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called , who d « ny to man any hope beyond the graveguy duty except that of providing for the wants of this life , and against whom Christ ' s servants are bound to contend , not only in argument , but with the yet more efficacious weapons of Christian faith and love . Or , if we afloend higher in the scale of society , to that commercial class which forms the pride and support of London , and fulfil * the message contained in the name—' The City of S hips '—there also-we mast often lament the absence of gjay practical faith that Christ has redeemed the -world from sin . As a commercial nation we have been startled and have felt degraded by the revelation of dishonesty among them ; of reckless speculation , sometimes with the property of others ; of ruin and misery widely spread
through careless or dishonourable selfishness ; while the frauds of the princely merchant are only too faithfully imitated by the petty cheating and adulterated goods of tie tradesman . Advancing yet further , we come to that elate which seems to pride itself in contradicting the yery words of our Lord by boastfully claiming the title pf the world , and thus openly disregarding His warning Sbt to love the world , nor the things of the world , and His repeated ; declaration that this love is imcorapatible with the love of the Father .. . * ¦ * . While we ( the clergy ) » re turning away from the straight path of duty , tbe newspaper writer , the satirist , the populaT novelist , are labouring to correct those evils which the Church was designed to cure ; and some colour is given for the startling assertion of a modern historian , that the press
is the chief spiritual power in England . Nor would we for ambment disparage its efforts ; only we must believe that the voice of Christian kindness or grave rebuke ^ the sight of self-denying charity , the declaration of Christ ' s love for man , will do more to regenerate society than the gting of sarcasm or the denunciation of eloquent invective . And if it be true , as has been lately said , that London is less moral now than it was half a century ago , and that the hold of the Church on the mass of the people is ever diminishing , it is time for us to inquire whether the sight of its dissensions may not he the chief cause of . this alienation , and to turn from the fruitless questions which , tear it asunder to the duty of labouring with one heart and one mind as servants Of Jesus Christ to stay the plague of guilt and wretchedness . " ¦ . . ¦ : - ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦ : : . : ¦ - ¦ . . ¦ -. '¦ ' ¦ ' . . : ¦
; After the conclusion of this sermon ( which , as the reader will have seen , contains some weighty truths ) , the rest of the ceremony was performed , and the congregation dispersed , A singular ; specimen of ' civilization' is contained in a brief paragraph at the conclusion of the account in the daily papers : —" The detective police were represented by Mr . Robinson , Mr . Smith , and Mr . Hodges ; and their presence had the effect of warning off several individuals , whose object in attending the service could scarcely have been misunderstood ;"
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STATE OF TEADE . Thb trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday show no material alteration in any branch of business . . 'At Manchester , the transactions have been limited , and a decline in prices has taken place corresponding with that in the raw material at Liverpool . The Birmingham advices mention that the iron-market is on tho whole steady , although the high rate of discount increases the instances of underselling . Good orders have been received bv the James Baincs
the adjudication , his title could not be disturbed , because the Act specially declared that all contracts and dealings ¦ with a bankrupt prior to his bankruptcy should fee * valid . But there was no ground for such an argument ; for how could it be maintained that an order to wind up a man ' s affairs , which order was obtained by himself , was a dealing or contract with him ? If the legislature lad intended that the appointment of an interim manager should invalidate the legal title of an assignee in bankruptcy , it would have said so in dear and explicit language . But it had not , and the Court was bound upon the construction of the Acts of Parliament before referred to , to hold that the legal title was vested in the official assignee . The next question which the court had to consider was , whether there were any grounds upon " which it ought to interfere with
that legal title of the assignee in bankruptcy . He thought there was not , for he believed that the distribution of the assets among the creditors would he more efficacious in the Court of Bankruptcy than tmder the winding-up proceedings . An inquiry should take place as to what expenses had been incurred by Mr . Harding in collecting and realizing the assets of the bank in order that those expenses might be repaid to him . The injunction granted exparte against the official assignee must be dissolved , and possession of all the property , &c ., of the bank given up to the official assignee . With respect to the rule nisi to commit the official assignee and the messenger in bankruptcy for a contempt of court , in having interfered with Mr . HardingV possession , that rule would be discharged , as the parties had expressed their regret for what they had done . "
Upon the application of Sir Fitzroy Kelly , who appeared for Mr . Harding , an appeal to the Lords Justices was authorized . . ' .
and the Lightning from Australia , and the general trades of the town arc active . At Nottingham , it is still the quiet season , but there have been some considerable purchases of liice for America , and here also tho Australian news is considered satisfactory . In tho woollen districts there is a disposition to contraction , owing to tho high prices of the staple and the state of the money-market . The existing dcarncss of wool stimulates experiments to bring other materials into use as substitutes . The Irish linen-markets have been well maintained .: —Times .
In the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been continued activity . The number of ships reported inwards was 280 , showing an increase of 51 over the previous week . These included 54 with cargoes of grain , rico , and flour ; 23 with fruifc © f all sorts , 9 with sugar , and 1 with tea . The number of vessels cleared outward was 103 , including 12 in ballast , showing a decrease of 25 . In tho Australian trado there is a considerable diminution in the number of vessels on tho berth . Tho total is 43 , being a decrease of 11 from tho last account . Of those now loading , 6 arc for Adelaide , 3 for Hobart Town , 3 for Launceston , 3 for Melbourne , 1 for Morcton Bay , 7 for New Zealand , 14 . for Port Philip , 6 for Sydney , 1 for Swan River , and 1 for Warrnambool . — Idem .
Vice-Chancellor Kinderslcy tlelivorcd on Monday his judgment in the caso of Aitcluson v . Lee , arising out of tho stoppage of tho Royal British Bank . Ho pronounced m favour of tho assignees , observing : — " In the present caso , it was not tho creditors , but merely tho debtors themselves , who had commenced proceedings iu Chan-Gtory for the settlement of their claims against each other . Ho ( the Vicc-Chuncollor ) could not admit that it was unpoasiblo to have concurrent proceedings in Chancery Un I \ Banlcru l > tcy "gainst the samo , company . It was BMu , th at , inasmuch ns Mr . Harding , tho ofllcial mana-S % "was in possession of tho property of tho bank , before
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IRELAND . The Tipperart B-AKK . —The Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered tho unanimous yerdict of that court on Friday week in the long-pending case of " Carroll v . Kennedy " - —a case arising out of the Tipperary Bank . The plaintiff demurred to the plea of the defendant , whose object was to bring the bank within the meaning of the Act 33 rd of George II ., and thus to place its affairs under the administration of the Court of Chancery ; it being contended that the provisions of the 6 th , Georgo IV ., known as Cl tho Joint-Stock Companies ' Winding-up Act , " were not applicable . The Court dissented from these views , and stated that there was nothing to prevent the plaintiff from proceeding in the present action , and issuing execution . Tho demurrer
was therefore allowed with costs . —At tho sittings of the court on Tuesday morning , tho Lord Chancellor g-ava judgment in the importairt case of O'Hahorty i > , M'Dowell . Tho petition was for tho purpose of removing the affairs of the Tipperary Joint-Stock Bank from under the Wmding-up Act , and placing them under the old act of the 88 rd George II ., on tho ground that the former act was intended solely for tho settlement of a joint-stock concern as between tho shareholders , an / I did not give relief or security to the creditors . The Chancellor dismissed the retition without costs . He dooicled that the 83 rd Georgo II . did not apply . The proper course was to proceed through the official manager .
The Mottoer of Mr . Lm % K—In addition to the hammer which was found in tho bed of tho canal , » razor has been discovered in tho samo place . It docs not seem to be marked with blood ; but , as it was noi in the least rnsty , it is evident that it cannot have beou in tho water very long . It is said to bo undergoing fl microscopic investigation . The efforts for tho detection of tho murderer or murderers proceed with unwearying
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near Warrington . The mail train from Scotland when near the Winwick Station ( situated between the Warrington Junction and the Warrington ; Station ) , ran off the rail , and became embedded in the soiL The fireman was killed on the spot , and th « engine-man has had one of his arms crushed to atoms . None of the passengers have been dangerously or seriously injured . The accident created great alarm in the locality at the time , and the traffic was interrupted for a considerable period . < The body of a gentleman was found on the London
and Northwestern Railway line , near Newton Junction , on Tuesday morning . It was recognized by the officials , and found to be that of Mr . Robinson , residing at Rainhill . As he was a contractor with the railway company for conveyance daily to his residence at Raiahill , it is supposed that he must have fallen asleep , and passed Rainhill , and that , on -the train , slackening at the Newton Junction ( where there is a rounding ) he stepped off , and coining into collision ivith some waggons on the siding , was killed on the spot- The body was not at all mutilated .
Another collision on the London and Great Northern Rail-way took place on Wednesday morning at Leigbton . Buzzard . A goods train from Liverpool , consisting of two engines and upwards of forty tracks , heavily laden with cattle , ran into a passenger train while the latter was stopping at the station . The driver of the good ? train thought the line was clear , as no signal had beett exhibited . No serious injury-was done to any one , but the carriages siiffeTed considerably . John Gough , an Irish lad , employed at the Birdholnte Colliery , near Chesterfield , has been jerked out of the machine by which he wa 3 being lowered to the bottom , of the shaft . He fell to the bottom , and death , resulted instantaneously . It would seem that the engine-driver below started the machine before the lad was fairly in it . The inquest has been adjourned , in order that the Government Inspector of Mines may be in attendance .
A singular escape from death has occurred to a Mr . Hollingsworth , an innkeeper at Wissett . He was repairing a well on his own premises , when he overbalanced himself , and fell head foremost down the cavity . In his descent he grasped hold of the chain which hung from above , and descended safely to the bottom , which is at a depth of twenty feet from the surface . His shouts for assistance brought some men to the spot , and he was drawn up , somewhat alarmed , but not hurt . Bliss Rieardo , daughter of Mr . Kicardp , M . P ., has been thrown from her horse at Windsor , and sustained a fracture of the thigh . She is progressing favourably .
Mr . George Grenviue Tortescue , of Bonconnoc , Cornwall , has met with his death under very distressing circumstances . He had been cruising in the Mediterranean , with Ms cousins , Lord , and Lady Drogheda , in their yacht , the Fancy , during the summer and autumn . They were on their homeward voyage on the afternoon of Sunday , the 2 nd inst ., when , after taking part in the services of the day , he went up into the rigging for cooler air or amusement , as he had often done before ; but suddenly , either from some panic or giddiness , he fell on deck from a height of thirty feet . He was taken , up senseless , and he had received such injuries that he died the same night . The vessel , which was then about a hundred and seventy miles off Algiers , put into that place , and his afflicted cousins buried Mr . Fortescue in the cemetery of the town .
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . X"he inquest on the bodies of the persons who met their death in the recent railway collision on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway , has terminated in the following verdict : — " "We find the deceased persons were killed at Dunkitt-siding , on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway , by the Kilkenny midday mail to AVaterford coming into collision with the ballast-train in such siding , in consequence of the points of the siding having leen unlawfully and improperl y left open ; and that such points
were in . the particular care of Michael Brien , gauger , in charge of the ballast-train , who neglected to see them closed . Our finding is that of Manslaughter against the said Michael Brien , through whose wilful and unlawful neglect the deaths have occurred ; and that no blame can be attached to any of the officers of the traffic department on * the "line ,: whose driver and fireman used every effort in their power to prevent the catastrophe . " Brien was removed in custody , and is committed to Kilkenny Gaol for trial at the ensuing Assizes .
An investigation has been instituted at Paris into the sudden and mysterious death of a young woman when in company with an elderly man at a restaurant on the Boulevard do Seba 3 topol . The cabinet in which the two persons were placed to take their dinner being rather cold , a small portable calorifere was brought in , containing burning embers and charcoal . As long as the door was frequently opened to allow the waiters to enter with the dinner , the quality of the air was not sensibly deteriorated ; but , when the door remained shut , tho carbonic gas disseminated itself and produced a fatal effect . The man has since so far improved as to leave no doubt of his ultimate recovery . The body of the woman has been given up to her friends .
Ihe Correctional Tribunal of the Seine last -week condemned a grocer and spirit merchant , named Lebroussard , to a fortnight's imprisonment for having caused a very serious accident and inflicted severe injuries upon several passengers in the Cliaussce Clignancourt , Montmartre , by an infringement of the police regulations . lie had placed a very large barrel of spirits of wine on the pavement beforo his shop , and was in the act of drawing off its contents with a syphon , when the liquid took lire from a candle , which was held too close to it . The barrel exploded , and two men , a young woman , and three children , who happened to bo walking by , were burnt in a shocking manner . Tho woman and two of tho children died a few hours afterwards . Throe young men havo been drowned off the harbour of West Hartlepool by the upsetting of a coble .
Ihe inquest on the bodies of Mr . Hands and Mr . Hicks ,, who mot their death by tho collision near Nantydorry on the 12 th instant , was resumed on Friday week and Saturday at Abergavenny . Evidence was then tondored to disprove the charges of neglect made against tho company , and Mr . Humphreys cross-examined the witnesses with a view to show that , even on a lino properly made and kept , an onglno run on . tho curve described , with a broken spring , at twenty-five miles an hour , must necessarily run off . The inquiry was again adjourned . A verdict of u Aocidontal death" has been returned by tho coroner ' s jury in tho case of John Richards , the fireman who was killed in tho recent mishap on the Western Valleys branch of tho Monmouthshire Railway . There does not seem to have beon anything defective in tho engine or the atato of the line . An accident , attended with loss of life , oocurrcd on tho London aud North Western Railway on Monday night .
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ffoYEMBER 29 , 1856 . ] THE . . . IiEADEB , 1181
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 1131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2169/page/3/
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