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furnish the means for avast expenditure . With respect to the future , M . Blanc observed : — "I do not counsel the least compromise of our ideas . I like strong and firm convictions , because all true ideas must be firm , strong , and uncompromising ; but they are not Incompatible -with moderation and respect for the opinions of others . Revolutions are not the work of a day . The ideas which give them birth , have been sown long ago ; but His only by a clear conception of them , and by their diffusion amongst the people , that revolutions can . be accomplished and become the permanent acquisitions of humanity . Without this full comprehension and diffusion , the Republic itself may be but an empty name , as you ¦ well know . You know that , in the days of June ,
republicans fought against the Republic . And that under the mask of a republican Louis Napoleon Bonaparte made his way to the Empire . These things could not happen if the people knew what the Republic is , and how much their material interests—looking at even from that point of view—are concerned in its existence . Differences of opinion there may be and must be , but all republicans can and ought to unite on the common ground of the Republic . I invite you , therefore , to postpone all sectional divisions and personal predilections , that you may be able to take advantage of that change which , for my part , I believe to be inevitable , leaving it to the National Assembly to decide as to the future of the Republic . "
Fire . —The woollen mill of Mr . James Whitworth , at Milnrovr , near Rochdale , took fire on . Sunday morning . Engines could only be obtained by sending to Rochdale and Belfield ; and , owing to this delay , and to the fact Of the floors being saturated with the oil used in greasing the machinery , the flames obtained such mastery over the building that the greater part was destroyed . The loss is estimated at 4000 ? . ; but a good deal of the flannel -was saved by being carried out into the fields . The cause of the fire is unknown .
No Man is a Prophet in bis own Household . — The '¦ widow of Joe Smith , the Mormon , still resides at Nauyod , but she cares nothing for the saints , and has married a tavern-keeper , who thinks all prophets aTe huiabugs . Young Joe , who should by right have been the head of the Mormons , is a stout " gawky" of twenty-two , who hates Brigham Young and curses the Salt takers . Kauvoo was once a place of 20 , 000 inhabitants , but is now a place of ruins . —Washington Union .
Contracts ( Public Departments ) . — The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the principle adopted for making contracts for the public departments , and the effect which the present system has upon the expenditure of public money , have agreed to the following first report : — ' . ' That the character which the inquiry has assumed renders It desirable that a portion of the subject should also be examined into by a Royal Commission , and
they have therefore directed their chairman to move the House that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the system upon which the books and stock have been re-Bpectively kept at Weedon , as well as the general mode in which the business of the establishment at Weedon has been conducted , the result of such mode of conducting the business , and the present state of the books and stock of stores .
Violekt Thunderstorms . —' The unusually hot ¦ weather which prevailed during last week produced , in various parts of the country , on Thursday and Saturday , very violent storms of rain , thunder , and lightning . On the first of those days , the tempest burst over the west and north of England during the afternoon and evening-, and caused great damage . Several'buildings were struck and injured by the lightning ; the rain poured down in torrents ; and a great deal of hail fell in different localities . The hailstones are described as having been as large as hazel-nuts , and a great deal of glass was broken by thorn . AtOtlcy , a weaving-shed was struck by the lightning , several of the operatives were knocked down , and two or three were slightly scorched .
In the West Biding of Yorkshire , a child was killed by the electric fluid . At Wibsey , near Bradford , the lightning penetrated a school , and killed a boy . Several other persons in various places were knocked down and slightly hurt ; and a great many horses and sheep were killed . The tower of St . John the Evangelist , Leeds , was damaged , though not considerably . The Bramhope Tunnel , on the North Eastern Railway , was flooded , and some portion of the earth was washed away ; but no accident resulted . A atone cottage , at tho south end of the tunnel , originally used as a telegraph station , was dismantled and reduced to a state of ruin by tho storm and who tho
a man managed telegraph department in tho tunnel was only saved from being drowned by clinging ; to tho telograph wires until ho wa 3 relieved by tho train attempting to pass through from tho north . Sixty men were employed tho wholo of Friday and pnrt of Saturday before the traffic through the tunnel was rcfitored . In tho lowlands , much damage has been done to tho growing crops of grass and corn . —The storm of Saturday -vyae experienced in London and Its vicinity flnd did moot damage at Hackney , Homorton , Dalstonj iiingsland , Old Ford , Bow , Stratford , and other localities to the oast and north-east , It began between six « nd seven o ' clock in tho morning . Fivo sheep were
killed by the lightning in Victoria Park , and a policeman was struck in the Bethnal-green- road , and deprived of his sight , besides being otherwise injured ; but it is . hoped he will recover . Several houses were struck ; the tower of the old church of St . Mary , Walthamstow , was slightly injured ; and the lightning did some mischief to the electric telegraph lines at the Bow and Hackneywick stations- A gentleman of Peg-well , near Ramsgate , states that during the storm of Saturday morning , about a quarter after nine , the water in the bay , the tide being then about two hours past flood , suddenly receded about two hundred yards and returned to its former position within the space of about twenty minutes . The
shrimpers , many of them elderly men , never before experienced such a surprising phenomenon . "With respect to the storm of Saturday , Mr . William Stacey writes to the Times , from the London Hospital : — " At about a quarter-past eight o'clocfe , I was passing through Northstreet , Mile-end , when a piece of ice , measuring two inches and threereightlis in length , about an inch and a half in breadth , and one inch in thickness , fell in the road . It may be interesting to know that this occurred immediately after a vivid flash of lightning and a loud clap of thunder , and that the thermometer stood at that time at 60 degs . I have since heard of a similar piece having been picked up at the same time . "
The Abobiginai , Pbess in New Zealand . —The first number of a weekly newspaper in Maori has been published at Wellington . Its designation , is the Messenger of Part Nicholson , and it contains four small quarto pages , including several original communications from natives- —Australian and New Zealand Gazette . Forbes Mackenzie ' s Act . —A deputation from Scotland had ad interview on Monday with Mr . Walpole at the Home Oifice , to resist the proposed inquiry into the operation of Forbes Mackenzie ' s Act , and to defend its working . Mr . Walpole appeared to consider that the statements of the deputation carried great weight with them ; but declined to give any positive decision till after the discussion of the question in Parliament .
The Shrewsbury Estates . —The solicitors for Lord Edmund Howard have issued a notice stating that they are authorized by the Duke of Norfolk , and the trustees for Lord Edmund , to state that there is no longer , any objection on . their part to consent to the appointment of a receiver of the Court of Chancery , pending the discussion of Earl Talbot ' s claim to the estates . They caution the tenants against making any payments to Lord Talbot's agents , as the question of the estates is not in any way affected by the success of his claim to the Earldom .
London Roofs and the Public Health . —Mr . Owen Rowland , writing to the Times , mentions a fact which it behoves people to look into . He states : — " Within the last twelve months , in ascertaining the feasibility of establishing telegraphic communication between police and fire stations upon an overhouse system , I have ascended and traversed some hundreds of roofs , and upon several occasions I have found heaps of animal and vegetable matter as well as stagnant water ( in consequence of defective gutters ) , &c ., tyingupon the roofs and emitting the nlost offensive smells , which in time , by percolation , no doubt saturate the walls of the houses to their very foundations , to the great injury of the health of their occupiers . "
Niger Expedition . —Advices have been recei-ved from the Niger Expedition to the 31 st of March . Dr . Baikie was encamped near Rabba , whither Lieutenant Glover , E . N ., and Mr . May , R . N ., were on their way from Logos to rejoin him . Dr . Berwick was at Lairdstown , with part of the crew of tho Dayspring . The Sunbeam was at tho Brass River entrance of the Niger on the 22 nd of April , all well , waiting for water to ascend to the confluence . All were in tho enjoyment of healtfi . Havelock Testimonial . —Mr . Behnes , tho sculptor , is engaged preparing- a model at his studio , in Osnaburgh-terrace , for the statue of the late Sir Henry Havelock , which is to be erected in Trafalgar-square . The West Coast of Afiuca . —A shocking story is told in the last advices from tho West Coast of Africa . —
" In consequence of information received nt Monrovia , Commander Croft left in the Ethiope on the 14 th of April , and on the 15 th fell in with the French ship Ccoli Regina , 420 tons , in possession of a large number of negroes , who were not able to man ago her . After a parley , tho second officer of tho Ethiope , with a part of tho crow , went on board , when about two hundred and fifty of the negroes swam to tho shore , where nearly the wholo -were murdered by the captnin of the 1 ' rcnch ship and natives . It appears that tho Ccoli Iieginn , which is completely fitted for the slave trade , had been cruising for a month
near Capo Palmns , and , under pretence of taking them to a bettor place , hud secured five hundred negroes , who yvcrc immediately placed between decks , many of them in irons . When the captain < Simon ) was ashore , and part of the crow in a boat alongside , tho negroos procured firearms , and shot nil but tho doctor and two of tho 6 camcn , whom they retained to atccr tho ship . Captain Simon came within gunshot several times afterwards , ^ but was not allowed to como on board . Tho Cccli Kegina wns towed into Monrovia , whero she- was left in possession of tho purser of tho Ethiope . "
CoaisiiasioN ov Lunacy . —A commission of lunacy -was opened cm Tuostlay , by order of tho Lords Justices , to inquire into tho state of mind of Sir Henry Meux .
Mr . Montagu Chambers , who , together with Mr . Bovill and Mr . Bodkin , appeared in support of the petition said that , at * he latter end of 1856 , it was ascertain ' edbv medical inquiry that a serious disease of the train had set in ; but , about that time , Sir Heury , who was fond of sporting , went to the seat of a friend in Cambridgeshire , for the sake of shooting . There , as well as sub " sequently at his own seat at Theobald ' s Park , Hertfordshire , it was observed that he shot in a strange and random way—so much so , indeed , that he wounded five or six . persons with , whom he . went out , though he appeared . to be quite unconscious of doing so . At tha general election last year , Sir Henry , who had represented Hertfordshire for ten years , was greatly escited
became subject to delusions ; and subsequentl y sank into a . ptate of utter imbecility . To account for the > course n ow adopted , Mr . Chambers mentioned that Sir Henry Meux bad an infant child in consequence of his marriage in 1855 , and it had been ascertained that Sir Henry lad executed some testamentary paper the nature of which was not known . Proceedings ' had been taken in Chancery by two of the sisters of Sir Henry ,-who were anxious to ascertain-what-was the purport of any document which he had executed ; but the parties who represented Lady Meux had refused , to give the information . It was necessary to discover this for the jprotectioa of the interests of all parties and it
was particularly incumbent to know whether , anterior to the execution of any required testamentary paper , Sir Henry had exhibited evidence of his incapacity to execute it . Therefore it was that this inquiry had beea directed by the lords Justices- —The inquiry haying extended through some days , the Attorney-General , on . Thursday , addressed the jury on behalf of Sir Henry Meux and his -wife , contending that , though Sir Henry is now undoubtedly imbecile , he was not so at the time he executed the deeds which are under dispute . Elaborate statements having been brought forward in support of . this assertion , six gentlemen of the jury were appointed to visit Sir Henry at his house in Belgraye-square , and the court adjourned .
Births and Deaths in London . — -The deaths registered in London , which rose in the previous week to 1106 , declined in the week ending last Saturday , June 5 , to 1087 , of which 533 are deaths of males , 554 those of females . The mortality of last week exceeds that which is obtained by calculation from former experience at the beginning of June , but the excess is not considerable . —Last week , the births of 765 boys and 780 girls , in all 1545 children , were registered in London , In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1465 . —From the JRegistrar-Geneml ' s Weekly Return . The Archives of the Foreign-office . — The
attention of Lord Malmesbury has been drawn to the great inconvenience occasioned to historians and others by the stringent rules at present existing with reference to access to the foreign correspondence at the State Paper-office . His Lordship has directed that authority will be given to the Master of the Bolls to permit , in future , any State papers in his custody belonging to this department , of a date prior to 1 G 88 , to be copied by historians without their being submitted for the approval of the Secretary of State , as heretofore . —Globe . The Diocese of Norwich . —The Bishop o f Norwich has just commenced his primary visitation of his diocese .
SmtrrcAi , Destitution in London . —The annual meeting of subscribers to the London Church Building Society , for church extension in the metropolis and its suburbs , was held this week at Willis ' s-rooms , Kingstreet , St . James ' s . The chair was occupied by the Bishop of London ( president of the society ) , aud resolutions were affirmed , pointing out the necessity of making larger provision for the religious education of the poor . Saxb op the Duke ok Buckingham's Keynshaji Estates . —The estates at Keynshmn , Somerset , known as the Chandos property , and which for several centuries have been in tho possession of the family of the Duke of Buckingham , were sold by auction , on Tuesday , by Mr . Alexander , of Bristol , at tho Lamb and Lark Inn , Keynshatn . One of the lots was bought in . The New Djsan of Yoiik , tho Hon . andRav . Augustus Duncombe , was installed last Saturday .
Mbs . D avisos , formerly Miss Duncan , ono of the most well lenown of London actresses in the early part of tho present century , and mother of Mr . J . W . Daviaon , tlio musical critic of tho Times , and editor of the Musicd World , died on tho 80 th ult , at her residence in Brompton , in her seventy-ninth year . She survived her husband only a few weeks . The Concessional , in Bi : lqravia . —A meeting > vns held yesterday at St . James ' s Hall , Piccadilly , to
denounce tho revival of tuo confessional in tlic parish of St . Pnul , Kiiightsbriclgo , by tho Rev . Arthur Foole , licensed curato at St . Barnabas . Tho Bishop of London has revoked tho rov . gentleman ' s license . Tho meeting expressed great satisfaction at this act , mul resolved that tho matter required further investigation . It w stated by one of tho speakers ( on tho strength of tho evidence laid Lcfore tho Bishop ) that Mr . Poole was in tho Iiabit of asking women questions of tho most disgustingly indecent nature .
Boilbk Explosion at Lumk . — Between ten nn& eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning , a tremendous boiler explosion occurred at Dean Engino , Lumb , by
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562 THE LEADER . [ No . 429 , June 12 j JI 8 S 5 ^
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Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2246/page/10/
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