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    Miscellaneous. Lord Dalhousie Ox Mesmeri...

    £ er . It kmarv ^ ellotts how she cpold have ; slept in such a position : ner hip was resting on a ledge not six inches wide . Aer . legs hung down , and her body reclined on ; the ledge with ' her head against the cliff- She had been sedaced ; Jbui , her parents , on being written to , received her again with theutmost gratitude . for ; her , preservation . 5 S 8 ss . 2 froHTO * aAjyE has returned to her home in ; Derbyshire . Desiring , to avoid anything like a public reception , she eontrjved that the day and place of her landing ? nEngland should not be generally known . John Fxo & r , the Chartist , . arrived at Newport on Monday- His reception was most enthusiastic . A . coach dressed with evergreens and drawn by two horses was in Attendance for his reception ; but , as soon as he was seated , the crowd determined to do the duty of the quadof

    rupeds , and the coach was drawn by a number persons through the principal streets . On arriving at the wide space of ground opposite the Westgate Hotel , the scene of the sanguinary conflict between the populace and the militaryjI a ^ general cheer was given . They then proceeded along Commercial-street and down Llanarthstreet , and -ultimately stopped at a temperance hotel , from the window of which was suspended a flag with the portraits of Frost , Williams , and Jones , with inscriptions to the effect , that they were the subjects of Government persecution . Soon after alighting , Mr . Frost presented himself attbe window and addressed the crowd , to-the effect that the wrongs of the working classes could not be redressed , without the Charter . He concluded by promising them all the support in his power .

    Australia . —The yield of the precious metal at the various gold-fields continues steadily to increase , notwithstanding the temporary obstacles of winter , and the consequent cessation of operations on several goldfields . The respective amounts brought down by escort for the first four months of 1856 -were 962 , 040 ounces , against 589 , 337 ounces for the same period in 1855 . tTp to the 24 th of May , 1856 , 185 , 897 ounces had been received , against 120 , 424 ounces for the same period last year . The price of gold remains at 31 . 17 s ., with an active demand . The rumoured discovery of new gold-fields in the Gipps Land District , far removed from the locality of the known auriferous districts , has been confirmed by reports from the district surveyor . —

    A meeting has been held in the Theatre Royal , Melbourne , against the proposed State aid to religion of 50 ^ 000 / . The building was crowded . In this grant , all Christian sects are to participate in proportion to their numbers ; but the Jews , though of course contributing to the amount in the way of general taxation , are not to share in the division . Several Protestant sects , including many members of the Church of England , are opposed to'this grant ; but the Roman Catholics are almost unanimous in its favour . —Mr . Gavan Dnfiy is making endeavours to get elected for some district in the West . Having been asked recently if he would accept a Government appointment , he answered , That he might have come out to "Victoria as its Governor , if he had chosen to traffic in situations . It was an insult

    to suppose , he continued , " that he would accept an office under any Government . It was the glory of the Hew constitution that he had a perfect right to aspire , if he were fit for it , to form a Government , if ever the opinions he represented were in the majority . " Another Ascent of Mont Blanc . —An English gentleman , a < Mx . Foreman and his daughter , have Ascended : Mqnt ^ Blanc . The guides speak in ^ raptures pf ^ he intrepidity pf the young lady . Qn . their . return , . the adventurers were honoured , with a salute of cannon and much shouting . The ascent was accomplished in fifteen hours , and the descent » n seven—an unusually short time .

    -Tfra - Bftr ^ iaH Association . —rThe members pf the A ^ aopiaticn jwrent on , Qaturday . to Cirencester , and in the evening Cpjopel ( late Major ) Sir H . Rawlinson . read a lecture at , th 6 College , . Cheltenham , on the recent disttwej fc * . in Assyria and Babylonia , with , the results of cunjejfairro « aseprah up to the prompt . time . A great . jnany i ^ thjer ^ Qi ^^^ uic papers have been-read on subjects connected with various branches of science and letters . : JJarl ( Ihanville . —A telegraphic message has been received at the Council-office stating that Earl Gran-. ville and , all , his suite have arrived safely at St .

    Peters-Wffff-JSuipjppa . —Mrs . Enuly Mead , $ ho ., wife of a aUk-warehousero ^ u in , tho City , Jnas drowned herself in , the Thames while jjn a morbid afato of mind produced by various bodily ^ Uraents . A . surgeon , who bndbeen attending her , aid , at ( tho inquest that some . time since she had had a ^ dangerous confinement whiqh caused lior to bo lame . She ^ wj ^ a yery . deapondipg at tlfe time on account of being Jwnie . . S , lie was subsequently attacked wi , th sinqll-pox , " ffe ^ aB ^ r ? recently she had suffered from a carbuncle . i '« r (^ WtkJVMja engag ed to attend her , as her mind was ' # ? 5 *™» y » J ^ G 6 cited consequent upon the disease She had been

    W i ? W lflftfcfll Would never be fit to be seen , and that Sp £ ff-W ^^ R ^ W never die away . She had grar ^ X ^^** W B >' h <* wever , and the nurse had been dis-TW' ^ S j ' W Warned a verdict to the ejrect that , ane ' , W * f r Wp 4 ^ Prae ^ vi ^ e . in an umfound state of mind . r ^ A woinun , ? r $ w nara ^ f JUcjkptt , who has been for ^ Wne time past ^ deranged state , and under the ouro ¦ ?? . » ftfi eper , W hou ^ o * n * o the . XWfyflWw- The kpopor , haying Joft , her fora time , Mrs . iuckett managed on some pretext to pass the nuroe and

    ¦ walk up-staus . . Her daughteji ., followed , on which the , fflan | ac ^ ba ^ w , | t <« it , at her ,. fflnd * u & hjed in . to ihe back < ropm , on-the first floor . . Mra . vL ** ckett , £ ben attempted * o close the door i Uppn . her daughter and nurse , hut falling in , that , . xashed , to ^ h e w , ir » dow -and threw hersetf out . , S . he lingered . till Monday , w . heu she expired . —^ Another verdict oijeUjde « e has been gwren in ft case of suicide . A young , man named Powell , living at . Manchester , discharged a pistol into his mouth , and died in . about an hour . Jt , , app § ared ; that he was extravagant ,. had . . got iuto ( debt wijta a tailor , and had embezzled . The body was buried . at night without any funeral service .

    Abouttion of the Ojotice of Cursitor Babqn . — The office of Cursitor Baron is abolished by an act of the late ^ esaipn , and any duty of the office . may . be performed by the Court of . Exchequer , or any Baron of the Coif , or any-officer of the Court as the Court or the Lord Chief Baron shall from time to . time direct . The Harvest . —Harvest operations have commenced in most parts of England , and a large breadth of , cereal crops is -by this time got in . The yield promises , to be abundant , -and the quality admirable . In some localities—rsuch as Nottingham and Doncaster—there have been heavy de s cents of rain , accompanied with . thunder , and the corn has been somewhat ^ a , ,.. b-ut not seriously damaged . The prospect of an « mple gathering causes a continual iall of , prices in the corn markets .

    Treasure Trove . —The workmen . engaged . in lev . elling the . rubhishin the " . ruins" near Victoria-street , Farrr ingdontstreet , struck on Monday upon a small square . tin box , extremely . rusty . They at . first threw it away , but , hearing soniething rattle inside , the men who Had thrown it ^ way . as useless opened it , and ,. to their great surprise And gratification , < uscoyered its contents were sixty-four sj > ade guineas , 11 half-guineas , and itwfilve 7 s .-pieces . The . WoriHpOF an Em—A Manchester tradesman , combining the , incongruous pursuits of beershop-keep ing and tailoring , has obtained 400 / . damages from the municipal authorities , for tbe loss of one of his eyes , occasioned by a splinter of iron struck off a gas-pipe which was being mended by the defendants' . servants . The action was tried at . the Liverpool Assizes .

    New Chusches . —The thirty-sixth annual report to the House of Commons , of the Commissioners for building new churches has just been published . From this document ,. it appears that eighteen additional places of -worship have been completed , and that in these edifices " accommodation has been provided for 14 , 963 persons , including 7290 free seats for the use of the poor , as far its the same can be . at this time exactly ascertained . " Twenty-one churches are now in course of erection , and plans for building sixteen more have been approved . Conditional grants have been made towards the construction of others , and various facilities have been offered for obtaining sites .

    Consecration of Bishops . —The Right Rev . Dr . Charles Baring , who has been appointed Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol , and the Right Rev . J . C Harper , who has been created Bishop of Christ Church , New Zealand , w-ere consecrated in the private chapel of Lambeth Palace , on Sunday morning , by the Archbishop of Canterbury . The Rev . J . H . Gurney , in preaching a sermon for the occasion , glanced at . the present condition of the Church , and expressed his regret that the pulpit had not kept pace with the growing intelligence pf the age , And that in a large number of sermons the ideas were few , the aim uncertain , and the words feeble . Admitting the increase of dissent ,, he thought the best way to meet it , and at the same time advance the interests of the Ch , urch , was by earnest work on the part of the clergy rather than by disquisitions on apoatqlical succession or other abstruse ppints of . controversy .

    Covent Garden Theatre . —The reported coinmencement of the rebuilding of this theatre on its late site is incorrect . The site has not been taken ; neither . lias any contract for . rebuilding been entered into . Whether the ground will be applied to the same or some other purpose has not yet been determined upon . Mkteobs . —iA brilliant meteor woa seen at Marlaw , Buckinghamshire , last Sunday nigl ^ t , shortly after nine o ' clock . It took the direction from north to south , and , had the appearance of a comet . It was only vipibla . a few seconds . —Mr .. T .. JFor 8 ter , who last wcjek prophesied in the Times . the appearance of several meteors on the nights of Saturday , Sunday , and Monday , again writes to the samo paper from Brussels ( Monday , Aug . 11 ) , and says : — ¦ " The evening of tho ' 9 th was partially clouded , but the intervals of clear sky showed an

    abundance of falling stars of tho ordinary kind , and name of the larger sort . Last night ( the 10 th ) , the ca # o was quite different ; tho fiky was clear , and the thermometer at 80 degrees at ueven in the evening ; wind south . As noon as it was dark , the most beautiful phenomena began to appear ; till the three sorts of meteors described by . meteorologists were visible , shooting in ovory direction across tho heavens — some lurgo and brilliant , moving slowly , . and leaving luminous trains behind them , which remained a long time visible , and wore lost by diaperfliun like the aijarks which « rocket leaves behind it . Other meteors wore small , and varied in colour and rapidity of motion . I am persuaded tlwy were not very high in tho atmosphere , for many of them described an arc of at . least GO degrees in no perceptible time , like tho zigzag stroke of lightning . Othors moved on , with a slow and majestic motion , ami were apparently

    rlarger ^ than Venus , . giving-much . light , and fJaaving a lurid gerb of sparks ia , their , track . " A PfioTBSXANT JjBMKSis .-rA . ORoraaa Catholie chapel has been'burnt at Keleo in-Scotland by a mob . The act is -said , to -have been in revenge for the . death of a young man who was killed . » by . the Irish on St . James ' s Green . The < Moors . —The prospects on . the Scotch . moors continue unfavourable , according to some accounts ; according to others , the season'will be up to the average . TjaB Late Prosecution of the ¦ " Scotsman . ' / A

    meeting , for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the / Scotsman , on account of the reeent prosecution of that paper for libel , was held at Edinburgh on Friday week . Resolutions were moved ^ protesting against the verdict , and originating subscriptions to pay the damages and expenses of the action . The subscription list was headed by Sir William and Mr . Adam Black , M . P ., each contributing 201 ., and Mr . Charles Maclaren , ex-editor , giving 100 ? . The damages and costs will , it is understood , amaunt to about 1000 ? . ; nearly 400 Z . have been already collected .

    Cowes Regatta . —The race for her Majesty's Cuji took place on Saturday . The chief contest was between the Lalla Rookh ( 136 tons , owned by Viscount Bangor ) , and the Gloriana ( 134 tons , the property of Mr . J . Gee ) . After a hard struggle , the latter won , but only by one minute and five seconds over a course extending nearly fifty miles . The Church-rate Question at Hackney . —South Hackney has followed the example of the neighbouring parishes ( St . John ' s and St . Barnabas , Homerton ) , by refusing to grant a church-rate . The numbers were—For the rates , 202 votes ; against it , 371 : majority ,

    169 . The Odd Fellows at the Crystal Pai-Ace . —Mr . James Curtis , " Senior Auditor of the Manchester Unity , " has written to the Times , denying the assertions made by another correspondent of that paper , to the effect that the band of " Odd Fellows" who dined at the Sydenham Palace a few days back got intoxicated and misconducted themselves . He asserts that great decorum was observed by the party , but that they were ofiended by the band interrupting one of their speakers in the midst of an address . This called forth a remonstrance but no violence .

    Sheffield and its Manufactures . —An interesting ceremony took place at Sheffield on Friday week . The gold medal of honour awarded at the Paris Exhibition to the town , for the excellence of its manufacture ? , was presented by the' Mayor to the Master Cutler and the Company , in pursuance of the wishes of the exhibitors . The ceremony took place at the Cutlers' Hall . Lord Talbot de Malahide . —The Queen has signified her intention of conferring the honour of the British peerage on Lord Talbot de Malahide . The title of Tyrconnell has been selected by his lordship as that by which he will hold his seat in the House of Peers . His name is known in the literary world as the President of

    the Archaeological Society of Great Britain and Ireland . A Tale of a Talk . —Mr . Stiff , the propietor of the popular penny periodical , the London Journal , brought an action a few days ago at the Guildford Assizes against a Mr . Smith , the author of a story published from week to week in the paper in question , and called " Masks and Faces . " This atory the writer suddenly broke oil ; in consequence of a disagreement , and Mr . Stiff was obliged to employ the author of " Whitefriars" to finisli the narrative ; but , his style not being so popular us Mr . Smith ' s , an injury was done to the sale of the journal . A verdict fpr the plaintiff was taken by consent ; damages , 20 guineas . AVest

    The Great Bell for the New Palace at - minstjer . —The picturesque village of Norton , near Stockton-on-Tees , on Jho morning pf the Oth inst , was , tbe scone of an event pf considerable national interest , via , tho castipg of the great hell for tho Clock Tower ot the New Palace at Westminster , which was accomplished at Messrs . Warner , Lucas , and Barrett ' s furnaces , by Messrs . Warner and Sons , of the Crescent Foundry , Jewin-street , London , well known as the patentees of an improved method of casting church and turret bolls . Forging Bank of Enoland Notks . —Three Germans , , named Charles Thompson , August Frieter , and Louis Bqhm , have been committed for trial , on a charge of possessing materials for forging Bunk of England notes . The police unexpectedly broke in upon the three men , and found , tho machine , engraved plate , paper , & e ., used by them in their operations .

    Charge of Manslauoutkr . —A mim named Joini rTofrell was on Saturday committed to Exeter Gaol charged with tho manslaughter of his brother-in-law , William Mitchell . Botli parties resided at . Ash , " > North Devon , and had been together to u place called Shcepwosh on tho previous ' Thursday week . On their return home in company with other persons , the IiioIIk' '* - in-lavr quarrelled and fought , in the course of wlneli Horrell kicked deceased in u brutal manner i » l '" ' I "" ; part of the abdomen . IIouhh assisted home , ami m » ' - fcred indescribable agony till tho following •• venni ;; , when ho died . Dkatii iiy SinnrooATioN . —A man Iuih been hiilVoealwl

    by poisonous gawes in a stone-pit at tho Nearboll col lie-ry , Portobello . Homo other men wore nearly kllu ' ' and Iho pit is said to have been disgracefully ventilated

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• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 16, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16081856/page/10/