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      hoisted on the life-boat as it was borne to quarters was a noble revenge for Habtstein ' s gallant pride in striking his flag to a British officer . The splendid prosperity which , brings abundance to the prosperous classes is offiasang terqj & tiiatts to the predacious class , HSostafflthe movements ait home axe exactly those of last week contirraeH . The agitation against the Tncous & itax . goes on . Sir John Pakington has beeu jacafferring wJLtb-3 Kx-Cobdeu , which implies a further union for fire promotion of education . The controversy on

      transportation proceeds , and Colonel Jebb is in the ; field vindicating the existing system , which both sides declare to be tad . But the movement which goes on with the most vigour , energy , earnestness , aad devotion of party , is the great fraud and thief movement . We have new instances ofiraad-. this week , and a capital account of Sawabd ' s frauds . Indeed , from the garotter , who sticks liis left elbow in the small of your back , and places the hollow of the right elbow around your throat in front , to the member of the Stock Exchange who has levanted , we have every variety of depredation carried on with spirit

      and enterprize . The City article of the Times notices , that frauds upon public securities are much more common than they were supposed to be ; but we do not .-know that tlte private securities are at allmcVre spared . Policeman Comptccn is discovered to have . an intimate knowledge of the inside of premises , the outside of -which he ought to have known , tie inside of which he ought not to have known anything about . Bttt , as we learn at the trial this week , policemaa Cosiiton was a thief . " Handy-dandy !" -. says -the old cynic , " which is the justice , which the ttnef ?'

      R [ S Lfertileiktureribmide & Singular E...

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      T^Timo-Nial. Dr. Livingsto N. A Meeting,...

      T ^ TIMO-NIAL . DR . LIVINGSTO N . A meeting , very fully attended , was held at the Man-Bion-House on Monday afternoon , to consider "the project of presenting a testimonial to Dr . Livingston , in approbation of the services rendered by him to commerce , science , and civilization , by his discoveries in South . Africa . " The Lord Mayor presided , and among those-present ( besides the distinguished traveller Mmself ) -were the Bishop of London , the Bishop of Victoria , Mr . Raikes Carrie , M . P ., Mr . Gregson , M . P ., Alderman

      Challis , M . P ., the Hon . A . Kinnaird , M . P ., Sir Roderick Murchison , Colonel Sykes , BaTonDamier ( Haytian Ambassador ) , Sir C . "Wentworth Dilke , Mr . S . Gurney , Sir Peter Laurie , Sheriffs Mechi and Keats , Mr . J . Dillon , Mr . Gordon Camming , Dr . Risdon Bennett , the Rev Canondiampneys , the Rev , Thomas Binney , Alderman Hose , Alderman Wire , Mr . J . P . Gassiott , & c . In the body « f the Egyptian-hall were the Lady Mayoress and a large number of ladies . After addresses from the Lord Mayor , the Bishop of London , Mr . Raikeg Currie , and the Eev . Canon Champneys ,

      Dr . Livingston , who was received with great enthusiasm , gave a brief account of some of the districts Yiaited by him , confining himself , howover , mainly to a geographical description . He stated that he intended to - write an account of his travels , to which ho referred those preeont for more minute information . Tho Zam-* eao -river , ho nald , would form a great highway into Southern Africa . Jf they entered this river , as they Wght do , in a uteamer of light draught , the country on eaoh * ide would he found flat , covered with coarae grass andfew inut and

      , a coco < - mango troes ,. forming a delta much larger than . Scotland , and intoraected with pumoroua streams . About fifty miles up the river was about a m 31 e broad , and on tho right hand was a AV eU wooded country . Proceeding upwards as far as Senna they would Una a largo mountain , beyond which the rivor-was between ono and two miles broad . 5 £ r at least . five months in each year tho water was ™ 2 deep , and even during th / rest of The yoT tS s $ 2 . sk e ^ idi ? £ a ^ Arttha « S aivaly deep . As . aoon as one passed throutrh ti 2 r fflwrasfesSS **

      ereen twesu- The valleye were exceedingy , and , indeed , r fll tte . ooont ^ the north was of the same character . SHiere grew the sugar-cane ; and cotton and indigo gjewm ' M . Some interesting specimens of fibre he had tasnght home with him . On passing through the o-oap ^ TSie came to a cofikfield , some of jtkeaeeams of wkufli aSiowsffl the trainee crfT volcanic adum , Bar they were amarreo . There -wsse altogether on , the amrface elevwisseam ^ , iDne of wh *& he measured , and , Sound to be fitty-eight iinches in diameter . Round this oufl-field therewras aagdldTfield ; jpild inaaastate of vegynriinute diffusiaaiw » s'Tound ftutbesttmaas . About Imwrty miles beyond ffee village callea Tete--was a small rapid . If this were surmounted , one could go one hundred

      and fifty miles beyond , and the district round . about there he might call a paradise for hunters , tbecause he nevei saw anything like the quantity of game in any other part of the South . He knew all the country through which Mr . Gordon Cumming and . others bad hunted , and it produced nothing like the number of elephants which were in the district beyond Tete . Here , too , the country was ^ exceedingly fertile . Unfortunately , there had been Kaffir wars in that region , the natives being led into them "by people of Portuguese extraction , and , as they had no mother country to beat the expense , the Portuguese had been rather hotly pressed r and had , in fact , been shut up in . their fortress at Tete for something like two years . These Portuguese

      were not at all so degenerate as they were usually represented . He had found them most hospitable ; many of them were very intelligent and friendly men , and h « believed that in trade and commerce they would be as trustworthy as any other people . With respect to out own Kaffirwars he did not mean to say much ; but they had always wanted a Times commissioner out there , and he believed that if oue of these gentlemen had been entrusted with a mission before the last war this country would have saved more than 2 , 000 , 000 / . sterling . ( Cheers . ) He esteemed the people of the Cape , the descendants of the Dutch ; they were a most intelligent and hospitable people , and had adopted a-system of education such as we , somehow or other , could not manage to get introduced in England . The frontier farmers suffered very much from a Kaffir war , but then we ought to distinguish between the frontier farmers Tvith their cattle and the

      farmers who took commissariat contracts . He ventured to say that these latter gentlemen never lost a penny by a Kaffir war ; on the contrary , he was certain that they became enriched by one . ( Hear . ) Beyond Tete , in about 2 8 E . longitude , the country was beautifully watered and undulating ; a few years ago , it was densely inhabited , but now it was nearly depopulated . Ascending the ridge here met with , one came to a height of about four thousand feet above the level of the sea , and then began a gradual and almost imperceptible descent , until one came into a valley wonderfully supplied with rivers . The whole country was low in the centre , with elevated sides . After an extended observation , he saw clearly that this was the shape of the country , but he found afterwards that he had been forestalled in this , for Si * Roderick Murchison had broached the same hypothesis in a speech which had been sent out to him during his travels .

      Sir Roderick Murchison and others addressed a few observations to the meeting , and the following resol ntions were unanimously carried : —" That this meeting , consisting of merchants , bankers , and others , the citizens of London , hereby present to the Rev . Dr . Livingston their sincere congratulations on the signal care and protection of Divine Providence vouchsafed to him throughout his prolonged and perilous labours in exploring tae interior of South Africa ; and the meeting cherishes the gratifying assurance that the important discoveries of

      Dr . Livingston will tend hereafter greatly to advance the interests of civilization , knowledge , commerce , freedom , and religion among tho numerous tribes and nations of that vast continent . " —" That this meeting , highly appreciating the intrepidity and perseverance of Dr . Livingston in his extended and dangerous journeys , deems it incumbent to originate a pecuniary tribute as an oppression of their admiration and gratitude for liis disinterested and self-denying labours in the cause of science and philanthropy . "

      Tho subscriptions announced in the course of the evening amounted to upwards of 400 Z ., the Lord Mayor heading tho list with ton guineas ; the Bishop of London ton guineas ; the Biahop of Victoria , three guineas ; the London Missionary Society , 100 / . ; Mr , Itaikes Currie , ten guineas ; the Hon . A . Kinnaird , ton guineas , & c . Dr . Livingston has received the freedom of Hamilton . He has also been made an Honorary Fellow of tho Glasgow Faculty of Physicians and Surgeona , of which he was already a licentiate .

      Sir Robert Peel In Cap And Bells. The No...

      SIR ROBERT PEEL IN CAP AND BELLS . The now library in Adderlcy-park , Birmingham , was inaugurate on Monday evening by a dinner givonto tho members of the late bazaar committee , and subsequently by n meeting in tho Museum Room , at which SST P ^^ . J ^ Lyttolton , Lord Leigh , Sir Robarfc Main , f fr l > A , ddcrl ° y . M-l * -, Mr . M'Geachy , tho Mayor of BinniHgham , Mr . Charles Kadcli / r , and numerous ft ^ nds of tho institution . Tho great attraction orthio night wia n promised lecture by Sir Robert Tool on tuo Bubjoct of Jus experiences in Russia , in which tho

      . very . ^ jgive a law « gt * acts , a summary being out of the ques , ttuttx )—My l pawecl along the shores of Finland , and arrived within guashafeuQf that great fortress which Sir Charles Napier did ; not take . ( Loud cheers , laughter , end kisses . ) Some gmtlemen express dissent from what I state , but J believe tit is strictly and literally true . ( . Laughter . ) , 1 sawrthfctunighty fortress rising before us . I reflected naturally-upon . the past and upon the great distinctio n Jiaatrniight have resulted from any successful operations qqgpainst it . " We then advanced up the Neva , that great and mighty river which floi * s by-St . Petersburg . "V \ r arrived atvSt , JPetersburg sufficiently tired by the jour-^ *** ^ * " ^^**^ ^ **^^

      ney , and expecting to be overcome by the heat . Although it was in the middle of summer , it was bitterly cold ; the weather was very changeable , like everything else in Russia , and 1 had the greatest -difficulty to keepmyself warm . St . Petersburg is built on jpiles , and is always very subject to the east-wind . % Laughter . ') When , the east wind blows , -St . ' Petersburg has a chance of being done away with , as the public expected Sir Charles Napier would do away with it . { Laughter . ) At all events , it then stands a good chance of beingsunk in the water . It is not a very magnificent city , and does not strike one by its fine streets and buildings , after all . 1 % has nothing else but granite floors , with outsider all , paint and stucco . Its edifices are a great deception , as are

      most things else we have heard of in Russia . ( Laughter . ] . . . . The Marble Palace is so called because it is built of granite . ( Laughter . ") It i 3 the residence of that ' frank and open-hearted sailor , ' Constantine . Howl laughed when I read that description of Constantine's character . ( Laughter . ) You may remember what has been said about the distinguished Admiral Constantino . " With all respect to his Highness , I must Bay ; thet I . never saw a man who gave me less of the impression of « ' frank and open-hearted sailor . ' ( C heers and laughter . ) It is all soft sawder , you know . ( Laughter . ) ... . There was not muci to keep us in St . Petersburg , for we were so horribly fleeced by our innkeeper . ( Laughter . ) I hav e

      lived a great deal in that way , but I never in my life came across a man with such enormous ideas of the principles of ' doing . ' ( Loud \ latujhter . ) I am a maa who am satisfied with little , but our dinner every night cost us € 01 . sterling . { . Roars of laughter . ) It was perfectly monstrous . If I had not been in Russia , I should have lived with the police , but T gave up that notion after witnessing the -manner in which Russian constables knock people about . ( Laughter . " ) The police use . a sort of great antique fork , which they stick into their unfortunate victims , and then leave them-on-the jrround , instead of taking them to a lock-up or something of 'that kind . " ( Laugkfr . )

      This was the "way in which he travelled : — " There was no postilion ready for one of the six horses when we stopped at one . post-house ; but the director insisted that we must have six horses and six riders , and , to supply the vacancy , rushed into the crowd which had collected , seized the first person , put him upon the horse , and started off again . The man hall no-stockings or shoes on , but that did not matter ( laughter ) ; he soon got into a dreadful state from riding , anddiopped off . tle animal . The horses frequently became tired , and , wh « n

      they fell down exhausted , were le"ft by the roadside . The postboys suffered the same treatment-when they became unable to perform their duties . ( Laughter . ) I do not think I ever enjoyed travelling so in my life . " ( Laughter . ) Of the Governor of Nishni ho r « port 3 that he never saw such a brick while he was in Russia . " But he ( Sir Robert ) did not understand iRussian , and was therefore , he said , in the position of the man in the comic song , who went to France without having learnt " the lingo , " which caused him to " repent of it , "by jingo . " This Bet him ( Sir Robert )

      "Storing like a fool , Bilentae a mummy—There I stood , looking ' nation like a dummy . " ( This quotation was hailed with bursts of xnerrimon-t . ) He novor saw a man with such , a capacity for drinking as this brick of a Governor ; " Tmt he did not seem the worse for it . Genoral SurochokoiF was " a common man , whose sole anxiety was to impose on people who trusted him , " and who cheated him ( Sir RobartV Ho saw some lovely Circassian women , and wbb nearly engaged twico fcysome of them . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) JIo purchased caviare at 100 Z . per pound ; but it was nasty . The Emperor Alexander is n mild looking man , who receives a " God-like homage" from his people . Sir Robert gave several particulars of the coronation , much in tho same strain , and concluded in the midst of veliemont cheering .

      Sanitary Matters. Tne Following Is From ...

      SANITARY MATTERS . TnE following is from tho quarterly supplement to the Weekly Keturns of Births and Deaths in London : — . " Tho number of deaths registered in London during tho quarter was 14 , 118 . On comparing this result with tho numbers returned in tho lost quarters of 1852-55 , and taking tho growth of tho population into account , it will bo scon that tho public health was tolerably good ; and , as regards children , the reduction of mortality from somo of those dieoasoa -which waste infant life appears to show that it was rather hotter than uaual . But tho comparison now made shows only an improvement wluch

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 10, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10011857/page/2/