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No. 400, ISToFiiJffiKEii 21, 1857.] THE ...
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iision has taken place . An attack was made on the factory by the workmen ; the constables who were defending the place lelt compiled to lire ; and several persons cwere wounded . The police Laving been reinforced from Belfast , the disturbances were suppressed . 33 he Lattk OcwiAGE in JIkath . —Mr . Richard Conj-nal who was recently murderously assaulted on the highway , in the company of his mother and sister , the former of whom was also wounded , has died . Seven men are in custody , and under remand . Attempted Assassination . —An outrage of an
identical character with that mentioned 111 the preceding paragraph lias been perpetrated on the high road near Bushy . -Retreat , Limerick— -a private lunatic asylum kept : by Dr . Peppard . The doctor , with his three daughters , was returning home in a car , and was driving up a long avenue leading to the house , -when three armed men leaped from behind a hedge , and beat th « doctor , and driver with guns . They did not leave till . they thought th « ir victims dead ; mid in point of fact they are in ahighly dangerous state . One of the keepers recently discharged from , the asylum has been arrested .
'Stiucet Preaching im Belfast . —Some Wesleyan ministers preached last Sunday in the streets of Belfast . Jt required the utmost efforts of the police ( who were all kept under amis during the day ) to prevent a . riot : affairs at one-time looked verymenacing . A Susi'icious Ditsco vEitr . —A brown paper parcel was discovered on Sunday by two gentlemen on the North Wall , Dublin . They immediately communicated with the police , by whom the parcel was opened , and found to contain some blood-stained clothes . The affair is at present involved in obscurity ; but it seems to be anothei . Waterloo Bridge murder case . . ¦ The Monist-Auy Ckisis . — The run for gold on the Irish banks lias continued , but it has been promptly inet , and the excitement is now subsiding .
Tiie Pkosecution or the Mayo Puiicsts . —A troop of the 1 st Dragoon Guards was sent to Ballinrobe to aid the officials in the arrest of Father Conway , which it was thought would be attended by rioting . Mr . Conway , fearing that , blood might be shed , at once started for Dublin , and appeared in person to answer the charge against him . On the - peasantry * - at Athenry hearing of the purpose which the Dragoons had in view , they organized horse expresses from house to house , a distance of thirty miles , in order that they might comnrnnicate with the clergyman , who thereupon left for the capital
IUhe Sadleik Estates . —A portion of the gigantic property accumulated by the late John Sadleii- has been put up for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court . This estate , which is situated in the county of Tipperary , yields a profit rental of about 17 Q 01 . a year . The property > was divided into 19 lots—rive of which -were -withdrawn for the present , the others producing 58 , 950 / . The rental of the adjourned lots is estimated at 570 / . per . annum . The estates of Mr . Vincent Scully were then put up ; but , there being no biddings for soveral of rtlie lots , the ; sale . was adjourned at the instnuce of the solicitor for the official manager for winding up the : afiairs of the Tippeuary Bank . — Times .
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-ACCIJOENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . . Twelve men were suffocated last Saturday in a coalpit at . ' Stavcloy , near Chesterfield , while they were eiuleu-: vouring to extinguish a fire which had " broken out in a cabin in the pit . Mr . Richard Shirley Harris , an cxtonsivc manufacturer at Leic & ater , and a nephew of Mr . J . 1 > . Harris , one ¦ of : the members for the borough , has been nceidentally shot . It is supposed that lie must have been crossing some rails , anil that the trigger of his fowlhig-pieceeauglit in a hedgo , ichen the contents of both barrels wont off . The coroner ' s inquest has ended in a verdict of Accidental Death . Ayoung Irishman at Leeds has lost his life-in endeavouring to kiss a young countrywoman of his . Ha ¦ seized the girl playfully round the " waist ; alio resisted ; a struggle ensued ; and both rolled down some stops loading into a collar . The girl was uppermost , and was aiotmuch hurt ; but the man fell on his head , and was so much injured that ho died during the night . A crane at the manufactory of Messrs . Humplnv . y Tenant , ami Dyke , engineers , Deptfonl-green , broke on Monday morning while lifting a -weight of little moro than-four tons . Ono -man engaged about tho works was killod almost immediately ; and three others were iflovorely injured . Tlvo crane had often lifted fur heavier weights ; but on the present occasion a portion of the Jj cmvy woodwork broke .
-ft . small yawl , navigated by three youths , was enp-: wzadin the rivor . on Tuesday , near Kotherhithe , owing to too much sail having been put on . All wiiro thrown wnr vrfttor > aml two out of tlic three were drowned . William Mortimer , foreman nt im iron foundry nt ajmncliestor , hua died from injuries received when endeavouring to ihoist a block of iron . The iron being warm , no thro w « largo quantity of water on the mass to cool it . Tlua caused an explosion , and Mortimer . and another workman woro terribly Hcnldml—tho former 80 inuoU so tliat « . portion of hia skin pooled oft " , mid oven Alio * cah > from his Lead .
A serious explosion of gas occurred on Wednesday at the Equitable Gas Company ' s works , V " auxhall . One of the purifiers was out of order , and a workman , named Bond , was set to repair a pipe leading from it . It is supposed that k made a soldering iron too hot , and the consequence was that the gas in the purifier exploded , and Bond was killed on tlie spot . The houses in the vicinity were all shaken , and the inhabitants much alarmed .
State Of Trade. An Improved Feeling Was ...
STATE OF TRADE . An improved feeling was observable at Manchester towards the close of last week ; but very little business was ' effected . ' ¦ The iron trade of South Staffordshire , notwithstanding the absence or suspension of American orders , remains steady , and prices arc maintained by the first makers . The American merchants of Birmingham are doing little or nothing , and foreign trade , / with a few exceptions , is very dull . The ironmongery trades in various parts of the kingdom are not particularly flat , unless when they have suffered from bank failures . The riband and watch trades of Coventry are depressed .. The
lace trade of Nottingham ' . is paralyzed , and machinery is working short time ; the same report must be made with respect to the hosiery , traile . At Leicester , however , the last-mentioned trade is in a satisfactory state ; ¦ bu t"worsted-spinners' continue to work short time . Business is at a standstill at Halifax , where the Messrs . Crosslcy have reduced their establishment to four days ¦ a week—an example followed by other iirnis . " With the exception of live or six iirms , the whole of the cotton manufactures and spinners in -Preston liave either closed their mills altogether or have commenced working short time , the latter being the course generally adopted .
" We are - ' unhappily- called ii ' ppn' this week to record another list of failures such as appeared , in our last issue . There are several fresh cases to be chronicled . These are the houses of Messrs . Hardgett and Picard , dealing largely in the corn trade , with liabilities supposed to amount to 120 , 000 / .. ; Messrs . Jellicoe and " > Vi . \ , Turkey merchants ; Messrs . Jose P . de Saan < l'Co ., in the Brazilian trade ; Messrs . Steegmanri ami Co ., lace mailufacturers , of Nottingham ; Blessrs . " William Taylor and Sons , Kedbrook Works , Bamsley ; Messrs . Hoare , Buxton , and Co ., of London , in the Swedish trade ; Messrs . E . Sieveking and Co ., in the same trade , with liabilities exceeding 400 , 000 / . ; Messrs . Allen , Smith , and Co . ( in consequence of the two preceding failures ) ; Messrs . Syeudseii and Jolmson-. iMessrs . Oorrissf > n .
Huftel , and Go . ' ,- merchants ; - -Messrs .: ' Brocklesby and Wessels , corn importers , with liabilities estimated at 40 , 000 / . ; and Messrs . Edwards and . Matthie , a firm largely engaged in the produce markets . I )' roni Paris we hear of the failures of Messrs . Bourdon , I ) u Buit , and Co ., and of Messrs . Poiison , Philippe , and Vibert . The liabilities , especially of the latter , are rather large . A private meetiDg of the shareholders of the Western Bank was held at Glasgow on Monday . , A communication from that city says :- — " There was a unanimous expression of feeling to go with the bank , and for this purpose upwards of UO 0 , 00 OZ . were subscribed by the more wealthy shareholders , for which they were to receive seven per cent , the first year , andfive per cent , afterwards . The deiiciencv of the funds of the bank has
not as yet been ascertained , but it is thought that a million sterling will suffice to meet the loss and enable the business of the bank to be carried on as usual . This sum it is confidently expected will be made up in a few days . "—A meeting of the depositors was held in the TrmlesMiall on Wednesday , with Sir J . "Ferguson in the elmir . . Tho directors said the liabilities of the bank were seven millions and ji half , and the assets nine millions and a quarter . They proposed to keep the transfer book closed till June , 1800 ; to pay interest due on deposits on the 9 th inst . ; to pay small deposits under 50 / . by the 1 st of January , and let all nbove remain for two years at five per cent . ; and to have power to allow operations , on current deposit accounts , of parties in business , as ftir as practicable . The meeting unanimously agreed to this , and also to a motion for an early resumption of busmen's .
A meeting of tho noblomen , landowner * , merchants , and manufacturers connected with the West of Scotland was hold on Tuesday in the Merchants ' -hnll , Glasgow , to consider the present linancial crisis , and to determine ) how the existing difficulties may be best met , and public confidence bo restored , The hall wjis crowded to overflowing . Tho Duke of Hamilton was in the chair , and the following resolutions were unanimously passed : —* 'That this meeting has full confidence in the system of banking which lms been maintained in
Scotland for a long period of years , during which tho country has ninde most rapid ailvnncos in prosperity—a confidence confirmed by tho ovonta of the last ten daysevents which prove beyond . all doubt the general stability of the banks , ulthough two , and two only have yielded to the pressure , ' prenauro aggravated by u want of confidence which is necessary for the ordinary dealing : * of trade . ' " " That this meeting deeply regrets tho oinburrassvnant of trsulu and public loss which would arise from the final stoppage of the two banks which have bean obliged to suspend payment ; and , believing
them to have ample resources ultimately to meet iniull every claim upon them , resolves to assist their proprietors , and creditors in . gaining time for arrangement of their affairs by joining in the resolution so well taken by three hundred iirms in Glasgow , and like them , individually pledge theoiselvcs to accept payment of rente and claims in'the notes of the Western and City Banks . " " That a committee b « appointed to watch the course-of events , and to take such steps as may be deemed expedient to carry out the views of this meeting . " The Wolverhiiniptun and Staffordshire Bank has closed its doors . Its . general liabilities are supposed to range between 400 , 000 / . and 500 , 000 / . 3 Vlr . Henry Hill , the former manager , is going through the , books . If . found satisfactory , the requisite capital will be iorthcoining .
Continental 2jotes. Fkaxce. The Funeral ...
CONTINENTAL 2 JOTES . FKAXCE . The funeral of 2 . 1 . Abbatucci , late Minister of Justice , took place last Saturday . The body first of all lay in state publicly at the hotel of the Minister in the Place Vendume . lMLnuteg ~ uns were fired from seven till eleven o ' clock , and at the latter hour the funeral procession left the hotel for tlie church of the Madeleine . The Ministers of State , senators , and judges , attended in their full robes . At one o'clock , the procession left the church , and ; proceeded by the Boulevards to Pere la Chaise , escorted by a large body of ' military . On arriving at the cemetery , the remains of the Minister were carried to a vault , / where they will remain until transported to Zivaco , in . Corsica , the burial-place of the Abbatucci family . Two speeches were delivered , one by M . Fould , the Minister of State , and the other by M . Rover , Attorney-General at the Court of Cassation . The ceremony was concluded by a salvo of artillery . M . Royer . Attorney - General at the Court of Cassation , will be appointed 'Minister of Justipe in the room of M . Abbatucci . : . . " The editor of the Sj ) ectaiiw , " says the Times Paris corre > pond .-2 iit , " has received a warning Qcivertissementy . frp'in M . iJillault , fora feuilleton ^ signed ' Achard . ' The warning says that the feuliktoii contains assertions radicall y false . The assertions complained of are , that several of the sportsmen quitted the Imperial hunt at Coinpiugiie before the conclusion , to ascertain the state of the Paris Boiirsc and to gamble on it . " , The Conslltutionnel , writing on the subject of the fall of Delhi , says' . th at " all rrenclnneu Jiave jraail ™ . ia- >
sttrpnse and iiulig-nation that passagefronr a letter of an officer of the victorious army of Delhi , in which it is coolly narrated how all the inhabitants of the town who were met with by the English soldiery were put . to death . The ofiicer says : — 'Forty or fifty persons had got together and concealed themselves in some , houses ; thev were not mutineers , but residents , who , ' relying upon our habitual clemencv , hoped for pardon . I am glad to say they tcere disappointed : . . . . . . Our neighbours havl latterly coniplainecl that they are not liked in Europe . We feel bound to tell them frankly that acts such as these are not of a nature to conciliate sympatliv for them in France . " The Utiicers and the Gazette dc France speak with even greater severity ; but the Presse , -while regretting the acts alluded to , calls to mind the great provocation received by our countrymen .
. A dinner was recently given to M . dc Lesseps at \ lenna , at which liuron liruck expressed his deep sympathy with England under her present Eastern afflictions , continuing : — "AL 1 the assertions that have been mndti respecting the causes of the conflict are , in my opinion , of no weight when compared with the cruelties which the rebellious Sepoys have committed . It must bo taken into consideration that India will fall into a state of total anarchy , and will for a length of time remain closed , against civilization , if the authoritv of England . is not speedily restored in her large aud beautiful Indian
empire . We see most important colonies springing up in Australia ; wcse > e France , Russia , and even America eoiilescing . with England in order to open the ports of Japan , and of other countries in those : remote regions , ami we also see them endeavouring to for » o China to consent to place licr relations with other countries on a more reaaoimble basis . It does not admit of a doubt that the completion of the projected Suez Canal would bo the most etlicaeiou . s way of furthering the groat work of civilization in tho East . In tho name of civilization , then , I call on the assembly to drink to the toast , ' Success to tho English arms in India . ' " This toast was-received with loud . applause .
n . A rescript has beon published , by which , with the exception of Anapa , Souchoiun-Kaleh , and Kedout-Kaleh , nil tlie Russian ports on the const of the Hlnck Sea aro closed to tho vessels of other powers . Establishments for quarantine and customs exist at tho ports specified . Some fearfully interesting particulars with respect to the bodies on board the KuB . siun vessel Lefort , which recently foundered with 1400 mon on board , have been published in a Danish paper . From thoso it nppenra that , towards tho end of last month , by order of tho Kussiun ( Jovernmcnt , the vessel was searched for , found , and examined by English dlvcra , brought to tho < iulf
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/7/
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