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      / -from Lord Overstone and Mr . Fairbairn ) , and two more rpnlies to the same ; a lengthy and somewhat common-Sace prayer from the Right Reverend of Manchester ; HaWs noble Hymn of Praise , ' The Heavens are TpUmff- ' glorious Old Hundredth , executed better than we ' ever heard it before ; then a procession round the building , and the Exhibition was formally declared to ha ooen after which a solo and chorus from Handel's ' Ode to ' St . Cecilia ' s Day' ( which is not identical with th * ' Alexander's Feast , ' as some of our contemporaries Spear to imagine ) , the ' Hallelujah Chorus , ' in which the clear , strong voices of the Lancashire chorussingers told with wonderful effect . Such was the Inauguration of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition . Verv satisfactory , and , as a Manchester man , in our immediate neighbourhood , finely observed , » Well worth the money . "

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      STATE OF TRADE . The reports of the business of the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday show a general tendency to dulness . At Manchester , lower prices have been accepted , and in the woollen districts heaviness has been caused by the reduction in the staple at the London sales now in progress . In the iron trade there has been considerable steadiness . — The shipping statistics of the Board of Trade for the month ending the 31 st of March present extraordinary evidence of commercial activity . The arrivals were very numerous , and the

      clearances outward were also on a scale to indicate that valuable returns , either in specie or produce , must continue due to us . " With regard to the coasting trade , it appears that the aggregate capacity of the vessels entered inward in March , 1855 , was 872 , 8 G 0 tons ; in 1856 , it was 954 , 763 ; and in the present return it is 988 , 306 tons , including nine foreign vessels of an aggregate burden of 1717 tons . The clearances outward were 923 , 034 tons in March , 1855 ; 999 , 072 in 1856 ; and 1 , 065 , 897 , including 1936 tons of foreign , in 1857 .

      —Times . . In the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been little activity . The number of ships reported inward was 147 , being 38 less than in the previous week . These included 21 with cargoes of corn , flour , &c , four with cargoes of sugar , and one cargo of coffee . The total number of vessels cleared outward was 154 , including 24 in ballast , showing a decrease of 13 . —Idem .

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      IRELAND . The Alleged Assault on the Bishop of Akdagh . — The story of the assault at Newtownforbes on the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh is now denied . But , if the denial comes from the rev . gentleman ' s fellow-priests , we know what value to place on it . More Potato Riots in Galway .- Some further riotous demonstrations against the purchasers of potatoes for exportation have taken place in the districts of Oughterard , Oranmore , &c . Two companies of the 59 th depot from Athlone have arrived at Galway ; and the war steamer Advice having come into Galway Bay , she has been placed at the disposal of the stipendiary magistrate , for protecting the vessels engaged in the export of potatoes .

      The Irish Tenant League . — Dr . Gray , of the Freeman ' s Journal , one of the most active of the Leaguers , has publicly withdrawn from the body , and between two of its members an action at law has arisen , wherein damages are laid at 5007 . for libel . Lord Carlisle and this Protkstant Association . —The Lord Lieutenant , through his secretary , Colonel Lnrcom , lias sent on answer to the apology of tlio Protestant Association in connexion with the affair which wo noticed last week . His Excellency accepts the explanation as a withdrawal of the offensive imputations , and doed not ' at present think himself called upon to depart from the course lie has previously pursued . ' This letter having been rend at a meeting of the associatiou , one of the member ;? , Mr . Thompson , disavowed any intention of using personal expressions towards Lord Carlisle . ' The address was sent to him merely in his capacity as Lord Lioutenant . ' It was plain , however , that that was tho very gist of the oflbneo .

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      THE ORIENT . PERSIA . Tnrc capture of Mohaminonvh is announced in a telegraphic despatch from General Outrun ) , dated " Camp before Mohammerah , March 28 th : " — " Mohammorah was captured by tho British on tho 2 Gth inst . Tho enemy lost two hundred killed and wounded , among whom was Aahorluf Brigadier , besides acventeon guns , and a vast amount of ammunition and military stores . Tho Persian army , under tho Shah Zudeh , retreated towards Ahwass und Sinister in groat diaordor . Tho British forces are encamped near Mohainmerah . Our loss in killed and wounded is about ten . Tho Arab tribes are friendly , and aro Bonding in their submission . " Tho following further telegraphic message has boon received from Sir Jiuncs Outrain through Constantinople : —

      " The flying expedition to Ahwaz returned to Mohammerah on the 4 th inst . ( April ) , completely successful . The large Persian army retired from their position , and retreated rapidly towards Dizful before a British force not four hundred strong . One gun was captured , and extensive military stores were seized and destroyed . " China . —A serious riot , attended with loss of life , has occurred among the Chinese at the English settlement of Penang , being the first of the kind that has happened this century . It originated in a supposed infringement of religious ceremonies by the police , who had taken certain precautions for preserving the town from fire , of which there was considerable danger , owing to the use of crackers by the Chinese . Quiet has since been restored .

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      AMERICA . A war between the United States and New Granada seems to be threatened . The Commissioner sent by the Washington Government to Bogota to negotiate a settlement of the difficulties springing out of the Panama massacre of the 15 th of April , 185 G , and out of certain other matters , has submitted his ultimatum , which was rejected , and has left for the United States , followed by the resident Minister . The New York Legislature has passed the bill declaring in effect that no slaves shall be bought within the boundaries of the State , thus contradicting the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case . The Liquor License Bill ( for restraining the sale of alcohol in small quantities ) received the signature of Governor King on the afternoon of the 17 th ult ., and is now a law .

      Mr . Sayer , a relative of Mr . Clayton , has avenged some severe comments made on the latter gentleman by a Mr . George P . Herrick , in a letter to the New York Herald , by assaulting the offending person in the streets . An attempt has been made to assassinate Mr . William Sydney Smith , the English Consul at Havannab , on account , it is thought , of his exposures of slave transactions . The new Mexican constitution has been promulgated . It appears to be very liberal , as regards ecclesiastical matters . It omits to enact the supremacy of the Roman

      Catholic religion ; incapacitates corporate bodies , and consequently the clergy , from holding real property ; and subjects the priests to the ordinary tribunals , while declining to make the courts of law instrumental ° in enforcing the observance of monastic vows . The Archbishop of Mexico and the inferior clergy have of course denounced from the pulpit this admirable project of emancipation from the fetters of the Church ; and many of the civil servants have refused to take the oath of fidelity to the constitution as thus modelled . These refractory persons have been dismissed .

      After the destruction of the settlement at Spirit Lake , the Sioux Indians made an attack on Springfield , in the southern part of Minnesota , but were repulsed with a loss of about a dozen men . Disasters crowd thickly on Walker ' s followers . A great part of Lockridge ' s force on the river San Juan has been destroyed by an explosion on board the steamer Scott . Letters from Grey town , to April 6 , give a full account of this catastrophe , as well as of Lockridge ' a previous retreat from before Castillo , which place he found was much too strong for him to attack . Sixteen or seventeen men were killed by the explosion , nnd twenty-five or thirty wounded . The survivors were immediately transferred to Serapiqui by the other steamer , the Rescue , and the wounded were afterwards taken to a wretched excuse for a hqspital at Punta Arenas , where they suffered fearfully . Several of the adventurers have arrived at New York in a forlorn state of poverty

      and disease . Tho Department of War has issued an order putting in motion a large body of troops on the Western border . This has led to tho belief that a descent in to be made on tho territory of Utah , in order to compel Brigham Young and his infatuated brother Mormonites to obey the Federal laws . In the meanwhile , the dwellers by tho Salt Lake are making great preparations for resisting any attack . Every male , from twelve to eighty years of age , is to be fully armed and drilled ; and tho women and children , if need be , aro to fight to tho last . Two men have been forcibly taken from gaol and lynched in Iowa .

      A curious contrast to tho sanctimonious horror of actors and acting felt in this country by tho ovcrrighteoiuj—of which species of bigotry Mr . Phclns recently gave some instances at tho Theatrical Fund Dinner—bus been presented at Now York . The Rev . Dr . Bellows , of ' All Souls' Church , in that city , spoko in a very respectful , and even eulogizing , way of tho stage on tho occasion of hia last thanksgiving Harmon . Some of tho chief actors resolved to present the preacher with a service of plate , coating a thousand dollars . Dr . Bellows felt that it would bo imprudent to rccuivo thia tribute ; but ho haa accepted an invitation to preside at tho annual dinner of tlio American Dramatic Fund Association , and to deliver a lecture to aotors and aotrossoa on tho duties and responsibilities cf their profession . " Tho preliminary proceedings in Mexico in tho ease of tho Spanish assassinations , " says a communication in

      the Morning Post , " have terminated . It is proved tha the sons of General Alvarez were the instigators of th < crime . If an execution should take place , of whict there is reason to doubt on account of the weakness o the Government , the intelligence will be forwarded t < Havanna , in order to prevent the arrival of the Spanish fleet . On the other hand , the English Charge d'Affaires has communicated a note from his Government , which allows nine days to bring M . Degallado before the tribunals ; failing which , the Minister will retire , together with the members of his legation . "

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      CONTINENTAL , NOTES . FRANCE . Dr . Kern has returned to Paris , with authority to accept the arrangement that has been come to with reference to the Neufchatel affair . The Grand Duke Constanfine and the officers of his suite dined on Thursday week with the Emperor . The former has since visited all the places of note in Paris . Some editors of the chief Russian newspapers have followed the Grand Duke to the French capital . The illustrious stranger disappointed the whole of Paris flunkeydom by not going to the French Opera on the evening of Friday week , where the said flunkeydom had mustered in great force to see him . The reason of this is said to be the mourning of the French Court in consequence of the death of the Duchess of Gloucester .

      Two trains have come into collision on the railway m the vicinity of Villeneuve , owing to the driver of one of them not obeying a telegraphic order to stop . Some thirty persons have been wounded . The coming elections are exciting some discussion , even in the jealously guarded press of France . The Journal des TJebats of Sunday contains an article on the English elections , in which the writer speaks of " the interesting spectacle of a free people who transact their affairs amid the greatest political excitement , without any one in the three kingdoms or on the Continent apprehending the slightest injury to social order , or

      interruption to the regular march of government . " M . Thiers has refused the invitation of the electors of Rouen to come forward . The Government will make strenuous efforts to oppose M . de Montalembert in the department of the Doubs , where there is some talk of the Emperor putting up the Due de Conegliano , his chamberlain . " On the whole , " says the Times Paris correspondent , " the Government is " forced to take more precautions than usual to neutralize the menaced opposition , and the new division of arrondissements iu some , and even the disappearance of a certain number of electors in other places , are said to be among those means . "

      M . Alfred de Musset , one of the youngest and most distinguished members of the French Academy , died last Saturday , after a short illness . Baron Gros is about to proceed to China as Minister Plenipotentiary of France . A general meeting of the shareholders of the Northern of France Railway was held in Paris on the 30 th ult . Baron James de Rothschild occupied the chair . This was the first meeting since the large robbery of shares and bonds last September . M . Delbecque , one of the directors , in reading the report , gave a brief history of the robbery , and stated that the greater part of the loss fell on securities belonging to the house of the MM . de Rothschild . That house would have to support a deficiency of not less than 5071 shares and 270 bonds , or five-sixths of all the securities missing ; but it would

      take that loss entirely on itself . On the question being put from the chair for setting aside a sum of 100 , 000 f . for a special reserve , to meet a certain portion of the loss falling on tho shareholders from the robbery , a shareholder rose and proposed a vote of thanks to M . de Rothschild for his liberal conduct in taking on himself so heavy a loss . Ho begged leave to propose such a vote , leaving it to the whole mooting to second it . ( Cries of "All ! all ! " ( "id loud cheers . ) The vote was then put by the shareholders themselves , and carried by acclamation . Full powers were then voted to tho board to conclude treaties for new concessions , and to adopt such financial measures as might bo deemed necessary . M . Delbecque , the Duke de Galliora , M . Adam , and Baron Alphonso do Rothschild were re-olectod directors , and M . Vcrncs appointed in the place of Mr . Moss , of Liverpool . that bill has

      It is stated in tho Indopcndance Belye a been sent down to tho Council of State , nnd is to bo pressed on as urgent , by which it is proposed to make tho law much more stringent with regard to literary journal * , which have hitherto enjoyed comparative immunity from tho regulations which shackle tho political press . They offend chiefly in speaking evil of dignities . Tlio frivolity of their stylo is not to protect them « ny longer , and they will be taught that ridentcm diccrti verum is not a safe motto to aot upon . A stamp duty , caution money , and oven preliminary authorization , are among tho repressive moans proposed . Either of thcao would bo tho death-warrant of a host of ephemeral publications . — Daily News Paris Correspondent . Tho King of Prussia demands further modifications of tho Noufohatol treaty just concluded at Paris . An cxpost ! des motifs lias been presented to tho Legislative Body of a bill for opening a credit of 180 , 000 fr .

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      May 9 , 1857 . V THE LEADER . 437

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 9, 1857, page 437, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2192/page/5/