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      which three persons were killed , and many more scalded , or hurt by portions of materials striking them . The boiler-was hurled to a distance of between forty and fifty yards from its bed . Mr . Benedict's Concert . —Mr . Benedict announces his annual concert for Monday , the 21 st instant . His programme is selected , with his usual taste , and is well chosen to display the powers of the strong staff . of performers at his disposal . The music allotted to Madlle . Titiens is chiefly taken from the works of Mozart and . Weber ; and it would be impossible to name composers to whom she is better able to do justice , Alboni , besides taking part in the selections from Mozart , will give the inimitable finale from Ceneretitola . Miss Louisa Pyne

      is , we are glad to see , among the vocalists , and is set down for the duet , " I Montanari , " -with . Signor Belletti . Madame Viardot Garcia is also to appear , and will give a scenafrom Grann ' s BnUanicoj and a scena from one of Mr . Benedict ' s operas is set down for Herr Pischek . The greatest novelty in the programme is the little opera buffa of La Serva Padrona , which will be played oa this occasion ( for the first time in England ) by Maddle . Piccolomihi and Signor Rossi . Giuglini , Ortolani , Belart , Beneventano , Aldighieri , and . Vialetti are also among the vocalists ; and Bach ' s Concerto fortiiree pianofortes , and a new Sextett for six violins , are the chief instrumental attractions . With such , a programme Mr . Benedict -will scarcely fail to sustain the liigh reputation which his annual concerts have so long enjoyed .

      Appalling Scene . —A sailor , on Tuesday night , in a sudden fit of insanity , made a . rush at the spouting of St . Hilda ' s church , South Shields , ran . up it like a cat , and worked himself along the roofing on to the east side of the large square tower . Here , clinging to a ledge , he took . off a good deal of his clothing , tore it to shreds , and threw it down among the horror-struck people below . It was thought he would next throw himself down ; but some men burst into the church , went to the parapet and dragged the maniac in , after a violent resistance oa his part , iri which he endeavoured to pull one of the men over . He was then removed to ths police-station .

      Common Lodging-houses .- —Dr . ILetheby , Medical Officer of Health to the City of London , has issued a report calling attention to the defective ventilation , overcrowding , and indecent accommodation , of common lodging-houses . ¦ ' .. Fossn . Remains in Essex . — -A correspondent of the Essex Standard , who writes from Stauway , says : — - An unusually large and perfect tooth of the elephant was a few days ago discovered a little beneath the surface of the beach near Clactou , on our own coast . It appears that this line tooth had long lain upon the bed of the sea previously to ita being driven by the waves and buried by them in the beach , where it was recently found between , high and low water , mark , it being encrusted on ita upper side and both ends by the sand-cases of marine worms , and the shells of the common . Balanus , so often

      observed on the outside of the shells of the common oyster ( ostrea edulis ) . At the spot where this tooth was found , trunks and branches . of trees , large and small , were also found , laid bare from time to time by the waves after storms , particularly in the winter season . The wood of these trees is nearly black in colour , being carbonized , and its weight much increased by mineralization ; it burns slowly after drying ; and is collected by the people living near the beach for firing . With the remains of the elephant and fossil trees which are being picked up at the spot in question , from time to time , many species of fresh-water and land shells have been found and collected ; and it is interesting that trees found in situations like the one under discussion were of the same kind in every respect as those which still adorn our present surface . "

      A Legacy ov the Russian War . —A serious fray has taken place between the crews of the English and Russian men-of-war in Simon ' s Bay , Cape of Good Hope . It began by a one-armed English soldier , who hal been in the Crimea , taunting the Russians with having robbed him of his lost limb . This led to a kind of pitched battle , in which about one hundred and fifty Russians and a hundred ^ English wore engaged . The former were armed with handspikes , the latter with sticks and clubs . Paving-stones were also freely used as missiles . The English were commanded , in regular military style , by a marine ; and the Russians were at length driven into the water . Tho most savage cruelties were perpetrated on both sides ; but it docs not appear that any deaths ensued . Some of tho English have been sent to prison by the magistrates .

      Mr . DiCKiiNS on Thursday read at St . Martin ' s Hall a selection from Dombcy and Son . under the title of Little Dombey . " Tho pathetic incidents attending the life and death of the strange , dreamy child were realized with consummate power ; and tho audience , ( . Wiio gave Mr . Dickens a warm reception ) were deenlv moved . J Sin Pump Cuajipton , Surgeon-General of the Forces > n Ireland , died on Thursday morning in Merrion-square ifS ? ' r a long and P ainfl | l illness , in tho ciirhtyabolisho ? ° f hi 8 agC * Xh ° ° ° Which hC flllGCl l 8 now Tub Newport Old Dank . —A final dividend of Ad . in the pound vras declared on Thursday in tho Court of

      Bankruptcy for the Bristol District on the estate of Williams and Sons , of Newport , bankers . This , with the former dividends amounting to is . 4 . d ., makes a total payment of 4 s . 8 c ? . in the pound on the debts proved , which reached nearly 69 , 000 / . Universal Suffrage .. —There are now fifty petitions before the House of Commons , signed by nearly 20 , 000 persons , for the adoption of universal suffrage . Chiswick Gardens . —The flower and fruit sh < 5 w has been on view this week , and on Wednesday the Queen and Prince Albert visited the gardens .

      The Atlantic , Telegraph . —Attended by the Valorous and towed by two steam-tugs , the Agamemnon left the Sound at nine o ' clock on Thursday morning and waited outside . The Niagara , under steam and attended by the Gorgon , did not leave until eleven o ' clock . At that tirne there was no wind ; but , a favourable breeze from the north having sprung up subsequently , the squadron started under canvas only for their destinations . ' ¦ ' Miss Laura Baxter will give an Evening Concert of vocal and instrumental music at the Hanover-square Rooms next Thursday , under the patronage of the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe . Among the performers we see announced , the names of Madame Persiani , Madame Weiss , Mliss Matilda Baxter ( of the Royal Academy of Music ) , Miss Laura Baxter ; Mr . Sims Reeves , Signor Piatti , Mr . Henry Blagrove , Mr . Richardson , and Mr . Weiss .

      Anniversary of the Restoration" . —An order has been issued by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury , that the service in the Praj r er-book for the celebration of the Restoration of ICing Charles II . be discontinued , and the service on those days to consist of prayers only , commencing at ten o ' clock instead of half-past , as heretofore . This day happened last Saturday , -when the usual form of prayer , sermon , &c , was omitted , there being no observance of the occasion whatever , so far as the service was concerned . —Ilaidstone Journal Court of Cojimon Council . —Some important steps in the way of financial retrenchment and reform were taken by the Court of Common Council on Thursday . These measures have been rendered necessary by the

      pressure of accumulating liabilities . A petition was afterwards presented from the Dean and Chapter of St . Paul ' s , praying for a grant of money towards the expenses of fitting up the Dome area for public worship on Sunday evenings . Mr . Dakin , in support of the petition , moved that it be referred to the Coal , Corn , and Finance Committee . Considerable differences of opinion were expressed as to the propriety of voting any money . Alderman Wire , a Dissenter , and Alderman Salomons , a member of th-e Jewish persuasion , were both in favour of the pro-posed vote , but Mr . Barclay

      thought the Deau and Chapter had money enough at their disposal to meet the expenses , without resorting to charitable aid , while Deputy Lott was of opinion that the wooden benches would desecrate the magnificent architecture of the Cathedral , that the service would be carried on in dumb show , and that , in regard to the attendance of the working classes , the opening would be a failure . An amendment to lay the petition on the table was moved by a Dissenter , who protested against the vote as equivalent to the imposition of a religious tax . The amendment was lost ; but a count-out took place , and the discussion was adjourned . —Morning Star .

      Mont Blanc—Yes , that is an Alp ; and by this time it has been joined by another as strange , as awful , as beautiful a form . Another and another—as the road winds on , the whole sublime and glorious array , the vanguard of the mountain host , deploys before you ; beyond them a bewildering multitude of mountain forms , till far away into tlie utmost distance of the south and east tho -whole wide landscape is one tumultuous ocean of crest and peak and ridge , dark as an unbroken thunder-cloud , or glistening with eternal snow ; and beneath , as you begin to descend , stretched smiling at their feet , a soft and dream-like expanse of tho calmest blue . And Mont lilanc—where is Mont Blanc ? In all that proud assemblage tliere is none so super-eminent ¦

      that it might bo he . . But see , as the road descends , more mountains arc gradually appearing on tho right from behind the thick green woods ; and there , there surely—that pinnacle of spotless white , much higher than any you have seen—that must' be the mountain king . Not at all . It is but one of tho steps of his mighty throne . And now , oue by one , rising higher and higher , the whole solemn procession of atyuilks appears , and every moment you expect to see the dome-like summit just above them ; and presently you do sec it , but the sight impedes your breath , and denies you utterance of articulate sound ; so

      unutterably grand from the last of tho cathedral-like aiguilles is the sweep of that majestic line , higher , higher , still higher , till it rounds into a crest of consummate majesty and grace , and tliere at last , not where you expected to see it , but far up in tho seventh heaven , ia the summit of Mont Blanc . Still tho view opens out , and with it the magnificent fall of tho mountain ' s other shoulder , and answering army of whito-robed aiguilles descending in beautiful gradation , till at length , covering and whitening half the picture in your front , and dwarfing the vast conclave of giunt mountains round it , tho whole wonderful structure stands roveuled . —Fraser ' s Mauazine .

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      ¦ - . . ' ¦ . m - ¦ .. ¦ ¦ Leadee Office , Saturday , June 12 th . LAST NiaHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE CAOLIARI—SETTLEMENT OF THE QITESTICCN . Thk Earl o-f Malmesbury stated that the matter of the Cagliari was settled . The King of Naples had granted 3000 ? . as compensation to the English engineers . The vessel had been placed at the disposal of the Queen of England , and she would be sent back to Sardinia at once ; The Property Qualification Bill passed through committee . The House adjourned at a quarter to six . HOUSE OF COMMONS . bankruptcy and insolyenct . Lord John Rubsex-l gave notice of bringing in a bill to amend the laws of bankruptcy and insolvency . Hudson's bay company . Mr . Roebuck gave notice of a motion relating to the abolition of the present rights of the Hudson ' s Bay Company . ANNEXATION OF DHAB . Mr . John Benjamin Smith begged to ask the President of the Board of Control whether the Government has decided on . confirming or disallowing the annexation , of the Principality of Dhar ; and , in case the Government has decided on the above question , whether it will produce copies of the correspondence which has taken place on the subject . i—Lord Stanley said is was the intention of the Government to disavow the annexation of the territory of Dhar . THE LADIES' GALLERY . Mr . Ed ^ vabds begged to ask the Chief Commissionef of Works if there is any objection to an increase or accommodation in the Ladies' Gallery . —Lord Johk Manners said he had inquired into the matter , and an experiment would be made in affording additional space in tlie Ladies'Gallery . ¦ ¦' ¦ ' ; ' ' .. ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ THE ' THAMES . ' . . . . . , ¦ / Mr . Brady asked if the Chief Commissioner of Works could do anything to prevent the smell from the river , which came into the committee-rooms and library of the House . — -Lord John Manners said the river was but of his jurisdiction , and lie could do nothing . ... LORD CANNING ' S PROCLAMATION . On the motion for adjournment till Monday , Mr . Wilson fcegged to ask the President of the Board of Control whether any distinct information , has been received that Lord Canning ' s Proclamation has been issued at Lucknow , and of the result which has been produced upon the talookdars in their relation to the British . Government .- —Lord Stanley said that no despatch , had been received on the subject from the Governor-General , but there was a part of a despatch from the Commissioner of Oude to the Secretary of the Governor-General of the 3 rd of April , stating that the talookdars were holding aloof from the rebels , and there was every chance of re-establishing our rule in Oude , and that those who came in and did good service -would have their land restored . The policy actually pursued was one of conciliation , and had had a good effect . — -Replj ing to Sir Ekskine Pbbry , he said that there were letters concerning reports of a public character from Mr . Montgomery . He could not say at present whether they would be produced . —In answer to Lord A . Vane Tempest , lie said that the official despatch relating to the taking of Kotab . would appear in the Gazette of that evening . SANITARY STATE OF CHUKCHES IN THE METROPOLIS . Mr . Laurie called the attention of the House to Dr . Letheby's report of the sanitary state of tho churches , especially those in the metropolis , pointing out their , dangerous condition , owing to tho interment of corpses beneath them . —Mir . Hardy said that every effort would bo made to get rid of intramural interments . WAKLIKK PREPARATIONS IN EUROPH . Sir Charles Napier begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was hia intention to ask for an additional vote for seamen and marines in consequence : of tho vast preparations making in some parts of Europe by sea and land ; and whether , when the additional troops are sent to India , it is the intention of the OJqvernmeiit to calL out an equal number of militia to replace them . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was somewhat alarmed by the question , for ha supposed the hon . member had more recent information ore this subject , but it appeared he had none . He assured tho House that tho Government was nlivo to the necessity of keeping up the defences of tho country ; but it would bo most inconvenient to draw on our moana of defence on tho supposition that our cordial allies were anxious to go to war -with this country suddenly and without warning . The Government was in constnnt communication with France , and there waa no ) j < Usposition on her part to pick a quarrel with this country . The Gallant Admiral had not authenticated his statement that va-t preparations were being made in Franco by Hea and laud . The Government had not received intimation that auch preparations wore making

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 563, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2246/page/11/