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THE PRINCE OF WALES AT LISBON. The Princ...
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Naples.—A proclamation has been addresse...
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estates. At Barbadoes the weather had be...
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WAR INCIDEN TS.
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The Bet op Tunis And the Itauaxs. — We r...
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\ ras kept in the preserves of San Felici . He has also ordered all the bridges to be destroyed , and the road of the Abetone to be rendered impassable .
692 The Leader R ^W* And
692 THE LEADER r ^ W * AND
The Prince Of Wales At Lisbon. The Princ...
THE PRINCE OF WALES AT LISBON . The Prince of Wai . es is expected at Lisbon daily , and will remain some fifteen days , a telegraphic message to this effect having been received from the Queen by the British Minister . A meeting of the chief Lisbon merchants has been called to decide upon the best way ' of honouring the Prince ' s coming , and also to frame the address to be presented to him * Doubtless the King of Portugal will do his best to make the short stay of the Prince of Wales agreeable , on account of the very friendly relations he maintains with the British court . In Teply to a direct quest-ion the other day , the Minister stated in the Chamber of Peers that , in the existing state of affairs on the Continent , it is the intention of Portugal to maintain a strict neutrality . The accounts of the' wine crop from all parts of the country are very satisfactory , and promise an abundant supply . Under these circumstances we may look for a fall . in prices . *
Naples.—A Proclamation Has Been Addresse...
Naples . —A proclamation has been addressed to the Neapolitan people by its new King , Francis II ., on his ascent to the throne . The expectations which were by some connected with this event are not realised by the Proclamation . Jt is a meaningless document . Signor Antonini has arrived in Paris from Naples for the purpose of notifying to the French Government the accession to the throne of Naples by Francis II . It is asserted that he will also go to London and Brussels for the purpose of making a similar announcement at the Courts of those cities . A British Minister Plenipotentiary will arrive directly to congratulate the new King .- A French Minister , too , it is expected will arrive ; and certainly a Sardinian Commissioner , in the person of Count Glamour , ex-Secretary of the Ministry for JForeign Affairs . Turret . — News from Constantinople of the 20 th says , that the Porte is fitting out a small squadron to cruise in the Adriatic , for observing the Montenegrins . The whole north-western angle of the Byzantine peninsula is in an agitated condition . The insurrection in the Herzegovina has broken out with renewed fury , and the Montenegrins are openly supporting it . In Servia the people show their hostile intentions against the Porte as well as Austria , in the most unmistakeable way . The latest news from the Turkish capital is up to the 25 th . The Sultan has held a military review . The reserve will be immediately sent to Roumelia , and troops and ships will be sent to Albania . The Marseilles telegram states that the commander of the Turkish . squadron destined for the Adriatic is to act under certain emergencies under the . orders of an English admiral . On tho 13 th of April an Englishman called John Twitty was murdered near the cemetery , adjoining the Smyrna and Aidin Railway , liis kulah ( country-house ) broken into and robbed , and his body was thrown into the well of the house , where it has since been discovered . The British Consul has offered a reward of . £ 50 for the discovery of the murderers .
Estates. At Barbadoes The Weather Had Be...
estates . At Barbadoes the weather had been distressingly « lry , and the young cane crop was not thriving ¦ well anywhere . At Jamaica the weather , which had been exceedingly / dry for some . months past , had slightly changed , and some showers had fallen . The heat had been intense . - The drought had told very heavily on the sugar crop . Cuba has made provision against a deerease _ of production from natural causes , by a large extension of cultivation through the agency of the slave trade . The Colonial Standard says : " The fact is notorious that the slave trade now proceeds in Cuba , as openly and as unrestrictedly as does the
importation of flour from the United States . There is at this moment no ocean police to watch the traffic , and there is neither law nor authority to check it within the island . Slavers fit out in , and sail from the port of Havana as notoriously and with as little concealment as a ' West India trader takes in her cargo of produce in our port for the West India Docks or for Liverpool . Theprosperity of Havana , an eye-witness assures us , is unbounded . There is no such business in the universe as the " Black Bird" trade , now that the American Government has succeeded in opening that trade , by their threat of making its suppression by Great Britain a casus belli . The imports of slaves into Cuba this } -ear will , there is reason to believe , be the largest ever known .
Advices from Port au Prince state that of the thirty-five Cuban filibusters who recently landed at that place from the brig African- only eighteen remained , the others having left the island . A Spanish war steamer was in port watching the movement of the filibusters . Central America . —It is stated that the Congress of Nicaragua had refused ' to confirm the grant ot land by President Martinez to Mj Felix B . elly , to aid in the canal project . From . Grey town a
correspondent writes on the 2 nS : A Colonel Cooper goes to England , with the authority of the Nicaragua n Government , to conclude the contract according to M . Belly for making the . canal and transit through the Isthmus of Panama via the Lake of Nicaragua ; but it is thought by most people who have travelled that route to be an impracticable undertaking . I would advise no person to have any shares in the undertaking . The old entrance to the river San Jiian is rapidly closing up . .
Mexico . —Advices received at Washington mention that in a short time there will be concentrated on the borders of Arizona , and near the northern provinces of Mexico , at least £ wo thousand armed men , under experienced leaders . It is understood they will be invited by the Juarez Government to aid him should it become necessary , to establish his Government permanently . It appears by this report that there has been a secret understanding between the Government of Juarez and the" leaders ' of the Arizona colonial scheme . It is expected . that General Walker will meet them from the Pacific side , with a large party , in some of the northern provinces of Mexico , probably Sonora or Chihuahua .
Canada . —The news is devoid of interest . Some much needed rain had fallen , and the crops had been greatly benefited . The members of the . administration were taking up theirabodesin Quebec , that city having been selected as the seat of Government for a time . Unjtbd States . —The American journals received by Monday ' s mail are occupied discussing the outbreak of war in Europe , and the probabilities of America being involved . The news from Europe confirming the outbreak of hostilities in Italy had revived tho excitement in commerce in Now York , particularly in the corn market , where largo sales had taken place at further advance in prices ) , which were not , however , firmly maintained . Sau Francisco dates aro to tho 22 nd of April , and 1 , 4801 . 000 dols . in gold had rcachod New York . The reports of now discoveries of gold in British Columbia wore partially croditod in California , and a fresh emigration thence to Eraser River ¦ was expected . Mr , Apploton , formorly Secretary of tho United States' Legation at London , is about to rotiro from thopostof Assistant- Socretary of State in tho Foroignofflce , which he has held since Mr . Buchanan came into power . Tho vacancy is not yet filled . Severn , ! persons have boon suggested for tho placo ; among . others , Mr . Squier , formerly Charg 6 to Central America . Wmr In dibs . —Two steam propellers havo boon found abandoned on tho east side of Cuba , and it w « s supposed they had landed cargoes of negroes . Some additional flros have occurred on Cuban sugar
South Ameuicax States . —Reports from the South Pacific state that new revolutionary movements had taken place in the south of Chile . In Peru the President and Congress were in direct opposition on every question , and members went into discussion armed with revolvers . On the 4 th of April a revolution against President Robles and General Urbina broke out in Guayaquil , and a fight with the troops was expected , but decisive news could not bo hjid , owing to the Peruvian blockade of the port .
Chili is in revolution , the rebels being led by Galio , wlio possesses much power in tho provinces . The Peruvians are still blockading Guayaquil , though it is expected that through tho good offices of the Chilian minister the differences between them and the Equadorians may bo arranged . There arc good Accounts generally from British Colombia ; her Mnjosty's ship Ganges was at Valparaiso on tho ICth April , and the Alert is expected at Panama daily with about 3 , 000 , 000 dollars . Cai'Jh of Good Hopr .-t-TIio mail this week brings little news . Tho condition of tlip colony waspoaceful ; though the Kafirs had committed one or two murders near the Orango river . Tho Capo Town CmnmeroUtl Aduortiscr says : <—Tho capital and business of the colony have outstripped its population , nml unless wo can import human beings largely , our recent rapid rato of . improvement will be materially checked . Tho two thousand immigrants or thereabout who have arrived under the present scheme , hnvo rather increased than satisfied tho demand . The first sod of the Civpo Town and Wellington Railway was turned , with groat cox'emony , on the 31 st March . At a recent public mooting of the inhabitants of British Kafraria , it was resolved to petition Sir Georgo Groy , us High Commissioner , against tho annexation of that province to tho colony , as euggoated by tho Homo Government . Memorialists are in favour of a local government of their own .
War Inciden Ts.
WAR INCIDEN TS .
The Bet Op Tunis And The Itauaxs. — We R...
The Bet op Tunis And the Itauaxs . — We read in the Opinione of Turin : — " A distinguished Piedmontese officer Count Raffo , has been for some time a minister of the Bey of Tunis . He easily made it clear to that prince that it would be an act which France would appreciate , to send into Italy i corps of Tunisians , for France is the powerful nro tector of the regency against the Divan of Constantinople . The Bey instantly saw the . opportunity and this is how it is that we have a Tunisian frigate at Genoa . . Count Raffo has since disembarked , " proceeded to the King's head-quarters , and it will not be long before we shall hear of the results of this interview . '' ¦ Austrian- Prisoners in Fraxck . —A Marseilles letter describes the arrival at the harbour of the Joliette of some Austrian prisoners . They were -in number about fifty—the first instalment of the 200 promised—were dressed in Austrian uniforms of the colour of unbleached linen , and were fine , well-made men . Some had lost their shakoes , and wore light blue undress caps ; others had their cloaks rolled round their bodies , and all appeared to bear their position with quiet dignity , as become brave men and valiant soldiers , which French officers are foremost in acknowledging them to be . As soon as the ship arrived the news spread through the town , and crowds thronged down to the quays . Sentinels were placed on board the ship , but in other respects the prisoners seemed to suffer little restraint . Some were smoking and lounging over the bulwarks , looking curiously at the busy scene around . From
some cause or other they were kept on board until 6 o ' clock , exposed to the gaze of the crowds upon the quays , but whose conduct nevertheless was admirable . Tub Due-de Chartres . —All accounts , agree in speaking highly of the young Due de Chartres , towards whom a kindly feeling , like that manifested towards a spoiled child , is manifested by every individual in the army . The young Duke is said to be indefatigable in the performance of his duties . His
health is delicate ; but no persuasion can induce him to abstain from participating in the fatigues of his comrades . He is tall beyond his strength , very slight , and very fair , and bears a strong resemblance to his father when a boy . It was a coinmon « saying at Claremont that the Duke do Chartres was kept alive solely by kindness and cod-liver oil ; but the energy and steadiness he has developed in the service have already given proof that , as in many cases , vitality has been developed by the very circumstances which would have been dreaded as creating debility . X . wo : ; i : 6 n ' s Merciful Consideration . — The announcement by telegraph , that las Majesty Napoleon III ., in order to diminish as much as possible the evils of- war , had decided that all wounded prisoners should be seat back to Austria without exchange , is regardeil in Paris as a clever dodge for getting out of the difficulty of having announced more prisoners than are forthcoming . The supposition is simply ridiculous , for the authorities here do not deem it any discredit to bo detected in .
misrepresentation . They rather chuckle over it , if it be une bonne blayue , and think they have earned a . chum to distinction or reward for its concoction . 1 lie most feasible hypothesis as to the causes of the Emperor ' s decision is , that , under the- cloak ot philanthropy , his Majesty will save the cost of doctorin " and feeding the wounded men , and transfer the burden to Austria . When the news cnino , people laughed and joked over it , unanimously agreeing that its author was a fin matoii—im expression intended to be more complimentary than it is
dignified or respectful . Heavy Marching Oicukic—A letter from Genoa says of the French infantry . " It » strange to see what a load the little fellows carry , apparently without much inconvenience . I came up with a Jewr companies of the 80 th ltogiment , ami was astonished to observe nothing but the tops of then- red caps visible over the mass heaped on their shoulders j . and seeing several articles of which I did not understand the use , 1 walked alongside a sergeant , v » °° *" plalnod them to mo . On the top ot ^ ho knnpsack was one of the shoots of oauvns that form }!""' J ™ «* one of the supporting poles of w " « l \ , llclB i Ata , Sa uncomfortably as high as each soli ier ' a head . Above thu tout lay six days' biscuit , while a groat lo f ot
brca . 1 , and occasionally a book , waspusacu u . u » - straps that support the kn » l »^ , ; 1 ' "' i ™ K man ' s loft arm was a small bug , lull of ovoiy Kinu of odd and end for which ho hud found no place else where . On his right side hung a oan , wl «« l » « ° jW hold at least a quart , Ami a Httlo tin cliunlcing cup , the iuevltuulo airtpiioh box . being pressed in o tho small of his back . Altogether it is iinposslblo tljafc this woight amounts to loss than GOlbs and iw llovo our ItSngllsIt soldier , in ' » o « vy marolilng ordor , is not burdened with mow than 94 poumts , Their diacinllno Is much less strict than ours .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04061859/page/8/
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