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      being y - , was pronounced rio he .-eminently satisfactory by all the 'Scientific -men- on' board . The motion , also , was singularly Bmoothand equable . American Submarine Electric Gable . —The screw steamer . Propontis , Captain Goodwin , is now at Queenstcwn , where she has on board the submarine electric cable , to be laid down between Gape Ray , Newfoundland , andCape North , Cape Breton Island . The length sof ( this cable is dighty-five miles , -and its weight one hundred » nd seventy tons . She has also on board the cable to be laid down between Cape Traverse , Prince Edward ' s Island , and Cape Formantino , New-Brunswick ; length thirteen , miles , and weight thirty tons .

      The Armament for North America . —Her Majesty ' s ships , Nile , 91 , Captain Muudy ; Shannon , 51 ( new screw frigate ); the Pylades , 21 , Captain D'Eyncourfc ; and Cossack , 21 , Captain Fanshawe , have been telegraphed to prepare for sea ( " foreign service" ) with all possible despatch . Their destination is believed to be North America . The Cossack , it is stated , has had . orders for some daj-3 for Halifax . The Arrogant had received instructions to fit out for the conveyance of the British Ambassador and staff from England to St . Petersburg ; but she has now returned the fittings and supplied their places -with something more substantial .

      On Tuesday evening , at half-past six , the Arrogant steamed through Spithead , and down Channel under sealed orders . The Shannon is not yet commissioned , . but was put in hand on Tuesday , to be prepared for a crew with the utmost despatch , and a vast body of artificers was set upon her to expedite matters . All the commanders of the gunboats at Portsmouth were also called to the Port Admiral ' s on the same morning—it was rumoured , to receive instructions for having their respective vessels ready for active service at telegraphic notice . All this looks ominous of war with the United States .

      Married Soldiers . —The authorities at the Horse Guards have consented that the married non-commissioned officers and soldiers in barracks shall be provided with separate accommodation for themselves and families , instead of being quartered in the same rooms with the private soldiers . It is understood that Lord Panmure , who has made the alteration , has ordered separate rooms to be built at Chatham barracks for married Boldiers , and that the sum of 6000 / . has been granted for the purpose .

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      MISCEI LA N E O U S . The Court . — The Queen , accompanied by Prince Albert , the Princess Royal , and the Prince of Prussia , visited Cremorne Gardens on Monday evening , in order 4 o witness the magnificent show of flowers which had been opened to tlie public . The Woniaso Men and the Crystal Palace . —A . letter , signed by nine hundred and eightly workmen employed in the Messrs . Price's Candle Company , and addressed to the Chairman and Directors of the Crystal

      Palace , points out that the workmen are desirous of availing themselves of the Saturday half-holiday allowed . them by the liberality of their employers in visiting the Sydenham collection , but that the high price of admission on that day ( five shillings ) debars them from the gratification . They therefore venture to request the Directors to transfer the high price of admission to sonic Other day iu the week , the wealthy classes being better able to choose their time for visiting the building than members of the working body .

      • SewageManuhk in Pauls . —It instated that a company has been formed tq undertake the , collection and utilization of the sewage of Paris , which will be subjected to the deodorising processes invented and brought to perfection under the auspices of the SocietJ Atmosplu'riquc . Cape ok Good Hope . —By the last mails from the colony , we lcar , n thut tho great question of responsible Government has boon passed by the Council by ft considerable majority . The IIouso of Assembly had previously decided on the expediency of the measure . All was . peaceable on tlxe frontier . Sehahtopol . —It in said that 70 , 000 masons are to arobuild Sobustopol after the departure of the Allies .

      The New JJihhov ok Cahli . su :. —The Hon . and Bight Rev . Dr . Montngu Villiers , recently appointed Bishop of Carlisle , will take hi * Beat in the House of Lords , in consequence of tho death of the Bishop of Gloucester and lSri . st . ol . The new Bishop of Gloucester will not be entitled to a seat until another vacancy occurs . Tub City ok London Bi'imal I-V . kh . — Tho City Commissioners have declined to accept . Sir Georgo Grey ' s proposal to refer to the decision of Sir John l ' at-Jteison tho matter in dispute between tho commissioners , acting as tho burial board for the City , ami the City clergy , as to tho amount of fees to bo paid to tho clergy on interments at tho now cemetery .

      A Train on Tikis . —A train from Birmingham to Liverpool and 'Manchester was on Wednesday discovered to bo , on , firo wliilu iu motion . Tho pussonjrors , among Whom were apmo dragoons , hallooed till they wore heard , When it was discovered that tho adjoining goods-truck W . as in flames . Tho contents wore completely destroyed . Australia . — liy tho last a'dvioos from Melbourne ( teaching to March 28 ) wo learn . thut iu tho w « ek ending 9 n th , ut day tUo yhipmentu of gold fio , m Melbourne

      amounted . jto .. $ 0 ,, $ 27 quucea and lQ , 0 sOQ ? . Jn specie by the Morning Star , to Bristol , and 45 ^ 672 ounces aiyl 110 , 0007 . in specie by the George Marshall , to London . The shipments to England in fivervveeks were 387 , 000 ounces of gold and 850 , 000 ? . in specie . The-gold-flelds were yielding more largely than ever—rat the rate of nearly 20 , 000 , 000 ? . per annum . The produce of the first three months of 1856 is nearly double that of the corresponding three . months of 1855 , being close upon 700 , 000 ounces . Trade continued steady . The balance was in favour of the colony . In five weeks , the value of the exports was 1 , 917 , 000 ? ., against 1 , 400 , 000 ? . imports . The necessaries of life were moderate . Immi-A 1 M / MinfA / 1 ? y * d \ OO 7 «««« . »«» —— . JJ " A AAAT ' If * i"I _

      grants were wanted and invited . At Melbourne , they had been 108 days without advices from England , and the Legislature had voted 75 , 000 ? . per annum to reestablish , a steam communication . In New South Wales , as in "Victoria , the first attempts at a responsible Government were unsuccessful . In New Zealand , the natives of Taranaki were still unruly , but that colony , like Australia , was , generally , peaceful and prosperous . The Legislative Council of Melbourne has carried the subjoined resolution , after considerable debate : — " That this House refuses to sanction any measure having for its object the sale of the gold with the land , inasmuch as such a course would cause the alienation of an

      incalculable portion of the national wealth—a proceeding unjust in principle and mischievous in tendency . " This passed without a division . Dr . Merle D'Aubigne has been presented with the freedom of the City of Edinburgh . The Mercantile : Law Amendment Bill . —A preliminary meeting of merchants and bankers of the City of London , for the purpose of opposing the Mercantile Law Amendment Bill now in progress through Parliament , was held on Wednesday evening , at the instance of Baron Rothschild , who was prevented from attending by illness . The speakers incited the Governor of the Bank of England ( ChairmargPtfr . Thomas Baring-, M . P ., Mr . J . B . Heath , Mr . J . P . Gassior , Mr . J . G . Hubbard , and Mr . Hankey , M . P . The following resolution was carried . unanimously : — " That the meeting

      viewed with alarm the progress of a bill in Parliament entitled The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill , by which it was proposed to repeal the English law requiring contracts for the sale of goods to be in writing ; that the established principle that merchants were not to be bound by contracts until reduced to -writing was of the deepest importance to the commercial community , and it would be attended with risk of the most grievous fraud and perjury if contracts could be enforced in a court of law without any written note ; and they , therefore , invite the assistance of the mercantile community throughout the country in opposition to this measure , which was new to the law of England , had not been called for by the commercial public , and threatened an entire subversion of the present course of business without any adequate advantage . " Finally , a committee , with power to add to their number , was appointed .

      Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson , two of tho heroic English defenders of Kars , arrived from St . Petersburg at Hull on Saturday afternoon . The town was decorated to receive them ; the bells were rung , and cannon were fired ; and the people assembled in large numbers , and cheered loudly . The two officers were afterwards entertained by the municipality at a luncheon . Colonel Lnko , in returning thanks for the toast of hid health , gave the credit of the defence of Kars to General Williams and to " tho indomitable courage of the Turks . " Ho added : — " To whom wo aro indebted for the loss of Kars , it is not for mo to way .

      It is not for me , a subordinate , to express an opinion . The whole thing has been brought before the English public , and that public , I trust , will arrive at tho rights of it . No doubt they will form their own opinion . " Captain Thompson , who was suffering severely from cold and illness , brietly returned thanks ; and tho two oilicers then took their departure for London . Boiler Explosion . —A boiler has exploded at the colliery works of Messrs . Wharton , at Whittington Hall , about two miles to tho north of . Chesterfield , Derbyshire One man was killed on tho spot , and another is not expected to survive . George ilolmcH , an old man , who was attending to tho ongino at the time , was carriod through tho uir a distance of fifteen yards , and thrown insensible against a hedge-bank . Two parts of tho boiler voro cast in difibrcnt directions about three hundred ami fifty yards . Want of water in tho boiler i . s supposed to have been the cause of the accident .

      Local Charges upon Shipping . —The committee of tho llouso of Commons on this tnibject met , again on Monday under tho presidency of Mr . Lowe . Tho evidence against the dues having been received , Mr . Horsfall ou tho part of tho Liverpool Corporation , called Mr . W . Shuttloworth , solicitor ami town clerk of Liverpool , Avho gave a history of tho dues , with tho design of proving that they had existed from a very uneioiit period , ' and that thoy wore and uro perfectly legal . In lH 2 /> , tho Corporation had mado a composition and agreed to rmiivo a Hinuller Hum from all parties . An action was tried in 18 JJU , which was decided in favour of tlui Corporation , and since that time tho question had not boon mined . Tho committee adjourned to Thursday .

      Tine Appellate Juhihdk tion ok tiik Moijto ov Lords . —Two protests against tho bill now before tho llouao of Lords for the improving tho Appellate Jur « -

      , . y ftaye . been . entered , mi the j ?« nals . : 3 ? he one is from the Marguja <> f Clanncarde * , « th < oliher 4 rom Lords Ciancarjy a , nd Dungaunonl , % & & oppose the measure on the . ground that & ja adangejroju innovation on the constitution , of the House , .. a ^ dsg&Ehj be made a precedent for fiuther _ £ ltejr , ations , of . a aeriora nature ; that pecuniary payment to , nifipibejes of . Su House nominated by the Crown is calculated to impaji the independence , dignity , and character of the-House ; that , the principle being admitted , it would not . be fail to exclude distinguished generals , admirals , : &c . ; ihfrf it is invidious to place men , whose learning and talents are of the highest order , on a lower footing than the hereditary peers ; and that ( in the language of Lords Clancarty and Dungannon ) " the abandonment of the hereditary principle in the peerage may imperil its continuance in the Crown . "

      The Bessarabian Frontier , —The commissioner who is appointed to mark the line of demarcation on the frontier of Bessarabia is Lieutenant-Colonel Stanton , Royal Engineers ,, assisted by Lieutenants James and C . G . Gordon , Royal Engineers . The Reign of Terror in Naples . —Several of the political prisoners in the Bagni of Procida , Naples ^ having endeavoured to escape , they were driven back at the point of the bayonet , and seriously wounded ; some accounts even say that a few were killed . On the

      following morning , each received a hundred or more lashes , and several , it is believed , died from the stripes . u During the last two days , " says a writer from the spot , " an appeal has been made to the protection of several of the foreign ministers by the political prisoners , under the following circumstances : —It is asserted that insinuations have been made to the criminal prisoners to assassinate the political prisoners , but that they failed of their effect . Whether true or not , the impression exists . Great fear is entertained , and the appeal has been made . "

      Mr . Jenkins in Transports . — Nearly a column 13 devoted by the Morning Post of ^ Monday to some " recollections" by Mr . Jenkins ( Punch ' s Mr . Jenkins ) of the [ ball given by the Royal Academy of Music , at which the Queen was present—the said " recollections " dating- from the previous Friday evening . Mr . Jenkins feels uneasy in his mind at reflecting that the brief description which his classic pen gave to the public on Saturday morning did not do justice to the grandeur of the occasion . He , therefore , girdles up his loins for a more elaborate effort . The chief feature of the evening was the appearance of some ladies and gentlemen iu fancy dresses representative of Cybele , the Moon , Night

      and her Attendant Stars , Aurora , Earth , Air , Tire , and Water , &c . The costumes appear to have been unusually splendid ; and no doubt the effect was very fine . But how Mr . Jenkins simpers and sniggers over " the beautiful person" of Lady Constance ! How he gloats over the " marabouts , " and the " jupes , " and the " cerise plumes , " and the hats " worn jauntily , " and the petticoats , the zones , and , above all , " the white tulle illusion ! " It is evidently no illusion to him : he has been admitted to that sacred mystery . How he dazzles our eyes with gold and silver , satins and velvets , stars , and pearls and diamonds ! Happy Jenkins ! thou wilt irradiate the butler's pantry for a month to come .

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      w Leaker Office , Saturday , June 14 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . In the House of Lokdh , tho Earl of Clarendon made a similar statement to that of Lord Palmjbrbton in the Commons on tho American question ; after which several bills were advanced a stage , aud tho House adjourned 30011 after six o ' clock . THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . SAVINGS HANKS . In answer to Captain Daniel O'Connell , tho ChANoisllok of this . ExoHEQirKK said it wns desirable thftt there . should be legislation on tho subject of Saving * Banks , but that ho should not bring in any bill this

      . THE ITALIAN LEGION . Iii answer to Captain O'CJonnisll , Mr . FiuflPBiUCK Peel , mud that tho lUilian Legion had dono . jnurwon duty at Malta . It could bo disbanded in tho name way as tho other legions . The Sardinians in the legion would return to Italy , tho other men would hnvo tho option of g « i"g to tho colonies . OUR RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED 8 TATICH . Mr . Disraeli inquired whether tho Government . h «* received information that diplomatic relations U » U

      ceaaed between our Minister at Washington and the * Go vernment of tho United Status , and if so , whatcounte tho Government proposed to takoV —Lord Pa ^ mbmbxon . « Wd that Lord Clarendon received on Wednesday cv « ning , through Mr . Dallas , two despatches from Mr . Marcy on the Enlistment and Central American qminUoiMT . liy thoso despatches it , appeared that , though tho United States . Government is oatisiiod with Lord ( Jla *« iiO « n . « explanation on thoso questions , and i-oiih » dcro it " » HOtlUii K tlio allairs , yet thoy aro not equally mitullua with tho conduct of Mr . Cra . npton and tho ooiihuIb . at Cincinnati , Philadelphia , and Now York ; and thoy w « o

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 563, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2145/page/11/