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Leadhh Office , Saturday Morning , Jan . 19 . THE PEACE . A . despatch from " Berlin , Thursday night , " says : — " Yesterday , at two o ' clock , Count Nesselrode and Count Valentine Esterhazy signed , at St . Petersburg , a protocol containing the conditions proposed by . the A-llies , as the formulation of the preliminaries of peace . " The Debats states that Count Nesselrode , in his first reply to the Austrian Cabinet , says that the Emperor Alexander has expressed his desire for peace . " The internal . regime of Russia requires profound reforms , without -which the Russian nation cannot hop « to attain to tlie degree of civilisation which , other nations have reached . The Emperor is convinced that his mission consists in introducing amongst his people some grand social and civil ameliorations : and he is impatient to commence his work . " ¦
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* he top of the hill ( though it was calm in the valleys ) prevented its ascending . From accounts received from various spots of observation , it appears the fire was seen at many distant elevated spots , while at others nearer it was not observed , or only very indistinctly . Suicide from Erysipelas . —Mr . Edwin Webster Corsbie , a young man at N ~ oru icb , has shot himself through the head in the office of his employers ( solicitors ) , and in the presence of his brother . He had borrowed a pistol some days before , and had been heard to talk about shooting himself ; but the only motive that can be discovered was that he had suffered from erysipelas .
Cambridge ) was adopted , praying for a larger measure of Academic Reform than had yet been granted by Parliament , and that the Prince returned for answer that he had no absolute power in his own hands , but that he had transmitted the memor ial for the cdnsideration of the resident University authorities . How Mb . Cottom embrackd his Zelinda . —Mr . Cotton , a dramatic singer , has brought an action in the Marylebone County Court against Mr . Augnstus Braham and Miss Rebecca Isaacs , who recently opened the City of London Theatre for an operatic season . Though but a novice , Mr . Cotton was engaged , and appeared in the part of Captain Clifton in " The SJave . " However , he could not recollect his part , and apparently managed so ill that he wajs mot allowed to go on , and next day he was discharged . He therefore sued for eight guineas , the amount of
Eastern Counties Company ; and that the powers possessed by the Board of Trade are not . sufficient for the protection of the public . A report from a committee of the town council expressed a . feeling of dissatisfaction that the management of the railway is solely in the hands of the shareholders , without including any one to represent the principal tovma through which the line passes .
one weeks salary . Mr . Searle , the stage manager , being called for the defence , said : — " On his first entrance before the audience , I told him quietly if he did not alter he would be hooted . He had . these words to speak— ' Where , where is my dearest Zelinda ? ' in a mild , inquiring way on the side wing , and afterwards to come on the stage and embrace Zelinda ; but , instead of acting thus wise , his entrance was in a sort of Bombastes Furioso style , and he embraced Zelinda as a bear would a musket . { Roars of laziyhter . ) I could not hear one word after this . The audience were in fits . { Lcmghter . ) I then called the principal actors together , and they agreed with me that I must cut Mr . Cotton ' s part out altogether . I consider that the audience gave him every chance , but after his acting they would not hear him . " Nevertheless , he obtained a verdict for the sum claimed , and costs ;
Mb . Josjah Wilkinson has sent m his resignation a . s a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works , conceiving that he can effect more good by labouring merely as a servant of the board . PrroAiKN's Island .- —An interesting communication has been received fronfthis place . The inhabitants were all well on the 14 th of September , 1855 , the date of the chaplain's letter to the Rev . T . B . Murray . They had heard , of the death of the Czar Nicholas ; but as no newspaper- was on board the vessel which conveyed the intelligence , they Were still in the dark . Though they had suffered some anxiety from a poor jam harvest , they had a good stock of sweet potatoes to turn to and the " pinch of the year" was past . They were awaiting the measures of Government , for "their transfer to Norfolk Island , some having relinquished house-building iia expectation of this important change . ..
Australia .. —Advices from Sydney to the 1 st of October have been received . The trade of New South Wales remains on the whole in a sound condition , though it has been greatly shaken by the officially declared insolvencies , and rumoured failures of many mercantile firms , and by the delay on the part of the Government in bringing forward the new tariff bill . The Public Works Loans Bill had been read a third time and passed . Its object is to authorize the negotiations of loans in Great Britain , or elsewhere out of the colony , and which together with the interest shall be a primary charge \ ipon the public revenue of the colony .
The Nightingale Fund . —A meeting for the purpose of aiding this fund was held at the Town-hall , Manchestei * , on Tuesday morning ; the Mayor presiding . The Bight Hon . Sidney Herbei * t , M . P ., Lord Stanley , M . P ., Mr . Monckton Milnes , M . P ., and others , addressed the meeting . An unusual pressure on ' space precludes our giving an analisation of the speeches . Bankruptcy op a Shipbuilder . —The affairs of Mr . Mare , the well-known shipbuilder at Blaokwal ] , are now in the Court of Bankruptcy . It is expected that there will l ) o a dividend of ton shillings in the pound .
A Fisrocious Doo . —A man at Aston , wear Birmingham , has been attacked by a large Newfoundland dog , which worried him horribly about tho throat and faco , and then soizod his loft arm in hia teeth . Anothor man came to tho imfforer ' s assistance , and fractured tho dog ' B skull with n poker ; but , not until a fow minutes of his death , did tho bruto relax , his hold , Tho man attacked was conveyed to tho hospital , ami , though ao . uto . ly suiforing , is progressing favourably , SuunDi ! ov a SoLioiTon . —Mr , Harrison , a Hplioitor at Koixdal , Westmoreland , has committed suicido by bunging himself . Disappointment and resentment at a . ball he had attended , is ono of many reasons i \ 3 » igned for tha act .
Tiuc EASTiauu Counties Railway . —A mooting oi tho town council of Cambridge has token plnco , to consider tho ixWogod perilous fttato ckC tho Eastern Counties Railway between London and Cambridge , llosolutionn woro adopted to the effect that , an th « dangerous stivto of tho lino had been mudo manifest by a report of LioutonanfcJColonol Wynne to tho Board of Trade , tho counoil were glad to find tlwttho idiiwotravs of tUo coaxpftny woro impvosaoci with the importance of taking immediate measures ; that tho Board of Trade toe requested to cauno mirveyn to l > o miado of the other lines of mltvay worked by thso
The Meteor ot the 7 th inst . —Several correspondents of the Times , dating from various localities —such as Ventnor , Clifton , and Grimsby—have communicated accounts of this phenomenon . The writer from Qrimsby says : — " Tlie extraordinary meteor noticed in your journal of the 8 th and 9 th ult . was seen here in the S . S . W . on Monday , the 7 tb , at about a quarter to five o'clock in the afternoon . Its appearance agreed in the main with the description of your correspondents , the chief variance consisting in
its emitting lateral sparks of fire as it shot towards the earth , which kept increasing until it burst immediately on entering a somewhat dense cloud . Its course was distinctly marked for some time afterwards by a bright streak of light , which-varied with the wind , " until it faded away in form like unto a sickle . Some boys , on seeing it , exclaimed , ' There ' s the moon a-cotniug down !'—an impression not unnatural in them ., as in size it appeared to vio with that luminary . "
Government Atcmsaxs a >* d the Income Tax . —A large number of artisans and mechanics employed at the ars-enal and dockyards , Woolwich , have been served with notices for payment of the income tax . Much excitement prevails aniongst the men , who have held a meeting to protest against the proposed payment , on the grounds that their increased earnings have resulted frotn working several hours overtime daily at the request of the authorities , and in consequence of the demand for their labour incident upon the war . Public Reading of Macattuy ' s History . —A
public reading of ¦ " Macaulay's History of England , " beginning with the third volume , was commenced at Mr . "Wyld ' s excellent news-rooms , in Leicester-square , on Monday evening . The , room was well attended , and the reader was listened to with deep interest by a respectable auditory . The idea is a capital one . Great Fire neab the New-boad . —A fire of more than usual magnitude bxirst forth last Saturday night on the premises of Messrs . Hopkinson and Co ., pianoforte manufacturers near Fitzroy-square , Newroad . The flames were communicated to the organbuildhig warehouse of Messrs . Grey and Davison ; nd for some time it was feared that a beautiful Gothic
organ for the abbey churcli of Sherborne in Dorsetshire , and several others , wovtld be sacrificed . But , by great exertions , no greater injury was done to Messrs , Grey and Go ' s promises than the ' burning of a portion of the roof . Tho fire , however , burnt all night ; and Messrs . Hopkhisou ' s warehouse was entirely destroyed , together with a large stock of instruments and all the workmen ' s -tools . The building and its contents were insured for £ 2 , 000 . The Projected Road acuoss St . James's Park . — A deputation from some gentlemen residing in th « neighbourhood of St . James's Park ( including Mr . Benj . Hawes , Mr . Whately , Q . C ., Mr . Keating , M . P ., Q . C ., and others ) waited recently on Sir . Benjamin Hjftll , to
ascertain from him tho intentions of Government with regard to tho projected road across St . James ' s Park . The Minister for Public Works assured tho deputation that he had no independent action in tho matter ; and that he only moved in accordance with directions received from tho Secretary of State for tho Homo Dopartmout , b y whom ho had been instructed to prepare a plan in accordance with certain data .. That plsin would bo submitted to Sir George Grey , by whonx it would bo laid ou the table of the House of Commons . Nothing as yet had been done towards tho execution of tho plnu . Sir Benjamin observed : —" There aro throo parks—St . James ' s , Hy&o Park , and the Green Park—which aro the
property of her Majesty , and undo * tho authority of tho rangers . In those , I cannot build a lodgo , or xnako or altor a footpath , without authoritativo inufcructionB . It is otherwise in tho cane of the Victoria , Batberaea , and Regent ' s Parks , which 1 muy call tho people's parks .. " Fatal Bou . im Exvlosiqn . ' — A boiler has exploded m the works of Mcbbvr . Hiekmiui , iron-meters , of Sea Brook , Tipfcon , Staffordshire , on Monday last , by vrhioh . four men have lost their lives , uud { fifteen other persons have boon Horioualy injured . Aw iaiquoat has ope » od , but ataudH adjourned .
AxJADinMia Rkipohm .- —A looturo on the mibjoct of AdmaxuatrativG ami A endemic Reform , by Mr . JameiB Bojywood , MJ \ , F . H . 9 ., was delivered at tho M » noW )» tor Atheuooum on Mouday . Iu tha course . of U 3 a yqmarks , tho lecturer mentioned that , at a public meeting recently hold at Birmingham , a memorial to Priovoe Albert ( an Ohnnoellor of the iGPnivorHity «> f
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' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦" The Rouz-Name , -the official Persian journal , expresses the regret of the Government that the rupture -with Mr . Murray should stall continue , " owing to the persistence with which Mr . Murray proposes unacceptable arrangements . " But this , it is added , will lead - to no rupture between- the two states . Persia -will not leave " the path of neutrality . "
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FOREIGN NOTES . ; , English steamers have re-entered the Baltic , and captured several Russian traders . No political amnesty was granted by Naples on . the 12 th . The Government has refused to permit the exportation of grain . * . The bilL for a loan of thirty million . s of francs has been adopted by the Turin Cham ber of Deputies by a majority of 109 to 28 .
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THE SECRETARY TO THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS . The election of a Secretary to the new Metropolitan Board of Works , interesting as the second trial of strength between the parties struggling for ascendancy in that Boardj was decided to-day ; Messrs . Woolivzoh and WrtKiNSON , the two candidates between whom the contest lay , star-tingWith 26 votes each on the first show of hand ' s : Mr . Wilkinson obtaining a majority
of 22 to 20 , and 22 to 21 , on the third and fourth show of hands ; which , strange to say , on the sixth and final trial ( when , all the other candidates ha . dbeen successive ^ ' eliminated ) the numbers were reversed , Mr . WootBYon being elected by 23 to 19 . It is difficult to explain fluctuations , which appear to show that spine members voted alternately for both candidates ; a circumstance which does not augur- so favourably as we could have wished , for the future wox'king of the new municipal assembly .
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It is understood that the Government will introduce , in tho coining session , an important measuro for the regulation of Joint Stock Companies . Under this Act , every director will be made responsible , personally , for the acts of the entire board ; and directors abetting a misrepresentation of the Company ' s affairs -vr 11 bo liable to prosecution for misdeme ^ auoitr .
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Sin Thomas Mitoheu-, Surveyor Gouorolli « of Nev South Wales , died on the 5 th of October Uwt year aged sixty-four . His funeral was a . publlo owe , th « deceased having been much roapocted The lluuiiXKY Casks . — The trial ot Wilham Palmoi of Riigdoy , will , it i » aaid , take place at Stafford i tho ih-rtt wook of April . It . appears from the Spiin circuit of Judges juat issued that ho will bo tried b tho now Judgo , Mr . Baron Bramwell , as Mr . Jvtatic CrouBWull , who accompanies him on tho Oxford oironi will take tho ni « i prirus cases at Stafford . Tubs Mdbdbr of a Souoitqk . —An in « ni « afc hi been opened on the body of Mr . Waugh , but in a < jyurwxl till Monday next .
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Makiuaoe of Sin Robert Peel . —Sir Robert Peel has been married to Lady Emily Hay at tho lloyal Chapel , Whitehall . A magnificent dajeun- jr was afterwards given by tho Duchess of Wellington , when Earl Granvillo and Lord Pftlmoratou . made gallant and humourous speoohos .
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January 19 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 59
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 59, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2124/page/11/
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