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lectors and auditors of the Great Northern It ail way connexion-with the late frauds , has been published , to auditors insist that Mr . Redpath ' s department was lolly out of their sphere ; and so clear was their conition on th . o subject , that they refused , after the disrery of his delinquency , to promote any examination til the directors had distinctly expressed concurrence th their view . This concurrence was subsequently pressed by the latter . [ mpostube . — -Mary Ann Murphy , a respectablyissed woman , about thirty years of age , residing at lott's-square , Old Bailey , has been charged at
Gnild-1 with obtaining goods and various sums of money by udulently representing that she was the niece of the ihop of Cloyne and Ross . She is remanded . —John ilip Arthy lias been committed for trial on a similar irgo of imposition . tsr Uhhappy Horn — Eliza Carvey , a young nied woman , has been charged at Worship-street ; h an attempt to poison herself . It appeared that she 1 been brutally ill-used by her husband , and driven to iperation . The man ' s brother came forward in the ir woman ' s behalf , and she was committed to his age . He promised to take out a warrant against his ) ther .
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STATE OF TRADE . ce trade reports for the week ending last Saturday > satisfactory . At Manchester the markets have been net and more active in consequence of the advices by 3 Overland Mail and the reduction in the Bank rate discount . The Birmingham accounts describe steadi-33 in the iron-market , and a good home demand for oeral manufactures . The South American orders also ve been considerable . In the copper trade much unrtainty prevails from the constant advance in prices . ; Nottingham , business , as is usual on the approach of iristmas , has been nearly suspended . In the woollen itricts there has been no alteration , and the American d foreign purchases generally continue on a full scale , the Irish linen-markets , owing to the limited amount goods brought forward , quotations have been well lintained . —Times .
In the general business of the port of London during ) same week there has been considerable activity , ie number of vessels reported inward was 271 , being snore than in the previous week . The arrivals of tea ve again been large , comprising 52 , 114 packages , , 499 of which were brought by the American ship irenza . The number of vessels cleared outward was , icluding 13 in ballast , showing a decrease of 21 . ie tptal number of ships loading for the Australian lonies is 50 , being 5 more than at the last account , ' those now loading , 7 are for Adelaide , 2 for Geelong , for Hobart Town , 1 for Launceston , 3 for Melbourne , for Moreton Bay , 7 for New Zealand , 17 for Port lillip , 8 for Sydney , 1 for Swan River , and 1 for arrnambool . Of this list , 1 was entered outward in ml , 1 in June , 1 in July , 1 in August , and G in ptenaber . —Idem .
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OBITUARY . KUTENANT William RiVERS , R . N ., one of the roes of the war with revolutionary France , having rved with . Ilotham in 1795 , under Sir John Jcrvis at B battle of Cape St . " Vincent , and under Nelson at ¦ afalgar , died at Greenwich Hospital , of which he was lo of the Lieutenants , on Friday week . Father Mathew , the Irish priest and originator of e temperance pledge movement , died on Monday , at ueenstown , Ireland . He had been for some time past a debilitated state , owing to the unceasing exertions i had made to propagate his total abstinence priacilea .
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MISCELLANEOUS . he Railway Accident on the Shkfkield Link . — [ r . Edward Ross , secretary to the Manchester , Sbeflield , id Lincolnshire Railway , writes to the Times to say iat the account given in their column * , by a correlondent , of an accident on the Sheffield line , was greatly caggerated . It is asserted by Mr . Ross that * ' none of ie carriages were upset , and no ono was injured . The : cident was caused by the pvotrusion of a broken piece ; rail in front of the wheel of the engine . " Great care , ie writer asserts , is taken by the directors to keep the lila in a safe condition ; and , as a proof of the good re-» lt of this , he mentions that there has been only one ital accident on the lin « since 1842 . Mr . Ross requosts io name of the correspondent , that ho may be present t an investigation which shall prove to him the groundas nature of his fears . That gentleman , however , in Bother letter to the 2 'imcs , adheres to his original
ac-> unt . St . Paul ' s Cathedral . —The minor ennonry in St . aul ' s Cathedral , which became vacant by th © death of 10 Rov . E . G . Beckwitli , M . A ., lins been conferred by > o Dean and Chapter upon the Rev . B . Morgan Cowie , [ . A ., of St . John ' s College , Cambridge . t Cattlis Maukkt . —The Great "Western Railway i ompnny propose to establish a fortnightly market at windon solely for cattle , the object being to establish a > rge central depot for tho numerous cattle districts
which have been opened up by tieir various lines , especially from Ireland and South Wales . FiKE 8 . —A very extensive conflagration , attended with loss of life , occurred on Friday week at a large block of buildings near Buchanan-street and Exchange-square , Glasgow . Four warehouses were either totally destroyed or greatly injured , and goods to the value of many thousand pounds ( for the most part covered by insurance ) -were consumed . A fireman also was killed . He and three of his fellows had gone to an upper flat of the building to tear down a partition , when the flooring
gave way ; one man leaped aside , and saved himself , and the others were thrown down to the cellars . When they were got out , ii was found , that one was dead , and that the other two were severely wounded . — -The workshops of Messrs . Pipers , builders , Turner ' s-row , Bow-coinraon , were totally burnt down on Monday morning . The contents , including the workmen ' s tools , were all destroyed . —An extensive fire has also occurred at Deptford , on some large premises occupied by a broker . Several persons who were asleep in the house escaped with difficulty . ' . ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " - ¦ . ' . .. " . . " ¦¦"' " ¦ ¦ ' ¦
The Nationax . Gallery . —We understand that a Royal Commission will shortly be issued , appointing Lord Broughton , the Dean of-St . Paul ' s , Mr . R . Ford , Mr . Faraday , Mr . Cockerell , R . A ., and Mr . George Richmond , to inquire into and determine the site of the new National Gallery , and to report on the desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art and Archasological collections of the British Museum . —Globe . Cattle Shows . —The Birmingham cattle-show closed on Friday week , and the Smithfield show has now
opened . The animals are reported as in fine condition . —The Baker-street exhibition was opened to the public on Tuesday , and appeared to give great satisfaction to a large and enthusiastic audience of farmers and others . The annual dinner of the Smithfield Cattle Club took place on Wednesday , the Duke of Richmond presiding . His Grace mentioned that Mr . Boulnois , proprietor of the Baker-street bazaar , had . agreed ; to give them the handsome sum of . 700 ? . a year for allowing the stock to be exhibited there .
The " Railway Revolver Romance .- —The question of" Railways and Revolvers in Georgia " would seem to be finally disposed of by the precise and authoritative denial of Mt . R . R . Cuyler , the President of the ¦ ¦ Central Railroad . ' in that State . The English Consul for the State of Georgia , moreover—Mr . E . Molyneux—comes forward formally to vouch for Mr . Cuyler ' s character fnd respectability—a point upon which we should not have permitted ourselves to entertain a ¦ moment ' s doubt . Thus , then , unless Mr . Arrowsmith , the author of this strange story , can support his statements by some fresh and overpowering evidence , his case has broken down . — -Times .
Dr . Livingstone . —^ The Rev . Dr . Livingstone arrived at Marseilles from Tunis on the Gth hist ,, and was then in good health . His left arm , however , is broken and partly useless , having been torn- by a lion . When he was taken 611 board her Majesty ' s ship Frolic , on the Mozambique coast , he had great difliculty in speaking a sentence of English , having disused it so long while travelling in Africa . He had with' him a native from the interior of Africa . This man , when he got to the Mauritius , was so excited with the steamers and various wonders of civilization that he went mad , and jumped into the sea and was drowned . Dr . Living-stone has been absent from England seventeen vears . lie crossed
the great African continent almost in the centre , from west to east , has been where no civilized being has ever been before , and has-made many notable . ' discoveries oi ' great value . Ho travelled in the twofold character of missionary and physician , having obtained a medical diploma , lie id rather . a short man , with a plcnsing and serious countenance , which betokens the most determined resolution , lie continued to -wear the cap which he M-orc while performing his wonderful travels . On board the Cantlia , in which he voyaged from Alexandria to Tunis , he was remarkable for his modesty and unassuming manners . lie never spoke of his travels , except in answer to questions . —Daily News .
Action vow Lirku—Another action for libel against 11 newspaper has terminated in a verdict for the defendants . Mr . Kyre , chaplain to the l ' avershnm Union , induced the proprietor of the Favcrshnm Gazette to publish in that journal a letter containing an attack on one James Barney , a carpenter . Uurney replied by another letter , in which lie severely ' mauled' jlr . Eyre ' s character . Tho editor of the paper afterwards published an apology , and the proprietor now paid 10 / . into court , as being the utmost extent of damnges to which he conceived the rov . gentleman was entitled . The jury returned a verdict for tho newspaper .
Tiik Incomk-tax . — Meetings have been held at Rending and at Plymouth ( both under the presidency of the local mayors ) to petition Parliament and the Government to repeal , or modify , with a view to a fairer adjustment , the present income-tax . —A meeting was also held at Southwnrk on ThuTmlay , under tlio presidency of tho high-bailiff , when Mr . Victors , Dr . Chnllico , and Mr . Apsloy Pcllatt , M . I * ., were tho chiof wpenkers . They denounced the tftx , »| Vi «' l expressed thoiv opinion tUnt tho augmented , vrtto should terminate next April , a « ul that no ouo should bo subjected to tho tax at all whoso nnnuftl Income id not more than 150 / . Resolutions to
this effect were carried , and a committee was appointed to prepare a petition to Parliament . Accident to the Magnetic Telegraph :. —The communication between Liverpool and the south of Ireland was suspended , on Wednesday , the wires of the Magnetic Company being out of order on the other side of Dublin , and the electric cable between' Holyhead and Dublin having been cut—it Ls reported maliciously . AxremsoHr v . Lee . —The arguments in this casa ( arising out of the British Hank affairs ) have been continued with much legal elaboration and ingenuity ; and on Tuesday Lord Justice Knight Bruce said the court would deliver judgment on the 19 th inst . ( next Friday } -
New Schools at Newark . —The Duke of Newcastle , on Tuesday week , laid the foundation-stone of Christ Church Schools at Newark , in ¦ which ceremony the Bishop of London and other churchmen aiid gentlemen assisted . South Africa . —It was rumoured at Sierra Leone , at tie date of the last despatches , that there Iiad been a battle in the interior , in Wliich four thousand persons were killed . The Minx was lying-in the river Lagos in readiness , in the event of anticipated disturbances putting her services into requisition .
An Insurance Action . —An action has been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench by the executors of the late Mr . George Gosling , against the New National Assurance and Loan . Company to recover the amount of a-policy of insurance for G 00 ? ., which Mr . Gosling had effected in that office . The insurance > vas made at a premium of 30 ? ., in September , 1855 , and Mr . Gosling died in May , 1856 . It had been stated by Mr .. Gosling that he was uniformly sober and temperate ; that there was nothing in the state of his health to render his life moTe than ordinarily hazardous ; and that he had not made any previous proposals of insurance to any other ofB . ce . The company , therefore , accepted his proposals ; but they now refused to v . av-on the ground that Mi \
Gosling had deceived them . They contended that his habits were not temperate , though they did not charge him with being a positive drunkard ; that he was afflicted with rupture , and concealed the fact ; that , though denjing it , he hail made previous proposals to the St . George ' s Company , and that that company only consented to accept them at certain , additional charges , on account of the state of liis health , wliich would have made the premium 48 ? ., an amount Jtfr . Gosling declined paTing . Had the National . Company been aware of these facts , they would eitlier have refused to insure Mr . Gosling ' s life , or would have charged a . much higlu-r rate of premium . This defence having Veen clearly uimle out ; a verdict was given . for the comvanv .
METROP 0 UTAsr .. D . RAisA ' GJS . T-A- deputation from the corporation of Gravesend and the ' parishioners of Erith waited last Saturday upon the General Purposes Committee of the Court of Aldermen , at the Guildhall , on the '"' subject of the Metropolitan IMniii Drainage plans . Tiie ' deputation ' was' headed by 31 r . "William Fletcher , the Mayor of Graveseiul , and the . - chief spokesman was Sir Culling Eardley , who , after calling attention to tba poisonous influence which the main drainage scheme proposed by the Metropolitan Board of Works -would have upon the river , and soliciting the aid of the Court of Aldermen in defeating it , referred to the necessity for draining tlie marshes to the east of London . Promising that , with respect to this latter' subject , he only
expressed his individual opinion , and did not wish to pledge the rest of the deputation , Sir Culling proceeded : — "He could not help thinking that , if justice was to be done to the whole subject-of the health of London , in view of the danger of mahiria , you must not only carry away the sewage " , in the . best manner , but , also , you must prevent the fogs , the damps , the agues' , the fevers from coming up to the metropolis out of thu mar-shes through tho trough of the Thames valley . 'J'he evidence given "before a Committee of the House of Commons two years ago was conclusive on this point . When Lord Pahncrston was in the Iloine-oiHcc , he had directed the counsel of that department to drnw up tho lioads of a bill lor the I > urposc , ami his Lordship continued to take a warm interest in the object , lie ( Sir Culling Eardley ) would
therefore urge on tho altlcrnii-n the consideration of this , sis a subdivision of the question . " Mr . Alderman Wire , chairman of the General Purposes Committee , said that that bod } ' would give both subjects every attention . — Tlie Metropolitan Board of Works , on Tuesday , proceeded to consider the report and plan of their engineer , as well as the points of discharge for the drainage of tho metropolis suggested in Captain BurstaU ' s letter and approved of by the tirst Commissioner of Works . A motion , to the c ' ficct that so much of tho resolution of tlie 22 n < l of October , as adopted the engineer ' s plan marked 11 , bo revoked , wns carried by thirty-throe- to two . Some more discussion ensued , and the further consideration of the ; question was postponed till next Tuesday , so that no determination has yet b » eu come to with respect to Captain Jkustall ' s plan .
A Liiurunu » iy A I-ady . — "Miss . J . M . \\ hitc , a young liuJy whoao enthusiastic devotion to the cause of emancipated Italy is known to many , and who recently trnnslnti'cl Felices OrsinVa narrative of his imprisonment , delivered , on Wednesday wes-k , in tho lecture hall at Derby , an address on her farourito topic . Her object V' » 9 fc > arouse the sympathies of Englishmen for It « luxi (
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December 13 , 1856 . J THE LEADEB , 1185
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 13, 1856, page 1185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2171/page/9/
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