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      ? roin i = g ^ nd 60 ; : >/ ni 8 *« iraber included invalids and froimded-BDldiei »^«> n » slm i 08 t « very regiment now m th « Jrimeai-iiinorinting in the wfcole , to- 282 . During the r < w ? a ^ ten . * itfeBiOcourre d- on board the T asmani a . ¦^ wa *» iKB-6 * NBBAt SHiBiarr , G . B ., on assuming the lontmand- oE ^ thej Second Brigade Light Division * in the Mmea , has addressed to the 88 th Regiment ( Gonnaught tangeraj ^^ th whieht he had been connected for onejid-tweqty yearaf a farewell address , wherein he speaks nth . ? great , enthusiasm of the brilliant gallantry of that orps > : v- •¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ - > : ¦ ¦ ' ; THE ANGLO-GERMAN LEGION AT ShORSCXIFFE . —The ZnglischeCorrespondenz—a German daily paper published t Igondon + —asserts that the members of the German . egion . have received only 31 . bounty money i nstead of ? . -,-and that men who have come all the way from Gertany to . enlist have been rejected on very frivolous prerxts , without compensation . The Essex Militia . — "A Militiaman " writes to the me * to say that the Rev . Mr . Wilson has lately reached at Chelmsford a very violent sermon against ie ,. West Essex Militia . The text was taken from ihe ook of .. Corinthians , whereon the rev . gentleman thus cpressed himself ( word for word ) : — " Now , the people ' the city of Corinth were exceedingly wicked people , r they were idolators , and indulged in evil and idle orts : and the people of Chelmsford would be equally i wicked as the people of the city of Corinth , if they he people of Chelmsford ) were all like the Militia . " he following is another elegant extract from the ¦ r xnon : — " That the people of Chelmsford were tired id disgusted with the Militia , and that they ( the [ ilitia ) ware a perfect pest to the town ; that the people ; Chelmsford wished them away ; that the Militia ere going headlong to Hell—nay , every day deeper id deeper . "—Surely there should be some limit the- licence which clergymen conceive themselves ttitled to in the pulpit . In consequence of these > wers of rhetoric , the people of Chelmsford have insulted te officers and men of the Militia in the street , at the * ne time quoting choice morsels from the sermon . Mb . Bakewell ' s request for a court of inquiry has sen refused . Wreck ; of the Ship Daniel Grant . —The Daniel rant , Brown , while on her voyage from Shanghai to iverpool , was wrecked on Helene Reef , China Seas , May S ; crew and passengers saved-. Failure of Nasmyth ' s Monster Gun . — We grat to learn that Mr . Nasmyth ' s wrought-iron gun is proved a complete failure . The welding so large a ass of iron renders it brittle and liable to burst .

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      OBITUARY . e . Fearous O'Connor died on Thursday week of iralysis . For the last two years and a half , he had « n under the care of Dr . Tuke , at Chiswick ; but tout' a week before his death he was removed by bis jter . ' Mr ; O'Connor was a member of an ancient ish family , which has been for many j'ears settled at > i * t Robert , in the county of Cork . He was born in r 5 sat for Cork county from 1832 to 1835 , being lseated in the latter year on petition after the general ection ; was returned for Oldbam in the same year , id for Nottingham in 1847 . The latter city he conmed to represent until his lamentable aberration of ind in 1852-3 . He suffered nt least a dozen Governent prosecutions for seditious speaking ; and his Kenngton-common vagaries in the year of revolutions , ! 48 , > will be fresh in the recollection of our readers . — il inquest has been held on the body , in consequence of sertions by Miss O'Connor and a nephew of the iceased that he had been ill-used , and , among other ings , stupiflcd with whisky and brandy . No proof of -usage , however , was produced ; and the jury therere returned a verdict of " Natural death . " The Hon . Abbott Lawrence , for several years merican Minister at our court , died at Boston on the fth ult ., in the sixty-fourth year of his ago . Major-General Sir Robert Nioklk , Commander the Forces at Melbourne , died in the course of last ay . He was nearly seventy years of age , and had rved in America , in Spain , at Toulouse ( where he was ttgerously wounded ) , and in Canada during the insurction . He was present during the riots at tlio gold ggings , last December ; and his exertions in the hot a brought on an illness which has terminated fatally .

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      MR . CAttLYLE'S TESTIMONY TO MR . DUFFY . t is with , groat pleasure that we avail ourselves of . 0 permission which wo have roucivod to publish tha Hawing . letter from , Mr . Carlyle to a friend , con-( vmg | t , ho testimony of the formor to the high and yiyajrous character of the Into member for Now Ross . lcf /^ Q » timony coming fro m one whoso namo is idonti-< 1 with honoaty and manliness , ami whoso opinion K « t ftUvayft bo received as tho expression of a voritablo l ^ ef , and not a coloured " nhain , " will go fur to rosuuo r . Duffy from th ^ e thoughtless adporaiona of some of ^ cp ntomnornrlea . "\ Vq too , like Mr . Carlylo , have jjijpnt'dd' Jjroiri many of Mr . Duffy ' s theories ; but wo 0 always gf lftd to Toco # uiao his moral excellence and 'jura& M ' " r ' September 5 , 1855 . OiiAK .. ¦ u—Some short time , ago I received ft

      circular , with Mr . Whitty ' s signature , on the same subject as your note , and was well pleased to learn that such a project was in agitation on behalf of Duffy , to which I wished all success very sincerely , though myself unable to take part in it . I have a real regard , and even affection , for Duffy , whose fine , truthful intellect , and ardent , humane character were always recognisable to me in the worst tumult of Irish confusions . His course then , which I never could applaud for wisdom , nor rebuke without pity and respect , has-all along seemed to me one of the most tragical ; and surely it has been troublous enough , tumbling in the wake of that monster of blarney , Big O . and his "justice for Ireland" ( the ugliest impostor generated in my time ); and , alas , it ends in a sufficiently mournful manner , though in a manful and pathetic One on my poor friend Duffy ' s part ! I would gladly go and testify these feelings on his behalf whenever it might be useful or suitable ; but , on the other hand , I can perceive that this dinner will not be the place for me to do it , but for others differently related to it than I , and who , probably , have somewhat other feelings to express . In short , there are multifarious reasons admonishing absence on my part , —two reasons were there no other : Permanent wish to steer clear to windward of O'Connellism , and of Anti-Ditto in all their branches ; and secondly , the horror and misery I undergo in all " public dinners" whatsoever ! I pray you , therefore , let me be excused , and be believed , at the same time , to wish the enterprise heartily well , as I do . Yours , ever truly , T . Carlyle .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen ' s Visit to Scotland . —The Queen , Prince Albert , and the royal family , left Buckingham Palace about half-past seven o'clock on Thursday morning , and arrived at Edinburgh at thirty-eight minutes after six in the evening . Suicide in a Railway Carriage . —A young gentleman named Payne , son of Dr . Payne of Nottingham , has hung himself in a second class carriage on the Nottingham and Derby Railway . He suspended himself by hi 3 neck-handkerchief from the ventilator at the top of the carriage door . The act must have been performed with great quickness , as he was not alone more than ten minutes . A Short Poem—one of the many which Frances Browne has contributed to the pages of a contemporary—7 S it Comet printed in No . 1451 of the Atheneenm , having attracted the attention of the Marquis of Lansdowne , his lordship applied to the editor for some information regarding its author . On learning the difficulties which have so long beset her , the noble marquis requested the editor to say that he would be happy to place 100 / . at Miss Browne ' s disposal ; and it gratifies us to add that this generous tribute to unfriended genius was accepted in the spirit in which it was offered . The Land Transport Corps . —With reference to the case of the poor woman who alleged she could not get her husband ' s pay from the office of the Land Transport Corps , a Mr . Kirby , who represented that he had been sent by Lord Panraurc , appeared before Mr . Arnold at Westminster , and denied the statement . The next day , the woman again attended , reiterated her story , and produced a letter from her husband , in which the writer told his wife that he was unable to send her any money , because all he had received from the authorities since he left England was 6 a . 3 d . Mr . Arnold gave the poor woman his card , and directed her to go to the War Office , and show tho letter to Mr . Kirb }' . This being done , Mr . Kirby first of all asserted that her husband was receiving his pay daily , or at least weekly , but afterwards said that , if he were i > o't so paid , it was because his account was not yet cleared up , and the authorities did not rightly know what was duo to him . At the same time he promised to inquire into the matter , and to communicate with the Coinmander-in-Cliiel' by the next post . Mr . Arnold , who thought tho telegraph would have been a readier way , gave the poor woman ten shillings from the poor-box . —Mr . Kirby has . since written to Mr . Arnold , to eay that his remark with reference to the inability to come to n settlement for want of suflicient information , had reference , not to tho woman ' s husband ' s case , but to tho oiiso of soldiers returned from tho Crimea . Tub I Wan in Amkhioa . —Another— unless it bo tho same—Irish Roman Catholic priost ha * written from America , imploring his countrymen not to go to that land , where they aro demoralised and worked to death ; telling thorn that , if tho ships in which they wore convoyed wore to founder with all on board , tlmy would have a bettor chance of Balvation ; and adding— " Wove Almighty God to give mo tho power of building a wall of lire round Ireland to prevent its pooplo from leaving It , it should bo built before tho ink with which 1 writo this lino would dry . " Amiciuca . —Tho Know-nothing movement has been mot by an Anti-Know-nothing movement ; at a meeting of tho supporters of which , at Charleston , a resolution was passed with tho utmost unanimity , declaring , in accordance with previous expressions of opinion on tho part of tho people of Georgia and Louisiana , that South Carolina * ' will and ought to resist , oven ( us n lnwt resort ) to a . disruption of every tie which binds hor to tho

      Union , any action of Congress on the subject of slavery " which may interfere between the slave-owner and the slave , or tend to the abolition of the slave-trade and the political rights of the slave-holding states . A bill of a very stringent character , in relation to Abolitionists , has been brought before the Kansas Legislature . It provides that every person who shall be convicted of causing a rebellion of slaves , free negroes , or mnlattoes , or of doing any act in furtherance thereof , shall suffer death . —At Baltimore , a desperate encounter had taken place between several rival fire companies of that city . During the fight , not fewer than fifty pistol shots were heard , but no loss of life is reported . Yellow fever is raging at New Orleans , and at Norfolk and Portsmouth , in Virginia . There are evidences of a revival of trade all over the Union ; but there has been no increase in the demand for money . —An auxiliary force of United States citizens is at present planning in Texas a movement in favour of the revolution in Mexico . Captain Henry , the commander-in-chief , has issued an address to his countrymen , in which he talks of bringing Mexico under the protection of the American eagle ; but another document , in which he addresses the Mexicans themselves , only speaks of helping them to establish an independent and powerful government . Mr . and Mrs . Bracebridge , who have been interesting themselves in the state of our military hospitals in the East , and have done great service to our suffering countrymen , have just returned to England . Their entry into Atherstone , Warwickshire , where they reside , was attended with great public rejoicings . Arrests for Murder in Ireland . — A Wexford paper announces that the whole of the circumstances

      connected with the murder , so far back as the 17 th of June , 1853 , of Mr . John Robinson , will shortly be brought to light . Evidence had to be sought for iu America , and the result has been the arrest of James Robinson ( the illegitimate nephew of the murdered man ) and a fanner named Michael Whitty , who have been committed for trial . Intimidation is being again resorted to in Ireland . The State of Trade in the great manufacturing towns continues satisfactory ; but there are no specialities of general interest . From Birmingham , we learn that the affairs of Mr . Thomas Spencer , the iron-master who recently failed , have at length been arranged by a composition of 2 s . 6 d in the pound , payable in four months , on liabilities to the extent of 100 , 0 * 00 / . The Boy with the Tail . —The child who was recently born in the North of England with a tail has beeu relieved of that awkward appendage by a skilful surgeon . Alleged Misconduct of the Police . —An inquest has been held in Walworth , on the body of Mr . E . B . Groom , who was thrown from his gig in a state of intoxication , and , though insensible , was placed in a cell , and left without medical assistance for twelve hours . The coroner conceived that the constable who took Mr . Groom to the station-house was much to blame in neglecting him ; but the jury refrained from making an addendum , in the hope that no such case would occur again . Sik Charles Wood , First Lord of the Admiralty , Sir M . Berkeley , Second Lord , and Mr . T . G . Baring , Private Secretary , accompanied by Sir Gcorgo Grey , h ; ve been visiting the port of Queenatown and Spike Island , for the purpose of inspecting the condition of the Government naval stores there . They have since visited the dockyard at Pembroke . Mr . Duffy has refused to receive a testimonial which it was proposed to give to him . A letter from Mr . Carlyle , with reference to this gentleman and his claims to consideration , will bo found in another column . A Church-rate has been rejected at Hackney by a largo majority . The parishioners then passed a resolution declaring' that they wished to press upon the attention of Government tho injustice of these rates . True Bournemouth Sanitarium . —In support of this institution for consumptive patients , Colonel Waugh ( at whose house at Kensington , Mr . Dickens , Mr . Mark Lemon , and others , recently played Mr . Wilkie Collins ' drama of Tho Lighthouse , has opened a bazaar at his marine residence , Branksca Castlo , Poolc . Education a . mono the Colliers * . —A meeting has been held at Newcastlo-on-Tyno , of gentlemen connected for tho most part wi (; h tho collieries , to consider a schomo proposed by the Hon . and Rev . J . Grey for promoting education in the mining and manufacturing districts . Tho chief features of this scheme were thus stated t <> tho mooting by tho Nov . G . R . Moncrioff , Government Inspector of Schools : — In tho first instance , a prize of XL wan proposed to be given to ovory boy and girl under ton yearn of ago ( this limit being only fixed for tho present ) , who should bring certificates nhowing that hrhad attended school for two year . * , and cortiflcatoa of good character , and who should be ablo to pusa antisf »« toriiy ari examination , which would bo of » very mo ««™" : amount of difllculty indeed , only indii < li » ff "" f ^ '" , ? tho ordinary elementary charmer . Aloiiff w " ^ prize would bo b Ivci . n card or ticket , jh « ™« ™ Uhnoninl to the pupil 1 * good conduct ami « ° ^ ° ~ &HTJ 2 £ &risr ^ r&& £ & ^^ "i ^ r / JS ^ fe -

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 8, 1855, page 861, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2105/page/9/