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      Dowager Lady Dillon , 57 . ; Bishop of Cork , 5 / . ; W . M . Thackeray , Esq . j J 5 ? ., &e . Stc . Tile Mayor of Bradford has issued a public notice inviting such of the inhabitants as concur in the object to meet him at St ; George ' s Hall this day , to express sympathy with the Neapolitan exiles , and to contribute to the fund . There seems to be a difference of opinion among the exiles relative to the proposed demonstrations in their favour . A letter , signed by a portion -of them , repudiates that other letter , mentioned above , and urges ^ that if the demonstrations are intended to prove that England sets its face against oppression , they ought not to be discountenanced . At the same time ' , like their brethren , they have no wish that meetings should' be called simply for the expression of personal sympathy with those who have suffered .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty and her family are still at Osborne i and , with the exception that they are all in good health , there is little to record . The Queen and her children walk and ride daily in the grounds and neighbourhood ,-and have interchanged visits with the Prince .. and Princess of Leningen . Adrift ' rai BOwlcs dined at Osborne on Wednesday . Her Majesty and the Prince , with their children , purpose , according to present arrangements , to leave Osborne on Tuesday next for Buckingham Palace .

      Electiox Items . —For the University of Cambridge , the supporters of Mr . Selwyii , Q . C ., are pledging themselves to procure , if possible , -the retuln of the learned gentleman , in conjunction ¦ with tlie Highf Hon . S . H . Walpole , —At the borough of ' Cambridge .- the Liberal party have adopted Messrs . Adair and Mowatt as their candidates . The present Conservative sitting members , Messrs . K Maca ' ulay and A . Steuart , will offer themselves for re-electioji . —Mr . Xieath ' atn is again a candidate , in the Liberal interest , for the representation of W . akefield iii Parliament .- —It is stated that both divisions of Norfolk will be contested . In the west Mn . W . Bagge , of Stradsett , who retired in 1857 , will again come forward in the Conservative interest

      ¦ with Mr . G . WVP . Bentinck . —At Dudley it is said that the Hon . Mr . Calthorpe , the new Liberal member for East Worcestershire , will lie put forward as a candidate . Mr . Sheridan will also come forward again , and the . following candidates » re also spoken of : the Ho'ri . Mr . Littleton , eldest son of Lord Ilatherton ; Mr . E . Pixon , son of a local banker ; Mr . W . Matthews , ironmaster , Edgbaston , near Birmingham ; and a Mi ? . Locock . r—In the event of a dissolution , Sir Henry Stracey , late M . P . for East ^ N orfolk , will contest Great Yarmouth in the Conservative interest in conjunction with Sir JEdmund Lacon . — The retirernont of Mr . Hi S . Waddington . from the representation of West Suffolk is announced as probable .

      Tina Public Hbai / th , —The return of the Registrar-General for last week , exhibits as favourable a state of the health of the metropolis as that of the previous week , tho number of deaths being only one iii excess , viz ,, 1 , 175 as against 1 , 174 :. The number of births v ' , 841 , exceeding the donths by 660 . Dr , Letlieby also reporta favourably as . to the health of the City . Court of Common Council . —A Court was held on Thursday , at which the death of Mr .

      Prendercast , Judge of the Shoritfs' Court , was formally announced , and it was stated the Common Serjeant would perform tho duty pro tern . A report from the improvements commit too upon , tlic Metropolitan Rnilwn } 'was presented , but its consideration was adjourned to a special court . A petition > vas presented from tho London Mechanics' Institution , praying for a donation in aid of the funds , when a motion to ' grant the prayer was agreed to by a large liinjorifcy . The other business was disposed of , and tho court adjourned .

      Mb . W . H . Rubsei , ! ,. —A Bombay letter says : — " ltussell ,, tl » o Times special correspondent , mny almost be considered one of Lord Clyde ' s staff , as ha goos nbout with liini everywhere . lie is said to luive got enormously stout , ns tho result of his long rustication in that glorious sunitarium , Simlah , after the unfortunate kick which he received from Ills horse . Jtlo hns boon well ubusod by a portion of the Indian press for the tone of hiscsonumipioations . Mr . Russell , I believe , glorios in being considered a plain-spoken writer ; but , us I cIo-tq say you are awi » re , plain-spoken peoplo arc . often very unjust , and ho certainly has sometimes boon too swooping ia Ills censures upon tho English in India , and lms , I am glad to ace , begun to think so himeolf , nnd apologise ( vnd , dnm in his horns accordingly . Tho Indian newspapers were also unjust in tho manner in which they roAcntod his olmrgos , but a more equitable feeling Is uovr displayed in their column ? . "

      Blessings of Napoleonism . —Trance , by immoderate armaments , has placed Europe in a state of deep alarm .. Every one who hears the continual discussions concerning : the number and equipment of troops , the sijze of line-of-battle ships , an d the newly-inventedi-pun ' s , rifles , or shell , must feel that the attention of Europe is far more fixed on matters relating to war than was the case a few years since . The gains of trade are eaten up by taxes ; -the _ progress of education is impeded by the sacrifices liecessarj' to keep up forces by land and sea , and it is only the unremitting industry of multitudes -which enables the nations to bear the intolerable burdens imposed on them . The Emperor alone has been the cause of the evil , and we trust that the good sense which has actuated the French in this long dispute will u- ' ge them to demand a further decrease in their needless and provoking

      armaments . — Times . Vert Chaste !—In his " Lectures on Authors , " Mr . S . C . Hall describes Mary 11 us sell Mitford . Her face , like her figure , was broad and round , but pleasant and good-liunioured , and indicative rather of intelligence than of genius . Of the ait of dress she knew nothing . On her way to an evening party at the lecturer ' s . house , she purchased a most unbecoming yellow turban , which caused her to be for some time an object of merriment , owing to the fact of the shopkeeper from whom she had bought it having forgotten to remove from ' behind it a large ticket bearing the printed inscription , " Very chaste . Only 5 s . 6 d . "

      The Congress . —It lias been proposed that the Congress shall be held at Geneva , but that place has been objected to , on account of the comparative difficulty of access and the severity of the climnto at this season ; Aix-la-Chapeile has also been proposed , and Svitb more probability of its proving generally acceptable . It has abundant accommodation , excellent hotels , ' ; ahd is accessible by railway from every direction ; London , Brussels , and" tlie Hague have also been mentioned , but -we believe Aix will ultimately be selected . — Times .

      Naval Resources of Englaxd . — Dchats devotes an article to the debate in the House of Commons on the Naval Estimates . It concludes thus : —" The great fact to be remarked is the immensity of means commanded by ' , the English navy . To add in a single year to the fleet twenty-six large vessels , of which fifteen are line-of-battle ships , i . s an extraordinary exertion which England is alone capable of making , and which could not be executed by the dockyards of all the other powers of the old and the new world , were they even to combine their efforts . Tlie French steam fleet comprises splendid vessels , which can boar advantageously any comparison with those of England , and the Eirst Lord

      of the Admiralty spoke perhaps with greater truth than he suspected when he admitted that fact in full Parliament ; but he laughs at the public when he pretends that the number of these vessels causes him alarm . Ho is too well a . ware that in this respect England still possesses no rival . " CouK-r of AiiDERJiKN . —A Court was held on Tuesday , the Lord Mayor presiding . A report was brought rip from tlie gaol committee , stating that they had suspended tho go vornor ofllolloway Prison , and appointed Mi ' . Weatherhead , governor of Nowgate , governor pro ¦ tcm . i of Holloway . The facts disclosed were sufficient to induce tlie committee to advise the court at once to dismiss Mr . Wright

      declare the office vacant , and proceed to appoint his successor . A motion for agreeing with tho coinmittee in their report was agreed to ncm . cun . Mr . Alijerman Copt-land intimated his conviction that a ninjority of the court had already decided in favour of transferring Mr . Wcntherhcuri from Newgate ; but ultimately it was decided to refer tho wliolu subject to the gaol committee , with instructions to inquire and report upon tho office , and to select three well qualified persons from among the candidates , with tho view of ono being- appointed to the vacant office . The Spanish Certibiqatm . IIoi . pebs . —It is announced that Mr . J , D . Powles , chairman of tho Committee of Spanish Certificate Holders , who is now in Madrid , has determined on presenting a memorial to the Cortes on the subject of Ifis mission ;

      and wo have rceeivotl a copy of the letter which he has addressed ' upon the occasion to tho Minister ol Finance . Mr . Powles earnestly deprecates tho Importation of ?' considerations of party fueling" into this question , solioita tho support of tho government to his petition to the Cortes , and suggests the appointment of a , committee of that body to examine and report on tho statements contained in it . Mai . it . —Tho gross total qunntity . of malt inado in tho United Kingdom In tho year ended 30 th of September , 1808 , umountod to 0 * 742 , 820 qrs ., wheroot 5 , 113 , 733 qrs . woro charged with duty . 4 , 548 , ftO 0 qr « . of malt ) wore used by brewers and victuallers anil retail brewers— -viz ., 3 , 201 , 343 qrs . by browors , OOO flOl ) qnj . by vletwnllora , and 380 , 507 qrs . by rotall brewers . Thoso stutlsiios are gathered from a return moved ( or by Mr . J , Louise , &l , V .

      TnfeNcii Fisheries . '— The herring fishery at Boulogne for the season just closed has been the most productive recorded in any , French port 109 boats of 3 , 185 ( French ) tons , manned by 1 , 506 lhen , were engaged in it ; and tlie result was , 4 , 518 lasts of- fresh , a lid salted fislu Of the latter there were prepared 54 , 314 barrels , and the total money proceeds of the fishery were ^ £ 118 , 015 . in the previous season they were only . £ 69 ; G 74 . Tkai > k in Fkance . —The weekly commercial review of the Presse reports that trade generally is in a state of ' complete stagnation . It observes that tho . favourable returns of tlie railway receipts are no evidence of commercial activity , as they are attributable to increased mileage on the lines ; and , moreover , the comparison is . now made with a period when the commercial crisis of last year was at its meridian . -

      Tub ' Literary Fund . —At tlie annual meeting of the Literary Fund on Wednesday , Mr . Charles Dickens communicated the noble oiler of a friend of literature to ^ ive £ 10 , 000 in money , and 17 , 000 vohnnes of books , to the corporation , on condition that certain reforms calculated to increase the utility of the ImiikI were adopted . Tim ]) uke of ¦ Saxk-. Cobukg . — The Prince Consort ' s brother has , at a sitting of the Berlin Hi ppological Society , delivered a speech on the peculiarities and excellencies of the various breeds of horses .

      Qi / een Axxe ' s jJoisty . — I he treasurer of the governors . of Queen Anne ' s bounty has just made a return to the House of Commons of the sums which have been paid by him since the Act passed in 1847 relating to this charity . The largest payments wore made in 1848 , and amounted to . £ 340 . -Of this £ 216 were paid in Salisbury , and ^ 112 in Worcester , D . uri ' iuiu receiving the remainder . In the succeeding years . the payments were trilliug , but in 1858 they amounted to . £ 220 ; Gloucester aiid Bristol receiving £ 89 , HercJbrd . £ 64 , Lincoln £ H 7 , and LIjiiidaff £ 41 .

      Great Western Railway . —The , Times ( City article ) states ' that a private bill has been inu-oduceci , in-a covert ; . form , by the ( Jreat Western . Usiihvay , to enable them at pleasure to raise their l ; rres ibr passeivgcrs and goods to nn extent ranging from 50 to IUO per cent ., as -well as '" to acqisire other powers , with- a view apparently of sciven . iug ihc-jr airangements from observation . It is stated to have bean merely by necideiit that the trading community discovered the " project in time to take measures for

      its defeat . The bill is entitled . ** A bill tor-authorising tlie construction of a . railway for oarryinj } tlie Wist London liuilwny over iliu Clreat Western Uailway , by means of a bridge , in substitution for the present level crossing ; for revising the-tolls ot the Great Western Kailway Company , mid . i ' ov other purposes ; " mul it was in this limiint-r , by putting forth the change of a crossing into a bridge as tho prominent object , that it was hoped to gain the means to tax to an almost indefinite decree the entire traffic of the West of England . Opposition

      to the bill is thrctiteneu . JJjiATH of a jS'uju . k Polish Ivxii . i-:. —• On \\ edncstlay last Count ? SigismunU Knisluski , a Polish n . obks hero , aiul poet , died in Paris .- lie was related to the Koyui Jiuuses of Huxony und Pifdniont , anil his godfutlier was the Empuror Napoleon , who Opppintetl him o ^ j the day of his birth aide-de-camp to the lvintr of'lioine . JUiwAYS in Htuno .-The iuauj-vurution o ! the raihvny from Homo to Civita Vccuiiin , which v'iw announced for April 1 , 1 ms boon pontiionod to tnu thu pontincal

      lfltlior 20 th . Jit is now suiil tluit only aulhoritios and thu foreiya ambiiHsuilorrt will Uo invited on tlie occasion . J ' jtcmCSTAXTJlvM IX XIIK W ' KST OV K . \» iJ . AM ) .--lm 'Tuesdity lust tvo meetings of I ' rotfstants wtro lieia at Torquay , one in tho morning , which was most respectably attended , und miotlivr i" tho uvwnntf . which was filled to ovorllowlntf . Mr . J ' uul JiosKutt delivered two powerful uiUlrossus , and waa wanni > received . The . Protestant tUUU , tho oulllcicncy 01 Holy Hcripturo , and justification , ty ?'"* " wero-oontrnstod with tho doctrines of thu Truetiirwiw uiui

      ltoniiui Catholics . , t ,,,. Liuiit i . v ltuMW . —The Hoinnu corresponik'nt ottno Time * says : —^ Vn anecdote which was rei-untly n > - lntutl to mo shows in another form how avc-wu tnu Panul Uovormnont is iVoin lotting in loo iiiueh lijrMj in thu public mind . Tho « us pipes in th « . IMjwjsu act P ») j ) 0 lp were boiny exiuninocl not muny nnii'iuiifc , " sinco , when a stningor observed , " Ho you nro wwm in liB-ht upon the i ' opolo . " H niitfht liavo . Ui ' W mount us a doubh uuttmdn > , yv it iniglit uivo mi simulvii rofovonco to tho silo on wlik-h tht-y v . uu

      stiuuliiitf . JloM'ovcr that may hv , tJiu slrnnyt'i » " ° tbllowed to his hotel by a ri'Mpeetably-dreHsyil mu . who nwulo nurtluulur inquiry of llio jmojirlutur a » w who tljo Htrunger was , tit tho miriio tiinu unimai verting <> n tho ominous words that liud boon '" . ^ ''V !' Tho hytel wus . llwt In which llio J ' rlnoo ot W » wfl voBldoil , and it « o Imppenoil Uwt'tho Blmn ^ 'i w «« tho eoiu'ler who lbrmoU part of Ills JiJtfluivus » 8 ulto .

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      396 THE LEADEB . [ No . 47 Q , March 26 , 1859 ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 26, 1859, page 396, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2287/page/12/