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    m $ THE LEADEE . [ No . 415 , Mas « e 6 , 1858

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    He did not appear on the appointed day , and so the xecognizAttOe was forfeited . ICE-Bou » r > . «* "On the evening of the 24 th -nit ., the attention of soine persons w « s attracted to an object in a pond in a brk 3 E-yft * d near Barnsley . On proceeding to examine it they found a man up to the neck in water , -frith a collar of ice round his neck , -which kept hhn fixed ds in a vice . He was taken out quite insensible , and prompt effbrtB were made to restore him , but four hours elapsed before he recovered . He turned out to be a blacksmith from Silkstone , and he had fallen into the tKmd -while returning home in a state of intoxication ;

    Australia . —By the last advices from Australia , we learn that Mr . Michie ' s Education Bill has been read a second time in the Melbourne Assembly by a majority of 33 to 11 . One of the provisions , - which has been much objected to , especially by Koman Catholic members , renders the instruction of children compulsory . Harvest was progressing favourably , and promises to be most abundant . Large stocks of imports continue to depress the Melbourne market . The firm of Denistoun and Co . will be able to meet all demands ; but the house of Nicholas Riordan has failed for 200 , 000 / ., with assets of 133 , 000 £ The Parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on the 19 th of December , and preparations for a new election were in progress .

    Cape of Good Hope . —The Cape Town Advertiser mentions an interesting publication issued at Kurdman— "the well-known station of the Rev . Messrs . Mcffatt and Ashton . It consists of the first three numbers of the first newspaper published in the Bechuana language . It is issued monthly , it is got up and printed by Mr . Ashtou at the mission press at the station in the first style of typographic art , and , if not very intelligible to the English reader , promises in its large type to be both legible enough and intelligible enough to its Bechuana subscribers . "

    The so-callkd ' Libel' on Loots Napoleon . — [ Edward Truelove , the bookseller , was again examined at Bow-street last Saturday , on the charge of writing and publishing a libel on the Emperor of the French , with a view to incite to his assassination . He was committed for trial ; but the securities for his appearance were renewed . Wood Carving . —An exquisite specimen of this difficult art will be on view at Messrs . Colnaghi and Co . 's , Pall-mall East , during next week . The artist is Mr . William Bryer , formerly in business as a baker at Southampton , who , from peculiar circumstances , has been induced to exercise as a means of livelihood the very rare faculty which he had formerly cultivated in

    leisure moments only . Furnished with the strongest recommendations by the Prince Consort , the President of the Royal Academy , and other high authorities , Mr . Bryer has come to London to seek employment and reputation in a department of art by no means overstocked . Judging by the practical credentials which we have had submitted to us , and which the public will soon have an opportunity of inspecting , we arc disposed to augur very highly of Mr . Bryer ' s capabilities . The subject of the performance brought under our notice is a copy of a picture called ' The Moment of Victory , ' painted by Alexander Frazer some thirty years since . The carving is executed in box-wood nine inches by six , in every degree of relie , from a simple reduced drawing , without a model , and representing twentyseven living objects . The parving "was executed with

    the left , the reduced drawing with the right band . The force and finish of the execution are beyond all praise , and what is called the ' undercutting' in such ¦ objects as a bird-cage ( the bird peeping through the wires ) , the folded clothes-line , a peacock's feather in a boy ' s hat , is literally marvellous . A magnifying-glass reveals the strength and delicacy ' of the handling in the details of the picture . The various expression of the faces is life-like , and the foreshortening of certain figures has the merit of something more than knack . The feet and hands are real studies from the life , and to them we instinctively turn for evidence of the skill with which the artist has triumphed over the peculiar obstinacy of his materials . Wo have great pleasure in ^ warmly recommending Mr . Bryer ' s -work to the notice of our readers , and we heartily wish him success in his new career .

    Mb . Dibrabli's late Organ . —We « rc assured that a weekly contemporary , which has been generally supposed to represent the current opinions of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer , has recently passed into tfhe hands of a well-known Protestant publisher for a sum of four thousand pounds . A New Entertainment . . —How w « ny ' Entertainments' there are going on at present in this metropolis ire are unable to say , but certainly the number shows r nF ^ lpDT ^ f ~ fallln ^^ ofr . ^ -Undetorred--by- ^ the ^ orowded state of our theatres and by the entablished success oi

    the great Institution at the Egyptian Hull , new entertainments nre challenging the public curiosity day after day . The latest arrival is a Mr . Stephen Massett , who , under the unfailing auspices of Mr . Mitchell , announces a " new and original entertainment , « a given by him "with marked success in California , Australia , and the ¦ Rnj » t Indies , " at the Hanovor-equaro Rooms , on Monday evening next . Mr . Stephen Massett is described In hia prospectus as " the celebrated American vocalist , <« ompoMr , Imitator , and elocutionist , " and wo loam that he at one time a popular contributor to the

    American press under the remarkable nom . dc phone of * Jeems Pipes of Pipesvaie . ' If all the wit of his writings was not contained in his pseudonym , they were , no doubt , very amusing . The notices of the Australian press are enthusiastically complimentary to Mr . Stephen Massett , who is said to possess a beautiful voice , considerable powers of elocution , and of dramatic characterization . We observe that Mr . Massett announces the relation of some thrilling incidents connected with the rebellion in India . We would caution him with regard to the illustrations of scenes and topics too near the most painful sympathies of an English audience just now to bear any other than the most discreet and guarded treatment . If the opinion of Australia be not a mirage , Mr . Stephen Massett may fairly expect a handsome share of success in London .

    The Fothergellian Gold Medal for the present year has been awarded by the Council of the Medical Society of London to Dr . Herbert Barker , Bedford , for his essay on the influence of malaria and miasmata in the production of the following diseases—typhus and typhoid fevers , cholera , and the exanthemata . The Convict Alderman . —A letter from Mr . Kennedy , one of the convicted of the Royal British Bank directors , and Alderman of the ward of Cheap , was read at a Court of . Aldermen held on Tuesday . It was dated last Saturday ( the day of conviction ); requested the

    Lord Mayor to ask the court to let the writer resign ; and expressed a grateful sense of the kindness he had experienced at their hands . Some discussion ensued as to whether the request could be complied with , inasmuch as , owing to the writer ' s conviction , he was no longer a member of the court , and was therefore incapable of resigning ; but , as the conviction had "not been brought formally and officially before the Aldermen , they accepted the resignation . A good deal of commiseration was expressed for Mr . Kennedy , who was looked -on as the victim of misfortune , and praised for general honesty and good faith .

    Rather Late in the Day . —A Greek lawyer recently moved the Supreme Court at Athens for the reversal of the sentence against Socrates . Opening of a New Dock at Newport . ^ —The town of Newport , Monmouthshire , was the scene of general festivities on Tuesday , in consequence of the opening of a new dock which has just been completed . Its dimensions are as follows : —Length , 950 feet ; width , 350 feet ; and depth , 26 feet . The total cost has been 64 , 000 / . Reform Meetings . —Several meetings have been held during the week in the large provincial towns in aid of the Reform agitation .

    Mr . Luwaix . ;—A meeting was held at Exeter Hall on Wednesday evening in order to inaugurate a subscription for presenting some testimonial to Mr . Lilwall , one of the great promoters of the Early Closing Movement . One of the speakers mentioned incidentally , and as one of ' the signs of the times , ' that on the previous evening about three hundred cab-drivers assembled for the purpose of petitioning against Sabbath trading , and that the meeting was attended by the Bishop of London . The Weather . —Heavy falls of snow took place on two or three days at the commencement of the week , and the railways in the north were for a time blocked with snow . A thaw , however , has since taken place .

    The Examination of M . Bernard . —The investigation of this case was proceeded with at Bow-street on Tuesday , when a large amount of evidence was given by various foreign waiters at , and proprietors of , caf e ' s in Brussels and at London , tending to show that M . Bernard was concerned in the transmission of the explosives to Paris , but not directly proving that he knew what purpose they were to be put to . One of these witnesses—Joseph do Giorgi , was brought from Brussels in custody on purpose to give evidence . He is in custody in Belgium on a charge of being concerned in the present affair . All the witnesses in the case from Brussels are staying at Morley ' s Hotel with the Belgian officers who have them in charge . At the conclusion of Giorgi ' s evidence , M . Bernard , striking the front of the dock -with great violence , exclaimed , " Oh , infame , inf&me ! This to occur In a country like Belgium ! An innocent person dragged from his home and imprisoned because he befriended mo . Ho is honest . I swear it .

    He has been sacrificed by his friendship for me—deprived of his liberty most infamously and unjustly . Arc there not victims enough P Three in Franco and one here ! Oh , infume ' . " The case was adjourned till Thursday . The prisoner complained bitterly of not being allowed to see any newspapers , observing that the knowledge of what people said About him here and in Franco was necessary to his defence . It appears , howeyor , _ thatJU 8 ^ the « uau « lLfisstfi ^^ from prisoners , though there is a petty malevolence Irt the practlco when applied to persons whoeo guilt is not yet proved , which is disgraceful to the authorities . The case was proceeded with on Thursday , when n great deal of evidence waa received with reference to the movements of the conspirators in Belgium , and bearing more on Orslni , Plorri , Gomez , &o . f than Bernard . One of th 6 English witnesses was Mr . James Daviee Parker , in tho employ of McbbDs . Herrings , 40 , Aldorsgateatreot , wholesale druggists , who deposed that , on tho 4 th of November and the 16 th of December , Bernard purchased of him certain quantities of absolute alcohol

    and pure nitric aeid—substances used in the manufacture of fnhnSnatmg powder . The examination was further adjourned for a week . Death of a Pbhtcb of Ott »« . —A younger brother of the King of Oude died a few days ago . The only representative of the Oudean Toyal family now in England is the heir apparent of the kingdom . The remains of the prince just dead have been taken to Paris , that they may rest beside those of his mother in Pere la Chaise . Rebuilding the Temple . —A new sect has been formed in Wurtemberg under ^ the name of ' Friends of Jerusalem , ' and with the object of reconstructing the Temple of Jerusalem , so as to fulfil the prophecies . It has already sent out a commission to undertake the rebuilding of the Temple of Solomon ; but it has only been able to raise 5420 florins for the purpose .

    Mr . Thomas Tooke , well known amongst scientific persons as a man of considerable eminence , is dead . He was one of the founders , in connexion with Lord Brougham , of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , and was a Fellow of the Royal Society . He was also a member and some time chairman of the Statistical Society , whose meetings he constantly attended . Mr . Ltons , her Majesty ' s Secretary of Legation at Florence , residing at Rome , is to proceed to Naples to watch the trials and to support the interests of the two engineers , unofficially , our diplomatic relations being suspended . The Approaching Departure of Dr . Ltvisgoton . —Dr . and Mrs . Livingston arrived at Liverpool on Thursday , and , until their departure for Africa , they will be the guests of Mr . Crosfield , of Liverpool , and Mr . John Laird , of Birkenhead .

    The Horse Tamer . —Mr . Rarey , the American , who recently exhibited before the English Court his extraordinary powers of quelling vicious horses by "what fce calls an appeal to * their reason and affections , ' has teea giving some similar demonstrations at Paris before a commission nominated by the Emperor . They were completely successful . Police Telegraph . —The Police Committee of the City of London have resolved , as a preliminary arrangement , to unite a few of the stations by an electric telegraph , according to the plan submitted by Mr . Waterloo , and upon , the over-house system , as constructed by Sir , O . Rowland between Messrs . Waterlow and Son ' s establishments in Birchin-lane and London-wall . The Siamese Ambassadors and suite left Claridge ' s Hotel on Thursday morning for Paris , en route to Siam , viu Marseilles . Their Highnesses were escorted by a guard of honour to the station , whence they proceeded by special train to Dover .

    Coubt of CoMmos Council . —A motion was unanimously agreed to , at a court held on Thursday , deciding that a bust of the late Major-General Havclock be executed , and placed within the Guildhall , at at expense not exceeding two hundred guineas . It was also agreed that the freedom of the City should be presented to Sir John Lawrence in a gold box of the value of one hundred guineas . The Late Caffre Plot . —The documents just published ia the Gazette with reference to the trial of Macomo and others , show that the Caffre chiefs had formed a plot for the invasion of the frontier districts , and tho expulsion of the Europeans therefrom ; and that their intention in causing the Caffres to destroy their cattle was that , being left without any means of support , the Caffrea would be driven to such an extensive course of depredation that war would be the inevitable result . The sentences of death have been commuted into hard labour for twenty years .

    Shipwrights' Strike . —A strike has occurred among the shipwrights at Hull , about five hundred in number . The approachin g Eclipsb . ofthB Sun . —Mr . J . R . Hinds , the Astronomer Royal , sends a communication to the Times respecting tho approaching eclipse of the aun . He says : — " On Monday , March 15 th , nt one o ' clock in the afternoon , the sun will almost entirely disappear over an extended belt of this country . Ho will be nnnultirly eclipsed , but tho annulus or ring-like portion of his disc remaining uncovered by tho moon on the central line -will bo so narrow that tho eclipso vill nearly assume the form termed by astronomers ' total without continuance , ' i . e ., one in which for an instant of time the sun is wholly obscured . "

    Ckcelty at Ska . —A horrible case of cruelty on board a vessel journeying from Marseilles to 13 osto » , United States , has been brought before the Superior Court of tho latter place . One of the ship ' s crow , w hoso namo was Ellinghaqs , had been kept aloft by tho curtain during tho coldest weather , until his hands weroso frostbitten that ho was altogether disabled from using thorn . Shortly afterwards , although tho wonthor iy « a ! JeTfoTi 11 y-cftlmrthe-captain ^ of ~ th ^ jured man and others , who wore likowiso aloft , to oona tho forotopsail . Elllnghaus pleaded that ho coula not use his hands at all , on which tho captain anil his cliwl mato ordered his mits to bo pulled off . In doing t ! ib tJio skin of the woaror'a hands was torn away ; but tliomaio and enptain beat E llinghaus slmuslaneoualy , the former using n belaying pin and tho latter ft rope . Thin tlicy continued with ouch fury , that tho man was nt i «« compcllod to climb up by his arms and logs to tlio oxtromo height-of tho rlffging , in order to get out oftlioir roaoh . Hero ho remained , holding on by his arms , wr

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), March 6, 1858, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2233/page/10/