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    Th » WEVixsGTOXt Monument . —The designs for the St . Pool ' s Cathedral monument to the Duke of Wellington are now being exhibited in " Westminster Hall . . The Royal Agricultural Society of England commenced its annual exhibition on Tuesday at Salisbury . The British AECBLSior . bGicAtj Association . —The annual congress of this association was opened on Tuesday at Chester . The Parliamentary Oaths Bill . —A numerous deputatibn Of members of the House of Commons favourable to the principles of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill , and including from thirty to forty gentlemen who attended the meeting on Thursday week , waited on Lord Palmerston at Cambridge House on Tuesday , for the purpose of ascertaining his views on the subject . Mr . ~ EXr . TcTr . nTi -nraa the HnniroRTnan . TTp . intimated thi » nninion

    of the meeting that the late Oaths Bill was not unanimously supported by the cabinet , and that it is not deemed wise for a Government so strong as Lord Palxnerston ' s to submit tamely to such , defeats as that received in the House of Lords on the Jew Bill . Lord Palmerston , in reply , made some observations similar to those -which he submitted to the House of Lords on the evening of the same day , and added : — " In reference to Lord Harrowby , and his abstaining from voting on the division in the House of Lords , it vas right to state that Lord Harrowby had entered the Government with an understanding that lie should not be able to support any bill for the admission of Jews into Parliament . The Government was anxious to obtain his assistance and co-operation , but had felt it to be impossible to secure perfect and complete unanimity on all points . An instance of the difficulty of securing that unanimity was to be found in the Ballot , on which he as well as Lord John Russell held strong opinions one way , and many of their friends and supporters held opinion * as strong on the other side ; but there was an express understanding that , though Lord Harrowby could' riot vote in . favour of the admission of the Jews , he would not vote against a Government measure . In reference to seating Baron Rothschild by resolution , lie ( Lord Palmerston ) could hold out no hope of acquiescence on the part of the Government in any such attempt , as it would be in opposition to a judgment of a court of law , and involve the House of Commons in most unseemly contests with the courts of justice . " The deputation then withdrew . —The adjourned meeting in the King ' s Arms Hotel , Palace-yard , was held afterwards . It was resolved , after considerable discussion , to postpone all consideration of the future course of proceedings until after the result of that night's debate had been ascertained . The late Accident on the North-Kent Line . — It is stated that the Railway Passengers Assurance Company have only received one , claim for compensation arising out of the recent accident This indicates a strange degree of apathy in the public mind , not only in connexion with railway assurance , but with regard to the same principle in its general application . The Representation of this City . —A public meeting of the electors of the City of London was held at the London Tavern on Thursday , to consider what steps should be taken in consequence of the rejection by the House of Lords of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill . Baron Rothschild attended the meeting , and announced his intention to resign his seat , in accordance with a pledge -which ho gave to the citizens nt the last election . This resignation was accepted , the design being that Baron Rothschild should be at once re-elected as a means of giving to the citizens another opportunity of declaring thcii adhesion to the cause of religious tolerance . Resolutions in accordance with the feelings of the persons present were passed , and , after several speeches , the meeting broke up . ¦

    Eboape from Prison . / - — Considerable alarm was caused in Novtrcaatle-on-Tyne on Wednesday morning by the escape of four desperate characters — three of them charged with highway robbery , and the other with attempted murder—from the borough gaol during the njght .

    The Jerrold Performances . —Mr . Thackeray delivered at St , Martin ' s Hall , on Wednesday , 'a lecture on ' Week-day Preachers , ' for tho benefit of the Jerrold Fund . After dilating on tho groat masters of humour and kindliness of former times—Addison , Steolo , Fielding , Sterne , and Goldsmith—the lecturer spoko of our living and lately deceased wits and humanists , including the fine heart and brain which have just departed from among us . Lamb and Hood lie highly eulogized , and spoke of Dickens as a being ' commissioned by Divine Benevolence' to do good to the world . ( Mr . Dickons was present in the Hall . ) Ho aluo spoke warmly of the . late Mr . A'Bookot and tine other contributors to Punch . Tho memory of Jorrold he vindicated from the charge of bitterness ; and , with respect to himself , said ho only painted lifo as ho saw it . He read a pathetics article of his own , called ' The Curate ' s Walk / and from first to last delighted hla audience , and obtained loud and general applause , Relation ov Opvwkk and Private . —Among the modern military changes there in one which has boon gradually introduced in a number of regiments by gentlemen who ore usually called ' nonninetb '—not soldiers , only martlnotb—who Would not lot a poor soldier ent hla dinner Ma own way , if they could help it . Tho innovation Is that of prohibiting a private soldier addressing

    his officer unless in full untfbrm and accompanied by a non-commissioned officer , also full dressed ! This is a very dangerous innovation ; it Is digging a ditch between the officers and their men ! How are Cortpany ' s officers to study men ' s characters When no man dare address them unless in full dress and in presence of a non-commissioned officer ? This system injures the feeling of respect and affection towards officers . The spirit of aristocracy is strong in the soldiers ; they respect and honour their officers generally ; but these martinets who leave nothing to human nature , who would make them blow their noses by beat of drum , produce disgust at the service . —r Sir Charles Jam 6 s Napier . Horreblk Suicide at Penrito . —A woman of the name of Varty , living in Penrith , went on the line about a hundred yards north of the station , last Saturday , and deliberately laid her head across the rail in sight of the southward train . The engine-driver saw her and blew his whistle ; but the poor creature did not move , and the train went over her neck , completely severing the head from the body . At the inquest , a verdict of temporary insonity was returned . The unfortunate womau was only thirty-five years of age , and a mother , but unmarried . —Carlisle Examiner . A Tale of Profligacy . —A locksmith at Wqlverhamoton . named Webb , has lately brought an action

    against Josiah Fisher , for criminal conversation with his ( Webb ' s ) wife . The chief witness was the -woman ' s ow n illegitimate daughter . In confirmation of her evidence she produced a short note and a copy of some verses which she stated the defendant had given her at his house to carry to her mother , and which she said she had opened and read on her way home . It appeared , on the cross-examination of the girl , that she was still residing w ith her mother , and there could be no doubt that the m other was as s is t ing in the action . The evidence of the girl was confirmed in some minor points , by a woman who admitted she had been turned out of her hou s e b y the defendant because she was a kept woman . O ne of the p laintiff ' s witnesses said she had broken off her acquaintance with Mrs . Webb , because she considered her a -woman of light character ;¦ ¦ she had been in the habit of going out of an evening smartly dressed , beyond her condition in life , and had on one occasion gone ou t in men ' s clothes . A verdict was found for the defendant . The reporter for the daily papers 8 aya : — " During the greater portion of the trial , there were about a dozen women in court , several of whom , placed In a prominent position , grinned with delight whenever anything particularly indecent was elicited . At length it was suggested by Mr . Serjeant Pigott , that ' modest women had better leave the court ; and thereupon [ the whole body fei gned the virtue , if they had if not , and left . " They were at any rate more easily shamed than some Frenchwomen of whom a story is related . They were in court when a similar case was about to be brought on . The judge recommended that ' all respectable women' should retire ; but not one left . After a few minutes , the judge said , " All the respectable women having now left , the officer of the court will remove the rest . " Zeal of European Officers in India . —There are two essential qualities necessary to make a soldiercourage and zeal ; and rather would I see a man without the first than the second . Position , discipline , a hundred things , may remedy a failure of courage ; but want l of zeal is a floorer . It is at one jump to reach tho point where age and long service place worn-out men . ' To this point it is absolutely disgusting to see a man arrive at twenty-five , nay , some at sixteen . There are j bpys in this camp who require and have more luxuries t than myself , who am sixty-three and Governor of j Scinde . Tho want of beer and wine is absolute misfortune to them . These men , or boys , aro unfit for war—the lumoniui nP Tvliirrh in nrwinrnnnn : and not onlv that , but

    a pride and glory in privation , and a contempt for comfort ns effeminate and disgraceful . Tho private soldier cannot have luxuries , and if be sees his officer despise them he does the same ; but if his officers sacrifice everything to enjoyment , he is not a fool and holds that officer in contempt . Every reprimand he receives from the gentlemanly Sybarito disgusts him , not only with the fop but with the service . — -Sir Charles James Napier . The Mormons in Sweden . —Tho Mormons , who arc somewhat numerous in the district of Vestra Sallerup , near Malmoo , in Sweden , have built in the village of the former name a house and chapel . On tho 25 th Juno , they assembled in tho chapolfor some grand ceremony of their form of worship , and when they were so engaged a band of peasants , armed with thick sticks , some of them witli guns also , marched on tho chapel and summoned thorn to disperse . Tho Mormons rofuaod , on which the peasants expelled them by force , and drove them from tho village . Several of tho combatants were wounded . Hindoo Castes . —Up to tho present time , caoh ens to nmong the Hindoos has not only been solf-govoMocl and sqparatoly organised , but may be looked upon as a separate nation , unconnected by blood , pursuits , or sympathies with the population around it . Hence it is that there is no such thing ns Hindoo public opinion . So long as a man preserves tho good opinion of his onsto , ho may com in it the gravest crimes against tho gonoral public , tho grossest porjurioa or frauds that would demand exclusion from society , still , if his canto is uninjured by him , ho is not doomed to bear any blot on his osoutohoon .

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    Leader Office , Saturday , July 25 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . MONUMENT TO LORD RAGLAN . Earl Fortescue inquired whetlier Government intended to propose the erection of a monument to the late Lord Raglan . —LordPANMURE said that a final decision on the subject was not yet arrived at ; but , as a question of precedent , he remarked that public monuments are onl y accorded in recognition of great and signal achievements , and to officers who have died either on the field of battle or - from wounds received in action . —Lord Brougham and the Earl of Derby at some length bore testimony to the eminent talents and life-long devotion of Lord Rag lan , exhibited both in a military and civil capacity in the service of his country . I 3 IMIGRATION OF FREE NEGROES TO GUIANA . The Marquis of Clanricarde presented a petition on the subject of the immigration of free negroes into Guiana , and drew attention to the subject . —After a short discussion , the House adjourned .

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    HOUSE OF COMMONS . The House had a morning sitting , and advanced the Lunatics ( Scotland ) Bill and the Police ( Scotland ) Bill a stage . THE AFFAIRS *> F INDIA . Lord Palmerston , in the evening sitting , rose and said he wished to put a question to Mr . Disraeli . The mail from India was not expected to arrive till some time on Monday , and he wished to know whether the right hon . gentleman would prefer bringing on his motion relating to the state of India on that day , or whether h e would prefer taking any other early day , which of course the Government would give ' him . — Mr . Disraeli said that he did hot think it necessary to wait the arrival of the mail . He rrould brifig on his motion on Monday . CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO INDIA . Sir Charles Napier called attention to the class o ships which were taken up to carry troops to India and asked how many ships , their names , tonnage , arid whether steamers or sailing vessels had been taken up for conveying troops to'India ; whether any shi ps of war were to be sent out ; and whether steamers were to be chartered to tow any sailing vessels that might bo employed ?—Sir Charles Wood said he could not answer the question , as the vessels were taken up by the East India Company . The noble and gallant member bad better move for a return of the vessels . THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE . Mr . H . B . Hope asked if tho estimate for the new Foreign Office would be brought forward this session ?—Mr . Brisooe said he had heard that the plan which had received a prize would cost fourteen or fifteen millions to carry it out . —The Chancellor of the Exciiequjek said the Government was not committed to any plan which had gained a prize . It was not the intention of the Government to present an estimate this session . —Mr . Gladstone was pleased to hear that at present no step was to be taken ; but ho feared that tho House might be drawn on by degrees to assent to one of tho most astounding schemes which could bo conceived . He hoped that tho House would not allow itself to bo committed , directly or indirectly , to this gigantic undertaking without the fullest opportunity for discussion .

    CONVEYANCE OF TROQl'S XO INDIA . Mr . Bentinck renewed this subject , urging that lineof-battle ships should be employed to convoy our troops to India , both en tlio score of economy and speed . He wanted to know whether the Government took any of the responsibility of this duty on themselves , or whether they left it entirely to the East India Company . He likewise desired to know what number of troops of all arms would be left in Great Britain after tho neoeasnry number of troops wore sent out to India . —Lord Clarence Pages asked if Commodore Keppol waa to bo removed from hia command in consequence of tho loss of the Raleigh Mgate in the China Soas . —Sir Gko ' bgh Grey said there was no disposition to dlsparago the gallant officer in question ; but , by tho invariublo rule of tho service , a court-martial would bo hold on Commodore Keppel } and the aontonce of that tribunal could not and ought not to bo anticipated . Sir Guoittu < : CoDiiiNGXON defended Commodore Koppol . DIVonOJD ) AND MATRIMONIAL OAUaKB BILL . On tho motion for the second roading of this bill , Mr . HtoNLtDY postponed it to another session , tho diiliculties which lay In the path of carrying it this sosaion being insuperable . —Sir Guorge Ghuy objected to the course taken by Mr . Henley , and said it was tho intention of the Government to pans tho bill this session . —Mr . Gladstone , urged that some of tho crying ovlla connooteil with t |» o law of marriage might bo dealt with at ojice separately , without going into tho complicated pro-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 25, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25071857/page/10/