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No.4?7, MAy 14, 1S59.] TIE LEADEB, 629
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although at peace , was never able , in homely phrase , to make both ends meet ; " her budgets exhibiting the following results :-r-1853 , revenue , 23 , 713 , 699 ? . ; expenditure , 29 , 396 , 0632 . ; 1854 , revenue , 24 , 533 , 372 * . ; expenditure , 38 , 604 , 664 / . ; 1855 , revenue , 26 , 378 , 688 / . ; expenditure , 40 , 268 , 618 ? . ; 1856 , revenue , 27 , 31 . 6 , 217 / . ; expenditure , 33 , 551 , 594 / . The amount of the Austrian public debt in 1856 was 241 , 700 , 000 / . The public expenditure of the Sardinian Government also exceeded the revenue in the five years ending . 4857 ; but it will be observed from the following statement on the subject that the deficit was not comparatively so serious : —1853 , revenue , 4 , 360 , 957 / . ; expenditure , 302 /
6 , O 37 wO 95 Z .: 1854 , revenue , 5 , 127 , . ; expenditure , 5 , 506 , 729 / . ; 1855 = revenue , 5 , 138 , 912 / . ; expenditure , 5 , 654 , 981 / . ; 1856 , revenue , 5 , 310 , 113 / . ; expenditure , 5 , 597 , 343 / . ; 1857 , revenue , 5 , 438 , 692 * . ; expenditure , 5 , 749 , 074 / . The amount of the Sardinian public debt at the commencement of 1857 was 27 , 224 , 201 Z . The declared real value of the imports into the kingdom of Sardinia in 1856 was 15 , 852 , 711 /; , and of the exports , 12 , 523 , 164 / . ; while those of the Island were 587 , 815 / . and 460 , 070 / . respectively . The total value of the imports into the Austrian empire were 23 , 646 , 491 / . in 1855 , and of the exports , 23250 , 870 / . ¦ . . '
, . .. Fires . —Three fires occurred yesterday ( Friday ); one on the premises belonging to Mr . T . J . Pulson , a cabinet manufacturer ^ & c , situate in Deal-street , Mile-end New-town , where several hundred pounds ' ¦ worth of property was consumed . Another fire took place in the premises of Mr . Haynes , a butcher , 13 a , Long-alley ,. Bishopsgate-street : and a third in the premises of Mr . Macrow , situate in Pollard ' srow , Bethnal-green . The two latter nearly destroyed the premises . ' The Murder op Mr . Jessop . —Poor Jessop has
left a wife and four children to mourn his untimely fate . Three men have been committed for further ¦ examination on suspicion of having been concerned In this foul murder . Their names are Matthew Coffey , Patrick Ryan , and James Gorey . The first named is a farmer in comfortable circumstances , who actually witnessed the murder , and not only gave the murdered man no aid , but also obstructed the pursuit of the murderer by his victim by drawing his horse and cart across the road , by which means he deprived Mr . Jessop of the chance of shooting the assassin .
Breaking up of tub Russian Wixter . — : A letter from St . Petersburg of the 2 nd , in the Nord of Brussels , saysf " The end of last week was a period of rejoicing tor the inhabitants of this city , the Neva having become entirely clear of ice , and the navigation being open . The bori-vivants have hailed with delight the arrival of several vessels , laden with oysters , oranges , and other delicacies , the production of more favoured countries ; and in a few days we shall see foreign steamers alongside the quays . During the last three or four days , St . Petersburg has assumed all the appearance of a city in a state of siege . Drums and trumpets may be heardfrom daybreak , and the streets arc frequently blocked up by regiments and parks of artillery . All
this is caused by the preparations for the grand annual review of the guard , and of the pupils of the military schools , which is to take place in a day or two , if the weather is fine . Immediately after the review , the court will remove to Tsarskoe-Selo , where the Empress mother has already been for ten days with the Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna , wife of the Grand Duke Michel . Mr . Rarcy , the horsctiamer , is now displaying his powers here . A idiirgliis horse had recently been brought from the steppes of Orenbourg for the regiment of the Cuirassiers of , the Guard , but it defied all tho efforts made to break it in . Mr . Karey rendered it aubmissivo in about two hours , and it allowed itself to bo
from the inhabitants of Toxteth-park , signed by ^ , 000 workmen , was also presented , in favour of a public park and the boulevards ; and from the statements made in the council it appears that , if the intended improvements were carried out , it would cost the corporation of Liverpool 1 , 500 , 000 / ., and that a rate of Is . 2 d . in the pound , extending over a period of thirty years , would meet the expense ; that , while the boulevards were being erected , an extensive line of sewerage , encircling the town , could likewise be constructed ' , and that by carrying on the improvements at the same time a great deal of time and money would be saved , while the health of the town would be materially improved . After an animated discussion , a motion was proposed by Mr . Bennett , to the effect that the report be referred backto the Improvement Committee for final consideration . Tctpper or Tennyson ?—Yesterday morning was published a small sized sixpenny book , in paper covers , entitled " Some Verse and Prose about National Rifle Clubs , from the author of ' Proverbial Philosophy . ' " In a preface the writer says , that he has from time to time " struck notes of warning in the matter of invasion , atopic wheretonow at length the nation seems inclined to give somewhat anxious heed . " One ballad commences : Englishmen , up ; make ready your rifles ! Another : And are they to come with the craft of a thief ? "Any composer , " Mr . Tupper generously says , "is at liberty to publish music to these ballads . " It would possibly give relief to the admirers of Mr . Tennyson if we could state that the lines , signed " T , " printed prominently by the Times a few days ago— ' ¦¦ • . . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ .... Storm , storm , Riflemen form ! & c , were included in the present little brochure but such is not the case . Nevertheless , there is additional evidence to justify the Tennysonians in , attributing the authorship of those noisy verses to Mr . Martin Farauhar Tupper .
vernment would not purchase foreign provisions as long as they could find sufficient provisions at home , as they would rather encourage the home producer than-the foreigner . It appears , however , that they have since arrived at a different conclusion . The Horticulturai . Society . — The spring show which took place on Thursday at St . James ' s Hall , was pronounced by competent judges to be considerably above the average , notwithstanding the unusual severity of the season . The fine foliaged plants were hi great force , and exhibited all those graceful varieties of form which have created for them their now very general popularity . Orchids were well , although not numerously , represented , and azalias and rhododendrons were exhibited hi
considerable numbers and variety . The roses were much admired , and a new variety of " forget-menot" attracted general observation . The judges were puzzled as to the exact family to which this new flower belonged , but the general public at once pronounced in favour , of its great beauty and perfect novelty . In fruit much interest was created by the exhibition of a tray of oranges from South Australia . They are considerably larger than any we get from Southern Europe , and their flavour is said to be far beyond anything hitherto known to English palates . They were shipped at Adelaide , without any unusual precaution , and yet ,
notwith-Heles Fatjcit . —This lady is at present in Paris * Galignani says : ^ - " At one of our most distinguished literary salons , a few evenings since , the party had the enviable privilege of witnessing her recitation of the poison scene from Romeo and Juliet , and the terrible sleep-walking of Lady Mapbeth ; in both of which the effect created is described as immense , though , with a happy tact , the fair tragedian gave the somnambulism of the guilty queen with a subdued intensity befitting the restricted size and auditory of a saloon . Both scenes wore witnessed with delight ; and though familiar with more exuberant testimonies of applause it is questionable if her genius ever produced on her hearers an impression more profound . . Miss Fauoit is here on a tour of pleasure , seeking relaxation and repose after a most successful but fatiguing professional tour in Scotland . "
standing the extreme length of the voyage , were landed in England in a high state of preservation . It appears that the neighbourhood of Adelaide is specially adapted for the cultivation of this valuable fruit . There were also some remarkably fine grapes shown , public opinion favouring more the second bunch on the judge ' s list than that to which the first prize had been awarded ; but the greatest marvel in this department was a basket of strawberries of immense size and the most brilliant colour , and which the successful grower had designated the " Sir Charles Napier" variety . Taken altogether , the spring show may be pronounced to be very successful .
Weatuee Wisdom . — " The late Marshal Bugeaud , " says the Emancipation of Brussels , " when only a captain , during the Spanish campaign under Napoleon I ., once read in a manuscript which bychance fell into his hands , that from observations made in England and Florence diiring a period of fitly years , the folio whig law respecting the weather had been proved to hold true . ' Eleven times out of twelve the weather ' remains the same during the whole moon as it is on the fifth day , if it continues unchanged over the sixth day ; and nine times out of twelve like the fourth day , if the sixth resembles the fourth . ' From 1815 to 1830 , M . Bugeaud devoted
his attention to agriculture ; and , guided by the law just mentioned , avoided the losses in hay time and vintage which many of his neighbours experienced . When governor of Algiers , he never entered on a campaign until after , the sixth day of the moon . His neighbours at Excideuil , and his lieutenant in Algeria , woxild often exclaim , How lucky he is in the weather I' What they regarded as mere chance was the result of observation . In counting the fourth and sixth days , he was particular in beginning from the exact time of new moon , and added three-quarters of an hour for each day for the greater length of the lunar , as compared with the solar day . "
The War in Italy in 1796 . —Thursday an exceedingly interesting and instructive lecture on the French war in Italy in 1790 , was delivered in the Lecture Hall of the United Service Institution by Lieut . rColonel Macdougal , Commandant Royal Staff College ,. Sandhurst . The hall was crowded by a very select attendance of ladies and gentlemen , and amongst the latter we noticed his Royal Highness the Count do Paris , MajorrGeneral the Hon . Sir Ed * ward Oust , K . O . H ., who presided , Sir C . Pasley , Sir D . McDougal , General Drummond , General Cameron , General Lawrence , General Low , Colonel Hamilton , Colonel Lambert , Captain Atkinson , Captain Macguire , General Alexander , Colonel Lloyd , Dr . Lloyd , & c .
The Governorship qv Newgate . —Mr . Weatherhcad , the late governor of Newgato , who has been appointed to fill tho same office in the City prison at Holloway , still , continues to act as the governor of Newgato , the Court of Aldermen not having yet appointed a successor . There were originally a considerable number of candidates , and among them was Mr . Jones , who has for more than twenty years filled tho office of clerk of tho papers in the prison , a gentleman well acquainted with the duties required of tho governor of a gaol of this description , and who has given tho greatest satisfaction by the mannor in Which ho has performed his own dutios .. The genoral impression was that this gentleman was well fitted for thp oiHce of governor , and that ho would receive tho appointment . It appears , however , that the cpmmittoo of
Tub Biutisi )[ at Genoa . —The Paris correspondent of the Globe says : — " A most disastrous statement comes up to Paris to-day from the SCoclc correspondent at Genoa , to the effect that a British eighty-gun ship had taken up berth athwart tho cntranco of the harbour , in defiance of tho port oaptain , who poihtqd out its allotted moorings , and to the intense disgust and indignation of tho whole oily . As to the French , their forbearanco is miraculous , as they have guns and steam-frigates alongsldo enough to blow the English craft out of the water . What on oarth can tho Foreign -office or tho Admiralty moan ? tho streetsand
aldermen appointed to investigate tho claims of tho different candidates have reported that Mr . Jonos was ineligible , on account of his age ; and tho candidates selected by them , from whom the final ohoico will bo made , aro three in number—Captain Finnoy , Mi-. Cartwright , and Mr . Hillyard , tho late governor of tho Maidstono gaol . The olootion is expected to take place on Tuosday next . iiKi'ROVJOMBNTs at LivKiiroor ,. —A special mooting of tho Liverpool Town Council was held on Thursday , for tho purpose of taking into consideration tho project of erecting around Liverpool boulo * vards similar to those in Paris . The roport which was presented to tho council embraced twoechomes , one an outer boulovard , extonding from Aigburth to tho north end , and tho other commencing at Prlnco ' s-park , and running closer along the boundary lino of Liverpool , and onding at the Boundaryroad of Lo » d Derby at tho north end . A memorial
Tho British uniform is hissed in , tho officers arc rofusod as faro by tho very boatmon who ply in tho port . Tho millions who road tho Sicclo this morning throughout Irnnco will curse tho mbddling of Malmesbury , and tho sentiment will find an echo all over tho peninsula . " I ho earno correspondent , writing a day lator , obsorvos : — " In conBoauonco of tho intrusxvo and obstructive bearing of tho Orion athwart tho harbour of Genoa , acting , of courflo , on instructions from your Cabinet , three more llno-of-battlo ships—ltodoutablo , St , Louis , and Imperial , wore yesterday ordered round into tho Mediterranean from Brest . What tho ———• doos Malmosbury moan ? That ' s tho quostion . "
saddled , bridled , and led to the railway . On reaching St . Petersburg he mounted . ' another horse and led tho Khirghis coursor by tho bridle to its stable . Warlike PnEPARATjONe .- ^ A letter from Hamburg , dated Wednesday , says : —" Letters from Kiel inform us that during the last two days the English Admiralty have hired some spacious magazines , with the view of establishing depots of sea coal . Similar arrangements , it will bo remembered , wore made by tho Admiralty several months before tho last maritime war in tho Baltic . At our Bour ' so today a report was circulated that English vessels of war have taken up a position in the roads of Gothenbprg—tho chief port of Sweden at tho ontranco of tho Baltic .
Contracts for tub FnENCir Army . —A privato letter from Dublin , received at Paris , states that a contract has been concluded by tho French Government with a house thoro for tho supply of a large quantity of provisions . Tho Dublin contractor Bupplied the French Government with provisions during tho Crimean war , and is said to havo realised a large fortune . Ho came to Paris when tho first rumours of war wore current and asked tho Government would they roqxiiro his services on tho proaont occasion ? Tho answov was that tho French Go-
No.4?7, May 14, 1s59.] Tie Leadeb, 629
No . 4 ? 7 , MAy 14 , 1 S 59 . ] TIE LEADEB , 629
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Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14051859/page/25/
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