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nople ; with , & ' ia sai ^ tte tacifc authorization the Porte for && ' cbnstrn ' ctiori- of the Suez Canal , tile works for which Nrill soon ' commence . . ' . ¦ ¦ : " . ' .. bossia . . . . ¦ A violent collision has occurred between the Circassians and the Russian garrison of Ekaterinodav , in ¦ which the latter are reported to have lost five hundred men . The whole population of the little Tschetsina , in the Caucasus , amounting to . 12 , 000 or 15 , 000 , are emigrating into Russia , under the protection of Russian troops . They have burnt their auls , or fortified villages . Schamyl , at the last dates , was collecting troops . His movements were closely -watched by the Russians .
MOKTENEGBO . The English war steamer Coquette has eniereft the portof Kagusa . Two French liners have left G-ravosa ; but they have received orders to remain in the Adriatic till they receive further instructions . The Jfomievr publishes a long and not very clear letter from Prince JDanilo of Montenegro to the French consul at Scutari in reference to tie recent operations with the Turks . The object appears to be to show that the ; attatek on the Ottoman army at Grahovo was not during a . truce . A wbolo Turkish division has embarked for Montenegro , and a large force of men and artillery has already arrived at Gravosa .
On the receipt of the French and Russian note , the Porte agreed to suspend hostilities against Montenegro ; but great astonishment was felt : in . ' official ' quarters- as soon as it became known that , notwithstanding this arrangement " , a French squadron , had arrived in . the Adriatic . A Cabinet Council was at once held , the resnlt of ¦ which has not transpired .
AUSTRIA , On Whit Monday , there was a Musical Academy in the State Lunatic Asylum , Vienna , and among the singers was the celebrated Staudigl , who for some time past has been in a state of mental alienation . No strangers were present at the concert ; but it is said that the utmost order prevailed .
- . ¦• ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' : . ITALY . .....- - . ¦; . . . ¦; .. ¦ . . . Another shock of earthquake has been felt at Naples . The King has declined the proposal of mediation in the affair of the Cagliari , but has accepted that of arbitration , on the condition that the case should be referred to a great Power . The Official Gazette of Milan , of May 28 , announces the premature death of Gaetano Motelli , one of the most celebrated sculptors in Italy . Several of his statues were sent to the Universal Exhibitions of London , Paris , and New York . The vote of 1 , 600 , 000 / . for the defences of Genoa has leen carried in the Turin . Chambers by a large majority .
TURKEY " , The Greeks in Candia have risen against the authorities under the pretext of being-aggrieved by the tax for exemption from military service . Reinforcements , however , have arrived . The insurgents demand th « recal of Vely Pacha , and the same privileges as those enjoyed by the island of Samoa . There have also been several sanguinary conflicts near Smyrna , between the Turks and the Greeks .
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Public Meetings. The British And Itobeiq...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . THE BRITISH AND ITOBEIQH ANTI-SLAVERY" SOCIETY . The annual meeting of this society was held last Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Lord Brougham in the chair . Mr . Chamerovzow , the secretary , read the report , in which it was stated that " at the present moment the only country in the world which continues the slave trade is Spain . A sum of 400 , 000 / . had l ) een paid by England to Spain to compensate her for the losses which she would sustain by the emancipation of her slaves , and the society considered the time had arrived when measures should be adopted by this country to compel Spain to pursue an honest course in this matter , from information received by the Booiety , it appeared that the number of slaves annually landed in Cuba was not lees than from 15 , 000 to 20 , 000 . The native trade of Africa had greatly increased . Not less than 20 , 000 tons of palm-oil had been shipped from the Bight of Benin , and the exports-oft cotton had in seven years increased from 2801 b . to < HOOO , 00 Olb . An attempt was being made to revive tlio slave trade by Franco , under the insidious guiae of importing free labourers from Africa . Active measures had been taken by a certain party in this oountry to introduce a similar plan , to which the attention , ot tho society was most energetically directed . A bill had been passed by the Jamaica Legislature giving encouragement to this syatcim ; but , by tho exertions of tho society , tho bill liad beon disallowed by her Majesty ' s Government . " '
Lord Brougham , said that , breaking through hia iulo of not attending public meetings , he liad thought it right to add one more effort to tho great cause of tho emancipation of tho blacks "before descending into tho stato of Numbering , feeble , nuronsoninff , and narrative outage . " Adverting to tho system of alleged" free emigration " from tho coast of Africa , Lord Brougham said it was a gross abuse of language to call such emigration « free , " and observed : — " 1 lately had occasion to see earno most respectable and gallant officers wl < o hud served in tho French navy during tUe Crimean war ,
andwh < y hacHetely-beett oni the coast of Africa as .-super * intendents 1 of the shipment of those- so-called fii & e negroes . Ifoundfromthein tbatth » m © rtality onboard theveesels-r -with all the excellentregalationsioff the French Government—was , on a thirty days' voyage-froni Africa to Guadaloupe and Martinique , as much asitenipercen * . in those thirty days . On my asking how the men were obtained , 1 learnt that every one of them was a slave , purchased for the purpose of being taken on board the French ships . They were slaves brought up'to : thte coast from the interior , and tfaen liberated , in order to be pu-t on board under indentures , of which those poor negroes , being no doubt excellent French lawyers , mtist be supposed to understand the exact nature , binding then * to service
for a number-of years . It is said that we in England have no right to complain , because we ourselves supply onr colonies with coolies from India and China , and therefore the French and Spaniards have a right to take negroes from Africa . It is to Cuba alone to which these men are sent , and , depend upon it , unless you blockade the ports of Cuba it is in vain to expect that the system can be put down . I agree with tlioae who think that the better course to take is not to trust to any blockade of the Cuban coast , but to do all we can in concert with the French Government in order to obtain the emancipation of the slaves in Cuba itself . The instant that emancipation takes place , there would be an end to all speculation on the part of our kinsfolk in
America to obtain possession of Cuba , for the great object of those who entertain that notion is to obtain increased preponderance of the Slave States in the TJnioiu ' - ' Lord Brougham denied that there was any parallel between our importation of coolies and the " free emigration" system , though he had always objected , and did still object , to our employment of coolies . With respect to the working of free labour in the West Indies , his Lordship said that experience had shown its complete success . "I find that Mr . Governor Hinokes , writing from Barbadoes in the present year , says thatthere is one estate which during the time of slavery was worked by two hundred and thirty slaves ; and- which was sold for . 15 , 000 ? . Since emancipation , it has been
worked by sixty free labourers and thirty children , and it has produced three times the quantity of sugar which it formerly did , and was sold last year for 30 , 000 ? . It ; might be the case that in some of the West India islands there was a want of hands , but a noble friend of mine , Lord Douglas , who owns large property in Tobago , went over a short time since to look into the matter for himself . He set to work and introduced plough husbandry and cattle . He had his prejudice against so doing , like other people ; but these have been entirely removed by the results which liave followed . The utmost exertions are , in my opinion , still necessary for the purpose of preventing that falsely called system of free emigration from the coast of Africa . It is neither more nor less than a revival of the African slave trade . "
Several resolutions ( affirming ; the success of the emancipation of the slaves , and the desirability of cultivating cotton by free labour ) were then unanimously passed .
PKEVENTIOir OF CRUEL . TY" TO ANIMALS . The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held on Friday week in the Hanover-square Rooms ; Mr . W . A . Mackinnon , M . P ., in the chair . The report stated that the condition of animals in this country had greatly improved , owing to tho exertions of the society . A society with the same benevolent object lias been established within the last year at AVick , Caithness ; and it has been of great service in that district , where tho treatment of animals has hitherto been exceedingly bad . The condition of horses used by tourists in Scotland has been greatly ameliorated ;
and a society recently established in France has offered two medals to two Englishmen who might be chosen from amongst those remarkable fox their kind treatment of animals under their charge . The report was adopted on the motion of Sir John ScottLillie , seconded by Captain Nugent . Tho mover mentioned the circumstanco that Mr . Rnrey , the celebrated horse-tamer , had been marked for tho especiul approval of the society , 1 ) y reason of the services he had evidently rendered in breaking and taming the horse . That gentleman having preferred the more marked distinction of a medal to a gift of any pecuniary nature , the committee had awarded him a medal of tho value of twenty . guineas .
PLAYGBOUND AND GENEnAX IUSCnEATION SOCIETY . The first anniversary festival of this society took place on Tuesday night at the London Tavern , mid was presided over by Mr . Dickens . The object of the society is to provide available open spots for playground ^ in populous districts , so that the children of tho poor may bo taken out of tho streets -which so often prove their ruin . Mr . DiekenH , in a speech full of pleasantry and good feeling , said that , with respect to two parishes , St . I nncras and Marylebono , two bonovolenfc ladies had
cotno forward ftntl pledged themselves to subacribo 100 / each , provided the remaining necessary funds could be obtained from other sources . It was , in fact , therefore , with a view to a trial of the experiment in these two parishes that he nppearod before them that evening , rho health oftfie chuirman , and of the ladies , Avcro tho two concluding toasts . Tho last was proposed by tho chairman , who vowed tlint he would not preside at another dinner unless tho ladies also dined—an announcement which was received -with enthusiastic
cheers . The list of- subscriptions during , the evening amounted to 578 ? . 6 a . . *> BANQUET TO GENERAL . WILSONi The-members of the Oriental Club entertained Alaj or-General Sir Archdale "Wilson , K . C . B ., the conqueror of Delhi , at a banquet on Wednesday evening . Mnjor-General Sir Robert Vivian , K . C . B ., was the chairman ! The . guest of the evening , in replying to the toast of his ' health , said , speaking of the forces which took Delhi : ¦ " Not the least noble part of their conduct , in my opinion was , that though flushed with victory , and their Wood roused to the highest pitch , they still obeyed the call that was made upon them , and not a single woman or child was ill-used or ill-treated either by a European or a native soWier belonging to our force . ( Cheers . ) It his
been stated in the public prints , and also , as I am told in Parliament , that such-. was not the case , and that women had actually b & en' ruthlessly murdered . That I most emphatically deny . ( Cheers . ) Not one single instance I repeat , of any woman or child having been ill-treated ever came to my knowledge , and I took great pains to inquire into this matter . ( Renewed duers , ) Gentlemen , I have also to acknowledge your kind recognition of my humble services before Lucknow ; and I can only say it is a pride and a gratification to me to have served under so gallant a commands as Sir Colin ¦ Campbell . { Cheers . ) In the name of the army which served before Delhi , I beg , gentlernon , again to return you my most sincere thanks . " Several other speeches were made before the company "broke up-
Criminal Recortd. Mtrrdek Near Nbwcastle...
CRIMINAL RECORTD . MtrRDEK near Nbwcastle-oii-Tyne , —A murder has been committed at the village of St . Anthony ' s , near NeweaBtle-upon-Tyne , whicli appears to have arisen entirely from religious differences which have existed between the Protestant and Roman Catholic inhabitants of the place . A few evenings ago , a newly . married ' couple , named Mearns , were returning ; Lome'late . hi the evening , when they met on the road . Sirs ' . : Mearns ' s brother-in-law and two other men , who all proceeded homewards with tliem . They had just reached the
outskirts of St . Anthony's , and were passing a public-house in which an Orange lodge is said to be held , when Mrs . Mearns ' s ¦¦ ¦' brother-in-law' was suddenly fired upon by some person in a group of men collected ; outside the building . His , brother and sister-in-law , who wero in advance of him , being startled by the report of the pistol , turned round and saw their relative stretched prostrate , bleeding , aud surrounded by several men , one of whom ran a knife into him in several places . lie died almost immediately from the effects of his wounds . Four men have been apprehended on suspicion of having been concerned in the affair .
Mutiny of Convicts . —The convicts on board the ship Julia , of Bombay , bonnd for Singapore , mutinied while the vessel was at sea . Captain Fettick acted with the greatest promptitude and courage ; but it was-not until he had shot two of tho convicts dead that the movement was put down . '
Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...
GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A " game at definitions" was played last Saturday in the Court of Exchequer . An appeal was made against the verdict of a jury at an action for slander tried before Mr . Justice Erie at Maiclstone . The imputed slander consisted in the application to the plaintiff by the defendant of | the word " blackleg . " On tho question coming before the Court o-f Exchequer , there was considerable conversation among the Judges and counsel as to the precise meaning of the word , and as to whether or not it was actionable . Great was the display oflegal wit and . subtlety , and much laughter was the result . Mr . Serjeant Shec moved to set aside the verdict and io
enter a nonsuit , or for a now trial , and Mr . Iwlwni James , in slKwLng cause against the rule , said that tin * court were called upon to put a legal construction on the word " blnckleg . " The term clid not occur in Johnson ' s Dictionary , but , on tlio authority of Webster . " Blackleg is a term applied to notorious gamblers niul cheats . " By tho 8 th and 9 th Vic , c . 109 , sec . 17 , the act for amendin g the law of gaming , cheating at cards . & c , was made an indictable oifenco , and to cull a man « blackleg was to charge him with such an offence . Thf defondant relied on tho plaintiff having first called him a Jew pig . Tho Lord Cliief Baron : " No , only « pig- " ( Laughter . ) Mr . James : " Well , a pig , wliich , from its association with pork , was supposed to bo offensive Baroii
to a Jew . " ( Jicncwed lauyhtcr . ) Tlio Lord Chief : " I think tho word blackleg is applied to any notorious gnmblor ; but to infer theft a man is a notorious gambler would not bo actionable . " Mr . Junics : " A ' leg' may boa person on the Turf ; but , if you cnll him " blackleg , it imputes to him cheating . There would be no harm in calling an attorney a sheep , for that imputes innocence ( laughter ); but , if you call him a black sheep , it is clearly nc ' fcionable .. ' The Lord Chief Butod : " In tho Man of the World Sir Perthmx Macsycoikh »» t 3 ll 3 'rt to the chaplain , because ho would not bring ulmut nu annir of gjillantry , l You are a black Bhee ]) . ' WouW tho chaplain luive had cuu . so of aoLion agninfit I ' urtinax MncsycopJiant ? " ( Latcyhtcr . ) Mr . James : " If tlio
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Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/10/
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