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took occasion to advert to Iris absence from the banquet eiven to Sir Charles Bright at Dublin , a circumstance which was said to have been occasioned by the unwelcome presence of Cardinal Wiseman . His Excellency entirely disavowed the . ' sectarian and personal motives which had been attributed to him , and stated that his absence was occasioned by no'other cause than the pressure of public business . No definite opinion was expressed as to the possibility of remedying the defect in the cable , whatever it may be , which has interrupted the communication , but Professor Thompson spoke somewhat gloomily on the subject . The Tipfebarx BANK .-r-It is stated that the unfortunate creditors of this swindle , who trusted to the chance of settlement by compositions , have received two dividends , amounting together to 3 s . 6 d . in the pound .
Honours to Irishmen . — Mr . Brew , who has been selected to fill the important position of Inspector-General of Police in the new British gold region , volunteered during the war with Russia , and held an arduous place in the Commissariat all through the Crimean campaign . The appointment is worth 1000 / . a year . Sir Frederick Hughes , who has recently received the honour of knighthood from the Queen , is a native of Wexfo ' rd . He served many years ago in Persia during a period of great difficulty in that country , and received the order of the Lion and Sun . When the Russian war broke out Captain Hughes volunteered his services to the British "Government- to proceed to the East , and more especially to Circassin , where his services were of great value .
Cardinal Wiseman ' s progress in Ireland continues to be distinguished by those honours which , with the sole exception of the sovereign , only " a Prince of the Church" could command in that country . On Wedncsda } ' he arrived at Maynootb , where he received an ovation from the students , and afterwards addressed them on their duties as missionaries of the Catholic faith .
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AMERICA . The New ; York mail has arrived with advices to the 26 th ult . We learn that the excitement in regard to the Atlantic cable was rapidly declining . The joint committee of the New York Common Council had agreed to have invitations extended to the President of the United States , all the foreign ministers at Washington , the governors of States and the Cabinet officers , to be present at the approaching celebration of the event . The New York Chambers of Commerce had passed resolutions expressive of the gratification felt by the merchants at the successful laying of the cable . General Walker , the filibuster , was in New York , engaged , it is said , in perfecting his schemes for another expedition to Nicaragua .
A telegram from New York states that the French Government had granted to the Atlantic Telegraph Company the right to land telegraph cables on the islands of St . Pierre and Miquelon , which lie between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland . The company propose to run a cable from Placentin , Newfoundland , to St , Pierre , and thence to a point near Sydney , Cape Breton , Nova Scotia . The two French islands will thus derive advantage * from the Atlantic telegraph . Despatches have been received from GeneralJohnston , from Utah , to the 22 nd of July . The troops wore erecting temporary warehouses , and preparing to go into winter quarters . The steamship Poydrns , belonging to the Tehuantepec Railroad Company had foundered at . sen . No lives were lost .
against some of them , who had resorted to the proceeding with a view of imposing a penalty . Desertion from the army was going on upon a large scale in the lower provinces . The Washington arrived at Liverpool : on Thursday , bringing New York dates of the 28 th ult . By it we learn that the Common Council of New . York intend celebrating the successful laying of the Atlantic cable on the 1 st of September . According to the papers , " it promises to be the most magnificent display the world ever beheld . " Captain Dayman , of the Gorgon , and other British naval officers have accepted invitations to attend .. ¦ The first general news despatched by the Atlantic cable reached New York on the 26 th ult . It embraced the late important news from China , and gave great satisfaction .
The United States brig Dolphin captured a vessel with three hundred and eighteen Africans on board , on the 21 st instant , off the coast of Cuba . The prize was ordered to Charlestown .
The number of deaths from yellow fever at New Orleans for the week ending the 21 st tilt , were S 10 . At Charleston the fever hml been declared epidemic . From Cnrnccas wo loam that n British and French squadron wns at anchor in the roadstead of Lngunyra , and a collision with tho Venezuelan Government was imminent . A mooting of British residents had boon hold on board her Majesty ' s steamer . Tartar , . Tho dnrtliq ' uakbthnt took place in Mexico on tho 10 th
of Juno laat wns one of tho most scvoro over known . In tho city of Mexico the strongest structures reeled to their foundations , tho oarth opened in tho streets , trees writhotl and swayed for many minutes , and oomo wore thrown out of tho oarth . Houses , aqueducts , and railroads wore seriously injured . About twenty-four towns and oitios in Mexico sustained damago from the earthquake , and a gront number of lives wore lost . Damage to tho valuo of moro than a million sterling has boon done to tho city of Mexioo .
Letters from Mexico state that tlioro was a rapid concontrntion and advance of the Northern forces , under tw oommnndof Vldaug ^ tlio- ^ iiTposo-af-a-tiSciari ' g the ciUoV ^ Moxico , Tninpico , &c . Alarming nooouuts of tho prevalonco of yellow fovcr nt Isow Orlonns ami Chnrloston continue to bo rooolvod , tuo dontlva nt tho foVmor city on tho . 2 Oth being sixtv . ii « i * i llad . nows Js of Uttl ° or no Impprtonoo . Pur-SK . ^ . ^ T * ' Political okolUAnoiit hud onlmod down . Tho Toronto OloOo says tho question of tho cljnngo of offloos by ministers is to bo toatod before tuo iftw courts , nnd that mi notion wns boing propnrocl
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AUSTRALIA . Dates from Melbourne are to the 16 th July- There is no political news of the least interest . Parliament has been prorogued to the 10 th of August , but will not be called together " for the despatch of business" until October . The revenues'of the colony are in a very satisfactory state . On the-year ending the 8 th of June , 1858 , there is an increase a 3 compared with ; the previous year of half-a-million , the figures being respectively 3 , 423 , 6427 . and 2 , 923 , 305 ? . . Another bank is in progress of formation , called the National Bank of Australasia . The promoters are respectable , and the shares are freelv subscribed for . to the 10 th Jul The
From Sydney we have news y . chief measure before the colonial parliament—the Electoral Reform . Bill—remains still undecided , the distribution of the electorates not yet being determined in the committee of the House . Another question of importance which engaged the attention of the Legislature was the restriction and regulation of the Chinese immigration . The following important bills have been assented-to : —The payment of debts out of Real Estates Bill ; the Trust Funds Security Bill ; and the bill for the management of the main roads of the colony . A measure is under consideration to give to graduates of English universities similar privileges to those enjoyed by the graduates of Sydney . A bill has been introduced into the Assembly to alter the law in respect to real property in estates .
Archdeacon Cowper , father of the present Premier , and one of the earliest colonial chaplains , has died . . He lived to nearly eighty years of age , and had resided in the colony for almost half a century . A serious railway accident had occurred on the , 10 th inst . A train got oil' the line , and the carriages toppled over the embankment . Only two persons were killed , though several others were severely wounded . The accident happened between Sydney and Paramatta .
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British Columbia . —Colonel Moody , Royal Engineers ; Captain J . M . Grant , Captain H . R . Luard , Lieutenant A . R . Lempriere , and Lieutenant H . S . Palmer , Mr . Siddell , staff assistant-surgeon , 1 sergeantmajor , 1 quartermaster-sergeant , 8 sergeants , 8 first corporals , 8 second , corporals , 8 lance corporals ^ and about 100 sappers- of the Royal Engineers , ; with their families , embark on the loth inst ., on board the clipper ship Thames City , 1500 tons , fqr British Columbia , sailing round Cape Horn . The detachment is composed of picked volunteers , and embraces almost every trade and profession , surveyors , draughtsmen , engravers , artists , architects , photographers , carpenters , masons ,
blacksmiths , painters , miners , &c , such as only the Royal Engineers can produce : They are armed with the Lancaster rifle and Colt ' s revolvers , and take out with them provisions sufficient to last for some months , and an immense quantity of clothing and materials of every description likely to be required by the expedition in the new colony . We : understand that steam-engines , railway rails , and other mechanical appliances , either for steam or water power , will be sent after the party . The non-commissioned officers and men are to receive a veryliberal rate of colonial pay ; and as a further inducement to them , after six years' faithful service , a grant of land is to be appropriated to such as are desirous to settle in . the colony . ¦
Review at Dover .- —On Tuesday tlte Duke of Cambridge visited this garrison for the purpose of inspecting the forces there . The troops to be reviewed were : —The 4 th battalion 60 th Rifles , the Bedfordshire Light Infantry Militia , the Donegal Militia , and a company of Royal Artillery . Shortly before twelve o ' clock hi 3 Royal Highness arrived upon the ground , and was saluted by the troops , who had formed in line . The Commanderin-ChieT , who rode a magnificent charger , first passed
along the line , and the respective regiments then marched past in companies ! . This was followed by manoeuvres * discharges of musketry , trumpet calls , and the bustling pomp and pageantry which go to make up a military spectacle . His Royal Highness was pleased to express to the commanding officers of the different corps his high satisfaction at the precision and activity of the troops under inspection . The review terminated about one o ' clock , and the Gommander-in-Chief then inspected the barracks and new buildings which adjoin the Castle .
Naval . . Court-martial . '—A court-martial was held on board her Majesty ' s ship Impregnable , flag-ship at Devonport , on Monday last , for the purpose of trying Thomas Langley , first-class engineer belonging to the gunboat Dapper , on the following charges : —1 st . For letting the steam but of the boilers ; 2 nd . For sleeping in his cabin during his hours of duty ; 3 rd . For being drunk and incapable all the night of the 31 st of July last . The defence on the first charge referred the blame to the stokers in not keeping up the fires . In the second charge , he would prove by evidence that Mr . Jones , the third-class engineer , was left in charge of the engine . On the third charge he said it had not been proved he
had been drinking , and he would prove by evidence that he was not drunk , but in a perfectly efficient state for duty . A large number of certificates of a highly favourable character were then read and several witnesses called in support of the prisoner ' s defence , after which the court adjourned until Tuesday morning , when the following sentence was read : — "The court is of opinion that the first charge has been proved , and that the second and third charges have not been proved against the prisoner , the said Mr . Thomas Langley ; and the court doth in consequence therefore adjudge him to be reduced to the rank of assistant engineer of the second class , and to bo ineligible for promotion for one year from tho dn ' te of the passing of this sentence . "
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Arrival of Invalids from Ihdia ' . —The ship Waterloo arrived in tho Thames on Saturday from Kurrachee , having on board a large party of" sick and disabled troops , most of whom wore wounded in the assault nnd capture of Delhi . Sho brought home 22 non-commissioned officers , 2 drummers , 117 privates , 18 women , and 22 children ; -under the command of Captain S . B . Lamb , 10 th Regiment , and in medical charge of Dr . Wylie . Thirteen deaths occurred during tho voyage . On the disembarkation of tho troops nt Grnvosond they wore
immediately convoyed to Fort Pitt Hospital , Chatham , when those requiring further surgical treatment woro admitted into that establishment , mul tho romaindor sent to St . Mary ' s invalid dopot to await an inspection by thd Chelsea Board . Among tho troops who nve most severely wounded arc several men of tho 61 st Regiment , which particularly distinguished itself inuler Brigadier Nicholson , in tho capture of Delhi . Most of the men belonging to that corps who have boon invalided .. homo linvo lost an arm , or li-avo been othorwiso so severely wounded na to necessitate their immediate dischnrgo from the service .
Militia Kiot . —On Thursday night a not occurred nt Groat Yarmouth , botweon a party of tho Fermanagh militia , Htntionod in that town , and n number of tho townspeople , mul tho all ' nir was considered so serious , that tho magistrates hold a special investigation on 4 iMila $ « r ^ fte-j ¥ uonrliii ^ their clerk to niklress ti letter to the commanding olnoor of tho roglmeut , suggesting regulations conducive to provunt mu > thcr collision . lfWUHUKD NlCW l '' lKMl « MAnSMAT . 8 . — Wo do HOt 1 ) 0-liovo there in any truth ia tho statement that the rank of Ilolit-inarshal is about' to be con furred on certain oflloora . There is no Intontkm of taking any such stop at present . The Brovot will probably ojppenr about tho , vml of tho month , but it will not nilVot any rank higher than that of Ucutounnt-geuorul , —GlvOv .
Greenwich Hospital . —Retired CommamTor Robert William Tyte , one o £ tho officers on the out-pensions of Greenwich Hospital , died on tho 8 rcl instant , ntEnstcott , Middlesox , in the 81 th year of his ago . Force ok the British Fleet on Home Service . — A correspondent of the Morning IlMHtlti , says wo have in commission nt tho present moment tho following liue-of-battlo ships , as a squadron of exorcise , and for homo service , all fully manned with disciplined crews ,
and sen stores on board : — Ajax , 60 screw ; Brunswick , 81 screw ; Blenheim , CO scrow ; Crcaar , 91 serow ; Creasy , 81 serow ; Cornwnllia , 00 sorow ; Dufco of Wellington , 181 screw i Exmouth , 01 scrow 5 Edinburgh , CO serow ; Hannibal , 01 screw ; Hastings , CO screw ; Hawk , CO scrow ; Hoguo , 00 scrow ; Nilo , 01 screw ; Orion , 91 screw \ Pembroke , 00 screw ; tfussoll , 60 screw ; Royal Goorgo , 102 scrow ; Royal Albert , 121 serowj Konown , 01 screw ; Victor Emmanuel , 91 screw . Thoso clvo an aggregate of 8050 hurao-powor , 1 ( 393 gungi .
^ Yn ' 1 iW ( in 53 T ^^ p'Te'h ' meiriuulmnrinbs . Exclusive of tho abovo , wo have for homo sorvieo frigates nnd corvottoa such as tho Arrogant , 47 screw , Ar her , 18 screw ; Diadem , 82 screw ; Euryalus , ol scrow ; Eagle , SO sailingi linror , 11 screw ; Terrible , 21 pmlilloj with uw nggrogate of 2610 horso powor , 220 guns , nn « l : j . « ov men , making a total of 11 , 700 hpno jiowor , \» !) f ^" ' ami 18 , 000 goamon nml mnriiioa . Surely tho homo force should satisfy either ShonioU or Wane heater , to say nothing of guard ships , gunnery boats , toudors , or swow gun-boats .
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No . M 2 > September 11 , 1858 . 1 TH E LEADEi ,- , 927
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 927, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2259/page/7/
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