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No. 4,08. Janpary 16,1858.] THE LEADER. ...
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THE ORIENT. CHINA. Ghwbrax- Ashbubnham a...
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AMERICA. Walker has been taken prisoner....
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Irejlan1x Tnio Tirraitary Bank.—A Mootin...
of compromise which h * ve been made by certain share-Mde » of the Tipperary Bank , and wh . ch were ap < - woved by the official manager and by the Earl of Beswouch and Mr . Armstrong , the representatives of the shareholders appointed under the 20 th and 21 st Victoria . The Master ' s decision in some of the cases was post-PP JSBTP «» op Emiqbasts . —During the last two months , several persons who had emigrated from Kilkenny to America have returned , and are warning their friends not togo to the Western Republic . Many Irish , it is said , hpye died of American fever , and a woeful picture of desojjjjtion and poverty is drawn .
No. 4,08. Janpary 16,1858.] The Leader. ...
No . 4 , 08 . Janpary 16 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 55
The Orient. China. Ghwbrax- Ashbubnham A...
THE ORIENT . CHINA . Ghwbrax- Ashbubnham and Colonels Pakington and Wetherall had left Hong-Kong for India on the 29 th of November . Lord Elgin has gone to Macao , at which place -the French Plenipotentiary and the Russian Minister are staying . Admiral Seymour , with the chief part of the fleet , has advanced up the Canton river . Ail was quiet in the north of Chiua at the last advices . CIBOASSIA . The Circassians took the fort of Adekou on the 14 th lilt ., after a strenuous resistance , and put the whole garrison , numbering 1200 men , to the sword . The assailants were commanded by Sefer Pacha .
America. Walker Has Been Taken Prisoner....
AMERICA . Walker has been taken prisoner . After landing , he took possession of Scott ' s Buildings and a schooner lying at Point Arenas . Captain Chatard , of the Saratoga , informed him that he must give up the schooner and evacuate the buildings . This he did , and , moving farther up the Point , hired a few small huts , and hoisted his flag . On the 6 th of December , Commodore Paulding arrived in the Wabash , and , being subsequently joined by other vessels , he commenced operations against Walker . A force of four hundred men was landed , and Captain Engle , who had the command of them , was met by Walker , who invited him to his hut . Captain Engle then gave the Filibuster a communication from Commodore Paulding , on receiving which , Walker said , " I surrender , and am under your orders . " " Then , sir , " said Captain Engle , " haul down your flag . " Walker immediately obeyed , and , it is said , wept . Subsequently , Walker was taken on board the United States ship Fulton , together with the rest of the men , and conveyed to the Wabash . The correspondent of the New York Times states that Captain Ommanney , of her Britannic Majesty ' s ship Brunswick , wished to take part in the capture of Walker and his men ; but they were Americans , and Commodore Paulding reserved the right of punishment to himself . Walker asserted on board the Wabash that , if the English had landed a force , he would have fought them , doing all the damage he could , and then taking to the bush ; or , to use his own expression , " If you had landed with red coats on , I would have done you a great deal of damage . I would have fought to the last man . " The Fulton was to remain at Greytown and arrest Anderson ' s party . The Susquehanna was also there . Walker was afterwards set at liberty on his giving his word of honour , in writing , that he would go to New York in the first steamer , and deliver himself into the hands of the United States Marshal there , Captain Rynders . This promise ho redoomed , and was received in a very friendly way by the Marshal , who said , " As Captain Rynder 3 , General Walker , I am most delighted to see you ; but as Marshal , you know , it is a different thing altogether . " Walker then renewed his parole , and the Marshal aaid he thought the best thing he could do would be to proceed to Washington , and present himself to the Secretary of State . Ho accordingly went , accompanied by Captain Rynders , and was informed by General Cass that the Government did not consider him n prisoner , and that it was only through the action of the judiciary that ho could be lawfully hold to answer any charge against him . He wits therefore set at liberty . The Government ie angry with Commodore Paulding for having arrested Walker , his instructions simply being to prevent the pirates landing . PaulUing has boon ordered homo , and will bo brought to a court-martial , as the Administration asserts that the landing of hid men on Nioaraguan soil was a violation of international law . The detachment of Walker ' s foreo under Oolonol Frank Anderson was , it would seem , etill in Nicaragua ttt tho last dates . Anderson was sont by Walker with fifty men to take possession of l )\> rt Castillo and four _« toftni () rd , jw 4 rtsJ * . S . flwJc ^^ A Now York journal mentions a report that Aniloivon possessed " throe months' provision , six pieces of artillery , « nd Abundance of Ammunition . Three of tho captured uteamera were handed by Walkor to Garrison and Mocgan ; the fourth , which wan the only onu that oaine d < wm the river , ' waa *« issed by Commodore Paululng , and handed © v « r to the American Consul ut Greytown . PfWfousljr to the arrival of Commodore Paulding , Cajitala CUiutturd had officially informed Walker that , If ' any tn < ty » . AaMcic * n property or any of hU olfloera were
molested , he would blow General Walker out of the water with shot and shell . ' " The enlistment of Filibusters for Nicaragua is progressing with much spirit in various places . Eight hundred men have left Texas for Nicaragua , and there are about fourteen hundred at New York awaiting shipment . A despatch from Washington says that Walker demands that the Government shall convey him back to Nicaragua in a national vessel , and saluts his flag on arriving at the Isthmus ! Walker is about to proceed to New Orleans , where the excitement in his favour is immense . It is understood at Washington that the Persia hi-ought despatches announcing an earnest protest by the British Government against the Yrissari Convention , as an infringement of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty . Despatches in reply have been transmitted to Mr . Dallas . Civil war is once more raging in Kansas . The vote for or against slavery was put to the people of Leavenworth some time in December , and resulted in 238 suffrages in favour of ' the peculiar institution' against only 9 in opposition to it . Many Missourians ( advocates of slavery ) were present , having come on purpose to influence the election . The form of oath administered is said to have been— " Are you at this instant an inhabitant of the territory . " Some of the Missourians have been arrested ; but Judge Lecompte has issued writs of habeas carpus for their release . The general result of the votes of the whole territory has not yet been transmitted to England ; but the last advices speak of the commencement of hostilities between the rival parties . Several serious conflicts have occurred ; among others , a fight between the Government troops and a body of Pro-Slavery men , in which several were killed and wounded , including the United States Marshal for the district . General Lane , the leader of the Free-State troops , has entrenched himself with a large number of followers at Sugar Mound ; and a battle between this force and the Government dragoons appears to be inevitable . The whole country is in a lawless state , and acts of great violence are of frequent occurrence . Secretary Cass ' s reply to G overnor Walker ' s communication , tendering his resignation as Governor of Kansas , which resignation was accepted , has been published . The Secretary says : — " If every officer of the Government who feels himself constrained to refuse obedience to the instructions of the President shall pursue this unusual course , and thus place on the files of the appropriate department a criticism on the policy of the Admiuistration , no person knows better than yourself to what
consequences this might leai . We must either cause the charges and arguments against the President to be filed among the public archives of the country , without contradiction or reply , or it must spend the time which ought to be devoted to the public service iu controversies . with subordinate officers who may disapprove the President ' s policy . " Of the progress , of the army of Utah , we are informed , iu a despatch received from head-quarters , and dated Blackfork , November 5 th , " that the detachments under Colonel Johnston and Culonel Smith , together with the supplv trains , had united with tho main body under Colonel Alexander , and the entire force had advanced to within sixteen miles of Fort Bridger , en route for Salt Lake city . The troops were in high spirits , being plentifully supplied with provisions , while the snow had fallen sufficiently to protect the grass from fire . " A letter of general instructions from Daniel Wells , Lieutenaut-Geueral of the Mormons , to a Major Joseph Taylor , which was intercepted , owing to the capture of Taylor , indicates the determination of the Mormons to make tho struggle , if need bo , a war of extermination . President Buchanan and the Secretary of the Navy warmly approve , and have acceded to , tho application i of the Atlantic Telegraph Company for * tho steam frigate Niugara to assist in laying the submarine cable between Ireland and Newfoundland next Juno . Mexico is again in tho throes of a mortal conflict . Tho constitution of tho country has boon overthrown ; tho Federal Congress , and Supreme Court have broken up and dispersed ; and Comonlbrt is proclaimed absolute dictator , with power to oall an extraordinary Congress . These events appear to havo been effected by a sudden coup d'utat , plauned with great skill and executed with much vigour . Some men of distinction wore arrested , uud several of the military sent iu their resignations tho same day . Tho peop le of tho capital are said for the most part to havo exhibited great satisfaction at tho turn matters had taken ; but many of tho provinces have ( loclareil nguiiidt Comonlbrt , and a civil war all over the Stato Boonid imminent . The struggle in Yucatan still continues . The New York commercial -advices report that tho Christmas festivities have aomowhat interfered with tho usuiil progress of business . Tho transactions in tho » tock-n » arkot had consequently been to a limited oxtont , laid wouiirpTFobably remain bo during tho succei 6 TEUfig"fow " daya . Tho Troadury Department , under tho direction of President Buuhunan , has llxod tho rate of interest to bo borno by tho first issue of Treasury notos , ( 3 , 000 , 000 dollars , ut throo per cent , per annum , tho notos to run for one your , but receivable at all times in payment of Customs and other calculated dues , with tho aoouinulated interest calculated to tho day of payment . Tho Supremo Court of Providence has dcorood u perpetual injunction on the Rhode Island Bank . *
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow and unchristian , feeling is to be condemned which regards with , jealousy the progress of foreign nations , and cares for no portion of the human race bat that to which itself belongs .-. Dr . Aenokd . FKAHCE . The funeral of Rachel did not , as first announced , take place on Friday week , but on Monday . The body lay in state on Saturday night and Sunday , and at twelve o ' clock on Monday it was deposited in a hearse drawn by six horses . The coffin was covered with a white pall sprinkled with silver stars , and on it was a crown of immortelles . The Grand Rabbi of the Jewish Consistory of Paris walked immediately after the hearse , and the chief mourners were the father and brother and the two sons of Mademoiselle Rachel . Alexandre Dumas , the elder , held one of the corners of the pall . The cortege consisted of sixteen mourning coaches and a considerable number of private carriages . An immense crowd followed , consisting of all the most celebrated men of art and letters , and deputations from all the theatres of Paris . The body was conveyed to the Jewish burialground , at the extreme end of Pfere la Chaise ; and , after the religious rites had been gone through , speeches were made bv MM . Jules Janin , Bataille , and Maquet . Janin alluded to the loss within a short time of all that was celebrated , glorious , and free , and expressed his regret that the only man competent to eulogize the deceased—Victor Hugo—should be now in exile . Several detachments of cavalry were on the spot , to preserve order . A company has been formed for the conveyance of pilgrims to the Holy Land and back . During the recent frost at Paris , the Emperor Went out skating in the Bois de Boulogne , in the midst of the throngs of pleasure-seekers . The Empress all the while looked on from a carriage ; and Louis Napoleon seems to have gained popularity by this democratic association of his own amusements with those of the people . The return of General Lamoriciere from Brussels to France having given rise to various reports , the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph undertakes to lay the real facts before the English public . When the General ' s first child fell ill at Paris , Lady Holland , who is a frequent visitor at the Palais Royal , interceded with Prince Jerome for the father . The Prince at once spoke to the Emperor on the subject , and the answer / / r /» " * 1 1 T __ - ~~_! a !\ ha uri . ^ lt aq 4-t \ vaf ii " ¦ " » 1 "fi
* was it vjrciictux ijauiuLimcic nuuca w * w * n *«*« . ~>* France , let him ask permission , and it shall be granted . " The General declined to do so . The Emperor then sent a ' provisional' permission to the exile to return ; but Lamoricifere still thought that * the door which had been opened for him was too low . ' Finally , the Emperor gave an absolute and unconditional permission to the General to return . In the meanwhile , the child had died . Lamoriciere , however , accepted the permission to return , and a pompous account was given in the SVord , from which it was copied into the Paris papers , of the manner in which the General was received on the frontiers , of the respect paid to his baggage , and of the profuse professions of gratitude made by his family to the Emperor . The Telegraph correspondent discredits the excessive gratitude on the part of the General , but adds that "it is certain that the exiles who remain at Brussels are dissatisfied with the General ' s conduct , and seem inclined to look on him a 3 a lost sheep . " Improvements in various parts of Paris , on a much vaster scale than any yet carried out , are talked of for the present year . "A deplorable accident , " says the Times Paris correspondent , " took place in tho Church of St . Sulpfue ( in Paris ) ut half-past ten on tho morning of Friday week , during Divine service in the Cruipel of tho Virgin . The cu / ori /' which warms the church with hot water burst with a loud noise , and scattered pieces of metal and streams of boiling water in every direction . Three persons were killed by tho explosion and five others wounded , two of them severely . It is supposed that one of the pipes for conducting the hot water waS obstructed by some cause not yot ascertained . Th 3 Prefect of the Seine proceeded immediately to the church to instruct the architect to adopt measured to prevent a similar accident in future . " M . Affro , brother of tho Archbishop of Paris who was killed at the barricades of June , l « 4 tf , died at Rhodoz a few days ago , ngod sixty-seven , lio was a aub-prefoot under tho Restoration , and a member of the Constituent Assembly of 1818 . The affair of tho J ' rogue has terminated by M . MUlauU retaining ponnuneutly thu title of rddactour on chef ; and tho appointment of M . Guuroult as principal rCdaotour . Some of tho shareholders nro Horioualy alarmed at this rortult . M . Guoroult is un old St . Simonian , and -mav-be-saldno-coino-to-the-y '/ ' «« d « --witU ., tlio-JL'AroJiiUAuWR ^ - at his ahouldor . A « is well known , tho St . Simoniana retain little of tholr anclunt charactorlatioa , ami aro chiefly remarkable for tho facility with which they adapt themselves to any rdgi . no , and tholr * » ' ^™* ° "" get on In the world . They are mixed up in all In * °° * of Industrial speculation-. It is a pity to see ho Ircaio fall Into their hands j ad for tho future its political importance will be null . M . Guoroult waa aent out ; as Consul to aomo place in Amerloa under Louia . Philippe .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 16, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16011858/page/7/
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