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      Xeafolitax Exiles. Roktiox Of The Exiles...

      "Dowager Lady Billon , 57 . ;¦ Bishop of Cork , 51 . ; W . M . Thackeray , Esq ., 51 ., & e . & c . The , Mayor of Bradford has issued a public notice inviting such <> f the inhabitants as concur in the object to meet him at St . George ' Hall tins day , to express sympathy with the Neapolitan exiles , and to contribute to the fund . There seems to be a difference of opinion among the exiles relative to the proposed demonstrations in their favour . A letter * signed by a portion of them , repudiates that other letter , mentioned : abqve , and urges , that if the demonstrations are intended to prove that England sets its jface against oppression , they ought not to be discountenanced . At the same tinie , like their brethren , they have no wish that meetings should be called simply for the expression of personal sympathy with those who have suffered .

      396 The Teapp. [No. 470, March 26 R 1859...

      396 THE tEAPp . [ No . 470 , March 26 r 1859 .

      -With T He .Right Hon. S. H. Walpole.—-A...

      -with t he . Right Hon . S . H . Walpole . — -At the borough of Cambridge the Liberal party have adopted Messrs . Aclai . r and Mowatfc as their candidates . The present Conservative sitting members , Messrs . E ; Macaulay and A . Steuart , will offer themselves for re-election ; . —Mr . 2 L . ea . thnm is again a candidate , in the Liberal interest , for the representation : of Wakefield in Parliament—It is stated -that both divisions of Norfolk will be contested . In the vest Mr . W . Bagge , of Stradsett , who retired in 1857 , ¦ will again , come forward in the Conservative interest ¦ With' Mr . G ; W . P . Bentinck . —At Dudley it is said that the Hon . Mr . Calthorpe , the new liberal

      mem-MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty and her family are still at Osborne , and , with the exception that they are all in good health , there is little to record . The Queen and her children walk and ride daily in the grounds and neighbourhood , and have interchanged visits with the Prince and Princess of Leningen . Admiral Bowles dined at Osborne on > Yeduesday Her Majesty and the Prince , with their children , purpose , according to present arrangements , to leave © sborne on Tuesday next for Buckingham Palace . Elbctiox lTE 3 is . ^ -For the TTriiversity of Cambridge , the supporters of Mr . Selwyn , Q . C ., are pledging themselves to procure , if possible , the return of the learned gentleman , in conjunction

      Blessings of Napoleonism . —France , 'by immoderate armaments , lias placed Europe in a state of deep alarm . Every one who hears the continual discussions concerning the . " number and equipment of troops , the size of line-of-battle ships * and the newly-invented guns , rifles , or shell , must feel that the attention of Europe is far more fixed on matters relating to war than was the case a few years since . The gains of trade are eaten up by taxes ; the prothe sacrifices

      gress of education is impeded by necessary to keep up forces by land and sea , and it is only the unremitting industry of multitudes which enables the nations to bear the intolerable burdens imposed on them . The Emperor alone has been the cause of the evil , and'we trust that the good sense which has actuated the French in this long dispute will urge them to demand a further decrease in their needless and provoking armaments . —^ Times .

      Very Chaste . '—In his " Lectures on Authors , ' Mr . S . C . Hall describes Mary Russell Mitfoni . Her face , like her figure , was broad and rourtd , but pleasant and good-humoured , and indicative rather of intelligence than of genius . Of the art of dress she knew nothing . On her way to an evening party at the lecturer ' s house , she purchased a most unbecoming yellow turbaui -which paused her to be for some time an object of merriment , owing to the fact of the shopkeeper from whom she had bought it having forgotten to remove from behind it a large ticket bearing the printed inscription , " Very chaste . Only 5 s . Gd . " '

      FiiEKCH Fisheries . — The herring fishery at Boulogne for the season just closed has been the most productive recorded in any French port-109 boats of 3 , 185 ( French ) tons , manned by 1 , 506 men , were engaged in it ; and the result was 4 , 518 lasts of fresh and salted fish . Of the , latter there were prepared 54 , 314 barrels . ; - and . the t otal money proceeds of the fishery were £ 118 , 015 . In the previous season they were only £ 69 , 674 . Trade in ' .. France . —The weekly commercial review , of the Presse reports that trade generally is i n a state of cOnipIete stagnation . It observes that the favourable returns of the railway receipts are no evidence of commercial activity , as they are attributable to increased mileage -on the lines ; and , moreover , the comparison is now made with a period when the commercial crisis of last year was at its meridian . '

      The . Literary Fund . —At the annual meeting of the Literary Fund on Wednesday , Mr . Charles Dickens communicated the noble offer of a friend of literature , to . give £ 10 , 000 in money , and 17 , 000 volumes of books , to the corporation , on condition that certain reforms calculated to increase the utility of the Fund were adopted . Tin-: Dckk ov SAXK-Couuno . —The Prince Consort ' s , brother luts , : it a sitting of the Berlin Hippological Society , delivered a speech on the peculiarities and excellencies of the various breeds of horses

      Quekx Asne ' s Bounty . —The treasurer of the governors of Queen Anne ' s bounty has-just made a return to-the House of Commons of the sums which have been paid . by him since the Act passed in 1847 relating to this charity . The largest payments were made in' 1848 , arid amounted to £ 3-40 . Of this £ 216 were paid in Salisbury , .. and' £ 112 in Worcester , Durham receiving the remainder . Iii the succeeding years the payments were trifling , but in 1858 they jiinounted ti ) £ . 220 ; Gloucester siiid Bristol receiving £ S 9 , Hereford £ 64 , Lincoln £ 27 , and Llandaff £ 41 . ' ¦

      Gii eat Western Kail-way .: —1 / u ' . TimesCity article ) states that n private bill has been introduced , in a covert . form ,- by the Great Western llai-hvay , to enable them at pleasure to . raise . their / ares for passengers and goods to an extent ranging from 50 to 100 per cent ., as well as to acquire other powers , with a view apparently of screening thtir arrangements from observation . It is stated to have been mordy by accident that the trading ' community discovered the project in time to take measures fur .- 1 . i * 1 . / PI ... 1 . 111 I _ .... i ! >] , m 1 tk A Kill ? 'mi 'iirtttmrii ! - its defeatThe bill is entitled A bill for authoris

      . " - ing the construction of ji railway for carrying the West LonOon Itaihvay over the Great Western Railway , by means of a bridge , in substitution for the present level crossing '; for revising the tolls of the Great Western Railway Conii > : iny , and for other purposes ; " and' it was in this manner , by putting forth the change of : i crossing into a bridge as the prominent object ,. tliat it was hoped to gain the means to tax to an almost indefinite degree the en tiro traffic of the West of England . Opposition

      to tho bill is threatened . Death ' . of a Noiu . k Pomsh Kmmc . — On Wednesday last Count tSigisnumd Krasinski , a l ' ohsh noble , hero , and poet , died in Paris , lie w : is reluted \ o the Roynl houses of ( Saxony am ! lVdmont , anil his godfuthcr ' wjis tho Emperor Napoleon , who appointed him on the day of his birth nide- 'de-cainp to the King of Home . . ,, .. Railways is Komi :. — Tho inauguration , ot the railway from Homo to CiviUi Vecclila , winch was announced for April 1 , hivs been postponed to me lfithorSOth , ' It is now said that only the pontiticiu authorities anil tho foreign ambassador * > vm uy invited on thu occasion- , -... AH » IIVVI Wi » » 1 IV w % ** - » % fc' *^ # »"" ,-.

      rilOTESTANTItiM IX Tllli Wl'ihT OP I ' -NiiI-VM > - " » ' » Tuesday hist two meetings of l » rut «» 1 ants were new at Torquay , < mv m tlio morning , which w iih moat respectably attendod , and another in tlio ovcniUj ,, which whs flllod to overflowing . Mr . l ' aul l-oskc " delivered two powerful addresses , nnd wns warniiy received . Tho Protestant tUith , tl »« s ulficiency ot Holy gcriptuw and justification by lliith , wore contrasted with , tho doctrines of tho Tracturiuns ami lionitin Catholics . „ ., Lkjut in Komi :. — Tho Honum eoiTcsnonduit ot tlio TimoH Bays : —An tuiecdpto which was recently ulatud to ino shows in another ibnn ) n >\ v " * - ' »' " ^ Papal Govornmont is from lotting in too iiineh » fe > in tho public miml . Tho gus pipes 1 »» . the l ' la / w W

      Popolo wero being examined not nutny n >« r " ! "B ' since , when a strtingor obsovvod , "Ho you « ro lot ,, in light upon tho 1 ' opolo . " It might liavo bji mount as a double onhmdrv , or it niig it »» o | " ^ simply a reforenoo to the situ oil which tluy wt ™ stantllng . Howovor that may be , tlio "t " " ^ , "" followwl to his liotol by a ro 8 pcctal ; ly-dro ^ od m »« who nuido partlonhir iiKjuiry of tlio iiroprit'toi as i « who tlio Btrangur was , at tho nuinu tliuo anlinaiiyl v ing on thQ ominous words that liml boon "" V ' V "' Tho hotel was ( hat in which thoVrhico » t >\ aM rosldoil , and It so luipnunud that t io slronyi ' i » va tho ooi rlor who formud part of his llltf hnosu i s " '

      The Congress .- —It . has been proposed tliat the Congress shall be held at Geneva , but that place has been objected to , on account of the comparative difiicnity of access and the severity of the climate at this season . '; .. Ai-x-la- . Ghapelle has also been proposed , and with more probability , of its proving generally acceptable . It has abuiidant acebmmoda ^ tiori , excellent hotels , ami is accessible by railway front every direction . London , Brussels , and the Hague have also been mentioned , but we believe Aix will ultimatelv be selected . — Times .

      Naval Resources of England . — . -Debate devotes an article to the debate in the House of Commons on the NavaK Estimates . It concludes thus : —" The great fact to be remarked is the immensity of means cornmandeil by the English navy . To add in a single year to the fleet twenty-six large vessels , of which . fifteen .. are . line-of-battle ships , is an extraordinary exertipn which England is alone capable of making , and-which could . not . be . executed by the docWards of all the other powers- of the old

      and the new world , were they even to combine their efforts . The French steam fleet comprises splendid vessels , wlijch can bear advantageously any comparison with those of England , and the First Loi > l of the Admiralty-spoke perhaps with greater trulli than he suspected when he admitted that fact in full Parliament ; but he laughs at the pu . blic when he pretends that the number of these vessels causes him alarm . He is too well aware that in this respect England still possesses no rival . "

      Coukt of Ai-deumick . —A Court was held' on Tuesday , tho Lord Mayor presiding . A report was brought up from the gaol committee , stating tlmt they had suspended the governor of Hollo way Prison , and appointed Mr . Weatherhead , governor of Newgate , governor pro tern .., of Holloway . The facts disclosed were sufficient to induce the committee to advise the court at onqe to dismiss Mr . Wright , declare the office vacant , and proceed to appoint his successor . A motion for agreeing with the committee in their report was agreed to ncrn , on . Mr , Alderman Copelund intimated his conviction that a majority of the court had already decided in favour of transferring Mr . Weatherliend from Newgate ; but

      ultimately it was decided to refer the whole subject to the guol'conimitteo , with instructions to inquiro and report upon the ofllce , and fo solect three well qualified persona from among the candidates , with tho view of ouu being appointed to the vacant ofKiuc , Tim Si'anish . Cbktijb'jiojvtM ' HoM > uii 8 . T-I . t is announced that Mr , J , I ) . Powlos , eliairniau of tlio Committee of Spanish Certlflcaty Holders , who is now in Madrid , has determined on presenting a-memorial to tlio Cortes on tho subject of Ida mission \ and wo have received a copy of the letter which ho lias addressed upon tho occasion to tho Minister of

      finance . Mr . Powles earnostly deprecates thu importation of " considerations of party feeling'' into this question , solicits the support of ( ho government to his petition to the Cortes , nnd suggests the nppointmont of a committoo of that body to examlng and report on the statements contained In it , Mai . t .-t-TIio gross total quantity of malt made in tho United Kingdom in tho year omled 30 th of Simtombor , 18 I > 8 , amounted to 5 , 742 , 820 qrn ., whtroot 5 , 113 , 7 sa qi'St wero ohorgod with duty . -1 , 548 , M {) qra , of malt wore used by broweta and victuallers and retail brewers—viz ., 3 , 8 ( 51 , 34 « qrs . by browors , 000 , 500 qrs , hy vlotuallors , nnd 38 (};/ 5 O 7 qrs , by rolai ( brewers , Tliose statistics nro gathered from a return moved ( or by Mr . J . Locko . M . P .

      • ber for East Worcestershire , will be put forward as a candidate . Mr . Sheridan will also come forward again , an-1 the following candidates are also spoken of : the Hon . Mr . Littleton , eldest son of Lord IJatherton ; Mr . E , Dixon , son of a local banker ; Mr . W , Matthews , ironmaster , Edgbaston , near Birmingham ; and a Mr . Locock . —In the event of a dissolution , Sir llenry Stracey , late M . P . for East Norfolk ,, will contest Great Yarmouth in the Conservative interest in conjunction with Sir Edmund Lacon . —^ The retirement of iMr . II . S . Waddingtpn from the representation of AYest Suffolk is announced as probable . The Public Health . —The return of the Itegis--trar-General for last week , exhibits as favourable a state of the hcalt-h of the metropolis as that of the previous week , the number of deaths being only one in excess , y \ z ., 1 , 175 as against 1 , 174 . The number of births was 1 , 841 , exceeding the deaths by 060 * I ) r . Letheby also reports favourably as to the health of the City . . - Court of Common Couxcir .. —A Court was held on Thursday , at which ' the death of Mr , Prendercast , Judge of the ' Sheriffs ' . . Court , was formally announced , and it was stated the Common Serjeant would perform the duty pro ¦ tern . A report from the irnpi'ovements oommittee upon the Metropolitan Rnilway was presented , but its' consideration was -adjourned to u speoial court . A petition was preuentcd from the London Mechanics' Institution , praying for a donation in aid of the funds , when a , ^ notion to grant the prayor was agreed to by a large , majority . The other business was disposed of , and , the court adjourned .. Mr . W , IF . RussEM-. — -A . Bombay letter snya : — " lltisscll , the Times epeclnl correspondent , may almost bo considered ono of Lord Clyde ' s atftflf , as he goes about with him everywhere . He is said to ' liavo got enormously stout , ' « 3 tho result of his 'long rustication iu that glorious sanitarium , Slmlah , -after tho unfortunate kick whiuh he rccoivod from 1 iis horse . He has been well abused by a portion of tho Indian press for the tono of his communications . Mr . Russell , I believe , glories in boin $ considered a plain ? spoken writer ; but , ns I daro say you are aivnro , plain-BnpUcn people aro often vory unjust , and ho Qortainfy has somotiniea been too swooping in Uls conpuros upon the English in India , and has , I avm glad to see , begun to think so himself , and ' apologise and draw in his horns accordingly . Tho Indian newspapers were alap unjust in tho manner in which they reaontod Ida charges , but a more , equitable feeling is now displayed in their columns . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 26, 1859, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26031859/page/12/