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Ko.442, September II, 1858,"| THE LEADE ...
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EGYPT. The telegram about a plot against...
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WEST INDIES. IIAYTI. A Madrid journal, L...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—The Queen left...
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China: Nothing Is Yet Officially Known R...
as volunteers , scaled the great gate of . Tien-sin , kicked the Tartar post before them , and let in a hundred marines who -were in march upon the city . This fores marched through the city with a couple of howitzers , and quieted Tien-sin for the rest of the English occupation . Keying next entered i nto strict relations with the Americans and Russians . The latter were said to be ' -doing the utmost-. to prevent any Europeans but themselves being tolerated ' at Pekin ; and the Americans were loud in their expressions of a virtuous horror of the opium trade . ' . ¦ A communication from Keying to Yel ) , which had been found among the latter ' s papers , and which displayed the deceitful game which Keying was playing , caused Lord Elgin and Baron Gros to declare that they would hold no communication with him . The other two i Chinese commissioners communicated this intelligence to Pekin , with the information that the confidence of
the barbarians in Chinese . commission ' s was now so much shaken that there was much danger they would soon believe in nothing but the sign manual of the emperor himself , affixed in their presence . The terror caused by this was great enough to induce the emperor to rccal Keying to Pekin , and to authorise his commis- i sibners to sign a letter promising a treaty in the terms of Lord El gin ' s demands , and couched in language dictated by Mr . Lay . The Times correspondent ' s knowledge of this official document is necessarily not exact , but it is belie ved that the conditions which this letter promises as the basis of a treaty areas follows : — First . — The residence of a British Minister at Tiensin , with access to Court , and direct communication with the Ministers . An official yamun for him during his visits to Pekin . All official documents to be written I by him in the English language ( to be accompanied by j Chinese translations until the Court of Pekin has procured interpreters ) . An English college similar to that I t Kussia
Kepup oy to be allowed at Pekin . Second . —China to be opened to all the world ; persons to go whither they please , and do what they please , under a passport system . . ¦ . Third . —The Yang-tze to be opened to its commerce from its mouth to its source . Fourth . —Christianity to be tolerated . Fifth . —Indemnity for the War and" losses at Canton to be paid for by the two Quango , the amount to be agreed on by special commissioners at Canton . The tariff to be corrected , the custom-house system revised , and the En glish to aid" the Chinese in the suppression of piracy . . . Sixth , —In proof of the friendship and goodwill of the Emperor of China towards the Queen of England a special embassy shall be sent to England forthwith . There is every reason to believe that the treaty containing these provisions was signed at Tien-sin on the 28 th June , seventeen days after the signature cf the letter .
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Ko . 442 , September II , 1858 , " | THE LEADE B . 981
Egypt. The Telegram About A Plot Against...
EGYPT . The telegram about a plot against , the Viceroy turns out to have been little more than a fable founded on the arrest of Aballah Pasha , ex-Minister of Finance , who JS imprisoned in tho fortress of Abonkir , and of some notorious Mussulman sheiks , who play upon the credulityof the " fellahs .
West Indies. Iiayti. A Madrid Journal, L...
WEST INDIES . IIAYTI . A Madrid journal , Las Novedades , announces that a regular government has at length boon formed in the Dominican republic . M . Joso Valverda lias bosn elected president , and M . Domingo Rojas vice-president . San . tana , now tnat ll 0 uaa co . lnpieteti u j s work of paciQcation , will probably retire into private life . CURA . r ? r /' i , # WWO ? commenta on a proclamation published in Havannah on the 27 th of Juno , which facilitates tno introduction of whito foreigners into Cuba , and points out how easy it would bo for an American shin to slip down from New Orleans to Havannah , with arms and ammunition enough to arm tho fiOOO Yankees UmHeSstY ' aDd bya BUr P riso nnnox U t 0 tho
West Coast Of Africa. ^I'Sv As^ Diea Ou ...
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11 natives had been , killed and made prisoners . The origin L of this war was unknown , but the Bargroes were sups posed to be the aggressors . , Her Majesty ' s steamships Ilecla and Myrmidon , and a Spanish war steamer , with the Governor on board , were i at Fernando Po ; the brig . Childers , the steam-vessel Trident , and the gunboat Teazer were at Sierra Leone . . The Sardinian brig-df-war Colombo was there on the Gth of August . The merchant barque Genevieve has been totally wrecked off the Island of Matacong . The brigantine Neophyte , which sailed . July G for Liverpool , returned on the 20 th to Sierra Leone , having lost the master and all the crew ( several persons ) from jungle fever . She was brought back by two native seamen , supernumeraries . I
Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen Left...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen left Osborne at nine o ' clock on Monday morning , accompanied by the Prince Consort , the Princesses Alice and Helena , and Prince Alfred ; and , crossing the Solent in the Fairy , disembarked in the Clarence Victualling-yard , where the special train I appointed to convey the royal party to the north was in waiting , undercharge of the directors and officers of the South-Western Eailway Company . At the Kew junction the Prince of Wales met his illustrious parents . Prince Alfred here took leave of the Queen , and joined his brother . The royal party arrived safely at the Great Northern terminus five minutes before the appointed time . Her Majesty stopped for half an hour at Peterborough , and arrived at Leeds at a quarter-past six in the evening , and proceeded to Woodsley House , the residence of the Mayor of Leeds , where she passed the I nignt . After the inauguration , of the Town Hall on Tuesday , about half-past one o ' clock , amid reiterated
I cheers from the spectators , her Majesty , accompanied by the Prince Consort , the Princesses Alice and Helena , the members of the household , and the Earl of Derby , started on her way to Balmoral ., The royal cortege reached Darlington at three o ' clock , where the rdval children , who had not accompanied her Majesty to Lee ' , had arrived . The Queen ' s train reached Edinburgh at halfpast seven , and her Majesty proceeded to H ' olyrood Palace , where she entertained several of . the Scottish nobilitv and gentry at dinner . On Wednesday , at nine o ' clock " , the royal party took their departure -from Holyrood , and arrived safely at Balmoral at six in the evening . The Prince of Wales will leave London for Balmoral to-day and Prince Alfred will arrive there at the close of the month , after a visit to his sister at " Potsdam . It is understood that Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice will not for the present visit Balmoral , but will remain at Osborne . Illegitimacy in Scotland . —The second quarterly return of the Ecgistrnr-General for Scotland confirms the fact that the proportion of ille < ritimate births in t \ jjj \ j * iivn \ Jl Ulfii LLlLIJUlC
' ----- » .. w j ., . UH ILLS 111 Scotland is very high . The southern counties are , next to the north-eastern , the worst in Scotland in this respect , and the stewnrtry of Kirkcudbright stands at the head of the black list for the second quarter of all the counties of Scotland . The proportions for the first quarter were : —Dumfries , 15 . 7 percent . ; Kirkcudbright , 14 ; Wigtown , 8 . 4 . For the socond they arc—Dumfries , 12 . 2 ; Kirkcudbright , 15 . 9 ; Wigtown , 0 . 6 . The favourable contrast for Wigtownshire compared with T 11 fTfc # 1 ft 1 SH t ft % ¦ ft ^ ^« V r t ^ V «« - « 4 . - — - > ^ t- ^ ?__!_ . ^ t *« . » m « - . vijjuiwjy ui
.... . . luuuy Aviriicuuungnt is maintained in the second return , and the causes of this contrast arc well worthy of investigation , We believe that there are no hiring fairs for farm servants held in the county of Wigtown , the only gathering of the kind being an annual one for the engagement of harvest labourers while the number of such fairs in Kirkcudbright nnd Dumfriesshire is very great . This fact , coupled with those disclosed by the returns , scorns to show that the allegations mado as to the injurious character of those hiring fiura . are well founded . A Boxai'aktk at Inverness . —Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte has boon ¦ slopping in this ' town . Ho is son " of Lucion Bonnpurto ,. and cousin to the Emperor of the I-ronch . Ho travelled incognito , and made himself known in town only to tho Uev . Alexander Maegregor , to whom ho was introduced for tho purpose of acquiring information relative to tho different dialects of tho Scottish Gnolic . Ho is an enthusiastic philologist , and possesses oxtensive knowledge of tho Celtic iu « 11 its
branches , such ns Scottish ami lii * h Gaelic , Manx , Welsh , Cornish , Breton , s « tc . Last Friday ho wont to Loohabar . Ilo left on Tuesday on a tour to the North anil Western Isles , jifior having expressed hin admiration of the bcnutifiil scenery nroiuul tho Highland L ) itiil .-- //< rii ); Hcwfi ) mvV ) |' . What TIUCY Mil ) ndi ' . M ! at' Jiktz . —Jfotz , ns ' every onc ^ knows , is the strongest fortress in France . It is an out ' -uf ~ tho-way place , very Jittlo viMtod by thoso not having nctual business there , being exclusively a military town . Woll , hero in this pocludod spot—in Mot / ., which already contains arms , all of tho very last make , in tho very highest state of ilnUh and readiness * , for a quarter of a million of men , with mountains of sholl of ovory size , couiUIors glittering brass mortars , quite now , numborloss now brass cannon of tho Emperor ' s invention , for throwing small hollow balls , projectiles of ovory
conceivable kind ;—here men are casting conical Mini *? bullets , in matrixes twelve at a time as fast as if another Congress were sitting at Vienna , and that an infuriated Continent were about to submerge France in lire once more , and that this was her final preparation for the death-struggle . What is it for ? Metz , be it observed , is onl y one of several fortresses of the same rank ; and though called the Woolwich of France , there are several other Woolwiches — Vincennes , La Fere , Iculon , Strasbourg , Besancon , Toulouse , Pvennes , and a [ dozen lesser ones , in each and all of which the same sort of thing is going on , hammer and tongs , night , noon , and morning . — Correspondent of ' the Liverpool Albion . Curtailment of ^ Liberty in France . —The most serious practical attempt yet heard of to carry into effec t Count de Moray's doctrines of de-centralisatioh is seriously stated to have occurred at St . Quentin . The sub-Y \ YP . l (* f * . t . Inr > 51 + f »/ 1 in rllQf ¦ # ¦ / vrtrTl 7 % to nr I * li -.. ' . A . P .- __ . t — — — vv » w ii ^ bviru iiuo uiLu icirri
I - ... * . »* c « u j vuL \; ijEf XO Paris , and on his own responsibility , authorised the police to keep a " crinolinometer" at the door of the public ball-rooms . Every lady who , from her appearance , strikes the eye of the officer on duty as likely to I occupy , more than a reasonable portion of room is com-I pelled to submit to measurement , and to pay , according j to a graduated scale , for every inch in excess of the re-I gulation standard . I Representation of Greenwich . —Alderman Salomons has announced his intention of standing- as a candidate for the vacancj- caused by the retirement of Mr . I Townsend . Several other gentlemen are mentioned as candidates . Mr . Campbell , a son of the Lord Chief Justice , has paid a visit to the borough , but as yet has taken no public step in the matter . Mr . Ernest Jones has an e 3 'e to the seat , and intends to present himself to the electors in a few days . It is doubtful whether Mr . Montagu Chambers means to stand . Mr . John Angerstein , a son of a former member for Greenwich , is spoken of ' : as also Mr . F . iw « ii p Mm-rii- -i ri ^^ a ,- ^ . , » , „ ., < . ¦ ¦ Vrf \ 1
I " , * . , . — O — -- — . . >«• m . *~ J J *• . » J T V > M . X MMJ S * l ± If contractor at Woolwich . From some peculiarities , however , in the case of the retiring member , no election can take place till the assembling of Parliament ; possibly not till April next . The General Post Sorters . —In answer to the request of the General Post letter-sorters for an interview : with the Postmaster-General , praying leave to explain their hardships and grievances , his lordship appointed an interview on the part of the officers , four of whom only may be present . New Postal Guide for tee Metropolis . By order of . the Postmaster-General an official guide to the principal streets and places in London and its environs has been published , probably only for the use of the Postoffice authorities . Maps are given of the ten districts into which the metropolis has been divided , and an index of streets easily directs the eye to the district in which any address may be found . Representation of Glasgow . —It is stated that in the case of Mr . Buchanan retiring from the representa-\ T . !<¦ InciTAnr / iif /~\__ rion
^ tl /^ Tl f tv O *« -a A J _ j — _ _ ji a or Glasgow city , Sir A . Orr is ready to accept the seat when it becomes vacant , and his friends anticipate that he will be returned without opposition . Others again are determined , if possible , to get a representative who will be a more suitable colleague for Mr . Dalgleisb , than they allege Sir Andrew Orr would be , and anticipate a determined contest . However , no opposing candidate has yet been named . —Paisley Herald . The ute Duchess of Orleans . —The will of the deceased Princess is one of the most affecting documents
of tho kind ever published . Nothing can be more tender than the manner in which she refers to her sons ; nothing more admirable than the advice which she gives to them with so much motherly earnestness and affection . The Duchess ' s will must serve still more to increase tho public respect for her character and memory . Visit of Piunce Alfred to Prussia . —Woolwich , Sept . G . —Ilia Royal Highness Prince Alfred having obtained two months' leave of absence from the naval service , is about to proceed to tho Continent , on a visit to their Royal Highnesses tho Prinoo and Princess ' of Prussia . ............ .. .,.. ' .,. , . Lord Clyde . —In a letter reoeivod from Sir Colin Campbell ( Lord Clyde ) on Friday , tho gallant Commnmlor-in-Ohiof refers to tho hope " that lus sword will soon be returned into tho scabbard for the last time , never to be drawn again . " Dinner to tub Haddinoton M . P . — -Sir H . F . Davie , M . P ., has been entertained at Jodburgh . Tho inn . mflnihor snid •__* All ilmt i . rt i » .,, i , i ^ ., _ . i __ j __ » vnK kii iiu
„ _ .. , «* . * «« u Apitii uviJIV tVIlo UlilV XIX tho way of his duty to his country and constituency . This always afforded him both satisfaction and pleasure ( cheers ) , and if , at any future time , ho could again bo of tho slightest advantage in promoting their interests , they should ^ not hesitate to command his sorvicos . »( £ & P 4 M ; a 4 ~ J &» vui ^; ould ~ h ^ ¦ . I ' eoling to incline him to giyu a vote which " ho did not conweiontioucly believe was for tho public good . J laving this prinoiplo at heart , lie liopod to retire . " into ju-ivnto 1 Kb when that time came , boaring with him tlie retijtoct and good-will of all with whom ho hud boon . eoimcetod , aiul sustaining ill-will ( Vom no ono , n « ho yvns conscious lio had ' nevi ' r intunlionally given ofl'ciioo . ( Loud olioors . ) The Njcw Ar > i < : i . rm Tiikatkic . —Tho works are in aotivo nrogresfl , ami tho roof , wo iwo toM , will bo put on within tho ne . \ t » lx weeks . Tho now building will
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091858/page/11/
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