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    MISCELLANEOUS . The Lord Chancell or has ordered that before any letters patent for inventions shall be passed under the Great Seal , there shall be deposited with the Privy Seal bill , at the Great Seal Patent-office , a certificate by the Attorney or Solicitor-General that an outline description in writing or drawing of the invention has been filed ¦ with them or one of them . The Archbishop of Canterbury has , through his secretary , given a positive contradiction to the statement put forward on the faith of an entry in a diary , after an interview with Wordsworth , the late Poet Laureate , to the effect that the Archbishop , then Bishop of Chester , used to allow his servant to preach at Dissenting meeting houses . Lord Wharncliffe presided over a public meeting atthe London Tavern on Thursday , to take into consideration the best measures to be adopted in order to secure a . reform in our commercial laws , and the establishment of tribunals of commerce , with power to decide upon all questions of trade or differences between traders . The Royal Academicians gave their grand anniversary dinner last Saturday . Sir C . L . Eastlake , the president of the Academy , occupied the chair . Prince Albert , who was present , acknowledged the toast drank in his honour , in a speech complimentary to the new president , to art and artists generally , and to the Koyal Academy in particular . We have been favoured with a communication from the secretary of the Oxford University Commission , containing the opinion of the law officers of the Crown as to the legality of the commission . These learned gentlemen give it as their opinion that the commission " is not in any respect illegal or unconstitutional . "—Globe . Mrs . Geils , whose suit against her husband for adultery , made so much noise a few years ago , and who ultimately obtained a separation a mens& etthoro , is again in court . Mr . Geils appealed to the Lord Chancellor , on Thursday , against the decision of the interlocutors of the Court of Session , and the appeal will be heard in due course .

    The total value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures , during the month of March ( ending the 5 th of April ) last , according to the official returns , has been £ 6 , 965 , 196 , against £ 5 . 783 , 752 for the same period of last year , and £ 5 , 365 , 663 in 1849 , thus showing a considerable increase in the trade of the present year of upwards of £ 1 , 000 , 000 , or atthe rate of 20 per cent . In the first quarter of the present year the returns likewise exhibit a considerable increase in the trade over that of the same period during the two past years . The total value of our exports has been £ 16 , 523 , 344 on the present year , against £ 14 , 655 , 153 last year , and £ 12 , 822 , 033 in 1849 , being an increase of about £ 2 , 000 , 000 , or 14 per cent , over last year , and nearly £ 4 , 000 , 000 , or nearly 20 per cent , over 1849 .

    Fires have been prevalent this week . On Sunday the premises of Messrs . T . F . Beale and Chappell , music publishers , 201 , Regent-street , and 67 , Conduit-street , were partially destroyed . In less than ten minutes after the fire was discovered , the brigade engines from Kingstreet , Golden-square , attended , followed by several other engii . es , and before half an hour elapsed the fire was wholly extinguished . The warehouse termed the country department was gutted , and the other warehouses on the basement damaged by heat , water , smoke , and removal . The origin of the fire is unknown .

    Two fires occurred op Monday . The first happened in the premises of Mr . Moffat , ajinendraper and wholesale clothier , carrying on business at No 76 , Seymour-stieet , and resulted in the destruction of the whole of Mr . Moffat ' s stock in trade , furniture , wearing apparel , and other effects , the building being gutted . No lives were lost , though several were in great peril . A fire occurred on the premises of Mr . Stephens , a watch and clock maker , No . 14 , Bartholomew-square , Ironmonger-lane , St . Luke ' s . The progress of this fire who in

    was inconceivably rapid , and two men —one was bed asleep , and another who attempted to extinguish the flames—nearly lost their lives . The engines were soon on thespot , but in spite of the labours of the firemen , the entire range of premise * became a blazing mass , firing in succession the property of Mr . Gallicque , French halter , No 13 , in the same squire , and of Mr . Saunders , the Prince of Wales bcershop . The whole of Mr . Stevens ' s premises were ieduced to ruins , the costly stock in trade and furniture consumed , and considerable damage done to the premises on either aide . The origin of the fire

    cannot be accounted for . A remarkable thunder-storm occurred at Norton , near Gloucester , last week , from which the family of a farmer named Taylor had a narrow eucape . Three . persoiiH who saw the flash describe its appearance as of a ball of fire , and totally unlike any lightning they ever before wit nrssed . The roof and two opposite sides of Mr . J . aylor ' s farmhoune were struck siuiulluneouHiy with a force which cairicd away a considerable part of a chimney standing marly in the centreof the building , and tore ofl a large portion of the slate roofing on each sid «\ no that the rafters were laid quite burr . No person , however , wan hurt . la consequence of a large number of Irishmen having be . n employed in the construction of the Bangor and Carnarvon liuilwiiy , the Welsh imd Kiiglinli navvies all along the lino have- struck . The turnout has been general , for tli « men forced , by threatened hosUhui'H , those employed in the tunnels to discontinue their work and join them in expelling the obnoxious party . About forty special constables' were nworii in , as great disturbam : o was anticipated . The men have refused to rolurn to their work until the whole of ! the Irian shall have bom discharged . 1 'hcir hostility has been muuik-sted for Homo timo , l > m u , Htrike wan not expe , cK' < l .

    A Chamber , of Commerce haw jintf . been established at Southampton . The leading subjects which are now engaging the attention of tho ohamhor aro an follows : ~ 1 st . The establishment of ftoutuumpton as odo of the

    ports for Government emigration ; which very desirable result there is every reason to think will very soon be realized . 2 nd . Assisting the London Association in their endeavours to remove many of the present unnecessary restrictions of the Custom-house , on the transit of both passengers and merchandize . 3 rd . The further promotion of a Transatlantic packet trade , not only to the United States , but also to British America , and more especially to Halifax . 4 th . Attracting the attention of capitalists , and men of enterprize , to the vast amount of

    water-power existing in this neighbourhood , now running to waste ; to the extensive valleys , irrigated by never failing streams , exhibiting some of the finest bleaching grounds in the world , contiguous to Southampton , while millions of yards of goods , annually , are sent from the North of England to less eligible grounds in Ireland ; and also to tracts of land , at no great distance above Southampton , peculiarly suited to the growth of flax , the cultivation of which will afford full employment to a large juvenile and adult population .

    The Attorney-General filed an information , on Monday , in the Court of Exchequer , at the instance of the Board of Inland Revenue , against the . Duke of Buckingham and the Marquis of Chandos , to recover the stamp duty on a deed of assignment , the stamp amounting , it was contended for the Crown , to £ 1000 . The case arose out of the embarrassed affairs of the duke , and the point at issue was whether the assignment of the ducal property to the marquis , in 1845 , for the

    purpose of paying off his father ' s debts was a sale of the estates , or whether the marquis was in the position of a trustee for property vested in his father and himself jointly to be applied to the above purpose . The Solicitor - General contended that it was a sale , and Mr . Peacock that it was merely an exchange . The court said that as this was the first time the question of law had arisen upon the state of facts peculiar to the case , and as . the Crown was more largely interested in the point than depended upon this transaction alone , they should take time to

    consider . The Government bill for the better supply of water to the metropolis has been printed . It contains 40 clauses At present the metropolis is supplied with water by nine companies . On the 30 th of September next it is proposed that they shall be formed into " The Metropolitan Water Company . " There are twenty acts now in force respecting the supply of water , which are to be repealed . Among the provisions are several providing for the purity of water to be supplied for domestic purposes when the proper pipes are in use , agreeably to the

    regulations of the company , and the supply may , with the approval of the Secretary of State , be suspended , unless the regulations are carried out . A constant supply of water is to be kept for cleansing sewers , drains , &c , and for other public purposes . The united company may demand such rates as are now demanded by the companies existing , and are not to exceed the same . The rates are to be reduced when the profits are more than sufficient to pay a dividend of 6 per cent . The united company may make bylaws to carry out the spirit of the intended act ., which it is considered would be advantageous to the public . of the Associa

    The friends and supporters Canterbury - tion met a large party of the colonists on Wednesday , to take a farewell of them prior to their departure next morning in the four vessels Bangalore , Dominion , Lady Nugent , and the Duke of Portland . A very elegant breakfast was served by Messrs . Bathe and Co ., of the London Tavern , in a pavillion erected for the occasion , within the walls of the East India Docks , where the four vessels were lying . The LtightHon . Lord Lyttleton presided , supported by the Duke of Newcastle . The Sheffield folks have proved good friends to the Hungarian refugees . They held a large meeting , convened by the mayor , on Monday , in their Town Hall , in behalf of the Polish Hungarian Refugees . The meeting was composed of men of all shades of political opinion , and the temper of the audience enthusiastic in the highest degree . Various important resolutions were unanimously carried , which want of space alone compels

    us . Great activity , says the Preston Chromcle , at present prevails in tlie building trade , from the number of houses now being erected , and the preparations for others to be built in different parts of the town . Many additional brick-crofts have been taken , in anticipation << f a large demand for bricks . A very great number of plots have been sold as building land . A royal proclamation offering a reward of 1 . 60 each , issued and

    payable by the Treasury , was on Monday posted in various public places in the metropolis for the discovery , apprehension , and delivery over to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arma of the abducted St . Alban's witnesses , Waggett , Hay ward , Birchmore , and Skcpm « . The proclamation attracted large crowds of readers at i ho Mansion house . Tho witness Edwards , who was commit ted on the ground of having been concerned in the abduction of Waggett , him now been in Newgate nearly a month , and has been visited by various parties .

    There are now two candidates actively engaged in canvassing I lie electors of the Isle of Wight , for the neat rrnd-ied vacant by the resignation <> f Mr . John Simeon . Them ? are Mr . ChatleH Cavendish Clifford , a baiiiaur , on the Liberal and Free Tiadc intereHt ; and Captain Hiimontl , R . N ., a Protectionist . The rioter * at the Boston election were again brought up for examination on Friday . None of them were charged with the full olleiice . Seven were discharged on finding wectu ity each for £ 25 , and themselves bound in £ fj () each . Three were fined £ 1 eu < : h , and one £ 5 .

    The Uert-root Sugar Company seems to be making Home progress in lieland . In the Queen's County t )»< gentry and f . uiners have taken up the project with zeal and earnetUni'HH . and two niton for factories have bf «> n Hele < ted , one at Donaghiuorc , and tho oth ^ r , a , t Mouuf , - mellick . A meeting has \ umn held inNewry with the view of having ; a manufa *; tp » y cHt , abliah « d there .

    The situation of the silk weavers in Lyons becomes every day worse and worse . With many of them embarrassment has become misery , and privation hunger . The Salut Public says : —" At Lyons such a state of things cannot be prolonged , and we have the greatest satisfaction to announce that measures have been already realized or proposed to assist these suffering work-Trie promenaders on the port of Marseilles witnessed a curious scene on the 1 st of May . A steamer arrived and landed fourteen Italians , and at the same moment a body of police agents came up and at once arrested the whole of the strangers . The motive of the arrest is not known .

    The police of Marseilles seized a quantity of muske . s , swords , ball-cartridges , gunpowder , pistols , poniards , and other weapons , last week . They also at the same time got possession of a number of Socialist emblems , and of documents emanating from secret societies . A letter from Brest states that the fleet assembled there , under the command of Admiral Parseval-Deschenes , has received orders to hold itself in readiness to sail , on the 5 th instant , should the weather permit , for the Mediterranean , and cruize fora month . The King of Naples has issued a decree , dated the 17 th ultimo , regulating the police of printing and lithographic establishments . By this decree no such establishment can be opened without the permission of the prefects of police of Naples or Palermo , or that of the lication is to be

    intendants of the provinces . In the app mentioned the number of presses intended to be kept in activity . Permission having been obtained , cautionmoney must be deposited to the amount of one ducat of Neapolitan rentes for every press up to five ; five ducats for every press more up to ten , and ten ducats for every press teyond that number . The said caution-money to be double for every steam press . Every proprietor of a printing establishment is responsible for the violation o £ the laws on the press committed in his offices . No work is to be printed without a written permission of the competent authorities . Tke Government names one or more censors for the revision of writings . Praise in verse or prose is not admitted without the permission of the person who is the subject of praise . Public sales of books are not to be authorised until the police has

    examined the catalogues . The opposition against the Government monopoly of cigars has risen to such a pitch in Italy that persons smoking Government tobacco in the streets have had the cigars torn from their mouths ! One man having been taken in the act of doing this atVicenza , he was ordered to be publicly flogged , and to be then imprisoned . The offensive placards against which such severe punishments have been declared , have been actually posted at night upon the gravestones . M . de Rayneval has communicated to the Holy See a document addressed by the three Roman princes , Filij po Doria Pamphili , Mario Massimo , and Lorenzo Sforza Cesarini , to the President of the French Republic , in which they recommend the total exclusion of i relates and cardinals from public offices , whic . i , in their opinion , should be granted to members of the Roman i . obilify . The three princes offer to assume the secular government , and declare that public opinion would side with

    them . A private letter from Fribourg , in Baden , states that a conspiracy , detected by a drummer , had been discovered on the 2 nd of May—twenty young men , suspected of being in correspondence with certain democratic societies of London , Paris , &c . A court of standricht—a court of summary jurisdiction—will be held for the trial of the of Ft mlers . Accounts had been received in Baden' , via Berlin , that at Marseilles , Lyons , and Strasbourg , a revolutionary movement was to have been attempted on the same day as in Germany . The Hamburg newspapers declare themselves authorised to contradict the statement , that a note had been sent by the German great Powers to the Senate , adviaing it to delay the proclamation of the new constitution .

    The town of Traunatein , a few miles from Munich , has been completely burnt d . > wn , whereby upwards of 3 , 000 peisons have become roofless . The town was built on a mountainous site , on different terraces , and in the Swi 68 fashion , chiefly of wood , no that hollered an easy prey to the devouring element . The King and the inhabitants of Munich are very active in raining relief . The Nate Preuasiachc Zeituni / positively asserts that the Austrian provincial assemblies ( Latuliagc ) are- to be almost immediately convoked , and that the general Reiclistage will be also shortly after summoned . It adds that these assemblies will put the constitution of the 4 tti of March to the test , but that , it will bear this test all parties , it . Hays , entertain very little hope . The lirenlau Zc . itunt j nays that the Archduke Leopold i » to be . appointed to tin * Government of Hungary , ns under the present s ) stein no ono out of tin Imperial family will undertake the responsibility ol lillin ^ ' the pout , of Hungarian Niadtholdi r .

    Madrid Idlers of the 29 i . li ult . state that a Cm list con spirucy has lt < en discovered in Cttuloniii . rieveii persons were arrested , and , on their v \ ay to pii . ion , were shot , by the hoUiei's , on the plea ol their attempting to cm-U | H > . Twelve of the ielu ^« : es who iceent ly landed at Liverpool from Tuikey arrived at Leedu on Sunday . T | i < - Liverpool om . iiin'tee arc distributing the relu h'eeri in the pi ' iiicimil luge towns ol the kingdom , urjd tli <\ y hav .-forwarded these , twelve to Leeds , with u request , that flic , frieinlhol Hungarian fiee ' dom »« U * alhe f " . '" , " <" < hur nupnort until "Me t , o Kiiflp . irt LhonifulveH . A meeting ol the workinu cfcisBi' 8 tfii'i Jii-ld V' . '"» ' , "" W' t" « : »»»> meeting ulaceV tfre f llurUMW . o , > Hiesday evening , at w . i . ici . rhc . ^ vWive * x t m ™ . * M . Kr * S- l ^ vw " young nien annarelitl /' of conMtleraolr uiMligeWW , alid niodlolthe / n Well , educated . MeW-iUlof them hre hAmii-( iuiViimVn , ' and ' " lli <) Vest . ' have beeii st < uH-ntn or bcinkteeners' They ivei'd iVf-H rtceWe <) , ' tyiul a nuhncriptioii wns ' iJtaltcci fur - ' tUi'ir ' a ^ b |) oit . ' ' '

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1851, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1882/page/11/