On this page
-
Text (4)
-
990 THE LEAD ER, [No ^ 895, October 17, ...
-
STATE OF TRADE. The reports of the trado...
-
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. The Butterl...
-
AMERICA. The financial affairs of the Un...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
The Social Science Meetings. The Nationa...
many of the bills extending and improving those measures are materially indebted to ita co-operation . " Lord Brougham also referred to the mercantile law conferences of 1 S 52 and of the present year , and pointed out that such public consultations must "be of use in guiding the Legislature of the country in its modifications of particular laws . The conference recently held under the presidency of Prince Albert "was likewise alluded to . The speaker then dilated on the Conservative effect , in the best sense of the word , which the diffusion of knowledge is sure to have , and continued , alluding to the opponents of popular progress : —
" It is , in truth , 5 gnorauce continued , not knowledge advanced , which they have to fear—nay , which , when Tfe come to an explanation ¦ with them , they really do fear . Knowledge Is power ; tut its natural ally is the friendly power of -virtue , with which its dominion is ¦ willingly shared . This is above all true of the knowledge which we shall seek to improve and to impart . The supreme Disposer and Preserver , who ' decketh himself with light as it were a-garment , but deiendeth all
the earth as it were with a shield , ' has provided that the false steps into which , we are led by the twilight will be prevented or retraced when the day- dawns . " If any one is still alarmed at the force which the people seem to gain when their faculties are expanded by cultivation , let him recollect that this happy process -cannot be continued , and further knowledge acquired , without a new security being given by that very increase of knowledge against the delusions and the excesses from which the peace of the community has most to fear . "
His JLordship concluded amidst-loud and prolonged applause ; and Lord John Kussell then moved the inauguration of the Society , and thanks to Lord Brougham for his excellent address , lie bore eloquent testimony to the life-long services of his I / ordship ; and the motion , having been seconded by Mr . Cowper , M . P ., and supported by Mr . Jiecorder . Hill , was carried . The proceedings soon after terminated for the day . On the following day , the inauguTal addresses of the five presidents of departments were delivered in succession in the Town-hall before the whole of the members and their friends . These lectures were by Lord John Russell on Jurisprudence and
Amendment of the Law ; by Sir John Pakington on Education ; by Lord Stanley on Public Health ; by Sir Benjamin Brodie on Social Economy ; and by the Recorder of Birmingham ( in the absence of the Bishop of London , who had consented to preside aver that section ) on Punishment and Reformation . The delivery of the addresses by the Presidents of Sections did not conclude until past three o'clock , after which the business of the sections was commenced in their respective rooms at Queen ' s College . The business of the various sections commenced on Tuesday evening , when , in the department which comprehends Jurisprudence and the Amendment of the Law , a paper was read by Mr . E . T . Wakefield , on the ' Transfer of Land / In the department of Education , the Rev . Dr . Booth , the Kev . Evan
Davies , and Dr . Humphries , read papers un the Examination of the Society of Arts , the ' Education of the Middle Classes , ' and the * Plan and Object of the Royal College of Preceptors . ' In the third section , Mr . J . C . Syinonds , one of her Majesty ' s Government SchooL Inspectors , read an essay on the subject of ' Crirue growing with Density of Population ; ' Mr . T . B . Baker discoursed on ' The Possible Extirpation of I-tagulur Crime ; ' and the business of the section was brought to a close by a paper from Mr . A . Hill on the ' Industrial Schools Act of 1857 . ' In the department of Social Economy , presided over by . Sir Benjamin Brodie , a paper was read by Mr . E . Akroyd , M . P ., on ' Employers and Employed ; ' and by Mr . Hastings , on behalf of Miss Twining , upon the ' Condition of Workhouses . '
On the third day ( Wednesday ) , papers were read on the ' Influence of Habitation on the Community ;' on ' IlouBes for Working Men , their Arrangement , Drainage , and Ventilation f on ' Density of Population , and Localization of Dwellings- / and on 'Distinctive Principles of Punishment and Reformation . ' In the course of the day , nn address was presented to Lord Brougham by the Birmingham and Midland Institute ; and in the evening the Mayor entertained his Lordship and the leading members of the Association at dinner at Dec ' s Hotel .
990 The Lead Er, [No ^ 895, October 17, ...
990 THE LEAD ER , [ No ^ 895 , October 17 , 1857 ^
State Of Trade. The Reports Of The Trado...
STATE OF TRADE . The reports of the trado of the manufacturing towns during the week ending lust Saturday , show considerable dulnoss , in consequence of the inereuso in the rate of discount and the lossoa from American failures . At Manchester , business has also been again nfl ' ected by the stoppage of Hovoral ailk houses , Birmingham i . s stated thus far to have escaped very well the effecta of the Nuw York crisis . Bradford , it 5 a feared , has Buffered to some extent , and at all points the ceHaatiou of ordera from the United States is Jikely to cause inactivity during the -next'few months . I'our 01 iivo failures—aoino of thorn
of importance—have been announced from Glasgow . The principal was tliat of J . Monteith and Co ., whose liabilities are believed to be extensive . They were large shippers of Glasgow goods to America and elsewhere : The other houses mentioned are Patteson and Co ., Macdonald and Co ., and Wallace and Co . Prompt measures were felt to he necessary to prevent as far as possible any increase of disaster , and a committee of the Western Bank of Scotland has been summoned to investigate the position o > f these and other firms . The failure has been announced of the respectable firm of Messrs . Ross , Mitchell , and Co . They were engaged in the Canadian trade , and have a house in Toronto . Their liabilities are estimated at about 250 , 0007 ., while their assets were recently valued at about 350 , 000 / . The disaster is attributed to bills having been returned upou them against which they hold securities not immediately available , and hopes are expressed of the practicability of a resumption . — Times .
In the general business of the port of London during the same week there h : is been little change . The total of ships reported inward was 212 , showing a decrease of 15 from the previous week . The number cleared outward was 109 , including 20 in ballast , showing also a decrease of 14 . Tlie number of vessels on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 64 , being 7 more than at the last account . —Idem .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. The Butterl...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The Butterley Company's Xew Colliery at Ripley , Derbyshire , has been the scene of a series of explosions by which about fifteen persons have been more or less injured . On Monday , the 5 th hist ., an explosion took place , when two men were severely burnt . On the following day , the ground-bailiff , Mr . John Smith , went down the pit to ascertain the state of the workings , and , while going round , the gas ignited and burnt one poor fellow vety badly . Mr . Smith himself was also burnt ,
but not seriously . Precautions were taken to prevent further damage , aud , notwithstanding the continued presence of much foul gas , it was considered safe for the men to continue at work while proper caution was taken . Early on the morning of Friday week , however , intelligence was spread that another and more fearful explosion . had taken place , by which nine men and two boys had been , severely lmrnt . Doubts are entertained of the lives of several of these being saved . The immediate cause of the last explosion appears to have been the placing of a naked candle too near the roof .
, A fatal railway accident has occurred in Ireland . A train from Enniskillen came into collision with a carriage on the rails three miles from Deny , and forced it off the lines . The fireman and driver of the train were thrown off and killed ; but the passengers sustained but slight injury . The line was completely blocked up . A boiler exploded at the Basingstoke . station of the South-Western Railway early last Saturday morning , or , more properly speaking , in the course of the previous night , by which two men were killed . The internal cylinder of the boiler burst , and the door of the engine , striking against the stoker , forced him a distance of forty or fifty yards up the line , while the driver was blown in . a contrary direction , and carried to the top of
the refreshment-room . Both were killed at once , and greatly mutilated . They were very steady and sober men , aud the engine was a new one . At the inquest , which was held on the same day , Mr . Ja ^ nies Tandy , foreman of the boiler-makers in the employ of the South-Westera Railway Company , said he had examined the boiler , and could not discover the cause of the accident . It appeared to be a mystery . John Smallcy said : "I was guard of tho up goods train from Southampton last night . We arrived at Basiugstokc live minutes after one o'clock . I knew Thoroughgood and Farrell well [ these were the men killed ] . I have known them over since they have been in the company ' s service . They both seemed perfectly satislicd with the engine . I have been with the former driver of this engine , and he liked
it very much . We were an hour late . We were fifteen minutes behind our time in starting , and I consider that we lost the other time on the road . It is mostly up hill , and there was a very strong wind . On arriving at Basingatoke , I got out of my van and put out . some oysters- Thoroughgood called out to me , ' Is there anything else , father ? ' and I replied , ' No , my son . ' At thia moment there was a terrific noi .-e , like a great cannon going off , and something came by me like lightning . X supposed afterwards it was tho body of tl « o driver . Tho other poor fellow wo found up tho line , lying face downwards , with his skull blown oil " , which we have not been able to find . They were both perfectly sober . " As it appeared certain that no blumo could bo attnehod to any one , the jury simply returned u verdict of Accidentally killed .
A railway carriage on the Great Western Railway took firo on Friday week a little on thia aide of Slougli . Tho passengers vuinly endeavoured to make tlie driver aware of their position ; but , after n lapse- of twenty minutes , a policeman Haw their signals and those of hoiuo persona in another carriage , who had observed tlio smoke . The train was then stopped , though only just in timo to provent * tho passongora in tho compartment which , wua on firo from being burut alive . Tho flainca
afterwards spread , and three carriages were consumed It is a disgrace to the railway companies that theie no communication between the passengers and tl , engine ; but , as Sydney Smith said , until a bishop j ! burnt alive , there will be no remedy .-Another similat case has also occurred ivi . thin . the last few days . Three ineii liave been drowned in the river Aya near Ucedham , in consequence of a boat , in wliich thov were sailing with some others , having been capsiz ^ b the wind . The bodies were carried down tho river bv ^ strong current , and were not recovered fur some time " The men leave families in a more or less destitute con * dition .
Two trucks , loaded with stone , were on Monday acci dentally left on the up line of the Bristol aml Kxeter Railway ,, ™ the tunnel at Uourton , about five miles from Bristol . The tunnel was undergoing repair , und the trucks had been left by the workmen . The rail at that point turns rather a sharp ' angle , and the train could not be stopped in time to avoid the collision . The engine and tender were knocked off tlie rails , the first truck was shattered to atoms , and tlie second was sent about a quarter of a mile up the line . The passengers , though . much shaken , were not seriously injured . The next in train was warned of the danger , and kept back , bv detonating balls placed along the rails . ¦ " .
Mr . W . James , superintendent of the Leeds police force and the bead of the lire-brigade of that borough died on Monday morning under somewhat singular eircmnstances . On Sunday night between nine ; md ten o'clock , he was called to attend with the brigade at a fire which had broken out at the patent felt cloth manufactory . He went into one of the rooms of the building to discharge a patent lire aiiniuilator . iSome otlierper ° sons were also in the same room for a similar purpose ; and , after two or three of the annihilators had been discharged , Mr . James was found lying on the floor in a state of unconsciousness . He was quickly got into a purer atmosphere , and was attended by medical men ; but be never recovered his consciousness , and died on the following morning . The cauie of his death was apoplexy .
While the farm-servants of Mr . Urethwick , of Mountpleasant , near Boston , were preparing a thrashingmachine for work last Saturday morning , the boiler suddenly burst , and the fragments were blown in all directions , some of them to u great distance . A poor woman , the wife of a labouring man , with five children , was torn to pieces by the explosion . A boy who was standing by was very seriously , but not fatally , injured . Two trains on the South Wales Railway met each other about noon on Wednesday between Pyle and Port Talbotv and a horrible crash ensued . The tenders of the
two trams were crushed into the carriages , dreadfully mutilating twelve of the passengers , bruising and cutting many others , arid killing a child on the spot . It was some time before , medical assistance could be -procured for the sufferers , and in the meanwhile it was feared that the express train , then due , would run into them . This , however , did not happen . It appears that tho accident was caused by one of the rails being blocked up by a previous break-down , owing to wliich tlie down train was culpably ordeied to proceed on the up line . Two of the sull ' erers have since died .
America. The Financial Affairs Of The Un...
AMERICA . The financial affairs of the United States appear to to again settling themselves into something like order . The New York tihijyping JAst says : — " A conference of the leading bank ollicers lias been held , which resulted in n resolution to recommend an innnedhUo increase of loans nnd diacounta to the extent of three per cent . This will doubtless produce a favourable ellbct , nnd have a tendency to strengthen confidence in a good degree , There never was a year since our existence as ft nation when the same extent of those resources which
constitute the only real basis of prosperity vtcre so abundant or so valuable . The crops already gathered exceed all precedent , and those of the south , in col ton , sugar , rice , and tobacco , will realize more monoy I )}" many millions than they ever did before . " Some further particulars are given by the New York Times , wliich writes : —" The suspended banks of Philadelphia ami Baltimore are gradually settling themselves down upon a non-specie currency , and their movements for the next twelve months will be regulated in the first place hy tho legitimate demands upon them by their niereliimt . s ; and , . secondly , by tlie means and measures essential too . restoration at an early day . Of n resumption < || OIC 13 no hope under twelve months . The . sales of produce
and of merchandise , and business operations generally ) in the suspended cities , must bo adapted to a depreciated currency ; hence prices , when compared with lUo .-to oi New York , will bo nominally higher , but , in fa' - 't , will bo somewhat lower . The foreign exports of the ^"""' j" ^ mast be regulated by tho specie . standard only . I ' process of redemption of country bank issiuw goes ou with regularity and consistency . The bank dn-ulation of Rhode Island will bo taken to any extent in tlie payment of current liabilities in that State or i « i t '" I " !'" chase of cotton goods , tho latter being more dqnessocW u market value than the bunk bills . Thus far the . suspen sion extends to tho banka of Philadelp hia , Lancaster , Pittsburgh ( tbo Bauk of 1 'ittuburtjU only cxceptcii ; ,
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17101857/page/6/
-