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Max 17, 1856.] THE LEADER. 467
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MISCELLANEOUS. Smoking in Railway Carria...
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on board Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart , was towed round by the Spiteful steamer into Marsamuscetto harbour , arid anchored in such a position as to command the Fort Manoel barracks and the Italian encampment along the shore opposite Slierna . Purchase and Sale of COMMISSIONS . —The Queen ' s sign-manual , appointing the Duke of Somerset , Lord Stanley , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Mr . Edward Ellice , Lieut enant-General Wynyard , Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans , Major-General Sir Harry David Jones , Major-General Sir Henry John William Bentiack , Mr . George , Carr Glynn , and Colonel Wetherall , commissioners for inquiring into the system of the purchase and sale of commissions in the army , was issued a few days ago . __ __ „ __ .
The Eighth Hussars . —The Queen on Monday inspected the 8 th Hussars , who had reached England on the previous day from the Crimea , and who were stationed at Portsmouth . Military Depot at Hamble , Hants . —Government having decided on establishing large bodies of troops in different parts of the country , the neighbourhood of Barncliff , near Hamble , in Hants , has been selected as an extensive military depot , to which a large hospital is to be attached . It is the foundation-stone of this hospital that her Majesty is to lay next Monday . The " Cat . " —A private in the Royal Marines , late of the storeship Madagascar , has been sentenced to fifty lashes , and to hard labour in the County Gaol for two years , for making use of abusive language and striking a gunner .
Max 17, 1856.] The Leader. 467
Max 17 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 467
Miscellaneous. Smoking In Railway Carria...
MISCELLANEOUS . Smoking in Railway Carriages . —Mr . George F . P . Sutton , solicitor to the Brighton Railway Company , and also to the Mercers Company , has been fined twenty shillings and costs for smoking in a first-class carriage on the South "Western Railway . Privileged Communications . —Two actions have been , brought in the Court of Common Pleas against a Mr ^ Witt , a gentleman living in Prince ' s Terrace , Hyde Park , the plaintiffs in both cases being his servants . Eastmead , the cook , and Manby , a man-servant , who were the plaintiffs , had lived with Mr . Witt for some time , and the cook was regarded as a confidential domestic ; but they were discharged under an imputation of robbery , though in reality , according to their own assertion , because they had discovered an improper intimacy between Mr . Witt and the housemaid , a girl named Tout . In the first action ( that of Eastmead ) , the defence was that there was no evidence of malice in the accusation of dishonesty against the two servants , and that the words spoken were consequently privileged . In the second action , in addition to the same plea , the housemaid Tout , and Mr . Witt himself , were examined , and both swore that the intimacy charged by Eastmead and Manby had never taken place . It was in consequence of disclosures by Tout , that Mr . Witt gave Manby and Eastmead notice to leave . He would not swear that he might not have told Eastmead ( as she had
sworn ) that it was a failing of his to talk to the ladies . He awore positively , however , that he had no recollection of it , and " did not believe that he could have said anything so foolish . " In each case , a verdict for the plaintiff ( damages , 25 / . ) was returned . At the close of his summing up , Mr . Justice Willis remarked , in adverting to the law respecting privileged communications , that he thought it a very wise one , for , if all persons were liable to have their private lives ripped up and their private doings disclosed , probably distorted and exaggerated , upon a quarrel with their servants , as had unfortunately happened to the defendant , the world would bo strewed with thorns .
Time Bargains . —A young man , twenty-four years of ago , named Frederick Chaffers , has passed through the Bankruptcy Court , having failed as a Russian and Colonial merchant . In August , 1853 , lri . s father lent him 1000 / ., with which he joined II . C . Dale and W . II . Morgan , under the firm of Dale , Morgan , and Chaffers . The partnership continued until August , 185-1 , when it was dissolved in consequence of some differences arising between tho partners , the bankrupt having speculated against time in the purchase of tallow , oil , and saltpetre , for and in the name of George Heath , and which had resulted in u lows of several thousand pounds . Tho loss fell upon the linn , an tho bankrupt repudiated tho transactions as an individual . No balance waa struck on tho dissolution of the partnership , and Chaffers commenced
business on his own account , in August , 1 . 85-1 , with a deficiency of 1100 / . His transactions ) from August , 1854 , to July , 1855 , amounted to -18 , 000 / ., upon which there was only a gross profit of liit ' tl , or about a quarter per cent . Tho unsecured debts of the bankrupt were now 8707 J . ; there were further liabilities to tho amount of 0809 / ., and tho assols woro 12 1 / . The liabilities included a loss of aoy / ., in tho name of George Harrison , by speculations of the Stock Kx . changn . In tho course of tho examination , tho Commissioner observed that this bankrupt had " wasted his substance in riotous living , " it having appeared Mint , his habits wcro recklessly extravagant . On hearing this remark , tho bankrupt laughed . Ilia Honour also commented on the reckless gambling of " time bargains , " and suspended the certificate , which waa of the third class for six mouths , with
protection for three months , and to be renewed , unless cause be shown to the contrary . State of Trade . —The accounts from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday . show a steady trade , notwithstanding the influence of ungenial weather . At Manchester , the markets have been comparatively qniet , but prices are exceedingly well supported , looking at the diminished firmness of cotton . The Birmingham report describes continued steadiness in the demand for iron and an increase'in the orders from America . At Nottingham , likewise , the American purchases have been good , especially of lace , and a full general business has been transacted . In the woollen districts there has been no alteration , and the Irish linen markets show continued animation both from large export orders and a satisfactory home consumption . — Timjzs .
Pantomimic Advertisements . —The genius of advertising turns every opportunity to account , as our newspapers , our dead walls ( and even our live walls ) , our pavements , our omnibuses , our railway carriages , our steam-boats , our bridges , almost our very garments , sufficiently declare . Even the fairy region of pantomime is not exempt . An action has been brought hi the Court of Queen ' s Bench by the executors of the late Mr . Moore , a print-seller , against Mr . E . T . Smith , the lessee of Drury Lane Theatre , for 20 / . 19 s . 6 d ., alleged to be due for picture-frames . Mr . Smith pleaded a set-off . He contended that the debt was annulled by his having advertised Mr . Moore ' s shop in his pantomime of 1853-4 . This , asserted Mr . Smith's counsel , is a usual way of advertising trades ; and he mentioned the names of
Dakin , the tea-dealer ; Purcell , the confectioner ; Bennett , the watchmaker ; and an enterprising individual who advertises seventeen-and-sixpenny trousers , the -which desirable garments have been made to walk across the stage , to the displeasure of the ladies . From twenty to thirty guineas are generally charged for this mode of advertising . Two of the pictures framed were portraits of Mr . G . V . Brooke , suspended outside the chief door of the theatre—a course of proceeding which Lord Campbell observed reminded him of the exhibitions at Bartholomew Fair . His lordship , in summing up , remarked that it was a known fact that Garrick had made the fortune of a tradesman by saying , when he took a pinch of snuff , where he bought it . The jury found a verdict for Mr . Smith .
Australli . —The question of postal communication with England excites great attention in Melbourne . A motion has been carried in the Legislative Assembly , for a select committee to consider the propriety of immediately establishing a line of steamers between Melbourne and Point de Galles or Singapore , with power to take evidence . The Argus remarks : — " We must have two or three steamships of our own . We have tried all other ways , and failed . We have lost time by trying to reconcile conflicting interests among these colonies . We
must have no more of this . We must do the deed by our own independent action , and crush local prejudices by superior energy . " Mr . Gavan Duffy continues to receive the congratulations of his admirers . He has been entertained at Geelong ; and at Melbourne a meeting of the citizens has been held for the purpose of discussing a project of presenting him with a property qualification for the Legislative Assembly . The amount required is 2000 / . Some rich quartz reefs have been discovered at the M'lvor field . The market at Melbourne is tolerably well supplied with labour , skilled and unskilled .
Nkw Zealand . —The Governor of New Zealand has paid a visit to the town of Nelson , which has added considerably to his popularity . The Nelson Examiner gives glowing accounts of the progress of the settlement , the extension of commerce , the increased urea of cultivation , and tho improved appearance of the town . Some very fine specimens of copper ore had been found in tho Dun Mountain mine . India . —Very little news from the East is brought by the last mails . " Dost Mahomed , " says tho summary in tho Bombay IHmes , " continues at Candahar , where he has narrowly escaped assassination , and is suffering from tho usual embarrassments of an empty treasury and
rmitinous army . Ho is said to have written to J orsia that he asked the friendship of the British Government because of their possessing strong posts in his neighbourhood , and because the Shah had not at the time applied for his favour . The report is in all likelihood untrue . " Uushire is being fortified . A Persian rumour , on "which very little reliance is placed , states that Dost Mahomed has been bcutcn at Herat , with tho loss of forty guns and 20 , 000 of his people . Profound peaco continues to prevail throughout India , and the arrangementB at Oudo continue quietly . Heavy showers and thunderstorms have reduced the fear of want of water . Tho pressure in the inonoy-inarket at Bombay has given way , but tho stato of the market for cotton piece goods in not
encouraging . Freights are linn . Kamikhch ani > Kafka . —Consuls from England and France will be stationed at both these localities . Genkual tuio Hon . Ciiaiu . kh Gkisy , bearer of tho autograph letter from her Majesty to the Kniporor Alexander , accompanied by his aide-de-camp , Captain Fletcher , Scots Fusilier Guards , loft London on Monday isven ' ing rn route to St . Petersburg . IMoatii i- 'kom Eatin « Limk . —A labouring man , seventy years of age , who baa been for some time [ mat
m a state of partial aberration of intellect , has died in Yorkshire from the effects of . a quantity of fluid lime which he had swallowed . One of the symptoms of his diseased state was a tendency to eat anything he could lay his hands on . Half-Holiday Movement . — This movement has just been marked by fresh successes . The houses , situated chiefly in Newgate-street , which deal in fancy German articles , Berlin wool , & c , have commenced closing on Saturdays two hours earlier than heretofore . Messrs G . Hitchcock and Co ., St . Paul ' s-churchysrd , on
Saturday acted upon an arrangement for allowing a third of their assistants engaged in the retail departments to leave business each Saturday at two o'elook , thus giving the whole of them a half-holiday onoe in three weeks . By means of the new rule just issued by the judges , a Saturday half-holiday is virtually conceded to the legal profession . Most of the firms in the lead and window glass business in the New-road , Tottenham-court-road Edgware-road , Oxford-street , and certain other districts , have also recently adopted the plan of closing two hours earlier on Saturdays than previously .
The Cape of Good Hope . —The third session of the first Parliament of this Colony was opened on the 13 th , of March , when the Governor , Sir George Grey , spoke at considerable length , and proposed , for the sanction of the House—" That the Government should be by lawauthorized to raise for immigration purposes the sum of 200 , 000 / . by the sale of debentures , bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent ., payable either in London or Cape Town , the principal and interest forming a first charge upon the revenue of the colony ; such debentures to be issued in sums of not less than 50 / . each , to be disposed of by tender . " He observed that the increased revenue arising from the augmented population , would do fat more than defray the interest of the debt , and would at the same time provide a sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt itself .
The Sunday Bands Question . —A placard , of which the following is a copy , has been issued : — " Another Concert Monstre in Hyde Park , on Sunday next , at three o'clock . Street musicians are particularly invited , and ' Nigger melodists' especially . The popular Organophonic Band will be present , and the Ragged ' School will attend . Admission free . ' . ' Bring your own music !" Arrival of Lord Dalhousie . —The ateam-frigate Tribune , Captain Edgell , arrived at Portsmouth on . Tuesday , from Malta , with Lord Dalhousie and suite on , board . His Excellency was too unwell to trans-ship at
Spithead into the steam-tender of Vice-Admiral Sit George Seymour ( the Commander-in-Chief ) , who went out to meet him : but the Tribune went alongside of Portsmouth Dockyard , and disembarked the ex-Goyernor-General of India more comfortably . He remained at the George Hotel the same night . —At a special court of the Proprietors of the East India Company , held on Wednesday , it was resolved , after much discussion , and after several tributes had been paid to the genius and energy of the ex-Governor-General , to confer on him an annuity of 5000 / ., only six hands being held up for an amendment proposed by Mr . Jones in opposition to the grant .
The Memorial Church at Constantinople . —The Sultan , on tho application of the British Government for permission to erect a memorial church at Constantinople , has liberally granted apiece of ground large enough for a church , schools , and parsonage . Health of London . —Since tho middle of April when , in an improved state of tho temperature , the deaths in London were reduced to little more than 1040 in a week , the mortality has shown some tendency to increase . Last week , the deaths rose to 1154 , the effect probably of atmospheric change , the moan weekly temperature , which hud risen to 48-o deg ., having aftorwards fallen to 41-3 deg . In the ten weeka corresponding to tho last week of the years 184 G-55 , tho average number of deaths was 1001 ) , which , if raised proportionally to increase of population , becomes 1110 . Hence it appears that the rate of mortality last week was above tho average . This return exhibits an increase iu tho deaths on those of previous weeks at all periods of lifo
except tho third , namely , that winch extends from 40 to ( JO years of age . Those which occurred to persons under 20 years amount to 5 G 7 , being not much less than lialf of tho total number returned . Thirty-nine persona had arrived ut < § 0 years or more ; and of these 8 were nonagcrians . A man , one of the Dulwich collogians , was 93 years old ; a widow in tho workhouse of St . George-intho-Eust wus 05 years ; tho widow of a labourer at Putney was 1 ) 7 years ; the widow of a fanner , who died , in Kennedy-court , St . Giles , was D 8 yours ; and a spinster at ICastJDulwich-road had attained the great ago of !) i ) years . It ia stated , respecting the person lost mentioned , that she retained her sight and hearing-till within two months of h er death , and that she huu two bistcra now living in Ireland whoso respective ages arc 93 and !)« years . —Last week , tho births of 88 <> boys and 815 girls , in all 1701 children , weru registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of tho years 184 G-55 , tho average number was 1521 . —From the Iteyialrar Oc ~
ncroVa WetsUy A ' cturn . IUilwav Acc : u > KNT . — Three boys wore on the railway-bridK « on tho Iluinber-lmnU , when a gi > ods train passed under on its way to tho Victoria-station , and a
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Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17051856/page/11/
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