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No. 438, Atottst 14, 1858.] ^l 1 ^ LEADE...
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THE CONTINENT. The Canton of Jfeufchatel...
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Great Wool Rouiucky.—George Smith, a car...
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Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...
paper by Mrs .. Jameson , bat on what authority -we do not remember , for it is many years since we met with the essay in question . Titian ' s life lind been an uninterrupted career of health and splendid prosperity , graced , Vasari , his personal acquaintance , tells us > , by courtesy and general goodness and rectitude , which do not appear to have been materially tarnished , except by an excessive love of gain , now and then , and by that petty professional jealousy—shown in the ignoble treatment of his more promising scholars- —which , was so unworthy of his refined and liberal genius . But at last misfortune , hitherto far in his rear , was able to overtake him on his death-bed . Titian , according to the account we have referred to , died miserably . He was stricken by the
plague ; and when the sanitary officers , in going their rounds , called at his house , they found his son , Orazio , and himself both ill of the pestilence , lying in the same room , deserted by their domestics , and in a neglected and forlorn condition . Orazio's state holding out hopes of recovery , they immediately took him away to the lazaretto appointed for that purpose . But Titian himself—bi $ 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 lie 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 monarchy , the county palatine , the untaxed of the Signory , had meanwhile died more forlorn and abandoned than many a tattered beg-gar . And to aggravate even more the dismality of his fate , it was found that between these two last visits , the apartment had 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 In' death . — Art Journal .
A Man of Fashion Eiciitv Years Ago . —The man . of fashion of this period was a compound of effeminacy and affectation . 'He . . painted and perfumed like a woman . His toilet occupied a great proportion of his time ; his dress was of the most costly materials , and tlie most fantastic patterns . Silks and brocades , embroidery , gold lace , ; and jewellery adorned his person , both in tnorning and evening costume . He seldom stirred abroad on foot , except to take a turn in the Mall ; 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 . lie 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 frihbles of the
time of Anne and of tlio 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 , and inanity , sketched , without exaggeration , in the " Foppington " of Cibber , the " Fellamar" of Fielding , and the " Whiffle " of Smollett—Mrrssc / s 1770-1780 . Timbuktu . —The difficulties wliich a place like Tim . buktu presents to a free commercial intercourse witli Europeans arc veiy great . For while the remarkable situation of the town , at the edge of the desert and on the fcordor of various races , in tlie 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 . 25 ur , on the other hand , the great importance of its situation at the northern curve or elbow of that majestic river , whicli , in an immense sweep , encompasses tlie whole southern half of North Central Africa , including countries densely populated and of the greatest productive capabilities , renders it most desirable to open it to European commerce , while the river itself affords immense facilities for such a purpose . For , although tlie town is nearer to the French settlements in Alyeria on the one side , and those on tlie Senegal on the other , yet it is separated from the form or by a tract of frightful desert , ^ hile between it and the Senegal lies an elevated tract of country , nay , along the nearest road , a mountain chain extends of tolerable height . Further , -wo have here a
family which , long before the French commenced their conquest of Algeria , exhibited their friendly feelings towards tho English in an unquestionable manner , and at tho present moment tho most distinguished member of tins fumily is most anxious to open freo intercourse with the English . Even in tho event of tho greatest success of tho French policy in Africa , they will never effect the conquest of tliis region . On the other hand , if ft liberal government were secured to Timbuktu , by establishing a ruler independent of tho Fulboof Ilnimlu-Allahi , who nro strongly opposed to nil intercourse with Europeans , whether French or English , an immense Held wight bo opened to European commerce , and thus the ¦ whole of Una part of tho world might again bo subjected to a wholeaomo organisation . — liurttia Africa .
The Outhagk at C « aza . —A letter from Alexandria gives the following details of the Mussulman outbreak at Gaza : — "On tho courier from Suez announcing the massacre of the Christians at Jeddah , the Mnhomednn inhabitants expressed joy at tho event , and in great numbers went to tho cudi and tho mufti ,-whero 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 broke into sevei-al of the Christians ' houses , and did considerable damage . The governor , Moustapha Bey , and the chief of the Bashi-Bazouks interfered on behalf of the Christians . " A Sailor ' 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 of everything , and had no clothes to put on . The robbery so affected him 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 of State to have Lim at once transferred to the County Lunatic Asylum , Garrett , "Wandsvyorth . He had been there ever since until 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 Tact ix . Acoustics . —The sound of the Cherbourg salutes was heard distinctly at Lyme Regis , on the coast of Dorsetshire , a distance of about eighty-five miles . The " iNTEKESTtNO Scotch Giru "—The girl , Margaret Robertson , whose adventures in London have been noticed in the newspapers , lias been , brought up at the police-epurt ( Perth ) before Bailie Richardson , charged with stealing a small sum of money ( about 27 . ) from a house in Barrett ' s-close , George-street , where she iiad been staying for a day or two . The evidence , however , was defective , and the charge was found " not proven . " —Perth Courier * ¦
Fire ix thisHampsteab-koad . —A' destructive fire broke out shortly after two o'clock yesterday morning on tlie premises of Messrs . Green , Randellj and Co ., Eagle Brewery , Hanipstead-roacl . 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 , a . nd December , 1 S 5 G . 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 2 £ to 25 per cent . ; on heavy land , 25 to 30 per cent . ; and in trenching , 80 to 85 percent . ; while the soil in all cases is left in a fat more desirable condition , and better adapted for all the purposes of husbandry . They are therefore unanimously of opinion that he is fully entitled to the prize ofSOOZ .
COMMITTAI . OF A . TjRADESJWAX FOR THROWING StONKR at x Railway Exgixe . —James Williams , curb and chain maker , residing in St . Faul ' s-row , Park-street , has been charged at the Guildhall , "Walsall , with having maliciously thrown three bricks or stones at an engine on tho South Staffordshire Railway , at Walsall . There appeared to bo some suspicion that the nun was not quite sane ; but he wns committed for trial at the Assizes , and admitted to bail . A Crimean 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 Majesty ' s Commissioners of Works for the purpose of erecting a monument to the officers ( naval and military ) who were educated at tho Westminster Schools , and who lost their lives either by death in battle or Ly fever iu the Russian campaign in tho Crimea .
. LxrKitiMENTAL Steamship . —A steamship of a novel construction has arrived at Ilarllopool from Greenwich , whero it lias been built by Messrs . Joyce , to test thu utility of . an ingenious contrivance for detaching portion * of tho vessel and leaving entire cargoes at any ' port on her route . Tlie vessel , which is about ninety feet in length nnd very narrow in tho Learn , is built of iron , and consists of threo separate movable compartments , which fit together in sockets and aro fastened by strong iron stays . The foremost section ia occupied by tho
crew , tho middle conipnTtmcnt contains the entire cargo , and tho aftermost part tho engines . 1 b is said that tlie central section enn bo disconnected from the other two in a few minutes , and an empty hold . substituted in it * piuce , so that tlio vessel can proceed on its course either with a frenh cargo or in quest of ono . Tho steamer ia now loading with coul for tho London market , and will tatio in between thirty and forly tons . If Lho experiment should answer a vessel of two thousand tons burden is to bo forthwith constructed on tho 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 Valentia , by British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph : — " The receipt of a message of twenty-six words yesterday evening from Newfoundland , relative to signals and instruments , has satisfied me as to the cause of delay in the full and free interchange of messages . They nowread and acknowledge our words accurately . We can receive at very good speed from them , while they can as yet only receive from tis slowly . I hope to be able to transmit the message from her * Majesty to the President this afternoon . "
Conspiracy For The Massacre Of The Chris...
CONSPIRACY FOR THE MASSACRE OF THE CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY . The CourrUr de Constantinople of the 4 th inst . states that the late collisions in Bosnia , in Turkish Croatia , and in Montenegro , have caused a attfc of panic ia the capital . The Mussulmans and the Christians -were living in mutual fear . The Sultan , to show bis own confidence , has 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 lias been effected in the exchanges ; but the Divan haying given orders to the bankers to > reduce them , a fall has begun . The Turkish Government has announced that a pension of 12 , 000 ' fr . will be allowed to the heirs of the Page family , and that 1 , 000 , 000 piastres hare been . granted-to- 'the ' , other victims of the Jeddah massacre .
The Continent. The Canton Of Jfeufchatel...
THE CONTINENT . The Canton of Jfeufchatel is again greatly agitated . It may be remembered tliat , 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 La Chaux-de-Fonds , th « 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 . Rioa Rosas to Rome will not lead to alterations in the concordat concluded by the Narvaez Government under the
auspices of M . Mon . A letter from Madrid in the Nord contradicts this statement . It says . — " General O'Domnell 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 20 00 millions of reals , which , he requires in order to supply the always increasing deficit of . the treasury , to develop a plan of national -works of public utility , to increase our navy and army , & c . Thus you . may be certain tliut M . llios Rosas will go to Rome to negotiate a recommencement of the sale of church property . " Already this negotiation has been indirectly commenced .
Is ews has reached Paris that tho Emperor and Empress left Brest on Thumlay morning affeight o ' clock , and proceeded on their journey through Bretogne . " A religious reform , " says a letter from Warsaw , " has taken place in Russia . The Government has limited the powers of the Orthodox Greek clergy in certain matters , and has suppressed some ridiculous ceremonies which had been introduced into public worship in order to strike the imaginations of the ignorant and superstitious populations . It lias also resolved to reduce tho number of the United Greek clergy , so as to have one pope for every thousand souls instead of one for every three hundred . Lastly , the schools which were set apart to tho priests * children haves beca converted into coimnunul schools . "
Great Wool Rouiucky.—George Smith, A Car...
Great Wool Rouiucky . —George Smith , a carman lately in the cm ploy of Messrs . Chaplin and Home , tho extensive ruilway carriers , was yesterday , brought up on remand , charged with luiving atolcn , last Saturday , a van containing twenty bales of wool , value 100 / ., from tho premises of the London and North-Western Itaihvay Company , Aldgute . A man who ia supposed to have been an accomplice , and who had been questioned by tho police , lias committed suicide by hanging" himself . Smith was again remanded .
Au . icoicn llnuTAUTY of a . Stki ' -katiikr . —George "Wingrove , u labourer living at Hydenhain , was yesterday exumined on remand nt Greenwich on a charge of ill-using his two . Htcp-. soiis . Tlio little boys wore seen ubout the village , with « log ° 1 " wood chained and padlocked to their log * , and liein ^ frequently btruck witli a cniio by Wingwro . This flesh of their legs yrnn brokon by tho friction of thoir chains ; but it appeared that the device of the lo # s of wood was actually attributable to tlio inotluT . Tlie prisoner was therefore discharged .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 14, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14081858/page/11/
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