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      Miscellaneous. Thk Court.—It Is Now Defi...

      Lower Brook-street , Grosvenor-square , blew his head to atoms , on Tuesday morning , with , a double-barrelled ran -while sitting in a chair in his own room . About five ' years ago he met with an accident on a railway , and eoer afterwards was afflicted with severe pains in the head . Superstition ih Lancashibe . —A large number of persons were attracted to Skircoat Moor , Lancashire , last Sunday afternoon , by an announcement , which had been made by a person who is proabbly demented , that

      Go 4 would appear in a visible form on the moor at a certain hour . When the people w « re tired of waiting , tbey became very riotous , and would have attacked the ?^ prophet" had he not been hurried away in a cart . Thk Royal Agricultural Society has been holding its annual meeting at Chester . The show of farm implements was large and interesting . The proceedings terminated on Thursday with a banquet , at -which Mr . Gladstone delivered a speech on the value of agriculture , and the methods for its improvement .

      The Serpentine . —A meeting was held on Thursday evening at the Cadogan Institute , Sloane-street , to call attention to the dirty state of the Serpentine . Motions expressing the sense of the meeting were unanimously carried , and it was agreed that a deputation should be appointed to wait on the Chief Commissioners of Woods and Forests . The Locomotive Explosion ax Manchester . —A public subscription for the widows and orphans of the sufferers by £ he recent explosion at the Atlas works has been commenced , and already amounts to more than

      6002 : Hafoleont I . —The funeral car of the late Emperor Napoleon , about to be presented to the French , is at length about to be completed at Woolwich . The Late Fibework . Explosion . —The inquest arising out of this event concluded on W-ednesday , as far as the death of Madame Coton was concerned , with a verdict in accordance with the facts . Madmen on Raixways . —The Minister of Public Works in France has directed that in the conveyance by rail of madmen and . their keepers , they shall never be placed with other passengers , but in separate second class carriages provided for them by the rail way authorities . In no case , also , . are they to be conveyed in the same carriage with prisoners .

      Escape from Prison . —An Irishman , named M'Quaid , has escaped from the Bridewell , Reading . He overpowered the governor ( who is an old man ) and a -woman who went to his assistance , locked them up , and then coolly walked out . He has not jet been recaptured . — -A , convict at the Devonport prison has endeavoured to make his escape , but was caught in the fact , and consigned to safer durance . The Ckemorne Balloon came down with a run on Wednesday evening , in the Clapham-road , owing to one of the valves acting imperfectly . Thunderstorm . —A very severe thunderstorm passed over the Potteries and Ncwcastle-under-Ljme on Sunday afternoon , and a great many buildings -were struck and injured Some persons also were slightly hurt , but none seriously .

      Fires . —A fire took place on Wednesday morning on tbe premises of Messrs . Rea and Son , box and packingcase makers , Coleman-street , City . The family had a narrow escape , some jumping from the windows , and others being lowered by ropes . The entire premises were destroyed . ' —A cabinet-maker's in Worship-street was burnt down on Thursday , and the adjoining houses were much injured . No lives were lost . Memorial Building to the late Mr . Hekbkrt Minton . —The first stone of tho memorial building about to be erected to the memory of the lute Mr . Herbert Minton , at Stoke-upon-Trent , was lnid on " Wednesday by Earl Granville , in the presence of thousands of spectators from all parts of the Staffordshire Potteries .

      Aw Australian " Lion . "—A Mr . Chnrles Frederit-k Hale has been victimizing the citizens of Cork by protending that he had just returned from Australia with an . enormous fortune . A good many hotel-keepers , and several persons of whom ho borrowed small sums of money , were among the sufferers by thin individual ' M imaginary opulence . He was even corresponding with a gentleman with a view to marrying his daughter , when lie was arrested for swindling . Sckxe in

      a Kansas Court . —Tho folio-wing pa ssngc Csaya an American paper ) occurred between Joh n M . Coo , ono of the counsel for tho prosecution in tho enso of Lane , and Colonel Young for the defence : —Colonel Young insisted that , in law , tho man slain is supposed to be wrongfully slain . Mr . Coe ; " That is the law of Jlngland ; not of America . " Colonel Young s «• If there as any book on God ' s earth that contains any other doctrine , I'll agree to eat it without greasing" ( lauahterY Mr . Coe : Then you'll have more law In your stomach than you ever had in your head" ( roara of laughter ) .

      A Maw Killed nr his Son . —Richard Welch , n weaver , of Ancoats , Lancnshiro , has just died in consequence of injuries inflicted on him by his son , while the latter was intoxicated , during last Wliitsuntide . Tho coroncr ' B inquest lias terminated in n verdict of Mnnalanghter against the son .

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      Leader Office, Saturday, July 24th. Last...

      Leader Office , Saturday , July 24 th . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . The Royal assent was given by commission to several bills , the most important of whicli were the Jews Bir . r , and the Oaths Bill . MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL . Lord Gage moved the second reading of this bill , which was opposed by Lord Redksdale , who moved to defer the second reading for three months . —On a division , the bill was lost by 46 to 24 . The Government ov Imdia Bill was read a third time , and passed . The House adjourned at twelve o'clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL . The House , at the morning sitting , again went into committee on this bill , vben , after much discussion , a clause , moved by Mr . Vahsittart , having for its object to exclude collectors of rates or taxes , and their partners or agents , from acting as election agents , was negatived by 66 votes against 53 . —Another additional

      clausemoved by Mr . Nicoll— -to > the effect that every candidate at an election should make a declaration that he had not , either by himself or his agents , made , nor would he make , any payment , direct or otherwise , to any solicitor , agent , or canvasser , escept in such manner as the law permits—shared a similarfate , being defeated by 83 against 52 . — -Other amendments were also lost , and the debate was adjourned to the evening sitting . The sitting was resumed at six .

      TROOPS FOR INDIA . In answer to Mr . E-wart , Lord Stanley said that , from January to tbe present month , 17 , 000 troops had been sent to India . The Government proposed to strike a final blow at the mutiny in the ensuing cold season , and would take care that the necessary troops were sent out . . . ¦ ' . ¦" . ¦ "¦ , \ ¦ . . ' . . ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '" . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦' On the motion for the adjournment to Monday , Mr . Disraeli appealed toBIr . Chichester Fortescue , who had a motion on the paper to call attention to the subject of the right of British ships to visit ships suspected of slave-trading , and to Sir James

      Elphinstone , who proposed- ' to call attention to tbe . proceedings of the committee , to inquire into tbe subject of the transport of troops to India , to postpone their motions , which would lend to considerable discussion .- —Those gentlemen accordingly did not press their motions , contenting themselves with a few words of explanation on the respective subjects . —Mr . Seymour Fitzgekald replied to Mr . Fortescue by a statement that the United States Government was prepared , to listen to any proposition from England on the question ; but none had yet been made , the matter being still under the consideration of the Government .

      ASSAULTS ON WOMEN ASD CHILDREN . Mr . Dii . lwyn called tlie attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the i . revalence of aggravated assaults upon women and children , and to urge upon his consideration the necessity of making some alteration in the law relating to such offences . — Mr . WaIiPOLe said , that on the whole the Act had worked well , but the subject should have his best attention .

      THE ST . ATE OP INDIA . Mr . Vbrnos Saixtii urged on Lord Stanley the necessity of making some general statement on the condition of India before the close of the session , particularly with regard to finance , the prospects of the war , tlio nature of tbe military commission appointed to inquire into the organization of the Indian army , and tho propriety of proclaiming tho authority of tho Queen in our Eastern empire . — Lord Stanley declined to make nny general statement , but said ho should bo ready to nnswer any specific question put to him . — Sir Dk Lacy Evans urged tho necessity of sending largo

      reinforcements by tbe overland , route . —Lord Talmerston gave his opinion that , unless small bodies of troops only -were sent out , the route round the Cape ¦ was better than that overland . Ho thought that tho military commission to inquire into the Indian army would bo bottor conducted in India itself . Ho commented also on tlie course taken with reference to tho right of visit in tho Cuban waters , nnd wanted to know whether tho statements of the American Minister on that point wero correct . —Mr . Disraeli snid that nothing had been decided on tho latter subject , but that friendly negotiations arc going on between the two Governments .

      Tho adjournment to Monday -was withdrawn , and it wna arranged that tho Houso should sit to-morrow ( this day ) . The House adjourned at twelve o ' clock .

      The Continent. Tho Paris Conference Hold...

      THE CONTINENT . Tho Paris Conference hold ita twelfth sitting on Thursday . "The town of Cherbourg . " saya tho Daily Nexoa

      Paris correspondent , " already presents an animated appearance . Several English are observed in the streets , and many others will shortly land . A letter from Saint Etienne , in the Salut Public , states that twenty arrests were made In that city on the night of the 16 th . A . discovery was made , it is said , of grenades similar to those used by Orsini and his accomplices ; three at least of these frightful inventions were seized . " The latest accounts from Candia exhibit the island ia a most disturbed state . The new Norwegian loan of 10 , 800 , 000 marks banco guaranteed by the Storthing , negotiated by the house of Heine , the North German Bank , and the house of Erlanger , collectively , has been favourabl y received , and considerable transactions done at 98 .

      China. By The Last Advices From Hong-Kon...

      CHINA . By the last advices from Hong-Kong , it would appear that the official imbroglio continued to prevail la that ill-assorted community . The China Mail of May 20 th gives currency to a report that the Attorney-General having brought some very serious charges ( no doubt officially ) against the Registrar-General , which , the local Government neglected to investigate , latelv sent in his resignation as Justice of the Peace , and forwarded home a despatch on the subject , supplying the Governor with a copy . Sir John Bowrinsr then

      convened the bench of magistrates to inquire into the charge as affecting its character ; but a majority decided not to interfere . " The matter , " our contemporary continues , " ought to be settled one way or another , for the mutual recriminations in which beads of departments are now indulging are scandalous in the extreme , disgraceful to the service , and must of necessity be detrimental to the colony . If the charges brought against Mr . Caldwell be true , he is unworthy to occupy a se . it on the bench or to remain In the Government employ : if , on the contrary , they prove unfounded , his accuser should , be suspended from all offices he may hold under the Crown . "

      A scheme has been for some time on foot strongly favoured by a leading member of the Bar at Hong-Kong , for the fusion of the professions of barrister and . solicitor . We are given to understand that after considerable fluctuations of opinion it is not unlikely to " tale effect openly or sub ros = a , although the latter would 32 em a matter of impossibility . The young and pushing attorneys are naturally its loudest advocates . The merchants of standing , who desire to keep their number of councillors as limited as possible , conceive they see their

      account in the change ; and counsel of ascertained position are in hopes of continuing- to hold their own , notwithstanding the invasion of the charmed circle of the bar by the outside barbarians . Such as have friends or relatives at Hong-Kong will regret to learn that frequent attempts at incendiarism are perpetrated by disguised emissiaries from Canton and the villages on the island , the means employed being tin cans filled with explosive substances . The Sepoys at tlie station , of whom very few are Bengalees , have shown no symptoms of wavering .

      The United States. Further News Arrived ...

      THE UNITED STATES . Further news arrived from America yesterday by the Ariel . The steward of the schooner Frances French has pleaded guilty to a charge of slave stealing , and has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment . The United States army was about to march on the Salt Lake city . Its route -was kept a secret . The yacht Wanderer , which was a short time since searched and seized as a slaver , has entered and left New York in triumph . She was saluted with guns and with the cheers of a large crowd . She left for Trinidad . The Havannah correspondent of the New York Times says that the American Gulf Squadron is now busy cruising about in search of British gunbonts . Commodore Kollatt has reached Havannah to explain away tlie officious conduct of tlie commander of the Buzzard , svnd to say that punishment will be meted out to him . Tlie Spanish Government will not accept Concha ' s resignation .

      • Mexico. On The 18th Of June, An Earthq...

      • MEXICO . On the 18 th of June , an earthquake waa severely felt in Mexico , and upwards of fifty persons lost their lives . Tlie British nnd' Trench Ministers have nclvised the payment of tho forced loan under protest ; but Mr . Forsyth gnvo the proposal his decided opposition , demanded his passports , and awaits instructions from the United States Government . General Vidnuri waa marching on the capital at tho last advices .

      I Ins Late Mrs. Lounox Wo Beg To Call At...

      I ins late Mrs . Lounox Wo beg to call attention to tlio claims on tho country of the daughter of this lamented liuly . Mrs . London enjoyed u pension of 100 ? . a year from tho Consolidated Fund—a pension amply enrncd by years of heroic struggling with difficulties , both , during her single nnd her married life , and by m . uny set vices to literature ; and slio leaves an only daughter , Miss Agnes London . We trust that , aa the childof literary parents on both sides , this young lady will continue , to receive tlio annuity earned by lier mother , and that she will not bo loft to endure those trials which Mrs . Loudon too frequently experienced .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1858, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24071858/page/13/