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      Miscellaneous. The Oottrt.—The Court Goe...

      tended the consecration of the new cemetery at Ilford . Between Mr . Deputy Lott and Mr . Abraham there was a very bitter dispute with respect to a matter of fact ; and they accused each other of untruth , in good set terms . At length , however , a vote of thanks to the Bishop of London was unanimously carried . Dii . Livingston lectured on Tuesday at the Skeldonian Theatre , Oxford . CiiARivics Mather ' s Advice to tub Americans .- — Charles Mathews made a speech in Boston , four weeks ago , in which he said : — "I am somewhat unlucky in timing my visits to America . In 1838 , some nineteen years ago , I first crossed the Atlantic , and popped upon a pecuniary crisis in New York ; and now , in 1857 , I

      have had the luck to pop upon another . It seems as if my presence were doomed to bring a panic "with it Q / ruul laur / htev ) , but I am happy to find , at any rate , that it has not had the effect of frightening you out of the theatre . \ Laityhtcr and tipjilause . ') Indeed , ladies and gentlemen , I think the best you can do is to come into it as often as possible , and to divert your mind for an hour or two from the cares of real life . In times of difficulty , so far from its being an expensive luxury , the theatre is about the cheapest mode you can adopt of passing your leisure 'moments . ( Lauyhter . ' y During one of our hardest winters in London , a poor man ., was observed almost every night , to the surprise of the money-taker , paving his 3 d . to the gallery of the

      Surrey Theatre . At last , out of curiosity , he got into conversation with him . ' How is it , ' said he , ' that you , who appear to be a very poor man , caii afford to come and pay your money here Hight after night , when one would think you had barely -enough to keep life and soul together at home ? ' ' That ' s it , ' said he ; ' 1 come here out of economy . ( Lauyhter . ) It ' s the cheapest way I can spend my evening . At home , 1 must burn fire and candle , and . have something to eat and drink for myself and friend , at an expense of 2 s . or 3 s . at tlio least ; while here 1 gut warmed , lighted , lodged , and amused , with plenty of good company around me , and all for 3 d . ' There was philosophy in this , ladies and gentlemen , and 1 recommend it to your serious consideration . " : ¦ • ¦ ¦ " ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦" ' " ¦ .. ¦¦' . " . - " " . ¦ : ¦ . ' : ¦ . ' ¦ /¦ ' V

      The . Oxford and ISdinrukgii Systems of Uiii"VEnsrrr Eoucation . — -Professor Blackie delivered a lecture a few . days ago at tlie commencement of the ¦ winter session of the Edinburgh University . The object was to contrast the Oxford and Edinburgh systems of education . Each , he said , excels in some respects ; but lie thought the English system productive of the best scholarship . The Scotch system is freer and more natural , and , on the whole , he preferred its professorial constitution to the tutorial arrangements on the banks of the Isis . But , owing to the spread of that so-called ' practical' spirit which discourages philological , historical , and philosophical research , Scotland bas sunk to so ignominious a level in respect of sheer scholarship that

      she is quite disregarded in all other countries . England had done wrong formerly in excluding the poor am humble from her Universities , and Scotland is at fault in discouraging the rich at hers . The English Universities arc beginning to fortify their weak point—natural science ; and the Scotch should fortify theirs—scholarship . The discipline at the English Universities , also , is better than at the Scotch . The Profossor conceived that there should be a fusion of the ' two systems . " But , unless this change take place , and that with quick decision , I must confess I see no hope of Scotland being

      able to regain tho ground in the intellectual world which she-lias lost . Alrendy , witli open fellowships and in r creased scholarships in Oxford , the tide of intellectual ambition in our young men flows more and moro besouth the Tweed , and every day pungent proofs are brought before the observant eye tlint Scotland has already inilicted a deep , and it may be an incurable , wound upon herself by neglecting to work out the complete educational scheme three centuries ago promulgated by her great prophet , John Kuox , ami voluntarily surrendering to n . foreign people and to n strange system tho highest education of her noblest sons . "

      Fall of IIouhku in Camjuciwrix . —Two houses which -were in course of erection in De Cressney Park , Canibenvell , . suddenly foil down last Saturday afternoon while the workmen were an gaged on tltcni . The men had just time enough to escape to tho roof of an adjoining house , . so that no injury to life ensued . . Yousu Men ' s Cjiiustjan Association . —Tho thirteenth annual course of led uros to young men whs inaugurated on Tuesday night . The Earl of Harrowby was in tho chair , and Mr . Baxter , M . I ' ., delivered im address-on tho Social I Million co of Christianity . Tho object of this was to show that our national greatness is owing to our Chriatinnky , and that the atrocities coniinittcdby the Indian mutineers are traceable to tlie'ir not being Christians , and arc perfectly consistent with the Hindoo and Mahometan faiths . It therefore became our duty to Chriatianizjj India .

      I'iik Inj > ian Pia-moi * . — -Tho petition of tho moiclmntH , Ate , of Calcutta , & c , for tho recul of Lord Cunning , linn been published in thoEngllnh papers this week . 1 ho dcinnnu is based upon facts and arguments which have already frequently nppoarod in this journal . Si > olliln on ilia TjtAVKLa . —Juntos SpoUen , who camo to Livoipool ostensibly for emigration purposes , called upon tho head of the Liverpool police on Monday evening , nnd asked for their ' assistance and

      co-operation' in opening a-place where' he could display a model of the premises where Mr . L » ittle ! s , murder took place , and where he might lecture upon the incidents of that terrible affair . The police superintendant , however , gave him a very cold reception , declining to grant him any special aid or protection ; and he then quitted the office . Delats in the London Post . —Some correspondents of the Times have been pointing out- ' several disgraceful cases of delay in the delivery of letters within the metropolitan district . One letter which was posted on the 4 th did hot reach , its destination till the 9 th T Riots at Nottingham . —Some of the unemployed workmen at Nottingham created considerable disturbance in the streets on Monday and Tuesday . The Mayor has forbidden any further meetings .

      Dit . Kigaui > , head master of the Grammar Sokool , Ipswich , has been appointed to the vacant bishopric of AntigTia . , Statistical Societi-. — - A meeting of this society , at which Mr . Hey wood was in the chair , was held on Tuesday evening . Statistical science , it appears , is extending , and a recent census of Spain lias shown that , instead of containing only ten ox eleven millions , as before supposed , that kingdom counts some seveiiteerf " million inhabitants . Toe - Religious Liberation Move 3 Ient .- —A large meeting of the Society for liberating the Church from State Control was held in 13 olton out JMondav . Mr .

      Edward Miall moved the following resolution : — " That in anticipation of important changes in the government of our Indian empire , this meeting considers it important to give expression to the opinion that the policy adapted to the circumstances of that country is one which shall , on the one hand , refrain from affording any kind of support to the religious opinions or rites of the native population , and , on the other hand , will afford -unrestricted scope to the teaching of Christianity , without any employment of force , or public money , or patronage on its behalf . " It does not appear from the pubished accounts -whetlier this resolution was adopted or not .

      Art Discovery . —A discovery of great interest to the artistic world ( says the Presse ) was lately made by M . Edmbnd About , the writer , while going through the shop of a collector of curiosities in the Rue du Bac . After examining different articles , the master of the place informed his visitor that he had in his possession twelve pictures b y Titian , and taking him into an inner room , showed them as they hung against the wall . These pictures are four feet loug by nine inches high , and represent the . history of Joseph , according to Biblical tradition . In support of his assertion that the pictures were genuine , the dealer produced letters from M .

      Flandrin , and M . Delacroix , stating that the pictureswere very valuable . In a short time , M . About and the owner came to terine , and the pictures were placed in the hands of a cleaner , who , after a first operation , remarked that in all the pictures Joseph "bore a resemblance to Charles V ., which was considered in favour of tlieir authenticity . The cleaner , in following up his operations , soon afterwards discovered in a corner the signature of Titian thus worded , Tizianus Vercilhts da Ctulorejpinxit . TlSLISORAPHlC COMSICXICATIOX WITH MALTA . The submarine cable between Cagliaii and Malta was completed on Tuesday .

      Mb . Sidney Heiujkrt on India . —The Right Hon . Sidney Herbert attended on Wednesday the annual meeting of the Wiltshire Agricultural Society at Warminster , and spoke in defence of Lord Canning , in eulogy of General Havelock , and in favour of a large enlistmunt into the army , though he did not think linendrapers' . shopmen sufficiently liandy for service , lie also entered upon an elaborate statement of figures to show that the condition of the soldier is a very favourable one . Dkatu ok Mh . Augustus Stai- 'fokd , M . P . —Mr . Augustus Stafford died at Dublin on Sunday . He had boon very ill for some little time at Cratloe , near Limerick , and had complained of excruciating agony . Dr . ( . Iriffin , of Limerick , was sent for ; and that gentleman hied his patient , and gavo him an emetic and a certain amount of laudanum , and henbane . There

      appears to have been an excels of these narcotics , for at night Mr . Stafford was found to be in a very somnolent state . In the courso of the night , however , he woke his man servant , aud said that his arm had begun bleeding afresh . It was bound up , anil the sleepiness then returned , and beemno so alarming that Dr . Gritlin was scut for . Tho patient was taken out of bed though exhibiting great reluctance , nnd was walked up aud down and shaken . Tho somnolence , however , continued , and Dr . ( iriuin then bent the soles of his feet , the calves of his legs , and the palms of his hands , first with a nr / or-Mrop , and then with pieces of Vvood ; but even this

      did not quite remove the . sleepiness , though the skin of tho feet blistered and camo on " . However , Mr . Stafford rallied fora time , but suffered groat pain in tho feet . Otlur nuulicul men wore culled in ; but , uftor lingering for several days , Mr . Stafford died at Dublin , to which place ho had been removed . An inquest was held on Wednesday , nnd ( lie evidence , of several professional mcn . Hce . med to render it probable that Mr . Stafford died from dinuase of the heart . The jury therefore returned a verdict exonerating Dr . Griffin from any blame in tho mutter . Mr . . Stafford appears to have been bled tp the extent of thirty owu'i'S , aud to have received

      one hundred and fifty drops 1 of laudanum , the same number of drops of henbane , and further doses of fifty drops of laudanum and fifty drops of henbane . Dr ; Griffin says that his only reason for giving so large an amount of narcotic was the excruciating pain suffered by Mr . Stafford ; and other medical men , examined at tae inquest , sanctioned the excess under these circumstances . . . Another Failure with the Leviathan . —A second attempt to launch the Leviathan , was made on Thursday , but again the thing failed . Hydraulic power to an . enormous extent was brought to bear on the huge vessel , and the result appears . to have been that the piles were so crushed that it was found necessary to abandon the attempt once more ^

      Cuuelxk in Jest . —A correspondent writes : — " You arc probably not aware that , in the coarse of his juggleries , ' Professor Wiljalba FrikelF commits an act of great cruelty . He deliberately kills before the audience a canary bird , which lie crams into a lemon , to illustrate one of his feats of ' natural magic' The stifled bird , when released from its miserable prison , on the night when I was present , fluttered a few yards into the room , fell into the lap of a lady , and died before the entertainment was over . I think this result was unknown to the majority of the audience , as it was only perceptible from the part of the room where I sat . Surely this is a case for the Society for the Sup ^ pressionof Cruelty to Animals . " ¦

      '¦ The Way to Advance Protestantism . —Miss Scobell , a daughter of the Rev . John Scobell , of All Saints , Lewes , and one of the sisterhood of Sackville College , East Grinstead , died recently , and was buried on Wednesday , on-which occasion a disgraceful riot took place . A difference of opinion first of all broke out between , the officiating clergyman aud Mr . Scobellas to the way in which the service should be performed ; then some one called out " No Popery ! " and " Turn him out ! " Mr . Scobell and his family were violently expelled from the churchyard , were pursued through the streets by a brutal mob who tore their garments , and were driven for refuge into an inn , from which they „ were finally rescued by the police . The ruffians who thus maltreated them are , it is needless to say , Protestants in nothing but the name . If they had the power , they would repeat the drunken ferocity and terrorism of 1780 .

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      Lea Rier Office, Saturday, November 21. ...

      Lea riER Office , Saturday , November 21 . THE PJD ^ SIAN AMBASSADOR . We understand that the Russian Ambassador to the Court of St . . Tames Las been called to St . Petersburg by a pressing telegraphic despatch from his Government It is believed that the object of his Excellency ' s , temporary recal is not unconnected with the approaching conferences at Paris .

      Fearful Explosion At Mayence. The Gantho...

      FEARFUL EXPLOSION AT MAYENCE . The Ganthou powder-mills have exploded , destroying almost all the upper part of the city , together with , the church of St . Stephen . More than one hundred persons have been killed . The shock extended to Wiesbaden .

      Turkey. The Exchange (Says A Despatch Fr...

      TURKEY . The Exchange ( says a despatch from Constantinople , dated the 11 th ) continues to rise . The Napoleon oC twenty francs is worth one hundred and twenty-three piastres . The high price of provisions is unexampled . Notwithstanding the prohibition , tho illicit trade in gunpowder is active . Extraordinary purchases of arms , and especially of revolvers , are being made by the people of Turkey . The Mussulmans themselves are very much alnrmed about the future of tho Empire .

      The Riedmomtese Elections. The Second El...

      THE riEDMOMTESE ELECTIONS . The second elections on Wednesday resulted in- fiftyeight definitive nominations , of which forty-five are Ministerial and thirteen Opposition ( of divers shades ) . The struggle was very aniniatod . The elections known up to this time amount to one hundred and iifty-four , of ¦ which forty-eight belong to the extreme Right . Thexest are divided among tho various shades of Liberals . Tho majority is Ministerial . It is expected that a rather strong minority will be returned by the clerical party Avhile there will bo but a very small fraction of thut of tho extreme Left .

      Germany. Tho Commercial Reports From Aus...

      GERMANY . Tho commercial reports from Austria uro of the gravest possible character . Failures urn of continual occurrence , and the same is reported of Uohemui . The opening of the Saxon Chamber * took place on the lGth hist . The royal . speoch give * a cheerful picture of affairs , and states tlint tlio li . nines of the kingdom aro hi the mast prosperous condition— : i raro announcement now-a-days .

      Miss Mkukiton White Hn.S Been Net At Lib...

      Miss Mkukiton White hn . s been net at liberty by the tribmiiil « t Union . ¦ . ^ ..

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/11/