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    crease of 84 over the previous week . One favourable feature in t he return is a decrease in the deaths From sca rlatina , which have fallen from 156 to 138 . The number of Jbirths for the -week iras 1806 . Another Electkic Cable . —A Munich letter states that a plan is in contemplation for establishing an electric cable across the Late of Constance , In order to unite Lindau to Switzerland . The negotiations which have been for some time going on for this undertaking are nearly brought to a close . Sporting Vicissitudes . —The death of Mr . Bidsdale affords a sad example of the vicissitudes : of sporting men . Years ago he had a hundred horses , and was worth thousands ; he died with only threepence in his poeket , and a subscription saved him from a . pauper ' s funeral . —Bury Post .

    The Queen and the Canadians . —Although state reasons prevent her Majesty from responding to the unanimous desire of the North American provinces that she should visit that portion of her dominions , her Majesty bus seized the occasion of the presence of several of the Canadian Ministers to acknowledge the loyalty of her North American subjects by paying marked honours to their representatives . The Hon . Mr . Cartier , on a special invitation , joined the Royal circle at Windsor Castle on Saturday and remained until Monday . We are sure that this proof of the interest -which the Queen takes in British North America will be heartfly appreciated bv Canadians . —Canadian News .

    Thk Burial-ground Atrocity . —A meeting was held in Camden Town on Tuesday night on the subject of the desecration of the dead in St . Martin ' s Cemetery . Great indignation -was expressed by both speakers and audience at the outrages -which have been perpetrated . Resolutions were adopted strongly condemning the conduct of the parochial authorities , and declaring that all lawful means should be employed to prevent the execution of the powers which they possess . The depu ^ tat ion appointed by the meeting to bring the facts before the Bishop of London , had an interview with his Lordship on Wednesday . The Bishop seemed at first to be at a loss to know " what advice he should give , but ultimately he recommended the deputation to apply to the Consistory Court to revoke the faculty by virtue of which the desecration had been perpetrated .

    A New Idea fop . Dr . Cim . mia'G . —A country gentleman , Mr . M . Cely Trevilian , has written and published a handsome octavo of five hundred and eighty pages to prove that Louis Napoleon is the Beast of the Apocalypse . The Russians at Nice . —The correspondent of the Daily News writes from Nice : — " Russian families continue to pour in by steamer and . by post-chaise , and the Sclavonic element decidedly prevails here . The shopwindows contain mysterious placards in Russian characters which communicate the pleasing fiction that ' Russian is spoken here , ' while the confectioners indulge in a display of Russian liquors with singular names , which completely cast into the shade the exhibition of p ickles and sauces in the British groceries , formerly one of the ornaments of the place . You cannot

    enter the club without seeing a Russian gloating over the coarse flattery addressed to his national vanity by the Nord of Brussels . It is impossible to enter a library ot reading-room without perceiving Mrs . General Stikinomudovitch making earnest inquiries for the address of Mrs . General Gruboffsky , and hearing her rate the master of the establishment for ignoring that important information . The Russian young ladies are charming specimens of the sex , but their mammas generally have a hungry and discontented expression of countenance . Their papas are tall , slim men , with moustaches , who seem eaten up by spleen , while their brothers wear bright-colourod kid-gloves over dirty nails , and seem to think breaking the bank at Baden-Baden the noblest achievement within the grasp of man . " ¦

    calities . At the same time , we receive frequent complaints from solicitors and others , whose business leads them to the Registry of the great inconvenience to which they are subjected , not by any want of aid or attention on the part of the registrars or their subordinates , who , it appears , afford the public every assistance , but simply and solely by the overcrowded state of the building , which is quite inadequate to hold either the wills themselves or the officials to whom their custody is confided . For this state of things -we believe her Majesty ' s Commissioners of Works are tP blame , who obtained a

    grant from the Legislature last session towards providing a suitable Registry , bat have hitherto neglected to apply it to the purpose for which it was intended . We have heard that the delay haa been caused by a " grand scheme" which the Commissioners have in view of buying sufficient land around the old Registry to build a new Registry and new law courts , for which , as for most other grand schemes , a further heavy grant will be required from Parliament ; but what the public want is not " a grand scheme , " but a proper Registry , and to this want her Majesty ' s Commissioners will do well to turn their immediate attention . —Times .

    American Association in London . —A number of American residents have established in London an association for social and charitable purposes , and have opened a suite of rooms at 14 , Cockspur-street , as a place of reunion . In addition to possessing the character of a club , where American travellers can obtain the latest information fiom tlie United States , the Association affords advice and assistance to deserving American citizens in distress . The institution has been so highly approved by his Excellency , Mr . Buchanan , President of the United States , that he has , at his own request , been elected a member . In speaking of it as along-felt want , he expresses his pleasure that this want lias been supplied , and is rejoiced to believe that the Association will be eminently prosperous and useful . From our knowledge of the gentlemen -vvho constitute the body , we are persuaded this belief will be realised .

    Shout time Movement . — -A crowded meeting of operatives engaged in the building trade was held in Exeter Hall on Thursday night . Their object was to demand from their masters a reduction of one hour in eacli day ' s labour , at the same rate of wages , the period they now work being ten hours . They adopted a memorial to the master builders of London , praying for . the concession . One of the speakers pointed out that if they accomplished their object they would then have some time to devote to their intellectual improvement , and also be the better able to agitate for their political rights .

    Moorish Magnates at Woolwich . —Hadj Alarby Attar and a party of Moorish officers of distinction in the service of the Emperor of Morocco , on a special mission to this country for the purpose of purchasing guns and other war materials , as stated by themselves , two of whom spoke English with tolerable fluency , on Thursday visited the departments of Woolwich Arsenal , under an order of the Earl of Malmesbury . They each wore the Ottoman fez , and were habited in the rich and decorative costume of their country . Their appearance attracted such a degree of curiosity among the labourers , who happened to be leaving the Arsenal at the time of their departure , that it was found necessary to despatch a party of police constables to escort them to the railway station .

    on a number of men , without , in many instances !* seems , having previously made any direct stipulatio n as towages . The men , many of whom were in a state of destitution , appeared gladly at first to have resorted t the bdard and lodging accommodation provided by th ° contractors , but , subsequently disgusted by the reduc tions made in their wages for this consideration thev raised the cry referred to , and left their work . The cr ' v was soon changed to one for higher rates of wages , the men advancing their demands from 7 s . 6 d . a day to 10 s . 6 d The men " on strike" held out from the 1 st till the 16 th instant , when they succumbed , and accepted the terms of Messrs . Evans , Merry , and Co ., which had in the interval been bthe

    improved y addition of tents wood , and water . Several strikes , too , have recently occurred on the Melbourne and Murray Railway Works and , on moTe than one occasion , were attended with serious disturbances . Affairs at one time looked so threatening , that it was Found advisable to despatch a strong police force from Melbourne to protect the officials and those of the men who were willing to work . The demands of the men on this occasion were to be paid at the rate of 19 a . a yard for ballast , or 12 s . a day , and a proviso that there should be no sub-contracting . We believe that the disturbances have since entirely ceased and that work has been generally resumed . —Melbourne Herald , Sept . 15 .

    Dii-FrcLLTiios of a French Invasiox . —It has been broadly announced in letter and pamphlet , vehemently declaimed on hustings and at banquets , that an army of 100 . 000 men could be transported in twelve hours from Paris to Cherbourg . Those who know the facilities of French railways might have some doubts as to the conveA ^ ance of such a body in such time with the means at their disposal . Uut supposing these 100 , 000 nwn , with all the material of war . guns , horses , &c , fairly deposited in the Camp < Ie Gare , or at the gates of the dockyard , the question

    ariseshow are . they to reach the shores of England ? The Zouaves and-Chasseurs de Vincennes are depicted by French writers as leaping and charging on board ships , and carrying them by a grand charge of bayonets ; but we are not called upon to believe that , like the saints of old " , they cairmake a marvellous passage of the Channel on their great-coats . They must be transported ; and how ? A hundred thousand-men would require 100 ships of first-class power for themselves alone , besides those for the £ uns and horses . Calculating the difference of burden and the impossibility of

    collecting so many large vessels , it may be assumed that two hundred of one class and the othev ^ ould be required ; and this we believe to be a supply which the naval and maritime resources of France would not be equal to at one eitbrt . Even if they could be furnished , where could they be disposed of at Cherbourg ? The Rade and the basins could not hold them—so that the space alone would compel the embarkation of such a body to be a piecemeal affair , even supposing the neces sary means to be available . —Blachwooil . Gallant Rescue ok a Dbownino Man . —As the Royal ' Mail steamer Tyne was leaving the dock at Southampton , last Monday , for Brazil , a seaman fell overboardstriking his head against the pier as he fell .

    , The crowd confined thuir enargies to shouting , with tho exception of heaving a rope to the stunned sailor , which he could not see . Henry A . Cowpcr , Esq ., ll . li . JU . Consul at Pernambuco , happening to come up attba time , leaped from the pier , " accoutred as no was , just in time to seize the drowning man and placo a rope in hia hand . Tho sailor waa so confused and so entirely helpless that Mr . Cowpcr'a own situation became perilpus . The senman-enrpenter of he Tyne seeing tins , jumped into the water , and by his exertions and the « ul of a bowling-line , all three were safely hnuled in . > J e understand this is the second occasion on w noli ^ r . Oowper has been bo fortunate as to rescue a

    follow-croa-Ckystal Palaok . —Return for six days , ending Friday , November 12 th , 1858 : —Number admitted including season ticket holders , 11 , 400 . Dinner to this Mayor of Biumingham . —In order to mark the third election of Sir John Ratcliff to tho office of mayor , a banquet waa given by the corporation , on Tuesday evening , to Sir John . The health of the Mayor was drunk most enthusiastically . Tho Mayor , amidst loud cheers , said tlint when he saw around him those who had elected him for tho third time to the high and proud position of chief magistrate of ono of tho greatest towns in the kingdom , it only made him feel more strongly what he had , always felt , that not only was he prepared to sacrifice -whatever amount of money might bo required to uphold and promote the dignity of his native town , but that if his life wore required , he wpuld cheerfully lay it down for the welfare and glory of Birmingham .

    turc at the risk of his own life . Wills , &c—Special probate of tho will and seven codicils of Admiral Sir Charles Oglo , Bart ., has been granted to Churlos Wado , boIo executor ; tho » " ™* "J sworn under . 1 . 2 , 000 / . Tho boquefltd aro numerous , ana thoro are several annuities . Ho hus bequeathed un annuity to his oldest son , tho present Baronet , and loom youngest son a legacy of 12 , 000 / . Tho estate * arc scc . irca for tho benefit of testator ' s grandson , the oldoat son ol »« Chalonor loBartwho is also residuary legotco . Aiw lllo

    Public Wonics and Labour in Australia , — Geelong was tho scene of liigh festivity on tho 26 th ultimo , the occasion being tho official inauguration of the works of the Geelong and Bnllnrat Kail way . A procession , luncheon , and boll , wore the throo chief c 61-lateral incidents of the event , subordinate of course to tho initiatory " excavating and navigating , " which was performed by his Excellency Sir Henry Barkly , in tho presence of several thousands of tho citizens . Tho

    do-Og , ., riage portions aro assigned to the dnughtors of Sir ^ "" ; —Tho will of Lieutenant-Colonel John M arshall , 0 i « Regiment , lato of Bryanstone-streot , Marylebono , was proved by his executrix , to whom ho has bojiuantuw his ostatoa in England , Scotland , Franco , or elsewhere , absolutely—The will of Goorgo Snmnol Col Iyer , JLb < 1 m army agent of Park-place , St . James ' s , was proveJ uy George Stono , Henry Scott Turner , am I Bdwurd J « nWmj Esqrs ., the executors . To each ho has Jo jV ^ of 000 / Ho has boauoathod tho estate at OUalMtf '""™'

    monstratlon passed off most successfully . So excellent a beginning it was hoped would hnvo operated as a favourable induction to the real -work , but only a few days subsequently occurred an event which completely dispelled any illusion of the kind which the holiday feeling might have produced . A largo Dumber of the labourers employed on the line by Messrs . Evans and Merry struck work in conuequenco , as they alleged , of an attempt on the part of their employers to Introduce the " truck and tommy" systom . The contractors had taken

    . Suflblk , to his nephew , tho Rev . Thomas CoHj ° J »• his life , and then to his two daughters , ^""{ "T Georgiana ; to each ho has also left a legacy » f 87 , iww-. and 80 , 000 / . to his daughter , Charlotte ; to llia ° niJ surviving son , George Samuol Collyor , 7000 / . Hang Stock , and 200 / . to each of hi- clerks ; the reriduo to WJ nephews . Tho will Is dated 17 th March , ]*** - lM pewonalty sworn under 180 , 000 /— Iltutratwt Ifews .

    Visitation by the Bishop of London . —On Thursday morning the proceedings connected with tho Primary Visitation of tho present Bishop of London commenced in St . Paul ' s . They vrere of little more than a formal character . Considerable interest is felt in Church circles as to the Bishop ' s charge , and the manner in which he -will deal with tho many vexed questions of an ecclesiastical nature which have agitated the diocese . Tho charge , it is expeoted , will be delivered on Wednesday , in the presence of more than a thousand clergymen . Crystal PALAon ,- ? -The difference between tho thick atmosphere of London and the sunny weather of Sydenhara was illustrated on Wednesday , when the fog in

    town in the morning necessitated the use of gas in the banks and offices of the City . At Sydenbam the sun Shone forth with unusual splendour , giving the visitors who ascended the water towers an uninterrupted view for many miles . Turn RioawTUY of the Court of Probatr . —The rant accession of business brought into the Registry of this Court by the Probate Act of 1857 has rendered an enlargement and extension of that Registry absolutely indispensable . ' It will bo matter for surprise , though perhaps not of pleasure , to the public , who are all more or less interested in tho safe custody of -wills , to learn that largo masses of those documents have been removed from tho Old Prerogative Registry and placed in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , and , wo bollove , in other lo-

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    Igilg THE L HAD E R . [ No . 451 , November 13 , 1858 i

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 1218, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2268/page/10/