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      24 , 533 ; 3 O 0 lbs . Our export of silk to Great Britain amounts to 55 , 090 . bales , including 646 per steamer Pekin , and 1 , 727 bales per the outgoing steamer Ottawa . To Marseilles , the Pekiri took 273 , and the Ottawa takes 511 , making trie total export for the season to date 6 , 509 bales .-r- Overland China Mail , Feb . 26 .

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      BankersSatukdav Hai . e-Holipat . —^ A meeting of gentlemen interested in this movement was held at the rooms of the Early Closing Association , Ludgate-hill , On Wednesday evening . There was a numerous attendance on the occasion ; and the reports given in went to show that the cause was making steady progress . Indian Flax . — -The Dundee Chamber of Commerce have just adopted a report on the subject of the cultivation of flax in India . It refers to the satisfactory specimens lately received from- the Punjab , whicli seemed to demonstrate that the crop could be grown in that territory with highly remunerative results , and details the measures since

      pursued by the Chamber to call the attention of the Council of India to the subject , and to induce the principal firms in Great Britain interested in this important staple to cooperate in such measures as may be best calculated to promote its production . This Baxk of Switzerland . — The General Bank of Switzerland has stopped payment . This establishment , which was started in April , 1856 , as a kind of International Credit Mobilier Society , lias branches in Paris , Z . ondon ,-and Geneva . The London branch has met its engagements in due course . Its nominal capital was 6 O :, 06 o , 000 f ., or 2 , 40 O , 000 Z . sterling , of which the first issue

      consisted of 20 , 000 , 000 f ., or 800 * 000 / . The shares are of 20 ? . each , fully paid ; and commanded until last week about 101 . to ill . per share . The amount of share capital afloat is not exactly known , owing to circumstances requiring explanation . An unfavourable impression prevails that the " Bank" has been committed to various speculations , including . Dutch and Italian railways , Belgian canals , Paris ga § rworks , &c . Upon one point , the necessity of explanation is urgent : only a fortnight ago , the Bank declared a dividend of 4 per cent , per annum . —Daily News . [ . The Paris branch where the suspension took place lias since resumed its payments . " ]

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      The Sultan , in conferring a pension of 6 , 000 francs on Mile . Eveillard , expresses himself thus : — " May . Almighty God permit his servant Abdul Medjid to become the second father of the young girl ; and may this flower of the West not refuse the friendly dew which is offered to her by him who would give his power and his life to cicatrise the eternal wound made in her young heart . " The fate of Adolf ScUagintweit is at last known . He was well received at Yarkand , though he encountered great difficulties in reaching that city . On moving to the N . W ., or towards Kokau , ho fell in , with a horde of fanatic Mussulmans , at Kargash ( which lies in about 41 ( leg . N . lat . and 72 ^ deg . E . long . ) and in front of the walls of which place he ¦ was beheaded by the orders of a ferocious Syiid named Wullee Khan .

      Lord Elgin , in a reply to an address from the merchants of Shanghai , declares that in his opinion the civilization of China is a mass of rottenness , and fast upon the wane . He believes that European influence must rapidly increase in the country . He expresses his , opinion thai ; the legalization of the opium trade will not seriously affect consumption , and that no act the British , Government can attempt will diminish the demand . The chnpel in the Rue d' Aguesseau lms been obtained from the British Government by the Lord Bishop of London , acting on behalf of the

      Continental Committee of { ho Colonial Church and School Society . A deputation from England will visit Paris to confer with the English residents in order to secure tho re-opening of the chapel with as little delay as possible . Tho Delhi Gazette , flays only four men of II . M . ' s . 78 th have volunteered into tho Highland Regiments in India . Many havo joined other corps , but it . seems they dislike the kilt . It is a cruel dress for a land infested with nioequltoep . ' Tho Mediterranean JKxtension Telegraph Company are about to send a steamer to the Mediterraneanwith a view to commencing tho repairs of

      , tho cable between Malta and , Oaglinri . tho cable botM'een Malta and , Oaglinri . Btisinoas at Washington with tho depnvtmonts of Government , is transacted wader difficulty . A gentleman visited one of them thirty-five times j eat ¦ waiting jo . tho ante-room 260 hours , and walked ibetween bin hotel and the department , fifty-one , miles before his business was dlupoaod of .

      A very prevalent disease at present in Portugal , is ulcerated sore throat ; some cases have terminated fatally . ^ _ The anniversary of the Jewish " Rams Head Festival , " was observer in New York by the appearance of a number of Israelites in masks . Two handsome Jewesses paraded the streets in male attire , were detected by a policeman , fought for their liberty , were vanquished and locked up , and on Monday , received a gentle judicial admonition , and were sent on their way sorrowing . ..... A meeting has been held at Delhi , at which it was resolved to erect "a plain and handsome monument in the Delhi churchyard over the remains of the victims of the massacre of May , 1857 , whicli have been recovered and there interred . "

      From Washington we learn that the present probability is that Mr . Sickles will be acquitted , or that the jury will disagree . The cultivators of the district round Toona complain that wild animals are increasing . The people have , been deprived of their arms , and the Shikarees are consequently unable to pursue their trade . These men might readily be licensed , registered , and rearmed . The Journal des Villes et Campagnes contradicts the rumour that General Lamoriciere had asked the Emperor for a command , and was to be placed at the head of the Sardinian army .

      The Geographical Society of Paris , has bestowed gold medals of l , 000 f . value each upon the two surviving brothers Sehlagintweit , for their services to the world in general , in exploring theHimnlayan regions and Central . Asia , under the protection of the Engglish East India Company , : ' ' , . The Council of the Royal Astronomical Society of Xondon , have presented ' thc Rev . Dr . James Booth , E . R . S ., to the living of Stone , near 1 Aylesbury , Bucks . The Bulletin announces the production of a new opera from the pen of Eossini , called Jeanne D'Arc . A strictly private performance took place a few days agio at the residence of the maestro in Paris , Al ' boni taking the part of the heroine . Mr . Cobden was in Chicago on the 30 th ult .

      The Indipendente of Turin , states that the postmaster of Pirenzoula has been arrested at Stradella , on suspicion of his being an Austrian spy . It is announced that M . de Chasselotip Laubat , accompanied by M . de Labre , his principal secretary , will leave Paris ou the 25 th inst .., on a-visit to Algeria . ' The Bombay Guardian reports t ] iafc the people of the island of Celebes seem most willing to embrace Christianity . Netherlands Missionaries have been most successful , and village after village has embraced the faith . The priests set the example of

      . Some of the Italian residents of New York , propose to raise a fund for tho purchase of a costly sword , to be presented to the King of Sardinia , as a token of regard for his efforts for the salvation of Italy . The hilt will consist of a small statue of Italyi in pure Californlan gold . The city of Paris , in consideration of M . Lamartine ' s great services to the country in 1848 , has made him a present of a handsome house and extensive grounds in the Bois de Boulogne . M . Lamartine has lately refused to accept a residuary bequest made by an old maiden lady to whom ho was a stranger .

      Lady Polwarth diod at Nice on the 2 nd inst ., after a lengthened illness , Her ladyship was the third daughter of the late Mr . George Buillic , of Jorviswood , N , I 3 ., and sister of the karl of Haddington . . : . , The Bomhay Standard statos that tho pipes of tho Vehar waterworks are bursting at a pressure of 70 or 80 feet of water . They were purchased to boar a pressure of 400 foet , and cost upwards of £ 300 , 000 . They were ordered by the East India Company , not by tho contractors for tho waterworks . Orsim ' s eldest daughter has just died in Piedmont of consumption . Wo regret to announce tho death of M . do ToaquGvilHo , whoso gronfc work on America , and whose other literary labours , roplato with tho soundest ; political philosophy , havo won for their author world-wido fame .

      Tho Roynl Albort Bridge , at Snltash , is to bo opened in May , and it is expected his Royal Highness tho Prince Consort will honour tho ceremony with his presence . Journals of Marseilles announce that tho celebrated JJlanqui had recently passed through that town in custody , and that it w » s bollcvod to bo tho Einperov ' s intention to transport him to Cayenne Tho Vioavago of Shrivenliam , Berkshire " , lias become vacant by tho death of tho Vcnovnbla Archdeacon Borons . It is worth £ 000 a yonr , and is in Uio gift of tlio Lord Chnneullur .

      At Valencia in Spain , a new religious sect has been formed and has elected a Pope arid cardinals of its own . The journals say that the persons comnos ing it are mad . . The Roman correspondent of the Wceldy Iie < r { S ( er denies that the Pope would refuse to take part ? n the approaching Congress . The writer says , "I have authority for asserting , not only that there is no foundation for this report , but that the Holy Father has as yet received no invitation to send a representative to the Congress . Sir John Lawrence , accompanied b y severs officers of the Indian armj ' , has arrived in I ' aris . it is said that he intends to remain there ' souae ' dars before returning to England . . At Vienna on Thursday last Count luimmerskirch , the adjutant of General Count Montemiovo rode out to the great bridge across the Danubeknown as the " Tabor Briieke "—an . 1 , getting off liis horse , mounted the parapet or balustrade ° jumped into the river . No one yet knows why the unfortunate young man committed suicide . The Weekly Register publishes n lis-t of nineteen Catholic priests who have been nominated army chaplains , and also the stations to whicli tliey have been appointed . Mr . Wladishiw S . L . Szyrma , son of Colonel Lach Szyrmn , matriculated last weelc before the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford , the Rev . Dr . Le Jeune , as student of Brasenose College . Accounts from Mai * scillos .. state that wine has advanced in price in that city ,, owing to tho intelligence from Langucdoe that some injury had been done in the vineyards by frost . Letters received from . Pau state that Viscount Villiars has already derived considerable benefit from change of climate , and his speedy restoration to . health is . . anticipated . Last week the Bishop of . Bangor was suddenly seized" with paralysis , ' . and . was found by liis niece , Miss Bethel , in a perfectly helpless state . The Bishop is slowly recovering from the attack . Two boys have l > ccn detected at Liverpool in poisoning the holy water fount at tho Catholic church in Blackstock-street with . bi-ehro : n ; itc of polash which burnt the skin , of those who used it . On being brought before . Air . Mansfield they were ordered to find bail for £ 10 ; no other punishment was inflected . " .. ' A Naples letter says : —" The ¦ ch-. u-latan saints have not been able to efl ' cct the . cure of tho King ; There has been fine work in bringing the remains . of St Nicolas ilcBari to thepsihi . ee , : is wl-1 . 1 as in warming his Majesty in the mantle- of St . Pajcal . lie has also been beaten with the club of St . ( j eetan , and made to cat the pork cutlets of St . Antony . He has been rnbbed with ' the phial of-St . Jsuiuiinus , and had the shirt of St . Prosporns put upon lum . Nothing , however , has succeeded . An address of sympathy with the 1 h ? v . Alfred Poole , late curate ' of St . ifcirnaba * , rimlico ,-is m course of signature amongst tho clerjiy sunl laity , an intimation having been given that tliu names that may be appended to it will not bu published . Tho iiUair of Gen . Van Cunkcl , who a . lmiiiwtercd a poisoned sausage to his mistress , killing nor maid-servant and her brother , who-nto it , is now before the tribunal at the Hague . ' Jho v veteran culprit is oighty-fourj ami coiiiniand y d sit YVutiuoo tho combined Belgian and Dutch nrtilkvy . Tho JIur / taru informs us that a torriiio hnilstom broke over Bennros on tho night of tlio l- 'th instant . Tho stones were the average sizu of hens oggs , anu all the tiles in tho city were broken ta pica's , i iw houses were of course floodorf , undt 'ocruwsand c on vultures were beaten down by tho Jnul- . J hQ ^\ sa , ys , lie weighed somcof tho stones ,. winch avoiageu 34 tolahs , or a Uttlo moro than an ounce . As many us 1 G 5 persona lmvo jtivmii no lice ¦ o their intention , to apply in tho ^""'" f . ^"' -. Jf moncing yestorduy , to bo ¦ udmiltud attouicjs , m whitfh 09 arc now candidutos . , , Tho Messagero of Mudonn amiounc-cs tunt i . x Duke is labouring under nu nttavk ol tho '"«» " ° f" , 'The Purls Onuiibus Company had ju . ; t j leclnioa adividenil of 58 fr . per Bliaro for I 8 fi 8 , bemo less than in tho procoding year . . „ ., « . io Tlio steamer Jvom Folkoslono l"' ""^ , " S ,, J Franco on Saturday sovontoen . of the ^ oivpoui "' oxilus . They intend proceeding to lnv «» . . A Bill for preventing nnd puni . slnnu- tlio bjii V , ofllauor to sAivos has pnssod both Houses ol tiw Louieianil Loyislaturo , ami will bcoonio law . » very strigent In its provislona . ., Tho admission of , 13 aron Knthdii < l " ° IIouso of Commons had boon eolobrntcu w »» mombors of tlio Auckland Now r A > nlun . -J ^ Bynago uoat a public dinner ,- which * ns inos Humorously attondod by almost ovury sootlou ol i .. o Chrlatiim us well us tho Jewish Cluircli .

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      FACTS AND SCRAPS . — : —< v— . —

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      508 THE liEAPEU ^ [ No . 4 7 % JupRna 6 , 1 S 5 Q .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 16, 1859, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2290/page/28/