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416 THE LEADER, [No. 423, May 1, 1858.
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN 1>KATHS. A fire bro...
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STATE OF TRADE. Dut,ness yet reigns supr...
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14, Radnor-place, Paddington. A case con...
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURT...
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moment when Piedmont applied to the French Kepublic for aid against Austria , it ( Piedmont ]) refused to afford the Hungarians an active co-operation against the common enemy , thus forgetting that ' the cause supported by the Hungarians against Austria and the Italian cause itself were necessarily indivisible . ' At that period , the letter says , Guerazzi , who governed Tuscany , had offered a corps of 10 , 000 men , formed from the inhabitants of that country and of the Roman States . General
Dembinski proposed to General Chrzanowski to incorporate these 10 , 000 recruits with his army , and to send in excliange 10 , 000 of his troops to effect a descent at Plume , and march thence to the help of the Hungarians ; but the other refused , declaring that lie could not detach such a force from his army , already scarcely sufficient for himself . * I regret , ' observes General Dembiuski , 1 not to have communicated my project to King Charles Albert himself , for his chivalrous soul would have comprehended the grandeur of my idea . ' "
ITALY . The Chamber of Deputies closed , on the 23 rd ult ., the general discussion on the Deforesta Kill , which was admitted in principle by 129 yotes to 29 . The discussion oa the articles was adjourned to the next day . —In addressing the Assembly with respect to the press , Count Cavour said : — " Do you believe this new law ¦ w-ill be fatal to liberty ? The juries , better composed , v ill be able to remedy certain inconveniences , to render part of the press a little more civil , to compel it to adopt less brutal forms , if I may be permitted to say so ; bat that those juries , chosen from among the people , can wound the liberty of the press , I do not believe . If I were convinced that the law of 1852 , that this one , were really an offence to our liberty , I would sar , ' Let the alliance go to the wall : but let us maintain liberty . ' "
The Sardinian Government has issued a circular to . all its agents at foreign Courts , embodying the arguments advanced in reply to the Neapolitan despatch , and dwelling more particularly upon that part of tbe Neapolitan document which refers to the case of the Stromboli in 1848 . It denies any similarity between the two cases . As regards the captain of the Cagliari making for Naples , the circular-says : — " In the resolution taken to steer for Naples , the captain only obeyed the orders imposed by the Sardinian regulations ( Law of 13 th January , 1 827 ) , which orders the captain of any vessel on board of which an act of insubordination has occurred , to make a report to the consul of the King at the first port he touches . "
The Roman Government lias just adopted energetic measures on the subject of the affair of Velletri . Four priests of that town liave been arrested and sent to prison .
jrOLL , A > 'I > . It is said to be definitively settled that the King of Holland is to be the arbiter between Sardinia and Naples in the Cagliari dispute .
SWITZERLAND . A general election took place on the 18 th ult . in the canton of Neufchatel , for the nomination of the Constituent Assembly , which is to proceed to the revision of the cantonal constitution . Out of lOl deputies , the Radicals have 5 G , the Independents 22 , the Conservatives ( old Royalists ) 10 , while 9 are uncertain . Seven of the elections are not yet terminated . TURKEY . The Porte has addressed , to the Viceroy of Egypt a despatch , in which it reproaches him for having written a letter favourable to the cutting of the Isthmus of Suez , and orders him to cease from steps of that character .
GERMANY . The immense emigration from Germany which has gone on for some years past has alarmed the Governments of the various States . They are said to have agreed upon certain measures for checking the movement , among which is the prohibition of male emigration until the emigrants have fully satisfied the military laws of the country . " It is estimated , " says the Jndcpendance Beige ., " that within the last ten years a hundred millions of money have been taken over to America by emigrants . It is therefore intended to strike with a high rate the capital destined to be sent abroad for the advancement of emigration . The authorities will receive the order to exercise a strict surveillance—to know beforehand in the provinces , where emigration is most in favour , the use the inhabitants intend to make of the money arising from the realization of their patrimony . "
nussiA . An Imperial uknso establishes a tax of five kopecks on each rubleworth of goods exported or imported from or into Russia . Tlio revenue thus accruing is to be applied for the building of custoin-liouscs on the railways Sugar , whether raw or refined , is alone exempted from this tax . Up to the present time , all schools for young ladies in Russia have been boarding-schools , placed under Government control , nnd subjected to a . species of military rules . A day school , howovor , lias juut been established under tlie patronage of tho Kmpuror . Thirty more Polish exiles have just been recalled from Siberia .
SPAIJT . The British residents at Gibraltar and Malaga have transmitted to Lord Howden very complimentary addresses , expressing their deep regret at losing him . rnussiA .. The ordinary session of the Prussian Chambers closed at Berlin on the 27 th ult . The Upper Chamber on the previous day adopted by 89 votes against 40 tlie law imposing a duty on beetroot sugar .
416 The Leader, [No. 423, May 1, 1858.
416 THE LEADER , [ No . 423 , May 1 , 1858 .
Accidents And Sudden 1>Kaths. A Fire Bro...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN 1 > KATHS . A fire broke out last Sunday morning on the premises of a greengrocer and fruiterer in King-street , Hammersmith . It commenced in the lofts over the stables , and speedily ignited a quantity of straw , hay , & c . Mr . Gale , the occupier of the premises , was encircled by the flames , and was so terribly burnt that lie died shortly after "being removed to the infirmary . Tlie down mail-train from Norman ton to York , last Sunday morning , ran over a couple of horses which had
strayed on to the line . One was knocked into a ditch ; the other was ground to pieces . The driver had observed two dark objects ahead , while going * at the rate of forty miles an hour : he immedintcly shut oft' his steam , but to no avail . The concussion was so severe that the two carriages next the engine Avere thrown off the rails , and dragged a distance of about three 'hundred yards . The train was . delayed forty minutes , and some consternation was created at York , when it arrived there , by the engine being found to be covered with blood , pieces of flesh , and hair .
State Of Trade. Dut,Ness Yet Reigns Supr...
STATE OF TRADE . Dut , ness yet reigns supreme in many of tlie great manufacturing towns ; but there are decided symptoms of improvement at Leeds , Halifax , Huddersfte d , and Norwich . The differences between the iron masters and coal proprietors and their men , which have recently created much uneasiness in South Staffordshire , have been settled , the colliers and puddlers returingr to work at the reduced scale of wages proposed by the employers . A communication from Sheffield says : —" There have been two local failures during the week ( ending last Saturday ) . Mr- Thomas I < 'ish 1 > ourne , iron and steel merchant , called a meeting of his creditors on Monday ,-when a statement of his affairs was submitted , showing liabilities to the amount of -11 GG / ., but of that amount 7367 . is
o-H-ing to the Sheffield and Ilallamshire bank , who hold ample security ; 'towards the paymentof the 3140 / . unsecured debts he had assets estimated at 2295 / . Tlie difficulties of Mr . Fisbourne were said to have been on account of losses to the amount of 120 Of . which he had sustained from failures arising out of the monetary panic of last November- The meeting , inconsequence of the absence of the largest creditor , was adjourned to Friday , and it was then , agreed to wind up under an assignment for the b ? nefit of creditors . The other failure is that of Messrs . lhitterley and Hobson , sickle manufacturers .
Their liabilities amount to 1300 ? ., and their assets were estimated at 1000 / . It was arranged that tho assets should be realized under aii assignment . " Tho Town Council of Norwich have adopted a petition to the House of Commons with reference to the bankruptcy and insolvency laws , in Avhicli they propose—" That the county court judges , or resident deputies duly appointed by them for that especial purpose , should have jurisdiction in case 3 of bankruptcy and insolvency , particularly where no district court of bankruptcy at present exists " —which is the case at Norwich .
An important meeting in the matter of winding up tlie London and Eastern Banking Company was held last Saturday at the chambers of Viec-ChanccIlorWood , before Mr . Leman , his chief clerk , to proceed to make a call on all the shareholders in Class A , being the holders of shares at the date of the winding-up order , and also on those included in Class C , being shareholders who had transferred their shares within three yearn prior to the date of such order , the amount of call proposed to bo made being at the rate of 50 / . per share . The Chief Clerk ordered a discharge of the call in respect of Class C ; but a call was made on Class A , and declared payable on tho 31 st of May .
The Hoard of Trade returns for tho month and quarter ending on the 31 st of March were published at the close of last week . The total declared value of the exports of British and Irish produce nnd manufactures ( compared with tlie two preceding years ) was—For the month : 18 « , 9 , 448 , 570 / . ; 1857 , 10 , 466 . 346 / . ; 1868 , !) , 000 , 274 / . For the quarter : 185 G , 25 , 14 » , 103 ; 1857 , 28 , 827 , 493 : 1858 , 2 » , 510 , 290 / . An adjudication in bankruptcy has boon made against Messrs . Keal and Roberts , merchants , of No . 3 , Koodlane , and of Prince Edward ' s Island . The act of bankruptcy is a doclaration of insolvency . The amount of liabilities lias not transpired . Tho assets are said to be chiefly in Prince Edward ' s Island .
14, Radnor-Place, Paddington. A Case Con...
14 , Radnor-place , Paddington . A case containing these articles , to the value of 2000 / ., was according ly gent under the care of two assistants , to the place indicated ¦ which was reached abont nine o'clock in the evening The door was opened by the worn an , who showed the assistant carrying the case into the drawing-room the other man remaining outside . She then asked the one in the drawing-room to let her take the jewellery up { Q her mistress ; but he would only allow her to " take a diamond bracelet , valued at 25 o £ As she did not return quickly , the young- man endeavoured to kave the
room , but found the door fastened- The shutters were also secured in such a way that he could not open them The fire-irons had been moved from , the room , and there were no means of forcing- a way out . In endeavouring to effect this , the young man broke his right forefinger - but at length lie succeeded in giving an alarm , and ° was liberated . His fellow-aasistant then told him that a woman had shortly before left the house , but had not aro used his suspicion . Of course , the bracelet had disappeared . The same woman has swindled several other tradesmen * but the police are now looking after her .
Execution- of Lajsi . — -Giovanni Lani , the Italian who murdered lleloise Thaubin , inArundel-place , Haymarket , was hanged on Monday morning . Endeavours had been made , as usual in these cases , to . obtain a commutation of the punishment , but they failed . Lani was attended , during the last few days of his life , by * two Roman Catholic priests . On the night preceding his execution , he slept soundly , and eat the whole of liis breakfast on the following morning with a good appetite . When , however , the ministers of death entered his cell , he appeared to be in a . most dejected state . He cried and sobbed piteously ; appeared scarcely able to support himself ; and shuddered visibly as the prison bell began to toll . It was necessary to assist him up the steps of the scaffold ; but , notwithstanding- his ph \ -sieal depression , he struggled for a minute or so after " the drop fell .
The crowd that assembled was far greater than usual of late ; and several women of pleasu re from the neighbourhood of the Haymarket were seated at some of the windows in the Old Bailey . As soon as Lani appeared in sight , the inob raised a horrible yell , which continued until the execution was completed . We noticed last week a so-called confession of Lani ' s , to the effect that the woman robbed him 5 that a struggle ensued ; that he killed her without intending to do so ; and that he took her jewels away with him , asa kind of indemnification . This document has been published in full , and appears to have been the basis of the efforts for a commutation of sentence ; but , at the foot of the seaflbld , Lani admitted that he went home with the woman with the intention of robbing her , and that he tesoited to strangulation in order to effect that purpose .
McitDKR by a Maniac .- —Henry Uloomficld , a labourer living at a lonely cottage sibout half a mile from the gates of Lyme Park , Cheshire , has murdered his wife witli a hatchet , in a fit of insanity . The man has been constantly out of his mind before ; but the wift felt confident of her ability to manage him . Iteligious fanaticism seems to have prompted the act . The coroner ' s inquest has terminated in a verdict of Wilful Murder . Death of the Ahscosi > ing Nottingham Bankrupt . —Intelligence reached Nottingham last Saturday of the death of Mr . Baxter , who absconded from that town last May , to New York , United States , leaving liabilities t o the amount of 23 , 000 / . behind him , which resulted in the ruin of several respectable families with whom lie had been doing business .
CRIMINAL JIKCORIX Stiianoio Cask ok Swindling . —A few days ago , a woman went to tho shop of Messrs . Hunt and ltoskcll , jeweHi'i-H , Hond-. stroet , nnd ordered some bracelets , broochcH , rings , & c , to be . sent to n Mrs . Campbell , at
Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...
GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A cask of importance to coffee-shop keepers was decided in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench last Saturday . The keeper of a house in Liverpool appealed on a point of law arising out of a local act for the regulation of the town mentioned . Ho had been summoned before the magistrates for having allowed women of bad character to meet together and remain in his house ; aud he contended that , as they were not behaving improperly , but hud only come into tho house for refreshment , ho had not violated tho act . Lord Campbell , Mr . Justice Erie , and Mr . Justice Cronipton were of this opinion , and so the case ended .
An action has been brought in tho Bail Court of the Court of Queen's Bench , to reco-vcr damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff , an aged widow , named Smith , residing in Camhor \ v « U . , She stepped oft'the kcrbstouo into tho toad just as a cart , driven by a servant of the defendant , was passing ; and she . was at once knocked down , and a good < leal hurt . No blame seems to be attributable to tho driver , and Mr . Justice Coleridge thought there was no caso against the defendant . Tho foreman of the jury , however , an id tho majority took « different view from Ilia Lordship . Thoy presumed that the old woman was not aware that the carriage was ao close . Mr . Justice Coleridge siud it was quite immaterial whether she was aware of not . Tho defendant ' s servant had every right to drivo whero ho was driving ; and Mm Smith had brought the accident about by her own negligence . Sim had no business to attempt to cross vhilo tho cart ivuh passing by eloso to her . After
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Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01051858/page/8/
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