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      tion in ' . England , the prospect does not seem to be so promising ; and'although the motion was carried by a considerable majority , it is plain that the old dreary fight is about to be waged over again ; and lord Joux miglit well say that he was " not surprised at an opposition , . wihicli was but a renewal of that wlvich had been offered totevery proposal ( for the furtherance of education . " The arrival of the Princess E » jBDERiCK- "WiLiJjaai <

      of Prussia at Berlinfjarings'theanoment of tbifiiling her farewell . Happily we can do so in perfect hopefulness that her happiness is secured by the marriage which , she has contracted ; and our last sight of her , for a time , will be a pleasant memory . Let us remember her affectionately pelted with flowers by the good folks whose Queen she may one day be , and , when struck in the face with a bouquet only too heartily thrown , laughing with all the ' gay-heartedness of—the Princess Royal .

      The state of money and trade again attract notice . Trade continues to be very languid , although discount at the Bank of England has gone dawn to 1 livec per cent . It ought to be plentiful at that price , and ought to be readily taken up for investment ! But the bankruptcies that followed the late speculative mania continue to be i-eported ; and commercial men hesitate to rush again into a debauchery of speculation , while the corpses of commerce Jio scarcely cold around them .

      A most extraordinary affair has taken place near { Bristol , a clergyman named Smttii and his wife 'being committed on the charge of attempted highway robbery and murder . Some years back it appears that the present Mrs . Smith was a servant in the house of Swan and Edgar , of Regent-street , and while there she ' kept company with John { Leach , who was a porter in the employ of the firm . She afterwards married her present husband , and XlEach lost sight of her for some time , when relations were renewed between them for a brief space

      the desertion of her husband . The property consisted eff a < Binall . legacy , ; and she had expectations of xccei-viugsBometiiiHg at the death of her father , ninety yeass of age . The magistrate granted her the necessary order .

      at a watering-place , whither she had invited him to come to see her . A very short time ago Leach received a letter which he believed to be in her handwriting , informing him that her husband had died and left her a thousand pounds ; and that if he were free and inclined to marry her , she should desire ( nothing better . Several letters followed to the same purport , and at length Leach was induced to go . down into the country to meet her . They met , she dressed in widow ' s weeds ; she led him from the station ; and they were proceeding by her direction

      across a dark common , when she suddenly cx-. claimed , " We are lost ! " and immediately afterwards Leach was assailed with blows from a bludgeon dealt him by a man , whom he believes to be the husband of Mrs . Smith . There are many minor circumstances whioh'Seem to establish the fact that a conspiracy to niurdorJLiEAOii had been entered into by tthe husband aud wife . ; but at present tho affair is coll mystery , and conjecture . flL'he husband and wife . are . committed for ; trial . It is more like a tnlo for some 'English Dumas to wrilq , than for an English * Reverend' and his wifelto do .

      Mattora matrimonial occupy rather a Inrgo space in the news . ( Tho operation of the newDivorco Act iis daily 'becoming more notioectblo , and tho benefits of its provisions evidently bottor understood . Cases , likc that oi" Mrs . Makoino 'Howbtt , before the Lambeth polioe-courfc on Wednesday , will no doubt be frequently hoard . Mrs . Howbtt was married in 18 JJ 9 . hi 1850 hor husband became embarrassed jind . Jia . dJto . goJojUj E iflpj ^ no Ail Tin i v i •'"• ™ " * 'ii | i *»» in . I . i fathorWhen

      . , her husband , during tho yoar 18 t > 67 woh released from prison , ho carwo to her father ' s ' but tho lattor refused , to sco him , or admit him Bho therefore requested hor husband to wr ito to hor and sho would answor his lotter , letting him know hor intentions . But the husband never wrote to ilior , nnd sho had not soon him from tlwt timo / to tho present , though uho know that ho tow living with uuolhor woman . Sho applied under iiUo Act ifpr -protection 'for property loft her sinoo

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      PUBUC MEESRINGS . MEMORIAL TO SHE HENRY UWKESOE . A public meeting was ihdld las * . Saturday at fWillis . ' s Rooms . to inaugurate a subscription for the permanent endowment mff the schools foumfied by the flatte Sir Henry Iiawvence in InSia forthe support an&education of the children of British soldiers . In a printed document issued by the committee , it is stated that the Laivrence Asvlura was established bj r Sir Henrj' in 1846 , and that for the last seven years he contributed annually the munificent sum of 1000 Z . towards its support . It is built for the reception of four hundred bo 3 s and three hundred girls , and is situated at iSanawur , on the lower slopes of the Himalayas , at a short distance from Kussowlee , which is the first hill station on the road

      from Umballah to Simla . The name of ' the Lawrence Asylum' was given it in October , 18-47 , by the late Lord Hardinge , who in a minute written in the visitors ' book expressed his admiration of the institution , and his wish thus to commemorate the benevolence of its founder and benefactor . A similar school for the army in Rajpootana and Western India was founded by Sir Henry at Mount Aboo , when Chief Commissioner in 1856 , and towards this he contributed 200 / . a year . Both institutions are now deprived of their chief stay , and are left to the precarious assistance of subscribers , many of whom , it is stated , have perished in the recent outbreak , while many more have suffered misfortunes which must necessarily contract their benevolence for the future ; and simultaneously with this failure in the ordinary sources of income , the applications for admission , owing to the large increase in the European army of India , will henceforth be more than ever

      pressing and numerous . The object of the institutions at Kussowlee and Aboo is " to provide for the orphan and other children of-soldiers serving or having served in India an asylum from the debilitating effects of a tropical climate , and the demoralizing influence of barrack life , wherein they may obtain the benefits of a bracing climate , a healthy moral atmosphere , and a plain , useful , and above all , religious education , adapted to fit them for employment suited to their position in life , and with the Divine blessing to make them consistent Christians , and intelligent and useful members of society . " The following bequest appears in Sir Henry ' s will : —" The Lawrence Asylum , the Aboo Lawrence School , and the projected Ootacamund Schools , I specially recommend to tho fostering care of the East India Company ' s Government of India , which I have conscientiously served for more than two-arulthirty years . " m

      _ _ _ ... Thp chair at the meeting on Saturday was taken by Lord Panmure , in addition to whom the speakers were — Lord Hardinge , Sir P . Currie , Major-General Powney , Lord Stanley , Sir W . F . Williams , and the Earl of Shaftesbury . Tho following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting desires to mark tho high sense which it entertains of the noble character and distinguished career of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence , as a soldior , a statesman , and a Christian philanthropist ; and is of opinion that tho most appropriate meaus of perpetuating his memory is by the permanent endowment of tho educational institutions founded by him in Bengal and Bombay , and known as tho Lawrence Asylums of Kussowleo and Mouut Aboo . " " That subscriptions bo solicited to tho proposed memorial ; and , in

      in particular , that tflio army in England bo invited , token of their admiration of tho gallant exploits of tlioir comrades in India , to take part in maintaining , through tho Lawrence Asylums , u shelter for tho orphans of privates and non-oommissioned officers , so many of whom havo fallen sineo tho outbreak of tho rucont mutiny . " " That the military schools founded at Kiibsowleo and Mount Aboo by the lato Sir Henry Lawrence havo a just claim to tho support -of all classes of tho community , as centres of sound Christian education for tho children of tbo extensive European army wlii < ih must honcoforth bo maintained in India ; and also as nurseries for rearing an indigenous population of British parentage , oapablo of filling tho vast openings for European energy and skill which India now presents . "

      Tho lEarl of Shaftosbury , in tlio course of his speech , adverted Co tho . marked courtesy of Sir Henry Lawrence's demeanour to tho native population , whom ho would never permit to bo called ' niggers , ' and said ho had reason to believe that moro mischief had been done In India by thQ ^ hauffhty ~ bearing- * and-iusulti » g 4 tt ^^^ tho . natives of many of our English functlonairlos in India than by almost anything olao . Thoro was hero a cry of " No , no !"—but tho Maharajah Dhuloop Singh , who occupied ft prominent position on tho platform , . nodded assent .

      Several subscriptions woro announced at tho close- of tho mooting , among which woro tho following : —Mrs . Hayes ( a Hlatei- of Sir Henry Lawrence ) , 1000 J , $ his Highness tho Maliaivijah Dhuloop Singh , 250 /; Viscount dough , 100 / . j Earl Stratford , T > 0 / . ; Viscount Hardingo , 40 / . ; Sir William Gomm , CO /; and Sir Uoorgo Pollock , 20 / .

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      146 THE L . E _ AJD E J& . [ No . 412 , February 13 , 1858 .

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      THE REFORM MOVEMENT . A oonTerence of the delegates from the Chartists of rvarious metropolitan and provincial districts assembled fortthe . first time on Monday in the small room of St Martin ' s Hall . Mr . Alderman Livesey ( Rochdale ) was elected as the . permanent chairman of the conferences . The great discussion of the evening was on a motion of Mr . Ernest Jones ' s , affirming that the conference decided on uniting with the middle classes in a Reform agitation but at the same time reserved its right to pursue the agitation for the Charter . After some discussion and opposition , -which at one time was rather noisy , the motion was carried , with only two dissentients , amidst loud applause . The conference then adjourned to the following dav .

      On the conference reassembling on Tuesday , it was resolved that the executive should consist of a single individual , and Mr . Ernest Jones was elected to the office , only two hands being huld up against him . Mr . Jones then proposed a resolution . in favour of manhood suffrage , and urging the working classes to lose no opportunity of claiming this as well as the points put forth by the middle classes , and to support no movement that does not embrace it . The resolution was carried unanimously .

      The conference sat again on Wednesday . The subject of debate was the time and means for reopening tlic Chartist campaign , and for holding public meetings in all towns and villages where possible , the appointment of speakers , and the organization of the first series of political tours . It was resolved that the campaign should be deferred till the adjournment of the conference ; that 100 / . be raised for the agitation of reform ; and that each locality select its own lecturers and arrange according to the wants of the district . The powers of the executive were limited by a resolution that all important questions be submitted to the various localities , and that , should cause for a dismissal exist at any time , a new election should take place . It was proposed to give the executive 31 . a week ; but Mr . Jones positively refused to receive any remuneration , and the motion , was negatived .

      A deputation from the London Parliamentary liuform Association was introduced on Thursday , when Mr . Samuel Morley , one of the deputation , urged on the meeting the necessity of adopting a conciliatory jmlicy towards the middle classes , and of not opposing an instalment of reform because the complete Charter was not offered . Mr . Ernest Jones moved— " That this conference of Reformers , belonging to the middle and working classes , resolves that a movement be organized for registering manhood suffrage , repeal of property qualification of Members of Parliament , and the Ballot , a greater equalization of constituencies , and a shortening of tho duration of Parliament to at least five years '; and that the middle and working classes unite for the above purpose . "—This motion , with the addition of a rider , proposed by Mr . llolyoake , and affirming tlwit all opposition ought to be in a conciliatory spirit , was carried , after some resistance .

      The Parliamentary Reform Committee , in answering the deputation in favour of manhood suffrage , miv .-j : — " They propose to give votes to all oceupierH in parliamentary boroughs , whether they occupy premises in purt or whole , and whether the poor-rate on account of such premises is paid by tho occupier or the landlord . The franchise is not to be dependent on the pnymeirt of the rate , but simply on occupation . Tho abolition of numerous small and corrupt boroughs , and the trnii .-lor of their right to return members to largo and independent constituencies , which shall possess tho extended franchise , is ulso an essential portion of the plan ; nnd the voter is to bo protected , against intimidation nnd corrupting influences , by means of tho Ballot . "

      HOSPITAL FOB SICK CUII-DUKN . The first festival in nul of tho funds of this institution —tho only ono of its kind in tho metropolis—was celebrated or . Tuesday evening at tho i . recmasoiis' Tavern . Tho sito of tho institution ( which was opened in 1 H 52 ) is a largo , old-fashioned mansion in Great O-rniond-Mrecf , with a garden at the back . Tho poor of the metropolis contribute in pence 50 / . annually . Mr . Dickens occupied tho chair at tho dinner , and made a speech in which delightful gleams of humour illuminated a human tenderness more delightful still . A subscription wm « opened nt Iho close of tho evening , ami nearly lUiOUi . were collected , including a donation of 500 / . from a Imiy

      who declined giving her name . TOE YVIVffH AXl > h'AMUAUB OK MOIJMH" * A * rf <» IATION . Tho first public mooting of tho newly formed Ahhocuition for Improving tlia Condition of tljo W Ivwj nnu Families of ttoldiera and Snllorn ffiitf held nt > v uu «» ltooms on Wedncadny . The Duke of Cambridge | i - s 1 a ^ 7 amrtlvoTplatlbrm-oxiiibitoa , xiJiwr « e ««!! " *^"' military and political notabilities . In «< Mn' * * n ™ meeting , tho Puko dwelt ou tho impolicy «{ linMy ' »'' riagcH ou tho part of tho soldiers , and the mmry vnIn " •« on their wivoa and umilllos when tho J'ogtnifnM o v ° Kngland on foreign service . Tho K « rl of &l »« llu $ ul { , ' Sir John Pnkliitrton ., M . P .. Mn . ior-aoueral foir * y . *•

      WilliamH , Mr . Klnualrd , M . P ., Lord Kbiiry , nn | 1 " »» Chaplain-General , most of v / lwrn opoko to » i » l » effect as hiu lioyal Highness , tho chairman . , Several resolutions , in accordance with , tho cujocm the mooting , woro unuulmoualy passed .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2230/page/2/