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      Hanover, March 26, 18c0. Gekmany And Aus...

      stop , the mouths of thejrepresentatives of the people . Enough has been said on both sides to widen the breach , till the next session ; when and under what circumstances that will be , who can tell P Some think that this will be ^ the last prorogatioix of a Provincial Assembly of Schleswig by a Danish commissioner . The minority , i . e . the Danish party of tlie Assembly , lately gave the Danish commissioner a grand dinner , at which toasts were drunk evincing the deadliest hatred to the German , nation . It is expected that the prorogation of the Assembly will be the signal for the persecution of the leaders of the > majority , or German party . The Landtag of Gotha has voted an address to the duke , imploring ; him to exert his influence with the . other princes . to obtain a central executive and a national parliament for the whole German people . The minister , in the name of the duke , replied that he held out little hopes of success , although he heartily echoed their wishes .

      3122 The Leader And Samrday Analyst* [Ma...

      3122 The Leader and SaMrday Analyst * [ March SI , 1860 .

      Eecoed Of The Week. Home And Coxoniali. ...

      EECOED OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COXONIAli . ' A Missionary conference was held at Liverpool during the week , commencing Monday , March 14 , for the purpose of considering the means of promoting the spread of the Gospel at home and abroad . General Alexander was . chosen to preside over the Conference . Major Davidson , an old Indian officer , stated that ; the natives of India vvere . ready to receive the Bible truths . The Rev . Joseph Mullens , in giving an account of India , said . there were now 1 , 600 missionaries labuuriBg in foreign fields . Oil Saturday morning the Earl of Slniftesbury , Colonel Edwardes , and the leading members of . the Conference wer 0 entertained at breakfast at the Town-hall by his worship the Mayor .

      • Qu ' Saturday' the 24 th Tier Majesty the Queen held her first drawing-roorn this season at St ; James ' s Palace- Her Majesty received a deputation froni Christ ' s Hospital in the Throne-room . Among the presentations were Mr . and Mrs . John Bigelow , of New York , ¦ ¦ ; ¦ v ' - . : . ' . ¦ - . ; - -. . ; -V .. - - . .: " " ¦ : .. . On Monday night last Lord : John Russell , in the House oF Commonsj declared that the annexation' of Savoy was an act of aggxession ^ which would produce great distrust all over Europe , and by which the entente cordidle between England and France would be broken .

      On Monday , 26 th , the motion by Mr . Lumley , late lessee of Her ^ Majesty ' s-Theatre , to prohibit Mr . Ei T . Smith , the present lessee of the theatre , from using- any of the . stayr ^ properties , including dresses , scenery , and furniture , was refused by the Vice-GhiinceHor . - ^ - \ At the sale of English paintings at the . rooms of Messrs . Christie , Mansoii , and Woods * on Monday last , several well-known works by Turner , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and others were disposed of at large prices . " On the Medway , " by Muller , was sokl at 1 S 1 guineas . A Portrait of Mrs . Robinson , tlie celebrated actress * by Reynolds ,, wassold at . 250 guineas . " The Grand Canal , Venice-, " by Turner , brought 2 , 400 guineas .

      The ship John Mjasternian took 245 Government emigrants from Southampton on . Sunday , morning for Algoa Pay , Cape of Good Hope . This $ hip is fittedwith Grayoley ' s patent cooking apparatus ? , which itf al *' o capable of distilling- salt water into fresh while used for cooking . On Friday , March . 23 ,. the Prince of Wales and Royal -hunting party , wliq entered a farmyard near Oxford , wore detained there as priao « t ; rs by the farmer , ! , and , compelled toCpay a sovereign for trespassing- ' before he would lot them out , On Monday , March 20 , a number of nien conirnenc , ed work on board the Great Eastern \ , o fit her out for sea as rapidly as possible .

      The police authorities hare resolved , if possible , to prevent the projected contest between Sayers and Heeuan . The mail stoampnekets under contract with the Swedish Goyernnient , have recommenced their vpyng'es between Hull and Gottenburg " , Mail *} for conveyance by these packets will be itmde up in London on t . liq evening" of every Friday until further notice . The Northern Whig , shows by figures that at Belfast diiring the last five months of the . Revival excitement , the case * of drunkisnness at , the Police-Court increased to 882 over , what they wore during tho same number of months of tho previous year . On Tuesday a deputation of gentlemen interested in the cultiva * tion of Judimi fibres hud an interview with Sir Chiirles "Wood , at the India Hoa . se . These fibres , it is expected , will produce materials of great viiluo to the silk , linon , mohair , and paper trades . They

      have been subjected to the processes of different manufacturers , urid in all enaea with satisfactory results , The improvements and acceleration of the mail services between England , and France , projected by Mr . J . G . Qlmrchwurd , will be commenced on the 1 st of May next . Under tho ne \ V iimm ^ eiueut letters will leave tho London Post-ofliee at 7 in tho morning , instead of l . iJO p . m . as at present , and will arrive np Pavia in time to bo delivered tho same evening . A bejnovolqnt lady , wfho , withholds her name , has offered to defray tlya cost ( amounting , to £ 720 ) of four life-boats , which the National Ijife-Jftont Society has deeidtid to station at Newquay and St . £ ves , in Cornwall ? North Dnndrum Bay , iu Ireland : and Buolue , on the northern coaat of Scotland .

      Tho total number , pf British ships employed in tho tiado of tho United Kingdom in 1859 , was 18 , ( 375 sailing 1 ahipa mid 895 steam . ' vciwelrf . ' ¦' . ¦ . ; . ^ ho thirtieth quarterly general meeting of the Conservative

      Land Society was-held at the offices , in Norfolk-street , Straud , on . Tuesday j the 27 th iustant , Viscount Kanelagh in the chair . The report of the executive committee , read by the noble chairman , showed a . large increase in the business returns ; the receipts for the quarter being £ 17 * 883 13 s . 9 d ., making- an increase , for the half-year of 1830 over 1859 , of upwards of £ 113 , 000 . The total receipts amounted to £ 442 , 870 Is . 4 d ., and the sale of laud to £ 237 , 173 18 s . Lid ; The Society has acquired its fortieth estate at Oxford , on the Ifiley road , within a mile of the city . The estate is well adapted for villas and houses ; being the highest land hi the whole district of the Valley of the Thames .

      Foreign. On Saturday, Mareh 24, The Cons...

      FOREIGN . On Saturday , Mareh 24 , the Consiitutionnel published an article , stating- that Europe was satisfied with France with reference to the question of Savoy—only Switzerland and England protesting-, gave to the act almost a friendly character . ; Gn the same day , the treaty , by which the King of Sardinia consents to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France , was signed at Turin . . - ' . - ¦ . ' ¦ - . ' ' ¦ ' . . . . ' ¦ The populations of Northern Savoy have expressed their desire to be united to the Swiss Confederation . On Sunday , March 25 , an armistice was , concluded betsveen Spain and Morocco . , Advices have been received of a revolution in 2 jfe . w ; Grenada . Eai'ly in February , Garrilo , an officer of the general Government , fell upon the town of Cartagb , and'massacred seventy , of the inhabitants . General Mosquera called the people to " arms , with the supposed intention of separating- the State of Cauca from the Confederation . ' :. ' - ' '¦ * ¦¦¦¦ .. ' ¦¦ A proclamation of the King to the people of Central Italy lias been published , cqng-ratulatiny theni ui ) 6 ri being united under one monarchy . The first French battalion , returning from Italy , have entered Savoy .. - : ¦ . . " ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' >\ ' . ' . - ¦ ' . ' ' ¦ Tlie Fays expresses its regret on aecourrfc of what it terms " the angry words" pronounced by Lord John Russell in . tlie Mouse of Commons . ' ' . " ¦ . ' :.- ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ; '¦" ' " ¦ ' ' •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ' - . M . Nigra has been appointed Minister-Resident of Sardinia at Paris . ¦ •¦ ' . ' .-. . " ' ¦ '¦' : " . ; ¦ ' .. ¦¦ - ¦ ' On Tuesday , March 27 , the treaty concei-ning- the annexation of Savoy and Nice was ratified by the French Government . Prussia , by . an answer to Monsieur Tiiouvenel , On the 27 th , energeLically siipports tlie demands of Switzei'htiid .: A telegram from Spain states , that the treaty of peace with Morocco . includes an indemnity of 400 , 000 , 000 reals ; the territorial aggrandizement of Melilla , and aSpuuisii Mitiister to retfide at Fez . Latest intelligence received on the 2 Sth , from the United States , states thuSenat ' e lias rejected t , ie treaty with Nicaragua ,. A bill forthe suppression of polygamy in Utah had been introduced in the Mouse of liepi'osenUvtiyes . A fire occurred on the 13 th at Mobile , by which the ' theatre and the Union Cotton Press were destroyed . War in Bio Grande had been : officially reported . There was a g 6 bd prospect of an extension of the telegrupli to the Pacific . Stepljens and Ufazlett , who were engaged in the affair of Hamper ' s . Ferry , were exeuuted at Charleston . ' Commercial news from Nevy York , stocks active and h ' rrn and at advanced prices . On tlie morning of Thursday , 29 th , the screw steamer North American arrived in Liverpool . , It was reported in New York that Spain had agreed to sell Cuba to the United States , ' but that the price had not been fixed . , ' - >~— : —

      Istttertainments, The Author And Players...

      ISttTERTAINMENTS , The author and players of the well and closely written farce " B . B ., " which , js creating a more than usunt sensation , ' jat the OLymimc , are most successful in treating witn rich humour , yet almost without vulgarity , a subject which might have been made tho vehicle for any amount of the latter quality . Mr , Ilobson-as Benjamin Bobbin , ^ civil engineer , green and unsophisticated to an extent never conteniplated in Great George Street , ia found on a semi-professional and semi-matrimonial expedition nt a Northumbrian inn , where the arrival of th-e notorious Benicia Roy , for training purposes , happens to be eagerly looked . for by the landlady and her gossips . The initials an his baggage , and his fortuitous possession of the sporting colours of the Yankee champion ( tak « n by mistake from the railway carriage ) leuil these worthies to welcome his arrivul with enthusiasm , and to insist , with nil the customary fervour of the iideal misidentifiers , upon the quality of their bewildered guest . As in " The Wanderiag Minstrel " we have tho character of a noble troubadour thrust upon vulgar Jem Baygs , so by converse , in " B . B ,, " that of the jirizofighter is attributed to a nice little person of almost preternatural mjluness , The paroxysms of bewilderment winch our readers may remember in " To Obligci Benson , " are re-ii ^ reduced very eflTectivcly by Mr . llobson into his present character . His first lo » . l protests aubaido by degrees iuto Abject submission as the hoots , the chambermaid , the landlady , a local member of the fancy yclept The ~ Chickent and , lastly , the village squire , boiatcrously'greet him seriatim , assure him of their secrecy and sympathy , try the power of hia hiceps muscle , anil perform war dances about him in excited fashion . At last , . however , in his agony to avoid a " aei-to" with The Chicken , his r « al name drops out , tho blunder is explained , and the farce ends satisfactorily . Mr . Kobson ' s performance is not more excellent than that of Mr . Horace "Wigun , whose Chicken is a gem . The other parts are satisfactorily taken by Mr . CooHo and Mrs . ISindcn . ( Tiie Sixteenth of the Modtbav Popcti . aw . Conobrts at St . Jambs s Hall oa Monday last waB the moat fashionably crowded at which we hove assisted . Beethoven ' s grand septet for violin , viola , clarionet , horn ,, bassoon , vioJonccllo , and cpntrflb » as <> , w « a apparently tl » o grand attraction for \ ro obecrved that the company had , with very few exceptions , arrived before the cohmnen <; onieut of that superb work . Wore the inspfrcd septet repeated jnqro frequently , the mpre rapidly woulu tuo

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1860, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031860/page/20/