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      me amount for the next three months . The other in was discharged . The Maine Liqoor Law . —A conference of ministers religion from various parts of the country assembled Tuesday at the Town-hall , Manchester , to devise jasures for aiding the Maine Liquor Law movement . ie sittings are to continue for several days , and are to followed by a public meeting at the Free-trade hall . The Parliamentary Oaths Bill . —A deputation , uprising Catholic noblemen , members of Parliament , I other influential gentlemen , waited on Lord Palmerm on Monday at his private residence , Cambridgeuse , Piccadilly , for the purpose of urging on his rdship the propriety of including Catholics in the

      ref from the objectionable passages in the oaths now ten by members of the Legislature . The deputation s introduced by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk , and luded several noblemen and gentlemen of distinction , rd Palmerston ' s replies not being considered satisfacy , a meeting was held subsequently at the Staffordeet Club , Piccadilly , his Grace the Duke of Norfolk the chair , " for the purpose of adopting such steps as jht be deemed expedient in reference to the result of i interview with the Premier . " Further operations re resolved on . Fhe Chairmanship of ctie City Sewers Commisn . —Mr . Deputy Peacock has been compelled by ills to vacate the Chairmanship of the City Sewers

      . Election Petitions . —The General Committee of ction 3 has fixed Monday , the 29 th of June , for the , 1 of the Maidstone aud Sunderland petitions , and jsday , the 30 th of June , for the trial of the Oxford , vkesbury , and Bury petitions . r iRE . —The Red Lion Inn , Hounslow—a considerable ge of premises—was burnt down early on Sunday rning . The inhabitants , who were in bed at the e , escaped with difficulty . The supply of water was jfficient , and at one time same of the adjoining houses e seriously threatened . [" he Atlantic Telegraph Cable . —The completion L 250 miles ( one-half ) of the cable for the Submarine

      antic Telegraph by Messrs . ISewall and Co . was celeted at their works , Birkenhead , on Wednesday , by a ner given to about six hundred of their workmen , h their wives and families . Llderman Eagletox has resigned his gown , owing ill health . iVjeights and Measures in the City . —Alderman leland , in the Court of Aldermen , on Tuesday , brought a report on the return of the inspectors of weights i measures for the last year , and for granting them usual gratuities . He felt much gratification in iring the Court that the poorest people in the moat ulous districts of the City are deriving important ¦ antages from the exertions of Mr . Knott and Mr .

      rvard , the inspectors appointed by the court ; and , t several remarkable instances of deception and atipts at plunder in connexion with the necessaries of had been recently detected by thbse officers . The ort was unanimously agreed to . ETEALTH of London . —The returns for the week that led on Saturday , Juno G , exhibit the gratifying fact , t the remarkably small number of 868 deaths was istered in that period in London . There has been a istant decrease of mortality since the temperature i ? , and in the first week of June the deaths are about ) less than they were in the first week of May . In tea years 1847-56 " , the average number of deaths in week corresponding with last weok was 979 . But , the deaths of last week occurred in an increased

      ulation , the averago , with a view to comparison , st be raised in proportion to the increase , and in this b it will become 1077 . The result is that the deaths v returned are less by 209 than the average rate of rtality at this period of the year would have proied . In the first week of Juno , 1817 , the deaths wore i , in that of 1850 they were 814 ; and these furnish only instances in corresponding weeks in which the ths were not more numerous than those of last week , ugh each successive year has added to the number of 30 ns living within the bills of mortality . Only three 30 ns whose deaths are returned had attained the ago 90 years or upwards . Two women Avoro 93 yoars ; and a widow died in Hereford-street , Marylobono , ho great age of 90 yo « ra . —Last week , tho births of : boys and 708 girls , in all 1542 children , wore iatored in London . In tho ten corresponding weeks

      ho years 1847-50 , the average number waa 111 ) 7 . — < m the Registrar-General ^ Weekly Jieturn . Military Education . —Sir Do Lacy Evans will ye tho following resolutions on Military Education in House of Commons on tho 80 th inst .: — "That , as numerical strength of tho British army available ! for ¦ op oan war is far leas than that of any othor groat ver , and a 9 our Government have for many years looted tho education of the commissioned ranks of tho rice , while othor Govornmontu huvo boon devoting to i object largo annual sums and vory groat attention , ) tho opinion of this House that a hlghor standard of rossional instruction . than of lato doomed requisite ht to established for our officers gonorally , but icially for those of tlio Sfcafl ' . Tlint this cannot bo otivoly aooompllahod lnthia country , whoro powerful uoncca obstruct tho boat Intentions of thoao invested

      with patronage , without having recourse to the principle of competitive examination , in conformity with the recommendation of her Majesty ' s Commissioners on Civu and Military Appointments and Edacation , recorded in their reports recently presented to Parliament . That the candidates nominated by the Commander-in-Chief for commissions in the Line be therefore subject Jt . o the condition of competitive examination previously to their being appointed to commissions ; and that officers of a sufficient term of regimental service , desirous of qualifying themselves for the Staff in the senior department of instruction or Staff school , should receive their admissions and final certificates of qualification on the same principle . That commissioners , consisting of an equal number of military officers and civilians , should be nominated by the Secretary of State for the purpose of superintending these examinations , and that the educational establishments for the Line and Staff" be under the

      direction of the Secretary of State , who is responsible to Parliament for the administration of the army , and who is already charged with the control of the existing schools aud examinations for the artillery , engineers , and the non-commissioned officers aud privates of the army . " Oxford University . —A Congregation was held on Wednesday for the decision and consideration of various important matters . The series of statutes affecting professors was first brought forward . These were all passed with the exception of the clause to which objection was made on the promulgation by Mr . Rawlinson , of Exeter , whereby professors were allowed to hold college praelectorships with their professorships if permitted by decree of Convocation . This clause , which was put to the vote six several times in connexion with six different professorships , was in every case rejected by majorities

      varying from 32 to G 2 , the largest number of supporters which it found being 17 , and the smallest 4 . There was a division on the main clause in the statute on the Sedlcian Reader , but this was carried by 57 votes to 18 . On the other professorial statutes there was no division . The Craven Statute was rejected by 54 votes to 31 , the main objection ( as we gathered ) being to the assignment of three scholarships to Physical Science . The statute taking power to alter the Bampton Lecture Trust wa 3 also rejected by 49 votes to 38 . The form of statute establishing an examination for the middle classes was then read and submitted to the vote . The main provisions of the statute were carried by 81 votes to 10 , and the title of " Associate in Arts" by 62 votes to 38 . The Provost of Oriel spoke a few words in Latin against the giving of any title to the persons examined , and the public orator ( Mr . Michell ) handed in a protest against proceeding with the statute , on the grounds of insufficient

      . Murder at Wjsymouth . —William Newton , a labourer at Tutten Farm , near Up way , is in custody at Weymouth on a charge of causing the death of one Charles White on the highway by stabbing liiru with a knife in the course of a quarrel . The Handel Festival . —The arrangements for the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace are rapidly progressing , and are on a gigantic scale . " A very liberal allowance , " says tho Times , " has been made of counter space . No less than 1 GQ 0 visitors can now at once set down to dinner , and , in addition , 2000 can be served at counters : draught bitter ale will bo served everywhere , and ices , quarter bottles of sherry , with glass , aud packets of biscuits , will bo ready for instant delivery at the intervals between the programme . "

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      Leader Office , Saturday , Juno 13 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LOKDS . HER MAJESTY ' S DRAWING-ROOM . Loud Ravicnsworth brought this subject before tho House , complaining of tho want of accommodation at St . James ' s Palace . — Earl Granville said that plana wore to bo prepared in order to uftbnl greater space on theso occasions . Tho Prinokss Royal ' s Annuity Bill passed through committee . Tho Pknal Servitude Bill was brought forward in committee , and passed through that stage after some discussion . 1 ) 1 VOUCH HILL . Tho report of amendments on tho Bill wore brought up , and sovonil of thorn wore rejected . , Tho Biah <>|> of Oxford ynvo notioo that on tho third reading ho shouM move thu rejection of tho Dill . Tho House adjourned athalf-past nine . HOUSE OF COMMONS . TKOOI'M I'OU CHINA . Iii answer to Mr . Laukiio , Sir John Ramhden said that BOina troops wore on their way from tho Mauritius to China , but it wuh merely in tl > 6 ordinary course . Tho troops woro not to roceivo anything boyond tho colonial nilowanco , which thoy would have received nt Hong-Kong .

      THE DRAWING-ROOM AT ST . JAMES S PALACE . Mr . G . Dundas brought forward the subject of th insufficient accommodation for the ladies and other attending her Majesty ' s Drawing-room . He made out a very pitiable case of suffering and 1033 of dresses on the part of the ladies ; and urged the necessity of much better accommodation being provided . —Sir Benjamin Hall said that the apartments in question were only adapted for the reception of a few hundred and not for a thousand or twelve hundred persons . Order was given to prepare plans for alterations commensurate with the requirements of such occasions .

      PRESTON WORKHOUSE . Mr . Cobbett complained of undue influence having been used by the Poor Law Board to induce the guardians of the Preston Union to build a new workhouse . — - Mr . Bouverie stated that the Poor Law Board liad only pursued the usual and legal practice . —Mr . Drcmmond wanted the Poor Law Board to have more power ; and that the guardians should be made to think less of the interests of the rate-payers and more of that of the poor . ST . JAMES'S PARK .

      Sir F . Baring brought forward the subject of expenditure having been incurred for works in St ; James ' s Park without any vote being come to pn the subject by Parliament . In cases on which estimates hare been exceeded , Parliament had censured Ministers , ' even when the necessity of the case was undoubted ; but heie the expenditure had been incurred without necessity . — Sir Benjamin Hall said that the chief expense had arisen from the operation of draining and cleansing the lake in the Park , the outlay being sanctioned by the Treasury on the ground of necessity , arising from sanitary causes ; and , on their own responsibility , trusting to obtain the sanction of Parliament . —After some discussion , the House went into committee on

      THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES . Mr . Wilson gave a general explanation of the estimates in order to account for an excess on them in the present year over that of 1856 ; a good deal of it "Was more apparent than . real in consequence of the transfer under Mr . Gladstone ' s Act of 1853 of a large number of items of the Consolidated Fund to the annual votes . Of the total augmentation no less than 1 , 430 , 000 / . was explained , leaving only 880 , 000 / . to be otherwise accounted for . There had been on the last few years an increase of 334 , 000 / . for the Education vote , 180 , 000 / 1 , for Harbours of Refuge , 242 , 000 / . for Printing and Stationery , 114 , 000 / . for Prisons and Convict Establishments , and 81 , 000 / . for Public Buildings . He then dealt with a further excess of 598 , 000 / . which had been occasioned by acts and resolutions paBsed by Parliament . In short the increase in the expenditure had been caused by the increased requirements of tho country . A . short desultory discussion followed , after which the House proceeded in committee to deal with the votes on the estimates in succession , and this business mainly occupied the remainder of the sitting .

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      THE UNITED STATES . —SURRENDER OF WALKER . The latest news from Nicaragua is to the effect that Genor . il Walkor capitulated on the 1 st of May to Captain Davis , of tho sloop of wur St . Mary ' s , having then less than three hundred men and but two days' provisions . Rivus is in tho hands of tho allies . Walker and a portion of his officers woro taken to Panama by tho United States sloop of war St . Mary ' s , and others obtained passage by the steamer Panama . Walker nnd hia stall' arrived at New Orleans on tho evening of tuo 27 th ult . Ho was enthusiastically received . With reference to the alleged ill-treatment of seamen on board American merchant ships , Lord Napier has miulo u representation to tho Washington Cabinet , and roceivod from General Casa a reply in which he states tlwit tho laws now in force on tho subject aro Bufiioiont fox tho protection of sailors .

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      FRANCE . The Monitenr officially announces that the labours of the Senate have terminated for the present session . Madllo . Rachel is rupidly sinking .

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      Douglas Jwruold . — The funeral of tho late Douglao Jorrold will take place on Monday at Norwood Coraoteiy . It will bo strictly private . Tho friends wUl meet at the cemetery at half-past ono .

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      DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT FLORENCE . Paris , Friday , At Florence , on Thursday night , the scenery of tuo thoatro caught flro during the performance of ** Tho Siogo of Sobastopol . V A panic arose ; forty-throe por-8 OH 8 woro killod , and ono huudrod aud thirty-four wounded

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 13, 1857, page 563, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2197/page/11/