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      severely scalded , but , from the direction in which the fragments were hurled , the amount of injury done to the men is not so great as it -would otherwise have been . An investigation as to the cause of the explosion has been-commenced by the Government Inspector of Mines . —Another boiler explosion has taken place , the locality this time being the works of Messrs . Rose ; Hi ggins , and R ose , malleable iron-makers , at Bilston , near Wolverhampton . Four men have been killed , and a fe w others injured . Several neighbouring buildings were laid in ruins , and the debris , falling into the adjacent canal , nearly dammed it up . A long-boat which lay near the works was sunk by the weight of the fragments , and the lives of the boatmen were endangered . The accident is supposed to have originated in one of the deceased men having turned water into the boiler while it was in a state of excessive heat .

      Educational Conference at York . —At the instance of the Archbishop of York an educational conference will be held in that city earl y in Jul y next . All the clergy and laity of the diocese who are known to take an interest in the subject of national education will be invited to attend . Irish Evictions ^—Some evictions have been going o n at D artfie l d , Galway , on the property of Mrs . Maria Louisa Blake—the scene of a conflict in November last . The sheriffs and other officers were accompanied by about a hundred policemen ; but the houses were all found deserted by their inhabitants . Several of the dwellings were then razed to the ground ; the doors and windows of others were stopped with stones , and the roofs were tumbled in .

      Law Amendment Society . —The Lord Mayor , on Wednesday , entertained the members of the Law Amendment Society at the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house . Among the after-dinner speakers were Lord Brougham , the Earl of Harrow by , and Mr . Lowe . An extreme pressure on our space precludes any analysis . A Dead Child in a Linendraper ' s Box . —An inquest has been held on the body of a female child found in a-box which was part of the stock in trade of Messrs . Olney and Son , linendrapers , High-street , Borough : The box had previously belonged to another Hnendraper , but had been sold off under the Commissioners of Bankruptcy seven months ago . The body had been placed in some chemical preparation , and , owing to the' state of t h e b o dy , the cause of . death could not be ascertained . —An open verdict was returned .

      The Case of Paijher . —An argument has been going on for some days in the Equity Courts to determine whether Win . Palmer , bankrupt , now in custody under various charges of murder , was or was not a trader . It was contended on the part of Palmer that he ought not to have been adjudicated a bankrupt , as he was not an apothecary , never having dispensed medicines except on his own prescription as a surgeon . The Lords Justices of Appeal , however , decided that there was no doubt as to the trading having been sufficient , and that there were grounds for an adjudication . With that decision , the case must be remitted to the Commissioner .

      Fever Patients in Cabs . —The protest of Dr . Letheby , the City officer of Health , against tlie dangerous practfoo of ralcing infected patients to hospitals in public cabs , has been followed up by Dr . Guy , who , at a Marylebone vestry on Saturday , brought up a report and memorial to the Home Office , condemning the custom . After some discussion , these documents were adopted , and several gent l eme n w ore appointed to w ait on Sir George Grey . Adulteration of Food Committee . —This committee continues its sittings . On Wednesday , Mr . Goodman , chief clerk to the Lord Mayor of London , gave an outline of the laws affecting the sale of unwholesome articles . There are four modes of proceeding against persons for adulterating food . One is by indictment , one

      by action , one by the Excise , and one by a simple conviction before a magistrate . With respect to drugs , there is a power in the College of Surgeons to search druggists' shops ; and , where adulterated or unsound drnga are found , to destroy them . The ordinary remedy for a private individual to adopt against a person selling any adulterated goods is by action , but that is an expensive process , and is very seldom , if ever , resorted to . Ho thought , if the Act 3 George IV ., chap . 106 , were known to the public , and that under it a penalty of 10 / . could be recovered against bakera Belling adulterated bread , it would bo generally acted upon . He would recommend a general law by which a right of search Bhould be established , as is the case now with regard to weights and measures .

      Transportation and the Ticket - or - Lkave System . —The committee to inquire into this subject mot again on Monday . Captain O'Brien , BUi > orintendont of prisons , was examined , and stated bin opinion that the ticket-of-leavo system had been very successful . When a prisoner ia discharged on ticket-of-loavo , bo baa a suit of liberty-clothing given him , with two ahrrtH and other necessaries , and ia sent back to the locality from which ho w « a convicted . When in prkon bo is taught Homo industrial art . Captain O'JJrien , was awaro that thoro ia a class of persons who are always on the look-out for boys who are discharged for the purpose of training thorn up to thieving Aftor Home further evidence , embracing several statistical details , and a auggostiQn as to the

      necessity of some provision being made for the reception of w o m en i n t h e co l o n ies , by a system of emigration provided by the Government of this country , the committee adjourned . A Slave-Market . —The slave market of Cairo , which we visited , though no lo ' nger flourishing as in byg one d ays , sti ll mai n tai n s a reco g nised e x istence . H a lf a-dozen young Ethiop ian girls on ly were offered for sale at the time of our visit . The poor little creatures wore a very sullen and joyless expression : their hair was tied into bunches at the sides of their heads , and loaaed with a q uantity o f r ancid grease , l aid on w it h an un spari n g hand . One little girl , apparently about f ourteen y e a r s old , whose rather pleasing features bore a striking resem bl a n ce to those of the S p hynx , finding her s e l f noticed , imagined she was about to be bought , and her

      ' countenance brightened up wonderfully ; -when , however , we turned to leave , and she perceived she was still to remain in the dull thraldom of the dealer ' s custody , her poor little face speedily resumed its former melancholy . British subjects , it appears , a r e pro h ibited u n de r a penalty of 40 ? . from purc h asing s l aves at C ai r o , even though the object should be to restore them to liberty . The Turkish slave laws stand in advantageous contrast with those of certain other slave-holding states at the opposite point of the compass . In Egypt , all Ethiopian s l aves , male and female , desiring to change their owners , may claim to be sold , and h ave o nly to proclaim , publicly their wish in this respect , when the owner becomes compelled to submit them to sale by auction ; thus they have always the means of escape from a harsh or- cruel master . —Diary of Travels .

      Richelieu . —Richelieu died as he had lived , un l o v ed by any except his favourite cats—which he liked because their gambols reminded him of the cunning and ferocious springs of a tiger—feared b y all around h im , in a solitude and isolation as complete as he had lived . More fortunate , however , than Wolsey , who somewhat resembled him in character , and who also displayed his inordinate pride in the erection of Hampton Court , the cardinal secured the enjoyment of his palace , as we l l as the outward marks of royal favour , until his death . — New Monthly Magazine ,

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      THE CIRCASSIAN MOVEMENT . The deputation from Cireaasiahas arrived at Constantinople with an address , demanding the recognition of the independence of the Caucasus by the Porte andtheAilies The deputation was received by the Ministers .

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      THE CRIMEAN BOARD ( YESTERDAY ) . At the meeting of the Board yesterday ( Friday ) , Sir Richard Airey proceeded with his statement . He be * lieved that the chief sufferings of the army arose out of the difficulty that was experienced in bringing up bales of goods from the sea to a camp pitched seven miles oflt ( Sir Richard Airey quoted extensively from the evidence of several officers in support of hie statements . ) The great wants were labour and transit ; and , as the sufferings of the men increased , the deficiencies in those respects were felt in proportion . ' jn order to show that he took every means to get rid of oWcial routine , Sir Richard !

      mentioned that , by the regulations of the War-office , forms were orig i n all y iaaued with twenty-four blanks to be filled up before a man could obtain a great coat ; these forms were afterwards thrown aside , and another was isaaed with Lord Rag lan ' s consent , with but on « blank in it to be filled up before signed by him ) Sir Richard Airey ) . Regulations for warm clothing wer » issued faster than the men could fetch the clothing ; . The printod evidence in the blue book of the Commissioners' Report waa not the evidence he gave before the Commissioners : several explanations which he gave to account for delays were omitted . The Court hero adjourned .

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      Attempt to Mukdisr a Wive . —Morris Condor , a labourer livmg in Murket-strect , Fitzroy-aquaro , waj » committed for trial yesterday on a charge of cutting Wa wife with intent to kill her . It was the old story . He returned homo late at night , intoxicated ; found hia wife in bed , and attacked her with a knife . Her crie « brought her aon to her assistance , and the weapon was wrested from the ruffian . To the policeman who apprehended him he said that his wife would not give him aury money for anufl' . The Ahhamslnation of Mm Kelly . —The magisterial investigation into the assassination of Mrs . Kelly has closed . Mr . Strovcrta , nephew of Mra . Kelly , and James Bannon have been committed for trial « t the aeelzcs . '

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      Leader Office , Saturday , May 3 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF COMMONS . POLITICAL EXILES . Mr . Duxcombe gave notice of his intention to ask the Government whether , on the celebration of Peace , they would not release from banishment Messrs . Smith . O'Brien , F rost , and other political exiles . THE FORTS ON THE BLACK SEA . In answer to Lord John Manners , Lord Palmkra-noxt said UtoUrma of the Treaty of Peace applied only to the non-restoration of naval arsenals in the Black Sea ; they did not preclude the Russian Government from re-erecting 1 > he defensive forts in that sea . THE SUNKEN SHIPS AT 8 EBASTOPOL .

      I n ans w er to L ord William Graham , L ord Paj > merston said thjit by the Treaty of Peace the Russians will have no fleet of line-of-battle ships in the Black Sea , but there was no limit to their fleet in the Baltic , and if they raised up those submerged ships , damaged aa they must be , to add to their Baltic fleet , instead of better ones , he thought this country could have no objection . BANDS IN THE PARKS ON SUNDAYS . Lord Robert Grosvenor brought on the subject of the bands in the parks , and asked the Government whether , in caae any of the bands Bhould cpnecientiouely object to play on Sundays , they could not put military discipline into action to compel them to do so . —Sir Dk

      Lacy Evans objected to such a question being raised , as it was calculated to give opportunities to soldiers to refuse to do certain duties , when it waa left to the discretion of the commanding ofilcers to decide whether they should or not . —Sir John Trollope said that the commanding officer of the 2 nd Life Guards had requested him to atate that it was only in compliance with orders from the Horse Guards that he had permitted the band of his regiment to play in the Regent ' s Park . —The Marquis of Blandforp protested against the principle of theao S unday bandB , and wanted to know if this new principle of providing public amusements for the people on Sunday discussion

      waa a Cabinet question . —After some , Mr . Adderlbt urged that Sir Benjamin Hall by this step had contravened the principle of a recent vote in the House , that no public amusements should bo held on Sundays . —Mr , DuuMMond said that of late years the people had been deprived of many of tho . recrcutiona which used to exiat some years ago . Military men ought to have no consciences in these matters . —Sir Benjamin Hall denied that ho had contravened tho principle established by tho vote of tho House . Tho course he waa now pursuing he took last autumn , boforo the vote in question , and no objection had been made to it . The aanie objections wero urged when it was

      proposed to open Hampton Court Palace and Sjbw Gardens on Sundays , which were sanctioned by votes * A money given by the House for addrtionial expense * caused by the opening 6 f those places on Sundays . He had received from every part oi the metropolis thanks for the step he had takenty and urging him to continue it . —Mr . WaiJ » oiJC . was ol opinion that the question of the Sabbath ought to b < left to private judgment , and that no step should Ik taken in the matter by the Government . —Cokrattl North hoped the House would not indicate when a s ol dier is to o b ey his commanding officer , upon the pretext of liberty of conscience .

      Lord Palmerston concurred in thinking it inexpedient that the House should interftere with the discipline of the army , even in actual cases , far less in hypothetical cases of conscience . The question put to him was one of purely military discipline ; and he must decline to interfere in such a matter . He accepted as much of the responsibility of the course pursued aa Sir Benjamin Hall , for that gentleman consulted him and acted with bis concurrence . He denied that this step was inconsistent with the refusal of the motion to open the British Museum on Sundays . So far from this being an encouragement to the employment of the people on Sundays , which had been urged as an objection to it , he believed that it would be an inducement to labouring persons to avoid the temptation of working for gain on . foe Sabbath .

      THE BUDGET . The Chanceij /) r of the Exchequer gave notice that he should bring on the usual financial statement on . the 19 th of May . The House then went into Committee on the Police Bill , which principall y occup ied their attention during ; the rest of the sitting .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . No business of importance came before the House of Lords , and their Lordships adjourned before six o ' clock .

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      THE BESSARABIAN COMMISSION . Dervisch Pacha has been appointed to form part of the Commission for rectifying the frontier of Bessarabia .

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      FRANCE . It is not M . Charles Baudin who is to represent the French Government on the commission . This duty de ^ - volves on Baron de Talleyrand-Perigord by an Imperial d ec ree dated y e ste r da y .

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      ARRIVAL OF BARON BRUNOW . Baron Brunow arrived at Dover from Calais yesterday morning at nine o ' clock .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 3, 1856, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2139/page/11/