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      Mr. Charles Dickens And The "Edinburgh R...

      cumloention Office could not blind them * though it could for a time cripple it . By his having thus , from the first to the last , made his way in spite of the Circumlocution Office , and dead against it as his natural enemy . Fut the name is evidently a curious misprint and an unfortunate mistake . The Novelist will await the Reviewer ' s correction of the press , and substitution of the right name . . . , Will the Edinburgh Review also take its next opportunity of manfully expressing its regret that in too distempered a zeal for the Circumlocution Office , it has been betrayedas to that Tottenham-court-road assertion .

      , into a hasty substitution of untruth for truth ; the discredit of which , it might have saved itself , if * had been sufficiently cool and considerate to be simply just / It will , too possibly , have much to do by that time in championing its Circumlocution Office in new trinmphs on the voyage out to India ( God knows that the Novelist has bis private as well as his public reasons for writing the foreboding with no triumphant heart !); but even party occupation , the reviewer ' s licence , or the editorial plural , does hot absolve a gentleman from a gentleman ' s duty , a gentleman ' s restraint , and a gentleman ' s generosity .

      ... Mt . Dickens will willingly do hi 3 best to ' account for' any new case of Circumlocution Office protection that the Review may make a gauntlet of . He may be trusted to do so , he hopes , with a jast respect for the Review , for himself , and for his calling ; beyond the sound , healthy , legitimate uses and influences of which he has no purpose to serve , and no ambition in life to gratify .

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      State Of Trade. The Trade Reports From T...

      STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the ¦ week ending last Saturday are -wholly uninteresting . At Manchester , pending the arrival of the mail , the ¦ business for India has been nearly suspended ; otherwise there has been a fair demand . The Birmingham iron-naarket has been well maintained , while for the general manufactures of that town the home and export prospects are encouraging . At Nottingham the transactions in lace have been satisfactory . In the woollen , districts the tone continues firm , and in the Irish linenmarkets the priced are steady .-r-Times . The Board of Trade returns for the past month were issued last Saturda }' . For the first time this year , they fail to show an increase in the declared value of our exportations . The difference on the other side , however , is but 30 , 247 / ., and it is to be remarked that the month of Jime , 1856 , was one of extraordinary activity , since , as compared with the preceding year , it showed an augmentation of 2 , 500 , 000 / . The chief falling off in the shipments on the present occasion has been in cotton manufactures . It amounts to 391 , 534 / ., but maybe regarded merely as a-natural reaction from tKe enormous increase of 850 , 489 / . presented under that head in the preceding month . In a majority of the other principal articles , the totals are on the favourable side . The total of our exports for the first six months , of the year has

      been . 60 , 826 , 381 / ., showiug an increase of 6 , 857 , 96 o / ., or about 11 £ per cent ., upon the corresponding half of 1856 . With regard to imported commodities , the arrivals during the month of June have been upon an average scale . They include some considerable quantities of grain . The consumption of articles of food and luxury shows in several instances—among which are coffee , sugar , cocoa , spirits , wine , and spices ^—a slight dltninu-. tion- Tea and tobacco exhibit an increase . In the miscellaneous imports , which -were moderate during the preceding month , there has been a general revival . —rdem .

      In the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been increased activity . The number of vessels reported inward was 325 , showing an increase of 164 over the previous week . The number cleared outward was 131 , including 14 in ballast , showing' a decrease of 7 . The total of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is ( JO , being G less than at the last account . Of those now loading , 8 arc for Adelaide , 4 for Geelong , 4 for Hobarfc Town , 4 for Launoeston , 9 for Now Zealand , 10 for Port Philip , 4 for Portland Bay , 10 for Sydney , and 1 for Swanlllver . —Idem . The house of Mr . J . P . Giustiniani , a Greek merchant , with engagements estimated at from 250 , 000 / . to 300 , 000 / ., has suspended . He was largely engaged during tho Russian war in supplying stoam-veflsela to the Turkish Government .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. An Accident...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An accident , attended with disastrous results , occurred ¦ when , the ship ' s company on board the Agamemnon , rocentl y arrived at Sheeracss , were about to heave anchor from Chapman's Head , where she lay for the night on hor course * from Greenwich , Tho caution to lay on tho check , termed tUo ' pawl , ' had been disregarded . Tho fitoam , having boon turned on , the vessel went ahead to ease tho anchor , when tho capstan overpowered the men at tho bars and they were dashod about tho deuk , and Sixteen of them sustained severe injuries . Cot * were promptl y provided , In which fiVa of tho most rtovore ouses wore convoyed on board hor fllajoaty ' u atoamcr

      Widgeon ( tender to the flagship Waterloo ) , and were despatched to Woolwich . On being admitted to the Royal Marine Infirmary there , some of the sufferers were found in an almost lifeless condition , having been maimed in the skull , ribs , arms , and legs . One poor fellow had suffered a fracture of an arm , and a double fracture of a leg . Elizabeth Turpin , daughter of a licensed victualler , has been burnt to death by her dress becoming suddenly

      ignited . She was standing in front of a lighted copper when the catastrophe occurred , and , when she found that she was * on fire , she rushed out of the house into the street . After a while , the flames were subdued , but , as the young woman was being carried back into her father ' 3 house , they rekindled at the hinder part of her dress , and , though they -were ultimately extinguished , she was so seriously injured that she died the next morning . An inquest was held , when the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .

      The family of Mr . Wyley , of Prince's-road , Kennmgton , were alarmed during Sunday night by loud shrieks issuing from the bedroom of MUs Amelia Wyley . Several inmates hastened to ascertain the cause , when the young lady was found with the bedding burning around her , and the bedclothes on fire . The flames were with some difficulty put out ; but the injuries sustained were so extensive , particularly about the breast and face , that no hopes are entertained that the sufferer can survive . The accident was occasioned by reading in bed . Mr . Samuel Lidgett , a gentleman about twenty-two years of age , living at Tunbridge Wells , has been killed

      while playing at cricket by the ball striking him violently on the chest in the region of the heart . Death ensued in a very brief space of time . His brother was killed about eighteen months ago by a fall while skating . A yacht sailor , named . Turd ,-employed . on board the Pip , was drowned on Friday week by the upsetting of the vessel during a race in Southampton . Water with two other yachts . All the rest of the persons on board were rescued ; but Jurd was in the cabin at the time , and could not be got out . He was about nineteen years of age . His father was drowned four years since , and an uncle also met the same fate still longer ago .

      An express passenger train from Hull was run into by a coal train on its way to Beverley , on Friday week . The former was- crossing the line at a point where a branch of . the railway turns off , when the catastrophe occurred . Several of the carriages were broken to pieces ; one passenger was killed , and six wounded , some dangerously . The causa of the accident is alleged to have been the negligence of the driver of the coal trains who did not pay due attention to the signals . A little boy named Walter Smyth , aged- four years , living in East-street , Bethnal-green , while engaged in lighting the fire for his parents' breakfast , ignited his dress , and . was fearfully burned over the whole of his person . He was removed to the hospital , and died in two hours from the effect of the injuries .

      Ireland. The Gat-Way Election. — In Orde...

      IRELAND . The Gat-way Election . — In order to damage Sir Thomas Redingtou ' s chance for Gal way , Mr . Smith O'Brien has addressed ( with a view to publication ) a letter to Mr . Martin O'Flaherty , containing an account of a little episode in the history of the Irish rebellion in 1848 . WUeu taken into custody at Thurlcs , Mr . O'Brien was carried before General M'Donald , who offered him various civilities , and appeared to be very courteous . The patriot said that , as he had been for some daya without a change of dress , lie should bo glad to obtain a portmanteau which he had left at the house of a friend at Caahel . This was granted , and Mr . O'Biien gave one of tho officials a note authorizing its delivery . The portmanteau was thus obtained , though not by Mr . O ' Brien . It was searched by the Government authorities , including Sir Thomas Kedington . Tho clothes and somo other of the contents were returned to Mr . O'Brien . Unfortunately , the portmanteau contained some document )) with respect to Mr . Giivan Duffy , which enabled the Government to charge him with High TretvMon instead of Treason Felony . Mr . O'Brien aaya he suffered great anguurtiof mind from the reflection that he had , though unwittingly , compromised u friend ; but lit * adds that lio was comforted by ( hiding that tho Government was led

      into such a aeries of blunders and acts of meannesu that Mr . Dutl' y completely buttled hia persecutors . In conclusion , Mr . O'Brien uolis whether such a man an Sir Thomas ) Hcdington ought to receive the confidence of Irish electors . In tho course of bin letter , lie hints that some Bhii't-. ituils und other things were pilfered from hl . i portmanteau at tho Castle ! In answer to these aspersions , Sir Thomas Rcuington bud published a letter , assorting that he only did what it wan his duty to do under tho circumstances , and that he never saw or perused ( ius Mr . O'Brien insinuates ) any letter from Mrs O'Brien to her huaband .

      Maynooxu Cqju . kqk . —The Irian pnpora announce tho death of tho Very Rev . Laurcnyo ltcnehan , l * rc » idont of Maynooth , which took place on Monday morning , at ilia residence in the college He ha < l nearly completed liia sixtieth year , All parties agreed lu giving him the character of an excellent man . Ho has loft behind him voveral valuable manuscripts connected with tho ecclualologloal and literary antfquitic » of Ireland .

      The Orient. Eni>Ia« Fdbthek Despatches H...

      THE ORIENT . ENI > IA « Fdbthek despatches have beon received from India , which state that the mutiny continued to spread among the troops of the Bengal army . Tho ex-King of Oudu has been arrested , and , with his Minister , hns been imprisoned in Fort William . Tho 'Government has obtained proof of his complicity in tho conspiracy . His men have been disarmed for greater safety . " Up to the 17 th of Juno , General Barnard had repulsed several sorties' from Delhi with heavy loss to tho insurgents . He was'Waiting for reinforcements . From Madras it is positively stated that Delhi has been captured ; but the intelligence is not confirmed from Bombay , mid seems premature . An act has been passed by the I-i'Ljialature placing the Indian press under a license system . . The native troops at Calcutta and the brigade at Barrackpore have been quietly disarmed . An uneasy feeling prevails at Madras , but the armies of that Presidency and of Bombay remain loyal , two slight mutinies having been promptly put down . At Bemires , during an attempt to disarm the 37 th Native Infantry , the greater part of the Sikhs and the 13 th Irregular Cavalry joined the mutineers . At Calcutta , business both in exports and imports is almost at a standstill . The money-market is rather tighter . Government securities have declined .

      Another despatch , received vid Marseilles by tho JWominr / I ' , is in substance as follows : — " The 70 th Native Infantry wens thanked by tho Governor for their loyalty . The Gth Native Infantry , at Allahabad , rivalled them in expressions of attachment , but rose upon their officers and foully murdered them . The Bengal army has ceased to exist . The stations where women ami children have fallen victims to the barbarity of the mutineers , and where dreadful cruelties have been endured , are Meerut , Delhi , Nusseerabad , Hansi , Iliasar , Juan-si , Bareilly , and Saghenwoor . Three thousand rebels were encamped on tlio 1 ( ith of June outside the AVnvere gate of Delhi , which city is defended

      by 30 , 000 mutineers . From Mirzapo-rc the accounts up to the 20 th of June are satisfactory . At Ferozepore , on the 13 th , military executions had taken place . At Jhansi , sonic ladies ami children took refuge in the fort , which was soon overpowered , and all wore sacrificed . General Outram bus arrived at Bombay . All was quiet in the Punjab . Part , of the plot was to take Calcutta on the 23 rd of May . It was most complete in its arrangements . When discovered , the troops bound for China were sent for as fast as they could arrive . The Malacca has arrived at Calcutta . Sir Patrick Grant lms reached Calcutta from Madras , and acts as Cotnmander-in-Chief ; but Sir Henry Somerset , in Bombay , really holds . the supreme . command . " CHINA . The Chinese fleet ( say the last despatches ) lias been destroyed in two severe engagements , though the Chinese fought their guns with unexampled constancy . We have eighty-three men killed and wounded . Major Kearney was killed in the last engagement . Commodore Keppel and the master of tho lialcitrh have been tried for the loss of that ve 3 sol , * ainl acquitted . All ia quiet in the north .

      America. The Riots In New York Have Been...

      AMERICA . The riots in New York have been renewed , and have been carried to a most alarming 1 extent . Wt > learn from the American journal * that , on the afternoon of the 14 lh ult , the rioters of tho 14 th ward woro making extensive preparations for a renewal of tho conflict . An incendiary handbill wus circulating-, calling a masa meeting to put down thra metropolitan police . A mooting had also beon held at the German Thentro , in Koitrthhtreot , to make arrnngomentf * for the attack . Tho rioters were reportod to huvo a Hold-piece ami plenty of imiHketf ) und ammunition , Tho Polioo Comum » iouoro woro proparing for them at all points , and threo rojjlmentH had beon ordered to report themselves * at their arrnourion . In addition to tho ' Dead Knbblt' riotrt at . Now York , there has been a light between eomo oysUirmen and tho police at the Quarantine HoHpital . Tho < ts Intone © of the hospital in unpopular among tho iinmodiutu neighbour * , mid it Iwn been found nutruHHury to luivii a ntrong police force on the npot to protect tho pluco . Tills lod to the collision . Hevcrul » bot » vr « r « iiitorohiingcd , and tbo rioters were ultimately driven back , some of thoin fatally wounded . But thin ta not ( ill . Tho Germans Inhabiting Avenues A and H , feeling irritated « t th « now law which enforces tho cloning of drlnklnfr-nhopfl « n HnnilayH , flowto nrm . s , drove the police o « t of thoir qiuirtnr of tho town , and mvoro they would ofotnin an nlturation of the law . Eventually , it w / ih found noewwury to cull out tho military , by whom th « diw > r <|« r waH nappm-wml .

      Tho road between Acupulco und the city of MotcIco la closed by tlio bandits and itovoIuMohImIm . In Chill , nt tlio luttt uilvlow , tlio political trial * w « r « iliuwlntf to a cIoho , and it wo » thought the prlHounrn would \>» put to death . CongresH wan to meet on tho Int of Juno . A Government lo / ui of four million * of dollim was to be taken up for the purpoHe of < iompl « tlnff tlm 8 nnti « g « and ValparalrtO Hnllroiul . In Valjmralno , th « I ' arurinn Consul made mi attompt to oonflNoate all tho ffunno tihippod uuuor Vivunco ' a d « or « o . In I ' , a troiUy lutd

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01081857/page/7/