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      who had fled by one of the air roads , and worked his Tray to a Mgher level , escaped without injury ; hat Tinsley ( who rented the mine ) was drowned , his . bodybeing discovered about an hour after the accident , and in precisely the same « pot where Brocklehnrst was first entangled . The persons in the wpper level escaped without injury . " An explosion took place on Tuesday morning at the gunpowder mills of Messrs . Curtis and Harvey , on Hounslow-heatb , near the village of Bedfont , in consequence of which the life of one man ( Greaves ) was

      sacrificed and two other -men ( Walker and East ) were in imminent jeopardy . The accident was rather singular in its character . The machinery was at rest , and was undergoing the process of cleaning and adjusting , when Walker saw fire raised by the implement in the hand of 3 East . As no tools except copper or brass are allowed ¦ within these buildings , it is impossible to account for the catastrophe . The machinery , though displaced , is little injured , from the small quantity of powder which happened to be within the house . The building itself isof courseentirely destroyed .

      , , From Toronto , Canada , we learn the particulars of a shocking accident . The boiler of the Inkcrmann ( propeller ) , of Kingston , exploded as she was backing out from Brown ' s wharf , almost destroy ing the vessel , and burying the hands , reported at from twenty to thirty , in the ruins . Nothing of the upper works beyond the wheelbouse is left , and the bay is strewn with ! pieces of the

      wrreck . James Stock , an old man of seventy-one , who had been for several years employed as an engine-cleaner on tfhe London and North Western Railway , was cleaning ons of the engines in the engine shed last Saturday , and a few yards behind him were two other engines . A man named Barkiss , who was on the hindmost engine , suddenly moved it forward , at the request of a man named Nicholls , and the three engines being set in motion , Stock was caught between the buffers of the middle and front iengine , and so crushed that he d ed shortly afterwards . The coroner's jury returned a verdict of Accidental T > eath , but strongly blamed Barkiss and Niehblls , -who had acted in defiance of the rules .

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      STATE OF TRADE . Ihe accounts of the state of trade in the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday indicate increased steadiness . At Manchester there has been a moderate business , sufficient , with tiia present restrictions on production , to lighten , stocks and give firmness to paices . The Birmingham advices describe a . tendency to improvement in the iron market , while fox the general manufactures of the town there is also a fair -home and foreign demand . In the woollen districts them iias been no material -change , but the tone is favourable . At Nottingham , the hosiery -and lace trades are both macfive , and the Irish linen-markets are without alteration . - ^ -Slimes .

      In the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been diminished activity , chiafly owing to the vnfavourable state of the wind , which faas prevented the arrival of many vessels now due . The total Dumber -of ships reported inward waa 174 , being 158 less than in the previous week . These included five with cargoes of coffee , 27 sugar , 25 corn , lice , &c , and one comprising 2 . 3 , 1 * 65 packages of tea apd 832 bales of silk . The total number of vessels cleared outward was 188 , including 17 in ballast , showing an increase of 1-9 . —Idem .

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      • IRELAND . Thb Caxhowc Oath . —A meeting of the metropolitan Roman Catholic clergy waa held on Friday week , when it was resolved to adopt all available means to procure signatures to the petition drawn up by the Stafford Club for an alteration of the oath taken by Catholic members of Parliament . Mr , . Smith O'Bjuen waa recently invited to a public ( tinner at Rathkeale given to Archdeacon Fitzgerald , a very old member of the Young Ireland party . The exagit&tor wrote to excuse himself from attending , because , when he returned to bis own country , he formed a

      resolution not to attend any political meetings or join any ppllt . fr aT . associations . Feeling himself , however , at liberty to express h |« opinions on public affairs , he states Ida -belief that the British Parliament will never give sufficient Attention to Irish matters ; that it is therefore necessary * ° have a national legislation onco Again ; that , 4 a the meanwhile , Irish members of tho Imperial FojdlfMcnent onglxt to Attend simply to tho interests of Ireland , . and to sever themselves from all English portion ; And that the bill in favour of tenant right , as now Amended , ought to bo passed by Lord Palmeraton ' s Government .

      !>« . JNjbwman is about to resign the rectorship of the / Catholic Univexaity which he founded . _ , , T « j % JEnoumbiibbi > EsTATua Gouiw—The extensive estate * of Sir Edmund Hayea , M . P ., situated in the « ounty of Donegal , havo been sold before Mr . Oommiaaioaor Hargseajw . ^»« property was offered in 68 lots , producing a not rental of nearly 6000 ? . a year , the whole

      of which was disposed of for the gross sum of 93 , 407 / . — The'eslates of James Sadleir , situated in the counties of Waterford , Tipperary , and Limerick , are advertised for sale in Henrietta-street on Tuesday , the 7 th of July . Mr . W . It . Russeh ^ , the journalistic historian of the late war , delivered one of his lectures in the Theatre Royal e £ his native city , Dublin , on Tuesday evening . He was received with the utmost en-fen usiasm ; and indeed the citizens of Dublin have good reason to be proud of him .

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      AMERICA . Washington has been the scene of a very serious riot . A municipal election was going on , and some of the ' rowdies , ' who were well armed , took possession of a piece of cannon , with which they threatened their opponents . The President placed two companies of marines at the disposal of the Mayor ; and these fired on the mob , killing five or six , and wounding several others . When the last news left , the marines were still in reserve at the City Hall ; and the town was in the wildest excitement . The President has appointed Mr . Joseph Wright , of Indiana , Minister to Berlin ; Henry C . Murphy , of New York , Minister to the Netherlands ; William A . Richardson , Governor of Nebraska ; Isaac 11 . 3 > il ! ar , Consul at Bremen ; William Thompson , Consul at Southampton ; Gabriel G . Fleurot , Consul at Bordeaux .

      Mr . Reed , the new Minister to China , has received his instructions , and has probably by-this time started on his voyage . Governor Walker has reached Lecompton , Kansas , and issued his inaugural address , in which he declares that the laws of the territory will be maintained by the entire force of the Government . The Leaven-worth Herald of the 13 th ult ., Iearn 3 that great excitement existed among the Mormons , and many outrages were committed by them . Brigham Young was driving all the Gentiles away . Judge Stiles , the United States Marshal , and the Survey or- General , with then- families , together -with a large number of emigrants , had already left , and others were hurrying off .

      Great rejoicings have taken place at Costa Rica over the defeat of the Filibusters . The discomfited , invaders wIH be sent to tlie United States . It is understood that a treaty has been concluded between Costa Rica and Nicaragua , providing for the speedy resumption of trade over the transit . The election returns in Mexico are generally favourable to President Comonfort . There have been very heavy rains , which have excited in the minds of the Mexican citizens fears of an inundation . Fever has prevailed to an alarming extent in Montevideo , and several persons have died of tlie disease , including some English . It appears to have been caused by the accumulation of heaps of filth

      The revolution at Lima is considered to be concluded . Vivanco , at the last dates , was at Arequipa with a small force , but without means . On the 19 th ult ., tho Peruvian fleet at the Chinchas surrendered to the Government . A letter from Lima says : —" Business here is becoming active , the buying season for the interior opens with good prospects , and , in Tacna and the south , large sales have been made for Bolivia , while copper ores find easy access to the coast since the opening of the Arica and Tacna Railway , which promises well . Her Britannic Majesty ' ship Satellite , Captain Prevost , has sailed for Vancouver ' s Island . Captain Prevost has been appointed chief commissioner by the Queen to settle , in conjunction with the United States Commissioners , the Oregon boundary question .

      The revolution in the Rosario has boon put down by tho Governor of Santa Fe " , and a temporary arrangement has been come to with Urquiza . Tho new Brazilian Chambers were opened on tho Ord ult . Tho Emperor congratulated himself on account of the extinction of the slave trade . A new Ministry has taken charge of the affairs of the country . It is composed of the following gentlemen : —Senators Marquis do Olinda , Premier ; Viscount do Marunguapo , Foreign Affairs ; Sauza Franco , IInances : Deputies Vasconcelloa , Justice ; Jeronymo Coellho , War ; and Saraivn , Navy . There was considerable doubt as to whether this Cabinet —which was looked on as a Coalition—would stand . The yellow fever at Rio was diminishing , and indeed was nearly extinct at the last dates . Pernambuco is also free from tbo same scourge .

      11 The woman killed at Newburg sorao time since , " says the Times New York correspondent , " turned out to have been the -wife of a negro in Massachusetts , who came to New York for tho double purpose of intrigue and plunder , and who met nor fate while in pursuit of one or tho other object . Just as we wore congratulating ourselves upon having a olue to one of tho many murders committed hero lately , the deceased woman , whoso romaius had been fully identified by her husband , walked into court with a paramour , and put in a protest against being considered dead . Tho husband roluotantly driod his tears , and the wife walked away with her companion . This is the pooond time this body has boon identified in . this manner . " In tho same letter wo read : — ' The Bupocstitions of Pennsylvania bid fair to rivnl tho spiritual demonstrations of Now England and tho witchcraft demonstrations of Kent . Some six years ago , a lady in tho interior of Pennsylvania died from

      gonmimption . Since then , three or four < rf her fan , 51 T ^ died from the same cause , the survivors becaSeaW ? and were persuaded by their credulous frienX * ??• deceased hud sucked her winding-sheet K ^ tS ? and that as long as it stayed there , some one of wt ' lativea must follow her . Only on a Sunday Sj ?^ tl . mg be righted , apd on a Sunday in this monft £ ?" mans were exhumed to destroy the charm tAq _" less to say that after so long " burial , there m » ^ Sf " left to justify their creduloue fears . " as httk The steamship Louisiana has been destroye d W « in Galreston Bay , Eleven persons were knom t » fc lost , and several were missing . From Vera Crn learn that Crabbe , the Filibuster , and his fifty l \ Tt followers , bave been executed . It was rumonrel in thl eity of Mexico tlmt a terrible revenge -was beraeta ta * in California by the murder of all the Mexicans found there .

      In tlie New York market , money -was becoming more abundant , and was freely offered at six to seven percent on first-class securities on call .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . Titk country is being more and more drawn into tie excitement of the elections . Notwithstanding tbe vi / rilanee of the police , awkward opinions contrive to vent themselves in a manner that perplexes and somewhat alarms the authorities . Seditions p lacards appear in the morning on the wall ? , having evidently been posted there during the night ; and it has been found necessary to set police officers in plain clothes to watch for the persons who post up the objectionable announcements

      A circular from a well-known leader of the democratic party , urging the electors not to vote , has been circulate ! at Lyons and other places . The Government in the meanwhile is active ; and the Constilutioiinel publishes the following list of its candidates for the city of Paris : —1 st electoral division , M . Guyard Delalain ; 2 nd , M . Devrnck ; 3 rd , M . Germain Tliibant ; 4 th , M .. Virvin ; 5 th , M . Monnin ... Japy ; Gth , M . Ferrety 7 th , M . Lanqnetin ; 8 th , INI . Foucher Lepelletier ; 9 th , _ M . Kcenigswarter ; 10 th , M . Teron .

      In opposition to five of the independent and Liberal candidates far the-electoral divisions of Paris , whose names -we gave last week , the following gentlemen hare put themselves forward : —MM . Jean Keyhaud , Garnier-Piicje * , Jnles Bastide , Jules Simon , and I ' elletan . Thus , there is a split in die Liberal party . Circulars signed by Ledrti liollin , and advocating abstention , have been distributed largely through tho south of France . Sonic Socialist candidates have started ; in the departments , of the I ! hone anil the Ardeche , the names of Crc ' inieux , Gleizal , and Deaerle , are before the electors .

      " A commissary of police , last Saturday , ' says the Paris correspondent of the Daily News , " went into all the principal factories of Batignollus nnd asked tho workmen whether they intended to vote or nut . I do not know how this functionary was received generally , but in one atelier he was told by about forty men that the } ' did not mean to vote . " Official enthusiasm is of course doing its best—and its worst—for tho triumph of the Government in flic ? approaching electionR ; but tho utmost depth of fulsome flattery is reached by the Prefect of the Dordogne , who utters this blasphemous sentence in an address to the electors : —• " The Government of the Emperor wishes for the triumph of its candidates , as God wishes for good , while leaving to each tlie liberty of evil . "

      Tho Moniteur publishes several important aecrees . One raises tho following gentlemen to tho dignity oi Senator : — M . Boulay ( do la Muurtuo ) , President of Section in tho Council of State ; M . Favre , Mayor ot Nantes , lately deputy ; Baron llaussnninn , Ireioct w tho Seine ; the Marquis do Larocho L'lintei" ' Roy , Prefect of the SoIne-InfcYIeuro ; JI . Wallet , vice-Presidont of tho Council-General of tlioi 1 onU-e-Ohausso ' es ; M . do Mosonan , lately deputy ; [ " ® 0 ™"™ Montreal and Nial ; and M . Plutri , Prefect of loHco . Another Imperial docreo appoints Count do Uenniny , Governor of tho Crddit Ponoior , to bo Governor of 0 w » ank of France , in tho room of Count d'Ar ^ out , wJmb resignation has been accepted , and who , by nj decreo , ia named Honorary Governor of tho vms .

      Tho oflicial journal also publishes ^ , GovQr ^ tZ turna of tho import and export trade of 1-raneo durtaguw laat year , with the comparison of tho two | ir * J »« - ^ total amount of tho import * for 1850 m rpun I nujJJ . whs 2504 millions , being an Increase of 408 ¦ mlino over those of tbe year 1855 , and of ^ VSl'Sltai , 185 d , Tho cxrorts iii 1856 amounted to 2875 miUio ^ being an incroaHO . of 808 millions over thoso of 1 BO » . » U of G 04 ovor 1854 . of hfo The Emperor haa had rather a narrow oscnpo on life . On Friday week , he invited ^ Y" ™ . ' 1 ° \ ttlst ah * now pre / ont in . PariH to St . C ond , o d , « brqukfot , they marie a trial of tho small rulW ^ , runs from that place to Villonouvo 1 'Kt « ii « . W ^ ,. Into a waggon , whloh tfoos entirely by itniow montum ; and this aoon aoqulrod bo ff ™"' f j ^ i Id doscondlnff the ( jlopo that tho break * woro tnoiiocw

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2198/page/6/