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fight pr resign the champion ? s belt .. Peel ' s Bpbby is willing to make a match with Old Pami if Pain is good for anything but chaff . Finality Jack has received various challenges , but would Tike to see how one or two men come up to the scratch before he makes articled . He flatters himself that he -has a novelty to open some folks' eyes . Apply at the Bedford Arms . Bill Merrypebble is coming up from the south , and will be found too far north for some who expected he would be scarce . The report that he was Corfu-lent is unfounded .- —Pimch The British Minister in Persia . —A
Constantinople correspondent writes : — " Mr . Murray , her Majesty s Minister in Teheran , has arrived here «/ d Tiflis and Trebizonde , on his way to England on sick leave . As you will remember , Mr . Murray has been an invalid for more than a year , from- the effects of the climate , but his health has considerably improved on the journey . He will remain here to be presented to the Sultan . It must have been gratifying for Mr . Murray to have remained long enough in Persia to see so complete a change take place in his relations with the Shah as that which happened after the disgrace of the Sadr . He had several private interviews with the latter , and received at his departure the Shah ' s portrait in diamonds . "
The Indian Struggle . — -La . the records of endeavour and endurance , published by our countrymen and countrywomen who have borne the wrench of the great struggle in India , there is one distinct and gratifying feature : a ; reliance on national sympathy ' . Brave deeds are" recounted without boast , every man / telling of the desert , of his comrade rather . than of Iris own ; women relate , with a tender pity , griefs and sufferings of little children , and dare to trust the simple tale of their own sorrows to the ear of the great world at home . For , let us revile as we niay ^ our shows of coldness and frivolity , yet we all know that there is something at the bottom of all English hearts , which binds together the great nation as one common home , for all its son 3 and daughters .: In that home there isalways sympathy , although there is not always help at hand for the afflicted . .
. . Constantly we observe , too , among these Indian books , in captain , } of colonel , or man-at-arms , as well as inl woman , the uprising of a deep-seated religious spirit from among the tumult of great trials and sufferings . The religious tone of nearly all the journals accords closely with the spirit in which jthey are read . The work is done—the grief is borne . The worker and the iweeper alike put their trust in the Supreme Disposer of events . It is in such a day as theirs , if ever , that men speak what they do truly feel ; and > as they speak , so ajcethey'heard . We believe that the small library of books built over the Indian revolt is a monument worth any number of Egyptian pyramids ; but that men in England will look back to it ,. often and often , from the years to come when they talk proudly of their forefathers . —Household XVords .
Royal Geographical Society . —A meeting of this society will be held on Monday next , the 24 th inst ., at Burlington House , at half-past eight o ' clock p . m . Sir Roderick I . Murchison in the chair . Papers to be read : —1 . Journey in , Mexico , by Charles Sevin , Esq ., Ij . R . G . S . 2 , Reports from Captains Burton and Speke , of the East African Expedition , on their Discovery of Lake Ugiji . 3 . Notes on the Aurora Borealia in Greenland , by J . W . Taylor , Esq . . Ckimjcnalitv in Punning . '—A pun does not commonly justify a . blow in return . But if a blow were given for such , cause , and death ensued , the jury would be judgeti both of the facts and of the pun , and might , if the latter were of an aggravated character ,
return a verdict of justifiable homicide . Thus , in a case lately decided before Miller , J , ; Doe presented Roe a subscription paper , and urged the claims of suffering humanity . Roe- replied by asking when charity was like a top . It was in evidence that Doe preserved a dignifted silence . Roe then said , ' When it begins to ; h . um ( ut home ) . ' Doe th , en—and , not till then—struck Roe , and his head happening to strike abound volume q £ the . Monthly Hag-bag and Stolen Miscellany , intense mortification , ensued , with , a fatal result . The chief laid down his notions of the law to his brother justices , who Unanimously replied ,.- Jest so . ' The chief rejoined , that no man should jest , so without being punished for it , and charged for thb prisoner , who was acquitted , and the jjmv ordered to be burned by the sheriff ; The bound yolumo was forfeited as a dootfund , bub nptl claimed . — -
5 TAe , Autocrat of the Brealifaet Table , x ., Presjunts von 'jwim- Quken . —A letter from Tangier , of the 80 tU December , annouucoa the return there of the English frigate which had conveyed tho sons of the JJmperor of Morocco to Alexandria , on their way to W > nko a pUgrimago to Mocoa . The frigate returned to embark the presents presented by the Emperor , to Queen . yiotoria . The preaonta consist of eight horses , two innres , a lion , a leopard , and eight ostriches , which hud been waiting at Tnngier for more than a month . , , Ely Ca-tuudrai ,. —At a roQ <) nt meeting pi' the Chapter o Ely it was agreed to undertake , as soon as possible , the restoration of the octagon And lantern of the outho-4 ml as a fitting memorial of the zoal , energy , and liberality of Dean Peacock , in the restoration of the fabric . JPjkvvs .--A conference on the pew-system wab on Tuesday hold in Manchester , but it does not appear to have
. 81 kilogrammes 250 grammes the hectolitre , finds buyers among the manufacturers of vermicelli at 18 f . 43 c . Rye from the Danube is quoted at 12 f . 50 c . the 75 kilogrammes ; barley , 13 f . 50 c . the 100 kilogrammes . I cannot describe to you how much the small merchants suffer from the dulnes 3 of trade . Their receipts are reduced in aix astonishing proportion . This is chiefly caused bv the want of shipping in the harbour . "
Life Assurance in Russia . —Advices from St . Petersburg state . that the / Life Assurance Association founded in 1835 , -with exclusive privileges which have just expired ,, will be continued as an ordinary jointstock company . It is now . permitted , However , to insure in foreign establishments , but the latter are not allowed to have agencies in Russia . The American Coasting Trade . —Messrs . Seymour , Peacock , and Co . have addressed a letter to the Earl of Malmesbury , relative to the opening of this trade to British shipping , inquiring whether the American
Government is aware that the coasting trade with this country has been thrown entirely open to American vessels . Mr . Hammond , the Under-Secretary , states in reply that " Lord Malmesbury can hardly conceive that the American Government can be in ignorance upon this point , but that , in view of the facts stated in your letter , his Lordship will instruct her Majesty ' s Minister at " Washington to make inquiry of the United States Government , and to . seize- the opportunity of again urging upon that Government the justice and good policy of conceding corresponding advantages to British vessels in American waters . "
TjieBu )! S 8 Festival . —Little is talked of this ' week but the Burns Centenary Annivesary , to lie celebrated next Tuesday over the whole of the United Kingdom , and in the Colonies , ami in . America into the bargain . Judging from the information we have received as to the preparations made , we have no doubt that most of these solemnities will be worthy of the occasion . Whether Glasgow , or Edinburgh , or . Ayr , or Dumfries will be the most successful it would be difficult to predict ; probably an equal amount of enthusiasm and ¦ : joviality will be manifested at each . The Caledonian
Society of London will also celebrate , and will do it well . It is , however , with regard to the solemnitias at the Crystal Palace that we are especially anxious . Letua hope that here , at any rat j the memory of the bard will not be put to shame . Let him , at least , be kept quite distinct from the monster twelfth-cake , the plum-pudding , the gorilla , the mudfish , and all the other monsters for -which this popular exhibition is becoming noted . Speculation is already rife as to the ceremonies with which the fortunate bunl-r-chosen of six hundred —will'be proclaimed and crowned . It is even said that a sort of revival of the Olympic games will bo attempted , and that one b . f the directors , inspired with classic fury , will don the robes of ancient Greece , and appear as judge of the games ; it is even hinted that the fortunate bard is to be crowned with laurel , after
had any definite results . A proposal for bringing a bill into Parliament , securing existing rights , but designed " to check the pew-system , " was made , but fell to the ground . . ¦ . ¦ ¦ Ma . nl */ Sports in the SxATES .- ^ One of the greatest wrestling matches known to the history of this country came off at Ireland ' s Corners on Tuesday . " The parties were Dr . Frazer , of . Troy , and Abram Herriiigton , of Watervleit . The parties , met at 9 a . m . for the purpose of trading horses . They talked horse two hours , but could not trade , as each wished to ' ¦ put a leak" into the other . At last Herrington-lost his temper , and proposed to give up horse trading and go to wrestling for twenty dollara aside—the winner to pav the drinks . The
doctor agreed to this , and put up the money without hesitating a moment . The stakes were held by Elias Ireland . Round 1 : This round was a side-hold ; it lasted forty-five minutes , during which time Herrington got the doctor four times against the shed , and once under a two-horse waggon . Towards the end of the round the doctor lost his wind , and went down on a broken bottle and a lot of bricks . Cheers for Herrington . Ten to five offered on Herrington—no takers . Bottle-holders gave parties something wet out of a bottle , and wiped their faces with a piece of oilcloth .
— Round 2 nd : This was a " square old flop . " It lasted one hour and ten minutes . The doctor tripped Herrington and staggered him Herrington made a spring and recovered his foothold . ( Cheers . ) The doctor now braced back , lifted Herrington from the ground , and undertook to fall in a mud puddle with him-. Cries of " foul . " Herrington touches the ground , and gives the doctor ayank that lifted him out of his boots . The doctor rallied , set his teeth , and > vent in . Herrington , exhausted , went down , cutting his shin with a tin pan . " First blood for Erazer . " Cheers . Twenty to five on the doctor—no takers . — -Round 3 rd : This was a "back
¦ ; " The round commenced at fifty minutes past twelve , and finished at . five minutes past three . Time , two hours and fifteen minutes—the longest round-on record . During the round they crossed the road ten times , got into the cattle-yard fourteen times ,-brought up agiiinst the pig pen twenty-seven times , and upset a waggon four times . The round finally ended in favour of Herrington , owing to the doctor tipping his foot against a piece of scantling , and falling on Davis ' s dog —killing him instantly . The three rounds agreed upon having been gone through . with , Herrington was declared
the victor , ' amid the . shouts of a hiultituHe , which amounted to near 200 . Herrington smiled a smile , arid asked Ireland for the stakes . " Haven ' t got them—all spent for . ' drinks' an hour ago—in addition to which the barkeeper has a balance against you of 4 . 37 dols . " This led to a fresh wrangle , the result of which was that Herrington has agreed to wrestle with Ireland and barkeeper on Monday next for 50 dols . a side . As a postscript to all this , we would state that Davis intends to sue Frazer for killing his dog . He lays his damages at 30 dols . — Knickerbocker . .
Coukt of Common Council . —At a Conrt held on Thursday , the Lord Mayor presided for the first time since his late illness . He was warmly greeted , and expressed his sincere thanks for the very kind and " affectionate " manner in which the Court had condoled with him during his absence . Several members were appointed to serve on the various committees for the ensuing year . An amended report , brought up by the chairman of the Officers' and Clerks' Committee upon the internal arrangements and duties of the clerks in the town clerk ' s office was agreed to , with some amendments of an unimportant nature . A report from the Special Lunatic Asylum Committee was also agreed to , and a petition from the ratepayers of the ward of Broad-street against the erection of the proposdd asylum was referred to the above committee .
pocketing his more modern fifty-pound note ami reciting his verses to the pqpulace ,. Should the lot fall upon Professor Aytoun ( as has been very generally hinted ) , wo , question whether . such a proceeding would be to the learned Profcsors ' s taste — albeit his presence in Edinburgh on that day will certainly save him from the infliction . There is' a variety of report ? , more or less absurd , us to the merit of the poems submitted to the judges . In the first place , we utterly disbelieve that Professor Aytonn , or any mau of
similar position , has condescended to outer into the competition . It seems very likoly that the rumour arose from nothing but a guess arising from the Professor ' s refusal to act as a judge , whence it was sagaciouly concluded that lie must be a candidate . In the next place , we do not believe that the judges ha , vo recommended the publication of twenty of the rejected poems . Room for a pendant to the " Rejected addresses , " by Horace and Jamoa Smith , tli ' ore may be , and wo hope that somo of our comic writers will not let the opportunity slip by . —Critic . ' ,
The Geologists' Association now numbers one hundred arid seventy members , Mr . Hyde Clarke has been elected a vice-president , and ho has consented to read a paper at the next meeting At St . Martin ' s Hall , on Tuesday , the 8 th of February , at seven o ' c k , on the organisation of n geological survey by the members of the Association . FniSNCH Cobn TttADE . —Tl « o following letter has been received from Marseilles this week : — " Tito Commissary-General in this town , is purchasing largo quantities of provisions . He purchased by contract 9000 metrical quintals of wheat . Several of the first houses hero sont intendera . The tender of M . Brousse , of MontpeJHor , was Accepted for the supply of 00 OU metrical quintals at
Loud CAMi » nicr . i . on Suaicsimcark . —The Athcnawn says ;—• ' A now illustrator of SJiakflpdaro hns entered the field in the person of the Lord Chief Juatico of the Queen ' s Bench , Lord Campbell . During a rocont vacation in Scotland , he turned his attention again to our great dramatic poet ; and , rending over his plays consecutively , ho was struck by tho vast number of iogal phrases and allusions they contain , and by the extreme approprintoneus nnd accurAoy of their application . Ho began noting nnd remarking upon them , giving them fiuoh explanations And elucidations as his vast oxporionco to fur
28 f . GOo . the quintal , and one from Vic Audugo , of Nurbonno , for tho supply of fiOOO metrical quintals At 28 f . 21 c tho quintal . Tho corn-miukot here la heavy , and no roaotion is expected until tho Spanish ports are again opened for the admission of foreign corn . Tho reports of war current here for the last eight days produced only a , rise of 50 c . the measure of 100 litres . Our stock of wheat in the stores dooa not exceed 100 , 000 heotoHtroa , This small quantity would produce a riao wore it not for the immonuo quantity of flour which arrives hero from the O 6 to d'Or , and which finds a ready » alo among the bakers And in Corsica . Our speculators have discontinued thoir oporationa in conaoquenoo of the uncertainty ns to tho maintenance of poaoo . Wheat from , Taganrog , of tho weights of
and knowledge of tho law enabled him readily - niah . Ho has ainco put thora into more regular form and order , and is printing them in tho shape of a familiar letter to Mr . Payne Collier , who , in bia recent liiography of tihakweara , atnUia that there Are more indications in SliAkanoAro tlu . it lie liml in aomo way , qnrly in life , boon connootod with tho legal profession , than aro to bo mot with in all tho worku of contemporary drttinatiHta put together . Lord CftmpboU ' rt contribution to our amuU atuck of information regarding the life and productions of tho noot i » nenrly ready for nubllcaIIou . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22011859/page/10/
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