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the contents of the paper found their way on to the Tvalls of the city , in the shape of a placard , as the man said would be the case unless his demands -were complied with . The placard ran : — " Who are we to have for Lord Mayor ? Thia is just now with us the important question , —Shall it be Sir R . Carden ? Ho ; and -why ? Because his evidence on . the inquiry for opening public-houses on Sunday -was offensive to us and disgusting with regard to our wives and daughters . Is such a man fit to be made first magistrate of this great city ? No , and you lad better choose one of his juniors in his stead . —A Hater or Humbug . " Mr . Millard ' s evidence was to the effect that Sir R . W . Carden -was disposed to accept the services of Rose in
packing GuildhalL with partisans so as to defeat the opposition of Mr . Anderton . He added : —" Rose is universally employed in all important contested City elections . Candidates try to secure him first . " The Lord Mayor : "It has been reported that every alderman has been in the habit of employing Mr . Rose . I beg to > con .-tradict that statement ; I have not availed myself of his services . " Mr . Millard : " When I say ' important elections , ' I mean elections for members of Parliament . I have employed him in the election of Sir John Key . The last time I emploj'ed him was in the year 1851 . " Mr . Kebbel , Sir R . W . Carden ' s deputy , gave a totallydifferent account . He emphatically denied that the
Alderman concurred in packing the hall with 'longshore men . Hr . Lewis ( who appeared for Rose ) : ' 'The object in packing the hall with the long-shore men was to keep out the voters ? " Mr . Kebbel : " No ; they are all voters . " Mr . Lewis : " But to fill the hall on one side of the question ? " Mr . Kebbel : " Yes" { laughter } . Sir R . W . Carden denied that he had in any way directly or indirectly authorized the employment of Rose , or promised that any money should bo given to him . The case was concluded on Monday , after extending over three days , by the Lord Mayor sending it for trial . Rose was admitted to tail . Some desultory discussion then took place with respect to one or two points in the evidence . Mr . Alderman Wire said ;— " There are two
most serious accusations made against me . The first is that I broke a promise which I had made to Sir Robert Carden , and the second that I entered into a combination for . the purpose of preventing his election . Now , I never made a promise to Sir Robert Carden , and I entered into no combination ; I rather aided and assisted him in Ids election . " Sir K . W . Carden : "I can positively say that Mr . Alderman Wire never broke his promise , because he never made one to me . I said there was a powerful combination against me , but I did not charge any person with being a party to it . " After some further criminations and recriminations , the Lord Mayor put an end to the discussion , and closed the inquiry .
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OBITUARY . Major Gkorge Powell Thomas has been killed at Agra . He was ill before tlie battle which took place on the 5 th of July ; but he commanded on that day , and led on five companies of his regiment . He was wounded in the foot , and his horse , being also wounded , rolled over and fell upon him , injuring his head iu a way from which he never recovered . He lingered to the 4 th of August , -when he expired in the fort . The Major had distinguished himself in Afghanistan under Sir George Pollock , and , during the Russian war , first obtained the command of a regiment in tho Turkish Contingency , and afterwards proceeded voluntarily to the Crimea . Here ho wns present at the fall of Sevastopol , for which ho received the Crimean medal . He was known as an author
and artist , and was a firat-rato linguist . Among his publications were a volumo of poems and some magnificent illustrations of the scenery of the Himalaya Mountains . He was a son of the late Major-Geuoral Lewis Thomas , C . B ., well known for his services in India . . Earl Fitzwjclltam , K . G . —The Right Hon . Charles William Wentword Fitzwilliam , third Earl Fitzwilliarn , Viscount Milton of Norborough , Northampton , and Baron Fiiawilliam , in tho peerago of the United Kingdom , and also fifth Earl Fitzwilliam and Viscount Milton , in tho pcoragc of Ireland , died on Sunday , in the SQ-venty-sccond year of his ago . The Times , in -briefly sketching hia life , says : — " He wns educated at Trinity College , Cambridge : represented tho county of York in the Lower House in seven , successive Parliament ? , between the years 1807 and 1833 : and succeeded to
the Earldom on his fathcr ' a death , February the 8 th , 1883 . Intlio House of Lords lie was a staunch but not indiBcriminatirg supporter of tha Libenal Governmont , which , however , ho occasionally opposed by hoth voice and vote , as on the debate stirred at tho commencement of the present year relative to tho China question , and the conduct of Sir John How-ring in regard to tho Arrow . In 1853 , he wm » appointed a doputy-lloutonnnt for Northamptonshire , -and in 18 o ( J rucewed tho Royal licenso authorizing him to adopt the surname of Wentworth before that of Fitzwilliam , as it « ad been prcvioTialy uaed by bis father , to mark his clo-Bcent from Thomas , first Marquis of Rock high am , liin grandmother having been siater and coheir of Cluirlee , tUQ second and last Marquis .. Lie wan honoured , with uio uluo riband of tho Garter in 1861 . " His eldest son , l » Q present Earl , was member for Wioklow nt tho time 9 * "is father ' s death . A vacancy is therefore- created .
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MISCELLA NEOUS . The Court . —There has been no news of interest from Balmoral during the present week . Cremorne Gardens : the Argyll Rooms . —The License of Cremorne G-ardens -was yesterday almost unanimously renewed to Mr . Simpson , without any conditions , by the magistrates sitting in Middlesex sessions . The renewal of the license of the Argyll Rooms , Windmill-street , Haymaxket , was refused , on account of the disreputable character of the place . BIr . Simpson has engaged that the fireworks shall henceforth take place at eleven , that no fresh visitors shall be admitted after one , and tliat the gardens shall be closed at two .
Health of London . —The deaths registered in London for the week ending October 3 , were 1807 . The deaths from diarrhoea last week were 79 , being nearly the same- as in the previous week , when they were 83 . There were no deaths from cholera among adults ; but two cases of infants who died of choleraic diarrhoea are referred to this head . A potman , aged 34 = years , died in the Hackney Workhouse on September 28 th of ' natural decay accelerated by want . ' On the 3 rd of July , the wife of a sergeant committed suicide with cyanide of potassium ; on the 15 th of July , a woman committed suicide with the same substance ; and , on the 29 th . of
August , the son of a sergeant , aged six years , was poisoned by it , the bottle which held it having been left within his reach . Cyanide of potassium is used by soldiers for cleaning their lace . Of six nonagenarians whoso deaths are returned , the oldest are two men , aged respectively 94 and 95 years , and a woman who died in the workhouse , Newington , at the age ( as stated ) of 105 years . —Laat week , the births of 916 boys and 849 girls , in all 1765 children , wore registered in London . Iu the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 , the average number was 1441 . —From the , Registrar-General ' s WceJily Return .
Ei'idicmic Cholera . —Tho General Board of Health has issued some precautionary advice to local boards of health , with reference to epidemic cholera , which lias been very prevalent duriug the last three months . Tiik WAR-oviricic . —Lord Pnumurc has left his shooting grounds m Scotland , and conio up to London to attend to tho duties of his oilice . Aiuuval . of Passickgmcuh from India . —The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship I ; idus arrived at Southampton early on Wednesday morning from Alexandria , with the heavy portion of tho India and China mails . She brought several passengers from India , whose arrival excited groat interest among the inhabitants of the town . The London Lady Mayoress at once went on board , with two of the sons of hoy liusbnnd ' s brother , who was killed at tl \ o commencement , of tho revolt ; but happily no pecuniary aHssistunco was needed .
Inn : Enowsh ani > Fkicncu Giiavich in tub Ckim . ua . —The English and French Governments have bcon uppriseil by that of Russia that Prince Galitzin , who was sent to the Crimea to niako inquiries concerning the alleged violation of the graves of British and IVench oilicurB and soldiers killed beforo Sebuutupul , haw initiated severe punishment on the offender . - * , and that strong raeu-Huvea have been adopted to prevent a repetition of the ofltincc .
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Leader OfficF ; Saturday , October 10 . NAPLES . A letter from Naples contains the following circular from the Neapolitan Minister of Foreign Affairs relative to the affair of the Cagliari : — " Naples , 21 st Sept . " M , 1 hasten to make known to you that I have notified to the Sardinian Charge * d'Affaires at Naples that as regards the merchandise found on board the Cagliari and belonging to third parties , tho latter , in order to obtain the immediate delivery of them , had only to address an application to the commission on maritime prizes , through any person acting in the name of the captain of the steamer , or having from the party a legally authorized power to watch over his interests bebefore the said commission . " Carapa . "
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ATJSTMAN FINANCE . "It is indisputable , " says the Indapcndance , " that the numerous measures for preserving tho Austrian treasury from the continual menace of bankruptcy have remained -without result . A new loan , disguised under the form of an issue of Treasury bills , has become necessary . A letter from Vienna ascribes this situation to the overwhelming charges of the public debt and of the army . In 1848 , the interest on tho debt only absorbed 110 , 000 , 000 £ annually , and iu 18 & 6 it required 220 , 000 , 0001 ' . In 1845 , the army cost 131 , O 00 , 000 f ., but last year it cost 310 , 000 , OOOf . In 1854 , 1855 , and 1856 , the army and debt together absorbed on an average 655 , O 00 , 000 f ., -which exceeded by 255 , O 00 , 000 f ., or 68 per cent ., the total of the budget of 18-15- Tho deficit is now 1 . 642 , 0 OO , 000 f . "
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Mount Vesuvius has been again in eruption . A DitUNiuiN Assault . —Williura Webb , a carpentei at Iloxtun , made an unprovoked attack , while intoxicated , on a Mr . Field , who was removing a leaden coilir in a cart . He forced him to tho ground , and at thai moment the horse daubed forward , and tho cart woni over Mr . Field's loins . Webb wan brought up yesterday before tho Worship-street magistrate , and remanded . \ Viii \ K-niiATiNc :. —James liloxall , a labourer , wai examined yesterday bofoxo the Southwark magistrateon a charge of knocking his wife down , and kicking hei outlic head ant ? body . Slie had discovered him with n disreputable woman ; but ho said hIio was eaunole 8 sl > jealous of him . lie was sent to tlto House of Corroction for six mouths .
Djestitutk ' Nawuch' at Skhto jj . —A good deal ol alarm ban been excited at Skiplon , Lancashire , by the presence of large , bodies of' navvies ) ' in a state of dedtitutio-u , demanding food . They have- been tlirowu out of work by a largo contractor having . stopped payment . The authorities liavo partially relieved thorn . Their nmnluT nmotmlH to about two hundred .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Shipwreck . —The Portuguese schooner , Cruz e Gooacalves , Francisco BT . da Cruz , master , bound from Huelva for Newcastle , with a cargo of mineral ore , has been utterly lost , in consequence of her springing a leak on the night of the 2-tth uh * , during very rough weather . Previously to the vessel sinking , the captain , made for Gibraltar , and three of our ships rendered assistance , owing to which all hands were saved . The New Recruits for the Line . —The following order has been issued from the Recruiting Department , Horae Guards , dated October 3 rd : — " Until further orders , recruits are to be received for the Cavalry and Infantry of the Line at the following standard and age : —Heavy Cavalry : From 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 9 inches , between the ages of 18 and 25 . —Light Cavalry : From 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 8 inches , between the ages of 18 and 25 . —Cavalry in India : From 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 7 inches , between the ages of 18 and 25 . —Infantry : Men and lads from 5 feet 4 inches , between the ages of 17 and 25 . —Infantry in India : Men from 5 feet 4 inches , and not under 18 years of age . —The regulations regarding the re-enlistment of men who have formerly served remain in force . "
Woolwich Arsenal . — The rapid demands now made for the supply of war equipments required by tlie East India Company have rendered it necessary to increase the establishment of Woolwich Arsenal to a considerable extent . The carriage department is raised to the same footing as during the Crimean war . No difficulty has been experienced in obtaining artificers and labourers of every class , and , as soon as it became known that hands were ordered -to be taken on , the gates were thronged by upwards of 1000 applicants . The folio-wing addition has been made in the carriage department : —580 labourers , 240 wheelwrights , 170 smiths and assistants , 110 carpenters , 80 collarmakers , 30 painters , and 12 tinmen—total , 1222 ; making the aggregate number in that department , as during the Russian war , 2500 men .
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The Defence Convict Hulk now in dock at Woolwich , having been condemned as unfit for further service , is ordered to be forthwith broken up . The riggers , whoBe exertions during the fire on board that vessel were recommended for -the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty , have been granted a bounty of fourteen days' extra pay each , tlie leading man to be presented with a donation of 5 / . The Defence is the last convict vessel now remaining at Woolwich , the sister ship Warrior having been broken up and disposed of by public auction , realizing about 3000 ? .
TheNuisances on the Waste Grovot > of New Vio-TORiA-srREET . — "A letter , " says Dr . Letheby in his last weekly report of health to the City Sewers Commission " has been received from the Board of Works of the Holborn district , containing an extract from a recent report of their medical officer of health . It is to the effect that last spring he directed the attention of the board to a very great nuisance , caused by large accumulations of putrifying animal and vegetable refuse upon the waste ground between Saffron-hill and Cowcross . The City authorities to whom the property belongs , at once took active measures to abate the nuisance , and much good was thereby accomplished . He now complains of a large and offensive pool of stagnant water -on a piece of ground between St . Peter ' s Church and tfce lower part of Vine-street . " Dr . Letfaeby confirms this account of the state of things on the ground formerly occupied by the disreputable dens which were demolished for the formation of the new line of Victoriastreet , and adds that there are several other receptacles for decaying filth on unoccupied pieces of ground in the City of London . Gales on the Coast . —A very violent storm of wind broke over the south coast oa Wednesday and Thursday . Several small vessels have been wrecked , and at Hastings a sloop was lost , with all hands ( five in lumber ) . At Ramsgate , a toy belonging to a French barque waa killed ly a falling spar . The Militia . —The officers of the 1 st Royal East Vliddlesex Militia have , through their commanding officer , Colonel Wood , forwarded to Lord Panmure an offer of their services . This regiment is now upwards of 1000 rank and file .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 971, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2213/page/11/
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