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1112 THE LEADER [^ o. 346, Saturbay%
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—It is stated t...
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repute by unworthy acts of which he is ignorant , bat for which an entire people consider him responsible . He had "better look to it before the moment coaxes -when to him also may be applied those terrible words which other rulers have heard before him—Cest trop tard /"
AUSTRIA . It is stated , that France , about a year ago , asked Austria if she would like to place one of the Imperial family on the throne of a Moldo-Wallachian kingdom . The reply is said to have been , that no descendant of such a long line of Emperors would consent to he a vassal to the Sultan . During the night between the 9 th and 10 th iust ., there was a slight shock of earthquake at Trieste . A new recruitment 13 said to have been ordered in every province in the Austrian Empire . The last recruitment was three years ago . The Emperor and Empress of Austria left "Vienna on Monday , for Italy , and amved at Ley bach in the evening . They propose to remain in Italy until next January . Three weeks will be devoted to "Venice .
TURKEY . Sir John M'NeiU . has returned to London from Syria and Palestine , where he has been for some time past engaged in laying out a harbour on the east coast of the Mediterranean , and the railway -which is to extend from thence to the Persian Gulf . General Chesney remains at Constantinople to get the details of the firman completed , the general principles of which had been agreed upon by the Turkish Government before he and Sir John left Constantinople for the East . The other railway on which Sir John has been employed is one of great interest to all the civilized world , namely , that from the ancient seaportof Joppa , now Jaffa , to Jerusalem , and . from thence to Damascus .
The Emperor of Russia has forwarded the decoration of the White Eagle to Ismail Pacha , General-in-Chief of the Turkish army in Asia , in consideration of the handsome manner in -which he acted towards the Russian prisoners at Kars . The Porte is preparing to fortify Giurgevo , and a camp of 25 , 000 men will afterwards be established in the environs . The price of grain is rising at Adrianople . The routes to and from Aleppo have become dangerous . The production of silk has failed , but the grain crops are good .
In presenting the Garter to the Sultan , Lord Stratford observed : — "In adding to the numerous species of glory which surround your Imperial name a distinction without precedent , your Majesty may attribute it to that personal benevolence , to that policy of conciliation , which have associated your Government with the great European family , and the results of -which , already proclaimed , only await their full execution to shower everywhere around the most precious benefits . May I be allowed in my private name to express how deeply I feel the honour which will be reflected bv this
investiture upon me , the humble instrument destined to perform it ? " The Sultan , in the course of his brief reply , said : — " I consider this event as a new consecration of the alliance . I shall speedily write to her Majesty the Queen to express my gratitude to her ; but , meantime , I beg of you ; Monsieur rAmbassadeur , to lay before the Queen the expression of cur thanks and the assurance of our most sincere friendship . Monsieur PAmbassadeur may be convinced that it is an additional pleasure for me to receive these noble insignia from his hands . "
TRUSSIA . Princ * Adalbert has fully recovered from , the wounds he received in his conflict -with the Riff pirates . _ The Correspondance Prussienne - publishes an article directed against the Swiss press , in which it gives ground for believing that Prussia will exercise her direct authority over the Canton of Neufchatel , and that the Government of Berlin will exact a recognition of its sovereignty . A new naval arsenal is about to be formed on the Island of Riigen .
SPAIN . "We gather some Spanish news from a recent letter of the Times Paris correspondent , "who writes : —" Queen Maria Christina left Paris on the 12 th inst . with her family , en route for Rome , where she purposes residing , with her daughter , the Princess Deldrago . It is said she has already received 24 , 000 , 000 of reals ( 240 , 0002 . ) from the Spanish Government on account of her property which had been under sequestration . Another person in Madrid is also said to have been paid—but by -whom is not said—18 , 000 , 000 reals , on condition of
withholding from publicity certain papers of great importance . It is affirmed that it has been hinted to the biahops throughout Spain to petition the Queen against the validity of the sales of national property since tho 1 st of May , 1855 , though purchasers are already in possession ; and to appeal to her Majesty as a Christian , and as an exemplary and pious sovereign , to order their being declared null and void ;—all this unknown to tho Ministers . it ia also feared that payments will not bo receded on account of that property without tho Koyal consent for each . Individual case »
rZ lt « ° * f ! haa leon raiscd - Two ships of tho constructed ? ' three BCIW ^ vettes , are to bo A rumour prevaila ftt Madrid that there is an
intention on the part of the sons of Don Carlos and their adherents to recognize the present Queen . The following diplomatic appointments have been made : —M . d'Aguillon to "be Spanish Minister at Lisbon ; M . ! Bermuden de Castro at Vienna ; M . de Souza at Constantinople ; M . Alexander de Castro at Turin ; the Marquis de Rivera at Berlin ; and M . Layo Quinoniez in Switzerland . The salary of members of the Royal Couucil is to be 60 , 000 reals . BI . Gonzales Bravo is appointed Ambassador to London .
KUSSIA . , An awkward affair has happened in the Sea of Azof . The Russian cruisers of Abasia having captured many Turkish vessels laden -with contraband , salt , Admiral Loid Lyons despatched some gun-boats to require an explanation . But one of these boats , the Badger , was desirous to penetrate into the sea of Azof ; when the Russians refused her the permission to pass the Strait of Yeni-Kaleh , and ultimately fired iipon , her . In consequence of this event , the Curacoa has been despatched to the Black Sea , and will proceed to Odessa 0 . 1 * Yeni-Kaleh . The English , it is said , interdict the approach of Russian ships to the Isle of Serpents . We learn from St . Petersburg that a considerable corps of Russian troops is concentrated on the frontiers of Persia and Turkey , to give effect , in ease of need , to the influence of Russia , if the affairs of Persia and Afghanistan should assume a serious
character-It is stated in a Prussian paper that Jlussia is willing to > renounce her claim to the Isle of Serpents , but that she will not give up BoIgTad . Prince Woronzoff died at Odessa on the 18 th inst . There is a report in Paris that the Emperor of Russia has instructed a broker to purchase 1 , 000 , 0001 ' . of French Rentes , an amount which represents at par a capital of upwards of 33 , 000 , 000 f . It is . thought that the Czar will continue his purchase so long as the Rente remains under 70 f .
. " .: ¦ : , . ' . ¦ ¦ GERMANY . ¦ ; . . ' . ¦ Very great excitement prevails in Bavaria at the Higli Consistory of the Lutheran Church insisting on " confession and strict church discipline . " The laymen de . clare they will not consent to any other than the public and general confession , which is customary at certain stated periods . .... ' , ' : . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' , ¦ . . " ' . ¦ ¦ . '¦ . . ' .: : ' . DENMARK . ¦ ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦/ ' - ¦; ¦ ' The King has had an attack of erysipelas in the face ; but he is going 011 favourably . It is rumoured that he wishe 3 to abdicate , and fc > retire to Switzerland , and into private life , with . the ' Countess Danner . Iu . this case , his uncle , Prince Ferdinand , will succeed him .
¦ . : - ... ,. .. ITALY . ... ;¦¦• . ¦ - ¦ . . ¦ : . •¦ The Sardinian Government has . despatched a frigate to the Indian Ocean , to take on board , from Ceylon , the Duke of Valambreso , who has been at Ava on a special mission to the Burmese Emperor . BELGIUM . It is announced that the Princess Charlotte , daughter of King Leopold of Belgium , is about to be married to the Archduke Maximilian , second brother of the ! Austrian Emperor .
SWITZERLAND . The affair of the Prussian claim to N " eufchatel is likely to be still further complicated , it is said , by a curious Incident -which has just been brought to light . Six autograph letters of Frederick William II . have been found amongst the archives of the canton , -which prove that the annexation of the principality of Neufchatel at the beginning of the eighteenth century did not take place fcy an act of feudal homage , but was the result of an adjudication to the highest bidder , proposed by the cantonal judges . The Swiss federal government intends to publish these letters , tho dates of which are between 1711 and 1719 , and tlieir contents are relied upon as a refutation of the pretensions which are now advanced by tho King of Prussia . —Daily News .
At the elections for the grand council which have just taken place at Geneva , the radicals have triumphed nliko over tho conservatives and tho socialists . M . Fazy is at the head of the successful candidates . Among other councillors we observe the names of General Dufour and General Klapkn , the well-known defender of Comorn , who has recently become a naturalized citizen of Geneva . —Idem .
1112 The Leader [^ O. 346, Saturbay%
1112 THE LEADER [^ o . 346 , Saturbay %
Miscellaneous. The Court.—It Is Stated T...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —It is stated that tho Queen is again enceinte , and that tho birth of another prince or princess may bo expected about next March . PisnsiA . —The Presse d'Orunt has a . letter of October SO , from Trebizond , tlie writer of which says that the General-in-chief of tho Persian troopB , which have been engaged in the siege of Herat for several months past , contrived to put himself , secretly into communication with some of tho inhabitants of tho city , co-rcligionists ¦ with tho Persians , belonging to tho same Mohammedan sect of tho Shiites . Ho induced thorn to open onoof ( lie city gates to him , on the night of tho 30 th of August , and to give admission to two Persian regiments . Tho Persians , however , had only just got within tho walls , when tho bcaieged Affghans , armed with cutlasses , threw themselves in dense masses upon them , and tho
conflict was so fierce that the Persians were speedihr T pelled , with a considerable loss of men . It is Lid Zl thousand of them , Mile * , ox badly wounded « « v ' upon the ground in tlie city . ' e left The Widow of Inspector RumbalL The scriptions in aid of this poor woman , whose monev » lost in . the Royal British Bank , have reached U 4 I & If a sum exceeding by nearly 251 . the money deno ' sit ^?' and absorbed by the bankrupt bank . e P ° sitea in , The New Lokd Rector of Glasgow Umiveksitv Sir Edward Bulwcr Lytton has been elected to this f tinguished post ( vacant by the retirement of the nnE * of Argyll ) by a majority of 108 over Lord StanW hT only other candidate , Sir John Herschell -who k , originally come forward , having retired .
Law Amendment . —It was stated by Lord Broucham on the authority of Lord Lyndhurst , at a general meet ing of the Law Amendment Society on Monday evening that it is not the intention of the Government to proceed during the next session of Parliament , with Sir Fitzrov Kelly's measure in reference to the Ecclesiastical Courts This was a subject of much regret to his lordship io ** much as it was to be feared that any new measure to fce propounded by the Government would be less effective than that yrhich . it would supersede . Lord Brougham said he had been in correspondence with Sir Fitzroy Kelly on the subject , and tlie council of the society had passed a resolution that it should "be referred to a committee to consider and report thereon . His . lordship therefore moved that that resolution be confirmed by the meeting . This was agreed to , and the committee was formed accordingly .
More Foolery at St . Paul's , Kjughtsbiudge . — Another disgraceful , and at the same time ludicrous scene took place at the notorious church of St . Paul ' s Ivnightsbritlge , last Sunday morning . The weather being foggy , and tlie church dark , Mr . LuUlell ordered the beadle to ligfit the great candles on the altar . ¦¦ 'M r . Westerton , the churchwarden , had , however , previously directed that the gJis-burners should be liglitcd , and when this was done , there was no practical occasion for thecandles . The chosen child and champion of Protestantism , therefore , fdt called onto act in this alarming crisis . He rose , went up the «' iancel steps ( as an admiring clironicler of . his progress relates in the Daily JVeios ) , and passing by Mr . Lid dell , who was on his knees at the
time ( " and supposed ; says the same writer , " to be at his devotions" ) , presently reappeared with the extinguisher . lie went through the dwarf screen placed before the altar , and rapidly extinguished the candles and the hopes of Puseyisni . lie then returned to his pew , the whole tiling having been consummated with such admirable dexterity and noiselessness that its effect was not observed . But " whenMr . Liddell , and Messrs . Smith and Westall , his curates , got up at the end of the morning prayers , to form tlieir usual procession to the altar , " continues the authority alroady quoted , "Mr , Liddell , to the surprise of the whole congregation , who
were then standing while the Sanctus was being clianted by the choir , darted off iuto the vestry , followed ly Mr Smith , and returned with a lighted candle ; they all then went up to the altar , Mr . Smith lighting one of the great candles . Mr . Westall , before beiug able to accomplish a similar feat with 1 he other , was obliged to lift it down with its massive candlestick and light it on the foorthe congregation all this while locking on with amazement . The communion service then proceeded , and Mr . Westerton , feeling- that further interference would not only have prevented the service from being carried on , but would have l « d to a personal struggle between himself and the clergy , remained in his pew .
Commutation of Sentence . —A sentence of death , passed on a woman named Mary Wood , who was found guilty at Edinburgh of tho crime of child murder , has been commuted to transportation for life . Escape of a Convict . —A very extraordinary escape of a convict , named Charles Butler , a native of Manchester , -was eflccted from Portsmouth dockyard , on Friday week . He managed to change his dress altogether , leaving the whole of his convict clothing behind him , with tho exception of his shoes . It is evident tuat ho must liave been supplied with plain clothes by some one who has access to tlio yard , or , perhaps , employed in it .
The Fatal Collision on the Newtout andHgrkroiu > Railway . —Wo are informed that Mr . M . Hicks , one of the unfortunate commercial travellers killed in tlio above catastroplio , had effected an assurance against accidents for 1000 / . with the Railway Pusscngers Aa-811 ranee Company , the trifling payment required , having only been made a few months since , lie has left a widow and five cliildrcn , to whom the sum thus prudently secured will bo an acceptable relief , and tho advantages of the accidental assurances granted by this useful company can scarcely bo shown in a more striking manner . The Late Lokd Mavok . —An address to M r . Alderman Salomons , highly eulogizing his conduct whno fulfilling ; tho office of Lord Mayor , Iiub been proposed and unanimously carried by tho Court of Aldermen .
PltOrOSED RKFOKMATOUY FOlt GLAMOUaANdlllRE- - " A meeting has been held in the Shire Hull , 13 ridgcnd , for the purposo of taking measures for tho establishment of a reformatory institution for tho county of Glamorgan liesolutious in accordanco with that object were uua » -
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22111856/page/8/
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