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November 15,1856.] T H E L E A P E B. 10...
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one of his back windows , perceived that the first floor i on the south side of Mr . Almond ' s factory gave forth a ¦* glow of light . He sent off in various directions for the 1 fire-engines , and in the course of a very brief period the eng ines of St . Anne's parish attended , as -well as a great 1 many of those belonging to the London Brigade . In . < addition to these , several engines of the "West of Eng- ' 1 land Fire Brigade arrived on the spot ; but by this 1 time , the flames had made such progress as to gain entire possession not only of Messrs . Almond's factory , < but also of two adjoining buildings , so that the sur- ; rounding houses in St . Martin ' s-lane and Long Acre ' were placed in great peril . By dint , however , of several hours * strenuous exertions on the part of the firemen , at great lazard to themselves , aided by two of the Royal Society's fire-escape men , and several of the police , tlie conflagration was subdued . Besides the total destruction of the three buildings already mentioned , not less than fifteen or twenty houses have been considerably damaged , either by fire , water , or hasty removal of furniture . The loss of property is estimated at 20 , 000 ? . Between two and three o'clock the same morning , an extensive fire occurred on the premises of Mr . Hewitson , a boot and shoemaker , living in Upper-street ^ Islington . The whole house and its contents -were burnt , and three of the neighbouring dwellings were much injured by the fire . The cause of the catastrophe , as well as of the preceding is not known . Two of the dwellings are insured in the Atlas office . The chimney of one of the remaining workshops of Messrs . Broadwood ' s pianoforte manufactory of Holywell-street , Westminster , took fire about a week ago , and created considerable alarm ; but , owing to the timely arrival of Messrs . Broadwood ' s engine , the flames were got under—not , however , before considerable harm had been inflicted on their stock by the ¦ ¦ ' water . ' . ¦ . " ; ¦ . . - ; ' ¦ . ¦ ' . '¦ ' The chapel adjoining Smethell's Hall , near Bolton , the seat of Peter Ainsworth , Esq ., has been destroyed by fire . The building was one of great historical interest , being associated with the religious troubles of 1555 . ' " - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; : . .... ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ .: ' . V . ¦ ¦¦ A large part of the South Metropolitan District Schools at Siitton has been destroyed by fire . Upwards of nine hundred children were in the building at the time , and in bed ; but they escaped in their bed clothes . t : I . . . . » 1 . f t ,
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November 15 , 1856 . ] T H E L E A P E B . 1085
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A FLOOR of the Savings Bank , at Bridgend , Perthshire , has fallen through beneath the weight of a large number of boys ( the depositors ) , who were in the room at the time . They all fell into a lumber-room and coalcellar beneath . Being in time rescued , it was found that a few bruises and scratches , and a considerable accumulation of dust on the clothes , were the only injuries received . The fall was about four feet . In consequence of the two recent disastrous occurrences on the London and North-Western Railway , the Board of Trade have ordered two official inquiries ; that into the disaster at Wolverton to be conducted by Lieutenant-Colonel Tolland , It . E ., and that concerning the collision at King ' s Langley , by Lieutenant-Colonel Wynne , R . E . The proceedings , it is expected , will be conducted privately . A most fortunate escape from apparently certain death ( says a Preston paper ) has occurred on the railway from Preston and the Farington station . Green , a guard , made his way to the roof of a carriage to secure a sheet ; but , in the hurry of the moment , having forgotten that the telegraphic wires are made to cross the line about that point , ho was dashed against the impediment with so much force that one of the wires was broken , another stretched so thin that it was almost severed , and an insulator smashed . The shock upon Green , who received a severe blow in the face , caused him to throw a complete somersault off tho enrriage upon which he had been standing , and he fell between that and the adjoining carriage . But his progress to the ground was stopped by tho apparatus connecting the two carriages , and technically known as the ' shackle , ' arid , by some means , which will remain a mystery even to the guard I himself , he succeeded in extricating himself from his ! perilous position and gaining a place of safety . I A farmer , named Ford , living near Midsomer ! Norton I has died from concussion of the brain consequent on a I fall in the course of a drunken fight . The jury returned j the following vevdict : — "We find that the deceased canie by his death by nccident , and that such accident can only bo attributed to his own irritability of temper and intemperance . " Colonel John Jennings , an old Peninsular officer , aged eighty , has been run over by a cab nt the corner of I Berkeley-stTcet and Piccadilly . His ribs were severely I fractured , and he died in the course of two days . The body of Josiah Stanley , tho ' King of the Gipsies' of tho West , was found on the 20 th ult . in the I river Dart , near Totnes , South Devon , and was buried j on Monday , tho 3 rd inst , at lliglnvcek , being followed ¦) to the grave by crowds of spectators . Various rumours fts to tho nppearanco of deceased when found having got abroad , tho coroner hold nn inquest , which was from I time to time adjourned . . TIio medical men asked for ji post-mortem examination , giving it us their opinion thai _ . [_ Lt l _ , _ ie tt y g el ) e ; h Jn j ^ ! ^ at ; h er a _ 2 a n 3 n ig ed ul
: he man had been strangled before " being thrown into the water . The police are already- possessed of some impor- tant information , and the inquest was again adjourned to yesterday ( Friday ) . The tribe to which Stanley be- longed has offered a reward of 50 ? . for the apprehension of the murderer , and it is believed by many that some of the tribe who are next in succession to the ' kingship * have had a hand in the old king's death . An infant has been poisoned at Brighton by the in- cautious application by its mother of syrup of poppies , a mild form of opium . About a drachm ( double the proper quantity ) was administered , and the child died . Another of the men , Bernard Farley , having died from the late accident by . tlie fall of part of the front of the Art Treasures building at Manchester , on the 31 st ult ., an inquest was held before Mr . Herford , the borough coroner , to inquire into the circumstances . After hearing the evidence of Mr . Crowther , architect , and that of Mr . Foster , an extensive builder , the jury found a verdict of "Accidental death ; " but expressed an opinion that the arch was too light in construction , and that the accident miglit not have happened if due care had been taken in staying the work while in pro- gress . An inquest has been keld on the body of Sarah Weston , a widow , seventy years of age , one of whose daughters was crushed to death at the Surrey Gardens catastrophe . This calamity , coming upon the death by other causes of several of her near relations ( including her husband and her son ) , all within a year , completely broke her heart , and she died in tie streets . The imme- diate cause of her decease was apoplexy , no doubt accelerated by grief . Some very serious accidents occurred at Gravesend on Monday , in consequence of the abuse of fireworks which , is usually indulged in on the election of the Mayor for the year . A great many houses were ignited , and one was almost entirely destroyed . Several persons , male and female , were very much injured by rockets , which were thrown about in a reckless manner . The boiler of a locomotive has exploded on th e Seg- hill Colliery Railway , and killed the fireman , Joseph Percy . The engine is reported to be nearly blown to > pieces . The coroner ' s j ury have returned the following verdict in connexion with the explosion of a Prussian ship at Cardiff : — "We find that the deceased came to their deaths in consequence of an explosion of coal gas on board the Prussian ship Frederick Retzlaff , which explosion took place , in our opinion , in consequence of the hatches being down . " The total number of lives lost is six . ' . ¦ " . .- ¦ ¦ . V- ¦ . : • ¦ :. '• : ' ' ' The tire of one of the wheels of an engine , on the Eastern Counties Railway broke last Sunday evening about four miles from Thetford , and the engine , leaving the rails , fell over , carrying the tender with it . The carriages continued their course , and a fearful shock was experienced . Two horse-boxes ¦ were smashed to atoms The passengers escaped without injury ; but the engine- driver was jammed between the engine and tender , and killed . To make matters worse , a goods train ran into the debris , but this only created some additional con- fusion , without adding to the loss of life . Two collisions occurred on Wednesday at the Hereford Railway , The first was between a passenger train and some trucks which had slipped from the Pontypool sta- tion , and which ran by tlieir own weight down a steep incline . Great damage "was done , and some of the pas- sengers were severely cut and bruised . The train though it slackened speed , on sighting the trucks , was driven back by the concussion nearly a mile . The second collision was caused by an express engine jump ing off the down line and running across the up line just as a goods train was conning by . A fearful scene ensued A large part of the train waa smashed , and two of the passengers were killed . A mail train on the Caledonian Railway , on Tuesday ran into some cattle which were on the line , and was upset . Fifteen of the cattie were killed , but none of tho passengers or railway servants were at all hurt .
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- ' . ; , j AMERICA . - There is no political news of importance from the t United States this week ; and we can therefore only , look forward to the intelligence which will now speedily e arrive of the result of the Presidential elections . From Canada , -we hear that the railway from Montreal r , to Toronto was opened on the 27 th of October . The a distance ivas performed in fourteen hours , o A duel extraordinary has been fought at Memphis , U . S . Colonel Burgthae and Major Roigler , of Boston , two old friends , who had been south on an electioneering . tour , got into a warm discussion ( aboard a steamer going from New Orleans to St . Louis ) on the subject of Republicanism and Democracy ; and at length the Major used some offensive language towards tlie Colonel in tho presence of several of the passengers . A challenge waa soon given and accepted . Pistols and fifteen paces were the terms first proposed ; but the seconds ( who wero two Hungarian officers ) , the master of the boat , and several of the passengers , including many ladies , contended that the fight should be with swords . "Tho Hungarians , " says the St . Louis-Pemocrat , " offered their sabres , and the " next day , on reaching Memphis , the parties landed , and , procuring the attendance of a Dr . Hill , also a passenger on the boat , proceeded to some ground adjoining the city , accompanied by many of the lady and gentlemen passengers . The duel was then fought with great fierceness , and resulted in the defeat of Major Rcigler , who , by the superior skill of his adversury , received two terrible cuts , tho one . on his check and the other on the chin , causing him to drop on the field . Returning to the boat , the wounds of the Major were dressed , and a reconciliation of the parties waB elFected . Colonel Burgthao shortly afterwards made a
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UtELAND . Mn . Smith O'Brien on Government Patronagk . —A banquet has been givea by his constituents to Mr . Tristram Kennedy , one of the members for Louth . Among other letters pleading inability to attend ,-was one from Mr . Smith O'Brien , in which that gentleman tIRSS ™ dfscourses on'tho subject of Ministerial patronage : ¦— " I am not insensible to the force which lies in the argument of those who say that the Irish nro entitled , ns long as Ireland shall be connected with England , to a fair share of tlie administrative patronage of the empire ; but it seems to mo that this legitimate object can bo obtained without degrading the representatives of Ireland by rendering them factors or brokers for tho acquisition of situations for their constituents . Let tho Irish nation advocate and maintain the principle that all offices ought to be bestowed , not as rewards for political tergiversation , but as the honourable recompense of services rendered to the State , and charge their representatives , with the task of enforcing this principle , rather than ¦ with that of trafficking for the benefit of influential intlii viduals , and it will soon bo Been that Ireland will obtain ; her fair sharo of nil situations of emolument in the em-\ . r . l . is n : ie is a i ; ) - id > n > n es ; i- es es \ n li- in n-
pir mii mil to me Th pet tioi cat bee of < ¦ sor M . the th ( ' ma an in- \ scl — pa po im D ' ru th fr m so tj tc ei bi fc lc ai c < c < L it *! si E E r < ii "I I | i c . { i f t i < c £ £ i i , pire . To a certain extent this principle has been admitted by those who , in and out of office , advocate ad ministrative reform . Entrance into official life is now to be obtained in ' several departments of the State by merit and capacity , ascertained by public examination . The recent examinations have shown that in this competition Irishmen are successful far beyond the propor " tion which the population of the kingdom would indicate . Why should mot this principle , which has already been found capable of useful application in lower grades of official stations , be applied to the higher ranks ?" •¦ . . The Irish Bar : —Mr . Edward Smith O'Brien , eldest son of Mr . "William Smith O'Brien , of Cahennoyle , late M . P . for the county of Limerick , has been admitted by the benchers of the Queen ' s Inns as a law student during the present term . The Endowed Schools Commission . —Mr . A . Sharman Crawford , one of the assistant commissioners , paid an Official visit to Clogher last week , for the purpose of investigating the affairs and working of the endowed school in that district . Communication between Ireland and England . —The half-yearly meeting of the City of Dublin Steampacket Company was held on Friday week , when a report , having reference to the pending negotiations for the improvement of the communication between London and Dublin , was agreed to . The most important passages run thus x— In the last report , the directors stated , that they were in expectation of receiving a communication from Government , defining the nature of the improvements required by the Post-office authorities for the mail service between London and Dublin . That communication has been since received . It is stated , that tbere are to be two mail services daily each way ( morning and evening ) , tlie entire journey from . London to Dublin to be performed in eleven hours , guaranteed under penalties for any excess proportionate to the delay . The directors lost no time in arranging with the boards of the London , and North-Western and Chester and -Holyhead Railway companies the terms on which the improved service could be efficiently performed , and . in submitting to the Lords of the Admiralty their joint proposal to undertake ; it . That this proposal has been considered reasonable , the proprietors are no doubt already aware from the statements made on the part of Government in both Houses of Parliament towards the end of the session . No official acceptance of the tender has , however , been received . " The Irish Texa-Nt League held its annual meeting in the Music Hall , Dublin , on Tuesday . Collision with the Police . —Const able Phillips and seven of the Ballyniahon constabulary were on patrol at j Moigh a few nights ago , whentbey discovered an armed ; . party of men on tlie road . The constabulary crouched ; under the hedge , and crept along unobserved until with-> in a few yards of the party , and then went forward and i demanded their intentions . At this time , one of the gang , who appeared to be their leader , called oiit to his ' . men to fall in and front , which was promptly obeyed , I and they then rushed forward and endeavoured to disarm i the police . A fea-rful collision took place , several of the . mob were knocked down , and the constables succeeded in , capturing a gun from one of the party after much diffil cultv . The police at last were successful in arresting I seven of the party , all natives of the county Westmeath , . some of whom had come upwards of fifteen miles . In-, formation has been sworn against the parties , who are . returned for trial to the next Assizes of Longford . — , Wtstmeath Guardian . i ¦ . .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15111856/page/5/
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