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1248 THE LEADER. [No. 453, November 20JL...
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INDIA. Tub overhind mail arrived yesterd...
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pursuant to the Emperor ' s letter , sat for the first time on Wednesday in the Palais Royal . M . de Persigny is appointed as its president . _ It is proposed to send a Brigadier-General to Cochin China to command the troops . This decision has been adopted in . consequence of the importance which , the operations appear to assume . M . de Hubner , the Austrian Ambassador , arrived in Paris on Wednesday frbnd Spiiin . Politicians are inquiring with much , curiosity whether he ' .-will be invited to Compiegne . In consequence . of the great coolness between the ^ renct and Austrian Courts , the point is considered doubtful . It is said that the Court will remain at Compiegne so late as the 8 th or 10 th of December , because the repairs in the interior of the Tidleries will not be finished sooner . AUSTRIA .
A letter from Trieste says that , in consequence of the pacific turn which the affairs of Montenegro have taken , the Austrian Government had recalled the squadron ¦ which was in observation on the coast of Dalmatia , and that it had arrived at Pola . The Servian Government lately contracted with a Belgian firm for a supply of Minie" rifles . The Austrian Ministry has applied to these weapons the recent order forbidding the exportation of warlike material into Servia . A letter from Zalesziki , in Gallicia , states that a few days ago some English engineers examined the river Dniester , near that place , in order to see if steamers could navigate it , and that they intended to continue their investigation to Ofcopy , on the Russian frontier .
NATLES . The Daily News correspondent writes : — ' ? TheTe is a report that an order has been given to hold in readiness six thousand men to march , in the direction of the province of Capitanata . The object is said to be to guard the royal family on their route to bring back the future wife of the Hereditary Prince . If true , it is a novel method of going a wooing . Six thousand bayonets to usher in the bride of the future Francis II . ! It does not sound well , yet one cannot be astonished at any precautions when feelings so strong and so hostile to the Government exist . "
PRUSSIA . A Berlin letter of the 14 th says , that although the official returns of the elections ^ for the metropolitan districts have not yet been made up , it is well known that the ministerial candidates have" everywhere triumphed . The elections went off without any breach of the peace or other accident , and without any great expression of party feeling . The Princess of Prussia , who is still residing at Cob-Ientz , -was to perform the ceremony of opening tbe railroad just completed between Cologne and Coblentz . She will arrive in Berlin to be present on the 2 lst inst . at the celebration of the birthday of the Princess Frederick William .
It is stated that the Prime Minister will continue to hold the important military command of the Seventh Army Corps , from which it is presumed be will remove his residence to Dttsseldorf , and having so successfully inaugurated the new Cabinet , himself only remain its nominal head .
SPAIN . The Spanish Government seeks support by appointing the Marquis of Puero President of the Senate . Though it has been victorious at the elections , rumours of its speedy fall still prevail at Madrid . The idea of introducing a very large number of Chinese workmen into Cuba , instead of negroes , is said seriously to engage the attention of the Spanish Government . A Dutch brig laden with engines for the Vnlentia Hailway has foundered on the coast of Malaga . A telegraphic despatch , dated Madrid , Wednesday , says that the royal speech will express verj' clearly the intentions of the Government on the political and economical questions of the day . It is also asserted that the United States Government has declared its consent to Spain claiming satisfaction from Mexico by armed force . '
Another telegram from Paris announces that the Riff pirates have made their submission to Brigadier Buceta , the Spanish commandant on the coast of Africa . The Madrid journals of the 12 th state that " n . modification in , and even an entire change of , the Ministry continued to be talked of , ami ; notwithstanding the denials of the semi-official journals , was considered not unlikely . " It was reported that a reconciliation between General Xfarvaez and Queen Christina had been como to . M . Collantes , the ex-Miniator , had been ordorcd for proseoution for having delivered a , violent speech at . Palencla against the local authorities , and ho -would have been placed in custody if he had not been confined to his bed by indisposition ,
The Eapana and Novedailes had been again tried for seditious libel , but both had been acquitted . Tlifi ' . 'Govojfhment has sustained a defeat in anticipation oHuo ppohlng of the Oortos .. Marshal O'Donnell'a candidate fomlu ) . presidency of tho Chamber , AT . Rtos Rosas , has been ' rejected by Clio ministerial deputies , who have substituted ' Martin , ^ dp la Itosn , tho friend of Narvnoz . flfce majorityJta split into two heavy equal ports , ono of
which by uniting with , the Progresistas may at any time give a preponderance to M . Olozaga . It is seriously said in Madrid that O'Donnell contemplates & coup d ' etat before the end of the yean The festivities of the winter season have begun at Madrid somewhat earlier than usual . TheCountess . de Montijo , mother of the Empress of the French , who during the summer months had got her splendid palace adorned at an immense expense , had commenced receiving company . The famous junta of agriculture and p ublic works of Biscay , which in accordance with its privileges acts with an almost complete independence of the home government , had adopted several important measures for tlie better preservation of woods and forests , and for promoting the breed of cattle by means of foreign importations .
PORTUGAL . Letters from Portugal , of November 15 , announce that the budget has been presented to the Portuguese Chambers . We hear from Lisbon , under date the 5 th of November , says the Independance Beige , that the profound sensation produced by the affair of the Charles-etrGeorges is not yet calmed dow . Portugal has yielded , but she will preserve a long and painful remembrance of the restraint to which she has bad to submit . The language of the King , in his speech at the opening of the Cortes ,
has given satisfaction to these impressions of public opinion ; he has said all that should be said ; it would be lamentable , therefore , that excesses of the tribune or the press should compromise the position taken by the Government of his Majesty . The orders and counterorders given to the Donawerth and the Austerjitz were of a nature to fear some new complications , and revealed a situation still somewhat unsettled . These symptoms are corroborated by a grave fact . M . de Pavia , who ought to have arrived in Paris , is still at Lisbon , and nothing is yet fixed as to the time of hid return to France .
The shock of earthquake , which was Lately felt in Spain , has done great damage in Portugal . Several shipwrecks have taken place on the coast of the Peninsula and in the Mediterranean .
ROME . Letters received from Rome assert that all the great ( Roman Catholic ) Powers , including even Austria , have addressed remonstrances to the Pope for the release of the Jewish boy Mortara . His Holiness replied that the return of the boy to his parents was impossible . The Civilta Cattolica publishes an explanation which is supposed to be semi-official . .
SWITZERLAND , A letter from Berne announces the arrival there of the Marquis de Turgot , the new French Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation . It is said that the French Government proposes to purchase an hotel at Berne , where the Ambassador will fix his residence . The Marquis de Tnrgot , whose health is delicate , had not yet been presented to the Federal Council . M . de Salignac Fenelon did not wait the arrival of his successor . He left that morning for Frankfort . His departure
caused some surprise , as it was expected he would introduce the Marquis de Turgot to the Federal Council . Some excitement prevailed at Geneva in consequence of an election by ballot which was to take place there on tho 15 th for members of the Legislative Body . It is expected that the Liberal party will obtain the advantage , but the struggle will be severe , as the two parties are more than usually hostile to each other . A telegram , dated Geneva , November 17 , says that James Fazy and the other Radicals have been re-elected as members of the Grand Council .
TUB PniNOtPAUTIES . Tho now Kaimakans of Wallachia , on taking office , have issued an inspiriting address to tho electors , exhorting them to exerciso their newly-acquired privileges . In tho course of tho address they say : — " Brethren and fellow-citizens , the convention of tho 19 th of August opens to the United Principalities a new era of activity , and at the same time affords us an opportunity of displaying to Europe our patriotism , our love of justice , and our moderation . On your impartiality , your justice ,
your fear of God , deponds the future prosperity of youv country . We pray you , then , to apprcciato properly the importance of the present moment . As the deputies to bo elected will represent tho whole nation , will speak and act for it , selfishness , party spirit , jealousy , and discord displayed by you would bo a proof of tho decline of our nation , and of shameful ingratitude towards tho high powers which , by tho modifications in our constitution , have given us a striking proof of their kindness . "
ItUSBIA . A despatch from St . Petersburg states that the Nova has been frozen over sinco Friday last , nnd that navigation ia consequently stopped . On returning f rom tho C aucasus , tho Grand Dukos Nlcolni and Michuol paid a visit to the Crimea with a vleyir of inspooting tho fortifications now in corn-so of progress on both sides of tho Kertoh-Yonikalo Strait . Those works arc dostinod to proteot tho eoa of Azof ! ' from tho possibility of becoming again tho scene of devastations similar"to those- in tholato war . Even now the
destruction of almost the whole coasting fleet effected bv th " English on . the Azoff coasts is most severely felt Th key of the new Azoff Strait works will be a strone for tress near Yenikale . ° With the beginning of next year commences a new weekly paper at Moscow , intended to bring about a literary union between all the different tribes of Scl voiiic descent . The paper will be b y no means unim portant in a political point of view . The Parus ( th " Sail ) , as its title is to be , will unfurl the standard of Sclavonic nationality , and , while striving to rescue that people from the hitherto overwhelming influence of German and French culture , will not fail to enlist their political sympathies more and more strongly on the side of the Great Czar of Muscovv .
A letter from St . Petersburg , of the 9 th , says •— . " The Court are still at Tsarskoe-sels , where a round ^ f amusements is taking place . French actors play every Sunday , and the day before yesterday ( Sunday ) , the Emperor , after the performance , gave a grand ball-. "
BELGIUM . In the Belgian Chambers , the Liberal address in answer to the speech from the throne , was carried ' by fifty-three votes against nine , although M . de Theux and his friends , pretending that the wording of the address was contrary to parliamentary usage " and an . insult to the minority , left the house in a huff . "Will the clerical party now understand that they are beaten ? HOLLAND . The Dutch journals announce that the Tope ha 3 issued a bull excommunicating M . Loos , who has just been elected Archbishop of Utrecht , and all who by their acts , counsel , or approbation took part in his election . The cause of this excommunication is that the Archbishop is a Jansenist .
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India. Tub Overhind Mail Arrived Yesterd...
INDIA . Tub overhind mail arrived yesterday , bringing the following intelligence from Bombay to the 25 th October :: Gener . al Koberts has been placed on the divisional stall" of Bombay , and the division under hid command is under orders to join General MicheL This measure will throw such a force into the , districts now occupied by rebels that their rapid reduction may be . confidently anticipated . Tantia Topee left Sirouj on the 28 th of September , and moved on Esanghur , which place was garrisoned by some of ' the"Maharajah ' s troops . The garrison surrendered immediately , and Tantia thus became master of a trood position and twenty-one new guns . In the
mean time the Goona Brigade , Mayne s Horse , and Michel's Corps were in motion . Tantia Tupec , apprised of their movements , and unwilling -to be caught even in so strong a fort as Esanghur , retired southwards on Chundaree , where he arrived on the Otli ,. and after taking and plundering the town , determined to force his way through the country between Jhansi and Ciwalior . He thought it , doubtless , possible to cross the Ik-twa , and surprise Teliree , especially if he were ivell seconded by a diversion to be executed by the Nawab of Banda . The Jfawub was , howevor , met by ( Jeneral Michel at Mungrowloe , and coml
pletely defeated . The fight lasted till two o ' cock in the afternoon , when the rebels had all disappeared , and General Michel retired to Mungro \ ylee . After a halt on tho 10 th , General Michel crossed the ltetwrn , and marched in the direction of Tehree , meeting Tantia Topee on the IDth of October at Siudwah , hnlf way between , Tdhreo and the llutwn . In the action which ensued the rebels wore again beaten , lost four guns , nnd were driven towards tho river , Colonel Uddt'll , from Teliree , following them shortly after in tho direction of Tul Bohut . Tttiilia Topee , tho lino Sahib , and tho Nawnb of Banda , escaped , but we inay
reasonably indulge a liopo of their speedy capture . In Candeish the Bheels Imvo been completely destroyed by Major Koatingo . Those Bheujs wero commanded by a Hindoo—Sectarnm by namo—a by-blow of tho Holkor family . Ho seems to have been betrayed by his followers , for Major Kuatingo surprised him with about forty horse near Ueojaghur , and kllloil him . Two dangerous rebels , emissaries of tho Niuin , full at tlio
same tune . . Although tho campaign in Qiulo has not yet actively commenced , tho columns on which tho Commundor-m-Chiof most depends aro in course-of ooncontralxm on tho Goointoo , and tho strong divisions already inassou at such pointa ns Nuwabgung , Bjirra JJuiiKt , and Fyzabad , almost aufiloo to hIiow the 1 > " »«» of the Gommandor-ln-Chlof , who sooms bent on crushing tho robola south nnd oust of Lucknow , »» t » fl Azimghur and Gorruokporo districts , boforo ho attempts to deal with tho insurgents of Upper Oude . J » tms first portion of tho campaign tho roroos which bom Clyde will have to opposo aro important . ' ! l > o pr ucipw ohiofa nro Mohundoo Ilpiisoln , with 15 , 000 i . » lh > wors , near Fywbnii , and Boni Malido Singh , wliocoiiiiniiiijWi it is said , upwards of 20 , 000 mon , on tho ( Jorgo . »«* it . is boliovocl that tho resistance wo iilinll moot win dd
quito dlflproportionod to tho number * of tho on ° J Strenuous cflbrtfl will bo mudo to provont tlioni noiu breaking through tho lino north-westward . Several noliona liavo boon fought against voDois in
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111858/page/8/
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