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      Consecration Of Bishops. The Very Rev. D...

      djUA , who deny to man any hope beyond the graveguy duty except that of providing for the wants of this life , and against whom Christ ' s servants are bound to contend , not only in argument , but with the yet more efficacious weapons of Christian faith and love . Or , if we afloend higher in the scale of society , to that commercial class w hich forms the pride and support of London , and fulfil * the message contained in the name- — 'The City of Ships ' - * -there also we mast often lament the absence of juiy practical faith 'that Christ has redeemed the -world from sin . As a commercial nation we have been startled and have felt degraded by the revelation of dishonesty among them ; of reckless speculation , sometimes with the property of others ; of ruin and misery widely spread throug h careless or dishonourable selfishness ; while the frauds of the princely merchant are only too faithfully imitated by the petty cheating and adulterated goods of lie tradesman . Advancing yet further , we come to that class which seems to pride itself in contradicting the very words of our Lord by boastfully claiming the title pf the world , and thus openly disregarding His warning pot to love the world , nor the things of the world , and His repeated ; declaration that this love is imcorapatible ¦ with the love of the Father .. . ' ¦ ' . While we ( the clergy ) are turning away from the straight path of duty , the newspaper writer , the satirist , the populaT novelist , are labouring to correct those evils which the Church was designed to cure ; and some colour is given for the startling assertion of a modern historian , that the press is the chief spiritual power in England . Nor would we for ambment disparage its efforts ; only we must believe that the voice of Christian kindness or grave rebuke ^ the sight of self-denying charity , the declaration of Christ ' s love for man , will do more to regenerate society than the sting of sarcasm or the denunciation of eloquent invective . And if it be true , as has been lately said , that London is less moral now than it vas half a century ago , and that the hold of the Church on the mass of the people is ever diminishing , it is time for us to inquire whether the sight of its dissensions may not he the chief cause of . this alienation , and to turn from the fruitless questions which , tear it asunder to the duty of labouring with one heart and one mind as servants Of Jesus Christ to stay the plague of guilt and wretchedness . " -.. ' . ' ¦• - ' ' . - . . ' : ' . ' . ¦ ¦ " ' ; ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' . '; .. ¦ ¦ : , ' ' After the conclusion of this sermon ( which , as the leader will have seen , contains some weighty truths ) , the rest of the ceremony was performed , and the congregation dispersed , A singular ; specimen of ' our civilization , 'is contained in a brief paragraph at the conclusion of the account in the daily papers : —•'' The detective police were represented by Mr . Robinson , Mr . Smith , and Mr . Hodges ; and their presence had the effect of warning off several individuals , whose object in attending the service could scarcely have been misunderstood ;"

      Ffoyember 29, 1856.] The Leader, 1181

      ffoYEMBER 29 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER , 1181

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. The Inquest...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The inquest on the bodies of the persons who met their death in the recent railway collision on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway , has terminated in the following verdict : —" "We find the deceased persons were killed at Dunkitt-siding , on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway , by the Kilkenny midday mail to Waterford coining into collision with the ballast-train in such siding , in consequence of the points of the siding having been unlawfully and improperly left open ; arid that such points were in . the particular care of Michael Brien , gauger , in charge of the ballast-train , who neglected to see them closed . Our finding is that of Manslaughter against the said Michael Brien , through whose wilful and unlawful neglect the deaths have occurred ; and that no blame can be attached to any of the officers of the traffic department on tlie line ,: whose driver and fireman ' used every effort in their power to prevent the catastrophe . " Brien-was removed in custody , and is committed to Kilkenny Gaol for trial at the ensuing Assizes-An investigation has been instituted at Paris into the sudden and mysterious death of a young woman when in company with an elderly man at a restaurant on the Boulevard de Scba 3 topol . The cabinet in which the two persons were placed to take their dinner being rather cold , a small portable calorifere was brought in , containing burning embers and charcoal . As long as the door was frequently opened to allow the waiters to enter with the dinner , the quality of the air was not sensibly deteriorated ; but , when the door remained shut , tho carbonic gas disseminated itself and produced a fatal effect . The man has since so far improved as to leave no doubt of his ultimate recovery . The body of the woman has been given up to her friends . The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine last vreek condemned a grocer and spirit merchant , named Lebroussard , to a fortnight ' s imprisonment for having caused a very serious accident and inflicted severe injuries upon several passengers in the Chaussee Clignancourt , Montmartre , by an infringement of the police regulations . He had placed a very large barrel of spirits of wine on the pavement be-foro his shop , and was in the act of drawing off its contents with a syphon , when the liquid took lire from a candle , which was held too close to it . Tho barrel exploded , and two mon , a young woman , a > nd three children , who happened to bo walking by , were burnt in a shocking manner . Tho woman and two of tho children died a few hours afterwards . Throe young men havo been drowned off the harbour of West Hartlepool by the upsetting of a coble . The inquest on the bodies of Mr . Hands and Mr . Hicks ,, who mot their death by tho collision near Nantydorry on the 12 th instant , was resumed on Friday week and Saturday at Abergavenny . Evidence was then tondored to disprove the charges of neglect made against tho company , and Mr . Humphreys cross-examined the witnesses with a view to show that , even on a lino properly rnado and kept , an ongino run on , tho curve described , with a broken spring , at twenty-five miles an hour , must necessarily run off . The inquiry was again adjourned . A verdict of " Accidental death" has been returned by tho coroner ' s jury in tho case of John Richards , the fireman who was killed in tho recent mishap on the "Western Valleys branch of tho Monmouthshire Kail way . There does not aoom to havo beon anything defective in tho ongino or the state of the line . An accident , attended with loss of life , occurred on the London aud North Western , Railway on Monday night ,

      lear Warrington . The mail train from Scotland , when iear the Winwick Station ( situated between the Warington Junction and the Warrington \ Station ) , ran off he rail , and became embedded in the soiL The fireman y & s , killed on the spot , and the engine-man has had one > f his arms crushed to atoms . None of the passengers lave been dangerously or seriously injured . The accident ireated great alarm in the locality at the time , and the rafficwas interrupted for a considerable period . < The body of a gentleman was found on the London md Northwestern Railway line , near Newton Juneion , on Tuesday morning . It was recognized by the ) mcials , and found to be that of Mr . Robinson , residing it Rainhill . As he was a contractor with the railway jomp any for conveyance daily to his residence at Rain .-lill , it is supposed that he mast have fallen asleep , and passed Rainhill , and that , on -the train slackening at the-Newton Junction ( where there is a rounding ) he stepped > ff , and coming into collision with some waggons on the siding , was killed on the spot- The body was not at all mutilated . Another collision on the London and Great Northern Rail-way took place on Wednesday morning at Leigbton Buzzard . A goods train from Liverpool , consisting of bwo engines and upwards of forty trucks , heavily laden with cattle , ran into a passenger train while the latter was stopping at the station . The driver of the goods train thought the line was clear , as no signal had been exhibited . No serious injury was done to any one , but the carriages STiffeTed considerably . John Gough , an Irish lad , employed at the Birdholnae Colliery , near Chesterfield , has been jerked out of the machine by which he was being lowered to the bottom , of the shaft . He fell to the bottom , and death resulted instantaneously . It would seem that the engine-driver below started the machine before the lad was fairly in it . The inquest has been adjourned , in order that the Government Inspector of Mines may be in attendance . A singular escape from death has occurred to a Mr . Hollingsworth , an innkeeper at Wissett . He was repairing a well on his own premises , when he overbalanced himself , and fell head foremost down the cavity . In his descent he grasped hold of the chain which hung from above , and descended safely to the bottom , which is at a depth of twenty feet from the surface . His shouts for assistance brought some men to the spot , and he was drawn up , somewhat alarmed , but not hurt . Miss Rieardo , daughter of Mr . Ricardo , M . P ., has been thrown from her horse at Windsor , and sustained a fracture of the thigh . She is progressing favourably . Mr . George Grenville Tortescue , of Bonconnoc , Cornwall , has met with his death under very distressing circumstances . He had been cruising in the Mediterranean , with Ms cousins , Lord , and Lady Drogheda , in their yacht , the Fancy , during the summer and autumn . They were on their homeward voyage on the afternoon of Sunday , the 2 nd inst ., when , after taking part in the services of the day , he went up into the rigging for cooler air or amusement , as he had often done before ; but suddenly , either from some panic or giddiness , he fell on deck from a height of thirty feet . He was taken , up senseless , and he had received such injuries that he died the same night . The vessel , which was then about a hundred and seventy miles off Algiers , put into that place , and his afflicted cousins buried Mr . Fortescue in the cemetery of the town .

      * I . I F I T A - Ei Y S C State Of Trad...

      * i . i f I t a - ei y s c STATE OF TRADE . £ The trade reports from tho manufacturing towns for the i week ending last Saturday show no material alteration ] in any branch of business . At Manchester , the transac- i tions have been limited , and a decline in prices has taken i place corresponding with that in the raw material at c Liverpool . The Birmingham advices mention that the 1 iron-market is on tho whole steady , although the high « rate of discount increases the instances of underselling . £ Good orders have been received by the James Baines 1 and the Lightning from Australia , and the general t trades of the town arc active . At Nottingham , it is i still the quiet season , but there have been some consider- ¦> able purchases of liice for America , and here also tho Australian news is considered satisfactory . In tho < woollen districts there is a disposition to contraction , i owing to tho high prices of the staple and the state of the money-market . The existing clearness of wool stimulates experiments to bring other materials into use as substitutes . The Irish linen-markets have been well maintained .- —Times . In the general business of the port of London during the same week thero has been continued activity . The number of ships reported inwards was 280 , showing an increase of 51 over the previous week . These included £ 4 with cargoes of grain , rico , and flour ; 23 with fruit © f all sorts , 9 with sugar , and 1 with tea . The number of vessels cleared outward was 103 , including 12 in ballast , showing a decrease of 25 . In tho Australian trado thero is a considerable diminution in the number of vessels on tho berth . Tho total is 45 , being a decrease of 11 from tho last account . Of those now loading , 6 arc for Adelaide , 3 for Ilobnrt Town , 3 for Launceston , 3 for Melbourne , 1 for Morcton Bay , 7 for New Zealand , 14 . for Port Philip , 6 for Sydney , 1 for Swan River , and 1 for Warrnambool . —Idem . Vice-Chancellor Kinderslcy delivered on Monday his judgment in the caso of Aitchison v . Lee , arising out of the stoppage of tho Royal British Bank . Ho pronounced in favour of tho assignees , observing : — " In the present caso , it was not tho creditors , but merely tho debtors themselves , who had commenced proceedings in Chancery for tho settlement of their claims against each other . Ho ( tho Vicc-Chancollor ) could not admit that it was impossible to havo concurrent proceedings in Chancery and in Bankruptcy against the samo , company . It was fluid , that , inasmuch as Mr . Harding , the ofilcial mnnafior , was in possession of tho property of tho bank , before

      the adjudication , his title could not be disturbed , because t the Act specially-declared that all contracts and dealings i -with a bankrupt prior to his bankruptcy should lie valid , i But there was no ground for such an argument ; for how i could it be maintained that an order to wind up a man ' s ^ affairs , which order was obtained by himself , was a deal- t ing or contract with him ? If the legislature had in- 1 tended that the appointment of an interim manager < should invalidate the legal title of an assignee in bank- i ruptcy , it would have said so in clear and explicit language . But it had not , and the Court was i bound upon the construction of the Acts of Parlia-, 1 ment before referred to , to hold that the legal title ( was vested in the official assignee . The next ques- i tion which the court had to consider was , whether there < were any grounds upon which it ought to interfere with 1 that legal title of the assignee in bankruptcy . He j thought there was not , for he believed that the distriba- ] tion of the assets among the creditors would he more < efficacious in the Court of Bankruptcy than under the i winding-up proceedings . An inquiry should take place i as to what expenses had been incurred by Mr , Harding in collecting and . realizing the assets of the bank in ] order that those expenses might be repaid to him . The ; injunctiongranted exparte against the official assignee 1 must be dissolved , and possession of all the property , & c ., of the bank given up to-the official assignee . With respect to the rule nisi to commit the official assignee and the messenger in bankruptcy for a contempt of court , in having interfered with Mr . Harding ' s possession , that rule would be discharged , as the parties had expressed their regret for-what they had done . " Upon the application of Sir Fitzroy Kelly , who appeared for Mr . Harding , an appeal to the Lords Justices was authorized .

      Ireland. Tne Tipperaut Bask.—The Chief B...

      IRELAND . TnE Tipperaut Bask . —The Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered the unanimous verdict of that court on Friday week in the long-pending case of " Carroll v . Kennedy "—a case arising out of the Tippexary Bank . Tho plaintiff demurred to the plea of the defendant , whose object -was to bring the bank within tha meaning of the Act 33 rd of George II ., and thus to place its affairs under the administration of the Court of Chancery ; it being contended that the provisions of tho 6 th Georgo IV ., known as Cl tho Joint-Stook Companies ' Winding-up Act , " were not applicable . The Court dissented from these views , and stated that there was nothing to prevent the plaintiff from proceeding in the present action , and issuing execution . Tho demurrer was tharofore allowed with costs . —At tho sittings of the court on Tuesday morning , tho Lord Chancellor gave judgment in the important case of O'Hahorty i > , M'Dowell . Tho petition -was for tho purpose of removing the affairs of the Tippernrry Joint-Stock Bank from under the Winding-up Act , and placing them under the old act of the 8 8 rd George II ., on tho ground that the former act was intended solely for tho settlement of a joint-stock concern as between tho shareholders , and did not give relief or security to the creditors . The Chancellor dismissed the iietitJon without costs . He dookled that the 83 rd Georgo II . did not apply . The proper course was to proceed through the official manager . The MtnrDnn or Mb . Lrnx , K . —In addition to the hammer which was found in tho bed of tho canal , a ' razor has been discovered in tho same place . It doc 3 not seem to bo marked with , blood ; but , as it was not in the least rusty , it is evident that it cannot have foeoo . in tho water very long . It is said to bo undergoing a > microscopic investigation . The efforts for tho detection i of tho murderer or murdorera proceed with unwearying

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29111856/page/3/