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    802 _TjI j) _^ jgJ^ DE B. [No. 438; Atot...

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    Miscellaneous. The Court-—The Queen And ...

    undertaking may be classed among tliose deserving the patronage of the investing public . A large quantity of the ore has just arrived , and the portions assaj-ed have been reported upon in very favourable terms-The Metropolitan Boakd of Works . —At the . meeting of the Metropolitan Beard of Works on Wednesday , a report was adopted , by an almost unanimous vote , recommending that the intercepting scheme of drainage proposed by Messrs . Bidder , Hawlcesley , and Bazalgette , should be carried out . North Chester Elkction . —Oa the 7 tli inst ., the election of a member to serve in the present Parliament , in the room of Mr . William Tatton Egertoa , resigned , took place at Nether Knutsford . Mr . Wilbraham , the High Sheriff , presided , and Mr . Wilbrabam Egerton , the eldest son of the late member , was unanimously elected srithout opposition . He is a conservative .

    The Channel Islands Telegraph . — The submarine telegraph to the Channel Islands has been successfully laid , and communications are now going ; on between Southampton and Alderney . The Sooth Devon Election . —Mr . Kekewich , the Conservative candidate for South Devon ,-was elected yesterday -week , without opposition . Australia . —The Australian papers are filled with accounts from the mining districts . A splendid nugget of 2217 ounces has been discovered at Ballarar . A considerable decrease has taken place in . the number of

    immigrants arrived , and a corresponding increase has followed in , the demand for labour . The rejection of the iteforrn Bill by the Legislative Council , las crea-red much excitement in Melbourne . Mr . O'Slianassy has -advised the prorogation of the Parliament , -with a view , as he informed the House , of re-introducing- the same bill immediately on the re-assembling of Parliament , when , if again rejected by the Council , lie and his colleagnes in the Government would feel justified m asking for an alteration of the constitution . Parliament was accordingly prorogued on the 4 th of June , to reassemble OX the 8 th of July .

    The Council of India . —The following gentlemen were elected on Monday members of th « Council of I idia : —Charles Mills ,. Esq ., John Shepherd , Esq ., Sir James Weir Hogg , Bart ., Elliot Macnaghten , Esq ., JRoss Donelly Mangles , Esq ., William Joseph East-wick ^ Esq ., and Henry Thoby Princep , Esq . Netjt Life-boat . — -The Humane Society of Dunkirk last week terminated and launched a life-boat , built on the principle of the Eoyal NationalXife-boat Institution of Great Britain , after the design of Mr . James P « ake , Assistant-Master Shipwright of her Majesty ' s Dockyard , Woolwich , and fitted on Mr . Beeching ' s plan . The experiments clearly showed the excellent qualities of the boat , and the chairman of the committee , after a dinner ¦ which -was given to Mr . Peake , presented him with a large silver medal in testimony of their satisfaction .

    The Eably Closing Association .- —The annual fetes of this admirable association , -which owes so much io the industry and devotedaess of Mr . Lihvall , will take place at the Crystal Palace this day ( Saturday ) , next Monday , and the following Saturday . The attractions are very great . Not to speak of the Palace itself And the exquisite gardens surrounding it , there will be displays of all the great fountains ; military games and manly sports ; cricket matches ; athletic feats by the

    7 amieson family and the Brothers St . Leon ; jok « s by the celebrated French clows , M . Auriol ; negro melo-¦ dists ; a musical melange , & c . All these entertainments ( and there will be no lack of amusement even should the weather prove wet ) are to be enjoyed for One Shilling—children , half-price ; and , as the association is in want of funds , we trust the gathering will be numerous and the receipts large . The tickets ( which are to be obtained at the offices of the society , 35 , Ludgate-hill ) will be available for any one of the days .

    Genealogical and Historical . Society of Great Britain . —The fifth annual general meeting of this society was held on Wednesday at the society ' s rooms , which were crowded . The chair was taken by Lord X'arnham ; the report was unanimously' adopted ; and eeveral interesting papers were read . Religion ik India . —A deputation ef gentlemen representing various missionary societies , waited on Lord Stanley last Saturday , for the purpose of eliciting the future policy of the Indian Government with regard to Christianity in . India . His Lordship said the Government meant that no steps should be taken , directly or indirectly , to give to the opinions of Europe an apparent preference over those whlcn are found existing in India .

    The CnYSTAt Palaob Sunday Openings . — -The Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishops of London and Winchester , and two hundred and fifty London clergymen , have signed a declaration that the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays to shareholders is , in the opinion of the persons signing , highly undesirable in a moral and religious point of view . M . SoYBfc—The remains of this gentleman woro buried on "Wednesday in tlio Kcnsal Grocn Cemetery . Many mourners gathered about the grave . Tub East India Company . —A mooting of the East India Company was held on Wednesday , to ascertain tlio exact legal position of the corporation under tlio now net . No great lfght was thrown on the subject , and

    ultimately it was agreed to take the opinion of counsel , and to appoint a sub-committee . Mb . Roebuck at ¦ North Shields . —The new Hall of the North Shields Mechanics' Institute was opened on Tuesday , on which occasion , after Mr . Lindsay , M . P ., had made a few observations to the meeting , Mr . Roebuck , delivered an inaugural address on the advantages of knowledge , on the great achievements of science in the cause of humanity , and on the success of that stupendous work , the Atlantic Telegraph . Mr . Justice Halliburton was to have been present , but was preventod by a sudden attack of the gout . In the evening there was a soiree , at which Mr . Lindsay and Mr . Roebuck spoke , and , alluding to the recent festivities at Cherbourg ( at which they bad been present ) said that the show of French ships was small in number and poor in quality , and that England is still far ahead in that respect .

    Ihe Cremorne Aristocratic Fete . —Viscount Ingestre , M . P ., has transmitted per the Rev . J . W . Worthiagton , D > . D ., a cheque for 121 . 10 s . for the City Orthopaedic Hospital out of the proceeds of the Cremorne fete , making more than 9 00 J . already divided amongst hospitals , public institutions , and poor-boxes of magisterial districts . The Sandwich . Islands * . —The Queea of these islands has given birth to a son and heir . Sib James Bbookk . —A petition , signed by several merchants , shipowners , bankers , brokers , and others , in the city of London ; engaged and interested in commerce with the East , and having reference to the abandonment

    of Sir James Brooke by the British Government , has been presented to Parliament . It thus concludes : — " Your petitioners pray that the protection of the country may be granted to Sarawak , and that such other measures may be taken as will tend to insure the advantages referred to ; that the policy of 1847 , for the maintenance of British influence and the peace and security of the coasts of Borneo , maybe carried out , so far as may now be found practicable , in order that British interests now seriously compromised by indifference and neglect , may be legitimately secured , and that justice may be done to the honourable motives and services of Sir James Brooke , so frequently acknowledged , but hitherto so inadequately requited . "

    Discovery of Ascient Pictures . — Several fine fresco paintings , belonging to the period of Giotto , and attributed by connoisseurs to the pencils of either Agnolo Gaddi or Spinello Aretino , have just been discovered at Florence , in the convent of Carmelite monks , by two of the inmates , who , with great patience and perseverance , removed the whitewash with which they were covered , without injuring them in the least . They represent passages in the life of St . Cecily , and Sts . Valerian , Tiubriius , and TJrban-Chuca-rate at Walthajhstow . —The result of a poll on this question testifies to the growing disapprobation of the system of church-rates , to which the parish has hitherto submitted without dissent . There are

    1100 parishioners competent to vote , yet only 115 persons could be induced to record their votes on the side of the clergy , 127 persons voting with the opposition . The majority to the church party has been obtained through plurality of -votes , the number of votes being 209 for the rate , and 156 against . At the close of the vestry a protest wae made by the opposition against a decision of the chairman . Leajnder At Liverpool . —Three young gentlemen , well known on 'Change at Liverpool , swam across the Mersey on Tuesday morning , from New Brighton to the North Docks . The distance , a mile and a half , was accomplished in tliirty-six minutes . It was low water at the time , and , for fear of accidents , the swimmers were followed by a boat . The feat was no novelty to one of the gentlemen .

    West Coast of Afiuca . —In consequence of tue intolcrent conduct of the new Spanish governor at Fernando Po , the Protestant missionaries and inhabitants were leaving for Ambnaes , whore they are about to form a settlement . The Governor of Sierra Leone had not repealed the obnoxious ordinance respecting the press , which Lord Stanley , it will bo remembered , ordered to bo abrogated , and some excitement existed at Cape Coast in consequence . Legitimate trade was brisk at most of the stations on the coast . Three officers of the navy telonging to H . M , brig Childers , Messrs . Davy , Foulkcs , and Stronach , were drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the 24 th June .

    The Rev . Mn . Poouc . —This gentleman having preached on the 4 th of July ( after his license hail been , revoked by tho Bishop of London ) at St . John'H Church , Harlow , Mr . James Thornton , of thnt place , wrote to the Bishop of Rochester on tho subject , and received the following reply from his Lordship : —" Sir , —I have written to Mr . Poole to desire that ho will not again officiate in iny dioccso witliout first obtaining my permission . I much object to many thin & H which take placo nt Hnrlow , but there are difficulties in tho way of episcopal interference , from a want of logal power to onforco obedience to my directions . I hope that every husband and father will strenuously resist tho attempt on tho part of somo of tho clergj r to introduco the practico of confession , thereby obtaining im unduo iiiflucr . co ovor their families , in addition to tho moral evil it ia calculated to produce . "

    Alleged Violence ox Board a «„ , — CHA . XMA ^ The . Liverpool ^ f £ , £ ™ £ J ^ Tuesday an investigation into a charge of desS ° ferred by Captain Wickman , of the S wedSS p ? " mx , against Olaus Walstrom , a sailor who L ? J «' on board the vessel . The solicitor who -n ^ T Walstron , urged that he had been comneB S *" the ship in consequence of the cruelties of tie Ij ^ tvLo , m addition to knocking him do \™ f- , ' Mm , & c had fired at Waist , ?* and ot £ , *? fr sailors when they were in the rigm ~ i . , JL . tlm effect , made by a boy who hud ° also eft ^ 1 ' ° and corroborative evidence given by one of t 1 1 P were adduced by the solicitor tho ap ^ S ^ iS ? Ihe captain , who was examined by Mr T « i » « denied all the allegations of . cruehvf and " stated thatS some of the occasions [ spoken of by the vvitnS' T was not on board the vessel . " Afte ? hearing he o £ tho magistrate decided that Walstrom should Z T ' u : io £ the Pha 5 nix ' wuich is ati ^ t fe

    A r * mf M ^ 1 TARY Ci . tkk . ns .-A detachment of the Eon Artillery ^ Company , in heavy marching order , nnderthfe command of Captain Jay , has mached out SrlX sS . r ' T iind , \ ? Practice - On Mo » d *>' . they SSSfJ ^ "i Tf 1 ' , brMg ? t 0 Ne ^™ . ftom thence Tv ft 1 Seaford , where instructions had leen issue ! by the Secretary for War to have the fort and tower given up for the reception of the arms and ammunition . I lie Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and a partv of J 3 dies were on the balcony of the Mansion House . The detachment carried arms as they passed .

    MysTEitious Death by Strychnine . —A painful occurrence took place at liarugb , near Malton , a fortnight ago . A young lady , named Brown , was taken suddenlyill and died before medical aid could be procured . She was far advanced in pregnacy . At the inquest , tlie medical man expressed ah opinion that the cause of death was tetanic spasms , and an open verdict was returned to that effect . Other doctors have since been engaged in making an analysis of the contents of the stomach . The result of their examination clearly proves death to have been caused by strychnine . The deceased lad been in good health only a few hours before her death , had made preparations for her approaching confinement , and had never afforded the least grounds for supposing she thought of committing suicide .

    A Glance at Irish Aut . —Irish Art ! Have we such a thinj ;? Or , is its existence a myth , and do wedelude ourselves when we talk and write about it ? The school of British Art is well recognised ; its rise ami progress from the time of Hogarth can easily be traced—and that Irishmen have contributed their share to its successful development , and to the deservedly high position it now occupies , cannot be gainsaid . But we fear that in Irelaud Art has no distinctive school , lacy of the soil . The Irish people are highly imaginative—that is conceded . A keen enjoyment of the beauties of nature is implanted in them , and , as a consequence , a ready appreciation of painting , poetry , And music . Notliing is more striking than tlieir love of ornament , manifested even amid the

    discouragements of ' poverty . Amongst tLo English people a love of material comfort is probably the most strongly developed trait ; but we constantly see in the Irish a disposition to sacrifice a little of the useful to tho ornamental—just the characteristic one would say favourable to the fine arts . Yet , in England , Art stands high , and is generally encouraged and cultivated , whereas in Ireland it is at a decidedly low ebb . To patronise Art , however , requires nfflucuce , which ia almost certain to carry refinement amongst ita possessors . Wealthy educated people are much the same in every country . But whatever else we in this western isle have been charged with , wo have never been called a wealthy people . —Dublin University Mayazina .

    The East Coast ok Yokkshiuis . —The devouring sea rushed higher and higher upon the laud , and the cliff , sapped and undermined , full ,-and with it tho church of Owtliorno . In J 78 C , tho edge of the burial ground itself iirat began to fail ; tho church itself was not touched , till thirty years later . It was a mournful sight to sec tho riven churchyard , and skeletons and broken coffins sticking out from tho new clifi ' , and bonC 9 , skulls , and fragments of long-burieil wood strewn on tie beach . Ono of the coffins washed out from a vault , under tlio cast end of tho church , contained an embalmed corpse , tho back of tho seal ]) still bearing the grey haira

    of one who had been tho villuge pastor . Tho eyes of tho villugera were shocked by tliese ghastly relics of mortality tossed rutlely forth to the light of dny ; « nd aged folks who tottered down to sea tho havoc , wept , as by somo remembered token they recognised a relative or friend of bygone- year * whom they had followed to tho gruvo—the resting-place of tho dead , ns tlnsy trusted , to the end of time . In somo places , bodies still t- 'Iutl in naval attiro , with bright-coloured bilk kerchiefs round tho nock , were unearthed , as if the aea were eager to reclaim the shipwrecked suilora wliom it luid in former time flung dead upon tho shore . — Waller White * 4 Month

    in i oi'An / itra . Titian ' s Dbatii-ukd . —An unusual air of heavy melancholy dulnoss in Titian's last work rocula to nnud tho wretchedness of his last moxacute , tw givou iu «

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 14, 1858, page 802, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_14081858/page/10/