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3 STo . 49 Q , Aug . 13 , 1859 , 1 THE , LEADER . g § 3 . 16
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among others , a magnificent /^ de n mU on th , at t he Pre Catalan , to which all the officers and deputations of non-commissioned officers and soldiers are to be invited , ond which is to surpass all previous spectacles given at that popular and beautiful ^ Another account says that the Emperor has altered his mind , and will lead the army into Paris . The following , according to the Patrie , is the order in which the troops of the army of Italy will march , on the 14 th , in procession : — 1 . The soldiers bearing the Austrian flags taken on the fields of battle . 2 . The Emperor and his staff . 3 . The Imperial Guard , having Marshal Regnaud de Saint-Jeari-d'Angely at its head . 4 . The 1 st Army Corps , having Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers at its head . . ¦
_ __ _ , 5 . The Second Army Corps , having Marshal Mac Mahon , Duke of Magenta , at its head . 6 . The 3 rd Army Corps , having Marshal Canrobert at its head . 7 . The 4 th Army Corps , having Marshal Niel at its head . Lastly , the march will be closed by the Austrian guns . The wounded will be at the head of the regiments to which they belong .
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Pipe Holders . —At Alma when llie men under the then Colonel B'juret were lying on the ground to avoid the storm' of grape and canister , before charging up-the lull , erery no-. v and then a curious fellow would lift up his head , to see how mattersr looked , when the colonel would roar out , with a good oath , " Keep your pipe-holders down , men , can't you . " Calling a man's head a pipe-holder reminds one of Brindley's famous reply to the question pf a . member of a committee of the House of Commons as to the object of rivers : " "Why ! to feed canals to be "
sure . UC 9 U 1 C , The Last Paris Plot . —A French correspondent says : — "A conspiracy of whistles is said to have caused the abandonment of the Emperor ' s intention of meeting the troops at the Bastile . A plot to hiss the Emperor as he rode past by means of penny whistles was organised by the Faubourg St . Antoine . The immense quantity of the horrible instruments sold during eight-and-forty hours excited suspicion —everything does so in these days of universal , festivity and national rejoicing in Paris . This sudden love of harmonious strains was thought to look
queer ; and so , on examination , the cause was found , and many of the merry wags sent to pay for their whistle in prison . ' This comes of this rnge for luxury , ' growled aw incorrigible old rouge to whons I was mentioning the circumstance this niorninpr' In my day a door-key would have done the businessquite us well , and would not have been found out . ' ' Ah , but friend , there is but one door-key m the family , and there may bo many whistlers , llio incorrigible old rouge pinched up his mouth , scratched his head , whistled without penny instrument or door-key either , and went on his way . "
African Cricket .- — While some members of the Capo Coast Cricket Club was practising on tlia parade ground , Otoo , King of Abrah ,. happened to pass by , accompanied by a numerous - trnln ot toilowors . Ono of the cricketers invited tho king ta oomo and look on at the gamp . " Ho did so , nnd was much pleased . Presently ho was persuaded to take a bat and try his hand , and when the »> aU was sent at his wlokot ho hit a tromondous blow at it , which , hla at
however , missod the ball and struck one of - * tondnnts ft blow ou tho head almost sufllclont ta have slain an ox , but whioh did not appear to have at all diaconcftrtod tho individual in question . Otoo is a man of gigantic size , so that it is a wonder hw attendant did not yield up the ghost on tho spot . Tho king was quite pleasod with tho noble game o £ cricket , and > vo should not bo at all surprised ta loarn oro long that , tho little boys of Abrah in the interior havo commenced to practise it . At Cftpft
Coast , Accra , and ono or two other towns nlong the coast , thia noble sport is a favourite among the pativo lads , who havo guiokly imitated it after seeing it played by the residents .
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Harmonious Evidnnok . —A Paris journal , speaking of tho talk of tho returned soldiers , says , amusingly enough , that thoir accounts concerning the campaign must bo truo , because they all exactly agree with oaoh other ; and the sum and substance of these reports are that tho arm carried by . each corps is tho most useful arm in the world , and that tho chiefs of each were tho best ond bravest in tho army .
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THE TREATIES WITH CHINA . The overland mail brings intelligence from Hong Kong of - the date of June 22 . By advices from Shanghai to the 14 th inst . we learn that Admiral Hope left that port , in . the gunboat Lee , on the 11 th , bound to New Chwansr , the newly opened port in the Gulf of Shantung , and thence to the Peiho , whither his Excellency , on the 9 th , despatched the stearn sloops Fury and Cruiser , transport Hesper , despatch boats Cormorant and Nimrod , gunboats Starling , Forester , and Kestrel , followed on the lOtli by the steam-frigate Highflyer * and gunboats , Janus , Banterer , and Haughty . "With the Lee , the Chesapeake and Opossum also left for the Gulf of Peeheli , the Assistance , with the marines , starting on the 10 th . The British , French , and American ministers were all at Shanghai when the mail left . The China
Mail says that it is now not improbable that obstacles may be thrown in the way of their advance . The Chinese Imperial Commissioners who were at Shanghai , tried very hard to detain there the British and French Plenipotentiaries , pretending that they alone were entrusted with the exchange of the ratified treaties , and that they -wanted to be at the capital for about two months . However , two rather severe communications addressed to them by the Hon . Mr . Bruce and M . deBourboulon , succeeded in changing the opinions of -Kwei-lian-g and his asso ^ ciate . The last despatch which that Prime Minister addressed to " the representatives of Great Britain and France seemed to indicate that the way to Pekin is quite open to the British , French , and American Plenipotentiaries ; and the Imperial Commissioners left for Pekin' on . the 1 . 3 th . In Hong
Kong or Canton no political events of any importance have taken place . Sbameen has been selected as the site of the new foreign settlement at Canton . The necessary space is to be filled in by the Chinese Government , and we believe the cost -will be deducted from the indemnity .
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FOREIGN INCIDENTS .
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UNITED STATES POLICY IN MEXICO . The news from Mexico is that M'Lane adheres to the Juarez Government , and has made a treaty with it , -which has been transmitted to Washington for approval . It does not contain any provision for annexation of territory . But the Americans , gain large concessions by this treaty— -the right of way both north and south , the right of protecting those ways , and a general oversight over the Mexican Goverment ; and should this treaty be ratified , it can hardly be doubted that the influence of the United States in Mexico would overtop every other influence . The course that the British Government will pursue is watched with some solicitude . The Washington correspondent of the New York Times gives the following heads of the treaty .
" 1 . Right of way across the Northern States between the Rio Grande and ports in the Gulf of California , with guarantees for their protection and safety . " 2 . Bigi . it .-of way arid valuable privileges of transit secured to the American Company holding the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . " 3 . The privilege of erecting and maintaining warehouses at the termini of the several transit routes . ' 4 . The right of transporting troops and munitions of war over such routes , and to send troops to protect them , in default of Mexico fulfilling that duty . ' 5 . Free entry and transit of goods belonging or consigned to American citizens in Arizona through the ports of the Gulf of California and across Sonora . "
" 6 . Entire and unquestionable freedom of religious worship throughout the Republic . " 7 . A clause indicating the willingness of the Mexican Government to accept a modified form of protection at the hands of the United States , in other words * to solemnise another treaty in form , and one of alliance , offensive and defensive , but in substance creating a protectorate , whenever . - the United States shall signify her willingness to enter into such engagements . "
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was taken to the station house , where he made a full confession of his guilt , and regretted nothing save the fact of his being prevented from committing suicide , as he intended . M'Donald is about thirty years of age , and is a native of Georgia .
Alabama , named Robert C . M'Donald , having cause to doubt the fidelity of his mistress ., Virginia Stewart , determined on killing her out of revenge . He quarrelled with her in the street , and shot her through the head as she was attempting to seek refuge in the Brandreth House . The murderer then made an effort to kill himself with the pistol , a Colt's revolver , but was arrested and restrained by several citizens before he had time to accomplish his object . The injured woman was conveyed to the New York Hospital , where the doctor in attendance pronounced the wound a mortal one , and gave it as his opinion that she could not live many hours . The prisoner
Another Amekicax Stkeet MimDEU .- ^ At New York , on tlic 20 rd of July , a merchant from Mobile ,
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Tub Venezuelan "Diitjiuculty , "—General Paez , who returned to Venezuela some six or eight mouths since with such splendid military ovations , both from those who sped tho parting guest and those who received him , has returned to New York , haivng left his native country in a state of hopeless anarchy . Tho war of races has begun—the bluok man against the white , and the white man , thus far , has the worst of it , This change of policy may complicate matters between Venezuela and the United States .
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Thk Fiiknou in Cochin Cum a . —The news from Cochin China is very unfavourable to the French , who appear to havo Buttered very severely from climate , and wore much iu want of reinforcements . The Aninaose appear to have behaved with considerable courage and skill , and thoy had even attacked the French intranchmonfcs , and killed fifty men and one ofllcer before thoy wore repulsed . Tho latest accounts , however , state thoy wore desirous pf treating for peace , and wo doubt if tho French , woakenod « s thoy arc , would reject a good opportunity of retiring with honour and advantage .
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THE VILLA FRANCA PRELIMINARIES . A letter from Frankfort says : —On . the 4 th of July the proposal of a basis of mediation was communicated to Lord John Russell by the Count de Persigny . Lord John refused to recommend the project , but agreed to communicate it to Austria , simply , and without comment . On the 7 th the French Minister in Berlin applied to Baron von Schleinitz to propose an armistice , at the same time proposing terms " on which mediation might be entered upon . These terms contained ' four-points ( not seven ) , and were identical with those afterwards agreed to . by the Emperor of Austria , with the exception of one . Baron von Schleinitz took time to consider the propriety of
proposing an armistice . Between the 7 th and 8 th the armistice was agreed to by the principals without intervention , and on the 8 th the news was communicated to Baron von . Sehleinitz . by the French Minister in Berlin . It took him of course by surprise , and lie instructed the Prussian Charge d-Affliires in Paris to express to Count Walewski his astonishment at the answer of Prussia xm the subject of the armistice not having been waited for . Both propositions were thus originally French . At Villafranca the Emperor Napoleon showed Francis
Joseph the project of seven points , giving him to understand that the neutrals were not averse from adopting it . Then he at once brought forward the four points proposed , - and rejected on the 7 th at Berlin . They were—1 . Cession of Lombardy ; 2 . Erection of Venetiainto a Duchy ; 3 . Confederation of Italian States ; 4 . Restoration of the banished Dukes and an amnesty . On the second point the Emperor Napoleon yielded to the reasoning of the Emperor of Austria , that he could not be expected to resign what ho still held , possession of . This statement you may depend upon being in every point correct .
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Acstiuan Reform . —There is some hopo that political reforms arc really thought of in Austria . As , however , it is necessary first to hoar the wishes of the people , it has been " resolved to convoke the old provincial diets . That of Tyrol is now sitting . Papal Btatkh . —Advices received from Bologna state that a decree of the government has convoked an assembly to bo elected by tho inhabitants , in order to express the wishes of the population .. Several agents of Mazzini had been arrested and expelled . Tub Kinu ov Prussia . —A telegram dated Wednesday , says that the symptoms of congestion of blood to tho head have increased and , according to the latest bulletin , havo given causo to the most serious apprehensions .
Canal Company , should the same be wound up , are to be transferred to the- Viceroy , who would then undertake to repay the shareholders in full .
Prussia asd Japan . —Prussia is about to send some vessols of war to Japan to open commercial communications with that country . Tho frigate Thetis and the corvette Arcona- havo been selected for the purpose . They vr \\\ loavo towards the end of the month , and remain absent for three years . A councillor of tho Prussian Legation will accompany tho expedition , to carry on negotiations with the Japanese Government . Cuija ; Si » anxsii Pkjboautions . — Tho Madrid journals of the Oth state that tlio Govorntnont has resolved to increase tho fortifications of the island of Cuba , in order to protect it against an attack of filibusters . They contain no other news . Tj um LusBJuiVtj SonEMia . —According to an agreement effected between M . de Lessens and tho viceroy , the rights and property of the Suez
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page 933, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2307/page/9/
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