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      ,. Prince Christian of Denmark returned , on the 27 th ult . to Copenhagen from his mission to the Russian Court . A report from the Admiralty says that the Oberon was despatched to Broussa to assist those British subjects who were thrown into distress by the late earthquakes . ¦ Upon the Oberon returning to Constantinople , aha brought with her the English Consul , and some others . The Consul states that " a very severe shock of an earthquake on the 28 th February did great damage

      to the city , and many lives were lost , and from that tune there has been a continued succession of shocks more of less severe ; that on the 11 th of April , a shock of still greater severity , followed by a most destructive fire , reduced the city to a heap of ruins , and the unfortunate jntinfiltn-ntg have , in many instances , lost the whole of their property . These earthquakes have been attended with the usual phenomenon of the wells drying up ; but the last have produced an extraordinary increase in the quantity of hot water thrown out by the Springs which supply the mineral baths . "

      Some doubts were entertained as to whether the Queen would give her consent to the bill for the sale of the Church property ; but the Minister of Finance , who wont to Aranjuez , has returned , and it is said that the royal sanction will be given without any opposition . A report is current that the ' Papal Nuncio has protested against the promulgation of the law . Agitations in Turin . —The utmost discontent has been produced at Turin by the conduct of the king towards the Court of Rome , relative to the law on the suppression of convents . On the 28 th , 29 th , and 30 th , several bands of students , preceded by the tricolor flag , made a pacific demonstration against the retrograde decision of the king . They cried , " Viva la legge

      Rattazzi ! " On Friday , the 28 th , they were met on the Piazza Castello by the ex-Ministers Cavour , Ratazzi , and Cibrario , who stopped to harangue them , and urged them not to doubt the king ' s sincerity in favour of free institutions . On the following day , however , a proclamation having been issued by the new Minister Durmndo , indicating that the Government intended to enter into an honourable and dignified understanding -with Rome , the discontent increased , and demonstrations became more frequent and imposing . On Sunday , the 30 th , the Piazza d ' Ormi , the Piazza Castello , and the Contrada Nuova , were obstructed by a very numerous crowd of students , who proceeded to the Piazza Vittorio Emm&nuele , where one of them addressed his companions , inciting them to remain firm in their design of not

      suffering the Government to come to terms with the Court of Rome . Squadrons of cavalry and troops of the line were sent to disperse them , and a few arrests were made . No violence has stained this protest of the young students . A deputation from their body , supported by , the members of the Parliament Berti and Abbene , framed a petition to be presented to the King . The Unione contains the following notice : — " It is known that the King feels repugnance to treat with Rome ; but it is rumoured that the Bishops propose to conciliate all by an abdication and a Regency . We can come but to one conclusion as to the policy of this step : If Victor Emmanuel II . abdicates , he abdicates for himself ^ his sons , his successors ; hence in a' few years the Kingdom of Sardinia will have ceased to exist . "

      Baron Hess's journey to the army in Gallicia is postponed . -The cholera has made its appearance at Galata , ¦ Maaiak , and even at Pera . ' Count Cavour and all his colleagues in the Sardinian ( Rinistry have resigned , and the King has accepted their resignation , which has arisen out of the opposition to the Convents Bill . A despatch of the 26 th ult . says : " The Senate , at its sitting to-day , adjourned the discussion on the bill relative to the Convents , in consequence of a proposition for paying the sum of 900 , 000 fr . a year to the clergy , the annual allowance to whom ¦ will no longer figure in the budget . " The next

      despatch , dated the 27 th , makes it probable that the proposition was likely to be carried , It reads : In consequence of the proposition relative to the allocation for the clergy presented to the Senate by the bishops , the Ministry gave in their resignation , which was accepted by the King ; and M . Durando , Minister of War , was charged by his Majesty with the formation of a new cabinet . " A later account says that General Durando announced to the Senate on the 3 rd of May that , an agreement with the bishops not having been come to , the former Ministry resumes office , and that the discussion on the Convents Suppression Bill would be resumed on Saturday .

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      STATE OF TRADE , LABOUR , AND THE * OOR . Tuk Manchester cloth markets for tho lust fortnight have been in a state of inactivity ; and , although the intelligence of a further reduction of discounts by the Sunk of England has been received with satisfaction , business has not recovered . Tho corn markets , how-• vw , are buoyant . From Nottingham we hcur that all the lace trade is a little more animated , and that there is continuance of activity in the hosiery trade , while yarns continue firm and unaltered in price ; tho labour market , nevertheless , ia depressed , an d many operative * are out' of employment . At Hudderafield ,

      little business ia doing in the cloth markets ; but at Rochdale , the demand for flannels continues steady . The reports from the iron districts of South Staffordshire ore , if anything , niore favourable ; and the coal trade , now that the strike of the colliers has nearly terminated , is improving . Speaking generally , the trades of Birmingham are not very brisk . The linen markets of the Ndrth of Ireland are quiet ; but there is a greatly increased demand for flax seed . . The monthly returns of the Board of Trade ( says tho Times ) have been issued ; but , as there is a departure from the usual period to which they are dated they do not afford the ordinary means of comparison . They thus include but twenty-two working days instead of twenty-seven , as in past years , and therefore , as con-5 th of

      trasted with those for the month ending April , 1854 , are five days short . Hence the various totals present an undue diminution , and the declared value of exports appears to be only 7 , 311 , 305 / . against 10 , 042 , 754 * . in the corresponding month of 1854 , whereas , by allowing for five days extra , the amount would be raised to about 9 , 000 , 000 £ , showing an actual falling off of not more than 1 , 000 , 000 / ., a result much less unsatisfactory than in the preceding month , when it was 2 , 470 , 496 / . Metals seem to have experienced the greatest decline , owing to the diminished demand for iron for railway works in . the United States and elsewhere . Woollen , cotton , linen , and silk manufactures have likewise been much depressed , as well as haberdashery , hardware , and saddlery , the reaction in the Australian markets being especially felt in the three latter branches of production .

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      OUR CIVILISATION . John Tabam , the militiaman whose attack with a bayonet upon a policeman was narrated in the leader of April 21 st , has been sentenced at tho Middlesex Sessions t o nine months' hard labour . Doo-Stkaxisg . —Mr . Bishop , the gun-maker of Bondstreet , who was recently charged with being accessory to stealing a dog , and who reappeared upon remand , has been discharged , the magistrate being of opinion that Mr . Bishop had no corrupt intention in receiving the money for the restoration of the dog , but only a kind desire to assist his customers . He thought , however , that the accused had been injudicious , and trusted he wrtulri Ita morfi careful in future .

      Geoege Mercer has been committed for trial at Marl borough-street , for obtaining goods from various tradesmen by means of forged orders purporting to be sent by the Earl of Onslow . Seduction by a Youth of a Girl of Fifteen . — Fifty pounds damages have been given in an action for seduction , in which the defendant was under age and the girl less than fifteen at the time of the offence . The latter in her evidence stated that the defendant had made a previous attempt upou her virtue , uiid yet that after that attempt she had consented to walk out with him again .

      A Painful Cask , —An old man was on Thursday brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate , charged with cutting his throat and attemptiug to throw himself over a parapet . An elderly woman residing in the same house , gave evidence to the effect that , after a frightful struggle , she pulled him back as he was flinging himself over . The prisoner , in answer to the magistrate , said that he was deprived of the society of his children , and kept by himself in a room , and that he felt lonely and uncomfortable , and became at times very low-spirited . His wife and son being called , the latter , in a very brutal manner , charged his father , whom he called " this man , " with having ill-used his mother . This statement was supported by the mother ; but the magistrate , not believing it , ordered tho old man to go to the workhouse . He also highly praised the courageous exertions of the woman who saved his lifo , and ordered her a grutuity out of the poor-box .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . Insubordination or tub Anoi . eskv Militia . —A short time ago , it was mentioned in the morning papers that this regiment , stationed at Bcaumaris , was in a state of disgraceful anarchy ; that the men were constantly drunk ; that tho officers had been obliged to draw their swords in sheer self-defence ; and that the townspeople , being alarmed , had petitioned for the removal of tho regiment . These statements were emphatically and indignantly denied by the commanding ofllcer In a letter to the Times ; but the Daily News , having caused inquir ies to be made on the spot , has discovered that the assertions were strictly true . It publishes tho following

      official report , presented by tho borough police-officer of Beaumarifl to the Watch Committee : — " Friday , March 80 . —About six p . m ., the town being put into great confusion by the militiamen being drunk and fighting in all directions of it , I called , with Mr . T . A . Dew , xipon tho sorgoant-major , to know If ho intended to Bend out a picket to look after the mon who were sotting tho town in an uproar . He said that ho could not ; that tho tradespeople and authorities of tho town had act the men against them ; that they oould exorcise no discipline on thorn ; that he wa » in danger himself , and going to look up his house . He afterwards said that it was the officer ot tho day , Mr . Roberta , that was to order pickets out ,

      who was not in town . I again called upon Captain Jones , who asked me to tell the sergeant-major to send a picket out , and to send a man up to Heully ' s , to acquaint Captain Hampton of the state of the town . He said he would send to Heully's , but would not send out a picket , for he could not get them , and that the town might thank themselves for it . And no picket being sent out , I got seven constables out for the night . " j n addition to the disorders here detailed , the following incidents may be mentioned : — " On Easter Tuesday , two militiamen were drinking at the Marquis Tavern . Some words arose between one of them and a person present . The militiaman pulled out a pistol , and presented it at

      his antagonist . The landlady , frightened , begged him to be quiet ; on which ho turned round and fired the pistol at the woman . Some of the shots passed through her cap and knocked it off her head . The woman has been urged to , prosecute , but declines . Later , a militiaman , kept waiting for his pay after being discharged , was at the Old Bull , tipsy . On being refused more drink , he snatched a knife off the table , and attempted to stab the female servant . Again , on Sunday ( April 22 ) , a militiaman pulled out his bayonet , and , striking another man ( a civilian ) with it across the head and face , threatened to run him through , and made a thrust at his body . The man narrowly escaped .

      The Cubragh of Kildark . —Tho commander of the forces , Lord Seaton , proceeded to the Curragh of Kildare on Saturday morning , to inspect the progress of the works in tho formation of the encampment . Ilia lordship , attended by Major Colborne aud Sir L . New - man , aides-de-camp , was accompanied by Colonel Doyle and Colonel Wood . A Court-martiai . assembled at Plymouth , on Monday morning , on board the flagship " impregnable , 104 ,

      to inquire into the circumstances connected with the grounding of the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Ilecla , 6 , on the morning of the 23 rd of January last , at the back of the rock of Gibraltar ; and to try her commanding officer , Henry Samuel Hawker , and her master , E . J . 11 . Tucker , for their conduct on that occasion . The court considered the commander to blame , and adjudged him to be severely reprimanded . The master was sentenced to be dismissed from the Hecla , and to lose two vears '

      . ^ Admiral Dusdas . —We learn from Copenhagen that at noon on Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., Admiral Dundas , Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet , arrived there oh board'the steam-sloop Dragon , from Kiel . The admiral lauded , immediately after his arrival , at the Customhouse-quay , and proceeded to the British Embassy . On the 27 th he had an interview with the King of Denmark . Loss of the Cr < esls by Fire . —The Croesus , English screw-transport , has been destroyed by fire . The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa , of the 26 th ult ., gives the following brief account of the catastrophe : —" She left Genoa at

      ten a . m . ; and , in about an hour , her provision of coal was found to be on fire . After several vain efforts to get the conflagration under , the steamer was brought back to Fruchioso , which she reached about noon . Everybody who remained on board was saved ; but throe or four soldiers who threw themselves into the sea have not been heard of since . The captain and crew did their duty manfully , and were aided as much as possible by the soldiers * on board , 287 in number , belonging to the Engineering Corps « nd tuc commissariat . The Pedestrian , a large nailing transport , was in tow of the Croesus ; but she returned safe to Genoa , being afterwards taken

      in tow by the Nubia uteamcr . " We read in tho Oj » n «> ne : «« The conflagration of the Croasus Is accounted for aa follows : " It is well known that when a mass «> f coal has been several times exposed to rain a sort of phosphoric oxyde forms itself on its surface , whieh becomes easily inflamed when tho motion of the steamer occasions a certain friction and bring * tho masses of t-oal in contact with each other . Tho fatal accident winch destroyed tho Crowns cannot bo attributed to any other cause . The captain , whoso conduct was above all praise , ordered tho which served to tow the Pedestrian to

      rope be cut , for the double reuaon that the latter wait laden with gunpowder , and that her weight retarded the progress of the steamer . Tho boatmen on « horo displayed little zeal in assisting tho shipwrecked . lwo poor women , sistero , threw themselves into a boat , and by dint of rowing they reached the wreck ; but , too many soldiers having rushed into tho boat , it sniik , and t ioso two courageous woihon disappeared and penslie . l , vietm s of their devotcdncmi . " One of then , has left eig it « : » - dren . Tho numbers of victims i * now thought to oo tho iron

      eight or ten . —Tho Cm . suH was one of wr < - « - » teamer « built for tho General Steam Shipping * ' j puny by tho Messrs . Mare , of Illackwull . She »>«>• ' >»" originally to tho Australian line ; but has recently been taken up by tho Government as a transport « up . After carVying out tho Wlll-biro Militia « , he ™ r *^ to convoy tho Sardinian contingent to Constantino lo , and eho had those on board who .. » ho left ( . cnoa . 1 hroa months' provisions for tho contingent were lost ; uui . ui French have undertaken , to victual th « m . ll > 0 " h jllnian Government 1 ms made great exertions to dispute . tho troops in other vessels . ,., , KKAAt-AoMiHAj . Corry died at I '""" ° ;; ll I l aclet night . Ho was capUin-Bupcrintondent of tho p eke service at Southampton , and Wwt year waa » cco 1 » n command of tho BalUs < 1 < M , u »» t » iH-houliU oblltftf him to resign ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1855, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2089/page/12/