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      The Exhebttioit in 1861 . —We are assured that a Great International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures will be opened in London on the 24 th of March , 1861 . Mb . LayArd in India . — A . letter from Mr . Layard to a native , dated " Residency , Hyderabad , January 5 th 1858 , " has been published . In this communication , Mr . LayaTd speaks highly of Salar Jang , and of the great services he has rendered to England during the recent crisis . He adds : —" I am now marching to Indore by Aurungabad and the cave temples of Ellora and Ajunta . "

      China . —According to the London correspondent of the Pays , " it is proposed by the allies to send despatches to the Emperor of China , and if within a reasonable time a satisfactory answer should not be received , the town of Tien-Sing , on the left bank of the Pey-Ho , or " White River , will be strictly blockaded . By this operation it is calculated that Pekin must assuredly be reduced to a state of famine within a very short time , the Chinese Government never having a reserve of more than three months' provisions in the capital of the Celestial Empire , and Tien-Sing being the principle market for supplying the metropolis with food . " The English Engineers at Naples . —A memorial to the House of Commons , with reference to the protracted incarceration of the two English engineers at Naples , has been unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Tovro < Council of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , at which the Mayor presided . " The Clergy and the Indian Mutiny * . —A memorial to the Queen , signed by six hundred and forty-nine clergymen of the diocese of Lichfield , and praying for the propagation of Christianity in India , has been , published . Examination of M . Bernard . —The investigation of this case was resumed on Thursday , when further evidence was received , connecting M . Bernard with the proceedings of Orsini , Rudio , and the other Paris conspirators . One of the witnesses was the wife of Eudio , a young Nottingham girl of humble origin , who , though married for the last two years , is not quite eighteen yet . She deposed to frequent interviews between her husband

      and M . Bernard , who frequently gave them money to relieve them in their distress , and who appears to have known of Rudio ' s expedition beforehand , and to have spoken of it to the wife with much mystery . At the conclusion of the day ' s proceedings , Mr . Bodkin said it was but right to state that , on Saturday ( this day ) , he should ask Mr . Jardine to commit the prisoner , as an accessary before the fact , for the capital offence of murder . Mr . Sleigh protested against the unfairness of this proceeding , and made some remarks on the Government " temporizing with the powers of another nation , " ¦ which elicited loud cheers from some foreigners in the court . Mr . Jardine then said : — " This is the last time that shall occur . On the next occasion , this shall be a close court . "

      Regulation ok the Streets . —A numerous deputation , comprising representatives from several of the metropolitan parishes , and including Mr . R . Hanbury , M . P ., Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., Sir James Hamilton , Bart ., &c , waited upon Mr . Secretary Walpolo by appointment , for the purpose of calling his attention to the subject of street prostitution , and night-houses , &c , and urging on him the necessity of taking steps , on the part of the Government , to mitigate the evil . After an interview of considerable length , during which ' the great social evil waa illustrated in various ways , Mr . Walpolo said he would give the subject liis best attention .

      State ow Traue . —In the week ending last Saturday , there was scarcely nny change in the trade operations of the great manufacturing towns . Business is still very depressed , and many persons are out of employ . The wintry weather which has now prevailed for so long , and which seems to give no aign of xolonting , has necessarily chocked the sale of spring goods ; and there will probably bo no great movement among the manufacturers of textile fabrics nntil the atmosphere is milder and tho season more advanced . Scarcity op Malks in Ciiukcii . —Travel where you will , from Portugal to Swedon , from Normandy to the mouths of the Danube , you find it almost impossible to interest the male portion of tho inhabitants iu religious matters . As a body , they have assumed an attitude of indifference , if not hostility , and so long as this continues , I , for one , never expect to see their political emancipation . It ia very different in the United States of America . There you see the churches crowded with both , sexes , and societies everywhere formed among youths for solf-improvemcnt . Like ourselves , our Transatlantic friends aro somewhat too fond ot - ^ js&Mbsjwloii ^^ secret of success , of true happiness , and of tho strength of statoa , and they have no xolish for that porpotual pleasure-hunting whioh dogratlos tho European nations ,. nnd iu tho key of tho despot's power . I look upon tho existence- of societies like this as one of tho sureat signs of national health , and one of tho most hopeful symptoms for tho future ; and I trust my lady friends will not Jniaundorstand me whon I aay thtxt I have no fonr for Groat Urituin so long aa her churchos and her loaturorooma display a fair proportion of men . —Speech of Mr . Baxter , M . P ., at Glasgow .

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      SURRENDER OF M . BERNARD . It has been arranged that the final examination of M . Bernard is to take place to-day . At the last examination ( Thursday ) the charge was altered , and M . Bernard is now accused of being accessary to the crime of murder before the fact . Mr . Jardine has , it seems , almost announced that he will commit M . Bernard on the capital charge . We believe that as soon as a French subject is committed for trial on any one of a certain category of charges , including murder , he becomes amenable to his own Government , under the Extradition of Criminals Treaty of 1843 . M . Bernard will probably be thus committed to-day . It is , perhaps , safe to infer that evidence of the sufficiency of our existing laws will be given to the French Government by the surrender of M . Bernard . We may anticipate that a quiet day will be chosen ; and what day could be so quiet as Sunday P Those who happen to be in tho neighbourhood of the place of confinement in which M . Bernard is detained ( wherever that may be ) will have to look sharp if they desire to witness the ' solemnity' of a refugee ' s departure for his native land .

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      The Appeal of Orstni and his accomplices to tb © Court of Cassation was rejected on Thursday . Tub Cash of Haul an » Hall . —Mr . Commissioner Fane gave judgment in the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday in tUo case of Henry and Chealyn Hall * The certificate was refused altogether , and without protection . His Honour suggested that the assignees should take legal advice as to whether the case does not come within the criminal law . Mr . Lawrence said tho suggestion should bo adopted . This New Solicitou-Genkkal fob Ireland . —The post of Solicitor-General for Ireland has been conferred on Mr . John Goorgo , Q . C ., lato member for the county ofWexford . Fatal Boiler Explosion . — A boiler haa exploded in tho mining and iron districts round Dudley , Worcestershire , killing three men nail maiming others for life . This Continent . ' —A number of French refugees have arrived at Borno from Geneva , und have been placed at tK-TlliBp ^^ a- ^ T ^ lre ~ l ! 1 oderal 1 -Oounoilv--- 'rUe- 'Governin « nt--of Berne has given categorical Instructions to the authorities of tho Jura to send French refugees immediately into tho interior . — " An excellent understanding , says a telogram from Vienna , " bas already been cBtabliBUea between tho Derby Ministry and this Government . Rns-KLKcnoNM . — -Tho ltlgln Hon .. Lord Lovalno , one of tho Junior Lords of tlio Admiralty , haa been rcoloctod for North Northumberland ; and LoTd Claude Hamilton , Treasurer of hoi- Majoaty ' a Household , for tho county of Tyrone .

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      No . 416 , March 13 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 251

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      Leader Office , Saturday , March . 13 th . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF COMMONS . RE-ELECTIONS . Several of the re-elected members took the oaths and their seats as Ministers of the Crown . THE CASE OF MR . ISAAC BT 7 TT . Sir James Graham brought Tip the report of the select committee which inquired into the conduct of Mr . Isaac Butt . The substance of this document is already known to our readers .

      DESPATCH FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that within the last hour the Government had received an answer to a despatch addressed by them to the French Government , and he was happy to say that the misconceptions which had existed between the two Governments were entirely at an end .

      BUSINESS OF THE BOUSE . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was necessary to go into Committee of Supply in order to carry on the financial business of the country , and to pass the Mutiny Act . Last year , power was given to embody the Militia without the usual condition of prospective invasion ; this wa 3 in consequence of the state of affairs in India . That bill -would be continued , and a vote taken for the embodied Militia . It was intended to ask votes on account of the Army and Navy , and it was proposed to take a vote in Committee on Ways and Means next Tuesday . —Mr . Rich urged that it would have been more in accordance with custom if the House had heard an exposition of the policy of the Government . Mr . P . O'Brien said that different members of the Government had made different declarations of policy at the hustings , and before the House granted the Ministry money , they ought to know something of their policy .

      already in the hands of every one , except the opinions of the law officers of the Crown , which were never made public . The present Government could j not vary from the coarse taken by their predecessors in recognizing the Neapolitan jurisdiction . — Lord John Russell said that the letter of the Foreign Secretary founded on the opinion of the law officers might be produced , which was much the same thing as the opinions themselves . The claim of the Sardinian Government to declare illegal the seizure of the Cagliari , ought to be supported by that of England . He urged that , whatever waa the question of law , the treatment of the prisoners was wholly unjustifiable . The noble Lord declined to accede to a request of Mr . Newdegate to postpone the Oaths Bill from next Wednesday . —Mr . Bernax Osborne expressed his regret that the questions of Mr . Rich and Mr . O'Brien as to the policy of the Government had not been answered before they took large votes on credit . He hoped the House would not grant any vote in supply till they had a programme of the Government measures . Unless that was done , he should ask the House how far it could put confidence in the Ministry ? THE MORTALITY IN THE ARMT . In answer to Mr . Laurie , General Peel said that commissions had been issued to inquire into the mortality of the army , and steps would be taken to remedy the evils complained of . ARMT AND NAVY ESTIMATES . In Committee of Supply , 59 , 859 seamen and marines for the navy , and a sum of money on account for the service of the navy , were voted . 130 , 135 men were voted for the army , and sums of money on account of the various departments were also agreed to . The East India Loan Bill was advanced a stage . —Lord Palmerston postponed the motion for the ¦ econd reading until the 22 nd of April ; the other orders were disposed of , and the House adjourned .

      THE CAGLIAKIMr . Kinglake brought forward the case of seizure of the Cagliari by the Neapolitan Government , and the imprisonment of the English engineers , urging that their detention was a breach of general international layr . — The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the case was one of a very distressing nature . He thought those persons were morally innocent ; but the circumstances might be such as to require the demonstration of their innocence by judicial investigation . There had been no neglect on the part of the Government in dealing with the case , and they had acted under the guidance and opinion of the law officers of the Crown . It was not a question of policy but of law ; the Government having acceded to the trial of the prisoners , and the jurisdiction at Naples admitted , he had not heard any reason why the case should be taken out of the position in which it was placed . He thought the Government was now foreclosed from interfering . The present Government had sent a duly qualified person to Naples to see that everything that was necessary to comfort should be given the prisoners , and to accompany all this with a strong protest against any delay in dealing with the case . —Mr . Headlam said that one of these men was a constituent of his ; and he wished to express his dissatisfaction at finding that the Neapolitan jurisdiction had been admitted without its having been strenuously denied . Ho denied that the capture of the vessel was a legal one , for it waa made on the high seas and not in the Neapolitan waters . —Mr . Roebuck said the answer of the right hon . gentlemen was wholly auworthy of a British Minister . These men ought to have been protected by the power of England , and brought to immediato trial . The farco of withdrawing our Minister from Naples had left thorn with no protection as British subjects ; and , instead of sending Mr : Lyons , he would have sent Lord Lyona with his three-deckers to settle tho question . —Mr . Hobsman asked whether in a despatch to Count Cavour tho Neapolitan Government had admitted that the Cngliari was captured on the high seas . If so , it was illegal , nnd every subsequent proceeding was a violation of International law . He asked that the whole of tho papers on tho subject should bo produced . —Mr . Gladstonk cxproscd a hopo that the Government would accede to this request , and produce tho papers in order that the matter might bo fully disfili § 8 A , by the House . He thought any admissiona made by tlio late Government , under a misapprehension ofthlT facts , could not bo binding either on tho present Government or tho House . ' —Lord 1 ' almkrston said tho lato Government wore wholly guided in tho matter by competent Authorities on international law . Most of the papers wore ) produced last session , ; but , as far as he was concerned , ho had no objection to tho production ot any papers whioh had come into existence sinco and up to tlio timo -whon ho left office . —Mr . SnYMOun FitkanrtAi . n said tho difficulty of providing tho papers was that they could give no further information than was

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1858, page 251, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2234/page/11/