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Emperor Gya-Long formerly ceded this ternary to Lotto XVL , and it is considered to belong to France . The Erenoh Government also proposes , it is said , to send a military expedition to support a demand for satisfaction for the insult offered to the Emperor of the French in the person of M . de Montigny by the Emperor of Annam- In military and naval circles the expedition is regarded as certain , but the period at which it is to take place is not yet decided . Some of the dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church take a great interest in the matter . —Times Paris Correspondent .
An extraordinary event ( say the continental papers ) occurred at Strasburg last Saturday . A medical student , named Auteville , twenty-six years of age , was cited before the tribunal of Correctional Police on the charge of having assaulted a carpenter , and grossly insulted some women in a public-house . The Tribunal sentenced the man to three months' imprisonment . On hearing the condemnation , the prisoner , w had previously been calm , jumped up , and cried out , " You have condemned me—that is cowardly . May my blood fall on you !" Then , pulling a knife from under his coat , he plunged it into his breast , close to his heart . Medical assistance was at once procured for him , and he expressed a desire to see a priest ; bnt , when a clergyman arrived , he was in delirium , and a few hours after he died .
The Moniieur publishes a long list of diplomatic appointments . M . de Eayneval goes a 3 Ambassador to St . Petersburg , and is replaced at Rome by M . de Gramraont , whose , place at Turin is given to M . de la Tour d'Auvergne . MM . Ferriere le Vayer , Reculot , and Damremont go respectively to Florence , Stuttgard , and " Hanover . M , Mercier is appointed Minister at Stockholm ; M . Montherot to the same functions at Athens ; M . Pichon succeeds M . Bourse at Teheran . The Prefect of the Seine has just presented to the Municipal Council of Paris a report on the finances of the city . It begins by saying : — " The great enterprizes which the city has not feared to undertake during the first results have
last few years , and of which the awakened public attention , are the subject to many persons of apprehension , which , though no doubt sincere , are to be regretted , as to the prudence of the combinations on which these enterprizes repose 5 and it is therefore the duty of the municipal administration to give all who will he kind enough to examine before judging the means of seeing that if a certain boldness seems to inr spire its acts prudence is not : excluded from its councils . " TJm report then enters on a vast mass of figures , and concludes by remarking that the financial- situation is such as to prove that the reproach of imprudence . 'brought against the municipal administration is unfounded , and that confidence in the future may be entertained .
An inquiry has been made , by order of the Minister of War , into the circumstances attending a fatal duel between two cadets at St . Cyr . It having appeared that everything was fairly conducted , the survivor has only been sentenced to serve for one year as a private soldier in a regiment , and then to return to his studies . Prince Napoleon is to go to the Sardinian frontier to compliment King Victor Emmauel on the occasion of the junction of the French and Piedmontese lines of railway , at which his Majesty will be present . An unlicensed broker , named Joseph Collon , doing business on the Paris Bourse , has been sentenced by the Police Court of Paris to imprisonment for two months and a fine of lOOf , for having publicly asserted that the conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor , and of which the conspirators wore lately , convicted before the Court of Assize , was a plot got .. up by the police to influence the elections . < - SPAIN .
The Madrid Gazette of the 13 th publishes a circular from the Minister of the Interior to the governors of provinces , in which he directs them to take measures for punishing , according to law , all persons guilty of the offence of blaspheming or ridiculing God , the Virgin , the saints , and holy things , by means of engravings , drawings , or figures—an offence which , he says , has of late become somewhat frequent in certain parts of the country .
TURKEY . Previous to the recent change of Ministry , owing , as the reader already knows , to the complications in the Moldavian question , M . de Thouvenel , the French Ambassador , informed the Sultan , in a direct communication to him , that he could no longer hold diplomatic relations with Ministers who wore under foreign influonco—that is to say , the influence of England and Austria . This determined the Sultan to seek now advisera , and ho therefore aont for Mustapha Pacha , of Crete , an old man , much respected for his independence and sound
judgment . He was made Grand Vizier , and a new Ministry was formed , the members of which have already been mentioned in this journal . They came to tho same reaolutlon of not annulling the Moldavian elections as the previous Cabinet had arrived at , and the French Minister then struck his flag—an example followed by Russia , Prussia , and Sardinia . On the other hand , Austria protested ogainst annulling tho © lectiona , and threatened that in such an event , she would occupy the Principalities with 160 , 000 men . Such woro the compligatlons which aeem to have boon resolved by the Osborno conference .
A commission was recently Bent from Constantinople to the Montenegrin frontier , charged with oxamining Into the state of tho Turkish troops emotioned ^ oro , It
was ascertained by the commission that not half of the Albanian irregular troops had been called out , notwithstanding that their commander , Djemil 'Bey , drew pay for the whole corps . This individual has been sent under arrest to Constantinople , where his conduct will be investigated .
AUSTRIA . The Emperor is now making a tour through Hungary . The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the' Archduchess Charlotte have been visiting Trieste , where they have h ^ en feted so sumptuously that the resources of the municipality are quite exhausted . "While these expensive entertainments are going on , religious troubles have arisen in Lombardy . " Several priests , " says the Times Vienna correspondent , " have been excommunicated by the Lombard bishops for denying that belief in the Immaculate Conception is necessary to salvation .
The sentence of excommunication was first read from the pulpit , and then affixed to the doors of the church A fewTiights since , two gendarmes who were patrolling in the ja ^ ighbourhood of Volongo met five suspiciouslooking : persons armed with guns . When an attempt was made to disarm the men , energetic resistance was offered , and a regular fight ensued , which ended by the gendarmes killing two of their opponents and capturing a third . The prisoner , and one of his lifeless companions had escaped from the fortress of Mantua on the 24 th of last May . "
Five clergymen in Bavaria have been excommunicated for declining to assert that salvation cannot possibly he found beyond the pale of the Church of Rome . ITALY . The Pope is still holding his court at Bologna . The municipal councils of almost all the larger cities in the Papal States have drawn up petitions for reform ; but it is anticipated that Cardinal Antonelli will prevent their being presented to the Pontiff . The walls of Bologna have been placarded with an address , which commences thus : —" Bolognese , —The journey of the Pope in his
States will figure in the annals of Italy as a new disaster for these desolate provinces . This journey had not for its object either to see and study more closely the evils and the wants of the people , or to hear and meet the just demands which time brings forth , or to sow the seeds of a solid and honest administration . It has been nothing but a vain party of pleasure—an immoderate thirst of ovations—an insatiable desire to consecrate the triumph of reaction . The Pope has rejected the example of those sovereigns who , cleverly profiting by similar points of contact with their people , have endeavoured to strike out a wav of conciliation between the
subjects and the Government- —a commencement of transition from the past to the future . He , on the contrary , deaf to the wauts of his people , wanting in all prudent policy , attentive only to the voice of the factious caste that surrounds him , came to amuse himself by walking on the almost smoking ruins of his people , who , with the instinct of acute suffering , placed their faith in him . But the illusion has now passed away from every one . All hearts to-day weep , shudder , and curse . " The placard , however , dissuades the people from any hostile manifestations , telling them to wait in patience for the future . From Naples we learn that the first stone has beon laid of the temple which is to commemorate the escape of the King from assassination . It is to stand on the spot where the attempt was made .
The Official Gazette of the Two Sicilies states that the two streams of lava , which had been for some time Blowly rolling down from Mount Vesuvius , have stopped their course for want of aliment from their craters , but that a third crater has opened higher up , which emits stones and ashes . Between the Sardinian Government and that of Naples , ( says the Times Turin correspondent ; there has lately broken out a very serious difference , which threatens at no distant period to lead to an interruption o £ diplomatic relations . Tho quarrel is , of course , asoribablo more or less to the recent Mazzinian attempt and tho capture of tho Oagliari . Tho Sardinian Government oxpressea its willingness to aid tho Neapolitan in the most searching inquiry as to tho culpability or innocence of all concerned ; but it naturally insists that "those who have been unfortunate enough to fall into the power of tho Neapolitan Government should be treated with tho decency due to civilized beings , whether they bo guilty or
not . RUSSIA . The St . Petersburg correspondent of tho Kbniytbcrg Gazette announces that a first reduction of tho Guarda of tho Russian army , by not loss than thirty thousand men , has been ordered by tho Emperor . Each regiment is to lose four colonels , and is to bo reduced to a strength of 800 . On tho other hand , it is said that groat activity prevails in tho naval arsenal , and that tho dospatch of a Russian squadron to tho Chinoso Soaa has boon resolved upon . DICNMARK .
Tho session extraordinary of tho Provincial States of tho Duchy of HolBtoin waa opened at Itzehoe on tho 16 th instant . Tho King ' s Commissioner , M . do Lovotzau , announced to tho assembly that tho Government was about to submit to Its deliberations tho plan of a constitution with tho changes recently introduced , but that tho decision of tho Govornmont would only bo communicated to tho States In the ordinary aenalon .
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The August session of this court commenced on Monday , when but few cases were tried . The religious question , however , obtruded itself . On t ho petty jury being called upon to serve in the New Court during the day , one of the gentlemen objected , upon the ground that he could not take an oath . Sir R . Garden : "Of what religion are you ? " Juryman : " I am not of any religion . " Sir R . Carden : ' ^ Are you an Atheist ?" Juryman : " I consider that term as applied to me offensive . " Sir R . Carden : " I do not want an answer of that kind . I want to know of what religion you are ?" Juryman : " I am not of any religion at all . " Sir . E . Carden : " Then I am sure 3 'ou will be excused , as . a man without religion is not capable of doing his duty in this court . " Mr . Payne : " Nor in this country , nor anywhere else . " Sir R . Carden : " You are excused , and I hope you will never be summoned again . "
William Frederick Gardner , on Tuesday , pleaded Guilty to a charge of embezzling 8 GL 18 s ., 13 / . 10 s , and 51 . 18 s . from Edward Thomas Spencer , his employer . It was not until he had left Mr . Spencer ' s service that the defalcations came to light , and then it wo 3 only by Gardner ' s own voluntary confession . He sent a solicitor to the prosecutor , who informed him that Gardner had embezzled money to the amount of 1601 ., and proposed some sort of arrangement for the repayment of that sum . It was then discovered that ho
had embezzled money upon a variety of occasions ; but it appeared that every time he did so he placed an I O U for the amount in the cashbox , and it also appeared that he had effected an insurance upon his life for more than the amount he had abstracted from his employer . Mr . Spencer , believing from these circumstances that Gardner would have made good the money he embezzled if ho had been in a condition to do so , and that he had evinced contrition for the act he had committed , was anxious to recommend him to the merciful consideration of the court . He was sentenced to six . months' hard labour .
George Witten pleaded Guilty toia burglary ma public-house . The landlord found him one night in tho baiy and gave him so severe a blow over the head with a cricket-bat that it was found necessary to take him to the hospital . The Common Seijeant told him that , had he been killed , the act would have been quite justifiable , and sentenced him to six months . ' hard labour . George Richard Clarke , the man concerned in the abduction of a Jewish girl , named Elizabeth Harris , has been found Guilty of that offence , and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour . Joseph and Thomas Collins , brothers , have been found Guilty of feloniously uttering a forged 51 . Dank of England note . They appear to have carried on for some time past a very extensive system of plunder by means of sham noted . The Judge sentenced them to ten years' penal servitude .
George Frederick Carpenter , a youth of seventeen , whe had been in tho Post-office , has been found Guilty of a charge of unlawfully detaining letters . Tho defenco was that , during tho hot weather , he wxxs unablo to deliver all tho letters that were entrusted to him . Ho wa * sentenced to twelve months' hard labour . Asher Sterne , a German , was charged with setting fire to his dwelling-house , persons being in it at tho time . The facts have already uppeared in this paper . Tho cvidonco did not substantiate tho charge , and it appeared
that the West of England Insurance Office , after an investigation , paid Sterne tho claim lie miido on thorn . Serjeant Parry , in defending Sterne * suggested that tho charge had been trumped up by three men who had been convicted of endeavouring to extort money from * tho accused by threatening to charge him with this offence . At the concluaion of his counsel ' s address , Storne fell down in the dock in a fit , and it was some time beforo he Was recovered . Tho jury found a verdict of Not Guilty . __ „ . . ¦ and
Johanna Flanagan , Margarot Flanagan , Mary Ann Flanagan , tho two latter doughtors of the former , were indicted for robbery , with violence , upon Margaret Crotfoy . On tho evening of tho 29 th of July , Crotloy was going through Gruvel-lane , Southwurk , whon eho wob set upon by tho three womon , ono of whom at first seized hor fast by tho throat , while another tore her » hawl off . They then throw her down , and , while , tho elder knolt on her chest , the othora kicked mid boat hor until she became almoHt insensible . They then stripped hor almost naked , and mado ofl "; but , tho police being acquainted with them , they woro enabled to apprehend them three days afterwards nt a houao in Gloashouaeyard . The jury found thorn ull Guilty . Johanna and Margarot , having boon beforo convicted , wore each Bontonccd to four years' penal servitude , and Mary Ann to eighteen monthn' imprisonment .
Gporgo Cox has boon found Guilty of stabbing Caroline Cox , hia wife , and William Fortio , with whom sho had boon living . Our roadoru « ro ulroauy in possession of tho Btory . Ho wns recommended tojrnoroy on account of tho provocation ho received . Sentence was deferred . John Payno , a young man nineteen years old , haa boon Acquitted , on tho ground of insanity , < , f thomurdor of Richard Empaon , a ward-ma » tor in . St . Martina Workhouse , whore Payne waa staying- A ho ftUacK wjw
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OUR CIVILIZATION .
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No . 38 ft Augpst 22 , 1857 J THE LEADEB , 801
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 801, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2206/page/9/
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