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servatives and the Radicals . The Conservatives , who polled tie majority , say they had to provide for protection during the poll , and on their return from the polling places parties of them were attacked with firearms , and two were killed . This canton contains two classes of people who never could agree . One professes the Catholic faith , and speaks the German language ; the other the Protestant , and speaks French .
HOLLAND . The Chamber of Representatives of Holland , which had twice given equal votes for and against the budget of the Interior , and afterwards equal votes on that of the "War Department , proceeded to a second vote on this latter on "Wednesday week , when the adoption -was pronounced by 34 votes to 3 . 3 : In consequence of the evidenthostility of the Chamber to the Ministry , a ministerial crisis has been produced . The Ministers of War and of the Colonies have been summoned by the King , it is believed , to form a new Ministry . The Minister of the Interior is so seriously ill that he contemplates resigning office , no matter what turn the political crisis may take .
THE r > ANUBIAU PRIKCIPAUflBS . ; Some arrests lave been made in Moldavia owing to a plot got up by an ex-officer of gendarmerie , who appears to he mad . The design was to assassinate the Kaimakan and the eight members composing the Council of Ministers .. . . . '¦¦ . ¦¦'¦ . ' ' ; ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . : - BELGIUM . The Belgian Chamber of Representatives commenced its discussion . on Friday week on the budget of receipts for 1857 . The total amounts to 138 , 354 , 990 francs . The discussion turned chiefly on thce advisability of maintaining the standard of silver currency , and on the conduct of the Bank of Belgium in depreciating tie value of French gold coins . The latter step was admitted by the Minister of Finance to have been a fault ; but he defended the maintenance of the existing silver standard . The discussion was adjourned .
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STATE OP TUADE . TitE trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday describe general steadiness . At Manchester , the market is still characterized by a general firmness of quotations . The Birmingham report states that the iron trade continues to be supported by good foreign orders as well as by the home demand ; and , although some persons are advocating a reduction of prices to meet the competition of the Welsh producers , there is little prospect of its being acceded to . In the general manufactures of the town there is fair employment . At Nottingham , business remains quiet , la the woollen districts , the purchases both for consumption and exportation have been on a full scale ; and the Irish linen-markets axe without alteration . — Times .
granted by the . Government on condition of their hPi ~ forthwith opened . The payment for the whole is £ , at 454 000 ? of which 200 , 000 / . is to "be in Lros ^ entitled to dividend until six per cent , shall have ben , paid on the general capital , and liable to canceWnt X the exteat of two-thirds in case the new mines XouS not . yield coal of the nnticijwtcd commercial qualJv Lookingat the yearly profit alread y stated to Le 2 ' rived from the mine at present in worh , and which Z " cording to the reports of engineers , could be yreatlv wT creased by an outlay of 20 , 000 / ., the unlimited demand for coal -hii Belgium and France , and the increasing facilities , of railway carriage , the terras amiear to l « - sound and liberal . . " ^
Iii the general business of the Port of London during the same week there has been little activity . The total number of vessels reported inward was 177 , being 94 less than in the previous week ; and tlie total cleared © utward was 117 , showing an increase of 28 , the number in ballast being 17 . —Idem . judgment was given on Monday in the appeal before the Lords Justices against the decision of Mr . Commissioner Fane awarding a first-class certificate in bankruptcy to Mr . Mark Boyd . The certificate is to be suspended for five years , and is then to be only of the second class , and protection is not to commence till the 1 st of next February . At the Court of Bankruptcy on the same day the choice of assignees under the estate of Leopold Kedpath was perfected . The debts proved are about 3000 Z .
The suspension of the Kidderminster Bank , or Messrs . Farley , Turner , and Co ., was announced on Saturday , in consequence of the death of Mr . Abraham Turner , its last representative . It was a bank of issue , with an authorized circulation of 14 , 30 i ) Z . j but the amount of notes out is believed not to exceed 7000 / . or 8 OO 0 Z . The general liabilities of the concern are said to be small , and it is thought the business will bo resumed . A new Belgian coal company ( says the Times City article of Thursday ) has been introduced under circumstances calculated to excite attention . Its title is tlio
Mons "United Collieries Company , and the capital is to bo 1 , 000 , 000 / ., in 10 / . shares , tho Duke of Wellington , the Earl of Albemarle , Mr . II . S . Thornton , of tho firm of Williams , Deacon , and Co ., and Mr . Wcguelin , tho Governor of the Bank of England , being trustees , while the board of directors ia also composed of persons whose position or experience invites reliance . The object ia to develop tho resources of the roost central part of tho coal district of Mons , and operations arc to bo directed to two sections , — namely , a set of collieries already in full work , and yielding a minimum net profit of 40 , 000 / a year , and another set . of which a concession has been
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EXECUTION OF MARI . EY . Robert Makley , the tioket-of-1 cave convict , was exe cuted last Monday morning for the murder of Cone " For some days previously , he had shown signs of repentance and religious feeling , and his conduct is spoken of as being free from bravado on tlie one hand , or undue confidence with respect "to his spiritual condition on the other , He is said to have been the illegitimate son of a person in good condition ; but he seemed desirous of saying very little about his family , and he was only visited by a sister . He slept soundly during the greater part of Sunday night ; and , . rising'about . six / on . Mondav morning , read the Scriptures for a considerable time with the chaplain . On the sheriffs presenting themselves , Marley , in answer to Mr .-Sherin" Meclii , said he hoped he had made his peace with God . lie
acknowledged the justice of his sentence , and gave every facility to Calcraftin pinioning him . This is now done by means of straps , instead of . ropes , ; to prevent a recurrence of the dreadful scene which occurred at the execution of Bousfield last April . Calcraft asked if the straps hurt the culprit ; to which he replied with great coolness , "Oh , no ! " Marlcy ' s firmness abided to the last . The crowd outside Newgate was . very large , but was more orderly and decent in its demeanour than usual . The legs as well as the arms of the culprit-were secured by a strong strap , and , as soon as the drop fell , he appeared to die at ouce . After the body was cut down , a cast was taken of tlie face , and the clothes were "burnt , in order that they might not be sold for exhibition . The corpse was then buried in one of tlie passages of the gaol , by the side of Bousfield .
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THE GREAT BULLION ItOBBERY . Pierce , Burgess , and Tester were re-examined at tlie Mansion House last Saturday . The most important part of the evidence was that which tended to show the complicity of Tester ; but the statements of several of the witnesses also confirmed the charges against Pierce and Burgess , as , well as the narrative given by Agar of his ovn share in the transaction . Agar and l'ierce were often 8 eenby one of the railway police inspectors hanging about the pieT at Folkestone at the times when the bullion was being shipped , and they were generally together on the ^ arrival and departure of the steamboats . This was in the month of May , 1854 . The inspector , knowing that Agar was living under a false name , kept
a watch upon him . In the following October , he was seen in the booking office at Folkestone , " peeping round the comer" at a Mr . Sharman , one of the company ' s servants , who was making up his money . The next day , Agar was observed in the company of Tester , and they walked together , talking as they went , in tlie direction of the Pavilion Hotel . They appeared , says the police inspector , to be on friendly terms with one another . In May , 1855 , Tester was seen by one of tlie officials at the Heigate station with a black leathern bag . The evidence of Mr . Russell , a booking clerk , was important . He said : — "I remember hearing of the bullion robbery in the month of May , 1855 , and I recollect Tester coming to rny office fat the
Londonbridge terminus ] ia that month . It was about ten minutes past ten at night . Tho 7 . 30 train from Dover arrives at the London terminus ut iivo minutes past ten . At this time , Tester lived at Lewialinw , and so . did 1 . lie cam o to tho window of my ollice , ¦ aiul said tome , ' Good evening , Mr . Russell . ' 1 replied , ' Good evening , Mr . Tester . ' He then asked mo if 1 was going home by the last G reonwicli train which started at twenty minutes past ten . I told him Unit 1 wan . Ho then said ho had been to Kedhill and back since omco-houra . A remarked to him that I thought it sharp work . Ho appeared rather excited , but seemed to congratulate
himself upon being fortunate enough to catcli tbe Greenwich train . He then opened the office door and brought in a black bag , which ho placed in a corner , by the fireplace . Perry , a watchman , was in thu office at tho time of tho conversation , but lie left it before Tester came xn . When Tester put the bag down , he said ho would return in A few minutes , and went away . Ho was gone about ton minutca . During his absence , Terry returned ftija asked mo whoso bag it was . I told him it was Testers . It ivaa a new bag , or nearly so , and was from llftc ° ? t 0 eighteen inches long . I had never seen it before . W hen ho returned , ho took his bag , and told mo lie would join
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without parting with the article . All this confirms the information obtained from Hull , through Captain J . B . Cator , who , writing to Captain Sherard Osborn , states that the Esquimaux of the west side of Baffin ' s-bay have been observed to have sledges this season of hard wood , with treenail holes through , and , in answer to questions put , assert that two ships have been discovered by them : one is on the beach broken up by the ice ; the other , perfectly sound , and merely beset in some inlet west of Pond ' s-bay- —either Admiralty or Prince
llegents Inlet , but most probably the fortneT . Captain Penny , who , as well as Captain Parker , of the Truelove , wintered about Cumberland Straits in 1855-5 G , was puzzled by constant rumours of ships being somewhere to the north-west of his position . Captain Penny fancied at first that these reports referred to Franklin ' s ships locked up ia King William ' 3 land ; but wo now understand what gave rise to these rumours , "being nothing else than two more of Sir Edward Belcher ' s squadron which have floated from the spot where tiey were prematurely ahandoned . "
Collision in the Mersey . — The screw steamer Canadian , in going into the Birkenhead Graving Dock on Tuesday afternoon , came into collision with the railway steamer Nun , striking on her stern starboard side , and severely damaging her . She had the railway passengers on board . They were at once landed , fortunately without injury , and transferred to another steamer , and the Nun was hauled into the graying-dock . CoNFLAORATION OF THE BRITISH SHIP BoYAl Family , of Losdon . —The complete destruction by
fire of the fine ship Royal Family , Captain Harrison , master , of London , on the 13 th of last October , in lat . 11 deg . north , long . 85 deg ., while on a voyage from Calcutta , was announced on Tuesdaj' at Llo 3 'ds . Luckily a French "vessel ,- the ; Rosa , Captain Cotineau , from the Mauritius to Calcutta , hove in sight before the fire had made much head , and keeping by the burning ship , the officers and men were all saved , most of them securing their effects , with the exception of the captain ( who estimates bis loss at 500 / . ) and the ship ' s carpenter .
NAVAX AND MILITARY . The < 1 aues at Ska . — -Several casualties have occurred at sea owing to the extremely violent weather which prevailed during the whole of last week . -The United States mail steamship Hermann , which left Southampton with the English , French and German mails for New York , on the 3 rd inst ., encountered some terrific weather in the Atlantic , the wind for the most part of the tune blowing a hurricane , and being accompanied by seas running to a great height . When about nine hundred or one thousand miles from Southampton , the ship labouring heavily and but just able to make headway against the gale , the centre shaft carrying the side levers of one of the engines broke , and the shock
entirely disabled the piston of the port engine , and made the ship dependent upon the power . of the remaining engine . It would seem that the vessel itself was not injured ; but it was found necessary to put back to Southampton , which was reached last Sunday afternoon . —In her passage from the Cape of Good Hope , the Cleopatra , on Tuesday week , when about one hundred miles northwest of Cape Finisterre , fell in with the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Azoff , with ensign down , apparently in a sinking state . The lifeboat was immediately over the side ; but the sea was too heavy to launch her , and , while the Cleopatra was lying to , with steam off , the Azoff ported her helm and carried away her bowsprit , which struck the Cleopatra ' s quarter . No help could be rendered on Wednesday , the 10 th ; but on Thursday night a marine named Hanks , having twice
volunteered , was followed by two other marines , Pine and Taylor , Bombardier Harding , U . A ., James Morehouse , seaman passenger , and T . Kiley , ship ' s steward , who were put on board in the ship ' s boat . Tho Azoff had lost her wheel , the engines weie disabled , and she was quite unmanageable . Hawsers from the Cleopatra ¦ were broken twice on Wednesday by the tremendous sea which was running ; and , at length , after the most praiseworthy exertions by Captain Paton , of the Cleopatra , the Azoff steamed out of sight , the wind by that timo having become favourable . A steamer left Southampton in search of her , and shortly fell in with her a little to the westward of Portland , She was much damaged , but it is hoped that her engines are untouched . The crew suffered severely from tLe gale , but no lives were lost .
Extrication of Two more Poi , ak Siiivs fuom the Ice . —Some information relative to the discovery of two of tho ships abandoned in the ice in the Polar regions , has been transmitted from Aberdeen to our contemporary , the United Service Gazette , where we read : — ' Captain Patcraon , of the Pacific -whaler , who had boon in Pond ' a-bay , Baffin ' s Straits , this past season , 185 C , states that lie had bartered with an Esquimaux there thxee copper bolts and a galvanized rod of iron about three and a quarter feet long . They are now in Captain £ atereon « possession , and have been seen by our informant . 1 tie JiBqmmauxjnade signs that they were taken from a Bhip which had b « m prised on shore in a gale of wind by the . co , and that sho » slept there , meaning that she wna there still . CapUm Duchess , of tho ship Dundee , flaw a patent copper scoop in tho hands of the Esquimaux f he wished to bwterft , but tho natives made off
Shipwrecks . —It is reported from Christiana that the Hull and Gottenburg steamer Oscar has teen lost . —An American-ship ( supposed to be the Prince de Joinville ) has foundered at sea on her voyage from Cagliari to the United States . It is feared that all hands have perished . " ' ¦ ' ¦ ... • ¦¦ : " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ... . " ¦ ' ' - ¦
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1206 \ _ V JM 3 TE LEADER , __ ; , [ No . 352 , Saturday
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 20, 1856, page 1206, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2172/page/6/
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