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The Late Inundations in France . — The Lord Mayor , writing to the Earl of Clarendon , states that the total subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the French inundations exceed 30 , 000 / . The amount sent to France is upwards of 1 , 000 , 000 fr . St . Panckas Workhouse . — The directors of the poor of St . Pancras have determined , by 17 to 4 , to resist the alleged right of the Poor Law Board to interfere in the management of the poor of the parish . Infidel , Pbeachers . — The First Commissioner of Works gave permission , last June , to 4 temperance '
orators to march in procession through Victoria Park on certain occasions . This was gradually interpreted into a license to all species of sects to preach on Sundays ; and to the various focuse 3 of eloquence and fanaticism was added last Sunday a party of ' infidels , ' preached Atheism in such phrases as— " If there is a God , he is the author of all evil ; " " The Deity is unknown to man ; " " All crime emanates from a belief in God ; " " We know nothing of a God . " The consequence of this has been the issue of a notification , forbidding all such meetings . to
Cape of Good Hopf . — It has been determined send out to the Cape a body of 8000 men of the Anglo-German Legion , to fill up the vacant spaces on the borders . This design has been approved by the House of Assembly , which pledges itself to make good any amount , not exceeding the sum of 40 , 000 / ., which may be necessary for carrying out the plan . A general illumination was to take place in Cape Town , in honour of the peace , intelligence of which was communicated on the 29 th of May to the Legislative Council . Fire . —A fire broke out on Monday night , about eight o ' clock , in a stack of buildings adjoining the ferry , near Dowson ' s-dock , at Limehouse . It was of an alarming character , and was not entirely extinguished until after midnight . The firemen and police exerted themselves to the utmost , and no lives were lost .
An Obscure Romance . —The following appears in the mysterious second column of the Times : —Safe through life ' s dangers till near their end : then , a fall , a betrayal too cruel , a life wound . One who could not spare is implored to pity and forgive—August 25 , 1856 . " Malleable Iron . —Mr . Bessemer's discovery of a method of making malleable iron and ' semi-steel' without subjecting pig iron to the process of refining and puddling , by which a large saving in fuel , labour , and machinery will be effected , is exciting great attention in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton . Death of Lindpainter . —We learn from a letter , dated Stuttgart , August 22 , in the Augsburg Gazette , that Lindpainter died at Nonnenhorn , on the lake of Constance , on the 21 st inst .
Confession of a Murderer . —A man named John Lawler , a soldier at Governor ' s Island , United States , has been arrested on his own confession of having violated and murdered , in 1852 , a young woman to ¦ whom he was paying attentions , in the county of Wicklow , Ireland . Death of Staudiol . —A letter from Vienna , in the Augsburg Gazette , announces the death of Staudigl the singer . Ho died in a madhouse . The Christians in Turkey . —A writer from Turkey states that , now the French and English troops have ¦ withdrawn , the Christians are considerably persecuted . Cereals in Portugal . — The Portuguese Consul-General for Bristol has received a despatch from his Government notifying the admission of cereals into Portugal duty free .
Adulteration opl < ooi > . ~ Mr . Lewis 1 hompson writes to the papers to complain of the ignorance of those who pretend to discover adulteration in articles of food . He denies that it is possible to discover alum in bread , even if that mineral has been put into the flour , because , as ho asserts , the alum is decomposed by being mixed with wheat , and subjected to the action of fire . He also states that Dr . Hassall was in error in asserting that the vinegar of Messrs . Hill and Evans , of Worcester , was adulterated with oil of vitriol , and was afterwards obliged to acknowledge that ho had mistaken for this poison the sulphate of lime derived from the spring water employed in making the vinegar .
A Golden Legend . —An uction has been brought at the Liverpool Assizes by Captain Petrie against Mr . Ellis , an underwriter at Lloyd ' s , on a policy for 3800 / ., effected on gold-dust , "' nuggeta , and specimens , and GOO / , in sovereigns , during a voyage from Adelaide to England . The allegation was that there had been a " total loss . " Captain Potrio was coming to England from the diggings , with tho money and gold-dust packed in two boxes , which ho kept in his cabin under his bod . On the night of the accident out of which tho loss arose , it was very stormy , and the captain canio on deck about two o ' clock in tho morning . He put up a blue li
ght over tho sido of the ship to prevent collisions . Wlnle walking Mp tho dock ho saw u liglit shining in tho cabin , lie wont below , and found the place was full of smoke . Tho powder magazine was kept in tho cabin ; and . Captain Pctrio ' tj object was to save the two boxes which contained tho dual and HovereigiiH . He rushed on deck with the boxes , and , atanding at tho Hide of tho vohhhI , ho ordered one of the crew to get into tho boat , which was hanging on the davit * . Just , nt . thin moment , tho vossol gave a lurch , Captain Pctrio aviih suddenly thrown forward ^ « nd the boxes wore precipitated into tho water and lost . Mr . F , llin put in a
variety of pleas , asserting his non-liability ; but a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed , the defendant admitting , after the evidence which was produced , that he could not any longer resist the demand . Health of London . —The number of deaths in London in the week that ended last Saturday was 1122 , which is less by more than 100 than it was in either of the two preceding weeks . As the temperature is now lower , there is ground to hope that the mortality reached its maximum for this season in the week that ended August 16 , when the deaths rose to 1250 . While the
mortality was rising , the mean weekly temperatnre was about 67 degrees ; it decreased last week to 57-8 degrees . The deaths from diarrhoea , which in the two previous weeks were 211 and 253 , were last week 214 ; and those from cholera , which in the former weeks were 28 and 22 , were last week again 22 . All these 22 cases , with the exception of 6 , occurred to infants , and are referred to that description of cholera which is common in the summer months . —Last week , the births of 778 boys and 751 girls , in all 1529 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846—55 , the average number was 1435 . —From the Registrar-GeneraVs Weekly Return .
India . —Oude continues tranquil , and the new order of things is being rapidly consolidated . Some little opposition has been offered by the Toolshupoor Rajah ; but a force was sent against him , and the rebellion was quelled without the firing of a shot . Every one shows a disposition to return to his ordinary avocations , and to obey the laws . All claims upon the State have been adjusted ; the revenue is coming in , and the police force is in course of organization . Such is the general state of things , as indicated by the writer of a letter from
Lucknow , dated June 15 . —By the last mails from the East we have some important items of intelligence . Fifty inches of rain have fallen at Bombay . At Darjeeling , thirty-six inches of rain fell in ninety-six- hours . Mr . Horsley , assistant collector in the Madras Presidency , has been murdered . The heir to the throne of Burmah has been assassinated . Lord Canning is indisposed . The money market at Calcutta has improved ; but the import trade is very inactive . The indigo crops in Bengal have suffered injury . Anarchy reigns throughout China . v
The Oldbury Colliery Explosion . —The inque st on the bodies of four of the eleven men killed in this explosion was concluded on Tuesday evening . All the evidence having been received , the coroner addressed the jury on the facts brought out in evidence . Against Thomas Baker , the deceased butty , he should have felt it his duty to direct a verdict of manslaughter , had he been living ; for he had omitted a most . important part of his duty—viz ., the trying the pit with a safety-lamp every day ; and , although he had been warned of the state of the pit , he had gone down with a quantity of lighted coals , which caused the explosion . It was doubtful whether the doors had been closed or left open . The two Government inspectors had attributed the accident to the want of furnaces at the bottom of the shaft : and
it would be the duty of the jury to consider whether the ground bailiff , Mr . Spruce , who appears to have been away , but who left instructions to the butty to keep a fire , which , it was alleged , was done for two or three weeks , was guilty of such culpable negligence as to warrant a verdict of manslaughter against him . The jury , who had not asked a single question of any of the witnesses , and who did not appear at all to understand the evidence as it was laid before them , then retired , and shortly afterwards announced that they had agreed to a verdict of " Accidental death . " The Coroner : "Do you all agree to that verdict ? " Foreman : " Yes , wo are all agreed . " This announcement , after the opinion expressed by the Government inspectors , and the ruling of the coroner , created no little surprise .
Algeria . —The shock of an earthquake has been ex perieneed at tho city of Algiers .
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CORN MARKET . Mark-lane , Friday , August 29 , 1856 . During tho "Week the arrivals into London have beon ^ ftv moderate , but the weather having been on tho whole lavourable for the harvest , tho Wheat trade has been without animation . There have been but few arrivals off the coast either of Maize or Wheat . Maize , both arrived and on passage has been in great demand for export to Spain , Portugal and tho south of France , and enhanced prices have been daily paid for it . Ibrail has been taken as high as 34 s . Gil ., and Galatz 36 s . cost , freight , and insurance to the United Kingdom for trans-shipment . Barley arrives m moderate quantities , and meets a steady sale at lormer rates . The supply of Oats hns fallen off again , an" prices have advancod (! d . Beans and Peas aro unaltorod in value .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . T-ucsday , August 20 . BANKRUPTS . —Edward Jaokson Davieb , High-streot , Poplar , draper—Henry Turner , late of King-stroot , llolborn , afterwards of Coventry , Manchester , aud tho Crimea , and now of Bolviuere-torraco , Belvidore-road , riband- manufacturer and licensed victualloi—Charles Wathus , Gkoboe , and Robert Banks . Bormondsoy Nowroad , printers—John Richardson , Cambridge , tailor—Samuki- IJAVir , . Bournemouth , hotel-kcopor—Chabiks Hamilton Collins , Winchester-buildings , SouthwarkbridKfl-road . merchant — Wu-liam Hknuv Wheeler , Mickloton , Gloucestershire , brewer—George Doidcik . Birmingham , painter —Thomas Hulse , Stoko-upon-lront , innk ' onper—Umokok Puckuin , Tunstall , Staffordshire , grocor—Thomas Pkkcivai . and Edwin Wimox , Bristol , contrnctora—James Micm ; i . i ., St . Georgo and Wostnury-Josh Binnh
upon-Trym , Gloucester , ooppor smelter— ua , Dulunlield , Cheshire , cotton manufacturer— Wai-tku Adam Si . athu , Blandish and Preston , coal proprietor—Kai-1 'JI liUAiiy SiMi'SON , Suuderliiud , builder . Friilan , Ai ((/ i ( st 20 . BANKRUPTCY AN NULLKD . — Thomas Truman , Pontypridd , Glamorgan , ironmonger . , , ' BANK . IIUPTH .--John Howes Tiri ' ir ., Norwich , shoo manufacturer — JIisnhv Wottomlky , Jlnlifnx . grocer—Mknky Ntott , Halifax , grocor — Francis Wji . i . i amh , Alinoudtibury , ( iloiu'estorHhins baker — William Hknhy Hroaimucad and William IUidhon , Notting ham , builders —Kimiraim Snull , Alfred-roud , Harrow-road , PiuMington , builder—Rowland Oi . diiam , Stamford , wine and hop merchant—Wm . J < 3 i . i > , Brierly-hill . Ntaflordfililre , grocor-JoiiN Bu rokbh , Kidderminster , builder-PANAYorri Djimktuius Lmno , CJroat Wiuchentor-atreot , niorohant .
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SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Johk "Wight , King ' s Stables , Edinburgh , horsedealer— -Axexaitder Hamzltoit . Leith , grocer—Robert Ox . iphavt < Perth , writer to the signet .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . MORANT . —On the 20 th inst ., at JBttrick Sank , near Bothesay , N . B ., the lady of George Morant , J . P ., of Shirley House , Carrickmacross : a daughter , under the influence of woman ' s ministration . NEWARK . —On the 23 rd inst ., at 6 , Tiliiey-street , the Vis- ; countess Newark : a son . WENLOCK . — On the 21 st inst ., at Escrick-park , Lady Wenlock : a son . WINCHILSEA . —On the 23 rd inst ., at Eastwell-park , the Countess of Winchilsea : a son . MARRIAGES . BURRELL—PECHELL . —On the 26 th inst ., at St . George ' s , Hanover-square , Percy Burrell , Esq ., eldest son of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell , Bart ., to Henrietta Katherine , eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir George and the Hon . Lady Brooke Pechell . SMITH—CHISENHALE . —On the 20 th inst ., at Thoydon , Garaon , Essex , William Robert Cusack Smith , Esq ., only son of the Right Hon . the Master of the Rolls for Ireland , to Mary Blanche , youngest daughter of the late John Chisenhale Chisenhale , Esq ., of Arley Hall , Lancashire . DEATHS . BAUMANN .-On the 26 th inst ., at his residence , 45 , Albertstreet , Regent ' s-park , Mr . Jean Fran ? ois Baumann , a member of the orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera and of the Philharmonic Concerts . BOYD . —On the 18 th inst ., at 43 , George-square , Edinburgh , the Rev . James Boyd , LL . D ., one of the Masters of the High School there , in the 61 st year of his age .
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London , Friday Evening , August 29 , 1856 . The English Stock Market remains rather flat . Consols 95 to 954 for Transfer , and 95 J to 95 * for Account . The New Threes are flat , at 95 £ to 96 ; and the Reduced at 958 95 | - Bank Stock has improved to 219 219 £ . The Exchequer Bill Market is firm , the quotation being 11 s . to 14 s . prem . A very limited business in the Foreign Stock Market , ana prices generally , rather lower . Russian 5 per Cents . 112 . Sardinian 5 per Cents ., 91 f 92 i . Spanish 3 per Cents , steady at 44 f . Turkish 6 per Cents ., 1084 to lOSi ; and the 4 per Cents 65
Cent . Guaranteed , 103 f . Dutch 2 £ per , are J ; ana the 4 per Cent . Certificates , 98 . . In the Railway S ^ are Market a moderate business at rather lower rates : Caledonian have declined to 52 * Eastern Counties , 9 £ . 9 | - Great Northern , 96 to 96 J . Great Western , 64 ex . d . Lancashire and Yorkshire , 98 . Brighton , 106 to 106 i . North Western , 104 J 105 ex . d . South Western , 107 . Midland , 81 J 81 * ex . d . North British , 87 * . North Eastern York , 58 i ex . d- ; and Stockton and Darlington , 86 * . In the Foreign and Colonial lines very little business , and prices exhibit no material change . Great Western or Canada , 254 25 * . Dutch Rhenish , 14 £ 14 f . Madras , 2 U .
Paris and Lyons . 54 $ . Joint Stock Bank Shares rule very flat . Bank of London 691 . Oriental Bank , 40 40 * . Ottoman Bank , 9 J 98 ; and Roya British , 30 * 31 . Miscellaneous Shares quite neglected , and prices are nominal . London General Omnibus Company , 31 . Royal Aberdeen , ' —V—; Caledonian , 52 , 53 ; Chester and Holyhead , 17 , 174 ; Eastern Counties , i > i , 9 |; Great Northern , 96 , 96 $ ; Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ) , 117 , 119 ; Great Western , 64 , 64 i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 98 , 98 * ; London and Blackwall , 65 , 74 ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 105 , 107 ; London and North-Wostern , 104 J , 105 ; London and South Western , 1064 , 107 ; Midland . 813 , 82 * ; North-Eastem ( Berwick ) , 81 J , 824 ; South Eastern ( Dover ) , 72 J , 73 £ ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 7 f , 7 J ; Dutch Rhenish , 24 , 28 pm . ; Eastern of France ( Pans and Strasbourg ) , 364 , 37 ; Great Central of France , C } . 7 i ; Great Luxembourg . 5 , 5 *; Great Western of Canada , 25 , 254 ; Namuraiid Liege , 94 , 9 j ; Northern of Franco , 4 O | , 41 i ; Pans and Lyons , 54 i , 544 ; Royal Danish , 19 J , 20 ; Royal Swedish , 1 , 1 i : Sambro and Meuso , 12 4 , 13 .
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Ci . osjno Pricks . ) Sat . Mon . Tues . Wed . Thur- Frid . Bank Stock 2184 2184 . .. „ .. 2104 . 3 per Cent . Red » 0 g » r » 4 IHifl Mi * 0 { 08 3 per Cent . Con . An . US * i ) lih » r > * « S * » 5 i fii Consols for Account 1 ) 5 * 05 » i » 0 * J 5 i itSi New 3 per Cent . An . IKS * 1 X 5 DO * i »< U » > i ° " Now 24 per Cents Long Ann . 18 ( 10 3 5-K . 3 f ) -l < $ India Stock 233 233 Ditto Bonds , j CIOOO ir . p l 10 ** Ditto , under rfflOOOl : Vi'ii Kx . Hills , -flOOO 14 p 13 p I 11 1 > ! J 1 I > \* l > ll V Ditto , £ 500 14 p J * J > - : ¦¦• Ditto , Small 14 p 14 p M P [ V 14 P n •' FOltKKSN FUNDS . ( L \ 8 T OiTiciAi . Quotation duiuno this Wkkk ending Friday HvknIno . ) Brazilian UonrtH 102 J Portuguese . 4 por Cents . ... liiu'iioM Ayron < J p . Cents HI Rumhiiiu Bouuh , 0 per Chilian o ' por Cents Cents ... Chilian 3 per CentH 75 Russian 4 J por Cents . ... W Dutch 24 per Cents ( 55 Spaiiinh ... 4-li Dutch 4 , por Cent . Certf . ... Spanish Committee Cor . Uquador Bonds of Coup , not lun |>* Mi > xicau Aooount 221 Turk h i < l per C ^ jjj- ;¦¦•• [\^*
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August 30 , 1856 . 1 THE LEADER . 837
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 30, 1856, page 837, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2156/page/21/
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