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    in the dockyard , Woolwich , during the last week , hx / ritjx >{ the Government and in the presence of incipal officers of the Engineer department and > fflcial personages . He has succeeded in proving r satisfaction that he can produce steel of a very > r quality from the most ordinary cast and puddled nd pieces of iron in an 3 * state , at an extraordinary ion in price . M . Pauvert has secured his invenr a patent from the British Government . —Times . cnoN Petitions . —Two electors of Maidstone resented a petition against the return for that h of Mr . A . J . B . Beresford Hope and Captain The petitioners allege against the sitting meinbefore

    ribery , treating , and intimidation , ^ both and the election , and pray that the election may be d null and void . Two electors of Sunderland 1 against the return of Mr . George Hudson , on ound of want of property qualification . Mr . Montagu Warren Peacocke , the defeated candi-Maldon , has petitioned against the return of Mr . s Su-tton Western , on the ground of bribery , 5 , corruption , and prays that the return may ared null and void . EUAL , Todleben . —This distinguished Russian > r has fixed the first -week in September for visitrrland and attending the banquet to be given to London by the officers of the Royal Engineers .

    Crops . —The hot weather which set m a fortgo has Inul an excellent effect on the crops , which reviously looking very backward . The young have greatly improved , both as respects colour ength of blade ; and the other esculents have i corresponding change for the better . The rain las fallen within the last few days will do still good . Artists' Benevolent Fuxn . —The thirtieth sary festival of this fund took place at the Free' Tavern last Saturday . Mr . Godwin presided , ! company included Sir Charles Eustlake , F . R . A . ; Ross , R . A . ; David Roberts , IX . A . ; E . M . Ward , J . R . Foley , A . R . A ., &c . The subscriptions

    an-1 in the course of the evening amounted to 500 / ., ig the Queen ' s annual donation of 1001 . Literary Fund . —The sixty-eighth anniversary of this fund took place at the Freemasons''Tavern sday evening . Earl Granville was to have occuic chair ; but , being obliged to attend in the ) f Lords , the Right Hon . W . Cowper , M . P ., prestead . Besides a large gathering of literary men er celebrities , the Prince of Oude and the Rajah g were present , dazzling the black-coated comrith the splendour of their vestments and the L lustre of their gold and jewels . Mr . Monckton in proposing the toast ' The Literature of the 3 , ' coupled with it the name of Mr . Justice Hali t . lio nutlinr of Smi > . fflud : who has come to ithe author of Sam Slickwho has come to

    , , ie remainder of his life in England . Mr . Hallimade a humorous reply , in which he said that 1 not assume to represent ' the Literature of the 3 , ' because there is none to represent . The i are too much occupied with hard works of ; o think of anything else ; and besides , added lliburton , who pleaded guilt ; .- to being ' an old there is too much of equality in the colonies , and Jnited States , for the development of a sterling re , as equality is fatal both to the line arts and to Mr . Thackeray proposed the toast of the occu-Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund ; ' and other toasts occupied the remainder of the ' . The subscriptions announced exceeded 1200 / ., ig the Queen ' s twentieth donation of lOo / .

    vrii of London . —The total number of deaths ed in London in the week that ended last Saturs 1050 , of which 511 were deaths of males , 53 (> females . In the ten years 1817-5 ( 1 , the average of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last as 104 ( 5 ; but , as thodoaths of last wook occurred icroasod population , it in necessary for comparison 2 average should bo raised in proportion to the ) , in which ca . se it will become 1151 . It appears 3 number of persons who died last week was less than would havo died if the average rate of fcy had ruled , a result which must bo accepted as ' a favourable condition of the public health . In ent returns are the deaths of six lumayenurians n 90 years of ago , a widow 92 years , a man 9 ) 1 i . man and a womnn 91 years , and a woman who tho Merchant Tailors' Almnhou « os at Loo at ilio

    ) 7 yours . —Last week , tho births of 87 U boys ami Is , in all 1 C 82 children , wore rcgi . stero > l in London . ten corresponding weeks of the years IH 47-50 , irngo number was 1 (> ' 2 S . —From thu livylrtrav' k Wcehly Iteturn . Peace Society . —Tho annual meeting of this was hold on Tuesday evening in Fiusbury Chapel , larles lliiulloy , M . I ' ., occupied tho chair . From ivt it appeared that upwards of ( 500 , 000 publioadvocating ponco principles , hud been put , in eirl during tho past year ; and pamphlatu , circulars , id placards , / showing tho horrors of war and the ; n of ponoo , had also been distributed during the ) leol . iou in tho different bhiros and borough * by a 3 organisation , formed for electoral purposon , for fun < ln had been expressly rained . Tho prosont i of tho notice cauHo wan a source of sorrow and

    regret to the committee , it being believed by them thai a warlike and unchristian spirit is abroad ; but at the same time it was thought that the cause must finally

    triumph , and wars cease from one end of the world to the other . The official account showed the total income for the past year to have been 1538 J . Is ., and the total expenditure 1210 / . 18 s . Id ., leaving a balance in favour of the society of 817 ? . 2 s . . lid . Resolutions were unanimously agreed to , expressing confidence in the society , sorrow at the proceedings against the city of Canton , and congratulation at the improved spirit of kindness and reconciliation now existing between England and America . Middle-row , Holborn . —A meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held on Tuesday , when a report from the Committee of Works and Improvements was read , giving an estimate as to the probable cost of

    removing Middle-row , Holborn . The district board estimated the cost at 83 , 000 / . ; but the superintending architect of the Metropolitan Board thought the improvement might be made for 50 , 000 / . A resolution affirming the desirability of removing the row , and instructing the architect and solicitor to endeavour to make conditional arrangements ( the ultimate purchase of property , goodwill , &c , to depend on the financial arrangements with the Government being satisfactory to the Board ) , was carried , after discussion . The Fall of Houses in Tottenham-court-road . —The inquest was resumed on Tuesday , when the chief witness was Mr . Redding , surveyor , who deposed that about the 4 th of March he received instructions from Mr .

    Hunter relative to alterations to be made on his premises after the fire . He prepared the plans , which were approved by Mr . Hunter , and the works were commenced by Mr . Johnson . During their progress , he was constantly there . Mr . Baker , the district surveyor , did not state to him that the wall was rotten ; but on the 7 th of May he wrote a letter , stating that , the wall not having been pulled down , he should take proceedings at the Clerkenwell ;' police-court . On the Friday evening ,

    he again saw Mr . Baker , when he told him where the chimney-breastwork had been cut away , and had been onlv half filled up , he should require the entire to be cut down and rebuilt . Mr . Hunter was desirous of taking the wall down on the report that it was rotten ; but Mr . Maple declined , saying that the rottenness of the wall was on Mr . Hunter ' s side , and he ought to build it up . So far as his ( Mr . Reddiiig ' s ) opinion went , the accident arose from the improper manner in which the works were carried on at 146 and 147 . —The inquiry was

    again adjourned till Friday . Mysterious Death of a Servant Girl . —An adjourned ^ iuquest on the bod y of Sarah Goodhallj aged fifteen , who was found drowned in the Thames , was resumed on Tuesday . The girl was tha daughter of respectable people in Angel-court , Strand , and was in the service of a lady living near the Angel , at Islington . On Wednesday week , she left her mistress ' s house to attend a class of candidates for confirmation , did not return , and the next morning was found drowned in the Thames off" Maudsley and Field ' s wharf . None of the witnesses could throw any light on the cause of the act ; and an open verdict was accordingly returned . Earl Fitziiardinoe has so far recovered from his accident on the 25 th of last February , when ho was thrown from his horse , that he has taken carriage drives .

    Hit . W . II . Russell ' s Lectures . — On Saturday evening , May 10 th , Mr . Russell delivered his third and final lecture to a numerous and sympathetic audience . With rare felicity of expression ho pictured the soldiers ' battlo at Inkcrman , the terrible gale of the 14 th November , and tho horrors and monotony of that . dreadful winter before Sobastopol . Equally graphic was the description of tho various assaults on the Mamelon , the Quarries , the MalakhoiV , ami the Redan . And especially effective were the anecdotes occasionally introduced , which wore rendered still nioro piquant by tho raciness of a rich Hibernian accent . Wo are glad to observe that Mr . Russell proposes to ropoat his very interesting narrative ( but , we are informed , with alterations ) , in the same rooms , on the 2 Drd and 28 th of May , and tho 1 st of Juno . Tho price of admittance has been judiciously reduced to one guinea for tho series , or half a guinea for

    each lecture . A CJood Idea . —Mr . ttlnncliurd -Jerrohl , in an interesting loiter to the Munclu-slcv E . mviimu' and Times , suggests that Manchester , shall entertain tho artists of all nations at a festival . " It would bo a noblo sight to soo Horace Vornct and Ary Solioller , and Cornelius , and Rosa Bonhour , and Decamps , ami . leanron , and Meiri . souior , and Kniius , and Gustavo Doro and Kousaeau , gathered about ono table in tho Froe-Trado Hall . " Ham ? ok Leopold Keih'Atii ' . s Efkiccts . —Tho first day ' s sale of tho choico collection of modiawal and modern works of art , at Mossrrf . CliriaUo ' n , look placo on Thursday , and domo of tho lots realised very high prices .

    The Fall ok IIouhios in Russell-place , Covient-Gakdkn . —Mr . Bedford , tho coroner for Westminster , hold an inquest yesterday morning at tho new board room , King ' s College Hospital , on tho body of John Wliohan , aged forty years , ono of the men who wan injured by the fall of Iiouhou on Good Friday in Ruiwollplaoe , Coveut-garden . Tho inoilioal evidence nhowed that tho cauoo of doatli w « h not Lho injury roooivod at

    the accident , but inflammation of the lungs . A verdict of " Natural death " was returned . Convocation . —The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury was on Wednesday prorogued in the Jerusalem Chamber , Westminster , by the Vicar-GeneraL Dr . Travers Twiss , under a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury ,, to Friday , July 10 . A Manchester Satyr . —At the foot of the stairs in the Manchester Exhibition Building there are two remarkable figures of heroic size . A Yorkshire la < Jy » somewhat puzzled at these works of art , and still more puzzled by the attempt to find them described in the catalogue , exclaimed , " Ah , this is one of the Satyrs V The Pook-Law Board and the Parish of Marylkbone . —A joint deputation from the vestry and the Board of Guardians of Marylebone waited on Sir Benjamin Hall at the office of the Board of Works on Monday , to make a complaint relative to the alleged aggression of the Poor-Law Commissioners on the right of local self-government . Mr . Hodgens , on the part of the vestry , and Mr . Taverner , on that of the Board of Guardians , explained that Mr . Farnell , the poor-law inspector of the metropolitan district , attempted to take his seat at the meeting of the Board of Guardians In assertion of his legal right to do so ; that the guardians , on the assumption that the general act did not override the local one , prevented his doing so ; and that they were now threatened with legal proceedings , to the cost either of the parishioners or of the people at large . Sir Benjamin Hall , in reply , went at great length into-the details and correspondence connected with the flogging of the women in the workhouse , and with the report of the Lunacy Commissioners relative to the state of the wards for the insane , and said that they so established the charge of mismanagement against the guardians that it was impossible for the commissioners not to interfere , especially as in the first case they had been invited to do so by the churchwarden of the ratepayers , and in the second upon the representation of the Lunacy Commissioners . As he understood that the parish authorities were about , in regard for common decency and humanity , to make the necessary accommodation for the lunatics , by removing the boys to another building , he should represent to the Poor-Law Commissioners the propriety of not meddling again in Marylebone . The interview lasted for nearly three hours , and at times the gentlemen forming the deputation , on the one hand , and Sir Benjamin Hall , on the other , grew rather warm .

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    LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . Leader Office , Saturday , May 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . In this House , Lord Pan mure stated that there would soon bfe an improvement in the system of military education in this country , founded on the report of the commission for inquiring into the system in foreign armies . The PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION BDL . L passed through Committee with some amendments . HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE BALLOT . Mr . Henry Berkeley gave notice that he should bring in his motion for the Ballot after Whitsuntide .

    NEW AVRIT . A new writ was ordered for Pcnryu in the room of Mr . Thomas G . Baring , who has accepted the office of a Lord of tho Admiralty .

    TORTURE IN INDIA . Lord Claude Hamilton was making somo observations on tho subject of torturo in India , when lie was interrupted by Mr . W . O . Stanley , who said he was out of order . —The Speaker decided that ho was not ; but Mr . Stanley continued several times to interrupt tho noblo lord , sotting tho authority of tho Chair at defiance . A scene of great confusion ensued , but tho Speaker was supported by the House , and Mr . Stanley subsequently apologised . THE I'RINCESS ROYAL .

    On the motion for going into committee to consider the dotation of tho Princess Royal , Mr . Roebuck , rose and expressed his warm dosiro to provide for the Princess Royal handsomely and liberally , and his sense of the noble character of the Queen ; but , at tho same time , he urged that Connor precedents of granting annuities should not bo followed , but that a grant nhoulil bo given of a fixed sum . Tho House having gone into committoo , tho Chancellor of the Exchequer statod tho naturo of tho

    arrangement undor which tho maintenance of tho Royal Family is placed . In former days tho Crown possessed largo hereilitary rovonuos , out of which its oxpoiisoa were defrayed . . They had boon surrendered to l ' arliamont , which engaged to make adoquato provision for tho Royal Family . Tho novoroign wu « «»»» entirely dependent on tho bounty of <>'" . !' "'"' This wuh not tho oaso in other kliitf lomfl ° < . ,,, \ {" t Ho proceeded to contrast the profit , alvil H « t »»" " of George HI . THo privy ,, l . rm . « l «*« W . JUU ( . was 00 , 000 / . ; with 230 , 000 / . for lioiwolwld b . lln , «» U otl . er

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 491, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2194/page/11/