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      Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...

      not removed , and the venerable appearance of the monuments remains . This operation -was repeated several times , and finally there -was an injection of pure spirits , to remove any gloss that might have been given to the stone . Such parts as had scaled off have been carefully fastened on again by means of strong shell-lac cement , applied with a pencil . The effect of the operations is highly commended by the Builder , which states that the tone of colour is hardly altered . Stabbin-g . — A man named Bell is in custody at Kewcastle-upon-Tyne , on a charge of stabling with a

      tnife an acquaintance with whom he had had a quarrel , and at whose head he bad previously thrown a glass . Hj . The Martlebone Feeb Library . —This useful institution is in want of funds , and unless the public come forward in its support , it will be Impossible to carry it on beyond the present year . Some gentlemen have formed themselves into a special committee for rescuing , if ppssible , a library which has not merely a readingroom on tne spot , but which lends out books to its sub-Bcribersj ' who are members of the working class , and who r though frequently availing themselves of tie privilege , have never ouce abused it . "We trust that the efforts of

      these gentlemen will succeed . Embezzlement bt a Corporation Official . —At a recent . meeting of tne Liverpool town-council , it was reported that defalcations had been discovered in the accounts of Mr . Beggs , collector of dock-rates , to the amount of 140 ? . Beggs was dangerously ill from cholera , and was not expected to recover . Madeira . —The cholera in Madeira is decreasing . Kiots at Preston . —Some serious disturbances , owing to quarrels between th . e English and Irish labourers , hav « taken place at Preston ; but the ringleaders have been arrested } and the town is again quiet . West HARTijepoou again . — Another disgraceful scene has occurred at the notorious West Hartlepool

      Church . A funeral-was to take place in tbe grounds of the cemetery on Sunday last , andj as incumbent of West Hartlepool and chaplain of the cemetery , Mr . Burges ' of course considered it his duty to officiate . Ete went to the cemetery , therefore , for the purpose of exercising his proper ministerial office , when , just before reaching the place of burial , he saw Mr . Jackson and his son , Mr . W . Jackson , hastening to the spot . By these persona lie was fastened into the keeper ' s lodge , and , when he endeavoured to force his -way out ,. Tras dashed back . He was detained in the lodge about twenty minutes , when the people , bocoming excited , appeared determined to take out the -window . They expressed themselves verv indicnant at biis detention .

      He desire ! that they would not take out the window ; and Mr . Jackson , fearing that , probably some disturbance would arise , told Mr . Burges that , if he would take off his surplice , lie would let him out . Mr . Burges replied , that Mr . Jackson had no right whatever to detain him , and that he would not take off the surplice , as he had put it on for the performance of the usual service of the Church . Shortly afterwards , the Kev . Mr . Ridley , Vicar « f Stanton , came up , and then Mr . Jackson , handing him a surplice out of the lodge , desired him to put it on and do duty . Mr . Burges again attempted to get out , but was again pushed back . At length , rather than continue so disgraceful a scene , Mr . Burges told Mr .

      Ridley he would give way , and that he might bury the child ; only he did not resign his right to' do tlie duty , and should protest in presence of the people . He was then let out of the lodge , and when outside the door protested . Mr . Ridley and Mr . Jackson enter « d the cemetery , and Mr . Ridley got into the reading-desk , Mr . JackBon standing near him . The father of the deceased child thereupon took up the coffin , and loft the church with it , greatly excited , and declared that a knife should bo put through his heart before ho allowed Mr . Ridley to do duty over his child . Mr . Burges having taken off Ids surplicfi , was about turning away from the

      cemetery when Mr . Jackson called out to him to return , and Mr . Ridley said , " Mr . Burges , 1 will give you leave tojread the service . " Mr . Burges said ho would , not do flo on Mr . Ridley's permission ; if he undertook the duty , ho would do it as his own . Mr . Ridley then hurried him into the room , and told him to take tho surplice ho ( Mr . Ridley ) then had , and also the book . ' Tho sexton of the church interfered , and brought Mr . Burgos his own surplice , in which tlie rev . gentleman went to tho grave and buried the child . Mr . Jackson and Mr . Ridley turned away from tho cemetery , tho people hooting them a considerable distance .

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      The House of Representatives meeting also On the 21 st , the Army Bill , precisely the same as when lost in the former session ( Monday ) , including the Kansas restrictive proviso , -was reported from the committee of the whole , and passed by 93 against 8 £ . On the following day * the House received a message from tlxe Senate relative to its action on the Army Bill . The question was taken on the striking outj and -was lost by yeas , 94 ; nays , 92 . Mr . Campbell moved toreconsider tie vote , and lay that motion on the table .

      This "was carried by a majority of two . Mr . Campbell then moved that the House insist on their proviso , and ask a committee of conference . Tho motion "Was lost by a majority of three . Mr . Cobb moved that the House recede . This -was lost by 94 against 96 . Mr . Washburne moved that the House adhere to its disagreement . His motion -was agreed to by 97 against 93 . Mr . Washburne moved to reconsider the vote by wlich the House adliered to its pioviso , and to lay that motion on the table . Motion carried by one majority .

      General Cass has declared his deliierate opinion that " the days of the Republic are numbered . " The prospect of passing the Army Appropriation Bill is noTV considered hopeless .

      Spain. Dissolution Of The Cortes. The Ga...

      SPAIN . DISSOLUTION OF THE CORTES . The Gazette publishes a decree dissolving the Constituent Cortes . Another royal decree accepts the resignation of M . Corradi , Minister of Spain , at Lisbon .

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      ¦ ; ' ¦ ¦ ; . RUSSIA ; . - . ' v .- . - . . ' / " ¦ The Minister of Finance has been authorized to issue three new series of paper-money , amounting to nine millions of silver roubles . .

      The British Bank. The Excitement Created...

      THE BRITISH BANK . The excitement created by the closing of this bank continues . Crowds block up the approaches to the establishment , and it has been found necessary to place policemen on the spotj to keep a path clear for passengers . A large number of depositors and shareholders ( says the Times ') , who had met at the bank without concert , endeavouredj with the aid , of the directors , to ascertain their real position , and it was agreed among some of the principal depositors that they would themselves consent to wait six months , and would , recommend their fellow claimants to do the same if any security could be given that the shareholders

      would supply sufficient funds to reopen the establishment ana to insure payment at the end of that period . Mr . Coletnan , the accountant , has been called in , and a statement of affairs is immediately to be preparcdj which will be submitted to a general meeting on the 20 th inst . It appears that the amount sunk in the Cefn iron and coal works , in Glamorganshire , exceeds 100 , 000 ? . ( the original loss having been 26 , 000 ? . ); that advances have been made to former directors and to the late manager which -will probably involve deficiencies of more than 50 , 000 ? . ; and that bills of Mr . Edward Oliver , of Liverpool , and bonds of the Westminster Improvement Commission , are still among the assets .

      The Fall Of A House.—Inquest On The Bodi...

      THE FALL OF A HOUSE . —INQUEST ON THE BODIES . An inquest on the bodies of the four persons killed by the falling of a house in Little Swan-alley was held yesterday ( Friday ) . The facts given in evidence were mainly the same as those which appear in another part of our , this day ' s , impression ; but some shocking particiw lars in the testimony of James Frederick King must be added , lie said : — " The first complaint ho had made since Mr . Crane had been the landlord was about a week before tho house fell . Tho windows had frames , but most of the glass was gone . Crane said tliat if they wanted the glass put in they must do it themselves , as took tho

      they rooms with tho glass out . Witness had a largo family , and could not afford ^ o put the glass in , so that he was obliged to patch them up . When lie took tho room the glass was out . The floor was thoroughly eaten away ; the worms crawled in and out ; and last week ho fell in three times . He pointed that out to Crane , who said , ' Well , you must make tho best of it . ' Ho did not hoar any cracking noise until just prior to the houso falling down , and ho then thought it was a violent shoAvor of hail . Crane caino for tho rent ( eightconpenco ) last Sunday morning , and witness , not having nny work , could not pay him . Crane said . ' Well , if you don't pay , you know tho consequence , and wont away . "

      1 ho jury , after deliberating twenty minutes , returned a verdict of Accidental Death , accompanied by the following recommendation : — ' « The jury earnestly recommend to tho Commissioners of SewerB that they would authorise a special survey forthwith to bo made of nil buildings in tho City of London , that from age , or other causes , may bo supposed to bo * out of substantial repair . " Tho inquiry lasted from eleven o ' clock till half-past four .

      Cnystat, Palace.—Return Of Admissions Fo...

      CnYSTAt , Palace . —Return of admissions for six days ending : Friday , September 5 th , 18 ^ 0—Number admitted , including BcasoU ticket holders , 58 , 783 .

      Notices To Cqbttlispondents. It Is Impos...

      NOTICES TO CQBttliSPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge tlie mass of letters we ™ ceive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a nw « of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from rp » soiis quite independent of tteir merits . " we do not undertake to return . rejected communications , No notice can T ) e taken of anoriyihous coTrespondeiino ¦ Whate ver is intended for insertion must be authenticate ? by the name and address of tho writer ; not neeessarikfor publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith

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      Saturday, September 6, 1856.

      SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 6 , 1856 .

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      There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the ver 5 law of its creationin eternal progress . —Db . Aekoid .

      The Dead-Lock In America. Public Busines...

      THE DEAD-LOCK IN AMERICA . Public business is at a dead-lock in the "United States , and Englishmen are railing at the Americans as if they enjoyed the fun of : the fix in which the republicans are placed . " We have , already stated the facts amongst our American news . The antecedent history of the affair may for our present purpose bV told in very few words / Some years ago tlie leading statesmen of America agreed to pass a variety of measures which were intended to establish the status qitd in matters of Slavery . The niost conspicuous of theso

      measures were an agreement that no Slavs state should be established north of a particular line , the Slave states liaving the power of extending south of that line . The purpose of this was to prevent either interest—the Free-state interest or the Slave-stato interest—from stealing the preponderance Another law consisted of an agreement that if the slaves of one state should escape into another , the authorities of the former state should have power to pursue the slave and recapture him . This was again an endeavour to perpetuate the status quo . The leading men who assented to these measures were not all

      of them warm either in favour of abolition or in favour of maintaining slavery . A nuni"ber of them , we kiiow , desired that the institution should be deliberately discussed and , if possible , gradually displaced . The most conspicuous man of this important ; party was JIenbt Ci , a . y , who is well Jmown to have supfKested that a law should bo passed

      by the several Slave states themselves , fixing the day after which all children "born shoultl be free , and in the meanwhile malting fu - rangements gradually to provide for the Blacks thus emancipated . Recently , however , the Slave states thought that they cook obtain an advantage ^ and that they could establish a Slave state north of tho Missouri

      compromise lino in Kansas . Ostensibly , Kansas was to choose whether she would or would not establish slavery , which is quite consistent with the genius of Ameiican institutions ; but endeavours wero liiadc to people the new territory with men of tlio Slave-holding classes . On the other hand , Free-Boilers rushed in , and took up lands . There were in fact two rival peoples—a free people and a slavo-owning people—established within the same territory , with rival governments , rival militia , conflicts of lxws , of acts . There- were two Btates in one territory .

      Positive fighting ensued ; and it was with that illustration that the proposed Kansas * constitution' came before Congress -for debate . Both parties tried to obtain such a form of

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06091856/page/10/