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Continental Notes. Everything In Paris I...
of the law , however , is contained in the 37 th Article , which , in insolent defiance of tlie commonest principles of justice and fairness , enacts : — " The bookseller , newsman , or agent , of any newspaper nojfc published in Hamburg or its territory , who advertises publicly that the paper in question is to be had regularly through his agency , becomes answerable for the contents of such paper , without the right of shifting the responsibility on the author , editor , publisher , or printer , residing in another state . " The law is , as yet , only proposed for the approval of the representatives of the people ; "but , with our knowledge of the tendency of Germany to abase itself before that despotic spirit of which Russia is the representative and the mailed champion , we can scarcely allow ourselves to hope for its rejection .
The Committee of the English loldera of Spanish Bonds have forwarded a letter to Espartero , who , in reply to the bearer of the communication , said that , although this is not a very favourable time for pressing pecuniary claims , this particular claim should have a fair examination when the proper period had arrived . The King of Portugal and his brother the Duke of Oporto have arrived in France . Exhaustion seems to have nearly come over the fiery rage of Vesuvius . The Naples correspondent of the Daily News—who has from time to time given some most vivid accounts of the progress of the eruption—writes on May the 19 th : — " The cascade of fire—one of the modern wonders of the world—is now a blackened mass ; and , contrasted with its late brilliant appearance , strikes one as if it had . been arrested by some disease which had converted it into this stiffened , discoloured corpse . All
fear of any further damage is now , I think , removed , and has been for several days . There was a suspension of the flow of lava for about eighteen hours . The surface of the streams , in this time , became hardened , and whatever new material issues from the crater flows over the old lava , and has scarcely strength to reach so low down as the . elder stream . It is consolatory to be able to state that not one life has been lost , though many have been in danger , from mere foolhardiness . . . . As to the material loss which the landholders on the line of the streams have suffered , it is nothing compared with what it might and must have been but for the temporary suspension and cooling of the lava . ... His Majesty ' s name has very nearly been placed in the saintly calendar ; for it was broadly asserted that the lava stopped while he was present . " The Morning J ' correspondent says that " the height of the lava is in some places not less than fifty feet . "
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MISCELLANEOUS . Db . Hoffman , says the Athenaum , has been nominated to the office of Assayer of the Mint . Colonel Rawltnson has arrived in London from Bagdad , having brought to a close the excavations in Assyria and Babylonia which he has been superintending for the last three years on behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum . Thb Wellington College . —Seven hundred pounds have been paid over to the " Wellington College from the proceeds of the late amateur dramatic performance at Drury Lane Theatre . Fifty pounds have been contributed to the fund for Mr . Angus Reach .
Thb Convict Alexander Stewart was hanged at Glasgow on Wednesday week for the murder , in November last , of a man named Welch . He made a full confession of his crime , stating that his motive was revenge for an exposure by his victim of some of his acts of theft committed about the coal works . The Glasgow Phrenological Society applied for leave to take a cast of Ins head , " from no motives of morbid curiosity , but for the elucidation of mental phenomena in connexion with organisation ; " but their request was not complied with . The Notorious Tom Provjs , alias u Sir Richard Hugh Smyth , Bart ., " well known for his attempt to obtain possession of the Smyth property at Stapleton and Ashton , died on Sunday afternoon in the infirmary of Dartmoor prison . He had been ailing for some time .
Okdnanok Reform . —The Gazette of Friday week announces that the Queen has issued lutter . s patent revoking the letters patent of tho Master-General , Lieutenant-Goneral , and Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance , and vesting the civil administration of tho army and the Ordnance in the hands of Lord Panmurc . Free Passvorts to the Pauis Exhibition . —Lord Clarendon has received from the French Government an assurance that all English workmen desirous of visiting
the Paris Industrial Exhibition -who shall bo furnished ^ 4 th Foreign Office Passports slinll bo allowed to land In Franco and proceed to Paris without any hindrance wh atever ; and tho English Government havo decided U granting passports to all such persons without Payment of the usual « tamp duty and fee . The mayors of several provincial towns huvo opened lists for workuven desirous of availing themselves of the abovc-montioned privilege- ; it being necessary to send the names to the itproign Office .
Thb La / te Earthquake in Nicw Zkaland . —Private letters , - ^ Sydney , from Wellington , New Zealand , to the date of February 12 , give ample details of tho earthquake on tho evening of tho 28 rd of January , wWofc eoems to havo visited tho -whole country , although to # leoa serious extent than at Wellington . At that settlement much damage wo 9 do » Ot The first shock
occurrred at 9 p . m . on the 23 rd , without any previous warning , and more or less injured every stone or brick building in the town , hardly leaving a single chimney standing in the whole place . The branch of the Union Bank of Australia , the gaol and the Government-house , being the most substantial buildings , suffered the most , while the lighter constructions of wood were generally uninjured . Although the alarm and destruction of property were great , only one life was lost . The shocks continued at intervals for several days , but none were so severe as the first . In the valley of the Hutt near
Wellington , much injury was sustained , the bridge being destroyed , and the road rendered impassable . The inhabitants of Wellington , were already taking measures to repair the damage , they speak in high praise of the conduct of the military in helping to clear away the rubbish from the streets . It is presumed that no attempt will be made in future to build houses otherwise than of wood , and of one story , as these alone appeared to sustain the shock . This earthquake is stated to have been quite as severe as that of 1848 , although it has not created quite so much alarm and disturbance in the general affairs of the colony . —Times .
A Large Weaving Shop and Cloth Warehouse , forming part of some extensive cotton-works at Bolton , has been destroyed by fire . The damage , including the loss of 272 power looms , and immense quantities of weft , warp , and cloth , is thought to amount to at least 10 , 000 / . ; but the property is insured . About two hundred hands have been thus thrown out of employment . The Crops in Ireland , owing to the late copious outpouring of rain , are beginning to look much more healthy and promising . The cold drought which had prevailed for so long a time was producing a most disastrous effect , vegetation presenting a sickly and burntup aspect ; but this is now exchanged for rich and vital green , and , although all kinds of produce will probably be late this year in coming to maturity , there seems at present no prospect of a failure .
Deoxfobd Forest , in Hants , about 1500 acres in extent , is enclosed , and is about to be cultivated . Roads are being made through it ; hedges are dividing it into fields , and numbers of labourers are employed in ploughing and manuring the soil . Curdridge Common , in the same neighbourhood , comprehending about seven hundred acres , is also enclosed , and Waltham Chase , a royal forest , notorious as the resort some years ago of a troop of poachers and robbers called " Waltham blacks , " is about to be enclosed and cultivated .
Unfenced Machinery . —Joseph Vay was fastening one of the clams at the bleach-works of Messrs . Schwabe and Co ., Middleton , when his woollen apron became entangled with an upright shaft , and dragged him round many times ; his head and body also came in contact with an iron pipe , near to the shaft , and killed him on the spot . . The shaft is in one corner of the room , and about eighteen inches distant from the wall . Vay was a single man , forty-nine years of age , and has been employed at the bleach-works about thirty-five years . — Manchester Examiner .
Address to Mr . Layard . —The inhabitants of Newcastle - upon - Tyne and Gateshead have sent to Mr . Layard an address of sympathy and approval , signed by one hundred and thirty-eight merchants , magistrates , coalowners , engineers , shipowners , builders , and trading persons generally , among whom are the late and present Mayors of Gateshead . A too Particular Registrar . —A labouring man , who a few days previously had buried his father , presented himself before the registrar of births and deaths , at Overbury , and requested that officer to register the
death of his mother also- Preparations being made for complying with his request , he was asked at what hour her decease took place . " Oh , " replied the affectionate son , " hur hent dead yitt , but hur soon wull be ; so I thoght as how you might as well put it down at wunst , for I ha' lost hoff a day aready over it , and I caunt haffbrd to lose my time acoming hero aghun . " On being told that bin request could not be complied with , he strode off" with a dissatisfied air , muttering to himself that tho registrar was " too perticklcr by hawf . " —Worcestershire Chronicle .
Trafford Moss on Fire . —Early on Sunday morning , one of the large mosses west of Manchester , known as Traffbrd Moss , was discovered to be on fire ; and , aa a strong easterly wind was blowing at the time , the flames spread with much rapidity . It was apparent at an early hour that the extensive wood and other property belonging to tho Traffbrd estates were in great danger , and , although on ordinary occasions tho digging of deep trenches is held to bo sufficient , it was now found necessary to despatch messengers to Manchester and Salford for firo engines . Thcso having arrived , they were ultimately successful in checking the spread of tho fire . They did not return , however , till an advanced hour of the night . A similar nre 1 ms occurred in Ireland , whore about two hundred acres of the Bog of Allen are now on fire , and tho conflagration continues to advance .
IIolyiikao Harbour . Wouks . —The construction of tho northern breakwater , to form part of the new harbour at Holyhead , is proceeding rapidly . This huge erection has been extended into tho sea upwards of 6000 foot from Soldier ' s Point at low water mark . Tho masonry work to face and complete the breakwater will eoon bo commenced .
The Whitsuntide Holidays . —Whit Monday turned out a bad day for the holiday folks ; but not so bad as entirely to prevent the enjoyment of the usual amusements of the season . Cheap excursion trains were provided on several of the main lines for carrying the Cockneys to Manchester , Liverpool , Chester , Birmingham , Warwick , and other remote and unknown localities , to the end that the experience of Cockneydom might be enlarged , and that Londoners might have personal demonstration of the' fact that the English tongue is spoken more than , a hundred miles from Holborn and Whitechapel . Th ! e usual places of exhibition were well attended . General Lord Charles Manners , K . C . H ., an old Peninsular officer , died on Friday week .
Mr . John Charles Andersson , the Swedish traveller in South-Western Africa , was on Monday presented by Lord Ellesmere , at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Geographical Society , with a box of surveying instruments , as a token of admiration for the courage exhibited by him in penetrating to Lake Ngami . On the same occasion , a gold medal was presented to Dr . Tidman on behalf of Dr . Livingston , on . account of the efforts of the latter to Christianise the South Africans . A Fatal Explosion took place on Friday week at the Deep Ash Colliery , Great Fenton , near Langton . Nine men and a boy were in the pit , and it is conjectured that one of them must have exposed a lighted
candle to a current of impure air . However , whatever the cause , an explosion occurred , and a body of dense , sulphureous vapour issued from the " driving shaft . ' The pit mouth was found to be greatly injured ; and ' upon the miners descending by another shaft , two men were found unhurt , and a third with an arm and leg broken . The bodies of two more men , very badly burned , were lying about a hundred yards off . A vast mass of debris put a stop for a time to further investigation . Several men were speedily set to work at this obstruction ; but no hopes are entertained that the other four men and the boy still in the pit will be found alive .
A Strange Fancy . —At the Lambeth Police Court , on Tuesday evening , just as Mr . Elliott , the magistrate , was about to leave the bench , a cadaverous-looking young man entered the witness-box , and handed a paper to the usher . The following were its contents : — " To the Sitting Magistrate . — Lambeth , May , 1855 . — Sir , — I do hereby give you notice that I have good reason to suppose that I am being secretly murdered , in such a manner as to leave no marks of violence on the body , and to leave it to be inferred that my death is a natural one ; and I do give you this notice , for that any estate
that I may have a right to at the time of my death may be taken by the Crown , to disappoint any persons who may be interested in removing me , in case of my being secretly carried away or murdered . —Richabt > Law , son of James Law , butterman , road , London , Middlesex . " The applicant also expressed , by word of mouth , a strong hope that the magistrate would , under any circumstances , order a coroner ' s inquest to be held on his body . Mr . Elliott having promised to attend to his wishes , the young man left tho court apparently relieved .
The Submarine Telegraph now connects Eupatoria with Balaklava and Kamicsch , as well as with Varna and the general European telegraphic system . A Locomotive Telegraph . —The following account of the success ' . ul inauguration of Chevalier Bonelli ' a invention—tho locomotive telegraph—has been received from Piedmont : — " The inauguration of the electric telegraph , acting between engines in motion , took place on May 24 between Turin and Montculicri , in the presence of the ambassadors of France and England . A long and animated conversation was held between two locomotives going at full speed , and also between those locomotives and the telegraphic-office . "
The Cask of Mr . Dyce Somiske has been again brought before the law courts . On Wednesday , the Prerogative Court was occupied through the greater part of its sitting by hearing pleadings with respect to the will of tho late Mr . Sombre . These pleadings occupied nearly one thousand printed pages of a largo folio volume , and mainly set forth , on the one hand , that Mr . Sombre was of unsound mind , and that therefore hi * will was void ; and , on the other , that he wns perfectly sane , and competent to dispose of his property . Mr . Sombre had been placed in confinement in 18-12 ; but in tho following year lie escaped and fled to Paris . From this period up to 18-1 ( 5 , it would appear that ho was at large , chiefly on the Continent , but under the euro of an attendant . In that your ho contrived to rid hiintfolfof
tho man appointed to toko charge of him ; and in tho course of 1 H-19 , ho , being then in Paris , executed tho will which i « now the Hubject of dispute , and which disposes of his property without any reference to his widow . Mr . Sombre had married u daughter of Lord St . Vincent ; and one of tho evidences of hid insanity now urged by his widow is tho fact , that he was madly jealous of her without cause . Under tho influence of this feeling , ho would treat her with great brutality , and once threatened to nmrdor her maid if she did not reveal all her miatri ' -sM ' s socretH . Jloalao sent several challenges to friends of his , on tho ground that they had been improperly familiar with his wife . This extreme jealousy , and certain acts of impropriety on tho part of tho deceased , were attributed by Mr . Prinsep , one of tlxo deceaalR ' s oxe-
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Leader (1850-1860), June 2, 1855, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02061855/page/9/
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