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October 18, 1856.] THE: X E AD E E. 995
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Leader Office, Saturday, October 18. THE...
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DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA. Adv...
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FREE TKADH IN VKAXCE. " Tho Emperor," sa...
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AUSTRIA AND Tl'IiKEY. "It is probable," ...
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AMNESTY AT HOME. The Pope (says the Univ...
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DISMISSAL 01? LORD ERNEST VANE TEMPEST A...
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THE RQYAL BRITISH BANK. THIEDSALEOF DEPO...
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Crystal Pai-ace.—Return of admissions fo...
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THE "TRAVIA.TA" CONTROVERSY. A letter ha...
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Misceilaneo Us. The Court.—The Queen Lef...
Wyndbam-road , Camherwell , at the age of 94 . years . — Last -week , the births of 782 boys and 757 girls , in all 1539 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 , the average number was 1361 . —From the Hegistrar-General ' s Weekly Return . Sanitary State of the City . —Dr . Letheby read iis first annual report of the state of health in the City at a meeting of the City Commission of Sewers on Tuesday . The main results are thus stated ia the first paragraph : — " In accordance with the usual practice of my predecessor , I lay before you a series of tables having reference to the mortality of the City of London for the year ending at Michaelmas ; and , although these tables exhibit many facts that might be made the subjects of
ingenious speculation , and even of eloquent discourse , yet I will not venture , with the experience of a single year , to do more than give you a very simple account of their signification and value . You will perceive by the first of them that the total mortality o-f the year is 2910 . This number is 490 , or nearly 7 per cent ., less than the average of the last eight years . In fact , this deathrate of the whole City has been reduced from a general average of 24 per 1000 of the inhabitants to 22 . Howmuch of misery and desolation are represented by the difference in these numbers is more than can be expressed , but you can easily imagine that an improvement to the extent of 11 per cent . In the health and vitality of a population is . a matter of no mean importance . "
Tkanslations of the Bible . —At the annual meeting of the Doncaster Auxiliary Bible Society on . Tuesday afternoon , the Eight Hon . Earl Fitzwilliam , who presided over the meeting , made some Temarks upon the question of anew translation of the Bible , against which he expressed a strong opinion . Death from a . Tight . — -An inquest was held at Leeds on . the body of John Mensey , aged twenty-six . The deceased , a single man , was a tailor . On Saturday night last , after drinking with a workman and fellowlodger , named Patrick King , a figlit ensued between them , during which Mensey fell and broke Li 3 neck . The matter was not properly attended to , and on Monday the man died . A verdict of Manslaughter was returned against King , who was then committed . Treatment of Criminals —Mr . Payne , at a meeting of the magistracy of Middlesex on Thursday , moved , that , ia the present state of society , when a large amount of crime is rampant , when' numerous convicted offenders are at large , and the respectable part of the lower cl 3 S 3 is being contaminated by contact with the vicious , it is desirable that " a committee of magistrates be appointed for this county , whose duty it shall be to take notice of air matters in relation to criminal jurisprudence within the county , and to suggest , from time to time , any measures that they may deem desirable in connexion with so important a subject . " After some discussion , the motion was agreed to , with slight modifications . —The Chairman observed upon the too great readiness with which magistrates commit trifling offenders to gaol ; and he mentioned the cases of an old woman of eighty-four who was imprisoned for asking alms in the streets , and of a boy for kicking and struggling to get away from a woman who had seized him for breaking a window . The Toknado of the 2 2 nd ult . — -Mr . T . Mayhcw communicates to the Times some particulars of the atmospheric phenomena observed on tho 2 2 nd ult ., and which had most of the characteristics of a tropical tornado ; He says : — " The weather iu the morning was cloudy and storm }' , the wind blowing from the south . Ahout one r . M ., the wind changed to the so \ ith-east , and it wai observed that the higher clouds were at the same time rapidly moving from the south-west . Soon after , there was a heavy fall of rain . At about half-past two i > . m ., the clouds became denser and blacker in the divection ol Northover , about a mile distant from this town ( Glastonbury ) , and suddenly wore observed to break up and rush wildly about in an unusual manner . At this moment , a mass of heavy clouds descended rapidly towards Northover , enveloping the trees in a kind of mist , aud throwing them into a state of fearful commotion . Here the whirlwind commenced , and here commenced the devastations which marked its progress , six lino elm-trees being wrenched from the ground like weeds and thrown aside . Passing on towards Glastonbury in tho direction of the wind , now blowing from the weat-south-wcat , this terrible visitant left in its track evidences of power which will long bo remembered in those localities . I will not occupy your space by describing them , but will merely
« uu , ; ; . mu course uy me wniriwinu , tnat its ravages are traceable in a line passing from Glustonbury to North Wootton , thence through TVurminstcr , Croscombo , and Nettlcbridgo to Ruclstock . Much farther on there are accounts of its uniUminishcd violence at Clyftb Pypard , near Swindon ; and , farther still , it appears probable that a terrible storm , of wind at Oxford tho same afternoon was but a more diffused nation of tho fiamo phenomenon . It is worthy of remarlcrespeeting this whirlwind that its greatest power was exercised in hollows , that tho breadth of its devastations varied throughout its course , and that it evidently toso and fell in the air , doing mischief only at tlio points of contact . " The latis Mit . Davii > Giivson . —Wo n-grefc to have to record the early death of Mr . David Gibson , a younir artist of great promise , who was a frequent exhibitor in
the Royal Scottish Academy ' s Exhibition , and whose name is no doubt familiar to those wLo take an interest in the fine arts . Mr . Gibson was educated in Edinburgh , and although his early artistic career was not marked by anything very notable , those who knew him well entertained hopes which were likely to be fully realized , when death removed him from the scene of earthly labour . His first decided success was in the Royal Academy ' s Exhibition in 1855 , when he exhibited two pictures of very considerable merit , the largest of which was called " The little Stranger . "Scottish Press . .
The Royal Mail Steamer Tay has been totally lost in a squall off Lobos Island in the Gulf of Mexico , on its journey from . Vera Cruz . Only two lives were lost . The boats landed the crew on the island , about eight miles off , whence they weic taken off by the Mexican steamer Iturbidc . Some of . tie stores have been saved . The catastrophe happened on the 30 tli of August . The Wreck' of the BarkTrra-waddy , with loss of life , has been reported at Lloyd ' s . She was on her passage from Glasgow to Eangoon and Mpulrnein , with a cargo of seven hundred tons of goods . Striking near the south end of the Blacltwater Bank , on the coast of Ireland , she very speedily-bilged . Three seamen were washed overboard , and dro-wned . Afterwards , the Vessel floated off , and drifted on the main land .
Murderous Excoustjsu near Bradford . — A middle-aged man named Jeremiah Milnes , a fishhawker residing at New Leeds , Bradford , went on Tuesday eyening to Pudsey and Staimingley , accompanied by a young man . named Jowett , and having with him a small cart and donkey . About twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , they were returning home , when , at a spot nearly two miles from Bradford , just bej-ond the junction of the old and new roads , a man , who was apparently in liquor , came up to the cart , seized the head of the donkey , and began to turn it round in an opposite direction towards Leeds . Mimes was sitting at the side of the cart , and his companion Jowett was in the rear . Milnes . immediately got off the cartj seizing his steelyard as he did so , and told the man to
leave the donkey or he would compel him . The man persisted in turning the donkey round ; angry words passed , and a struggle ensued between them , the man endeavouring to carry out his purpose , and Milnes trying to keep the donkey and cart in . their proper path . At that moment , Jowett came up to them , saw Milnes strike his antagonist with , the steelyard , and discovered to his great alarm , that the man held inhis hand a knife or some other sharp instrument . Jowett , who Is rather a simple young man , immediately ran off iri-fear , leaving Milnes and the man struggling . He went to New Leeds , a distance of a mile , to tell his master what had occurred , passing a great number of houses on the way . On his return with his master , Milnes was found lying dead in a pool of blood .
Errata . —In the Miscellaneous paragraph , last week , on Mr . Ernest Jones's Political Soiree , the -words " the land" were accidentally omitted after " He complained of : the misappropriation . "—A blunder also occurred in the paragraph headed " Religious Persecution of Spain , " which deserves to be mentioned for the sake of its absurdity . The Protestant Alliance is said to hare brought the case of Senor de Mora under the notice of Lord Cardigan . The reader , no doubt , perceived for himself that this should have been Lord Clarendon .
October 18, 1856.] The: X E Ad E E. 995
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Leader Office, Saturday, October 18. The...
Leader Office , Saturday , October 18 . THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON . Admiral Dundas has left Ajaccio with his squadron . The French squadron at Toulon is ready to start . Four Sardinian ships of war are also rendy at Genoa . " I understand , " says the Paris correspondent of the Morning ' Post , " that Loth the English and French squadrons have received orders to approach Naples . The allied Admirals will discountenance any demonstration on tho part of tho Neapolitans . This the people of Naples perfectly understand , nml they desire—according to advices I have received—to leave their cause entirely in the hands of England and France . Two stenmcrs , I loam , will bo placed at tho disposition of her Majesty ' s mission . "
Defeat Of The Russians In Circassia. Adv...
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA . Advices from Constantinople , of tho 9 th instant ' stnte Sefor Pncha has gained two victories over the Uussinna in Circassia , and has taken from them about 800 prisoners and 21 guns .
Free Tkadh In Vkaxce. " Tho Emperor," Sa...
FREE TKADH IN VKAXCE . " Tho Emperor , " says tho J ) aif / j Netcs , " lias decided that , in order to give French industry time to prepare , the project submitted to the Corps Logiciant " , relative to vnrious prohibitory enactment * , shall not come into ufll-i-t until tho 1 st Of July , 18 . 01 . " The project referred to repealed prohibitions nnd substituted protective duties .
Austria And Tl'iikey. "It Is Probable," ...
AUSTRIA AND Tl ' IiKEY . " It is probable , " bhvh a loiter from Devlin in the German Jourjial of Frankfort . " Lliat tho evacuation ol
the Danubian Principalities will give rise to grave debates- It is asserted that a note of Count "WalewskL has been received at Vienna , in which it is openly stated that the continued occupation , by Austria is in flagrant contradiction -with the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris . We learn that at Vienna no readiness is displayed to evacuate the provinces . This question will be decided by the Congress of Paris , and Austria , will probably be compelled to give way , " The Porte is sending troops to Trebizonde . Austria refuses to pay the dues levied for the maintenance of a lighthouse at the Sulina mouth of the Danube , on the plea that she was not consulted respecting its establishment .
Amnesty At Home. The Pope (Says The Univ...
AMNESTY AT HOME . The Pope ( says the Univers ) has signed an amnesty comprising about thirty persons , for the most part condemned for the affair of November 16 , 1849 . This acfc of grace is to be published on the occasion of the inauguration of the monument iu memory of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception .
Dismissal 01? Lord Ernest Vane Tempest A...
DISMISSAL 01 ? LORD ERNEST VANE TEMPEST AND W . J . BIRT FllOM HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE . { From the London Gazette of Friday Evening . } Me : vioraxdum . —Cornets Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and William J . Birr , of the 4 th Light Dragoons , are dismissed from her Majesty ' s Army , in consequence of conduct unbecoming officers and gentlemen , and subversive of good order and military discipline , as reported to her Majesty by his Royal Highness the General Comm-andirig-m- ^ Chief .- —Dated 17 th October , 1856 .
The Rqyal British Bank. Thiedsaleof Depo...
THE RQYAL BRITISH BANK . THIEDSALEOF DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS : YESTERDAY . Mr . Shuttle-worth yesterday proceeded with a sale ( being the third since the stoppage of the bank ) of depositors' accounts current , at the Auction Mart , City The sale comprised twenty-five lots , the sums varying from 157 . to 4 O < 37 ., and the biddings at no time reached more than 12 s . 6 d . ; the majority being about 9 s . or 9 s . 6 d . It is thought that depositors are anxious to hold their accounts in consequence of the general opinion
that the results to the depositors will be beneficial , as there is likely to be an amicable termination of the dispute between the . representatives of the respective courts into which this matter has been brought . The general impression amongst the depositors present was , that they could realise 1 . 5 s ., and many expressed a determination , not to part with their , accounts below that sum . The only two lots sold were a deposit accouat for 122 ? . Is . 8 d . at 9 s . Gd ., and a deposit note for 15 / . 5 s . 3 d ., sold previously , at 9 s . in the pound . The remainder were unsold . ¦
Crystal Pai-Ace.—Return Of Admissions Fo...
Crystal Pai-ace . —Return of admissions for six days endin g Friday , October 17 th , 1856 : — Number admitted , including season ticket holders , 17 , 303 .
The "Travia.Ta" Controversy. A Letter Ha...
THE " TRAVIA . TA" CONTROVERSY . A letter has been addressed to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland by the Rev . Mr . M'Hugh , a Roman Catholic clergyman formerly resident in France , beseeching Ins Excellency to prohibit the performance of La Tmviala on the Dublin stage , on account of its immoral and dangerous" character . The Lord-Lieutenant replied to this iequest by directing bis secretary to inform the reverend gentleman that he has no power to interfere ., and that he does not see any " reason to "believe that tlie opera in question is more
exceptionable than others which are- constantly performed without objections being made to them . " Mr . M'Hugh then winds up the conversation by another attack on the much-offending performance . In the first of his letters , the reverend objector states thai tho " infamous" character of tho opera lias been denounced by " tho most able and distinguished portion of the London and English press ; " and be proceeds to give a list , in which he includes the Leader . Now wo aro very willing to be ranked among " the most able and distinguished" of tho press ; but wo claim to be
clnssified rightly in other respects . We did not denounce the presumed immorality of La Traviafa , but on more than one occasion expressed our < lisseht from tho cant -which tried to run tho performance down . Wo showed that its tendency was healthy and generous by awakening sympathy for the outcast , and showing that the most abandoned vice may be redeemed by a true affection . Out opinion on the ' Irariala controversy is indeed plainly indicated in a few words at another part of our this day ' s impvossion ; and therefore , with all respuet , we must decline to walk in the tniiii of Uv , M'llugh .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18101856/page/11/
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