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November 8,1856.] THE LEADEB, 1065
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Thb Capb of Good Hope.—The last advices ...
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November 8,1856.] The Leadeb, 1065
November 8 , 1856 . ] THE LEADEB , 1065
Thb Capb Of Good Hope.—The Last Advices ...
Thb Capb of Good Hope . —The last advices from the Cape are very meagre . There has been an interview between the Governor and the chief of the Kafirs , and matters Lave been , arranged . — St . Yincent , Cape de Verd , has suffered terribly from cholera . Out of a population of 1200 , 800 persons have died , principally males . The bodies of the dead were burnt in the public square in the absence of means to inter them- The Imperador screw steamship , which took out troops from England , was coaled by women . The West Indies .- —There is little news of importance from any of the West India Islands . At Jamaica , the sugar crops were in a prosperous state , but it was ex- pected that the pimento plant would , fall very short of the ordinary average . In many places it had totally failed . The Demerara Royal Gazette says that the im- migration prospects in that colony are much brighter this season than they were last . Already seven ships are chartered to bring immigrants from Calcutta and Madras . Immigration from Madeira is stopped for the present and for some time to come ; and the Cape Verd people , having passed the crisis which threatened to decimate them by starvation , are now disinclined to emigrate , at least in that direction . —An illustration of the truth of M . Louis Blanc's statements with respect to the French political prisoners at Cayenne is also con- tained hi the Demerara Royal Gazette , which states that the Imperial colony is suffering excessively from sick-r ness . A great number of the prisoners escaped , and almost perished from hunger and every species of suffer- ing in the forests . Five were caught and brought back , The Governor has obtained leave of absence to return to France for the benefit of his health . When will the prisoners be allowed to return for the benefit of theirs ? —Trade , for the most part , is dull in the various islands . As regards sanitary matters , there does not seem to be more than the usual amount of sickness . / France and Russia : the Approximation . — -We : read in the Observer the following significant piece of intelligence , dated St . Petersburg , November 1 : — ¦ * ' Count Walewski , the French Foreign Minister , a Pole , is to have the Polish estates of his family re- stored to him again for his services to the Czar in the late war . " Iron Orbs in Ixdia . —The following notice has been issued from the East India House : — " Lieut .-Colonel Goodwyn , chief engineer in the Lower Provinces of Bengal , having addressed a paper to the local govern- ment pointing out the abundance of iron in India , and suggesting the means to be employed for working the ore , it has been deemed expedient to give publicity to his communication , together with a memorandum prepared at the East India House , showing the measures which hav « been adopted from time to time , with the view of directing the attention of British capitalists to the iron-producing districts of India . Further reports on the subject may be shortly expected ; and any new matter therein contained -will be published in like manner for general information . " This is followed by the docu- ntents in question , which are of great length , and establish the existence of iron in various parts of our Indian Empire . Keappeabance op Mr . Spurgeon . —Mr . Spurgeon resumed the occupancy of his pulpit in Park-street Chapel , Southwark , last Sunday morning . A great many persons were admitted by tickets before the doors were open to the public , and the chapel was densely crowded . After prayers , and the singing of one of Watts ' a hymns , the preacher alluded to the catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens , exclaiming , "Thanks to thy name ! Thanks to thy name ! Thy servant feared he should not have addressed this congregation again . But thou hast brought him from the fiery furnace , and not even a smell of fire has passed upon him . " The accident , he afterwards said , " might not have arisen so much from the malice of men a 3 from some simply ¦ wicked intention to disturb the congregation . I cannot entertain for a moment the thought that there was any intention to murder those fellow-crcaturos whose lives were sacrificed on that melancholy occasion . God forgive the instigators of that horrid scene . They have my forgiveness from the depths of my soul . It shall not , however , stop us ; I shall preach there again yet—( suppressed sounds of approval )—and God shall give u souls . Satan ' s empire shall tremble yet more and more . God is vrith us . Who shall be against us ? " The sermon which Mr . Spurgeon afterwards delivered , is described as singularly free from the preacher ' s usual peculiarities . A great crowd awaited Mr . Spurgcon ' departure from the clinpel , and many eager admirers ran after his carriage to grasp the hand which ho ex tended from tho window of his brougham . It is stated that the child who was carried away wounded by his father after tho accident is not dead , but is recovering Another of tho sufferers , however ( a man ) , baa died the course of this week . The New Dean op Carlisle . —A public meeting ; the inhabitants of Cheltenham has been held for the purpose of inaugurating some testimonial to the liov . F Close , the late incumbent of tho parish , who has recentl been appointed to tho deanery of Carlisle . Several Evan gelical clergymen and some Disscntera were on tho plat form . Speeches expressive of affection for Mr . Close were delivered , and resolutions in accordance with tho object of tho meeting were carried . One of these reso lutions was seconded by a gontloman who , in avowing
h ii tl tl h ii a -n T T 1 b h si d o si 1 < I f < t \ t ' 1 ] c a s j j 1 { ] i ( < ( < ( \ \ < j ] . . , ' , \ ' ' ¦' , \ ' ' s s - . in of . y - - - mSmmSt ^ mSm ^ mmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmiimmmammmmmmmmmm ^ mmm ^ himself a Wesleyan Methodist , said he bad felt pleasure to in contributing personally towards the fund raised by T the churchwardens of Cheltenham , in order to " add to the stinted income of Mr . Close . " The churchwardens of had added , in the shape of Easter dues and other offer- M ings , 4001 . a year to Mr . Close ' s stipend . He rejoiced ta at Mr . Close ' s removal to a scene of less arduous duty , oa where he would be under the Evangelical Bishop Villiers . Mr . Talk , M . P ., on the State of the Nation . — se The annual dinner of the Agricultural Association of Si Woodbury , Devonshire , wa 3 held on Wednesday week , a ^ The health of Mr . Palk , M . P . for South Devon , having as been drunk , that gentleman , in acknowledging the m honour , reviewed the present state of politics in the la style peculiar to meetings of the kind he was then ad- ai dressing . He said that he was a Conservative in his Ir opinions , yet that he was not the slave of prejudice , w nor of systems whose day has gone by , but would , ai support that progress which the country demands , as w long as it is consistent with the existing constitution . However , he thought it would be very wrong to send — forth our "best blood" —that or our yeomen and aris- pc tocracy—in order to " force our institutions on nations H which are unable and unworthy to appreciate them ; re but , " he added , to the great satisfaction of his auditory , h < " let every nation wash its own dirty linen at home . " si This phrase appears to be a favourite with Mr . Palk . se He introduced it thrice , and made it one of the * points ' sc of his speech , applying it to the Tiines , which lad been el recently " sneering" at the agriculturists . "There is ' - « an old adage , and a very true one , " said Mr . Palk , with a a disregard of congruity quite heroic , " that , before you p give advice to others , you should be careful to wash your own dirty linen at home . " At this , tie diners A loudly cried "Bravo ! " " " Extensive Fire . — -A very destructive fire occurred a last Saturday morning at Huddersfield . A little after S 1 five o ' clock , the extensive woollen cloth factories at P Folly-hall , the property of Mr . J . Kaye , builder , and ° known by the name of .. . " Kaye ' s Mills , " were found to be P on fire . In ten minutes , the flames were issuing from P every window of the floor in which the conflagration c commenced ; by six o ' clock , the whole of the slates were s ] off the roof ; and at a quarter to seven every floor of the t ] edifice had fallen in . A building separated by a parti- '' tioii wall alone escaped destruction . The premises , though belonging to Mr . Kaye , were in the occupation 8 of several manufacturers . At least three hundred work- t ! people are thrown out of employment by the disaster . v The damage is estimated at from 12 , 0 . 00 Z . to 15 , 000 ? . f . Both owner and occupiers were partly insured . ^ Highland Depopulation .- —With respect to Pro- * fessor Blackie ' s complaints of Highland depopulation , ^ owing to the creation of deer forests , " A Deer Stalker " t writes to the Times : — " I think , if the Professor would take the trouble of inquiring a little further into this t subject , he would find that a deer forest gives employ- & men t to a greater number of persons , as foresters , g watchers , and gillies ( some of them , too , having much g higher wages than shepherds ) , than the same extent of g ground would do under sheep , while it produces a rent ~ three or four times greater , adding , therefore , so much , j more to the wealth of the Highlands . Deer are , indeed , ^ now the most valuable produce of a Highland estate , as £ those who hire deer forests know to their cost . Experto r crede . In that part of the Highlands with which I am r best acquainted , the / wages of shepherds have greatly ^ risen of late years , and gillies are hardly to be got . This ^ is undoubtedly the result of depopulation , which , how- Q ever , is there attributed , not to ' deer forests , ' but to the attractions of Australia . " j The Turkish Mission Aii > Society-. —A . public j meeting of this society has been held at Exeter Hall ] in aid of the funds being raised for the propagation of , Protestantism in Turkey ; Mr . Kinuaird , M . P ., in the ] chair . The special object of the gathering was to take ] ' . leave of Dr . Hamlin , who had made great oxxrtions for : , the missiou . In the course of his address , that gentleman spoke of the rapid spread of Christianity in Turkey , [ and of tho facility -with which tho Bible and Christian [ tracts maybe distributed among the peoplo , which was not -the case only a few years ago . But , ho observed , j " If Englishmen were to attempt to preach Protestantism among the Turks , it would arouse their constitutional [ jealousy and fanaticism . However , if they could evan' gelizc the Armenians , they were so intimately ussociated i with the Turks that their principles would be disseminated among the latter . If , therefore , tho great problem was how to Christianize Turkey , he believed the way to solvo it wduld be to spread the ti > uth among the Anne-~ , nians . Direct missions to Turkey would fail , but if they brought the three millions of Armenians in Turkey r to embrace tho principles of Christianity , it would in' " nuenco the whole empire , and each Protestant Armenian , in fact , would become a missionary to the Turk . " Three f elements of Protestantism , said tho speaker , have been introduced into Turkey—a free press , free schools , and ; i free churches . —Colonel Rnvvlinson gavo some particu' , lars of tho rapid progress of tho JSestoriuu Christians \_ of Kurdistan ; and , after various resolutions had been . _ carried , the mooting broke up . iO Sr . Mary Aldeumauy . — The Lord Mayor , tho 10 Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , and tho Under-> - sheriffs , attended at St . Mary Aldennary Church upon g | its ro-opening , after extensive ropairs and restorations , I ^^• to of Mr ta oa se St a ma la and In any was — po H re her A w at of p b . f ' ¦ . l 1 5 3 r " '» a > I " * " 0 , " ' " Y " ' t 10 11 d '" 43 i u io r- , n s ,
mmmmmimmmmmmmmm ^ mm ^ mmmmmmmmmmmm ^ m ^ m ^^ m ^^^^ ^—^^—^ —^^ " ^——hear a sermon for the benefit of the City Dispensary . The edifice now presents a very splendid appearance . . Mr . Baron Plait has resigned his seat as a Baron the Court of Exchequer . He has been succeeded by . Watson , Q-C , who on Thursday went through cerin preliminary ceremonies , and on Friday "took the ths and his seat . " Mr . Ernest Jones ' s Political Soirees . — The cond of this gentleman ' s political soirees was held at . Martin ' s Hall , on Tuesday night . The speaker again insisted on the misappropriation of the land , and sserted that the British constitution is a relic of Norn feudalism , that it represents only two elements , nd and money , and that it is " one of the vilest shams greatest legislative curses ever inflicted on a people . " the course of his address , Mr . Jones said the soirees were not given for the sake of profit to himself , for that money remaining after the payment of expenses applied to " the propagation of political truth . " Commercial Intercourse with Central Afbica . At the monthly meeting of the Council of the Liverol Chamber of Commerce , held on Monday , Mr . C . olland presiding , a letter from the Board of Trade was ad , enclosing a copy of a despatch from Mr ; Campbell , Majesty ' s Consul at Lagos , who advises the extension of our commerce with Africa , and asks for any observation the Chamber might wish to make . Itwas rer solved , with a view to afford every information to , and to elicit the opinion of , the commercial public on a question which , in the opinion of this Council , is off great importance , that the document should be published in the local papers . Sir Benjamin Halx and the Board of Works . — deputation from the Metropolitan Board of Works aited upon Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P ., on Wednesday , his official residence , Whitehall , for the purpose of submitting to him the various plans which had been prepared by the engineer to the Board for the drainage the metropolis ; and also to lay before him certain lans in connexion with the improvements of the metropolis . The deputation consisted of Mr . John Thwaites , chairman ; Mr . Bazelgette , Mr . Wolwych , and the superintendent architect . Mr . Thwaites read a resolution of the Board of Works , which expressed an opinion that it would be unfair to compel the ratepayers of London to defray all the expenses in connexion / with a great drainage scheme from which , in consequence of the place chosen for the outfall , the county of Kent would be more especially benefited . The Board , however , were willing to undertake the work if her Majesty ' s Government would provide a portion of the money required from the public funds . A good deal of discussion ensued ; Sir Benjamin objecting , with some warmth , that the plans proposed had been twice rejected ¦ . ; y the Board , complaining that there had been considerable dilatoriuess , and stating that it was his duty to oppose any scheme "which was against the terms of the act of Parliament . The plans for the proposed new streets in Southwark and near Covent-garden were then submitted ; and these Sir Benjamin said he should consider first , and that ho should not be prepared with an answer relative to the drainage question for several days . The deputation then withdrew . —A deputation waited on Sir Benjamin on Thursday , and presented a memorial from the inhabitants of Erith praying that the plan for metropolitan drainage presented by the Board of Works may not be adopted . The right hon . baronet said he would give the subject his earliest attention . The outall , it appears , is within the boundary prescribed by act of Parliament . Law Amendment Society . —The first general meeting of the fourteenth session of this society was held last Monday evening , at the Society ' s Rooms , in Wateroo-place , Tall-mall ; Mr . Collier , Q . C ., M . P ., occupied the chair . A large number of new members were balloted for and elected , and a long document was read , pointing out the chief subjects connected with the reform of the law , which would demand discussion during the session . Oddities and Tkutiis , by Mr . Husky Drummoni > , M . P . —This eccentric gentleman presided on Friday week at the annual dinner of the Dorking Agricultural Society . In addressing tho feastere , he alluded to agricultural statistics , which ho did not think would be of any use , but he thought tho farmers had better let the Governmeat have the information required , " for those fellows would have the returns , whether they would give them or not , and , if they refused to give them quietly , fellows would be sent about tho country to obtain tho information , and the worst of it would bo that they would have to pay them , and therefore he thought it was a ' bad spec' " ( Laughter . ") Ho then distributed tho awards , observing that agriculturists were as much skilled labourers as any other class , since a Blanchester man would bung ' . e at driving a plough or shearing a sheep , while a ' clodhopper , * as ho was called , would do both perfectly well . Ho congratulated tho meeting on tho conclusion of the war , and upon their attaining , " if not peace , at least the possession of a parchment with several illustrious names appended to it ; but whether it was intended to net up to all tho conditions therein oxpressed , ho could not say . " Ho thought thut England ought to interfere , and tell despotic sovereigns that they should not treat their subjects in a way according to their fancy . Alluding to the Emperor of tho French , ho said that " individual had been making war against tho English
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08111856/page/9/
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