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724 The Saturday Analyst and Leader. [Au...
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RECORD. OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COLONIAL. ...
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724 The Saturday Analyst And Leader. [Au...
724 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Aug . 11 , I 860 , '
Record. Of The Week. Home And Colonial. ...
RECORD . OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL . Last week closed with the customary reaction iu the financial world , after the sudden rise caused by the French Emperor ' s letter ; Consols , however , oscillated about 93 £ to 5-Stli 3 . The French Rentes had reached 68 f . 30 c . The quantity of " bullion in the Bank of England last week was £ 15 , 758 , 880 , which showed a diminution of £ 155 , 95 A upon the week preceding . The news with which the week closed , contained intelligence from Now | Zealand , relating to Captain Cracott ' s successful attack at Taranaki ; that officer , his first lieutenant , and the men under his command , had been highly commended by the commodore for their bravery ; the Admiralty had promoted the lieutenant to a commaiidership . Various other items of interest might have have been picked out of the mass of intelligence which reaches us just as the week expires . Alderman Sidnev , the liberal candidate , was returned at Stafford by
a large majority . A curious " scene" occurred at Guildford Assizes , which almost eventuated in a Sayers and Heenan demonstration , between Judge Blackburn and High Sheriff Evelyn . The High Sheriff wanted the Judge to compliment the gentlemen who attended the Grand Jury , but had not been called upon to serve , for having done what they were bound to do under severe penalties , which the Judge declined , as a work of supererrogation . Thereupon , the High Sheriff jumped up and began complimenting in propria persona . The Judge ordered him into his seatj the Sheriff persisting in keeping upon his legs ; so the Judge thrust him down into his seat , and suiting the word to the action , fined him £ 500 , which he subsequently remitted in a note , the only answer to which from the Sheriff was a blank envelope ; with a £ 500 cheque in i t * Subsequently , under the auspices of the chief judge , the Sheriff read an apology in court , when Judge Blackburn took the opportunity , however , to administer a final rap / , over the knuckles to the representative of the high shrievalty .
A more genial contest took place on the river between the picked crews of Eton and Westminster ^ which , after a gallant struggle , terminated in the victory of the former . Among the alleged delinquencies emergent at the close of the week , was that of fraudulently misappropriating £ 2 , 000 and upwards , belonging to a Mrs . Rigg , of whose husband , Dr . Gourlay , the accused , a physician o £ Edinburgh , was executor , with another person . The Dr . was admitted to bail , sui'eties in a heavy amount being demanded . The veteranGeneral Wyndham ' sname was ^ we regret to state , found in the obituary of the week . ;' .-. * ¦ ¦
Some fresh facts were elicited in reference to the Walworth murders . It is stated that a few days before their perpetration , William Godfrey Younginari , the prisoner , had insured the life of Mary Wells Streeter in £ 100 ; tfeat he . represented himself to her as a man of property ; that he had the banns published at St . MartinVin-thG-Fields , and that some time ago he had been imprisoned for a twelvemonth for robbery . The inquest on Monday terminated in a verdict of wilful murder against him . He is said to have been " engaged" to another young woman in Staffordshire . On Tuesday ho was committed , for trial from the Lambeth Police Court . Mr . Welds' yacht , the Lulworth , came in first at the Yacht Squadron Regatta on Saturday . The Queen and Royal Family were present . The death of Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh adds anotlier name to the list of celebrities , one after another departing from us . He had ffpen sp" * yjp . a nnflier Admirals HoTVCi Cornwallig , Nclspn , Cophrane ,, and , Saumarez . \
Prior to the dobate on the Paper Duties on Monday , a meeting of the Liberal party took place at Lord Palmerston ' s mansion in Piecadilly , at which the Premier declared that the Government considered itself irrevocably bound to pass the resolutions with regard to the Cus- , toms duties upon paper ( wefe our Parliamentary summary ) . Among the offences of the week , is the charge preferred , at Bow-street against a late keeper at Colney-hatch Lunatic Asylum , for ill-treating and causing the death of an inmate named Swift ; a question being raised as to admissibility of evidence by a lunatic , Mr . Henry subjected the person to a private examination , and afterwards received his testimony as a witness . The inquiry was ultimately adjourned , and on Tuesday another keeper was plaoed at the bar , the proceedings being adjourned . The arrival of the Indian Mail . on Monday , brought tidings of Sir 0 . Trovolyan having left for England , all classes having combined to do him honour prior to his departure .
The Australian news waB to the effect that tliero had been a ministerial crisis ; that the supply of gold was decreasing , and that there was a cessation of the native disturbances . In Ulster the " Orango" party having hoisted a ling with a ropreacntation of William tho Third crossing the Boyne upon it , which irritating the national susceptibilities of the mayor , he had it pulled down ; and a very pretty quarrel" ensuod , ending in the capture of the obnoxious banner , tho dispersion of the mob , and tho restoration of tranquillity , happily , without any very sorioua oonsoquoncea . Thero is a truly Irish rouolency andraoinoesab ^ ut this—tho" Orangemen" who initiated tho
" row" boing tho sworn cham pions of " ordor , " and ultra defenders of implicit obedience to tho " constituted authorities . " The deputation appointed by tho Bradford Chamber of Commcrco to proceed to Paris , with tho yiow of protecting tho manufacturing Tnloi ^ ErontiirtWnT thoir oonviotiou that the Treaty will be of bonollfc to botli countries . The Vandorbilt hna brought late news as to tho rocroption of tho Princo of Waloj at Newfoundland , which was of tho most nattering description ; Prince Alfrod had arrived at Rio Janoiro , and had a mooting with the Emporor of Brazil .
Tho Road murder is still shrouded in mystery . It has boon suggested that while tho assumed origin of tho murder in hatred or insanity will not boar examination , fear may account for tho deed ; that something was being done in the houso on tho night of tho murder which caused eomo porson or porsons to bo soon by tho rmmlorod child under oivoumstancos that would liavo brought thorn to punishment
An alarming psychological fact ° is revealed in the report just published of the Select Committee on Lunatics . Not only is insanity declared to be on the increase , but one person at least out of every 600 , in England and "Wales , is incompetent to manage his own affairs . Various salutary amendments of the law are suggested , particularly with reference to private asylums . Indeed , the examination at Bow-street , mentioned above , in which the name of Colney Hatch occurs , seems to shew that not merely private , but public asylums require the most vigilant supervision of the authorities * and the Press . Medical certificates , the Commit t ee are of opinion , should be verified before a magistrate , and limited to three months , instead of being granted , as is now the case , for an indefinite period . Many other suggestions for the protection of patients , and the more efficient management of asylums , are also
madeor disgrace had it lived to make them known . It is asked why one person on the premises ostentatiously read the Bible for an hour at tho very time that search ought to have been made for the missing child , and why other persons on the premises at once came to the conclusion that the child had been murdered . All these suggestions and suspicions must be painful to the innocent members of the household , but public safety and justice require that no stone should be left unturned , and every device set at work to discover the criminal . The second grand review of "Volunteers took place on Tuesday at Edinburgh . There were upwards of 20 , 000 troops on the ground , and their manosvres and evolutions were similar to those gone through at the review in Hyde-park . The Queen was present , and there was an immense concourse of spectators , viewing the scene from the summit of Salisbui'y Craig and the adjacent eminences . There were numbers of Volunteers pi'esent who took no part in the review .
In connexion with the " capital and labour ^ wagcs and profits question , some important , and , to political economists , well-known facts relating to the co-operative system , have been prominently brought before the public , through the medium of the press , this week . They relate to the Rochdale movement in ISII , and continued with such prosperous success . In the year mentioned , a co-operative society was established at Rochdale ; it began with twenty-eight members subscribing £ 1 each , andinthe short period which elapsed between that date and 1859 , it increased to 2 , 073 members , with a capital of . £ 27 , 600 . It transacted business during the year to the extent of £ 104 , 000 , and -. had divided amongst the members £ 1 . 0 , 730 . During the first quarter of the present year ending March 20 th , the . business done was £ 34 , 000 , that is at the rate of £ 136 , 000 a-year . Its establishments are a grocer ' s shop , a
clothing shop , a butcher's shop , a shoe shop , and a bakehouse . The workmen have established a mill , which begun in _ 1850 with a capital of £ 2 , 163 , had increased in 1859 to a capital of £ 18 , 236 , the business done being £ 85 , 845 , yielding a profit of £ 6 , 115 . For the year ending March 24 th , I 860 , the number of members was J > 50 ; capital £ 21 , 192 , business done £ 92 , 270 ,-profit £ 8 , 273 . But 7 urther—the Rochdale cooperative manufacturing society has 1 , 600 members ^ and upwards of £ 50 , 000 capital . There is a reading-room and a library , with 4 , 000 volumes , maps , globes , telescopes , microscopes , and other scientific appliances , besides ai school . The Rochdale co-operatives are perfectly liberal and steer clear of all sectarian differences without distinctions .
They have made it a rule that there ; be no test in matters of conscience and belief fop the admission of members—m conditional assent to or dissent fron any theological or other dogmas . This practical working out of a p rinciple long ago seen and enounced by enlightened benevolence , : affords a solution of tiib dispute so long pending between " capital and labour . " The deaths ; last week in tho metropolis were less by 190 than the -TrreragtTTuthTjrrgirTn ^ jjrevious weeks . The Queen having reviewed tlio Volunteers at Edinburgh , loft Ilolyrood Palace , oh Wednesday , for Balmoral , whoio she arrived iu tlio evening / FOREIGN . Last wook closed with authentic dotails of the battlo of Molazzo reaching us . Tho fruits of victory to tho conqueror , Garibaldi , wore , in mere material , & c ., fifty guns , 100 , 000 ' rounds' of ammunition , and 13 'J horse 3 , but these reprosent only a small portion 6 f . ' tlio substantial results of this important triumph of the Liberal cause , which had the effect of opening the gates of Messina , settling the evacuation of Sicilly , andcstablishi ' . ig a second time , by tho decisive log ic of facts , the irresistible prowess of tlio Cacciatori against all odds of position , artillery , and numbers . Garibaldi was received in Messina with tho ovation of u long expectod . Mossiah . Tho sudden transition from tho torpidity of an iron military despotism to perfect liberty , was not uttenduil with tho slightest abuse of novvly acquired freedom . Wo also had intelligence of the precise terms of tho Syrian Convention , tho substance of wliioh was as follows : — - " It ; contains six urticlod , tho intervention to last as long as the Porto dooms advisublo ; a previous agrojinont was spooified as nooossury for tlio regulation of tlio military preparations , and tho nunibor of troops to bo sont . Tho French troops alroady usdomblod for oinbaroutiou wore to start without wuiting ior those of tho other powers , unless all intervention became unnecessary . When the adlioronoo of all the Gi'oat Powers wns given their roproscnlatives to Bign tho convention and protocol , tlio two dooumontu wero tlioh to bo oombinod , in ordor to roceivo , at a fourth mooting , tho signatures of tho plenipotentiaries . The J'Jniporor of Austria , wo loarnocl from Vienna , had , on his return from Toplitz , signified His dosiro that thc ^ wholoof-tho-reforiiis whitih-forneat'ly-a- 'yeivrfti ^ er-tho' prograiniiiooi " tlio Laxenburg had boon delayed , should bo ilniahi . 'u , and . published as Boon as possiblo , and it was ex poo tad that suoh piiblication would take pluoo on tlio 20 th August , ( ho Kinporor'a birthday . Tlio anv \ ngoinunt tlmt tlio iutarl ' oronoo of tho VV ' ostorn Powora wufl to oyaso on tho Porto ' s declaration that tho Syriun diHturbances wore at an orul , had tho oUoot of hastening tho despatch of 1 'Vonch troops , somoof wliioli left on iSatui'dayforLlio Ea 9 t , and othor dotaohmontd < m Sunday and Monday . Tho Govornor-Gonornl of Boyvout had boon arrested , Tho Neapolitan Government had dispalohod troojia to Calabria , in expectation of Garibaldi ' i * at ouco crowding the at rails of Mostsinu .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 11, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11081860/page/12/
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