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At the meeting of the Herts Agricultural Society at St . Albans , Sir Edward LviTOji was tlie champion . He noticed tlie complaint of Government ; hat it was e difficult' for the War-offi . ce to avail . tself of the offers of volunteers . " Difficult ! " he jxclaimed , why of course-at is s ' . tfchere isnatffeing worth having that is not fflfficiB ^ and it w 3 L not Ibe ; othe credit of the War-officfc ® it cannot'deRBe some practical means by whi . dk ( to discipline stad organize so much , sadour" as t * kc see a * ouftfi iis . For himself , he offered to lwcve liome ancHhabits ,
and to take the sword , if need were . The accomplished Opposition member exactly meets the Reeling which we have expressed—as exactly as "if be were an . American summing up ike volunteers that ccmld be rallied . agpiast the enemies of the country . ^ Election , matters liave given rise to some little incidents . In the City of London , Sir Hobejit Carden , the Lord Mayor elect , has fought a battle far the right of free election . Somebody claiming to-lave great influence with a body of the
Liverymen , called ''long-shore men , has , it appears , been annually used to . extort money from the aldermen whose turn for election to the mayoralty had arrived , for the purpose of buying off an offensive and expensive opposition to Ms election . Sir Robeut CJakben having resisted imposition , and Mr . Rose ¦ having earned into effect a threat of posting a scurj&ous and libellous placard , Sir Robert had conisonted his opponent on Wo stages . He has been « d « cted mayor , and he has taken out a summons against the representative of'the 'long-sit ore men .
Aa act of courtesy on the part of tlie Duke of I&mEOKD has been tne occasion of a political attack JUgJonhim and upon the connexions of his house . J 2 ter the election of his nephew , Me . Artkur Rtjsselt ,, to the seat for Tavistock , his Grace -wrote "to Mr . MiAix , the unsuccessful candidate , thanking Ifhn for some expression which he had used as to i ) he neutral position his Grace had held during ! t&e contest . A Mx . Bichaxu ) Sheman :, ' chairman -of Mr . Miall's committee / however , sent his Grace a document purporting to lie a brief history of the "proceedings of tlie election , in-which it was intended UbT ) e'shown that ~ Mr . Arthur Rttssei / L had been
strongly obj ected to by a portion of the electors , and lihat the majority by which he was returned was composed of tenants , employes , or pensioners of his Grace . The Duke replied tbat he was not aware 'fliat any agents of his had taken part in the-election , "but , that if lie had known their intention , he 4 eould not have prevented it , as they -were free , like ilia tenants , to act according- to'their own -feeling's . t&Lthough Me . Sleijea-n figures as a popular tribune , and his opponent in . the correspondence ip a Duke , -we cat not but think that the nobleman has tlie "better , ia argument , in spirit , and in a true appreciatioirdl 'the British constitution .
Lord Derby is at feud with Preston hy bis iBgent . ; the EarFs people hav-e been quarrelling with the town ' s people through the corporation . A tenant of the Eurl had been fined for allowing the public thoroughfare to be obstructed . Public thoroughfare' ! It is a private road constructed by the Sail , ; as he 'tells the Daily News , all for the benefit of Preston . Such is the gratitude oi corporations ; Lord Derby ' s agent threw a chain across the higJiway , the corporation go to law , but Lord ^ ERBY 3 withareal magnanimity although exercised smaii matter
ma , declares that he shall inquire into the case ; and ,-perhaps , he may settle it out of his -Own generosity , -without a squabble between the lownthat once 'returned ¦ him , and kis earldom . Another point of law has been mooted by some of the journals , rather interesting to divers persons , especially the ordinary shareholders . Is Scotch and English law the same with regard to gtfilty eonntvnnce at fraud in which cormive'rs do not participate ? Lord Handysioe and the iurv at
the btirhng Circuit Court havo decided that two Clerks who knew of the defalcations committed by Mr . Salmon , tho respectable manager of the 3 MkirkBranch df the CommercialBankolScotland , were feuilty as accomplices , although they had not ; really assisted , and had taken none of tho proceeds ; but only knew of tho fraud , and did not ronort . it . This looks like common senso ; but English law ia not always ruled b y common aenso . If it had been , Borne personswlio suspected tho conductor IIisdbaj | h , of of Pa ^ vidson and Gordon , might have » eeh placed ia wjutwkwtad position . Howovcr , the
position of Bates was not unlike that of the two clerks ; 1 * 4 y » -as . a . partner , he must have in some degree shwed 451 a ; proceeds . On the Continent , apart from the continued intrigues i » <© vevthrow Nabvaez at Madrid , the one class af © vents lies in tlie meeting of the JSmperoi's at kfflailttgaisd , which JiaA-mot the resuite antibipated frdm . it , tbeajgh whett ttihose results were mo one knwwrs . Same of them are quite appaueitt . The Eiijperor GflMRussrA . is a coarse man , with W < noarse , caueworn tuauiitenancH ^; and 3 aot of very lasanTnind . He wwraBTpi-eparedtfaaipiaytfiie affable aiitko do the cordial -. and as the Kimr of Wurtemujerg had
prepared for him a tremendous platform of imperial ceremony , the son of the Romatsoffs kad-osifavourable an opportunity as he could desire . He was affiable and grand hy turns , and-did not produce ~ -n favourable impression . His [ Empress appears to have been guilty of a serious rudeness . She stopped away , it is said , because she Avou'ld not meet ike Empress Eugenie , and both , therefore , stopped away . But the Czarina speedily cast off all these etiquettes , and rushed to Stuttg ' ard to keep watch her husband
upon . Meanwhile the Emperor of the French , who has , at least , the art of making himself at ease wherever he may be placed , did produce an impression of greater dignity than the more established Emperor . After the meeting , Alexander . went to "Weimar to meet Eiiancis Joseph of Austria , who , it is said , is to eat humble-pie . But the one certain fact is , that nobody knows anything about the business really transacted at Uiese meetings , ' while the wiseacres who would seem to know spread abroad endless lies .
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STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports from the manufacturing towns for tie past week are without any _ feature of interest . Tlie Manchester market has been ' inactive , at a slight reduction , equal to that in cotton , hut the tone ia not trafavourable . At Birmingham , the prices of iron are -very firm , without any prospect , however , of an advance being attempted . At Nottingham , the demand for both hosiery and lace has been dull , and in the woollen districts there haB also been a tendency to flatness , although , owing to stocks being moderate , quotations are steadily maintained . The money panic in America has temporarily affected the orders from that country for our various articles of manufacture . —The general business of the port of London during the past week has shown diminished activity . The total of ships reported inward was 198 , being a decrease of 96 from the previous week . The number cleared outward was 124 , including 19 in ballast , being also a decrease of four . —Times .
The Board of Tirad * returns for August , issued last Saturday morning , continue to exhibit a steady growth in the commerce of the country . As compared with the corresponding month of last year , there is an increase of 885 , 5137 . in . the declared value of our exhortations . This has been generally diffused , and there is scarcely an item of any importance ou the unfavourable side . A slight diminution in the shipments of cotton goods is accounted for by the cessation of consignments to Calcutta , the total to India during the month being scarcely more than a third of the quantity sent in August , 185 G . Still the aggregate despatched to that market during tho present year shows an augmentation . In the present case it is to be remarked that , while there has been a falling off to India and China , a most satisfactory increase is observable to the United States and Brazil . The total of our
exports for the first eight months of the year has been 84 , 606 , 718 ? ., showing an increase of 9 , 976 , 784 ? .,. or nearly 12 per cent . With regard to imported commodities , the consumption of articles of food and luxury has presented no material variation . The use of cocoa and sugar seems to'be diminishing , owing to their present prices ; but , although the latter is now showing a falling off , tho quantity takon during the year hits l > een rather in excess of 1856 . Aa compared with 1855 , however , the reduction in tho consumption both of cocoa and sugar has boon very great . Tea anil tobacco still figure for an increase . Spirits and wine show a decrease ; but tho latter is only on the month , not on tho year . r X'he miscellaneous imports appear to hayo been on an average scale . —Idem .
The coalwhippcrs attached to tho Coal wrappers' -office of tho poit of London , and those employed bj' agonta have struck for an advance of - \ vng 03 to i ) d . a ton . Tho men asBcrt that tho office had suddenly lowered tho rate of whipping from 7 < 1 . to Cd ., and that that is an amount of remuneration they cannot subsist upon . It is stated that thero aro 1500 men on strike . About twenty gangs vent to work nt 9 d . a ton on Saturday morning , tlie ships having made the advance . Messrs . Taylor and Bright , un old established firm in the corn trade at Hull , have failed , owing to tho recent stoppage of tho bank of Harrison and Wulson . It is alleged that Mr . Bright is indobtcd on Iiis own account 90 , 000 / . to that establishment .
At the preliminary quarterly mooting of tho South Staffordshire ironmasters held nt Wolvorhamptou . on Wednesday , it waa rcsolvod that no alteration of tho prices of last quarter should Lo declared .
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THE INDIAN REVOLT . ANOTTHHRitorge mass of Indian intelli gence , received dMBingtfifaepresent week , continues the sad history oT rdbdlHbn , but adds very little to our power of determhnng Tts probable limits and duration , if the preaent -advices do not show quite so dark a shade Bs » eme which have preceded them , they indicate no -pacspect ^ f the contest drawing to a ' termiaittfcian . Bvtfihe summary furnished "b y the Bombay fEfazeUe , ^ weV £ a& . : — "We have still to repeat the oft-repeated announce ment—Delhi-is not yet taken ! We have long given ud hope of its immediate capture . The assault seems now postponed -sine die . The position of our troops before
• the J place is gradually becoming more unmistakably one jof defence , rather than that which is usuall y held by a besieging army . They are always victorious when fighting occurs . Heavy Iosb ie inflicted on the enemy at little absolute cost ; butthe end of all is , that though reinforcements are frequently arriving in camp , our force does not become strong enough to take an offensive attitude , and the enemy , seeing probably , at length , the advantage of using their Tastly superior numbers in harassing their besiegers , have , of late , kept up nn almost unintermitted series of sorties and skirmishes . They began on the 1 st of August , and keptit up till the afternoon of the following day . Then there was a
suspension of hostilities for three days , owing , apparentl y , to the heavy rain . On the 6 th , the mutineers again came out in force , and from that day to the 13 th , wAion is the date of our latest intelligence , thetfight seems to have been scarcely interrupted . Happily , little loss was experienced on our side , either in men or officers , the troops being wisely restrained under shelter as much as possible . The first affair , Tiowever , cost us the life of Captain E . Travers , of Cook ' s Punjat Eifles . On the morning of the 12 th , a battery , established l > y the enemy outside the Cashmere Gate , \ vas carried by a body of our troops under Brigadier Showers , and the guns captured . 3 n this affair , several officers were wounded , one of them , Lieutenant Sheriff , 2 nd Fusiliers , dangerously . Another battery , which tlie
mutineers were erecting to rake our position , was demolished by our artillery about the same date . A powder manufactory in the city was blown up by accident or treachery , and it is Baid that about five hundred people were killed by the explosion . The reports as to the state of affairs among the garrison aTe contradictory , but the "facts related are ¦ not-very important . There is , however , an impression prevalent that the mutineers are likely to seek safety in flight and dispersion , when they find our force getting into a condition to give the assault . How their numbers stand ia not very cleaTly apparent . They receive large roinforcomente irom time to time , from nearly all parts of the country ; but it is said that many considerable bodies have left the city , and that others have been refused admittance .
" The anxiety and interest of the Indian public , however , have been transferred , in a great measure , from Delhi to Lucknow . We arc waiting in painful suspense to hear again of the devoted little bana of Britons there beleaguered by tlioasands of fierce and cruel foes . May God and their own good arms and indomitable souls be their deliverance , for they have no other preaent help ! The small force under Havelock , not more than 900 men , after moving rapidly and victoriously along the road from Cawnpore almost to Lucknow , found itself ao beset by masses of the enemy , that , encumbered as it was with its sick and wounded , its stores , &c , advance was impossible , and it fell back towards the Ganges .
Again it advanced , but only again to retire . Victorious , however , to the last , it repulsed tho enemy from its roar before crossing the river , and took two of thoir guns . Havelock has joined Neill at Cawnporo , and thence , when sufficiently strengthened by the slow coming reinforcements from below , lio will again advanco for the roliof of Lucknow—in tuno , let ue trust and pray , to rescue our countrymen and countrywomen there from their fearful peril . Wo may hope that tho place will hold ont , enormous aa arc the odds against it . We rernomiGr how strongly it was fortified , how completely it was stored for such an omorgency aa the present , hy the master hand of Sir II . Lawrence . "When last heard of ,
tho garrison hml good confidence In itself and its position , for some time to come ; and thare iB'tho chance , by no means a slight ono , tbat tho Ghoorkas despatched from Nepaul by Jung Buhndoor , and who were long Hi | lc 0 reported as approaching , ruay arrive in timo for succour and aid . But what ore wo English in India coints to , whew we nra looking to the semi-barbarous , and supposed hostile , mountaineers of tho north , as the saviours of our country folk and our national honour ? " Wo have still again to report tho spread of tlie military revolt . In our last despatch wo gave tho i" " news of tho mutiny nt Dinaporo . Those accounts were but partially true . Thes rising and flight of tho three regiments—tho 7 th , 8 tli , and 40 th—wns correctly reported ; but , when it was added that General Ll « y « i wlU * a liuvopoau forco , was pressing hard after them , 11 statement was ludicrousl y incorrect , u Thero ia little of novelty or importance from tno North-West generally . Tho Punjab continues quiet , iw
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 3, 1857, page 938, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2212/page/2/
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