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Leader (1850-1860), 17th October 1857, Edition 1 of 2, Page 986, Untitled Article

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      money will pay a large price for the accommodation . The chief . cause , of course , has been the difficulty hi the United States ; hut that which most especially forbids the hope of any veay favourable , or any sudden reaction is the state of the Continent . Tlie ganic has now extended . itself toj"V'ierma $ . where- ifc has been raging in these latter days .. Here the position is exactly the reverse of our o \ vnu There is com * paratively restricted trade , the protective system . of Government keeping , down comrciovce to tke

      .-mimmum ; and the State is not only-a beggar , bat bankrupt . " With such a state of tilings all around , France cannot sustain her artificially puffed-up show of prosperity . The Bank of Prance has been obliged to raise its rate of discount to GA-, and the shock to commercial , confidence i&much greater in Paris than in London . Though liere we are in some agitation , and ' another bankruptcy ! ' is a daily exclamation—it is indeed sometimes heard more than once a day .

      The Queen of Spaik lias taken new advisersthat is , new Ministers . Narvabz has given place to ; General Arilero , ami Spain has neither lost nor gained by the arrangement . Only in all these changes of men , the Queen's tendency is to go further and further from constitutionalism , and to lose sight of the fact tliat , if , as the Times says , Spain is an absolute kingdom , I > on Cahlos , undeniably ,- ought , to he king-.

      "While Royal Prussia is gradually fading out of life •—the reprieve just announced being only temporary —Royal Sweden , is obliged , in invalided abdication , to look on while his eldest bom , as Prince Regent , reverses his policy ; introducing' a despotic spirit into Stockholm , and' equally threatening to antagonize Russia and Liberalism . The second elections in the Danubian Principalities appear to be little more acceptable than the first . At the beginning of the week there was a report current that the British and Austrian Ambassadors had jointly protested against certain malpractices and irregularities ; bat it was denied . It turns out , however , that the report was veil founded . The Austrian Commissioner in the Principalities has forwarded to M . de Pjrokbscii a document setting forth a great number of illegal proceedings in connexion with the new elections ; that document has been submitted to the Porte , avul will be laid before the Paris commission . The probability that the

      solution of the whole question will be such as was described sonic weeks back , namely , that the institutions of the two countries will be alike , but separately administered , is strengthened by the circular despatch sent by Aaii Taciia to the Ottoman Legations at the Courts that were parties to the treaty of Paris ; and this , not-withstanding a rumour tha , t the Emperor Napoleon is putting forward one of bis own house , Prince Joachim : Mtjrat , as a candidate for the Moldo- "Wallacliian throne .

      ' Another railway accident I"" Sucli is the daily cry . That is , another case in which a number of Uelpless railway travellers have hud life , and' limb , and licaltli sacrificed'by the brutal neglect of ortlinavy and reasonable precaution on tlio part : of railway servants . On . Wednesday , tlie-G . 30 morning train from Cheltenham toMilford Haven reachedj about noon , a small station oalled-Pylc , next to Port 1 Talbot . H . was tcu minutes behind ' its timo . Word ¦ was brought that the line ahead was blocked ' up by a bro"ken-down truck belonging to an Irish goods train .

      A messenger was Hcnt lor \ va . rd , with ordors to return and report when the line was cleared . Now comes the scandalous ncgleot of' caution . Without waiting for the return of the messenger , a t' an order given by some one in authority—by whom , it is not at present al « ar— -the train was driven back for some distance , thoiv crossed from , its own ( tho down lino ) cm to tlio up lure of rails . It wont forward , passod tho spot wlieio it bad . been delayed about a mile , an d' then nn . up-trninj known' to be overdue , woBseen . approaching' at its usual speed . It MPkb- too lister to * oyoi d * a collision : tho two engines

      met like rams ; and—tlic consequences arc not difficult tbi imagine . Now , supposing the case to be as war- hawa stated it , we say it should be made memorable by / tlie punishment awarded to the authors of the catastrophe . But , moreover , strong measures must immediately be taken to extOKbfiom railway companies preventive'security to passengers . At the .-end of' last weekewe bad a train ; on . fire on tlie Great ) Western line , and ,, a . few days later , anotlier train , going from Carlisle to Lancaster , was-on fire .. In both these cases the danger- was * of the most stalling khuh , and the uii ' erin ^ s- of the passengers such , that possibly

      some of them will never recover from their effects ; in both oases the terrified passengers could do nothing ; to make known their situation to either the engine-driver or the guard ; the men going- on unconscious of tho state of the train in their charge . Fortunately , in one oase , the danger was observed by a policeman , and in the other by some labourers on the line , who gave the alarm , and . so prevented the occurrence of a frightful calamity . But as things now avc , the passengers of any train that leaves u station arc exposed to the danger of being helplessly burned to death , witli . no hope , and

      barely the possibility , of assistance from the officials whose duty it is to sec that tlicy are carried in safety to their destination . As the railway authorities -will not do anything to remedy this monstrous evil , the Legislature must compel them . What is clone on American and Continental railways for the public safety and convenience can be done on ours . Perfect means of communication between passengers , and guard , and between guards and engine-drivers , must at once be established ; arguments against the imperative demand for this arrangement are all futile : it must be done . '

      Another murder !'—the third dail y cry . There seems just at present to be a rage of homicide in men's minds . The red stains of no less than eleven atrocities of tliis kind are fouling the columns of our newspapers . With quick tempers it is now not merely a word and a blow , it is a word and a mortal stab or razor-gash . A man and his wife have a tipsy wrangle- —he ' throws himself upon her and cuts her throat . Two brothers get into a dispute about family matters—worsted in argument or abuse , one plunges a butcher ' s knife into tlie other ' s licart . A . party of five Roman Catholic dockr labourers have a theological discussion—two of the live arc stabbed , one mortally , the other within an ace of death . A son is dissatisfied with his father ' s

      mode of conducting the business of a farm , —he places a gun at tlic cheek of his sleeping parent and shoots him dead . On the mind of one man , a farm-servant , the idea of murder has taken such hold that he cannot resist the impulse to start up and stab to death two of his follow-scrvants , a man and his wife , who have looked in upon him to inquire after his health . In the Leigh Wood case , a woman is murdered apparently for a low pounds which were in her pookcts , and for the contents oi two or three boxes of wearing apparel , of no great value . The Waterloo-bridge atrocity brings Ibis catalogue of horrors to a climax , compared with which we may almost say with SiiAKsrJSAitE , " All murders past do stand excused . " The ' rains ol blood' of tlie old annalists and of old' Magazines ol Wonders' are no longer apooryphal .

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      THE INDIAN REVOLT . A somewuiaos brighter aspect is presented by tire newacreceired from India during the present week Lucknqw " is-reported safe ; the rebels have been da- * featod in several encounters with our troops ; Evr& and Nicholson have augmented the brilliant cir-i loguo of successful encounters with the bnPm « Outnim is in the field ; the .-additional atteimX at insurrection have- been promptly suppressedthere have been no more wholesale massacres- ( W teed * India continued undisturbed ; and all were fool ing forward hopefully to the assault of Delhi fhl newspaper- despatches from Alexandria ami IJar seilles , and the Government despatches from Cn » li ' , i-f and Malta , state : — - " o' ^ -u

      " The intelligence from Delhi extends to the 30 th of August . The siege train was expected on the 1 st or 3 rd of September , after which the plaoe -would prokblv be immediately assaulted . On- the 26 th of August a body of the rebels , which left tlie city with tlie object of intercepting the siege train , was attacked by Geneial Nicholson at Nujufghur , and utterly defeated , ivat ' lx loss of all their guns ( thirteen ) and their qrnp baggage . On the 30 th of August , some of the enemy ' s breastworks were taken between the Sammy-house and

      the town . The mutineers inside the walls only number 17 , 000 , of whom one-fourth are cavalry . " On tlie 1 st of September , General Outram was at Allahabad with strong reinforcements , and was expected to reach Cawnpore on the 9 th . Lave bodies ' troops were marching from Calcutta towards " Allahabad which city , together with Benares , is threatened by the Oude mutineers . The garrison of Lucknow , it was thought , - would be relieved on the 15 th of September , up to which date it was confidently expected that tbey could hold out without difficulty .

      " At Agra all was well . A detachment from the fort , under Major Montgomery , attacked a body of insurgents near Allyghur on the 24 th of August with complete success and trifling- loss on our side . The ooth liengal Native Infantry were disarmed at Ghazeepore on the 10 th of August . Seventeen prisoners were executed for treason at Sattara on the 8 th of September . " The alst Native Infantry mutinied at Peshawuron the 28 th of August . By the following day , the mutiny was completely crushed . Mutinies of part of the 10 th Light Infantry at Ferozepoie and of' a portion of theoath at Hazura , liave in like manner been promptly suppressed .. At the" former place , Veterinary Suryeon . Nelson lias been murdered .

      " The garrison at Arrah , after being relieved , by Major Eyre , had safely- reached Dinapore . Eyre had subsequently attacked Koor Singh at J iigdospom Tlie rebel force had been broken . The insurgents were trying to make their way to Delhi . A small portion of the 5 th Irregular Bengal Cavalry had mutinied at IJhuugulpore . The 23 rd Fusiliers had arrived at Calcutta . Lord Elgin left for Ilong-Xong on the 3 rd of September . ' Central India , the Punjab , and Hyderabad country ,

      continue undisturbed . The remainder of tlie Jou ilpore Legion have mutinied , and anarehed towards Nti ^ eerabad , from which station troops have been sent to intercept them . At Neemuch , park of a squadron of thu " 2 nd Bombay Light Cavalry mutinied on the 12 th of August ; but the troopers were disarmed . The 89 th Regiment has arrived from the Cape , and been sent to Deesa ; w the 95 th was hourly expected . Tho Madras and Bombay Presidencies were perfectly tranquil . The Moluuriun had passed off quietly in all . parts of India . " Tho waters of the Ganges and the Jumna areliigher than ever . The excessive rains render tho inarch of the troops very difficult . " Exchange at Bombay ( September 17 th ) closed at 2 s . ljjd . Government securities had improved , but again receded to 80 for , 4 's and 90 for 5 ' s , owing to low quotations from Calcutta . Prices of imports continued to advance . ¦ "Sir-II . Locke haa arrived at Suez ; by the Horn lay , and states that affairs in India are a shade Ik-Hit . "

      The Trieste correspondent of tho Times , tinting from that place on tho 12 th instant , says that tho steuiuor , Australia , which had just arrived thcrelrom Alexandria , brought dates from Calcutta to tU-o 10 th of September ; from Madras to tho 15 th ; nml from Ceylon to the 20 th * He gives the following summary of news :: — " Tho safety of tho garrison of Lucknow wis looked upon as perfectly secured . Intelligence , dated LiKtknow , September 2 nd , had been transmitted by ( . Jenwvil Ncill . A second successful sortioh-ad been miulo , tw < H' " ( ;' ' " tared , and . a large quantity of provisions brought into tho fort .

      "Tho steamers Cleopatra and Penelope , with 400 Royal i Wolah Kuailiers ana 208 men of tho Royal Arlillory , had coaled at Gnlle , and gone on to Calcutta . is stated that soino 2500 troops were known to luivc arrived at tho Mauritius . " Tt is affirmed that tk « - troops nt Bhopniil linvB rebelled .. The liogum , - who continues friendly , has al ™ " . scut away the JLluropeans £ u safety . . " At Calcutta , tho prices , in the oxport-marUol had « c clinch Tho import-market continued dull . Monoy -w oxoeaaivelyscaxoo . The Bank of ljengal refuse to ma-

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      '¦ " - "¦ ¦ ¦ . . . '¦ . ¦' - . ¦ ' ¦ •¦ ' ¦> '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " ' ' " f : — " """" m 985 T HJE _ L _ E A D E E , _ . _ ... l > o . 395 , October VI , 1857 .

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      Forkion Kukfians . —Under tliis heading , the Times gives publicity to the following statement : — " Iiatlien more than thiee wceka ago , onfe of my younger sons , about ton yearB of ago , was passing through London , on his way to school , under tho care of an older brother , a aixtli form boy at Harrow . The day waa extremely wet , and the little boy wa » carrying an ^ umbrella , to shelter himself , from the heavy , ruin that was falling . As he was passing uj > Regent-street , near tho Circus , about two p . m ., ho accidentally pushed against ; or in some way incommoded : with hia . umbrella , one of the numerous fovoigners who swagger about that vicinity , with red caps on their heads , and sticks in their hands .

      The ruffian immediately turned round and followed tho chilli , and struck him from behindi a violent blow on tho head with the knot , or handle of hia stick .. Ilia brother , who was just in front , turned round on honring tho child cry , and , having learnt what had occurred , followed tlio assailant , and , fortunately mooting a policeman , almost immediately , gavo thfi mau in charge . The . policeman gave every attention to the complaint , but Baid that , as on examining tho child ' s head ho did not find any blood , ho had no authority ' ti > tako the assailant into custody . A '» a- considerable crowd had collected , and tho boya wore only passing through London , and could not stop without vory great inconvenience , tho older brother thought it bettor to lot tho matter drop thoro ; and I do not know that ho could have woll'dono otUerwieo . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 986, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2214/page/2/