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    60$ THE LEAD-EiR. [No. 379, Satubdav

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    STATIC OF TRADE. Thb trade reports ef th...

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    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. AtSHOAi* of...

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    AMERICA. The Central American question y...

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    1THE iFEENOH ELECTIONS. Tb* ejections co...

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    The Educational Conference. Tub First Of...

    bieS 8 ihb labours of those -who work in his cHtese . " The Prtin » theft Tcsmnetl "his seat amidst load cheers . The' Secretary laving teaft the report , liord Brougham , ! the Bishop dt "Oxford * and the Rev . Canon Moadey , made some db * etvatlons on most of the topics touched on in 1 * fint ! e : MbeffcV Speech , and expressed themselves to unich the same effect as Ms Royal . Highness . "Tire Prince'then declare *! theEducational ^ Jontere iice o pen ed , _ and adjtjtnrned the proceedings to the next iSay . ' ¦ On the second day ( Tuesday ) , the -various ecfions ; ntet at the Tnatcheel-house' Tavern . The greaternumber - of persons attending were clergymen . Various papers ' referring to educationTrere read ; but our ^ pa ee d o » es not * permit of out analyzing them . ,

    The final meeting took place on Wednesday , at triH &' S Kooms , St . James ' s . Earl < 5 ranville filled the ) chair , ' and the various sections presented their Teports , ' and resolutions ' -based'tm them . Among other speakers , ' fhe meeting was addressed by the Bishop of Oxford , Sir John Pakingtan , the Marquis of 'Lansdowne , the Bight Hon . William Cowper , M . P ., Sir Jdhn Kay Sbnttteworth , the Dean of Salisbury , the Dean of Bristol , and ; the Bishep of Sodoi and Man , all of ; -whom , with the exception df Sir John Pakington , the Marquis of Lansdowne , and the TBisiop of fJodor and Man , had presided over the 'various sections . The upshot of the Tesolotions

    was to the effect that children in 'England are taken away from school - "When too young ; that this is not the case on the Continent ; that registration ,, certificate , « nd prize schemes have been applied in certain localities with advantage , and are -worthy - < if a more extensive trial ; that the voluntary half-time schemes are also worthy of a fm-ttier trial ; that the Conference considered the encouragement of industrial education in elementary schools , especially among girls , to be very desirable , and 'tiuvt such instruction is peculiarly important in the reformation of juvenile offenders . All these resolutions w « re carried unanimously .

    The 'Bishop of Softer and Man then moved—* ' Thirt this Conference be now adjourned ^ and that it be referred to the general committee to prepare and . publish apubKc report a ? the proceedings , with a selection of the papers , and determine as *» the time and place of its nextr meeting ! " jSfter consisHfirable discussion , this -was carried , and the Conference came _ to an end .

    60$ The Lead-Eir. [No. 379, Satubdav

    60 $ THE LEAD-EiR . [ No . 379 , Satubdav

    Static Of Trade. Thb Trade Reports Ef Th...

    STATIC OF TRADE . Thb trade reports ef the week ending last Saturday show a continuance -of comparative inactivity , although the various onarketa have been favourably influenced by the reduction-in the rate of discount . At Manchester , from tbis cause combined with a fuyfclier slight adv-asce in . cotton and the limitation of production , prices have bean Jinn , but there is as yet no temptation for the manufacturers to resume active operations . The Bh « - mutgbam advices state "the iron -trade to be in . . a very satisfactory condition , while with regard to the general business of the place the manufacturers of articles m copper and tin are beginning in some degree to -ex .-peiteace the . advantageous effects of the late partial reaction in tntwo-nnetals . At Nottingham , the purchases ofilacedhare been en a slightly increased scale , bat £ qj ., hosiery the demand remains very ¦ dull . In * ue woolteu districts and the Irish , linen-markets there has beensno oltenratAon .- ^ -Tivies .

    Jn the general business of the port of London during the same week , thso total of ships reported . inward . woe 1 » 8 , showing an increase of 24 over tbe prewioua week . The number glaired outward was 138 , including 26 in ballast , 'being the same as in the previous week . The total of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 66 , being 19 more than at the last account . Of > these 19 ate for Adelaide , 2 for Geelong , , 6 for Hobart Town , 8 for Launoeston , 8 for Melbourne , £ . for New Zealand , 21 for Port Phillip , 1 for Portland Bay 1 for Port Fairy , 3 . 4 for Sydney , and 1 for Swan Biver . —lidem .

    Accidents And Sudden Deaths. Atshoai* Of...

    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . AtSHOAi * of porpoises havinggone up beyond the Earl of Moriey ' fl bridge , which crosses the estuary of tho Laira , above Catwatop ,. Plymouth , a few days ago , were attacked by ajpimber of men in boate , and several of L » fge' 41 menaions / were 4 eatroyod . This , unusual sport Attcaqted many ajpeetatorB , and a shot from one of . { he rifles appears to taaevre ixitr the bead of a porpoise . FJyiog up , M ^ hen wounded the arm of a young man named PqppWon , and passed through tho . body of Jonathan Corker , a flhJpWight , who died shortly after hisodmiasion to the South J & evon Hospital . At the inquest * held

    before Mr . EdmoaUs on Eriday week , it wn 3 fou , nd impossible to identify the ^ araon who fired the fatal bullot , and aui open . vwrtUct was accordingly returned . tfhe . Royal y ^ cht Victoria and Albert entered , the ' Mersey on . Friday week , and remained at anchor off Bock JFerry until Saturday evening , when abe procoeded to MilfordiHftvom . Puring . her stay , Captain Xtenman ^ gave , carte Wancim to the public for inspection , and on SAtuidfty fche yacht was crowded with "boatload after , boatload , ^ ( v . wltors goiluflb several accidents . occurred . ' 0 ne . /] ft 4 y Jm 4 he * . leg broken , and othew w » romuoh cpnah ^ d , , ' , Another sad calamity lias taken place off thq Shetland

    Islands . Several boats were out fishing ' , -when a very severe gale of-wind-came on eud & enly , and throe of -the boats belonging to Hist , and one to North Mavine , were lost "with all hands . Four-and- ; twenty" men were thus drowned , and the greater number have left families behind them . 'These , TO * course , are destitute ; but subscriptions are befog opened on their trehalE . T-wo' men have been kflled ^ by lightning a few miles from tlie town / of Hungerford , Berkshire . Some labourers

    -were at -work mowing , when a thunder storm came on , accompanied ^ y rain , ft was suggested 'by two of ithe msa that they Should shelter themselves « under some trees ; 'but a third , Tcuowing that foliage attracts liglitning , objected , and -went to a neighbouring cottage , where he "was safely housed . The other two ,, noivever , ran beneath a large lime tree , where , about half an nour afterwards , ithey were found quite dead . The hair of one-was much-scorched , and the clothes of the other * vere an . -fire .

    Sir James Eyre , the physician , and auflrorof the work called ' The Stomach and its Difficulties , ' has died suddenly , while iie and his wife were staying at the residence of a * riend at Ciapham . On Thursday \ reek , he attended the Queen's levee , and sat up late that night , playing whist . "When he went to bed , he was in Ms usual health , but in the morning he was found dead in the bed by the side of his -wife . An inquest vpas held last Saturday , when it was suggested by the surgeon who was called in that some vessel in the head had given way . A verdict of Natural Death was returned . Six James was sixty-five .

    A little boy , nine years old , and a girl a little older , were gathering eggs -from a cliff near the Land ' s End . The boy '« feet suddenly slipped , and the girl caught hold of hitn , and held him for some time ; but , finding her strength failing , sne was compelled to relinquish her hold , and the boy fell a depth of between two and three hundred ieet , and was dashed to pieces . A man employed at Price ' s PatentCandle HanidBictory has been burnt to death , owing to iris apron catching fixe at the stove in the cooling-room , the bottom 6 f ¦ whicb was out of repair . The coroner's jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , anS considered it blamable on ihe part of the managers not to have a proper stove in the cooling-room .

    A Hr . Albert Keel , a young man of eighteen , the son of ia gentleman residing at Bath , has been drowned in the river Avon . He was rowing in a skiff , which -came into collision with another boat . The youth was at once thrown 'head foremost into . the water , and never rose again . The body was recovered in about five minutes , but life was quite extinct . It is supposed that Mr . Keel struck his head against the bottom , and ivas stunned , for Jhe was a good swimmer . Another horrible death by drowning has occurred to

    a youth of eighteen . He was the son of a toll-keeper near Glasgow , and , being near the old quarry , he sprang from the bank into the water . After swimming about fora few minutes , he dropped his feet and stood upright-His feet , however , stuck in the thick soft mud at the bottom , and he gradually sank . His cries attracted ^ a man and woman to the spot , and the former jumped in , and dLd'lxis best to rescue the youth . But by this time the water had covered his head , and life had flown . The body was onVv got out with great difficulty .

    Two young men have been , drowned in the Aln , Northumberland , while bathing . One , observing that the other was sinking , went to his rescue ; but both , were lost , A neighbouring clergyman , hearing them cry , went to the rescue , but arrived too late .

    America. The Central American Question Y...

    AMERICA . The Central American question yet looms in the papers of . the United States . The "Washington correspondent of the New York Herald asserts that , in a despatch of twelve pages to Xord Napier , Governor Cass had < 3 ocline 4 to reopen for the present . jae £ ofci * Uions on that much discussed question . Another correspondent of tho same journal understands that the Secretary of tho Treasury will recommend the repeal © Tall laws requiring tho coasting trade to be carried' on in American ships . Xiord BTqpier has"kqpt the Queen ' s birthday at W ^ n , ington with great Mat . The ball was attended by many , of tho notabilities , of tl > e Federal capital ! but General Casswos absent , which is attributed to his invariable l » al > it of going to bed at ten o ' clock . The New TorXi Herald givea au enthusiastic account of the

    celebration , in whioh ho uttora the most'lavjteh pm 3 ao of tho high-bred courteay of the Englidh Ambassador , the beauty and suavity pf his wife , tho unequalled moral and intellectual qualifies of the various American funcficinarlBfl ^ prosent , and £ ho magnificent busts and shoulders ¦ of his fair country women . TJw President is said to have declared that in matters routing to tho Niaaraguan tranait . ho will wot Tocqgnijso Goata-Rioa 09 'having any control over It , At Cariicqas , YeflMMEuela , an occurrence of some interest tins takon plftco , tho British Cimrgti d'AffiUrpsTjavlngfldlwnrilssoda marriage between two native TCornan Catholics , contrary , U > the rules « f th « church . Tho bride being stepdaughter itoberhuftbiwd , CueAroUWehop and X ' qpohadprovioufl ^ y irpfcwed Jtlieir sanction . J-ord Palineraton hau been written to on the eubjoot . General Joao Moo « ff « a Uaa

    renouhoed Tils tille of General-in-Chief , « ag . « , T "T . not to recognize theaew General appointed bv-SS !!* ment . 'Great excitement prevailed . 7 « overn-At New York , trade contiimfed dull . There w * . « activity an the money-market , though rat ««« e materially -changed . » rates were not

    1the Ifeenoh Elections. Tb* Ejections Co...

    1 THE iFEENOH ELECTIONS . Tb * ejections commenced last Sunday , and all nassed off peaceably , tliough , of conrse , v ^ y differed S counts are given of the degree of interest excited amon ^ the _ people . The Ocvernment papers say that the Mames were crowded ^ the Liberals affirm tfoat a creat deal of apathy was shown . On ihe first day mm of the Republican electors held back from voting , out of a fear of the "ballot boxes being tampered with durinir the night . At the close of the second day , the boxes were opened in public , and the result at once declared so that there was no longer any rear of foul pW The following are the issues of the several Paris elections : — FiKsr cincoMscttirriou . Delaluin * 10 , 070 Laboulaye 4 , 676 Reynaud 1 ^ 82 Majority for the Government candidate ..... 5 , 894 & ECOXD CinClTMSCUirTION . Devinck _ .. . 10 , 472 Bethmont ...-.. „ 9 , 070 ilajbrity for the Government candidate ... 1 , 402 ftntBX > C 1 UCUJISCKIPTION . General Cavaignac 10 * 345 Tlubaut 10 , 108 Majority for the Republican candidate 237 FOUBTH CIBCUMSCUIPTIO . Y . Varin 9 , 632 E . Ollivier 6 , 741 Gamier Pages 9 . T 49 Jllajority for the Government candidate ... 2 , 891 fifth cincrnMsciuiTJOS . ¦ . Carnof . 32 , 034 Hfonin-Japy , 8 , 426 "BTajoritvfor the Republican candidate ...... 3 , 608 SIXTH ClitCUMJ 3 . CUlPTIO 3 f . Goudchaux .. 13 , 042 Ferret ... i ..... 10 , 464 3 Iajority for the Republican candidate 2 , 578 SEVENTH CIKClTMSCRirTION , Lanquttin 10 , 609 Darimon 6 , 826 Bastidc 3 , 647 Majority for the Government candidate ... 3 , 783 EKJHTK OIROUMBORrPTIOS . Lepelletier lB ^ O Vavin 9 , 083 J « les Simon -2 , 2 e 8 Majority for the Government candidate ... 8 , 707 BTONTH OTRCOMSCBIFTION . K & nigswatcr \\ Vn ' F . Lasteyrie U , uv Blajorhy forthe Government candidate ... *> & 41 TBMITH OIKOUMSCluraOV . -KH 17 rj , Veron 15 » ' fjr . reivn noon Bugfene Pellotnn ' __ Majority for tho Government candidate ... & £ > J Tkl vo & g on tfa » second day ( Mondv ^" Jgj and -more anitnatod than on Sunday . Ihfi ™*™ ° classw oum « out in force , and from monyof to ** Wto ments marcl » ed in largo bodies to tho voting P » J" " [ their tucked-up shirt-eleevefl , sabots , and ord . nary WMK rng-dresa . S ^ ne iastied from tbe wme-sliopa , » » J ww a little noisy and fluohod with drink ; ^ iMt ms founa neceaaary to eject a few from tho votin 8 ™™ ' x many caaee , " wxitos tbe Times correapo »< lent , ™»* f of calling acorns to influence political **^ e ^ Jl instance , the ornamental napornmkew , ™ hxnQ ~^ . metal founders , and ongineinakers , will have moat Pjo b « bjy voted agaiimt the Ooverumont o » nd « lflto ^ « mariiot . gardeners rather in favour ; * lw ^ WJ" ™ ^ ( who are , 1 believe , principally torn Am « WJ 0 f ^ me ^ tho doalen in old ironware : r « U . or divUtod . « u the journeymen browors generally ft ^ SatuW ana Sunday , oddltloiiol oMri «« o 8 wowpw . to the tettbiB , fi » - the ^ o ^ Ktorablo numbers wto jte ^ catod in the country , in tho nolg hbourliood of I utt , who were coming In to vote . " unlimBcriDtionB , «" In the third , fourth , ami seventh c roumacript j tho flucoeaaful qnndldatw did « ot obta n an abwl « to ^ jority . of the whole number of «^ ^ wd oWow ^ second election i « piich of thoao dlvJdons will place . . — - — - •• 'The names of " tT ^ Govermnont owiUI *» W » « ro printed in Italics .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27061857/page/6/