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mated at nearly 10 , 000 ? ., all of which is covered by insurances ; but many of the poor -workmen -will be thrown out of employ , and , as the trade of the town is now In a depressed state , they are notlikely to get any fresh work at present . —The premises of Messrs . Yeates and Co ., mustard-mill proprietors , Bury-street , St . James ' s , Clerkemvell , have been burnt down , and two of the adjoining- "houses are considerably damaged . —Some extensive premises at Brixton , belonging to a carpenter and builder , -were burnt down on . Wednesday night . Tub Salmon Tisheuy- ix Scotland . —The season lias now closed . The fishing on , the whole is under the averag-e .
Sir James Brooke . —The sum subscribed in Norfolk to make good tlie recent destruction , of Sir James Brooke ' s library now amounts to 138 / . 9 s . 6 d . Several donations of books have also "been received . NoRWicn Musical Festival .. —This festival finally closed on Friday week with a ball , which terminated xbout four o ' clock on Saturday morning ' . The company lumbered about four hundred and ten of the elite of Norwich and Norfolk . The accounts will not be finally closed for a few months ; but the surplus of receipts over expenditure is estimated at from 200 / . to 3 ( W .
No Telegra ph to Balmoral . —The Indian express svhieh reached London on Sunday afternoon , did not reach the Queen until Monday morning . It was telegraphed to Aberdeen , and posted to Balmoral . The ather despatches vere proportionally and necessarily late in being known to the Court . Meci-u Testimonial . —About thirty friends of Mr . Sheriff jVIechi dined together at the London Tavern on Tuesday , to present him with a testimonial in appreciation of his exertions to promote the interests of agriculture . This testimonial is tlie result of the efforts of private friends , no advertisement of tlieir intention to present it having ever been published . The testimonial
consists of a centre table ornament in tlie Renaissance style , of a very massive d 2 sign . Figures of Agriculture , Commerce , Peace , and Plenty , are seated , upon a platform , which is supported from the bases by a centre column richly decorated with agricultural produce . There are eight branches for candles , and the centre is fitted with a lamp . The design of the testimonial was presented to the committee by Mr . Digby Wyatt , the architect , and the plate has been manufactured by Messrs . Smith and Nicholson , of Dukc-street , Lincoln ' s Itin-uekls . The testimonial bears the following inscription : — " Presented to John Joseph- ' Mechi , Esq ., of Tiptree Hall , RS . A .,
Slieriil' of London and Middlesex , by 48 0 of his friends , in token of their appreciation of his continuous efforts to promote the interests of agriculture , 1857 . " In addition to the plate , an address , emblazoned on vellum , with the names of the whole of the subscribers ( the subscription having been limited to 11 . Is . each ) has been prepared for presentation to Mr . Mechi . The chair was taken by Mr . Thomas Batson , of Combe Down , near Bath , a gentleman who lias done much to introduce the use of drainage and machinery in agricultural pursuits . The proceedings were very enthusiastic , and gave great pleasure to all \ sho were present .
The East India House . —A quarterly general Court of the East India Company was held , on Wednesday , Mr . K . D . Mangles , M . P ., Chairman of the Court of Directors , in the chair . Mr . Dent asked whether it was the intention of the Cotirt of Directors , on the part of Ihe East India Company , to contribute to the relief fund now being raised for the sufferers from the mutinies that were now raging in India ? The absence of the names of the directors tVom the subscription lists bad been the subject of general remark , and those who were concerned in the collection of the fund couhl not
very well comprehend the reason .- —Mr . Lew in di < l not think Mr . Dent had any right to ask the Court of Directors to subscribe to the fund , because it is a moat important question whether the Company were not bound to pay the whole of the losses sustained by the people in India—The Chairman said that what the Court had done in the matter was this : —They had written to the Government of India , with instructions to take care that nobod y should be allowed to perish from want , and that no ease of destitution within their reach should be allowed to pass unprovided for . This assistance was not to bo confined to the servants of the Company only , but was to bo extended to all classes that had suffered . The CouTt of Directors had also intimated to their own covenanted servants to consider that the widow * and
orphans of the officers who had been , killed in this frightful mutiny were entitled to the same compassionate allowance as was granted to the widows and orphans of those who fell in the field . —The subject having passed , Mr . Jones moved , pursuant to notice , That it is due to tlie advancing intelligence of the people of India that a deputy from tacli university be maintained at the public cxpenu : ; jrj iIi ; a country , with a view to inform the propriet < , ' . " > . »> , tf , tbf . complaints and wishes of the people of maia .. . Mir- Anne * condemned our tendencies to anrv .-atv tov ,, ;>( , vl w £ , at execmting the atrocitios of Nona .. ; -.-..,. tn ' ,,- ; . iUv niWr 4 £ ht they might bu in some measure ae ' . fc-iuo .. Hi _ iU , r )[ y ( h , fact that w 0 hn < 1 unjustlv ( icprjVC ( 1 h : "J . . it : * , 1 ;|(( ,, w , u At thi 3 ) the chairman vehemently « dU . ta «« 4 l , •* »' , * , , w , >!! - The Court then broke up owing to lft . 'w Am | U ^ AvffixAent members present to form a yirmtui . BWawwJj- t o tku , however , Mr . Lewi a said , fie AvvM mUvM to ; foMowinir resolution to the next
quarterly Court : —" That it is expedient that this Court do reconsider the grounds on -which they granted a pension of 5000 ? . per annum to the Marquis of , Dalhousie , and inquire whether the insurrection which now rages in India , and the present loss of our Indian Empire , are not mainly owing to the measures of the Marquis of Dalhousie , on account of which they granted the pension . " Cutjelties at Sea . —James Stewart , one of the
seamen on board the Elizabeth Anne Bright , from Liverpool , died from cruelties received ; on board the vessel on her outward passage to Quebec . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Michael 2 veenan , the boatswain , and declared that " John Olive , thecorumander of the Elizabeth Anne Bright , is highly censurable for neglecting- to provide the deceased James Stewart Avith the necessary care during his illness ,, and in not sending him him to hospital immediately on arriving in the port of Quebec . " '
Lori > Derive- asd tite Prestos Corpobation . — In consequence of the Mayor of Preston , Lawrence Spencc-r , Esq ., having on Monday inflicted a penalty upon one of the tenants of Lord Derby , residing in Lancaster-road , Preston , for allowing a horse and cart to obstruct for an . unnecessary time the thoroughfare by standing in front of his shop , the agent of his Lordship , who asserts that the road is a private one , has closed the street , by placing a chain across the chief entrance leading from the principal street in -the town—Churchstreet .
Rochester Bridge . —Further explosions have taken place at this bridge , and a large part is now demolished . Dr . Hufus W . Griswold , an American author of some note , has recently died at New York . He was the author of the Rejmbliccui Court , tlie Poets mid Poetry of America , &c . He was in his forty-third year , but had been ill a long while . Arrival of Passengers from India . —Several passengers from India arrived on Thursday at Southampton n the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship , i Colombo . They evince a great disposition to talk about the horrors from which they have escaped ; but the impression at Southampton appears to be that even now we have not heard the worst of the mutinies . During the morning , the Lady . Mayoress , who had c ^ me down
from London , accompanied by Mr . Under-Slieriff Anderton , visited the Colombo , together with the Mayor of Southampton , the Town Clerk , and the local committee appointed for the purpose of distributing the fund , with a view of attending to any case of distress ; but there was no need of their benevolent interposition on this occasion . Many of the passengers escaped from Delhi , Lucknow , and other parts of Oude . Fortunately , they started from those places at the commencement of the mutinies . The language of the husbands was , " Get out of the country with the children as soon as you can , and never mind us . " Many of them have never heard anything of their husbands since . Some of the ladies escaped nearly naked , and lived in the jungle for days with their infant children , starving , and rarely able to get a handful of rice to satisfy the cravings of hunger .
A DlFFlCRKXCE OF OPINION ON THK BENCH . A Mr . Abraham Davis was charged on Thursday at Guildhall with being found in company with two or tlnee other persons talking together in Bride-lane , and causing an obstruction . A policeman warned them several timefi to move on , and at length took Mr . Davis into custody . A betting-book was found in his pockets . Alderman Hale was the presiding magistrate when the charge was brought forward ; but Alderman Copeland was also present , and he strongly blamed the policeman for his conduct . Alderman Hale thought he was justified in what be had done . The other civic magistrate then said : —" I am here by accident only , and if you , sir , will direct the attention of the police to Cupel-court ,
where thousands of barrels of taJlow aro passed from hand to hand without one farthing being paid , they will find there plenty of stags to give them occupation . I like to see justice meted out to every ono alike . The transactions in Capel-court aro an much gambling as Letting in the streets , and should not he allowed to escape while another clans is prosecuted . The police might see mo talking to a friend , take mo up , and liml a betting-book in my possession ; but that would be no offence , and would not justify them in taking me into custody . " Alderman Hale a till held to hia opinion as to the desirability of suppressing open-air betting ; but as the policeman did not see Mr . Davis iu the act of betting , the latter was discharged .
SrremE . — Mr . James Legrew , a gcutloman residing in St . Alban ' a-road , Kensington , has shot himself with a horse-pistol . He had been labouring for some months under extraordinary delusions . ] le was unmarried ; was in affluent circuimtsinccs ; and was in high estimation as a sculptor and artist . An inquest has terminated in a verdict of Temporary Insanity . —A servant girl , thirteen years of age , living at the hou . se of a Mr . Sampson , near Derby , has poisoned herself with a drug called l vermin-luller , ' -which contains strychnine . Slu ; had been accused of improper conduct with tho servant man , and this appears to have led to the act .
CommkhciM' Faii . uue . —The f . iilnro of tho Hunk of Messrs . Harrison , Watson , and Co ., at Hull , has been announced . It was a very old establishment , and until lately enjoyed high credit . The amount of liabilities has not transpired , but It is supposed to be large . The
bank at one time issued notes , but it has ceased to do so for many years . Tlie stoppage is supposed to have been caused by imprudent advances to a local under taking , called the Hull Flax and Cotton Mills Company . Homicide bv a * O « , cER AtoKTREAL . _ Li eutenant . Tryan has shot a num at Montreal , Canada , whom he suspected to be a deserter , and charged with being so 1 he man , together with some others , attacked him ; and the lieutenant , after warning his assailants , shot one of them with a revolver . But for tho aid of tha police ( to whom he delivered himself ) he would havo been torn to pieces by the mob . The wounded man died very shortly afterwards . Systematic Robukhy in- St . Panvu \ s Wohkuoiise .
—Ihe board of directors of the poor of St . Pancras held a meeting in the board-room of the workhouse on Tuesday , for the purpose of receiving- the report of a , committee of investigation as to the alleged pluuder of tho stores of fhe workhouse to a most extraordinary extent . Mr . G . A . Young was in the chair . Mr . Cameron brought up the report of tlie officers' duties committee . It stated that after long ami diligent investigation they had ascertained that provisions and other stores , to an extent entailing serious loss on the parishioners , had
been taken out of the workhouse and fraudulently disposed of . A system of extensive robbery had for a very considerable period been in operation , juid had continued undetected , owing to the entire neglect to ascertain correctly the required quantities of the several articles of food necessary for the supply according to tho established dietaries of the daily varying numbers of "inmates . The master and his . wife gave in their resignations . It appears that they are not concerned in , the robberies , but aro thought to have exhibited great laxity of supervision .
ANoblk Example . —An intimate friend of mine has his eldest son in the . Ho is heir to 5000 ? . per annum . He was in the Crimea , an « l wounded in tho attack upon the Redan . His father now writes to- me aa follows : — " has sailed for India . He was one of those - appointed to stay at home , but ho purchased from another officer his turn to go out , and has taken his departure in the highest spirits . "—Letter iutku Times
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Leaper Office , Saturday , September 2 G . THE MEETING OL THE EMPERORS . Advices from Stuttgard communicate the official programme drawn up for the employment of the three-days of the Imperial visit to that cit 3 r . Tlieir Majesties were to arrive yesterday ( Friday } . To-day , they aro to visit the stables of Ilohcnheim , and in the evening to attend a soirdu at the palace , the gardens of which arc to bo illuminated . On Sunday , they are to be present at a grand dinner , and at a performance , 'by order , ' at the theatre . And , on Monday , their Maj esties arc to leave . The Prince of Prussia has been ordered by the King , to go to Stuttgard to compliment the Emperor N " apoleon . An interview is fixed to take place at Weimar ., 'on the 1 st of October , between the Emperors of A ^ iifltria and Russia .
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TURKEY . [ Omar Pacha is nominated Governor-General of Bagdad , a very lucrative post , tho revenues of -ly / hich amount to 500 , 000 francs . He is charged witl /« tho duty of establishing a line of steamers upon the Tijgris and upon the lower Euphrates , and with the protection of commerce against the Arabs . It is stated that the Arabs have tried Ho destroy the posts of the telgrapli in order to show tflioir sympathy with the Indian mutineers ..
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rnrc Duiciood ( Jamukiimik arrivud in London yoatertlay from the camp at Chalons . Day or Humiliation . — A Royrd Proclamation was issued from lialnioral on Thursday , setting apart , a day for National Humiliation and Prnyor , in con . softuenco of tho Indian dimuUurs . Tho day selected will in all probability ho Sunday , th « 4 lh of October . Di ; i'Ahti ; kic of Mit . Csiisiiokm -A . n . stky tkom Hono-Ivono . —Mr . Cliihholni Anstcy , Ilonjjf-Kontf Attorney-General , after having been ul > ni ; iH seventeen months , ' » n « obtained his second leave of ubucnc *' , iu this , instance for four months . Mr . lleiuy Kintf . smill , tho youngest member of tho bur , succeeds us Acting Attorney-General . It in the Koncral impression at 1 long-Kong that Mr . AiiHtev does not intend to return , l > ut to mittlc ; iu India . Ficas < : o Maoaooni-:, I ' rinco olMJnuiatelli , a political fugitive from Sicily , diutt . suddenly <> £ apoplexy , in tlio fiftieth year of lib iigc , cm the ni ^ lU of tho lbth , ina t ., at ( jenon .
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No . 392 , September 26 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 92 a
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THE PRINCIPALITIES . Tho Porte , under the pressure of events ( says a letter from Constantinople ) , luu * come to the rewolutloa of taking the initiative in tin : question of the Principalities . It will propone to the Courts represented at the Paris Conference that a union in civil and criminal lOK'ftlation and jurisdiction bo eilecteil ; that tho two financial administrations be t ' uKwl into one , at lennt hi the most important branches ; thai only one national army bo orgauized fur both principalities ; but that the double Hohpodaratc remain .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 923, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/11/
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