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denounced Professor Unger , a celebrated geologist at the Vienna University , aa a man . who brings forward unswiptural doctrines . The students thereupon sent a deputation to the Minister of Public Instruction , who assured them that the h oly man had asserted an untruth . - " * PRUSSIA . Baron von Manteuffel has recently made to the Prussian Chambers a statement of the extraordinary efforts of the Government to put the a . rmy on a war footing , to facilitate which , the Chambers , in the course of 1854 , granted the Ministry a loan of 30 , 000 , 000 thalers .
H-ANOVBB . The Hanoverian Cabinet has survived its recent crisis , the ministers who had proposed to secede having been induced to retain their portfolios . A decree convoking the legislative Chambers for the 2 nd of April next bears the signatures of all the members of the Government . ITALY . The official Oazette of Verona , affirms that the Princess Beljiojoso is authorised to return to the Imperial Austrian dominions , and _ that the sequestration is removed from her estates . The accounts from Italy indicate no disposition o n the part of the Lombardo-Venetian exiles to avail themselves of the " amnesty" just accorded them by Austria
THE DANTJBIAN PRINCIPALITIES . The Fremden Blatt learns from Bucharest tbat , on the 21 st of January ( old style ) , the freedom of the press was proclaimed in Moldavia , and laws for its regulation were published . On the 7 th of Februaiy the questiba of the emancipation of the " Wallachian gipsies was decided by eleven voices against ten . There are 70 , 000 gipsies in Wallachia , and their present proprietors will receive an indemnification for each of them from the State . The Moldavians express great joy at the presence among them of Mr . Allisson , the first Oriental Secretary of the British embassy at Constantinople , They regard England with great veneration ^ and look upon her as the natural protector of the Koumain people . RUSSIA . *
During the present year , an ukase permits the importation of salt over the frontier of Austria , and from Moldavia , and at Odessa and the Danubian ports , upon the payment of fifteen copecks per poud . The Emperor has ordered that the two Grand Dukes , Nicholas and Michael , shall at once enter upon their respective functions , the former as Inspector of Engineers , the latter a 3 Master of the Ordnance . Within the last few week 3 , considerable amounts of specie have been forwarded across the frontier to tlie address of the house of Steiglitz and Co ., in St . Petersburg .
The Empress-Mother is extremely ill , and it is thought that she cannot long survive . Her nervous attacks are very violent . The Court receptions and rejoicings consequent on the marriage of the Grand Duke Nicholas have . been suspended in consequence . An Imperial ukase has . ordered the immediate issue of Treasury bills , in seven series , amounting in the aggregate to 21 , 000 , 000 of roubles .
SWEDEN . , A commission of engineer officers has been appointed , with the Crown Prince at its head , to make plans for the fortification of Stockholm , and to consider other propositions for the defenc 9 of the kingdom . DENMARK . The conferences on the Sound Dues have just been formally adjourned .
SPAIN . It is said that the public feeling in Spain is setting against the present government in France . Recently the Madrid Gazette officially contradicted the rumour that General Bosquet bad been elevated to the rank of a grandee of Spain . The rumour -was ridiculous enough ; General Bosquet has already sacrificed himself enough by his " elevation" to the rank of senator of the French empire :
PORTUGAL . A passage of arms between the Duke de Saldhana and Count Thomas occurred the other day in the Portuguese Chamber of Peers . The Duke had accused the Couut of peculation during his term of office ; the Count called upon the Duke to explain . So far from explaining , however , he said he meant the imputation strictly ^ in a personal sense , and not as applying to the official acts of the ex-minister .
7 TUBKEY . Constantinople is on the eve of a financial and commercial crisis . The price of goods has considerably fallen , and transactions ai * e thereby totally . paralysed-. Meat and flo « r have diminished by , one-half , sold by wholesale ; but the retail prices continued as high as ever . The public , the journals , and the merchants , lou dly ^ demand the establishment of a bank , in order to reduce the difference : of exchange between the Turkish and foreign coins , which already lost from fifteen to twenty per cent . The Divan has not yet replied to M . de Rothschild's proposition . A disease among cattle is extending its ravages all over the empire . The Hatti-Seheriff , regulating the position of the Christians , is being translated into several languages , and will soon be published .
The conferences at Constantinople with regard to the settlement of the Danubian Principalities were signalised by many widely-varying propositions—the English , French , and Austrian ministers suggesting xsonstitutiona similar to those existing in their own countries ; but finally , the last two ambassadors gave way to the views taken by the English representative , knowing that ; the results of the conferences would not be definitive . No signatures were exchanged ; aud the question , remains open for tho conferences at Paris .
There has been a rumour that Omar Pasha would soon arrive in Constantinople . It appears that he has again sent in hie resignation , saying that he can only remain at the head of the army on certain conditions whioh shall better defino hia powors with respect to tho Ministry of War , Omar , however , has boon ordered to remain at Sugdidi . Some talk lias boon occasioned by Omar Pasha removing from Sugdidi the furniture found at the palace of the Princess Dadian . There are also complaints against Omar for allowing tho property of Count Rosemaduquo , a French subject long settled in Mingrolin ,, to bo pillaged after he had promised that it should be protected . The Count had established' a silk manufactory in Mingrelia , and had given the Turkish General aomo valuable information . about the state of tho country people as woll as of tlio Russians .
An accident has happened in ono of tho Baahi-Bazouk squadrons . Tho Bnahia lmd boon iu tho habit of cutting out pioooa of wood from tho skies of a wooden Hliod iu which they wore quartered . At length thoy found that they had carried thin liberty iv little too fur , for the shod , weakened in its foundations , foil down , lulling eight and wo unding olovon men , and killing and wounding forty-two horsoB . Aali Pacha has boon charged by tho Sultan to transmit to tho Emprcaa kug < $ uio and Queen Viotoi % two diadonva iu bviuiauta . Besides horses , the Sultan has sent to tho Emporor Napoleon a sabro , mounted with precious stones .
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THE ORIENT . PERSIA . The Gazette Qfficiellede Teheran contains a notification to the effect that the Emir Dost Mahomed Khan , Sirdar of XLaboul , having become master of Kandahar , intends to march an army on Herat ; that the Persian Government considers it to be it 3 duty to protect that province ; that the designs of Dost Mahomed Khan " tend to foment a strong agitation in the pro-• vince of Khorassan , and perhaps even iu Beloophistan , Kerman , aud the neighbouring countries ; " and that the Persian Government , in consequence , feels it necessary " to maintain in Herat the rights and authority of its sovereign until nevv political arrangements are made . " The position of Persia towards the Allied Powers , however , is to remain the same .
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STATE OF TRADE . The commercial reports from the provincial towns for the week ending last Satui day are of a varied character , but on tho whole favourable . At Manchester t here ha 3 been considerable flatness , owing to a falling off in the orders for India , although , tlie home demand is steady . The Birmingham advices show a tendency to lower quotations in the iron-market , couseqtionfc upon the limited extent of the purchase . ! for America and tho continued pressure for money . In tho coppei ' -market , however , i -enewed firmness is observable , and the general trades of tho place are nlao fairly sustained . The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce baa resolved to petition for the introduction of " protective" clauses into Mr . Lowe ' s now partnership bill . At Nottingham , both the homo and
mendations of the tocal Board relative to the salaries of some of their officers . At the same time that these ungracious refusals are conveyed -to the elite of our mercantile body , the Board of Trade make no scruple to receive from them upwards of 413 , 000 a-year , not one sixpence of which is expended for the benefit of the port . A few months since , the Board of Trade refused to ratify a recommendation of the Local Marine Board , till Professor Playfair , who was sent down at an expense which would have paid one year's salary * of a local official , had made a special report on their application . "
The Board of Trade Returns for the month , ending the 31 st of January were issued on Wednesday morning , and show an increase in the declared value of our exportations still larger than that exhibited in the preceding month . It was they . £ 1 , 470 , 96 * 9 , and in the present instance it is 1 , 509 , 990 . With rogard to imported commodities , most of the principal articles show an increased consumption .
foreign demand for laco has been of au extraordinary chai-ftcto j 1 , whilo for hosiery it is likewise good , although checked iu some degree by tho lato advance iu prioes . In the woollen districts there has been a , further improvement , and a gcnoral iuorease- of occupation . In the Irish linon-mavkots stocks are decreasing , and tho transactions arc in overy i espeot hoalthy . —Tim cs . Thm Late Mil . Sadusiu and the Stock Exchange . —Tho Committee of tho Stook Exchange on Monday took into consideration the peculiar ciroumstauooa oounootod with the issue of uharos anil obligations of tho ltoy < il Swedish Railway Company by the lato Mr . . John Sswlloir , and adopted i \ roHolutiou , postponing the ttottlemoi . it of outstanding trnnsnotionfl , and . diBcountouiuioiug for tho present nny further operations m them .
ltKaiaNATION OF THIS LtVJOUI'OOL LOCAL . JVtAIUNlS Boaw ) . —This Board hns givou in its resignation , from oaMBea which aro thuu Htatud in tho Liverpool Mail : —" Tho resignation wua produced , vvo behove , by tho overbearing behaviour of tbo oftioials of the Board of Trade , who rofuaod to uanotion tho rocom-
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Old Women at the Adshbaltt . — Under date of February 8 th , the annexed order has beau issued from the Admiralty : — " I am commanded . . . . . that it i 3 their Lordships' desire that officers of the navy should not wear beards or moustaches on board her Majesty ' s ships . By the regulations of the service , men are expected to be properly shaved , and it is essential that a good exampie on this point should be set by their officers . (!) The Loss of the Josephine "Wii . ua . —The reports of Mr . Yardley and Captain Robeitson with respect to this catastrophe have been transmitted to the Board of Trade . The former gentleman
conceives that the collision was owing to the chief officer of the Josephine Willis having starboarded her lielm under the belief that the lights of the Mangerton were those of Dungeness , and to "the captain of the Mangerton porting instead of starboarding his helm He does not think the chief officer of the Josephine Willis to blame ; but he conceives that the light on board that vessel was insufficient , although the Ianterns ; had received the sanction and appro ? al of the emigration agent who inspected th < j ship . The boats of the Mangerton . are described as having been in an inefficient condition . The crew of the Mangerton lifeboat are thought blameable for not having succoured the crew of the Josep hine Willis , the chief officer of
Which is severely criticised for not ( aking measures to the same effect after he had been rescued and placed on board -the Mangerton- " The second ' officer showed equal apathy and want of feeling . " Captain Robertson differs from Jlr . Yardley " iu the conclusion come to by him respecting the cause of collision , and considers that , so far from the chief officer of the Josephine Willis , who was in charge of the deck at the time , being excusable , the collision was caused by his wrongful act and default . " With respect to the course pursued by the officers of the Mangerton , Captain Robertson " thinks they did perfectly right in porting their helm after losing sight of a light they had just before seen a point to a j > oint and a half on their port bow . " In other matters , Captain Robertson
coincides with Mr . Yardley ; and he concludes by recommending Newham and Anderson ( two sailors who behaved with gi'eafc gallantry ) to the favourable consideration of the Board of Trade . Manslaughter oS ? a Soldier in the Swiss LjiaroN . —An inquest lias been opened at Maid sfcono ou the body of Henry Voht , a private in . the Swiss Logion . Voht made a violent assault on a comrade , named Do la Vecchia , who was sent out with a patrol to bring back Voht and some- other truant soldiers . A struggle ensiied , iu which De la Vecchia ( who is an Italian ) stabbed Voht in the abdomen with Ids bayonet , coneeiviug himself justified by the Swisa military law in thus meeting an obstinate resistance to the patrol . The inquest ia adjourned .
Lieutenants Montgomery and Hodgson . —Hia Excellency tho Governor of Mitlta haB granted a pardon to Lieutenant Montgomery , of tho 7 th FusiJeera , lately seutenoed to three niontbV imprisonment for misbehaviour in tho cathedral of Civita Vocchin , and for resisting tho fpolico . Tho elder offbudor , Lioutonnnfc Hodgson , lt . A committed for four month * imprisonment , has nob boon included in tins ucfc of clemonoy .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Gouht . —IIor Mnjoaty and tho Court still romaiu m town . Tho royal family on Tuesday visited tho Zoological Gardens iu tho morning and tho Prhv oqbhqh Thentro in tlio evening . — Hor Mi \ jovty hold a loveo at St . James ' s Palace ou Wednesday . Tiih Four . Atmobi'Ixehm in the Court of Queisn ' s Bknoii . —A vitiated aud sickening ntnxosphoro has boon remarked in the Court of ^ uoon ' s Bonch ; aud at tho siuing of tho Court on Tuesday morning Lord Campboll sukl ho had roooivod a lwttor , of whioh , for tho salco not only of hia own health , but for that o ) tho oouiibuI , jury , and witnosuo . 3 , ho folt it to be hit duty to take public notice Tho writer stated thai ho wns woll acquainted with all tho oirouuistrtucot
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March 1 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 201
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Leader (1850-1860), March 1, 1856, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2130/page/9/
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