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is perhaps their greatest embarrassment . Every Sepoy is loaded- with gold mohurs . His waist-cloth , bis knapsack and his hair are all alike -weighed down with these coina—an irresistible temptation , not only from their value , but from the ease with which they . can he concealed . Every man ' s hand , therefore , is against these moving treasuries . The peasants watch for stragglers as patiently as dogs . The local troops watch eagerly For the chance of a skirmish , in which every man killed is a fortune to the victors . The budmashes , among whom they hoped to find allies , find it more , profitable to cut their thrOats , and the wretched Sepoys , hunted by the Europeans , hunted by the Rajahs , and hunted by the peasantry , daTe neither fight , nor stop , nor disperse . The spies report their misery ' as frightful . In Boondee they had food only once in two days , and even that was torn from the villagers by force . "
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CHINA . The India and China mails have arrived , bringing intelligence from Hong Kong , under date of July 22 . By this mail the treaty , concluded with China , accepted by the Emperor , and on the point of being ratified , reaches England . It articles make ample provision for everything that can be desired in tie relations between the two empires—unlimited access to the interior , increased facilities of access on the seaboard , direct and permanent relations with Pekin , which have long been considered the cardinal points of any negotiation for an improved basis of international policy and commerce between European-Powers and the Chinese , have all . been obtained . Conditions regarding the Canton indemnity and the expenses of the expedition , are to be placed in a separate article , and it could not well be otherwise as regards the first , for we are still actually at war with the province . The amount is fixed at 2 , 000 , 000 / . sterling . It _ stated the French have also made a claim . The ratifications of the treaty are to be exchanged within a year at Pekin . In the mean time its provisions are not to take effect . It is not likely that the ratified treaty will be delivered at Pekin before May , 1859 . The Hon . P . Bruce , brother to JLdrd Elgin , is the bearer of the treaty .
Canton is described as being in a state of complete anarchy . Severe in the extreme , ( says the China 3 fdil ) are the measures of extermination adopted by the Braves of Canton , not only in plans of assassination against us , but in persecution to whicn all . Chinese are subject who continue to have intercourse with us . Death is not only to be inflicted on the parties themselves , but punishment is to extend to their relations , their neighbours , . their property , their village , and their descendants for ever . This is publicly and officially proclaimed throughout the surrounding districts , and in the suburbs of Canton itself .
At an interview Mr . Parkes had with Pekwei , the latter deplored the present state of things at Cs 11 ' ! but declared bis utter inability to alter them , and that the Chinese members of the Provisional Government as well as the native soldiers were as much objects of aversion to the associated gentry aa foreigners were . He said that the troubles of the province were only commencing , and that Hwang would not have the poorer to control the gentry and people . He recom' - mended all precautions to be used , and expressed a wish to see reinforcements arrive . Trade at Canton is quite suspended , and it is impossible to say when it will be resumed .
The Chinese population have been leaving the cplony in thousands . Tho Sunkum ( composed of three imperial officers sent down from Pekin to carry on hostilities ) have forced the authorities of the various districts of Kwang-tung . to call on all Chinese in Hong Kong and Macao to return to their homes under ponajty of losing their property or that of their relatives . Macao ia in danger , being threatened by a body of about 8000 pirates , and its guards have been doubled . It would -Wem that , ! the imperial authority itself doubts whether Canton , and the provinceto which ? t belongs , can bo pacified , and would be glad of the assistance of French or English troppB to aid them in tho task .
Lord Elgin was at Shanghai by tho last advices , and proposed leaving thence for Japan , accompanied by Sir Michael Seymour , on a mission to persuade tho Emperor of Japan to take a place among civilised monarchs , and to bring ] Uis people within the comity of nations . Recent circumstances eeom to promise that this will not be a taak of much time or difficulty . The Japanese aro a f ar superior race to tho Chinese ; and , as a people , eager for knowledge , and anxious to loam the arts of Europe . Tho unsatisfactory state of matters at Canton may induce Lord Elgin to niter his plans . Tho fleet at tho ¦*^ oJ I > b ' Svfts '' to "" dISFe ^^ Seymour was on his way to Shanghai . His presence was much required at Canton .
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WEST INDIES . CUBA . LBTTJsns received in Spain speak of tho state of Cuba us being prosperous ; public confidence had boon restored , and tho sugar crop promised well on account of tho abundance of rain . Havana advices received at Now York to the 24 th ot
August say that the Captain-General had added greatly to his popularity by a prompt suspension of two defaulting officers of the Supreme Court of the island . Great joy was expressed on receipt of the news of the success of the Atlantic telegraph , and even the sugar market was neglected during the excitement which ensued . A letter from Havana states that the Spanish Consul in Tampieo ( Mexico ) had written to the Consul-General requesting to be relieved , on account of the probability of the town being again besieged by the Constitutionalists . Lieutenant-General Concha , in compliance with the suggestion of the Consul-General , had gent two armed steamers , which are to act in company with the war-steamer Leon , which is off Tampieo , for the purpose of protecting Spanish citizens . Two men-of-war are to steer to Sacrificios for the same purpose . Haiti . The New YorTc Herald says that a Haytian commissioner paid a visit lately to the American colony settled oh the Island of Navaza . He found a regular settlement of fifty persons there , all engaged in digging guano -for a company iii Baltimore . The Emperor of Hayti has protested in a formal manner to the United States Government against what he terms the intrusion .
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RUSSIA AND VILLA FRANCA . The Russian intrigue of Villa Franca is the Russian intrigue of Cattaro over again . Villa Franca is a Sardinian port on the sea coast of the Mediterraneanj between Nice and Monaco , and but about two miles to the eastward of the former place . It possesses an amp le harbour , formed by the retrocession of the sea within headlands , capable of easy fortification against attack by water , and may be termed the Sardinian Hammerfest . This port has long been a rendezvous for the Piedmontese fleet , and its military and political advantage to a . Power desirous of possessing a Malta or a Corfu in the Mediterranean is obvious at a moment ' s glance . The rental stipulated , by the Sardinian Government is not
less than 4 , 000 , 000 francs , or 160 , 000 / . annually ; and the port is probably well worth to Russia the : terms on which it is surrendered . We revert to the pretence of its acquisition for commercial purposes , simply for the sake of exposing it . What is the nature of the trade which Russia will establish—will it chiefly be exports or imports ? If Russia desire to export her own produce to the north-western coast of the Mediterranean , may she not export that produce with far greater advantage to Genoa , to Nice , to Marseilles , to Cette , and to Barcelona , where commercial relations already exist ? Why select an insignificant town ? Moreover , this harbour does not lie at the mouth of any river , whereas
the port of Nice does lie at the mouth of the Var ; and therefore it is obvious that , with a view even to inland transit from the port of disembarkation , Russia could import her produce into Nice , only two miles distant from Villa Franca , much more advantageously than into the latter , for whicli , in addition to this disadvantage , she is content to pay 160 , 000 / . a year . The deceit is hollow . What is to be the next purchase ? Will Russia buy Hammerfest of Sweden , or Antwerp ? The next thing will perhaps be a public auction for the sale of maritime ports , at which none but plenipotentiaries will be allowed to bid . Russia , for the first time , has established herself in the heart of Western Europe . —Mornina Post .
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Government offered & reward of 2 QQL in vain , turned up m hen his appearance was least expected . On Saturday the writer took rail at London-bridge to Blackheath . As he entered the coach at Black heath , a tall , elderly man got up , outside . His appearance was not such as to attract attention ; but some time afterwards , when his name oozed out , he became , for the moment , an object of general interest .- He had an anxious , careworn look , and well Ire might , for he had been ; some six months a fugitive from justice ; in short , he was no other than Thorttas Allsop . On arriving at Eltham , he alighted at the residence of his son , with whom he is staying at present . The
Tub Strike at the Oaks Colliery . — men employed at the Oaks Colliery , near Barnsley , struck work some time since in consequence of a dispute , with the proprietors relative to a proposed reduction of wages . The strike has now lasted about four months , the men having hitherto obstinately resisted all terms of accommodation . Within the last few weeks , however , the masters have succeeded in obtaining hands froni other districts , with whom they have been gradually supplying the places of the turn-outs . On Wednesday last a deputation from the turn-outs waited on the principal proprietors of the pit , and expressed the willingness of the whole of the men on strike to return to work on the old terms , without any further stipulations whatever . The proprietors expressed their readiness to find employment for as many of the men as they could .
EXXUAORDIXAKY SCENE AT A WEDDING . A few days ago , a youth , still in his teens , accompanied by a good-looking woman a few years his senior , drove up to the Registry-office , Halifax , for the purpose of entering the matrimonial state . The mother , of the bridegroomexpectant , having heard a whisper of what was about to take place , lost no time in setting out in search of her son . On arriving at Halifax ( from a neighbouring village where the family reside ) , her inquiries put her in the right track ; and she entered the Registry-office
just as the registrar was commencing the ceremony , and forthwith she gave her son a thorough " drubbing , " the same time giving expression to her feelings in terms anything but respectful to the bride elect . The-not yet " happy couple" hastily left the office , and drove off ia the cab awaiting them at the door . The mother was accompanied by her husband , and both protested against the proposed marriage , which could not legally take place , as the young man is under age . —Manchester Guardian . ¦ . -
Installation of a Canon of Yokk . —On Saturday the Rev . John Jarratt , M . A ., of St . John ' s College , Cambridge , Vicar of Northcave , near Brough , was installed into the cahonry of Bole , in York Cathedral , rendered vacant by the preferment of the Ilou . and Rev . A . Duiicombe , M . A . to the Deanery . Ionian Islands .- —The vacant judgeship in the Ionian Islands has been bestowed on Mr . Patrick Colquhoun . The essential requisites , for that appointment are an in ' thnate knowledge of the Greek language and of Koman law ; and Mr . Colquhoun is not only a pre-eminent scholar in ancient Greek , but speaks the modem language with the facility of a native , while he is the author of tho most learned and authoritative recent work upon Roman civil law . This
Death of Thomas Assukton Smith , Esq . — gentleman , the proprietor of tho slate quarries of Llnnbcris , expired on Thursday at his residence near lJungor . He hud been gradually sinking under tho infirmities of age for some time , but was in sufficient health to drive out a week ago . Mr . Smith was well known us the greatest fox-hunter and most during rider in England ; lor many years ho was leader of tho Melton Hunt . His stud and celebrated puck of fox-hounds were kept athia seat at Tudworth , in Ilnmpshire , where lie passed most of his time . Ho was prompt in warm and gunoroue impulses , and his loss will bo felt sevoroly by ninny among the thousands of workmen he employed , lira political principles of Mr . Smith wore Conservative ; no represented Carnarvonshire formerly . He wns the builder of the largest sized and greatest number of yachts of any private-person -inlCnglands and wiisCoinmodoro of tho Iloynl Welsh Yacht Club
nkar LivxcwooL . A young gentleman , named rotbury , tho sou of Mr . Potbury , surveyor to tho customs ut Liverpool , loft his fathor ' w houao on Saturday evening , and wns soon going towards tho Zoological Uurdous at West Derby . Ho did not return that night , nor wwnra . any-t . WHngMiOiird . . lt U m . ^ Hl ;^ , Pft ,, ftM " . *!?? lnOrnlntf lila body was discovered in a quarry at liiyOi'ton , " not * very for from his father '* house . Tho faco presented the appearance of strungtilutloii , and a » inquest was oponed on tho body nnd -adjourned by tho covonor , in order that a pout'mortem examination might bo mudo .
MISCELLANEOUS . This Court . —Her Majesty continues to enjoy the semiprivacy of her highland residence while her husband and son are recreating themselves with tho field sports of the season . On Saturday the Queen and tho Prince , accompanied by tho Princesses , drovo to Aborgoldio to a fete , given by the Duchess of Kent in honour of the wedding of the Prince pf Leiniiigen . Tho sports consisted of races and games , in which the servants and gillies competed for prices given / Py . . tho Duchess . The Prince of Wales arrived at Balmoral in the evening . On Sunday tho Court Circular informs us that tho Royal Family wont to Church at Orathio whore they were preached to by Mr . Anderson . ' The Prince of Wales and his father have been daily decr-stulking and grouse shootiug , while tho Quoon drives about every day and visits her neighbours . Suspkoticd Muituian op a Gkntlkman at Evicuton ,
Mn . Ai . ifiucD Wicjan .- —The Era gives . currency to a report very generally current that Mr . A . Wigau will become Iobsco of tho Prlncon »' u Theatre , pn tiio retirement of Mr , Chnrlos Koun , in July next . liitTUKN off a RusiruaKa . —A correspondent says i—On Saturday an English proaorit , for whoso capture the
. , Tiib New Muskum at Qxvoiw . — The progress ot this noblo work has received a very serious chock . Uw spacious and olab ' orato iron roof of tho grand central hall having boon pronounced unsafe , has boon Uiwn down for reconstruction . Of course tho bare su , s | iioK > n of so many tons of iron crushing in upon nsauinblott multitudes could not bo pormitted to oxist , »» d tho authorities have aotod -wisely- in resorting to , oxtromo measures . But for this drawback tho building wan iur on its way to complotion . Many months are thus lost , to suy nothing of additional expenses . Tho more nninodiatoly useful departments aro progressing rap idly . J" ° ^ nno ^ fnlrirfmTTinn'orbolng ^^ the spot , is strictly in harmony with tho Gothic ioutuiea of tho cUiilco . und nt the same thno admirably adapter
to the purposes in view . nt Tine Boyni ^ iixli . Coj \ whbsion . — Tho Ohanucllor o tho dlocoso ol" Oxford , tho Arohdoaeon of Uorkslilro , aw tho gentlemen , who , having boon appointed u * f 1 ) n . " , " Bion by tho blahon , will open tliolr court at M « i « Joniio ««» oil TJjureday , tho sard inst ., will oonlljio tholr h j « l " » c J to tho spoelno olmrgwa jn-oforrod by M ra . Jt- lIOI *» parishioner , namely i That Mr . West put iinpwpw
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o ^ TSE L , E AD EB . [ JSTo > 443 , September 18 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 962, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2260/page/10/
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