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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty will leave Windsor Castle next week for Osborne . The Queen will be accompanied by all her family . Among the visitors at Windsor this week have been the Duke and Duchess of Aumale , the Comte de fans , the Due de Chartres , the JLord Chancellor , and the gallant hero of Lucknow , General Inglis . On Monday the Queen honoured with her presence a ball which she gave to the servants of the household in celebration of the Princess Royal ' s birthday . The Canadian News says— " We have undoubted authority for stating that , although her Majesty finds it will be impossible for her to pay a visit to her loyal subjects in Canada , a short interval only will elapse before one of the young Princes will go there . "

      The Prince of Wales . —His Royal Highness arrived in Berlin on Saturday , where he will stay for three weeks . The Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed Colonel the Hon . Robert Bruce to be Governor to the Prince of Wales . To be Equerries to his Royal Highness : Major Lindsay , Fusilier Guards ; Major Teesdale , C . B ., Boyal Artillery ; Captain Grey , Rifle Brigade . Extra Equerry : Viscount Valletort . Marlborough House is to be repaired and redecorated for the

      Prince ' s residence on attaining his majority . Thlb Princess Frederick . William . — A Berlin letter of the 21 st inst . says that th * birthday of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia was celebrated there with extraordinary rejoicings . Her Royal Highness looked remarkably animated and happy . During the day she received a number of costly presents , and a large bouquet of English roses and other choice flowers grown for the occasion . The Princess anticipates her confinement very early in the ensuing year .

      The Ori > er of the Bath . —On Monday her Majesty invested the following with the insignia of Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath , having previously conferred upon them the honour of knighthood :-r-Major-General J . E . W . Inglis , Major-General E . Lugard ; Dr . A . Smith , Mr . R . M . Bromley , and Mr . T . T . Grant QCiril ); Rear-Admiral Sir H . 'J . Leeke also was invested with the insignia of a Knight Commander . The following received the decoration of Companions of the Bath : — -Colonel C . Steuart , 14 th Light Dragoons , Lieut .-Colonel T . C . Kelly , S 8 th Regiment , Colonel C . Franklyn , 84 th Regiment , Lieut .-Colonel E . Maberley , Royal Artillery , Captain G . W . Freedy , R . N . ( Civil ) , the Hon . F . W . A . Bruce ( Civil ) , Deputy Commissary-General W , J . T . Power , and Mr . S . Petrie , Director of the Commissariat . * ' General" Orqoxi . —We read in a Paris letter that

      a short time ago this-adventurer having solicited an mp terview with Lord Stanley , was received by his lordshid at the India House . On this occasion the general statethat several persons , mistaken for him , had recently been arrested by the English authorities in India , that he wished to do away with the impression that he had ever been a " systematic" enemy of the English , that he was now returning to Burmah with purely commercial views , and that he would be glad to receive Lord Stanley's assurance that he might cross English territory without being molested . Lord Stanley , it appears , thought it

      right to listen to all that the adventurer had to say , but without making him any reply whatever . The latter complains to his friends that all his assurances of his innocuous intentions , and all his arguments tending to show that his own interest would prompt him to be friendly with the English , and that he could not , if he would , do any serious injury to English power in Indin , only drew from the English minister the stiff phrase , twice repeated , Je riairien deplus it vousdire , he having said nothing to him whatever during the whole course of the interview ;

      Deceased Noblemen . —The Earl of Courtown , while attending a meeting of poor-law guardians of Gorey , on Saturday , was attacked with apoplexy , and died soon after . —We have also to record the death of Lord Proby , heir to the earldom of Carysfort , in his 85 th year . England ' s Foreign Policy . On one side , the legitimate resentments excited by the imprudent and illogical policy of England in her relations with other States , on the other the horror and spite with which the spectacle of her enduring and prosperous liberty fills servile bouIq , have created in Europe a common ground of animosity against her , It will be easy for any one who may wish it to turn to good account this animosity , and to profit by it for the purpose of engaging England in some conflict , out of which she runs a

      war , and iu a position to resist superiority in numbers , in discipline , and camp ^ experience . Because in 1848 the bravest and beat discip lined armies did not save the great continental monarchies from a sudden and shameful fall before an internal enemy , she chooses to doubt that a good and numerous army constitutes the first condition of safety against an enemy from without , For the very reason that she is free she believes , and wrongly * that she has nothing to fear from the enemies of liberty . No ! her institutions are not an impregnable bulwark , as Mr . Roebuck unreflecting ly termed them on his return from Cherbourg . Alas ! all experience of ancient and modern times proves that free nations may succumb , like others , and even more rapidly than others . Liberty is the most precious of treasures , but , like every other covetousnessthe hatred

      treasure , it excites the envy , the , of those men , especially , who do not wish that others should possess an advantage which they themselves have neither known how nor wished to possess . Like every other treasure—beauty , truth , virtue itself—liberty requires to be watched over and defended with a tender solicitude and an indefatigable vigilance . All the inventions of which modern science is so proud are as useful to despotism as to liberty , and even more so . Electricity and steam will ever lend more force to strong battalions than to good reasons . By substituting mechanical contrivances for the mainspring of morality , man ' s individual energy , the former invite and second the establishment of the empire , of might over right . This is what the friends of England and of liberty ought never to lose sight of . —Comte de Montakmbert .

      Clerical Amusements . — If a clergyman hunts one or two days in the week , he is called a " hunting parson , " as if he had no other way of spending his time in summer as well as winter ; so with cricket , and fishiog , and archery , and shooting , or whatever be the relaxation adopted by the clergy . Men ( or rather let u 3 say old women ) speak of them as if their whole time and attention were devoted to amusement ; whereas these recreations are often the very means and instruments by which the hard-working clergy are enabled to fulfil the duties of their profession . A * ml then , for fear of " offending the weaker consciences of the brethren , " by the breach of their self-imposed restraint , these men recommend total abstinence from all amusements . With them abusus tollit itsurn . Every pleasure and recreation becomes " a snare , " or ? ' an entanglement , " or " a stone of stumbling , " or some such capt phrase ; and so , instead

      of showing their brethren how to set to work to reduce their indulgences within proper limits , and so becoming an example '' moderation to all men , " they recommend the cowardly and slothful method of total abstinence from these good things , which they have not the courage to use aright . Why , what is this but the spirit of monachism and seclusion , which made the old hermits , and monks , and nuns shut themselves up away from a world which they had not the courage to face , and desert the post assigned to them in the great battle of life ? What is this but the total abstinence principle of the teetotaller , who declares all wines and liquors that are made to gladden the heart of man " pernicious poisons "— because he cannot restrain himself from the abuse of tliem P And then these gentry must make a virtue of their necessity , and set up their total abstainers as saints and model parsons . —The Field .

      The River Medway . —The condition of the river Medway , owing to the filling up the bed of the river , has been getting worse for several years past ; and steps are now being taken to adopt measures to counteract the increasing evil ; it is alleged that the very existence of the large naval establishment at Chatham Dockyard is seriously imperilled . At Chatham , a meeting was held on Thursday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting vigorous and energetic measures to prevent the continuous accumulations . After some discussion the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight to enable the promoters of the meeting to decide on the plan to be proposed for improving the

      among other essential professional qualification ? , are au fait in the arts of hospitality . It appears that some six or seven days ago the unfortunate gentleman went to dine with Mr . IJuchanan , the English Minister . He had put on a pair of boots tight beyond the usual powers of endurance , and sat chatting with his host , who little dreamt of the voluntary martyrdom to which his witty guest had subjected himself . Violent inflammation supervened , followed by gangrene , ^ which earned the unfortunate gentleman to his grave . " ft

      Finsuuuy Park . —On Monday evening public meeting was held at Pentonville , to consider the propriety of urging the Metropolitan Board of >\ orks to take immediate steps to carry into eilect the Act or Parliament authorising the formation of a park tor Finsbury . A memorial to the Board of Works , embodying the Views of the meeting , was adopted . City Seweks . — On Tuesday a court was held for the despatch of business . Dr . Letheby presented his weekly report on the sanitary fltato of tho cuy-Some discussion took lace as to a plan to » n P rov °

      river . The Garrison of Luckwow . —On Tuesday last , being the anniversary of the final rescue of the Lucknow garrison , the whole of the surviving members of Generul Inglis ' s little band now in England dined together , to commemorate the event , at the . London Tavern . After the cloth had been removed , General Inglis said" Comrades , wo have met here to-night to commemorate the events of tho past in a perfectly private manner , but there is one toast , and one only , which I must call on you to drink in solemn ' silence before wo part— 'The Memory of Henry Lawrenco , ' but for whom every man with

      these great honours and distinctions I owe to no merit of my own ; I owe them all to the matchless courage and endurance of those I see around me , and not to them only , but to our surviving ; comrades now serving in the East , and to those who fell in the struggle . And f this and for all my honours I thank you from my hear / my friends And comrades . " Major Dinning , the senior military ofiicer present , said , — " On the part of the gar rison I feel bound to disclaim the merit which General Inglis , with that rare self-abnegation which always characterised him , attributes to them , and not to himself Every man here knows that to the incessant and untirinc personal supervision of General Inglis is to be attributed the final success of the defence ; and to him , therefore as much as to any other man he has named , those present are indebted for their lives . " We understand that' the gallant General returns to the East by the steamer of the 4 th of December .

      The French Press . —A- Paris letter says : "The press is rapidly approaching the complete quietism of Figaro's Journal Inutile , and , like it , may not even then escape suppression . ' Pourvu que je ne parle pas en me 3 c ' ciits ni de rautorite , ? ii du culte , ni de la politique ni de la morale , ni des gens en place , ni des corps en credit , ni de l'Opera , ni des autres spectacles , ni de personne qui tienne a quelque chose , je puis tout imprimer librement , sous Tiiispectiou de deux ou trois censeurs . It is difficult to point out any one of the above topics which can now be treated . Authority ?—Out of the question . Morals ?<—Why , there are few of the great personages of the day . who would not interpret the praise of morality as the bitterest censure on themselves

      —witness M . de Montalembert ' s case . People in office ? —Not even by implication , as the Eevue des t > cnx Mondcs and others can . tell . Of great bodies in credit ? - —The ' great bodies' do not , I suppose , mean the sun ^ moon , planets , or fixed stars , or anything else than the Senate , Legislative Body , and Council of State . The proceedings of neither of them are made public ; of course , censure is not to be thought of . Of the Opera and other theatrical representations ? : —Matters may come to that point before long . The Opera and certain other theatres are subsidised by the Government , are under the control of the Minister of State , and may , I suppose , be officially protected from criticism . So that you see Figaro ' s programme wants but little to be complete . "

      A Strange Story . —The following is from the Peninsular Correspondence : — " We are sorry to announce that Mr . Morphy , one of the most gifted members of the Spanish bar , has just died under circumstances somewhat singular . Mr . Morphy was celebrated for his knowledge of gastronomy , and was , perhaps , on account of this scientific appreciation of the chefs d ' eeuvre of the diplomatic kitchen , as well as his convivial talents and his powers as a conversation-man , a frequent guest of the former and present English Ambassador , who ,

      p Holbornhill , but it led to no result . ' 1 ho court then took into consideration a precept which tho Oh * TT * had received from the Metropolitan Board of Works lor the payment by tho City of 15 , 700 f . 12 s . Cd . m ita , elaro towards tho metropolis main drainage rate . A no mauci was referred to the general purposes committee , Public Health . —With the increasing cold there uas boen an increase in tho mortality in tho metropolis . According to the Registrar-General ' s return therei were 1487 death * in London last week , whereus in Ui « i" »™ week of October the number was only 1118 j . "> ° ?*«»™ Scariaum

      over the average being as high as 000 . * » slightly on the decrease . 1083 children wow bom during tho week . In the City tho number of deatns was oh , being as near tho average as possible . A Paturtio Baixaw . —Porhaps Madame ' * groat ana crowning strength lay in pieces of auuthor orcior . am haps in those little molting histories—at winch old men cry , and in which tho evo » t 9 of n , Hfo nro ° \ ° /\*" u within tho qompuss of threo short stnn « as—whtatt uw rate how the youth of prepossessing manners , to wu « . unluckily his worldly endowments do not g ""^ 1 ™ 1 hna ( rninod tho nfloutlons of a vouiiff porson unuori » B"i i

      here would also be sleeping in «* bloody grave ; ' The Momory of Honrv Havelock , ' who , in the emphatic language of Scriptuio , ' laid down his life for his friends ; ' and ' The Momory of all tho honourod Brave who fell beside us in the Defence of Lucknow . In solemn silonco , all standing , comrades and friends . ' When tho silence occasioned by this affecting appeal had boon nomowhat broken , tho gallant General said , — »• Comrades and friends , I have received tho thanks of Parliament ; I have been invested with tho insignia of the Bath by the gracious hand of nor Majesty | 1 have received tho thanks of the Government of India ; I have received tho thanks of Nova Suotln , my native country , and have been presented with fl sword by that body . AU

      and without tho snnotiou of hor lawful guardian : » uw says Madame Fiquottc , dropping hor arms penshrolj , »» entering on the burden , " 'tis the old story ! L umoiu bom blon n ' ost rion , n ' oat rion I sans bion , wna hi ™~ Y * t v-r-rlon-n - cst K-r-ri-enll ! " which , ending the flr «

      great risk of issuing either vanquished or diminished . It is then that the masses , wounded in . their national pride by unforeseen reverses , may raise a storm of which nothing in her history up to this can give an idea . To prevent this catastrophe , it concerns her not to blind herself any longer as to the nature and extent of her resources . Her military strength , and above all , tho acquirements in military science of her generals and officers , are evidently unequal to her mission . Her nAval , strength mnv bo , if not surpassed , at least equalled , as it once was by our own under Louis XIV . and Louis 3 CVL , as it will again , if our honour and our interest should require it . Sho confides too much in tho glory of her past ; In tho natural courago of hor sons . Inasmuch as sho is essentially warlike , sho considers herself , wrongly , on a level with modern progress in tho art of

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      1282 THE LEABE K . [ No . 453 , SToyember 2 VlgSS .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1858, page 1282, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2270/page/10/