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      for the chairmanship of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck , which has become vacant by the demise of Mr . . Alderman Thompson , M . P . The only surviving son oi Tippoo Saib , the " Tiger of Mysore , " Prince Gholam Mahomed , andhis son Feroze Shah , have arrived in England . The former is seventy yeara of age ; he has been a pensioner of the Company since the fall ¦ ojf his father ' s kingdom ; and lie . now wishes to get his pension continued to his son . A remarkable dinner took place on Thursday . It was given ib honour of Lord Elgin . Lord John Russell presided . Five

      Colonial Ministers were present—Lord Grey , Lord John Eussell , Lord Monteagle , Sir John Pakington , and the Duke of Newcastle—beside a host of peers , members of Parliament , and British and Canadian gentlemen . The speakers were profuse of compliments to Lord Elgin for his wise administration of Canada ; and they all gloried in the success of those measures which had set the colonists perfectly free to manage their own affairs . Mr . Buchanan , the American Minister , was not behind with his testimony to Lord El gin ; and he added tbe generous confession that be had found England a home .

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      Viscount Hardinge , as Gteneral Commanding-in-Chief , gave a farewell banquet , on Thursday , to the officers about to proceed on active service to the East . The guests included the Duke of Cambridge , Lord Baglan , the Earl of Lucas , the Earl of Cardigan , Lord d « Bos , Sir Charles Trevelyan , general WetLerall , General Freetb , General Yprke , Brigadier- General Airey , Brigadier 'Butter , Brigadier Estcourt , General Sir Eicbard England , and Lieut .-Colonel Mundy . Sir Stephen Lakeman , who gained renown fighting against "the Canres ,, h » d an interview with the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial-office on Thursday . . Lieutenaat-General Sir John Burgoyne , Inspector-General of Fortifications , arrived In town on Thursday evening , from Paris , on his return from the East . When in London , last week , the Spanish General Prim was introduced to Lord Hardinge and Lord Raglan . ¦ General Prim goes to the East with the French army .

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      The Gazeile of Tuesday night contains an Order in Council , announcing her Majesty ' s approval of the proposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for fixing the number and salary f the minor : canons of Bristol Cathedral . The number is reduced from six to three , and the annual stipend of each h fixed at 1501 The Bishop of Rochester , as Visitor to Rochester Cathedral , has issued kis judgment upon the complaints made to Mm at his visitation in July last . The bishop does not find reason to interfere ! where he has the power , and he states that several matters , complained of are not cognizable by Mm as visitor . .

      Mr . John Ball , one of the members for the county of Garlow , in a letter to bis constituents , declares that the recent divisions in the Bouse of Commons " must show to all Catholics that the time is . came when it is absolutely necessary for tbefld to exert themselves , if they wish . toptesserve that share of religious freedom which has Ween achieved b y our fathers daring the last half century . " After remarking npon tbe incomprehensible policy of those Roman > Catholics " who think it a matter of indifference whether , we Jiave a Government that openly joins our enemies , or one . that does

      what is possible to protect us , " Mr , Ball says : — "When . I see in the division list nine members of Lr > rd-Derby's Government voting with Mr . Chambers ; and thirteen members of the present Government voting with as , besides others who paired in oar favour , such as Lord John Russell—who made an excellent speech—I can have no doubt as . to which party is , on the whole , to be looked on as friendly and which as hostile ; bat I would not have Catholics rely for defence npon anything other than their own energy , the justice or their cause , and the prudence with which it should be conducted . ' *

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      The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is much occupied with the question of limited liability . Recently the Council adopted the principle ; and lsist week , after three days' debate the Chamber ratihed the decision of the Council by 27 to 18 . But a poll is to be taken . The Cork Reporter says that the tide of emigration from that port is so great , that the Cork Steam Ship Company , to meet the demand , intend patting two of their steamers on that station next Wednesday . On Saturday last the Minerva steamer carried over 550 emigrants from our quays , leaving no fewer than 200 behind , for whom it had not accommodation .

      In 1852 there were 355 , 566 acres in Ireland under wheat ; in 1853 , 327 , 254 acres . Of oats there were 2 , 288 , 449 acres in 1862 , 2 , 156 , 674 in 1 « 53 . Of barley , bere , rye , beans , and peas , there were 839 , 691 acres in 1862 , 3 * 19 , 017 in 1863 . Of potatoes , 876 , 532 acres in 1852 , 897 , 774 in 1353 . Of turnips , 366 , 790 acres m 1852 , 399 , 335 in 1853 . Of other green crops , 121 . 56 , 5 acres in 1852 , 120 , 561 in 1853 . Of flux , 187 , 008 acres in 1852 , 174 , 423 in 1863 . Meadow and clover , 1 , 270 , 713 a « re » in 1862 , 1 , 270 , 309 acres in 1853 . The total extent "undor crop * was 5 , 789 , 214 acres in 1852 , 5 , 695 , 847 in 1853 , a decrease of 43 , 867 acres . The chief decrease was in oats and wheat , the chief increase in turnips , flax , and potatoes . Thrso returns are collected by tlie efficient aid or the constabulary find metropolitan police .

      7 , 832 , 236 lbs . Of tobacco , the consumption in Great Britain , in 1831 , was 23 , 457 , 888 lbs . ; and ia Ireland , 4 , 457 , 137 lbs . j in 1852 , in Great Britain , 23 , 941 , 968 lb . s . ; and in Ireland , 4 , 473 , 600 lbs . ; and last year , in Great Britain , 24 , 940 , 555 lbs . ; and in Ireland , 4 , 624 , 141 lbs . Queen Victoria wrote a letter condoling with the Marchioness of Westminster on the loss of her yoangest son , tbe ? midshipman , who recently died on his . way to the Baltic The letter was posted on Wednesday last week ; it was missent 1 o Flint instead of Eaton Hall , in Cheshire , and did not reach its destination until Saturday last ! A new diving apparatus has been invented by Dr . Payerne , a Frenchman . He lias found means of providing fourteen men . sufficient air , under water , for four hours . He can dive down

      , and nsa again afar off . In this way he and three seamen boarded a man-of-war by tbe port holes , the other day , at Cherbourg , without being observed by . the crew . At present the invention has only been used to supply Paris with oysters I A short time ago the working masons of Liverpool addressed a note to their employers , respectfully asking an advance of wages , and stating several reajan » for making sucb ^ application . The employers responded to the note , ana solicited a personal interview with the workmen , for ^ he purpose of conversing together , with a view of making such \ overtures as might avert the baneful effects of a strike or turn-out . The result has been an amicable arrangement of the affair ; and the master masons congratulate the working masons on . their rightly appreciating ' these conciliatory means of settlements—Liverpool Standard . .

      The journey across , the Isthmus of Panama , via the railway , can now be performed in twelve hdura . Smith , the Dublin tract distributor , has again been before Mr . O'Callaghan—this time as a complainant . ; Smith offered a Mr . Barlow , a Catholic , an ofieneive Protestant tract ; Barlow locked Smiths hand . Barlow though !; Tie had a tight to Melt Smith for offering him insulting documents . The magistrate fined Barlow sixpence ! ' - A Fellow of King ' s College , Cambridge , died ' suddenly very early on Sunday morning in the house of a woman at Chesterton . According to the evidence of Francis Edmund Stacey , also a Fellow of K %£ & College , he and Mr . Yancft parted company between one and two o ' clock in the morning at Chesterton . Vance , it appears , went to the bed-room of Sarah Chamberlain , threw himself on her bed , andJn about

      five minutes died . The woman called out , ani , 'Jane , " who lived ne ^ t door , and Mr . Stacey . came to her assistance . Mr . Bumpsted , a surgeon , said that Mr . Vance died from disease of the heart . The jury found a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God . " . ' . < Lloyd , who murdered the .. man Gittins , at Nessclif , has made a full confession . He endeavoured to perpetrate the . deed three times before be succeeded , / . There is again just now a great abundance of wife beating ; as usual , the great proportion of wife-beaters are produced by the filthdest parts of the town . . Hennan , the man ; who killed , his wife with a hatchet , lias been acquitted of murder on the ground of insanity . Skinning Cats alive is one of tlie minor atrocities committed in London . People lose their cats ; and find skinned cats in rubbish holes . A fellow named Jackson was seea to throw four bodies-of skinned cats , yet . warm ,-upon a dung heap in Whetstone Park . He could not be punished because nobody saw him skin them . Cats are not property .

      It is just twenty years since the province of Canada first borrowed money from thte country . Tlie loan was for twenty years , and the time being up on Saturday last , the 1 st of April , 1854 , the wholo sum duo \ v » a paid in full out of ( ho sur plus revenues of the province . This fact sp « -aks volumes for the progress of the colony . —Daily News . A Parliamentary return snows an increased consumption of tea and tobneco for the last three years . In Great Britain , in 1851 , the consumption of tea was 47 . U 76 . 781 lbs . ; in 1852 , 47 , 808 , 622 lbs . ; and last year ( reducmi duty ) , 61 , 001 , 85111 ) 8 , ; whilst in Irehiud the consumption wua , in 1851 , 0 , 6 . 73 , 278 lbs . ; in 1852 , 0 , 1 ) 01 , 412 lbs . ; nnd last ye . ir ,

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      Mr . Bynq approved of the measure as being necessary . Sir J . Pakington , though willing to agree to the second reading , complained of the complicated nature of the bill , and . stated that much of Ins objection to it had been removed by tho judicious selection of the commissioners to be appointed under its provisions . Mr . Bla . ok . ktt compl ained th at the bill did not go

      Saturday , April 8 th . Parliament was last night occupied in dealing with the question of University Reform , and the defects of the "War Department . The Home of Commons , soon after it assembled , proceeded to consider the second reading of the bill for the reform of the University of Oxford . The debute was opened by Sir W . Heathcotes . one of tlie members for the University , / wha stated that he should vote for the second reading , believing that such a bill was necessary , and any objections to dotails ho wouldreserve for committee .

      tar enough ^ and urged that nothing but an entire reconstruction of the University would rifeW % a evils of its present organisation . '"' - " ¦ ' - ¦ ;«« ' ' Mr . K . Phtluwore . and Mr . Wabner RupS&lii and Iiprd Kobebt Cecil deposed the toeSSuW * white Mr . G , H . Vsknon commended its conciliatory spirit , and Mr . WigkaM objected to its tendency to break up entirely the old collegiate system . Mr . HorjiTDfiLr ^ Palmer followed , and Supported the bill with limita * ons , more particularly with reference to the preservation of the endowed schools in connexion with colleges , such as Winchester . Mr . Henxey oppdsed the bill' on protectionist grounds ........ ..-.- ?

      Mr . Godlburk was opposed-to the bill on account of its sweeping character , especially as regarded the limitation of the time for which fellowships are to behea r , . uuS _ .. : ,., ; . ; ,, .. / - ^ . Mi- Q ^^ BT ^ f ^ theri f at no great length , answere ! some of the o ^ egj ^ ns made in the , debate , l > ut saw , that on the great qiiestiipii of the admission of jpiatf senters intq the TTniversity , he should reserve ^ the statement of his ' opinion % » ttt the cornmitiee . ' - The bill was read a second tioi (? , and the House adjourned . ? : ^ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦> : ¦ ¦

      In the House *> f _ Lords , Earl Gbey moved for papers showing the nature of the changes made in the war . department of the Colonial-office by tfeegppointnaent of an additional secretary . Ble brought forward what he alleged to l >© a number of casea <> f mismanagement in that office—and especially as regarded the administration of the army . In the West India ' commands the mortality of the soldier * alace the war was such that one-seventh of the force was annually cut > off in Jamaica , and , 6700 had perisnexL from - 1812 > tOi isaZr-a iar greater ; i ^ pprjadjE ^ deaths than ocoutred at tne battle of ^ Vatexlop : but the average of deaths in the last ten years . itfaK b ^ n

      much , Jtess , thus showing how lrnprpyed inanageniejbt operated to decrease t ^ e mprtafity . H <» iktta 3 buted much of the mortality to feeding the soldiers on' salt meat , the quality of tlieir Tarea ^ , an ^ crWwdmg in barracks , and this 'was : tri » e of ^ nfiBar ^ j ^ aH commands abroad . He particularly ^ in slfiiQeed Trinidad , and Sierra Leone . He laid downj ^ the whole evils of the administration of the- «« jrray to its beins ^ divided amoDg so manr ;^ depiiirt * ,

      ments , such as the Ordnance , theaHora G ^ ard * , the War-ofllqe ,, and the (^ o ^ iaUoffl ^ Slgp ^ of being under one head ; and argued j ^ Mtitfmtimta r of the Colonial Secretary being able to nian&l war , and tlie addition ^ Under-Se <^ tary would D ? bf nTUch use . There should be without delay some effectual re-organisation of the andhninistrationiOf the army . He saggested that it should be committed to ainbard , similar to that of the Admiralty , which h&pr 6 ferred to a fourth Beeretary of State . . . ' / - . y ^ . ^ 7 •;>• > . > ,

      The Duke of Newcastle followed r and witljout attempting to « ay that the : presentjaystenjti ^ as rft good one , urged that great . improvemeat »; Jia 4 Jj ) eea made in it , and that practically it wor ^ e ^ MeU ^ jMid . was efflcieait both as ; regarded ^ P W ^^ Y ^^ energy at the present CTM ^' wlni ^ ^^^ ^ ilSBr ' ibiijst test ; and he deprecated an / attempt at ^ altefatioa just at this moment , " which , so far from prbmotihg : the efficiency of the administration of the * army , would destroy itw — .. ' - ^ '¦'>¦' ¦ ¦ ' - > i \ u > n > . i ; . * n ..... Lord Habdh * g * also spoke , but ftddfe « sed himself only to certain details in -Earl Grey ' s speech ; ¦¦ ¦<¦¦ \ - TheEarl of Em . skbobod ' ch expressed his sense of the importance of the Subject , and said that he should bring on a discussion upon it after Easter > No further speech of importance "was made , ¦ and the House adjourned at ten o ' clock . '

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      ' Arril 8 , 1854 . ] Tl HE L E A D E R . 32 i ,

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      A railway joast was successfully - performed , l » sfc week , on the Londonderry and Enniskillen line . The mail for perry was delayed . The Derry people sent a pildt-eh glne tip the line—single rails—to learn the cause . The pilot * engine , jauntily driven , met the train it went to assist almost at fall speed . Of cotirse tbe passengers were hurt . The drivers escaped . There were sis fires on Friday evening last week . Tbe rash , of engines g&ve tbe ' streets a gemi-revblutionary aspect . Tho hall , used for exhibitions , nt Hungerford Market was burnt down , and several of the neighbouring shops were injured . There was a serious fire in Blackfriars-road , on Wednesday , at the house of M r . Flynn , a tailor . Fprtunately the whole of the occupant ^ of the house escaped . One mart , however , in getting down a ladder , fell , and was much hurt . There was a fire in a detached cottage belonging to a Jiinalic asylum at Hoxton , on Monday . Fortunately the patients had been removed ; and the promptness and energy of the fir « rnen prevented , any further disasters .

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      The Baltic fleet had returned to Kjoge Bay on Thursday ; aad Admiral Napier had issued the following signal to the fleet : — . « . _ ¦ . 14 Lads—War is declared . We are to meet a bold -anil numerous enemy . Should they offer us battle , you know how to dbposo cf them . Should they remain in port , we must try to get at them . Success depends upon tlie quickness and precision of your tire . Ladd , sharpen your cutlasses , and tho day ia your own . "

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      The autograph letter of the Emperor of Austria approves of the policy pursued by England and France ; but does not give the slightest cluo to the intentions of Austria . Characteristic I Despatches have been received by the Turkish Embassy at Yienna confirming the statement tha . t tho Russian General Uschakoff had been driven back into Bessarabia ; that tbe Turks were concentratlrfg at Trajan ' s wall ; and that the fortresses in the Dobrudscha had not been taken .

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      Harrison , tho man who brought "the Belgian girl" ov « t here and p laced her in the house of Madame Denis , lias been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court , and sentenced to lx > imprisoned for two yenra with hard labour . Dosaax , the father of Mu ( Umc Denis , ia tdso found guilt / .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 8, 1854, page 321, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2033/page/9/