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      MI S CELLANEOU S . The Court . —We have little to record this week . Her Majesty continues to enjoy the ^ iet of h f ^ S ™™ f residence : while the Prince of Wales and the Pnnce Consort go out daily grouse-shooting and deer-stalking . On the 20 th her Majesty gave a ball in the new ballroom . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was present , and about fifty of the . nobility and gentry were Lord Derby's Stud . —Some weeks ago Lord Derby , having found that his time was so entirely engrossed by official and Parliamentary business that he was unable to attend to his racing affairs , and seldom or never able to go and see his horses run , resolved ( for the present at least ) to retire from the turfand he accordingly

      in-, structed Messrs . Tattersall to advertise for sale a large proportion of his stud , including all the horses now in training , or about to be put in training for their engagements . In accordance with the advertised announcement , the " entire stud of a nobleman" was put up to public auction by the Messrs . Tattersall at Doncaster on Saturday last . The sale excited much curiosity * The " lion" of the sale was Toxophilite ; his coat shone like satin , and he seemed full of muscle . Mr . Payne made the first offer , and bid 1000 guineas for him , From this he was run up to 2500 ? ., when the hammer fell . Mr .

      of the first edition has been disposed-of to a Parisian firm for a very handsome sum . In the course of next year it is expected that M . Hugo ' s Ipng-talked-of romance , to be entitled Les Miserable * , will be finished . M . Hugo ' s two sons , who share their father ' s exile in Guernsey , are both engaged in literary pursuits—the younger on a French translation of Shakspeare , whose poems he has already translated with some success . The first message sent from Jersey to Guernsey by the submarine telegraph laid down a few days ago" was a greeting to the poet from his Jersey friends . M . Hugo transmitted in reply a verse from his ChatirrienU .

      Wills . —The will of Sir Henry Willock was proved on the 3 rd inst . by bis nephew and brother-in-law . Power reserved to Admiral John Rivett ^ Carnac , also the brother-in-law , arid other executors . Personality sworn under 40 , 000 / . He has bequeathed to Lady Willock his jewellery , the sapphires set in gold with diamonds and rings given to him by the Emperor Nicholas of Russia and the Prince Royal of Persia ; also bequeaths to Lady Willock a legacy of 12 , 000 /* and a residence ; the residue he leaves amongst his children . — The will of Paulet Henry St . John Mildmay , Esq ., of Haslegrove House , Somerset , was proved by his brother and executors . He has bequeathed to his brother his

      books , pictures , and furniture ( except plate , which is the property of his mother ) , and has left him all his real estates ; the residue of personalty to his widow .- — Miss Emma Williams , of Sputhsea , has bequeathed to the Welsh School , late t > f Gray ' s-inn-road , now of Ashford , Middlesex , a legacy of 500 / . ; and a like sum of 500 / . to poor old women , natives of Holywell , vhomay be past or unequal to labour , the interest . to be distributed by the minister . and others deputed ; 200 / . to the Portsmouth and Portsea Dispensary ; 200 / . to the Eye and Ear Infirmary ; 200 / . to the Portsmouth and Portsea Seamen and Marines- Orphan School ; and 100 / . to the Portsmouth , Portsea , and Gosport Penitentiary .

      Crinolin'e Denounced . —At a religious meeting held at Kingsbridge last week , the Rev ; H . Marriott took the opportunity of stating his opinion on ladies'fashions . He said all their time and energies seemed devoted to that one purpose of decorating their frail bodies that soon would require nothing but a winding-sheeti He regretted the extreme folly of the English women that prompted them to copy the dress of the French Empress . He also touched upon the question of bonnets ' , and Said

      that the Scriptures told them that long hair was grven to woman for an ornament , but that the head ought to be covered . This , however , according to the present fashion , they appeared to have entirely forgotten , as they wore now no covering . for the head . He hoped that bis hints would be received and acted upon . If they could only hear what the men said of present fashions behind their backs they would abandon them . The ladies present appeared to be very indignant at these remarks , but there was a slight applause from tbe

      gentlemen . The Chapter-house at York Cathedral . —One of the finest and most unique parts of York Cathedral is its well-known Chapter-house . Within the last few years the internal parts of this portion of the sacred edifice have undergone reparation and beautifying ; but * good deal of the outside is in a state of decay . In order that the latter may be properly restored the Hon . and Rev . Augustus Duncombe , the recently appointed Dean of York , has just obtained leave of the Chapter to restore it at his own expense , which is estimated at

      brother Prince Alfred , who cairie from Potsdam for that purpose . He himself is said to be of opinion that he * will die next spring , just after having completed the last of the tasks he has undertaken . But his friends who observe him speak differently , and are bold enough to predict that this time he will prove to be altogether in error , and that a very different celebration from that which he anticipates will next year take place in bis house . ¦ The Bearer of the Chinese Treaty . —The Horn Frederick W . A . Bruce , brother of his Excellency the Earl of Elgin , arrived in town on Saturday , from Marseilles and China . Immediately after his arrival he waited on the Under-Secretary of State , at the Foreigrioffice , and had an interview . A fe . w hours later Mr . Bruce left town for Knowsley-park , Lancashire , to visit the Earl of Derby , who was expected there from Balmoral . .

      Accident to a United States Mail-steamer . -: — The steam ship Ariel , from New York to Bremen , on making her way to Southampton , ran ashore on the Hampshire coast , at a place called Stone Point , on Friday night . There she lay till Saturday night , when by the aid of several tugs and lighters she got afloat , and left for Bremen . The Pitmen in the North . —A ' great meeting of the pitmen of Northumberland and Durham was held oh Saturday , for the purpose of reviving the Pitmen ' s Union , a once powerful organisation . The grievances complained of were the truck system , the length of time the boy 3 were engaged in the pit , and an unfair system of weights . It was stated that the employers had given

      notice that , unless the men would submit to a reduction of 15 per pent ., they would close all the pits . It was also resolved to revive the union ; to procure from the employers a proper and legal contract ; to establish a law fund ; to engage the best legal advice and assistance , to ensure the miners full justice under such contract . The meeting was very orderly , and the language of the speakers moderate . The Bishop of Winchester on the Confessional . —The Bishop is now engaged in his triennial visitation to the clergv of his diocese . He delivered his charge

      at Guildford on Monday . It is a very elaborate document , and especially strong in its denunciations of private confessionals . He contended that the language of the formularies gave no sanction to private confession , while by the homilies it . was expressly condemned . He believed that the practice was attended with the greatest danger , that it had been perverted to the vilest purposes , and that it was as repugnant to the spirit of the Gospel , as it was to the maaly common-sense and independent mind of the great mass of the English people .

      The Report of Plague . —A report from French , physicians resident in the East has been received in Paris . It says that the epidemic which began at Bengazi has not increased to an extent which should inspire alarm in Europe , and that the measures taken to combat it are , generally speaking , good . The doctors agree that the epidemic is not the plague , only a malignant kind of typhus . Christ ' s Hospital . —On Tuesday , being St . Matthew ' s day , the Lord Mayor , aldermen , and sheriffs ,

      attended divine service at Christchurch , Newgate-street , when the Rev . Edwin P . tttenden , head-master of Boston school , and lately a pupil of Christ ' s Hospital , preached . The Lord Mayor and the authorities then adjourned to the great hall . His Lordship , having taken the chair , the orations were proceeded with . A prologue having been delivered by Theophilus Mitchell , First Grecian , who is proceeding to Magdalen-hall , Oxford , the following orations and recitations were then given . Great credit was due to tbe whole of the scholars for the

      manner in which they acquitted themselves : —Greek oration , A . B . Rogers , Fourth Grecian ; English oration , F . A . Hanbury , Second Grecian , mathematical mad air list , 1858 ; Latin oration , A . Tucker , Third Grecian , classical medullist , 1858 ; Greek Iambics , H . C . Bowkery Fifth Grecian , mathematical medallist , 1857 , Pitt : Club scholar , 1858 ; Latin , Hexameters , M . S . Howell , Sixth Grecian . Latin Alcaics , A . H . A . Poulton , Seventh Grecian . Greek Sapphics , M . S . Howoll . English Poem , A . H . A . Poulton . The proceedings of the day terminated by the boys , upwards of eight hundred in number , singing the national anthem , accompanied by the excellent organ that has been erected in the ball ,

      Health of London . —For several weeks past the return of the Registrar-General has presented a satisfactory state of the health of the metropolis , The return for lnflt week is again favourable , showing a mortality under the ordinary average . Diarrhoea , generally so prevalent at this period , extiibits a furthor decrease . The deaths from scarlatina , however , are greatly increasing . ¦ JL'holmtotal » denth 8 ^ for ~ tl > e 4 ft 8 b ^ weelc ^ vere '' 1040 fa i ) dTbirtha' 1641 . Dr . Lethoby , also , reports very favourably of the health of tho City . Tun LAT » q Mb . Wbiu . — Tho mortal remains ot Hie late Mr . Weir wore interred on Tueaday in tho family vault , at the Kcnaftl-green Cemetery . Tho fiinernl was conducted in a otrictly private manner , but tho Iaflt men were attended 6 y a largo number of / Wends of the deceased , who had aason . ibled at tho comotory to pay tho hist tribute of rospeot to one ao worthy of their esteem .

      1000 / . The Foe of the Telegraph . —The renowned " Irish patriot , " John Mitchell , who panted so ardently for " a southern plantation of fat negroes , " in his Sou'Jiern Citizen , calls the Atlantic cable " the thrice accursed telegraph , " and says : — " To us the most exhilarating circumstance connected with the great event of the age is that it can easily be ruined . " No doubt it is a great terror to rogues . But as John will not be likely to flee to Great Britain when he wishes a second escape from justice , we do not see why he should entertain suqh a bitter hatred for the telegraph . — Detroit Daily Advertiser .

      Guernsey-Law . —A respectable man , named Aubin , was knocked down and robbed in Jersey last week , and died through the injuries ho had sustained . Persons believed to be concerned in the outrage fled to Guernsey . The Jersey police followed them , but found after they arrived there that tho Guernsey authorities had no power , by tho laws of the island ,, to permit the suspected persons to be arrested . Tbe authorities recommended that the suspected persons should bo enticed on board a steam packet , and then captured . This could not bo done , and thus justice was defeated . Bathers and Dkokncy . —Tho Correctional Tribunal at Bruges has sentenced two of the foreign gentlemen arrested at Ostend on the charge of bathing without ooatumo » to » the"minimiim ^! no * ofM < 6 < wfrancsrw'ivd' * n * T ) ro » priotor of bathing machines for complicity in the same offonco , to a month ' s imprisonment .

      HuiMiioldt ' s Biutudav . —Aloxandor von Humboldt haa juat celebrated at Berlin the 01 st anniversary of his birthday , in tho onjovmont of full health both of body and intellect . Ho haa juat finished hia celebrated work , tho Cosmos . Congratulations have poured in on him from all classes of society . Among tho persons who visited him wore tho Princoss Frederick William and her

      Payne , however , was merely acting for Lord Derby , and the horse was bought in . The reserve price fixed upon him was 3000 guineas , and considering the value of his engagements , which ,, with health , he seems certain to win , too high a price was not set upon him . Twelve horses only were sold , the highest priqe realised being for Tom Bowline ( a brown yearling colt by the Flying Dutchman ) , he fetched 700 guineas . Some very severe remarks have been made oil this sale by the Times and other journals in consequence of the best horses having been reserved or bought in by his lordship .

      Mr . Townsend , M . P . —Mr . J . Townsend ( strictly speaking , still one of the members for Greenwich ) is performing during the present week at the Theatre Royal , Margate . Mr . Townsend attracted crowded houses last week at Gravesend , where he delivered a ¦ farewell address on Friday night . After leaving Margate Mr . Townsend will proceed to the north pf England , where he has theatrical engagements until Christmas . —Globe . Royal Convert . —According to intelligence received from the Indian seas by the last mail , a son of the King of Cambodia has been converted to the church of Rome . Cambodia , Cochin-China , and Tonquin are the three great divisions of the empire of Annam .

      The Weedon Contracts . —The Royal Commissioners are now inquiring into the clothing department Of the army . The witnesses who as yet have been examined are those that have fulfilled . Government contracts for the Weedon establishment . As might have been expected , they deny all knowledge of corrupt practices at Weedon , yet their answers to one or two questions have been not a little singular . The Eisteddfod . —The bards of Wales have held their " great bardic meeting" at Llongollen . Prizes , in the Shape of money and medals , were awarded to the successful writers of poems and essays . These meetings do much to preserve the Welsh national spirit .

      Her Majesty ' s Theatre . —A rumour appeared some weeks since in one of our weekly contemporaries , to the effect that Lord Ward would not open her Majesty ' s Theatre next season , the completion and success of the new Royal Italian Opera House rendering the rivalry a matter of discouraging difficulty . There now appears to be good foundation for the report : her Majesty ' s Theatre is advertised to be let on lease . —Globe . The Atlantic Cable , —The Atlantic Telegraph Company have consulted Mr , Varley , the electrician , as to tbe present state of their cable . Mr . Varley tested

      the cable , and was able to discover that the defect which prevents the transmission of signals id so near the English coast as to be within 245 or 300 miles of Valencia , He also has discovered that the cable has not parted , the proof of which is that the copper wire of the cable remains continuous , and faint signals are received from Newfoundland . . He speaks of " another and more distant fault , " the locality of which he cannot estimate without going to Newfoundland . Mr . Varley thinks it not altogether impossible that some intelligible signals may yet be received through the cable .

      Democratic Mkktihg . — On Thursday night , a number of English and French democrats assembled to commemorate the establishment pf the Republic , and the overthrow of monarchy in 1792 . Dr . Simon Bernard presided , but both ho and M . FeMix Pyar , tho principal orator of the night , spoke in French , so that the majority of the audience could not understand them . M . Pyat depicted the present state of Franco in very dark colours . A Mr . Mttckio attributed tho failure of tho - ffll f . Y 3 * q fr " JP murder of . thOJi . immortaL ! L Robespierre by tho middle classes , and expressed his distrust of the leaders of tho revolution of ' 48—Lamartino , Louis Blanc , and Lod . ru Rollin . According to the speaker , Louis Blanc ought to have shot Lamarthio . The meeting did not sympathise with Mr . Mnckio ' s viowo .

      Victor Hugo . A now volume of poems by thjs distinguished author is oaid to be on tho eve of completion . It la to bo entitled , Lea Petite * Epoptlea . Tho copyright

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 25, 1858, page 997, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2261/page/13/