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MISCELLANEOUS . Thtojderstorms . — Good Friday was signalized by some thunderstorms in the north of England . The lightning was very vivid . There have also been some very severe and disastrous floods . Found Drowned .- —The body of Captain Asa A . Coming , formerly of the ship Confederation , was picked up on Friday week , floating off the Rode Light , Liverpool , He had been missirjg since last January , when his ship was wrecked In the Channel . All the crew were saved ; but he , one of the mates , and a boy remained by the vessel , and went down -with her . An inquest was held last Saturday , and terminated in a verdict of " Found drowned . "
The Engijsk Army and the French Miditart Medal . —A supplemental list of non-commissioned officers and soldiers selected for recommendation to the Emperor of the French , to receive the decoration of the French military war medal , has been published . Death of a Miser . —A few days ago ( saya the daily papers ) , the body of an old man named Partridge , a rug and hone collector , was discovered on a heap of filth in a room in one of the tack streets of Exeter . He was in the habit of prowling about the city ,
collecting bones and garbage , and he las been seen to eat the most disgusting Tnorsels from the streets . He lived alone la ajpptm jp ^ bich . was filled with rags , filth , and vermin . Htf iidA cofflfTained of illness a few days before his destogl ^ dMiUt'reeorted to intoxicating liquors , of which hftvebnv ^ ftfifeety ? : After his death , a savingsbank book ie jEmpfJ ^ fom which it appeared that he had a larg ^ jum OTj ^ WMfigr . in tlxe bank ; and he had also lent 151 . to jfatandtaqy , besides sums of money to other persons . Hjfr ' ffriift > WS -evidently caused by selfneglect , dirQr . MWto , aB ^ Linsufficiency of food .
AptTLTEBAjcgP 'Pwj ^^ p . r-r our Croydon bakers have been fined . ejfcct ^ OlL ^ ad . costs for adulterating their bread with alum . ~ . ¦¦ c Discovjebt of Hwm * s » -Skei , etons . —Some workmen employed in ^^ g ^ gT . i ^ drain behind York Castle the other day turnedT ^ p tti . e te mains of about twenty human bodies , the slStll » of three or four of which were wanting . The conclusion formed respecting them is that they are the remains of twenty-one Scottish rebels , ten of whom were executed on Saturday , the 1 st of November , 1746 , and the remainder on the following Saturday . The New Survey of the Thames . —An
interesting report by Captain Burstall , on Iris survey of the river Thames from Blackwall to Putney , has been published . The general upshot is that the depth of the river has increased several feet ( varying in different parta ) in consequence of the removal in 1832 of old London-bridge , which , with its large projecting starlings , and its general massiveness of structure , performed in some degree the office of a dam to the river . The removal of the obstruction has accelerated the u scour , " and consequently increased the depth of the water . The effect has also been aided by dredging , and by the continual action of the river steamers . The last previous report on this subject was made in 1823 , when the causes which have produced the deepening were not in operation .
Tan Bishopric op Noirtvicn . —An intimation has been received in Norwich that the Hon . and Rov . J . T . Pelham will succeed the Rev . Dr . Hinds in the bishopric of the diocese . The uncertainty which has hitherto prevailed on the subject is now considered at an end . Mr . Kitson , of Norwich , ¦ will continue to act as secretary . Snowstorms on Easter Sunday .- —There were several lieavy falls of snow at Manchester and the neighbourhood on Easter Sunday ; but owing to previous and subsequent rains , the' snow disappeared from the ground in the course of a few hours . Death op Mr . Thomas Scully . —Mr . Thomas Scully , brother of the late member for Cork county , died at two o'clock on Monday , after a short illness , attributed to the fatigue he underwent during the contest for the county .
Pbesrnt to the Queen from the Sui-tan . —Her Majesty'a steam corvette Sphynx , on her way to England from Malta , has on board a beautiful piece of brass ordnance of about twenty pounds calibre , of peculiar workmanship , the carriage being most exquisitely carved , as a present from tho Sultan to Queen Victoria . Life Assurance Qualification . —When the Minister introduced into Parliament the bill for inflicting a taxof 200 per cent , upon all persons guilty of insuring their furniture against fire , ho ob 3 orved , wittily if not wisely , " We have taxed your vices , we must now tax your virtues . " Now that we have passed the meridian of the nineteenth century , and statesmen , rubbing their
ey « a , awake to the conviction that people seriously object to legislation being dealt with as a joke , wo shall haply Bee that , instead of taxing our virtues , our representatives will actually base their legislation on the opposite principle of encouraging them ; and so modify the laws affecting partnership , salvage , insurance , &c , as to bring them all within tho category of common aense . Thus , o projpoa of this theme—the rewarding instead of the repression of prudential habits—we trust wo shall not bo deemed theorists for affirming that tho practicoof life assuranco involves a property qualification raoro practical than an educational test , and certainly more legitimate than tho more possession , of capital or income . It is not tho mero possession of property , but
8 th of May the new reading room will be thrown open to the public generally , who will be allowed to visit it freely till the 16 tb , after which day it will be devoted exclusively to the use of readers ^ Mr . Cobden has addressed a letter to Mr . / Wulans , chairman of his committee at the Huddersfield election , thanking those electors who voted for him for their support . -.. : ¦ - . Finsbury Election : Dinner to Serjeant Parry . Some two hundred of the electors of Finsbury , supporters of Mr . Serjeant Parry , the unsuccessful Liberal candidate , gave a dinner on Monday to that gentleman at the Freemasons' Tavern . The Serjeant , in addressing his
hosts after dinner , refuted the accusations that had been brought against him by his opponents , such as , that he was a Socialist , and that he had signed a petition for opening the British Museum , National Gallery , Crystal Palace , &c , on Sundays . Referring to one cause of his non-success , he said : — "In the course of his canvass , he found a large number of persons who were in every way qualified to vote , but whose names were not on the register . Many went up to vote , and to their astonishment discovered that they were not registered ; and he was told that in the polling district of Clerkenwell alone , out of 60 O 0 qualified electors , only 3000 were on the register . What was required in the borough was a liberal registration association . "
The Liverpool Tkee Pbbuc Library and Museum . - ^ -The proceedings in connexion with laying the foundation stone of the New Free library and Museum at Liverpool , which is being built at the sole cost of Mr . William Brown , M . P . for South Lancashire , took place on Wednesday . The weather was fine , and the ceremony passed off extremely well . The chief speakers were Mr . Alderman Molme , Mr . Brown himself , Lord Stanley , Sir John Pakington , and Lieutenant-General Sir Hairy Smith , The religious ceremonies were
conducted by the Bishop of Chester . Previous to laying the stone , an address was presented to Mr . Brown by the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire , of which he is a member , and in the evening ; he was entertained at a banquet in St . George ' s Hall . The chief additional speakers here were Mr . Monckton Milnes , M . P-, and Mr . Nathaniel Hawthorne , the American consul and celebrated author . —On the same evening a soiree was given at the Concert Hall , Lord Nelson Street , by the working-classes , at which a highly eulogistic address was presented to Mr . Brown .
the good sense , judgment , and self-denial manifested m its proper use that can eyer be reasonably urged as a qualification for the exercise of political or municipal rights . Now . there is one piece of property that every man possesses , and in connexion with which there is a test of his fitness to have a voice in the commonwealth . That "piece of property is his own life , and that test is his providing for the contingency of its loss . A man who insures his life confers a benefit -upon society , while
he manifests his own reasonableness . He benefits society , for he is taking care to prevent his family from becoming a burden upon it , when deprived of their protector , and he gives evidence of his good sense and judgment in applying the results of science and observation for that purpose , instead of misinterpreting Scripture to justify his own imprudence , or trusting to the chance of being able to provide for the uncertain future by accumulated savings . —PP . Bridges on Xife Assurance and Colonization .
The Easter Dinner at the Mansion House was eaten , on Monday , when the most distinguished guest was the young ex-King of Oude , who was accompanied by his retinue . Several other Eastern Princes were also present . The chief speaker was Major Bird , who acknowledged the toast of " Their Highnesses the Princes of Oude ; " Tbut nothing was uttered worthy of repetition . The Co » EET . ~ -Herr von Littrow , the celebrated German astronomer , has written a letter to the Vienna Gazette on the subject of the comet which is expected to appear on the 13 th . of next June . . The purport of this communication is to still the apprehensions which Lave for some time past existed in the minds of several
persons on the Continent , who anticipate a collision between the terrible meteor and this world . Von Littrow thinks it doubtful that the comet will be even visible at the time stated , but admits that " it is possible , although anything but certain , that we may see it between , the present year , 1857 , and 1860 . " As regards the fear which many persons have repeatedly entertained of comets coming in contact with the earth , he says that such a circumstance is , in the first place , highly improbable ; and secondly , that even if such a catastrophe were to ensue , it would by no means cause the destruction , of the world ; for , " it is irrefutably certain that the
matter of which comets conaistforms an extremely loose texture , that comets are in reality not coherent masses , but mere agglomerations of small , corpu 8 cules separated from one another by large interstices . " The effect of a collision with such a body of vapour would barely equal that produced by thunderstorms and hurricanes ^ " Incredible as it may appear , " he adds , " we hear it from too trustworthy a source not to believe it , that in Austria , the country people , in expectation of what is to happen , have ceased to till their fields , and are wasting their time in idleness . Such a delusion might provoke a smile , if it were not too lamentable . "
Sunderland Docks . —The important trial between the Marchioness of Londonderry and the Sunderland Dock Company , in which a verdict of 20 , OOOZ . damages was taken by consent at the Liverpool Assizes last week , subject to a reference to be made a rule of court , has since been finally arranged to the mutual satisfaction of the noble plaintiff and the defendants . It is understood Lady Londonderry gives up all claim for past damages , on condition that the l > ock Company erect shipping berths and carry out other arrangements at the docks in connexion with the Sunderland and S-eaham Railway , within a specified time , for the use of her ladyship ' s collieries ; so that the l > ock Company escape being mulcted in pecuniary damages for neglecting to fulfil their agreement with Ludy Londonderry to ship a given quantity of coals annually from her ladyship's collieries .
Mb . WesteutO 2 T has been again elected—this time without opposition—to the churchwardensbip of St . Paul ' s , Knightsbridge . The Latjs Mb . John Towers . —This gentleman , one of the oldest and most indefatigable agricultural writers in England , died last Saturday , at his house at Croydon , at the age of seventy-nine . The Bank of England . —Mr . Sheffield Neave was elected Governor , and Mr . Bonamy Dobree Deputygovernor cf the Bank of England on Tuesday . Health of London . —Tho deaths registered in London , which in the previous week were 1235 , in the week that ended last Saturday declined to 1059 . In the ten
The Late Tiiu-ndekstobm in France . —The storm which prevailed on Friday week in several of the departments was attended with melancholy consequences in certain points of the Oise . At Chevieres a young man who was at work -with his parents in a potato-field was knocked down by the lightning and killed on the spot . His cap was burnt , his boots ripped up , and a part of the chain of his watch melted . At Sauqueuso St . LucLcn , as two men named- Carron and Gcffroy were passing a windmill , the miller requested tlieir assistance to turn round tlio sails , as he feared a storm , was coming on . Scarcely had they completed their task , when the rain began to Tall in torrents , and they ran for shelter , Carron into u stable , and Gcffroy arid the miller into the mill . When the storm , whick lasted for some time , was over , Carron came out of his hiding-place , and called for hia companion , but , not
reyears 1817-56 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1101 . Jlut , as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , the average should bo raised for the purpose , of comparison in proportion to the increase , in which case it becomes , 1214 . Hence it appears that tho deaths now returned were less by 155 thim the number which tho average rate of mortality would have produced . — Lnst weelc , the births of 835 boys and 773 girls , in all 1 C 08 children , were registered in London . In the ton corresponding weeks of the years 1847-5 G , tho average number was 1511 . —From ( he Itegistrar-Cencral ' s Weekly lid urn .
ceivmg any answer , commenced a search for him , and found him near the shaft of . Jjie mill , qujto dead . The lightning had perforated a small holo at the back of hia neck , and several aimilar holes were found in different parts of the body . Ilia clothes r « maiucd uninjured . Carron states that , from tho place in which he stood in the stablo ho saw the lightning fall on tho mill five different times , but no injuryappears to have been done to the building . During the storm the electric fluid fell on the wires of tho telegraph between the stations of Bueil and Boiaset ( Euro ) , and melted tho metal for a distance of about half a mile , overturning at the name time four or fivo of the woodcu supporters . It finally entered the ground on tho ironway , tearing up several of tho sleepers , and leaving a large holo , which would most probably have caused ar accident had it not been perceived in time .
Mm . iJisrjAixi and the New Kkkoiim Bu , r > . —In October , 1832 , Mr . Disraeli issued an address to the electors of lli &h Wycombe . In that address Mr . Disraeli Haid : —" I urn prepared to support the Ballot , which will preserve us from that unprincipled system of terrorism with which it would seein we are threatened even in this town . I am dosirous of recurring to those old English anil trienninl Parliaments of which the Whigs deprived us . I hIiuII withhold my support from every Ministry which will not originate some great measure to ameliorate tho condition of tho lower orders , to rouses the dormant energies of tho country , to liberate our shackled industry , and reanimate our expiring credit . "
Inn China Mission . —We uiuluratanil that the Earl of Elgin is to be accompanied in his diplomatic inismon to China by his brother , this Hon . Frederick IJmce , by Mr . Oliphant , as Inn private secretary , by Mr . Fitzroy , and by a gentleman to be selected from the Foreign Office . —Manchester Guardian . Nkw Ricaoino Room at tub Biutish Mu . sicum . —It is stated that the present reading rooms of the British Museum will not ho used after tho JJOtli instant . On the
DisuitACKKiri , WicimiNfl . —On EaBter Monday , a re markablc wedding took place in Bradford parish church James Tetloy , a pauper , well on in years , was innrrie < to Betty Stockdalo , whoso previous husband was killei at Howling Ironworks . Tho parties had lived some tinv as man and wife , and the legalization of tho marriag wub necessary to secure pauper relief . A procession let
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April 18 , 1857 . ] THE LEAPEB . 369
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Leader (1850-1860), April 18, 1857, page 369, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2189/page/9/
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