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Iq± THE LE A DEB. [No. 306, Saturday,
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The Queen opened th...
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Misoellaneous. Sta.Tk Oti 1 Trade.—Tho S...
registrar adds ) , from being the worst , is now the bes court ia my district , and is a striking proof how much the health of a neighbourhood may be improved by attention , to cleanliness and comfort . Last -week , the births of ? 897 boys and 866 girls—in all 1 , 763 children —w . ere registered in London . Inthe-ten corresponding weeks ' of the years 1846-55 , the average number was ly 497 .- * -. From the Registrar General ' s Weekly Return . Australia . — The prosperous condition of Melbourne is thus noticed by the Times Correspondent from that city : — " Reduced rents , a declining price of land , food at a moderate price , the supply of gold increasing , and trade reviving , are features favourable to the prospects of the immigrants , and all these elements in our condition now prevail . "
" Mr . Si ^ udb , Q . C ., met with an accident in St . Jameses-park . His horse fell , and grazed Mr . Slade in sevreral places . The learned gentleman , however , was in his place as usual in the Court of Common Pleas . Bamvwat Accident at Manchester . —Am accident has happened to a train from Manchester to Altrincham , as it was starting f rom , the Oxford-road station , Manchester , the man whose duty it was to turn the points , so as to admit the train from the platform .
siding ? on to the main line , turned the wrong points , the consequence of which was that the train ran into the engine of a goods train about forty or fifty yards from the station , waiting to come towards Oxfordroad -when the passenger train had passed . The latter was advancing at the rate of only two miles an hour * " the results might have been extremely seriotts . : As it was , Mr . Rogerson , farmer , Mra . Rogerson , and Mrs . Palmer , of Sale-moor , were severely bruised , the the lady first named rreceived so sever © a blow on the head as to induce concussion of
the brain . Several other persons were bruised , but not seriously . Lqte-loek . —A young Gterman living at Manchester , has slot himself from disappointed affection . He had become passionately attached to a young waitress at a public dinir > g-rooms , but his parents had refused their . sanction to his marriage with her . On this , he threatened to kill himself , and succeeded in taking sotne opium , which had no effect . A friend was requested to sleep with him , which was done . The young man , however , contrived to shoot himself whjle dressing one morning , and he expired instantly . Instead of "wresting the weapon from him , his friend is B » id to have embraced him affectionately , and merely to have attempted persuasion .
AJffiriiBLEPoet . —The Duily News publishes some verses by Mr . John Critchley Prince , a l-eecUmaker at j lshtqa-under-Lyne , Lancashire . Death in his family , ill ; h « alth , and want of employment , reduced the writeavto a condition of tlift utmost distresa . He has now ^ , however , obtained fresh employment ; but lacks the means for settling past embarrassments . All who are willing to aid him are invited by the Daily JVeipiB to send their contributions to the office of that papex . Mr , Prince obtained £ 50 from the Queen ' s bounty when administered by Sir Robert Peel .
The Eastern Counties Railway . —The adjourned meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern , to receive the result of the poll on Mr . G-oodson ' s amendment in favour of Mr . Waddington . The chair was taken by the latter gentleman , who stated the results of the votes . These were in favour of Mr . Waddington . For Mr . Goodsom ' s amendment , there were 160 personal votes , representing £ 277 , 340 stock and 4 , 111 votes ; and 552 proxies , representing £ 1 , 174 , 880 stock and 1 7 , 014 votes ; together 712 proprietors , representing £ 1 , 452 , 220 stock and 21 , 120 votes . Against the amendment were x-ecorded 508 personal voteo , representing £ 695 , 980 stock and 11 , 716 votes : and 175
proxies , representing £ 231 , 500 stock , and 3 , 994 votes ; making together 683 proprietors , representing £ 027 , 480 stock , and 15 , 704 votes . Majority for amendment and in favour of Mr . Waddingtou , 29 proprietors , representing £ 524 , 740 stock , and 5 , 421 votea . Mr . Buller said he believed the majoxity of proxies in favour of Mr . Waddington was principally xna < te of ladies and ladies' xnaida . Mr . Ball , M . P ., explained that the Committee of Investigation lad issued their proxies too late , and the personal votes for the committee were between five and six hundred , whale only one hundred and sixty were given for Mr . Waddington . The proceedings . terminated in a vote of thanks to the chairman .
Ofyijs Volcanic Erdption in tub Sandwich Islands . ^ The flow is still undiminished , and , though slow in ^< S ' gre 3 S ' is suro > Tito soujtco * which is about t ' - irv £ r from tli 0 suwmit of the stupendous Mauna « P ' fewWMian—great mountain ) , or 1 , 200 feet above « W level , of . the boo , ia etill in aotive operation , and ! $ " & "Tf ^ y Cftn *> ° . distinctly seen from the decks 8 W ? ^ hwbour of Hilo . Where it strikes SS'MSfe * l * « H <) hrowa « P » beautiful white . Sb srflKwsa- ^ t . " -- *
been coaducting lumself in a very eccentnc and indecorous manner about Beaumaris , Carnarvon , and Bangor , died suddenly from apoplexy in a low beershop at Oonway . Some years ago , he ' attempted to kill himself by shooting . A wound was discovered in bis throat , but the bullet was missing . The post mortem examination which has jusfc been made , re vealed a great deal of extravasated blood behind one of the ears ; and in the skull was found the missing bullet . » ,. ¦ .. „ .. The Black Emperor and his Waks . —News from
Port au Prince to the 10 th of January states that the Emperor Faustin passed the frontier of the Republic of St . Domingo on the 20 th of December with three army corps—one in the north from , the Cape , one in the south , and one from Port au Prince , commanded by himself . He was , however , repulsed everywhere , sustained heavy loss , and was obliged to make a precipitate flight . Eighty cases of ammunition were captured by the Dominicians . After his defeat , the Emperor left for the Cape , where a revolution was threatening to upset his empire . Several Generals , for retreating , were tried by court-martial , and condemned to death . Business was at a complete standstill .
Accidental Hangings . —A child of twelve years old named Abraham Longman , living near Southampton , has accidentally strangled himself by a leathern strap hanging from a beam . His parents had gone out , and he was left at home with three younger children , when for the sake of a frolic , he took up a strap of leather and tying it to a beam across the house , playfully observed to one of his companions " that it would Boon kill a man , and added that he meant to hang himself . He then mounted a chair , thrust his neck into a noose which he made in the strap , and swung ; himself off . He was found hanging from the beam quite dead , by one of his elder sisters who came home in the course of the afternoon , some time after
the oceuiTence . An inquest was teld on the body , and a verdict of Accidental Death was returned , rr-Another case , very similac to the one just mentioned , but without its fatal termination , has occurred in Bermondsey . Some boys were playing a game at hanging , when one of them , volunteering to be the hanged one , tied a noose round his neck , by means of a ^ rope that hung from the eeiling of the room , and kicked the chair on which he was standing froni under him . His face immediately underwent horxnfble contortions , and he would in all probability have been hung in earnest , had not the cries of his comtpanions brought assistance , when he Was cut down , and restoi'od to animation .
The Cape of Good Hope . —The Natal papers publish long accounts of the visit of Sir George Grey to that colony . At Springfield , his Excellency visited the sugar estate , and expressed much astonishment at finding an area of one hundred and twenty acres of cane ripening for next crop . He was , moreover , informed that here were from four to five hundx'ed acres in other directions , north and south , on the coast lands in a similar state of progre 33 . His Excellency was everywhere received with the greatest enthusiasm .
. Retirement of Mb . Blaokett , M . P . —Owing to the same cause which has deprived the House of Commons of Mr . Macaulay—ill health—Mr . Blackett has signified his intention of retiring from the representation of Nevycastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Geoi'ge Ridley has come forward in the liberal interest , and it is thought that he will simply walk over tho course , though there is some talk of his being opposed by Mr . Ralph Walters , who in 1852 contested the borough of Gateshead on anti-radical principles . Proposed College at Newoastle-upon-Tynb . — The mining engineers of the north of England a short
time ago proposed to found a college in Newcastle , with a capital of at least £ 30 , 000 , Mr . Nicholas Wood , an eminent coal viewer , and President of the Mining Institute , bx-ought this intention under the notice of the Duke of Northumberland , requesting that his Grace would lend hia assistance to the movement , and become patron of the college . The duke , in answer to this appeal , signified ] to Mr . Wood that , in case the amount of subscribed capital should roach £ 15 , 000 , his Gi-aco would add £ 6 , 000 to that sum ; and , if it should reach £ 30 , 000 , has Gx-ace would subscribe £ 10 , 000 . »
The Cash of Mb . Dich Sombre , —Sir John Dodaon , in the Prerogative Court on Saturday , gave judgment in tl * a case , which was argued a-t great length last Trinity term . The question was as to the validity of Mr . Sombre ' will , which waB disputed on the ground that he was insane . The chief allegations -will bo found in tho Leader of Juno 2 , 1855 . Sir John Dodaon , last Saturday , pronounced against the will aud codicil ; and tho executor , and other partioa connected with tho will , wore condemned i x * costs . Thk Cask oh- tub Janet Mmoheix . —It will bo recollocated that , between two and thx-oo months ago , tho j naster of this vessel waa brought foefore Mr . Yordley , tho Thamos polico magistrate , on a ohai'go of ill-treating some Lascar Beeumon , and that Mr . Yardley expx-essed himself witli great warmth and vehemence on tho subject . His language waa brought
before Sir George Grey by Mr . Mitchell , the owner of the ship ; and the Home Secretary has conveyed to the magistrate his disapprobation of such conduct . To this Mx \ Yardley has replied by stating that he " acquiesces in that decision , " and desires to express to Mr . Mitchell , through Sir George Grey , his regret that he was impelled to use the language in question Official Dinners . —The Lord Mayor , on Wednesday evening , entertained , at the Mansion House , the chairman and members of the Metx'opolitan Boai'd of Works .- —Lord Palxnerston , Earl G-ranville , aud Mr . Disxvxeli , on the same evening , gave dinner parties preparatory to the opening of the Parliamentary session . At Lord Palmeraton ' s and Earl Granville's residences , the Queen ' s speech was read to the guests .
We are about to enter another Maeaulay controversy . Mr . Hepworth Dixon announces for next week an answer to Mr . Macaulay ' s charges against Penn . Mr . Maeaulay , —so rumour has it >—is employed upon a rejoinder to his various critics , —particularly ( it is said ) to the Times and the AthencBwm . Penn , Dryden , and Marlborough are the chief men whose reputations have been assailed by the historian ; and his judgments on these personages stand in highest need of explanation and defence . Mr . Dixion , we understand ,, replies upon the entire case as against Penn , —Mr . Macaulay ' s accusations standing ir ? the latest editions
as they stood in the first . We slall be glad to see what Mr . Maeaulay can urge in defence of the Taunton charge , — -of his assertion that Marlborough ' s letter caused the failure at Brest , —that Dryden changed his religion for money ,- —that Jeffreys is buried in the Tower and Schomberg in Westminster , —the two latter , blunders which the Times presses against him . Literary controversy is always pleasant ; and when conducted with courtesy , and wifeh an earnest desire for the truth—as this controversy most assuredly will be—it is serviceable to history as well as pleasant to readers .- —A tltenaeum .
The JAcoiDENTAi . Poisonings at DingwaMi . — -An examination into this lamentable affair has exhibited the fact that , by a mistake on the part of a servant lad , some roots of the highly poisonous plant , wolf sbane , Were substituted by the cook for horseradish in making a kind of sauce which was poured over the roast beef . The wolf sbane grew closejto the horseradish ; and a similarity of appearance might readily lead to the mistake . Dismissal of a Postmaster . —Mr . James Hatfield , postmaster of Huntingdon , has just been dismissed ' from that situation for unlawfully detaining a postto
office order enclose d in a letter addx ^ essed Messrs . D u Barry for Arabica food . Being an agent for Messrs . Du Barry , Mr . Hatfield stopped the order anddirected that the Arabica should be sent to Mr . Fox , of Upton , the writer of the letter . The food was sent accordingly and charged to the account of the postoffice . The postmaster alleges tlat Mr . Fox left the order with him , as usual , to be enclosed and posted ; but this Mr-. Fox denies , declaring positively that on the present occasion he posted it himself . Mr . Hatxxeld has been examined before the Huntingdon magistrate and committed for trial . Bail to the amount of £ 300 was accepted .
Changing the Venue op Paimeb s Trial . —Mr-Serjeant Wxlkins on Tuesday applied in the Court of Queen's Bench for a certiorari with a view to causing William Palmer to be tried at bar , or that the venue might be changed to any other « ounty than Staffordshire . Affidavits on the part of William Palmer and John Smith , hia solicitor , setting forth the degx-ee of prejudice excited in Staffordshire against the former were read ; and a long discussion on points of law
ensued . Lord Campbell denied that any ground had been shown for a trial at bar j but he granted a rule nisi to bo served on th-e solicitor for tho px'osecution in London and the attorney in the country . Ho lias since directed that the certiovari shall issue . 9 fcMABBIAQE WITH A DECEASED WIPE ' S SlSTEB . —A recent decision of the Court of Session in Scotland has declared the perfect legality of mariiago with a deceased wife ' s aistex * .
The Ibibii Tenant League . —Tho annual gathoriug of this body took place at Dublin on Tuesday . Seven membex's of Parlmmon * , and about thirty other gontlomen , lay and clex'ical , were present . A long ropox * t was read and adopted , and the meeting broke up .
Iq± The Le A Deb. [No. 306, Saturday,
Iq ± THE LE A DEB . [ No . 306 , Saturday ,
Imperial Parliament. The Queen Opened Th...
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . The Queen opened the Parliamentary session on Thursday . The day was fine , though cold ; the populace thronged , as usual , along the route ; and the Queen was loudly applauded , as , in the midst of her escort of Life Guards , slie drove towards the House . She left BuckingUam-palace shortly before two o'clock , and entered the House of Peers about half-past two . The carriages of the ambassadors—or , rather , their inmates—were variously received by the populace ; Turkey , Sardinia , and France being loudly applauded , and others leas so . A brilliant attendance of p eeresses and their daughtera filled to overflowing the galle _ ries of the Upper House ; and the black ambaa ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 2, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02021856/page/8/
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