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AMERICA . Vbbt little political news of European interest reaches ¦ us from the United States this week . Congress Is discussing financial matters , hut has not yet come to anj decision ; and the Pennsylvanian Legislature has presented a resolution instructing their Senators to vote for the admission of Kansas as a free state . At Albion , New York , a serious riot between the Irish labourers employed on the canal and the Americans was going on at the departure of the steamer . The Irish had got drank , and became quarrelsome ; knives and other weapons were used , and two Irishmen had been killed , and four Americans dangerously wounded .
Intelligence from Nicaragua received at New York reports that Colonel Lockridge , with two hundred and fifty men , had possession of Punta Arenas ; but the Costa Rican force , of one thousand men , held every other point on the river . It is confirmed that General Henningsen had beaten the allies at Granada , and joined Walker at Rivas . Walker's army is reported to have been in good spirits and confident of success , -while the allies were fighting among themselves . The steamship San Carlos left Virgin Bay with passengers on the 3 rd of January , but was captured by the Costa Ricans soon
after she got into the river . The Costa Rican 3 have also seized the river boats running from Greytown to Lake Nicaragua , and stopped the communication between that place and Walker ' s forces . In this they have been aided by a party of Americans sent out by Mr . Vanderbilt , who has been exasperated into this course by Walker confiscating his property in Nicaragua . An American steamer * arriving at Greytown with about one hundredy ^ ahd fifty men and some provisions for Walker ' s §< ssistance , was obliged to remain there , having no boatS jJa -which to ascend the river . Mejflco is still in a state of revolution . The
insurggQJKr-vvere posted at San Luis Potosi ; but an army Beaded by General Parrodi has marched against them , and Vidaurri ( lately at the head of the rebellion ) has contributed 1800 men commanded by himself , to aid in the suppression of the outbreak . The rebels have left the city of San Luis , and taken refuge in the Sierra . Alvarez , moreover , though according to the advices last received he had determined on supporting the Government of Comonfort , has again raised the standard of sedition . Thwarted by Congress in an attempt to extend his authority , he has excited some of his followers to
ravage several of the principal districts of the country . Being himself a mulatto , he has committed several horrible atrocities upon Mexicans of purely Spanish blood , and upon such of the Spaniards themselves as are settled in the country . The cry of " Death , to the Spaniards ! " has been raised , and the menaced population have fled , leaving their property behind . Alvarez has long been known as " the panther of the South ; " and his followers are notorious criminals . Senor SoTela , the Spanish charge d ' affaires , has intimated to the Government that the relations between the two countries will be seriously jeopardized unless vigorous measures of
repression are at once adopted . The result of this state of things is that trade is in a deplorable condition , while the prospects of the foreign debt being redeemed grow less and less every day , all the money belonging to the bondholders being seized by the Government . —A diplomatic disagreement with the United States Minister , Mr . Forsyth , seems to be imminent , owing to the determination of that gentleman not to fulfil certain forms of etiquette . —Peru is also in a state of revolution . The allegations in the petition of the inhabitants of Carson Valley in the territory of Utah , praying to be relieved from the oppression of Mormon government by annexation to the state of California , have been published in the report of the Committee of Territories . The committee report hgainat this suggestion , and speak of the proposed bijl for the prevention and punishment of polygamy a 8 the only euro for the scandals of Morm on lam .
qi ^ fT ^ TT ^ ^ T ™ Tlim 0 ™ ly re-elected to the Senate of the United States by the Legislature , of Mas-
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IRELAND . Thb Enoumbkrkd Estates Court . — The business of ftia court has been nearly brought to a stop , owing to the indisposition of the two commissioners who have been fearfully overworked , and who , notwithstanding thoir zealous devotion to their business , have left vorv large arrears . It is stated that there are sovon hundred petitions pending in Baron Riohards ' a office , and five hundred abstracts of title lying in his chambers unread —fife Justice Keogh , of the Court of Common Ploa 8 " and other legal gentlemen , aro also on the aick list '
Young Ireland becoming UKOALLANr- —The Nation has been upbraiding the Queen , the Duchess of Sutherland ( sister of the Lord Lieutenant ) , and Lady Palmerston , for exercising an undue influence in the Government and in the filling-up of vacant offices . The writer acknowledges that maxim of the constitution which declares that the King can do no wrong , but adds that "the inerrancy is nowhere attributed to a Queen . " This is like the argument of the toper in Fielding , who sees no objection to getting drunk with punch , because punch is a liquor " nowhere spoken against in Scripture . "
The Kingston Estates . —A case of alleged forgery of a lease has been argued before the Irish Court of Chancery . John Condon , a humble man of the farming class , filed a petition to enforce the specific performance of an agreement in writing for a lease , dated in 1840 , of about thirty acres of land . The agreement was executed by the Earl of Kingston , and the defence advanced by him is that the signature is a forgery . The handwriting is nearly obliterated ; and there was much swearing on both sides as to its authenticity . Finally , the Lord Chancellor said he would direct an issue , if the petitioner desired it , to try the genuineness of the document , when both Condon and Lord Kingston could be examined .
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STATE OF TRADE . Thb trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the "week ending last Saturday contain little of importance ; but , with the exception of the Manchester markets , the general tendency has still been towards increased employment and higher prices . The heaviness in cotton goods is chiefly consequent upon the caution induced by the uncertainty regarding the raw material . At Birmingham , the demand for iron is well maintained , and , ¦ with respect to the general occupations of the place , the
only drawback appears to consist in the constant rise in copper and other metals . The Nottingham advices describe an animate ?* colonial and home demand for hosiery , -while the lace trade is also active . Many new factories are in course of construction , and there is a great scarcity of hands . In the woollen districts , the home and export demand has been equally good ; stocks are low , and employment general . In the Irish linenmarkets there has been a full business , in some instances at improved prices . —Times .
In the general business of the port of London during the same week , there has been a considerable falling off in the arrivals . The number of vessels reported inward was 109 , being 45 less than in the previous week . The total number of ships cleared outward was 101 , showing an increase of 16 . The number on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 68 , being 3 more-than at the last account . Of these , 9 are for Adelaide , 5 fox Geelong , 4 for Hobart Town , 3 for Launceston , 3 for Melbourne , 3 for New Zealand , 21 for Port Philip , 1 for Portland Bay , 17 for Sydney , 1 for Swan River , and 1 for Wellington . —Idem .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A bian has died at Deptford under very painful circumstances . He was passing over the Creek-bridge , near Deptford Victualling-yard , on a rainy night , about three weeks ago . After he had proceeded some way over the bridge , a penny toll was demanded . He refused to pay , and was given into custody , being afterwards placed in a cell in his wet clothes . His wife , hearing of the fact , endeavoured to procure bail , but could not do so until five o'clock in the morning . By that time the poor man was extremely ill ; and at the appointed hour he found great difficulty in attending before a magistrate , by whom he was fined five shillings . He then went home , took to his bed , and has since died . A question arises whether his imprisonment was leeral .
Two farm labourers have been suffocated at Brompton , Chatham , by inhaling the fumes of Joyce ' s patent fuel , which had been taken into their bedroom in a stove , to warm the chamber . At five o ' clock in the morning , both were found dead . The stove had frequently been used before without any ill effect . A man suddenly dropped down dead on Wednesday night in the Wesleyan chapel , Kensington , where there was a temperance meeting . He . had brought a friend with him to sign the pledge . Tho body of a man named James Edwards was found on Thursday morning under tho ice in the Sorpentino . It is supposed that ho had gono to tho river during tho night , with tho intention of preparing accommodation for the skaters of the following day , as ho had brought with him a bedstead and some chairs .
Mr . William King Norman , wlio hns been for many years tho secretary of the Reform Club , lias died suddenly from tho effects of nn over-close of laudanum , which he had taken , according to habit , to allay tho pain arising from , ono of his legs which ho broke some timo since . A verdict of " Accidental Poisoning" was returned b y tho coroner ' s jury .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FUANCI 5 . Somk reductions aro to bo made in tho oxpennos of the state . The army is to be gradually reduced by 46 , 000 , thus , as it ia calculated , effecting a saving of 2 < 5 , 000 , 000 francs . In the navy , reductions will bo made by Avlneh 10 , 000 , 000 francs will bo saved ; nnd in nearly all branches of tho administration cuttings down of expenditure will bo enforced , so that it is anticipated tho total gnin to the nation will be about 100 , 000 , 000 franca . M . Bonnechoso , DiBhop of Kvreux , ia named Archbishop of Toui-h , in plnco of M . Morlot , appointed to Paris . Tho Revue dc Paris has been suspended for a month , on account of an admiring notice of a book published at Loip . sic , in which there wore several covert insinuations against tho King of Prussia . The work was published
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on the night of Thursday week that the execution was to take place on the following morning . The order was conveyed to the prison of La Roquette at midnight bv the executioner himself . By two o ' clock in the morn ing the scaffold was erected in front of the pr ison where a large crowd congregated , including several persons who had arrived in carriages . It is stated that several English went over to Paris to see the conclusion of this horrible tragedy , which has crowded within the space of one month an unusual amount of crime , misery , despair violence , and dark suspicion against an important part of French society-. The convict exhibited a great deal of feverish anxiety on the Thursday evening . He still clung to the hope that the Emperor would commute his
punishment to banishment ; but , on retiring to rest bj s sleep for the first few hours was feverish and disturbed ; From two to half-past seven , however , he reposed with great calmness . At the last-named hour , the Director of the Prison , the Inspector-Genera ] , the Chief of Police and the Chaplain ( Abbe Hugon ) , came to awaken him and prepare him for death . He looked from face to face bewildered and terrified . At length he exclaimed that it was impossible he was then to die . He -was assured that it was but too true ; on which he became furious exclaiming , "I will not die ! I cling to life . My life is my own , and you have no right to take it from me "
The chaplain endeavoured to console him ; but he burst out into revilings , and implored the Director of the prison to grant him an hour— - "but cne hour" in order that he might send an express to the Emperor . The Director told him it was impossible . "Impossible !" Verger repeated . " I -will not die—I will not . I will defend myself to the last . You may murder me in this cell , but from it I will not stir . " Throwing himself on the bed , he clung to it with desperate tenacity , and the gaolers were obliged to drag him off and dress him by main force . The convict then seemed to give up the struggle , and relapsed for a time into a state of prostration .
The executioner entered the cell at a quarter to eight , and prepared Verger for the scaffold . The convict threatened to kick him , and added , " Big as you are , you will not conquer me ; you will see . " The officer said he had means at his disposal io repress any amount of violence , and asked Verger whether he did not mean to die as a Christian . Verger then became calm ; but an eye-witness states that the prison authorities remember no instance in which so much horror of death was exhibited , the criminal appearing : to grow twenty years older in ten minutes . The chaplain exhorted him to think of his soul , and the two retired into a corner of the cell , where Vergei knelt , joined in prayer , and , according to the Roman Catholic organ , the Univers , confessed his crime , abjured the opinions contained in his writings , and said that he accepted the sacrifice of his
life in expiation . He then received absolution , but not the sacrament . During the passage to the scaffold , he repeated the words , " ¦ Vive notre Seigneur Jesus Christ ! Vive le Dieu d'amour J" and implored God to take mercy on him . On mounting the scaffold , he knelt , and prayed , says the Univers , " for his family , for France , for the Church , for the whole world , and for the Emperor . " Nevertheless , according to the Times Paris correspondent , he had again , on leaving the prison , begged for an hour ' s delay to write to the Emperor . He is also said to have exclaimed , "Amende honorable—jamais ; phis tard . " The moment of death approaching , Verger kissed the crucifix , embraced the Abbe Hugon , and gave himself up to the executioner . He was fastened to the plank at about half-past eight o'clock ; the blade fell ; and he was dead . It is probable that he had nearly lost all consciousness before the blow was struck .
The Journal of Brussels having published a letter from Paris , in which it was asserted that Verger ' s crime was instigated and plotted by the members of a secret society in Belgium , the subject was brought under the notice of Government in the Chamber of Representatives , when Count Vilain XIV . ( Minister for Foreign Affairs ) said an inquiry would bo instituted . At the same time , he stated his belief that there nro no secret societies in Belgium . It is denied by many persons in Paris that Verger exhibited the signs of repentance attributed to him . They state that , whatever might have been his inclination , lie was so entirely proatrated with fear that he had no power to signify his feelings with respect to tho crime for which ho suffered .
THE EXECUTION OF VERGER . Vkhoer aufforod on tho morning of Friday week . Tho petition to tho Emperor had no bettor success than tho appeal to tho Court of Cassation , and orders were given
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124 THE LEA 33 ER . [ No . 359 , Saturday .
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Convocation . —The two Houses of Convocation of the province of Canterbury met on Wednesday , and again on Thursday and Friday , when they discussed several matters of technical interest . The Convocation of York was held on Wednesday , and adjourned to the 31 st of March .
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creditors , and to punish fraudulent debtors . —The bill was afterwards brought up , and read a first time . The House adjourned at twenty minutes past seven o ' clock .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1857, page 124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2179/page/4/
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