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Oor Clerical Civilisation . —A distraint and public sale of the goods of a Nonconformist took place last week at Market Harborough . Mr . William Stanyon , a dissenter , refused , out of a conscientious objection , to pay a church-rate that had been levied , in consequence of which his goods were seized . At the close of the sale , Mr . Stanyon put in an eloquent protest ; and he seems to have gained the sympathy of the greater number of the townspeople . Sarcastic placards , levied against " the Establishment , " appeared on the walls , and a considerable degree of indignation has been excited . It is a truth which might rather be called a truism to say that such acts as these are doing the most vital injury to the Church of England in the estimation of all honest
men . The late Railway Accident neae Glossop . —The inquest on the bodies of the persons who stepped over a railway viaduct near Glossop has terminated in a verdict of Accidental Death , accompanied by a recommendation that the parapet wall of the viaduct should be railed , or otherwise sufficiently fenced , and that the distance or danger signal ( in obedience to which the train had stopped , to enable a previous train to pass on ) should be removed so far nearer Manchester as to render it unnecessary to stop a train on the viaduct . Mr .
Hargreaves , the traffic superintendent , while doubting the advisability of these suggestions , promised to submit them to the board . ¦ . —It appeared from the evidence that , when the train stopped , the guard called out to the passengers to keep their seats , and that he gave this caution three times from the step of the break-van on the getting-out side . The parapet , according to the guard , is further from the train than the edge of the station platform , and is about on a level with the floor of the carriages , while the platform is much lower . The train was lighted , but not the viaduct .
Mb . Liddell , M . P ., has met with a serious accident . He was riding with some ladies in a carriage , which was precipitated over an embankment which formed the approach to a bridge . Mr . Liddell and one of the ladies were severely hurt ; the horses also were injured ; and the carriage was broken to pieces . A Memorial of the catastrophe at Newcastle on the 6 th of last October , when one of the most awful explosions and fires on record caused the death of more than fifty persons , and serious injury to many others , has been placed in the parish church of G-ateshead , in the form of an illuminated window , containing pictures and mottoes d * a . wn from the Bible .
An Anomaly in our ittii / ix . A »; z- Administration . — Lord Panmure has stated , in answer to a » application on behalf of the relatives of an officer who died of cholera at the seat of war , that the regulations by which he is governed , require that an officer shall have been killed in action , or have died of wounds , to give his relations a claim to a pension . A Discreditable Oath . —The Oxford Town Council have agreed to memorialise the Vice-Chancellor , asking the University to dispense with the oath taken by the Mayor of the City on his election to that office , and
which runs as follows : —" You shall swear that truly you shall observe and keep all manner of lawful liberties and customs of the University of Oxford , the which the Chancellor , Masters , and Scholars of the said University have reasonably used , without any gainsaying , saving your fidelity to the Queen ' s Majesty . So help you God . " Mr . John Plowman , a member of the corporation , conceiving that the oath was illegal , and the ceremonial degrading , wished the Mayor to refuse to sign , and to try the question at law ; but the Council determined on memorialising .
The Bishop of Exetek in a Rage . —At a meeting of the Exeter Auxiliary of the Incorporated Societies for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge and the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts , held last week , the Bishop ofldhtcetcr made a very violent speech on the withdrawal oPsSnie patronage of the Crown . He characterised that withdrawal as " the abandonment of a first duty , " and snid that "it did not add to the dignity of the illustrious lady who wears the crown . " She had been advised " most unfortunately for her credit , unfortunately for the interests of the country , unfortunately The it
for the honour of the Crown . " Qucon , was urged , id bound to protect the rights of the Church ; but then , added the Bishop , this certainly -was not a right , and therefore ho did not complain of a departure from constitutional duty . He did complain , however , of a blow having been struck at the Church of England " by some miserable enemy , " and not merely nt tho Church of England , but —and hero tho Right Kcverend Father seemed particularly anxious to mark a distinction—also " at tho Church of Christ . " In conclusion , ho observed that tho Queen ' s present advisers had noted " regardless of the feelings which Engliohmon entertain . "
TlIIC REFORMATORY INSTITUTION 1 OK THE WEST OF England . —A reformatory institution , tho nucleus of one that ia likely before long to embrace tho four western counties of Devon , Dorset , Somerset , and Cornwall , is now in operation at a few miles from Exeter ; and the report which has just been mnrto givea a most satisfactory account of its progress . Fall fjiom a Cliff . —Mr . John Holder Strange , a draper , having property in tho Ifllo of Wight , has been killed by falling over a cliff nt Slmnklin . Shocking Accident . —John Loathby , a ¦ workman in
an iron foundry at Cambridge , upset a " cradle" containing about six and a half hundred-weight of molten metal , which , surrounding his feet , burnt off bis shoes and stockings , and seriously injured him . He lies in a very precarious state . Another workman was also injured . A Man Buried Alive . —An inquest has been held at Clay Cross on the body of John Wildgoose , labourer . The deceased was working in a cutting near a coal pit ; one side of the hole fell in , and it was an hour and a half before he could be extricated , when life was quite extinct . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned . Accident at Oxford . —A man was knocked down a few days ago by a vehicle in which Lord Dillon was driving , and was killed . His lordship gave information at a neighbouring public-house , and also to the police , and the man was found dead on the road .
Three Quarrymen at the Llanberis Slate Quarry have been suffocated by the smoke remaining after an extensive blast had been discharged . Popular Vengeance . —An attack -was made a few days ago on the premises of a large potato-dealer in Paisley , who was supposed to be the author of a rise in the price of potatoes . A great deal of damage was done , and the loss of property on the part of the unhappy potato-merchant must be very great . Suicide in Birmingham Gaol . —A boy lately confined in Birmingham Gaol for picking pockets , has hung himself . in" his cell . He had been previously heard to say to his mother that , if she fretted , he would destroy himself . A slate on the wall of the cell was found to be scrawled over with three pictures of hanging . A verdict of " Insanity" w " as returned .
A Grand Baby Show has taken place at the Pomona Gardens , Cornbrook , Hulme . The Manchester Guardian gives a vivid picture of the repulsive nature of the scene , where mothers touted for votes , babies grew cros 3 and feverish in the vitiated air , and little boys and girls , old enough to feel their humiliation , held tickets descriptive of their claims , and stood to be gazed at and examined like prize pigs and oxen . We are certainly surprised to find English matrons imitating this not very delicate American absurdity . Alleged Religious Persecution in Turkey . —A
correspondence between the Secretary of the Turkish Missions Aid Society and Lord Clarendon , with reference to the alleged execution in Turkey of men who have renounced Mahometanism for Christianity , has been published . In his first letter , Lord Clarendon , on the faith of a communication from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe , affirms that the executions were for " blasphemy , " not for " apostacy ; " but ultimately he promises to direct Lord Stratford to make inquiries , and to demand an explanation from the Porte as to the interpretation put upon the law of March 21 , 1844 , as doubts exist respecting its application to Mahoniedans by birth .
State of Tkadjs . —A degree of steadiness , very remarkable considering the sudden change in the money market , is still observable in all the great seats of industry . The decline in the price of cotton , consequent on the last American advices , has caused business to be limited at Manchester ; but in the iron and woollen districts the increase of business has been fully maintained , and the Irish linen markets exhibit an upward tendency . Day of Thanksgiving . —To-inorrow ( Sunday ) ia to be observed as a day of " Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the signal and repeated successes obtained by , the troops of her Majesty , and by those of her allies , in tho Crimea , and especially for the capture of the town of Sevastopol . " The form of prayer for this occasion is of the usual character .
A Petition in Bankruptcy has been adjudicated against Mr . C . J . Marc , representing tho firm of Messrs . C . J . Mare and Co ., of Blackwall . Tho step w a ^ adopted in consequence of an execution having been put unon tho premises at Blackwall for 9000 £ , which tho creditor refused to withdraw . If the sale had taken place , it would have been at an enormous sacrifice , and tho establishment , employing several thousand artisan ? , would have been stopped . Mr . Commissioner Holroyd lias now sanctioned tho continuance of the works , and tho Commercial Bank have placed 10 , 000 / . to tho credit of tho official assignee to enable him to pay wages and other necessary charges . The choico of assignees is fixed for Friday , the 12 th of October .
State of the Thames . —At a meeting , on Tuesday , of tho City Commission of Sowers , the Chairman said that the engineer of that court had had several meetings with the engineer of tho Metropolitan Commissioners of Sowers ; that they had ascertained that the cost of tho grand sower which it was proposed to carry through Islington would bo about three ? millions ; that Lord Palmorston had boon startled by tho results of thoir inquiries ; and that tho subject had dropped . D « . Dionysius LARDNEit has written lo Hie limes to urgo tho Government to make such propnratlona « a wi « enable them to aond tho long despatches from the aont of war by telegraph . Ho « ,, * . ; - " So ™ *' XecXoS the following experiment wa « made , under ' dl ™ {™ of M . Loverrler and myself , at tl . o M ««^ y ° * « Interior , in thoprcaenco of two ^"'^ "rXlJ ;! sssss ^
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of ? the Surrey Theatre actor of that name . Four of the pMrty had passed : fox * W &* * Si * P **¦ tne hedge into another field , and Mr , JOreswiok was following , when his Ifun accidentally went off , and killed Mr . Shepherd Almost instantaneously . Mr . Creswicfc had put down the hammer of one barrel for security , and was about to put down the other , when the accident occurred . The theatre was closed for a few nights in consequence . Ingenious , but not \ Beautiful . —A tradesman at Mooiton is papering $ he interior of his premises with cancelled postage stamps : blue stamps , and some others © f different nations , are so worked in as to form a pattern . .
.. ^ JSYSXAI . PALACE FOR SUNDERLAND . Mr . Backhouse ' s scheme , for the erection of a Crystal Palace upon a picturesque eminence within the municipal boundaries of . Sunderland has been submitted to a public meeting of the inhabitants , and received with general favour . The estimated cost of the building is 70001 ., and a vigorous attempt is now in progress to raise this amount by voluntary subscriptions . Ward sub-committees are being formed to institute a canvass from house teahouse , and donations of considerable amounts have been already received from some of the principal shipowners and merchants in the borough . The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry has contributed 100 / . The working men are strongly in favour of the proposal , and are organising sub-committees among themselves to assist in the movement ; and the painters and glaziers have voluntarily sent in an offer to the committee of three days ' labour from each man as their contribution towards the
erection of the building . . The . Naphtha Explosion at Wolvekhampton . — An inquest has been held on the bodies of the sufferers by this catastrophe . The cause appears to have been the shortness of the pipe which conveyed the vapour from the still to the receiving cask . The jury , in returning a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died from the effects of the explosion , recommended the removal of all naphtha manufactories from the neighbourhood of towns . - Boiler Explosion . —A colliery at Kibblesworth , in the north of England , has been the scene of a boiler
explosion which has resulted in the death of one man and serious injury by scalding to several others . The body pi the boiler was carried over the top of the engine-house , and landed in an adjoining field , while the ends were hurled in separate directions to a jcq > psiderab . le distance . Two other boilers were- moved out of their beds several yards . John Bewlgy , the , deceased , who was standing on the top of the boiler , for the purpose of making some examination , was carried high into the air , and hurled a distance of nearly two hundred yards . A banksman a ' nd a brakesman were also projected a long way , and three firemen were severely scalded .
. " . Jhe Fakewell Banquet to Mr . Duffy will take place on the 16 th of October at Dublin ; and the tenantrightineeting , which was fixed for this week , is postponed to . the same day . ' ¦ A Burglar ' s Letter . — "We never studied " The Samj > lej te Letter Writer , " but we take it for granted iatit does not contain any form according to which you are to address your friend Bill Sikes , inviting him to your house , and requesting him to bring the implements of ; ; hia . craft . The , following letter may therefore be useful , as an exemplar ; but we must premise that the writer , previously to the date of the epistle , was transported for ten . years for burglary , received a ticket-of-Jfjaye , and was , subsequently sent to the hulks on suspicion of- having performed .. fresh exploits—a suspicion amply Tier | fifid by the discovery of the letter , wbiqh runs thus : ¥ - Carlisle , December 3 , 1854 . —Dear Friend , —Yours duly came to hand , and was happy to here from you , and my mother being ( out ) of hilth , or I would have been with you , I had a little money which I intended to nave taken me up to your place but through my Mothers Illness I have laid it out . If you have any inclination of * coming to Carlisle I will find you Bord & Lodging as long aa you have a mind to stop , ' as I am anxious to see 3 ou to converse with you , and should you come you must bring a good Brace and the set of center bits , J . Chisel 1 inoh broad , and one hulf inch , and wat you think best to cut doors or windows out , and a bow eow t o Cut Iron with , and six half inch bits for cutting Iron aijcb , as to cut through a Safe if you have them , if not I Mil purchase them when you come . You must write # W by return of post and let mo know how you intend coming and when you intend to sot off , that I may look for you . I am in good health , but my Mother continues Xl \ . I would like you to come as soon as you could make |] t convenient , and inquire for — , ho will find ino as BOQn as you come . —I remain your Obedient Friend , John Glasjby . No . 4 . Waths Lane , Botchergato , tfarUele . " An Unexpected Comment . —A clergyman of an Independent Chapol in Yarmouth was lately preaching a sermon on the story of Christ casting out devils , when , at the moment that ( ho congregation was most highly ¦ fyrought upon , the Ipbby-door was thrown open , and " a gentleman in black , " with his face of the same colour , rushed along t , b , o chapel and bognn to ascend the pulpit stplrjB . Ladles fainted , and the preacher socmod for a moment paralysed at this practical evidence of doutonlacAl possession . The devil , however , was noon cast out , and has since been sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1855, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29091855/page/9/
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