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      a dally prosecuted on account of an article offensive to the French Government in connexion with the attempted assassination , has been acquitted by . the jury . ... The trial of the prisoners implicated in the June insurrection in the kingdom of Naples commenced on the 29 th ult . The proceedings on that day were chiefly formal . TURKEY . Handar Effendi has been appointed to the post of Charge * d'Affaires at Paris . The Poles who formed part of the Foreign Legion have been disbanded . An extraordinary meeting of the Ottoman Cabinet has taken place relative to the affairs of Herzegovina and Bosnia . The Herzegovina is in full insurrection , and the Turkish garrison of Niksich has been massacred in cold blood , in the presence , and with the sanction , of a Franciscan monk . "Omar Pacha , " says a Constantinople correspondent

      of the Daily News , " has left Aleppo on his journey across the desert to Bagdad . His original intention had been to take the route by Urfa , Diarbekir , and Mardeen ; but the lateness of the season , and consequent state of the roads ( or rather no -roads ) in that direction , led to his choosing the direct over-the-desert route to Mosul instead . As he goes accompanied by 4000 troops and 20 guns , the Arabs will keep their distance ; and the march of such an Imperial force right through their own sandy domains may even tend to give them a wholesome impression of the Porte ' s hitherto despised power in those regions . "

      The JPresse < POrient announces that Mehemmed Djemil Bey , the Turkish Ambassador in Paris , has been authorized , on his own request , to return to Constantinople . The Councillor of the Embassy will remain at Paris aa Charge' d'Affaires .

      HAMBURG . Messrs . Solomon Heine and Co . and the North German Bank have published a prospectus of a new Six per Cent . Swedish loan , to the amount of nine million marcs banco , which has been taken by them , and which is repayable in 1866 . PRUSSIA . The Chevalier Bunsen has been elevated to the rank of Freiherr or Baron , and it is said to be the intention of the King to summon him to sit in the House of Notables .

      SWITZERLAND . The Suisse , of Berne , has the following on the refugee question : —" The Federal Council received , not a note , but a simple verbal communication of a despatch addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France to the French Legation . In substance , it says that if Switzerland , as a neutral state , is entitled to the kind consideration of the Powers she has also international duties to fulfil , and in particular she cannot permit the refugees who reside in her territory to concoct machinations

      calculated to disturb the tranquillity of neighbouring countries . The hope is therefore expressed that the Federal Council will be kind enough to take measures for sending the refugees now stopping at Geneva into the interior . The whole despatch is drawn up in very moderate terms . The Federal Council , which received the communication three or four days ago , resolved to keep it secret for a time , in order not to embarrass the course of negotiations between the two countries ; and it is annoyed at the publicity which has indiscreetly been given to the affair . "

      ——— —»—¦————~~^~ ——«—228 The Leader. [No...

      ——— —»—¦————~~^~ ——«—228 THE LEADER . [ No . 411 , I'ebrttarit 6 , 1858 .

      Public Meetings. Mr. Hor8man, M.P., And ...

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . MR . HOR 8 MAN , M . P ., AND THE IRISH SECRETARYSHIP . Mr . Housman has been attending two meetings of his constituents , one at Stroud and the other at Nailsworih , a contributory borough . At the latter place , some disapprobation having been expressed at his relinquishing the post of Secretary for Ireland , Mr . Horsman gave his reasons for the step . He referred to the disturbed state of Ireland at one time , and its present more prosperous condition . " Now , " ho added , " wo have , by one act after another , removed all those disabilities , all those oppressive acts , and Ireland has sprung forth into religious peace , into agricultural improvement , into commercial

      prosperity , until from one end of the country to the other it is absolutely in a state of peace and tranquillity equal to the town of Nuilswortti . Therefore , as far as the difficulty of the office wont , I found it took a groat deal of ingenuity to occupy myself more than two hours a day with that once important office and now one of the highest paid under tho State . " Finding , therefore , that he was paid a good doal for doing very little , and finding also that h $ s position under Government restricted hls'independence-ae-a-Mernbor ^ of-PurlianiontKJje ^ fifeJt ^ mined on resigning .

      nifil'ORM MEETINGS . Further reform meetings have boon held at Bradford , Carlisle , Doncaator , Manchester ( where Mr . George Wilson was the chief speaker ) , Norwich , Birmingham ,, Greenwich , Gateshead , Halifax , Warrington , and Glasgow . At tho Manchester mooting , it was resolved to form a 1 Manchester Reform Association , ' and that any one subscribing a shilling a year shall bo a member thereof . A letter from Mr . Bright to tho chairman was read at this meeting . It advocated a large extension of tho

      franchise , but more especially insisted on the necessity fora more equal apportionment of members to population , without which even universal suffrage would leave the aristocracy triumphant ; and on the great importance of vote by ballot , the want of which would place in the hands of employers a fearful power of tyrannizing over the employed . THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA . A meeting on this question was held in Broadmead Rooms , Bristol , on Monday evening ; Mr . Matthews in tho chair . It was addressed by Mr . Crawshay , of Newcastle , at considerable length , and the following resolution was proposed : —" That the Indian rebellion , has been the direct consequence of departure from the maxim of respect for the laws , . religion , and usages of the Hindoos , which was the guide of the founders of the Indian Empire , and likewise of breach of faith in depriving native princes of their territory , as especially evinced in the annexation of Oude . " On the other hand , Mr . Jackson and others protested that the meeting was not sufficiently informed of the facts to adopt such , a resolution , and moved an amendment to that effect . Another amendment similar to that introduced by the Chartists at the London Tavern meeting , was also moved by Mr . Way ; and , on a show of hands , was declared by the chairman to be carried . This result was denied , however , by many persons in the meeting ; and , after a good deal of noise and confusion , a division was called for , and Mr . Jackson's amendment was carried by a large majority .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Young Wom...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A young woman of twenty , living at Gate ' s Gardens , Bethnal-green-road , was burnt to death a few evenings ago , during the absence at chapel of her parents . She was preparing supper against their return , when the flounces of her dress suddenly touched the bars of the grate , and ignited . She ran out of doors , wrapped in flames , and her screams' brought several of the neighbours to her assistance , when the fire was extinguished , but not until she had received injuries of which she died , on the following morning , at the London Hospital . The superintendent of carpenters at the Euston-square terminus of the Birmingham Railway has been knocked down by an advancing train as he was crossing the line between the terminus and the Camden-town station . He was killed on the spot .

      A dreadful casualty has happened at Bardsley , a locality in the Knott Lanes division of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne , about two miles north of that town . An explosion occurred at the coal-pit known as the Diamond Pit at the time that the men and boys were leaving on Tuesday evening . About half the persons employed—that is to say , about a hundred men—were in the pit at the moment . Of these , twenty-seven were dead when they were got up . Twenty-six were more or less burnt ; while many escaped without any injury whatever . The shock of the explosion ^ is said to have set fire to some tubs in an adjoining pit , and to have severely burnt some of the colliers there . Thirteen persons are missing .

      Mr . Harcourt , licensed victualler , of Wolverhampton , tumbled backwards , on Tuesday afternoon , while asleep , into the brewing boiler . Though he fell into nearly live feet of water , he got out by himself , went up to his bedroom , and then raised an alarm . Medical aid was procured , but he died at four o ' clock next morning . He was sitting on the edge of the copper at the time he fell asleep .

      Tub Reduced Standard Von Recruits.—The F...

      Tub Reduced Standard von Recruits . —The first batch of recruits since tho standard has been reduced to live feet throe inches , arrived at Chatham last Saturday , from Manchester und Liverpool . The depots of tho 51 st Light Infantry and 88 rd Regiment proceeded on Monday from the huts in Brompton to Wulmer liarr / iclcs , in JpJf . 4 fi ! L * 2 .,. ! 5 A ? £ - I ! oom for recruits and volunteers . There appeafsno laeic ~ of young men ""? 6 auy ~ to ~ joln-therranks for regiments in India . Inokuasiq oif Cavamiy . —Lord Panmuro has announced to the Lord-Licutonunt of Ireland that , of the two new cavalry regiments , one shall bo a restoration of tho old 5 th Dragoons , which regiment was disbanded in 1799 on account of alleged seditious conduct in Ireland , and tho other a restoration of tho 18 th Drayoons , disbanded in 1821 . Both wore , and are again to bo , Irish regiments . WitKOKg tet January . —During tho month jiwt ended , 154 wrecks wore recorded .

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Lieuxenant-General Thomas Asuburnham , who was originally appointed to the command of the expedition to China , and was thenco transferred to India , arrived in London on Friday week by the Overland Mail from Calcutta . It is stated that his return was entirely unexpected either at the Horae Guards or the War Department . A Vessel Run Down . — Tho British felucea Sarah , with birdseed , honey , & c , was run down by an unknown brig on tho night of tho 26 th ult ., off Tarifa . Tho master and crew had barely time to save themselves before the Sarah foundered . They urrived at Gibraltar tho following morning .

      Our Civilization. Central Criminal Court...

      OUR CIVILIZATION . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Tub February sessions commenced on Monday , when John Smith , a respectable-looking young man , surre ndered to take his trial on two indictments , one charging him with forgery at common law , the other with obtai ning money by false pretences . Only the first indict ment , however , went to the jury . A Mr . Borwick , a drysalter at London Wall , has invented two articles of cookery called Baking Powder and Egg Powder , each packet of which is covered with a peculiar label . This label

      Smith procured to be forged , and he vended some composition of his own as the true powders . Mr . Sleigh , who appeared for the prisoner , contended that there was no criminal charge whatever against his client . The proper course would have been to apply to the Court of Chancery to restrain Smith from selling the articles ia question . The jury found him Guilty , but recommended him to mercy on the ground that he was not aware that he was committing a criminal act . The Recorder reserved the question of law .

      The trial of Mr . Auchmuty Glover has been again postponed till next session . Thomas Blacketer , John Rigdon Thornhill , and Mary Elliotf , who had previously pleaded or been found . Guilty of selling immoral books and prints in Holywellstreet , were on Tuesday sentenced , the two first to six months' hard labour , and the last-mentioned to a year's . On the same daj-, John Cowan , a medical man in Westminster , who pleaded Guilty last November to a charge of exposing outside his premises placards containing disgusting expressions with reference to the Royal family and others , was brought up for judgment , but it was not then passed , owing to the prisoner ' s wild and excited demeanour and incoherent expressions raising a doubt as to his sanity . On Thursday , however , he was sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment , and to find sureties for good behaviour for two years .

      Jeremiah Callagher arid Patrick Murphy were tried on Wednesday for the murder of Henry Morgan , a policeman , near the Mile-end-road . Our readers are already in possession of the facts . Both prisoners were found Guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced , Callagher to two years' and Murphy to One year ' s , hard labour . Patrick Riley was indicted for the murder of David Tarbitt , a private of the Fusilier Guards . Tarbitt had humanely interposed _ to prevent any injury happening to a child which was in the arms of a woman who was engaged in an Irish ' row' in Rosemary-lane . This induced Riley to throw a hammer at the soldier ' s head , and the blow thus received resulted in his death . Riley was found Guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced to a year ' s hard labour .

      James O'Neal , a tailor , has been tried on a charge of manslaughter , arising out of a quarrel with some of his comrades . He was found Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy qd the ground that he had received considerable provocation , and had borne a good character . A sentence of six months' hard labour was passed on him . John Child was indicted on Thursday for the manslaughter of James Bezant . An irritated bull had run into Child ' s stable , but was driven out by the prisoner ; and the animal then indicted injuries on Bezant from which ho died . There appeared to be some doubt as to whether tho bull did not himself mail out of the stable , and tho jury accordingly Acquitted the accused .

      Frederick Perry Has Pleaded Guilty At Th...

      Frederick Perry has pleaded Guilty at the Middlesex Sessions to having stolen the Bum of 70 / . Us . Id . from his master . Ho absconded with , the money , kept away for two months , and then wrote a letter to his employer , appointing a place where lie would give himself up . He is only seventeen yeara of age , and his character previously has been good . Ho was sentenced to a year ' s hard labour . Omnibus Thieves . — A showily-dressed young woman , named Ann Smith , was charged at ' Worship-street last Saturday with being concerned witli another , not in custody , in an omnibus robbery . Mr . William Paynter , a commercial traveller , was riding in an omnibus from the Elephant and Oastlo when tho two women got in .

      Shortly afterwards , n ludy und two other paBstongow entered , on which Smith worked her wuy up towards tho lady , while Smith ' s companion endeavoured to attract tho attention of Mr . Puyntor by talking about ft prizefight ia which Bon Cuunt wns concerned . However , aa ho hud noticed tho woman Smith making signs to nor companion and pointing to tho lady ' s pocket , ho Hxea his attention on her . Ultimately , Just us the lady was about-to-got-out ,. SnuHuaupareiUly j > ueflood « l » n »«« " >« Wwoanho

      her purse . Mr . Paynter accordingly fo -iaay , at tho same time enjoining tho conductor not to lot me two women out . On speaking to tho lady , ho lounu thut she had , in fact , lout her purso . At that moinonc , Smith was lot out of tho omnibus ; but Mr . I aynwr pursued and brought hoc back to tho vehicle , when nor companion , stooping down , oxalaiiued , ?' Heroin « P ° > and handed It over to tho lady , wlio , being ttn invA " 7 refused to give tho woman into custody . Mr . 1 ayntor , however , took that omco on himself ; and It was provoa before tho magistrate that SinltU oolongs to ft gang w

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 6, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06021858/page/8/