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1086 THE LEADER, [No. 447, October 16, 1...
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IRELAND. * The Galway Packet Service.—An...
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AUSTRALIA. THE news received this week i...
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AMERICA. • The Persia has arrived at Liv...
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Criminal Record. Suicide At Dnveit.-^- M...
knife from his hand , and that in the scuffle which en sued her throat wa 3 accidentally cut . The jury re-, turned a verdict of " " Wilful Murder" against ¦ Whitworth . ¦ .
1086 The Leader, [No. 447, October 16, 1...
1086 THE LEADER , [ No . 447 , October 16 , 185 a
Ireland. * The Galway Packet Service.—An...
IRELAND . * The Galway Packet Service . —An entertainment ¦ was given on Monday by the directors of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company , on board the Pacific , lying in Galway Bay , about to sail for St . John ' s and New York , on her second voyage to America . The chair was occupied by John Orrell Lever , Esq ., and among the company present were Viscount and Lady Bury , Mr . Roebuck , M . P ., the Rev . Peter Daly , & c . In the course of the evening , the Rev . Mr . Daly proposed— " Success to the Company , " coupled with the health of Lord Bury . The reverend gentleman stated that , in a period of three months , above 3000 passengers have passed through Galway to and from America , and upwards of 4000 tons of valuable goods . Lord Bury dwelt at some length on the importance of the object ¦ which would be accomplished by the establishing of this route between England and America , and said they j hoped to prove to the people of the United States and j the colonies that it would be for their interest to favour this line . Mr . Lever contradicted the statement that it was in contemplation to run steamers from Foynea to fijner ica during the winter months . Mr . Roebuck described the benefits which would arise from the success of this undertaking , in bringing England into closer communication with America , and , above all , in strengthening the bonds of friendship and good-will between Ireland and America . Pfuvr Council .- — At a meeting of the Privy Council On Monday , the Marquis of Drogheda was sworn a member , and took his place at the board . Landed Estates Court . ' — The leading estates for sale in the ensuing month are those of the Earls of Arran , Portarlington , and Kenmare , and the Meath estates of -Mr . Charles P . Leslie , M . P . for Monaghan . A petition for sale was lodged last week by the Rev . Mr . Newenham , son-in-law of the Earl of Mountcashel . The xental of the property amounts to 4000 / . per annum ; , There will be for sale in November upwards of 500 lots , j producing a . net rental of upwards ef . 33 , 000 / . ^ a year , ¦ which , upon a rough calculation ^ may be expected to realise 800 , 000 / . GaiAvay and America—The Pacific steamer has sailed from Galway , having on board 337 passengers and a full cargo . Lord and Lady Bury were among the passengers . His Lordship is armed with plenary powers to conclude mail contracts with Newfoundland and the United States Governments . Over 100 persons were disappointed in obtaining berths . New Transatlantic Packet Station . —The Limerick Chronicle states , that at a meeting held on Monday on the subject of starting a steamer from Foynes , the Mayor presided , and it was resolved to apply to tho Lord-Lieutenant to send down the Commissioners of the Harbours of Refuge in Ireland to report upon the Shannon . Committees were formed from the Chamber of Commerce Harbour Board , and continue to put themselves in communication with the railway companies in the south of Ireland and England , to ascertain what facility they . would afford for transfer of merchandise , as also with the directors of the Cunard line of packets .
Australia. The News Received This Week I...
AUSTRALIA . THE news received this week is from Melbourne to tlio ICth , and Sydney the 11 th of August . From Melbourne -wo learn that the Parliament stands further prorogued , nnd it is not anticipated that it will zneet for despatch of business until October . Pending the introduction of the new system of mining , the goldfields are contributing an average yield , which will bear comparison with the first periods of previous years . The 'Shanassy Government had , during tho month , strengthened its position by the determination it has Shown to grapple practically with many of the disadvantages under which the mining and other industrial interests of tho colony have laboured . ' Railway works in tho colony advanced but slowly . The contractors for tho Sandhurst lino had not proceeded with that energy which had boon looked for . Tho lino from Geelong to Ballarat had not been commenced , but It was understood that tho contractors would break ground before tho end of August . Three nuggets , of tho aggregate value of 14 , 000 / ., wore being exhibited in Melbourne , previous to being shipped . Those woro taken out in the Ballarat district , and woro about to bo shipped to London . One specimen , of pure gold , weighs over 2100 ounoos . Tho political news from Sydney is of Intorcst . The Electoral Bill may bo said to have passed through a committee of tho whole Houho . Tho outlines of tho now representative ays to in aro now determined , atloast so far na tho Loglslativo Assembly is concerned . Tho number of members b . as boon fixed at 78—an addition of 10 to tho number originally proposed in tho bill . Tho new members have all been given to country constituencies and Sydney ifl to enjoy only eight , mombore , Instead o
nine , as the Ministers wished ; Manhood suffrage has been adopted with a residentiary qualification of six months in one district . . But this extension of the franchise Jias been coupled with , a property suffrage , by which owners of freehold and leasehold properties , occupants of premises , and "lessees of crown lands , will enjoy a secondary vote . A special representation has been conceded to the gold-diggers , who are enfranchised by a six mouths' holding of a miner ' s right . By a considerable majority the principle of the ballot has been adopted , the majority as well as the minority containing leading men both from the Conservative and Democratic ranks ; for some on both sides demand it as a necessary measure of protection , while others again , on both sides , j consider open voting necessary to the preservation of j their political influence . j The Chinese Bill imposing a tax of 10 / . on every | Celestial landing in the colony has had its progress sud- j denly arrested " in the Upper House , the members of I which expressed great doubts as to the truth of the popular allegations against the Chinese , and sent the Bill to a select committee to make inquiries . In the Legislative Council , it was stated by the Solicitor-General that the telegraph between Sydney and Albury -would be completed by the early part of i October ( the present month ) , when the three colonies of New South "Wales , Victoria , and South Australia will be brought into immediate communication with each other . |
America. • The Persia Has Arrived At Liv...
AMERICA . The Persia has arrived at Liverpool , bringing New York' \ advices to the 29 th ult . Captain Townsend . of the slave-vessel Echo , had been again remanded . He was admitted to bail . A despatch from Governor Denvers , of Kansas , states that gold had been discovered in the vicinity of Pike ' s Peak . The explorers had found gold on the Arkansas , j embracing an extent of country of more than 3 uO miles , j The deaths from yellow fever at New Orleans , on the , 28 th ult , -werejBS . A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Republicans , of-the" city and county of New' York was held in New j York on the 27 th , to adopt measures to secure the election . ; of E . D . Morgan for Governor . _ Sixteen houses , in Portland-street , St . John ' s , Now Brunswick , were destroyed by fire on the SGth ult . j From California wo have the following news : —The State election had resulted in the " triumph of the Administration wing of the Democracy by a very large-J majority . A duel between George P . Johnson , editor of the National , and VT . J . Ferguson , of Sacramento , ended in the latter having his thigh broken . The distance was six paces ; about seventy people were present . The castaway Japanese picked up by the British vessel Caribbean were still ou board that ship , which had returned to San Francisco . The captain insisted on keeping , them iintil he could place them on board one of her Majesty ' s vessels . A letter received . in San Francisco from Raiatea Society Islands reports the dethronement of the kin # . Tamatoa ( a son of Queen Pomare ) had been installed in the vacant throne . Tho dethronod monarch had gone to Tahiti . A proposition had been made to tho United States' Consul for the annexation of tho island to tho United States , but the scheme appears to have been concocted by the resident Americans . At Fraser River the miners are gathering from five to j fifty dollars' worth of dust per day . Tho Indians were j troublesome , and several white persons had been killed by thorn . Apprehonsions prevailed that tho Indians contemplated a general uprising against the Intrusive , miners . Tho British Governor is opposed to the \ American settlers assuming the right to chaatiso their foes when over they deem tho provocation sufficient . With regard to tho Indian war in Oregon , wo learn that tho troops , under ' Colonel Wright , had marched I into tho region of tho hostile tribes . On tho 16 th of August , Lieutenant J . K . Allen , with fifteen men , was ( ordered to surprise and attack a party of Indians at Fort Simcoo . He succeeded in tho enterprise , capturing 21 men , 50 women and children , and anumbor of horses and cattlo , but w «» mortally wounded in the conflict , . and died in a few hours after reaching camp . Late advices from tho South Pacillc state that steamships wero about to be run from Valparaiso to Monte , Video and Buenos Ayres , and from Valdivia to Auoud , The reports from tho mines woro favourable . Tho population of Chili had boon increased by 111 ) , 1 S ) O souls in the four years since 185-1 , Peru had uufiorod in her material interests from thu Into election ngitation . A war ngninut Ecuador was tallied of . Tho Bolivian i army had been reduced to one-half ita usual strength . Crudo ores of all descriptions may bo freely oxportod from tho ropublio umlor a Into Government decree . SofJor Carrion had been oloxitud Vloe-Proaldonfc of . Ecuador . All tho foreign vosaola at CJalloo had obtained charters for the guano islands . Tho trade of Valparaiso had improved greatly . By the VandorbiU , wo have date * from Now York to tho 2 nd inat . There la no political nows , Thoro was no change in tho condition of tho Atlantio cable at Trinity Hay up to tho 20 th ult .
It was stated at Ho ' g Island on . the 29 th ult . that a schooner from the West Indies had put in there and run ashore in Rip Shore Inlet , and that all hands , ' except the captain and cook , had died of fever . Assistance had been sent to her . Galveston papers of the 21 st ult . state that the Northern Camanches , Kiowas , and a part of the ^ Apaclies numbering fourteen Indian bands in all , have" declared war against Texas . The British Admiralty have contracted with a house in Quebec for 45 , 000 , 000 feet of ship timber , of which 5 , 000 , 000 feet of live oak are included , to be delivered within two years from next November , at her Majesty ' s dockyards at Sheerness , Woolwich , and Plymouth . The trial of Dr . Webster , dentist , charged with committing a criminal assault on a patient under the influence of chloroform , took place on September 2 i > . A verdict of not guilty on the capital charge , but guilty of au attempt , was rendered . A new trial was moved .
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| | | | | | | ¦ | | NAVAL AND MILITARY . A Brig ok War Missing . —Apprehensions are entertained relative to the safety of the 12-gun l . rig Sappho , Commander Fairfax Moresby , which vessel left the Cape of Good Hope for Australia on the 8 th of January , since which nothing has been heard of her . The Sappho may have got dismasted in a hurricane , andhave made for some of the East India or Seyehelle Islands , from which no intelligence could reach . Orders were despatched to Sir Frederick Grey in August to send a steamer to follow in the presumed track of the ! Sappho , in hopes of gaining some information , the result is not vet known . — ITnlted Serrice G < izet / e . Royal Aktu . lekv .-t-The fourteen battalions at Woolwich , the majority , of which have been reduced to the most scanty proportions in consequence of the draughts despatched to India , are in a fair way of being speedily i reinforced to their original numbers . During the present month some of the battalions have registered from ten . to ~ sixteen recruits : each per day , the whole of whom are young men of the most useful class . PllKtiAUTIONS AGAINST' FlKE . — III COHSCquCHCC < - 'f the i destruction of the Austria ' , the Admiralty arc urfn ' g every precaution to prevent the possibility of so fearful a calamity occurring on "board any o £ her Majesty's steamships , and orders have been issued for experiments I to be made with " ' Horsey " s patent , which consists of a steam-cock at the top of the boiler , from which piper | extend all over the ship , so that on lire occurring in any I part of a vessel it may , by simply turning the cod ; , he deluged with steam and extinguished . Kkw Lineic . —Theline-of-battle screw steamer Hood , 01 , building at Chatham , is so far completed that she will be fit to be launched" this year , if required . The machinery with which she is Ordered to be fitted is of CuOhorse power . A Gallant Militia Coui-s . —Shcerncs has been the scene of most unsoldierlike conduct on the part of the North Cork Rifle Militia in garrison there . On Thursday last a seaman was pursued by some of the militiamen , armed with their belts . The poor fellow ru-he . l into a shop for shelter . lie was followed by his assailant " , wIl ° inflicted severe wounds on him , broke up chair * and tables for weapons , and made slings for stones . Some townspeople and two policemen interfered , an < l si-curou one man , whom they detained until u picket » lu'iiw arrive . The picket , however , no sooner saw one ol pcir comrades in custody than they rushed to his rescue witu drawn bayonets , and the police had to let liiin h'o ami make their escape as best they could . Fur about , mi hour tho pickets wero rushing about tho town in » * t <> of fronzv , Jiiul many persons wore suriyn .-ly injured by stones . ' Tho ofiicers do not appear to havo taken measured to repress this conduct . The shops" wero nil I'lo-seii and business suspended . Tho men went about tin U >|™ knocking down all who attempted to oppose theni . H" * agreeable state of things lasted till Monday , when ™ V ' intoudont Green arrived at Sheenics * with n strong bouy of county constabulary , and waited upon tin ? ^ mmander-in-Chief' nnd tho commanding "Ulcer ol u « u North Cork Rifles . Tho hitter pledged lnnwli i "' none of his men should bo . allowed to lenvo tlu'"" " " racks , and it was anticipated that nil wo . uM go \ vcii u « uvoninff . At dusk , however , n body . ; f tho n nlituuuon came into tho town and attacked a ildhermiui «;""{' , h \ n boat ; thoy bent him so severely about ' » " » ° " with their sticks that hnrdl \ » a foaturu remains . 1 si » - guishablo . Thoy then commenced breaking WI "'I " j At tho time thoy woro thus engaged a picket o hundred Cork Kiflos , under tho charge , of a coining " ' * ofhcqr , stood silent spectators of tho nets ol <" '" , ,, nuloa . As it wna found that none of thu liiclu-w \ u not to protect thu townsfolk , application wii * iw ' ¦" tho Koyal Artillery for nnsiaUneo . One , liuudro ; i »' -J of this corps , uudor the command of ( Jnptuln >| ' t \ woro despatched in hltf ' of thq o | . vll luitliorHUfr ; •»> . ( Kiflo pickets woro orderod to »» nrmckH . xnu »» j Artillery proceeded forthwith to clear tho tow n j militiamen , many of whom took forcible P ?? * j ° ' £ r houses to evade Lpprohonalon . The liihabUaiit * i lloJ JJ tho Artillery picket and cheered Ihom most Iioo » t » j Within half an l > our JJU » o Town was cloftvod , to groat Joy of tho inhabitant * . QuTuesday »»»« cW °
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16101858/page/6/
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