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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court .- —The rbyal family are all well at "Windsor . Her Majesty and her daughters walk in the Home Park daily , accompanied by the Prince Consort . The week lias been a very quiet one at the Castle ! Among the visitors were the Earls of Derby and Carnarvon , Lord and Lady Leigh ; the Marquis of Lansdowne , Viscount Shelbarne , and the Right Hon . J . W . Senleyi The Pbince . of Wales . —On Monday his Boyal Highness left Windsor for the Continent . The Duke of Cambridge accompanied the Prince as far as Folkestone , where a review and inspection of the troops at Shbrndiffe , including the 100 th Canadian Regiment ( Prince of Wales'Own ) , took place . After the regiment had been duly paraded , and the usual formalities had been gone through , his Royal Highness , on presenting

      the colourSj addressed the regiment . He said it was most gratifying to him that , by the Queen ' s gracious permission , his first public act since he has had the honour of holding a commission in the British army should be the presentation of colours to a regiment which is the spontaneous offering of the loyal and spirited Canadian people , and with which , at their desire , his name had been specially associated . After the ceremony the Prince left for Dover to embark for Ostend , on his visit to Rome . His Royal Highness arrived in Brussels on Tuesday , about mid ^ day , arid was received at the station by the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders . The Prince breakfasted at the palace , and afterwards went to pay a visit to the King and the Duchess of Brabant at Lacken .

      Prince Alfred and his Toadies . —We can look composedly enough on the arrival of the Portuguese royal barge alongside of the Euryalus ; and we can be well content to be merely amused by the reported astonishment of everybody at the alacrity with which the Prince jumped into the barge—an astonishment arising , we presume , from , a general idea that the descent of a Queen ' s son from a Queen ' s ship ' s side could only be accomplished by- a species of solemn procession , 0 r by a stage-walk , or by any other means , except the means natural to a lively lad of fourteen who can make good use of his legs . But the case is altered when we get to Malta , Here , in an English possession , where the authorities had no excuse for awkwardly thwarting the

      Queen ' s intentions , and mischievously elevating her son above the free sea-training and the impartial sea-discipline which can alone make a sailor of him—hero , the sickening servility of these receptions of the young Prince reached its climax . The Governor , the Council , the Judges , the Archbishop , the Protestant bishop , the clergy , the nobility , and all the other grandees in the island , received the midshipman in solemn assembly on the steps of the palace . Whether they fell on their jknees at his approach , or whether they walked backwards till they got in-doors , is not mentioned—but it is asserted , quite seriously , that a levee was held ; and that , wherever the Prince went , there a procession presistently went with him , both before and behind . There was a ball , too ( the Midshipman ' s partners duly chronicled ) , and an illumination ; and thereI would have been more

      to-do , if the Midshipman had not " greatly chagrined " the Maltese by graciously condescending to allow his Captain to proceed on his cruise ! But . the crowning absurdity of all was accomplished by making the Midshipman of the Euryalus publicly review the troops o the garrison . When we had arrived at this part of the newspaper narrative , nothing else that it might have contained would have astonished us . After reading of all the soldiers in Malta being reviewed by a sailor of the age of fourteen , we should not have felt the least surprised at being further informed of the governor boxing the compass , the judges holystoning the decks , or the Archbishop borrowing the boatswain ' s whistle , and piping all hands , out of compliment to the Prince , in the very pulpit itself . What is to stop this fawning perversion of Prince Alfred from the plain professional purpose to which his

      parents have so wisely devoted him i Who is to prevent these abject authorities from doing their best to spoil a frank , straightforward , natural lad , who is promising so well at the fair outset of his career ? —Household Worda . Royal Geographical Society . —A very full meeting of this society was held on Monday evening at Burlington House , Sir Roderick I . Murohison , president , in tho ohoir . Tho papers read wore : ~ -l . " Notoo on the Zambesi Expedition , from tho journal of Mr . rhonms Baines , F . R . G . S ,, " comrounioated by Dr . Livingstone , F . R . G . S . Prior to the reading of Mr . Bainea ' s journal , the President introduced the subject with extracts from

      a letter addressed to him by Dr . Livingstone , describing his enthusiastic reception by tho natives , tho companions of his former journey , whoao numbers had been roducea by sickness , and mentioning the general condition of the people and thojr treatment by the Pprtugueso authorities . 2 " Account-of the Lake Yojoa , or Taulcbd , In Honduras , Central America , " by Mr . E . G . Squior ; of the United States . The Wends of Captains Burton and Spoke , of the expedition to East Africa , will bo glad to hear that those gallant officers have succeeded , after the most trying efforts , In reaohlng and surveying the groat lako of thelnterlor , and are pn their return to Zanzibar . Improvbmbwto w PjtiXMXiNa . r-On . Monday Major BoniowrtlwHrtfltaed' to a meeting in St . Martltt ' o wall

      the means , invented by him to enable ah unskilled person to set up manuscript in type without having recourse to the assistance of a professional compositor . With several of his audience the ideas of the major were decidedly unpopular , but he had some supporters , and got through his assumed task amidst a tremendous uproar ; . ; ' The Great Sin of Great Cities . "—A meeting on what is affectedly called the " social evil" question was held on Tuesday , in the schoolroom adjoining All Saints' Church , Portland-place . An interesting and encouraging report of the results of the labours of the local Prevention Society was read . - Many of the houses of ill-fame had been closed , and many unfortunate women reclaimed and restored to society .

      Ministerial Appointments . —It is not Lord Naas who is to . succeed Lord Harris as Governor of Madras , but Sir Charles Trevelyan , the veteran assistant to the Treasury . Mr . George Hamilton , the present financial secretary , is to succeed Sir Charles , and Sir Stafford Northcote , Bart ., takes Mr . Hamilton's place . This will create a vacancy in the representation of Dublin University . The late Captain Shepherd . —The death of Captain John Shepherd was announced on Wednesday , and a vacancy is thus created in the India Council , of which he Was one of the most esteemed members . He was also an Elder Brother of the Trinity-house , and Deputy-Governor of the Hudson ' s Bay Company .

      A pjropos t > E BoTTEs .- ^ Italy has often been compared to a boot . Taking it on this footing , we suppose Austria may be called " the iron" that has ' entered its sole . "Punch . Austria ' s German Subjects . —A letter from Vienna thus describes public feeling there : — " The spirit of the nation has been so thoroughly roused by the-hectoring of Sardinia , and by the domineering of France , that it is well pleased with the spirit displayed by the Emperor . The public grumbled when it saw large sums of money expended on newrfashioned saddles , helmets , sword-beltSj and Iqppalien ( fiddle-faddle )* butnOw that the question is one of maintaining the integrity of the empire , people declare that they are ready and willing to make sacrifices . Yesterday evening Gcetz von Berlickingen , by

      Goethe , was given in the Burg Theatre ; and some words pronounced by ' the man with . the iron hand' led to a very remarkable ebullition of feeling on the part of the audience . Gcetz says : — ' Would to God that there were no turbulent men in Germany ! If there w ere none , we should still have occupation enough . We could try to extirpate the wolves , we could every now and then fetch a bit of game out of the woods , and if we wanted still more to do , we could unite with our brethren to defend the frontiers against , those wolves the Turks , and those foxes the French , and to protect the more exposed provinces of the empire . ' The cheers of the audience were so loud aud prolonged , that M . Lowe , the actor who played Gcetz , was obliged to remain silent for some minutes . "

      Church-bates . —An anti-church-rate meeting has been held at Birmingham . The meeting was convened by the Mayor , acting on a requisition signed by eight hundred electors . The demonstration was held in consequence of a deputation from Birmingham which waited upon Lord Derby some weeks ago , and presented his lordship with a memorial in favour of church-rates . Mr . Alderman Allday read a letter from the Rev . Dr . Miller , one of the leading Evangelical clergymen of Birmingham , containing his testimony against churchrates . Mr . Allday indulged in some reminiscences of the days when church-rates were enforced in Birmingham , and tho most deplorable scenes of strife and bigotry ¦ were as a consequence enacted . The meeting also derived additional interest from the presence of Mr . Scholefield .

      The Destitute Pooit .- ^ Her Majesty has been graciously , pleased to place 100 ? . in the Bishop of London ' s hands as a donation to tho funds of the Metropolitan Relief Association ( 4 , St . Martin ' s-place ) , of which his Lordship is President . The Consequences of War to France . — In Paris well-informed people observo tliat Franco never at any period had so many unsound industrial undertakings on hand « e "ow , and that tho distress when they arc broken up will exceed all calculation . Wnr , they say , means wide-spread bankruptcy , 200 , 000 men out of work in the streets of Paris , and a proportionate number in all other large towns—men , moreovor , ivho know how to handle a musket , and who will bo in a stnto of desperation . A deputation of bankers saw tho Emperor on Wednesday , and endeavoured to alarm him . Sovoral Ministers , among whom are MM . Fould , Rouhor , and Count do Morny < have pronounced strongly in favour of

      ) oaco . Austria an » Srrvw .- ^ -A letter from Vionnn , in tho Pott Gazette of Frankfort , says : — " It is not true that tho French Cabinet has presented to our Cabinet a note declaring that Austrian intervention in Sorvla would bo considered a aaaua belli . Nothing In fact calls for a communication . of that kind , Austria having given explanations to tho powers when she oolloctod a corps of observation on tho Servian frontier . . A alroumstanoo which proves that Austria had no idoa of intervention Is that when the revolution broke out a tolographjo

      despatch was sent to Colonel Stratinoriwieh , who happened to be at Belgrade , to leave Servia , in order that his presence might not give rise to erroneous interpretations . " An " Insurrection" in Monaco . —A letter from Menton ( Monaco ) of the 8 th says : — "We have had a formidable insurrection here ! Some persons having got up a petition to the Government praying that wine might be taxed , though it was the taxation of wine which caused the population some years ago to separate from their lawful prince— -about five hundred persons

      two days ago , armed with spades , pick-axes , clubs , and other weapons , went to the Town-hall and clamorously demanded that no such tax should be imposed . The syndic protested that he did not know anything of the petition referred to , and some persons who were with him explained that if the tax were iriiposed , the proceeds would be employed in constructing a theatre , which would amuse the population , and be advantageous to the town by attracting strangers . But the mob were not satisfied , and compelled the syndic to sign a declaration that no wine tax should be imposed without the consent of the sovereign people . After this , they

      dispersed . . National Association for thic Promotion of Social Science . —A numerous meeting of the merchants , manufacturers , clergy , and other influential inhabitants of Bradford and neighbourhood was held on Wednesday at St . George ' s-hall , for the purpose of making known the local arrangement :- ! which will bo necessary for receiving the association at its third annual meeting , to be held at Bradford in October next . Several gentlemen added their names to the list of subscribers to the guarantee fund , which now amounts to 14007 . A vote of thanks to the Mayor for his conduct in the chair concluded the business .

      The . Pope and little Moktaua .: —A letter from Borne of the 7 th . says : — " On New Year ' s-day the Pope sent a basket of comfits to the boy Mortara by one of his Holiness ' s chamberlains . The child being , of course , duly prompted , asked for an interview with the Pope to thank him for the present . The audience was granted , and the chroniclers of the Vatican state that the tenderness of the Pope for the child , and the ' expansive confidence' of the latter , deeply moved / ill beholders . " Prince " Plou-Plou" and his Bride .- —A letter from Paris says : — " The personal attractions of I ' rincess Clotilda of Savoy are a topic of conversation . She is

      spoken of as taller and more developed than her ngc ( born 2 nd of March , 1843 ) would indicate , and bearing some resemblance to her great maternal ancestress Maria Theresa , mother of Queen Marie Antoinette . Her betrothed Husband was born in 1822 , on the shores ol ' the Adriatic , educated an Italian at Florence ; his name is now in the mouths " of the population all throughout the peninsula as Napoleone /« o , this terminology being one of endearment . The entrance of the imperial couple into Paris is already the subject of a grand programme , in which pomp and pageantry on , a grand scale will gratify the Parisians . " The of

      Macmahon in Italy . - — policy giving a chance to General Macmahon in Italy ( keeping Marshal Pelissier in the background ) is pretty obvious . It would never do to concentrate all the military prestige on one head ; and as activity is the life and soul of an Italiim campaign , Patrick Macmahon will bo more in his clement than tho more unwieldy beleaguerer of Sebaatopol . It was by rapidity of march and countermarch that tho First Consul fairly bewildered tho slow thougji , solid Germans along tho river banks of Lombardy , and the African Zouaves are peculiarly nimble of foot , while tlio battle is oftcner to the swift thnn to tho strong , as tho bard of Mantua knew . " Stat gravis Entellus" &c . — Globe .

      Shipping on thic Mersey . —From statistics proedited to the Mersey Dock Board , it nppenrs that during 1858 , 10 , 726 " vessels pnssod inwards through tho Viutoria and other northorn channels to mid from Liverpool . This makes a totnl Intercourse of 0-1 , 402 vessels During 1867 , tho total intercourse was 80 , 131 ) vessels . RuMQunico Equalisation ov this Si'iiut Dutikh . —Tho trade report of tho Freeman ' s Journal nlliuloa to a floating rumour for some days current , to tho effect that it was under tho consideration by Government to reduce tho duty on spirits to a uniform r « to of 6 s . jut gallon , instoad ' of 8 s . na at present . " Improbnblo ns it is , " says tho report , " wo think it right to notion it , but it does not soom to bo more than a moro conjecture , founded , perhaps , upon inquiries by tho authoritii'H ,

      which inforontlally load to it , but more , upon lliu oomploto failure of tho attempt to rnlso another lw » Wmillion on Irish spirits , and on tlio ovidont iiicronso of illicit distillation , which is stimulated by two concurrent oireuinstancoH , tho very low prico of grain , und the oxcosslvoly high duty . "Wlion tlio cost of mumifncturo is not moro thnn . 2 s . and tho duty is 10 s ,, llin chancos ore in favour of tho smuggler . At tho h » ino time wo do not trace tlio fulling oil' in tlio diillos to this oauso , but to a roduood consumption , and aim ) u > tho reduced quantity hold by retailors in atook . If this bo tho coso whon tho short price is so very modonito , how much moro will the rovonuo bo affootod whon tho price Is , as In tho instance of a suooossion of bad harvests , greatly enhanced . "

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      72 THE LEADI 1 E , [ No . 460 , January 15 , 1859 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1859, page 72, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2277/page/8/