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      will not-be possible to bring -the present session to a < jlose before the 20 th iast . Eton , —The Eton College annual festival took place last Saturday , and was attended by a large assemblage of nobility and gentry from all parts of the kingdom . City of London Election . —Baron Rothschild was on Tuesday re-elected for the City , -without any opposition . Hampstead Heath . —At a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works , Mr . Hows , wishing to preserve Hampstead Heath for the use and recreation of the public , moved the following resolution : " That the resolution of the Board , passed on the 29 th of June , t o the effect— < That it is the opinion of this Board , that the further consideration of forming a park for Hampstead be postponed until the bill before Parliament for forming a park for Finsbury be passed , and the same carried out ' be rescinded . " Mr . D'Iffanger seconded the resolution , and stated that the Marylebone vestry had agreed to a memorial to the Board , recommending them to treat with Sir T . M . "Wilson for securing the Heath to the public . A very long discussion took place , in the course of which it was stated that Sir T . M . Wilson wished to preserve the Heath for the public , although he objected to the formation of a park . Upon a division , the resolution was carried by 19 against 17 . The Rev . W . J . Conybeabe , author of the novel of Perversion , and a writer in the Edinburgh Heviezo on ecclesiastical subjects , died at Weybridge on Wednesday week , aged forty-two . The late Collision on the Great Western Railway . —The Switchman , whose negligence in not turning the points caused the collision of the two trains , as related in our last week ' s paper , has been taken before the magistrates on the charge of neglect of duty , and sentenced to two months' imprisonment . The Assassination Plot . — -Another of the Italians accused by the Moniteur of conspiracy against the life of Louis Napoleon , writes to the Times : — " I have known but to-day that you have inserted in the columns of your paper an article of the French Moniteur , and thai you have mentioned my name in the leader of yesterday . I am working very hard to get my living in London , and 1 have nothing to do with any one who is now in France . I am sorry that my position of an unlearned workman does not allow me to do anything else for the present than to protest with all my heart against the lies of the French Moniteur . I am not guilty of what they accuse me . I give my residence as a proof that I am not afraid . —Gaetano Massarerti , 13 , Grevillestreet , Holborn . " Tunis . —The writer of a letter from Tunis in some degree palliates the recent execution of a Jew there , by saying that the man had given great provocation , by repeatedly cursing the Mnhomedan religion and its founder , and by endangering the life of a Moorish child . The Bey , adds the writer , would gladly have dealt more leniently with the offender , but that the Ulemas threatened him with excommunication and with a revolt if he did not carry out the sentence of death . The Bey , having recently reduced his army , felt himself unequal to resisting any popular movement ; and he therefore sacrinceci tne j

      won by Count TPrederlok de Lagrange ' s Monarque—a French horse . An American horse , also , -was successful in one of the races . The day was marked by an accident , several horses falling at one point , and one of the jockeys being a good deal shaken . The casualty , however , was nothing like so serious as that which occurred last year . . . . Me . G-. . F . Montz , M . P . for Birmingham , died on Thursday afternoon . He was in bis sixty-fourth year , and had been ill for some time . Prince Charles Bonaparte , Prince of Canino , eldest son of Prince Lucien , brother of the first Napoleon , died on Wednesday at his residence in the Rue de Lille , in Paris , at the age of fifty-four . The Prince was a distinguished savant , especially noted for his works on ornithology . The National Gallery . —The Royal Commissioners appointed to determine upon the site of a new National Gallery have made their report . They record the two following resolutions as having been agreed to : —" The evidence hitherto adduced , considered collectively , does not lead to any decisive conclusion against placing the new National Gallery within the metropolis . That it is not expedient to break up or remove the collections of ancient sculpture and archaeology in the British Museum . Admiral Lyons ' s Squadron . —The English squadron of evolutions under the orders of Admiral Lyons has put to sea , and is on its way to Algiers . It is afterwards to visit Tunis and Tripoli . Departure of Tkoops for India . —The transport Whirlwind sailed from Portsmouth with the 19 th Foot for Calcutta oh Thursday , and on Wednesday the steamer Robert Lowe left Kingstown Harbour with the 1 st Royals . The embarkation of the 42 nd Highlanders commenced at Portsmouth on Thursday on board the clipper sailing ships James Baines and the Champion of the Seas ; also the 16 th Foot and 38 th Foot , and a detachment of the Rifle Brigade , at Kingstown , on board the steamers John Bull , Carthage , and Thebes , and the sailing ships Defiance and Louisiana .

      ew . Dr . Waaghin ' s ' Chronological Epidemic' — " In the Royal Berlin Museum they have endeavoured to arrange the pictures in chronological order , which can nowhere be obtained , however , in perfection—certainly not here , with the scanty means at our disposal . The division of the pictures into schools neither improves the student , nor gives a clear view of the rise and fall of art , nor does it leave an instructive or agreeable improssion . This ' chronological epidemic' has produced great and ridiculous blunders . Frightful daubs have been exhibited because they wore old and filled up chronological gaps . Of what use can it bo to see that in the age of Ficsolo , Francia , Raphael , Rubens , and Van Dyck , there were daubers also at work , who in their time were no more esteemed to be artists than our carriage and house painters . Daubs of this description abound in the Royal Berlin Museum . " —X ) r . Waat / en ' e Pictvra Baptism ( ^ Bil ~ dertau / e " ) . Prince Napoleon has arrivod at Cowes . Lieutknant-General Sir Colin Campbell has been appointed an extraordinary Member of the Council of India . The Rev . Sydney Turner , ono of the chief promoters of the Reformatory cause , was on Monday presented by Mr . Monckton Millies , at the residence of that gentleman , with a testimonial of esteem in the shape of a salvor and cup , The treasurer , Mr . W . Gladstone , had previously read an address to the rev . gentloman . Several persons of public distinction wore present . Munificent Gift to the Inuaiutants of Halifax . - —In tho liberal spirit recently manifested by Mr . William Brown , of Liverpool , Mr . Frank Crosslcy , tho member for Halifax , hns presented to that borough his park at Bello Vuo , which has been laid out by Sir Joseph Paxton . Christy ' s Minstrels . —On Monday evening , this company , bo well known throughout the United States , ¦» nd more particularly in Now York , where they have boon many years established favourites with the Arnorl' can public , will make their Ilret bow to an English audience at tho St . JumoB'a Thoatro . Goodwood Races , —Tho * Oup Kay' ( Thursday ) "W « u Bignallaed by splendid weather , when tho cup was

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      Leader Office, Saturday, August 1. Last ...

      Leader Office , Saturday , August 1 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . AFFAIRS OF INDIA . The Eai-1 of Ellenborough , in moving , for some returns relating to the equipment and carriage of the Indian army , entered into a dissertation on the present state of affairs , indulging in severe criticisms on the course of proceedings by the Governor-General at Calcutta ; and pointing out that Delhi would not be taken before the rainy season , « when the European troops would have to retire . —Earl Granville deprecated such criticisms upon a state of affairs on which the noble Earl must bo most imperfectly informed , and said that from every source he heard that Lord Canning was acting with a vigour and ability which were most remarkable . — The Marquis of Clanbioarde earnestly defended Lord Canning , and after some further conversation the subject dropped . ' A number of bills wore advanced a stage , and the House adjourned soon after seven o ' clock .

      House Of Commons. The House Had A Mornin...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . The House had a morning sitting from twelve to four . On going into committee on * tho Revising Barristers ( Dublin ) Bill , a learned debate ensued , which occupied so much time that when the House got into committee they were obliged to adjourn immediately . SLIGO ELECTION . Tho Report of tho Select Committee appointed to try a petition against tho return of the sitting member for the borough of Sligo was brought in , declaring Mr . John Patrick Somers unseated , and giving tho seat to the other candidate , Mr . Wynne . Tho Hohso met again at six o ' clock . IPSWICH ELECTION . The Report of the Committee on tho Ipswich Election was brought up , stating that Mt . Adair and Mr . Cobbold , the sitting members , were duly elected , but that several cases of bribery took place , though , not with tho knowledge of tho sitting members . HUNTENODON ELECTION . The Committee reportocl that Mr . Henthcoto was not dul y elected , but that M . r . Fellowos was duly elected for the county of Huntingdon . PARLIAMENTARY OATHS . Lord Jottn Rusaiat . gavo notice that on Monday ho should move for a select committee to inquire into tho application of tho net of 6 th and Oth Wm . IV ,, c . 02 , to tho oaths taken by Members of that House . Ho hoped tho Government would givo him precedence . —Lord Palmerston assented . SEIZURE OF A imiTISII SOIIOONKR . . Mr . J . Locke inquired whether nny satisfactory account had been given by tho authorities nt tho Caracoaa of tho seizure of the British Bohoonor Maria , n trader between Domernrfl , and Venezuela , in February , 1856 .

      The Bengal Abtft. Sir John Pakinoton Inq...

      THE BENGAL ABtfT . Sir John Pakinoton inquired whether the Government would lay on the table the report of Sir C . Napier to the Duke of Wellington on the subject of fcfce Bsnggj army . At present , the Government had only promised to give extracts . from that which had . already been moved for ; but , in fact , there were two reports , one jqf which was presented to Lord Dalhouaie , and by him . forwarded to the Horse Guards . It was this report , to which the Government had not referred in any answer to questions in that House , which he wished to be produced . —Lord Palme rston , referring to the question of Mr . Locke , said Lord Clarendon had given instructions to our charge" d ' affaires ^ it ' Caraceas ^ to take the proper steps in the case . With regard to Sir J . Pakangton ' s question , it was-true that Sir C . Napier ' s report was made to Lord Dalhousie , and a copy sent to the Duke of Wellington j it related to the defence of the Indian frontier , and contained incidentally some remarks on the Bengal army . Those parts which related to the army had been laid on the table . He had been informed that this was the only paper of the kind at the Horse Guards ^ but he would inquire if there was another , and if there was , and it only referred to such subjects as had been stated , lie would produce it . DIVORCE BILL . The adjourned debate on this bill was resumed by-Mr . Gladstone , who opposed the bill . He complained , in the first place , that this period of the session was not the proper time to discuss such a measure ; and , in the second , the House had not sufficient information to enable them to discuss a subject which , was a novelty at least to the House of Commons . He urged that the feeling of the middle and lower classes was decidedly opposed to the bill , and deprecated the haste with which , the Government was passing it through the House . Hie next traced the history of marriage from its initiation as a personal contract , through its state as a civil act , to its establishment as a religious ceremony , ratified by an oath , when it became indissoluble . The defect of the bill was that it dealt with all these three states of marriage when it ought to be confined to the one question which related to it as a civil contract . He denied that the exceptional legislation which had enabled the marriage tie to be dissolved was a warranty for such a bill as this ; and he urged that that system had been of slow growth , and was not of more than a hundred years' standing . The bill made a change in the law , and did not merely reduce into a practical form that which had long been theoretically the law of this country . It did , in fact , introduce a new law ; for the exceptional law which had hitherto prevailed was confined to a few and a class ; while this measure proposed to make divorce accessible to every class . He next argued the religious part of the question , and then at great length recapitulated all his arguments against the bill . Sir Georoe Grey followed , supporting the bill ; and a very animated debate ensued , in which , among others , the Solicitor General , Mr . Henley , Mr . Walpole , Mr . Napier and the Attorney General took part . — The House then divided , For the second reading , 208 Against it 97 Majority , 111 The bill was accordingly read a second time . The other orders were disposed of and the House adjourned .

      The Continent. Tho Trial Of The Three It...

      THE CONTINENT . Tho trial of the three Italians charged with complicity in the plot against tho life of the Emperor has been fixed for next Thursday . Tho prisonors were brought lost Thursday before the President of tho Court of Assizes , and were asked if they had chosen counsel for their defence . As they had taken no such stop , the Court appointed counsel to attend to their interests . A note signed by Lord Stratford do RedcUffo and M . Tliouvenel demands— " 1 . That tho Porte shall decree tho banishment of the judges who condemned tho Jew lately executed at Tunis . —2 . That tho tanziman shall be proclaimed at Tunis . —8 . That an indemnity shall bo granted to tho family of tho victim . "

      Fire At The Princess's.-—A Firo Occurred...

      Fire at the Princess ' s .- —A firo occurred at tho Princess ' s Theatre yesterday evening , between five * nd six o ' clock . Tho audience had not then assembled , and the flames , which luul originated in ono of the curtains , were speedily subdued . Election Committkiss ( Yesterday ) . —The Bevertey , Dublin , and Sligo Election Committees met for tho "rat time yesterday ( Friday ) . The Ipswich inquiry was closed by a report declaring Mr . Cobbold duly elected-Tho Sligo Committee has ratified tho return ot Mr . KaiA . —Mr . Murray has consented to "" h "* ' * entry into Teheran without being attended by a Hwgo inl SAMUio C r ! BAKKn , convicted of ™» 8 lau e * " ^ circumstances related In another part of our paper , teas been aontonccd to penal servitude for life . . lrfi L _ Crystal Falacb . — Ueturn of ^™* £ " % X ^ St season tickets , for six days ending Friday , July **»*> 88 , 050 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01081857/page/11/