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      LATEST FHOM THE CONTINENT . The resolutions concerning Walla . cb . ia and Moldavia , agreed to in the conference at Constantinople ( says a letter from Bucharest in the Austrian Gazette ) , continue to produce considerable agitation here , the more so that Prinee Stirbey had , before the opening of the Conferences , embodied the general wishes of the populations of thej Principalities in a statement

      sent m , and containing the following four points : — 1 . Moldavia and Wallachia to be united into a single state ; 2 . The succession to be hereditary ; 3 . All kinds of protectorate to be abolished , and the guarantee of the great Powers substituted instead ; 4 . Moldb Wallachia to be a neutral territory . The Greeks offer great obstacles to the execution of the recent Turkish reforms . The Thn . es correspondent at Constantinople says : " The improvement in the French hospitals is still continuing . Evidently , the sickness must have reached its climax , and for the last few day 3 a regular decrease shows itself , -which excites hopes for the tetter . "

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      Departure op the King of the Belgians . —The Belgian monarch will , wo believe , quit England this day ( Saturday . ) Explosion in SpmaIiIMElds . — The boiler of n steam-engine in some saw-mills in Spitalfiolds exploded yesterday ( Friday ) ' morning , forcing it . se If through several walls belonging to adjoining pr e " mises , entirely destroying a cow-shod and stabling in the rear of premises , passing through a private hous e in tho same street , knocking out the cufciro front of the houao , and at length passing downwards into tho collar , burying itself iuto tho oarfch to so groat a depth that ecuroely moro than four or five foot from the surface was visible . No lives wore lost , but sovoraL persons wore severely injured .

      Tip Tiuaj . ojj"William : Palmar . — Tho trial of William Palmer will not take place uti tho April sittings of tho Contra ! Criminal Court , an is gonomlly eupposod . It is oou&iderocl as settled that it will bo postponed to the next sessions of tho Central Criminal Court on the 15 th of May . It iB also understood that tho throe Chid ! Justices will provide on tho occasion . Pautial Fai ^ ov a ¦ Waruhousw . —A portion of a paper mill in Gotfcngo-row , Boi-mondHoy-ruiid , foil to tho ground on Monday affcornooii . From fcwonty to thirty women and girla wore on tho protniHos at tho time , but woro not hurt , tho wall having fnllon outwards , owing to the pressure of some biigw plac ed against it , LovE-Lonisr at Fifty A widow residing at tho village of Douohy ( Loiret ) has suffocated homolf by lying down in a largo trunk , and closing fcho lid . l > i » - appointod love is nald to have boon tho cause of tho act .

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      g ^^^^ B ^ va ^ nMKaMKasfcaMaaMttttttaamanKnaMnaMnKaeoBBSEttxBneuttaai tions of the Lords' Committee on Church leaseholds in 1851 . The income of the Common Fund has been i-estored to its ascendancy , and in the case of the current year rt "will so increase as to yield a balance applicable towards making better provision for the cure of souls . The total number of benefices permanently augmented by the commissioners amounted on All Saint ' s day last to 859 , with a population of 2 , 364 , 620 , while the annual grants payable in respect thereof amounted to £ 46 , 427 a-year in perpetuity .

      > onrplitnent to the Ministers : " the House of Peers " was responded to by Lord Monteagle , and " the Souse of Commons" by Mr . Gladstone , who observed that the Crimean war " will stand in no small degree conspicuous in history for the purity of the motives with which it originated , for the fidelity and honour of the alliances by which it has been carried on , and , he ventured to add , for the rapidity ivith which the political and moral objects in view have been achieved . " He also expressed a hope that , on the conclusion of

      peace , the House of Commons would address itself to " the re-establishment of the equilibrium of the public fihaucss , and the reform of her military establishments . " Sir John Fakington proposed the health of the Lord Mayor , and hinted at the necessity for municipal reform , which the Lord Mayor , in acknowledging the toast , said the City would , not oppose , to a reasonable extent ; " but , on the other hand , if members of Parliament found that the corporation had Dot abused its powers , they at least should not destroy that which had lasted through so many ages , and which connected the past with the present . "

      State of Trade .- —The advices froin the xnanufecturing towns regarding the state of trade during the week ending laso Saturday present no material alteration . At Manchester , there has been an improved demand , consequent upon the accounts by the overland mail , and prices have been fairly supported , notwithstanding the recent heaviness of the Liverpool cottonmarket ; . At Eirmin ^ hapa , the iron-market remains dull , and the question of interest' for- the nloinent is as to the probability of a reduction in prices being decided , upon at the approaching quarterly meetings .

      The general manufacturers of the place are likewise inactive , the orders from the "Orated States being still small , although stocks are low both in that country and at home . Tho ISTottingham report describes continued confidence , a further improvement in' the home demand , and an upward tendency iu quotations . In the woollen districts there has been no alteration , and the people continue to be wejl employed . The Irish linen-markets are ii&ewise steady , and the purchases are ^ numerous , both for home consumption and exportation . — "Times .

      Assaults ok Women And Children .--A return of convictions -and sentences , id i 354 " aad 1855 , under the act 16 th and 17 th of Victoria ,, chap . 30 , for the better prevention and punishment of aggravated assaults on women and children , has bean published by order of the House of Commons , on the motion of Mr . Dillwyn , M . P . _ It appears that at Bow-streefc 41 ruffians Were convicted of these cowardly outrages , all of whom ( save one ) were committed to prison for periods varyiug from three weeks to sis months ; the exceptional one was fined £ 15 . At Clerkenwell Police-office there

      yrevei . 13 . 4 convictions ; at Greenwich and Woolwich , " 66 ; at Hammersmith , 45 ; at Lanabeth , 30 ; at Marlbprough-street , 70 ; at Marylebone office , 40 ; at S . outnwark , 49 ; at the Thames Police-court , 118 ; at Westminster , 48 ; and at Worship-street , 209 . These convictions took place iu 185-1 and 1855 . The offences are not precisely defined , except at Hammersmith , where 27 persons were convicted of assaulting their wives , 1 person of assaulting his sister , 3 of assaulting children , and 14 of assaulting strangei's . Death by a Cricket Ball . —Henry Simpson , a child nine years old , son of Mr . Joseph Simpson , inspector of ways , was recently looking on at a game at eweket , yiien he was struck on the right ear by a ball ¦ with such force as to produce insensibility , and subsequently death . A . j ury las since returned a verdict of Accidental Death .

      The Surre y Gardens . — The Surrey Gardens cotnpany has obtained her Majesty ' s patronage , and the company has consequently beon registered as , '; ' The Royal Surrey Gardens Company . " The contractors for tho music hall are Messrs . Scott and Cornwall , and Mr . Forrest ( many years landscape gardener to the late Duko of Northumberland , and from whose designs the magnificent conservatory was erected at Sion House ) ia suporintendiug tho garden improvements . Tho coirumtbee are certain of being able to avail theraselveB of tho coming season . j Fink Arts at thk Crystal Palace . —It has at length been determined by tho committee of tho Crystal Palaco to dovoto a portion of , tho building to form a gallory for the ox | ubifciou of piotium They are to be tho works of Hviag painters of all the schools iu Europe .

      REPORT OJB THIS EWOUSH EoCJLESIASTIOAt . COMMISSION .- — . The eighth general report of this commis-§ jffi *> . Juat' presented to Parliament , states thivt during We jaoab year tho Bishops of Bath and Wells , Durham , va-louo-3 ater , LiclifioUl , London , and Worcester have , W ; consideration of money payments , transferred to tup cpnamiaskmora portions of thoir episcopal ostatoH . , An ^ . rrangemeut haa boon mado for fixing tho incomes ' £ ? ii ? 9 . * h «» present and for tho future canons of , Watlsbuvy Cathedral , < vnd for ' revising tho arraugo' ^^ Woofcing tho income of tho dean of tho same { ri * ffi ^ U *^ Wpa < w ( te bftVo T ) oen providod for the ; SfeS ^ ? 4 ? l ' Oariialo , Lowob , aud York &S , Str ^ )< u lfl B * fta ^ purchases of leasehold ' SSS A * T * H ^ ^ o ted by tho oomndBBionwB on terms in general accordance with the recommendcv

      Five districts have been constituted under the Church Endowment A . ct . The total number of districts constituted by the commission up to the let of November last amounted to 247 , and their population to 862 , 752 ; and of these 202 have been already provided with chapels , and have so become new parishes . The incumbents have thus become entitled to an annual income of not less than £ 150 , to say nothing of surplice fees and other dues . The annual payment by the commissioners is thus raised to £ 34 , 513 , subject to further increase .

      Omnibus Improvements . —The first instalment of the improvements pi'omiseel to the public by the London General Omnibus Company is to be paid forthwith . The company are about to put on lines of omnibuses for short distances , starting from tlie Flower Pot , Bishopsgate-street , or some other convenient place for correspondence with Charing-cross ; thus connecting the whole of the eastern with the Western end of London . The fares will be reduced , and vehicles will be employed of a much larger de scription than those in present use . The compaiy intend to confer the appointments of conductors to these omnibuses ( worth on an average 28 s . a-week ) on wounded Crimean soldiers . With this intent , the directors of the company have lately had . Beveral interviews with , the Army and STavy Pensioners' Employment Society . Sergeant Pearee , of the Scots Fusileer Guards , who served through the Crimean campaign , and whose lectures to the militia have been favourably noticed in the newspapers , lias received the first appointment as inspector to the London General Omnibus Company , at a salary of £ 100 per annum . Extraordinary Accident . —Mrs . Hughes , of the Packet Hotel , Voryd , and one of her daughters , were sitting by the fire in the bar of the hotel , on Saturday last , when a bottle containing half a pint of turpentine , which unfortunately happened to be oil the mantel-piece , accidentally broke ; the inflammable contents burst into a blaze , and the daughter ' s clothes caught fire . She was dreadfully burnt , and her clothes were almost entirely consumed . She still remains in ti most precarious state .

      Charitable Congress of all ITations , —Circulars have been issued to the friends of progress in all countries , inviting them to meet at Brussels in the month of September , 1856 , "to discuss the means of ameliorating the condition of the working classes . " Duleep Singh in a Coalpit . —His Highness the Mahai-ajah . Duleep Singh , who is now on a visit-to Lord Hatherton , the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire , at Teddesley-park , near Stafford , has , during the past week , been taken over a coalpit on the ostate of his host . Firk at Manchester . —The cotton mill of Mr . Threlfall , spinner and manufacturer at Salford , Manchester , has been destroyed by fire . Civil Service Superannuation Committee . — Mr . Bromley , Accountant-General to tho Navy , gave some evidence before this committee on Tuesday , when he read a letter from a clerk in the receipt of a nominal Balary of £ 160 , showing that out of that amount must be paid superannuation fund , £ 8 , as well as the income-tax , security , and othor expenses , leaving him only £ 116 10 s . 4 d ., to feed , lodge , and clothe himself and family of live persons . After citing another similar case of a clerk in the reeoipt ol a salary of £ 260 a-year , Mr . Bromley proceeded to say

      that it would be proved to tho committeo by tho evidence to be given by Dr . Farr and others , that tho deductions made from the salaries were muoli larger than were required to form tho superannuation fund , and lm * gor than would bo required by any insurance office to BQcuro the fiatno pensions . In tho enso of tho civil servants of the Crown , there was no provision for their widows and families , and inosb distressing casos wore constantly occurring in consequence A Wild Beast . —James Coopor , a timber-dealer at Lower Homortou lms committed a very brutal assault on a publican . Cooper and his fathox * have frequently had violent quarrels , and tho sou has more than onoo boon in prison for violence to his parent . Hitf last torm expired very recently , and , ontoring n . ipublio-liouso , ho found his father there Tho old man , fearing an ausaul % wont out , pursued by hia son , who miBsed him , and , returning mad with rago , began danhlng tho pewter watoi-jug on tho ground . Tho publioan remonstrated , and the young rufiian foil on him , and navagoly ill-usod him , till ho mo strangers dragged off tho furious desperado and gnvo him . into custody . Ho waa hoard to threaten to " do" for the publicftn as noon an ho got his liberty ; and he haa beon oommitted for trial by tho Worship-street magistrate .

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      . __ j | 8 TtWE lEigB ^ E , [ No . 314 , Saturday ,

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      THE CONFERENCES . The question of the Principalities is still throwing obstacles in the way of the Conferences . Turkey i 3 not inclined to yield . Still , it is hoped that the treaty -will he signed on Monday .

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      Leader , Office , Saturday , March 29 .

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      PERSIA . Mr . Murray , the English ambassador in Persia , is still at ,, Tabriz . It is reported that the differences between this country and Persia have terminated—the Persian Government having made an amende honorable Mr . Murray will , therefoi-e , shortly return to his post at Teheran .

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      AMERICA . The JBaltichas arrived at Liverpool with despatches from New York to the 15 th inst . There are no tidings of the Pacific . The Kansas Free State Legislature was organised on the 4 th . The Governor counselled entire obedience to the Federal authority . Everything was quiet , but an outbreak . was anticipated at any momenta Rifles and cannon intended for the Free States men had been captured at Lexington . 28 , 000 bales of cotton had been destroyed by fire at Kow Orleans .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 29, 1856, page 298, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2134/page/10/