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one , he exclaiming , ' The plug is out , and we shall all be drowned ! ' He searched in vain for the plug-hole , and the boat filled fast ; and the last lurch she gave I plunged into the sea and swam against the tide for my life , the cries of the drowning ringing in my ears . I suppose that there were fully a dozen people in the boat , and only myself and a seaman were saved after struggling two hours for life . "
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A GREEK VIRAGO . A few weeks ago we gave an account of one of the inmates of a Turkish harem having strangled a eunuch for having incurred her displeasure . Later accounts give a more circumstantial history of the affair , from which it appears that the offence committed by the unfortunate eunuch was his having discovered that his mistress had imposed upon her husband , Mehemet Pasha , Ambassador of the Ottoman Porte , in London , by substituting two strange children , under the pretence that they were her own . Having made this discovery write to his
the eunuch made known his intention to master informing him of what his wife had done . His mistress , on learning this , became furiousl y enraged at him , and , having ascertained that he was in the bath , she sought him out there . He was attended by two slaves , whom she instantly dismissed . She first tried whether he could not be bribed to silence , but , on his refusal , she threw a noose round the neck of the wretched old man and strangled him . The woman , who has been thrown into prison , contends that she possessed a power of life and death over the slave . Nothing has yet been done in the matter .
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A THEATRICAL SUICIDE . A respectably dressed man , about thirty-five years of age , was seen standing on the parapet of the bridge of Nfltre-Dame , about half-past ten o ' clock on Saturday morning . He remained there for a quarter of an hour or more , until he had collected a crowd round him , when , extending his arm as if about to harangue the people , he recited in an emphatic voice the following line from Ducis : — " La mort , c ' est le sommeil—c ' est un reveil , peut-Stre . " " I shall just see whether Ducis be right or wrong , ' * he cried , and , folding his arms on his breast , he flung himself into the Seine . Before assistance could be rendered the current had swept him away . Notwithstanding all that has been done to find the body , it has not yet appeared , nor has it been ascertained who the person was .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The accounts from Balmoral merely state that the Queen enjoys outdoor exercise daily , while Prince Albert goes deer-stalking when the weather is favourable . It has now been arranged that they will leave Balmoral for the south on the morning of Thursday , the 10 th of October . The intention originally was to leave on the 5 th , but her Majesty has been so delighted with her Highland residence , that she has resolved to prolong her stay to the period mentioned . The Queen will arrive in Edinin
burgh about seven o ' clock on the evening question ; and , as it will be dark at that hour , the road from the North British Railway station to Holyrood Palace will be lighted with coloured lamps . She will depart from Edinburgh on the morning of Friday , the 11 th . The Duchess of Kent will leave Abergeldie to-day ( Saturday ) for Haddo-house , on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen , travelling across the country by Ballater , Tarland , Monymusk , Inverury , &c . ; and on Monday her royal highness and suite will go to Aberdeen , and thence proceed by railway to the south . lation for the
Measures are said to be in contemp extension of the grounds of Holyrood Palace , and plans for this purpose will be drawn up and submitted for the royal approval . It is said that one feature of the proposed alterations is the eonstruction of a new entrance from the Abbey-hill to the Palace and Holyrood Park , near the present gateway , into the garden at Holyrood . It is hoped that the proposed alterations will bo effected before the period for the return of the Court next year , so that the present intention of her Majesty to hold a levee at the ancient Palace of the Scottish sovereigns may not require to be departed from . Prince Albert has presented a donation of £ 50 in aid
of the Association for the Establishment of Evening Classes for Young Men . The Duchess of Cambridge remains at Plassnewydd , Anglesey , where her stay is likely to be longer than originally contemplated . The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz left last week for London , on his return to the Continent . The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mccklenburgh Strelitz remains with her mother and her sister the Princess Mary . The Duke of Cambridge , who has lately been in "Wales , arrived at his residence , in St . James ' s Palace , on Saturday night . lie loft town on Tuesday for the purpose of paying visits to the King of Hanover and the King of Prussia .
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It is said that a Prince of the House of Orleans is expected at Frohsdorf , and that the meeting between the Duke of Bordeaux and his cousin was arranged some time ago . The Comte and Comtesse de Chambord arrived at Frohsdorf on the 26 th ultimo . M . deSalvandy arrived there on the 20 th . On the 23 rd the Comtesse de Chambord suddenly left Frohsdorf to attend her uncle , the Archduke Ferdinand , who is dying . M . Lucicn Murat left Paris on Monday for Turin , on an extraordinary mission from the President of the Republic to the King of Sardinia , respecting the disputes with the Church . It is supposed that he will proceed from Turin to Home , to which Court he is also
accredited . M . de PerBigny returned to Paris from London on Tuesday . His mysterious mission to this country , which has caused much speculation among the quidnuncs of Paris , is now said to have been to negotiate a loan for the President of the Republic , who has already spent the three millions granted to him by the Legislative Assembly . The insinuation in the AssembUe Rationale , that the object of M . Persigny ' a mission was to raise the wind for the President , has roused so much wrath at the Elysde that recourse has been had to the extremely harsh measure of seizing tho journal , and prosecuting the author of the article and the responsible editor .
particularly to the Queen Marie Amelie , to pass some time with him in Andalusia . The Queen of the Belgians is still in a state of suffering , which forces her to the most absolute repose . Her mother , Queen Amilie , is expected at Ostend on the 8 th of October , together with the Due de Nemours . M . Meyerbeer has arrived in Paris . It is said that he is in negotiation with the Ac . adem . ie Royale de Musique for a new opera , which will appear in the course of the winter . The new work of M . de Montalivet , called , " Louis Philippe and the Civil List , " will appear in the Revu des Deux Mondes , in parts . Ultimately it will be published as a volume . It is said that the Count of San Luis has either already married , or is about to marry , one of the daughters of the Duke of Rianzares and of Queen Christina . Others say he is to become connected with that family by marrying a sister of the uuke , the widow of General Fulgosio , who was killed in the insurrectionary attempt of May ,
1848 . The King of Bavaria left Hohenschangau on the morning of the 24 th ultimo . The object of the visit is a matter of conjecture : it was said to be a meeting with the JSmperor of Austria . It was expected that his Majesty and Queen Mary would attend the sacred dramatical representations in the Amonergau on the 30 th . The King and Queen of Prussia are about to proceed to Warsaw , to have a confidential family interview with
the Emperor of Russia . A letter from Warsaw further announces that all the necessary preparations had been made for the reception of the Emperor and Empress . It is now said that the Empress will not go to Italy for the winter , but that she and the Emperor himself intend to stay at Warsaw . The palace of Lazienki and the country palace of Skierniwice will be the residences of the Empress , whilst the palace of Warsaw has been placed at the Emperor ' s disposition by Prince Paskewitch .
General Haynau paid a visit to the Emperor of Austria on the 19 th ultimo , and the day before he was present with Baron Jellachich and all the Ministers at a banquet given to them by the people of Vienna . The municipal council intends to present Baron Haynau with the honorary title of burgess of Vienna . The report in the Times of an infamous insult having been offered by certain officers , among whom was a near relation of Prince Schwarzenberg , to a portrait of Queen Victoria , is contradicted by the Globe correspondent , who says he has satisfied himself that no insult has been offered , either by word or deed , to her Majesty , or to any of her subjects in Vienna , on account of the attack upon Haynau . The writer adds that " Feldzeugmeister Haynau has gone to Gratz , where he will probably live in . retirement with his family , " and where , we trust , he will spend his few remaining years in repentance for the atrocious crimes he has committed .
Amin Bey , envoy from the Sublime Porte , landed at New York on the 13 th ultimo , and was received with public and national demonstrations of respect and welcome , not only by the mayor and corporation of New York , but also by the people and the federal authorities .
M . Antoine de Latnur , secretary to tho Duke of Montpensier , has left Madrid i'or England , bearing with him au invitation from his ltoyal Highness to his iatnily , but
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It is understood that at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly , in November , the President of the Republic will send a message , in which he will recommend the immediate revision of the constitution to the representatives of the people . The recommendation will be founded on the resolutions recently adopted by the councils-general , which , however , were not in general for the immediate revision , but simply for the revision in terms of the constitution itself . The whole of the Ministers
have agreed that the measure shall be brought forward as a Cabinet question . It is said that in order to prepare the country for the favourable reception of the proposal , it is intended in the first instance to propose several popular measures , such as a loan institution for the benefit of the working classes , the establishment of hospitals of civil invalids , and of agricultural councils , &c . These measures will occupy the first month ; so that it is probable that the debates on the revision of the constitution will not commence before the middle of December .
The trial of the thirty-one persons accused of having formed a secret illegal society for the restoration of the elder branch of the House of Bourbon was concluded on Saturday , before the Court of Assize of Paris . They were found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for six months . The others were acquitted . Under the pretext that the number of daily visitors at the Elysee is latterly so much increased as to leave the President no time for the despatch of public business , an order has been issued that henceforth no one , excepting the ministers and high functionaries , will bo admitted without a letter of audience .
The President of the Republic , by a decree dated Monday , places all Mussulman institutions of public instruction in Algeria under the surveillance and direction of the Government : and orders the establishment at the expense of the state , of Mussulman schools of superior instruction at Medeah , Flemsen , and Constantino . The instruction in such schools is to be gratuitous , and is destined to form candidates for places connected with public worship , justice , public instruction , and the Arab school .
Some disturbance took place on Sunday last at Pcrpignan , in the course of which several persons were wounded with knivos . A wonian , who had gone up to the Commissary of Police crying out , "A la giull Jtinc !" was at once arrested by him . The crowd , however , rescued her and ill-treated the functionary . She was afterwards again arrested , and the crowd became so tumultuous as to require tho interference of tho armed force to disperse it . Three other persons were also arrested afterwards . All has since rcm lined quiet .
Two delegates of the Maronito | iopukitiuu have arrived in Paris . They have come in the name of their countrymen of the Libanus to ask the French Government for a concession of land in Algeria . "This population has
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Friday evening he took a stroll after dinner , in the neighbourhood of the docks . While wandering about he fell into the gut leading from George ' s to the Canning Dock , and was not rescued till he had been ten minutes in the water . He had completely exhausted himself in swimming , and was on the point of sinking when assistance arrived . . We regret to announce the death of Lord Leigh , which took place at Bonn , on the Rhine , on Friday last . Some weeks ago he left England for the benefit of his health , which had been seriously impaired . On Thursday he was pronounced to be progressing so favourably towards recovery that he had resolved to return home . On the same night , however , at ten o ' clock , he was seized with an apoplectic fit , and from that hour he
con-At the close of the meeting of the Privy Council at Balmoral on Tuesday week , Lord John Russell , along with Lady Russell , left for Blair Adam , where they spent Wednesday and Thursday on a visit to Sir Charles Adam . On Friday forenoon the Premier and Lady Russell arrived at Douglas ' s Hotel , Edinburgh ; and in the course of the day visited Lord Dunfcrmlino at Colinton House , and the Lord Advocate at Lauriston Castle . They left Edinburgh on Saturday morning for Minto House , near llawitk , whore they will spend a few days with the Karl ami Countess of Minto . A serious accident , which hud well nigh proved fatal , befel the Marquis of llastings on Friday evening . His lordship holds an ensigncy in the oiinu Regiment , now lying at tuo barracks in Evcrton , near Liverpool , and on
tinued senseless until the following morning , when he died . He was the first baron of that name , and was created in the year 1839 . Lord Leigh was in his sixtieth year when he died . He will be succeeded in the title by his eldest son , the Honourable William Henry Leigh . The principal estate of the family is Stoneleigh Abbey , in Warwickshire , and there is also property appertaining to the title in six other counties in England . Lord Elgin , Governor of the Canadas , was in New York a fortnight ago , having made the tour for the purpose of accompanying to Canada Lady Elgin and his family , who had been spending the last six weeks at a watering place in the vicinity . His lordship had previously visited the Saut St . Marie , where he spent several days , being received with the usual public and military
. Sir William Gomra , the new Commander-General for India , accompanied by Lady Gomm , and Captain Yates , his aide-de-camp , left town on Saturday for India . He slept at Canterbury on Saturday , and crossed over to Calais on Sunday . He will remain on the Continent until the departure of the packet from Trieste , and will proceed to Suez in the Haddington , about the 8 th of November . Writs have been issued from the Crown and Hanaper Office for the election of a temporal peer of Ireland , to sit in Parliament , in the room of the late Earl of Dunraven . It is generally believed that the Very Reverend Thomas Townsend , lately appointed to the deanery of Waterford , will succeed the late Bishop of Meath on the episcopal bench .
An Armagh letter in the Neiory Telegraph states that Dr . Cullen , the new Catholic Primate , has selected Drogheda for his principal place of residence . The writer thinks that the Primate ' s somewhat primitive notions of astronomy do not admit of his reconciliation to a residence in the city of Armagh , so famed for a Royal Observatory which has acquired some celebrity in the scientific world . We understand that upwards of £ 900 have already been subscribed towards a befitting , monument to William Wordsworth .
Mr . G . P . R . James , the novelist , is about to deliver a series of six lectures in Boston upon modern civilization . The mansion-house and lands of Priorbank , Melrose , were sold last week to W . Tait , Esq ., late publisher of Taif s Edinburgh Magazine , for the sum of five thousand guineas . Priorbank was purchased by General Hugh Gowdie , Commander of the Forces in India , about forty years ago . Mr . Forrest , the actor , and his wife ( late Miss Sinclair ) , are again before the American public . An application has been made by Mrs . Edwin Forrest to the Supreme Court for an injunction to stay Mr . Forrest from , further prosecuting his action for a divorce in the State of Pennsylvania , or in any other jurisdiction than that of of his real
this state , and from disposing or encumbering estate in this state , and also from obtruding himself into her presence , on the allegation that she apprehends violence at his hands . After a hearing before Judge Edmonds , in which Messrs . How land and Chase appeared for the plaintiff , the injunction was granted , and Mr . Forrest was immediately arrested at the Astor House and conducted before the court , when he was required to give bail in the sum of 10 , 000 dollars to refrain from all violence towards Mrs . Forrest , and in every respect to observe the injunction . The lawyers of Mr . Forrest have also issued a card , explaining that the arrest of Mr . Forrest was upon a writ ne exeat , and that the bail he gave was his individual bond . Mrs . Forrest sues Forrest for a divorce also on the ground that he has committed several adulteries .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 5, 1850, page 654, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1855/page/6/
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