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on her , was killed . The engine -was raised quite off the rails , and carried over two -waggons , a distance of about thirty yards , -when it fell on its side , much battered . The fireman was blown high in the air , and alighted in a field about forty perches away . He -was . quite dead and much mutilated . A special train which left Lanark at ten . o ' clock on Monday—carrying the state of the poll to Glasgow , and some gentlemen who intended to record their votes —overtook a mineral engine near Overton station . The train was proceeding at nearly full speed , and the collision was very violent . The driver , guard , and stoker of the special train , besides some passengers , were hurt , but not seriously .
A young man employed as an overlooker in the factory of Messrs . Brown and Co ., Bradford , lias been caught by a shaft in the machinery , and beaten to pieces in a few minutes . The body-was fearfully mangled . While hunting Ia 3 t Saturday , Mr . William Lawson , the late Liberal candidate for West Cumberland , was thrown from his horse and severely injured .
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STATE OF TRADE . Thr trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday state that business ffas received a slight check from the advance in the Bank rate of discount , especially at Manchester , where caution is also induced by doubts as to the stability of the cottonmarket . At Birmingham , there has been no alteration in the iron trade . The foreign demand for metal manufactures has been good , and the general occupations of the place exhibit average activity . In the woollen districts therei has been dulness . The Nottingham advices state the American orders for hosiery to be very large , while for home account the transactions both in hosiery and lace have been limited . In the Irish linenmarkets there has l > een a fair amount of business without any general alteration in prices . —Times . \ In the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been increased activity . The number of vessels reported inw-ard was 276 , being 115 more than in the previous week . The total number cleared outward was 145 , including 31 in ballast , showing an increase of six . —Idem . ¦ The hands in the employment of Mr . Hollins , cottonspinner , Preston , have struck rather than submit to a reduction of ten per cent , on their wages ; and about two hundred are now out . : ¦ A meeting of those on strike was held on Thursday week , and a committee has been appointed to solicit subscriptions from the workpeople at other mills , as well as the general public .
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IRELAND . An" Orange" Riot . —Several of the students of Trinity College , Dublin , attempted last Saturday afternoon to inarch in procession round the statue of William III . in College-green , in consequence of tlie election of Messrs . Napier and Hamilton . They were opposed by the police , and a great deal of rioting took place during the whole of the day ; but no serious damage was clone . Important Legal , Decision . — The Encumbered Estates Court has decided , by a large majority , that the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench in the case of " Errington v . Rbrke" should bo overruled , and that a title granted by-the . Commissioners of the Encumbered Estates Court is indefeasible .
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AMERICA . Political , news from America is at present almost nonexistent . The chief fact is that the amended Dallas-Clarendon treaty lias left the United States for England , accompanied , it is said , by the expression of a hope by Mr . Buchanan that the treaty thus modified may be accepted . — It was reported that despatches had been received from the United States Commissioners , Morse and Borilin , relinquishing the hope of a peaceable adjustment of the difficulties with Granada , and adding that force will be necessary . — The now treaty with Mexico ia said to contain a proposal for the establishment of a line of postal steamers between New Orleans and Vora Cruz , to run under the American flag : a force which it ia thought would bo used in resisting any attack which Spain may make or * Mexico .
The Bank of Nowcastlo at Pittsburgh has suspended , and tho cashier is reported to have absconded . —A person named Smith , tho late Receiver- < 3 eneral and Treasurer of ^ tho Bahamas , has boon tried and found guilty of embezzling certain publio moneys , and sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour . President Baez , of St . Domingo , has announced an armistice of two years with Soulouquo , of Hayti . Negotiations have been opened at Madrid with respect to tho difficulty with regard to the naturalization of Spaniards . A despatch from Fredericton , New Brunswick , dated March 26 th , states that Governor Sutton prorogued tho Legislature on that day , preparatory to a dissolution . A now election was expected immediately .
Several apirit dealers in New York are in tho habit off selling fraudulent Uquora undor pretence of their being tho winea of Franco and of othor continental countries in Europo , or tho porters and nlos of London , Edinburgh , and Dublin . Simulated labels are placed on tho
bottles , and a Swiss , named Sandmeyer , has been sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment in the City prison for manufacturing these labels . From Peru we hear that General Vivanco has left Tmxillo -with all his forces , and taken -up quarters at Lambayeque . General Caravedo , with about two hundred revolutionists , took possession of the city of Piscora after six hours' fighting . The loss of killed and wounded was very considerable on both sides . The Piscoranos fought bravely . Governor Geary , of Kansas territory , has resigned his office , alleging that he could not carry on the government in consequence of the failure of President Pierce to fulfil the pledges made at the time of his ( Governor Geary ' s ) appointment . These pledges included a promise to support him with an army of militia at- the expense of the public treasury , if necessary ; but this was not done .
A "hew kind of fuel" is mentioned by the Nexo York Herald , where we read : — " A farmer about one hundred and fifty miles south of Chicago got out of coal , and , as t"he roads were in a bad condition , he thought he would try the virtue of corn in the ear to supply the place of coal . It worked so well that subsequently he purchased a load of coal and tried it by measure in , contrast-with the corn ; and the experiment developed the fact that the corn fuel was cheaper and better . The corn and the coal -were worth the same price per bushel , thirty cents each , and the corn went the furthest and . made the cleanest and best fire . " If corn is to be consumed in this ^ vay , it would seem as if some one ought to discover a- method of- ' . making coal eatable , in order to strike the balance .
The assertion that Walker's force had ascended the San Juanj had taken Castillo , and recaptured some of the steamers , now turns out to be false . The attack on Castillo failed ; its leader , Colonel Titus— -a Kansas " Border ruffian "—got into-a mess , . became frightened , and ran away . He has since been , disgraced for cowardice . Walker has made two attempts to take San Jorge , but failed . His men , it is said , have been illtreated by their officers , and have refused to advance . An engagement with , the Indians has taken place near-Cypress Swamp , Key West . No particulars are yet known , except that tlie United States troops suffered considerable loss . Nearly the whole of the business portion of-the town of Plymouth , Iowa , was destroyed by fire on the 23 rd nit . The loss is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars .
An anti-Comoiifort rebellion has broken out at Jugula , Mexico . The rebels entered the town , shot the Mayor and several inhabitants , and marched on to Tuscpan , the Indians committing great ravages . A negro at Flemingsburg , Kentucky , has murdered his master , in revenge for frightful ill usage both of himself and ivife . The man and woman fled into the thickets after the assassination , but they were soon pursued , and the woman drowned herself in a stream . The husband was captured , confessed the act , justified it , and , being tried and found guilty , was sentenced to death . In the same city , a young white man , who murdered another in the open streets , has been acquitted .
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T * HE ORIENT . SIAM . The King of Siam , in order to carry into execution the treaties concluded between him and several European nations , hud -published the following etlict : — "We , Sovereign of the country of Siam , the States of Laos , of Cambodia , of Malacca , and of Djoukseylon , wishing that the treaties we have concluded with the powerful nations of Europe—France , England , and Russia—may be executed in all their terms , communicate these conventions to the knowledge of the governors of our provinces ,
officers of customs , and all our subjects . Wo wish that the members of thc 30 various nations may tx-avel freely through our states , trade therein , and practise their religion , conforming at tho same time to our laws , and respecting the acts of our authority . " Then follows this portentous signature , — " Phka-Babd-Somdetch-PlIRA -PaUAMISNDK - MAIIA - MONGKUX - PlIRA-ClIOJHKlau-Chav-Yu-Hua . For the King and for tho execution of his will , —Ramiu-Mahiswak , Minister of the Royal Edicts . Done in our palace at Bangkok , tho 7 th day of the 12 th moon . "
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FR / VNCK . " The Jesuit in tub Tamiltv . "—Tho Jndepcndance Belr / a ascribes to a Jesuit priest in Paris an act of selfsacrifice , which wo recommend to tho attention of fashionable clergymen nearer homo . It appears that the Jesuit Fathers in Paris are anxious to collect a considerable sum of nionoy for somo charitable purpose . Tho reverend father , who Ls engaged in organizing a subscription , bethought him of a lottery as peculiarly adapted to the pro vailing tnsto of French society . But ho pleads tho utter inability of the Order to provide prizes for tho successful drawers . What , therefore , shall be offered to subscribers to tho lottery ? The reverend father replica , " Jlfyseff . I will bo tho prize . For threo days I will place myaolf at tho cntiro and absolute disposal of tho
The Council of State has brought to a conclusion the affair of M . de Dreux Breze , the Bishop of Moulins , TC ] 10 was accused of abuse of authority , in having suspended certain clergymen without sufficient cause , in publishing synodal statutes contrary to law , and in a general int fraction of the Concordat existing between France and the Pope . The decision ( which was condemnatory of the Bishop ) was arrived at by a very large majority there being only four dissentients . One of these ' M . Coruhdet , spoke warmly in favour of the Bishop ' and
drawer of the prize . " When we add that the hn ^ T the lottery are exclusively ladies w thint ^ rSfn self-sacrifice on the part o / the £ ^ £ 5 * ^' will be dul y appreciated . " ^ er ^^ fj ' The Pbess in France . —The Proares du Pas a ? A , / the journal in which the present Er ^ eror O fth 7 &-was wpnt to publish his meditations as " fh ~ p risoner of Ham , has been suppressed for \* ° -i cicles recommending the liberal party to v « to < u the forthcoming elections in France . Marshal Magnan , as Commander of the Army of Paris , has just issued an order to the effect that all Jewish soldiers shall be exempt from service during the solemnities of Easter , commencing on the 8 th and end ing on the evening of the , 18 th , in order that these men may be able to perform their religious duties . Thev were also allowed on Wednesday and Thursday to remain out of quarters until eleven o ' clock at night .
proposed that a new Concordat should be concluded . It is stated by the Prefect of the department ( the Allier ) in which the Bishop ' s diocese is situated , that , were the ecclesiastic to present himself in public ' he would probably bc insulted and even roughl y USC ( j-The finding of the Council of State will be communicated to the Court of Home . —" With regard to the affair of the Bishop of Moulins , " writes the Times ¦ correspondent , "it is said that the Pope has not demanded his resignation , as his Holiness did in the case of the Bishops of Lucon and Pamieres , but that he , has written to the
prelate in friendly terms , recommending him to be more indulgent and conciliatory in future . Moreover , in consequence of the friendly intervention of the Pope and oi some eminent prelates , and notwithstanding ; the decision of the Council of State , a better understanding has been established between the Government and M , de Drevx-Brezc . Marshal Pelissier , who it appears is an intimate friend of the Bishop ,- has assisted in bringing about a reconciliation . " The ship Catinat , which was sent in search of the sailors belonging to the Anais— the vessel seized by the Coolies on board , who murdered some of the crew—hm taken away the meu who were put : on shore . The body of the murdered commandei-, Captain Cavignac , has been found , and buried .
Some Government functionaries who attended the funeral of ' Madame ; de Larochejaf ^ uelein were dismissed orrebukt'd , as it was . thought the act savoured of a . too great partiality for the Bourbons . The deceased lady's son , who , so for from being , a Bourbonite , is a member of the present Imperial 'Senate , was so indignant at this that lie resigned Iii . s senatorial position . But the discharged functionaries were restored , and the Marquis retains his position .
TUKKEV . Riza Bey has been named Ambassador of the Force at St . Petersburg . An energetic notti relative to the tleHnutation of the Turkish and 1 ' ursian frontiers has luen presented to the Government of the Shah by the Sultan ' s Envoy . In two cases , Christian witnessed have given evidence against Turks in Uosnia , and in both the Mussulmans were found guilty . The passport or card of identity system has been introduced into Bosnia . l 'ivc hundred houses have been destroyed , by a great fire nt Salon ica . The Turkish Gazette announces the formation of n permanent diplomatic mission at St . Petersburg . This has not previously existed . The Sultan visited Lord Lyons on board tho Koyal Albert on tho . afternoon of tho 27 th ult .
AUSTHIA . General Count Maiv . iani , who commanded the Austrian troops in Wallachia , has been named ( iovernor-General of Transylvania and the Bukovinn . Ho U to leave without delay for his post , in order to receive the Emperor on his visit to Transylvania in May . Tho Hungarian party in Vienna U much dejected , because it is aware of what took place at a Ctibinot Council which wjis held ubout ten days ago . 'H >« Emporor , who presided , most positively stated fliat it was not liia intention to mnke any changes , cither in the
form , of government or in tho political division of Hungary . Tho Hungarians believed tlHit a very cxtcn . fivu sphere of action would be granted to tho " repre . ii'iitation" of the country , and that tho Ternc'sdi Uaimt ami Servian Voivodinu would again form , a part of tno kingdom , but thny are now awuro that they have ilccoivod thuiUKclvcrt . A general nnmesl . y will be granted . real griuvuncos redressed , and perhaps hoiuo taxes kmitted , but tho principle of tho unity of tho empire will ho moat rigidly maintained—Time * \ 'ienna Cont . yiidentApril 1 .
, Count Wimpfloi ) , a Protestant , ban been appointed to tho comiiiaiul of tin : First Army , the head-quarters ot which are situated at Vienna .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 11, 1857, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2188/page/4/
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