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    Nphe Queen's Speech Bpens The Session Wi...

    joicing does not * appear , Imt what is Certain is , tliat the King , her ¦ ¦ : liusl ^ andV ;¦ s eem . s ^ l tesolv ed . tilai ; ¦ , ' siie ! shall have all thecredit belonging to the event . He will not accompany her to church to thank Heaven for her : safe delivery ; and , more particularJj \ , lie will iibt go through the ai ^ senting the babe upon a silver « alver to « , select audience assenibled within the- palace on swell occasions—that ceremony being looked upon , as' the first act of parental recognition .. Bat / whatever © Maes of the ^^ King's ^ resolutionj the CDarlistcause receives a stunning blow by the birth of th ^ s prince , y . The affairs of the Church and of Churchmen have

    been prominent this week . A / long and very interestiiig letter froni the Bishop of Exeter Ueals with the scrupl ^ JwfckA » n > e paa * t of his clergy feel under the operationof the 58 th clatise of the ^ New Divoice Act , which will come in foree © a . the 11 th . of January next * Anythingniore unlike the old HjsiJEtx of ExsacEB style of letter cannot IfeeV imagined , all is so mildl y ; tenipeiate and reasonable . ^ He ; strongly dissuades the clergymen to Avhphi ^ he is writing , in answer ; to a ibtter praying for his advice , against petitioning

    the QiJEEN ;; to undo an act which she has voluiitarslyadopted , ; and ' :-tp . "wait mth patience till an oppbrtuiity can be ^ femrtd to remedy the state pf things under ti ^ c ^^ I ^ Bev . ifc i ^ BEiiir- ^ h ^ whose faireral lately % asthe ; occasion of a riot ; at Jjewes— -is not so * j > atieiit irrider what he conceives tb be a grievo \ is wrongs He has published a very long state ^ eni £ bf fe ^ gK ^ ^ abductionxif his daaght ^ er Tiy the lieads pf a Ptiseyite in ^^ liLme < fffe &^ as sh ^ becaete ^ rj ^ ucatfced all the property at ! her

    disposal , litigation will Boost probably take place ton this latter point , wh < en curious revelations will foe made on the subject of .-Jtlie ; priest in the fajnily ;' feanw & Ie , Mr . ¦ ScpBEii's letter affords food for ifeflecrtion . as teohpwfar a father , in his position , as ift . tLtfeo ' tized to stand intheTtfay of theinclinations of kis feMld , \ ttho may possiblybe ecs \ vell able to judge ¥ orto < erself as he to "judge fer her . There is ; something sttange- ^ and we will veMure to say repulsive ^ n * he plteading <> f theBevv Mir . ScpBEtLthafc his tights over : ids daxighte ^ f as her ' parish spiritual gtade , 'have been invaded by a sect with whom he happens id have defetrinal diflereoces .

    liofd CA : MPDB 3 Bii . x . ,: naade some good remarks on . the « ses and abuses of newspaper TepoTting 3 a joropos of « oi action "for libel tried m the Court of Queen ' s Bench , ' 6 n Wednesday . tL -short time ago a man named Sjewis , manager of the Traders and Meohanics' Loan S 6 ciety- ~ the ^ Society" consisting of bis sister , a , Mrs . FosTEia ^ chflcged a Mrs . Bass ; the div-arced wife •© £ tihe to-wn-clerk of Dover , an d J < ghn HowAiELP rGooJDBffx , a lawyer ' s clerk acting for Jaer , wi * h obtainingHhesum of SO / , under false ijwetettces ; aillegiug that slie ! had signed a deolaravfcioa . which stated lier ± o beawidow- Tlie « ummbns

    was ttiBinisBed , . tmel a , new > one / granted tfco Oox / TiEtt against Lewjds for perjury . 1 Mb case was heard tby iAldenraaai JEtosjE land , jsepbrted in iihe Dail y Tele--graph , ^ nek stated that u the n ^ g istrate dismissed tbeawumons , there not being sufficient evidence to secure a , oonviction . ' Lewis entered an action agonist the proprietor of that paper for the publication of the words in question , as oonstitutint ? a libel , Alderman Hose « aid that he dismissed the ¦ winiKMHis •* because he thought the evidence not to to

    SMmcient ipaa a convict ^ pn ; ' and Mr , Martin , clerk to the magistrates at ( Mldhajl , produced Jiie npte , 3 , which recorded that the summons was diemissed , because tho evidence was ' not ltkely to produco a conviction . ' Still the defendant sucpe . ci ^ d jln satisfying the jury itHat there was no in |; e # ^ pn ( to giyp mpw than a fair report . Ijord Cajipbell ' s remark that reports of law proceedings should bo merely dry accounts of facts , wholly devoid of commentary , and made simply with , the view of representing tho truth , gives undoubtedly a reasonable and just definition of tho duty of an honiosti reporter .

    It is ouite possible tli ^ lppkers-piivhiay often see better iuan ¦ f layers how the gaine wbiud be best played . "We are 'Oertain that many of the lopkerspix at . vthff first attempt to lauhcli the Leviathan could liave suggested ways and means for getting over ^ the difficulty that has perplexed , the engineering fcrjuns of the masters ; 'and iJais thejoeuid tliave done ^ by the simple ^ ^ ereise of a faulty cfteri wanting to great scientific inmds ^ --ijhagih 8 iii « n , carrying < aie view a littlei- ; wy ;' , a Very little > vay even , beyo ^ thV pale of the known and deniiqnstrable The ' pwsUiwi as well 4 s relatwie powers of iR the

    instrnments proTided tp get . this wohderfui ship into the water , liydraulic engines ,: chains , ropes , and beamsi were . no dpiibt calculated with the perfection of apeuracy ;\ but ;; they were insufficient . BCere . accuracy allows no margin ; it caaiacot go beyond itself i its ^ xiseftdoess is ii ^ isjputable i ^ ming up results , but very ^^ o ^ esiabnatielhralculatiing requirements . . T-he vexatioas delays and repeated failures at ^ MiJlwall ha ^ all been oons ^ qwent « pon an ^^ uiiimaginatiye dependence upon thie accuracy pf certain calculaiiions ;; an iniaginatiVe direction would have provided an obvious superabundance of means

    as the reaspna"ble tnode of dealing with a great and nnusualonndertaking ; and success wbukl have stood ia the place of- failure , and : saving in the ptece of -cost . Engineers ; : haye been at fault on the other side of the Gnarinel , wilii a lneMicholy result of . deafck and mutilation to Upwards of / twieaty men . Some time ^ back , the rbpf of tire entraiice-gtitepf the citadel at Yiiicennes—a biulding tlixee or four stories ; higl ^ l > itilt in : the ( iSth or 14 th ^ ntirry--rivfas turned ifito ; a -battery ,, in ^ lich sprne ;; heayy nibrtats and gtiiis wene mounted ttteeiigineers in to taken heed

    eliarge of tlie a ^ brk appear liave ^^ no pf i the . state of the buudiug , the interior . • , bf . which has . fallen down : under the weiglit of the pird- nance placed lipou ; it . 'brie of ; tlie upper ^ floors was u $ ed-as a place of cohfinemenit by . the : ¦ = police of ! the jcitadeL and-thp grbiind-flppr ; was ; the guar ^ . - ; house pf the ^ iigineers . ; The Empieror re » aire ^ i to ; the spot as _ . soon as he was- apprised of ; tlie catas-: trPphe , and is reported to have , cpiidenined , in np nieasured . language , the ; negligence of Ins engineers : They forgot tnatJFrancp has an hereditai-y engineer f ^ jBnTLj > erpr . ; ¦ ¦ - "¦ '¦¦ ¦ ' >/¦; ' ' .. ' ;> . v ¦\ - .. ¦ ¦ -- ¦/¦ : ¦ . ¦' ¦ .. : ¦ ' ; : ^ -

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    ; '¦; ;\ , _ .:. :: ¦ ; : : . -: ;¦ ¦; , - ;¦ STATE ; -0 F'TRAI ) E . ' - ¦; _ ¦} .: / . ¦ ¦ : ; . i . : x r . BtJSiKESs still continues \ rery depressed ; and tBe ^ aily papers publish a glqoniy account of- the condition of the operative classes in the great manufacturing towns . It is here stated that , " at Boston , 29 out of 64 cotton ; factories are running short time , and two are stopped ! There are 4515 persons working from two to four days per Aveelc , and 467 persons are totally Unemployed . In the iron foundries ,, a considerable number o'f persons aire but of work , and the bulk of the handioom weavers are oa the * stint . ' Messrs . Arrowsmith and Co . ' s mill

    commenced working full time on Thursday week . At Kochflale , sis out of the 96 mills in the town are stopped , and 13 are Tunning short timei Altogether , there are 15 , 000 people working , sh 6 rt time . The iron : trade r lately so brisk , is no \ v greatiy depressed . At Wigan , eight . of tlie 26 mills in the town are running short time ; 1500 out of 56 , pOO . hands are but partially employed . At Stockport , three-fourths of the mills are -woriking short titue , and the distress is great . The applications for poor-law relief have risen from 1640 to 1739 , being an excess of 259 over the numbers of the corresponding Aveek last year . At Barnesley , two out of the five m ! Hs in the town ore i-unning eliort time , . and 500 out of the 1500 bands -usually employed are on short earnings . One

    mill , employing 100 bands , has stopped entirely . At Radcliffe , -IS out of 21 mills are working short time , and 4180 persons out of 5290 ihanda nne 'but partially employed . At Manchester , out of 233 loperatiro works , 15 have stopped , 145 are working short time ; and , out of 45 , 391 liands usually employed , , W 6 are working short tinie , and 10 , 894 are outof employwient . At Leicester , a great number of persons are reported to be out of woJ ^ kj and still more on sliort time , > but the distressed population conduct themselves very creditably . At Blackburn , 11 mills are entirely closed , and , out of all tho mills in the ( town , only four are working full time . There have not "been seen since 184 , 7 more factory hands oirt of . employment than nt the present time . There iuan increase of 508

    Applicants for poor-law relief compared with tho corresponding week of last year . Work has been provided for a . conBideraMe imuxber of handa in the public park and cemetery . At Liverpool , a largo numbor of persons -usually employed at tho docks aro out of employment , and tlio distcesa liae jbeen aggravated by tho recent provfllfinoe of a , dvar 8 Q winde , which foasve kept ateout 200 vossols out of port . At Preston , thero ava now 25 , 000 persons either partially employed or totally out of work . AH tb ? e Tvodchouses in tlio district aro quite full ; somo of the inmates jsleop an benches , nnd the guardians are almost unable to cope with the dlflionlUea which beset them . In South Staffordshire , owing to tho rocont failuree , things continue to wear a gloomy aspect . Tho

    whole , of the miUs at Carlisle are working short time aau the lwndlooin weavers are gradually becoming more Repressed . la tbe neighbourhood of Wlutehavln thp ^ ais are Tanning short tiniei but there is abundance of w «* in tbe rural districts ^ ^ for ^ abl e-bodied men The slate trade at Garnarvon continues tolerably brisk At Holyhead , business is very flat , owing mainly to the diminished employment afforded at the New Harbour works . At Dundee , there have been some failures and the effects of the panic at Glasgow have beeii rather severely felt . At "Sheffield , there are increasing indicatioais < tf depression , but it is hoped the traders of the town generally will tide over the crisis . ' At leerts business . continues pretty steady , and onl y occasional failures oc ©* uv At Belfast , there is a great want of employment : for the girls usually engaged in ! the' sewed muslin trade . ¦ ¦ /¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ . ¦ ' -v '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ' ^ ¦ ' ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ;•;¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : . :- : . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦• .

    , ; At the weekly meeting , held on Tuesday , of the < ruardians of the Preston Union ( Mr . ¦ i tfi ' . Satterthwaite ,- the chairman , presiding ); Mr . Mainwarias , the Poor Law inspector . for 1 b > e district , jfttbealed . iVom the returns it appesured that , ca « npai « ed "with 3 ast veek , there was aii inorease -of 1849 recipients of out-dobr relief , ; and of 112 ? . 12 s . 10 d . in the cost ^ The total nu mber of outdoor paupers is novr " 8038 . Mr . C . Satterthwaite pointed out ; the hardship ^ consequent upon the Poor Law Board ' s refusal to relax its prohibitory iorder with , reference to out-door reliefy ( without work ) to able-bodwd males . Many person ? in a-ec ^ ipt of 6 s . or 7 s . a : week from tlie mill \ vorking short time iad ; applied for relief , being burdened with large families ; but ; the guardiasis couia net give them relief because they were Tvorking . This matter led to considerable discussion ^ but to fib practical result .. ¦' ::-- ' - ' . ¦¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ' - . ¦ - ' . ¦ .- •¦ ¦> . . . '¦ ¦ .. ' : .:. '' - -: : \ , ¦'¦ - . ¦ ¦' ;¦ :.- ...: ] ¦ ,. ¦ : ' *> - . .

    It has been resolved , : at a , meeting of ttie shaTeholders in the : Northuinberland and Durham ^ District Bank , to make a call of 5 ? . per shars , to be payable on the lltit insL v The iiberal donductof the Bank of England : in making adya . nces to the large manufacturers ami coal owners in . the north of'England , in order to enable tliem to pay wages , has led tb an" improved feeling in those parts * ¦ , .: V :. - : . V ¦' : ¦ ' ' ' .. . ¦ " vv .- ^ ' ¦ " I ' ¦¦ - ¦' * -: : ' ; " - - '¦ : ¦' . ' ' . ' - ' ::,. - ¦ ¦ . - . ' ^¦ . ,-. ; . y ; Tiie ^ sharehplders of ^ the Westera Bank pf Bcdtjahd met on Wednesday at Glasgow , Mr ; James JDuaJoj ); tlie senior director , in the chair , It was resolved t 6 register the co untlexthJointStock

    ^ fnpany ^ ^ ; . e - ; Bankiag ^ Companies Aot of lS 57 v Tlie Inieritn Manager read a financial statement , showing that on the 9 th of November the assets \ vere 10 , 627 i 824 r .,: and the liabilities , 8 , 9 ll , l ) S 2 i ; leavingan apparent surplus ; of , 1 , 715 . 892 Z . K Up to that time , the known ^ a nd ^ undoubted losses ^ were 800 , 000 ? . It would / depend upon the course to be taken in the realizing ' and the commercial ' . state of the county to determiiie what additional losses might accrue . A committee of shareholders was ¦ appointed to go over the books along with the directors , and report to aa adjourned meeting on the J 7 thinst . V '¦ : ¦• ¦¦• ' . ' > ' "¦ ¦'¦¦ V ' - -. - ¦"¦¦;¦ ¦ ¦!' . '• ' • ' > ¦" " ¦ -

    The general business of the port of Jipiidon during the past week has Tbeen ; very active . The numier of vessels reported iirward was ' 278 . These included [ 47 cargoes of corn , flour , rice , & c , 30 of dried friiit , and 17 of sugar . There were also three ^ arrivals with 16 , 105 packages of tea , and 1983 bales of silk . Tlie number of vesssels cleared outward was 115 ; including 19 in banast , and the number on the berth loading for the . Aiistralian colonies is 59 . The Kobin Hood and Nortblleet have arrived from China with 1 , 025 , 972 lb . of tea , and 3007 bales of silk . '¦'¦ '¦ :, " ¦ : '¦; ¦' - ¦ . '¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦• ¦ ' '"' ..

    A numerous meeting of the shareholders of the City of Glasgow Bank was teld at Glasgow on Tuesday , Mr . Andrew Orr presiding . The meeting unanimously agreed that the bank he registered in terms of the Joint-Stock Bank Companies Act , 1 ^ 57 , it be i ng explained that the design < w » b not to wind up but to hccutc the same vantage groundias the chartered banks . The meeting also agreed unanimously that a committee of . gentlemen unconnected-with the bank be appointed to investigate its affairs and report ( to an adjourned moeting next Tuesday , and tliat a guarantee fund of half u

    million be raised to enable the bank to reeunio business without delay . _ : ¦ A deputation ( saye the Glasgow Daily Mail ) consisting of noblemen and gentlemen of tho westpf Scotland , and accompanied hy Mr . Dalglish , member for tho city , proceeded again to Edinburgh on Friday week , on the affairs of the suspended banks . The conversation tliat took place with the Edinburgh bank directors was confidential , but the general rosult may bb stated , and that is , that the Edinburgh banks are prepared to enter into liberal and accommodating terms for the liquidation of the Western .

    Among the failures this week have been those ol Messrs . Henry Hoffmann and Co ., general merchants , with liabilities estimated at 100 , 000 / , ; Hermann C ox and Oo ., of London and Liverpool , a well known house , chiefly engaged in tho cotton trade , with liabilities estimated at about 60 , 000 / . ; Messrs . Bisclioflf , Beor , and Co ., merchants connoctoclwith tho East India and continental trade , with liabilities for about 80 , 000 ? . ; McBsrs . Mendes Da Costa . and Co ., an old established firm in the Weat India trade , with liabilities oatimatod at 0 r > O , 0 O 0 f ; Messrs . Kicsor and Co ., a German mercantile house , with li abilities for ab out 50 . 000 Z . ; Messrs . Barber , llosennucr , and Co ., German merchants ; Messrs . Hirscli , S trother , aud . Co ., also a German firm ; and Mr . G . C rim , ol Belfast , largely engaged in tho corn trade ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05121857/page/2/