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September 27,1856.] THE LE1DBR, 917
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AMERICA. The civil war in Kansas has rea...
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IRELAND. Joed* S.vdleir and the late Ear...
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. ¦' ¦ • . '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ PBA...
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State Of Trade. Tins Advices From The Pr...
In the general business of the port of London during the same -week , there has been considerable activity . The total number of ships reported inward was 267 , being 103 over the previous week . Among these were 29 laden : with corn and flour , 25 with sugar , four with tea , and 12 with fruit . The total number of vessels cleared outward was 128 , showing a decrease of 23 ; the number in ballast being 13 . The number of vessels on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 77 , being one less than at the last account . Of those now loading , twelve are for Adelaide , two for Auckland , one for Canterbury , six for Geelongv five for Hobart-town , four for Launceston , three for Melbourne , two for Moreipn Bay , six for New Zealand , fifteen , for Port Philip ; one for Portland Bay , one for Port Pairy , fifteen for Sydnejy two for Swan River , one for " Wellington , and one for Warnambool . —Idem .
- Great indignation is expressed at the expedient , latelypractised by the Government of Buenos Ayres , of making an offer to compromise its foreign debt , and subsequently taking advantage of the fact that the bondholders bad suggested some modifications , -which the finance Minister was well aware would be required , as a pretext for summarily cancelling the negotiation . The London and Paris Bank has been dissolved . A meeting of the shareholders , convened by ' the directors , was held on Friday -week , when it was stated that , owing to the altered state of public opinion with respect to joint-stock banks , in consequence of recent events , and
to the disinclination of a considerable number of the shareholders to pay up their calls , it was thought advisable to wind up the affair . A resolution to this effect was agreed to . The directors propose , as a first instalment , to make a return of capital as follows : —On each share of 10 / . paid up , 11 . ; on ditto 3 0 L paid up , 27 / . ; on ditto 501 . paid up , 47 Z . They will then , after defraying expenses , declare a final dividend , payable after the second meeting required by the chaTter for the dissolution of the company . — -The bank was started last November , with . a view to establishing branches in several of the Continental cities .
Sir . W . O . Young , ship and insurance broker , veaa on Tuesday awarded an immediate certificate of the first class by the Commissioner of Bankruptcy .
September 27,1856.] The Le1dbr, 917
September 27 , 1856 . ] THE LE 1 DBR , 917
America. The Civil War In Kansas Has Rea...
AMERICA . The civil war in Kansas has reached an alarming development . The Tree-soilers have been encountered at two or three points by their opponents , who have in every case defeated them . At Ossawatornie , on the 30 th ult ., the auti-slavery men were routed after an hour ' s hard fighting , and twenty of their number were killed or wounded . On the 2 nd of the present month , Leavenworth was attacked by the pio-siavery party ^ who drove out all the Free-soilers at the point of the bayonet , and destroyed or confiscated their property ;
and parties of Missourians ( advocates of slavery ) took possession of the Iowa road , thus cutting off the retreat of their enemies . Colonel Geary , the newly-appointed Governor of Kansas , is on his way to the seat of the disturbances , and has already taken steps for putting down , by aid of the militia , the civil war which threatens the whole state . A request has been made to the Governors of Kentucky and Illinois for military assistance . Instructions to the military , authorities have been issued by Mr . Marcy , and by Mr . Davis , the War Secretary , authorizing their interference in suppressing the belligerents .
The Presidential election in Maine on the 8 th of September resulted in the triumph of the Republicans ( antislavery men ) by a largo majority . The returns were not all in . when the accounts left , but it was supposed that tho majority would reach 10 , 000 or 15 , 000 . The friends of Colonel Fremont aro greatly elated by their success . The Federal Government has decided upon exercising its authority in suppressing the San Francisco Vigilance Committee . The instructions have not yet bcoii made public . —From Greytown there is news of the arrival at that port from New Orleans , and of the immediate departure for Granada , of a party of seventeen persons , consisting of a certain Mnneosos , Walker ' s chief recruiting agent in the United States , fifteen Filibusters , enlisted for the service of the adventurer , and M . Pierre Soultf .
Mr . O . Smith , of Now York , has been appointed Minister from Walker's Government to tho United States . The Government at Washington is determined not to recognize him . He 5 s proposing a loan in New York of 2 , 000 , 000 dollars , secured by a mortgage of tho public lands of Nicaragua to trustees . Costa ltica is arming against Walker . President Mora lias issued an address to the citizens of the Central American Republics , urging them to forget past differences , and unite against Walker . The reports of tho condition of tho public health nt New York represent nn encouraging state of things . At tho various points where tlio yellow fever prevails , the disease continues to decline . —Tho fitting out of slavers at New York still continues , notwithstanding all the efforts made by tho Government officers to prevent it . Great difficulty iB experienced in getting satisfactory legal evidence .
There is talk of a partial failure of the Indian corn crop in the "West . A copy of a communication from Don Leon Alvarado to the Governor of the Republic of Honduras , advising him of the conclusion . of the negotiations with England , and specifying the terms of the treaty , has been published . The letter is dated " Legation of Honduras , London , Sept . 15 , 1856 , thirty-fifth anniversary of the Independence , " and intimates that the negotiations with England are concluded . Although claiming the Bay Islands , Honduras was willing to leave them free to the enterprize of the world , on condition that lier sovereignty were recognized and the Mosq _ uito territory were returned to her . The United States have also accepted these conditions .
Mount Vernon Hotel , at Gape May , Cape Island , was destroyed by fire on the night of September 5 , anilHr . Philip Cain , the lessee , ' with his son-anti two daughters , and the housekeeper , Mrs . Albertson , lost their lives . This immense hotel was built by a company of gentlemen , at a cost of 125 , 0 00 dollars , upon which there is no insurance . The edifice , which was entirely of wood , was first occupied in 1853 .
Ireland. Joed* S.Vdleir And The Late Ear...
IRELAND . Joed * S . vdleir and the late Earl of Shrkwsb-ury . — The Tablet-relates an anecdote of John Sadleir , highly illustrative of the crafty character of the man , and showing the skill with which he contrived to inveigle himself into the friendship and confidence of people of all ranks . Amongst the effects of the late Earl of Shrewsbury , a will has recently been discovered , by ' the executors of that nobleman , in favour of John Sadleir , to . whom the Earl bequeathed , absolutely and unconditionally , his entire estates . This will was made previously to another in favour of the infant son of the late Duke of Norfolk , but it was not on account of what transpired after the suicide of Sadlier that the latter will was made . A high ecclesiastic had advised the Earl to place his affairs in the hands of Catholics well known for their honour and probity , by whom it is supposed tliat the executors of the existing will were recommended to his lordship . However , he never informed them of the previous disposition he had made of his property , and rejected their advice on many points . In bequeathing his estates to Sadleir , the Earl intended that he should apply them to charitable and ecclesiastical purposes , and the only mode of accounting for his . choice of the person to whom he left his proper ^' , is that his solicitor was the same as John Sadleir ' s . It is more than probable that this gentleman knew nothing whatever either of the frauds which Sadleir had committed , nor of the speculations in ¦ whichhe was . engaged . " And it is probable , " says the Tablet , " that so astute a man as Sadleir would , so far as possible , keep from the knowledge of his Catholic solicitor everything -which would tend to lover his
opinion of him , and seek other and less scrupulous advisers to carry out the details of his frauds and speculations . " —This story has been contradicted on authority by the Times , which , says : —" We are assured that the will in question was a temporary will executed on the Earl ' s coming of age ; it is true that Mr . Sadleir ' s name was inserted in it , but it was as one of four trustees , selected by the Earl himself , including persons of rank , Mr . Sadleir being at that time one of the Lords of the Treasury . The supposed finding of this document within a few days , and tho alleged ignorance on the part of the executors of the tenor of it , are wholly incorrect . " The Earl , of Cahlislk .- —Tlio Lord-Lieutenant is to leave Ireland about the middle of the ensuing month for England , where his Excellency will remain for some weeks . Mr . Horsmnn , the Chief Secretary , is to arrive in Dublin before Lord Carlisle takes his departure .
TheDoav-Agkk Mauciiioxess ok Lonik > ni »* : rry entertained two hundred and fifty-live of the tenantry of her Antrim estates at dinner , in the market-house of Carnlough , on Thursday week . Her ladyship's son , Lord Adolphus Vnno Tempest , occupied tho chair , and , among those present , were the Protestant , Presbyterian , and Itoman Catholic clergymen , and several of the local gentry . After dinner , her ladyship addressed tho meeting . Religious Intolerance . —An assault has been
committed in the island of Boffin , off the const of Mayo , on soino , clergymen and their wives , and on tho agents of a missionary society ,- who had visited the island . After having been , on tho island for some hours , they were about leaving , when a . mob of the peasantry assembled , and commenced hooting and pelting them with stones , so that they had some difficulty in getting on board their boat . The l > ontmen , who were Itoinan Catholics , known to tho inlanders , interfered to protect the visitors , and , with the exception of some bruises from stones , tho party escaped unhurt .
Execution . —Charles M'Crcady , tho soldier of the G 8 th Light Infantry , who was convicted at the last assizes of tho murder of Sergeant Guinny , of the same regiment , was executed on Monday . ^ Threatening Lettish . —A threatening letter has been received by Mr . Abraham Coates , agent to tlio Right Hon . the Karl of Stradbrobo over the Ballymaenrby estate , stating-, among other things , that tho writer would have " the pleasure of meeting him ( Mr . Coates ) before long with powder and ball . " No trnco has been discovered of the porpetratora of tlio outrage .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . ¦' ¦ . '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ PBANCE . .- ; . ; . .. M . Jerome Bokaparte , of America , is about to leave France for the United States . The Monxtetir publishes the returns of the principal articles of merchandize imported into France during the eight months of 1856 ending on the 1 st instant , together with the Customs' duties levied thereon , which amounted to 114 , 592 , 525 f . Compared with , the receipts during the corresponding period of 1855 , there is a diminution in 1856 of 2 i . 67 l , 685 f . The salt-tax produced , during the eight months of 1856 , 20 , 661 , 335 f .
The Monite ur de la Flotte , in an article in which the celebration of the Fete Napoleon at the Pirajus was mentioned , commented in rather strong terms on the absence of the Greek Ministers frora the celebration of the Te Deum . M . Roque , the Greek Charge ' . d'Affaires at Paris , has written a letter to the journals , stating that the reason of that absence was simply because the Ministers had not been invited to be present , but that they had , in the us-ual manner , called on the French . Minister to offer their congratulations . ' It now turns out that the persons arrested last week in Paris on account of a political plot in which they were concerned numbered forty-nine instead of thirty , ns originally stated . Establishments are , it is said , in process of formation at the French settlement of New Caledonia for the reception of political and other prisoners ..
The Emperor and Empress went last Saturday to St . Jean de Luz . In spite of the bad weather , they visited the embankment made at that interesting little town , a yart of whiefi , unfortunately , has already been carried away by the sea . The Emperoi gave lOOOf . to the Jlayor for purposes of charity , lOOOf . to the Commissary of the Marine for the widows of sailors , and 5000 f . to the curate for the repair of his church . —Moniteiir . Prince Napoleon left Christianla during the night of the 5 th of September , after having received from the hands of the " Viceroy the insignia of the Norwegian Order of St . Olaf . He has also been received by the King of Sweden . .
The Constttutionnel has been reading a lecture to certain of the English papers which , it alleges , have been employing an offensive tone towards the French Government , arid thus endangering the performance of the alliance . The Siecle denies the truth of the accusation , and concludes by remarking :- —" We are glad to see the Constilulionnel paying a signal homage to the power of the press . " ¦ . "¦'¦* '¦ . ¦ The Princess de . Chambord is said to be enceinte . Great complaints are being made of the dearness of all necessaries p f life in Paris at the present time .
Houserent is more especially alluded to as been excessively high . This having been attributed to recent demolitions , with which it has been said constructions have not kept pace , the Maiuteur publishes a statement , according to which the houses pulled down from 1852 to 1856 inclusively are 1565 , while those built or enlarged have been 6552 . The number of demolitions , it is said , is annually on the decrease , but that of the constructions yearly increases , and amounts , in 1856 alone , to 200 O houses . The Moniteur contends that the augmentation . of rent is merely temporary .
1 he Empeior and Empress have attended another bullfight at Bnyonne . Despatches from tho Governor-General of Algeria , having reference to the recent operations against the Kabyles , are published in the official journal . Marshal Kandon conceives that the struggle in the country of the Guechtoulns is near its termination . The Bishop of Arras ; whose " confidential circular to his clergy , " condemning the mixed schools of Calais and other towns , has lately excited much discussion , now publishes a " pastoral" in'Which he explains his forme * act and establishes a distinction between a passive and nn active consent given to heresy . 4 « v Tho Emperor has expressed a wish , through Field-Marshnl Serrano , Spanish ambassador , that the Froncli republican refugees who were expelled from Sebastian , previous to the Imperial visit to that place should be permitted to return . The Spanish umbassador has communicated this to his Government , and the refugees in question will return to Sebastian in a few days . PRUSSIA . After describing the pleasure trips of tlio King uP Prussia during tho last few weeks , the Times Berlin correspondent proceeds : —•" The only thing of general interest connected with these autumn manoeuvres in East Prussia was the use there , for tho first time in Prussia , of the locomotive electric telegraph , which was invented ; ind first used in Austria nt tlio Ohiilltz manoeuvres ht 1853 , at which the la to Emperor Nicholas was present . It consists of a close omnibus-looking vehicle , drawn by horses , and containing nn electric battery , together with a supply of motul wire , protected by guttapercha , whicli runs off fro m a reel as tho vch icle advances from the spot where tho wire was originally made fast . This spol is tlio head-quarters of tho coinnmnder-in-chiof of the nianaitvra , or of a hypothetical battle . The point to which tho vehicle advances , ' as the crow flies , ' in tbe advanced post of n general of division , or tho extreme point of nn . outlying wing ; and in its passage from ons
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 27, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27091856/page/5/
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