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    MISCEH-ANEOUS . The Coukt . —The Queen and the Royal Family returned to London on Wednesday-Grkat Conflagration . —rA fire of a very serious character broke out on Wednesday night at a publichouse in Green-street , Gravel-lane r Southwark . The inhabitants threw open the windows , and called for help ; but , before the fire-escape could arrive , several of the inmates , some of ¦ whom were burnt , had leapt put . One of them , the landlord , has since died . The house was completely gutted before the names could be suppressed . .

    Deaths from Shooting . — -Two inquests have been held before the borough coroner of Liverpool . Death in each case resulted front firing guns , &c , on the occasion of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge . The first was an adjourned inquiry on the body of Nathaniel Roberts , aged five and a half years , who had di ^ d from the effect of receiving a charge of cotton-waste in his throat , while crossing Dickenson-street on the 9 th inst . It appeared that guns of every description were being fired in the street at the time , and , it being impossible to ascertain which particular fire-arm produced the accident , a verdict of " Manslaughter against some person or . persons unknown ""! was , returned . The second inquisition waa on-the body pfs Jonathan JLashani , who had died from toeing accidentally injured , by the firing of 9 . cannon at the Liverpool Industrial Schools , Kirkdale ,. on , tjie . occasion of the visit of the Duke . A verdict in accordance with the facts was returned .

    America . —The yellow fever is abating at Norfolk . and Portsmouth . Earthquakes have occurred at San Francisco and Guayaquil , but have done no damage . Colonel Kinney has been chosen provisional Civil and Military Governor of Greytown and the adjacent territory , and has promised the citizens that he will spare no efforts to procure from the United States Government indemnity for the losses sustained by the burning of the tow . n . Colonel Walker , on September 3 rd , defeated General Guardiola , at Virgin Bay , with a loss to the latter of fifty men , while the former only lost one white , man and four natives . The Government troops , it i 3 said , amounted to four hundred men ; Walker ' s to only one hundred and fifty . It is reported that the Colonel has

    returned to San Juan with the intention of attacking Riyas , the _ . head-quarters of the Government forces . — From Mexico we have the most distressing accounts of civil commotions . General Carrera has resigned in consequence of differences with Alvarez . Fighting is going on in various parts of the country , the city of Znpaltan has been sacked and entirely demolished by the revolutionists , who appear to be generally victorious . Jose Lqpe % do Santa Anna , nephew of the ex-dictatbr , 1 ms been arrested , and will probably suffer death . Some disturbances have been created at Acapulco and other places by a party of Americans . — . The island of New Caledonia has been declared part of the colonial dominion of the French Empiie .

    MiSTRoroMTAM . InirROVEMKNTS . —Tho Itcport of the Select Committeo to inquire into the Btnte of the roads , bridges , &c , of t he metropolis , has been published . This document enters at largo into the subject , and reviews the various plans , amounting to nine , -which have been proposed for improving the intercommunication of London . The Committeo add : —" In considering the merits of the various plans thus enumerated under the second class , your Committee feel bound to express the approbation with which they regard those of thorn which seem best fittod to accomplish the following objects : — First , that of relieving tho streets from the lionvy goods

    traflic in traneitu between tho railways , tho river , and tho docks . Second , the embankment of tins Thames—a public improvement too long delayed , and lii&tlv ^ tl >© provision , on a suitable scale , for tho accommodation of those great tides of passenger traffic which , -with daily increasing force and pressure , are flowing through tho streets of this metropolis . Tho Metropolitan Kailway , in combination with Mr . Pearson ' s plan , upon vhich this railway lias been engrafted , promises to accomplish tho first of these object * , and , as far aa hia « treot improvements extend ,-tho last . No plan that has been laid before your committee meets all the requirements of tho

    second ., Wjitji ^ regard to the . . third , object . yonr / comV mittee recommend to t&e consideration o £ ' w * ~ i $ W * : i ! h . & evidence and . splendid designs of Sir Jos ^ p iiPaxtoh .- — In conclusion , your Conimittee , a ^ " the gen ' er ^ 'i ^ iltiof their inquiries , beg earnestly to impress upon tfte npnae ' the extreme importance of practical . ' steps being at obce taken by authorities , properly constituted and ayipeal , with full powers and means fpr the purpose , to have jhd communications of this metropolis made capable of accommodating its vast andJuacreasing traffic . * ' . . , ' The West Coast op Afkica .. — Bonny haa been in a state of insurrection . Two chiefs , suspected by the people of poisoning the lato King Dappo , were furiously attacked , and their lives placed in dan- ^ ger- In their distress they sent a message to one of ., the trading . vessels , beseeching succour ; and they were brought off , and sent , at their own request , to Fernando Po . It would appear , from a , somewhat vague account , that a war of extermination then ensued between the partisans of the chiefs and , those of % he other faction . ; trade was stopped , and the masters of the trading vessels , having sent a flag of truce on shore , were told that the stoppage would continue for twenty years , and that no debta would be paid until the chiefs should be given up . The traders determined on bringing the chiefs back , and an attempt will be made to settle the dispute ; but the Governor is determined to protect the chiefs , should they be innocent . No collision has taken place between the English , and the natives ; but the latter have destroyed the court ,-ho . use and committed several other depredations . — , At Cape Coast , on the 7 th of September , a disturbance arose among the natives , in which many were wounded . The cause , was trifling , and is now removed . —The ap--pointment of the new Governor of Fernando Po is likely to create dissatisfaction , as he is said to be not greatly opposed to slavery . —It is intended by the Governor of the Gambia to make another attack on the Sabbagees . State of Trax > e . —The advices from our manufacturing towns continue much the same as they havo been for some time past . The chief effect of the prevailing pressure has been felt at Manchester , although a fall in prices which has taken place is to be attributed mainly to" the reduction in the Liverpool cotton-marketl The Manchester Courier announces a small failure—that of Mr . W . A . Smith , a cotton-spinner , with liabilities under 3 Q , 000 J . At Birmingham , great steadiness is maintained . The recent advance on manufactured iron is considered fairly to ' - reach th * limit thatia expedient , but in sortie particular ' cades an additional 110 s . per ton has / been obtained . With the exception of glass manufacturers , ' the dUier trades of th » place show much ; activity 7 and are stilr-stimulated by Government orders . " The Nottingham advices describe an improvement in hosiery , owing to the American demand , 'which is fully realising previous expectati 6 ris . ' Tho home demand is ; rather dull , and caution also is . exhibited in shipments to Australia . The lace ^ -market ia ; without alteration ,, except , perhaps ^ a alight increase of confidence . . In fcho woollen districts it is a quiet period , and , although business has . beon -restricted during tho past two or thr . ee weeks , it is considered healthy in every respect . ; Jn the Irish linen markets stocks are diminishing ^ and employ-, ment is general . ' ' a ' ' M . i > e Metz at Rkdhiijl . —^ The noble French phi ^ lanthropist , M . do Metz , has closed his visits to . English ; Reformatories : by an inspection of the Philanthropic Societj- ' s Farm ; School at Redhill— nn establishment whiqh comprises nearly two hundred boys engaged in , varioua industrial callingd / the principle of which is farm labour , though the place also includes brashmaking * carpenters ' shops , smithy , dairy , stable , &c , besides about twenty tailors and a dozen shoemakers . The reception took place in tho large school-room , which was adorned with flowers , and with words of welcome in French and Engr lish . Eleven of the boys , who Imve passed their period , of probatfon , and will shortly emigrate to the colonies , road an address of congratulation to M . doMetz . " Somq of us , " said the boys , " have brother * in the . army o . f England , who aro now with the sons of .-Franco fighting tho battle of freedom for tho world . Will you say ( to our comrades at Mettray that -we hope both they . and wo shall always be found aido l » y sido fighting against tho world ' s greatest enemies—fraud , and falsehood , and wrong ? " These were not mere words of course ; the boys at ltedbill subscribed to the " Widows' and Orphans' Fund" on tho occasion of tho recent thanksgiving for the successes before fcjebastopol very nearly 6 / . out of their own personal savings . They did the same last j-eur . M . do Metz expressed himself highly gratified with his visit . His address , in French was translated to tho boys . M . de Metz left a subscription fpr tho society , constituting 111 in self a governor ; ho solicited release for any boys under punishment , but happily there wero none , and jn lieu ho asked that they might have a holiday at an early day , » nd gave them eighty francs for a treat on tho occasion . . ,. „_ Dkath in a WoicK ! ioi ;» K .-OLn inquest *"" J ^ J" ^ . held at Ucdminster in Somonsot / ihlre on tho body ot Hannah Wiltshire ayo ^ — "ho / todjnjho workhouse as far back « ' ^^ confleq uenco tho woman conceiving that two » nu « of injuries i . Wlicted by ^^ J ^^^^ Z 3 tho ' dSct t"SS 5 U , ^ M th « body being In con * -

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    I will auavea ^ tld « Bghter . ? . l . itIn ^* hei' « ad , v . Mr . i Stratford aeiB 4 wlfidged him » dfi * iT erxor promised sot tor annoy M * , iJBbcwWBtott- o « ijf-Jinorey /* ttd entered : intoMa own re * oogniflaoc ^ a t » 3 seep » tibiepeace . t ;^ .. ! -.. { .-. -.:-i- = -,.-it . -. ; - . ¦ I .. ^ £ j&iSbax &oavxvBiBs ± h—Tbavtiaa .. Kirton , a clerk * has beenitrie 4 at theiMiddleseXSeasiona for stealing a quantity of ailk , th « ptpi > orty , of his employers .: In order that ' henugW titeanorat 8 jrfelyfdispose-of' this silk , he puf it into tb * Jiand 9 of a J £ rs . ; iWFillottghby , aswidow , byjwhom it'waa : sold , the 4 woman having a piece given to her for her trouble ia : the" matters A receipt in a false name was given by J&irtoAibr some money , which ; was paid for the ailki and- , o £ . this * i :-Mrs .. WiUongbby was aware . About a week after the sale of the silk , she went to live asa friend at the ihoose of Kirton , as she was in difficulties , atitha time ;; : but , after a while , she was treated as . a loigevj- and hex , furniture was seized fpr rent . The counsel for the defence put several questions ; to show that Eirtoa had been on terms of adulterous intercourse with , Mra . iWaioughby , who had ; borne false witness against the former out of revenge for the seizure of her furniture ; lbitf th » : implication was denied . The witness admitted she : had / had :. a quarrel . with Barton's wife , but referred it entirely to ; her having been treated as a lodger . The prisoner waa found Guilty , and sentenced to hard labour , for two . yearsi : < : : - Serious Fbay at a Dog-Fioht . —The police at Clitheroe , Whailey , and Blackburn , got intelligence that a ^ .-dog- ^ ght would lake place in a field near I&yton Church' Five . of the officers , therefore , went to the ground ; , where they- discovered- nearly a hundred and fifty men gathered about the animals , which had . commenced worrying ¦ . one ; . another . Inspector Clegg asked one of the setters-on of the dogs what- his name was ; on whi < : h , all the constables were violently attacked and kiekfd . One- of > them was < rendered insensible , and it was found necessary to carry another off the ground ; but . they are both recovering . ' . As soon-as the mob had disposed of the police , the dogs were taken up and the fight was , discontinued .. ; iiyi . : ¦ i •< , TBELATK ; MpKDEBAT . BEOMLET , Df KjENT . —A man named Mark Wlieeler ^ a ticket-of-leave . man , who had a cottage in Gloucestershire , has been brought from that place l > y a London -warrant , officer to be conveyed to Portsmduth ,-where ' 'he will serve the remainder of his sentence ( seven , yearfli ) -for having harboured the man now awaiting his trial for thejnurder at : Bromley , in Kenfe . Wheeher ' a time will expire about Gh * istmajy ^ 8 . 5 & . ) : > RoKB 3 B * 1 rt OF . iAI' ^ jHUteCaHTiINf THE CJlTY . —rln the . GOUTS © of last Sunday night aome-mea entered-the-Church ; of St . Giles Without ; : Cripplegate , by means of-the window of the vestry , the glass in which they had cut away . Theyiopened-aniron saffe ,- ; and took oufe the-gold and silveiV which , howewer ^ did not amount to a large sum ; then , passing in * 6 the church ataelf , they endeavoured to farce' the contribution-box and plate-chest , but failed . It . would , appear tbafo'tfeeyoBejtt . tasted . the : sacramental vrino ; but . this ; would seem . not to have been to . theiji palatej-for the greajfieri part , was left * They quitted the place , apparently , ) : in ¦ ¦ . a . hurry , 1 as they left , behind the mOneyuthey * had abstracted , and allowed the iron safe to remain open . ' The ^ vicaKage-house ^ -adjoining , is at . preseht unoccupied ; and it . is . thought the , thieves escaped through-ifcjinto the etireet ; : ' :. . . , . TraavJiavtrisH Mojue of Si-auohtbkxkck . — -A case has for some time been unde * remand at the Mansion House , of great interest to the . Jewish body ; and on Tuesday a decision , waacoine to .. Thomas Reynolds , a butcbor , was anmiBioned . < far cruelly slaying an ox- after the Jewish fasrion . It was shown in evidenoe , that the method employed includes the fastening of the animal ' s head to the floor . rby ¦ means- of a . ring which passes through the Jaw . and ia « attached to a staple . The throat is , then out j and the beaat ,- instead of . dying in , about , three miputes , 09 in the . slaughter - houses- of Christian butchers , who provide fbr abnost . ; immediato insensibilUy . by a . blow on the buoad , lingers ^ for . ariue minutes . Thp reason for thw inhumanity Is that the blood may fbe drnined away from the'flesh , in obedience to'the injunction of Genesis , which iliWBot « th « t "flesh . with , the life thereof , which is , tho blood thereof , shall yo not , eat" —a direction which- ju repeated in . Leviticus and Deuteronomy . , , Sir Peter Laurie , being of . opinion that no cruelty within , the moaning of the act had been proved , and that Christian butchers employ a similar method in slaughtering sheep , calves , and , pigs , dismissed the . summons , which had been . grouted at the instance of the Society for tho Prov ^ ntiioa ofi Cruelty to Animala . rr ^ The sentence will diegust . oil . who consider humanity aa of greater worth than tradition . One of . tho most sacred of principles is violated that a ceremonial observance and verbal flupcrstifion may be / uphold . t A Txoiucss . —rA ' singular instance of feminine ferocity in open court occurred in tho course of the present weok- at the Bow-street Police-office . Caroline Gildor , a masculine-clocking woman , was fined six shillings , or Sentenced in default to fourtwin dny » ' imprisonment , for maliciously . breaJcing eight . windows in tho house of hor landlady , who * had .. ' asked hor for some rent that was owing . Upon heating , tho sentence the prisoner jumped out of tho dock , m « hed furiously at tho landlady , bent h « iV And acratchod her face with her nail * , like a wild beau * ,-so aa todra- yy blood from « jvoral parts . Jiy the aW of Cour policomon ithe landlady was rescued , but not until after she bad been severely injured , and tho

    prlcreasing in proportion-so largely ; as those of a similar kind against the other sex , as he regretted to say that not less than fifteen of the latter had already come before : him . that very day .- ^ -Another case of female ferocity was heard at Southwark , ; where Elizabeth Eastrom was charged with cutting and wounding John Enowles . The man foolishly . went with the prisoner into a house in Marketr-street , Borough-road , and , because he refused to ; treat her to gin , she stabbed birn at the back of the head , and thrust him out into , the street . She has been fommiited for trial .

    s ( mer ; was .. draggB 4 . baek-: into- )* h . e dock ,, an .. .. heJd . there whUe this second / ohaige-was ,-proceeded , .-with . Mr . Jardine said that I she . nvusfrfind jtwo 51 . ' sureties to keep the peace for =. six months . The money not being foiiiconiing , this ¦ female desperado wob locked up . The magistrate , in passing sentence , remarked upon the vicious character of many of the female prisoners brought before him , and compared them with . the ruffianly men -who were frequently . accused , of . - wife-beating , the number of charges against whom , : lie stated , were not in-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 1005, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2111/page/9/