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    \2%& '^_______ THE LEADER. [No. 451, Nov...

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    crease of 84 over the previous week . One favourable feature in the return is a decrease in the deaths from scarlatina , which have fallen from 156 to 138 . The number of births for the week w as 1806 , Another Electric Cable . — A Munich letter states that a plan is in contemplation for establishing an electric cable across the -Lake of Constance , in order to unite Lindau to Switzerland . The negotiations which iare been for some time going on for this undertaking are nearly brought to a close . Sporting Vicissitudes . —The death of Mr . Ridsdale affords a sad example of the vicissitudes of sporting men . Years ago he had a hundred horses , and was ¦ worth thousands ; he died with only threepence in his pocket , and . a sub-scription saved him from a pauper ' s funerals—Bury Post .

    The Queen and the Canadians . —Although state reasons prevent her Majesty from responding to the unanimous desire of the North American provinces that she should visit that portion of her dominions , her Majesty ha 3 seized the occasion of the presence of several of the Canadian Ministers to acknowledge the loyalty of her North American subjects by paying marked honours to their representatives . The Hon . Mr . Carrier , ona special invitation , joined the Royal circle at Windsor Castle on Saturday and remained until Monday . "We are sure that this proof of the interest which the Queen takes in British North America will be heartily appreciated by Canadians . —Canadian Neics .

    The Bttrial-ground Atrocity . —A meeting was hdd in Camden Town on Tuesday night on the subject of the desecration of the dead in St . Martin ' s Cemetery . Great indignation was expressed by both speakers arid audience at the outrages which , have been perpetrated . Resolutions were adopted strongly condemning the conduct of the parochial authorities , and declaring that all lawful means shoiild be employed to prevent the execution of the powers which they possess . The deputation appointed by the meeting to bring the facts before the Bishop of London , had an interview with his Lordship on Wednesday . The Bishop seemed at first to be at a loss to know " what advice he should give , but ultimately he recommended the deputation to apply to the Consistory Court to revoke the faculty by virtue of which the" desecration had been perpetrated .

    A Xkw Idea for Dr . Claiming .- —A country gentleman , Mr . M . Cely Trevilian , has written and published a handsome octavo of five hundred and eighty pages to prove that Louis Napoleon is the Beast of the Ajjoealypse . The Russians at Nice . —The correspondent of the Daily News writes from Nice : — " Russian families continue to pour in by steamer and . by post-chaise , and the Sclavonic element decidedly prevails here . The shop-¦ wzndows contain mysterious placards in Russian characters which communicate the pleasing fiction that « Russian is spoken here , ' while the confectioners indulge in a display of Russian , liquors with singular names , which completely cast into the shade the exhibition of pickles and sauces in the British groceries , formerly one of the ornaments of the place . You cannot

    enter the club without seeing a Russian gloating over the coarse flattery addressed to his national vanity by the Nord of Brussels . It is impossible to enter a library or reading-room without perceiving Mrs . General Stikinomudovitch making earnest inquivies for the address of Mrs . General Gruboffsky , and hearing her rate the master of the establishment for ignoring that important information . The Russian young ladies are charming specimens of the sex , but their mammas generally have a hungry and discontented expression of countenance . Their papas are tall , slim men , with moustaches , who seem eaten up by spleen , while their brothers wenr bright-coloured kid-gloves over dirty nails , and seem to think breaking the bank at Baden-Baden the noblest achievement within the grasp of man . "

    Visitation by the Bishop o » London . —On Thursday morning the proceedings connected with the Primary Visitation of the present Bishop of London commenced , in St . Paul's . They wore of little more than a formal character . Considerable Interest is felt in Church circles as to the Bishop ' s charge , and the manner in vrhich he will deal with the many vexed questions of ( in ecclesiastical nature which have agitated the diocese . The charge , it is expected , will be delivered on Wednesday , in the presence of more than a thousand clergymen . Cbybtax . Pa . iaoe . —Tho difference between the thick atmosphere of London and the sunny weather of Sydenbtun was illustrated on Wednesday , when the fog in

    town in the morning necessitated the use of gua in tho banks and offices of the City , At Sydenham the sun snone forth with unusual splendonr , giving tho visitors who ascended the water towers an uninterrupted view for many miles . Tjnc Registry op this Court ojt Probates . —The vast accession of business brought Into tho Registry of this Court by tho Probate Act of 1807 has rendered an enlargement and extension of that Registry absolutely indisponsablo . It will be matter 1 ' pr surprise , though perhaps not of ploaouro , to the publio , who are nil more or less interested in tho safe custody of wills , to learn that largo masses of these documents have been removed from tho Old iProrogativ © Registry and placed n St . JPsnl' a Cathedral , and , wo bollovo , in other

    localities . At the same time , we receive frequent complaints from solicitors and others whose business leads them to the Registry of the great inconvenience to which they are subjected , not by any want of aid or attention on the part of the registrars or their subordinates , who , it appears , afford the public every assistance , but simply and solely by the overcrowded state of the building , which is quite inadequate to hold either the wills themselves or the officials to whom their custody is confided . For this state of things we believe her Majesty ' s Commissioners of Works are to blame , who obtained a

    grant from the Legislature last session towards providing a suitable Registry , but have hitherto neglected to apply it to the purpose for which it was intended . We have heard that the delay has been caused by a " grand scheme" which the Commissioners have in view of buying sufficient land around the old Registry to build a new Registry and new law courts , for which , as for most other grand schemes , a further heavy grant will be required from Parliament ; but what the public want is not " a grand scheme , " but a proper Registry , and to this want her Majesty ' s Commissioners will do well to turn their immediate attention . — 7 'iines .

    American Association isr London . —A number of American residents have established in London an association for social and charitable purposes , aud have opened a suite of rooms at 14 , Cockspur-streer , as a place of reunion . In addition to possessing the character of a club , where American travellers can obtain the latest information from the United States , the Association affords advice and assistance to deserving American citizeus in distress . The institution has bei-n so highly approved by his Excellency , Mr . Buchanan , President of the United States , that lie has , at his own request , been elected a member . In speaking of it as a long-felt want , he expresses his pleasure that this want has been supplied , and is rejoiced to believe that the Association will be eminently prosperous and useful . From our knowledge of the gentlemen who constitute the body , we arc persuaded this belief will be realised .

    Short-time Movement . — -A crowded meeting of operatives engaged in the building trade was held in Exeter Hall on Thursday night . Their object was to demand from their masters a reduction of one hour in each day ' s labour , at the same rate of wages , the period they now work being ten hours . They adopted a memorial to the master builders . ef London , praying for the concession . One of the speakers pointed out that if they accomplished their object they would then have some time to devote to their intellectual improvement , and also be the better able to agitate for their political rights .

    on a number of men , without , in many instarcas it seems , having previously made any direct stipulation aa to wages . The men , many of whom were in a state of destitution , appeared gladly at first to . have resorted to the board and lodging accommodation provided by the contractors ,, but , subsequcntlj' disgusted , by the reductions made in their wages for this consideration , they raised the cry referred to , and left their work . Thccrv was soon changed to one for higher rates of wages , the men advancing their demands from 7 s . 6 d . a day to 10 s . The men " on strike" held out from the 1 st till the lGth instant , when they succumbed , " and accepted the terms of Messrs . Kvans , Merry , and Co ., which liad in

    the interval been improved by the addition of tents wood , and water . Several strikes , too , have recently occurred on the Melbourne and Murray Railway Works and , on more than one occasion , were attended with serious disturbances . Affairs at one time looked so threatening , that it was found advisable to despatch a strong police force from Melbourne to protect the officials and those of the men who were willing to work . The demands of the men on this occasion were to be paid at the rate of 19 s . a yard for ballast , or 12 s . a dav , and « i proviso that there should be no sub-contracting . "We believe that the disturbances have since entirely censed and that work has been generally resumed . —Melbourne Herald , Sept . Id .

    Difficulties of a French Invasion . —It lias been broadly announced in letter and pamphlet , vehemently declaimed on hustings and at banquets , that an arwv of 100 . 000 men could be transported in twelve hours from Paris to Cherbourg . Those who know the facilities of . French railways-might ' have some doubts as to the conveyance of such a body in < ucli time with the means at their disposal . But supposing these 100 , 000 men , with all the material of war , guns , horse ? , & c , fairly deposited in the ( Jump de Gare , or at the gates of the dockyard , the question ariseshow are they to reach the shores of Kngland ? The Zouaves and Chasseurs de Vincennes are depicted by French writers as leaping ami charging on board ships , and carrying them by a grand , charge of bayonets ; but we are riot called upon to believe that , like the paints of

    old , they can make n marvellous passage of the Channel on their great-coats . They must be transported ; ami how ? A hundred thou . ^ and men would require 100 ships of first-class power for themselves alone , besides those for the « itns and horses . Calculating the difference of burden and the , impossibility of collecting so many large vessels , it may be assumed that two hundred of oii « class and the other -would be ruquircd- ; and this we believe to be a supply which the naval and maritime resources of France would not be equal to at one effort . Even if they could be furnished , where could they be disposed of at Cherbourg ? The Rade and the basins could not hold them—so that the space alone would compel the embarkation of such a body to be n piecemeal aftair , even supposing the necessarv means to be available . — Blaclacoutl .

    Moorish Magnates at Wooiavich . —Hadj AInrby Attar and a party of Moorish officers of distinction in the service of the Emperor of Morocco , on a special mission to this country for the purpose of purchasing guns and other war materials , as stated by themselves , two of whom spoke English with tolerable fluency , -on Thursday visited the departments of Woolwich Arsenal , under an order of the Earl of Malmesbnry . They each wore the Ottoman fez , and were habited in the rich and decorative costume of their country . Their appearance attracted such a degree of curiosity among the labourers , who happened to be leaving the Arsenal at the time of their departure , that it was found necessary to despatch a party of police constables to escort them to the railway station .

    Gallant Rrscxmc ov a Dhownino Max . —As tlie Roval JUail steamer Tyne was leaving the douk at Southampton , last Monday , for Brazil , a seaman fell overboard , striking lus head against the pier as he tell . The crowd confined their energies to shouting , with the exception of heaving a rope to the stunned Biuoijwwai he could not see , Henry A . Cowper , Esq ., LhiSM . Consul at Pemambuco , happening to come up ntuio timeleaped from tlio pier , '' accoutred as ho was , just in

    Ckystal Palacic . —Return for six days , ending Friday , November 12 th , 1858 : —Number admitted including season ticket holders , 11 , 400 . Dinner to the Mavoxi of Biuminoiiam . —In order to mark the third election of Sir John Ratcliff to tho office of mayor , a banquot was given by the corporation , on Tuesday evening , to Sir John , The health of the Mayor was drunk most enthusiastically . The Mayor , amidst loud cheers , said that when he saw around him those who had elected him for the third time to the high and proud position of chief magistrate of one of tho greatest towns in the kingdom , only made him feel more strongly what he had always felt , that not only was he prepared to sncrlfico whatever amount of money might be required to uphold and promote tho di g nity of his native town , but that if his life were required , ho would cheerfully lay it down for tho welfare and glory of Birmingham .

    , in time to seize the drowning uiun and place a rope his hand . The sailor was so confused and so entirely helpless that Mr . Cowpcr ' s own situation became perilous . Tho seaman-carpenter of he Tyno seeing tnw , jumped into the water , and by hia exertions and tlio niu of a bowling-line , all three were safely hauled in . »> a understand this is the second occouiun on which air . Cowper has been so fortunate as to rescue a lollow-crcature at tho risk of hia own life .

    Wills , & c—Special probate of tho will < md seven codicils of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle , Bart ., has been granted to Charles Wade , solo executor ; tho personalty sworn under 12 , 000 / . The bequests are numerous , ana there aro several annuities . Ho has bequeathed nn annuity to his eldest sou , tho present Baronet , and to ttia youngest son a legacy of 12 , 000 / . Tho estates nre scoured for the benefit of tustutor ' s grandson , tho oldest son oi oh Chalonor Oglo , Bart ., who i * nlno residuary logntoo . jiinrrlage portions aro assigned to the ilnnghloM ofSir UmW ** it . —The will of Lioutenniit-Coluiiul . Mm Marshall , JIM Regiment , lato of Brynnstone-streot , Mary cbonp , ww proved by his executrix , to whom ho has b «< l « "" olsowhere

    Pubmo Works / mp Labour in Australia — Geolong was tho scene of high fostivity on tho 20 th ultimo , the oocnaion being tho official inauguration of tho work ? of tl » o Goolong and Ballarat Ruihvay . A procesaion , luncheon , and ball , were tho thrpo chief collateral Incidents of tlio event , subordinate of course to the Initiatory ?• excavating ond navigating , " which was performed by hia Excellency Sir Honry Barltly , in tho presence of several thouaauds of tho citizons . The

    liehis oatatod In England , Scotland , Franco , or , absolutely . — -The will of George Samuel CoJlyor , i . s . army agent of Parlc-plnco , St . Jninos ' s , was nrovoiuy George Stone , Henry Scott Tumor , and Bdwnrd JenkMifl j Eaqro ., tho executors . To each ho hae loft n loff « ° y of 800 / . Ho has bequoathod tho estuto at a « f » tf ? j Suffolk , to his nopliow , tho Rev . Thomas Co'l vcr , w » his life , and then to 1 . 1 * two daug hters , *«"" . * BJla Georglana ; to each lie has also loft a legacy ol «" '„ : £ } and 80 , 000 / . to his daughter , Charlotte ! . *> »> <» ° J J surviving son , George Samuol Collyor , 7000 / . 4 >««« Stock , and 200 / . to each of his clorka , tho residue to 1 « nophowa . Tho will la dated 17 th March , ltJW . *» noiwmaUy oworn under 180 , 000 / . — Illustrated Jyows ,

    monatratlon paaaod off moat auccesafully . So excellent a beginning it was hoped would havo operated aa a favourable induction to tho real work , but only a few days subsequently occurred an event which completely dispelled any illusion of tho kind which tho holiday feeling might havo produced . A largo number of tho labourura employed on the line by Messrs . Evana und Merry struck work In consequence , as they nllegod , of an attempt on the part of their employe ™ to introduce the " truck and tommy" system . Tho contractors had taken

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13111858/page/10/