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      3 L : Meyendorfii Baron de Brunnow , and Prince Grortsehakoff . TCTKKET . The Imperial firman , granting equal rights to all ine subjects of the Porte , whatever may be their religion , has been published . The document was read in the Council-hall of the palace an the 21 st ult . A great crowd assembled outside the building , among ¦ whom ,, when the ceremony wasovei' , copies of the firman wore distributed in Turkish . It will be translated into all the languages of the Empire , and distributed " through , the provinces . The decree states that Europeans will have a right to possess landed property ; that , as regards civil rights , there will be a complete equality between Mussulmans and Christians

      Any denomination of a nature to- express' the superiority of one race over another is expressly forbidden , both in public documents as in private conventions : The patriarchs are to be named for life . The clergy . will receive a fixed stipend , arid the Church property of each denomination will be managed by an assembly composed of persons of that religion . Theie will be mixed tribunals . Education will be free , but vmdet the surveillance of mixed commissions . Other reforms are announced , as , for instance , the right granted to provincial and communal councils to take the initiative in grants for public works 5 as : also the establishment of banks , in-order to regularise the monetary system of the empire . .

      jflt Bieeting of medical men . belorigiijg to all the natioiiS' i" 6 w' at Constantinople has been held in that capital . The idea originated , in Scutari hospital , and the chief obj ect is to compare notes as to the relative excellences-- ''' and defects of the hospital systems of Eflglaid ^ Fi-ance , Sardinia ^ aA& Turkey . A resolution -waspassed at the meeting , to fclieeiFeet that tbe tnerabersahould assemble twiceainonth j and a committee ^ Sf appointed to dicawr tip the statutes of a *• PermanentMedical Society of all Nations ;" : TheSultan has sent a hundred pounds to an En glish seaman who lost his arm from the ^ accidental discharge of a gTin > while assisting at the embarkation of Turkish troops last April .

      The Princess Dadiahj of Mingrelia , who alleges that her ; palac , e was ransacked by Omar Pacha , has sent two of her attendants to Constantinople , that her c ^^ ;^ ay Ibe broiught liefore t&e notice of the Sultan . If her claims' for . ^ reparation are hot heeded by the Porte ,, she purposes to bring them before the English . : < ilovernmeiit . " . ' . " . ¦' ' . ; .. . ' '¦ . . ' , ..-., > GfeneraliKniely has received-hisfinnan as Ferik or General of i DiyisionV r The document is drawn up in most flattering terms , and states that the Sultan confers tippn him this- rank . for . his bravery displayed in the defence of Kara , especially at the 3 tussianattack of the 29 th of September laat . '

      John Ghika , a nephew of the Prince of Walla * chia , and hitherto Kaini&kam of the Prince Governor' of Samos , has , in consequence of the services rendered in the Islands of the Axchipelago during , the insurrection in Epirus and TTiessaly , been appointed Prince of Samos , instead of Callitnachi , wllo goes as ambassador to Vienna , or rnore probably to Paris . The inoney panic continues at Constantinople , the fluctuations in . exchange Ijeing of tne ' most sudden ' a , nd ; yehefaien ' t' ctiatracfer . Tn cbria ^ ueitae of this perplexirig ^ onditipn of affairis / t&e : id * a of a cbmrneroiat bonk , exercising sope degree of control ' over the rate of ei ^ cnangei has t ' een ' pVbpoundfed ) and Sb l'ecevved with favour .

      Shocks of earthquake have been felt in Smyrna and Asia Minor , Violent hurricanes have occurred at Varna and Constantinople . Seventeen minarets have been blown down , and most of tho vessels at anchor in the Bpaphorus have received damage , and several have foundered . , A riot between the Mahometans and the JewB haa occurred at Constantinople ^ arising out of a popular superstition . It is belieVed that , about this time of year , the Jews always slaughter a child not belonging to their own faith , and the Mahometans generally discover or fanoy that a oBild is missed ; This was the case a few days ago j in consequence of -which , the Jews , werei attacked , , and ill-used . They threw themselves for protection ' on the' French , and English ambassadors ; and tUie chiUi -vyras , afterwords discovered . r I

      IRELAND . The Irish Judicial Bsncb 'The High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the county of Longford have sent addresses to the three judges , Pennefather , Torrens , and Lefroy , whose alleged incapacity for their office on account of age and infirmities , was brought before the noti ce of the House of Commons by Sir John Shelley . The object of these address was to sympathise with the judges and to express undiminished confidence in their intellectual powers . The TrppEBARY Bank . —The wide-spread ruin which must inevitably ensue from , the collapse of this Bank continues to be the one absorbing topic of conversation in Ireland ! Mr . James Sadleuy the suicide ' s bi-other , is greatly pitiedas he has been , comoletelv

      , beggared . Alt the shareholders in the bank , moreover , are liable to an utter annihilation of their Worldly fortunes . Under the Joint-Stock Act , each shareholder will not only lose the amount of his' individual share , but will be made Liable , to an unlimited extent , for he debts of the concern . Even those who have retired from the bank—Unless they have done so for three yeara—are still liable . Messrs . John ] ftassey , Thomas Dwyer , arid William Gfcadwick , who are professionally employed for a large body of the creditors , ha . y 4 issued a , circular , calling a meeting of depositors ; and' qreditoiB , to consider \ vhat steps shall be taken by the generalbodyof tile creditors . . In reference td tins circular , Messrs . Mdrrbgh and

      Kennedy , solicitars , have published a statement of the reason why ttey caused a petition to be presented % o the Cowt of Ohancery . T ^ simply"to place ; the banking company under the operation of the t ^ ding-up Acts , which afford remedies 4 pplic £ , Bleto tbte Engljsli shareholders , as well as those resident m'lreland ; the former constituting the majority and the orders of the Iiish Court of Chancery being capable of enforcement by the English Court to compel payment of calls sufficient in amount to discharge all obligations of the bank , just as if made directly by the ! latter Court . " One of the ilaaters in Chancery will have the exclusive management of the wiiiding-up of the affair . The Dublin , Evening Mail

      —a bitter opponent of the late Sir Kobert Peel- — gives that statesman great credit for his foresight in setting a limit to banks of issue in Ireland : except for which Sadleir would probably have issued notes to any extent he desired , and -would thus have caused even greater ruin than that which has really ensued , ' —TheJVfaster ofthe Hollg ( Ireland ) lias declared , that the Tipperary Bank shall be wound up and dissolved . His Honour , who said that the fraud was of a cha-I racter so gigantic that no living being had ever seen the like , read extracts from the report issued by the bank to the shareholders at a meeting held on the 1 st of February , 1856 , in whicTi it was stated that the

      assets of thecompany -were equal to £ 100 , 000 , whereas it appeared to him t 2 iat those assets would not exceed £ 35 , 000 ; that Mr . James Sadleir , th ^ e sole manager and director , had permitted his brother , the late John Sadleif , to overdraw £ 200 , 000 , by which the bank had "become a defaulter to the amount of £ ^ 00 , 000 , while at that yeiy period , on the 1 st of February last , Mr . James Sadleir declared the payment pf a dividend-at the rate of 6 per cent ., and a Bonus pf 3 pe . r c ^ at . to . the shareholders , carrying over ,-fi 3 , 00 O , and upwards to the reserved fund , which was represented ; to be £ 17 i 0 C ) 0 , and further representing the bank to be in a flourishing state .

      Seizure oi ? a Railway undeh ExeOution . —It appears from the Cork papers that a seizure of the plant of the Cork and Baudott Railway , at both termini of the line , has been made by the city and county high sheriffs , under two executions for different amounts , oae of winch was for more than £ 3 , 000 at the suit of an English firm . The taking possession was merely formal , the sheriffs being satisfied with a receipt of an . inventory , of the property . ; Mtthdeb . —A Mi . Callaghan , the owner of some landed pr 6 p 6 jrty at Ballinruane , has boon murdered While returning at night to his house . His skull was stnrtshed to pieces , and'positively pounded into a hollow in the earth on which he was lying . It is alleged tliat he had recently ejeoted Borne of the occupying tenants , and had introduced a Scotch steward . *

      , i Prin . qejGhTlka , of iMfpldayia has published a rescript Mdr , e « Be 4 to the . Administrative Counoll on ^ he sub-J « 9 t ^ tJihie , \ frofld 6 m , of tho press . Ho u ^ ee theso renawkable expvesejIoijia ^ iy ^ jloU n ^ ig ^ fc be qom mended to the conaiaeration of' many greater sovereigns : —"* A MSLP ^^^ W fa ** p 6 » t y » Mea » 8 of forming public , W >; w being more especially tfeodful to a ^^ V ^ ^ olv haa ohonea the path of progress , able « fU ^ KSi&JF *^ * tUfl ' . CfovVwjBittent fteolf as to the SffifiK ^ W 1 ' ^>^ myMidministrftAivo 5 £ TSW ' ' prepare « . blti which SSLte ' **»«» mUXxt Wy to the g ^ tt ^

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      STATE OF TRADE . The aoqo-unts frpm the manufacturing towns for the vrqek ending last Saturday show great general steadiness in all departments of trade . At Manchester the extend of business has hoon moderate , but stocks , do not accumulate , and priaos are consequently -well maiutaiaod . The Birmingham advices desdribo no alteration either in the iron trade or the other aeou * pfttionsof tho district . At Nottingham , although tho animation has not been quite so groat as in the provSouBWeokj . an excellent businesa h ^ B ^ lt > ee ^ , t « an 8 aot (^> d , and tho -chief complaint ia of a BOarcitry of hands . I » the , woollen nawrketp there haa been nrnauesB , with ^ a ; tendency to improvement ; and . in the Irish line , tt-ade the tranaa ^ tions have been large at full priooB , 1 ¦ ) > I » - , it a » ,

      the demand for labour being greater than thesupnlv —Times . i'fjr-Thb LoKiDON anC Coontt BattK . —Mr . Robert Keating , M . P ., and Mr . James Rhodes , have rehimiea their seats in the direction of the London and Countv Bank , ; and Mr . J . W . Burmester has been appointed a trustee in the place of Mr . Rhodes .

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      ^ T-HB . ' -IrBiA . 'DBfc-i [ No . ^ 1 , gttxrttow .

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      THANET UNION INDUSTRIAL FARM We are enabled to publish the annual balance she ^ of the Isle of Thanet Union Industrial Farm . Abstract of Garden Account ( the produce of Twelve Acres ) , for the year ending November , 1855 . *>«• £ s . d . £ b . d To Stock brought forward .. . 190 12 0 JJalance of Implements ... 10 0 0 . —200 12 Q Pigs bought 48 11 IA Food for ditto 148 7 3 Rent , Tithes , and Rates . 33 14 6 Tradesmen ' s Bills 6 8 6 Sundry Seeds 3 14 7 Plants 2 2 10 Sundries 4 3 1 9 £ . : 246 0 7 Ten per cent , on Piggeries 7 0 0 Grains from House ......... 3 4 0 House Manure 5 0 0 Coal , 3 0 0 Straw .. »_ 8 0 0 s— 26 4 0 Balauce 105 15 14 £ 578 11 84

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      Ck . £ s . , d . £ s . d . By Pigs . Sold . ..... 258 2 0 Potatoes ... ,, .... . 42 J 7 3 Green Peas „ 2 16 0 Parsnips ... „ 0 3 6 Cabbages ...,, 2 18 64 !„ Onions ...... „ ,. 1 0 ' 6 1 307 18 04 Cabbages Consumed 16 4 0 f Potatoes ........ w „ ...... 62 0 0 [ Parsnips ......... . 10 10 0 Onions „ 6 3 0 Turnips .......,... * ..,, ..... 1 2 6 , 3 road Beans .......,, . * .... 1- 14 0 French Beans ... rt ., » -.. 4 2 2 0 Green Peas „ ...... 2 2 8 - , wlOl 18 2 Valuation by Measrs . Manser and Dadds 154 15 6 Balance of Implements ... 14 0 0 . 168 15 6 * 678 11 84 CASH AOCOUKT . Dr . £ s . d . £ s . d . Balance , November , 1854 .. ¦ 13 17 4 Received on Garden Account 304 6 0 > 4 Due on ditto 3 12 O —^ 307 18 04 Other receipts 5 4 2 j £ 326 18 7

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      * Cr . £ s . d . £ s . d . Paid on Garden Account .... 246 0 7 „ to Treasurer 40 0 0 „ other Payments 8 13 & „ Balance , Nov ., 1855 .. 28 ' 13 4 „ due on Garden Account 3 12 C 326 19 1 We having valued the Stock and Crops in hand , and examined tho foregoing Account-certify that it is correct . "Wijlleam Mansbb . John 3 > a » ds . An error in last year's balance-sheet makes the present apparently not so favourable ; but the real difference is inconsiderable . The actual balance in money is of small moment in comparison with-the advantage of ; keeping idle hands employed , checking the tendenoy to resort to the union through raere idleness , and teaching tlxone who are dependent upon it how to become independent . The good' effects are . peculiarly visible in the boys , who , in favourable weather , pass an hour or two of industrial farm-training daily . The consequence ia , that when they areptit out into the world , they know how to handle o > spade , understand something about tho rotation of orope , and a few other things connected with agriculture and floriculture . No > fewer than seventy boys have been trained and sent out into the world during tho six years that the I schoolmaster haa boon in office . Wo are informod that oil theae boys are now doing well , aa soldiers , Bailors , dorks , Bhopboye , &o . Tradesmen aud ompldyera prefer a UnioA boy to others born among the . pootfer olaenea of tho diatriot , because they aro better educated . W « oro glad to state tlmt the guardians of the Thftnet Union fully appreciate the-vaHnble acrvicoa of thoif Bohoolmoutor , Mr . H . O . Holloway , and hftVc

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2131/page/10/