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. The police , aided by several of the neighbours , -who worked most manfully , set about rescuing those who were involved in the ruins , with , the greatest despatch . Among the various occupants rescued alive was Mrs . King , who held her infant in her arms . A beam had fallen . across her shoulder , and she had had the presence of mind to hold the child beneath it as th . e debris were falling . Neither was much Lurt , but Mrs . King ' s husband was seriously injured . Mts . Palmer's eldest boy was playing in the alley in front of the house when it fell , and so escaped unhurt . A house adjoining the one which has fallen has since been , pulled down , as it was in a dangerous state , and the approaches to the alley have been'toarricaded .
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STATE OP TRADE . The accounts from the manufacturing towns for the week . ending last Saturday report no changes , except such , as are favourable . At Manchester , business las stall been rather limited , but the Birmingham advices describe an improvement in the iron , trade , owing to orders from the United States , while theTe has also been increased activity in the general occupations of the place , most of them having been assisted by a good Australian demand . At Nottingham , there has been a large attendance of buyers on home account , as well aa for America and Germany . In the woollen districts , the transactions have likewise been to a full extent , and , in the Irish linen markets , prices are well maintained . —Times .
The Koyal British Bank stopped payment on Wednesday morning . For some time past doubts have been prevalent -as to the position of the bank , and a run has been going on , which terminated on " Wednesday in the closing of the establishment , at about eleven o ' clock , with a notice that business was suspended " pending negotiations . " The negotiations in question were commenced on the same day with the National Bank , an institution formerly known as the National Bank of Ireland , but which , under the powers of its charter , entered upon business in London in October last : The directors of this bank , however , were willing to afford assistance to the Uoyal British only with such prudent limits as might be thoroughly warranted by the nature of the assets to be made over , and it is believed that ,
npon the discovery that the Royal British Bank had teen compelled to close its doors , all idea of proceeding farther was abandoned . It is feared tae prospect of any arrangements for a resuscitation is at an end . The capital of the bank is divided into 3000 shares of 100 ? . each , on which 507 . has "been paid , making a . total of 150 , 000 / ., and among many practical people an opinion prevails that the greater part , if not the whole , of this ¦ will be found to have been lost . There are strong rumours that very improper advances have been made to persons connected with the establishment , and it is understood that some time back it made a large advance upon certain ; ironworks , which have not only proved a dead weight , but which in the old fashion have been allowed to absorb further and heavier sums through delusive efforts to retrieve the original loss . —Idem .
A petition for an adjudication of bankruptcy was on Thursday filed against the Royal British Bank in the Court of Bankruptcy . The petitioning creditor is Mr . Walter Morisse , of Jewin Crescent , Cripplegate . From Liverpool , we hear of the suspension of the firms of Messrs . M'Larty and Co ., and Lamont . M'Larty , and Co ., with liabilities to the extent of nearly 100 , 000 / . Their losses in the Australian trade and in their Italian steamers have been the cause of their stoppage . The struggle between the Barnsley colliers and their employers , after extending over a period of eight weeks , was brought to a sudden termination last Saturday , in consequence of a number of the men having signed articles to work for the proprietors . The result was
that several more were expected to follow , when the committee at once resolved to close the strike . They met at the Baltic Inn on Saturday morning , Mr . Siddons in the chair . The roll having been called , itwns agreed that those men who had been applying for work at the Oaks Colliery should not be admitted . On tho motion of Mr . Clegg " , it was resolved : — "That after the funds at present in hand had been divided on Monday next , tho struggle in winch they had been engaged should terminate , and that those men who thought lit to accept work should not in any -way be interfered with by those who declined to work under the present manager . " The men present declared their intention of seeking employment olscwhero rather thnn run the risk of again working under the present management .
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THE PATE CO ? CICKTttJACCHIO . We have received tlio annexed note from Signor Angoloni : — Silt , —An article , furnished to the ( lazdla Officiulc dt MUuno by M . Enrico Montazio , the London corrcsixnident , concerning tho fate of Ciccruacchio , having boon quoted by tho English press , permit me to rotate the statements mndo l > y the above-mentioned gentleman . After a sneering allusion to the nrticlo in the Times on Gai ^ baldi ' s letter , the correspondent alleges that Ciccruacchio and bis children wcro not shot by tlw Austrians , but that they " tare drowned while mdv-a
vourmg to cross a stream tntherrjligtefro m Home . He who assures me of this fact , " says tie correspondent , " is an ottimo yalantuomo—a cer tain Giuseppe Angeloni— - who , after the fall of Home , came : to London , married -an Englishwoman , and now earns an honest livelihood as an hotel-keeper , which employment he would find more profitable if his extreme goodnature did not make him the dupe of so many emigrants , who , abusing his kindness , feed themselves at his expense . " I , sir , amjLhe humble individual -with whose family affairs Mr Wmtaiio thinks fit to trouble the public . ' I feel obliged by the respectful terms in which he mentions me , and atn sorry to be obliged to repay- them by asserting , that his statements concerning the information given by me to Mm about Ciceruacchio are utterly false . I remember , about two months since , when dining' at my table d'hote , M . Montazio questioned me concerning my poor friend . I replied that I supposed he was deadmy
, invariable supposition about all of our friendB of whose fate we are ignorant , and whom -we know to be obnoxious to one or other of the Italian Governments . Had I been in possession of any particulars , a table cPftote was not the place iu which I should have revealed them , nor was M . Montazio the man I should have chosen for my confidant . But in this instance I was totally in the dark . When I parted from my-friend" in Rome he accompanied Garibaldi in Ms retreat , and I embarked for England in a steamer off Civita Vecchia , the 5 th July , 1849 . From that moment until General Garibaldifs letter appeared in the papers , I have waited anxiously for tidings , fearing the worst . Hence the i stream , ' the crossings , ' and the ' death by drowning , ' exist only in the inventive brain of the London correspondent of the Gazetta Officiate di Milano . Perhaps if I had been in the habit of receiving Austrian money for communications fabricated for an Austrian official
journal , I might have been in possession of Austrian secrets , and long since have given over hoping against hope that some future day might give me back my friend again . . As it is , I am but a poor innkeeper ; but so far from complaining of the ' malay ede di molti emigrati , ' I am glad to see at my table those of my brothers exiled for the holy cause in which the xoble Ciceroacchio and ( his sons , together with such myriads of our countrymen , have lived and died . I have written a letter to this effect to the Gazetta ,
but well aware that It has no chance of insertion . I aBk you , sir , to give publicity to my statement . It is due to General Garibaldi—who affirms , on the wotd and researches of Colonel Sacchi , that those seven fcrave ones fell by Austrian bullets—that false assertions should not prevent the inquiries of honest men into tliis matter . And for myself , I should grieve , i&at my brothers iu exile , and my brothers in my native land , should deem me a traitor to the common cause . . lam , Sir , ^ rith respect , yours , 32 , Warwick-square , Aug . 29 . G . Anoeloni .
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CONTINEfTTAL NOTES . FRAKCE . The growth of cotton in Algeria forms tho subject of a rather interesting report from Marshal Vaillant to the Emperor , which appears in the JHfoniteur . la this doeument , the Minister of War recognizes the good effects of the decrees of the Kith of October , 1853 , by which an . annual prize of 20 , OOOfr . was allotted for live years to the best cotton-gro- \ vor in the Franco-African colony ; and for three years , commencing with 1854 , the whole cotton produce of Algeria was ordered to bo purchased , by the State at a price fixed beforehand and advantageous to the producer . In consequence of this encouragement , the growth of cotton has increased , and it has been proved , not only tliat the plant flourishes in many districts of the colony , but that its quality is comparable to that of the finest produce of the United . States . A prolongation of the advantages assured to the producer is suggested , and it has accordingly been decreed that the Government will continue to purchase tho whole of the Algcrino cotton until the crop of 1858 inclusively . — Times Paris Correspondent .
The great Pcseatoro trial will take rank among tho French causes cdlchres , by reason , of the strong interest it has excited , anil of the real importance of the question at issue . In this caso , tlie interest does not attach to tho parties to the suit , but the public has recognized in it an attempt on tho part of the clergy to get over the necessity of civil marriage . In France u couple cannoi be married by tho priest without producing the certificate of their previous union by the lay authorities . M . Bonnet , Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux , tried to evade this law , and to establish a precedent by sending M . Pescatorc and Madame Weber to be married at tho
little village of 'Rentorin , a fow miles beyond the Spanish frontier . On the death of flf- Pcseatoro , tho fortune ho left was claimed by bis blood relations , on the ground of there having been no legal marriage , and in their favour the tribunal has just decided . Had a contrary decision been come to , it would have been a triumph for tho Church party , and a great blow struck at the French law enjoining civil marriage , ainco people would only liavo had to cross a frontier in order to contract a legal union " without rofeioiico or submission , to the civil authorities . Such marriages would have boon encouraged by the priestH , and might havo given ri /» o to anany irregularities JJdIU .
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security , must be considered " an extraordinary occasion" which necessitates the assembling the two Houses . The Legislature , it seems , broke up in great confusion . The Democrats asked for an extension of the session , which was refused ; owing to which , the Army and many other bills were lost . It is stated that several bills failed to receive the President ' s signature from want of time . Southern members are very indignant with President Pierce for calling the extra session , as a number of them had previously met and addressed him a letter requesting him not to do so .
Mr . Soule' has left New Orleans for Central America ; and many reports are in circulation respecting the objects of his visit . Tho storm at New Orleans turns out to be more disastrous than originally reported . New Orleans was completely inundated , and the damage to the sugar , cotton , and corn crops was great . Many houses were swept away ; some hundreds of lives have been lost ; and the steamer Nautilus has gone down , with , it is feared , all hands . Last Island , a short distance above New Orleans , suffered severely , and the dead bodies were stripped and robbed by a set of pirates inhabiting the spot . —There has been great excitement in Mobile in consequence of the sale of abolition books there . A Vigilance Committee was formed , and the offending parties were ordered to leave
the city in five days . Havannah has been suffering greatly from yellow fever . The decree creating General Concha Marquis of the Havannah and Viscount of Cuba has been made public Kansas is still torn with internal dissensions . The New York papers report that " two hundred Freesoilers attacked the town of Franklin , Kansas , in which were only twenty pro-slavery men . The fight lasted four hours , and ( according to one account ) four pro-slavery men and six Freesoilers were killed . The assailers robbed the post-office , and then set . it on fire , and finally retreated , carrying off" the cannon of the tot ™ . Other reports say that seventeen Freesoilers were killed and wounded . One hundred United States troops occupied the town the next day . Three hundred of Jiaue ' s men have entered Topeka . "
The Emperor Soulouque and the Dominicans are renewing their amicable relations . The fear of yellow fever at New York has died out , the disease being on the decline at Quarantine . The condition of Nicaragua is still far from settled . We read in the Panama Star and Herald . •— " Walker ' s position is a most precarious one . He has only 1200 followers—all told—rwhile Rivas , who still contends that he is president , is fortifying himself at Canendagua , and has already 3000 well armed troops . He has the sympathy of the entire country , except the few" Americans who still adhere to Walker , and his countrymen are daily rushing to his standard . Honduras and Guatemala are organizing forces to invade Nicaragua , anil drive Walker from the country ; and it is understood that as soon as the dry season resumes- —now near s . t hand—they will make a descent on Nicaragua . " WalkeT , adds the writer , has disgusted the Nicaraguans by his cruelty and by bis arrogating to himself the right to depose liivas .
l < rom Chili we learn that Don Manuel JVLontthas been re-elected President . The Government has announced that no hostile attempt will bo made against Peru . The treaty of friendship , commerce , and navigation , concluded with the United States , has . been submitted to the approbation of the Senate , and has met with a complete approval . General Roblet has been elected Prosident of Ecuador by a large majority . A companion to tho Brooks outrage is reported by tlie Washington correspondent of the New Yoijt Times , who writes : — " A most disgraceful assault has been cotumittcd by Mr . M'Mullen , of Virginia , upon Mr . Granger ! The parties were in . an omnibus , riding to tlie Capitol . They got conversing on politics . Both were very earnest iu the discussion . M'Mullcn said in effect that the
South would not submit to the election of Fremont . Granger replied ,- ' After November , it will bo made to submit . ' M'Mullen immediately changed the discussion from a political to a personal one . He professed to be insulted , and told Granger that grey hairs alone protected him . Mr . Granger said , 'I ask no immunity on that account . ' AE ' Mullen thereupon , clenched him , and struck him two severe blows , bruising Granger's face badly . Granger defended himself as well as lie could . The parties were separated immediately by Colonel Cheater , of tho Pennsyh'uniu Inquirer , who gavo substantially the foregoing account . Granger is an old man , considerably under the medium height , very earnest in his manner , but frank , good-natured , and generally popular . "
AMERICA . CoNanrcss has adjourned , and been re-convened . Tho adjournment took place on tho 18 th ult . ; but , as the Army Appropriation Bill bad not been passed , tho President immediately issued n proclamation for an extra session on the 21 st , alleging that , as hostilities " exist ¦ with various Indian tribes on the remote frontiers of the United States , " and ns "in other respects tho public peace is seriously threatened , " tho adjournment of Congress " without granting the necessary supplies for the army , " thus " depriving tho Executive of tho power to perform its duty in relation to the common defence and
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September 6 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 843
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 843, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2157/page/3/
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