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      In the provisions announced to be applied to them under Ihe Board of Health . A great aggregate meeting of manufacturers is to be held on the 10 th of April . " Oriental News : —From Hong Kong we have intelligence to the 15 th of February , reporting thatthe insurgent Chinese besieging Canton Had taken ttie Tiger Fort , and plundered the surrounding villages . We learn from Bagdad , to the 19 th of February , that the rebel Kurds , 20 , 000 or 30 ; OOO strong , were continuing an energetic resistance in the north of Mesopotamia . Death from Fike . —An old woman , seventy-four years of age , was discovered a day or two ago with her slothes on fire in her room in East-street , Manchestersquare . The flames were extinguished , but she died from the injuries . There was no fire in the grate at the time ; and the woman , who remained sensible up to her death , was unable to say how the flames originated .

      America . —The latest news from America contains the programme of the new political party calling themselves the " Pacific American Party , " and whose supposed object is the formation of a great Western Republic . The measures , which are at present kept in abeyance until certain objects are attained which it is hoped will prepare the public mind of the State for the consummation of the scheme proposed to be carried out , ^ re—a larger delegation from the Pacific States in Congress ; Oregon and California to be organised into States at once ; California to be divided and two States made out of her territory ; the Sandwich Islands and Sonora to be annexed , and as much more of the territory * of Mexico as can be conquered or purchased ; and , finally , out of the whole of the territories of the United States on the Pacific coast in possession and t 6 be thus acquired , six States are to be created instead of one . — Times .

      Escape and Recapture of Russian Prisoners . — Between nine and ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , Lieutenant Mann , the Governor of the Lewes warprison , took a party of pr isoners out on the Downs for an airing ; and , while they were gone , three prisoners made their escape from the pr ison dressed in plain clothes . They were first seen in , the streets about a quarter to eleven , but were supposed to be either Frenchmen or ^ German musicians . __—They took the shortest route for the railway station , and arrived there just after the departure of the up ' -train ; so that it would appear they contemplated starting by train .

      They then turned up a lane towards High-street , and then found the prison guard were pursuing them , upon which they ran off up High-street as fast as they could , followed by a large mob and a butcher on horseback . They then turned up Fisher-street , and ran into the backyard of the White Hart Hotel , in a stable attached to which one of them was captured , and another in the kitchen . The third managed to elude his pursuers , but he was shortly afterwards discovered under some trees in the Castle-gardens , and in a few minutes he was in the grip of a couple of pensioners , who marched him back to prison . They are said to have scaled the wall , which is very high , by means of ropes .

      The Monmouthshire Militia has been for some time past conducting itself-in a very-riotous manner ; and the spir it of insubordination is not yet quelled . One hundred and fifty demand to be discharged . The Curious Legitimacy Case which has occupied the court at the Cork Assizes during three days this week , resulted yesterday in a verdict for the plaintiff , which establishes the fact that the late Rev . Mr . Beamish , the plaintiff ' s father , had performed the ceremony of marriage between himself and the plaintiff ' s mother ; but leaves it to the Court of Chancery , from which the issue had been sent for trial , to decide the question of law—namely , whether the ceremony was a valid marriage or not . Election Intelligence . —Mr . Ewarfc was on

      Wednesday returned for Liverpool , by an immense majority ; the numbers being—Ewart , 5 C 90 ; Bonhatn , 4221 . —On the same day , Mr . Edmund Antrobus was elected for Wilton without opposition . Suicide of a Clergyman at Canterbury . —The Rev . John Peachey Francis has committed suicide by shooting himself in his study . Discovery of Antiquities at Eupatoria . —In one of tho new works on our left , near some roofless barracks , the soldiers , in cutting down an irregularly-shaped mound , have discovered the entrance of a tomb , or of a cistern . It forms a parallologram of eight feet by four ,

      and is composed of four stones . Tho fortifications are just at present of too much importance to allow us to follow up this discovery , and so it remains covered with rubbish and stones . There is no inscription to be seen > n it , but according to all probability it is a shaft leading to some tombs , for all around in the neighbourhood of tho mound groat quantities of human skeletons tiave , been found collected in heaps . To whomsoever hese > skeletons may have belonged , they cortaiuly beonged to no Tartars . Thero is no trace of high cheek-> onea or pointed houds . All the skulls I have scon wore inmistakably of Caucasian , and not of Mongol shape . — Vines Correspondent . Alleged Frauds in the Hop Tuade > . —It is stated Jhat frauds of a character similar to those recently deleted in the wine business in tho docks have transpired in the hop trade . They have consisted in tho refilling of empty packages stamped with the names of

      well-known planters , whose growths are of choice character , with inferior , and , indeed , almost worthless hops , chiefly the lowest description of American . The discovery of the practice , which is supposed to have been carried on to a considerable extent , occurred at a recent sale by auction , and the attention § of the Excise has been called to it . Meanwhile consumers cannot be tod cautious in their purchases . —Times City Article , Wednesday . , __ . ... _ — *^_ ' ^ & AL . _ £ ^ —1 . ~_

      M . Alexandre Dumas , the Younger , has achieved a triumph , memorable even in French theatrical annals , with his new five-act comedy , at the Gymnase , Le Demi-Monde . It may be said to complete his trilogy of uneasy virtues—La Dame aux Camelias , Diane de Lys , and Le Demi-Monde . The success of the new comedy was a tumultuous ovation , and we hear the author has been offered 60 , 000 francs ( or a house valued at that sum ) for his droits d ' auteur . How this should make our dramatic writers' mouths water ! Alexandre Dumas Jils , by his choice of subjects , defies " original adaptations " in England .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , March 31 . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE ADJOURNMENT THE WAR . After some Law Bills had been advanced a stage , and especially one to abolish the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in cases of Defamation , Earl Granviixe moved the adjournment of the House until the 16 th of April . The Earl of Ellenborough took the opportunity of reviewing the conduct of the war . He compared the condition of our army now with what it was last year , and urgently pressed the necessity of facilitating recruiting for the army and militia . Referring to the Baltic fleet , he urged that , in order to make it really and fully effective , it ought to consist of twenty-five sail of the line ; and that there oughts to be a reserve of ten sail of the line at home . Considering the policy , of the war , he maintained that , by our army leaving Varna for Sebastopol , we had paralysed Austria , while there was no chance of taking that fortress . That step had complicated the question of peace , by introducing the new element of the national honour of Russia into the matter . Even if we took Sebastopol and destroyed it , the danger to Turkey from Russia was not removed ; and the only true mode of securing Turkey against aggression , was by creating another Sebastopol on the Bosphorus , and giving Turkey such an army as would enable her to defend herself in case of attack , until the powers of Europe could come to her aid . Earl Granville , on the part of the Government , refused to discuss the neglect of the war at the present . crisis . _; . _ _ , . „_ A short debate followed , which did hot produce " anything remarkable , and the House adjourned at half-past seven .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . NEW WRITS . New writs were ordered to issue for the borough of Kilmarnock , in the place pf Mr . Bouverie , who has accepted the office of Vice-Preaident of the Board of Trade ; for the borough of Lewes , in the room of the honourable He nry Bouverie Brand , who has accepted the olfice of a Lord of the Treasury ; and for the county of Cork , in the room of Mr . E . B . Roche , who hns accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . A number of questions were asked of the Government . VENTILATION OF HOSPITAL SHIPS . In answer to Mr . Percy , Mr . F , Peel stated that in some new ships that were being fitted out for the conveyance of troops between this country and Scutari , proper mechanical means for ventilation were to be used .

      BISHOPRICS IN CANADA . In answer to Mr . Dunlop , Sir G . Grey stated that no decision had been come to by the Government with regard to altering the practice of appointing bishops in Canada , in consequence of tho provision in tho Canada Reserves Bill for dissolving all connexion between Church and State .

      ROUTINE AT BALAKX . AVA . Mr . G . DuNJDAS having stated a case in which some sick soldiers on board a transport nt Balaklava could not obtain some provisions for twenty-four hours , in consequence of the official formalities that were required to be gone through , Mr . F . Pjsel said that instructions had been sent out to dispense with nil unnecessary forms in such matters . TUB BUDGET—PUBLIC BUSINESS . The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that ho should bring forward his financial statement on

      Friday the 20 th April . On Monday the 16 th the bill of Sir B . HalL for the Better Local Management of the Metropolis , would be brought on for a second reading . . ¦ ¦ THE' AIXrOTJBNMENT . Sir G . Grey moved the adjournment , of the House to the 16 th of April . THE COLONIAL OFFICE . Sir J . Pakington again commented on the unsatisfactory condition of the Colonial-office , and intimated that if Lord J . Russell was not in his office after Easter , he should make a motion on the subject . *^ T ^ . *^ " - . J . ^__ ^ % Ai 1 _ A *^ ^^ V ^^ ^ - *

      THE WAR . Sir de Lacy Evans took occasion to advert to the state of things in connexion with the war . He urged the increase of bounty to recruits , that more gun-boats should be sent to the Baltic , and some of the steamers going there be sent to the Black Sea ; and that every effort should be made to concentrate our efforts on one point of the Euxine . He referred to the prevailing notion that Odessa had been the port from which Russian reinforcements had reached Sebastopol . This he denied , and said it would have been impossible to do anything effectual with regard to Odessa , except by occupying it with an army of 200 , 000 men .

      The subject of the camp at Aldershott , the appointment of the Honourable Mr . Howard to the Commissionership of Woods and Forests , the vacancy in the Chairmanship of Ways and Means , and the probable person to fill that office , the mode of payment pf the Irish constabulary , were shortly brought before the House in a desultory manner , on the motion for adjournment . Mr . Spooner promised his annual motion on Maynooth on the 1 st of May ; and notice of a motion for leave to bring in a bill , establishing "Vote by Ballot , was given on behalf of Mr . H . Berkeley . TESTAMENTARY JURISDICTION OF THE ECCI . ESIAS-- t TICAZ COURTS .

      The Solicitor-Generai , then brought forward a bill to abolish the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in matters Testamentary . The bill proposes to take all testamentary matters from the control of the Ecclesiastical Courts , whether metropolitan or provincial , and refer them to a single court of civil constitution attached ~ to the Court of Chancery , to be located in London . That is the main principle of the bill , The details , of course , relate to technical and subsidiary arrangements , all tending to simplify procedure and diminish expense . Avith

      A discussion followed , in which the bill met general approval ; the only objections that were urged being that the Government had not at once dealt with the whole question of the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts , including the matrimonial jurisdiction and that relating to Church discipline It was , however , intimated on the part of Ministers that measures on both these points were prepared , and would be brought * in . * The bill was then introduced . The House was counted out at twenty minutes past twelve .

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      Report says that the Duke of Newcastle intends to go to the Crimea . For what purpose ? To emulate Mr . Stafford ? To encounter and exasperate the resentment of the army ? To leave his character in the hands of his enemies ? We can scarcely imagine a more unwise proceeding .

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      The French Government is actively engaged expediting troops from Paris to Toulon and Marseilles . They will be immediately put on board , « ml will sail as speedily as possible for the Crimea .

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      A new Belgian Ministry has been formed , ns follows : — Viscount Vilain XIIII ., Foreign Affairs . M . Dedecker , Interior . M . de Nothomb , Justice . General Greindl , War . M . Duinon , Public Works . M . Mercior , Finances .

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      The Old ahd New Tories . — Edifying is the unanimity of the " Grout Conservative 1 arty just now . What the young Tory organ announcos tiio old Tory organ denies—what tho Pram invites tne Herald rejects—what tho weekly Disrnelite orncularly sings , tho daily Derbyito indignantly growls down . with a sturdy contempt for new-fang led co n * binations . We hear that the amendment—of course in a Conservative boiiso—on Sir John , Pakington a Education Bill is to bo moved by Mr . Henley , ana seconded by Mr . Walpole .

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      300 THE LEADER . [ Saturday , ¦ -j * ¦¦ fc

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1855, page 300, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2084/page/12/