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lost . The filibusters themselves -were saved , and had been conveyed in a vessel ¦ ¦ ¦ to Hayti . PORTO BICO . Letters of the 16 th April say , that produce remajned -without change , and the fears which had been entertained , of a short crop seems to be fully confirmed , and several estates have already ceased grinding . ¦ Bain was very much , needed .. TmeTMagdalena arrived at Southampton on Thursday -with news from Jamaica to the 26 th ult . JAMAICA . Most of the ¦ Westmorland rioters had been tried and convicted before the special Commission Court at Savanna-ia-Mar , and sentenced to various degrees
of punishment . An attempt was made , unsuccessfully , to demur to the jurisdiction of the Court . During- the investigations it was clearly shown that the positions selected for the toll-gates were calculated to lead to oppression and injustice . The first telegraphic wire had been laid along the railway line from Kingston to Spanishtown , a nd was to be opened to the use of the public on the 27 th ult . A fire had occurred at Annotto Bay , in which the Baptist chapel and other buildings were reduced to ashes . Drought still prevailed throughout the island , and latest accounts from the country parishes represent agriculture as suffering severely .
BABBADOES . In this island there were reports of discontent , about Easter , among the labouring population , in consequence of a few cane pieces being set on fire , but insubordination was soon checked , and order restored . . MARtlNiQTTB . Martial law was still in force , and no persons were allowed , to be out in the towns after eight o ' clock in the evening . The steamer Dahomy had arriyedat the island from the Coast of Africa with between 400 iand 500 negroes , men , womenVand children ; eighty-three had died on the voyage to Martinique . It was stated that this was the last time any vessel was to be employed in such traffic , by orders from the Emperor . - — - —
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FRANCE . Paris , Thursday , C . J- p . m . THE PRESS AND THE WAK . Now that the war has begun , we are not likely to learn anything about it . except just what the Government may find agreeable and convenient to publish . For all hews , therefore , we shall be tributary to the enterprise of the correspondents of English papers , with one exception , The Government organs have announced with great ostentation that one of the . reporters connected with the Morning Chronicle ha& been permitted by the Minister of State to accompany the army , but the peculiar
relations between that journal and the French Government which are known to exist , are not likely to admit of satisfaction being given to the curiosity of the public ; nor indeed of much Credence being attached to what that gentleman ' s letters refer to . For all independent observations he will be allowed to make , he might just as well have remained at home , with more comfort to himself , and less cost to his employers . It is reported that M . Delilie , who obtained such unenviable notoriety among his fellow citizens of the United States by his conduct during the Emperor ' s tour in Bretagne , last year , will , quit lii < present position as attache to the cabinet of M . M «> . \ riii \ l ( of course your readers know what to
that is ) , and resume his office as correspondent the organ of the French Embassy in London—the Morning Post ; so that the Government here have taken their measures to be able to tell their own story of the war , limited and insignificant as will be their auditory . A gentleman connected with the Moniteur has likewise left , so that we may anticipate brilliant accounts of French victories , on paper at least . In every engagement the Austrian army will be destroyed . The cruelties of German soldierv will be gibbetted in burning language , and tne feminine gentleness of the French lauded » i phrases for which a parallel must bo sought in the senile dedications of the last century ,
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES . "Fine words butter no parsnips , and the raost fulsome eulogies of a slavish press cannot hide . o ^ gloze over the leprosy of distrust winch is creepy g over the credit of the country . The d . shon ** * £ ** « finance which has lasted now for ten years , the jugglery of public accounts , the ? V " g ww of penditure that has been incurred mdepond ntMf the war , and tho constant accumulations' of « leW , must come to an end-and when it does come , the crash , political , financial , and P « y . ?» ^ jj ^ d be terrific , sweeping over ^ anco hko thq storm-goa , and reducing to ruin her institutions , arts awu industry : v , ,, 'KudlBlndiffCBtanuo molos .
There is not a public man with the fj Sj ^ ro tensions to honesty who is not filled with appro en sionsfor the results of tho reckless way in jhiou the finances of this great country are managoii . ab a proof , I may refer to two remarkable"Pg *} which were made the other day in tho Ohambov oi tho Legislative body . When that vory obodipnj asaombly ventures to criticise tho acts ot u » Government , they must bo very bad indtoa . *" clearly understand the remark e , I oughti to ««<» that , although tho budget is voted "Uh amplo PJJ vision for contingencies , it is , ™™ il " ™!' y Sd variable custom to ask for Bupplemontory ftwj extraordinary credit , in order to satlsfroW works , &c , not sanctioned by tho ^ Biahifxe . On the occasion of a vote being asked to crow additional credits for tho present y ^ ar , w . *^ l ) unont said that every year tho Cnarnbor > vw
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CHINA . Tub Overland Mall has brought intelligence from Hong Kong to the 31 st March . Trade at Canton has suffered from the exactions of the Mandarins and the inroads of the rebels . A body of rebels are reportedas approaching Canton from the west , and great fears are entertained lest they should occupy tho Tayshan districts , which at this season would entail the destruction of the new crop . The braves
have been embodied to proceed against the ™ A ai but little faith is placed in theifabilityt / A these marauding bands . ¦ * - * Previous to ^ Sir Michael Seymour ' s departure for England his Excellency received a deputation of British merchants , who presented him with a ferp well address , and requested his acceptance of a air ' vice of plate , value 2 , 000 guineas , commemorative of the benefits he had conferred on foreign interests and the lustre he had shed on British arms in China Baron Gros was about to proceed to France viA the Cape of Good Hope . M . de Bourboulon remains as Minister Plenipotentiary under the new treats and will reside at Shanghai . weaty , A large pirate force has been destroyed near Kulan by Her Majesty ' s steamer Niger , Captain Colville , and the gunboats Janus and Clown
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COCHIN CHINA . The French have taken Saigon , the citadel of which appears to have been a place of considerable strength A garrison was left there , and Admiral de Genoutlly was about to leave for Touran . The health of the forces was said to be satisfactory .
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AUSTRALIA . The Australian mail brings advices from Melbourne to the 16 th March , and from Sydney to the 10 th March . In New South Wales ministerial changes were in contemplation . In both the Upper and Lower Houses members had been guilty of great disorder , and much acrimony had been displayed . In the Upper House Mr . Deas Thomson moved a resolution affirming the necessity for connecting the Australian colonies with the proposed telegraphic line between Great Britain and India . The discussion was adjourned that some dispatches recently received might be . referred to . It has been determined to erect a new School of Arts .
The appeals of the Rev . W . B . Clarke for a new expedition in search of Dr . Leichhardt had met with unfavourable responses both from the colonial and Imperial authorities , so that there was uo hope of such an expedition being started , unless it can be got up by public subscription . A , " Land League" was being organised . The principles are that " free selection , free pasturage , deferred payments , and taxation on uncultivated and unimproved lands , and a termination of the present
squatting system ought to be embodied in any land bill . " A dispute hjad arisen in the Victorian Parliament between the Council . and the Assembly in consequence of the former having made , an alteration in a money bill , which the latter , in imitation of our House of Commons , resisted as an' infringement of their privileges . After a warm discussion in both Houses , the Council gave way , and the Parliament ¦ was shortly afterwards prorogued , A general election was soon to take place under the new Electoral Act . The Melbourne accounts of the gold fields are not sq satisfactory as they have been , there being an evident diminution in the yield of gold .
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EGYPT . A strange rumour is contained in a recent letter from Alexandria . It is to the effect that the French Consul-General there despatched to France , by the French steamer on the 3 rd instant , Said Pasha ' s written consent to declare his independence of the Porte , provided he is backed and assisted by . the French Government . This appears to be the more likely , from the , secrecy with which a confidential employe attached to the consulate was sent off by that vessel . He was supposed to have the document in question in his special charge .
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SOUTH AMERICAN STATES . A revolution broke out at Guayaquil on the night of the 4 th ult . WJule President ltobles was on a visit to the house of General Urbina , Colpnel Destre and others made a call on Robles . General Franco got wind of Destre ' s intended treachery , entered the room and shot Destre through the head , who fell dead . At this , a portion of the Government troops In the quartels revolted under General Maldonado , w&a iv fire was kept up all night . When tho steamer Jeft on th morning of the 5 th , at half-past five o ' clock , the result was not known . Political affairs in CJhiH had not changed much since previous dates . General Vidaurri , with 0 , 500 men , had been sent to
take command of the North . The general feeling was that the Revolutionists-would be easily overcome with the troops the Government has now in Coquimbo and on the way ; . In Bolivia Linares seemed to have stifled all the revolutionary ' ¦ movements against his Government . He had abolished the export duty on metals . The mines of Potosi were yielding plentifully . The Peruvian Congress was still discussing the question of a war with Ecuador , but the feeling for and against war was much divided . In Arequipa , Echenique had attempted to get possession of the quartels , but did not succeed . Her Majesty ' s ship Ganges was at Valparaiso .
An account of the great earthquake at Quito , published in the Sets de Marzo , of Guyaquil , gives the loss of life at the number of ten persons , instead of 5 , 000 , as the American journals stated . The Magdalena has brought additional news from the Pacific . Political affairs in Chili remained in about the same state as when the last mail left . All the south was in the hands of the Government , and the north held by the revolutionists . Don Silva Chavez , Commander-in-Chief of the Government Forces in Coquimbo , had been sent to Santiago to be tried by court-martial on account of the affair of the 14 th of March . General'Vidaurri , with 3 , 500 men , had been sent to take the command in the north .
In Peru everything was quiet in political affairs , the monetary question forming the most prominent topic of conversation among all classes . Business was very dull . Exchange , 38 £ d ., ' nominal . Another attempt at revolution at Arequipa had signally failed . Two very smart shocks of earthquake occurred at Lima on the 10 th ; some buildings were destroyed , but no lives lost . The Republic of-Bolivia is reported to be proceeding riiore favourably , arid the country is showing some indication of prosperity .
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MEXICO . The dates from the capital are to April 18 . General Miramon made his escape from the constitutionalists , and arrived at the city of Mexico on the llth , with two aides-de-camp , just in . time to congratulate Marquez on his victory over Degollado . His array came in during the next day or two , most of the troops in good condition . General Degollado arrived before the city of Mexico on the 22 nd of March , and might then have easily , entered the city , but suffered himself to be deceived . On the 10 th , preparations were made for an attack upon Degollado ' s headquarters by » force of 5 , 000 men under Marquez . The result was , of course , a complete route of Degollado ' s following . After the action , the cavalry of Marquez murdered nil the wounded , wi ^ h whom the field was covered , and none of whom were spared , Such deeds of blood arid murder , however , were not approved by Miramon ' s Government . Mr . Black , the American consul , applied to Mr . Otway , the English minister , to take the American citizens and property under his protection , in the absence of any representative of the American Government in the capital , and hie request was refused .
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CENTRAL AMERICA . From Nicaragua we have a report that M . Belly had been successful with the Government . On the 29 th of March the corner stone of the Interoceanic Canal was laid at San Carlos , in the presence of Presidents Martinez and Mora . Her Majesty ' s steamer Basilisk was a , t San Juan . < iel Sur . A letter , dated San Juan del Norte , April 13 , reports the loss of the Costa Rica mail , by the upsetting of the boat in which it was coming down the Serapegui . A Mrs . Joy , and a German named Aleman , were drowned . The latter lost his life in attempting to save the lady , an Englishwoman . At Panama , on Palm Sunday , a riot occurred between the residents of the city and the blacks living without the walls , in which two or three were wounded . The United States Consul signalled the man-of-war in the harbour , and Commodore Long sent several small armed boats , with 300- men , to protect the American residents , but their services were not required . ¦—
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Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1859, page 640, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2295/page/8/
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