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      that city . This officer , with three mounted police , galloped atiomppeed for a dozen miles without drawing bridle reiu , but tmch was the rate at which Mr . Carden's carriage proceeded , that , although it had cat more than an hour ' s start . } t wouldhave distanced its pursuers if the pace had no ? told on the horses add the ba 4 state of the roads contributed " tP tire them . However , when nearing Forney Casfle the officers came in si g ht of the object of their search , and the sub-inspector with his men dashed forward . ' Ms . -M'Cullagh at once seized tho horses' heads and ran them into the ditch , while the constables drew their swords and prepared for the encounter . Tw-o men jumped from the dicltey of the carriage and showed fight , but one was immediately knocked heels over head by the flat edge of a sabre . Any resistance on tie part of the pursued was speedily terminated ' bv the fact that a police barrack was within a stone ' s throw of where they were overtaken , and , the force having turned out to the aid of their comrades , Mr . Carden

      and lis men surrendered , were disarmed , and marched prisoners back to Cashel _ " A six-barrelled revolver , a double-barrelled pistol , and a life-preserver were taken from the person of Mr . Carden , who now proceeded quietly with his captors . "When the carriage was turned back to Casifel , one of the horses , a beautiful mare , worth 150 ? ., dropped dead . The most extravagant rumours of the affair -were circulated in Cashel , and iJegceatest excitement prevailed there . Mr . M'Cullagh arrived with his prisoner late in the evening , and , having lodged him securely , he was on Monday morning conveyed to Clonmel and brought to the ppiice-crEce , whence he was committed : by Mr . Goold , E . M . j to staid his trial for attempted forcible abduction . Mr . Carden was conveyed in bis carriage to the county gaol , where he was given into the custody of

      the governor . He leaped ligl !« y fr ° BS the vehicle , and walked with a firm step into the prison . He . wore a cap , » r . d CT T the left ear and on his neck were apparently severe wounds covered with plaMer . A large crowd was collected round the prison door , and the women especially expressed their sympathy -with him , -as one who loved ' not wisely but too welL " Under the direction of the local inspector , the Rev . James Morton , every care has been taken to provide for the comfort of the unfortunate gentleman . He is located in the room occupied by Mr . Smith O'Brien , when a State * prisoner in Clonmel , in the immediate vicinity of the hospital , where he wall receive every attention-that his condition requires . His portmanteau , being first opened in the presence of the goveimor , was directed to be given him , and Mr . Strahan , it is known , will do all in his power towards rendering his confinement as little irksome as possible , pending an application , for bail to the Court of Qaeen * s Bench . "

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      THE AUSTRO-TURKISH TREATS ' . Thb following document purports to be , and we believe is , the text of the Convention concluded on the 14 th June , between Austria and the "Porte , with regard to the occupation of the Principalities : — " His Majesty the Emperor of Austria , fully aware that the existence of the Ottoman Empire , in its present limits , is necessary for the maintenance ot the balance between the States of Europe , and that in particular the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities is one of the conditions of the integrity of that Empire ; being , moreover , prepared to cooperate by the means at his disposal in the measures proper to secure the object of the conceit established between the Cabinets and the high Courts represented at the Conference of Vienna ; His Imperial Majesty tho Sultan , on his part , having accepted that offer of co-operatibn , amicably

      proposed py His Majesty the Emperor of Austria , —it has appeared fitting to conclude a convention , in order to regulate the manner in whi « h the co-operation in question shall be effected . In that "view His Imperial Majesty the Sultan and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria have named their Plenipotentiaries , to wit , His Imperial Majesty the Sultan naming Mustapha Redschid Pasha , ex-Grand Vizier , actually his Minister for Foreign Afiairs , decorated with the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the First Class , &c . ; and His Majesty tho Emperor of Austria , the Bttron Charles do JJruolc , &c . ( his titles and honours are here recited ) who , having exchanged the powers fouod in > good and duo form , have agreed on the following articles : — " 1 . His Majesty the Emperor of Austria engages to exhaust ( d puisser ) all tho means of negotiation and others

      to obtain tho evacuation of tho I > unubian Principalities by the foreign army w !» 3 ch occupies them , and oven to employ , in case of need , tba number of troops necessary to attain that end . " 2 . It shall appertain , for this case exclusively , to the Imperial Commandant-in-Chiof to direct tho operations of tya army . Th ' i 3 last will , neverthelcss , take caro to inform , in due time , the Commander-in-Cliief of the Ottoman army respecting liis operations . 4 * 3 . His Majesty tho Emperor af Austria takes upon him tho engagement to re-establish , liy common accord with the Ottoman Government , in tho Principalities , and as much as possible , the legal atnto of affiurs , such as results from tho privileges secured ly the Sublime Porto relative to the administration of those countries . Tho looal authoriticu

      thus constituted shall not , however , extend their notion to tho point of wishing to exercise a control over tho Imperial flrmy . " 4 . Tho Imporial Court of Austria engages , moreover , not to enter with tho Court of ltussia into any plan ot arrnngemont wliicli shall not have for its basis { point do depart ') tho sovereign riglitH of Ilia Imperial Majesty tho bnJtun nnd tho integrity of liia empire . " 6 . From the time that tho oljuct of tho preticot convention slum have loon -attained by tho conoluBion of a treaty «' . P »« o . bofcwcon tho Sublimo Porto and tho Court of Uubbw , Hib Mujosty tho Emperor of Austria will mnUe at once arrangemonta to withdraw , in tho shortest possible time , Mb loroeB from tho territory of tho I ' lincipalitioa . Tho detaila concerning tho witlidrawal of tho Austrian troops ahall form ii ° T ? "P ecilil an-angmnqnt ( entente ) with tho Sub-Hmo . Porto . '

      "& . The Government of Austria expects that the authorities of the countries temporarily occupied by the Imperial troops will affopd all ^ ssistarwe and facility , as well for their march , their quarters ,. and their encampment , as for their subsistence Maa that of their horses , and for their communications * The Austrian Government expects that all demands will T > e attended to relative to tlie requirement of tho service which may be addressed by the Austrian commanders cither to the Ottoman Government by the-Imperial Internuncio at Constantinople or directly to the local authorities , unless where reasons of great importance render their execution impossible . It is understood that tbe commanders of the Imperial army shall maintain the strictest discipline among theirtroops , and shall respect , and cause to be respected , property , the laws , the religion , and the usages of the country .

      " 7 . The present convention shall be ratified , anil the ratifications exchanged at Vienna in the space of four weeks at the soonest , if it do possible , from the date of the signatures . In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it , and affixed to it their seals . " Done in duplicate , for one and the same object , at Boyudji-keni , this 14 tli June , 1854 . "

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      The following are the recommendations with which the Commissioners oa Promotion in the Army conclude their report . The commissioners are—Mr . Sidney Herbert , lords Hardinge , Cathcart Grey , Panmure , and Seaton ,, Sir John PakingtOB , Mr . Edward Elice , Sir J . Burgoyne , Sir Hew D . Boss , and Colonel Knoll ys : — " 1 . TJ ?» t Officers , after actually serving , with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in cominand of , or as seGCr . d lieutenantcolonels of Regiments , as mounted officers of the Guards , field , officers of the Eoyal Artillery and Royal Engineers , © r on the staff in situations necessarily lield by lieutenantcolonels for three years , be given the rank of full colonel" 2 . That existing field-officers be allowed to rise by brevet , as under the regulations now in force ; but no officer not now of the rank of field-officer to rise from the rank of lieutenant-colonel to that of colonel otherwise than by three years' service in the former rank , or as a reward for distinguished service , or as now , by appointment as a Queen ' s aide-de-camp .

      PROMOTION IN THE ARMY .

      " 3 . That your Majesty should more freely exercise your undoubted power of appointing colonels to commands as major-generals , with temporary rank as such ; that this should be dona , more especially as regards commands abroad , and - without regard to seniority . That , in like manner , the temporary rank of liratenant-general or general be given to officers appointed to commands and selected from tlie list of colonels or general officers whenever the convenience of the service requires it . " 4 . That general periodical brevets be prospectively abolished . " 5 . That there shall be a fixed establishment of general officers .

      6 . That m addition to the general officers being colonels of regiments , there shall be 100 general officers in the receipt of unattached pay of 17 . 5 s . a day , making a present total of 234 for the Guards and the Line ; and that the list of general officers being colonels commandant of the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers , or colonels in receipt of their regimental pay , being unattached , shall consist of 24 for tlie Royal Artillery , and 12 for the Royal Engineers . " 7 . That those general officers in receipt of the half pay of tlieir last regimental rank be not included in the 234 , but their names be printed , according to tlieir senioritv . on the

      same list with the otliers , as now . For convenience of reference , their names to have an asterisk prefixed to them . " 8 . That every vacancy on the fixed lists be filled by tho promotion of the senior colonel of the branch of the service in which tho vacancy occurs , qualified to succeed to tho rank of major-general under the regulations now in forco—unless thero should bo a supernumerary majorgeneral , in which case the supernumerary should fill tho vacancy . If thero be more than ono supernumerary , a promornotion shall take place on every ; second vacancy only , until the supernumerary number be reduced .

      " v . That promotions Bhall bo mndo in tho ranks of field officers below tho rank of colonel from time to time , or as vacancies occur in tho major-general ' s list , with n . view to secure to those officers that promotion which they would have obtained under the present systom . " 10 . That , in addition to tho colonels promoted by seniority to bo major-generals under tho foregoing rules , colonels in every branch of the service shall be cligbie for promotion to tho ranks of major-general , Houtenankgcneral , or general , either for brilliant service in the field , or , in consequence of their having held commamda with temporary r « nlc as general officers for five years during peace , or for itny short or period during war which may appear to tho Comraander-in-Chief , ortlio Master-General of tho Ordnance to give them n just clnim to have their temporary rank mndo permanent . In thocsiso of officers promoted to tho rank of

      gonenu oiheers ns a reward for brilliant eorvico in war , the promotions to bo given in such form us your Majesty may bo pleased to determine , tho recommendation , in which tho sor-ucea of the officer ahull bo dctailod , being mado public , with a view to insure tlio responsibility which , ouelit to attach to an appointniont . thus mado out of tho regular courao of army promotions . " 11 . A'hnt tho rank of lield-marahal Bhall bo given without reference to sonlority . 41 J 2 . That any captain , major , or lioutonnnt-colonel mny bo rewarded by promotion lor brilliant service in tho field ; in cases , however , whoro » uch promotions would doprivo tho oflker of regimentnl employment , by which tho interests both of tho Borvico und tho oflicor might bo prejudiced , brevet rank may bo given , to bo converted into regimental rank at tho earliest subsequent poriod tho ubovo conaidoratlonti will admit of . 11 18 . That tho ooinmnnd of battalions in tho Ordnance ' corps bo given without reference to seniority , in tho sumo

      manner as the colonelcies , of . regiments to the officers whose services appear . the best to entitle them to such a distuic * tion . " 14 . That your Majesty should exercise your Uffldotirjted . ' power of selecting officers of all ranks in tlie Ordnance corps for semce , and give such rank or promotion to such officers as their merits may appear to require , . without regard to their seniority in the corps . " 15 . That the commands of general officers and situation on the staff , both at home and abroad , shall not be held for more than five years , unless by reappointment . " 10 . That the practice of appointing a second lieutenant ^ colonel to regiments serving in India , one of whom 13 frequently withdrawn from his regiment to command as brigadier , be discontinued . Instead of this arrangement , officers to be appointed , with temporary rank as major-generals , to hold the command now given to brigadiers , leaving the regimental officers to perform , tlieir own proper duties when

      one lieutenant-colonel would be sufficient for each regiment in India , as elsewhere . " 17 . That the power of selling out of the army , the name of the officer being retained oa the Army List on italics , by the permission of the Commander-in-Cnief , which is now confined to full colonels and officers having the Order of tho Bath , shall be extended to all field-officers . " 18 . That the retired fall pay list be prospectively fixed for the Ordnance corps at 48 , 000 / ., and for the restoftha army at $ 0 , 0001 " 19 . Each officer to receive a step of rank , together with , the full pay of the rank from which he retires , and the existing restrictions as to the numbers who mav annually retire in the Ordnance corps to be done away with .. " 20 . That the additional 100 L a-yaar to twenty lieutenant-colonels on the half-pay list be discontinued , subject to existing interests . The twenty lieutenant-colonels now receiving it , to be offered the new setisement , or to continue Ott the active list as now , at their ^ &ption , but no successors to be appointed to their vacancies . "

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      HEALTH OF LONDON . ( From tke Registrar-GeneraTs Return . '} In the week that ended last Saturday , tlie total number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts was 1290 . In the leu corresponding- weeks of the years 1844-53 the average numbet was 990 , and if this is raised in proportion to increase of population it becomes 1089 . There is , therefore , an excess in last week's return of 201 above tke estimated amount . The numbers returned in the four weeks of June have been 1110 , 1085 , 1153 , and 1290 . The rate of mortality in London has been Mgh for some time ; , but at the end of the quarter the . registration of many coroners' cases , that occurred previously , -was completed , and to this circumstance th « heavy return of last week is in great measure due .

      Scarlatina appears to be gaining ground , the deaths referred to it last week numbering 72 . Small-pox was fatal in 10 cases , m&asles in 22 , hooping-cough in 35 , diarrhoea in 25 , typhus in 47 . Six children died of syphilitic disease ; a man of hydrophobia . I / nst week the births of 920 boys , and 6 * 4 girls , in all 1764 children , -were registered in London . In nine corresponding -weeis of the years 1845-53 the average number was 1453 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwicli , tho mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-618 in . The reading of the barometer was 29-98 in . at the beginning of the week , aad 29 * 82 in . at tlie end of it .

      The mean temperature of the week wae 57 * 9 degs ., which is a-5 degs . below the average of the same week in 38 years . The mean daily temperature waa 6-4 degs . above the average on Sunday , and waa below it during the rest of the week ; on Tuesday and Saturday it was 6 . 6 degs . and 8 degs , below tho average . The highest temperature of tho week was 80 dege . on Sunday ; tlie lowest was 4 f > 5 degs . oa Friday . The mean dew-point temperature was 52 * 4 : degs . ; between this and the mean temperature of the air the difference is 5 * 5 dege . The wind blew mostly from the south and south-west . The amount of rain in the weok was 0-52 degs . in ., most of which fell on Wednesday , Thursday , and Saturday .

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      The records of Court doings are not without interest . The Queen held a Court on Saturday to receive the Indian gentleman , Maharajah Duleep Singh ; and another on . Monday to receive Sir George lionham on his return from China j and tho new Bishop of Bath , and Wclla to do homage on his appointment . Tho Queen has been to the Crystal Palace , to the Opera Comique , and tho Olympic Theatre . Prince Albert has been to the annual meeting of the Cambridge Archaeological Institute 3 nnd line inspected the Victoria Lodging-houses of the married Bokliers of tho Guards . On Monday tho King of Portugal and the Duko of Oporto took leave of tho Court , arid sailed the snmo afternoon from Woolwich to Ostond .

      MISCELLANEOUS

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      It ih rumoured , nnd it ia aaid on credible authority , tlinfc tho young King of Portugal is not unlikely to oiler hia hand to tno Pnncosu Charlotte of Belgium . Tho Ptodmontcso Gazette announces tho donth of tho infant Frinc © Ohnrloa Albert , Dulco of Olmbltila , son of tho King of Swdinin . The ro-yn . 1 oliild wa » born eu tho 2 nd of

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      MA THJfi LEADER , f&A / ouijDAY ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 8, 1854, page 634, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2046/page/10/