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newspap « rs ; and , although , he ( the speaker ) had seea many abuses made of the liberty of the press , he would rather have it exist with all its mischief than suffer it to be controlled one iota . ( Hear , hear . ) They must tell the Emperor of the French that , before he puts down the English press , he must put down the English people ( great cheering ) ; for they would be figliting , not merely for their own interests , but for the interests of all civilized beings in the-world . " Mr . Drummond coxicladed by saying that he thought Lord Palmerston " the riglit man in the right place . "
Matheny v . Lobd Maidstonb—A rule to show cause why the verdict in this action ( which was tried at the last Guildford assizes ) should not be set aside on the grounds of misdirection , and that it was against evidence , lias been granted by Mr . Justice Cresswell in the Court of Common Pleas . Educationur the Mrtfnro Drsraicra . —An interesting Report on the actual state of the population in the Mining Districts has lately been drawn up by Mr . Hugh Seymour Tremenheere , the Commissioner appointed , under the Act of the 5 thv and 6 th of Victoria , c . 99 , for the investigation of the subject . The statement offers a descriptive and statistical -view of the social and educational imp r ovement of these classes , and more especially
of the voluntary associations formed for educational purposes by their employers- It appears that the working of the compulsory school system had proved very defective when these local combinations were first set on foot some five years ago . "Until the age of ten , indeed , the children of miners were not allowed to work in mines ; and up to that time they attended the regular schools . But it happened that , when the labour of life began , education in its turn immediately ceased ; and children of eleven and twelve were found to have forgotten all that they had been taught in the ordinary schools . In order to cure this evil , Mr . Tremenheere succeeded , in 1851 , " in inducing all the principal iron and coal masters in Soutb Staffordshire to form themselves into an association , and to provide adequate funds for offering prizes of some value , in all the schools
of their respective neighbourhoods , to children of not less than eleven years of age . " This scheme for perpetuating or extending the period of education by means of competitive examinations was soon more widely adopted . The iron and coal masters of North Staffordshire and Shropshire formed similar associations ; and those of South Wales . followed the example . Since the accession of these districts to the scheme , Mr . Tremenheere has directed his attention to the North Midland and Northern Counties "with similar success ; and it appears that a system of competitive education , prolonging and extending the operation of the regular schools upon a purely voluntary systemand initiated so lately as the year 1851—has now been adopted in nearly all the mining districts of England . — Daily News . ;' . ' ¦¦ . ''
The Firework Extlosion : near Hitodersfteld . — The man who was injured by the firework explosion at Raschcliffe , near Huddersfield , of which we gave the particulars last week , las died . This makes the second death , resulting from the casual ty . The Great Gold Robbery . —William Tierce and James Burgess , the former once a guard , and the latter , till Wednesday night , holding a similar office in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company , were on Thursday brought "before the Lord Mayor , in custody of a detective officer , charged with having been concerned in a robbery of 15 , 000 ? . worth of gold from : a package in its transit from London to Paris in the month of May , 1855 . They were remanded .
Firks . —A fire broke out yesterday morning on the premises of Mr . J . Lampart , jeweller , 3 G , Church-street , Shoreditch , which- has been attended with great loss of property . The premises in question were in the joint occupation of several families , the members of which were sleeping when the constable on duty perceived the indications of fire . Before more than one or two of the inmates could be awakened , the flames had taken possession of the staircase ; the rest of the inmates then escaped by the back windows . Several houses were damaged . — Another fire occurred at the same time on the premises of Mr . Rushton , licensed victualler , Grovestreet , Deptford . Tiie building was nearly burnt down . In both cases insurances had been effected .
Paris Savings Bank . —The sums paid into the Paris Savings Bank last -weok amounted to 399 , 528 f . from 4124 depositors , of whom 497 were new , and tho reimbursements to 469 , 01 Cf . Robbery by Banditti . —Tho Presse iVOrient of Constantinople gives an account of a horrible crime , similar to those of the chauffeurs which caused such terror in France in 1793 : —" Four bandits wearing masks entered on the 17 th ult . the house of M . Nonna , of the village of St . Georges , near Sullna , and , seizing his wife , who was alone in the house at the time , summoned her to say where her husband , who was supposed to be rich , kept his mono } ' concealed . The poor woman solemnly declared that ho had no money secreted ; but they , not believing her , bound her hand and foot , and committed
great atrocities on her , amongat other things cutting and hacking her back and the fleshy parts of her person , and applying a lighted candle to her bosom . Whilst they were thus treating tlie woman , M . Nonna carno in , and ho was served in tho same atrocious manner . At length , finding that their victims could not reveal tho oxistenco of any treasure , tho fact being that they were by no means so wealthy as had been imagined , the bandits went away , taldng a small sum of money which happened to bo lying in a drawer . Tho neighbours having conio in found tho man and his wifo in a deplorablo plight , but medical assistance having been promptly procured , it wag liopod thoy would recover . Two men suspected of having formed part of tho band were subsequently nrrftsted ; one of thorn is a man of aomo property in tho neighbourhood of Sulina . "
Harvest Home . —The old English custom of harvesthome has j ust been revived on the St . Giles estate , Dorsetshire , the seat of the Earl of Shaftesbury . Having previously entertained at a festivity of this description the peasantry on a portion of Iris domain in that county to the number of nearly three hundred , his Lordship last week invited those residing in the parishes of Horton , Woodlands , Sutton , and Gassage All Saints . The labourers and servants on the various farms , numbering about three hundred and fifty , assembled during the morning in the yard adjoining the mansion of St . Giles , under the care of their respective employers , and shortly afterwards proceeded to church , headed by a band of music . After the service , an hospitable dinner was served in a large tent . The Earl then addressed the company in terms of cordial welcome , and -finally the park was thrown open , and dancing kept up with much spirit . ' . ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ''¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ; -. ¦ ¦ \ . ; ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . . ¦ ¦
Herat . —Notwithstanding the efforts of England , the Persian anny ( according to a despatch from Constantinople ) is actively pressing the siege of Herat . It is fortifying the environs , of which it has obtained possession after having defeated the Affghans , 60 00 of whom have surrendered . Follow arr Leader . '—A newspaper is shortly to be started in Somersetshire , the title of which is more flattering than fair to ourselves , being nothing less than The Leader and Somersetshireman . It was at first stated that the journal was to be an organ of Mr . Prince and his followers in the ' Abode of Love ; ' but this has been denied . . ¦ .... ' : \ . ' :. ¦ - -. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . .. ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ . '
Mr . Humphrey Brown-, M . P ., of British Bank reputation , has , in the exercise of his magisterial capacity at Tewkesbnry , condemned a man to two months' imprisonment for stealing half-a-crown ' s worth of coal . The foolish man ought to have committed depTedations to the extent of some thousands , and then he would have been safe . ' , : ¦ " . . ¦ . ' . / . . . . / ' - EAR 1 H [ QUA | a : ET SOTTTH AUSTRALIA . —A shock Of earthquake was distinctly felt in and around Adelaide at about a quarter past two o ' clock on Wednesday
morning , the 25 th of June . It was accompanied by a loud rumbling sound , which lasted for several seconds and gave the idea of thunder underground . It was naturally felt more in lofty houses , in some of the tipper rooms of which the earthenware and even the furniture were perceptibly shaken . From the numerous letters published in the Adelaide papers , from persons resident in town and the suburban districts , it seems to have extended over a wide range .- —Australian and Neto Zealand Gazette .
General Williams and Ojiar Pacha . —In reply to some observations of Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons , Sir W . F . Williams writes to the Times , explanatory of a remark in his published letters depreciatory of Omar Pacha- ' s generalship in the Asiatic campaign : — "On the arrival of Omar Pacha to take command of the army which was intended to relieve Kars , he wrote to the Mushir Vassif Pacha , by the hands of an aide-decamp , telling him , that ' if wo stood firm for twenty days he would relieve us . ' It can easily be imagined that we waited anxiously and worked hard during those
twenty days in expectation of the succour which Omar Pacha knew while promising that he could or would not render . Selim Pacha played ; the same game from TrebLsond , telling us that he liad an army sufficient to relievo us , and that his men were burning for advance . We therefore held on to the hopes inspired by these two generals , until famine had reduced the strength of our devoted little Turks , and Tendered impossible all chance of marching and cutting their way over tho mountains ; and I will venture to say that as long as a Boldier of that garrison survives , tho names of those two men will bo execrated . "
CoIxiery Initorjiations . —• Several small colliery owners have been fined by the West Riding justices for breaches of tho law in not having established special rules , for non-publication of general rules , for omitting to fence shafts , &c . i Vaxx . op a Bridge and Loss of Lrru . —Some of the lurches of a newly-constructed bridge over the River Tees , at Dinsdale , near Darlington , have fallen as the ¦ workmen wore removing tho woodwork or centres . Two raea were killed , one hopelessly injured , and others con-Biaex&biy hurt . T * ns Royax , British Bank . —Tho choice of assignees was completed on Thursday , in tho Court of Bankruptcy . J 55 J fl ^ P ° an « drawing accouuts , to tho extent of -200 , 0007 ., were proved .
« JS l 2 ?^ 2 r ' 7 rl , Btatoa * y th 0 fftulderBjicto Ex-2 SS" \ f S d ° WlU nota K"m come forward as a S * f ° . f or th 0 «> Proa « itatlon of West Yorkshire . The S 5 & co » n . ect « d vrlth th 0 local affairs of such a SS " / , l ulro mor ° attention than hia health will Allow Jaim to bestow .
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Leader Office , Saturday , November 8 . THE FRENCH OFFICIAL PRESS . The following article from Friday ' s Moniteur may be taken as an example of the offieial equivocation " constantly practised dn Paris . What becomes of the responsibility of the press , in a country in which one ministerial organ is thus inspired to contradict another so a 3 to keep up a system of universal duplicity and ' mystification ?—¦ . " The ConstUwtlonnd ' of the 5 th inst . contains an article upon a point in dispute in external affairs -which we should be very sorry to allow the reader to suppose has emanated fro-tn the Government . To envenom a discussion is not € he way to facilitate its solution . England and France , who together carried on tie Avar and concluded peace , and who agree upon all the great questions of the day in Europe , are divided in opinion upon one of a very minor interest ( assez faibU ) . Will the ., . difference be settled by a preliminary aTrangemcnfc
or by conference ? That is the only thing to be decided But , under all circumstances , we entertain tlie firm conviction that the difficulty will soon be removed , without running upon the double error of weakening the English alliance and of failing to fulfil engagements contracted . " The article alluded to appeared in the Comsiitutionnel of Wednesday , and had reference to the question at issu « between Trance and England with respect to the new Bessarabian boundary . The article is written with great bitterness , and imputes bad faith and ambitious designs to England . There are rumours of an approaching change in the French Ministry , owing to the financial embarrassments and the distressed state of the working classes .
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SIGNOR MANIN AND MURATISM ; The following letter has been addressed . by Signor Mania to the ZTirjjo / ie of Turin ;—• " PaTis , Nov . 4 . " Sir , —Your Parisian correspondent has included me among the partisans of Prince Murat . That statement is incorrect , and I hope you will permit me to rectify it . I rally to the flag of the National Party , whose wish is the independence and unification of Italy . I may accept an advance , though slow , in the way which leads to alinal object , until an opportunity be presented of attaining it completely ; but , in any case , I disapprove and reject every retrograde or divergent step , and I therefore reject and disapprove the Muratist solution as
antinational . Tho Muratist solution would not be progress , but retrogression . If , for our misfortune , it succeeded , it would consolidate the Austrian domination in Northern Italy ; it would introduce in Naples an indirect foreign dependence ; it would probably dismember Sicily , and abandon it to another foreign influence , and it would creato a most serious obstacle to future unification . Murat on the throne of Naples could not , even i £ he wished , establish a national policy , nor a liberal policy . Murat on the tlirone of Naples would bo fatally , ami by the inevitable force of circumstances , the rival and the antagonist of the House of Savoy , and necessarily tho friend and the ally , secret or avowed , of Austria , tho natural enemy of that House .
" Ho who affirms that Murat , when King of Naples , would give a liberal constitution , form an alliance with Piedmont , and furnish a contingent of troops for tho war against Austria , is either a dupe- or a decoiver . Such things Murat while a Pretender may promise , but that promise Murat when King would not and could , not fulfil . " Far from me any intention of personal offence . I speak not of tlie man , whom I do not know . 1 speak of the situation and its inevitable conditions . I sum up my intimate convictions in those , words : —Ho who is ft partizan of Murat is a traitor to Italy . —Accept , &c , " Manin . "
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NAPLES . A Trench and an English steamer are cruising off Naples , and have exchanged salutes with tbo forts , Some of tlie officers landed , and walked about tho city .
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SPAIN . An action for libel is about to bo brought by <' Narvaez Cabinet against M . Escosura , formerly Minister of tho Interior in Spain , but now a contributor to tho Paris evening journal tho 1 ' ressc .
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1066 THE liEADEB , [ No . 346 , Sasttrday
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 1066, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2166/page/10/
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