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      thousand Christians at a place called Trebigno , in Albania The motive does not yet appear ; but it is probably a religious feud , with which Prince © anilo seems to have ! ha 4 something to do . The Turks remained victors . " The Ottoman Government , " -says a Jotter from Beyrouth , " has concluded a treaty with an old officer of the French navy , for many years established at that place , for the formation of a good carriage i-oad from the town to Damascus , with branch roads on different points , such as Zahle , La Bekaa , & c . The grantee takes on himself all-the expense of the work , on condition of having the privilege of levy ing tolls on the road for fifty years . He also engages to convey passengers and merchandise ^ at ¦ p rices thirty per cent , lower than those now charged . "

      CIRCASSIA . The Circassian chiefs have transmitted to the Governments of England , France , Austria , Prussia , Turkey , and Sardinia , a petition setting forth that the Circnssians never consented to the cession of their country to Russia fcy the Treaty of Adrianople ; that the Treaty of Paris established the neutrality of the Black Sea ; and that Russia , in violation of the latter treaty , has closed the ^ Circassian ports , on the plea of the absence of customs and quarantine regulations . The petition prays that the European powers will interfere and re-establish the rights of which the Circassians have been deprived by force ; and the chiefs promise to keep the ports open to commerce , with the proper customs and quarantine establishments . A request is also made that European consuls may be stationed in these ports .

      HAMBCKC . The commercial panic at Hamburg seems to have subsided . SWITZERLAND . The Swiss Federal Assembly closed its sittings on the 23 rd ult . The dispute which had arisen between the -central authority and the canton of Vaud , and which . at one time assumed a serious character , has been brought to an amicable conclusion . The Federal Council has assigned the various Ministerial portfolios in the following manner : —General Policy , M . Furrer , president ; Interior , M . Pioda ; Justice , M . Kunsel ; Military Affairs , M . Frey Herosee ; Finance , M . Staempfli ; Commerce , M . Fornered ; and Post-office , M . Naeff . ,

      THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES . A discussion tooic place in the Divan at Bucharest , on 'the 14 th ult ., on the much-debated question whether the Eouman nation is to frame its own electoral laws , without any interference by foreigners , or to submit them to i ; he European commission . Alexander Golesco and Jean Bratiano spoke in favour of the right of the Principalities to an exclusive arrangement of their internal affairs , and -the Assembly came to the conclusion that the right is rested in them , and that in such sense is the clause

      ^ worded in the reports and protocols of the Divan . Subsequently , two propositions were made by M . Petresco and M . " Floresco respectively , both of which have been referred to the consideration of a committee of five . M . Petresco made the following pz-opositiou iVurgence : — " That the Assembly terminate its first series of labours by a letter of thanks addressed to the guaranteeing powers . " M . Floresco proposed— " That the Assembly decide that this ]> rojjosition d'urgence be the last that the Assembly admit . " A . Golesco , E . Prodesco , A . Floresco , D . Ghika , and Toll , are named as the committee .

      !No. 406, January 2, 1858.] T _ H E Lead...

      ! No . 406 , January 2 , 1858 . ] T _ H E LEADER , 7 ^^ * . _ . . _ __ - «—~~ - ¦ ' ¦— . ¦———*—^^^ . . — ——»

      Obituary. Earl Spencer Died Suddenly On ...

      OBITUARY . Earl Spencer died suddenly on Saturday night at Althorp Hull , the family seat iu Northamptonshire . A party of friends were spending their Christinas at his house , and , up to a few hours of his death , ho had been qpparontly in robust health . Ho wus a brother of the celebrated statesman and had served many years in tlio navy , to which , indeed , ho appeared to huvc been born , having first seen the light ut the Admiralty , where his father at that time presided , lie distinguished himself at Navarino and in tho Moron during the Grouk war of independence , but hud not boon afloat since 1828 . Mr . Steiuien Mills , well" known as an cxtoiibivo agriculturist , died ut Eluton House , Wiltshire , on Monday week , from exhaustion after an attack of influenza with which ho had boon hoized u fortnight previously . Rkar-Admiral Lk Cras Thohnmououoh died on Friday weak , in tho sixty-third year uf hia ugo .

      Sir Alexander Dixie ! , a distinguished ooimnandor Juriug tho war with revolutionary and Imperial Franco , died a fow days ugo ut Bosworth Park , noar liinchloy , Lojooatorrthiro . Sir Frederic it G . Fosmsu , Dart ., connected with tho diplomatic aervioo for tho last sixteen years , died j'oalorihy weak at Wiinbludon . JMAjou-GiCNKftAL James Gray , of tho Uoyiil Artillery ,-. diod-on-tho-, 21 at > uUr—Xio-diatiiigtii » hocl _ l » iinaoU' -at tho jOapo of Good Hope in ltiOli , and at other places during tho war in tho oarly part of tho proaont uoutury . Mr . Rigila . ro Furmjshb , a local oolobrUy , on account ofhJB ipooma , ' Tho Hug Bag , ' and ' Modious MajiiH , ' ( Had a few days ago at Doro , noar ShulllolU , whovo ho long fliijoyad tho friendship of Ebone / . or Elliott and Tamos Montgomery . Ho was a native of lEyain , in ReKbvtthiro , and originally followed tho busiuuae of a : » r 4 ar , but was Hubfloquontly u schoolmaster .

      Our Civilization.

      OUR CIVILIZATION .

      Another Poisoning Case. A Max Named John...

      ANOTHER POISONING CASE . A max named John Thomson , alias Peter Walker , has been tried at the Winter Circuit Court at Glasgow on a charge of murder by poisoning , and of two other attempted murders . He was a journeyi . ian tailor , employed by one James Watson at Eaglcsham , Renfrewshire , and had paid attentions to Agnes Montgomery , the sister of Watson ' s wife . The girl repelled these advances , and , having learnt that Thomson was a returned convict , warned people against him as a bad character . On Sunday , the 13 th of September , he returned to the house in company with her and his master's little girl—. a child three vears old—after having taken a walk ,

      though apparently not with Agnes Montgomery , but only with the child . All three went up into one room , and shortly afterwards a person occupying another part of the same house heard a rumbling noise and a heavy thump on the floor of the room in question . Others heard a noise as of a body being dragged along the floor . Four or five minutes later , Thomson and the little girl left the room and came down stairs , and it was not long before a strange moaning was heard to proceed from the chamber . Several of the inmates of the house went thither , but Thomson had locked the door and taken the key away . Another key , however , was produced , and the room was entered . Agnes Montgomery was then found sitting in a chair , with her head leaning on a table . Her body was quite still ; froth was issuing from her mouth ; the * left foot was swelled and stiff , and at times she threw back her head as if in distress . She

      gave several moans and sighs , and expired in about three-quarters of an hour . Previously to her death , one of the women in the house had said to Thomson , who was loitering about outside , " Oh , run for a doctor !' and he did so . A very powerful and sickening smell was observed in the room , and there is no donbt that this was the odour of prussic acid . Traces of that poison were found in the body of the dead woman on its being exhumed for the purpose of a . post mortem examination ; aud it was proved at the trial that a carrier ' s boy had purchased some of the drug for Thomson the day-before the death of Agnes Montgomery . Thomson had said it was for dyeing his hair , but told the boy to say to the chemist , if asked any questions , that it was required by a photographer . As Thomson went to fetch the doctor , he was observed to stoop for a moment or two at a certain tree , where the key of the young woman's room was afterwards discovered . Fragments

      of glass , as of a phial , were found along the road traversed bv him on going for the medical man ; and those who had ' passed that way just before had not observed

      any . But the strangest part of the story has reference to a subsequent attempt on the part of Thomson to poison a Mr . and Mrs . Mason , with whom he had gone to lodge . On the night of the 25 th of September ( for up to that time ho proceedings had been taken against him in connexion with tho doath of Agnes Montgomery ) , he went into Mason ' s room , and gave him and his wife , who were in bed , some whisky , which afterwards made them very ill—Mrs . Mason dangerously so . A portion of this whisky was subsequently analysed , and found to contain pru .-sic acid ; and the carrier ' s boy had obtained a second supply of the poison for Thomson on the 2-1 th of September .

      On the trial , the Judge would not allow some prattle of Watson ' s little girl , with reference to tlio death of her aunt , to be repeated by those who had heard it . The child was too young to be examined ; but the evidence was of so cleur a character , that Thomson was found Guilty of the murder , and was sentenced to death . Ho exhibited n very stolid dcinoanour during tho whole of the trial . Tho motive for tho murder of the young woman may have been revenge for her having discouraged Thomson ' s suit ; but in tho ease of tho attempted murders , there soems to have been no reason excepting a morbid and almost insane love of poisoning for poisoning ' s sake . It is said that Thomson has since confessed his guilt . The evidence which the little girl would have given , had the Jiulgo permitted it , has been published in tlio Scotch papers ,. It is to tho effect that Thomson gave the young woman the contents of a bottle which ho hud with him .

      Til E Assizes. Laviim I.Cipchit/. Has Bo...

      Til E ASSIZES . Laviim I . cipchit / . has boon tried at tho Newcastle-ou-Tyno Assizes on a charge of purposely soiling hid house on lire , iu order to defraud tho Phoouix Insurance Company , with which he had insured tho dwelling for 800 / . Tlio lire burst out in several places at once ; Lolpohiu anil two women came out of tine house partly dressed ; and Homo things were found among tho ruins which bore evidence of the prosonco of naphtha . Tho flamos also liad-tho-clinraotor'otVnaphtha-ilttniesfand-LeipehltM-made no efforts to put out the firo . His buttinoss was Unit of a pawnbroker ; but Homo time before the lire ho had told a tradesman in lloundadltch , London , that ho wished to start ( ih a watorproofer , and ho was informod that to that ond he muHt purohuee a largo stock of naphtha . Notwithstanding thoao facts , tlio jury found tho accused Not Guilty .

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      Muitmcu wear Daruunoton . — Mlohaol Tumor , a

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      collier near Darlington , has been killed in the course . of a drunken fight by a man named John Murphy . They fought with hands and feet , said one of the witnesses at the inquest ; and at length Murphy struck the other on the head with a coal-rake , and broke in . part of the skull . Turner fell , asked for a drink of water , and shortly afterwards died . Murphy ( against whom a verdict of Wilful Murder has been returned by the coroner ' s jury ) has absconded . Attempt to ¦ Murder a Policeman at Cardiff . — A French sailor , named Jules Lepault , has been

      apprehended on a charge of attempting to murder a police constable of the Cardiff force , named John Chaplin , who lies in an almost hopeless state at that town . The constable , having received a magistrate ' s warrant for Lepault ' s arrest , had executed it , aud was conducting hia prisoner to the station-house , when the Frenchman drew a knife and drove the blade into the officer ' s side . He then broke away from his captor , who , however , had the courage to pursue him , till the pain of his wound and the loss of blood compelled him to stop and seat himself on the shafts of an empty car , where he was found by another officer .

      Obtaining Mojjky by False Pretences . —A Mrs . Mary Weston M'Ghie has been charged before the Bath magistrates with obtaining from Mi-. Wigins , a land surveyor , estate agent , and negotiator of money loans , the sum of 280 / . on false pretences . She borrowed from him , at two different periods , the money in question , offering as security a freehold house in Grosvenoxstreet , a fourth part reversion in 2000 / . Consols , and a life policy . She afterwards stated that she was acting on behalf of her niece , Miss Adele M'Ghie , adding thai that lady was in great trouble , owing to her having a

      profligate father-in-law . Mrs . M'Ghie appeared greatlyagitated , and on a subsequent occasion exhibited considerable emotion while stating that her niece had been induced to sign the name of a lady to some document for 250 / ., and that that sum was urgently required to prevent criminal proceedings . The money was paid over to her ; but Mr . "Wigins never got the deeds , and it was subsequently discovered that the story about the niece was false . That young lady also appears to have been kept out of the way . Mrs . M'Ghie was committed for trial .

      The Waterloo-bridge Tragedy . —A soldier at the Colchester camp , who recently deserted , and , after being brought back , attempted to strangle himself , subsequently made a statement to the effect that he and a woman were concerned in the murder of the man whose remains were discovered on Waterloo-bridge about three months ago . On the police interrogating him , he said it was nil * humbug ; and , when brought before the Borough Bench , he made a similar retractation . He appeared to be mentally deranged , and was handed back to the military authorities .

      Murder at Over-Darwen . —For some time past , an an ^ ry feeling has existed between two men belonging to Over-Darwen , near Blackburn , named Beswick and Marsdcn , owing to a dispute about some poultry . On Sunday evening , Marsden was passing by Beswick ' s dwelling , when Beswick rushed out , armed with a poker , and felled the other by a blow on the head . The ruffian then walked away , and Marsden wus convej-ed home , but died the next day . Beswick has been apprehended and brought before tlio mngistratc . lie seemed much dejected , and fainted during the examination .

      Mr . Auciiml'ty Gi . over . —An application was made to Mr . Henry , at Bow-street , last Saturday , to accept bail for Mr . E . Auchinuty Glover , late M . P . for Beverley , who was then an inmate of Newgate prison . Mr . Lewis , jun ., of the linn of Lewis and Lewis , Ely-plnco , attended on behalf of Mr . Glover , who , it appeared , waa apprehended on the 23 nl ult ., at 30 , Colosliill-street , Pimlico , in pursuance of a warrant signed by Mr . Justice Coleridge . Tlio sureties having been approved of , tlio ex-Membar of Parliament left the court . Assault . —A man named Thomas Butler has boon examined at Westminster police-court , charged with n murderous assault on Cornelius O'Shcon , a

      fellowlubourer and lodger . Butler was aided by his eon , and O'Shecn wus seriously stabbed in tho face with a knife . Tho only motive alluyod was that tho injured man was in tho habit of making a groat noise in going up and down stairs . Butlor wan roinandud . —A groat many other cases of assault , some apparently from Christmas excesses in tho way of drink , liuvo wmo before tho notica of tho mayirttrates during tlio week . Ono of tho worst has boon a murderous attack committed by a person named Henry Jossop on llarriotti ; Davis . Ho struck tho poor woman on tho head , first with a poker ami then with a pair of tongs , knocked her down stain * , knelt on hoc Htoniach , and robbod hor of noino money . Tlio man haa boon examined buforo tho Worship-street magistrate , jviji . aa ; tt 4 iuj \ iiL « ilJiilU 4 i l i ^ ¦ ., * v- * . ww- ~ Tun Ciiaruic oi- AiiaoN near ttCTirNAn-anrcraw . —• Jamos Alfred llannaii , tho man charged with netting hia house in Anohor-atreot , Shoroditoh , on lire , haa boon rooxumiuod at Wordhip-struot , and discharged , tho evidence not bolng HiilVlciently clear to load to a conviction . A Oihlij & BM . INU PoidoN . —James Thomas Worloy , a Bhoumakor , was discovered in Bull-luno , . Stepney , last Saturday evening , supported by a young m « n , and evidently in tfrout pain . From a paper In hte hand , It

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02011858/page/7/