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ctmiocotiott Offieecould not Hintf them , though it eonld for a time-er&p le-itv By hi * having thu ^ from the first to filielast * Jnader-Ms'war i * spit » of the Circumlocution Offic e * * nd dead agSinsfri * as his natural enemy . But , the name-is evidftnftjrJtetipronB misjrint and an unJ&rtanate mistake * The Novelist will await the Reviewer ' s coweotioa of tile- press , andsubstitutioa of the rightfnairae . . ? Wil ¥ the Edinbttvg k Review afeo take its next opportuiMttv-oF manfully expressing its regret that in too distempered a zeafcfbr the Circumlocution Office , it has beeabetrayedas to that Tottenham-eouirfr-road assertion .
, into a hasty substitution of uatruth for truth ? the discredit © f whieb , » fe might have- saved itself , if ^ it had been sufficiently-coot and considerate to be simply just / It Trill , too possibly , Karenwcb to . do by that time m championing its Circumlocution Office in new triumphs on > the voyage out to India ( God knows that the Novelist has his private as well as his public reasons for writing the foreboding with no triumphant heart !); but eves party occupation , the reviewer ' s licence , or the editorial plural , does' not absolve a gentleman from a gentleman ' s dwty ,. w gentleman's restraint , and a
gentleman ' s generosity . Mr . Dickens will willingly do his best to account for * any new case of Circumlocution Office protection that the Review may make a . gauntlet of . He may be trusted to do so , he hopes , with a just respect for- the Beview , for himself and for his calling f beyond the sound * healthy , legitimate uses-and influences of -which he has-h » purpose to serve , and no ambition , in life to gratify .
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STATE OF TRAD : E . The . trade , reports from the- manufacturing / towns for the week ending last Saturday are -wholly uninteresting .. At Manchester , pending the . arrival of the mail ,, the business-for India has-been nearly suspended ; otherwise there haa been ., a fair demand . The Birmingham iron-market has . been well maintained , while for the general manufactures of that town the home and export prospects are encouraging .- At Nottingham , the transactions in lace have been satisfactory .. In the woollen districts the tone , continues firm , and in , the Irish linenmarketa the prices are steady . — -Times .
The Board of Trade returns for the past month were issued last Saturday . For the first time this year , they fail to show an increase in the declared value of our expoirtations . The difference © it the other side , however , is bat 30 , 247 * .,, and it is to be remarked that the month of June , 1856 , was one of extraordinary activity , since ^ as compared with the preceding year , it showed an augmentation of 2 , 5 OO , 0 O 0 £ The chief falling off in the shipments- on the present occasion has been in cotton manufactures . It amounts to- 331 , 584 ^ but . may be regarded merely aa a natural reaction from the- enormous increase of 850 , 489 ? . presented under that head in the
preceding month . In a majority of the other principal articles , the totals , are on the favourable side . The total of our exports for the first six . months of the year has been . 6 Q , 82 G , 38 U ., showing an increase of 6 , 85-7 , 965 / ., or about 11 J per cent ., upon the corresponding half of 1856 . With regard to imported commodities , the arrivals during the month of June have been , upon an average scale . They include some considerable quantities of grain . The consumption of articles of food and luxury shows in several instances—among which , are coffee , sugar , cocoa , spirits , wine , and spices—a slight diminution . Tea and tobacco exhibit an increase . In the
miscellaneous imports , which were moderate during the preceding month , there has been a goneral revival . —Idem . Tn the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been increased activity . The number' of vessels reported inward was 325 , showing an increase of 16 " 4 over the previous week . The number cleared outward was 131 , including 14 in ballast , showing a decrease of 7 . The total of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is CO , being 6 loss than at the last account . Of those , now loading-, 8 arc for Adelaide , 4 for Geelong , 4 for ITobart Town , 4 for Launceston , 9 for Now Zealand , 10 for l ' oit Philip , 4 for Portland Bay , 10 for Sydney , and 1 fov Swan . River . —Mam .
The house of Mr . J " . P . GiustLaiani , a Greek merchant , with engagements estimated at from 250 , 000 / . tj 800 , 000 ? ., has suspended . Ho was largely engaged during the Russian war la supplying stoam-vessels to the Turkish Government .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An accident , attended with disastrous results , occurred whan the ship ' s- company on board the Againomnon , recently arrived atSheornea , ^ wouo about to heave anchor troiui Chanman- ' a Bjead , wliore she lay for the night on hot « 0 ttpa » , fl 5 on » Gtfffleowich . Th © caution to lay on the cheoJ ^ fconaedLtho « pawl , ' had been disregarded . Tho steam having been turned on , tho vessel went ahead to oaso tho anchor , when tho ompst ^ n overpowered tho men at tUo bars , ant ) , thoy , vrero daahod about the deck , and eixttaatt , of than * sustained severe injuries . Cots were promptl y provided , iu which five of the most aevoro caaoa were conveyed on board hor Majoaty ' a steamer
Widgeon ( tender to the flagship- Waterloo ) , and were despatched to Woolwich . On being admitted to the Royal Marine Infirmary there , some of the sufferers were . found in an almost lifeless condition , Having beea maiinedinthe skull , ribs , arms , and legs ; One poor fellow had suffered a fracture of an arm , and a doable fracture of a leg . , : . Elizabeth , Turpin , daughter of a licensed victualler , has been burnt to death by her dress becotfting suddenly
ignited . She was standing in front of a- lighted copper wben the catastrophe- occurred , and ' , when she found tint she was on fire , she rushed out of the house into the street . After a while , the flames were subdued ; but , as the young -woman was being carried back into her father ' s house , they rekindled at the hinder part of her dTess , and , though they were ultimately extinguished , she was so seriously injured that she- died the next morning . An inquest was held , when the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .
The family of Mr . Wyley , of Prince's-road , Kennington , were alarmed during Sunday night by loud shrieks issuing 1 from the bedroom- of Miss Amelia Wyley . Several inmates hastened to ascertain tlie cause , when the young lady was found with the bedding burning around her , and the bedclothes on fire . The flames were with some difficulty put out ; but the injuries sustained were so extensive , particularly about the breast and face , that no hopes are entertained that the sufferer can survive . The accident was occasioned by reading in bed . Mr . Samuel Lddgett , a gentleman about twenty-two years of age , living at Tunbridge Wells , has been killed
while playing at cricket by the ball striking him violently on the chest in the region of the heart . Death ensued in a very brief space of time . His brother was killed about eighteen months ago by a fall while skating . A yacht sailor , named Jurd , employed on board the Pip , was drowned on . Friday week by the upsetting of the vessel during a race in Southampton Water with two other yachts . All the rest of the persons on board were rescued ; but Jurdwas in the cabin at the time , and could not be got oat . He was about nineteen year 3 of age . His father was drowned four years since , and an uncle also met the same fate still longer ago .
An express passenger train from' Hull was run into , by a . Goal train on its way to Beverley , on Friday week . The former was crossing the line at a . point where a branch of the railway turns off , when the catastrophe occurred . Several of the carriages were broken to pieces ; one passenger was killed , and six wounded , some dangerously . The eauss of ilie accident is alleged tc have been the negligence of the driver of the coal trains who did not pay due attention to the signals . A little boy named Walter Smyth , aged four years , living in East-street , Bethnal-green , while engaged in lighting the fire for his" parents' breakfast , ignited his dress , and was fearfully burned over the whole of his person . He was removed to the hospital , and died in two hours from the effect of the injuries .
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IRELAND . The Gai / vvay Election . —In order to damage Sir Tliomas Redington ' s chance for Galway , Mr . Smith O'Brien has addressed ( with a view to publication ) a letter to Mr . Martin O'Flaherty , containing an account of a little episode in tho history of the Irisb rebellion in 1848 . When taken into custody at Thurles , Mr . O'Brien was carried before General M'Donald , who offered him various civilities , and appeared to be very courteous . The patriot said that , as he had been for some days without a change of dress , he should be glad to obtain a portmanteau which he bad left at the house ) of a friend at Cashel . This was granted , and Mr ; O'Brien gave one of the officials a noto authorizing its delivery . The
portmanteau was thus obtained , though not by Mr . O'Brien . It was searched by tho Government authorities , including Sir Thomas Redington . The clothes and some other of the contents were returned to Mr . O'Brieiu Unfortunately , the portmanteau contained some documents with respect to Mr . < 3-avan Duffy , whicb enabled , the Government to charge him with High Treason instead of Treason Felony . Mr . O'Brien says he suffered groat anguish of mind from , the reflection that he had , though unwittingly , compromised a friend ; but lto adds that ho was comforted by finding- that the Government was led
into such a series . of blunders and acts of meanness that Mr . Duffy completely bullied his persecutors . In conclusion , Mr . O'Urieu uaks whether such a man as Sir Thomas Rudington ought to recoivo tho confidence of Irish electors . In the course of his lettor , he hints that soino shirt-studs and otlior things were pilfered from his portmnntoau at tho Castle ! In answer to these aspersions , Sir Thomaa ltcdington had published a lottery asserting that ho only did what it was bis duty to do under tho circumstances , and that ho never saw or perused ( as Mr . O'Brien insinuates ) any letter from Mrs . IVBrien to her husband .
Maynootii Cqumgg . —The . Irish papers announce the death of tho Very Rev . Laurence- Rcnohap , President of Maynooth , wlxich > took pl ' aeo on Monday morn- ' ing , tit bis residence in the college . > Ho had nearly poms plated Uis sixtieth your . All parties agreed iu giving him tho character of an excellent man . Ho has loft behind bl « n several vnlunblo manuscripts connected with tho eocleaic-loglcal and literary antiquitioa of Ireland .
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THE ORIENT . F \ ththee despatches have beea received from Indiav which state that the mutiny continued-to spread among the troops of the Bengal army . The ex-King of Oude ha& been arrested ^ and , with his . Minister ^ has been imprisonedi in Fort William . The Government has obtained proof of his complicity in the conspiracy . His men- have been disarmed for greater safety . Up to the 17 th of Jane , General Barnard had repulsed , several sorties from Delhi with heavy loss to the insurgents . B © wa » waiting 1 for 1 reinforcements * From Madras it is positively stated that Delhi has- been captured ; but the
intelligence is not confirmed from- Bombay , and seems premature . An act has been passed by the Legislature placing the Indian press under a : license system . The native troops at Calcutta and the brigade at Barrackpore have been quietly disarmed . An ; uneasy feeling prevails at Madras , but the armies of that Presidency and of Bombay remain loyal , two slight mutinies having been promptly put down . At Benares , during an attempt to disarm the 37 th Native Infantry , the greater part of the Sikhs , and the 13 th IrregailaT Cavalry joined the mutineers . Afc Calcutta , business both in exports and imports is almost at a standstHL The money-market ia rather tighter . Government securities have declined .
Another despatch , received via Marseilles by the Morning Post , is in substance as follows : — " The 70 th Native Infantry were thanked by the Governor for their loyalty . The 6 th . Native Infantry , at Allahabad , rivalled them in expressions of attachment , but rose upon their officers and foully murdered them . The Bengal array has ceased to exist . The stations where women and' children have fallen victims to tha barbarity of the mutineers , and where dreadful cruelties have been endured , are Meerat , Delhi , Nusseerabad , Hansi , Hissar , Jhansi , Bareilly , and Saghenwoor . Three thousand rebels were encamped on the 16 th of June outside the Aj mere gate o € Delhi , which city i 3 defended
by 30 , 000 mutineers . From Mirzapore the accounts -up to the 20 th of June are satisfactory . At Ferozepore , on the 13 th , military executions had taken place . At Jhansi , some ladies and children took refuge in the fort , which was soon overpowered , and all were sacrificed . General Outrani has arrived at Bombay . All was quiet in the Punjab . Part of the plot vas to take Calcutta on the 23 rd of May . It was most complete in its arrangements . When discovered , the troops bound for Chin * were sent for as fast as they could arrive . The Malacca has arrived at S-ICllt-ta . Sir Patrick Grant has reached Calcutta from Madras , and acts ?* Cornmander-in-Chief ; but Sir Henry Somerset , in Bombay , really holds the supreme command . "
CHIN \* . The Chinese flaet ( say the last despatches ) has been destroyed in two severe engagements , through the Chinese 1 fought their guns with unexampled constancy . We have eighty-three men killed and wounded . Major Kearney was killed in the last engagement . Commodore Keppel ' and the master of the Raleigh have been tried for the Loss of that vessel , | and acquitted . All is quiet in the ' north .
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AMERICA . The riots in New York have been renewed , and hava been carried to a most alarming extent . Wo learn , from the American journals that , on the afternoon of the 14 th ult , the rioters of the 14 th ward were making extensive preparations for a renewal of the conflict . An incendiary handbill was circulating , calling a mass meeting to ]> ut down the metropolitan police . A meeting had also been held at the German Theatre , in Fourthstreet , to make arrangements for the attack , Th © rioters were reported to have a field-piece and plenty of muskets ? and ammunition . Tho Police Commissioners wore preparing for them at all pointSj and three regiments had beon ordered to report themselves at their armouries .
In addition to the ' Dead Rabbit' riots at Now Yorkj there has boei * a fight between some oystormen and the police at the Quarantine Hospital . The existence of tho hospital is unpopular among tho immediate neighbours , and it has been found necessary to have a strong police force on the npot to protect the place . This led to the collision . Several shots wore interchanged , and the rioters wore- ultimately driven back , some of them fatally wounded . But this is not nil . Tho Germans inhabiting Avenues A ami 1 ) , feeling irritated at the now law which enforces ^ the closing of ( b'inkirrg-aftoijs on Sundays ^ flow to arnw , drove the police out of their quarter of tho town , and swore they would obtain an alteration of tho law . Eventually , it was found necessary to call out tho militaryby whom the disordor was suppressed .
, The road between Acapulco and tho city of Mexico ia oloaed by the bandits and revolutionists . In Chili , at tho last advices , tlio political trials woro drawing to « close , and it was thought tho prisoners would bo put to death . Congross was to meet on tho 1 st of June . A Govornmont lonn of four millions of dollars waa to bo taken up for the purpoao of completing tho Santiago and Valparaiso Railroad . In Valparaiso , tho Poruvian Consul mAdo « n attempt to conflaoafce nil tho guano shipped under Vivauoo ' u dooreo . In Peru , a troaty had
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 727, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2203/page/7/
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