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atlantic st eamers , was awakened about half-past four o ' clock by a rumbling noise , and , thinking it was the gun of one of the American steamers , he arose , dressed himself , and went down to the pier . At Seacombe , on the Cheshire side of the river , a gentleman was so much shaken while asleep that , on awakening , lie imagined for the instant that some one was concealed under the bed . In many houses , on both sides of the river , cupboard doors were banged open , and such noises were caused as to make the inmates believe that burglars had broken into the premises . It is alao described as like the swing of a cradle ; and one gentleman heard six distinct vibrations of sound . ' ¦ This morning-, " says a letter in the Times , " at
halfpast four o ' clock , the shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt at Manchester by many persons , and also in the surrounding neighbourhood . It was the subject of much conversation in the Exchange , throughout the day , and in all places of business . Among a great number of other accounts winch our correspondent heard was one from n gentleman at Corn Brook , Manchester , who describes it as giving a tremulous , vibratory motion , from north to south , and moving his bed from head to foot . A member of a firm of bankers felt the shock , and ascertained the time to be exactly half-past four . A gentleman at Sale ( six miles south-west of Manchester ) , who has resided nine years at
St . Domingo , and is not unacquainted with such phenomena , was awoke by it , and recognised the sensation immediately . It was something like ti \ e vibration felt in a badly built house when a heavily-laden carriage rattles past . The crockery rattled , and the sensation lasted about half a minute . He looked at his watch , and found that the time was about half-past four . The residents at Timperley-hall and of Longford-ball speak of feeling the shock . The residents at Davyhulmo-hall noticed the shock , and a young lady of the family , having a lighted lamp in her room , saw the dressing-table vibrate . All speak of the motion as a lateral vibratory one . A solicitor at Bowdon , ten miles from Manchester , says ho felt a tremulous vibratory motion of his bed . as if some one moved it from head to foot .
The head of Ins bod was to the north , or north-east . It occurred at exactly half-past 4 , he says , and lasted two or three seconds . It awoke two other members of the family . A manufacturer residing beyond Bolton , and about fourteen miles north-north-west of Manchester , said lie was awoke , and i ' ult his bed tremble under him . Jlis wife was awoke at the same time . The bed and the curtains shook with the motion , and his first impression was that a servant in a room above bad been seized with a lit . Several servants and members of' the family were roused by it , and one of his sons went out under the impression that the cotton mill had suffered damage , but found that such was not the case . On looking at his watch he found it exactly halfpast four o ' clock by railway time . A cotton spinner and
manufacturer at Ramsbotlom , twelve miles north of Mancheslev , felt the shock , and another gentleman speaks of being roused by it at Parr ' s-wood , five miles . south ol Manchester , and of bearing 1 Vic furniture shake distinctly . lie examined bis watch and found it exactlylinlf-past four . Evidence of the fart , indeed , might have been obtained Jfi ' om a , thousand persons in Manchester yesterday , but we hoard of no damage done . Several persons speak of a sensation of sickness . Dogs trembled imil were much frightened . . Messages by electric telegraph on the . Manchester . Kxchange . speak <> f smart shocks having been felt 1
ill , ( be same moment at . Ilolyhoad , I'angor , Conwity , and Liverpool , accompanied or preceded by u ' rumbling noise ; bul at Miuichosler no noise was beard , except ; that caused by the shaking of bed-curtains , crockery , and furniture . The weal her is described as having been gloomy at Liverpool , and at Manchester I lie skvwas overcast , and the morning very dark , bill calm and ( air . Tlie guard of n tram from Fleet wood early m the morning speaks of the c Li-tliquake having been fell in ( bat neighbourhood . " Tuesday , at ; Liverpool , was exceedingly dark , rainy , and misiy ; so mticli so ( hat gas was obliged to bo used in the shops nil day . The spasm of the earth which startled our countrymen , was also felt on corresponding points on tho const , of Ireb ' . nd ; and is described in the Irish papers as producing similar olfeels .
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THE DEPOSIT AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . This company has begun to make progress in its business operations . " Amongst the gentlemen who were present at a public meeting at Rickinansworth last Thursday , were Mr . C . Poole , Mr . C . W . Be van , Mr . W . Prinsepp , Dr . Codd , Messrs . H . Mathews , Tracy , Strasburg , &e . Mr . Poole having taken the chair , observed that he had hitlierto refrained from entering into any public company , but he was so convinced that the Deposit Assurance Company was capable of effecting a great amount of good , particularly among the middle and working classes , that he entered soul and heart into it . Mr . Kendall was glad to have the opportunity of saying a few words , explanatory of-1 lie deposit system of life assurance . Savings banks , with all their imperfections , had long been considered the most convenient places for small savings ; but he was able to show , from experience , that the plan he was about to bring before the meeting possessed still greater advantages . It was statistically true , that only seventy persons out of a population of 1 , 000 , 000 , 000 , the population of the -world , live to the age of 110 years . Such being the ca-e , it becomes the imperative duty of man to provide for the contingencies of * the future . Deposit assurance combined the facilities and advantages of deposit and savings banks with tlie important benefits of ordinary life assurance . Mr . C . W . Bevan said that it had often struck him as a singular coincidence that any one endowed with common prudence should neglect the importance of life assurance . It was true that persons might say they have got no money to spare for the purpose . On the deposit system , a person assuring at the age of 20 , and paying 11 . 10 s . annually , will at the expiry of 30 years have paid in the sum of 2251 , His policy would be worth 522 Z . ; and if he were then unable to continue his payments , he would be entitled to 2 S 11 ., being oOZ . more than he had paid . Besides , his policy still remains the same , but with this distinctive pi'ivilege , that he may draw from the company to
the amount of 2871 . To exemplify this subject inore particulai'ly : by paying annually any sum which at the end of 30 years will amount to 100 ? ., the sum . assured , and which would be payable in the event of death , would amount to 2477 . 4 s . 4 > rl . If during that period tlie sum of 2 ol . had been drawn , there would be left a balance which the assurer might draw on of 751 . Suppose he were to omit paying for one year or more , or to stop altogether , his claim would not be forfeited , because on the deposit system the depositor has entire control over his capital , and each payment effects a distinct policy . He was so convinced of the advanta . o-es which the middle and
working classes derived from life assurance , that ho was anxious that they should participate in its benefits ; and ho w as confident that they wouid not be slow to avail themselves when they once comprehended its practicability , and felt the great importance of providing against the contingencies of life , from which none were exempt . Mr . Matthews , solicitor , addressed the meeting , confining himself principally to the advantages held out to the working classes by effecting an assurance on the deposit principle . Mr . Parher expressed bis concurrence , and hoped that similar meetings would take place in other parts of ( he country , as ho was convinced that the plan of effecting insurances on the system of deposit ; was calculated to extend the principle of those classes who have hitherto beeu unable to avail themselves of it .
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M 1 SC K LLANEO US . Queen A ictoria and Prince Albert returned to lmekinghani Palace on Wednesday , from Windsor Castle , in order that her Majesty might open Parliament in person on the following day . She held a Court and Privy Council on her arrival . At . the Court , the Earl of Derby , the Karl of Westmoreland , and Lord Lonsdiilc , bad audiences of the ; Queen . The Privy Council was attended by all the Ministers , and the Queen ' s Speech set fled . Tlie Queen has appointed the Marquis of Winclicsfer to be Lord-lieutenant of the county of Hampshire ; and Lord ISateinan to be Lord-lieutenant of the county of Hereford .
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Tlie accounts of the state of trade in flic provinces during the past week , demonstrate a lurl her exf elision of aetivil y and of ( he tendency to high rates for labour . At Manchester there hits been great steadiness , and a very full demand , although ( . he excitement in sympathy with ( he Liverpool eofl . oninurkef has subsided . At Itirminghiim tlio general export orders for flm llnifed Stales and Auitrnliu imt almost beyond tho means of simply , and in tho iron trade nlso thero has buou
conthere was a falling off of 943 cases in the out-door relief , and a saving of 541 ? ., althou gh the price of brea d was 3-16 d . higher . From the woollen markets the accounts continue to refer to thesmallness of the s toc ks on hand . At Nottingham both the home and the ship , ping demand for hosiery are very extensive , while the lace business , which has been chiefly for export , has amounted to a good average . In the Irish linen trade ji _ . _ r . n 1 .. . _ £ i ? . /< « . in . ¦ « . _ >
tinued animation . The claim for higher wages on th part of the colliers is persevered in . A newly-inv ented cannon is spoken of which , as regards efficiency , is equal to five of the old construction . The diminution in pauperism in the Birmingham district still continues , notwithstanding the remarkable prosperity of the period of 1851 , with which the present returns are contracted In the six montlts ending the 29 th of * September last "
there has been another week of great activity , a rapid clearance of stocks , and a considerable advance in pri ces . —Times , ( City article . )
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All the captains of the Hertfordshire militia have resigned . Mr . If . Bourne , the founder of the Primitive Methodists died last week at an advanced age , in Staffordshire . Colonel Bruen , M . P > for Carlow , died on Friday night after a short illness . In consequence of the election of Captain Laffan , as M . P . for St . Ives , Captain Galton has been appointed to succeed him as Government Inspector of Railways . Alderman Challis was sworn in Lord Mayor of London with the usual formalities , at Guildhall on Monday . Measures are being taken to present Mr . Winston , of Kochestcr , with a testimonial , as a mark of the estimation in which his public services are held . Lord Norreys has come forward instead of Mr . Worris , of Sutton Courtney , as a candidate for Abingdon .
The Lord Mayor presided over a meeting held to obtain a park for Finsbnry , on Wednesday . Lord Derby and Lord John Hussell respectively entertained their Parliamentary friends at dinner on Wednesday evening . A vacancy in the representation of Abingdon , and in a seat at the India Board , have been created by the death of Major-General Caulficld , who expired on Thursday at Copswood , in the county of Limerick . The deceased was in the 68 th year of his age . Mr . James Disraeli , brother of the Chancellor of tho Exchequer , has been appointed to the treasurership of tho county courts of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Lincolnshire : circuits 17 , 18 , and 19 .
At the annual meeting of the town-council of \ Vindsor , held on Tuesday , a resolution expressive of the gratitude felt by the corporation to her Majesty and Prince Albert for the spontaneous and munificent present of their portraits , wherewith to decorate tho Town-hall , was passed by acclamation . The Duchess of Orleans has taken Kitlcy-house and grounds , near Plymouth , for twelve months , and arrived there , with some members of the ex -royal family of Franco on Friday last . Kit ley is beautifully situated ' in Yealnipton , on the . banks oi' tho Yeolm , about seven miles from Plymouth .
The . new Master-General , Baron TJaglan , having determined upon presenting the young Prince of Wales with some gift upon his birthday ( the Oth of November ) , ordered a . model of a ( i-pound ' field-pieee to be mounted for the purpose . It is upon a scale of two inches to the I "' ' ¦; length , 10 inches ; bore (> . V tenths ; weight of po \ y d llrit ish service .
A Seville joiirnnl states that the infant daughter ol tho Ditcbess do Moid pon . sier has received the following naim's : -Maria Christina , I'Yanci . sco do Paula , Anlonia , '"» - I'Yrnanda , Anwlia , Felipit , Isabel , Adelaida , Teresu , Josrlu , Joaquina , . IuhIii , Kulinn , Lutgarda , Klenu , J arolmn , Bibiana , Polonin , Gaspara , Melchosa , Ann , liallHMim , Aguoda , JiUcia , and Nareisa . Tho parish of !\ 1 arylcbone , in a special vestry meeting held on Wednesday ; adopled the "Metropolis 1 nlcnnen ^ Act ; which enables them lo provide n new burial gr <>" for the parish . The ( joveriinient have oilicially notiiied In the , corp '"'" '"' of this borough this week , I hat ' they will lll >(' . *" . !""' „ construction of commercial docks wilhiu tins '" , ' „ ' .. Government property . So ends tho dock quest "
I ' orftwiotit / i ThutH . —I At ji recent inciting of Iho London Strong l *<» " ' ^ Shoe Manufacturer ' s Association , it was agreed III" ¦ society men should henceforth bo admitted to '''j'l ' " ;^; ,,,., ! on cqiuil < erm : i with t-ociely men . It was '' K '' ' , ,,. .,,, •«' that NUclmbuseHiiN forcing men to lodge m their cn | j ^^ . houses , supplying them will , eolfen or lea ¦ "S |" j . , () . will , and making thorn pay silling * , should bo nnou . The Klcctrio , Telegraph Company , with l ' . '" ^^' ,,,,, . anxiely lo nssiul , commercial men in I heir businc . ^ ^ lions , luivn contrived .. syHlem of telegraph"' I" . - j ^ , . messages on which , iflaUen lo 11 "' o / lice , will (]|( ,. dmlely ' despatched lo any part of I he I , iritf . " ! " „ , , || ,. i franks arc pnrclnu'cd in quantities , wiy ' «''¦ , jl () ) l ( , company allow the buyer f > per cent . ( I . MCOuni , « ' ' ,. „ , „ is thus ' saved tlio trouble of preparing e \ < •* ^ ,,,. 1 _ y message , tlio accommodation is likely to > \ iHtid . — -JLiverpot ) l Times .
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; : k of Asiatic ciiolhka in its worst stagk hy cold watkk . Dl ! i ; iN <; I he li ' le ravages of Asiatic cholera in the small Polish ( own , K oval , where , out of it pop u I a I ioi i of less I ban J . ">()() inhahilauls , Iliirly In forty were daily Hilling victims to thai falal scourge , the (' anon Slobieski , prebendary of that lown , universally respected for bis piety and henevo-Joive , raised I hat I eel mg of respect lo itu cu I h ilsinstic vciiera ion by bis unrcmil ling attendance upon ( he sick during ibis awful vi . 'iilal ion . lie Ilius , heedless of danger , toiled <| iy and night administering religious consolal ion , and lavishing upon the poor irrespective ol creed or persuasion food , comfort , and medicines ; until at hist , sinking from over-e \ erl ion and the / list trial of his fortitude I be sudden death of his sister and cousin be in hi . i ( urn
manifested the fatal symptoms of I be dreadliil epidemic . The i nimbi I nuts of I lie place , Icrror-sl rick en by I ho occruend ing Mill ' orings of their idolized benefactor , I hrunge'd the church , crowded the court-yard of I lie parsonage ; even tho . leuii nnsembled in ( heir synagogue , mid |> rnyed for recovery . The p hysician , his inlimalo friend , and inM-pnmble companion in ' lii .-i \ li \ tn of charily , app lied all I he remedies which H , ee and experience migge . sl ed ; but alas ! without any Hi ' ecl ; mid he uiih compelled lo nee I be ernniped limbs ol l \ U venerated friend iissmi ling I be coldness <» f death , and III- livid lines of ( bat awful malady . All nt onco the sufferer , to all appearance in his hint agony , a .-kod for cold witter . Tho physician , in despair , y ielded . Tlio patient drunk an incredible quantity of coldest spring water ; tho
crisis took a favourable turn ; and , through the mercy of God , bis life was spared for the benefit of the district , to continue his pious works of charity .
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1084 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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IVrsons living in tin ; neighbourhood of Wahner Castle were ; admitted to view tho collin of the Duke on Tuesday . The body of flu ; Duke of Wellington was conveyed fo London by train on Wednesday night . It , was accompanied by the present l ) uke and Lord Arthur Ilay , and escorted from the Hricklayer ' s Anns nt at . ion by a troop ol Life Guards ; received at Chelsea by it conipMiiy of Grenadier Guard ; , and in f be I lospihil by the Lord ( 'li : nnlierlnin . If . w : is placed in the magnilieent apartment arranged for the lying in state , which commenced mi I'Yiday .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1852, page 1084, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1960/page/8/
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