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1242 THE LEADER. [No. 301, Saturday,
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Our Civilisation. The Cudiiam Murder.—Ro...
at the Victoria H 6 tel . Although he had no letters of introduction , and was not known to any one , he managed to work his way into the society of a Mr . Kirby whom he insisted on accompanying on some pretext to the British Consul . Having succeeded in obtaining an introduction in that quarter , he lived some time in the Consul ' s family , but his manners were so singular and ungentleman-like that the Consul was obliged to dismiss him . This illustrious unknown next introduced himself into the house of Mr . Baillie Cochrane , who was passing the winter at Malaga , with his brother-in-law , Dr . Sutherland , and his sister , Mrs . Sutherland . The stranger soon formed an intimate acquaintanceship with the party , and Mr . Cochrane
repeatedly endeavoured to discover who the extraordinary person was , but without success . After some time , however , they all went to Seville , and , meeting with an accident on their return , they were compelled to leave their luggage where their carriage was upset . Dr . Sutherland took with him to the inn where they passed the night a leathern bag , containing , among other tilings , two letters of credit , of £ 500 each , on Messrs . Drummond of London . This bag was missed' directly after breakfast the following morning , and , though strict search was made , it could not be found anywhere . Soon afterwards , Mr . Cochrane and Dr . and Mrs . Sutherland , accompanied by the unknown , went by route of Valencia and Madrid
to Paris , stopping on their way , for a short time , at Bayonne ; and during this period it is supposed that their anonymous visitor inust have proceeded to Bordeaux , and presented one of the letters of credit at the house of Messrs . Barton and Gnestier , who immediately advanced him . £ 200 . When the party arrived at Paris , the stranger took leave of his friends , telling them that he was going to America . A description of his dress and personal appearance has been published at Malaga . It is exactly similar to that given by Messrs . Barton and Gnestier of the man who had swindled them ; and it is hoped that this will ultimately lead to the ajiprehension of the offender .
The Fohgeby op Prussian Notes . — Edmund Schehl and Louis Schehl have been committed for trial on the charge of forging a Prussian note , under circumstances already detailed in these columns . Railway Eobbekies . —The robberies at railway termini , more especially at the Waterloo Station of the South Western line , continue with singular audacity ; and upwards of a dozen men and women are now in the Wandsworth House of Correction on these charges . A well dressed old man , described as a commercial traveller , has been committed for trial for the same offence .
" Boxing Night . —Thursday morning , at the Police offices , brought with it the usual number of charges of drunkenness and rioting , arising out of the rejoicings common on the 26 th of December . One of these cases was very serious . Michael Donovan , Mary , his wite , and James Kennedy , the latter a ticket-of-leave man and a private in the militia , were drinking at a publio-house in Great Russell-street , Covent-garden , when a quarrel ensued , the police were called in , and Kennedy , attacking one of the officers with his belt and buckle , knocked him down , and bit two pieces of flesh from the oalf of one of his legs . He was taken into custody , together with the other two , and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment . Donovan received a month ' s imprisonment , and th , e woman was discharged .
MUKDun in the MiNOBiES . —A & Mrs . Colligan was murdered by her husband on Wednesday evening while staying at the house of Mr . Burton , an optician in Church-street , Minories . Mr . Burton , and his wife and sister , on running to the assistance of the woman were attacked with the same knife which had already dealt Mrs . Colligan her death wounds , and considerably hurt- —to such an extent , indeed , in the case of Mr . Burton awd his sister , as to render it necessary that they should be conveyed to the hospital . Corrigan ia in oustody , and under remand at the Thames police-oourt . The evidence of Mr . Burton makes it appear highly probable thnt the murderer was under the influence of delirium tremens . He had boen very silent on Christmas-day , and looked " curious . " Mrs .
Fearon , Mr . Bxirton ' s sister , though suffering greatly from her wounds , gave evidonoe on Thursday , and described the fatal attack . The magistrate askod her to turn round and look at the prisoner for tho p \ irpose of identifying him , but her terror was so great that she w « h afraid to do so . At length she was raised from her chair and wan being led out of court , when she rushed wildly towards the dook , and stretched out the arm that was not wounded to shake hands with Corrigun , who eagerly leant forward , caught her hand in his , and exclaimed " God blew * you I" Ho then gave way to a paroxysm of grief , and again leant over tho edge of tho dook in a atooping position and buried his faoo in his hands . Ah Mi * . Fearon was being lod into the clerk ' s room , she exclaimed ' Oh ; my arm—my arm ! " and fnlutod .
Our Civilisation. The Cudiiam Murder.—Ro...
THE LATE COUNT KRASINSKI [ The annexed details have been communicated by M . Szulczewski . ] . . _ . Count Valerian Krasinski , who died in Edinburgh on the morning of the 22 nd inst ., was a native of the ancient Polish province of White Russia , and issued from an old and illustrious family , the branch to which he belonged having at an early period embraced the Protestant faith , of which the late Count also wag an adherent . Having been appointed chief of the department of Public Instruction in Poland , he promoted the establishment of a college at Warsaw for the education of Jewish Rabbis . Count Valerian Krasinski was also the first to introduce stereotype printing in Poland , and in this instance the benefits bestowed upon the comm unity considerably impaired his own fortune .
On the breaking out of the Polish insurrection in 1830 , Count Valerian Krasinski was sent by the then chief of the national government , Prince Adam Czartoiyski , to England , as a member of the diplomatic mission despatched from Poland to this country , land he continued here , in this capacity until the fatal catastrophe of 1831 , when he became a penniless exile from his country . Deprived of every other means of subsistence , he thenceforward devoted himself exclusively to literary pursuits ; and , though still making every effort for his country , he soon worked out for himself a distinguished place among the literati of England , in the language of which he wrote . His first venture in the English language was the translation of a Polish novel , "Sigismund Augustus ; or
Poland in the Sixteenth Century , " which , having met with a very favourable reception from the British public , was followed by an original work of greater pretensions . This was the " History of the Reformation in Poland , " which at once established Count Krasinski ' s reputation as one of the most eminent historical writers of the day , and which having svb sequently been translated into German and French , acquired for him European renown , and procured him a gold medal and a letter with his autograph signature from the King of Prussia . But Count Krasinski's literary labours failed to secure for him anything like co " mpetence ; yet , though often subjected to great privations , he resolutely rejected the most brilliant offers made to him by Russia , and even declined the more flattering and honourable overtures of the King
of Prussia . The next historical work that issued from the pen of the deceased nobleman , after an interval of several years , during which he was a constant contributor to the periodical literature of this country , was the " Sketch of the Religious History of the Sclavonic Nations . " He has also published a series of pamphlets on the Polish and the Russian qtiestion , such as " Panslavisui and Germanism ; " " Russia and Europe ; " " Russia , Poland , and Europe ; " " Opinions of Napoleon the first regarding Poland " The three
last of these bear upon the subject of the 2 : > resent war . His latest days were employed in correcting the proofs of a pamphlet , entitled '' The Polish Question , " which he has not lived to see published . A "History of Poland , " which he had commenced publishing in monthly numbers , also remains unfinished . On subjects not connected with his own country , Count Krasinski has contributed to English literature a translation of Calvin ' s " Treatise on Relics , " and several small works on religious subjects , which , though published anonymously , had a very extensive circulation .
His loss will bo folt by the Polish emigration , and tho more so as following irnmediatly after that of M . Adam Mickiewicz , tho celebrated Polish poot , who died a few weeks ago at Constantinople , whither ho had been sent by tho French Government on an important mission . A very short time before his death , Count Krasinski received a letter from the Chief of the Polish emigration , Prince Adam Cssartoryski , expressing his thanks and satisfaction at tho services which the late Count did not cease to rondor to the cause of his country .
1242 The Leader. [No. 301, Saturday,
1242 THE LEADER . [ No . 301 , Saturday ,
The Njrw Sunakoh-Extnaobninaby Ao 'Nu.Qu...
The Njrw SunaKOH-ExTnAOBniNABY ao 'nu . QuMKN —Mr . William Ferguson , F . R . S ., haa been appointed wwgeon-Extraoi-dinory to th « Queou .
Continental Notes. 1m1a.O12 Rnosi'egts. ...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . 1 M 1 A . O 12 rnOSI'EGTS . Tim neutralization of tho Black Sea , according to the writer of a letter from Munich , is tho proposition which Austria has made , to liussia in tho hope of bringing tho present war to a conclusion . " Adopting this form as a basin , tho Austrian Government Bounded the Cabinet of St . Petersburg , and that such a solution was not rejected by M . do NohhoIroclo . It is true that tho llusftiuii Government does not
appear dosirous of understanding tho application m tho same houbo as tho Western Powers aud Austria . But I am informed that Russia would admit the principle of tho neutralization of tho Black Sea in tho eonso of tho pure and simplo freedom of . tliat son for all flugs and for all navios in tho world . I oven boliovo that who would admit tho ontablislnnoiit of consular agents in tho principal ports of tlio Euxiuo ; but when her viows are Bouudod on this point there her ooncoBHiows stop . Tho Hyutoui of neutralisation of tho Kuxino , such us
the Western Powers proposed at first—that 'is to say the transformation of that internal sea into a vast commercial lake—free on the side of Turkey , as on that of Russia , from fleets of war , and from fortified ports which would incessantly make it the theatre of a disastrous conflict , watched by the European consuls —such a system , I repeat , pleases Germany much , for it prepares an immense progress in the history of nations . A demand has also been made to Russia to abandon at the mouths of the Danube an unimportant portion of the territory of Bessarabia , in order that the collective syndicate charged with securing the free navigation of the river may be able to act on a completely neutral territory . 1 think I may affirm that the initiative of the demand has proceeded from the German States , to which the freedom of the Danube is so important ; and this circumstance may
even render easier than is supposed the adhesion of Russia to that condition . The German Cabinets have favoured these terms , and those who will support them most earnestly are Bavaria and Saxony . I have just learned that M . Seebach is summoned to Dresden , when he will be charged with a mission to St . Petersburg . M . Seebach is one of the eminent diplomatists of Bavaria , and is capable of exercising a salutary influence on the Emperor Alexander . It is certain that the Emperor of Austria has accompanied his propositions with an autograph letter to the Czar to induce him . to adhere to the conditions which Count Esterhazy is charged with proposing to him . I do not think they are in the form of an ultimatum ; but the Emperor Francis Joseph makes a strong appeal to the good sense of the Czar before coming to an open rupture . "
A pamphlet has been published in Paris , advocating the idea of a general Congress for the pacification of Europe . It is said that the production is favourably received by the Emperor ; and some even hint that it is from his pen , or at least produced under his inspiration . The author is anonymous ; but it is put forward as the composition of un Homme d'Etat . The Times correspondent , speaking of this pamphlet , says : — " The author seeks to proy . e that what is called the policy of Peter the Great was , perhaps , a generous one at the epoch it was conceived , but that the progress of Europe since then has rendered it unnecessary . He also thinks that Russia can no more consider
herself humiliated by the acceptance of propositions of peace than England is by the recognition of the independence of her American colonies , or than France by the loss of the conquests she made under the Republic and the Empire ; and he dwells on the fact that France , which contributed to the loss of America , and that England , which was a party to the separation of Belgium and the Rhenish provinces from France , are at this moment firmly united . His inference is that , notwithstanding the present state of affairs in Europe , a complete reconciliation may be obtained , but that it can only be by means of a Congress of Sovereigns . "
Austria has communicated to Prussia the preliminaries agreed upon by the Western Powers , and called upon her to advocate their acceptance at St . Petersburg , which he has consented to do . It is said that both the King and the statesmen of Prussia have urged the Cssar to make peace . Nevertheless Prussia will not abandon her system of neutrality , even should the enemies of Russia increase The Dresden Journal states that Russia has declared her willingness to concede the neutrality of tho Black Sea , under certain conditions compatible with the interests of Europe .
Rumoura still prevail in Paris of a greater disposition towards poace on tho part of tho French Emperor than on that of the English Gouernmont ; but there is somo doubt as to their correctness . It in said that the King o £ Prussia lias reserved to himself tho right of making representations to Austria on " tho excessive rigour" of the conditions proposed , and that this has had a modifying offoct on the Court of Vienna . However this may be , tho propositions , whatever their nature , havo ulroad y arrived at St . Petersburg , with their bearer , Count Estorhazy , Foreigners travelling into Finland must remain there , by virtue of a recent regulation ,, until tho end of tho war . It is now statod that tho Austrian army , instead ot being reduced , will bo auguiontod , especially in tho Dauubian Principalities .
Tho remittance to tho Ottoman Minister of War ol the money . realised by tho Turkish loan in France and England has caused n rapid , rise in tho vuluo <> r piastres at Constantinople . Tho capitulation of tho town of Kars was not officially known at Coiwtujmnoplo at tho lost advices . Tho Sultan objootn to tlio establishment of a police force organised >> . Y tho ,. , ' ' suls of foreign Powers . Advices from Smyrna ot tlio 12 th of December wtato thnt tho English Hqiuwlro n under tho orders of Roar-Admiral Stewart wuh 1 >» " « - - paring to loavo for Malta . .. Tlio Priuoo do Plows , President of tho Borim Chamber of Peers , is dead . Count Muustor luw »» c brought either an autograph letter or any proportions whatever from St . Petoraburg . , A conference on tho Sound Dues will shortly
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 29, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29121855/page/6/
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