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No, 438 ^ A^gyjT 14, 1858,] T ^ IIE _ ' ...
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Leader Office, Saturday,'August 14th. TH...
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THE CONTINENT. The Canton of Neufchatel ...
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GitEAX YY007, Rominny.—George Smith, a c...
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Miscellaneous. The Court-—The Queen And ...
paper by Mrs . Jameson , but on what authority -we do cot remember , for it is many 3 'cars since we met with the essay in question . Titian ' s l ^ fe had been an uninterrupted career of health and splendid prosperity , graced , Yasari , liis personal acquaintance , tells us , by courtesy and general goodness and rectitude , widen do not appear to have been materially tarnished , except by an excessive love of gain , now and then , and l > y that petty professional -jealousy—shown in the ignoble treatment of Ms more promising scholars— - which was so unworthy of Us refined and liberal genius . But at last misfortune , liitberto far in his rear , was able to overtake liim on his death-be < l . Titian , according to the account we have referred to , died miserably . lie was stricken by the
plague ; and when the sanitary officers , in going their Tounds , called at his house , they found liis son , Orazio , and himself both ill of the pestilence , tying la the same room , deserted by their domestics , and in a neglected and forlorn condition . Orazio ' a state holding out hopes of recovery , they immediately took him avray to the lazaretto appointed for that purpose- But Titian himself—his sickness further aided by the infirmities of ninety and nine years- —was evidently past all mortal cure ; him , therefore , they left alone to die ; and when the next visitors came , they found he was no more . The
courted friend and gossip of so many of the leading magnates , scholars , poets , and witty fair ones of . the . day —the caressed of monarch . " , tlie county palatine , the untaxed of the Signory , hud meanwhile died more forlorn and abandoned than many a tattered beggar- And to aggravate even more the " dismality of his fa . te , it was found that between these two last visits , the apartment l » ad been entered and despoiled of some of his favourite articles of taste and costly ornament ; and this , perhaps , under his own eyes , before they were finally glazed and fixed by death . —Art Journal .
A Man of Fashion Eighty Years Ago . *—The man of fashion , of this period was a compound of effeminacy and affectation . He painted and perfumed like a wornan . His toilet occupied a great proportion of his time ; his dress was of the most , costly materials , and the most fantastic patterns . Silks and . brocades , embroidery , gold lace , and jewellery adorned his person , both in morning and evening costume . He seldom stirred abroad on foot , except to take a turn in the Mall j and if he had to cross , the street only from his lodging to a tavern , he was conveyed in a chair . Gaming was his chief employment , gallantry occupied the hours which
could be spared from dress and play- He had made the grand tour , and , consequently , knew the world . Of books he knew little or nothing . Men of education he called " prigs" and " pedants . " The only . literature he cultivated "was plays , novels , lampoons , or tracts in ridicule of religion . Such were the beaux and fribbles of the time of Anne and « f the Hanover succession . The reader who would know more of the manners and conversation of this class , will find their affectation and ignorance , their profligacy , insolence , arid inanity , sketched , without exaggeration , in the " Foppington " of Cibrjer , the " Fellamar" of Fielding , and the " Whiffle " of Smollett . —Masscifs 1770-1780 .
Timbuktu . —The difficulties which a place like Tim . buktu presents to a free commercial intercourse with Europeans are very great . For while the remarkable situation of the town , at the edge of the desert and on the border of various races , in the present degenerated condition of the native kingdoms , makes a strong government very difficult , nay , almost impossible , its distance from either the west coast or the mouth of the Niger is very considerable . But , on the other hand , the great importance of its situation at the northern curve or elbow of that majestic river , which , in an immense sweep , encompasses the whole southern half of iNTorth Central Africa , including countries densely populated and of the greatest productive capabilities , renders it mostdesiniblc to open it
to European commerce , while the river itself aflbrds immense facilities for such n purpose . For , although the town is nearer to the French settlements in Algeria on the one side , and those on the Senegal on the other , j et it is separated from the former by a tract of frightful desert , "while between it and the Senegal lies an elevated tract of country , nay , along the nearest road , a mountain chain extends of tolerable height . Further , we have here a family which , long before tlio French commenced their conquest of Algeria , exhibited their friendly feelings towards the English in an unquestionable manner , and
at the present moment the most distinguished member of this family is most anxious to open free intercourse with the English . Even in the event of the greatest success of the French policy in Africa , tliey will never effect the conquest of this region . On tlio other hand , « a liberal government were secured to Timbuktu , by establishing a ruler independent of the Fulbe of llanuln-Allalii , who are strongly opposed to all intercourse with t-uropeano , -whether French or English , am immense field might be opened to European commerce , nnd thus the "Whole of this part of tho world might again bo subjected to a wholesome organisation . —Ikirth's Africa .
The Outkacue at Gaza . —A letter from Alexandria gives tho following details of tho Mussulman outbreak at Gaza : — " On the courier from Suez announcing tho niaeaacro of the Christians nt Jcddnli , tlio Muhomedan inhabitants expressed joy at tho event , nnd in great numbers went to tho cn < li and tho mufti , where they
concerted plans for attacking the Christians . On the following morning , while , the latter were assembled in their church , a body of 300 Turks surrounded the building , broke open the doors , and assailed the Christians . The latter having made a vigorous resistance , the Mussulmans left and- proceeded to the Frank quarter , where they br oke into several of the Chvistians' houses , and did considerable damage . The governor , Moustapha Bey , and the chief of the Bashi-Bazouks interfered on behalf of the Christians . A Sah / dr's Troubi / es .- ^ -A young man , named Chambers , applied at the Wandsworth . police-court for assistance under very melancholy circumstances . About four months ago , he came to London from Rye , to look after a ship , and at that time had good clothes , money .
and necessaries . He fell in with two men , who appeared to be sailors , and they took him to a house in Kent-street , where he was drugged , stripped cf everything , and had no clothes to put on . The robbery so affected Mm that he lost his senses , and he broke some glass , and was fined 15 s .. or six weeks'imprisonment . Upon his removal to prison , he was found to be insane , and an application was made to the Secretary « f State to have him at once transferred to the County Lunatic Asylum * Garrett , Wandsworth . He had been there ever since imtil the 7 th instant , when he was discharged as cured . He had no friends and no home , and had been twice stopped by the police , who supposed him to have escaped from the asylum . He was sent by the magistrate to the workhouse , where he was admitted .
A Fact in Acoustics . —The sound of the Cherbourg salutes -was heard distinctly at Lyme Regis , on the coast of Dorsetshire , a distance of about eightj-five miles . The " Interesting Scotch Girl . "—The girl , Margaret Robertson , whose adventures in London have been noticed . in the newspapers , has been brought up at the police-court ( Perth ) before Bailie Richardson , charged with stealing a small sum of money ( about 2 /) from a house in Barrett's-close , George-street , where she bad been staying for a day or two . The evidence , however , was defective , and the charge was found " not proven . " —Perth Courier .
Fire in the Hampstead-road . —A destructive rfire broke put shortly after two o ' clock j-esterday morning on the premises of Messrs . Green , Eandell , and Co ., Eagle Brewery , Hampstead-road . The malt mill , its contents and machinery , were destroyed . The fire was caused by the heat from the shaft of the furnace-flue . These premises were on fire in June , 1854 , and December , 1856 . Owing to the timely arrival of the fire-engines , an immense amount of property has been saved . The Steam : Ploughs at Chester . —The judges ,
Messrs . Clarke , Druce , Shackel , and Wilson have at length presented their report . It is beyond question , they say , that Mr . Fowler ' s machine is able to turn over the soil in an efficient manner , at a saving , as compared with horse labour , on light land , of 23 to 25 per cent . ; on heuvy land , 25 to 30 per cent . ; and in trenching , 80 to 85 per cent . ; while the soil in all cases is left in a far more desirable condition , nnd better adapted fox all the purposes of husbandry . They are therefore unanimously of opinion that he is fully eutitled to the prize of 500 * .
CoatJiiTTAt , of a Tra-desmax Fon . Throwing Stones at A Railway Engi . vk . —James Williams , curb and chain maker , residing in St . Paul * s-row , Park-street , has been charged at the Guildhall , Walsall , with having maliciously thrown three bricks or stones at an engine on the South Staffordshire Railway , at Walsall . There appeared to be some suspicion that the man was not quite sane ; but ho ¦ was committed for trial at tho Assizes , and admitted to bail . A Ciumean Monument in the Broad Sanctuary , Westminster . —A space of ground situated in the above locality , near Westminster Abbey , and adjoining the entrance to the Westminster Schools , has been granted by her Mnjesty ' a Commissioners of Works for tho purpos . o of erecting a monument to tho officers ( naval and military ) who were educated at the Westminster Schools , nnd who lost their lives either by death in battle or by fever in the Russian campaign in tho Crimea .
ExrKUiMENrAL , Stjsamshu ' . — -A steamship of a novel construction has arrived at Hartlcpool from Greenwich , where it hus been built by Messrs . Joyce , to test the utility of an ingenious contrivance for detaching portions of the vessel and leaving entire cargoes at any port on her route . Tlio vessel , which ia about ninety feet in lengtli mid very narrow in the beam , is built of iron , and consists of three sepnrato movable compartments , which lit together in sockets and are fastened by strong iron stays . The foremost suction is occupied by the
crow , the middle comportment contains the entire cargo , and the aftermost part the engines . It is said that tho central section can be disconnected from the other two in a few minutes , and an empty hold substituted in its place , so that tho vessel cun proceed on its course either with a fresh cargo or in quest of one . Tho steamer u now loading with coal for tho London market , and vill take in between thirty and forty tons . If tho experiment should answer a vessel of two thousand tons burden is to bo forthwith constructed on the same principle .
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Leader Office , Saturday , 'August 14 th . THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH . The following message has just been received at the office of the Atlantic Telegraph Company , from Valentiii , by British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph : —¦ " The receipt of a message of twenty-six words yesterday evening from Xewfoimdlaml , relative to signals and instruments , has satisfied me as to the cause of delay Ia the full and free interchange of messages . They now read and acknowledge our words accurately . We can receive at very good speed from them , while they can . as yet only receive from us slowly . I hope to be able to transmit the message from her Majesty to the President this afternoon . "
Conspir Acy Tor The Massacee Of The Chri...
CONSPIR ACY TOR THE MASSACEE OF THE CHRISTIANS IN ¦ TURKEY . " Tlie Courrier de Constantinople of the 4 th inst . states that the late collisions in . Bosnia , in Turkish Croatia , and in Montenegro , have caused a sort of panic in the capital . The Mussulmans and the Christians were living in mutual fear . The Sultaa , to show his own confidence , lias gone in the fleet * on an excursion to Smyrna and the Archipelago . A plot , having for its object the massacre of the Christians , has been discovered at Smyrna . The Governor has made a seizure of arms , and sent the guilty persons to Constantinople . A scandalous rise has been effected in the exchanges ; but the Divan having given orders to the bankers to reduce them , a fall lias begun . The Turkish Government has announced that a pension of l > 2 , 0 . 0 Ofr . ' will be allowed to the heirs of the Page family , and that 1 , 000 , 000 piastres have been , granted to the other victims of tlie Jeddah massacre .
The Continent. The Canton Of Neufchatel ...
THE CONTINENT . The Canton of Neufchatel is again greatly agitated . It may be remembered that , after the resignation by the King of Prussia of his alleged claims , a constituent assembly was charged to draw "up a draft of a constitution . This has been rejected by the people by 6532 votes to 5925 . At Lode and Xa Chaux-de-Foads , the centre of Radicalism , great commotion , prevails , and it is thought the Government will be-forced to intervene to prevent disturbances . , It has "been reported that the mission of M . H 103 Rosas to Home will not lead to alterations ia the concordat concluded by the Narvaez Government under the auspices of Mi Mon . A letter from Madrid in the Nord contradicts this statement . It says . — " General O'Donnell believes now in the necessity of the disamortisation . in an economical point of view . He knows positively that he can draw from the sale of property in mortmain 1500 or 2000 millions of reals , which he requires ini order to supply the always increasing deficit of tho treasury , to develop a plan of national works of public utility , to > increase our navy and army , & c . Thus you may be certain that M . liios Rosas -will go to Rome to negotiate a recommencement of the sale of church property . " Already this negotiation has been indirectly commenced . News has reached Paris that the Emperor and Empress left Urest on Thurrday morning at eight o ' clock , and proceeded on their journey through Bretagne . "A religious reform , " says a letter from Warsaw , " has taken place in Russia . Tho Government has limited the powers of tlie Orthodox Greek clergy iu certain matters , and has suppressed some ridiculous ceremonies which hud been introduced into public worship in order to strike the imaginations of the ignorant and superstitious populations . It has alao resolved to reduce tho number of the United Greek clergy , so as to have one pope for every thousand souls instead of one far every throe hundred . Lastly , tho schools which were set apart to the priests' children have been , converted into communal schools . "
Giteax Yy007, Rominny.—George Smith, A C...
GitEAX YY 007 , Rominny . —George Smith , a carman , lately in the employ of Messrs . Chaplin and Home , tty extensive railway carriers , was yesterday brought up on romaml , charged with having stolen , last Saturday , a van containing twenty bales of wool , value 400 / ., from tho premises of the London and North-Western Railway Company , Aldgnte . A man who is supposed to have bc » en an accomplice , and wlio liail been questioned l > y tho police , lino committed suicide by hanging himself . Smith was again remanded . Ai . i . kgki ) Brutality ov a Snci' -father . —Geor ^ o Wingrovc , a labourer living nt . Sydualiiiin , was yesterday examined on renmnd at Greenwich on a charge of ill-using his two slep-nons . Tho littlo boys wore scon about this village , with a lofi ; of wood chained and pndlockcd to their hign , and beintf frequently struck with a cane by > V * iiigrove . Tlie llcsli of their logs wua broken by the friction of their itlimns ; but it appeared that tho device of tlio ln ^ . s of wood wna actually attributuMo to tlie niotluT . Tlio prissviicr w «« therefore discharged .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 14, 1858, page 803, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_14081858/page/11/
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