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      naeemenr , for a grant of money towards the expenses of adapting the dome area of St . Paul ' s for the purposes of Divine service , " and moved that it should be referred to the Coal , Corn , and Funance Committee . After some discussion and opposition , this was agreed to . —Several petitions -were presented from inhabitants of the metropolis , and also from a large number of butchers , praying for an iavestigatiom into the alleged system of forestalling and jobbing in the Metropolitan Cattle Market . The petition alleged that there is at present an exorbitant price of butcher ' s meat , although there was a quantity of stock quite sufficient for the supply of the metropolis constantly arriving ; and t Tiat this exorbitant price is owing to a system of jobbin g and forestalling . The several petitions were referred to the Markets ' Improvement Committee to examine and report upon , and the Court then adjourned .

      Riots at "WotiVEnHAMrroN . —Some serious rioting took place at , Wolverhannpton on Tuesday evening , owing to a person calling himself tlie Baron de Carnin having made some injudicious speeches with reference to the Roman Catholic religion . Some persons were arrested ; and , on the following evening , the Baron held a meeting in the Corn Exchange , at which his wife described the formularies attending tb _ e introduction of a young woman into a nunnery . She said she had been a novice at a nunnery at Winchester , from which her husband had enabled her to escape . This was the first time

      that she had appeared before an aud-ience of gentlemen . She was encournged by her auditory , who cheered her and shouted " Go on ; you . have plemty of friends here . " The Baron said that he had cause-d his wife to speak , because it had been asserted by a Boman Catholic in his presence at the Star and Garter ttiat his wife was not such , but a strumpet . Th . e Baroness is a young woman of about twenty-five y « ars , of well-formed features , slight stature , and pale countenance ; . The Baron afterwards spoke in condemnation of Popery , and was loudly cheered to the dose .

      Teat in Hatching Pheasants . —Within the last few . weeks , Mr . John Pearce , gamekeeper to St . John Chiverton Charlton , Esq ., of Apsley Castle , has contrived , upon the Wytbeford estate , to hatch no less than sixty-three young pheasants under one bird . The first hatch of the hen pheasant consisted of ten , from her own eggs ; the second < was ten , the third fifteen , the fourth twenty , the fifth eight , and she is now sitting upon twelve more eggs . The bird is remarkably tame , and will allow the keeper to lift her off the nest . All the eggs subsequent to the first hatch had been deserted by other birds .

      SraouLAR Religious PBOcEnJDixGs . —One portion of the . Baptist denomination of Ross , styling them ? selves " Particular Baptists , " held a service on the banks of the Wye , at Ross , oa Tuesday , having for its ohject the baptism of some of the members of the denomination . The Bev . James Smith , Baptist minister of Cheltenham , was announced in the hand-bills to officiate ; but , in his absence , the ceremony was conducted by the Rev . Mr . Hall , of Gorsely , "Baptist minister . After a portion of the service was gone through , i ~ h < ± persons who were to be baptized , two young females , and an elderly

      married woman , together with the minister nnd some other officiating persons , were conveyed from the packet-yard to the opposite side of the river , and there , in the presence of hundreds of spectators , the three females were conducted out of the boat into the stream and immersed , amid the cheers and clapping of hands of those present on the river ' s "bank . Thie minister rebuked the multitude for cheering , &c , telling tliem that it was a eerious matter , and not one to be laughed at , and that they ( the Baptists ) were not coirse there to make an exhibition of their religion . — Cheltenham Examiner .

      A YouTiiFct , Couri-E . —JHemry Ricketts and Katha-rine Stout were-married at Wimbornc Minster on Sunday . Their united nges amounted to thirty , being respectively fourteen mid sixteen years . The bridegroom is fulfilling the situution of errand-boy to a grocer in the town at 5 s . a week . — Wiltshire Mirror . Public Barometkks fok Vishbrmknt . —The Banff " Journal stutcs that a very handsome public barometer haa been set up in the fishing village of Whitehills , for the use of the li hermen . Mr . Stubbing , of the Board of Trade , superintended the Hotting up and the adjustment , « nd t » ve tlie fishermen instruction in the use of the scale . Eight barometers of n similar kind , and for a similar purpose , lie nt Edinburgh until such time as houaen for their reception in northern fishing villages are erected .

      Cholera in Rubbi . v . —Tho cholera , a letter from St . Petersburg says , has reappeared in that capitul , and Already more than seventy fuses havo occurred . The temperature of tho weather , however , ia cooler than is usual there at this period of the year . Trial Thip op this Sth ^ m-ship Bknahks . —Tho Peninsular an \ Oriental Company ' s new screw steamship Benares left Sotithnmiiton on Friday week , under the command of Captain Soy , for a trial trip to Cork , in order to teat some iniprovotiicu ts in her machinery . She returned on Wednesday ovenl « ig , having made tho run from Cork ( 821 miles ) in 2 ft houra and 85 minutes , being an average of 12 . 54 knots per hour . Tho Benares ¦ was built by Mesur * . Todd an tl M'Grogor , of Glasgow . She will shortly be « ent out to India . The Channel Islands TKUcaR . vrH .- ~ It was at first intended to lay down th Cltannol Iulnnds Submarine

      Telegraph oble from Alderney to Jersey , and from thence to Gurnsey . It his now , however , stated that it is to be laid down , from Alderney to Guernsey , and from the latter island to Jersey . At Alderney the cable is- to tou « h at Laneresse Bav , and

      at Jersey at St . Martin ' s Point . It is expected that the charge for a short telegram will be about 5 s . The establishment of a telegraphic communication between England and the Channel Islands will be of immense advantage to the latter as it will induce a greater number of visitors to visit the islands , when they can have instant communication with England , on business or in case of sicltness . There is now almost a dnily communication between England and the Channel Islands by means of steam-packets .

      Drainage in Ireland . —It appears from a return moved for by Mr- Caird , and published yesterday , that up to the 31 st of March , 4 = 61 , 000 / . of the moneys advanced for arterial drainage In Ireland were remitted by the Treasury . Tlie remissions have been made in consequence of the inadequacy of the benefit derived from the increased annual benefit of the drained and improved lands , and the distant prospect of greatly increased productiveness to enable the proprietors to pay the whole sums for which they were liable in respect of the improvements .

      A Rifle Match . — "A grand rifle match , " says a letter from Berlin of the 28 th ult ., "is now coming off in this city . Upwards of 130 rifle societies have sent deputations , comprising altogether more than 1000 persons . As it is the fashion at present to put the name of the Princess Frederick-William every where , the name of l Frederick-William-Yietoria Rifle Match' has been given to the affair . Each of the riflemen is to receive a silver medal from the Ride Society of Berlin , and the Prince and Princess will give gold medals to the successful competitors . "

      The Greenland Fishery . — The Elena , Captain Stephen , which lias arrived at Peterhead , brings the following news from the northern whale and sea fishery up to the 10 th June : — -Active , 11 , 000 . seals and 1 whale ; Agostina , 1 / whale ; Columbia , 6800 seals ; Brilliant , 20 . 00 seals and 1 whale ( 32 tuns ); Elena , 4600 seals ; Intrepid , 7 tuns and i whale ; Kate , 300 seals ; North of Scotland , 1300 seals and 1 whale ; Resolution , 3000 seals ; Sir Colin ' Campbell , 600 . 0 seals '; Victor , 4000 seals and 1 whale ; Xanthns , 1900 seals ; Alexander Harvey , 30 tuns ; Milinka , 6000 seals ( 70 tuns ) .

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      PARLIAMENTARY PEMMICAN . On Friday the motion for adjournment to Monday , in the Commons , introduced , as usual , an irregular discussion upon a variety of subjects . The foul state of the Thames naturally attracted attention , as it had previously done in the L « rd 8 , where a profitless conversation had taken place on the subject . The discussion in the Commons , however , was not barren of result . The Chancellor of the Exchequer promised that the Government would bring in a bill before the close of the session to facilitate the operations of the BoaTd of Works ; and we believe that the new bill will enable the Board to borrow money from the Treasury on the security of the rates . I » is understood that the Hoard of Works will immediately commence the construction of a tunnel on either side of the Thames to carrj' away the sewage to n point a considerable distance down the river .

      After a rencontre between Mr . Peter O'Brien and Mr . Maguire , in which the former came off second best , the House went into committee on the India Bill . Now was Iiord Pnlmerston destined to sustain two memorable defeats . The 7 th clause being proposed , which fixes the number of the Council at fifteen , and pToyides that they shall be partly nominated and partly elected , Lord Palmerston moved two amendments , first , that the Council should be composed of not more than twelve members ; secondly , that these members should all be nominated by the Crown . Upon tho first amendment Lord Piilmerston was beaten by a majority of 62 , and on the second by a majority of 93 ! And , amidst the exulting shouts of tho Ministerialists , disappeared

      the last remnant of the Palmerston prestige . Reflective men perceived , from tho moment when a majority recorded their votes on Mr . Milner Gibson ' s amendment to the Coimpiracy Bill , that the Pnlmerflton bubble had burst for ever ; "but to tho bulk of society tho truth was not , at first , so apparent , and great efforts were made to prevent its development . Now , however , no amount of ingenuity can conceal or mitigate the fact that Lord Palmerston has been defeated In his own House of Commons , and on n field of battle deliberately chosen by himself , by a majority of 98 . It may reasonably lie presumed that Lord Pnlmeraton

      wos nware he would lie defeated , though ho could not havo anticipated that hia defeat would bo of ko decisive a character . It may bo asked why , if Lord Palmerston had reason to suppose ho would bo in a minority , should he move his Amendments ? Ho was constrained by circumstance . Lord Palmoraton , contrary to nil precedent , had . after retiring from office , kept liis own India Bill on tho *• Vates" as a minatory notice to his successors . The number of Councillors and the mode of their appointment woro tho groat points of difference between bia bill and the measure of the Government , and more than once , during the discussions on tho latter , he

      evidently felt the severity of the blow inflicted this evening , and his depressed and even dejected air on entering the House , after the second division , contrasted strongly with the jaunty and confident manner in -winch a few months since , he used to stride along the tioor and take his seat on the other side of the table . On Monday the Lords did a good work in addressin " the Queen to give directions for the discontinuance of the " political services" of the Church of England ( or the Gunpowder Plot , the " Royal Martyr , " and the " Restoration , " Sincerely religious people have-regarded the services for the " martyr" and the restoration of his son with disgust . Could anything be imagined move

      oftenhad intimated thttt he would challenge the decision of the House upon the two questions . To have shrunk from the conflict when tlie occasion offered , would perhaps , have been more damaging than defeat , for it would have provoked contempt . Lord Valmerston

      sive to the feelings of pious persons than to be called on to offer testimony in the house of God in favour of two men , the one being a « great a liar and the other as great a profligate as ever existed ? The hest , becausc ° the most honest , of the infamous Stuart race was the bigot James II . We load his memory with ' reproaches because he was a Catholic , and we have made a sort of idol of hi . 3 brother , who wns also a Catholic , but , at the same time , a heartless profligate . The bill for abolishing the property qualification received the Royal assent . The measure will have little practical effect , but is significant of the state of political feeling .

      An extraordinary exposure wns made this evening in the Commons , of the manner in which business has for some time past been conducted in our military establishment at "Weedon . To begin at the beginning , it appears , from the statement of Colonel Baldeno , the Chairman of the- " Contract Committee , " that two years and a half ago a Mr . Elliot ( not one of the Elliots , as Lord -Melgund has informed the editor of the Daily News ) was appointed storekeeper at Weedon , and left in the uncontrolled charge of affairs at that important station . Lnst autumn suspicion vras excited that matters were not going oil exactly as they ought to dp , and on an inquiry being instituted , it was found that the accounts had not been settled for two vears . An officer . ¦

      with ten clerks , was forthwithsent to Weedon to overhaul the books . They worked away from October to March , when it Was . found necessary to despatch to their assistance Captain Martin , the head of the statistical department at the War-office , and ten additional clerks . Still , such , is the disgraceful manner in which the-accounts . have been , kept , that all this clerk-power proved insufficient to induce them to order , and eight additional commissioners were subsequently sent down to aid in the work . After all . the accounts for 1856-7 are not yet balanced . Mr . Elliot one day said to a contractor , " I wish you would pay 500 ? . into my banker ' s this evening , " and the good-natured contractor did as he was bid . After this no one will be surprised at learning that contractors were allowed to send in

      clothing of a character inferior to that for which their tenders had been accepted . Bribery extended to the inferior officers , and the " receivers , " - —persons appointed to inspect the clothing and sec that it is equal to the tender —were regularly paid by contractors at the rate of one and two . pounds per week . But when the articles got into store they were not allowed to remain there ; it was necessary to have new contracts and more bribes . Accordingly we find that during 1856-7 , 17 , 000 pairs of boots were sold by auction , nnd it ia distinctly proved that 20 , 000 pairs of these , which were bought at os . 6 d . per pair , were resold to the Government at the rate of 12 s , a pair ! It was impossible to say a word in defence of such iniquities , and therefore General Peel at once consented to the appointment of a commission to investigate tho whole subject .

      On Tuesday we had another false move on the part of the Palmerston party . For the second time sinca Mr . Fitzgerald , the late Attorney-General for Ireland , has lost his office , he endeavoured to revive the feelings of religious discord between Catholics and Protestants , and , for the second time , he signally failed . It is understood that Lord Palmernton snubbed his late subordinate for his first effort ( about the Belfast riots ) , but tho motion of Tuesday received the full concurrence of Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell ; and , wo believe , that every member of the late Government wns present to support it . Tho act which Mr . Pitzgerald made tho ground of impeachment against tho Government wns tho appointment of a Mr . Moore to the office of sessional prosecutor for tho county of Tyrone , with

      a salary of 140 / . a year . The right honourable gentleman admitted that Mr . Moore was fully competent to discharge the duties of tho office , but objected to the appointment , on the ground of Mr . Moore Icing a member of tho Ornngo Association . Ho reminded liis hearers that tho Orange Association wns condemned by an address to the Crown in 1836 , nnd that it subsequently dissolved itself ; but he did not attempt to show , although ho said he would do so , that tlie Orange Association , which was revived at the time of tho repeal agitation , rosemblod its predecessor in rules and action . It was probably this defect in his caso which caused the House to listen with impatienco to the long extracts which the right hon . gentleman rend relative to proceedings of the Orange Association prior to 1886 . It was remarked , as ominous , that Mr . Fitzgerald was

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      636 THE LEADER . [ No . 432 , Jii : lt 3 ,. 1653 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 636, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2249/page/12/