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No. 387, Apc^st 2S/16571 T H E L E A P E...
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THE UNITED STATES. Some additional news ...
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THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. The Pays s...
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Fire at Douai Hospital.—"At the moment o...
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left alive . Lord have mercy on our souls ! Amen . Thomas Jackson , chief mate . "— Edinburgh CourarU . The Wellington Monument . —We are requested to state that the model for the Wellington Monument ( No . 19 ) sent to Westminster Hall by G , G . Adams , of Sloane-street , was thrown but of the competition from two of the corners of the plinth having inadvertently projected one inch beyond the dimensions of the reduced scale . —Times . __ Assassination or the African Travellers voaEL
ant > Maguire . —The official confirmation of the murder of Dr . Vogel at Wara , the capital of Wadai , has just been received . He was beheaded by order of the Sultan . Corporal Maguire , R . E ., was murdered by a party of Tuaricks some six marches to the north of Kuka . Apprehending danger , he had traced a few lines in pencil to our Vice-Consul at Murzuk , requesting him , in the event of his death , to discharge a small sum due to his people . The gallant fellow made a desperate defence , and despatched several of his murderers before he fell . __ l is in
Circassia . —It is stated that Schamy again possession of the fortified auls' ( villages ) in Daghestan , which were not long since taken from him by the Russians . _ Ascent of the Finster-Aar-Horn . —Mr . E . S . Kennedy writes to the Times : — " Althongh , upon the authority of the Times , it is now an acknowledged fact that Mont Blanc is a nuisance and is ' used up , ' it is still possible that some account of the Finster-Aar-Hora , ¦ which has now for the first time been ascended by Englishmen , may prove not wholly without interest to sovae of your readers . There have been but two previous ascents of this mountain , which , attaining an elevation
of 14 , 320 English feet , is the highest in the Bernese Oberland ; and these were made by Herr Lolgar , of Basle , and the guide Johann Juan , of Meyringen , on the 15 th of August and the 8 th of September , 1841 . Two attempts have since been made by Mr . E . L . Ames , of Trinity College * Cambridge , but both were defeated by bad weather . . Our party consisted of the Rev . J . F . Hardy , J . C . W . Ellis , B . St . John Mathews , William Mathews , and E . S . Kennedy , Graduates of the University of Cambridge , and James Smith , a lad about sixteen , of the Grotto . " This lad and a guide , who was knocked up , were left behind at some distance from the top ; the rest reached the summit .
Suicide of a Prisoner . —A woman of loose character , named Hannah Pearh , committed suicide on Wednesday by poisoning herself -whilst a prisoner at the Central Station-house , Bristol . On Tuesday-night , without having received any provocation , she threw a stone at a policeman and was taken into custody . About six o ' clock in the morning , she asked for some water , drank it off , and , on handing back the cup , told the officer to wash it out thoroughly , as she had poisoned herself , and should be in h— in five minutes . Soon afterwards she died . She was onlv nineteen years of age , and was stated to have been rel igiously brought up . The Rev . Mr . Bronte . —Mr . Dearden , the principal of an academy at Bradford , and a friend of the Eev . Patrick Bronte , the incumbent of Haworth , has just concluded a correspondence in the columns of the Bradford Observer , in the course of which he denies the truth of the portrait of the Rev . Mr . Bronte , as drawn by Mrs . Gaskell in the biography of Miss Charlotte Bronte . The Belooches . —Like Catiline , the Belooch is alieni appetens , sui prqfusus ; he likes to take violently , and he likes to give patronisingly , but this matter of exchanging horses and doga for Company's rupees , and these rupees again for cotton cloth , lead , and gunpowder , strikes him as rather beneath his dignity , and makes him think uneasily of his fierce forefathers . By way of being independent , he is savage and surly . His broad hairy chest , and long sinewy arms , are those of a man whose boast is , that in close combat he can strangle his foes , or tear out their windpipes . Even the boldest of us would shudder at the idea of being overpowered by that demon , and of looking up hopelessly for mercy into the wild-beast eyes which glare ferociously under his shaggy brows , and villanously low forehead . Even the Pathans , however , are rather savage men , though they dare not put their peculiar notions into practice when , as merchants , they are travelling or sojourning in a strange country . During our residence at Kurrachce , some fifteen or twenty of them were sepoys in the 8 th Regiment of Native Infantry , the rule having been abrogated which , at one time , forbade their admission into the Anglo-Indian army . The consequence was that a number of singular outrages wore perpetrated , which for Borne time quite baffled the police . Sindeos and Cutcheoa Were found lying dead , killed apparently by atones thrown with groat force and dexterity . Officers' bungalows were entered at night , and robbed while the inmates were Bleeping . The police pugyiea or trackers ( in a desert country like Slnd , footsteps are easily tracked , and some men specially devote themselves to the occupation ) could find nothing more suspicious than what appeared to be marks of camels' feet . The boldness and unprecedented character of the outrages threw epeculation quite at fault . Considerable alarm was excited in houses outside , or on the outskirts of the camp ; and revolvers immediately rose to a premium . A quarrel among themselves , which led to the treachery of ona , disclosed that these depredations wore committed , and , that very systematically , by the Affghnjia of tho 8 th
Native Infantry , who managed to steal out at night , in small parties , from the lines of their regiment , and who baffled the puggies by binding up their own feet in rags , a atone being placed under the instep , so as to leave no distinct impression of a foot upon the sand . It being thought , expedient to capture some of these ruffians in the act , a trap was laid for them , the desperate resistance they were to offer not having been anticipated . The captain of police and his lieutenant , both English officers , concealed themselves , with a few friends and native police , in a bungalow which had been fixed upon
for robbery . Two Pathans entered the garden about two o ' clock in the morning ; and a stone , skilfully thrown by one of them , killed the dog at once . At first they mistook the police for their comrades ; but , on discovering their mistake , they fought so furiously with stones and with their long knives , that it was not until they were , literally speaking , cut down that they could be secured . Captain M ., who at Meeanee had killed several Belooches in hand-to-hand conflict , had some of his teeth knocked down his throat by a stone which one of the robbers hurled . —Blackwood ' s Magazine .
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Leaker Office , Saturday , August 22 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . RECRUITING FOR THE BOMBAY ARMY . The Earl of Shaftesbuby moved for a copy of an order of the Commander- in-Chief of Bombay directing that for the future none but high ^ caste men should be enlisted for the Bombay army . He urged that nothing had tended more to the mutiny in the Bengal army than this verv system of recruiting from high-caste men . He wished to know if in any future levies of men in India this principle was to be adopted . Earl GRANVIM . E had no objection to the production of the order . It was no doubt an . injudicious order , but it was fair to state that there had been a tendency among all military men to enlist this class of men on account of their stature and their adaptability to military service . It was impossible for him to make any pledge as to the manner in which our future armies in India were to be organized . . ... THE APPROPRIATION BILL . This T 5111 was read a third time , and passed , after some general remarks from , Xord Monteagle on the financial position of the country—to which Earl Gtuntville replied . A number of other bills were read a third time , and passed . THE DIVORCE BILL . On the motion for the adjournment of the House , Lord Redesdale said that he was about to move that the Commons' amendment to the Divorce Bill should be considered that day six months . —The Lord Chancellor with great vehemence protested against such a course . —Lord Redesdale said such a motion was quite open to him and quite regular , and he had given notice of his intention to take that course the night before . — The Marquis of Lansdo" \ vne said that such a notice could not apply , as the bill was not then before the House . —Lord Redksdale contended that he had done nothing contrary to the rules of the House . — Earl Granvillk said that the character of tho House was at stake , and deprecated taking any petty advantages in dealing with measures before it . —After more discussion , it was arranged that the consideration of the amendments" should be taken on Monday , Lord Rbdesdale undertaking not to make his motion . The House then adjourned at twenty minutes past seven . HOUSE OF COMMONS . The House mot at twelve o ' clock . MILITARY CHAPLAINS IN INDIA . Sir Harry Veknky inquired what number of chaplains had accompanied the forces recently sent out to India . —Sir John Ramsden said no chaplains had been sent out , as it was not usual to do so , the chaplains being supplied by tho Company upon the arrival of tho troops in India . POLITICAL REFUGEES . Mr . Williams asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether there was any truth in the rumour that , in compliance with an application from the Government of Franco , tho Government of this country would expel some of tho French refugees who have sought an asylum in this country ?¦—Lord Palmuuston ; ?• My answer , in tho first place , is that no such application has boon received . In tho next placo , had such application been mado , tho answer of tho Government must Imvo been something like that of tho parish officers to King Charles II ., who oxcuaed themselves from ringing their bells because they had no bells to ring . So the answer we must have given would have boom—Wo have- no powers to comply with tho application . " retiring bishops . In reply to Mr . QnivFivna , Lord Paumkrston said it was intended next session to bring in a bill for granting allowances to retiring bishops , which would have a
retrospective action , so aa to include Dr . Hinds , the late Bishop of Norwich . SAVINGS BANES . In reply to Mr , Hamilton , the Chancellor OF thb Exchequer said he did not intend next session to reintroduce his [ Savings Banks Bill , but would move instead for a select committee to consider the whole subject . ' THE DIVORCE BILL . The third reading of this bill was then discussed at some length . The discussion was introduced by Mr . Henley , who censured the course taken with the bill . —
Sir George Grey replied . —Sir William Heathcote said the Opposition were by no means satisfied with the measure , as it stood . —After some observations from Mr . Ayrton in favour of , and Mr . Newdegate against , the bill , Lord John Manners protested in strong terms against the bill and against the manner in which it had been forced through the House . — -Lord Palmerston defended the course taken by the Government , alluded to the" majorities with which every stage had been passed , and expressed his gratitude for the manner in which the new Parliament had applied itself to the business of the country . —The bill was then read a third time , and passed .
The Sale of Obscene Publications Bill was also read a third time , and passed . The House adjourned at half-past three , to three o'clock on Monday .
The United States. Some Additional News ...
THE UNITED STATES . Some additional news is brought by the Ariel . The Indians have committed ravages in Kansas . In Missouri , a democrat has been elected to Congress ! The democrats have carried everything in the North Carolina election . In Marion , County Florida , the corn crop was good . Cotton was in a promising condition , but there had been much rain , and if it continues material injury will be done . A postmaster in South Carolina has been apprehended for robbing the mail . It is rumoured that the questions between the United States and New Granada have been virtually settled in favour of the former . The contest at St . Paul's , Minnesota , between the democratic constitutional party and the republicans ; is likely to be a very spirited one . It is rumouTed that Santa Anna is dead . Heavy rains have fallen in the south , and damaged the crops .
The New York Daily Times says : — " A special despatch from Washington indicates that a treaty arrangement ia under consideration between Lord Napier and General Cass , for the final settlement of the Central American controversy with Great Britain , growing out of British occupation of the Bay Islands . The contemplated plan is similar in its general results to that of the treaty made by Mr . Dallas , and which failed of ratification , except that the new arrangement will avoid the rock on which the former split , by letting England first conclude her treaty with Honduras , so as not to commit the United States to her stipulation against the introduction of slavery in the Bay Islands . " On the reiterated demand of France and England , the Government of Uruguay has just authorized the nominanation of a mixed commission to arrange the claims of the subjects of those two nations .
The submarine cable was laid across Detroit River on the 13 th ult , and put into successful operation . Toronto , Detroit , and intermediate places are now in direct communication by telegraph .
The Reinforcements For India. The Pays S...
THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA . The Pays says : — " We learn , by a letter from London of the 19 th , that permission has been definitively granted for the passage of English troops across the Isthmus of Suez . These troops will take the railway , and will find at Suez boats , taken up nt Calcutta by the East India Company , waiting for them . According to arrangement made by agents of the Company , those ships wore to be in the Red Sea by tho end of August at the latest . The authorization granted by tho Viceroy of ICgypt does not oxtend to tho future ; it is only temporary , and special for the existing occasion . " *
Fire At Douai Hospital.—"At The Moment O...
Fire at Douai Hospital . — "At the moment of going to press , " says tho Memorial d'Amiens , ' we learn from Douai that tho hospital of that placo was in flames , and in part destroyod . It was said several of tho patients had been burnt , but no details have yet reached us . " The Close of thjb Skssion . - — It is anticipated that Parliament will bq closed by Commission on Tuesday . Tub Royai , Visit to Scotland . —Report mentions this day week an tho day on which the Queen will arrive at Balmoral . She will probably stay till the 16 th of M « . Charles Matiiews loaves England for America ° Rkportkd Failure in Livk « pool .--A failure was reported in tho com trade at Llvorpoo on Thursday . The liabilities « ro stated to ho heavy , andono of tho firm haa absconded . , i « w , i ,,, iino ' Crystal PALAOK .-Roturn of admissions , f " « lu ^ j"f floaeon tickets , for six days ending Friday , Auffuafc 21 st , 48 , 408 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22081857/page/13/
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