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voyage to Australia of the Ben Nevis , Captain Heron , in latitude 44 ' 41 south , and in the same longitude as the Crozetst , came unexpectedly upon land . Supposing it was the Crozets , he steered one hundred and twenty miles south , and was astonished to fiLnd himself at the Crozets . He describes the new island as the highest he had ever seen , for the mountain ridge on it seemed to be as high as the Andes . The Crozets are in a line with Prince Edward ' s Island , Marian , and Kerquelin ' s Island . —Liverpool Post .
Crime in" Somersetshire . —In consequence of the large and increasing extent of undetected crime , the magistrates of the county of Somerset have in contemplation ihe establishment of an efficient county police . Mr . W . H . Langton , M . P ., Sir . P . Acland , and ofcbers , formerly opposed to , now support the measure , which has the concurrence of the Hon . W . G . Hayter . Several parishes have petitioned for the introduction of the rural police , the parish constabulary being totally inadequate to the suppression of the organised gangs of ruffians and their * systematic crime .
A Gorgeous Cathedral . —The restoration of the roof of Carlisle Cathedral has long been in progress , but has been delayed by a disagreement as to the style of the decoration , the Bishop being ; in favour of sobriety of oi-nament . It was at length , agreed to submit the matter to the casting vote of Mr . Owen Jones , who decided in favour of great splendour and enrichment , as being more historically correct . " The panels , " says the Carlisle Patriot , " are to have a groundwork of bright azure , powdered with , gold stars ; the ribs and bosses are to be painted various colours , red , blue , &c , and the coats , , of arms and - otlier armorial bearings are to be restored after the most aecurateheraldic designs ; the angels which surround the corni ce are to be gilded , and coloured , and the large angels on the hammer-beams are to be treated in a similar manner . "
State op Tkade .- —The trade reports from the provincial tow ns for the week ending last Saturday show that , while the news from Vienna has created considerable animation , the feeling is unanimous throughout ; the country not only . ^ against any premature reliance bein ^; again placed upon Russian professions , but also against a discontinuance of the war except ttpon complete and unequivocal terms . At Manchester the notification was followed by a sudden influx of telegraphic orders from all parts , but although business -was carried on to a large extent , it was -paartTy cheeked by the demands of holders , and , the excitement having thus been allowed time to subside ,
a calmer tone subsequently prevailed . At Birmingham , it is considerect the restoration of peace would favourably influence prices , since the demand for Government armaments does not compensate for the prohibition of the export of iron to the north , of Europe , and the general limitation of domestic under takings . For the present , however , the market , which vras previously hestlthy and firm , remains without variation . In the general occupations of the place there is fair employment for the home spring trade ,: but foreign orders ace not so good as had been anticipated . The more favourable expectations lately entertained of the assets of the Lichfield Bank are
stated to have been diminished by a defalcation of nearly ^ 8 , 000 on tbe part of a clerk , and other causes . From Nottingham the accounts are very satisfactory , purchases on American account being still kept up , although the wants of that country were supposed to liave been fully supplied for the season . la the ¦ woollen districts , also , confidence is well maintained , and in tbe Irish linen-markota there has been increased activity , —f-imes . RETIttEMENT PROM PARLIAMENT OP Mr . MaOATJLAY —The Whig historian and member for Edinburgli has addressed
a letter to his constituents in whicli he intimates Jus intension to accept the Chiltorn Hundreds , nnd retire from Parliament , on the ground of ill health . While thanking the electors iW the generosity with which they have borne with his long absence from the House of Commons , ho says that he had hoped to Jbo able to attendall important divisions , and occasionally to take a part in debate . But the experience of the lust two 3 'cars has shown him that he cannot reasonably expect to bo ever again able to perform the dutios which constituents havo a right to demand .
Two Murders by a Maniao . — A man , nmmod San ford , siinnnino , has committed two fearful murders at Woodfcridgo , Connecticut . Ho first killed , by a blow from an axe , a Mr . Sporry , who was riding in a sleigh near a gloomy pioco of wood ; then going on to the house ) of a , Mr . Umber-field , ho got into cou-voreation witb him . It wub aeon thnt hiH manner was « ?? m 6 f ° " ' caving , ho struck Mr . Umborfiold with tola axo , and afterwards cut his throat . He then SlT ^ S f i !^} 0 « ' ftnd doPM'tatl , carrying the axo , and a club which ho had brought . The maniac T « P 7 fu ° ' ftlKl > Q ftor ttfierco "siatanco , captured ; £ E , « ° / i Put ™ er 8 thrusting a pitchfork into hi , foZS' ff f T *** *»«* aiS Mm down . He contlmhlfi Ti » * i * Ua int «» tion to return to Mr . Umbevfields house , and kill the wholo family ; but hie conversation was often ycry incoherent .
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Leader Ob-fioe , Saturday ,. Jan . 2 t > . STATEMENT OF WILLIAM PALMER . In the exercise of a judicial impartiality we insert the following statement , whioh must bo taken purely as an ex partc one . We observe , however , cue or two trifling "discrepancies a « compared with the evidence published in the daily journals . For instance , Mr . Mander spoke of only one ounce ( J pxussic acid , and Whyman was only certain that it wasbofore one o ' clock when William Palmer purchased tlie poison . It will be observed that in the lute inquest on Waller Palmer , Mr . John Smith of Birminghamtlie prisoner ' s
, solicitor , made strong assertions gainst Mr . Whyman , the assistant to Messrs . Mander and Weaver , drugg ists of Wolvcrhanipton , who deposed to serving William Palmer with two . ounces of prussic acid , on Tue *< lav , the second day of Wolverhampton Races , previous to the Thursday 011 . which Walter Palmer died suddenly . Upon tlie evidence of this witness the verdict of the jury appears to haye , for the most part , rested ; the medical witnesses going no , further than to suggest that the symptoms 01 death , although similar to th < tse of apoplexy , might , within possibility , have been occasioned by prussic acid . William Palmer , in giving instructions to his solicitor on this point , says as follows in writing : —
"I will swear most solemnly and sacredly , that I never was in a druggist ' s shop , in Wolverhampton , in my life ; aud that I da not even know where Manner and WeiverV shop is . tl Ask him what time of the da } ' ( he says ) he sold mo ihe acid . On Monday , Wolverhampton Race day , I went -with Mr , Dyke in a fly of Southern ' s from Kugeley . On Tuesday I left the Stafford Station at 12 , ( Why man says it was quarter past 12 , and peiv-ista in it , when Palmer was in Messrs . Mander and" Weaver ' s shop at VVolverhaiupton , 2 j miles distant )—with Mr . Painter ; went to the Talbot with Mr . Painter ; fiom thenco to the Swan ; then , on with Mr . Dyke , in a'fly from the Svan tc the course ; from the course wiih . Mr . l > yke in the same fly back to the Swan . ; and straight oil'home in my gi « . which . Mr . Dyke drove from Rugeley in the morning . "
As the several persons indicated corroborate this state - men ? , the friends of Palmer assert with confidence that Whyman must either have mistaken some other person for Palmer , or that having made the statement boasiihgly , he has stuck to it" ( as it js culled ) wh « u driven into a corner , un ( l so committed perjury . 'They .. aMStrt that it can be most incontestably proved that 1 ' almcr could not have been at Messrs . Mander and Weaver ' s in Wolverhampton at the time stated , or \ vitnin several hours afterwards . ¦ ' -,. ' Tho manner of William Palmer exercises its influence even under present circumstances . On Wednesday last , at Walsull Sessions , one of tlie head turnkeys of Station ! ( Jaol said ' IJe never before knew a prisoner who impressed every one iu the gaol with a inore favourable impression , or with a greater appearance of tieitig innocent of the charges brought against him , than Palmar . "
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DENMARK AND THE ALLIES . Captain Warren , of the Driver , lately brought t . ' tho British Legation : hero instructions to . request the Danish government to allow tho -allies tho . use of two ports aa "winter stations . Mr . Buchanan presented in duo course the request , which was rofused bn tho 11 th by the Danish government , on the plea of neutrality . On the 14 th , a fresh note arrived from England , \> vrsiating ia the request , and demanding an answer in as short a time as possible . This answer has not yet been givon . —Letter from CopuUtagin ( Ju . il . 17 ) .
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THE PRINCIPALITIES . Conferences have boon hold in Constantinople iu order to adjust tho first auU fuiirth points rolating to the Principalities . The persons who took part in thorn .-conferences wore Aali Puoha , Urund Vizior ; Fund Pacha , Minister for Foreign AH ' airs ; Prince Uulliniaki , M . Thouvenol , Lord Stratford do Kodclidb , aud Huron do Prokoach .
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Meeting op Parliament . —In anticipation of the opening of the Parliamentary SeBsion on Thursday next , the 31 st inst ., Lord Palmerston has addressed a circular to the various members , requesting their attendance , as important business will be immediately discussed . It is thought that the Queen will open Parliament iu person . Death from Fire . — Miss Caroline Luttrell , daughter of Colonel Luttrell , who is now with his regiment in Cork , undertook to light up a
Cln-istmastree on the occasion of a party on Friday week . She went "by herself into the room , and in order to prevent intrusion until the effect should be complete , locked the door . Inconsiderately , she lit the lower tapers first , wheu , reaching up to the higher branches , her thin musJiu dress caught fire . Having pulled the bell , she xmlocked the door , and rushed forth . The flames were afterwards extinguished ; but the shock to the system was so great that she died on Monday . She was in her twenty-fifth year .
Railway Reform . —A meeting of shareholders iu railway companies was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern for the purpose of taking into consideration the seriously depreciated value of their property , and especially to consider a plan for removing the evils of the present system . Mr . W . Malins was voted to tbe chair , aud addressed the meeting at great length . Mr . Mitchell proposed a resolution to the effect that a society be formed , to be called " The
Railway Proprietors' Association , " the objects bei ng the protection of railway property and its restoration to a , fair and legitimate value , the restriction and closing of the capital account , and the suppression of ruinous tariffs by territorial arrangements . This motion wa s unanimously carried , and it v / as resolved that the government of the association should be by a president and council , consisting of twelve or more members , whose services are to be gratuitous . In the course of his speech , Mr . Malins observed : — "
Railway property has been something like from five to ten per cent , lower this year than it was last year ; and , if you refer to the records , you will find that its downward progress -has been unceasing , except at moments of special excitement . I ask you how long ia that to go on ? 'I think that the object of the associated shareholders should be the immediate constitution on each railway of an efficient committee of audit and control , which shall strictly examine the . receipts and payments of every description , and shall look into every source of revenue , and the cost at which that revenue is obtained . Finally , a committee was appointed to ' carry oirt the objects of the meeting , which then adjourned to the 31 st inst .
Carelessness with Fire-arjis . —SincetheBurnopfield murder , there has been a mania in the neighbourhood for carrying fire-awns . A man recently dr-opt a revolver frorn . a cart ; another vehicle went over it , and one of the ^ barrels exploded . The weapon was then picked up by a boy , in whose bauds a second barrel discharged its contents , and shot a horse . Accidental Poisoning . — Two Roman Catholic priests and a gentleman died suddenly , and with every symptom of being poisoned , after dining at the Iiouho of Professor M'lver , Dhigwell , Scotland , The professor himself lies in a hopeless state . It in believed that the roast meat waa garnished with hemlock , . and that the wine excited tho chemical action of tho poison . None of the ladies were affected .
Killed with Joy . —A shoemaker at Lowestoft suddenly dropped down dead from excitement at unexpectedly meeting his son in tho streets after his return from the Crimea . Ho had known of his return ; but came upon him suddenly , and for awhile did not know him . The father went home , and was about to tell his wife when he expired . The Weather . —A violent gale blew on Wednesday and Thursday , and several BhipH slipped their anchors off Southampton . In London , on Thursday of
night , Home viv ^ d flaHhey lightning wcro Boon . Tho strength of the wind caused a very BoriouB accident in the ruins of Messrs . IIupkiuHoiVs pianoforte factory , burnt down about a fortnight ngo . Tho eafltorn Avail , wh iuh was of great height , and necessarily weakened by tho absence of tho north -and south walls , was blown down , and in its full crushed threo small adjacent houses , burying tho inmatoH . Tho sufferers were dug out , nnd convoyed to tho hospital ; but none wero fatally , t hough all wore sorioufily , injured . Tho west wall was then pulled down .
ISastkrn Countieb IUilway . —A meeting of tho wharoholclors of thin railway took place yesterday , for the purpose of confide ring tho ' general position of the Board of Directors , and for adopting mounm-cs for a proper administration of ailairw ; Mr . WiitUlington in tho chair . Mr . Bruoo , a director , moved that tho meeting confirm t ho resolut ion of tho mooting in . August lust , appointing tho cornmittoo of investigation , and requoHt thorn to aontinuo their laboura till tho general mooting in February noxt . An amendment in favour of Mr . Waddixigfcon wan lowt . The original motion wa « not put , a poll having " boon domrcndod and granted . Tho reoulfc will bo declared on TisoHflay noxt . Tho mooting wuh very Htormy ; and Mr . Wiuldington loft tho chair without a vote oi thankh being accorded to him .
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P 82 * T H E L E A D E R . [ No . 305 , Saturday .
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Mr . Murray lms loft an agent at Tehoran , and lm ^ threatened to support him by an Englinh licot in the Persian Gulf .
Spain in still in a diaturbod state . Largo bnndu vi workmen havo demanded work of Eapartoro ; they wero promised something ahould bo done fox' thorn . At Malaga , public order has been BeriouHly menaced , owing to the doarness of food and the scarcity of work . Tho Paris corrcapondent of tho Morning Post nayn that Paris will probably bo tho city iu whicli tJk-Poaeo Conferences will bo liold . " The mofft strenuous oUorts , '' tiuyn tho Times Vicuna correspondent , " are now bein # made to iuduco England not to insist on . Kursiu ' h disarming tlu * ooHtcrn coast of tho Jilubk Hoa . In diplomatic circlon , complaints are made of tho iuoonoeivablo obHtinacy { nnbcgrciJiichcnStwrninn ) diftnluyoct l > y JSir Hamilton Boymour in this matter . '
Tho rcejufoitiou of tho oloctorw of ICdinburgh to Mr Adam lilack bus already buen ho luimorouHly wignod a » ( according to the Scotsman ) to onaure tho return <> 1 that gentleman .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2125/page/10/
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