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      siring to establish a Federative Republic in the Peninsftla . with himself as President . The French journal recommends intervention . . . ' -.- ¦>¦¦ - . ¦ - rrAW . Intelligence from Pariria , states that the Minister ? of ihfl Interior and of Finance , ME Cattani and Lombardini , have resigned . The measures taken by the authorities ® re still very severe . Orders ^ have been given to Wall up the windows of certain private houses having « -mew of the garden of San Paolo , adjoining the dacal palace . A chest filled with Piedmontese papers has been seized in the house of a poor woman at Borgotaro ; and she herself and many other persons have been arrested in consequence . ¦ TheKioff of Naples finds it to his interest to flatter Jiance . .. . ? jBe has therefore attended the grand / &e given

      by the French ambassador in honour of the birth of an heir to Louis Napoleon . Another singular fact is the growing clemency of Bomba to Ms wretched subjects . Orders have been issued to stay some political prosecuiions , and eighty-two persons who have recently been under the surveillance of the police have been released . It is conjectured that the King fears some interposition on the part of the great European Powers . " There is much talk in Naples , " says the Times correspondent , ^ Vof . ^ TOpteseiitation having been sent by this Govern - ment © foreignGovernments shoeing that a ConstitutionTlfere-vottld -lead 'to the establishment of a Republic , andf ^ irt ^ rnote ^ had been received in answer , guaranteeing the iSjfcone from excesses through the intervention of tie Allies . I cannot trace it to any authentic source , but it is generally spoken of . "

      ' ¦¦ , '' ; :. . ¦ ¦' . ¦' ' . . ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ '' : tsjbkky ? . - ¦ ... $ om& \ itax&er' ^ tticx ^^ of '' th » . murder of the Greek girl at Toultcha are { riverain a letter from Constantirnpplei ; "where We Tead ' :: ^ f ' , T ^ ev ' p ^ cttaV ' y lift . yis ''; a general of ;/ b ^ g ^ e ^ iBf ^ saW the girl ; >^ tta ^ g ~ ' 4 t / ihe '^ ao ^ r '' < c > f . A IjouIeTm Totili ^ K ^ ' ^ tnd her ypratli Q& $ was only eighteen ) anther gre ^ t ^ with hen He immediately had her seized by his soldiers , placed in a carriage , ; : ' Wn 4 ;^ ti ^ i- \^^^^^\ viilage . ; I ^ ot , ti evp ^ nts ^ of ^^ hej- ' glfi ? commenced tlteir search a ]|§ £ | ii : ei ^ more distant viUfge ^ a $$ lf ^ k : uph i <^ q ^^ fisfiu ^ y . ^ Ee ^ ckcUtlie girl uji 3 n a chanibefy and placed a " wate& over ntlr , but ¦ stie ' fducfd mean&to speak with

      iheititstress of the house , and toimplbre her to save her-T 3 & ^ Snian ; went " atronee to theicTUfir ^ Ba ^ w y or Christian chieferoi''the- commune , ' and they , taking their '? horses , p | bceede d to Varna , where" they laid a complaint before tn ^ Pachai-iGcoyernor , the French General commanding the ^ towTij the English Consul , and the Greek Bishop-. Orders were sent to the' paicha to present himself at Viiirna , and he set out ; but before leaving he gave orders to k corjiciral to murder the girl . These were faithfully ekecate ^ •? ¦ - ' •/;¦ ¦ '¦ " . . ; ¦ v ¦ . ' .,, ¦ ¦ !> ' j&eneral , Williams , whose health has- now for some time-beei re-established , is expected to arrive very isn ' 6 my ; a ^^

      ... THE DANT / BIAir rBINCIPAtlTIES . The protocol vrith reference to the ftanubian Principalities , drawn , up at Constantinople on the 11 th of February , % B 5 B by the Ministers 6 f the Porte and the representatives of France , England , and Austria , has been published . This document ia addressed to Count Walewski , to be submitted by h ' irn t « the ParisConferfincte ' Si , t o , ( serve as a groundwork for" the committee appointed to consider the future condition of the Dariubjan Principalities . It provides that the Hdspodaxa shall be nanied w' life , from ' -the tn 6 si 'distinguished families of the country ; that the Principalities shall o ^ ch . pay annually to the Imperial Government " a fixed tribute ; of just and moderate proportions , " but shall not be subject to any otheic charKesY that they : Bhall nsc the

      number of thejr troops by agreernent with the Porto ; l ^ it ^' cphifcrrictlbn ^ of fortresses arid the ' institution of quarantine shall be fettled ' in conjunction with the Sultan ; that the Porte' shall abstain from all interferehxiQwith the internal affairs of the Principalities , unless jn tttb ' case of any fundamental statute being broker *' , that all religious confessions shall enjoy equal Mberfjp' and proteijuoii in 'the Principalities '; ' that Jjtran ' ^ ers sholrbe allowed " to £ q ; tefesa' landed ' property in WfaiaoUi&'iandMoI'davty On the sattte ' terms' as' the iwfivjiJs , fey ^ ubmittiTig , W the laws ; that tihe capitation ta ^ 'WaW bo ; abolished ; that monopolies shall bo radically 1 s « 6 preysed { 1 and that a Provisional , or Kai-Wata ^ fani ' Goyerirtnient shall forthwith' fee established for tfee'pnVptfsfe of a'dministering the affairs' of thePrincir ) alltleia until'the Hoswodara'aro'elected .

      110 ' * f 11 » aVe ju 3 t'been'Snfonrted |"' says' the Paris corre-^* pdti . « ent ' of the fiufe peticfarmJBttlge , * H \** t Aali Pacha haa received a telegraphic despatch from Constantinople , ^ nnouuetngthat after . ianm 6 etingiof ( the Grand Council wi ^ dlanHss ^ iof j tho Hospodarfl ^ ofdWallachia and Mol-OftWtt ww'decld < jditi ponj ( and ) an > Ottdman . Commissary ap ^ tedi 'i Tho Hpso ^ tovha ^ indelected Safet Effondt for tnotattef ^ po 9 t . ii ^» ' 44 > Muat « ohflrliof the . Grand Viaier , . b * tMtaisfcor of * hfc < . Interiors The Kalmakana to bo » pp ( rfht ^ by ^ ho ^ 6 rte ^ t « 6 saW'to be tha Ban Prince SwK ^ u ^^' ? 1681 * * * * « Higli , Court of iSu ? ^ m < V > tho GrandlLo ^ otlMJtoThtfo .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY . TheQcteen at ALBKitsEcOTT .- —Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at Aldershott on the afternoon of Friday week , and , having inspected the troops , passed the night in a pavilion which had been erected for them on the field . The review took place on the following day , when the whole Aldershptt army was present , divided into four brigades . TJie Times reports that " the Queen , who arrived : pn the ground shortly after eleven o ' clock , was attended by a brilliant suite and staff , among whom were discount . Hardinge , Sir Frederick Smith , R . E ., General Knollys , Brigadier-General Hutchinson , Colonel Grey , Lord Alfred Paget , and her Majesty ' s Lady in Waiting , " the Countess of Desart . Her Majesty was

      mounted , oh a chesnut charger , and wore a dark ridinghabit with the riband of the Garter , and across her left shoulder a sash of blue' arid gold . Heir hat was decorated with a plume of military feathers . Prince Albert rode on her Majesty's left , the Duke of Cambridge on her right , and both wore the uniforms of general officers . The Princess Kpyal and the Princess Alice followed in an open carriage drawn by four grey horses . " Operations were brought to rather a premature conclusion by the weather , which , threatened rain . - The Earl of Cardigan , attended by Captain Xowj was on the ground in the uniform of his regiment , but , though continually in the proximity of the Court , was not observed to join the Royal party .

      " ^""""" ¦ ^^^^^ " ^¦ ^ ¦¦^¦ " ¦¦¦ " ¦ ""¦¦¦^¦ i ^^ SSS ^ jj bring yen forward if you can purchase , when he can do so consistently with his ~ o * therengagements . You are required to produce to the College authorities a certificate of confirmation . " Then follows a postscript : " I bee to observe that , in the event of your passing the ex > amination at Sandhurst , no hope can be given you of an appointment to a commission unless you are prepared to purchase , upwards of two hundred and fifty gentlemen who have passed , still remaining unprovided for * Commissions without purchase do not suffice to provide for officers of Militia who bring men for the Line , and must first be provided for , and considerable reductions of officers in a great number of regiments may be expected . "

      Wreck of the Bark Blake , of Liverpool . This vessel has been wrecked not far from Bermuda The greater number of the crew were saved , but endured terrible sufferings from cold and want of food and water . They were obliged to resort to the horrible alternative of eating the dead bodies Of their comrades - and ajfewriter , -who was one of the sufferers , says : Oa the seventh day , without anything to eat , I caught a half-drowned rat , which I immediately cut up and shared out to each : it was a delicious morsel . " After being more than once disappointed , the crew were picked up by a passing vessel . They had been floating about seventeen days .

      TnE Camp ax Colchestbr . — Prince Albert , on Monday , visited the camp at Colchester , and inspected the troops stationed there under the command of Major General Gascoigne . The town was gaily adorned with triumphal arches , flags , &c . Having been received at the Town-hall , where the Recorder read an address , Ms Royal Highness visited the camp , and afterwards proceeded to Wavenhoe Park , the property of Mr . Guerdon Rebow , where the troops were reviewod . The day was universally observed as a holiday by the people of Colchester . ¦ ¦

      Departure op the Russian Prisoners from Lewes . —The prisoners of war who have beon confined in . the Lewes war prison since the autumn of 1854 , departed on Friday week on board the Imperatrico . They numbered 326 , including fifteen officers . Twenty-fiye of the former have died since their captivity ; but among the officers there have been no deaths . Six men remain in hospital , under the caro of the medical officer . The town band escorted the released captives to the vessel ; and there was much cheering among the numerous spectators . A complimentary letter from the officers to the constables of the borough haa . been published . It speaks in high terms of the kind treatment experienced by the writers and their comrades . , ,, .

      Tun Purchase Ststbm m xmb Army .-t-AU hope of admission into the , army without purchase ia done , away with by a letter ,, which , under the date of "Horse Guards , April 16 th , ? V boa been uddroused by Colonel Yorke to candidates for commissions . The principal portions of tl * iq letter ; are as foJLlowjrrrV Suy-1 am directed by th « GenorAVCommanding * in , TCb . iQf . to dosiro that you report youraeU at tb , q office of the Governor of tho Royal Military College at Sandhurst at , ton o ' clock on . the morning of the 88 d last ., for . the , purpose of undergoing a further examination in Latin or Fxejnoh and algebra . You . arc , however , distinctly to understand that , ia tUo ovo » t of your passing satisfactorily , thnt circumstance will givQ . ypu no claim to bo appointed io a commission before it may come to your turn in reference to . your stiuidlng with other candidates on , thq Jifl t j but the General Commanding-in-Oilof , wlW bo happy to

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      LOST IN A COALPIT . A singular and very alarming accident lately befelMr . Howard Simcox , a Birmingham surveyor . He had been to collect the rents of some estates at Bilston , a few miles distant ; and , missing a certain train on hs return , he beguiled the time which would intervene before the departure of another train by taking a walk in th-e neighbourhood . - When he thought of once more seeking the railway station , it was dusk , and he inconsiderately took a short cut across a piece Of waste land , when suddenly he found himself , falling down a coalshaft . " Fortunately , " says the Manchester Guardian , " there was a chain hanging down the pit at the tirae . At that he clutched , and succeeded in breaking his fall ; but he bad not sufficient strength to raise himself up ,

      and , getting exhausted , he was compelled to let the chain slip through his hands and go down , he knew not where , nor -whether the chain to which he clung might not reach only half way to the bottom . As the chain ran through his hands , they were lacerated in & horrible manner ; some of his nails were torn ofF » his 1 legs were wounded ^ and his trousers ripped into shreds . The chain , however , did reach to the bottom of the shaft , some thirty 01 forty yards beneath the surface , where he fell with a heavy shock which sprained his ankle , and for the time rendered him insensible . On recovering consciousness ,

      he endeavoured to make himself heard by shouting and rattling the chain ; but the place was lonely and unfrequented , and no aid was afforded to him . " For three days and nights , he remained in this dismal subterranean prison , though he frequently repeated his cries and his shaking of the chain . ' Some water had collected at the bottom of the shaft , with which he slaked his thirst ; bat he suffered greatly from hunger . Still , he never despaired ; and , on the Thursday afternoon following the Monday on which he fell down the hole , his cries were heard by a boatman on an adjacent canal ) and he was rescued . He lies in some danger , but it is thought he will recover .

      Another incident , of a very similar nature , excepting in the more speedy release of the sufferer , is reported by the Carlish Patriot as having occurred at the Wellington Colliery , Whitehaven . "A man named Joseph Reid , who for several years has discharged , the duties of banksman , was in the act of removing a full basket of coals from the cage , and replacing an empty one , when a portion of the basket caught his clothes , and he was flung head foremost into the shaft . With great presence of mind , he seized hold off the stationary rope , against which he was thrown , and this , to some extent , checked his momentum . He grasped the rope firmly in his arms , but continued to slide down a distance of about twenty

      fathoms before he was able completely to arrest his descent ; and the friction of the rope notonly wore away his clothes , but even the skin and a portion of the flesh from the inside of hisarms . Still ho held on , and when he succeeded in bringing himself to a standstill , ho managed to twist his logs round the rope , which in some measure relieved his arms 5 but ho was unablo to reverse his position . Prompt measures were taken to release him , though at that time little hope was entertained of saving his life . On the engine being set in motion , a now danger awaited him , which was that of being brought in contact with tho descending basket . This , however , he escaped , and was safely brought to tho surfacewith hw fe « t uppermost . "

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      , OUR CIVILISATION . ¦

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      —T *""— p CAUGHT AT LAST . TijiutK brothers—John Ingram Owen , George Smith Owen , and Edward Owen— "who have eluded the polico for nearly two months , have at length been apprehended and brought before tho Marlborough-etrcot mag istrate on various charges 6 f forgery . The' adventures of these men form a remarkable chanter in tho hiutwy of fraud .

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      [ M ' 392 THEiLEAPEB . No . 8 , Saturday ,

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      tation in American ships of coolies from China to Cuba and other countries , with the intention of placing or continuing them in in a state of slavery or servitude , and whether such traffic ife not , in his opinion , a violation of the spirit of existing treaties , rendering those engaged in it liable to indictment for piracy 5 and especially that he be requested to communicate to the House the facts and circumstances attending the shipment from China of some five hundred coolies in the Sea 'Witch , of New York , a vessel lately wrecked on the coast of Cuba . —In the District Court of New York , Judge Ingersoll has condemned the schooner Falmouth , together with her cargo , to be sold as a slaver .

      AMERICA . The slave trade is engaging the attention of the Washington Legislature . On the motion of Mr . Humphrey Marshall , the Committee on Foreign Affairs was instructed to inquire into the expediency of declaring the engagement of American vessels in the Chinese coolie trade to be illegal and a sufficient cause of forfeiture to the captors of the ship engaged therein . It was also resolved , on the motion of Mr . Priogle , of £ T « w York , that tbe President be requested to communicate what information he may possess in regard to citizens of the United States being engaged in the slave trade , or the

      transpor-From Canada , we learn that a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry has been rejected . The ice is breaking at Montreal . The gas works have been blown up . The New York money market continues buoyant , and trade , for the most part , is prosperous .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 392, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2138/page/8/