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the Bow County Court charged a father and son , builAart at Old Ford , Bow , with an assault . The offi-Shad been to levy a » execution on the goods of a mla against whom judgment had beeni given in the Couoty ^ Court ; but they made a mistake , went on to L *^ 5 S » i ^^ BK | S 3 KfficeS but they were apprehended and looked up , and the elder defendant was severely hurt in the eye by ablow from one of the officers' staves . Mr . Come , the magistrate , denounced the conduct of the officers , -which was illegal . He discharged the accused , and thencounsel said an action would be brought against tbe Clapton Gate was removed on Tuesday . This is the first result of the toll reform agitation .
The British Association fob the Advancement of Science inaugurated its twenty-sixth annual meeting on "Wednesday at Cheltenham , under the presidency of Dr . Daubeny , F . R . S . The President ' s opening address was on the subject of " The Progress of Physical Science within the last twenty years . " The Sunday Banjos in Manchester . —The Manchester City Council , at their quarterly meeting on Wednesday , were occupied for about six hours in debating the question on Sunday bands . Memorials having been presented against the bands , a resolution recommending the bauds' committee to withdraw them was passed without a division , an amendment having been previously negatived by 27 to 18 . The Patriotic Fund . —The Legislative Council of Victoria have voted a further sum of 20 , 000 Z . to the Patriotic Fund .
Egypt . —The annual rise of the Nile has commenced , and unfortunately in a manner completely unusual . The rapidity with which the waters rise inspires great uneasiness , and brings to mind the disasters caused by the inundations in France . In a general way the inundation of the Nile , which is a periodical phenomenon resulting from the geological constitution of the country , causes no alarm ; but at the present moment the Egyptians are really afraid . This sudden elevation of the river will compel the Government to open some time before the ordinary period the canal which carries off the superfluous water . —better from Alexandria in tlie Xtebats .
Suspension op Two Mercantile Fijrms . —The suspension of two mercantile firms was announced on Thursday—viz ., Messrs . Pickford and Keen , and Messrs . Courtenay Kingsford and Co . The liabilities in the first case are said to be small , but in the latter they are believed to be little short of 100 , 000 * . Both houses were shippers of various goods to the United States and elsewhere . A "Walker . —An extraordinary pedestrian feat has been performed in Derbyshire . A man named Alfred Helson undertook to walk on six successive days the distance of seventy miles a day . He commenced his performance' ! on Monday , July 21 . and completed it with
ease on Saturday , the 26 th ult ., doing it within the specified time . The seventy miles were usually walked in about fourteen hours , but on one of the days they were completed in twelve . While on travel he took very little food , except beef-tea or a small bit of mutton half cooked , and a little stimulant occasionally . In stature , he is about the middle height , thin , extremely muscular , and having a somewhat intelligent countenance . When on travel , Helaon had a slight swing with his arms , and appeared to be going at a steady rate of some three miles an hour , and it was only when any one attempted to keep up with him that his real pace -was perceptible . His usual pace was probably from four to six miles an hour .
Poison for Gen . —Mr . George Richard Westcott , landlord of the Hunters' Arms n ^ blic-house , Comptonstreet , Brunswick-square , St . Pancras , has been committed for trial on a charge of selling to a Mrs . Brodie half a quartern of a fluid purporting to be gin , but which was in fact tartaxized emetic . After drinking some of this in cold tea , Mrs . Brodie became seriously ill , and remained so for four days . The fluid was drawn out of a tap . It appears that tho mistake was accidental ; but haw came the tartarized emetic in the publican ' s vats ? ThB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN TURKEY . The Turkish Government had decided on constructing two linen of electric telegraph from Adrianople to Salonica and to Alexanitza . Tho latter is to bo afterwards
exttindod to Belgrade by tho Servian Government . A credit of five millions of piastres has been appropriated for ( hose works , which are to bo commenced immediately . 1 Tbhb Cowes Regatta opened on Tuesday . Prince AMbifcft ' B cup has been won by Sir Percy Shelley ' s yacht Oaprtoa . The annual dinner of the Royal Yacht Squadron tnambora took place on Wednesday evening . A New Statue for Charing Cross . —Sir Benjamin ^ I ' waV ™ more int « nffN > l ° and unseen but still more P ru ^ iJ : * uthori * y ~ » om « mysterious oracle or Anglican elbyi— baa at length assigned a bite for Mr . G . Adams ' s Btatua ortho g reat Indian warrior , tho late General Sir Cnarjes Napier . Thia colossal atatue from Mr . Adama's modtf , cost in bronze at Meaars . Thompaon and Son ' s foundry , Plmlico , is now receiving the finishing touchoa , mm , will bo erected in the course of a few days in Trafalgar-Bquare , near tho eouth-weat angle , where the flfth or the capstan posts has hitherto atood . —JJailu News .
Bazaar , &cf zk the Isle of Wight . —The bazaar and horticultural show at Carisbrook Castle , in the Isle of Wight , under the immediate patronage of the Queen , Prince Albert , and the Duchess of Kent , to raise funds for the rebuilding of St . Thomas ' s Church , at Newport , the chief town in the island , commenced on "Wednesday , and will last three days . Count Cavour . —A new homage has been paid to M . Cavour . Some Florentines have sent him the bust of himself in marble , and the Romans decreed him a medal . More recently certain Neapolitan subscribers have announced their determination of having a gold medal struck with his effigy , and of sending it to him .
Bakunin . —i A letter from Berlin in the Deutsche Reichs Zeitung contradicts in the most positive manner the liberation of Bakunin , and adds that he is considered in Russia as a far too dangerous subject to be restored to liberty , not only on account of the leading part he took in the revolutionary movements in France , Poland , and Germany , but for his panslavistic speeches and philosophical writings . The writer further maintains that a mitigation of Bakunin ' a imprisonment is all that can be expected from the " clemency" of the Czar .
The Reformatory Movement . —A meeting of clergy and gentry of the county of Hants was held in the St . John ' s Rooms , Winchester , for the purpose of taking steps to constitute the Reformatory Institution for boys which has been established at Eling the recognized reformatory for the county under the recent act . The Right Rev . the Lord Bishop of Winchester occupied the chair , and upon the platform and near it were several distinguished characters . In aid of the proposed object , 100 ? . were subscribed on the spot .
Jealousy . —In my reminiscences of Tiflis I have to pass , with a somewhat sudden transition , to a sad event which occurred during my sojourn there . "Winding its slow and solemn way before our windows one morning , I saw the procession of a military funeral . Upon enquiry , I learned that it was that of a young officer of dragoons . A brother officer and himself had had some difference about a young lady , in whose affections the former thought that he had been supplanted by his friend . This jealousy did not lead to any open breach , but there lay a smouldering hate , under the show of courtesy and familiarity with which they associated . The discarded lover and his successful rival were engaged in a game of cards , when the former accused the latter
of unfair play . Words immediately ensued ; the jealous rival , not satisfied with bringing such an accusation , also demanded satisfaction of a hostile kind . The other refused to meet him ; when , maddened with the revenge kindled by his rejection and wounded pride , he followed his former friend and companion into a room alone , and drawing out a pistol , shot him dead . —Colonel Lake . Death of an American Revolutionary Veteran . —Mr . Denyse I . Denyse , one of the few surviving heroes of the American revolution , died at his residence , Flatbush , Indiana , on the 20 th of July . He was born in the town of New Utrecht on the 18 th of October , 1760 , and was consequently ninety-six years of age . He
participated in the battles of Long Island , Trenton , Princeton , and was present in several other contests . In tho war of 1812 , he received a captain ' s commission , and was stationed at Fort Greene . He was also present at the evacuation of New York by the British . —New York Herald . The Last Englishman in the Crimea . —The last man of the English in the Crimea is said to have been one of the Land Transport Corps , who , long after the Crimea was given up and all had embarked , was found lying very drunk in one of the ditches . He was carried to the beach by six Cossacks , and pulled off to the last ship quitting the port .
A Grim Discovery . —A feeling of horror was excited in the neighbourhood of Hay , in Wales , by a rumour that the skeletons of four infants had been discovered in a walled-up water closet at Llambacho-wyo in the parish of Llambedr Paincastle , in the county of Radnor . Upon inquiry , the rumour was found to be correct , and an inquest was held at tho house of Mr . James Smith , where the bodies wore found . The place , although originally intended for a wator-closet , was never finished , and was
covered by a paving-stone that fitted tho top . Mrs . Smith , finding the stone loose , was led by curiosity to put a curtain-rod down ; and , feeling what she thought a bundle of clothes , she got a long pike and raised a portion of thorn , which contained the skeleton of an infant . This led to tho taking down of the wall outside , and the discovery of three more skeletons , which had been covered with lime . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . "
Metropolitan Association of Medical Obticers of Health . —Tho medical ofticera of health recently elected in the metropolis under tho Local Management Act of Sir Benjamin Hall have formed themselves into an association for the purposes of mutual assistance and tho advancement of sanitary science . Mr . Simon , of tho General Hoard of Health , lias been ' elected the president for tho proaont your ; Dr . Thomson and Mr . Liddle , vicc-proBidcntH \ Dr . Aldln , troamiror ; and Dr . Hillior , secretary . Provisional committees have been appointed , to Inquire into various ( subjects aflfocting tho public houlth , suchaB tins eulo of unwholesome moat , the condition of tho vaults under tho metropolitan churuhoH , &c . Standing committees have bcon also appointed , to
report severally on trades -nuisances , adulteration of food and drags , the causes of disease , and the relation of meteorological phenomena to the state of the public health .
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SPAIN . Generals Echague and Garcia have been named grand crosses of Spanish military orders . Generals Zapatero Marchessi , Armaro , Macrohon , and Mantillan , are promoted to the rank of lieutenant-generals . Three incendiaries have been executed at Rioseco . The celebration of the marriage of the Infanta Amalia with Prince Adalbert of Bavaria is fixed for the 16 th inst . General Eos de Olano has resumed the general direction of the infantry .
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ITALY . Baron Brenier , Minister of France at Naples , has informed the French Government by a telegraphic despatch , that the King of Naples has at last resolved on making some modifications in the policy of severity which lie has hitherto followed . On the 28 th ult ., it is stated that King Ferdinand signed several pardons of persons condemned for political offences , and Baron Brenier expresses the firm assurance that in a short time still more important proofs will be yet given that the internal policy of the King has become milder . Thus , the difference between the government of the Two Sicilies and the Western Powers has taken a favourable tunt , and this result must be ascribed principally to the intervention of the Austrian Cabinet . —Paris Letter in the Augsburg Gazette . [ We must be permitted to doubt the probability of any real tendency to reform on the part of the Neapolitan madman . ]
The news received from the Legations , though apparently trifling in itself , is really such as gives promise of events of the highest importance , not only for that division of the country , but for tho wholo of Italy . It is stated that tho Municipal Council of Ravenna lias followed the example of that of Bologna , and voted an address to the Pope , praying for the removal of tho Austrian occupation ; and it is added that many others * , if not all of the municipalities of the large towns in those provinces aro likely to adopt similar resolutions . — Times Turin Correspondent .
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Mazzini and Manin . —A third letter from Itfazzmt to Mania on the Italian question has been published . Wo have roceived it too late for analyzation this week , but propoao to introduce our readers to its maiu features in our next impression . Accident . —A man employed at tho Fulham Gas Works has fallen from u Heat suspended ut a great height by ropes , and has been killed . A Magistrate's Warnino . — Mr . Binghani , t / u ; Marlborough-street magistrate , has been assuming tho character of a denunciatory moralist . Two girl * were ; brought bofore him yesterday , charged with profligate conduct in the Haymarket at nightand with impudence )
, to a policeman . One waa fined ten shillings , or ten < iaj-. s imprisoumont in default ; the other was discharge' > lina both received this exhortation : — " Take my advioo , mid abandon such a wretched and wicked life of prollitf / N'y . J for , rest assured that , if you do not , in Icsh than three years you will die on a dunghill . " Tho advico to lnav « a degrading and miserable life wa « very proper ; ' »»•' how can Mr . Bingham tjiko on himself to innko »<> » ' ; ' " a calculation with rc « pect to tho time of tho dung hill catastrophe ; or ovon to Bay that it will take placo nl all t Such exaggerations incroaso tho tendency to profligate living by providing it with food for scoillng that ban some warrant .
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Leader Office , Saturday , August 9 . RUSSIA . Lord Granville left Kiel on Monday for St . Petersburg in an English line-of-battle ship . M . de Eoutenieff is invested with full powers to arrange , on his arrival at Constantinople , the differences which have arisen relative to the Isle of Serpents . The irregularities of Russia in carrying out her part of the Treaty of Paris have hitherto attracted in France little of the public attention or of newspaper notice ; but I hear that the Government begins to occupy itself concerning them . The Russians maintain , up to the last
accounts , their right to the Isle of Serpents . As regards the progress of affairs , and what has really occurred on the Bessarabian boundary and at Kars , we are rather in the dark . Meanwhile , we learn that the British naval forces in the Eastern waters have received orders to rendezvous in the Black Sea . It is to be hoped that the Western Powers , France as well as England , will show themselves very decided in the matter in dispute . Russia seems disposed to make but a shabby return for the handsome manner in . which she has been treated . — Times Paris Correspondent ( this day ) .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1856, page 754, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2153/page/10/
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