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Loss Of Puopebty Ok A Railway-.—Mr. Keys...
directors and auditors of the Great Northern Railway ; in connexion -with the late frauds , has been published . j The auditors insist that Mr . Redpath ' s department was wholly out of their sphere ; and so clear was their conviction on the subject , that they refused , after the dis- I covery of his delinquency , to promote any examination ( until the directors had distinctly expressed concurrence ' with their view . This concurrence Was subsequently ex pressed by the latter . Imposture . —Mary Ann Murphy , a respectablydressed woman , about thirty years of age , residing at Elliott ' s-square , Old Bailey , has been charged at Guildhall with obtaining goods and various sums of money by fraudulently representing that she was the niece of the Bishop of Cloy ne and Koss . She is remanded . —John Philip Arthy has been committed for trial on a similar charge of imposition . Air Unhappy Hom & —Eliza Carvey , a young married woman , has been charged , at Worship-street ' with an attempt to poison herself . It appeared that she had been brutally ill-used by her husband , and driven to desperation . The man ' s brother came forward in the poor woman ' s behalf , and she was committed to his charge . He promised to take out a warrant against his ' . . brother . ¦ . . ' .. ; ¦ . ; : ' "" ¦ " " ' . .. ' : i , j
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• ¦ . ¦ ¦ ""¦ .. *~ . ¦ ; ' ¦ n STATE OT TRADE . P The trade reports for the week ending last Saturday £ are satisfactory . At Manchester th « markets have been firmer and more active in consequence of the advices by the Overland Mail and the reduction in the Bank rate ° of discount . The Birmingham accounts describe steadi- c ness in the iron-market , and a good home demand for general manufactures . The South American orders also ° havebeen considerable . In the copper trade much un- * certsunty prevails from the constant advance in prices . At Nottingham , business , as is usual on the approach of I Christmas , has been nearly suspended . In the woollen ^ districts there has been no alteration , and the American and foreign purchases generally continue on a full scale . s In the Irish linen-markets , owing to the limited amount of goods brought forward , quotations have been well maintained . —Times . . / * In the general business of the port of L ondon during * the same week there has been considerable activity . The number of vessels reported imvard was 271 , being 95 more than in the previous week . The arrivals of tea have again been large , comprising 52 , 114 packages , 23 , 499 of which were brought by the American ship Lorenza . The number of vessels cleared outward , was 89 , icluding 13 in ballast , showing a decrease of 21 . The total number of ships loading for the Australian colonies i 3 50 , being 5 more than at the last account . Of those now loading , 7 are for Adelaide , 2 for Geelong , 2 for Hobart Town , 1 for Launceston , 3 for Melbourne , 1 for Moreton Bay , 7 for New Zealand , 17 for Port Phillip , 8 for Sydney , 1 for Swan River , and 1 for Warrnambool . Of this list , 1 was entered outward in April , 1 in June , 1 in July , 1 in August , and 6 in September . —Idem . r I \ oa ' " , ' > „ - „ I ^ U o- ? ' g ¦ a s ip is 1 au it , itr ae > rt For in in
Obituary. Lieutenant William Riveks, R.N...
OBITUARY . Lieutenant William Riveks , R . N ., one of the heroes of the wnr with revolutionary France , having served with Hotham in 1795 , under Sir John Jcrvis at the battle of Cape St . Vincent , and under Nelson at Trafalgar ,, died at Greenwich Hospital , of which he was on © of the Lieutenants , on Friday week . Tather Mathew , the Irish priest and originator of th « temperance pledge movement , died on Monday , at Queenstown , Ireland . He had been for some time past in a debilitated state , owing to the unceasing exertions he had made to propagate his total abstinence principles . the in , r ai at vas P of at last ons uci-
Miscellaneous, Tub Railway Accident On T...
MISCELLANEOUS , Tub Railway Accident on this Sheffield Link . — Mr . Edward Rosa , secretary to th ' o Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway , writes to the Times to say . tbat the account given in their column * , by a correspondent , of an accident on the Sheffield line , was greatly exaggerated . It is asserted by Ifr . Ross that '' none of tho carriages were upset , and no ono was injured . The accident was caused by the protrusion of a broken piece of rail in front of tho wheel of the engine . " Great care , tho writer assorts , is taken by tho directors to keep tho rails in a safe condition ; and , as . a proof of the good re-Bult of this , ho mentions that there has been only one fatal accident on tho line since 1 « 42 . Mr . Ross requests th © name of the correspondent , that ho may be present at an investigation which shall prove to him the groundleas nature of his fears- That gentleman , however , in another letter to tho Times , adheres to his original account . St . Paxjl ' s Cathedral . —Tho minor ennonry m bt . Paul ' s Cathedral , which became vacunt by the death of tlie Rev . E . G . Ueckwitli , M , A . has been conferred by tlio Dean and Chapter upon tho Roy . B . Morgan Cowio , ftLA ., of St . John ' s College , Cambridge . New Ca . tt . xk M aukict . —Tho Great Western Railway Company propose to establish a fortnightly market nt Swindon solely for cattle , tho object being to establish a largo central depot for tho numerous cattle districts , " ii ga l ' rrc- atlv ie of Thc > iec « . arc ; tho i re onc 10 = ts sent und- ip , in . ac- n St . th of d by owi « , Iway et lit lish a tricts
! which have been opened up by their various lines , espe- cially from Ireland and South Wales . _ , . Fires . —A very extensive conflagration , attended with loss of lift , occurred on Friday week at a large block of buildings near Buchanan-street and Exchange-square , Glasgow . Four warehouses were either totally destroyed or greatly injured , and goods to the value of many thousand pounds ( for the most part covered by in- surance ) were consumed . A fireman also was killed . He and three of his fellows bad gone to an upper flat of the building to tear down a partition , when the flooring gaveway ; one man leaped aside , and saved himself , and the others were thrown down to the cellars . When they were cot out , it -was found that one was dead , and that the other two were severely wounded . —The workshops of Messrs . Pipers , builders , Turner ' s-row , Bow-common , were totally burnt down on Monday morning . The con- tents , including the workmen ' s tools , were all destroyed , —An extensive fire has also occurred at Deptford , on some large premises occupied by a broker . Several persons who were asleep in the house escaped with dun- C The National Gaixehy . — -We understand . that a Royal Commission will shortly be issued , appointing Lord Broughton , the Dean of St . Paul ' s , Mr . R . Ford , Mr . Faraday , Mt . Cockerell , R . A ., and litr . George Rich- mondj to inquire into and determine the site of the new National Gallery , and to report on the desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art and Archaeological col- lections of the British Museum . —Globe . Cattle Shows . —The Birmingham cattle-show closed Friday week , and the Smithfield show has now opened . The animals are reported as in fine condition —The Baker-street exhibition was opened to the public on Tuesday , and appeared to give great satisfaction ^ a large and enthusiastic audience of farmers and others The annual dinner of the Smithfield Cattle Club took place on Wednesday , the Duke of Richmond presiding His Grace mentioned that Mr . Boulnois , proprietor of the Baker-street bazaar , had agreed to give them the handsome sum of 700 / . a year for allowing the stock to be exhibited there . The " Railway Revolvek" Romance . —The ques tion of «' ¦ Railways and Revolvers in Georgia would seem to be finally disposed of by the precise and au thoritative denial of Mr . R . R . Cuylcr , the President of the Central Railroad in that State . The English Con sul for -the State of Georgia , moreover—Mr . \ E . Moly neux— -comes forward formally to vouch for Mr . Guy ler ' s ch aracter and respectability—a point upon which we should not liavc permitted ourselves to entertain moment ' s doubt . Thus , then , unless Mr . A . rrowsnntn the author of this strange story , can support his state ments by some fresh aud _ overpoweiing evidence , his case has broken down . —Times . , ¦ _ Dk . Livingstone . —The Rev . Dr . Livingstone arrived at Marseilles from Tunis on the 6 th inst ., and was then in good ' health . His left arm , however , is broken and partly useless , having been torn by a lion . Whe he was taken on board her Majesty ' s ship Frolic , on the Mozambique coast , he had great difficulty in speaking a sentence of English , having disused it so long while travelling in Africa . He had Avith him a native from the interior of Africa . This man , when lie got to Mauritius , was so excited with the steamers nnd various wonders of civilization that he went mad , and jumped into the sea and was drowned . Dr . Livingstone been absent from England seventeen years . He crossed the great African continent nlmost in the centre , f west to east , has been where no civilized being has been before , and has made many notable discoveries great value . He travelled in the twofold character missionary and physician , "having obtained a medical diploma . Hu is rather a short man , with a ¦ pleasin and serious countenance , which betokens the most termiricd resolution . He continued to wear the which he wore while performing his wondertul travels On board the Candia , in which he voyaged from *\ . andriii to Tunis , he was remarkable for \\\ $ modesty unassuming manners . Ho r . cVcr spoko of his travels except in answer to questions . —Daily JN ' ck'a ACTION fou Liihsl . —An other action for libel against ^ newspaper has terminated in a verdict for the dei ' ants . Mr . Eyre , chaphun to the Favcrshnm Union , duced the proprietor of the Favershdm Gazette to lish in-that journal a lottcr containing an attack on James Burney , a carpenter . Burnoy replied by another letter , in which he severely ' mauled' Mr . byroa racter . The editor of the paper afterwards published an apology , mid tho proprietor now paid H )/ - / "to as being the utmost extent of damages to which he celved the rev . gentleman was entitled . The jury turned a verdict for the newspaper . Tub Lncomk-tax . — Meetings have been held Reading and at Plymouth ( both under the presidency the local mayors ) to petition Parliament nnd tho Oovorn merit to repeal , -or modify , with a view to a fairer ment , tho present income-tax , —A meeting was also ^ atSoutlnvark on Thursday , umler the presuiency of high-bailiff , when Mr . Vickors , Dr . Chalhco , and Afaloy Pollatt , M . P ., were tho chief speakers . --denounced tho tax , ami expressed tt ^ YTmS - augmented rate should terminate- next Ayr 1 , and no ° « no should bo subjected to the t . x at nl jjj nqmiM income U not inoro than 150 / . Hosolutions
this wpi a . < mun was Com and havi -A ( aru tinu on J wou clay W cast Ctoi the men > at ti wen reac her . -I in t latt Asi a P J « P ^ . _ _ ¦ . » g . « ¦ - ^ afg - th ( thc - c 01 0 Q - mjJ - pa . - th ; ( Q ( a ^ , QU - CQ ¦" ¦ Wi m tl ] T ] n th g . pc p , h | the of d ] tl has p . p rom C ( ever w of L ot Q „ g t dc- , enp . . Z ^ - and , endmpubone chacourt , conroat of - atljustneld the Mr . 11 joy thit that to this effect were carried , and a committee was appointed , to prepare a petition to Parliament . Accident to the Magnetic Telegraph . —The communication between Liverpool and the south of Ireland was suspended on Wednesday , the wires of the Magnetic Company being out of order on the other side of Dublin , and the * electric cable between Holyhead and Dufclin having been cut—it is reported maliciously . Aitchison v . Lee . —The ¦ arguments in this case ( arising out of the British Bank affairs ) have been continued with much legal elaboration arid ingenuity ; and on Tuesday Lord Justice Knight Bruce said the court would deliver judgment on the . 19 th inst . ( next Friday ) . New Schools at Newark . —The Duke of Newcastle , on Tuesday week , laid the foundation-stone of Christ Church Schools at Newark , in which ceremony the Bishop of London and other churchmen and gentlemen assisted . South Africa . — -It was rumoured at Sierra Leone , at the date of the last despatches , that there had been a battle in the interior , in which four thousand persons were killed . The Minx was lying in the river Lagos in readiness , in the event of anticipated disturbances putting her services into requisition ^ As Insurance Action . —An action has been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench by the executors of the : late Mr . George Gosling , against the New National . Assurance and Loan Company to recover the amount of a policy of insurance for 6007 ., which Mr . Gosling had I effected in t"hat office . The insurance was made at a . premium of 30 ^ , in September , 1855 , and llr . "Gosling died in May , 1856 . It had been stated by Hr . Gosling ! that he was uniformly sober and temperate 5 that there [ was nothing in the state of his health to render his life more than ordinarily hazardous ; and that he had not ' made any previous proposals of insurance to any other " office . The company , therefore , accepted his proposals ; p but they now refused to pay on the ground that Mf . , Gosling had deceived them . They contended that \ his habits were not temperate , tho \ igh they did not charge himwith being a positive drunkard ; that he was afflicted with rupture , and concealed the fact ; that , ' though denying it , he had made previous proposals to I the St . George's Company , and that that company only ' consented to accept them at certain additional charges , f on account of the state of his health , which would have " made the premium 487 ., an amount Mr . G osling declined "" paving . Had the National Company been aware of " these facts , they would either have refused to insure Mr , - . II Gosling' 3 life , or would have charged a much higher a rate of premium . Tlus defence having been clearly-. made ' ' out , a verdict was given for the company . : "' " Metuopolitam Drainage . —A deputation from . Use 53 corporation of Gravesend and the parishioners of Eritlv waited last Saturday upon the General Purposes Com-! d mittee of tlie Court of Aldermen , at the Guildhall , on ! n the subject of the Metropolitan Main . Drainage plans . 1 ( 1 ' The deputation was headed by Mr . William Fletcher , III the Mayor of Gravesend , and the chief spokesman-was ie Sir Culling Eardley , who , after calling attention to tlsc & poisonous influence which the main drainage scheme le proposed by the Metropolitan Board of Works-would m have upon the river , and soliciting the aid of the Court ie of Aldermen in defeating it , referred to the necessity tor ; as drainino- the marshes to the east of London . Promising Bd that , with respect to this latter subject , he only exas pressed his individual opinion ,-and did not wish to ecl pledge the rest of the deputation , Sir Cullingj pro' ceeded - — "He could not help thinking that , if justice cr was to be done to the whole subject of the health of l > f London , in view of the danger of malaria , you must not of only carry away the sewage in the best manner , bur , -al also , you must prevent the fogs , the damps , the agues , n the fevers from coming up to the metropolis out ct tnu lc" marshes through the trouRlf of the Thames Tf-llCy . : « P 'i ^ e cYid « nce £ ' t ! l tolorc a Committee of the els . 1 iT .--- a 0 ot - ( joimnons two years ago vas ¦' conclusive : - " on this point . When Lord l ' nlmerston was in ftnd the Home-office , he had directed the counsel of that . cls department to draw up the heads of a bill for tho purpose , and his Lordship continued to take a warm inst interest in the object . He ( Sir Culling l . ardley ) would nd- therefore uri ; e on the aldermen the consideration of tins , in- as a subdivision of the question . " Mr . Alderman Wire , ub- chairman of the General Purposes Committee , said that one that boilv would give both subjects every attention . — ther Tlie Metropolitan Board of Works , on Tuesday , proton- ceeded to consider tho report nnd plan of their engineer , shod as well as the points of discharge for tlie drainage of the » urt , metropolis suggested in Captain Burst all s letter and ap-2 on- proved of by the rirst Commissioner of Works . A motion , re- to the effoct that so much ofthe resolution of the 22 nd of October , as adopted the engineer ' s plan marked U , bo . at revoked , w « s carried by thirty-three to two . Some more svof discussion ensued , nnd the further consideration of tho crn- question wns poalponed till next Tuesday ; so that no iiist- determination has yet b « en come to with respect to held Cnptnln IJurstnU ' a plan . tho A Lkctuuk uy A Lai > y . — Miss . J . M . A \ lute , a Mr . young lady whoso enthusiastic devotion to the cause 01 fhoy emancipated Italy is known to many , nnd who recently ; the translated Felice Orai \\\> narrative of Ins inn > nsonin « i t , that < lclivercd , on VfulnQS <\ ay woe ^» in t he l « ctu ™ ' '" h ^ hose Derby , « rt * MxfM on >» or ftivourito topic . Her object 13 to was to arouw th « sympathies of Eng lwLmon for Italian
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 13, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13121856/page/9/
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