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866 THE LEADER; ^ __ [^0.440/ August 289...
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Miseellaneous. The Court.—The Queen, Dur...
butcher in a rage began abusing- tin ) , after which be heaped curses on Christians in general . The Cophte told him that he would complain to the zabet ( police magistrate ) and ordered fhc batcher to accompany him to the tribunal of that functionary . The butcher , thinking that the zabet would be sure to be on his side , readily consented , "but on arriving at the tribunal , he found to bis vexation that the zabet was no other than his customer . The butcher immediately received five hundred blows on the soles of his feet , and was then dismissed with a recommendation to be more respectful for the future to Christians . "
PaoroGRAraa and Lord Campbem / s Act— -How far the filthy commerce which Lord Campbell proposed to check has been subverted , \ re have no means of knowing ; but we do know that exhibitions which do not exaetly fall within the scope of his bill , but which are , perhaps , better calculated to effect the infamous -objeete which it attempted to discourage than indecencies of « coarser description , are extremely common , and unless we are much mistaken , have recently increased to an enormous degree . There is hardly a street in London which does not contain shops in which photographs , and especially stereoscopic photographs , are exposed for stale , which are certainly not positively
indecent , but which , it is equally clear , are expressly intended for the gratification of that pruriency which Parliament tried to deprive of its coarser stimulants . We cannot , of course , enter into particulars upon such , a subject , but if any of cur readers will yrnlk down the Strand , he will see numerous shop windows—ia other particulars of the most respectable character—which are stndded with stereoscopic slides , representing women more or less naked , and generally leering at the spectator with a conscious , or elaborately unconscious , impudence , the ugliness of which is its only redeeming fea"tore ; There is a brutal vulgarity and coarseness about some : of these pictures which is as surprising as it is dis-• giiurtingir- ^^ ScrturrfawReview . ' ¦ .. '¦
Testimonial to Mb . G . « T . HoLYOAKE .- ^ -0 n Monday night the friends of Mf ; -6 . J . Holyoake held a meeting at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , and presented that gentleman with , a pecuniary testimonial to the ; amount of 65 Q £ Among the subscribers were one or two clergymen and dissenting ministers . Pbesbxce of Mind axd PisToi * — Alderman T . M'DonneU , of Utnerick , with lua family , while driving upon an . outside car at Liseannor on Monday , had a narrow escape , the horse having taken fright and run off in the direction of the cliffs . He was within a few yards ot reaching the wall , over which he would have leaped , when Major Gavin , who was riding by at the time , and observed the perilous position , of the party , drew a revolver from his pocket and shot the liorse dead .- — Limerick Chronicle .
Thb Coijujebb in Staffordshire . —The strike of the colliers approaches its termination . In the course of the week meetings have been held at Oldbury , We « lneabury , Netherton , and some other places . At most of -these the form has been gone through of passing resolu v tions not to go in at tlie reduced scale ; but it has been a form only . It is evident enough that the men have lost heart in the business , and that in a very short lime they -will return to the pits at the reduced scale . — Midland Counties Herald . An Eix > VE » u £ 2 rr . —A young lady in Yorkshire lately fell in love with her father ' s man-servant , who was dismissed in consequence . ' The young lady ordered the discharged one to Scarborough , where he was to wait for better times . On Saturday morning last she got permission to spend a day or two at Scarborough , and on Sunday they both , proceeded to Xondon , where tliey were married .
Tolerance—After a series , of hard contests the Liverpool "Workhouse Committee have consented to allow Roman Catholic and dissenting clergymen free access to the workhouse , for the purposes « f religious instruction and consolation . Thb Galway American Link . —Steam from Galwav to America appears to be flourishing . The Pacific , which sailed on Tuesday evening , took a great number of passengers ; and not only those , but a considerable quantity of merchandise , chiefly liuenvtue product of the looms in the north of Ireland .
Mr . Bright anj > Emigration . —^ Ir . Bright , M . P ., has , found it necessary to state publicly that he has no ^ W ****? * with i fcny emigration scheme to Australia , and can wn < kr na assistance to persons wishing to emigrate . Since the publication of tho letter of a firm of Melbourne railway contractors , the member for Birmingham has been overwhelmed with letters on the subject . Russia and Pkkin—In a letter to the Time * . Mr Augustus Petermann says that Russian couriers travel from Pekin to St . Petersburg , and vice vm & , not only in
fifty days , hut in about one-half , in twenty-six or twenty-seven days . For several years back the Russians have established regular ond constant communication by courier between Pekin nnd Kiakhta and Maimachin , the Russo-Chineso frontier towns to tho soutli of Lake Baikal , not far from Irkutsk , the capital of Eastern Siberia . This courier post ' Is exclusively used for despatches of the Russian Government , and for no other purpose whatever . The couriers starting in Pekin reach Irkutsk
in eight or nine days . From Irkutsk to Moscow the great road keeps mostly between the latitudes of 35 deg . and 55 dcj * . north . A friend of mine—a German merchant of intelligence and keen observation—recently travelled that line , and , as it was of importance to him to reach Hamburg before the departure of last February ' s mail from Southampton to India , ho requested the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia to be allowed to accompany the courier to St . Petersburg , which was
readily acceded to . Leaving Irkutsk on the 25 th of December , 1857 , they performed 6000 Russian versts ( equal to about 4000 English miles ) within 23 days , or between 170 and 180 miles a day , and arrived in Moscow on the 17 th of January , thence reaching St . Petersburg in one day by rail . There is nothing to prevent the Rtissian G overnmen t from extending their telegraph lines from Moscow to Kiakhta , which would enable her to obtain in St . Petersburg intelligence from Pekin and the Peibo within eight days .
Rescue from Dkowning . —On Thursday the Royal Engineers were erecting a span bridge near the creek , Chatham , when their attention was called to the cries of a female for help . Several of the men ran to tho banks of the creek , and saw a woman drowning . Private J . Castle plunged into the river , and succeeded in grasping hold of her . She , however , clung so tight to liim that it was with difficulty he could keep himself atove water . Colour Sergeant Barrow swam to their assistance , and , by means of a rope ,- saved botb their lives . The woman aid she accidentally fell into . the water . Tite First of Skpteiuber . —There will be plenty of sport for crack shots on Wednesday next ( says " the Dorset County Chronicle ) , the more than ordinarily large coveys of partridges being exceedingly strong on tho wing . ¦• . ¦ . ;¦¦ .. : ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .. . ¦'• ¦ . ¦ . ¦¦ . . ¦ ¦¦ • • . ¦ ¦
• Testimonial to La j > v Williams " Wyxn . —We lenm from the Chester Coitrmit that the shilling subscription for a testimonial to this lady is expected to reach 400 / . ; , ¦ ; ;¦; . - . . : ¦; . ; :. - . _ : ; : . .. ¦ A Novki ., Remedy for Whooping-CouGn . —Great numbers of children labouring -under whooping-cough now visit the gas works in Prestoii for the purpose of brcath-. ing the exhalations from the gas lime . It is said that all the little sufferers feel considerably relieved , and many are absolutely cured by this simple remedy . —Preston Guardian . '
A . S Insolvent Baronet . —In the list of insolvent debtors is the name of Sir William Magnay , Bart ., who was until recently an alderman of the City of London , sheriff of London in 1837 , and Lord Mayor in 1843-4 . ile-was created a baronet immediately after the Queen ' s visit to the City on the opening of the Boy al Exchange . ''' -: . ¦ . ¦ . - . ¦ . ; : ' . ' ; '¦ . "• .- ¦ ¦ "¦ - Music by Elkctricity . —^ An Hungarian , M . Le * ou Hamar , has , according to the Emancipation of Brussels , made a new and curious application of . electricity . . ' ¦ In a public concert at the National Theatre he played , by means of electric wires , on five different pianos at the same time . The electric battery which worked the wires was in an adjacent room .
St . Mautjtn's Hall . —This hall is now . undergoing extensive alterations and repairs , not , perhaps , "before they were needed , as any pluce more uncomfortable for the audience could not well be conceived . Mr . Ilullah has , however , set to work in right earnest to remedy the defects , and to this end new and commodious entrances are being constructed ; new stall-seats to replace the old uncomfortable forms are to be imported ; a refreshment room is to be opened , a new orchestra is to bo erected , and , last not least , the hall itself is to be decorated in colour . ¦
The Empress and the Viugin . —The Empress , says the JPatrie , in one of her duves in the liois dc Vincennes before 1856 , several times remarked a statue of the Virgin fixed in a wall near the site now occupied by the military hospital . Her Majesty , at the moment she became pregnant , made a vow that if Providence blessed her with a son she would , erect a chapel on the spot . This vow haa been religiously kept , and on the 15 lb , the fdte of the Assumption , tho building was inaugurated with great solemnity . A Novkl . Lnsukancis Company . —MM . Burnichon
and Co ., managers of tho " Blessings of Sleep" ( an insurance company formed against iinsects , in order to secure cleanliness and reposo to tho occupiers of furnished lodgings ) , brought an action againat the keeper of a lodging-houao to obtain from her twenty-two francs for insurance of her house against bugs and fleas . Mint * . Marguerettat ' s answer to the action wo a , that she hud taken the insurance on tho promise of the men to keep her house clear of vermin , but that their system luid not succeeded nt all ; she , tlioveforo thought herself justified in refusing payment . Tho tribunal dismissed the action .
Tub Paisley "Wkavkiis . —Wo are told that these avtisuns are again fully employed , and that in consequence of tho introduction of a new style of bhuwls and other branches of manufacture , the Paisley -weavers will now be emiblcd to eurn something like adequate wuge * . These new Bliawls linve a fabric with two warps ; and the shawl , when finished either in wool or a mixture of cotton and wool , sliows a different pattern on either side . We learn that these goods are very handsome , and likely to bo In great demand for tho London market .
has to give food to many Brahmins , to get rid of Z stain , on tho twelfth or thirteenth day , but that a Door man can get rid of it by presenting a little food indue form to the village priest ; that they cannot give dau ^ h ters in marriage to any llajpoot families , save the Rha " thores and Choufcans ; that the family of their clan ^ -ho gave a daughter to any other class of Rajpoots wouldl ) e excluded from caste immediately and for ever ; thattliose who have properly have to give all they have mth their daughters to the Chouhaus and Rhathores and reduce themselves to nothing , and can t ; ike notlinc from them in return ; as it is a great stain to take
JmrrncAi View of tiik Atlantic Tkl ^ ZT The Umvera expresses this singular opinion on ^ T cessful laying down of tho Atlantic submarine t « S graph : — « This event , which is very important f ?! I *~ land in a financial and commercial VoZ ^ tl l ^ but a limited degree of interest in France \ VV f exclusive , and we are too much wrapped ur > in m £ i to pay much attention to what is going on abroad ** particularly hv America , and it is of little conSo ' ? to us to be able to receive political nev 2 ? United States ten days earlier than we ^ f h ^ BiUTimAY or the -Pkinoe Coxsout —t > ,,,. 7 being the Jirthday of his Royal HighneW tu ^ Sce " Consort , the event was celebrated at the Government ofhees and throughout . the metropolis with the uS loyal demonstrations . "" Infanticide Justifiko . —A respectable lanclown * of this place , a Sombnnsie , tells me , that the custom of destroying their female infants has prevailed from ihl time ofJhe first founder of- their race ; that a rid !? rZ
' ^ kuneea dan ; " or virgin price , from any one ; that a Sombunsie may , however , when reduced to great poverty , take the " kuneci dan" from . thc Chouhans and Rhathores for a virgin daughter without ¦ bdnij ¦ excommunicated from the clan ; but even he could not give a daughter to any other elan of Rajpoots without being excludetlforever from caste ; that it was a . misfortune no doubt , but it was one that had descended ainong them from the remotest antiquity , and could not be got ° r ' ul of ; that motliers ¦ vvept and screamed a good deal ivlien their , first fem « le infants were torii from , them , but after two or three times giving birth to female infants ,
they become quiet and . reconciled to theusa ^ e , and said , 11 Do as you like ; " tli . it some poor parents of their clan did certainly give their daughters for large suriis to wealthy people of lower claiit ; , but lost tlieir caste for ever by so doing ; that it was the dread of sinking in substance from the loss of property , and in grade from the loss of caste , that alone led to the murder of female infants ; that the dread prevailed more or less in every IJajrwwt clan , and led to the same things , but most in the clan that restrictcil the giving of daughters in marriage to the siuallest number of clans . — Sleeman ' s ¦' Journey , throvtih Ou . de .
A llioii-Soui . Ki ) Bk <;< jak .- —The other day a Yankee gave a beggar-woman ; i couple of cents . tl . Two cents . !" exclaimed she , " take them back , sir ; I asked for charity ; I can't do anything with two cents . " "My dear madam , " said the polite donor , " I beg you'll keep the cents , and give them to some poor person . " PitoPEssoK MoiisK . —Tho representatives of tlie European Powers which had decided on granting an indemnity to > Professor Morse for the usage of his electrical apparatus have come to a definite understamling . At tlio conference lield at Paris on the subject , Austria was
represented by Baron d ' Ottenfrls , Belgium by Baron Beyens , Holland by M . Lichtenvclt , Russia by M . Balabine , Sardinia by the Marquis Uu Villamarina , Uome by the Apostolic > funcio , Sweden by Co . unt il « l'i | ii ! r , Tusenny by the Manjuis Tunny de ' Nerly , and Turkey by Unrdar Eflentli . M . Npisl , " sub-director of the Ministry ofFor <; iyii Afliiira , acted m hi-cretary to tlu > conference , Thepum voted was 400 , 000 . francs , of which l- ' nincewiU pay 235 , 000 francH , Sardinia , lo , 000 JVmics , Home , 5000 francs , & c . Tliu money is to be i > nid in four instalments .
Tjiic Loiivnii—The fourth and last palle of tho Assyrian Museum at the Louvre has just been completed , It is on the ground lioc-r , near the Mnrengo door , and i > cxt tho runntlicnaic salle . Tins new 8 ullc contnins some curious bus-reliofs nnd cuneiform inscriptions ; the former original mid the latter moulded . In a few daya tho new sallo will be ¦ opened to tuo public . Foiujkd BaxkXotks in ^ Ianciikstki ! . —On 'Wednesday , n notorious Yorkshiru criniiual , who was Hi'iiU'iiml to four vcni'ft pcniil servitude at York , in 1811 , for sheepfttcalLig , and has recently concluded at- l ' ortluml seven yoars' pcntil servitude for pnssing forged note ' . * , was apprehended by tho City police on a clmrgo of pacing » forged HI . note in Manchester . "When cnpturetl ho liau iu his posaesHion three notes , all of which are cjnu' *"" "
GovKiixuitsv Emicikation . —TlicGovenimwit emulation « hip Jolui nnd Lucy , 1 ) 1 ) 1 tons , sailed fn » m l- 'verpool on Wednesday , for Melbourno , Victoria , in flinrga of Surgeon Superintendent Cliupnian , with l < i marncu couples , 28 einglo men , 271 ) single women , - » ooj » between tho nge » of 1 and 12 , 28 girls between tho Htun « ages , 1 male infant nnd 2 females , making « - total Q 8 U 3 floulu , equal to UG 2 statuto adults .
866 The Leader; ^ __ [^0.440/ August 289...
866 THE LEADER ; ^ __ [^ 0 . 440 / August 289 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 866, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_28081858/page/10/
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