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      lie globe . Our great National Museum contains specimens not only from reland , Northern Europe , Mexico , and the United States , but among its Igyptiaa collection there is a collection of flint arrows taken from the epulchres of the Wady Magara . In the cases containing modern Esquilaux weapons—darts , similarly pointed . , repose in the same quiver with bose leaded with bone , iron , &c . Celts , a name derived from the barbarous Latin celtis , a chisel , are very umerous in the Museum of the Irash Society . They are , in fact , stonewedges , ind were attached to a wooden handle , according to the nature of which , this mplement might be used as a chisel , a mattock , or a battle-axe . They still irevail in the Polynesian Islands and in New Zealand , where the handle nd stone head are bound together by grass cord in a series of layers and nterlacings , extremely symmetrical and pleasing to the eye . However rude

      nd edgeless this implement may appear , with it and some sharp fragments if flint , the New Zealand savage felled the great pine of which he contructed his war canoe , often seventy feet in length , hewed it into graceful » utline , hollowed the interior , and finished off all that exquisite carved vork along its sides and upon its lofty prow , which excites the admiration md the cupidity of bis curiosit 3 f -seeking European visitant . The native Australian also uses the stone axe when engaged in close quarters with a terd of kangaroos , and for making those consecutive notches in the gum-; ree , "by placing his toe an which he nimbly ascends to seize the opossum and ler young . He , however , is able to dispense ¦ with the lashing , by burying us lump of granite with its handle in a mass of grass-tree gum , which , when 5 old , becomes so hard and tenacious that no ordinary violence can detach hem .

      " It is well known , " observes Mr . Kemble , " that certain races conlect a strong superstitious feeling with the possession of these ancient stone mplements , treasuring them up as something supernatural . In many parts ) f Germany , and , as I am informed , in Ireland and . Scotland , tbey are still cooked upon as amulets , particularly valuable in the diseases of cattle . The jollector meets with no greater difficulty than that which occasionally arises from the disinclination © f the possessor of such a stone to give up what he looks upon as a useful remedy for the sickness of himself or his neighbours , rhe concurrent testimony of ' ecclesiastical and secular history proves to us that the Germans attached a superstitious veneration to stones . "

      The Teutonic god Thor had a stone hammer for his sceptre . The primitive inhabitants of New Zealand , separated from . Europe by an ocean iourney of more than 16 , 000 miles , regard their stone implements with equal solemn veneration . The Maori maiden , whose ear it lacerated by a huge pendant of semi-transparent obsidian , esteems it , and the grotesquely carved 3 tone idol suspended around her neck , as the most precious of her simple decorations . No inducement , save indeed the promptings of an impulse even more potent than that of superstition , can procure their transfer to another . The grim chieftain , her father , equally reverences his meri , a short , sharp-2 dge < l greenstone club , at once the terror of his foes , and the symbol of patriarchal authority . It is deposited with him in the grave , but dug up igain after the lapse of a certain period , and then , descends to his successor , as the tutelar idol of the tribn :

      The collection of bronze celts in Dublin , and also in our own Museum , is considerable . They are classed under the separate heads of looped , socket , side-ridge , and stop-ridge celts . These distinctions refer merely to the mode of securing the -wooden handle . We have seen a bronze socket celt , in which a portion of wood still remains , fitted probably by some ancient British artisan more than two thousand years ago . In reference to the bronze swords in this Museum , we do not quite agree with Mr . Kemble that the smallness of the hilt would indicate their owners to have been a diminutive race . In most specimens we have seen , the shank is pierced with holes , and the -very rivets remain by which , as tii modern swords , a covering of wood , horn , or ivory was secured , : ind completed a handle suited for the grip of ordinary men . The small , square , sharp-edged metal hilt affords no purchase to the user ' s hand , and would certainl y soon put him . hors de combat hy its singular non-adaptation to the end in view . Where the hilt remains undrilled , such swords probably left the amiourer ' s hand incomplete .

      The Royal Irish Academy ' s collection of tiaras , fibula } , rings , brooches , and other ancient ornaments of native gold , is extremely valuable . But mines of the precious metal have always existed In Ireland . As lute as the close of the last century , a lad , crossing a torrent of the Wicklow raii"e ,

      picked up a single nugget worth more than twenty pounds . The whole district soon gathered to the spot , but the authorities , dreading a famine from the total neglect of cultivation , -wisely sent a detachment of soldiers to occupy the ground , and . the diggers were soon dispersed . Among the auriferous specimens from these same Croghlan Hills , deposited in theBritish Museum , is one lump of pure metal equalling a good walnut in size . As the author of this pamphlet makes no mention of the torque , we presume no specimen exists in his collection . The non-arcliEeolo « ical reader may be interested to know that this Celtic emblem of chieftain d ? gnity was a collar , often of twisted gold , sometimes of bronze , about ei ^ ht or ten inches

      in diameter . A magnificent gold torque is preserved among the collection of antiquities at a palatial mansion near Chester . We remember one of these valuable relics being discovered some years ago in North Wales , under remarkable circumstances . A tourist descending Cader Idris , lost his footing , and was hurried onwards at a pace more speedy than safe ; to check his involuntary speed , he planted his foot against a large stone , half buried in the path before him . It was uprooted , and in the cavity lie discerned a portion of some object very bright and glittering . By the aid of his knife he soon drew out a beautiful torque of pure gold , and we are not quite certain but this may be the specimen just named as so charily cared for at Eaton Hall .

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      FltOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , October 13 BANKRUPTS .- . 1 A . Mi' . B < JiiAui , im Johns , Duchess-street , romand-placo , commission a ^ ont — OuAiti rs Kdwaeiii Back , Tottonlwni-court-poiifl , K > -ooor-Wn , Ta , v . M Fisher , Killmrn , Middlesex , lmtohor-VitunKiticK Ukaoiiuh , Old Jowr . y , City , tailor — JHoium . JUnkh , Watlinir-NtivH ; sowed muslin wnr « h < mH « man-jAi «« B \ Vai > i :, 1 'osttorUlmlla , ChilworUi , Surrey , |> aporniaker-On aiu-kh Stakkkv UrunHwick-wluirr , Agar-Unvn , KIii ^' h-cu-oss , dust contractor —CiiAiiLita Foui . u , Cannon-street , City , merchant—John

      Ali-ington , Norwich , grocer—Giuce Simonite , Birmingham , iron plat-u worker—John Roger Hkks , Llanelly , Carmarthenshire-, grocer—IlEunmtT Bennett , Chester , draper—John Stocks Booth , Sheffield , pianoforte dealer —William Loud and Tieomas Lui'ton , Shnwfortli , near Rochdale , cotton spinners . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — , T . M'Ckeatit , Glasgow , dairyman— . 1 . Uunteu , Maryhill , near Glasgow , provision dealer-S . Liiiishnan , Gla . sj- 'ow , oil-cloth Manufacturer— J . Young , Glasgow , commission merchant—A . Rohf . utson , Botriphnie , Biuilfchirc , farmer—S . M'Innes , Edinburgh , wholesale irrocor-11 . On it , Glasgow , grocer—A . Smith , Paisley , coachbuildor . Friday , October 10 . BANKRUPTS . —CiiAHi . us Risun , Upper Whitccrossstrcot , Middlesex , draper—William Nathan Sykus Corn , Goswell-Mtreet , Middlesex , cigar merchant—Thomas UACicnousr ., Locds , painter — Richard Pat . mkr , Brighton , plumber—James Hlacku hkst , Liverpool , attorney—Tuos . Buuv Salfoi d , Lancashire , dyer—Jos . AIoskoale , Coventry , engineer—John Taylor , Leicester , manufacturer of fancy hosiery—Jamics Thomas Runole and Uickton Hull Runim . k , Plymouth , I him drapers—Jamkh Stukdman , Alliany-. street , ltcgeul . ' . s-park , pianoforte manufacturer—KinVAiti ) I 1 UXI . KY , Old Cavendish-street , surgical blindage liiaker-CHAKLKS Zonoaha , St . Mary Axe , importer of gilt mouldings and general niorchan ! , — Jaaiks Anbukwaiitiu , Forest-hill-tcrnico Kent . builder—Sam ukl Umkuy , Birmingham , roller of metals—Edwin Mill's Tavi . kr , Oonl Exelmngo Vaults , Lower Timini > s-st ,, City , wino merchant . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —David Dickbon I , rcoohtt , Water of Loilh . noar Kdinlmrgh , skinner— . 1 ' amus I ' uiiviH , Ktliiuirimck , groeer — Yoir . MU , Fotiikhinojia . m , ami Co ., Glasgow , provision merchants—Wu . i . iam Taymmi , Kihiinniock , sadcHinan - Huunton and Thomson , lvirkenldy , builders—Mrs . Chhi . htian Ciaiik , Kiiwlmven , in the county of Edinburgh , hotol-keepor .

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      NEW EDITIONS . We have a few new editions to mention . Mr . Bohn , in . The Historical Library , ' has published the third and concluding volume of Jesse ' s Memoirs of the Court of England During the licigii of the Stuarts , enriched with thirteen , steel portraits , and , in ' The Scientific Library , ' the first volume of a seventh edition of Dr . Mantell ' s Wonders of Geology , to be completed in two volumes , edited by Mr . T . Rupert Jones . Messrs . Blackwood , of Edinburgh , send us a secondedition , revised and enlarged , of Thomas Aird ' s characteristic and fascinating book The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village . From Messrs

      Kent and Co ., the successors of Mr . Bogue , we have ' an entirely new edition ' of Mr . Timbs ' s popular volume Popular Errors Explained and Illustratedz a Booh for the Old and Young . ^\ e know of few better books for young persons ; it is instructive , entertaining , and reliable . Mr . Bentley has added to his two sbilling series Major Warburton ' s remarkable History of the Conquest of Canada—a -work of profound interest , written with rare ability . In the same series we have also Mr . Shirley Brooks ' s Aspen Court , and in Mr . Hodgson ' s Parlour Library' one of Mrs . Trollope ' s successful novels The Days of the Regency . Messrs . Knight have reprinted Mrs . Trollope ' s Father Eustace , a Tale of the Jesuits , in one handsome volume .

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      • - . .. — : —? ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ THEATRICAL NOTES . Miss Amy Sedgwick , a lady known to the provinces , but not to Londoners , has been acting successfully at the Haymabket in the part of Panline in the Lady of Lyons , and of Constance in the Love Chase . A Very Serious Affair is the rather suggestive title of a farce produced at the Lyckum last Saturday as a makeweight to the opera . Two very cowardly gentlemen—played respectively by Mr . Tilbury ( who commences an engagement at this theatre ) and Mr . Geokge Honky —get into a quarrel and become involved in a challenge . They only give ench other their Christian names , and their addresses at coffee-rooms ; and the next day they play at hide-and-seek in spasms of mutual fear . Mr . Muffy , performed by Tilbury , has a house in Camberwell , and here ho secretes himself ; but his wife has put up a bill to let and this is taken b lrilus

      a room , room y Mr . Theop , the antagonist of Mr . Muffy . Here he thinks he shall be safe from his bloodthirsty foe ; but he soon finds that Fate has directed him to the residence of the very man he most seeks to avoid . The two timid gentlemen are at length induced to fight a mock duel in the dark , an assurance being given to each that the pistols shall merely be loaded with blank cartridge . On the lights being- extinguished , they hide themselves in the window curtains , and ultimately , at the first explosion , tumble backwards out of window—one falling into the water-butt , and the other into some equally ignominious receptacle . The story is preposterous enough ; l ) ut it would have been amusing had it been shorter , and not obscured , as it is , by an underplot with respect to which we confess we are in the dark . Messrs . Tilbuhy and Honey act with much spirit and humour , though they play to almost empty benches ; and the farce may perhaps protract its existence for some weeks .

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      London , Friday Evening , October 1 Q , 1857 . The stringent measures taken by tho Bank of England on Monday at eleven took tho City by surprise . Every one was forced to admit that the JJank directors woro acting prudently , but tho rate of discount—7 per cent ., with tho throat of 8 per cent , boinp demanded before tho end of the weelf , unless tliis restriction produced less demands on tho resources of tho Bank—weighed heavily on tho market . Tho Funds fell a and 3 $ per cent . Turkish Six per Cent . Bonds , ( 5 to 7 per cent ., and affairs look black enough . Rumours of several houses , provincial and metropolitan , being in difficulties , nmde-every ono anxious . Tuesday being tho ilrst dtiy of dividends on Three per Cent . Reduced , and New Three-and-a-IIalf per Cent , being paid , a reaction took place—peoplo reinvesting their dividends . Tho arrival of tho Royal Charter and another vessel from Australia , with nearly half a million of bullion has produced a further improvement to-day , but tltis afternoon brings vorylittlo better tidings of affairs in New "York , with adverao exchanges . The Railway Sharo Market has mnintnincd a better position than Government securities . Souk ; l : e : ivy failures iu the Stock Exchange hero and elsewhere , also < fefmiltorai at Glasgow , Liverpool , Mimchoster , Leeds , Hradford , &c , depreciated tho value of Kastcrn Counties . Caledonians . Great Westerns , and Dover . s . TJiero Ji . -in miico boon considerable reaction in Eastern Counties . Ciinndian and Eiist Indian railway shares have been dull all tho week . Grand Trunk Ji . s lo \ v ' n > !> i jj . Orent Western of Canada , once bust year at 2 ttf ., aro now 18 / . per ;!< W . share . Kranch shares are about tin ? same , no improvement . Miscellaneous shares havo brf'ii hardly touched . Mining shares havo boon enquired after , Whoal Edward ,

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      BIRTHS , MAKKIAGES , AND DEATHS . 1 JIRT 1 IS . COR 13 ETT .-On the 13 th hist ., at Clnrc-strcct . Dublin , tho wife of D . Corbett , Esq . : twin sons . DRAPER . —On tho 12 th hist ., at Illracombe , North Devon , tho wife of Commander J . S . . Draper , I . N ., retired : a daughter . FAIlUiAIRN . —On ; tho 12 th inst ., tho wife of V . Pairbairn , , Esq ., of Manchester : a daughter . MAltRIAGES . BACKHOUSE—NICHOLSON . —At Thelwall , Choslurc , John Backhouse , Esq ., late H . I } -M . ' s Vice Consul at Arnoy , son of the late . 1 . Backhouse , Esq ., Under Secretary of State for Foreign AH ' airs , to Anno , daughter of tho late Potor Nicholson , Esq ., of Thelwall lln \ l . COLLINS—BLANDl- \) RD . -At St . George ' s , Hanoverfcquiiro , theRov . W . II . Collins , Missionary to Shanghai , son of James Collins , Esq ., of Putlev , hear Hereford , to Helen Jane , daughter of J . F . Biandfurd , Esq ., of Bruton-stroet . DF'ATim ASIIXTRST .-Octobor lUtlu at All Souls' College , Oxford , n » i ™ S&T - k - A " " ^ . U . C . L .. nged T . i . JiltlN lON .-Octobur lath , at Knuioho Jlouae , near Kiddonninster , H . llrinton , Esq ., aged 1 J 5 .

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      No . 395 , October 17 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . £ 005

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 1005, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2214/page/21/