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      tended the consecration of the . new cemetery at Ilford . Bet ween Mr . Deputy Lot t and Mr . Abraham there was a very bitter dispute with respect to a matter of fact ; and they accused each other of untruth in good set terms . At length , however , a vote of thanks to the Bishop of London was unanimously carried . Dn . Livingston lectured on Tuesday at the Sheldonian Theatre , Oxford . ClIAKL . ES MATIIEWS ' s ADVICE TO TirE AMERICANS . — Charles Mathews made a speech in Boston , four weeks ago , in which he said : — "I am somewhat unlucky in timing my visits to America . In 1838 , some nineteen years ago , I first ' crossed- the Atlantic , and popped upon a pecuniary crisis in New York ; and now , in 1857 , I

      have had the luck to pop upon another . It seems us if my presence were doomed to bring a panic with it ( great laughter ) , but I am happy to . find , at any rate , that it lias not had the-effect of frightening you out of the . theatre . ¦¦ ( Lawjliter awl api / lause . ) Indeed , ladies and gentlemen , I think the best you . can do is to come into it tis often as possible , nnd to divert your niinil for an hour or two from the cares of real life . In times of difficulty , so far from its being an expensive luxury , the theatre is about the cheapest mode you can adopt of passing your leisure moments . . ' ( Laughter . ") During one of our -hardest-winters in London , a poor man was observed almost every night , to the surprise ol the money-taker , paying his iid . to the gallery of the

      Surrey Theatre . At last , out of curiosity , he got into conversation With him . ' How is it , ' said lie , ' that you , who appear to be a very . poor--man , can afford to , come and pay your money here night after night , when one would -think- you had barely enough to keep life and soiil'together at home ? ' ' That ' s . it , ' said he ; 'I come here out of economy . { Laughter . ') It ' s the cheapest way I can spend my evening . At home , 1 must burn fire and candle , and have something to eat and drink for myself and friend , at an expense of 2 s . or 3 s . at the least ; . while here I get warmed , lighted , lodged , and amused , ' -with plenty of good company around me , and all for 3 d . ' There was philosophy in this , Indies , and gentlemen , and I rccommeiid it to your serious consideration . " . ¦ . ' - ¦ - ¦ .- ¦ ¦ - ;¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ v . . - " ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ; :

      The Oxford axiv Em > : r . "URGii Svstems of Uni-VEKsrry Education . —Professor Blaekie delivered a lecture a few days ago at the commencement of the ¦ winter session of the Edinburgh University . The object was to contrast the Oxford and Edinburgh systems of education . Each , he said , excels in some respects ; but lie thought the English system productive of the best scholarship . The Scotch system is freer and more natural , and , on the whole , he preferred its professorial constitution to the tutorial arrangements on the banks of the Isis . But , owing to the spread-of that so-called practical' spirit which discourages philological , historical , and philosophical research , Scotland has sunk to so ignominious a level in respect of sheer scholarship that

      she is quite'disregarded in all other countries . England had done wrong formerly in excluding the poor and humble from her Universities , and Scotland is at faultin discouraging the rich at hers . The English Universities are beginning to fortify their weak point—natural science ; and the Scotch should fortify theirs—scholarship . The discipline at the English Universities , also , is better than at the Scotch . The Professor conceived that there should be a fusion nf the two systems . " But , unless this change take place , and that with quick decision , I must confess I sec no hope of Scotland being

      able to regain the ground in the intellectual world which she has lost . Already , with open fellowships and increased scholarships in Oxford , the tide of intellectual ambition in our young men Hows mure and mure besouth the Tweed , and every day pungent proofs are brought before the observant eye that Scotland has already itiilicted a deep , and it may be an incurable , wound upon herself by neglecting to work out the complete educational scheme three centuries ago promulgated by her great prophet , John Kiio . \ , and voluntarily surrendering to a foreign people and to a strange system the highest education of her noblest sons . "

      1 ' Al . L OV HOUSKS IN C . YMltlttVWRT . l ,. Twi ) llOUSCS which were in course of erection iu De Cressney Park , Caiuberwell , suduViity Jell down last Saturday afternoon whilft the workmen were engaged on them . The men had just time enough to escape to the roof of m \ adjoining house , so that no injury to life cnstied . Younu Mkn ' . s CmtiKTiAN Association . —The thirteenth annual course of lectures to young men was inaugurated on Tuesday night . The Earl of Ilarrowbv wasin the chair , and Mr . Hnxtvr , M . I ' ., delivered an address on the Social lntliu-nco of Christianity . The objuct of this was to show that our national greatness is owing to our Christianity , nnd that the atrocities committed by the Indian mutineers are traceable to their no ! being Christians , nnd are perfectly consistent with the . Hindoo and Mahometan fniths . It therefore became ouv duty to Christiimizu India .

      -line Indian 1 ' KTiTioN . — The petition of tlio nieidwmts , &e ., of Calcutta , &c , for ( ho rccul of Lord Cunning , Ims been published in the English papers this wook . live demand is based upon facta and arguments which luvyc already frequently appeared in this journal . 6 . 1-OLUiN on ' him . Tkavklh . — James Spollen , who came to Liverpool ostensibly for emigration purpose * , called upon tho head of tho Liverpool police on JMonilny evening , nnd asked for their ' assistance nnd

      co-operation' hi opening- a place where he could display a model of the premises where Mr . Little ' s murder took place , and where lie might lecture upon the incidents of that terrible ailair . The police superintendent , however , gave him a very cold reception , declining to grant bun any special aid or protection ; aud he then quitted the office . Dklats in the Londox Post . —Some correspondents of the Times hayq been pointing out several disgraceful cases of delay in the delivery of letters ' within tlie metropolitan district . One letter wMch was posted on the 4 th did ' not . reach its destination till the 9 th ! Riots at Nottingham . — -Some of the unemployed workmen at Nottingham created considerable disturbance in the streets on Monday and Tuesday . The Mayor has forbidden any further meetings .

      Dn . Kigaup , head master of the Gram mar School , Ipswich , has been -appointed to the vacant bishopric of Antigua . Statistical Society " . —A m eeting of this society , at which Mr . Key wood was in the chair , was held on Tuesday evening . Statistical science , it appears , is extending , and a recent census of Spaiu has shown that , instead of containing only ten or eleven millions , as before supposed , that kingdom counts some seventeen .- -million inhabitants . The Religious Liberation- Movement . —A large meeting of the Society for liberating the Church from

      State Control was held in liolton on Monday . Mr , Edward Miall moved the following resolution :- —" That in anticipation of important 'changes in the government of our Indian empire , this meeting considers it important to give expression to the opinion that the policy adapted to the circumstances of that country is one which shall , on the one hand , refrain from affording any kind of support to the religious opinions or rites of the native population , and , on the other hand , will afford unrestricted scope to the teaching of Christianity , without any employment of force , or public money , or patronage on its behalf . " It does riot , appear from the punished accounts whether this resolution Syas * ad <> pte . 'd . or not .

      Aet Dkco ^ ey . —A discovery of great ' . interest- 'to the artistic world ( says the JPressc ) was lately made by M . lidmond About , the writer , while going through the shop of a collector of curiosities in the Rue du Bac . After examining different articles , the master of the place informed his ' visitor , that- he had in his possession twelve { iictures ' - by Titian , and . taking him into an inner room , showed them as they hung against the wall . These pictures are four feet long by nine inches high , and represent the _ history of Joseph , according- to Biblical tradition . Iii support of his assertion that the pictures were genuine , the dealer produced letters from M .

      Flanarm and M . Delacroix , stating that the pictures-were very valuable . In a short time , M . About and the owner came to termu , and the pictures were placed in the hands of a cleaner , who ; after a first operation , remarked that in all the pictures Joseph bore a resemblance to Charles . V ., which was considered in favour of their authenticity . The cleaner , in . following up his operations , soon aftcrwnrds discovered in a comer the signature ol Titian thus worded , Ti ' . unus Verciliits da Cuilorc jiinxit . Teleguaphic Communication ' - \ vrrn Malta . —The submarine cable between Cagliuri and Malta was completed on Tuesday .

      Mr . Siimjry Herbert ox India . —The Right Hon . Sidney Herbert attended , on .-Wednesday the annual meeting of the Wiltshire Agricultural Society at Warmmster , and spoke in defence of Lord Canning , in eulogy of General Maveloek , and in favour of a large enlistment into the army , though he did not think linendrapers' shopmen suiUciently handy for service , lie also entered upon an elaborate statement of figures to show that the condition of the soldier is a very favourable one . . . Dkatu ok Mu . Avcius-i'us Stafford , M . P . — Mr . Augustus Stafford died at Dublin on Sunday . Ho had been very ill for soino little time at Cratloe , near Limerick , and had complained ol' excruciating' agony . Dr . GrilHn , of Limerick , was sent for ; and that gentleman bled his patient , and gave him ail emetic and a certain amount of laudanum and henbane . There

      appears to havu been an excess of these narcotics , for at night Mr , Stafford was found to bo in a very somnolent state . In the course of the liiglit , however , lie woke his manservant , and said that hi .- arm had begun bleeding afresh . It > va . s bound up , and tho sleepiness then returned , and became so alarming that Dr . ( Jritlin was sent for . The patient was taken out of bud though exhibiting groat reluctance , and was walked up and down mul shaken . The somnolence , however , continued , and Dr . Grillin t lion beat the soles of his feet , thu culvos of his logs , and the palms of his hands , lirst with a r » zor ; . stroii . and then with pieces of wood ; but even this

      did not ( putt ! remove the sleepiness , though the skin of the feet blistered and came on " . However , Mr . fttullord rallied ibr a time ; but siuTurcd great pain in the foot . Otlur medical inon weru called in ; but , uftur lingering for several duyy , Mr . Stallord died at Dublin , to which place lie had been removed . An inquest wua held on Wednesday , and the evidence of Miivcrul professional men Heeuied to . render it probable that Mr . Stafford diud fmm disease of the heart . The jury therefore returned a verdict exonerating Dr . ( Jrillin from anv blame in tho matter . Mr . Stallord appears to have been bled to the extent of thirty ounces , and to liavoreceived

      one hundred and 6 fty drops of laudanum , the same number of drops of henbane , and further doses of fifty nu £ ° laudanum and fif t > ' drops of henbane . Dr . Grittin says that his only reason for giving so large an amoujit of narcotic was the excruciating pain suffered by Mr . Stafford ; and other medical men , examined at the inquest , sanctioned the excess under these circumstances . Axother Tailure with iHE Leviathan . —A second attempt to launch the Leviathan was made on Thursday but again the thing failed . Hydraulic power to an enormous extent was brought to bear on . the huge vessel , and the result appears to have been that the piles were so crushed that it was found necessary to abandon the attempt once more .

      CiiuEisrx ix Jest . —A : correspondent writes : — " You are probably not aware that , iu the coarse of his juggleries , ' Professor Wiljalba Frikell' commits an act of great cruelty . He deliberately kills before the audience a canary bird , which he crams into a lemon , to illustrate one of his feats of ' natural magic . ' The stifled bird , when released from its miserable prison , on the night when I was present , fluttered a few yards into the room , fell into the lap of a lady , and died before the entertainment wa 3 over . I think this result was unknown to the majority of the audience , as it was only perceptible from the part of the room where I sat . Surely this is a case for the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals . "

      Tin- ; Way to Advasce Protestantism . —Miss Scobell , a daughter of the Rev . John Scobell ; of All Saints , Lewes , and one of the sisterhood of Saekville College , East Grmstead , died recently , and was buried on Wednesday , on which occasion a disgraceful riot took place . A difference of opinion first of all broke out between the officiating clergyman and Mr . Scobell as to the way in which the service should be performed ; then some one called out " No Popery ! " and " Turn aim out P Mr . Scobell and his family were violently expelled from the churchyard , were pursued through the streets by a brutal mob wlio tore their garments , and were driven for refuge into an inn , from which they were ; .-. finally rescued by the police . The ruffians' > vli « thus maltreated them are , it is needless- ' . to' say , Protestants in nothing but the name . If they had the power , they would repeat the drunken ferocity and terrorism of 1780 .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , November 21 . THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR . "We understand that the Russian Ambassador to the Court of . St . James has been called to St . Petersburg by a pressing telegraphic despatch from Iris Government It is believed that the object of his Excellency ' s temporary reeal is not unconnected with the approaching conferences at Paris . .

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      FEARFUL EXPLOSION AT MATENCE . The Gnnthou -powder-mills have exploded , destroying almost all the upper part of the city , together with the cliurch of St . Stephen . More than one hundred persons have been killed . The shock extended to Wiesbaden .

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      TURKEY . The Exchange ( says a despatch from Constantinople , dated the 11 th ) continues to rise . The Napoleon of twenty francs i . s worth one hundred and twenty-three piastres . The high price of provisions is unexampled . ^ Notwithstanding the prohibition , the illicit trade in . gunpowder id active . Extraordinary purchases of arms , and especially of revolvers , are being made ; by the people of Turkey . Tho Mussulmans themselves arc very much alarmed About the future of the Umpire .

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      THE PTEDMONTESE ELECTIONS . The second elections on Wednesday resulted in fiftyeight dutinitive nominations , of which forty-fivo are Ministerial aud thirteen Opposition (^ of divers shades ) . The struggle was very aniinat . 'd . The elections known up to this time amount to one hundred and lifty-four , of which forty-eight belong to tlie extreme Right . Thereat are divided among the various shades of Liberals . Tho majority is Ministerial . It is e . xpi'eted that a rather * strong minority will lue returned by the clerical party while there will be but a very small fraction of that of the ex treme Left .

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      GERMANY . Tho commercial reports from Austria are of the gravest possible character . J- 'aihires an of c-oiuiimal I occurrence , and the same is lvpornul < if H <» h «» min . Tht ! opening of tho Suxon Chambers < ° " - I ' " < m iho 10 th hist . The royal spweh gives : i cliui-rfiil picture of utl ' airs , and states that the iiiumec * of the kingdom are in the most prosperous condition—a rare announcement now-a-duya .

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      Miss Mkimuton "WiiiTi : has been set at liberty by the tribunal at Gfiioa .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 1115, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2218/page/11/