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The National Flax Company (Limited).—Thr...
24 , 533 , 300 lbs . Our export of silk to Great Britain amounts to 55 , 090 bales , including 646 per steamer Pekin , and 1 , 727 bales per the out going steamer Ottawa . To Marseilles , the Tekin took 273 . and the Ottawa takes 511 , making the total export for the season to date 6 , 509 bales . — Overland China Mail , Feb . 26 . - „ „ .. _ _ .... ,. . ^'» . ., " ¦ ¦ . . ¦ " _ . ' . _^ ¦ ^ ¦ -. »
In At Valencia Spain Reliious 508 The Le...
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Bankers' Sattttday Half-Holiday.—A Meeti...
Bankers' SATtTtDAY Half-Holiday . —A meeting of gentlemen interested in this movement was held at the rooms of the Early Closing Association , liudgate-hill , on "Wednesday evening . There was a numerous attendance on the occasion , and the reports given in went to show that ., the cause was making steady progress . Indian Fi-ax . —The Dundee Chamber of Commerce have just adopted a report on the subject of the cultivation of flax in India . It refers to the satisfactory specimens lately received from . the Punjab , which seemed to demonstrate that the crop could be grown in that territory with highly remunerative results , and details the measures since
pursued by the Chamber to call the attention of the Council of India to the subject , and to induce the principal firms in Great Britain interested in this important staple to cooperate in such measures as may be best calculated to promote its production . The Baxk of Switzeklaitd . — The General Bank of Switzerland has stopped payment . This establishment , which was started in April , 1 S 56 , as a kind of International Credit Mobilier Society , has branches in Pax-is , ^ London , and Geneva . The ! London branch has met its engagements in due course . -Its . nominal capital was 60 , 000 , 000 f ., or 2 , 400 , OOOZ . sterling , of which the first issue
consisted of 20 , 000 , 000 f ., or 800 , 000 / . The . shares are of 20 / . each , full y paid , and commanded until lost week about 10 / . to 111 . per share- The amount of share capital afloat is not exactly known , owing to circumstances requiring explanation . An unfavourable impression prevails that the " Bank " has "been committed to various speculations , including Dutch and Italian-railways , Belgian canals , Paris gas-works , & c . Upon one point , the necessity of explanation is urgent : only a fortnight ago , the Bank declared a dividend of 4 per cent , per annum . —JDaily News . l _ The Pari 3 branch where the suspension took place has since resumed its payments . ]
Pacts And Scraps. —_ ^—-
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A very prevalent disease at present in Portugal , is ulcerated sore throat ; some cases have terminated fatally . ' _ ¦ The anniversary of the Jewish " Ham ' s Head Festival , " was observer in New York by the appearance of a number Of Israelites in masks . Two handsome Jewesses paraded the streets in male attire , were detected by a policeman , fought for their liberty , were vanquished and locked up , and on Monday , received , a gentle judicial adnionition , and were sent on their way sorrowing . . , . A meeting has been held , at Delhi , at winch it was resolved to erect " a plain and handsome monument in the Delhi churchyard over the remains of the victims of the massacre of May , 1857 , which have been recovered and there interred . " k ' ¦ m t * ¦ i . - ' — . 'A . — i >_ - -. l . ^ -a **•«!
From Washington we learn that tlie present probability is that Mr . " Sickles will be acquitted , or that the jury will disagree . The cultivators of the district round Foona coinplain that wild animals are increasing . The people have been deprived of'their arms , and the Shikarees are consequently unable to pursue their trade . These men might readily be licensed , registered , and rearmed . . The Journal des Villes et Campagn . es contradicts the rumour that General I . amorieK > re had asked the Emperor for a command , and was to be placed at the head of the Sardinian army .
At Valencia m Spain , a new reli gious sect lias been formed and has elected a Pope and cardinals of its own . The journals say that the persons composing it are mad . The Roman correspondent of the Weekl y ttemster denies that the Pope would refuse to take- ' part fn the approaching Congress . The writer says , "I have authority for asserting , iiot only that there is no foundation for this report , but that the Holy Father has as yet received no invitation to scud a representative to the Congress . Sir John Lawrence , accompanied by severa officers of the Indian army , has arrived in : ± aris ,-and it is said that he intends to remain there some days before returning to England . : . 'A 41 % / rt lATt All in ^^ Y \ C 11 Y ^ * " » » - * rf ^^« -r- -vkr ^ l *« . !« .- __ _ . . 1
At Vienna on Thursday last Count Runimerskirch , the adjutant of General Count Alontenuovo , rode out to the great bridge across the " Danubeknown as the " Tabor J 3 ruL-kc "—and , getting off his horse , mounted the parax > et or balustrade , and jumped into the river . No one j-ct knows wh y the unfortunate young man committed suicide . The Weekly Register publishes n . list of nineteen Catholic priests who have been nouriiuited army chaplains , and also the stations to which- they have been appointed . Mr . Wladishw S . L . Szyrma , son of Colonel Lach Szyrma , matriculated last week h .-ibre the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford , the Rev . Dr . Le Jeune , as student of Brasenose College .
Accounts from Marseilles state that win a Las advanced in price in that city , owing . 'to the intelligence from . Liangiiedoc that some injury had been done in , the vineyards by frost . Letters received from Pau state that Viscount Villiars has already derived considerable benefit from change of climate , and his speedy restoration to health is anticipated . Last "week the Bishop of Uangor was suddenl y seized with paralysis , and was found by his niece r Miss Bethel , in a perfectly helpless ., . state . The Bishop is slowly recovering from tho attack .
Two boys have . . been , detected at Liverpool in poisoning the holy water fount at the Catholic church in Blackstoek-street witli bi-dironiuto of potash which burnt the skin of those who used it . On being brought before Mr . Mansfield they were ordered to find bail for £ 10 ; no other punishment was inflicted . " . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ A Naples letter savs : — " Tlie . charlatan saints of
have not been able to efll-et the euro thrj King . There has been fine work in bringing the remains of St . Nicolas doBar . i to the palace , : is well n-s in warming his Majesty in the mantle of St . Tajcal . He has also been beaten with the club of St . Gcctan , and made to cat the pork cutlet .- , of St . Antony . lie has been rubbed with the phial of bft . . Jimum-hisr , and had the shirt of St . Prospers put upon him . Nothing , however , has succeeded .
An address of sympathy with tho IJov . Alired Poole , late curate " of St . Barnabas ,. Piinlico , isi m course of signature amongst tlic cicr-y and laity , an intimation having boon given that the . names time may be appended to it will not bu published . # the ' ullulv of Gen . Van Cimiliol , . who niluninstcred a poisoned sausage to his mistruss , killing her maid-servant and her brother , who ate it , is now before the tribunal at the Ihiam-. The veteran culprit is eighty-four , and commanded at Waterloo tho combined Belgian and Dutch urtilkry . Tho Ilurkaru inform * ua thnt n H-inlio Jinilrtomi broke over Bonnros-on the night of tho I 2 ih instant . The stones were the average » l 7 « o of lions oggs , nnu n . 11 the tiles in the citv vrero broken to pieces , mo
houses were of course ilooilo . l , an U hoeruwsumio n vultures were beaten down by tho hail- ; i lie w « says , he weighed somoof tlio stones , which aveingui 04 tolahs , or a little more than an on'iicu . As many as 165 porsons luivo tfiven i" * ' " their intention to apply Id tlio cn « . u ng term , coinmonoing yesterday , to bo admitted attorneys , oi which 09 arc new candidates . , Tho tyossagero of Moileim announces that i . it Duko is labouring under an attack of the ineas os . Tho Puris Omnibus Company I km just ( lecliuoti a dividend of 58 fr . per share for ] y . ' > 8 , boing - »• less than in tlio preceding year . . „ ,. <„ Tho stoamor from Folkestone brought ° ^ Franco on Saturday sovonteon of tho xNoap oinuu o . vilos . Thoy intend proceedin g to liivin . A Bill for preventing and punuhiiii , ' thu hLl 1 <; of liquor to stoves haa pftssocl both Houses oi tit Louisiana IViuialaturo . anil will beecmio law . xt » = >
very strident in its provisions . ,, Tho admission of Baron RothsohiM " to ' House , of Commons hud boon eolobrntud l >/ " members of tho Auckland Now Zpalnnil Joww Synagogue at ft publio dinner , whlol » wua nw * i numorouBly nttondod by ulmost ovory booiIou ot u " Christian ub well ns tho Jowisli Church .
The Geographical Society of Paris , has bestowed goldmedalsof l , 000 f . value each upon the two surviving brothers Sf .-hlftgintvvei . tv tnr tlieir services to tlie world in general , in exploring the Himalayan regions and Central Asia , under the protection of tlic Engglish East India Company , The Council of-the Royal Astronomical Society of London , have presehtedtlie Rev . Dr . Jaiiics Booth , F . K . S ., to the living of Stone , near Aylesbury , Bucks . T \\ q Bulletin announces the production of a new opera from the pen of Rossini , called Jeanne I )* Arc * A " strictly-private' performance took place a few cLiys ago at the residence of the maestro in Paris , Al ' boni taking the part of the heroine . Mr . Cobden Was in Chicaso on the 30 th ult .
The Xndipendente of Turin , states that the postmaster of Firenzoula has been arrested at Stnvdeila , on suspicion of his being an Austrian spy . It is announced that M . de Chasseloup Laubat , accompanied by M . de Labre , lvis principal secretary , will leave Paris ou the 25 th inst ., on a visit to Algeria . The Bombay Guardian reports that the . p eople of the island of Celebes seem most willing to embrace Christianity . Netherlands Missionaries have been most successful , and village after village lias- embraced the faith . The priests set the example of
conversion . Some of the Italian residents of 2 s " ew York propose to raise a fund for the purchase of a costly sword , to be presented to the King of Sardinia , as a token of regard for his efforts for the salvation of Italy . The hilt will consist of a small statue of Italy , in pure Californian gold . The city of Paris , in consideration of M . Lamartine ' s great' services to the country in 1 S 48 , has made him a present of a handsome house A"d extensive grounds in the Bois do Boulogne . M . Liunnrtine has lately refused to accept a residuary bequest made by an old maiden lady to whom ho was a stranger . Lady Pohvarth died at Nico pn the 2 iul inst ., after a lengthened illness . Her ladyship was the third , daughter of the Jato Mr . George Baillie , of Jerviswood , N . B ., and sister of tho Karl of
Had-Lord Elgin , in a reply to an address from the merchants of Shanghai , declares that in his opinion the civilization of China is a mass of rottenness , and fast vipon tho -wane . Ho believes that European influence must rapidly increase in the country . He expresses his opinion that the legalisation of the opium trade will not seriously affect consumption , and that no act tlie . British Government can attempt will diminish tho demand . Tho chapel in the Rue d' Aguesseau has been obtained , from the British Government by the Lord Bishop of London , acting on behalf of the Contineiirtal Committee of tho Colonial Church and School Society . A deputation from England will visit Paris to confer with' tho English residents in order to secure the re-opening of the chapel with as JiMlo dolay as possible Tho Delhi Qazctto snys only four men of H . M . ' a 78 th have volunteered into the Highland Regiments in India . Many have joined other corps , but it seems they dislike the kilt . It is a cruel dress for a land infested with mosquitoes . The Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company nro about to send n steamer to tlio Mediterranean , with n view to commencing the repairs of the cable botAveon Malta and Oagliari . Business at Washington with tho departments of Government , in transacted under cHfffouUy . A gentleman visited one of thorn thirty-flvo timos \ sat waiting in the nnte-room 200 hours , and wnllcod between his hotel and the department , fifty-one miles fcefwo hie business was dlnnoaoci of .
The Sultan , in conferring a pension of 6 , 000 francs on Mile . Eveillard , expresses himself thus : — *• May Almighty God permit his servant Abdul Medjid to become the second father of the young girl ; and may this flower of tho West not refuse the friendly dew which is offered to her by him who would give his power and his life to cicatrise the eternal wound made in her young heart . " . The fate of Adolf Schlagintweit is at last known . He was well received at Yarkand , though he encountered great difficulties in reaching that city . Oh moving to the N . W ., or towards Kokan , he fell , in with a horde of fanatic Mussulmans , at Kargash ( which lies in about 41 deg . N . Int . and 72 ^ dog . B . long . ) and in front of the walls of which place he was beheaded by the orders of a ferocious Synd named Wullee Khan .
dington . The Bombay Standard states that the pipes of the Vohar waterworks are bursting at a pressure of 70 or 80 feet of water . They were purchased to bear a pressure of 400 feet , and cost upwards of £ 300 , 000 . They wero ordered by the East India Company , not by the contractors for tho waterworks . Orsim's eldest daughter has just diytl in Piedmont of consumption . <• Wo regret , to announce the tlontli of M . do Tocqueville , whoso great work on America , and . whoso other , literary labours , replete with tlio soundest political philosophy , have won for thoir author world-wule fame .
The Royal Albert Bridge , at Sultnsh , ia to l > o opened in May , and it is expected his Hoyal Highness tho Prince Consort will'honour t , ho ceremony with his presence . Journals of Marseilles announce that tho celebrated Blanqui had recently passed through that town in custody , and that it wn » boljovod to bo tho Emperor ' s intention to transport him to Cayenne Tho Vicarage of Shrivenhnm , Berkshiro , has become vacant by tho death of tho Venerable Archdeacon Bqrons . It ia worth £ QO 0 a your , unit is in tlio gift ol' tlio Lord Chancellor .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 16, 1859, page 28, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16041859/page/28/
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