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jF jgr 7, 1855] THE LEADER. 643
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NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS. Sir De Lacy Eva...
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MI S C E L L A N E Q U S. T«B COURT.—The...
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Levdbu Office, Saturday, July 7. HOUSE O...
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Tiie Haxco Massacre.—The Journal de St. ...
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It is said tho Neapolitan Government has...
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General Espurtero has presented his resi...
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Continental Notes. Inhurbecxion In Caxaj...
Several arrests have . been recently mad « at Naples . jTi & jt fjig , indeed , seems , to be going perfectly mad with * S ^ « wo uncurbed power and pampered -will , and is di recting a violent crusade against beards . ¦ ¦ ¦ Ji great fire has destroyed three thousand houses at rwutantiaople . A camp , consisting of 11 , 767 men , has been formed in Sweden , and ia under the command of the Priuce lloy # l-The Assembly of Notables of the Danish Monarchy jneton the 29 th ult . at Copenhagen , to deliberate on the bmt constitution which had been submitted to them , and which is to replace the general constitution published on accession
$ he 26 th of July , 1854 , but abrogated on the of the present ministry . The following are the provi-»« 9 of the constitution : —" The Ministers are responsible ; the President is named by the King ; the Chamber caaaot take the initiative in any measure ; the Chambers will be convoked every two years , and during that period they can only be dissolved twice . The Council of State Is to be formed according to- the decree of the 26 th of July , with the addition of thirty members , of whom Denmark elects seventeen , Schleswig eight , and Holstein fiye » Any man who has attained the age of twentyfive , and who has an income of one thousand two hundr ed crowns a year , or who pays two hundred crowns a year in taxes , may be elected . "
The sentence of death passed by the Consulta on De Eelice , for having attempted to assassinate Cardiual Autonelli , has been formally communicated to the Pope , and , as it has been agreed to unanimously , De Felice has no r ight of appeal .
Jf Jgr 7, 1855] The Leader. 643
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Naval And Military News. Sir De Lacy Eva...
NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . Sir De Lacy Evans has addressed a letter to the Tunes , in which he denies certain statements recently made in the Tndependance Bel-gc , with reference to the Battle of the Alma . The writer , who is apparently some French military man , accuses Sir George Brown and Sir D Lacy Evans , together with their respective divisions , of having only faced the enemy and performed their duty At the urgent remonstrances or exhortations of Marshal St . Arnaud . This statement is denied by Sir De Lacy ; but his recapitulation of the facts would seem to make it apparent that , the French army being hard pressed on the southern heights of the river , and the Marshal having -sejit . an urgent message to Sir De Lacy for assistance , that General was unable to comply immediately ( though he did so in the end ) , owing to its being necessary iirst of all to obtain the permission of Lord Raglan . The English Commander-in-Chief had previously forbidden him to receive any orders from the French Marshal . The moral of the story plainly indicates the evils of divided command .
Lord Eustace Cecil and Mr . Layard . —Further correspondence between these gentlemen has been published . Jfr . Layard , in a letter to Lord Eustace , dated June 26 to , reiterates that he had no intention to reflect on his lordship ' s character as an officer , and that bis statement in the House had reference to the declaration of Colonel Lindsay that his lordship had been promoted to tho Guards because he -wished to see service . " I obperved , " writes Mr . Layard , " that such could not be the case , as the regiment from which you exchanged was actually on service . It appears from j-our letter that such was not the case as regards the 23 rd , but that it HUSO as regards the 88 th . I am sorry , therefore , that { . should have been led into error as regards one part of vpy statement . " With this apology Lord Eustace cxpGQsses himself perfectly satisfied ; aud so the correspondence is brought to a courteous conclusion .
Mi S C E L L A N E Q U S. T«B Court.—The...
MI S C E L L A N E Q U S . T « B COURT . —The King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday afternoon , from Ostond , Ott « visit to the Queen . His Mojosty was areompnnied if'ttm Princess Charlotte of Belgium and the Count of JTUodora . V . & UOA . ANJ > CiUNA . —The latest advices from Calcutta Vtyiprt that there is not a word of truth in the alleged revolution in IJurmah , by which the pacific king was ijiM-to be deposed , and the anti-English and warlike lni »» a |> parent placed on the throne . Two Kuglihh gen-Uppen who have recently visited Ava ailirni that thero tyl 9 been no change in the government , ami thut the king , j £ v is mild to a fault , and especially dosirou . s of English Vfcindship , is busily engaged in reforming tlic condition # Md » . subjects and the administration of public affairs . % V » rthele 38 , a party of armed mon hnd crossed our
QMWlers , And attacked Dome villages . —Cujitum Alitdigan , £ Ci | M > 81 th , baa been murdered by Goung Uyeu , a notojWta Jobber chieftain . The expeditionary force to the "jtoawte valley has had a brush with the hill-men , •¦• wonidefeated . —From China we learn that the Iin-MmHltSvhavQ gained some considerable advantages , and jjiKsttye town of Slia-utuuk han boon wtukuu by ^ l hcm ; ffl ' . 'flM insurgents still hold Nankin . A rumour is jjjjpiftt ' that the Emperor Ilion-Fung is dead ; but it SPpfcot r » st on good authority . Famine to u frightful * M & pr « rftUB at Canton , and in many other parts of W fot , > Six J « ka Bovroing has succeeded , contrary to ^ pjWlltton , in negotiating a treaty with the Siamuno
Government which promises to open the manifold resources of Siam to the commerce of Europe . The ship Countess of Seafield , whictt was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal , has been got off and towed to Whampoa , with a- large portion of her cargo on board . Considerable quantities of tea have also been brought from the wrecks of other vessels on the shoal . The Chinese trade , on the whole , is rather depressed . America . —The Know-nothing agitation is spreading . The Northern or anti-slavery party have held a meeting-, at which they affirmed the following principles : — ••• 1 . The unconditional restoration of the Missouri prohibition , by the admission of Kansas and Nebraska as
free States . 2 . The undisturbed exercise of the elective franchis e by settlers in the territories . 3 . A modification of the naturalisation laws in a national sense , spiritual freedom , and free Bible schools . 4 . The intervention of the Legislature to put a stop to the importation of paupers and convicts on the American shores , and the representation at home and abroad of America by Americans . " The Germans of Williamsburg are getting up an agitation against the Maine Liquor-law . In Upper Canada , differences are said to have arisen between the Government and the Sangee Indians , who assert they have been overreached in the cession of some of their lands . The Mexican civil war continues ; but success appears to attend for the most part on the troops of the Government . Greytown has been entirely
rebuilt , and a new Government created , by formally adopting a constitution and electing municipal officers . The Ilavannah correspondence of the JVew York Tribune savs that , during the dinner given by General Concha to Commander Henderson , of the British navy , a cargo of African slaves , some five hundred in . number , was lauded at Chaera , within two leagues of the city , although several Spanish cruisers were in the immediate vicinity . Several other cargoes were expected . Colonel Kinney , having evaded the blockade of his vessel , and sailed for Ceutral America with some twenty or thirty men , to take possession of his granted territory , has published a manifesto , in which he vindicates the lawfulness of his actions , and appeals to " the sovereignty of public sentiment . "
3 In . Justice SIaule has retired iYonktbe Bench of the Common Pleas . He is succeeded by Mr . J . S . Willes , of the Home Circuit .
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Levdbu Office, Saturday, July 7. House O...
Levdbu Office , Saturday , July 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . RELIGIOUS WOltSHIP DILI .. The Earl of Derby moved the second reading of a bill for regulating religious worship in private houses , founded on the report of a select committee to which Lord Shaftesbury ' s bill had been referred . The Earl of Shaftesbury strenuously opposed it . He characterised the bill as an attempt to place the laity under the immediate control in religious matters of the episcopate . A warm discussion took place , in which the Archbishop ok Canteb . bl'uy , the Bishops ok London and Oxford took part . „ The matter was concluded by Lord Derby , in deference to a suggestion from the AitciiBisuor of Canterbury , withdrawing the bill . The Earl of Shaktksbury intimated his intention of persevering with his oinn bill . The House adjourned at half-past eight .
Ii O U S E O F C Om1io N S. The 1ucmonst...
II O U S E O F C OM 1 IO N S . THE 1 UCMONSTBATION IN IIYUK PARK . Sir J . Shelley asked whether any inquiry would be inude into the conduct of the police on Sunday last in Hyde Park . Sir CJ . Grkv said he had not yet boeu able to ascertain whether there were grounds for any inquiry into the facts stated in petitions presented to the House . Mr . T . Duncombe urged in strong terms the appointment of a Commission to inquire into tlie allegations ligiiinat the police . ' SirG . Grky promised that a full and searching inquiry should be made into the matter . . Several honourable members took part in the discus ~ wii > n , and the more general opinion seemed to be , that the police had behaved with unnecessary violence , if not with brutality , on ? Sunday last .
A question wa * \ liun asked by Mr . 11 . TLullie as to the exemption of officers in the Crimea from the incometax , and before it wascommenced , Mr . Bentinok renewed the subject of tho conduct of the police , charging Mr . T . Duncombo witli adopting a course calculated to iniluoinco tho peojde into a repetition of the demonstration on Sunday next . —Mr . Diinoas then defended the conduct of tho " police in driving back the canaille from the carriage-way , and suggested the use of n aix-poundcr on tho next occasion of a nlmilur demonstration , whioh drew dovn a Htroug robuko from Mr . Koumn-K . and an explanation from Mr . Diindns , that ho only meant that the military nhould lio culled out . OWKOSRft * 1 NCOMH-TAX . " With regard to Gflieertt' lucome-Tax , Land Palmer .
bton excused their payment of it , on the ground that while in the field they had extra pay . THE CONEEBBNCES AT VIENNA . THE PROSECUTION OF
THE WiE . Mr . M . Gibson asked for information with respect to the late Conferences at Vienna , and referring to Count Buol ' s recent note , he urged that Lord John 'Russell agreed with the Austrian Minister as to the terms of peace , and was only prevented from carrying out those terms by his colleagues in the Cabinet . Lord Jons Russell , said his main object had been to get at the real intentions of Austria with regard to the war . He defended his retention of office while retaining his opinions with regard to the feasibility of the tenor of peace , on the ground that he would not * in existing circumstances have thought himself justified in directing his colleagues . Mr . Cobdes charged Lord J . Russell with dissimulation and weakness , and strongly denounced the continuance of the war .
Lord Palsierstox defended Lord J . Russell , on the score that no Government could be carried on -without some personal sacrifices . He thought the Austrian propositions were insufficient to secure a permanent peace , and , until that was accomplished , the objects of the war must be maintained . He contended that Russia was already much crippled by the war , which the country had determined to prosecute , and any Government which did not do so would not be in office for a week-Mr . Roebuck ^ in a very caustic speech , " exposed the inconsistency of Lord John Russell in returning from Vienna an advocate of peace , and now advocating the prosecution of the war against his convictions . He urged the necessity of the war , by which he was prepared to abide at the risk of any unpopularity which might hereafter come upon him . Lord Ci-AroE ILjjsui . tox having spoken ,
Mr . Disraeli showed that Lord John Russell had at length revealed the difference of opinion which prevailed between him attd his colleagues on the subject of peace and war , and taunted the noble lord for remaining in the Cabinet . He urged the bad effect such divergence of opinion must have on the conduct of the war , without a hope of anything but a disgraceful peace , purchased at the expense of so many sacrifices made by the people . Sir G . Grev denied that there was any difference in the Cabinet with regard to the prosecution of the war , on which they were all united and determined . The subject then dropped , and the orders of the daj were disposed of .
Tiie Haxco Massacre.—The Journal De St. ...
Tiie Haxco Massacre . —The Journal de St . Petersbourg publishes a correspondence between General De Berg and Admiral Dundas , respecting the outrage at Hango , which Russia excuses on the ground that the nag of truce was not up . Russia accuses England of making an improper use of flags of truce . The General observes : — " My outposts see , and will continue to see , in such missions only military reconnoissances , using pretexts to make ^ explorations and secure provisions . " The writer then adds that the hostile character of the mission was manifest from the anus and incendiary articles found on board the Cossack .
THE BALTIC . Dantzig , Julj r 5 . The Bulldog has arrived with the mails . The fleet was lying oft' Cronstadt . Admiral Baynes and his squadron were at Nargen .
THE CRIMEA . Lord Panmure received on Friday the following from General Simpson : — * " Crimea , 4 th July , 1855 , 6 30 p . m . " Nothing of importance has occurred since my lost . The French works on the right are going on welL The health of General Eyre is re-established . " General La Marmora telegraphs , on the 30 th of June , that the cases of cholera were only twelve in the whole of his forces . Paris , Thursday , July 5 . Tho Legislative Corps voted to-day tho bill relative to the loan of 750 , OOO , OOOf .
The Assemblie Rationale of Thursday , with a boldness which is now seldom seen in France , calls upon the Legislative Body not to pass tho bills relative to the fresh grants of money aud men without duo deliberation . It will be seen , however , that one is already voted .
It Is Said Tho Neapolitan Government Has...
It is said tho Neapolitan Government has prohibited tho oxportatiou of goods and provisions for the Crimea , although large quantities of aulphur have repeatedly loft or tho Russian Government .
General Espurtero Has Presented His Resi...
General Espurtero has presented his resignation to tho Spanish Queen on account of ill health .
Mr. Rokimok's Mono*.— General Pool Will ...
Mr . RoKimoK ' s Mono * . — General Pool will move tho previous question , as an amendment * o Mr- Koebuck ' a motion of censure on tlio lato Government , wuictt now stands for Tuesday week , tho 17 th instant . Nkw Quhkn ' s Counsel . - * tr . Bovill , of tho Home Circuit , Mr . Pickering , Mr . J . Wide , and Mr Ovorend , of the Northern , and Mr . Whit . noro of the Oxford Circuit , were vojtonlay mom in aa Jxor Majesty a . Counsel .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 7, 1855, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07071855/page/7/
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