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boy , instead of discharging him mstaatly . On the resumption of the exatnination ^ on Wednesday , no prosecutor appeared , and the address whichihe had j riven -was proved to he false . The hoy was " hen discharged ; Sir Peter treating the . matter-of his detention as quite unimportant . -Alderman Copeland , however , who also was on the bench ( stimulated perhaps by the remarks in the news , papers ) , took a very different view of the matter , and said that he was n < Jt disposed to let Mr . Richard Child escape with impunity for his mischievous accusation . ¦ :. One of the most extraordinary cases of brutality we have ever heard of , is ' recorded in a provincial journal . A drunken quarrel terminated by a man pouring boiling water into his opponent s ears , and then scorching the poor fellow at the fire ! lhe miscreant is in custody .
The Madras papers mention a sad accident which resulted in the death of Dr . Windus , the surgeon of Chicacole , on the 10 th August . He had gone out shooting with Lieut , Cunliffe and Captain Harrington , They placed themselves in a line faeing a belt of jungle , on the edge of which they had picketted some goats as a bait for the cheetahs they were in search of . When it was dusk Dr . . Windus left his position and passed in front of the others . Captain Harrington was several times on the point of firing at him under the impression that he was game , but could not aim at him , when Lieut . Cunliffe fired as he came out of the jungle and shot him through the body . He lived but a few hours . Cunliffe was his intimate friend , and is of course overwhelmed with grief .
Intelligence has been received in . Liverpool of the total loss of the ship Virginia , on the 16 th May last , while on an expedition in search of guano . Captain Withers , the master of the wrecked vessel , with nine men , comprising the remainder of the crew , after being nineteen days at sea , in an open boat , and enduring innumerable privations , all arrived safe ' at the Feejee Islands , whence they were conveyed to Sydney , N . S , W . On arriving at Sydney , Captain Withers , after seeing that the crew were provided with clothes , came on to Melbourne , and took a passage home in . the Royal Charter . He is
the Captain Withers mentioned by one of the persons saved , from the wreck of the Royal Charter , who behaved with such noble fortitude and un-BineMng bravery when all seemed lost , and when it was a mockery to hope against such a fearful tempest . But he was doomed to die a sailor ' s death , and the last seen of him was when he called out to Sir . Stephens and Captain Taylor , " God bless you , Stephens ; God bless you * Taylor ; keep firm . " The ship broke up immediately after . The Virginia was owned by James Beazley , Esq ., of Liver-3 O 0 L
Another gale , if not a hurricane , has swept over ; he metropolis , and many of the coasts and other mrts of the country . There will be , we fear , fresh Lccounts of wrecks and collisions . As all the acsounts connected with the former gale have come to land , it seems pretty plain that nothing like it in leverity has been experienced for many years . The lisasters to shipping have been upon a terrible icale . It is painful to rend the records of the wreck of he Eoyal Chapter which continue to come to hand . Cho waters are discharging relics of all kinds , and he distracted relatives of those who perished are wandering about the shore , unwilling to abandon all
lope . All the recompense they receive , however , s accumulated evidence that their friends are no nore . Expert and experienced divers are at work rhose main purpose it is to discover what part of he lost treasure can bo restored . Their labours will iave to bo very prolonged . It is gratifying to soe hat the village people of the neighbourhood are cting very well , and are ready to restore whatever ' alunbles they may find . Arrangements have been ally made for the most careful inquisition into the alamity . There is little doubt that for the sake of eonomy the ship had been constructed of materials f very insufficient strength . A well-known and
cry able contributor to the Times says : — " If we iny £ 25 or £ 30 a ton for the plates of whioh a . locoaotive boiler is made , why should we glvo only 38 10 s . or £ 9 per , ton for those of which a ship is Wilt ? If safety can only be bought at the high rice in the one case , are wo not courting disaster rith the low price in the other P With good wellrorlccd plates , whoro the fibre of the Iron ia duotible nd tenacious , and where these plates are well and adioiouBly fastened together , no vessel , even if rreokeel in euoh a gale as that of last Tuesday , roulcl break to pieces so suddenly and so utterly as be Royal Charter seems to have dono .
On Saturday evening a frightful accident occurred n tho north branch of the Midland Hallway , at telper , eight miles from Derby , but happily unttouded , with loss of life . Tho destruction of
property , however , is enormous . The axle of one of the wagons of a coal train broke and threw it off the rails , the effect of which was that it ripped up the cross beams of the bridge , and the wagons were precipitated into the swollen stream beneath . No less than twenty-five wagons , « ach laden with eight tons of coal , are at the bottom of the river Derwent , and the loss of the company will be many thousands of pounds ; besides , the rebuilding of the bridge will take about a month to execute . Mr . Joshua McEvoy , of the county Meath , who Was rescued from the wreck of the Royal Charter , writes to make it appear that no blame can possibly fall upon the captain of that unfortunate ship . He eays a more skilful and worthy captain could not be found . The inquest into the cause of the calamity was commenced at Llanallgo Church on Wednesday afternoon .
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GENERAL HOME MWS . The Court . —Her Majesty takes daily rides and walks at Windsor in the neighbourhood of the Castle ; the Prince Consort is ill , but not seriously so . The principal visitors tliis week have been the Duke of Cambridge , the French Ambassador and Mdme . de Persigny , the Right Hon . Sydney Herbert , the ex-queen of the French , and the Prince de Joinville , and the Grand Duchess Marie and the Duke of Leuchtenberg . The Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia , according to the present arrangements . Will arrive at Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort this day . The infant Prince Frederick William Victor Albert will not accompany his illustrious parents , it being the law that the heir presumptive shall not leave Prussia without permission of Parliament .
The Prince of Wales . — His Royal Highness , has joined the University boating and cricket clubs , and was on Tuesday evening elected honorary member of the Oxford Union Society . The Hon . Colonel Bruce and Major Teesdale were at the same time elected honorary members . Tuesday being Christ Church Gaudy , the Prince , for the first time during his residence at Oxford as an undergraduate met the noblemen and ; gentlemen of the society at dinner in the College Hall .
Public Health . —The low temperature during the past week caused a rise ia the mortality of the metropolis . The total number of deaths was 1 , 048 , being an increase of 126 over the , number"in the previous week , but yet less by 17 than the average rate . The number of births was 1 , 645 . The Registrar-General's quarterly return presents a favourable view of the state of the country ; it shows that marriages are more frequent , the rate of mortality diminishing , and that the population is increasing at an unusual rate .
Citt Matters . — The City Commissioners of Sewers sat on Tuesday at Guildhall , when Mr . Redman , C . E ., laid before the Court a model of an iron wheel-way , to be used where the street traffic was heavy . Mr . Redman entered at length into the various advantages that would accrue from the adoption of his plan . After he had answered a number of questions , the matter was referred to the General Purposes Committee . The Strike . — " The men are still obstinate / ' says the Building News . " The contract of the Northern High Level ( Main Drainage ) sewer is again susnended . the skilled hands having withdrawn in a body .
Several other contracts connected with the Main Drainage Works have been postponed in consequence of the strike . The Executive Committee of the Central Association of Masters held a private meeting on Tuesday , when , as wo are informed , it was reported to them that the number of men who had resumed work under the declaration up to Saturday was 12 , 638 , and undor the document as a shop rule 2 , 700 . We have hoard that negotiations arc still ponding between tho masters and tho masons , and that the latter-have offered to withdraw , , the strike at Messrs . Trollopo ' s estiiblishment on condition that tho document be abandoned . "
Church Rates . —At a meeting of archdeacons of both provinces , held on the 18 th instant , a declaration was unanimously adopted in favour of maintaining the law of church rates . Tho document bears , the signatures of sixty-one archdeacons . A petition was also adopted at the same meeting for a similar object , in tho event of a . bill being brought into either House of Parliament for the abolition of
church rates . Tun Treasure in xnn Eoyal Charter . — Further advices received at Lloyd ' s to-day from Moelfra , dated yesterday , state that ; , according to appearances , tho bullion room of tho Royal Charter has been destroyed . Tho -idea is entertained of lifting the after part of tho vessel with " lumps , and then all doubts will be eolred . An agont of a [ London Assurance Company , however , in a letter ol tho same date , declares his belief that tho treasure
is perfectly safe , and that its recovery is only & question of cost and time . He points to the fact off ingots of copper having been found in the vessel as evidence that the gold has not been washed away . Some pieces of wood , supposed to be portions of the . bullion boxes , were exhibited at Lloyd ' s to-day . . The Mortara Case . —A' conversazione was held at the Mansion-house , on Tuesday , to meet the Council of the " Evangelical Alliance , " and others interested in the union of English and continental Christians . Among those present were : —Sir John Lawrence and Lady Lawrence , Sir Henry Havelocfc , Professor Lorimer , Revs . T . Binney , E . Auriol , CL Molineaux , G . Hall , and Wm . Goode , Professor Hoppus , &c . The chief subject of discussion appears to have been the Irish revivals . In the course of the evening the following letter was
reads" Killeen Castle , Tara , October 29 , 1859 . —Sir , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ofthe 2 lstinst ., relative to a protest in course of signature , regarding the case of the Mortara child . In that letter , whichyou propose toreadat a public meeting oil the 1 st Nov . i you ask me to send you an answer , which : it is your intention to make public at the same time Although I am the senior Irish peer professing the-Catholic religion , I have no authority to speak tier sentiments of the Catholic laity , nor shall I undertake to become the exponent of Catholic opinion one the question referred to , or any other . Acting simply for myself , I decline to affix my signature to the protest contained in the Times of the 19 th October ,, of which you have sent me a copy . —I have the honour to be your obedient humble servant , —( Signed}—Fingall . —Sir Culling E . Eardley , Bart . "
The Loss of the' Express . — The Board of Trade have issued the official report on the loss-of the Jersey steamer Express , which took place on the coast of Jersey , in the month of September last-Mr . Mabb , who was in charge of the vessel , isracquitted of wilfully taking the passage which let ! to the disaster ; the conduct of the crew andV engineers is highly commended ; but the circumstances attending the drowning of two . of the passengers w / ere purposely not taken into consideration-One of the magistrates dissented from the report ; and , in consequence , the Board of Trade do not intend to take any steps in the matter . For the same reason the certificate of Mr . Mabb was returned t < x
him . : The Garibaldi Fund . — This demonstration : continues to receive very * substantial marks of sympathy in England . Sir Francis Goldsmid this week has sent - £ 100 , Sir Henry Hoare £ 50 , and many others smaller sums . The ' " Central Italian Fund" has an account open with Messrs . Hoare ,, of Fleet-street , and Messrs . Ransom of Pall MalL Dr . Livingstone . —We are informed that Dr ~ Livingstone finds it impossible to proceed up the Zambesi river much further than Tete , owing to the small power and fragile build of his steamer , Which contend with the
he finds altogether unable to rapid . current of the river . We understand that he has written to his friends in England , urging them to send out a more powerful boat , to enable him to ascend the stream and uUimatelj r to reach the Victoria Falls—a distance of nearly a thousand miles from the mouth of the river . The vessel which is to be sent out will probably cost three thousand pounds ; and we hope that tho friends of this enterprising traveller , or the Government , or both united , will not allow the cost of this necessary expense to fall on the private resources of Dr . Livingstone himself .
The Gab Companies . — The complaints against the different gas companies in the metropolis , on account of the bod supply and indifferent quality , have on many recent occasions been loudly urgert , and with ample reason , as it is well known to all who aro cognisant of the miserable management which is productive of such complaints , and who are unfortunately dependent on the companies for a fulfilment of their contract with regard to tlu « essential commodity . Not only are tho / Jtreets , shops , and warehouses badly lighted , but the sphere of neglect now oxtonds oven to tho theatres , rhw W especially apparent at tho Olympic on Friday evening last , whon tho soml-darknoss winch prevailed led < a an indignant burst of remonstrance from tho audience
From tho statement made by tho acting manager , Mr . W . Wigft " . it appears that the London Ga » Company aro responsible for this disgraceful deficiency , since they possess an ontiro monopoly or . tho district in which the theatre is situated , and are , therefore , justly amenable to denunciation ana censure . " high time , therefore , that mams . stringent measuros should bo adopted , and that the public , who aro so deeply interested in tho hontwC performance of the engagements o *» o various companies , should ascertain whether they are to > PC defrauded with impunity , and made to pay for wm * £ they do not actually receive . Tho evil has reaetea a point which is becoming intolerable .
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tfo . 502 . ^ v fi 1 * 59 . TH-E LEADER , 1219
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 5, 1859, page 1219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2319/page/7/
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