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    manner in which he discharged & 1 Ills duties , was ¦ carried by acclamation . The first Court of Common Council under the new mayoralty M as held on Thursday , when a resolution of thanks to the late Lord Mayor was carried by acclamation . Amongst other business much discussion followed a motion for a grant of 100 guineas in aid of the London Rifle Brigade , . in amendment to increase the amount having been made , but the original motion was carried . A memorial from the London , Dover , and Chatham / Railway Company , praying for the support of the corporation to ¦ the proposed extension of" the line into Farringdon-strcet , audfor arrangements to purchase or rent the vacant site of the old Tleet Prison , was referred to the improvement committee .

    The Stkiice in * the Bnr . iuxa- Tkades . —Up to Th . ur . sua 3- evening no meeting of the master builders to consider the withdrawal of the strike from Messrs . Trollopj ' s establishment by the Conference had boon Jield , in consequence of the absence from town of some of the leading builder ? . But a special meeting of the executive committee of the Central Association was convened for yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon ; when the masters were to consider what steps should be taken consequent , upon the withdrawal of the strike . We understand that some of the masters are strongly opposed to the withdrawal of the document , while many appear to be in favour of ifc , now that the strike " has been abandoned by the Conference .

    But we are informed that before the declaration is withdrawn , under any circumstances , the masters must have a guarn : ;? ee from the various branches of the building trade , iaat , in the event of the old . hand ' s returning to work without being subjected to the declaration the workmen now employed under the declaration shall not ^ be in any way molested or annoyed . The heads of the different trades sitting at the Paviors * Arms , "Westminster , and the iiiasons , are , avg believe , prepared to give a guarantee to that effect . Under those circumstances we hope that before our next issue the unhappy struggle that lias so long been maintained in the building "trade will be brought to a close . —Building IVews .

    The Garibaldi F . cxd . —A correspondent of the Daily Neics , asks " how it is that no London committee has been formed to give publicity and form to this subscription ? The spontaneous offerings ¦ wh ich day by day apjiear in your columns are evidence of a wide-spread sympathy with the object , which , properly appealed to , would give a satisfactory result . But you must , be well aware , sir , that the great mass of the public never move , in such matters spontaneously ; thej * wait for a recognised initiative . Where are the men to whom Englishmen

    are accustomed to look as leaders when a national sentiment has been aroused , and is seeking for appropriate action ? If they now abdicate " their natural functions smaller men will take their place . " Public Hbaltii . —The mortality of the metropolis was less last week by 131 deaths than the previous week , the total being 1 , 051 , 01 * 121 below the estimated average . Bronchitis continues' to increase , numbering 102 among its victims last week . Soarla'ina and diphtheria maintain a high mortality . TWie births were 1843 .

    Diplomatic . —Some changes of importance arc announced in . the Gazette . Sir Arthur Mogenis leaves Sweden , imd becomes our representative in Portugal , and the Hon . George Jeruinghnm will be our Minister Peffipptentiary to Sweden und Norway . Mr . Gordon , our minister to tlio King of Hanover , goes tp Wurtemburg , and air . Howard leaves Lisbon to go to . Hanover . Loud Siiaptusbuuv and tub ¦ Bakers ; —Lord Shaftesbury , in reply to a deputation on the subject of long hours and nigh . t-work , said , lie thought they had done in the

    wisely rejecting idea of a strike , which -va 9 always unsuccessful against capital , He recommended . them . to keep their euuse before the public , and to cull a public meeting requesting the attendance of the employers , and they could then fairly state their case . They had enormous grievances to redress , but did not require either a strike or an Act of Parliament . Tlio deputation , having thanked his lordship , then retired . Tlio proposed . meeting will bo held in Exeter-hall , and ifc is anticipated that Lord fcihaftesbury will preside on the ccasion

    o . GnnicNwioi- lloavvs \ x .,- ~ On Thursday morning E . Inghum , Esq ., Q . C ., M . P . for South Shields , William Hutt , Esq ., M . P . for Gatoshoad , and John Charles Dairympie Hay , Esq ., captain In her Majesty ' s Navy , assembled at tlio Admiralty , under powers conferred upon them by a Royal commission , to Inquire into tlio Internal economy and . management pf Greenwich Hospital , and ' of the fluids by which it Is maintained . It is oxpectod that the inquiry will last about a week or ten days . Biwt-sh Cot . MiiHA .--On Thursday- a large and *« £ ^ meotlll e was held in the Egyptian Hall , «!« i ¥ ftn 8 - House , for tlio purpose of considering wEL ?? roeasurus to bo tnkeu to assist the bishop About to proceed to British ColumbU In the dUoharge

    of the arduous and important duties with which he has been charged . The meeting was convened by the Lord Mayor , who could not have more appropriately inaugurated his period of office . . The Bishop of British Columbia gave an interesting sketch of the history * of that colony , and an account also of the various classes of which its population is composed . He described the natives as being a more settled and hardy race than lied Indians generally are , and lor this reason he expressed a strong hope that if the influences of civilisation were brought to bear upon them their extinction might

    be prevented . Tlio Bishop of Oxford delivered a very fervid and eloquent speech , in which he advocated the introduction into the colonies , at their very beginning , of the full system of the Church of England , and delivered an impressive appeal on behalf of the Indians , towards whom , he said , our past policy had been fraught with cruelty and injustice . The . Bishop . of London and Governor Grey were among the succeeding speakers , and subscriptions jioured in to the amount of more than a thousand pounds . It should be stated that Miss IJurdett Coutts has endowed the bishopric with no less a sum than £ 25 , 0 . 00 .

    The " English Mahomedak . " —Paragraphs have appeared in all the papers , stating that the son of Lord Stanley of Alder ley had , during his travels , embraced the doctrines of Mahomcdanism , and , in fact , identified himself with the manners and superstitions of the East . The Hon . Henry Stanley , like many other intelligent English gentlemen , has mixed ¦ with the inhabitants of the countries through which he passed , with a desire to become thoroughly acquaintedwitIi their manners , language ; habits , and religion , and in his intercourse with the natives may have assimilated his costume somewhat to their iialiits . But that he had become in any way imbued with their religious ideas is wholly a calumny . He is , or was ; recently at Slam , and is about to return home . shortly , with unabated regard for the institutions of his native land . .

    St . Geoug-k ' s-ik-the-East . —On Sunday the disorderly scenes in St . George ' s-in-the-East were repeated with additional features of outrage and riot . The service was conducted by the Rev . C . F . lewder , in the place of the Rev . Bryan King , and the church ¦ was" graced by the presence of a body of police . A protest against this latter arrangement lias been drawn up by a number of the ratepayers and forwarded to the Secretary of State . The 'disgraceful-proceedings have been followed by police prosecutions against two lads of sixteen years of age , who have eaeli been fined small sums for helping to produce the excitement . They are called pawnbroker ' s assistants , and are described as belonging to tlie Wesleyan body , who " are very hitter against Popery . " The penalties were instantly paid .

    The Wakepiem ) CoMMrssiox . — . ? lie Wakcfield Election Committee resumed its inquiries on Saturday in that town , with the view of obtaining the evidence of those members of the Conservative party who had been out of the way . On this occasion , Mr . Charlcswortb , the cousin of the candidate of that name , was examined . This gentleman at once acknowledged that it was bribery against bribery at the lust election , anil he pave some account of the great sums of money with which he had to do in superintending the contest . Mr . Fernandez , the corn-factor , who acted as paymaster of the Conservative forces , wus also examined . His evidence is a very instructive piece of electioneering history , lie / and his friends were so very liberal that even all the old women in tlie town had tea . The mysterious

    " Man iii the Moon , " who shone so brightly during the contest , turns out to be one Mr . John Whit cheat ! , an upholsterer of Bradford . His evidence was equally instructive . The Commission was then adjourned to meet In London on ' Hqiidny next . Post Ovvich Savings B , V * ks . —On Wednesday last this question was brought before tho Iluddorsfleld Chamber of Commerce , and was most favourably entertained . The plan which Mr . Slices has cmbodied in a print od papor , that of making all tho money - order offices contributnry to tho Havings banks , has received the approval of tlie commercial gentlemen of Iliuhlersfleld , and as thoy have resolved to send a copy of the tract of Mr , Sikcs to all tho Chambers of Commerce in the United Kingdom , tho question may bo subjected to voiy enlarged discusfllon .

    Mr . A . Black , M . P ., and tub Stkikrh . —The working classes of Edinburgh have boon dlsnloasod with the views tigalnst strikos wliiuh wore propounded to them by Mr . Black , M , P ., and haVe held a public mooting to pass resolutions and make spoechoa against what tho lion , gentleman advanced . A . t this mooting the now Lord Provost took the ohalr , but ho did not seem to do so for any otiior pxirposo than to promoto free diacuafllon on questions of so much Interest . Mr . Black ' s lecture , It will bo remembered , wus one of the cleverest and clearest defences of iroo competition over made . The

    operatives who spoke at the Edinburgh meeting- did their best in opposing it . ! Nk \ v Yankee Swindle . —But for a timely expo sure in tlie papers , the family of a tradesman in Exeter would probably have been victimised A few weeks since the son of the tradesman in question died , and a day or two ago a letter addressed to the deceased arrived from Maine , in the United States It says . —" Poor dear'Samuel is dying , and we are in the most dreadful want . You begged me never to write , but . after waiting so long and no letter I

    am compelled to disobey } -o . u . That you mi "lit be free and happy I left all . and fled with my poor fatherless-child to this distant and strange hind , and daily since have I prayed to Heaven for blessings on you . Unless you send by return mail , your poor sick , unoffending child , will starve to death . " Tt concludes with a passionate injunction" to send per return mail a . £ 10 note . " The bait was an artful one , inasmuch as the Christian name of the alleged illegitimate child is the same as . that of the deceased .

    Mori : " Pusetissi . "—At a meeting ' -of the . committee of the parochial schools , Am well-street , Clerkenwell , it was unanimously resolved that the further attendance of the . children at St . Philip ' s Church , Gra . nv . il'le-sq . 'iiarc . could nut be permittei'l , inconsequence of the Popish practices adopted there

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    THE REGENCY OF CENTRAL ITALY . The Prince de Carignan gave an audience on Sunday at Turin , to the Chevaliers Miughutti ami Peruzzi , who had come to request him to accept the regency cpnferred upon him by the National Assemblies of Parma , Modena , the Ilomagna , and Tuscany . Prince de Carignan in his reply said : — " I am deeply moved by your ofti-r , and tender my thanks to the assemblies and the peoples of Central Italy , who have given me so great a proof of their confidence , [ believe that , in making this offer , you are influenced less by my personal merits than by your devotedness towards the King , and by your feelings , which are hot only liberaland national , but also those of nrdor anil respect for * monarchical . institutions .

    Weighty representations , reasons of political propriety , and the approaching Congress , deter me * much to my regret , from responding to your appeal , or accepting the charge offered to me . This forbearance on my part , and the sacrifice I am tlms making , will prove more useful to tlie interests of our common country than if I had acted otherwise ; nevertheless , I thought to do an act of service in designating the Chevalier Boncompagni as tlio person who otight to be entrusted with the recency of Central Jtalv . Return my thanks to the people you represent ; tell them that their perseverance and their general conduct deserve the sympathies of Europe ; tell them to reckon always on the kiiig , who will support their wishes ., and who will never abandon those who entrust their destinies to his

    loyalty . " The Prince de . Carignnn then summoned tlie Chevalier Boneimipugni to undertake ) the regency , who intimated his readiness to accept tlio honour auU responsibility of tlmt office . It i .-i asserted in Paris that the measures tiikonm Turin in reference to the Regency have hLtu completely disapproved by the Emperor . It is stilted that the French Government has mmW . known its disapproval to the Sardinian Government , mm ui uU'tiio Itafinri status . . , , „ UJLA I < MU 4 , lll | ***¦ » w **> vv , *~ m , t . i conUins

    A Paris semi-official correspondence iji « following : —" Tho message received from iurni , stuting that tho Prince do Curigimno di . Lnot confine himself to tlio rofusul of the" regency , hut iimlcrtook to-oll'ur a substitute in the person <>< M _ , moncompngni , 1 ms produced a very bad impression lieu ., rt was stated that the Government ot rumlmm niui nut followed the . wiso counsels ottered by tlio « i- > voiiiincnt of Franco , us expressed ^!! tho letter "i Emperor to tho King . It is questioned l . y lac right Sardinia undertakes to prejudge the < l ^« - ° ' » of the Congress In naming a lti-Kt-nt tor «»"" Italy , and thus by his nomination assuming H : » u «»« PuehloH were already annexed to fcurdiiiw . i »«» proceeding is oontmry to nil custom , ana uoi accordance with tho rights of tho peopk ' . The CouatUutiontiat of Thursday annouiux- s tliij c tho French Government , true to the prlnolp lua , i iw policy , has recommended tho Caulnot ol i m » >• nmin ' l the , n . nnnlntnmnt of tllO HotfOIUJy WllkN l » u iiciu

    Government of tlio King of Sardinia had ^ gated to Chevalior lkioncompamii , as wich "PI ' , niont would projudioo tho questions brought ho oi « , and oncroiioh upon the competency ° V , , * bo The Comtitutionml says : — ' - This wlvloa n i ht to coaaldored aa a proof of tho Holhdtiulo ol t »« {''" noror for the Itallun < i « ubo ; which causo l » o nittuo

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1859, page 1268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2321/page/8/