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daarri has triumphed over Garza- The whole country is in a most disorderly state , and the general uneasiness is increased by the fear of a blockade of the ports by Spain . The difference between England and New Granada is said to--be settled ,, the latter having conceded the claims of Mr . Mackintosh . The American papers contain a remarkable account of two escapes of French political prisoners from Cayenue . " Watching their opportunity , " says the Times New York correspondent , " the men made rafts of barrels , logs , and boards , stocked them with a small amount
of provisions and -water , and put to sea , "without compass or other instruments , to make the coast of Dutch Guiana . After severe hardships , they landed upon that coast , and a detachment pushed forward to find the settlement , leaving the others ¦ with the raft . Those who remained -were destroyed ^—their eyes eaten out and their hands devoured , by crabs . Those who pushed forward , frequently wading through mud to the waist and water to the chin , arrived at length at the Dutch settlement , and -were lodged in a prison . Released from this , they found their way to the British settlement , and were thence forwarded to the United States . "
Another revolution has burst out in Peru : the revolutionists declare in favour of Tivanco . The towns of Santander and Andoas , in the district of Andoas on the Tipper Amazon , have been destroyed by a tribe of savage Indians called Muratos ; some of the -inhabitants * were killed and the rest fled to the woods . The Indians threatened to destroy all the settlements on the river Pastasa . The city of Jeberos is only saved by the presence of a garrison , and the people say that , if the Government do not soon afford them relief , they will place themselves under the protection , of Ecuador .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . KK . ANCE . The Emperor last Saturday reviewed , in the court of the Tuileries and on the Place du Carrousel , nine reg iments of the line and three battalions of the Chasseurs a pied , -who went though the Crimean campaign . He then distributed medals to the men . " During tlie review , " says the Monlteur , " the Prince Imperial , who was leaving the Tuilcries , passed through the Hues of the soldiery , wholoudly clieered him . " - The Abbe Munier , the author of " Philalete , on la
Recherche do la Yerit <' , " was lately sentenced to deprivation by , bis diocesan , the lii . shop of Arras , as a punishment for writing that work , -which has been condemned ut Koine-and . placed in thu Index . The . Abbe not euiitesting the power of the episcopacy to interdict him from ministering in the churches , refuses to <\ oiY liis clerical garments , although his 15 ' iriliop has ordered him not to wear them . The Bishop has required the Procureur Imperial to prosecute thu deposed priest for this disobedience , and the question whether the civil courts have power to enforce purely ecclesiastical decrees is likely to be solemnly trie . il . —Dally NdmsPiirh Carresnomhnt .
A landslip , which has caused an interruption in the arrival of the Paris mail , took pluee a ' ' w clays ago at Pierre Aiguille a fen- yards from the railway station of Tain . An enormous mas . * of earth and rock , which was detached from the mountain in consequence , of the torrents of rain which fell on the night of the 10 th , fell on the railway , and covered it to' the extent of more than one hundred yards . An important article on the "Ts ' eufdiatcl question appears in tiie Monllaur . The ouicial writer , alter stating that , in obedience to the treaties by-which she is bound , France lias joined Prussia in demanding the release of the royalist prisoners , proceeds : —" The Government of the Emperor did not conceal the hapjiv results which
that concession might have , us it would become a sort of obligation on the part of France to prevent any armed conflict , and to exert itself to obtain from the King of Prussia a final settlement of tlie question conformable to the wishes of Switzerland . Unhappily , thoso wise considerations have not been appreciated ; the counsels of France have been rejected , and the Federal Government has preferred to yield to democratical influences which are agitated around it , rather than to comply with well-meant counsels inspired solely by tho desire of effecting an amicable settlement of a question which ,
pending too long already , miglit , if more complied fed , disturb the pence of Europe . Thus France has met on the one hand , with moderation , tho sincere desire of terminating a delicate question , mul a courteous defcivnco for her political situation ; on the oilier hand , on . tho contrary , a lamentable obstinacy , an cx . iftKcnited susceptibility , and a complete indilfcrcnco to her coumcls . Switzerland must not , therefore , bo nstonished if , >> i the course of events , aho hIiouUI no longer liml tluit £ ( l 0 ( ' " will which she might ho easily have obtained tit l ' cost of a very slight rncrilico . "
-AU . STJMA . The Austrian Government is doing tt ;> beat to cru-H tho national languages of Hungary . Very recently Count Leo Thun , tho Ministerial- Public Instruction and ICccle . iiasUcHl -Afl ' nirs , ihsikmI onler . s that on certain subjects tlio lectures delivered in the gynma . sinl schools ami at the Universities should be in ( ionium , and that five
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WAR WITH PERSIA . The war witli Persia lias now fairly begun , and is already marked by a success on our side . A proclamation of war , setting ; 'forth the Teason for hostilities , was -published at Calcutta on the 1 st of November . It is here stated : — : " In . the month of January , 1853 , - . certain articles of agreement were concluded between Lieutenant-Colonel Sheil , Uer Majesty ' s Envoy Extraordinary and Miuister Plenipotentiary at the Court of the Shah of Persia , and his Highness the Sudr Azim , or Prime Minister of the Persian Government .
"By those articles the Persian Government engaged not to send troops to Herat on any account , unless foreign troops— -that is , troops from the direction of Cab ' ul- or Caudahar or other foreign country—should invade Herat . In the event of troops being sent , the Persian Government engaged that the said troops should not enter the city of Herat , and that , on the return of the foreign troops towards their own territory , the Persian troops should be immediately-withdrawn , from the neighbourhood of Herat to Persian soil . " The Persian Government also engaged to abstain from all interference whatsoever in the internal affairs of Herat , whether * in taking possession , or occupying , or assuming th « sovereignty , or governing , except in so far as interference existed between the two parties during the lifetime of the late Tar Mahomed . '"
But , proceeds the Proclamation , Persia has notfulfilled-. her . engagements : — "So far fcacfc as December , 1855 , the Persian Government , by an article in the Teheran official Gazette , announced its intention of despatching a force to Herat , alleging that the Ameer Dost Mahonied Khan , the ruler of Afghanistan , had been instigated by his ' neighbours ' to possess himself of-Kandahar ; that , having -with their assistance succeeded in that enterprise , he meditated an advance upon Herat ; and that an armed demonstration in the direction of Herat was required for the preservation of tranquillity in Khorasan .
THE ORIENT . * .. ' - . . - . . - ' :. ¦; . ¦ '¦ : ' . "' ¦ India . ; . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ' - ¦ . . "¦ ' \ - ; .- ' The most profound tranquillity reigns throughout India , and there is not so much as a border foray or agrarian outrage to chronicle . The Governor-General and Governor of Bombay , at the last dates , were at the seats of administration . Lord Harris was expected at Sedasheghur on the 10 th of November . The Court of Directors have ordered an augmentation of the Indian army . It consists in the appointment of one additional captain and one additional lieutenant to every regiment of Light Cavalry and Native Infantry of the regular army , and of two additional captains and two additional lieutenants to each European regiment .
" An .- ' order ,- says the Times Bombay correspondent , " has just been promulgated by the magistrate of Poona , under instructions from . Government , prohibiting hookswinging and other barbarous practices throughout the Poona Zillah . Such a measure has long been desired by all who wish for the improvement of the natives . Sattee has long been suppressed . Female infanticide is no less strictly interdicted , and now Government sees its way to the abolition of hook-swinging at fairs and religious festivals . Another barbarous custom also
prevalent at Jejooree , is interdicted by the proclamation of Mr . Davidson . A man runs a sword through the fleshy -part of hi 3 leg for about a foot , and , drawing it out , sprinkles the blood on the entrance of the temple . For this feat he receives large free-will offerings ; and the right to perform it is vested , as a valuable privilege , in a body of about fifteen families , to each individual of which it comes round once in about six or seven years . These men , however , long ago declared that they would be glad to discontinue the practice , tbeir incomes could be assured to them . "
The Penal Code , or Macaulay ' s code revised , is to be enacted entire . This involves the subjection of Europeans to the Company ' s courts . Trial by jury is to be introduced throughout India : the jury will consist of five men—a number sanctioned by local usage . The heir apparent of Delhi recently died of cholera ; and some commotion , has been caused by the King desiring that a younger aon . should succeed him , on the alleged ground that the elder is illegitimate .
FEKSIA . The heir to the throne of Persia , a . boy six years old , has just died . The chief news fronn the Shah'a dominions by the last mail has reference to the -war between that country and England ; but tho details connected with this will be found under a separate head .
CHINA An awkward affair has occurred at Canton , according to a letter from that city , dated October 17 th , and recently received at Manchester . The writer relates : — " »? * k - ° ^^^ l U 18 t -i a lorcha ( or trading vessel ) , bearing the British flag and registered At Hongkong , was hoarded by tho crew of a junk bearing tho imperial flag , ana four of her men ( Chinese ) were taken into the city , wneie , it is arid , three of them liave been beheaded . « n , i ^ ° tt u hadbeen oll <> wcd for explanation and ? & *?'?! * l , arriv > th 0 imperial junk was £ * 7 ^ i 1 le T forco is mustering at Whampoa , and some of the steamers and vowels of war hav * pro ' aUottffm '' ° ™ fM a 8 tbe d < * «* water will
" This assertion , that the ruler of Affghanistan was instigated by his ' neighbours' to occupy Kandahar ^ or that he was assisted by them in possessing himself of that city , or that he received advice or encouragement from them to advance upon Herat , was , if by those ^ neighbours' the British Government is indicated , wholly untrue . No such instigation or assistance , encouragement , direct or indirect , had been ' given by . . British Government ; rior , so far as the British G ' o-vernmeut' is informed , had there been , when the assertion was made , any aft on the part of the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan evincing a design to advance upon Herat . .. .
" The siege of Herat has now been carried on by the Persian army for many months .: Before its commencement , and during its progress , the unfriendly sentiments of Persia towards the British Government have been scarcely veiled ; and , recently , the movements-of-troops in different parts of Persia have indicated a determination to persist in an aggression which is as unprovoked as it is contrary to good faith . " The conduct of the Persinn Government has been pronounced , by her Majesty ' s Government to constitute an act of open hostility against Great Britain . Reparation has be « n sought , but without success . "
As to the ways and means of the enterprise , the Calcutta Englishman saj ' s that "Government has taken from the Bank of Bengal a loan of fifty lakhs of rupees , at the rate of four percent . It is understood that this loan is only for three months , but of course it will cither be renewed or converted into Government paper at the expiration of the term . A new loan at five per cent , is confidently anticipated by the native money dealers , and it is doubted whether money will be rapidly obtained even at that rate . " Six English ships bave arrived at the island of Orimis , wliich they have occupied . Onruis , situate at the entrance of the Persian Gulf , is a small and almost uninhabited rocky island . Formerly it was & Portuguese depot of some importance ; at present it belongs to the Imaum of Muacnt , a ruler in nmity with Kngland .
The English , according- to the Journal da Constantinople , have taken possession of tlie island of Karrack . The Russian intervention , it ia alleged , will bo carried into effect as soon as Prince Bariatiuski , the Govcrnor-Goneral of tho Caucasus , shall have been ofiicially informed of the disembarkation of tho English at Bu shire .
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1204 TEE LEAD EB , [ No . 352 , Saturday ¦ ——^—^—^— . 1 ———————— ^_^ — »
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 20, 1856, page 1204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2172/page/4/
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