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      ployed . a 8 a substratum . Fresh promenades , beds , of flowers , & c , harve been made in Hyde Park . The Leviathax . — -Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales paid a visit last Saturday to the Leviathan . Madmjs . Rachel is said to Iba recovering . Hugby School , —At a meeting of . tbe trustees of Rugby School on Thursday , at Rugby , the Re \ v Frederick Temple , late Follow of Balliol College , Oxford , and Principal of Knellar Hall , -was elected Head Master of Rugby Sciool . Sir Jons Lawhenck is to bo promoted to the first class ( Grand Cross ) of the Order of the Bath .

      Commusicatiojt > vith IuxnA . —It appears that a weekly communication with India is about to be established . The main points of an arrangement are said to have been agreed between the Government and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for a mail to and . from India four times a month , instead of twice , as at present . It I 3 intended to effect this by making the despatch of the mails to and from Bombay to alternate as regards dates with the departure of the mails to and from Calcutta , a plan which will bring foiir mails each way to Suez every month , the company undertaking to place such additional steamers on the Marseilles and Alexandria station as shall suffice to convey four mails per month , both outward and homeward , between those ports . —T'itnes . ¦ ..

      Last or the Boswells . —The last male descendant of Bos well , the friend and biographer of Johnson ( says a contemporary ) , has just departed this life , and tlie name and title of Bos well have become extinct through the death of Sir James Boswell , of Auchiulech-house , county of Argyll , which happened on the 4 tli inst ., in his , fifty-first year . The famous Boswell left by Ms wife , the daughter of bis uncle , Mr . A . ~ Montgamerie , of Lahishaw , North Britain , besides two daughters , an only son , Alexander , who was created a baronet in 1821 , at the coronation of King George IV ., but , as pur readers will remember , lost liis life in a duel in the following year . His only son was the baronet just deceased ; two daughters , we believe , survive to lament tlieir parent ' s loss , and to cavry the name of Boswell into other families .

      Deathof Mr . Archibald IIastie , M . P . — The death of Mr . Hastie , the member for Paisley , took place at Edinburgh on Monday . He was in his sixty-fifth year . His politics were Liberal , and he was celebrated for his astute business habits , and for his generous and hospitable character . . Ploughing by Steatm . —The Highland Agricultural Society lias awarded the premium to Mr . John Fowler , Cornhill , London , for his steam ploughing machine . The Representation of Harwich . —One of the Liberal candidates , Mr . Tower , has retired from the field and has issued an address of some interest , in the course of which he observes that he came forward " under a belief that the great privilege entrusted to this borough would be exercised independently on the ev-e of a new reform till . I desired to declare openly and fully before you all , electors and non-electors , my

      opinions on the great questions of the day , and I -was prepared to iight a fair light with any political opponent . Jiut I was not prepared to lind the Liberal party divided and distracted as it now is . I deprecate the cause of this disunion—viz ., the attempt by the soil of the present member to obtain possession of the vacant seat . I refrain from any steps tending to widen the unseemly schism , and leave the solution in your own hands . A seat in Parliament offers no attraction to me , if is not based on free and popular election ; and as an honest man I denounce in our own ranks any approximation , to the monopolizing spirit anil close borough system which ive Liberals would fearlessly expose if it were practised by our political opponents . " Mr . Dodd , formerly M . P . for Maidatono has paid a visit to the borough ; whether ho will offer himself as a candidate remains to be proved . Mr . Arcedctkne and Mr . Iiagahaw are still before the electors .

      The London Omnibuses . —Some statistics with respect t «) the omnibuses belonging v to the French company have been put forth in the daily papers , from which it appears that " the 595 omnibuses belonging to the company run over 6 (> diuo . reiit routes , and for facilitating the trallic , ' correspondence onices' aro established at ¦\ Vhitecliapel , Choapside , Kishopsgate , Regent-circus , Notting-hill-gate , Edgcware-road , Urompton , llighhury , and llolloway . By means of this arrangement , a person may travel from Kilburn to Chelsea for 6 il ., from Putney to Blackwall , or Hammersmith to Holloway , the distance in each case being eleven miles , for Gd ,, and 35 , 000

      persona avail themselves each week of thesu ' correspondenc e' offices . The average weekly rocuint from the ¦ whole- of the omnibuses is 11 , 500 / ., but tho state of the ¦ weather materially affects the receipts ; thus , a very wet day reduces tho amount received by from i \ 00 l . to 400 / . per day . On tho 22 nd of October , owing ; to tho continuous rain , tho receipts foil abort of the usual amount by 380 / . These omnibuses contribute largely to tho general rovenne of tho country ; tho Government duty and licences for tho last year were 33 , 000 / ., while the sum of 18 , 000 / . was paid for tolls on the different roads run over by the . onmilmHOs . " Tho total number of omnibu . se . H in London amounts to 800 .

      m riiH UN . HUcciwsi . Mir , Launch . —A cnivful investigation h « 9 shown thnt tho Leviathan has not sufl ' orcd in any appreciablo degroo from tho Into mishap .

      UNrvBKsrcx Refobm in Scotland . — The annual meeting of the Association for the Improvement and Extension of the Scottish Universities , founded three years ago , -was held at Edinburgh last Saturday , under the presidency of Colonel Mure , in tho absence of the Earl of Elgin . There were also present Sir E . T . Colebrooke , M . P ., Mr . Stirling , M . P ., Principal Tulloch ( St . Andrew ' s ) , Professor Blackie , Professor Fraser , Dr . Hodson , Dr . Schnritz , & c ; and apologies for absence were received from Sir D . Brewster , the Dean of Faculty , Rev Dr . Robertson , Rev . Dr . Guthrie , Mr . Dunlop , M . P ., & c . The report , which was read by the Secretary , stated that some tinie agoa deputation had had a very satisfactory conference -with the Lord Advocate , who expressed his intention to proceed with a measure in Parliament on the subject at the earliest favourable opportunity . Resolutions -were unanimously adopted in favour of University

      reform . Suppression of the Society of Arts' . -Board of Examiners . —A numerous meeting of the members of the late Board of Examiners of the Society of Arts has been held in the Professors' Common Room , of King ' s College , to consider the recent proceedings of the Council of the Society of Arts in suppressing the Board of Examiners . The Rev . Professor Browne occupied the chair , and resolutions were agreed to condemning the act in question .

      Lectures on Art . —On Wednesday evening last , at the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution , Mr . H . Ottley delivered the first of a series of four Lectures on Painting and Painters , ancient and modern , illustrated by examples of the various schools . The opening lecture was devoted to the earlier Italian , school , and was marked throughout with taste , judgment , and a fine critical sympath y . It may be remembered that Mr . Ottley delivered a course , highly successful , of lectures at Manchester , in connexion with the Art Treasures Exhibition . The present series attracts much attention arid deserves it ;

      L . vdyHavelockat the Promenade Concerts . — After the performance , at M . Jullien ' s Promenade Concerts on Thursday night , of the Indian Quadrille , which , as usual , -was encored , the immortal wielder of the &« fora , came forward , and indicated that in a certain box was sitting Lady Havelock— ' the wife of that British lion who has so nobly hunted down the Bengal tiger . ' Her Ladyship , with her tw o daughters , here advanced to the front of the box , and saluted the audience . M . Jullien then called , for ' three British cheers '—which were given with a perfect torrent of enthusiasm .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , November 14 . PERSIA . Despatches from Teheran , of the 18 th of Oc tober , state that the civil war continued . Two Turcoman columns had entered the country , and the Ambassador of Russia was urging the Government of the Shall to consent to an armed intervention . This the Shah refused , and had seut an Ambassador Extraordinary to Tiflis , with authority to proceed to St . Petersburg in case of need . Tho same arrival announces that Perukh Khan had been recalled , and appointed Sadrasam .

      Australia. Loss Ov The Kmigkamxt Siui" D...

      AUSTRALIA . LOSS OV THE KMIGKAMXT SIUI" DUNii . UR AND ONE HUSDUDEU AND KOKTY I . IVICS . The Vanguard reports that the Emeu , with the September mail , left Sydney on the 11 th of September ; Melbourne , the 17 th ; tho Sound , the 25 th ; Galle , the 9 th of October ; and Aden , the 18 th . In the night of the 20 th of October , she struck on a coral reef in the Rod Sen , got off crinpled , and was run ashore on tho east coast of > Jubia to keep her from sinking . She arrived leaky at Suez on tho 3 rd of November , and transhipped 040 , 000 / . in gold to tho Australasian , for Southampton , from Sydney and Melbourne .

      All was well at the yold-liolds . A prolilic mine had been discovered at Aarant , one hundred and twenty miles from Melbourne . The wool-market was very iirm , and contracts were taken at a high rate . The coming clip was expected to be less than the lust . Money was tight . Juint India produce was selling at fair prices . There had been great floods in Now South Wales , and considerable destruction of property on tho Hunter , Ptiterson , and other rivers . Tho ship Dunbar , from London to Sydney , had been totally lost . The crew and passengers , one hundred and forty in number , all perished , except ono seaman . Tho oarp ; o was valued at 70 , 000 / .

      A collision has taken place between the Ladybird and Champion steamers , off Capo Otway , when the latter fouudoml , with tho losa of from thirty to forty lives .

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      Francis . —Tho Legislatives Corps has been convoked for tho i > 8 th inst . It i . s thought the aesdion will bo adourned after ono or two duys Hitting .

      Notices To Correspondents. Several Commu...

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . Several communications unavoidably stand over . It nol mp ° m u - - toack F lowlcd Ke the mass of letters we re-£ ? ™ " t < . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a pies S of matter ; ana when omitted , it is frequently from xeation . ° PeUdeut of them « ritsorthecommunica-^ hat ^ r ^ - f ' , ' ^ % ? anqnymoua corr « 3 pondei ) ce . hv th J ?^ . ™» ? ^ ^ "portion must be authenticated W " . ? f address of the writer ; not necessarily for publaea . tion . but aa a Ruarantee of lnsgoodi ' aith . We cannot undertake to return l-ejected communications .

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      SATUIEtDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 1857 .

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      There 13 Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There 13 nothing so revolutionary , because theie is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , a 3 the strain to Tceej ) things fixed -when all the -world is by the very law of its creation in . eternal progress . —Db . Arnoi / d .

      The Monetary Crisis. The Monetary Crisis...

      THE MONETARY CRISIS . The Monetary Crisis is the topic of the day . Nothing was talked of a month , ago but the latest Indian news—what intelligence might next be looked for froin that quarter — -the day on which we might expect it . Public anxiety had been , excited by the atrocities of our rebellious Sepoys , andpublic sympathy aroused , as probably no other subject ever had roused it , by the endurance and devotion of the few and noble British soldiers on whose courage

      and exertions the safety of our Indian , empire depended . The fall of Delhi has removed , no doubt , some grounds of anxiety ; this event may reasonably be considered the first of the series of steps for the re-establishment of British supremacy , and the restoration of order throughout the disturbed empire . The news of the relief of Imcknow ( not a little mitigated , we fear , by the telegram received

      from General Outbam last evening ) has strengthened these hopes , and has removed the worst of apprehensions from the public mind . Had it come a month ago the nation would have been filled with exultation . ! NTow the intelligence is received wth deep though sober thankfulness , but with so little outward manifestation of feeling as might lead a looker-on , to confound it with indiiference .

      It may be reasonably asked , why is this ? We are not a fickle nation , easily changing our opinions , nor readily giving up an idea that has taken root iu tlie public rnind . "Why then has the subject lost for the moment so much of its interest ? The answer is simple . The public mind cannot be occupied by more than one question at one time ; and it is at this moment filled with apprehension on account of aorne object nearer home , and pressing for an immediate solution . The Monetary Crisis is the topic of tho day .-

      It is not at all surprising that the interest in this great subject should absorb almost ail other considerations , and make mercantile England put out of view for the time other matters of intense intoi'est , but which do not press so inconveniently aud so immediately upon every-day affairs . The Bank of England on Monday last raised the rate of discount to 10 per cent . —a

      rate hitherto wnprecedented—8 per cent , having been tho highost in October , 1847 , when England was convulsed witli the panic- No one blames the Bank for fixing tho interest so high—the Directors only adopted tluit for their rate which was already prevailing out of doors , so that the stop was very generally anticipated . Wo must call attention to tho fact that tho aboyo is tho minimum rate charged on tho choicest bills ; the rate

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 14, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14111857/page/11/