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      Formation as to their present condition and future drospects . The renters or " annuitants , " as they term themselves , consist of a body of cne hundred and ^ persons , who hold between them one hundred and nity shares of £ 500 each , bearing an annuity of £ 25 a-year during the continuance of the lease , and conferring the right of transferable free admission on the holder . Dr . Smethursfc occupied the chair , and a statement of the position of the pi-operty was made by Mr . Surman , solicitor of Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , who attended on behalf of the proprietors . From this it appeared that the theatre was held on six leases from the Duke of Bedford , with a rent of . £ 2 , 085 per annum . Thirty vears of the term are yet unexpired . The theatre was the shareholders

      in great difficulties in 1832 , having then received no annuity for seven years , and an execution was put in the house . An arrangement was then come to , by -which the Duke of Bedford reduced the rent £ 500 , and the shareholders agreed to take half their usual dividend of £ 2 fe a-year until the theatre should be free from debt . From 1832 , the average profit at the letting of the theatre has not been more than £ 600 . "With respect to the property , " said Mr , Surman , " It is held in twelfth shares , and they are divided in the following manner : ^ -The executors of the late Charles Eemble hold two-twelfths . At the death of Charles Kemble , those Snares -were left to his children- —two daughters and a son- —and at the present time all hi 3 affairs are in -the ¦ Cotirb of dancery * The :. remaining part of and that

      -the property belong to the Harris family ^ is represented by tnyself as the" executor and trustee of the family . My friend Mr , Harris died in 183 i > , and I amisorry to > say that he owed at that time £ 50 , 000 of private debts , which were secured by mortgages on his shares in this theatre , not one shilling of which has yet been paid , or is likely ever to be paid / ' The general debt of the theatre now stands at about £ 9 > 0 ' 0 . 0 ,- and the property , said Mi * . Surman , is not worth £ V , 000 . jfr . Gye is in deb fc to the shareholders £ l , TQd . At the conclusion of the meeting , a resolution , to the effect that a committee of twelve renters should' be appointed to investigate and decide upon the affairs of the theatre ^ and to report the sanie to a general meeting of the renters , was agreed to without dissent . : •¦ $$£ ; - ' ; ' ' ¦ ; '

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      THE ORIENT . INDIA . . "The annexation of the kingdom of Oude was announced by official proclamation on the iTth of February . In this document , the Governor-Greneral sets forth , that , ' fa y the treaty- of 1801 , the East India Company engaged to . protect the territory of Qu . de , provided ' that certain reforms in the administration were cai'ried piat . The protection has always "been strictly accorded , but the reforms have apt leen instituted . For more than fifty years , the British Government has 1 acted with > fchei utmost toleration , and some years ago Lord Bentinck warned the king of Oude of the consequences of'his lawless government ;—a warning which was repeated eight years since by Lord Hardinge . But the evils have increased i " armed violence and bloodshed are daily " events ; " the army ib little better

      flight of the Santals was therefore opposed at the point of the bayonet j and , being desperate with fear and starvation , they fought . This fresh rising , however , has been p-ut down for the present ; but uneasiness is felt . A great increase at Calcutta in the price of rice has created some alarm . The rice trade of Rangoon , which was expected to be very large , has proved at present to be but small . Lord Dalhousie has published his order upon what is called Brigadier Mackenzie ' s aflair . That officer had

      interfered in a religious procession , and was wounded by some of the native soldiers . The Governor-General reprimands Brigadier Mackenzie , and declares that his " wounds" will compel him to leave Bolarun ; but he refuses to exculpate the soldiers . Bills for legalising the re-marriage of Hindoo widows , and for altering under tenures , have passed a second reading . The former measure has created no - discussion , and will probably be passed . Lord Dalhousie is extremely ill .

      E « YPT . The Viceroy of Egypt ( says a letter from Alexandria ) is desiro-us at the same time that he opens the Isthmus of Suez to the peaceful operations of all nations , of solving the great problem , of African geography- —that of the sources of the Nile . He bis manifested his intention to confide the command of a new expedition to Count d'Escayrac de Lauiure , member of the Central Commission of the Geographical Society , a man well known for his travels in the interior of Africa , and for his works on that part of the world .

      than a band of brigands ; the ting takes scarcely any part in the government of his territory ; and the consequence is annexation . An offer was recently xna . de to the king to vest the government in the hands -of the East India Company , with an ample allowance : for himself ; but this was refused , and his kingdom 'ts therefore seized . ¦ Such is the substance of the proclamation , which , adds : — "If any officer of Durbar , Jageordar , Zemindar , or other person , shall refuse to render such , obedience , if he shall withhold the payment of revenue , or shall otherwise dispute or c } , efy the authority of the British Government , he shall be declared -a rebel , his person shall be seized , and hia jageors ¦ or lands shall be confiscated to the State . To those ¦ who shall immediately and quietly submit themselves to the authority of the British Government ; , full "assurance ia hereby given of protection , considei'ation , land favour . The l'evenue of the districts shall be

      determined on a fair and settled basis . The gradual improvement of the Oude territories shall be steadily pursued . Justice shall be measured out with an « quol hand . Protection shall be given to life and property , and every man shall enjoy henceforth his just rights without fear of molestation . " The ex .-king'e pension is to be £ 150 , 000 a-yesvr . Hyderabad , in the Decoan , is now the only indopon--&ent native state of magnitude in India . A plan for "tranquillising this country has been formed by Mr . ^ "Bushby , the resident of Hyderabad , who proposes to

      , y »^ eud ;| a \ v ' ay all the Arab soldiers , and , by a . loan of , ;;;; ieii 0 (| Q , 000 sterling , to enablo the N"izam to liquidate hia debt . ' For these ends , an anny of 80 , 000 men ia ¦ ¦ ¦; "fco b ' 6 soht from the Madras and Bombay Presidencies , f- ' 'ixaA , $ a ' aequrifcy for this expense and for tho loan , '; j *! c » aBioii of . territory will bo required yielding a : » ifroYoivwj %$ £ 800 , 000 a-yeav . r ^ fM $ j ^^^ again broken out , Tho ' / lI ^ t ^ . ®^ W 8 a ? i being aoisrod with a panic , attempted ; I 10 # ^?^ : % ^ Wliory of the Oples , who reeisfcod , and ^ ^ rtw evident ' t ^ ftt , if tb . o emigration continued , tho lattetf , tab (? wo ;^ B 0 Qft ^ * - rot ) onion . The

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      AMERICA . The debate on the correspondence relative to the differences between Great Britain and America came on in the Senate on the 29 th . tilt . After various opinions had been expressed , Mr . Mason moved that the printing of the British enlistment documents be increased to 10 , € 00 copies , ; . which was agreed to . On the 3 rd inst . the Senate passed a bill authorising the construction often sloops of war , each vessel estimated to cost 507 , 000 dollars , including equipment and steam machinery . During the . debate , it was Stated by a member that the bill was unanimously recommended by the Naval Committee , not founded on any existing alarm on the subject of war , but merely for the protection of commerce . The Minister of War has been recommending the repair and increase of the fortifications . *

      Mr . Cass ha 3 called attention in the Senate to a statement made in a newspaper by Mr . James Watson Webb , with reference to Lord Clarendon ' s declaration in the House of Lords , in January , 1854 , that the alliance between the English and French Go-venxments was perfect in relation to all parts of the world . This was understood by Mr . Cass to imply a threat aigainst Ouba ; and Mr . Webb brought this interpretation under the notice of Lord Clarendon ^ who emphatically disavowed it , and said he alluded solely to the misimderstanding which had existed between France and England in South America ., and at Tahiti , in the Pacific . The explanation having been repeated two or three times , Mr . Webb was satisfied , and communicated the facts to a member of the Senate , Mr . Caas , however , on " the 3 rd of tlie present month , expressed to the Senate his wonder that Lord Clarendon had not made

      The summons was refused , and fire was opened on the houses . A few persons were killed , and a little damage was done ; but the interposition of the French frigate Penelope saved the town , and shortl y afterwards the garrison surrendered . Salcedo will be tried by court-martial , and will probably be Bhot , if the vengeance of the people do not anticipate the more legal punishment . The New York commercial advices observe that tlie tone of the English journals in their discussions of American affairs is considered less belligerent , aud conduces , ^ j the opinion that there is no probability of a collJgMEi between England , and America , The money niaxSet is gradually growing easier .

      his explanation openly in the House of Lords , instead of sending it in a private communication which few would hear of . It now appears thab Lord Clarendon , on the 10 th of November , wrote to Mr . Crampton , directing ' him to communicate officially to Mr . Marcy tho offer of his Lordship to Mr . Buohanan 'to submit the questions at issue to arbitration . The paragraph containing this direction was strangely overlooked by Mr . Crampton until the latter end of lost month , when he transmitted the despatch to Mr . MarOy . The recall of Mr . Crampton is demanded by the American Government .

      With respeot to the recent progress of the Americana in Nicaragua and its neighbourhood , and their present indisposition to associate themselves with this country in the material improvement of those regions , the Times publishes a statement to the effeot that tho American company which was formed in ^ 849-50 for making a canal or railway through the Isthmus of Darien , offered half their rights to the capitalists of England , who , after muoh equivooation , refused to participate in the work under tho pretence of its being impracticable , though Lord Malmosbury ( whon Foreign Secretary ) , and two English engineers appointed by him declared in favour of the scheme . What wondoi , then , asks the Times , if tho Americans , disgusted with « uoh conduct ., pursued their designs by themselves , and gave encouragement to the expedition of Walker ?

      It la now feared that the Paoifio steamer ia lost . Two vessels have been sent out in floarolv of hor ; but they have discovered no tidings . Vera Cruz ; has boon the scene of a little bombardment . An ex-eapfcain of bandits and guorillaa , namod Saleodo , oontrived to gob himself placed in command of the garrison ; ho then pronounced in favour of Haro y Tamarbs , and eonfc a . summons to tho oifcy to eurroudor la a few hours , on penalty of bombardment .

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      IRELAND . Another Murder . —A farmer's son in the neighbourhood of Pallas green , Limerick , has boen waylaid and murdered within a quarter of a mile of his father ' s house . Execution for Murder . —A woman , named Agnes Burns , has been executed for the murder of Margaret Withers , an old woman who kept a shop at Saintfield , Down . To gain possession of a small sum of money belonging to the old woman , Burns and her sister entered the shop , pretended to make a purchase , and while being served , attacked the woman and killed her . Fear seems then to have fallen on the

      murderesse s , and they fled without searching for the inoney , but with a few pounds of butter . Endeavouring to sell this spoil at a ridiculously low price , suspicion ensued , and detection followed . The sisters were arrested , and one of them turned Queen ' s evidence against the other , who was convicted in little more tlian a fortnight from the commission of the crime . Liabilities of the Tipperart Bank . —The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser says that ifc has good reason for believing that the deficit to be made up by the shareholders is less by one-half than it was represented to

      be at the hearing before the Master of the Rolls . —Mr M'JDowell , one of the junior fellows of Trinity College , has been norninated to the office of official manager of the Tipperary Bank . Mr . Meldon is to be the solicitor under him , and Mr . Gibson to be the solicitor having the carriage of the proceedings . Mr . M'Do \ yell , who owes his appointment to the strong recommendation of Mr . Iiongfield , one of the Commissioners of Encumbered Estates , was proposed in behalf of the Messrs , Scully as representing three hundred and thirty shares in the Tippei'ary Bank . tlrn defeated

      Mr . Some ; rs Explains . —Mr . Somers , candidate at th © l ^ e Shgo election , writes to the J > ublin Express to correct the report of his speech to the electors . He writes : — " I certainly did say that I thought my independent support of the party of which he is now the leader for the last nineteen years gave me some claim upon the Government , and that I should endeavour to turn any little influence which I might possess towards the improvement of the harbour-, and to further the general prosperity of the town . Beyond this , I presume not to exercise any influence . It is true that I have been honoured by the support of Lord Palmerston for the last nineteen yeai-s , but during that long period I never obtained an official favour at his hands . "

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . PRANCE . A Son and Heir has been born to the Fjbench Emperob . At a quarter past three on the morning of Sunday , Mai « ch 16 th , the Empress was delivered of a Prince , which , together with the mother is doing well . The sufferings of the Empress n . ve mentioned as unusually severe . They set in at five o ' clock on Saturday morning , and the delivery did not tnko place until nearly four-and-tweuty hours afterwards . During the greater part of the dsiy , the Emperor walked to and fro in the Empress ' s chamber , looking

      through the windows at the crowds assembled bolow ; and a sentimental account is given in the Patric of tho comforting assurances rendered by Napoleon to his suffering partner . " He told hor , " says tho courtly soribe , " that all the churches were crowded with tho faithful , praying the Almighty for her delivery , that all Paris was offering to Heavou tho most ni ' ilont wishes in hor behalf . Tho Empress then Mb hor courage rodouble at tho idea that aho v / w tho object of Buph universal sympathy . " Tho same paper stntosi that " tho voting Priuco is of so robust a ooiiHlAUitioii

      that ho ia nearly as big as the child of his wurso , wuo is two months old . " On seeing this , tho Emporor remarked that ' it was no wonder tho Empress mifFurod ho much . " A Iftohrynaoso story io told of his throwing himself in a flood of tears on tho nook of bis oouuin , Princo Napoleon , and saying , " You , I am auro , win love and protect this child . " At tho hour of miyis , tho boy was baptised , and was then romoved to " his own apartment . During $ tho religious , ooromony , tho annexed invocation was pronounood : —" Bobtow ' > u I ' " the genius and magnanimity of his futhor , thu kindness and inexhaustible ohftrity of hU mother , t ' ainooro faith mud . devotion of hobh 1 and , to su »» « P

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      0 SS 8 _ m THE LEADEB , fKo . 313 , Saturday ,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 22, 1856, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2133/page/4/