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      Trade with Belgtu 3 i . — At a meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce for the worsted district , held at Bradford on Monday evening , Mr . Titus Salt m the chair , the subject of the proposed alterations in the Belgian tariff -was taken into consideration - . A memorial addressed to Lord Howard deWalden , our minister at Brussels , pointing out the ill effects of the projet de hi in question , was adopted . The Pharmaceutical Society has addressed a communication to the daily papers -with a view to showing that during the last iifteen years its members have exerted themselves , with considerable success , to improve the education of chemists and druggists , prevent the

      adulteration of medicines , and put a check on the indiscriminate sale of poison . " The council believe , " says the document , " that the exertions of the society in elevating the scientific character of pharmaceutical chemists will have more effect in checking adulteration , imperfections in medicines , and accidents from poison , than any penal enactment that could toe passed ; and that , however desirable it may be to provide facilities for the summary punishment of persons guilty of fraud , it is equally important , and should be the first object of solicitude , to regulate the qualifications of those who dispense medicines , and who ought to be sufficiently educated to be able to test the quality of their drugs and preparations . " *

      The "WorivSOP Labottrers' Friend Society . —At the last annual meeting of the "Worksop Labourers' Friend Society , of which Viscount Galway , M . P . for East Retford and the Hundred of Bassetlaw , is the president , his Lordship , in replying to the toast of " The County Members , " made a few observations , in which he argued against agricultural statistics and secular education , and in favour of juvenile reformatories . Pie was inclined to think the ticket-of-leave system had failed ,

      and was the source of a great many burglaries and murders . After his Lordship's remarks , the Hon . " VV .. E . Duncombe , the second member , urged on the meeting the necessity of improving the condition of the labourer . An Ornament foe the Church . —It is stated by the Newcastle'Guardian that it is the present intention of Lord Ernest Vane Tempest to go into the Church , his family having several good livings in their gift . Being too bad for the army , be proposes to sweep himself into the dust-bin of " the Establishment !"

      jFire at Wappixg . —Between six and seven o ' clock on . Monday night , a fire broke out at the premises in High-street , "Wapping , in the joint occupation of Messrs . Carsen , Warrener , and Co ., bottle merchants , Messrs . Hart , sail manufacturers , and Mr . James Mackay , filter maker . The firemen were not able to subdue the flames foi several hours . The injury is very serious , probably amounting to some thousands of pounds . Mr . Ruskix on the Turner Bequest . —Mr . Kusldn ,

      tne celebrated art critic , writes to the Times as follows : — 'As active measures are being now taken to give the public access to the pictures and drawings left by the late Mr . Turner , you will perhaps allow me space in your columns for a few words respecting them . I was appointed by Mr , Turner one of his executoi * s . I examined the will and the state of the property needing administration , and , finding that the questions arising out of the obscurity of the one and the disorder of the other would be numerous and would involve a kind of business

      in which I had no skill or knowledge , I resigned tho office ; but in tho course of the inquiry I catalogued the most interesting of the drawings which are now national property , and respecting these the public will , I think , be glad of more definite information than they at present possess . They are referable mainly to three classes . 1 . Finished water-colour drawings . 2 . Studies from nature , or first thoughts for pictures ; in colour . 3 . Sketches in pencil or pen and ink . " The writer undertakes , if permitted , to arrange and frame after a peculiar fashion , at his own expense , and -within six ¦ weeks , one hundred of these drawings .

      The Australian Auxiliary Steam Cwpter Co : m-TANY . —About two hundred and fifty gentlemen , principally merchants interested in traffic with the colonies , met on Monday on board tho steam-vessel Istamboul , now lying in the Victoria ( London ) Docks , for the jurposo of inspecting her previous to her departure for Australia . This vessel is the first of a line of steamers intended for the Australian service . A dejeuner was provided on board , and partaken of by those who had been fur-Dished with tickets . The Lord Mayor presided , and Mr . Gooch , who represented thecompany , gavcsomeinteresting details with respect to tho vessels . He said : — " Tho introduction of a small auxiliary steam-power in tho original cli

      2800 tons . With regard to passengers , I believe that their one ship would carry as many as bur two ships , and therefore I let that fall down . The quantity of coal consumed by the one ship upon the oue passage- —that is , from London -to Australia —was about 1950 tons . The quantity of coals that our ships consume we estimate to bo 300 tons . The cost of the coals , at 2 l . per ton upon the average , which I believe is a very low one , upon tho big ships , was 3900 ? . The cost of coai to these two ships is 60 Q / . The value of the freight upon the cargo carried , taking it at 31 . per ton , in the one ship , is equal to 1350 / . ; the value of the freight upon the cargo carried in our two ships is equal to 8400 ? . " ( Hear , ? iear . ~ ) He anticipated that the ships will make two voyages to Australia and back— -that is , four passages—in the course of a year .

      "Warlike Stores fkom the East .- —The whole of the store ? , Used in the late war , which were brought from Kertch and the East by tlie Turkish Contingent Engineer Corps , have been deposited at the Ordnance stores , Gun-wharf , Chatham , under the direction of Captain G . Allan and Quartermaster T . B . Thomett . A ^ rEiiiCAN JMt 7 R 1 > eks . —Three very horrible murders have been committed at Bergholtz , a German settlement in the town of Wbeatland . A Dr . T . C . Strange , his housekeeper , and his daughter , have been killed , apparently by an axe , by some person or persons unknown , and from motives which are not apparent . The corpse of the doctor was discovered about a mile from his own house , lying in a pool of blood , in the roadway . The other bodies were found , in the house .

      The Amook . —The scientific expedition to the new territory of the Kiver Amoor lias returned to Irkutzk , in Siberia , and reports thiat the country up to a distance of' four hundred versts— about two hundred and fifty miles—from the estuary is not at aJl adapted for colonization , as the soil is damp , marshy , and covered by thick and almost impenetrable jungle . A mercantile expedition has now gone to the Amoor , to ascertain the wants of the inhabitants , and see what produce of their own they have to give in exchange .

      Death oi ? Loud Scarborough . —The Eight . lion . John Earl of Scarborough died at his seat , Saiidbeck Park , near Tickhill , Yorkshire , oh " Wednesday last . The deceased peer , John Liimley Sa-ville , Viscount Lunaley , and Baron Lumley of Lumley Castle , in the county of Durham , in the peerage of England , and Viscount Lumley of "Waterford in the peerage of Ireland , was born on the 18 th of July , 1788 , and succeeded as the eighth earl on the 21 st of February , 1885 , his father having been killed by a fall froin a horse .

      Staff Appointjiests ln tux : Indian Army . —There have been rumours afloat respecting a measure of no common interest to the Indian army , which is said to be under the consideration of the East India Company , if it has not received the sanction of that body already- It is whispered that the officers of the Queen ' s army are to be permitted to enjoy a share of staff appointments which have heretofore been liestowecl exclusively , or almost exclusively , upon officers of the Company ' s service . The report is , we believe , not wholly destitute of foundation . —Oca-land Mail .

      More Trouble tx the Cnuncir . s— Upwards of eighty beneficed clergymen , in the diocese of St . David ' s , have memorialized Bishop Ccnnop Thirl wall against tho theological teaching of the Rev . Rowland Williams , the professor of divinity in Lampeter College . The protest is specifically directed against the teaching contained in the professor ' s sermons , published under the title of " Rational Godliness , " the tendencies of which were pointed out about a year ago in tho Quarterly Review , and have since occasioned much discussion .

      A Bear Shot ay a Lady . —Miss Philbrick , a lady residing in Piscataquis county , having been annoyed by bears , sot a trap for them . Tlie morning after the trap wna set , it had disappeared , and a trail was observed showing which way it had gone . Miss Philbrick procured her rifle , started in pursuit , and was not long in overtaking bruin with all his paraphernalia . A shot from the rifle soon terminated his existence , and Misa Philbrick had the satisfaction of receiving a good' price for the " pet , " in addition to the bounty allowed by the State . —Canadian Pctper .

      Puseyism at East G iunstuad . —A public meeting of tho inhabitants of East Grinstead lias just been held , the vicar being present , at which resolutions were passed condemnatory of tho Popish practices of the Kev . J . Mason Ncale , the Principal of Sackvillo College . Representations have boon made to the Bishop of Chichcstcr , to the effect that Mr . Nealn encourages confession and other practices diametrically opposed to the teaching of the Church ; and tho Earl of Delawarr , the patron , has been called upon to remove Mr . Nealo from the headship of tho college , in consequence of liiu religiouB principles and practices . Military Spouts at Chatham . —In consequence of tho great hucccss which attended the recent first attempt to introduce a variety of atliletic sports and pastimes among the . soldiers at Chatham garrison , they were re . peated on a largo nualo on Thursday nfternoon .

      Explosion ov a Mink . —During some engineering operations which wore being- performed on Wudneaday » tt Versailles , a iniiio excluded , and killutl ono muii nncl wounded two othero .

      Bailinjg pper ships is the course -which wo have attempted in this company to carry out . We hold that economy in the first cost of the ship is important ; and , secondly , economy in tho working of it . Wo believe «« h *\ £ in tUeso 8 hi P economy in tho first cost , i ^ e ^ . « V Uat we 8 ha 11 havo economy in tho workthfse 8 hln « f Mcortawcdthat they could bring two of as thai vlluU iT ° ° 8 amo sum of monQy ( G 5 > 0 / . ) « ThoS £ * « ° 2 ° ° f tllc Mi-Powered steamshi p * . canal to fSS 7 * fulU P ™ « Btcam carried cngi ics Scsenua ? r " " ^ ' ° two fihi P ™ " ^ rry # iSSS « «^ H "ff cargo was 150 ton 8 upon tho average . Wo carry

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      ENGLAND AND PERSIA . Intelligence from Bombay states that the English expedition against Persia will probably not proceed to the Persian Gulf , tho Shah having , it is said , yielded to the demands of Great Britain .

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      KING- OTHOOF GREECE . The tfnivers publishes a letter , addressed to it by the Abbe" Care , of Nancy , which contains the following passages : — " Monsieur , —With respect to assertions frequently made in the public journals relative to the religion of King Otb-o , I have to affirm positively that it is absolutely false that he has changed iis religious belief in order to reign in" Greece . His Majesty remains a believing and practical Roman Catholic . "

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      CENTEAL CRIMINAL COURT ( YESTERDAY ) . Sentences . —The young : man Pratt , who pleaded guilty to embezzling 98 / . 10 s ., the property of the Directors of the Bank of Australia , was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment , with hard labour . Richard Crump Barford , convicted of uttering four forged 51 . notes at a ham shop in the City , was sentenced to sis years ' penal servitude . Convictions .- —Two men pleaded Guilty ; to two separate burglaries , and were sentenced , the one to six years ' penal servitude , the other to eighteen months' hard labour . ' —George Chas . Robinson , formerly a policeman but lately discharged , pleaded Guilty to a charge of bigamy in marrying Mary Ann Read , having another wife living at the same time . The second wife recommended him to mercy on account of his good and kind conduct to her wliile they were together . He was sentenced to nine months' hard labour .

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      GENERAL GUYON . Guyon is deail , and the English public is atleisureto reflect upon the treatment this ' gallant good' soldier received from tke English Government . In the East his counsels were neglected , in the "West his services were forgotten , ' i brilliant military leader , his genius was superseded during tho first Armenian campaign by the concerted imbecility of Turkish pachas . He was then cast aside . The British Cabinet , as if inspired by Austrian sympathies , allowed him to remain no longet with the Ottoman ami }' . He retired , mortified and dis . appointed , to Constantinople , and there , unrewarded and unhonoured by the country ho had served , ho died a painful death . This is the way in which we enlist nml encourage tho chivalry of our generation . If tho nntno of Guyon becomes immortal , everlasting also will be the stigma of English ingratitude , which sought to disgrace this Bnyurd , who never fought in any cauao but that of justice and liberty .

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      CArE op Good Horn . —Considerable excitement and alarm prevail at tho Cape , owing to tho influcuce which a fanatic chief exorcises over tho religious superstitions of the KalirH . This man prophesies great disasters to tho whites . Tub Meriumao has sailed for Brest , thenco to proceed to tho West Indies . Crystal Paiack . —Return of admissions for fix days , ending Friday , October 81 , 1850 , including season ticket holders , 11 , 33 G .

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      Leadee Office , Saturday , November 1 . NAPLES . Letters 2 \ ave been received from Naples to the 27 th The legations were to leave on the following day for Rome by land , to embark on Friday at Civita Yecchia and arrive on Saturday evening at Marseilles . General Lanza replaces General Gaeta as governor of Naples . Considerable military precautions continue to be adopted . The city was taranquu , hut , trade dull .

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      1042 THE LEADER ; [ Kq . 345 , Satumay

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 1, 1856, page 1042, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2165/page/10/