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t reo-ret for what he had done— " regret which so along with him to his grave . " These remarks made under tho influence of the most violeDt , n and , at their conclusion , the colonel left the quite overcome . The cross-examining counsel aid he could not , " asa gentleman , " Colonel ie aiiv further questions after so handsome an v The young collegians who were present " dcd and so the matter has " apparently come to
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AMERICA . s continues to attract attention . General Lane ¦ i-ned the Presidency of the Constitutional Coni which adjourned from Minneola to Leavenon the evening of the 25 th ult . Charges of tion prevail ; but the advocates of extreme is are becoming more moderate . It is expected ie Topeka ( or anti-slavery ) Constitution will be A , with some modifications . Sandy Hook , near o ' rk , is to be fortified . The Navy Department at ngton has received despatches from Lieutenant i , ° dated Pisisi , February 17 th and 22 nd , saying lie exploring party had returned to the Gulf of i for want of provisions . Considerable ill-health led , and Surgeon O'Hara was left at Pisisi to to the sick . On Lieutenant Craven ' s way down trato , he met Lieutenant Michlan ' s division , who unning a level with great rapidity . Lieutenant i confidently expected that the survey would be j ted by the 20 th of March . number of volunteers for the Utah expedition is jreat . The War Department contemplates ing the force of the expedition to 5500 men , ring the command to an officer of a higher grade lolonel Johnston . ; ral battles have been fought in Mexico between institutional forces and those of the Zuloaga lment . General Parrodi has retreated before . 1 Osallos , of the Zuloaga party . Pronuneias are still the order of the day ; but the Governof Zuloaga seem to be gaining ground . The Vera Cruz is under martial law . General Vihas issued a proclamation at Matarnasas , de-; it a free port , and demanding the payment of ' -five per cent , on all money due for church t . y . n Yucatan we learn that the Indians , having the town of Baccalar , and ransom not being iming , massacred all the inhabitants . Peru ami lda are still in the throes of revolution . Ir . Maxwell , a slave-owner , has been killed by his negroes , iii revenge for having flogged two of ck women . The murderers afterwards , fled , but mrsued and captured , and will probably be ed . ' An American papjr says that Mr . Maxwell ealthy , " and a very honourable upright man , ill unkind to his servants . " The black women who ogged would probably give another account .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . . arrow arid unchristian feeling is to be conled which regards with jealousy the progress rei ^ a nations " , and cares fur no portion oi the in race but that to which itsek' belongs . Dlt . AltNOLD . VRXK CK ' mission has been appointed to examine and rathe best system for placing the French commercial a a state of defence , a question in which the Oujnt takes great interest . Emperor reviewed , lust Saturday , in tho Court of ileries and the Carrousel , thu lUtli and 17 th batof Kifles , the lat , 5 ' 2 nd , 74 th , 82 nd , 84 th , n \ r > th , ' 8 th , and 100 th liegiinents of Inlnntry . These were commanded by General Ulrich , of tho U Guard . eaid that a serious misunderstanding has recently between the- Kmporor and Prince Napoleon , but ils arc given . iino Victor Hugo , who with her daughter has boon a for some wo » ks past , has again left for Guernsey , lit of Madame Hugo to the French capital ( sayri mi ) was rendered necessary by tho state of hunllh daughter , who hus been muuli benefited by the of air . Procui-cur-ImpuYIal at Pan has ordorod a prosoouninat tho authors of uoiuo scandalous statements g the honour of thu Carniolito sisters in that
> r Mnsczini furnishes to tlio Euglirih pnpern sonus UBtmtioaa of the Roigu of Terror now existing in Ho writes : — " Tim work of persecution in ie going on ailently , but unceasingly . Doomed ti-Aco-ooutiiiuing-to-. rouoU-Mui' 6 uUl ( id-Civ , cry _ nigUt I tho dcpartamtiiia . They aro convoyoil , liko the « Justice , in cellular vans . Tho arrcnts woro nil ininod . They took plaoo simultaneously in all is a low daya before tUo promulgation of tho L . iw io Safety , from old and rouont lists of nnmos , » na . rkcd with tho word Republican . ' They avo morous . The Governor of Algeria writes , urging r places of conllnomout being chosen . Algiers
alone has already 700 prisoners . It is , in the midst ot at least apparent tranquillity , a second and enlarged edition of the coup d ' etat . The ferocity in the execution of the orders is rivalling the Syllan despotism of the measure . " He then gives several instances , of which the annexed is one of the most gross : — " M . Lebrun , a notary at Charot , arrondissement of Bourges , department of the Cher , was arrested at the end of his dinner-Struck by the suddenness of the measure , he was taken ill . He was refused all help , and was brutally dragged into the van . On the way , at St . 1-Iorent , he imploredfor a medical man , and was equally refused . On reaching the Maison d'Arret , at Bourges , his state was such that the gaoler declined to receive him . lie was taken to the hospital , where , soon after , he died . " M . Migeon , the deputy who was . recently prosecuted for electoral corruption , on account of his having offended the Government of which he had originally been a servant , is now undergoing bis term of one month's imprisonment in the prison of Oulmar—a sentence passed on him , not for electoral corruption , which charge has b ; en abandoned for prudential reasons , but for the offence of illegally wearing the decoration of the Log ' ion of Honour . A paper having stated that lie had lied to Switzerland , M . Migeon writes to deny that charge . lie only wont to Uasle until he received a guarantee from Government that he wouli not be treated in tlic same way as common prisoners . That having been given , he surrendered . He alleges that , " under pretext of arresting him , a search was made at his residence , in Paris , on the olst of March , and that , on the pretext of electoral propagandism , all his letters were opened and read . " M . Persoz , PYofo sor of Chemistry at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers of Paris , has just discovered a method by which photography may be applied to the ornamenting of silk stuffs . If a piece of silk b-i impregnated with bjicromate of potash- —a substance extremely sensitive to light—and then exposed to the influence of the sun , the parts touched by the rays of light will assume a peculiar reddish tint . For the production of a pattern , cut paper , containing the design intended , must be laid on the silk ; and the result will be that the parts thus protected will retain tbe original colour of the stuff" , while those exposed to the light will be changed . Rich patterns may thus be obtained ou plain silks- at a small expense . The report of Baron Ilaussmann on the new embellishment of Parrs , to which the Emperor alluded in his late speech , has been published . It is remarked ( says a contemporary ) that this new plan has a strategical feature , and the report makes no mystery of the fact . ' The opening of new streets branching oil' round the barracks of the Chateau d'liau will have for effect to establish a direct communication between the fort of Viucennes and the centre of Paris . It may bo remembered that , in 18-18 , what tended to prolong the struggle of the insurgents of J une was the Moouasity for the Government to make such a considerable circuit to reach Yiueeiines . The J ' utric contains u long article on the decrease of the population in France , and on the decline in the phvsical powers of the inhabitants . It attributes this result to the insufficient food of the working classes , and to the discredit into which gymnastic exercises have fallen . AUSTIJIA . The arrival of the Turkish commission in Servhi has led the Austrian Government to adopt certain measures . A body of 1 U 00 Austriiins have been stationed utSomlin , and OOUO posted along the frontier . The Austrian consul-general hud left I ' jv Teuicavnr , to concert with Count Coroniiii , the commanding officer in tho Banal .
n . The Emperor lias ordered that the Polish language be again used in matters of business by all the Imperial authorities iu Poland . A circular despatch has been sent by the Cabinet of St . Petersburg relative to tho Christian subjects of tho Porte . According to a letter from Berlin , liussin demands that the ( juisliou of rnyahs should be brought before a Kuropean conference . Tlio prvwunt disturbances in the llmzegovinoniid in Bosnia , says thu letter , entirely uriso from the Porto not having executed the provisions of the HnUU'Huuinyouii , but us the completion of that ordinance constitutes an obligation based on tho treaty of Paris , it is thu right , and even the duty , of the powers who signed tho treaty of Pari . i to oxuot that tlio position of the Christians in Turkey should bo re / illy settled , and without any restriction , according to tho proscriptions of tho ilatti-Hiiinayoun . The Cabinet of St . Petersburg declares against uu isolated tnlorvoiuion of Austria in this question , and remarks thai , in consideration of tlio mnlugy of religion , mi intervention of Kuasia would Ije bettor justified . Jiu . wia , however , doe * not express a wish to interfore , all her ollbru being directed to bringing tlio quosLion before a Kuropoaii conference , which , lUiuonliiur to tho treaty of l ' arin , lias a right to decide it . u ^ o < iesp «^^ mid promise * a norius ot spooial proofs , which will bo iurniribed to thu ttusttian ugonts accredited in Turkoy . Thoro has boon a nlight niodlUoatlon iu tUo ilusijhui Ministry . M . Brouk , Minister of Finance , retires , anil is ttuoooodod by M . Kniajovitoli , formerly Uirootor of tho TrouHury . M . Noron " , MiuiHtor of Public Instruction , ulao retires , and la roplucod by M . Kovalewaki , ' of
whose talents and qualifications the St . Petersburg-Journals speak irt terms of high praise . The emancipation of serfs is making great progress . The nobles of the districts of Orel and Tver , following the example of the other provinces , have solicited permission to form committees for regulating the enfranchisement of their serfs . The measure has become general . _
ITALY . It is the custom in Naples , at Easter , to release one or two prisoners froni each province in the kingdom . This year , six-and-twenty captives have been liberated , and one of them is a person who , with his brother , was arrested on suspicion of having sold the spirits of wine in which the body of Milano was preserved . The brother still remains in gaoL A story of oppression is told in a letter from Bologna :- ^ "At Padua , a religious service was ordered to be celebrated for Orsini . The clergyman was not informed of the name of the person for whose repose he was called upon to pray ; he was merely told to offer up mass according to the intention of the persons who paid him liis fee . The police were surprised to find nearly the whole of the student . ? of the University at the mass . They suspected the real state of the case , and prevented the priest from proceeding . The students began to chant the De Profundis , but were dispersed , and some were arrested . At Faenza the walls were covered with placards relating to Orsini , -which the police tore down . " The King of Naples ( according to a statement in Paris ) has fitted out a squadron , composed of a ship of the line , three steam frigates , three steam corvettes , and two cutters , in anticipation of an attack from Piedmont . The Sardinian Government has declared itself in favour of the Danube Navigation Act being revised by the Paris Conference . The meeting of'this conference is . said to be again adjourned to the end of May . Mr . Hodge , whose friends have been feting him , has ( according to a letter from Turin ) addressed a note to Count Cavour , expressing his gratitude for the consideration and excellent treatment he has met with at the hands of the Government . A treaty of marriage lias been signed at Gaeta between the hereditarv Prince of Naples and a Princess of Bavaria , the sister of the Empress of Austria . The marriage will take place next September . The Turin Inili : peitiUnte of April 12 th , sa 3 's that the majority of the Chamber met the preceding daj ' , to coma to an arrangement relative to the counter-project of the minority of the committee on the Deforest a proposition . It was agreed to in principle that conspiracy against , or attempts to take the life of , a foreign sovereign , or chief , of a foreign Government , should be punished by hard labour . A ltoman brigand , named . Vendetta , recantly stole from the cathedral of Valletri , near Roma , » in image of the Virgin , covered with gold , and decked out with precious .-stones , &c . lie tlieu sjat in a written proposal to restore it on condition of immunity from punishment being granted to him , besides the release of h ' n brother , who is conde . uncd to de . ith , and a pension of ten crown 3 a m nth . He di . l nut hero state that it was he who stole the image , but he said he knew who did . The Pope was communicated with , a ' . ul directed that tho tirst condition should be complied wilh , but not the other two . This did not suit the brigand , and the Madonna was not produced . In the meanwhile the people grew angry at the loss of their image , and the friends of Vendetta circulated a report that the Jesuits were guilty of the theft . A mob therefore broke into tho neighbouring Jesuit , convent , sacked it , and ill-treated tho lathers . Tho suff'ragau bishop ascended the pulpir , nml begged the people to becalm ; but they would not listen to him , and , on his descending from the pulpit , Vendetta , armed with a poniard , went into it , and thus spoke : —'' lie patient ! The good fathers are innocent . It is I who stole the Madonna . But 1 will only restore it when tho Government , to whom 1 grant a delay till Monday evening , shall have consented to tho compact I have proposed to it . Bo culm , therefore , and nhout no more . I warn you , iu conclusion , that 1113 ' rompntiiuiis are armed 113 well as 1 . " The conclusion of this wild . - story—whioli is liko the plot of some Italian opera . —is not yet known . A deputation from the municipality of Volletri have hud an interview with the Pope , and troops hnvo boon sent to tlio spot . ( SI ' . WN .
' Ono of tho creditors of tlio Government , to whom it applied iu its fhianeial distress in LtioH , bus sold tlio pledge givon to him iu security of tho debt . Carlist bands urn ro . ipp . iariug iu tho mountains . The commitloe of tho Cortiirf charged to oxaiuiue tho bill on tho press lias introduoud into it uniondmentrf favourable to froodom ol' dUcurwiou . Ono provision of tho bill states that attacki directed against foroLfu sovo--J'okn ;) shall not bo li . iblo to prosecution , unloss they ! up ply uTlin ^ MMfii ^^ 1 in iii force . Tho O . U 0011 has received in private audkmco Lord Uowdon , who coinniunioatod his lottors of rooal , and proaontod to hor aMujouty tho Honourable Mr . Plunkott , nttachd of tho Legation . j tuhkkv : M . Kiehrath . a Prussian engineer attached to tho
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n 421 , Ajpbh . 17 , 1858 . ] TH V LEADER , ^
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Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1858, page 367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2239/page/7/
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