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      The Duke of Devonshire , the Duke of Wellington , and the Earl of Harrewby wHl have flie vacant Garters . GVEsatJam Whale Fishbby . —The small town of Peterhead , on the east coast of Scotland , this year sends twenty-eight vessels to the Greenland seal and -whale fishery , involving a capital of 200 , 000 £ , and employing 1600 men . The neighbouring town of Fraserbnrgh sends four ships to the same fishery , two of which are managed on temperance principles . The Botal British Bank . —The negotiation for the sale of the notorious Welsh mines , upon which the British Bank spent 84 , 000 ? ., has been concluded . The assignees have only been able to obtain 6000 * . for them . The Weather . — The winter now drawing to a close seems to have been a remarkably cold one in most

      parts of the world . It will be seen in another column of this paper that the temperature has been most severe in sunny Constantinople ; and the captain of the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Indus , just arrived from the East , reports that , on the outward voyage , there was very cold weather at Malta , where there had been a slight fall of snow , and that much snow was observed on the mountains of Africa . There had also been a fall of snow at Cairo , to the great astonishment of the inhabitants , who had never seen such a thing there before . Illegitimacy in Scotland . —The Registrar-General ' s Social Statistics just published show the startling fact that , while in Edinburgh and Glasgow the proportion of illegitimate children born in those cities is seven percent , of the total births , it is thirteen per cent , in Dundee , Perth , and Aberdeen . The per-centage is only

      five in London . The Straits or Negeopost . —The works undertaken by the Greek Government for the purpose of deepening the straits which separate the island of Eubcea ( Negropont ) from . Bceotia have progressed so far that vessels drawing about fourteen feet of water may pass through at any time . Mr . Hekrt Bradbury . — The King of Sweden has presented a gold medal of merit to Mr . Henry Bradbury , in acknowledgment of his successful application of lie art of nature printing .

      The Late Sir Hbnrx Bishop . — ' The children of the late Sir Henry Bishop , ' who were recently said to be in great distress , are , it appears from a letter from a brother of Lady Bishop , not the immediate offspring but the grandchildren of the composer . The father—who was a confidential clerk in the office of the present Lord Mayor—died recently at the age of forty-eight , leaving a widow and five young children unprovided for . The family of the musician by his second wife are comfortably supported by their mother out of the funds liberally bestowed by the public , immediately after tho death of Sir Henry .

      The Rev . Dr . Bull , Canon of Christ Church , Oxford , died on Sunday morning , after a long illness , in the Bixtj ' -ninth year of his age . Mr . Bates , of the felon firm of Strahan , Paul , and Bates , has been set at liberty in consideration of the circumstances which palliated his guilt . A Royal Present from Prussia . — Mr . Vincent Williams , U . N ., commanding oflicer of the Amiralty yacht Banshee , has received a magnificent gold ring from Berlin , through the medium of the British Consul at Antwerp , in testimony of the courtesy which the Royal Prince * of Prussia were anxious to acknowledge as having experienced on board the Banshee on the occasion of their Into visit to England . Tho testimonial contains , on a small blue enamelled ground , three clusters of brilliants representing the rose , shamrock , and thistle , surrounded by a garland of small out diamonds of the purest water .

      Mr . Stkphens ' s Bankruptcy . —The creditors of this gentleman have not succeeded in apprehending him upon tho warrant of the Sheriff Substitute of Midlothian . In his- absence his agent , Mr . J . F . Wilkie , was on Tuesday examined before tho Sheriff at Edinburgh on -various matters connected with the bankrupt estate . Tho proceedings , however , were conducted in private . The' Sikgic of Luoknow .- —Captain R . P . Anderson , 515 th Bengal Native Infantry , who commanded ono of tho outposts during tho whole of the siege of Lucknow , has safely arrived in London . His interesting narrative of the nioge is now in Messrsi Thacker and Co . ' s hands

      for publication , and is oxpocted to bo ready in time for the noxt mail steamor for India . —Thrco of the surviving defenders of Luck ' now have reached England—Mr . C . W . Campbell , of tho 71 st Regiment , Dr . M'Farlaue , of the Artillery , and Mr . L . E . Reos . The latter gentleman , formerly attached to one of tho colleges in India , is a Culcutta merchant , who unexpectedly found himself involved in tho meshes of tho siege , and having been by force of circumstances obliged to take a part in the- 'defeHcef-he-recorded'fronv-time to-Uino-tho-iiitorc&ting cyonts In which ho took part , and those which passed before him . Wo understand that Mr . ltcoa ' s journal will be immediately published .

      Lewis Sney © , M . A ., F . G . S ., Warden of All Souls ' , Oxford , died on Sunday night in his eoventletli year . Ha had hold the wardenship moro than thirty years . In politics , ho was a Liberal Conservative , and a . supporter of Sir Robert Peel and Mr . Gladstone A Fugitive Slavic in Liverpool . —A black man ia at present In Liverpool , who arrived from Now Oilcans , flfcowed away In , tho hold of a cotton ship . Ho bus been

      examined at the police-oftTce , and has given afpiteous narrative of his ill-usage in America , of his attempts to escape , of Ms being hunt « d and torn hy bloodhounds and shot in the hip by a savage overseer , of his ultimate flight , and of tbe perils he had to encounter on his way to the sea-shore . He was taken on board the American cotton ship Metropolis by the coloured seamen , and was hidden away among the bales j but one of the coloured men betrayed him , and he was searched for , but not found . The man exhibited at the police-office the marks the dogs had left upon his legs ; and there appears to be no doubt of the truth of his narrative .

      Remarkable Escape . —A London detective policeofficer was a few days ago conveying ft ticket-of-leave man from Lockerbie , in Scotland , to the metropolis , by rail . The prisoner requested to be allowed to sit near the window of the carriage . He was allowed to do so ; but the oflicer , while talking with another passenger , heard a noise . Looking round , he saw the ticket-ofleave man in the act of jumping out of window , though the train was progressing with great velocity . The train did not stop until it reached Carlisle , and no tram the fol

      started for Lockerbie until next morning . On - lowing day , the detective , with various railway and , police officiate , returned along the line ; bat nothing was seen of the man . The marks of his leap , however , were plainly visible ; two or three stones were spattered with blood , and on one a quantity of hair was observable . The man must have made a flying leap of seven feet from the carriage before he touched the ground , and must then have rolled down a declivity of some eighteen or twenty feet into a diteb . He has since been recaptured in Edinburgh . named John

      Superstition ant > Madness . —A man . Hodgson was charged at the Halifax police-court on Tuesdavwith having practised as a conjuror . Two young women " , Elizabeth Bonny and Ellen Ambler ( the latter a teacher in a Sunday-school ) , went to Hodgson ' s house paid him money , and were told their fortunes . Ambler was informed that her cards were very bad , and that she would be unfortunate in love unless she read the first chapter of Ruth on getting home , and wished three times . On going back with her companion , Ambler said she felt alarmed , and was afraid of reading the first chapter of Ruth lest the devil should take her . After she got worse , and at length went raving mad . Hodgson was apprehended , and was found to be wearing a belt inscribed with cabalistical emblems . He was sentenced to imprisonment , with hard labour , for three months .

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      HAVELOCI ^ AND HAYTER . Mr . Hayter is made a Baronet by Lord Palmerston . Tins is an . act of gratitude , says the organ of the late Ministry . The same honour is accorded to Havelock and to Hayter , remarks the Morning Star . If the one be an act of Ministerial gratitude , the other was an act of tardy concession to public gratitude . Such an acknowledgment from tho minister of corruption to the doer of the dirty work is handsome , and -well deserved , no doubt ; but where is the monumental tribute to the remains of poor Coppock ? Quoth Palinerston— " II you seek his monument , look around at the Liberal benches . "

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      TRIAL OF ORSINI AND HIS COLLEAGUES . The trial of Oraini and his colleagues commenced on . Thursday morning , before the Court of Assizes of the Seine , M . Dclanglo presiding . The court was crowdedto excess , and the anxiety to obtain admission was extreme . The early part of tho day wa » taken np wiih the reading of tho indiotment , whiah isof great length . Gomex "denied any participation in tho act . Ho only knew of it at tho last moment . Rudio confessed everything . He throwone bomb . Ho incriminated the rest of the prisoners . Orsini confirmed his former aecount , and accepted the full responsibility of tlte patrt lie had taken in the uffuir . lie confessed he wanted to kill the Emperor , and he vva * ready to die . Ho never confided hia intontion to Mr . Allaop . M . Bernard brought the bombs to J 3 rusaole r but did not know for what purpose they wore in tended . Ho would not say anything aa to the other prisoners . i » ierri donied ull participation in tho conspiracy until tho 4 o ^ bcunttemp 6 _ 9 mjiaoit 4 % j ^ Taylor , of Birroiii £ bain , did not anawor to l » ia nAtner Evorvthing passed olF calmly .

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      The Rkv . Gicouobj IS . L . Cotton , Master of Marlb ' orough College , has boon appointed to the Binhoprlo ot Calcutta , vacant , by tlie death of tho late Dr . Wiluon . Fatal Cquliihiv Explosion . —An explosion took . plaonon Thnradny In Powell ' s Colliery at Mountain A » u , near Merthyr . Nineteen portions have perished . Ma » ich : lnu ) Smith , ( lie young ludy accused of P ~ soiling JL'AiMColiur , Ma o , rriv « d q , c Bullarat .

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      Lkadeb Office , Saturday , February 27 . LAST EIGHTS PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE CAGLJARI . Lord Lyndhurst presented a petition on behalf of the two persons arrested on board the Cagliari steamer . It complained of the ill-treatment to which the } ' had been subjected , and by which the health of both had been very greatly impaired .

      Stanley ; for the University of Cambridge , in the room of Mr . Walpole—wbo nave been appointed Secretaries of State ; for Droitwlcli , in the room of Sir John Pakington , who has accepted the office of First Lord of the Admiralty ; for Huntingdon , in the room of General Peel , appointed Secretary for War ; for the county of Oxford , in the room of Mr . Henley , appointed President of the Board of Trade ; for the North Division of the county of Wilts , in the room of Mr . Sotheron Estccrart , appointed President of the Poor Law Board j for the Northern Division of Stafford , in the room of Mr . Adderley , appointed Vicepresident of the Committee of Education ; for Stamford , in the room of Sir Frederick Thesiger , appointed Lord Chancellor ; for the Eastern Division of Suffolk , in the room of Sir Fitzro } ' Kelly , appointed

      Attorney-General ; for Belfast , in the room of Mr . Cairns , appointed Solicitor-General ; for the northern division of Leicester , in the room of Lord John . Manners , appointed First Commissioner of Works for the southern division of Salop , in the room of "Viscount Newport , appointed Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household ; for the County of Dublin , in the room of Captain T . E . Taylor , appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury ? for Bridgenortb , in the room of Mr . Whrtmore , appointed one of the Lords of the Treasurv ; for Cockermonth , in the room of Lord Naas , appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland ; for the County of Tyrone , in the room of Lord Claude Hamilton , appointed Treasurer of her Majesty ' s Household ; in the room of Colonel Forester , appointed Comptroller of her Majesty's Household .

      ADJOURNMENT OF THE IIOUSE . Sir W . Jolliffe , on behalf of the new Ministers , said it was the desire of Lord Derby that the House should meet : again on Monday for the despatch of business , and that he ( Sir W . Jolliffe ) should then ask the House to adjourn to the following" Friday week , the 12 th of March . —Sir Richabd Bbthell took the opportunity todefend the opinions he had already expressed relative to the Alien Laws . —Mr . Warren dissented from this view , and Mr . WHTiKSrDE coincided with the opinion of Lord Campbell .

      NOTICES OF MOTION . Mr . Mongkton Mtlnes gave notice that he should , on that day fortnight , bring under the notice of the House the present passport regulations . Mr . Spooner gave notice of his annual Maynooth motion , to come on shortly after Easter . EAST INDIA LOAN BILL . After a- short conversation , the further consideration of this bill was postponed , on the opposition of the hon . member for Devonport ? ( Sir Erskine Perry ) on the ground that the House had had no time to discuss the principle of the bill . It was adjourned till Monday , to ascertain the views of the present Government . The House adjourned at six ; o ' clock .

      THK CASK OF AZZOFABDI : Lord Lyndhukst said ho wished to explain a statement he had made respecting Azzopardi , who , on Monday last , he had stated was hanged . He had since received a letter which stated that the sentence of death had been commuted to transportation , and that he had been sent to Norfolk Island in 1843 . LAW OF LIBKL BILL . Lord Campbell announced thnt , " in consequence of certain circumstances , " he thought it would be better that tho second reading of this bill ( fixed for next Monday ) should bo postponed until a future day . —It was postponed accordingly . THE NKW MINISTRY .

      The Marquis of Salisbury auid . his noble mend at the head of the Government ( Lord Derby ) had thought it would bo more respectful to tho House if ho abstained from making the usual ministerial tttatcment until noxt Monday , and ho accordingly moved tho adjournment of the Houao until that day . —Tho motion , was agreed to , and their Lordships adjourned .

      HQUSE OF COMMONS . Thc ' appearancoof tho Lower Houao yesterday evening ( as well aa of tlio Upper House ) wns of Course greatly changed from what tlio public havo ^ eoa accustomed to for Homo years \> uat . The Government supporters and tUc , QuposUioniat 8 . Ua 4 _ changod . / aMes ^ bora of tho old or now Ministry woro present at first , but Lord Palmorston afterwards arrived , and sat himself down in tho cold shadow of tho non-official sido of tho House . Tho lato Attorney-General went , as if by instinct , to his ' olcl place , but , soon discovering hia mlfltuko , crossed over , amidst much laughter .

      NKW WRITS . On tho motion of Sir W . Jolmffm , tho ' following now writs wore ordered : —For BuckinghamaUijc ^ . in tho room of Mr . Dlsraoli , who lias accepted tlio olllco of Chancellor of tho Exchequer | for Klnus Lynn ,, In tho room of Lord

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      202 TH E LEA D SB . [ No . 414 , February 27 , 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2232/page/10/