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996 THE LBiDER. [No. 395, October 17, 18...
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Miscellaneo Us. The Court.—The Qaeea And...
receipts of the corporation for the year 1856 amounted to 254 , 741 * ., -whereof 227 , 125 £ is classed as ordinary , and 27 , 616 ? . as extraordinary receipts ; while 215 , 9-44 £ is given as the amount of its ordinary , and 16 , 391 / . as its extraordinary expenditure during the year ; so that while there was a surplus of 11 , 181 Z . of ordinary revenue over ordinary expenditure , there was an excess of 18 , 744 ? . in extraordinary expenditure over extraordinary revenue , leaving upon the entire year ' s account a general deficiency of 7593 ? . * From tables of revenue and expenditure for the ten years from 1847 to 1856 ( inclusive ) , it appears that the receipts of the corporation during that period amounted to 2 , 595 , 216 ? . ; whereof 2 , 007 , 442 ? . is classed as ordinary , and 587 , 773 ? . as extraordinary receipts . Per contra , it appears that during-the same period the corporation has expended 2 , 578 , 928 ? .,
• whereof 1 , 780 , 111 ? . is given as ordinary , and 798 , 817 / . as extraordinary expenditure ; the surplus of receipts over expenditure during the ten years being 16 , 288 ? . The extraordinary receipts for the ten years show 92 , 700 ? ., the amount borrowed for the construction of the new prison at Holloway , and 443 , 0002 . raised for the new cattle market . These two sums ( 535 , 700 ? . ) are treated as so much money actually sunk , and deducting 159 , 711 ? ., the sum standing to the credit of the City- on the account , a sum of 375 , 989 ? . is left , which shows the excess of expenditure over income ; but to read the actual excess a further sum of 540 , 000 ? . must "be added , that amount having been raised upon bonds for the formation of JSTew Cannon-street , and being still an outstanding debt , yielding no return . Thus , during the ten years , the expenditure of the City has exceeded its income bv
915 , 989 / 1 " The Rkv . Cecablks Kingsxey delivered at the Bristol Institution , on Monday evening , a lecture on the subject of social reform , in which he more especially insisted on cleanliness and pure country air as a means of elevating the working classes , and diminishing drunkenness . He said " he -would have cities as workshops , warehouses , arid places for business , but residences he would have outside the city contaminations ; and he hoped and trusted that , ere many generations
had passed away , we should see masses of working men ' s houses springing up on the hills around our cities , where , without any greater expense than living in the city , the workers will be enabled to enjoy light , pure air , the advantages of a reading-room , wash-houses , & c . But , it would be asked , will such improvement pay ? That was a sound and proper question , and , if it could be shown that the change would pay , it would be carried out . If the thing waa right , as he believed it was , it would sooner or later be carried out because it would pay . Any right scheme would pay . "
Jolly JTubtmen . —The hotel bill of the jury empanelled in the recent trial of Gentles and Reid at the Stirling Court of Justiciary was within a trifle of 70 ? This fact may help to dispel the popular belief that jurymen during the progress of a trial are doomed to subsist on such common-place fare as bread and water . Considering the number of days over which the trial extended , perhaps the score run up at the Golden Lion is not very unreasonable , which as more than can be said for a jury at Aberdeen , who rau up a bill of 17 ? . between the hours of seven in the evening and ten of the morning following , or of a jury at Inverness , whose bill for toddy alone for one night was Bl . —Alba Advertiser .
Pkdkstrlanism ExTitAoiiMnrAitY . —James Lambert , * the English pedestrian , ' has performed , at Boston , United States , the astonishing feat of walking a thousand miles in a thousand consecutive hours . The feat ( say the American papers ) began on Tuesday , July 28 th , at ten a . m . At first , it was an easy matter , and ho was in the habit of walking two miles consecutively , beginning at the latter part of one hour and walking for a part of the next , thus obtaining an intermission of about an hour and a half . But , after a while , tired Nature began to require rest , and lie was fain to yield to her demands at the end of each mile . As he went on , he became more and more tired ; his muscles began to swell and give him pain ; ho slept very soundly in the
intervals of his task , and the belief became prevalent that ho could not endure to the end . It was necessary to use a great drum and other very loud noises to wake him , and hia walk was more like the insensible actions of a machine than the inspired movements of a human boing . During the last few hours , ho required some aaaiatance in turning the corners of his path , and , whereas at the first he would accomplish a mile in twelve or fiteen minutes , it now took him half an hour or more . On the last night , the hall wns filled with people ( including several ladies ) anxious to witness the conclusion of the task . A brass band was in attendance to cheer the
spirits of tho pedestrian , and to enliven tho spectators . The task was completed with comparative ease , and , to show that he had some strength still remaining , Lambert ran round the course , 196 f « et , two or three times , amid the cheers of the spectators and tho music of tho band , which now played * Yankee Doodle , ' and other inspiriting airs . An umpire then mounted a chair , and announced that , ( i James Lambert , having completed tho took of walking one thousand miles in ono thousand boors , ia tho winner of one thousand dollars . " Lambert also ascended a ladder , and said that ho had promised at the outset never to leave tho hall until lie had accomplis hed the foot , and thanked the crowd for their
sympathy . He then retired to rest ; but it appears that it will be imprudent for him to indulge at present in much sleep , after his long deprivation of continuous repose . Mysterious Nocturnal Explosions . —For a longtime past , jsmall packets of lighted paper , containinggunpowder and other explosive substances , have been thrown into the area of No . 28 , Bryanstone-squaie , and a great many panes of glass have been broken by the explosions . Between , nine and ten o ' clock a few nights ago , the dwellers in the street were startled by hearing a loud report . The premises being afterwards searched by the police , a thick brown paper parcel , tightly bound with strong twine , and tilled with gunpowder , was found in the area . A burnt fusee , lighted probably by a cigar or pipe previously to being thrown down , was attached to the packet . Thia material in the packet was of a precisely similar description to that -which , had been used on all the former
occasions . This outrage , it seems , has been practised for the last two years and a half , and , although a police constable has been stationed all night , for some months , at the door of the house where the mischief was perpetrated , the culprit is not yet detected . At the first explosion , as many as forty squares of glass were smashed , but since that time , the number of broken panes has gradually diminished at each successive explosion . A Letter from Berampore . —The following is an extract from a letter from Colonel Campbell , commanding 90 th Light Infantry , dated Berampore , August 2 : — " My time is so taken up with the novelty of everything connected with the service here that positively I have not a moment to spare , and every day endeavour
to learn the Indian customs and forms as regards the army . ^ The 90 th left the Himalaj-a steamer for Chinsurah in two boats towed by steamers , large covered vessels , and we remained six days at Chinsurah , and got on extremely well , —no drunkenness , no sickness , and the regiment all I could wish , so clever and orderly . I implored them daily not to poison themselves with bad spirits , but to buy beer , and during six days I had only three cases of drunkenness in eight hundred men , afid only four men sick , -who came so from England . We have had no casualty since leaving England . I was hurried off from Chinsurah , and embarked the regiment again in steamers towing boats , and we have been four days , coming here . My instructions were to land here
quietly and expeditiously , and to disarm the G 3 rd Native Infantry and the 11 th Irregular Cavalry , to take also the horses of the latter , also to disarm some native Artillery here . The total force considerably exceeded mine , with the additional advantage on the native side of three hundred of the most splendid cavalry I ever saw ; as regards men horses , and equipments , I never saw anything equal to them . The regiment was landed by me seven hundred and thirty strong , and I ordered the Commandant here , who is Lieutenant-Colonel of the 63 rd Native Infantry , to parade the whole of the troops . He wished to put it off until to-day , but I would not grant an hour . The Sepoy regiment came out on parade ; I drew up the 90 th opposite and on one flank ,
and ordered them to lay down their arms : they obeyed ; and then ordered them to take off their belts , which was done ; and having secured them in carts and upon elephants , I kept the regiment of Sepoys standing upon parade until the 11 th Irregular Cavalry came up , and they came from a distance of five miles off , not expecting to find an English regiment , but only a detachment of the 35 th Utegiment , one hundred and eighty strong , -whom they -were prepared to fight . Their commanding officer wished to put off the parade until today , the same as the others , but I refused . Fortunately I did , for not a man would have been here this morning ; they would have gone off with , horses , arms , and ammunition . They seemed thunderstruck when they
discovered our men , and had no idea that their fine horses were to be taken from them ; if they had thought so , they would have gone off in a bodj \ They told the Sepoys afterwards that they-were cowards to give up their arms , and that if they had waited until they came up they would have fought us , but that rny men -were so placed that they could not escape . Tho cavalry obeyed orders to lay down their arms , but with a much worse gTace than the Sepoys ; thoy looked at each other , and then put them on tho ground . I collected them , and found all tho carbines and pistols loaded . I was standing opposite to them . 1 then ordered all the belts to be taken off , and thia was not approved of ; some broke their swords , othors threw their pouches into the air , but still tho order was obeyed . Having collected them ,
I surrounded them with my men , and ordered them to lead their horses off to a safe place I had selected for them , and -whore tfcoy woro turned out loose . Tlie men then pulled off their long jack-boots and spurs , and pitched them away . The regiment had not mutinied , but no doubt would have done so , and of course I treated them as a regiment having committed no crime . They are splendid men , but savage beyond expression . Their swords aro like razorfl . Tho Political Agent there had no idea that wo should have succeeded in getting this regiment together , and told mo that wo had dono tlie beat service yet done in India since the outbreak . He has reported owr valuable aorvico to the Government of India , and I have reported direct to the Commanderin-Chiof . Had I delayed as requested until morning not a man would l » avo been found . Wo are steaming
up the Ganges , the weather terribly hot , mosquitoes most barbarous , heavy rains . I have to disarm and dismount another Irregular Cavalry regiment in two days' time if they have not already gone off . I Wan ( to come near , some mutinous Sepoys ; they shall remember the women and children if I do . " The ZMaxnt Drainage of the Metropolis . —This subject was discussed at great length at a mee ' tin « - of the Metropolitan Board of "Works , on Wednesday , ^ hen resolutions were agreed to expressing regret tha * Sir Benjamin Hall had rejected the plan B * without communicating to the Board the reason of its rejectiondeclaring that open sewers are inadmissible ; and appointing a committee for the purpose of drawing up a written communication to be made to the First Commissioner , preparatory to a conference with him .
Funeral of the Late Earl Fitzwiixiam . The remains of this nobleman -were removed from YVentworth House , near Eotherham , on Monday evening . Thev were buried in the family vault at Marharu ou the following day . Buksting of a Water Pipe . —Considerable alarm was created on the night of Friday week amori" the people residing in the neighbourhood of the valley lying between Cowley-hill and Denton ' s green , Liverpool , by the sudden bursting of one of the huge Rivington water
pipes , by which . Liverpool is supplied . All the small brooks , ponds , and ditches in the neighbourhood were soon overflowing , and in two hours there was an extensive river of about two hundred yards wide . Mr . Clarke , of St . Helen ' s , at once proceeded to the hydrant at Mossbank , and there stopped the progress of the water ; but , for some time after , the stream continued to rush out , as the breach was made near the centre of a valley some two or three miles long , and it did not subside until Saturday evening .
VOL , UNT £ EB Corps fob Ikm * . —A public meeting was held on Thursday evening ! at St . Martin's Hall , Long Acre , relative to raising volunteer cftrps for India . Bet-ween four hundred and five hundred persons were present , mostly young men of the artisan class . It -was agreed : —1 . That a regiment of volunteers be enrolled for special service in India ; such regiment to be called the 'British Volunteers . ' 2 . That such regiment be composed of young men of approved moral and physical qualifications . 3 . That the period of service be determined upon at the time of the candidate ' s
attestation . 4 . That the officers of the corps be appointed , in the first instance , by the Commander-in-Chief , and all future vacancies in ensigncies be selected from the non-commissioned officers of the corps , subject to the approval of the Commander-in-Chief . 5 . That the necessary arms , accoutrements , & c , be found by the Government . 6 . That the proposed corps be placed on the same footing in every other respect as her Majesty's army . 7 . That as soon as si sufficient number of names be enrolled , these propositions be submitted to her Majesty ' s Government .
Gholab Singh . —The death of Gholab Singh is confirmed . Department of Science and Art . —The annual distribution of the national medals for drawing among tIi « students of the Schools of Art of the United Kingdom took place , in the Manchester Town-hall , on the evening of Friday week , under the presidency of Earl Granville . The exhibition of the prize designs by Btudents in all the Schools of Art in the kingdom had previously been opened at the Manchester School of Art . TJie collection comprised upwards of five hundred specimens , filling three large rooms . On the occasion
of the prize distribution , the principal room of the Town-hall was completely filled with ladies and gentlemen . Lord Granville waa accompanied , as the deputation from London , by tho Right Hon . W . F . Cowper , M . P ., Mr . Redgrave , and Mr . Cole . On the platform were also the Bishop of Manchester , Mr . W . Dnrgan ( of Dublin ) , Mr . Cheetham , M . P ., Mr . R . N . Phillips , M . P ., Mr . Josph Wliitworth , Mr . W . Fairbairn , and most of tho gentlemen who have been engaged in promoting the Manchester School of Art and the Exhibition of Art Treasures . Several speeches of considerable length were made ; but tho pressure on our spaco forbids our giving any extracts from them .
T * ik Defbnck of thk Colonies . —A ' Circular Despatch' has been issued from tho Colonial-office to the Governors of colonies , in which Mr . Labouchero says : — " I am desirous that you should take every opportunity of impressing upon your Government that it behoves thorn not to neglect that reasonable amount of warlike preparation during peace which it U < losira'ble should be everywhere maintained . It is obvious that tho stato of defence in which each culony ia maintained must have a great influence upon
tho general resources of tho empire during wnr . They will be a source of weakness in so far as it is necessary for the land and sea forces of tho mother country to defend them against aggression , and a source of strength if , while they are able to repel any ordinary eftbTta of an , enemy's aquadron , they will afford shelter and support to our own forces . In fact , tho defences of tho colonies , from whatever source maintained , form part of the defences of tho empire , and it will be necessary that tho Secretary of State for War should have on xocord information as to tho state of defence inwlucH cacli colony is kept . "
996 The Lbider. [No. 395, October 17, 18...
996 THE LBiDER . [ No . 395 , October 17 , 1857 ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17101857/page/12/
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