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Wbolect in the Himalaya.— At Portsmouth ...
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American News. By The Arrival Of The Pac...
l l ^ -f M ^^^^^^ ^^ s ss ; w ^ nor would probably be appointed over tto Mormons . Lieutenant-Colonel Steptoe , of the army , has received the appointment , with the understanding however that he sludl leave the army- It is doubtful whether he will accept the appointment on such terms , me Mormons are strong enough to give this country great trouble , and will , no doubt , do so . The men are well drilled , and , having bold , determined leaders , will be put down with difficulty . "
Wbolect In The Himalaya.— At Portsmouth ...
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Varieties. Emigbation From Liverpool Las...
VARIETIES . EMIGBATION FROM LIVERPOOL LAST YEAR . During the last year 210 , 742 persons left Liverpool as emigrants , being at the rate of more than 4000 each week . For their conveyance 957 ships were employed . The greatest amount of emigration took place during the first quarter of the year . During that period , the number of persons who emigrated was 37 , 611 , being 5782 less than in the three corresponding months of the previous yean The official tables show a large increase in the emigration to the North American colonies . The number of vessels which left Liverpool for Australian
ports under Government inspection during the year was 107 , of an aggregate tonnage of 126 , 184 tons . In the first quarter of the year 12 passenger ships left Liverpool for Australian ports , of an aggregate tonnage of 15 , 138 tons , with a total number of 5450 emigrants . In the second quarter the number of emigrants was 13 , 687 . In the quarter ending September it was 12 , 195 . In . the last quarter of the year the number of emigrants from Liverpool was 10 , 310 . The shortest passage to Melbourne was made in 69 £ days ; and the voyage from Melbourne to Liverpool was made by the Lightning in the unprecedented short period of 63 days .
THE OCONNELLS AND THE MILITIA . In reference to the appointment to commissions in the Irish militia of the members for Clonmel and Tralee , the iv " afto » observes : —" Wonders will never cease , we suppose ; but the greatest wonder of the age has actually come to pass at last . Let the butchers of Herculesstreet , and -the coalporters of Burgh-quay—let Garrydweii and Clonmel hear it and phillilue , and Conciliation-hall shudder through all its meal-bins—John O'Connell has , at last , abandoned the eternal principles
of moral force , and joined the militia . Oh , tragedy and oh , farce ! to see the two sons of O'Connell turned crimps for the British Government . In Kerry , Captain Daniel twirls his moustache , amid a picket of ablebodied paupers from the auxiliaries of Dingle . In Dublin , Captain John , fired with more than the martial ardour of Gilpin , quite forgets his former self ; swathes his doughty body in a scarlet sack ; girds an abhorred and stigmatised sword to his thigh ; and , for 12 s . a-daj-, undertaEesTdahed theblood of Wthe Russians by single drops , and by buckets , by wholesale and retail . "
PRINCE ALBERT , CAMBRIDGE MEN , AND THE CRIMEA . His Royal Highness Prince Albert , , the Chancellor of the University , having offered a gold medal for the encouragement of English poetry , the Vice Chancellor has given notice that the prize will be given to such resident undergraduate as shall compose the best poem on " The War in the Crimea . " The poems are to be sent in on or before the 31 st of March next , and are not to exceed 200 lines in length .
MORE AMERICAN GOLD FIELDS . The Burlington , Vt ., Free Press says that William Hankerson , a returned Californian of Springfield , Mass ., has lately been exploring the State of Vermont , in search of the precious metals , and has found deposits of gold on the Gulf Stream , so called , in the south-western part of Plymouth , at the head of Black River ; also in the towns of Sherburne , Stockbridge , Pittsfield , Barnard , Bridgcwater and Woodstock , on the Quechce . The gold thus found is purer than that found in California , and is worth one dollar more per ounce . In some of the places enumerated above , Mr . Hankerson got fifty cents worth of gold from a pan of dirt , which would be considered more than a fair yield in the California diggings .
AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE PARIS EXHIBITION . Among the curiosities which will bo sent from Australia to the Paris Exhibition is part of a trunk of a gum-tree now growing at Botany Bay , on which the great navigator La Porouse carved hid name when ho anchored off that part of tho coast . Tho Governor-Qen « ral has given permission for Ha removal . Tho French will be delighted with a memorial of their groat countryman , in all probability carved by his own hand .
DR . TJARTH . Letters have b « en received which throw groat doubt on the authenticity of tho announcement of tho death of this celebrated traveller .
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^ MISCELLANEOU S . The Court . —The Queen and Prince , with the Princess Wai and Princess Alice , attended by the Viscountess Canning , Major-General the Hon . Charles Grey , Colonel F . ASeymoTir , and the Master of the Household , left Osborne 5 two o ' clock on Tuesday , and -I ™« g <* * ° Windsor Castle , where the Royal party arrived at . a % rM ^ was received at the Windsor Railway Station by a Guard of Honour of the Royal Bucks Militia , with the Band of the Reg iment . Lieut .-General Sir De Lacy Evans had the honour of being invited to Windsor Castle , but was prevented by indisposition from obeying her Majesty ' s commands . The dinner parties of the week have included the Duchess of Kent , the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn , the Ladies Harriet and Louisa Hamilton , tixe Earl of Clarendon , Viscount Torrington , Lady Fanny Howard , Baroness de Speth , Sir George Couper , and Major-General Wylde .
The Earl Of Cardigan, We Understand, Has...
The Earl of Cardigan , we understand , has arrived in Paris , from Marseilles , en route from the seat of war in the Crimea . His Lordship is daily expected to arrive in town , en route for Dean Park , Northamptonshire . The Bishop of New Zealand . —Dr . Selwyn intends taking his departure from England for his distant diocese in the course of a few days . New School of Musketry , Hythe . —In a remote corner of the kingdom , on the coast of Kent , about 18 miles from Dover , is a new military establishment , of the existence of which the great majority of the public intro
are probably not aware . It owes its origin to the - duction of the Minie" rifle into the army , and has been established since April , 1853 . Guided by his experience of our military system , the Commander-in-Chief judged that , if it were left to the commanding officers of regiments to see that the men under them were properly instructed in the use of the new weapon , they would fail in securing throughout the army that uniformity of practice so essential to efficiency , he advised the creation of a special establishment which might serve at once as a training-school for our infantry and marines . The school is found to work well . ., _ _
Habeas Corpus in California . —A love of "habeas corpus" seems a characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race . In San Francisco some American lawyers have been amusing themselves in this way . In the Twelfth District Court a petition was filed for a writ of habeas corpus to bring before Judge Norton three Russian prisoners , alleged to be held illegally as prisoners of war by the English prize crew on board the Sitka , now lying in our harbour . The illegality of their present confinement is based on the fact set forth that they were brought out of British- possessions into the state of California , and cannot , by reason of such removal , be longer held lawfully in British custody . A writ of habeas corpus was issued , returnable before this court on Monday last , but early on the morning of the Sabbath the ship quietly hoisted her anchors and put to sea .
Newspapers sent Abroad . —A very large number of newspapers for places abroad , upon which a postage ought to have been prepaid , being continually posted without- such -prepayment , _ the __ P . ostzPffice _ au * hpiities have issued a notice , recommending persons who are in the habit of transmitting newspapers to foreign countries , or to any of the colonies , to satisfy themselves , by inquiry at the Post-office , whether or not any postage is payable upon them in this country , before they deposit their newspapers in the letter-box . Newspapers for foreign parts , which have been improperly posted unpaid , are detained and sent to the Dead Letter-office . Assaults on Scripture-readers in Carlow . —At the Carlow Petty Sessions on Monday seven persons , two of whom were females , were committed for trial at the assizes for aggravated assaults on Scripture-readers .
I A new National Party . —Bristol . —At a crowded meeting , held in the Coopers' Hall , King-street , on Wednesday evening last , after a Lecture on the Diplomatic Antecedents and Probable Issues of the Present War , by Henry N . Barnett , Esq ., the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —" That this meeting regards the systematic contempt for the rights of oppressed and struggling nationalities evinced by the diplomatic representatives of Great Britain with deep regret and strong disapprobation ; that our alliances , direct and indirect , with some of tho fiercest despotic powers of the Continent is a violation of our warmest national sentiments , and is inconsistent" with our most sacred national obligations ; that the secrecy of our
whole diplomatic system is fraught with international dishonour and domestic peril ; that the origin , conduct , and present aspects of the war abundantly confirm those I positions ; that for the correction of past mistakes , and as a provision against future evils , it is desirable that the people should organise themselves for tho purpose of giving * prompt and . emphatic expression to their sentiments on questions of foreign policy ; and that u local committee bo forthwith appointed far tho purpose of corresponding with other committees , and for carryinginto effect tho principles of thia resolution . " A com- > mittoo was appointed accordingly , and it is hoped that measures will immediately be taken to secure for this ancient and important city the honour of energetic action on theso pressing matters .
inq ^^ «™ % ° i ^ WmSns , seaman of the Himalaya . Onlandmghewaa taken to the Union , and died in sevenhours . It appears ^ is ^ sssssas ^ the Crimea , the hospital at Scutari , . and the Black Sea flett ; ™ frequently despatched . The charges , which must bfpaid m advance , are , letters , 3 d . quarter of an ounce , and newspapers , 2 d . each . Camp in the East Indies . — We ^ hear that the Marquis of Dalhousie has approved of a camp being formed at Umballah , to continue for a few months . Musical ^ nd Clerical .- « A Church-goer " complains to a Kentish paper that in a church in the Isle ofThanet the air of » Sally Brown" has been substituted for the beautiful and sublime " Benedictus . "—( Sydney Smith said once that there was no reason why the Devil should have all the best tunes . ) Queen Pomare in Paris . —Her Otaheitan Majesty announces her intention of visiting Pans during the Exhibition . She will land at Bordeaux , and have a monument erected in that city to commemorate her visit .
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Private letters received in town yesterday the camp before Sebastopol , and dated the 28 th ult ., report the weather to be dry and frosty , and the transit of ammunition and provisions from Balaklava to the camp was assisted by the arriva l of a number of mules . It was not expected , however , that any decisive attack would be made before the 10 th or 12 th of January . The health and spirits of the army were im it r ( fe stated by the Hfonifevr de TArmee that the Government has resolved to send General Pehssier to Sebastopol to direct the works of siege , leaving General Bosquet at the head of the movable jurmy , but continuing the supreme command with General Canrobert . .
from Leader Office , Saturday , January 18 . An article in the . C onstitutionnel ' of yesterday sent down the French funds again . It was to the effect that the ambassadors at Vienna had admitted certain Russian reservations to the four points . These reservations it -was thought impossible the Western Governments would approve . The negotiations began to be considered in Paris delusive , and Sis laid to be the opinion of the French Government . . , ' *¦
M . Mavrocordato , acting as ad interim Minister of the Interior at Athens , addressed a circular on the 18 th to the Prefects , enjoining " strict neutrality as the duty , the watchword , and the true interest of Greece . " . , ' „ , " The Portuguese Cortes were opened on the 2 nd ot January by the King Regent . The speech contained no allusion to the European war . Its view of internal affairs was cheerful . Captain Brock , late Governor of Eupatoria , reached Malta by the French steamer , and was to proceed . to England , vid Marseilles , by the Vectis . Admiral Dundas , on reaching the island , declined to receive a salute or a guard of honour . He comes to England , vid Marseilles , by the Vectis .
The Russian government is organising the Baltic army for the spring campaign , and has purchased 10 , 000 first-rate rifles in Belgium . A private letter from Nice reports another slight shock of earthquake on Friday , the 5 th instant . A despatch , dated December 30 , was received late last night , from Lord Raglan . He says : —** The Russians continue to withdraw from the valley of the Tchernaya , whilst they have constructed defensive works on the heights above , which would imply a difficulty of maintaining their troops in the field . " Stores , wooden houses , & c , were being constantly received , but difficulty was experienced in the disembarkation , owing to the smallness of the harbour , which is very much crowded .
THE MILITIA . The Northumberland Militia assembled for permanent duty at Alnwick on Tuesday . It is stated that the North York Rifles will go into garrison in Stirling Castle . The South Durham Militia lias volunteered for the Mediterranean . The 1 st Royal Cornwall Rangers are 1051 rank and file when all embodied , but the greatest number yet embodied has been about 410 men . The 2 nd Cornwall consists of 215 rank and file , but the largest number which has
been yet embodied has been from 80 to 85 . During the past week there has been a good deal of volunteering going on at Brighton from tho Sussex Militia into the regulars , the 94 th Regiment having received tho largest number . The men muster every morning for drill at the Royal Brunswick Crickot-ground . Tho Artillery battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia are to be embodied on the 2 nd of February , for const duty ut Eastbourne , which is to be their head-quarters .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 13, 1855, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13011855/page/12/
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