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No, 507. Dec. 10, 1859 J THE LEADER. 3.3...
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^forag HJ Uws.
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—¦?—THE CONGRESS. The Pays announces tha...
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CENTRAL ITALY. A Tukin correspondent of ...
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Mazzini.—A Turin letter of December 4, i...
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CRISIS IN TURKEY. A Ministerial crisis h...
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T>rtMI , , _The session of tho Council o...
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AMERICAN AFFAIRS. A Washi ngton telegram...
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Vented The Queen's Departure For Osborne...
The Gas MoNoroLY .- ^ The delegates from the various metropolitan parishes assembled last evening at the St . Martin ' s Vestry-hall , to consider the further steps to be taken for the . protection of consumers against the monopoly of gas companies . Mr . Pettar , church warden of St . Martin ' s parish , occupied the chair . Mr . Beal , the hon . secretary , reported the interview with the President of the Board of Trade , and announced that the gas companies would wait upon the Home Secretary on Friday next . He also stated that he had obtained a great number of signatures , amounting to about a
thousand , to the petition which had been drawn up for presentation to Parliament , and urged the delegates personally to solicit signatures . Their bill had been sent to Mr . Buller , the counsel , for revison , in accordance with the decision of the delegates , and the people of Croydon and other towns had sent requests to be allowed to co-operate in the movement . The solicitor ( Mr . Dangerfield ) stated that he had sent to the companies notices of the intention to introduce a bill . Mr . Hughes then read a report in reference to the contracts of various parishes for the supply of gas , which was received and adopted .
St . Georgk-ix-tiie-East . —On Sunday there was much less unseemly opposition and disturbance at the services in the church of St . Georgcin-the-East than for some time past , and the clay passed over in a manner affording ground for hope that the fierce party spirit of which it has long been the scene has well-nigh exhausted itself . Not that there was no irreverent behaviour on the part of many of the congregation at all the services , always excepting that of the afternoon lecturer ; but it was confined to a comparatively few people , and much less remarkable than at any time heretofore since the disturbances first commenced . The
services were again , as for several Sundays previously , conducted under the protection of the local divisional police , of whom upwards of forty , under the direction of Mr . Superintendent Howie , were stationed in the- pews and aisles of the church . Moetara in Ex gland . —Signpr Moniola Mortara , whose child was surreptitiously baptised by a servant maid , and abducted from its parents on this frivolous pretence , is now in London . Having had an interview with the Emperor Napoleon , he has now visited the metropolis of England , to induce the British Government to bring his case before the forthcoming Congress on Italian affairs . M . Mortara is of Hebrew extraction , but evidently has in his
conduct the case on the part of the prosecution , and Mr . Serjeant Ballantine and Mr . Haworth Hall for the defendant . It was decided by a majority of 15 to 6 not to commit the defendant , but , at the same time , it was determined by 12 to 10 to call upon him to enter into two recognizances of . £ 250 each and himself in . £ 500 , to answer any future charge . Mr . Serjeant Ballantine said he should advise his client to decline entering into the proposed recognizances , except under protest , and until he had been taken into custody by force . This " force" having been theoretically exhibited by one of the officers of the court laying his hand on Mr . Collins , the recognizances were entered into , and the proceedings in the case terminated , at any rate for the present . Mr . Serjeant Ballantine announced that it was not his intention
to offer any evidence to support the charge of bribery at the general election , preferred against Sir W . Foster and the Messrs . Wilde . Mr . Askew , solicitor , also withdrew , amid slight laughter , the countercharges preferred by the Liberals against Sir Samuel Bignold , Captain Ives , and other Conservatives . Me . Roebuck ' s Charge against the Prince be Joinville . —In a speech which he made last week , Mr . Roebuck intimated that , no matter what dynasty ruled over France , there was a settled intention to attack England , and to prove this he ventured upon a revelation—namely , that a certain nobleman ,
nowdead , told him that the Prince had , even after being driven to England by misfortune , made plans of our shores , and pointed out where ' we could " -best be attacked , and sent his plans to the Ministry of France . The Prince de Joinville writes to say that he never drew up any plan of the coast of England , that he never devised any project of attack against this country , and that he could not , therefore , have communicated anything to the French Ministry . The Prince adds , that he should be the last person to desire the principles which now rule in France should be extended to England .
Citt Matters . — On Thursday the Court of Common Council met for the consideration of several matters of importance ; the Lord Mayor presided . The questions submitted to the Court related to the proposed railway station at the Bank , the accommodation to be given to the Court of Admiralty , the management of the markets , the conservancy of the Thames , cattle shows , the gaol of Newgate , regarding which a report was presented ; the Central Gas Company , the proposed new dead meat market , the finances of the City , with a long report ; Blackfriars Bridge , corporation reform and coal dues , and the last business of the day was the adoption of a resolution that £ 500 should be given by the Court in aid of the fund arising from the gifts of persons on their admission to the freedom of the City , annually distributed by the Chamberlain to the poor widows of freemen on St . Thomas ' s-day .
veins some of the blood of the old Roman . He seems deeply to fuel the loss of his child , who is now eight years old , and is detained by the Jesuits at Rome . Had he remained at Bologna , the authorities there would have complied with the dictates of our common humanity , and would have delivered him to his afflicted parents . M . Mortara has called upon the late Lord Mayor , Sir Culling Eardley ( chairman and deputy-chairman ) , and Messrs . Gurney , M . P ., and li . Scott ( the official secretaries ) , for procuring the siguatures to the Mortara protest , to assure them of his gratitude , and to express his estimation of the Christianity which haa produced in this country results so different from those exhibited in the conduct of the authorities at Rome .
Public Hkaltii . —There was no increase in the mortality of the metropolis last week : the total number of deaths was 1 , 304 , which is a little under the estimated average . The births during the week numbered 1 , 827 . The number of deaths registered in the City was 70 , being the exact average for the corresponding period for the last four years . New Peek . — 'The Gazette announces that Lord Ebrington is called to the House of Lords under the stylo and title of Baron Fortescue . There aro also appointments of less importance which are at the snmo time mentioned . A supplement to the Gazette is occupied with a long Privy Council document , stating new regulations * under the Public Health
Act , which are of universal application . T « b Norwich Soaxpai ,. — -a special meeting of the Town Council of Norwich was held on Tuesday , -with the view of getting a motion passed that " the peace and welfare of the city will be beet promoted by the cessation of political strife , and that , with a view to the attainment of this object , the resolution of the Council , with rofcrer . ee to the charge of bribery made by Mr . Fox , be cancelled , and all further legal proceedings for conspiracy bo stayed . " The Council decided to stop tlie inquiry into tho allegod bribery votes to ninoteen
practises hero , by twenty-eight . Tho Liberals will , however , it la understood , tuke further proceedings in tho matter . They have determined to continuo the inquiry by means of a private subscription . Tlio city is greatly excitod on the subject , and it will bo difficult to oalm tho troubled ¦ w aters . On Thursday tho Norwich magistrates were engaged for nearly four hours in further hoar- , ing tho charge preferred against Mr . Albert J . Collins , of conspiring with Mr , Henry Croxford and others to bribe Mr . Joel Fox , by oflfaring him £ 500 to vote for eight Tory aldermen on the Oth of November . Mr . Power , Q . O ., again appeared to
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—¦?—The Congress. The Pays Announces Tha...
—¦?—THE CONGRESS . The Pays announces that not only England , but Austria , Prussia , and Sardinia have sent in adhesion to the Congress . Contrary to an assertion of the Morning Post , sent by telegraph from London this morning , the Pays says that Count de Rechberg , the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs , will be the first Austrian plenipotentiary $ M , de Schleinitz will represent Prussia . The Pays states that Russia and Portugal have also given in their adhesion to the Congress . The adhesion of Spain to the Congress lias been received , and M . Mon will be her second plenipotentiary . The Gazette del Popolo says that it now appears to bo certain that Count Cuvour will represent Sardiniain the ensuing Congress at Paris . According to this journal , it may not be impossible for this illustrious Piedmontese statesman to return soon to the ministry . According to correspondence from . Berlin , published in the JDebats , the States of Central Italy will not appear in the Congress upon tho same footing as the great Powors , but will be invited in the form established by tho precedent of tho Congress of Aix-hi-Chapollo . . The same letters avor that the English and French Governments are consulting together upon an arrangement of the Italian question which will not probably satisfy Austria , bub which will encounter no serious objection at Berlin or St . Petersburg .
Central Italy. A Tukin Correspondent Of ...
CENTRAL ITALY . A Tukin correspondent of acontomponwy says i—« Jt is , however * pretty cloar that the expectation ot Central Italy being made a part of Sordini * is not at all strong—the statement that England una France having arrlvod at a compromise with tho view ot forming that part of the Peninsula into an independent sovereignty being accepted with considerable willingness . Wore , however , would arise , supnosing , as I do not , that such a compromise lifts
been made , another very difficult question . If Central Italy is to be a kingdom , and not under "Victor Emmanuel , who is to be the sovereign ? Is a French Prince of the house of Bonaparte to be put forward , or is one of the late dukes to be proposed as the King 1 of the three provinces , to leave out the vexed question of the Legations , when he could not rule one of them without making every free-minded person in it his bitter enemy ? And if so , who is to be the man ? Surely , the Duke of Modena is out of the question . Is it , then , to be the Austrian Archduke , or the heir of the Bourbons ? Would either be accepted by the Italians without a struggle , an i could either be placed upon the throne without a most flagrant violation of justice to the other ; and , whit is of far greater importance , without falsifying the motives which led to the late war , and committing a most gross act of tyranny towards the people of the Duchies . " On Friday last , in a Council held at Turin , the two Tuscan delegates who had been invited to take part in it had been brought over to recognise the wisdom of the existing state of things , and of accepting Euoncompagni ' s appointment ; but it seems that since then , Baron Ricasoli has once more protested against it . Another project is said to be now entertained to divide the administration of the Central Italian states into , first , a Cis-Appenine province , embracing Parma , Modena , and the Legations ; and second , a Trans-Appenine one , consisting of Tuscany alone , with Massa and Carrara added to it . Farini has published a decree , organising a single government for Parma , Modena , and Romagna , and assigning as : a reason , the wish to facilitate the movement by which they shall hereafter form an integral portion of King Victor Emmanuels constitutional State .
Mazzini.—A Turin Letter Of December 4, I...
Mazzini . —A Turin letter of December 4 , in the Presse , says that Mazzini has published a letter , severely criticising General Fanti . M : Mazzini says , that in 1848 he was greatly deceived about this officer , who had just then returned from Spain with a military reputation not borne out by facts ; that Fanti stands quite apart from the revolution , and is merely the " king ' s general , " and that Central Italy cannot reckon upon his being staunch . Maz' zini lias also published at Lugano a pamphlet , adr dressed to the youth of Italy , in which he in 60 pages explains what he considers the false direction the movement in Italy has taken , and in which he appeals to the Italian youth , who have enlisted as volunteers , to rally round Garibaldi and to fight the Holy war . The pamphlet is dated November 14 , — that is , before the dismissal of Garibaldi , in consequence of which an appendix is added , dated November 20 . In the pamphlet itself the name of Garibaldi docs not occur , but the appendix contains a direct appeal to him to take matters into his own hands .
Crisis In Turkey. A Ministerial Crisis H...
CRISIS IN TURKEY . A Ministerial crisis has been brought about by the dissensions between Fuad Pasha and Riza Pasha . Fuad had tendered his resignation , which was refused by the Sultan , but a permanent agreement between the two Ministers appeared lmpos-r sible . Fuad Pasha was the only Minister who continued to oppose the Suez Canal . M . de Thouvenel and Bnron Prokesch , the Ambassadors of France and Austria , had made joint representations in favour of M . de Lesseps / and the adhesion of the other Continental Powers to his scheme was expected , as tho language of thdr ambassadors was extremely favourable . The Grand Vizier was endeavouring to work out reforms , but the combination to , reduce the paper on ? i » cy was prevented by the insufficiency of the moans at the disposal of the Treasury .. Th « retention of from 20 to 30 per cent , of the salaries of tho employ ^ in tho superior public establishments nndthc taxation of licences had been ordered .
T>Rtmi , , _The Session Of Tho Council O...
T > rtMI , , _ The session of tho Council of State has bofn iponed by thoPresident Cardinal dl Metro . The lSSl ^ Consulta wa s received by the Pope , and Cardinal Savolli ( its president ) ft ™* ty . explained tho wishes of tho Assembly . His Holiness replied that he will consider what stops are necessary to give satisfaction .
American Affairs. A Washi Ngton Telegram...
AMERICAN AFFAIRS . A Washi ngton telegram of Novembor 25 , aays ^ --" The Secretary of War to-day roco ved tho following despatch from Lieut .-GWal Scott , dated Straits Fuca , and sent by way of' LonyOnworth : — Two day b ago I diapatched from Fort Townsend ft communication to Governor Douglas , proposing a ? emSry " djustnient of the exiting dffflc « ltles on the & 3 suggested by tho President to me . ahoro ms been no answer yet , but there is no doubt the
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10121859/page/9/
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