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    WB takes a bend towards Monte Rotondo , and ends on , & store easy of access , and presents all desirable security for the cable . The length of this line of soundings is one hundred and . twenty-five sea miles ( sixty to a degree ) . The greatest depth is from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand , yards , and this maximum depth extends only ten miles . This was the line chosen last year for laying the electric cable , and was rejected this year in consequence of the last accident . The line now chosen takes its direction from Spartivento to Cape Garde , and presents a horizontal distance of one hundred and twenty-five miles . The depth during the half of this distance is more than two thousand metres , and the maximum two thousand six hundred metres . The

    bottom is formed of gravel , coral , and soft yellow mud . This line has the advantage of bringing the cable directly to Bono , in a safe place , sufficiently d « ep . It was there that the laying of the cable was commenced . 3 ? here are still seventeen miles of cable wanting to complete the communication with Spartivento . The correspondence with Bona was always perfect during the entire passage . —Times Paris Correspondent . [ The chain has since been broken , and a portion of it lost . ] Sympathy with the Indian Sufferees . —About 100 O 7 . has been already raised in Norwich for the -victims of the atrocious conduct of the Sepoys . At Cambridge ' humiliation service' has been held , the Mayor presiding ' . Miss Florence Nightingale is now staying at Malvem , and is under hydropathic treatment .

    Inland Steam Navigation in Bengal . —Dr . Alexander Beattie , M . D ., writes to the Times : — " The list of passengers given in your Calcutta correspondent ' s letter , dated July 20 th , shows that the steamers and barges of the Ganges Steam and Inland Steam Navigation Company have been rendering important service in the present crisis ; ' and it may be satisfactory to know that these vessels were expeditiously transporting European troops up the country . By a letter to my address , dated Calcutta , 17 th of July , from the manager , I learn that the Mirzapore steamer conveyed a portion of the Madras Fusiliers from Calcutta to Allahabad ( eight hundred miles ) in seventeen days ; the same vessel and the

    Benares , both belonging to the Ganges Steam Company , each having a large iron barge attached , were engaged to convey troops and stores to Allahabad ; and , as the river had become more easily navigable ia consequence of rain , it is reasonable to suppose the voyage ¦ would be made in fourteen days . General Havelock ' s force would not therefore be long without support .- Had the Government in England despatched one hundred and fifty soldiers to Bombay or Calcutta as second-class or deck passengers by each of the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamers twice a month , and their arrival been publicly notified , the moral effect would have been excellent . It is not yet too late to adopt this mode of speedy transport , particularly as regards Bombay . "

    Mr . John Fuost , the Chartist , and ex-Mayor of Newport , claims to be restored to the list of freemen of i the borough . The West Indies . —The islands , at the last advices , continued to enjoy average good health ; but trade , generally , was dull . Several of the persons , men and women , implicated in the outrage tiptn the Governor of Demerara and on Mrs . Wodehouse on thoir late departure from the colony have been arrested , and liberated on bail , to take their trials at the next session of the Supreme Court , for riot . Tho Hon . W . B . Wolseley , Acting Government Secretary , and his wife , have left for England , after a residence of more than twenty-one years , during which the hon . gentleman gained tba respect and goodwill of all classes . Mr . A . P . Gore , the Acting Assistant Government Secretary , also left on leave of absence . The weather has been rather wet Sn

    some of the islands , - which has caused tho planters a little anxiety . The Weather and Crops in Scotland . —Most unseasonable -weather for cutting and gathering in the crops of Scotland , now prevails , and great fears are entertained for the resultB . About one-third of the crop only is secured . The rainy weather has also increased the potato disease , and a writer -who hoa just travelled over the greater part of tho north of Scotland saya : —* ' Tho loss may bo estimated at one-third ; but as the potatoes are a very heavy crop this season , tho total quantity saved will , after all , be little short of an average crop . " —Time * .

    The SHRKWanuinr Estates . —A new claimant to theao estates has boon found in tho person of a railway porter employed by the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverharnpton Railway Company at Worcester station . The name of tho claimant is Thomas Evans , and it appears that lie has aorno documents in his possession which will assist in establishing his titlo . It appears that Evans ' s mother ( now dead ) waa a Miaa Talbot , and 8 ho had been frequently heard to say that her fumily ought to bo much better off than they wero , as tho then Earl of Shrewsbury was her groat-uncle .

    and the yelling and confusion were indescribable . At last , there -was a perfect fight on the platform , and the meeting teiminated abruptly , after Mr . Winn had declared that he would call a meeting speciall y for the purpose of lefuting Mr . Townsend ' s statements . Grouse . —The Edinburgh Courant calls attention to the decrease of grouse on the Scottish hills , and anticipates that they will speedily be extinct . The writer adds : — " Large quantities of old birds are found dead on our southern hills ( we refer to Selkirk and Peeblesshire ) in the months of October and November . Many of these , doubtless , have been wounded birds , and consequently have died of starvation but we have frequently made an examination of some of these found dead , and an enlargement of the liver was almost invariably the cause . "

    The Character op L'Angelier . —Mr . Adam Pringle , of Sunnyside , Patrick , has published in the North British Daily Mail what he terms a « Vindication of the Character of the late M . L'Angelier . ' It consists of an attested copy of his diary , and of letters from his mother , and from various respectable persons . A Chilo-bed Tragedy . —The annexed grim entry occurs in the miscellaneous ob servations at the end of one of the Registrar-General ' s recent weekly returns of

    births and deaths in London : — " St . Giles-in-the-Fields-North . —On 18 th August , the infant daughters of a woman since dead , ' supposed to have been drowned . No medical attendant . ' Mr . Simpson , the registrar , says : —' Twins found in a tub of water . The mother died four days after their birth . She told a fellowlodger she put them there because they looked so like rabbits . Nothing was provided for her confinement . She frequently asked what would be done to her if she recovered . ' "

    The Heat of the Weather . —The infant daughter of a pipe-maker , living at Pancras , died on the 27 th ult . from exhaustion , owing to the heat of the weather . Her age was six months . A labourer died on the 29 th ult . from sun-stroke , after eleven days' illness . Crimean Monument at Sheffield . —The Duke of Cambridge has consented to lay the foundation-stone of a Crimean monument in Sheffield during October . - Royal Visit to "Wentworth House . —The Queen and Prince Albert will pay a visit to the E 3 rl of Fitzwilliam at Wentworth House , near Rotherham , on their return from Scotland on the 15 th of October . When Princess Victoria , the Queen visited the house in 1835 , with her mother , on returning from the grand musical festival at York .

    The Doncaster Races . —The Doncaster September meeting has taken place this -week . The Doncaster Plate has been wen by Mr . Payne ' s Orianda , and the St . Leger States by Mr . J . Scott's Imperieuse . In this latter race , Mr . D'Alison ' s celebrated Blink Bonny was fourth . Her Majesty ' s Plate was won by Lord Zetland ' s Skirmisher . The Mormons in Exeter . —A Mormon ' Elder' ha 3 been preaching in the open air at Exeter ; but last Sunday evening he was mobbed , had to run for it , and , becoming alarmed , sought refuge in the station-house . On the following day , the police superintendent obtained permission to bring him before the magistrates if he should renew his preachings .

    completed the examination of the wine you sent me , I beg to submit the following analysis : —Litmus paper indicated much acidity . Evaporated , it yielded 25 per cent , of a thick syrupy substance , consisting almost entirely of treacle ; which substance , when ignited , yielded 0-78 _ per cent of ash , differing both in quantity and chemical composition frcm the ash of the genuine grape juice . It do « s not , however , owe its colouring matter to the ordinary- substances used for colouring dark wines , such as logwood , brazilwood , elderberries , or mulberriea . From the results of my examination , I am of opinion that the sample of wine you sent rne was a compound of treacle , spirits of wine , water , and a small quantity of a genuine but very sour wine . —I remain , rev . sir , yours most obediently , Arthur D . Eck , Chemical and Dispensing Laboratory , Cambridge . " Mr . Purchas adds : — " This analysis proves tent' to be quite unfit for sacramental use . "

    Suicides . —Louis Felix Crapen , a French hairdresser and perfumer living in Cranbourne-street , Leicestersquare , has Lung himself in the kitchen of his house , having first of all locked himself in . He had long threatened to commit suicide , owing to continued ill health ; and , when his body was found , a large knife was sticking in a handkerchief tied round his waist , and bis left hand was fastened behind his back with another handkerchief . The coroner's jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity!—A gentleman has shot himself

    near St . Philip ' s Church , in the neighbourhood of the London Hospital . Nothing is known of his connexions , nor of the motive for the act . —A German residing in Princes-street , Leice 3 ter-square , -where he worked as a ladies' bootmaker , has hung himself from a hedge at Hounslow , owing , as would appear , to intemperance . Lord Dalhousie aud the Inj&ian Insurrection . — The report that Lord Dhlhousie had given the whole of his yearly pension of 5000 Z . a year to the Indian sufferers , as long as the present struggle lasts , is now denied . He has , however , given 500 £ . to the fund .

    Fires . —Serious fires have occurred in Wellingtonstreet , Woolwich , and Wells-street , Hackney . In the former locality , several houses were burnt down , or seriously injured . —A fire broke out on Tuesday morning , about two o ' clock , in King David-lane , Shadwell , at the house of a , German coffee-shop , which was destroyed , while four other dwellings were greatly damaged . The "Welsh Circuits . —The Earl of Powis has addressed a letter to the SArewsbui't / Journal , protesting against jthe proposed removal of the ^ elkn ' Assizes to towns which will put ' the prosecutors , witnesses , and attorneys to great inconvenience in the way of travelling .

    Central Africa . —An official despatch has been received at the Foreign-office from her Majesty ' s consul at Tripoli , throwing some doubt on the reported death of Dr . Vogel . The courier who had been despatched in April last for the frontier of Wadai , to obtain , if possible , some tidings of the fate of this scientific traveller , having returned toMurzuk , brings with him also a letter from the Sheikh of Borgu . From the report of some people composing a small caravan that had reached Borgu from Wadai 1 it appears that Dr . Vogel , after

    having successively visited several places , had reached Andra , whence he was summoned to Wara , the capital of Wadai , by the Sultan , by whom he had been some time detained , but was supposed to be preparing for hia departure to Darfur . Upon the receipt of this report , the Sultan of Borgu , who had zealously interested himself in the matter , at once sent off two couriers to " Wadai , ¦ both of whom had returned with reports corroborating ! the story of the caravan people . Respecting the death of the gallant Maguire no doubt appears , unfortunately , ¦ to be entertained . —Times .

    Suicide in the Street . —An inquiry has taken plac « before Mr . William Baker , coroner , at the London Hospital , respecting the death of Captain John Bell , nged thirty-six , who was found lying dead near St . Philip ' s Church , Whitechapel , on the night of Friday week . There was a double-barrelled pistol near his left shoulder , and a large wound near hi 3 left ear , from which blood was oozing copiously . Emma Spencer , the landlady of the house where Bell lodged , in the Mile-end-road , stated that he was tho captain of a merchant vessel

    Innek Temple-lane is about to be pulled do-yvn , or , at any rate , the west side of it . The Builder calls attention to the fact that at No . 1 in this thoroughfareone of the doomed houses—Dr . Johnson , Goldsmith , Reynolds , Burke , Bos well , and other of the wits and eminent men of that time , used to hold their meetings under the designation of the Literary Club . Johnson , in fact , lived in the house ; and thero is yet over the doorway the announcement , Dr . Johnson ' s staircase . ' There may bo good reasons for tho demolition ; but it ia impossible to contcmplute without regret tho destruction of a _ place picturesque in itself , and haunted by many glor ious recollections . Such mementos are being rapidly obliterated ; and London will soon bo a city of vestorday .

    called the Patriot Queen . He had latterly been very desponding , and drank spirits to excess . She believed he took the pistol from a case which was in his bedroom when lie went out on the Friday evening . He then complained of pains in his head . Ho was subject to attacks of brain fever . In his pockets were a valuable gold -watch and cliain , 13 s . 7 d ., penknife , keys , &c . No money was found in his room , but there was a quantity of valuable property . The jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity .

    Death of the Principal ok- Jesus Collkok , Oxford . —The Von . Henry Foulkes , D . D ., Principul of Jesus College , breathed his laat on Thursday afternoon , about lialf-past five o ' clock . Dr . Foulkos , who is stated to have been eighty-four years of age , had been principal of his college forty years , having been elected to succeed Dr . David Hughes in 1817 . Tho rev . gentlemen proceeded to his 13 . A . degree April 30 , 1794 ; M . A . April 6 , 1797 ; B . D . May 3 , 1804 ; and D . D . March 29 , 1817 . Stjiciok in Ikkland . — Captain Power , of Tonyn Moy < low , a few miles from Longford , Ireland , h « H oUot himself dead . He had nearly venched his eightieth year . Some vague idea of impending pecuniary embarrassment Bcoms to havfe been the cause of tho act . Tho coroner s jury has returned a verdict of Temporary inHanity .

    Representation op Grkknwich . —A crowded public meeting was held at tho Lecture Hall , Royal Hill , Greenwich , on Monday evening , for the purpose of hoaring nn address frcm Mr . Townsend , M . P ., detailing his parliamentary career during tho past session , and tho political persecution to whicli Mr . Townaond declares ho has been subjected . The chair waa occupied by Mr . W . Jonos , a solicitor , and Mr . Townsond ' a frienda mustered in considerable strength from Woolwich and Doptforu . Mr . Townsend referred to his private difficulties , and asserted that these had arisen from the persecution of a lawyer at Greonwich , who acted as agent for tho defeated candidate . In the course of hia address , he alluded to his Into partner , Mr . Winn , and , at a aubB « qucnt period of tho meeting , Mr . Winn appeared on the platform with certain documents in hia hand , and claimed to be heard in reply to Mr . Towneend . An uproarious Bceno ensued . 'I'he mooting refused to hear Mr . Winn

    Tiik Bank of Encjland . —Tho half-yearly Court of tho Proprietors of the Bank of England waa hfld on Thursday , tho Governor , Mr , Sheffield Ncavo , in tho cliair . Tho dividend recommended waa fivo-and-n-half per cent , freo of incomfi-tnx , Tho profits for tho h « l « - year have boon 775 , 650 / ., making the total of ' rest'

    Adulteration in the Sacramental Cur . —Tho Rev . John Purchas , of Orwell Rectory , suspecting that even the sacramontal cup is not exempt from adulteration , procured a sample of tent from n London winomerchant , who distinctly repudiated the notion that ' t « nt * was at all more adulterated than other wino . Ho communicates tho chemical analysis of tho sample , conftlned ia tho following noto : — » Rovoroad Sir , —Having

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    „ ft T H ' E LEA P E R . [ No . 391 , September 19 , 185 7 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 19, 1857, page 900, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2210/page/12/