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      South Kensington Museum . —After the Queen and members of the Legislature have paid private visits to this Museum , it will be opened to the public , both in the daytime and in the evening , on and after Wednesday , the 24 th inst . Besides the various collections of architecture , sculpture , patented inventions , &c , the Sheepshanks' pictures will be exhibited in the new gallery ready to receive them . Mb . Apsley Peulatt . —It has been resolved by the Government not to prosecute this gentleman .

      The Comore Islands . —One of the Comore Islands lias been the scene of a revolt . A letter from the island of Mayotte , near Madagascar , of the 24 th January , in the Moniteur de la Flotte , says : —" Information has 'been received of very serious disturbances having broken out at Anyouan , one of the Comore Islands . Some members of the family of the Sultan have revolted against his authority , and attempted to dethrone and assassinate him . His cousin , Prince Mongue Alaoui , discharged a musket at him , the ball of which passed just over the Sultan's head . Mongue Alaoui then took to flight , killing a sentinel who attempted to stop him . On the following day , hostilities commenced between the partisans of the Sultan and those of his adversary . After fighting the whole day , the victory remained on

      the side of the Sultan . Seven men on both sides were killed . Some days after these events , propositions were made by a third party to effect a reconciliation between the opponents . The Sultan appeared to accede with a good grace to this proposal , but scarcely had Prince Mongue Alaoui entered the apartment in which the reconciliation was to take place than he was seized , loaded with irons , and thrown into prison . The Sultan also caused Prince Sidi Monken , who had declared against him , to be arrested- These events appear to have been provoked by abuses of power on the part of the Sultan , who , at the instigation of two of his ministers , removed from near his person some members of his family . Prince Mongue Alaoui . then determined to raise the Standard of revolt . He has since been strangled in his prison . "

      The Netxey Hospital . —A meeting of the South - ampton Medical Society , convened to consider the statements recently made as to the unhealthiness of the site selected for the Royal Victoria Military . Hospital , was held on Tuesday evening . Dr . Oke , one of the oldest physicians of the town , presided , and a resolution , affirming the groundlessness of the adverse reports , was unanimously adopted , and ordered to be forwarded to the Major . Thb Hampton Coubt Races took place on Wednesday and Thursday .

      Life aio > thb Stream . — " Comfort , " then said the Artist , almost solemnly , as here , from the inner depths of his character , the true genius of the man came forth and spoke— " Comfort , and look round ; see where the islet interrupts the tide , and how smilingly the stream flows on . See just were we stand , how the slight pebbles are fretting the wave—would the wave , if not fretted , make that pleasant music ? A few miles further on , and the river is spanned by a bridge , which busy feet now are crossing ; by the side of that bridge

      now ia rising a palace;—all the men who rule England have room in that palace . At the rear of the palace soars up the old Abbey where kings have their tombs in right of the names they inherit : men , lowly as we , have found tombs there , in right of the names which they made . Think now that you stand on that bridge with a boy's lofty hope , with a man ' s steadfast courage 5 then turn again to that stream , calm with starlight , flowing on towards the bridge — spite of islet and pebbles . " " - ' What will he do with it ? " By Pisistratua CaxUm .- ~ -Blackwood' 8 Magazine .

      Mr . Bright has returned to England , much improved in health . The Society for the Propagation op the Gospel in Foreign Parts held its annual meeting at the Mansion House on Thursday , the Mayor presiding during the latter part of the day . The speakers included the Bishop of Chichester , Mr . Hankey , Sir William Page Wood ( Vice-ChanceHor ) , the Rev . Dr . Hook , and the Bishop of Rupert ' s Land , Several resolutions were carried , and contributions wore liberally given at the door of the Mansion House . TlttB nr Gray ' s-inn-lane . —About ten o ' clock on

      Thursday night , a flro took place on tho premises of Mr * Thickbroon , cap and bonnet manufacturer , Gray ' s-innlane . Tho inmates—seven or eight men , women , and children—it is supposed escaped in safety , but tho premises and all they contained were destroyed . Some adjoining premises were damaged . Two other fires also took place on the same day in the same neighbourhood , at each of which a great amount of property was consumed . National Educational Society . — The annual general meeting of thia society wua held at the Central School Rooms , Westminster , Thg Archbishop of Canterbury presided , and the various officers of the society were re-elected for the enauing year .

      Collision en the Channel , - —The Belgian Royal Mail Company '» steamship Constitution , Captain E . Pougtn , while on her voyage from Antwerp to Now York , came into collision , on Thursday , with the Genova , Captain Cubltt , from Palermo , for London $ but , as no

      serious damage was done , both vessels proceeded on their course . Only half an hour before , the Genova had been in collision with a brig , from which it had received very great injury . RonBERY on the Windsor Raii / way . —Two foreign gentlemen were robbed in a first-class carriage on the Windsor Railway , on Thursday , by three persons . As large a sum as 80 / . in bank-notes was abstracted . One of the suspected persons was afterwards arrested at the Hampton races .

      National Gallery . — The Royal Commissioners have presented their report on the site of the National Gallery . The report has not yet been made actually public , but , as its general tenour is notorious , there can be no harm in anticipating by a few days the conclusions of a document which are everybody ' s secret . The Commissioners recommend that the National Gallery shall be left where it is . This was the chief point at issue . Dr . Milman was , we believe , the only dissentient in favour of the more courtly theory which would have removed the Gallery to South Kensington . —Times . Assault by a Policeman . —William Spencer , a policeman , was committed for trial yesterday for a criminal assault on a young woman in some open ground in Holloway .

      Erratum . —In our Postscript , last week , for " Accident at Florence" read " Leghorn . " The Railway Passengers' Assurance Company . —It haying been reported recently that two companies assuring against accidents have been amalgated , we are requested to state that Railway Passengers' Assurance Company is not one of these . That association now makes weekly allowances in a large number of cases of personal injury . The High Price of Sugar . —An open-air meeting

      was held in Church-street , Hunslet , Leeds , on Wednesday evening , upwards of a thousand persons being present , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present high price of sugar . Mr . William Peel presided . A resolution was unanimously- carried pledging those present to abstain f rom using any , so far as is convenient to their familes , until a reduction of at least 2 d . per pound shall take place . The resolution concluded with a strong recommendation for other townships to go and do likewise .

      Royal Botanical Society , Regents' Park . —This society gave its second general exhibition of plants , flowers , and fruit , at the gardens in the Regent's Park , on Thursday . The weather was beautiful , and as many as 12 , 000 persons visited the grounds in the afternoon . Among the distinguished visitors were the Duches 3 of Cambridge and the Princess Mary , the Duchess of Marlborough , Marchioness of Ailesbury , the Countesses of Wilton , Chesterfleld , and Dysart , the Earl of Wilton , Lord Robert Grosvenor , the Bishop of Winchester , Lord Henry Gordon Lennox , &c .

      The Best Authority . —Is he a burglar , or of the swell mot > ? I do not accuse him of occupying either position ( which would be libellous ) , but I ask for information . Because my mind is tormented by his perpetually getting into houses into which he would seem to have no lawful open way , and by his continually diving into people's pocket-books in an otherwise inexplicable manner . In respcst of getting into tlie Queen ' s Palace , the boy Jones was a fool to him . He knows everything that takes place there . On a late auspicious occasion , when the nation was hourly expecting to be transported with joy for the ninth time , it is surprising what he knew on the question of chloroform . Now , Dr . Locock is

      known to bo the most trustworthy even of doctors ; and her Majesty ' s self-reliance and quiet force of character have passed into an axiom . 1 wont to know , therefore , how , when , where , and from whom did the Best Authority acquire ail that chloroform information which he was , for months , prowling about all the clubs , going up and down all the streets , having all London to dine with him , and-g ©*« g . out to dine with nil London , for the express pnrpose of -diffusing ? I hope society does not demand that I should be slowly bothered to death by any man , without demanding this much satisfaction . How did ho come by his Intelligence , I ask . Tho Best Authority must have had an authority . Lot it be produced . —JDiokens ' s Household Words .

      This Danubian Principalities . —Somo private intelligence ( Bays the Times Vienna correspondent ) has reached mo which induces mo to believe that tho question of the Danubian Principalities is likely to be settled to the satisfaction of all parties . The British Government not long since proposed to Franco that the two Principalities should bo placed on the same footing in matters of administration , and that a commercial and Customs union should bo established between them .

      It was further suggested that , if it should appear advisable to the Powers , hiich arrangements might bo made that each of tho Principalities should , in case of noed , furnish an armed contingent for the defence of tho frontiers . The nlan met with the approbation of ; the Emperor of tho French , who was probably glud to got out of tho oul de aao into which he had been led by Count Walewflkl , nad it will now bo tho buaineas of Baron do Borquonay and Sir Hamilton Soymour to persuade tho Austrian Government to agree to it .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , June 20 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE BISHOPRIC OF NORWICH . Lord Redesdale called attention to the circumstan ™ attending the resignation of the late Bishop of Norw £ h and urged the necessity of denning by some legal enact ment the conditions under which a prelate mieht reaiVn his see and the status he should hold afterwards esne cially as regarded the privilege of sitting as a peer of Parliament . v l

      The Lord Chancellor said that the la w as it stood fully enabled any bishop to resign his see , and af ter his resignation left him without any title by which ha could sit in the House of Peers , since he did not hold his seat by any personal right , but as fulfilling the episcopal office in a certain diocese . The late Bishop of Norwich in resigning , made no stipulation for a retiring pension ; but a general bill on the subject of episcopal resignations had been prepared by the Government , and would have been introduced but for the dissolution of Parliament .

      After a short discussion the subject dropped . The Transportation and Penal Servitude Bill was read a third time and passed . The House adjourned at half-past seven .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE STATUES IN ST . STEPHEN ' S HALL . In answer to Mr . Warren , Sir B . Hall said that the statue of Pitt would be placed in Westminster Hall this year . That of Burke was not so far advanced . THE DESIGNS IN WESTMINSTER HALL . In answer to Lord Elciio , Sir B . Hall said that , owing to the introduction of the models for the Wellington monument , the exhibition of designs for the public offices in Westminster Hall would be suspended , but those which received prizes would be exhibited . THE ROCHDALE ELECTION PETITION BRIBXKT OF A . WITNESS . Colonel Thompson presented a petition from Mr . Newall , Parliamentary agent , stating that Abraham Rothwell had been offered 501 . by one Peter Johnson to induce him to go to New Orleans , in order to avoid giving evidence on the Rochdale Election Petition . Mr . Newall was called to the bar and examined by the Speakerwhen he stated the above facts .

      , Abraham Rothwell was then called in , and on examination stated that he had been induced by one Lord to go to a place in Falcon-square , where ho met Peter Johnson , who offered to give him 50 / . to go to New Orleans to avoid giving evidence on tho Rochdale Petition . He declined , but was to meet Johnson that night at nine o ' clock to give him an answer . Lord Palmerston moved that Peter Johnson do attend this house forthwith . Mr . K . Macauley asked whether Johnson , who had been guilty of a misdemeanour , could be compelled to answer to the House that he was guilty . Sir G . Grey said that by a standing order of the House , Johnson had been guilty of a high crime of misdemeanour , and it was always the pract ce of the House to give persons so accused an opportunity 01 uufouding themselves .

      BRITISH SUBJECTS AT OKKYTOWK . Lord C . Hamilton asked whether the Government had taken any stops to obtain compensation for we British subjects residing nt Grey Town , when the town was bombarded in 185-1 . PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION BILL . Mr . HAmriELD asked if it waa the intention of the Government to press tho Probate and Ailmlnietrntion Bill this session . .. id Lord Palmerston , in answer to Mr , Infield , « J it waa the intention of tho Government to proj 1 «»« carry tho Probate and Administration Bill . In answer to Lord Claude Hamilton , he enid that , ^ co ™ ° international law , when ono Government oxc c « c « o of hostility against another , Bubjocts of a . third ^ pow have no claim on thoao who committed those hostility ; and tho British Government wore of oylniM that tho British subjects at Grey Town had no oWj « tho United States for injury dono to thorn In the auau

      ° Lo ? d Lovaink complained that in thia exceptional case tho British . Government did not protect "" ffifSo-iuoK urged that thia waa }»• of thjj , « j-J ln which this country and tho noble ^ Jf ^ Tta tho they wore bullion to the weak nnd m « b 8 orvient to Btrong . There could bo no doubt that C * r © y

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 588, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2198/page/12/