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13'4«2. THE .LEADER. [No. 455, December ...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHSA calamitous ...
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THE 2nd OF DECEMBER. Referring to the wo...
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. FKANCE. The Emperor a...
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vernment would sanction their projected invasion of the mother country . P ROCLAMATION AGAESST THE SeCKET bOCIETIES . — A proclamation has been issued by the Lord-Lieutenant for the suppression of Ribbon and other associations 6 f a seditious and treasonable character . It declares that all societies of persons associated under the pretended obligation of oaths unlawfully administered are illegal , and that every person who shall unlawfully take these oaths shall be guilty . of felony ; After cautioning all
parties against becoming or remaining members of these societies , the firm determination of the Government to uproot them is announced , and all loyal subjects are required to the utmost of their po-vver to discountenance such societies or assemblies ; and a reward of 100 / . is offered for such information as will lead to the conviction of any of the persons who shall have administered any oath , and a reward of 50 ? . for such information as will lead to the conviction of any of the persons who shall be found to be members of , or in any way connected with , any of the aforesaid societies . The Cork
Arrests for Treason . ^— Daily Reporter of Thursday has the following : —'' At half-past eleven o ' clock this day fifteen prisoners , charged with being members of an illegal society , arrived by the Bandon train , under the escort of a large body of police . They are all young men , and of respectable position in society ; twelve of them are from Skibbereen , and three from Bantry . The captures were effected last night while most of the prisoners were in bed . They are members of the Phoenix Society , and the informations have been sworn against them by one of their bod y * named Sullivan . The object of the society is said to have been to obtain an invasion of our country by American Filibusters . "
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13 ' 4 « 2 . THE . LEADER . [ No . 455 , December 11 , 1858 .
Accidents And Sudden Deathsa Calamitous ...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHSA calamitous fire occurred on Sunday morning in a coffee-house in Old-street , St . Luke ' s . The keeper of the house , Pound , escaped through the trap in the ceiling , but his wife and daughter , who were unable to follow him , perished in the flames . Another death has occurred through the absurd crinoline mania . The lady Lucy Bridgman , daughter of the Earl of Bradford , has shared the fate of her sister . Both expired from the injuries received by their dresses catching fire .
The fog of Monday night , -which was exceedingly dense in the north-eastern suburbs , added to a certain want of prudence , led to a very alarming collision on the North London Railway . The trains on that line run every quarter of an hour , and in the intervals a good deal of goods traffic passes over the fails . Of course great care is requisite in signalling and timing under such a system . The fog delayed the passenger trains , and the traffic got into confusion , for the goods trains still continued to run . The consequence was , that at the Hackney Station a goods engine rah into a stationary passenger train , smashing the hindmost carriage , and seriously injuring more than thirty of the passengers , several of whom are lying in great danger .
The Eastern Counties Railway was the scene of an accident on Monday , which happened about the same time as that on the North London . Several persons were severely injured . Though the fog was the proximate cause , there appears to have been negligence or misunderstanding on the part of the officials , which it is to be hoped the inquiry instituted by the directors will detect , and that the offenders wilUse punished , both for the interest of the public as well as that of the company .
The 2nd Of December. Referring To The Wo...
THE 2 nd OF DECEMBER . Referring to the wording of the Imperial "pardon" to M , de Montalembert , as expressed in the Moniteur i tho Times correspondent in Paris says : —" Tho desire to be ironical and epigrammatic was apparently too good to be lost , The ' 2 De ' cembro' is not the anniversary only of the forcible dissolution of the National Assembly , and of the overthrow of a Government , it is also that of the great victory of Austerlitz , gained over the Russian and Austrian armies united . To evoke such reminiscences might not , however , be pleasing to either power , one of which enjoys much favour here at present . Tho * 2 D < ScembTe' ia , moreover , the anniversary of tho coronation of Napoleon I . by tho Pope . As his Holiness has not yet seen fit to do the same office for his present Mttfesty , ft contrast might be suggested which it is more agreeable to avoid . "
The tfatwday Jievteto has the following remarks : —* " Who is the man that invites Europe to revive tho recollections of the 2 nd of December ? Is it not enough that the trial of M . do Montalembert should have bared to the public gazo tho mutilated corpse of French Liberty , without recalling to our memory tho frightful spectacle of its assassination ? "Who does not remember the hideous story of that shameful day when tho fury of a brutal soldiery was unchained upon a defenceless people—whqn women and clUldron were massacred in an indiscriminate / iwllado , not in tho streets only , but In private houses , which wore flrod upon without tlio shadow of , a provocation ? Certainly a charming Jour de \ fdto for the ' Saviour of Sooiqty . ' Wo aw told that tho
election of Louis Napoleon by tho people was the condonation of the Parisian massacres . But on . the day to which our memory is invited , he was not the elect of the people . He had been chosen President , it is true , but upon certain conditions which he had ratified by a solemn oath . The day which he thinks fit to commemorate is the anniversary of nothing but perjury and slaughter . He had sworn to observe the Constitution , and he violated it with arms in his hands . By the oath which he had taken this very act deposed him . In the eye of the law , and by his owu pledge , from the hour that he dissolved the Assembly , his power was annulled , and he was no more than a simple citizen who stood convicted of treason to his country . It was in this capacity that he assumed a power not delegated to him by any popular vote , and expressly denied him by the Constivirtue of this
tution to which he had sworn . In power , so seized , he exposed the capital of France to the horrors of a city taken by storm ; he cast into gaol the men whose rights he had sworn to protect ; ho deported to Cayenne those who had committed no crime but thut of lawf tlly resisting an illegal power ; he shot down in the streets " , women , and children , over whose lives he had no more right than Orsini had over his owu . lie was an executioner without a warrant ; a privateer without letters of marque ; an uneiilisted soldier , who kills in time of peace . And it is this anniversary of perjured ambition and bloodstained lawlessness that is chosen to signalise an act of grace . What is this but a cynical sneer at the pardon which he dare not withhold , as though he could not but mock at the mercy which it happens to be convenient for him to practise ?"
Naval And Military. French Projectiles.—...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . French Projectiles . —The accident which occasioned the death of General Ardent occurred during the experiments with the rifle cannon constructed for throwing cylindro-conical projectiles , with fulminating ailettes , against the walls of fortified places . It is decided that , in principle , these projectiles effect breathes more surely and promptly than the ordinary projectiles , but that they are attended with too much danger to the gunners . The Minister of War has resolved that their composition shall be again studied , with the view of removing this defect , which professional men say cau be avoided without much difficulty .
Court Martial . —A court assembled on board the Impregnable , on Monday , for the trial of Mr . L . II . Garry , assistant engineer of the steam-sloop Curlew , for being drunk and incapable of ' performing duty . The court found the charge proved ; but in consideration of his previous good character , did only adjudge him to be severely reprimanded and rendered incapable of promotion for the space of one year . Major-General Wadjoincxok , C . B . —This distinguished officer entered the Company ' s service in 1812 , at the age of 1 G ; his service thus extended over 40 years , during which he filled the posts of Inspecting , Executive ,, and Superintending Engineer , ond at
onetime commanded the Sappers . In 1840 ho was appointed commanding Engineer with the Scindc Field Force , and served there both prior to and during the conquest . He was at the great battles of Mucanco and Hyderabad , and for his gallantry received the Companionship of the Order of the Bath . Ilia extraordinary coolness in action was eminently exemplified at Emnuin Ghur and at Hyderabad , as narrated by Sir AV . Napier in his History of the Conquest of Sdnde . On his leaving Scinde in 1844 , Sir Charles in a general order takes leave of him as " one of his bravest comrades in the conquest of Scinde . " He was subsequently
superintending engineer at Aden , the extensive new fortifications of which were built from his plans , and chiclly under his own inspection . In lsol he obtained tho chief enginecrship at Bombay , and in November , 1 ko 4 , brevet rank as Major-Geuorul . In November , 1 * 67 , lie was appointed to the temporary command of the . Scindc Division , whore ho was attacked by the diuunsu which terminated his career five weoks after his lundilig in England . In him tho sorvice has lost an officer whoso unimpeachable integrity , clear judgment ,, and cool courage will not be easily surpassed .
General Inolis . —On Saturday afternoon tho heroic defender and present Governor of Lucknow , ftlnjor-Gonoral Sir J . Inglis , took his departure from Southampton for India . Tho town council presented him wjlh nn address at the Town-hall , Sir John returned tlio Hinccre thanks of himself and Lady Inglis for the way in which they had boon received . Ho bade them all furowoll , and loft tho hall amidst tho most deafening cheer * , which were taken up by the assemblage outside ; tho general proceeded to tho docks and embarked on board tlio Caylon , being saluted by tho guns of tlio platform Battery .
CoMMANDKn-iN-Cnnu" at Poiithwoutii . —Admiral W . B . Bowles , C . B ., tho senior biit ono of tlio Uluu Squadron of hor Majesty ' s fleet , Js nominated to bhcuoqcI Sir G . F . Seymour , K . O . I ! ., as Commandcr-in-Chlef at Portsmouth . Captain Arthur Fnrqiiluir will bo lib ling captain , ond Mr . Paymaster Fngon , K . N ., secretary . Tho gallant Admiral is in his Bovonty-olglith yonr , nn < l having been sent to eoa in 1700 , saw servk'Q in tho old war .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FKANCE . The Emperor and Empress left C ' ompiegne , and anhrrf at the Tuileries on Sunday . ta The Daihj News , Express , and all the weekl y paners of any note , were seized on Sunday , oh account of their comments nponM . de Moiitalembert ' s pardou and hi , refusal to accept it . The Times was detained for a few hours , but ultimately released . The Paris correspondent of the Daily' tfew * says- — , " The law , as laid down in M , de Montalembert ' s letter that the Emperor had no power to deprive him by a
pardon of his right of appeal , is so clear that I believe all idea of attempting to reject the appeal is given up But then a variety of embarrassing questions arise Hovr canM . Cliaix d'Est-Angc , the J ' rocurenr-Gene ' rai Imperial , be decently allowed to make an eloquent speech to the superior judges , calling on them in the name of public safety to condemn the defendant , when it stands on record that the sovereign does not mean him to be punished ? He cannot tell the court what was the fact that the pardon l on the occasion of December 2 ' was a bitter taunt ! " '
The line and imprisonnu-nt to which M . de Montalembert is sentenced are i . iot the only ' motives for an appeal to the Superior Tribunal . From the ' moment he issues from his prison , after having liquidated the penalty which is visited on his person and his purse , his real punishment , commences , to endure for the term of his Hie . In virtue of the law passed after the 14 th of January , and popularly known as the Lui < ks Suspects , M . de Montalembert , ex-l ' ecr of France , thcoriiamvnt of the tribune and the press , will be placed for ever under the vigilance of the police , and may . at the discretion of the Executive , be transported to Lambessa without any form of trial . By some unaccountable forgetfulness the minor culprit in the Montulcinbert a Hair lias Wen eniirelv overlooked
by the fcinjniror . M- Douniul not having been . 'included in the imperial act of clemency , and ' not moaning to appeal , has paid the line imj osedupon him . A strange favour , has Won granted to Prince Xapoleon , as Minister of the Colonies—he is to have the right to appoint the judges in the colonies , which lias hitherto been vested in the I \ Iiiii-ier of Justice . The change is another indicutiuntliat this new Ministry for Algeria and the colonies i . i meant to be something materially ( HHerent from the other Ministries of France . The Council of . State is engaged with tho examination of the budget ot ISliO , which is to We presented to the Legislative Body immediately after the se .-si'ju is opened . ; A letter from Bayonne , of the : > Oth November , gives an account of air earthquake experienced there and in the neighbouring district : * .
The Government has ^ iven a gi'iiornl warning , tlirougli the JMonitcitr , to those French journals which have Kipt up for the last few weeks the agitation against Austria in favour of the Italians . All the parties to the douUeduel of Ville d'Avrny nre to Ijc- prosecuted . It h : is not of late yoars ^ Jiren the practice in France to take judicial notice of fair duels ; but there are lnws against duelling , although jivt so scvi-ru as those which cxi . -t in England . The Minister of Murine- lias received despatches r , nnouncing that liaron (« ros has succeeded in r . including it treaty with the Emperor of Japan Minilar to that signed by Lord Elgin , and published in the hiijjllsu papers . The decision come to at the . Cabinet Council <» n 1 »« - day is Paid to bo that Bl . do MontnleinUTt ' d upl' ™ should bo allowed to conic before tho Court < u >' argued , but that the answer to it will simpl y ' '" ° Emperor ' s pardon , which , it will he j . l .-rulod , covers everything' —the penalty inipo .-cl by tin- l .. Iicc-. «> uri , na ulso " the- possible e Hoots , of tlio / . " / < l > * <>' " . "y << ( ' - ¦ ¦ > ° ' " ' thu Cioveninicnt are most imxioiis to ;;< 't out of tnei unploiiHiiiit portion as best they tuny ... Tin- / Vtwc iiiinoiiiieort Unit tlio Corps I . t'tfisln " ^» bo opened on tho -llli or Mh of February In tuo mw
gullury of tin ) l . iuviv . M . do IWiuiiy i » said to U > about to mki n J" » > to Itulv , which , very naturally , b bruiia lu »»} u cul " lifixioii ' wllli Hip present . / lyiKil .-d hlntu of tlio I ; " " " " ' : Tim new law against tlio ns .-uinptioii () 1 ' " , . " Franco has « ivun much oinplcyment ty tho ollU'iiua torostctl in Lhu execution ol ' tlu ^ la w . . . Mijur Oldoivlmw , JSnviil Artillery , 1 || IS / ' ' , I ' nriM on a H | . eohil eoimniscluii relalivu to 111 " < l 1 " ' ' nflliirrt of the latu ltlnvk . Sou 'i'di-gnipli , ° ' \ lllt , , , L tlm dovarniiiont tllroolor at Varna during tlio '" ° "V Tho MuniluHr i . iilil ^ lii'fl a i' « 'l » "'t fjl «' ' " ' oo lanl , npj . rovcd by tho Emperor , Mppointiutf u c « n to cxiiinino into thu I > i < hI , moiiiis for iinprovlns i » ° frtctmc of Uio-arniH hi I ' l'iuiw , 1 'OIITIMIAI .. ., , ,.., His Majofity l . )« m 1 ' o . lro V . 1 ^ K vt ! lny f"V"in ' , il' y ^ UiOHllKht atlnck of m . chmI . h wlilcli l . a . i ooiilln ^ i »"" his l'dom for tlio past woel < . . « .. j ^ g A eubacrhjtlon has boou sot on foot la hww * *
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11121858/page/6/
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