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&62 THE LEADER. [No. 429, June 13,1885.
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Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...
furnish the means for avast expenditure . "With respect to the future , M . Blanc observed : — " I do not counsel the least compromise of our ideas . I like strong and firm convictions , because all true ideas must be firm , strong , and uncompromising ; but they are not incompatible with moderation and respect for the opinions of others . Eevolutions are not the work of a day . The ideas -which give them birth have been sown long ago ; bnt it is only by a clear conception of them , and by their diffusion amongst the people , that revolutions can be accomplished and become the permanent acquisitions of humanity . "Without this full comprehension and diffusion , the Republic itself may be but an empty name , as you well know . You know that , In the days of June
, republicans fought against the Republic . And that under the mask of a republican Louis Napoleon Bonaparte made his way to the Empire . These things could not happen if the people knew what the Republic is , and how much their material interests—looking at even from that point of view—are concerned in its existence . Differences of opinion there maybe and must be , but all republicans can and ought to unite on the common ground of the Republic . I invite you ^ therefore , to postpone all sectional divisions and personal predilections , that you may be able to take advantage of that change which , for my parti I believe to be inevitable , leaving it to the National Assembly to decide as to the future of the Eepublic . "
Fire . —The woollen mill of Mr . James "Whitworth , at Milnrow , near Rochdale , took fire on Sunday morning-. Engines could only be obtained by sending to Rochdale and . Belfield ; and , owing to this delay , and to the fact of the floors being saturated , with the oil used in greasing the machinery , the flames obtained such mastery over the building that the greater part was destroyed . The loss is estimated at 4000 / . ; but a good deal of the flannel was saved by being carried out into the fields . The cause of the fire is unknown .
Ho Man is a Prophet in his own Household .- — The-widow of Joe Smith , the Mormon , still resides at Nauvoo , but she cares nothing for the saints , and has married a tavern-keeper , who thinks all prophets are humbugs . Young # be , who should by right hare been the head of the Mormons , is a stout " gawky" twenty-two , who hates Brigham Young and curses the Salt Lakers . Nauvoo was once a place of 20 , 000 inhabitants , but is now a place of ruins . — Washington Union ' .
Contracts ( Public Departments ) . — The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the principle adopted for making contracts for the public departments , and the effect which tie present system has upon the expenditure of public money , have agreed to the following first report : — - " That the character-which the inquiry has assumed renders it desirable that a portion of the subject should also be examined into by a Royal Commission , and
they have therefore directed their chairman to move the House that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the system upon which the books and stock have been respectively kept atWeedon , as -well as the general mode in which the business of the establishment at Weedon has been conducted , the result of such mode of conducting the business , and the present state of the books and stock of stores . "
Violent Thunderstorms . — The unusually hot ¦ weather which prevailed during last week produced , in various parts of the country , on Thursday and Saturday , very violent storms of rain , thunder , and lightning . On the first of those days , the tempest burst over th . 3 ¦ west and north of England during the afternoon and evening , and caused great damage . Several buildings were struck and injured by the lightning- ; the rain poured down in torrents ; and a great deal of hail fell in different localities . The hailstones are described as having been as large as hazel-nuts , and a great deal of glass was broken by them . AtOtley , a weaving-shed was Btruck by the" lightning , several of the operatives were knocked down , and two or three were slightly scorclied .
In the West Riding of Yorkshire , a child was killed by the electric fluid . At Wibaey , near Bradford , the lightning penetrated a school , and killed a boy . Several other persons in various places were knocked down and slightly hurt ; and a great many horses and sheep were killed . The tower of St . John the Evangelist , Leeds , was damaged , though not considerably . The Bramliope Tunnel , on the North Eastern Rnilwny , was flooded , and some portion of the earth was washed nway ; but no nccident resulted . A stone cottage , at the south end of the tunnel , originally used as a telegraph station , was dismantled and reduced to a state of ruin by the storm and who the
a man managed telegraph department in the tunnel was only saved from being drowned by clinging to th « telegraph wires until ho was relieved by the train attempting to pass through from the north . Sixty men woro employed tho wholo of Friday and pnrt of Saturday before tho traffic through tho tunnel was restored . In the lowlands , much damngo lias boon done to tho growing crops of grass and corn . —Tho atotm of Saturday -was experienced in London and its vicinity , and did most damngo at Ilacknoy , Homorton , Dalaton Kingsland , Old Ford , Bow , Stratford , and other localities to tho east and north-oast . It began between six and jsovon o'clock in the morning . Five sheep wcro
killed by the lightning in Victoria Park , and a policeman was struck in the Bethnal-green-road , and deprived of hi 3 sight , besides being otherwise injured ; but it is hoped he -will recover . Several houses -were struck ; the tower of the old church of St . Mary , Walthamstow , Was slightly injured ; and the lightning did some mischief to the electric telegraph lines at the Bow and Hackneywick stations . A gentleman of Pegwell , near Ramsgate , states that during the storm of Saturday morning , about a quarter after nine , the water in the bay , the tide being then about two hours past flood , suddenly receded about two hundred yards and returned to its former position within the space of about twenty minutes . The
shrimpers , many of them elderly men , never before experienced , such a surprising phenomenon . With respect to the storm of Saturday , Mr . William Stacey writes to the Tina , from the London Hospital : — " At about a quarter-past eight o ' clock , I was passing through Northstreet , Mile-end , when a piece of ice , measuring two inches and three-eighths in length , about an inch and a half in breadth , and one inch in thickness , fell in the road . Lt may be interesting to know that this occurred immediately after a vivid flash of lightning and a loud clap of thunder , and that the thermometer stood at that time at 60 degs . I have since heard of a similar piece having been picked up at the same time . " ¦
The Aboriginal Press in New Zealand . —The first number of a weekly newspaper in Maori has been published at "Wellington . Its designation is the Messenger of Port Nicholson , and it contains four small quarto pages , including several original communications from natives . —Australian and New Zealand Gazette . Forbes Mackenzie's Act . —A deputation from Scotland had an interview on Monday with Mr . Walpole at the Home Office , to resist the proposed inquiry into the operation of Forbes Mackenzie's Act , and to defend its working . Mr . Walpole appeared to consider that the statements of the deputation carried great weight with them ; "but declined to give any positive decision till after the discussion of the question in Parliament .
The Shrewsbury Estates . —The solicitors for Lord Edmund Howard have issued a notice stating tiat they are authorized by the Duke of Norfolk , and the trustees for Lord Edmund , to state that there is no longer any objection on their part to consent to the appointment of a receiver of the Court of Chancery , pending the discussion of Earl Talbot ' s claim to the estates . They caution the tenants against making any payments to Lord Talbot ' s agents , as the question of the estates is not in any w & y affected by the success of his claim to the Earldom .
London Roots and the Public Health . — Mr . Owen Rowland , writing to the Times , mentions a fact which it behoves people to look into . He states : — : " Within the last twelve months , in ascertaining the feasibility of establishing telegraphic communication between , police and fire stations upon an overfaouse system , I have ascended and traversed some hundreds of roofs , and upon several occasions I have found heaps of animal and vegetable matter as well as stagnant water ( inconsequenceof defectivegutters ) , & c ., lyingupon the roofs and emitting the most offensive smells , which in time , by percolation , no doubt saturate the -walls of the houses to their very foundations , to the great injury of the health of their occupiers . "
Niger Expedition . —Advices have been received from the Niger Expedition to the 31 st of March . Dr . Baikic was encamped near Rabba , whither Lieutenant Glover , R . N ., and Mr . May , R . N ., were on their way from Xagos to rejoin him . Dr . Berwick was at Lairdstown , with part of the crew of the Dayspring . The Sunbeam was at the Brnsa River entrance of the Niger on the 22 nd of April , all well , waiting for water to ascend to the confluence . All were in the enjoyment of health . Ha-velock Testimonial ,. —Mr . Behnes , the sculptor , is engaged preparing a model at his studio , in Osnaburgh-terrace , for tho statue of the late Sir Henry Havelock , which is to bo erected in Trafalgar-square . The West Coast op Africa . —A shocking story is told in the last advices from the West Coast of Africa . —
In consequence of information received flfc Monrovia , Commander Croft left in thcEthiopeon tho 14 th of April , and on tho 15 th fell in with the French ship Cooli Regina , 420 tons , in possession of a large number of negroes , who -were not able to manage her . After a parley , the second officer of tho Ethlope , with a part of the crow , went on board , when about two hundred and fifty of tbe negroes swam to tho shore , -where nearly tho whole -were murdered by tlio captain of the French ship and natives . It appears that tho Cocli Keginn , which is completely fitted for tho sluvo trade , had boon cruising for a month
near Capo Palmas , and , under pretence of taking them to a better place , had secured five . 'hundred negroes , who were immediately placed between decks , many of them m n-ons . Wlion tho captain ( Simon ) was ashore , anil part of the crow in about alongside , tho negroes procured firearms , and s hot nil but the doctor and two of tho seamen , whom they retained to steea- tho ship . Captain Simon camo within gunshot several times afterwards , ^ but was not allowed to como on board . Tho Cceli Koginn vais towed into Monrovia , whore sho was left in possession of tho purser of tho Ethiopo . "
Commission op Lunacy . —A commission of lunacy was opened on Tuesday , by order of tho Loxda Justices , to inquire into tho state of mind of Sir Henry Meux .
Mr . Montagu Chambers , who , together -with Mr . Borill and Mr . Bodkin , appeared in support of the petition said that , at the latter end of 1856 , it vras ascertained bv medical inquiry that a serious disease of the brain had set in ; but , about that time , Sir Heury , who was fond of sporting , went to the seat of a friend in Cambridge stire , for the sake of shooting . There , as well as sub ' sequently at his own seat at Theobald ' s . Park , Hertfordshire , it was observed that he shot in a strange and random way—so much so , indeed , that he wounded five or six persons with whom he went out , though he appeared to be quite unconscious of doing so . At the general election last year , Sir Henry , who had represented Hertfordshire for ten years , waa greatly excited
became subject to delusions ; and subsequentl y sank into a state of utter imbecility . To account for thecourse now adopted , Mr . Chambers mentioned that Sir Henry Meux had an infant child in consequence of his marriage in 1855 , and it had been ascertained that Sir Henry had executed some testamentary paper the nature of which was not known . Proceedings ' had fceen taken in . Chancery by two of the sisters of Sir Henry , who were anxious to ascertain -what -was the purport of any document which he had executed ; but the parties who represented Lady Meax . had refused to give the information . It was necessary to discover this . for the protection of the interests of all parties ; and it
-was particularly incumbent to know whether , anterior to the execution of any required testamentary paper Sir Henry had exhibited evidence of his incapacity to execute it . Therefore it was that this inquiry had been directed by the Lords Justices . —The inquiry having extended through some days , the Attorney-General , on Thursday , addressed the jury on behalf of Sir Henry Meux and his wife , contending that , though Six Henry is now undoubtedly imbecile , he was not so at the timehe executed the deeds which are under dispute . Elaborate statements having been brought fonrard in support of this assertion , six gentlemen of the jury were appointed to visit Sir Henry at his house in Belgrave-square , and the court adjourned .
Bieths and Deaths in London . — -The deaths registered in London , which rose in the previous week to 1106 , declined in the week ending last Saturday , June 5 , to 1087 , of which 533 are deaths cf males , 554 those of females . The mortality of last "week exceeds that which is obtained by calculation from former experience at the beginning of June , but the excess is not considerable .--Last week , the births of 765 boys and 780 girls , in all 1545 children , were registered In London . In tbe ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1465 . —From the Registrar-General '? Weekly Return . The Archives of the Foreignt-office . —The
attention of Lord Malmesbury has tieen drawn to tie great inconvenience occasioned to historians and others by the stringent rules at present existing with reference to access to the foreign correspondence at the State-Paper-office . His Lordship has directed that authority will be given to the Master of the Rolls to jermit , in . future , any State papers in his custody belonging tothis department , of a date prior to 1 < 388 , to be copied by historians without their being submitted for th « approval of the Secretary of State , as heretofore . —Globe . The Diocese of Norwich . —Tlie Bishop of Norwich has just commenced his primary visitation of hisdiocese . .
Spiritual Destitution in Losdos . —The annual meeting of subscribers to the London Church Building Society , for church extension in the metropolis and its suburbs , was held this week at Willis ' s-rooms , Kingstreet , St . James ' s . The chair was occupied by the Bishop of London ( president of tho society )) and resolutions were affirmed , pointing out the necessity of making larger provision for tho religious education of the poor . Salk op the Duicii of Buckingham ' s Kbynsham Estates . —Tho estates at Keynshain , Somerset , known as tho Chandos property , and which for several centuries have been in the possession of the family of the Duke of Buckingham , were sold by auction , on Tuesday , by Mr . Alexander , of Bristol , at the Lamb and Lark Inn , Keynsliam . One of the lots was bought in . The New Dban of Yokk , tho Hon . and Kev . Augustus Duncombe , was installed last Saturday .
Mrs . Davisou , formerly Miss Duncan , oho of the most well known of London actresses in the early part of tho present century , and mother of Mr . J . "W . Daviaon , th <* musical critic of the Times , and editor of the Musical World , died on the 80 th ult ., at her residence in Brompton , in her seventy-ninth year . Sho survived her liusband only a few weeks . Tiik Confessional in Bklghavia . —A meeting was held yesterday at St . JamoB'H Hall , Piccadilly , to
denounce the re-vival of tho confessional in the parish of St . Paul , Kniglitsbridgo , by tho Kev . Arthur Poolo , licensed curato at St . Barnabas . Tho Bishop of London has revoked the row gentleman's license . Tho meotinff expressed great satisfaction at thia act , and resolved that tho inattor required further Investigation . It was stated by one of the speakers ( on the strongth of tlifc evidence laid before tho Bishop ) that Mr . Poolo was if * tho habit of asking women questions of tho most disgustingly indecent nature .
Boiuick Exi'lobion at Luiuis . —Between ten and eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning , a tremendous boiler explosion occurred at Dean Engine , Lumb , l > y
&62 The Leader. [No. 429, June 13,1885.
& 62 THE LEADER . [ No . 429 , June 13 , 1885 .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12061858/page/10/
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