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Jmiscell An Iso Us. The Bajik Chartism A...
-i t he top of the hill ( though it was calm in the valleys ) prevented its ascending . From accounts received from various spots of observation , it appears the firt . was lei at -. any distant elevated spots , while at others nearer it was not observed , or only very mdistinctly . Suicide from Erysipblas . —Mr . Edwin Webster Corsbie , a young man at Norwich , has shot himself t 1 . rou . rU the head in the office of his employers tie
- Cambridge ) was adopted , praying for a larger measure of Academic Reform than had yet been granted by Parliament , and that the Prince returned for answer that he had no absolute power in his own hands , but that he had transmitted the memorial for the cdnsideration of the resident University authorities . How Mr . Cotton embrackd his Zelinda . — Mr . Co > tton , a dramatic singer , has brought an action in At . HIT l * . l- ~~« -. n f ~* r * Tw \ 4 ~ rr nrtni 4 o # -ro-iTiaf . TWf" A TlfnlStUS \\\ \ JLt ———j
I Eastern Counties Company ; and that the powers possessed by the Board of Trade are not . sufficient for the protection of the public . A report from a committee of the town council expressed a feeling of dissatisfaction that the management of the railway is solely in the hands of the shareholders , without including any one to represent the principal tovms through which the line passes .
( solicitors ) , and in the presence of his brother , nad borrowed a pistol some days before , and had been heard to talk about shooting himself ; but the only motive that can be discovered was that lie had suffered from erysipelas . „„«« , The Meteor ot the 7 th inst . —Several correspondents of the Times , datin-sc from various locahties —such aa Ventnor , Clifton , and Grimsby—have communicated accounts of this phenomenon . The writer from Grimsby says : — " The extraordinary meteor noticed in your journal of the 8 th and 9 th ult . was seen here in the S . S . W . on Monday , the 7 th , at about a quarter to five o ' clock in the afternoon . Its appearance agreed in the main with the description ot vour correspondents , the chief variance _ consisting m
, UHJ iT-LcllVlCUUlICf ~ JJJL — lj * _ *< - » . v ngcuuuu * .- _ -. - Braham and Miss Rebecca Isaacs , who recently opened the City of London Theatre for an operatic season . Though hut a novice , Mr . Cotton was engaged , and appeared in the part of Captain Clifton in " The Slave . " However , he could not recollect his part , and apparently managed so ill that he was not allowed to go on , and next day he was discharged . He therefore sued for eight guineas , the amount of one week ' s salary . Mr . Searle , the stage manager , being called for the defence , said : — "On Ms first entrance before the audience , I told him quietly if he did not alter he would be hooted . He had . these words to speak— ' Where , where is my dearest Zelinda ? ' b a mild , inquiring way on the side wing , -t /»• 1 J _ — _ — . — U-l ^ « ri-l < m- » . s % rt ^^ rf 1 ! OWT * rVYKJOf * **
its emitting lateral sparks of fire as it shot towards the eftrth , which kept increasing until it ourst immediately on entering a somewhat dense cloud . Its course was distinctly marked for some time afterwards by a bright streak of light , which-varied with the wind , " until it faded away in form like unto a sickle . Some boys , on seeing it , exclaimed , A here s the moon a-coming down !'—an impression not unnatural in them ., as in size it appeared to vie with that luminary . " _ . Government Artisans a > 'x > the Income lax . —a . large number of artisans and mechanics employed at +. V . A ars-fiiial and dockvards , Woolwich , have been
and arxerwaras uo come on mo m ^ cuv ~ .- ^ . ~~~—Zelinda ; but , instead of acting thus wise , his en-trance was in a sort of Bombastes Furiosp style , and he embraced Zelinda as a bear would a musket . { Roars of lauyhUr . ) I could not hear one word after this . The audience were in fits . ( Lcmgkter . ) I then called the principal actors together , and they agreed with me that I must cut Mr . Cotton's part out altogether . I consider that the audience gave him every chance , but after his acting they would not hear him . Nevertheless , he obtained a verdict for the sum claimed , and costs ; . , . ' . ... •• Mb . Josjah Wilkinson has sentm his resignation
served with notices for payment of the income tax . Much excitement prevails amongst the men , wno have held a meeting to protest against the proposed payment , on the grounds that their increased earnings have resulted from working several hours overtime daily at the request of the authorities , and m consequence of the demand for their labour incident upon the war .
as a member ot tne Jnetroponxan oua . ™ ^ " " *~ = > conceiving that he can effect more good by labouring merely as a servant of the board . . _ Pitoairn's Island .- —An interesting communication has been received fronfthis place . The inhabitants were all well on the 14 th of September , 1855 , the date of the chaplain ' s letter to the Rev . T . B . Murray . They had heard of the death of the Czar Nicholas ; m . —— A « V \ r . n- /^ + Vk _* VOQRP'l- "TOTlTCll £ ™—
Public Readin g of Macatjlays . history . —a public reading of ¦ " Macaulay's History of England , beginning with the third volume , was commenced at MivWyld ' s . excellent news-rooms , in Leicester-square , on Monday evening . The , room was well attended , and the reader was listened to with deep interest by » respectable auditory . The idea is a capital one . Great Fire neae the New-boad . —A fire of more than usual magnitude burst forth last Saturday nif ? ht on the nrernises of Messrs . Hopkinson and Co .,
but as no newspaper waa -uu ««« . « - . *>**~ . ~ . - ^ i conveyed the intelligence , they Were still in the dark . Though they had suffered some anxiety from a poor yam harvest , they had a good stock of sweet potatoes to turn to and the « pinch of the year" was past . They were awaiting the measures of Government £ or their transfer to Norfolk Island , some having ^ reitn-< piished house-building iia expectation ot this important change . .. , Australia . — Advices from Sydney to the 1 st of ¦ _ i rm i .. ^ A ^ j < -h ^ x 4- M ck—ntr Sl / Yn + ilv received j
pianoforte manuiacturera near Fitzroy-squnre , Newroad . The flames were communicated to the organbuilding warehouse of Messrs . Grey and Davison ; » nd for some time it was feared that a beautiful Gothic organ for the abbey church of Sherborne in Dorsetshire , and several others , would be sacrificed . But , by great exertions , no'greater injury was done to Messrs , Grey and Go ' s premises than the burning of a portion of the roof . The fire , however , burnt all night ; and Messrs . Hopkhasou's warehouse was entirely destroyed , together with a large stock of instruments and all the workmen's -tools . The building and its contents were insured for £ 2 , 000 . The Projected Road across St . James s Park . — A deputation from some gentlemen residing in th « neighbourhood of St . James's Park ( including Mr . Ben ] . Hawes , Mr . Whately , Q . C ., Mr . Keating , M . P ., Q . C ., and others ) waited recently on Sir . Benjamin Hall , to ascertain from him tho intentions of Government with retrard to the m'oiectcd road across St . James s |
October have been , . ue uw « = «* *•— " " ^ r " Wales remains on the whole in a sound condition , though it has been greatly shaken b y the officially declared insolvencies , and rumoured failures of many mercantile firms , and by the delay on the part-of the Government in bringing forward the new tariff bill . The Public Works Loans Bill had been read a third time and passed . Its object is to authorize the negotiations of loam in Great Britain , or elsewhere ou of the colony , and which together with the interest shall be a primary charge upon the public revenue of the colony . „ ,, The Nightingale Fund .-A meeting for the purpose of aiding this fund was held at the Town-hal , Manchester , on Tuesday morning ; the Mayor presiding . The llight Hon . Sidney Herbert M . P ., Lord Stanley , M . P ., Mr . Monckton Milnes , M . P ., and others , addressed the meeting . An xinusual pressure on ' our space precludes our giving an anahsation of tho speeches . _ _ ,. -. ¦ nP ttlirPBUllUUtw —
Park . The Minister for Public Works assured tho deputation tlwfc he had no independent action in tho matter ; and that he only moved in accordance with I directions received from tho Secretary of State for tho Homo Department , b y whom ho had boon instructed to prepare a plan in accordance with certain data . That plan would bo submitted to Sir George G-roy , by whom it would bo laid ou the table of the House of Commons . Nothiug as yet had been done towards tho execution of tho plan . Sir Benjamins observed : — " There aro throo parks—St . James ' s , Hy & o Park , and the Groen Park—which are the property of her Majesty , and undor the authority of tho rangers . In those , I cannot build a lodgo , or xnako or oltor a footpath , without authoritativo inictoria
BANKKUPTCY OF A . —*«« « . « . y i Mr . Mare , the well-known shipbuilder at . Blaokwall , are now in the Court of Bankruptcy . It is expected that there will l > o a dividend of ten shillings in the P A FHROCiOTJ 3 Doa—A man at Aston , near Birmingham , has been attacked byalargc Newfoundland dogfwhicii worried him horribly about the throat and face , and then seized his left arm in his teeth . Another man cwue to tho sufferer ' s assistance , and fractured the dog ' B skull with a poker ; but , not until a few minutes of his death , did the brute relax his hold . Tho man attacked was convoyed to tho hospital , and , though acutely suiforing , is progressing favourably . Ruioidk oka Somoitob . —Mr . Harrison , a solicitor osttnoreinnu ? —
nti-uctioiiB . It is otherwise * m tlie caneot tuc v , BatAerBoa , aud Ragout ' s Parks , which 1 rauy call tho people's parka . " Fatal Boii . ku Exvlosion . '—A boiler baa oxploded in tho works of Mcbhvr . Hiokninn , iron-mixsterp , of Soa Brook , Tipfcon , Staffordshire , on Monday last , by vrhlah . four men have lost their lives , and tfiftoon other poreons havo boon Horioualy iujurod . Aju iai < iuo « t has I ope » od , but utandH adjouruod . , I AaADKMio Bkipohm . —A looturo on tho mibjoct of I Adxniniatrativo ami Aondomic Reform , by Mr . JaineB ! BoBrwood , M , P ., F . R . S ., was delivered at tho M » n-; « h ©» ter Atheuooum on Mouday . Iu tho course . of U 3 a t' v <) m « , rkB , tho lecturer njoutionod that , at a public 1 mousing reoontly hold at Birmingham , a memorial to \ Priawe Albert ( nn OhanoelloT of the *! Mv « rHity of 1
r i , \ , I 1 I ' 'i at Kottia . YY , w « w w »«» . »» 7 " * * i hnnirio- himself . Disappoiutmcnt and resouttnont at a bSr ° he had uttondod , is ono of many reasons ' ^^ r EA ^ t ou . ™ IUn . vvAV .-A meeting of tho town council of Cambridge has tnkon plnco to consider tho aMfcegod perilous state ol tho JwUm Ooimtioa Huilway between London and Oi m nte LloSol « tiona woro adopted to the cfloct tha , « toj da « yoroua sUto of tho lino lmd been n >« a <) in . mifo » t by a report of LioutonanUX . lonel Wyn ,. o to J « ih ^^^ xzz ^ rs j sTT ^ i ^^ -cr = |^ tt l onado of the other lines « f mltwy worked by ttw
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Leaxihk Office , Saturday Morning , Jan . 19 . THE PEACE . A despatch from "Berlin , Thursday night , " says : — " Yesterday , at two o ' clock , Count Nesselrode and Count Valentine Esterhazy signed , at St . Petersburg , a protocol containing the conditions proposed by . the Allies , as the formulation of the preUminaries of Peace- " . , - , * - * in ai
. The JDebats states that Count JSesselroae , » ^ av reply to the Austrian Cabinet , says that the Emperor Alexander has expressed his desire for peace . " The internal . regime of Russia requires profound refoims , without which the Russian nation cannot hope to attain to tlie degree of civilisation which other nations have reached . The Emperor is convinced that his mission consists in introducing amongst his people some grand social and civil ameliorations : and he is Impatient to commence his -work . "
The Rouz-Name, "The Official Persian Jou...
The Rouz-Name , "the official Persian journal , expresses the regret of the Government that the rupture ^ ith Mr . Murray should stiU continue , " owing to the persistence with which Mr . Murray proposes unacceptable arrangements . " But this , it is added , will lead -to no rupture between- the two states . Persia will not leave " the path of neutrality . "
F0beign Notes. > English Steamers Have R...
F 0 BEIGN NOTES . > English steamers have re-entered the Baltic , and cap- ¦ tured several Russian traders . __ No political amnesty was granted J ? ^ P ^ . J ? f 12 th . The Government has refused to permit toe ¦^ KSbS t o fS- of thirty mmion . ^ : francs has been adopted by the Turin Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 109 to 28 .
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THE ^^ l ^^ % ^ l ^ i ^ ^ The election of a Secretary to the new Metropohtan Board of Works , interesting as the second trial ot strength between the parties struggling for ascendancy . in that Board , was decided to-day ; Messrs . WooMreOH and Wilkinson , the two candidates between whom Se contest lay , starting with 26 votes each on the , flxat show of hands . ; Mr . WILKINSON obtaining a majoi ^ of 22 to 20 , and 22 to 21 , on the third and fourth show of hands ; which , strange to say , on the sixth and final trial ( when , all the other candidates badbeen successively eliminated ) the numbers were ^ versed , Mr . WooJyoh being elected by 23 to 19 . It » difficult to explain fluctuations , which appear to show that spme members voted alternately for boiih candidates ; a circumstance which does not auvgu * . so favourably as we could have wished for the future working of the new municipal assembly .
It Is Understood That The Government Wil...
It is understood that the Government will »**??* £ in tho coming session , an important measuio for tb ^ regulation of Joint Stock Companies . Undei this Act , every director will be made responsible , Poi aonally , for tho acts of the entire board ; g £ * " ? tors abetting a misrepresentation of ^ ^^^ J affairs yr . ll bo liable to prosecution for misderooauoiu- .
Gallant Aud Humourous Speoohos.
gallant aud humourous speoohos .
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sS ^ rS's ^ HS T 7 rit ^; : v ssrsrasi ^ n-. w , mmmmm OroBuwoll , who accompanies him on the Oxfoid cuouu , will take tho nisi jpriws casea at btaitorcl . Tuk Murdku of a SouoiTO » . —An ii W *™\ ^ bee * Qpoxxod on tho body of Mr . TVaugU , ^ " jouujftccl till Mon < lav next .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19011856/page/11/
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