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    962 THE LEAD E R. [No. 443, September 18...

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    CHINA. The India and China mails have ar...

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    WEST INDIES. ' cuba! Letwuhs received in...

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    . RUSSIA AND VILLA FRANCA. The Russian i...

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    MISCELLANEOUS. The Couut.— Her Majesty c...

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    The Indian Revolt. —?•— ¦ The Intelligen...

    is perhaps iheir greatest embarrassment . Every Sepoyis loaded with gold mohurs . His waist-cloth , his knapsack , and his hair are all alike weighed down with these coins—an irresistible temptation , not only from their value , bat from the ease with which they can be concealed . Everyman ' s hand , therefore , is against these moving , treasuries ^ The peasants watch for stragglers a s patiently as dogs . The local troops watch eagerly for the chance of a skirmish , in which every inan killed is a fortune to the victors . The budmashes , among whom they hoped-to find allies , find it more profitable to cut their throats , and the wretched Sepoys , hunted by the Europeans , hunted by the Rajahs , and hunted by the peasantry , dare , neither fight , nor stop , nor disperse . The spies report their misery as frightfuL In Boondee they had food only once in two days , and even that was torn from the villagers by force . "

    962 The Lead E R. [No. 443, September 18...

    962 THE LEAD E R . [ No . 443 , September 18 , 185 R

    China. The India And China Mails Have Ar...

    CHINA . The India and China mails have arrived , bringing intelligence from Hong Kong , under date of July 22 . By this mail the treaty , concluded with China , accepted by the Emperor , and on the point of being ratified , reaches England . It articles make ample provision for everything that can be desired in the relations between the two empires—unlimited access to the interior , increased facilities of access on the seaboard , direct and permanent relations with Pekin , which have long been considered the cardinal points of any negotiation for an improved basis of international policy and commerce between European Powers and the Chinese , have ¦ all been obtained . Conditions regarding the Canton indemnity and the expenses of the expedition , are to be placed in a separate article , and it could not well be otherwise as regards the : first , for we are still actually at war with the province . The amount is fixed at 2 , 000 , 000 / . sterling . It is stated the French have also made a claim . The ratifications of the treaty are to be exchanged within a year at Pekin . In the mean time its provisions are not to take effect . It is not likely that the ratified treaty will be delivered at Pekin before May , 1859 . The Hon . F . Bruce , brother to Lord Elgin , is the bearer , of the treaty . Canton is described as being in a state of complete anarchy . Severe in the extreme ( says the China Mail ) are the measures of extermination adopted by th & Braves of . Canton , not . only in pians ^ fLgssA ^ 'JnXtion against us , but in persecution , t o . ^ fTn j ^ Chinese are ^^^^ - "SS ^ SaTTo have intercourse with us . z /< uta . is ^ ot only to be inflicted on the parties themselves , but punishment is to extend to their relations , their neighbours , their property , their village , and their descendants for ever . This is publicly and officially proclaimed throughout the surrounding , districts , and in the suburbs of Canton itself . At an interview Mr . Parkes had with Pekwei , the latter deplored the present state of things at Canton , but declared his utter inability to alter them , and that the Chinese members of the Provisional n ~ - "

    ¦ well as the native soldiers vaversion to the associate He said that the tr . commencing , and th power to control the . mended all precautk to see reinforceme Trade at Can * . ^^ a-8 ibe . ** 7 Wh' resume * . ' . ^ Chinese aave been leaving the colony office ™ T - ^ ( composed of three imperial havl fo , at aown from Pekia to carry on hostilities ) K- . « ced the authorities of the various districts of in and

    vraas-tung to call on all Chinese Hong Kong Macao to return to their homes under penalty of losing their property or that of their relatives . Macao is in danger , being threatened by a body of about 8000 pirates , and its guards haye been doubled . It would ? ecm that the , imperial authority itself doubts whether Son , aJd " the province to which it belongs , can be pacified , and wo uld be glad of the assistance of French or English troops to aid them in the task . Loll Elgin was at Shanghai by the last «* vices , and proposed leaving thence for Japan , " ^ P ^ Emn efor Michael Sevmour , on a mission to persuade the Ji-mperor of Japan to ?* S * P ^ ce among civUised monarehs , and r ^ SSS ^ Jai ^ rioTrJce to the Chinese ? and , as a people , eager Canton

    T ^ SSSSS ^ sTate Pf maiters at may , ZfeJISSwi- to ilwr his plans . ™ f t a ** the jSnour was on hla way to Shanghai . WSa presence was muqh required at Canton .

    West Indies. ' Cuba! Letwuhs Received In...

    WEST INDIES . ' cuba ! Letwuhs received in Spain speak of the state of Cuba nB being prosperous ; public confidence hod been restored , and the sugar crop promised well on account of the abundance of rain . Havana advicoe received at Now York to the 2 < lth of

    August say that the CaptainrGeneral had added greatly to his popularity by a prompt suspension of two defaulting officers of the Supreme Court of the island . Great joy was expressed on receipt of the news of the success of the Atlantic , telegraph , and even the sugar market was neglected during the excitement which ensued . '¦ A letter from Havana states that the Spanish Consul in Tampico ( Mexico ) had written to the Consul-General requesting to be relieved , on account of the probability of the town being again besieged by the Constitutionalists . lieutenant-General Concha , in compliance with the suggestion of the Consul-Genernl , had sent two armed steamers , which are to act in company with the war-steamer Leon , which is oft" Tampico , for the purpose of protecting Spanish citizens . Two men-of-war are to steer to Sacrificios for the same purpose .

    HAITI . The New York Herald says that a Tlaytian commissioner paid a visit lately to the American colony settled on the Island of Navaza . He found a regular settlement of fifty persons there , all engaged in digging guaiio for a company , in Baltimore . The Emperor of Hayti has protested iu a formal manner to the United States Government against what he terms the intrusion .

    . Russia And Villa Franca. The Russian I...

    . RUSSIA AND VILLA FRANCA . The Russian intrigue of Villa Franca is the Russian intrigue __ of . Catfcaro over agaiu . Villa Franca is a Sardinian ^> ort on the s ea coast of the Mediterranean , between Nice and Monaco , and but about two miles to the eastward of the former place . It possesses an ample harbour , formed by the retrocession of the sea within headlands , capable of easy fortification against attack by water , and may be termed the Sardinian Hamrnerfest . This port has long been a rendezvous for thePiedmontese fleet , and its military and political advantage to a Power desirous of possessing a Malta or a Corfu in the Mediterranean is obvious at a moments glance . The rental stipulated by the Sardinian Government is not less than 4 , 000 , 000 francs , or 160 , 000 / . annually ; and the port is probably well worth to Russia the terms on which it is surrendered . We revert to the pretence of its acquisition for cortii > je ) fcial purposes , simply for the sake ofp _ g 2 i ^ as \ h ' g it . *~ What is the nature of the trade ' ^ Sich . Russia will establish—will it chiefly be exports or imports ? If Russia desire to export her own produce to the north-western coast of the Mediterranean , may she not export that produce with far greater advantage to Genoa , to Nice , to Marseilles , to Cette , and to Barcelona , where commercial relations already exist ? Why select an insignificant town ? Moreover , this harbour does not lie at the mouth of any river , whereas the port of Nice does lie at the mouth of the Var ; and therefore it Js obvious that , with a view even to inland transit from the port of disembarkation , Russia could import her produce into Nice , only two miles distant fro » n Villa Franca , much more advantageously than into ' -. « " addition to tins disadvantage , vear . The deceit is \ ' * e ? Will Rus-¦ o rp ? The j ' r the sale of . jtuntiariaa will t time , has esta-.. ,. toiuui Europe . —Morning Fast .

    Miscellaneous. The Couut.— Her Majesty C...

    MISCELLANEOUS . The Couut . — Her Majesty cpntinues to enjoy the sqmiprivuey of her highland residence while her husband and son are recreating thomselves . with the field sports of the season . On Saturday the Queon and the Pnuce , accompanied by the Princesses , drove to Abqrguldio to a f 6 te given by the Duchess of Kent in honour of the wedding of the Prince of Leiuingcn . The sports cousisted of races and games , in which the servants and gillies . co . rope . ted . for prises given by the Duchess . The Prince of Walea arrived ai Balmoral in the evoning . On Sunday the Court Circular informs us that the Royal Family went to Church at Crathie whore they were pre ached to by Mr . Anderson . The Prince of Walea and his lather have been dally deer-stalking and grouse shootiiig , while tho Queon drives about every day and viaits her neighbours . SUSPKOTKD MUKDKU OB A GenTLKMAN AT EVKHTON , WBAB Livieurooi * . A young gentleman , named Potbury , tho son ( if Mr . Potbury » surveyor to the customs nt Liverpool , left his father ' s house on Saturday evening , and was soon going towards tho Zoological Gardens at West Derby . Ho did not return that night , nor -lynnp-qiyy ^ ldlgga hpflrd , of ,, him U » tlj on jSunday n » QTO [ "g 11 is bodywas ( Uflcovered In a quarry « t JUvortbn 7 ~ not " very far from his father ' s house . Tho face presented the opponranco of strangulation , and an inquoat was opened on tho body and adjourned by the coroner , in order that a jpnat-mortem examination might bo mudo . Mn . Aijtiucd WiaAN .- ^ Tho Era gives currency to a report vory generally current that Mr . A . Wigan will become loasoo of tho Princess ' Theatre , oil tho retirement of Mr . Charles Keaii , in July next . Rktuiin qv a Ukpuokb . —A corroapoudout says ;—On Saturday an English proaarU , tov whoso capture the

    Government offered a reward of 2007 . in vain t » - " ^ up when his appearance was least expected On < W day the writer took rail at London-bridge to Bl ^ t " heath . As he entered the coach at Black heath , » tall " elderl y man got up outside . His appearance was not such as to attract attention ; but some time afterward when his name oozed out , he became , for the moment an . object of general interest . He had an anxious care warn look , and well he might , for he had been some si * months a fugitive from justice ; in short ; he was ho other than Ihomas Allsop . On arriving at Kltham he alighted at tlie resilience of his sou , with whom lie is staying at present .

    Tius Stuike at the Oaks Coujeuy . — The men employed at the Oaks . Colliery , near Barnsley , struck work some time since in consequence of a dispute with the . proprietors relative to a proposed reduction of wages The strike has now lasted about four month ? , the tnea having hitherto obstinately resisted all terms of acco mmodation . Within the last few weeks , however the masters have succeeded in obtaining hands from other districts , with whom they have been gradually supplying the places of the turn-outs . On Wednesday last a deputation from the turn-outs waited on the principal proprietors of the pit , and expressed the willingness' of the whole of the men on strike to return to work on the old terms , without any further stipulations whatever . The proprietors expressed their readiness to find employment for as many of the men as they could .

    LXTKAOKDINAIIV SCENE AT A WEDDING . A few days ago , a youth , still in his teens , accompanied by a good-looking woman a few years his senior ,- ' drove up to ' . Registry-office , Halifax , for the purpose of entering the matrimonial state . The mother of the bridegroomexpectant , having hearil a whisper of what was about to take ' place , lost no time in setting Out in search of her son . On arriving at Halifax ( from a neighbouring village where the . family reside ) , her inquiries put her in-the . right . track ' . ; and she entered the Registry-office

    just as the registrar was commencing the ceremony , and forthwith she gave her son a thorough " drubbing , " at the same time giving expression to her feelings in terms anything but respectful to the bride elect . Tho not yet " happy couple" -hastily left the office , and drove uff in the cab awaiting them at the door . The mother was accompanied by her husband , and both protested against the proposed marriage , which could not legally take place , as the young man is under age . —Manchester Guardian . ' - . ' •¦

    Installation ov a Canon- of York . — On Saturday the Rev . John Jarratt , M . A ., of St . John ' s College , Gambridge , Vicar of Northcave , near Brougb , was installed into the canpnry of Bole , in York Cathedral , rendered vacant by the preferment of tho llou . and Kov . A buncombe , M . A . to tho -Deanery . Ionian Islands . —The vacant judgeslpp in the Ionian Islands has been bestowed on Mr . 1 Wrick Colqunoun . The essential requisites for that appointment are an intimate knowledge of the Greek language and of Eomaii law ; and Mr . Colquhoun is not only a pre-eminent scholar in ancient Greek , but speaks the modern language with the facility of a native , while he is the author of the most learned and authoritative recent work Roman civil law .

    upon , Death of Thomas A . ssiiicton Smith , hsQ . —iws gentleman , the proprietor of the slato quarries of Llonberis , expired on Thurndny « t liis residence near iJangor . Ho had been H mdually sinking under the J »« fn " » ™ nxo for some timo , but was in suilicient health to ame out a week ago . Mr . Smith was well known as the greatest fox-hunter and most daring rider in * - "S Jftn ^ lor many yi'ftiH lifl was leader of tho Melton Jlun » . ' . stud . md celebrated puck of fox-hounds worV I « , t ait * seat at Todworth , I .. Ua , > shire , where he pns . e mjj of his time , Ho was prompt in worm and goilorouj impulseB , and his loss will be felt severely bj m « g anU the . thousand , of worUmon ^ «»^; % & of MrSmith wore ConservaUvo ;

    p ^ U principle , . J reproBented Carnarvonshire formerly . H « " * J oi builder of the largest eUed and groatost m . wber ^ yoclits of any private person in . lSnglftWl j and wjw torn modoro of tho Koy . nl Welsh Yacht Club . The New Mobbum at Oxfoud . — Iho progiow this noble work has received a very sonoM | ol . « j k UJ spacious and elaborate iron roof of th « « i « n « c hall having boon pronounced unsalo \ ui * b «^ » down for reconstruction . Of course the bwoau of bo many tons of iron crushing in « P ° » " ^ . multitudes could not bo |> onnltted to ox . st , ^ ' ^ tkorhlott have acted wisely In rosortm 8 <» «» l "J' ° " o ,, m « . Uiiifbrtlild drawback the bulldinuww i » r »» arc

    U » way To completion . M . u ^ month- u ^ -- ^ nay nothing of additional oxpoiwoa . Iho » u TUo diately uaeful doportmonts are progros « . n « ropW } m tho spot , is strictly in harmony with tho ^ C , ot \ \ o of tho odlflco , and nt tho same tnno adiuiiubly l to tho purposes in vlow . riiancollor of TMI 8 liOVNK-IUW . C « MMIHSION .-H »; gj ™ tho dlacQHa of Oxford , tho Archdeacon oi Uw sl " „ ,, „ . tho RonUumon , who , having been « M 4 >« > Uoa « i J , d hIoii by Iho blahop , will open thoir oo « rt a M ' te | , on Thursday , the SUrd lust ., will ««" " % 1 1 r ' ; " , loll , a to tho specific charges P * ' ^ , ' ' ^^ , 't improper narlahlonor , namely : Tlmt Mr . West put »»»

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18091858/page/10/