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ft 4 THE LEADER . [ No . 408 , January 16 , 1858 .
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occurred . j » Ahe ' ^ VUQ trade , owing to a disagreement between th * masters and the operatives with respect to certain regulations required by the trades' union . Business is depressed in all the neighbouring towns , and the horseshoe-nail makers near Dudley have struck in consequence of a threatened reduction of wages . At Sheffield ; matters still look gloomy ; but at Leeds , Halifax , Bradford , Leicester , and . Kidderminster , there axe some symptoms of improvement , though the working classes still continue to suffer severe privations . At
Kidderminster , a large failure has occurred— -that of Mr . Broom , of Melton Mills , Stourport , and Park Butts , worsted spinner , who has stopped for 20 , 0007 . or 3 O , 000 Z . The strike of the Wear shipwrights has been brought to a conclusion by the employers conceding the disputed point , and payiug the old wages of five shillings a day The struggle has lasted five weeks . One of the first mercantile houses in Limeriek—Messrs . James Baana ^ yne and Son , corn and flour merchantshas suspended with liabilities which are set down at 50 , 0002 . A corn merchant a £ Neath , also , has failed for 30 , 000 ? .
Some further failures have taken place this week . These are—Messrs . Arthur and Co ., warehousemen at Glasgow , -with liabilities believed to be Large , but with prospects of -a favourable liquidation ; Messrs . Joseph Bainbridge and Seu * of fiotherbiihe , timber merchants ( liabilities supposed to be under 10 , 000 / . ); Messrs . B . C . T . Gray and Sea , in the Canadian trade 4 with liabilities amounting to about 30 , 000 / . ; and Messrs . Bishop and Gi&sing , wholesale stationers , with debts which are supposed to be but email . A petition was presented in the Court of Bankruptcy
on Monday for a winding-up order against the Australian Auxiliary . Steam Clipper Company ( Limited ) . The company was formed in 18 & 6 , with a nominal capital of 250 , 600 / ., of which about a third has been paid up . At a later hour , there was a meeting of creditors of the company-, very numerously attended , at the office of Messrs . Harding , Pullein , and Co ., the accountants , -when it was unanimously resolved to confirm the resolution of a . meeting of shareholders to wind up voluntarily . It -is thought that there are sufficient assets to meet all claims and leave a small surplus .
The general business of the port of London continued very inactive during the week eading last Saturday . The number of ships reported inrfard was 161 , including 31 with « argoee oi ee-ra , f lour , rice , & « . ; 9 with sugar ; 4 with dried fruit ; and . 1 with 7649 packages of ten . The number cleared outward was 88 , including 17 in ballast . There are 66 on the berth loading for the Australian colonies . The trade of / the port of Cardiff has Buffered to an enormous extent , in consequence of the strike of the / U > Qieau in the Aberdaxe Valley . Business has been at a BtantUetilL and the roads at Penarth have been crowded witt shipping awaiting their turn for loading . Up-mands of fifty French vessels have been in the docks , many of them for weeks , waiting for cargoes of coal . The strike of the coiliers has caused the Taff Vale Railway to employ only one-eighth of their locomotives
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TH . E MEETING AT THE FREEMASONS ' TAVERN . Tkb long-arranged initiative meeting of the new Reform Campaign , on the popular side , was held on Wednesday evening in the Freemasons' Tavern . Nowhere in England , save in the metropolis , could a public meeting be held so characteristic of a popular agitation . In boisterousness , in enthusiasm , in hilarious self-assertion , this meeting waa thoroughly British—moreover , its elements were essentially national , including the political progressionists of all possible districts . You heard the honest Northumberland burr , and the hearty , ironthroated Lancashire shout ; the Scottish penetrating , shprp-pointed interjection , And tho Irish ready-tongued
vociferation . Voices were heard on Wednesday familiar to old Radical members of Parliament since the days of the Reform Bill . Shouts wore emitted from particular Jungs that might have been recognized in the dark any time for thirty years past . Fragments of the old Birmingham Political Union , registered by R . K . Douglns in l' 82 t > , were upon the platform . Men returned from emigration , some from politioul imprisonment , some who had wandered in from sick-beda , wore there ; the old faces beamed as old koy-notea were struck , and old hats went up in tho air which had waved before O'Connor . Men utterly now to politics—unconscious of tho weary work tuelr brethren had / rone through—unconscious of
tho w ^ eary ^ workjjofore themselves , huzzaed with all the freinnoas of' recruitsr ~ "Th ~ erWo'Vv ' "T 31 gnUy--of » politiCB- ~ had touched them , and they entered public life an the poor do in England—tlioy introduced themselves with their lunge , and the Introduction was audible enough to bo heard In Downlng-atreet , or to echo over Broadlonds . Middle-class people left tho counter and the till for one night , with some impression on their xnindu that they owed political service to their country , and that though it waa-all very well to pay tuxes , it might bo equally worth their while to try and economize fholr expenditure . The meeting was notable In every sense , and though there w < aa more ( . ban enough of confusion , tho hostility woo without tho old class hatred which hns hitherto i »
remember for Brighton , who , we rejoice to observe , appears to ^ be learning the strength of moderation , gave advice " which , since the days of Francis Place , has not been given to- the people with the same frank spirit and acknowledged sympathy : it was to regard political settlements and demands as practical questions , and not as passionate theories to be realized , irrespective of the interests and convictions of everybody else . He said to the people , " Negotiate for all you wish , but do not preclude yourselves from accepting all you can get . " The feature to which we , however , chiefly refer , was the speech of Mr . Ernest Jones , whose part in the meeting was far more important than even his speech indicated . He on this occasion publicly and professedly risked , his large popularity
vailed . The strife was without anger— . the contention without animosity * The meeting was the beginning of a better understanding than has prevailed in this generation between the working class and middle class . There was also a feature in the speaking . of the night too remarkable to be passed over in silence , and one of which we 6 hall hear mone in the coining controversies of the platform and the clubs . It was -very gratifying to see Mr . Herbert Ingram , M . P ., in the chair lending his honest and hearty support to the popular cause . The
with his usual adinirera , by a * wcere desire to serve them . Without abating one jot of his own political faith , he came forward to set them the example of seeking , by temporary abatement of their six-pointed demand , a real and substantial victory over the common enemy and a working understanding with the middle class , without which the whole Reform agitation will die out , or be defeated by Ministerial shifts , or be denuded of all significance or popular value . Mr . Ernest Jones is the legitimate successor of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , as O'Connor was of O'CoanelL Feargus O'Connor had not the inimitable versatility of oratorical genius which made O'Connell the lion of the crowd , wherever assembled , and by whomsoever ( high or low ) composed ; but 'Poor Feargus' had wonderful qualities
of audacious euetgy and physical power . Ernest Jones is aot equal to O'Connor in these respects , but , as an orator , he is without a rival amid all who in his time have appeared to compete with him the popular tribuoeship . Besides he is , in literary genius , before O ' Connell or O'Connor , immeasurably . His position among men of letters—certainly .. of poetical performance—is not disputed by friend or enemy . He is a man of mark among the people , and , right or wrong , was sure to command a formidable following—certainly a pertinacious one . No night of his life ever gave better hope of political usefulness than his speech at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday . The position he took up , and for which he was assailed by cries of ? Turncoat ! ' and 'Traitor ! ' by the very men whose battle he was fighting , and which treatment he must have foreknown and foreseen , is a proof of
sincerity for which , when he has full credit , will place him high in the esteem of all who know that politics is a scienoe of exigencies ( as Kossuth well denned it ) and not a brawl . The majority of the ' Old Guards' went with Mr . Jones , and the good sense of the meeting went with him . Hi * resolution was earned by a large majority , and Chartism ( without Chartists ) is , iu Mr . Jones ' s hands , in a fair way of being reinstated in public position , and , what is mare , in public esteem . Mr . Jones ' s conduct , advice , and proffered influence for popular union , are better arguments of the fitness of the populace for the franchise than the ingenuity of any orator has yet furnished . It was the utter despair of ever seeing advice so wise given , and an example bo honourable set , by a tribune of the people in Mr . Jones ' s position , that led to the long apathy on Reform An Parliament , which has been as dangerous as discreditable to this country .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A dubadii ' xjl accident happened last Saturday afternoon to a boy who was running behind a gentleman ' s carriage in the Hacknoy-road . One of his hands became fixed between the spokes of the near wheel . Tho foot pasaoqgera called to the driver to stop , which he did ; but tho boy hnd b , y this time become completely entangled between tho woodwork , and his head was fearfully crushed and lacerated . Ho was removed with difficulty , and convoyed to the Bothnal-grcon workhoueo , whoro he shortly Afterwards diod .
A man has been killed in tho City under peculiar circumstancos . A bull which was being : driven through tho streets became infuriated , and tho matter was made worso by a crowd of boys following tho animal , and hooting . At length , tho bull took refuge in tho promises of ~ a 4 lvery-8 tnble ~ keepor , j mme 4 _ Chn £ . J « streot ; but Child refused to allow tho boast to remain while a conveyance was sent for , to carry it awny . On being driven out , the bull fatally injured one James Bosant , and hurt some other portions . Tho jury , after tho inquest had boon adjourned , returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Child .
Tho inquest on tho body of Mr . James Hunt , tho Poor Luw auditor , who was recently killed on the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhumpton Ruilway , was concluded on Thursday week , when tho jury brought in a verdict In accordance with tho facts , adding their opinion that no blumo is attributable to tho railway officials .
Thomas Puttick , the man who , together with his wife and son , was poisoned at Shoreham- —apparently in an accidental manner—by some pudding into which arsenic bad found its way , died yesterday week , after a relapse , in which he suffered greatly . On the inquest being resumed on Monday , a friend of Puttick stated that , to his knowledge , the poison used to be kept in a cupboard down stairs ; that he ( the witness ) had been employed by Pattick to put a lock on a box in which it was intended that the arsenic should be kept , as Puttick was afraid it might get into some wrong hands when the neighbours came in to help his wife in her fits ; and that
he had stated to his friend , after the sad occurrence , that he had removed the drug to the chest up-stairs . The following verdict was returned : —" The jury find that Frederick Puttick , Esther Ann Puttick , and Thomas Puttick , died from the effects of arsenic , which hud been mixed in hard pudding , and which penetrated the cabbage boiled with the pudding which they ( the deceased ) had partaken of for dinner , but how or by what means mixed they have no evidence to show . They also fiud that Thomas Puttick was guilty of great negligence in leaving arsenic in a cupboard which was accessible to his family , his wife being subject to fits , which had a tendency to weaken her intellect . "
A man and his wife—the former bedridden , and both aged—have been burnt to death at a coffee-house in Gray ' s Inn-lane , which took fire during Sunday night . An alarm having been raised , a Mr . Logrean , who performs feats of magic at the Crystal Palace , jumped out of bed , and succeeded in rescuing his wife and children from the third floor front . A fire-escape conductor , named Henry Home , arrived , and , followed by a comrade , went to the third floor , where the old couple were , and seized both in his arms . But the flames and smoke became so intense that Home could not force his way through . The poor old people sank on the floor ,, overpowered , and Home , jumping out of window , fell a distance of thirty feet , and was seriously hurt . Before leaping out , he was a good deal burnt , and it was found necessary to take him to the hospital . The house was entirely consumed .
Mr . Frederick William Howard , a partner in the firm of Henderson aad Howard , solicitors , at Bristol , , has killed himself , apparently by accident . Shortly after breakfast on Monday morning , he retired to bis dreasingroom , and a few minutes later the report of a gun waa heard . His wife rushed into the room , and found him lying on his back on the floor , with a gun a few paces from him . A surgeon was fetched , hut , on his arrival , Mr . Howard was found to be dead . He was a great tportsman , and there appears to be little doubt that he was in the act of drawing the contents out of one of the barrels , when it exploded . The charge , consisting of small shot , entered the heart , and death must have been instantaneous . He was only thirty-two yeara of age , and had three children . His life was insured .
Mrs . Elizabeth Horlock , the wife of the Rev . Dr . Horlock , the parish vicar of the village of Box , near iiatii , and her sister , Miss Sudell , have died suddenly from uu attack of low gastric fever , which is supposed to have been caused either by the malaria from the parish churchyard adjoining the vicarage , or the house drainage , into which the eflluvia arising from the graves is believed to flow . Mrs . Horlock was suddenly taken ill one day at dinner , and continued very sick all the rest of that day and during the whole of the next . On tho third day after she was first attacked , her sister came from Ashley House , in the neighbourhood , to see her , at which time everybody at the vicarage , except Mrs . jiorloclt , was in perfect health . However , on the day following Misa Sudell ' s arrival , that lady was taken very ill , and four of the servants were likewise seized with gioknuus and
violent retching . The latter by degrees recovered ; but Miss Sudell and Mrs . Horiock continued to get woiae daily until about a week after the commencement of their illness , when both died . An inquest was held on tho bodies , at which it was stated that some letters iund lately been sont to tho vicarage , threatening to put tho Indies of the house to a violent death ; but the medical gentleman , who attended Mrs . Horlock and her bister during their illnesB , believed that they died of gaatrie foyer arising from some impure uir either in or near tho house . A lad and his mother had died of tho same disease but a short time before Mrs . Horlock waa taken ill ; und that lady , who passed through tho burial-ground at tho tiiuo tho grave of the lad was opened to receive the mother ' s body , complained of the otliuviu . Tho jury returned a verdict in accordance with tho inodiual
testimony . A woman has boon suffocated at Halifax , while in bod , owing to an oacapeofgas , which resulted from tl » o l « W " ture-offl T valve . ~< - ' l he-6 aB > tbew-mado 4 lji 4 .- > VJiy »( . UKy ( yi 3 i ~ iL . _ , _ old drain into tho house . Tho coroner's jury , " » tliort verdict , censured tho makers of tho valve I ' or a dui ' ect 1 ft the casting , and for not having had it properly mated , a "" called the attention of tho Mayor and Corporation to tlw necessity of having all old drains filled up .
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IRELAND . Tnra Tippbraby Bank . —A meeting in tho matter of tho Tlpperary Bank watt hold Hast Saturday for tho purpose t ) f Bubmittlng , for the sanction of the Mas tor , oJfrrs
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 16, 1858, page 54, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2226/page/6/
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