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      No. 434, July 17, 1858.J The Le1de R. 67...

      No . 434 , July 17 , 1858 . J THE LE 1 DE R . 679 . : ¦ - - —^~ — . — - - ~ — " " " ' "'" ' ' - " '" " ¦ ¦» --

      State Of Trade. The Linen Trade Of Barns...

      STATE OF TRADE . The linen trade of Barnsley has improved of late , and both the power-loom and the hand-loom weavers are nearly fully employed ; but there is great depression in the coal trade of * the neighbourhood , caused in some measure by a dispute between some of the coal owners and the working colliers . la the iron districts , flatness continues to prevail . The chain makers of Cradley ' have turned out for an advance of wages ; but it is doubtful if they obtain it , though , should they do so , their net earnings will not amount to more than fifteen shillings a week . The colliers east of Dudley are also out on strike , on account of their employers having reduced their wages one shilling a day . Trade at Birmingham is described as absolutely bad . Business at Bradford during the week ending last Saturday was in the same condition observable for some time past . The worsted trade of Halifax during the same week sliowed signs of languor ; but an improvement is noted at Huddersfield . The woollen cloth trade of Leeds and the surrounding district is gradually improving ; and this may also be said of the hosiery trade of Leicester . The same business in the districts of Loughborough and Hinckley is quiet . Little was done at Manchester last week , and the home trade at Nottingham is dull . In the lace trade of that town , however , more is being done . The manufacturers of Sheffield complain of a scarcity of orders : the only exception is in connexion with the insessant demand for " crinoline" steel . The iron trade of Wolverhampton is in a most depressed state , though an improved price has been obtained for rails . The reports of the factors of saddlers' ironmongers , who started r--n their journeys some days ago , are not satisfactory . At Dublin , business has experienced a decided change for the better . ~ " The Victoria Station and Phnlico Railway Company , " says the . Times , " have announced the passage of their bill through Parliament , and have invited subscriptions , to be received up to the 15 th inst ., for 8200 10 / . shares . The total capital will be 675 , 000 ^ . of which 450 , Q 0 ( M . is furnished by the Brighton Railway , with whom and the East Kent arrangements have been made which will secure a minimum return of 4 | - per cent ., leaving- the company free to increase the amount by making analogous terms with other lines . The construction of a large hotel at the terminus is likewise contemplated . " Messrs . Astley , Williams , and Co ., of Liverpool , have found it necessary to call their creditors together in consequence of the stoppage announced by the last Brazilian ' mail of Messrs , Astley , Willson , and Co ., of Rio . The liabilities of the Rio house were about 150 , 000 / ., and those of the Liverpool firm are thought to he nearly as much ; but it is anticipated that both establishments will speedily get over their difficulties .

      Ireland. 1'Rinity Colleok.—A Queen's Let...

      IRELAND . 1 ' rinity Colleok . —A Queen ' s letter , it is said , is about to be issued , which will shadow forth certain reforms in the constitution of Trinity College , Dublin . The Evening Mail , thus states the nature of these changes : — •' The board has given up its cla . im to the degree fees , which , it will be remembered , was one of the subjects -iiscussed at the late visitation , and the abandonment of . -which ' was long since recommended in the columns of rhis journal . The emoluments attached to the offices which are held by tho hoard , as bursarships , senior lectureship , & c , aro also , we understand , to be considerably reduced in amount . We have heard that from these two sources a reduction of something like 30 O 0 A n year is to bo made from the income of the board , and to bo made applicable for tho other requirements of the College . Among tho measures of material reform which will be carried into efFect "by the application of this fund ¦\ v e believe we may enumerate the fallowing : —The Inititution of fourteen university scholarship * , or exhibitions , endowed with a stipend of 1001 . a year , to be competed for at the degree examinations , and tenable for seven years ; the establishment of two new offices , to

      Do Held Dy junior inflows , wnosc special utuy sunn oo t ' 10 superintendence of tho education and discipline of undergraduate students ; the promotion of the non-tutor Fellows to tho position of tutor . * , nnd tho amelioration ¦ if tho condition of the remaining four , until they are gradually absorbed into tho tutorial body . The septennial scholarships , wo understand , will bo open to students of all denominations , and will be exempt from ¦ luty or residence . " Riotino in Roscrica . —Some very serious riots have raken place atRoscrcn , owin ^ to certain scoundrels beiiitf

      offended with some of the jury who had convicted tho Cormncks of the murder of Mr . Ellis . Somo of tho police wore injured , and it wus found necessary to scud to the adjacent garrison of Birr for Holdiern . Distress in Donkoal . —Tho Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into tho destitution alleged to exist in Gwcedoro and Clmighnneoly district , in tho county of Donegal , hnvo considered the matter to them roforrod , and agrocd to a report , in which it is stated : —Thut tho district oi ' Uweedoro nnd Cloughaneoly is a wild and mountainous tract of country , inhabited , for tlio moat part , by tenants holding smal l

      I portions of land . That there are among them man }' , who are very needy , who , on any failure of their crops , are , subject to more or less distress and poverty in consequence at one portion of the year ; but at the present time it appears to your committee that destitution , such as is complained of in the appeal of 8 th January , 1858 , contained inU . he Appendix , did not , and does not exist , and that the general condition of the people is certainly not worse now than it has been for many years , nor does it appear to your committee that there was , during the winter of 1857 and 1858 , any increase of sickness in the district , or any increa e in the number of applications for admission to the workhouse . That this poverty among the people is not attributable to the landlords . It appears to " your committee that an erroneous opinion exists in the minds of the people as to their rights over the mountains near which they reside , and that their not being well advised on this point has led to the outrages which have been committed , and to the destruction of a large number of sheep , which brought upon the inhabitants of the district the sheep and police tax—a burden which no-doubt pressed heavily upon them , but it was paid readily in money , and no stock or produce was sold under distress for the purpose of paying those taxes . "

      America. A Lull Seems To Have Come Over ...

      AMERICA . A lull seems to have come over the politics of the United States . The Government , however , has taken a decided stand in regard to Central American affairs , and has intimated its determination to sustain all the rights and interests which have been secured to its citizens by grants or charter . A fight has occurred at Philadelphia between two rival fire companies , in which one man was killed by being shot through the head , and two ether men were wounded . On the same eVening , a fracas occurred on board the Glocester ferryboat , which resulted iu one death , Mrs . Elizabeth Parker , an old lady , horn in 1743 , thirty-three years before the Declaration of Independence , . has died in Durham , Cumberland county . Up to about one hundred and ten , she is said to have possessed bodily vigour sufficient to enable her to work in the garden . The weather in New York has been very hot , and several deaths from sun-stroke have taken place . Oh the 29 tli ult ., it was three or four degrees cooler . . The suspension of the Exchange Bank of Griffin , Georgia , has been announced . The distillery of George Curry arid three adjoining buildings at Cincinnati have been destroyed by fire . The loss was estimated at 30 , 000 dollars . From California we learn that the" rush to the Praser gold mines continues , and that about 2500 persons have passed through San Francisco , between April 20 th and June 5 th . It is estimated that about 5 000 persons had collected , at the latter date , in Pugin Sound on tlieir way to the new diggings . The English war steamer Satellite is said to have received orders to maintain a close blockade to prevent trading vessels ascending . Miners and tlieir goods in open boats arc not to be molested ; and a large number of men are engaged cutting a road from Puget Sound to the banks of the Fraser river . The Governor of Vancouver's Island has issued a Proclamation warning all persons entering Frnser river for trade that they are committing an illegal act unless they have a license from the Hudson ' s Hay Company , nnd a sufferance from the proper officer of Customs at Victoria ; and that , after the 22 nd of May , they will be seized and condemned , unless so provided . This Proclamation lias given great dissatisfaction . Colonel Steptoe , of the United Statea army , lias been attacked , at the first crossing of the Snake river , Oregon , by a largo body of Indians , who killed three of his officers and fifty of his men . The Yankton Indians , to the number of 3000 , have committed depredations in the white settlements along tho Minnesota river . They have destroyed the village of Medary , and burnt tho town of I'lnoulrnm . An emigrant train hna boon plundred , and the settlers were prepuring to defend themselves . 1 lie huh uiuu io xniun nuauiu

      mormons cum u . u very attitude . Governor dimming fecl . s great distrust of them ; and tho army , at the last dates , was about to march on the capital . Tho Indians in Nebraska aro nhn said to hnvo shown signs of warlike operations . The forced loan in Mexico has caused great excitoment nt tho capital , and foreigners rot complying witji its requirements have been ordered to leave tho country , We announced in our last week's Postscript the complications with tho United States resulting from this atnto

      oi rimigH , The Central American States present their usual items of small news . Guatemala is advocating tho formation of a gran . ! Central American league HgniiiBt Filibusters ; but tho matter has not been considered by the Legislature . Cholera atill lingers in tho country . Snn Salvador is labouring vigorously to perfect nil alliance of tho States for mutual defence against invasion . Tho movement * of M . l'MIlx Belly , Frencli agent in Nicaragua , have been watched with intenao interest by all t | ie remaining . States , an hia promises of aid , in tho shape of French protectorates , cash , lounn ,

      canals , and railroads , have been very liberal . He has left the capital of Nicaragua and gone to San Juan del Norte , where he has been well received ,. owing to his assurance that the great transit canal would be soon commenced , when the people would get all the advantages of a control of the work without any outlay of cash . From San Juan he -went to Aspinwall , where he embarked for Havannah , on his way , it was said , to Washington . Martin Kosta , the Austrian refugee , has died near the city of Guatemala , on a sugar plantation .

      Continental, Inotes. That Narrow And Unc...

      CONTINENTAL , INOTES . That narrow and unchristian feeling" is to be condemned which regards with jealousy trie progress of foreign , nations , and cares for no portion , ot the human race bat that to which itself belongs . Da . Arnold . FR-ANCE . The intended visit of Queen Victoria to the Emperor at Cherbourg is officially announced in the Moniteur . The day fixed is the 4 th of August . The Queen will be accompanied by Lord JMulmesbury , Lord Derby , Mr-Disraeli , and the . Duke of Malakhoff , and , it is thought , will spend only one day there . The Minister of Marine has ordered the inscription recording the completion of the works and the inauguration of the inner dock to be changed , in order that the Royal visit may be included in the scroll . Rumours have spread in Paris of another conspiracy , and of numerous ai * rests . Again , it would appear , the conspirators are Italians , and one of them is a priest . The principal editor of the Presse is appointed to a place of confidence in the new Ministry , of which Prince Napoleon is the head . The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to the Prefects of departments relative to the instructions they are to give to mayors performing the functions of civil officers under Government in the execution , of the law prohibiting the assumption of false titles of nobility- It is said that an Imperial nobility will be created before long . The Sultan has granted itdtlie French Government the ruins of the Church of St . Anno , at Jerusalem , with authority to rebuild it . The plans have been approved by the French Commission of Public Works ; and the building ; will be commenced forthwith . Instructions have been forwarded to the Turkish Plenipotentiary at Paris to insist on the evacuation of Perim by the English . .. - ¦ ¦¦ . A circular addressed by M . do Royer , the Minister of Justice , to th-j Procureurs-General of Imperial Courts , directs them not to institute any prosecution under the " False Titles Bill , " without applying for , and receiving , his special instructions . "I shall thus , " he say ' s , " be able , to regularize the execution of the law throughout the country . " M . Francois Piotri , Prefect of the Cher , eldest son of M . Pie ' tri , late Prefect of Police at Paris , expired a few days ago at Bourges . The accounts from the -wine-growing districts are not so satisfactory aa could Ijp . wished . The o'idium has suddenly appeared in some localities , particularly in the south , Still , the crop lias not been seriously injured as yet . Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte has addressed an angry letter to General de Ileischnian , aide-de-camp to the King of Wtirtcmberg , relative to some statements affecting Iting Joseph , tli « Prince ' s father , which occur in the newly-published Memoirs of Count Miot , edited by tho General , the Count's son-in-law . The Prince calls Miot a " robber and & butcher , " a " liar or a dastard ; " ami tho letter concludes in the following terms : — " As to yon , Monsieur , sines you have not foarod to pick out of tho mud the pen of tUo pamphleteer Miot , you will not forget , I conclude , that you carry a sword , " Prince Napoleon has been visiting Limoges . ITALY . Signor Dnmoru , tho advocate who courageously pleaded for tho owners of tho Cngliuri before the court y \ J * CnlnMnn l * ian l > s \ m « 1 tfiaaiL ; li / i < l lit I 'nuAwIn I \* r frim It l r ** 1 « kltlO 1 Uaillll | . l / i VSVflULKfJT tll

      I / I kJilim I IIP * UUUI ^^ U * * U 1 A « £ ^ U . police . Tho trial at ltoine of the Marquis Cam pan a camo to a conclusion on the 5 th inst . Tlic accused bus boon found guilty of the population imd abuso of power attributed to him m his administration of the Monte di Pioui , nnd Iuih been sontoncjd to imprisonment , 'with hard labour at the galloys , for twenty years . But it is expected that this sentence will be mitigated . Ilia advocate ia to be suspended for thrco months for the warmth _ (» * . * _ n

      OI 111 !) UUIUUUC . Tho Tempo of Casnlo states that Count Cavour intend * applying the legacy of the late Signor Cernuzzai , of Udino , to tho endowment of the military and naval dchools of Turin , in favour of non-l'iodmonteso Italians desirous of following either of thoso cat-ecru . Tim Corviero Mercavtito , of Guuou publishes an order of tlio dtt > of General Goyon , tho French commandant nt Uorne , dated tho latiiwt ., announcing thut order is restored , that tho good understanding between the two nrmios is re-eHtibliahi-cl , mid thnt liU order of tho day of tho 25 th ult . ia therefore royoked . The documout

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 17, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17071858/page/7/