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Stdfetbfti that ¦* & hece&ary / improvement couiaiipt tak ^ ace % ithc&fc an ^ feSpenditure pf ; fiw . pr ; $ «?; $ & ; ¦ li ^ - ^^ i ^ ' ' ' ^ -1 « i w ^^^?^ - Pajmerston liad ext > re&ed his opinionthat it troul ^ L c ^ rl ^ a y b 6 ipijost advisable to cM-ry ^ e -extensive c ^ iges siiggestedliito effect , but asked where the ^ mbngjr was to" be found to accbinplisir them ; TTne G 6 verniifent ' couldndt , in the Minister ' s belief , proceed-to af refbrtti of the river until the war -was at an end , and more favourable opportunities i presented themsefvea ; of raising -the necessary amount of ' money . —f Af ter sdme- discussion , it -was resolved to refer all the papers to th ^ Commissioners / of Sewers . - . •¦¦ . '¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ . ' '• ' . '• • : ¦ ¦ - . ¦ . ¦
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MISCELLANEOUS . Visit of Prince Frederick William of Prussia to BAiJttORAi *—Prince Frederick W 2 Pam of Prussia andv the piikei of Cambridge arrived at Aberdeen on *> id ^ y > * The Prince proceeded by the Dundee Railway pn ' va ,. t visit tQ the Queen at Balmoral * He was received at Banchory by his-Rpyal Highness Prince Albert , accompanied by General Grey , and proceeded up Deeside for Balmoral at three o ' clock . -India . ?—The insurrection , of the Santals continues , arid will probably not be suppressed without considerable bloodshed . The whole of the country between the
Rajmahal ffiila and- thejauodunaisin the power of the rebels . Rajmahal has been plundered ; indigo factories have been burnt ; one hundred : and ? fifty villages have been destroyed , atrd " tbe mutilated corpses of men , women , and children are found-scattered about the open country . I . t a ppears , however , Jthat many of the EuropeanVwho wer 6 all' first reported as dead have escaped unhurt ; biitffliglit is -at present ? the only mode of selfpreservation . Several engagements haye : taken place
with the troops , in one of which the latter retired , owing , it is said , to the presence of several Santals among- them , who , of course , fought with lukewarmness against their own fellows . On all the otiier occasions the Government soldiers were , yictorious : about six thousand pf . them are in the field . The causes of the outbreak are still doubtful . The approach of the railway ^ feto ^^ he Tecesses of the forest region now occupied byithe ; Santals , andfcertain liberties said to have been taken with their women , are among the alleged ,
motives ; but it appears- more--kkely- that great oppression has been exercised over the , peopleby Bengalee moneylenders and Government officials . Siridoo Mange ' e , the . leader of the insurrection , pretends' to a divine mission , and promises to turn the swords of his enemies into sticks , and their cannon-balls into water . It is feared that it will be necessary to carry on the war in the jungle . — -Minor insurrections are going forward in other pautaof India . .. The bill tribes , in the north-west frontier are giving . some trouble j- and two hundred Rphillas Have . c * rpss . e 4 the frontier , and advanced on a village called 'Khurda . ' Troops have been marched against them . —& deficiency of rain at Bombay , together with the deolicleiri the" value of cotton Tand cotton goods in England * has depressed the piece-goods market there .
: Tim ( West Indies . —Very little news of interest has been brought by the last . West Indian Mails . At Jamaica , business was very dull , and fever prevailed . In British Guiana , the weather was hot , and there was tmt little lain ? but the canes were thriving luxuriantly . A-want . of : labour for the cane cultivation was felt at Grenada , but the people , were looking , forward with hope to the introductipn of Coolie immigrants , for which purpose a seven thousand pounds loan has been granted by , Parliament . Want of labpur wps , also felt at Antigua . Barbadoes oud the other northern islands have
been visited by a hurricane of unusual severity , and a severe shock of an earthquake was felt in Trinidad . At Barbadoes , the brigNew City of r Cork , Raynes master , dragged'both anchors , went ashore on the pierhead , and was dashed to pieces . The captain and , bpatsvpain . were washed overbpard and drowned . The barque 'William Large and schooner Koh-i-noor went ashore at the same tune ; the former was , wrecked , but the latter , it was expected , would be got off . At St . Vincent's , two vessels ' were' likewise ' lost ; a'i Martinique , two ; and at Dominica , two . '' There was ho damage done to the town or . country beyond the blowing down of a few
withunity ^ , have succeeded , inbringing r about results . that have suirprised an < I y ^ ex&i ^ many . bf . tlie general rnembers . This new ; party is ^ ptffletf / fr the Chicarpbns , ' * or ; " thq T ^ mp lars , ^; and ^ canreason frpina five . to six thoustffid ypfjere in ^ tb ^ ' . "The entire Kribw ^ hpihing executive , " . ' says ; the Neiv Tori in ^^ ffis ^ c ^ tjro ^ e ^ thirteen members , " in . the Qrahd Council pf the State of New TVwk . *' , The . praise objects pf this sect , as distinguished . frpm , the jnainbody , are not stated ; but it is clear that the Snoysr-nothirig . ** movement" can rib longer be looked oh as national . — - Yellow feVer continues to make fearful havoc Jp JTorfblk , tbe inhabitants of which contemplate' moving' bodily , ^ o Fort Monroe . The disease is abating at . Portsmouth . Railway accidents , amended by several / deaths , and ; generally arising ou ^ p f great carelessness , ; - have been .. very frequent of late . Rachel ; has made her debut at the Metropolitan Theatre , and was very weiirreceived by a crowded house . Thomas Francis Meagher has been admitted an attorney and counsellor in . all the Courts in New York . —A Boston paper publishes a communication from a German , recently come from ^ alifax ,. Canada ,, denouncing the false pretences under which the . English Government induces working men to visit Canada , in order to enlist them in the Foreign Legion . The recruits on , reaching Halifax are said to be cheated of half their promised pay , find imprisoned and flogged for grumbling . —The state of trade in the United States is extremely favburable , and full of the most cheerful prospects . —^ Santa Anna arrived at Havannab on the 24 th of August , and left for Caracas on the 26 th . 'Drowned . —A small saillpg punt upset' off Broadstairsi on Thursday wee&T , when the boatman and" two gentlemen were drowned . ' . \ .. . A Great American Shake . —The Buffalo Daily Republic gives . an . absurd account of a . v ^ ast water-snake harpooned in a lake near perry Village , New Yprk . When he . was pulled towards the shore ladies fainted , gentlemen jwandered , and the monster , straightened , himself out ' " '' with a noise that made the earth tremble . " "By this gpod light , a ,, verv shallow monster ! " The following is the . " Iate ^ intelligence" of him : — " The harpbbn is s till in him . B ! e lj . in the water , confined with ropes * which keep Ms . body in a . curve , so _ thathe cannot get away . He . qan use . his head and tail , with which he stirs , the . water alt around . When he rears his head ( which h 0 generally keeps under wafer ) , he presents a fearful aspect . In expanding his mouth , he exhibits a blood-red cavity , horrible to look at ; and the air rushes forth with " a . heavy short puffi " ' . ' The Seven Poor Tj ^ VELLER . s . " -T--The . Court of Chancery has approved of a scheme , for the regulation of Watts's charity at Rochester , well known to pur readers from having . been introduced into . Mr . D . ickena's last . Christmas , number of " Household , -Words . " ' ;/ At the first meeting of .-the new ' trustees , it , ' . was . agreed ; , amongst other things , that the supper to be provided for the poor travellers is to consist of , half-arPQund of boiled round of beef , one pound of bread , and half-a-pint pf porter each . A Notorious Railway Thief , nanxed . William Attey , has . just , been captured , He has distributed - his . favours wijji great injpartiality over a large portion of England . On one occasion he obtained a box containing . clothes froni a young woman travelling by the Worcester Railway , by appearing dressed in the uniform , of a servant of the company , and offering to put the box in the right van .. Fearful Accident . —A man , named James iDixpn , was on Monday painting , some stonework at the top of the East India . Company ' s warehouse , . Ha , rt-street , Crutched Friars ,, when he w , a » , seiged with . ' ^ . ,. fit ,, the board on which he- was sitting broke , and , he , hung suspended to the framework by one leg , bipod pouring from his nose and eara . Bundles of straw , and sheeting were placed belpwutOiflatohi him should he fall ; and for fiveand ,-twenty minutes h , ^ remained in thUf frightful position , the large crowd which ha . d * aflsembted being unabla to assist him . AtM&t t the captain of a vessel ascended with a rope ,, tied jit tq the poor fellow ' s arm , and pulled him up insensible , He is , not expected to . recover .. , . Murder in America ;>—A crime of more than ordinary savageness has been committed in America by an Irishman . Dennis Toilghoy , the murderer , together with several of his > country men , hadibeton put fishing in a canal near the village of Palmyra . Having ! left their skiff for a time , they miasod it on returning ; andj seeing a canal boat passing , Tonghey accused those on board of having stolen the skiff . ^ This was denied ; but TPughey , levelling a musket , swore ho ; would blow out the steersman ^ brains if the bo * t wer e not , given ! up . Thb steersman protested He had nofc got ifc ; upon which , Toughey rah ' up to tho . driver , ' and dashed in his skull with tho bntt-end of : the musket . Tho horse , taking fi % Ut i darted off ; ' and tbo face and body of tho . victim , j who was but a lad , woro liorribly lacerated and mangled from dragging al < Jng tho ground . Tho murderer lie in gnol . 'i >< ¦¦ 1 | i i : "• . ^ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' ' - '< ¦'¦' l : '"¦ ' '¦ ¦ " ¦ : •¦'••¦ : ¦ ' i : i BubaO ' Ri « a « ; iw NorraNOBttAMi—^ Some ^ disturbanaes have'occurred a / t Nottlhgham , ( whore the windows of . eevoral' bakers ' ' i shops' have / been , broken , -by i tho vmob . < Tho affhir , * Hawover . iwna -very slight ; arid the . owearing in pf special constubleslhotr put a * atop to Any further demonstrations . ¦!' . ' /¦ ' i ¦ i i < ¦'¦ ¦ : r ¦ . ! i . ¦ 11 . , i , i , ' ) •; v ' ¦ ; '
trees . . , i ¦ > . AusxRALiA .- * -By th , p last adviceB from Aysttalia ^ wo loam that serious collisions haye taken place petweon the Irish at the Maryborough diggings arid the miners . Tho " Tips , " as the former are palled , attempted to take tho lavy into thejr own hands relative to "jump ing " claims ; but the ' minerfi'" rdae' eh' nta ' tse to' the humbbr of 3000 , and obliged them' to 'conform' tP ! law aud ; usage . Tho minora ate known as ! A * the Allies , "/ irt
cpntradistinction to the "Tips , " MHU ory . and RPWce wprc ) sent to preserve the peace in the district , A miitual protection society has beon formed with tho sanction of tho qipvernment , . At the B , alltirat diggings , the ., Irish also placed tijem 8 elvea in pppoaitipii ; tP th p English ^ Scotch , arid American minors , and ecencs elmilar tp those at ^ aryb 6 V 6 ug h-pc 6 urrW . T ' "' ' ¦ ' - " ' - ; ""; . ; ijtOMRiaAi-hWhe 4 * Know- ^ hPthing" party , " it seemsji ia wielded ftlmoat entirely , by a small fleotioit within , the general ,, body , tho number of which flection , by acting
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VENrrbAT ^ pji Ho ^^ Ai ^^ A , ^^ ent .. hasten recently , granted jtp Liejitenapt f , ^ ls » - ' $ r&& * - ? ' $ ? % 't Prpfessor of Fortulcati p ns ;; r ^ t Aft ^ op ^ e ^ " fp ^ r imprpYements ih ^ thje : WJ ^ ho ^ \ qit wp fk ^ gig ^^ c ^^ ns , called punkas , for > fcg »^ ife ( iig . ( iBe jfiii ; " ^^^ ii ^ i ^ jjt ^ era . p ^ , churches , , and ptber large build ^ i ^ W | r ^ g iCf || qtipates , and , , itKjhe height of . " sufligper ji , ^ iaj ^ nxpr ^ ^ BprtiUejn latittides ^ ' '' ; These' piipkas . j ^ y ^ 1 k ^ M < ij ^^ , py ^^^ l labour or by horse , buUockjbr . iteahi power- , „; , ... ; -ri . i - Insulting Rusat ^; PRiso » EBi 3 , r-i ;^ e . are , pleased to find , from ' a / paragraph in a St » ssex . paperi ^ . riia ^ . it ^ e magistrates at Lewes have iiiJKct ^ . a . prpper punishment pn a vagabond whb insulted one t £ , ^ he ; Russian , pfijeera placed as priseners pf war in 7 tlies . to % ij »* i / v The . prosecution was instituted by the authprtoiija pf' the ; . W > 9 T Pr ison ., in ph
consequence pf the officers ^ -pfl ^ Ie ^ Jpejng frequently subjected to annoyance , insult , . and . eyeg .. peisspnal violence from the low characters whbr ^ pf ^ ^ the , streets . The offence having been fully ' pjco ^ ei , ^ fhe , . magistrates inflicted a fine which , added to ' the cpsts ^ made up 20 s . or in default ajfortnight's hard labour . ; tfeey furthermore declared their intention tp prpte ! ct , vthe foreign prisoners , as several assaults of the kind " had occurred , We feel that these outrages have been , sq ; evidently the acts pf a few depraved characters , the dregs of the town , that it is unnecessary . tp apologise for tljiem . to . the world . The local authorities will . soon put * . stop ; to scenes of the kind by a judicious . use of the ' cra h ^ an 4 . Sh ?^^ 8 dmUl . It wbuld . be an insult even , to -Uie .-nunjbiest classes in the town to dissuade them . ffpnj ^ . p ^ s ^ nti ^ the unfortunate men whoni war , has placed fn'iiteir ^ ppwer , or to tell them that that . ia not the way in . "VKhich EngUshmen ¦
celebrajte a . triumph . — Times . ....... \ :-, ^\ . . . .- ; , ' . {; , Fatal ' AccroENT .- ^ -A girl , pne . pf 1 . the . wprkers in ,, a spinning mill at Bad 4 erminster , was ^^ htly .. drawn into one of the machines , ' while endeayPjUf iqg . tp detach tibs strap firpm the drum 1 In anotlier moment , ; her head . was cut into two parts , and she was a corpse . A Lucky Man . —The Queen , , hs& sent . a . check of 50 ? . to Mr . Middleton ,, statioamastejCj at ^ anchpry , of the Deeside . Railway , as a reward , fpr . his exertions in" expressing" the news of ^ he f « 4 of . SebastpppJ to Balmoral . . - - , , , .. ;• . ; . ¦ ¦ -L-.-. - . " ^< - t ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' . " Close o ? the HERRJnsav . FisHEBTv -gf- -The herring fishery is now . over for tie season ^ ? ^ , ^ e Caithness coast it has been most supcess&Lt ; At Wick * the , take is much above the average- ; Qn ? the south side ; and east eoast , the take is under / an , ; ayerage-i ! but , vpn rthe whole the catch . exceeds that pjf ;^ ny ^ year for the last ten-years , ,.,-. . . . ; f » . , . ; ' .-., ; : i '; jr .---. .. ••
.-.-The Roebuck : Teshmonial prpgr « pse ^; satisfectority-. Lord Palmerstpn and Sir Joha . # akihgtpn , hayve voluntarily added their names tp the Kstfpts ^ Wrib jers . Both express their high admiration pi , $ her integrity ; of Mr . Roebuck ' s , character , thpugh , pf * efl ; differ | pe . feom him on public questions . Sir John P « kij » gtpnjmp , re > especially grounds his admiration on Mr .: R _ pebuok' 8 jopptduct with respect to the Sebastopol Committee , and bis . mode of conducting that inquiry . . : i , ; » ' ., : A Fire at some naphtha and crepBote . oil works , at Wolverhampton , has been attended by ; -the . death of three persons ,, and ; serious injury . vlt <>!' . seven or eight others . . , - . ¦ . ¦ ¦; . .-., .,.. . , > ,... . ¦ . ..-- ¦
River FiLTRATioNir-Anvexperimenfr ; i »; be . Hig made at Manchester to filtrate the river Midlock , which , frprp , receiving into itself the contents of , j « any : Jjewer % , ia . a very foul condition / A tank is : fiUed . with , lime and wateiyand a pipe is conducted fromrtbia . fesexvoi" ? across the river , small hples jn the pipe allowing the / Jim « -water to fall into the riveri at different . pp » at 9 t , , This operation is conducted within a space ( enelosexkbyyireiirsj . and , , a 3 the water passes off , it is found , fco , be , much , the cleaner for the operation . The mud and .. filtoiipre ^ ipAtafced by the action of the lime-water would b « of , great oeryice if used as-manure . . ¦ , < ¦ . v - . ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦ - . ' ) : ¦ . ¦ ¦• ¦ '¦ ' ' ¦ •> : ¦ ¦ ' . . ' ¦ ¦< '
, New Flax Works xk vhjk Norww QV Soptland . — The prospect of being without tbe'usual ^ supply of flax from Russia has led tpan extewive breadth pf l « wd being planted with i ( in Scotland , and tbeBe | # ^ owr , > he prospect of a good deal being done in the north to make , up , fpr the , deficiency whichymay be ; ot&orwine , f « Jt , v These . : experiments have jb « en Attended with , great « u « ceea 5 « nd it ia thought that in a few years , Bwffito ? ent , # jax will ; , be grown hero to render our manufacturers very independent of . supplies from abroad . ' : ,..- « ¦ , ' , i * oi ) :, '¦ ' ¦¦• Statb qv T « A » Bi-T-Tho trade reports from the manufacturing towns fpr the week ending ^ 1 * 8 *; Saturday confirm the views already expressed . of the . general soundness of all departments . of business j the rapid .
¦ rise in the Bank rate of discount , and , what i » termed ro many quartera ithe unaccountable ) « dv , « WDe in the grain niarkotv not having produced any ) feeling , of anx iety or distrust . '' The f « U 7 « f Sebaetopol haa fully counteracted tf » eieffect Df the altetedistate ' qtUhptmpney-tnarkefcj and at Birmingham ; tj ^ e breaknup of ( jrfcoW ^ s » S t > ecwlator 8 ! ha » palpably ,, benefited bmsineadJ'T <> The . < circula » . 'of Mr ; RBurn ,, exhibiting the ehipmonteoJf cotton anajpfchermanufaotured goode ( . from . Orejttt < Brttftin daring . « ti > e -past month , pi-eisenta an its Trtost remarkable feature ; a . con .-tinuanco ofexcoseive cxpdrta t * iG « loutt ) U Singapore , Shanghai , BraisU , ftliorepublica-on tho west / coast- of the PttCHit ^ -Kgypt ^ and Tufjte ^^ jdhow » considerable increaee ; the , Mauritius , Australia ^ British \ AmeHca , and tho United States ; adtoroaso . t—7 V «»« 5 i ¦• ' .- ¦ ¦ : ; ii ' ¦ ' \ > ¦ ' 1 '' ¦ ' '' ' ' ' ' < . . . . . . .. , , - -, 1 ¦ ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 908, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2107/page/8/
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