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at the Victoria Hotel . Although he had no letters of introduction , and was not known to any one , he managed to work his way into the society of a Mr . Kirby , whom he insisted on accompanying on some pretext to the British Consul . Having succeeded in obtaining an introduction in that quarter , he lived some time in the Consul's family , but his manners -were so singular and ungentleman-like . that the Consul was obliged to dismiss him . This illustrious unknown next introduced himself into the house of Mr . Baillie Cochrane , who was passing the winter at Malaga , with his brother-ia-law , Dr . Sutherland , and his sister , Mrs . Sutherland . The stranger soon formed an intimate acquaintanceship with the party , and Mr . Cochrane repeatedly endeavoui'ed to discover who the extraordinary person was , but without success . After some time , however , they all went to Seville , and , meeting with an accident on their return , they were compelled to leave their luggage where their carriage was upset . Dr . Sutherland took with him to the inn where they passed the night a leathern bag , containing , among other things , two letters of credit , of . £ 500 each , on MessrB . Drummond of London . This bag was missed directly after breakfast the following morning , and , though strict search was made , ifc could not be found anywhere . Soon afterwards , Mr . Cochrane and Dr . and Mrs . Sutherland , accompanied by the unknown , went by route of Valencia and Madrid to Paris , stopping on their way , for a short time , at Bayonne ; and during this period it is supposed that their anonymous visitor must have proceeded to Bordeaux , and presented one of the letters of credit at the house of Messrs . Barton and Gnestier , who immediately advanced him £ 200 . When the party arrived at Paris , the stranger took leave of his friends , telling them that he was going to America . A description of his dress and personal appearance has been published at Malaga . It is exactly similar to that given by Messrs . Barton and Gnestier of the man who had swindled them ; and it is hoped that this will ultimately lead to the apprehension of the offender . The Forgery of Prussian Notes . — Edmund Schehl and Louis Schehl have been committed for trial on the charge of forging a Prussian note , under circumstances already detailed in these columns . Railway Robberies . —The robberies at railway termini , more especially at the Waterloo Station of the South Western line , continue with singular audacity ; and upwards of a dozen men and women are now in the Wandsworth House of Correction on these charges . A well dressed old man , described as a commercial traveller , has been committed for trial for the same offence . "Boxing Night . "—Thursday morning , at the Police offices , brought with it the usual nximber of charges of drunkenness and rioting , arising out of the rejoicings common on the 26 th of December . One of these cases was very serious . Michael Donovan , Mary , his wife , and James Kennedy , the latter a ticket-of-leave man and a private in the militia , were drinking at a public-house in Great Russell-street , Coventgarden , when a quarrel ensued , the police were called in , and Kennedy , attacking one of the officers with his belt and buckle , knooked him down , and bit two pieces of flesh from the onlf of one of his legs . He waB taken into custody , together with tho other two , and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment . Donovan received a month ' s imprisonment , and the woman was discharged . Muhdijr in the Minories . — -AgMrs . Colligan was murdered by her hushand on Wednesday evening while staying at the house of Mr . Burton , an optician in Church-street , Minories . Mr . Burton , and his wife and sister , on running to the assistance of the woman were attacked with the snme knife which had already dealt Mrs . Colligan her death wounds , and considerably hurt— -to such an extent , indeed , in the case of Mr . Burton and Ms sister , as to render it necessary that they Bhould be convoyed to the hospital . Corrigan iB' in oustody , and under remand at the Thames police-court . The evidence of Mr . Burton makes it appear highly probable that the murderer was under the influence of delirium trcmena . He had been vex y silont on Christmas-day , and looked " o \ mous . " Mrs . Fearon , Mr . Burton ' s eietor , though suffering greatly from her wounds , gave evidence on Thursday , and deooribed the fatal attack . The magistrate asked her to turn round and look at the prisoner for tho pui'poso ofidentifying him , but hor terror was so groat that uhe was afraid to do so . At length she was raised from her chair and was being led ont of court , when Bhe rushed wildly towards tho dock , and atrotched out the arm that wns not wounded to shake lmnda with Corrigan , who eagerly leant forward , oaught her hand in his , and exolnimod " Clod bless ypu I" Ho then gavo way to a paroxysm of griof , and again lean ) : over tho © dgo of the dock in a stooping position nnd'buried his face in his hands . As Mrs . Fearon was being lod into tho clork ' B room , she oxclaimed ' ¦ Ob , my arm—nay arm I" and fainted .
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1242 T H E LEADER . [ No . 301 , Saturday ,
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . 1 'iiAOK rnosi'Eom Turn neutralization of tho Black Soa , according to tho writer of a letter from Munich , is tho proposition which Austria has made to Russia in tho hopo of bringing the present war to a conclusion . " Adopting this form as a basis , tho Austrian Government sounded tho Cabinet of St . Petersburg , and that such a solution wan not rejootod by M . do Ncaaelrodo . It ia truo that tho R , usaian Govornmont does not appear desirous of understanding tho application in the same eonsaias tho Western Powora and Auntria . But I am informed that Russia would admit tho principle of the neutralisation o f tho Black Soa in tho Bonao of tho puro and simple freedom of that ecu for nil flags and for all navios in tho world . 1 oven bolievo that sho would admit tho establishment of oonaular agents in tho principal ports of tho Euxino ; but when , her views arc Bounded on this point there her ooncoasiiouB stop . Tho ayntem of neutralization of tho Euxino , muoIi oh
the Western Powers proposed at first—that "is to say the transformation of that internal sea into a vast commercial lake—free on the side of Turkey , as on . that of Russia , from fleets of war , and from fortified . ports which would incessantly make it the theatre of [ , a disastrous conflict , watched by the European consuls L —such a system , I repeat , pleases Germany much , for . it prepares an immense progress in the history of ; nations . A demand has also been made to Russia to ? abandon at the mouths of the Danube an unimj portant portion of the territory of Bessarabia , in order . that the collective syndicate charged with securing L the free navigation of the river may be able to act on . a completely neutral territory . 1 think I may affirm i that the initiative of the demand has proceeded from [ the German States , to which the freedom of the Danube is so important ; and this circumstance may t even render easier than is supposed the adhesion of t Russia to that condition . The German Cabinets have favoured these terms , and those who will support . them most earnestly are Bavaria and Saxony . I have [ just learned that M . Seebach is summoned to Dresden , [ when he will be charged with a mission to St . Peters-, burg . M . Seebach is one of the eminent diplomatists ? of Bavaria , and is capable of exercising a salutary ! influence on the Emperor Alexander . It is certain , that the Emperor of Austria has accompanied his \ propositions with an autograph letter to the Czar to : induce him to adhere to the conditions which Count j EsterhaKy is charged with proposing to him . I do not think they are in the form of an ultimatum ; but . the Emperor Francis Joseph makes a strong appeal to - the good sense of the Czar before coming to an oj ) en I rupture . " A pamphlet has been published in Paris , advocating [ the idea of a general Congress for the pacification of t Europe . It is said that the production is favourably Ij received by the Emperor ; and some even hint that it is from his pen , or at least produced under his inspiration . The author is anonymous ; but it is put [ forward as the composition of un Uomine d'Etat . The } Times correspondent , speaking of this pamphlet , says : 3 — " The author seeks to prove'that what is called the r policy of Peter the Great was , perhaps , a generous \ one at the epoch it was conceived , but that the prol gress of Europe since then has rendered it unnecessary . 5 He also thinks that Russia can no more consider her' I self humiliated by the acceptance of propositions of ' I peace than England is by the recognition of the indef ; pendence of her American colonies , or than France [ by the loss of the conquests she made under the , ¦ Republic and the Empire ; and he dwells on the fact , i that France , which contributed to the loss of America , \ and that England , which was a party to the separation ' of Belgium and theRhenish provinces from France , are at this moment firmly united . His inference is that , notwithstanding the present state of affairs in Europe , a complete reconciliation may be obtained , but that it can only be by means of a Congi ^ ess of Sovereigns . " Austria has communicated to Prussia the preliminaries agreed upon by the Western Powers , and called upon her to advocate their acceptance at St . Petersburg , which he has consented to do . It ia said that both the King and the statesmen of Prussia have urged tho Czar to make peace . Nevertheless Prussia will not abandon her system of neutrality , oven should the enemies of Russia increase . The Dresden Journal states that Russia has declared her willingness to concede the nevitrality of tho Black Sea , under certain conditions compatible with the interests of Europe . Rumours still j > rcvail iu Paris of a greater disposition towards peace on the part of the French Emperor than on that of the Engliah Goucminent ; but there is some doubt as to their correctness . It is snid thut tho King of Prussia lias reserved to himself the right of making representations to Austria on " tho excessive rigour" of tho conditions proposed , and that this has had a modifying effect on the Court of Vienna . However this may be , tho propositions , whatever their nature , havo alroady arrived at St . Petersburg , with thoir bearer , Count Esterhazy . 1
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¦ THE LATE COUNT KRASINSKI [ The annexed details have been communicated by M . Szulezewski . ] Count Valerian Krasinski , who died in Edin burgh on the morning of the 22 nd inst ., was a native of the ancient Polish province of White Russia , and issued from an old and illustrious family , the branch to which he belonged having at an early period embraced the Protestant faith , of which the late Count also wai an adherent . Having been appointed chiei of the department of Public Instruction in Poland , he promoted the establishment of a college at Warsaw for the education of Jewish Rabbis . Count Valerian Krasinski was also the first to introduce stereotype printing in Poland , and in this instance the benefits bestowed upon the community considerably impaired his own fortune . On the breaking out of the Polish insurrection in 1830 , Count Valerian Krasinski was sent by the then chief of the national ' government , Prince Adam Czartoryski , to England , as a member of the diplomatic mission despatched from Poland to this country , and he continued here , in this capacity imtil the fatal catastrophe of 1831 , when he became a penniless exile from his country . Deprived of every other means oi subsistence , he thenceforward devoted himself exclusively to literary pursuits ; and , though still making every effort for his country , he soon worked out fox himself a distinguished place among the literati oi England , in the language of which he wrote . His first venture in the English language was the translation of a Polish novel , "Sigismund Augustus ; oi Poland in the Sixteenth Century , " which , having me with a very favourable reception from the Britisl public , was followed by an original work of gresftei pretensions . This was the " History of the Refor mation in Poland , " which at once established Couni Krasinski ' s reputation as one of the most emineni historical writers of the day , and -which having sub sequently been translated into German and French acquired for him European renown , and procured bin a gold medal and a letter with his autograph signature from the King of Prussia . But Count Krasinski ' s literary labours failed to secure for him anything like competence ; yet , though often subjected to greal privations , he resolutely rejected the most brilliani offers made to him by Russia , and even declined tht more flattering and honourable overtures of the King of Prtissia . ' The next historical work that issued from the pen oi the deceased nobleman , after an interval of several years , during which he was a constant contributor tc the periodical literature of this country , was the " Sketch of the Religious History of the Sclavonic Nations . " He has also published a series of pamphlets on the Polish and the Russian question , such as " Panslavism and Germanism ; " "Russia and Europe ; " " Russia , Poland , and Europe ; " " Opinions of Napoleon the first regarding Poland . " The three last of these bear upon the subject of the present -war . His latest days were employed in correcting the proofs of a pamphlet , entitled " The Polish Question , " which he has not lived to see published . A "History of Poland , " which he had commenced publishing in monthly numbers , also remains unfinished . On subjectB not connected with his own country , Count Krasinski has contributed to English literature a translation of Calvin ' s " Treatise on Relics , " and several small works on religious subjects , which , though published anonymously , had a very extensive circulation . His loss will bo felt by the Polish emigration , and the more so as following immediatly after that of M . Adam Mickiewicz , tho celebrated Polish poot , who died a few woeks ago at Constantinople , whither he had been sent by the French Government on an important mission . A very short time before his death , Count Krasinski received a letter from the Chief of tho Polish emigration , Prinoe Adam Czartoryski , expressing his thanks and satisfaction at tho services which the late Count did not ceaso to render to the cause of hia country .
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i T , tiB NEW SURaKON-ExTnAOKDlKAIlY TO THij . QunBN *^ p . William Ferguson , F . R . S ., has becu appointed ^ Burgeon-Extraordinary to the Queen . '
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Foreigners travelling into Finland munt remain there , by virtue of a recent regulation , until tho end of tho war . , P It ia now stated that tho Austrian army , instead ol being roducod , will bo augmented , especially in tho Danubian Principalities . „ Tho remittance to tho Ottoman Minister of v \ ar oi tho monoy roalisod by tho Tuvkit » h loun in Franco and England lias caused a rapid ri . io in tho valuo ot piastres at Constantinople . Tho capitulation ol tho town of Kara was not ollioially known at Constantinople at tho lant advieoH . Tho Sultan object * ito tno establishment of a police force orgivninod by tho consul * of foreign Powcm Advices from Smyrna ot tlio 12 th of Deoombor ntuto that tho Eughuh Mquiulron under tho orders of Roar-Admiral Stowart wan Preparing to leave for Malta . „ ,., Tho Prinoo do Plena , President of tho BoUiij Chamber of Peers , ia dead . Count Muuator has noi ' brought oithor an autograph lettor or any propomtions whatovor from St . Potoraburg . . A conference on tho Sound Duos will shortly U'
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 29, 1855, page 1242, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2121/page/6/
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