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Leader Office , Saturday , March 14 th . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OT LORDS . THE COMING DISSOLUTION . The Earl of Derby having induced the Earl of Albemarle to postpone a motion of his wliich stood for next Monday , gave notice that on that evening , on the second reading of tho Income-tax Bill , he should make a statement with reference to the appeal about to be made to the country .
PERSIA . The Marquis of Clankicarde having moved for certain papers connected with the expense of the war with Persia , the Earl of MAL-MEaumtY pressed the Government for information as to the causes of the ¦ war , and the nature of the treaty . with Persia which had been , recently entered into . —The Earl of Clarendon explained that the war was caused by the attack of Persia on Herat ; and then proceeded to state that , by the treaty just entored into , the Persian troops could be withdrawn
from Herat and-Afghanistan within three months of the ratification . The Shall had renounced all claim to Herat and Afghanistan . As regarded commercial matters , England was to be placed on the same footing as the most favoured nations . The treaty again 3 t the slave trade in the Persian Gulf , 'which would expire in 1862 , was renewed for ten years more . —The Earl of Elxkndorouoii remarked that 1 ho war with Persia was in fact a war with Russia ; and he urged tho necessity of the most vigorous measures being taken to preserve our Indian Empire from tho aggression of Russia . After a few words from the Earl of Albemakle , the House adjourned at a quarter to seven .
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HOUSE OJ COMMONS . PKltSTA . In answer to Sir AncuiiiALi > Campbell , Lord Pax ,-meiiston declined to go into tho general question of the treaty with Persia , but stated , with referenco to the practice -under which foreign missions in Persia exercised protection over Persian subjects in British employment , that it was intended to discontinue it ; thus removing one of the most fertile causes of disagreement between the two countries . CHINA . In answer to Sir Hisnky Wilxougiidy , Mr . LaiioucmcRK Haid that by the last accounts the utmost tranquillity prevailed in all tho northern parts of China . TUB BI'KAKICJU On the motion of Lord Palmekston , a resolution was agreed to in committee of supply , granting an annuity of 4000 / . a year to tho Speaker on his retirement from the chair of the House . AKMT KBTIMA . TISH . On bringing up tho report on tho Army Estimates , Mr . STAvroni > complained that the recommendations of a committee of that House with regard to the army medical department , had not been carried out , —Mr . Fiucdkiuuic Pekl , urged that much had been done to improve that department , —Sir W . F . Williams stated that nothing could be botter than the state- of tho mill-.
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height necessary to extinguish the fire . It will require several weeks to get the water out again ; so that a month or six weeks -will probably elapse "before any of the bodies can be recovered , and no hope is entertained that any of them will be recovered in such a state as to be capable of identification . The number of men in the l > it has now been ascertained to be 189 . Mb . Spkakeb Lefevke . —Mr . Speaker Shaw Lefevre was elected to his high office on the 27 th of May , 1839 , by a majority of 18 votes over the late Right Hon . Henxy Goulburn , the numbers having been 317 and 299 . The right hon . gentleman was subsequently re-elected to the chair nem . dis . in the three successive Parliaments of 1841 , 1847 , and 1852 . His term of office has been nearly 18 years . His predecessor , Mr . Abercromby , was elected in 1835 by a majority of 10 over Mr . C . Manners Sutton , afterwards Yiscount Canterbury , and held office about four years . ¦¦ --.. ¦
The New Dean of Cantekbuky . — -The Rev . Henry Alford has been appointed by the Crown to the Deanery of Canterbury , rendered vacant by the death of the Very Rev . William Eowe Lyall , D . D . Death ofthe Irish Senior Master in Chancery . —William Henn , Esq ., Master in Chancery , died suddenly at Dublin on Monday morning . As Senior Master , his salary was 25 O 0 J . a year . Fires . —A fire broke out on Monday night in the extensive mansion belonging to Lady Ann Beckett , of Stratford-place , . Oxford-street . It was speedily subdued . —The premises of Messrs . Perkins , Bacon , and
was also addressed by Mr . Alexander N . Shaw , formerly a revenue collector in India , and now a candidate for the Northern Boroughs , and who stated that India could produce the finest cotton , and might , in his opinion , in due time and with proper management , undersell and supply the Americans themselves . Some other gentlemen having spoken , the meeting separated .- —On Wednesday , Mr . Smith spoke at the Cotton Sale Rooms , Liverpool , on the same subject . < . Lamartinb . —Standing on the steps of the Hotel-de-Ville , with the waves of an augry multitude surging up fiercely towards him , the orator waved them proudly back , and sending forth his sonorous and practised voice
among them , excited their curiosity , riveted their attention , and stilled their passions . In parliamentary warfare , however , mere impassioned speaking is not enough . They who undertake to make laws for a great people look more for breadth of thought , steadiness of views , and stability of personal character , than for an artificial rhetoric anil poetical figures of speech . Louis Napoleon soon discovered . Lamartine ' s -weak side , and ceased to fear his opposition . By a few plain strong words , implying in the speaker an iroa will and indomitable courage , he totally neutralised the effect of Lamartine ' s
rhetoric . When he rose in tho National Assembly , lie greatly reminded all historical students of the first appearance of Cromwell in the British Parliament ; not that there was an exact resemblance , but that both possessed that peculiar quality which , when a man . speaks , rivets the attention of his listenersj partly through apprehension , partly through , the desire to penetrate the dark problem of Ms character . From the day on which Louis Napoleon was elected President of the Republic , Lamartine's reputation began to wax pale and dim . —Louis Napoleon , byJ . A . St . John .
Bache , Whitefriars-street , Fleet-street , steel plate engravers to the Government , and manufacturers of the postage and receipt stamps , were burnt down on "Wednesday nigTit . The factory is of immense height and width . Various land engines , as well as the large steam floating engine on the river , poured copious bodies of water on the flames ; and , by half-past twelve o ' clock ( the fire having burst but shortly before nine ) the conflagration was got under control . The premises and almost all they contained were destroyed . The loss of property is roughly estimated at 30 , 000 ? . ; hut the greater part is covered by insurance .
Austbama . —The last advices frotn the great southern continent contain little political news . The intelligence has reference chiefly to the gold produce , which appears to be at about the average . The Melbourne , Geelong , and Ballarat line of electric telegraph was opened on the morning of the 16 th of December . The Budget submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Tasmania exhibits an unfavourable condition of finance . Mr . Bmx . EB Cole Aspinax , l . —We see by recent Australian papers that Mr . Butler Colo Aspinall ( well known in connexion with the London press , to which he was a valuable contributor ) , is about to be chosen Chairman of Committees for the Legislative Council of Victoria . The selection of so young a man for a post of such importance is a striking testimony to Mr . Aspinall ' s success in his new home .
PARLiA-MENTAn-y Reform . —A meeting of gentlemen favourable to a reform of Parliament was held in London on Monday , at which resolutions were adopted to the effect that an opportunity should Toe given for expressing public opinion on the questions to be made tests at the ensuing election ; and the holding of a public meeting for that purpose was urged and agreed to . ¦ The EAKii of Fife died at Duff House on Monday night , in his eighty-first year . He is succeeded in his title and estates by his nephew , Jamea Duff , Esq ., M . P . far the county of Banff .
Fire in a Chapel . —The congregation of a new "VVesleyan chapel , at North Shields , were alarmed last Sunday evening , during service , by observing that the roof of the building had caught fire from the gas . There was , of course , an immediate rush for tho doors ; but a body of sailors , at that time present , kept back the crowd with characteristic calmness . Two of tho doors were speedily thrown wide open ; and , as the preacher and other officers behaved with great courage and selfpossession , all present got out with tolerable deliberation and in perfect safety . Tho seamen and the other officers of the place then speedily got the flames under .
AniiEsr of a Presbyterian Cl-kkgymau . —The Rev . Mr . Gamble , a Presbyterian minister , of Clnstledaw . son , Ireland , was taken into custody lost Saturday , at his own house , under a warrant signed by a stipendiary magistrate , and convoyed by tho constabulary to Derry , in order to bo lodged in the county gaol . His imputed offence is that of having incited a riotous mob to use violence towards her Majesty ' s troops . lie asserts that he is entirely innocent ; and , indeed , thia seems to be probabl o . Mk . Smith , M . P . on our Cotton Supi * ly . —A public meeting of gentlemen connected with tho cotton trade
Camming , Mr . Joseph Payne , Mr . Fordham , Mr . Vanderkist , and other gentlemen . The HoBncuiTtTBAi . Society of London . —This admirable society , parent and type of many flourishing societies in the country , has issued the regulations to be observed at its exhibitions during the present year . Some very important changes have been introduced , which we are inclined to "believe will be found beneficial to the society and to the public . In an important section of the Exhibition , headed " Horticultural Manufactures , " it is proposed to admit all kinds of manufactured articles connected with horticulture . An autum nal Fruit exhibition is also projected , to take place in October . The present council of the society have been anxiously directing their attention to the great object of rendering the society's exhibitions conducive to the promotion of good gardening , as the Royal Agricultural Society ' s exhibitions are an incentive and an
encouragement to good farming . Among the general results of their deliberations we find—1 . The establishment of a new class of two guinea members . 2 . The abolition of admission fees ; all new subscriptions being in future payable in advance . 3 . The reduction of the expenses at the Garden until it could be placed under one general superintendent , whose standing in the horticultural world would secure general confidence . Such a person has teen found in Mr . George M'Ewen , formerly gardener to the late Duke of Norfolk . With this accession of practical ability , and the aid of funds voluntarily provided by a large number of fellows , the council , we think , are justified in believing that the public attraction and utility of the gardens at Chiswick will be materially increased , and that it will become in very sense a centre of instruction , as well as of experimental horticulture . We cordially wish the Society all success .
China and the Late Division . —Some of the principal London firms connected with the China trade have transmitted an address to Lord Palraerston , thanking him for the firmness he has exhibited in connexion with the Chinese question ; expressing their fear that the effect of the late division will be to create still further difficulties and disasters at Canton ; and praying him to devise such measures as -will be calculated to protect our fellow countrymen and their interests , as well as to lead to the fulfilment of all treaty obligations and to the establishment of our relations with China on a permanent
footing of security ' arid peace . —A Court of Common Council was held on Monday , for the purpose of expressing the opinion of the m embers on the recent vote in the House of Commons on the China question . After considerable discussion , and the proposal of two amendments , which were lost , a motion was carried , approving of the conduct of our Ministers in China , censuring the decision arrived at by the majority hi the House of Commons , and thanking Lord Pahnerston and the Government generally for the course they pursued on the occasion of the recent debate . —The Premier has declined an invitation of
several of the merchants of the City to be put in nomination for the metropolitan constituency . —The Liberals of Bath , having met on Monday in the rooms of their association , passed a vote of confidence in Lord Palmerston . The Reform Club . —George W . Harris , Esq ., late stipendiary magistrate of Granada , has been chosen secretary of the Reform Club . The candidates were a hundred and twenty-six in number . Honduras Intekoceanic Railway . —A meeting of merchants and others was held on Monday in the Manchester Town Hall , in reference to the proposed
Honduras Railway , connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . Mr . E . G . Squier attended at the head of a deputation from the board of directors , and gave some particulars with the view of showing the superiority of the proposed route ( from Puerta Caballos , on the Atlantic , to the B » y of Fonseca , on tho Pacific ) over all other routes , and the healthy , fertile , and rich character of the lands over which tlie rail would pass . This railroad would shorten the distance from New York to San Francisco by 1300 miles , or ten days' time . A resolution affirming tho advantages of the proposed line was unanimously adopted . .
Missions to Ska mien Afloat . —A public meeting for promoting tbose missions at home and abroad was held yesterday at Willis ' s Booms , under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftcsbury . Tho society proposes approaching the sailor on his own element , and from ship to ship , and preaching tho Gospel to him , by means of chaplains and lay agents , whoso sphere of action would bo the windbound shipping in roadsteads or vessels lying in harbours and docks . Resolutions in favour of the society were unanimously carried . Tjie Lund Hill Colliery Explosion . —The
adjourned inquest wa 3 held on Monday . Seven minors who were working in the pit at the time of the accident gave evidence . They all said they had nothing to complain of , and that they considered the pit to have been well ventilated . One of them said he considered himself aa » afe in tho pit as when he was at home . John Thompson , one of the colliers , however , spoke of neglect by the 'trappers , ' who frequently collected together to talk instead of being at tiieir stations . The inquiry has not yet terminated . Water ( aays a writer from tho spot ) continues to be poured into the pit , and it is expected that a yrtfU Trill ojopao before it will have men to the
was held on Tuesday afternoon , in the large room of tho Town Hall , Manchester , for the purpose of hearing an nddreaa from J . B . Smith , Esq ., M . P . for Stockport , " on the importanco of full and adequate . supplies of cotton being obtained . " -About two hundred spinners , nianufacture-ra , and others wore present ; Mr . T . Bazley , president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , occupying the chair . The facts stated by Mt . Smith in hia very interesting address were mainly the same aa those * which have already been brought before tho reader ' s notice in tho loading columns of this journal . The hon . mornbor wag greeted with loud applause- Tho nneQting
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Leader (1850-1860), March 14, 1857, page 249, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2184/page/9/
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