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w ¦** _ ^ __ 54. THE LEADER. [No. 408, J...
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THE MEETING AT THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN. T...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. A DnizADFvi...
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IREJLAN1X Tnio TirraitARY Bank.—A mootin...
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State Of Trade. Business At Manchester D...
aeeurred i » -the iron wire trade , © wing to a disagreement between tke masters and the operatives with respect to certain regulations required toy the trades' union . Business is depressed in all the neighbouring towns , and the horseshoe-nail laakera near Dudley have struck ia consequence of a threatened seduction of wages . At Sheffield , matters still look gloomy ; but at Leeds , Halifax , Bradford , Leicester , and Kidderminster , there are some symptoms of improvement , though the working classes still continue to suffer severe privations . At Kidderminster , a large failure has occurred—tbat of Mr . Broom , of Melton Mills , Stourport , and Park Butts , worsted spinner , who has stopped for 20-, 0002 . or 30 , 000 * . The strike of the Wear shipwrights lias been brought t » a conclusion by the employers conceding the disputed point , and paying the old wages of five shillings a day . The struggle has lasted five weeks .
One of the first mercantile booses in Limerick—Messrs . James Banaatyne and Son , corn and flour laerchantslias suspended with liabilities which are set down at 50 , 00 < W . A corn merchant at Neafck , also , has failed for 30 , 000 / . Some further failures have taken place this week . These are—Messrs . Arthur and Co ^ . warehousemen at Glasgow , with liabilities believed to be large , but with prospects of a favourable liquidation ; Messrs * Joseph Bain bridge and Son , of Botherbithe , timber merchants ( liabilities supposed to be under 10 , 000 * . ); Messrs . B . C . T . Gray and Son , in the Canadian trade , with Karbilities amounting to about 30 , 000 / . ; and Messrs . Bishop and Gassing , wholesale stationers , with debts which are supposed to be but small .
A petition was presented in the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday for a wmding-up order against the Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company { Limited ) . The company was formed , hi 1856 , with a nominal capital of 250 , OOQi . at which about a third has been paid up . At a later hour , there was a meeting of creditors of the company ., very numerously attended , at the office of Messrs . Harding , Pullein , and Co ., the accountants , when It was . unanimously resolved to confirm the resolution of a meeting-of shareholders to wind up voluntarily . It is thought that these ace sufficient assets to meet all claims and leave a small surplus . The general business of the port of London continued very inactive dozing the week ending last Saturday . The number of ships reported inward was 161 , including 31 with cargoes of corn , flour , rice , & c . ; 9 with sugar ; 4 with dried fruit ; and 1 with 7649 packages of tea . The number cleared outward was 88 , including- 17 in ballast . There are 55 on the berth loading for the
Australian colonies . The trade of the port of Cardiff has suffered to an pnormous extent , in consequence of the strike of the icolliers in the Aberdare Valley . Business has been at a stand-still , and the roads at Penarth have been erowded with shipping awaiting their turn for loading . Upwards of fifty French vessels have been in the docks , many of them for weeks , waiting for cargoes of coali Vhe strike of the col tiers has caused the Toft' Yale Railway to employ only one-eighth of their locomotives
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w ¦** _ ^ __ 54 . THE LEADER . [ No . 408 , Januar y 16 , 1858 .
The Meeting At The Freemasons' Tavern. T...
THE MEETING AT THE FREEMASONS ' TAVERN . The long-arranged initiative meeting of the new Reform Campaign , on the popular side , was held on Wednesday evening in the Freemasons' Tavern . Nowhere in England , save in the metropolis , could a public meeting be held so characteristic of a popular agitation . In boistcronsnesa , in enthusiasm , in hilarious self-assertion , this meeting was thoroughly British—moreover , its elements were essentially national , including the political progressionists of all possible districts . You heard the honest Northumberland burr , and the hearty , ironthroated Lancashire shout ; the Scottish penetrating , sharp-pointed interjection , and the Irish ready-tongued vociferation- VoiceB were heard on Wednesday familiar to old Radical members of Parliament since the days of
the Reform Bill . Shouts were emitted from particular lungs that might have been recognized in the dark any time for thirty years past . Fragments of the old Birmingham Political Union , registered by R . K . Douglas In 1829 , were upoa the platform . Men returned from ^ mi gration , some from political imprisonment , some who had wandered in from sick-beds , wore there ; the old faces beamed as old key-notes wore struck , and old hats went up in the air which had waved beforo O'Connor . Men utterly new to politics—unconscious of the weary work their brethren had gone through—unconscious o £ the weary work before themselves , huzzaed with all tho
freshness of recruits . The new dignity of politics hat ? ~—touched ^ tbemrand-thqy-entered-rpubHo-llfo-tta-tho-pQor . do in England , —they introduced themselves with their lungs , and the introduction was audible enough , to bo hoard in Downing-atreet , or to echo over Broodlanda . Middle-class people loft the counter and the till for one ' night , with some impression on their minds that they owed political service to their country , and that though it was all very well to pay tuxes , it might bo equally -worth their while to , try and economizo their expenditure . The , mooting woe notable in every sense , and though { hero was more than enough , of confusion , tho hostility vraa without tho ol < t oloaa hatred which has hitherto
provailed . The strife was without anger—the contention without animosity . The meeting was the beginning of a better understanding than has prevailed in this generation between the working class and middle class . There was also a feature in the speaking of the night too remarkable to be passed over in silence , and one of which we shall hear more in the coming controversies of the platform and the clubs . It was very gratifying to see Mr . Herbert Ingram , MJP ., in the chair lending his honest and hearty support to the popular cause . The member for Brighton , who , we rejoice to observe , appears to be learning the strength © f moderation , gave advice * which , since the days of Francis Place , has not been given to the people with the same frank spirit and acknowledged sympathy : it was to regard political settlements and demands as practical
questions , and not as passionate theories to be realized , irrespective of tbe interests and convictions of everybody else . He said to the people , " Negotiate for all you wish , but do not preclude yourselves from accepting all you can get . " . The feature to which we , however , chiefly refer , was the speech of Mr . Ernest Jones , whose part in the meeting ; was far more important than even his speech indicated . He on this occasion publicly and professedly risked his large popularity with his usual admirers , ty a sincere desire to serve them . Without abating one jot of his own political faith , he came forward to set them the example of seeking , by temporary abatement of their six-pointed demand , a real and substantial victory over the common enemy and a working understanding with the middle itatiowtfl
class , without which the whole Reform ag n die out , or be defeated by Ministerial shifts , or be denuded of all significance or popular value . Mr . Ernest Jones is the legitimate successor of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , as O'Connor was of O * ConneH . Feargus O'Connor had not the inimitable versatility of oratorical genius which made O'Connell the lion of the crowds wherever assembled , and by whomsoever ( high or low ) composed ; but ' Poor Feargus' had wonderful qualities of audacious eneigy and physical power . Ernest Jones is not equal to O ' Connor in these respects , but , as aa orator , he is without a rival amid all who in his- time have appeared to compete with hjm the popular tribuneship . Besides he is , in literary genius , befora O ' Connell or O'Connor , immeasurably .
Hi 3 position among men of letters—certainly of poetical performance—is not disputed by friend or enemy . He is a man of mark among the people , and , right or wrong-, was sure to command a formidable folio-wing—certainly a pertinacious one . No night of his life ever gave better hope of political usefulness tban his speech at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday . The position he took up , and for which he was assailed by cries of * Turncoat ! ' and ' Traitor ! ' by the very men whose battle he was fighting , and which treatment he must have foreknown and foreseen , is a proof of sincerity for which , when he has full credit , will place him high in the esteem of all who kuow that politics is a science of exigencies ( aa Kossuth well denned it )' and not
a brawl . The majority of the ' Old Guards' went with Mr . Jones , and the good sense of the meeting went with him . Bis resolution was . carried by a large majority , and Chartism ( without Chartists ) is , in Mr . Jqnes ' a hands , in a fair way of being reinstated in public position , and , what is more , in public esteem . Mr . Jones ' s conduct , advice , and pnoffered influence for popular union , are better arguments of the fitness of the populace for the franchise than the ingenuity of any orator has yet furnished . It was the utter despair of ever seeing advice so wise given , and an example ao honourable set , by a tribune of tho people in Mr . Jones ' s position , that led to the long apathy on Reform ta Parliament , which has been as dangerous as discreditable to this country .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Dnizadfvi...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A DnizADFvi . accident happened last Saturday afternoon to a boy who was running behind a gentleman ' s carriage in the Hacknoy-road . Ono of his bands became fixed between the spokea of tho near wheel . Tho foot passengers called to tho driver to stop , which ho did ; but tho boy bad by this time become completely entangled between tho woodwork , and his head was fearfully crushed and lacerated . He was removed with difficulty , and convoyed to the Bethnal-grccn workhouse , whore ho shortly afterwards diod .
A man has boon killed in the City under peculiar circumtitancos . A bull which was being driven through tho streets became infuriated , and the mutter was made worse by a crowd of boys following tho animal , and hooting . At length , tho bull took rofuge in tho premises of a livery stable keeper , named Child , in . Stonocuttorstreot , i , J > uirChUdjcpfuaed , to ^ UQ ^^ while a conveyance was sent for , to carry it away . On being driven out , tho bull fatally injured ono James Bosant , and hurt some other persons . The jury , after tho inquost had been adjourned , roturnod a verdict of Manslaughter against Child .
Tho inquest on tho body of Mr . James Hunt , tho Poor Law auditor , wlu > was rocontly killed on tho Oxford , Worcester , and Wolvcrhampton Railway , was concluded on Thursday week , when tho Jury brought in a verdict In accordance with tho foots , adding their opinion thut no blame is attributable to tho railway officials .
Thomas Puttick , the man who , together with his wife and son , was poisoned at Shorebara—apparentl y in an accidental manner—by some pudding into which arsenic had found its way , died yesterday week , after a relapse , in which he suffered greatly . On the inquest being re ^ snmed on Monday , a friend of Puttiek stated that , to his knowledge , the poison used to be kept in a cupboard down stairs ; that he ( the witness ) had been employed by Puttick to put a lock on a box in which it was intended that the arsenic should be kept , as Puttick was afraid it might get into some wrong hands when the neighbours came in to help his wife in her fits ; and tbat
he had stated to his friend , after the sad occurrence , that he had removed the drug to the chest up-stairs . The following verdict was returned : —" The jury linil that Frederick Puttick , Esther Ann Puttiek , and Thomas Puttick , died from the effects of arsenic , which hud been mixed in hard pudding , and which penetrated the cabbage boiled with the pudding which they ( the deceased ) had partaken of for dinner , but how or by what means mixed they have no evidence to show . They also find that Thomas Puttick was guilty of great negligence ia leaving arsenic hi a cupboard which was accessible to his family , his wife being subject to fits , which had a tendencv to weaken her intellect . "
A man and his wife—the former bedridden , and both aged—have been burnt to death at a coffue-house ia Gray ' s Inn-lane , which took fire during Sunday night . An alarm having been raised , a Mr . Logrean , who performs feats of magic at the Crystal Palace , jumped out . of bed , and succeeded in rescuing his wife , and children from the third floor front . A fire-escape conductor , named Henry Home , arrived , and , followed by a comrade , went to the third floor , where the old couple were , and seized both in his arms . But the flames and smoke became so intense that Home could not force his way through . The poor old people sank on the floor , overpowered , and Borne , jumping out of window , fell a distance of thirty feet , and was seriously hurt . Before leaping bat , he was a good deal burnt , audit was found necessary to take him to the hospital . The house was entirely consumed .
Mr . Frederick William Howard , a partner in the firm of Henderson and Howard , solicitors , at Bristol , has killed himself , apparently by accident . Shortly after breakfast on Monday morning , be retired to his dressingroom , and a few minutes later the report of a gun was heard . His wife rushed into the room , and found him lying on bis back on the floor , with a gun a few paces from him . A surgeon was fetched , bat , on his arrival , Mr . Howard was found to be dead . He was a great tportsman , and there appears to be little doubt that lie was in the act of drawing the contents out of one of the barrels , when it exploded . The charge , consisting of small shot , entered the heart , and death must have been instantaneous . He was only thirty-two years of age , and had three children . His life was insured .
Mrs . Elizabeth Horlock , the wife of the Rev . Dr . Horlock , the parish vicar of the village of Box , near Bath , and her sister , Miss Sudell , have died suddenly from an attack of low gastric fever , which is supposed to have been , caused either by the malaria from the parish churchyard adjoining tho vicarage , or the house drainage , into which the effluvia arising from tho graves is believed to flow . Mrs . Horlock was suddenly taken ill one day at dinner , and continued very sick all the rest of that day and during the whole of the next . On the third day after she was first attacked , her sister came from Ashley House , in tho neighbourhood , to see her , at which time everybody at the vicarage , except Mrs . Horlock , was in perfect health . However , on tho day following Miss Sudell ' s arrival , that lady was taken very ill , and four of the servants were likewise seized with sickness and
violent retching . The latter by degrees recovered ; but Miss SudeH and Mrs . Hoclock continued to get won * daily until about a week after tho commencement of their illness , when both diod . An inquest was held on tbe bodies , at which it was stated that some letteiu had lately been Bent to the vicarago , threatening to put the ladies of the house to a violent death ; but tho medical gentleman , who attended Mrs . Horlock and liur aistcr during their illness , believed thnt they died of gastric fever arising from some impure air either in or neur tuo house . A lad and hiu mother had died of the saiuo disease but a . short timo beforo Mrs . Horlock was taken ill j and that lady , wu « paaaeil through tho burial-ground ut tho time tho grovo of tho lad was opened to receive tbe mother's body , complained ot tho elHuvia . Tl » o jury returned a verdict in accordance with tho medical tcstUnonv . . , A woman has been suffocated at Halifax , while in b < W j owing to an escape of go » , whioh resulted from the fracture © fa valvo . The go » then mado its way throug h n » olu'draiirlntcrtho- house;—The-coronerte-juryr-iMW yjverdict , censured tho makers of tho valvo for a < i « lo 0 t" ! tbe casting , aud for not having had it properly tea ted , «» l called the attention of tho Mayor and . Corporation w i » u necessity of having all old drains filled up .
Irejlan1x Tnio Tirraitary Bank.—A Mootin...
IREJLAN 1 X Tnio TirraitARY Bank . —A mooting in tho matter of tuo TJpperary Bank wan hold laBt Saturday for tho P » " Pobo of submitting , for tbe sanction of tho JVlaator , olie "
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 16, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16011858/page/6/
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