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venerable incumbent , and of the departed worth and genius of his talented children . —Zieeda Times . Sib Hugh Whbbjlbb . — -His history is remarkable . He was a soldier of the Lake days . He entered the army in 1803 , joined his regiment at this very station of Cawnpore , and inarched thence under Lord Lake , now fifty-four years ago , to the conquest of Delhi . He had diitinguished himself since in Afg hanistan and elsewhere , and his long term of service comprised almost half the period of our rule in India . — -Times . Important Movement fob the ¦ Promotion of Social Science . —Lord Brougham has consented to preside , and to deliver the inaugural address , at the formation of an association which is about to be established for the purpose of bringing together the supporters of the various efforts which are now being made for social improvement , and to elucidate by discussion the connexion between each , and the mutual assistance they may render to each other . The inaugural meeting will be held in the Town Hall , Birmingham , on Monday ,
October 12 th . Mb . Layard on India . —In returning thanks on Thursday evening for a testimonial presented to him by his late constituents at Aylesbury , Mr . Layard urged at considerable length the necessity for reform in the administration of our Eastern empire . Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates . —A meeting of the magistracy of Middlesex was held at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell-green , on Thursday . A mortgage upon the county rate for 50 , 000 / ., for the purposes of Hanwell Asylum , was executed , and it was resolved that the sum of 20 , 000 / ., voted for Colney Hatch Asylum ,
be raised as required by the finance committee . It appeared from the reports of the visiting justices of the three prisons , that there were in Coldbath Fields , 1527 prisoners ; Tothill Fields , 910 ; and the House of Detention , 257 ; total , 2694 . The sanitary condition of each establishment was reported , considering the prevalent heat , as satisfactory , although there had been an outbreak of choleraic diarrhoea at Tothill Fields , attacking one hundred and fifty males and sixty female prisoners without fatal result . A report was brought up by Mr . Antrobus , and after some discussion a notice was given for an additional vote of 10 , 000 ? ., making , a total of
50 , 000 / . The New Canadian Bishopric . — The Indian ( steamer ) has brought news of the formal foundation of the new bishopric of London in Canada , of which the Rev . Dr . Cronyn has been appointed first bishop . The consent of her Majesty ' s government has been transmitted to the Bishop of Toronto and the Governor of Canada , and with it a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury in his capacity of Metropolitan , authorizing the Bishops of Toronto , Montreal , Quebec , and Nova Scotia , to proceed . with Dr . Cronyn's consecration . The ceremony will take place at Toronto .
Frightful Accident . —A frightful accident happened last Saturday to a lady at Portland , who , in company with another , visited the island for the purpose of enjoying the delightful scenery . While walking on the railway at the top of the hill , they overtook some waggons laden with stone , drawn by three horses . * The ladies . attempted to get out of the way , but in so doing the dress of one of them blew towards one of the wheels , which instantly caught it and drew the unfortunate woman under , crushing one leg in a frightful manner , the flesh being literally torn from the bones , and breaking the bone of the other leg . She was immediately conveyed to the established hospital of the island , where medical attendance was promptly at hand , and where she still lingers , fears being entertained that she will be obliged to undergo amputation . —JSherborne Journal . The Potato Disease has made its appearance in Scotland .
Thomas Fuller Bacon . —Government has decided that Thomas Fuller Bacon , convicted at the last Assizes of administering arsenic with intent to murder his mother , Ann Bacon , shall be kept in penal servitude for the term of hia natural life . The Boulogne Pilgrimages , —We want a modern Chaucer in Boulogne . Who elso shall sing the frolics and the quaint appearance , the theatrical effects and queer combinations of our pilgrims ? Ay , pilgrims , Dome , pretty dainty ladies , with peach-coloured parasols ; others , stern Paaalonists , with bare , dusty feet , and the heart and cross embroidered upon their coarse garments . From the Forte de Calais to the lighthouse at the end of the pier ; from the heights of Outroau to the
Emperors column , the great population of this seaport and bathing-place ia astir , and , wo are assured , in a high state of religious fervour . Behind those dismal blank walls , in the sombre by-streets , girls with hectio flushes upon their chocks are embroidoriag the sacred mysteries upon white silk banners ; while in another quarter nlmblo fingers elaborate the standard of the fmmaoulate Conception . Cheerily sing tho pretty dapper blanchissewe * in their neat shops , as they starch and iron the amplo skirts of the maidens who are to bear through the decorated streets the dead hand in a caskot . Anxiously mothers of families count tho family llnon to know hoyv many sheets can bo hung from the windows , and bound in bluo , in honour of our Lady of Boulogne . —JDaify New Boulogne Correspondent ,
Tun Ballot in Amurioa . —Wo visited at least a dozen of tho polling-booths , and I found at every ono the same , ' sentiment In favour of tho ballot , a mode of voting
very general , if not universal , throughout the middle and eastern states . The way of exercising the elective franchise is considered a very simple thing . No one thinks it more unmanly to vote in secrecy than to be shut up in a jury-room " , or that open voting would add to his consequence what it would take from his independence . There must have been a time when the ballot was un-American , as it was not long ago un-French , and as it is still un-English ; but that was no more admitted as a valid objection to its adoption in either country , than an opposite epithet would save it from abolition if it proved injurious . John Bull is more easily duped . He votes uniformly with his landlord ; but then he votes like a man , openly aud fearlessly . He is not allowed to have an opinion , but then he has a voice ; and while he bawls out for the squire , he may boast that he does not sneak , like a Yankee or a Frenchman , to the ballot-box . —tidy ' s Journal of a Tour in America . The Rotal Albert Bridge Across the Tamar . —' The preparations for the launching of the monster tube , at Saltash , in connexion with the Cornwall Railway , are now in so forward a state that it has been decided positively to float it into position next Tuesday . Mr . Brunei , who has been at Plymouth daily since Monday , along with Captain Claxton , K . N ., intends to float the first tube for the Cornish side . —Plymouth Journal . Kew Gardens . — -The Hollow-way in Kew Gardens is a beautiful secluded dell thickly-planted with American flowering shrubs and every description of underwood , profusely wreathed and garlanded with honeysuckle , woodbine , clematis , the wild-brier rose , or eglantine , and other climbing-plants of great beauty . and variety , through which a path has been cut in the hanging . woods that enclose it from the other delightful scenery of the Gardens . There are several pavilions , alcoves , rustic and lovers' seats in it for the convenience of visitors . Emerging from its western termination the path leads to and finishes on a lovely verdant mound covered with evergreens that command a richly diversified prospect of the river Thames ( which , at high-water , has the appearance of a lake } , Sion-house , its woods and gardens , Isleworth church-tower , and Richmond-hill . Any of the paths or walks in the oak and beech woods on the right-hand side of the gravel promenade ( bordered by acacia trees ) , commencing at the Palm-house , will lead to this enchanting and picturesque combination of wood and water , hill and valley , nature and art . —Daily News . An Excursion to Windsor Castle . —A party of upwards of 2000 persons , consisting principally of respectable mechanics arid their wives , went from the east end of London on Monday to visit Windsor Castle . They occupied thirty-eight carriages belonging to the South-Western Railway Company . After ascending the Bound Tower and going over the State apartments , the Royal mews , promenading on the North-terrace , and looking at the Long Walk , they proceeded , with a band of musicians , to a place where commodious tents , abundance of refreshments , and every accomodation had been prepared for them , and where they danced , sang , and amused themselves until seven o ' clock , when they took their departure . Revenue anp Expenditure of the Liverpool Docks . —The accounts of the Liverpool Dock Trustees for the year ending 24 th June , 1857 , have just been published , and show the following result . In the capital account , after a variety of disbursements on account of new works , including the northern exr tension , the high-level coal railway , and property purchased amounting altogether to 485 , 9321 ., there remains a balance in the hands of the bankers and treasurer of 196 , 3757 . The amount of the bond debt due on tho 24 th of June , 1856 , was 5 , 758 , 011 / ., while there has been received on bonds this year 841 , 646 / . ; making a total of 6 , 099 , 657 ; , Miraculous Draught of Fishes . —The Hon . T . C . Bruce , fishing with the net in the Spoy , at Granton , on the 11 th , hauled at one draught as many as 222 fishes —salmon , grilse , and sea trout . —Bai \ ff" Journal .
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AMERICA . The Baltic arrived yesterday morning , with advices to August 16 tb . A dreadful steam-boat collision has occurred off New Haven ; fifteen lives are lost . Mrs . Cunningham has been fully committed for trial without bail . A powder magazine has exploded at Halifax , destroying a considerable amount of property . Lord Napier is said to be urging the United States Government to increase the naval force on the African coast . A money panic has occurred at Havannah and a run on the banks took place . The Spanish Bank of Havannah suffered severely , but was promptly aided by the Captain-General , who lent the sum of 2 , 000 , 000 dollars to its coffers . It Was rumoured that a Spanish cruiser had captured a slaver off Cuba .
An insurrection has broken out at Santiago , on the south side of St . Domingo , and engagements have occurred with the troops . It was reported that Costa Rica and Nicaragua had made a treaty , Nicaragua having all her old boundaries , except one side of San Juan River , from Fort Castillo down ( ninety-two miles ) to the harbour of San Juan del Norte , taking in Punta Arenas , which included all the buildings of the company .
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The New Peers . —The new title of the Marquw of Lansdowne is to be the Duke of Kerry . He will be the first duke that has been created by her Majesty . The Earl of Fife is to be made an English peer , and Lord Robert Grosvenor to be promoted to an English barony . Representation of Middlesex . —Mr . Henry Byng , captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards , has publicly addressed the electors , announcing hid brother , Mr . George Byhg , as a candidate for the vacant seat , in the room of Lord Robert Grosvenor , at the instance of some of the leading members of tho Liberal Party . _ _
Accidental Death of Mr . James Platt , M . P . — Mr . Platt , we regret to learn , has been shot dcu < l while out on a shooting excursion on Thursday with some friends on the moors near Saddle worth . The party \ ygtq proceeding through a gully , when one of the gentlemen stumbled , and his gun went off , the shot lodging in the coif of Mr . Platt ' s right leg . The wound did not bleed much ; but Mr , Platt could not rally from the shock . He died at his own houae between three and four hours
afterwards . Sudden Death .- —Yesterday afternoon , between one and two o ' clock , a , fearful instanco of the uncertainty of human life was exemplified in St . James ' s Park . Mr . C . Wright , solicitor , of 27 , Essox-strcet , Strand , had been in the park taking exercise , in company with Mrs . Wright , and was seated upon ono of tho benches opposite the Duke of York's Column , when ho suddenly fell down and expired , Hia body was removed by tho police to his residence .
Suicide . — Tho family of Mr . William Lever , ao artist , residing at 82 , Lowor Ramelagh-strcot , Pnnlico , were thrown into a state of groat affliction on Thursday , in consequonce of Edward Lover , tho oldest son , a 3 ' 0 Ut " of nineteen , taking poison . The mother was the first to ascertain the fact , when Mr . Pitman , a surgeon , vr » s boih for , who , on arriving , found tho lad in nn apparently dying state . Ho administered antidotes , and oppiwu the stomach pump ; but in vain : Disappointed hhcctton ia believed to have boon tho cause . Charge op Conspiracy . —A gontlemanl y- ] w »« n S man of foreign appearance , and giving the nnmo ot J . B . Vavasseur , was charged at Guildhall yesterday with boing concerned with a gang of swindlers in oDtaimng goods by false pretences from ooveral tradesmen m tno City . He passed himself off as a commisalon ngont . The ease was remanded for a week .
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, Leader Office , Saturday , August 29 . THE CONTINENT . As the Emperor was taking a drive in the Ohamps-Elyae * es on Wednesday , some of the secret police , who always watch his movements on such occasions , observed , when near the corner of the Rue Montaigne , a carriage apparently following him closely , and in which wero three foreigners , of dark complexion , in tho band of one of whom they distinctly saw a pistol . The carriage was instantly surrounded , and on dose lnspeotion tho pistol proved to bo a hlghly-finlahed revolvor , with six barrels . The mon wore detained under arrest , but it turned , out that thoy wero Brazilian gentlemen , who had just bought tho revolver at M . Lepage ' s shop , and wero proceeding to his shooting-gallery to try It . This oxpla- I nation boing corroborated by circumstances , thoy \ voro I
at once released with apologies .- —The Emperor ' s journey to the Chalons camp has been postponed for two or three days . —Daily News ( this day ) . The Courrier de Paris states that Prince Gregory Ghika committed suicide on Tuesday evening at a chateau which he has lately purchased near Melun . He shot himself with a fowling-piece . The reason for the act has not transpired . —• Idem . The Ojpinione of Turin gives an account of the
reception at Genoa of a splendid piece of ordnance sent by the citizens of Boston to the people of Piedmont for the walls of Alessandria . General Durando , commandant of the division of Genoa , and the civic authorities , proceeded in state to the gates of the port , where the gun was solemnly delivered to them . It -was then conveyed to the Piazza Nuova , accompanied by a band of music and by a detachment of soldiers . It remained there until the Monday following , to be viewed by the population , and was then sent off to Turin .
An order of the day issued by the Austrian Govern ment reduces the army of Italy to the extent of 20 , 000 men . This reduction will be carried out after the grand reviews in the autumn .
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g ^ ai THE LJADER , [ No . 388 , ArxGnpsT 29 , 1867 ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 29, 1857, page 828, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2207/page/12/
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