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Ko. 475, Aprii 30, 1859.] THE LEADEB. 55...
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CANADA. The 3fontreal Herald announces t...
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AMERICA. By the Kangaroo and the Persia ...
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WEST INDIES. - . . .. ¦ ' HAYTI. The New...
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MEXICO. Advices from Vera Cruz to the 8t...
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EGYPT. Advices have been received from A...
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Calcutta arrived ...
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cimrA. Letters luvvo been reeoivod from ...
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Continental Notes. France—Rumoured Treat...
according to their value . The sittings of the Chamber of Deputies are suspended until further notice from the president of that body . Sir James Hudson has arrived in Turin . Defensive works are being actively constructed on the river Dora * which forms the left portion of the line the Piedmontese propose defending . Three batteries of artillery , one of them of heavy guns , left this morning for that part of the country . The Ldmellina has been laid under water . DENMARK—ALMAJTCE WITH FRANCE . The 2 Ve «« Preussische Zeitung , of Wednesday , states that Denmark is said to have concluded during the last few days a treaty offensive and defensive with France . c TUSCANY—DECLARATION IN FAVOUR OF SARDINIA . On Wednesday , nearly all the superior officers of the Tuscan troops ( 15 , 000 men ) presented themselves to the Grand Duke at Florence , and declared to him that to prevent the revolt of his army there was only one way , viz ., to unite with Piedmont in the cause of Italian independence . The Grand Duke , by the advice of his ministers , immediately sent for the Marquis of Lajatico , and form administration
gieri , Cariati , and others , moderate liberals and men of talent ; If this be true there is great reason to hope something good will result . As soon as the King dies a total change of measures will be proclaimed : this will be succeeded by reforms throughout Italy . It will be curious if Naples , which for the last ten years has been so badly governed , should , as in 1848 , be the first to grant a constitution . " Disturbances have taken place at Talermo , followed by numerous arrests . Letters received state that 300 individuals were seized . It is said that the Scourge has been telegraphed for from Leghorn , and is to be stationed at Naples . The King may die at any moment * and grave complications may arise that cannot be anticipated , and may render very desirable the appearance of the British flag in these waters . SPAIN . A Madrid telegram of April 26 th says : —" Their Majesties and the Princes reviewed 16 , 000 troops yesterday . The army and the people cheered them heartily . It is asserted that the Infante Sebastian has determined to acknowledge Queen Isabella II . " Prince Adalbert of Bavaria has been summoned from Madrid , to take the command of one of the divisions of the Bavarian army , which has been placed on a war footing .
begged him to a new . The Marquis answered , that he could not undertake so important and difficult a task , or save the dynasty except on two conditions . First , the abdication of his Imperial Highness . Second , a declaration of war against Austria , and an alliance with France and Piedmont . The Grand Duke refused to subscribe to these conditions , and declared he would quit Tuscany immediately , and without making arty provision for a legal and regular government , leaving the Tuscans to do what they pleased ; Victor Emmanuel has been , it is said , proclaimed Dictator of Tuscany . At Florence , Count Gualtier , having published a letter in favour of Count de Cavour , had been ordered to quit Tuscany , but he has refused to obey . . '' . '¦ ¦ PAKMA . . ' . ' . . The Duchess Regent of Parma intends to maintain -strict neutrality , and to resist all Austrian or Fiedmontese occupation of the Duchy . SWITZERLAND . The Bund of Berne states that the Hon . Captain Harris * was to proceed to Milan to make known to General Gyufai the protest of England against the ultimatum of Austria . Captain Harris has , it is said , received counter orders from home . The Federal Diet has been convoked for the 2 nd of May next . Three battalions have been ordered to the banks of the Ticino . . Five Sardinian steamers on the Lago Maggiore , which had taken refuge in Switzerland , have been disarmed . Many members of noble families from Milan have arrived at Lugano , and numerous arrests have been made among the aristocracy . ROME . THE AUSTIUANS AT ANCONA . A telegraphic despatch arrived at Ancona from Vienna , on the 15 th , ordering the Austrian Commander to put that place immediately in a state of preparation for war , announcing that on the next day 1 , 300 soldiers would arrive from Venice , and 1 , 000 more from Bologna—thus raising the garrison £ 0 6 , 001 ) men , or a fifth of the population of the city . The General directed' works of defence on the heights of Montepolito and of Pasatora , which command the city and the fortress , and on which the Austrians , in 1849 , had themselves planted batteries , to the great loss of the proprietors . The works were commenced directly by the military by destroying the trees and the crops ; a demand was made for a thousand labourers in the city ; and -munitions of war and bombs were carried to the detached forts .
The son or nephew of General Grogorio , commanding the army of the i - ' , loft home a few days ago for Piedmont , hilt the general caused him to be arrested before he could leave the Papal States . On Friday , the 15 th inst ., three Christian children were missing from the neighbourhood of the Ghetto . The mother consulted a magnotizer , or rather a " medium . " The information which she received was as follows : one child had been murdered , the other two wore concealed in the Ghetto . Tho report gained ground , and a very threatening demonstration was made in tho precincts of tho Jew's quarter , Tho Roman commandant actually marched a body of gendarmes into the Ghetto to search for traces of tho crime . Tho children had strayed into a vinoyard and , wore found at play there
NAI'LE 8 . A lottor from Naples says : —• ' Tho King is dying j from day to day wo expect to hear that all is over , the Qucon , who is Austrian , is doing all she can to get a share of the government for her eon . Tho ho- < xeoitary prince ia the eon of King JTeraSnuiulV first wife , who was a Sardinian princess . Tho vounjj uce is said to have leagued himself with FUcui-
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Canada. The 3fontreal Herald Announces T...
CANADA . The 3 fontreal Herald announces that Sir William Eyre had sent in his resignation of the command of the forces , on the ground of ill health .
America. By The Kangaroo And The Persia ...
AMERICA . By the Kangaroo and the Persia we have New York intelligence to the 13 th inst . Lord Lyons and suite , accompanied by Lord Napier , who had met the new Minister at Annapolis , arrived at Washington on the 7 th . He was presented to the President on the 12 th , and addressed him in a short speech , expressive of the cordial good feeling of the Queen and people of England to the United States . The President was much gratified by the emphatic language of the new envoy , which far transcends the formal phraseology usual on such occasions . . The trial of Daniel E . Sickles was still going ori at Washington , amidst great excitement . The-Hon . Robert J . Walker , while giving his evidence , was completely overcome , and had to be removed . On the 9 th the counsel for the defence went at length into the . question of adultery , and concluded that Sickles , in killing Key , only obeyed the sudden and uncontrollable impulse of-his passion . He quoted
very freely from the Scriptures and other works , with a view , apparently , to show that the crime of adultery is contrary to Holy Writ . On the following clay he concluded his address , and the examination of witnesses commenced . No new facts of interest were elicited . Mrs . Sickles' confession of guilt Avas put In as evidence , and is disgustingly minute as to details . A more astonishing production , from the pen of a " refined and ladylike woman , " it would be difficult to imagine .
Before the next session of Congress we may expect to hear news of considerable importance from Utah . Every mail brings confirmation of a good understanding between the militaiy and civil chiefs in the territory on Mormon matters . It is stated that Brigham Young is unpopular with tho Mormons , and that he has agents in the northern provinces of Mexico , and also in Central America , prospecting for a location to which ho and his partisans may remove and set up an independent hierarchy . A New Orleans dispatch says -. — The Loveo press fire was in the poorest part of tho city . Tho houses wore small , and tho loss amounts to but 850 , 000 dollars .
Halo ' s warehouso , half a square- m oxtent on Fulton-street , with a largo quantity of bales of bagging , gunnios , rope , and western produce , with eight partially occupied stores adjoining , havo boon dostroyod by firo . Tho loss is about 200 , 000 dollars . Tho New York Herald announces tho peaceful settlement of tho difficulty with Paraguay ; through tho friendly offices of Prcsidont Urquiza , Chief of tho Argentine Confederation . Ample indemnity is conceded to tho family of tho porson killed on board tho Watovwitch .
Tho Personal Liberty Bill hud passed in tho Now York Assembly . It provides that no parson shall bo dopriveil of liberty without duo process of Jaw , and givoB tho right of trial by jury , with twenty additional challenges , to alleged slaves ; subjects any porson depriving another of liberty contrary to this law to a flno of 5 , 000 clols ., and imprisonment from five to twenty years j and makes colour no disqualification , fox * citizonship .
West Indies. - . . .. ¦ ' Hayti. The New...
WEST INDIES . - . . .. ¦ ' HAYTI . The New YorkHerald says : —War exists between . Denmark and Dominica : Our correspondent at San Domingo states that a Danish war steamer had ar , - rived at that pprtj haying on board a diplomatic agent from the King of Denmark , who peremptorily demanded indemnity in the sum of 150 , 000 dols . for the seizure of two Danish vessels by President Baez during the last revolution in the Dominican Republic-President Santana , offered to refer the matter to arbitrators , but the Danish functionary declined the proposition ; and gave the Dominican authorities twenty-four hours to comply with his demands , or submit to the blockade of their ports . The Dominicans met the emergency by deciding in favour of war , and forthwith commenced manning their batteries to repel the enemy . It is hinted that the Dominicans may issue commissions in the United States to privateers . '
Mexico. Advices From Vera Cruz To The 8t...
MEXICO . Advices from Vera Cruz to the 8 th inst ., report that Miramon , after reconnoitring Vera Cruz on the 18 th ult ., retired to his main army , which -was encamped , nine miles off . The women and children in Vera Cruz were transferred to the ships , and the Liberals prepared to make an animated defence . Miramon sent 1 , 200 men against Alvarado , but finding the place strongly defended , they retired without attacking it . Miramon , finding himself outgeneralled at all points , broke up his camp on the 28 th , and commenced his retreat on the capital with the Liberal forces hanging on his rear . The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 4 th . inst . The Liberals surrounding the . capital were 15 , 000 strong . . They had cut off the supplies of water and provisions . The garrison numbered 6 > O 0 O men . Miramon had sent 1 , 500 men to the capital from Orizaba . Ori the 2 nd General Degollado attacked th e capital , but was unsuccessful : about 500 were killed on each side . Miramon was at Orizaba . The United States Minister had recognised the Juarez ^ Government .
Egypt. Advices Have Been Received From A...
EGYPT . Advices have been received from Alexandria to the 18 th instant . M . de Lesseps has had an interview with the Viceroy , in consequence of which the . public functionaries have been instructed to assist in forwarding the preliminary works of the Suez Canal . The governors of Daiuietta and Alexandria have been ordered to admit vessels with materials for the canal operations free of duty . The Progresso d'JEgitto has been ordered not to publish any more articles on the Suez-Canal undertaking . The agent of France is eaid to have received instructions to declare emphatically the approval of his Government of the project .
Cape Of Good Hope. The Calcutta Arrived ...
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The Calcutta arrived at Plymouth on Sunday , with intelligence from the Cape to the 13 th March . Robert Ivnox , Esq ., registrar of the mixed commission , and for twelve years editor of the Morning Herald , died at his residence , Cape Town , on the 6 th March . He had been in the colony but a few months , having only lately received the appointment from Lord Malmesbury , on the accession of tho present Government to powei ' . Parliament was to assemble on the 16 th March for the dispatch of business . Tho drought was very severe in the colony , and transport was greatly impedod thereby . The South African Commercial Advertiser of the 16 th March says : — " The grand idea of connecting Calcutta with London by an electric wire is about to be realised , a portion of the cable , 900 miles in length ,, having already reached Table Bay , and the remainder being at no great distance . In u few months tho capitals of India and England will be only a few hours apart in point of time . "
Cimra. Letters Luvvo Been Reeoivod From ...
cimrA . Letters luvvo been reeoivod from Hong Kong to tho 15 th of March , Tho Pe / tin Gazette of tho 31 st of January contains an Iniporiul whet , proclaiming in somewhat unusual and significant , terms , tho determination of tho Emperor to keep faith with foreigners , and to observe in its Kill integrity the Treaty of Tionsfii . Tho ° dwt oven goes so far ns to enunciate tho possibility ot tho Dritish and French retaining temporary possession of Cunton , without endangering peaceable relations . Lord Klifln loft lIonKlvoiijr on tho lsLof March for Canton , whuro , on the following day I » o mot a body of inorcuuutfl , with reference to tho sites nronosod for tho now foreign sottloinont . No stops could bo taken previously , tho community being itrnbrant of hifl lordship ' s yiows , and , as his excellency left for Singapore tho aamo afternoon en route for England , tho matter remains , almost in statu quo
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Leader (1850-1860), April 30, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30041859/page/9/
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