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it is expected that measures will be ad&pted in order to bring the existing straggle to a close . Our Gas Despots- —The delegates appointed by the various metropolitan districts to consider the question of the gas supply of the metropolis ; and the best means of counteracting the * monopoly , met on Wednesday in the Marylebone Court-house , when the draft of a bill to obtain legislative power to regulate , economise and improve the gas service and of
of London -was considered approved . A very able and interesting report was read by Mr . Samuel Hughes , C ; K Mr . James Beal , thehon . secretary , and promoter of this important public meeting , submitted a petition to Parliament , which he stated was intended for signature and circulation among all the gas consumers of London , announcing at the same time , that on the 30 th inst . an influential deputation on the subject would wait on the Right Hon . Milner Gibson , at the Board of Trade . after
Bishopkic op Sierra Leone . — This office , "being vacant nearly six months , has been conferred upon the Rev . E . H . Beckles , who has been for many years past rector of St . Peter ' s , St . Christopher ' s , in the diocese of Antigua , and who is at present on a visit to London . Mr . Beckles is the fourth Bishop of Sierra Leone , his three predecessors having fallen victims to the dreadful climate . The bishop designate will be consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury as soon as the formal preliminaries can be settled . He will have jurisdiction , as his
predecessors have had , over the coast between twenty degrees north and twenty degrees south latitude , and more especially the colonies of Sierra . Leone , the Gambia , the Gold Coast , and their dependencies . The gross income of the see is . £ 900 a year , being £ 500 a year as the bishop ' s allowance as Colonial Chaplain , and . £ 400 a year from the Colonial Bishoprics' fund . Mr . Beckles' " views " . are what are called Evangelical , and in matters of ecclesiastical discipline he is said to incline to the " Low " Church party . ¦ and have
St . PAuL ' S . ^ -The d ean chapter decided that the organ , which has been recently taken down for-enlargement , shall not again be erected over the entrance to the choir . It is proposed to take away the present screen , and on the removal of the monuments of Lord Nelson and Lord Collingwood to some other part of the cathedral , to throw the whole space , to the verge of the dome area , open to the choir . The organ is to be retained in its present case , which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren , and it will be removed to the gallery under the centre arch on the canons ' , or north side . The oak screen , Avith its beautiful marble columns , will be placed as an entrance to the dome area in the south transept . The rails of the whispering gallery and the heavy cornice under it have been recently gilded
St . George-in-the East . —The disgraceful riots in this church were resumed on Sunday with increased determination for niiscliief by the ruffianly mob that has been complimented with , the title of * ' Protestant . " The result was another case brought before the Thames Police-court , with Mr . Selfe presiding . A gentleman , who gave his name as Cornwallis , and his place of abode as Calais , in France , was charged with promoting disturbance . The seats which the choristers have taken from the parishioners were occupied on Sunday morning by strangers , and Mr . Cornwallis , if such be his name , stood up , and , in the ntimo 6 f the Secretary of State for the Home Department , demanded that the occupants choristers to to
should quit them , and allow the get their position . This was a disturbance , of course , on the Puseyite side , and as the violent gentleman would not behave himself , Mr . Churchwarden Thompson placed him in the hands of the police . Mr . Selfe heard the case as far as was necessary , but decided that it scarcely caino within tho meaning of the Act of Parliament , and so the over-zealous Cornwallis was discharged on making an apology for conduct which , wo need not add , had no connexion whotcver with the Secretary ofStato . Nextcaino the case of a man who had gone td tho evening service drunk , no doubt under a hope that his excitement would bo heightened by what ho saw and heard . He was fined flvo shillings . . Tan Aubenal AX Woolwich-. —The Observer n
our authority for the following : — - " Tho Insufficiency of this establishment has long boon folt , Woolwich arsenal is an old establishment , rind it required constant * alterations and additions to enable tho work required to be carried on . Latterly it has become evident that a new establishment altogether would be neoossary , and tho question of security was naturally considered in connexion with tho contemplated alteration . Weedon , from its central situation in tho heart of tho country , as well as its facility of communication with all tho ports , by railway and telegraph , offers obvious' adyantagos for tho' purpose . Its position , in tho heart of tho iron and coal dia triota , also recommends it as a proper site for a manufacturing establishment . It Is , therefore , not improbable that Weodon will bo tho place solocted . Wo need not point out how necessary it is for the sake
of security to separate or decentralise the Woolwich establishment ; tiny disaster there might involve the destruction Of all the . manufacturing plant of our ordnance and naval and military munitions , as well as the enormous stores contained there , and occasion an irreparable loss at a moment of the greatest emergency . *' The Norwich Scandal . —The magistrates have again met to go into the charge of bribery made against Mr . Collins and others , affecting the offer of £ 500 to a town councillor in consideration of receive
ing his vote for Conservative aldermen . The proceedings of last -week in this case were brought to an abrupt termination because a banker of the city and his cashier refused to give evidenee , and that the question therefore arose as to whether they should not be committed . On the application of counsel for the defence , the magistrates agreed to postpone the case until the 8 th of December , the day assigned for the hearing of other charges of a similar kind , but which have reference to the election of the members for the City . This will afford time to compromise the matter quietly .
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NAPOLEON AND THE ITALIANS . The Moniteur of Wednesday publishes the following statement : —The French Government , believing that the delegation of the Regency of Centralltaly to M . Buoncompagni would prejudice the questions which will be submitted . to the approaching Congress , had looked upon the adoption of the above measures with regret . This impression is now modified by the explanations given by the Government of Sardinia , which declares that the maintenance of public order was the sole object and only aim of the above delegation to M . Buoncompagni , and that the concentration in his hands of
the Governments of Central Italy had in no manner the character of a virtual Regency . The article concludes by reminding the public that the Moniteur is the only political organ of the Government . The Constitutionnel , in an article signed by its chief editor , M . Grandguillot , says that the declarations of the Cabinet of Turin , on the subject of the Regency of M . Buoncompagni , ' are of a nature to make those arrangements possible which have generally been considered as very difficult of execution . It is understood that if M . Buoncompagni exercises the Regency , it is only for the maintenance of order in Central Italy .
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RAILWAYS IN BOMBAY . We are informed that there is every prospect of the extension of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway to Sholapoor , about the middle of next year . Ih-November , it is saidj the Deccan line will be opened from Decksal to Barsee Road . The viaduct over the Seena River is rapidly progressing , and great ? energy is shown in completing the details of the
work . The progress of our railways is closely connected with every scheme that has m view the welfare of the people and the advancement of the most important interests of the qountry . The introduction of the railway into Bombay at once gave a value to landed property in the island never before possessed , and gave employment to unskilled labour heretofore dependent on fugitive circumstances * The further the railway has been pushed into the MCofussil , incalculable advantages hivvc been derived who had hitherto
by the poor of the country ; they lived by the tillage of the soil , or the management of cattle—now suffering from drought and by pestilence , and by any and every accident of time , place , and circumstances , but who had never realised a farthing in any other way—at once found a market for their labour , left their lands and flocks to women and . children , and delighted in tho work of the Indma navvy ; resulting in a drain upon tho decimal silver coinage , which must soon call for fresh work for the Mint to aunnlv the untold amount withdrawn by it i
this moans from circulation . At this moment , s said , the different linosof railway under construction in this part of tho . Presidency give , omployment taaixty thousand labourers , earning on an average : Sflvo to ten rupees a month . What were thew previous compared with present means ? --what the result of the latter ? -and into what channel diverted ?—are questions of no little importance in their bearinV on tho social condition of these 1 ( V S a take a gUnco at tho Company ' s works , a » in this
they are familiarly called , "ana . *""« £ - ing in by Nosbit lino , Byculla , tho lrst object that Ssts attention » 8 tho stores , with everything arranged with tho nicety and precision maintained in . an apothecary ' s ehop , and whoro may ho found , in n utical phraseology , » anything , from a noodle to * St-anohor . " Around are Mattered the Mutony ¦ Savings of tho factories of Leeds , Sheffield , and Biririlntfham—monster enginoa and nionetor pipes s monster rails , bolts , and huts , such as will bo ifouad nowhere else through tho length and breadth of the island . Further on wo enter upon tho Locomotive department , and pass through ono vast smithing
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THE CONGRESS . The Pays repeats the announcement that the circulars of the French Government proposing the convocation of a Congress have " not yet been dispatched . " The Opinion Na . tiona . le learns at the moment of going to press that the delay in convoking the Congress is occasioned by " new exigencies " on the part of England . According to the Opinion , England requires—1 . That the decisions of the Congress shall not be necessarily executory . % That the form of government of Italy , in case of the non-restoration of the Dukes , shall be defined beforehand . The Marquis de Bannevillo arrived in Pans on Thursday from Zurich with tho ratified treaties . On the day when the ratifications were exchanged , M . Armand delivered to the Austrian Plenipotentiary a draught at sight for 20 , 000 , 000 florins ( two millions sterling ) . Tho remaining 80 , 000 , 000 florins ( eight millions sterling ) will be paid by four instalments , at short intervals . ' .,. ¦ ,, It is believed that Count Reohberg , assisted by Prince Metternich , will represent Austria at the Congress . - —
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QARIBALDI . . TnE " Bayard of Italy" on his arrival at Nice publishod in the Avertir the following address to tho Italians :- * - " Finding that by cunning devices and vain pretexts the freedom of action inherent in my rank in tho army of Central Italy is continually 4 iampereda freedom which I have over used for tho objoot which every good Italian must wish to attain—I loavo tho military service . " On tho day when Viotor Emmanuel shall again call upon his soldiers to fight for the deliverance of our country , I shall find an arm of some kind or another , and a post by the side of my bravo ootnpanions in arms . " TJie miserable and tortuous policy which for tho moment troubles tho domestic march of our affairs should engage us more than over to rally round the brave and loyal soldier of our independence , who is incapable of repudiating tho sublime and generous design which ho conceived . More than evor wo must lay up stores of gold ana steoi to prepare a good reception for whoever may
attempt to . throw us back into our former miserable state . " He left Nice , on Tuesday , for Genoa . Before his departure he addressed the inhabitants of Nice , and said , —•** 1 shall be ready to resume my- command when necessary . Let us be united under VictpX Emmanuel . ; let us continue under arms-as long aa an inch of Italian soil remains oppressed . " Nbyr that he is gone the King of Sardinia is expected at Nice , to pay a visit to the Dowager-Empress o £ 13 It C ? CIO , - - im
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THE FRENCH AND SPANIARDS IN AFRICA . The French war in Morocco is completely over , and this sudden termination of the campaign is , to all seeming , a practical and satisfactory answer to the apprehensions that were entertained of a joint ? action in Morocco by France and Spain . A despatch from A lgiers of November 17 th , announces the arrival there of Generals Martimprey and Yusuf , who were about to be followed by the whole expeditionary army . The city was preparing a , fete for thenr-The expeditionary troops have been awfully weakened by malady . This is an experience which the Spaniards , the first division of whose expedition has just set sail , have yet to make . It is well known that , should the people of Morocco forget their own dissensions , they may bring up from 300 , 000 to 400 , 000 of the most courageous , fanatic , frugal , and enduring combatants on earth . The Correspondencia Autagrafa , of Madrid , contradicts the rumour that the Spanish Government : had received a diplomatic note from England , relatives to the expedition to Morocco . The departure of thet Spanish troops to Morocco has been delayed , aa Marshal O'Donnell will not consent to their leaving before the collection of the war material has been completed , which will be very shortly .
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No . 505 . Nov . 26 ,. 1859 . 1 THELEABEB , 139 *
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1859, page 1291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2322/page/7/
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