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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. , The Dane arrived on...
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AUSTRALIA. The parliament of Victoria ro...
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CHINA. The overland mail has brought us ...
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COCHIN CHINA. The JVord contains a lette...
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THE . NEW FRENCH COMMERCIAL, CREDIT SOCI...
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The Exiles,—-The third party of the Neap...
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another ina^ expe^ A letter from Marseil...
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OxFpnr» University.—The high stewardship...
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West Coast Of Africa. Lhttkrs From Hiorr...
tents of the meirioriaL Matters have arrived at such a pass that the intervention of the Secretary of State appears to be iinperatively called for .
426 Ffle Iieadeb. [Yp V 471, Aprii, 2, 1...
426 fflE IiEADEB . [ yp 471 , Aprii , 2 , 1859 .
Cape Of Good Hope. , The Dane Arrived On...
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . , The Dane arrived on Monday , with Cape news to February 21 . At the Cape prosperity was general . Peace had been mamtained along the frontier . A . comriiunicatipn had , however , just been received from Natal that war had broken out between Umballi , chief of the Imponda Messa tribes and the Bacas . The forrrier had lost about fifty men , and TJmballi was making large preparations to retaliate ; There ws a rumour that the citizens of the republic beyond the Vaal river intended the destruction of the chief Mahura and the stations of Moffat —the centres of those great preparations to which the attention of the world has so recently been drawn by Dr . Livingstone and other missionaries .
The first turf of a railroad from Cape Town to Wellington was to be cut by the end of March or beginning of April . A company had also been formed at Atala for the construction of a railway from D'Urban , and that was likely to be finished ¦ within the year ; if so , it will be the first railroad in South Africa . Parliament was summoned for March 16 ; \ The smallpox had disappeared as an epidemic from Cape Town . The shipment of horses to India was proceeding rapidly . . '•' . , The Her . L . Lewis Grant was about to print a grammar of the Zulu language .
Three more Arab dhows , fitted only for the slave trade , had been captured and destroyed on the Mozambique coast , by the Lyra ; and Captain Oldfield had been complimented by the Judge of the Vice-Adtriiralty Court on his vigilance and success in repressing this odious traffic . Mr . C . R . Bigley , master ' s assistant of her Majesty ' s ship Triton , Lieut < mant-Cominander Barton , entered St . Helena on Sunday , the 27 th Februaryin charge of a brigantine , name unknown ,
cap-, tured off Killongu , on the "West Coast of Africa , lat . 4 ° 32 ' S ., long . 1 . 0 ° 52 ? E . The Triton was at anchor when the brigantine was first discovered standing in shore ; she altered her course imriiediately , and stood to sea . The Triton got up steam , and chasing all night , came up with her at 7 a . in . No colours were exhibited or papers produced . She -was fully equipped for . the slave trade , and had on board dollars to the value of 300 Z . Her captain came passenger , but was not likely to oppose
condemnation . . The assets in sixteen bants at the Cape amount to 2 , 732 , 156 / .
Australia. The Parliament Of Victoria Ro...
AUSTRALIA . The parliament of Victoria rose on the 17 th of December , ifor the Christmas holidays , and reassembled on the 11 th of the following January . It ¦ was at first expected that the session would be a very "brief one , and that after the rapid despatch of some necessary business ; , a dissolution would prepare the way for a new parliament , elected on the basis of the reform bill recently enacted . Several causes had conspired to disappoint this expectation . The opposition lose no opportunity , of importing into the debates of the Assembly the most extraneous and irritating topics . Of the labour market the Melbourne Argus says : « Every week the report froin the labour offices in town is , that the demand is dull , and that many many more men are offering their services than are immediately required . " ' In railway affairs , the event of the month had been the opening of the first portion of the main line from Melbourne to Sandhurst . On the 13 th of January this and the line to Williamstpwn tvore formally opened by the governor , accompanied by the members of Parliament , the city corporation , government officials , and some 3 , 000 persons . The Arijus reports that the gold market has been , as is usual at this season of tlie year , dull . Production lias been at its lowest ebb , and the quantities disposed of by the miners have been small as compared with tho general averages of previous years .
China. The Overland Mail Has Brought Us ...
CHINA . The overland mail has brought us intelligence from Hong I $ ong to the 15 th February , at which date I ^ ord Elgin was at Canton . His lordship appears now fully alive to the necessity of quelling tho war faction , and our troops have been constantly on tho move , visiting the various villages in the neighbourhood ; of Canton . Aft expedition has just returned from Fayune , » nd another is projected on ft grander eoalo , to explore the western branch of the Canton river as far as practicable . . As to Lord Elgin ' s future movements little , is known , Some say he ¦ will accompany the expedition up the Canton river along with Boron Grog , and then await the arrival of the now ambassador hero : others affirm that he
will shortly return to Shanghai , and there be joined by Mr . Bruce . Meanwhile , such a force is being organised for the north as will most probablybe required to make the Chinese fulfil the treaty of Tien-SID ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Great surprise has been occasioned at Shanghai by Lord Malmesbury ' s dispatch regarding the trade with Japan . No vessel left for Japan before the 25 th of October , and his lordship ' s dispatch is dated the 24 th of November , when the latest date from Shanghai was the 20 tli of September .
Cochin China. The Jvord Contains A Lette...
COCHIN CHINA . The JVord contains a letter from Marseilles announcing the receipt of accounts from Cochin China to the 30 th January . The admiral had left with the flotilla to commence operations in the South , and it was said that he intended to attack Saigan , a town which is considered as the granary of Cop hin China , on account of the large trade in rice carried on from it to China ! Hue was to be besieged as soon as the expected reinforcements had arrived .
The . New French Commercial, Credit Soci...
THE . NEW FRENCH COMMERCIAL , CREDIT SOCIETY . The inauguration of the subscription for the new " General Society of Industrial and Commercial Credit , " -at Paris , may renderinteresting some details respecting the objects of the undertaking . The duration of the society is fixed in the statutes at thirty years . The society is authorised to discount comr rnercial bills payable in France' and abroad , to make advances on warrants for goods , issued in conformity ¦ with the law of the 28 th of May , 1858 , arid on commercial instruments generally ; to make advances on French funds and the shares and bonds of industrial undertakings to the extent of two-thirds of the value in the market ; but these loans are not to be for a longer period than ninety days , nor to
exceed in amount one-fifth of the paid-up capital phis one-half of the reserved fund . Advances may _ made to French industrial companies for a period of six months , with a like limitation as to the aggregate amount . The society -may make and receive payments of all kinds at home and abroad , open accounts current , and execute . commission business in stocks and snares . Subject to the authorisation of the Minster of Finance , it . may open for account of third parties subscriptions to public loans and industrial undertakings . As an important feature we notice that the society may receive , in the shape of current accou , a sum equal to 150 per cent , of its paid-up -capital and reserved fund , and may allow interest upon such be
balances , the aggregate amount of which may extended , with the approbation of the Government . The aggregate of deposits , bills current , and paper in circulation bearing the society ' s endorsement is never to exceed six times the amount of paidup capital and reserved fund . The capital is fixed at 6 Q , oqo , OOOf ., or 2 , 400 , 000 * ., in 120 , 000 shares of 50 bf ., or 2 QZ . each . In the first instance , 80 , 000 shares , representing 1 , 600 , 000 / ., are to be issued , and , until thes & shall have been taken up and the first payment of 5 / . per share made thereupon , the society will not be definitively constituted . The liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of the shares held . The directors are to be twenty ^ two in number , and the President is to be named by the Emperor .
The Exiles,—-The Third Party Of The Neap...
The Exiles , — -The third party of the Neapolitan exiles arrived at Bristol on Saturdaj ' . They met with a repeption equally enthusiastic with that which' was aqcordod to their fellow exiles who had preceded them . A public meeting is to he held in the Bolton Town hall , on the 5 th inst . to raise a fund for the rolief of the unfortunate Neapolitans . John Hunter ,. —The remains of Hunter , the physiologist , after deposing since 1798 in tho vaults of St . Martin ' a-in .-ther . FieldB , were oil Monday reinterred within the precincts of Westminster Abbey , on the north side of the nave , at the feet of Ben Jonson . The re-interment took place immediately after the afternoon service , Tho trustees of the
Museum , the president and council of the College of Physicians , the president and council of tho College of Surgeons , and several of the most eminont members of the medical profession , proceeded with the Dean of Westminster to the Jerusalem Chamber , where a procession was formed , which , as tho organ pealed forth the " Dead March " in , « S , aul , " proceeded to tho north transept , where the remains were lying 1 , and returned ¦ with them to the grave , into which they were lowered without any additional church ceremony . Among those present wore . Professor Owen , Professor Ferguson , Mr . Hepburn * Mr , Aloxandor , Dr . Forbes Wlnslow , Mr . J , M . Arnett , Mr . Luke , Dr . JSHiotson , Dr . Coulson , Mr . J . F . Clarke , & c .
Another Ina^ Expe^ A Letter From Marseil...
another ina ^ expe ^ A letter from Marseilles states that a fresh expedition has been organised for discovering the source of the Nile . The expedition is conducted by M . Miani , a Venetian ; who has lived at Cairo for the last ten-years . He is a member of the Geographical Society of Paris , and the author of a map of the valley of the Nile . He has carefully studied the various difficulties attending his perilous enterprise . He came to France two months since to complete the materiel and the personnelof his expedition . The Emperor Napoleon : authorised the Minister of War to deliver to M . Miani the arms and ammunition necessary for his escort .. The director of the arsenal of Marseilles , has consequently forwarded 100 flint muskets arid 3 , 000 cartridges to Alexandria . The expedition is composed of the Parisian painter Dumas ; Captain Peyhoux , of the French comm ercial navy , whose mission is . to make observations and fix the degrees of latitude arid longitude , and to construct boats to traverse the lakes which the expedition may meet ; of M . Poussel , of Avignon , secretary to the expedition , a physician , a naturalist and a chemist , who are now in Egypt . The expedition will fix its head-quarters at Kartoum , in . Upper Egypt , a town in which about a dozen natives of Marseilles and Genoa reside . M , Miani is supplied with a formidable materiel , arid his escort is to be numerous . He takes with him a quantity of French trinkets ' , to present to the chiefs of Arab tribes or to African princes , or for traffic . M . Miani ' s expedition has a double character—first scientific , and next commercial . M . Miani has already contracted with merchants in Paris for the delivery of elephants' teeth , gold dust , copper , coral , indigo , -and lion , panther , leopard , and tiger skins , which are of great value in Paris . TJhe members of the Miani expedition are armed with Minie rifles which kill at liOdO yards , and with sabres similar to those of the Chasseurs de Vincennes , which fit to the rifles . They are likewise furnished with cuirasses and metallic masks , to protect them from the bite of poisonous : insects . They also carry with them a supply of frightful masks calculated to terrify the most savage tribes . The members of the expedition who will feed themselves as they can , and chiefly by the chase , will traverse Nubia , Sennaar , and Abyssinia . They expect to go far beyond the Equator , and to ascer ^ - tain whether such a tribe of Negroes exists as the Niam-Niam ; and , if they find protection , they will traverse Africa through its entire length , and come out on the coast opposite Zanzibar .
Oxfpnr» University.—The High Stewardship...
OxFpnr » University . —The high stewardship of the University of Oxford , rendered vacant by the death of the Earl of Devon , 1 ms been conferred by the Chancellor ( the Earl of Derby ) upon the Earl of Carnarvon , the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies . His lordship was educated at ( jurist Church and graduated in 1852 , when he took a first class in classics . Election Items . —Sir M . F . F . Berkeley resigns for Gloucester , writing : — " My legal advisers inform me that , as I claim an existing peerage , J . ought not to allow , myself to be elected a member of the House of Commons . I feel that I have no alternative but to request the Reformers ol Woucester to choose another candidate . 'v-At a meeting of the electors of Nottingham , it was resolved tnau communications should be addressed to the lo '""*" i ' ng gentlemen , with a view of obtaining one ot tnem to be nominated at the next election Jor the borough . —Mr . Samuel Morley , Mr . George Moore , and Mr . Layard .-It is said that , ia tho event of a dissolution , the friends of Sir John Young mean to return him as the representative for the county 01 Cavan . —Mr . Loftus T . Wigram , M . P ., l " 18 / 01 ^ " ? " " notified his intention of resigning lus seat for oam bridge University . The friends of Mr . Sehvyn , Q . U and Mr . Beresford Hope , have been actively epj vassing for some days past . —Thoro are fivo cantti dates in the field for tho representation ot Linwrk * city ,- ~ Major Gavan , Messrs . F . W . Russell , Jawes Spfvight , John Ball , and Henry O'She ^ JJgJJ Windsor Parker has Issued an address to the electors of West Suffolk , in which he states Itself to l & oa conservative , and sincerely devoted to tl « o intwflsw of agriculture . —There are already throo c »» JJ » in the field for Aylesbury . The oon ^ orvativos tvre Mr , T . T . Bernard , the sitting member , andCap has R . Brine , R . E . ; and Sir Richard Eethell , wh J > g represented the borough for some yoAra will «««» tho liberal interest . It is anticipated that Mr . a . Yornon Wentworth will also talco - the flold » opposition to Captain Brine . —In tlio even of ' n tt »» solution the Conservatives of South Iiin « gJ r ^ z ^ r / e ^^ r-frs" * representation of the county of Gone .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 2, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02041859/page/10/
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