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      at Inverary . There being no opposition , Sir A . J . Campbell was returned . A petition has been presented to the House of Commons , complaining of the return of Mr . Crawford for the borough of Harwich . Lord Melville died about half-past six o ' clock on Tuesday night , at Melville Castle , near Lasswade , in the county of Edinburgh , from an attack of bronchitis . The Western Times says that the Exeter Protest against the Bishop ' s Synod has received 67 signatures , including 11 who had already signed a similar protest which originated at Plymouth . Upwards of a hundred clergymen have thus already formally protested against the synod , and the example will be followed by many more . The last day for receiving signatures will be Tuesday , June 17 .

      Mr . Philip Pusey has followed up Ins letter to the farmers , by a letter to the electors of Berkshire . He protests against the kind of opposition got up against him , and refers it to a " secret conclave sitting in London , " who excommunicate " all county members who will not bow the knee to the idol of Buckinghamshire , Mr . Disraeli . " And be adds : — " As long as I am member for Berkshire I will not do the bidding of the member for Bucks . He can no more teach me what is good for agriculture than I can teach him the straight way to office . Gentlemen , indeed I cannot , and will not , turn Israelite . If you ask me why , I do not regard the hon . member as an Israelite himself without guile . " And he asserts that " if ever there was a question on which the 40 s . freeholder had as good a claim to the free use of his birthright as the tenant of 400 or the . owner of 4000 acres , surely it is the priee of his loaf . "

      The annual meeting of the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutions , which comprises 117 , having 20 , 000 members , was held on "Wednesday , at Leeds ; and in the evening a public soiree was . given by the Leeds committee , in the Music-hall . Lord Carlisle presided , and made a capital speech , full of eloquent and graceful remarks , upon the Exposition , with which he rightly connected the Yorkshire Union . One sentence was peculiarly appropriate . " "When , " he said , "I mark the space which is covered in this show-room of the world by special industry of the West Riding of Yorkshire ; when I recojrnize the banners which are

      suspended above the productions of your principal towns , with their , to me , most familiar devices—{ loud cheers )—when I pass by , not without a sort of joint ownership and feeling —{ loud cries of ' Hear , hear ! ' and applause ' )—the woollens of Leeds , and stuffs of Bradford , and fancy goods of Huddersfield , and carpets of Halifax ( is not their excellent and spirited manufacturer ( Mr . Crossley ) now among us ? and the hardware of Sheffield , and many other things from many other places , which I necessarily omit , to say nothing of all that wondrous whirring machinery to which , among others , this town has contributed so generously , I need offer no excuse for having connected the mechanics of Yorkshire with the Industrial

      Temple of 1851 . ( Cheers . )" Two men have been killed by a colliery explosion near Barnsley . A prisoner chained to an officer was proceeding by train on the London and North-Western Railway on Thursday . Suddenly he leaped out of the carriage , draggiug the officer with him . The train was going at full speed ; the prisoner was uninjured , the constable ' s leg was broken . Taking the key , the prisoner unlocked his wrist and escaped .

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      The mails from the Cape are up to the 23 rd of April . The reinforcements had not then arrived . It will be remembered that the forces under Sir Harry Smith were collected in two main divisions , one commanded by the Governor himself , at King William ' s-town , and the other by Major-General Somerset , at Fort Hare . The intention of Sir Harry was to concert operations with General Somerset , and to move with both these columns upon the Amatola Mountains , the stronghold of Sandilli and his followers . For this purpose ho was awaiting the succours announced from the scat of Government , and it

      was his opinion that the advance could bo made towards the close of March . We now see that on the 23 rd of April this definitive campaign had not commenced , but the intervening transactions are of such a character a , s to suggest satisfactory explanations of the delay . The moHt important fact communicated by the mail in , tbut Kreili , a native chief of great influence , hitherto engaged with us , has gone over to Sandilli , and had counselled Pato and Umuula to follow him , advice which they declined . Desertion continued on the part of the mounted riilen . There hud been some smart skirmishes ,

      but no general engagement or decided plan of operations carried uot . Some of our readers will regret to hear that Mr . John Clement Frune . iB , aged twenty-one years , died on the 17 'h of April , at IHoem I ' onteiu , Cape of Good Hope . The Jiloein Funtcin Gazette atutea that Mr . JKrancia was of the firm Lowen and Francis , attorneys-at-law , nnd a municipal commissioner of that place . The British Resident , Major Warden , the officers of the <{ urr . iti <> n , the inagiatraieH . and all the respectable inhabitants ol the place , followed his body to the grave . From Toronto we learn that in the Catmdian Parliament the Uovernoi-General had refused to produce the corrt-Bpondrnce with the American Government in relation to the reciprocity of trade , and it wan recommended ua tho future policy of the Government , to clone tho canal against American vi > hhc 1 » mim act of . retaliation .

      The population of Old Calabar , watching fora favourable opportunity , have hroken out against Uic constituted ttuthoriiicH , and taken posseHtjiou of everything on whore . The following is the form in which the neww wiih posted in the rooms of the Underwriters ' AHHociulion , ut Liverpool , on Monday : — " Caiuurui > ns , February U . — A boat iroui Furnando 1 \> , juat urrived , brings intelligence of the glaveH at Old Calabar having revolted , and being in po » - si on of everything on shore . Her Majesty ' s ¦ hips

      Gladiator ( 6 ) and Arabia ( 14 ) , being in Clarence , went over immediately , and a despatch was sent to Mr . Bicoft to bring him down from the Dohmy country . The revolt , it is feared , will entail serious damage to the British vessels trading there , the slaves being in possession of everything on shore . " The New Brunswicker of the 10 th of May gives a detail of the desertion of nine soldiers , composing the corporal ' s guard stationed at the Ordnance Stores , Lower Cove ,

      who left the station in a body , carrying their arms with them . The affair must have been previously arranged , as they all acted in concert , and at a given signal seized the corporal , bound his arms and legs , and g « gged him by thrusting a piece of broomstick in his mouth and tying it round his head to prevent his making a noise . They then started , taking their muskets with them . They were arrested on the following morning at Eastport by the British Vice-Consul there , Mr . Charles Sherwood . The men had stolen a boat from the bark Nova

      Scotia , in which they made the voyage to Eastport , where they landed in full regimentals with their arms and accoutrements . * A riot lately occurred at Hoboken , opposite the city of New York , between a party of Germans who were cele » brating their May festivals , and a number of Irishmen , the latter of whom crossed the river to have a conflict . Four or five persons were killed , and several badly wounded . A justice of the peace , in endeavouring to quell the riot , was shot down . Fifty ot the German party were sent to prison for participation in the riot . The Council of Government of Trinidad have passed a set of resolutions providing for the formation of a board of education , establishing primary and training schools at the expense of the State , to which admission shall be gratuitous aod in which instruction sha . ll be purely secular . __

      .. Texan advices give further accounts of Indian outrages on the frontier . In one skirmish six of the savages were killed . Major Pratt and Mr . Janes were among the latest slaughtered . The Prussian Government are about to establish , during the present year , a line of steamers between Warsaw and Bromberg . A telegraphic despatch , dated Hamburg , Monday morning , says : — "A sanguinary collision has taken place in our city between some sailors and some Austrian soldiers . Six persons have been killed , and a considerable number wounded . " The Senate has declared itself en permanence . " The Venerable the Archdeacon of Dublin ( Dr . John Torrens ) died , after a long illness , on Monday last , in the 83 rd year of his age .

      It appears from an official account that the number of troops serving in Ireland has been reduced from about 26 , 000 to 18 , 000 men . Jiibbon notices have recently been served upon some active members of the police force in Westmeath- One is to the following effect : — " Sargent Moor We give you warning not to meddle or allow your men to be so dutiful . If you do , mark the consequence . You will not be warned again . — Wicklow Boys . " The Limer ick Chronicle says that the quantity of land under flax this season in the counties of Limerick , Clare , and Tipperary may be estimated at 1000 acres .

      The Mary White , Sydney packet ship , was burnt at sea on the 17 th of May . The passengers were saved and lauded at Fayal . The fire arose from the spontaneous ignition of its cargo of wool and bones . It burnt for two days and blew up on the third . A Russian brig was at hand , and aided in the escape of the passengers and crew . The steam-ship Neptune which brought over the Russian contributions to the Exposition , struck last Sunday on a reef of rocks lying off Loganas , in the Sound ofElsinore . The passengers and crew were saved , and the cargo partially recovered . It is not expected that she will be got off the reef .

      Shark hunting , a favourite pastime on the coast of the southern states of the Union , lately commenced . The Charleston Mercury gives us an account of the first hunt of the season : —" The carcase of a horse having been procured , it was properly prepared and set adriit towards the close of ebb tide , aud having floated down opposite the battery , its convulsive motion gave evidence that the sea wolves were at their feast . Three of our young gentlemen , who are enthusiasts in this sport , having provided themselves with the proper implements , proceeded in a stout boat to the busy scene , and soon found themselves in the mid . st of a large shoal of sharks , who , not at all disturbed by their presence , continued their repast—tlie larger ones moving up to the carcase , faBtening their teeth in it , and then with a jerk rending

      off a limb or other portion , while the smaller ones would snatch at the fragments which escaped from their jaws . Our young gentlemen Boon went to work , and in the course of an hour and three-quarters killed nine , of the monsters , six of which they succeeded in bringing to the wharf . The sport was of the most exciting character , the animals not only making play , but occasionally showing fight . One of the largest , when struck , seized the bout hy the cutwater , and shook it most violently ; while another came open-mouthed at a coloured man who was cutting a harpoon out ot one of those captured alongside , but was arrested by a well-directed thrust of a spear , which penetrated far down his capacious throat . The six sharks that were biought to the wharf were found to measure renpectively as fit Hows ' : —i ) feet ' , i incheN , 1 ) feet 4 inches , 10 feet I inch , 10 feet 5 ) inches , 11 feet <> inches . "

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      Mr . Hume ' s select committee on the Income and Property Tax , which has at length been nominated , oonni « t 8 of the following Members : —The Chancellor of the . Exchequer , Mr . Thomas Baring " , Mr . Cobden , Mr . Disraeli , Mr . ilornmau , Mr . Henley , Mr . Vesey , Mr . Forbes Mackenzie , Mr . Jnuiett Wilson , Mr . Itieiurdo , Mr . Roebuck , Colonel Itomilly , Lord Harry Vane , and Mr . Sotheron . The State Fancy Ball which had been rehearsed at Sutherland-house curly in th « week came off last night in earnest at Buckingham Puluce . Tho fancy

      eoatume wfl « ot the time of the lteytorutton , which gu vo un opportunity for grout display , especially of mule uoBtiune . The dreH » t : » of tho ladies , it wtus remarked , approached very nearly to thoue of tho present day . The military uml judicial oflicers appeared in the ofiieial habits of the period , uh did the umbaa-Biidorrt . Altogether it wiw a brilliant and Bucoeaaful revival of tho Hcenie effects presented by an Englitth Court not quite two hundred yearn ugo . J JThe Queen wore " lc grand habit de oour" of th « union of tho Court of Louis & 1 V-, introduced from

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      We received yesterday cony of a petition to Parliuiucnt , moved hy Mr . Isaac Ironside , hi the Sheffield Town Council , against a Btauding army , us incontnatent with the fundamental rights and libertieu of a free pooplo , a document which we shall publish next week . Alter tliree hours' discussion in the council , it wuh carried by TZ for it , and 14 aguintst it—3 remaining noutral .

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      TO BEADJSB 9 AND COBBESPONDENTSL Several letters liave been received by our publisher complaining of the non-receipt of papers , or the non-arrival of the Leader , until Monday . We have made inquiry , and find that the error s have not arisen in our office . The Country Edition of the Leader is published on Friday , nnd the Town Edition on th « Saturday , and Subscribers should be careful to specify which , edition they wish to receive . Complaints of irregularity should be made to the particular news-agent supplying the paper , and if aay difficulty should occur again it will be set right on

      anplication direct to our office , 10 , Wellington-street , Strand , London . It i » impassible to acknowledge- the mass of letters w « receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to m press of matter \ and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London .

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      The Commons last night were occupied in discussing two important practical questions — the Chancery Reform Bill , and the Kafir War Estimate . Lord John Russell asked and obtained leave to bring in two bills ; one to improve the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , and the other to regulate the salaries of the Chief Justiee of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas . By the latter bill , the salaries

      of the chief justices , respectively , will be £ 8000 and £ 7000 . The Chancery Reform Bill of last session had been opposed by Lord Cottenham and others , and dropped for that reason . The present bill differed from that in creating two new Chancery judges , to be called " Judges of Appeal , " instead of employing the Master of the Rolls in the Lord Chancellor's Court . The Lord Chancellor will retain both his judicial and political functions , but while he is attending his duties in the House of Lords , or in case of illness or absence , these judges will sit in his court , prevent the accumulation of arrears , give time to the Lord Chancellor for attention to law reform , and enable him to employ his mind upon

      questions in connection with the Executive Government . The expense attending this plan would not fall heavily upon the public . He proposed that the Lord Chancellor , instead of £ 14 , 000 a-year , should receive £ 10 , 000 ; and the Master of the Rolls £ 6000 , instead of £ 7000 . There would , therefore , be a saving of £ 5000 a-year . The two new judges to be appointed by the Crown would receive the same salary as the Master of the Rolls , £ 6000 a-year , to be paid out of the Suitors' Fund . The plan was well received by the House generally , Mr . J . Stuart only making an antagonistic speech ; and approval being signified by Mr . Bethell , Mr . Walpole , and Mr . Rounde . ll Palmer .

      The House went into a Committee of Supply , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved a vote of £ 300 , 000 toward the expense of the Kafir war . Mr . Addkrley apprehended that the vote might be taken as the mere exponent of the expense which the Kafir war will cost this country . This was the seventh war which had broken out , and for which England had to pay ; and till the system of government was changed , war and expense would be the only results . The effectual cure would be to confer upon the

      Cape representative government , and with it the obligation of providing for ita own defence . He made a clear and forcible statement of our relations with tho Cape , and the great grievances to which the colonists are subjected . Lord John Russian defended the policy of the Cabinet , by asserting that the Council of the Capo had thrown every possible obstacle in the way of good government . After remonstrances from Mr . Humb , Mr . Vjkhnon Smith , and Mr . Bright , and great complaints being made that pupers had not been presented to tho House , the vote was agreed to .

      ^Jstjatript. Saturday, June 14.

      ^ jstjatript . Saturday , June 14 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1851, page 556, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1887/page/8/