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r ThiB * e 49 a statement current " that the Chevalier Btinfefen ; who has-so long and- so ably represented Pra ^ sia at'tk ^ e Couxt of St . James ' s , has been xecafled by ! Bis XSoverhmebt . This has not been offlciaU ^' aiinouQted , but there seems no doubt of the fact . : He isa Bacriflce to the Russian influence that fjftfe ^ Ste in . 'tike private councils of the vacillating
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" % Court of Directors was held on Wednesday at the East < £ &ia ' z HbQse , Yrhen the thanks of the Cdurt were voted t tffinin 1 ouBly to Mr . Bussell Ellice , chairman , and Major JkindsJOIiphurt , depaty ^ bhairman , for their great appli-^ C 4 tiortand ; att » ationtothe affairs of the East India Oomj ^ y-diiring thie past year . - •¦ • ¦ . ; At , anpl ; ber court , held on Thursday , Major Oliphant was duaen ) chaiipEuL and Mr . Elliot Macnaghten deputy-chair-SkMi . v-oz the Efkst mm « . ComiDanv . - . ^ T&e Commissioners for the Aflairs of India have appointed ^ ibe Bight Hta . T . B . Macaalay , MIR ; the Bight Hop . Lord AShburixa )/ Mr . John SliaV Lefevre , CKj the Reverend Jffea ^ MelvilLfB . D ., prin cipal of Haileybary College , and 1 hl ^ Keverehd BiMJamin Jowett , Fellow and Tutor of Balliol * 6 « tegey Oifofel ; to be a committee for the purpose of conaderiog'the host means , of carrying out the clauses of the ( SorjEtrnhient of Jndia . Act of last session ' under which admisrif& ^ ito ' ltj he College of Haileybury will hereafter be open ^ to competitions . . . ' , _ . .
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c Sir Alexander Cpckburn yras re-elected for Southampton , on . Wedflesd ^ y , ' ., without opposition ! , Having accepted the al ^ c onpr of Bristol , lie was coinpelled to go again iS&l . Town Council have reduced the salary of the "froift ~ TO 0 fc > ayear to 300 t a year . * ¦ ¦ . » awM ' Bbnrtuly ^ one ot ^ he commissioners of the ttrdsfoce 1886 ; bAs . been appointed chairman of the , Bo ^ d } rice Si * William Herriesi resign ej . ¦ i ^ tJI'JH pi : ote ^ le : ; that ; Mr- Pbmn , ; Member for Bath , will ^ t ttocecriMr , J ^ ticeCrpwd « r ' as counsel to-the Admiralty . ^ jMx ^ j ^ harlea CaVeT ^ ish Clifford has succeeded Mr . R fW . Opy * . . as ^ prjvate , secretary to Lord Palm 9 rston . : Tto . Grey , ^| oi » 6 fierifig / hiDTS elfforelection at liskeard ; resigned his mppbintmedt . it b « mgxontfaiy to la # for a member of the ffo ^ o £ jCo ^ ons ; to libld ^ such / an oiSce . or at least to
wceive'tlie wMry attacDed to it . Air .-ULittbrcl is the son of Sir AugbatriS'Gliffij * d , ; Ush « r-tn ? the Black Rodi . , , z ; , , . . ItislBjtated that Major-General Darling , an old Peninsular and Waterloo officer , wiirsncceed Gen 6 ral"Mercer Henderson as colonel of the ^ 68 t ^ Liglit IWantry ; thtat Sir Willoughby Qottoriremover Bom the 98 th Regiment tor tlie 32 nd , rice Sir Richard Armstrpiigi * tC' * e snecee . detf ^ $ * loneVof the 98 th t by : Sir ; William L . Herries , C . B ., K . C . II . Major-General ^^ ii ' lil a ^ do ^ il ^ , C . B ., commanding the Kilkenny district , w } U probably" obtain the next regiment that may become 'itfr&tf ^ -Qmer * , . ,- . ¦'•;¦ r . ' t I ) israeKprcsiaed over the annual dinner of the Artists * Befievblent InstTtntiori . on Saturday , subscriptions 2392 / . ; hdMn'Mbn « kt 6 n < 'Milne 8 presided at the -dinner of the lOeaeraldXliefttrical Fund Society , ^ on Monday , subscriptions ' jBOWLWs « fi :: J C . - 1 ' /? ¦ . . . . . > ¦> s- " .:: ¦ :- .. ¦ -: . ; ¦ j ¦ . ¦
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, > Tl \ e Goma Gazette publishes the following singular comanjinication ;^ - i ' , '; SoYeral newspapers , have circulated the report , that before long there will appear at St . ' Petersburg a -secret correspondence , carried on without the knowledge « fv ihe , EnglisU Government , between the courts of England and -Bussja ,. fflq 4 wb-ich would seriously compromise "Prince albeiri * . " " We are authorised to announce respecting this correspondence ,. that the English court awaits the publica ^ oo of it with an interest 80 much the greater , inasmuch iw ^ on the part of -England it is confined to the usual notifications of births , &c . " , ^/ rhemoreBi cnfc for effecting the admission of Dissenters to : thef Universities . is proceeding with great vigour . Alread y JtfiO petitigns , . having 8000 signatures , have been presented ,
uid ^ it is kn (> wa that many others are in course of signature . ^ Phese petitions had proceeded from public meetings , congregations , corporations , and colleges , and other educational Oodie / S , andliave , we , understand , been signed by a considerable ^ number of Churchmen , who readily acknowledge the justice of th « claim which Dissen ters are now pressing . *•* ¦ The national feeling of the stewards of the Ascot races has led them to decline this year the gift of the Emperor of : Bussia known as the Ernperor ' s Vase , and for the last nine < years ; lAe great racing jprize at Ascot . There will be a race . for the old . Ascot cup instead . f government , respecting the cry of justice to Scotland , has determined to purchase , at a . cost of 7000 / . a site for an
, Industrial Museum at Edinburgh . ' " Nearly a million sterling was collected from Thursday to Saturday—the first days of the new duty—for tea duties . The will of the late Lord Londonderry lias been proved under 336 , 000 / . This is exclusive of the collieries and settled estates of the families of Y ^ ne and Londonderry . A return lias been printed , by order of tlio House of Commons , of the number of volunteers for the Militia enrolledMri" the different counties of England and Wales during the year 1853 , and of tuenumber who attended the training and exercise , and the expenses incurred in providing
storeroo / na fot ihejr arms and clothing . The entire number authorised to be raised is 80 , 000 , but only GG . 280 hud been enrolled , au 4 of these lut 51 , 6 Gl attended the training . The journals of Ceylon report that some sailors returning from Australia , have found gold in Ceylon . Tlio men , it to ttaid , wero struck by tlio likeness of the country to the gold fields of Arjsivulia . It seems certain that some gold has been found . _ l"h « ann-ual ^ ullnnt strupcle on tlio Thames , between the « * 5 1 Ulnvcrsuic 8 « f Oxford and Cambridge , tame oft on . toiturday . The course wns from l ' utui'y to Mortlako . UXtorrt wemt sU'udil y nht-ad , and won by four boutB lonntlis . It must lie remarked that tho Oxford eight was Dimmed by lieuvicr men . ° J
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The Pacific steamer , Captain Nye , has arrived today , with dates from New York of the 1 st inst . War with Spain was predicted . " ' . ' . We have reason to helieve that Bear-Admiral Brace , recently returned from the coast of Africa , will shortly hoist his flag as commander-iri-chief of a light . squadron , for the protection of the trade and ports of the northern and north-east coasts . — Standard . . ' : ¦ >
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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL . Now , there is a fair and delicate town , a corporation called Mahsoul ; a town for its building so curious , for its situation so commodious , for its privileges so advantageous ( I mean with reference to its original ) , that I may say of it , Its was said before of the continent in which it is placed , "Tiere is not its equal under the whole heaven . " As to the situation of this town , it lies between the two worlds ; and the first founder and' builder of it , so far ae by the best and most authentic records I can . gather , was one Shaddax ; and he built it for his own delight . He made it the mirroi
and glory of all that he made , even the top-piece , beyond anything else that he did in that country . Yea , so goodly a town was Mansonl , when first built , that it is said by some , the gods , at the Betting up thereof , came down to see it , and sung for joy . And as be made it goodly to behold , so also mighty to have dominion over all the country round about . Yea , all were commanded to acknowledge Mansoul for their metropolitan , all were enjoined to do homage to it . Ay } the town itself had positive commission , and power Jrom her king , to demand service of all , and also to subdue those that anyways deny it .
JJeati , sunt qy , i moriuntur in Domino ! Before we fight let us pray . I , n soldier , waiting my time , say so . And it was the Premier ' s proposal to the Primate for the prayerclay , on the 26 tb , that brought Bunyan ' s "Holy "War " down from my library shelves . Precea and dry powder -with all my heart . Lieutenant and Captain Arthur Me M . writes to my dismay from Malta , " that th « Guards can ' t get on well with the French officers .
These latter , mostly men from the ranks , poorly bred , with a dash of a parvenu iu position , have scoffed ouce or twice , at English Grenadiers , and tho Highland lads in full kilt . A sentinel was unceremoniously stopped by the staring astonisliment of a Sabrcur , who , in pure coxcombry , pointing to tlio Gael ' s short clothes , exclaimed , 'Riensibeau que 9 a 1 ' A pkee of breeding that should hnvc returned him forthwith to Paris to practise better manners . The first feeling of ft Frenchman is for his integuments everywhere .
Governor Reid quietly tells our home authorities , that " the island is sojvll that if any more troops come , they'll fall off . " Fancy soldiers packed upright on an island like bundles of cigais on end on a cask . Dundns's signal is properly pithy at last , " burn , sink , and destroy any Kusskn you meet . " Into- alias rates tho St . Georyeis in the . Channel , wailing her complement of men . The old pensioned volunteers on board are stilfial ) , though willing ; homewardbound merchantmen are waited for to supply the deficits .
Sir Baldwin Walker has by him the plans of twdve new screw steamers , between 400 and 600 tons , spcci .-. lly to be built for tho Baltic . Theae lighter craft in action are quick mid venomous , like waHps , draw little water , ami can be handled liko it Deal lugger . Admiral Ikrkeley ( all tho Bbk > od are hasty ) got into h scrape with tlio Admiralty , by whipping off the poor fdlow ^ on . Ijoard , the Cwnborlntul , 70 ; only homo tins month from' the . Pacific . Not n son man was allowed to go awliorc , cither to w&sh bi 8 clothes , or viait his a-weotheart I Of course there ' s been a mutiny , ynd it ' s a
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the command of a division of the Busaian fleet , which , protected by 800 pieces of cannon , will cast anchoi within the fortifications of the seven islands at Sveaborg . It is thought that the English fleet will . fLrst proceed to Iabac , on th ^ , western coast of CouUand , towards the Bay of Biga , to invest the three islands in front of that port , and that i t will endeavour to destroy the fortifications of Eevel There are no men-of-war before Bevel , for that town does not protect a fleet sufficiently . " . . -.
SatukdaV , April 15 th . Vekv little additional light has Deen thrown by tho recent despatches on the conduct of tho German Powers . Austria and Prussia have still to make up their " little difference ; " and probably the only thing that will steady the King of Prussia will be the roar of the cannon an the Baltic , and the sharp rattle of the musketry , and the irresistible charge of tho Allies on tho plains of Bulgaria . Intelligence has been received in Paxia that the fleet under Admiral Parseval-Desche ' nes sailed on Wednesday from Brest , for the Baltic , to join tho English squadron under Admiral Napier .
For some time past the garrisons in the various towns on the frontiers of Savoy , and in the departments of tlie Doubs , Jura , and Alsnce , luwe been gradually augmented , and now amount to n very formidable arm } -. The dubiqus attitude of Prussia and Austria is the principal causo of the measure . Letters from Paris state , upon good . luthority , that tlicro is no truth whatever in the reported reciil of Chevalier Bunsen from London . — / Standard . A Berlin letter asserts that " the - limporor of Ituflsm is to reside , during tho wnr , alternately at Hovel and ait St . Petersburg . The ^ drand Duke , heir presumptive to the throne , is to proceed to Ilelaiu ^ - f oTB , and tlie Grand Duke Comtnntino will nssuine
The Danish correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , writing on the 9 th , says— "I carindt of course give you the verba ipsissima used by Admiral Napi er on his viait to the King , which was both long and pleasant . But I shall not be far wrong if I assure you that it -was a most important interview , in the course of which he asked , on behalf of England and France , considerable modifications in the evidently untenable position of Denmark as to its passive neutrality While acknowledging that the refusal to declare coals ' contraband of war' had excited , the most friendly feelings , he gave it as his opinion that the time was now cotne when the whole neutrality must be considerably modified . It is said that the gallant admiral will make a similar declaration to the King of Sweden . " .
There is nothing of political importance in the Madrid journals of the 8 th . Tranquillity having been , re-established at Barcelona , a court-martial had commenced a searching investigation , into the causes and circumstances of the recent movements .
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348 THE LEADER . ' T . 1 ~ . [ Saturday ,.
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J Webav * just learnt that a tcizuro 1 ms hwn effected at
Glasgow , on the premises of MeSsra . e Napi 6 r , of two pairs of marine steam-engines , of 400 and 46 &horse power , adapted for screw Une ^ of-battle ships or . heavy frigates , manufactured under contract for the Bussian . Government . It appears that , as in the case of other recent seizures , some attempt has been made to set up a sab-contract for transferring these epgiues to a Hamburg house , Merck and Co ., in order to evade their confiscation as Busisan property . They we ' re seized on the evening of the 11 th of April—Times . An Austrian 40-gun frigate was launched at Northam , in Hampshire , ' on Thursday . Northam is situated on the river Itchen , a snort distance from Southampton . The frigate is nearly 2000 tons fcurden , and was built by Messrs . Wigram .
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The two murderers—Thompson whd killed , the Norwich jeweller , Beha , and . Holnian , who ndurdered his wife at Boduun , were executed last week . Both made a confession of guilt . . . A farmer named Robinson has been committed for trial at Blaxton , Yorkshire , for so beating , starving , and maltreating his mother , as to cause her death . He used to horse-whip her , and keep her in a hack kitchen without fire or food on the long winter nights . - - ¦ - Mr . Francis Anderson , hairdresser , was the other night killed , in Old-street , in a wonderful manner . He was -walking with bis nephew , when tC man named Daley , a prizefighter , rushed upon him , and dealing two severe . blows , broke his head . He died the same night . No sort of provocation was given . The man was walking home peacefully 5 in a moment He lay mortally wounded . Daley is committee for murder . ^ . / ,-. -- -.. ; ..
: A half-intoxicated private of the 16 th Lancers , named Banks , went to a menagerie at Carlow , and stupidly thrust his hand into the lion's cage . Of course the beast took instant possession ! "With wonderful pluck * and presence of mind Batiks , did not move his hand .- The keeper came , threw a huliock ' s head into the cage , and the lion left the band for the head . - Tie police made a capital discovery on Wednesday . A . man offered a parcel of Berlin wool for sale at the identical warehouse whence it had been taken . This led to inquiry , and to the discovery of a great mass of property in the- house of a man named Moses , in Houndsditch . Moses is in custody . A'man imprisoned in a round-house at Aldermaston , Berkshire , 'for "being disorderly , set fire t » his bed with intent to burn down his prison . He only burnt himself to death . ;
Railway accidents seem , about to recur . We have two under notice , both of which' appear to belong to th « class preyentible . In the first case * a train is forced off the rails , on the Manchester and Huddersfield branch , near Mossley , in consequence of the wooden key of a rail not being in its place ; and th « driver is killed , the stoker- hopelessly wounded , and the hip-joint of a passenger dislocated . In the second , two-trains follow each other into the Glarborough tunnel , on tbe Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire line ;
the first a heavy coal train , the second a light goods , train . Steam fills up the tunnel , and , it is supposed , blinds the driver of the second train . A collision ensues ; the driver is killed , aud the stoker severely injured . There is in operation for the purposes of trial at the Great Northern Bail way a plan which bids fair to establish that great desideratum in railway travelling , an instantaneous communication between the . guards and . drivers on the engines . It is the invention of M . Leon Gluhman .
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THE TWO CABLYXES . We have received a communication from Mr . Bosworth with reference to the letter which appeared in our last under this headmg , and demanding tbe name of the writer . Mr . Bosvrorth ' s statement convinces us that he is not justly liable to tlie imputation of our correspondent . Indeed that letter appeared to us to be unjustified by the facts that it comprised , and we had condemned it as improper for publication . Its appearance in our columns was the result of one of those accidents to which printing-offices are liable ; nn < l the statement of that fact is sufficient expression of our regret at tbe occurrence .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 15, 1854, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2034/page/12/
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