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      - "" : —^ f literary piracy in the two countries . 2 . The hibjtjo » 01 * faot ^ countri 0 ( the importation of pirapr ohibition ^ ig of eUher from other countries ^ 3 < r cies or " »« tQ ma 8 ioai compositions , designs , paintsam c pjwe and Qthcr arti , fio productions , as to ings . sc « protection to translations of original works , b 0 ? H « hed in either country , when made by or for the P ii also translations of works published in oth « r aU ? - b 5 The assimilation of dramatic productions countrie . ^ protection of them accordingly . w committee which was appointed by the House of mons last jession to consider the law of Church rates , «! ted without agreeing to a xeport- In the evidence s Edward Baines , of Leeds , one of the leaders of the 1 . 1 sh Dissenter * , we find the following estimate qf the aies

      £ hpr of Nonconformist cnapew m cngiana ana w , 3 d to be drawn up with great pains to obtain accuracy : — Denominations . No . of Chapels . Wesleyan gg Independent — gg ^ r&e 'ilethodHi . 7 V . V . V . V . . V 1662 Roman Catholic . 597 Calvinistic Methodist 778 Bible Christian .. 415

      Society of Friends .. 330 Wesley an Methodist Association 322 Methodist New Connection .. . .. .... 281 Uniurian - • • 260 Church of Scotland .. 12 Free Church of Scotland .. . * .. .. .. 77 United Presbyterian Church 6 i Lady Huntingdon ' s Connection . 30 New Jerusalem Church , Jews , and minor sects 550 Total H , 340

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      Mr . Horatio Boss , of deer-stalking celebrity , lately had a most successful day's deer-stalking . He made four stalks on the open hill , armed with , two doublebarrelled rifles , a Purdey and a Lancaster . In the four stalks he got 14 shots , and out of the 14 shots , he killed 13 deer , 11 of them being shot through the heart . A few days since a fox entered the house of a man named Murphy , near Dangan , where an infant was asleep in a cradle , both parents being out at the time , and seizing the infant by the throat carried it away . An instant pursuit was made , and Reynard was compelled to abandon his seizure , but when found the child was dead . The throat was greatly mangled .

      Two Tyne pilots , brothers , of the name of Freeman , during the gale of September 26 , while exposed in an open boat in the North Sea , were rescued from death as by a miracle , by the intrepidity and courage of the crew of a French fishing lugger , and after the pilots were given up by their friends and companions for lost , they cast up at Dunkirk , in France , some hundreds of miles from their homes . The Tyne pilots , to acknowledge the bravery and humanity of the French master and his crew , have purchased a massive silver snuffbox , which will be presented to him by Mr . Inghatn , Q . C . It bears the following inscrip'ion : — " Presented by the pilots of South Shields to Captain Blanquid , of the St . Jacques , of Dunkirk , in gratitude for the humane and courageous conduct of him and his crew , in saving , at their own risk , llobrrt and Francis Freeman , two river pilots , in a storm off the N . E . coast , on the 26 th of September , 1851 . "

      The Elgin Courier relates a ca . se of chronic hydrocephalus of some interest to students in physiology . A person of the name of James Scott died in Elgin on Friday last , aged forty-one . Scott ' s father was a glover in Elgin , and was latterly an inmate of the Beid-house , and as the son was never able to do anything for hia own support , he was transferred to the poor ' s-roll on his father ' s death . The size of his head was extraordinary . In height he stood , or rather measured ( for he never could walk from his birth ) , 3 feet 11 inches , while the length of his head and face was 114 inches , being about one fourth part of his entire length . The girth of the head was 271 inches . Over the crown of the head , from ear to ear , it measured 15 inches ; from the occipital spine to the insertion of nose , 20 inches ; the length of face , from insertion of nose to extremity of chin , was 4-j inclicH .

      The blanket or rapper swallowed by the boa constrictor at the Zoological Gardens in the . Regent ' s-park , was disgorged by the reptile in the night of Saturday the 8 th instant , after having been live weeks and one day in the animal ' s , body . The watchman on going his rounds that n' « l » t « a \ v the animal labouring to get rid of the blanket , ! l part of which protruded from its mouth , and he aas' ^ ' »( l it in doing so by taking hold of and pulling tue b'uiikef . gently , for which act of kindness it was thought thai the boa necmed grateful , inasmuch as it offered no opposition , nnd did not strive ; to injure him . On exa" » itiiitioU the blanket wan found to be much shrunken

      111 hi see , and it . was divcMted of l !> e greater portion of f'e loos ,, wool or hairy lilamenls composing its surface ; it wan much saturated with moisture , nnd in many parts covere d by a nlimy saliva . Originally the blanket mea-Bl > red about five feet by four ; but , like all those used 111 'I'e reptile house , it had been folded in half and » pwu to ; th (> r . There seems to be no doubt that the « ol lo \ viIIK einmrustalice led to the- gorging pf tho blanket ; -Kvery Friday afternoon live rabbits or pigeons ar given to the boaa , and thcBe arc : devoured by them or Huff ,. i to remain in the cage , according as these n'l » tile » are hungry or otherwise . On the night of the "ecureuc , in question two rabbits had been given to I »« bo » , only , of which was eaten . It iH conjectured iiiat when the bou coiled itti body and seized the rabbit , II »» UM also huve taken hold of a portion of the blan-K (^ . wiiioh it uluvered over , an well as the body of the * atnt , ^ d tacil fallowed the blanket as a continuity of the rabbit . A < : hciniBt haa died iu Houndoditch from an * ' improper "hc of ether . "

      As Mr . Thomas Aitken , the station master of the Milton of Campsie , was returning from Glasgow , he leaped from the train while it was yet in motion for the purpose of collecting the passengers tickets , and fell among the wheels , which passed over both his legs , mangling them frightfully . He died about an hour after the accident . In 1758 , the House of Commons issued a commission to adjust the standard of weight , and under the superintendence of competent officers of the Mint , assisted by some eminent scientific men , the standard was determined , and two troy pounds , of extreme accuracy , were produced . One of these pound weights was deposited in the House of Commons , and was destroyed in the fire in 1834 , and the other , until recently , has been in private hands . This duplicate of the original standard troy pound has been , since the destruction of its fellow , the weight always appealed to in any commission for the

      trial of weights . It was this week sold by auction by Messrs . Puttick and Simpson , the well-known auctioneers , of Piccadilly , amongst other effects of the late S . Alchorne , Esq ., formerly King ' s assay master . The weight alluded to produced £ 17 , and was understood to have been purchased for the Government . The hydrostatic balance , used for the trial of the standard in 1758 , with several boxes of extremely accurate weights , were withdrawn , no bidder appearing for the same . The sale included many curious manuscripts on Mint affairs . Amongst these was Crocker ' s Register Book of drawings for medals , certified under the hands of various officers of the Mint , and containing thirty autographs of Sir Isaac Newton , sold for £ 40 , and will , with the most interesting of the other manuscripts , find its resting-place in the British Museum . Lot 178 , a £ 5 piece of George III ., dated 1820 , and in very fine condition , sold for £ 31 .

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      Nov . , * -3 &t > * ! L * a& * t * 1109

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 3 rd of Octoler , at Ghazepore , near Benares , East Indies , the lady of George Francklin Atkinson , Esq ., Bengal Engineers , of a daughter . On the 6 th of November , at Thetford , Norfolk , the wife of tbe Reverend J . R . Major , of King ' s College , London , of a son On the 12 th , at Starston Rectory , Norfolk , the wife of the Reverend Augustus M . Hopper , of a daughter . On the 13 th , at Broome-park , the seat of Sir Benjamin Brodie , Baronet , the Lady Maria Brodie , of a son . On the 14 th , at Woolwich , the lady of Captain Anderson , Royal Artillery , of a daughter . On the 17 th . at the Kectory , East Bradenham , Norfolk , the wife of the Reverend George Robert Winter , of a son . On the 17 th , at Cumner Vicarage Berks , the Honourable Mrs . Charles F . O . Spencer , of a son .

      MARRIAGES . On the 22 nd of September , at Hosheapore , in the Punjab , Alice Mary , eldest daughter of Sir John Murray JNaesmvth , Bart ., of Posso , Peebles , to Francis Whit worth Russell , Esq ., of the Fourtli Bengal I ^ ancers . On the let ultimo . atBytown , Canada , Reginald Onslow Fanner , Esq ., Royal Artillery , to Geraldine , daughter of Captain J . Sidney Farrcll , Royal Artillery . On the 11 th instant , at Bampton , Oxon , Cabel Roo |> e , Esq ., of Oporto , to Elizabeth Frederick Maria , youngest daughter of Frederick Whitaker , Esq ., of Bampton , Oxon . On the 11 th instant , at Iver , Bucks , Henry Kutlyerd , son of the Jate Colonel itndyerd , R . E ., to Susan Frances , second daughter of the late Reverend Edward Ward . On the 13 th instant , at Griugley-on-the-Hill , Notts , the Reverend Herbert Napleton Beaver , vicar of Gringlcy , to Martha , widow of the late John Dossor , Esq ., of Hull . On the 12 th instant , at Puttenhain , in Surrey , William Thomas , eldest son of Thomas Ilustley , Esq ., of Acklatn-hall , in the county of York , to Anna Maria VVatkyn , only child of the Reverend Thomas VVatkyn Kich . » rds , rector of Putteiiham .

      On the 13 tli instant , at Dormington , T . O . Turner , Esq ., of the Bank of England Branch , Leicester , to Elizabeth , relict of the late Richard Smyth . Kgq ., of Litley . On the 13 th instant , at Ripley , Henry Wormald , Esq ., of Sawley-hull , Yorkshire , to Caroline , second daughter of William George Pigou , Esq ., formerl y of the Queen's Bays . On the 13 th instant , at Ickenhtim , the Reverend J . S . IIilliard , B . A ., of St . John's College , Oxford , to Ucorgina II . Hamilton . On the 18 lh instant , at St . Margaret ' s , Westminster , the Reverend Jamea Pulling , B . D ., Master of Corpus Christ i College , Cambridge , to Elizabeth M ; iry , youngest daughter of Christopher Hodgson , Esq ., of Deiui'a-yard , Westminster .

      DEATHS . On the 4 th instant , ag « d seventy , Sutiatiiia , relict of Giusiir Colcloutfh Dullrey-UUile-, county of Wexford , Esq ., and Lite Chief Justice of Prince Edward ' s luliiud nnd Newfoundland . On the 8 th in 3 tant , at Ashley-park , Surrey , o « scarlet fover , Alice , third daughter of the late Sir Henry Fletcher , llaronet , in her ( iftli year . On the 11 th instant , at the Vicarage , Tolnuddlu , Dorset , of which parish he had bireu forty-six years Hie incumbent , the Reverend Thonvw Wiureu , M . A ., of Christ i hurch , Oxford , iu tho eighty-third year of Iuh ;» £ <¦ . On ' tlie 11 th instant , nt iiis residence , Dulwich-hill , in his seventy-second year . MiiUliiui Attwood , Exq ., lain M . P . for VVhitehaven . and previously member for Boroughbridge and ior Callington . Onlho l ^ th instant , at Beulah-hill , Norwood , Hurrcy , General the ltiiifht Honourable Lord de Blaquiere .

      On tho 12 th instant , lit CluUeiiay , near Tourfl , in the lillyei hlh year of her ugc , Maria , widow oi the Honourable and Reverend Thomas Alfred Harris , and daughter of the Very Reverend George Murkhiuii . Dean of York . On the Kith iiiHtitut . Huddcnly , at Iiih residence , Catherine-Htrect , Hliimford-Hlreut . Hliir . kfriar * , VVilli . uii Tiuilal , t \> r nearly thirty years Known to tlic collectors of booKn , print . : ) , anil coiim , UH clerk of the muIch to Metism . Hotheby and Wilkinson , ot Wellington-street , Strand , leaving u . widow and nevcu children , uix totally unpiovided for . On the 13 th instant , sit Hath , in the fortiith year of hin iige , iu <' , ( inm L <| Ui ii ( -r of a wound received i » L the buttle of Cliilliitnwalluh , on Jnniiniy Kt , IH 111 , Lieutcn ; uil- (! oloiicl Pnyiiler , C . lt ., lat" comminuting her M HJewty ' H Twenty-fourth Regiment of Foot . On the I 4 t . li instant , ut IScliwalhacit , very niulilcnlv , of pinilyein ot the liuigH , lliu Litdy Ward , after a long and painful i 11—neNH ol elevi'i ) we « kH . On the lllh iiiHtunt , in his forty-sixth yenr , Mr . Ambrose llutt , ol the Hi in of ltutlaiid Jnpe , nlk IliiowutciH , Mere , Wilts , and (! ror . kert . ou IMills . neur Win 'minster .

      On tlm 1-lt . li insta'it , nt . W iltoii-cre-rcnt , ll <> l- > rit \ e-Htjuare , Cii-oi'ice Mnule , E . mi ., nolicitor lor tint aH ' , \ ira of lier Majtuty'fi Tieumry . On Mic 15 th iiiRtunt , in London , tlie Right Honourable Mitrjory DowAgt-r Lady Hiilt . oun , nge . d ninety-two . On the IHlli iiiutaul , ut , liramifliill-hoube , Hir John Cope , Baronet .

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      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Communications should always b « legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellington-¦ treet . Strand , London .

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      Saturday , November 22 . What is doing in the matter of the " Kossuth fund" ? The Times this morning diverges from abuse of Kossuth , to sneer at the Great cry and little wool" of the demonstration . *• So far as regards shouting , and dining , and sympathy , and drums , and abusing the Time * , and calico banners , and shaking of hands , and other cheap expressions of feeling , nothing could be more glorious than the reception of the hero . But when the dinners are eaten and the trumpets are still , when the banners are laid by and the back numbers of the Timts thriftily reserved for cremation are exhausted , what remains for the future ? It is the old Btory of democratic virtue— ' Great cry , little ¦ wool . ' The crop is big in the stack and short in th yield . " It is f airly put , as regards all , except the working classes . The middle-class supporters may ask for an enlargement of time , still there is considerable justice in the charge . But shall it continue to be just ? Is the Times to be allowed an easy triumph , and the great hearty strength of the People to be wasted for want of a little audacity and decision ? Let the Kossuth fund committee take steps to refute the charge of the Times . The speech which M . Kossuth delivered on board the Jupiter , is printed in extenso , in the morning journals . We extract two passages of interest to our readers . The first is on the probable future of English agitation , and displays considerable foresight arid sagacity in the interpretation of the shadows of coming events . " It is my humble wish , which I would ask you to take as my testament , do not forget poor Hungary . ( Lotcd cheers . ) Do not forget the great principle of freedom and independence as resumed in the word which is dear to you—self-government—( renewed cheers )—and remember that public opinion is only powerful when in incessant agitation ; and remembering this , on whatever occasion you meet , on whatever public concern of your great and generous country , you cannot meet on any topic that is not intimately coaneerted with the principle of freedom ; and therefore , when you make resolutions on these matters , you may be carrying out the development o . ' municipal institutions , which 1 hope I am not deceived in saying when I say I feel it in the air to be a topic for the next agitation of the public mind in England . A considerable decrease in the trade with the continent of Europe" has taken place in the year that is about to close , and perhaps you will meet to investigate its cause , or on other matters;—search for the causes of that decrease . It may be that you may meet on reform questions , to develope your institutions more , because it is possible to go on improving them in a peaceful way , not by violence , to an almost eteniil and boundless extent . ( Cheers . ) It may be for the development of the principle of free trade , which , permit me to say , is not settled yet . ( Hear , hear . ) On whatever occasion it may be , remember the cause of my poor Hungary , and its connection with the great principles of freedom and self-government , and you will find in her a link which will bind them together . In the list of your resolutions , do not forget poor Hungary . ( C / wers . ) It is not necessary that England should go to war . believe that England will only have to declare , * That is my will '—and for that will to be just , right , and in harmony with the laws of God , and the destiny of mankind—lor that will to be obeyed . ( Loud cheers . )" The second extract needs no introduction—it is a reply to Lord Palinerston . " I must add one word aa to the secrecy of diplomacy . That ia a word I mum consider , whatever may be Haid for it , as the source of the present deplorable condition of J £ uropc . ( Cheers . ) There may be some who say that tjccrct matters of diplomacy should not be disclosed before their time . Some may Bay that k merchant , for instance , to make a transaction does not disclose it before the transaction i « complete . That is true ; but the likt- - iif . ss is not a true one , because I cannot conceive a merchant , or head of a house who would not retain to himself the ri ^ ht to look into the transactions of his house whenever he pleases . Tbut is the principle of every merohiml ; and iu ihe case of which 1 am Npi-aking , it in not tliA Government that is the martyr , it is the people . ( Cheers . ) It is th © people who huvo ilie right to look into thu mutter , ami hohuoii as they do so , every powor of Itiitisiim diplomacy which has put the foot of the C- ' zar on the ne . k of tlu : nations , will before the bright eye of publicity , und before the mi s lay power of public opinion , no longer be able again and a ^ ain to crush humanity ; but , so long as it . is not looked on in this way , ho loiifj will Russian diplomacy a iun und agiiin be exerted against the liberty of the world in the wny thai my poor Hungary has had experience of- for ItiiHuiaii diplomacy is the most skilful , the most powerful in tho world . Keep on raining your powerful voice iigaiust the at crecy of diplomacy . " Truly it nmy be « uid on this question—All who are not with uh «» ro againut uh : All who uro not for tin ) abolition of noorot diplomuoy uro lighting tho battlo of jRu 8 » i»—i * re the allies of the 0 * ar .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1851, page 1109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1910/page/9/