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      Miscellaneous. The West Coast Of Africa....

      " — —¦ ¦ - ' —¦¦• ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ j ; ' - — - '" ¦ v TReii Nevis , Captain Heron , voyage to Australia of tux . ^ he same longitude as in latitude 44 * 41 soutb , and in . * - - ^ land . Supthe Grozets , came unexpectedly upw ^* mdred posing it-was the Crozets , lie steered one - " ~ A ^ and twenty miles soutb , and was astonished to uhimself at the Crozets . He describes the new island as the highest he had ever seen , for the mountain ridge on it seemed to "be as high as the Andes . The Crozets are in a line with Prince Edward ' s Island , Marian , and Kerquelin ' s Island . — Liverpool Post .

      Cbime in Somersetshire . —In consequence of the large and increasing' extent of undetected crime , the magistrates of the county of Somerset have in contemplation the es-fcablishment of an . efficient county police . Mr . W . H . Langton , M . P ., Sir . P . Acland , and others , formerly opposed to , now support the measure , which has the concurrence of the Hon . W . G . Hayter . Several parishes have petitioned for the introduction of the rural police , the parish constabulary being totally inadequate to the suppression of the organised gangs of ruffians and their systematic

      . A Gorgeous Cathedrae . —The restoration of the roof of Carlisle Cathedral has long been in progress , but has been delayed by a disagreement as to the style of the decoration , the Bishop being in favour of sobriety of ornament . ' . It was at length agreed to submit the matter to the casting vote of Mr . Owen Jones , -who decided in favour of great splendour and enrichment , as being more historically correct . " The

      panels , " says the Carlisle Patriot , " axe to have a groundwork of bright azure , powdered with gold stars ; the ribs and bosses are to be painted various colours , red , blue , & c ., and the coats of arms and other armorial bearings are to > be restored * after the most accurate heraldic designs ; the angels which surround the cornice are to be gilded and coloured , and the large angels on the hammer-beams- are to be treated in a similar manner /'

      State of Trade . —The trade reports from the provincial towns for the week ending last Saturday sho that , while the news from Vienna hag . created considerable animation , the feeling is uitanimous throughout the qountry not only against any premature reliance being again placed upon ^ Russian professions , Vat also iagainst a discontinuance of the war except upon complete and unequivocal terms . At Manchester , the notification was followed by a sudden influx of telegraphic orders from all parts j but although business was carried on to a large extent , ' it was partly checked by the demands of holders , and , the excitement having thus been allowed time to subside ,

      a calmer tone subsequently prevailed . At Birmingham , it is considered the restoration of peace woiud favourably influence prices , since the demand for Government armaments does not compensate for the prohibition of the export of iron to the north of Europe , and the general limitation of domestic under takings . For the present , however , the market , which was previously healthy and firm , remains without variation . In the general occupations of the place there is fair employment for the home spring trade .

      but foreign orders are not so good as had been anticipated . The more favourable expectations lately entertained of the assets of the Lichfield Bank are Btated to have been diminished by a . defalcation of nearly , £ 8 , 000 on the part of a clerk , and other causes . From Nottingham the accounts are very satisfactory , purchases on American account being still kept up , although the wants of that country were supposed to have been fully supplied for the season . In the "woollen districts * aleo , confidence is well maintainedj and in the Irish linen-markets there has been

      increased activity . —Times , Retirement from Pa-RUament of Mr . Maoaulay . —The Whig historian and member for Edinburgh has addressed a letter to 3 » is constituents in which ho intimates his intention to accept the Chiltern Hundreds , and retire from Parliament , on the ground of Ql health . While thanking the electors for tho generosity with which they have borne with his long absence from the House of Coinraons , he Bays that ho had hoped to be able to attend all important divisions , and occasionally to take a part in debate . But tho experience of the last two years has shown him thab he cannot reasonably expect to be over again able to perform the duties which constituents have a right to demand .

      _ Two Mvnmns . by a . Maniac . — A man , named Hanford , a maniac , has oommitted two fearful murders # " Woodbridg-o , Conneotiout . Ho first killed , by a ltT ^ an ftxe ' a Mr # S P en'y > wn 0 wns "ding in a sleigh near a gloomy pioce of wood ; then going on to tho houeo of a Mr . Umborfield , ho got into conversation with Hhw . It was soon that his manner was strange ; and , on leaving , lie struck Mr . Umborflold SwLJS T' ^ ' ter ww *» ^ t bis throat . Ho then «*« ™ T i * u httl ° . &**> ° * departed , carrying the S 2 SFEX ' fttld > « -fte * aAoroo resistance , captured ; Wat aid Sr'V ^ ^^ K ° P ^« Wo ^ tto hi * £ 2 S ' S 2-TJ W ^ oc ? * 8 Mm down . He convened that it was hia intention . to rotum to M * SKS ? " i house ' ° ? m the who 1 * SSny ; but to * conversation was often very incoherent

      Meeting of Parliament . —In anticipation of the opening of the Parliamentary Session on Thursday next , the 31 sfc inst ., Lord Palmeraton has addressed a circular to tho various members , requesting their attendance , as important business will be immediately ^ isC ^ ssed . It is thought that the Queen will open Pa-l ^ eat in . person . Death ~' riojr — Miss Caroliuo Luttrell , daughter . of " Coi ^ ^ ' ^ L ^^ J ^^^ L ^ tooto "P Christmas

      regiment in Cork , uaa »;" \ ^ a - tree on the occasion of a pat *? F ]' . : She went by herself into -the room , a ^ m order to prevent intrusion until the effect should * , ? complete , locked the door . Inconsiderately , she lit tho _' owei tapers fii"st , when , reaching up to the higher branches , her thin muslin dress caught fire . Having pulled the bell , she unlocked the door , and rushed forth . The flames were afterwards extinguished ; but the shock to the system was so great that she died on Monday . She was in her twenty-fifth year .

      Railway Reform . —A meeting of shareholders in railway companies was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern for the purpose of taking into consideration the seriously depreciated value of their property , and especially to consider a plan for removing the evils of the present system . Mr . "W . Matins was voted to the chair , and addressed the meeting at great length . Mr . Mitchell proposed a resolution to the effect that a society be formed , to be called " The Railway Proprietors' Association , " the objects being the protection of railway properly and its restoration to a fair and legitimate value , the restriction and closing of the capital account , and the suppression of ruinous tariffs by territorial arrangements . This mot ion was unanimously carried , and it was resolved that the government of the association should be by a and council

      president , consisting of twelve or more members , "whose services are to be gratuitous . In the course of his speech ^ Mr . Malins observed : — - " ' Railway property has been something like from five to ten per cent , lower this year than it was last year ; and , if you refer to 'the records , you -will find that its downward progress' has been unceasing , except at moments of special exeitementi I ask you how long is thattogo on ? Ithinkthat the object of the associated shareholders should be the immediate eonstijfcutibn on each railway ' of an efficient committee of audit and control , which shall strictly examine the receipts and payments of every description , and shall look into every source of revenue , and the cost at which that revenue is obtained . " Finally , a committee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting which then adjourned to the 31 st inst .

      Carelessness with Fire-arms . —Since the Burnopfield murder , there has been a mania in the neighbourhood for carrying fire-arms . A man recently dropt a revolver from a cart ; another vehicle went over it , and one of the barrels exploded . The weapon was then picked up by a boy , in whose hands a second barrel discharged its contents , and shot a horse . Accidental Poisoning . — Two Roman Catholic priests and a gentleman ditd suddenly , and with eveiy symptom of being poisoned , after dining at the house of Professor M'lver , Dingwell , Scotland , The profepsor himself lies in a hopeless ' state . It is believed that the roast meat was garnished with hemlock , and that the wine excited the chemical acticm of the poison . None of the ladies -were affected .

      Killed with Joy . —A shoemaker at Lowestoft suddenly dropped down dead from excitement at unexpectedly meeting his son in the streets after his return from the Crimea . He had known of his return ; but came upon him suddenly , and for awhile did not know him . The father went home , and was about to tell his wife when ho expired . The Weather . —A violont gale blew on Wednesday and Thursday , and several ships slipped their anchors off Southampton . In London , on Thursday night vivid flashes of

      , some lightning were seen . The strength of the wind caused a veiy serious accident in the ruina of Mesni-a . Hopkinson ' s pianofor te factory , burnt down about a fortnight ago . Tho eastern wall , whioh . woa of great height , and necessarily weakened by tho absence of the north and south walla , was blown down , and in its fall crushed throe small adjacent houses , burying the inmates . The sufferers were dug out , and convoyed to the hospital ; but none wore fatally , though all wore seriously , injured . Thq wost wall wae the n pullod down .

      ¦ Ea stern Counties Railway . —A meeting of tho shareholders of this railway took place yesterday , for the purpose of considering the gonoral position of tho Board of Director , and for adopting measures for a proper administration of affaire : Mr . Waddington in the chair . Mr . Bruce , a director , moved that tho mooting confirm tho roHolution of tho meeting in AuguHt last , appointing tho committee ) of investigation , and request thorn £ 0 continue thoir labours till tho general mooting in February next . An amondi mont in favour of Mr . Waddington was lost . Tho original motion -was not put , a poll having boon domandod and granted . Tho result will be declared on

      Tuesday next . T « e mooting : was very stormy ; and Mr . Wttddington left tho chair without a vote of thanko toeing accorded to him .

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      Leader Office, Saturday, Jan. 20. Statem...

      Leader Office , Saturday , Jan . 20 . STATEMENT OF WILLIAM PALMER . In the exercise of a judicial impartiality we iuson the following statement , which must be taken purely as an ex parte one . We observe , however , one ov two trifling discrepancies as compared with the evidence published in the daily journals . For instance , Mr . Marnier spoke of only one ounce of prussic acid , and Whyman was only certain that it ^ 2 "before one o ' clock when William Palmer purclme-1 the |> oiso- ?' It will be obse * 7 * ! lat m the late inquest on Walter Palmer , Mr . John Srru ' ° f Birmingham , the prisoner ' s solicitor , made strong assert . ! 003 against Mr . Why-man , the assistant to . Messrs .- Mander auA Weaver , druggists of Wolverhampton , who deposed to seiT » ng William Palmer with two ounces of prussic acid , on Tuesday f the second day of Wolverhampton Races , previous to . i £ c Thursday on which Walter Palmer died suddenly . Upon . Jh $ evidence of this witness the verdict of the j " itl ' v appears to have , for the inost part , rested ; the medical witnesses going no further than to suggest that the , symptoms ot death , although similar to those of apoplexy , might , ¦ witbin possibility , have been occasioned by prussic acid . "William Palmer , in . giving instructions to his solicitor on this point , says as follows in writing : — "T will swear most solemnly and sacredly , that I never was in a druggist ' s shop , in Wolverhampton , in m y life ; aud that I do not evea iuow where Mauder and Weaver's shop is . " Ask him what time of the day ( he , sayi ) he sold me the acid . Oii Monday , Wolverhampton . I ^ a < 5 e day , I went with Mr . Dyke in a fly of Southern ^; from Iiugeiey . Ou Tuesday I left the Stafford Station at 12 , ( Whjman says it was quarter past 12 , and persists in it , when Palmer was in Messrs . Mander and Weaver ' s , shop at Wolverhatnpton , 2 ) miles distant )^ -with Mr . Painter ; went to the Talbot with Mr . Painter ; from thence to the Swan ; then , oh ' with Mr . Dyke , m a fly from the . Swan to the course ; from the course with Sir . Dyke , in the same fty . bsick to the Swan ; and straight off home in my gig , wbicli Mr . J ) vke drove from . Rugeley iii th « . morning . " As the several persons indicated corroborate this state - , ment , " the friends of Paliiier assert with confidence that Whyman must either Bave mistaken some other person for Palmer , or that having made the statement ; . boastingty , he has stuck to it " ( as it is called ) when driven into a corner , and so committed perjury . They assert that it can be most incontestably proved that Palmer could not have been at Messrs . Mander and Weaver ' s in Wolverhampton at the time stated , or vsituin several hours afterwards . The manner of William Palmer exercises its influence even under present circumstances . On Wednesday last , at Walsall Sessions , one of the Jhead turnkeys of Stafford ( jrdol said ' * He never before knew a prisoner who impressed every one ia the gaol with a more favourable impression , or with a greater appearance of- being innocent of the charges brought against him , than Palmer . "

      Denmark And The Alwes. Captain Warren, O...

      DENMARK AND THE ALWES . Captain Warren , of the Driver , lately brought to the British Legation here jnBtruotions to request thi £ > anish government to ajlow the , allies the use oi two ports as winter stations . Mr . Buchanan presented in due course the request , whicp . was refused on the 11 th by the Danish government , 011 the plea of neutrality On the 14 th , a fresh note arrived from England , persisting in the request , and demanding an answer in aa short a time as possible . Thia answer has not yet been given . —Letter from Cop ^ nfiagtn ( Jan . 17 ) .

      The Principalities. Confeeenoes Have Bee...

      THE PRINCIPALITIES . Confeeenoes have been held in Constantinople in order to adjust the first and fourth points relating to the Principalities . Tho persons who took part iu these oonferbuces wore Aali Pacha , Grand "Vizior ; Faud Fachn , Minister for Foreign Affairs "; Princo Ciulimaki , JM . Thouvenel , Lord Stratford de Redclifl ' e , and Baron de Prokesou . ' . , Mr . Murray has left an agont at Teheran , aud him threatened to support him by an English floot in the Persian Gulf .

      Spain ia still in a disturbed , state ., Largo banda oi ¦ workmen ; have demanded work of ' Espartero : thoy - were promised something should bo < louo for thorn . At Malaga , public-order has been eoriously menaced , owing to the dearnoss of food and tho eenrcity ol ' work . The Paris correspondent of tb . © Morning Post « ny « -that Paris will probably bo the city in which tho Peace Conferences will be held . " Tho most Btrenuoufl ott ' orts , " says the Times Vienna correspondent , ' aro now being made to induct ; England not to insist on Russia ' s disarming the eastern coast of fcho Blaok Soa . In diplouaatio -ciroloH , compluinita aro made of tho inconceivable qbetinooy { wnbegretflidim Stcvrainn ) displayed by Sir Hwmilton fpkiymour in this matter /'

      The requisition of tho electors of Edinburgh to Mr . Adam Black has already been bo numerously » ig » od as ( according to the Scotsman ) to cnaure the icturn oi that , gentleman .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26011856/page/10/