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    rlin , when she would honour the opera with her jircice . Tub Late Marquis ov Queensberry . —No pariilars have transpired in addition respecting the fate this nobleman . All that we know , and all that projly will be ' . known , on this side of time , is , that he nt alone from his own mansion-house of Kinmount Iy on Friday afternoon , armed with his gun , for the pose of shooting rabbits , and that at four o ' clock he 3 found lying dead in a field by two of his near . smen—a shot-wound in his left breast revealing the ise of his violent , accidental death . Sudden and sad i been the latter end of the seventh Marquis of eensberry . Bom in high , rank , the inheritor of a at historical name , the heir of a house , which , though one of the wealthiest , occupies a distinguished place _ 1 ?* -i wVlATl O ) l £ > WAIlifVimnAlll * tlin nnora urifT-t Iiam -n— .,.

    the roll of the Scottish peerage—possessed of superior aral endowments , the head of a loved and loving lily , of a household most devoted to him—lie has ished in a moment . Five days ago he was in the h of health , in the pride of manhood ' s prime , now hing remains but a heap of senseless ashes , which I to-morrow be laid lovr among the ancestral dust , ilts he had not a few . That passion for tbe turf ( it 3 aid the noble Marqnis lost a large sum recently at Chester races ) , and kindred pursuits still more queslable absorbed much of his time and energies , brought ids about his otherwise radiant path , and disappointed promise of his early career . Representing Dum-3 shire in Parliament , he was the Queen ' s representai there , and also Controller of the Royal Household , might easily have climbed higher up the ladder of : e and become an influential servant of the State .

    entertained high expectations of the deceased noLle-1 , and it is because ve did so and were disappointed t we thus speak . But far from us be any feeling ouring of bitterness towards the dead . No cold ricianism or arrogant pride of rank was his . lie i a fast friend ; had an open heart and hand for the its of the poor ; was a considerate landlord , kind to tenants , and deservedly popular "with the peasantry he district . ——Dumfries Standard . Che Grouse SEASON . ~ Sportsinen began work on irsday the 12 th . About Brechin grouse are repreted to be very abundant and strong in the wing ; ile the Inverness Courier of Thursday says , { * We ieve that the sport this season will be a fair average

    the lower ranges , and on some of the higher , wherever re were sufficient stocks . It is the remark of every rtsman that tlie birds are quite healthy and strong , r list of shooting quarters let for the season is not of usual length , many of the moors being unlet . This partly owing to the disease of game last year , and tly to the effects of the great commercial crash of i year , and no small nuuiber of our best sportsmen far away , warring under the scorching rays of an lian sun . The accounts from tlie deer forests are 31 nattering ; stags are in fine condition , with large , 1-fornaed antlers . The sound of the rifle has already n heard in the corrics , and haunches of fat version a in the larder . Captain Baring , at Stratligarve ,

    t a couple of stags , right and left , both at a gallopfirst falling at 116 yards , the second at 124 yards . Strathcouan forest , Lord Lichfield killed two stags , tit and left , both in excellent condition , one with a al head , the other with a head of eight tines * In nstrathfurar forest , the Master of Lovat shot a very ; e fat stag , which weighed 19 J stones clean . In the sst of Glendibidale , Mr . Horatio Ross and Mr . Edrd Ross shot each two stags . " Accounts from Wardise state tliat Mr . Gordon and party killed 34 brace rhursday ; and from the moors of Mr . Robertson of Royal , as follows : —At Clashnadarroch , Colonel wes and party , 114 brace ; Boginclough , the Messrs . Iden , 37 i brace ; and Culrain , Captain Gordon of

    ne , 10 brace . iriRiT of the French Pkess . —The Paris journals tinne to show a decidedly anti-English feeling . The is undertakes to say that the English , -without tho operation of the French , would not have obtained the ults achieved in China . The snine journal with per-> s a clearer judgment , complains of the speeches made Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Lindsay the other day . It ks of these gentlemen uttering " baso insults , " adased to the Emperor whoso , guests they wero the day ore , and remarks that " all that ill-will , envy , and lorance can suggest to men anxious to punder to tho isions of the populace is found in the speeches of Mr . ebuck and Mr . Lindsay . " The Union , another Fxench irnal , assails our Lord Chancellor for " eccentricities

    tho -worst possible taste ; " and tho Uniccrs , in its lal tone , aflinns that English misery , pauperism , and blic debt owe their origin entirely to tho Reformation . French Repuoek OuATiruoic . —The ne-w anti-Enyh pamphlet , noticed by our Paris correspondent , is iributcd to , and it is said acknowledged l > y , M . Jules chevalier , an ex-St . Simouian mid Socialist , who was refugee- in England until pardoned by tlio Kmncror , d was at one time well known amongst a certain itio n of the Chartists of the metropolis . Fudg e . —Tho Sli «/ o Chronicle hsis this revelation rcecting tho future of Lord Falmoraton : — " We are onlcd to atato from an authority thfltia perfectly reliable at Lord Palinerston ia about to retire from public life , o has agreed to do ao on the urgent entreaty of Lady

    Talmerston ; and a growing defect in his lordship's power of liearing has also had a share in inducing him to bring his long public career to a close . The noble lord , when he shall bid adieu to the excitement of Parliamentary life , intends , with Lady Palmerston , to take up his residence at Cliffony , near this town ; and instructions Iiave been given , and we believe arrangements are now being made , to erect a suitable mansion there for their reception . Eifle Cannon . —During his stay at Brest the Emperor Louis Napoleon is said to have resolved on employing in the navy the rifled cannon , of whieh trial was made 5 a hig presence on the Gavre ( the practising ground of Lorient ) , which trials gave very satisfactory results . ¦ ° J y 15 « 1 a ¦•

    Suicide in St . Thomas ' s Hospital . —A gentleman of property named Thomas Spencer Blake , was admitted into the hospital at the request of his friends , while labouring under delirium tremens . He contrived to throw himself from the window of a closet on an upper story , and falling from a height of 50 feet , -was so much hurt as to cause immediate death . A Wife Killed by her Husband . — -A journeyman baker , residing in "Woodstock-street , was brought before Mr . Benn , at the Liverpool police-court , charged with the murder of his wife , in Scotland-road , on Sunday afternoon . The woman was drunk , and the prisoner wanted her to go into the house , but she refused , and ran into Scotland-road . The prisoner followed and struck her in the face ; she fell with her head against the kerb-stone , and died soon after .

    The Gabmck Club The Court Circular s & ys : — "Mr . E . H . Yatea has uttered in print words which Mr . Thackeray thinks too strongly personal to be passed over in silence , and the " Garrick" have resolved to expel the former gentleman in consequence . Mr . Yate 3 , however , is supported by Mr . C . Dickens , and several other gentlemen of weight , and the opinion of Mr . Justic * Willes is to the effect that there is no other way of getting rid of the obnoxious member , except toy breaking up the club , and forming it anew , omitting Mr . Yates ' s name from the list of its members .

    Man over the Falls . —The citizens in the vicinity of the Falls were startled by the cry of "Man over the Falls ! " and in a few moments hundreds rushed to the rescue , but all their efforts to save him were unavailing . He was seen by a comrade for a moment after he went over , after which he disappeared , and as yet his body has not been found . The accident occur ted as follows : — He was standing on some planks which project over the platform of the mill , directly above the Falls , turning a log -with a " cant-hoop , " when the hook slipped and he fell backward down the precipice . He rose to the surface of the water , and attempted-to swim to a ledge of rocks within a few feet of him , but was swept down by the strong : current . He is a young mail from Palermo , Maine , by the name of George W . Wood . —St . Anthony News .

    A False Alarm . —Information was given at the police-station , Maidstone , that 400 / . in gold , and other property , had been stolen from a public-house in the town . Tlie landlord and his housekeeper , though on intimate , were not , it would seem , on confidential terms ,- — and the lady having a hoard , secreted it where the drunken innkeeper discovered it , and carefully hid it , not knowing whose property it was . The detectives being set to work , found the gold in an . old chimney , and were rewarded with live shillings . Representation of Guildford . —Mr . Canipbell is no longer a candidate for the representation of Guildford , and the contest now lies Letween Mr . Evelyn and Mr . Guildford Onslow .

    Action von Libel . —We ( Edinburgh Daily Express ) are informed that an action is likely to be commenced very shortly against tlie editors of the Record newspaper ( London ) , for their publication of defamatory letters against the minister of the New English Episcopal Cliflpel in St . Vincent ^ street , Edinburgh . Biuth at a Railway Station . —On Tuesday , a young woman was delivered of a full-grown female child in tlie ladies' waiting-room on tho Worcester platform , Dudley . She had been in tho refreshment-room , where the attendant , observing that she appeared unwell , inquired what was tho matter with her , but received nn evasive reply . The officials immediately culled in such aid as was at hand . She had been living in service at a grocer's in Wedneabury , had left her place that morning , and was endeavouring to ninko her way to h « r parents . Both mother and infant are doing well .

    Mr . Locke , M . P ., on Cimiuiouna . —On the occasion of laying the first atone of some schools at Barnslcy , Mr . Locke said that having known France for the last twenty years , and being well acquainted with tho port of Cherbourg , wlik'h her Majesty hnd just visited , ho was well fitttul to fiive nn opinion with regard to that and its relation to this country . Public feeling in France could not bo gathered from the tono of the French pressj for , in fact , there might be . said to bo no Buch thing as ft French press , it wan entirely under tho control of Government . Still , it > viia well known that there avjis a fooling again & t Itagliahinun and English institutions entertained by tho French people , and this might occasionally bo soon striking out in various wnya . Tho great work of forming tho important port of Cherbourg , with all- its

    adjuncts , had been completed after great labour and time had been expended on it , and the event was of a national character . He believed that the present Emperor had not the slightest intention of wishing Cherbourg to be looked upon as a menace to England , but while human nature remained as it was , England could not see the establishment of so great a work , evidently intended for a warlike purpose , without at once taking steps to counteract its probable effects . Nobody knew what the French opinion really was , and a time might come when the Emperor himself would not be able to control the exuberance of feeling of his people .

    Me . Moffat , M . P ., on Reform . —In an address just delivered by this gentleman to his constituents , he said he was for the extension of the franchise , and would support a measure of that kind from whatever point of the political compass it might come ; being quite sure that it may be safely and beneficially extended . He was also desirous that -we should make our constituencies larger than they are at present . The Memoirs op Lola Montes . —A correspondent of the Literary Gazette says , " I wish you would expose the system of mock authorship . Here is a book professedl y by Lola Montes , and really written by an . American , back author . The lady has her special gifts , but no person who has had the honour of her acquaintance would suspect her of being able to write a smart and sensible book . We shall have Mr . Barnum next

    announcing a diamond volume of Tom Thumb ' s memoirs and affairs of the heart , and declaring that they were written by the dwarf , with a quill from a canary bird . " Ma . Alfjred Wig an . —This gentleman haa nearly recovered from his severe and long-protracted illness ; and there is reason to hope that in a short time he will be enabled , partially at least , to resume his professional avocations . Testimonial to the Earl of Carlisle from the Ladies of Ireland . —A number of ladies , whose presence often graced the Viceregal Court during the period in which the distinguished office of Viceroy was held by the Earl of Carlisle , having resolved to offer his

    lordship some testimony of their high regard and esteem for his dignified courtesy and attention while presiding in Dublin Castle , commissioned Mr . West to design some appropriate token , national in its character , and unique in its leading features . The object selected was a " Record case" of the most beautiful and elaborate workmanship . It is made of Irish yew , carved in imitation of the celebrated ornamental pattern of the 12 th century , the nattes resembling the interlaced withes of matting . The case is bound around with silver , gorgeously chased , and engraven in compartments after patterns copied from the Book of Kells and other highly illustrated works of the kind . On its inner surface are engraven the names of the lady donors .

    County Courts . —In 1857 , in the County Courts of England and Wales , there were 744 , 652 plaints entered , 395 , 731 causes tried ( or in which judgment was entered ) , and 5159 causes tried between 20 / . and 501 . ; 1 , 937 , 745 / . was the total amount of the moneys for which the plaints were entered ; judgment was obtained for 978 , 592 / . ; 146 , 417 / . was paid into court ; 776 , 711 / . was paid in to the credit of suitors , and 771 , 944 / . paid out ; 1068 causes were tried by a jury , and in 516 cases the persona requiring a jury obtained verdicts ; 92 , 894 executions were issued against the goods of defendants ; 112 , fl 61 judgment summonses were issued ; 56 , 655 of these were heard by the court ; 27 , 783 warrants of commitment were issued hv the registrar of the court , and 10 , 607 persons were taken to gaol under the warrants . The business of tho County Courts has greatly increased since their primary establishment .

    Spurgeom at Bklfast . —This public favourite has engaged the Botanic Gardens for a series of appearances . It would appear tliut some of the proprietors are extremely adverse to their property being devoted to the accommodation of any preacher , of whatever sect or party . The Northern Whig says : —" Oncegrant it ns an arena of theological display , and -where could tlie limit be placed . Even in this religious and riotous town people would not go to the Gardens for the purpose of worship , or with any other object than the gratification of curiosity . "

    Dkatii ov Mr . Guonarc Comre . —On Saturday last expired the great champion of philosophical phrenology . Mr . Combe was born in Edinburgh in 1788 , was educated for the law , became a writer to the signet , and practised for twenty years . The opinions of Gall and Spurztuum attracted his notice ; being convinced that they had a basis in nature , he pursued the subject , and in 1819 published his "System of Phrenology , " and founded tho " Phrenological Journal , " which was afterwards conducted tiy Mr . Cox . In 1828 , he publinhcd "Tho Constitution of Man , Considered in Relation to External Objects , " which attracted great attention , and it 1 ms been questioned whether any modern volume has obtained a larger circulation ; 90 , 600 copies of it have been printed in Great Britain , besides large sales in the United States ; translations liavo also been m « do into-German , French , mid Swedish . Mr . Combe was an unwearied labourer , up to almost tho last day of his lifo , in

    tho promotion of education * Tnoors i- 'oit lJBrnsiiCoi . uMiiiA . ~ -We understand , on good authority , that it is tho intention of her Mnjewty's Government to send out forthwith to British . Columbia a

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    w No . 439 , August 21 , 185 S . J ' THE .. LBADEB OQO r " " - . ' "" " " : " — ' - - . _ . OOu ~ " ~

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 833, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_21081858/page/9/