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      is yi ()| eBceT ) ras excessive , and he was rather usedr ini consequeiKe . Several , members of the litan andV City Police stated , that . ' the xnan i ,, upon-one occasion , imprisoned two years for with violence , ai ^ d upon , many , occasions , for eirra ^ i . ., Jtey did . not . Jknow . -whether , he was . a convjct , ' , but ' theyhopeil . the Alderman would iini' in order , that , particular inquiries might be o Jiia jast career ,. as weDas for other reasons , iiereforo . remanded for a week . lVBI > JPj ^ bosts . —Christopher Ward , described ic epgraypr , in the employ of My . Goodwin , of Vellington-street , Strand , was summoned at

      et , under the new Reformatory Act , to snow y ne should not contribute to the support of [ ohn Ward , who , was convicted of felony at the larter ' Sessions in March last . The father iat he had the boy in . ^ London last year , and a situation for him at' printer ' s in Woodt he . stopped out late at night , and only kept a few months ; after which he left his father tied toTiis mother , who had been cohabiting with lan at Leeds , and caused the boy to be what He separated from Ms wife ten years ago at h , ' and made her ah allowance , which he kept

      e found she had other connexions . Evidence wards given to show that the father ' s habits sprayed as the mother's ; and he was ordered . $ dl a week . '" . ' ... ' liuKDEBS near Melton Mowbray . —The the Thorpe toll-gate ( a mile out of Mowbray , -antham Koad ) has been murdered , together grandson . The old man and the boy were Thursday-morning . in . their dwelling , horribly An inquest hasIbeeri opened , and is adjourned . 1 convict , named Brown , lies under suspicion , jlice are searching for him

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      iETtTRiJ QF GENERAL WTLLIAMS . e defender of Kara arrived at Dover on Monwas met by tbe Mayor and a large crowd of ic welcomers , and , having repaired to the ip Hotel , he received a deputation from the uthoritiea of the town . After the reading of i ___ ¦ ' Williams replied as follows :-r—^ Mn Mayor , gentlemen , in returning thanks for the honour done me , it is in terms inadequate to express » . that I do so . Seldom , if ever , called on to tody of ladies and gentlemen such as I now ax . under difficulties of . na ordinary character ; re you thafcJftet most deeply the honour you me . I feel it the more , perhaps , in consethia' day / being -the anniversary of the day

      General Mouravieff appeased before Kara . F . « r . myself , I thank Cod forjiaving preserved t * 8 Q , many dangers , and . that it has been my . serve . tbe Queen ,, in each & manner . I am » atj , it ; has pleased her Mj ^« 3 ty to . shower . on y ( honours ; I am thankful that 1 haveobgoodwill of . this glorious country ; and espe-. I . have been spared to witness the manifeatahjs day . ( Cheers *) In . addressing , an assera-Y countrymen on landing upon-British soil , I than one duty to perform ; and the first is to , those brave men who surrounded me in I extreme distress , who were indefatigable in r . their duty under the trying'circumstances

      they were placed , aud who supported and under evejry difficulty . ( Jlear , hear . ) They flagged in the performance of their duties , ; ht . , By day they wore at their posts—at ware in the . trenches , ¦ ( Cheers . ) But , while 1 latest ( pleasure in adverting to their glorioua have a melancholy duty to perform , and a pay to departed heroiajn and worth—to the f one of my bravo companions , Captain It was only the tl » y before yesterday , iria , that I . heard of his severe illness , and I then think that the scenes of tliis world i oloao upon him . I had looked forward to i mother ' s house and cheering him aa he had

      ly oheered mo , Unfortunately , unhappily , it rdcrcd , otherwise . Thcv only consolation which red , to his widowed mother is , that her lan died a glorious specimen of an English Cheers . ) I can assure you that ho was never that when reduced to a skeleton , by dire disis not prevented from doing hie duty day or or Mrs . Thompson will have the consolation been the only consolation experienced by icre during the present war—they have given to . tho . service of the country ! And if tho day ahull be

      a ^ he , repetition of this sacrifice noieliovo then ? will be thousands who will give [ spring as readily aathe mothers who aro now IK-itih / f lo » s of tboira ; for woo to tho nation « # lip ;) mMit » ry art ! Woe , to that nationt nationr-rwhiph heap * jup . r iches but which tfjfce . t ^ e ,, precaution to dofond thorn . , ( JI ^ ar , ( iy&pwed , through arnaipd Europo , apd . I taHe r ^ fc ., © nportuni ty , of uttering ) a warning to forget the military art . ( Cheers . ) I havo ty to perform , and that in , to recal tho

      courage and discipline of those brave Turks , under Selim Pacha , their commanding officer , and' the Turkish general officers , who supported me in every trying situation , and who ,, from the first moment of entering tie place to , the last , were toy friends and counsellors . I thank them from this spot , and bear testimony to > "their valour , for it would have been impossible for the Turkish army to show more endurance and true courage than they did . ( Loud cheers ?) I have another duty to perform , in doing which . I turn to our former enemies , now our friends , the Russians . When dire necessity obliged me to go into the camp of General Mouravieff , I went to a brave man , who received me with a kindness and ahighmindedness I shall never cease to remember . An army irritated with dreadful losses and the other casualties of war received me when I

      went among them , not as an enemy but as a comrade—received me not with the skin-deep politeness displayed when two gentlemen meet , but with the politeness of the heart . General Mouravieff is a man of the olden time . He is s stern man , but I believe that if there is an honest man on earth it is he . I have heard it said that a project has been debated in England , having for its object the presentation of a testimonial of British esteem to General MouraviefF . I can only say , that he and his brave army have my greatest esteem . { Hear . ) He not only received me kindly , but in the hour of sickness he visited me , and in all my intercourse with him he acted as a brave and chivalrous man should act . In Kars he

      found a half- ^ starved , half-clothed army . He fed and clothed them . Nor was he less attentive to the wants of those in whom the seeds of disease were sown , and in whom famine had more than half accomplished its deadly work . { Laud cheers . ) I must also tell you that in passing through Russia , from one end of the empire to the other , I have experienced in no small degree the friendship and charm of Russian society . When I arrived at St . Petersburg the Emperor received me in so kind a manner that nothing could have exceeded it . ( Hear , hear . ) That kindness was again repeated at Berlin , where no man could have been received -with greater honour . The King of Prussia and the young Princewho is at present in England , and

      , who ia soon to be allied to England'by ties more close and binding than at present , met me at the head of the troops , and treated me with the greatest possible consideration . I return them my most sincere thanks from this British ground . ( Cheers . ) The kindness and consideration which , a 3 I tell you , were vouchsafed to me in Russia , and Germany were repeated in France , when I arrived among our glorious and brave allies , the French . ( Hear . ) God grant that that alliance may hold good for many years to come ! ( Laudandprolongedcheering . ) The day before yesterday , I was presented to the Emperor , from whom some time since I had the distinguished honour of receiving the cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour . I was Sorry that ,

      having sent it to England , I was unable to wear it upon my breast upon that occasion , and I expressed that regret to the Emperor and explained the reason ; upon which his Majesty immediately rose from his seat and said , « I will get you another ! ' In a moment he brought me out the star of Grand Commander of the order , which he presented to me . ( Loud cheers . ) I felt that the act was towards the British nation—not towards : me ; it was totally , unexpected and uncalled for . And now that I have arrived home among you I feel that I am witnessing the happiest day of my life . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Mayor , ladies and gentlemen , I thank you mo 9 t heartily for vour kind expressions , and for the consideration with which you have listened to me . "

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      A BLIND MAN'S JOURNEY . A young blind man , named Thomas Scholefield , applied on Wednesday at the Lambeth Police-court for assistance . He had been born blind near Bolton , in Lancashire ; arid , his father becoming advanced in years , and hia sight partially failing him , ho ( tho son ) determined on conrinff up to London , seeking admission into tho Blind School in St . George ' s-fiolds , and learning some trade that ho might support himself and family . But ,

      to his great disappointment , he learnt that he could not be received , on account of being over the ago of limitation ( twenty ) , unless he could bring extraordinary interest to bear . This ho could not do , and ho was now left in London without money to take him back to his homo . U'he magistrate , who greatly commiserated Iuh case , gave him 1 / . out of tho poor-box , and got him to leave his address , that ho might communicato with him f any money should bo transmitted by tho benevolent . from tho magistrate to

      In anawor to a question , as how he found his way up to London , Soholefiold replied that " hearing" tho hcdgc 3 on each side , he managed to keep tho centre of the road as near as possible , and travelled tho whole distanco without a single accident ; but tho rouff lmess of the road had very nearly worn out a utout pair of shoea . Ho never , ho said , ran foul of any impediment that was as tall aa himself , as he always " hoard" it as he approached , and therefore avoided it . Tho laini > -po » t « , he added , he " hoard" as ho approached within a couple of yards of them , and could count every one oh the uido of tho street on which he passed . lh « impediments which puzzled bin * were short poat » , or neaps of stones not sufficiently high to reach hu ear ; but ho gonorally managed to avoid accidents .

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      ¦ —^— m - •>•>¦—>• ' ^^^^^^^^^ H ^^ aM ^ BM ^ MM ^^ HBHBMBBiBBaB ^ HBHHHN CbNTlKENTAL NOTES . ¦ . •• . ¦ ,: .... i . - , IB 4 SCB .., ¦ ¦ ' . ' . ' . , "'' The . baptism of the Imperial Prince took place last Saturday at half-past five o'clock , * . M ., at the cathedral of Notre Dame , amidst a great accumulation of splendours , ecclesiastical , civil , and military . We have neither the space nor the heart to repeat ihe gorgeous absurdities with , which the ceremony was surrounded , and'need only mention that the Cardinal Legate conducted the baby to the font ; that his Eminence went

      through the various buffooneries with due gravity ; that , after these things were happily concluded , an Assistant Master of the Ceremonies cried aloud three times " Vive fe Prince , Imperial !"; that the Pontifical blessing , delivered by tbe Cardinal Legate , concluded the ceremony ; tbat there was great noise of cannon before and after ; that there were flags and streamers enough to make a gala day ; and that a great crowd assembled "to see the show . Nearly eighty prelates were present , and among them were three Irish Roman Catholic Bishops on their way from Rome .

      A grand fete , to commemorate the ceremony of the previous day , was given on Sunday in Paris and in all the principal towns of France . The village of Bezandun , in the department of the Drome , and eighty acres of the most fertile land , in the department , have been swept away by a landslip , and the ruins carried into the river Bine . The chateau of Truinas , in the same department , has likewise been destroyed . The southern departments have not only suffered , severely by the late inundations , but are likewise about to be deprived of a great source of wealth , at least for this season . It appears that the silkworms are dying of a disease which the Italians call gattine . Their growth becomes stopped . Some produce a few threads , and others attempt to form a ball , but the silk is of no value . The silk crop for this year will be the worst that was ever known . —Times Marseilles Correspondent .

      A subscription ( says a Calais paper ) is being formed for the erection of a chapel at Agincourt in honour of the French victims of that battle . It is known that amongst the dead were 8000 knights and esquires , more than pne hundred baronets , seven counts , the Dukes of Brabant , Bar , and Alencon , and the constable and admiral of France . The subscription is being received by a Franco-Belgian commission , which includes the highest names of the two countries . . , . The Emperor , on Friday week , received the different deputations and jurors of the Cattle Show at the Tuileries , at two o ' clock ; and among the rest , those from the Royal Agricultural Societies of Great Britain an A Ireland .

      On the occasion of tho baptism of the Imperial Prince , the Emperor has pardoned 291 persons confined in the bagnes and prisons of the empire , commuted or reduced the penalties of 489 others , and remitted the fines of 251 delinquents . . He has also granted » remisr sion- of the remainder of thejr punishments to * 80 military offenders , and a . reduction to * 23 ofchers . I n congestion , with the same event , the city of Paris gave a ball on Monday night to the Emperor and Empress . The Hotel de Ville was ornamented much in the

      same manner as on the occasion of the Queens visit last August . At the banquet given in ^ he same place on the previous Saturday , the day of tho ceremony ( when the Emperor was also present ) , an awkward accident happened . It was found , on their arrival , that there was literally " no place " for six cardinals who wore among the guest * . Fancy a cardinal being addressed in the language of Malthus to the poor— "There is no place for you at tho table ! " However , matters did not quite come to that pass : their Eminences wore squeezed in somehow—higgledy-piggledy . Let u » hope they bore the chastening misfortune with proper

      Christian resignation . Cardinal Patrizsu has presented " tho Golden Rose to tho Empress , as a type of " tho joy of the two Jerusaloms , that is , of the Ch urch Triumphant and tho Church Militant , " and of " tho joy of all tho saints . " Prince Napoloon has started for tho north of Europe in tJio Bciiio llortcnse . A project of law on the Regency has boon presented to tho French Senate . Enoug h has transpired to show that tho Empress ia tho regent proposed in cawc of the Emperor ' s demise . She ia to bo assisted by a Council of Regency , named by the Emperor in a lottor which is to remain closed until that event . In case of the Empress's demise tho nearest rolativo of tho Emperor ia to bo Regent , but only until auch time aa the Senate ehall have named a Council of Regoucy 5 tho Emperor BtiU resorviug the right of * i previous nomination which WU snperflcdo that of thcScnate .

      _ „ . _ ,,... _ Tho Senate , aa wo learn by three lines in tho Monittur , has achieved it » first act of opposition . It has actually thrown out a bill , and a very important bill . By a majority of CO against 5 C , this body of salaried nominees has made a . marvellous show of independence , and aK ainBt the ordorn of tho Government which . created and pays it , has put n veto upon tho measure for imposing a tax upon horses and carriages uaed in Paris , which had boon accepted by the Corps L < 5 « islatif . — Daily % *»** ¦ ¦ It in stated confidently that the . propoacd bill on the cuat «! n » duties w * U meet with a serious opposition in tho Corps Ltfgislatif . All the commissioners named are opposed to the mennuro . —Morning Pott .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 585, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2146/page/9/