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60S THE LEADER. [No. 431, June 26, lbSS.
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STATE OF TRADE. A CHEQUEBEt* character i...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. An excursio...
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GATHERINGS FROM THE I, AW AND POLICE COU...
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BELGIUM . . The Belgian Chamber , just before the departure of the King , almost unanimously voted a liberal dowry for Princess Charlotte . SPAIN . Mr . Buchanan , the English Minister , was received 3 V the Queen on the 15 th inst ., aad presented his credentials . Royalty is resolved on burlesquing itself . Daring her recent sea passage from Alicante to Valencia , the Spanish Queen signed a decree naming the Prince of tbe Asturias , who is only a few months old , a naval cadet . His uniform is now being prepared , and the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour is on the way to him from France ! Republicans may well despair of burlesquing what is in itself the highest ecstasy of burlesque . " The Progresista party in Madrid , " says a letter from that city of the 16 th inst , " has held a meeting , at which it was resolved not to take part in the elections of the provincial deputations ( similar to the Councils-General in France ) , which are to take place on the 21 st and 22 nd inst ., in consequence of the illegalities committed in the drawing up of the electoral lists , with a view to the prejudice of that party . " The Archbishop of Saragossa has just died , at the age of eighty-eight . He had been a bishop during a period of twenty-seven years . The magnificent Palma Theatre , in the island of Majorca , has been burnt down . The loss is estimated at 20 , 0007 . sterling . . . . ' ¦ ¦ " . - . ¦ . '¦ RUSSIA . : ¦' ' : * ¦ ' ' ¦
A grand public ceremonial took , place at St . Petersburg on . the 12 th inst . The new Cathedral of St . Isaac was consecrated by a solemn religious service , which blended all the magnificence of ecclesiastical and military pomp ; The Imperial family and Court were present , and 30 , 000 troops were under arms . The edifice was commenced in ¦¦ ¦
1827 . ¦ : ¦/ ¦ - : ¦ . ¦ ¦ : : . ..:. - . / ' . . . . . ' .. ¦ ¦¦ . ; - *' :- *' . ' .. ¦;¦ ' . ¦ - ' ; . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ : rrAtY . - . . . ¦ . ¦;¦ . ¦¦' " . - ¦ " "¦* . . - - ' . : v . ' . - .. " A newspaper , " says the Tunes Turin correspondent , " mentions a . great passage of pelicans , upwards of one hundred in number , which , alighted , three or four days ago , on the sandy shores of the Po , between Casale and Frassicetto . They were exhausted by a long flight , so that the astonished peasants and fishermen were able to approach them , to kill some , and take others alive . The remainder dispersed along the banks of the river . Live and dead specimens have been brought to Turin . They are said to be larger than any that are already in the menageries and museums of this country . " The recent heat in Piedmont has done much damage to the silk-worms in some , parts .
Considerable uneasiness is excited at Rome by the important fortifications the French are making at Oivita Vecchia . " The trial at Salerno is suspended . The Cagliari is at anchor in the port of Naples , under the care of the Centanr . Her crew has returned on hoard , and the vessel is ready to start for Genoa . - The Neapolitan Government has made another reduction in the duty on sugar imported in foreign , vessels . -The shocks of earthquake in the kingdom of Naples have not yet ceased . Several hurricanes have occurred , and at Sala fifty houses have been knocked down by the falling of some large rocks from the side of the mountain . Tiie eruption of Mount Vesuvius appears to be over .
TURKEY . The murderous assault on Mr . Fonblanque , the English consul at Belgrade , by Turkish soldiers , and the attack on his house by the same ruffians , occurred , it now appears , at two different times . Mr . Fonblanque , who was walking on the glacis of the fortifications at the time , received some severe wounds ; but happily his life is not in danger . It is suspected that agents of Russia were concerned in tlio matter ; but this does not rest on Any solid foundation . It would seem to have been on the following morning that the attack was made on the « onsul ' s residence . Mr . Fonblanque had caused the "English flag to be hoisted over the house ; whereupon , eight Albanian soldiers of the line ( Nizam ) and a corporal proceeded to the place , and attempted to . cut the halyards . Some Pandours prevented their executing
this design ; and a guard of Servian troops was afterwards obtained , at the request of tho consul . Mr . Colquhoun , the English political agent and Consul-General in Wallachia , has gone to Belgrade , to endeavour to discover what led to the assault on Mr . Fonblanque . Mr . Fonblanque , having failed to obtain satisfaction , has lowered hia flag , and would ere now have left the town , but that the gates are guarded by Turkish soldiers , who ¦ would probably injure him . He has frequently requested that these soldier *) should be removed ; but tho Pacha says he cannot take such a step without referring to Constantinople . Tho English residautq in Belgrade have presented an address to Mr . Foublanque , sympathizing with him , and expressing their belief that our countrymen in Turkey are not safe . It is reported that the soldier who assaulted Mr . Fonblanque will be executed .
Veli Pacha , Governor of Candia , has issued a reply to the remonstrances' of tho Candioto Christiana . It ia very conciliatory In its tone . The , Sultan ' s Commissioner , Ahmed Pacha , arrived on the 5 th inst . at Canea
with extensive powers to redress the grievances of the Christians . A column of Turkish troops , destined for Bosnia , has arrived at Varna . The men are partly from Trebizond , in Asia Minor . DENMARK . The Danish Government lias resolved to call in the aid of France and England in resisting the demands of the German Confederation . AUSTRIA . The Imperial Government , has this year omitted the usual celebration of the anniversary ( the 101 st ) of the battle of Kollin , fought on the 18 th of June , 17 . 57 , between the Austrians and Prussians ; the latter , under the command of Frederick the Great , were defeated with great loss . No allusion to this Austrian victory is made in the order of the day addressed to the army on the occasion of the fete commemorating the institution of the Order of Maria Theresa . PJIUSSIA . The city of Dantsic has been visited by a destructive conflagration , which broke out on , the 19 tli instant . Several great factories , flour mills , and warehouses have been destroyed ; but the full extent to whicli the city has suffered has not yet been ascertained .
60s The Leader. [No. 431, June 26, Lbss.
60 S THE LEADER . [ No . 431 , June 26 , lbSS .
State Of Trade. A Chequebet* Character I...
STATE OF TRADE . A CHEQUEBEt * character is presented by the advices from tbe chief manufacturing towns , for the week ending last Saturday . At Manchester , the market is still languid . A communication from tliat town ( dated Saturday ) states -that " the receipts of cotton at the ports of the United States were . 5 * 6 ^ 000-bales * in excess of those to the same period last year . The quantity on its way to Liverpool is 131 , 000 ; and , at last dates , out of 107 vessels loading 90 were for Liverpool . Under the influence of these advices , the value of cotton has given way slightly , and in the market for manufactures there has been a corresponding decline . " The ircn trade of South Staffordshire continues extremely dull , and the works are but partially employed . This has in part resulted from the extreme heat of the weatherj which , prevented the men . from , working much in the furnaces and , forges . A reduction in the wages of colliers has been agreed on by the masters of the Tipton , Oldbury , and "West Bromwich districts , to commence on and after the 3 rd -of-July : There has been a slight improvement in the lace aud linen trades of Nottingham and Leicester ; but the iron trade of Wolverhnmpton continues extremely quiet . Business in Leeds remains pretty much as at tbe previous advices . Sheffield looks forward to a speedy increase of its , American trade ; but dulness prevails in the continental trade . A' trial has been made , at the works of Messrs . Dodds and Sons , of a new method of making steel files , by which the fi ! es are fashioned from raw iron , which is afterwards converted into steel by a peculiar process . The plan appeared to succeed well , and it stems to have the merit of . saving time . Very little activity was exhibited by the Bradford market last week ; but a steady business was transacted at Halifax and Huddersfield . Dulness has been the characteristic of trade at Dublin , and steadiness at Belfast .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. An Excursio...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An excursion train on the South-Western Railway met w ith an accident on Sunday evening . Leaving Portsmouth at seven o ' clock , it reached liishopstoko about eight , at which time the three lost carriages of the train , consisting of one first class , one third class , and the guard ' s van , ran off the line -as they were crossing the points close to the station . Tho third class carriage turned over on its side , and the coupling chain connecting it with the more advanced part of the train broke short off . No one was injured in the first class carriage ; but , in the third class vehicle , one man was immediately killed , four were seriously hurt , and several were bruised . An inquest was held on Monday , terminating in a verdict of Accidental Death , and an expression of opinion exonerating tho railway company and their officials from blame .
A terrible accident has occurred at Rimpton , near Sherborne , to Charles Hodder , a man who was one of a party of mowers . He had lain down to sleep on a swathe of grass ; and the mower who worked next to him did not see hia companion there . The first stroke of the scythe drove its point deep into the neck of Hodder , severing the jugular vein . Messengers were at once Bent for medical assistance ; but a surgeon , who soon afterwards passed by the field , pronounced the poor fellow to be already dead . Captain Robert Eager , lato quartermaster in tho 7 th
battalion Royal Artillery , and who retired from the service with the nominal title of Captain , in April , 1857 , was discovered on Tuesday morning dead in his house on Sandy-hill , "Woolwich , although up to that moment ho had apparently enjoyed perfect health , with the exception of a slight occasional spasmodic affection , which , it is supposed , yrna the cause cf his death . He wub about fifty-four years of age . Three men were killed on tho evening of Friday week at the Ince Hall Colliery , near Wigan . They wero being drawn up tho shaft , when an empty tub , which
was in a descending cage , fell on them , and threw all three to the bottom . Oneof them was found dead - the second only survived about tea minutes ; and the third lingered till the following morning . George Hooper , a boy of about eleven years of age employed at the Royal Laboratory , Woolwich , has been killed by getting his arm entangled in the machinery- for the manufacture of the Minie rifle bullet-plugs . An accident having happened to the great shaft which sets the whole in motion , by the leather band slipping off the revolving drums wMch connect the machines , the man
in charge desired the boy Hooper to look to the lower part , and keep it in its place , while he proceeded to rearrange tbe upper portion . While the lad was in , the act of carrying out his instructions , his right arm was caught in the loosened band , the machinery was suddenly set in motion , and the poor boy ' s arm was literally torn from his Dody , close to the shoulder , and hurled some distance among tbe works of the manufactory . Two medical gentlemen from the Royal Arsenal infirmary were speedily in attendance , and the usual remedies were applied in order to stop the hemorrhage ; but the sufferer expired a few hours after the accident .
Gatherings From The I, Aw And Police Cou...
GATHERINGS FROM THE I , AND POLICE COURTS . The extraordinary libel case of . Hughes v . Dinorben , towhich w « briefly adverted last week , was concluded on Saturday . Besides the letter to Lord Ravensworth , the father to the present Mrs . Hughes , there were several others , some to Mr . Hughes , some to his wife , some to his motler-in-law , and some to other persons . These letters were anonymous , and in a disguised hand * writing r and they imputed extravagance to Mr . Hughes ( who is Lady Dunprben ' s nephew-in-law ) , and asserted that he had the- king's evil and hereditary insanity in his blood . He was accused * , of being ' .. so fond of show and finery as to have earned the appellation of "Bandbox Hughes . "
His mother and lus servants were also libelled in very coarse language . In one of the letters to Mr . Hughes , he was called " a son of a ——; " and this sentence bore a greater resemblance to Lady Dinorbeii ' s handwriting than any other . The annoyance continued for some years . The rhotive was a family difference ; and , when Mr . Hughes remonstrated , a brother of Lady Dinorben , a colonel who bad already " killed bis man " in a duel , was sent to him to demand satisfaction . A great deal of evidence was received on both sides with respect to the handwriting , and Lady Dinorben stated ' on oath tliat the letters were not hers . But the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff , and damages to the extent of forty shillings ( which carry costs ) were awarded by consent . -
It will be remembered that ' some months ago , the Rev . Mr . May , liead-master of the Brewers' Company ' s School , Trinity-square , Tower-hill , was summoned before the Lord Mayor for an assault on a boy belonging to the school , whom he had seriously beaten for misconduct The boy was the son of a licensed victualler in Jewry-street , Aldgate , named Grossmith . The Lord Mayor sent the case for trial ; but the bill was ignored by th « grand jury . The boy has since fallen into a very dangerous state of health -, and the father , acting under the belief that the illness was caused or augmented by the caning , seems to have determined on revenging himself . He accordingly went , on the night of the 7 th of this nionth , to the residence of Mr . May , and demanded
admittance . It was nearly twelve o ' clock , and Mr . Maywas going up to bed . However , after some parleying , he admitted Grossmith , who rushed past , and went intoa room at the end of the passage . Mr . May followed , and the other then got between him and tho door , observing , "You caned my boy some months ago ; he is ill now , but I am a man aa well as you . " As he spoke , he held up a heavy , knotted walking-stick . The ensuing circumstances may bo given in Mr . May ' s own words before the Lord Mayor ;— " I wished to get rid of Mr . Grossmith , an « d replied to him , ' It is too late to enter into such particulars to-night . If you wish to say anything about it , come in the daytime , and I shall bo vocy happy to hear what you have to sav . It is past twelve
0 clock , and I was actually going up to bed . ' Mr . G ressmith replied , raising the stick to his shoulder in a threatening manner , - — - you ; suppose 1 take it out of you . 1 believe I said , but I am not sure , ' I would udviso you not . ' I went towards the street door , with tho intention of getting a policeman ' s aid , saying , as I passed him , ' Mr . Grossinith , I must request you to leave my house . As noon as I said that , Mr . Grossmith exclaimed , ' you , you brute , I'll murder you , ' at tho same time striking me on the head with the stick . The first blow knocked the candlestick out of my hand
and extinguished tho light , and ho repeated tho blows several times on my head with tho stick , exclaiming , 'I'll murder you ! I'll do for you 1 ' I felt that my safest plan was to keep within range of his stick , and-1 hit at his face right and left or well ns I could in tlic dark , and at last wrenched tho stick out of his hand . I heard some water run down the wall from tho flowerpots which had been upact , and thought it was blood running from my head , which was bleeding very much . I believed tliat I was dying , and with all the streng th I could muster X struck a downright blow at him with th «
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061858/page/8/
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