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      the church of Santa Maria Formosa . It at her for we are coming to those days when such saints « a these were no longer painted ; but in their places whole tribes of figures with faces twisted into every trick of sentimental devotion , imbecile piety , and pretended fervour . But before this time , somewhere about the middle of the fifteenth century , the fashion of painting pictures upon panel for private purposes , though as yet religious subjects : vrere principally chosen for treatment , had already begun ; and we find the masters of the early part of the sixteenth century represented with tolerable fulness at Manchester . English collectors have long had a passion for Raphael , and England is almost as rich in his works in oUs as Italy herself . Italy , however , keeps his frescos ; and may she long keep them I lhere are more than thirty works ascribed to Raphael hanging on the walls of the Exhibition . Many of them are of doubtful genuineness ; many of them have been restored . — The Atlantic Monthly . Prolific Speakers . —Scotchmen are not merely prolific when looked at from the Registrar General ' s point of view ; they are prolific in most things . They are prolific speakers . The amount of palaver that takes place in a Scotch kirk session or a Scotch town council passes knowledge . It is a luxury that can be had cheap . It costs them nothing , and certainly they don t grudge it . I once attended a town council meeting where the subject under discussion was , whether an additional six-and-eightpence should be given to the parish beadle . The wut , wisdom , eloquence , and

      JoThey sat six mortal hours , abused each other like pickpockets , and then , on the motion from a corpulent bailie , adjourned the discussion till the following month . So the unlucky beadle did not get his increase of salary for another month at least ; probably he has not got it j-et . For anything I know to the contrary , they may have talked on till this very day . —Fraser ' s Magazine . ¦ Judicial Appointments . —Mr . Serjeant Byles will be the new judge , in the room of Mr . Justice Cresswell , appointed to the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes . Mr . Serjeant Wills is appointed the new judge of the Supreme Court in India . Madame Pfeiffer . —It appears from information received by the Athenmum , that , after great difficulty , Madame Pfeiffer reached the sea-coast , at Madagascar , and embarked again for Mauritius . She had caught the terrible Madagascar fever , and was seriously ill after her arrival at Port Louis . Thanks to the climate of that island , and the kindness of her friends at Vacoa , she was quite convalescent at the departure of the overland mail on the 14 th of November . Madame Pfeiffer ¦ was then meditating a voyage to Australia . A Giant Chimney . —Messrs . Crossley , of Halifax , are just completing a new chimney in connexion with their works at Dean Clough , which will be of extraordinary dimensions and weight , and will outstrip every other that has ever been built , even in Lancashire . Although placed in a valley , it has attained a level with the summit of Beacon Hill . Its height is one hundred and twentyseven yards , the width at the bottom being ten yards . The weight of brick and Stone used in the erection is estimated at 9685 tons . —Builder . Earthquake in Algiers . — The Echo iVOran states that a shock of earthquake was felt on the 19 th ult . at St . Denis-du-Sig . The oscillation lasted about fifteen seconds , and the direction was from the S . W . This shock , although violent , caused no accident ; on the contrary , it is stated that one of the inhabitants , who was laid up in bed by a violent fever , was cured by the emotion excited by the shock . Refusal to Serve ah High Sheriff . —Mr . Smyth , of Ashton Court , who has been elected as High Sheriff of Bristol , has refused to serve , on grounds not specithe cttecc

      fically stated , and has obtained legal opinion to that he is not liable . The Town-Council , however , have resolved to take legal steps to forco him to do so . The Reform ; Movement , —A meeting of working men was held at Birmingham last Saturday night , at which resolutions were carried in favour of a broad and liberal reform of Parliament . Religious Services for the Working Classks . — A series of services for the benefit of the working classes has beon held during the present week in four different partft of London—viz ., St . Pnncrus ; St . Mary , Whitechapel ; St . GileB ' a-in-the-Fields ; and St . Barnabas , Kenttington . The proaohcra have included the Bishops of Oxford and London , the Very Rov . Chenovix Trench , Dean of Westminster , the Rev . 0 . J . Phipps Eyre , & c . Collision between English and French at Madagascar . —A rather serious collision has occurred on tho coast of Madagascar between an English cruiser and n ' ^ TeHoKTilJlp"taWi 1 ie-Afrlcanson"boardtoworkattl » o-Iledo la Reunion . Angry feelings are sought to bo created by this right of search on tho oast const of Africa , and it is eaid that Russian influence seeks to envenom the affair . Spontaneous Comihjstion . —A largo quantity of alum shalo cast up from a mine in . Westcrdalo , Head , in ' the NortJIi Riding of Yorkshire , has taken < flro spon" tancously , and there does not appear to bo any immediate prospect of tho combustion censing . The only Inconvenience arising from this circumstance is a very strong and offensive sulphureous small .

      Mersey first meeting of the new board , which takes under its management the dock works on both sides of the . Mersey , the collection of the town dues , the conduct of the Liverpool Observatory , the conservation of the river Leasome embankment , & c , was held on Tuesday at Liverpool the whole of the members , elective and Government nominees , being present . Mr . C Turner who presided over the defunct committee , was elected chairman . Christianity Revised . —A correspondent of the Times states that he saw , a few afternoons ago , a lady refused permission to take two chanty children into the choir of St Paul ' s Cathedral . He also once saw a poor man fiercely * driven out of St . Martin ' s Church . In Westminster Abbey , ' no praying is allowed outside the choir . . . - South Australia . —There has been a succession of Ministerial crises at Adelaide . The . Government of Mr . Finnis resigned at the latter end of August m consequence of a dispute between the Legislative Council and the Assembly . A cabinet was then formed by Mr . Baker but this was overthrown in a few days by a direct vote of want of confidence . The Governor next sent for Mr . Torrens , the mover of the resolution , by whom another Ministry was formed ; but this in its turn speedily gave way , in consequence of a resolution passed by the Assembly , " on the motion of Mr . Hanson , censuring its conduct with regard to the waste lands . Mr . Torrens had advised the Governor to revoke the regulations for granting pastoral leases under the Old Waste Lands Acts . This was stigmatized by the Assembly as The

      unwarranted and illegal . Hanson jumisiry nau , not been perfected at the bist dates . Architectural Photographic Association . —An exhibition of the collection of photographs made by the committee of this association was opened at the galleries in Suffolk-street , on Monday evening . The chair was taken by Mr . Cockerell , R . A . The exhibition will continue open daily till February 24 , and on every Thursday evening till January 18 , at half-past seven o ' clock . Suicide . — A Miss Stewart , an elderly maiden lady lately living with her sister in Charles-terrace , Lewisham-road , was found by a policeman , on Wednesday morning , dead in a water-butt in the back yard . Her manners had been very strange for some time past , and her sister had recently left for the country . Health of London . —The total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday was 1431 , of which 755 were deaths of males , 676 those of females . In the ten years 1847-56 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1288 ; and if , for comparison with last week ' s return , the average is raised in proportion to the increase of population that has taken place since the deaths in those years occurred , it will become 1417 . Hence it appears that the number of deaths in the present return differs only to a small extent from the estimated amount . Six . nonagenarians are included in the present return . One was 90 years of age at death , one 92 , two 93 , one 96 and one 97 years . Besides these , a man in Aldgate was registered at the age of 100 years—Last week , the births of 1041 boys and 892 girls , in all 1933 children , ¦ were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 , the average number was 1437 . — From the Reyistrar-General ' a Weekly Return . Francis Davis , the Belfast poet , has received from Government a pension of 60 J . a year . Chkistianity in India . — A public meeting in aid of the propagation of Christianity in India , was held , under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury , at Exeter Hall on Tuesday . The resolutions which were adopted affirmed that the Christian Scriptures should be taught in all public schools in India ; that there should be perfect toleration of nil faiths , but that no religious system should receive tho direct encouragement of Go-^ Mx ^ i ** •¦ - ¦«~ ——

      vcrnmeiiL ; nut * nmu »* i uu « «••«** w . .. be suppressed . Young Washington . —Himself of the most scrupulous gravity and good breeding , in his communication with other folks he appeared to exact , or , nt any rate , to occasion , tho same behaviour . His nature was above levity and jokes ; they seemed out of place when addressed to him . Ho was slow of comprehending them ; and they slunk us it were abashed out of his society . " Ho always seumed great to ino , " suys Hurry Wurrington . in one of his letters many years after tho dale of which we are writing ; " and I never thought of him otherwise than of n hero . When ho came over to Castlewood and taught us boys survoying , to boo him riding to hounds was as if ho was charging un army . If ho fired n shot I thought tho bird must come down , and if ho flung a not tho largest fish in tho river wore sure to bo in it . His words wore always few , but they were always ~ wJ 80-5 ~ they-were ~ not * 4 dle ,-as-ourn ~ worda-ftro ,-they _ wero . - gravo , sober , and strong , and ready on occasion to do their duty . In spite of his antipathy to him , my brother respected and admired tho General as much as I didthat is to say , mpro than any mortal man . "—The Virginians , No . III . TIik Ai > RLPin CintfHTMAS Pieob . —In taking our aerial flight , last week , through the Christmas fairy world nt the theatres , we omitted , by an accidental slip of attention which we greatly regret , to notloo tho pleasant combination of pantomime and burlesque produced

      Loves Cup Psyche . very y brough out , and includes some graceful acting and singing by Miss Marie Wilton , Miss Mary Keeley , Mrs . Billington , and others , to say nothing of M . Desirais ' s troupe of dog & and monkeys . „ ,. '• **• ' o Printing by Water Power . —The Montrose . Standard is now printed by water power . The engine consists of two oscillating cylinders with pistons acting on the shaft of a driving pulley , the pistons being moved by water , as those of a locomotive or other steam engine are by steam . . . , , ... The late Dr . Paris . — It is with much satisfaction we are able to state that her Majesty has granted a pension of 150 J . per annum to the daughters of the late Dr . Paris This gracious act of the Sovereign was communicated to the Misses Paris by a letter from Lord Palmerston , forwarded to them through Sir Henry Holland This honourable testimony to the worth of the late Dr . Paris cannot fail to be gratifying to aH , especially to men of science and to the medical profession . We have pleasure , also , in announcing that Mr . Paris , the eldest son of the family , has just received an appointment from Mr . Justice Cresswell , in the new Court of Probate—an office for which his literary habits render him especially qualified . — Lancet . A Tremendous Idea . — A member of the Acaaemie des Sciences of Paris , who is also an eminent chemist , has invented ( says a Paris paper ) an apparatus which he thinks will enable human beings to breathe as freely at the bottom of the sea as on the surface of the earth . He ^«^ in f ,- » rrn » n association for collecting all the

      treasures now lying at the bottom of the ocean , and estimates at about 800 , 000 , 000 ^ . sterling the harvest of treasure to be gleaned on the route between England and India only . . Accidental Deaths from Poison . —The Moulmem Advertiser records the melancholy death from poison of Mr . J . C . K . Bond , assistant surgeon on the Madras medical establishment , and civil surgeon , Moulmein , in his thirty-fifth year . It appears that the doctor returned in the best possible health from a friendly visit to a neighbour in the evening of the 28 th of October , and , previous to retiring to rest , took what he supposed to be two blue pills , but which unhappily proved to be pills containing a grain of strychnine eachprepared for the destruction of the pariah dogs , with which the compounds of all the houses in the vicinity of his residence are infested . The unfortunate gentleman , who was very highly respected , expired in a few hours from the effects of his fatal nrratake . —An inquest has been held at New Cross touch , ing the death of a manure merchant named Williams , who recently died in a fit , accompanied by much vomitinff The body exhibited no evidences of poison except a very slight trace of mercury , which might have been given as a pill ; but there was a mysterious entry in the deceased's letter book with reference to a certain ' Elizabeth' having threatened him with strychnine . The jury returned an open verdict .

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      [ £ > a ¦ ¦ ¦ B ' is well to look The Dock and Harbour Board . —The by Mr . Webster under the title of Harlequin and the of id and It is elegantl t 1 fiE LEAD it . No . 407 , January 9 , 1858 . OO ¦** " ^ . ' === a . ** " „ „ .. rpj , 7 DV Mr . Webster under the title of Harlequin and the = ^ - ^——— - ~~ m—^ ir .,,,. r » i-. ot .- ivn Harbour Board . —me yy " ' .. , „_ ¦ . t * : » « i ^ * i .. 1

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      Leader Office, Saturday, January 9. The ...

      Leader Office , Saturday , January 9 . THE LATE GENERAL HAVELOCK . We hear it questioned in some quarters whether tke Baronetcy intended for General Havelock does not formally fall to the ground , from the fact of the death of the lamented General preceding the date of the patent . Ho died on the 25 th of November , and the Baronetcy was conferred on tho 20 th . It may therefore be an error to describe Captain Havelock as " Sir Henry Mnrsham Havelock , second baronet . " Lady Havelock is Lady Havelock by reason of Sir Henry having been previously created a K . C . B . The grant voted by Parliament is also not yet completed , the bill authorizing it having been postponed till after tho recess , borne entirely new arrangement must therefore be come to ; anu it is needless to say that the Government and Parliament , in providing for his family , will give every consideration to the long and distinguished services of General imelock . —Globe .

      The Late Mademoiselle Rachel.—'The Remai...

      The late Mademoiselle Rachel . — 'The remains of tho groat French actress were buried at Paris yesterday . Loss ok Life dy Fiuk . — Two accidents with lire occurred yesterday . Tho first case was that of IMM Emily Sowoll , aged live years , who resided in " » l >(» ia street , Blackfrlnrs-road . The mother left her and younger child in tho room by themselves , while sho woui down stairs . The infant got playing with lighted paper , and sot her sister ' s dress on flre . Tho inmates were TitaT m ^* by ^ lffiBlwrftnd"on-cnterlnff the-TOom ^ ouna-H »«—child nearly burnt to a cinder . Sho was taken to uuy » Hospital , but died shortly after her admls » lon .--in «» ° second ease , Ann Glovor , aged sixteen years , hi the service of a lady nt Pcokham , was In tho act of taKms the tea-Uottlo off tho fire when tho wind wnftou ««' apron against tho grute , and sho was enveloped in flamOB . She rushed up tho kitchen staircase , the flamou mounting In tho air , when sho dropped down . Aftor a Um «» the fire was extinguished , but not tho slightest nope » are entertained of tho glrl ' a recovery .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 9, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09011858/page/8/