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      Hanovee, March 5th, 1860. If Mr. Bright ...

      of the Assembly were subjected to severe and menacing criticism , and the Assembly was warned beforehand against expressing any opinion upoa the question of freedom of the press , which ,, they would remember , was in 1848 the ; signal of revolt . Count BArDissiN rose to protest against this proceeding oa ^ the part of the minister , but was immediately silenced by the president , wht > , in consequence of fche great excitement which ensued , adjourned the Assembly . ' ' , _ ,, On the 23 ri ult ., the sister-in-law and biographer of the celebrated Niebxthe died at Kiel , in the ninetieth year of her age .

      Iviarch 10, 1860.J The Leader And Saturd...

      IVIarch 10 , 1860 . J The Leader and Saturday Analysts 241

      Eecord Of The Week. Home And Cotoistiaii...

      EECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COtOiSTIAIi . ON Wednesday , March 7 , the Queen held a levee at St . James's to receive the officers of tlie Volunteer Corps ^ the Prince of "Wales , Prince Consort , and Prince Alfred were present ; two thousand officers were presented . — -The same night Her Majesty ¦ was present at the amateur performance of tlie Savage Club at the Xiyceum Theatre , given for the benefit of the families of two authors deceased . —Ori the same evening a hall was given to the Volunteers in the Floral Hall of the Royal Italian Opera ; it is thought seven thousand were present , —On tlie same day the Speaker held his levee , which was . numerously attended ; and in tie evening his sixth Parliamentary dinner . The London G-azette of Tuesday , March 6 , announces that the barony of Brougham and Vaux is to descend to William Brougham , Esql ( brother of the present peer ) , with remainder to his issue .

      On Wednesday , March 7 , a : public meeting was held of the inhabitants of S . George-in-the-East , to raise funds for the defence of jVIr . Rosier , who is prosecuted . in the Ecclesiastical Court by the Rev . Bryan King for brawling . —On the same doty , at Exeter Hall , the journeymen bakers met in great numbers to agitate for- shortening the hours of theirlabour . The Earl of Shaftesbury was present , as alsp Lord Ebury and Mr ; Coriingham , M . P — -On Monday March 5 , a conference of clergy of the Established Church was held at Radley ' s Hotel , to consider the best in cans of extending Sunday schools which should propagate their principles . The Bishop of London presided . losion of fire

      On Friday , 3 £ arc 7 i 2 , there was a terrible exp -damp In the Burradon colliery , hear Newcastle , belonging to Mr . Bowers ; eighty men and boys , and forty horses are killed , and some hundreds of women ' and children left' destitute ; cause of explosion not yet discovered . —On Monday , JfeT «^* cA 5 , arrived . intelligence of the loss of the steamer Hungarian , from Liverpool , for Portland , U . S ., on Sable Island , on Feb . 20 ; the , crew of eighty men , with thirty-five passengers , it is feared , are lost . —On Wednesday , March 7 , and iico following days , were enormous high tides in the river Thames , occasioning great loss of property . These had been foretold by the A dmiralty reckonings . —On Wednesday , March 7 , a . great fire destroyed the pri . ntingrhouse of Messrs . Skipper and East in Great Tower Street . This was the office of the JEublic Ledger . Great destruction of property , and two hundred men and boys thrown out of work . —On the same day , a furious gale nearly destroyed the new station of the South-Western' Railway in the Wiifcerloo-road .

      On Monday , Mar . 5 , at the plaint of sundry inhabitants of S , Georgo-hi-tbe-East , summons were issued against Revs . Bryan J ting and . Thomas Dove , to answer certain charges of assault committed by them in the church . — -On Thursday , Mar . 8 , the parties attended at the police office ; tlie case was postponed . —On Wednesday , Mar . 7-, the appeal of Rev . Alfred Poolo against the decision of the ArohbU'hop of Canterbury and Bishop of London was admitted to be heard before the Privy Council , but not yet decided . On Tuesday , Mar . (> , a frightful murder was committed near Gainsborougbj . on one . Charles Sponger , a cattle jobber , for the sake of some twenty pounds he was known to have upon him . On Wednesday , Feb . 29 , insubordination was shown on board H . M . S . Diadem , 132 , at Plymouth , in consoci ' uence of the men's money and leave to go ashore being- stppped ; no violence was committed , but the men refused to otioy orders ; their demands have boon complied with .

      Tho . Boinbuy mail of the Wth . Fob . tells of disturbances in thp city of tho Nizam . —Jung Bahadoor has surrendered the Begum and her son —i'h 0 Jjombny , Btirodn , and Central India Railway was opened on the 7 th February . On tho Vith January , tho Parliament of Victoria ( Australia ) was adjourned ; now gold diggings of groat richness have been discovered . On Tuesday , March 0 , arrived tho West India mail of Feb . 10 ; it wns oxpoistod ' thnt tho governor would dissolvo tho Assembly , and issue writs fur a now Parliament ; tho press of the island calls out for tho immigration of move CUinoso coolies . —Nows from Havannah of tho sama dctle , \ s that tho Cuptaiu-Gononil has prohibited any increase of tlit ) China labourers .

      Tile Public Health is slightly improved ; tho Registrar ' s return of Tuesday , March G , being-, deaths 1 , M' 2 , which ia f > H loss than last wools , though llo more than tho average ; births , 1 , 773 , or 31 more than tho nvorngo . Ojj tho 28 / A February tho British Erijipiro As ' surnnco hold its meeting } total ntmnul income , £ 59 , 300 j assurancea in force , £ 1 , 723 , 11 $ i distribution of pro ( its , , £ : J 1 ,, 855 ; nooumulntod fund of members , , ( 2 lC 6 , l < tG . — On Wednesday , Mdrnh 7 , the Submarine Telegraph Company dcolaved a dividend of 5 per cent . —On Tlmrsday , Maroh 8 , Consols closed at 9-1 J- to § , ami 04 . V to . for the account ; Fvonch Throe por cent . Rentes C 7 f . 75 o ,

      Foreign. . . .... On Sunday,, March 4, T...

      FOREIGN . . . .... On Sunday ,, March 4 , the Minister of Jthe United States presented his credentials at the Tuileries . —On the same day , at Nice ( according to French Journals )/ great demonstrations were made in favour of annexation to , France . —^ -Qn Tuesday , March 6 , the Moniteur denied that France was making any increase to her army . —On the same day was received the King of Sardinia's . reply toIVL deThouvenel ' s letter on Italian affairs ; it is nbt distinct as to Tuscany , and makes no communication as to Savoy . On Saturday , March 3 , the Spanish official journals announced that to retain the conquered territory in Africa would involve too great sacrifices . —On Tuesday , March 6 , arrived news from Tangier that the Morocco Sultan has plenty of money and soldiers , and will not surrender anything . On Sunday , March 4 , arrived the American mail . On the 21 st Feb ., the Mexican treaty was read in the Senate , and about to be considered . The Secretary at War was preparing a great movement of troops on the Mexican frontier . The same mail brings news that on Feb . 13 large bodies of the Liberal party in Mexico were marching against Miramon with g-reat hopes of victory . On Sunday , Mar . 4 , the Vienna official organ announced that since Austrian interests are not directly affected by Hie annexation of Savoy to France , Austria will remain passive . —On Monday Mar . 5 , the Wiener Zeitung ^ announced the official programme of reform which is to liberalize the Austrian constitution . ;—On Tuesday , Mar . 6 , the Presburg Evangelical community refused to submit to the imperial decrees .

      On TJmrsday , Mar . 1 , was a discussion in the Prussian Parliament on affairs of Italy ; the liberals , under Von Vincke , in favour of Sardinia ; the general feeling against the annexation of Savoy to France . ¦

      ENTERTAINMENTS . A spirited little burletta , more notable for the spai'kling point of the dialogue than for novelty of plot or skilfulness of construetion , was produced at the St . James ' s Theatre , to the delight of a full house , on Monday last . The " No . 49 " which gives title to the piece , 'is a hypothetical post-office in the Strand , to whose care are addressed letters for .. Sir William Whimsical ( Mr Barrett ) , a peculiar old personage , who , instead of going direct for one to the " Savage" Club , has advertised in The Times for a manager * of some amateur theatricals . Mr . Barrett successfully sketches the worthy baronet-T-now proud , now mean , selfish oftt-n , but by fits , arid sometimes by force , generous—^ -obdura te beyond all but stage reason , ! esteemed by some of his fellows inHhe plaj '—^ bufc tolerated by all on account of natural ties . His niece F-mily ( Miss Arden ) , ( who acts neatly , and sings a very pleasing song , composed by Mi \ Heywoood ) is beloved by a briefless barrister , one JSFo-fccs ( Mr . C .

      Young ) . The mere acquaintance of the young couple is vetoed , of course , by the uncle , who , firstly , does nbt know the young- man , and , secondly , objects to him on financial grounds , The lover , as such lovers ever will , -proceeds to rummage The Times for a situation— sees old WhimsicaVs advertisement , assumes a false name , gets tho place , and thus introduced into the family , carries on his courtship . The stream of the , lovers' intri-rue ( which they carry on after tlie manner of the play in " Hainlel" ) is , however , interrupted by the entry of a procesa-server , when the old gentleman discovers that his theatrical intendant is the lover of his niece . He is , of course , highly indignant ; but as Harry No-fees is too useful , and his niece is too domestic , to bo parted with ; and as , moreover , he had just , in tlie episodical play , consented to their union , he determines to rescind'his judgment , and brings matters to a satisfactory conclusion . Mr . Lawranco is the author of tho piecewhich we were glad to see so well received .

      , The amateur performance at the Lyceum , on Wednesday night , by members of the " Savage" Club , may claim exemption from criticism , on tho grounds usually assigned in similar cases . The " School for Suandal" is somewhat of an Icarian Hiyht lor aill but tho most highly finished members of tho dramatic profession , and nothing but the high intelligence of the gentlemen amateurs who ossayed i , t on Wednesday could huve saved them from a desperate fiasco . Sovoral of the characters , evinced careful hIujjo study , while thorough ( and sometimes too intense ) appreciation of author ' s meaning 1 was , we may fairly eay , common to all . The prominent parts of Sir JPetor , Joseph , ChaHos and Moses , were taken by Messrs . Francis Talfourd , Crawford Wilson , Honry Byron , and Dr . Strauss respectively . Without venturing—as were 1 to the rouilcr to tho

      indeed unprofitable , if not uninteresting — -on _ delicate ground of comparisons , wo lnust report tho received impres-Bion of all" present in favour of tho Moses , which was am excellently coloured and nicely finiHhocl performance . . After Jill is hukI ana done , too , if it is no treat to see au > uumtour cast of principals , it i » refreshing to sec 9110 of subortlinnteH . It has npvoruoaui'rud to u«—not having bofuro asuistod at an amial . " School lur bcuuuiij — to see Charles Surface H . urruuiulod "t h \» own board by snuh really g-ood company . The supper sooiio wns a far prettier tabloau than usual , and Mr . C . ^ urtudo gave Sir JUrr-y JJuwjfcr ' * wolMtnowii song in such excellent stylo as to demand a word ol notice , bo does tho charming- Mrs . Howard Paul , who , by way of ontr ' nnlo , liivoiirod us with " Korv O'Moro , " in whjoh b Ijq was justly encored . m \ t wo must now pass to tho joint stock wind Up of tho evening ( t » borrow Wr . Plauohe ' e joUe , ) to which hovod dramatist diraotopH and lorty '' Savage" amu ' tcurw were made contributorios . Tho nu > ry oj ah Ba \ ba" hns boon cnrefully and vory smootlily workow . up by our

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10031860/page/21/