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      Naval And Military Greenwich Hosi'itai.....

      the experiments , made in the presence of a large num of officers , were considered to be very satisfactory . invention is likely to supersede the voltaic battery . Self-Mutilation-. —Private George D rower , Regiment , who deliberately shot off Ids ' right leg at St . Mary ' s Barracks , Chatham , has since died at the garrison hospital from the effects of the injuries . Good-Conduct Medal . —At Maidstone , a medal and gratuity of bl . have been presented to Michael Doogan , a private in the 12 th Royal Lancers , for twenty-two years'good conduct as a soldier . There was a general parade ordered for the occasion * at which were present drafts from the 12 th Lancers , Doogan ' s own regiment , the Enniskillen Dragoons , the 9 th Lancers , and the 14 th Light Dragoons , accompanied by the band . A square Laving been formed , the warrant of the Secretary at War was read , and Doogan was then called from the ranks ; Captain Miller placed the medal on his breast , aud handed him the gratuity . The whole of the troops then marched past . Transport Foundered . —Advices have been received of the loss of the ship Lady Ilodgkinson , Captain Young , on the coast of Malabar , while on her voyage from London to Bombay , with 3 G 1 soldiers . The telegram adds that she was " likely to go to pieces , " but that the troops , crew , and part of the cargo were saved . The Deserter Tole , —The trial is concluded of private Thomas Tole , 1 st Battalion 7 th Fusiliers , on the charge of having deserted to the Russians in the month of January , 1855 , and by the information he then gave caused the slaughter by the Russians of a number of his comrades . The court found him guilty of the treasonable j % crime , and sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude i for life . M . - LSOU and 'an two » ral erit > nfc tth are at the ist ' re- lin _ » _ " , - he is tis le j in

      No. 456, December 18, 1858.] T H 3e Leadeb, 1375

      No . 456 , December 18 , 1858 . ] T H 3 E LEADEB , 1375

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      ; ; , r . y f s , ^ , Q del lots road who ST . MARTIN'S-IX-TIIE-FIELDS- LIBRARY i AND HEADING ROOM FOli . THE "WORKING CLASSED This Institution , situated in Castle-street , Long-acre , was founded by the late Vicar of St . Martin ' s , the Rev ! H . Mackenzie , in the year 1852 . It is supported by voluntary subscriptions , and a small annual payment of 5 s . a year from the members . There are several classes for Vocal Music , Latin , French , Mutual Improvement , 1 & c . & c . It has stimulated many young men to con = i tinue the ' ir studies . The Library contains 1200 volumes , ( and a series of lectures are annually delivered in the * spacious school-rooms at the back of St . Martin's Hall . t On Tuesday evening , Edwin Canton , Esq ., Surgeon to Charing-cross Hospital , delivered a lecture on- * " The Human Hand " to a large and attentive audience . The lecture was instructive , impressive , and eloquent— s giving a . general view of the anatomy and physiology b of this organ , and pointing out its importance to the 4 welfare of each individual man and the benefit of l society . Mr . Canton alluded to the many points on t which we should be grateful to our Divine Maker for so great a gift as the human hand , by the aid of which n we are enabled to form weapons for our defence , render- > ing us superior to the most powerful animals ; by which we have conquered the hostile influences of climate , and n planted civilisation and tho arts where our remote an- ^ cestors could only obtain a scanty and precarious c < existence . st The human hnnil , as Mr . Canton observed , was tho ° groat instrument by which Raphael , Michaol Angelo , and a multitude of paintors and sculptors , had trans- w ferred beauty and life to canvas and to stono . Our sc space will not permit us to give all that our scientific ir lecturer told us . After delineating the useful and orna- ni mental powers of tho hand , ho proceeded to show P tho various organs of animals' which boar analogy C 2 to tho prehensile powers of tho hand of man—tho ni trunk of tho elephant , by which this creaturo can cc pick up a pin or root up a troo ; tho tongue of the chameleon , which can bo dartod forth with , the dt velocity almost of electricity to capture his prey ; the a F tails of monkeys and other animals , by which they hold lo themselves while bounding from tree to troo . Altogether this was ono of tho most suitable and best adapted Pl lectures for tho audiences collected at such institutions ro ' as tho St . Martin ' s Library nnd Rpadiug-room , and wo wl cannot concludo our pleasing task bettor than by recom- se l mending tho managers of the Institution to socuro tho 1 U ablo assistance of Mr . Canton on some future occasion . P ° jj (

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      Electric and International TEMwmArn . — In paying a well-merited tribute to the arrangements of this company on the occasion of the Manchester mooting last 1-rulay , the Times aayar—" The first portion of tho report was recelvod nt the tologrnph-ofllco at Manchester at 10 55 on Friday night , and tho laet at 1 20 on Saturday morning ' . Tho whole report , occupying nearly six columns , was in typo at a quarter to throo o cloolc o « Saturday morning , ovory word having boon transmitted through tho wiro a distance of nearly 200 "" lea . This report was transmitted ontiroly by young e »« 8 . An avorngo speed of twonty-nlno words nor minuto was obtained , principally on tho printing instnu monia . l ho highest spoed on tho iieodloswas thirtyn « lq W 0 J ' l ) Or milu < to . Four printing instruments and one noodle wore engaged , with ono receiving olork onch , wn wrIters tttki "ff altornato shoots . Thora w « b hwcUy an error in tho wholo report . "

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . ' ' - FRANCE , The Galilean party in the French Church , it is said , realisin S desire long entertained , have made arrangements for starting-a new religious journal in opposition to tiie Univers > to be called the Union Jleligieuse . The old laws of the feud £ d thnes against regrating and forestalling are still acted upon in France . The Indicateur of Bordeaux states that game having lately be-COme verv scarce and dear , the authorities instituted an in 9 u £ r J - They soon discovered that certain individuals bou ? ht UP aU the 7 could find , and kept back a large portion to raise the price , at the risk of it being spoilt . ' Proceedings are to be taken against the offenders . It is not true that the commission of which Prinee " * NaPoleoa M president has alread y decided that the ^ French slave trade is not the slave trade . The only c semi-official statement is that the evidence hitherto i : taken favours that conclusion . We are even told that ° the French Government have invited the presence of " " English , naval officers , who have served on the African Cl coast , in order to obtain their information and evidence Y Up n tIte sub J ect of the free emigration of negroes . It t ! stated also that Sir F . Rogers , one of her Majesty ' s commissioners for emigration , is about to proceed to Pa"s ' ' witn Lord Cowley ' s assistance , wilLendeavour t ( o frame some convention by which the colonies Z of tJ S France may obtain a supply of coolies as fully protected every respect as our own . k Senor Mon , Spanish ambassador to the Court of the D , Tuilcrie ? , has been officially received by the Emperor of m the French , who , to the address of the Spanish states- ti , man , has replied with the assurance that France esteems V the preservation of amicable relations with Spain be- o ^ yond everything . The wishes of the Emperor of the of French were doubtless consulted by Marshal O'Don- „• nell -before his selection of Senor Mon for ambassador fL was made . oa The Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal made by M . de Curzon , Jr . de Maille , and others , condemned t u in October last . The condemned parties , it will be re- Th collected , were Legitimists , who had sent a letter of trr sympathy to Henry V . They have got as much by ™ I their appeal as M . de Montalembert is likely to get . teg - spain . me The Spanish officer ( Alvarez ) , and the six Spanish Pre subjects taken along with him by the Riff pirates , have ! . 1 been sent back by order of the Emperor of Morocco , together with the indemnity lately agreed to be paid by the Moorish Government for the Spanish vessels seized T » two years since . Inf < On the 6 th inst . the Queen of Spain signed the decree mei fixing the land forces of the country for the ensuinec pet year at 84 , 000 men . " 3 On the Gth inst . General Sanz brought forward his in motion in the Senate for a vote of censure on the yis ' Spanish Cabinet , bnt , after an ineffectual effort to ac- ° ^ ' coinplish his object , he withdrew his motion , a circuni- to l stance that produced a very depressing effect on the p ai opposition members of all shades . ' ' In one of the late sittings of the Chnmber of Deputies , Mo Marshal O'Donnell seized an opportunity of making secr some observations in defence of the Cabinet against the " ^ insinuations thrown out in littlo preliminary debates , " N and gave a graphic history of tho difficulties which his on predecessors had mot with in attempting to carry on the serf < ueen ' a Government with a Parliament composed of a Cze number of potty factions , each following a leader who Pet < could neither command nor obey . an a It is stated that the building ground in the Puerta ^ acl Sol , at Madrid , had not been sold , no bidders having appeared on account of the excessive price at which the ~ were offered . -Dec < Tho answer to tho Queen ' s speech has ( says tho wl 11 Peninsular Corvcspoiulani ) boon nlready drawn up , and a in tho Senate Two members of tho committee not ' have had to report upon tho speech hnvo drawn up £° separate reports upon the clause relating to the ponding ™ no questions with Rome—questions upon which it is most B ? possible tho principal interest of tho dobato in tho Upper ns 0 ' llouso will turn . yiist Tho provincial papers still continue ) to record disasters " 6 occasioned by tempests nnd inundation . ' Tnor Tho r Russia . g Queon Victoria , it is asserted In well-informed circles , of th will repair to Berlin in tho month of February , or earlier , formi to act as godmother at tho baptism of hor prospective arros grandchild . Th Tl \ p National Gazette givos soino information regard- than ing tho measures to be brought forward next session . Holii " What appears tho most urgent , " says tho C ' aaetCe , " is a Nu to completo tho conptitutlon In its essential basos , appn namoly , tho oi'tyanisaUon of tho communes , districts , and ontod provinces . quest Tho costly silver rfjiorgno valuotl at 5000 / ., prosontcd inigh by tho city of Cologno to Prince and Princess Frederick Co William of Prussia as a marrlago-glft , has boon stolon } oorrot % servant sucaoudu < I la abstracting it from tho ho- tluca ; 3 ftllod "Anclout Throne Room" of tho Royal Schloss . At ^« £ '" °° r and ? £ d an ual ? a ? inee the > nly jrto hat of Of can lce It "v '< 5 '•' . to t ^ n ^ tea the u t * e b J ! ™ ms l ° f 4 he 2 ¦ fl e of lor P Lor rl- l ! 7 iru \ . The V well men h it i } from y d T P * - 2 g in e visit _ of _ to e pla '_ M ,. secretl s ( . T 9 on 3 serfs t > an ; back , A will and not flowed Placo sents rise v < ist imagine Thormes rho of tho formerl arrested Tho than Holiness a approve cated quest might threatens At '

      « < SS S « S T ' ' : ! on ° e " h thG thief ha ' been discovered , the ' ^ pergne S A letter from Florence states that the King's health has not improved there , and that the air of Florence does not seem to agree with him . He never goeTout and tUeQueenis seldom seen in public 8 ' ^ ffi ^ -1 ^!?* 1 Sat : Safi ^ -ViifSSS : —^ -. » - _ A fc « er from Berlin states that it is believed the ^ ^ : ^ : ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ Jhe last of the supplementary elections at Berlin has ended , _ after a very close contest , with the success of the rs 2 isi £ . ** three Liberai candidat -- --The finances of Prussia are , speaking generally in a very healthy condition . This is owing to the rajid ^ e ! velopment of the material and industrial powers of the country , which in all these respects is in the period of its vigorous youth . Notwithstanding , the expendi ture the Government more than keeps pace with revenue which IS due to the fact that the system of taxatiort continues at this moment precisel y what it was thirtv years ago ; that it has never been adapted from time to time to the altered circumstances of national economy . AUSTRIA . The Austrians are aware that JI . de Persigny is likelv t * - ip t 0 £ ?? 7 ^ tbe new ? has »« £ impression wh lc h might have been expected . The exact strength of the Austrian army in Italv is U ° nly tO a feW milita * 7 W «» of the highest rank , ut them 1 S reason to believe that not more than 90 , 000 en ar ^ k now m y ^« e , Lombardy , and the Papal Lega-QnS a - l re ^ menta of ^ e Line with three , and regiments with four , battalions , 10 companies of Rifles , t ^ . f ^ ° f mixed Cavalry , and an immense force ArtUlery . In case of need a reinforcement of 12 rem f nts' of the Line and 16 squadrons can be in Lombardy within a week . , ? s sfcated that an ImPerial ordinance relative to the colonisation of Hungary is about to be published , but ere ' 3 reason to doubt the correctness of the report . Austrian Government is exceedingly desirous to introduce German colonists into Hunga ^ , but it must be aware that it will be useless to invite German Protestants to emigrate unless the privilege of self-governt in ecclesiastical matters is accorded to them Afc present the air of Austria is not good for Protestants , as s very heavily laden with the miasma which comes Rome . v * " BUSSIA . The Empress Dowager has been taken seriously iH Information of the fact has been telegraphed to all the members of the imperial family now absent from St . etersburg . he Grand-Duke Constantine of Russia is expected Pans on Sunday next . It has been reported that hia would not take place in consequence of the illness the Empress Dowager , but her state is not believed be so dangerous as to necessitate any change in his ns . We hear that the Czar of Russia has dismissed M ouravieff , the Intendant of the Crown , because he y opposed the emancipation of the serfs ^ ^ ° l to a Private lettQr from St . Petersburg , tho Noble Committee there have just thrown cold water the imperial project for the emancipation of the . M . Nicanor has been consecrated Bishop of Czernagora ( Montenegro ) in tho Isaac ' s Church at St . Petersburg . Soon after the ceremony the prelate had audience of tho Emperor , and he is now on his wav to Cettinye . * BOMB . correspondent from Rome writes , on tho 4 th of December : — " If it rain five more days following , it be as in tho Dolugo—it will have rained forty daya forty nights . Sinco tho end of October we have soon tho sun . As was expected , the Tiber has overits banks . Tho Ripetta , the Ghetto , and the of tho Pantheon aro inundated . The Pantheon prea singular aspect . On the outside the columns from tho bosom of the waters , and in tho interior a liquid carpet covora tho ground . A person might that ho saw ono of those bath-rooms of tho of Caracalla , tho mosaics of which still oxlot . water is upwards of four foot and a half doop . " Some uneasiness is folt in tho Holy City on account surveillance kept up by the police . Two persons , y officers of General Garibaldi ' s army , have been . Papal and French Governments havo had more one disagreement during tho last fow wooke . His thought of leaving ; tho Fronoh Court without Nuncio for a timo , but tho Emperor JSTapoloon did not tho idon , and yery unceremoniously communi-, his opinion to tho liencl of tho Church . Tho reof tho Papal Government that General Qoyon bo rocallod met with a positive denial . Cardinal Aiitonolli has declared war upon foreign correspondent * , stops their letters in the post-ofllco , ami to turn them out of tho Eternal City . tho Consistory , to bo holdon on tho 90 th , it ia

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18121858/page/7/