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      Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...

      A lamentable event has occurred at Stranraer , Dumfriesshire . A Mrs . M'Intyre , while preparing to receive a small party of friends , received a letter , in which , by some singular mistake , she fancied she saw something about an accident having happened to her son , a shipmaster . Uttering a few exclamations , she sank into a swoon , from which she never recovered . A telegraphic message was despatched to the son ; but , by the time the answer arrived , stating that he was well , the mother was dead . The Bhul for the Reform of the City Corporation . —A meeting of the Court of Common Council was held on Saturday , to consider the bill for the reform of the City Corporation , introduced into the House of Commons by Sir George Grey . After considerable discussion , a sub-committee of twelve was appointed , to draw up , in conjunction with the law officers , a petition to the House against the bill , and to submit it to an adjourned meeting for approval . ' .

      The Dead Alive . —The body of a boy was discovered in a box at Langley Point , near Eastbourne , Sussex , last October , and was identified as the son of a Mrs . Ann Marsden , of Sheffield . There was no doubt that the youth had been murdered ; but , strange to say , Marsden has now turned up , alive and well , in the Union Workhouse at Ashton-under-Line , near Manchester . Canada . —It has been decided by the Queen ( to whom the question had been referred by the Colonial Legislature ) that Ottawn shall be the future capital ' of Canada .

      " Ottawa , "" says the CanaMan News , "is approachable by railroad , and is besides situated on the finest river , after the St . Lawrence , in Canada . Between the river and the Georgian Bay there is available for settlement 24 , 000 , 000 acres of" land . There may be , and undoubtedly is , some waste ; but , making all due allowance- for this , it is evident that Ottawa must be the centre of the future population of the country . The navigation between the Ottawa river and the Georgian Bay ¦ wil l one day be completed by means of the French river and Lake Nipissing . " The new metropolis , moreover , is situated in the centre of the timber trade .

      The West Indies . —The last advices from-the West Indies do not contain any news of importance . Dramatic Association . —The second anniversary festival of the Dramatic Sick Fund Association took place on Wednesday . Mr . Benjamin Webster took the chair , and . was supported by Mr . Tom Taylor , Mr . Cooke , Mr . Shirley Brooks , & c . The association is said to be steadily making way . A subscription was opened during the evening . Foo at Liverpool . —For several nights past , there has been a dense fog at Liverpool . On Wednesday morning , the obscurity was so great that two ferry boats on the Mersey cume into violent collision , and one of them sank after having landed all its passengers at the stage .

      A Remonstrance from Mr . Cheek . —We have received two very inflammatory letters from Mr . Cheek , of Oxford-street , on the subject of some remarks we made on the London illuminations in honour of the Princess Royal's wedding . We said , after noticing several instances of peculiar taste in the devices exhibited by tradesmen in Oxford-street— " And the fourth ( example ) from the same street , where a fishing-tackle maker ' s joy at the great event of the day could find vent only in the publication of his own name in letters of lire two feet high—* CHEEK . ' " To this , Mr Cheek says

      ( for we" think it only right that he should gvve his version of the case)—" Now , Sir , I bog to observe that ia wilfully untrue , for in honour of the occasion I had two largo banners and a star seven feet in diameter , and for -my own honour and for the information of the jmblic I had my name . " Now that the truth has been arrived at , wo hope Mr . Cheek will be satisfied with the step wo have takon to give it publicity . We never denied that the namo of CHEEK appeared on the night referred to in a firmament ; but wo confess that stars and banners made not a tithe of tho impression upon us that Wfls made by the effulgent ' CHEEK . '

      Destructive ! Fire . —Tho Yorkshire pnpors of Tuesday contain an account of tho destruction by firo of the new mill lately erected at lleckmondwilce by Messrs . TCdwin Firth nnd Sons , ' involving a loaa of property estimated at 11 , 000 ? . London Missionary Society , — A special general mooting of tho friends of this society was held on ThurB-< lay at Exeter Hall , when resolutions were passed 'An favour of sending inoro missionaries to India . The Sukky Gardens Comi-anv . — In this case , lit tho Court of Bankruptcy yesterday , tho propositions made for an arrangement with the creditors having failed , Mr . Fleming , of tho Committee of Shnroholdors , and Mr . ChappolL , for aovoral creditors , consented to tho w <) rclerboing-iTOiro ~ f 6 r ^

      panv-Passports von France . — Tho Frondi Minister for Foreign Affairs linn Btatod , in answer to inquiries from Lord Clarendon , " that no poraon wlmtovor will bo permitted to land in Franco without a passport , nor will a consul ' s pasuport , given to any one who may \ u \\ o landed ¦ without one , bo rooognissod . " . ' _____ Fit UN on EsrioNAaio in London . — A . number of French police ngents have already been Hunt to London , to hunt out , and keep up a awvaillanoa on , tho rafagoos .

      No. 413, Fmbmamx 20,185a] The Leadee. L7...

      No . 413 , FmBMAmx 20 , 185 a ] THE LEADEE . l 79 . 3 HIT C * *_ _ 1 il __ T » M 1 _ __ J " ¦ T __ and the ill did

      - . Leader Office, Saturday, February 20...

      Leader Office , Saturday , February 20 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . BOUSE OF LORDS . TRANSPORT OB" TROOPS . Viscount Dungannon called attention to the circumstances attending the transport of the 69 th Regiment which was sent to India in a vessel which was asserted to be unseaworthy . —Lord Panmxtre said the occurrence arose from unavoidable -accident , and when the vessel was disabled another steamer was provided . EDUCATION TN IKHMA . The Earl of Ellenborough moved for a return relating to Education in India , and cautioned the Government against a system of instruction which might be believed to disseminate among the native population ideas and principles destructive of British rale in that country . —After a short discussion , the returns were ordered . The Havelock Annuities Bill was read a second time , and the House adjourned at a quarter past six . POUSE OF COMMONS . BREACH OF PRIVILEGE MR . ISAAC BUTT . Mr . Roebuck gave notice of his intention to present a petition on Monday evening from an individual complaining that Mr . Isaac Butt , & member of the House , had been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House ; . and to move for a Committee of Inquiry . After a conversation , it was arranged that the petition should be presented on Monday , and notice given of a motion for a Committee . " •& BOOKS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSIONERS >; IRELAND . In answer to Mr . Black , Mr . Wilson said that the exclusive privilege of publishing school books by the National Education Commissioners in Ireland was to be discontinued , and the books might be published by any bookseller . THE ROBBERY OF IXCOME-T . VX TAPERS IN THE CITY . In answer to Mr . Crawford , Mr . Wilson said that a number of the income-tax papers which had been stolen from the office of the Commissioners for the City had been recovered . He explained that neither the Government nor the Board of Inland Revenue had the custody of these papers . MINISTER OF JUSTICE . In answer to Mr . Ewart , Lord Palmerston said the Government had not been able to perfect a plan for a department of Justice . THE CIRCASSIANS . AJSID RUSSIA . In answer to Lord John Manners , Lord Palmerston said that certain Circassian chiefs had asked assistance of France and England against Russia ; but , as they had not co-operated with the Allies in the Russian war , they had no claim , upon them for such assistance , and that no condition of this kind waa contained in the Treaty of Paris , CONSPIRACY TO MITRDER BILL . Lord Palmerston moved the second reading of this bill , and urged that it had no special application to aliens , nor did it arm tho Government with any new powers to restrict the liberty enjoyed by foreigners in this country . Although no ollicial communication had taken place , tho Emperor of tho French had been repeatedly assured in confidential messages that no infringement was possible on tho English right of asylum . —Mr . Milker Gibson moved as an amendment that " this House hears with much concern that recent attempts on the life of the Emperor of tho French have boon devisod in England , and cxpressess its detestation of s . nolt g « rilty enterprises ; that this' House ia ready , at all times , to assist in remedying any defects in the criminal law , which , after duo investigation , arc proved to oxiHt , yet it cannot but regret that her Majesty ' s Government , previously to inviting tho House to amend Ifhe Lnw of Conspiracy wt the present timo , has not felt it to lie their duty to make some reply to the important despatch from tho French Government , dated Paris , January 20 th , 1858 , und which has boon laid before Parliament . "—Mr . Bainks dofonded the bill , and urged that it covered a defect in tho law , which it wa ^ s necessary to amend . —Mr . Walp olic was proparod to givo his support to the bill of Ministers , if they wero proparod to vindicate tho honour of tljo country by answering the despatch of Count Walowski , for unless that was done it would appear to l £ uropo , -that ^ vo-had , _ . alttircd ,. qnr _) a \ T _^ ftt . the _ dictwtioanof . a foreign power . —Sir ¦ G uoroic CIhby urged that , nftor tho debate which hud takon place , and tho division wliich followed on tho introduction of tho Bill , no further opposition should bo made to it . Mo contended that it was unnocofisnry to have ropliod to tho despatch of tho Fronoh Government , which might have , led to a complicated correspondence . A dignified course hud boon Hilton by the Government . —Mr . M'Mahon opposed the bill on tho ground that If tho oflbitco waa changed from misdemeanour to felony , it " woald enable tho iiolloo to ¦ arrest rofagoos without warrants . — -Mr . IJyng opposed ,

      Mr . Spooner supported , B , as Lord Harry Vane , and Mr . Bentinck . —Sir Robert Peel opposed the measure , urging that the present law is quite adequate for any emergency , and that it is a retrograde step on the principle which of late years had been adopted in our criminal law . After a debate in which Mr . Henley , the Lord Advocate , Mr . Gladstone , the Attorney-General , Mr . Disraeli , and Lord Palmerston spoke , the House divided—For the second reading ... ... ... 215 Against it ... ... ... ... 234 MAJORITY 19 The Government was thus defeated .

      India. A Few Additional Facts Are Brough...

      INDIA . A few additional facts are brought by the Indian mail . The district around Cawnpore is settling down , and is about to be traversed by a movable column from that station . The command of the Benares division has , it is said , been offered to Sir Archdale Wilson . The trial of the ex-King of Delhi had been fixed for the 9 th of January , but , the prisoner being indisposed , it was postponed till the 13 th . An ambassador from the King of Bokhara has arrived at Cabul and been well received . Intelligenca of the arrival at Herat of the British Mission had reached Cabul . The -letters teem with accounts of internal dissensions and disputes , but the attitude of Dost Mahomed was very friendly to the British . The Dost intended proceeding to Jellalabad in a few days . From Kandahar Goolam Hyder Khan writes that the Hazarah tribes had been reduced to obedience ; double revenue had been taken from them r and the chief instigators of the recent insurrection had been sent prisoners to Kandahar .

      The Demonstration To-Morrow. The' Commit...

      THE DEMONSTRATION TO-MORROW . The' Committee arranging the demonstration for tomorrow have taken every measure to secure its being a representation of all classes averse to the Bill ; all attempts at speaking have been wisely prohibited . Any person violating the prescribed injunction will be regarded as a spy or an enemy of the public peace . We understand that copies of every placard , address , and instruction " have been sent , by the Solicitor of the Committee to Sir Richard Mayne ; the desire of tho Committee being that the French authorities with whom Sir Richard has . been in communication may see how widely different u an English agitation is from a continental conspiracy . On Friday the Committee wrote to the respective chiefs of the London Press / wishing it to be distinctlyunderstood that foreigners wore respectfully requested not to be present at the meeting in Hyde-park , it being purely an English question . ¦ We have received the following communication from the Committee : — 3 , Falcon-court , Fleet-street , E . C ., February 19 , 1858 . ( 7 b the Editor of the Leader . ) g ; rj— The Central Committee issuing tine enclosed instructions will esteem it a very great favour if yotu will intimate in your paper that tho Committee arranging the demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday wish it to be distinctly understood that foreigners are respeotftilly requested' not to bo present , it being purely an English demonstration on an English question . Wo are , Sir , For tho Committee , Your obodiont servants , HOLYOAKE AN © Co .

      Her Majesty's Theatre.—The Bohemian Girl...

      Her Majesty ' s Theatre . —The Bohemian Girl , which has had a successful ran , is to bs repeated once more on Thursday ; and the , -winter season finally oloBes on Saturday next , with tiie Trovatore . l ' uoMKssoR FitucKKi ... — Two Hours of Illusions at tho St . James ' s Theatre continue to bo fully and fushlonably attended . Tin-: Biclcuan Pukss Prosecution . —In virtue of nn ordinauco of tho President of tho Court of Assizes of the province of Brabant , tho preliminary Junnulkion required by tho law as far as rogiirtl * tho proceedings by default ngninrtt Victor Hulliuix , editor of tho Crocodile , took place on Wednesday . The Conspiracy 13 m , l . — A largo and influential body of tho citizens of Newcastle have resolved to call a mooting to petition against this bill . 1 t is nxod for next Tuesday . ' " * *"" r ~^" " The South Northamptonshire Election . —lms election has torminnted in the return of Colonel Cartwright , tho Conservative oaudltlatu , by a majority « t 80 ovortho Government cundUUto , Lord Henley . Tulai ok Mil Monk . —The Liuiouutor Spring Assizes opened on Thursday , on w hich day Mr . Tho . rnw Monk , Biirifoon , and lulo Mayor of Preston , was found Gtrfffcy of ( Wiring I '"' will of Mr , Hilwurd Turner , apurwon whom ho hud professionally iittoixlou . Tho prioonor w « w sentenced to ponul servitude for life .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 20, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20021858/page/11/