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repute by unworthy-acts of which he is ignorant , but for -which an entire people consider him responsible . He had better look to it before the moment comes -when to him also may be applied those terrible words winch other rulers have heard , before him— ( Test trop tardf "
AUSTRIA . It is stated that France , about a year ago , asked Austria if she would like to place one of the Imperial family on the throne of a Moldo-Wallachian kingdom . The reply is said to have been , that no descendant of such a long line of Emperors would consent to be a vassal to the Sultan . During the night between the 9 th and 10 th inst ., there was a slight shock of earthquake at Trieste . A new recruitment is said to hare been ordered in every province in the Austrian Empire . The last recruitment was three years ago . The Emperor and Empress of Austria left "Vienna on Monday , for Italy , and arrived at ¦ Ley bach ' - in the evening . They propose to remain in Italy until next January . Three w « eks will be devoted to Venice .
TURKEY . Sir John . M'Neill has returned to London from Syria and Palestine , where he has been for some time past engaged in laying out a harbour on the east coast of the Mediterranean ^ and . the railway which is to extend from thence to the Persian Gulf . General Chesney remains at Constantinople to get the details of the firman completed , the general principles of which had been agreed upon by the Turkish Government before he and Sir John left Constantinople for the * East . The other railway on ¦ which Sir John has been employed is one of great interest to all the civilized world , namely , that from the ancient seaport of Joppa , now Jaffa , to Jerusalem , and from thence to Damascus .
The Emperor off Russia has forwarded the decoration of the White Eagle to Ismail Pacha , General-in-Chief of the Turkish army in Asia , in consideration of the handsome manner in which he acted towards the Bussian prisoners at Kars . The Porte is preparing : to fortify Giurgevo , and a camp of 25 , 000 inen will afterwards be established in the environs . ,.. - . " ¦ ' The price of grain is risi ng at Adrianople . The routes to and from Alepp o have become dangerous . Th e production of silk has failed , but the grain crops are good .
In presenting the Garter to the Sultan , Lord Stratford observed : — "In adding to the numerous species of glory which surround your Imperial name a distinction , without precedent , your Majesty may attribute it to that personal benevolence , to that policy of conciliation , which have associated your Government with the great European famil y ^ and the results of which , already proclaimed , only await their full execution to shower everywhere around the most precious benefits . May I be allowed in my private name to express how deeply I
feel the honour which will be reflected by this investiture upon me , the humble instrument destined to perform it ? " The Sultan , in the course of his brief reply , said ;— " I con 3 id « r this event a 3 a ne \ r consecration of the alliance . I shall speedily write to her Majesty the Queen to express my gratitude to her ; but , meantime , I beg of you , Monsieur l'Ambassatleur , to lay before the Queen the expression of our thanks and the assurance of our most sincere friendship . Monsieur l'Ambassadeur may be convinced that it is an additional pleasure for me to receive these noble insignia from his hands . "
PRUSSIA . Princ « Adalbert has fally recovered from the wounds he received in his conflict -with the Riff pirates . _ The Correspondance Prussienne publishes an article directed against the Swiss press , in which it gives ground for believing that Prussia will exercise her direct authority over the Canton of Neufchotol , and that the Government of Berlin will exact a recognition of its sovereignty . A new naval arsenal is about to be formed on the Island of Rugert .
tion on the part of the sons of Don Carlos and their adherents to recognize the present Queen . The following diplomatic appointments have been made : —M . d'Aguillon to bo Spanish Minister at Lisbon ; M . Bermuden de Castro at Vienna ; M . de Souza at Constantinople 5 M . Alexander de Castro at Turin ; the Marquis de Rivera at Berlin ; and M » Layo Quinoniez in Switzerland . The salary of members of the Royal Council is to be 60 , 000 reals . M . Gonzales Bravo is appointed . Ambassador to London . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ RUSSIA . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' . . An awkward affair has happened in the Sea of Azof . The Russian cruisers of Abasia having captured many Turkish vessels laden "with ' . contraband salt , Admiral Lord Lyons despatched some gun-boats to require an explanation . But one of these boats , the Badger , was desirous to penetrate into the sea of Azof ; when the Russians refused her the permission to pass the Strait of Yeni-Kaleh , and ultimately fired upon her . In consequence of this event , the Ouracoa has been despatched to the Black Sea , and-will proceed to Odessa or Yeni-Kaleh . The English , it is said , interdict the approach of Russian ships to the Isle of Serpents .
"We learn from St . Petersburg that a considerable corps of Russian troops is concentrated on the frontiers of Persia and Turkey , to give effect , in case of need , to the influence of Russia , if the affairs of Persia arid Afghanistan should assume a serious character . It is stated in a Prussian paper that Russia is-willing to renounce her claim to the Isle of Serpents , but that she will not give up Bolgrad . Prince Woronzoff died at Odessa on the , 1 . 8 th inst . There is a report in Paris that the Emperor of Russia las instructed a broker to purchase l , 0 O 0 , 00 Of . of French Rentes , an amount which represents at par a . capital of -upwards of 33 , 000 , 000 f . It is thought that the Czar ¦ will continue his purchase so long as the Rente remains under 7 Of . ' \
.- ¦ . . . ¦ . •¦ - . ¦ GER 3 UNV . . ¦ Very great excitement prevails in Bavaria at the High Consistory of the Lutheran Church insisting on " confession sind strict church discipline . " The laymen declare they will not consent to any otlier than the public and general confession , which is customary at certain stated periods .
DEXSIAEK . The King has had an attack of erysipelas in the face ; but he is going on favourably . It is rumoured that he wishes to abdicate , and to retire to S-witzerland , and into private life , with the Countess Daimer . In this case , his uncle , Prince Ferdinand , willsucceed him . . ¦ '¦• . - ¦ .. ¦ - ¦¦ . '" : ¦ ¦ 1 TA 1 . Y . ' 'V ¦ ' ¦ '• ¦" ¦ . ' ¦ ' . The Sardinian Government has despatched a frigate to the Indian Ocean , to take on board , from Ceylon , the Duke of Valambreso , who has been at Ava on a special mission to the Burmese Emperor . BELGIUM . It is announced that the Princess Charlotte , daughter of King Leopold of Belgium , is about to be married to the Archduke Maximilian , second brother of the Austrian Emperor .
SWTTZBRLAND . The affair of the Prussian claim to Ncufehatel is likely to be still further complicated , it is said , by a curious incident which has just been brought to light . Six autograph letters of Frederick Williain II . have been found amongst the archives of the canton , which prove that the annexation of the principality of Neufchatel at the beginning of the eighteenth century did not take place by an act of feudal homage , but was the result of an adjudication to the highest bidder , proposed by the cantonal judges . The Swiss federal government intends to publish these letters , the dates of which are between 1711 and 1719 , and their contents arc relied upon as a refutation of the pretensions which , are now advanced by tho King of Prussia . —Daily News .
At the elections for the grand council wliich have just taken place at Geneva , the radicals have triumphed alike over the conservatives and the socialists . M . i ' azy is at the head of the successful candidates . Among other councillors we observe the names of General Dufour and General Klapka , tho well-known defender of Comorn , who has recently become a naturalized citizen of Geneva . —Idem .
SPAIN . We gather some Spanish news from a recent letter of the Times Paria correspondent , who writes : —" Queen Maria Christina left Paris on the 12 th inst . -with her family , en route for Some , where she purposes residing , ¦ with her daughter , the Princess Deldrago . It is said she has already received 24 , 000 , 000 of reals ( 240 , 000 / . ) from the Spanish , Government on account of her property which had been under sequestration . Another person in Madrid is also said to have been paid—but by whom is not said—18 , 000 , 000 realson condition of
, withholding from , publicity certain papers of great importance . It is affirmed that it has been hinted to the biahopa throughout Spain to petition the Queen against the validity o f the sales of national property since tho lfltof May , 1855 , though purchasers are already in pos-8 O 88 ion ; and to appeal to hor Majesty as a Christian , and aa an oxornplary and pious sovereign , to order their being declarod null and void;—all this unknown to the ^ ni ^ T" ls also flOared that payments w ill not bo nnn . r ? f aCC , , of tbat P ^ Pcrty without tho Royal consent for each inaiviaaal case" *
. U J + i ™ f f J ° " been ™ ' i 8 ed - Two ^^ s ° f ^ e SnVrSd iSatea ' thtC 0 8 Cr 0 W -rvettes / are to be A rumour prevails at Madrid that there is an inton-
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MIS C EL LAN EOUS . The Court , —It is stated that the Queen is again enceinte , and that the birth of another prince or princess may bo expected about next March . Persia . —Tho Prcsse d ^ Oricnt has a letter of October 30 , from Trebizond , the writer of which says that tho General-in-chiof of the Persian troops , which have been engaged in the siege of Herat fox several months past , contrived to put himself secretly into communication with some of the inhabitants of tho city , co-religionists with tho Persians , belonging to tlie same Mohammedan sect of the Shiitcs . He induced them to open ono of ( ho city gates to him , on the night of the 30 th of August , and to give admission to two Poreian regiments , Tho Persians , Iiowovct , had only just got within the walls , when tho besieged Affghans , armed -with cutlasses , threw themselves in dense musses upon them , and the
conflict was so fierce that tha Persians were speedLhr pelted , with a considerable loss of men . It iasaid ? £ *? thousand of them , killed or badly wounded , were 1 ft upon the grouud in the city . ' " The Widow of Inspector Rcmbail . --The «« , h scriptions lu aid of this poor woman , whose money *« lost in the Royal British Bank , have reached IUI 2 ! 2 , f a sum exceeding by nearly 25 / . the money depositedi i « and absorbed by the bankrupt bank . 1 D ) The New Lokd Rector of Glasgow University Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has been elected to this dT tinguished post ( vacant by the retirement of the nX of Argyll ) by a majority of 108 over Lord Stanley th « only other candidate , ' Sir John Herschell , wh . c [' had originally come forward , having retired .
Law Amendment .- —It was sta ted by Lord Brougham on the authority of Lord Lyndhurst , at a general meet ' ing of the Law Amendment Society on Monday evening that it is not theinteution of the Government to proceed during the next session of Parliament , with Sir Fitzrov Kelly ' s measure in reference to the Ecclesiastical Courts This was a subject of much regret to his lordship inasmuch as it was to be feared that any new measure to be propounded by the Government would be -less effective than that which it would supersede . Lord Brougham said lie had been in correspondence with Sir Fitzroy Kelly on the subject , and the council of the society had passed a resolution that it should be referred to a committee to consider and report thereon . Ills lordship therefore moved that that resolution be Confirmed by the meeting . This was agreed to , and the committee was formed according !}' .
More 1 'oolkuy at St . Paul ' s , KNiGnxsnRibGE . - ^ Another disgraceful , and at the same time ludicroiu scene took place at the notorious church of St . Paul ' s lCnightsbridge , last Sunday morning . The weather being foggy , and the church dark , Mr . Liddell ordered the beadle to light the great candles on the altar . Mr . Westerton , the churcliwarilen , had , however , previously directed tliat the gas-burners should be lighted , and when this was done , there was no practical occasion for
thecahdles . The chosen child and champion of Protestantism , therefore , felt called on to act in this alarming crisis . He rose , went up the chancel steps ( as an admiring chronicler of his progress relates in the Daily Nezos ) , and passing by Mr . Liddell , -who was on his knees at the time ( " and supposed" says the same writer , ' . " to be at his devotions" ) , presently reappeared with the extinguisher , lie went through the dwarf screen placed before the altar , and rapidly extinguished the candles and the hones of Pusevism . He then returned to his
pew , the whole thing having been consummated with such admirable dexterity and noisclessness that its effect was not observed . But " when Mr . Liddell , and Messrs . Srnith and Westall , his curates , got up at the end of the morning prayers , to form their usual procession to the altar , " continued the authority already quoted , " Mr . Liddell , to the surprise of the whole congregation , who were then standing while the Sanctus was being chanted l ) y the choir , darted off into the vestry , follo \ ved by Mr . Smith , and returned with a lighted candle : they all then
went up to the altar , Mr . Smith lighting one of the great candles . Mr . Wcstall , before being able to accomplish a similar feat with the other , was obliged to lift it dowu with its massive candlestick and light it on the floorthe congregation all this while looking on with amazement . The communion service then proceeded , and Mr . AVesterton , feeling that further interference -would not only have prevented the service from being carried on , but would have led to a personal struggle between himself and the clergy , remained in his pew .
Commutation of Sentence . —A sentence of death , passed ou a woman named Mary Wood , who was found guilty at Edinburgh of the crime of child murder , has been commuted to transportation for life . Escape of a . Convict . —A very extraordinary escape of a convict , named Charles Butler , a native of Mancheater , was effected from Portsmouth Dockyard , on Friday week . lie managed to change liU tlress altogether , leaving the whole of his convict clothing behind him , with the exception of his shoes . It is evident tlia-t he must have been supplied with plain clothes by som « one who has access to the yard , or , perhaps , employed in it .
The Fatal Collision on the Nicwpokx and Herefohij Railway . —We urc informed that Mr . M . Hicks , one of the unfortunate commercial travellers killed ii ^ tuo above catastrophe , had clFected an assurance against accidents for 1000 / . with the llailway Passengers Assurance Company , the trifling payment required haviDj only been made a few months since , lie has left 1 widow and live children , to whom the sum thus prudently secured will be an acceptable relief , and tho advantage * of tho accidental assurances granted by this useful company can scarcely bo shown in a more striking manneR This Late Loud Mayou . —An address to Air . Alderman Salomons , highly eulogizing his conduct white fulfilling tho oflice of Lord Mayor , has been propo sed and unanimously carried by tho Court of Aldermen .
PjROI'OSED ltjSKOItlVlA'XOnY 1 'OK Gl-. AMOU ( J'VNSIIIUE .--A meeting has been licld in tho Shire Hull , BridgciiH , for tho purpose of taking measures for tho establishment of a reformatory institution for tho county of ( ilamorgaft . KcBolutioua in accordance with that object wove uuon-
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1856, page 1112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2168/page/8/
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