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      Imperial Parliament. —<¦—:— • Monday, Jz...

      NEW SOUTH WALES . In the evening , in answer to some questions by Sir John Pakington with respect to the new colony to be formed out of the territory of New South Wales , Mr . IiABOtJCHERte said that in passing the constitutional act , on . which the institutions of New South Wales depended , the Colonial Legislature provided for the possible separation of the northern portion from the rest of the colony , by giving to the Queen in Council power to separate Moreton Bay , and fix the boundaries . Having received reiterated petitions from the inhabitants of Mofeton Bay , that they desired the separation , he thought it his duty to advise the Crown to grant it . He had written to the Government of New South Wales that he should advise the Crown to draw the line nearer and

      to Moreton Bay , about seventy miles , between 25 26 degrees of latitude , and leave the Clarence River district to the colony of New South Wales . With regard to the question relative to convicts , he could not state too explicity that it was the fixed determination of Government not to send a single convict to Moreton Bay ; for , although there was once a desire at that place for convict labour , it does not now exist . As regards the constitution , the Government had given a Governor , Council , and Assembly to the new colony . He had written to the Governor of New South Wales , calling attention to the debt , requesting him to get a decision of the Legislative Council on the point , and stating that the order in Council would not be issued till this question of the division of the debt had been Settled . THE BENGAL ARMY .

      In reply to General Wvndham , Sir John Kamsden said he understood that a report had been sent from Sir Charles Napier to the late Duke of Wellington , not entering into the organisation of the Bengal army , but the military occupation of the country , and giving details of great importance to the military administration . But it -would not be desirable to lay it on the table .

      DRYING APPARATUS FOR BARRACKS . Colonel North moved for a copy of any correspondence which had taken place between the War-office and the inventor of an apparatus for drying linen , which would be very useful in barracks , where much inconvenience is now felt . —Sir John Ramsden said the apparatus had been tried , and found to be effective and economical , but it was not thought desirable to introduce it at Aldershot , as the object there is to accustom soldiers to privations rather than to comforts . —Mr . Augustus Stafford doubted the policy of accommodating the body of a soldier to wet clothes . ( Hear , hear . } He deprecated that hyper-Toryism of the War-office , which rejects all reform . ( Hear , hear . )—The motion was negatived without a division .

      THE TINSEL . OKDER OF THE BATH . Lord Hotham called the attention of the Premier to the practice of exacting from members of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath an engagement that the insignia of the Order shall be returned after their death . He suggested that the decorations ( excepting the collar ) should be allowed to be retained for transmission to their descendants . He likewise commented upon the miserable tinsel of which the star is composed . the mortification

      —General Codrington also spoke of experienced in the Crimea at the contrast presented between the silver star received by the French officers decorated with the Order , and the piece of tinsel given on the same occasion to the officers of the English army . —Lord Palmerston could not agree that there was anything unseemly or improper in requiring the return of tho insignia . As to the material of the star , he thought it might be expedient to reconsider that part of the question .

      supply . Tho House then went into Committee of Supply , when the ChancblIiOR of the Exchequer moved the supplementary estimate of 400 , 000 * . towards reimbursing the East India Company a moiety of tho expenses of the Persian war . This was agreed to after » discussion , in which complaints wore again made with respect to the Government not having consulted tho House on tho policy of the war-Mr . Wiuson , in moving tho estimate of 590 , 0001 for adjusting the account with tho East India Company of the expense of tho late China war , explained that there was a set-off against tho Company amounting to $ 60 , 000 / ., ao that by tho ultimate adjustment the vote would be reduced eventually to 80 , 000 / . —Tliia vote was ulso agreed to .

      Tho committee then took up tho consideration of tho remaining Civil Service liatimatos , when various votes wore agreed to after discussion , and ordered to be reported . Tho House then resumed , and wont into committee on the Ecclesiastical . Commission , & c . Bill , ; but , before all tho clauses were got , through , the Chairman was ordered to report progress , Tho Banking Bill , was then road a third time , nnd passed ,

      1 UC 3 IGNATION OF BAUON ltQTHBCMILD . Mr , Hatter moved for a now writ for tho City of London in , tho room of Baron Lionel do Rothschild , who has accepted tho office of steward of tho Ohlltorn Hundreds . —Tho motion woe agreed to . The Houao adjourned at u quarter to two o ' clock .

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      Election Committees. Mahdon.—In The Evid...

      ELECTION COMMITTEES . Mahdon . —In the evidence for the sitting member given last Saturday , Mr . George Wyatt Digby , solicitor and election agent , said : —* ' He gave no orders for drink to be given away at the Wellington , and was not aware that any was given away . It had been customary for employers to give breakfasts to their servants on election mornings , and he had cautioned some persons against the practice . The other side engaged prize-fighters at the election , and he engaged a dozen ' conductors' protect voters to the poll—one conductor to each prizefighter . He never tampered with any of the election accounts . Not a figure was altered after the bills were paid . His fee for the election was one hundred guineas , and , including that sum , the whole expenses amounted to 422 ? . At the last registration , he had a clear gain of seventy votes . The number of votes ( 427 ) polled by Mr . Western corresponded within two or three with a return be had made only a few da 3 * s before the election . " The sitting members have been declared duly elected , and the petition against Mr . Bramley Moore is described as frivolous and v « xatious . The Wareham Election Committee . —The report of this committee has been published . The resolution declaring the due election of the sitting member , Mr . J . H . Calcraft , M . P ., was only carried by a majority of one , the numbers being 3 to 2 . Mr . Lygon and Mr . Movbray voted in the negative . Wkymoutii . —In the course of the evidence before this committee on Monday , a few humorous points came out . One of the witnesses , a woman , named Ann Bridle , sai < l that Mr . Campbell ( sitting member ) had canvassed her husband . - Before the election , she gave a frock to the daughter of her brother-in-law , a baby in arms . On cross-examination , she said the child had been brought up under the Speaker ' s warrant to support the case of bribery . ( Laughter . ) It had been said that Mr . Campbell gave the child the frock , but there was not a word of truth in- the statement . Another witness , Isaac Jerrold , said : — " He was a hairdresser at Weymoutb , and before the election he had asked a voter named Langford to vote for Mr . Butt . Langford said he could give no decided answer , as Mr . Campbell had been twice to him . A day or two after the election , Langford came to his shop , took out a purse , and paid him a penny for shaving . " ( Laughter . )—The report of the committee confirms the election of the sitting members . Ipswich . —The inquiry into this election commenced on Thursday . The allegations against the two members ( Messrs . Adair and Cobbold ) are on the grounds of bribery , treating , and undue influence . Guea . t Yarmouth : Gloucester . — These committees met for the first time yesterday ( Friday ) . In each case , both sitting members are charged with bribery and corruption .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. The Great W...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The Great Western parliamentary down train from London came into collision , on the afternoon of Friday week , with the up express train from Cheltenham , within a few yards of the station at that town . Though both met on the same line while going in opposite directions , and though the shock was necessarily very great , no one was killed , but fourteen persons were severely injured . The cause of the accident appears to have been the neglect of the pointsman , who omitted to turn , the express on to the up line . An inquest has been held at Cudham , near Gravesend , on the bodies of Arthur and Madeline Smith , aged respectively three years and three months , ^ vho were accidentally burnt to death at that village . The parents are poor people , and , being engaged in agricultural pursuits , had left the children in care . of an elder brother , aged five years . During tho absence of the parents , the house was found to he on lire , the elder boy alone escaping , and the others being burnt almost to a cinder . The lire is supposed to lmve been occasioned by the children playing with lucifer matches . Tho jury returned a verdiot of Accidental death . Tho ongine of n short passenger train on the Manchestor , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway , jumped off tho line a few days ago , and dragged all the carriages after it . Tho guard ' s van was smashed to pieces , and tho guard was thrown out , and broke a leg and an arm . Tho passengers escaped with a severe shaking ; but tho consequences would probably havo boon more serious had not tho driver reversed his engine , and speedily brought it to a stand . A Mr . Samuel Gnsfcell , a solicitor at St . Helena , Yorkshire , and his clerk , George Dixon , a lad about fourtoou years of ago , have boon drownod in » milhlam whero they had boon flsliing . A rod nnd lino , witli a fish at tho" , wore found near tho spot 5 nnd it scorns probablo that , tho fish having drawn the rod from tho embankment , tho boy undressed and wont into tho water to rooover tho rod , having a strong lino fastened to his wrist , and hold by Mr . Gitakoll ; that the boy , gotting near tho centre , suddenly plunged overhand ; that Mr Gaskoll rushed in to save him , when ho got hia arms entangled with tho cord } and that thus both wore drownod . The body of tho boy was found naked ; that of Mr . Gaskoll clothed . Tho lino w « b wrapped rounU

      the arms and body of the latter , and was fastened to the wrist of the lad . Two other cases of drowning are reported in the ; papers . A youth named Cuthbertson , the son of a solicitor at Maida Hill , went to bathe in the Regent ' s . Park Canal . He was learning to swim , and had the corks under his arms , but they slipped away , and he was drowned . Three Guardsmen have lost their , lives in Dublin Bay . They were on a pleasure excursion with five others , when the boat capsized , and the three sank , and were not recovered till after death .

      A man who was engaged last Saturday night in assisting a girl from a burning house in Hatton-garden , slipped from the fire-escape . with the girl in his arms , and fell on to the pavement below . Both were killed . The accident appears to have resulted from some other man having previously tampered in some way with the machine , though apparently with no evil intention . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death in each case . An old woman residing at Taunton has been killed by talcing a large dose of laudanum in mistake for tincture of rhubarb .

      State Of Trade. The Reports Of The Trade...

      STATE OF TRADE . The reports of the trade of the manufacturing towns continue without any new feature . At Manchester , the prices of goods still fail to keep pace with the upward movements of the Liverpool cotton-market . Hence , although stocks are low , there is no inducement to an increase of production . The Birmingham iron trade is well supported by orders from the United States and Canada . At Nottingham there has been a slight increase of demand both for lace and hosiery . The woollen districts have not been active , but the prospects of the harvest inspire great confidence . The Irish linenmarkets are without alteration . — Times .

      In the general business of the port of London , during the week ending last Saturday , there has been but little change . The number of vessels reported inward was 171 , being 11 less than in the previous week . These included 56 with cargoes of corn , 11 with cargoes of sugar , and one cargo of tea and silk . The number of ships cleared outward Was 137 , including 14 in ballast , showing a decrease of 16 . —Idem .

      Ireland. Party Riots.—Some Further Rioti...

      IRELAND . Party Riots . —Some further rioting has taken place at Belfast , provoked by the foolish ' religious' processions of the Protestants . Several constables have been wounded ; one dangerously . The military , both horse and foot , have been called" , and a young man has received a good many bayonet stabs . Mr . Justice Patrick , in opening the Downpatrick commission , commented severely on the mistaken zeal which cause these lamentable occurrences . He hoped that a Protestant is a Christian , nnd added that unquestionably one of the first duties of a Christian is to obey the laws .

      Ejection of a Roman Catholic Bishop . —The ceremony of electing a successor to the see of Ross in the room of the Right Rev . Dr . Keene , translated to Cloyne , took place on Thursday week before Archbishop Leahy and a great number of his suffragan bishops . At the close of the scrutiny , the result was announced as follows : —Very Rev . Michael O'Hea , dignisslmus ; Dr , Keene , Bishop of Cloyne , dignior ; Dr . Delaney , Bishop of Cork , dignus . The Outrage at Mayo . —Two of . the men accused of injuring John Gannon , one of Colonel lliggins ' s witnesses on the Mayo election petition , have been found Guilty at tho Mayo Assizes . The other three prisoners were Acquitted . Sentence has been deferred in the case of the men convicted .

      America. Mr. Secretary Jiakcy Died Sudde...

      AMERICA . Mr . Secretary JIakcy died suddenly on tho morning of the 4 th inst . of disease of the heart . He had retired to his room at Ballston , Saratoga county , after complaining of feeling rather unwell ; and in another hour wns found dead in his chair . Ho was in his seventysecond year . The funeral at Albany on tho 8 th inat . waa very imposing . Ex-Presidents Van Buren and Pieroe , ox-Governors Bouck , Fish , Hunt , and Sewnrd , and many other public men , Attended , and there was a grand display of military . Tho buildings in tli , e streets through which tho funeral procession passed were draped with mourning . A firo on a very largo scale has burat out at New Orleans . Eleven ' stores' have boon destroyed .

      One of those riots on a scale ao extensive as to amount to small civil wars , for which America ia remarkable , took place on the same day as that on which Mr . Marcy died—tho day always kept aa tho celebration of the Deeliirntlon of Independence . A knot of ruflians , known as tlio Dead Rabbit Club , inhabit the Sixth Ward or Now York , tho St . ( liloa ' a of that city , Thoeo fellows havo long boon « t ( loudly onmity with tho Bowery Boyn , ' another not of murderous scoundrels } and tHoy aoifced tho 4 th inst . « a an opportunity for having a light . The old police had boon dtsband « d tl »« day before ; tUo now police were not fully organised . 'I ho opposing armies of rascaldom accordingly earned forth , « nu tnp

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 25, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25071857/page/5/