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      a . induction . The contract for the ironwork for rebmldine ^ D < we » t- « arden Theatre has been obtained by Messrs . SK ^ SHendersoi .. At Xottinghain , there has been ^ S&oyment , especially In the lace rnxnu ^ eton ^ ? ue ^ nien districts without alteration , and the Insh 15 ne » -mairkets . are still well maintained . —** »•*• ¦ ^ Tfre Prospero , with 36 , 000 pines , has arrived fromJflto Wiflndii consigned to Messrs . Keeling and Hunt ThTincreaaing demand for this article from the mother country is materially improving the prospects of the plasters in the Bahamas . . The Secretary of State for the Finance department in New Granada has announced to the English creditors of the Republic that , in all probability , much time wffl not elapse before the remaining diyidends in arrear will be provided for , as well as those which successively are becoming due .

      ...... It has transpired that , within the past few weeks , Naples has accorded perfect reciprocity , including the privilege of indirect trade on the same footing as the national flag , to the shipping of Sweden and Norway , Sardinia , Prussia , and the German Zollverein . The English f lag remains- subject to a high differential duty on goods if not exported to a direct port in England , although we have a treaty of reciprocity mth the most favoured nation clause . Under these circumstances , great dissatisfaction , is expressed by the mercantile houses connected with the commerce of Naples ; but it is assumed that the matter is receiving prompt attention from the British Government . —Idem .

      The strike at the Oaks Colliery continues , the men alleging that , owing to certain proceedings of the manager , Mr . Mtnto , the pit is unsafe . The men , who had already returned to work , have again left , in . consequence of a rule established by the coal proprietors of the district not to employ any miner unless he has a written clearance from his last employer . Many of the men on strike would find work at the neighbouring collieries but for this rule , the refusal of the proprietors of the Oaks Cblfiery to give the necessary " clearance" precluding them from making engagements elsewhere . Some collisions have taken place between the turn-outs , and some of their comrades who have returned to work have been assaulted in a violent manner with stones and other missiles ; the police have also been attacked in one of these affrays .

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      NAVAI AND MLLJTAHY . Coast Defehces . —Government has come to a definite resolution of establishing lines of defence along the north-east coast of Scotland immediately , and prospectively on . that of the west . Ship Agbototd . —The American ship Forest Oak , with a cargo of timber , ran aground at the entrance of the Gloucester and Berkeley ship canal at Sharpness Point , on the Severn . She heeled over , and the cargo

      was lost . A man , also , was drowned . Improved Pontoons . —The authorities at the headquarters of the Royal Engineers have had brought under their notice an invention , which it is expected will entirely supersede the present description of pontoons in use by the Royal Sappers and Miners . The improved pontoons' have been invented by Sergeant-Major Jones , of the Royal Engineers , who has also invented a new description of gabion , just brought into use by the Sappers and Miners .

      The Lords op the Admiralty paid an official visit of inspection to Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday . Accident to a Steamek . —A Southampton excursion steamer , laden with excursionists , struck on the Culver Rocks , at the hack of the Isle of Wight , on Tuesday evening . The excursionists had landed at Sh'anftlin , and left there at six o ' clock in the evening to proceed homewards round Spithead ; but a dense fog prevailed , and , within an hour after the steamer had loft Shanklin , she grounded , fortunately at half-tide . After remaining on the rock for four hours , the tide rose and floated the Bteamer off -without any serious damage .

      0 * otn 9 T > iNo of a Cunabd Steamer . —The Cunard steanuhip Zebra , Captain Betts , from Havre , for Liverpool , has run on the Lizard Point , during a dense fog . She was much damaged , having knocked a hole in her bottom .. Fortunately no lives were lost , the crew and passengers having been landed in safety . The cargo and stores are saved ; but the removal of the steamer from her position is thought very problematical .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . Tb »> Breraops of Lomthmt and Durham . —The corteqpondence between the Bishops of London and Durham , on ttfcs * one hand , and Lord Palmeraton on the other , with * oftrtlBMB't » the retirement of thoae prelates , has been * BmnJtts > - . » Wto Bfehop of London ' s letter ( which is dated FuUtaMi Pkftiuse , Jnne 16 th , 1866 ) runs thus : — " I think wpBbpWf fo ^ Onrtaunieate to your lordship my desire , on aboctin ^ of contfaned ilhross , if allowed hy law , to resign the Mmmprtb ' of Loadttnt » P » n being secured the enjoymen « ' « Brmg my Bft . < rf # dear annuity of 60007 . If thin PW ! S ; "" S " Wbea 'PP Iwred by your lordship I trunt that 22 " '*™ *»* P « P « roeaimreofdr carrying it into effect . " Tfi » 6 « ft of tfte'Btobtop of Bttrnam ' a communication ( dated «^^ pper * Pdrtland-pftwe , Mtte 2 Jat ) is contained in the « J * J to « graph : — « Tn consequence oftfce great fWlure of nyng&IVaad' otber infirmities Incident to a very advanced

      age , I am anxious , if aUowec * bylaw , to be relieved from the fatigue and responsibility of the high office which I hare now eajoy « d for the last twenty years . As I shall relinquish a very much larger income , I am persuaded that your lordship will not consider the annual allowance of 4500 / . per annum by any means unreasonable . Upon the assurance that this will be granted , I shall be ready to resign the bishopric of Durham on any day not earlier than the 1 st of August . " The Fusilier Guards . —A splendid banquet was given by the Fusilier Guards at the London Tavern on Monday evening , when covers were laid for one hundred . The chair was taken by the Duke of Cambridge , Commander-in-Chief .

      Mokumknt to the GtrAKDS—A meeting of officers now serving , or who have served in the brigade of Guards , was held on Monday in the theatre of the United Service Museum , Whitehall-yard , to take steps for erecting a monument to the officers and men of the brigade who fell during the late war . The Duke of Cambridge occupied the chair , and Lords « Straffbrd and Rokeby were among the speakers . Resolutions were passed in favour of raising subscriptions , and sundry gentlemen were appointed to act as treasurers and hon . secretaries *

      The Case op Archdeacon Denison . —The suit promoted by the Rev . Joseph Ditcher , vicar of South Brent , against the Ven . G . A . Denieon , archdeacon of Taunton , for preaching and publishing three sermons which contain doctrine , oh the subject of the real presence , repugnant to the Articles of the Church of England , is now being heard at the Guildhall-, Bath . Health of Loitoon . —In the week that ended last Saturday , the deaths of 1018 persons , viz ? ., 551 males and 467 females , were registered in London . The

      average numher in the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 , was 1032 , and , if this be raised in proportion to the increase of population , it becomes 1135 . The deaths- of last week are therefore less by 117 than the rate of mortality which ruled in corresponding weeks would have produced . —During the week , the births of 798 boys and 765 girls , in all 1563 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-56 , the average number was 1349 . — From the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return .

      The Marquis ok Anglesea has brought an action against Mr . E . T . Smith , the proprietor of the Sunday Times , for an article imputing to him . dishonourable conduct in making an award in a dispute arising out of some horse-racing transactions . Mr . Smith , through his counsel , pleaded that he believed the allegations to be true at the time he published them ; but , as he had since found out their falsity , he was ready to apologize , and to consent to- a verdict " that would carry costs . Damages , five guineas . The Crops . —The accounts from the provinces are still favourable for the moat part with , respect to the state of the crops .

      Lord Wensletdale . —" We have reason to believe that the question so long pending aa to the ambiguous position of Lord Wen 9 leydale will be immediately solved by the conversion of the life peerage which that eminent lawyer now holds into an hereditary peerage . — Times . Australia . —According to the detailed accounts just received from Melbourne , it appears that the precise receipts of gold per escort from the mines during the first three months of the present year were at the rate of 12 , 000 , 000 ? . per annum , while for the corresponding

      quarter of 1856 they were at the rate of only 6 , 550 , 000 £ Fatal Accident with Fire-arms . —An inquest has been held on the body of Henry Miller , a farm servant at Highgate , who was accidentally shot , while at work on a hayrick , by a young man , named Isaac Spooner . This person appeared to be flring at random for his own entertainment ; and a wooden fence prevented his seeing the deceased . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death ; and the coroner reprimanded Snooncr for his culpable carelessness .

      Metropolitan Improvements . —During thepast and present week , the surveyors , under the direction of the superintending' architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works , have been actively engaged in preparing the surveys for the new lines of streets proposed to be carried into effect , the one from the terminus of the SoutHWestern Railway to the Town-hall in the Borough , and the other from Leicester-square to King-street , in order to open a better approach into nnd through Coventgarden-market . Mr . Meoiii at Tiptrer . —The annunl gathering at Tiptree took place la « t Saturday , when between five and six hundred persons interested in agriculture wore present , and , under the guidance of the host , were taken over the farm and introduced to the varloue improvements in farm-cultivation introduced by Mr . Meelii . In conclusion , n numerous company was entertained at dinner .

      Fires . —A largo flre hroko out on Sunday morning- on the promises of Messrs . Hammings nnd Co ., housobuildorH , in Tredegar-road , How . In tho yard belonging to these premises were Hovornl portable houses and churches , intended for exportation . It was connldered that they wore nearly , if not whrijy , fireproof ; hut such proved not to bo tho caoo . Thefl | otal loss is very considerable , but is covered by insurance . A flre took place on th « flame premloes last December . —A most oxtensive conflagration occurred in Shad Thames on the

      night of Friday week . The steam flonr-milla of Messrs Pimm and Co . were completely destroyed , and several warehouses , together with barges en the river , were very much damaged . The State of the Thames . —We have received a communication from Mr . Richard Dover , giving an account of some remonstrances which he ha » addressed to the Metropolitan Board of Works , with respect to their project of discharging the sewage of London into the Thames at Plumstead , from which spot it is proved that it will oscillate within the metropolis , on the surface of

      the river , in a most noxious state of fermentation , for nearly six hours each tide . This plan is directly at variance with , the intentions of the Legislature , as set forth in the act of Parliament which created the Metropolitan Board , and which declares that the objects of that BoaTd are " to make sewers and works for preventing all or any part of the sewage from flowing or passing into the Thames in or near to the metropolis . " Mr . Dover embodied his remonstrances in a letter to the Board , in which he enclosed the details of a plan by which the sewage may be deodorized and rendered of great sen-ice as manure . A formal notice of this communication -was

      sent in . reply , in obedience to a suggestion m which Mr , Dover presented bis memorial to the Board , hut apparently with no results . A Harlequin's Death . —A Mr . Charlton , a professional harlequin , who appeared at Drury Lane iii the last Christmas pantomime , died in the "WTriteehapel workhouse on Friday week , leaving his wife and children in a very miserable condition . The circumstance having attracted the attention of some of the gentlemen forming the committee of the Fielding Fund , now in

      process of creation from the proceeds of the late Amateur Pantomime , for the prompt relief of distressed literary and theatrical persons , a member of the committee personally visited the wretched residence of the poor people , and an arrangement was speedily made for the decent burial of the deceased , the immediate necessities of his family were provided for , and steps were taken for the administration of a little periodical relief , until the family should have an opportunity of earning sufficient to maintain themselves .

      Another Colliery Explosiox . —An explosion of fire-damp occurred in the Stratford Main Colliery , Stninborough , near Barnsley , belonging to Messrs . Smith . Carr , and Smith , on Saturday afternoon , just as the men weTe leaving work . It appears to have been o-wing to the negligence of the two persons who were the only victims of the accident . Most of the hands had got out of the pit , when a man named George Ward , and a lad named William Griffiths , a son of one of the managers of the pit , incautiously took a lighted candle info a

      "benk" to search for some metal rails . The flame ainio into contact with some foul air , which is supposed to have been liberated by the falling in of a portion of the roof a day or two previously , and a loud explosion ensued . Ward was killed on the spot , and his body presented a shocking appearance . Griffiths escaped death , but was very seriously injured , being much contused about his head and other parts of his body ; one leg was also broken . This is tho first accident that has occurred at the pit iu question since tho management of the present proprietors , who have taken every possible

      precaution . Fall of a House . —The house in Henrietta-street , Covent-garden , known as Offley ' s spirit vaults , but ¦ which has lately been taken by the Strand District Board of Works for their offices and board-room , fell down last Saturday night , about ten o ' clock . The adjoining house , formerly occupied by a wine and spirit merchant , had been pulled down as far as the first floor , and was to be rebuilt . A new party wall had been erected , and the scaffolding was removed on Saturday morning . This party wall had been insecurely and inefliciently made ; and it fell outward , and carried with it the whole of the adjoining premises . No one suffered any personal injury . The porter and his wife were on the premises at the time , or nt the door ; but they were not hurt .

      Death in a Bath . —Mr . Charles B . Hulme , surgeon of tho Leeds House of Recovery , was seized with a fit while taking a warm bath on Tuesday afternoon , and died before his condition was known to any one . A Foitarviwo Quaker . —Several robberies , to a very serious amount , have recently been committed on the promises of Mr . Edward Smith , of Fir Vflle , near yhefflold , a member of tho Society of FriendH . Tliin gentleman refuses to take any measures against tho thieves ; and a woman having been given into custody without his knowledge , ho declined to appear againnt her , and » he was diacharged . It seemed that this -woman liad twice before been detected in committing depredations on the same premises . TitK Latk Colliery Explosion m Walks .- "

      Groat excitement provails at tho scene of the lat « "P " pnlling explosion , and it has been found ncccHnaiy to augment tho police force , in order to prevent , an outbreak among tho people , who aro very indignant ; ngninflt tho pontons employed au flremen at the timo , nnd "'^ against tho manager for appointing them . Dkatii fiiom I ^ rrttiwrpintANCK . —An inqimst hn » bonn hold on tho body of Mr . James Macnab , ngod thirty- «' » Into a surgeon of tho i ) flrd Highlanders , who died from intemperance while in tho Clcrko . nwell pollen Htntioii on Tuesday morning . A verdict was returned iu accordance with those fuots .

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      , ^ THE IEADEB , [ No . 331 , Batobpat ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1856, page 706, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2151/page/10/