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      special ground that the working classes could not * for the want of such an outlet , get to better homes on the out-r skirts of London than they possessed within its boundary . No representative of the operative class gave any expression of opinion at ibis meeting ; perhaps it was not deemed necessary . The resolutions were unanimously adopted .

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      FRENCH SPECULATIONS IN ITALY . The Paris correspondent of the Continental Review reports the following rumours : — " The relations between the French Government and the Court of Rome are far from being amicable . Besides « ther matters , which have led to a coldness between Napoleon ' s Government and the Holy See since the Mortara affair , must be added the discovery , recently made by the Court of Borne , of a correspondence which exposes the whole of the plans formed by the Emperor for the re-arrangement Of Italy . According to this plan for the campaign , France was to be placed in Italy with 80 , 000 men , Piedmont with 60 , 000 men , besides a reserve of 40 , 000 men . No one doubts that if the main features of this

      coup d ' etat are correct , and if the diplomatic manoeuvres of France should succeed in isolating Austria , that this latter power will be promptly and completely expelled from Italy . Then Italy will " ( such at all events is the report ) be divided as " follows : —Piedmont will receive the Duchies of Modena , Parma , and Placenzia , besides some portions of Lombardy . The ancient kingdom of Italy in Lombardy and Venice will be re-established in the person of Prince Napoleon , and the real object in placing that prince at the bead of the department of Algeria and the colonies is to give him habits of business and ta prepare him for the affairs of government . The Komagna will be separated from the States of the Church -and united to the kingdom of Italy under Prince

      Napoleon . The intention is that the dynasty of Murat should be re-established at Naples ; and it is very certain that the only object of the dip lomatic rupture with the King of the Two Sicilies was to prepare for this end . The dynasty of Murat would add the whole of the Pope's " dominions to the kingdom of Naples , with the exception of Rome itself , and the Campagna of Rome , ¦ which would be the only temporal territory left to the Pope ; and as the _ pontifical sovereignty would be so much reduced as to be insufficient for the decent support of the position of his Holiness as head of the Catholic Church , an arrangement would be made between all

      ihe catholic sovereigns , with a view to their raising a subvention themselves which would indemnify his Holiness for the loss of his territorial possessions and power . The whole of this grand comedy is to be completed by the establishment of universal suffrage as practised with jso much success in France- —that is to say , all the arrangements would be submitted to the ratification of the people under the form of acclamation for the first act , and of vote universel for the second act of this great Napoleonic farce . I give you all this as I hear it , and without guarantee . All I can say is , that it is believed in high places , and that the belief is universal here that we are on the evo of grave events . "

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      IRELAND . The SbcW Indian Empire . —The ship arrived at Broadhaven Bay on Friday , the 26 th ult ., having been out thirty-four days from New York . She experienced heavy couth-easterly gales from the day of sailing , and when within 300 miles of Galway her fuel was expended . She lay to under canvas , in hopes of obtaining a fair wind , from the 11 th to the 21 st ., when , as a last resource , it was determined to teai * up the decks , and "with the cargo ( cotton ) endeavour to roach the nearest port , which was accomplished on Friday week . All well on board , and great praise is due to all the passengers for their untiring exertions in assisting the crew .

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      THE SHIPPING INTEKEST . The SuNUEitLAND SHIPOWNERS . — At a general meeting of the shipow'ners of / this port hold on Monday , Mr , K . Brown moved the first resolution : —" That the shipowners of Sunderland unite cordially in tho present movement for securing reciprocity to British shipping , and for placing British ships trading to and from foreign pprtfl on the some footing as tho ships belonging to such ports . " Alderiha * Joshua Wilson said he did not be-Mqvo that the depression in shipping arose from a want ol reciprocity , for the other nations had novor reciprocated with us , and thqro had been good times and bad limca in spite of tho want of reciprocity . Ho considered

      that to endeavour to force reoiprooity upon other nations would not make much , difference to us . Ha maintained that we could not retaliate upon other nations without injury to ourselves . Ho advocated free trade for the British shipowners and community , and said that tho 'British shipping was going ahead of every other nation ' s . Ho thought there would bo no advantage in putting hi force tho retaliatory meneuro , and he thorofftro opposed the resolution . Tho resolution was put and carried , as wm also ono approving of petitions to Parliament praying for tho removal of all those duos in British corporate Beaport towns which create invidious distinctions lu favour of the ihipownors who are froemoia of such towns :

      and another , approving of an address to her Majesty , requesting that efforts might be made to induce foreign states to concede to British trade and shipping the same advantages we have Voluntarily granted to them , ov ^ in the event of a refusal to reverse the present restrictive system , to consider the expediency of exercising the powers of the 16 and 17 Viet ., c . 107 , ' s . 324 . Mr Fenwick , M . P ., in reply to a vote of thanks for the attention he had beBtowed upon the shipping interest , said he believed many causes had produced the depression , but that the main cause was a-natural cause , over which the Legislature could have no influence .

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      NAVAL AND M 11 . ITARY . Court-martial on Tole . —The general court for the trial of private Thomas Tole , fur deserting to the Russian enemy in the year 1855 , has again assembled at Chatham Barracks . It was proved , that Tole , since he has been in the service , has always borne a bad character , and that he had been once before tried by court-martial , and convicted of desertion . After deliberation the court closed its proceedings , the general impression being that the pr isoner is found guilty , from the circumstance of the adjutant being called to " prove a former conviction , which is rarely done when a prisoner is acquitted . Ixnelleu Haix . —It is rumoured ( says the United Service Gazette ) that Mr . W . lialfe , the celebrated composer , is to succeed'the present superintendent of Musical Instruction at Kneller-hall .

      litvAxous from Kkw Zealand . —A party of invalid troops belonging to the 65 th Kegiment , arrived at Fort Pitt from New Zealand , and have been medically inspected . The invalids left Wellington on the 10 th of August . Many of them are suffering from disease in the eyes , which is said to be rather prevalent in New Zealand . The Bombay Transport . — On the 27 th ultimo , at noon , the barque Amazon spoke the Bombay transport , in lat . 62 . 15 N ., Ion . 20 . 39 AY ., with three masts gone to the deck , in want of assistance , crew engaged in rigging jury masts . The Henry Crook spoke the Bombay on the 21 st of November , and learnt that the unfortunate ship had lost her chief officer anJ half of her crew .

      'I ^ w * . ^ C * A ^»» T .-k ^ - A rwvr ^ - ' A-. * r < nnorvo-PArt'v A . /* rtltlrf _ T- « nr . The Cansokading at Queexstowx ;—A court-martial has been held at Queenstowii , on board her Majesty ' s ship Nile , on Lieutenant Edward Alfred Luckraft , second lieutenant of her Majesty ' s ship Hawke , on a charge of having acted jn an improper and unoflicerlike manner on the night of the 31 st of October . The alarm caused to a large portion of the residents of Queenstown on the night of Sunday , the 31 st of October , by n loud and prolonged cannonading from the Hawke , must be still fresh in the minds of the public , and the proceedings were an investigation of the charge against the officer who had ordered the cannonading , Lieutenant Luck raft . The evidence of the gunner was to the effect that the

      prisoner was drunlc j according to other witnesses he had been " drinking . " The gunner did all he dared to prevent the orders for the cannonading from being executed . Witnesses were examined l ' or the prisoner who spoke as to bis habitual sobriety , and gave evidence to show that he was labouring under disease of tho brain caused by sunstroke while serving in China . Tho decision of the court , in consideration of the medical-testimony which had been produced , and hid previous good conduct , was : —Thut he should be dismissed from her Majesty ' s ship Hawke , and rendered incapable of serving in her Majesty's employment ngnin . This sentence does n 6 t deprive him of his half-pay .

      Coast Defences .- —The sea defences at Sheernoss , which include five bastions , to enclose and protect the dockyard , barracks , and stores , are undergoing extensive alterations and improvements , and rapid progress has been made . In the centre bastion there are already built four extensive magazines and two large buildings , with walls of immense tliiekncss , so placed as to act ns traverses to cover the men and guna from the firo of an enemy , Twenty-one guns of largo calibre are to take the places of smaller guns removed . Within tho lust fortnight buildings , earthworks , and walls havo grown up with much rapidity .

      II . M . S . Sappho . —The Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard , Captain Goldsmith , has written to the Secretary of the Admiralty , expressing his opinion that no reliance is to bo placed on tho statements which havo boon made p ' ublio relative to tho supposed wreck of the Sappho . It ip , however , of no uso disguiamg the fact that from tho circumstance of tho Sappho not having been heard of pinco January last very gruvo doubts aro ontortaiuod as to tho safety of that ship . Tho following officers sailed from tho Capo pf Good Hope lu the Sappho ; Commander Fuirfax Moresby . ; Lieutenant Francis P . Staples j Master , Mr . FrodoricH Wills ; Surgeon , Mr . William Evan *; and Paymuutor , Mr . Thoinaa J . Ley .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTE S . FRANCE . There is a report'in Paris that the Emperor of Ru « - is to visit that city next spring , and that he will afw wards go to London . er " It is not expected that the French Court will ro » ,, « to the Tuileries before the 5 th . r < 5 tum A superior council for the administration of Algeria and the Colonies is in course of formation at the Colonial Oftiee to assist Prince N apoleon . A . deplorable accident has occurred at Vhicennes General Ardent , of the Engineers , who was assign" at a trial of guns being fired at a target , was struck on ° the bend by a projectile , and killed on the spot The Minister of War , Marshal Variant , was standin g near him at the moment , but escaped unhurt . °

      Ihe Moiuteuv of Thursday announces that the Emperor , in consequence of the anniversary of the 2 nd of December , relieves M . de Montalem ' bert iroin the penalties of the sentence passed upon him . ' { Fait grace a 31 . de Montaltmbert de la peine . 2 H'on » nccecoMrc lid . ) M . de Montnlenibert , it is sa ' itl , did Dot intend to leave France when his term of imprisonment had expired . At the weekly sitting of the French Academv , M . " Berryor and M . de Montulembert , who are members of that learned body , attended in their plates . Thcv were received with great applause—in fact * their entry was quite an ovation .

      A Pans letter says : — " 1 he razzia against the English press still continues . All the London daily papers of any moment -were seized on Monday ; and 1 now iind that nearly every respectalde weekly journal lias met with the same fate You can scarcely imagine the excitement and annoyance created among the English colony here by these arbitrary ami puerile measures . Many old residents seriously talk of leaving at once . " A double duel took place on ' Wednesday between M . de Yilk'messnnt , editor in chief of the Fiyaro , and M . Naquet , on the one hand ; and between M . Luca 3 , editor of the same journal , and M . Phiukett , director . af the Palais lloyal Theatre , on tho other . Tho weapons used were swords , und all four combatants were wounded , but none seriously . 1 'IIL . SSIA .

      The results of the cleiti'ins in Prussia nre even more favourably than was ' announced . The majority uf the Constitutionalists is overwhelming . The Nuilunal Gazette of Berlin thus dassilies the successful candidates : —Ministerialists 128 , Advanced Liberals 95 , Conservatives 39 , Catholics 3 s * , Poles IS , Feudalists 21 . The Feudalist parly , which had tbe upper hand in tho last Chamber , has sufluml most , and is completely defeated . The Kraiz Zeititny , tho name of which that party often bears , laments , in its issue of the 27 th , that

      territorial influence has almost everywhere had to givo place to personal qunliucntions in those elections ; Ihu Ojicial Prussian Gazette publishes an article on the result of tho elections , which , it is said , give room to hope that the Ministry and the Legislature will co-operate with cordiality , each respecting tho other ' s privileges mid obligations . But , it is added , the Government cannot permit any political party to take the initiative m measures . Government-by party is totally inconsistent with the spirit of the svstom of the Prussian moiina-hy . tuo

      In tho prayer for the royal family , cue-rod up m Established Church of this country , u passage has >> eeu inserted imploring divine nssiaUinco for the happy confinement of the Princess Frederick William . Tho Prince of Willed is but littlu seen in the streets and theatres of the capital . . sr . viN' . f Admiral Joso Maria Quosmln , Spanish Minster ol Marine , having promoted two uavalofllcew without consulting Marshal O'Doimoll , that minUor olK-reil to resign , but tho Queen refused to accept Ins rosymiuoii , and Admiral Quonada lilnwolf rcwl fa'iu- l . TJio two offlotw so promoted by Adwinil Qucamln hn « ll ul _ , ! . " , ' ? placed . Tho Marshal hui bum nppoinU'd nH » w" »

      Marino ad interim . , , ... i . Mi Tho MitdrlU llanetto oonliiiiis a roynl decree , \\ m » nppointH bomo muw Councillors of ** tutu Jn t ]« o mum w the Marquis do I'Jdnl ami others , who Imd res gncH . meeting of deputies had resolved to support w . »»« tlnez do In JCobii , Clio ministerial ciindi . lnto « or the pnai iloney of thu Clinmbor . According to the ^ "'JJ J lyO ,. O 0 U electors voted iu'tho Into elections , ami »^ ol" thoni supported miuiatcrial caiulidutos . _ nnflrfti A letter from Madrid of tho 24 th inonliuns the gonOT fouling tlioro that tlio nomination ol'Kclwtfiic n « t 1 " Goncrul of tlmt oanltul , which w «« looliuil upon w tain , 1 h aonsldui'vd a « ft strong indication ol anI ^ diotalorahip Mntf wboIvo . 1 ui »« . n If tUo Cortw l ""*^ tfovornablo . Tho HUmliuuuU of U'l > ou" « " «« ti " } " ™ woro tlmt tho Quocn bad now quite « lltt ) 1 ^ '" , mt bettor , and that she Jiail bocomo a " grout Quuo , u she Imd porfiiat oonfUloncQ In " « rMlul » try , w « i l " 0 MnJOMty , « h well n « hw MinistorH , b « w doa . inji | tflry llberty ^ iould exist in Sj ) Ai »» but by m" * " ' } TZ l S doininoUun i that it whs nonsonso to t' » ° * , \ il ( sy p » 1 ncJplq 8 or luAtltutlWfl iu Snuln , wbioH , t Uoujju /

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      131 <> THE LjAPJE . [ No , 454 December 4 , 185 R

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      Tun YKi . vBuxois Ewatjcb . —Wo undoratartcl that the dombo of tho Marohionees of IlastinyH , Avhioh took plucc at Homo on tho 10 tu ult ., will open tuo question of tho rightful succession to the Yolvortou name and eatutoa under the will of tho last Harl of Sussex , also Vi / jcount Xonguevlllo and Daron Qroy do Kuthjn .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 4, 1858, page 1310, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2271/page/6/