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    T H E X E A D B K *¦ ¦ Ttfn 445. October...

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    X ^ V ^« - **• ¦ 7 — ~ r-Tetze on Thursday , to recommend to the Consiliarii ^ Ser person to represent the college m the medical £ K under the new act , and to report to the college Sreon . A new college , under the title bf » The British College of Graduate Physicians , " under the presidency of SifJames Clark , is being organised , its promoters Steady number nearly three hundred , whilst those of the present College of Physicians are under sejfen hundred A charter for the new college is shortly to be applied for . It is said that serious differences exist in the council of the College of Surgeons as to the right of the members to vote at the election of a representative from the college at the medical council . A powerful organisation of the members is now being promoted , with a view of asserting their right of voting , and the opinion of leading counsel is to be obtained on the subject . Should the council persist in excluding the members from voting , the subject will come before the Queen s Bench by mandamus . Rajah Brooke on Missions . —At the annual meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel , held at Liverpool on Monday night , Sir James Brooke said— "That India and the whole world will be evangelised , no Christian man can for a monient doubt , but as to the time it may take to effect this object our opinions may vary very greatly ; the object will be effected , but you must wait God ' s own time to effect it . It is not by any sudden flood of zeal that you will do it now , more than zealous men have done it before ; but by patience , and wisdom , and the gentle teaching of that love which our religion inculcates , that we must , and may , and will in time lead to the conversion of India . When it was endeavoured to introduce Christianity in Borneo , a Slahomedan said that it appeared unreasonable to expect the many thousands of the natives to turn Christians , and added , " Don ' t you think it would be a much more natural mode of procedure that you ten or twelve Christians should become Mahbmedans , and then we can all live very peaceably together ? " But I must tell you that exactly in the same proportion as the Christian has been earnest , the Mahomedan has been earnest too . Whon there were only half a dozen Christians in the country , when their devotions were necessarily in their own houses and in private , there was no Mahomedan mosque at all . You n ^ ver saw a Mahomedan say his prayers ; but directly our church arose , and the bell rang to give ¦ warning that service time was come , directly our services were attended upon , up started Mahomedan mosques ; five times a day did the Mahomedans pray , and the large drum , on which they beat at service time , was sounded . And this may all teach that earnestness in " the one religion begets earnestness in the other , and that vou must look on that not only as a good effect but as a difficulty also to the propagation of the Gospel . We have a great work to perform , and we have to perform it in the mode pointed out to us , with a most unbounded feeling of charity to those unfortunate heathens among whom we live 5 and not only to pity , for pity they won ' t bear any more than we would , —not only to pity , but to live with them , and to do our duty to them as man ought to do his duty to man . Short of this , I fear there will be little success . " Evening Service at St . Paul ' s . —Extensive preparations are in progress in St . Paul ' s cathedral for the approaching evening service under the great dome . It is not the intention of the committee to erect any galleries . The whole of the largo area will bo filled with hundreds of chairs , in a similar way to those used at the recent services in Westminster Abbey , the marble pavement buing entirely covered with matting . The Comet .- —Mr . liind says that the comet will arrivo at its Ioast distance from the earth " about midnight on , the 10 th of October , when we shall be separated from it by rather over 51 , 000 , 000 miles . Its maximum brilliancy will be attained the day previous , when the intensity of light will bo twice as strong as at the present time . During the absence of moonlight in the evening hours for the next ton days or upwards the comet will form a splendid object in tho western heavens . On the evening of October 5 , tho nucleus will make a near approach to ArcturiiH , tho principal star in tho constellation of Bootes , which , according to tho above calculations , will bo near tho border of tho tail during tho early part of tho evening , and us it descend ** towards the horizon may possibly be enveloped in that appendage . If tho sky bo clear , this close approach of the comet to so conspicuous a star will doubtless prove a very interesting phenomenon . At G p . m . their distance will be little more than one-third of a degroo . It is not probable that tho comet will bo visible in this country after tho end of tho third wook in October , unloss a fow daylight observations bo subsequently proourod . Tub New Loud Mayor—According to annual custom on Michaelmas-day a common hall was hold at tbo Guildhall , for tho election of a Lord Mayor for tho ensuing yoar . Alderman Wire stood first In rotation , and was elected in tho usual manne r to the ofllco without opposition . In the evening tho Lord ' Mayor entertained tho Lord Mayor elect , and n numerous company , at tho Mansion House . ISmiouation to Tkxas . —Mr . Cordova , a gentleman from Texas , has delivered a lecture before tho Cotton Supply Association at Manchester on tho value of that

    State as a cotton-growing country . He also pointed out its advantages to such of the working-classes of England as are disposed to emigrate . General Campbell , a Texian , avowed himself to be a pro-slavery man , and intimated that if Englishmen went to Texas with a view to meddle with her institutions , i . e . with slavery , they must be prepared for Lynch law . . • Health of London , —The return of the Registrar-General exhibits a favourable condition of the health of the metropolis . The deaths declined last week to 9 o 5 , which is less than the average number by 150 . Scarlatina , however , is still very prevalent and fatal , the deaths for the week having risen to 125 . The number of births was 1 . G 57 . Dr . Letheby also describes the health of the City as most satisfactory , and the number of deaths much below the average . Servers Commission . — The City Sewers Commission held their meeting on Wednesday at Guildhall . In reference to the fall of houses in Pilgrim-street , it was said that the culpability lay entirely with the owner of the property , and that there had been no neglect on the part of any officer of their court . A resolution affecting the ventilation of sewers was passed , ordering that the reports of the medical officer and engineer on the subject should be referred to the improvement committee , to consider if any of the plans should be tried , and to estimate the cost ! " A petition concerning the slaughterhouses in Newgate-market was read r and the ordinary business being transacted , the court adjourned . The Order of the Bath . —The Gazette announces that the dignity of a G . C . B . has been conferred upon Lord Elgin , and that several of his colleagues have been made Companions of the Bath . Wkewon Inquiry . — The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the abuses and defalcations at Weedon , have felt the necessity of conducting their further proceedings at the place . They spent the whole of Wednesday in inspection . They visited the various departments , so that they might make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the mode in which the business was carried on . The inquiry is assuming a very interesting and important character . The great boot question was gone into pretty freely on Thursday . A Northampton bootmaker , who had supplied Government with boots at the rate of 3000 pairs a month , stated that at times quantities had been rejected , which he had brushed up and sent in . again , when they were passed . One contractor was shown a pattern of a pair of boots , which he said he would undertake to furnish at 10 s . 6 d . a pair . This was a sample of the 20 , 000 pairs purchased by Mr . Levy at 5 s . 2 ^ d . a pair . Several contractors whd we re examined expressed the opinion that an umpire should be appointed , to whom an appeal might be made when goods were rejected by the inspectors . The Indians of Columbia . — The Aborigines Protection Society have addressed a communication to Sir E . B . Lytton on behalf of the Indians of British Columbia . They pray that measures maybe adopted to protect the Indians against the aggressive violence of the gold-diggers , especially of those who come from California , and whose inhumanity to the red men is proverbial . They also earnestly plead for the recognition of Indian rights , and strongly urge that compensation should be made for surrendering these rights . Lord Carnarvon , in reply , states that " the welfare and interest of the race have not been lost sight of in the instructions which Sir E . B . Lytton has given to the governor . Leeds Mechanics' Institute . —An evening meeting was held iu tho Town Hall , " Leeds , on Wednesday , i » y tho Committee of tho Leeds Mechanics' Institute and Literary Society . Lord Goderich was in the chair and several notabilities assisted . In the course of tho evening Lord Carlisle make a speech eulogising tho society and wish 11 g prosperity to kindred institutions . Sir Roderick Murchisori alluded to tho formation of the British Association by throe or four Yorkshireinen ; and also bore testimony to the eager thirst after knowledge displayed by working mon in London and in the provinces . After a . speech from Professor Owen , Mr , Monckton Milnes , M . P ., addressed tho audience upon art-education in a very eloquent discourse displaying a slight tendency to recommend the beauties bf the pr . o-Raphuelitc style . In the course of tho evening Lord Godorich distributed tho medals and certificates obtained by tho successful candidates from tho Leeds Mechanics' Institute at tho recont competitive examination of the Society of Arts . Tim Biutish Association . —Professor Phillips has delivered a lecture at Leeds , to tho numbers' of tho British Association , on " Tho Ironstones of Cleveland , " which was listened to by a numerous audience , nnd elicited a vote of thanks ut its close to the able lecturer . At tho sectional meetings on Saturday papers of much interest wore communicated in the several departments of science . Tho Association hold its final general mooting at Lcods on Wednesday , which was very numerously attended . General Snblnu read the resolutions of tho general committee , on subjects affecting tho interosta of scientific iiiyostigatioli , and fiord Mo , iitca , glo addrosBcd ' tho members , remarking on tho success and ploatuiro that had attended this year ' s meeting . Tho president , Professor Owen , expressed tho obligation under which they lay to tho town of Leeds for the liberal arrangements entorod into for the accommodation of tho society .

    ¦ The next meeting of the Association is to take place at Aberdeen . Forthcoming Elections . —The elections for the boroughs of Reigate , Guildford , and Leominster , in which , seats are vacant by reason of the late members haying accepted office under the new Indian Government Act ,, will not take place until , the meeting of Parliament . The Candidates for the borough « f Reigate are Mr . Wilkinson and Mr . Monson ; Mr , James has not formally retired , but he leaves his election in the hands of the constituency , and , if he should not be put in nomination , the general opinion in the borough is that Mr . Monson will be returned . Mr . Evelyn and Mr . G . uildford Onslow are still the only candidates in the field for the borough of Guildford , and the contest between them is likely to be a severe one . —Mr . John King , of Rosehill , near Ipswich , has published an address , offering himself as a candidate for the representation of that borough . Mr . King comes forward on strictly Liberal and independent principles . He declares strongly in favour of the ballot . Reigate Election . —The Hon . Mr . Monson , who boasts considerable local family influence , and Mr . W . A . Wilkinson , the late Liberal member for Lambeth , are at present the only candidates actually canvassing the electors . Mr . Edwin James , Q . C , has not lately taken any active steps . It was at one time believed that the election could not take place until some time after th ^ e meeting of Parliament , and that the vacancy could not be declared until then , but it is said now that the newwrit will issue in the course of a few days . Mr . Ruskin . —This gentleman has returned from a tour in Switzerland , where , we presume , he has been continuing and extending his studies on " Mountain Beauty ; " and Mr . Layard has proceeded to Italy to explore lost treasures of art , which are almost as effectually buried under Italian whitewash as were the Assyrian antiquities . Lord Shaftesbury ' s Harvest Home . —Last Saturday the Earl gave a good old English dinner to the peasantry on one of his estates in Dorsetshire . In the course of a long address , his Lordship said : — "If you Will but go zealously into the work before you—more particularly into those large works of drainage I am carrying on now and shall continue to carry on for the benefit of the estate—it is in your power to realise such wages as mav place you and your families in a far superior condition than hitherto . But when you make these wages , recollect they are not to be expended in idleness and indulgence . Above all things , beware of the pothouse ; above all things beware of drink . It is the great , the besetting curse of the working population of these realms . " His Lordship then alluded to the system of evening classes which lie was endeavouring to extend , urging them to avail themselves of the advantages thus afforded , and afterwards proceeded—JS ^ ow , my good women , I wish to say a . few words on the responsibilities which rest upon you . I wish to impress upon the women , especially the daughters of toil , how great are your responsibilities , how vast your power , and what a wonderful influence you can cx " ert over those committed to your care . He then alluded to the admirable example set by the Queen to every one , even "to the poorest in her dominions . His Lordship said—" There can be nothing more beautiful or more simple than her domestic life , nothing more respectful to her husbano , nothing more tender to her children ; but of this I am sure , that nothing would give her more delight than that we might be able to say— ' After all good as you are , happy and honourable as your life may be , your Majesty is no better than the rest of your subjects . ' Would to God we might be able to say it ! Do you labour to obtain that happy end ? I shall not be wanting , by God ' s blessing , to aid you in tho work . I have done what J . can ; and , by the blessing of God , I will go on . " Wrkcic in the Baltic—Tho steamship Invincible , on her passage from Cronstadt , with a full cargo , was entirely lost on the 25 th ult ., near Hoglnnd . The passengers and crow were saved , and have arrived at Stockholm . Madame Ppeivfek . — The indefatigable traveller , Madamo Ida Pfeiffor , has arrived at Vienna in a very delicate state of health . She intends henceforward to live a very retired life with her brother , who resides at Xoiistadt . Tub Gukat Institution of Pkwb . —Tho Western Daily Prc $ s says : —A eireumstanco occurred at Thornbury Church on Sunday which has caused much excitement , and is likely to " load to a serious disturbance in the parish . It is a forcible ejectment , during service , of two porsons—a female , named Sly , and a man , named Williams— -from their seats in the church , by two policemen , acting under the orders of tho churchwardens . This was in the morning . Miss Sly returned in tho evening , when sho was again ejected by tlio churchwardens , on which nearly one half tho congregation roso ana loft tho church . Williams has been n conunimie «»« « " « attended tho church for nearly forty years , i ho cliwrcnwnrdone , wo iu'o - Informed ; mjuiro tho seat' « » « " "" £ named Dolby , ono of whom has recently 01 oned a boarding-school for ladle * . The d sm . to * ' » . ° ° " &»*« on for several wook * , and Miss fcib' hna ^ vriUon to to bishop , who declines ' to interfere , rotorng 1 or to to vicar ( Kov . S . I ' . Tbwnsoiul ) , who in turn leaves tho

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101858/page/11/