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      Law, Police, And Casualties. In Referenc...

      Another cage was descending with night hands , and into this the other cage fell , greatly iniuring the persons therein , so that a ltogethe r ten othe r persons were severely hurt . A youth who was xn the ascending cage escaped almost by a miracle . . ¦ ¦ The Board of Trade has directed an official inquiry into the causes of the loss of the * Royal Charter . Mr . O'Down , solicitor of the Merchant Shipping department , will conduct the inquiry , which will be held next week at Liverpool . An inquiryinstituted by the Board of Trade , has

      , been commenced at the Greenwich police-court , before Mr . Trail ! * sitting magistrate , and Captain Harris , nautical assessor , into the circumstances attending the wreck of the Royal Mail Steam Company s ship Paramatta , on the 30 th June last , near the Virgin islands . Captain Baynton , commander of the vessel , and several of the subordinate officers were examined , after which , the inquiry was . adjourned , that the men on . watch at the time of the wreck might be brought forward .

      A subscription has been opened at Lloyd ' s on behalf of the sufferers by the wreck of the Royal Charter . Messrs . Gibbs , Bright , and Co ., of "Liverpool , have given £ 250 , and a liberal response has been met with from several other quarters .

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      General Home News.

      GENERAL HOME NEWS .

      The Court.— ; ¥E Have Again To Report Th...

      The Court . — ¥ e have again to report that the Queen and her family are in good health , the Prince Consort having recovered from his indisposition . The principal events of the week have been the festivities at the castle on the birthday of the Prince of Wales , and the visit of . the Princess Frederick William and her husband to the Queen . Their royal highnesses arrived at Windsor on Tuesday after a very stormy passage , and will remain till after the Princess Royal ' s birthday . The Prince of Wales also arrived at the castle on Tuesday , and returned

      to Oxford on Thursday . morning . Wednesday being the eighteenth birthday of the heir apparant , the usual parade of . ' the Life Guards and Grenadier Guards took place at Windsor in the morning , and in the evening there was a grand banquet in the Waterloo Gallery , followed by an evening party . Among the visitors were the Duke of Cambridge , the Duchess of Kent , and tlie-Premier ,-the Belgian Minister , Lord Rokeby and others ; the company on the occasion was not numerous . The West End of London was partially illuminated in the evening .

      The . Builders' Strike . —Matters remain much as before in this unhappy struggle between the employers and the operatives in the building trades , no new feature of importance having presented itself since our last issue . On Monday the Conference of the United Building Trades declared and distributed a dividend amongst the men on strike and lockedout , the payments being—Messrs . Trollopes' , skilled , 12 s ., unskilled , 8 s . each ; locked-out , skilled 4 s . 6 d ., unskilled 3 s . 6 d , eacli . The number of men

      to whom payments were made were 5 , 695 , and the amount paid XI , 163 Is . 6 d . Last week the number who received payment were 5 , 689 , and the amount X 883 4 s . 6 d . A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Association of Master Builders was held on Tuesday , when , w . e understand , it was reported that up to the previous Saturday the number of men who had resumed work under the declaration was 13 , 320 , and under the shop rule about 3 . 000 . -The Committee at its rising adjourned for a

      month . „ Loro Maxtor ' s Day . —On Wednesday morning the civic reign of Mr . Alderman Wire terminated , and Mr . Alderman Carter assumed the dignities of the honourable post of Lord Mayor of London . By 9 o ' clock ia the morning the people had begun to collect in groups along the route which it was known the procession would take , and every site likely to afford a more than usually good view was speedily filled with spectators . Ac 10 o ' clock all tho streets within the City along the line of route -were closed to carriage truffle . The crowds assembled along the Uno were as dense as can well be conceived . Until last year tho progress from London-bridge or Black-Mars to Westminster was always effected by water ; but singe tho Act of Parliament deprived tho City

      corporation of the consorvancy of the Thames , the route by tho river has been abandoned . One result of tho change , however , has been to . extend , the line of procession , and consequently a greater number of people than before have been able to witness the show . Trafalgar-square has so become a favoured site for viewing the procession , and was therefore crowded with people . While waiting for tho arrival of the procession the multitude wero by no means idle or ill-tampered . Battles for good places , the ¦ breaking down of standings , such as chairs , tables , and forms rickotty and rotten , hired at prices runging from a . penny to a shilling , performing acrobats , German brass bands , and other monstrosities , Indian jugglers , M bonnoUJngs , " and poolpqfc - pickingoffered an amount of amusement charming In its

      Variety and affording extraordinary facilities for delightful enjoyment ; the police by no means exerting themselves to put a stop to any innocent recreation -which . did not materially interfere with their own comfort or impede the progress of the procession . The guard of-honour to the Lord Mayor Was from the 10 th Hussars ,-and occasional parties of troopers from the same regiment were thrown out on either flank along the procession . The morning

      was splendid , and everything combined to put people in good humour . The procession , although far below the splendour of former days , was well received . The Lord Mayor was repeatedly cheered , and bowed graciously in return . The band of the London Rifle Brigade also received manifestations of City favour—a fact which is encouraging to the council , who are said to be ambitious of possessing the finest military band in the kingdom , as their quota towards the defence of the country . held

      The Sunday League . —A public meeting was on Monday evening .: at the St . Martin ' s-hall , Longacre ; Sir Joshua Walmsley occupied the chair . After thanking the committee for appointing him on five or six consecutive times to the office of president of the league , he stated his conviction , that the union of working men had always been of great advantage to that class . This association , however , though it had principally for its object the benefit of the working man , did not confine its operation to that class . They invited discussion , and believed that if liberty of discussion were allowed by their opponents , the national exhibitions would not long continue closed on the Sunday .

      Public Health . —Though the weather was milder last week , the severity of the previous cold told on the health of the metropolis , and the Registrar-General ' s return for the week exhibits an increase of 272 deaths , the total number being 1 , 182 . The number of births was 1 , 888 . The Mortara Kidnapbinu . —The Mortara deputation met Lord John Russell on Monday , and Mr . Scott , the City Chamberlain , who introduced the subject , at once told liis lordship that reporters were present , so that there mighfi be no mistake on thut point . . Lord John replied that he had no objection then

      whatever to their presence . Sir C . Eardley explained that the practical object which the deputation wished to at tain was that , in entering into Congcess . on the affairs of Italy , England shou ld direct attention to the detention of the Jewish child , so that it might be liberated . Lord John Russell , without stating whether England intended to enter the Congress or not , proceeded to point out , while fully sympathising with the deputation on tlie general question , that their request involved an interference with the laws and practices of other nations that is scarcely admissible . The deputation was of a very influential kind . th

      Governesses . — writer in the Times says ere are 15 , 000 governesses in England ; and suggests that if each of these ladies would make it a point of conscience to subscribe 5 s . a-year to their own benevolent institution , almost every lady employing * a governess would do the same . Could this scheme be really carried out , 7 , 000 Z . annually would be added to the funds of a most valuable institution , and would probably furnish at once as many annuities as are required . St . Paul ' s Cathedral . —The interior of tlie cathedral is now undergoing an . elaborate and costly process of embellishment , intended' as an instalment of the permanent adornment of the fabric

      in accordance with the original views of Sir Christopher Wren , The decorations are proceeding under the direction of the architect , Mr , Ponrose , with the advice and assistance of a sub-comraitt « e , composed of Dr . Millman ( the Dean ) , Archdeacon Hale , Sir Charles Barry , Mr . C . K . Cockerell , Mr . Tite , M . V ., Mr . Bunning ( the city architect ) , Mr . Beresford Hope , M . P ,, and Mr . William Cotton . The organ , built , by " Father Smith , " a contemporary of Wren , who had a great reputation as an organbuilder in his day , has been entirely taken down with a view to re-constructiou , This instrument was deservedly regarded , as a chef d ' oauvrc at the time of its completion . The work Is iu course of execution by Messrs . Hill , at an estimated cost , for

      what is really indispensable , of XI , 000 $ but to make the instrument fully effective a further sum of X 350 is eaid to be hardly lea ' s necessary . Simultaneously Vith this alteration , the interior of tlie dome is being decorated on an extensive scale . Three of tlie windows by which it is lighted havo boon painted , the effect being greatly to subdue tho full glare ofllght , and to impart to that portion of the edifice » warmth which it has always lacked . Tho whole of the cornice surrounding the interior circumference of the dome , and supporting the gallery , has been profusely gilded , as havo also otuor portions of the architectural embellishments . * ii [& part of the work is nearly completed j and we believe it is in contemplation by the Dean ana Qhftptor to resume the Special Sunday livening Services on . the 27 th of November ( Advent Sunday ;*

      if the organ should be in readiness by-that time . It . should be added , that , among tlie other " improvements , " the monumental tablet to the memory of Wren has been removed . Corporation Purity . —Some extraordinary proceedings have taken place in ; the Norwich towncouncil . The appointment of eight aldermen , had to be made , and until they were chosen the Liberal and Conservative sections of the council were exactly balanced , twenty-tight on each side . As the Aldermen are elected for six years , the balance of power would have been decided for that period ; and , of course , under these circumstances * every member was whipped " upon both sides . After Mr . J . HTillett ( Liberal ) had been elected mayor , and Mr . sheriffthe

      J . Underwood ( LiberaI ) had been appointed , Conservatives in a body quitted the council-chamber , and eight Liberal aldermen were elected . The attention of the council was called to an attempt to bribe one of the Liberal councillors , so as to secures casting vote for the election of Conservative aldermen . It was affirmed that Mr . Joel Fox , the couit cillor in question , had been offered £ 300 with this object ; and Mr . Fox held up , in support of the assertion , the halves of three £ 100 notes , whichhe alleged had been given him as an instalment . The scene , of course , produced great excitement , and a committee was afterwards appointed : to inquire into the circumstances , with a view to the vindication of the character and dignity of the council .

      St . George ' s-in-the-East . ^ —Some circumstances have transpired regarding these disturbances . The Rev . Bryan King , the rector , lias issued a notice requesting gentlemen who are willing to act as special constables in the parish church to communicate with him immediately , intimating that strangers will be pleased to forward a clerical reference . Concurrently with this extraordinary notice , which is not likely to pacify the parishioners ,. that the thir

      a notice has been issued , ^ anniversary of the opening of the Mission Cliuruh in Catvert street , where the highest of High Church practices are observed , will be celebrated on the 24 th inst ., when the sermon will be preached by tlie Deau of Westminster . The Bishop of London , who some time since inhibited the Rev . Frederick Gedrge Lee from preaching in his diocese , in consequence of his sermon at St . George ' s-in-the-East , has removed the inhibition , and Mr . Lee is again at liberty to

      officiate . ~ V " Tows and Goto " at Oxford . —After the fireworks in honour of the Prince of Wales ' s birthday , symptoms of a quarrelsome nature were exhibited by the undergraduates , who when in the streets gave the signal of " Gown , gown , " for all of them to muster , and before nine o ' clock about 60 O were parading the streets in a most defiant manner . Shortly afterwards the cry of "Town , towp , " was heard , and an immense number of mechanics ana others showed a bold front , and a regular rowensued which it is impossible to describe . The mayor , the late mayor , and Alderman Sadler , , as well as the proctors and other University authorities .

      endeavoured to keep order , but for sometime tnats was impossible ; the gownsmen showed no respect ; for persons . The mayor received a blow on the head ; the ex-mayor and Alderman Sadler were pushed and jostled ; aad such was the determination evinced by the undergraduates for fighting that tho special constables were compelled to use their staves , which they did to some effect upon tho heads and shoulders of those University men who came in contact with them . In tho High-street , a gownsman , who was lodging there , opened his window the towns

      for the purpose of haranguing - people , but on making uso of n . sul ing words a volley of stones smashed nearly the whole of his three windows . Several college windows were also broken There has not been so much fighting between Town and Gown for tho lust twenty years as their was last night . Independently of caps being , broken , hats knocked off , and gowns torn , many of the gownsmen were injured , ana some , -we feaft ruthor seriously , as in several cases medical attendance w ^ s required . Whatever amount . of injury ? . ,, „ , , « ,, u i , n . vo received was brought on themselves

      by thuro beginning an unprovoked row with the townsmen , who , until insulted , showed no symptoms of fighting 5 many of the latter aro also inj ured . It wiuexpected Mint the same scene would be enacted theno * night , unless tho collegian * , were" gated . " tS , JiorAL Chautish ' s T « iaASUu . o .-Tho divers say that tho wreck lies in a vory Intricate and , to thenTdWorous heap . They wullc beneath some of teT » eav " machinery of the ship , and Have to grope t eir way amid ironwork . One of them mot with » corpao on Sunday , but was unable to remove xt from . the mass of timber and wood in w-liJoU it was entangled . No gold has yot been discovered by the divers . Tho bullion-room of the Royal Charter wa » about 18 feet ui > from the keel . It waj , aa is u » u » l iu similar ships , formed out of a pprtion oi the stern , to which an iron deok , iron sides , una an Iron Ooor wore attached . Xn this room the Ingots , 3 peoto , « nA

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111859/page/7/