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T-ete Trunk Line from Balaklava . to the Camp . —The rails required for the Balaklava railway were furnished by the Eastern Counties Kailway Company . The line is intended to commence a , t the harbour of Balaklava , and pass along the valley to the intrenchments of the Allies before Sebastopol . The gradients will be of an ascending character from theTiarbour to the position occupied by the British troops .
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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . jSLA ^ tx ^ -BOHB . — -The election is to take place on Monday . Lord Ebtington , at ia meeting , 6 aid- ~ He was opposed to purges Boutne ' s Act , "but believed that Hobhouse ' s Act required revision . As to the appointment of public officers , it was his opinion that those aveTtbiem , being in power for only one year , should not have the power to dismiss without jusir cause . Hevas most certainly not inclined to throw open the trade in intoxicating drinks to all those Who desire ife * Sis reason was , that in Scotland the free sale of intoxicating liquors had a most demoralising effect upon the wives and daughters .
On Friday a meeting of Mr . Bell ' s friends , especially of gentlemen distinguished in the Joe arts > was held at Blagrove ' s ConcertItoom . Letters were read from Sir Edwin Landseer , T . tTwins , Esq ., R . A ., D . Maclise , Esq ., It . A ., and other gentlemen , expressing regret at unavoidable absence , but cordially concurring in the objects of 'the meeting . On the motion of J . T . Willmofe , Esq ., B . A ., seconded by Frank Stone , Esq ., R . A ., it was resolved that" The meeting feeling that Mr . Jacob Bell's exposition ' of hfir ^ olities is most satisfactory , and further
that Ke -will 'adyarice the cause of the fine artB , was dfeterrhined to support him in the forthcoming electiipn'for Jif arylebone . " Mr . gBell has pledged himuelf to support Tttr . H Berkeley ' s annual motion for the ballot . 'Sir'Charles Napier has also consented to be nominated for thisboiough . In the telegraphic despatch he announces his political creed thus : —¦ " War to the knife with Russia—extensive reform—vote by ballot — shorter Parliaments—and general education . " However , the popular rumour is that Government has prohibited him standing unless he gives up the command of the Baltic fleet .
Limerick . —Captain Dickson has withdrawn , and a new candidate , Mr . Barrington , will , it is said , retire . The field is therefore left clear for Mr . l ) e Vere , who says : " As an Irishman I feel that a crisis is at hand , in which all that is most important to my country is at stake . I trust that I shall be found equal to the emergency . The welfare of Ireland depends upon sustaining the great principles of religious'liberty , social progress , and justice to all classes of the community . My conduct upon previous occasions , when the sanctity of religious liberty has been invaded , affords the best guarantee for my future exertions . I am a sincere advocate of freetrade principles . I shall labour to secure to the holders of land , by a comprehensive measure of tenant right , the fullest enjoyment of the fruits of
their industry and capital . I shall endeavour to secure to our noble soldiers and sailors all those religious consolations which they so greatly need . I shall devote myself assiduously to the local interests of . your county ; and no personal considerations , no external influence , shall ever divert mo from that course of'independent action which I shall feel to be required by my country at my hands . " lIiJAfix GtouOEBTDMSiiirtB . —No reply has yet been received from Mr . Holford , who has been solicited by tlye Conservatives to come forward for the vacant pent , and who is etill upon the Continent ; but an address has been iput forward by Mr . J . Curtis Hay-• yvavd , ' thechaijrmnn of the Conservative committee , in Which he says , Mr . Holford ' a " high character , and hia well-known principles , are a sufficient guarantee * o the electors of the division that ho would moat
BQVJfffaotorily represent thorn in Parliament , " The Won Grontley Berkeley has also « ddressed [ the electors ,, promising to go to the poll , on the supposition ttunt the electors wish to return " a representative who will bo firm to Lord Derby , or any other Minister whoso measures will mote toftvory class in hnv Jfcflajeaty'a dominions a fair almro of these bleaa-»»> gfl > which nro not blessings unless sluired in universally . " !
Abdtgdon . —This election presents the singular anomaly of two Liberals contesting the seat—Major Reed , of the Army and Navy Club , and Mr . J . T . Norris , of the Sutton-Courtney paper-mills , and Common Councilman of the City of London . The Conservatives have shown no disposition to enter the field , the reason assigned being that , for the short period which must necessarily intervene before a general election , they were not willing to disturb the constituency .
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RAILWAYS IN INDIA . We learn from the City article of the Times that " The prospectus is issued of the Scinde Railway Company , with a capital of 750 , 0007 . sterling , in shares of 207 . each , the deposit being 2 s . per share . The directors , who consist chiefly of known Indian names , state that they have every assurance of obtaining from the East India Company a guarantee of 5 per cent , per annum , as a minimum interest upon the capital of the company for ninety-nine years . The object is the introduction of railways into the province of Scinde , commencing at the port of Kuttrachee and proceeding to a point on the Indus in the vicinity of Hyderabad . The line will be about 110 miles in length , and will place the only seaport df
Scinde in communication with the great commercial river of our north-west frontier , effecting a saving of 125 to 130 miles of navigation , so difficult that Major Preeciy , the collector of Lower Seinde , has stated that * if one or two boats only , out of a batch of * six or so , were lost , it is considered a good venture . ' As an illustration of the injury caused by the high cost of carriage in that region , it was mentioned that the price of grain at Shirkapore and Hyderabad is just half its price at Kurraehee , the difficulty of the navigation of the Indus rendering attempts to bring down grain as an export very hazardous . The project , as may be inferred from the foregoing remarks , enjoys the unanimous support of the Indian authorities , both at home and abroad . "
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BRITISH PROSPERITY IN INDIA . A correspondent of the Daily News writes the following , addressed to the President of the Board of Control : — " As the responsible Minister of the Crovm for India , I beg to call your special attention to an item of intelligence -which has just been received from that country . " The seizure by the British authorities of the late Raja of Nagpore ' s private property , whether in cattle , cash , or jewels—and the latter were of immense valueto the detriment of Ms widows and other near relations , which has been done to an enormous amount by the acting commissioner , appears to us to be one of the most enormous wrongs ever yet committed , by the East India Company . The sale went off very quietly . Thia was ensured by the presence Of additional troops at Sotabuddee .
" Allow me now , sir , to remind you that in the year 1826 the British Government entered into a treaty of ' perpetual friendship and alliance' with the late sovereign of Nagpore , ' his heirs and successors , ' by one article of which he ceded to tlie British Government a portion of his dominions for ever , while the British Government ' on its part * guarantees the rest of his dominions to himself , his heirs , and successors . ' That sovereign , by name Ragoojee Bhoondah , died in 1853 , Tvhen , in fulfilment of this pledge of ' perpetual friendship , ' and of its solemn ' guarantee to him , ' his heirs , and ' successors , ' the British Government confiscated their territorial , inheritance , and it has now seized and sold their personal proporty , including jewels to an immense amount , by auction at the point of the bayonet . "
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RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . A very Berious collision has " occurred" at tlie Bescott junction of the North-Western and South Staffordshire Railway , near Birmingham . On certain occasions it is necessary to " shunt" one train into a oiding ; and this being done , it is considered safe . On this occasion , however , the poinstman , or policeman , whoso duty it is to see that the block \> y which a shunted train is prevented from encroaching upon the main line was turned , neglected to make himself acquainted with the ^ exnet position of the waggons . The block was not turned , and one of the waggons projected from the siding into the main li
ne , within two fe « t of the rails . The passenger train , which was not due to stop at the Beacott stn . tion , on arriving nt these points caught the projecting waggon , and the colli sion ensued . It is scarcely passible to describe the destructive effects of tlie shock . The waggon when struck appenvB to have Bwung round , and smashed the carriages which more immediately followed the engine and tender . The side of one urat-clasB carriage was completely smashed in , n second-class carriage was half demolialiod , and two third-clnas wore still more completely wrecked . One may bo said to have been entirely destroyed . It waB driven from tho wheels , and the woodwork of tho carriage afterwards usod to m « ko
the flres by the light of which the \ vtfrkpe 6 ple VrtSW able to clear the line of the dibris thrown all-arotmd , Of the 70 passengers who 'travelled by the tKtit from 15 to 20 were more or less injured . The escapf of many from instant death -was considered , ta&fi especially by themselves , as miraculous . At an in « quiry , " culpability seemed attached to the police 1 man at the station . "
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A collision , attended with loss of life , has oefcurrel on the North British , near Edinburgh . An oyer < laden goods train telegraphed for another engine but even with this assistance , while passing throttgl the Calton-hill tunnel it . got run into by a pwssengs train . A few bruizes were the only personal injtt ries , but the eoricussura broke the coupling-chain d a carriage , by which all the others , except the affl nearest the engine , becoming detached , moved back wards , slowly at first , but , from 'thfe decline , with * constantly accelerated speed . ' The guard in the front \ an attempted to . arrest the train by applying his drag , btit without effect , as it had been-tendered useless by the collision ; when , fortunsttelyfoi hlmset he made an effort to reach the drag in the cent *© a
the train by crossing on the roofs of the intervenfaj carriages . Scarcely had he Mt the Tran , when * hi train , now going with irresistible velocity j ran wtU tremendous impetus upon a pilot ' enghra coming to wards it on the same line On its way tO'Edinburgli the guard ' s TOn was instantly smashed to pieces and the carriage next it considerably damaged . Thy passengers , who weie in a state of ejttrenQe-terror were iemovedi by the assistance 6 Z several persons when it was found that one old gentleman , Mr . Sin clair , of Kosefield , Portobelio , was dead ; whethe from fright or internal injury was hot ascertained Many other personages were seriously -injured . Ihi dense accumulation of steam in the tunnel from-thj three engines is stated to be the cause of the firs collision , from obscuring the lights .
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A most frightful accident has occurred on tfcu Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Pemberton near Wigan , by which the stoker of -a ' passangsr train Was killed , and ^ the engine-driver and pas sengers were much injured . The train from Liver pool to Manchester ran violently into a loaded coal train , which was passing from a siding on it to th main . line . The engine and tender were overturned and two empty carriages smashed . All the dthe carriages—eight in number— -were thrown off th line . The stoker of the passenger-train Jumped ol just before the collision occurred ; but before h could clear the tender , the engine fell upon him am killed him . The engine-driver ' s ribs were broker How the passengers escaped serious injury is con sidered a miracle .
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OUR CIVILISATION . Savaok AssAUi / r . —A ruffian has been committe for an assault which is thus minutely described b the unfortunate subject , Mrs . Louisa Harrison , delicate-looking young woman , the wife of a maatt carpenter , living in Bull Inn-yard , Aldgate : ~ - " was sitting in my parlour , my two children bein asleep on the eofa , when I heard a gentle knock i the Btreet-door . I opened it and saw the prisone who said he had brought me some work from h sister . The moment he came in he closed the do < and blew out the lamp . He then said , ' Now , want your money . ' I told him I had none , and 1 then hit me on the side of my dress , and the mow I had in my pocket jinked . H « immediately to
away my pocket through the pocket-hole ot no dress , and throwing some coppeis I had upon tl floor , he put the silver In his pocket . He then mo on the nose with his flat , and I bled profuse ) and fell to the ground and out « ny head , -fie tfo dragged me across the floor to tho other end of ti room , across which was a Clothes-line , which lie c with a chisel he had about him . He then struelc to while lying on the ground with my husband ' s lor walking-stick , which was hanging on the line , was stunned by the blow , Imt I got better . Ho th left mo on the floor , and went to the othwend of t !
room , and pulled two pistols out of his pocket w laid them on the 'table . Immediately afterward * put the pistols in his podket again , and ho took t chisel out , and with it he cut theother endof t line , and then ho tied my hands with the cord wh I was on tho ground . 1 tried to scream , but he p Ills hand over my mouth , and said if I hallooed would kill my baby . He then jammed me in . I tween two chaire , left tho room , shut the doo * , a wont up-etaira . I distinctly heard him , but was » able to speak nt tho time . "Myself and my childt wcro tho only persons in tho house . "
IlnsnANiJ-nmATiNo . —A mnn named Hayaon had a narrow escape . Ho went with his wife to i tlio Qucon go to open Parliament , and -on th rotiurn they had a discussion about tho Qwoo appearance . His wife said that her Mnjeaty look very pale , as alio drank very much , which atutenu withosa strongly denied . Tho prkionor became < eeedlngly indignant nt > hta denial , and pushed h
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CONTTNENTAL NOTES . Tbee French in Bomb . —The Moniteur says : — " Severaliforeign journals have announced that the government of the Emperor had decided on recalling the -army of occupation now in the Papal States . This assertion is incorrect- The Pontifical Govemment is successfully engaged in the reorganization of its army ; and in order to make place for the .. Roman troops , the effective strength of outs may perhaps be gradually reduced . Our soldiers , however , will not abandon the garrisons of Home and Civita Vecchia until the government of the Emperor , as well as that of the Holy See , shall be satisfied that their departure will not endanger -public tranquillity . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 16, 1854, page 1186, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2069/page/10/
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