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      Miscellaneous, The Court.—The Queen, Pri...

      South Kensington Museum- —After the Queen and members of the Legislature have paid private visits to this Museum , it Trill be opened to the public , both in the daytime and in the evening , on and after Wednesday , the 24 th inst . Besides the various collections of architecture , sculpture , patented inventions , & c , the Sheepshanks' pictures will be exhibited in the new gallery ready to receive them . Mb . Apslky Pellatt . —It has been -resolved by the Government not to prosecute this gentleman . The Comore Islands . —One of the Comore Islands has been the scene of a revolt . A letter from the island of Mayotte , near Madagascar , of the 24 th January , in the Moniteur de la Flotte , says : —" Information has < f A « ¦ '*—¦»¦' ' 1 T « ii «* cmM ^ mA . « v TkJT » -T **« t » "r «* A £ + **** 4- % * £± IJtlflOn Oft ^

      been received of very serious disturbances having broken ¦ out at Anyouan , one of the Comore Islands . Some members of the family of the Sultan have revolted against his authority , and attempted to dethrone and assassinate him . His cousin , Prince Mongue Alaoui , discharged a musket at him , the ball of which passed just over the Sultan's head . Mongue Alaoui then took to flight , killing a sentinel who attempted to stop him . -On the following day , hostilities commenced between the partisans of the Sultan and those of his adversary . After fighting the whole day , the victory remained on the side of the Sultan . Seven men on both sides were killed . Some days after these events , propositions were

      made by a third party to effect a reconciliation between the opponents . The Sultan appeared to accede with a good grace to this proposal , but scarcely had Prince Mongue Alaoui entered the apartment in which the reconciliation was to take place than he was seized , loaded with irons , and thrown into prison . The Sultan also caused Prince Sidi Monken , who had declared against him , to be arrested . These events appear to have been provoked by abuses of power on the part of the Sultan , who , at the instigation of two of his ministers , removed from near his person some members of his family . Prince Mongue Alaoui then determined to raise the standard of revolt ; . He has since been strangled in his ¦ prison . "

      The Netlet Hospital . —A meeting of the South ampton Medical Society , convened to consider the statements recently made as to the unhealthiness of the site selected for the Boyal Victoria Military Hospital , was held on Tuesday evening . Dr . Oke , one of the oldest physicians of the town , presided , and a resolution , affirming the groundlessness of the adverse reports , was unanimously adopted , and ordered to be forwarded to the Mayor . Thb Hampton Court Races took place on Wednesday and Thursday .

      Life and the Stream . — " Comfort , then said the Artist , almost solemnly , as here , from the inner depths of his character , the true genius of the man came forth and spoke— " Comfort , and look round ; see where the islet interrupts the tide ,, and how smilingly the stream flows on . See just were . we stand , how the slight pebbles are fretting the wave—would the wave , if not fretted , make that pleasant music ? A few miles further on , and the river is spanned by a bridge , which busy feet now axe crossing ; by the side of that bridge

      now is rising a palace ;—all the men who rule England have room in that palace . At the rear of the palace soars up the old Abbey where kings have their tombs in right of the names they inherit : men , lowly as we , have found tombs there , in right of the names which they made . Think now that you stand on that bridge with a boy ' s lofty hope , with a man ' s steadfast courage ; then turn * again to that stream , calm with starlight , flowing on towards the bridge — spite of islet and pebbles . " — " What will he do with it f" By Pisistratiu Canton . —JBlaokwood- ' s Magazine :

      Mr . Bright lias returned to England , much improved in health . Thb Socehct for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreicjn Parts held its annual meeting at the Mansion House on Thursday , the Mayor presiding daring the latter part of the day . The speakers included the Bishop of Chichester , Mr . Hankey , Sir William Page Wood ( Vice-Chancellor ) , the Rev . Dr . Hook , and the Bishop of Rupert ' s Land . Several resolutions were carried , and contributions were liberally given at the door of the Mansion House .

      Fkbis m Gbay ' s-inn-lanb . —About ten o ' clock on Thursday night , a flrq took place on tho premises of Mr * Thiokbroon , cap and bonnet manufacturer , Gray ' s-innlane . Tho inmates—seven or eight men , women , and children—it la supposed escaped in safety , but the premises and all they contained wore destroyed . Some adjoining premises were- damaged . Two other fires also took place on the same day in the same neighbourhood , at each of which a great amount of property was consumed . National Educational Society . — Tho annual general mooting of this society was hold at the Central School Rooms , Westminster . Tho Archbishop of Canterbury presided , and the various ofllcore of the aociety were re-elected for tho ensuing year .

      Collision jn the Channel . —The Belgian Royal Mail Company'is steamship Constitution , Cuptaln E , Pougin , whllo on her voyage from Antwerp to Now York , came into collision , on Thursday , with the Gonova , Caption Cubltt . from Palermo , for London ; but , as no

      serious damage was done , both vessels proceeded on their course . Only half an hour before , the Genova had been in collision with a brig , from which it had received very great injury . ROBBKRY ON THK WINDSOR RAILWAY . Two foreign gentlemen were robbed in a first-class carriage on the Windsor Railway , on Thursday , by three persons . Aa large a sum as 60 S . in bank-notes was abstracted . One of the suspected , persons was afterwards arrested at the Hampton races . ' DomiMI-a < 4 oiVI a a «« rna ^/ vMA T ^ « - * + ! - « tAoOa 1 i" nwAnnndnJ n . « Xl . — S ~

      National Gallery . — The Royal Commissioners have presented their report on the site of the National Gallery . The report has not yet been made actually public , but , as its general tenour is notorious , there can be no harm in anticipating by a few days the conclusions of a document which are everybody ' s secret . The Commissioners recommend that the National Gallery shall be left where it is . This was the chief point at issue . Dr . Milman was , we believe , the only dissentient in favour of the more courtly theory Which would have removed the Gallery to South Kensington . —Times . Assault by a Policeman . —William Spencer , a policeman , was committed for trial yesterday for a criminal assault on a young woman in some open ground in Holloway .

      Erratum .. —In our Postscript , last week , for " Accident at Florence" read " Leghorn . " The Railway Passengers' Assurance Company . —It having been reported recently that two companies assuring against accidents have been amalgated , we are requested to state that Railway Passengers' Assurance Company is not one of these . That association now makes weekly allowances in a large number of cases of personal injury . TifE High Price of Sugar . —An open-air meeting

      was held in Church-street , H . unslet , Leeds , on Wednesday evening , upwards of a thousand persons being present , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present high price of sugar . Mr . William Peel presided . A resolution was unanimously carried pledging those present to abstain from using any , so far as is convenient to their familes , until a reduction of at least 2 d . per pound shall take place . The resolution concluded with a strong recommendation for other townships to go and do likewise .

      Royal Botanical Society , Regents' Park . —This society gave its second ' general exhibition of plants , flowers , and fruit , at the gardens in the Regent's Park , on Thursday . The weather was beautiful , and as many as 12 , 000 persons visited the grounds in the afternoon . Among- the distinguished visitors were the Duches 3 of Cambridge and the Princess Mary , the Duchess of Marlborough , Marchioness of Ailesbury , the Countesses of Wilton , Chesterfield , and Dysart , the Earl of Wilton , Lord Robert Grosvenor , the Bishop of Winchester , Lord Henry Gordon Lennox , & c .

      The Best Authority . —Is he a burglar , or of the swell mob ? I do not accuse him of occupying either position ( which would be libellous ) , but I ask for information . Because my mind is tormented by his perpetually getting into houses into which he would seem to have no lawful open way , and by hia continually diving into people ' s pocket-books in an otherwise inexplicable manner . In respect of getting into the Queen ' s Palace , the boy Jones was a fool to him . He knows everything that takes place there . On a late auspicious occasion , when the nation was hourly expecting to be transported with joy for the ninth time , it is surprising what he knew on the question of chloroform . Now , Dr . Locock ia

      known to be the most trustworthy even of doctors ; and her Majesty ' s self-reliance and quiet force of character have passed into an axiom . 1 want to know , therefore , how , when , where , and from whom did the Best Authority acquire ail that chloroform information which ho was , for months , prowling about all the clubs , going up and down all the streets , having all London to dine with him , and going out to dine with all London , for the express pnrpose of diffusing ? I hope aociety does not demand that I should be slowly bothered to death by any man , without demanding this much satisfaction . How did ho come by his intelligence , I ask . Tho Best Authority must have had an authority . Lot it bo produced . —Diokens ' s Household Words .

      The Danubian Principalities . —Some private intelligence ( says tho Times Vienna correspondent ) has reached mo which induces mo to believe that tho question of tho Danubian Principalities is likely to be settled to the satisfaction of all parties . Tho British Government not , long since proposed to Franco that tho two Principalities should bo placed on tho saino footing in matters of administration , and that a commercial and Customs union should be established between thorn .

      It wa » further suggested that , if it should appear advisable to tho Powers , Mich arrangements might bo made that eaoh of tho Principalities should , incase of need , furufcih an armed contingent for the defence of tho frontiers . The plan mot with tho approbation of tho Emperor of tho French , who was probably glad to got out of tho out do aao into which ho hud boon led by Count Wulow-Bkl , nod it will now bo tho business of Baron do Borquonay and Sir Hamilton Seymour to porauado tho Austrian Government to agree to it .

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      Leader Office, Saturday, June 20. Last N...

      Leader Office , Saturday , June 20 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE BISHOPRIC OF NORWICH . Lord Redesdale called attention to the circ umsta nces attending the resignation of the late Bishop of Norwi ^ and urged the necessity of defining by some legal emTct ment the conditions under which a prelate might » 32 L his see and the status he should hold afterwards esnV cially as regarded the privilege of sitting as a peer of Parliament . v 0 I

      The Lord Chancellor said that the law as it stood fully enabled any bishop to resign his see , and a fter his resignation left him without any title by which he could sit in the House of Peers , since he did not hold his seat by any personal right , but as fulfilling the episcopal office in a certain diocese . The late Bishop of Norwich in resigning , made no stipulation for a retiring pension ; but a general bill on the subject of episcopal resignations had been prepared by the Government , and would have been introduced but for the dissolution of Parliament .

      After a short discussion the subject dropped . The Transportation and Penal Servitude Bill was read a third time and passed . Tha House adjourned at half-past seven .

      House Of Commons. The Statues In St. Ste...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE STATUES IN ST . STEPHEN ' S HALL . In answer to Mr . Warren , Sir B . H-ALLsaid that the statue of Pitt would be placed in . Westminster Hall this year . That of Burke was not so far advanced . THE DESIGNS IN WESTMINSTER HALL . In answer to Lord Elcho , Sir B . Hall said that , owing to the introduction of the models for the Wellington monume _ nt , the exhibition of designs for the public offices in Westminster Hall would be suspended , but those Which received prizes would be exhibited .

      THE ROCHDALE ELECTION PETITION BBIBEBY OF A . WITNESS . Colonel Thompson presented a petition from Mr . Newall , Parliamentary agent , stating that Abraham Rothwell had been offered 50 / . by one Peter Johnson to induce him to go to New Orleans , in order to avoid giving evidence on the Rochdale Election Petition . Mr , Newall was called to the bar and examined by the Speaker , when he stated the above facts . Abraham Rothwell was then called in , and on examination stated that he had been induced by one Lord to go to a place in Falcon-square , where he met Peter Johnson , who offered to give him 50 / . to go to New Orleans to avoid giving evidence on the Rochdale Petition .- Ho declined , but was to meet Johnson that night at nine o'clock to give him an answer .

      Lord Palmiirston moved that Peter Johnson do attend this house forthwith . Mr . K . Macauley asked whether Johnson , who had been guilty of a misdemeanour , could bo compelled to answer to the House that he was guilly . Sir G . Grey said that by a standing order ol tue House , Johnson had been guilty of a high crime of misdemeanour , and it was alwaya tho practice of the House to givo persons so accused an opportunity oi aefending themselves . BRITISH SUHJICCTS AT OltlCYTOWN . Lord C . Hamilton asked whether tho Government had taken any stops to obtain compensation t ° r l" ° British subjects residing at Grey Town , when the town was bombarded in 1854 .

      PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION BILL . Mr . Hadfield asked if it was the intention of the Government to press tho Probate ami Administration Bill this session . . „ ,, u Lord Palmerston , in answer to Mr . 1 ladfleld , mm it waa tho intention of tho Government to P «» * J carry the Probate and Administration B 11 . Injn « r » to Lord Claude Hamilton , ho » ald tlm , ^^ J " international law , when one Government ° * ° ° f ^ of hostility against another , subjects of a third po » have no claim on those who committed those « cj < w hostility ; and tho British Government were of ' ofi «» that the British subjects at Groy Town had no _ olnln on tho United States for injury done to thorn " » the Mi « . on that place . . oxcoptionol Lord Lovainh complained that in thin oxceP caso tho British Government did not protoci

      TK roeouok urged that this w « ^ J * £ S in which this country and tho noblo L ordJ * "J 7 o th , they wore bullies to tho weak and ""^ '" JL VoW strong . Thoro could bo no doubt that Grey

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20061857/page/12/