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      meats with a very limited allowance of cash . They are in the condition of the Irishman who had to cover his lon <* legs with a short blanket , and they are resorting to every species of device for taking the flannel oiF one part and laying it on another . The last notion which th&y nourish is , that the Emperor jNapojleo ? t will supervene with a di-vine power , and permit the Bank of France to suspend

      cash , payirt ' cats . ; thus jmpartii > g the value * of gold to tlie Bank paper . The trjkjk has "been trwd so often , that nothing short of a threatened rebellion would make astute Napoxeon give into it ; but the French are so wild on subjects of papermoney and loans , that we would not undertake to pronounce upon the impossibility of any insurrection on that subject .

      Our own Bank continues to make head against an increasing pressure . It has at last refused to make advances on , Government securities , the effect of which is that it declines to assisfe the gentlemen on the Stock Exchange in their operations ; and it inay perhaps hamper the proceedings of banks , especially in the country , where they sometimes use the Government securities as a species of circulating medium for very large sums

      ^^ aa ^ EHMHnMIH ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^¦¦^¦•^^^^^^^ P ^^^^ P ^^ BH most inter *<* ting chapter of which is Grelet ' s capture in TXevr York » comes a wonderful letter , given to the world by the Times as the experiences of an "Eye-wifaaess , " ona railway in Georgia . It is a story of-vvliicfetlis personages areiuiraedA ., B > O , I > , And so forth . A jilt enters the train ; her lovers wrangle ; and a series of duels ensues , quite as absurd as the Reform Club duels some years since . There was this difference , however , that in the Rteforoa Club duels the man challenged never would accept the challenge , but challenged the second that brought ifc him ; whereas in the Georgian duelling several

      of the duels took effect , and " the bodies" were left on the ground , or put into the baggage-van ; and a general debate on duelling was diversified by a systematic bullying of the young woman—the jilt- "The writer in another paper has discovered that the Eye-witness who records all these horrible facts does not in a single instance state that he saw any of tho murders ; and in one case he did not even hear the report of the pistol ; for the duel was fought " with ' Monte Gristo' pistols that naake no report . " It is , indeed , a " Monte Cristo " story . ' ¦ - -. ;¦ [ "" . . . . ' ¦ ' ¦ "¦ . . ¦

      and may be obliged to sell them if they prove to be inconvertible . The Horning Post almost an nounces that Government intends some stepprobably a permission for the Bank to iss ue an increased number of notes—as if that would do any good ! Meanwhile , the Bank continues its accommodation on commercial bills—the ¦* most legitimate "branch- * of its advances | and it is observed that there is no embarrassment in trade .

      . Meamyh . ile i . toqj the dark side of trade continues to be as eventful as ever . Mr . John Macgbegor comes forward with Ms defence , which amoimts to a statement that he was not the founder of the Royal British Bank , nor in any way connected , save as he was drawn in by others . It is rather a pity that Mr . John Macgregob did not maie this disavowal while tlie Bank was a rising project , that he did not repudiate the firm before the days of its adversity .

      The Eoibson " irregularity" seems likely-to be eclipsed by the Grei / et-Carpjentier embezzlement of shares . The story is simple . G-ret / et professes to be a most respectable person , well connected , and so tried in probity , that when M . James be Kothschild entrusted him and Carmentier with shares worth .. 200 , 0000 / ., they kept the property for some years , arid returned it safe . Cakpentier became M . de Rothschild ' s cashier , GJrixet the under-cashier . They began to dabble in stock-j obbing , —first with cash , then with M . he

      Rothschild ' s shares , which they sold ; and then with other shares , which they stole for the same purpose ; squandering all the money in profitless speculations , and bolting when they were found out . There is the whole tale—unless Grelet should fulfil / his threats , and make disclosures about high personages in Paris and on the Paris Bourse who have made fortunes in the twinkling of an empire ; and whom , he says , he could gravely compromise . These disclosures would form Vol . II . of M . G-REtiBT ' s romance of real life , and the ¦ volume would be highly interesting .

      Another noble name lias been mentioned on tlie Stock Exchange of our own West-end society ; but the surprise here is , not that a nobleman should lave bolted , but that he should have gone o / f for so small a sum as 5 O 0 OL Another scion of nobility , Lord Ernest "Vane , is under arrest at Brighton , for the most brutal

      and stupid of practical joking with a . young Cornet , whom the Lord and his accomplices tried to drive out of the Fourth Light Dragoons by systematic persecution . On the whole , the Belgravian classes , nobl e and moneyed , are presented before tho world just at present in interesting aspects . Anaougthe American news of the w < 3 ek , the

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      THE SUBSCRIPTION FOB ITALY . The members of the committee -will hear with gratification that tlie liberal press of Belgium has circulated the reply to the Genoese Address , and that , in Piedmont , tlie Italia e Popoto , the Unione , and the Diritio , with other journals , Have acknowledged , in cordial language , tlie efforts of the English friends of Italy . The immense meeting at Newcastle-on-Tyne has somewhat surprised them . " With pleasure and with gratitude , " says the Unione , " we transcribe in . full the Address of the English committee , as published in the Leader—that journal which has interested itself so deeply in . the fortunes of our peninsula , and in its projects of liberation , thus evincing once more those sentiments of philanthropy and of fraternity which ; have endeared it to the heart of every Italian . " We do not hesitate to quote tliis paragraph , because it applies to the friends of Italy in general no less than to ourselves , ; The following correspondence has passed on the subject of the Ten Thousand Muskets for Italy : — ( copy . ) " Mr . G . Crawshay has the honour to present his compliments to th . e Marquis d'Azeglio , Minister of Sardinia . " Mr . Crawshay has received an application from some gentlemen in this country , who are acting in connexion with a committee at Genoa , "whose object is ' the purchase of 10 , 000 musketaj to be given to the first Italian province that rises against Italy ' s foe , ' viz ., Austria . " Mr . Crawshay begs respectfully to inquire of the Minister of Sardinia whether such a proceeding on the part of Sardinian subjects is lawful ? " Gateshead , Oct . 8 , 1856 . "

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      ¦ HJHMMHHHHllMI HIUBaMMiiBbMHM 986 ¦ ¦/• .,. ¦ ¦ . ; ' ¦; _ j T ^ E- tij . A p-E 3 ^ . [ No . B 43 , Sattjud at

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      ( copy . ) " The Marquis d'Azeglio presents his compliments to Mr . Crawshay , and begs to inform ftim , in reply to his note , dated 8 th inst ., that not being acquainted with the result of certain legal proceedings instituted with reference to tho subscription in question , ho is unable to give a positive answer to the question therein contained . " 23 , Park-lane , Oct . 11 , 185 G . " THE SUBSCRIPTION LISTS . The first list is composed of " OfFerings for the Emancipation of Italy , " forwarded by James Stanfield , Esq ., the Honorary Secretary : —Joseph Cowen , jun ., Newcastle-on-Tyne , 101 . ; W . IT . Ashurat , 101 . ; James Stansfeld , 51 . ; Two clerks , 1 / . Is . ; W . Bonsorsfriend , 11 . 3 s . ; Miss I'inch , Liverpool , 1 ? . ; Dr . Little , 11 . ; Mr . Mudic , Oxford-street , 3 ^ . ; John Bennett , 11 . ; Henry Jiutterfonl , 3 d ; John Asten , 3 d . ; Isaac Argent , 6 d . ; "W . Smith , 3 d . ; James Bryant , 3 d .. ; John "Watts , 2 a . Gd . ; Austin Xlolyoakc , 2 s . Gd . ; George Jacob Holyoako , 5 s . ; Ricciotti Garibaldi , 2 s . 6 < 1 . : total , 33 £ 18 s . The second list is for the " 10 , 000 muslcets to be given to tho first Italian province which shall rise against the common enemy , " forwarded by J . Moriton White , 8 , Percy-street , Bedford-square : —G . Montnzi , 1 / . 12 s . 6 'd . ; N " . N \ , 4 s . 2 d ; Albion , lOd . ; John Bull , Is . 8 d . ; A . Herzcn , 21 . ; Count Pepoli , 5 s . ; W . 9 . Landor , 51 . ; W . Johnson , 5 s . ; It . L . 5 a .: total , GZ . 14 s . 2 d . For the 100 cannons to fortify Alexandria : —Birches Greon , 21 . 2 s . ; B . Smith , 21 . 2 s . : total , 41 . 4 s . Subscriptions to be given to Joseph Mazzini for the Emancipation of Italy : —J . Cowen , Jun ., Newcastle , 10 ? . 10 s . ; J . S ^ ansfeld , 61 ; Sir John Fife , Newcastle , 5 / . ; M . S ., 21 . ; Mrs . Fletcher , 31 . ; N . N ,, 10 s . ; Two Clerks , 1 / . Is . ; Sir John Forbes , 1 / . Is . : total , 28 / . 2 s . " The Thundersliowcr , " painted in water colours by Barbarn Leigh Smith , to bo raffled for by forty subscribers of 10 s . Gd . each , tho proccedH to bo given to Gcnoral Garibaldi for the " Emancipationof Italy . "

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATH S Thbe * men—Joseph Crosland , James Wriffht artii \ i . Bolton—have lost . their lives in the Newton Coll !« T near Feirybridge , in the West Ridin g of Yorl-sl ^' They were descending the shaft of the colliery vlrirtTfour h « ated and twenty-six feet deep , when the sides of tiie = sl » ft suddenly collapsed , and a large quantitv ! f earth and other material fell upon them . They W m killed , and their bodies were not recovered till tvek hour * after , though great exertions were made to reach Awn . Ufao primary cause of the accident is supposed to have been the late heavy rains . i ' > eu

      The inquest on the body of Robert Kenrick am ™ who lost his life while attending to one of the i > i , m 1 ) s x ~ which the water is "being raised from the Bryn Mu 11 pv colliery , was held last Saturday before Mr Thelwiif the Coroner for the Wrexham division , of the countv The chain by which he was being lowered into the Dit suddenly broke , and he fell to the bottom . This chain bad been in tise about eighteen or nineteen years and had been employed again since the accident . The jurv after a short deliberation , retiirned a verdict of " Accidental death , " but expressed an opinion that the chain was unsafe , and that it was the duty of the deceased to examine it . They recommended that a ropo should be substituted for the chain , some of the witnesses having

      expressed a preference for rojies , any defect in which can be more readily detected . Kenrick was a very zealous workman , and had exhibited such devotion to his duties since the inundations that he could hardlv be got to take any sleep . The mine has recently been flooded , and it is feared that several lives have been lost . The depth of water in the pit has lately decreased ; but the men have not been aide-to- reach the upper workings . The fate of their thirteen missing comrades is still , therefore , a matter of doubt , although , even if they escaped drowning at the time of the inundation , it is hardly possible that they can have sustained life during the time they have been buried in the mine .

      While the Tyne , which has just arrived home with the Brazil mail , was at Rio de Janeiro , the piirs « r , the doctor , and the chief steward ( Mr . Cotterell ) , went ashore . On their return to the ship , accompanied by two passengers in a shore boat , the vessel was struck by a sea and upset , and the whole party were immersed . They -were soon picked up again , witlx scarcely any damage done , except Mr . Cotterell , who was found to be dead . V " . '¦' ' ' -. " [ . ¦/¦ ¦ . \ " ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ .. ;¦ , ¦ . , : ¦ ' ¦ ' , - ' . ' ; '' ¦ '¦ . ¦' . ' ¦ ¦¦ During the voyage of the Lancashire Witch from Portsmouth to Tasmania , Ensign Lewis . Harrison ' ,, of the 11 th Regiment , fell overboard from the poop , mid was drowned . The high sea running , at the time . prevented any assistance being rendered . A fatal accident occurred in Oxford-street , near tlie top of New Bond-street , on Monday . Three children were attempting to cross the road at a time when it was thronged with vehicles . The children ' were in tlie centre of the road as an omnibus came along , and , before the driver could piilL up , the children were < being trampled . .-upon by the horses . Fortunately , the wheels went clear k of two , but the other , a little boy , was thrown under the | wheels , which nearly severed his head , from his body . A boy , eleven years old , has died at Somcrs-tovni from hemorrhage produced by a rupture of the jiorta . He had come home from school about a week before , complaining of great internal pain , which ho said was caused by a kick given him by a schoolfellow- Although unable to return to school , no inquiries were nirulc , hot was any medical man sent for till after several days . It was then too late . At the inquest , one of the boys at the school stated that ho -witnessed a quarrel between the child whose death was then being ; inquired into aud another boy ; that they both went out of the room , and that the former shortly returned , crying , and saying ho had been kicked . However , there was no evidence directly implicating the other disputant ; and an open verdict was returned .

      A very shocking accident has just happened at the Piraius . One moonlight night , a person dressed in n burnous passed near a French sentinel ; tho latter , having hailed tho man three several times without receiving an answer , fired . A French dragoon officer , who had witnessed what had passed from n 'neighbouring window , ran to the spot , and on lifting up tho wounded man found that ho was the Major of tho battalion to which the sentry belonged . Tho Major died of his wound , n" » was buried on tlie 3 rd instant . l A locomotive engine exploded on Thursday evening at Bolliow nnd "Vaughan ' s Iron WorUa , Midtlli- 'borotigh , near Darlington . The engineer and . threo men were lulled . An inquest lias been held at Ivedclington ( says the , Bury Posf ) on tho body of Emma Cliont , Hgod two years , i who , it appeared from-tho evidence , of tho grandmother , was running across tho room with a knife in lior baud ,. whon she foil down , and tho knifo ran into her month , : Tho grandmother pulled it out directly , but . tlie cluW j wna doad almost instant ! }' . A surgeon made ii ( mortem examination of tho body , nivel found nn inched wound at tho back of tho mouth just above tho swaHo ^' i extending to tho spinal marrow . There wan not tho slightest wound on tho tongue or lips . A vcrdiot oi Accidental Death was returned .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1856, page 986, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2163/page/2/