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Leader Office, Saturday, March 31. HOUSE...
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HOUSE OF COMMONS. NEW WRITS. New writs w...
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Report says that the Duke of Newcastle i...
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The French Government is actively engage...
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A new Belgian Ministry has been formed, ...
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Tub Old and New Tories.—. Edifying }* .....
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Miscellaneous. The Australian Robbery-.—...
in the provisions announced to be applied to them under the Board of Health . A great aggregate meeting of " manufacturers is to be held on the 10 th of April . Oriental News . —From Hong Kong we have intelligence to the 15 th of February , reporting th % fc the insurgent Chinese besieging Canton bad taken the Tiger Fort , and plundered the surrounding villages . We learn from Bagdad , to the 19 th of February , that the rebel Kurds , 20 , 000 or 30 , 000 strong , were continuing an ¦ energetic resistance in the north of Mesopotamia . Death from Fzbe . —An old -woman , seventy-four . years of age , was discovered a day or two ago with her " clothes on fire in her room in East-street , Manchestersquare . The flames were extinguished , but she died from the injuries . There was no fire in the grate at the time ; and the woman , who remained sensible up to her death , was unable to say how the flames originated .
America . —The latest news from America contains the programme of the new political party calling themselves the " Pacific American Party , " and whose supposed object is the formation of a great Western Republic . The measures , which are at present kept in abeyance until certain objects are attained which it is hoped will prepare the public mind of the State for the consummation of the scheme proposed to be carried out , are—a larger delegation from the Pacific States in Congress ; Oregon and California . to be organised into "States at once ; California to be divided and two States made out of her territory ; the Sandwich Islands and Sonora to be annexed , and as much more of the territory of Mexico as can be conquered or purchased ; and , finally , out of the whole of the territories of the United States on the Pacific coast in possession and to be thus acquired , six States are to be created instead of one . — Times .
Escape and Recapture of Russian Prisoners . — Between nine and ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning Xieutenant Mann , the Governor of the Lewes warprison , took a party of prisoners out on the Downs for an airing ; and , while they were gone , three prisoners made their escape from the prison dressed in plain clothes . They were first seen in the streets about a quarter to eleven , but were supposed to be either Frenchmen or German musicians . They took the shortest route for the railway station , and arrived there just after the'departure of the up-train ; so that it would appear they contemplated starting by train .
They then turned up a lane towards High-street , and then found the prison guard were pursuing them , upon which they ran off up High-street as fast as they could , followed by a large mob -and a butcher on horseback . They then turned up Fisher-street , and ran into the backyard of the White Hart Hotel , in a stable attached to which one of them was captured , and another in the kitchen . The third managed to elude his pursuers , but he was shortly afterwards discovered under some trees in the Castle-gardens , and in a few minutes he was in the grip of a couple of pensioners , who marched him back to prison . They are said to have scaled the wall , which is very high , by means of ropes .
The Monmouthshire Militia has been for some time past conducting itself in a very riotous manner ; andthe spiritof insubordination is not-yet-quelled ; One hundred and fifty demand to be discharged . The Curious Legitimacy Case which has occupied the court at the Cork Assizes during three days this week , resulted yesterday in a verdict for the plaintiff , which establishes the fact that the late Rev . Mr . Beamish , the plaintiff ' s father , had performed the
ceremony of marriage between himself and the plaintiff ' s mother ; but leaves it to the Court of Chancery , from which the issue had been sent for trial , to decide the question of law—namely , whether tho ceremony was a valid marriage or not . Election Intelligence . —Mr . Ewart was on Wednesday returned for Liverpool , by an immense majority ; the numbers being—Ewart , 5690 ; Bonham , 4221 . —On the same day , Mr . Edmund Antrobus was elected for Wilton without opposition .
Suicide of a Clergyman at Canterbury . —The Rev . John Peachey Francis has committed suicide by shooting himself in his study . Discovery of Antiquities at Eupatoria . — In one of tho new works on our left , near some roofless barracks , the soldiers , in cutting down an irregularly-shaped mound , ' have discovered the entrance of a tomb , or of a cistern . It forms a parallelogram of eight feet by four , and is composed of four stones . Tho fortifications are just at present of too much importance to allow us to
follow up this discovery , and so it remains covered with rubbish and stones . Thoro is no inscription to be seen on it , but according to all probability it is a shaft leading to somq tombs , for all around in the neighbourhood of the mound groat quantities of humun skeletons have been found collected in heaps . To whomsoever these skeletons may have belonged , they certainly belonged to no Tartars . Thoro is no trace of high cheekbones or pointed heads . All the skulls I have aeon wore unmistakably of Caucasian , and not of Mongol shape . — Time * Correspondent .
Alleged Frauds in the Hop Trade . —It is stated that frauds of a character similar to those recently detected in the wine business in the dooks havo transpired in the hop trade . They have consisted in the refilling of empty packages stamped with tho names of
well-known planters , whose growths are of choice character , with inferior , and , indeed , almost worthless hops , chiefly the lowest description of American . The discovery of the practice , which is supposed to have been carried on to a considerable extent , occurred at a recent sale by auction , and the attention of the Excise has been cabled to it . Meanwhile consumers-cannot be too cautious in their purchases . —r-Times City Article , Wednesday . M . Alexandre Dumas , the Younger , has achieved a
triumph , memorable even in French theatrical annals , with his new five-act comedy , at the Gymnase , Le Demi-Monde . It may be said to complete his trilogy of uneasy virtues—La Dame aux C ornelias , Diane de Lys , and Le Demi-Monde . The success of the new comedy was a tumultuous ovation , and we hear the author has been offered 60 , 000 francs ( or a house valued at that sum ) for his drcits d ' auteur . How this should make our dramatic writers' mouths water ! Alexandre Dumas , /?& , by his choice of subjects , defies " original adaptations " in England .
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Leader Office , Saturday , March 31 . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE ADJOURNMENT—THE WAR . After some Law Bills had been advanced a stage , and especially one to abolish the Jurisdiction o the Ecclesiastical Courts in cases of Defamation , Earl Granviixb moved the adjournment of the House until the 16 th of April . The Earl of Elxenborough took the opportunity ¦ of reviewing the conduct of the war . He compared the condition of our army now with what it was last year , and urgently pressed the necessity of facilitating recruiting for the army and militia . Referring to the Baltic fleet , he urged that , in order to make it really and fully effective , it ought to consist of twenty-five sail of the liner ^ nd that there ought to be a reserve of ten sail of the line at home . Considering the policy , o the war , he maintained that , by our army leaving Varna f or Sebastopol , we had paralysed Austria , while there was no chance of taking that fortress . That step had complicated the question of peace , by introducing the new element of the national honour of Russia into the matter . Even if we took Sebastopol and . destroyed it , the danger to Turkey from Russia was not removed ; and the only true mode of securing Turkey against aggression , was by creating another Sebastopol on the Bosphorus , and giving Turkey such an army as would enable her to defend herself in case of attack , until the powers of Europe could -come to her aid . Earl Granville , on the part of the Government , refused to discuss the neglect of the war at the present crisis . : „ A- short-debate-followed ,.. which .. did not produce anything remarkable , and the House adjourned at half-past seven .
House Of Commons. New Writs. New Writs W...
HOUSE OF COMMONS . NEW WRITS . New writs were ordered to issue for the borough of Kilniarnock , in the place of Mr . Bouverie , who has accepted the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade ; for the borough of Lewes , in the room of tho honourable Henry Bouverie Brand , who has accepted the office of a Lord of the Treasury ; and for the county of Cork , in the room of Mr . E . B . Roche , who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . A number of questions were asked of the Government , VENTILATION OF HOSriTAL SHIPS . In answer to Mr . Percy , Mr . F . Peel stated that in some new ships that were being fitted out for the conveyance of troops between this country and Scutari , proper mechanical means for ventilation were to bo nsed . BISHOPRICS IN CANADA . In answer to Mr . I > unlop , Sir G . Grey stated that no decision had been come to by the Government with regard to altering the practice of appointing bishops in Canada , in consequence of tho provision in the Canada Reserves Bill for dissolving all connexion between Church and State . ROUTINE AT BALAKXAVA . Mr . Q . Dundas having stated a case in which some sick soldiers on board a transport at Balaklava could not obtain some provisions for twenty-four hours , in consequence of the official formalities that were required to be gone through , Mr . F . Peel said that instructions had been sent out to dispense with nil unnecessary forms in such matters . TIIE BUDGET—PUBLIC BUSINESS . The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that i he should bring forward his financial statement on I
Friday the 20 th April . On Monday the 16 th the bill of Sir B . Hall , for the BetterXocal Management of the Metropolis , would be brought on for a second , reading . THE ADJOURNMENT . , Sir G . Grey moved the adjournment of the House to the leth of April . . THE COLONIAL OFFICE . Sir J . Pakjngton again commented on the unsatisfactory condition of the Colonial-office , and intimated that if Lord J . Russell was not in his office after Easter , he should make a motion on the subject .
THE WAR . Sir de Lacy Evans took occasion to advert to the state of things in connexion with the war . He urged the increase of bounty to recruits , that more gun-boats should be sent to the Baltic , and som e of the steamers going there be sent to the Black Sea ; and that every effort should be made to concentrate our efforts on one point of the Euxine . He referred to the prevailing notion that Odessa had been the port from which Russian reinforcements had reached Sebastopol . This he denied , and said it would have been impossible to do anything effectual with regard to Odessa , except by occupying it with an army o 200 , 000 men .
The subject of the camp at Aldershott , the appointment of the Honourable Mr . Howard to the Commissionership of Woods and Forests , the vacancy in the Chairmanship of Ways and Means , and the probable person to fill that office , the mode of payment of the Irish constabulary , were shortly brought before the House in a desultory manner , on the motion for adjournment . Mr . Spooner promised his annual motion on Maynooth on the 1 st of May ; and notice of a motion for leave to bring in a bill , establishing Vote by Ballot , was given on behalf of Mr . H . Berkeley . TESTAMENTARY JURISDICTION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS .
The Solicitor-Genebal then brought forward a bill to abolish the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts-in matters Testamentary . The Fill proposes to take all testamentary matters from the control of the Ecclesiastical Courts , whether metropolitan or provincial , and refer them to a single com t of civil constitution attached to the Court of Chancery , to be located in London . That is the main i > rincip ! e of the bill . The details , of course , relate to technical and subsidiary arrangements , all tending to simplify procedure and diminish expense . met with
A discussion followed , in which the bill general approval ; the only objections that were urged being that the Government had not at once dealt with the whole question of the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts , including the matrimonial jurisdiction and that relating to Church discipline . It was , however , intimated on the part of JNJinisters that measures on both these points were prepared , and-would be brought in . - --. — —• - - The bill was then introduced . The House was counted out at twenty minutes past twelve .
Report Says That The Duke Of Newcastle I...
Report says that the Duke of Newcastle intends to go to the Crimea . For what purpose ? To emulate Mr . Stafford ? To encounter and exasperate the resentment pf the army ? To leave his character in the hands of his enemies ? We can scarcely im . igine a more unwise proceeding .
The French Government Is Actively Engage...
The French Government is actively engaged expediting troops from Paris to Toulon and Marseilles . They will be immediately put on board , and will sail as speedily ns possible for the Crimea .
A New Belgian Ministry Has Been Formed, ...
A new Belgian Ministry has been formed , 119 follows : — Viscount Vilain XI 1 IL , Foreign Affairs . M . Dedecker , Interior . M . do Nothomb , Justice . General Greindl , War . M . Duinon , Public Works . M . Mercier , Finances .
Tub Old And New Tories.—. Edifying }* .....
Tub Old and New Tories . — . Edifying }* .. * unanimity of the " Great Conservative Party just now . What tho young Tory organ nimounces the old Tory organ denies—what tho Press invites the Herald rejects—what the weekly l > isri \ elito oracularly oinga , tho daily Derbyito indignantly firowls down with a sturdy contempt for new-fanylod combinations . Wo hear that the amendment—of course in a Conservative sense—on Sir John Pakmgton a Education Bill is to bo moved by Mr . Henley , and seconded by Mr . Walpole .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1855, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031855/page/12/
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