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      investigating an accusation brought against sundrypersons , friends of Mir . F . Peel , the sitting member , of having held in durance a voter belonging to the opposition party , and preventing him from going to the , poll . The abducted voter was-a stone-mason , and he charged the accused men with haying seized him as he was leaving his house and thrust him into a cab , where lie was held down under circumstances of great cruelty . ' The examination stands adjourned . William iyioore , who murdered his Avife , in Walwortli , by stabbing her with a knife , has been committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder .

      An inquest lias been held on the body of a young woman at Poplar . The deceased had been cohabiting with one George Royal , and died on the 31 st ult ., under suspicious circumstances , the man absconding immediately after . Dr . Letheby has examined the intestines—the body having been exhumed for the purpose—and discovered a quantity of poison sufficient to cause death . The jury considering the evidence sufficiently strong , returned a verdict of wilful murder against Royal , for whose apprehension a warrant is accordingly issued .

      At Worship-street Police Court , two ladies complained of being robbed at midday by men who came before them face to face , and , in a straightforward , kind of way , took what they wanted . In a colony of thieves the cry of " Stop thief , " of course , does not excite much sympathy ; and only tlie poor satisfaction remains of being significantly informed by the j ) olice that the depredators belong to '' the gang . " The Court of Queen ' s Bench was occupied on Tuesday and Wednesday in trying the indictment acainst Marshall , Mortimer , and Kicke , at the

      inaction against the printer of the Christian Cabinet . The jury returned a verdict in each case of forty shillings damages . In the Court of Bankruptcy a certificate sitting has been lield under the bankruptcy of Francis Worrall Stevens , described as a " dealer in shares . " It was the opinion of Mr . Commissioner Goulburn that the bankrupt was not a trader , his dealings in shares not being sufficient to entitle him to claim the benefit of the bankruptcy laws . In accordance with this opinion it was announced that the bankrupt had been advised to arrange if possible with his creditors , and for the purpose of enabling him to do so an adjournment until the ilth of November next was granted . held

      An adjourned examination meeting was under the bankruptcy of Richard Bedford Allen , the convicted forger , described as ot Lloyd ' s Coffeehouse , insurance broker and tinder-writer . It was adjourned in consequence of the accounts not being yet prepared ; but it appeared that the debts at present proved amount to about 9 , 300 / . The official assignee has received 1 , 367 / . from the sale of the furniture , lease , and fixtures of the bankrupt ' s " house , and he has a balance in hand of 1 , 179 / . At Aldborough , in Yorkshire , a double suicide has been committed : At present the case is involved in mj-stery , and art open verdict has been returned . The bodies " found drowned " were those of a young woman' and her lover . They were bound together by a handkerchief , and the unhappy couple had apparently thus leaped into eternity .

      From Bradford intelligence arrives of a terrible calamity happening to three children , who were cut to pieces by a train while they were playing in a railway tunnel .

      stance of the Duke of Cambridge , for the alleged sale of commissions in the army . Eicke and Mortimer pleaded guilty , Marshall not guilty . The facts are . as follows : —Mr . Cunningham , an ensign in the 13 th Light Infantry , obtained his commission , after an unsuccessful personal application to the Horse Guards , through the instrumentality of " Armstrong and Co ., " the commission being granted by the Horse Guards as without purchase , but the sum of 40 QI . being paid for the same by Mr . Cunningham ' s friends to the said firm . Mr . Bridson , a brother-in-law of Cunningham , wns desirous of obtaining a commission , for his relative , His tailor . Mr . Edwards , recom-W ^ VM . * W * « MM A VAM ± J , 1 1 * m , U 1 M kVtUV * j 41 AA | >*^ Vh J ( \ V *>** - ^ - * w \ -v * # *

      mended to him , as a person who could <• manage tnese tilings , " one Mr . James Pugh , who put Mr . Bridson in communication with Marshall , a tailor , in Jerniynstreet . The active part of the business was managed bj Mr . Eicke and Captain Mortimer , who directed Mr . Bridson to send in a fresh application to the Horse Guards , and to deposit the sum of . £ 400 at White ' s bank , which was done . The lad was subsequently gazetted to an ensigncy , and the money was eventually drawn out by Eicke and Mortimer , and divided , to the prejudice of Pugh , who being desperately pusiied lor cash , and unable to obtain what he considered his just share of the spoil , communicated the whole affair to the Horse Guards . An idle or impudent , but at the same time , absurd ,

      Duke of Cambridge in connexion with the affair . Mr . M . Chambers , on the part of Marshall , submitted that there was no evidence to go to the jury with respect to him . The Lord Chief Justice summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The Judge declined passing judgment then , thinking it ought to be done in the full oourt , and recognizances wore ordered to be enlarged till the first day of term , Tlie trial for libel , " Shipwny v . Coilingridge , " an extraordinary one . The plaintiff was a dissenting clergyman , and the defendant wns the publisher of tlie City Press . Thepluintiff had been engaged to preach at a Baptist chapel at Sible Houdingluvm , in Essex , where ho became so popular that lie was

      engaged for twelve months ; but in consequence of something that occurred the plaintiff was requested to discontinue his services , A paper , said to bo highly libellous , . was published by Mr . Mote , solicitor , MooxgatenBtrcefc , in the Earthcrn Vessel , a publication which circulated amongst dissenters , especially those of thq Baptist connexion . Mr . Moto had been employed to commonco proceedings against the plaintiff , to prevent his preaching in the cluvpol ; and proceedings were commenced by the pluintifT against Mr . Moto for libel . Upon that lie

      sum-• moncd a mooting of ministers and others , and the result was tho publication of the libol , the subject of tho preaent action . According to tho plaintiff's own oyidonco on oroas-. exanunation , ho was oither a deepl y" slandered person or else a very loose < fish indeed . Originally a tobacco-pipe maker , lie had beoa p strolling player before ho was called to tho ministry ; " after which ho lind boon called to account for trying to seduce the wife of one of his flook , and been fined for an indecent assault ; . Ho vraa flleoacoueod of improper behaviour with a Jewess namod Solomons . Ho brought a precisely similar

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      Arrival of Mr . Cobden . —This embryo minister arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday , and was welcomed on landing by a large number of admirers who presented him with a quantity of addresses . After apologising for the disordered condition in which the voyage had left him , the hon . gentleman said : —" From the opportunities I have had of observing the tendency of opinion in America , I come back with a belief that there is a more cordial feeling of attachment between the old and new country than the ordinary channels of public opinion enable us to appreciate . The Americans and the English seem to me to occupy the same position to > each other which it was stated Goldsmith had

      towards Dr . Johnson . The gruff" old doctor liked to scold Goldsmith himself , but would never allow anybody else to scold him without taking his parC ( laughter ) ; and I have no doubt , from what I have seen in my travels in the United States , that were it possible that England should find herself in a position where she was hard pressed by enemies in . Europe—give her a good cause , and give her anecessity for help , and I have no doubt in the world that nothing would prevent in such an emergency the great bulk of the population in the United States hurrying to tlie rescue of the old mother country . I do not say this , with any idea * , that we are likely to need that help . I think England is strong enough to hold her own , and that is the opinion in America . " As to neutralitv , he said " we have the power to be neutral .

      I think we are quite as able to be neutral in these European struggles as tlie people of the United States ; and that is the opinion of every intelligent man in the United States with whom I have conversed . In the speeches of our public men I also observe that they speak of preserving neutrality as long as we are able to do so . In another case I meet with this phrase— ' that we must provide against all emergencies * for there is no knowing what events may turn up . ' I again find it stated " that we may be inveigled , into the strife . ' Why , tliat is the old story over again , . when we were drifted into the war before . Now it seems to me , tlie English people have taken the initiative on this occasion , and they have , probably for the first time in the lustory of this country , taken a bold stand upon th . e only safe cround— -that is . nf d « o . ln . Tiir » M

      GEXE 11 AL HOME NEWS . Tin : Order of the Garter . —The Queen held a Chapter Of the Order on Tuesday , at which the Prince of Wales appeared for the first time . in his full robes as a knight . -. T ! ie Prince Consort also was present , as welPas the Duke of Cambridge , the Marquis of Exeter , the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Marquis of Salisbury , the Duke of Cleveland , Earl de Grey , the Marquis of Abercorn , Marquis of Camden , the Earl of Clarendon , the Earl of Carlisle . Viscount PalmerstonEarl ' & ™ r- '" : * XTamnia

      , a V \ vr . " * ' ^ Z . ~~* xue , tlie Marquis ft fcmil * lcr , and the Duke of Devonshire , the Prelate the Bishop of Winchester , and the Chancellor the Bishop of Oxford . The Earls of Derby and Harrowby were introduced , and received the honor of knighthood from the Queen with the sword of State ; they were afterwards duly invested . On Thursday , the Queen held a Chapter assisted by the Prince Consort as Great Master . The Grand Cross was conferred upon the Earl of Elgin , Sir John the

      Pakington , Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour , Earl of Malmesbury , General Sir Thomas McMahon , General Sir William Mayiiaicl Gomm , and General Sir Robert William Gardiner . The following Knights Commanders : —Colonel Douglas , Major-General Roberts , Dr . Macandrcw , General Wyndham , and Lieutenant - General Aitchison were severally invested . A number of distinguished naval and military officers also received the rank of Companion . _ .

      New Pekuages and Honours . Tuesday ' s Gazette announces that the Queen has been pleased to grant the dignity of a baron unto the Right Hon . Robert Vernon Smith , by the name , style , and title of Baron Lyveden , of Lyvedeu , in tho county of Northampton , and to the Right Hon . Sir Benjamin Hall , Bart , by the name , style , and title of Baron Llanover , of Llanover and Abercorn , in the county of Monmouth . Knighthood is conferred upon Admiral Arbuthnott , upon tho Governor of Hong Kong , and upon the Chief Justice of tho Island of Mauritius .

      City Sjbwkus . —At a Court held on Tuesday , Dr . Letheby presented his quarterly report ou tho sanitary state of the City . A petition was brought up by the Remembrancer , framed by the general purposes committee , with a view to its presentation to the House of Commons , in opposition to tho City Gas Bill . Tho petition wava adopted , and ordered to bo presented . Public Hjsaltu . —The Begistrar General ' s return for last week doos not presont quite so favourable a view of tho health of tho metropolis as the four preceding returns did . Tho deaths rose from 913 to 970 , tho latter number being , however , 130 loss than tho average mortality . Diarrhcoa is , as usual at this period of the year , on tho increase . The . total number of births for tho week was 1765 , Tub 0 AU 3 DOMAN BAW . —On Monday this fancy dress ball came off at Willis ' s Rooms , for tho benefit of tho Royal Oalodonian Asylum , and tho Scottish Hospital , and was numerously attended . J ho lady patronesses wore early in attendance , and by haltpast ton tho rooms wore full . At least 800 ladles and gentlemen were presont .

      beforehand to ' tlie Government of this , country that they will maintain neutrality , and that they will maintain neutrality in all cases except where the safety and interests of this country are directly menaced . " Of his ministerial appointment , he said —" , Nothing more surprised me than to find myself included in such contemplated arrangements . You will agree with me that this is not a matter which I ought to refer to now . I have a letter in my pocket from Lord Palmerston , written in a most frank and courteous spirit , offering me the appointment of President of the Board of Trade . I think the answer to the letter is due to his Lordship in the first place . All I can say is , that the answer which I shall send to that will be founded entirely upon what I believe , to be the interest of the public in this question . "

      Episcopal Patronage . — " A Churchman , " writing to the daily journals , speaks of tho decease of the Rev , G . T . Pretyman , a son of the late Sir George Pretyman Tomline , JJart ., successively Lord Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester . Ho says , " The preferments recently held by the deceased clergyman , the Rev . G . T . Pretyman , were these :- ^ -Chancellorship of Lincoln , a canonry , rectories of Wheathampstead , Nettleham and Chalibnt St . Giles , producing an income of £ 2 , 289 per annum . These preferments had been presented in 1 . 8 U ( Chalfont St . Giles , excopted ) , tlie whole amounting to 98 , 210 * . Tho same gentleinnii was formorly vieur of Biggleswade , in his own gif t as prebendary thereto . Tho Bishop of Lincoln Winchesterand this th

      wns translated to , on o Key . G . T . Protyman"became a canon of that cathedra * . The Rev . R . Pretyman , u brother of the Rov . G . 1 . Protymari , is precentor of Lincoln , rector of Stoney Middleton , rector of Wnlgravo and rector of Wrouguton , all formerly in the patronugo of Dr . lomiino , liiahop of Lincoln and Winchester . There was formerly a Rev . John Pretyman , prebendary of Lincoln and rector of Sherringfton , Bucks , in tho Pfronago 0 * Dr . Tomline , value 031 / . It is perfectly clear that the Rev . Sir George Protymiui lomhne , Bart ., Lord Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester , was notone who " denied the ftiith , " inasmuch as "ho provided for his own , especially for those ot Iub ovrn house . " ( 1 . Tim . v ., S ) . Mni . ANOHor , Y Aooidbux . — Ono of those oatrtstronhos so froauont at this season occurred recently ivt JNowcastlo-on-Tyno . A young man , named Chaj . W Braggo , wont to batho in the river Dorwonfc , and , ( retting 1 beyond his depth , was drowned . Ho had oflbotod an insurance against all accidents with the Knilway Passengers * Assurance Company a tow weeks before , and by ft email payment of 30 s . secured 5 O 0 / . fpr his family . — Morning Post .

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      No . 484 . July 2 > 1859- ] "THE LEADER . 78 /

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 2, 1859, page 787, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2301/page/7/