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suggestedto hfc tenants the propriety of «? P ™™ S . their wmmm T . S-length Portrait of Mr . Fox , to be presented to MkTFo ? . This was recently done at a large gathering of the tenantry- _ r ^ THE GOVERNOR OF THE GAOL ** ™ A **~^™ following report was agreed to in the Court of Aldermen JSt Saturday :-We , the undersigned visiting magis trates , to whom it was referred to ascertain the truth , of the allegation respecting the Governor of Newgate re ceiving presents of game from the friends of a prisoner named Octavius King , annex the statements made , and are of opinion that there is not the slightest foundation for the statement made against the Governor of New gate . —W . T . Copeland , Wiluam LawRenck . —batur da 8 ^ S ^ H ^ roN .-Aletter appearsinthe . Tints of last Saturday , signed « B . W . A . SMgh , " m which the writer affirms that a member of the Government promised him the influence of his department at the forthcoming ' Greenwich election . Some such expression ctf political sympathy as Mr . Sleigh quotes may certainly have been used but that it was done by inadvertence may be as sumed from the fact that the gentleman in question forgot the rule of the Admiralty prohibiting political interference at elections . We may add our belief that the time he wrote he Tiad no personal knowledge what ever of Mr . Sleigh . —Globe . . .... . The Ikcome-Tax Movement . —A meeting of the habitants of Cirencester , to oppose the ^ war addition the income-tax , has been held in the Town-hall . . . memorial adopted prayed that the war tax of 9 d . m pound be abolished from the otfa of April , 185 / , that further inquiry be made as to the practicability substituting a bond fide property-tax in lieu of present income-tax . A meeting has also been held Cheltenham , with the same results . - . ¦ The Wardmotes . —The various wards of the City London were convened on Monday , according to annual custom , for the purpose of proceeding with the election of cominon-councilmen and other officers for the ensuing year . In many of the wards , the income-tax was cussed , and resolutions were adopted urging its earl reduction . Baron Rothschild ' s lengthened absence the House of Commons was mentioned at several of meetings , and the Government was niged to steps for the introduction of measures for a speedy moval of Jewish disabilities . The elections were tinned on subsequent days . Mr . A . ST . Shaw , of Newhall , Tortrose , has issued address to the electors of the Northern Burghs , stating that it is his intention to oflfer himself as a candidate their suffrages at the next general election , in opposition to the sitting member , Mr . Laing . Mr . Shaw Liberal , favourable to " a comprehensive measure of form , including an extension of the franchise , and a equitable distribution of the electoral districts , " a porter of the present Government , and , on religious jects , a participator in the views which predominate among the Scotch members . Representation of Mertityr . —Mr . John the Chartist , has announced his intention of becoming candidate for the representation of Merthyr , at the election . The Main Drainage Scheme . —A deputation siflting of Mr . Thwaites ( Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works ) , with Mr . Woolrych ( Clerk of Board ) , and Mr . Bazalgette ( Engineer of the Board had an interview with Sir Benjamin Hall , at the of Works , Whitehall , on Monday , to submit for the proval of the First Commissioner of the' Queen ' s the plan of intercepting drainage approved by Board . Sir Benjamin intimated that ho should lay plan before two civil engineers and one military eng in order that they may thoroughly examine it . The Royal , British Bank . —The affairs of this again came before the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday It was the day appointed for the consideration of petition to tho Commissioner to direct an application the Court of Chancery for tho appointment of a under this bankruptcy . The petition -was dismissed and the 8 th of January was fixed for discussing disputed proofs of debts . —On Tuesday , a first of 5 a . 6 d . in the pound was declared under tho estato the Royal British Bank on debts amounting to 380 The assignees have not retained anything to meet or other expenses . It is expected that a further dend will be declared in about six weeks . —A sitting took place in the Court of Bankruptcy on day , when a large number of depositors and attended to prove their debts . At tho conclusion Bitting , it waa stated that the debts proved that day gether -with those proved on a former occasion , to 8 GO , 0 O 0 Z ., and the assignees proposed to divide in tho pound . Cnuncii Extension m St . Pancras . —Tho of London on Tuesday consecrated a handsome commodious now church , Bituatcd in tho vicinity Oakley-square , Bedford New-town , in tho parish of St . Pnncrafl , nnd dedicated to St . Matthew the presence of a largo number of tho surrounding habitants and several of tho neighbouring clergy .
I Tb kt turn H ^ , J H ™* ^ - > 1 Q 6 - ¦ ¦ : ; ¦ fror - cQn - ^ U j ^ ^ ^ ¦ - L / at - ^ ou in- dg to The co the ^ and oi ^ the _ at &} y of etc di w : oj dis- A « y d < from u ] the re adopt hi re- A con- v an . h for S ti is a u re- t more t sup- b sub- a s ' * Frost , s a i next £ * con- t j the 1 ) , 1 office < ap- ¦ Works , i the the ineer , Bank . tho to receiver , the dividend of , 000 * . legal dividividend Tuescreditors of tho , toamounted Ga . Gd . Bishop and of populous , in into Miooi ^ s ^ Reform R egktra ^ nSocjxj was obliged to dissolve on Monday , iiv consequ ^ or us funds being insufficient to carry out the objects , - * ™ £ _ The well-known Mr . Coppock , who moved the di ^ iu tion , observed : — "As to returning memhers free of . ex- pense , that was impossible in Middlesex . The last elecr tion cost 4000 ? ., and it was impossible to fight it for less . He was thoroughly disheartened with the conduct of the Liberal electors . " ., ¦ V e Health of London . —After a sudden increase of ' ' mortality , the weekly return again exhibits results of a 1 very favourable character . In the week that ended last ^ Saturday , the deaths registered in London decreased to 1060 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years " 184 . 6-55 , the average number of deaths was 1269 ; but i if the excess of deaths in the fifty-first week of 1847 , when influenza nearly doubled the mortality , be excluded 1 from the calculation , and the average , thus reduced , be " corrected for the increased population of the present U time , it will be found that the ordinary rate of mortality at this season -would have produced 1300 deaths last ' week , and therefore , more by 240 than the number i actually returned . —Last week , the births of 868 boys and 823 girls , in all 1691 children , were registered in ^ London . In the ten corresponding week s of the years 1846-55 , the average number was 1465 . —From the ) n \ Registrar-General ' s WeeMt / Eetiirn ; A Strange Story about Crimean Stores . —It ) X \ has just been discovered at Newark that a large amount a of stores—consisting of hams , bacon , wines , spirits , t porter , ale , cheese , tobacco , warm clothing , & c . —which the townspeop le had subscribed for , in order to send out to the Crimean army in 1 S 55 , have never been ?~ despatched , but have been lying all this time in one of , the rooms of the Town Hall , still packed up . They were [ consigned to the then Mayor for forwarding . The pre- ! sent Mayor has notified that such of the goods as are not { spoiled by keeping will be returned to the subscribers , he Murder of a Policeman . —An inquest was held at at Birkenhead on the body of a police-officer named Vaughan . Early on Tuesday morning , a young man , a of dock labourer , named Thomas Smith , was creating a ial disturbance by kicking in the panels of street doors , ion when Vaughan attempted to take him into custody . ng Smith immediately drew a knife and stabbed Vaughan is- under the heart . The latter exclaimed " I ' m done ; I'm rly done !" . and died soon afterwards . Another officer came om up at the time and called upon Smith to surrender ; he , the refu & ed to do so , and the officer knocked him down with opt his stick . At the inquest , Smith said that the officer re- ill-used him , and that he only acted in self-defence . A on- verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against him , and . he was committed for trial . . an Mr- M acready ' s Schools at Sherborne . —A very Ing large party of both sexes assembled in the British for School Room , on Tuesday evening , to witness the elision tribution of prizes amongst the boys , on the breaking s a up of the school during the autumnal recess . Some ' re- twelve months since a school of fifty boys was opened in lore the upper rooms of the Literary Institution buildings , up- by Mr . Macready , at his sole expense . Applications for iub- admission became so numerous that the founder of the late school ' enlarged'his plan , of ; ' operations ,-hut , after steps had been taken to form a council , and to organize the ost , school , he was met . by objections to the proposed schoolig ' a room—the only convenient available building— on the text score that it was not a neutral ground on which churchmen and dissenters might co-operate . The tuition son- aflbrded within the school is not of a character to excite itan jealousy of this kind ; it may be termed secular educathe tion , " being confined to reading , writing , and arithmetic , ird ) , with , occasionally , a little Scripture geography . The iffice objeccion to theroom , however , being to some an in-! ap- superable one , it was arranged that the newly organized > rks , school ( which was to be supported by voluntary Bubscri the tions ) , should be continued at the rooms of the institu i the tion . It was soon found that oven after the outlay of neer , sum , considerable in comparison with the amount of the subscriptions , the institution rooms could not be made [ Jank convenient ; and after a short trial Mr . Macready ro lday . moved to the rejected school room , and was followed b f tho most of the boj's , and here , with the aid of a paid master in to and the occnsionnl services of some of the inhabitants eiver he , on three nights in every week , instructs tho youth issed , our poorer neighbours . —Hhtrhorne Journal . ; the The Sewage of Towns . —Wo understand that idend Treasury commission has been issued , appointing Lord ito of Portman , H . Kcr Scymcr , Esq ., M . P ., I . K . Brunei , 000 * . Esq ., C . K ., Robert Jiawlmson , Esq ., C . K ., Professor legal J . T . Way , J . B . Lawes , Esq ., and ¦ Southwood Smith divi- Esq ., M . D ., to Inquire into the most effectual means idend distributing tho sown go of towns nnd of applying it Tues- beneficial and profitable uses . — GIoIhi . ditors Ciiristmas-i > ay was ushered in this year by weathci } f tho such aw old people are fond of gnyhitf reminds them ly , to- their young days . Though tho previous day hml ninted mild and rniny , Thursday , tho 25 th , even before it 5 a . Gd . light , brought , with it a hard whito front , ndded to-which early in the morning , there was a thick fog , . sndly tiy ¦{ ish op tho liuitf . 4 of tho nftthnrmticnl . In piivato housofi , it is o and bo presumed , there was tho ordinnry nmoimt of genia ity of feafitinp ;; and , in tlio workhouses , charity , i \ a usual pulouB cainc scattering roast beef nnd plnin-puddhipf , ale ew , in tobacco , to gladden the heart nnd irradiate ( lie faces ng in- those whose every-dny life is of tho dustiest nnd dullest East Kent . —Sir Edward Derinfj , one of the member
for m ™? w * um Tb th ; V of in we M . sei sp < pa of Ti Sc pi hi so ev n < p ( tr tl bi ol tl a : si 3 tl g for East Kent , has issued an address to his constituents in which he states that , owing to seyere sickness , he hasbeen recommended by his medical advisers to pass the winter and spring in Egypt ; and he therefore solicits the indulgence of the electors . The Dtjke of Eutlanb and Ijord Etr , ESMERE . — . The Jiealth of these noblemen ( more especiall y that of th . e latter ) is improving . E £ » ccATiOKAii Institutions . —The inaugural festival of the iiew Industrial Schools was held on Monday night in the Ea : change-room , Dundee . The Industrial Schools were erected by the liberality of George Duncan , Esq ., M . P ., who devoted to that object the gift of 11007 ., presented to him byhis constituents , as a mark of their respect for his character and of their appreciation of his : parliamentary services ; and in celebrating the opening of the new building , appropriately named " The Duncan Testimonial , " the directors of the Industrial School Society resolved to embrace the opportunity of giving a public expression of their gratitude to Mr . Duncan for his valuable gift . Lord Kinnaird , president of the society , occupied the chair , but the chief speech of the evening was that of Lord Panmure , who dwelt upon the necessity for encouraging reformatory institutions , especially now that we have been obliged to abandon transportation . A soiree of the members and friends of thePotttefractMechanics Institution—which has recently been amalgamated with the Pohtefract reading-room and old subscription library—took place in the towu-hall of that borough on Tuesday evening . Fully three hundred and fifty persons sat down to tea , each tray being presided over by a lady friendly to the institution . Mr . Monkton Milnes , M . P ., and others , afterwards addressed the meeting . The report showed that the society is progressing favourably .
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x ] , ¦ ] , Leader Office , Saturday , December 27 . ' : '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' ; •¦/; . .. ¦ Switzerland . : '¦ - . ¦ ¦ , ' . [ .. . ¦ ' ; ¦ - : . ¦ . ' ¦ A . patriotic dinner has been given at Geneva , at wliieh Generals Dufour and Klapka were guests . In the course of an after-dinner speech , the former said : — " I have worn tne uniform of an officer for half a centurj ' , and have served as a Federal officer for the last , forty years ; and in a time like this my heart grows young , in ' spite of the weight of years . I am old and weak , but , should my country call on me , I shall not hesitate to take the Viekt with my fellow-brethren . Perhaps we shall meet on the field of battle . " After speaking of the dangers which menace the Confederation , he continued : — " But we must not be discouraged by these dangers ; we must confront them . I have faith in the Federal troops—in their patriotic spirit and martial qualities ; and I rely on the population of Switzerland . I feel , for my own part , that the close of my career is approaching , but 1 am entirely at the orders of my fellow-citizen ? , and at the disposal of my country . " The Berlin correspondent of the Times , wntniff on December 23 , says : —" The hopes to Which the telegraphic news from Frankfort gave rise yesterday evening , just before I closed my letter , of an approach to something like an arrangement between the . King of Prussia and the Swiss Confederation , have been crushed in the bud by the result of the inquiries I have made today . No diplomatic mediation , no overtures , no deputation , - nothing of the kind is known of or expected here ; the matter remains as it did in the early part of last week , when Ilcrr von Sydow was instructed to brealc off all diplomatic relations with the Federal Government . This , by-tlie-by , he did by note from SigmnniigMi , in Hohenzollern , whore he is residing , and not orally . ——
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, , of to ol beer wnf hif t < nn < o rd East Suffolk Kmcotion . — Lord Hennckcr wns - el , turned yesterday morning for tho eastern diviMon oi or S uilblk , without opposition . , 1 , Christmas Dkphkdationh . — The poliec-oihccs yeMtrof day morning presented their usual Christnm . s loutim ; oi to robberies of Christmas dinners from pantries by l ' ' 7 » freebooters . To-day , ' in all probability , th « y will unyc , er a goodly Jirray of drunken cases and ' rows , coii > oiiin . m . of on ' the time-honoured custom of ' boxing . ^ > ( « n Charois ov Outaininm ( Jooos uy Fai . kk i ! i ; ii ' '"' rns —Suit Edward Packo Harbor , tho secretary <>» tho . ach ntaritan liistitution , in West-street , Smitliln-M , wiw inK BiunmoiiMl yoHtonlny hy Mr . Ilmiry I ' ottor , !»•'«>^ . o » U , Kohert \ V . Cardcn , cliar ^ d with ol . tniiiinK N'oods nom iial divers persons hy false and fraudulent pretences . au _ ml , the reception of a good deal of evidence , the furt her ncarind ing was adjourned till Tuesday . . . i of ' Chyhtm , Pat . aoh . —Kutuni of admissions for six ( iaj . 3 St . ending Friday , December 2 ( 'th , 1 H 50 , including sea & ou icrs ' ticket holders , M , C 18 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27121856/page/10/
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