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      his return to New York , the city of his adoption , wher e * say his friends , he has been steadily rising to fame and fortune . There are no further accounts of Mr . John Mitchell ' s future movements ; "but , as his popularity has been sadly damaged by his insane career as a journalist in the United States , he is pretty certain , should he venture on Irish soil , to meet with but an indifferent reception from many of his former disciples and admirers .

      1002 The Leader. [No. 493. Sept. 3, 1859...

      1002 THE LEADER . [ No . 493 . Sept . 3 , 1859 .

      Generalhome News.

      GENERALHOME NEWS .

      Tut Co'.:Ut.R—The Queen And Prince Conso...

      Tut Co ' .: uT . r—The Queen and Prince Consort , with Prince Alfred , Prince Arthur , Princess Alice , Princess Helena , and Princess Louisa , arrived on Monday afternoon at Buckingham Palace from Osborne , and ( with the exception of Prince Alfred ) left for Scotland by the Great Northern railway at nine o ' clock the same evening , arriving at York at Uvo o ' clock the next morning . At Biggleswade , -where the first stoppage took place , her Majesty expressed her perfect satisfaction with the arrangements made for her convenience and comfort . Shortly afterwards the curtains of the royal carriage -were drawn , the lights dimmed , and her Majesty retired to rest . The

      royal travellers were not disturbed until their arrival at Sf :. Margaret ' s station , Edinburgh , at eight o ' clock in the morning , when they immediately proceeded through the Park to . Holyrood . The Prince of Wales met his parents at the station . Early in the afternoon the Queen , having taken rest after her journey , walked but in the grounds of the Palace , accompanied by the Prince Consort , her Majesty having previously viewed the new fountain from a front window , and expressed her admiration of it . At four o ' clock her Majesty , accompanied by her children , drove to Dalkeith in open carriages , and spent a short time in the grounds and interior of the Palace . The Prince Consort did not leave

      the palace at any time during the day . The Queen gave a dinner party on Tuesday night . Her Majesty loft Edinburgh for Balmoral at nine o ' clock the next morning , arriving at home at six in the evening . It was a very-wet afternoon . ^ ~ ¦ Pj & ince Alfred . — -The Prince arrived at Dover at eleven o ' clock on Monday night , accompanied by Major Oowell , and embarked immediately on board the Admiralty yacht Vivid , Commander Allen , which had been brought there from Woolwich for the purpose of conveying his Royal Highness to Calais , whence he proceeds , by way of Paris , to Marseilles , to join the Euryalus in theMediterraneari , his leave of absence having expired . Tub Governok-Geneiial and Lord Stanley . —A paper from the pen of Lord Canning revives

      the question as to the Indian executive in Oude . It is in reply to the last of the despatches of Lord Stanley . The Governor-General says , in this minute , that he does not seek to prolong the discussion , but only to rectify some mistakes or misapprehensions . Lord Stanley had intimated that the celebrated Oude proclamation , was altogether objectionable , because merely intended as a menace . His lordship had also said that the proclamation had been cancelled and not acted on . Lord Canning quotes from despatches of Mr . Montgomery to show that the proclamation has not in any sense been cancelled , and that compensation was not only tidopted but put in force . Where there has been persistence in rebellion , says Lord Canning , the sentciiuo of confiscation has been a reality , and not merely a menace . -

      Tjum Pujuhc IIjuajltju . —It appears from the report of the Registrar-General that the health of London is now in an average state . The deaths in the week ending on Saturday last wore 1 , 2 ^ 7 . Last week the births of 840 boys and 870 girls were registered . The Tuscans and Lojijd NonMANirr , — , Tho head ot the illustrious house of Phipps has got into hot water with some of the most distinguished champions of the liberal cause in Tuscany , The Marquis hiul printed tho speech he made in the House of Lords on tho affairs of Italy , and addod some notes . In one of these ho spoko disparagingly of tho Provisional Government of Tuscany , and oven

      represented the Socrotary-Gonoral of thq Foreign Ministry us guilty of " rogueries . " Tho Secretary wroto to t | io Marquis with groat indignation . To this Lord Normanby made no reply , but ho sepins to havo replied to M , Ubaldino Pcruzzi , anothor member of the Provisional Government , who also complulnod of being unfairly attacked , and of tho publication of a "little adventure " which , if true , would havo boon most dishonournblo to the writer , The whole aflair has laid Lord Normanby open , on this ouca & lon , to tho severo rebuke of tho Secrotary-Gonoral , that " ago and decmpltudo seem to give a license to tarnish with impunity tho roputiUloH «© f honest men . "

      AuuaawD Connui'xjoN at Buuwiou . — Tho Vonhprn Reform Union havo boon prosecuting their inquiries into the political condition of

      Bur-^ mBMaaMBMWMn MBonradaBMHMMnn wiek .-upon-Tweed , where there has been such a closely contested election . They assert that gross bribery was practised at the last General Election by the Conservative party of Berwick . 'That the petition against Messrs . ' Gordon and Earle was withr drawn by the Liberals upon condition that Mr . Earle should vacate his seat and allow Mr . Marjoribanks to be returned unopposed . And thirdly , that while the body of the electors were entirely ignorant of this arrangement , there is reason to believe that not only Messrs . Gordon , Eai'le , Marjoribanks , and their legal agents , but also the Secretaries to the Treasury of both the late and present Administration , Avcre privy to the transaction . These are serious accusations with which the . House of Commons will have to deal , for Mr . John Brady has given notice that he will call the attention of the House to the circumstances when Parliament

      . . Post-Office Regulations . —An important postoffice notice has been issued in our columns to-day , by which the public will learn that on the 12 th September next the late evening delivery will be extended to many additional places within about six miles of the General Post Office . Certain conditions are stated as necessary to be complied with , as to letter-boxes and care in attaching the proper initial letters . The Rival . Cuukciimex .- ^ On Sunday there was a repetition to some extent of the flagrant scandal in St . George ' s-in-the-East Church . The morning service was conducted by the Rev . ' . Frederick George * , S . C . L ., Of St . Edmund Hall , Oxford .

      Mr . Lee appeared at the altar , in the vestments of a Roman Catholic priest , the ordinary ecclesiastical habit ; of a clergyman of the Church of England being entirely dispensed with . The reading desk was also ignored by . bini . He knelt in front of the altar and intoned the prayers , and when the time came for reading the lessons that duty was performed by a . layman , who ascended , the desk habited in a plain * , white surplice . At the close of the communion service-Mr . Lee ( who had-previously-dispensed . with the Litany ) ascended the pulpit in his robes , consisting of a yellowish white cloak fastened t : lose round the neck , all the trimmings consisting-of broad gold lace embroidery , with . a cross woven into the back . The sermon , or rather the last half of it , consisted of a general condemnation of the press on account of

      its malignity ; of the Church , on account of its apathy ; and of the mob of St . George ' s parish , who were followers of Beelzebub . His sermon , so long as he kept to his text , was one of a much higher character , both for lucidity of argument and sound ' evangelical teaching , than one generally hears in-London pulpits . Although of the simplest character , it was clearly the work of a gentleman and a scholar . There was ah overwhelming congregation at the afternoon service . The Rev . Hugh Allen , M . A ., the lecturer nominated by the vestry , preached a sermon of a highly explosive character , upon the subject of damnation . Towards the close the rev . gentleman begged the congregation to depart peaceably , but 1 , 000 persons waited for w hat is called the rector ' s service , which commences at four o ' clock . At four o ' clock

      the churchwarden announced that the service was suspended , and after , a few hisses and groans , the churchwarden , with the assistance of the police , succeeded in clearing the church .

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      ¦¦¦¦ MOi ^ HM ^ M ^^ B ^ MM MHHHaHaMHMHBaDaMMBBiS ^ H ^ M stands . It has been lately stated more than once that the Thames now rolls , a much smaller volume of water to the sea than formerly , * th 6 ngh . the fact was ascribed to the removal of old London-bridge , and the increase of people on its banks ; but it is now more probably explained by less rain falling on the surrounding country . We will not refer to the filling up of the port of Rye and the increase of land in that neighbourhood and other parts of England as evidence of the gradual increase of dry land and a decrease of the space filled by water-on the surface of the globe , because

      there are places where the sea makes encroachment , and it would be difficult to ascertain , without going into many particulars , which increase preponderates . Wd must remark , however , that in all countrie s traces of dried up streams are met with ; but within the historical period there are few or no examples of new rivers coming into existence . It was mentioned incidentally the week before last in our journal that the Dnieper at lviey was drying up . The redoubted plains of Troy can with difficulty be recognised or traced because the rivers mentioned by Hoiner , whose descriptive topography is not doubted , either cannot be found or they are now such

      insignificant streams' as to fall far below tho descriptions of the poet . Crossing over to the other side of the Mediterranean it is known .-that about ' the mouths of the Nile the water is becoming shallower ; while there is reason to believe , from the growth of sand in the neighbourhood of the river , and other circumstances , that the volume of its waters has boon within tho period of . history sensibly diminished . The Baltic is known by recorded observation to be decreasing . The Adriatic derives its name from a town that is now eighteen miles from the shore , and was once ci

      flourishing seaport . ISor : h America is sensibly draining . The rivers are slowly , like the ISuigara , wearing away the rock , and occupying a lower bou . America oh the Pacific Ocean is notoriously rising , or the ocean which surrounds it is ; sinking . The Deluge is a very early jevent in the history of mankind ; and it is consistent alike ; with ' , sacred and profane history to suppose that ever since that period , as well as immediately after the first few days when the dove found her resting-place , ' the waters of the earth have gradually dried up .

      A theory has lately been started . tnat the globe is continually increasing in size . In the opinion of Captain Alfred Drayson the earth grows , and lie assigns a number of good reasons for his opinions . Every day almost we read accounts of plants and animals found many fathoms deep which havo at one time flourished on its surface . We see the surface continually strewed , autumn after autumn , with leaves and branches and trunks . of treesandnumerous plants , which wither and continually form a new coat , though it be as thin as a coat of paint , on the surface . We read of fossil coal being found close at hand , and of modern formation , which , as coat above

      coat become deposited , will by-and-by become deep-seated coal . The bulk of the vegetable products that annually cover the-earth and annually decay , adding , probably , to its size , are formed from the water which falls from the atmosphere . They derive their subsistence from it much more than from the earth . The same may be said of men aud animals . The bulk of the human body consists ct water -, and of the whole , as of the bodies of animals , some elements always remain , increasing the solid matter of tho globe . As the population of the earth increases , this conversion of fluid into solid matter

      increases . It is probable that ns man is multipli e on the earth , gradually , and the animals he / cuds on are multipled with him , there takes place , from this cause , a diminution , however small , of tliu water of the atmosphere . As the space covered by wuter on the " suriaco of tho globe diminishes , evaporation will be pro tanta diminished . There will bo , less water takon up , and less will fall . With all these and a great many similar facts the diminution of rain , as asserted by Mr . Gla'isher , is consistent . They run together , and one explains tho other . We merely stato a few facts , and enter not into any of the speculations they suggest .

      Wo must , howevor , remark , that on tliu uniformity and stability of tho laws of naturo instinctively assumed and boliovod , rest all kmnvlolgo «» a all reasoning . If it bo a fact , tlierelore , that the . quantity of rain which falls has been continually diminishing through a puriod of fortyfour yoars , the slow and gradual diminution of ruin must bo considered as a general fact—as tliu normal condition of tho globe . If this bo true , it is gradually , though oxtreinoly slowly , decreasing in mud matter and increasing in solid matter . Must ol tho changes which geology traces in thu crust of Hie globo havo boort in progress for rnanv ages , unj ii iVom tho Uglit . which tho gttuiual diminution of ruin rofloots on many geological phenomena , wo w . u'fl induced , at starting , to cfosoriljo it as oin . of ( lie nw >« t momentous discoveries , should it be eoiiflrinyil , tluu observation hv . n over made .

      . DIMINUTION OF RAIN . The following interesting observations are taken from the Illustrated London Ncuqs : — In tho quarterly return of tho registrar-general ending with Juno it is stated " tho deficiency in the fall of rain from the beginning of the year is li } in . Tho deficiency in the years 1854 , 18-55 , 185 (> , 1857 , 1858 , amounted to tho average fall of one yearviz ., 25 iif . From a careful examination of the fall of rain ( year by year ) from tho year 1815 it would seem that the annual fall is becoming smaller , and that there is but little in'obability that tho largo deficiency will bo made up by excess in future

      years . " Should this statement , made by Mr , Glaisher and adopted by the registrar-general , in a document issued by authority , bo confirmed , it will constitute ono of the most important discoveries over made by meteorologists . Undoubtedly it needs to bo verified by observation in many quarters ; and now that attention is directed to the subject , tho registers of rain-fall , which havo boon kept in many places for a numbor of years , will , on being referred to , soon confirm or dioprovo it . Wo'venture to say at once , however , that it apears highly probablebocauso consistontwlth manyothorphonomona—that the quantity of rain which falls on tho earth is very slowly and gradually diminishing .

      Last week Isir Samuel Potb renvindo'd the public that Pimlico was a few yours ago a more swamp , and porsons still living may rumonibcr Lambuthn marsh . An old friond of < oura wont snipe-shooting In his youth , amidst rushes and water , whore Bedlam now

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03091859/page/6/