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      claimants included the proprietors of almost every newspaper in London . The total amount of debts is said to be about 5000 ? . ; the assets about 5007 . Mr . Surith , newspaper agent of the Strand , -vras chosen assignee . Mr . Frederick Reynolds , a clerk in a merchant ' s counting-house , and Mr .- Artlmt Wilson , were brought last Saturday before the Marlborough-street magistrate , charged with causing a disturbance at Her Majesty ' s Theatre during the performance of Jullien ' s Concerts . Reynolds threw money on the iloor , and caused people to scramble for it , and , on being taken into custody , Wilson attempted a rescue . Eeynolds ^ as ordered to find two sureties in 507 . each for six months ; and Wilson ¦ Was fined forty shillings . Botli are liable to be proceeded against for the damage caused in the theatre , and probably to indictment for causing the riot .

      M . Henry Laurent , musician , and his wife , both fashionably dressed , and the latter in a high , state of ball-room elegance , were placed before the same magistrate on a charge of being drunk and disorderly the previous night in . Rupert-street . As they left , a fine of 5 s . each having been inflicted , they turned aside their heads , apparently desirous as soon as possible of avoiding observation , and Mr . Bingham told them that with all that finery they might well be ashamed of themselves . Monday being the fiTSt day of Michaelmas term , the various law courts reopened , but little business of special interest was transacted . Mr . Simpson , the proprietor of Cremorne , obtained in the Court of Queen ' s Bench a rule nisi calling upon a'Mr . Carter to show cause why he should not answer to certain interrogatories with reference to some alleged slanderous observations of his spoken . at a meeting of the vestry board at Chelsea , to the effect that Cremorne has a tendency to corrupt the morals of youth . The defendant had obtained the leave of a Judge to plead Not Guilty , and also a plea of justification , and he applied to the Judge that he might be allowed to propound interrogatories to the plaintiff ; but it was objected on the part of the latter , by his attorney , that the answers to the proposed interrogatories would tend to criminate him , and were objectionable upon that ground . In consequence of this objection , the Judge referred the question to the Court . Lord Campbell said there was no objection to putting the questions , and that that was not the stage for taking the objections . The questions , it appears , suggest that , with Mr . Simpson ' s knowledge , prostitutes had been allowed on his premises the whole night . Mr . Commissioner Holroyd gave judgment on Tuesday in the Court of Bankruptcy in the case of Sadgrove the Younger and Eagg , upholsterers , with reference to whom some extraordinary facts came out on a previous meeting , as related in the Leader of October 24 th . His Honour severely condemned the conduct of the bankrupts , more especially that of Ragg , whose certificate was refused , while it was directed that the certificate of Sadgrove the Younger (¦ who , though so designated , is old and infirm ) be suspended for two years from the day of the application , and that , when issued , it be of the third class . Protection will be granted in the latter case .

      The affairs of the Metropolitan Bread Company ( Limited ) were before Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque on Tuesday . The object of the company was to supply the public with unadulterated bread ; tbe capital was 20 , 000 ? ., in shares of 1 ? . each , to be paid in instalments or calls of 5 s . a share , with power to increase . The meeting on Tuesday was for proof of debts . It was stated during the proceedings that Mr . Molledonn , oneof the directors , has been convicted of forgery on the previous daj '—a statement to which only a qualified denial was given ; and that the company is now offering a composition of 5 s . in the pound to its creditors .

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      NAVAL , AND MILITARY . The Niagara at Plymouth . —The officers of the United States steam frigate Niagara , Captain Hudson , which was engaged with other vessels in the unsuccessful attempt , last August , to lay the submarine telegraph between Ireland and America , gave at Plymouth , a few days ago , a public ball and supper at Bate ' s Hotel to various English and American ladies and gentlemen . The rooms were tastefully decorated ; the English and American flags were twined in friendly union ; the ensign of Prussia was also combined with that of England , in allusion to the approaching marriage of the Princess Royal ; and , for a reason of a similar nature , the emblems of Austria and Belgium wero grouped together . Various other flags wero displayed ; but the most significant decoration consisted of three stara , red , blue , and white , composed of swords and bayonets , with these words beneath : — " Let there bo peace between mo and thee , between my people and thy people ; for wo are brethren . " Above was an nrch bearing thirty-one gas bnrners , each shade exhibiting tho name of one of the American States ; below wcro three other burners , ornamented with tho rose , thistle , and shamrock , corresponding with three at tho other end of tho room , on which wero engraved tho words England , Scotland , and Ireland . Several of tho neighbouring nobility and gentry , with the heads of tho naval and military departments , wero present ; and tho evening passed oil" cordially and brilliantly . j 81 The i ^ atk Game on the Eastkhm Coast . —The full extent of tho damngo inflicted on tlio shipping on the eastern coast by tho late galo is only just coming to

      l ! Sht . At Bacton , on the Norfolk shore , a brig was v ? r ecked and the crew were drowned . At Mundesley , a barque , name unknown , - vras also lost , and the crew of ten men were drowned , one dying soon after he had sueceeded in reaching the shore . The schooner Mary Ann , Kirk , master , came into collision with the schooner Brothers off Lowestoft , and the latter vessel sank . The brig Premium , Bennett , master , of Sunderland , from Seaham for Nieudiep , sustained immense injuries in her sails , masts , &c , and at one time the vessel lay helpless in the trough of the sea , so that it was expected she would become a total wreck ; she was fortunately assisted , however ^ into Lowestoft harbour . The Lord Farnham sank in Lowestoft North Roads , and the Frederick , of Sunderland , foundered off Corton ; the crews were saved and have been forwarded to their homes by the Shipwrecked Mariners Society .

      Lady Franklin ' s Arctic Expedition . —Sir John Barrow communicates to the Times a letter from Captain M'Clintock , the commander of the Lady Franklin Arctic Expedition . It is mainly written from the yacht Fox , lat . 71 degs ., off Cape Cranstoun ; but the postscript was penned while off Upperuavik . Both portions are dated August 6 th . Everything had gone well up to that time . Au Esquimaux was on board , as well as thirty fine clogs . The captain adds that the vessel " is complete with coals , having filled up at the coal cliffs in Waigat Strait . I have sent home one of my crew , who proved to be consumptive , and , having proved the others pretty well , lean answer for their soundness and Avilling cheerfulness . Ve get on admirably—exactly asm the old Intrepid . At Lievely I saw two whaler captains , whose ships were crushed in Melville Bay last June . They seemed to think I should not experience any difficulty . I cannot find that wo have forgotten anything , great as was the hurry of sailing . We are very comfortable ; our provisions are most excellent . The Fox sails well , but steams slowly in consequence of the screw being top small . As she gets lighter , she will go better . I have tried her among the ice , and find that her sharp bow readily opens a passage where a bluff one would knock in vain . "

      A Channel Fleet . —From the activity ., displayed iu preparing for tlie steam reserve , the screw line-of-battle ships Duke of Wellington , Mtirlborough , and Royal Sovereign three-deckers , and the Victor Emmanuel , Caesar , Algiers , and Hannibal two-deckers , at Portsmouth , it is supposed that a Channel fleet or squadron of evolution is to be commissioned in the early part of the ensuing year . The Caesar and Hannibal are very forward in their equipments . Escape of a Soldier fkoji Custody . —Cornelius O'Brien , a private of the 18 th Royal Irish Regiment , who was adjudged to receive fifty lashes , and afterwards to undergo a term of imprisonment , for having robbed one of his comrades , and for other acts of theft , was found to have absconded from tlie guard-room of Chatham Garrison on the morning when the corporal punishment was to have been inflicted .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Couut . —The Court continues at Windsor . Xo events of importance have occurred during the present week . . The Workin g Men ' s College . —All the various classes in connexion with this college were reopened for the winter term on tho evening of Thursday week . English Names Aimo . vi > . — The London correspondent of the Indcjpendancc Belye , alluding to tho speeches of our public men on India , refers to ' General Keating , a man of little political importance , whose opinion carries with it no great weight . ' lie menus the Solicitor-General ! The Chapel of Harrow School . —The Bishop of London consecrated tho new chapel of Harrow School last Sunday * .

      Thk Mkmoiuai , Cnritcii at Cawnpoijh . —A groat many persons have responded , apparently with much earnestness , to tbe suggestion made by | a correspondent of tho Times , and quoted in this puper last week , that a church should be erected over the well at Cawnpore into which the bodies of our massacred countrywomen and their children were thrown . The writer of tho original letter ban written again to say that be hopes the undertaking will not be prosecuted in any sectarian spirit , and that , if the edifice bo devoted to the forms of tlie Church of England , tho ministry will bo that of lleber and of Henry Martyn . If tho enterprise bo conducted by extreme men in a sectarian spirit , it will fail , or ought to do so . " I make tliis remark , " continues Mr . Christophcrson , " Lecauso of an announcement that ban appeared in tho Times to tlie cfl ' ect that one . society , ordinarily identified with oxtromo ecelcninsticul viowa , has proposed to receive subscriptions and givo a bo < ly to tho idea . I aay , no . Let not any one noc , ioty liavc tho entire mann ^ oinont of u grout national work liko thin . Lot tho erection bo as national n . s tho Mutiny Fund , and then lot tho nppoiiitiuent to the incumbency lie with tho present bishops of tins Indian diocesan , or , better Htill , with good Dr . Wilson alone . " These . stipulations arc highly necessary and proper , under tho circuniHtances ; but , if they could como to Lho knowledge- of Hindoos 1 and Mahometans , - \ vli ; iL a comment thoy would suggest 1 on our national Cliriatiunity ! They huvi ! led to a y : wn

      many letters in reply , and sometiring of a ' squabblina ' spirit seems to be rising . « uuun& _ Health of London . — -The deaths registered in Loudon rose from 988 in the preceding -week to 1047 in the week that ended last Saturday . The deaths of males were 531 , those of females 516 . In the ten years 181 / -56 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1008 ; but to admit of comparison with the deaths of last week , when popu - lation had increased , the average must be raised proportionally to the increase , in which case it will become 1109 . The deaths now returned were , therefore , fewer by G 2 than would have occurred if the average rate of

      mortality had ruled . In the present returns , tvphus ( common fever being included under this head in the table ) numbers more deaths than any other zymotic disease , aud scarlatina shows an almost equal number . To the two diseases 56 and 53 deaths respectively are referred . The deaths from diarrhoea are now reduced to 31 . ; . of those , 13 occurred in the south districts , only one in the west . Three deaths are returned as caused > y cholera and ' choleraic diarrhoea' . or fever . '—Last week , the births of . 921 boys and 8 G 4 girls , in all 178 » children , ' .-were registered in London . In the ten corresponding -weeks of the years 1847-56 , the average number was 1467 . —From the -Registrar-General ' s Weekly Heturn .

      Mk . Bellew ' s Lectukes on India . —On Thursday next , November 12 tb , the Rev . J . M . Bellew will repeat in Exeter Hall the lecture on India , for the benefit of tlie Indian Fund , which was attended with so great interest on Monday evening last . Guy Fawkes Day .- —The boys of London have taken our hint , and on Thursday gibbeted and burnt Nana Sahib as the Guido Fawkes of the year . Thk'Bishop of Oxford ' s Tkiennial Visitation . The Bishop of Oxford commenced his triennial visitation of the diocese on Wednesday . He spoke with satisfaction of the spread of religion and education , and the progress of church-building . With respect to tho general run of sermons , he said that , with much soundness ^ moderation , and exactness , they have the fault—• the . unpardonable fault-to listeners '—of dulness .

      FUHTHEK PROROGATION OF rXRLIAMENT . — At a Council held at Windsor on Wednesday , it was ordered that the Parliament , which stands prorogued to Fridav . the 6 th of November , be further prorogued to Thursday , the 17 th of December . The foimiil ceremonv of reading the Royal Commission to botlillouses " was gone through ' yesterday by . the Lord Chancellor . Opkka .-Bi 7 F . fa , St . James ' s Thicatke . —Next Tuesday will see the inauguration at the St . James's Theatre of a short season of Italian . Comic Opera , introducing a novelty in the shape of a veritable Neapolitan Pukinella in his mask . La Columella is the opera for the opening night . The house has been entirely renovated .

      1 hi ; Patriotic Fvsv . —Sir Jolm Pakington has addressed a letter to a Worcestershire newspaper , denying the justice of the attacks made by Mr . Acton , a Roman Catholic gentleman , at the recent county meeting , on the administration of tho Patriotic Fund . The Main Duainage of the RlKTitoroi . rf . —Mr . John Thwaites , chairman ; Mr . Bnzalgette , chief engiueer ; and Mr . Woolrych , clerk of the Metropolitan Board of Works , waited on Thursday upon Sir Benjamin Hall , at the Office of Works , to present a

      statement of tbe reasons why the Metropolitan Board ot Works could not sanction the plan sent to them and recommended by the referees to whom had been referred their own plan ( 11 *) for the main drainage of the metropolis . After considerable discussion , Sir Benjamin Hall said he thought the best course would be for them to nominate two gentlemen of the board to be associated with their engineer , to meet their referees , and to go into the thing in a good spirit . Tlie deputation th < n withdrew .

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      THE REINFORCEMENTS KOK IM > IA . Tho Peninsular and Oriental Company ' * Mourner Sultan arrived at Southampton yesterday morning I nun the Mediterranean . Slu : took out troops to AN'S- 'Hitlrm for Tndin , through Kgypt , tho beginning of last , month . She bringH news that , Major Collingwood , of tbe'Jlsl IJof'inicut , and formerly of the CrJniwm TrviiispMl- < ' l » and Captain IMuyuock , of the II tU hVginu'iit , lmvoboon ordered to proceed to Alexandria from Malta , to ansist . Colonel Pocklhifcjkiii in tlioconv « ynm- « oflroopa through Emit-

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      Lkadeu Okfick , Saturday , November 7 . TURKEY . M . dk Prokkhcif has had two conferences withlJedsdiid Pncha and Aali 1 ' iiclm on the ntlairs of Servia , Albania , and the Principalities .

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      GREECE . Tho Qucon of Greece arrived at Athens on October 28 th . The Greek Chambers will be opened on November l . 'Hb , and prorogued immediately nfLe . nvard . s for mix weeks .

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      Tin ; NiAciAKA left , for America yestcrdny morning .

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      1066 THE LEOB 1 [ No . 398 , November 7 , 1857 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 7, 1857, page 1066, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2216/page/10/