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      quently in his 70 th . year . " He first entered Parliament , " says the Standard , " as member for Dundalk , which borough he represented until 1826 . In that year he was returned for Ripon , and continued its xepresentative until 1828 , when the late Sir Robert Peel , having changed his opinions on Catholic emancipation , accepted the Chiltern Hundreds , in order to give bis constituents of the University of Oxford an opportunity of expressing their opinion upon his conduct . On that occasion , the conservatives of the University brought Sir Robert Inglis forward to oppose their former representative , and returned him by a large majority . " From that time to bis retirement , owing to ill health , about two years ago , he retained his seat without any opposition . The Royal Assent was given by commission on Saturday to the Loan Bill .

      Db . Babth , the explorer , was met by Dr . Yogei , on the 1 st of December last , at Bundi , about 110 geographical miles north-east from Kuka . Dr . Barth afterwards went to Kuka , intending to return to Europe by Murzook and Tripoli . Earl , Gbastvtlle is slowly recovering from his late . accident . The Oldest Catholic Pbelate now living is Samuel , Archbishop of the United Armenian Church , at Lemberg , in Gallicia : he is 104 years of age . He is still vigorous , and strictly observes the severest fasts .

      Another Ladt Charged with Theft . —Mrs . Mary Roberts , a lady in the possession of 1000 Z . a year , was recently charged at the Hammersmith ^ olice court , with stealing two night-dresses , two pairs of drawers , and two chemises , from Mrs . Anne Such , in whose house she had lodged . Mrs . Such missed the articles after the accused had left her house ; but she was unable to produce any testimony fixing the guilt upon Mrs . Roberts , and her answers to the questions put to her were very contradictory . The magistrate therefore dismissed the case ; and the prisoner , who had cried bitterly while in the dock , left the court with her friends .

      A&terica . —The last mails from the United States bring no news of importance . From California we hear that the house of Page , Bacon , and Co ., has resumed business , and that the deposits exceeded the sum drawn by nearly 100 , 000 / . The Alta California announces , on reliable authority , that serious difficulties were anticipated relative to a controversy between the United States ' resident consul and Nicaragua . An American frigate had been despatched to Nicaragua . Business at San learn that the

      Francisco was very dull . From Peru we steamer Rimac had been wrecked , and nearly one hundred persons on board perished . The New York money market remained easy . Advices from Montreal state that nearly the whole of the township of Vienna , between Hamilton " and Benford , had been destroyed by fire . — According to recent dates from the "West Indies , Mexico continues in a very unsettled state . Santa Anna had left the capital for the south at the head of his troops , and had encountered and defeated the force under

      Alvarez . Canal Between the Black Sea and the Danube . —It is stated that Mr . Thomas "Wilson , formerly a Dutch merchant , has proposed a plan for opening a canal communication between the Black Sea and the Danube from a point in the Bay of Kostendje to a part of the river between Chernavoda and Rassova , the line followed being nearly identical with that of the remains of Trajan ' s Wall . The distance to be traversed -would be little more than thirty miles ; and the route would effect a saving of about two hundred and fifty miles of navigatior iin transporting produce from Servia ,

      Bulgaria , and most parts of Wallachia , while it would also have the advantage of being away from the neighbourhood of Russia . Mr . Wilson is said to have sent out some engineers a few weeks ago to survey tho locality ; and it is added that tho Turkish authorities in London look favourably upon the project . The idea of constructing a canal at the St . George ' s mouth of the Danube , to escape the impediments purposely accumulated by the Russians at tho Sulina mouth , has often in past years ' attracted attention ; but , if the face of the country should be nearly as favourable for such a work at Kostendje , the general superiority of that point would seem to be very great . —Timta .

      Submarine Treasure . —An American vessel is now engaged in exploring tho wreck of the frigate San Pedro , on the coast of Venezuela . This frigate , supposed to have had on board two or three million dollars , was blown up at the island of Margarita , in 1815 . Some 300 , 000 dollars have in former times been taken up ; and a diving bell has been sent down , tho operators in which are shovelling dollars , " to use the expression of one of them , at a great rate . Tho copper , guns , shot , &c , will ilflo be recovered . The cuptain reports that thore arc two other sunken vessels lying near , containing several ihousand dollars , which ho proposes to recover . M . de St . Leon , the husband of Madame Corito , has > een decorated with the Portuiruoao Order of Christ .

      Superstition in the West . —At an early hour on he morning of tho 1 st of May , a woman , respectably ittired and accompanied by an elderly gentleman , applied ' or admittance % o tho cemetery at Plymouth . On being dlowed to enter , they proceeded to tho grave of tho last man interred , and tho woman , who had a largo iron on her throat , rubbed her neck three times each way on each aide of the grave , departing before eunriuo .

      Cuba . —The New York Tribune . contains the following : — " The Filibusters have opened offices in Broadway and other thoroughfares for the enlistment of men to serve in ' the war with Spain ;' and we hear that applications are quite numerous . The remnant of the Mexican Volunteers , and a squadron of office-holders from the Custom-house , stand godfathers to the new army , which is to be called the ' Worth Legion . ' So far from preventing forays upon Cuba , it seems that the Government at Washington is the special

      of the 24 th ult By this process it was expected the malady would be cured ! The Maine Liquor and License Questio * caused a sanguinary riot at Chicago on the 21 st ult ., in which four men were killed and six others dangerously wounded . The rioters were chiefly composed of Germans . Incendiaries were busy at work during the excitement , and nine or ten buildings were set fire to , but were speedily subdued—the authorities being on the alert .

      patron of the business . " A Spitalfields Silk Merchant , seventy-four years of age , has committed suicide by throwing himself out of his bedroom window . Fires at 13 ekmondsey and Ciaphaji . —On Sunday , a large glue and . size manufactory at Bermondsey , covering upwards of an acre of ground , caught fire , and was destroyed . The flames were communicated to the neighbouring premises , occupied by a leatherseller . —On the same night , a conflagration burst out at a grocer ' s in Clapbam , which spread to an adjoining house and did great damage . at the

      A Fatal Accident happened on Sunday new Lancaster tower , in course of erection on the spit of the Isle of Grain , at the entrance of the Medway . Advantage was taken of moderate weather on Sunday to discharge a cargo of heavy patent building bricks . These bricks were stacked upon stages ; and , when nearly 2000 of them were placed there , the supporters gave way , and the entire mass fell on five of the workmen . One was killed ; the other four are so seriously injured that there is very little hope of their recovery . State of Trade , Labour , axd the Poor . —The markets of Liverpool have been recently exhibiting greater liveliness , owing , in a great measure , to American advices , stating that the rivers continue low and the receipts small , enabling the holders of cotton to sell freely , and to recover , at the latest date . The Manchester spinners , however , are exhibiting great caution ,

      production having already . gamed upon consumption . The failure of the old and respectable firm of Mellore and Russell , at Liverpool , in the Brazilian trade , is announced ; and the liabilities in this country are about 60 , 000 ? . The markets of Halifax , in worsteds , yarns , and wools , are depressed . The cloth-market of Huddersfield is also rather depressed ; but at Rochdale there is a very tolerable demand for flannels . The Birmingham report describes great quietness and a diminution of employment , the American and colonial orders being still very small . At Nottingham there has been a slight increase in transactions , both in hosiery and lace , but at low prices . In the ¦ woollen districts business again shows a little improvement , but in the Irish linen-markets there has been a tendency to renewed heaviness . In the general business of the port of London during the week ending last Saturday , theje was some improvement .

      The Post-office in 1748 . — " The Post-office is kept in Lombard-street , in a large house , formerly Sir Robert Viner ' s , and is under admirable management . The penny-post is a branch of it , and a most useful addition to trade and business , for by it letters are delivered to the remotest corners of the town almost as soon as they could be sent by a messenger , and that from four , five , six to eight times a-day , according as the distance of the place makes it practicable—insomuch that you may send a letter from Limehouse in the cast to the furthest part of Westminster for a penny several times in the same day , and to the neighbouring villages , as

      Kensington , Hammersmith , Chiswick , &c , westward ; Newington , Islington , Kentiah-town , Hampstead , Holloway , Highgnte , &c , northward ; to Ncwington Butts , Camberwell , &c , southward ; and Stepney , Poplar , Bow , Stratford , Deptford , Greenwich &c , eastward—once a day . Nor are you tied up to a single piece of paper , as in tho Genoral Post-offlce ; but any packet under a pound weight goes at the same price . "—A Tour- through the whole Island of Great Britain , by a Gentleman , in 4 vols . ; fourth edition , with corrections down to 1748 . London . ( This is stated to be by De Foe ; but his name is not in the title page . )

      Intercommunication in Railway Trains . — On Saturday lost , a trial of Mr . Wickens ' s invontion for effecting a communication between the driver and the guard on a railway train was made on tho "Windsor train of tho South-Western lino , in the presence of Lieut .-Colonol "Wynne , railway inspector from tho Board of Trade , Mr . E . R . Williams , of tho Board of Trade , Mr . J . Beattie , engineer of tho lino , Dr . Spurgin , Mr . Wickens , and others . Tho invontion is remarkablo for ita simplicity , and tho impossibility of its being put out of order , however rapid tho rate of speed or great tho oscillation of tho engine or carriages , and is applicublo to a train of any length . It consists of two small , portable boxes , one of which is placed at each end of tho train : into each box i » fixed a short piece of india-rubber tubing , which is connected with tho end of a tin tube ,

      extending the whole length of the train , and which , being formed of joints fitting into each other , can be shortened or lengthened in a few seconds , as the case may require . In each of these boxes is fixed a very simple , but very efficacious apparatus , which , being worked by a handle outside the box , emits a loud and shrill whistle from the driver to the guard , or from the guard to the driver , as may be ^ necessary . The code of signals is of equal simplicity with the rest of the invention , and may be understood without difficulty and worked by anybody : one whistle meaning " Go on take off breaks ; " two whistles , " Slacken speed—look

      out ; three ( danger signal ) , " Stop—reverse engine—put on breaks ; " four ( speed signal ) , "Go faster—behind time—another train following , " &c . Each whistle is caused by one separate pressure of the handle of the box . By a very trifling addition to the construction , the communication is also conveyed from any of the carriages to the guard . The result of the trial was entirely satisfactory , the invention fully performing what was claimed for it . The public will learn with satisfaction that the Government are about to bring in a bill compelling railway companies to adopt a communication along the trains , by which security from danger may in future be afforded to passengers .

      The Story of an Old Bow-street Runner . — At the Middlesex Sessions , last week , Thomas Gaines , 75 , pleadeM guilty to an indictmeut , in which he was charged with having stolen the sum of 24 Z . There was a further charge against him of stealing a chisel . The prisoner was one of the old Bow-street runners , and has frequently been convicted of felony and other offences . He was only recently discharged from the House of Correction , after undergoing a sentence of six months for an assault on a woman . Formerly he was an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum at Hauwell , where the kindness of the Assistant-Judge , in his then official capacity in connexion with that establishment , made such an

      impression on him that he fails not when he makes his appearance at the bar before his Lordship to mark his gratitude by inquiring in the kindest manner as to the state of his health ; and on the present occasion he enlivened the Court by expressing a familiar but fervent hope that his friend Serjeant Adams was well and hearty . The prisoner is in the habit ( when not in prison ) of wandering about the town , his person profusely bedecked with the paraphernalia of the gaoler ' s officechains and keys—from which it would seem that his ideas , in his dotage and imbecility , still cling to the

      associations of his former employment . He himself acknowledges that he is not right in his mind ; but makes a kind of boast that it is in consequence of having had a silver plate put in his head , on account of a cut sustaineed in arresting the Cato-street conspirators . The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to two years' imprisonment , at the same time directing that the requisite certiffcates should he immediately prepared for his removal to Hanwell Asylum . As the prisoner was removed , he bowed his acknowledgments to u his friend the Serjeant . "

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR l'KACK . Mr . Milner Gibson gnve notice that on the earliest possible day he should move an humble address to her Majesty , thanking her for having directed the papers relating to the Vienna Conferences to be laid before the House , and representing to her Majesty that the four general articles having been agreed on by all the Powers concerned , a reasonable expectation was aftbrded that the recent negotiations nnglic have terminated successfully , and expressing regret that a difference between the Allied Powers as to tic interpretation of the Third Article had caused tno negotiations to be broken off , and asserting that t JC interpretation of that point by Russia contains tie elements for renewed negotiations , and lurm-i H" - basis of an honourable and siitisfactory peace . THE LATEST AFFAIR BEFORK BEIJASTOI'OI " In answer to Mr . Gkogan , Lord Palmkhston saiu that a telegraphic despatch , stated that the lliis . iians had made " a sortie in force on our right advunecu trenches on Thursday , but they were driven iwck with great loss . He took the opportunity ot sa > n » J , that as these despatches wore sent in cypher , it was impossible to give anything like their exact wonis without at once putting an end to the system ol i »^ cypher . LOUD RAULAN ' a DESPATCH AND THE SEHASTOVOt , COMMITTEE . Mr . Roebuck having moved for a copy or extracts of a despatch of Lord llnglan in answer to n uoh-

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      444 THE LEADER . [ Satukdat ,

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      Leal > eu OI ' -fick , Saturday , May 12 . HOUSE OF LORDS . The matter before the House was of little inteiest ; principally relating to inquiries of the Government as to their intentions with regard to several Law Keforni Bills now pending . Their Lordships adjourned before seven o ' clock .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1855, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2090/page/12/