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      . The Attempted Insurrection In Yirgiwra...

      circumstances . Brown had provided arms sufficient for 1 500 men , and on search being made at Ins house a number of letters and other documents were found among which was one from Frederick Douglass , and another from a lady / containing the dollars " for the cause . ' The result of the engagement at the Ferry appears to have been six citizens and fifteen insurT gents killed , three insurgents wounded and five prisoners . Tlie news of the outbreak caused great _ exand

      citement and alarm at Washington , precautions were taken in case of an outbreak occurring in tJiat city . In 'the meantime , apprehensions of further skirmishes were current in the neighbourhood of Harper ' s Ferry , and the citizens were arming . Colonel Lee went with a company of marines ta Harper ' s Ferry , but found all quiet . On withdrawing , the consternation of the people increased , and they were endeavouring to organise companies for general defence when the last accounts left .

      No. 502. Nov. 5,1859j The Leader. 1221

      No . 502 . Nov . 5 , 1859 j THE LEADER . 1221

      China. The News From Hong Kong Is To The...

      CHINA . The news from Hong Kong is to the 12 th September , and refers principally to the receptions of Mr . Ward , the American Plenipotentiary . His Excellency consented to exchange the ratifications of the treaty at Pehtang , a village on the Gulf of Pecheli , rather than accede to the alternative offered by the Chinese of performing " kotow . " Tlie Russian Embassy appears to be established at Pekin , but it is not stated on what terms . The new Governor of Hong Kon

      and the next day they returned accordingly . Arrived at Pei-tang on the 16 th , the treaties were exchanged * and an English prisoner named J . Powell given up . This man vas an ordinary seaman on board of the Highflyer , and who , with a sapper of the name of Thomas M'Queen , had been captured on the 25 th June ; fearing for his life he had proclaimed himself to be an American . The Chinese informed Mr \ Ward of this , and intimated their readiness to give him up as an American if he would could not

      demand him . This , however , the latter do , as he had been taken fighting under the flag of another nation . Anxious , however , to serve the poor fellow , he intimated to them that it would be a great personal favour if they would turn him over , and as such it was done . He is now on board of the Powhattan . Of the sapper nothing more is known than that he was wounded in the arm , was doing well , and is still a prisoner . The Chinese seemed generally anxious to know what the English would do next year . — North China Herald .

      The Friend of C / uno remarks : —" The cogent reasons urged why Mr . Bruce and M . Bourboullon should have been less pugnacious wlieq they found the Pem ' o barred to them , led us to hope different things for the Americans ; that , although Admiral Hope "was checked at Taku , he did not retire before , in the expenditure of all his ammunition , he gave the Emperor ' s forces a lesson which they would desire no repetition of—and therefore that , having had his victory , his Imperial Majesty could afford , and deem it the best policy to be magnanimous , and ratify the American treaty without requiring the homage paid by Westerns to the Deity only . But we have been disappointed , and can but opine , as we

      did \ v hen news of the rebuff first reached us , that Mr . Bruce and M . Bourboullon were more tlian justified in their determination to have the highway to Pekin open to them , or not attempt to go there at all . Far better is it for his Imperial Majesty Hien-fung to have an opportunity of throwing nil the blame of the battle at Taku on one of his Princes , than that he should be directly involved in personal insult to the representatives of France and England . The misfortune of Admiral Hope ' s defeat is only an incident which we have the power to remedy ; and it is to be hoped that , without delay , such a demonstration will be made at the Peiho that Hien-fung must come to reason , and throw off" tlie absurd pretentions to which he lays claim . "

      Mil . Ward ' s Visit to Pekin . —On the-16 th August , while the Powhattan . was anchored off Peitang , there arrived an Imperial edict , ordering that the American minister , and suite of twenty , should be escorted with all honour to Pekin , and that they should leave Pei-tang upon any day after the 19 th . This edict was in answer to a communication of the American minister , informing the authorities that he was present , and ready to exchange his treaty at arty time and place which they might appoint . On the morning of the 20 th Mr , Ward and suite landed at Poi-tang , where they were received by the escort , and conducted to Pekin with every show of respect . They first travolled forty-five miles across the

      couptry in covered carts , striking the Puiho at a village called Pei-tsang , some ten miles above Tiensing , and'thence proceeded in junks to Toong-chau , distant twelve miles . from Pekin , of which it is the port . There they again took Carts to the capital . The entire troop occupied eight days and a half , five of which were passed upon the river . Tho legation remained in Pekin fifteen days , during which time they were confined to their quarters — not , however , as prisoners , for they were at liberty at any moment to walk out ; but the commissioners refused tho use of horses and guides , leaving it optional with Mr . Ward to grant ho fit

      permission to walk outs or not , as saw . They would doubtless , however , have closod the gates entirely liad not that gentleman taken a firm stand at the very first interview , informing Kwei-Liang that should his movements be at all restricted he should close all intercourse and demand his return escort . It seems that the Emperor was very anxious to see Mr . Ward , but that he also insisted upon his performing the ko-tow , which being against the principles of his Excellency was positively refused . The result of this was , that upon tho fourteenth day of their stay it was Anally concluded to receive the President ' s letter at Pokin and to send his Excellency tack to Pel-tang to oxohango the treaty—

      Fokeign Incidents.

      FOKEIGN INCIDENTS .

      Hungarian Undergraduates. — On The 25th ...

      Hungarian Undergraduates . — On the 25 th October 400 of the students at the Pesth University were about to come to "Vienna to petition the Emperor to order their professors to lecture in the Hungarian language , but they eventually resolved to send a deputation of six to his Majesty . Great confusion prevailed in the Pesth University on the 25 th . The Dean addressed the students in Latin , ard advised them not to make any demonstration which could give offence to the authorities , but the young men declared that they had not understood trans

      the speech , and requested the Dean to give a - lation of it in " the language of the country . " The University " don " gave a German translation of his discourse , but as soon as he had ceased speaking a loud crv of " Hungarian is the language of the c o untry !" " was raised . One of the professors then addressed the young men in Hungarian , and fortunately succeeded in persuading them to forego their intention of proceeding in corpore to Vienna . Some of the students are likely to be expelled for hissing and whistling while the German professors were

      lecturing . ¦ - Fire at the Luxembourg .- —The Palace of the Luxembourg , the old Chamber of Peers , and now the Senate House , has been in great part destroyed by fire this week . The circular hall in which the Senate holds if s sittings principally suffered , and , in consequence of the number of passages by which this hall is surrounded , it was a long while before the engines could be so organised as to play upon the flames with effect . At live o ' clock the dome fell in , and then the whole Senate House was nothing but a heap of ruins . Two firemen and two servants of the Senate were dragged put from the rubbish much injured , but it is hoped that their lives will be saved . The damage is estimated at from 400 , 000 to 500 , 000 francs . It is feared that the paintings of Abel de Pujol and Vauchelet must be entirely

      destroyed . Garibaldi and ins Habits . —A letter from the liomagna describes a visit to this great General : — " Garibaldi was at dinner -when I went to see him about two o ' clock . I was admitted into his diningroom without difficulty . He was sitting at the table , surrounded by six officers of the staff , and was partaking of a modest dinner . The great leader never drinks wine , and never eats more than two sorts of moat at his dinner . At eighjt o ' clock in the evening he goes to bed , and regularly gets up at two o ' clock in the morning . Ho then reads for two hours some military book , and at four o ' clock he dispatches his private correspondence . At eight o ' clock he . his breakfast , aftqr which he goes into hid office

      to transact military business . Garibaldi is never seen in publio except on duty . Even when he wants to get the fresh air of the sea he rides out of the town , taking the shortest and quickest way which leads to the marina . Loaded with stars ana medals by more than one monarch , he never wears any decoration or distinction -whatever ; and when ho is obliged to wear his uniform he does it with such nonchalance that you would scarcely believe that ho is tlio hero of so many exploits of almost fabulous daring . " On Thursday last the Town Council of Rimini sent to Garibaldi tl » e diploma of Putrijsio , or ,

      in other words , made him and his descendants membora of the nobility of the town . The Pntriziuto RinunesQ' is an institution of the middle ages , which was in later timoa confirmed when Rimini passed by sale from the Malateata family to the Venetians . It is merely a title , but to have it is considered almost a princely honour , fur within the memory of man it has only been granted to monarchs ana popes . Garibaldi has not accepted it , as ho told tl » e deputation of . the town council , on account of his personal merit , but as an homage to the noble causo he serves .

      India, ' And . . ¦ , Indian Progress. — ...

      INDIA , ' AND . . ¦ , INDIAN PROGRESS . — ? " . '

      The Latest Bumouit. Fob The Fourth Time ...

      THE LATEST BUMOUIt . Fob the fourth time in two years rumours of the recall of the Governor-General are rife . Candidates for the office are named in London , and Anglo-Indians beguiled by the new hope once more postpone despair . We believe these fresh rumours are as groundless as those which have preceded them , though not for the same reason . The position ol the Governor-General has been seriously changed . His character was from the first well understood by politicians , and on the outburst of tlie mutinies most men in England expected liis immediate recall . Even Lord Granville spoke of it as a certainty , " li he hadas alleged , subscribed to Missions . -Lord stuffIt

      , Palmerston , however , was made of sterner . has "been through life an axiom with him that fidelity to followers pays ; heowed heavy obligations to GeoTge Canning ; arid'he refused blankly to " cut the tendrils from his own vine . " In the great party contest of 1858 , Lord Canning by a fortunate accident became the cAeual de 6 atdille of the Wings . They tested their strength in an effort to remove the ministry which had censured him , and though they failed they left the impression that the subject was a dangerous one . Meanwhile , the mind of England was manured with lies . Tlie Anglo-Indians who hated Lord Canning , hated tlie Company still moreand the advocates of monopoly found it

      essen-, tial to run them down . You can always run down colonists in safety in England , arid ffie Anglo-Indians were no worse treated than theAVest India planters , the Australian " shepherd lords , " the " white rebels of the Cape , or the Canadians , of the Northern province They were declared to be evil fools who wanted to depopulate Hindostan . Cruelty being the charge against them-, as it invariably is against colonists , it was inevitable that their enemy should be praised for his " calm mercy . " The Five Acts were coolly suppressed , and their author declared in India whose cheek unblanched

      the one man " was i by fear . " The statement was correct , for he was ' the one man in India who did not comprehend 1 the situation ; and as the British public , in spite of i philosophers , still considers courage the first of virtues , want of imagination was mistaken for Roman fortitude . Thenceforward , to criticise Lord Canning was to be a " malignant . " There was no one at home to explain the facts ; the British soldiery reconquered the country , and a conviction that the Governor-General had saved India settled do > vn into

      the English mind . Months however passed on , and the popular taitn began to be disturbed . Nothing was done in India to restore permanent tranquillity . All men murmured at the excessive delay . No mail reached England without intelligence of some administrative blunder . The people , always accurate in their instincts , distrusted the new native army . live capitalists , always alive to their own interests , distrusted the boundless extravagance . A section oi the European army , said soldiers , had been harassed into disaffection , and then dismissed . The Secretary

      of State admitted a deficit of twelve millions , ana half feared it , plight be annual , and tlio Press , aware nt last that all incompetence m paid tor in money , awoke from its long dream . More than . all , tho restrictions on furlough were removed , iiw * Anglo-Indians swarmed home in hundreds , each mail * h e oracle of his little circle , nnd each the personal inveterate foe of tho Govornor-Ge . jenil . Uhe / vies demanded Lord Canning ' s removal , and followed up its attack . On August 4 th the journal doolnro . 1 ;— " How-to it , wo wish to know , that while ovoryt . hw ftiiniiiros . whilo Governors-General , Indian

      Secretaries , Cnbinots and Parliaments , come ana go , tinsn 5 circle round the Governor-General never seems t % change ? There is no Government moro uniform , more dodf to warning , more blind to notorious facts , more certain to- repeat the smno errors again and again , than tlie heads of departments In India . Stupidities of this sort may happen anywbor * . but in India they are repeated ofj rtnmd attain , no account is given of thorn . 11 ere is nobody to demand the removal of the wroiigheadod and miscliiovous official . Tho public opinion ot the Indian army is open-mouthed , but powerless . At this moiasnt throughout all ImJiu the eyo orapprohonsion is turned , not to Oudo , or Nopaul , or Lahore , or to Contra ! India , or tho Brahmins , or to anything ol uaieuua

      native , but to the British Administration , , which , having brought on the sepoy mutiny and the European mutiny , is now firmly believed to be fully capable of bringing on worBO Ills , if they are not coming already . On t he 6 th August it believed : —

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 5, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05111859/page/9/