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March 28,1857.] THE LEADER.
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Sale , and that they are ready to receive tenders for their purchase , either together or separately . The Government and the City . —The Lord Mayor entertained the Ministers at a banquet in Guildhall on . the evening of Friday Tveek , when Lord Palmerston and tlie EaTl of Clarendon gave expositions of the foreign policy of the Government , of a n a t ure alread y sufficien t l y familiar to the public , more especially at this
electioneering season . Seventeen Houses Buexed Do-wti , and Loss of Life . — -A serious fire broke out late on the night of Friday week , at Alverstock , about two miles from Gosport , by which seventeen houses were burned to the ground . A poor woman , named Roberts lost her life in endeavouring to save some furniture , w hen t he roof fell upon her . The fire was ultimately extinguished by tlie soldiers of the garrison . Convocation . —The Convocation of the clergy of the province of Canterbury has been formall y dissol v ed , and the various chapters and archdeacons will proc e ed t o t he el ection of proctors in the course of a few days . Advertises ^ foii Candidates . —The following curious advertisement . appears in the Berwick Advertiser of last Saturday : — '' " Wanted , a candidate for the represent ation of the count y of B er w ick i n t he C om m o n s H ous e of P arlia m ent , the present lion , member not laving , as yet , si gnified his intention of again coming forward . Parties of moderately Liberal principles , and laving the other requisite qualifications , are entreated to make immediate application . "
The "West Indies . — - The last mails bring very little news of general interest . AtBarbadoes , the attention of commercial men was occupied with a project started by the " West India , North and South American Telegraph Company , " to lay down a line of submarine telegraph , connecting the " West Indies -with the North and South American continents , the line then to be p laced i n connexion with the transatlantic line which is about to be laid down . From Martini q u e the r e are repor t s t ha t the inhabitants of Gros Morne have been the victims of another fire , which befel them on the 2 nd of February , and totall y co n su m ed the fe w ho u ses w hich L ad es caped the conflagration of Christmas-eve . The Ionian Isl / es . —The elections have been declared void . The Chamber accuses the English Government of having tampered with the electoral lists . A dissolution is considered probable . Fires . — A gr eat fire broke out " onV Monday night shortly before n ine o ' clock at the warehouse of Messrs . " Watkinson , upholsterers , 227 , Strand , close to Templebar . It was some time before any engines arrived , and the fire attained very alarming proportions . The whole of the warehouse where the fire originated was gutted , and as many as eight of the adjoining dwellings -were greatly damaged , in some cases almost destroyed . — -A fire broke out on the premises of Mr . " Wilson , naturalist , 391 , Strand , a few doors from Southampton-street , on Tuesday morning . The police rescued the inmates . The fire -was not subdued until the house was gutted , and the adjoining dwellings were damaged by fire and water . T he c a use is unkno w n , and the loss will fall on the Sun and other offices . . Mb . Mac & eegok , late M . P . for Glasgow , is said t o be in very distressed , circumstances . A subscri p t io n is ¦
talked of . Lord Maoiesbury and Lord Pamierston . —Lord M al me sb u r y has published in the pape r s a let t er t o L ord Palmerston , se v e r el y criticizing the Premier ' s address to Li 3 constituents , given in another column . He accuses him of maligning his opponents , of misrepresenting facts , and of resorting to electioneering clap-trap . He makes t his q u o t a t io n fro m L ord P almerston ' s address : — "An insolent barbarian wielding authority at Canton had violated the British flag , broken the engagements of treaties , offered rewards for the heads of British subjects in that part of China , and planned their destruction by murder , assassi n ation , and poison . Tho British officers , civil and naval , on the station had taken those measures which appeared to them to be proper and necessary to obtain redress . " He then proceeds to make tho following comment : — " Tho inference which must be drawn from these lines is that all those outrages preceded our s e i zu rcsof t hcshi pSjShellingforts , and bombarding Canton itself , and wore the provocations to our aggression . This inference is not true , for , with tho exception of tho first —namelthe supposed violation of tho British iJllk & oii
one y , JUlbb VllU ILUUIUIV , LllU alllMJVJDUll V 1 UIUUULI UA fciiu . flng on hoard tho Arrow—all the others were subsequent to and in retaliation for our operations conducted without any declaration of war . " Referring to tho Mansionh ou se dinner , on IfrUluy week , Lord Malmcsbury says : " Was it decent to uso the tablo at the Mansion-house
as a hustings ? For I find that at the Lord Mayor ' s dinner on the 20 th instant , you are reported to have spoken thus : — ' If those who voted against us had risen to power , what ought they to have done as tho logical and inevitable consequence of their vote ? They assorted that our proceedings were unjustifiable They m-iist Ihlvo mud the rewards which had been civen for
the hends of our merchants , and the cost of the arnenie wliich had been used in poisoning our fellow-subjects at Hong-Kong . ' And this is the language of the Prime ot at tlio oi lirst
Jammer imglanu ijanquet mo . mugiHrato of her capital , surrounded by foreign ambassadors and all tho talent , rank , and wealth of his parly . What tliey thought of thin extronlinary insult to . sonvo four hundred members of Parliament is easily guessed and
low have had the Russians in Circassia taking addiional steps for the conquest of Turkey . "—The show of lands was declare ! to be in favour of Lord John Russell , Sir James Duke , Baron Rothschild , and Mr . Crawford . A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr . Etaikes Currie . WLarylebone . —The nomination here ended in the mopposed return of Sir Benjamin . Hall and "Viacoumt Ebriiigton . Finsbukt . —The show of hand 3 at Finsbury-was in favour of DIr . Duncombe and Major Reed . A poll was lemanded on behalf of Mr . Cox and Major Reed . Tower Hamlets . — Mr . Butter and Mr . Ayrton received the greatest number of votes by show of hands ; an which a poll was demanded on behalf of Sir William Dluy . ' . , . Gkeenwicii . —The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Alderman Salomons and Mr . Townsend . Mr . Montagu Chambers and Sir William Codrington demanded a poll . Livekpool . —The writ of election was read at eleven o ' clock yesterday , and the business of the nomination was about being proceeded with , when the side of tho platform apportioned to the Liberal party fell with a tremendous crash . Mr . Ewart , L iberal candidat e , and several of his friends are slightly hurt . It is said that the supports were cut desi gnedly by the Conservative partisans , and that the Mayor had adjourned the ) roceedings for two hours , t o permit of e xam inatio n and repairs of the platform . The excitement in the town was great . —Globe . NorthaiiLertoit . —The show of hands -was in favour of Mr . " Wrightson . A polL -was demanded for tho Hon . E . Lascelles . Wakeeteld . —Mr . Charleswoith was elected -without opposition . Black-burn . — Mr . Pilkington and Mr . Hornby ( Liberal and Conservative ) were elected without opposition . Bolton . — The choice by show of hands , fell on Messrs . Gray and Cooke . Mr . Barnes demanded a poll . Salford—Mr . Massey was chosen by the show of hands . A poll was demanded for Sir E . Armitage . PoNTEFRAcr . —The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Oliveira . A poll was demanded by Mr . Monekton Milnes . Newcastle . —Mr . Headlam was chosen b y sho w o f hands . Messrs . Carstairs and Ridley demanded a poll . Bath . —Sir Arthur Hallam Elton was elected yesterday . He was first by 41 . The position of Messrs . Tite and Way is doubtful , the committees differing in t hei r accounts . The declarations will be published to-day ( Saturday ) at ten o ' clock . The contest was very severe . Manchester . —The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Bright and Sir John Potter . A p o ll was dem a nded for Messrs . Gibson and Turner . MEMBERS RETURNED ( YESTERDAY ) . . Thirsk : Sir William Galloway—Tynemouth : Mr . W . > S . Lindsay—Thetford : The Earl of Euston and the Hon . Francis Baring—Boston : Mr . H . Ingram and Mr . W . II . Adams—Walsall : Mr . C . Forster—Tamworth : J cluristoiine ¦ : .
Viscount ltaynham and Sir Kobert le— : Hon . F . II . F . Berkeley and W . II . G . Langton—Lynn : Lord Stanley and Mr . Gurney—Kcndal : Mr . Glynn—Grimsby : Mr . " Worsley—Whitehaven : Mr . 11 . C . llildyard—Lewes : The Right Hon . Mr . Fitzroy and the uouertson aim
lion . II , li . Brand—Hastings : Mr . J . ' . J . . Mr . F . North—Southampton : Mr . B . Wilcox : and Mr . Weguelin have been re-elected—Malton : Mr . C . W . Fitzwilliam and Mr . Brown—Edinburgh : Messrs . Black and Cowan—Wurwick : Messrs . llepton and
Greaves—Curnarvon : W . B . Hughes—Exeter : Mr . E . Uivcttand Mr . II . Gard—Salisbury : Mojor-Genoral Buckley and Mr . W . 11 . Marsh—" Wolverliumpton : Tho Hon . Mr . Villiers and Mr . Thornley—Anhton-under-Lyno : Mr . C . Hiiulley—Durham : M . Atlicrton and Mr . Mowbray —Hereford : Lieut .-Col . Clifford and Mr . Gr . Clivc—Leoiniimtcr : Mr . G . Hardy and Mr . Willoughby—Tiverton : Viscount Paltnerston , Mr . J . Hoathcoat—Dundee : Sir J . Ogilvy—Grcenoelc : Mr . A . Dunlop —Leitli : Mr . J . Moncriefl ' , Hon . K . Bouverie .
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known ; but what would the most ignorant of our coun- i trymen have said of your log ic h a d you addressed them 1 thus in an analogous case of possible occurrence ? 1 ' Two men quarrel , and proceed from , words to blows ; 3
one is killed . The survivor . tr ied , his counsel < pl eads jus t ifiab l e homicide , the jury give a verdict of 3 manslaughter . Pending the trial , the rela t io n s of t h e deceased t ake up t he fe u d , and poison those of the ac- i cused . The jury , log icall y , must pay for the poison . '" 3 Alderman Sir William Magnay in a Dilemma . —
Alderman Magnay , on Tuesday , in the Court of Alder- j men , alluded to cer t ai n charges agai nst hi m se l f , and ( prayed that they mig ht be investi gated . He was at one ti m e di r ec t or of so me co mp any in B el gium , which got < in t o con t ention w ith t he B el g ia n G o v ernment , the di- < rectors being accused . of appropriating the moaey of the < shareholders . The directors were cited to appear for t rial , and the trial resulted in art acquittal . The matter J was investigated here bv a committee of shareholders .
who not only e x onera t ed t he directo r s , but thanked them i for what they had done . Mr . Ashwell , the managing director , shortl y afterwards went to Belgium , thinking > all was then secure ; but he was arrested , r e tained fi v e months in prison without being allowed to see his legal ad v iser , kept in ignorance of the charge , and not tried until , by threats and intimidation , attemp t s had been made to force him to criminate himself and others . He was again acquitted ; but the Belgian Government , in accordance with its constitutional right , appealed agai n st this r esult , and Mr . Ashwell , Alderman Magnay , and others , received notice of a new trial . Thev did
' not surrender , and were sentenced to imprisonment for three years for non-appearance . — -After some discussion , the matter was referred to the Committee of Privileges , to inquire whether Alderman Magnay was a fitting person to remain a member of that court . —The Alderm an brough t t he same subjec t before t h e C ou rt of Common Council on Thursday . The recent Loss of Life by Fire in Nbwington . —The adjourned inquest upon' the bodies of Emily Rayner and her four children was held on Tuesday at the Hourglass , Walworth-comrnoii . The proceedings ( say the daily papers ) derived some additional interesl from the existence of a very stro ng feeling o n t he pa rt of t he inhabita n ts of the neighbourhood that so m e a t leas t of the lives might have been saved had not the police prevented persons from . rendering assistance ; and almost the whole of the examination , which lasted all day , was directed to that point . The house still remains in the same condition as during the last inquiry , a n d has bee n visited by large numbers of p eop le . The rooms present a v e ry singular appearance ; in some i n s t a n ces , the floors , although burnt through , remain standing with all the furniture in the most perfect order , but completely consumed , the whole crumbling to ashes under the touch . Downstairs , the supper had been laid , and s t ill remains , but all the provisions on the table are burnt , and the various jugs and drinking vessels are fused or broken by the intense heat . The jury returned a verdict that Mrs . Rayner and her four children were accidentally burnt to death , adding to it the following expression of
op inion : — "We , the jury , are of op inion that it is de- sirable , in all cases of fire where lives are endangered , that the police should not prevent the entrance of any person orpersons who may volunteer their aid to rescue the inmates of such houses on fire ; and we further strongly
recommend that tho police , on thei r w ay for the fireengines , should , under no circ u ms t ance s , lose t ime i n obtaining a fire-escape , whether persons be known to be on the premises on fire or not . " The foreman and the co r oner , however , both stated that , i n t heir opinion , no blame could be attached to the police .
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? Leader Office , Saturday , March 28 th . THE GENERAL ELECTION . —( YESTERDAY . ) CITY OK LONDON . The nomination took plaqe yesterday . The chief speech tiroa + ii ,. f « p T . rvr / i . T < ihn Itussell . who said he had been
induced to come forward again because he would not submit to tho insolent dictation of tho Registration Society . After touching on several points on which his opinions are well kno w n , he proceeded to say that , 11 on the question of church rates , lie did not think that anything could be done without a fair consideration of Eatablislicci
the claims of the unurcn . wun rcgum w the ballot , he had nothing to add to what lie had already said ; but he had one or two words to say on the subject of foreign policy . First , as to his conduct at Vienna . Tho Secretary of State had not considered it rieht to produce the despatches he ( Lord John Russell )
had written , and without those despatches he fult that his case could never be fairly before the public . { Hear , hear . ') It was his opinion that France , G reat B ritain , and Austria should combine lor tho purpose of securing
Turkey . That proposal ho made at Vienna , and in Ap ril ' last year Lord Clarendon nignexL a treaty fur that pur-! |» ose . Ho wrote from " Vienna to propose that I & UHsin I nhould b (! prevented from occupying tho Circassian portH . I He thought that Turkey was exposed to more dangei from the sido of Asia than from any otlier <| unrter , and
hu was sorry that tho proposal he inailo did not foru part of the treaty . If it had bucn 60 , wo uhould no
China And Persia. The Latest Advices Fro...
CHINA AND PERSIA . The latest advices from the East state that the Emperor of China disapproves of tho war , and has given the Governor of Cunton orders to conciliate the English . A buttle was fought on the 8 th of February , about forty miles from Buskire , between tho Bombay and Persian cavalry , which ended in the total rout of tho lutter , with th-o loss of 800 killed . Tlie loss on our sido was 10 killed and G 2 wumuded .
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LATEST FROM THE ^ CONTINENT . Qiy Electric Telegraph . ") KonigHljerg , March 27 . The Russian ( Government liavo reduced their tariff . Woollens , cottons , cloths , and ribbons lire reduced to one-Unit' tho present duties . Copenhagen , March 27 . France recommend ! " , in a . diplomatic note , tho Hettlommt ol tho ILolstdu < iu < jhtioii by a European Congress .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28031857/page/11/
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