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      November 11, 1854.] The Leader. 1063

      November 11 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1063

      Spain—Cuba. The Queen Has Opened The Cor...

      SPAIN—CUBA . The Queen has opened the Cortes in a speech exipressive of her public virtues and her general conifidence in everything . All passed off quietly . " I am informed , " says the Madrid correspondent of ithe Morning Chronicle , " that the Spanish Government / have returned a negative answer to Lord Ilowden ' s demand that they would declare the slave-trade to > he piracy , and that the reason alleged for their retfaeal to do so is the impossibility they feel of doing anything to add to the discontent which exists in Cuba—a declaration which is considered tantamount

      to saying that the slave-trade must continue , because the Cuban proprietors require its continuance , which I have heard , in fact , roundly stated . The truth is , that no measure short of declaring that traffic piracy , rand treating it as such , will put a stop to it ; and the interests concerned in its continuance are very little affected by all that its opponents can do short of that . Meanwhile , General Concha , Governor-General of Cuba , is doing all he can to prepare the way among . the Cubans . "

      Baltic Politics. Expectation In Sweden I...

      BALTIC POLITICS . Expectation in Sweden is now directed to the approaching discussion in the Parliament on the neutrality credits . Should the Court succeed in obtaining these credits , in addition to the large sums it has in its hands , it will not be compelled to assemble the Parliament next year , and will have the game in its own hands . What this game is , and has been from the beginning , we know . It is a Itussian alliance , an armed Pxussian-Swedish-Danish coalition , which undertakes the duty of shielding the Russian shores , while the Czar carries on active operations . The northern nations are now becinninsr

      to fathom the intrigue , and , in spite of the threats of Berlin , are breaking loose . Denmark has taken the first step , assured that the Allies will not allow Prussians or Austrians to meddle in the Duchies , or to ¦ a bolish the Danish constitution , that dreadful thorn in tlie side of the German powers and of the Czar . Sweden -will move next . It -will cost the Court a 3 hard battle to gain the credits , and , even if it succeed , public attention is now awaked , and will dog them , at every step . In this , as in many other questions , we are only at the beginning . The next campaign in . the Baltic will be very different from the last .

      In Copenhagen , all is 33 usual , and must remain so till the meeting of the new Parliament on the 1 st of December The nation is admirably cool and goodnatured . It will take no illegal steps . It obeys the law . At this moment the law is expressed and represented by the Parliament ; but should the ministry liecome public traitors , should any attempt be made < to overturn the _ public institutions , to destroy the Parliament altogether , or to octroy a despotic form -of Government , then the Parliament and people will be one , and will stand or fall together . Should Danish liberty fall , great will be the fall thereof , and ^ the power and policy of the Allies will be seriously hampered in the ruins .

      King Frederick VII . ' s visit to the Duchies is everywhere being turned into a Schleswig-Holstein demonstration against the kingdom of Denmark , that monarchy of which Schleswig has always formed a part .

      Bill Robberies At Newcastle-Ontyne. Two ...

      BILL ROBBERIES AT NEWCASTLE-ONTYNE . Two men , Joseph Laing and Thomas Martin , have been arrested for attempting to pass bank post-bills , the property of Messrs . Walker , of Newcastle . Xaing induced an old man , named Wolfe , to present one of the bills ( for 200 / . ) ait the Cumberland and Durham District Bank . Mr . Watson , the clerk , informed him that the bill could not bo cashed in that way , but said that it might bo loft in the bank to bear interest , and that Laing might have an advance upon it , provided tho old man brought a -written order from him . This was done , and on his return to tho bank ho received' 50 / . in caah and a receipt for tho remaining 150 / . deposited . Laing and Martin left the aamo evening for London . On Tuesday Laing wanted to turn his receipt for 150 / . into cash , and appliod to Glyn and Co ., the 0 gents of the Northumberland Bank , but waa told that tho money could not bo paid upon the security of tho document , but that ho would havo to procures 11 bunk post-bill . His attempt to procuro tins lud to tho immediate apprehension of himself and Murtiu . No proof could be brought against Murtin , but ho was detained in consequence . ' of a letter uddresHed to Messrs . Walker being found on him . Living was committed . In tho meantime it remanns a mystery how tho bills and letters came into the possession oi' Laing ; whether they havo bean stolen on tha railway , in tho post-office , or from the clerk in convoying thorn from tho post-oQlce to Messrs . Walker , no one oun telL

      Anti-Slavery Conference. A Confekknce Of...

      ANTI-SLAVERY CONFERENCE . A confekknce of the friends of the anti-slavery cause , convened under the aus pices of the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , will be held at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , on the 29 th and 30 th inst . This conference is to be held in pursuance to a resolution passed at the Anti-Slavery Conference "held in Edinburgh in October , 1853 , on the occasion of the meeting of the Peace Congress . The specific object of the forthcoming conference , according to the terms of the resolution above referred to , is " to consider what united action should be adopted to promote abolition of slavery . "

      We understand that msiny important questions will be mooted , including a consideration , of the present aspect of the anti-slavery question , as a public question in England ; the results of emancipation in the English and French colonies ; the progress of the anti-slavery cause 5 a ' other countries ; the present position of Cuba , in relation to the United States and emancipation ; tlie project of the Southern party in the United States ; the various instrumentalities that may be employed ; the development of the natural resources of those countries capable of raising the staples chiefly raised by slaves ; and on the holding another World ' s Anti- Slavery Convention , & . c . & c .

      E Migration. This Is A Fact For The Know...

      E MIGRATION . This is a fact for the Know-nothings : — " Ten thousand emigrants arrived in New York on the 23 rd and 24 th of October . " At the meeting of the guardians of the Gal way Union , or * Friday , a letter was read from Mr . Buchanan Government emigration agent in Quebec , in which he states that the prospects of emigrants in Upper Canada are very favourable , and that females readily obtain good situations in that province . The Nation discourages what it incorrectly supposes to be an Irish reactionary tendency in America —to return—giving the discouragement on grounds worth attention for general reasons : —

      " Nevertheless , owing to the condition of Ireland , and the unfortunate insecurity of the tenure of land , the time has not yet arrived when it would be advisable for any large number of Irish emigrants to return to Ireland , unless , indeed , they could buy land instead of hiring it . As a contemporary , the Daily Express , observes : — 'No permanent change for the better can be effected until such time as a limit is fixed to the ultra power of the priests . ' But he moans to say landlords . The social amelioration of Ireland can alone be completed when that i 3 the case . As it has been observed , the man who leaves the life of a beggarly farmer in Ireland , or a precarious labourer in England , to find employment in the United States , exchanges not only sky but soul . He becomes his own . master , looks to have a voice in the election of his representative , and can , if lie likes , stand upon his own land , no one making him afraid . "

      Dreadful Mortality On Board Kmxouant Shi...

      Dreadful Mortality on Board Kmxouant Ships . —The ship J . R . G-ilchrist ,. from Liverpool , arrived at New York on the 22 nd nit ., lost the carpenter , Mr . A . Brandt , of Boston , by cholera , on the passage , besides 13 others , supposed passengers . The . ship Jacob A . Westcrvelt , also arrived on the same day from Liverpool , had 30 doaths on the passage . The nature of tho disease is not mentioned . The packet ship West Point , Captain Williams , arrived on the 23 rd from Liverpool , lost 18 passengers and two of her seamon by cholera , the

      disease making its appearance 011 the 5 th ult ., when 13 days out . Owing to several others of the crew being sick with tho dlseuse , the pumps had to bo manned by tho pns . son . gers , to koep the vessel freo , she having sprung a leak in a gale . Tho clipper uhip Governor Morton , arrived on tho 2-lth from Liverpool , lost 1 M of bur passengers by cholera on tho passage . Tho shi p Edgar P . Stringer , arrived on tho 25 th from Hnvre , reports having 28 deaths on tho passage from cholera . Tho South Carolina , also arrived at New York from Rotterdam , had 60 doaths on the voyage .

      The T5tne And Weak Shipwrights. The ,Tyn...

      THE T 5 TNE AND WEAK SHIPWRIGHTS . The , Tyne and Weur shipwrights , about eighteen hundred workmen , aro now out on strike } the Sundorlund uicn turned out of tho yards about a month ago , immediately upon tho masters giving them notice of a reduction of Is . a dny in thoir wugos , 80 s . a week instead of ms . ; and tho Tyno men , who hud been contributing ( id . each man for the support of those out of work at Suiidurhmd , upon tlioir niusterti giving tlicin notice of a similar reduction . The Tyno moa wore mostly employed ut old work ,

      repairing ships , wlulat tlio Smutarhunl shipwrights ¦ were exclusively engaged in now shipbuilding ; and they allege that tho 1 ' yno masters havo turned them out because they contributed to the support of tlio Sundorland men . Tho largo and important section of workmen employed in iron shipbuilding on tho Tyno have recoivo-il no notice of u reduction , and arc in full work . Neither huvo tho nhipw rights ot Ulyth or Hartlepool roeeivecLjiotice of a reduction . If they should , it is intimated that thoy will also turn out . Tho strike , to nil upponranco , threatens to bo an obctiiuitu oilu .

      Russia Vexsus Austria. The Autjsbwg Gaze...

      RUSSIA VEXSUS AUSTRIA . The Autjsbwg Gazette ( to be trusted moderately ) gives particulars of the relative military strength of the two Empires : — " Without reckoning the reserves of the line , the six : corps -which the Czar has established against the Austrian frontier from the Vistula to the mouths of the Danube , have a total strength of 288 , 000 infantry , 30 , 000 cavalry , and about 18 , 000 soldiers of the artillery-and engineer corps . This enormous mass of troops stand at present opposed to only the Austrian mobile army under Baron H « ss , the strength of which at the present moment may be stated at 220 , 000 men , with 300 field guns . Should circumstances render it desirable , this army might be reinforced by the 34 , 000 men and 300 field guns of Marshal Wimpflfcn ' s army corps , at present standing in Bohemia . This corps might be joined b y detachments which the Ban of Croatia and Field-Marshal Rncletsk y could send by railway . The entrance of the Russian guards into "Warsaw would be the signal for concentrating these Bohemian troops , and raising them to a strength of 120 , 000 men , with 200 guns . Inasmuch as we may suppose that a part of Prince Gortchakoff ' s force in -the delta of the Danube -would be held in check by Omai Pasha , the Russian and Austrian armies would meet in nearly equal strength . If thus the Russians were disposed to hold their carnival in Vienna , they would have first to obtain the consent of the Austrian army . This latter is now morally in a condition to accomplish great things . It is youthful , elate , and proud of its recent history , it is full of enthusiasm , for its young emperor , and knows that when it goe 3 to battle , it will see the Kmperor mount his charter . "

      A Delicate Question". Ocn Clever. Indian...

      A DELICATE QUESTION " . Ocn clever . Indian ( Agra ) contemporary , the Mafussilitc , deals thus with an odd topic of the Indian day : — " Some of the Calcutta papers are . indulging in a controversy upon the subject of the classification of railway passengers . It is suggested on the one side that there shall be separate carnages for Europeans and Natives , and the expediency of suck an arrangement is tn- ^ ed on the ground that there are natural and artificial perfumes , peculiar to or patronised by , a large class of natives , which tlie noses polite of Europeans do not particularly affect . On the other hand it is urged , we believe , that a distinction of the kind would be an insult to the entire Native community , and disyraceful to an enlightened age .

      " Our readers are of course sensible persons—or they would jiot be our readers—and wts ask them in all frankness ami good faith whether—to use an . appropriately Eastern word—the last assertion is not all bosk / We have notoriousl y liberal views upon Indian subjects—a little less liberal perhaps than when we iirst cuinc out , with our fine English faith and hope—but we certainly do not g'o so fur as the promulgators of the above opinion . It seems very remarkable in fact , that , while we are so illiberal as to tliifur with tlie Natives of India upon such , a question as Religious Faith , we should shrink from . separating ourselves from them in a mutter of mere aoniviiaaaes which a blaster of the Ceremonies might decide . Perhaps it may be impolite , and unworthy of an

      enlightened iige , not to beliuvc in Drahmii ; | jorhup . s it may not be iu accordance with good breeding to decline accepting Mahomed as a prophet . Judged by such a stanUnvd we are all contented to be imunUghtouud and , ill bred , and shall be forgiven even b y tho Indian Reform Society lor being so . If lirahma or Mahomed happened to bo ttxi .-Uuut and dealt in column and carpets , Mr . ( Jobclen and Mr . Bright would doubtless find them to be asisnlightened as Ihu Emperor of Uussia , and would consider that not to believe hi one , or both of them , would lte unworthy the spirit of the ago . We . should find Mr . C'oh < li : u , perhaps , Hi ' ispeiKled by hi * uitnkn from , a hook , while ho roads tho Mornlmj Advertlxer ( iih it' tho last was not . rather tlie worse punanuu of the two ) and treasure up what , ho calls ' facts . ' " For ouroclvoA , wo conferts to not being no advanced as these gentlemen , and to being indiHpoHcd to warm

      oursulvoM in the cotton of Mr , Cohtlen ' H political creed , or to bring sui ; li barbarities upon the tajii . t in which Mr . Bright duals with mich hucoosh . Thureforo , wo liold , that considering our wide in oral and religious hq | Miration from tlitj Nutivcirt of 1 ik . Hu—n depuration of crcurl , colour , race , imd hiibltn —tho mere separation in r / iihvuy carriage * in 11 very ininor mutter . Wo nro ftw—and particularly ua « y—to confute that the proximity and habits of KuropuuiiH would hu an littlu in «(!<;<> nhmco with Niitivu ld « a » an tho perfumes iiimI pawn , imtiirul and adopted , of Natives uro t . u EuropisniiH . Tliwrts can 1 ) 0 no < louht . tlint tho spectacle of 11 Kim / po / ui mmthmun eating ham sandwiches ( an iiiHt . muso « rgu < I liy tho Monuwj Chronbln ) in not /» HTUtifying sight to either Hindoo or Miihoincdun ; yet Hiiuh I . I » I »/ jjm may \> v witnu . imid , mid tins enjoyment of t luil » ritinh ituiidwidi- — ho dour to tho way-worn triiv «< M <» r— i » miroly nof . I . o bo donlud to the British Joiuw , rtimply buouuwo he Uvu . i In au

      ( Uih ^ h toned u / jo . "Tliun thtiro in iinothor uml much more important point a lady biting HUlo more Important , an «) vor lieuibay muuL itdmlt , than a hum miudwieli . J , adiea

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 11, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11111854/page/7/