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690 THB LEAPEB. [No. 278, Satpkdayv,
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NATAL AND MILITARY; NEWS. Mb, Matohew Ri...
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MI SOBLLANEOUS. Thb <Dotmr.—Princess Lou...
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Continental. Notes. The French Loan. — T...
now complete , and-in every respect worthy of the hopes fimt had T )« en conceived of it . A deputation of the Commissioners afterwards waited on Prince Napoleon , and presented to him an address to the same effect . The Prince made a suitable reply . Montenegro continues in a state of disquietude . A letter teom Trieste states that , in consequence of aome disputes as to the rights of pasturage in the districts of Katunskanaja and Misich , the Montenegrins and the Turks have assembled on the frontier to the number of 3 t > 0 £ > on each side , and were on the point of coming to a serious encounter . TheJErench consul hashad an interview with the Prince of Montenegro , who expresses a desire to be on terms of friendship with the Western Powers , but refuses to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Porte , and requires an extension of his territory . ¦
• A vessel under Turkish colours , commanded by an Ottoman captain , with , a crew of seventeen men , mostly Greeks , was a few days ago the scene of a shocking crime . When off Malta , the sailors murdered the captain , his secretary , and another Turk employed on board . A fourth was also put to death between Zante and Cephalonio , and , once master of the vessel , the Greeks ran her into the Gulf of Corinth . The helmsman landed near "Vitirnitza , and proceeded to Galaxidi , whence lie returned with some of his relatives to take possession of the cargo , which consisted of a variety of goods ; bui ,
owing to the roughness of the sea , they could only carry off one heavy trunk . The vessel was afterwards brought to 'the deserted island of Amoulos , where the sailors set her on fire , after murdering a fifth person , who they suspected would denounce them . The remainder of the crew then escaped on to the mainland . Eight of the assassins , in attempting to join the band of the brigand Lucas M & oulis , were arrested by a detachment of soldiers sent in pursuit of that malefactor . The inhabitants of Distomo captured the four others , who are at 43 ns moment in the hands of justice . —JLetter in the Jffoniteur .
The Hanoverian Chambers have been closed . M . Ellisseu , the President , in closing them , made every reservation relative to admitted rights . The Chamber of the States separated with cries of " The Constitution for ever ! " The Constitutional Committee of the Chambers has drawn up its propositions . In these , they throw great blame on the Ministry , beg the King to uphold the Constitution , and-declare that they will not proceed to the examination of the measures of reform until all the documents connected therewith shall have been communicated to them , and the competency « f the national representation have been formally admitted . » M . Veron has placed at the bead of his new edition » f the Memoires . d ' ttn Bourgeois de Paris the following
letter , wlich was addressed to him by toe Emperor after the receipt of the first edition of that work : — " Palace of the Tuileries , March 8 . —My dear M . V-e ' , —I have received with pleasure your M € moires d ' un Bourgeois de Paris , and I shall read the last two volumes , in particular , with the greater interest , as they sum up the faithful souvenirs of a man who has seen much , judged wisely , and related dispassionately . You may be assured that it is very agreeable to me to find in the writer who collects such useful materials for the history of our epoch the same person whose disinterested sympathy gave me , in times of difficulty , the important support of ono of the first organs of the press . Accept my sincere * hf * n , lca ) and believe in my friendly sentiments . — & AJPOLEON"
Frauce , from a state of ultra-infidelity , has become ultra-religious , or we ought rather to say superstitious , for religion has nothing to do with the absurdity to which ire are now alluding . The Univer * ( the press organ of toe Roman Catholics ) publishes a stranet to the Virgin , composed by General Verge * , who , it appears , made a vow at the moment when lie was leading his brigade to tbe assault of the Mamelon Vert , that , if lie escaped Aeoth that day , he would openly acknowledge the dogma of the ImmaoHlato Conception . A letter from hut wife , Deceived just before he went into action , in which ska said ? ' Promise me to nuke a vow to tlie Virgin , was tka CAoee aS the General making the vow which he now publicly accomplishes . —Is there no refuge for France between Abe rankest materialism aud tho grossest Jfcrma of belief ? Surely her many noble hearts and heads wall take her on the right road at length .
The Nile ( says toe Ttmea Egyptian correspondent , writing on-July 6 th , ) is new at its very lowest point , and may begin to rise perceptibly in a few days . The railway works -are progressing favourably , and . by September on October the line to Cairo may be opened for traffic One class of people who will derive much benefit from the railway am the thousands of fiadjisi , or Mahomedon pilgrim * on the -way to Mecca , who , at . this season of the year , sometimes occupy three weeks or a month in maauiog Gaira in native boats by tlie river . The oholam ha * ooBmnitted-groat rawageg among them fit Cairo , CUaoIera , . however , has new almost « tisapp « awd at Gaiwvfcufc pwvaUa a * Alexandria , partioalonly among tfaeranilit « rjr .
The Turkish , Government , kavo granted an exclusive onncemoaa for « submarine tefograpkfrom the . Danda ~ nellea to Alexandria . The cost will be 120 , 000 / ., and MwffinWfOUld be-completed in twelve months . TOurfMtct m £ M , Thourenel ' s diplomatic visit to Coa ~
stantinople is said to be the creation of a better understanding than las-existed for . some time past between the late Grand Vizier , Redschid Pacha , and the French Government . The former has been accused , wnether justly or not , of offering systematic opposition to questions involving the interests of France ; and the name of Lord Stratford de Bedcliffe has always been mentioned as taking the side of the Vizier against the representative of the Tuileries . Until these differences shall have been settled , it is said that Mehemed Pacha , the new envoy to Paris , and the son of Kedaclrid Pacha , will not set out upon his mission . The disturbances in Catalonia have been suppressed . The Queen has sanctioned the bill for a forced loan , and ministerial instructions for tho execution of it are about to be issued . Several Carlists have been arrested at Madrid .
The text of " the last declarations made by Austria , to the Frankfort Diet has been published in tho Jnd 6 pendance Beige . In this document , Austria reviews her conduct during the course of the negotiations ; explains that she did not conceive herself justified in going to war in support of an interpretation of the Third Point , of which she did not approve ; asserts that she will not agree to any peace which would not insure the carrying out of the Four Points , and that she will persevere to place Turkey under a general and efficacious guarantee . Her troops will remain in the Principalities until the conclusion of peace . —A correspondent of tho Indep & ndance Beige gives tlie substance of the reply of the Germanic Diet , which Ls to the effect that no new measures are necessary , but that Germany will maintain provisionally the Kreigsbereitschqft ( state of war-preparation ) agreed to on February 8 , 1855 .
An immense fire broke out during the great fair at Novogorod , in Russia . It destroyed a great quantity of merchandise , to the value of 3 , 000 , 000 roubles . The Spanish . Cortes have adjourned , after voting the budget . Forty milliona of reals are to be raised in foreign countries . The Turin journals speak of a new attempt to effect a rising in the duchy of Modena . Seventeen arrests have been mnH <> at Spezzia . The health .. of the King of Prussia is being slowly reestablished .
Count Walewski ( says the Weser Gazette ) has sent to the French legations a circular , in which it is said that his Government does not any longer consider itself bound to tho Four Points , all attempts to get them accepted by Russia having failed ; and that , consequently , it has resolved to impose such conditions of peace as miglit be suggested by the results of the war . The MohiUur announces that General Couut Crenville , Austrian Military Commissioner at Paris , was received by the French Emperor on "Wednesday prior to bis return to Vienna . General Letang , the Military Commissioner of France appointed to accompany the movements of tho active Austrian army , has finally left Vienna .
Monsignor Franchi , the Papal Nuncio at Madrid , a short time since demanded his passports ; with which request the Spanish Government lost no time in complying . The cause is said to be the measure respecting the sale of Church property , which has necessarily given offence at Rome , and against the acceptance of which Monsignor Fraachi vehemently exhorted the , Queen . But rumour speaks of his having been tho ceutrc of the recent Carlist plots ; and , at any rate , tho Spanish Government appear to be highly delighted at his departure .
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690 THB LEAPEB . [ No . 278 , Satpkdayv ,
Natal And Military; News. Mb, Matohew Ri...
NATAL AND MILITARY ; NEWS . Mb , Matohew Richards , maBter of tlie Glatton floating battery , was on Saturday tried by court-martial at Sheemess , on a charge of being drunk and incapable of performing Ms -duty when the Glatton was at sea , on a trial trip . The court , considering tho charge fully proved , the prisoner was dismissed tnc service . Militia J' ^ nciampjucnt .- — Ti » e contracts for tU © new Militia encampment at Colchester have been entered into , and the works have commenced . Acaommodation will be provided for 3000 men , each hut to contain twentyfive men An additional Camp is now being formed on Woolwich Common .
The ; Uvrun Pchucb ant > thk Goarih * . —An address has been issued at Dublin by Lieutenant-Colonel liatton , of tlie Groiuwlier Guarda , stating that the Government are desirous of having tlie services of the Dublin polioo in the Guards ; and therefore tlie men are invited to anUst , at a bounty of eight pounds , each year's service in tho police to count as a year ' s service in the tunny . Tae Guards have always hitherto been , recruited from among the l & ngliah population , with tlie exception of n few from the Scotch . It remains to be eeca whether thin introduction of competition from Ireland -wUl . be popular among tlu " Saxons . "
Mi Sobllaneous. Thb <Dotmr.—Princess Lou...
MI SOBLLANEOUS . Thb < Dotmr . —Princess Louisa « n 4 Prince Arthur have been attacked with scarlatina . They mt > going on Tcnfy favourably . The flume disease has dcolared itoelf in Prince Leopold , who was left at Buckingham Paflaeein consequence of a Blight weofctettt .
The Committee ok thb Adulteration of Food , Diunks , and Diupos , obtained by Mr . Scholefield , met for the first time on Friday -week , when Dr . HassaU , author of the work on the adulteration of food , & c , was examined . His evidence wafl confirmatory of the revelations recently made in the Lctmcet . Among other asseiv tiona , Dr . Ifassall said it bad been stated that gin is adulterated with acetate of lead ; but of this there is no positive proof , although it is quite possible that such ia is often adulterated with
tbe case . Oatmeal - barley meal ; and this has been considered as tho cause of the illness among the children at the school at Tooting some years ago . Cases have been recorded of paralysis having been caused by snuff which has been adulterated by lead ; and lead was also used in the adulteration of other articles . The witness recommended the establishment of a central board , with inspectors in all large towns , as a means of checking the eviL Other evidence of a similar tendency has bean received on subsequent daj-s . of Yorklike the
Ambsica . — people New , people of London , have been holding an anti-Liquor-Law meeting in their pork . The speakers denounced the Law as fanatical , unconstitutional , aud totally inadequate to the promotion of temperance ; and resolutions in accordance with these views were adopted . From the Salt I ^ akc Valley we hear of gold discoveries on the iSweet Water , and of the people Hocking in great excitomout to the spot . Gold is also said to have been discovered on the headwaters of tlie . lied Hiver , in the territory of Arkansas . Judge Curtis has decided at Boston that a
vessel which has acted as a tender to slaver * , or been in any way connected with the transportation of slaves , though it may not have had one slave on boanl , must be considered as having been engaged in the slave-trade The brig Porpoise has consequently beeu declared forfeited . The steamer Leeington , running between Louisville and St . Louis , blew up on the 2 nd of July , and thirty-five persons were injured . Advices from the Havana to the 27 th ult . apeak of an outbreak at Porto Rico . The New York money-market is inactive . Trade generally is steady , but without animation .
Ixhia . —The latest intelligence from our Eastern Empire speaks of little else than robberies committed in Scinde and elsewhere by gangs of native desperadoes . In some of these , the mounted police were severely handled ; but several arrests have been made . The health of Lord Dalhousie is improving . The market * are dull . From Khiva , we Lear of a collision between the Russians and the troops of the Khan , owing to souio of the Khivam having carried off large herds of - sheep
and cattle belonging to the Russian forces which still remain in cantonments on the frontier of the Khiva territory . War coutinues between Khiva and Persia . " Tbe Kokan troops , " says the Bokhara correspondent of the lieVii Gazette , " have bravely held . out hitheru > against tlie Kussian &; but the numbers and influence of the latter are steadily increasing . " The same writer states that " Five thousand Moollahs are employed all day and every day in praying for the triumph of the Faithful aud the overthrow of liustiia . "
Tmje Sunday Dkmosstiiations . —Another meeting took place in Hyde Park last Sunday , but was an abortive affair , and seemed to indicate that the riotously - disposed ore beginning to get tired of Uieir sport . A man addressed tlie populace in a temperate and even sensible speech , exhorting them not to break either tlu law or the windows , but hoping that they -would persivere in their meetings until tliey bad got rid of the Bc * r Bill . The crowd afterwords left the park , and proceeded in the direction of Belgravia ; but a large body of police , including a few on horseback with sabres by their hides , speedily dispersed them , and no material damage wan done . One or two of the police were rather roii ^ hlv handled ; but tlioy were aided by Home gcntlcinon who were passing by . A few captures were mndo , nixl l > y six o ' clock tho nark nnd tlio immediate iiviglibourli < x » l
presented very nearly their uaiuil nppearnucc— . Sew . rul caaes both of rioting and of robbery , uriaing out of tint Sunday inoetiug , lmvo couio before the magistrates , uiul have beon summarily uispoued of , or uont for trial . Onu of the cases of robbery , in which Commander Armytagi , K . N ., had hi * watch taken from him in llydo Turk , »* , attended with grout violenoe . — Tho two Grenadier Guardsmen and tho two boy « concerned in wiudowbreaking , near the liogont'a Park , on Sunday week , have been sent to trial ; and bail Iiuh boon neeojtted . A great many applications for indemnity by tho hundred fur tlie window-breaking in Uolgruviu have boon inmlo ; but tho magistrates are of opinion that , before tmch u claim can bo enforced , it must bo proved that tho . ro wu » an intention on tho part of the rioters to demolish n whol * building . 1
TlUfl CoMMIbUHLON UF 1 N 4 } U 1 UY INTO TUK CoSUUCI O ) thk I ' uiAiM . hula iu / Irat aitting on Tuobduy , when Heveral witneHHCs were examined . Tho uptutot of thuii evidence scorns to show that Liu * conduct of tho police on tlie memorable l » t of July varied couaidorubly ui different times of tho day , and that thoir worst art * of bnUnlity were committed undeo tho direct orders of Mr . Inspector Hughes , -whoroo > about on horaoback , aud appeared to talso a positive dullght iu stimulating hi * uimi to aavagn oralaugiUtti on the pao | 4 e . Ho told the coustubloH , according to ono witnuHH , to " knock the poojjto oJi ' ttua railai" ** y ) oxtkwwl Iknt ouo muu nhoukl Ui takun
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Leader (1850-1860), July 21, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21071855/page/6/
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