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      Glasgow . —Mr . Buchanan , tbe gentleman elected last week to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr . John Macgregor , will again offer himself . Tfce other candidate is at present uncertain .

      MBETINGS . Meetings at Belfast and Sheffield Lave terminated in . rotes of confidence in Lord Palmerston . A meeting of Conservatives at Norwich , at which the principal speaker -was Sir Samuel Bignold , one of the present members for the city , gave expression to views and feelings entirely opposed to the Premier . The same result has been arrived at by meetings at Scarborough , Stockton , Leeds , Darlington , and Exeter Hall , London , the last being convened by the peace party , - who also carried a resolution against the largeness of our army and navy .

      A meeting of the electors of London , convened by the Liberals , took place on Tuesday at the London . Tavern , for the purpose of considering the state of the representation of the City , and to nominate candidates . The meeting was numerously and influentially attended , and the chair was occupied by Mr . Gregson , M . P ., -who , as a preliminary , moved " That it was tlie opinion of that association that the City of London should be represented on the present occasion by members connected with the commerce of the City of London . " The resolution was adopted unanimously . Mr . " Weguelin , M . P ., then proposed Mr . Robert ' Wigram Crawford as a fit person to be one of their representatives . This was seconded by Mr . Gassiot , in the absence

      of Mr . Dillon . Mr . Haikes Currie , M . P ., nominated , and Mr . Alderman Wire seconded , Baron Lionel de Rothschild . My . Alderman Wire next put Sir James Duke in nomination . Mr . Under-Sheriff Anderton seconded . Mr . Deputy Dakin proposed Mr . Bailees Currie , M . P . ; who found a seconder in Mr . ^ Morley . Some excitement was then caused by Mr . Alderman Salomons and Mr . J . A . Hankey accusing Sir James Duke of having given his vote against , and otherwise opposed , the recent Liberal candidate for East Sussex , -though Sir James professed Liberal opinions . Mr . Alderman Wire , in the midst of some interruption , explained that the cause of Sir Jame « voting in the way he did was because he held conscientious scruples on the subject of Maynooth , which differed from the views of the Liberal candidate . — -The

      nominated candidates for the City having addressed the meeting , Mr . Alderman Salomons moved ' " that that aneeting regretted the termination of the connexion "which had so long subsisted between Lord John Russell and the constituency of London . " Mr . Reed seconded the motion , and Mr . Bennoch opposed it , conceiving it a strange course to pursue while his Lordship was still their member . Ultimately , the motion was -withdrawn , and the meeting was adjourned to that day week ( next Tuesday ) . Sir Erskine Perry , the Liberal M . P . for Bevonport , addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents on Monday night , with a view to showing that , though he felt it his duty to -vote with Mr . Cobden ' s motion on the China question , he is , generally speaking , an enthusiastic admirer of Lord Palmerston , and has no desire to see his administration supplanted .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A bakge which was engaged last Sunday in conveying the oysters from a smack , which had just arrived at Shoreham , to the ojster pond , foundered , and the four men who -were aboard were drowned . It is supposed that she was upset « y a sudden squall . She wus within six feet of the shore at the time of the accident . Mr . Baker , the coroner , has held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Mary Ann Hicks , aged four years , whose parents reside at Widegate-street , Bishopsgate-strect . The child was left for a short time

      in a room where there was a large fire , and , during the temporary absence of her mother , her dress ignited . An alarm was raised , and the flames were extinguished , but the child -was dreadfully burnt . She was removed to the hospital , where she died on Friday week . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . ' — Mr . Baker has also received information respecting the death of Lydi Charlotte Penson , aged two years , of York-street , Com mercial-road East , who died from the effects of injurie caused by the accidental ignition of her clothing .

      Mr . li . It . Guinness , of Dublin , has been suddenly struck dead with apoplexy at the King ' s Bridge terminus of the Great Southern and Western Railway , Ireland , of which company lie was a director . He was transacting business at the moment of death .

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      AMERICA . The Senate has passed the bill to amend the tariff of 184 G , and the Senate ' s Committee on Finance , agreed to report amendments on the Tariff Bill . The House of Representatives has also passed a bill for a modification of the tariff . It provides simply for an addition to the free list on and after the 1 st of next July , without proposing any other changes . It is substantially the same as reported at the close of the last session of Congress . One of the provisions is that only wool of the value at the port of importation of fifteen cents per pound or less , or fifty cents per pound , or over , shall bo free ; lead , hemp , iron , and sugar remain as at present . In . thosame House has been passed the Senate ' s joint resolution , for ascertaining and fixing the relative value of tho coins of England and the United States .

      Some sensation has been caused by an . article in the Washington Union , which has been supposed to speak the sentiments of the incoming administration . It has reference to the Central American Treaty , and denounces , with considerable energy , all interference ) hy England in America . Very conflicting accounts have been received from Nicaragua . It seems , however , to bo probable that Walker is in a position of very great difficulty , notwithstanding the success which he had gained over his enemies , according to the last previous advices . Ho appears to have received two repulses since then , and many of his men have deserted , by floating down the river on logs .

      General Cass has been selected by President Buchanan aa his Secretary of State , an office equivalent to that of Prime Minister . Mr . Cobb will be at the head of the Treasury . The other departments were not arranged at the date of the last advices . Indictments have been found' by the grand jury of New Tork against Eckel and Mrs . Cunningham , for tho murder of Dr . Burdell . Dr . Moore , of Now York , has been acquitted of tho charge of conspiring to take the life of Mr . Alfred S . Livingston , of Trenton , New York . The trial lasted four days . —Accounts from Missouri state that groat damage had boon done by recent freshets in that State . Tho loss of the Iron Mountain Railroad ia estimated at 200 , 000 dollars .

      fho report of tho Committee appointed to investigate tho charges of corruption against members of Congress was presented to the House on tho 19 th ult . Tho report recommends tho expulsion of Messrs . Gilbert , Edwards , Wcloh , and Mattheson , and also tho exclusion of Mr . Simonton , the reporter , from the floor of tho House . After a protracted discussion , the further consideration of the subject was postponed . Dr . Kane , tho intrepid Arctic voyager , wo regret to find , is dead . Tho New York money market has been more quiet , and trade has boon in a hcallhy condition . Tho Mexican coast is blockaded b y the Spanish naval forces .

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      STATE OF TRADE . Tina trado reports from tho manufacturing towns for tho week ending laBt Saturday present no new features . At Manchester , there haa been a fair extent of business , the demand for India having improved nincc tho arrival of the last mail . Tho Birmingham advicos dcacribo steadiness in the iron-market , ulthougli tho American orders have not been so largo aa was anticipated . At NottUw-

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      received no less than 200 / . from the funds of the society ia six years , while one of his sons had been got into the St . Ann's Asylum through the exertions and expenditure of the Fund Committee ; and that the error with regard to the house fund had originated in the fund crediting itself with 1 he 2002 . per annum granted ia 1805 by the Prince of Wales towards a permanent fund for maintaining a house , and not counting the annual rent which had since leen paid from that income . Mr . Dickens supported Mr . Dilke ' s amendment , disclaiming all enmity to Mr . Blewett , the secretary , whose services he acknowledged , and whose sphere of usefulness he wished to see increased . Ho added : " The question as to tie existence or not of the house

      fund was not a question of 1821 , but of last year , because , on the second Wednesday of last March , they—the conspiring reformers ( a laugh ")—were put down by the solemn , assertion of a resolution that there was a house fund of some 6400 / . The subscription for such a fund was a complete failure . He took it upon himself to say that it did not exceed 600 / . and the way in which this imaginary sum was got at was as follows : The Prince Regent allowed two hundred guineas a year to pay the rent of the house inhabited by the society , paid yearly or halfyearly , but the sums paid for rent had been put down as an accumulated fund , precisely as if they had it in hand at the present moment ; so that the extraordinary statement made last year as to the existence of this sum never had any real foundation . If statements were so rashly made in that expensive little room he

      thought it would not be longbefore the society itself would fall Snto disrepute . He would , "with their permission , give a short illustration of the mode in which this question had been dealt with . Let him suppose the case of a clerk in the receipt of 100 ? . a year , paid half-yearly , and every farthing of which is anticipated before he received it . His having received that income twenty years would hardly make him the possessor of 2000 / . But he would carry the case further . Let them suppose a family picture , representing an estimable old gentleman bestowing the hand of his only daughter on the man of her heart , and saying to them , while tears of generosity coursed down his cheeks , ' My darling Emma , my dear Edward , take my blessing upon you each , and with my blessing accept these twenty years' receipts of my rent at 200 ? . a year , which your filial affection will at once enable you to perceive are equal to 4000 Z . Consols in perpetuity . '" { Loud laughter . )

      THE LITERARY FUND . The annual general meeting ; of the members of this fund was held at the house of the association , Great Russellstreet , on Wednesday . Earl Stanhope took the chair , and there were also present Sir Benjamin Bond Cabbell , M . P ., the Bishop of Oxford , Mr- Monckton Milnes , M . P ., Mr . John Forster , Mr . Charles Dickens , Mr . Wentworth Dilke , Mr . Dickenson , &c . The usual formal business was disposed of , and the financial report read , which gave a good account of the progress of the society and showed that its iacome exceeded its expenditure by a small balance , which was added to the funded stock of tho association . On the motion that the report ho received and adopted , Mr . Dilke , sen ., moved a resolution which , under a number of heads , condemned tho entire management of the fund , —first ,

      because , according to its last report , it expended 574 / . 18 s . 3 d . in relieving 53 cases , while the Artists ' General Benevolent Fund , in relieving 68 cases , only expended 85 ? . ; secondly , because the Literary Fund expended 200 / . per annum on tho maintenance of a house , and allowed 200 / . per annum to its secretary ; thirdly , because the accounts of the Literary Fund were not in a satisfactory state , as evidenced by their stating that tho house fund , amounting to 6540 / ., was still in existence as a separate amount of tlio society ' s credit , whereas the books of the society showed that that fund never had been in existence at all ; and , lastly , because the Literary Fund , though not , on an average , giving away more than 1500 / . per annum , appealed to the public for new subscriptions and donations while posaessed of funded property to the amount of 30 , 000 ^ ., and of landed estates yielding 200 / . per annum .

      Mr . Robert Bell replied at considerable length , stating that an immense number of cases had been investigated ; that tho ofllco of secretary had been created in 188 G on the motion of Mr . Dilke himself ; that tho accounts had bee n greatly tho gainer since tho engagement of the present secretary ; that , contrary to some statements recently made in tho Atlitnasum , the late Mr . Xiaydn had

      Along discussion followed , in which Mr . John Forster , the Bishop of Oxford , Mr . Monckton Milnes , and Mr . Dilke , sen ., took part ; and the last-named gentleman's motion was at length , negatived by a majority of 69 to 11 . Some usual rcutine business was then transacted , and the meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman .

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      the name of the Emperor , commanding all men to attack and exterminate the English . Similar proclamations have been published in other parts of tie empire . The attempt to poison the community at Hong-Kong has ^ caused great consternation . One partner of the baking establishment has been arrested and committed for trial with nine other Chinese . Admiral Seymour has withdrawn from the Gardens and Dutch Folly Fort . As a reprisal for the treacherous attempt against the English , the Western suburbs of Canton , have been burnt down . At Foochow , teas were arriving slowly and prices were high . At Shanghai , holders were looking out for a further rise .

      The Moniteur publishes despatches from Hong-Kong to the 14 th of January . They feared an insurrection at Hong-Kong itself . Sir John Bowring has made arrangements with Admiral Gue ' rin , the French naval commander , and they took sufficient precautions to enable them to put down , in case of need , any such movement . It seems that this attitude of the French is due to instructions received by them by the very last mail . France and England had concerted , before knowing the events of Canton , to obtain from the Chinese Government a revision of the treaties which are about to expire , and the English and French repre - sentatives received despatches prescribing the joint and identical conduct which they would observe to attain this object . They were authorized to lend each otlier support and aid in all eventualities . —Morning Post . EGYPT . The French Consulate at Alexandria is said to have been persecuting the Roman exiles there . Many have been arrested and sent to Civita Vecchia .

      THE ORIENT . PEKSIA A . ND INDIA . The intelligence from Bushiro by tho last Indian mails is to tho 23 rd . of January . The general health of tho army was good , and supplies were plentiful . No further military operations had taken place . General Outram had not arrived . The Conferences between Sir John Lawrence and Dost Muhoined broke up on the 28 th of January , when the Ameer left for Cabul . It is asserted that a liritish Residency is about to be established at Candnhar . The Bombay monoy-markct was easier . Imports were steady . At Calcutta , the improvement in the import market wan well maintained . Tho New Five per Cent . Loun waa progressing very slowly . CHINA . Tho Mandarin Governor of Whampoa , Tchyn-Too , has issued a proclamation to tho peoplo , apparently in

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      March 14 , 1857 . ] THE LEA . DEB , 245 L _ . ^ .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 14, 1857, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2184/page/5/