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STATE OF TRADE . The trade of the various manufacturing towns appears , on the whole , to be steady . At Manchester , during the week ending last Saturday , the amount of business has been only moderate , but the market continues firm from decreased production . A few experimental purchases seem to have been made for Russia under the new tariff . For India , there would apparently be a fair demand , but buyers hold back , waiting the next news . At Birmingham , the termination of the quarter is usually a quiet period , but the prices of iron are well maintained ; and large orders are expected , owing to the reduction of duty in the United States . In the general traaes of tlift place there has been no alteration , but prospects are considered good , the stocks in dealers' hands throughout the country being low . The Nottingham report describes dulness both as regards hosiery and lace . In the woollen districts the transactions have been on an
average scale . The Irish linen markets are inactive . — Times . The general business of the port of London during the same week has shown increased activity , the change of wind having enabled the vessels overdue to work up the Channel . The total number of ships reported inward was 248 , being 95 more than in the previous week . The number cleared outward was 115 , including seven in ballast , showing a decrease of 17 . The total number on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 6 G , being the same as at the last account . Of these , eight are for Adelaide , three for Geelong , four for Hobart Town , three for Launceston , one for Melbourne , seven for New Zealand , twenty-three for Port Philip , four for Portland Bay , eleven for Sidney , and two for Swan River . —Idem .
The quarterly meeting of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire , held at Wolverhampton on Wednesday , was numerously attended , and the prices of last quarter were firmly maintained . There was a considerable attendance of principals and agents from Liverpool and London , and the foreign demand was described as improving . —The settlement of accounts at the Birmingham meeting on Wednesday and Thursday was generally considered to be highly satisfactory .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . We mentioned last week the sudden death of the Earl of Mornington . At that time it was not publicly known that there were circumstances about his decease which rendered an inquiry necessary ; but last Saturday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Coacbmakers' Arms , Bentinck-street , Manchester-square . Mr . F . N . Cates , solicitor to the late Earl , identified the bodj ' , and stated that his Lordship made a will in 1853 . Edward King , valet to the deceased , said that the latter had complained for some days of severe indisposition and pain in the chest . He dined about seven o ' clock on Wednesday evening , the 1 st inst .: while at dinner , he suddenly exclaimed , " Good God ! what ails me ? " and his head dropped on his chest . Dr . Probert , the Earl ' s medical attendant , was sent for , but he was dead in twenty
minutes . In answer to questions from the coroner , the witness said the late Earl had been very badly off , so far as pecuniary affairs were concerned , and until the last two years had wanted the necessaries of life . Major W . J . Hichardson , a friend of the Earl , said he did not consider that he had beon lately in pecuniary want , for his cousin , the Duke of Wellington , allowed him 10 / . a week . That was , however , a comparatively small sum for a man who once had 100 , 000 / . a year . Mr J . Proctor , surgeon , of C 2 , New Cavendish-street , proved liaving examined the body , and said that death had occurred from the rupture of the left ventricle of the heart , causing an extensive flow of blood into the . pericardium . The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased , William Pole Tilney Long Wellesloy , Earl of Mornington , died from a natural disease . "
Shrewsbury was afflicted by a most appalling catastrophe on the night of Friday week . M . Jullien had hod an annual muaica ) Jete , in conjunction with the Shropshire Horticultural Society ' s Show , on an islet in the Severn , called the Island of Poplars . This piece of laud was approached on that occasion by a temporary bridge of boats , which traversed the river for about a hundred and fifty feet . The depth at that point is nine feet . It Ls supposed that some ten thousand persons visited tlic island during the day , and at ten o ' clock there wna a display of fireworks . At the conclusion of this show , the people rushed with somo precipitation to the bridge of
boats , which wna immediately crowded . From that cause alone , ( the danger was Bufliclently great ; but some drunken fools commenced swaying tho bridge nbout from Bide to oUlo . They were entreated to desist , but they would not . Immediately afterwards , tho punt supporting tho central part of tlio biltlgo capsized and sank , throwing nearly two hundred persons into tho rivor . Amidst tho shrieks of those who remained behind , and of those who stood on tho banks , tho greater number of tfho poor croatitroa wore dragged out ; but many ivoro much bruiaod , and somo had brohou limbs . Thoso who were precipitated immediately under tho punt which upuot , wore pressed down so as to be bovond all chance of
saving themselves , and they were all killed . An inquest has been held , which has terminated in a verdict of Accidental Death , in each case . The jury condemned the construction of the bridge as unsafe , and , at the same time , expressed regret that sufficient police precautions had not been observed , and that the safety of the bridge had not been previously tested by the borough surveyor . An inquest has been held on the body of a child six months old , the son of a Custom-house officer . One night , the child was very restless , and cri ' ed very much , and the next day it was undressed and examined , when a piece of cotton was observed hanging from a small wound in the chest . The child was taken to the London
Hospital , where it died on Wednesday week , and , on a post mortem examination , a needle more than two inches long was found embedded in the right lung , and perforating the diaphragm and upper part of the liver . A verdict was returned in accordance with the facts . Mrs . Ellen Jane Labrey , a lady who resided at Ardwick , has died from injuries of the head received during the passage of the royal procession to the Manchester Exhibition on Tuesday week . She fell from a stand in front of the warehouse of a friend , and severely hurt her head by the comb she wore . She bled very much , and the injury has now proved mortal . Two accidents , attended by the loss of several lives , have occurred on the Merse \* . The Rev . William
Somerville , of Radford , in Warwickshire , took a small boat on Monday afternoon , to visit his son on board the Donald M'Kay , of which ship ( now about to start for Melbourne ) he is fourth officer . The clergyman was accompanied in the boat by another of his sons . While rounding the Donald M'Kay , the boat came into collision with a flat , and instantly swamped . One of the two boatmen jumped on board the flat and was saved ; the other boatman and Mr . Somerville , senior , were drowned . Young Mr . Somerville was picked up in a state of insensibility , but was restored to consciousnesss and to the knowledge of his father ' s death . —The second accident arose from the sinking of a flat on Tuesday morning off the Clarence Dock . All on board—the master , his wife , and three children—were lost .
Death has resulted to Mrs . Jane Prangley , a lady of fifty living at Bath , by falling from a chair in her bedroom . She was found in the morning quite dead , and it was evident from her position that she had slipped from her chair and broken her neck . The body formed a kind of arch , and was quite stiff . The nature of the accident caused great surprise among the gentlemen of the coroner ' s jury , who found a verdict in accordance with the facts . Mrs . Prangley was a very stout woman . Three young men have been drowned in a lake in Gal way by the upsetting of a boat . They -were the Messrs" Perrin ( one of them a student in the Queen ' s College ) , and a Mr . James Nolan . Two other gentlemen—Mr . Clare and Mr . Thomas Nolan—saved themselves by swimming ashore .
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IRELAND . Fatal Party Riot . —The Orangemen of the town and neighbourhood of Crossgar , in the north of Ireland , had a demonstration on the night of the l « t instant , in the course of which the } ' played their favourite airs ou fifes and other instruments . This roused the Roman Catholic party ; a fight followed ; fire-arms were employe ! , and an old man , not at all mixed up in the riots , was shot dead . Several others were severely wounded , and not a few houses were riddled with bullets . A great responsibility rests on the foolish persons who originate and encourage the idiotic ' demonstrations' which have so frequently led to similar results . Iiti . su Agmcvvtviiav Statistics fob 1855 and
185 G . —The Registrar-General ( Mr . Donnelly ) has just submitted to the Lord-Lic » tenant his report and tables , showing the estimated average produce of the crops grown in Ireland in tho years 1855 and 185 G . An abstract in the Freeman says : —" Comparing tho produce of wheat in 1856 with that in tho preceding year , we find an increase of 109 , 144 quarter ? , tho total yield last year being also greater than in any of the preceding five years . In oats , however , there was a decrease from tho produce of 1855 of 1 , 029 , 481 quarters , and , as compared with the produce in tho live preceding years , there was a decrease * in all—viz ., tho decrease from tho yield of I 860 amounted to 1 , 105 , 104 quarters ; from that of 1851 , to 1 , 58-1 , 807 ; from that of 1852 , to 2 , 475 , 059 quarters : from that of 1853 , to 1 , 454 , 012
quarters ; and from that of 1864 , to 2 , 06 (} , 2 a 2 quarters . In barley , bore , and ryo there has boon an invariable decrease since 1850 . The . decrease in potatoes einoo 1855 amounts to no loss than 1 , 820 , 738 tons , but thoro has been an increase over the yield of 1850 to tho extent of 402 , 658 tons . Turnips , mangold wurt / . el , Max , nnd hay also show a decreased produce per aero compared with 1855 , nnd In cabbage there ia n alight Increase . " Appended to Mr . Donnelly ' s document arc some statements with respect to emigration , from which wo learn : —" . In tho year dueling ; tho 81 st of Decombor , I 860 , tho roturua show that 1 ) 0 , 781 persona , of whom -17 , 670 wore m « lo , and 48 , 211 foinalo , emigrated from tlio ports of Ireland . This amount , after deducting tlio estimated excess of births over deaths , makes tho probable
number of inhabitants in Ireland on the 1 st of January , 1857 , to have been 6 , 047 , 492 persons . " The Sadleir Estates . —The estates of James Sadleir were sold on Tuesday in the Encumbered Court , at the suit of the official manager for winding up the affairs of the Tipperary Bank . The gross total fetched was 26 , 600 ? ., on a nominal rental of something more than 1200 ? . a year , subject to deductions , which would probably reduce the net profit to lOOOf . a year . John Sadl eir ' s estates are not to be put up till next November , They are valued at between 250 , 000 Z . and 300 , 000 * .
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AMERICA . There is but little news from America this week . Mr . Read , the envoy to China , has been entertained at a public dinner , at which he ridiculed the faculty- of diplomacy , and said he relied entirely on his American common-sense , honesty , and courage . The troops for Utah are in motion , and General Scott is at Washington , perfecting arrangements for the expedition . Mr . Anderson , the Commissioner of Coinage , was about to leave for England at the last dates . He is instructed not to yield the decimal system . Lieutenant Craven is said to haveVeceived orders to build boats for the survey of the Isthmus of Darien , with a view to forming a ship canal .
From "V ' era Cruz we hear of continued preparations for defence . The United States Minister las , it is said , remonstrated against the manner in which . Crabbe and his Filibusters were executed at Sonora . A ^ British squadron is reported to have appeared at Sacrificios to enforce the payment of 250 , 000 dollars seized by the revolutionists of San Louis . The Government had offered fifteen per cent , of the import duties to pay the amount ; but the proposition was refused by the owners , mostly English , who wanted cash . Iglesias , the Minister of Finance , has levied a war-tax of six per cent , on property .
At New York , trade continued extremely quiet . The Bank statement , however , was unexpectedly favourable , showing a gain of more than 750 , 000 dollars ; and cotton still maintained its buovanc 3 ' .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FKASCE . The Republicans of Paris have had another great triumph in the elections of Sunday . Ou that day , the three Opposition candidates—Cavaignac , Ollivier , and Darimon—were returned . Cavaignac hatl a majority of 1007 over his Government opponent ? Thibaut ; Ollivier a majority of 999 over Varin ; and Darimon a majority of llMO over Lanquetin . The crops are so abundant , and are ripening so fast in the south nnd centre of France , that requests are pouring into the Minister of War for the troops to be allowed to take pavt in the labours of harvest . Count de Morny has returned to France , He is made President of the new Legislative Body .
The Constitutionncl wrote with such bitterness previous to the election against the three Republicans just returned for Paris , that the Emperor , it is said , sent a telegraphic despatch from Plombieres to the Minister of the Interior , requesting him to command the editor to moderate his tone . Next day , the journal was a Jiitle calmer . It had been accusing the candidates of inconsistency in their political life—rather a two-edged sword to play with . The Moniteur announces thnt tho Emperor and Empress will shortly visit the Queen of England at Osborne . They will not visit any other part of England , and will maintain tho strictest incognito .
The Moniteur contains a decree signod liy tho Minister of tlie Interior , calling attention to tho fact that tho Assemble Nationale , after having been already three times warned and once suspended for two months , published on the 7 th of July an article headed ' Un dernier Mot sur les Elections , ' -which contained ' false and malevolent allegations , ' inasmuch as it insinuated that the most entire liberty did uot preside at tho recent contested elections . The " Government , ' unnblo to allow tho 5 , 000 , 000 electors who voted in its fuvour in nil parts oi France to bo thus calumniated with impunity , ' declared the Assembh ' e National * suspended for two months from tho btli of July .
Tlio same jiapor contains a second warning to the L ' « t < i / l ( tc , for nn article which ' attacks the constitutional authority of 5 , 000 , 000 of voters , inasmuch . as it refuses to roBjioct tho rights of tho majority—sut'li respect being a fundamental principle which a minority cannot bo permitted to deny . ' The following is tho result of tho election which has taken place in tho circumscription of Angers : —M . E . Duboys , tho candidate of tlio Government , obtained 11 , 688 votes ; M . G . liorilillun , 1 U , 2 H 7 . Tho majority in favour of M . Dubovs is 1271 . U" is consequently oloctod . In Muyonno , M . Halligon , the Opposition candidate , has been oloi-totl ovor M . Sogiotalu . In tlio Soinino , M . do Morgan , tho Opposition amdidato polled 14 , 204 votes j M . do Laniami . 10 , 895 . M . do Morgan is oottHi'quontly oloctod a deputy of tho Sonimo .
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No . 381 , Jui , y 11 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER , 653
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Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 653, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2200/page/5/
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