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No. 396, October 21, 1S57J T H E _ Ij EA...
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IRELAND. Dr. CutLEN and the Relief Fund....
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AMERICA. Several, more failures have occ...
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THE OKIENT. JERUSALEM. The ceremony of p...
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CONTINENTAL JSGTE*& FRA.KCE. The Constti...
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subsequent order to send tlie down-train on the up ~ line , is contrary to evidence . We exonerate Henry Turner [ station-master at Port Talbot ] from blame , but it would have been more desirable if he had gone to inquire for an answer before he started the up-train . " We think there is evidence of carelessness and incompetency in the telegraphic arrangements both at Port Talbot and Stormy , and that there is blame to be attached to the company for not employing more efficient servants at such important stations , especially Stormy , and also for not taking care that they are properly instructed in the working of the
telegraph on both instruments . The jury also think , if there had been means of telegraphic communication at Pyle , this lamentable collision might have been prevented . " Another inquest has since been opened on two more bodies ; but this is not yet completed . One of the witnesses , a . man named Chapman , who endeavoured to diBsuade White from sending the down-train on . the up line of rails , so fully expected a collision that , on the departure of the train from Stormy , he ascended the adjacent mountain to watch its progress , and actually saw the catastrophe which he had expected to occur .
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Ireland. Dr. Cutlen And The Relief Fund....
IRELAND . Dr . CutLEN and the Relief Fund . —A Roman Catholic Peer ( Lord Bcllcw ) , In reply to a circular invitation to attend , a meeting in Dundalk for the purpose of raising funds for the sufferers by the mutiny in India , observes : — . " I think there is but one opinion on the subject , that assistance should be afforded to those forlorn a . nd "wretched sufferers , but such assistance should be prompt to make it effective . Fully concurring with those who call for a fair and impartial distribution of
the funds that maybe contributed , I cannot think it judicious or politic to raise any question that may tend to stop the flow of charity which would naturally emanate from every human heart . If funds on a former occasion have been misapplied or perverted , let every caution be taken and exertion made to prevent a similar occurrence ; but let us , in the first instance , go forward cheerfully and heartily to the assistance of our suffering fellow-countrymen of whatever class or creed they may be . "
The Sepoy Journals . —The Waterford News , a Liberal journal , states that the Nation newspaper has been ' kicked out' of the Commercial Newsroom of New Ross—the borough which formerly returned Mr . Gavan Duffy to the Saxon Parliament . The voting was as follows : —For retaining the Nation , 15 ; against , 3-i . Its late Sepoy essays led to its expulsion , which was moved by Dr . Howlett , a respectable Roman Catholic gentleman . —Times . A PoruLAR Appointment . —Lord Clarendon has appointed Mr . Michael Morris , of the Connaught bar , to the JRecordership of Galway . Though that gentleman is a Roman Catholic , hia elevation has given great satisfaction to the Conservative as well as the Liberal journals . Archbishop Cullen has returned to Ireland from Rome .
Encumbered Estates Coukt . —The estates of Mr . W . H . Rogers were put up for sale in the city of Cork by order of the Commissioners last Saturday . The property , consisting of the demesne lands of Lota , Lotauiere , & c , situate amid some of the most beautiful scenery on the banks of the Lee , produced 23 , G 25 J . Five lots only were disposed of , the amount realized by their sale being sufficient to discharge all the encumbrances on the estate . The new petitions in the Encumbered
Court embrace property to the extent of about 11 , 000 / . per annum . The Earl of Kemnare is a petitioner for the sale of his estates in Carlow , Kilkenny , and the Queen ' s County . The gross rent is estimated at 4000 a year , and the encumbrances are set down at 110 , 000 / . — Times AtATTNOOTu Coli . kok . —The Very Rev . Dr . Itussell , Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Maynooth College , has been elected , after rather a keen struggle , to the Presidentship . He ia reported to be a favourite of Dr . CulLen .
America. Several, More Failures Have Occ...
AMERICA . Several , more failures have occurred in the chief American cities , and the New York Courier ami Inquirer , of the 6 th inst ., snys that ' tho Bank statement for the past week will not meet the approval of the community . Soveral of the banks have increased their loans . "Among a few , " says the authority already quoted , " the change- is very slight ; but , on the whole , tlicro 1 . 4 ageneraldeclincequivulent to nearly two percent ., instead of an advance of three to five per cent ., in the loans . " Tho paper of sonic of tho banks has been refused l > y othersand we find tho Neto York Jixpressof the Oih ' scaiiiur ;
, . , " ~ A-8 a specimen of tho times and the value or money , 40 , 000 of oxchungo was sold to-day at par . " From tKR ? : however . > 3 reported that upwnrds of / UO . OOO dollars of the public debt have been redeemed witliui n day or two , and that the total amount now rclee . nedjs very large . It is stated that tho Bank of imtLsn JNorth America , through its agency in New York , Has ordered gold from London on tho present low cxchango to the amount of 100 , 000 / . sterling . The mercuanta or Boston have held a meeting , at which , by a considerable majority , it was resolved to uupport tho
banks and to express good faith in them . The feeling of the . meeting was against any bank suspension ; and the same feeling is unanimously Bhared by all the banks of the state . The Pennsylvania Legislature was convened on the 6 th inst ., and a message from the Governor was read , in which he recommended " That the banks which may be relieved from the penalties upon suspension by existing laws be required to make a satisfactory arrangement -. with the State Treasurer , "by which he will
be enabled to convert the funds in the Treasury and the balances standing to his credit in any solvent bank into specie as soon as necessary for the payment of the funded debt ; and that solvent banks which have paid specie for all their liabilities immediately prior to the late general suspension be required , under limitations and restrictions , to receive the notes of each other continuing 8 'lvent at par in payment to be relieved from their condition ; and for the relief of debtors that a provision be made for the extension of the time on which execution
for judgment may issue : the issue of relief notes of small denomination should not be authorized , nor the banks during their suspension be permitted to declare dividends exceeding six per cent , per annum . " The Governor believes that the moneyed institutions of tho . Sta . to .. ara .. in .., a _ sol . VftTlt ... condition , and tfiar , " If the measures suggested are adopted , all will be made right . The feeling in New York , however , is very gloomy , and at Washington the financial pressure is seriously affecting the public revenue . The panic has even extended into the remote and newly-settled territory of Nebraska , where two banks , both established within the last year , have failed . ' Harvey Doolittle , late cashier of the Agricultural Bank of Herkimer , has been arrested on three several warrants . He was held to bail in 21 , 000 dollars for embezzlement , periurv , and misdemeanour .
Three more persons belonging to the Central America steamer have been rescued by a vessel , after being adrift for several days on portions of the wr .-ck without food or Water . Their sufferings were horrible . Fifteen persons have lost their lives by a steamboat collision on tha Mississippi . Several large warehouses have "been destroyed by fire at Louisville ; and the town of Colombia , California , has been burnt down , on which occasion several lives were lost . It is commonly reported at New York that a steamer
has evaded the attention of the authorities , and sailed with munitions of war on a piratical expedition against Nicaragua . " Nearly 1000 Missourians , " says a despatch from St . Louis , " have entered Kansas , between Quindaro and Weston , to settle there ; but well-informed persons in Missouri say that it is for political purposes . . Evidence of concerted action along the whole border is becoming apparent , but violence is not apprehended . " Mr . Brown , Democrat , has been elected Governor of Georgia by a large majority .
Commodore Paulding , in his report on the Interoceanic Canal between Aspinwall and Panama , says the isthmus seems to present no obstacle to the construction of a canal , but that there would be great difficulty in procuring labour for the successful accomplishment of the work . The yellow fever in Havannah is declining . The export duties on tobacco at Vera Cruz have been repealed . The capital of St . Domingo , with President Paez in it , has been surrounded by the insurgents of Cibao ; tlie civil war continues in Peru ; and the revolution in Yucatan has not been suppressed . The American ship Sportsman , of Boston , has been seized by a Chilian vessel of war under rather singular circumstances . The American ship was licensed to trade at certain port
towns , all of which are understood to be in the Bolivian territory . The commander of the Chilian vessel , however , on the day after the arrival of the Sportsman at tho port of Santa Maria or Constitucion , took possession of the country in the name of the Chilian Republic , and then required the American captain to place himself and vessel in the hands of the Chilian authorities , for being found loading without a proper license . Against this he protested ; and , a few days afterwards , the Sportsman was boarded by Chilian marines , and taken to the port of Caldeia . Subsequently , the register of the ship was returned to the captain , with liberty to proceed to any Bolivian port north of Mcssalones , but not to touch at tho southward . The American refused to receive the register , and it was sent by the United States Vice-Consul to the Governor of Cahlo . ni .
Mr . Booker , our newly appointed consul at San Francisco , has been entertained at n complimentary dinner , at which not merely Englishmen , but Americans , French , and ( Jurmans , attended . Our consul is very popular , and is looked on ay one of the pioneers of California , " A rich ledgo of gold-bearing quartz , " says a writer from Sau Francisco , " lms just been discovered at San Raphael , in Maria county , across the bay opposite to Sau Francisco , which has excited notice from the rarity of tho discovery in tho coast chain of hills . It has hitherto been supposed that the gold deposits were confined to tho hills which spur oil" from tho Sierra Nevada mountains . "
It is thought that tho Califonuau elections have terminated in favour of paying tho state debt . A horrible affair , reminding us , on a very small scalo
of the Sepoy atrocities , has occurred in . one of the frontier settlements of . * nerica . Six men and three children , emigrants , wei ,. massacred by the Indians . A woman also was shot through , scalped , and left for dead , but was afterwards found alive , though it is impossible she can recover . The three children were murdered before the faces of their parents , and horribly mutilated . _ " The emigrants , " says the Sacramento Union , " are willing to a man to join a company , to exterminate these fiends . " The meeting of Irishmen at New York to express sympathy with the Sepoys has proved a signal failure . No respectable Irishmen attended , but , on the contrary , denounced the whole thing ; and the press has also condemned it .
The American papers announce the defalcation of Mr . Frederick W . Porter , for th irty years corresponding secretary of the American Sunday School Union . It appears that he has issued notes and acceptances for his private purpose ? , without the knowledge or authority of the board , to the amount of -88 , 883 dollars . Mr . Porter was a person of very quiet habits of life , and was a member of a church vestry . The discovery was precipitated by his becoming ill , when of course his business was-transawceaDyonrera . — ¦ -
The Okient. Jerusalem. The Ceremony Of P...
THE OKIENT . JERUSALEM . The ceremony of placing the portrait of the Emperor Napoleon in the convent of the Holy Sepulchre has just taken place at Jerusalem with considerable pomp . The portrait was conveyed in procession from the house of the coneul to its place of destination attended by the clerks of the consulate and a number of pilgrims now at Jerusalem . Prayers were afterwards offered up in the chapel for the Imperial family , and ia the evening there was a display of fireworks from the terrace of the convent . EGTTPT . The Pacha of Egypt has deferred his journey to Soudan , in order to receive Prince Napoleon . TRIPOLI . The English Consul at Tripoli has published an order from Constantinople , permitting the export of oxen ; nevertheless , the Bey ' s Government persists is refusing to obey it , in consequence of losses experienced by disease and the wants of the country .
Continental Jsgte*& Fra.Kce. The Constti...
CONTINENTAL JSGTE *& FRA . KCE . The Consttiutionnel makes the following reflections on the revenue returns for the £ rst nine months of the present year : —" These returns show , as compared with 1856 , an increase of 27 , 00 O , O 00 f ., and the augmentation would probably have been 29 , 5 OO , OOOf . had not 1856 been leap-year , and consequently had the advantage of an extra day ' s receipts . It is also important to observe that the falling off in the quantity of home-made and French colonial sugar , and the consequent increase of price , diminished the consumption of an article which is so advantageous to the revenue , and led to a decrease of 8 , 500 , 000 f . in the receipts . It will perhaps bethat
objected if the revenue suffered a loss on homemade and colonial sugar , it obtained an almost equal increase on the import of foreign sugar ; but it is well known that these sugars are for the most part re-exported in a refined state , so that what remained for home consumption did not offer an equivalent compensation in point of revenue . Tlie financial results of the nine months must therefore , on the wholo , be considered satisfactory . It must not , however , bo denied that the returns show soine traces of recent embarrassments and falling off in business . While tho first two quartera gave an excess of 20 , 285 , 0 O 0 f ., the last three monthsonly showed an increase of 580 , OOOf . ; during the latter period , therefore , there was an evident slackening in
commercial affairs . What must , however , be pointed , out as favourable is that in the last quarter tho second part was much better than the first . The month of July , for instance , showed a diminution of 2 , 402 , OOOf ., and jet that falling off was covered and exceeded b y 380 , OOOf . by the receipts of August and September . "With regard to tho different items of revenue , wo may add that with the exception or the home-made and colonial sugar , which show a considerable falling off , the others , such us the duty on foreign sugar , the registration duties , tlie tax 011 potable liquors , and tho salo of tobacco , all dhow a progressive improvement . " This , it must bo recollected , is a semi-official account of tho financial affairs of France .
1 lie Municipal Council of Paris has determined to calL the new boulevard which has been recently opened from the Chateau d'Kuu to thol . Jarricrodu Tronc by tho name of Prince Euge-iio , after tho Emperor ' s uncle , and to erect a statue of the prince on foot in tho contro of a now square through which tho Toad will pass . "A case interesting to travellers in France , " says the Times PurLs correspondent , " hus jiidt been decided by tho Court of Cassation , tholiighost legal tribunal . According to a Jtoynl ordinance published in 1563 , an hotel-lteoper is bound , umlur penally of a fine , to lodge travellers who stop at his house . An hotol-kocper in a
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 24, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24101857/page/5/
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