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State Of Trade. Turc Trade Reports Of Th...
pNl i i iM B ^ SSteSSSSKSSAt ^ flo ., and the Irish sgg ^ ipiH ^^ Tmaterially improving the prospects of the jfU ST £ S ^ S & for the Finance department in x £% S £ S ? L ' announced to the English creditors of theBepublic that , in aU probability , much time wiU not elaose before the xemaining dividends in arrear will be provided for , as well as those which successively are be- coming due .
. . „ _ , _ It has transpired that , -within the past few weeks , Naples has accorded perfect reciprocity , including the privilege of indirect trade on the same footing as the national flag * to the shipping of Sweden and Norway , Sardinia , Prussia , and the German Zollverein . The English flag , remains subject to a high differential duty on goods if not exported to a direct port in England , although we have a treaty of reciprocity with the most favoured natiou clause . Under these circumstances , great dissatisfaction is expressed by the mercantile houses connected with the commerce of Naples ; but it is assumed that the matter is receiving prompt attention from the British Government . —Idem .
The strike at the Oaks Colliery continues , the men alleging that , owing to certain proceedings of the manager , Mr . Minto , the pit is unsafe . The men , who had already returned to work , have again left , in consequence of a rule established by the coal proprietors of the ^ district not to employ any miner unless he has a written clearance from his last employer . Many of the men on strike would find work at the neighbouring collieries but for this rule , the refusal of the proprietors of the Oaks CoHiery to give the necessary " clearance" precluding them from making engagements elsewhere . Some collisions have taken place between the turn-outs , and some of their comrades who have returned to work have been assaulted in a violent manner with stones and other missiles ; the police have also been attacked in one of these affrays .
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N.Avai, And Military. Coast Defences.—Go...
N . AVAI , AND MILITARY . Coast Defences . —Government has come to a definite resolution of establishing lines of defence along the north-east coast of Scotland immediately , and prospectively on that of the west . Ship Aground . —The American ship Forest Oak , with a cargo of timber , ran aground at the entrance of the Gloucester and Berkeley ship canal at Sharpness Point , on the Severn . She heeled over , and the cargo
was lost . A man , also , was drowned . Impboved Pontoons . —The authorities at the headquarters of the Royal Engineers have had brought under their notice an invention , which it is expected will entirely supersede the present description of pontoons in use by the Royal Sappers and Miners . The improved pontoons have been invented by Sergcant-Major Jones , of the Royal Engineers , who has also invented a new description of gal > ion , just brought into use by the Sappers and Miners .
The Lords op the Admiralty paid an official visit of urf ^ ection to Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday . Accident to a . Steamer . —A Southampton excursion steamer , laden with excursionists , struck on the Culver Rocks , at the back of the Isle of Wight , on Tuesday evening . The excursionists had landed at Shanklin , and left there at six o ' clock in the evening to proceed' homewards round Spithead ; but a dense fog prevailed , and , within an hour after the steamer had left Shanklin , she grounded , fortunately at half-tide . After remaining on the rock for four hours , the tide rose and floated the steamer off without any serious dam a go .
Grounding of a Cunard Stkamer . —The Cunard steamship Zebra , Captain Betts , from Havre , for Liverpool , has run on the Lizard Point , during a dense fog . She was much damaged , having knocked a hole in her bottom . Fortunately no lives were lost , the crew and passengers having been landed in safety . The cargo and stores aro saved ; but the removal of the steamer from her position ia thought very problematical .
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MISCELLANEOUS . TBW Bishops oit London anx > Durham . —The corre * pondence between the Bishops of London and Durham , an , ttte * ontj hand , and Lord Palmeraton on the other , with referftllViB to tho- retirement of those prelates , has been issued ! The B « 8 hop of London ' s letter ( which is dated BHdhaim Ptfac « , Jiano X 8 th , 1856 ) runs thus : — " I think it proper to communicate to your lordship my desire , on acoomifriof ^ ntiimed UlnesB , if allowed by law , to resign the DlsHoprlc of London , upon being secured the enjoyment * during my Hflj of a dear annuity of GOOOf . If this pTOpowa shouM be approved by your lordfchip I trust that y e * * fU take proper measures for carrying it into effect . " SS . E ? of tho Bishop of IJurnam ' s communication ( dated « WtaWpperP <> rtland-place , JmMJ 2 l < Ji 8 contained in tho ^^ SS ? Sr C " consequence of the groat ftrfluro of my Sight , anft other infirmities incident to a very advanced
t i 1 jj ^^^ g gS ^^^ M I————— ——^——age ; I am anxious * if allowed" by law , to be relieved from the flitigue an * responsibility of the heigh office which I harve now enjoyed for the last twenty years . As I shall relinquish a very much larger income-, I am persuaded that your lordship will not consider the annual allowance of 4500 / . per annum by any means unreasonable . Upon the assurance that this will be granted , I shall be ready to resign the bishopric of Durham on any day not earlier than the 1 st of August . " The Fusilier Guards . — -A splendid banquet was given by the Fusilier Guards at the London Tavern on Monday evening , when covers were laid for one hundred . The chair wa » taken by the Duke of Cambridge , Commander- in-Chief .
i , Monument to the Guards ^— A meeting of officers now serving , or who have served in the brigade of Guards , was- held on Monday in the theatre of the United Service Museum , Whitehall-yard , to take steps for erecting a monument to the officers and men of the brigade who fell during the late war . The Duke of Cambridge occupied the chair , and Lords Strafford and Rokeby were among the speakers . Resolutions were passed in "favour of raising subscriptions , and sundry gentlemen -were appointed to act as treasurers and hon . secretaries . The Case of Archdeacon Denison . —The suit promoted by the Rev . Joseph Ditcher , vicar of South Brent , against the Ven . G . A . Denison , archdeacon of Taunton , for preaching and publishing three sermons which contain doctrine , on the subject of the real presence , repugnant to the Articles of the Church of England , is now
being heard at the Guildhall , Bath . Health of London . —In the week that ended last Saturday , the deaths of 1018 persons , viz ., 551 males and 467 females , were registered in London . The average number in the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 , was 1032 , and , if this be raised in proportion to the increase of population , it becomes 1135 . The deaths of last week are therefore less by 117 than the rate of mortality which ruled in corresponding weeks would have produced . —During the week , the births of 798 boys and 765 girls , in all 1563 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the- yeara 1846-55 , the average number was 1349 . — From the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return .
The Marquis ok Anglesea has brought an action against Mr . E . T . Smith , tho proprietor of the Sunday Times , for an article imputing to him dishonourable conduct in making an award in a dispute arising out of some horse-racing transactions . Mr . Smith , through his counsel , pleaded that he believed the allegations to be true at the time he published them ; but , as he had since found out their falsity , he was ready to apologize , and to consent to a verdict " that would carry costs . Damages , five guineas . The Citors . —The accounts from the provinces are still favourable for the most part with respect to tho state of the crops . Lord Fensletdat . e . —We have reason to believe
that the question so long pending as to the ambiguous position of Lord Wensleydale will be immediately solved by the conversion of the life peerage which that eminent lawyer now holds into an hereditary peerage . — Times . Australia . —According to the detailed accounts just received from Melbourne , it appears that the precise receipts of gold per escort from tho mines during the first three months of the present year were at the rate of 12 , 000 , 000 / . per annum , while for the corresponding
quarter of 1855 they were at the rate of only 6 , 560 , 000 / . Fatal Accident -with Fire-arms . —An inquest has been held on the body of Henry Miller , a farm servant at Highgate , who was accidentally shot , while at work on a hayrick , by a young man , named Isaac Spooner . This person appeared to be firing at random for his own entertainment ; and a wooden fence prevented his seeing the deceased . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death ; and tho coroner reprimanded Spooner for his culpable carelessness .
Metropolitan Improvements . —During thopast and present week , tho surveyors , undeT the direction of the superintending 1 architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works , have been actively engaged in preparing tho surveys for tho new lines of streets proposed to bo carried into effect , tho one from tho terminus of tho Southwestern Railway to the Town-hull in the Borough , and tho other from Leicester-square to King-street , in order to open a bettor approach into and through Coventgarden-ni aTket . Mr . Mkciit at Tiptrer . —The Annual gathering 1 at Tiptrco took place last Saturday , wlxen between five and six hundred persons interested in agriculture wore present , and , under tho guidance of tho host , wore taken over tho farm and introduced to tho various improvements in furm-cultivation introduced by Mr . Mcchi . In conclusion , a numerous compuny was entertained at dinner .
Fireh . —A largo fire broke out on Sunday morningon tho promineH of MoHsra . Hcmmlnfr . 8 and Co ., housobuildnrs , In Tredegar-road , How . In tho yard belonging to tlicuo promises w " oro several portable houses and churches , intended for exportation . It was considered that they -were nearly , if not wholly , fireproof ; hut such proved not to be tho case . Tho total loss is very considerable , hut is . covered by inournnce . A flro took place on tlio same premises last December . —A most oxtonirivo conflagration occurred in Shad Thames on the
night of Friday weefc . The steam flouivmills of Messrs . Pimm and Co . were completely destroyed ; and several warehouses , together with barges on the river , were very much damaged . The State of the Tha . mb » . —Wo have received a communication from Mr . Richard Dover , giving an ao count of some remonstrances which he has addressed to the Metropolitan Board of Works * with respect to their project of discharging the sewage of London into the Thames at Plumstead , from which spot it is proved that it will oscillate within the metropolis , on the surface of
the river , in a most noxious state of fermentation , for nearly six hours each tide . This plan ia directly at variance witb the intentions of the Legislature , as set forth in the act of Parliament which created the Metropolitan Board , and which declares that the objects of that Board are " to make sewers and works for preventing all or any part of -the sewage from flowing or passing into the Thames in or near to the metropolis . " Mr . Dover embodied his remonstrances in a letter to the Board , in which he enelosed the details of a plan by which the sewage may be deodorized and rendered of great service as manure . A . formal notice of this communication was
sent in reply , in obedience to a suggestion in which Mr . Dover presented his memorial to the Board , but apparently with no results . A Harlequin ' s Death . —A Mr . Charltor , a professional harlequin , who appeared at Drury Lane in the last Christmas pantomime , died in the Whiteehapel workhouse on Friday week , leaving his wife and children in a very miserable condition . The circumstance having attracted , the attention of some of the gentlemen forming the committee of the Fielding Fund , now in
process of creation from the proceeds of the late Amateur Pantomime , for the prompt relief of distressed literary and theatrical persons , a member of the committee personally visited the wretched residence of the pour people , and an arrangement was speedily made for the decent burial of the deceased , the immediate necessities of his family were provided for , and steps were taken for the administration of a little periodical relief , until the family should have an opportunity of earning sufficient to maintain themselves .
Another Colliery Explosion . —An explosion of fire-damp occurred in the Strafford Main Colliery , Stainborough , near Barnsley , belonging to Messrs . Smith , Carr , and Smith , on Saturday afternoon , just as the men were leaving work . It appears to have been owing to the negligence of the two persons who were the only victims of the accident . Most of the hands had got out of the pit , when a man named George Ward , and a hid named William Griffiths , a son of one of the managers of the pit , incautiously took a lighted candle into a ? railsThe flame
" benk ' to search for some rnetal . c : unc into contact with some foul air , which is supposed to have been liberated by the falling in of a portion of the roof a day or two previously , and a loud explosion ensued . Ward was killed on the spot , and his body presented a shocking appearance . Griffiths escaped death , but was very seriously injured , being much contused about his head and other parts of his body ; one leg was also broken . This is the first accident that has occurred at tlie pit in question since the management of the present proprietors , who have taken every possible
precaution . Fall of a House . —The house in Henrietta-street , Covent-garden , known as Offley ' s spirit vaults , but which lias lately been taken by the Strand District Hoard of Works for tlieir offices and board-room , fell down lust Saturday night , about ten o ' clock . The adjoining house , formerly occupied by a wine and spirit merchant , had been pulled down as far as tho first floor , and was to be rebuilt . A new party wall had been erected , and the scaffolding was removed on Saturday morning . This party wall had been insecurely and inefficiently made ; and it fell outward , and carried with it tho whole of tho adjoining premises . No one suffered any personal injury . Tho porter and his wife were on tho premises at tho time , or at tho door ; but they were not liurr .
Death in a Bath . —Mr . Charles B . Hiilme , surgeon of tho Leeds House of Recovery , was seized with a fit . while taking ; a warm bath on Tuesday afternoon , and died before his condition was known to any one . A FouarviNO Quaker . —Several robberies , to n very serious amount , have recently been committed on the premises of Mr . Kdward Smith , of Fir Vnle , near Sheffield , a member of tho Society of Friends . Thi * gentleman refuses to take any measures against the thieves ; and a woman having been given into euntody without his knowledge , ho declined to appear against , her , mm she was discharged . It scorned that this woman had twice before been detected in committing depredations on the same promises . Waikh
Tino Latic CoLnrcnr Explosion in .. Croat excitement prevails lit tho scene of the lute appalling explosion , and it hits boon found neer-wiry to augment tho police force , in order to prevent , an outbreak among tho people , who aro very indicium ! : against tho persons emplo 3 'od as firemen at tho time , and nl «<> against tho manager for appointing them . Dkath fiiom lNTitiwrjcitANCK . —An inquest 1 i » h been hold on tho body of Mr . James Mnenab , ngocl thirty-six > lato a surgeon of tho OHrd Highlanders , who died from intemperance while in tho Clorkenwell pollen station on Tuesday morning-. A verdict wni roturnutl in accordance with theso facts .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26071856/page/10/
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