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      602 THE XIEADETi [ No . 476 , May fr . iiaaa

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      Mr . Sheridan Knowles , the dramatist , has arrived from Cadiz and Gibraltar , ; where he has been staying for the benefit of his health . Hereford Cathedral , says the JBuilder , is tindergoing a process of renovation with a vengeance . The fine old Norman pillars and arches are now supporting a roof which is painted and decorated to resemble one of the singing halls or galleries with which bur metropolis abounds , while all that once was venerable has vanished . On Easter Monday a letter was received by post at the Cancer Hospital , Bromptpn , containing the munificent gift of 5001 . in aid of that charity . The Dutch Government have applied to the Chambers for a credit of 6 , 000 , 000 guilders ( 500 , 0002 . ) for defensive purposes ^

      Mrs . Leatham , of Heath * near Wakefield , has two sons and a son-inrlaw returned as members of the House of Commons . Her eldest son , Mr . W . H . Leatham , for Wakefield ; her ypungest son , for Huddersfield ; and her son-injaw 18 Jolui Bright . The youn ° - Due de Chartres , holds the rank of sub-lieutenant in the regiment of dragoons at Nice commanded by General Caccia . The participation by a grandson of King Louis Philippe in a contest undertaken -under such circumstances may well astonish some people . / M . Granier de Cassagnac , the slashing writer who so long did government duty in the ConstUutionnel , has assumed the direction of the Pays , or Journal de VEmpire . The Espana , of Madrid , says : —Government has received a message from our ambassador at Rome , that it is desirable to increase the garrisons of the Balearic Islands by 10 , 000 men , in case the Pope , in the event of having to abandon Ins capital , .. should decide on establishing the seat of the Holy See in one of our Mediterranean islands .

      In the Paris corn market during the pasj ; week prices both of flour and wheat have advanced . The four marks were quoted as high as 47 f . 50 c . and 48 f . the sack of 157 kilogrammes , inferior qualities of flour being from that price to 44 f . Wheat quoted at 24 f . to 25 f . 50 c . the 120 Kilos . . The capitalists of Frankfort are so much afraid of war , that the question has been seriously discussed by the bank directors whether it is not advisable to remove the large stores of bullion in the cellars of that establishment to some other town . A telegram from Trieste , dated Saturday ( received by Mr . Reuter ) , states that the directors of the Austrian Lloyds' have published an official announcement that , on account of political complications , their vessels will for the present discontinue running to foreign ports . .

      There is to be a congress of musical composers and artists in Leipsie , from the 1 st to the 4 th of June , which will comprehend four musical performances . At the second of these Dr . Liszt ' s " Gran Mass" will be produced : at the third the Mass of Sebastian Bach . The . French official returns of the production and consumption of beet-root sugar for the first quarter of the present year , show that the quantity manufactured from the beginning " of the season up to the end of March was 127 , 591 , 989 kilogrammes , or 20 , 435 , 875 less than for the corresponding period of last year .

      The anniversary meeting of the Horticultural Society was held on Monday . A repijrt from the council for the past year was read , and a ballot was taken for officers ; when the Prince Consort was elected president ; William Wilson Saunders , Esq ., F . R . S ., treasurer ; arid Professor Lindley , secretary , for the ensuing year . . The wholesale booksellers of the . metropolis have resolved to close their respective establishments during the summer season on Saturday at two o ' clock .

      An official note has been communicated to the French provincial journals stating that the price of exoneration for conscripts of the contingent of 1858 remains fixed at 2 , 000 f . In a discussion which took place at the Liverpool Town Council , on Wednesday , the Town Clerk stated that the total coat of St . George ' s Hall , up to the present time , amounted to 330 , 6592 . The effect on the merchant service of the Government bounty offered to seamen can scarcely yet be ascertained . The supposition is that it will lead to an increase of between 20 s . and 30 s . per month in the rate of wages .

      The population of Milan , according to a recent census , is , exclusively of the garrison , 192 , 742 souls . This is greater than that of Borne , and of every city in Italy except Naples ., Among the passengers to England by the Cape mail steamer which arrived this week , is the Lord Bishop of Grahamstown , who comes home for the purpose of making an appeal for aid in carrying out the mission work of his diocese . The Northern Daily Express says : ¦ —A French man of war , the brig Agile * arrived in the Tyne , on Sunday , and is now moored at the Low-lights . She is evidently well manned . There are also several Austrian vessels in the harbour .

      The election of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland will take place in the Palace Of Holyrood on Tuesday . There are three vacancies to be filled up , and the candidates are the Earls of Morton and Haddington and Lord S<oun . No opposition will be offered . While the 5 th JJancers were exeroising on the Gurragh , while charging in squadrons , the lance belonging to one of the men in the front rank slipped from his grasp , the but-end , owing to the force pf the movement , became fixed in the ground , whereupon the point of the lance entered the horse ' s breast and penetrated , the body , tfhe wound being mortal the horse was immediately shot . The rider escaped unhurt *

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      THE POPE AND THE AUST 1 UANS . The second edition of the Times contains tm »>¦ teresting letter from Home , dated the evening oi ^ s ^ xjs ra st&' ^ ft £ «^ V £ ^«"~ £ 3 * 5 would arrive in Ancona . tfvo oilier . atomic the evening of the 27 th were bringing li fl o KiUing vessels with troops j another followed tl oui W and , throe others wore seen at a dlatanco , ana jm been signalled . If each contained joop ? ' > Xl rison will amount to 10 , 000 men . O 1 or ba tu > are ready at Trieste for ombnrlcat on toi tiw w destination . The immense roatena I ol «« am people even more than tho » uinb ° ° ' V \ U The road to the port has boon closed townu u is disembarked , but five cannons have Icon o ^ j taken to tho Boulevard of St . Agoauncj bombs , ana rockets in enormous ^• ""i'JJjJ , oa » We in aU directions > 700 persons are wQiwmJ "

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      Cotjbx op Au > eb » cbn . —A court was hoM Tuesday , the Lord Mayor presiding . K ° » Conder , alderman elect for the ward of Bis-K ? ff was introduced , and took the usual oaths I ™> tion was presented from Samuel Oldfieid and r of Hull , complaining of the conduct of Edwim ? Sampson Hogg , a Russia broker , from which the * had sustained loss , and praying that his surS might be ordered to make good that loss The 6 hl Solicitor was directed to sue the parties unless thi money was paid forthwith . A petition was dtp eented from the inhabitants of Cornhill , in relation " to obstruction in the traffic from persons with barrows and others selling fruit in the streets Thl petition was referred to tho general purpose com mittee , after some discussion , and the court adjourned .

      The Dcke of Leeds . —We have to record the death of the Duke of Leeds , who expired at half-past four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , after a short but severe illness . In default of issue , the dukedom and other dignities devolve upon his cousin Lord Godolphin , eldest son of the first peer of that title who was elder brother of the late duke ' s father . * ' Common Council . — The Court on Thursday voted the sum of one hundered guineas to the Neapolitan exiles , not , as the speakers were careful ' say , from a . charitable ' motive alone , but in vindication of the great principle of freedom . The election of judge of the Sheriffs' Court then took place . There were a , great many candidates , hut most of them received very little support . Mr . Kerr was ultimately elected by a majority of two over Mr . Corrie .

      Sunday Law in Chichestjsr . —Edward Blyde , who is a vendor of sweetmeats consumed by children ' , has been twice before the bench charged with trading on a Sunday . His shop is visited on a Sunday afternoon principally by children who have a halfpenny to spend . He was last week convicted of the serious offence of selling an orange and a pennyworth of pear-drops on a Sunday . Monstrous fruiterer ! For this diabolical offence the culprit was fined " 5 s ., and 9 s . costs ; " in default , a distress warrant to issue , " and if this should not produce the amount , defendant to be exposed for six hoars m the stocks ! " Thus said the . Agnewite magistrates of the city . — West Sussex Gazette ; The Paris correspondent of the Brussels Lidependance says that the Emperor has given a' private audience to a cardinal sent on a mission to the

      French Government , and that his holiness persists in retaining the power of leaving Home in certain eventualities . The JVord states the daughter of Baron Hubner , the late Austrian Minister at Paris , remains in that city , and will shortly be married to M . de Banneville , the late representative of France at-Vienna . Tiik French Navy . —The Ocean de Brest states that the marines on temporary leave have been recalled , and those who have completed their time of service are not to be discharged . The recall of the officers extends to those who have the rank of captain of frigate . The permanent levy will be extended to all quartermasters and seamen from twenty to forty years of age , having had less than four years' service in the State , and who have been discharged upwards of a year . The marines called out will sail on urgent serviceand will receive double p « y-

      MISCELLANEOUS , "** " The Court . —Her Majesty and the royal family returned to Buckingham Palace from Windsor on Wednesday . On Tuesday the Duke of Saxe-Coburg took Ms leave and returned to the continent . The Queen ' s dinner party on Thursday included the Princess Alice , the Baron de Beust , the Marquis of Exeter , Earl de la Warr , Earl of Malmesbury , Major General the Right Hon . J . and Lady Alice Peel , Hon Mrs . Biddulph , and Lieut-General Sir William and Lady Codrington . Duke Pelisier had an audience to take leave of her Majesty upon his recall to Paris . ¦¦ ¦ '_ .. '¦ has

      The Prince of WALES .- ^ -Information been received by her Majesty of the departure of his Royal Highness from Rome for Giyita Vecchia , where he embarked on board her Majesty ' s ship Scourge to proceed to Gibraltar . Prince Alfred . — A letter from Bey rout informs us that a more sensible course has been taken lately by those who have the care of the royal midshipman . When the Euryalus anchored in the Beyrout Roads , the Pacha , attended by all the civil and ; military functionaries of the province , went on board to pay their respects to the prince . They could not understand how it was that the son of a reigning sovereign could possibly waive his rank whilst

      learning his , profession . They were , however , received on board by the captain , and although introduced to the prince , were told that he was to be considered as a simple midshipman of the frigate . They were much surprised , and still more disappointed , when told that the prince was only a young inan learning his'duty as a naval officer . They can hardly understand this , but yet they admire the stern discipline which makes no distinction between the son of the sovereign and tire son of a subject . They have magnified Major Cowell ' s rank into that of a general officer , and believe that the prince is attended by a general wherever he goes . Many of the more wealthy chiefs brought down with them

      horses , arms , and other valuables , which they intended to beg his Royal Highness to accept of , and cannot comprehend how it is that he would not be allowed to receive them . In short , there has been no more fuss made about the Euryalus and Prince Alfred than there would have been about any other large frigate , one of whose midshipmen was furnished with good letters of introduction . The Euryalus leaves to-morrow either for Malta or Constantinople . The Liberator ! --War is declared , and France is in its element . Louis Napoleon has appointed himself the liberator of Italy , and the French people , grateful for the freedom which he has secured to

      them ,. are enchanted with his magnanimity , rejoice already in his expected triumphs , and place the crown of the victor upon the Imperial brow . When Italy is free , they may begin to think about themselves again j at present enthusiasm takes the place of self-interest and self-esteem , and the sacrifice would be complete were it not for the glory in prospect which enters i nto the . popular bargain . The cards have been well arranged , the game is well set out , the tricks are all counted before they are taken , and the chances of loss are set / aside as

      unworthy of consideration by a generous and noble nation . All political , commercial , and grovelling calculations are put out of the question , and France enters upon the new crusade with the energy of youth , and the trusting confidence of a grateful slave . May the result be as satisfactory as tho promise is dazzling , and may independent Italy bo the forerunner of free and enlightened France !—« Telegraph . The legitimist journal , the Union , states that tho Count de Ohambord is about to leave Austria and take up his residence in Holland .

      , Itai / it and the French . — It is announced that a public meeting will be held in Hyae-park , tomorrow , May 8 , at throe o ' clock , to express tip thanks of the people to tho Emperor Nupvlecm and the French nation , " for their support ot liber , justice , and independanco in Italy , against uio political tyranny and papistical and . intoloroni joriqcutions of Austria , " tho old radical Dr . Webb o Maryleb ' ono , will take the chair , on the roviourim ground , near the Marble Aroh .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 7, 1859, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2293/page/26/