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Southwark . and Westminster Bridges , and for the con-Btruction of a railway and other works . " The report of the committee stated that— - " The committee were < of opinion that the embankment of tiie Thames should be carried out with reference to the following objects : —lfifc . To improve the Thames as a navigable river , having due regard to the safety of existing bridges . 2 nd . To increase the wharfage accommodation , and improve the means for the shipment and delivery-of goods . 3 rd . To improve the Thames in a sanitary point of view . 4 th . To remedy the present unsightly'condition of the banks of the Thames , and afford facilities , by means of architectural embellishment , for improving their appearance . 5 th . To open up a new thoroughfare between the eastern and western parts of London . 6 th . To facilitate the construction of a low level intercepting sewer . "
The committee having commented on Mr . Gistoxne ' s scheme , arid that of Messrs . Loder , Jackson , and Bird , concluded their report by expressing an opinion that the promoters of both schemes had prejudiced their efficiency and value , as -works of public utility , by seeking to render them commercially remunerative . After some discussion the report was adopted , and the following resolution was carried : —^ - " That as the control of the banks of the Thames is vested in the Crown or the Corporation of London , or both of them , her Majesty ' s Government and the Corporation of London be immediately communicated with , to ascertain if they will undertake to carry out the embankment of / the Thames , between "Westminster and London Badges ; or if they will join with this board in carrying out the same . " Tiie board shortly afterwards adjourned .
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FUNERAL OF JEAN BAPTISTE ROUCfe The funeral of this eminent Republican took place last Sunday in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery . It was intended to deposit the body in the Victoria Park Cemetery ; but this was disallowed , as " procession funerals" are not permitted in that ground on ; Sunday 3 . The mourners started -from-the -dead man ' s house , Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-xoad , shortly after ten o'clock V they were preceded by three red banners , one of which had a symbolical representation of Poland smiting Russian oppression in the dust . It is calculated that about two thousand persons attended , the conduct of whom was very decorous and orderly .
The body having- been lowered into the grave , M . TTelix Pyat delivered an oration , in which , after eulogising tlio eminent virtues of Rougee , he continued : — " Knowledge is power ! When the time had come that French citizens were to take the place of French noMes , Voltaire and Housseau led the way for Robespierre and Danton . Now that the people ' s turn has come , thanks be to God ! genius is on our side , intelligence comes from below . We have Pierre Leroux , a compositor ; Proudlion , a book-keeper ; He ' gc ' sippe Moreau , a printer ; Tillier , a schoolmaster ; Genoux , a pedlar Poncy and Nadaud , masons ; and many others , living and dead , poets , philosophers , and artists , who
proclaim the people king by the force of genius , by the right of intellect and the intelligence of right . ( Criesof 1 Bravo . ' ) 'What ! ' it is said , ' are those workmen for whom the Emperor lias done so much , -who has given them ^ a ? zewi et circenscs , stirring yet ? 3 tirring always ?' Tes , till their kingdom come , for the revolution is not a question of bread alone . The people are hungering for thought also ; their "heart is higher than their stomach ; they have a soul as well as a body—rights as well as wants—rights imperishable , imprescriptible , and sovereign , of which you , my departed friend , have seen the triumph ; in the distant future , clear and certain as a proposition of Euclid , with tho faith of logic and the second-sight of reasou . ( Jiravo . 'y When from the two ends of the civilised world , from the two extremities of
" The son of a hatter of Lyons , hie followed in -early life the trade of his father , bat , having a taste for study , he invested in hooks whatever he could spare , after supplying his modest wants . By the force of application , joined to natural aptitude , h « became so great a proficient in . letters , that ho took his degrees both as a bachelier-es-lettres and as Q . bac 7 telier-es-sciences , and was made professor of math ematies in tiie Koyal College of Montpellier . -He was on the point of taking his degree as doctor of medicine when the revolution of February broke out . Having vigorously opposed the reaction , " was condemned to two years' imprisonment in Belle
Isle , winch he suffered in company with his menu Blanqui , with whom laeever since kept up a correspondence . When the time of his sentence expired , he was , without trial , exiled from his country . He took up his abode in London , where he married , and maiutamed himself by following lus early business of a hatter . In the intervals of labour , he devoted himself to Ms favourite study of mathematics , iu the too ardent prosecution of which he contracted brain fever , of which he died , after four days' illness , in the thirty-eighth year of hia age . He was sincerely regretted by hia brother refugees . " ,
society , we sec our two last victims—Worcell , descending from the highest rank in society to the lowliness of poverty , aud you , Itougee , ascending from the obscurity of poverty to the loftiness of the ideal—when we Bee those two spirits , so different and yet so like , working ior the success of the same cause , it is impossible for us to doubt of it . Therefore , citizens , however great may be our loss , whatever void may he made in our ranks , whatever regrets may be fait in our hearts , let us refrain from despair . The fruitful idea which has raised these ble model t
no s is samping others after their image If our enemies , the royalists , who make their principles incarnate in n man or in a race , lmvo been able to say , The king w dead—long livo the king , ' wo , united democrats , who do not make our wider principle incarnate either mono or many , either i n a family or in a cnate but in all , in tho wholo of humanity—wo who believe in the eternity of right , in the infinity of time , and in tho immensity of number , should cry out here for the greater glory of tliia martyr , < A liopubl ioan i . s dead-long live KjaeJ" ) il 0 Ud Crks ° " Vlvc l ( t ^ ' « " J 0 t Tullu ^ ; » n < l M . Louis Blanc also pronounced ShS ° V ' f . i , wcro followc < l hycrifcs lor the si » cwit advent of the ( k'inocratic and eocial Hepublic . partuS ^ & ^ of SJUr ° intCrCStlng
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THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK . . The hearing of evidence in . tiie case of this bank was resumed on Wednesday , at eleven o ' clock , before Mr . Commissioner Holroyd . Mr . Humphrey Brown , late M . P . for Tewksbury , was present . The examination of Mr , Stapleton was resumed by Mt . 'Linklater , who asked , - " . Do you or do you not believe that 6 u the 1 st of February ,- 1856 , you had made a fair and honest provision for bad debts .. ?" ¦ ¦ Mr . Stapletoii : "I do not know that it was a dishonest provision . I did not believe we we ' re deceiving the shareholders by that provision , nor do I believe it now . I believe a much larger provision for fcad debts would have been desirable . " Mr . Linklater : " I call upon you , as an honest man , to answer the question . " , ( Cheers . )
Mr . Huddlestone ( who represented Mr . Stapleton ) protested against cheering in a court of justice , and contended that questions should not be put iii such a shape as to convey a comment . The Commissioner said the question had been as to the provision for bad debts . : . ' : * . ' " : ¦ ¦'' .. . . ¦ .... : , . ; * . , "¦ Mr . Stapleton asserted that he had given his answer distinctl y . " At the meeting on the 1 st of February , 1856 , a vote of thanks Was given to Mr . Cameron . ( A . laugh . ) He had no ' . confidence in . * Mr . ' Cameron , and had determined to put him out . Mr . Cameron ' s debt , to which he had a great objection , was believed by many to be good . He had serious apprehensio
ns as to the safety of the bank before the end of June , 185 G . The subject « f bringing an action against the Joint Stoclc Journal for Its articles on the bank was frequently mentioned . He recollected passages in some of the articles . He was against taking any proceedings against the Journal . Mr . Esdailo alluded to the Journal , and there was an expression of opinion among the shareholders that It was not worth mentioning . He believed a Mr . Harris , of Ipswich , who had written to them in reference to these articles , liad afterwards got rid of his shares . " [ A letter from Mr . Esdaile in reply to Mr . Harris was produced , in which it was stated that the articles had been written by a dismissed servant of the bank . ] " Mr . Esdaile made a statement at the
meeting on the 1 st of August as to the value of Mr . Cameron ' s securities , of which he disapproved , as being exaggerated , and lie told him so at the time . When ho saw how matters stood , he got one general manager removed , and another was appointed ; and ho believed th at , if Mr . Craufurd had had time , lie would have put the accounts on a proper footing . He might have authorized the solicitor to take shares as a security for a debt already , duo to the bank . Before the 1 st of August , 185 G , there were a great debts
many which ho considered as hopeless . On the 1 st of August , 1866 , every shareholder present , of ordinary intelligence , knew the condition of tho bank . They had hopes of getting rid of the Welsh works through a company . Ho recollected Mr . Craufurd saying it -was better to call the shareholders together and close tho doors , but could not say on what occasion that was Tho monthly accounts of the bank in the Gazette were tho same as tho accounts of tho bank , and did not represent insolvency . "
Tho examination of Mr . Staplteton being concluded , an adjournment took place to next Wednesday . It was understood that an earlier day will be appointed for tho examination of tho auditors .
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IRELAND . Encumbeued Estates Couiit . —The extensive Donegal estates of Sir Edmund Hayes , one of the members for that county , arc advertised for sale on the 12 th of next June . The gross net rental is set down at 4 , 800 / . per annum . The lion , baronet ia himself petitioner for the sale . Shooting Tiutouan a Window . —Some parson , at present unknown , fired a shot , on tho night of the Gth inst . into the house of Mr . William Ogilby , of ICilcatten , Londondorry . A large reward has been offered for the discovery of the perpetrator . Tho county magistrates havo advertised it as their opinion that tho shot was fir > ed "for the purpose of intimidating Mr . William Ogilby from taking an active part In the election for the county of Londonderry . "
FiuiB and Induwsnijent EioicroRS . The Deirv papers publish a document in the form of a petition , which was presented to tho Marquis of Watorford by his lordahip ' s tenantry in Londonderry , humbly beseeching leave to vote aa their consciences dictated at the election for tho county . Thia was the answer : — Aahbrook , April 3 . —Sir , I am directed by the Itfarquia of Watcrford to acknowledge the receipt of youi lotter , together with a memorial from some of his tonants in this county , and to say that lie would wish them to voto
for Mr . Clark and Sir II . Bxucc at the coinint ? ^ « Y 0 Ul ' a Mth £ ul } yi J- B . lteltEBTOlCD . —KOV JN . M . Brown . "—The Leinstcr Express " m authorized t < utato that tho petition on the part of Mr . Fitzpatriclc , oj tho ground of violeaice , intimidation , oud obatructiou ai voters , ia in course of preparation , and will Le presented m proper time . At the declaration of tho new membera for tho Queen ' s County , Sir Clwrles Coote unvaried that Mr . I'iUpatriok ' a agent went to Lord Lnusdowuo ' s and Mr . Fitzpatrick ' a tenants , ami told thoju that , if they
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The inquest on the two women , Bridget Fox and Julia Flynn , yrho were killed by tiie explosion of a boiler at the works of Messrs . Bagnall and Sons , at . Leebrook , near Wednesbury , was concluded on Kridayweek . Xt appeared that the boiler which bursi was one of three of very large aize used on the premises , and ithat it had been . placed in . its position about three years since . It was repaired a month ago , bnt oae of ihe enguie * nien had reported to th « manager of the works ,
'David . - . Hill , that this particular boiler leaked . , A strict examination of the boiler has been made since the explosion by a practical engineer , who reported that it had been made of inferior material . The jnry , after hearing a number of witnesses , returned a verdict " that the deceased met their deaths bythe e : xplosion of a boiler , which was solely caused by the inferiority of the material , and that , when the leakage wft £ reported to the manager , he should have taken steps bo ascertain the cause . "
An accident has occurred on the East Anglian 'Railway Company's line , between King ' s Lynn and Ely . A Mr . Ferguson , in returning home , proceeded onthe'line from the Denver station , and was knocked down : by \ & passing train and killed . The accident was not -perceived by the engine man and stoker , and it remshml unknown for some hours , until the corpse Was found ron the line . The death has been pronounced accidental "by a coroner ' s jury . Mr . Ball , M . P ., while riding round his farm ,-was thrown . by his . mare into a ditch , where he was neauly covered with xmid and water . He was a good . deal bruised , but no bones were broken . Mr . Bovill , iLP ., has also been thrown from Jus horse . He fell with great force , and received , a considerable shock , affecting the whole system .
The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances . ¦ connected with the explosion at the New Pit , j Bradbtttv , was held on Monday morning , and resulted in : the Allowing verdict : — " That the five deceased persons Irad met with their death by accident ; but the jury wiBhed , through the coroner , to call the attention of the proprietors of the mine to the ventilation , it being their unanimous opinion that it was defective , and they hoped that In future it would be better attended to . " Mr . Henry Zahn , a young < Jennan merchant a Manchester , has been killed by being thrown on his head by his horse , which had been frightened at something . A boiler has exploded in Walsall-street , Wolverhamp-ton . Three of the workmen were lulled , and also two children who were playing in the street . Tenor twelve other persons were inj ured .
Two workmen , employed in . ' . fixing a new landingstage on the Prince ' s pier at Liverpool , have met with a fetal accident while engaged at their work . The men were occupied , in company with several others , on board a lighterman , in winding up a heavy casting , when suddenly the chain broke , and struck one of the men with such violence as to precipitate him into the river . Lifelines were immediately thrown out , and every . effort-was made to rescue him ; but he was unable to grasp the ropes , and it was only by means of grapnel that he was ultimately got out , hy which time he was quite dead , and both his arms were broken , Thomas Rhodes , the other man , met his death by being jammed between the vessel and the pier . He was extricated before life was extinct , but he was so dreadfully injured that he died while being conveyed to the hospital . A few of the other workmen are stated to have been in great peril .
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A itOT named Joseph Parry , aged fourteen , whoso father is a sailor nt Liverpool , found , wlicn in company with lour other luds , all much younger than himself , a bottlo ot whisky in the station of tho Lancashire and Yorkshire Uailway C 6 mpany . Taking tho bottlo to the old churchyard , and sitting on tho gravestones , they passed it round until it waa emptied of its contents . They were subHequcntly found in a stnto of insensibility , and wore removed to their homes . All recovered except Parrv , ttdebttuSf . ltUr < lay moTnin e apoplexy , caused hy
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Leader (1850-1860), April 25, 1857, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2190/page/3/
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