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      Embankment Of The Thames. A. Srkciar, Me...

      Sonfchwarkand Westminster Bridges , and for the construction of < a railway and other works . " The report of the committee stated that— " The committee were of opinion that the embankment of the Thames should be carried out with reference to the following objects : —1 st . To improve the Thames as a navigable river , having due regard to the safety of existing bridges . 2 nd . To increase the -wharfage accommodation , and improve the means for the shipment and delivery of goods . 3 rd . To improve the Thames in a sanitary point of view . 4 th . To remedy the present unsightly condition of the banks of the Thames , and affoid facilities , by means of architectural embellishment , for improving their appearance . 5 th . To open up a new thoroughfare between the eastern and western parts of London . 6 th . To facilitate the construction of a low level intercepting sewer . "

      The committee having commented on Mr . Gisborne ' s scheme , and that of Messrs . Loder , Jackson , and Bird , concluded their report by expressing an opinion that the promoters of both schemes had prejudiced their efficiency and value , as - works of public utility , by seeking to render them commercially remunerative . After some discussion the report was adopted , and the following resolution was carried : — " That as the control of the banks of the Thames is vested in the Crown or the Corporation of London , or both of them , her Majesty's Government and the Corporation of London be immediately communicated -with , to ascertain if they will undertake to carry out the embankment of the Thames , between Westminster and London Bridges ; or if they will join with this board in carrying out the same . " The board shortly afterwards adjourned . .

      April 25, 1857.] The Leibeb, Sm

      April 25 , 1857 . ] THE LEIBEB , Sm

      Funeral Of Jean B Aptiste Rougee. The Fu...

      FUNERAL OF JEAN B APTISTE ROUGEE . The funeral of this eminent Republican took place last Sunday in the-. Tower Harnlets Cemetery . It was intended to deposit the body in the Victoria Park Cemetery ; but ; this was disallowed , as " procession funerals" axe not permitted in that ground on ^ Sundays . The mourners started from the dead man ' s house , Charlotte-street , J 3 Iackfriars-road , shortly after ten o ' clock ' : they -were preceded by three red banners , one of which had a symbolical representation of Pola nd smiting Russian oppression in the dust . It is calculated that about two thousand persons attended , tlie conduct of whom was very decorous and orderly . :

      The body having been lo wered into the grave , M . Fe'lix Pyat delivered an oration , in which , after eiilogisirig the eminent virtues of Rougee , he continued : — " Knowledge is power ! When the time had come that French citizens were to take the place of French npbles , Voltaire and Rousseau led the way for Robespierre and Danton . Now . that the people ' s turn has come , thanks be to God ! genius is on our side , intelligence comes from below . We have Pierre Leroux , a compositor ; Proudhon , a book-keeper ; He " g . esippe Moreau , a printer ; Tillier , a schoolmaster ; Genousr , a pedlar ; Poncy and Nadaud , masons ; and many others , living and dead , poets , philosophers , and artists , -who

      proclaim the people king by the force of genius , by the right of intellect and the intelligence of right . ( Cries of ' Bravo . ' ) 'What ! ' it is said , ' are those workmen for whom the Emperor has done so much , who has given them jpanem et circenses , stirring yet ? stirring always ?' Yes , till their kingdom come , for the revolution is not a question of bread alone . The people are hungering for thought also ; their heart is higher than their stomach ; they have a soul as well as a body—rights as well as ¦ wants—ri ghts imperishable , imprescriptible , and sovereign , of which you , my departed friend , have seen the triumph jiu the distant future , clear and certain as a proposition of Euclid , with the faith ' of logic and the second-sight of reason . ( Bravo /) When from the two

      ends of the civilised world , from the two extremities of society , we see our two last victims—Worcell , descending from the highest rank in . society to the lowliness of poverty , and you , Kougee , ascending from the obscurity of poverty to the loftiness of the ideal—when we see those two spirits , so different and yet so like , working for the success of the same cause , it is impossible for us to doubt of it . Therefore , citizens , however great may 1 ) 0 our loss , whatever void may be made in our ranks , Whatever rogrots may bo felt in our hearts , let us refrain from despair . The fruitful iden which haa raised these

      aioblo models is stamping others after their image . If our enemies , the royalists , who make their principles incarnato in a man or in a race , liavo been able to say , The king is dead—long live tho king , ' we , united democrats , who do not make our wider principle incarnate , either in one or many , either in a family ot in a caste , but in all , in the whole of humanity—wo who believe in the eternity of right , in tlie infinity of time , and in the immensity of number , should cry out hero for tho groater glory of this martyr , 'A Republican is dead—long live the Republic 1 '" { Loud cries of " Vive la Rtpub-Uque / " ) ¦*

      M . Talandicr and M . Louis Blanc nlso pronounced orations , which were followed by cries for the speedy advent of tho democratic and social Republic . We derive from tho Daily News some interesting particulars of the life of Koug << o —

      " The son of a hatter of Lyons , he followed in earJy life the trade of his father , but , having a taste for study , he invested in books whatever he could spare , after supplying his modest wants . By the force of application , joined to natural aptitude , he became so great a proficient in letters , that he took his degrees both / as a iachelier-es-Zettres and as a bachelier-es-sciehces , and was made professor of mathematics in the Royal College of Montpellier . He was on the point of taking his degree as doctor of medicine when the revolution of February broke out . Having vigorously opposed the reaction , he was condemned to two years' imprisonment in Belle

      Isle , which he suffered in company with his friend Blanqui , with whom he ever since kept up a correspondence . When the time of his sentence expired , he was , without trial , exiled from his country . He took up his abode in London , where he married , and maintained himself by following his early business of a hatter . In the intervals of labour , he devoted himself to his favourite study of mathematics , in the too ardent prosecution of which lie contracted brain fever , of which he died , after four days' illness , in the thirty-eighth year of his age . He was sincerely regretted by his brother refugees . "

      The Royal British Bank. The Hearing Of E...

      THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK . The hearing of evidence in the case of this bank was resumed on Wednesday , at eleven o'clock , before Mr . Commissioner Holroyd . Mr . Humphrey Brown , late M . P . for Tewksbury , was present . The examination of Mr . Stapleton was . resumed by Mr . Linklater , who asked , " Do you or do you not believe that on the 1 st of February ; 1856 , you had made a fair and honest provision forbad debts ?" Mr . Stapleton : " I do not know that it was a dishonest jn'ovision . I did not believe we were deceiving the shareholders by that provision , nor dp I believe it now . I believe a much larger provision for bad debts would have been desirahle . " Mr . Linklater : " I call upon you , as an honest man , to answer the question . " ( CAeers . )

      Mr . Huddlestone ( who represented Mr . Stapleton ) protested against cheering in a court of justice , and contended that questions should not he put in such a shape as to convey a comment . The Commissioner said the question had been as to the provision for l ) ad debts . , - •• '¦ . ;¦¦ . ' ' . " * *'* ¦ ¦ ; ¦ . ¦ ¦"*' ... ... . . - . . Mr . Stapleton asserted that he had given his ansTver distinctlyw " At the meeting oh the 1 st of February , 1856 , a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Cameron . 01 laugh . ) He had no : confidence in Mr . Cameron , and had determined to put hirri out . ; Mr . Cameron ' s debt , to which he had a great objection , was believed by many to be good . He had serious apprehensions as to the safety of the bank before the « nd

      of June , 1856 . The subject of bringing an action against the Joint Stock Journal for its articles on tlie bank -was frequently mentioned . He recollected passages in some of the articles . He was against taking any proceedings against the Journal . Mr . Esdaile alluded to the Journal , and there was an expression of opinion among the shareholders that it was not worth mentioning . He believed a Mr . Harris , of Ipswich , who had written to them in reference to these articles , had afterwards got rid of his shares . " [ A letter from Mr . Esdaile in reply to Mr . Harris was produced , in which it was stated that the articles had bee n written by a dismissed servant of the bank . J " Mr . Esdaile made a statement at the meeting on the 1 st of August as to the value of Mr . Cameron ' s securities , of which lie disapproved , as being exaggerated , and he told him so at the

      time . When he saw how matters stood , he got one general manager removed , and another was appointed ; and he believed that , if Mr . Craufurd had had time , ho would have put the accounts on a proper footing . He might have authorized the solicitor to take ohares as & security for a debt already due to the bank . Before tho 1 st of August , 1850 , there were a great many debts which he considered as hopeless . On the 1 st of August , 1856 , every shareholder present , of ordinary intelligence , knew the condition of tho bank . They had hopes of getting rid of the Welsh works through a company . He recollected Mr . Craufurd saying it was better to call the shareholders together and close tho doors , but could not any on what occasion that was . The monthly accounts of the bank in the Gazette wore tho same as tho accounts of the bank , and did not represent insolvency . "

      Tho examination of Mr . Stnplcton being concluded , an adjournment took place to next Wednesday . It was understood that an earlier day will be appointed for tho examination of the auditors .

      Accidents And Suddkn Deaths. A Boy Named...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDKN DEATHS . A boy named Joseph Parry , aged fourteen , whoso father is a sailor at Liverpool , found , when in company with four other luds , all much younger tlmn himmjlf , a liottlo of whisky in tho station of thu Lancashire and Yorkshire Hnihvuy Company . Taking tlio bottle to tho old churchyard , and Hitting on the gravostonos , they passed it round until it was emptied of its contents ) . They were subsequently found in a stnto of insensibility , and were removed to their homes . All recovered except Parry , who died last Saturday morning of apoplexy , caused by the debauch .

      The inquest on the two women , Bridget Fox and Julia Flynn , who were killed by the explosion of a boiler at the works of Messrs . Bagnall and Sons , at . Leebrook , near Wednesbury , was concluded on Friday week . It appeared that the boiler which burst was one of three of very large size used on the premises , and -that it had been placed in its position about three years since . It was repaired a month ago , but one of the engineinen had reported to the manager of the works ,

      David Hill , that this particular boiler leaked . A strict examination of the boiler has been made since the explosion by a practical engineer , who reported that it had been made of inferior material . The jury , after heating a numbar of witnesses , returned a verdict " that the deceased met their deaths by the explosion of a boiler , which was solely caused by the inferiority of the material , and that , when the leakage was reported to the manager , he should have taken eteps to ascertain the cause . "

      An accident has occurred on . the East Anglian Bailway Company ' s line , between King ' s Lynn and Ely . A Mr . Ferguson , in returning home , proceeded on the line from the Denver station , and was knocked down by a passing train and killed . The accident was not perceived by the engine man and stoker , and it remained unknown for some hours , until the corpse was found on the line . The death has been pronounced accidental by A coroner ' s jury . Mr . Ball , M . P ., while riding round his farm , was thrown by his mare into a ditch , where he was nearly covered with mud and water . He was a good deal bruised , hut no bones were broken . Mr . Bovill , M . P ., has also been thrown from his horse . He fell with , great force , and received a considerable shock , affecting the whole system .

      The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances connected with the explosion at the New Pit , Bradbury , was held on Monday morning , and resulted in the following verdict : — , " That the five deceased persons had met with their death by accident ; but the jury -wished , through the coroner , to call the attention of the proprietors of the mine to the ventilation , it being their unanimous opinion that it -was defective , and they hoped that in future it would be better attended to . " Mr , Henry Zahn , a young German merchant a Manchester , has been killed by being thrown on his head by his horse , which had been frightened at something . A boiler has exploded in Walsall-atreet , Wolverharnpton . Three of the workmen were killed , and aleo two children who were playing in the street . Ten or twelve other persons were injured .

      Two workmen , employed in fixing a hew landingstage on the Prince ' s pier at Liverpool , have met with a fatal accident while engaged at their work . The men were occupied , in company with several others , on board , a lighterman , in winding up a' heavy casting , when suddenly the chain broke , and struck one of the men with such violence as to precipitate him into the river . Lifelines were immediately thrown out , and every effort was made to rescue him ; but he was unable to grasp the ropes , and it was only by means of grapnel that he was ultimately got out , by which time be was quite dead , and both his arms were broken . Thomas Rhodes , the other * man , met his death by being jammed between the vessel and the pier . He Was extricated before life was extinct , but he was so dreadfully injured that he diod while being conveyed to the hospital . A few of the other workmen are stated to have been in great peril .

      Ireland. Encumbered Estates Court.—The E...

      IRELAND . Encumbered Estates Court . —The extensive Donegal estates of Sir Edmund Hayes , one of the members for that county , are advertised for sale on the 12 th of next June . The gross net rental is set down at 4 , 800 / . per annum . The hon . baronet is himself petitioner for the sale . Shooting- through a Window . —Some person , at present unknown , fired a shot , on the night of the 6 th inst ., into the house of Mr . William Ogilby , of Kilcatten , Londonderry . A largo reward hae been offered for tho discovery of tho perpetrator . Tho county magistrates bavo advertised it as their opinion that thfi shot waa fired " for the purpose of intimidating Mr . William Ogilby from taking an active part in . tho election for the county of Londonderry . "

      FuliE AND iMDKI'ENDJiNT ELECTORS . The 'Deny papers publish a document in tho form of a petition , which was presented to tho Marquis of Waterford by his lordship ' s tenantry in Londonderry , humbly beseeching leave to vote as their consciences dictated at tho election for tho county . This was the answer : — " Ashbrook , April 3 . —Sir , I am directed by tho Marquis of Waterford to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , together with a memorial from some of his tenants in thia county , and to say that ho would wish them

      to vote for Mr . Clark and Sir H . Bruce at the coining election . Yours fuithfully , J . B . BiiitusKOxtu . —ltev . N . M . Brown . "—The Lcwistcr Express is authorized to Btate that the petition on the part of Mr . Fitapatrick , on the ground of violence , intimidation , and obstruction of voters , is in course of preparation , aud will bo proscuUtl in proper time . At tho declaration of the now jnoniiers for tho Queen ' s County , Sir Charlen Cooto assorted Lhut " Mr . FiUputrick ' s agent went to Lord LiuusUoTvuo ' a and Mr . Fitzpatriek ' tf tenuata , mid told them Unit , if Uicy

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), April 25, 1857, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25041857/page/3/