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914 THE LEADER. [Saturday ,
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FURTHER "EXPLANATIONS" OF THE FISHERY QU...
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THE BURMESE WAR. By the overland mail, w...
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AUSTRIAN OUTRAGIO ON 1)11. PAttKT. Accor...
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NATIONAL PROSPERITY. Unusual prosperity ...
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Coming Annexation Of Cuba And Yucatan. A...
and it is hinted that measures of prevention have been adopted . " It is pretty well ascertained , says the writer , tliat individuals connected with the proposed movement have recently been vibrating between New York and Orleans , concerting plans of holding conferences , looking , as is supposed , to a hostile demonstration in the month of October , with all tho secrecy which has been observed by these conspirators against the public peace and the good faith of the United States in the observance of treaty stipulations . They have been tracked so closely as to warrant the belief that a new plan has been devised , and that another invasion may be attempted , unless the present intelligence should lead to its frustration . "
Accounts of the cruelty and determination of the Spanish authorities , reach us from time to time . One of the latest , though derived from a suspicious source , has its own intrinsic interest . Among the prisoners arrested at Puerto Principe , one of the foci of the late insurrection , was the Senorita Guovra . She is said to be only eighteen , and very beautiful . Her crime consists in being the sister of an insurgent who was shot last year ; in her having embroidered the '' Lone Star" flag ; and being in communication with insurgents in New York . She refused to acknowledge that she was wrong in working for the freedom of Cuba : and she declared that her convictions
would never change . The great beauty and amiable character of the Senorita Guovra gave her much influence over the minds of the young men of the district in which she resided , and therefore it was considered advisable to bring her to Havannah , where , since her arrival , she has been confined in a separate cell . Being a person of respectability and property , used to every comfort , some consideration was felt for her , but she has declined the offers of the governor of the fort to make her cell more comfortable , accepting only a wash basin , and a cot to lie down upon . Nine women in all have been arrested , concerned in this conspiracy ; and Caneda acts with relentless severity to all the men
arrested . To this we may add the following , from the Times of Wednesday , on the " Lone Star" order : — " The highly figurative language in which the objects of the society have been described in its public ceremonies , is likely to excite more ridicule than interest , and some allowance must doubtless be made for the exaggeration of which all transatlantic reports are found to partake . We believe , however , that the League thus described does in reality symbolize a ruling
sentiment of the Union ; that it is not unlikely to supply organization to resources which wanted little else , and that the sketch given by our correspondent of its probable operations is not over coloured . So mighty , indeed , are the actual strides of the United States towards dominion , that they can hardly be exceeded even by the visions of this extraordinary society . Though Texas and California are scarcely yet cemented to the political fabric of the Union , we have seen the first step taken to the absorption of Mexico . "
914 The Leader. [Saturday ,
914 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Further "Explanations" Of The Fishery Qu...
FURTHER "EXPLANATIONS" OF THE FISHERY QUESTION . We call the attention of our readers to the subjoined article from the JS ew York Journal of Commerce . Its statements are believed to be made on good authority ; and if so , they show that thure ban been indescribable blundering , from Lord Derby down to tho Standard . Perhaps , after all , we shall have to wait for a future Maoaulay , to unravel the intricacies of this question : — " The English papers received by tho last arrival , and especially llm Ministerial papers , contain speculations and assertions an to the fishery matter which are quite erroneous , and which show that they are ain much at fault on the subject as our people were lor Koine time after the appearance of Mr . Webster's notice ! of the ( ith of . Inly . " Several of the papers announce that the fishery question ijj settled , and they even proceed to state the terms on which it in alleged to lie settled .
" The fact is , that there has been neither net ! lenient , nor arrangement , nor negotiation on tho subject , and , for tho present , them in not to be any . The dillicuK ich that at first apparently surrounded tho question have disappeared in consequence of a better knowledge , on ( he part of our ( Jovemment , of the circunistiuiccs of the case . All tho mi . sapprehennion which existed in this country on the subject of the HritiHh orders and pretensions , and all the ill-loeling that prevailed in consequence of it , were caused by tho blundering manner in which the new Hritish Ministry took their measures for the jwoleclion of the shore ; fisheries of I heir American colonies . No adequate
explanation has boon given of their neglect to communicate orders , dated May ( ho 120 th , to tho ( government , prior to the f > fli of July . If Mr . Webster ' s public notice of tho
nothing more than to enforce the observance of the renunciation clause according to our own construction of it , and that , in doing this , they were to exercise caution and forbearance . " The despatches received from Commodore Perry , and advices from other sources , show that Admiral Seymour has executed his orders in a manner which precludes any complaint from this Government . Further , the presence of Admiral Seymour has , in fact , been of great benefit to our fishing fleet , inasmuch as he has protected it from those seizures which would have been made by colonial cruisers under the colonial construction of the convention , and has also promoted ihe American cod fishery by excluding the French fishing vessels from the coast of Labrador . " The British Ministerial press may therefore well say that the question is settled ; for it has settled itself .
" The state of the matter is now this : —No negotiation has been commenced on cither side on the subject . But , on both sides , it is promised that , in order to avoid a collision , the greatest degree of caution and forbearance shall be used . " The fishing season will end by the middle of October , and , in the meantime , it has not been thought necessary to keep up any naval force on the fisning grounds by the United States . Before the next fishing season shall commence it is barely possible that the fishing liberties of the Americans on the British coasts may be enlarged . " Another proof that Jonathan looks a-head .
The Burmese War. By The Overland Mail, W...
THE BURMESE WAR . By the overland mail , which arrived on Saturday , we have intelligence from Burmah up to the 14 th of July . The only active portion of the expeditionary force had been the navy . Commander Tarleton , with his little steam flotilla , went up the Irrawaddy on a reconnoitering expedition on the 7 th of July , shelling the Burmese wherever they showed themselves , and keeping a bright look out . The only action fought was at
Konnonghse , where the Burmese were in force , but concealed either in jungle or trenches . Here four men and a boy were wounded . From this place Captain Tarleton steamed up the river to Peeinghee , where the river is divided into two streams . One of these the enemy had fortified with stone-built works ; and it was reported that the Burmese general , Bandoola , was in command of a large force there . The flotilla , avoiding this ambush , took the lesser arm , and successfully reached Prome on the 9 th . A steamer belonging to
the King of Ava had just left . Finding no resistance , Captain Tarleton landed bis men , and occupied the town ; spiking the iron , and carrying off the brass guns . Apprehensive that the enemy might attempt to block up the river and cut off his retreat , and seeing , also , that the supply of fuel was precarious , Captain Tarleton turned backwards . On his way down he caught the last of a party of Burmese crossing the river from the works at Peeinghee , and burnt the state barge of their general ; having performed , most satisfactorily , the objects of the expedition . Commodore Lambert , in his despatch to Lord Dalhousie , thus estimates its results : —
" The river has been ascended to Prome , 56 guns have been captured ; 10 war-boats , and several boats containing military wtores and ammunition , havo been burnt ; and an army of 7 ( XM ) men , commanded by ono of tho highest officers in tho Burman empiro , dispersed , with tho exception of 2000 who are collected in tho neighbourhood of Prome , where , ^ without artillery or defences , they aro no longer formidable . " Tho following is the extract of the despatch of the Governor-General to the East India Company , furnished by the Gazette .
" It is in the highest degree satisfactory to us to bo enabled to report that the health of the troops on service in IJurrimh continues good . " Supplies are superabundant . An immense population has collected around Rangoon and Kemmondine . They are quiet and manageable , and they exhibit the most perfect confidence ; in the troops of every description—a testimony to tho forbearance and good conduct of tho force which will bo appreciated by you . " Tint advance of ' the steam flotilla on Promo , during which f > 0 pieces of artillery wero captured from the enemy , is reported to you . "
Austrian Outragio On 1)11. Pattkt. Accor...
AUSTRIAN OUTRAGIO ON 1 ) 11 . PAttKT . According to the JjtnceMersidre Mercury , Dr . Puget has boon subjected to the insolence and ill-treatment of that power which cut down Mather with impunity , and with impunity imprisoned Newton . Wo quote the article from our vigilant provincial contemporary :- — " Another instance has just come to our knowledge of the growing insolence' displayed by the despotic imwors of the Continent , towards Englishmen residiiigAvithin their sway . Tho present case , loo , is all the more startling because it has not occurred either in I'Yanee , Italy , or
Austria . Saxony is tho kingdom which is now striving to share in t , he unenviable and disgraceful notoriety hitherto only ' attaching to tho governments of those countries . Dresden , its capital , is the place of all others chosen for tho first overt avowal of adhesion to tho unholy alliance of the second half of the nineteenth century . And the parly who is the first victim to this spreading absolutist hatred of the very name of an Englishman is one in whom wo naturally feel nn interest—both from his connexion with tliia locality , uud from his curly BOrvicoa on bohalt" of .
Hungarian nationality and independence . Wo allude to T \ Paget , author of tho well known work on Hungary a * j Transylvania . y J ana " This gentleman , as many of our readers are awar ^ after leaving Leicester , went to resido in Dresden Ti he was leading a very quiet life , and , as he ima < nned ° life of security as well as peace . Suddenly , on the 2 nd f this very month , September , his house was visited bv party of police , who seized and carried off all his lette * ? ^ Ilot ^ fe : ^ arie ^ : ? » considerable number of booksThe British minister Forbesfor
, . , Mr . — England has a duly accredited and acknowledged representative t the court of Saxony—was , we learn , very indignant at this outrage . He at once called upon the Saxon Minister of Foreign Affairs for an explanation of such extraordinary conduct , and , we -should imagine , likewise demanded the restoration of tho books and papers so seized . The moat perfect ignorance and innocence were pleaded by thi functionary . Believe it who may , neither he nor the Mi nister of the Interior knew anything—so they averred of thia most flagrant outrage . From them nothing couM
be learned , and Dr . Faget was left utterly . in the dark as to what could be the pretext for such an unexpected and arbitrary proceeding . Whether the documents and property thus carried off have been returned we have not heard . We cannot think that the British minister would on any account suffer them to be detained after he had once moved in the matter , unless some clear and indisputable justification of their seizure could be shown and proved . That , from all we know of Dr . John Paget , we feel percould not be done act of his
suaded , . No can have justified the Saxon government in treating him . in this manneiand we trust that , when the outrage becomes known , tlioie will be such an expression of opinion upon the subject , throughout the country as shall stimulate , if not compel , even our reactionary government to inquire into the real cause and sources of this domiciliary visit . "We use the word ' sources' advisedly ; for the reader will observe that this transaction has not occurred in any Austrian state where the embers of insurrection and revo
lution arc still fiercely smouldering . It has taken place in Dresden , in Saxony , against whose ruler and people no Englishman can have any motive to intrigue and plot . Whence , then , the inspiration—whence the orders to act thus glaringly in violation of international treaties , and towards the subject of that friendly power but for whose aid Saxony would not now have been an independent kingdom ? To this question we fear there can be but one reply . Saxony is no longer an independent kingdom , except in name . Its police can only have so acted under
the sanction and directions of tho agents of Austria ; and the King of Saxony can now be regarded only as a vassal of the house of Hapsburgh—or , rather , of the head of tho Ilusso-Austrian empire . We shall look with great anxiety to see what will be the course of our government in this affair . Their conduct , whatever it be , will give no unimportant indication of their future foreign policy now that the great warrior to whom the Tory party professed to look up with so much reverence , almost approaching to awe , lias been summoned to his final rest . '
National Prosperity. Unusual Prosperity ...
NATIONAL PROSPERITY . Unusual prosperity pervades the country . The accounts of the state of trade throughout tho country during the past week show great activity and confidence in all quarters . At Manchester the market was steady , with an improving continental demand , especially from Germany and Russia . At Birmingham th « riso of 15 per cent , in the price of iron , which has been fixed to take place on the 1 st of October , has lw to a proportionate advance in various descriptions ot manufactured goods , but as regards the general business of the place there is undiminished activity , awl large orders arc in band from India , South America , and tho United States , while the shipments to Australia arc also upon an extensive scale , hi tho woollen districts there luus again been an increase of transact ""* , and the working classes are enjoying a degree ot prosperity unknown at any former period . j At Nottingham it ' is the quiet season , but luim . prospects are considered to be unusually luvounii ) c-An invention for the manufacture of wire law ,, « ajm of being electro-plated , is attracting much attenti" , and is likely to lead to many new forms oi """"' " ' ^ Tho idea bad it . s origin in the requirements oi »
inh . gl . am house . It seems that Mr . Starts a ^ known manufacturer of electro-plate , residing "' ' ^ town , was anxious to striko a hicc pattern upon » ^ of liis goods . For this purpose he procure' ! . ^ samples of ordinary bobbin net , the patterns ot - ^ he was enabled to transfer , by electricity , to so . . stuncen , but could not imprint them upon bant n - ^ Ah n substitute , he caused some crochet w " " . ,, pliable wire to be made , which answered tho I I ' . . ono respect , but wan not sufficiently del . calo in O 11 U ira | n : i : i > , nuu nun n «* u > . « .... » .. .. ¦ jjm . | , ht it posniw -
or elegant in design . He then thoug ^ tho Nottingham hice-nmkei-s might , by UH 1 . ? hl ( H , t <> fine-drawn , pliable wire , ""«!"' ll ul f ,-llls ( . lfin answ . ir the purpose . With this view he )>«« . ' » ' ^^ communication with Mr . Henry Carey , ol < ';„ ,, ! , who , halving succeeded in making the article m ^ > f has patented it , in Mr . Sturges' name . As ^ ^ the interior of tho bobbin net machine hiw w ) U ,,, I ( struetod for tho working of wire in the p lucru ^ <( there will be some delay in making lnany v ^ pattern , but tho multifarious uses to wind ¦ adapted , particularly by tho IJiruni . g' » > n
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 25, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25091852/page/6/
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