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50 The Leader and Saturday Anah/sL [Jan....
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FOREIGN. On Sunday, Jan. 8, there was he...
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Martin was sentenced tp be hanged at the yard-arm ; Dillon to fifty lashes , two years ' imprisonment ., and loss of all pay . On Monday , Jan . 9 , at a meeting of the South Middlesex Volunteers , the movement was advocated [ by Lords iRanelagh and Radst < ck . Colonel -Evelyn gave his opinion that the volunteers should be trained to act in masses and took occasion to observe that all improvements in military affairs for the last twenty years hnd been originated and carried ont by civilians ; he added that we ¦ should not rest satisfied with 80 , 000 volunteers , while Paris alone could boast 200 , 000 national guards . At Watford on the same day , the Esirl of Clarendon said that the movement had already produced the mr . st salutai-y results ^ and was the most complete scheme ever
invented for the preservation of pence ; it had also done much good by amalgamating different ranks of society . He hoped it would not be suffered to degenerate into mere ephemeral enthusiasm ; in that case they would be the laughiiisr-sfock of history . On Tuesday , Jan . 10 , at Christchurch , the Earl of Malmesbury and Admiral Walcot spoke in favour of rifle volunteers ; and in London , the Lord Mayor announced that the London bvigade numbers upwards of 1100 effectives , and is hourly increasing . On Tuesday , also , at Paddington , Vice-Chancellor Kindersley advocated the movement , describing the popular feeling as that of a man who carries a stick fear of themit ishadded
to keep off robbers , but has no ; , e , an instance of the patriotic spirit of the people themselves ; the Government have done little to forward the measure . _ On Wednesday , Jan . 10 , it was announced that the I ) uke of Cambridge had accepted the Colonelcy of the London Rifie Brigade . On Thursday , Jan . 12 , the Lord Chancellor addressing the Inns of Court Corps , said : " This movement is not prompted by apprehension of danger nor suspicion of foreign powers , but by the opinion that the martial spirit of our population has not of late years been sufficiently encouraged ; the Volunteer Corps of 1803 ought to have been kept up till now . " ' ¦ . . - . ¦¦
The chronicle of Criminal and other Trials tliis week is happily a light one . On Tuesday , Jan . 10 , there was a ease of hard-swearing at the Middlesex Sessions ; one , Charles Taylor ; accused of burglary , was positively identified as the thief l ) y two witnesses ; , tv'hiTe an alibi was as diisfnctly sworii to by two others . The Judge remanded the prisoner till next session ., A coroner ' s jury on Monday , Jan . Q , found a verdict of . " ' wilful murder '" ' against Harriet Moore , an inmate of the Petwortli ITiiion , for poisoning her Own child ' with ; white precipitate . On Jan . 9 , an inquiry was held at Wolverhampton into a case of desecration of a- ' Jewish- cemetery committed in the hope of finding treasure buried witjr the dead . On Tuesday , Jan . 10 , a mason named L ; i , iirance was examined before with view
the Devonport magistrates on a charge of conspiracy , a to rob the pay-office in the dockyard , where there is sometimes £ 30 , 000 at one time . It \ v > s shown that he had endeavoured to obtain impressions of the keys ; but the evidence was thought insufficient , and he was dischaived . On Wednesday , Jan . 11 , the case of Swinfen against the Lord Chancellor came again before the Court of Exchequer . Application was made for a new trial ; judgment deferred . On Tuesday , Jan . 10 , two mates of the American ship " Anna" were brought before the T . sle of Wig-lit magistrates , charged with brutally ill-treating and finally murdering several black soamen : they were remanded . On Wednesday , Jan . 11 . an inquest was held , in London , on the body of another seaman , said to have been starved aiid cruelly beaten on board the American ship " Wizard King , " which caused his death . Inquiry adjourned .
In the Police reports we find Mr . L . S . Magnus , a director of the Great Ship Company , charged before Hie Lord Mayor on Thursr day , Jan . 12 , with sending a challenge to Mr . H . Guedam , a , who hail made some unpleasant remarks upon the accused and his father . Mr . Magnus \ vas bound over to keep the peaco . The Casualties include the destruction by fire , on Sunday , Jan . 8 , of the church of St . Andrew , in Dublin ; a large building ,. but without architectural bounty . On Thursday , Jan . 12 , there were three cases in different parts of London of children burnt ; to . death who had been left alone by their mothers .
On Tuesday , Jan . 10 , arrived telegrams in anticipation of the Indian moil pf Dec , 8 . Jung Buhadoor is operating against the rebels in Terai . The submarine cable has been successfully laid between Singapore and Batavia . Quiet is restored at Sarawak . On Thursday , Jan . 12 , a later telegram , dated Bombay , Deo . 2 ft t announced that the campaign in Nepaul is over , and that oil the , rebels have surrendered except the Begum * The Commercial reports of this week inform us that on Jan . 11 the sugar . market in Mincing Lane hnd a " firm" appearance ; the public sales of coffee went oft" without spirit . In tea , business was done at full prices ; in rum the trade was limited . The Liverpool ootton market on Jan . 10 , was quiet , without clango in pnees . 1
From the country corn markets of Jan . 11 , we hoaxthat the supply of wheat is plentiful , and that there is a slight decline in price . The English funds have shown a trifling decline since the beginning : of the week . The French Throe per Cents , wo going" down , and there has been , apparently . a disinclination to invest money ; while trade is at a standstill . On Wednesday , Jan . 11 , a very stormy meeting " of the Great Ship Company wiw hold , The directors have resigned ; and a committee , of investigation was demanded . After a long 1 discussion it was resolved to decide this question by ballot next week . On Thursday , Jan . X' 2 , Consols were quoted at 95 £ to # for money , and 05 f for the account , Tho quotation for the French Three per Cent . Rentes on the sama da $ at Paris , was 68 . 50 c . ,
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Foreign. On Sunday, Jan. 8, There Was He...
FOREIGN . On Sunday , Jan . 8 , there was held an extraordinary council of the Fbenck mitiistei s ; M . Thouvenel left Constantinople oil the ' 6 th Jan . to assume the office of Foreign Minister in Paris , where he . is expected to-morrow , Dec . 15 V On Monday , Jan . 9 , it was announced that the command in Italy has been given to Marshal Macmahon , in place of Marshal Vaillant , On Wednesday , Jan . 11 , a letter was received from Paris , which states , that in August last the English Government made proposals to Louis Napoleon to come to an arrangement on Italian matters . These negotiations are about The inioNational of Thursday
to . be resumed , it is said- Op n , Jan . 12 , says the rapprochement between England and France will not lead to a treaty . England will remain in an attitude of " sympathetic neutrality . " The Morning Chronicle ofthe same day announces that a new commercial treaty is being negotiated between England and France * on the basis of mutual advantage . On Wednesday , Jan . 11 , M . Lessepsi arrived at Marseilles . He announces that active preparations are being made for the execution of the Suez canal . From Central Italt , we learn that on Sunday , Jan . 1 , Baron Ricasoli , at Florence , in a speech to the officers of the National Guard , said , that the necessity of curtailing the Pope ' s temporal power was evident , and that a kingdom of Central Italy would be a renewal of the old system with another name . On Friday , Jan . 6 , the Pope , on receiving the news of Count " Walewski ' s resignation , declared that he would never fail in the mission intrusted to him , but would rather suffer exile , or even martyrdom . On Monday , Jan . 9 , the Tatrie denied that the Pope was about to leave Rome . On Wednesday , Jan . 11 , the Moniteur published a speech of the Pope to Gen . Goyoii . about the " pamphlet , " which his Holiness termed a signal monument of hypocrisy , teeming Vyith contradicto
tions . A letter from the Emperor to the Pope recommends him give up the revolted provinces , and ask the Powers to guarantee the remainder to him . On Thursday , Jan . 5 , by the advice of the King of Sardinia , Garibaldi dissolved' the society culled Za Nazione Armata , at the same time issuing a proclamation , in which he invites every Italian to subscribe to the fund for a million of muskets ; "if Italy cannot defend herself with these , he despairs of humanity . " In Venice the theatres are all closed * the people having taken to stop away as-a political demonstration . On Wed ' nesday , Jan , 11 , the Due de Grammont demanded his recall from the Papal Court . On the same day demonstrations at Ancona and Pesaro took place , against the temporal power of the Pope ; these were organised by the . revolutionary , committee at Bologna . A telegram of Tuesday , Jan . 10 , says , that the . Austrian Government have desired Prince Metternieh to communicate to the French cabinet its determination to enter into no negotiations on Italian affairs , save on the basis of the Zurich and Vilhifranca treaties . The despatches received by way of Madrid give all the laurels to Queen Isabella ' s soldiers in the war between Spain and Mokocco . Their news is that on Tlmrsday , Jan . 5 , the Spaniards were attacked in the Viille Negro by 4000 Moors , whom they repulsed by their artillery ; the health of the Spanish troops is improving . On the 7 th Jan ., the Spanish army defiled out of the valley without opposition . On the $ t / i Jan ., a further advance was made , the troops carrying provisions for five days .
A letter on the state of Hungary , dated Pcsth , Jan , 2 , says that the Szekely population of . Transylvania have refused to pay the taxes ; being of tho purest Magyar blood , these are much looked up to by Other Hungarians . The Austrian Government is majching large numbers of troops into the province , and a collision is imminent , A telegram from Marseilles , of the date o Wednesday , Jam 11 , quotes letters from Constantinople to tho 4 th , which announce that public agitution was increasing . It whs supposed that Fuad Pacha would sooh be dismissed . The Emperor of Russia had forwarded decorations to the Pachas who were sent to Odessa to congratulate Telegrams arrived on Wednesday , Jan . 11 , in anticipation of the China mail of Nov . 26 . The treaty between the United State * and China lias been put in force . Purt of the British force has left Canton for tho north . On Monday , theOlh January , arrived the mails from the United States . The President ' s Message was delivered on Deo . 27 . Tho President says that the outbreak at Harper ' s Forry , by causing people to reflect , will prevent future mischief of that kind . He congratulates the House upon the final settlement by , the Supremo Court of the United States of the question of Slavery ; the slaves , like all other property , are to be protected under the federal constitution , but tho alavo-trndo is to be rigorously suppressed . TJio American Government is friendly with the groat empires of Russia and Franco ; indeed , with all powers but Spnin . With regard to the dispute at
San Juan , tho precautionary arrangements of General ocott nayo been successfully carried out , and thoro is no doubt of a peaceful issue , Tho message recommends the employment of a military force in Mexico to obtain indemnity for tho , past and security for tho future . Later news arrived on Tuesday , Jan . 10 » On tho 29 th Deo . u great fire occurred in Beekmnn-streofc , Now York , destroying property to the value of a million of dollars . The same day was telegraphed tho account of a negro insurrection at Bolivar , in Minflouii , which had been suppressed . The burning of tho town and murder of tho whites is said to have been plotted .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 14, 1860, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14011860/page/22/
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