Current:

Leader (1850-1860), 22nd March 1856, Edition 1 of 2, Page 274, Untitled Article

Page 274
Page 10
10 of 24

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • "- "_3lni2 1 f«i*f»*tt4' J^UJ^IJy ITI4IX * ^
  • Text (6)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      PRUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCES . The Constitutiownel publishes a letter from its correspondent at Vienna , dated the 15 th , on the subject of the admission of Prussia to the Congress . It says : — " The invitation which Count Walewski , as organ of the Congress assembled in Paris , has addressed to Prussia to take part in the deliberations of the Congress , appears at first glance so unforeseen that we must not be surprised if it gives rise to the most erroneous commentaries and the most hazardous suppositions . But a succinct account of the facts which induced the Congress of Paris to address that invitation to the Court of Berlin will suffice to

      reduce the signification and bearing of it to its just value . The idea of associating Prussia in the deliberations of the Congress , in order to place the definitive treaty of peace under the general guarantee of Europe , was brought forward by Austria as soon as the Court of St . Petersburg had accepted purely and simply the Austrian ultimatum . " In proof that Austria did this , the letter quotes an extract from a despatch addressed by Count Buol to Count Esterhazy , at Berlin , announcing his intention of directing the Austrian Ministers at Paris and London to recommend strongly to the Western Powers the admission of Prussia .

      Untitled Article

      SPAIN . A slight disturbance has taken place at Lorca , but the movement was apt of any importance . Differences of opinion continue to exist among the democratic party . The Statutes of the Credit Mobilier Company will soon be officially approved of .

      Untitled Article

      Marriage of the Princess Royal . —We have good reason for stating that the marriage of the Princess Royal to the Crown Prince of Prussia has been finally determined on , and will take place in about two years . Important Conversion . — -The only daughter of the Bishop of Oxford baa become a Roman Catholic . The Talbot Case . —The Easter recess has stopped the progress of this case before the House of Lords . Judgment , therefore , is not yet pronounced . The readers of this paper , who recollect the article in our leading columns of February 9 th , in which we related the facts of the case , will probably participate in our sympathy with the unfortunate lady .

      Two Ships Destroyed by Fire . —The Martha , Captain Christie , and the Saracen , both of Liverpool , were totally destroyed by fire in the river Bonney on the Hth of last January , the flames or sparks from tho one setting light to the other . Both belonged to tho same proprietor . No lives were lost . The Sadueir Fouqbries . —It has transpired that forgeries , in the shape of promissory notes to tho amount of £ 25 , 000 , have been committed by the lato John Sftdloir on Mr . Dargan .

      Rogers v . Dale . —An action for criminal conversation has boon brought at the Stafford' Assizes . Tho husband was a theatrical man , and tho proprietor of an hotel ; the wife ha < l been an nctrosB 5 Mr . Dale , the defendant , was a surgeon . Tho evidence showed very deliborato infidelity on the parti of the wifoj who would drug her husband with extra quantities of brandy , and would admit her lpvor to her room in tho night , or repair to his own room iix the hotel , or to his houso , in the most open manner . But it appeared that the husband systematically illused her , and that ho was himself a drunken profligate . A verdiat was given for tho plaintiff : damages , 250 .

      Tmn Roomily Poisonino Case ; Paukmu ' s DcH li-BNQK . —Mr , John Smith , Palmer's solicitor , has made an application , first to tho solicitors for tho Cz-owa , and afterwards to Sir George Grey , for copies of Vr > Taylor ' s . written reports with respect to ihopoat mortem examination of the deceased persona . It is contended by Mr . Smith that tlioqo documents nro aubatantivo portions of tho depositions , wad are needed for tlw defence of the prjaouor s hut his application has been refuged , on $ ha ground , { hat it to unpreoodonoetf .

      Untitled Article

      tages of the spout . You are thus made aware of our mutual hostility . For myself , I have only to assure you that 1 am your constant and bitter enemy . —C- J . MaTHSVCS . " ¦ TT = T ^ -= m = ^— - — . ... ... ' - **

      was dashed to death on the pavement ,. of ; the nave < T } £ e body was terribly fractured ; but it is Btated that no- "blood flowed from the various wounds . It is tttot | ght that the eve n * will cause the covering in of &e gallery in the way which has been earned out at the Monument and the Duke of York ' s column . " Suicide at a Public House . — -Another suicide , similar to that in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , was committed on Sunday morning last ai the Swiss Stores public-house , Cranbourn-sfcree * , near St . Martin'scourfc . Shortly after twelve o ' clock , the head cook on the establishment , named Francois , got on to the stone coping of the j > arapet of the house in St . Mariin ' s-eourt , and , with a loud shout , precipitated himself on to the stone flags beneath . In his descent ,

      one of his legs struck a woman who was passing , and knocked her down . He pitched on his head , and completely crushed his skull . The suicide is supposed io have been occasioned by peouniary embarrassment , brought about by extensive losses through betting opt horse-racing . Suicide of a Pantaxoon . —A man named Griffiths , a pantaloon at various theatres , has committed suicide hy cutting his throat . He had for some time resided in Valentine-place , Webber-street , Blackfriars rpad . It appears he had been much depressed m mind by the failure of th e theatrical season at Preston , at which town he had an engagement ; and though , on ills return to London , he . got an engagement at a small weekly salary , his mind still appeared much

      affected . On Sunday , morning , his wife left him in bed with a child about three years old , and ; during her absence he nearly severed his head from his body with a razor , Pecumaty difficulties , and the fear of losing his situation , appear to have induced him Ho : put an end to '" bis existence , —Herr Van Der Mas * * noted as a very : expert swordsman , -who has ftecpimtly performed at Lord Holland ' s-park , at Se ville-house , Leicester-square , arid before the Queen , ias cut his throat owing to despondency resulting from want of work . —A man has cut his throat with a knife in a hospital at Liverpool . He had been placed in the hospital on account of injuries received from jumping out of window in a fit of de-Ziriuzri tremens * -

      iSTew Ross Elections . —Mr . Tottenham has been elected meuiber for ! New Ross , the numbers being— - Tottenham , 84 ; Redington ; 65 . HEAiiTH op LoNiDow . —The deaths registered in London rose from 1 , 029 and 1 , 082 in the two previous weeks to 1 , 118 in the week that ended last Saturday . If the rate of mortality had been tha same last week as it was , taking- the average , in the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1846-55 , it would have produced 1 , 296 deaths , which is more by l ? 8 than the number actually returned . Of the 1 , 118 deaths ., 563 were those of males , and 555 of fejn&les . Fr , oni diseases of the respiratory organs , the deaths in the . preceding week were 191 : last week

      they were 223 , of which 101 were caused by bronchitis , 92 by pneumonia , 9 by asthma , the remainder by laryngitis , pleurisy , and ' disease " of the lungs . Phthisis was fatal in the two weeks in 129 and 148 cases ; influenza last week : in 2 , croup in 7 , hoopingcough in 47 , cases . Forty-five persons died of typhus and common fever . The widow of a farmer aged fifty-six years died in St . Luke ' s Workhouse of " fever and destitution . " Four children died of measles in Poplav ; three of these in the workhouse , Ejgtt deaths from / fcyphua occurred in the London Fever Hospital . The bpdy

      the age of 93 years , one at 95 years , and one is stated to nave been 104 years old . These four aged persons were all widows . The centenarian died at 3 , Hutohison ,-flfcreet , AldgQte , on the 10 th of March j she was a native of Prussia , but had been in this country several years . Mr . Spencer , the registrar , adds that aha enjoyed good * health and the use of her faoulties to the last , and that her eon , the informant of the death , stated that he himself was sixty si * years of age , and the youngest aon of a large family . — . Last we « k , the births of 982 boys and 812 ff irls , in all 3 , 744 ohjldren , were registered in . London . In the ten corresponding' weeks of tho years 1846 ^ 55 , the H-vsrage number -woe 1 , 682 . — From , the Itegiatw-QtWiraVa Weekly Retwiu

      Mi * . Cbarmeb-Mavhews and Mr . E . T . Smith . — Who company of Drury . lane TUoa , tre , on Saturday Wiping , presented Mr . E , T . Sraitb ,, tho leasep , witU a mypv v « ae in aomnaeinoration of tho successful season . At was accompained by th © following Qh , araoteriel 4 o ¦ ttQfte - * - ^ . R » Drury-Lane , March 16 th , 1856 .-r-My f * saVvWiai $ h , Tr ~ the acoompanying vtwio will , I tritat , ( testify to tho general AU-. w » U of myself and the whole ! L % * S Wmpwiy , th © matignfty of youv acenc-pwntQrs J ^ Wtp « « crJWo » y of yom ? bond , towards you , for your » WYwyio g , br ^ tftHt / to « dfii u 9 < 4 Jl . during tho p ^ t ISK ^ " *' ' ' ^ he y » u *»« TO teeJioWllep ( which flK ^ Kr ^ ' ^^ T vp ) fy portly ) , you will poraelvo SS 2 rf ™^ cSf ? 5 Wrted » ^ th ( i <* OrteBt . nofcipO , wonia » e . aU ] p ritn <> 1 w ^ , JO | fttiairt to ft % h ^

      The " Established Church" and the Wesleyaus . —Several meetings have been held within the last few weeks at the Rectory House of St . James's , Piccadilly , with a view to causing an amalgamation of the Wesleyan body with the Church of England . A committee has been appointed , who recommend a petition to Convocation , and express their opinion that the property of the "Wesleyans should remain intact , and that they should be allowed to retain their ordinary customs , but should , if possible , he induced to ^ revert to the principles of their founder hy receiving the Sacrament in the parish church only . It is said that this movement has its origin in -some wellknown preachers of the Wesleyan body .

      An Historical Comet—Astronomers , it is said expect the appearance this year of the comet of 1556 ' called Charles V ., and so named * from having ac ! cording to some historians , caused that monarch to abdicate and retire to the Convent of St . Just . It is 1 ^ enttcal wander-ing star , some say , which appeared £ } o £ " > and ( J 83- Its return was fiied for 1848 , but it did not answer the call , frightened perhaps , as a monarehcial comet , by the ecentricities of that epoch . The new calculations of the savans do not , however , admit of muoh doubt as to the present nearness of its visit .

      The West Indies . —Very serious disturbances have broken out among the African population of British Guinea . The Portuguese immigrants , being very industrious , money-saving people , have excited the special enmity of the blacks—a feeling of animosity which has been kindled to . the utmost height by a Creole and native of the colony , named John Sayers Orr , commonly known aa " the Angel Gabriel . " This man preached a sort of crusade against all Portuguese and Roman Catholics ; and he was arrested . Riots ensued ; the flame of disaffection burst out first

      in one place , then in many ; and at length it was found necessary to place the whole colony under a species of martial law . The military were called forth , and special constables were sworn in . A great deal of property has been destroyed , and the negroes exhibit an ill-feeung towards the whole white population ; but the naovement is for the present held at bay , though disturbances have also taken place at Queen ' s Town and the other parts of Essequibo , the Arabian coast , and on the islands of Leguan and W " akenaam .

      MaJJAME GOLDSCHMHM ! AND THE DTlGHTINrttAIiE Funi > . ~—Madame Groldschnaidt and her husband have just contributed the munificent donation of £ 1 , 872 towards the Nightingale Fund , being the proceeds of the concert given hy them at Exeter Hall on the evening of Tuesday week . This contribution is presented by Mr . and Madame Goldschmidt as ( to use their own words ) . " a testimony of their warm interest in the purposes to which the fund is destined , and of their sympathy and admiration towards the lady whose name it bears . " The money . has . been handed over to the committee of the fund free from all deduction on account of the expenses of the concert , which hava been entirely defrayed by Mr . and Madame Goldschmidt .

      An Earthquake in Wiltshire . —A Tat her severe shock of earthquake , causing the displacement of bricks and flooring , the ringing of bells , &c , took place on Friday week in the villages of Sedgehill and Knoyle , South Wilts . Me . E . Stbutt 1 , M . P ., has declined the offer of a peerage . Abyssinia . —The Trieste Gazette has an account of a new Ethiopian kingdom , which one Theodore , a native 'Christian , is founding by conquest , and in which neither slavery nor polygamy will have place .

      A High Sheriff pined £ 100 . ~ Major . Rice , of Lwynybrain , Carmarthenshire , the high sheriff , has been , fined £ 100 by Mr . Justice Williams for neglecting to provide the usual and neces&ary attendance of bailiffs , &c , at the Assizes . Major Rice was himsejlf unable to attend , owing to illness . There waa not one prisoner for trial . Proposed Improvements in Paix-maxi * and Dowwin o-stbeex—Some glimpses into the proposed alterations in the neighbourhood of the Government offices are given by the Observe )' , where we read that it is proposed to pull down Buckipgliam-houso and the houses that intervene between that and tho present Ordnanoe-olflicea , and to erect a set of offices under tho roof of which nil the departments connected with the Miniater-of-War may be carried on . The

      frontage thus gained will bo more than one hundred and fifty feet , And will fill up the space between the Cftt-lton Club nn 4 the Ordnance-oflico . With respect to tho neighbourhood of Pavliftmont-atroet , the Chief QoxnxnisBionor of Works proposes to purchase the entire block of buildings commencing from Downing-BtrceHo Great GJoorge- ' atreefc , including tho north side of Pftrliament-siirqet . Supposing this done , there would bo an open space , from Parliamont-akeet to St . James ' s-pa » 'k . It iathon proposed to erect a magnificent range of publio pfl ^ oes in a direot line from the Troasury-ohambors to George-street , Storey's gate ; so that one portion would look to th > Q wpst and tho otjhav iuto Purliamont-fltroot . B y those means the road from , tho Horso Guards to Groa . t Goorga-atreet wpuld bo of tho uamo width , and would form one of the moot magnificent , thoroughfaroa hx Europe

      SVWHAWHB JJ flLEO . BAJPfl BBJTWEBN Eu « O «? ANJD Awbrioa—A Pbarfcor- granted by tho King of Sweden to tho American oifcfoen , Mr . T . P , Bokaffnor , opntaina tho exolwulyo permission to lay down a aubmayij *© telegraph , wiro between tb . o coiwtia qt North A > norj , oa and # Torw * y , <*»<* w dfttod th « # < Hh of January .

      Untitled Article

      q »* TJt ( E I . . EAPEE . TNo ; 313 . SAtuR DAv m * - ^ <~ -r—^ — p . ^ ^—^* r ~ nrrn » i — ~ -

      "- "_3lni2 1 F«I*F»*Tt4' J^Uj^Ijy Iti4ix * ^

      V > m \ mxvA .

      Untitled Article

      Leader Oppioe , Saturday , March 22 .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 22, 1856, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2133/page/10/