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      representative . may go so far is Lord John Russell , who in his Reform Bill of 1852 proposed to reduce the borough franchise from a rating of 10 £ to 51 ., and to abolish the property qualification ; but Xord Palmerston's Government will , it is hoped , introduce early in the next session a reform bill which will satisfy the just expectations of the country , and be supported by the united and energetic action of the Liberal party . If the bill should be thrown out , Lord Palmerston can then appeal to the country . —Manchester Guardian . p ' The best informed political circles !" Who believes it out of the said circles ?]

      The New Australian Mail . Service . —Mr . Richard Andrews , the Mayor of Southampton , gave a banquet at the Dolphin Hotel on the evening of Friday week to the directors of the European and Australian Steam Navigation . Company , to inaugurate the commencement of the new : mail service to the Australian colonies , and to celebrate the selection of Southampton as the headquarters of the company . The Mayor occupied the chair , and many of the inhabitants , merchants , . and landowners of the neighbourhood were present . The principal officers of the United States steam-frigate Meirimac , in full dress uniform , also attended , as well as several gentlemen connected with the steam-packet companies . :, , . ' -

      . tuitously given , the commission have arranged the means of cleansing their sewers , &c , and that this was done with the full knowledge of , and with the co-operation of , the company ; that with regard to the public urinals a supply was many years since undertaken to be given at a nominal payment of 5 s . per urinal per annum ; that from time to time this has been repeated until sixty-nine places of accommodation have been erected , which are almost wholly dependent upon water for being maintained in a wholesome and decent condition ; and that now the New Eiver Company give notice of their intention to be paid in future years at the rate of 6 d . a thousand

      gallons for all the water that might be required for public pnrposes , that rate of charge being the very highest which by their act they can make , and the same as they charge to brewers and large consumers , who it may be assumed make profit by the use of the water they buy . " The supply of water to these places being unceasing , it is calculated that the annual amount passing through them is 36 , 266 , 400 gallons , which , at the rate of 6 d . per thousand gallons , would create a total charge of 906 / . per annum . Supposing the water to be shut off for eight hours out of the twenty-four , the yearly expense would be 604 Z The question was referred to the General Purposes Committee .

      Representation op Maldos . —Mr . Mechi , the new Sheriff of London , will stand at the next election for Maldon , in Essex , upon Liberal principles . He owns considerable property in the neighbourhood . Maldon returns two members , and has a constituency of 845 registered electors . It is to be hoped that the eight hundred and forty-five will recognize Mr . Mechi ' s claims as a Liberal and a Reformer . The Deanery of Cablisle has been given to the Rev . Francis Close , incumbent of Cheltenham . Political Meetixg . — Sir Stafford Northcote , on Tuesday evening , attended a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dudley , pursuant to public notice , "to

      confer on the business of last session , " and " to explain his views on the present state of affairs . " The meeting was held at the Old Town-ball , a building of small dimensions in the centre of the town , The room was filled to suffocation . The chair was taken by the Mayor who opened the proceedings with a few observations , after which Sir Stafford Northcote addressed the meeting at considerable length . At the conclusion of his remarks , a motion expressive of confidence in the speaker was put and earned , but not before a Mr . Warkworth had endeavoured ( though ineffectually ) to pledge Sir Stafford to vote for a trial of the Maine Liquor Law in this country .

      Dishonest Trading . —Mr . John Grainger Mills , a farmer of North Weald , near lipping , apperred to a summons before Mr . Hammill , the Worship-street magistrate , in which he was charged with having unlawfully Caused to be made up and sold in open market several trusses of meadow hay , containing in the inside a quantity of inferior hay and other rubbish , which was not in correspondence with the outside appearance of the trusses . The defence was that Mr . Mills was ignorant of the fraud , and that his servauts were the parties to blame . He was fined in the mitigated penalty of one shilling for each offence , and costs . Reported Dkath op General Guyon . —The French papers of Wednesday evening announce the decease of General Guyon . The hero's death was caused by cholera .

      Harrison , the Leeds ' Wizard . '—Henry Harrison , the Leeds ' Wizard , ' who obtained so unenviable a notoriety in connexion with the murderer William Dove , was on Thursday morning brought up before the Leeds magistrates , charged with obtaining money by false pretences from Elizabeth Croft . The girl went to him to obtain liia assistance in ' eliarming' back her sweetheart , who had latterly proved faithless to her . -Harrison , upon this , coolly proposed an improper familiarity with himself as the only means of regaining her lover ' s affections . She indignantly refused compliance , and left the house . Nevertheless , she went again , when the

      scoundrel renewed his proposals , and attempted a criminal assault . She broke from him , however , but naked what money he wanted , and paid him five shillings , half of which she borrowed . She was imprudent enough to go a third time , when the man forcibly effected his purpose , and then threatened to bewitch her if she told any one of what had taken , place—a threat which appears to have frightened her very much ; but Harrison , with astonishing recklessness , boasted in a publichouso that ho had hoen familiar with her . This ' reached tho ears of the girl ' s mistress , -who took her to tusk , and then she told all . Tho ' wizard' is now under remand .

      SiGNon AumcMo Saffi has consented to deliver some lectures in England on Italian politics , in aid of the " Emancipation of Italy Fund . " In a letter to Mr . Stansfield , Signor SafH says of these lectures : —" I shall show where tho problem of Italian nationality actually lies , namely , in tho neoesflity of independence—that being the first condition , the foundation of nil improvement in tho civil life of the country . I Hhnll try to demonstrate that any true , efficient , and lasting development of oivilizMtionin Italy in utterly unattainable without a general nnd noliil guarantee of freedom and order for tho whole country , nnd that this guantntca will ever bo impossible without a complcto cinnnciuutioii from foreign rule . "

      A Stench Manufactory . — -Mr . William Squires , the proprietor of a bone-boiling establishment in Westmorland-row , Walworth-common , has been fined 51 . and expenses by the Lambeth magistrate for causing a nuisance in the neighbourhood of his business j The Crystal Palace Forgeries . —A meeting in connexion with the bankruptcy of William James Robson , now awaiting his trial on a charge of fraud on the Crystal Palace Company , took place in the Bankruptcy Court on Thursday , when a trade assignee was appointed , and proofs of debts , to a trifling amount , were made . It was stated , in the course of the proceedings , that Mr . E . T . Smith , of Drury Lane , who liad taken possession of the bankrupt's property at Kilburn Lodge , and sold it immediately on his absconding , had handed the proceeds , 1135 / ., to Mr . Johnson , the official assignee . Mr . Smith was induced to interfere in the matter in

      consequence of a pressing application from Robson , written on the night before he absconded , and which was in the following terms : — "My dear Smith , — -You once said that if I were in trouble you would save inc . I am in . that trouble . I am lost unless you aid me . Come to me directly . Yours , W- J . Robson . " The police were in error in supposing that Robson was concealed for any time in London . It is now stated that he left by the beat for Boulogne on the morning after the discovery of tfce frauds , his wife and sister following . Book Adulterations . —The AtJienmum of last week has the following : — " Another ' Publisher ? has addressed tie Leader on ' Book Adulterations , ' a subject which , as our readers know , was reopened in that journal some weeks ago . The animuso ? this second letter is , that the public should hold not the advertizing columns of a

      journal , but the ' back parlour' were advertisements are concocted , responsible for the mystifications of which readers are victims . The lowest form of these , as the Publisher addressing the Leader remarks , may perhaps be found on the railway platform , where an innocent traveller may be deluded into giving a couple of shillings for Rosa Green , conceiving it a new novel , and little aware that the year before at Brighton he paid one shilling for reading the said Rosa , in its thirty-shilling dress , as Woman ' s Infallibility . We are glad to see a publisher taking up the matter , and calling attention to proceedings unhappily too current , as every week's experience points out . But it may be feared that the end of delusive advertisements , against which the Athcnazum lias waged war from its earliest years , ia not yet come , or coming . "

      The Sunday League at York . —The Sunday League has held a meeting at the Lecture-hall , Goodrangate , York ; Mr . John Brown , stationer , Colliergate , in the chair . Mr . William Loaden , the chairman of the central committee of tho Sunday League , was the chief speaker in favour of the objects of tho association , and Mr . Alderman Eowntree tho main opposer of them ; but there were several slight skirmishes on both sides . The meeting was very uproarious , the speakers for and against being constantly interrupted ; but finally it was declared by the chairman that a motion in favour of opening the public museums , galleries , and libraries , and the performance of music on Sundays , was carried . Three cheers were then given for the League , and the people dispersed .

      Fesialk Doctors . —A hospital is to be established in New York for women and children , with a view to enabling lady doctors to study their profession * from the life , '—or tho death , as tho case may be . Tho ori ? nos P itala are closed to them . Contributions to this end are being received not only in America but in England . J FLUSHING , OTB SfiWERS , &C ., IN THIS ClTY . ~ Mr . HcVwoocJ engvneor of tho City Commission of Sowers , rend to that body on Tuesday a long report on tho water supply for public purposes , having reference to a demand rihi ^ tl ° ^} T ,, ^ ny , which is considered ? W " ;; Bnofly . " * ya tho report , " tho facts arc *^ -h f for many yeara tho Now River Company Sf f ° l 7 " p r t ^ V ^^ yfor public purposes ; that in tho belief that it would continue to be gm-

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      Leadeb Office , Saturday , October 25 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE ENGLISH PRESS . The Ifoniteur has the following important communication relative to the British press : — " For some time past , various organs of the English press have been occupied in circulating calumnies upon the French Government—calumnies the more odious that they are advanced under the shelter of the anonymous , and permit no other reply than contempt . We know the respect wliich surrounds the liberty of the press in England , and therefore in pointing out its errors we confine ourselves to making an appeal to the good sense and loyalty of the Englisli people , aud to forewarning them against the dangers of a system Avhich . destroys confidence between the two Governments , and tends to disunite two nations whose alliance is the best guarantee for the peace of the world . "

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      NEUJ-CHATEL . As the result of diplomatic efforts , the prisoners have been set at liberty . The Federal Council declares itself ready to propose to the Federal Assembl y a full amnesty , on condition that Prussia shall recognize the independence of the canton . The Federal Council is using its exertions to be icpresented at the Conferences of Paris . Warlike preparations are being made .

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      THE LATE CAPTAIN THOMPSON " . A Committee has been formed to pay some tribute of respect to the memory of Captain Thompson , who was so conspicuous in the defence of Kars , who shared the captivity of Williams in Russia , and who was cut off by death just as he had returned to receive the welcome and applause of his countrymen . The idea seems to be to collect enough to eroct a monument to . Thompson , and to purchase the regimental steps of a younger brother . Subscriptions will be received in London by Messrs . Hernes and Farquhar , Messrs . Childs , Messrs . * Barnett , Hoares , and Co ., Messrs . Ommaney and Co . ; in Bristol , by Messrs . Miles , Savillo , and Miles ; in Manchester and Liverpool , by Messrs . Hey wood ; and in Hull , by Messrs . Raikes and Co .

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      THE INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS BY THE SURREY GARDENS ACCIDENT . THE VERDICT . The inquest was resumed yesterday ( Friday ) , and terminated in a verdict of Accidental Death . One or two points of interest came out . Mr . Elledge , one of Mr . Spurgeon ' s deacons , spoke of the bell-tinkling already alluded to in another column . He saw several persons shouting through their doubled fists ^' Fire ! " and " Tie galleries are falling ! " A rush had taken place before this . He was certain the noise he had heard was not caused by the falling of a chandelier drop . Another witness believed that that was the cause of the noise ; and he discredited the particular kind of shouting deposed to by Mr . Elledge .

      At the close of his testimony , Mr . Lund said : — - "My first impression was that the confusion arose from opponents of Mr . Spurgeon , and I so reported to the . Secre tary of State ; but I do not think so now . " The Coroner "Do you think there was preconcertion ? " Witness : " Yes , certainly a preconcertion , but certainly not by thieves . " He added that he was still prosecuting an inquiry into the cause of the panic , but it would not be prudent publicly to state the course he was adopting . He heard no tinkling of a bell or glass , but lie did jiot say that it was not so . On the following morning , lie went with a friend to tho hall . His friend went up into the gallery and sliook the chandeliers , and they had just the sound of bells .

      Thomas Fullager , sen ., house-decorator , Doctors - commons , said : — "I was at the Surrey Gardens oa Sunday evening last . I was standing at the entrance door when I saw two men enter and whisper together , as if bent on mischief ; one came out and laughed , and went in again , and soon after there was a mob of people ; there was no rusli inwards ^ Two men forced their way into the hall , and I heard one say , 'Jack has played his cards well , and has won his bottle of brandy . I wish ho had put tho gas out . ' "

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      Murdicr . —William Jackson , a paperhanger atLecd * , and a notoriously bud character , has murdered two of his children—a l ) oy six years of age , and a girl about eight—by cutting their throats near Chester . He is i ' custody ; but the inquest has not yet been held . Chyhtm , Pa lack . —Return of arlmisMon . s for six days onding Friday , Octobor 24 th , 1800 , including season ticket holders , 17 , 805 . Accidknt in a . Mill . —The adjourned inquest on the body of Thomas Hitchon , whoso death is niuntioiicd m another part of this duy' . s paper , seems to nhow Ihiit . t'ic catastrophe did -not result from n practical joke . 'I' 1 0 cause being myuleriouR , an open verdict wjis loluniod . Mic , Ryan , the " low , hireling slanderer" <>' '' or ( 1 Cardigan in connexion with tho Bnlaklava clmiWi hn » intimated that he mouus to bring nn action for M " ngnintit his Lordship for thoao words .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1856, page 1018, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2164/page/10/