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      A New Substatsce . —Works for the prosecution of an entirely new brauoh of industry have been opened by Mr . Chance about five miles from Birminghamthe manufacture of arcbitectral decorations and adjuncts in basalt . The ragstone of the neighbourhood is melted and cast in hot moulds , and cornices , doorheads , and other architectural enrichments are produced , of very lasting quality . When cast in cold moulds , a glassy lava , known as obsidian , is produced —an interesting fact in a geological point of view . — Builder . The Ca . se of Mbs . Wooleb . — The auditors of the county of Durham , in presenting the accounts the other day , mentioned that the late prosecution in the great Burdou poisoning case had cost the county no less than £ 512 . —Oateshead Observer .

      Hogarth ' s ' line of beauty * was inscribed in the heavens on a gigantic scale . After a short time the meteor seemed to be broken at regular intervale , and it had then the appearance of dislocated vertebrae . At this time the light was deep yellow , inclined to red , pi-obably a reflection from the Bun , not far below the horizon . Its edges at last lost their character , its light became pale , aud very gradually it vanished altogether , without the slightest noise of any kind , which , was attentively listened for . From its first being noticed to its final disappearance a periodof about ten minutes elapsed . All the changes seemed to be produced slowly , and only iu its sudden appearance had it at all the character of a gaseous explosion . "

      ; Drunkenness ik the Geimban A ^ my . —A despatch , from General Codrington , dated Dec . 97 th , contains * ,-denial of the general charge of drunkenness brought against the army . From returns in his possession , the Commander-in-Chief asserts that " the number of crimes of drunkenness ( and these are many more than the men drunk ) is a little above one man in two days per company , estimated at one hundred men . " He admits , however , that it is probable some cases escape observation .

      Reformatory Institutions . —An appeal for assistance has been made on the part of a proposed Manchester and Salford Reformatory for Juvenile Criminals . A Ragged and Reformatory School has already been established ; but the committee are desirous of erecting new buildings and enlarging their design , for which they will require additional funds . Mr . E . Denison , M . P ., intends introducing a bill into Parliament next session to empower justices to establish reformatory schools , and to enable the levying of funds by an annual rate of one penny in the pound ofl all property rateable to the county rate , with a stipulation that certain , expenses should , he borne by the Government .

      Mouey Worship at the Cape *—A gen-tleman of Jewish appearance , and going by the name of Montefiore , recently arrived at Capetown , and put it about that he was an agent of the great Rothschild , empowered to invest money iu whatever way he might consider advantageous . All descriptions of shares straightway rose ; the bank , and two or three of the largest houses , gave him unlimited credit ; Moritefiore races and Montefiore . dinners on a magnificent scale were got up ; and the gentleman scattered about his own ( or other people ' s ) money , and . rode in a carriage

      with four outriders . The whole Cape seemed in a frenzy of admiration ; and , at a banquet and ball which , was given , one old gentleman kissed the illustrious stranger , and called him his brother , and finally the company carried him . on their shoulders round the room , to the tune of " He ' s a right good fellow . " The right good fellow actually proposed to- a young kd y * . hut was politely refused ; and shortly , afterwards he was arrested for debt and forgery . He turned out to be a Jew named Moses Solomon , who had absconded from England .

      Aberdeen" Universities . —The Senatus of Marischal College and University , Aberdeen , lave had a meeting to consider the project of a union of King ' s and Marischal Colleges , put forth by a committee appointed by a , public meeting of the inhabitants , and have adopted a series of resolutions on the subject . They adhere to the opinion which was communicated by them to Lord Aberdeen ' s Government in January last , in which they intimated that the Seuatus would not object to a union of the Universities ( though not of the Colleges ) , if the Government should consent to proceed on that basis . They express an earnest deBire

      to get rid of the constantly recurring agitation on this question , and their readiness to support a bill in Parliament for the union of the two Universities under a proper constitution , as well as for the improvement of the Colleges , with only one professor in each department of the Faculties of Divinity , Law , and Medicine ; and they recommend a small commission to " inquire into Btich details of the University constitution and of other matters as are proper to be included in a bill . " It was agreed to address a memorial , founded on the resolutions , to th « Lord Advocate . Two of the Professors were in favour of a

      general measure having reference to all the Scottish Universities , and Principal Dewar , who did not vote , put on record a declaration expressive of his adherence to the recommendations in favour of union , which appeared in the Report of the Commissioners of 1837 . Gun Accident . —A man , named Archibald Macintyro , Rorvant to a Mr . James Macdonald , farmer , at Mucomor , Inverness , hag been accidentally shot by that gentleman on the braes of Loehaber . The poor man has left a pregnant wife and a family in great

      destitution . *—Two young gentlemen , cousins , one the son of Mr . Bradshaw Isherwood , of Marple Hall , ( tn'd the other of the Rev . Charles BoU&irs , of Bedworth , in Warwickshire , have met with a nevero accident . They woro out shooting , ixnd the gun of the former oxploded , wounding his right hand and thumb , and inflicting on his cousin a oompound fraoturo of the skull , with oacapo of brain . Both boys ran home , a distance of a quarter of a milo , and a . % present are doing well .

      Suioiimd at So-VTiiAMrTON . —Edward Wobb , a olovk at the railway office in the Southampton Docks , has committed suioide by cutting his throat bo as very nearly to aover the bond . A few dtiya previounly ho was in oonverHation with Uia follow clerks about tho approaching execution of Abraham Bakor , and , among various opinionn expressed «« to tho easiest mode of taking life , Wobb atatod that ho thought tuo not might bo more upeodily committod by < i well gharponod razor than by auy other moun » .

      State op Trade . —The reports of the trade of the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday contain little of interest , business having scarcely yet resumed its ordinary course after the interruption consequent upon Christmas and the opening of the year . At Manchester , the transactions have been moderate at steady prices , with a fair extent of employment . In the Birmingham ironmarket , there is a healthy tone , which contrasts very favourably with the position of the trade at the beginning of 1855 . The Nottingham advices describe no alteration . In the woollen districts , the - transactions have been of an average character , with a tendency to improvement both iu the homo and foreign demand . The Irish linen-markets are quiet but firm , confidence being sustained by the comparative smallness of the stocks on hand . —Times ,

      The Coal Trade of London . —Statistics of the coal trade of London for the past yeai-, just prepared by Mr J . It . Scott , show that tho total importation into the metropolis was 4 , 177 , 953 tons , of which 3 , 016 , 868 tons were seaborne , the remaining 1 , 161 , 085 having been brought by railway , &c , This total presents a decrease of 198 * 817 tons , as compared with the great importation of 1851 , since , although the quantity by railway exhibits an improvement of 183 , 876 tons , there i 3 a falling off of 382 , 693 in that by sea , the latter circumstance being partly attributable to the removal of a number of screw steamers from the trade for more profitable employment as transports tinder

      Goverament-Captain M'Geachv . Alleyne , who was found guilty in December , 1851 , of a conspiracy to defraud , chiefly on the evidence of a man named Coyle , who has since been twice tried and convicted of perjuryin connexion with that trial , has received . her Majesty ' s " free pardon . " But " pardon" for what ? For being cruelly calumniated and oppressed by a knave , and for "being declared guilty when he was not guilty Surely the phraseology in these cases should be altered . A . MonD ; uiou 8 Captain . —A strange story is told in the Sun Francisco Herald concerning Captain Youngj of tlie schooner Waterwitch , who , it is asserted , induced one of the ownera of the vessel , Mr . Aines , together with the mate and a Newfoundland dog , to go witli him on shore on a "barren and uninhabited island

      in the Gulf of California , and , immediately on lauding them , pushed off in his boat , without leaving any food . On being remonstrated with by the other owner , Mr . Elliot , he promised to return , and , taking that gentleman with him , went ashore , leaving Mr . Elliot also on tho island , and again pushing off . But Mr . Aides and the mate ha , d escaped on board " a raft " { tic hi oriffitu ) , formed out of the skin of the dog , which they killed , and had arrived at th «

      Waterwitch's destination before the Waterwitch itself . In the meanwhile , an Indian boy on board overheard the captain and a Bailor planning to cut hia throat ; upon wfiich he leapt overboard , and swam to the shore . On arriving at hia destination , Captain Young found his would-be victims before him , and was straightway arrested ; but what became of Mr . Elliot is not clearly mado out . The whole story looks as if it belo : aged to the Bame library of romantic fiction as tho sea-serpent .

      Meteoiis . —The atmospherical phenomena winch have been observed for Bomo time past lmve been again noticed during the past week at Southampton , ScvenoakB , and Blacklieath , where brilliant meteors h * vo been seen . The last-named is thus described by a correspondent of tha Times , Mr , ltimber : — " Nearly due south , e , meteor of a most remarkable- and brilliant olraraoter was observed on Monday evening . The &ky waa clear overhead , but not bright , and there arose worn the lxoriison , to the height of about ton degrees , black and jagged clouds . A falling star was aaid to have boon

      ftrHt . / jeen , and immodiatoly afterwards the vmter had an uninterrupted view of tho moteor , which rtfc first seemed to emerge from the dark olouda in a atriotly vertical direction , and stretched at least to a height of thirty degrees from tho horizon . In form « ts first appearance was that of a wand , and ifc gradually tapered at tho enda and expanded in the middle , at whioh timo its appearance waa most brilliant , itsodgee < liatiuot and smooth , and it waa of auoh intense whiteness aa to soom an opaquo body , though bright na tho new moon . As tho expansion at tho centre- inoreaaod , tho ends woro bout in contrary directions , anc

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      Leader Oitmce , Saturday , January 12 . THE SWEDISH DECLARATION . A circular ( dated the 18 th ulft ) has been addressed to all Swedish Envoys by Baron Stierneld , the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs ) , relating to the recent treaty with the Western Powers . The following are the chief paragraphs : — " Apprehensions for the future , founded upon remembrances too well known to need repetition , and entertained by the obstacles made by Rusoia to a satisfactory regulation of the border relations in the northern provinces , were increased still , more by the manifestation of ideas of encroachment of that Empire in the East . Under other more , favourable circumstances those ideas might obtain' a . development in the north which would be of a nature to cause us serious embarrassment . France and England having proposed to his Majesty a defensive treaty- of alliance destined to . assure the integrity of the United Kingdoms ; the King felt that it was his d . u . ty ; eagerly to accept a guarantee , the utility of which ia as patent as it is incontestable . No one can say what , eventual contingencies are not hidden , in the womb of the future , and in such difficult circumstances as , the present it ia the duty of every Sovereign to look after the maintenance of the independence and to assure the welfare of the nations entrusted to- his care by Providence . It wa 3 in this idea that the treaty was concluded on the 20 th of last month at Stockholm , between the United Kingdoms on the one hand and France and England on the other , the text of wldch you will find annexed to the present , and which wa ^ ratified at Stockholm on the 30 th ; at London oa the 29 th , and at Paris on the 28 th of the same month . " You will observe , sir , that the terms of thetreaty are too precise to admit of any misinterpretation . The alliance which lias just been concluded is a defensive one ; it will depend upon Russia to prevent its application , as this would not occur unless caused by an aggression on her part . Let Russia respect our rights—let her cease to inspire just causes of alarm for the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe —and this Treaty will not be of any prejudice to her . You will also observe , Sir , that this Treaty does not imply any change in our actual position —our declaration of neutrality still subsists , and will continue to be adhered to as has hitherto been the case . "

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      The Paris Couucil of War met yesterday at the Tuileries . The results are not known . The Council wan composed of the Emperor , Prince Jerome Napoleon , tho Duke of Cambridge , Prince Napoleon , Lord Cowley , Sir Edmund Lyons , Admiral Dundas , Sir Richard Airey , Sir Harry Jones , General La Marmora , Marshal Vaillant , Count Walewski , General Canrobert , General Bosquot , General Niel , General Martimprey , Admiral Hamelin , Admiral Jorier de la GrnvWi'e , and Admiral Penaud .

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      Thero are again symptoms of disturbance at Madrid . Soiao drunken soldiers , occupying tho post at tho Palaeo of the Coi-tea , raised seditious cries . Marshal Espnrteru re-oatublishod order , aiul tho rioters were arrested . On all other points , tranquillity reuuiunp unbroken . The report of Lady Ellcnborough ' s death haa been contmdictod , lottora from hor having been received , dated Damascus , Docomber 10 th . Dr . Sandwith , ono of tho gallant defenders of Kara haa reached London after -undergoing extraordinar privations on hia journey from Kar » t <> JBatourn .

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      H . M . S . Itoyal Albert was nearly lost on her poaeog from tho Crimoa to Malta , from a leak in her Horc machinery .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 12, 1856, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2123/page/11/