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    1034 THE JLEAPE R. [^.397 ^ 00X03^1131,1...

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    NAVAL AND MILITARY. G-itEAT Storm, a*o> ...

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    THE ORIENT. CHINA. From China there is h...

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    ! STATE OF TRADE. An announcement was ma...

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    month , are the chief political topic . The Imperial circle is still at Compiegne , but light rumours float Taris-ward that Vthc sylvan sports iu which , the party arc -wont to take delight are not going oa ¦ well this autumn . The probability of a speedy letiira of the Court to Paris is hinted , and there is much whispering as to ill ** mmm for ti » «» 3 .-pected change of arrangement * . But many uncxpected things have happened in France lately . & ne of the most unexpected , probaJj ^ , was the deckfcni of the tribunal-of Ctolmar jwiffce case W < O « niut Migeon the other flay ; the'court declared itself incompetent to tleal with the cliarges of election malpractices , or with any of the other charges , exot

    cept one—that which accused the Uount wearing the cross of the Legion of Honour without being entitled to do so : for that offence the court sentenced the Count to a month ' s imprisonment . But he means to appeal even against this sentence , and may very possibly be successful , for he did not wear the cross ' honour , ' but aiiother . That would be a terrible blow to official ' France . ' t >__ . i li « ^ -ne ^ o . 1 « T 7 >»^ Tir » o TT- » n r » nh mmivn OYer

    the tomb of Caya-IGINAC , of whose honourable and illustrious career we do not speak this week . Such a man does not pass away in a word of conventional regret . . m Prussia is another centre of attract ion . The Prince of Prussia has been authorized to act m the King ' s name during the time his Majesty remains too ill to discharge the duties of State . The Prince has issued a manifesto in which he promises to govern the country in such a manner as shall will meet the King ' s desire , and for as long as the Xing shall see fit to entrust him with his authority . to

    It is said that the Reform party , wmen xue Prince was supposed to be recently attached , are disappointed by the way in which he proposes to exercise his power . The Prince , however , could hardly have acted otherwise , without , to a certain extent , betraying the confidence of his royal brother . Three months are named as the time likely to elapse before 1 hc King will be able to relieve his proxy of his trust ; but should lie not at the end of that time be in a condition to perform the duties of State , a „ i -i , : n u « ^ o + oVvlicliprl ATrmiwliile . the ± ut tDii - ¦ -

    lormat iv . egcucj wu » u'w »^ ' > new Viceroy lias trouble on liis hands . The per-Bistent endeavours of the Danish Government to incorporate the German Duchy of Holstein with the Kingdom of Denmark have again brought matters to a crisis . A representation of the grievances of the Duchies is to belaid before the Federal Diet by the representative of Prussia , who is instructed to apply to the representative of Austria for co-operannai sui ui

    tion , with a view to . procure a -uumuu ., the question . The week lias been almost void of domestic politics , and with one or two exceptions , even the ato . ok public meetings have been unimportant . Mr . ifENRY Labouchtsre , the Secretary of State for flie Colonies , lius spoken out somewhat strongly upon ' fli c past government of In . dia . " He did not impute the slightest blame to the existing government of . India , " he said , " but he blamed all for so long ] ' . permitting a st , ate of things to exist which was a , distrra , cc to thp Chr ^ tian name . " At Liverpool , at VT AiJ » ' ill j j j * ui

    a banquet to commemorate me spvcinuuuui »« - Versary of tlic founding of the Collegiate Institution of tluvt town , Tfix . GiADSTqtfE addressed to both teachers and students some excellent observations upon ' the duly of physical as well as mental train- ipg- The 15 ml of IIauhowbv , at the annual dinner pftho Sand on and Marston Agricultural Society ; Mr . Monckton Milnes and Mr . Wood , at a banquet given them by their constituents at Pontc-3 i ji .. o ^ i : « n-rtv .. n *» nArn 1 . ni . Tto . adincr : Mr . WlLuiu knjiiviw !

    tracu ; - - """"'" -, -.,- ° , ,, tL * Miw « niul Mr . W . » . Kn ^ hbum . , . at the ineeUne ot" Llio Harrington Agricultural Association -all -spoJc * of India , but said nothing new upon the subioot ; and the only notable iact with regard to their speeches is the unanimity ot their confidence in the abUity of the present Government to \& vW » M" > mutiny and its consequences . ^^ Uo Orange Society has shown us that it still

    ) osscsses stamina , by the publication of a manifesto in answer to the Loud Chancellor ' s late circular . It has > theitiue ripe Orange flavour , and claims for the Society more than all the political virtues . Since the ibattle "of 'the Boyne , according to the spokesman-of the Central Lodge , the Orange Society has "been Ireland ' s Providence . The motion is peoaliarly irish . Anatter notion —« rifct * onately not wholly Irish—that iflic Patriotic Fend has been unfairly administered m regards Catholic-clabiants , has 3 Jeen hotly revived by ^ Father M , vhe"E . ^ Explanations J » ve been yromwed upon , the tponrt in quest ion , « na will no Aoxibt fe forthcoming . Mcanwhik , fhe feeling of the whole country is with the progress of the Indian Fund , and the Cullens and Mahkrs can do themselves nothing but harm by these unseemly ' attempts to thwart it .

    The Broadstone traged y has beeu played out ; Spoi / len , after being acquitted of the murder , has been acquitted of the robbery , and is now free to take himself to whatever distant spot upon the earth his funds will carry him . There is not the least reason to question the justice of the verdict in the libel case which has just been tried at the Central Criminal Court . The prisoner Evans clearly failed to substantiate the lim-trps which he broiurht against'the Honourable

    Frederick . William Cadogan , and we have no further concern with him . But henceforth the public will have the right to require some better assurance of good faith oa the part of Telegraph Companies than merely the names of certain Honourable directors . Another important trial has iust taken place at the Quarter Sessions of the wrouffh of Leeds . It is a case in winch the operation of the Fraudulent Trustees Act has been brought to bear against a man acting in . the capacity of a commission agent , and dealing wlUi Him as with a bond fide trustee ; and the man is martyred to illustrate a legal question—a fragment . in oar constitutional' ' untheorctieal land -

    1034 The Jleape R. [^.397 ^ 00x03^1131,1...

    1034 THE JLEAPE R . [^ . 397 ^ 00 X 03 ^ 1131 , 1857 . ¦ »*^^ nK .

    Naval And Military. G-Iteat Storm, A*O> ...

    NAVAL AND MILITARY . G-itEAT Storm , a * o > Loss of Shipping . —Several terrible disasters , arising from a very heavy gale which occurred on Thursday week , were reported at Lloyd ' s last Saturday . Twenty vessels were lost , with a great sacrifice of life , between the Spurin and the Severn ; and as many as forty persona perished on the Yarmouth sands . " The ship Ontario , Captain Balfour , struck on the Barber sands , near Yarmouth , and went to pieces-All but Mr . Robertson , the chief mate , were drowned . r 1- * v l * s \ ii * -a liifar twrk ntti ^ r * < cliina / tno n * "Wfmnnlit . nn kx > 4 Airv % J » v ifc «^ v ¦ ¦»

    J ^ ^ Y ^^ m & \ J II 4 O - * I * ¦ V V V *^ ^ J V »* ^** "rf >« »* ** ^ ^ W » " •*••• * the other a Sunderland vessel— -were totally lost . The men of tlie former vessel were saved , excepting the pilot ; those of the latter were drowned , with two exceptions . Several vessels -were lost by collision . Loss of an American Ship . —The Richard Anderson ,, an American vessel from Rotterdam to Baltimore , has been totally lost ; but her crew -were 6 aved by the Ville de Fecamp from Newfoundland . Sinking of a Schooner near London Bridge . — The trading vessel Stork was being towed out from IVesh Wharf , close to London Bridge , during the afternoon of yesterday week , when the swell from a passing steamer made the vessel roll heavily , and then capsize . The persous on board were rescued , though with great difficulty , and the vessel shortly- afterwards sunk . Recruiting . —Recruiting for the various Indian

    regiments in proceeding in a satisfactory manner . Last week , the number of recruits who joined the Indian depots at Chatham was close upon seven hundred . Iu addition to these , intelligence h ; is been rece . ved that there are upwards of live hundred recruits at the various recruiting districts waiting to be forwarded to Chatham . The supplv of recruits comes chiefly from the London . Midland , and Northern districts , the neighbourhood of Liverpool having furnished a largo number . A Eunaway Enbign . — Intelligence lias been received at Chatham that Ensign . Thomas S . Mitchell , 89 th Kegiment , who was placed under arrest at SinirnclilVe , with j orders to proceed to Chatham garrison fur the purpose vuci uiuiiniii *¦

    OX Uclliii tncu . i > y ^ m » . - ««» - charges of disgraceful conduct and drunkenness while on duty , has broken his arrest and gone tu the Continent , leaving behind him a letter , addressed to the Adjutant of the corps , in which lie states that , as there was no doubt whatever of his being found guilty by the general court-martial , and , consequently , disnri « weil from the service , he declined taking his trial , and had proceeded to France . In consequence of this , her Majesty will direct his dismissal from the army . The Reinforcements for India . — Letters received n » nikraUnr < lfllnil frnrn nil lin .-iril lllC Peninsular » nl 1 \ J £ 1 / vk pjw — " - * -

    £ \ ^ j * mJmm % f * A * ^* fc »» ^ a * w » - ** ^^«» - - - d Oriental Company's steamship Madras , near the Mauritius , the 9 th of September , state that she was on her way to Calcutta , with the head-qunrter .-i of her Mnieatys 13 th Light Infantry , commanded by Colonel Lord Marie Kerr . They had only two days' notice to quit the Cape for India . The second division of this corps , under tnc command of Major John William Cox , was likewise on its way to the same destination to assist in quelling mutinies . . . , ... <•„ Admiuai . Lyons and his squadron arrived at Com o the 29 th of September . It was expected they v «" sail from theneo on the 10 th inst . ,, . ,. A J 3 mi- Bo » MT .-Tho English ship Ivandim Ch has been burnt in the South Atlantic . Ocean , w '' her vovugc from London to Ceylon . Cuptam n imte xuip »¦

    and his crew were rescued by the . n - Captain Kvors , and brought on to Batuvni . . Liicutenan'J . ' Yukk—The C (» iirl .-nu . rliul « 'ii II »» , is new concluded , but the finding will n .. l I' "; ^ known till it has received the sanctum <>» '"* Cambridge . . ,, , | , olc 1 ' ATAl . SllIPWHKOICS . —TWO h clloollWS 1 "" ^ ( , . of tlicir cnnv . s , belonging to the port of fet . lNLr < i wall , have been l (» st . . , f the b » K Kkhouk ok Six Skamisk . — Tlio huvvivoi .- * ' ^ ¦ ^ Exdioiigo , of South ShicldH , liavo just r « a < ¦¦ ¦ n ( hoiiiiw : they give an enthusiastic account ou »* ' £ ,.

    rescuo by the muster and crew ot M" ' . ,, , (( lir 0 schooner , the Brilliant , off the Isle , of Ku f ' ' lh | llli , ii not thorn wore drowned , but . the rest wvvv . » av « 'ti , witluxit immuUHu cxertioiiH . cr « ntw Tiik Boaki ) of AuMUtALi * -Tim -vncniM y ^ in tho Hoard of Admiralty by ^^^"''''''' . ^ u nent <» F . F . Berkeley has been fllled up by tliu 'M'l "" Captain Lord Claroncc IS . Fugot .

    The Orient. China. From China There Is H...

    THE ORIENT . CHINA . From China there is hut little news . The blockade of the Canton river is strictly observed . Some prize junks have-been taken while attempting to break the blockade . Mr . Tarrant , the editor and proprietor of the Friend of China , has been convicted at the criminal session of a libel on Dr . Bridges , acting colonial secretary , and sentenced to pay a line of 100 * . to the Queen . Ihe amount was at once produced . . The policy of Yeh , judging from what appears in the Pekin official Gazette , appears to have met the approval . « j-t . _ ' i _ —1 * . T * A TMAnno nmnAQOn tft ui i « i

    , of the Imperial liovernmeiu , mm » ¦^""¦ = ~ -- — . - --raise Uio necessary funds for lighting tho ' baxbanaiiB have been sanctioned . The court-martial on the officers of the Transit for the loss of that vessel hns resulted in the captain and master being severely reprimanded . INDIA . The Mohurrum has passed over quietly . On the 15 th of September , a public meeting was held , presided over by the High Sheriff , when it was unanimously agreed to petition Parliament to remove the government of ¦ w . iV r . * K « « il . «;« icTrflfmn nf t . hft KilSt India Comuununuii iv

    jiixcim iriiLu liiu ' * M >' " v- --.- pany , and place the country ( including the Straits ) under the direct control of the Crown . The Hurknru records the death C » y his o-wn hand ) of Lieutenant Beecher , 4 $ rd Native Infantry , at Barrackpore , on the morning of September 4 th . The death of his wife and child within one month of each other proved the cause of the teinpojaryynaanity which led to such a fatal conclusion of his career . l'HKSIA . At Buahire , there has been a report of Mr . Murray I having hauled down his flag at Tchoran , and gone oft to Bagdad lie is also said to have written to the Indian authorities to point put % possible danger to our forces when leaving Bushirc .

    ! State Of Trade. An Announcement Was Ma...

    ! STATE OF TRADE . An announcement was made in the City on Monday afternoon of the Buaucnsion of the firm of W . and 11 . 1 Braml and Co ., a house formerly in the West India trade , but lately engaged in American transactions- 1 he tailluro of remittances by the American mail of Monday is the oauso of this unfortunate state of things ; but hopes are entertained tlwt the stoppage yrill only bp toiuporary . From Hudderslield we hear of the suspension , pf JSleasrs . Thornton , Ilugginn , Ward , nml Co ., of that place and \ Manchester , with liabilitie » for 500 , 000 / ., in the Amori-Maneucsiesr iviushihluiui uuut ¦*¦*¦

    failed , and it is understood that the bank will be required to -wind up . —Times . There has been increased activity in the general ttusiness of th « port of London during the week ending last-Saturday , the arrivals of corn , flour , rice , fruit , and sugar having been very large . The total number of vesseb reported inward was 313 , being 90 more than in the previous week ; and the number cleared outward was 126 , including 28 in ballast , showing an increase of one . The number of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 62 , being two less than at the last account . —Idem . tEhe Board of Trade Returns for September vere ^¦¦ aed on Tuesday , and , contrasted with the corresponding month of 1856 , exhibit an augmentation in the declared vmlue of our exports of 852 , 203 / . In the import ? , tea , coffee , sugar , spices , and tobacco , show an increase . Wine and spirits show a decrease .

    | can trade . At . ™ » > Co ., in the muslin trade , nro stated to have been brpught down in connexion with the difficulties in Glasgow . It transpired on Monday afternoon that Homo difficulticB in tho position oC tho Liverpool Uorough Bank had rendered an application necessary to tho IJank of England for assistance . A Court of Directors was suinmoncd to consider tho case , and thp application wan I favourably entortamed , but tho arrangement ultimately

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 31, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31101857/page/2/