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being furnished , only , with -the ordinary paddle-wheels , wafl pronounced' to be eminently satisfactory by all the geleiitifltr mm * on . 'Board . The motion , also , was singularly 8 m »©* 6 * 'aatt'eqURl » l & . ^ MEBi eL & NrStJBaiLiJtxN & ELEarRic Gable . —The screw R eamer Eroppntis , Captain Goodwin , is now at . Qtteens < - tbwi > i where she has on . board the submarine- electric cable ; to be' laid down between Cape Ray , Newfdundlandy and Gap © "North , Cape Breton' Island . The length of this cable is eighty-five miles , and its weight one hundred : and seventy ; tons . She has also onboard the cable to be laid down between Cape Traverse , Prince Edward ' Island , and Cape Formantino , New Brunswick ; length ! thirteen miles , and weight thirty tons .
The Armament for North America . —Her Majesty ^ ships , Nilej 91 , Captain Mundy ; Shannon , 51 ( new screw frigate ); the Pylades , 21 , Captain D'Eyn ~ court ;¦ and Cossack , 21 , Captain Fanshawe , have been telegraphed to prepare for sea ( " foreign service > r ) with all possible despatch . Their destination is believed to le North America . The Cossack , it is stated , has had orders for some days for Halifax . The Arrogant had received instructions to- fit out for the conveyance of the British Ambassador and staff from England to St . Petersburg ; but she has now returned the fittings and supplied their places with something more substantial .
On Tuesday evening , at half-past six , the Arrogant steamed through Spithead , and down Channel under sealed orders . The Shannon is not yet commissioned , but was put in hand on Tuesday , to be prepared for a cjew with the utmost despatch , and a vast body of artificers was- set upon her to expedite matters . All the commanders . of the gunboats at Portsmouth were also called to the Port Admiral's on the same morning—it was rumoured , to receive instructions for having their respective vessels ready for active service at telegraphic notice . All this looks ominous of war with the United States .
Married Soldiers . —The authorities at the Horse Guards have consented that the married non-commissioned officers and soldiers in barracks shall be provided with separate accommodation ; for themselves and families , instead of being quartered in the same rooms with the private soldiers . It . is understood that Lord Panmure , who has made the alteration , has ordered separate rooms to be built at Chatham barracks for married soldiers ,- and that the simv-of 6000 J . has been granted for the purpose .
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M ISCBLLANEOU S . The Court . — The Queen , accompanied by Prince Albert , the Princess Royal , and the Prince of Prussia , visited Cremorne Gardens on Monday evening , in order to ' witness the magnificent show of flowers which had tken opened to the public . The Working Men-and the Crtstai . Palace . —A letter , signed , by nine hundred , and eightly workmen employed in the Messrs . Price ' s Candle Company , and addressed to the Chairman and Directors of the Crystal
Palace , points out that the workmen are desirous of arailing themselves of the Saturday half-holiday allowed them by the liberality of their employers in visiting the Sydenham collection , but that the hi g h price of admission on that day ( five shillings ) debars them from the gratification . They therefore venture to request the Directors to transfer the high price of' adtnission to some other day in the week , the wealthy classes being better able to choose their time for visiting the building than members of the working body .
Sewage Manure in Paris . —It is stated that a company has been formed to undertake the collection and utilization of the sewage of Paris , which will be subjected to the deodorising processes invented nnd brought to perfection under the auspices of the Societe Atmospheriquc . Cafe ov Good Hope . —By the last mails from the colony , we learn . that the great question of responsible Government has been pnssed by the Council by a considerable majority . The House of Assembly had previously decided on the oxp-ediency of the measure . All was peaceable on the frontier .
Skbastopol . —It is said that 70 , 000 masons arc to retftaild Sebkstopol after the departure of the Allies-. The Niaw Bishop of CAitr-isLic . — The Hon . and ! Bight , Rov . Dr . Montagu Villiers , recently appointed Bishop of Carlisle , will take his seat in the House of Lords , in consequence of the death of the Bishop of Gloucester ' and Bristol . Tho new Bishop of Gloucester will ! not * be entitlod to a seat until another vacancy oeonrs . Tjib City ok London Burial Fuica . — Tho City CbmmiasionflrH havo declined to accept Sir George Grey ' s proposal to rofor to tho decision of Sir John Patteaon tho matter in dlsputo between tho commissioners , aeting as the burial board for the City , and the City clergy , as to tho amount of fees to be paid to tho clergy on intormonts at tho new cemetery .
A ; Train on Fike . —A train from Birmingham to Liverpool ' and Manchester was on Wednesday discovered to be on flrp while in motion . Tho passengers , among whom were some dragoons , hallooed till they wore heard , when , it was discovered that the ¦ adjoining , goods-truck WiAb In flames . Tho contents wore completely dustroyed . A . tiaruiCLTA-. —By tho last advices from Melbourne ( ttachtog to March 28- ) wo leanvtUat in th « woek ending on that , day tho shipments of gold from Melbourne
amounted to- 60 , 827- ounce * and- 10 , 000 * . in-. specie by jthe Morning , S £ ar , to Bristol , and- 45 , 672 ounces and ¦ 11 0 , 000 / .. in specie by thV George Marshall , ' to London : Th » - shtpmentB to England : inr nVe "weefes- were 387 * OtfO ounces ' of' gold and 35 & , 0 © W ? . ' itr specie . ' TfcVgpld'fields Were yielding- more largely than , ever—at the rate of ' nearl y 20 , 000 , 000 ? . per annum . The produce of the first three months of 1856 i » -nearly double that of the ¦ corresponding three months of 1855 , being close upon 700 , 000 ounces . Trade continued steady . The balance was in favour of the colony . In five weeks , the value of the exports wa « 1 , 917 , 000 ? ., against 1 , 400 , 000 ? . imports . Th ' e necessaries of' life were moderate .
Immigrants were wanted and invited . At Melbourne , they had been 108 days without advices from England , ' and the Legislature had voted 75 , 000 ? . per annum- to reestablish a steam communication . In New South Wales , as in Victoria , the first attempts at a responsible Government were unsuccessful . In- New Zealand , the natives of Taranaki were still unruly , but that colony , like Australia , was , generaBy , peaceful and prosperous . The Legislative Council of Melbourne has carried the subjoined resolution , after considerable debate : — " That this House refuses to sanction any measure having for its object the sale of the gold with the land , inasmuch as such a course would cause the alienation of an
incalculable portion' of the national wealth—a proceeding unjust in principle and mischievous in tendency . " This passed without a division . Dr . Merle D'Actbigne has been presented with the freedom of the City of 'Edinburgh . The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill . —A preliminary meeting of merchants and bankers of the- City of London , for the purpose of opposing the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill now in progress through Parliament , was held on Wednesday evening , at the instance of Baron Rothschild , who was prevented from attending by illness . The speakers included the Governor of the Bank of England ( Chairman ) , Mr . Thomas Baring , M . P ., Mr . J . B . Heath , Mr . J . P . Gassiot , Mr . J . G . Hubbard , and Mr . Hankey , M . P . The following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That the meeting
viewed with alarm * the progress of a bill m . Parliament entitled The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill , by which it was proposed to repeal the English law requiring contracts for the sale of goods to be in writing ; that the established principle that merchants were not to be bound by contracts until reduced to writing was of the deepest importance to the commercial community , and it would be attended with risk of the most grievous fraud and perjury if contracts could be enforced in a court of law without any written note ; and they , there--fore * invite the assistance of the mercantile community throughout the country , in opposition to this measure , which was new to the law of England , had not been called for by the commercial public , and threatened an entire subversion of the present course of business without any adequate advantage . " Finally , a committee , with power to add to their number , was appointed .
Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson , two of the heroic English defenders of Kars , arrived from St . Petersburg at Hull on Saturday afternoon . The town was decorated to receive them ; the bells were rung , and cannon were fired ; and the people assembled in large numbers , and cheered loudly . The two officers were afterwards entertained by the municipality at a luncheon . Col 6 nel Lake , in returning thanks for the toast of his health , gave the credit of the defence of Kars to General Williams and to " the indomitable courage of the Turks . " Ho added : — " To whom we are indebted for the loss of Kara , it is not for me to say .
It is not for me , a subordinate , to express an opinion . The whole thing has been brought before the English public , and that public , I trust , will arrive at tho rights of it . No dovibt they will form their own opinion . Captain Thompson , who was suffering severely from cold and illness , briefly returned thanks ; and tho two oiYi cers then took thoir departure for London . Boiler Explosion . —A boiler has exploded at the colliery works of Messrs . Wharton , at Whittington Hall , about two miles to the north of Chesterfield , Derbyshire . Ono man was killed on the spot , and another is not expected to survive . Georgo Holmes , an old man , who was attending to the engine at the time , wns earned through tho air a distance of fifteen yards , and thrown insensible against a hedge-bank . Two parts of tho boilor woro caat in different directions about throo hundred and fifty yards . Want of water in tho boilor la supposed to have been the cause of tho accident .
Local Charoes upon Shipping . —The oommittoo of tho House of Commons on this subject mot again on Monday under tho presidency of Mr . Lowe . The evidence against the dues having boon received , Mr . llorafall on the part of tho Liverpool Corporation , called Mr . W Shuttloworth , solicitor and town clerk of Liverpool , who gave a hietory of tho duos , with tho design of proving that they had existed , from a very ancient period , and that they woro and are perfectly legul . In 182 fi , tho Corporation hud inadoa composition and Agreed to receive a smallor tram from all parties . An action was tried in J 88 » , which was decided in favour of tlio Corporation , and since that time the question had not boon rained . Tho committee adjourned to 'lhuralay . Tub Ai-pkllatk Ju » mi ) iai ( wo » this Uoumk of Lohuh . —Two protects against tho bill now before the Honso of Lorda for tho improving tho Anyollato
Jursdiction of that-assembly have been entere 4 « n , tha jpm > nals . TBe oneis from the- BJtrqula . of-CIanrKatdftij ^ tb ^ other from Cords Clancarty and- Dungannon » , Their oppose the measure on the ground that it ii-a dangerou * . innovation on the constitution of the House , and . mightbe made a precedent for farther alterations of a setioua nature ; that pecuniary payment to members < of £ be-House nominated by the Crown is calculated' to- impair the independence , dignity , and character' of the House ; that , the principle being admitted ,. it would not be fair to exclude distinguished generals , admirals , & C ; thafe it is invidious to place men , whose learning and talentsare of the highest order , " on a lower footing than thehereditary peers ; and that ( in the language of Lords ; - Clancarty and Dungannon ) " the abandonment of the hereditary principle in the peerage may imperil its continuance in the Crown . "
The Bessarabian Frontier . —The- commissioner ' who is appointed to mark the line of demarcation on the frontier of Bessarabia is Lieutenant-Colonel Stanton , Royal Engineers , assisted by Lieutenants James and C . G . Gordon , Royal Engineers . The Reign of Terror in Naples . —Several of the political prisoners in the Bagni of Pfocida , Naples , having endeavoured to escape , they were driven back at the point of the bayonet , and seriously , wounded ; some accounts even say that a few were killed . On . the
following morninjp each received- a hundred or more , lashes , and several , it is believed , died from the stripes . " During the last two days , " says a writer from tKe spot , " an appeal has been made to the protection of several of the foreign ministers by the political prisoners ,., under the following circumstances : —It is asserted that insinuations have been made to the criminal' prisonersto assassinate the . political prisoners , but that they bailed of their effect . Whether true or not , the impres- ^ sion exists . Great fear is entertained , and the appeal
lhas been made . " Mr .. Jenkins in Transports .. —Nearly a column is devoted by the Morning Post of 'Monday to some " rer collections" by Mr . Jenkins ( Punch ' s Mr . Jenkins ) of the [ ball given by the Royal Academy of Music , at Which the Queen was present—the said " recollections " dating , from the previous Friday evening . Mr . Jenkins fe els uneasy in his mind at reflecting that the . brie £ description which his classic pen gave to the public on Saturday morning did not do justice to the grandeur of the occasion . He , therefore , girdles up his loins for a . more elaborate effort . The chief feature , of the evening was the appearance of some ladies and gentlemen in
fancy dresses representative of Cybele ,. the Moon , Night and her Attendant Stars , Aurora , Earth , Air , Fire , and Water , & c . The costumes appear to have been unusually splendid ; and no doubt the effect was very fine . But how Mr . Jenkins simpers and sniggers over " the beautiful person" Lady Constance . ' How he gloats over the " marabouts , " and the ' « jupes , " and the " cerise plumes , " and the hats " worn jauntily , " and the petticoats , the zones , and , above all , " the white tulle illusion ! " It is evidently no illusion to him : he has been admitted to that sacred mystery . How he dazzles . our , eyes with gold and silver , satins and velvets , stars , and pearls" and diamonds ! Happy J enkins ' . thou wilt irrar diate the butler ' s pantry for a month to come .
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w Leader Office , Saturday , Juno 14 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . In the House of Lords , tho Earl of Clarendon made a similar statement to that of Lord Palmbrston in the Commons on tho American question ; after which several bills were advanced a stage , and tho House adjourned soon after aix . o ' clock ; THE HOUSE OF COMMONS .. HAVINGS BANKS , In answer to Captain Danikc O'Connell , tho Chak » - cbixob oif this ExciiEQumtsaid it was , desirable thati there should bo legislation on tho subject of . Saving * i Banks , but that lie should , not bring in any bill this
. TUB ITALIAN LEGION . In answer to Captain O'Conhkll , Mr . Frbt > eirkjk PioBLsaid that the Italian Legion had done garrison > duty at Malta . It . could be disbanded in , the same . way as tho other legions . Tho Sardinians in tho legi « iu would return to Ital y * tho other men would have / th * : option of going to tho coloniea . OUU RELATIONS I WITH THE UNrrBI > STATES . Mr Dimuajoli inquired whether tho Government hmM relations haAl
rccoived information that diplomatic ; ceaecd . between our Miniaterat Washington and tho Uov vornmont of the United States , , and ifrso , what ooume-the ' Government proposed ! to takeY— Lord . Paumhtosto * eai * that Lord CUrcndom received on Wcdneeday ov « n , ing , through . Mr . Dallas , two despaUjuoe from Mn . Marcy on the Enliat . nont and Central American question * By thoso despatches it appeared that ,, though tho Unitoa State * Government ia satisfied with Lord ^» r ° d ° »* . explanation on - these question * , mid cmM . * ° "J £ nettling tho affairs , yot they aro not-equally ** " *™« with th « conductor Mr . Crampton and tho —^ Cincinnati , Philadelp hia , and Noyr York ; and they ««*
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Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14061856/page/11/
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