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1060 THE LEADER. [No. 34l6 > SaturW
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succession to the title of Lord Bernard , the sitting member . Lord Bandon ' s death was the result of an attack of apoplexy , with which be was struck on Friday week , and under which , he sank a few hours later in the day . The Harvest op 1856 . —" The harvest , " says the Belfast Mercury , '' has at length been closed , and it will be admitted on all hands that the turn-out of the fields has proved most abundant . There have been seasons of no less ample returns in particular departments of Ireland ' s agriculture , but certainly the yield of this season in every variety of cereal has never been equalled . The
Irish wheat crop of 1856 occupied an area of 529 , 363 acres , showing a pretty large increase in the breadth so occupied last j-ear . This season ' syield of oats , at a very moderate estimation , cannot be utider 1 , 550 , 000 tons . Including the value of the straw—the growth of 1856 having been perhaps the finest raised for several years past—the actual marketable worth of Ireland ' s oatfields will be found rather above 15 , 000 , OOOZ . sterling . Seizures for non-payment of rent are all but unknown ; and , what is no less astonishing , landlords and tenants live in the greatest state of harmony with each other . "
Thb Defences . —Lord Seaton , accompanied by a numerous staff , has again left Dublin , with a view of following up a close inspection of all the military and naval positions in the kingdom . The first posts to be visited on the tour are Limerick and all the forts on the river Shannon . Tactios Murders . — -A farmer , named Kenna , has been killed on the borders of Tipperary by some political opponent . He was waylaid , and knocked on the bead . Two other men belonging to an opposite faction have been murdered in the course of disturbances provoked by the same kind of animosity .
1060 The Leader. [No. 34l6 > Saturw
1060 THE LEADER . [ No . 34 l 6 > SaturW
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . . ¦ ¦' ¦ ' . ' / .. ' . ¦; ¦ ¦¦ FRANCE . . ¦ ' , ' ' . ¦' - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ '• ¦ ¦ . . ¦ . ' The Emperor ( says the Times Paris correspondent ) has just given his approval to a proposition made by Marshal TTaillant , Minister of War , for removing some unpleasant difficulties which have arisen in Algeria between the officers in command and the functionaries of the military intendance relative to the exercise of the right of punishment . The proposition of the minister is to the effect that the Governor-General of Algeria , the commanderin-chief of an army in the field , and . ' . any . general officer provided with special letters of service to command a division or a brigade employed separately abrbad , shall have the direct right of punishing the functionaries of the intendance serving under his orders .
The Gazette de France attributes the present unsettled state of Europe , the financial difficulties of France , and , in fact , all existing evils , to the pernicious influence of England . . M . Goujon , a young astronomer of great eminence , who was chosen by the late M . Arago for his assistant , has just died of apoplexy , at the age of thirty-three . — Paul Delaroche , the artist , expired on Tuesday . The Daily News and Express were both seized on Friday week . Punch was seized the day before . MT . Brenier , the French Minister at Naples , has arrived in France , together with Mr . Petre , the English representative .
A new mairie tor the 4 th arrondissement is to be built on the Place du Louvre , as also a residence for the cure of St . Germain l'Auxerrois , and a maison de secours . Xhe houses which are to form the new place are progressing rapidly towards completion . Those opposite the colonnade of the Palace have arcades in front similar to those in the rue de Xtivoli . A . treaty of commerce has been signed between Franco and the republic of Liberia . The Paris papers have received orders not to allude to the Imperial festivities at Compiegne , it being by this time understood that they only excite the ridicule and anger of the people in their present state of pecuniary embarrassment and gloomy depression . It is said that fivo persons have been arrested in Paris , in consequence of disclosures made by Charpentier , the man concerned in the railroad robberies .
The Parisian courts of law opened on Tuesday , and on Wednesday the Moniteur contained a report of a very long address delivered in the Imperial Court by M . Vaisse , the Procureur-Gene ' ral , on the subject of the Empire , which the speaker thought was the truest exponent possible of the national will and tho national tendencies : — " To say of a dynasty that it is now , " observed M . Vaisse , is only to say that it is , and should be , so much the more dear to the nation , as it is nearer to the time in which public gratitude consecrates it . its title is not in its antiquity , but in its work accomplished . "
Further on the orator said , that tho Emperor had " only sinned against humanity by tho excess of his genius !" The country had become tired of the hollowness of an ariatocratical government , and , therefore , struggled feverishl y u until eho acquired tho right of suffrage to ™ « it * ^ H " "" ! and a single chief to carry that i ? * * u execution ' A People and an Emperor , that is What tho nation wanted ; tliat is , in two words , tho ff / . W of Franco . " Elsewhere , M . Vaisse Bu ^ tlfe im ^}™ , ° f th 0 *««« ne « tfaiy 8 V 8 tem . » But the Empire has dangers ; and among these , M . . ^^ Tsas & r * " * - . ^ ™ ° - AD 8 TOU . It as worthy of remark flint all tho Vienna papora
agree in thinking that the recent article of the Moniteur against the British piess was a great political blunder . The Presse compares the * ¦ note' in question to those effusions which appeared in the Moniteur during the reign of Napoleon I ., and reminds his successor of the probable consequence of a rupture with England . —Times Vienna Corresponde ? iL Some interesting particulars with respect to the currency reforms of Austria , are given by the Times Vienna correspondent , who says : —" Great secrecy was observed as long as the currency conferences were going on , but the results of the prolonged deliberations of the representatives of the leading German States are now generally known . The basis of the silver currency will be the Customs-Union pound . One pound of fine " silver will be coiued into forty-five florins in Austria , into thirty dollars in Prussia , and into fifty-two and a half
florins in the Federal States in Southern Germany . A silver coin which -will be a legal tender in all the German States is also to be minted , and fifteen of them will contain one pound of fine silver . The coin in question will therefore be worth two dollars in Prussia , three florins in Austria , and three and a half florins in Southern Germany- A gold Customs-Union coin will also be printed of the value of fourteen or fifteen Austrian florins . This gold coin will be called a ' crown , ' and fifty crowns will be coined out of one pound of gold . The protocols of the currency conferences have been forwarded to the German States which were not represented , here , and when they have been taken into proper consideration another and general conference will be held . It must be added that the price at which the gold ' crown * is to be taken in the German States will be fixed every six months . "
The Austrians lave evacuated Forli , Faenza , and Imola . The Austrian occupation of the Papal States is now confined to the towns of Bologna and Ancona . In consequence of a violent article against Austria which recently appeared in the Morning Post , and which nearly dissipated the entente cordiale noyv springing up between the Cabinets of Vienna and London , information is said to have been sent to the Austrian Government , to the effect that Lord Palmerston has no connexion with the journal in question .
' . .. " . ; ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' - . '¦ - . vtxui . ¦ ¦ ; : ¦¦¦ . . ¦ . - . The Austrian authorities in Milan continue , says a letter from that capital , to give themselves " a great deal of trouble in order to induce the citizens to exhibit a proper degree of the newly-invented duty of enthusiasm for the present dynasty . ' * In their desire to shirk contributing funds to the proposed monument to the emperor , some persons have proposed . to dedicate a newly-erected slaughter-hou 3 e to the commemoration of the Imperial visit ! Assuredly nothing could he more appropriate . A piece of financial news , contained in , a letter from Parma , says that it has been at length definitively settled that the Custom-house League with Austria shall not be renewed , and that this decision was mainly , if not wholly , to be attributed to the firmness of M . Lombardini , the Minister of Finance of Parma .
Some of the Genoese journals ( says the Times Turin correspondent ) are very indignant that at the official reception of the Empress Dowager of Russia by the Prince Carignano a . nd the Count D'Aglie Delegos , the latter should have displayed a blue cockade , while the former and his suite wore the tricolored badge . Explanations are loudly asked for , as also for tho further asserted fact that the old azuro flag was hoisted at the Fort of St . Giuliaiio during the King's visit . It is stated that the King of Naples has recently made
ome ironical remarks at the expense of the Western Powers ; and after what has occurred , it appears but natural that he should do so . If the ¦ diplomatic world speak truth , King Ferdinand , on the Queen ' s name-day , ( October 15 ) spolce of his son , the Duke of Calabria , as his successor "by the grace of England and France . " His Majesty , who was in remarkably good spirits , even drank to the prosperity of the two Powers , which had so kindly offered to assist him in governing his kingdom . —Times Vienna Correspondent .
On the departure of tho French and English representatives from Naples , the utmost precautions were taken by the Government . The streets were lined with soldiers and police , and a determination was exhibited on the part of the King to use all his power for the suppression of any insurrection . Everything , however , remains quiet as yet . " Several chests filled with arms , and addressed to Leghorn , " says tho Risorgimento , " have been seized at
Avenza . The wnole of tho officers of the Customs have recently , by order of the Government , been incorporated with tho troops of the lino ; great numbers complain of this arrangement , and'demand their discharge . On tho 6 th of October , Bevernl young men who had belonged to the British-Italian Legion wore arrested at Frizzano , to which place they had had the imprudence to return . What will Lord Normanby , "who appears to be on such excellent terms with the Duke of Modcnn , say to this ? "
The following lottor , with a subscription of 500 f ., has been addressed to M . Manin : — " Master and Brother , — Until such time as , ungagged and unimpeded , tho Roumana speak and act , their children , students in Paris , have charged mo to doposit in your hands , as an
earnest of the future , their subscription for the cannon of Alessandria . Yes , as an earnest ; for , united a , I are to Ital y by the bonds of love and hatred J Roumans of the Danube , shall never forget that have the same enemy to beat down and the & Z 1 country to raise up . Piedmont has defended us oj the field of diplomacy : it is our duty to thank her T the field of victory . —Your devoted servant C a RosETTr , ex-Member of the Provisional Government Wallachiain 1848 . —Paris , November 1 ,, verniaeut of
SPAIN . " Official complaints against the press of fon-im , countries , " observes the Times , " appear to be S common just now . This time it is the French journal , that have given offence : and , if what one of the Spanish papers says be correct , the fact of the press of a countrv being under the absolute control of a Government ha * its troublesome side as well as its advantages Thi > Epoca remarks : —* We have already drawn attention to the views of the Ministerial press respecting certain articles which the Presse , the Gazette de France , the E $ . tafette , the Siecle , and other Parisian papers have pub " lished on the affairs of Spain . As the French press is under the censorship and direct inspection of the authorities , it seems our Ambassador at Paris has received orders to complain of the language used in noticine Spanish affairs . '" 6
General Enrique O'Donnell has resigned the command of the province of Cadiz . On the 27 th and 2 « th ult ., the Iberia , Clamor Publico Cortes , and Association , Madrid journals , were seized bv the police . . ' .. The Civic Guard is to be raised to 12 , 000 mcu . Sixteen Government bakeries are to be opened at Madrid to supply cheap bread to the poor . Tins measure , taken together with , the sal « of 200 , 000 bushels of wheat , the produce of the national property , and with the number of hands which will be required for the public works it is intended to carry on , willj it is hoped , meet the difficulties of the food crisis . The Gazette publishes a decree , re-establishing the laws of 1844 and 1845 on the subject of the Press .
Senor Luiz Estrada is appointed Director of the National Property .
poutugal ; The first section of the SantaTem Railway , which is completed for about seven leagues from Lisbon to Carregado , was opened on the 28 th . ult ., in the presence of the King .
KUSSIA . In reply to a demand made by M . de Boutenieff , Admiral Lyons has declared that the English fleet will remain in the Black Sea until the treaty of Paris shall be fulfilled .. Count Gortschakoff , the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs , has just transmitted to all the Russian agents abroad a circular from General Prince Gortschakoff , Governor of Poland , stating that all Poles who have taken refuge abroad in order to avoid military service are admitted to enjoy the benefit of the amnesty , ami may return home without fear of being molested .
It is stated in St . Petersburg that , "to oblige Franco , " the Emperor of Russia has not prohibited the export of corn from the Sea of Azof . The export of corn is prohibited From all the ports of the kingdom of Greece . According to the Swiss Eidr / enossische Zeitung , the Dowager Empress of Russia nearly met with a fatal accident as she was passing the ' Via Mala' in Graubllnden . One of the leaders of the team of six horses was restiflf , and the carriage in which her Majesty sat was drawn so close to the precipice that two of the posts on the side of the road were broken down . "The wheels , " says the correspondent , " touched the very edge of the precipice , and , if there had been auy oscillation , the carriage must have gone over . "
"On the 14 th or 15 th ult , " says the Times Vienna correspondent , " tho Allied Powers forwarded to St . Petersburg a note , or notes , in which it was said that they must still insist on tho cession to Moldavia of the new town of Bolgrad , which lies at the north-eastern extremity of tho Lake of Yalpuck . There cannot be « doubt that Russia has attempted to take unduo advantage of the incorrectness of the map which was used at tho Paris Conference ; but the Allies , and wore particularly France , are so very desirous to get the frontier question settled , that they are willing to cede to Kusjiia a rich valley which lies between tho rivers Yalpuck and Yalpoujck if she will make no further difficulties nbout
tho ccasion of New Bolgrad . It seems that Franco proposed to cede tho territory in question as an ' indemnification , ' but England , Austria , and Turkey objected to tho uso of tho word , as it would Iiave been nn indirect confession that Russia had some chiim to New IJolgnul . ' A recent collision between a vessel and tho Imperial steamer during tho late review of tlio troops ut CronatitiU has been more serious than was nt first made knoivn . Tho force of tho collision -was ho great that an oflicer belonging to tho corps of pilots wufl carried overboard and drowned , while- the Minister of W « rr Suchosniiet , and _ the aidc-do-camp of tho Grand Duke- Constantino , Greig , were seriously wounded , tho'former inthohciu ' t and the latter in tho log .
TUUKKY . Tho Ottoman ministry , wlioso resignation tho Siiltnn recently refused to accept , lias at length definitively rC "
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08111856/page/4/
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