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of age , -who has recently been convicted of receiving a quantity of " stolen beans , has committed suicide in the Sussex county gaol , after a most singular fashion . The turnkey , on opening his cell in the morning , discovered him lying upon his face , dead . It was found that he had thrown his bed upon the floor , had filled his nostrrts witn pieces of rags , his mouth with his handkerchief , and had tied another handkerchief over his mouth ; after which , he must have thrown himself down upon his Fbtsce Adalbert of Prussia dined last Saturday with Port-Admiral Sir William Parker , at Mount Wise . Fbtfe . —A destructive fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon on the premises of some cabinet-makers and timtier-merchants in the East-road , City-road . A large amount of property was destroyed , and some of the adjoining houses were injured .
Pbofessob Owen , F . R . S . —This distinguished naturalist , who for nearly , thirty years has been connected witn tte Royal College of Surgeons , as Conservator of the Hunterian Museum and Professor of Comparative Anatomy , hafr just resigned his appointments , to enter on his duties at the British Museum , as Superintendent of the Natural History department . Mb . Peteb Cunningham : has been selected to edit the Catalogue" of tjie Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester , Mb . Hathjbw , the late Consul ' at Philadelphia , arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday by the screw steamer City of Baltimore .
A- Febocious Hoese . —A male horse , which , together with a mare , was harnessed to a cart , ran away a few days ago in the "Vaoxhall-road , Liverpool . On being pursued , three men , including a policeman and the driver , were Knocked down , bitten , and severely hurt . According to the story , the horse seems to have been offended at the mare ' s head being seized by the persons wnb attempted to stop the pair . It was found necessary to beat the ttorse off the body of the driver . The policeman is seriously injured . JL Severe O-at . w . has been blowing on tUe coast of Northumberland . Several vessels at sea , and'the vegetation on hind , have suffered ; but no lives have been lost . The weather has been very boisterous , also , off Liverpool * .
Strike at the El&ecar Ironworks . —About three hundred hands employed at the ironworks at Elsecar , near Rotherham , are on strike . On the evening of the 26 th ult . the furnaces were heated and the usual preparations made for commencing work , when , according to the statement of the workmen ,, they were unable to , go on , owing to the high temperature of " the ¦ weather , and desisted accordingly . Subsequently , warrants were-obtained against two of the men for leaving their work -without notice . This caused the whole of the hands to leave their employment , and the works were brought to a standstill .
Mb . Mare ' s Bamkuiuftcy . —The certificate meeting in th ' e bankruptcy of C . J . Mare , the ship-builder of Blackwall , took place on Thursday . According to the statement of Mr " . laivxance , who appeared for the assignees , a large majority of the creditors of the estate had been " bought off , " having sold their debts to Mr . Quilter , the accountant under the bankruptcy , to whom the debts became payable . The bankrupt denied that he had , by himself or his agents , bought up any debts . He knew of Mr . Quilter proposing to do it , but he had never said he would give bills of exchange to increase ' the fiyo shillings in the pound offered by Mr . Quilter to ten shillings . Some creditors were paid more than five shillings .- The question " "Who made up the difference ?" wad asked , but not allowed to be put . Mr . Quilter had
said that , if the estate turned out well , he would take care of the bankrupt . The Commissioner , who said that the bohqjide creditors only should have a voice in the proceedings , consented to an adjournment . Early Closing Association . —A meeting of this society , . for the purpoBe of advocating a general half-holiday on the Saturday , was held on Thursday at Willis ' s Rooms , St . Jamea's-atrcet- Lord Stanley ,. M . P ., in the chair . The room waa crowded . Mr . Kinnoird , M . P ., the Earl of Stiaftesliury , the Bishop of Bath and Wells , Mr . Monckton Mtihes , M . P ., and the Bishop of Sodor and Man , addressed the audience , and resolutions in accordance with the objects of the gathering were unanimously carried .
A . Dreadful EkrLOSioN has taken place at the extensive colliery of the Coalbrook Company , in the Blaina Valley . Ten men who were working in the pit were , killed , and a young , man who descended to their help fell' a victim to the suffocating , effects of enrbonio toraA jJ&Bi or u choke damn , which always accumulates Wft * att « btpr < wion . i-> vifcm' Mj&aavxiU ' . GIawubry . —Mr . William Goningham writes toy $ e ipajv ^ to com plain that a . dilapidated , daubedvover , and repainted picture of the Virgin and Clffld ^ aac'ribecVloBdBlnr . has been added to tho list of oti * ' * art treaBUTeaJ * " » ' ' Bkdvotion ov TimrWmK ltomw . --Afeatival , under thftflu « pice » of , » , oprnn ? Vtt «^ : fppnod for tho purpose of P | omo ( ing , a reduction of the du ^ eft on foreign wines , and aft the same time advocating a mutually- ndvahtkgeouB ( System of ( Hrifft between France' and . England , especially in relation to the Potteries , w& « held at the Cjnmtol palace , on Wednesday- , Mr . OUvelra , I&F .. pnalded * . ¦ . - » »
Cosoebtsfob the People *—A- body , called "the People ' s Concerts Committee , " under the patronage of Lord Raynham , Mir . Henry Mayhew , and ot * ere , announces that its first Vocal and Instrumental Concert will take place on Monday evening neixty at the Philharmonic Hall , 14 > - Newman-street , Oxford-street , to commence at eight o ' clock . The admission to the body ' of the hall is only twopence , and the proceeds , after defraying expenses , are to be applied to philantfarophic purposes . The object is a very good one :
TtMBBB-BENDiNG . —Among the new companies which have started into existence under t 3 ie vivifying rays" of the Limited Liability Act , we observe one ©> r intro ^ ducing . to the English public an American patent for bending timber after a peculiar fashion , which , by causing the fibres to interlace , absolutely increases the strength of the wood , and , by pressing out the- sap , seasons it in the course of an hour or so . It is obvious that here must be a great saving of capital ; and several eminent engineers agree that the mode of bending is a great improvement on the former method .
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ITALY . A Vienna letter of the 5 th , in tho Nuremberg- Correspondent , flays : ¦ — " We are assured that within , tho-last few days a new note of tho Austrian Cabinet has- bceu sent to the Neapolitan Government , calling , its attention to the delicate state of its relations with , the Western Powers , and tho dangers to which that state of things may lead . Tiie Austrian Minister at Naples , General Martini , has been directed to support tliia note in 1 the most energetic manner ; and the Neapolitan Minister Prince Petrulla , has been able to- learn , from his con-Perences witih Count Buol , what are the nml views of the Austrian Government on the aubjjoot .
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Thk MrNTBTKMAX WmTEBAiT BttTOBK will take plncn at tho Trafalgar , Greenwich , and—as at present arranged—on Saturday , tho 19 th instant . Ma job-Genekal W . G . Coohwahtk ; who hna for some time commanded tho Dublin district , will , It in believed , have the colonelcy of the 1 Jth Regiment , vacant by the death of General Sir John Wilson . Sir Cotm Campbell ' s commission as TJcutennnt-Gcnoral has been antedated tbe 4 th of Jurto , f 8 M , thus placing the gallant officer ftf His' proper portion an senior of Sir William CodringtbW , who ' wttff promoted to be Lieutenant-General on tho 6 th of June : Crystal Paiaob . —Return of admission for fli * < l'lVfl ending Friday , July 11 th , I 860 , fnoluding season ticket holders , 48 , 441 .
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LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . * THE HOUSE OF LORDS . LANDOWNERS ] K INOIA » Thb Earl of EiiiEKBOROtrGH 1 presented & pet&fon / from two native gentlemen' in the Punjaub , complaining that they had been not only deprived of a fourth of the reve - nues of their property by the Government daring their lives , but their heirs were to be deprived of it altogether at their decease .- His lordship urged that this was no « a-policy to be pursued ; towards the native gentlemen * of India n -whom it ? seemed the object of the Government to extinguish . —The Duke of Argyll explained that the property in question was not revenue derived from pro > - perty , bat only grants or remission fifom taxation , which the Indian Government had permitted the holders-1 ©' enjoy for their lives-, but which ought not to be continued after that .
TBS MILITIA * - A discussion , originated by the Doeb of BircctEtfCir , ensued on the arrangements of the Government with respect to the permanent staff of the Militia , which-he contended' Was w >* large enough to secure the efficiency of that body . He also urged that th * pay of the Militia should ' , be better , —• Lord Panmube defended the existing arrangements , which he said had been framed with great care .
RUSSIA AND THE POLES . Lord LYNiMHURST asked whether the Government had received any intimation as to an amnesty granted by the Emperor of Russia to the Poles . He commented in very strong terms on the cruelty with which the Poles had been treated , arid declared the amnesty to be worthless . —The Earl of Clarendon said he had no official cognizance of the amnesty in question , but he did riot doubt the correctness of that version of it which had been published , and ' ho admitted that he -was disappointed with its terms , having hoped that it would'have been much more ample . THE CBIHKAK INQUIRY .
In answer to the Earl of Lucan , Lord Panmttre said that the Report of the Crimean Inquiry , , which had been conducted by the Board of General Officers at Chelsea , had been laid before the Queen , but it had not yet been transmitted to the Government , and therefore he could not produce it . —The Earl of Luoan then gave notice , for Tuesday next , of a motion for an address to the , Crown , praying that the Report should be produced at once A number of Bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at half-past eight o'clock .
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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . HEW MEMBER . Sir William Fenwiok Williams ov Kars took the oaths and his seat for Calne . The honourable and gallant member was introduced by Lord Goderich and Sir George Pochell . He was loudly cheered as ho came up to the table . COAST DEFENCES . Mr . Hatter , on behalf of Sir Charles Wood , gavo notice of a bill for improving tho defences of tho coaBt , and putting the Coast Guard under the control of the Admiralty .
THE ROATV THPROCCOT THUS TO \ VBR . 1 In answer to Mr . Duktcombjo , M ¥ . Monsmxl said that an old-established right of way through the Towor , which 'had been closed on account of the quantity of stores in that fortress during tho war , would bo opened again to 1 the public ns soon as the stores were cleared out . MR . . fAMEfc BA'OLEtR . ' Mr . Macartney anted tho Attorney-General for ; Ireland to utato to tho If ouso the name of tho magistrate ., bofpi-o whom any information was sworn , the dato of tho same , and tho dato upon which tho -warrant wad '
issued for . the' apprehension of James' Sadleir . — Sir Geobgb Grby said he must interpose before the learned Attorney-General replied to the question ; It was exceedingly inconvenient under present circumstances t& answer such questions as these ,, but , if hon . members were prepared to embody these suspicions in' the form-of a substantive motion , the learned gentleman referred to would be ready to reply and to defend bis conduct and that of the Government with reference to this- cas * ( Hear . ) The learned gentleman had applied for a correct copy of the observations of the Judge , which had been the subject of remark , and as soon as he had received them he would bring the question before the House . ( Hear ; hear . )
THE tSTftHif BtJDGBtf . In answer to Bfn J . G . PtefcfiEMORE , Mr . V . SmitI * said' he' should bring forward' the Indian Budget on Thursday next . THE ROYAX ENGINEERS IN THK GBXMBA . Captain Leicester Vernon brought forward a-statement of the services of the Royal Engineers in- the- late war . No notice -was taken of hi * observations .
THE SAOLEBOf CASE . M * . Napier put a technical question ^ as to 1 &e duties of a Privy Councillor in Ireland , to the Attorney-General for Ireland ) and took the opportunity of going into the dispute between the latter learned gentleman and'the Master of the Rolls . Mr . Napier urged' that the Attfcrney-General had charged the Master of the Rolls with violating his oath as a Privy Councillor : — The ATTOBNBY-GrBMBRAD FOR Ibelaw& complained of the way in which charges were brought agains * him in heard
an informal and irregular shape . He had just by telegraph of a most improper proceeding of the Master of the Rolls in his Court in reference to this subject , and ; when he was fully informed of that learned judge's observation ; he could go into the whole matter . —Mr . Cab&wbliV Mr G . H . Moore , Mr . Harrison , and Mr . WflxTESitoB , made some observations , and the matter was concluded by Mr . Napibb stating that he would bring the subject- on again , if possible ,- on Monday .
COTJSTT COUBTSi On the motion for going into committee on the Comrair Courts Bcll , Mr . Gladstone raised a discussion on the expediency of placing- the charge for the Judges of the County Courta ( 170 > 0 & 0 U a year ) on the Consolidated Fund . His proposition metf with little support , and the House went into committee on the bill . — The rest of the sitting Was occupied'in ; disposing of along list of orders of the day , amounting to'twenty-six in number ; the bills being for the most part of an unimportant character ;
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Leader Office , Saturday , July 12 .
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SPALN . The return of M . Escosura , Minister of the- Interior , who is now at Valladolid ,. is postponed * Several workmen have been arrested at Madrid . The cholera is not spreading beyond Seville .
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GREECE . Tho Moniteur Grec admits that the quasi-ofilcial letter published by the Minertoa , recommending Mr . Smita < O'Brien' to the care of the inferior authorities , and enjoining them to put soldiers at points where he might be in danger of molestation by brigands ,, originated in the office of the Minister of the Interior ; and that it was issued by a prefect to the mayors of his district . The only foundation for the charge o § " totgevy" brought against the editor of the Minorva was the improper addition of the name of M . Bulgaria to the document ..
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ftKfl THE liEADEB . { No . 829 , SAnrfrDAY ,
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Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 658, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2149/page/10/
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