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      Union speak of the crops as promising a yield far outstripping any previous season . —The intelligence from South and Central America is of the usual insurrectionary character . Santa Anna appears to be triumphing over the rebels , several bands of whom have been routed . At Nicaragua , General Munos had taken command of the democratic army , and completely reorganised it , to the great alarm of the Government . Fears are entertained that Guatemala and Costa Rica are tending towards a monarchical form of government . In Venezuela , an invasion from New Grenada was dreaded , and the Government was in great financial embarrassment . Apprehensions of a hostile inroad are also entertained by the people of Bolivia and Ecuador—Florez and Santa Cruz being the persons on whom the popular suspicion rests .

      The Bankruptcy op Stbahan and Co . —In the Court of Bankruptcy , on Monday , before Mr . Commissioner Evans , the affairs of these bankrupts were for the first time entered into . Debts to the amount of upwards of 200 , 000 / . were proved in the course of the sitting . Mr . Lawrance , solicitor on the part of the creditors , said he thought the assets would be about 150 , 000 £ . or 160 , 0001 ., irrespective of the large sums advanced on foreign , railroads , and which represent an item of 276 , 000 Z . Lord Palmerston , the Duke of

      Devonshire , Viscount Melbourne , and several other aristocratical personages , are among the creditors . The bankrupts gave in a full account of all the securities illegally sold , pledged , or dealt with by them . — "W . E . K ., " writing to the Times , states that , by an act of the 7 th and 8 th George IV ., Messrs . Strahan and Co ., having confessed the abstraction of the securities , will not be liable to conviction . At Bow-street , on Wednesday , the bankrupts were again placed at the bar pro forma , and the case was once more adjourned to "Wednesday .

      Sir Charles Namer and the late Commercial Failure . — Morning Herald mentions a report to the effect that Admiral Napier has lost the greater part of his property by the failure of that branch of Messrs . Strahan and Co . ' s business which was carried on under the title of Ilalford and Co ., Navy agents . Securities at Private Banks . —At a general meeting of private bankers , held tm Tuesday , at the Clearing House , a resolution , arising out of the late failure , was adopted , stating that , so far from its being thought improper that any one should demand of his bankers the examination of securities deposited with them for safe custody , the bankers are unanimously of opinion that such examination is a most proper and business-like proceeding .

      Provincial Art Exhibitions . — The Liverpool Daily Post ( the first diurnal product of the abolition of the -etamp ) suggests that two or three neighbouring to ' . vns should unite every year for the exhibition of pictures by local artists , which would save the provincial painters from sending up their productions to London , where they are sure to be swamped . The Dressers a ^ i > Dyers of Manchester . —A committee has been formed for the liquidation of the outstanding accounts against the Dressers and Dyers of Manchester , who , in the strike of 1853 , received from the Licensed Victuallers of Manchester sums of money to the amount of 3217 ? . These sums were advanced

      " without any guarantee for repayment but the unbounded confidence the lenders possessed in the honour . and integrity of the working-classes , " to quote from the Address issued by tlie committee . The strike lasted about twenty weeks , during which time 1600 men and their families , making a total of some 4800 human Leinga , were dependent on the funds of trades' unions and on the good-will of the charitable . The generous assistance of the licensed victuallers , remarks the Address , " gives the ' lie direct' to a certain class of purity-professing demagogues , who falsely represent the publican as an enemy to the working man . " All moneyorders arc to bo made payable to Mr . Ralph 11 ay ley , Peel ' s Arms , Mason-street , Manchester ; and letters of advice to bo addressed to tho Liquidation Committee , Cotton Tree , Great Aueoats-street , Manchester .

      Cafturk ov a Uujkolar . —On Wcdnosday morning a policeman captured a man for stealing some leather at Mortluko . A desperate encounter ensued between the officer and tho prisoner . Tho latter broke away , and attempted cither soli-destruction or escape , by jumping into the Thames . In leaping , his foot caught some l ) oats , and both his thighs wore broken . Ho was rettdton , and conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , whore he HOW remains in a precarious state . Arrkst ok an Dnulisuman at Buus . si : ls . — Englisnmnn , alleged to be a merchant of London , passing under tho name of Clarke , but whose real name is Nichols , has boon arrested at Brussels , according to the Constitutionnel , on u charge of having atolen u sum of about 16000 / . by moans of forged bills .

      , , Burnt to Death with Vitriol . — Kobort Chadwick , a Vitriol-maker at Kadclino-bridtfe , in Lancashire , stuiu-Wmd into a quantity of vitriol which had escaped from owe of tho boilers , lloing stupiued by tho vapour , lie Waa unable to risoi and was not discovered until help ¦ was unavailing . Ilo lingered , however , for some days . Hhalth ok- London . —In tho week that ended hint Saturday , 1076 deaths were registered in tho metropolitan diatricta . Of those , 548 -were d « atha of mutat ,

      527 of females . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 923 , which to be compared with last week's return must be raised in proportion to increase of population . The average rate of mortality would have produced 1015 deaths last week ; the actual number was in excess of the estimated number by 60 . Last week , the births of 882 boys and 869 girls , in all 1751 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1383 . —From the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return . Sir Joseph Paston and Metropolitan

      Intercommunication . —One of the great requirements of this overgrown capital of ours is in sufficient key thoroughfares , or main arteries for circulating the life-blood through the widely-extended limbs of the giant . The two western districts lying north and south , of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens , more especially at night , are almost cut off from one another ; and the want of something like the Boulevards of Paris is greatly felt . The scheme of a circumvallating railway lately proposed by Sir Joseph Paxton before a Committee of the House of Commons would go far to remove these evils . Sir Joseph suggests an immense arcade to surround London , with shops on each side , and a railway and carriage road in the middle . This arcade should commence near the

      Royal Exchange , proceeding thence across Cheapside , and over a bridge to be constructed between those of Southwark and Blackfriars , to High-street , Borough , where it would join the railways at London-bridge . From the Borough it would return to the Thames by a circuitous route , form a j unction with the South-Western Railway , and cross the river by another bridge to the Strand . A branch would cross the Thames from Lambeth Palace to the new Houses of Parliament , and from thence proceed through Victoria-street on to Brompton , and through Kensington Gardens to the Great-Western Railway station . From this point it would proceed to the stations of the North-Western and Great-Northern Railways , also to Islington , and from thence back to the Eoyal Exchange . Another branch would run to Piccadilly , & c .

      New Governor-General of India . — Lord Dalhousie ' s health continues so precarious that he is compelled to return home . He will be succeeded in the Governor-Generalship of India by Lord Canning , the present Postmaster-General here . Lord Canning was Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1841 to 1846 , in connexion with Sir Robert Peel ' s administration . The Daily Telegraph and Couriek . ^ -A new metropolitan morning paper , under this title , appeared for the first time yesterday . The price is half that of

      the other daily papers—namely , twopence unstamped . The number of pages is four of about the usual size ; and the amount of news seems equal to that given by its contemporaries . This news , moreover , is not pirated , but supplied by its own correspondents and reporters . Altogether , the humbler classses may congratnlate themselves upon being thus enabled , by the removal of the stamp , to have for so small a sum so good a record of contemporary events . The speeches in Parliament are given condensed—an immense improvement in at least nino cases out of ten .

      A Very Extensive Fire took place at Shoreditch on Thursday morning , by which several large warehouses were destroyed or damaged , and property to the amount of upwards of 10 , 000 / . was lost . The Board of Trade Returns for the month ending the 31 st of May were published on Thursday , and show a decrease in the declared value of our exports amounting to 372 , 950 / ., as compared with tho corresponding month of last year . With regard to imported commodities , the totals slum ' great steadiness in the home consumption , the quantities of the principal articles being very nearly the same as at this period of 18 fi 4 . Sugar forms an exception , as it exhibits a considerable decline ; but this is owing to the largeness of the supplies taken by tho trade during the four preceding months .

      A New Lyceum at Oldiiam . —Lord Stanley has laid the first stone of a Lyceum at Oldham . Ho afterwards attended a banquet at the Town Hall , when he delivered a very liboral speech , iu which he laments the estrangement which exists between tho higher and the lower classes , and looked to such institutions as that which ho had just inaugurated us a means of bringing about a more cordial intercourse . Sue CuAiu . ica Wood and Mr . Lindsay . —Mr . W . S . Lindsay writes to tho Turns , oilering further proofs of tho truth ol his statements with respect to the Robert Lowe , the Columbia , tlie Oneida , and other ships .

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      Licadisk Ofvicic , Saturday , Juno 80 . HOUSE OF LORDS . LORD RAGLAN—Sill G . BUOWN—8 AN 1 TAUV CONDITION OF 'I'UK ARMY . In answer to tho Karl of Maliuksiiuhy Lord Tan-MUKI 3 stated that tlicre was no truth iu tho report that Lord Rnglnn had resigned the command oi the army in the Kaat in eonscquenco of illness . Ho hud been eutfVripg t ' rojtu illness , but was butter at tho

      last accounts . Sir G . Brown had also been unwell and gone on board ship , but it was believed his health was improving . During the indisposition of Lord Raglan and Sir G . Brown , General Simpson was in temporary charge of the army . The Earl of Shaftesbury stated the result of a conversation he had had that morning with aw . Inspector of the Sanitary Commission just arrived from the Crimea , which was to the effect that nothing could be better than the sanitary regulations for cleansing the camp and the harbour of Balaklava , and that the Commission was doing all that art could do to counteract the depressing effects of the climate of the Crimea .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . AUSTRIA AND THE WESTEKN POWEBS . In answer ^ to Sir J . Walsh , Lord J . Russell said it was true , as asserted by Count BuoL , that the Jasfc proposals of the Austrian Government for the settlement of the Third Point were submitted to Mm and the French ambassador , and the other statements in Count Bud's circular

      were . THE AUSTRTANS IN THE PRINCIPALITIES . In answer to Mr . H . Baillie , Lord Palmerston admitted that there had been several instances of misconduct on the part of the Austrian troops in . the Principalities , but he left it to the discretion . of the honourable member as to whether he would move for the report of Mr . David on the subject . LOBD RAGLAN . In answer to Lord R . Grosvenok , Lord Palmkrston said the only information lie had received with regard to Lord Raglan was , that he had been very unwell , but it was hoped that in a few days he would be able to reauine his duties as Comnianderin-ehief .

      FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTS . Mr . Hildyard inquired whether the Government intended to repeal that part of the act relating to fraudulent bankrupts , which enabled them to escape indictment on making a bond fide declaration of the disposition of the securities appropriated by them . The Attorney-General stated that the matter was of so much importance that he must take time to consider it .

      LORD CANNING S APPOINTMENT TO INDIA . In answer to Mr . Cayley , Lord Palmerstok said that tlie appointment of Lord Canning to the Governor-Generalship of India was made by the Court of Directors with the concurrence of the Government . As a proof of the ability and acquirements of Lord Canning , he mentioned that that noble lord was offered the Secretaryship for Foreign Affairs by Lord Derby . Mr . Cayley contended that Lord Elgin was a fitter man for the post . Lord Palmeuston said the appointment rested with tho Court of Directors , with the sanction of the Crown . In this case , both agreed in tho fitness of the appointment of Lord Canning .

      EXPLOSIVE JIACHINKS IN THE BALTIC . In answer to Mr . French , Sir C . Wood said that intelligence had been received from the Baltic stating , that forty-six explosive machines had been discovered and taken up . It was true that Admiral Seymour had been hurt by one of them , but aa tho news came by telegraph , he was not aware of the particulars . —With regard to Lord Dundonald ' s plan for destroying Cronstudt , tho Government did not intend to adopt it .

      MR . LINDSAY AND SIR C . WOOD . Mr . Lindsay gave notice that he should take an early opportunity of replying to Sir Charles Wood ' s defence of the Admiralty against the charges mada by him at Drury-hme . He complained that Sir C . Wood had unfairly read one of the letters in his speech , which was garbled and cut short at tho point at which it would hnvo made for him ( Mr . Lindsay . ) A short discussion followed , which was stopped at the remonstrance o ( Sir F . Baring , on the inconvenience of this sort of debate on the motion for tho adjournment of the House to Monday . THE AUSTRALIAN BILLS . The Victoria Government Bill , the South Wales Bill , and the Waste Lands ( Australia ) Bill wore read a third time , and pasaed . LAW OF FAttTNERSHli * .

      Mr . BouviuuE thon moved at length tho second reading of tho Partnership Amendment Bill and tho Limited Liability Bill , tho principles and provisions of which have been for some timo before tliu public . A discussion followed , in which Mr . Collimb , Mr . Gi . ynn , Mr . Cabuwku ,, Mr . Lowh , Mr . Cairns , Lord Falimhuston , and other members took part . The bills were rcud a second time . Tho other orders of tho day were then proceeded with .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30061855/page/7/