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    February . Both met for a short time ; heard the Royal assent given by Commission to the Bank Issues Indemnity Bill ; and put a few questions to the Government . la the House of Lords , LoTdPanmure read the following letter from Sir Colin Campbell , which he said completely refirted the stones with to

    respect disagreements between the Commander-in-Chief and Lord Canning : — " Now that I am about to leave Calcutta , I would beg , with the greatest respect to the Governor-General , to record the deep sense of the obligations * I entertain towards his Lordship . Our intercourse has been most cordial , intimate , and unreserved- I cannot be sufficiently thankful for his Lordship ' s confidence and support , and the kind manner with which I have been favoured to my great personal satisfaction . When at a distance , ^ vith the ordinary mode of transacting business in this country , they could hardly estimate the gain to the public service

    which had thus been made ; but I owe this explanation principally to my own feelings of satisfaction . " —In the House of Commons , Lord Palmerston said that , on the reassembling of the House , he should move the reappointment of the select committee , on corrupt practices at elections . Sir George Grey gave notice that he would , " on an early day after the reassembling of Parliament , move for leave to bring in a bill to reform the Corporation of the City of London ; and lie also said , in the absence of Lord Palmerston , that Ministers will state their opinions with reference to the Government of India shortly after the recess .

    ' The Murder at Bolto \ n . —It . appears that the sentence of death upon Aaron Mellor , besom-maker , who was found guilty at Liverpool Assizes , on Monday week ; of the murder of his -wife at Bolton , will not at present be carried into execution . Mr . Justice Wightxnan , who tried him , has discovered a mistake in the jury panel , which may perhaps be lield to have Invalidated the trial . Amongst the jurors summoned were two , one named Thorne and the other Thorniley . "When the names of the jury were called over , Mr . Thornilev

    entered the box , but the clerk of the court understood that it was Mr . Thorne , and the name was entered in the panel ; therefore the prisoner had not the challenge of ¦ Mr * . Thorniley . There was a similar case in the year 1703 . His Lordship has suggested that judgment should be respited until the judges have met in chambers and considered the subject . The counsel assented to this , and a case will be prepared for their decision . If the objection hold good , a new trial at the next Assizes will probablv take place .

    Fair and . Foul , Illusions . —For once in the way , we are enabled to praise an . advertising doctor , and we seize the opportunitj' of doing so with delighted avidity . Professor Wiljalba Frikell , describing himself as * Physician to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Russia , ' announces that ' his new and original entertainment , performed without the aid of any apparatus , entitled ' Two Hours of Illusions , " will commence at eight , and terminate at ten o ' clock . ' Here we have a physician candidly avowing that his professional practice consists in the production of illusions . How much more honest and respectable is such a physician than an M . D . who professes to cure diseases by means of

    homoeopathic globules ! Those illusions are merely harmless , but the illusions of Dr . Frikell are not only harmless , but amusing , and hence probably in some degree medicinal . Entertaining illusions are better cures for low spirits than quack medicines . These pretended specifics are illusions of the nature of the Jack-o' -lantern , and lead those who are deceived by them through long and dreary mazes into final grief . The patent medicine is the lantern ; the advertiser of it is the Jack , or knave , that goes about with liis imposture under the patronage of the Government , whose stamp is a warrant to the British Public tliat the rascal ' s good-for-nothing or pernicious compounds are genuine . —Punch .

    West Coast of Africa . —Commodore Wise , on the night of the 20 th of October , seized two canoes full of slaves ofFCabenda . Their owners intended to have conveyed them to a barracoon fifty miles northward . The steam-sloop Alecto , 5 , Commander James Hunt , took her sixth prize into Sierra Leone on the 13 th of November . The case of the Spanish barque Conchita , Eugenio Bayona , master , seized by an English vessel in the roadstead , of Whydah , for being equipped for the slave trade , was heard in the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice , on the 6 tl \ of November . The barque was condemned to the crowns of England and Spain .

    The Bishop of London continues his benevolent ministrations . He preached on Sunday morning at St . Thomas ' s Church , Charterhouse , in aid of tho Golden Lane Schools , established by the Rev . William Rogers , one of her Majesty's chaplains , the foundation-ntone of which was laid by the Prince Consort last year . A liberal collection followed hit * Lordship ' s appeal for aid . Equalization of Poon Rates . —A meeting of ratepayers was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , in the Borough-road , on Monday night , for tho purposu of . petitioning tho Legislature to pass nn act lor tho equalization of poor rates , and for uniformity of assessment throughout tho metropolis . Relief of Soldiers' Wivrs and Families . —A numerous meeting of ladies and gentlemen was hold on Monday evening , at East Coombo , near Blackhoatli , the

    residence of Mr . M . Mott , in behalf of the wives and families of the soldiers who have lately gone out to India . Lord Shaftesbury presided , and the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That it is desirable an association be formed with a view of extending relief to the wives and

    families of our soldiers and sailors gone out to India ; and that it be also of a more permanent character , for the purpose of directing its attention to the condition of the wives and children of our soldiers and sailors whenever they are removed on service , whether in war or peace , in distant and foreign countries ; and that a committee ( consisting of gentlemen whose names were read ) be formed for the purpose of carrying out the foregoing resolution , and of organizing a central board in London for receiving subscriptions and devising ulterior measures . " It was arranged that the first meeting of this committee should take place on the following Monday .

    Reform of the City Corporation . —In the Court of Common Council , on Tuesday , a bill for effecting a better regulation of the municipal government was read and passed ; the object being to deposit it in Parliament . Rugby School .. —In consequence of Dr . Goulburn's resignation of the head-mastership of Rugby School , both the old and present Rugbeians have presented him with a piece of plate , as a mark of their personal esteem and regard . Siiipwrkck . —The Susan Crisp , of London , has been wrecked in Plettenbergs Bay , when five of the crew were drowned .

    The Elections . —Mr . Hunt ( Conservative ) has been returned for North Northamptonshire by a majority of 326 over Mr . Vernon ( Ministerialist . ) Mr . Dent has been returned for Scarborough by a majority of 93 over Mr . Cayley . Mr . Milner Gibson has been returned for Ashton-under-Lyne by a majority of 132 over Mr . Mason . : . . ¦ •• . '¦ . ; . ¦ : ' ' The Leviathan . —Further attempts were made on Wednesday to move the Leviathan ; but , after four hours ' hard labour , and a succession of mishaps , causing the apparatus to break down in several parts , the attempt was adjourned sine die . During the operations , she jerked a distance of between thirty and forty inches , but made no continual progression . ¦

    The Indian Question . —The adjourned meeting to promote the extension of the missions in India of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts , was held at Willis ' s Rooms , St . Jamco ' a , on Wednesday . The Right Rev . the Bishop of London presided , and the chief speakers were Lord John Manners , M . P ., and Mr . Justice Coleridge , who both insisted on the necessity of spreading Christianity among our Indian possessions . Resolutions to this effect were unanimously carried . — -A public meeting was held on Thursday

    evening at St . Martin ' s Hall , to consider the condition of India and the working of the double government . Lord Bury , M . P ., was in the chair ; Mr . Roebuck was the chief speaker ; and resolutions were passed in favour of vesting the government in the Crown , under the control of the House of Commons , and of reforming that House , as the chief step towards better administration throughout the whole empire . The meeting refused to receive an amendment by Mr . Collett , advocating ' restitution . ' to the native princes and people- A petition to Parliament having been adopted , the -meeting separated .

    A bold Surgical Opeuatiok . —Professor Syme performed ou the 8 th inst . at the Royal Infirmary , Edinburgh , in presence of a large gathering of medical men , a very delicate operation . A man was suffering from cancer of the tongue , and the professor , having thrown the patient into a state of insensibility by means of chloroform , cut the organ away bodily at the root . To effect this , he made an incision in the integument covering the chin , sawed through the lower jaw , and completed the operation . Very little blood was lost , and the man was able to walk out of the room , and is now recovering . A similar operation has been successfully performed ia Italy ; but the mode of procedure was different .

    The Recordership of Poole , rendered vacant by the appointment of Mr . Hodges to the Chief Justiceship of the Cape , has been conferred on Mr . William Major Cooke , of the Western Circuit and Hampshire Sessions . Plan of Lucknow . —Mr . Wyld has just published a plan of the Residency and Palace at Lucknow , in which all the points of interest are marked , including the line of road between Outram ' a position and Allumbagh . The publication is most opportune , since the forthcoming Indian mail will probably confer importance on every street and building indicated by the engraver . Certainly the sket ch will be serviceable to all who care to follow Sir Colin Campbell ' ^ operations in detail .

    Sir IIbnuy Havkkock . —The Colonelcy of the 3 rd Buffs , which has just become vacant by tho death of Licutennnt-Gcneral Wodehouse , will be conferred on Major-GcncraL Sir Henry Havclock , and not upon Sir Richard Airey , as had been anticipated in some military circles . Monument to Euoknk Suic—Mr . John Stunrt Will has sent a subscription often pounds to the collection at Brussels for erecting a monument to M . Eugene Sue . Tub Wkstminstkm Pi-ay . —Terence ' s Adelphi Iiub been performed this year by tho Westminster scholars , -with great ability and success . The scenery and accessories were all new , and presented a great improvement on

    those of former years . —The winter speeches , also , have been delivered at St . Paul ' s School . Misplaced Xenity . —A General Order issued by the Commander-in-Chief , reprehending the lenity of members of General Courts-Martial on the trial of officers convicted of grave offences , was read on Thursday morning in the garrison mess-room at Woolwich . Rear-Admibal Sir Francis Beaufort , F . R . S . F . G . S ., F . R . A . S ., & c , died at Brighton on Wednesday ! He served with , distinction during the last war with France . Sir Georqk CAYLBr , a gentleman distinguished for his scientific attainments , died on Tuesday , in the eightyfifth year of his age . Herb Kcenig , the celebrated cornet-a-piston player , has just died at Paris .

    A New Currency . —We have received the following letter from a distinguished man who is modest enough to sign himself 'A Fanciful Financier . ' The fanciful men of one generation are sometimes the practical men of another ; at any rate , the originality of our correspondent ' s suggestions deserves the attention which would be due to the authority of his same if we were at liberty to publish it : — " Sir , —Although the Government seems to consider it to "be no part of its duty to do anything to relieve the distress which has been caused

    among the working classes by the commercial crisisdistress which it is pleased to call'local *— -I conceive that now would be the time to try an experiment which might lead to very great results . Let the Government temporarily relieve—not particular districts , but the whole country—froth , the burden of certain taxes that interfere most with its comfort and its industry—let it commence , in fact , the abolition of the customs-duties , say to the extent of ten millions . To make up for the deficit thus created , let the Treasury—not the Bankissue , in pay nient of officials and other modes of expenditure , notes , as small as is consistent with safety , with the expressed condition that these notes will be received at

    any future time by all tax-gatherers , & c—by the Government , in fact—ia payment of taxation , atajvxedpremium The amount of this premium need not be arbitrary . The collection of taxes always costs so much percent , which will be saved by the Treasury . Beside " , the issue would have something of the character of a loan . The two advantages of this measure would be , in the first place , a great relief to the country and stimulus to its energies ; and , in the second , the establishment of a New Currency—at any rate for a time , protkbly for ever . Notes , which the Government is always ready to buy as it were at a premium , will be as readily exchangeable against gold , at money-changers and : elsewhere , as are now bank-notes . Every one feels the necessity of an increase of the circulating medium ; but most people naturally shrink from anything like * £ oroe 4 currency . The

    system I propose might be extended gnftually , if found to be successful , until its natural limit was reached . I conceive that the amount of one year's taxation , less the expenses of collection and a certain discount , might fairly come to be represented by this new kind of paper . The Government would have , however , carefully to watch in what kind of favour it was held , to cease its issues and destroy what it received , if the notes ever showed a tendency to fall below par . But this would never be the case if the premium were properly calculated . A bold Minister and a patriotic House of Commons—disdaining routine—might thus not only establish that immense desideratum—a New Currency—but inaugurate a system by means of which , at all critical periods , the Chancellor of the Exchequer could relieve , hot Lombard-street only , but the whole country . Yours , & c . —Fanciful Financier . "

    Extraordinary Meteor .- — " A meteor of extraordinary brilliancy was seen in this neighbourhood , " says a writer from Wokingham in the Times , on Wednesday evening , about ten minutes before eight . It was of a blood red colour , and traversed the heavens from north to west . The labourers who saw it were quite terrified at its appearance . At four A . M . this morning , the sky presented an extraordinary appearance , the heavens being illuminated in the north-west with a bright fiery red , as if lighted up by a conflagration . "

    Hxl . i . 3 -v . SiiEi'iiKitu .- ^ -An action was concluded in the Court of Queen ' s Bench yesterday ( Friday ) , arising out of tho seduction of Miss Hills by Mr . Robert Ezekiol Smith , of which the public have already heard more than enough . The claim was made by tho father of the young lady against Mr . Shepherd , an attorney , for the recovery of 50 / . paid to him for conducting the prosecutions against Mr . Smith . Mr . Hills now asserted that he never gave any authority for tho prosecutions . This Mr . Shepherd denied , and said , the plaintiff , in fact , owed him 200 / . more . The jury returned a verdict for Mr . Hill * for tho amount claimed , less HI . 17 a . 2 d ., the coats actually incurred in the actions .

    Roman 1 'avkmknt . ¦—During the process of excavating a drain through tho Red Lion Hotel , ColcheBter , last week , tho workmen found a very beautiful specimen of Homan tesselated pavement , about thirty inches beneath tho service , wliichi was saved entire , and will bo placed amongst other antiquities of tho town . — JZssex Standard . . . . .

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    * 2 ° THE LEADER , , [ No , 404 JDECEMBER 19 , 1857 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 19, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19121857/page/8/