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ST 2507 andiiseems provable tEat tnere wiirbe one more S yTo ae fulf Want- Tn ^ same writer speaks S ? tbe Vapid and enormous sprea * of Melbourne , an * of the increasing tendency to build handsome , architectural houses . He thinks , however , there are some indications of over-speculation in building . The Assembly at Melbourne haa resolved to abolish the public grant for the support of religion . Wetton ' s offer for the establishment of a line of steamers between Sydney and Panama has been accepted by the Government of tfew South Wales . Edinburgh Castle . —Considerable changes are contemplated in the interior of this venerable building , . * further tion of this
Old Rochester Bridge . —A por bridge was destroyed last Saturday by a troop of the Royal Engineers . The explosions were of terrific force , and hurled large masses of stone about , to the great terror of the many spectators , who uttered a cry of alarm as they saw a mass , supposed to weigh ong and a half hundredweight , descend close to where they stood . It fell , however , just within the yard of the City Arms public-house , where it was embedded nearly two feet in the ground . Here it will remain as a memento of the occasion . Fortunately no one was hurt . A further attempt at explosion in the afternoon did not succeed , the arch remaining firm . This portion , however , yielded on a subsequent day . __ „ . ' . „ . leton t
A Bishop ' s Residence for Sale . —Stap Cour , the residence of the late Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol , is , with its contents , to fall under the auctioneer's hammer early in October . The Bishop of London , also , has intimated his intention of not residing at Fulham Palace , which will therefore be sold with the grounds about it . These latter will probably be built on , and some noble trees will thus be sacrificed , to the speculators in bricks and mortar . British Archaeological Association .- ^ -The fourteenth annual congress of this society was held at Norwich on Monday afternoon , under the presidency of the Earl of Albemarle , and was well attended . Convocation . —The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury was prorogued on Tuesday , in the Jerusalem Chambers , " Westminster , by the Vicar-General , Dr . Twiss , under a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury , to Friday , October 9 .
The Archbishop ok Canterbury and the Indian Revolt . —The Archbishop of Canterbury has addressed the following letter to each of the archdeacons of his diocese : — " Addington Park , August , 1857 . My dear Mr . Archdeacon , —At the present period of sorrow and peril to our fellow-countrymen in India , there can scarcely be a parish in which much anxiety does not prevail amongst man } ' of the' inhabitants . I therefore write to request that you will acquaint the clergy of the diocese that they have the authority of the Ordinary to invite the parishioners to special services at which the Litany may be used alone , and that they may be exhorted to such private prayer and humiliation as the occasion demands . —I am , my dear Mr . Archdeacon , youra faithfully , —J . B . Cantuar . "
The British Association held its first meeting for the season , last Saturday , at Dublin . The first general meeting took place in the Round Room of the Rotundo on Wednesday . The new president , the Rev . Humphrey Lloyd , S . F . T . C . D ., was Inaugurated , and the Lord Lieutenant delivered an address . After some routine business , the Association adjourned . Literary Discoveries . — The Duke of Manchester has just discovered the whole of the letters addressed by Horace Walpole to his intimate friend and Eton schoolfellow , George Montagu . They will bo published . —
Mrs . Everett Greene has found in the State Paper Office a letter in the handwriting of Ben Jonson , addressed to Sir Robert Cecil . This letter shows the disagreeable fact that ? glorious Ben' was employed by the Government as a spy in detecting some of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators , —A copy of an old folio edition of Shakspearo ' plays ( 1682 ) was sold , together with several other rare books , last Saturday , at Messrs . Southoby and Wilkinson ' s . On the margin aro a great many emendations of the text in an old handwriting . This copy fetched 101 .
Health of London . —The deaths registered in London , -which in tho last week of July rose to 1288 , and in the first and second weeks of August were respectively 1224 and 1187 , exhibit a very decided decrease in tho week that ended last Saturday , the number being 1091 . The heavy thunderstorms and rains of the preceding week have doubtless boon powerful agents in producing this result . It can also be shown that the deaths of last week wore , ratherleaa than the number which the average rate of mortality in corresponding wooka of ton years ( 1847-56 ) would huvo produced , if , for better comparison , tho deaths from cholera in two opidemic years aro
excluded from tho calculation . Since the last week of July , there haa been a constant decrease in the deaths from diarrhoea . In the week referred to thoy wore 802 ; thereafter thoy wore successively 258 , 244 , and ( in tho prcsont return ) , 216 . In tho sainq periods , tho numbers returned as causod by cholera ( in most instances * cholera infantum' and ' choleraic diarrhoea' ) wore 24 , 80 , 21 , and 12 . Scarlatina exhibits an increase . —La » t week , tho births of 860 boys and 882 girla , in all 1602 children , wore registered in London . In tho ton corresponding weeks of tho years 1847-50 , tho average numbor wns was 14 G 0 . —I'Yom tho Jieautrar ^ General't Weekly Return .
" KtbpbsBb Gbeat CKnxraIiWbss End Tebsxikvb . ^—A plfaii is bBing-njaturea ^ saysthe Times , ~ for the formation of a shortr line from Bfcttersea , running through Brixton , Ghipham , iJulwicb , Camberwell , and the suburban- districts on the Surrey side of the water and communicating-nith att the lines of railway going south . From Battersea it crosses the river on an iron bridge , to be built for the purpose , arid at once enters , the bed of the present Grovesnor Canal , along the course of which it continues to the central terminus to be erected on the site of the Gfrosvenor basin—an immense area at the end of Victoria . - 'Street , Westminster , within a stone ' s throw of Buckingham Palace and Grosvenor-place , a quarter of a mile of the Houses of Parliament , and less than a . _ .. ' _ ,. ^_ . . . ¦» ¦^» ¦ _•_ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ „ * " l ^ HP' * ' 'tK ^ fBT - —»^^ M ** amar * ' '
thousand yards from Charing-crOss . " The Marquis of Westminster , who made the canal , has given to the company a lease of the property for 999 years , stipulating for nothing more than the present rental of the canal . " In addition to this large space the promoters have already secured no less than forty acres of ground round the basin , so as to admit , if necessary , of the terminus being extended to more than twice its at present proposed size . There will be more than sufficient space in all for every line south of the Thames . For the accommodation of these , there will be sixteen departure and six arrival platforms . Only a small number of the latter is requisite , for an arriving train is empty in a few minutes , while those starting have generally to occupy the platform nearly half an hour . "
Mosquito . —A correspondent of the Daily News complains of the lawless state of our settlements at Mosquito , and of the apathy of the authorities there . Suicide prom Disappointed Love . —Edwin Wilkinson , a youth of sixteen , has hung himself on a tree in the estate of Mr . Edward Gurney , near Reigate . He was much attached to a nurserymaid in Mr . Gurney ' s family , but his friends discouraged the intimacy because of Wilkinson ' s youth . This filled him with despair , and he put an end to his life . The alleged Commercial Failure and Suicide at Liverpool . — -The Liverpool . Albion denies the truth of the story circulated last week of a Liverpool merchant having committed suicide , and left behind him liabilities to the extent of 300 , 000 ? -, of which one-third were forged acceptances . ¦
Holyrood Palace . —Improvements are being carried out at this palace , chiefly with a view to secure privacy in the gardens whenever the Queen shall please to take up her residence there . She has hitherto neglected the place on account of her being stared at from the road whenever she has been walking in the grounds . The Death of Lady Barely . —The Melbourne correspondent of the Daily News states that the death of Lady Barkly , wife of the Governor , was caused by her being upset from her pony phaeton by an omnibus , the harness of which was in a disgraceful condition , and the reins broken . A collision ensued , and lady Barkly was taken up almost fainting . In a week or ten days afterwards , she was delivered of a son and died , the child following in about a fortnight . Tho driver of the omnibus was taken into custody ; but Lady Barkly would not let any one appear against him , saying , " It was an accident . "
Fires . —The premises occupied by Mr . Granvule , gun and pistol manufacturer , No . 44 , HoIbom-hilL were burnt dowrt on Tuesday night , and several of tho adjoining houses were greatly damaged , the conflagration at one time being of the most alarming kind . —The premises of Mr . Spratt , builder and Saw -mi 11 proprietor , Langtonplacc , Brixton , were burnt down on Wednesday afternoon . The whole of the contents , including the workmen ' s tools , fell a sacrifice * The proprietor of tho works was insured . Romanism in Borneo . —Mr . Sponcer St . John , tho Consul-Genoral at Brunei , has addressed a letter to the
Bishop of Labuan ( Borneo ) , who is temporarily away from his diocese in consequenco of recent troubles , in which he says : — - " The Pope has appointed a bishop for Borneo , who arrived last week al Labuan , with five followers—Italian and Spanish priests . Thoy arc going to build a church and schooMiouse , and to spread their mission along the coast . They have two prahus ( pinnaces ) nt thoir disposal . Six Jesuits will bo enough to startle the quiet community of Labuan . I am daily oxpecting tho urrival at Brunei of tho Roman Bishop of Borneo and his suite . They say he is a very pleasant fellow . "
Venice .- —There is something in tho air of Vonico which disposes tho mind to meditation . The tranquil beauty of the scone , tho solitude , tho absence of those idlers in pursuit of pleasure who swarm in every largo city , the quiet , modest demeanour of the womoh , who occasionally cross your path in tho narrow and ill-frequented lanes , and , above , all , the frequent visits which a traveller must inevitably make to those splendid churches , and which , Indeed , form his principal occupation , —all tond to softon the mind , and abstract it from worldly feelings . Tho splendour with which Religion is here surrounded , tho noble and costly pictures in which her history is commemorated , create a combination of feelings , in which tho love of tho Arts is blended with respect for thq Divinity , and though , porlmps , commencing by an appeal to tho nonsos , cannot fail to produce a beneficial effect on the worldly mind , and gradually loud it to tho contemplation of better things . Vo aro nil by nature worldly \ nomo , more or loss
' hardened by habit in worldly pursuits , perhaps , become inaccessible to the ordinary modes of conversion ? if , then : such minds can be touched by impressions more suited to their state of feeling ; if , instead of being led- by admonition , they can be awed or persuaded-into another and better path , why , if the result be the same , may not the one sort of influence be as admissible as another ? I am no advocate for the Catholic religion—none more ' attached to the simplicity of our creed : —but . the entrance into the Church of St . Marc , and the contemplation of that gorgeous pile , has constantly filled me with sensations of veneration , which the whitewashed walls of a parish church in England could never produce . I have seen its effect on those whose hearts never softened with such ideas before , and , whether lasting or not , they still must leave a trace behind , which may turn to good . " * llanAhnAA' Y % w T » aV ) A fu ¦ *¦ Jl ^ ll ¦ » j . _ « - _ ' . * .: ¦_"¦
Another circumstance , also , has never failed to strike me with peculiar force , as coming immediately home tp my own feelings on the subject . These churches , splendid as they are , remain open at all hours ; here , when a real impulse guides the penitent sinner or the afflicted mourner , he may come and seek that consolation which the world cannot give ; here he may sit alone and commune with himself , or prostrate himself before that Being who has said , " Come unto me , all ye that are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . " Contrast this with the stated hours , the well-dressed crowds , the vacant faces , and the long formal routine of an English church , where some few , perhaps , can keep np their attention , and are really intent on the duties of the day , but where many are only fulfilling a form before the world , in which their heart is little interested . —Journal of T . Raikes , Esq .
The Carrion Crow . —Compared with the gorcrow , the raven is magnanimous . The former respects nothing except his mate and his young ones . The Scotch and other shepherds well know that when the gravid ewe , seeks some quiet spot where human eyes may not see her , and where , as she thinks , she may bring forth her young in secret , the villanous crows hasten to the quiet nook , and , if they are undisturbed , woe to the parturient mother and her tender offspring . | , On such occasions two or three pairs have been known to combine , and watching for the time when the poor ewe is exhausted by her pains , fly upon her , with diabolical cries , pick out her eves , tear ofF pieces of her protruded tongue ^ and , attacking the umbilical cord , exenterate the new-born lamb .
Instances are not wanting of the destruction of b # th mother and offspring by these base black bands . It is most daring in its attacks on birds and beasts in full health . Montagu saw one in pursuit of a pigeon , at which it made several pounces like a hawk , but the pigeon escaped by flying in at the door of a house . He also saw a carrion crow strike a pigeon dead from the top of a Darn j and he truly says that it is a great destroyer of young game and poultry . Young hares and rabbits seem particular objects of its persecution ; and Mr . Hogg saw one pursuing a moorfowl which had been seized bv what he calls ' a glede ' - ^ -the common buzzard , probably—but the moorfowl escaped from both enemies . By the way , when th < r grouse was seized by the glede ,
it screamed like a domestic hen when she is suddenly laid hold of ; but , as it passed Mr . Hogg , after escaping from ' tho glede' but pursued by the crow , it uttered cry of uJe , uk , now and then . The modes of execution are multitudinous . A crow has been seen to pounce upon a young duck in a pond and carry it off in his bill . In this case the assassin did not drop the duck in order to kill it , but laid it on the ground , and then walked backward and forward and trod upon it till it was dead . The crow then carried it off to his nest . We saw one spear a young duck on dry l « nd with his beak and fly off with it ; but , alarmed by our shout , he dropped his prey , which was dead , nnd with an unmistakable hole
in its sido ubout tho rugion of tho heart . Another observer saw a crow pounce upon an old sparrow which was enticing its young ones out , hold it between its olnws , tear it to pieces like a true bird of prey , and devour it . Of eggs the crow is a great consumer , and these it bus generally been thought to carry off by thrusting its bill into them ; but Mr . Weir relutes that as he was one day sitting at tho side of an old wall , reading a book , a carrion crow flow over his head with an egg in its bill . He halloed , and down droppod the egg into the middle of tho field . On going to take it up , Mr . Woir found , to his astonishment , that tho egg—a common wild duck ' s—was whole . —Fraaer ' s Magazine .
Tnic Nrw CoTvmAKOKR , at Dkliti . —Major-Oeneral Thomas Reed , C . B ., who was appointed to the command of tho troops before Delhi on tho doath of General Uarnard , i « an oillcer of experience , and has seen much service . He entered tho army in 1818 , and was present at tho Battle of Waterloo . Since ho lius commanded a a division of tho Bengal army ho has purcipitated in several important ongagements . In 1840 Major-General Rood commanded a brigade of the army of tho Sutlcj , and was wounded and had a horse killed undor Iiim at tho battlo of Fcrozeshah . A modal was conferred upon him for hia bravery upon this occasion .--JJnily Nmoa .
Dkatii of Mr . Uwinh , R . A . — Mr . Thoma » Umne , a Royal Academician , and Surveyor of Picturea to tho Queon , died nt Stoinon , on Wednesday , in tho sovonty"SuTiSS T « " . r - H-vonW r Tho Duke of Devonshire paid a vblt l « at Monday to *** % *' BrontC , as a proof of hia Urneo ' n estimation of the
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 29, 1857, page 827, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2207/page/11/
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