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" Minton ( Stokerupon-Trent )—large manufacturer of dS -Suf S / oSdford ^ mveBtor of the alpaca tlS ^^ xter ( Dundee)—for bis hemp manufactures . " Crossky ( Halifax )—director of the largest nianulactory of carpets made by machinery . "Barker ( Paris ) , English foreman—for bos lmproTements in the manufacture of church organs . " Mulready—painter . " Sir Charles Eastlake—painter . " Gibson—sculptor . " Cockerel—architect . " ¦ Lupton Darnton ( Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of Leeds)—for his extensive manufacture of cheap woollen tissues . "
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . Oub CoNTlNENTA-ii Pbestige . —The Observatewr Beige , in its admirable summary of politics , has the following remarks on the attitude off the British Government towards France and Austria : — " Ifc is announced from Vienna that England has made representations to the Austrian cabinet , in behalf of the unfortunate Colonel Turr , the British agent , lately seized at Bucharest , by order of General Corpnini , and sent as a Hungarian deserter to Carestadt , in Transylvania . At " Vienna , it is said the Government regrets this inconsiderate act , and fears that it may produce a rupture between Great Britain and Austria . We do not share this fear . We know that if England does complain it will be careful to do bo in terms that will not offend the Government of Austria . " Docile to the inspiration of Napoleon , the British Government may even abandon Colonel Turr , should the sacrifice seem necessary to conciliate M . de Buol and M . de Bruck . One proof that the affair will not be seriously treated by the British cabinet is afforded by the silence of the London press—that press so fierce , so insolent , so bold , when little states are to be attacked , but so reserved and so polite when it cirticises the powerful sovereigns of France or Austria , or the powerful cabinet of Washington . " Of Louis Napoleon ' s recent speech , the writer says ;—" In it England reads an oracle , France perceives a danger , but Western and Southern Europe detect only the eternal Uapoleonist spirit of domination and aggrandisement which has already produced one historical catastrophe . "
And the Observatcur add 3 , that the government of Louis Napoleon is " the most terrible despotism of mo & 3 rn timea . " The King of Sardinia embarked on Monday , the 20 th inst ., at Genoa , for Marseilles , with a brilliant military suite . Tlie Duke of Grammont , the French Ambassador , accompanies him . The Count de Cavour , and the Chevalier d'Azeglio left direct for Lyons , where they willjoin the King . His Majesty arrived at Marseilles on Thursday . He will spend some days in England after his visit to Paris . Ifc is stated that the persons who have" been sentenced to transportation for the conspiracy known as Xa Marianne will positively be sent to Cayenne , of which Rear-Admiral Baudin has just been named Governor .
A telegraphic despatch from Berlin , dated the 19 th inst ., says : —" The much spoken-of Russian Loan has been concluded . " General KorfF , who was recalled after his unsuccessful cavalry action at Koughill , is dead . , T , am informed on good authority ( says the Daily News Paris correspondent ) that tho bulk of the Imperial Guard now orn its way homo from the Crimea , has been ordered to halt on tho route , so that the whole body may enter Paris together on December 2 nd , the anniversary of tlio coup d ' etat . Thoir return will be celebrated with much pomp . Thero is a talk of giving banquets in tho Palais de l'lndustrie to each of the regiments in succession .
Paws was visited on Sunday evening by a fonxful conflagration winch burst out in the large government buildings at Chcdllot , in t h e Q u ad de Billy , known as the Mauutortion , in which a large quantity of grain and flour for tho supply of the wmy of Paris is kept . Tho fire was first observed by tho Parisians about half-past six o ' clock , p . m ., when a deep red glow was discerned in tho sky overhanging tho looality in which the buildings are situated . This glow increased in intensity , and spread further and further , until at length the wholo firmament presented tho appearance
of red-hot iron , Vast crowds poured forth in tho direction of the calamity , and windows and roofs wore thronged with people Tho bridges and tho principal buildings of Paris atood out in dark and massive relief j and the flumos , towering abovo intervening structures , At one time induced a fear , in thoso who watched the conflagration from the remoter pnrta of the metropolis , that at least half Paris woa on fire . The heat was felt on the opposite bank of tho Seluo ; but , fortunately , the night was wiudle « s , ami , nfter groat exertions , the flames sank down into tho interior of the buildlug a little past ton o ' clock . At half-post ton all danger to
the adjoining structures was over , and several of the troops who had been called out werje allowed to return to their barracks . Among the engines employed was one which was placed at the disposal of the authorities by the Canadian . Commission of the Palais de l'lndustrio . This was worked by Mr . Perry , an old officer of the Canadian fire department , and did very great service . The Ministers of War , Interior , and Public Works , Marshal Magnan , the General commanding the Imperial Guard , and the Prefect of Police , were present . TheMonitewr says : — " Only one storehouse of corn , isolated from the other part of the building and form the mill , has been burnt . The immense
supplies of corn and flour remain , therefore , almost untouched , and they will be soon again made complete by means of corn purchased abroad , and which is now being received or on its voyage . " The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Max , who was lately thrown from his horse , is out of all danger . The Hungarian named Turr , who , while acting for the British Land Transport Corps , was arrested in Wallachia by the Austrians as a deserter , his English uniform being insultingly torn from his back , las not yet been set at liberty . Mr . Colquhoun , our consul at Bucharest , laid the matter before Count Coronini , who at first exhibited great warmth , but at length consented to stay further proceedings until lie had received advices from Vienna .
A letter from Constantinople , in the Independence Beige , gives the following account of the Tunisian riot in that city : — " For some time past , the Tunisian contingent , renowned for their fanaticism , had displayed a bad feeling towards the French soldiers , and availed themselves of every opportunity of molesting them . Several reports had been drawn xip on this subject , and presented to the Embassy and General Larchey , who had communicated with the Government . It was intended to remove these men , when yesterday , in consequence of a quarrel provoked by one of them , a Tunisian post , established near St . Sophie , fired on several men on guard at the French hospital . The latter replied to the fire , and to tbeir bar
the Tunisians took to flight . They ran - racks in the square of the Hippodrome , and returned with several hundred men to attack the hospital , when the French defended themselves . An exchange of musketry took- place , when two hospital attendants were killed , and two clerks of the administration and seven soldiers wounded . Two other clerks have disappeared , and the authorities have not been able to ascertain their fate . On the side of the Tunisians there were several killed and wounded , but the number ia unknown . At tlie first of the outbreak , imposing forces had been sent on the ground lioth by the Turks and the French . General Parisot proceeded with a company , whilst General Larchey waited at the Embassy , in order to send for
reinforcements from Maslak , if necessary . In a word , the most energetic measures were taken to put down the disorder in the town . The Tunisians are at present kept at' their barracks , and are to leave this place in a day or two . A consideruble number have been condemned to death . " The Bourse Gazette of Berlin saya , from Vienna : " The Austrian Government has , in a note to Count Colloredo , Ambassador to the Court of St . James , announced its acceptance of the nominative of Sir H . Seymour to the post of English representative at Vienna ; and expresses its regret at the departure of Lord Westmoreland . This question , which ivas not without difficulties , has been therefore arranged . M . de Balatine has assumed tho diroction of the
Russian Embassy . A well-known member of the Prussian Chainber , M . de Vincko , elected by tho town of Hagen , has not accepted his nomination . Tho following explanations are given by the Post Ampt Gazette of that stop : — " A short time after the election , the King passed through Hagon , where ho met a very warm reception . Ho said on that occasion , ' Thia reception gives me the greatest pleasure , proceeding as it does from a town which hna elected as deputy to tho Chamber one of my onemioH . ' These words determined M . de Vinoko to resign . "
Lord Howden ( says * tho Times Madrid correspondent ) has addressed a letter to tho Leon Jiapanol , whioh journal had announced tho fact , that tlio local Authorities of Seville had given permission to tho engineer appointed to preparo tho road from that city to Estronmdum to make uao of tho materials existing in tlio ruins of tho Roman city of Italica , destroyed by tho Vandals in . tho fifth century . His lordship offers to pay whatever sum tlie matorials in quention may be valued at , in order to provont auoh a profanation of those venerable remains of antiquity .
Tranquillity liaa been roHtorod in SaragoBsn , where the CarlistB appear to bo completely suppressed . Tho slave trade , it is said , is making great stridoa in Cuba , notwithstanding tho engagements Spain id under to suppress it . The Spanifth Constitution makes progress . Sorno obstruction was caused by ai ) umendmout proposed by Senor Figuerna to tho sixth article , and adopted virtually by Senor Olozaga on tho purt of tho committee . This amendment was opposed by General Q'Donnoll ,
but bis objections have been overcome by the adoption of a form of wording the article , which expresses in general terms the idea that no Spaniards ought to be excluded from filling any office on account of not possessing titles of nobility . Senor Olozaga has received certain explanations , which have induced him to withdraw the amendment . The Emperor Alexander has commanded the Minister of the Interior to signify that St . Petersburg is no longer in a state of siege . The Schah of Persia , has just sent an Embassy Extraordinary to Russia , to congratulate the young Czar on his accession to the throne , but it is openly talked of at St . Petersburg that the Persian monarch and his Prime Minister have received very costly presents to induce them to send it . " The Persian residents in
Tiflis , " says a writer from Berlin , welcomed the arrival of the Ambassador in a manner peculiar to then * nation . They took up their station on the right side of the road leading into Tiflis , each with a sheep , which , as the carriage of the Ambassador drove past , each of them sacrificially slaughtered with a knife held in readiness . The Persian Embassy and all connected with it are reported to enjoy very freely the pleasures that the Russians procure for them ; they frequent the theatre , and take particular pleasure in the ballets produced there . Prince Beboutoff had given them a dinner and a ball , at the former of which the Ambassador had proposed the health of the ' faithful and constant ally of the Emperor of Russia , his Highness the Schah , ' and afterwards that of ' the Emperor of Russia , the friend and ally of the mighty ruler of Persia . ' "
Some particulars of the Russian Emperor ' s alleged visit to the Crimea are contained in a letter from St . Petersburg of the 9 th . inst ., published in the Augsburg Gazette . The writer says : — "A few days since , a package waa eent off to Nicholaieff containing a mantle embroidered in gold and silver by the hands of the Empress and her ladies for the holy image which tho Bishop of Moscow delivered to the Emperor in the chapel of St . Serge . It is positively stated that his Majesty himself conveyed this image to the army of the Crimea . According to an order of the day of October 19 , the Emperor reviewed
on that day the 4 th division of cuirassiers ( four regiments ) , with two batteiies of artillery , two regiments of infantry with their artillery , and tlie regiment of Uhlans of the Grand Duko Constantine . " The following are the details of the late journey of the Czar to the Crimea : —On the 7 th , the Emperor pasaed the Isthnms of Perekop . He arrived on the 8 th at Simplieropol , and set out on the 9 th for Backtchi-Serai , where he passed the troops in review on the 10 th . He afterwards visited the northern forts of Sebastopol , and subsequently proceeded as far as the Mackenzie Heights .
The streets of Pera and Galata ( says the Times Con-Btantinople correspondent ) are far from safe , now that the nights are long and dark . Tho Constantinople papers are full of accounts of robberies and murders . Two or three nights ago , an English officer was attacked by four robbers , who took his watch , money , and coat . The captain of a Swedish vessel wad atabbed in a street near the theatre , and his life is despaired of . A man was lately assassinated in the narrow street leading to the town of Qalata . Last night , a gentleman belonging to the British naval offices at Tophaneh was suddenly assailed , when returning from dining on board ship , by two ruffians armed with sticks , whosprung upon him from a dark corner . He was unarmed , but , being a powerful man , succeeded in repelling the attack and escaping , not , however , without very Bevore bruises . In fuct , the police is useless , and tho English and French will have to appoint one of their own . or wo must all carry revolvers when we go
out at night . Tho disturbed state- of Sicily is thus described m u lottoi" from Naples iu the Opinion c of Turin : — " 1 have just returned from a tour iu Sicily , and can tell you that tlio stato of that country is much more threatening than is generally believed . Fww people know French thoro ; fewor still uudorntand English ; and yot all tho articles that havo appeared iu tho French and English journals on tho stuto of tho island and tho Neapolitan government aro Hocretly circulated among all classes of people , translated in some way or tlio Charivari find
other . Even tho caricatures of their way there . Bands of brigandu havo made their appoarauco , and havo had sovcral ekirmishew with the soldiers . I call them bands of brigands , because tho government oalls tho in so ; but they are all in uniform , aud liavo oxcellout arms of foreign make . Thoro arc between 25 , 000 aud 30 , 000 mon in Sicily , eo that if tho brigands do not incroaso , thero is no danger of a goueml insurrection for tho present . Thoso brigands respect private property , but arc inexorable in their oxnetious on government official . "
up Tho commercial advices from Naples have recently contained many exposures of an iniquitous method adopted by tho Financo Minister for influencing tne currency , whtoh seems likely to bring tho monetary afflvirs of that oouutx-y into disgraceful harmony wtfli its politioal condition . It uppoartt that by interposing
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24111855/page/10/
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