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      Leader Office , Saturday , December 1 st . ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF SARDINIA IN ENGLAND . The King of Sardinia , arrived at Dover from Franco yesterday morning at five minutes to eight o ' clock . Ho was received by the naval and military authorities of the port , and a salute -was fired from tho Blenheim . Mr . Bodkin , tho Recorder , mid the municipal authorities of Dover , having presented an address of congratulation , tho Marquis d'Azeglio , the Sardinian Minister , read tho following reply : — " Gentlemen , —You are tho first who havo offered to me , on lauding on the hospitable Hoil of England , words of congratulation and of welcome . These wordw are more highly appreciated by mo on that account ; and I am most happy to receive through you the first marks of wympathy at tho moment I am realising a wish long eutortainod by mo of viuUintf tho Sovereign of thin great country . Tho expressions you havo adopted jn pronouncing an eulogium upon tho Sardinian unny in tho Crimea aro most grateful to my cars , and I am mire that tho approbation of tho countrymen of thosu who comhattod no well at Alma and Jukormnnn will bo highly valued by our noldiera . I accept tho expression of your good wihIigh an a happy omou of my journey , and I bog that you will convey to your follow-citi / . uns , whom you represent , my Hincero HoutiinontH of gratitude " Tlio King -then utartod by rail for London ; and from tho Brieklayors' Arms station of tho South . KaHtorn Railway to tho terminim of tho ( Jioib Wta torn , ho and bin curtiyi pan .-iod through a mo . ^ t on " tlumiaslio crowd , and arrived at WindHor at LV rniuuLoH to two . Tho PicdmunUmo National Authoin wan several times played . CJonoral Canrobort has loft Denmark on hi « return to Franco . Thoro aro ag . iin rumours of pndrto ,, ropcmtit > nH from Austria ; but they do not ro « t on any very nolid foundation . All npi > r « hoi » Hl .. ii of < i niptuiu with tho United States in rmnovo . 1 by tho ] .. » t mail ( which arrivod yesterday ) from Ain « ri <«» . Tho ( Jovornmont at Wu » hiiigton in satisfied with our uspluuationn .

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      filth , and stench , put forward by Archdeacon Hale , who contended that the gases evolved from decompo . sing bodies are by no means hurtful , but rat ner the contrary , and that the best mode of living for a Hale man—or an unhealthy one is to inhale air that is well laden with corrupted animal matter . ' Not to be pure is all the art I know To make men healthy , and to keep them so . " A committee appointed by the City Commissioners of Sewers has lately given in a report in answer to various charges brought by Archdeacon Hale against the Burial Board of the City ; and , at the conclusion of this document , the authors of it state that they have taken the rather superfluous step of seeking the opinion of the City Medical Officer of Health , Dr . iTetheby , on the extraordinary doctrine put forth by the Archdeacon . It is almost needless to add that the Doctor is at direct issue with the worthy clergyman . He observes : — " I may state that the experience of every one who has had occasion to inhale the putrid emanations from the recently dead animal body is . to the effect that diarrhoea , dysentery , nausea , a general wasting of the system , and sometimes a low form of typhoid fever , are the unfortunate results . " Mr . Yakdlei and the Lascars . — Mr . John Mitchell , owner of the Janet Mitchell , the ship worked by the Lascars whose case was last week brought before Mr . Yardley at the Thames Police Court , has written to the Times to defend his conduct and that of Captain Hutton , who commanded the vessel . The defence is that the Lascars had received more than their wages , and that they had misconducted themselves so grossly that , at the Mauritius and at Bristol , it was found necessary to put them , in prison . Besides an advance of wages , £ 60 were paid to the men for clothing before leaving Calcutta , and another £ 60 at Falmouth and Bristol . Mr . Mitchell adds : — " Afterwards , I provided for them all the time they were in Bristol , and paid their expenses to London , to join my ship , the Earl of Eglintoun , as seamen on wages , in her voyage to Calcutta , which they were bound to do under the articles . I provided everything necessary for their support in London while the ship was being loaded ; but they fell into the hands of certain sharpers who , more for their own ends than for the interest of the sailors , seem to have expected that Captain Hutton , of the Earl of Eglinton ( who never had anything to do with the Janet Mitchell ) , would take it upon himself to pay the wages a second time rather than appear in court . This he very properly declined to do . The monthly notes of the Lascars are also " continued to be paid at Calcutta , and will continue to be paid until instructions to the contrary reach Calcutta . I have , within the last few days , paid upwards of £ 100 to my agent in Calcutta who is making these monthly payments . " On the authority of Captain Hutton , Mr . Mitchell says that Mr . Yardley stamped , swore , foamed at the mouth , refused to hear the statements in defence , and conducted himself with unseemly passion . An application to the Home Office is spoken of . —In answer to the foregoing , a letter has appeared from Lieutenant Colonel Hughes , who says that , having interpreted Mr . Mitchell ' s statements to tho Lascars , they emphatically deny them , and afnx-m that they are ready to make an oath to the same effect . They admit that they were imprisoned at the Mauritius , though only for eight days , and that this was for having complained of insufficiency of food . One of them was also taken before a magistrate at Bristol charged with some petty theft ; but the case was at once dismissed . They brought their grievances before the Bristol magistrates , and were given to understand that their captain had been ordered by the authorities to pay them their wages . fr $ THB Case of Mb . Barber . —An application was made last Saturday to the Master of the Rolls , that Mr . W . H . Barber , formerly a solicitor of the Rolls Court , might be again permitted to take out his certificate . Tho ground of tho application was that , on tho previous Wednesday , the Court of Queen ' s Bench had docidod that the proofs of Mr . Barber ' s implication in the " Fletcher forgeries" wore not nufiieiently strong to justify his being any longer deprived of tho advantage of prosecuting hia profession . His Honour granted the application . AitmTitAnY Dismissal . —It has boon decided by an action in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench that tho authorities at Trinity House havo an absolute , arbitrary , and unconditional power of dismissing pilots , oven without cause . Tnrc Gaol Cruelties at Birmingham . —Liuutonant Austin , formerly governor of tho Birmingham gnol , who was found guilty at tho last Afiwizes of cruelty to prisoners , was on Saturday sontonced to confinement in tho Quoon ' H Prison for three months , during which time ho is to be kept among tho first-class misdemeanants . A nolle proscqui was entered by tho Attorney-General on five other indictment ?) of a ( similar nature against tho prisoner . State ob Thad » o . —The accounts of tho trade of tho manufacturing townafor tho wook onuling last Saturday present little for remark . On tho whole they aro favourable , tho extent of employment being na great aa could bo expeotod , and every oiFort to take

      advantage of the high prices of food to excite discontent among the operative classes having thus far proved abortive . At Manchester , although the home demand is much affected by the necessity for economy , the transactions have been moderately satisfactory , and prices , making allowance for the decline in cotton at Liverpool , have been well maintained . The Birmingham report state 3 that the iron trade is without alteration , considerable activity being still observable , together with an increase in financial confidence consequent upen the extinction of weak houses . At Nottingham , the business of the week has been unimportant . In the woollen districts the operations have been large , at full prices , and the Irish linen markets have been quiet , but with a healthy tone . —Times . Colliers' Holiday at ¦ Wig an . —The colliers of Wigan , who are contending with their employers for a rise of ten per cent ., to bring their wages up , as they allege , to the prices of last winter , have resorted to the novel expedient of taking holidays . They have been idle two days , intending to work in future the remainder of the week , and then , if the masters do not yield to their wishes , they propose to work only eight hours per day , instead of twelve and fourteen , as at present . There were out of work a few days ago , keeping holiday , between 2 , 000 and 3 , 000 colliers , including most of the large concerns , except that of Lord Balcarres . A meeting of the colliers has been held in the yard : behind the Commercial-hall , Wigan , at which the colliers complained that they got their coal by measure , instead of weight , which led to fraud , and that the masters refused to pay for small coal , though they themselves were able to find a market for it . The meeting was peaceable . Strike of Tailors at Sunderland . —It appears from the local papers that the journeymen tailors of Sunderland , to the number of one hundred , are at pi-esent on strike . Their weekly wages has hitherto been 24 s ., but in consequence of the high price of provisions they requested an advance of 6 d . per day , which the masters agreed to give , and the dispute has arisen through a difference in the " logging" of the time by which the pay is regulated . The masters wish to adopt the Newcastle "log , " which the men repudiate , as it would virtually , they say , reduce their wages 3 s . per week , since their fellow unionists in that town only make one guinea per week , and would have to work about eighty hours to reach the 27 s . A"Mr . Bostock , a shoe manufacturer , has been induced , by fear of a strike , to abandon the use of a machine which he had invented for binding and sewing boottops . Burnt to Death . —A dreadful accident , resulting in the death of the wife and son of Mr . David Morgan , flannel manufacturer , of Talybout , near Aberystwith , has just occurred . The young man was melting pitch in a part of the factory temporarily used as a kitchen , when the pitch caught fire and he was speedily enveloped in flames . Mrs . Morgan went to his rescue , and , while endeavouring to render assistance , became herself enveloped in the fire , which burned furiously . The mother was burned to a cinder , and her son died the following day . Lord Stanley and the Rural PoruLATtoN . — Within the last few day 3 , Lord Stanley has addressed a letter to Sir Willoughby Jones , of Cranmer-hall , Norfolk , in which he propounds a scheme for facilitating rational recreation and self-culture among tho humbler classes in the rural districts of the country , by means of public libraries established at central or saliont points of the county , and radiating from them a series of small local reading-rooms for every village . His Lordship observes : — "I havo often stated my belief that a collection of 5 , 000 volumes mny bo so chosen aa to include nearly all that , for popular purposes , is valuable in English literature ; and that estimate I see no reason to alter . The cost of books may bo taken roughly at 4 s . per volume , or five to the pound , which , allowing for expenses of furniture , would imply an outlay of £ 1 , 200 for each library , or . £ 6 , 000 for tho whole . When one considers what sums arc recklessly wasted by tho richer classes in this country on objects of more selfish luxury or pleasure , it in difficult to imagino that Huch an amount would not bo forthcoming , if only tho importance of the oni . l to bo gained wero oiico duly estimated . " Fall ov a Railway Bums * :. —A wooden bridge over the railway from Bishop Auckland < o Crook Hiiddonly foil in , i" tho course of last wook . ttomo horrios and men -wore passing at tho time ; one of tho horHO . i was killed , but tho mon escaped . Tun Italian Oi'kii . v IIoi ; sk ix tiik Court ok Quickn ' h Bknoii . —An action of ejectment haw recently boon brought i ^ ninst Mr . Liuuloy , tho Iohhoq of Her Majesty ' s Th ' onfcro , to recover poaiosaion of ti » oso promises . The lease contained certain covenants , to tho effect that Mr . Lumley was not to convert tho houso to any other purposes than those of theatrical or musical performances ; that ho waH to uho his best efforts to koop tho house open ; and that ho was to lot the boxo * and stalls in accordance with particular rules , which wore stated in full . Tho two ftrat ngroementH Lord Campbell considered had not been broken ; but , with renneot to the latter , it was

      ruled that Mr . Lumley , by mortgaging the property , and thereby placing an encumbrance on it , had forfeited his lease . However , there had been a waiver of that forfeiture , the plaintiff having received a portion of the rent duo from Mr . Lumley , though his agent-stated that he only received it as compensation , and that he reserved the right of re-entry . But it had been declared that , if a party will not apply money tendered according to the express intention of him who tendered it , he should refuse it ; and judgment was therefore given for Mr . Lumley . The Bishop of Exeter again . —The Rev . Josiah Ballance , M . A ., late curate to the Rev . Mr . Davis ( son of the Bishop of Peterborough ) , was accepted by the Rev . H . A . Gilbert , of Clare Portion , Tiverton , as his curate . In the sermon which he preached , previous to his being so accepted , he exhorted the congregation not to trust for salvation in the so-called grace of the sacraments , but in Christ alone . It is believed that this sermon was reported to the Bishop of Exeter , for , on his presenting himself to that prelate to be licensed , he was rejected , because he refused to subscribe to his dogmas on baptismal regeneration . Quaker Foremen op Juries . —The Warrington coroner lately objected to a Mr . Holmes serving aa foreman to a jury , because of his beiug a Quaker and therefore refusing to be sworn . Ultimately the coroner unwillingly consented ; but he gave directions that in future Quakers should not be put as foremen of juries , because it would be necessary to alter tho oath . The Board of Trade Returns for October have been issued , and exhibit an increase in the exports , as compared with the corresponding period of last year , of about £ 959 , 305 . As regards imports , wheat , flo \ u % Indian corn , and rice , present a great increase ; and coffee , sugar , spices , and wine , a decrease . The importations of tea , spirits , tobacco , and fruits , have been large ; and the comparative iurports and exports of raw material show an increase in each article , except hemp . Church Mission at Constantinople . — The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts has resolved to send two chaplains to Peru , for the spiritual benefit of the English residents and others .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 1, 1855, page 1149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2117/page/9/