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      mated at nearly 10 , 0007 ., all of which is covered by insurances ; but many of the poor workmen will be thrown out of employ , and , as the trade of the town is now in . a depressed state , they are not likely to get any fresh -work at present .- —The premises of Messrs . Yeates and Co ., mustard-mill proprietors , Bury-street , St . James ' s , Clerkenwell , have been burnt down , and two of the adjoining houses are considerably damaged . —Some extensive premises at Brixton , belonging to a carpenter and builder , were burnt down on Wednesday night . The Salmon Fishery in Scotland . —The season has now closed . The fishing on the whole is under the average . Sir James Brooke . —The sum subscribed in Norfolk to make good the recent destruction of Sir James Brooke ' s library now amounts to 1381 . 9 s . Gd . Several donations of books have also been received .

      Norwich Musical Festival . —This festival 1 finally closed on Friday week with a ball , which terminated , about four o'clock on Saturday morning . The company numbered about four hundred and ten of the elite of Norwich and Norfolk . The accounts will not be finally closed for a few months ; but the surplus of receipts over expenditure is estimated at from 200 / . to 3007 . No Telegraph to Balmoral . —The Indian express which reached London on Sunday afternoon , did not reach the Queen until Monday morning . It was telegraphed to Aberdeen , and posted to Balmoral . The other despatches were proportionally and necessarily late in being kuown to tlie Court .

      Mechi Testimonial . —About thirty friends of Mr . Sheriff Mechi dined together at the London Tavern on Tuesday , to present him with a testimonial in appreciation of his exei"tions to promote the interests of agriculture . This testimonial is the result of the efforts of private friends , no advertisement of their intention to present it having ever been published . The testimonial consists of a centre table ornament in the Renaissance style , of a very massive design . Figures of Agriculture , Commerce , Peace , and Plenty , are seated upon a platform , which is supported from the bases by « a centre column richly decorated with agricultural produce . There are eight branches for candles , and the centre is fitted with a lamp . The design of the testimonial was presented to the committee by Mr . Digby Wyatr , the architect , and

      the plate has been manufactured by Messrs . Smith and Nicholson , of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . The testimonial bears the following inscription :- — " Presented to John Joseph Mechi , Esq ., of Tiptree Hall , F . S . A ., Sheriff of London and Middlesex , by 480 of his friends , in . token of their appreciation of his continuous efforts to promote the interests of agriculture , 1857 . " In addition to the plate , an address , emblazoned on vellum , with the names of the whole of the subscribers ( the subscription having been limited to 17 . Is . each ) has been prepared for presentation to Sir . Mechi . The chair was taken by Mr . Thomas Balson , of Combe Down , near Bath , a gentleman who has done much to introduce the use of drainage and machinery in agricultural pursuits . The proceedings were very enthusiastic , and gave great pleasure to all who were present .

      The East India House . —A quarterly general Court of the East India Company was held on Wednesday , Mr . It . D . Mangles , M . P ., Chairman of the Court of Directors , in the chair . Mr . Dent asked whether it was the intention of the Court of Directors , on the part of the East India Companj ' , to contribute to the relief fund now being raised for the sufferers from the mutinies that were now raging in India ? The absence of the names of the directors from the subscription lists had been the subject of general remark , and those who were concerned in tlic collection of the fund could not very well comprehend the renson . —Mr . Lewin did not think Mr . Dent had any riyht to ask the Court of Directors to subscribe to the fund , because it is a most

      important question whether the Company were not bound to pay the whole of the losse . i sustained by the people in India . —The Chairman said thnt what the Court had done in the matter was this : —They had written to the Government of India , with instructions to take cane that nobod y should be allowed to perish from want , and that no case of destitution within their reach should be allowed to pass unprovided for . This assistance was not to bo confined to the servants of the Company only , but was to be extended to all classes that had sullcred . The Court of Directors had also intimated to their own covenanted servants to consider that the widows and orphans of the officers who had been killed in this frightful mutiny were entitled to the same compussionnte allowance as was granted to tlic widow * and orphans of thoso

      who foil in the field . —The subject having passed , Mr . Jones moved , pursuant to notice , " That it , is duo to tho advancing intelligence of the people of India that a deputy from each university be maintained at the public oxponsu in thin country , with n viow to inform tho proprietors as to the complaints and wishes of tho people of India /'—Mr . Jones condemned our tendencies to annexiiUon , and , whilo execrating tho atrocities of Nona Wahib , said h 0 thought they might bo in some measure nccounted for by tho fact tlxat wo had unjustly deprived Jinn of his hereditary rights as tho sou of the Prime Minister of Sattnra . At thin , the Chairman vehemently exclaimed , « No , no ! " Tho Court then broke up , owing to there not being sufficient members present to form a quorum . Previously to this , however , Mr . Lewiu said , uo should submit tho following resolution to tbo next

      quarterly Court : —" That it is expedient that this Court do reconsider the grounds on -which they granted a pension of 5 Q 0 OL per annum to the Marquis of Dalhousie , and inquire whether the insurrection which now rages in India , and the present loss of our Indian Empire , are not mainly owing to the measures of the Marquis of Dalhousie , on . account of which they granted the pension . " Cruelties ax Sea . —James Stewart , one of the

      seamen on board the Elizabeth Anne Bright , from Liverpool , died from cruelties received on board the vessel on her outward passage to Quebec . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Michael Keenan , the boatswain , and declared that "John Olive , the commander of the Elizabeth Anne Bright , is highly censurable for neglecting to provide the deceased James Stewart with the necessary care during his illness , and in not sending him him to hospital immediately on arriving in . the port of Quebec . "

      Lokd Dekrx- and the Pkeston Corporation " . —• In consequence of the Mayor of Preston , Lawrence Spencer , Esq ., having on Monday inflicted a penalty upon one of the tenants of Lord Derby , residing ia Lancaster-road , Preston , for allowing a horse and cart to obstruct for an unnecessary time the thoroug-hfare by standing in front of his shop , the agent of his Lordship , who asserts that the road is a private one , has closed the street , by placing a chain across the chief entrance leading from tlie principal street in the town- —Churchstreet .

      Rochester Bridge . —Further explosions have taken place at this bridge , and a large part is now demolished . Dk . Rufus W . Gris-wold , an American author of some note , has recently died at New York . He was the author of the Republican Court , the Poets atid Poet ? ' // of America , & c . He was in his forty-third year , but had been ill a long while . Arrival of Passengers from Lxdia . —Several passengers from India arrived on Thursday at Southampton n the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship , iCo-lombo . They evince . a great disposition to talk about the horrors from which they have escaped ; but the impression at Southampton appears to be that even now we have not heard the worst of the mutinies . During the morning , the Lady Mayoress , who had come down

      from London , accompanied by Mr . ITnder-Sheriif Anderton , visited the Colombo , together with the Mayor of Southampton , the Town Clerk , and the local committee appointed for the purpose of distributing the fund , with a view of attending to any case of distress ; but there was no need of their benevolent interposition on this occasion . Many of the passengers escaped from Delhi , Lucknow , and other parts of Oude . Fortunately , they started from those places at the commencement of the mutinies . The language of the husbands was , " Get out of the country with the children as soon as you can , and never mind us . " Many of them have never heard anything of their husbands since . Some of the ladies escaped nearly naked , and lived in the jungle for days with their infant children , starving , and rarely able to get a handful of rice to satisfy the cravings of hunger .

      A Difference of Opinion on the Bknch . —A Mr . Abraham Davis was charged on Thursday at Guildhall with being found in company ¦ with two or three other persons talking together in Bride-lane , and causing an obstruction . A policeman warned them several times to move on , and at length took Mr . Davis into custody . A "betting-book was found in his pockets . Alderman Halo was the presiding magistrate when the charge was brought forward ; but Alderman Copeland was also present , and he strongly blamed the policeman for his conduct . Alderman Hale thought he was justified in wliat he had done . The other civic magistrate then said : — "I am here by accident onVy , and if you , sir , will direct the attention of the police to Capel-court ,

      wliere thousands of barrels of tiillow are passed from hand to hand without one farthing being paid , they will find there plenty of stags to give them occupation . I like to see justice meted out to every ono alike . The transactions in Capel-court are as much gambling as betting in the streets , and should not be allowed to escape while another class is prosecuted . The police might seo me talking to a friend , take me up , and find a betting-book in my possession ; but that would bo no oifence , and would not justify them in taking mo into custody . " Alderman Hale still held to his opinion as to the desirability of suppressing open-air betting ; but as tho policeman did not see Mr . Davis in the act of betting , the latter was discharged .

      SurciDU . —Mr . Jama * Legrew , a gentleman residing in St . Alban ' s-road , Kensington , has shot himself with a horse-pistol , lie lnul heen labouring for some months uiwler oxlrnordinnry delusions . lie was unmarried ; was in affluent circumstances ; and was in high estimation an a sculptor and artist . An inquest haw terminated in a verdict of Temporary Insanity . —A servant girl , tliirtecn year . s of age , living at the Iioiihc of a JUr . Sampson , near Derby , has poisoned herself with a drugcalled ' vermin-killer , ' which contains strychnine . Slu * had boon accused of improper conduct with tho . servant noun , and thin appears to have led to tho act .

      CoMMimciAr , Failure . —The f . iilurc of the Uank of Messrs . Harrison , Watson , and Co ., at Hull , has beuu mmounccil . It was a very old establishment , and until lately enjoyed high credit . Tho amount , of liabilities haft not transpired , but it ia aupnosod to bo large . Tho

      bank at one time issued notes , but it has ceased to' do so for many years . The stoppage is supposed to have been caused by imprudent advances to a local undertaking , called the Hull Flax and Cotton Mills Company . Homicide by ax Officer at Montreal .-Lusutenant rryan has shot a man at Montreal , Canada , whom he suspected to be a deserter , and charged irith being so . The man , together with someotliers , attacked him ; and the lieutenant , after warning his assailants , shot one of them with a revolver . But for the aid of the police ( to whom he delivered himself ) he would have been torn to pieces by the mob . The wounded mau died very shortly afterwards . Systematic Robbery in St . Panck \ s "Workhouse .

      —The board of directors of the poor of St . Pancras held a meeting- ia the board-room of the workhouse on Tuesday , for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee of investigation as to the alleged plunder of the stores of the workhouse to a most extraordinary extent . Mr . G . A . Young was in the chair . Mr . Cameron brought up the report of the officers ' duties committee . It stated that after long and diligent investigation they had ascertained that provisions and other stores , to an extent entailing serious loss on the parishioners , liad

      been taken out of the workhouse and fraudulently disposed of . A system of extensive robbery had for a very considerable period been in operation , and had continued undetected , owing to the entire neglect to ascertain correctly the required quantities of the several articles of food necessary for the supply according to the established dietaries of the daily varying numbers of inmates . The master and his wife gave in their resignations . It appears that they are not concerned in the jobberies , but are thought to have exhibited greatlaxity of supervision .

      A Noble Example . —An in-timate friend of mine has Iris eldest son in the . He is heir to 50002 . pec annum . He was in the Crimea , and wounded in , the attack upon the Redan . His father now writes to me as follows : — " has sailed for India . He was one of those appointed to stay at home , but he purchased from another officer his turn to go out , and has taken his departure in the highest spirits . "—Letter in the Times

      V No. 392, September 28,1857.} The Leade...

      v No . 392 , September 28 , 1857 . } THE LEADER , Q 23

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      Leader Office, Saturday, September 26. T...

      Leader Office , Saturday , September 26 . THE MEETING OF THE EMPEEORS . Advices from Stuttgard communicate tlve official programme drawn up for the employment of the three days of the Imperial visit to thatcitj ' . Their Majesties were to arrive yesterday ( Friday ) . To-day , they are to visit the stables of Hohenheim , and in the evening to attend a soire'e at the palace , the gaidens of which are to beilluminated . On Sunday , they are to be present at a grand dinner , and at a performance , 'by order , ' at the theatre . And , on Monday , their Majesties are to leave . The Prince of Prussia has been ordered by the King to go to Stuttgard to compliment the Emperor Napoleon . An interview is fixed to take place at Weimar , on the 1 st of October , between the Emperors of Austria and Russia .

      Tukk.Ky. Omar Pacha Is Nominated Governo...

      TUKK . KY . Omar Pacha is nominated Governor-General of Bagdad , a very lucrative post , the revenues of which amount to 500 , 00 * 0 francs . He is charged with the duty of establishing a line of steamers upon tho Tigris and upon the lower Euphrates , and with the protection of commerce against the Arabs . It is stated that the Arabs have tried to destroy the posts of the telgrapb in order to shov their sympathy with the Indian mutineers . .

      The Peincipalities. The Porte, Under The...

      THE PEINCIPALITIES . The Porte , under the pressure of events ( saya a letter from Constantinople ) , has come to the resolution of taking the initiative in the question of the Principalities . It will propose to the Courts represented at tho Paris Conference that a union in civil and criminal legislation and jurisdiction be effected ; that the two financial administrations be fused into one , at least in the most important branches ; that only one national army be organized for both principalities ; but that tho double Ilospodarate remain .

      Tim Ijukis Of Catuhiuogi': Arrived In. L...

      Tim Ijukis of CatuhiuogI' : arrived in . London yesterday from tho camp at Chalons . Day ok Humiliation . —A Royal Proclamation was issued from Balmoral on Thursday , setting apart a day for National Humiliation and Prayer , in consequence oi the Indian disasters . Tho day . selected will in all probability be Sunday , the 4 th uf October . DlOl'AUTUKH OI ' ' Jilt , ClIIKIlOLM A NSTICY KROM TToNO Konci . — Mr . Clmholm Aust y-G «! iienil . It ; is the general impression at 1 loii ^ -Kong that Mr . AiiHtoy does not intend to return , but to settle , in lixha . Franco Macaconk , Pi-huto of ( iranate . lli , a political fugitive iVoni Sicily , died Middonly of apoplexy , in the fiftieth year of his ' a |; v , on tho night of tho l « th lust .. at Conon .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26091857/page/11/