dWc ^ CTmnwnteAthut wriea ofeniltitiflina

      and that system otmtBcrj » n « e whiCiieHG « war « n enrwr ^ ra&rat ^ i | iuquc , CaYalry . Again it was the -fortune .-of jm $£ a $ && Petite toilerthe tm& of * tb * km the notorious expedition to Holland , in which , alfhongh HB « ido 4 b «» ire « peaindirldmalihoBour « i the general ag | B 6 ^ litida S ? 'Iletwiii&gjiidw ^ ( Stelremief i ^ tiglitef-ot'We' Eat ^ l * of Jeweyf'by' ^ horti ' b »? l ^ d eight bnHdren ; TRematch r however , w'lHn ^ t a ? aSw : ohr ; ranaenda in a divorce . In T 80 S I ^ rd ra&S ^ erit a *^ itnimB ^^ Sfi ^ S ^ - s . ? % i !« w ojwrfctlopi , alike able « nd- TigoKsw ^ . Were ^ atteHy diliillipi ^^ liwiMily iaii > f > iiii iU 11 ^ lif iiilo flif In tn t of Ilio liiis ' " di& ^ xtt&Ww for

      of Jflnd ^ * mple etnttoyment' J * apoleott , iinRup ^ p * tt ^ lwS ^ p ^ r ^ ^ e « riS | tif $ Mg % iJiil ^^ of S Kiipolfioa ^ linnieaaQ armies . In this retreat , tfe ^ p « o ^ time « raal ^ I ^ rdt Peget was il ^^ \ Sfl 0 & ^ tai 0 ' cor&ted the rear , SeaiiD g ^ ftt . everjrGon ^ :. c « Mr « bie ORportuBlty rapid : and deadly blows upon ; Ms pursaeTs ^ The reanlt of tlia ^ TOtrea * . w weU v kfew' ^* B&i * r iny ' wa 85 ^* Br ^ , -. ' hot-Sir ; John Bloore , ¦ tm ^ if ^ gmiiuif ' . then .: iir oor WTvioev except- Su ? - ^« lror ^ II « leT , d ^ € diipon the field of Coranna , Kiheaotumn of 1 ^ 6 , tcmiyftg ^ returned to - Bi ^« ndrvheret he lemained for same tinie ,-taking « W : *^ : ^^^ : ??^ te- , j ***** ft ? :

      xini&iAUiioriMiupwascuvorceu irona jjaaytirag@Cp . anaj ttttn nuurrkd 3 iftdy Cowley , who waa divorced from , Ebrd Cowley in 1810 . From 1806 to 1612 , Lord I ? kg » t satin the Hou « e of Gommoas as representative f « tepltitrar »?] fa ^ 14 ttt * tye « t ; ifcmovad ^ &lin torth * Houie o * Pcwwass ^ fcrt ' of TJfcbridfce . Biit Napoleon , confined in Elba , fcttok ^ ( btth ; and the Earl of TJxrMtfge went over to Belgium ib cornmand of the cavalry . At Waterloo lie was foremost in the victorious charges of the Bt ^ hJCOTafryyand escaped unhurt ; but when the day was won a stray sliot broke his leg ; it WManv yiitated , and buried aa airelic imtlie garden opposite therinnat Waterloo * The : Earl of Uxbridg © was made Marquis of Anglesey .

      Under Canning , Lard Anglesey was Master-General of the Ordnance , and under the Wellington AvdininUtntion he was entrusted with the Vlcexeg ^ iicy of Ireland , where he became so popular that a Aiiulib demonstration of regret was made in Dublin * w £ MH' . l | to ^ tt&a ^ reGalle < L He vindicated his eonduct ^ lio . wJttrer ^ ao well in the House of L . ords that he was codisirepJlKced , ' and held the office for several years . Onvhlft return , he msuraed his eeat in the House , sfKl ^ aUh ' ough'he regularly attended , he seldom spoke . 3 ft ; geherUlfy sat beside the Duke of Wellington . Ih ^ ltfs estimate of him the Times has tlrese obeeTvations t—

      ?' He'Wonged to s race of nobles who have passed away fMnt-amoog ^ xur ^ b » rwas the last' of the race , and we shall Ittowthentmoi mora . Youtr modern English peer is * sharp 1 mA . Aganlr or conveyancer , or a jocu i * r » hair- > splitting Ittw lotdi , ' or , if bo bo < of u yoanger generation , ho iu-ujm-infui do-^ raat er of bl iun-beo ks *— a man ready to talk fur tliree hoars vpOB'tlnrcoedtUonof vOenferal Asi »^ or t h «> statistics of dan-« lelionsiin > lha < voaitty of Salop ; bitt a nobleman lie-ta not in the' 8 « nae ill which Lord Anglesey srma on « Society may T > psiiib 4 inhfc * fr gained by tlto change—we simply notify bile

      fact that aigenas is oxtifwit of whioh Lord Anglea « y wos a 4 > iilk « iit example . He was a man pre-eminently fearless jrttd bmn , , l > at ever courteous and of high > bred rnannor . It ia . ^ ery t rue that naturo had given liim groat ad vantage * of form and basrin ^ , and tbo conaoionsneas of hie own rank a-ifd position might liaTe holpcd him somewhat in tho same direction } but , independentl y of all this , thare Waa aWut him the dignity of u . kind heart , and of a r » an who respectb others because lie respectn liiinaelf . There may be other survivors , but Lord Anglesey had this

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      By his death them hecoEtte-vacant th » connnand : of ^ 5 awe » G « stl « > whieh ; wllk , « ot b © filled op ; the lord * lieutenancy of Stafltor * shire , the eotoneiey of Boppal HoneGtUarda ( Blues ) , the lord ^ lieutenancy of Anglesey * tbe offiee of constable or Carnarvon I Ctesfle , and tlie-tangersKip of Stiowdett Forest . The Premier has also u Blue ltiband to give away . lord Pagret ,. M . P . for Sauth Siafiuixlshire , now Becomes Ba ^ t of . Uxbriage , but no vacaticy occurs , aB ^ tlieimrony o > f . Pagei ^ meTges into ; the marquiaato oae&more .

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      , BE 2 TH QE JA 10 ES MOTTGOMEmr . S&Mm- ' MaKixiaMEwti , the vmt and journalist , died at ^ Sheffield on Sundaymoffulng , atthe great age of eighty * two . His memory fieivfin especial claim upoit oxetisympathiea , ttetSrase lie wftrpneof the earliest to strtferth'beliiilF ^ cif the came offree speech , and un ~ Ilttenced printing slhce the era of nevrspapers , and tbJit- notlbr actawility , but psttribtism . Honour be to his memory . Many who now write and print in peace owe that privilege to the sufferings of those nranwhoy At the close-of "Ilie last ; and all througfci thft first half of this century , vindicated the rights of Englishmen . r

      Wo borrow fhjffl' the columm &P ttm-DifmNetes thaFiOOly « otice . w « ' * re alii © to present of the life of Jamos'Slontgpinery . rt Jaoiea Mo ^ r ^ meiy wasijismas latvgjago aa l ^ vetti ber-tj 1 % mr * irm * im , iihi AynSiire ,, Bis father'Am ^ a 5 fdraviatr miM » ionaryfwH-l < ttving'hteM > tt in Yorkshires be edncat ^ l , iMBtf ttefas * Wj&t ^ bothidted . Whem o » lyil 2 re *« = ol ( litM ' bBiit « f thwboyfe nHiKb # aS 3 fcmn b y ^ tl ^ pjrouaction ^ of'Vdyieiw mttdl poem * These indications- could not save him at first fxom the fatfr of ttafefioo *^ audilia « w «» s « lt m > e * m OllJl » ead ? fe awf « tant iii a emn # 4 iop H ^ tlrimitd ^( i ^« th ^^«< wi ^ t 3 ^^« ita ^« c ^ s ^ fco # witlf ! 3 *^^ vin ^ fWcfeet y ^^^^

      seek tame and fortune * IB' bii < ifirst emn ^ ter t ! rok «> doirtti fflsctfort « uwhile gave up his pktf to t « k « tSterHce hi another titoafiou : Only , fora tlnfe , 'htwever , Was > lte-ea « tfent , * and * swdnd ^ ffortto ^ mh th « tnetr « r ^ lM W «^ ncc ^ ss so * far m Wt » gl » g ; lfim totlie spotihe tetl lowwd'foV , belt nnsaeeeaafal ^ his m aini hop«—* th * t of ^ £ nd 1 ( ig ft ptiblfthW for a volttme of hi » rve » e » i fliit-the > WofcseHer who refcised &fontAom « ry ' s peoiud accepted his liboifr , and made him h % Hihnpman < Po < twoe however , as she generally d 6 c » , amlUd ; "at ^ last on the > > t * A \ tiua- yohOH 4 » Q in 3 792 1 ^ ( gained ; m > : p ( mt itt tlt » caWbBsftnwdt of' Btr ; Gales , a i boofcseller ^ f Sh « fieldj who tnd set 'tip a neweptipeT called t iaa Shield . Router . Oh thia paper Montgomery worked eciw : am < # 9 i m& ^ beti b is m « ler had to fly * frdin finglared

      to avoid' lnArpisontnent for printing articles- too liberal for th » then despotic' Qoverament * of ^ England , tiite voting poet btfctmitt thw editor snd paWJaberof the paper , the name of which h ^ changed to SA ^ fftetd THas In the coitunc ^ of tins p * ia 6 he advocated political and rcligiftasftecddni , and such oowduct secttteelfdr him the attentions of the Attorney ^ ( Staeral ) bywhtaa herwas prosecuted , fined , and imprisoned ; ifi the first instance > fbr reprimring a song eommenioratlng 1 The Fall of the Bastile ; ' in the second-case , for an ^ acconnt he giave of * riot ift Sheffield . Gonfinement <*> ul < 3 not crnsh his love of political justice , and on bis ( second release he went on advocating" the doctriues of freedonn as before , in his paper and ft Ins books . In the lengthy periods bt ? tw « en those times and the present , the beliefd which James Montgomery early pioneered in England have obtained general

      recognition , and , aa men became more and more liberal , oiir poet gained more and more esteem . He contributed to magazines , and despite advorae criticism in the ( Edinburgh Review , ' " established his right to rank as a poet . In 1707 ho published ' Prison Amusements ; ' in 180 * , the ' Ocean }' La . 1806 , the 'Wanderer in Switzerland : ' ia 1809 , « Tl » e West Indies ; and in 1812 , 'TheWorld b * lbre the Flood . ' Uy thc 3 o works he obtained the chief reputation he has since enjoyed . In 1819 oppared c Greenlstnd , ' a poem in five cantos ; and in 1828 f l The Pelican Island , and other Poems . ' In 1 * 51 the whole of his works -were issued in one volume , of which two editions are in cir-oulation ; an-d in 1858 , ' Original Hymns , for Pwblie , Private , and Sodal Devotion . ' Tteia venerable post enjoyed a well-deserved iterary pension of 150 / . a-vear . "

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      Queen ^ 9 health - drenk , i » suddenly turned fully on , revealing the . pietaced walls ivnder that bhtKe of light . At the dinner last Saturday th * Cabinet contributed nine of itrmembett ^ Loni Jolttt Humell the liiord Chancellor ^ Ijord : Bttlun « r « toa , Lord Clarendon , the * Duke of Newcastle , ti » Marrqtiis of Iiansdowne , BEr . Sidney "Herbert , Esri GranviHe , and Mr . Gladstone ; the Omwsitlon sent Mr . JDioaeli and his two sdtttnes , Mr . watpole and Slv John ^ Pofcington ; the Chuiob , furnislied ; the Bishop-of Iiondon and the Bishop of Oxford ^ Law forwardedV besides liord Granwoarth ^ Sir John Jervisy Lord CanapbeU ^ and Mrv Ju «* icefColeridge ; S « ience' : «« nt BrofessorOwen 5 and Literature was represented by MH Chnles BickenR , Mr . JohnOPowter , and Lord Ma- % o » . of

      Aft ^ r the dainties the feast were disposed of , the speech-maKing tiegan ; antl the 2 * re $ ideiit » Sir Charles Eastlake , made in the-course-of the evening a round d 6 zen of speeches . I"iwt heproposed the Queen ; then Prince Albert ; tlicn the Jtoyal ITamily —all with appropriate rhetoric . After these came the Arm j ^ and la > r « l Hardcnge answered ^ orrthe efncienoy-of the troops sent ^ oat under ^ Lofd Itaglan ; th * ft tha iJavjr , a 4 d Xord Hsrdflrioke ^ . Sir Jmmea Qrehatta being : absent ( We I ^» r > pu 1 » ti ^ dinner was at'the « feform > Club > l ) ' ~ replieel = fiir our-tacf »/ 4 W whom art is a blessing , saM lie , became it enabl « rthtj sailor to carry io sea-the portridfcoiC his loteil ones . In proposing the diplomatic service . Sir Gluirieft ^ alhided to the absence ot the Chevaliex Buiisen , < Md aciheer of regret hurst fortli ^ hut lie n * inedXor& Clarendon

      who did duty for the whole of ttte corps diplcimeUi que , and did a little stroke of dipleniacy on Ms own account with an eye la ; business in < Pari&i "Ijrejoice ^ to ^ ee tuat-vf two ||^ ea ^< spseiniQn&x > f art now before nice , one , an e&fc ^ lent ^ porttyiiaf the Enrperor of : the French ^ 1 * by > aa Kflglwh actvM £ WBd xanotbftr ^ it portrait of an English nobleman ^ is by avFre ^ U ^ anist ^^ utd tha t both are worthy to be placed . sidV by ? 8 idte « with that eAef ^ tf ?« w 4 rre in the centre ( ^ the portrait of Lord J . Ru 8 sell" )> ( Cheers . ) The original ot that pieture ofthC'Emperoris fond of British artists , aad I know that he looks forward with infinite satistattlon t * the Comp ^ tttSoh by English artists ill the Exhibitiott wlii <; h is to be opened next fW in Paris . He ardently hopes that they will contribute to that 'Exliilttion , and' lie has expressed a conSdeftt erpeetation that great i » efteftt will ewue , both to French ; and EiigfiiH artlats , from that cempetiiion , ' *

      The Lord ChaDceUor responded for the guests ; praisihgiheJExhibition . ; putt 3 rj » in . a defenceifor out nationaLlove of poitwta—they show th * 4 Streng ( thof theidookesticafieefcioaA . ¦{ . > :.. . ... ; , " The use of portraits was well described by one ^ wlJOtti he migiitCEi ^ a savage . ^^ Prihw ^ te B ^ y ^ wtotthlstpOrtrait was « tBlftn r was asked whethsr 1 » ifndenstodd the dbw 6 tr of it . H * ' repli * d f > Oh' ^ yes ; ttm « unde « fcASidvifWfell . THisTie Boo die i thiftt J . O- Boo liver ( Etm \ ksamy TIAf-wa * a commenting apotr portraifci painting « he most appropriate-that could besmadf /* Aga 3 n the ? President found a tongue , this time to respond to the toast of'Kis own healtlt , which Lord Cranworth had proposed :. an « L to make . jui adroit appeal to another distinguished guest— " the Chancellor of the Exchequer . " Mr * Grkdatone put cot an unjust construction on the toast .

      "If tx ) u allow me to < tatethe tmth /' widhe , UlI should say that-l'Understand th ^ proposal of theohadrman as mticb mm ttiun a compHfhent either to tlie Individual orio the offiiee , It was a description of parabley tire meankrg oi whloh I take tote , that the Ghancellor of the Exchequer is considered to be the symbol of tlie pecunkpf resonreeS' of thecoantry ( eh < sers «* d laughter ) , &n& that the funds of a great ttirtion ought t « be libernlry dispensed for every civUiamg purpose i and-not least for the purposes ' of the fine arts :. (« fl « er » . ) If I hftVtt been selected as the symbol of this truth , 1 nm glad to ba the vehicle of convey ins or illustrating a truth at once so ob-rious and 60 just , that it Is acknowledged

      by all 1 ny colleague * , and acfcnovltidged ( through upon this yon may , perhaps , bo more sceptical ) oven T > y me . ( fTheert and lamghttr . ') Mr- President , tl * e rositlon of pubhc affairs is as you have told tia > not altogether favourable . The et \ h upon tli « public ptirso for other and ruder purposes are heavy , and are ) not likely booh to diminish . At tlie same time I join with you in tlie hope that , whifd tbte great nation braces itself up for great Bncrifitefes for the-furposes of carrying on tho war uj ) on which it has entered , it will not eon' * descend-to the narrow economy -of' stopping Tip all the channels through which &uah fertllizSrrg influences have been dispensed ) and by m « ans of which haYe"flouri 9 hei education and the tino arts . " ( Cheers . )

      PUBLIC DINNERS . TBX ROYAL . ACADEMY . Among the pleasant dinners to which Ministers are invited in the course of tlie year , certauily the Royal Academy dinner is one cf tlie pleasaatest . As our leaders well know , on the Saturday preceding the opening of tl » e Exhibition , tbe President , professors , aeudGinicians , and associates of the corporation in Trafalgar * square order a splendid banquet , and entertain the ffieat officers of State , members of Par ~ ] iarnent , now and then u . bishop , and some distinguished mon of science mid literature . Tho gTeat cast room ia fitted up as a banquettiiig-hall on the occasion , lighted by gas from above , which whon the

      Th « n came the incident o ^ the evening , not uninteresting to those who love to studj our Parliamentary heavies in their lighter moments , dallying in the lap of the JTlne Arts . In proposing the next toast , Sir Charle * Eastlake spoke thus : — " It will be remembered by those now present that , on »• former occasion—tlie year before last—tho then Chancellor of tho Exchequer ( Rlr . Disraeli ^ invited a noble lord fLoii J . Kussell ) to co-oyeratc with lutn in any judicious scheme that might be devised for prosnoting tho fine arts in this

      countTy , Without alluding in any Way t « politics , I tniiy mention that tlio relative position of the noble lord and tlie right lion , gentleman have beew since tha * period obangea , and I beg to express ft hope tb » t such charj : g » in their relative position will induce no alteration in tho sentiments tlwy expressed with regard to tho ^ productions of the flno arte ^ ( CVieers . ) It ie reinurkable that , on tho occasion to which I refur , it waa obsor-ved by Lord J > orby that tho right hoa . gentleunan appear&d in this room in two places- It buppo ^ d thut a very Btriking portrait of the right hon . gontlonaftD

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      4 M . ' THE LEADER . [ SArruRDAt ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 6, 1854, page 414, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2037/page/6/