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CONTINENTAL. NOTES. The French Loan. — T...
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27 , 000 infantry , 5000 cavalry , and 70 guns . The Turks , ^ reh provided , awaited the enemy with resolution , orders being given to hold out to the last , and , if necessary , to retire upon Erzeroum . The Turkish General demands reinforcements of men only . Up to June 30 , nothing new had occurred at Yeni-Knleh . English Recruiting in Switzerland . —A letter { rota Berne , in the Cologne Gazette , says that the English minister in Switzerland has complained energetically to the National Council of the severity displayed by the police in preventing enlistments for the English Foreign Legion whilst recruiting for the Neapolitan Government ia allowed to be carried on freely . The National Council , adds the letter , has , notwithstanding the complaints , directed the cantonal authorities to cause the persons who are accused of having made the enlistments for the ywii « h to be prosecuted .
Thjb Russians at Kaua-Dagh . —A despatch from the Russian General Mouravieff , dated the 5 th ( 17 th ) of June , gives some particulars of a reconnaissance made the day before , terminating in a slight contest with the Turks , who retired beneath the batteries of Kara-Dagh . The Human General estimates the Turkish loss at sixty men , and sets down his own at four killed and fourteen wounded . The despatch , however , is full of hyperboles— such as six Russian sotnias pursuing one hundred baski-bazouks and two regiments of regular cavalry , under the fire of artillery . This quite eclipses Faiataff ' s men in buckram .
Tuk Fobkion Lkcsion . —The ftulependance Beige says , that all the officers of the first two battalions of the Foreign Legion enlisted at Heligoland have served during the revolutionary period against Denmark in the llolstein army . The game paper ( or rather one of its correspondents ) says that " England appears to attach more importance than ever to the preservation of that old Danish position ( Heligoland ) which the Congress of Vienna bestowed on her at the reiterated request of Lord Castlereagh . I have been assured that the English Government intends to execute the project of Lord Liverpool's Ministry , which had resolved to convert Heligoland into a first-rate fortress , intended to command the North Sea , as Malta and Gibraltar command the Mediterranean . " This sounds rather doubtful .
Bussian Kkinfobckments . —A correspondent of the Augtburg Gazette , dating " from the Polish frontier , July <> , " enumerates the Russian troops now on their way from Poland to the Crimea , having been set free by the declared " expectant policy" of Austria . From the interior of Russia we learn that the entire first infantry army corps is on tbe march for the Crimea . These , however , are Russian reports . Reduction of tiik Austrian Arm y in the Principalities . — Advice * from Vienna announce a reduction in the Austrian army occupying the Principalities , corresponding to that which has just taken place in Gallicifl . Death ok Ai > mikal , Naciiimokk . —A despatch from General Peli . ssier , of July 1 * 2 th , sa y * that , " according to the report of a . deserter , Admiral Nachimoff was killed by a ball in the forehead the preceding day , in the Central Bastion . " Flaos ok Tnt'CE . —An account appears , in an oiueial paper published at Helsingfors , of the violation by the English of a Hag of truce , at a place called Ruoiuo . It is to be hoped that this assertion will be disproved . Thb Retrkat " in Excellent Ordek . " -The Daily Nobs Crimean correspondent says that , so far from the retreat of the French on the 18 th of June being "in excellent order , " as General Pelissier averred , it was a panic-struck rout ; and that of the English was only a degree better . OUU CIVILISATION . ASSIZE OA . SICS . Jamks Darby anij Jamks Asiitos liave been found guilty at the York Asmzm of robbing and assaulting two old men , who in in id-day were conveying across Wentworth Park a large sum « f mon « y for the payment of the artisan !* at some neighbouring ironworks . Tlie old men made a very brave resistance , and one was awvejjely beat ( in about the head by a life-preserver ; hut he resolutely kept his foet on the rug of the chaise in which they were riding , and , the bujr of money being tlltu hiddeu , it was passed over by ( he rufliaus . Having found upon one of tlic old men a tobacco-pouch , which they imagined to contain a lurge tnim of money , tlio thjeye * suddenly made off ; but one wa * apprehended a few days after , and the other gave himself up . Thomas Ja « k .. son hn . s been found guilty of the niunsUughter of George : Lewis , a private of the 7 th Hussars , I Sheffield , under circumstances which we detailed in Hit Leader o { July 7 . Jackson was sentenced to transportation for life . William Jamks , aged seventy , . schoolmaster , was oluurged with feloniously forging and uttering to the R « V . W . P . Walsh , at Oxford , on the 10 th of April , MM , a certain pnpor writ ing , purporting to bo the lust * W and testament of one John Coining , well knowing H » aame to bo forged . The case having been proved , ft * prisoner was sentenced to hard labour for eighteon months . BfOROLABT . —At the Winchester Aaaizc * , William
—————— - ¦^¦¦¦^ " - " —^¦¦^ sSiSSSs Holdsworth , with several aliases , and Thomas Cole , were indicted for breaking into the house of Miss Janet Hoyes at Bitterne , near Southampton . From trie statements made by Miss Hoyes and her two servants , it appeared that early in the morning of the 29 th of November last , the house of the former was burglariously entered by four men , and property to the value of 140 / . was stolen . Great violence was resorted to by the thieves , one of whom struck Miss Hoyes with a life preserver as she lay in bed , and threatened to murder her and set her bed on fire . The jury found the prisoners Guilty , and they were sentenced to be transported , Holdsworth for life , and Cole for twenty years .
Attempted Child Mubder . —At the York Assizes , Mary "Walker was found guilty of throwing her newlyborn infant down a . privy , and casting stones upon it . She was tracked by two men into the place , and the child was rescued . Her defence was that the child was born while she was in the building , and that it fell ; but other evidence contradicted this . She was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment .
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Jovial Burglars . — David Barnett and David Polack were brought before tbe Lord Mayor , charged with having been concerned ( on Sunday the 8 th instant ) in robbing the premises of Messrs . Deane and Co ., King William-street , ironmongers and jewellers , of watches and jewellery to a large amount . They were remanded for a week . The burglar ) - was effected through the facilities presented by tbe neighbourhood of an uninhabited house , from the roof of which the thieves managed to enter by the skylight of the house of the prosecutors , which , as it was Sunday , was closed and empty . After having supped and shared some rum on the premises , the perpetrators returned with their load by the way they entered . Daniel Mitchell Davidson , Cosmo William Gobdos , and Joseph Windle Cole , have been again remanded .
Cruelty to Horses . —The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has within the last week brought several cases of cruelty to horses , by overworking them , before the magistrates . Mr . Forster , the superintendent of the society , said , in answer to the Hammersmith magistrate , that ' the Society had prosecuted nfey cases during the past month , and in the past year the number of cases amounted to 46 » . Courageous Women . —At Worship-street , Samuel Harris and George Edwards , two notorious thieves , were charged with robbing a lady of her purse . They were detected and apprehended entirely through the courage of a lady and her servant , -who happened to be passing at the time of the occurrence . Suspecting the prisoners from their conduct , they watched them , and on seeing
one of them pick the lady ' s pocket , the servant girl collared the thief , charging him with the robbery ; whereupon he dropped the purse , which the girl picked up and returned to the owner . The men then fled , but were pursued and overtaken by the two women , and again collared and held by them , in spite of a desperate resistance , until the arrival of the police , who finally secured them . The prisoners were committed for trial . Fatal Case of Stabuing . —Two Lancashire glassblowers , named John Peters and Thomas Rose , having quarrelled as to which was the best glassblowvr , a fight ensued , when Peters covertly stabbed Koso live times with a clasp-knife which lie had secreted in his hand . Hose died soon afterwards ; and Peters has been committed for trial .
Wifk-k . ili . ino . —Henry Watts , a beer < hop-keeper , in Spring-street , Paddington , was brought up at the Alarylebone Police Court , on Tuesday , charged with having caused the death of Sarah , his » ifo , by throwing her down-stairs . The court was much crowded during the inquiry , throughout which the prisoner evinced much anguish , and buried his face in his hands . The quarrel appears to have arisen from the poor woman interfering to prevent her husband punishing one of their children . 1 ho man , who was drunk at the time of the offence , and who , after the outrage , did his utmost to prevent medical assistance being procured by one of the female lodger * , was remanded .
WiKi-:- 'ro « TUUiNO . —Thomas Biekley , a cadaverouslooking young man , was sentenced , at the Lambeth Police OtHec . to three months' hard labour for brutal treatment of Ins wife , who had been seized with the pains of labour in a wafer-closet common to the public in the neighbourhood , where she had sought shelter after being kicked out of the house by her husband ; and he hud absolutely allowed her to bo delivered without the care of a medical man . j lit . IIknky (/ itoMWEi . u a middle-aged man of
gentlemanly appearance , and « well-known member of the turf , was brought up at Lambeth on Wednesday , charged with making a desperate attempt on his life by , in the first place , swallowing a largo dose of laudanum , and , finding it had not the desired effect , attempting to dusk out his bruina with a poker . He stated , in answer to the magistrate , that ho had fallen into great pecuniary distress , from having been a man of property ; that his wife was dead ; and that his daughter was kept away from him at school . Tho magistrate directed that he should bo taken to the workhouse infirmary , until a
brother whom he had mentioned could be communicated ¦ with . Sir J . D . Paul and Messrs . Strahan and Bates ¦ were again brought up at Bow-street on Wednesday , when Mr . Bodkin stated that the very voluminous books of the accused were in course of examination , and he therefore asked for a further remand . The prisoners will be brought up on Wednesday next pro forma ., with a view to another remand for a week more . James Mohboe was on Wednesday examined and remanded on a charge of robbing , on separate occasions , two sadors , one a Dutchman . The other , an Englishman , had been nearly strangled by him . Hots
Hope v . . —This cause of separation , promoted by Mrs . Hope against Mr . Hope on the ground of adultery and cruelty , was decided on Thursday in the Consistory Court . The cruelty had not been proved , but it appeared that the adultery had been clearly established . The husband , however , had likewise proved adultery on the part of Mrs . Hope ; and under these circumstances Dr . Lushington , without hearing the arguments of counsel , dismissed tbe parties . Theft bt a Gentleman . —At the Mansion House , on Thursday , James Oswald , a young man of gentlemanly address and appearance , and said to be connected with a highly-respectable family in Northumberland , was charged with having stolen clothes of the value of 10 / . 3 s . 6 d ., the property of Moses and Son , of Nob . 2 and 3 , Aldgate , outfitters . The prisoner , who , his solicitor said , was a medical gentleman of high attainments , was committed for trial .
Continental. Notes. The French Loan. — T...
CONTINENTAL . NOTES . The French Loan . — The Jifoniteur publishes the terms of the new loan . It is to be for 750 , 000 , 000 f ., open to public subscription from the 18 th to tie 29 th of this month . Subscribers to have the option of 3 per cents , or 4 i per cents , ; the i $ per cents , to be issued at 92 . 25 , with interest dating back from the 22 nd of March , 1855 ; and the 3 per cents , to be issued at 65 . 25 , interest to date back from the 22 nd of June , 1855 . Subscriptions to be received from 10 francs of interest , increasing by tens . If the subscriptions should exceed 750 , 000 , 000 f ., and the supplementary 30 , 000 , OOOf . for expenses , shares will be submitted at proportionate reductions , excepting subscriptions under 50 francs
interest . In order to favour those who desire to place small amounts in the rente , the subscriptions to the loan of 750 , 000 , 00 Of ., for 50 f . of rente and under , will not be liable to reduction . As , however , speculators might prevent the attainment of this object , the Minister of Finance has decided that , for sums of 50 f . of rente and under , " list subscriptions" shall not be received , and that one and the same subscriber shall not parcel out a larger sum into several demands for 50 f . tickets . Subscriptions made contrary to these regulations will be cancelled . —The subscription commenced on Wednesday . There were very large crowds at the Treasury and all the niairies ; and the Bourse Vras acted on favourably by the eagerness of the public to subscribe .
The returns of the Bank of France for the past month are extremely unfavourable , the stock of bullion showing a diminution to the remarkable extent of 3 , 340 , 000 * ., making a total falling off within the last three or four months of more than 5 , OOO , 0 OO £ The natural effects of this , however , have , in a great degree , been prevented from manifesting themselves by a further increase of 1 , 000 , 000 / . in the note circulation . —Times City Art ., Monday . The Extraordinary Legislative Session of the French Chambers came to a close on Friday , after the passing of a bill authorising the various new taxes demanded , aa well as acts of a more local character . —The The
Paris correspondent of the Daily News says : — " Keport of the Committee on the Taxes Bill is , beyond all question , the most important parliamentary paper that has appeared since the abolition of ' parliamentary government . ' Tho Committee appears to have studied the financial propositions of Government with deep attention ; adopts the measures proposed , only with the qualification that they are to be essentially provisional , fixing a date by way of showing that what is said is meant and presses upon the attention of the ruling power ' various independent suggestions . The first of these , I regret to say , is a peremptory demand for the repeal of one of the Emperor ' s Free Trade measuresthat permitting tho importation of foreign spirits . Jo their entire approbation of the provisions of the bill ,
which raise tbe excise duty on spirituous liquors , toe Committee tacks an argument hy one of its members , to which it gives its emphatic adhesion . Tho jn «» J : turers of native sugar and alcohol <»™ P " jf * 3 £ - £ is said , of the decree of Sept . 22 , " 54 , which admit , foreign spirits at a small duty . Under the jg-JK * this law , they affirm that in tho majority of French oiaf ^ t ^^^ Tssr ^ S ^ SSSs & wss *
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Leader (1850-1860), July 21, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21071855/page/5/
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