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    at Queenstown on Sunday , and sailed for Halifax and Boston the same evening , j | fMessrs . Edward Moxon and Co . have in the press " Memorials of Thomas Hood , " collected , arranged , and edited by his daughter ; with a preface and notes by his son . Both daughter and son inherit so much of their illustrious father ' s genius , that the book is sure to be a charming one . Tiie Melbourne Argus of March 17 announces the death , at the house of a relative near Melbourne , on Tuesday nig ht , the 21 st ulfc ., of E . M . Whitty , Esq ., late of the London press , and author of the " Stranger in Parliament , " " The Bohemians , " and other works . Mr . Whitty had only recently arrived in that colony , in the hope of better health from the change of climate ; but recovery was almost hopeless from the beginning , and he has slowly passed away to an early grave , lamented by all who knew him . Sir John Melville , who had been Lord Provost of Edinburgh , from 1854 . to L 859 , and who last autumn received the honour of knighthood from Her Majesty in Holyrood , expired at his residence in Edinburgh , on Saturday mornings May 4 th . Bills are passing through Parliament for taking the census in 1861 . The English Bill contains a new requirement , that every person shall state what is his religious profession . The firm of John and Anthony Blaikie , advocates and land factors , Aberdeen , has failed . The total amount of Mr . John Blaikie s shortcomings is set down at something pretty near £ 300 , 000 . The annual meeting of the British and Foreign School Society was held on Monday , at the schools in the Borough Road , under the presidency of Lord John Russell . From the report , it appeared that 250 young persons had attended the classes of the Normal College during the year , of whom 116 had been appointed ^ to schools . Of the 123 students presented at the certificate examination at Christinas last year , every candidate succeeded . The treasurer ' s report showed that the total receipts for the year were £ 23 , 305 10 * . 8 cL , which included subscriptions of £ 100 from the Queen , and £ 100 from the Duke of Bedford . ¦'¦¦' . ¦ . ¦¦ . The Rev . James Bon well , against whom legal proceedings have been delayed , recommenced his ministerial labours at St . Philip ' s oh Sunday last , and preached the morning sermon . ... _ The foundation-stone of the RoyalDramaticCollege , ot which Her Majesty is patroness , will be laid by His Royal Highness the ^ " Prince Consort at Maybury , near Woking , onTriday , 1 st of June . The number of prisoners tried during the year 1859 , before Her Majesty ' Judges , was 173 ; number of prisoners tried before the . Recorder , Common Se ' rjeant , and Commissioner , 906 ; total , I , lb 9 . London prisoners , 300 ; Middlesex prisoners , 839 ; total , 1 , 139 . _ On Tuesday ^ morning the annuitf meeting o ^ the Society for Promoting Church Missions to Roman Catholics in Ireland was held at St . JaTnes's Hall , under the presidency of Mr . Colquhoini . The Archbishop of York died on Friday evening , May 4 th , at half-past eight o ' clock , at his grace ' s residencoin Bel grave Square . The anniversary of the Religious Tract Society took place on Friday evening at Exeter Hull , and was numerously attended , Lieut * .-Colonel Herbert Edwardes presiding . From "the report it appeared that the total issues of the Society within the year amounted to 41 , 710 , 203 publications . The total amount received for sales was £ SG , 7 WTIs 72 * I ; Among the speakers present "\ TeTe ~ the Dean of Carlisle , the Rev . Dr . Murray , of the United States , and Mr . J . G . Hoare . . Downing Street , May 3 . —The Queen' has been pleased to appoint Adams G . Archibald , Esq ., to be attorney-general ; Joseph Howe , Esq ., to be provincial secretary ; William Annaud , Esq ., to be financial secretary j Jonathan McCully ,, Esq ., to be solicitorgeneral ; and John H . Andorson , Esq ., to be receiver-general , for the Province of Nova Scotia . Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev . Charles Bull to be colonial chaplain for the Falkland Islands . — Gazette . Whitehall , May 4 . — The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon . Robert Montgomery , Lord Belhaven , to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of he Church of Scotland . —Gazette . .. ¦ On Tuesday , May 8 th , at the Central Criminal Court , the grand jury returned three true bills against William George Pullinger , the late cashier to the Union Bank , for felony . Just before the Court adjourned the prisoner was placed at the bar , and pleaded " guilty " to all the charges preferred against him . In tho last five weeks the deaths in London hnve constantly declined ; in the last two the decrease has not been very considerable . In tho week that endod last Saturday , the number registered was 3 , 205 . * ¦ ¦ Last week the births ; of 903 boys and 900 girls , in all 1 , 803 children , wero registered in London . On Wednesday , Mr . Thomas Hopley , described as a gentleman , was taken up on ft warrant by Superintendent Flanagan , before Mr . G . Darby ( Chairman ) and Mr . R . J . Graham , at the vestry-room , Eastbourne , on the charge of killing and slaying Reginald Channel Cancellor , lato one of his school pupils , on the 2 lHt of April last . After n hearing of upwards of seven hours , the prisoner was committed to tako his trial nt tho Assizes , bail being accepted , himself , in £ 1 , 000 , and two . suretioa in £ 500 each . Edward John Lyttlotbn , a junior cashier in the Union Bank , who was brought xip at the Mansion-house before tho Lord Mayor , on Friday last , for re-exnmination pn the charge of having defrauded the Union Bank of tho sum of £ 1 , 240 , was entirely acquitted of any complicity with Pullinger , and left tho Court without a , stain or fitignm on his character . There was a grand muster of tho volunteers on Wednesday

    evening in Holland Park , which , both for the numbers present and the complicated nature of the evolutions gone through , was the best field-day which the new levies have yet attempted . .

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    456 The header and Saturday Analyst . [ Mat 12 , 1860 ,

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    The Jrans papers publisn tne Dy jyionteiuom * of his pretensions to the throne of Spain . Paris , Saturday , May 4 th . The Mbniteur publishes a decree fixing the individual payment for exemption , from military service afc 2 , 300 f . No decision has yet been taken relative to the evacuation of Rome . From Geneva , May 5 th , we learn that the Cabinet of Turin has made a proposal to the Federal Council for the construction of a railway through Switzerland , to connect Italy and Germany . The operations for establishing the boundary line between France and Piedmont commenced on the 1 st of May . From Turin , May 5 th , we learn that the insurrectionary movement is spreading throughout Sicily . Rome , May 3 rd . The Pope makes an appeal to the Catholics , on behalf of the subscription to the new loan of 50 , 000 , 0001 ' ., bearing interest at five per cent . Belgium has already subscribed 15 , 000 , 000 f . Paris , Monday , May 7 th . The Constitutionnel has an article by its chief editor , M . Grandguillot , extolling the policy of Count Cavour , and declaring that France will energetically disapprove aggression , and that the work of Piedmont is no longer to extend her boundaries , but to assimilate herself to the annexed provinces . The Patrie of this evening says : —" We learn that General Garibaldi has left for Sicily , with an expeditionary corj ) s d ' arme ' e . " The Patrie adds : " General Garibaldi , by acting thus , commits an act which falls under the application ot the law against piracy . " The Sardinian Cabinet has ordered the Sardinian vessels off Sicily to oppose with armed force any attempt which may be made by persons who have embarked in vessels hoisting the Sardinian flag . " The intelligence from Vienna , May 7 th , is , that . in reply to the proposals of France , England consents to adopt as the basis of the Conference Article 92 of the final Act of Vienna , which refers to the neutralization of the districts of Chablais and Faucigny . England reserves the right of making iit-the conference / proposals-relative to the mode of this 'neutralization '; From "Turin , May 7 , we learn that the Lieutenant-general has published a proclamation declaring Palermo to be no longer in a state of siege . The result of the elections shows a large majority for the ministry . General Garibaldi has only obtained thirty votes at Turin , and Signer Laurenti only fourteen . _ H- - Serious apprehensions are entertained as" to the state of affairs in Sicily . The Secretary of the Count of Syracuse has been exiled . At Berne , the Federal Council has issued another circular note , showing the strategic importance of the neutralized provinces for the maintenance . of the ¦ neutrality'of Switzerland . The Patrie , of May 8 th , says that General Garibaldi ' s departure for Sicily has been fully confirmed . The Piedmoutese Government made every possible protest -against this act of General Garibaldi , which may involve the new Italian state in grave difficulties . The different vessels belonging to General Garibaldi ' s expedition will " ^ uwnrriicir co ^ — tipri with the committee in London undertaking the collection of English subscriptions for Sicily , and has received arms which , had not passed through Piedmont . The Sardinian steam flotilla has left Leghorn for Sicily . Letters from Naples , to the 5 th , state that the insurrection continued in the interior of that island . General Balsano had demanded a reinforcement of 5000 men , in consequence of Garibaldi ' s expedition . # . The Moniteur announces that-a decree , modifying the project of law concerning sugars and cofleo , has been submitted to the Legislative body . Count Ludolf will assume , at Constantinople , the functions of Charge" d'Affaires of Austria . From Rome , May 5 th , the nows is that 1000 Irishmen have left Trieste for Ancona , in order to be enrolled in the Pope ' s army . The Due do Grainmonl , in accordance with instructions received from Paris , has declared to the Holy See that tho French garrison will not loavo tho Papal territory until the Sovereign Pontiff himself shall have acknowledged that tho departure of the French troops could take place without any danger to the tranquillity and safety of tho States . Hanover , May 8 th . In to-day ' s sittings of the Chamber of Deputies , the Minister of tho Interior , M . von Borrios , stated that Hanover is faithful to the Confederation . Tho Federal Constitution does not admit that a German Government should conclude a convention with a Foreign Power againat any other German Powers ; and least of all would such a convention bo entered into with France . Tho expedition of Garibaldi is reported to be organized on a very grand scalp , being provided with arms , ammunition , provisions , and materiuls for acampaign . It is stated that he takes with him 20 . cannon . He is said to havo exoliaugod for gold 3 , 000 , 0001 in notes at tho Bank of Gehou . Turin , May 9 . —Tho journals publish a letter from General Garibaldi , in which ho says , "Itia'tha duty of all to encourage , aid , and to augment the number of combatants againnt oppression . From tho moment that our Sicilian brethren throw themselves into tho struggle , I considered it n » y duty to assist them . Our battlecry will be , ' Italy , and Victor Emmanuel !'" General Oudinot has given a denial to the report that ho intended to tako service with tho Pontifical army .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1860, page 456, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2347/page/20/