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No. 443, September 18, 1858.] __^JIJE 1E...
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TURKEY. News from Constantinople to the ...
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WEST INDIES. Tho Tvlngdalenu arrived thi...
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AMERICA. Tho steamship Alps arrived at L...
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HAMBURG. ,_, News from Hamburg, dated 3 ...
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Miscellaneous. The Couut.— Her Majesty C...
not likely to revisit these parts of space for a few hundred years . Tay Salmon Fishings . —The salmon fishings belonging to the Earls of Wemyss and Kinnoull were exposed to let by public rOup , on Friday , and brought— the former 2537 ? ., being an increase of 309 £ upon last year ; and the latter 891 , which is the same as in the previous season . The attendance of competitors was considerable , and the biddings brisk . —Daily Mail . . . Vintage in Portugai The vintage of 1858 will probably be the most abundant of the last five years . Already a very large quantity of grapes have been shipped to England , and one shipper alone , up to the present time , has forwarded more grapes than the amount of the entire shipments of last year .
The Wine Crop in Madeira . — There is a probability that the yield of wine in Madeira this year will be some 600 pipes , whereas in former years it used to average between 15 , 000 and 16 , 000 pipes . The farmers , however , are still attending to the cultivation of the grape , and planting new vines in the districts where the old ones have died out , so that there is every hope that the island may be again restored to its vine-producing condition . An unqualified contradiction may be given to the assertion so freely promulgated in England , that the inhabitants of Madeira have ceased to attend to the cultivation of the vine .
Post-office Order . —On the JLst of October next , and thenceforward , the compulsory prepayment of postage will be extended to all letters addressed to Barbadoes i Trinidad , and St . Helena . The postage also of letters posted in these colonies , addressed to the United Kingdom , will be required to be prepaid by the senders . New Guano Island . —Several vessels have gone from Honolulu to load guano at Jarvis Island . There was no longer a doubt about the value of the deposit . Falkirk Tryst . —The second for the season of these great annual markets was held oh Monday . The general show of sheep was considerably less than on the previdus year , the deficiency being accounted for entirely
by the short supply of black-faced sheep . The buyers were more numerous than was expected , and they came out liberally , although the stock suffered a reduction ; but that was to be expected even by holders , as sheepmarkets have deteriorated in prices for some , time past . At the close of the market , few or none of the blackfaced sheep remained .-unsold ; and there is little doubt that what was left of the Cheviots would be converted into money before the next market . Cheviot wethers from 3 s . to 5 s . below the corresponding market of last year . In some instances Cheviot ewes were sold a shade better than last year , but for the most part they were Is . to 2 s . and even 3 s . below last year .
The Canadian Carrying Trade , —The select committee appointed during the late session of the Canadian Parliament to inquire into the past and present course of trade between the lakes and the sea-board , and between the different Atlantic ports in America and Great Britain , have made their report . From it we learn that the tendency of the Canada trade was to pass over into the United States . ?• It appears , " says the Quebec Journal , " that while the mails , passengers , and every description of goods can be conveyed from Quebec to the Chicago , or any lake port in the interior , and vice versa , at less cost and in less time than to or from New York ,
the high price between Quebeo . and Liverpool has diverted almost the entire trade between" the -lakes and Europe to New York . To counteract this evil the report boldly recommends the establishment of a daily line of screw steamers , of 2000 tons burden , between X-ivarpnnl and Quebec , connecting with a lino of steamers on Lake Huron . to Chicago . It is asserted that by this arrangement first-class passengers could reach Chicago from Liverpool , by Quebeo , over the Grand Trunk Rail " way , in about eighteen days ,, emigrants and Jight freight , by rail and water combined , in about fifteen days . "
Trade in France . —According to the commercial report of the Presse , the state of affairs has not altered sensibly during the last week . Business continues to increase slowly . Ordorsare coming iir both from the provinces and from abroad , but credit revives slowly . Business in general ia dono for cash . Merchants for the most part realised tltoir capital during the crisis , and they ' now save the discount by paying for goods at once . This accounts for the Bmall quantity of commercial paper in circulation , although on tho whole there is an increase of transactions , Manufacturers compluin of the scarcity of labour ; they havo been obliged to refuse orders owing to tho difficulty ' of finding workmen .
This is equally tho case in Lyons and other manufacturing towns , as in Paris , During the commercial crisis many workman loft the towns nnd took to agricultural labour . 'Operations at Lyons aro described as being ^ flgt , iY , Cv .... Ar , tigloa » of » luxury ^ aro ~ nowH | n * -demaTidr' 8 ^ ch ' r ' fr jewellery , bronzoa , cabinet-work , ftnd liuso . Tho priooa of raw materials are firm , with an upward tendency . Speculators aro purchasing silks , woollens , and cottons . Cottoii-woola in particular maintain a price that leaves but n small margin for tho manufacturer . Tho importance of encouraging the production of cotton in Algeria , with a view to competition with America , is dwelt upon . Calinneaa prevails in cereals and wines . The fine harvest weather lias occasioned tho getting in
of the corn in such good condition that it was thrashed and brought to market very early , so the quantity at market has been abundant . The wine trade is always dull just before the vintage ; but as a great vintage is anticipated , the Burgundian proprietors are selling their wines in order to get cellar-room . More Opicm Twaddle . —Under this head a corre- ^ spondent of- the Times , who signs himself ^ Fumus , " writes : — " The well-meaning gentlemen who signed the address to Lord Derby on the subject of opium seem to be as much in the rearward of passing events as the Seven Sleepers of the legend when they woke up . Have they been so wrapped up in their abstractions as to be
ignorant that opium has now been for some time as freely admitted with a duty as our cottons , and that ( in the words of your own correspondent ) ' the trade is as open and as unrestrained in all the cities of China as the sale of hot cross buns on Good Friday in the streets of London ? ' And yet the whole of the lengthy address proceeds ori the supposition that the opium trade is at present one of a desperate smuggling character . They will next , perhaps , advise the enterprise of a holy war to compel the Chinese Government to prohibit the drug again ! " _ „ Trade
The Liverpool Docks and the Timber . — At the meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board , it was stated that arrangements had been formed for placing the new north dock , called the Canada dock , almost exclusively at the service of the importers of timber at the port , with a total quay space for storage ground of 134 , 000 square yards , apportioned in allotments of from 25 , 000 to 26 , 000 yards each . Nanteos and Penrhiw Mining Company . —A general meeting was held yesterday at Mr . Murchison ' s offices , Bishopsgate-street ; Mr . J . W . Williamson in the chair . A report was read , from which it appeared that it was desirable the mines should be very fully developed with the least possible delay . More than half the shareholders were represented at the meeting , and the call of 1500 ? . ( 6 s . per . share ) was unanimously agreed to .
The Isthmus of Suez Project . —It is positively stated in a letter from Vienna , in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin , that the statement madein some journals that the Porte had granted M . de Lesseps a concession for cutting through the Isthmus of Suez , and that England has abandoned her opposition to it , is utterly devoid of truth . The Stage in France . — -The Uiiivers has some severe strictures upon the immorality of the Parisian theatricals . It particularly alludes to what are called pieces afemmes , that is to say , pieces in which the object of the author and manager is to exhibit the actresses with as few clothes on as possible , literary merit of any kind being quite a secondary consideration . The Times
correspondent says : —" The Univers is caustic , but it tells the truth . The second class of the Parisian theatres are too apt . to abuse such merely meretricious means of drawing a house . The most extravagant and witless framework of a play is deemed good enough upon Which to hang a score or two of half-naked nj-mphs . The authors depend for their success not on their brains but on tho legs of the ladles , and really they often abuse the license for laziness and dulness thus afforded . Those spectators who have even patienc e to sit such pieces out will hardly ever return to them ; but Pftds ^ gntains some scores of fresh audiences , and the puffing of the jkuillcton is trusted to for bringing the sheep to the fold . The system is not one likely to encourage either good authors or good actors . "
The Patkojss of the Rixo . —Referring to a prizefight which took place last week at Thornbury , near Bristol , tho Bristol Mercery says : — "It appears that tho fighting fraternity mustered about 8000 , and behaved themselves upon their route with more than usual blackguardism . Tho country people wore so frightened by their appearance nnd language , as lo cause many of thorn to close their houses . Sonic of the mob wont so far as to assault several of tho poor folk , and after taking possession of tho field in which the fight took place , demanded of nil wlio wished to enter it an admission foq . On coming to a beerhouse at Pilning ,
kept by Mr . Huxley , who happened to bo away , his wifo only being in tho house , they proceeded to the collar and helped themselves , until tho poor man ' s stock of boor wns exhausted ; they also cleared tho house of all tho eatables they could lay hands on , and departed , without paying for what they had consumed . Tho orchards upon their woy wore plundered by tho scoundrels . Tho loser of tho fight , Thomas Squires , alias Ovens , has , through tho exertions of Sir Thomas Davis , n magistrate , boon committed for ( rial Ho wns captured ou Saturday last , at a public-house in Bristol , though not without a sharp resistance . It is hoped thut
swniTo"f * tiro ^ o"th" 6 ri 3 "' wIiriRub do nmao an example of . liK-VAOoiNAHON . —M . Lanoy roportB that in sixty men of tho French army rc-vacoinntcd ut Toulouse , serious symptoms of a typhoid and cryeipolat > us nature ensued na a consequence in nine of thorn . 11 o advises tho Minister of War that in future only a small number of men of a regiment should bo vaccinated at onco , ho that they nifty not bo forood to return Immediately to their duty ; that only those da bomu volonte shall bo vaccinated : that tho operation should only be performed
in spring or autumn , and not in the hot season ; that the re-vaccinated should be kept quiet from work for a week . —Medical Times . New Inventions . —Mr : Pike , of the Committee-office , House of Commons , had an -interview yesterday with Sir John Pakington , at the Admiralty , for the purpose of submitting , designs . for the construction of break-Waters on a hew principle , and also > certain projected improvements in steam navigation and in the structure of lifeboats and vessels intended for inland navigation , with a view to facilitate the passage of the latter over shoals and sand banks and through shallow waters . Crystal Palace . —The directors of the Crystal Palace Company have set apart a day on winch Mr .
Manns , the able and energetic director of their permanent band , may take a benefit concert . The arrangements are to be on the most liberal scale , and will not only be carried out by the artistes both vocal and instrumental who have taken part in the great concerts of the season , but will include others of the highest celebrity . The attractive and prominent part which Mr . Manna bears daily at the Crystal Palace cannot fail to ensure a large attendance , and many will be glad of some opportunity of testifying their approval of Mr . Manns ' s taste , and the energy he has displayed in improving the musical means of the Crystal Palace .
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. ' ? ¦ Leader Office , Friday Night , September 17 th . SARDINIA . The Piedmontese . Gazette states that the so-called cession of the port of Villafranca to Russia consists of the mere gratuitous concession of an old deserted bagne , which is turned into a depot for provisions and fuel . It is also alleged that a . clause in the , lease enables Piedmont to get rid of the tenant on due notice , a stipulation which might be found very difficult to enforce . This version of the affair has been thought sufficiently important to assume the form of a telegram , dated the 15 th inst . The Gazette de France holds that the continental Powers should represent to Piedmont that under the present European system * no nation has a right to cede or let any portion of its territory . " What would be said , " it concludes , " if the King of Naples were to sell a port to England ? "
Turkey. News From Constantinople To The ...
TURKEY . News from Constantinople to the 11 th has been received . It was reported that Fuad Pasha , on his arrival in London , was to demand explanations as to the bombardment of Jeddah and the occupation of Perira . There was an impression that an ordonnance would shortly be published recommending the dignitaries of the empire to limit their expenses and to reduce the luxury of their servants . Some arrests had taken place , but the sultanas still resisted , and the Sultan was alreadyreconciled with his brothers-in-law . Steam-packet companies were being organised in . various parts of Turkey .
West Indies. Tho Tvlngdalenu Arrived Thi...
WEST INDIES . Tho Tvlngdalenu arrived this day with the West India mails . She brings specie to the value of 750 , 000 dollars . The questions between England and Franco , on the one hand , nnd tho Venezuelan Government on tlio other , are likely to bo settled satisfactorily . Antigua h ' ns been visited by an earthquake . The islands nro healthy , except Cuba . Tho reports from Domcrara and Trinidad aro favourable for tho crops .
America. Tho Steamship Alps Arrived At L...
AMERICA . Tho steamship Alps arrived at Liverpool to-day with Now York advices to the 5 th instant . ¦ The political news is unimportant ; tho cable jubilee absorbing public attention . It was celebrated on tho 1 st -with groat defat . Tho quarantine hospital on Staton Island was entirely destroyed by a mob on tho 1 st inst . by moans of fire . One man was shot during tho aflYay . Thirty-two houses wore reduced to ashes , and tho patients narrowly escaped destruction . The excitement was very strong against tho Emigration Commissioners . Captain Hudson and tho officers of tho Niagara havo boon entertained at Jersey City . Tho yellow fovor still raged at Now Orleans . Advices from Yera Cruz report tho suppression of all Opposition newspapers at tho capital . A decisive action bot ^ veonnht 5-TOiiWnTiln ^ 7 mTrlta ' < N \ l i' < 8 'lb' 61 c 6 fl " for . Tho Africans captured by tho Dolphin wore to bo convoyod in tho stouin-l ' rignto Niagara back to thoir homes .
Hamburg. ,_, News From Hamburg, Dated 3 ...
HAMBURG . , _ , News from Hamburg , dated 3 o ' clock r . J » r ., loth September , states theoxpiosion of tho powder magazine off that port on board nn emigrant u'U ji , tho Jlnmnionla , for New York . Out of ' 206 paasongars flvo wore badly wounded .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18091858/page/13/
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