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No. 437, August 7,1858.J THE LEADER. 77!
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Miscellaneous. Tjik Counx.—Her Mnjesty, ...
troops ? quartered at East Coves , the Trinity-house men and coast-guard stationed at East Cowes , and the labourers and workmen employed on the Osborne estnte . Dinner was laid in marquees on the lawn for about five hundred persons , who sat down at three o ' clock . Her Majesty , the Prince Consort , Prince Alfred , and the ¦ whole of the Royal family then at Osborne were present , and remained till about seven o'clock . Dancing and rural games took place , and were kept up till her Ma < jesty ' s departure . Church Kates ,- —A church rate has been defeated at Harroeate by 44 . against 41 .
A Lunatic's Leap . —A young man named John Hewison , who for some time past has been an inmate of the lunatic asylum at Bensham , near Gateshead , has killed himself by an extraordinary leap which , he took last Saturday afternoon . He was taking a . walk with his keeper in Gateshead , when he suddenly started off , ran towards the High Level Bridge , and leaped over on to some grounds below belonging to the North-Eastern Hallway Company . Death , of course , was instantaneous , and the body was shockingly mangled . The Cowes Becatta . —The race for the Prince Consort ' s Cup took place on Monday , when the
competitors were—the Arrow ( 102 tons , owned by T . Cham-Wlayne , Esq . ) ; the Lulworth ( 80 tons , owned by T . Weld , Esq . ); the Extravaganza ( 48 tons , owned by Sir Percy Florence Shelley , Bart . ) . On rounding the Nab Light , the extreme eastern point of the course , the lalworth stood first , and the Arrow second ; bnt the former only gained the goal forty seconds before the latter . The Extravaganza was a long way behindhand . Just as the yachts were entering the Roads , the Queen and Prince Albert left East Cowes in the Fairy on their ¦ way to Portsmouth , followed by the Ellin . They were thus enabled to witness the close of the contest .
Dogcett ' s Goat and Badge . —The race for this prize took place on Monday , on the river , from London Bridge to Chelsea . The victor was C . J . Turner , Eotherhithe . J . C . Young , Woolwich , kept the first place for . some time , but lost it by an accident . All the rowers , however , exhibited great skill and determination _ rETTico , < vr Lane . —The Lord Mayor having determined to put a stop to the obstruction in Petticoat-lane by the constant presence on the pavement of Jew dealers and thieves , a large body of police has been stationed for some days past in the thoroughfare , and the pavement has been kept quite clear .
Uuukebs , ok No Blejkers ?— " A Country Parson ' ventures , in a letter to the Times , to dispute Mr . Rarey ' s dictum with respect to blinkers on carriage-horses . He says he is sure , from experience , that horses in harness , with the free use of their eyes , would constantly become terrified at objects on the roadside ; and he predicts the most alarming accidents if London cabmen abandon the use of blinkers . Couliery Strike . —A colliery strike wliich has taken place in East "Worcestershire occasioned so much uneasiness that the Yeomanry Cavalry were held in readiness to be despatched to the scene . No disturbances , however , have as yet taken place . Jamaica . —The Governor of Jamaica has authorised the appropriation of large sums of money for the purpose of introducing Chinese and other immigrants into the island .
The Simz Canat ,. —Mr . Robert Stephenson , the engineer , has addressed a letter to the Attstriun Gazette , in repry to some remarks in that journal by the Chevalier dc Ncgrelli , Mr . Stephenson ' s collcaguo , in 184 G , in investigating the practicability of cutting through the Isthmus of Suez . The Chevalier criticises Mr . Stephen - son ' s remarks in opposition to that scheme , made by him in the debate in the House of Commons on the 1 st of June ; nnd the English engineer defends his opinions . After going into several scientific details , Mr . Stephensoii concludes ;— " I have—indeed , I can have—no hostility to a maritime cannl through the Isthmus of Suez . If I could regard such a canal as commercially advantageous , I have nlreudy shown that I should be the iirst to give it
the advantage of my time , my money , and my experience . It was because , after elaborate investigation , nnd in conjunction with such men as M . Tnlabot , I arrived at a clear conclusion that the project was not one which deserved serious attention , tlint I refused to give it support . I should be delighted to seo a cliannol like the ¦ Dardanelles or the Bosphorus penetrating the isthmus that divides the Red Sea from the Mediterranean ; but I know that such a channel is impracticable— -that ¦ nothing can bo effected , even by the most unlimited ex-T > endituro of time , nnd life , nnd money , beyond the
formation of a stagnant ditch between two almost tuloless teas , unapproachable by largo ships under any ciroutnfltanco 8 , nnd only capable of being used by small vessels When the prevalent winds permit their exit and their entrance . I believe that the project will prove abortive in itself and ruinous to its constructors ; nixl , entortuining that view , I will no longer permit it to bo snid thiit by abstaining from expressing myself fully on the subject I am tucitly allowing capitalists to throw awny their money on wlmt my knowledge nssuros mo to be nn unwise and nnremunerativo speculation . "
Gai ^ ant Ruscuic . —At the Kingstown regnttn , on the 21 » t ult ., a Hmall sailing bout belonging to Mr . II . A . Hamilton , of Balbriggun , was run down 1 * 3- a large
fishing smack , about three hundred yard 3 from the shore , which caused her instantly to sink . Out of the : five persons on board Mr . Hamilton ' s boat , two succeeded in getting into the smack ; another swam till picked up by a boat , while a lady ' s life was saved by the extraordinary exertions of Mr . Hamilton . She wa 3 precipitated into the water to a great depth by the violence of the collision , and the smack actually passed over her . Mr . Hamilton watched where she went down , and though a very bad swimmerhe dived till
, he reached her , and with great difficulty succeeded in laising her to the surface . He then swam with her towards the shore till a boat put off and picked them up . The lady being desirous of showing her feelings of gratitude to the Almigiity for this merciful preservation of her life , has thought that she could not do so ia a more appropriate manner than by placing at the disposal of the National Life Boat Society the sum of 3001 , to be employed by it in stationing an additional life-boat on the Irish coaar .
The Dahubian Pbincipalities . —A meeting has "been held at Manchester , to consider the question of theDanubian Principalities . Resolutions were carried repudiating the interference of the English G overnment in the affairs of other states , and declaring that the independence of Turkey is the only safeguard against the preponderance of Russia . The Cape of Good Hope—The Cape Parliament was prorogued by Sir George Grey on the 5 th of June . The hostilities between the Free State and Moshesh , the Basuta Chief , have come to an end . It is thought probable that an alliance -will take place between the Free State and the Trans-Vaal Republic . The Natal colony is quiet .
The Alleged Cuuextees at Acowb Hotxse Lun-atic Asylum . —T . S . Lutwidge , Esq ; , and J . T . Wilkes , Esq ., two of the commissioners from the Lunacy Office , opened an investigation , on Friday week , at the Station Hotel , York , into the charges against Mr . Metcalfe , the keeper of the Acomb House " Retreat , " near York . The reporters and the public were excluded , though Mr . Pemberton , who appeared for Mrs . Turner , expressed a desire for publicity . We learn ( says a daily paper ) that Mr . Pemberton addressed the commissioners at great length , after which Mrs . Turner herself gave evidence , and described in detail the nature of the cruelties to which she alleged she was subjected . Tlie treatment to which she spoke
consisted of bodily torture inflicted upon her at various times ; confinement in small dark roomt for as long as fifteen hours , daring -which she was denied the offices of nature ; indecent language and offensive epithets repeatedly applied to her by Mr . Metcalfe . The commissioners remarked that the lady ' s evidence had been given with great clearness . On Saturday , Mirandah Hale , the attendant on Mrs . Turner during her stay at Acomb House , was under examination the greater part of the day . She stoutly denied Mrs . Turner ' s statements as to the alleged ill-treatment , while admitting that Mr . Metcalfe pushed her down in the bedroom when lie desired her to undress ; but he did it gently . The further investigation was then adjourned for a week .
The British Auch ^ eological Association . -This society has been holding its annual congress during the present week at Salisbury , where it has found much amusement and instruction in the many objects of antiquity which that interesting city presents . Rewuxciation of Infidelity . —Some years ago there existed in Nottingham a society of operatives who propounded a creed of tlieir own which involved a disavowal of belief in Christianity . Lectures were given , nnd a good many adherents were gained ; but , in time , public discussions between the free-thinkers and various
clergymen of the town took place ; and tlie result , after a struggle of fourteen years , appears to have been four conversions to Christinnity , and the dissolution of the society . The president of the society , Jonathan Barber , a framework knitter , publicly announced his secession at a meeting presided over by the vicar , tho Kev J . W . Brooks . Barber said tlint , being ill , he found his freethinking creed worthless in the prospect of death . Three other workmen in tlio room also announced their conversion . Tlie numlter of converts made by tlie , freethinkers is not stated . Tins IIaubouougu Chuucii-r . \ te Case Again .- — It -will bo remembered that Mr . J . Nunneley , upon being summoned before the Harborough magistrates recently for non-payment of church-rates , disputed the validity of the rate ; notwithstanding which , tho justices ordered payment , and Mr . Nunneley , being distrained upon , carried tho case before the Court of Queen ' s Bench , where tho order was quashed , and tho magistrates were glad to compromise all proceedings by paying costs , At the Harborough Petty Sessions en Tuesday , three more tradesmen were summoned for nonpayment of their quota of tho rnte . Tho Banie objections were taken against tho validity of tho rnte , and the magistrates upon tltis occasion decided that they had n « jurisdiction . It was understood thnt the wliole case would be curried by tho churchwardens into tlio Ecclesiastical Court , nnd , mennwhilo , summonses were taken out ngainst another batch of tradesmen , who had refused payment . Siuciws of a rnisoxKit in BniSTOi , Gaoi ,. —A man named Thomas Silcox , formerly the keepcrof aboer-houso , who was convii'lcul at tho lust IJrlstol Quarter Sessions of receiving a quantity of stolen goods , and sentenced , to
three years penal servitude , committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging himself in his cell in Bristol gaol . The Fishmongers' Company . —The Prime Warden and "Wardens of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers entertained a numerous and distinguished company at dinner in Fishmongers' Hall . Tha chief address of the evening was that of Lord Palmerston ; but it presented no matters « f special interest . The Crops . —The crops , " generally , continue in good condition , and it appears highly probable that we shall Lave a sufficing harvest . In Ireland , the crcps appear to be unusually abundant and fine . Keaping has commenced in some quarters . ToRKSHiBK Agricultural Show . —The twentyfirst annual exhibition of the Yorkshire Agricultural Association commenced at Northallerton on Tuesday .
Report of the Lvnacy Commissioners . —The report of the Lunacy Commissioners to the Lord Chancellor has just been published in the form of a blue book of about fifty pages . This document exhibits the painful fact that private asylums are often very badly managed , and that the notorious institution at JTaverfordwest is still marked by its wretched condition and by the cruelties practised on the unhappy inmates . The state of the Ear Is wood Asylnm for idiots at Reigate is also described as being far from satisfactory . The Commissioners state "that a very large number of insane persons
are taken charge of by medical inen and others without any legal authority ; " and they " have reason to fear that the condition of such patients , deprived as they are of all independent supervision , is far from satisfactory . " On New Year ' s-day , 1858 , 22 , 310 lunatics of all -classes were confined ( 10 , 493 men , and 11 , 817 ,, women ) . Of these , 15 , 163 were confined in asylums , 1751 in hospitals , 2623 in metropolitan , and 2647 in provincial licensed houses ; 295 were found lunatic by inquisition , 633 were criminals , and 1490 were chargeable to counties or boroughs .
Tires . —A destructive fire burst out about a quarter to nine o ' clock on Monday night at the office of the Sun newspaper , 112 , Strand . The back of the house , -which was very old , was where the fire originated , and the upper story of this part was appropriated to the composing rooms . The whole of this portion was destroyed , and not a single book or document was saved : two of the floors in the front of tLe house were also consumed . The adjoining houses were likewise at one time threatened ; bat by eleven o ' clock all danger was at an end . We believe that the paper is for the present being printed at the office of the Morning Post The cause of the fire is not known . — -The building known as " the Old Warehouse , " Portland-street Mills , Ashton-under-line , was burnt
down last Saturday morning . The spontaneous combustion of a quantity of cotton waste , collected ready , for delivery , is supposed to have originated the fire . — A fire occurred on Sunday morning on Islington Green , which resulted in serious injury to two of the inmates . The occupier of the house , and his wife , jumped out of window : the former was much shaken , and the latter fell so heavily that it is feared one of her legs is broken . The house was completely gutted , and a neighbouring house was partially burnt , before the flames-were got under . —A very extraordinary scene took place at a fire in the High-street , Whitediapel , last Saturday night . The flames originated in a cart-house , and spread to aa adjoining cheesemonger ' s and some other buildings . The horses were got out of the cart-house with difficulty , and tbe engines shortly afterwards arrived . The enginemen were immediately attacked , however , by a mob of ruffians , who would not allow any water to be thrown on the flames . They struck right and left at the firemen , one of whom was very dangerously stabbed iu the leg by one of the rioters , who used a dagger for the purpose . The wounded man was taken to aa adjacent public-house , where the gash was hound up , and the rurh ' nn was seized by . some of the bystanders , but was rescued by his confederates . The firemen were at length obligod to defend themselves with their belts and splinter-bars ; and it was not until the police had been , reinforced that the engines could be properly worked . Sevoral of the firemen were a good deal knocked about , and , during the disturbance , sumo -wooden palings in Commercial-street were forced down by the pressure of the mob , and several persons fell into an excavation for new houses ; but none were seriously hurt . —The Bubwitli Viaduct on the Sclby and Market Weigh ton branch of the North-lCnstern linilwny was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning . A losa of several thousand pounds has thus been incurred , and the trallic has been totally suspended for a time . 1 ' ltnehai , ok Mr . Gkokcje Bautlisy . —Tlio remains of Mr . George Hartley , the comedian , whoee death took place in London on the 22 ml ult ., from paralysis , wore deposited on Friuay week in the buriul-ground attached to St . Mary ' s Church , Oxford , whoro liis wifo and children are aldo interred . Tlio funcrnl wm of a strictly private nature , tlio mourner ** being exclusively composed of tho relatives of tho cluucauctl , with 0110 solitary exception—that of T . P . Cooke , one « f tho oldest and most intimate of tlio late comedian's professional friends . I ' icitsiA . —The relations liotwoen tho Persian Government and tlui r ' ntflish Minister at Toheral , which at one time seemed on tli « point of being broken off " , have been coinpleU'ly iv-oetublUln-il .
No. 437, August 7,1858.J The Leader. 77!
No . 437 , August 7 , 1858 . J THE LEADER . 77 !
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 771, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_07081858/page/11/
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