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y mn THE UABEB, [yo. 497- Oct. 1, 1859.
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. CHINA. The repulse of our forces at th...
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Canadian'Items.—The 13th'in«r., being tl...
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THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ANI> THE PRESS. On...
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sheriff of Middlesex , were sworn in at a Common Hallof the Livery , at the Guildhall , before the Lord Mayor and other civic functionaries . The new * sheriffs having subscribed the usual oaths , Messrs . Eagleton and Gammon also took the ordinary oaths as tinder-sheriffs . At the conclusion of the ceremony the Lord Mayor and aldermen proceeded to tlie Aldermen ' s Court , where the new sheriffs were formally inducted . The City Commissioners _ of Sewers met at Guildhall'this week ; Mr . Deputy Christie in the chair . The business brought before the court was not of very great importance . The Court of Aldermen met on Thursday at Guildhall , when Alderman Carter , the Lord Mayor Elect , was formally introduced , and returned thanks "to the Court for having elected him from the two gentlemen whose names had been sent up by the Livery A letter was received from Sir Chapman Marshall , tendering his resignation of the aldermanic gown of the ward of Bridge , which was accepted , and a resolution was passed complimenting bir Chapman on the manner in which he . had discharged "his magisterial and other civic duties . Boat-race on the Thames . —The race for the * championship of the Thames came off on Thursday afternoon , the competitors being Henry Kelly , of Fulham , and Thomas Chambers , of Newcastle . The start took place from Putney-bridge . Shortly after four o ' clock the men got off , when Chambers took the lead , but was overtaken by Kelly , who headed him a boat ' s length in passing the Bishop ' s palace , and then a most splendid race ensued ; Chambers , who had hugged the Middlesex shore , Bhot out from his opponent and won . Anaiv Fl ogging . —On Wednesday at the Hall of Science , in the City-road , a meeting to adopt measures for putting down flogging in the army was held . At this meeting , Mr . Wakley , the coroner , should have taken the chair , but he had been obliged to proceed into the country . Letters approving of the objects of the meeting were read from the pens of many respectable individuals . .. ;' ¦ ' ¦ Anti-Pusetite Pickpockets . —We consider it to "be extremely probable , remarks the ( Daily Telegraph } ' that three-fourths of the crowd collected in Wellclose-square on Sunday night cared no more about the Church of England than they did about the Church ofBudda , artd knew about as much of its . principles and practice . It was . proposed by some bold spirit in the assemblage to piill down the Mission House . The proposition was , happily , not- acted upon ; but we believe that the ultra-Protestants who Tvere pelting and howling at the Puseyites would have received with equal glee a proposal to sack rthe next tavern and gut the nearest pawnbroker ' s , and then sally forth on a little " mission " of their . Dwn over London to burn and destroy whatever life ¦ -and property came convenient to their hands . Mobs tire of very ancient lineage , and the descendants of the same rioters who tore the De Wits to pieces , massacred the prisoners in the Abbaye on the 10 th -of August , 1792 , and burned Newgate down in the riots of ' 80 , would cheerfully have made an attack on Westminster Abbey , the Bank , or the Horse •• Guards the day before yesterday . Now the common and statute laws of England are somewhat stringent against rioting . If a rioter be killed by the police It is chance medley—justifiable homicide ; but if a rioter killed a policeman , it is murder . We beg the excited population of Ratcliffe-highway to lay this legal fact well to heart . Public Health . —The Registrar-General ' s return for last week presents a more favourable aspect than of late , and the deaths have declined to the point from which they rose in June , being for the week 1 , 058 . There were only 61 deaths from diarrhoea . The births amounted to 1 , 752 . The week's mortality in the City was « much below the average , the numijor of deaths being 40 , whereas the average number for the corresponding period for the last three years was 50 . ' Gloucester Election . —The inquiry into the corruption alleged to have taken place at Gloucester . at the last general election is still going on , and is rendered doubly interesting on account of the character und position of some of the witnesses . Ministkks and tiib Chinese Wab , t-Wo understand that Government did not—at the Cabinet Council on the 17 th inat , called on the China question—commit themselves definitely to any course It is pretty well known that Lord John Russol , looks more gravoly on our making war on Pekir than Lord Pahnerston , and the rumour of dissatisfaction at Mr . Bruco ' s actions is gaining ground . — China Telegraph . The Italian Committee , — -Tlio Earl of Shaftosbury has addressed another letter to the gentlomer who requested him to head this movement , in whlcl ihei says : — "Icannot , I am sorry to say , yet thinw that tho peonlo of England are disposed to sIiom their sympathy in the way suggested . That the ) luave a deep and earnest sympathy I cannot doubt but X have not ascertained the mode of expressiov they would prefer . To attempt to elicit their CO ' ¦ |
operation in a way they do not like , would expose the effort to immediate , and perhaps irremediable , failure . This I should deeply deplore ; not for your sakes , because your cause is so manifestly the interest of the human race , that , under God ' s blessing ,, it will prosper at last , with or without the Emperor of the French , with or without the people of England . But I should deplore it for the honour of my own country , which would undeservedly be subjected to much reproach ; and I cannot bear that , even for a moment , she should be supposed to be indifferent . Though the arguments urged against the movement seem to be wanting in force , I see that the time is not favourable . If these things are not taken up at once , and by acclamation , they cannot succeed ; they are more matters of feeling than of logic . I counsel you to wait awhile . Other events may cause other views , and furnish you with a large choice of men to aid and direct you . "
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. China. The Repulse Of Our Forces At Th...
. CHINA . The repulse of our forces at the Peiho has not as yet apparently produced any change in our relations with the Chinese elsewhere . It is said that some of our wounded men are in the hands of the Chinese , and are well treated . His Excellency the Hon . Frederick Bruce remains at Shanghai , and Admiral Hope , with a portion of the fleet and the invalids , is at Lookong , off the entrance of the Ningpo river . The American plenipotentiary , Ward , is still on board the steam ship Powhattan , in the gulf of Pechili , and is as unlikely apparently to obtain a ratification of the treaty made by his predecessor , Mr . Reed , as either Mr . Bruce or M . Bourboulon those concluded by the Earl of Elgin and Baron Of the Russians not a word i 3 heard ; but it is still supposed that they are in the background , and that it was by their aid our repulse was effected . Stiii there is no proof of this that we know of ; while a French traveller from St . Petersburg to-Shanghai , via Pekin , asserts that the members of the Russian mission are treated vary cavalierly by the Pekingites , and hardly dare to show themselves in the streets . -- ¦ . Admiral Hope has been suffering severely from his wounds , and it is said will have to invalid . Hist medical attendant , when probing the partially closed wound in his hip the other day , discovered and took out a link and a half of the Plover ' s smoke stack stay , which had been driven in by the Russian shot . The agony which the brave man must have undergone from such an infliction can only be conceived . His Excellency ' 8 gallantry and endurance are spoken of by all in the hig h est terms , and the sincerest pity is expressed for the result of his expedition so far as it affects himself . Captain Vansittart died of his wounds on the 17 th ultimo , even before the mail left China . The other officers who were wounded are said to be doing we . ll . But important intelligence of another kind has been received from the north . The Chinese there , and at Shanghai in particular , have always been regarded as models , of quietness and meekness as compared with those of the South . Even they , however , have now broken out into rioting of a serious character , and killed or dangerously wounded several Europeans , among whom wo have to mention , with deep regret , Mr . Lay , the head of the newly-organised Chinese Customs Service , who lias been wounded so severely in the abdomen and elsewhrero that he is scarcely expected to live . This riot is said to have arisen from the kidnapping of coolies for the 1 French vessel Gertrude ; but the master of that i vessel asserts that the Chinese on board attempted to rob him , and ho- was compelled to flre in sclfi defence . Both stories are about equally improbable , : " and their truth or falsehood is of no consequence to > the conclusion to be drawn from this affair . M . de Bourboulon has ordered the vessel to be brought into port for the purpose of strict investigation . This - traffic in coolies has already created much ovil , t and , if allowed to continue , will endanger our position in China . THE DISPUTE WITH AMERICA . . Tnu Times says upon this subject : —• " Wo haVo p reason to believe that General Ilarney , the commander of the United States' forces in Oregon , took the step of placing a military post on the Island of i San Juan , on his own responsibility , and without i instructions from the Federal Government at Wash ? : ington . He has declared to tho British authorities t that ho did so because American citizens had boon r arrested on the island , but that ho did not moan his , occupation to bo permanent , though it was his intoni tlon to hold the island until ho hoard from his - Government at Washington . "
Of this intolerably liigh-handed proceeding a correspondent from the scene of action writes : " The American party is composed of about 70 soldiers . They have guns , gun-carriages , tents , mules , stores ] sutlers , and all preparations for a permanent settlement ; they are landing materials for erecting barracks , and it is believed that they intend to fortify themselves . They pretend their object is to protect themselves against Indians . This pretence is too flimsy to be worth notice . The plan and object are these .: —They will cover the island with a squatter population ; they will fortify ; they .. ' will then endeavour to bully England , by pretending that they will not evacuate it unless they are expelled by force of arms ; and they ' calculate ' that England will not go to war with America for a small island 35 miles long by 5 to 15 miles broad , in a remote part of the globe . Manchester and cotton , they ' reckon , ' will save them from this fate , and it Avill all end in their keeping the island . " It is stated in a Washington letter that Lord Lyons , in an interview with Secretary C : iss , has expressed confidence in the amicable settlement of . the North-Western question . —General Scott has been suddenly called to Washington , to give Jus advice to ^ the Cabinet in regard to the San Juan seizure : —A . Washington telegram says : —However much our Government may be impressed with the truth that the Island of St . Juan- belongs to us , there appears to be no doubt that both the Governments of Great Britain and that of the United States will instruct their agents in that quarter to . act with the utmost circumspection , in view of a satisfactory adjustment of the existing differences . From all that can be ascertained in well-informed circles , it is reasonable to infer that no serious difficulties are likely to result between the two countries . If any danger at all is apprehended , it is in consequence of the well-known intrepid chai-acter of General Harney . Colonel , J . S . Hawkins Royal Engineers ,, chief commissioner of the Oregon Boundary Survey Expedition has arrived in London from Vancouver ' s Island , in the capacity of special envoy from Governor Douglas , in consequence of the recent occupation by the United States troops of the Island of San Juan in the Straits of San Juan de Euen .
Canadian'items.—The 13th'in«R., Being Tl...
Canadian ' Items . —The 13 th ' in « r ., being tliecente- . nary of the capture of Quebec , was noticed by the English press , arid the great importance of the event dwelt upon ; but a spirit of courtesy towards the French population prevented public demonstrations . A deputation from Portland ( Maine ) , consisting of the Mayor and other leading citizens , had visited Montreal for the purpose of inviting the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief of the forces to visit Portland on the arrival of the Great Eastern . The report of the Canadian Commissioners of Emigration shows that the total number of immigrants arrived at Quebec to the 17 th of Soptember was 5 , 256 against 10 , 282 to the sanie date last year , lira weather in Canada has been stormy and very cora for the season .
The French Government Ani> The Press. On...
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ANI > THE PRESS . On Tuesday the Monitcur fulminated the following manifesto : — " Under the pretence of proving tnas the press is not free , several journals direct , "g """ the decree of February , 1852 , attacks which exceed the utmost limit Of the right of discussion . Kospofit .... for tho law i * inseparable from the exercise of , libertv . Against the writers who are forget uoi it , the Government might make use ot the weapons which it possesses in its hands ; hut it does not wish to do so immediately after the entirely spop taneous act which relieved tins press from tno warnings" with which it had been stricken , ju * Government , however , ' faithful to Hs principles o moderation , nevertheless cannot fail in its " W enforcing respect for tho law . It tboretorc W warns tho journals that it is resolved no longerw endure polemical excesses , whloh can only oo gardod as the manoeuvres of parties . The agitation in favour of more liberty ¦ onno press is now assuming very large proportions- * writers grow bolder and bolder every d « y . .. * " T of tho very plain declarations of «> V ^ ' ftitution tho warning system is Inherent in tho constitute of tho empire , and was and is mount tobo m , rm » nent , tho leaders of tho movement afteot to . i >« « that the Emporor cannot but intend to « W B J ' tJ with it , and they daily accumulate arguments demonstrate its absurdity . nn \ vM \ The GirmdeQt Bordeaux , of Sept . " V ^ niS cing 1 warning for an article " containing a » d roproj u ° jj * . ' offensive matter concerning a member oi ; " »» * porial family . " This is tho first warning »™» "L tho amnesty which wiped off old « " «»• JJf £ m i incriminated consists mainly of an extract «¦ om Florence correspondence Jn tho Times , sotting iw »
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01101859/page/8/
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