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Leader (1850-1860), 21st November 1857, Edition 1 of 2, Page 1110, Untitled Article

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      ^ » J . - __ . _ ..-.-- -- — i , i — - ^_ _^__^^^^ ——^—MM— ^ * " *^^*^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ liaon has takou place . An attack -was made on the ., ££ yVj the workmen ; the constables who were defend- She place felt compelled to lire ; and several pW wore wounded , the police having been reinforced from Belfast , the disturbances were suppressed . _ . iHBLiLTis Octbage in Mkaxh . —Mr . Richard Con- nd , who was Decently murderously assaulted on the - liijdwav , in the company of his mother and sister , the former of whom uras also wounded , has died . Seven men are in custody , and under remand . . Attempted Assassination . —An outrage of an identical character with that mentioned in the preceding paragraph has "been perpetrated on the high road near Bushy Iletrcat , Limerick — a ¦ private lunatic asylum kept by Dr . Peppard . The doctor , with Ms three daughters , was returning home in a car , and waa driving up a long avenue leading to the house , when three armed men leaped from behind a hedge , and beat the doctor and driver with guns . They did not leave till they thought their victims dead ; -and . in point of fact they are in a highly dangerous state . One of the keepers recently discharged from the asylum has been arrested . ¦ Stbicet- Pjusa-CHING- in Belfast . —Some-. Wesleyan ministers preached last Sunday in the streets « f Belfast , It required the utmost efforts of the police ( who were all kept under arms during the day ) to prevent a riot : affairs at one time looked very menacing . A Suspicious Discovery . —A brown paper parcel was discovered on Sunday by two gentlemen on the Nortli Wall , ' -Dublin . ' 'They immediately communicated witli the police , by whom the ' - parcel . -was opened , and found to oontain souae bloodstained clothes . The affair is at present involved in obscurity ; but it seems to be auothe Waterloo Bridge inurder case . The Monetary Crisis . — The run for gold on the Irish banks hus continued , but it has been promptly met , and the excitement is now subsiding . The PitosECunoN of the Mayo Piuksts . —A .. troop" of the 1 st Dragoon Guards was sent to BaUiiuobe to aid the officials in the arrest of Father Conway , which it ¦ was thought would be attended by rioting . Mr . Coriway , fearing that blood might be shed , at once started for Dublin ^ and appeared in person to answer the charge against him . On the peasantry at ; Athenry hearing of the purpose which the Dragoons had in view , they organized horse expresses from house to house , a dis- tance of thirty miles , in order that they mig ht commu nicate with the clergyman , -who thereupon left for the capital . The Sadleib Estates . —A portion of tlie gigantic property accumulated by the late John Sadleir has bee put up for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court . Tins estate , which ia situated in the county of Tipperary yields a profit rental of about 1700 / . a year . The pro perty was divided into 19 lots—five " of-which ¦ ¦ were withdrawn for the present , tlie others producing 58 , 960 / r £ ho xaatal of the adjourned Iot 3 is estimated at 370 / per annum . The estates of Mr . Vincent Scully were then put up ; but , there being no biddings for several , of - tlie lots , the sale was adjourned at the instance of the I " solicitor for the oilicial manager for winding up the e affairs of tho Tipperary Bank . — Times . c ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ i : ¦ ¦

      , ' ¦ I ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEA . THS . ( Twelve men were suffocated last Saturday in a coalpit i at Staveloy , near Chesterfield , while they were . endea- i Touring to extinguish , a fire which had broken out in a i cabin in the pit . ( Mr . Kichard Shirloy Harris , an ex . tousivo manufac- s turor at Leicester , and a nephew of Mr . J . D > . Harris , one < of the members for the borough , has been , accidentally shot . It is supposed that he must have been crossing some rails , and that the trigger of his fo wling-p . iececaugh t in a hedge , when the contents of both barrels wont ofF . Tlie coroner ' s inquest has ended in a verdict of Accidental Death . ' , A young Irishman atLeods has lout his Hfo in ondea- , vouiing to Idas a young countrywoman of bin . He j a « ii !« d the girl playfully round the waist ; she resisted ; a struggle ensued ; and both rolled down soino stops loading into a cellar . Tho girl was uppermost , and was : not much hurt ; but the man foil on his head , and was so much injured that ho died during the night . A crnno at the manufactory of Messrs . Humphrey , , Tenant , and Dyke , engineers , Deptford-groen , broke on Monday morning while lifting a weight of little more tluui four tons . Ono man engaged about the works was ltillod almost immediately ; and throe others were severely injured- The crane had often lifted far hoavior weights ; but on the present occasion a portion of the heavy woodwork broke . A small yawl , navigated by three youths , was capcizod in tho rivcr on Tuesday , noar Rothorliitho , owing to too much aail having been put on . All were thrown into tho water , and two out of tho throe were drowned . "William Mortimer , foreman at an ironfoundry at Manchester , has died from injuries received when endeavouring to hoist a block of iron . Tho iron being wniun , he threw a largo quantity of water on Urn niasn to cool it . This cuusud an explosion , and Mortimer and another workman wore terribly scalded—tho former ho much so thiU a portion of bin skin pouled oil " , uiuL oven thxi scalp from his koud .

      ' _ A jo £ oMh Bon ^ PP the < plod the alari A serious explosion of gas occurred on Wednesday at , thei , e Equitable Gas Company's ^ vorks , Vauxhal ! . One j eve . of the purifiers was out of order , and a workman , named , pr « Bond , was set to repair a pipe leading from it . It is , oft supposed that he made a-soldering iron too hot , and j by the consequence was that the ^ as in the puniier ex- div ploded , and Bond was killed on the spot . The houses in ant the vicinity were all shaken , and the inhabitants much < M alarmed . ® Y *

      An War waa not ' Ordi first are few in . -, Unl rib : laa Woi wit eye but Bu Cr a a cxi mn th ( tin an Tl an , "lai an m < zi ] fai Si 1 $ - M Hi M n 13 "tf , 4 i - li . E . A 1 n 1 ¦ - - ¦ / . ' t STATE OF TRADE . clo A * improved feeling was observable at Manchester to- * £ ) . wards the close of last week ; but very little business was effected . The iron trade of South Staffordshire , notwithstanding the absence or suspension of American orders , remains steady , and prioes are maintained by the first makers . The American merchants of Birmingham are doing little or nothing , and foreign trade , with a few exceptions , is very dull . The ironmongery trades Ti ] in various parts of the kingdom are not particularly flat , to £ unless when they have suffered from bank failures . Ihe g fca riband and watch trades of Coventry are depressed . Ihe yQ lace trade of Nottingham is paralyzed , and machinery is ^ working short time ; the same report must be made k-f with -respect to the hosiery trade . At Leicester , how- ^ j . ever , the last-mentioned trade is in a satisfactory state ; th ( but worsted-spinners continue to work short time . ch Business is at a standstill at Halifax , where tlie Messrs . C )] Crosslev have reduced their establishment to four days rh : a-week—an example followed by other iinns . >\ ith the ca ] exception of live . or . six firms , the whole of the cotton . . manufactures and spinners in 1 ' ieston have either closed . * their mills altogether or have commenced working short AI time , the latter being the course generally adopted . . _ j , ' We are ¦ ' unhappily called upon this week to record j T 1 another list of failures such as appeared in our last , issue . There are several fresh cases to be chronicled . These c , are the houses of Messrs . Bardgett ' Picard , dealing rQ lar < njlv in the _ corn trade , with liabilities supposed to amount to 120 , 000 / . ; Messrs . Jullicoe and Wix , Turkey cc merchants ; Messrs . Jose P . de Sa and Co ., ny the Bra- f [ . zilian trade ; Messrs . Steegnrvami and Co ., lace manu- ^ i iacturers , of Nottingham ; Messrs . William Taylor and c . Sons , Itedbrook Works , Barnsley ; Messrs . Hoare , ^ Buxton , and Co ., of LondoE ; in the Swedish trade ; c - Messrs . E . Sieveking and Co ., in the same trade , witli q i liabilities exceeding 400 , 000 / . ; Messrs . Allen , Smith , and Co ( in consequence of the two preceding failures ); Q s- Messrs . Svendsen and Johnsou ; Messrs . Gorrissen , g l Hiilfol , and Co ., merchants ; Messrs . Brocklesby and o s Wessels , corn importers , with liabilities estimated , at £ , 40 , 000 / . ; and Messrs . Edwards and Matthie , a firm % - "largelv engaged iii"the . produce '" -markets . -j e From Paris We hear of the failures of Messrs . Bourdon , t '¦ . Du Buit , and Co ., and of Messrs . Ponson , Philippe , and ^ r ibert . The liabilities , especially of the latter , are j e rather lanre . y i , i

      A private meeting of the sliareholders of tho > V estern j 5 anU was held at Glasgow on Monday . A communiation from that city says : — " There was a unanimous , xpression of feeling to go -with the bank , and for this lurpone upwards of 000 , 0007 . were subscribed by the nore wealthy shareholders , i ' or which they were to re-: eive seven " per cent , the first year , and live per cent , ifterwards . The deficiency of the funds of the bank has lot as yet been ascertained , but it is thought that a uillion sterling will suffice to meet the loss and enable the business of tho bank to bo carriod on as usual . This sum it is confidently expectotl will bo mado up in a few ¦ Inya . "—A meeting of the depositors was held in tho Trades ' -hull on Wednesday , with Sir J . Ferguson in tho chair . Tho directors said tlie liabilities of the bank were seven millions and a half , anil tlie assets nLne millions and a quarter . They proposed to koep the transfer book closed till Jiuie , 18 G 0 ; to pay interest due on deposits on the « Jth inst . ; to pay small deposits under 60 / . by the 1 st of January , and lot all above remain for two years at live por cent . ; and to have power to allow operations , on current deposit accounts , of parties in business , as far as practicable . Tho meeting unanimously agreed to this , and alao to a motion for an early resumption of business . A meeting of the noblemen , landowners , ' merchants , and manufacturers connected with the West of Scotland was held on Tuesday in the Mcrchants ' -hall , OJlasjgow . to consider the present financial crisis , and to | dutermino how tho existing ; difficulties may be best met , l and public conlidcnco be restored . The hall was crowded I to overllowing . The Diikc of Hamilton was in the I chair , and tho following resolution woro unanimously passed : —" That this moot ing has full confidence in tho system of banking which lias been maintained in Sootlaud for a long period of yearn , during which the country has made most rapid advances in prosperity—a conlidunco I'onlirmcd by tho events of tho last ton days- — - events which prove beyond , all doubt tho general stability of the banks , although two , and two only liuvo yielded to the protJtmru , ' a pressure aggravated l ) y a wunt of confidence which ia necessary for tho ordinury dealings of trade . ' " " That thin meeting deeply regret a tho onibuiTaHument of tvado and public loss whioh would uriso from the final Htuppngo of the two banks which have buen obligod to sufliiund payment ; and , believing

      to have ample resources ultimately to meet hi full ry claim u . pon them , resolves to assist their prostors and creditors in gaining time for arrangement heh" affairs by joining in the resolution so well taken three hundred firms in Glasgow , and like tliem , inidually pledge themselves to accept payment of rental-claims in the notes of the Western and City Banks . " . 'hat a committee be appointed to watch the course of snts , and to take such steps as may be deemed expe ~ nt to carry out the views of this meeting . " The AVolverliainpton and Staffordshire Bank haa scd its doors . Its general liabilities are supposed to lge between -100 , 000 / . and 500 , 000 / . Mr . Henry 11 , the former manager , is going through the books , found satisfactory ^ the requisite capital will be forthr-. ning . CONTINENTAL NOTES . F 1 IANCE . [ K ' funeral of M . iVbbatucci , late Minister of Justice , ) k place last Saturday . The body first of all lay ia ite publicly at the hotel of the Minister in the Place iiid ' ome . Minute guns were fired from seven till eleven lock , ami at the latter huur the funeral procession t the hotel for the church of the Madeleine . Tlie niaters of State , senators , and judges , attended hi sir full robe * . At . one o ' clock , the procession left the , urch , and i > roceeded by the Boulevards to Pere la laise , escorted by a large body of military-. On ar-¦ in g at the cemetery , the remain ' s ' -of-the Minister were rried to a Vault , where they will remain until transited to Zrvuco , in Corsica , the burial-place of the jbatiicci family . Twu speeclies were delivered , one "by . Fould , -the Minister of ¦ State , and the other by M . ) vcr , Attoriicy-General at the Coart of Cassation . i " c ceremony was concluded-by a salvo of artillery . M . ' - Rover " Attorney - General at the Court of assatipn ' -will . he iippointed Minister of Justice in the lom of M . Abbatucci . : " The editor of the Speciuttur , " says the Times Paris > rTe > pondeut , " has received a warning ( uverlissemeitt ') oin M . Billault , ' for n / cu ' dltton signed ' Achard . ' The ariiiug says that t \\ a jeuilletoa contauis assertions radir- . allv '¦ false . The assertions complained of are , that everal of tlie sportsmen quitted the Imperial hunt at ^ onipiegne Viefore the conclusion , to ascertain the state-. if the Paris Bourse and" to gamble on it . " The C ' onstitutibnuel , writing on the subject of the fall f Delhi , says that " all Frenchmen- - -have read -with , urprise and indignation that passage from a letter of an > ilicer of the victorious army of Delhi , ju -which--it is : oolly . narrated how all the"inhabitants of tlie town who vere met with by the English soldiery were put to death . The officer says : —' Forty or fifty persons had got together and concealed themselves in some houses ; they rtere not mutineers , but residents , who , relying upon our liabitual cleinency ,. hoped for pardon . I a ? n glad to say ' . hey [ were iltmpiioiuied . ' . ... . . Our neighbours lave latterly ' complained that ' they are not liked in Europe . We feel-bound to tell them frankly that acts such as these are not of a nature to conciliate sympathy for them in France . " The Uiiircrs and the Gazette de France speak with even greater severity ; but the Presse , while regretting the acts alluded to , calls to mind the great provocation received by our countrymen . . YUSTltiA . A dinner was recently given to M . dc Lesseps at Vienna , at which Baron Bruck expressed his deep syiapathy with England under her present Eastern afflictions , continuing : —" All the assertions that have been made respecting the causes of the conilict are , in my opinion , of no weight when compared with the cruelties which the rebellious Sepoys have committed . It must bo taken into consideration that India will fall into a atato of total anarchy , and will for a length of tiniu remain closed against civilization , if the authority of England is not speedily restored in her large and beautiful Indian empire . We soe moat important colonies springing up in Australia ; we see France , Itus . sia , niul even ' America , coalescing with England in order to open the ports of Japan , and of other countries in those remote regions , and we also ceo them endonvouring to for « o China to consent to place her relations with othor countries on a more reasonable basis . It does not admit of u doubt that the completion of the projuclcd Sues Canal would be tho most ollioackuis way of furthoriug tho groat work of , civilization in the East , In tho muno of eiviliy . iUion , then , 1 call on tho assumbly to drink to the toast , ' Success to tho English arms in India . " " This toast was received with loud applause . nusaiA . A rescript has been published , by which , with the cxcoption of Anapa , Souolumm-Knloli , and Kodout-Kaleli , all the Russian ports on tho const of the Mlnrk Sea nro closed to tho vessels of othor powers . F < sttil > lisl » MU'nta for quarantine and customs oxiat at tho ports specified . Some fearfully interesting particulars with resneot to tho bodied on board tho UuHsinn vi > s »« I J-efort , which recently ibundured with 14 O 0 mvn on b . xinl , have been publiHlieil in a Danish paper . Krom thoso it uppoani that , Umurds tho end of last month , by order of the Uunaiun CJovernmont , the vessel wan Honrchcd for found , and examined by English divers , brought to tfao Gull

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 1110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2218/page/7/