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    OcTOBEBlly 1856.1 ; : : : : ' y : ^m: ¦ ...

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    The Betokmatoby Movement in Bebkshibe.—A...

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    PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, Octobe...

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    BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. lilRTHS. ...

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    The Betokmatoby Movement In Bebkshibe.—A...

    The Betokmatoby Movement in Bebkshibe . —A meeting of subscribers and friends of the Berks Re- formatory Institution was held last Saturday at Shin- field , near Beading . Mr . Benyon , one of the original founders of the institution , was called to the chair . He stated that " the school was opened in June , 1855 , and was certified by the Secretary of State for the reception of thirty boys in , September following . The expense of purchasing the premises , with about four and a half ncre 3 of garden ground , together with the maintenance of the boys to Michaelmas , 1855 , had amounted to 719 / . 7 s . 6 d . The establishment at present consisted of a head master and matron , and a school and trades' in- stractor , the assistance of a journeyman shoemaker being occasionally allowed . The number of boys in the school was twenty-one . " The conduct of the boys , morally and industrially , had been very good ; they had harvested their crops " very efficiently , and had learnt various useful ar ts . In the haymaking season , some of them had been employed by the neighbouring gentry , and then * conduct had been quite satisfactory . " Only two instances of attempts to abscond had occurred . One boy from Hard- wieke , who was free to go , left without notice , but after some months * absence returned , and was refused ieadmission . On another occasion a boy was tempted away by Reading Fair , but was at once brought back and placed in confinement , when his schoolfellows joined iix a petition for his pardon . One boy , however , de- clined to support the petition , giving as his reason , that 'if a hoy was fool enough to run away , it served hini right to be punished . ' Provision was now made in the school for thirty-five boys , and the additional buildings required for that number had recently been completed . The premises comprised : a school and dwelling-house , a barn , piggeries , and cowshed . " Another speaker said that it had been proposed at the Bristol meeting to esta- blish agencies in the different colonies in order to aid the emigration of such boys as were unable to find em ployment in England . If that were done , it would always be necessary to have something in hand for starting the boys in life , and , consequently , it would be injudicious to discontinue the public subscriptions alto- getheir , although , as had been stated , the Government grant was sufficient for current expenses . —Resolutions confirming the proceedings of the manager , and ap proving the mariner la which the reformatory had been conducted , were then agreed to , and the j meeting was / brought to a close . . : Death op a Centenarian . —John Hodson recently expired at Stone at the age of one hundred and thxee " Untilwithin the last twelve months , he might daily be seen driving cows to milk through the town . He pos sessed the perfect use of his faculties , with the exception of his hearing , till the last . His family show an inte resting relic of the old man—a light blue frock-coat which he wore on sixty -consecutive club-days at the Stone Fair Ghxh .-r-Wolverhampton Chronicle . Office of the Accountant of the Cockt of Bankruptcy . —The office of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy , which has been closed for two months under an order of the Lord Chancellor , was reopened on Monday , and the payment of dividends was resumed . Mr . Albert Smith has been visiting Chamouni where he appears to have been received with great re joicings . " Yesterday , " says the Gazette de Savoie , " the whole valley was aliye to welcome Mr . Albert Smith the local authorities and the greater portion of the popu lation received enthusiastically the artist and author who has popularized , with the English , excursions amongst our mountains , and the generous man who stretched out a helping hand to the victims of the conflagration July , 1855 . Up to a late hour at night , the sound music and the firing of cannon in front of the hotel where Mr . Albert Smith was stopping , bore witness the general delight at his presence . " Crimean Antiquities . — Two full-sized figures , marble , representing a lion and a lioness , have just . arrived at Portsmouth from Kertch , where they formed part of the stores in the museum . They are supposed to date from the time of Mithridates . A marble slab with some devices oi scroll work sculptured on it , has also arrived . These interesting antiquities are destined for the British Museum . The Late Abduction Extraordinary . —It is the intention , of the- clergyman , who lately forcibly carr his wife away from a house at Reading in which she was staying , to bring the matter into the ecclesiastical courts . The lady wus set at liberty , on the stipulatio that in a fow days aha was to return ; but she baa left Reading for some place unknown to her husband . The Drainage Scheme . —A special meeting of Metropolitan Board of Works was held on Monday No . 1 Committee Room , Guildhall , for the purposo considering tho report of the engineer of the board on whole question of tlio northern and southern drainage with comparative estimates of different points of outfall and modes of disposing of the sewago . Mr . Thwaitea was in the chair . A previous resolution , determining that tho outfall should bo at Barking Creek , was scinded ; and much discussion then ensued on the sug gestions offered by the various membors . Several divi sions were taken , but all of a negative result ; and subject was adjourned to next Wednesday . Resignation of the Bishop of Durham . — formal resignation of Dr . Maltby took place early ¦ ¦

    y 1 p I t S t h C p j n I j c r s z 1 -it £ i 1 < j i ] ! ¦ ' - : : < , ' . - . - - , , - ; - of of to in , ied the " in of the , , Te-- - the Tho last week . This having been accepted by the Archbishop of York , the Dean and Chapter of Durham met and ap- pointed commissioners to exercise the duties of the see until the institution of the new Bishop ; Colonel Shewell , C . B . —The death of Colonel Frederick George Shewell , C . B ,, of the 8 th Hussars , took place on Wednesday week , near Guildford . Colonel Shewell had been thirty years in the service , commanded the 8 th Hussars at the famous Balaklava charge , where he brought a portion of the brigade out of action , and subsequently held the rank of Brigadier-General in the Crimea , for which he was made a C . B ., and awarded a pension for distinguished services . He was forty-seven years of age . —Globe . The Health of Lord Ebrington . —At "the annual meeting of the West Buckland Agricultural Association , Earl Fortescue stated that Lord Ebrington had been positively forbidden by his medical advisers ( on ac- count of the state of his sight ) to attend any candlelight meeting , and he was also obliged to abstain from reading and -writing . To prevent the possibility of his tran 3- acting any business , he had been advised to withdraw himself from England for the next six * months . Management . of Coxxieries . —A meeting of mine agents , mine surveyors , & c , suggested by the defective : state of the rules for the management of collieries , as . indicated by the late accident at the Ramrod Hall works , ¦ took place last week at Dudley , to consider the propriety ; of recommending alterations in the existing state of . things . A committee of twelve gentlemen was appointed , i and the meeting was adjourned for a month . _ i Elegant Extracts fr 6 m a Cathedral Book . — . When first Peterborough Cathedral was opened by the y present dean for the inspection of visitors during certain . L hours of the day , it was found that many persons gave vent to their feelings , whether of admiration or derision , I by scribbling on the stonework . The dean therefore ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ provided a book in which visitors were at liberty to pour I forth their ideas without control ; and this plan has been : found efficacious in saving the pillars ar id walls ; After $ two years and a half of the new system , a correspondent of the Peterborough A dvertiser has analyzed arid sorted t these literary productions , which he arranges under the , heads " Rude — Silly ^ Common-place- ^ Critical—Eeflective . " Here are some of the silly entries : — - " Damp i day . "' " I would have gone to the top , but I had bad 3 boots on . " " Two farthings for one halfpenny ;"" The Queen a cobbler , and the Emperor of Russia a stone , and r may she beat him well !" " The Cathedral is Very . cold . " " I do not know how to spell my name , so do e not put it . " Among the coinmonTplaces is one , signed - " Ellen Brown , " which consists of the two wordsl " Truly beautiful ! " The reflections contain the following : . __ " What a puppet-show ! " "May this prove the rule , ; , not the exception ! then will people venerate their ——" e " Say to York and Winchester , ' Go thou and do likewise . '" "I trust the vergers are -well remunerated . " "A p visit to this noble edifice cannot fail to elevate the moral a character . " "This material grandeur acts upon the s imagination , and renders her the tandmaid of Religion- " n " Would to God this edifice were restored to its original owners ! " A lady jots down an obscure aspiration : — i } " May all have proper appreciation of the privilege ! ' . ' A _ male penman thinks , oddly enough , that the building is e " a foretaste of Reason . " Another can onlj' make this ; remark—that the sight is " far above all small remark V ' _ but he does' not offer any large one . " A beautiful o place , if used for a different purpose , " thinks one of the it scribblers ; and another is " much amused with the it building . " But the best bit of all is from a boy , f " just off to school , " who remarks that "it is a goqd > f . place for marbles . " In the midst of these eccentricities ; 1 are some quotations and allusions of a professedly reli-0 gious character . Suicide by a Relieving Officer . —An inquest was n held on Monday , at Batheaston , near Bath , on the body Jt of Mr . W . Mannings , the relieving officer for the country d parishes 6 f the Bath Union , who committed suicide l > y ^ hanging himself in his stablo on tho previous Friday j evening . He was 46 years of age , had served as reia lioving officer of the Bath Union ever since the passhig a of the Now Poor Law , but had teen addicted to drinking for some time past , and had suffered from delirium tremery . About a month sinco , he fell down stairs and l injured his head , and from that time there bad been a 1 marked difference in liis conduct at home . He was , possessed of some house property , which has latterly got x into Chancery , and that had preyed upon his mind . ' n A verdict was accordingly returned of Temporary Inc iinity . ie The Representation of Lymington . —Mr . Hutin chins , M . P . for Lymington , Hants , having become a of Roman Catholic , has been requested by ono hundred and ^ , 3 twenty-four of the electors to resign ; but ho refuses , . saying that he represents their political , not their religious vj' principles . Ho adds , that he offered six months ago , Ca immediately on becoming a Papist , to resign ; but this „ „ was not accepted —• indeed , ho -was urged to rotuin his . _ seat . g- Mrs . Stowe has left tho rosidenco of the Duchess of 7 i- Sutherland , and will shortly roturn to her own country , , he where she will publish a supplementary volume detailing her renewed experiences in the old country , 'ho Freedom of the City . —At ft special Court of Com-» st mou Council hold on Monday , Deputy Halo brought uj

    i 1 < 1 i 1 l < 1 < i t i < 1 1 1 ' . 1 ¦ i ; a report from the London Corporation' Bill Committee to whom , on the 31 st of July , it "was referred to carry , into execution their' report , then delivered io , on presenting the petition to the House of Commons in favour of the bill for the enlargement of the franchise , the repeal of the stamp duty on freedems , and recommending the repeal of the corporation fines and fees , in- ' -, eluding the ancient fine of 2 ? . 6 s . 8 d . After some discussion , the report was unanimously adopted . Deputy Dakin then moved— - " That the Chamberlain be directed to admit to the freedom of the City , without farther order . from this court , all . persons making application for that purpose whose names are on the parliamentary register for the City of London , in conformity with the report of the Corporation Bill Committee and the order of the court thereon . " Metropolitan Alterations . —There is now ( says the Observer ') a prospect of the long-talked-of new street from the Town-hall , Southwark , to the York-road , near to the South "Western Railway station , being formed . In addition to this new street in Southwark , Mr . Dernathorn ' s plan for opening a wide thoroughfare between the corner of St . Martin's-lane and Long-acre , and King-street , Covent-garden , is likely at length to be adopted .. It has also been currently staled that the proposal for rebuilding Covent-garden Theatre on its old site has been abandoned , and that the Duke of Bedford is thinking about pulling down , the old church of St . Paul's , Govent-garden , and re-erecting it on the site of the theatre , and of pulling down the block of houses between Cpventgarden and Bedford-street , to extend , the market in that direction . ¦ ..-. : Art Manufacture Exhibition in Eionburoh :. — An exhibition will be opened in the National Gallery , Edinburgh , about the middle of . December , by the Art : Manufacture Association — a society just established in Scotland , under the presidency of the Duke of Hamilton , for the purpose of encburagmg the application of art to objects of utility and ornament . The Great Bell for the Westiieister Clock . — The schooner Wave , Moncrieff master , of Wisteach , . ; which was chartered for the conveyance of the ' Westminster clock bell to Londpnj has undergone the necessitated repairs by the straining she received by the falling of the bell into her hold on the 13 th ult . The damage . has ^ been found to be greater than was at first anticipated ; but she has now started for London with the bell on . board . ¦'' :.: ¦ . !'¦ '' ; ' . ' : - ; ; ¦' ¦ ¦ ' : . •' . •" / '¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ..: - - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ,. ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . - ¦ ¦" .. " " '¦ ¦ ¦ - '; :. • : ' "' . : ' Kossuth ' s YisiT . to Manchesteb .- ^—The ex-Go--vernor of Hungary is to deliver three lectures in the Free-trade Hall , Manchester , in the second week of November next , on " The Present State of Italy , " on " The Concordat between Austria and the Pope . " During his residence in Manchester , . he will be the guest ¦ ¦ of Alexander Henry , Esq ., late M . Pi for' South Lan- . cashire . He will afterwards proceed % o Edinburgh .

    Prom The London Gazette. Tuesday, Octobe...

    PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , October 1 . .. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . —James Waikee N " innes , High-str « ot , Tunbridgo Wells , watchmaker and jeweller . BANKRUPTS . — William Turner , l , High-street , Forest-hill , Kent , milliner—William Fevre , Peterborough , publican—John Saundees Muir ,. Aberdeen-villa , Abpr- ' deen-placo , llaida-liill , Middlesex , schoolmaster and hoard- . ing-housc keeper—William Semmons , Redruth , Cornwall , draper a . nd tailor—James Da vies , Newport , Monmouth , currier and leather seller—Richaed Nattlb Clemens , Liskeard ,, Cornwall , tailor and drapor—James Scott , Batley Carr , York , rag merchant—Edwabd Bowell , Manchestor , bill broker—James Donald and John Lockaht Donald , Nowcastlb-upon- 'l ' yue , watchmakers—John Carr , Wallsend , Northumberland , Iron manufacturer and coko burner . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Lewis Stewaiit , Rothesay , watchmaker and auctioneer — Mrs . Agnus M'Kenzie or Pollock , 3 , James Watt-street , Glasgow , spirit dealer—Joicn Young > Edmonstone , carpontor and joiner—Jasies Anderson Hugoies , Dundee , wriglit aud builder . Friday , October 10 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — Jameb Hehey Mitchell . Kingston-upon-Hull , boot and slioo maker . BANKRUPTS . —William Semmonb . llcdruth , Cornwall , tailor—William James Rceson , Kounington-oval , antimony smoltor—James Ashfokd , Southam , Warwick , grocer — wihiam Hobace MoNnoE . Boston , pawnbroker — CiiAitLEs Jones , Gloucester , sail maker and ship owner—Moss Axhhed Lewis and Jacob Lewis , Porc-stroot , lithographio printers—William Hose , Kingsland-road . Middlosox , bakor—William John Coopeii Maxted , Chatham , draper—William : Henuy Gibson , Heroford , carrier — CHAMNE ' j r Leicester and John Eccleb Littleboy , Livor pool , corn merchants—Pekov Douglas Kain , King Willamstreot , City , doalor in fancy goods—John Ledwakd , jun .. Gorton . Lancashire , cotton manufacturer . SCOTCH SEQU ESTltATIONS .- Scott and Co ., Glasgow , merchants — John Whitakbu Parkeb , DuddiugHton , tavern keeper—Ross and Co ., Glasgow , lithographers—JonN Maktin , Loith , cleric ( deceased )—Seaton WahjiuuxoN , Edinburgh , ongra-vor—John Munuoe and Co ., Glasgow , merchants .

    Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Lilrths. ...

    BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . lilRTHS . HAGUE . —On tho 3 rd inst ., at Acoml ) , tioar York : tho wife of Patrick Hague , Esq ., lato hor Majosly ' s Vico-Coiisul at NiiiKiio : a daughter . SMYT 1 IE—On tlio 3 rd inst ., at Acton Eurnoll , Shropshire , tho Hon . Lady Smytho : a . daughter . " MAItMAGES . DICK—BUllTON .-Ou tho 16 th ult ., at tho British Embassy , lYanki ' oi't-on-tho-Maln . Alfred Carrington , third Bonof Captain G . F . Dicic , lato Colonial Secretary . Mauritius , to Caroline Lucy , daughter or tho late William Burton , Esq ., and granddaughter of tho lato Sir Charles Burton , Bart ., and tho Hon . Lady Burton , of Pollorton , > county of Ctuiow .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101856/page/21/