The Press.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

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NOVEMBER 4, 1854.

Cnrt ad laskirm.

Her Majesty remains at Windsor, where the Conrt
proceedings during the week offer few incidents
-worthy of record. Prince Albert goes out shooting
in the Home park almost daily. Un Monday there
was a dinner party at the castle, at which the Belgian
Minister, the Austrian Minister and Countess
Colloredo, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Right
Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, and Mr. Gibbs, were
invited guests.
Lord Aberdeen returned to Argyll house on
Monday afternoon, from a visit to the Queen at
Windsor Castle. Lord Haddo, according to the last
letters from Alexandria, continues in precarious
health, 'and has postponed his journey to the upper
provinces sine die.
The Right Hon. Charles A. Murray, Envoy-Extra-
ordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary in Persia, has
arrived in town from Berne, and intends remaining
for three weeks, previous to his departure for the
East.
Lord John Russell will pay a visit to Sir J. P.
Boileau, Bart., at Ketteringham, in Norfolk, during
next week. Arrangements arc making for a meeting
of the friends of the educational institutions in
Norwich, and his lordship will be invited to attend.
The accounts of Captain Buncombe Buckley, of
the Fusilier Guards, are favourable ; the wounds re-
ceived at the battle of Alma which were severe, are
going on well, and the ball has been extracted. Fa-
vourable accounts of the Earl of Errol are also
received from the seat of war.
A marriage will shortly take place between Lord
Kingsale, Premier Baron of 'lreland, and Miss
Brown Westhead, only daughter of J. P. Brown
Westhead, Esq., of Lea Castle, Worcestershire.
Sir Edmund Head, the newly-appointed Governor-
General of Canada, has arrived in New York, accom-
panied by Lady Head and his femily.
THE FRENCH GUIDES BAND have met with a
warm welcome in England, and occasioned in return
much excitement by their performances in various
places. On Sunday they played on the " slopes" at
Windsor Castle, in the presence of the Queen and a
very numerous andience. Two of the officers after-
wards dined with her Majesty, and the men were
entertained in the steward's room in the castle. The
Queen subsequently sent a present of 100 guineas
in token of her gratification. During the week the
Guides have visited the Bank, the Tower, and other
sights of the metropolis, playing also in different
quarters atmost daily. Thursday they assisted, by
permission of the Emperor, at a concert given in
Exeter-hail, for the benefit of the French Charitable
Association. To-day (Saturday) they will again per-
form in the Crystal Palace, in aid of the Patriotic
Fund, and to-morrow are under orders to return
to Paris.
ALEXANDER SMITH has been appointed assistant
to the Astronomer Royal for Scotland; her Majesty,
during her late visit to Edinburgh, being graciously
pleased to signify in this way her approbation of the
young poet's astronomical descriptions.

MR. DONALD Nicola, intends to petition against
the return of Viscount Dungarvon for the borough of
Frome, on the ground of certain acts of bribery and
intimidation alleged to have been committed.
ON the subject of agricultural statistics, a circular
has been addressed by the Poor-Law Board to
the officials of unions in the several counties
where the collections of facts are to be made. They
state :

The experiment for IKM will embrace the whole of
Scotland and the following counties of England and Wales
—viz., Norfolk, Suffolk, Southampton, Wilts, Leicester,
Berke, Worcester, Salop, West Riding of York, Brecon,
and Denbigh. In Scotland the proceedings will be con-
ducted, as in 1853, under the auspices of the Highland
Society. In England and Wales it is intended to put in
motion the machinery which worked, upon the whole,
so satisfactorily iu Norfolk and Hampshire. There it
watt found that this object was best promoted by the
formation and co-operation, in every union, of a joint
committee of owners and occupiers, called " the Statis-
tical Committee," with the chairman of the union for its
chairman, and by employing, with the concurrence of the
guardians, the clerk of the union as classifier, and the
relieving officers as enumerators. The countenance and
support which a committee so constituted affords, by the
mere fact of its existence, as well as by the employment
of the union officers under its directions, go far to ensure
success, and I trust you will find no difficulty in organising
such a committee among the leading agriculturists of Sour
union. The duties of the committee are not of a nature
to subject its members to much personal trouble. All, or
nearly all, they have to do may be summed up under the
two following heads :—To induce, by their example and
influence, their neighbours to fill up their schedules before
September 311. To superintend the labours of the officers
engaged in the inquiry, and to examine and verify the re-
/whs.

Or the 1,100 killed at Alma, no less than 750
ailed were Irish. The 23rd Welch Fusiliers were
almost to a man natives of the sister country.

THE PRESS.

LORD PALMERSTON AT ROMSEY.
ON occasion of the annual meeting of " The La-
bourers' Encouragement Society," at Romsey, last
Tuesday, Lord Palmerston addressed some observa-
tions to those assembled which might have come

not. inappropriately from a chair of moral philosophy,
had his lordship happened to fill so grave a position.
He commenced by laying down some " general

principles ":

Although it has been the pleasure of our Maker, in a
world which is a world of trial and transition, and not the
ultimate destiny of mankind—though it has been the plea-
sure of our Maker to subject a great portion of the human
race to trials and privations—to enable them to qualify
themselves for the future state that awaits them, yet Pro-
vidence has not been niggardly in the distribution of those
qualities which are calculated to secure happiness to those
who conduct themselves well upon this earth. (('heers.)
All the good qualities of human nature—the qualities of
mind and of heart—everything that tends to dignify our
species and to enable men to distinguish themselves in the
condition in which they have been placed—these qualities
have been sown broadcast over the human race, and are as
abundantly dispersed among the humblest classes as they
are among the highest classes of the land. (Renewed cheers.)
You will find that all children are born good ; it is bad edu-
cation and bad associations in early life that corrupt the
minds of men. It is true that there are now and then ex-
ceptions to general principles. As there are men who have
been born with club feet, born blind, or with other personal
defects, so also it will happen that children will be born
with defective dispositions, but these are rare exceptions.
Be persuaded that the mind and heart of man are nate.-
' rally good, and it depends upon training and education
whether that goodness implanted at birth shall continue
to display itself, or whether by bad associations it shall be
corrupted and destroyed.

Then came the practical application from what
his lordship termed this " truth ":
It is the duty of all parents to see that their children are
well and properly educated—that they are early instructed
not merely in book learning, in reading and writing, and
acquirements of that kind, but instructed in the precepts
which indicate the difference between right and wrong, and
that they are taught the principles of religion and their duty
towards God and man. Now, the way in which that can he
done is by the father and mother building up their house-
hold upon that which is the foundation of all excellence in
social life—l mean a happy home. (Applause.) Now, no
home can be happy if the husband be not a kind and affec-
tionate husband and a good father to his children. Bearing
this in mind, he must avoid two great rocks on which too
many men in the humbler ranks make shipwreck—the
tobacco-shop and the beer-shop.
The lecture against tobacco which ensued is needed
yet more by urban than rural populations. It wasted
a man's strength, said his lordship, and ruined his
health, by leading to all manner of diseases. At the
dinner in the afternoon his lordship was still the
chief speaker. He spoke of the war as inevitable,
and dwelt on the advantages of the French alliance :
There never was in the history of the world a more
honourable spectacle than that which has been exhibited
by the British nation. We have embarked in a war, and
are fighting side by side, in honourable ambition, with a
power that in former periods we were only wont to meet
hostilely in the field. (Cheers.) We tniat that that new
companionship, cemented by the blood shed in action. and
confirmed by those laurels which will he intertwined in
victory, will long endure ; and that the two great nations
which are at the summit of civilisation, not only in Europe,
but of the world—two nations most worthy of the esteem
of each other—will, as the result of the resolution of the
G(.vernment and the country to engage in this contest, be
for ever bound together in ties of friendship and affection.
(Tremendous cheering.) Anticipating that whatever may
be the difficulties and dangers of the conflict—whether it
may be long or whether it may be short—the result can be
one—that is, that the arms of England and France, reared
in combat for the cause of justice and truth, for the cause
of liberty and of national independence, not seeking con-
quests for selfish objects, but for those of the most noble
and generous character—l cannot but feel confident that
the result, come when it may, will be such as will
gloriously crown the efforts which the nation has made,
and will place the honour of this country, will place the
character, dignity, and well-being of this country, upon a
surer and firmer basis even than that on which they have
hitherto stood. (Great applause.)

As the Mayor of Romsey had proposed "Her Ma-
jesty's Ministers," eulogising Lord Palmerston as one
of the " most talented and important," his lordship
returned the compliment by proposing the health of
the mayor. "No corporation in the kingdom," said
his lordship, " can boast a better mayor. You love
and esteem him as I do." Subsequently he ex-
pressed his satisfaction that, in the government of
men, progress had been made from the lash to the
medal :
In former and in less civilised times of the world man-
kind were to be governed entirely by punishment. The
only idea that man had, from the highest to the lowest, on
general government, or local err social order—the only
idea men had was to punish fur offences. Good conduct
was considered to be, like virtue, its only reward; and the
only thing men had to study was to avoid coming under
the lash. Now, it is the greatest possible improvement in
political and moral science to find that, most especially in
this kinvdom—more so than in any others—men have
turned their thoughts to a different method of swaying
human actions. It is a discovery, I may say, of later
times, that it is more easy to govern men by encourage•

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went and reward than by fear and punishment ; and that
great principle of modern philosophy is the foundation of
the institution of which I have the honour to be the pea.
dent. I hail it not only from the advantages locally sure
to follow from it, but as one of the numerous indications
of the great march of human understanding, the great
spread of practical philosophy, and iu one instance among
among many others that we are now, from the diffusion of
enlightenment through every class of the country, bitting
upon the true means of obtaining an influence over the
conduct of men, of touching the heart, and of holding out
inducements which kindness and rea ards offer, and instead
of occupying ourselves, as our ancestors used to do, in
driving, we are at last endeavouring to govern the country
by leading.
Something was said, later, on the progress of agri-
cultural improvement, and, towards the close of the
evening,Miss Nightingale was mentioned. Dr. H. Tay-
lor proposed her health as a native of Romaey, casting
some rays of her fame on her female servant, who,
with rare magnanimity, had " refused an available
offer of marriage" that she might accompany her
mistress and remit her wages to her parents. The
festivity passed off pleasantly, and Done the less so,
perhaps, that wheat is at 70s. per quarter, though nut
a word was said on that subject.

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MR. CHARLES KEAN, manager of the Princess's
Theatre, summoned a musician, named Pickard, to
the Southwark County Court, for a penalty incurred
by his breach of contract. The defendant had been
engaged for the plaintiff's orchestra, and the agree-
ment set forth that he was to attend all rehearsals
and performances, and not to perform at any other
theatre or place of entertainment. Both of the con-
ditions, it seems, he had broken, having made a pro-
fessional tour in Scotland, without first obtaining
leave of absence, and also engaging with M. Jtißien
for his concerts. The court gave judgment for the
plaintiff, and ordered Pickard to pay 101. damages
by wsy of penalty.
A PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION IN BANKRUPTCY has
been presented in the Court of Mr. Commissioner
Fonblanque against Mr. George Hndson, M.P.,
described as a merchant of Half Moon-street, Pitta•
dilly. No adjudication has yet taken place. Mt.
Hudson entirely denies the validity of the alleged
debt, amounting to 1,1001., upon which the petition is

founded.
A RULE NISI FOR ♦ NEw TRIAL in the case of Mr.
Boyle against Cardinal Wiseman was obtained in the
Court of Exchequer on Thursday. The plaintiff, it
will be remembered, brought an action for libel
against Cardinal Wiseman on account of some letters
published first in the Univers, and then translated
into the Tablet and Catholic Standard newspat ers.
At the former trial he was nonsuited, and the appli-
cation for a rehearing was based upon the plea of
mis-direction, and that the Chief Baron had impro •
perly declined to admit the defendant himself to be
sworn in order to give evidence to make out the
plaintiff's case.
IN ♦ FEROCIOUS ASSAULT UPON A POLICEMAN,
Frances Knipe, a prostitute, was tiled and found
guilty before Mr. Witham at the Middlesex Sessions.
The judge sentenced her to imprisonment, with hard
labour, for nine months. After receiving sentence
the prisoner became insolent, and the following bit of
dialogue is taken down by the reporter:—
The prisoner (impudently): Oh, I can do that on my bead
without any trouble.
Mr. WITHAM : Come back. I will see, then, if you can do 12
months, to which I now sentence you.
The prisoner accordingly is sent to prison for a year,
nine months for maltreating a constable, three for
being impertinent to a judge.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, October 31.
BANK ItUPTS.—Jo FIN Haltom Laurence Pountney-lane, City
commission agent—Joaurn Tuoitesos, Jun., Terrace, Kensing-
ton, draper•-•WILLIAN Goss TDca►L, Threadneedle•street,
City, sharenroker—Enwtors WILLIAM TOSON, Harley-street,
Cavendish-square. boartiing-lioneekeeper—HANlßT Hairr, Port-
Sea, Hampshire, MiIer—PETER SMITH, Bridport.place, llottou,
licensed victualler—NATHANlEL MAGNUS, Jun., Yore•street, City,
shoe manufacturer—Jamas WRIGHT, Wendover, Buckingham-
shire, surgeon—Lyn'', WOOD and CHARLES HENRY WooD,
Willow-walk, Bermondsey, carpenters—H RIMY BOLEN° MASON,
WindmWStreet, Haymarket, licensed victualler—Jolla BAT.
THEWS, Newent, Gloucestershire, BICILLET,
Soke-upon-Trent,lStaffortishire, draper—laws s Wit ITN ET, Wor.
center• draper—Jous MIDOLLT, Nottingham, soda-water mann-
facturer—Wmt.tsw H VINT BARLOW, Leeds, hatter JOSEPH
Hawks, Salford, Lancashire. grocer.
SCOTCH sEgu EST RAT l ONS.—WILLIAMBEWAIL Glasgow,
post-horse hirer—Rositur if /ANDERSON BOBERTSON, Glasgow,
manufacturer.
Friday, November 3.
WILLIAM ANDREW BEYER, Hartford, Kent, licensed victnaller
--itoisenr Grmitos lioserorth Brlxton,draper Jolts THOMAS.
Upton•upon-Yevern, Worc.•ater, draper BICHARD CURTIS,
Soutlisea, corn merchant—HENßY JANNI NON, Westwinster•road,
ironmonger—ROWLAND BOSWORTH, Leicester, oil IDSEehitot—
JOH tg Duuni.c, Sunderland. commission agent and ship chandler
—SAMUEL Bei.t., Liverpool, confectioner—Hussy THWAITES
BAILEY. Canterbury, linendraper—WlLLlAM Trims. High-street,
Mitrylebone, butcher— EDWARD CAISTENDIICK,
ship agent and merchant.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.— Gionoz WILSON,
bookseller—Twouss leLsonto, East Friarton, Fileshire, farmer
—Levant and Gwynn, Edinburgh, painters.