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The Befokmatob'X' Movement in Bebkshibe . —A meeting of subscribers and friends of the Berks Reformatory Institution was held ! last Saturday at Shinfield , near Heading . Mr . Benyon , one of the original founders of the institution , was called to the chair . He stated that " the school was opened in June , 1855 , and was certified by the Secretary of State for the reception of thirty boys in September following . The expense of purchasing the premises , with about four and a half acres of garden ground , together with the maintenance of the boys to Michaelmas , 1855 , had amounted to 719 / . 7 s . 6 d . The establishment at present consisted of a head master and matron , and a school and trades' instructor , the assistaneeof a journeyman shoemaker being occasionally allowed . The number of boys in the school
was twenty-one . The conduct of the boys , morally and industrially , had been very good ; they had harvested their crops very efficientl y , and had learnt various useful arts . In the haymaking season , some of them had been employed by the neighbouring gentry , and then ? conduct had been quite satisfactory . " Only two instances of attempts to abscond had occurred . One boy from Hardwieke , who was free to go , left without notice , but after some months * absence returned , and was refused leadmission . On another occasion a boy was tempted away by Reading Fair , but was at once brought back and placed in confinement , when his schoolfellows joined in a petition for his pardon . One boy , however , declined to support the petition , giving as his reason , that ' if a boy was fool enough to run atvay , it served : hum right to be punished . ' Provision was now made in the
school for thirty-five boys , and the additional buildings required for that number had recently been completed . The premises comprised ; a school and dwelling-house , a barn , piggeries , and cowshed . " Another speaker said that it had been proposed at the Bristol meeting to establish agencies in the different colonies in order to aid the emigration of such boys as were unable to find employment in England . If that were done , it would always be necessary to have something in hand for starting the boys i n life , and , consequently , it would be injudicious to discontinue the public subscriptions altogether , although , as had been stated , the Government grant was sufficient for current expenses . —Resolutions , confirming the proceedings of the manager , and approving the manner in which the reformatory had been conducted , were then agreed to , and the : meeting -was brought to a close . ; ' : -
. Death of a Ceotenarian . — -John Hodson recently expired at Stone at the age of one hundred and thxee . "UntUwithin the last twelve months , he might daily be seen driving cows to milk through the town . He possessed the perfect use of his faculties , with the exception of his hearing , till the last . His family show an interesting relic of the old man—a light blue frock-coat , which he wore on sixty -consecutive club-days at the Stone Fair Cluh .-r-Wolverhampton Chronicle . Office of the Accountant of the Coukt of Bankruptcy . —The office of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy , which has been closed for two months under an order of the Lord Chancellor , was reopened on Monday , and the payment of dividends was resumed .
Mr . Albert Smith has been visiting Chamouni , where he appears to have been received with great rejoiciiiga . " Yesterday , " says the Gazette de Savoie , " the whole valley was alive to welcome Mr . Albert Smith ; the local authorities and the greater portion of the population received enthusiastically the artist and author who has popularized , with the English , excursions amongst our mountains , and the generous man who stretched out a helping hand to the victims of the conflagration of July , 1855 . Up to a late hour at night , the sound of music and the firing of cannon in front of the hotel where Mr . Albert Smith was stopping , bore witness to the general delight at his presence . "
Crimean Antiquities . — Two full-sized figures , in marble , representing a lion and a lioness , have just arrived at Portsmouth from Kertch , where they formed part of the stores in the museum . They are supposed to date from the time of Mithridates . A marble slab , with some devices oi scroll work sculptured on it , has also arrived . These interesting antiquities are destined for the British Museum . The Late Abduction Extraordinary . —It is the intention of the clergyman , who lately forcibly carried his wife away from a house at Reading in which she was staying , to bring the matter i nto the ecclesiastica courts . The lady wus set at liberty , on the stipulation that in a fow days sho was to return ; but she baa left Reading for some place unknown to her husband .
The Drainage Scheme . —A special meeting of the " Metropolitan Board of Works was held oh Monday in No . 1 Committee Room , Guildhall , for the purposo of considering tho report of the engineer of the board on the whole question of the northern and southern drainage , with comparative estimates of different points of outfall , and modes of disposing of the sewago . Mr . Thwaites was in tho chair . A previous resolution , determining that the outfall should bo at Barking Creek , was rescinded ; and much discussion then ensued on the suggestions offered by the various membors . Several divisions wove taken , but all of a negative result ; and the subject was adjourned to next Wednesday . Resignation of the Bishop of Durham . Tho formal resignation of Dr . Maltby took place early last
week . This having been accepted by the Archbishop of York , the Dean and Chapter of Durham met and appointed commissioners to " exercise the duties of the see until the institution of the new Bishop ; Colonel Shewell , C . B . —The death of Colonel Frederick George Shewell , C . B ., of the 8 th Hussars , took place on Wednesday week , near Guildford . Colonel Shewell had been thirty years in the service , commanded the 8 th Hussars at the famous BaLaklava charge , where he brought a portion of the brigade out of action , and subsequently held the rank of Brigadier-General in the Crimea , for which he was made aC . B ., and awarded , a pension for distinguished services . He was forty-seven years of age .- — Globe .
The Health of Lord Ebrington . —At "the annual meeting of the West Buckland Agricultural Association , Earl Fortescue stated that Lord Ebrington had been positively forbidden by his medical advisers ( on account of the state of his sight ) to attend any candlelight meeting , and he was also obliged to abstain from reading and -writing . To prevent the possibility of his transacting any business , he had been advised to withdraw himself from England for the next six * months . Management of Collieries . —A meeting of mine agents , mine surveyors , &c , suggested by the defective state of the rules for the management of collieries , as indicated by the late accident at the Ramrod Hall works , took place last week at Dudley , to consider tbe propriety of recommending alterations in the existing state of things . A committee of twelve gentlemen -was appointed , and the meeting was adjourned for a month .
Elegant Extracts fr 6 m a Cathedral Book . — When first Peterborough Cathedral was opened by the present dean for the inspection of visitors during certain hours of the day , it was found that many persons gave vent to their feelings , whether of admiration or derision , by scribbling on the stonework . The deaji therefore provided a book in which visitors ¦ were at liberty to pour forth their ideas without control ; and this plan has been found efficacious in saving the pillars and walls ; After two years and a half of the new system , a correspondent of the Peterborough Advertiser has analyzed and sorted these literary productions , which he arranges under the heads " Rude — Silly - ^ Common-place— -Critical—Reflective . " Here are some of the silly entries : — " Damp day . " : " I would have gone to the top , but I had bad
a report from the London Corporation' Bill Committee to whom , on the 31 st of July , it -was referred to carry into execution their report , then delivered in , on presenting the petition to the House of Commons in favour of the bill for the enlargement of the franchise , the repeal of the stamp duty on freedems , and recommending the repeal of the corporation fines and fees , including the ancient fine of 21 , 6 s . 8 di After some discussion , the report was unanimously adopted . Deputy Dakin then moved—" That the Chamberlain be directed to admit to the freedom of the City , without farther order from this court , all persons making application for that purpose whose names are on the parliamentary register for the City of London , in conformity with the report of the Corporation Bill Committee and the order of the court thereon . "
boots on . " "Two farthings for onehalfpennyi" " The Queen a cobbler , and the Emperor of Russia a stone , an < i may she beat him well !" " The Cathedral is very cold . " " I do not know how to spell my name , so do not put it . " Among the coinmonTplaces is one , signed " Ellen Brown , " which consists of the two words" Truly beautiful ! " The reflections contain the following : — " What a puppet-show ! " "May this prove the rule , not the exception ! then will people venerate their ———" " Say to York and . Winchester , ' Go thou and do likewise . '" "I trust the vergers are-well remunerated . " "A visit to this noble edifice cannot fail to elevate the moral character . " " This material grandeur acts upon the
imagination , and renders her the handmaid of Religion . " " Would to God this edifice were restored to its original owners ! " A lady jots down an obscure aspiration : — " May all have proper appreciation of the privilege !! ' A male penman thinks , oddly enough , that the building is " a foretaste of Reason . " Another can onlj' make this remark—that the sight is " far above all small remark V ' but he does not offer any large one . " A beautiful place , if used for a different purpose , " thinks one of the scribblers ; and another is . " much amused with the building . " But the best bit of all is from a boy " just off to school , " who remarks that "it is a gopd place for marbles . " In the midst of these eccentricities
are some quotations and allusions of a professedly religious character . Suicide by a Relieving Officer . —An inquest was held on Monday , at Batheaston , near Bath , on the body of Mr . W . Mannings , the relieving officer for the country parishes 6 f the Bath Union , who committed suicide fcy hanging himself in his stablo on the previous Friday evening . He was 46 years of age , had served as relieving officer of the Bath Union ever since the passing of the Now Poor Law , but had l ) een addicted to drinking for some time past , and had suffered from delirium tremenfi . About a month sinco , he fell clown stairs and injured his head , and from that time there bad been a marked difference in liis conduct at homo . He was possessed of some house property , which haa latterl y got into Chancery , and that had preyed upon his mind . A verdict was accordingly returned of Temporary Infinity .
The Representation of Lymington . —Mr . Hutcltins , M . P . for Lymington , Hants , having become a Roman Catholic , has been requested by ono hundred and twenty-four of tho electors to resign ; but ho refuses , saying that he represents their political , not their religious principles . Ho adds , that ho offered six months ago , immediately on becoming a Papist , to resign ; but tins was not accepted—indeed , ho -was urged to retain Ins scat . Mrs . Stowe has left tho rosidenco of tho Duchess of Sutherland , and will shortly roturn to her own country , where sho will publish a supplementary volume detailing her renewed experiences in tho old country . Freedom op the City . —At ft special Court of Common Council hold on Monday , Deputy Halo brought up
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Metropolitan Alterations . —There is now ( says the Observer ) a prospect of the long-talked-of new street from the Town-hall , Southwark , to the York-road , near to the South Western Railway station , being formed . In addition to this new street in Southwark , Mr . Dernathorn ' s plan for opening a wide thoroughfare between the corner of St . Martin ' s-lane and Long-acre , and King-street , Covent-garden , is likely at length to be adopted .. It has also been currentl y stated that the proposal for rebuilding Covent-garden Theatre on its old site has been abandoned , and that the Duke of Bedford is thinking about pulling down the old church of St . Paul's , Govent-garden , and re-erecting it on the site of the theatre , and of pulling down the block of houses between Covent-garden and Bedford-street , to extend , the market in that direction .
Art Manufacture Exhibition in Eiunburoh . — An exhibition will be opened in the National Gallery , Edinburgh , about the middle of December , by the Art Manufacture Association — a society just established in Scotland , under the presidency of the Duke of Hamilton , for the purpose of encouraging the application of art to objects of utility and ornament . The Great Bell for the Westminster Clock . — - The schooner Wave , Moncrieff master , of Wisteach , which was chartered for the conveyance of the ' Westminster clock bell toLondon , has undergone the necessitated repairs by the straining she received by the falling of the bell into her hold on the 13 th ult . The damage has been found to be greater than was at first anticipated ; but she has now started for London with the bell on aoard . - ¦ : ; " ¦ ' : ¦ . ' : . •¦ ' ¦¦•> ¦ - •'¦ - ¦; . : ¦ , ¦/ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - " ¦¦ . ¦ ¦¦ '¦^'
Kossuth ' s Visit to . Manchestee . —The ex-Go 4 vernor of Hungary is to de li ver three lectures in the Free-trade Hall , Manchester , in the second week of November next , on " The Present State of Italy , " and on " The Concordat between Austria and the Pope . " During his residence in Manchester , he will be the guest of Alexander Henry , Esq ., late M . Pi for * South Lancashire . He will afterwards proceed tp Edinburgh .
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PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , October 7 . .. ^ BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . —James Waxkeb Ninkes HWh ^ t T ?^ ° T ?^ lbridf , ? r Wells ' watchmaker and jeweller : ' BANKRUPTS . — William Turner , i , High-street , Forcst-hiU , Kent . milliner-WrLLiAM Fevue , Peterborough . publican—John Saunjdbes Mvib , Aberdeen-villa . Abordeen-piaco , Maicla-Iiill , Middlesex , schoolmaster and hoarding-house keeper—William Semmons , Redruth . Cornwall , draper and tailor—James Davies , Newport , Monmouth currier and leather seller— Richard Nattlb Clbmens , Liskeard , Cornwall , tailor and drapor — James Scott Batley Carr , York , rag merchant—Edwabd Rowell , Manchestor , bill broker—James Donald and John Lookaut Donald , Nowcastle-upon-Tyue , watchmakers—John Carr Wallsond , Northumberland , iron manufacturer and coko
burner . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Lewis Stewart Rothesay , watchmaker and auctioneer — Mrs . Agnes M'Kenzie or Pollock , 3 , James Watt-street , Glasgow , spirit dealer—Jokn Young Edmonstono , carpontor and joiner— James Anjdebson Hughes , Dundee , wriglit and builder . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — Jameb Henett Mit-CJ ^ F I'S > J ^ Vft ^ 1 u"ur 9 n"HuU ' boot and shoo maker . BANKRUPTS . —William Bemmonb . llcdruth , Cornwall , tailor—William James Rceson , Kounington-oval , antimony smoltor—James Ashfokd , Southana , Warwick , grocer — Wihiam Hohace Moneoe , Boston , pawnbroker — Chakles Jones , Gloucester , sail makoT and shin ownerivLoss axbhed
lewis and Jacob Lewis , J " ore-stroot , lithographio printers—William Hose , Kingsland-road , IWEiUdlosox , bakor—William John Coopeb Maxted , dhatham , draper—William : HE ^ fUY Gibson , Hereford , carrier — Ohamnev Leicestee and Jons Ecoleb Lixtleboy , Livor pool , corn merchants-Peec * Dougias Kain , Ki «« Willamstreot , City , doa or in fancy goods—John Ledwakd , J un ., Gorton , Lancashire , cotton mauufaeturor * * - " YIAli 11 ' SCOTCH ^ EQUESTUATIONS .-ScoTCandCo , Glasgow , merchants — John Wiijtakbb Tarkee , VuhdingZtoii . tavern keeper-Ross and Co ., Glasgow , lithographers—JonN MAB . TIN , Loith , clorlc ( docoasodj—Seaton Wahmni'XON , Edinburgh , ongra-vor-Jouw Munuom and Co ., Glasgow , jnorchants .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . HAGUE .--Onl tho 3 rd inst ., at Ac ' oml ) , tioar York , tl » o wife of Patrick Hague , Esq ., lato hor Majesty ' s Vico-Coiisul at Ninpiio : adauKliter . 8 n » h IB " t ° ? a 3 r ? iMfi v ** A otou Ewmoll . Shropshire , tho Hon . Lady Smytho : a daughter . DICK—BUltTON .-On tho 16 th ult ., at tho British Embassy . £ «» ikroH . on-tho-Matn . Alfred Carrington , third Bonof Captain G . F . Blclc , late Colonlnl Secretary . Manritiua , to Caroline Lucy , daughter or tho late William Burton , Esq ., and Kranddaughtor of the lato Sir Charles Burton , Bart ., and tho Hon . Lady Burton , of Pollorton ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 981, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2162/page/21/
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