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1132 THE _ IEADBB. [Satukday,
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CONTINENTAL UOTES. Arrest.—"An Iu. Wind,...
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Results of Patriotism.—M. Sobrier, one o...
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French Opntiox of Missionaries.—Some tim...
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Mobmonite Error.—Some time since the Kin...
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The Review in Paris.—The grand review on...
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Dknmakk.—The Morning Chronicle correspon...
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AUSTRALIA. The Times published on Wednes...
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Victoria.—The Melbourne Argus, of Septem...
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SPAIN. Espauteuo has persisted in his re...
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1132 The _ Ieadbb. [Satukday,
1132 THE _ IEADBB . [ Satukday ,
Continental Uotes. Arrest.—"An Iu. Wind,...
CONTINENTAL UOTES . Arrest . — "An Iu . Wind , " & e . —We learn from GaZignani that at Brussels a man has been arrested under curious circumstances . He told a cab-driver that he was & Spaniard , who had lost his papers , and wished to be concealed for two or three days . They had some beer , and then- met " Isabella , " who kindly consented to give the Spaniard a refug « . Afterwards the cab-driver was frightened , and went to the police , who arrested the Spaniard . After he departed Isabella was fortunate enough to find a leather belt containing 5000 fr . in gold .
Results Of Patriotism.—M. Sobrier, One O...
Results of Patriotism . —M . Sobrier , one of the most eccentric of the celebrities of 1848 , and who , at the head of his famous Bepublican club of the Rue Rivoli , exercised for a time a considerable amount of pressure upon the provisional government , died two or three days since in a madhouse . He was , it may be remembered , sentenced to transportation by the High Court of Bourges for his part in the affair of May 15 , and was lately pardoned by the Emperor .
French Opntiox Of Missionaries.—Some Tim...
French Opntiox of Missionaries . —Some time since , the Bishop of Algiers , thinking the Church rather strong in the land , suggested Missionaries to Algeria . The heads of the military and civil offices "were consulted , who were decidedly against the motion . Recently the attack has been recommenced through tie Pope and has met with the same results . It was stipulated when Algiers , was conquered by the Trench , that Islamisna should be respected , and already several rebellions have occurred through giving the missionary his way . At present , when Turkey is as anally , France is not prepared to frighten the Sultan .
Mobmonite Error.—Some Time Since The Kin...
Mobmonite Error . —Some time since the King of Prussia obtained all the Mormon books from England and the States . The brethren heard of this mark of -condescension and resolved on sending a deputation to Berlin . The deputation was received , with every mark of attention , by a detachment of soldiers , and the police ordered them to leave Berlin in twenty-four hours .
The Review In Paris.—The Grand Review On...
The Review in Paris . —The grand review on Monday was favoured by the -weather , which , alth o ugh cold and threatening , was finer than it has been , for some days . The regiments of infantry , cavalry , and artillery constituting the new Imperial Guard were drawn up in the avenues of the Tuileries garden and the Champs Elyse * es . There were at least 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 of these picked troops under arms , and a finer body of soldiers waa never seen . The variety , novelty , and richness of the ¦ uniforms , the show of strength and activity in the men , and their healthy , cheerful aspect , excited universal admiration . In . the Place du Carrousel , awaiting the arrival of the Emperor from St . Cloud , that corps d ? elite par eaccellencey that " cream , of the cream , " the Cent
Gardes , appeared for the first time on horseback . They come nearer to our Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) than anything I have seen . The Emperor and Empress arrived in a travelling- carriage at a quarter to one . They were received by Marshal Magnan , the Minister at War , Marshal Vaillant , and most of the generals on . the active list present in Paris . As the Imperial cortdge drove into the court of the Tuileries the sound of martial music threw the Cent Gardes into confusion . Several of the horses reared ' and kicked , and one gigantic trooper measured his length upon the earth . At a minute before one ( the appointed time ) the Emperor , mounted on horseback , and followed by a brilliant staff and the Cent Gardes , sallied forth from the front door of the Tuileries
into the gardens , and rode slowly along the lines . His reception "waa the warmest X have ever seen . Not only the troops , but many of the public shouted " Vivo l'Emperour" with every appearance of genuine enthusiasm . One English officer in uniform rode with the staff . After passing along the linos into the Champs Elysees , and inspecting the troopa there , the Emperor returned to the front of the Palaco to see the filing past , In the balcony , decorated for the occasion with crimson velvet , the Empress took her seat , attended by the ladies of the court . Marshal Prince Jeromo in full uniform was behind her chair , and close to him . Lord Palmerston , to whom the Empress turned round to speak very frequently during the review . — Daily News Corespondent .
Dknmakk.—The Morning Chronicle Correspon...
Dknmakk . —The Morning Chronicle correspondent at Copenhagen mentions the arrest of Harro Harring , by birth a North-frietian , but for many yours an American citizen . Ho was there for the purpose of establishing a now eteam-packot company . Harro Harring arrived Here accordingly on Wednesday , and was immediately transported an a criminal to tlio polico-ofnco , although his papers wore in perfect order . The American Minister hero , Mr . Bodingor , promptly interfered , and tlio Policomiwtor ( Brcostrup ) allowed him to lodge at th » Hotel d'Anglotorro . Harring had thon an interview with tho Foreign Minister ( Bluhme ) , which lasted half an hour . Tho result waa that ho waa compelled to leave Coponliagen instantly , nnd took his departure by tho tttoamor ScMcawig , to return to London , vid Kiel and Hamburg . You may think this incredible and inexplicable , but it ia true , and quite natural . Harro Harring took part in ib . o Polish rising of 1880 . This ia eufficiont .
Therefore was he expelled from Norway some years back by the Russian Oscar , and therefore is he now driven from Danish ground by the Russian Bluhme . Russian reclamations have insisted on this step , and Bluhme has obeyed . So much for law and freedom under the present Ministry ! Mr . Bedinger will probably not let the matter end here .
Australia. The Times Published On Wednes...
AUSTRALIA . The Times published on Wednesday a long letter from their Correspondent at Sydney , from which we take the following important and ' interesting information . The yield of gold had been fully up to , occasionally above , the average , and a nugget of 98 lbs . bad been recently obtained . The statement that Sir W . Denison was to succeed Sir C . Fitzroy gave much dissatisfaction , as he had gone against the popular opinion in contending for the continued importation of felons .
The quiet current of local politics has been broken by a movement in the Council amounting at once to a resolution for stopping the supplies and an impeachment of " the Ministry . " This measure has been provoked by the apathy , carelessness , and general incapacity of the members of the Executive Government . The following resolutions have been framed : — 1 . That the Government of the colony , as at present administered , does not possess the confidence of this House . . - . . 2 . That this Council resolves to postpone the consideration of the estimates for the year 1855 , until it is assured that the public expenditure will be made under a Government formed upon the principle of Ministerial responsibility .
3 . That an address be presented to his Excellency the Governor-General , transmitting the foregoing resolutionsj and respectfully requesting that his Excellency will he pleased to take them , into his favourable consideration . The censure is confined to the officials connected with the administrative departments of the Government . Mr . Cowper made a special exemptioii in favour of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General . The other officers he accused of want of zeal , -want of knowledge , want of industry , and want of good manners , the last always telling for something in the management of all bodies of men , from parish vestries to imperial senates ; but the chief special charges sprang from the management of the expenditure of the province . The
Executive does appear to be falling into a system , of extravagance that no revenue so liable to fluctuations can justify . The supplementary estimates for the present year amount to 185 , 000 ? . over and above the ordinary expenses . It is more than the whole expenditure amounted to a few years ago , and it is not accounted for either by any sudden increase of the population or by the outlay on public works and roads . There is a strong feeling out of doors against tho mismanagement that must exist somewhere , and it is expressed even in quarters once favourably disposed to the official system generally . The Sydney Herald , for instance , describes the position of the Executive at present as one " of jarring incoherence , of helpless decrepitude , and of imbecility little short of mental aberration . "
Respecting the Mint , which may be considered established—A large expense had been incurred and engagements made on tho former vote of tho legislative body ; and there was a general feeling that the experiment must be made , though , with its present knowledge of how the production and' exportation of gold have worked , the Council would certainly not petition for a Mint now . It was alleged that the petition had only been granted under a condition that rendered the privilege valueless . It was expected that tho Australian sovereigns would bo imperial coin , whereas they are to bear a distinctive stamp , though they will be of the exact weight and value as the gold coinage of England . Tho distinction ia consiaorod fatal ; tho gold coined in tho colony will bo exported and received at home as bullion only : it will
not bo a legal tender cither in England or any of tho British possessions ; it is doubtful whether it would pass current in tho neighbouring Australian province of Victoria . Why go to tho expense , it was aafced , of striking coin that beyond tho boundary of Now South Wales will bo but so much gold ? The metal as it is dug up suffices for every purpose of commerce ; its value is perfectly well known . In fact , gold commands a higher price hore than it docs in London , and moro than a Mint would impart to it—at least nominally . Other and minor objections were , not wanting . Tho expense of tho cstablitthraent will bo out of all proportion to tho population of tho colony , it will bo at least 12 , 000 * . a year for less than 2 fiO , 000 inhabitants , -while it in said tho Mint of the United StatcH auppllos tho coinage of 26 , 000 , 000 of population for « 0 , 000 / . per annum .
Tho Council , on tho motion of Dr . Lung , has discussed tho question of erecting tho Moreton-bay district of Now South WaloB into a separate province , to whioh it ifl proposed to give the name of Cookaland . Tho motion was negatived on tho ground that
Moreton Bay did not suffer much inconvenience , and could not , from its small size , afford a separate Government . Internecine warfare appears to be rife between the different administrations . — Many acts may receive the sanction of the Crown , as containing nothing objectionable as far as the authority or interests of the mother-country are concerned , which may cause the most mischievous confusion in the relation of the provinces to each other . Thus the several tariffs of Customs " duties are becoming yearly more different ; the import duties of Victoria already differ so much from those of New South "Wales , that on the frontier between these provinces on the River Murray
they have rival customhouses , between which the settlers are as methodically harassed and impeded in their trade as if the two colonies were foreign States . If a new province were created at Moreton Bay , its tariff would probably differ from both those above-mentioned , and more customhouses would be required on another inland frontier . Victoria has just passed an absurd postage act , differing from the system of all the other provinces , and that of England also , making any arrangement of a general system of postal communication with Europe for this continent almost impossible , and throwing the correspondence between the two provinces themselves into the greatest confusion . Any of the other Councils have it in their power to add to tlie mischief by some blunder of the
same kind . In granting the Mint to New South Wales , it appears to have been left doubtful whether the gold coined in it will be current in either of the other threeprovinces , and it is by no means impossible they may each at some future time petition for a Mint of their own , though one well-appointed establishment could with ease issue more coin yearly than the whole continent will require for its annual supply for the next two centuries . There is a University at Sydney , with an able staff of professors and an endowment of 50 QOI . a-year , which the Government , with much good nature , pays for finishing the education of 15 young gentlemen ; as there is no public or preparatory school to feed the University , it is all but useless ; one educational establishment of this kind would ' more than meet the requirements of the whole of the provinces for several generations , yet another is being founded in Melbourne ,
with a second endowment and another body of professors , and an equal certainty of failure in its chief object , from the same cause . The two provinces might have given some value to one establishment , had any power directed the respective Governments in a united action ; but two Universities fora population less than that of a small English county , where there is not a single public or high school to give the previous education required t < j " graduate" with any advantage , is a deplorable error . Even pursuits common to both provinces are governed by different systems , though the nature of the case required that one principle should be observed . The tendency to legislate without regard to the general effect of their policy , or in a spirit of provincial rivalry , ia rapidly increasing , and the establishment of some authority , federal in effect , if not in name , will soon become absolutely necessary .
Victoria.—The Melbourne Argus, Of Septem...
Victoria . —The Melbourne Argus , of September 25 , thus notices a reaction in tho labour market : — " There is at present for working men , who persist in remaining in Melbourne , a decided want of employment —itself a calamity—and an indication of embarrassment on tho part of those who have been the usual employers of labour . " This want of employment tho Argus accounts for by the difficulties of acquiring land , over-exportation to the colony from the United Kingdom , and to some extent to the conduct of " tho working men themselves who , attracted by tho high rate of wages , have lingered in the town , and refused to diffuse themselves over the country ; and now that tho scale of wages is declining refuse to work for lower rates . They prefer to remain idle , to expend tho produce of previous industry , and to defer still further tho commencement of those public and private works which only tho liigh price of labour , in addition to a diminution of available capital , has delayed . "
Spain. Espauteuo Has Persisted In His Re...
SPAIN . Espauteuo has persisted in his resignation , notwithstanding the entreaties of the Queen and tho demand of tho country . The new Ministry is not yet named . Tho Madrid correspondent of tlio Morning Chronicle anys : — 11 Some of the journals already give lists of tho futuTo Eapnrtoro Cabinet n » it will probably bo constituted , according to thorn ; but they aro not only premature , but without any good foundation . It appears that Sonor Olozaga profora tho Paritt ombiiHHy to the Foroign-ofllco , which Don Antonio Gonzalos , now Spanish envoy in London , mny bo culled to fill . Ho hold tho B » mo po « t before , during KHparteTo ' n regency . Sonor Calatrava may also again hold oflico under KHpartoro as Finance Minister . General Gumia it » upolutn of as Miniator of War , and Don Juan Bautislu Alonzo « s tho future MiniHtor of Grace and Justice . "
Meanwhile the bureau of tho Assembly l > ns been constituted . Espartero has got tho Presidency O'Donell nnd Dulce aro Vico-PrcBidentB .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 2, 1854, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02121854/page/4/
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