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September 24, 1853.] THE LEADER. 923
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Trade i3 dull in Manchester. The abstine...
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The Banker s Circular usefully examines ...
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A cattle-train, passing from Crewe south...
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If a report in the Morning Chronicle (Se...
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SATUBDAT, SEPTEMBEE at, 1853.
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I^itulir Slffttiri.
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Tfciere is nothing so revolutionary, bec...
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ST. GEORGE WITH THE DRAG- ON. There is a...
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Tho Queen, While In Iroland, Spent 8000*...
Church Missions Society . The Conciliation Hall erected for the Repeal Association is now _ used as a corn store . Irish tenants are fellows of infinite wit in inventing means to defeat the law . A man named Spellman wa s eiected by the Sheriff from a farm , near Ballinasloe . Though for behind , in arrears , he claimed a ri ght in his own . eyes to a quantity of potatoes and oats which he had sow n before the ejectment tookjplace ; and on Sunday last the peasantry assembled to do Mm justice . Between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening , about two hundred of the
peasantry of both sexes appeared on the grounds , and , being prepared with Teaping-hooks , horses , and carts , in Jess than half an hour everything was removed . The movements were performed with regularity , outposts being placed in a circle round the lands , and at a convenient distance , to prevent a surprise . When the complete r emoval of the crops had been effected , those . assembled wer e treated to a plentiful supply of poteen , after which they danced a number of jigs and reels and peticotees in all the wildnesg of exultation at their success over the unknowing landlord .
September 24, 1853.] The Leader. 923
September 24 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 923
Trade I3 Dull In Manchester. The Abstine...
Trade i 3 dull in Manchester . The abstinence from business to a great extent arises from a desire to better comprehend the difficulties which really have to be met—to see to what extent the drain of gold will carry the rates of interest , and to watch the result of the present extraordinary movement among the operatives , as well as to postpone engagements as much as possible , the better to be in a position to meet the chances of war . Serapdth ' s Railway Journal reports the following : — " We understand the present learned Solicitor-General , having observed the infamous abuse of power by some directors , and the impossibility of the honest shareholders coping with boards , will introduce a bill next session very much to enlarge the powers of shareholders . "
The Banker S Circular Usefully Examines ...
The Banker s Circular usefully examines the various published estimates of a deficiency in grain . Some have said that an importation of eighteen million quarters of grain will be required ; but in the year 1847 less than five million quarters of wheat and flour sufficed to meet the wide deficiency of that year . In July last year the paupers relieved in England and Wales numbered 800 , 172 ; this year they were but 743 , 639 . The able-bodied pauper" list shows a more striking decline ; last year the July list was 124 , 882 , and this year but 17 , 002 .
A Cattle-Train, Passing From Crewe South...
A cattle-train , passing from Crewe southward , went slowly because the rails were slippery , through a thick fog hanging over the line . A goods-train following the same path half an hour after , found the rails less slippery , and went pretty quickly on the line , led by a pilot-engine . Half a mile from . Madeley the pilot-engino was detached , and sent in advance to get itself out of the way afc Whitmore . But it overtook the slow cattle-train , and dashed into it—killing a poor cattle-drover named John Rourko , and bruising two other men . The inquest jury declared the Crewe officials blameable , and condemned the practice of detaching pilot-engines except at stations .
Edward Thompson went into a pasture where a savago bull was confined , and after irritating it by throwing stones at it , and driving it about , actually attacked the infuriated animal with a " bull-stick "—a stick shod with iron , used in coercing theso animals—and entered into a sort of single combat with the ferocious brute . The bull rushed at its assailant , and gored him to death . Opposite the Bank of England is the site of . the great Peel statue , to bo erected by " the city" to Sir Itobert Peel . It will bo completed in two months . The gigantic group of " Sir Ilobert Peel , supported by the allegorical figures of Commerce and Art , " intended for a public site in Manchester , has just been cast in one huge piece of bronze afc the Pimlico foundry . A snake going at large about London is , like a " lion among ladies , " " a fearful thing . " The Daily News has the following : — " A reptile of the snako species was encountered lust
Saturday by Mr . Suthenn , one of the parochial medical officers of 8 t . Pancras , under the following singular circumstances : —Ah that gentleman waa , on the clay in question , making his usual sick calls in Agartown , his attention was attracted by a lion in tho yard of one of his patients' houses quite paralysed , and a short distance from it discovered a large serpent , which had evidently stung it , and which waa then in tho act of Bucking water as it dripped from tho tank . Acting upon his iirst impulno , dictated by personal fear , and anxiety to don troy tho reptile , which measured full a yard long , Mr . iSuMiorin hastened to arm himself with a weapon , but , upon returning , ho only arrived in time to boo it durfc into a holo under the wall . Every effort wan rnado to discover tho localoof tho Hiiakobul , without avail . It is conjectured that it luw its retreat in an adjoining dung-heap . Tho discovery has created tho greatest dread m tho xioitrhbourhood . " h
The Axtca Lilliputinnrt , na they are called , nro announced , w" B 0 « , to leave for Dublin at tho end of this week ; Uioho "who have tho care of them being nnxiouu to test their popularity in f , ho Irish niolropoliM while the Induwtrial ¦ Inhibition in wtill open . We nuppo . so that humanity in any accontrio development will attract everywhere . At any rate , if the people of Dublin prove but half hm euriouH J'oucorning theue diruinutivo mortals iih the London public nave proved to bo , ilia AzUka will not have to complain <> 1 want of palroniiire . Tlio . Speech of { ho King , of Holland , delivered at the Irtguo at one o ' clock on Monday , was printed in ' London i > i the Houond editions of the morning jmpors of that day , iiavinir boon trnnsmittuil by Hulmmrino telegraph direct ie "n Mie Hague .
J he Anmiaira da ht J ' jogiati < V ffonnaur for the pronont . your , which Iiiui jurI , been pulilitihod , given tho following nn ' •;>« number of pernonu belonging to the order on the lnl ; ol muiiry hint;—The Emperor nnd J . ' rinoen of th <> imperial *« uuily , <} ; grand erosHeH , 57 ; grand oflieorH , 21 < t ; corn . ' <> uiider « , » 0 7 ; olHetn-H , 4 , 03 . ' ) : andkiiitrlittt , 40 , 805—mokirur » totuluf 5 ti , 7 ( J »»
Jullien has won a complete triumph in New York . In addition to his own troupe of fine musician ? , he has engaged some of the cleverest companions of Lind , and Parodi , and Sontag ; and with this combined army of artists , has taken New York by storm . His concerts are given in Castle Gardens—a castle built in the Bay of New York— -one hundred yards froin * the Sea Park ( " the Battery" ) of the city , with accommodation for ten thousand persons .
If A Report In The Morning Chronicle (Se...
If a report in the Morning Chronicle ( September 19 ) , be correct , America , Kussia , and England will meet face to face in the Japan seas . Our contemporary says : — "We hear that , in consequence of the Russians having sent a squadron to Japan , the English Government intend also to send one , and the ships named as likely to form it are her Majesty ' s steam-vessels Encounter , 14 , Captain O'Callaghan ; Leopard , 12 , Captain Giffard ; Siromboli , 6 , Commander Hall ; and Barracouta , 6 , Commander Parker . " It is reported in a China paper that the American squadron m Japan has already succeeded in effecting a settlement among the Loochoo islands , having purchased on an island called Bineau , a piece of land containing about ten acres , and intended for a government coal depot .
The postal service between Aden and Bombay , now badly performed by the East India Company , as shown by the loss of tho Fazel Kareem , is to be given to some public company , probably the Peninsular and Oriental . The importation of foreign coi'n into France is very large . At Marseilles they are in expectation of 2 , 400 , 000 hectolitres of wheat from the Black Sear , in addition to the largo importations already made . The postage of letters between France and England is shortly to be reduced to 25 cents each . The present postage is 75 cents .
The Episcopal Church in the United States is distracted by a serious scandal . Bishop Doane , of New Jersey , has been charged with fraudulent negotiations touching money loans and bill discounting , and also with being sometimes drunk . The committee of the diocese of New Jersey examined the charges last year and declared them baseless . But three Bishops—Bishop Meade , of Virginia , foremost , have ventilated the accusations anew , and at Philadelphia a Council of Bishops is holding an investigation . An American paper reports , that Ilobert Stephenson , now in Canada , has declared a submarine telegraph between Europe and America , a practicable undertaking . A series of recent experiments has established the fact , that by forming a complete wire circuit , that is , by two connected wires , extended so as to return to the same point
of departure , forming a complete metallic circuit , instead of using one wire connected with the ground , the galvanic current may be sent to any conceivable distance without , loss or diminution of power . The supposed weakness of the current is to be attributed to its interruption by cross currents , which cross currents aro overcome or avoided by tho continuous wire circuit . In this way , doubling the expense of tho submarine cable , making with it a completo metallic circuit or double track by a return line , tho galvanic current may be sent , without sensible loss of power , from London to " Portland , or Now York , or , at any rate , from Gal way to Capo Itace . Later nows from Australia was brought by tho last Overland Mail . At Sydney tho supply of goods was in excess of tho demand , but the New South Wales gold fields wore increasing in yield . The Ovens diggings were also very productive .
A . gold mine in a private yard i 3 among tho wonders of Australia . Mr . Gr . Middleton , grocer , & c , Hartlepool , went to Australia , accompanied by his father and mother , resident in ftateshearl . This year he was followed from Hartlepool by his wife and two children , by two of his sistera , by Mr . Joseph C . Dunn , his successor in business ( who superintended tho carpentry work of Merrington Church when it waa rebuilt ); and by Mr . George Brown , brother of Mr . M . Dunn . They settled at Collingwoocl , near Melbourne , on a site which cost them 3151 ., und on which they established a general store . Ono day , being visited by « i young man , formerly a clerk of the railway goods utation in this town , ho remarked that the ground in thoir back-yard had a gold producing aspect . Diggings wero at onco opened , and had been productive . Tho m ) ld is remark ably pure .
Tho only political fact brought by tho last West India mail , is the complete Huppression of tho insurrection at Torlolu . Tho yollow fover is nearly extinct at Jamaica , and at British Guiana is confined to the hospitals and ships . The Orinoco , which brought tho nows , had no cane of yellow fovor oh board . At Bombay tliero is quilo a mania for tablo-turning . It is mud that lit tho last meeting of Council tho members , having no more important business before them , and being obliged for anponmnco wiko to remain a certain time in
tho Council Chamber , amused thomnolven with trying to uouri the tablofl round . Tho Hindoo servants are lost in astoniHhmontat twoing their masters nnd mistresses Htnruling in circles round lints and tables , and fancy that ifc in Home magical incantation for prolonging tho ' rulo of the Company Bnluuloor . Among the English there are more believorH than mwpfcicn ; many have boon converted by nucccBtjful oxpwiuionfcfl being made with natives , by Hotting round a table Sepoys niuloMiorti who have never heard of the proco . sn , and have no idea of what is to happen , and who are beside themselves with fright when tho tabloa
begin to move . The London iiovvh , circulated among tho common people at Const ant inoplo i » rather Btartling : — " Lord Aberdeen received a hogHhfliwl of gold from tho Emperor Nicholas Tho Quoon , howovor , found it out , and sentenced him to death ; whilst L <» ' < 1 Pnlinerston in named Inn successor . The execution hail taken placo , and his lordship ' s head hun been fixed on a wjnlco , amidut tho hootinga of tho London populawi
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Satubdat, Septembee At, 1853.
SATUBDAT , SEPTEMBEE at , 1853 .
I^Itulir Slffttiri.
I ^ itulir Slffttiri .
Tfciere Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Bec...
Tfciere is nothing so revolutionary , because there ia nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to . keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in . eternal progress . —Da . Abhomb-.
St. George With The Drag- On. There Is A...
ST . GEORGE WITH THE DRAG- ON . There is a refinement in . laziness known , only to those who indulge in it very much . Thomson , the poet , who was seen eating peaches off * tree , with Ms hands in his pockets , no doubt felt the enjoyment of that extremity of indolence to a degree which surpassed the imagination of any casual visitor to his Castle . In like manner the English people liiay contemplate itself , and wateh with voluptuous interest the excessive amount of provocation which is needed to rouse it to a sense of its own indignities . Homance tells us in old tales how the mere report of a wrong would call forth the champion from his home , carry him to
the utmost bounds of the known world , and present clanger as a temptation instead of an obstacle . The existence of a dragon inOappadocia was a positive attraction to St . Creorge , our patron—a form of temptation to a tour which was irresistible . The lady who was destined to be the food of that dragon had charms , no doubt , but the true knightly impulse was to attack the dragon for the dragon's sake . No doubt the monster held most heretical opinions ; and in prosecuting his journey to Asia Minor , Sfc . George regarded himself as a missionary for overcoming the enemy of mankind and suppressing the flames of unbelief , as well as those which issued from the throat of tho monster . There is
not the same temptation at the present moment . If the modern St . George be drawn to tke Turkish dominions , it is no longer to put down the dragon of heresy , or to carry on a wax of propagandism . Quite the reverse . The dragon has now become the ill-used victim of the Northern Bear . His religious opinions are littered with moderation ; he is forbearing to his neighbour ; and in truth is more Christian in his spirit than the Orthodox Greek Christian , on whoso behalf the Bear professes to speak . But tho remarkable fact is , that St . George has undertaken the mission , and yet cannot screw his zeal up to tho point of setting out .
The course of , recurrent submission is distinctly marked . In tho first place , England declared that llussia had no right to dictate to tho Porto the government of its own subjects , which was a matter that must bo left as one concerning the dignity and independence of the Sultan , liussia insisted , and in order to obtain a " material guarantee , " invaded tho Danubian provinces . St . George then considered , publicly , whether that act ofwarliko invasion waa a " casus belli : " and having consulted tho precedents , belli ; " and having consulted tho precedents ,
he at last reluctantly mado up his mind that it was such ; but ho still persuaded tho Sultan not to act upon it , and the descendant of Snladin acquiesced . Tho English and French ileofcs wore advanced to Besika Bay , an a kind of snt-ofC ; Itusaia having drawn tho sword , St . Goor ^ o put liia hand upon his own hilt . Jinsam rntod him for thai , act of " aggression , " and St . Georgo , who liatj grown very roaaoimblo and exact in inn expressions , took groat paitm to explain that tho act , of advancing his floofc to an oMying post was invasion of
not equivalent to tho warlike Turkish territory , ltussia then hmtod that if bIio could not obtain her material guarantee , sho should advance to Constantinople , a oircumatanoo which rondorod it desirable to got hor out of lurlcey it poBHiblo ; and two othor " Powers wore asked to help JOraneo and England to exoeuto that work peaceably . They tried thoir hands , |*» oy yrote a oint " Noto , which was ho composed , that lurlcoy , who was to bo dofomlod , and Russia , who was to bo arrcfltod , both oonstruod it to moan that tho sovereign inflnonce of tho Czar waa to bo roeognizod in Turkey—exactly the thing which tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1853, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24091853/page/11/
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