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NAVAL AND MILITARY. The GvAUes at&ea.—Se...
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STATE OF TRADE. The trade reports from t...
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OUR CIYILIZATIOK. EXECUTION OF MARLEY. R...
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THE GREAT BULLION ROBBERY. Pierce, Burge...
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servatives and the Radicals . The Conservatives , who polled the majority , say they had to provide for protection during the poll , and on their return from the polling places parties of them were attacked with firearms , and two -were killed . This canton contains two classes of people who never could agree . One professes the Catholic faith , and speaks the German language 5 the other the Protestant , and speaks French .
HOLLAND . The Chamber of Representatives of Holland , which had twice given equal votes for and against the budget of the Interior , and afterwards equal votes , on that of the War Department , proceeded to a second vote on this latter on Wednesday week , wheai the adoption was pronounced by 34 votes to 33 . In consequence of the evident hostility of the Chamber to the Ministry , a ministerial crisis has been produced . The Ministers of Wst and of the Colonies have been summoned by the King , it ia believed , to form a new Ministry . The Minister of the Interior is so seriously ill that he contemplates resigning office , 110 matter what turn the political crisis may take . THE DAKVB 1 A 2 X PKLNOIPAItf TDES .
Some arrests have been made in Moldavia owing to a plot got up by an ex-officer of gendarmerie , who appears to be mad . The design was to assassinate the Kaimakan and the eight members composing the Council of Ministers . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ " ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " . ' . ¦ .
XEiiGnisi . The Belgian Chamber of Representatives commenced its discussion on iFriday week on the budget of receipts ibr 1857 . The total amounts to 188 , 354 , 990 francs . The discussion turned chiefly on the advisability ' .. of maintaining the standard of silver currency , and on the conduct of the Bank of Belgium in depreciating the value of French gold coins . The latter step was admitted by the Minister of Finance to have been a fault ; but he defended the maintenance of the existing silver standard , The discussion -was adjourned .
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Naval And Military. The Gvaues At&Ea.—Se...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . The GvAUes at & ea . —Several casualties have occurred at sea owing to the extremely violent weather which prevailed during the whole of last week . The UnitedStates mail steamship Hermann , which left Southampton with the English , French and German mails for New York , on the 3 rd inert ., encountered some terrific weather in the Atlantic , the wind for the most part of the time blowing a hurricane , and being accompanied by seas running to a great height . "When about nine hundred or one thousand miles from Southampton , the ship labouring heavily and but just able to make headway against the gale , the centre shaft carrying the side levers of one of the engines broke , and the shock entirely disabled the piston of the port engine , and made
the ship dependent upon the power of the remaining engine . It would seem that the vessel itself was not injured ; but it was found necessary to put back to Southampton , which was reached laat Sunday afternoon . —In her passage from the Cape of Good Hope , the Cleopatra , on Tuesday week , when about one hundred miles northwest of Cape Tinisterre , fell ia with the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Azofly with ensign down , apparently in a sinking state . The lifeboat was immediately over the side ; but the sea was too heavy to launch her , and , while the Cleopatra was lying to , witli steam oftj the Azoff ported her helm and carried away her bowsprit , which struck the Cleopatra ' s quarter . No help could be rendered on Wednesday , the 10 th ; but on Thursday night a marine named Banks , having twice
volunteered , was followed by two other marines , Pine and Taylor , Bombardier Harding , R . A ., James Morehouse , seaman passenger , and T . Riley , ship's steward , who were put on board in the ship ' s boat . The Azoff had lost her wheel , the engines were disabled , and -she was quite unmanageable . Hawsers from the Cleopatra ¦ were broken twice on " Wednesday by the tremendous sea which was running ; and , at length , after the most praiseworthy exertions by Captain Paton , of the Cleopatra , the Azof ? steamed out of sight , the wind by that time having become favourable . A steamer left Southampton in search of her , and shortly foil in with her a little to the weatward of Portland . She was much damaged , but it is hoped that her engines are untouched . The crew suffered severely from the gale , but no lives were lost .
Extrication of Two more Poi . au Ships fhom thk Ice . —Some information relative to the discovery of two of the ships abandoned in the ice in the Polar regions , has been transmitted from Aberdeen to our contemporary , the ZTnited Service Gazette , where wo read : — * ' Captain Paterson , of the Pacific whaler , who had been in PondVbay , Baffin ' s Straits , Una past season , 1856 , statea that lie had bartered with an Esquimaux there three copper bolts and a galvanized rod of iron about three and a quarter feet long . They aro now in Captain Patterson ' s possession , and have been seen by our informant . The Esquimaux maae signs that they were taken from a ship which had been . pressed on shore in a gale of wind by the lce , and that she ' slept' there , meaning that she was there still . Captam touches * , of the ship Dundee , Haw a patent copper scoop in the hands of the Esquimaux ; toe wished to barter'ft . -wt the natives made off
wattaout parting with the article . All this confirms the information obtained from Hull , through . Captain J . B . Cator , who , writing to Captain Sherard Osbora , states that the Esquimaux of the west side of Baffin ' s-bay have been observed to have sledges this season of hard wood ,-with treenail holes through , and , " in answer to questions put , assert that two ships have been discovered by them : one is on the beach broken up by the ice ; the other , perfectly sound , and merely beset in some inlet west of Pond ' s-bay— -either Admiralty or Prince
Regent ' s Met , but most probably the former . Captain Penny , who , as ' well as Captain Parker , of the Truelove , ¦ wintered about Cumberland Straits in 18 ii 5-5 o ' , was puzzled by constant rumours of ships being somewhere to the north-west of his position . Captain Penny fancied at first that these reports referred to Franklin ' s ships locked up iii King "William ' s land ; but we now understand what gave rise to these rumours , being nothing else than two more of Sir Edward Belcher ' s squadron which have floated from the spot where they wore premature ! v abandoned . "
Collision xs the Mersey . — The screw steamer Canadian , in going into the Birkenhead Graving Dock on Tuesday afternoon , came into collision with the railway steamer Nun , striking on her stern starboard side , and severely damaging her . She had the railway passengers on board . They were at ones landed , fortunately without injury , and transferred to another steamer , and the Nun was hauled into the graving dock . , Conflagration of tfik British Ship Eoyai , Family , of Loxdost . —The complete destruction by
fire of the fine ship Royal Family , Captain Harrison , master , of London , on the 13 th of last October , in lot . 11 deg . north , long . 85 ( leg ., while on a voyage from Calcutta , was announced on Tuesda } 1 " at Lloyds ., Luckily , a French vessel , theRosa , Captain Cotineau , from the Mauritius to Calcutta , hove in sight before the lire had made much head , and keeping by-the burning ship , the officers and men were -all saved , most of them securing their effects , with the exception of the captain ( who estimates his loss at 500 / . ) and the ship ' s carpenter .
Shipwrecks . —It is reported from Christiana that the Hull and Gottenburg steamer Oscar has been lost . —An American ship ( supposed to be the Prince de Joinyille ) has foundered at 9 ea on her voyage from Cagliari to the United States . It is feared that all hands have perished .
State Of Trade. The Trade Reports From T...
STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the weekending last Saturday describe general steadiness . At Manchester , the market is still characterized by a general firmness of quotations . The Birmingham report states that the iron trade continues to be supported by good foreign orders as well as "by the home demand ; and , although some persons are advocating a reduction of prices to meet the competition of the Welsh producers , there is little prospect of its being acceded to . In the general manufactures of the town there is fair employment . At Nottingham , business remains quiet . In the woollen districts , the purchases both , for consumption and exportation have been on a full scale ; and the Irish linen-markets are without alteration . — Times . In the general business of the Port of London during the same week there has been little activity . The total number of vessels reported inward was 177 , being 94 less than in the previous week ; and the total cleared outward was 117 , showing an increase of 28 , the number in ballast being 17 . —Idem . Judgment was given on Monday in the appeal before the Lords Justices against the decision of Mr . Commissioner Fane awarding a first-class certificate in bankruptcy to Mr . Mark Boyd . The certificate is to be suspended for five years , and is then to be only of the second class , and protection is not to commence till the 1 st of next February . At the Court of Bankruptcy on the same day the choice of assignees under the estate of Leopold Redpath was perfected . The debts proved are about 3000 / .
The suspension of the Kidderminster Bank , or Messrs . Farley , Turner , and Co ., was announced on Saturday , in consequence of the death of Mr . Abraham Turner , its last representative . It was a bank of issue , with ' an authorized circulation of 14 , 300 / . ; but the amount oi notes out is believed not to exceed 7000 £ or 8000 / . The general liabilities of the concern are said to be small , and it is thought the business will bo resumed . A new Belgian coal company ( says the Times City article of Thursday ) has been introduced under circumstances calculated to excite attention . Its title is the
Mona United Collieries Company , and the capital is to be 1 , 000 , 000 / ., in 10 / . shares , the Duke of Wellington , the Earl of Albemarle , Mr . II . S . Thornton , of the firm of "Williams , Deacon , and Co ., and Mr . Weguelin , tho Governor of tho Bank of England , being trustees , while tho board of directors is also composed of persona whoso position or experionco invites reliance . Tho object is to develop tho resources of the rnoBt central part of tho coal district of Mona , und operations are to bo diroctod to two Bcctions , —namely , a set ofcolUoriea already in full work , and yielding a minimum net profit of 40 , 000 / . a year , and another sot . of which a concession has been
granted by the Government on condition of their hef ~ forthwith opened . The payment for the whole is S at 454 , 000 / ., of which 200 , 000 / .. is to be i 1 ^ entitled to dividend until six per cent . shaS wCn paid on the general capital , and liable to callcelment t " the extent of two-thirds in case the new minesI shonft not yield coal of the anticipated commercial ouaW Looking at the yearly profit alread y stated to be ¦ ¦ , £ ' rived from the mine at present in work , and which « T cording to the reports of engineers , could be croatlv iT creased by an outlay of 20 , 000 / ., the unlimited demaiui for coal iu Belgium and France , and the increasin g iacihties of railway carnage , the terms appear to h ?> sound and libural . "
Our Ciyilizatiok. Execution Of Marley. R...
OUR CIYILIZATIOK . EXECUTION OF MARLEY . Robert Maklkv , the tickct-of-1 cave eonviet , was exe cuted last Monday morning for the murder of Cope " For some ilays previously , he had shown signs of repent ! ance and religious feeling , and his conduct is spoken of as being free from bravado on the one hand , or undue confidence with respect to his spiritual condition on the other , lie is said to have been the illegitimate son of a person in good condition ; but he seemed desirous of saying very little about his family , and he was only visited by a sister . He slept soundly during the greater part of Sunday night ; and , rising about six on Moudav morning , read the Scriptures for a considerable time with the chaplain . On the sheriffs presenting themselves , Marley , in answer to Mr . Sheriii" Mechi , said ho hoped he had made his peace with God . lie acknowledged the justice of his sentence , and gave every facility to Calcraft in pinioning him . This is now done by means of straps , instead of ropes , to prevent a recurrence of the dreadful scene which occurred at the execution of Bousfield last April . Calcraft asked if the straps hurt the culpr it ; to which he replied with great coolness , "Oh , no ! " Marley ' s firmness abided to the last . The crowd outside Newgate was very large , but was more orderly and decent in its demeanour than usual . The legs as well as the amis of the culprit were secured l ) y a strong strap , and , us soon as the drop fell , he appeared to die at once . After the body was cut down , a cast was taken of the face , and the clothes were burnt , in order that they might not be sold for exhibition . The corpse was then buried in one of the passages of the gaol , by the side of Bousfield .
The Great Bullion Robbery. Pierce, Burge...
THE GREAT BULLION ROBBERY . Pierce , Burgess , and Tester were re-examined at the Mansion House last Saturday . The most important part of the evidence was that which tended to show the complicity of Tester ; but the statements of several of the witnesses also confirmed the charges against Pierce and Burgess , as well ns the narrative given by Agar of his own share in the transaction . Agar and Pierce were often seen by one of the railway police inspcetors hanging about the pier at Folkestone at the times when the bullion was being shipped , and they were generally
together on the [ arrival and departure of the steamboats . This was in the month of May , 1854 . The inspector , knowing that Agar was living under a false name , kept a watch upon liim . In the following October , he was seen in the booking office at Folkestone , " peeping round the corner " at a Mr . Sharman , one of the company's servants , who was making up his money . The next day , Agar was observed in the company of Tester , and they walked together , talking as they went , in the direction of tho Pavilion Hotel . They appeared , says the police inspector , to be on ' friendly terms with one another . In May , 1855 , Tester was seen by one of the officials at the lleigate station with a black leathern bag . The evidence of Mr . Russella booking clerk ,
, wna important . lie said : — " I remember hearing of the bullion robbery in the month of May , 1 S 65 , and I recollect Tester coming to my office [ ut the Londonbridge terminus ] in that month . It was about ten minutes past ten at night . The 7 J 5 O train from Dover arrives at the London terminus at live minutes , past ten . At this time , Tester lived at Lewislmm , and so did I . lie came to tho window oi' my ollicc , and said to me , ' Good evening , Mr . Kussell . ' 1 replied , ' Good evening , Mr . Tester . ' lie then asked me if 1 was going homo by the , last Greenwich train which started at twenty minutes past ten . I told him that I was . lie then said ho had been to Itcdhill and back since ofliec hours . A
remarked to him that I thought it sharp > ' - " ° f ^" penred rather excited , but seemed to cungnituliUe ^ himself upon being fortunato enough to catch the Greenwich train . Ho then opened tho office door und brought in a black bag , which he placed in a corner , by the fireplace . Perry , awatchmun , -was in the office at tho time of tho conversation , but he left it before Tester enmo in . . When Tester put the bag down , ho anid ho would return in a few minutes , and went away . XIu was gone about ten minutes . During hie absence , Perry returned nnu naked mo whoso bag it was . I told him it was Tcsterfl . It was a new bag , or nearly bo , and was from " ^ " | eighteen inches long . I had never seen it before . Who ™ ho returned , ho took his bag , and told me ho would join
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 20, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20121856/page/6/
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