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      The Late Ministers . —The Queen has conferred on the Earl of Derby the very high honour of making him an extra Knight of the Garter . Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to mark her sense of the services rendered by the Earl of M&lmesbury and Sir John Pakington by conferring upon them the Civil Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath . —Herald . Adulteration of Food . — -Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., has revived his bill for preventing the adulteration of articles of food or drink . Analysts -will be appointed by vestries , district boards , and town councils ; anil tradesmen , duly convicted of the crime of corrupting the food of their fellow men , will be heavily fined , and branded as adulterators , at their own expense , in the public newspapers . Scotland and Ireland are not to enjoy the advantage of this beneficent , law .

      Death qf Judge M'Cak . —Mr . M'Can one of the judges of the Irish Court of Bankruptcy , has died very suddenly . He presided the previous day in his court , and appeared in the enjoyment of good health . The emoluments of the judgeship are 2 , 000 / . a-year . The Hon . Mr . Plunket is the second judge , and his retirement has for some time been spoken of . Legal Appoi > -tjiexts . —It is stated that the following legal appointments have been settled : —Lord Campbell Chancellor ; Lord Chief Justice Cockburn , Chief Justice of England , with a peerage ; Sir W . Erie , Chief of the Common Pleas ; Mr . Justice Willes transferred to the Queen ' s Bench ; and Sir H Keating appointed to the vacancy in the Common Pleas .

      Louis Kosscth . —This personage , it seems , did not leave England last Week . We learn from a photographer ' s puff that he was in Regent-street on Wednesday , for the purpose of haying a portrait taken previous to his departure for Italy . He , was to leave England on Thursday , Madame Kossuth remaining behind . " ¦ ' Eight Host . C . B . ACderlet upon the Cxtaxge o ^ Goveexjiext . —At a meeting at Stoke-upon-Trent , on Monday , the right lion , gentleman said he had looked through the debate to see if heeouldfihd © ut anything which would show the reason for the change \> f Ministry ; but he could find out nothing . The country had little more confidence in

      Lord Palmerston than in Lord Derby ; and as far as he ( Mr . Adderley ) could see it was not quite clear that Lord Palmerston would be able to form a Government . Her Majesty had felt the difficulty of having two rivals in office , and she had adopted the wise course of calling in a third person , under ¦ whom the two rivals would serve . When Lord Gran ville , a most able and competent man , -and one of the best of the whole Whig party , responded to the royal appeal , he found Lord Palmerston most willing to serve under him—which was creditable to Lord . Palmerston—but he found Lord John Russell would not do it ; and that upset the new Government . They must say that Lord J . Russell's opposition ' was not very promising to the new Ministry . The new Government will include Whigs , and he

      Liberals , and Radicals , was sorry Mr . Bright was not one , Ho was suro that the bust plnco for ilr . Bright was in office . It was better and easier to deal in abstractions than in facts and realities , and he ( Mr . Adderley ) should like Mr . Bright to know what it was to work as well as to talk . He would then sing another song than he did now , as one of the members of the House of Commons said the other day . He hoped that while tho Conservatives were the strongest party in Parliament , that they should , while depreciating opposition , which eould have no other object but to servo party purposes , maintain their strength and integrity , and that her Majesty and tho country might know that there was a party ready to resume tho reins of power and devote itself to tho service of tho country ¦ whenever it should be required .

      Mil . ConDEN . —Tho Manchester Examiner saj's : — We understand that Mr . Cobden will sail from Quebec , by tho Indian screw steamer , on Saturday next , tho 18 th instant , and will therefore probably arrive in England on or about tho last day of tho present month . Paiiliamentary Riaifoim Committkh . —At ameoting on Tuesday , a resolution was adoptocl to tho ftftect that , in order to socuro a re-construction of

      tho Liberal party upon a permanent basis , it is necessary that every section of Reformers should bo fairly ropresentod in tho now Cabinet . It wan also resolved to sond a copy of this resolution to Lord Palmorston and Lord John Russell . A mooting of tho com mitt oo of tho Ballot Society was also hold yesterday , at which it was resolved that tho committee , pn behalf of tho friends of tho ballot , desires to express its rogrot Hint a Liberal Ministry is about to bo restored to " power without any stipulation being made for tholr conceding tho ballot , " *

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      ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES . After abandoning Pavia , Piacenza , and Pizzighettone , blowing up the bridges , spiking the guns , and throwing the ammunition into the river , the Austrians still pursue their retreat along the north bank of the Po to Mantua and the line of the Mincio . The Austrians have now crossed the Oglio , and they are probably by this time only a few miles from their destination . At the same time their troops on the south of the Po , at ITerrara , Bologna , and Reggie-, have all been withdrawn , and are no doubt on their way to join the main Austrian army on the north

      bank , which will be to some extent reinforced by the detachments just recalled . In the meantime the Allies are advancing apparently in several columns . Garibaldi in the north has already reached Brescia . On the 12 th the grand head-quarters were at Gorgonzolo , between fifteen and twenty miles from Milnn , on the railway between that city and Verona . And the same day the King of Sardinia crossed the Adda at Vaprio and Canonica , just after its junction with the Brembo , whilst the Emperor crossed lower down at Cassario . There are besides French troops on the road to Lodi , Crema , and Cremona , following close upon the Austrian ? , who have already arrived at Cremona , but they will

      scarcely remain long there , as the French are alreaily pushing across the Adda , and even the more distant Oglio has never been thought a favourable position for defence . They have therefore probably by this time reached the triangle formed by Peschiera , Verona , and Mantua . It seems pretty clear that thcy will not call a half until they reach their own selected battle-ground , and all fortresses that intervene between the Ticino and the Mincio will fall . If Pesr chiera should fall ,. the Lagodi Garda falls with it into the hands of the conqueror ; the valley , of the Adigc would then neeessarilv be interrupted , and the only

      other communication by which Verona could receive supplies is the line of rail which rims through Vicenza , Padua , and Venice . But Venice herself is in danger , and if the French should succeed in effecting a landing there , and in placing an army upon the river Piave , they will turn the line of the Adige , as they have already turned the line of the Po and the Adda . Even without this advantage , it is yet to be seen what stand fortified places can make against those rifled cannon with which -the French army is now provided , and which , if thenpower is fairly described , ought to be able from a safe distance to keep down the lire of any number of

      the old guns . . . The Nord says : — " The second series of the military operations of the allied armies are being p-ushod on with great vigour . They will be simultaneously commenced by sea and lanu . We shall see if the Austrijuis will be more fortunate behind their fortresses than ^ upon thu rivors of Italy and in open field . The Emperor o the Fronoh and tho King of Sardinia will put nil thoir troops in movement in order to invest thi ; Austrian fortresses . Prince Napoleon , with the toiviunder his command , will proceed without . k-lii . v towards tho lessor Pq , to support tho movements ot the right wing of tho French army . A Paris letter adds : — The Kmporor , it appears , purposes to carry on simultaneously' tho siege ot tiiu Austrian fortresses in Lombardy , atul ^ ior that purpose 100 , 000 men are required from France .

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      Public Hka ^ th . —The Registrar-General ' s report n « ain presents a favourable view of the health of the metropolis . Last week tho total number was 938 , being less by Y 44 than the estimated average . The number of births was 1 , 608 , being 730 in excess of the deaths . Consecration of ' tiiiieu Bibjiovs . — . Tuesday was fixed for the Consecration , by the Archbishop of Canterbury , of throo clorgymen who wore to bo raised from the priosthood to the episcopal order . They were the Ven . James Colquhoun Campbell , D . D ., to

      tho bjsopric of Bangor , in tho room of tho Right Rov . Dr . R , Bctholl , deceased ; the Rov . Edward Wyndham Tutfhoil , D . D ., to tlie newly-orected bishopric of Brisbane , Australia ; and the Rov . Piers Calyoly Claughton , D . D ., to tho newly-erected bishopric of St . Helena . Tho ceremony took placo in Wostminster Abbey . In addition to tho Archbishop there wore present the BUahops of London , Oxford , Salisbury , Columbia , Western Now Yprk , LlandafiF , Brcchin , and Capo Town j tho Doan of Westminster , tho Sub ^ -Dean . ( Lord John Thynne ) , and a largo number of clergymen in tlielr robes .

      Manual Arias , mate of the steamer Ter , from Ilavanna to Liverpool , 1 ms been fined £ 100 by the Liverpool magistrates for having concealed in his cabin smuggled tobacco . Captain Coalhuator , of the ship Moorsoroft , from Manilla to Livorpool , was also flnod in alike sum . Piooolomini , wo are told , 'has gained reputation , but not much money , by luer trip to tho States . As soon as her engagement with Mr . UUman ceased she sang for Mr . Lumley . If slio remained in tho States and was her own manager she would not 150 , 000 dollars in a year or eighteen months .

      A rumour is very prevalent' that a petition is in course of preparation agpalnst tho return of Mr . IP . Pool for tho borough of Bury . ,

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      THE AUSTRIAN ARMY . Tub official Weiner Zeitumjcontains the fullowring . --" Tho Emperor will ' forthwith assume thuiinmodmtu command-in-ohiof , and has ordered a now Position for tho army , which will be taken up in tho best manner possible" . . n It is rumoured that Baron Hoss is to bo Commundor-in-Chiof , Gonoral Benqdok his Adlatus , and Goneral Ramming his Quartarmafltor-lrynoinl , it the only reliable news received from Verona is that Hoss , as ComnwuMlor-in-Chlof , is now ° » W . ™ - siwrn . iiainix tiinf . TUlVfc of tllO SoCOIld Al'llW WlliOll V . CIS

      opposed to the allies on tho 4 th and 5 th 1 nppoar that Gyulai ' s dispositions wore so oxoeriiby bad that tho Sardo-tf ranch army wou d liavo boo nb to march to Milan with little molestation , hud n I tho vanguard of Clam ' s corps chanced tu . arrivei at tho Lombard capital on tho 2 nd instant . Pho a - pointmont oi Hoss to bo our commandor , wi Itus a Xustrlan officer to his wile , « would bo as good as a vlotory gained , . for all of us are wo awnro hit o knpws how to handle a groat army . " Although , t » o Austrlnns woro so completely defoatod on tho 4 insb . ( says another Austrian ) that tho a lies woio able to march to Milan , you must not boliovo that tho campaign is rnpidly drawing to a close . \ ioioio tho world is ton days oldor another groat battlo ¦\ uu

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      THE WAR .

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      738 THE LEADER . [ News and

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      THE NEW ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH . A nk"W company has been formed under the best auspices , and , without ' troubling the Government about subsidies , have carefully matured their , plans . The British Transatlantic Telegraph Company proposei within this year to lay their cable from the Land ' s End , in Cornwall , to Blanc Sablon , an island in the Straits of Belle Isle , at one of the entrances of the Gulf of St . Lawrence , and a little to the north of Newfoundland . A short wire , to be laid by a separate company , takes the cable in from Bianc Sablon to the island of A-nticosti , where it meets lines already open , communicating with Quebec , Montreal , and , indeed , all parts of Canada .

      Another short line from Anticos . ti will be submerged to Cape Breton , where it will join the network of lines which communicate with Halifax , Nova Scotia , Boston , New York , &c . The advantages which such a route presents over , one starting from the west coast of Ireland are immense , both in point of economy and . freedom from the submarine dangers which beset the track from Valentiatp Newfoundland . The increased distance is very little over 150 miles ; but a message arriving at Land ' s-end is transmitted direct to its destination at a small cost , while the cost from Valentia is much greater , and the message itself has to be re-transmitted always four times , and sometimes oftener . The cable used by the

      former Atlantic Telegraph Company , it is now known , was unsuitable for the purpose . The British Transatlantic Telegraph Company propose to use a cable of the very ' . lightest description . Its lightness , in fact , is made its strength , and the outer covering of wire is entirely done away with . The conductor is to be composed of seven copper wires , having about twice the sectional area of that used by the old Atlantic company . ' It will be coated with a combination of gutta percha , with manifold insulators , the outer portion being wound round with a textile fabric in a peculiar manner ^ so as to perfect and strengthen the rope and its insulation to the utmost . The outer coverins of all will be of hemp , interwoven

      longitudinally * , so as to he . without either turn or stretch . Tins outer covering , before being used , will , no doubt , be passed through a solution of either india-rubber or gutta perch a ; the rope afterwards being compressed under a steel die will insure a uniform gauge , and the solution penetrating to the very utmost . The diameter of the gutta percha insulator will be about double that used in the rope of the old company , and the diameter of the whole cable about two-thirds of an inch . The weight is less that 8 cwt . per mile , the breaking strain about two tons , or

      equal to supporting nearly six miles of its own weight in air , and no less than twenty-five miles of its -weight in sea water . The cost of the whole cable will be about half of that which was lately lost by the old company . This cable is to be contracted for under a special arrangement , which guarantees the shareholders against any risk of loss . The contract will not be at so much per mile , but for a cerr tain sum under 350 , 0002 . the contractors undertake to make the wire , insure it , submerge it , and deliver it over to the company in working order .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1859, page 738, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2299/page/6/