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      a word the other says , and it saves much trouble to at once condemn the sailors . Jack accordingly gets a number of days' imprisonment , or is taken to his ship by the police , who receive a pound from Jack ' s forthcoming pay for " straggling money . " The poor sailor is robbed on all sides , spite of which lie appears happy enough , dancing under a broiling sun in a sirocco ^ -and very hard work it must " be—and refreshing himself with ice cream " with lots of rum in it . "

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      The Bombay mail of this week has brought intelligence to the 26 th ult . Her Majesty ' s 67 th and 99 th regiments are under orders for ( China , and the Lucknow Herald understands that Lord Clyde on his arrival at Cawnpore will await the result of a reference made to England ia regard to the recent disasters in China . It is , we believe ( says this journal ) , Iiord Canning ' s intention to place the army intended for operations in China under the ^ personal command of his Excellency the Commanderin-Chief . The reply from England may be expected about the middle of October . " The statement is q uestioned by the Bombay papers .

      The chief topic throughout India ( says the Bombay Standard ) since the departure of our last mail has been the new bill for licensing trades and professions . Otherwise there has been no matter commanding general interest for a longer term than the orthodox nine days . " Upon the whole , our attitude here is that of expectation , based upon the approaching arrival of ! Mr . Wilson , and the possible departure of Lord Canning . His lordships movements are now tolerably settled .. He , has " obtained leave " of the ^ Legislative Council , and is expected to reach Cawnpore by the 12 th proximo . He will be joined there

      by . Lord Clyde , the two magnates then making a right royal progress to Lueknow . Lord Clyde then , it is said , returns to England , Lord Canning spending the cold season in a tour through the North-west and the Punjaub , retiring to Simla in April . It has long been decided that Sir Hugh Rose is to be the new Comuiander-in-Chief . Lords Canning and Clyde will doubtless have much to settle as to the future of Oude , which it is now affirmed is to be amalgamated with the other north-west provinces . It is said , also , that there is to be a grand distribution of presents to the loyal Oudeans .

      In addition to the naval force ( gunboats Clyde and Constance ) which was dispatched , just as the last mail was leaving , a land force was under preparation for the expulsion of the refractory Wagners irom Bati island . Colonel Donovan , Her Majesty ' s 93 rd , has the command . The latest telegram from Calcutta , dated September 23 rd , says that a meeting of the inhabitants has taken place to protest against the Licensing Bill and to petition Parliament to establish local representative councils in India .

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      ¦ ' ~~— " ? " ¦ WITH regard to a recent dispute that has been regarded with interest by the literary world , we find the following in the Standard newspaper : — " The announcement of a work under the title of ' Adam Bede , jun . : a Sequel , " will probably lead to the settlement of this much-controverted question . It will appear , we believe , that in relation to a recent correspondence tlieru has been a mistake of identity in the alleged author , who was said to be resident in one of the midland counties . "

      A new paper—the English Mail—is being projected for circulation throughout Australia and New Zealand . To use its own words— " It is intended not only to supply colonists with a clear and condensed summary of all the generalnews of the month —foreign , commercial , and domestic—bpt also to be an ' echo' ( as it were ) of public opinion on all matters of interest relating to Australasia as daily expressed in the mother country . Such a paper , conducted on such principles , cannot fail to be a great boon to our great southern colonies . "

      Mr . Vane St . John , a younger member of that family so well-known , as comprising several of the ablest writers of the day , has in the press a novel called " . Undercurrents ; " the book will be published by Mr . Tinsley , of the Strand . An illustrated bi-monthly miscellany , styled " All India , " is shortly to be published at Madras . It will be the size of the Saturday Review . It will contain editorials on Indian topics , an original nouyellette , a poet ' s corner , the latest fashions , and literary , artistic , and scientific gossip . The fashions are to bo decreed by a lady .

      The first volume of the " Travels of Laclislaua Magyar in Southern Africa " has just left the press at Vienna . , M . Magyar , a native of Maria Theresiopol , who was educated in the imperial naval academy at Fiume , has resided at Bihe , in Southern Africa , since the year 1849 , and had explored countries which are hardly known by name to the European world . The adventurous traveller married the daughter of the ruler over Bihe ,, and her slaves accompanied him in his first journeys into the interior , Thei late Dr . Charles Bitter , the geographer , accepted the dedication of Magyar ' s work a few months before his death .

      A letter from Florence says ;— "The veteran litterateur , Nicolo Tonamaeeo , a Venetian , who has resided in Turin for the last ten years , has now taken up his nbodo in this more genial Tuscan capital . Wo have hero also Francesco Iforrara , an exile from Sicily , who was , since 1849 , a-professov of political economy at Turin , and is now to fill tho same chair at Pisa , and to become one of tho greatest ornaments of that time-honoured university . His colleague , Professor Manolni , a Neapolitan , is also bore , and will deliver public lectures in one of tho halls of the Iticoardi Palace . The lato emancipation of Tuscany thus brings some fli ; sfc-rato literary notabilities of the peninsula into this town , which may well now , more than ever , set up its

      claim to the proud appellation of the Athens of Italy . " A report is current in Paris , that M . de Lamartine proposes to give a course of lectures in the Palais de l'lndustrie , on literary subjects , something analogous to the coui-s which he has lately published and which several of his friends thought at the time , and advised , should be given orally . The rate of admission is said to be fixed at five francs each person . When M . de Lamartine can invite the Parisians to hear him lecture on Liberty , he may possibly fill the Palais de l'lndustrie , but not at five francs a head even then . The chateau which is now being built for the poet is situated near that of Rossini , and close to the site of the late Hanelagh Gardens .

      The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph remarks that if ever England gave France real cause for jealousy it is on account of Shakspcarc . His fame spreads in all directions with rapid strides . His genius is eminently opposed . to French ideas of literary excellence ; yet his name is daily in the mouths of the most eminent men here , and the translations of his works increase and multiply . It was but the other day that a son . of Victor Hugo entered the field ;

      now the son of M .. Giiizot is about to give his countrymen a version of the immortal dramas . M . Butat , of the Moniteur , is also engaged on the same subject , and his translation is to he illustrated by Gustave J 3 ore ; then , a . reprint of M . La Roche ' s t ranslation is in the press , for the firm of Hachette and Co . ; and , lastly , in the list of Shaksperian labours , M . Philoxene Boyer commences this evening his second annual course of studies of Shakspeare at the reunion of the learned societies .

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      HISTORY OF THE WAR IN HUNGARY ; in ig 4 S and 1849 . By Otto " Wenkstern . —John "VY . I'arker and Son . ' :- . . ¦ A valuable contribution to the history of an important epoch , this work Avill command attention from its apparent accuracy and impartiality , and the elegance of its style and arrangement . The progress of events , however , is so accelerated , that the difficulties and peculiarities of the contest have now become almost unintelligible : so little would

      they have interfered with a triumphant issue m the present day . The "historian , while acknowledging the services of Louis Kossuth , is , it is evident , not an enthusiastic admirer of the patriot ; but , on the other hand , he condemns the treason of Gorgey in no measured terms . We give his account of the transactions after the fatal battle of Pered . " After these losses , Kossuth despatched three commissioners to Komorn with orders for Gorgey to retreat to the vast plains between the Maros and the Theisswhere the bulk of the national forces were

      , to be concentrated : Gorgey promised obedience ; but after the departure of the commissioners he accepted battle from the Imperialists who pressed upon his outposts at Ats , in front of Komorn , His advanced positions were driven in , and ho was compelled to seek shelter in the entrenched camp of the fortress . Of this fact he informed the Governoradding , that the enemy was too powerful , and that he could not obey the orders transmitted . to nun . All he could do was to hold out at Komorn . He invited , Mr . Kossuth and the members of tlie Government to come to that fortress . . . advice

      " If the Governor had followed Gbrgey ' s , he would have placed himself in the power of a man who hated him more cordially than even his Austrian enemies could hate him , who fought his battles to the ruin of his cause , and who waited fcut for a fiivourable opportunity to terminate the war . it appears that this message aroused Kossuth to a sense of his precarious position . He toolc what lie considered extreme measures , by issuing a decree which deprived Gorgey of the chief command . General Meszaros was appointed to take Ins place , and ordered to join the army at Komorn . halted the

      " The old general left Posth , but ho on road and turned back , when at Almas tlio distant and continuous thunder of artillery apprised himi oi a . general engagement between the two arpnics . oat Mpszaros was not tho only bearer of tho Governor s decree , for a courier , who travelled on another roaa , reached the fortress on the evening of tho , 2 nd J « l /» a . t the termination of a battle , in which 1 , 500 Hungarians and 2 , 000 Imperialists were killed , i former were forced to seek the protection ot tno '; entrenched camp , and Gorgey , who happened to gee mixed up in a charge of cavalry , was bleeding irom n sabre-cut in the back of his head . TUat wouna nlaved an Important nart in tho history of tho

      wungarian war . For many weeks , whenever lie appear « in public , his head was wrapped up in thick » na " £ conveniently conspicuous bandagos . Ho never awcarded the hat which had been cut through py « " sabre , but wore it on all occasions , tlwwojr

      In Pi A, " • . ¦ And Indian Progress. « • « ¦

      IN PI A , " . ¦ AND INDIAN PROGRESS . « « ¦

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      LATEST INDIAN INTELLIGENCE .

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      Tub Najjta Sahib . —The Nan a is reported ( too good to be true ) to be dying of Terai fever , and Azim-uIla-Klmn is said to be dead . There is no doubt that the malaria lias been very serviceable in saving the swordsman and hangman trouble , but we need confirmation of all that reaches us from Nepaul , But , if we have not got tho Nana , we have got , according to the Zucknow Herald , the uncle of the Nana ' s wife , he having been arrested at Poona , but

      on what charge is not said . ' We . have mentioned that there lias been t « lk about ; faking the field against the Nana . It is even said that " the authorities have at length fully resolved upon hunting down the Nana and rebels in Nepaul , and flying columns will enter the Teral early this cold season . A similar course will be adopted with regard to the marauding bands now infesting the Bundlecund country . " It is certainly high time something was done , Jung Bahadoer professing his inability to help us .

      Itonut , LnADMitfl . —Tlio leaders of the late rebellion nre being trapped In detail . Last mail ( says the Bombay Standard ) , it was Heera Sing , this time j ^ f is , Rao Itam B , uksh , talookdar of Doondeah Khera , ^ Ue ,. o . apturc of whose Ranee we reported in our last . ' » v fepy wl » o had been in , the service of one of tho ra » J ^! & { j ! $ * X 3 » an < * was discharged piceless . gave * 5 ^* awf . atlf > n , which was acted upon by Captain 2 ^ i ^ tl ^| r ^ c , omml » Blonor . The actual oaptors ' vrore < * 5 ^ Mv > : ft ^) ieBt 'vrUo time made a lucky haul , ns W > QQQ&WP « e * vhAve been offered for the rebel . He

      was residing in a village on the ontskirts of Benares , the house being surrounded by a high wall , but open to the Ganges . He kept two men constantly on the watch , but the place was surrounded at night , and when he came forth in the morning to bathe , he was pounced upon . His horse was tied to his charpoy ( bedstead ) , to be ready at a moment ' s notice . He will be tried for the murder of the few survivors of the Cawnpore massacre who took refuge in the temple , of whom only Captain Thompson and Lieut . Delafosse are alive to tell the tale—and for being a leader of rebellion . Rajah Jyelall will also be tried as a leader , and as aiding and abetting in the murder of Miss Jackson , Mrs . Green , and others . Chutter Sal has " come in . " Feroze Shah has had a narrow escape . On the 14 th

      ult . a field force , under Colonel Nott ,. left Saugur in force marched under a heavy down- pour of rain , and pursuit . of him . At daybreak of the 26 th , part of the after a tedious tramp through swamps , thick jungle , and three deep rivers , came upon the rebels encamped under a hill ^ and employed in cooking their food . The leading company charged with the bayonet , the rear company skirmishing on each flank through the jungle . The surprise was so complete that several of the rebels were bayoneted before they could reach their horses . Many of them threw down their arms and attempted to escape , but were shot down without mercy ; the remainder dispersed through the jungle , closely followed by the skhv mishers . Some forty or fifty were killed , principally cavalry sepoys , but the chief got off . r

      Literature, Science, Art, Etc.

      LITERATURE , SCIENCE , ART , Etc .

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      LITERARY NOTES OF THE WEEK .

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      II 96 , THE LEADER . [ No . 501 . Oct . 29 , i 859 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 29, 1859, page 1196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2318/page/8/