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it was found that both this exp losion and that of the Carlo III . -were owing to the spontaneous ignition of a . peculiar compound invented for military purposes i > y . one of the officers who perished on board that vessel . j
TTJRKET . I An audacious act of piracy has just been committed I at the port of Pittalo , in one of the little isles of the Sea of Marmora , near Constantinople . A small vessel , carrying twenty-six armed men , dashed into the harbour , -where twelve or thirteen vessels were lying , which h & a teen driven in by the rough weather , and , coming alongside a barque which tad put in there on its way from Kulali to Constantinople , the V ^ en . T ^ pf on b ^ bo £ ^ Pi tX but Afterwards visited the Asiatic shore where they committed various depredations , and at last ^ ata point between Karta Liman and Fanaraki , abandoned the barque , leaving the crew still in their bonds . _ One of the sailors contrived , after the departure of the pirates , to crawl over to a comrade , and with his teeth untie the cords by which the other was bound ; and so they all regained their liberty . . The pirates have not been over-? aTrnr ) ¦ . "¦ -. ' - ^^ . _ . __*~ -3—A ft nTin ^ nn ^ inA f » I rt arresieu ai i i
* Two intendants nave oeen v ""»<* " « " « ' *~ for being concerned in a considerable robbery from the Treasury of the Sultan . " ¦ ' . .. Mehemed Bey , a Hungarian by birth and family , bat a Turk by adoption , and a colonel in the Sultan ' s army , has been elected by the Circassian National Council to the command in chief of their army . He had distinguished himself in the Hungarian war of independence , and is connected with Circassia by marriage . On receiv ing the intelligence of hia election , he applied some funds with which he had beea furnished by the Circassians to the purchase in London of arms and ammunition , which had no sooner arrived than he resigned his post of chief of the Turkish general staff , hired an English steamer arid a brig , and set sail for Circassia with three hundred Poles and the implements of war . When they went on board at Buyukdere , the Polish flag was hoisted , and tho adventurers sang the national war hymn . ¦ . ¦ The Russian ambassador , on getting intelligence of these matters , asked the Grand Vizier for explanations . Inquiries were made , and the reply then given was that Mehemed Bey had illegally absconded from his post . . It is said that the Russian ambassador means to send off a war steamer in pursuit of the expedition ; but the papers of the English captain are quite regular , and the Russians appear to be powerless .
8 FAIX . The Polaco party , the chiefs of which , driven out in 1864 , have but recently been allowed to return , has been greatly exasperated at the marked disfavour by which it is viewed at the palace , where none of its representatives are ever asked to the balls . In revenge , they say that it is time to get rid of the present Queen , and to replace her by the Duchesse cle Montpensier . " It is stated , " writes the Times Madrid Correspondent , "but I do not vouch for the truth of it , that the Spanish Government has applied to those of England and France to know if they will allow their naval forces to watch over tho safety of tho island of Cuba while those of Spain proceed from that island upon an expedition against Mexico . I am assured that up to yesterday ( February 22 nd ) no answer had been received to this inquiry . "
, i L GERMANY . After an interruption of nearly two years , the two Chambers of Wurteinberg , which were indefinitely prorogued in 1855 , havo just been convoked by the King for tho 10 th of March , to resume their deliberations at Stuttgard . SWITZEHIAND . The authorities of Neufchutel are apprehensive of a now attempt on the part of tho Royalists . The Republican officers havo assembled in council on the subject . The militia has received instructions to hold itself in readiness for eventB . The posts have been doubled , and the Gendarmerie reinforced by the Guides .
f DKNMAnK . Denmark has despatched her reply to tho notes of Prussia and Austria on tho subject of tho Duchies . In thia reply , which forms a voluminous document , tho Danish Government enters into details already known . It rejects tlio demands of tho two German Powers , declines tho intervention of tho Germanic Diet , and declares that tho King is decided on maintaining " tho rights confided to him by God and tho nation . " Count do Bulow , tho Danish Envoy , has arrived . According to rumours in circulation , ho is charged with a special mission relative to tho uftuint of Ilolstoin .
UU 88 IA . Russia is stated to havo obtained from China tho cession of thrco thousand acres in CUusau for a naval port , leave for tho establishment of commercial factories , and tho confirmation of tho nrivilciro of a resident
ambassador at the court of Pekin , with the right of access ? o tne Emperor ' s person ; all which is granted in exchange ^ assista nce which the Czar undertakes to give the present dynasty against the rebels . TUB DAHUBIAM PKINCIPALITtEB . The Russian Government , according to the French iounial , La Patvie , has despatched a memorandum to its diplomatic agents in foreign countries , advocating the union of Moldavia and Wallachia . ,. - _ .. ... Kaboul Effendi , the first interpreter to the Divan , left Constantinople on the 18 th ult . for Moldavia , on a mission to convey to Jassy the firman for the convocation of the Divans ad hoc . Kiamel Bey , the introducer of ambassadors , who is charged with a similar mission in Wallachia , left the same day for Bucharest . Balsche , the Kaimakan of Moldavia , has died suddfinlv "' ¦' ' ¦ ¦ ' The Moldavian troops ( according to a despatch from Vienna ) occupied and garrisoned , on the 23 rd ult .. the towns of Bolgrad , Ismail , and Reni , surrendered by the Russians in pursuance of the Treaty of Paris . The same despatch mentions that the Russians -were expected to take possession of Komrat and the new territory on the Upper Yalpuck some time between the 25 th of lebruary and the 1 st of March , at which period the boundary would be defined .
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person named Althar , one of those men , had been accustomed to obtain the pay note and get it cashed ; but that day , being in his working clothes , he asked Forster to do it for him , the prisoner ' s name being on the note . He complied , obtained the money , and iled , tiut was soon afterwards apprehended , -when the greater part of the money was found to have been spent . The defence was that Forster , in this particular transaction , was the agent of the men , not of his employers , and that he could not be convicted of embezzling from the latter . But the jury took a different view , and Forster was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour . John Johnson Walker has been found Guilty at the same Assizes of violently assaulting on the high road one John Kobinson , and stealing from his person the sum of 115 ? . He was sentenced to four years' penal
servitude . Thomas Wilson , a deaf and dumb man , was indicted for stealing a silver watch . On the afternoon of the 9 th of January , he called at the house of a person named Charlton , and found Mrs . Charlton alone . Having made signs to her indicating that he was deaf and dumb , which she could not comprehend , he drew from his basket a slate , and -wrote upon it that he was much distressed , as the police had taken all his things , in consequence of his having been found hawking without a license . Mrs . Charlton , not being able to read the writing , sought the help of a neighbour , and , as it was rather dusk at the time , Wilson motioned to them to go near the door for better light , -while he remained by the fireplace . During this interval , he took down a watch which was suspended over the mantel-piece , and , after making signs that he was hungry , though rejecting some bread which had been offered to him , he left . As soon as the husband returned home in the evening , he missed his watch , which he afterwards traced to a lodginghouse where Wilson had hired a bed . Here he turned up the missing property from tinder the mattress . The accused was convicted , and sentenced to six months '
bard labour . John Lewis , a skinner , has "been tried at Swansea for the murder of his wife on the 4 th of last January at the house of a Mr . Morgan , at Merthyrj where both were employed . Our readers are already in possession of the circumstances . The jury could not agree as to their verdict , and they were locked up during the whole of the night of Friday week ; but , as they had not come to any understanding on the following morning , they were dismissed , and Lewis was discharged . He will be tried again , however , at the Summer Assizes . Jabcz Thomas , Eowland Rowlands , and Morgan Rowlands , were tried at Swansea on Monday , charged with the w ilful m urder of William Thomas , Samuel Edmonds , and another , on the 15 th of last July . An explosion took place at the Cynimer colliery on the day in question , by which one hundred and fourteen persons were killed . Jabez Thomas was manager of the pit ; the other prisoners were employed in the superintendence of it ; and the question was , whether the accident had arisen in consequence of neglect of proper precautions by the accused . The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal . Charles Tipple , a surgeon at Baldock , has been Acquitted of a charge of attempting to procure abortion . Charles Forester , a tailor , has been Acquitted at Heading , on the ground of insanity , of the murder of his infant son , at Wokingham , on the 14 th of November . The particulars were related in the Leader at the time . Forester will of course be kept in confinement . James Johnson , a convict at Portsea , has been found Guilty at Winchester of an attempt to murder one of the warders . Judgment of death was recorded against him , He told the judge that he would seize the tirst opportunity to kill the warders , and rid the world of them .-William Wallace , another Tortsea convict , has been convicted of stabbing one of his fellow-prisoners . In this case also , sentence of death was recorded . Several other cases of secondary importance have been disposed of at the various Assize towns during the week ; but the great pressure on our space precludes our specitving them .
Our Crtilrzatiok Maine Liquor Law Distur...
OUR CrTILrZATIOK MAINE LIQUOR LAW DISTURBANCES IN EDINBURGH . Some violent disturbances have taken place in Edinburgh in consequence of a disagreement between the advocates of total abstinence and of indulgence in spirituous liquors . Dr . Laycock , the professor of physic in Edinburgh University , delivered , some weeks ago , two lectures on " the Physiology of Drunkenness--its causes and remedies , " to the members of the Total Abstinence Society . Unfortunately for the listeners , the Professor argued against total abstinence , and showed that Mr . Forbes Mackenzie ' s Sunday Closing Act had had the effect of producing a vast amount of perjury , evasion , and smuggling . The use of alcoholic drinks , he observed , has prevailed in all ages , and it is therefore in vain to endeavour to suppress it by any legislative enactment . If the Maine Liquor Law were introduced ,
he added , the prevarication and perjury which are now confined to one day of the week would , be spread over the entire week . These remarks were received with a great deal of hooting , and , at the close , a Mr . McLaren accused the professor of having libelled the Edinburgh police—au intention which Dr . Laycock repudiated ; and shortly afterwards he left . A lecture in reply was delivered by a Dr . Lees , another , under the sanction of the Edinburgh Board for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic , was announced for the evening of Monday week . The placard was headed " Dr . Laycock Dissected . " The students of the University looked on this as an insult to their professor . They therefore iqsnp . d a counter placard , calling on all of their body to
attend , and avenge the impertinence . On the appointed c evening , the hall was completely packed by the students , who prevented the delivery of the lecture by a scene of ] wild confusion . Having thus secured the defeat of their i enemy , the students paraded the town , induced Dr . ' Laycock to come out into the balcony of his house and ] address them , and then noisily dispersed . Their next performance , a day ' or two after , was to , burn several copies of two teetotal newspapers on the top of Calton Hill , the University authorities having forbidden the cremation within the walls , according to the original design . A great deal of rioting in the Edinburgh streets next ensued , and the police found it necessary to charge the learned mob repeatedly . Several persons were hurt , and some of the students were apprehended , but soon set at liberty . This continued on Friday week ; and on the following day the students waited on Mr . Hope , the manager of the teetotal lecture , to demand from him an apology for tho obnoxious phrase . That gentleman refused , saying tlic apology was duo to him . The populace , however , by this time had been aroused , and serious disturbances between tho rubble and the police continued through tlio Friday ; but the students , at the advice of Dr . Laycock , withdrew from further demonstrations , and order is once more restored .
The Assizes. Georgo Foratcr, A Young Man...
THE ASSIZES . Georgo Foratcr , a young man employed as a ' hurrier ' in a coalpit at Mickley , near Newcastle , has been found Guilty at the last-mentioned town of embezzling 17 / . Is . 6 d ., tho property of his employers , the owners of the pit . It is the custom of that colliery to pay the men by batches of a dozen with a paynotc , on which ia entered the name of each man , niitl also tho amount duo to each . Any ono of these men receives tho nott-, by ngreomeiit among themselves , gets it cnahed , and nfterwards divides tlio money . On Saturday , tho 12 th of laat Decoinber , Forstor and eleven other inoii were thus classed together in a note on which 18 / . LGs . 2 < 1 . was lmvulilo . tho ioint amount of their weekly wuircs . A
Central Criminal Court. The March Sessio...
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The March session commenced on Monday , when tile only case of interest was that of Mr . Henry Parish ,. * gontleman of property , who was indicted on tw o charges of perjury and forgery . Tlie facts were singular , ana showed a very disgraceful design on the part of the prosecutor , who did not appear , nor w « s his name mentioned . There had been business transactions between Mr . Parish and the prosecutor , and legal proceedings were ponding between them . In order to prevent inc . former from giving evidence at a trial which was nlioui to take place , the prosecutor wont before the grand jury of the ( Jontnil Criminal Court , and obtained tlie wo liills that were now beforo the court , never intending , liowcvcr , to proceed with the charges . Notice bud been left at the address given by the prosecutor of the intention of Mr . Parish to appear and take life trml ; mi no ono was now in attendance to support eiUior ot i " | - indictments , and Hie prosecutor could not bo foun < u Under these circumstances , the jury found a verdict <> Not Guilty . _ George Dixoy and Thomas Hulmc , shopmen , flcre
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Leader (1850-1860), March 7, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07031857/page/8/
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