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the very heart of the city , and yet up to this moment there has not heen a brick laid or stone turned towards rebuilding by any oif the property holders except John Brown , a hard-fisted but enterprising American . Many of the insurance agents have paid over their losses , and a large amount of this money is sow in the hands of the insurers ; hut , singular to say , nothing has yet been done towards a recommencement of business .
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AUSTRALIA . TELKGKAitafrom Alexandria announce the arrival of the Columbian with the Australian mails , 75 , 000 / . in gold , and twenty-eight passengers . The Melbourne intelligence is to the 18 th Deoember . The Legislature had adjourned to the 11 th of January . The bill to increase the number of members of Assembly had received the royal assent . A resolution had been proposed to the Assembly to sanction the purchase of the Geelorig Bailway . The Council sent a message to the Assembly asking the attendance of the Chief Secretary and the Attorney-General to be examined before a committee of that House , formed to inquire into the appointment of magistrates . Ministers resisted the demand as unconstitutional , and , after a short debate , it was rejected' by the Assembly . This slight collision has saved a more * serious one . Timely rains have saved the
harvest . Sydney intelligence is to the 11 th December . Parliament was prorogued on the 26 th of November , and reassembled on the 8 th of December . The Electoral Bill had received the royal assent ; the only amendment en principle . retained by the Assembly on returning the hill- to the Council Was the addition of a member to represent the university .
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MEXICO . On the 31 st of December the popular junta jn the city of Mexico , formed of a great majority of the Conservatives and the clergy , established a governmental programme , winch proclaims the inviolability of corporation property , and protests against the alienation or mortgage of national territory . It was not known at the last accounts whether Miramon would accept the Presidency .
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COCHIN CHINA . The French Government has received despatches direct from Cochin China , dated the 5 th of December last . At that date the weather had greatly improved . The rain had almost completely ceased , and the health of the troops , both French and Spanish , was satisfactory . The plan of a town had been laid but on the Bay of Tourane , which may some day attain a degree of importance equal to that of Hong-Kong in China . All the preparations hacT " pbcen completed for the attack on the capital of the empire of Annain at no distant day . The revolt at . Tonquin had been confirmed , and it waa expected that it would considerably assist the French operations . Since the month of November the persecution of the Christians had increased with double . fury . The Admiral had , in consequence , sent several small vessels to the northern coast , which had saved many missionaries .
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MIS C . E LLANEOUS . TiiE Covrt . —Her Majesty on Saturday inaugurated the new Wellington College . She was accompanied by the Prince Consort , the Prince Arthur , and the Princesses Alice and Helena . On Wednesday her Majesty and the Prince , with the two Princesses , left Windsor for Buckingham Palace , and went to the Haymarket in the evening . On Thursday , after opening Parliament in atate , the Queen , accompanied by her family , returned to Windsor . The following visitors have been shopping at the Castle this week : —The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham Clinton , the Prussian Minister and Countess Bornstorff , Colonel the Hon . A . and Mrs . Gordon , the JSari and Countess of Shaftosbury and Lady Yiotqria Ashley , Viscount and Vicountcss Sydney , and Colonel WetherallC . B .
, Tmjo Pnwscwss Frkdbiuoic Wn-LiAM . ^~ The daily telegrams received from Berlin contahOhe very boot accounts of the royal lady ' s condition and of the health of her infant . C ^ wbioa ^ . —The Archdeaconry of Cardigan , rendered vacant by the lamentable death of the Venerable John Williams , has boon filled tip by the appointment of the Boy . John Hughes , vicar of LJlanbadarn-tfawr , and incumbent of the olmpelry of St . Miohaol , Aborystwyth . WmTicoRQSs-sTHEBT Pnxso , N ,- ~ Tho gaol committee of aldorroon have sanctioned the formation of a library and reading-rooms for the use pf the debtors . It is hoped ' that yory Uttlo expense will bo incurred , and that grants from book societies and voluntary contributions from individuals wiU bo . joadlly obtained for an
object so desirable , and so likely to promote the moral improvement of the prisoners . The Gas Question . — A meeting of delegates from metropolitan vestries and district boards has been held at the . Marylebone court-house , for the purpose of a renewal of the campaign in the ensuing session of Parliament , in reference to the monopoly of the several London gas companies * . Mr . Beale said that many of the vestries and district boards had already responded to the appeal of the managers of the proceedings before Parliament for funds . Altogether about 950 L had been promised . He believed that they would require altogether about 1500 / . to fight the battle before the cohir mittee of the House of Commons . They fully believed
that they could fight the battle of the metropolis against this gigantic monopoly at the rate of 100 / . a day , and they had suggested to each of the vestries and district boards that a farthing rate would be amply sufficient , and be money well laid put in carrying the question to a successful issue . The managers having made their report , their functions were considered at an end , but it ¦ was unanimously resolved that they be reappointed , power being given to them to take all such measures as they , may deem necessary , provided that no expense is incurred beyond the amounts from time to time subscribed by the various vestries and district boards . It was also resolved to call upon the delegates of the respective vestries and district boards that had not already subscribed to do so . . ¦
BeSIGSAXION OF THE CAMBRIDGE PRO-PROCTORS .: — A meeting of the Senate was held on Monday , nominall y for the discussion of t % yo graces for the appointment of Messrs . Brocklebank ( of King ' s ) and Perowne ( Corpus ) , as pro-proctors , in the room of Messrs ; Jameson ( St . Catharine ' s ) and Williams ( King ' s ) , resigned , but really to give an opportunity for the expression of opinion with regard to the conduct of those gentlemen in reference to a member of the university who was found by Air . Jameson in a house of ill-fame , and also in regard to the ulterior measures with regard to the proceedings id the VicerChancellor ' s Court , the publication of the correspondence , &c . The prevailing opinion wa 3 that the gentlemen named had acted injudiciously in the
matter , and though every speaker gave them credit for being actuated by the best and most conscientious motives , the general feeling was in favour of the acceptance of their resignations . The Vic&-Cbaricell 6 r ( Dr . Bateson ) presided , and the speakers condemnatory of the course pursued by the pro-proctors were . Dr . Abdy , Professor SedgwickjDr . Donaldson , Dr . Geldart ( Master of Trinity Hall ) , and other gentlemen . Messrs . Williamson and Jameson entered into lengthened explanations , and the proceedings did not terminate till near six o ' clock . About one hundred and fifty members of the Senate were present . Professor Sedgwick remarked in the course of the discussion : —* ' The question was , had
the pro-proctors acted discreetly in what they had done ? Had they acted , holding office in a religious and learned body , as Christian gentlemen ought to act ? lie believed not . He did not say . that they had not acted conscientiously , but of all mischievous men a wrongheaded conscientious man was one of the most danger-, ous ; " The Times observes : r— " Thi « is the true comment upon the whole of this disagreeable discussion . One grain of common sense mixed up with their good intentions would have preserved the pro-proctors from the position in which they now Stand . The decision of the Senate of the University amounts substantially to a censure upon their unmeasured zeal . "
Royal London Yacht Club . —The annual ball took place on Wednesday at Willis ' s Ropms . The ballroom was decorated with the flogs of all nations , nnd of the yacht clubs of the United Kingdom , as were also the staircases , , the . American stars and stripes showing conspicuously . The party was fashionable , and the number exceeded four hundred . The Queen ' s Huntsman . —On Wednesday ,, at the London Tavern , a dinner was given to Mr . C . Davis , the huntsman of the Queen ' s stnghounds . About two hundred and fifty gentlemen were present in hunting cosumo , William Vanaittart , Esq ., M . P . for Windsor , occupied tlio chair , on his right being Mr . Davis , Captain Murray , ~^ - Blunt , Esq ., ox-Mayor of Windsor , and — Burficld , Esq . ; and on his left Bowon May , Esq ,, Dr , Collins , W , H . Langlcy , Esq ., Albert Fqist , Esq ., &o . After dinner the usual loyal toasts having been disposed
of , tho chairman then rose to propose the toast of tho evening , and passed the highest eulogium upon Mr . Davis for his exemplary management , his indisputable talent , and his untiring exertions to show sport to all . Tho toast was received with hunting honours amidst long and protracted cheering , at tho conclusion of which Mr . Davis briefly replied . Tub Wawrimusn ' s Company ' s Act , —On Monday last a meeting of gentlemen who arc specially interested in obtaining the repeal of tho Act 7 th and 8 th Goo . IV ., o , 78 , which , O 3 they allege , imposes arbitrary restrict tions upon the navigation of tho Klvor Thames as respects , goods traffic , was hold at tho Bridge-house Hotel , South w ark , A bill has already boon deposited with tho Hcuau of Commons , for the purpose of accomplishing tlio object in view , and tho mooting on Monday was convened in order to fuoiiitato tho attainment of tho desirod on <] , Mv . E , I * . Soils , of LimohQiieo , occupied tho chair .
The first resolution : " That this meeting entertains the Opinion that the monopoly of the navigation of the river Thames as exercised by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen is injurious to trade , and that the same should therefore be abolished , in accordance with the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners appointed in 1853 to / inquire into the affairs of the corporation of London , " was carried unanimously , as were others , nominating a committee ,, agreeing to a petition to both Houses of Parliament , &c . Among the gentlemen present were Mr . J ; G . Barry , Mr . E . Beck , Isleworth ; Mr . Martin Pratt , Secretary of the General Steam Navigation Company ; Mr . Sidney Smith , Mr . Joseph Barber , Mr . John Hunt , Mr . Phillips , Mr . Hicks , Mr . Wilson , Mr . Charles Eley , jun ., Mr . Octavius Smith , Mr . William Cory , Mr . Charles Capper , Manager of the Victoria Pocks Company ; and Mr , Wyatt and Mr . Samuel Sidney , Secretary to the Thames Graving Dock Company .
Why the Neapolitans desire Forkign Intervention ^ —Long ye ars of oppression hav e so broken down all the bonds of society that confidence is destroyed and union is impossible . Ruling by a party , Government has contrived to sow suspicion between members of the same family , and then its work is done—the nation is a handful of sand : there is not , there cannot be , combination . If deficient , then , in moral power , equally deficient are they in physical power to resist . Do those who so complacently tell the Neapolitans to work out their own redemption know the " strong , well-disciplined ,
well-paid foreign force that exists in Naples V Do they kuow of the vast army which drains the resources of the country—so vast as to amount to double that which was settled at the beginning of the reign as the war establishment ? Do they ever consider that when there have been any doubts of the power of the Neapolitan Government to restore tranquillity , the Austrian has been ever ready to march in ? aud he has marched in and quieted the people with a vengeance ! Success with such odds is impossible , and , therefore , it is that , after long protracted sufferings and frequent efforts to relieve themselves , the Neapolitans ask foreign
assistance . ,, Bank of Austria . —The annual meeting of the shareholders has taken place at Vienna . It appears from the report that loans on landed property , which had been ouly 13 , 835 , 300 florins in 1857 , increased to 36 , 848 , 430 flor ins in 1858 . The discount accommodation amounted during the year to 248 } millions of florins in Vienna , and 93 § millions in the branch banks . Advances on stock and shares reached the sum of 385 millions , and the general movement of business , 4702 millions . The sum due by the State , which amounted at the end of 1 S 57 to 206 millions , had been greatly diminished during the year 1858 . In . the first place , the
State ceded to the Bank 23 millions of mortgage bond 3 ; it also made over to it 30 millions , which were to be received from the new railway company for the Southern , lines ; and lastly , it authorised the Bank to sell as promptly as possible , to the extent of 100 millions , the domains given in guarantee , so that the State is no longer down in the account of the Bank for any more than 53 millions of florins . The whole profit of the year amounted to 11 , 994 , 046 florins , from which , when the expenses of direction and tho taxes were deducted , there remained to be distributed as dividend a sura of 9 , 142 , 857 florins , which would give C 057 florins per share .
Death of Mr . Commissioner Pjujli . ips . — Commissioner Phillips expired on Tuesday evening , at big residence in Gordon-square . His age was 72 or 74 . Tho late Commisioner was called to the Irish bar in 1809 , and to the English bar on tho 9 th of February , 1821 , by the Middle Temple . Ho was one of the district commissioners of tho Court of Bankruptcy at Liverpool , at 1800 / , a year , which appointment ho ros igncd 13 years ago , and was appointed Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors' Court , at 1500 ? . a year . On Monday he sat in court , and never rallied from the time he was seised with a fit of apoplexy on that day till his death . IIo died Charles
without recognising the members of his family . Phillips will bu known by his " SecollectionaofCurran , " a work on whi « h he bestowed much labour , His M Vacation Thoughts on tho Abolition of Capital Punishment , " have gone through several editions , having b oon patronised by the Society of Friends . It will , however bo as a criminal lawyer that ho will bo remembered , and his power of cross-examination , which ho pursued to tho ' . very last day ho sat , will bo recollootcd by the bar . The late Commissioner wa » a man of warm feelings , and of an impetuous temperament , yot withal of a kindly disposition , and by no moans deficient in the milk of human kindnesa .
Vocal Association . - ^ Professor W . Storndalo Bennett ' s now edntata " Tlio May Quoon , " will bo performed at the St . James ' s Hall , on Wednesday evening next , February Oth , on which occasion Mr . Sims lioovoa will sing tho tonor music for tho first time in London . This -will bo tho first porformanco of Dr . Bennett s oxtrorooly , clover work since its representation at W Jnueor Castlo ; and thoro can bo no doubt that tho interest already oxcited will onsuro a largo and fnehionablo attondanco . Tho band and choir of tho Vocal Association ; undor tho direction of M . Benedict , will nufflboi : four hundred performers .
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CANADA . A telegram received at New York from Toronto , dated the 15 tlt January , says : — " It is said that despatches have been received from England by the Canadian Gor yernment , containing a command that her . Majesty ' s award of Ottawa for the seat of Government be carried out . "
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VlO THE LEADE R . [ Ho . 463 , Febbttary 5 r 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1859, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2280/page/10/
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