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jg it -was on those principles—that he undertook Propose to them the health of the Earl of Derby , whose estors had many a time been drunk in Preston . " ( Roars oflaug hter . )—Birmingham Mercury . The Koman Catholic new church of " Our Lady of the * » at Croom ' s-hill , Greenwich , was solemnly consecrated ccording to the rites of that Church , on Thursday . Dr . Grant , the Bishop of Sottthwark , officiated , assisted by a numerous body of the clergy . The services commenced at seven o ' clock in the morning , and continued till near one . The church is in the Gothic style , and one of the finest specimens of church architecture of modern date , and jg situate in sfi commanding position on the brow of Croom ' s-hill . The church is free of debt , with the exception of about 2001 . The congregation is a large one , including about 600 pensioners . Schools in connexion with the church have been established . The choir is entirely self-supporting , including the organist .
According to the Carlisle Journal , Sir James Graham has addressed the following circular to the tenants of the If etherby estate : — " Sir James Graham , unsolicited , has pleasure in notifying to his tenantry , that they have his permission to hunt and kill hares and rabbits on their several and respective farms , between hours of sunrise and sunset—the time for killing hares being limited to the usual period , from 27 th September to 27 th February . If either guns nor snares to be used . This permission will be continued from the present date until further notice . During its continuance Sir James Graham confidently
expects and trusts that such a concession on his part will induce all his tenants , by themselves and their servants , to preserve the winged game on their respective farms to the utmost of their power , for the amusement of himself , his family , and friends . He hopes that they will cordially cooperate with him in putting down the baneful practice of poaching , and would suggest that every tenant , acting up to the spirit of the obligation contained in his agreement , should , when engaging his servants , make it a condition that any unfaithfulness discovered on their part , in respect to the preservation of game , will be considered sufficient ground for immediate dismissal . "
Complaints are made by tradesmen that there never was known for many years so great a scarcity of the silver currency as at present . The fact is attributed to the very large exportations of silver that have recently taken place to Port Philip , Melbourne , Geelong , Sydney , and other ports of our Australian colonies , for the convenience of the adventurers at the gold diggings . Tfot a vessel leaves the port of London , Plymouth , Bristol , Liverpool , &c , but takes out a considerable amount of both gold and silver specie , either by speculators who are proceeding to the above colonies for the purpose of making purchases of gold from the diggers , or consigned by capitalists to their
agents at Port Philip , &c . ^ for the same purpose . It is with much difficulty that the bankers in the city and west end can obtain silver currency to any amount either at the Bank of England or the Royal Mint to accommodate their correspondents in the different parts of the United Kingdom with silver coinage . At Birmingham , Manchester , Liverpool , and other large commercial towns , the demand at the various banks for silver is so great that they are unable to supply parties with more than 100 L to 200 £ . To meet this urgent call for silver , it is stated that the authorities at the Mint intend having a considerable amount of silver immediately coined .
In a few weeks will be completed a second lino of electric communication , in connexion with the continental telegraph , between Dover and the metropolis . It has been promoted by the European Telegraph Company , and one of its peculiar novelties is , that it ia being laid down along the old coach road through . Dcptford , Greenwich , Shooterslull , . Dartford , Gravesend , Strood , Kochester , Chatham , Kittingbourno , Faversham , Canterbury , &c , to Dover . As may be known , the South-Eastern Railway Company an ; the proprietors of the present telegraph , and as tho
company would not sanction the formation of a second line of telegraph , the plan w , as devised of laying the wires under ground along tho road , similar to those which uro conveyed under tho metropolitan streets to tho several ' 'logruph ntations . Sanction was obtained of tho different road trusts , and Home 200 or 300 workmen are now actively employed day and night on tho works . Tho copper wires , six in number , arts encased in gutta neroha ; and 1 't'ing deposited in a kind of trough , constructed of kyanised timber , it ; is laid in a trench dug in tho road , sotno foot »» id a half from tho surface . In order that thoro should
' >«>•; be the possibility of tho wires failing , test boxen , by winch the wires aro proved , aro erected every mile . Tho worl < H uro proceeding with tho utmost expedition . A . milo and a hall" is completed every day . According to present 'irrungements , tho nix wires , an wo woro informed , will be "j > apportioned— two to Paris , two to Hrussels , and two for 10 Mediterranean route . At present it is not known " nether Micro will he any intermediate station between I'oiidon and Dover . The telegraph is completed as far an I'lmthum from Conihill .
^ A most important alteration has been made by tho Con-K' < 'Hs of the United Stat . es in tho pontugo ehargos on newspapers and other publications . An act has been punned Whirl , declares that on and after tho l . 'Jthof tho present month ol September , newspapers , periodical , mid all "luted matter not exceeding three ounces in weight , may " << Kent by post to any part of tho United Slates for one " 'it , or about a halfpenny ; each additional ounce to ho ( n > u-ged ono cent . If tho postage bo paid in advanoo , quarterly <> r regularly , either at tho office where the papers »>; o mailed , or at that whero they are delivered , ono-lialf <> ' I Me above niton only to bo charged and the him no in tho ano ol newspapers not weighing more than ono ounce and lisli , I Wl | V " (> ir • " vi ll ( 'l ' 'tH of small newspapers published monthly '<>! Loner , to b 0 charged half a cent per ounce . All post agon ^ ' » " prepaid , or charged double . Hooks , bound or miind , no ) , weighing morn than four pounds , to he charged 0 cout I » w ounco uudwr U . 000 miloa j for in-outor diatancos ,
double that sum , provided they are prepaid , if not , the charge to be increased 60 per cent . A curious clause directs that " printed matter chargeable by weight shall be weighed when dry . " Permission is given by the new act to publishers of newspapers and periodicals to send to each other , free of postage , one copy of each publication , and also to send to each actual subscriber , enclosed in their publications , bills and receipts for the same , free of extra postage . —Athenceum .
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A meeting was held at Bradford on Tuesday evening to form an association for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge . A provisional committee was appointed , with power to add to their number . The Danish war steamer Mercure has been in Sunderland Dock this week , taking in wire rope from Messrs . If ewall and Co ., of Gateshead , for the submarine telegraph to connect Copenhagen with the mainland of Denmark . Spain , resolved to hold on to the island of Cuba to the last , is having two steamers of light draught constructed in England . One of these was launched on Saturday , at Rotherhithe . Both are to carry two thirty-two pounders . The Primero , just launched , will only draw five feet of water .
The official Vienna Gazette of the 10 th contains a leader , from which it not only appears that it is the intention of the Austrian Government to let France act with perfect freedom with respect to the question of the proclamation of the Empire , but that Austria even approves of that transition as being favourable to the cause of tranquillity and order . There are two iron railway stations at Birmingham , which have been built for exportation to the capital of Brazil , and intended for the Rio de Janeiro Railway . Each is 200 feet in length by 70 feet in width . They are divided into two compartments , one for goods , and the other for passengers , and are in every respect complete ; so that if the line is finished by the time they arrive at Rio ,
travellers may be standing in front of the pigeon-holes , asking for tickets , within four or five days afterwards . The Anzeiger Zeitung of September 11 , has the following — " We have just received intelligence that the new Lloyd's steamer , Australia , which set out on her first voyage to Alexandria on the 27 th of last month , met with an accident . After having performed the voyage to Corfu in an unusually short time ( thirty-eight hours ) , the left wheel unfortunately broke , on the 30 th , just as the vessel had reached Cape Crio , in Candia , and she was therefore obliged to return to Corfu , where she landed her passengers
and the mail , to wait there for the next steamer . Unhappily , this delay will likewise affect the Netherlands mail , which was forwarded by the Australia , and we must be content with receiving our news from India and China , in this solitary instance , happily , by way of Marseilles , instead of receiving it as usual on the 20 th . An old legend , however , current among seamen , accounts for the accident —though not exactly upon scientific principles . Tho accident mainly occurred because the Australia left Trieste on a Friday , and had , moreover , a Franciscan monk on board—a combination most assuredly enough to sink the vessel . "
Volunteers are scarce in Lancashire . The overseers of Manchester have only secured 100 volunteers for the militia from that township . Of tho number named , twenty have been in the army before . The rest are young men , weavers , packers , and others from tho various trades in tho town : but tho number altogether is below tho proportion required for the town , which contains 300 , 000 inhabitants . In Salford forty have volunteered , tho population being about 100 , 000 . Tho agricultural districts cut a better figure . Upwards of five hundred men have accepted as volunteers for tho militia in Warwickshire , and considerable numbers are still offering themselves at Warwick , Leamington , Coventry , Coleshill , and other places in the county . Only ono volunteer for the militia has appeared at Bristol ; at Southampton thoro wero two .
The Committee of Privy Council for Education , says tho Times , have recently issued circulars to tho inspectors of schools , directing them to aid , by evory means in their power , the system proposed by tho Department of Practical Art for causing elementary drawing to becomo a part of national education . It is intended to'teach the very simplest elements of drawing in all Hchooln willing to bear a small proportion of the necessary expense , and Mum to admit , the qualified scholars to study in a central drawing school in every town . Tho importance of tho now scheme thus set on foot will be fully appreciated when it is remembered , that until tho public ignorance in such matters is removed , no extensive or successful effort can bo mado to raise the standard of taste in design among our manufacturers . Jenny CJeddes and Manse IFeudrigg are not specimens of an extinct species . According to tho Dumbarton , Ifdra / d orio of the race appeared in the parish church of Campsio the other day : " The Itev . Mr . Park , of Cadder , proceeded to the pulpit , to ofliciato for tho Rev . Thomas Monro , the minister of tho parish . Mr . I ' ark had gone through the usual routine of singing , praying , &c , and hud just given out the text , and was commencing his discourse , when a woman got up , and , at the top of her voice , exclaimed ¦ ' Guo hamo wi' you , sir , an' learn your Iohhoii ( a slight pause ) - ~ gno hamo , 1 nay , an' learn your noriiidii , afore ye eomo hero . We ' re nao accustomed wi' a man readin' a sermon tao uh -wo can read imo at hamo ourncls . ( Juo haine ( louder than before , accompanied with a stamp of her foot ) guo hamo an' learn your Iohhou , like a nkuloboy -guo hamo , sir . ' She went on in thin ntruin for Homo timo , and it . in said Mr . I ' ark looked unutterable things . " Mr . Arnold has dismissed the surnmoiiHon against tho I ' oiteviiin , charging them with cruelty to homes ; but in delivering Inn decision , he ntrongly reprobated the practice of" attaching animals to balloons ; concluding , that it WHS cruelty , but not cruelty within tho letter ojf th « Act .
Essex , which approves of Smithfield , has nobly endeavoured to put down Poitevin and Simpson . The weekly exhibitions in the streets of London are leg itimate ; the casual flight of Europa for filthy lucre is " very tolerable and not to be endured , " as Dogberry hath it . Ilford 13 situate in the county famous for horned cattle , Sir John Tyrell , and Major William Beresford . At Ilford , on Saturday , Mr . Simpson , M . Poitevin , and Madamo Poitevin , were tried before the magistrates and fined 51 . for having ill-used and cruelly treated a heifer , by suspending it to a balloon , and ascending with it , whereof the heifer died . Let the decision be posted up prominently in Smithfield , apd a copy sent to Sir John Tyrell .
Mr . David Mathews , and Mr . Robert Lawrence Walker , the former one of the " great unpaid , " the latter a gentleman farmer , were both in love with Miss Elizabeth Anne Elliston . But as she could not marry both , one must bo rejected ; and that direful destiny befel Mr . Robert Lawrence Walker . Whereat , the latter was wrathful , and on the morning' of the happy day , sent a challenge to Mr . David Mathews . Thus , Miss Elizabeth Anne was disappointed , and Mr . David placed in a dilemma . However , he could not choose but appeal to a brother magistrate ; and Mr . Jardine settled the matter by binding Mr . Robert Lawrence Walker over to keep the peace for six months . JRayt 7 ier ignominious , though , wasn't it ?
The other day , a man whose baby died of English cholera , wished , of course , to have it buried . He therefore did what is usual , paid the fees demanded by the church as a condition for the performance of that ceremony . But when the body was taken to the burial ground of St . James ' s , Bermondsey , the Rev . Mr . Woodward refused to read the burial service over it , alleging that it had not been baptized . It had been registered ; that would not do : the body remained unburied . John Sheppard , the father , asked Mr . Combe whether the clergyman was not bound to fulfil his contract by reading the burial service ? Mr . Combe could not say ; it was entirely a question for the Ecclesiastical Court . He thought the applicant had better take the body to a cemetery , and save all
further bother . Sheppard said , he had no occasion to take it to a cemetery , as he had seen the Reverend Mr . Gibson , the minister of Bermondsey Old Church , on the subject , and he at once consented to bury the child , although not baptized . Mr . Combe told him that if such was the case , he had better take the body to the Old Church . And here comes the point of the story . John Sheppard put it very well . " But I have paid the fees to the Rev . Mr . Woodward , " said he , " and he refuses to return them . What am I to do with that ? " Mr . Combe . —Why summon him to the County Court , as you would any other person . He has received fees for a certain purpose , and , not performing his contract , he has a right to return them . If you have any other complaint to make of his conduct , you must go to the Ecclesiastical Court .
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The Doncaster St . Leger , a very poor race , wae run on Wednesday . Daniel O'Rourke was third ; Harbinger second ; and Stockwell , a winner in a canter by ten lengths . Mr . Pugin , the architect , died at Ramsgato on Tuesday evening . Thomas Yates , residing at Liverpool , wont homo and found his mother-in-law drunk . He knocked her down some steps into a yard , and killed her . Tho Journal de Toulouse of tho 9 th inst . announces tho death of the celebrated Madame La / Targe . After quitting tho prison of Montpellior , she repaired to the baths of Ussat , in the Arieg-e , and there she died on the 7 th instant , in tho 37 th year of her age . The body of a man was found by following a dog near West Ham , Essex . Suspicions of foul play wero excited by the appearance of the body .
Three young men were drowned in the Thames on Sunday morning- They were tipsy ; a heavy swell from a passing vessel caught the skifl' and swamped it . One was wived . Two men have been apprehended for an attempted garotte- robbery in Albany-street . Tho robbers hud been in friendly tulle with the man ; they tried to Huff'ocate , and then rol > .
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I . ho jury who investigated the cause ol tho accident which happened on Wednesday week , near Sheffield , have returned tho following verdict : — " We are unanimously of opinion that tho deceased Samuel Wright and Charles Tuck wood have come by their deaths in consequence of No . 12 Great Northern train , with engine ! No . til ) , running off the rails , near Woodhouso junction , on the night of tho 8 th hint . ; but as to what caused the train to run oil" tho rails no satisfactory evidence has been shown to this jury . " The jury have returned the following verdict , which ,
although the accident referred to happened a . long time ago , in self-explanatory : — "Wo find that tho deceased , Thomas Reynolds , met bin death from the collision between the express train which ho was driving , and tho pilot-ciigino driven by John Grace . This collision wan owing to tho ( lei-eased having neglected to slacken the speed be font arriving at Whitinoro , and to his paying no attention to the red ( lag which was shown him between Whitinoro and Standon . That wo do not think that any blame is to bo attributed to John ( Jruco under all the circumstances of
the case . That we would suggest to the Railway Company the propriety of reducing to a printed regulation tho existing understanding between the driver of an assisted engine and the driver of the pilot-engine who ussisls him . And wo are also of opinion that in no cane should tho driver of the train assisted bo allowed to puiw Whitinoro uiiloHM lie ban been signalled from that place that the engine which had assisted him wan safely out of the way . " On Thursday the jury for that end appointed , returned the following verdict as to the accident at Creech :--- " W «» find that Thomas II umhertou was killed on Wednesday the Hth of September , by tho engine and tender of tho jiriatol uud Exotor axproau down-train huvinur run oil' th «
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September 18 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 895
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1852, page 895, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1952/page/11/
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