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Massachusetts , has made an interesting report of an engagement , fought on the 21 st of March , 1856 , "bet-wean flie cre-w of that vessel and a band of North Russian Indians , near Port Gamble , Washington ' territory . The United States force had one man killed and one ¦ wounded , and the Indians lost " 27 killed and 21 wounded . Among the latter was one of their chiefs . The Indians sued foi peace , and promised to go to Tictoria , and never to visit Puget Sound again .
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THE ORIENT . PEKSIA , AKD INDIA . O : n the 8 th of February , a force under Lieutenant-General Sir James Outturn obtained a signal victory at lvhooshab over the Persians , commanded by Soojah-Ool-rooolk . On the 3 rd of February the expeditionary force , consisting of 419 cavalry , 4300 infantry , and 18 guns , left Bushire . After a march of ffarty-ono haurs it reached the Persian entrenchment at BooTazjoon , distant forty-six miles from Bushire , upon -which , the enemy retreated from their entrenchments to the mountains , abandoning their stores and ammunition , till of
which , -were destroyed . The British forces two days afterwards commenced their return marcl , in . which they were disturbed by an ; ineffectual night attack on the part of the enemy . At daybreak , the Persian army , about 6000 strong , with 5 guns , was attacked by -British cavalry and artillery , and totally routed . The enemy lost 700 killed , 100 prisoners , and two guns were taken . Our total loss Avas 10 killed and 62 wounded . Lieutenant 1 'Vankland was killed , and Captain Forbes , Captain Mockler , and Lieutenant Greentrcewere wounded . The expedition returned to Bushire on the 10 th of February . .
There have been some disturbances in Pegu , which were unimportant , but which led to a skirmish -with the troops . The Madras Exhibition was opened vury successfully by Lord Harris on the 8 th of February . Meetings have been held at Calcutta to petition Parliament against the regulation of the new penal code , subjecting Europeans to the jurisdiction of the Company ' s courts . The Bombay import market was steady ; cotton . and oil seeds were very linn . The money market -was unchanged . Government securities were slightly improved .
CHINA . With the exception of an attack en the junks in the Canton river , no further . active operations have token place at the scene of hostilities . Admiral Sir . £ 1 . Seymour was at Hong-Kong , waiting for reinforcements . The trial of AUum , the linker , and his follow-prisonor , charged with poisoning tho European inhabitants of Hong-Kong , lias resulted in & verdict of Not Guilty . A telegraphic message had been received at Hoinbay from the authorities at Calcutta , thai the JCmiHsror of China , had sent orders to Yeh to conclude -pence on any terms . At Hong-Kong , exchange was 4 s . 8 d . At Shanghai , imports were rather lower . ; tho total silk Bettlemcnts were 70 , 500 bales , of which G 7 , G 0 O liad been left ; prices . advanced 10 < 1 o 1 h . ' Exchange wan G . 4 . 7 d . At Fouchow , there was a further advance in ton . Tin import market was dull .
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OBITUARY . Mh . Jon . v MiTcmiM- Kemiiuj . —This gentleman , on < of tlio moat eminent Anglo-Saxon ncholara of the present century , died at Dublin from inflammation of thi lungs on Thursday -week . lie had bean to tho IrisI capital for the purpose of collecting specimens of Ccltl and Anglo-Saxon antiquities for the Art Treasures Kk hibition at Manchester , and it is thought that tho oxer titma he mndci hastened bin death . Mr . Komble woh t . h eldest son of the late Charles Kcmble , tUo actor ; lio \ vn educated partly by Dr . Uichardflon , author of tlic eclu brated Dictionary of the English language ; and wan Master of Arta of Cambridge . Besides his utandur works on Anglo-Saxon history and iihilology , ho w ; j for H < ivcral years tho editor of tho British ami ForcU ) ( luarlerlif Review , At the time of his dentil , he held til ofllco previously filled by hi » father—that of Examine of Pluys under the Lord Chamberlain . Mit , Lkkki . kk , the winger , died at tho latter end of I . in week in tho fiftieth year of hi . s age . JIo hns left n wif and nix children behind him , totally unprovided for .
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foi the consideration of certain proposals made by Austria with a view to facilitate commercial intercourse between Austria and the Zollverein , and 3 > ave tfee way for a fusion of th « two territorial-and fiscal unions into one body in the year 1866 . The King has commuted the sentence on . Herr von Eochow , who shot the late President of Police , Hinckeldey , and who was condemned to five years ' imprisonment in the fortress of Magdeburg for that offence . He was induced to do this by an act of extraordinary generosity and moral heautv on the-part of the widow of
the deceased . On the anniversary of the death of her husband , she wrote to the King , alluding to the melancholy feelings of bereavement which that da } ' rendered more poignant , and requesting that , as she could not , on that very -account ,-avoid sympathizing with the Frau von Eochow , the King would enable that lady . again to enjoy the society of her husband , by authorizing his liberation , The Jving wrote a very flattering and feeling answer to Madame Hinckeldey , and granted her request . The eldest daughter of the late President is about to be married to Herr von Miinchhausen , who acted as her father's second at the fatal encounter .
CONTINENTAL JfOTE'S . FKAXCE . . The police are said to have discovered the existence of a new secret society , called the Bons Hommes or Boris Enjants . A good many arrests were made on the morning of Friday week , but no details aore known . Although little is heard of them , it is believed that a wide ramification of secret societies underlies the whole of France . " It would appear , " says the Times correspondent , "that the . Haute V . ente ( to use the st 3 'le of Carbonarism ) is directed by some of the ' most influential among the political refugees in England . Between them and the directors at home there often arises much dissension . The latter willingly accept the co-operation of the absent ,
but they absolutely reject all dictation from them . Various modifications have been introduced into the present organisation of the affiliated . These are no longer classed in . dacziries or centuries . No single member can communicate with , more than three other members , and , in imitation of the secret societies under the Restoration , these occupy respectively tlie extremity of an imaginary triangle , with its sides touching another triangle , and so on , spreading out over the departments . " The Imperial Court will remove to Fontaineblean on the 1 st of May , in order , it is whispered , that the Russian Archduke Constantine , who is coming on a visit to the Emperor , may be kept out of the "way of the Parisians and of the Charivari , as he is said to be very eccentric , and apt to get into scrapes .
The Monitew contains the following : —• " Several foreign journals , led away by party feeling , or deceived by-malevolent correspondents , have represented the proceedings instituted against the Bishop of Moulius before the Council of State as the effect of political rancour . It . would ' be unworthy of the ' Government of his . Majesty to discuss such insinuations , which are so contrary to its sentiments of moderation and good faith .. The truth , as the -whole of France knows , is that the prelate against ¦ whom the proceedings have been directed for abuse of power has excited in his diocese by his imprudent conduct the deepest antipathy , and has thus compromised both the interests of religion and those of public order . The inhabitants of the department of the Allier have
remonstrated against such conduct , and their reprcsenta * tives , the highest and the most honourable , have not hesitated to unite with them . The limperor has himself received two petitions , signed by more than three thousand inhabitants of Moulins alone , and these documents attest the serious differences which exist between the Bishop and his rlock . The Government , in presence of such serious complaints and such reprehensible acts , bad to fulfil a duty of surveillance an < l protection . It has , therefore , made use of the only means of protesting which is sanctioned by the organic laws of France , at the same time that it has represented the state of things before the Holy See . It has acted without passion as well as without weakness . "
The oldest American banking-house in Paris , Messrs Greene and Co ., of the Place St . Georges , has been com pellod to suspend payment .
AUSTUIA . Count Paar and his . secretary quitted Turin on the 2 Cth ult . The rupture between Sardinia and Austria ( arising out of tho alleged excesses of tho Picdmontcsc press ) is complete ; but the Cabinet at Yiennu affects to think very lightly of the afTuir . It id said that Sardinia is supported by Kussut , nut of a desire to annoy Austria , and that Count , Stnckdberg , tho Czar ' s ambassador , exercises undue influence on Count Cavour . The Marquis de Cantnno ban quitted Vienna , where he represented the Cabinet of Turin . The Opinionc of Turin , contradicting recent assertions from Vienna , . says that the garrisons of Verona , Mantua , and Milan have been augmented .
Uhe Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian , tho newlyappointcd CJovernor-C . Joiicrul of 1 jombardy , was greeted with a startling nij . ; ht on the mo > ming after his arrival in Venice ( the ii-ltU ult ) . In tho Place of St . M ark , nt the Arsenal , and at another place , the Austrian . standard was found to be surmounted by this national colours , the Italian tricolor , which had been secretly hoisted during the night , . and , tha halliards having been removed , it was found dilUeult' to haul them down . Sonus say the thing was done by the police , in . on . liT to give an excuse for Boine political movement against the popular party ; but it appears more probable that it was done by Unpeople thein . selves . The Archduke was very coolly received on his arrival on tho 2 : > rd , few persons being abroad . The excuse is that Ihu nobility Ay ore " at dinner ; " but the fact is that tho 23 nl ult . \ vns the
anniversary of tin ; battle of Novara . Ferdinand-Maximilian will . speedily remove to Milan . 1 'uus . srA . The Zollverein Conference has been opened at Berlin
majority of 53 to 41 , and a duty-of Ufr . tOc , proposed by the Government , adopted by 54 to 39 . 8 RAIK . The result of : the elections known uj > to-this time ( . saj's a despatch from Madrid , of the 27 ih « 4 t . ) is favourable to the Moderados . MM . Martinez do la " Rosa , Goyeneoh Serrano , the Duke d'Albe , JNoaedal , « en ., and the Count de Belascoaia , have been elected for Madrid . The Government is also triumphing in the -electoral districts of the nmovince of Madrid .
ITALY , A measure , recently adopted at Some , which withdraws the you tli of the Roman States . 'from their former teachers , who are supposed to be too liberal , and commits them to the charge of the Jesuits , has created great dissatisfaction . The interests of several French subjects are compromised by the measure ; and it is hoped that France will interfere . ' THE DANUKIAN PIUNqiPAIilTIEa . The solemnity of the promulgation 6 f tho Imperial firman of the Sultan , relative to the convocation jdf the Divans ad hoc , -was accomplished on tho 12 th tdt . , Jassy . The ceremonies passed off with much enthusiasm and mutual good-will ; While -the firman was-being read , the troops of the garrison ¦ were under arms , . and tho artillery fired one hundred and one guns .
The Chamber of Representatives has rejected , by a majority of 241 to 73 , the law relative to the tax on houses . The Plenipotentiaries of Prussia , Austria , and Bavaria will take part in the negotiations at Paris relative to the Postal question . The commission appointed in each House of tlie Diet has already brought up its report on the Sound Dues Treaty , and both of them unanimously recommend the House to adopt It for ratification .
. -.,-. TURKEY . Several outrages on Protestant Christians in Turkey are alleged ( by the London Committee of the Turkish Missions ) to have taken place in various ports of the Forte ' s . dominions . Complaints , it is added , have been laid before the Sultan and . Lord Stratford de Eedeliffe . The investigation ordered by the Government into the a , ffair of the Kangaroo is over , and the commission has delivered its report to the Grand Vizier . It appears from that document that Ferhad Pacha and Ismail Bey ¦ were the principal authors , hot only of the expedition of tliat vessel , but of all the others organised for the same purpose—that ' of-supplying , the Circassians with arms and ammunition . They are to lie brought to trial for the offence . —Daily JYetvs
. . ¦;• RUSSIA . " Investigations have been instituted in several departments of the Russian service , " says the Times Berlin correspondent , " in consequence of the statements made by Sir Robert' Peel in his speech near Birmingham . The result has been , it is said , to prove the entire innocence of the persons incriminated by Sir Kobert . " Of course . That was a foregone conclusion . Tlie Kmperor has expressed liccn satisfaction at tlift conclusion of the treaty between Kngland and Persia . A grand banquet was given by Prince Oiortschakoff at tlic Hotel of Foreign Affairs , to - which Lord Wodehouse was invited ; and nearly every Ambassador at St . Petersburg , attended by his jwson ntl . was present .
Count Putiatin , who lately left St . ' Petersburg for Moscow , has quitted the latter capital , and set out for the Chinese frontier . His mission is supposed to have some connexion with tlie hostilities at present existing between JCngland and the authorities . at Canton . The Caucasus contains a very circumstantial account of another expedition which was made towards the end of January in the Great Tsclietohna , Schamyl ' is territory , and which lasted a fortnight . Several aitls were burnt , and paths were cut through two thick forests with a view to future enterprises . The T . scherkesseii are described as having opposed a most vigorous resistance , and us having made ample u . so of their mountain artillery ; but nothing was able to stop tho advance of the Russian ? , who , after attaining their object , retired to their former position with a lo . ss of thirty-nine men lulled . The expedition was conducted by General Jaw-( lomikofT . — Tim ax Jiorliie . C'ai'irM / iHidcnt .
The famine in Finland continues , and has reached a frightful point , many having actually died of starvation . The harvest last year , it scorns , fell far short of the wants , of the population ; whence tho present distress . The ' poor have been living on a bread composed of bark and straw ; hut many have been unable to obtain oven this sustenance . In the north of Sweden , things arc a . s bad . Lapland is sutler ing fuarfully , and it is even said that children have guawn their own hands from hunger , and that adults have diciL from starvation while endeavouring to sustain life by straw . Tho Swedish ( Jovernment lu * a acted energetically in giving relief to tho famishing .
There is to bo a diminution in the RiiKsian . Customs Tariff . Woollens and cottons arc reduced by one-half ; ribbons of all kinds from -1 roubles to " 2 ; cloth from 1 rouble to-10 k <> pocks ; nilk goods and printed Hilks remain at ' 1 roubles ; articles of linen are- reduced from ( JO to . ' 55 per cent . ; linen cloth h increased by ' 25 per cent ,
URUilllM , After a lengthened discussion , tho Belgian Chamber of ISoprcsoiituti von has < : om < : to a vote on the question of the import duty on coals . Ailiuiriniou free of all duty wan rejected by a majority of < J 0 to ; j ;{ ; a duty of 23 c . the ton , propo-ed by the committee , wus Kut usidc by a
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Leader (1850-1860), April 4, 1857, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2187/page/3/
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