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      I ' Two " Poets Of ' The-People."^ Tae L...

      shrewd a knock on the head was in fact alive and well , and had returned home . The story is told with sweetness , and with pleasing descriptions of natural scenery . There is something , too , charming in the sketch of the kind , mild , unselfish , and charitable clergyman , and his equally excellent daughter . Part the Fourth , however—or at least that portion of it describing the voyage of the emigrant ship , and its encounters with fogs and icebergs—is too staring a reflex , both as regards conception , expression , sentiment , and versification , of Coleridge ' s " Ancient Mariner . " In the same Part , also , the feverish , frantic working for gold—the jealousy of others experienced by the hero—his murderous attack on his fellow workman—and his sudden flight back to England , pursued by the ghosts of his conscience—are singularly like the incidents and even the stanza of a poem published in " Household "Words " about three ' years ago , under the title of " The Ballad of the Gold-Seeker . "

      The Emperor ' s Vigil , and thi Waves and the War . By Ernest Jones . London : Rontledge and Co Here is a little shilling volume of verse , which is emphatically poetry for and of the people . All the verses in the book before us have reference to the times , and their object is to fan the war spirit , and to show that we ought not to sheath our sword till the nationalities have been aroused and emancipated . The spirit running through all the compositions is noble and high-hearted ; but we must plead guilty to an " imperfect sympathy " with battle poetry , which ( excepting in some few instances , such as Tennyson ' s stanzas on the Balaklava charge ) has a fatal tendency to run into nauseous common-place and bluster . The best poem in this collections both as regards freshness of wor ds and earnestness of verse , is that called " Prayer for Peace ; " and to those w ho still swear by the style of Gray and Collins , " The Emperor ' s Vigil " will be welcome .

      92 The Leader. [No. 305, Saturday,

      92 THE LEADER . [ No . 305 , Saturday ,

      A Eemkant Ot The Br*Vck Fkiars P " The T...

      A Eemkant ot the Br * vcK Fkiars p " The Times' * Office . —In our last volume we ( Builder ) gave illustrations of those parts of the ancient wall of London -which then existed , and some particulars . One of these masses was situated beneath the Times printing-office , which stands where the "wall stood up to about the time of Edward II . Urgent want of space has led to the removal of tke old wall since our notice appeared ; and now we have to mention the discovery of a portion of the building which succeeded the more ancient wall . The Black Friars come to this site ( from Holborn ) in 1276 , Rokesbyy Mayor of London , having procured it for them . Robert Kilwarby , Archbishop of Canterbury , built the church

      for them in the early part of the reign of Edward I . In 1282 , they obfcainecblicenee to break down the city wall , and remove it westward , for the enlargement of their church , which was then made very spacious . After the dissolution of the monastery , the church was pulled down , and here we now have the plinth and foundation of one of the buttresses brought to light , after being Tniried three hundred years ;; to turn up in such a position top—in the midst of the print- ' ing-houEe of the Times newspaper ! dose to the buttress , en the south side of it , is what would Beera to have been the jamb of a doorway . Want of room will necessitate tie removal of the old remnant , and we hav « thought it right ,-therefore , to note its discovery and nature . —Tlie Builder .

      An Imaginary MiSTRESS .- ^ -The squabbles Signor and Madame Romeoni again came before the French tribunals a short time since . Madame Ronconi and a M . Catfcabeni were tried for adultery . M . Crimieux , advocate of Ronconi , said , ifc was clearly proved' that Madame Ronconi and Cattabeni had been guilty of adultery , and that , besides , they made no attempt to deny their guilt . Nevetheless , Ronconi did not wish to . have his wife severely punished , but merely subjected to such a cond . emua . tion as should enable him to obtain a separation from her . With respect to her allegation that lie had forced her into the arms of Cattabeni by his adultery- with a Spanish danseuse ,

      named Carmen , it was utterly false , for that no such person as Carmen existed . The fact was that Ronconi had ob-fcained proofs that his wife was unfaithful to him , and he determined to separate from her ; but ' fearing-the ridicule which is generally heaped on a deceived husband , he resolved to , feign , a passion for another woman , in order to make it appear that tho Reparation waa caused by bis misconduct . He therefore arranged with his wife to write letters to an imaginary mistress , professing tke most ardent love for her , and another letter to his wife , declaring that , in consequence of that love for another , he could no longer Uve with her . With these letters , Madame Ronconi was to have gone before the Civil Tribunal and to

      have demanded a separation ; Ronconi , on his part , making no opposition . But she afterwards refused to fulfil these conditions , and calumniated her husband in the newspapers . Extraordinary as was the statement about the non-existence of , Mademoiselle Carmen the advocate assured the Tribunal that it was striotly true ; and , ae a proof of it , he stated that Mademoiselle Carmen waa no other than the heroine of a novel by Paul Feval , entitled , " Lee Amours de PariB . " The Tribunal sentenced Mndajoae Ronconi to three months , and 31 . Cattabeni to eight days' imprisonment . —The readers of this journal will probably recollect the impassioned letters to Mademoiselle Carmen , of which we reproduced some portions on the ^ 3 rd \ of last June . The fiction was certainly well maintained .

      IjOooln Election . —Major Sib thorp , son of tho lato " representative , has been returned for Lincoln without opposition . Ho deolai'ed himself opposed to " Atvy , patohod-up trumpery peace . " He said ho was a Conservative , but no purty man ; dosiroua of seeing $ he church-rate question settled , and the income-tax re-adjuated ; and willing to aeuiet in the removal of wl proved abuses in the administrative system of tl » e country . Bobsxinq on- a UbsbWat .- —A largo boor-vat , at a brewery xn path h . w oxplodod wlth a noiso like ortiUory . The bulk and vehemonce of the flood of liquid which waa thus roleaaod caused it to burot through the . waits of tho adjoint hou-os , making alwraawg flaauves in its . progrofls , and nearly drownrnp : inmatoa . Tlienoo the tmw flowed * \ t into the

      street , down which it ran like a small river . No lives were lost . The Nightingale Fund . —A public meeting was held in tlie Town-hall of Oxford , on Wednesday evening , in aid of this fund . The Bishop of Oxford presided , aud the Right Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., was among the speakers . Aldermen Sadler and Spiers represented the city of Oxford . \ . Tuft Assistant Judgeship of Middlesex has been conferred on Mr . Pashley . He appeared in court for the first trine in that capacity on Monday . Administrative Reform in America . —An act

      was recently passed in America for increasing the efficiency of the navy . Under its provisions , fifteen officers eat asa board , of inquiry ; and , af ter a careful examination , two hundred and one officers were found incapable of performing duty afloat . Forty-nine wece absolutely cashiered . It has been said that the list should have been much longer , but that' the Government was afraid of annihilating the navy . The prees , all over the tTnion , has denounced the rotten condition pf the navy administration ; so that not alone ia England does the public service suffer from the corrupt influence pf favouritism .

      The Queen andj American Slavery . —The Hon . Miss Murray , one of the Queen ' s ladies in waiting , wuo has recently travelled in the Southern States of America , has written a book highly , approving of s l avery as an oi'dination of God " for the making of some good Christian men and women . " Miss Murray desired to dedicate her book to the Queen ; but her Majesty , on seeing the proof slieets , not anly refused permission for the dedication , but informed the authoress that , if she published the work , she must resign her place at court . The book , however , has been issued . Such is the story put forth by the Inquirer newspaper . Mademoiselle Rachel . —Letters from the Havannah , received in Paris , report 'that the healtlv of Mdlle . Rachel was considerably improved .

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Biitths. ...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIItTHS . AIRLIE . —On the 20 th inst , nt Florence , the Countess of Airlie : a son and heir . PERMOr—On the , I 6 th inst , at Trnbolgan , the ! Lady Ferrooy : a son , GRANT . —On tlie 17 th inst ,, at Eilanach , Inverness , the wife of "Mnjor-General Patrick Grant . C B .: a son PORTSMOUTH— On the 19 th inet ., at Hurstbournepark , Hants , the Count « sa of Portsmouth : a son and heir . RRNNV—On tlie 30 th of November , at Meean Meir , £ , ntior «> , the wife of L . ieut .-Col . ¦ K enny , H . M ' fl 81 at Regt : a daughter . M ABUT AGES . SCULLY—MOORAT . —On tlie 9 th inst ., at the Cafholic Chapel , Spanish-pince . by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman , Francis Scully , Esq . M . P . for tho county of Tippararv , toClotilde , youngest daughter of John Snmuel Moorn * Esq ., of Gloucester-square , Hyde-park , and Buahhill park , Middlesex . WIL 8 ON-FELL . OWES .-On tho 2 nd inst .. at St . Peter ' s Church , Plymouth , Charles Harry Wilson , Kaq ,, Uout . and Adjutant Ost Minima Infantry , to IfYancesca . Henriet ' a , youngest daughter of tlio late Kear-Admiral Sir Thomas FelloweB . K . T ., C . B ., & o . DEATHS . PIENDING —On 8 unday ntprht . tlie 20 th Jnat ., at tho reside c <* of her won-in-law . Ahlilcypliice . In her 83 r < l , year MrB . Fielding , tlie venerable mother of Mr * . S . C . Hall , TENNIKL .-On the 23 rd in « t ., nt 3 , Portsdowra-rnad , Mnidn-hill west Julio , the dearly beloved wife of John Ten ») iol , Epq ., Jun . WADGH ... On the 16 th iimt , suddenly , George Waugh , Exq ., of Great James-street and Liulfcroko square , aged 65 , deeply deplored .

      From The Lomdon Gazette. Tiutsilat)\ J I...

      FROM THE LOMDON GAZETTE . Tiutsilat )\ J inunry 22 . BANKRUPTS . —Geouqb 1 <\ issev , Norway-wharf . Millwall , Middlesex , timber merchant—K » wahj > Rowlawd nnd rnoM / s Kvanb , Colemnn-Btrcet , New North road , Middlesex , l > uiIdcirfl ~ Ar . EXANDKnCi , AttK , 15 , Gutc-strect , Llncoln ' ninnrtcl ' h . Mlddl ^ Hox , engineer and putent shutter mnkcr—Jambs FnAHEii . 70 J . Lower Tliamcs-street ., City , wine , spirit , and beer merchant- Henjamin IticiiAni > noN Lawuknob . Carohnltnii Surrey , apotheonry- Edwaiid Chmix . vb Cchtim , Stratford . Woat Hnm , lOfinex , builder—Ahhaiiasi Stimson , Soliolofluid-Htiect , Bloomabury , Ast « n-Jiixtu , mrinlnghAni . builder —Wiixiam Hinton nnd Samvxc . MRtiiiDiTii , Ponfinoll , King , awlnford , Stafford , bulldcm Thomas Bath , Wolverhampton , lloeDHCd victualler—John Guiffwhs , Ludlow . Hnlop , onrp <> nterand Joiner- Joi < kph Ali . kn nn « l Uhammau . IIolmrh , Derby nllk tlirowHtor « and flllk mi » n » f « cturor 8— -Jobkph Spoower Taylor , Derby , Ironfouii'lor—William Paob IIvni ^ tvi > N , O ))( ilt < 3 nhnm , innlccnper an'l wlnoand spirit mcrohnret—8 tbpiikn Ambu , Bradford , grooor—HENn > rMA , NBifii ! j . D , Llvorpool , fuuoy toy dealer . /•' ridrrff , f'tnuary 2 ft . BANKRUPTS , — Wim . iamShovk Oroydon , oil nnd colourm « n—William HAWKKn nnd Aliped Campion , Dowgato hill

      City , carmen —William Tinoey Tottenham-court-road ' warehouseman—" William Phillips , Wallingford , builder—James Slade , Stoke-Sub-Hamdon , Somersetshire , glove manufacturer—Thomas Falkinoham , Knaresborou « h , coaoli builder—Edwaud Ellis , Ludgate-hill . wine merchant—William Johnson , Metropolitan Cuttle Market , licensed victualler— Neil Buodie , Liverpool , commission agent—James Cuadwick , Hey wood , Lancashire , joiner—William Wilcox Baker . Bartlett ' s buildings , Holbnm , stationei * and printer—Charles JEFFERiE 8 , Aldersu'ate-street , City , merchant —JonN Benninxou Blithe , Old Kent-road , dealer in metals —Fbebeuic Ciiafpeks . late of Old Broad-street , colonial broker—John Cross . Bolton . Lancashire , innkeeper-Joseph Hcdsok , Seaton Carew and West llartlepooi , Durham , merchant .

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      Money Market And City Intelligence . Lon...

      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . London , Friday Evening , Jan . 25 , 185 G . People having made up their minds that peace is certain , large investments have been made , not only iutlae Government securities , but al ^ o in all ForeiRn Stocks . The greatest speculation has been in Turkish Six-and-a-half and 3 Four-and-a-rHftlf Stock , -varying from two to thre « per cent , daily " , and every one having his little throw . Yesterday Consols had arrived at their highest noint that they hate seen since the summer ; . dividenxl S > l 5 . dii for February account . Since that a declension has taken place and all the other markets feel the decline Turkish Sis per Cents , were yesterday as high as 92 ; to-day , at twelve , they are 893 , 90 . No one seema to reflect that war , or no war , there area considerable number of trills to be presented fnr payment tuis coming hcKston- ^ -that if any hitch occurs—if Russia breaks off Austria will find some loopliole to creep out , and resume her neutrality—that this reckless specialation wilt meet with its just fate , and the gamblers be heavily punished ; and there will be many failures . The incubus of tlie war once taken off the ihiacination . of the speculators , there is no bounds to their belief in an incredible rise . Railway Shares have advanced in many instances ten per cent . This is particularly noticeable in Grea . t Northern Stock . The anticipation of a six-and-a-quarter per cent , dividend in this Stock is the reason . All foreign railways live advanced considerably , particularly Greut I . uxenibourgs , and the lines connected with the Eastern of France and Belgium . This is a sample of what will happen if solid peace be concluded . The reaction will come aome day if it does not now . So credulous is the money-getting public to believe that "what it wishes iiiust "be true , that there nre not perhaps twenty men in the City who hnv « doubts of there being any dilliculty in the tettliiiK the peace or war question . We may be alloweil to doubt if Lord l ' ajmerston and Louis Napoleon are so cenainf Little doing , in Mines or Crystal l ' alnce Shares . Canada Railway Shares are better , East Indian ditto , and firm . There has been a depression during this day , owing to the report of a strong war party at St . Petersburg ., headed by the Archduke Constantino . At four o ' clock Consols closed nt 9 nj . fi , and Turkiah OJ , 90 , 904 .

      Aberdeen, 23, .">; Bristol And Exeter, 8...

      Aberdeen , 23 , . ">; Bristol and Exeter , 83 , 5 ; Caledonian 86 , j ; Chester and Holyheari , 12 , 13 ; East Anglian , 12 , 13 ; Eastern Counties , « 5 , 9 rEdhibur « h anil Glasgow . 6 ;) , 2 ; Great Northern , t ) r > , 6 ; Ditto , A Mock , 8 ' ) , a ; Ditto B stock , 124 , 120 ; Great Southern and Western ( Trelnnd ) , 104 , 10 G ; Grout Western , 65 J , Gj Lancaster and Carlisle , 72 , 7 ; Ditto , Thirds , <> , 8 pm ; Ditto , new thirds , 6 , a pm ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 80 , J ; London » n < l Blnckwall , CJ , 3 ; London , Brighton . « nd ^ outh Coast , ! ' 7 , 9 ; London and North Western , 98 , 9 Hj ; Ditto South Ditto , 87 , 8 ; Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire , 213 , 04 ; Jletropolltan , 5 , i dia . \ Midland , 08 , \ ; Ditto , Uirminglmin and Derby , 40 , 42 ; Newport , Abeigavemiy . and Hereford , 9 , H ; North Britiah , 30 . i . 31 J ; Ncrtli Knalern < B , -rwlck ) , 72 , 74 ; Po ., Extension , 9 . CJ dis . ; Ditto , Great North Rnstvrn j ) iirchatic , 4 ^ 4 dls . ; Ditto , Leeds , 13 $ , 14 $ ; Ditto , York . , 9 ; North Staffordshire , 8 , 7 j dia ; Oxford , Worcester , and Wolvcrhampton , 22 , 4 ; Scottish' Central . 103 , 105 ; Scottish Mltllnnu , 73 , 65 South Devon , II , 13 ; youth linatcrn ( I > over ) , GO , 61 ; South Wales , <> 7 , 9 ; Valo of Ne » th , 19 , W \ West Cornwall , 4 , C , ; Antwerp and . Rotterdam . H , 8 J ; A-rdetincs , Eastern of France , Paris and Stra . sbomg , 3 i } , 30 . Ji Ka « t India , 21 J , 5 ; Ditto Extension , 1 , 8 pm . ; Grand Trunk of Caniuls , 10 , fl dls . ; Great Indianl ' cninsulu , 4 , § pm . ; Luxcmburga , fti , 81 Groat Western of Cuiuutu . 2 ( ii , ( ig ^ North of Franco , ;) 0 , 7 i Paris and Lyons , 40 } , 7 i ; 'Paris and Orlean « , 47 . 8 j Bamlire and Meuso , 8 * . 9 ; Wentern and'N W . of France , 31 , 32 ' . Agua Frla , ; Australian , ; Brazil Imperial , IJ , -M : Cocacs , 15 , 'ii ; at . John del Key . 27 , 9 .

      Corn Market. Mark-Lnna . Friday, .Ian. 2...

      CORN MARKET . Mark-lnna . Friday , . Ian . 2 > , IBMI . Sinci : our last report , tl >« Bupplloa of nil kinds of grain hnviboon very vaodenite , and ospnclally ho from abrouil . Our fnrmore liave not boon greatly influenced by tlio peace negotiations , nnd In the provinces It . Im lmnpsrtlbl « to buy fit a greater reduction tl » nn about 2 a , to 3 ^ . nor nunrtor , while in moBt markotflvhodeollno i « no ho great oh that Here , fclio demand Is moat limited , but It Ih nn ioli ) at (!< l buyers win HOonhftvotoglvewnytoaollorH . iul-ohtedly lfri » ierlealln |!; liay . Inguppenred ulncola » t Monday , limloy ihIn t \ v Bi \ niooon «« - tion as wheat , and oatu arc in bettor demand , nt full rirlcOH . Wo boliove no sale hits taken pliioo In oarKoen cither oi wliont or malzo since thU day weolc . For Suldl \ v hM < arrived about 49 h . Id asked , ana ait * , fur GuliUz mulzc ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26011856/page/20/