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done beefsteak without fear of arrest iot * using language calculated to incite contempt for the ordinary provisions of life . ' As the Town Councils have at length stopped sending addresses to the Tuileries , wny do not the British landlords send his Majesty a token of their esteem ( say a tankai'd ) for helping to fill their rooms and pockets in the ensuing season of tours . One word for ourselves : after this new specimen of his literary talent in compiling a new English Hotel Guide , could not the Emperor kindly turn his attention to Bradshatv f That anarchical work does more to disturb the public peace thau any Pyat pamphlet . The great mind that represses rivers and revolutions in France could surely ave into intelligibility these disorderly pages , and , if necessary , send the third class , or parliamentary ( always incorrigible ) , on an excursion train to Cayenne . Thus Napoleon III . might go down to posterity with a reformed English Railway and Refugee Guide in his iron hand .
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THE HOUSE ON FIRE . The story of the destruction of Wynnstay is interesting in many ways—but we take one of the facts from our news columns to point a moral that may be of use . When the first alarm was given Sir "Watkin Wxnn and one of his guests soon discovered that the smoke filling the house came from the library , and , looking under the doorway , the flurried baronet exclaimed , " Good God ! the house is on fire I" The library was certainly on fire , for the smoke could be seea between the door and the threshold—but as yet the house was not on fire . Sir Waxkin , inspired we presume by the sudden idea of facing the danger , or knowing the worst at once , opened the door of the library . The fire , stimulated of course by the fresh air , rushed out and compelled him to retreat . From that point the flames rushed over the house and completed its destruction . It is sad to read of fire ravaging the noble rooms of that stately mansion , with its saloons for six hundred guests , and its rich treasures of art . It stood , also , amid the loveliest scenery of Wales . The emphasis of such an event may enable us to call more than usual attention to the folly of the act recorded above . Had the first observers possessed sufficient presence of mind to recal their knowledge of common things , they would at once have seen the possibility of shutting up the fire in the library . Successive wetted cloths might have damped the library door ; the windows might have been shut in from outside in a like way ; and the rooms above the library might have been used as a way of pouring water down . It is possible that energetic efforts of this kind might have smothered the fire into a smouldering state in the library , and have saved the house until the auxiliary engines could arrive . At all events , the opening ot the door was a measure that could do no possible good , and actually led to enormous mischief . Xiet our readers remenaoer the one simple truth about that very ' common thing' fire—tbat to close in the fire from the air is the one thing needful . A child or woman on fire is much better saved by being at once wrapped up in a blanket or coat than by gallons of water ; and if a fire is discovered in a part of a house , not occupied by human beings , the best plan is to shut the destroyer up , and keep from it that air which is to it the very breath of life . It is only a chance , but we cannot help congratulating Sir Watkin Wynn amid his loss , that his generous loan of old and fine pictures to the Manchester Exhibition has resulted in their salvation . After the exhibition they were detained in London , and were to return to their usual home in a few weeks . Thus , their loan for a noble public purpose saved them from the fate of their companions in the saloons of Wynnstay .
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AN EXPLANATION WITH THE EXAMINER . ' The Examiner assures us that wo were in error when , we said"tUatirit" ' hM " JJUblishedthe 4 etter"of--Mr . - Wai / teb Savage Landor offering a money reward to any individual who should assassinate the King of Namoes . Wo can assure our contemporary that , in any case , nothing could bo further from our intention than to hint that it sanctioned the sentiment of the lettor ; but the columns of the Examiner have been open , upon most occasions , to . fcho opinions of its distinguished correspondent , even when they were strongly in contrast with ita own . Aa to our statement on , the matter , wo can only say that we could almost have fancied that we had the
communication before us , printed in Examinertype , so strong was our impression that it appeared in the columns of our contemporary . However , there is no harm done anywhere . The letter was published , and whoever published it is liable , under the new interpretation of British law . If the Examiner had allowed Mr . Landob , the free use of his pen , as usual , and if it had been prosecuted , the Leader would not have been the last to assert the independence of its contemporary . i , e | ' j r
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256 THE LEADER , [ No . 416 , March 13 , 1858 . ^
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THE FRENCH COOK OF THE CARLTON . We have to beg pardon of Lord Maljcesbuky ' s French cook . We said last week that he was once arrested " somewhere in Scotland , and detained for a few years . " We should have said " hours . " The erratum will have been obvious enough , but we think it necessary to correct ourselves . Lord Maliujesbxtry ' s doctrine was , that if a French cook , " appearing to be a suspicious character , " was detained a few hours in Scotland , a British subject with a Foreign-office passport might lawfully be half-killed by Austrian officers in Italy . , * p 3 3 1 , t ;
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Total Destruction of Wynnstay by Fike . —The ancient mansion of Sir Watkin W . W . Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., -was entirely destroyed by fire last Saturday morning . Sir Watkin and Lady Wynn , accompanied by the Earl and Countess Vane , the Hon . Major Cotton and Mrs . Cotton , -with some other friends , had only arrived at Wynnstay the previous day . About two o ' clock on Saturday morning , the nurse to Earl Vane ' s children was awoke by their coughing and sneezing very much , and , on rising to ascertain the cause , she found the room filled with smoke . She immediately aroused Lord and Lady Vane , who , perceiving unmistakable symptoms of fire , gave the alarm , and the whole house was shortly aroused . The flames ascended from the direction of the library , and spread with such rapidity that Lady Wynn and some other ladies were glad to escape in " their night-dresses . A private fire-engine on the premises was vigorously worked ; but the house was reduced to a shell . By far the greater portion of the furniture , the whole of the library , paintings , and other valuables , are destroyed . Lady Wynn's jewellery , the family plate , and title-deeds of the estate , are saved ; but tlie Countess Vane ' s jewels , worth 3000 / ., and Mrs . Cotton ' s , worth about 2000 / ., are lost . The entire loss is computed at 70 , 000 / ., not a farthing of which is insured . Fortunately , no loss of life occurred , nor any serious casualty , although Sir Watkin and the house-steward , Mr . Blanchett , had a narrow escape . They Lad gone down into the cellars to ascertain the temperature , when about thirty tons of brick-work fell down near where they -were standing ; but , being warned of the danger , they were enabled to shelter themselves under an archway , and so remained unscathed . The cir i , r i ' ) i I I s 1 1 1
The Meeting of Parliament . — following - cular has been addressed to the supporters of the new Administration in the House of Commons : — " Downingetreet , March 2 . —As matters of considerable importance will come under discussion in the House of Commons w hen Parliament meets again on the 12 th . of this month , I shall feel greatly obliged by . your early attendance in the House . —I have the honour to be , yours faithfully , B . Disraeli . " English Converts to Popery . —The Univers , which doubtless has the best information on such matters , aays that the number of converts to popery in England within the last throe years includes three duchosses , one marchioness , two countesses , eight right honourable ladies ( sip ) , ten baronets , two archdeacons , eighty-five clergymen , and two hundred and seventy-two distinguished members of the aristocracy . In order to enhance the value of these conversions , the organ of the Jesuits observes that " titles in England ore not usurped by the premier venu , as they are in France . They are , therefore , real countesses and viscountesses who have quitted the Established Church , and incurred the displeasure of their Queen for conscience ' sake . "—Daily News . This Release of Mb . Bates . —Mr . Bates , it appears , will not be released from prison until next October . Vaccinating with a Magnetized Nkedms . —Professor Beka states that , since 185 C , hundreds of children have been thus vaccinated , with scarcely any failures occurring . The point of tho needle is well saturated with the magnetic fluid before practising tho vaccinations , which are then performed in tho usual manner , a single magnetization serving for many vaccinations . It is-quIte-8 nrpri 8 lnff- 'tO' -obsen'e-thO'rftpidity-with-whioh . the vaccine virus ia absorbed when tho needle ia thua prepared . —Medical 7 'imea . A Disappointment . —Extonaivo preparations wore made at Towkeebury by tho frionda of Mr . Humphrey Brown , to colobrato his acquittal , which wua confidently anticipated . Thoro was to bo a distribution of strong alo and a ring of bolls ; but tho good people of Totfkosbury wore doomed to disappointment . AnritrioiAL Coal . —A curious communication , by M . Earoulier , hati boon sent in to tho Ac « duiny of Sciences , describing a method for obtaining « aubatanco nosseaalng all tho properties of coal . It is a foot
gonerally admitted by geologists , that coal is the result o the carbonization of vegetable matter by heat under i strong pressure , and under circumstances calculated t < impede the escape of their volatile ingredients . M . Baroulier proceeds in a similar manner ; he envelopes vegetable matter in wet clay , and exposes it for a considerable length of time to a great pressure , and to a heat of between 200 and 300 degrees centigrade ( or the melting points of tin and bismuth nearlj ') . Various kinds of sawdust , subjected to this treatment , yielded different substances , possessing more or less the resinous lustre and colour of coal , and burning with a bri ght flame . The Wkst Indies . —Yellow fever has again made its appearance at St . T homas ' s . The House of Assembly at Barbadoes was engaged on the 2 ndult . in a discussion on the report of a committee appointed to consider as to the expediency of reporting the debates of the House , the committee recommending the appointment of an official reporter . The Solicitor-General strongly opposed the recommendation , and the proposition was rejected by nine votes against seven . Curious Coincidences . —A celebrated Roman was told to beware of the Ides of March ; and our own statesmen should be equally cautious respecting the 22 red of February , which has been of late years singularly fatal to the Governments of this country . On the 22 nd of February , 1851 , Lord John Russell was defeated on Locke King ' s motion , and resigned . On the 22 a d of February , 1852 , Lord John Russell ' s Administration was finallv broken up . On the 22 nd of February , 1855 , Lord ' Palmerston ' s Administration was broken up ly the retirement of the Peelites ; and on the 22 nd of February , 1858 , Lord Palmerston ' s second Administration finally resigned , in consequence of the vote of censure conveyed bv Milner Gibson ' s motion . —Glasgow Daily Mail . ' Distress in Southwark . —The Rev . Francis Cruse , B . A ., Incumbent of St . Jude ' s , writes to the Times to call the attention of the benevolent to the many cases of destitution now existing in Southwark . Malta . — " It is rumoured , " says the Malta Times , " that a telegram has been received here from the authorities in England to look to the state of the island-defences ; and that , in pursuance of that order , a military commission is now sitting , of which the Lieutenant-General commanding and the Colonels of the Itoyal Engineers and Royal Artillery are members . " Health of London during the Week . —The returns for last week ( which ended Saturday , March 6 th ) show a considerable increase of mortality—an effect which the remarkable coldness of the weather on several days could hardly fail to produce . The deaths in London , -which were about 1280 weekly in the latter half of February , rose last week to 1353 , of which 694 were deaths of men and boys , 659 those of women and yirls . In the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of ck > : iths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1175 ; but , as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , it is necessary to compare them with the average when the latter has been raised in proportion to the increase—a correction which will make it 1293 . — Last week , the births of 80 S ) boys and 775 girls , in all 1644 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1676 . —From theReyistrar-Generars Weekly Return . Pkace and War . —Tho Manchester Peace Conference has issued an address , in which tho writers say : — " Within seven years wo have tried both peace and war . And now examine three years of the one and three of the other . During three years of peace , namely , 1851 , 1852 , and 1853 , our average annual taxation was a littlo over fifty-three millions and a quarter sterling , and our average annual expenditure below fifty millions and ahulr . This , reckoning tho entire population at twenty-ei t fut millions of persons , amounted to 1 / . 18 s . Id . per head per annum as our avorago individual taxation . And from this amount thoro remained a surplus , during thoso three years of peace , of above eight millions and a quarter sterling . Now look at three years of war , namely , 1854 , 1856 , and 1856 . During thoso three years , our avornge annual expenditure uraa upwards of seventy-six millions sterling , which is at tho rate of 21 . 14 s . 5 ( 1 . per annum for every man , womiui , and child throughout tho United Kingdom , or abovo 181 . 12 s . a year for ovary family of five persons in the British Islands . Thus , »« threo years of war wo havo paid in taxation tho onormous sum of one hundred and ninety millions , besides adding to tho National Debt no loss than forty-ono u \ UIions sterling !" Australia . —An educational bill is before tho Melbourne Parliament . It uooke to render all Govornmont presont , though ovon now there ia but littlo mingnno tho religious element . Thoro is also a kind of isoinpulaory clause ; that is to Hay , an increased rate will do imposed on tho parent who neglects or refuses to sona hia cliild to school . The bill has passed tho eocona reading by a majority of 88 to 11 . „ , Sm John Inglib , tho horo of Luoknow , is , liho air W . F . Williams , tho horo of ICars , and some others wi » o distinguished thomsolves In tho war with Russia , » nativo of Nova Scotia , Tho Legislative Council nnu House of Assembly of that colony havo voted Uouoiw Inglla on address of congratulation .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1858, page 256, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2234/page/16/
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