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    October 4,1856.] T H E LE A.*D Et&. 9S9

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    THE SUBSCRIPTIOIsr 37OU ITALY. Wa: have ...

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    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS, Mr. J. Ashb...

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    Mk. Gladstone At Liverpool And Mold. Mr....

    think it was a precipitate , -. ill-timed , - and unwise act . I think there -was in it an indication , of a disposition much to toe lamented and deprecated , to-which I will not further allude . . Bat I do not -regret the withdrawal of the Queen ' s letter rn behalf of , or in regard to , the interests of this Society ; for ' Ifeel convinced that the withdrawal Trill liave the effect of the former -withdrawal of the Parliamentary grsnt . Since that withdrawal , the revenues have not only quadrupled , as was modestly stated in the report , but have multiplied tenfold . This increase is not only since the " withdrawal of the grant , but in no small degree in consequence of it . " Further on , Mr . Gladstone remarked : —" I confess I see , witii great pleasure and satisfaction , a tendency in some of the colonies towards the introduction of a real , system of

    discipline among the members of the Churcli , not founded upon the action of secular power , but representing the free inclination of the Christian minds of the people themselves . In point of fact , it seems to be the characteristic of those whom we call the savages of ! Ne"W Zealand , and of those converted from heathenism iu India , that "they do not understand belonging to a society in which there are no laws , mo obligations , no means of preventingmisconduct or repressing error . If , by their own free-will , therefore , they have established for themselves these rules—have placed ' upon , themselves this yoUe , xiot of arbitrary law , but of the law of Christian improvement—is there not in ttie fact something like a pattern to us at home ? " ( Applause . " ) At both meetings , resolutions in favour of Church Missions , & c , were unanimously passed .

    October 4,1856.] T H E Le A.*D Et&. 9s9

    October 4 , 1856 . ] T H E LE A . * D Et & . 9 S 9

    The Subscriptioisr 37ou Italy. Wa: Have ...

    THE SUBSCRIPTIOIsr 37 OU ITALY . Wa : have already printed the letter , addressed to the Society of the Friends of Italy . That Society no longer existing as a body , a committee has been formed of some of its former members , for the purpose of circulating the letter throughout England , and receiving subscriptions for the " Emancipation of Italy . " The members of the Committee are , at proseut , Douglas Jerrold , Esq ., 26 , Circus-road , St . John ' s-wood ; W . H . Ashurst , Esq ., 6 , Old Jewry ; John Bennett , Esq ., CheapsWe ; \ V . C . Bennett , Esq ., Greenwich ; Richard Moore , Esq ., 25 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury ; James Stansfeld , Esq ., Swan Brewery , "WalUam-green ; George I > awson Esq ., Birmingham ; Joseph Cowen , . Jun ., Esq ., Newcastle-upoh-Tyne . The Honorary Secretary is James Stansfeld , Esq ., Office , 22 , Sloane-street , KnigJitsbridge ; Ixradon . In Leeds , Bradford , Derby , Chester , and Newcastle , the appeal has met with a ready response , and Felice Orsini is to lecture in these towns for . the Italian cause .

    On Tuesday , September 30 , a public meeting was held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to receive the Address from the Italian Working Men to the Working Men of England . Above ( 5000 working men attended . Joseph Cowen , Jun ., Esq ., of Blaydon Bum , Mr . Josiah Thomas , Mr . Richard 13 . Eeed , smith , Mr . Joseph Southdown , smith , Mr . Win . Elder , and other gentlemen , addressed the meeting . The following resolutions were moved and carried with " groat unanimity and enthusiasm , " and the following letter to the Italian Working- Men of Genoa was adopted s-

    " That this meeting desires to convey to the Italian working men ( through tlie-working men of Genoa ) their sympathy with them in their struggles for emancipation , hitherto unsuccessful but always heroic . They desire to assure them that they watch their efforts for independence , for liberty , and for national sovereignty , with the warmest interest , and they look hopefully forward to the time when tlie noble Italian people shall renew their final conflict with their oppressors , and declare their country free . " " That this meeting recognizing : the right of the Italian people to a national existence , and believing it to be the duty of nil free nations to aid them in their Struggle to obtain it , resolves to open forthwith a subscription , to be handed to the Italian National Committee , to be applied by them in such ways as they deem expedient , for assisting in tho emancipation of their fatherland . " The Enqilsh Workinq < 1 /« j « of Wewcastie-upon-Tyne to tlic

    Italian Working Men of Genoa . Bbotiikiis , —We have received your addreBs , and we respond to it heartily and with pleasure . The wrongs and ' sufferings of Italy we deplore , the cruelties of her tyrants we execrate , the heroism of her sons wo admire , and we recognize the duty , bo far as in our power lies , of aiding in the holy work of effecting nor emancipation . Wo know , Brothers , that with yon , as with other oppressed peoples , that emancipation must bo accomplished mainly by yourselves . As our great Byron said to tlie enslaved

    : " By your own arms the conquest must be wrought . " Nevertheless it is the duty of peoples as of individuals , to afford to each other whntcvor help they can in combating for that liberty , which is the chief , of earthly blessing , tho greatest privilege of our common Immunity , Thercforo y / c have nsse-mbled ; therefore we liavo resolved to subscribe our humble pence towardH swelling tho colTiirs of tho Italian National Treasury ; therefore we will endeavour to arouse our fellow-workmen and our countryman in general to do likewise , to « 0-operato in the performance of a great national duty . Unhappily tho mass of Englishmen have been too

    prone to neglect ' foreign politics , ' and ha-ve ' allowed aristocratical ministers and conspiring diplomatists to misrepresent British sentiments , and miBapply British energies—moral and physical . Those sentiments ( in spite of the tendency to ignore ¦' foreign politics' ) ere unquestionably in favour of the ' oppressed Nationalities , ' yet at this moment there appears to fce imminent danger of intervention in the affairs of Naples , on the part of the English G-ovemment , in conjunction with that of the French despot , for the purpose , in reality , of preventing an insurrection , under the pretence of

    checking the King of Naples in the commission of his crimes . In this threatened intervention we have no confidence . Honest intervention , open and earnest war on the part of England against the tyrants of Italy ; A-ustrian , Neapolitan , Papal , & c , & c , we would applaud and support ; but as no such course is possible to England ' s present administrators , we mistrust and condemn their interference . We demand that to Italians be left the initiative of settling "with King Bomba , and that greater curse , the brutal Austrian domination . It is for Englishmen to support that initiative by all moral and material means at their command .

    We . hope that in this holy work we shall meet with , the general co-operation of our countrymen , but at least , we will do our duty . And Italians will do theirs ! They -will ¦ perform the more onerous duty of combating . foreign aggressors , and the mercenery troops of blood-stained tyrants , on the battle-field . May their arms be blessed , may victory attend their flag , and may Italy fee free throughout her rich and lovely land , from the Alps to the Ocean . Men of Genoa , Italians , Brothers , accept the assurance of oux fraternal devotion , and our heartfelt , aspirations for the speedy and enduring triumph of your glorious cause . . ¦ Ewiva l'ltalia . ' Evviva la Liberta !

    Three Studies from the Vita Nuova of Dante— " The Salutation , " " The Vision , " " The Anniversary" — are to be raffled for , in 200 shares , at 5 s . each . The proceeds to be devoted to the Italian Cause . On view ; at 1-4 : 7 , Fleet-street .

    Accidents And Sudden Deaths, Mr. J. Ashb...

    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS , Mr . J . Ashbv , for several years one of the clerks at the New Palace , Westminster , fell into the river a few days ago in attempting to get on board a steamboat . A boathook was put out to him , but no other attempt at rescue seems to have been made , and Mr . Ashby sank to rise no more . The body has liot been found . An illustration of the imperfect administration of our poor laws is contained in an inquest held at Doncaster on the body of Elizabeth Dnfty , the wife of a small shopkeeper , -who , after being missed for some days , was found drowned . She had been deranged in her mind , and , having been sent to Bingham , in Nottinghamshire , where her parents reside , application was made to the governor of the workhouse there and to tlie board of guardians , to put her into an asylum . This was refused on the ground that the woman did not belong to the parish . An application wns then made to the board of guardians at Doncaster , but they also refused , saying that she was not resident there . The poor woman -was therefore not placed under proper restraint , and having wandered from her home , met ¦ with her death . The coroner , who sent for the clerk of the Doncaster board of guardians , strongly criticized the conduct both of that body and of tho Bingham board of guardians , and said he considered the case one of sack a serious character , that he thought it his duty to forward the evidence taken at the inquest to the Poor Law Board . The jury returned a -verdict of ' Found drowned , ' accompanying 3 t with a severe censure on the neglect tho poor woman liad experienced at the hands of tho two boards .

    The criminal folly of practical joking - with dangerous weapons has led to the death of Thomas Burridgc , a young man employed , together with somo others , in thrashing com in a field at Charter House , Hinton , a village about four miles from Bath . Burridge throw a bucket of water over Jacob Francis , one of the labourers , who immediately flung a barley fork ( an instrument with three prongs , each upwards of a foot in length ) at tho young man witii great force : this entered his back just below the shoulder and penetrated to so great a depth , that the handle remained horizontal . The poor fellow called to another labourer , who was standing by , " John , do pull it out ! " Hales , -the person spoken to , caught hold of the liandle and pulled :

    but Bur ridge wns only dragged back by the force , the fork remaining . A horrible ? scene then ensued . Putting his foot to Burridgo ' s back , Hales , according to the account he gave before the magistrate , " pulled with a jerk , when the fork enmo out , and Burridgo fell forward , blood at tho same time gushing out of his month . " Hales then went for assistance , but Francis did not mnkc any attempt at succour . Death terminated the BuflTerings of Burridgc , who was only nineteen years of nge , in a very ahorfc time . Thero did not appear to have been any angry feeling between him and Francis ; but they had been ' larking' togothor noarly the whole of tlio morning .. Francis ia in custody , und under remand .

    1 'ivo men have been suffocated in an empty gin vnt at Willianm ' B distillery , Worcester , worked by Messrs . Gosnell . It wns determined on tlio afternoon of Friday week to clean a large waste charger or vat , twdvo feet

    m depth and diameter , and capable of holding ten or fifteen thousand gallons of spirit Mr . 'Green , the excise supervisor , entered the vat about three o ' clock , for the purpose of examining it , and found nothing to excite alarm , though the ^ air , as usual , "wns oppressive . He remained there a few minutes , and then aseended-thTough the large orifice at the top . About a thousand gallons « f water were th « n thrown in , stirred round for some time , and drawn off . Twenty minutes afterwards , -a man named John Drew , fifty years of age , desconaed without ,-a . light , ' to assist in the cleansing ; but , in -a little while , a fellow-labourer , Henry Bough , perceived that he-was'Struggling at tlie bottom . Bough catered , followed by Ricbard Powell and Henry Wilts , all of whom -were instantly suffocated , and fell to the bottom of the vat . James Rogers then voluntered to go in , bat

    was dissuaded by another of the Workmen , who had just made the attempt , and had withdrawn , daunted by the strong amell of carbonic acid gas . Disregarding- these dissuasions , Rogers entered , and immediately fell a victim to his courage and devotion . Benjamin Baker then made an attempt , but speedily drew back , and was followed by Mr . Swan , the manager , who likewise rapidly retreated . A lighted chafing-dish was then lowered into the vat , a hole -wa 8 bored in the side , and air was pumped in by a large pair of bellows . Baker afterwards again descended , and brought up one of the men , who was quite dead . The other four were subsequently raised from , the vessel , and were also found to be corpses . Medical aid was sent for , but it was . of no avail . All . the deceased men were married , and had families . The oldest of them ( Powell ) -was sixty years of age .

    "At labouring man named Charles Harmsworth was employed with others on Saturday afternoon repairing the roof a house in Tilney-streer , P ^ rk-lane . While in the act of carrying a pailful of water along the parapet , he was either seized with a sudden giddiness or overbalanced himself , and , falling on the spike 3 . of some iron railings between sixty and seventy feet below , -he -was impaled on them . He -was removed to St . George ' s Hospital , but expired in a few minutes . He has left a widow and large family .

    The engine and carriages of a train on-the East Lancashire line parted company a few days ago atUootle , the one continuing on the right railB , the other going on to the Southport branch . The coupling chains snapped , the wheels of one of the carriages vrere broken off , and two of the carriages had their ends stove in . The passengers were tlirown into the greatest consternation , but no personal injuries were sustained beyond a few trivial contusions . A great many workmen , being engaged dose by at the time , the roadway -was speedily cleared -of its encumbrances , and the traffic was soon resumed .

    A man living at Woodham " Walter , named Isaac Lynn , has died from drinking a quantity of home-made wine with which arsenic had been accidentally mixed The wine was produced by the man and bis wife , on account of -their being visited by some friends at "their bouse , and all the company d * ank largely of it . On the same night every one of the gnests was seized -with fits of vomiting , and Lynn himself -was attacked ¦ with , headache and sickness the' following morning . He nevertheless went to his work as usual , and in the evening two of -the visitors of the previous day requested to taste the wine again , as they believed it 'to have been the cause of tlie nausea with which they had recently been troubled . The bottle out of which , they had alreadydrunk was proiuoed , and , after the two men had tasted it , Lynn said that he was not-afraid , as he had had so much , and would therefore drink the rest . Ho accordingly emptied the bottle , and he and the others-were

    again taken ill the same night . Mrs . Lyim immediately sent for three bottles of mixture which she administered to the invalids , and her husband at first felt better , but tho sickness speedily returned , accompanied by violent purging , and ho died about « . week afterwards . The bottles containing the wine which had caused his death , were bought at an auction , about a year ago , and were carefully washed with cinder dirt . Tho contents of several of thom liad been drunk already and there were still somo left . A bottle having been given to a medical gentlemen toexuumio , he discovered . a whitish sediment at the fottoinof it , which , on analysing , ho found to contain three drachms of white arsenic . He had no doubt that Lynn had diud from their effect , but believed ho might have recovered had ho been a man of Bound health . Tho bottle , probably , had originally contained a preparation of arsenic for sheep-dressing . An inquest was hold , and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with tho evidence .

    A case of ox . perimenta . 1 hanging in ETalf-Moon-atreet , Piccadilly , lias terminated in tho death of the young man who performed tho foolish trick . IIo was found one night dead in a loft , hanging by a lino attached to tho skylight windoir . Ho liad been scon alivo and in good spirits a quar ter of an hour before . It appeared that ho was in the habit of hanging himself in sport , and at length ho did so onco too often . A i ) owdcr-inill at MareHfiold , ton . . miles from . Lower , was tho bcoiic of an explosion on Friday week , when part of a wall was thrown down , and a workman numeti Ellis was killed . Tlio other workmen were at their breakfast at the time , and thus escaped without injury . A collision between a passenger train and sonic coal waggons occurred on Tuesday on tho Woolwich line

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 4, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04101856/page/3/