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No. 447, October 16, JS58.1 T H E I, E A...
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MEXICO. Accounts from Mexico report the ...
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PERUThe ex-President of Peru (Echlniqne)...
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" CENTRAL AMERICA. It is ¦ reported at G...
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MI SCELLAN E O U S. The Corirr.— Her Maj...
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Bv the Gambia , which arrived at Plymouth on Mondav , we learn that it is reported that the Sunbeam is ashore in the Niger ; the Kvoomen took to the boa s and landed in Bonny river . The true condition of the Sunbeam is unknown . A . supercargo is in charge . The Governor of Accra has started with an expedition of natives to Crubboe , to subdue one of the Ashantee chiefs , who refuses to pay the poll-tax . At Cape Coast Castle gold and ivory are-very scarce , and trade is exceedingly dull .
No. 447, October 16, Js58.1 T H E I, E A...
No . 447 , October 16 , JS 58 . 1 T H E I , E A B E B . 1089
Mexico. Accounts From Mexico Report The ...
MEXICO . Accounts from Mexico report the vomito prevailing extensively at Vera Cruz ,, and numbers were dying daily Up to the 5 th ult . General Robles had not made a landing , but remained on board the British steamer Clyde , at anchor off the port . It was the impression among a number of persons that he might be called upon to succeed Zuloaga at the head of the Government . 1 he proposition recently offered for the recal of Santa Anna was strongly opposed by General Echeagaray , who threatened to join the Liberal army in case the proposition were persisted in . The final success of the Liberals was not doubted . Mr . Forsyth , the American Minister , was still in Mexico , atTacubaya , where he would remain for several weeks , or until the vomito disappeared sufficiently to render travelling safe .
Peruthe Ex-President Of Peru (Echlniqne)...
PERUThe ex-President of Peru ( Echlniqne ) had left Valparaiso in a vessel for the north of Peru , with . 000 stand of arms on board , aud was expected to land either at Pavter or Guaquil . Another revolution was hourly expected in Peru . Trade at Arica was very depressed , on account of the unsettled state of Bolivia . Ihe new mole at Piso was progressing very satisfactorily . Already 189 feet had been completed . It is to be 2200 feet in length , and built on iron screw piles imported from England . *<¦ will , ¦ when-finished , . be the largest and finest « or . k of the kind on the Pacific coast . General Camilla continued to govern the country as President .
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" CENTRAL AMERICA . It is ¦ reported at Greytown that the American , forces now on the coasts of Central America are to support the demands of the United States minister to Central America on the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica , for the outrages committed on the United States citizens during the Filibuster wars and ravages of the notorious Walker and his band of marauders . The amount claimed is eight million dols . from the government of Nicaragua , and two millions from Costa Ilica ; the other Central American states expecting to have a call on them of a like nature . Tho United States minister had already retired from the state of Nicaragua , and was waiting on the Government of Costa Rica .
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MI SCELLAN E O U S . The Corirr . — Her Majesty continues in excellent health , enjoying her daily walks and rides nround Biilmoral . The Prince Consort and Prince Alfred shoot daily , in -which sport they have been joined by the Count of Flanders and M . do Pcrsigny . Tlio Belgian Prince has , however , now returned to London . On Tuesday , the Queen gave a , danco at the Castle to a small party . Her Majesty has also given a ball to the servants and gillies . A short time ago , on the Queen ' s embarkation at Gravesond , her Majesty undertook to present to the Princess of Prussia a tastefully executed drawing , commemorating the presence- of tlio young ladies who -were the fair fiowcr-strewors on the occasion of her Royal Highncss ' s departure , ami iutonded as a souvenir of the event . The Queen was much pleased with it , and graciously promised to present it to her daughter . Tlio Mayor of Gravesend has just received ft lottor , sont by order of I ho Princess Royal , in which she says sho dorives pnrtieulnr satisfaction fro in the possession of 80 elegant u record of tlio names of tlio young ladies who took an active part in a scionc , tlio beauty of which her Royal Highness only has to rogivt not having been able at the moment of parting from licr native country to enjoy as fully as she IVjlt it . The lottor convoys to all those who have united to present so acceptable an offering the warmest and most hoartfull thanks of her Royal Highness . Tine PniNprc ov Wales . — Aftor tho 9 th of November next , tho Prineo of Wnles ' a 17 th birthday , Mr . V . W . Gibbs , C . B ., will retire from tho office of tutor to his Royal Highness , whioh ho has held since Fobruary , 185 * 2 , and that Colonel tho Hon . Robert Bruce will bo appointed governor to his Royal Ilighnoss . Tho Rov . 0 . Tarvor will act as chaplain and director of tho Prince's studios . Tho future equerries to his Koval Ilighnoss will probably bo Major Lindsay , Soots Fusilier Guards ) Major Tcosdale , C . B ., Royal Artillery ; flCflrttftin Q . Groy , Rifl « Brlgado ; and Lord Vallotort . ThibGkwat Wkstminhtku Bk . li .. —Such progrosslias been mado in raising tho " Royal Victoria Boll " to its destined dwelling in tho Victoria Tower , that it mny bo
expected immediately to be heard by the inhabitants of the metropolis telling of the-flight of time in tones that cannot be mistaken . Great skill and immense labour have been brought to bear in effecting the work . When tho bell is raised to its utmost height , it will be hung at a distance of 212 feet from the ground , and at least thirtv-six hours will have been employed in severe labour , notwithstanding the aid of admirable machinery , to place it in that lofty position . The . weight of the metal to be raised is 15 tons . Baron Ward . —This famous Yorkshireman , who plaved so prominent a part at the court of Parma , died last week at Vienna . The history of this extraordinary man is full of remarkable events . He left Yorkshire as a bov in the pay of Prince Lichtenstein of Hungary , and after a four years' successful career on the turf at Vienna , as a jockey , he became employed by the then reigning Duke of Lucca . He was at Lucca promoted from the stable to be valet to his royal highness . This service he performed up to 1846 . About that period he was made Master of the Horse to the ducal court . Eventuallv he became Minister of the Household and Minister of Finance , which offid < he _ held when the duke abdicated in 1848 . At this periodhe became an active agent of Austria during the revolution . As Austria triumphed , he returned to Parma as Prime Minister , and negotiated the abdication of Charles II , and placed the youthful Charles III . on the throne ; who , it will be remembered , was assassinated before his own palace m 1 S 54 . It should be observed that as soon as Charles III . came to the throne , the then Baron Ward was sent to Germany by his patron as Minister Plenipotentiary to represent Parma at the Court of Vienna . This post he held up to the time of his royal i >« tron's tragical end . When the present Duchess Regent assumed state authority , Ward retired from public life , aud took to agricultural pursuits in the Austrian dominions . Without any educational foundation , he contrived to write and speak German , French , and Italian , and conducted the affairs of state with considerable cleverness , if not with remarkable straightforwardness . Baron Ward was married to a humble person of Vienna , and has left four children . Perhaps no man of modern times passed a more varied and romantic life than Ward , the groom , statesman , and friend of sovereigns . From'Hie stable he rose to-the highest ¦ offices of a little kingdom , at a period of great European political interest , and died in retirement , pursuiug the rustic occupation of a farmer , carrying with him ' to the grave many curious arcana iitijwrii . Representation of Leominster . —The election of a member , in the room of Mr . -Wilioughby ,.-appointed , a member , of the Council of India , is . expected to take place in the week after next . No opposition is expected , Mr . Wilde , the Liberal candidate , having resigned his pretensions , though he promises at the next general election to make another appeal to the constituency . It is expected , therefore , that the Hon . Captain Ilanbury , a brother of Lord Bateman ( Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire- and a large landed proprietor ) will be elected without opposition . Mr , llanbury is a supporter of the present Government . Lord Charles Wellksley . —This nobleman , the youngest son of the late Duke of Wellington , died on Saturday . His lordship had , for a lon ^ time , boon in failing health . lie was for ten years in Parliament , and although he never took a prominent part in the affairs of that assembly , ho was greatly respected for his amiable qualities . A SoRCisREtt . —A negro , demi-doctor and demisorcorer , is making a furor in Paris—a line , handsome negro , well * made , covered with diamonds and jewellery , and drawn by a . pair of valuable horses in an elegant carriage , living in luxurious apartments , demanding fabulous prices for his drugs , which he administers himself . His room is constantly filled with tho credulous and tho rich . —Jli'dicul 'Vimes . 1 > iscoi : al . —The Archbishop of York , who was to liavo preached the serinon at the approaching consecration of the parish church of Doneaster , has been obliged to decline that duty , in consequence of his feeble state of health . Tho consecration sermon will bo preached by the Right Rev . Dr . Bickorsteth , Bishop of Ripon . —Tlio Bishop of London has presented to each of hit * clergy a programme of the order of his approach in j visitation , and with it a lettor , postponing tho chargo to tho fifth day , on which ho hopes to see tho whole clergy of the diocese assembled in tlio metropolitan cathedral . Tiik Earl oi ? Carm . suh an'd thk Pihi . k ix India . — The Earl of Carlisle has presided at tho annual meeting of tho Bradford Blblo ( Society . In tho course of his address tho nublo Lord snid :- —However brilliant have boon tho foot a of our arms , and however horoio tlio achievements and the sufferings of our countrymen , wo must all desire to raise on that vast continent other trophies than thoso of tho avenging sword and other growths than that of the blood-ftnini ' d laurel . I fool suro that you will bo all disposed to agree with mo that oven in India , even among thoso to whom wo havo boon obliged . to apply all tho "rough and harsh ' methods , of puni . sliim ? nt and coivquest , even tlioro wb elioiild not seek to introduce tho priceless boiiellls of Christianity Itself merely by State influence and by actual compulsion . Tho Word of God U too precious a tiling to bo made , under any circumstance ? , tho subject ; of a bribe or u
threat . I trust now that a Government , conscious of its high responsibilities alike to the parent country and to the subject populations , will speedily obliterate all such pahiful traces of past convulsions and conflicts . But the spread of Christianity is not properly the work of any Government as such ; Christianity marshals her own votaries and marches under her own banners ; and so , asking nothing from any Government but a fair field and no favour , will the work—the Godlike work , I had * almost said—of evangelising and christianising the heathen go on , relying on its own resources and suffi- ¦ cient for its own victories . The Society of Friends . —We are informed that not less than one hundred and fifty MSS . have been received in competition for the two prizes of one hundred guineas , and fifty guineas , on " The Decline of tho Society of Friends . " The essays thus sent in are veryvaried in character , quality , and length . Several of them are from America . College of Dentists of England . — A large number of gentlemen assembled on Tuesday , at the Coli ^ e of Dentist" , 5 , Cavendish-square , for the purpose of discu ^ ing the value of electricity as an anaesthetic , with the . ; ew of testing its merits in dental operations . P . Mathews , T- » q # j president of the College , read an interesting paper on ^ subject , in which his experiments and the mode of expei- . T , entiDg were described , with the aid of various machines , utility of which he also pointed out . He could _ not at present admit that electricity is an anaesthetic . To he -,, cu tue operation should be painless , as under the influence _ , chioroforin ; but such it is not . Dr . Purland also reau . paper on experiments made by him . He did not come to » -o C 011 _ elusion that electricity is anaesthetic , but he consicu .. ^ that . it has something of an electro-biological character , and that if the operator were firm with the patient , and could induce him to think' there would be no pain , marvels might be effected . Dr . Elliotson proposed a committee to examine and report upon the subject , which was agreed to . After some further discussion the proceedings closed . The Presbyterians in France . — The Scottish Church have established a regular service in Paris . Principal Tulloch ( of St . Andrew ' s ) , who has been for some months there , is to be the minister for eight months in the year . In the mean time the service , ^ which is performed" at " tire . Ofatoi . re , Rue St . Honore , is carried on by other clergymen , and the Scottish Church are to send " from time to time some of their best preachers . Principal Tulloch is described as a most eloquent and impressive preacher . The Scottish Church are , it appear ? , paying every farthing of the expense , and will probably do so for the next two year ? . Sir James Octram .: —The Queen baa directed letters patent * to be passed under the Great Seal , granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom to Sir James " Out ram , G . C . B ., Lieutenant-General of her Majesty ' s Indian Forces , and Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India , and to his heirs male , Death of M . Vaknhagen von Hexse . —The celebrated Prussian historian died on Sunday evening at half-past eleven . A truer patriot never lived in Prussia , lie was—it is now long ago , for he was seventy years old—the husband of that sprightly , genial Jewess , who , under the name of Rahel von Ense , found admirers of her natural and original letter-writing , not merely in Germany , but in England and France . He leagued himself to the Prussian party of progress as far back as half a century ago . His chief excellence in writing the history of his time consists in the treatment of personal details . Always a man of progress , he became more and more ox" a vigorous Radical the older he grew . There is something touching in the fact that ho has outlived only by twenty-four hours the period of reaction , which " nobody boro more impatiently than he . Death has come very suddenly upon him ; it was only on Friday that ho was seen in the streets in apparently unimpaired health . Tine Yoi'N-o Duchess ' s Prospects . —A punster , who , although ill-natiirud , must bo admitted to be witty , has get about tho story that when Mdlle . de Paniega was looking over tho splendid trousseau given her by the Kmpresrf , sho exclaimed , with a sigh , to her friends , who wero in ecstasies about the beauties of tho present , " Oui , j ' aime mioux lo present quo lo futur . " Aovknturocs JuvKNiLKS . —Two girls , aged eleven and nine years , disappeared from tho house of their father , Mr . Bacon , of Woolwich Arsenal , residing at Plumstoud . Both children wero seen . by their f ather sufo in bed on Sunday night , but tho next morning they were missing . They wore thought to havo boon decoyed away from home , but this turned out to bo incorrect . It appears that before leaving homo they packed up tho wholo of thoii- clothes they could obtain in a carpet-bag , and having a small amount of money , thoy succeeded in leaving their homo unobserved : tho noxt that was hcml of them was that they called ut ' a shop and obtained a loaf . From this point all traco was lost , and information was given to tho polico . A doteotivo offlcor , hearing that two young girls had taken up -their quar ors at a celW-Blum in Whitoohapol , proceeded to the House , and questioned thorn as to who they wore , and wl ore they iamofrom , u hen , after somo Jlttlo hesitation , ( hoy aek . iowledgod thoy had left tho homo of their fathe r at riuinaloau . They wore at onco takou charge of and
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16101858/page/9/
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