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    works on the fine arts , and on architecture , fortification , and other practical subjects , aB well as in connexion with the Assyrian Court in the Crystal Palace , which was erected from his designs aud under his superintendence . Strahan , Paul , and Bates . —A further adjournment of the last examination into the affairs of Strahan , Paul , and Bates was agreed to in the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday . A dividend of Is . 9 d . in tne pound is payable under the joint estate , and a further distribution is expected in the course of four or five months . Small dividends have also been declared under the separate estates of the several bankrupts .

    The Pest-house Property at PADDrNGTosv—Lord Craven , in the year 1687 , conveyed a piece of land on the site of the present neighbourhood of Regent-street and Golden-square , for building a pest-house for the benefit of the poor , and to no other use , intent , or purpose whatever . " Houses having Boon encroached on this land , the ground ( by means of an act of Parliament ) was exchanged , about 1732 , for some fields at Tyburn ; but , subsequently to 1838 , that ground also has been built on . This has been held to be an evasion of the original intention ; and the case has been brought before the Rolls Court , where his Honour , the Master , held that the trust created by the deed of 1687 was an existent , and not a resulting , trust , and that the proceeds of the property ought to be applied solely for the charitable purposes for which

    morning , about eight o ' clock , and , though large quantities of water were thrown on the flames , the building , in the course of a few hours , was completely burnt out- In a piece played on the previous night , the burning of a tavern waa represented ; and this is supposed to > have led to the real conflagration . The actors have lost their wardrobes , and are not insured . A benefit on their behalf will be given by Mr . Douglas , the manager of the Standard Theatre , and some others . Death from Vexation . —The Bell Tavern , in Church-street , Lambeth , was broken into last Sunday morning ; but , as the thieve 3 could not find any money to steal , the cash having been carefully removed , they set all the taps flowing , and swamped the floor of the "bar . Other mischief of a similar

    been sustained in connexion with that steamer , but if the work were continued , it would , no doubt , ' exhibit an unfavourable result . Finally , resolutions were agreed to , to the effect that the affairs of the house shall be arranged under inspectorship ; that the inspectors shall complete the pending contracts , employing ; Mr . Russell as manager , with an allowance to be hereafter fixed ; that , in consideration of these arrangements the creditors shall not sue , but shall sign a release , " upon the inspectors certifying that the liquidation has proceeded sufficiently , and upon Mr . Russell executing an assignment of any remaining assets to trustees for distribution among the creditors . "

    The Fike Insurance Dtjtt . —A deputation of the directors and officers of the Unity Fire Insurance Association waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer , at his official residence in Downing-street , on Tuesday , relative to the position in which the English , companies would be placed by the issuing of policies in England by the French offices . Admiral Pell , Mr . Baylis , and other gentlemen , pointed out that the duty on policies issued by French companies being only 7 id . per cent , on the policy , with ao subsequent duty after the policy was issued , a French company , called " La . France , " was offering to take insurances at

    two shillings per cent ., whilst the English companies had to pay a duty of three shillings per cent ., thu 3 bringing them into a competition which it was impossible they could stand . The deputation , therefore , sought for a reduction of the duty payable by insurance companies in England . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he could not at present see any probable danger to the English companies from the operation of the French companies . If any should arise , some change would be made in the law . A similar statement was made by the Chancellor of the Esche ^ ( juerinthe House of Commons on Thursday Bight , in answer to a question from Mr . Scholefield .

    Cambridge Election .: —The close of the poll last Saturday evening showed 886 votes fox Walpole , and 419 for Denman , giving a majority for the former ox 467 . Mr . Denman then retired , and JVIr . Walpole ia accordingly elected . An Electric Telegraph to Australia . —The Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Company , which i 3 at this moment occupied in laying down the necessary wires to unite the island of Sardinia with La Calle , on the coast of Africa , intends to establish a complete telegraphic communication between Europe and Melbourne , in Southern Australia . After opening secondary lines between La Calle , IBona , Bougeia , Algiers , and Oran , the company proposes to run the principal line by Tunis , Tripoli , Alexandria , Cairo , Suez , Jerusalem , Damascus , Bagdad , Bussorah , along

    the northern coast of the Sea of Oman , Hyderabad , and Bombay , where the line is to separate into two branches . The northern branch will proceed directly to Agra , whence a wire will be directed towards Lahore and Pesbawur , and thus reach within a short distance of Cabul and Cashmere . From Agra , the telegraphic line -will pass through Benares and unite at Calcutta with the Southern branch , which , starting froln Bombay , will pass through Bangalore and Madras . From Calcutta , the line will follow the north-east coast of the Gulf of Bengal , the peninsula of Malacca , the Sunda Islands , and thence cross over to the north of Australia , and extending along the eastern coast of that continent , communicate with its numerous settlements , until it ultimately reaches Port Adelaide . The entire length of the line is estimated at 20 , 000 kilometres . —Genoa Gorriere Mercantile .

    The Surplus jtrom . Patent-office Fees . —An effort is about to be made by the patentees of the country to rescue the large and increasing surplus accruing from the fees paid , by them , after deducting the expenses of the Patent ofiice , from absorption into the general rovenue of the country . The gross amount of these fees is now £ 95 , 000 per annum , and they are estimated six years hence to roach . £ 135 , 000 . The expenses of the Patent- office , as at present conducted , make the clear surplus for this yoar £ 60 , 000 , whioh in 1859 will rise to ^ 100 , 000 . It is to prevent if possible , tho treasury from acquiring a vested interest in this surplus , aud to eoouro its application to

    a great extension of tho Patent office , and to the promotion of scientific aud practical discovery , that tho patentees of tho country , and pexsons interested in the progress of invention , now conao forward . The Rev . Mr . Lusn and his Mahriage Theories . —Mr . Lush , the curate of Gregwell , who preposterously insisted on ro-niarryiug a oouplo according to tho rites of tho Church of England , though they were already legally united by a Nonconformist clergyman , has boon committed for trial ( but ndmittod to bail ) , on a ob-argo of violating the law , by solemnising tho marriage without duo publication of the buuiua , and by deaoiibing tho parties ao baohelor and spinster .

    Dr . Johnson's God-daughter . —Thomas Oarlylo , Charles Diokone , aud John Forster , have published in tho T \ nica tho result of tlvoir appo . d ou buluuf oi Sumuol Johnson's god-daughter , tho aigocl MinaLowo , and her Bioter . Tho sum raised ia Ht . il 1 but u littlo over 4 ! 260 ; but " tho other hand , tho priooof suoh w life anuuity an waa proposed provoa ohoapor than wb

    nature was committed by tlie burglars , of whose entry into the premises nothing was known until seven o ' clock the same morning . The discovery of what had taken place appears greatly to have affected the landlord , "who was found dead in his bed the following day . He was heard to complain of the cruelty of the burglars in setting the taps flowi ng ; and it is supposed that the loss of property so preyed on his mind as to cause an attack of apoplexy , which "brought on immediate death . The Sobrows op a Russian Princess . —The Princess Galitzin , a Russian lady who has lately resided in this country , is now in the house of a sheriffs offtcer in Chancery-lane for debt ; She had

    "been in England about six months ; but , being disappointed of remittances from her husband , a general in the Russian army ( who has ceased to send money for some unaccountable reason ) , lier goods were seized by the landlord of her lodgings in Green-street , Soho . Being a sufferer from great bodily infirmity , she is unable to return to Russia . Her female servant made an application at Marlborough-street policecourt , for assistance to regain her wardrobe , which was seized , together with the Princess's goods . Mr . Hardwicke , the magistrate , sent a policeman to the landlord to tiy and induce him to give up the servant's clothes" ^ but he refused , as she would not allow her boxes to be opened , to show if she had any property of the Princess in them .

    Sundatt Observance Movement . —A deputation , headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , waited on Lord Pabmerston on Saturday to read an address protesting against any measure which should permit the openings on Sundays of the National Gallery , tho British Museum , &e . No specific result was come to , " Bust , as seemed , about some Wicked Ginn . " — Mr . Abraham Ginn , a maltster and flour-dealer at Wakefield , has been found guilty of adulterating his flour with alum . He wa 3 fined £ 5 ; and the flour was condemned to be sold for cattle , the proceeds to be applied to charitable purposes .

    Literary Frauds . —A Greek , named Constantino Simonides , has been arrested at Leipsic on a charge of selling certain manuscripts which he had himself forged , under pretence of their being genuine ancient productions . It appears that the man has pur / Bxied this system on a very large scale ; and it is stated that some manuscripts obtained through him have found their way into the British Museum . Dr . PffSEY AFD THE REFORMATION . —The Rev . Dr . Pusey has addressed a letter , containing the following passage , to the Rev . T . W , Perry , of Brighton , in reply to a charge made against him at a public meeting in that town : — " My dear friend , —I

    never said or wrote a word in disparagement of tho Er ' jlish Reformation . You know that I always disliked the influence of tho foreign reformers upon ours , but that was passing . I could not use such an expression as ' the principles , if any , of tho English Reformation , ' nor should I ever have admitted it into any work for which I was responsible , for I have always believed that tho English Reformation had very definite principles , and what I have wished to do ( as far as in mo lay ) was to bring people back to the principles of the English Reformation , as expressed hi the Prayer Bopk and Homilios . I am not conscious of having clono on © thing beyond the principles of the English Reformation . "

    The Suspension of Messrs . Soott Russell and Co . —A . meeting of the creditors of this firm was held at tho Guildhall coffee-house , on Tuesday , Mr . Saruuel Beale in the chair , when ifc appeared that the liabilities aro £ 122 , 940 19 b . 10 d . ; and that the assets amount to . € 100 , 236 Us . lid . The Eastern Steam Navigation Company reserve theiv right of any claim which they may establish on tho estate for breach of contract , in case a satisfactory arrangement cannot bo carried out with them . Acoording to tho statement of acoount »

    whioh have boon carefully examined , tho assets show about 15 s . in tho pound , 10 a . of which it is believed might be roalised about Juuo , leaving tho balance open to contingoncios , the result of whioh cannot be safely estimated . Tho cause of th « failure was statod to bo tlio oxtonsivo fire whioh occurred ou tho promises in 1853 . In answer to questions , it was montionod that ifc ia not proponed to continue tho coufltruotiou of the gigantic voa ^ ol of tho Eastern Steam Company , tho ooutraob pacming to tlio mnnngomont of tho directors . Up to tho prosout timo , no loss ha «

    it was originally conveyed , or for purposes as nearly assimilating to them , as possible ; that it would not be just to the poor of the parishes named by the original donor to remove the Bite of the hospital to any greater distance from London than the land was at present situate ; but that , under existing circumstances , especially as the inhabitants of Craven-hill and Bayswater might probably , and not unreasonably , object to a pest-house or hospital for ' . " contagiouB and infectious diseases" being erected in the centre of their neighbourhood , the best plan would be to direct a reference to chambers , and . there settle a scheme , and endeavour to ascertain in what way the beneficent intentions of the dpnor could be carried out . There were no imputations whatever upon any of the persons concerned in the suit , stf that the Court felt justified in not saddling any of them with costs .

    Accidental Fratricide . - —A builder , named Townshend , residing at Brighton , was returning home with his three sons , one of whom carried a gun under Ms arm . The gun "was not cocked , but it suddenly discharged its contents into the body of another of the sons who was walking behind . The youth fell to the ground ; and the brother , kneeling beside him , asked him if he was shot , to which he replied , " All right , Harry , all right . " Those were the only words he spoke ; but he pulled his brother ' s face down to hia , and , having kissed him , appeared to die instantly . There is great moral sweetness hi this . It appeared , on the inquest , that the brothers were much attached to one another . A verdict of tc Accidental death " was returned .

    Great Gale in the West of Scotland . —A fearful hurricane has lately swept over Glasgow and its vicinity , causing considerable damage iu the dockyards and harbour , and to tho buildings of that aud the neighbouring towns , as well as destroying an immense amount of property . A few lives have been lost . The roar of the wind was awful , and . the river rolled like a sea . At the ship-building yard of Messrs . Tod and Macgregor , iu particular , tho destruction was terrible ; their total losses are valued at nearly £ 20 , 000 , and the property is uninsured . Both at Glasgow and Paisley , many buildings , public and private , have been either destroyed or injured by the gale ; and , at the latter town , a huge- piece of lead , weighing more than two tons and a-half , was blown off the church onto a neighbouring warehouse , which , however , was but slightly injured . All tho other

    towns in this looality present an appearanoe of desolation , especially in their dockyards ; and , at Dumbarton , the new Bhip North American , only launched eight daya previously by I > enny Brothers , broke her moorings , and was driven so far up on tho shore that she must bo dug out . A great many trees have likewise been , blown down ; and , amongBt others , the venerable oak called « Wallace ' s Oak , " has been completely uprooted and felled by the wind , after having Btood for many centuries . A link between , tho past and present has thus been broken . Lord Mayor's Trumpeter . —It was announced at a Court of Aldermen , hold on "Wednesday , that the Lord Mayor ' s trumpeter -was dead , and a quostiou arose aa to tho appointment of a successor . Alderman Wire submittod a motion to the effect that the office was unneoeasary . Alderman Cartor eaid ho looked upon tho offlco as ono whioh uaado tho civic

    procession more conspicuously and noisily ridiculous . Aldormau Farohrother ha-ving remarked that , insignificant as waa tho office , it might bo advisable not to throw it up without dvie consideration , it was rosolved that tho situation should not bo filled for the present . Total Destruction or tun Pavilion Tumatrb . —A fire , broke out in this thoutro on Wednesday

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    February 16 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 153

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 16, 1856, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2128/page/9/