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      THE CKYSTAL PALACE . Thk directors of this company , in reference to a resolution of the Council of the Society of Arts in favour of decennial Exhibitions in London , and of an Exhibition to take place in 1861 , have expressed their desire to cooperate with the Society - of Arts in carrying out these objects , and are of opinion that the building and grounds of the Crystal Palace Company might be made available for the purpose , as they present advantages not to be obtained in any other quarter . It appears that the Board of the Crystal Palace Company have intimated that they are prepared to negotiate on the most liberal terms for the use of the means already at their command , and for the erection of such further accommodation as the Society of Arts might require for the proposed Exhibition in 1861 .

      The directors expect that a considerable addition will be made to the railwav accommodation in connexion with the Crystal Palace ' by the year 1 S 61 ; they allude particularly to the probable completion of the \ ictoria . atation at Piuilico , now in course of construction , and the proposed junction between the railways on the north and on the south side of the Thames . The company held their half-yearly meeting on TV ednesday , at the Bridge-house Hotel , when the report of the directors was approved of by acclamation , and a dividend at the rate of 2 s . 6 d . per share declared . This business passed of harmoniously , but the discussion on the policy of opening the Palace on Sunday provoked a most discordant discussion . The Sabbatarians had the

      ¦ w orst of it , if not in argument , at all events in votes . It was a good-natured , and yet a terrible fig ht . The authority of bishops and archbishops was despised . Gauntlets were thrown clown , which do not appear to have been taken up . The word " Sabbath" was not allowed to be uttered , but the word " Sunday" was reckoned permissible . Those who talked of Sunday observance , and yet kept carriages , cabs , omnibuses , and servants employed on the Sunday , were called " arrant humbugs . " In this way the storm raged till nearly two hundred gentlemen were exhausted , and when the vote was taken , the motion to rescind the resolution for opening the Palace to shareholders was rejected by a majority of twenty-four . A ballot was , however , again demanded , and it was fixed to take place on the 12 th of January and other days .

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      AN AUSTRIAN ALLIANCE . EEFERitrsG to the threatening aspect of Italian affairs the Daily News says : — " Austria would fain have ua loin in a confederacy against Trance . All Germany will be invited to join a new Treaty of Pilnitz in defence of legitimacy and the status quo of absolutist domination ; and England i 3 besought to become an accomplice . There is one paramount consideration which ought to weigh in point of policy with English Statesmen against taking part on either side in the fray , if it ia to come . "Were we to do so , it would render inevitable the active interposition of Russia . This , on every account , is what we should most deprecate . While England and Russia remain neutral , there may

      be sharp contention on the plains of Lombardy , or else-wbexe ; but the industry , the arts , the commerce , and the moral weal of Christendom will be preserved from the calamities of a general war . The pecuniary resources of one-half of the nations of Europe will still be saved from ruinous waste ; and the evils of war expenditure will be thereby lightened even for the countries where war may actually prevail . Navigation and trade may still be pursued with security , to a great extent , and the net Bum of human misery will bo greatly lessened . For ourselves , as a nation , it is impossible to forget that the first shot fired in anger between confederacies in either of which the Czar ahould bo engaged , while the Queen of these realms took part with tho other , would bo tantamount to the undoing of all we have ao Jatety suffered

      and done « . to secure the integrity of the Ottoman Empire . Russia might , and probably would , be withheld from unsheathing the sword again , so soon after her late reverses , by the dignified examplo of reserve on the part of this country . But it ia too much to suppose that sho could remain passive or apathetic were all the other great powers of Europa once committed in deadly conflict . Her hour would then indeed have come , and it ia ridiculous to imagine that she would be unconscious or apathetic . If it gave Franco , England , and Sardinia enough to do to restrain her single-handed aggression five years ago , what would' the chances bo of saving Turkey from partition if all these Powers were ongaged elsewhere in deadly strife ? Our manifest policy and duty is to abstain impartially , and to counsel and warn others to abstain in like manner . "

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A DRKADi'ULcxplosionof fire-damp took placo 6 " n Saturday afternoon at tho Tyldesloy Colliery , at Tyldodleylo-Banks , a few miles north-west of Manchester , by which it has been ascertained that twenty-five men and boys lo » t their lives , many of tho men leaving widowa and children to lament their loss . Tho explosion took place at a depth of one thousand yards below the brow of the pit , so that no noiao was heard by those on tho surbut minor who

      face , nor was any gearing injured ; a was below says that a nolso like thunder was heard , and in a moment nearly all tho colliers and drawers working in tho mine were killod . It was some bourn bofore any of tho colliers could outer tho pit , ou account of the sulphureous vapour which filled it ; butwhon it was entered at last , a shocking spectacle prosontod itself on every aide , and portions of human remains torn from each othor woro found scattered about , Tho minors worked nobly to recover tho bodies of tfioir tinfortunuto cominuiu / i

      The steam-tug Glowworm , belonging to the .. n ^ """ writers , came into collision with the tuff ChaL * r ~ Tuesday night , off the Cumbries , when the ffi ^ ° down , drowning the master , engineer , pilot anri fi * W 6 nt The unfortunate men are' all ^ arrie * f ^ J wS ? Ureenock ^ The Champion was owned b y the Greenoek Towing Company . «*« enoei £

      paniona . Tnoro woro twoniy-Buvuu w * -v » poraons in tho pit nt tho timo of tho accident . Tho precise cause of tho calamity is not yot ascertained . Tho Inquest was oponed on Wednesday . Tho Government inspector hau not yot completed lii « investigation , so that tho jury tlld nothing beyond viewing tho bodloa ami receiving » qpi > f of their identity " . Tho inquiry was ad-Jouynod . ^

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      THE SHIPPING INTEREST A mektino of gentlemen interested in British shlDDihwas held on Wednesday , at the London Tavern « ? take into consideration the ruinous condition of ~ iiff l navigation . " Mr . Duncan D unbar was in the ch and the following members of the House of ComnvT ' were present : — Mr . J . C . Cobbold , Mr . lloliertInLZm Mr . John JIcUox and Mr . A . W . Young , Mr II jO Mr . James Clay and Lord Ashley . The large room mu crowded with representatives of London firms and dele gates from the various ports of the kingdom . The chairman said that the object of the meeting was to take into consideration the depressed state of the shipping interest . Some time ago the Lcdsl-iture thought fit to ropv . nl the Navigation Laws , but , whatever might be the various opinions as to the expediency of that course , he did not believe there was anv one present who believed in the _ possibility of re-enactiii " those laws , lie was anxious ' disclaim , for the meeting , any idea of asking for a reversal of recent legislation on this matter .

      Mr . ( 1 . I ' , i oung moved the first resolution— "That British skipping is at present , in all its most important branches , in a state of most deplorable and ruinous depression , has been partly caused and is greatly aggravated by the unequal competition to which , by ° repeal of the navigation laws , British navigation is . now exposed with the shipping of foreign countries . " After adverting to his long absence from public life , the lion . gentleman proceeded to disavow , on be-half of the meeting , any intention of . reviving the controversy of Freetrade /• . Protection . It was of importance , even to obtain a hearing from the general public , that it should be distinctly' understood that thev bail no intention of

      riving in the face of the decision which had been . arrived at on that question , however erroneous some of them might think it . lie was there , nut to ask for Protection , but for simple justice . He did not wish for any new legislation , but merely that the law as it now stood should be carried-into execution . Mr . Young then-went deeply- into statistics with : i view to show that Britisli shipping interests were severely suHuriug from foreign competition , and that America especially was making great progress at our expense . Tlic evils of non »

      reciprocity were also strongly urged by him , and lie concluded a lung and eloquent speech by saying that for many years lie bad been an advocate of what were called the principles of protection : but he wasneitherligoteil to protection us a principle , nor to free trade as a principle . The navigation laws could never bo . rjL-imposvd in their integrity , and they ought not to bi ' , but there was muck of good in the navigation laws , ami that good ought to be restored , or the maritime commerce of Great Lrilaiu must siuk from the position which it had so long

      occupied . Several other resolutions expressing the feelings of the body were unanimously adopted , and also a memorial to tho CJueen praying that -he would issue an order ia council depriving the ships of luw-rociprocntiug countries from the unrestricted intercourse which now exwts . it will bo seen that the promoters of tho meeting were anxious to divest it as . much us possible of the clionio er of a Protectionist gathering , and in the memorial to tifc Queen they " emphatically protest against any Bttcrapi to connect llu-ir application with any cuiMideratwiw ot disputed systems of general commercial policy . inu

      Another large meeting of shipowners and others - rcstcl in tlio shipping interest was hold lit tlie &m w Intitule , Slindwcll , wIhjii n resolution was """""""" Jf passed in support of the Mercniilile Marino Assouan ™ -

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      NAVAL AND M 1 LITAUV . Gbbknwioh Howm-af .. —Tho vacant ( iruonwwi outpension hn « boon conferred on Commander n 0111 ? , „ tto who served as senior lieutenant of tho Jlenelaw m « Chesapeake , mid 8 uc « oedod to tho ^'"'"'"" V American men and nmrlnes , landed to attack n body oi A " ,.,, troops , on tho douth of Captain Sir P . P « rkor , J »"; He has roceived tho silver naval inwlal , auu *»» "

      ssetted in J 81 A for his valuable Horvicca . f A New Uu . n . —An Invention of Messrs . Arm * onj . Newcastle , him boon satisfactorily tested « i ' // lUtnncea nous , tho projecting power of which coni |» loiei } «» that of any piece of ortliinnco hlthorto k" 0 »'• db . elevation of 03 degrees it has . sent a . i- ' - * " ^ taueo of MOO yardn , or moru tliim " *¦ ' « ' , h . » amo range baa booj ^ ittalno . l by a ni . H' -p ° l » 1 ( U r ' b ing 10 ewt ., of ufiuilar construction . , jlW MAoswrio J 2 . vi « iciiiMKNT . .-Slr Cliarlos U 7 paid a viblt to the Koynl Hi . w in ,-or « wt » W * " . Jlroinnton , for the purp-Ho of wUnwrting so »« i ' tlc mould In Lluwln / r up iiiIiiom by hiuiiiw « J J ^ tlon current omlttut . 1 from amu-lon of iiui ^ nolr * , 11 " ^ ollUr . Abol , d . uuiU to tliu War Dcmhu ^ [ mnunoto w « re arrantjod by l ' wl ' ewor » Uo « l ^» »

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      rounded by an armed body of constables . We are not informed of the specific charge upon which the prisoners will be examined . The authorities have since apprehended sixteen other persona at Kenmare and Killarney on the charge of being members of the Phoenix Association . They are mostly young men of a respectable class , such as clerks , shopmen , and assistants . The capture was made with secrecy , but two persons agaiiist ¦ whom warrants are said to have been issued managed to make their escape . The pr isoners were duly despatched to Tralee , under a strong escort of police , for committal . The Rev . Dr . Cahill , in the Weekly Teleyraph , addresses words of warning to hia " fellow countrymen ; " he tells them that " the Government are generally well informed on the organisation , the plans , and the very names of the leaders of secret societies in Ireland . It cannot be doubted that the proclamation issued in the end of last week by the Lord-Lieutenant has been called

      forth by the stringent necessity of the case . I have never known a similar proclamation founded on false information . The Viceregal authorities may occasionally make a mistake in the extent of the confederacy , or in individuals ; but beyond dispute their knowledge of its originators , numbers , abettors , and silent friends , is most accurate . " A preliminary meeting of landed proprietors was held in Dublin on Saturday , to make arrangements for a general meeting of the landed gentry of Ireland of all parties , for the purpose of taking into consideration the defects of the law for the protection of life and property , and the amendments which should be sought for in the next session of Parliament ; A Belfast paper says " that the Phoenix ^ Club was preparing to receive with open arms the regiment of American Militia which we lately heard so much about as coming to Ireland to see once more ther native land . ' Colonel Ryan' was to command them , and their stay in Ireland was to be about six weeks . During that time they were to ' encamp' in the south and in the north . Great things were expected from these Yankee invaders , who would have endeavoured to spread as much disaffection and disloyalty as possible in , the breasts of the igiiorant people who would have flocked round-them . " According to the Cork Constitution , "the treason was carried much further than any one not engaged in it suspected . There have been nightly and dailv drillings , pikes have been manufactured , arms have been imported , and the use of them has been taught . Government Was not a minute too early in interfering ; but it did wisely in waiting until satisfactory evidence was obtained . ' ' Sir Mathew Harrington is at Cork , and hia arrival is believed to be significant , as confirmation of the rumoured intention of the Government to issue a special commission for the immediate trial of the suspected parties . A large detachment of the Staffordshire 3 Iilitia has left Cork to occupy the temporary barrack recently hired at Baiitry . The artillery at BaUincollig are held in preparation for movement at an hour ' s warning . The Cork Reporter states that Dr . Delany , the Roman Catholic Bishop of that diocese , has forbidden his clergy from hearing the confession of any member of a secret society , the right rev , prelate reserving nil such cases for his own ear . It is said that in some paits of the country the well-known and harmless society of Odd Fellows ha . s been banned by the Komati Catholic clergy , and that such members as belong to that communion aro not to receive the rites of the Church any more thun the associates of the Kiband or trcuson clubs . At a Court of Proprietors of the Bauk of Ireland a dividend of 44 per cent , for tho half-year has been struck , making , with the Midsummer dividend , l ) i per cent , for the year . After making the dividend , a Bum of 800 / . remained to be added to tho rest , which now amounts to 1 , 067 , 000 ? , The dividend at this time lust year was 6 por cent .

      IRELAND . There appears to bo no doubt that tho Government is in possession of information showing oxtenslvo disaffection , if not treason , In Iroland . On Sunday , at Belfast , the police effected tho capture of a . Klbbon Lodge , comprising fifteen persons , who afo of ull ages , and of tn | cluss Of working won . The socioty waa iWMmblod In a Uqyase in Crotnae-stroot , and was sur-

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      1374 * THE LEA D ER . Jpgg ; 456 , December 18 . iSKg

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1858, page 1374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2273/page/6/