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THE LITERARY FUND. The annual general me...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. A barge whi...
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THE OltlENT. X'KKSIA ASD INDIA. This int...
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Glasoow . —Mr . Buchanan , the gentleman elected last ¦ week to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr . John Macgregor , -will again offer himself . The other candidate is at present uncertain . _ _ _ — _ —
MEETINGS . Meetings at Belfast and Sheffield have terminated in votes of confidence in Lord Palmerston . A meeting of Conservatives at Norwich , at which the principal speaker was Sir Samuel Bignold , one of the present members for tie city , gave expression to views and feelings entirely opposed to the Premier . The same result has been arrived at by meetings at Scarborough , Stockton , Leeds , Darlington , and Exeter Hall , London , the last being ; convened by the peace party , who also carried , a resolution against the largeness of our army and navy .
A meeting off the electors of London , convened by the Xiberals , took place on Tuesday at the London Tavern , for the purpose of considering the state of the representation of the City , and to nominate candidates . The meeting was numerously and influentially attended , and the chair was occupied by Mr . Gregson , M . P ., -who , as a preliminary , moved " That it was the opinion , of that association that the City of London should be represented , on the "present occasion by members connected with the commerce of the City of London . " The resolution was adopted unanimously . Mr . Weguelin , M . P ., then proposed Mr . Robert Wigram Crawford as a fit person to be one of their representatives , This was seconded by Mr . Gassiot , in the absence
of Mr . Dillon . Mr . Raikes Carrie , M . P ., nominated , and Mr . Alderman Wire seconded , Baron Lionel de Rothschild . Mr . Alderman Wire next put Sir James Duke in . nomination . Mr . Under-Sheriff Anderton seconded . Mr . Deputy Dakin proposed Mr . Raikes Currie , M . P . ; who found a . seconder in Mr . 'Morley . Some excitement was then caused by Mr . Alderman Salomons and Mr . J . A . Hankey accusing Sir James Duke of having given his vote against , and otherwise opposed , the recent Liberal candidate for East Sussex , though Sir James professed Liberal opinions . Mr . Alderman Wire , in the midst of some interruption , explained that the cause of
Sir Jamea voting in the way lie did was because he held Conscientious scruples on the subject of Mayuooth , whicl differed from the views of the Liberal candidate , —The nominated candidates for the City having addressed the meeting , Mr . Alderman Salomons moved " that that meeting regretted the termination of the connexion which had so long subsisted "between Lord Joliti Russell and the constituency of London . " Mr . Reed seconded the motion , and Mr . Bennoch opposed it , conceiving it a strange course to pursue while his Lordship was still their member . Ultimately , the motion was withdrawn , and the meeting was adjourned to that day % veek ( next Tuesday ) .
Sir Erskine Perry , the L-iberalM . P . for Devonport , addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents ou Monday night , with a view to showing that , though he felt it his duty to vote with Mr . Cobden's motion on the China question , he is , generally speaking , an enthusiastic admirer of Lord Palmerston , and has no desire to see his administration supplanted .
Received Less Than 2001from The Funds Of...
March 143 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 245 ' rl " '" - ' L ¦ ¦
The Literary Fund. The Annual General Me...
THE LITERARY FUND . The annual general meeting of the members of this fund was held at the house of the association , Great Russellstreet , on Wednesday . Earl Stanhope took the chair , and there were also present Sir Benjamin Bond Cabbcll , M . P ., the Bishop of Oxford , Mr . Monckton Millies , M . F ., Mr . John Forster , Mr . Charles Dickens , Mr . " Wentworth Dilke , Mr . Dickenson , & c . The usual formal business was disposed of , and the financial report read , which gave a good account of the progress of the society , and showed that its i » come exceeded its expenditure by a small balance , which was added to the funded stock of the association . On the motion that the report bo received and adopted , Mr . Dilke , sen ., moved a resolution vhich , under a number of heads , condemned the entire management of the fund , —first , because , according to its Ia 3 t report , it expended 574 ? . 18 a . 3 d . in relieving ; 53 cases , while the Artists ' deneral Benevolent Fund , in relieving G 8 cases , only expended 851 . ; secondly , because the Literary Fund expended 200 ? . per annum , on the maintenance of a louse , and allowed 200 / . per annum to it 3 secretary ; thirdly , "because the accounts of the Literary Fund \ rere not in a satisfactory state , aa evidenced by their stating that the house fund , amounting to G 540 / ., was still in cxistenco na a separate amount of the society ' a credit , whereas the books of the society showed that that fund never had been in existence at all ; and , lastly , because the Literary Fund , though not , on an average , giving away more than 1501 )/ . per annum , appealed to the public for new subscriptions and donations while poaacssed of funded property to the amount of 30 , 000 ^ ., and of landed estates yielding 200 / . per annum .
Mr . Robert Bell replied nt considerable length , stating that an immense number of eases had been investigated ; that th « office of secretary had been created in 1886 on the motion of Mr . Dilke him self ; thut the accounts had bee n greatly the gainer since the engagement of the present aecretary -, that , contrary to some statements recently made in the Athcweum , the lato BIr . Havdu had
received no less than 2001 . from the funds of the society in six years , while one of his sons had been got into the St . Ann ' s Asylum through the exertions and expenditure of the Fund Committee ; and that the error with regard to the house fund had originated in the fund crediting itself with the 200 Z . " per annum granted in 1 S 05 by the Prince of Wales towards a permanent fund for maintaining a house , and not counting the annual rent which had since been paid from that income . -m ¦ ^ ' » * ** fc A AT A * ^ A ^ . ^ a ^ - .- *_* .
Mr . Dickens supported Mr . Dilke s amendment , disclaiming all enmity to Mr . Ble-wett , the secretary , ¦ whose services he acknowledged , and whose sphere of usefulness he wished to see increased . He added : " The question as to the existence or not of the house fund was not a question of 1821 , but of last year , because , on the second Wednesday of last March , they—the conspiring reformers ( a . laugh )—were put down by the solemn assertion of a resolution that there was a house fund of some 6400 ? . The
subscription for such , a fund was a complete failure . He took it upon himself to say that it did not exceed 6001 ., and the way in which this imaginary sum was got at was as follows : The Prince Regent allowed two hundred guineas a year to pay the rent of the house inhabited by the society , paid yearly or halfyearly , but the sums paid for rent had been put down as an accumulated fund , precisely as if they had it in hand at the present moment ; so that the extraordinary statement made last year as to the existence of this sum never had any real foundation . If statements were so rashly made in that expensive little room he thought itwould notbe long hefore the society itself would fall into disrepute . He would , with their permission , give a short illustration of the mode in which this question
had been dealt with . Let him suppose the case of a clerk in the receipt of 100 / . a year , paid half-yearly , and every farthing of which is anticipated before he received it . His having received that income twenty years would hardly make him the possessor of 2000 / . But he would carry the case further . Let them suppose a family picture , representing an estimable old gentleman bestowing the hand of his only daughter on the man of her heart , and saying to them , while tears of generosity coursed down his cheeks , ' My darling Emma , my dear Edward , take my blessing upon you each , and with my blessing accept these twenty years' receipts of my rent at 200 / . a year , which your filial affection will at once enable you to perceive are equal to 4000 / . Consols in perpetuity . '" ( Loud laughter ^)
A long discussion followed , in which Mr . John Porster , the Bishop of Oxford , Mr . Monckton Milnes , and Mr . Dilke , sen ., took part ; and the last-named gentleman's motion was at length negatived by a majority of 69 to 11 . Some usual routine business was then transacted , and the meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Barge Whi...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A barge which was engaged last Sunday in conveying the oysters from a smack , which had just ai-rived at Shoreham , to the oyster pond , foundered , and the four men who were aboard were drowned . It is supposed that she was upset by a sudden squall . She was within six feet of the shore at the time of the accident . Mr . Baker , the coroner , haa held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Mary Ann Hicks , aged four years , whose parents reside at Widegate-street , Bishopsgate-street . The child was left for a short time in a room where there was a large fire , and , during the temporary absence of her mother , her dress ignited . An alarm was raised , and the flames were extinguished , but the child was dreadfully burnt . She was removed to the hospital , where she died on Friday week . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . —Mr . Baker haa also received information respecting the death of Lydi Charlotte Penson , aged two years , of York-street , Com mercial-road East , -who died from the effects of injuric caused by the accidental ignition of her clothing .
Mr . R . R . Guinness , of Dublin , has been suddenly struck dead with apoplexy at the King ' s Bridge terminus of the Great Southern and Western Railway , Ireland , of which company ho was a director . He was transacting business nt the moment of death .
The Oltlent. X'Kksia Asd India. This Int...
THE OltlENT . X'KKSIA ASD INDIA . This intelligence from Bushiro by the last Indian mails is to the 23 rd of January . The general health of the avmy was good , and supplies were plentiful . ! No further military operations had taken place . General Outram had not arrived . The Conferences between Sir John Lawrence and Dost Mahomed broke up on the 28 th of January , when the Ameer left for Cabul . It is asserted that a British Residency ia about to be established at Candahur . The ISombay money-market v / ub easier . Imports ) were steady . At Calcutta , tho improvement in the import market was well maintained . Tho New Five p « r Cent . Loan was progressing very slowly . china . The Mandarin Governor of Whampoa , Tchyn-Too , has issued a proclamation to the people , apparently in
the name of the Emperor , commanding : all men to attack and exterminate the English . Similar proclamations have been published in other parts of the empire . The attempt to poison the community at Hong-Kong , has caused great consternation . One partner of the baking establishment has been arrested and committed for trial with nine other Chinese . Admiral Seymour has withdrawn from the Gardens and Dutch Folly Fort . As a reprisal for the treacherous attempt against the English , the Western suburbs of Canton have been burnt down . At Foochow , teas were arriving slowly and prices were high . At Shanghai , holders were looking out for a further rise . . ^ a ' - « ¦ ¦ . ¦ _ ^
The Moniteur publishes despatches from Hong-Kong to the 14 th of January . They feared an insurrection at Hong-Kong itself . Sir John Bowring has made arrangements with Admiral GueYin , the French naval commander , and they took sufficient precautions to enable them to put down , in caso of need , any such movement . It seems that this attitude of the Trench is due to instructions received by them by the very last mail . France and England had concerted , before knowing the events of Canton , to obtain from the Chinese Government a revision of the treaties which are about to expire , and the English and French representatives received despatches prescribing the joint and identical conduct -which they would observe to attain tins object . They were authorized to lend each other support and aid in all eventualities .- —Afcrning fast .
EGYPT . The French Consulate at Alexandria is said to have been persecuting the Roman exiles there . Many have been arrested and sent to Civita Vecchia .
America. The Senate Has Passed The Bill ...
AMERICA . The Senate has passed the bill to amend the tariff of 1846 , and the Senate ' s Committee on Financa agreed to report amendments on the Tariff Bill . The House of Representatives has also passed a bill for a modification of the tariff . It provides simply for an addition to the free list on and after the 1 st of next July , without proposing any other changes . It is substantially the same as reported at the close of the last session of Congress . One of the provisions is that only wool of the value at the port of importation of fifteen cents per pound or less ,
or fifty cents per pound , or over , sha . ll be free ; lead , hemp , iron , and . sugar remain as at present . In the same House has been passed the Senate ' s joint resolution , for ascertaining and fixing the relative value of the coins of England and the United States . Some sensation has been caused by an article in the Washington Union , which has been supposed to speak the sentiments- of the incoming administration . It has reference to the Central American Treaty , and denounces , with considerable energy , all interference by England in America .
Very conflicting accounts have been received from Nicaragua . It seems , however , to be probable that Walker is in a position of very great difficulty , notwithstanding the success which he had gained over liis enemies , according to ' the last previous advices . He appears to have received two repulses since then , and many of his men have deserted , by floating down the river on logs . General Cass has been selected by President Buchanan as his Secretary of State , an office equivalent to that of Prime Minister . Mr . Cobb will be at the head of the Treasury . The other departments were not arranged at the date of the last advices
Indictments have been found by the grand jury of New York against Eckel and Mrs . Cunningham , for the murder of Dr . Burdoll . Dr . Mooro , of New York , has been acquitted of tho charge of conspiring to tako tho life of Mr . Alfred S . Livingston , of Trenton , New York . The trial lasted four days . —Accounts from Missouri state that great damage had been done by recant freshets in that State . Tho loss of tho Iron Mountain Railroad is estimated at 200 , 000 dollars . The report of the Committee appointed to investigate the charges of corruption against members of Congress was presented to the House on the 19 th ult . The * report recommends the expulsion of Messrs . Gilbert , Edwards , Welch , and Matthcson , and also the exclusion of Mr . Siinoxiton , the reporter , from the floor of tho House . After a protracted discuRsion , the further consideration of the subject was postponed .
Dr . Kane , tho intrepid Arctic voyager , wo regret to find , is dead , Tho New York money market has been more quiet , and trade haa been in a healthy condition . The Mexican coast ia blockaded l > y tho Spanish naval forces .
State Of Trade. Tiik Trade Reports From ...
STATE OF TRADE . Tiik trade reports from the manufacturing ; towns for tho week ending last Saturday present no now features . At Manchester , there Uuh liceu a fair extent of business , tho demand for India having improved since the arrival ol tho lust mnil . The Birmingham advices describe steadiness in the iron-market , although tho American orders have not been ho largo aa was anticipated . At Notting-
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Leader (1850-1860), March 14, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14031857/page/5/
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