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EMPEROR SOULOUQUE CROWNED, About three w...
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America. With Respect To The Abrupt Depa...
letter in New York , protesting for himself and eightytwo Hungarians against Kossuth making any use of the money he is collecting for Hungary , until a council of Hungarian emigrants shall have directed how it is to be disposed of . As the money has been given to Kossuth without any conditions , this protest will amount to nothing . Besides , Szedlaky arid his eighty-two friends had really nothing whatever to do
with raising it , neither have they any title to its control / ' This is a specimen of the mode of dealing with Kossuth adopted by the anti-Hungarian party in the States and at home . The above extract is quoted from a morning paper . The writer does not specify that several Hungarians whose names were appended to the alleged ' protest " -had asserted publicly in the New York papers that their names had been obtained trader false yyretences !
Mr . O'Connor had been ejected from a store for chucking a handsome young woman under the chin . ' It is said that another marauding expedition against Cuba is projected . The story originated in the fact that a large and very powerful secret association exists in New Orleans , called the " Order of the Lone Star , " with affiliated societies in other States . The combination already amounts to ten thousand men ; but whether they look towards Cuba , Hayti , or Caravajal and the Bio Grande , is not known .
THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES . The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writing on May 11 from Philadelphia , transmits an interesting paragraph about the labour movement : — " There are symptoms of a movement already developed in the United States , and probably also in England , which promises at no distant period to ripen into a powerful demonstration . I refer to the influence of California gold causing such a change in the currency—at least such is the supposition— -that almost all articles of human food , clothing , and habitation ,
have advanced and are still rapidly advancing in price . In the markets , meat and vegetables , butter , poultry , and fish are from 30 to 40 per cent , higher than last year . Even rents are up nearly one-fourth , and real estate has risen greatly in value everywhere . Now the movement I refer to is in relation to wages . These have in no one instance advanced at all—much less in proportion to the necessary expenditure of mechanics , labourers , clerks , and their families , except only under the influence of ' strikes , ' and trade unions in two or
three of the large cities . It is more than probable that these examples will be followed , ere long , pretty extensively ; and that the question of a general advance of wages will cause much agitation , difficulty , and embarrassment . Thus a coming plethora of gold will not be without its derangements and inconveniences . In several of the ' strikes' this question has been asked , * Why should we ( mechanics and labourers ) be required to work at the old rates , when provisions , rents , and clothing are all from one-third to one-half higher than they used to be ?'
508 Y3be Leader, C^Ig^
508 Y 3 BE LEADER , C ^ ig ^
Emperor Soulouque Crowned, About Three W...
EMPEROR SOULOUQUE CROWNED , About three weeks before the Feast of Eagles in the Champ do Mars of Paris by the French , Soulouque , his sable brother of Hayti , held a similar but more successful meeting in the Champ de Mara of Port au Prince , in St . Domingo . We borrow a description of the latter event from the correspondent of a New York paper , who wrote on the 19 th of April : — " For the last six months groat preparations havQ been going on horo to crown Faustin Soulouquo . Aftor several postponements , tho grand ovont at length took place yesterday ( Sunday , tho 18 th ) . For tholast two months the troops wore pouring in from every quarter of tho country . In they camo , holtor-skoltor , some with sticks , guns , a groat number of tho latter without locks ; some with coats , but tho majority without them , Tho soldiers that had been lucky enough to procuro shoes wore more fortunate than their officers , but would youboliovo that many of them had not their lower humanities ' covorod , or , in other words , wore innocent of brooches P In fact , no ono but thoso who reside horo , or havo resided , would bolioyo tho ludicrous figure they presented as thoy marched into town ; but certainly it ia no fault of tho unfortunato alavos that thoy aro in such a miserable and starvod condition , as their daily pay amounts to about 4 Ilaytion dollars , or equivalent to 28 cents . As thoro was no dwelling hero
aufliciontly largo for tho coronation , thoro was u largo tone erected on tho Champ do Mara , capable of containing from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 pooplo . At a distanco of about 400 yards thoro wafl another erected immodiatoly behind tho Government Palace , which served as a robing chamber for tho Imperial family . On tho oast end Btood a platform , on which thoro was a Catholic altar : tho rest of tho tont was partitioned off for tho deputies , nobles , ladies of honour ( black ) , consuls , and foroign merchants . Ah early as two o ' clock a . m . tho troops assembled and formed into a square , and a doublo lino was stationed along tho routo loading to tho Palaco , thus protecting thoir obony Majesties from violonco . Then camo tho senators and deputies , dukes , carls , and ladies of honour , who woro led to tho place assigned for them by thp master of tho coromonioa .
Their Majesties were to make their appearance at six o ' clock a . m ., but , with true negro punctuality , they did ttot arrive until nine . They were announced by the discharge of artillery ; music , and loud and long / oivas from the spec * - tators , and none shouted more lustily than the foreign merchants , while at the same tune they inwardly curaed Viitti and his government for ruining the commerce of th < 8 country . . Their Majesties were preceded by the Vicar-General ( whom the Pope would consecrate bishop at the request of Soulouque ^ after all the concessions he promised to make ) and about 20 priests . Her Majesty first made her appearance , attended by her ladies of honour , under a canopy like that which is seen at Roman Catholic ceremonies on the occasion of the procession of the Holy ^
Sacrament . She wore on her head a tiara , and was robed in the most cOstly apparel . " You are aware that previous to her husband being elected President she was a tender of fish , and had the reputation of being a co rrect woman ( a miracle in this place ) . But Soulouque resolved ( as th ^ Irish express it ) to ' make her an honest one , by marrying . her on Saturday night last . You could not , in you * good city , produce a woman in any of your markets who could walk with such a stately step , or play the part of Empress better than she did on the occasion . Soulouque then followed , accompanied by all the distinguished nobility , under a similar canopy , wearing a crown that , it is said / cost 30 dollars , having in his hands two sceptres . Their Majesties were led to the jorie-dieti , where they first said their prayers , and were then conducted to the throne . The
ceremonies then commenced by the vicar pronouncing a solemn benediction on the crown , sword , sword of justice , sceptre , cloak , ring , collar , and imperial cloak of the Emperor , after which were blessed the crown , cloak , and ring of the Empress . Then came the President of the Court of Cassation ( the Supreme Court of Hayti ) , accompanied by the deputies , and presented to Soulouque the constitution of Hayti , demanding of him to swear not to violate it ; and he then placed the crown on his head , arid placed the Bible on the pages of the constitution , and then said , ' I swear to abide by the constitution , and to maintain the integrity arid independence of the Empire of Hayti / TYuba the master of the eeremomioa o * i © d aloud , ' Iibrig live the great , glorious , and august Emperor Faustin the First . ' So ended the pomp ana pageant of crowning our nigger Emperor ;
The Late Parliamentary Duel, What Is Cal...
THE LATE PARLIAMENTARY DUEL , What is called the " late affair of honour , " a transaction between Colonel Rpmilly and Mr . Smythe , with words first and pistols afterwards , which took place on Friday morning last , arid the official account of which we published in our postscript , has occupied the tongues and pens of the Town this week . The case , as between the two principals , stands exactly where it did on Saturday morning , with this exception , that the combatants have respectively published letters on the " difference . " We present our readers with the facts as far as they are revealed to the public .
Monday ' s Times presented the public with a statement to the following effect : —Early on Friday morning , Mr . George Sydney Smy $ he , M . P ., Colonel Romilly , M . P ., the Honourable Captain Vivian , M . P ., and the Horourable John Fortescue , M . P ., left town by the South Westerri Railway , taking return tickets to the Weybridge station . To prevent suspicion , the pistol cases were packed up like sketch-books , and the little band attempted to pass for artists . They took a "fly , " the only one to be hnd , and Mr . Smythe mounted the box , while Colonel Romilly rode with tho seconds inside . Arrived at the boundary of Lord Ellesmere's Hatchford estate , the party alighted , and mado for a
wood on the rising ground . Here , "in a dell , " Captain Vivian measured twelve paces , and the word was about to bo given , when " a cock pheasant , " who had hitherto " assisted" only as spectator , flew up with " loud cry , " which startled tho duellists , who seemed to expect a surprise . " The alarm having subsided , " says tho account , " tho combatants resumed their places and exchanged shots , as is known , without effect , when Colonel Romilly having expressed himsolf satisfied , thoy loft tho ground . Tho party returned to the atation in the manner of thoir arrival , and thence to London by railway , but not a word was exchanged by tho principals . "
The next day tho Times contained an authoritative denial of this narrative , but on Wednesday , tho writer , under tho Hignaturo of " Tho Cock Phoatmnt , " defended himself us follows : —¦ "Sin , —I porcoivo , with aomo surprise , that you aro requested to contradict ' a statomont with reference to Mr . Smytho and ' Colonel Itomilly , ' furnished to tho Times by myflolf , and that your roadors aro informed ( ' as requestor ! , ' I presumo ) that 'thewhole paragraph , with ono oxftoption , is inaccurate . ' "So mild aform of contradiction ' admits of' explanation ;'
but will tho parties who wore seconds on tho occasion , and who fharoforo m ay bo oxpocted to havo been cool enough to know what took place—will thosn gontlomon , I say , deny tho journey by tho samo train to . Woybridgo , tho ono ' fly for tho two duellists , tho float on tho box for ono of them , tho measuring of paces by Captain Vivian , tho alarming ' riooof a cook pheasant' at tho critical moment ; , and tho absence of nny communication bntwoon tho principaln P Thoso constitute tho only important facts of my communication ; and theso not being ( inaccurato , ' what becomes of tho ' contradiction !' " I regret that a porwo of duty compote md to expose
myself to the danger , under such , fire-eating circumstances of resisting any application of the term * Coritradictiori' to my paragraph ; put I must repeat that the facts reallv were euch as there stated . . ' * I am , your obedient servant , " The Cocb ; Pheabaitt Weybrtdge-covers , May 25 . "I inclose you my card , whioh , for obvious reasons I must fequest you to reserve tuatil after the 1 st of October . " , Following this , another letter headed "Effects of the late Duel , " appeared in the same column . We fear it is too absurd to be true ; but here it is •—( To the Editor vf the Times . )
SiBj- ^ -I assure you I am neither a colonel , nor a cap . tain , nor an M . P ., nor have the prefix of Hon . to my humble riame ; neither do I wear a moustache , but only a very small imperial , which , enables me to charge 5 a . extra for my lessons ; but , sir , it is on behalf of my brother sketchers that I now take the liberty to write to you . la company with three orfour wat ^ r-colour artists lam in the habit of going to Windsor or Richmond at this beautiful time of year . Now , it so happens , that yesterday being our beloved Queen ' s birth-day , we met at the Waterloo-station arid went to Richmond , when we took a fly to the park , and wandered about , looking out for a
subject in the deep dejl near to Lord John Russell ' s , and were sitting down to sketch , but all this time we observed that we haa been followed from the railway by a policeman . No sooner Had we settled down about 12 paces from each other than lie came up to vie , and very authoritatively , but very civilly , said , ? ' Gentlemen , I must take you all into custody with intent to commit a breach , of the peace . This is the way with you gents—you come with your fly and your portfolios , but it won't do—settling your affairs of honour here . " lit vain we assured him he should be " perfectly satisfied . " He said he had orders to look after such as us with , warlike weapons . Our camp stools he mistook for pistol cases , out tubes of coloriw * -iae . charged of powder , axra our port crayons for ramrode , and when he
saw even our packet of sandwiches he said it was no use our atteinpting to stuff him . We had fired no pistol , neither had any cock-pheasant been scared from his propriety ; but what I wjirit to know , sir , is how to prevent our being taken irito custody . If y ou would be so kind as politely to request your Weybridge friends riot to pretend they are sketchers , nor to take flys , nor to go into dells , nor to fire off harmless pistols , rior do other ridiculous thingsi for ludicrous purposes , they inay possibl y live all four of them tahave their benign countenances painted by pre-Raphaelite brethren soaring out Of a certain deep dell upon the wings of four cock pheasants , and be " werry much applauded for woMhey baddorie . " I re main , as ever , your true blue
Chbibtophbe Cobalt . Indigo-warehouse , Ochre-street , May 25 . Orie mistake certainly was made by the " Cock Pheasant . " Colonel Romilly did not express " himself satisfied . " It was his second , Mr . Fortescue , who was satisfied , refusing to allow the fight to continue . Monday brought a letter from " Frederick Romilly , " intended as a reply to the Canterbury speech , and addressed to the electors of Canterbury . He says : —
" Previous to my election in 1860 , 1 had no communication with Mr . Smythe on the subject of it , nor do I know or believe that my being then elected without a contest was owing to his support . Tho fact of that support I am ready to admit . ¦ .. _ " On the subject of the now approaching election , I never had any formal interview * ith Mr . Smythe . . I * » t ™ J that , having met me on several occasions , he has ^ originated conversations with me on the subject of it . I should nave been perfectly justified iri refusing to hold any ' communication with him on the subject , but believing that he ana I had not the samo political objects in view ? out of courtesy and fairness to him , I stated to him that I should not form any coalition with him . Ho appeared to bo ann ° y ' "" expressed himself warmly on the occasion ; but ne aiierwards distinctly admitted to toe that I had acted towaros him frankly anil openly in tho mattor . This is a short ana correct statement of everything material which occurred between him and me . "
And he adds , that ho never suggested or recommended Sir William SomerviUo as a candidate tor Canterbury ^ . " George Sydney Smythe" replied by o counter address on tho following day . Tho preliminary paragraphs contain ono or two points of interest , au Smythe had hoped that the difference , after tno pr « ccedings of Friday , was at an end once and for evor . "I had hoped eo tho more , " ho says , " ^ "J . ^ h ™ m U (\ in hniiflvn t , hn . t nur dispute termmatcd in tno w . ?
mon formality which Colonel Romilly and myson w through on Friday last , for which I sincerely fool that a apology is duo to you , Qonttomon , in tho present tornpc or" British opinion . But at least it was not my tag British ground on that occasion was P * ' " i 7 for but the insuperable scruples of my gallant colloaguo private and family reasons of his ° f » /^ L to tho abroad , prevented mo from showing , that ^ /« , T cO ! f that general mode of thinking in this country which 1 low you havo a right to exact . " And after charging Colonel Romilly with ' ro-opN ing tho whole question , " ' first by insisting on tno I lication of tho " Minutes of a Difference , " agn . " rt ^ strong wish of Captain Vivian j next , by the w *
wo 1 mvo quoted ; ho says : — of "At any rate , lam confident that you wll g y tho feeling in whioh I met my advorsary ' p ^ JJJSd W » wlion , wilu houomWe promptitude ! ho w pweaw
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29051852/page/8/
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