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964 THE LEADER, [JSTo. 443, September 18...
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Miscellaneous. The Couut.— Her Majesty C...
Pekijls of rn-oKi . MAGK . —An incident has . just taken place , says the'JJyays , which shows what a state of disorganisation prevails in Arabia at present . It is known that a son and tyro , nephews of the Emperor of Morocco , to fulfil a vow made by the head of their family , left in May last on a pilgrimage to the holy cities . After visiting Mecca , they proceeded to Medina , which contains the tomb of Mahomet as well as those of the two first caliphs , Aboubekir and Omar . On leaving this latter city , the princes , who were accompanied by a
numerous suite , were attacked by one of the tribes of the district of Assyr , which , pillaged the caravan and insisted on receiving a large sum as the ransom of the Moorish party . One of the young men having , attempted to offer resistance was nearly killed . The princes , seeing that nothing else was to be done , were obliged to send one of their officers to Ya ' mbo , a town under the rule of the Turkish authorities , for the sum required ; and it was only when the amount was handed over to the assailants that the caravan could continue
itsjoumey . . Fire —On Tuesday morning about five o ' clock a fire took place attended with serious loss of property , and but for the exertions of Harmsworth , conductor of the Koyal Society ' s escape , the fire would have been attended with fatal results to a man and his wife . The premises belonged to Mr . Macrae , a tea dealer in the Walworth-rroad . A constable discovered the fire , and gave an alarm , but so strong a hold had the fire obtained , that it was found impossible for any one to ' fret
down stairs , and Mr . and Mrs . Macrae made for one-of the windows , where they screamed loudly for help . Harmsworth . immediately proceeded with his machine to the burning house , and arrived just in time to rescue them . To get the female out he was obliged to carry her down the ladder , she being insensible f rom the heated smoke . The engines of the brigade , with that , of the West of England office , were quickly in attendance , but were unable to get the flames subdued until they had travelled through every part of the house .
British Archaeological Association . —Congress fob 1859 . —Dr . Palmer , of Newbury , has just received a communication from F . G . Pettigrew , Esq ., JTJR . S ., stating that at the last meeting of the Council of the British Archaeological Association it was decided that the Congress for 1859 should be held at Newbury , and that the Earl of Carnarvon had' accepted the office of president for that occasion . The abundance oLrfc ^?^ rials in the above neighbourhood ^^ aagf **^^" " !" Mia r iMninfi-iffTfiwkirn ^ " * * ¦ ' WT ^* Bisto » caI and anti-™ Uc .-ia 5 ! L " LUIcAiTij , ' hitherto comparatively unexplored , w , no doubt , afford a rich treat to the archaeologist .
The Terrace Pier , Gravesbnd . — -Owing to the facilities which the Terrace Pier at Gravesend affords for the embarkation and landing of troops from the transports , the Government , it is stated , have offered terms for its purchase . There is some difficulty in the way , however , the property , or a portion of it , being in Chancery . —Kentish Gazette . Dr . Vogel , the African Traveller . — Baron Alexander von Humboldt took the occasion of Queen Victoria ' s visit to Berlin to entreat her Majesty to take further steps for inquiring into the fate of Dr . Vogel , the African traveller . The English Consul at Tripoli is understood to have received orders to despatch messengers to Wadai to inquire into thefate of the traveller , and to communicate direct to Baron Humboldt , via Trieste .
A Meteor Southampton , Sept . 14 . —An extraordinary and most brilliant meteor was noticed here last evening : at about a quarter to seven . It made its appearance in the south-east quarter of the heavens , and its direction was towards the west . It lasted several seconds , and resembled a ball of fire of a brilliant tint , with a train of light following it , from which were emitted substances like shooting stars . The weather had been intensely hot all day .
Oh I 'tis Love , & c .-r-The following letter , written on hqth . aides of a ^ crap of paper tjiree inches long by one and a half broad , much crumpled arid ' very dirty , as if from long pocket carriage— "My Dear love I hope you will Marty me on this month picse let uie know if you -will you will take me my Dear write soun to me I am your tarty love M'Archalle Frazer" —wao picked up in Skye by a tourist , and sliowa that wherever the schoolmaster may have sojourned during his wanderings abroad , it is pretty clear that not in that region bus lie cast his tent . —Morning Journal of Glasgow .
Whisky Drinking . —Did it never occur to ' our tota :-abstihence friends to turn to account the very important , if not really startling fact , that JKilbaglo Distillery ia not Only now no more , but that the very best artificial tiHeiy ? Such , however , is the faot . KHBaglST'lPateaa of sending forth to all parts of tho woria its puncheons of whisky , la now forwnrdjng every whore throughout Britain Its tons of excellent anu unrivalled manure . ; itwoul < Ldoany one good to see those extensive wojrkar-. it is quite refreshing to , aee the number of operatives employed In preparing * o otjjmuto n « h « prertiisea celebrated for its production of " dear lUlbagie . fWmWndfactow and others in favour of theKlbngle manutea , we can have no hesitation in recommending our aWoultural frienOa to make some inquiry after , ana
make some experiments with , the undoubtedly famous Kilbagie manures . —Alloa Advertiser ^ Sporgkon on Finance . — -On Sunday , the Rey . C . H . Spurgeon preached as usual in the Music-hall of the Surrey-gardens , and drew as large a crowd as was ever assembled on previous occasions ; Before commencing his discourse , he took the opportunity of alluding to the subject of his new Tabernacle . He said he was almost ashamed to speak to them so often on the subject of his
new chapel , the building of which had been so long talked of in order to accommodate the immense crowds which from Sunday to Sunday flocked to hear the words from his lips . He was sure they would scarcely believe him when he told them that the collection oh the last occasion they met there ( Sunday last ) amounted to the sum of 97 . It was , therefore , obvious that , at this rate , their progress towards completion must be very slow , and he did hope that the mention of this subject would be sufficient to produce greater exertion in the future .
Biarritz . —The Emperor and Empress having had a chateau built here , come each season , and during their stay Biarritz is in all its glory . You see their Majesties walking quietly along through the crowd , stopping on the cliff to see the bathers in the Vieux Port , or on the beach , near them many persons passing and repassing , and all this in such a quiet and tranquil manner that a stranger would little suppose that imperial majesties were at his elbow . The Emperor walks out each dav , wearing a blue frock-coat , and with but the
ribbon of the Legion of Honour in his button-hole . Nothing to distinguish him as the ruler of this mighty nation is apparent ; and although those near whom he is passing bow , the act is but one of common politeness , and his Majesty bows in return , and walks slowly along , almost unnoticed as it were . The Empress , however , cannot walk along unnoticed ; for her toilettes are ever so tastily arranged , and her kind manner so attractive , that insensibly the crowd is drawn after her , and she is forced to bow and smile on all sides . The ladies never
seem so happy as after they have bowed to her Majesty , and get in return a smile equally kind to all . There appears to be a great charm about the Empress . ——St . James ' s . Chronicle . . - Ecclesiastical Fj ^ ^ tff ^ AusTRiA . — - Two mea were very seriousl v . J jjijured while at work on a railroad , and bf ) th < -S & $ rem received extreme unction at the hands of ^ i ^ mest while in a state of insensibility . The one man died , but the other , who was a Jew , recovered . The Roman Catholic bishops assert that the latter is within the pale of the church , but the graceless son of Israel denies the fact , and visits his synagogue as regularly as he did before the accident . The question is still pending , and it is not impossible that the Hebrew will be a Christian in spite of himself .
the humorous gentleman , As he sat in silence upon the front seat , and asked him « what he though about it , "lou , gentlemen , " said . he , " appear to be clergymen . Your business is to battle against sin and to overthrow Satan's kingdom . Now , if that is your object , why do you stay among decent Christian people ? Why , m the Devil ' s name , don't you go to hell !"— -New York Times . . Sir George Gkey on Education and Literature —At the annual dinner of the Northern Union of Literary and Scientific Institutes at AInwick , on Tuesday the Right lion Sir George Grey , in proposing the toast of " Prosperity to the Northern Association of Literary and Mechanics' Institutions , " made a long and interestthe
ing speech on means of adult education . A contemporary says - . : ¦ — " No quarter is given by the honourable baronet to the timid dilettantis m which mourna over the presence of newspapers in a mechanics' readingroom . He says , with . truth * , that the daily and weekly press has gradually become a vehicle of conveying to the minds of those who have but a few hours in the week to spend in reading of any sort , the gist of all the most important circumstances , moral and material , that are taking place around them , as well as a good deal of the cream of the current literature of the day . It is a farce to talk of this as giving . superficial notions . Sir George justly observes that the cultivating and humanising power of pure and powerful fiction is a thing , quite inestimable . Vicious and vulgar tales are deleterious in
their effects , no matter of what class their readers may be . But it is nonsensical to confound the great and glorious productions of imaginative mind with the tawdry and garish caricatures written and printed , not to teach but to sell . Comprehensiveness and variety are of more importance than the observance of any very rigid rule of exclusion . ¦ To load the shelves of mechanics' institutions' with worthless or denioralisiug productions would obviously be a flagrant abuse of trust ; but all attempts to shut out speculative opinions , or to stifle the appetite for free discussion , must prove to be empirical . What a toil-worn man Wants in most cases is mental refreshment , and he ought to have the means , within safe but very wide limits , of choosing what sort of refreshment he finds -most congenial . "
Moutamtv amonu Biitns . —The ancient andbeautnul Abbey of Welbeek , as is well known , is surrounded by thousands of ancient oaks anil hundreds of acres of thriving plantations , interspersed with considerable tracts of underwood where game is as abundant as . blackberries . Among these perhaps partridges are the most abundant , for they are seldom disturbed , and continue to procreate amid the wild recess of the forest During the present season , however , a most extensive mortality has prevailed among this tribe , and hundreds h .-i ^ c been found dead in all directions without any reasonable or apparent cause . When dissected there . is something in similar to the
Journalism . —We understand that tho Press newspaper has within tho last week passed entirely out of the hands of the late management , and that tho direction has been entrusted to a gentleman of long acquaintance with public affairs , whose contributions on many subjects of high importance in journals of Conservative principles have attracted much attention . Court of Common Council . —At a Court holden on Thursday , a letter from the Belgian Minister , asking for information relative to the rules and tariff on coal or
appearance * in the intestines tapeworm ; but the breed itself has latterly not been so numerous , supposed to arise from their breeding " in and in . " The birds themselves appear to belong to one family , and to have continued without fresh mates for so many years that the race naturally wears out for want of resuscitation and the infusion of new blood . Be this , however , as it may , the fact remains the same ; and in consequence , on many of tho detached estates , as at Llksloy and other places , the keepers are netting all they possibly can , in order that they may be set at liberty in tho preserves around Welbeek , which wo hope may stay the further progress of tho mortality . — Nottingham
metagedues and street tolls in the City of London , was read . Tt was ordered that the necessary information should be furnished . A letter was also read from the Minister of the King of Sardinia , having reference to the welcome given by the Corporation to his Majesty upon the occasion of his late visit to the Queen . A gold medal accompanied the letter . Tho chairman of the ofllcera ^ t ^ « 5 s srafu ^ sj ^ S h ^ iz ^ ssz & ^ ^^ z was carried by an overwhelming majority .
Guardian . The Comet . —Mr . Hind , the asUnnomer . - T *"' " * '" a contemporary , says : —From three or four o clock this ( Monday ) morning , tho sky being remarkably clear tno comet of Donati presented itself na a very conspicuous object in the north-eastern heavens . Its nucleus was as bright as a star of the second magnitude , and , though not planetary in appearance , bore nig " magnifiers better than nny comet I remember to have seen . Tho tail , which might bo traced in tho " comet-seeker , " about five degrees from tho beau , consisted of a single ray , very well defined oivthe < side of motl 0
Representation of Dumbartonwjre , —We unties stand , on good authority , that in the event of Mr . Smollett retirinff from tho representation of the county , £ Bontino of aSi intends to offer himself to tho ooSatltSSy- on thoroughly L iberal principles .- ^ Dumbarton Herald . Madamb Clara Novello . —ThW accomplished ainger ' s last appearance this season takes place to-day at the Crystal Palace , where there is a fflte provided by the Early Closing Association . In addition to . the , Concert ,
preceding with reference to tho direction " ' but fading away indistinctly on tjio opposite side . A very faint ray of light omariatod from the nucleus towards tho 8 » n , as previously remarked in Bcvoral of tiieao objects , nnd I thought at moments that a short norn , or section , " issued therefrom at right ang les to to axis of the tail . The increase in the brightness of tlo comet is so nearly in conformity with theory that . there is a high probability of it being visible with . tcle 8 Cjg in full sunshine about tho opact of mawmtm brJi lianey in October . On this matter I ho P ° , { ,. » " £ you some further particulars in duo course . Ihci np Lrnnt ^ Hamotor of the nucleus ia about five _ eoconlflo
in which other popular singers will toko part , there will bo special amusements of an out-door character , including archery , cricket , and a groat wrestling match by warehousemen and others . """" niViinintr ^^ humour , travelling in a stago-coaoh in New England , in company with several clergymen , the conversation turned upon the " nigger question . " One of tho clergymen invoifflied strongly against the Abolitionists for agitating
arcTand « s the coniot is still iH"vWpr oW « miles from tho earth , the real diameter will be rather over 0000 miles . Taking the nPP ttro "S "f "' ° to bo tail at five degree , its true length would "Pf ^ 'X about 10 , 000 , 000 miles . Kncko ' s 0 9 ™["" % W * 9 t tinct in the dear nWnlng aky . As th « »\ JSSmi . comets it will always possess interest for tho Mtxonm , though just now the far brlgh or one oi ^" jJV courao attract more general attention , may » tho path of tho comet appears to bo very weu I aonted hy a parabolic orbit , and , cons equently ,
tt » o subject Itftlro northern states , whore no slavery Js tolerated . " If Gurrison wante to attack tho evil , " said he , " why does ho not go whoro he can make some impression upon it—whoro it exists ? Why does ho squirt his little engine at a fire which is biasing a thousand miles off ? " The rev . gentleman chuoklod heartily at tills sally , and looked round with a triumphant ftlr to
964 The Leader, [Jsto. 443, September 18...
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18091858/page/12/
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