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    Saunders , Esq ., and Samuel Harper , Esq ., who retire bj rotation . At the close of the ballot , the scrutineers de dared the poll to be as follows : —Michael Wells , Esq . 21 G ; G . D . Tyser , Esq ., 188 ; R . Bradford , Eeq ., 185 W . Gray , Esq ., 93 ; the three first-named gentlemer being elected . At this meeting the sum of 50 ? . was voted in ! aid ¦ of the subscription on behalf of such of the Deal boatmen about to proceed to New Zealand . Value of Time at Naples . —There is a clock which I often pass in the Largo Gastello , and which I never pass without habitually , though uselessly , lifting my eyes to ascertain what progress the great enemy has made . For several years the hands pointed to a quarter to three o ' clock . Time had gone to sleep in Naples ;

    his wings were folded around him , and his slumbers were as profound as those of the neighbouring Appennines on a lazy , hazy summer ' s day . Within the last few months , however , the Neapolitans have very logically voted Time a bore , have declared his non-existence , and taken off the hands which were intended to indicate his vitality and his progress . So far * good ; the Neapolitans did well . This clock stands in the most public part of Naples . It faces the Ministerial offices ; is a very respectable , handsome-looking clock , and , seen from a distance , is calculated to produce a favourable impression , as if it said audibly to the spectator , " See how carefully the Government ornaments the public places , and how wisely it teaches an economy of

    time . " But when he come 3 to look at it closely , he finds it , like most objects in Naples , a cheat and a delusion . This clock had a very noble ori g , for it was erected by the Minister of Finance , JjSL after winding it up and lighting it for a short time , in a sudden fit of economy , which sometimes seizes on your cheeseparing economists , turned it over to the care of the municipality ^ But the city authorities would hav e nothing to do with it—of what use was a clock to them ? The church bells sounded the Angelus Domini at break of day and Ave Maria at its close ; and so Time , the Minister of Finance , the city authorities , and the priests all went to sleep together , as has been evidenced for this

    many a year by the stationary hands of the clock in the Largo Castello . This short but veracious tale of a clock is typical of the state of things in Naples . Every one has gone to sleep . I never heard a Neapolitan propose to do a thing " to-day ; " everything is to be done doniani , " to-morrow . " A friend of mine had occasion to call in a lawyer a few days since ; the appointment was for mid-day . My . friend was there before the time fixed ; the man of law came an hour later . " You ale late , sir . " "Am I ? "Lpulling out his watch , "it is rather late ; but an hfvr more or less will not matter . " Of course it will not in this country , for there is little work , and work has but very few results . — Letter in the Times .

    Forged Bills . —A large number of fictitious bills of exchange on London seem to be finding circulation on the Continent , probably given to hotel-keepers and others by swindlers . On Saturday five of these bills were presented at one joint-stock bank . The amounts ranged from 50 / . to 2001 ., and in most cases the names used as those of th $ drawers and acceptors were made to bear a resemblance to such of the London mercantile houses as arc best known on the Continent . Each of the bills had passed through many respectable hands before presentation , and bore a number of genuine indorsements .

    TiiELussErs Schkme . —TheMoniteurdeta FlottestiyB — " The subscription for shares to the Isthmus of Suez Canal has closed . It was proposed to reserve 80 , 000 shares , representing 40 , 000 , 000 fr ., for tho total capital of France , but iu France alone 250 , 000 shares have been subscribed fpr . As Kgypt and Turkey had subscribed for 150 , 000 shares , tho * total of 400 , 000 is already made up . Tho subscriptions of Austria , Russia , Holluncl , the United States , Spain , Italy , Belgium , Switzerland , and Germany , for which 40 , 000 shares were reserved , arc not yet known . "

    Portuguese iMrOKTS . —» The alterations proposed by Government iu the import tariff generally retain tho character of excessive protection to the native manufactures , which have so long prejudiced the consumer , with little or no benefit to tho manufacturer . Some of the English merchants aro exerting thcmsolvcs to mnko tho Ministers understand tho real nature of t h o case , but their laudable intentions will be misinterpreted , and , as upon former occasions , probably do more harm than good , nlthough tho feeling in favour of largo reductions in protective duties has made considerable progress in Portugal since the last tariff revision , and in the course of time t ) ottor things may bo oxpoctod—probably nftor railroads become a reality njul mnko tho people moveahead a little more thun tl » oy lmvo douo hitherto in Portugal .

    Isle of Wight TEi . nouArn On Tuesday , telegraphic communication with tho Islo of Wight iv < is roopouod . Tho cable , which had boon seriously injured by a yossi > 1 fouling it with her anchor , hail to be picked , up , lnmlod , repaired , ninl laid down ngnin . hvory , exertion was mado to complete tlio communication boforo tho arrival of her Mujoaty at Oaborue . CiiYSTAfc Pamcb . — Return for six days ending Fri . day , Pocombor loth , 1808 : —> . umber admitted , Including season-ticket holders , 7 i > 29 .

    promise to return at , the first opportunity . The rogues are polished and well-bred enough . " Sib B . Buodik . —The Lancet , in allusion to its rumour that Sir B . Brodie was about to be elevated to the peerage , says : — " The report of the elevation of Sir Benjamin Brodie reached us through what we had . a right to consider a reliable source , and as such we gave it to our readers . We can only say that if the current rumour be not true , it ought to be true . " Mb . C . Dickexs . —This gentleman , on Friday last , at Manchester , presided at a meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire institutional Association , when he distributed the prizes to the successful competitors at the recent

    examinations . On this occasion he mads a most interesting speech , referring to the great and satisfactory attainments which the pupils had arrived at , many of them ( which he particularised ) under circumstances of extreme difficulty .- —A year ago Mr . Dickens gave a reading of his Christmas Ca 1 , " at the Coventry Corn-Exchange , for the benefit of the Coventry Institute , and the amount realised was about 1 G 01 . Some of the members raised a subscription with th view of presenting Mr . Dickens with a testimonial . A gold watch , manufactured in Coventry , was accordingly presented to him at a public dinner on Saturday .

    Diplomatic . —The statement that the Hon . F . Bruce , brother to Lord Elgin , is to be the Minister at Pekiu is contradicted . The name now given , is that of Mr . Horace Rumbold . Unfounded Reports . —The Liverpool papers having given publicity to a report that Lords Gros % -enor and Cavendish , and a son of the Earl of Shaftesbury , who are at present in North America , had been murdered by Sioux Indians , Mr . Court , of the Liverpool Underwriters' Room , has issued a notice , to the effect that the noblemen in question were known to be in safety when the Asia left New York on the 24 th ult ., and that the contradiction of their deaths had been sent to the friends of each . .

    Art-Drapery . —Cannot the large extent of surface , afforded by the . enormously inflated dresses of ladies , be turned to some account ? Pictures might be hung about it , instead of being suspended to the walls ; and thus it would become in some measure : ornamental , if hot useful . The only objection to this proposal is , that valuable paintings could not safely be placed in situations where , as accidents of almost daily occurrence prove , they would be in extreme danger from fire . — Punch . - The New Piiahmacop < eia . — The new MeJical Council has commenced its meetings , and seems disposed to set to work in earnest for the welfare of the valuable profession which its members represent . The

    very first-proceeding almost of the council augurs well for the future . The anomaly of having three distinct Pharmacopceias for each portion of the United Kingdom is to be- done away with . The sensible and liberal spirit in which this change is to be carried out was manifested at the second meeting of the council , when , on the motion of Mr . Lawrence , it was resolved that the new Pharmacopoeia should be printed in English . We rejoice to see this obsolete rag of mystery stripped from a liberal profession . The proposition comes with good grace from one of the most accomplished scholars in his branch of medicine . Dog Latin is no longer necessary to conceal from vulgar gaze the method of preparing the compounds required by the medical practitioner .

    Royal Institution . —At tho meeting on Monday last , William Pole , Esq ., M . A ., F . U . S ., in the chair , the Right Hon . . Tames A . Stuart Wortlcy , M . P ., William George Armstrong , Esq . ' , George F . Chambers , Ksq ., Rev , Edwin Prodgers , jun ., and Horace James Smith , Esq ., wore duly elected members of tho Royal Institution . Professor T . M , Goodcve and C . F . Vnrley , Esq . were admitted members of tho Royal Institution . Societ y op Auts . — 'At a mealing on Wednesday , Mr . Thomas Dyke Acland in tho cliair , a paper was read ' On Guideway Agriculture , being a System enabling all tho Operations of tho Farm to be performed by Stenm

    Power , " by Mr . P . Ilalkett . The system consists In tho application of motive power to tho cultivation of tho land , by attaching tho implements fur cultivation required for tho various operations of ploughing , scarifying , Bowing , hoeing , reaping ,- or other operations of culture , beneath a travelling carriage whioh ^ iuoves on rails placed in parallel lines across tlio fields to bo cultivated . A discussion ensued , in which Messrs . W . . Smith , J . J . Meohi , Dr . Trucinnn , William Howes , tho Earl of Caithness , George Shalcel , James Howard , S . Sidney , J . Bailey Dcnton , Henry Smith , C . Wnlford , ami tlio chairman took part .

    CitiNOMNis . —Tho Uov . Mr . Rees , of Simdcrinnd , denounces tho present rngo for disfiguring tlio appearance of women . His chapol is generally well attended , and ho had observed lately that whoro fomuios were eoated i \) oro ppaco waa taken up Hum tho chapel could afford them , and so ho spoke out , nud told thorn in good BOt phrase that tlio olinpel was ( You i that all who came could enter any part they pleased ; but that each i > ow was intended to hold so many , as tiiey could sco plainly marked In flguros ; ami that poisons for tlio munbors an marked rmmt go in , if they presented themselves . The sittings , he said , wore- not arranged for " tho present

    were erected ; and Parliament had done wrong in excluding the people from two-thirds of the sittings in the modern district churches . Dr . Southam read the report , which described the efforts of the committee to secure the voluntary adoption of their plan ; and Mr . Herford read the draft of a bill , for the purpose of enforcing , to some extent , their theory . The Rev . W . E . Brendon cpndemned the pow svstetn . In his parish , which contains 14 , 000 souls , not more than 7 per cent , attend any place of worship , and this he attributed to the pew system . The report was adopted .. ¦

    "Le RESARD DAN 9 LES FlLETS . " NOT AFTER La Fontaine . —M . Barthelemy de St . Hilaire , the illustrious hippophagist—who never found anything too tough for him till he tried the secretaryship of M . de Lesseps ' s Suez Canal scheme—is outdone at last . Trading in the Tartar steppes , he has eaten horse , and founded a society of horse-eaters . But let him hide his diminished casserole , before that sporting society ia the Department of the Correze , at one of whose dinners , we are informed , Jilets of fox were served and declared excellent eating ! From filets we shall come to hindquarters , and so on , gradually , till the whole of the body being disposed of , fox-tail replaces ox-tail in French provincial tureens . Our sportsmen have long known that Frenchmen shoot foxes . Facilis descensus . From shooting foxes to eating them is but a step ; but can anything more clearly prove that France is going to the dogs?—PuncJu

    Royal ; Geographical Society . —A meeting will be held on Monday evening at Burlington-house , when the following papers will be read : —1 . Notes on the River Amur and the adjacent districts , by MM . Peschurof , Vasilief , Radde , Usoltzof , Pargachefski , &c . 2 . Explorations in Ecuador in 1856 and 1857 , by G . J Pritchett , Esq . " The SMrrHFiET . r » Club . —At daybreak on Tuesday the show at Baker-street was thrown open to the public . Notwithstanding-the rawness of the atmosphere , the company has rarely been so nunierous on a first day , proving " ( hat the annual exhibition of the club has lost none of its popularity . The prizes were much criticised ; but on the whole the awards of the judges are admitted

    to be just and impartial , though tho Prince Consorts claim to the award in the first class seems , by the brief discussions that take place , to be much disputed . The show of implements this year is of about the same character as at former exhibitions . The annual meeting of the members oT the Smithfteld Club was held within the building , for the despatch of the usual routine business of tho club ; the members proceeded to consider the propriety of appointing a sub-committee to inquire into the iracticability of procuring a better and more commodious place for the club to hold their annual exhibitions . The annual dinner of tho Society took place at the Freemasons' Tavern ; tlie Duke of ' Richmond presided . Another svmposium of jovial agriculturists , the "Farmers' Club , " was held at Radlcy ' s Hotel .

    Royal London Yaoiit Club . —On Wednesday evening the members and friends of this flourishing club dined at Willis ' s Rooms . Tho company included : — Mr . Arcedeckne , Commodore ; Admiral Bullock , Messrs . Shirley Brooks , Murk Lemon , Secondarj' Potter , Alexander Crosley , Dr . Joy , Hyde Clarke , 14 . W . Cameron , T . Patten , F . Lodger , " W . R .. S- Markswell , Rev . Dr . Robert , and Campbell Sleigh . After the usual toasts , tho Commodore proposed tho " Royal London Yncht Club , " commenting upon tho high position thp club enjoyed , which ho hoped it would keep . ' Tho Health of tho Commodore" was given by Mr . S , Brooks . The Commodore proposed the " Yacht Clubs of tho United Kingdom , " followed by tho " New York and Foroign Yacht Clubs , " to which Mr . Cameron responded . Tho band of the Honourable Artillery Company performed ,

    anil several songs were sung by Madamo Onarati , who was enthusiastically appluuded , Mr . Charles Brahain , Mr . George Perron , &e , Couux ok Common Council . —At a court held on Thursdny a resolution was adopted expressing tho sympathy of tho Court with tho Lady Mayoress and family in tho affliction with which tho Lord Mayor has boeu vlnitcd . It is understood that hid lordship is suffering from paralysis . Tho Bridge Houso Committoo recommend that at present no ohnrgo should bo made on London-bridge . It will bo remembered that it was proposed to . construct iron footways on each aide of tho bridge . On the motion of Deputy Bower , it was rosolvod that tho City stiito bargo aliowld bo sold , notwithstanding' that nu effort had been inado to oavo it , " booms © of tho convivial and interesting parties which had assembled there . "

    exaggerated proportions of the ladies ; " yet he could not see that these " proportions " should be the means of excluding people from the chapel . —Newcastle Chronicle . Puws . —A meeting of " The Society for Promoting the Restoration of the Churches to the People" was held at Manchester on Monday . The Hon . Colin Lindsay presided . He contended that the pew system waa a violation of the conditions under which all the old churches

    Lloyd ' s . ' —A general mooting ot tlio subscribers to Lloyd ' s was hold pu Wednesday , Thomas Baring , Esq ., M . I * ., in tho chair , to eU'ct threo members on tho committoo . in the place of Thomas Clinpman , Ksq ., W . W

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    No . 455 , December 11 , 1858 . ] ¦ ¦ T H E ! L E A P E B . 1345

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1858, page 1345, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2272/page/9/