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Avgvsh 13; 1853.] THE LEADER. 779
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The Bishop of Durham "charged" his clerg...
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The programme of the Eoyal visit to Dubl...
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A new railway to Portsmouth will in fact...
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Quack dpctors thrive in England. The cen...
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Tho honour of knighthood has boon confer...
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A new English expedition for tho explora...
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A DANGimotrs TniNKKK.—A mind filled with...
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Minifltors Dino To Day, On Whitebait, At...
TH 11 hears the names of Mr . Disraeli and Sir Frederick T ^ sSen Th ^ re Se twenty-six provisions in the measure . On the Jay of nomination , a candidate is to make a decla-Sion that he has not been , and will not be , a party to Hriberv treating , or undue influence ; and eyery _ elector , Kquired , is % make a declaration that he has ^ not , directly or indirectly , received or had any sum of ™ ° ? e ?> office , or employment : False declarations to be wittul P 6 The committee appointed to pander the case of Lieutenant Eng ledue , dismissed for < S | 8 beying ° I $ ?™? 3 ? * * ' stored by the Derby Admiralty , h | | reported that they do not consider his restoration a judifcious proceeding .
Avgvsh 13; 1853.] The Leader. 779
Avgvsh 13 ; 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 779
The Bishop Of Durham "Charged" His Clerg...
The Bishop of Durham " charged" his clergy , at a visitation , on Tuesday . He advised theological study in ^ preference to visits to parishioners , except when E " ^ ^ were ill , characterised the proper operation of the Ecclesiastical Commission as impracticable , and explained ma own dealings / with that body . By his account . it appears that , in addition to the regular surrender of the , surplus demanded bv the Commissioners , he has voluntarily given 69 , 887 Z . 6 s . " 2 tf ., in g ifts , through them , through Mr . Gresley , and by his own hands . The Earl of Warwick , an old man of seventy-five , died at Warwick Castle on Wednesday . His son , Lord . Brooke , takes the title , and vacates his seat for the southern divi-Bion of Warwickshire . Mr . Edward Davis , the sculptor , had the honour of submitting on Monday last , to Prince Albert , his group m relievo of the " Virgin and Child ,
The Programme Of The Eoyal Visit To Dubl...
The programme of the Eoyal visit to Dublin is now set forth on good authority . The Queen will proceed to Holyhead upon the afternoon of Saturday , the 27 th , and spend that night and the following Sunday on board the Koyal yacht . On Monday morning , before break of day , the Ifcoyal party will leave for Kingstown , where it is expected they will arrive at an early hour in the forenoon . Her Majesty will then make a state entry into the Irish metropolis , and proceed thence to the Viceregal lodge , where she will remain during her sojourn in Ireland . Her stay will be protracted till the following Saturday . The Queen ct
will be accompanied by Prince Albert , who has perfely recovered from , his recent illness , and probably by the Eoyal children . The trade of Dublin is improving . The customs duties received at the port of Dublin for the week before last were 2000 ? . over the corresponding period of last year , occasioned by large payments on tea , tobacco , and refined sugar . The Bum on the latter being 27001 ., nearly equal to the payments on raw sugar , which were 2850 Z . ; tobacco , 6100 ? . ; tea , 6500 ? . ; coffee , 100 ? . ; wine , 1600 ? . ; spirits , 650 ? . ; miscellaneous , 350 ? .
The Agricultural and Cattle Show at Killarney , opened this week by the Lord Lieutenant , is considered successful , The stock exhibited is of a very superior quality , generally speaking . Competent judges have declared to day that the short-horned class , especially , both bulls , cows , and heifers , are not inferior to those exhibited at any other show , either in England or Ireland . The Devon section is better filled , and among the animals exhibited in it there are some very fine specimens . Of the class of small and mountain breeds , including Ayrshireg , West Highlands , and Kerrics , many are of a superior order . The show of horses of various descriptions is more numerous than at any former exhibition ; the majority of them are of an excellent quality , and elicited much praise . Some of the class of heavy draught horses are remarkably fine . The exhibition of sheep , both in number and quality , is at least an averago one , and many of the specimens in tho different classes are hig hly crcditablo to tho breeders .
The Dublin Exhibition is increasing in its success . Over eleven thousand persons visited it on Monday . The vacancies in tho National Board of Education in Ireland have been filled up by tho appointment of Mr . Hatchcl } , lato Attorney-General for Ireland , and Mountoford Longfiold , Esq ., LL . D ., one of the Commissioners of tho Encumbered Estates Court , and Bishop Higgins , Bishop of Limerick . The pic-nic parties of Dublin , an important " intorost , " will note with pleasure the completion of the railway from Dundrum to Bray , leading from a city suburb to the pleasure districts of Wicklow . Tho lino will bo oponod for traffic when it is completed into tho city .
Dr . Cahill , rcmarlcablo for delivering clover , scientific lectures , and writing long polemical letters , has had a public cntortainmont in Dublin . Tho Morning Post correspondent reports : — " Tho chair was taken' Mr . John O'Connoll , who scorns to have postponed to somo future period ( not as yot docided on ) tho interesting scene of " dying on tho floor of tho House , " as I have not seen tho learned gentleman for a long timo in bettor health and spirits . Tho Itov . Dr . Cahill , in a speech much moro remarkable for its duration than its eloquence , descanted on tho important part ho played in tho diplomacy of Europo , and informed his audionco that ho had hurled Lord John Jtussoll from power , defeated tho designs of Lord Palmcr . Hton , and , . . in fact , stood as tho uinpiroin tho groat question of poaco or war . "
r J . J » o English Protestant missionaries proceed in their injudioious practice of preaching against ltomaninm in tho open Htreots of towns inhabited mainly by liornan Catholics . After oauHing « . riot in Limerick they proceeded to Mallow , wlioro tho disturbance was losa ; though tho clerical coHtumo of tho party attraotod Jiostilp attention . Tho Jtov . Mr . Adoy , in a letter to tho Bri tish Hanner , mcribm his own oscupo irom ill-UHngo to tho circumntanco of hit ) " wearing an Alhert-tio , " ho that he was tnkori for a flimplo English gentleman . Ho adds : —" Lifo in unsafe in Limerick ; and tho Protestant roaidonfcministers have boon grosoly insulted thiu day in Iho streets . "
In America science admirably aids trade . The movement has reached England . Lieutenant Maury , the United States officer , who has instituted many examinations of tides , winds , and currents , explained his design and ainv at Liverpool on Saturday . Sea captains are furnished with charts which they fill up according to their daily observation during their voyage . These observations require no more time than is usually giv . en . to the proper conduct of a vessel at sea . The latitude and longitude niust be daily stated , and the duration and character of the winds for the three parts of the day . The thermometrical and barometrical observations , and such other remarks as navigators choose to make , must also * be taken . There are two sets of charts . One set represents the routes which vessels
are accustomed to pursue across the ocean in the various months of the year , the direction and force of the wind for each day being designated by colours and symbols , so that the navigator may find at any time of the year the track of some vessel which has been before him . Another 3 et of charts , smaller and more enigmatical , is made up of a system of circles . The ocean is divided into spaces five degrees square , five of latitude by five of longitude ; and , through whatever square a vessel passes and reports the wind to blow in a cert ain direction , it is assumed to be blowing from that quarter at that instant all over the square . When the observations for each square are obtained they
are classed according to the months ; and after they have got three or four , and perhaps in some instances as many as 1800 observations on the same months of different years , but for the same square , they can calculate the averages and the prevailing direction of the winds in that square for that month . Thus the whole ocean is comprehended , and , having the advantage of the experience of others , ft captain can sometimes judiciously turn put of his way , and make a shorter passage , because he can Bee at once where he may expect certain winds . Foreign sea-cap tains will be furnished with their charts by the _ American Government , as it is a system of mutual operation and benefit .
A New Railway To Portsmouth Will In Fact...
A new railway to Portsmouth will in fact make a direct communication between London and Portsmouth . It commences at Godalming , on the South Western line , and ends at Havant on the Brighton railway . It will require one hundred bridges , and 2000 or 3000 workmen will be employed on it for two years . Ocean steam-ships of enormous size are to be placed on the Australian route by the Eastern Steam Company . They will be 680 feet long , 83 feet wide , and of 2600 nominal horse power . They will take all their coal with them from the first , and will make no stay in the passage . The voyage to Australia can thus be done in thirty-six days , and that to India in thirty-three days . The Cape of Good Hope line will be chosen . ™
Alexander von Humboldt speaks highly of the projected oceanic canal between the Pacific and the Atlantic . " It will render the whole globe more easy to be travelled over ; this little globe , of which Christopher Columbus , in one of his letters to the Queen of Spain , said , ' El mundo espoco . '" Tho Great Britain steamer has left for Australia , carrying 364 passengers and 600 tons .
Quack Dpctors Thrive In England. The Cen...
Quack dpctors thrive in England . The census of 1841 Bhowed 21 , 435 persons practising one or more departments of medicine without qualification . The youth and sex of some of the practitioners was also remarkable . In Birmingham there was one " herbalist" under 20 years of age , 2 " keepers of lunatio asylums" under 20 , 14 female leech-bleeders , and 1 female physician . 1 female " dentist " in Taunton , a " physician" in Norwich under 20 , 2 " medicine vendors" in the Tower Hamlets under 20 , 1 " midwife " in Preston under 20 , 1 " physician" in Canterbury under 20 , 2 " physicians" in Bristol under 20 , a female " chemist and druggist" in Colchester under 20 , 1 " physician" in Darlington under 20 , and 1 female " surgeon" in Cornwall under 20 .
" There is somo hoarding of gold coin , says tho Morning Chronicle , evidently in an accusative mood . " Whilst Wo have returns of 24 , 000 , 000 ? . of gold having boon received from Australia within a certain period , wo have accounts of only 14 , 000 , 000 ? . having been absorbed . There is thus 10 , 000 , 000 ? . unaccounted for . Some , probably tho greater—portion of this hns been shipped privately to the Continent , but somo has also found its way into tho hands of tho humbler classes of society , by whom it is boing hoarded , and , although in small sums , must necessarily in tho aggregate prove a heavy amount . "
Tho Honour Of Knighthood Has Boon Confer...
Tho honour of knighthood has boon conferred on two doctors this week , who aro now Sir John Forbes and Sir James Bardsloy of Manchester . The favourito colours of Mexican and Amorican ladies aro indicated in tho trade orders . In printod linon lawns tho colours are " bright ; and showy for Mexico , and for America , blue , chooolato , purple , and pink . " Mr . Shaw refused to pay a cabman aixponco additional for tho timo ho was kept waiting at a door . Tho cabman ascertained by a clock opposito that tho timo wan a quarter of an hpur ; but Mr . Shaw was " Huro" it was only ten minutes , ami said that tho cabman could . not sco tho clock . Tho magistrate , himself tostifiod that tho cabman could soo tho clock . Ho had to pay in added faro , and costs for two ( summonses ( tho first not being attondod to ) , 10 a . Gd . f a round sum for rofuBing to pay what waa fair .
Tho tabled regulating farofl for hackney carriagoa havo now boon issued , l'hoy must bo poatod inaido and outaido tho vohicloa . Birmingham ifl now connected with tho Submarine European Tolocjraph . Tho tariff of charges haa been reduced . Tho former amount of 2 tt . Od . being reduced to Is ., tho I * . « W . additional charge for each ton words above tho . minimum of twenty having boon changed to a tariff of Qd for oaoh additional ton words , or fraction of ten words *
Perforated postage-stamps are a new invention . The sheet of postage-stamps is perforated with little holes , close together , in lines , separating each stamp from the other : so that with the hand each stamp can be taken away with ease . For the invention of the design and the apparatus the Government has paid the inventor 4000 ? . The House of Commons has voted 30 , 000 ? ., to defray the expense of carrying out an independent line of telegraph communication . ' - All the elements of romance are surrounding our railways . The following story of the meeting of the engines is as good as a bit out of the most " thrilling" story of James . On the Yorkshire coast is a little sea-bathing place , called Eedcar ; The railway from . Estor to the
village has but a single line . On Saturday evening the Mailtrain for Darlington left Eedcar at its regular time , a quarter-past five , and proceeded at its usual rate . When very near to Lazenly-station , another passenger train appeared in sight , coming down to Eedcar upon the same line of rails . The peril was imminent : the drivers gazed at one another , and both unhappily hit upon the same devicei They both endeavoured to clear each other by pushing on at considerable speed , in the hope of reaching a siding into which one could shrink . The engine-driver of the Mail-train , seeing a collision likely to occur , shut off the steam , and luckily the guard finding the steam suddenly turned off by the engine-driver , at once applied the breaks , and , in some degree , checked the speed . Then the
pointsman had the presence of mind to turn the passengertrain into a siding , upon which were standing several wagons , laden with stone , into which the engine ran , dashing them across the main line . The Mail-train at this moment came in contact with the wagons , the engine rearing up over them , and dashed them in all directions , stopping its further progress as well . The passengers in both trains sustained a severe shock , but , except that a female in the Mail-train was cut about the face , no serious consequences followed . The engines of both trains were considerably shattered , but were not disabled , and after a
delay of half-an-hour the trains proceeded , the passengers changing from one train to the other , the nne being blocked with the debris . Had not the stone wagons been sent over the main line , a fearful loss of life might have ensued , as the Mail-train would inevitably have cut the other train in two , as it was passing from the main line to the sidings . Indeed it was a providential escape , first , in the pointsman having the presence of mind to let the passenger train into the side ; and again , in that train having " forced thejwagonsr in front of the Mail-train , and so prevented a more dangerous collision .
A piano-forte factory in Golden-square was destroyed by fire ofr Wednesday morning . Several thousand pounds worth of property was consumed , and some seventy or eighty men thrown out of employment . Three or four instances of insolence and extortion by cabmen have been punished this week . In London there are 374 letter-receiving houses ; in Dublin there are 30 receiving-houses ; in Edinburgh , 24 ; in Glasgow , 10 ; in Liverpool , 36 ; in Manchester , 43 ; and in Birmingham , 16 . A horse and wagon stood on the Bristol Railway . Of course it did so following the common fashion of railway wagons . And with the usual punctuality the down train dashed into it , killed the horse , and smashed tho wagon . Leeds is to havo a Town Hall , to cost 5000 ? . The first stone is to be laid next Wednesday .
Hans Smith Macfarlane and Helen Blackwood suffered death on Wednesday morning , in front of tho South Prison , Glasgow , for tho murder of Alexander Boyd , ship-carpenter .
A New English Expedition For Tho Explora...
A new English expedition for tho exploration of tho Niger is contemplated . It will be directed to tho promotion of civilization in Africa , and tho oponing up of now sources of commerce . " Our only amusement , " says a private letter from Bosika Bay , " consists of fishing and shooting . Never waa there a duller or moro stupid place—hot , unhealthy , unintorosting . I wish wo could only get away . " Tho exports of wheat from tho United States havo do clined of lato years , thoir valuein 1852 boingbut 11 , 000 , 000 / ., whilo twenty years ago it waa 10 , 000 , 000 ? . This shows tho increase in . tho homo consumption , caused by an increase in homo manufactures . The oxport of whoat from Canada is rapidly increasing , being in 1852 , eighteen times moro in value than in 1838 .
Tho Bank of Now South Waloa , tho oldest and leading banking establishment in tho southern colonies , has rooolved upon establishing an agency in London . Tho London board will grant letters of credit or bills of oxchange on tho parent establishment in Sydney and tho various branches in Now South Waloa and ' Victoria ; cash approved drafts on Australia ; collect and remit the proceeds of bills of oxchango payable there ; and , under Hpeeial circumstances , make advances on tho shipment of morehandisio . Tho national debt of lluasia is stated as 52 , 000 , 000 ? . sterling , independent of a floating debt , of halt that amount ; . Tho numbor of visitors to tho Now York Crystal Palaco ia about 6000 a day , and tho rocoipba WX ) L or 400 ? .
A Dangimotrs Tninkkk.—A Mind Filled With...
A DANGimotrs TniNKKK . —A mind filled with al > struct ideas and inflntod with concoit , is jripo for mis chief . —From Goethe ' s Opinions . Tun Bkst G-oveknmbnt . —Which is tho beat govormncnt ? That which tcnchoH Bolf-govorninent . — From Ooatha ' n Opinions . Tino Mind in Or / n Ao : rc . — -As ago comos on wo loso the sonso for details , by becoming accustomed to results . —From Qoctho'a Opinion * .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1853, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13081853/page/11/
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