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stable , ¦ Captain Ruxton , . anrl two magistrates anived at Sheerness and an investigation ^ instituted at the Colonel Commandant ' s office , the result of wlnek , it » Loped , will be the immediate- removal of the NorthCoik Rifle Militia from Sheemess . Strong pickets -of the Artillery have been placed- around the fortifications to prevent * the Rifles from leaving barracks . The Beefeaters—Her Majesty ' s carps of Yeoman . Warders have received undress uniforms in lieu ot tne ^ old-embroidered tunics hitherto worn by them which ire now only to be worn on State occasions , lesterday the warders appeared in their new tunics of blue clotli , slashed and turned up with red .
Foimi'icATioxs at Gravesend . —On Tuesday contracts were issued by the Government for the construction of the new fortifications and buildings at Gravesend md Tilbury Fort . In the course of the month the Ter-• ace-pier and gardens at Gravesend will pass into the liands of Government , when the contemplated works to acilitate the landing and embarkation of troops at this lort will be immediately commenced . Contracts were ilso issued for the construction of a breakwater in front > f the . redoubt at Eastbourne .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FKANCE . \ People laugh amazingly in . Paris , at the melancholy example of the . extent to which flattery can be carried , afforded by the account in the Monifeur of the Emperor ' s doin g s at Chalons . That :. journal speaks of the manoeuvres commanded by his Majesty as a " remarkable progress in the art of war , " and expresses reverential astonishment at the " calm" which the Emperor maintained while giving the word of command for such wonderful performances . There is a rumour that the Emperor and Empress are going to pay a visit to the Pope , in March next ,, the Emp r ess having made a vow long since to make a pilgrimage to Koine . It is said that on their return they will stay some time with the King of Sardinia-at Turin . .
_ M . de Castelnau , appointed French Consul at Siam , has arrived at Bangkok , the capital of that country , and was received bv the two Kings of Siana on the 18 th of Au « iist . A demand has been addressed to the Court of Si am on the subject of the Siamese authorities not _ having executed several clauses of the treaty lately signed by ' M . de Montigny . A grand field-day at the Chiilons camp brought the military manoeuvres there to a conclusion on Saturday . The Emperor and Empress were present , accompanied by a numerous staff . There were , in-addition to the display of military skill , a series of amusements , in which horseracing and steeple-chasing played the most distinguished part . On SumUiv they attended mass at the camp , at
performed by the Bishop of Nancy , a large military altar erected in front of the Imperial-quarters . The infantrv were drawn up- at each side of the altar , the cavalry and artillery forming the third side of a . square in front . The Emperor distributed several decorations for services iii the Crimea . Tho Imperial couple visited the ancient town of Rheim * on . Monday . . The Mayor issued a proclamation , ' tho oM cathedral was ornamented , bishops arrived , and the people were enthusiastic . In the afternoon , the Imperial party reached the cathedral amid' great display on the part of the ecclesiastics , and an exhibition ! of children who were fortunate enough to have been born on tho same day-as the Prince Imperial . There was a-banquet-tit the archiepi ^ copal palace , and in the evening a Town-hall ball , With the' town
illuminated . - - A report having gone abroad that the officers and soldiers on leave belonging to the French army have been ordered to rejoin their regiments , ' the Jfantteur announces that the story is a net-ion . An officer of-Engineers is about to be appointed , to a mission to Brazil , and the object of the mission is said to be the arrangement of the boundary between Guiana and that empire . from
The French Government has received accounts Tctuan , in Morocco , announcing th : it the Spanish Consul in that place and French Vice-Consul had been assassinated . The first was a Moor , and the second a French . nan , who had bei-n for a long time established at Tetuun . It is believed that the two Governments will adopt energetic measxires to obtain satisfaction . Advices from Toulon state that the squadron at that place continues to make preparations for departure . It is positively asserted that it will lie despatched to Tetuan .
The murriagc of Marshal Polissier with Mademoiselle Paniega has taken taken place nt St . Cloud . The Emperor and Empress , Madame Montijo ( to whom tHc bride is said to be very nearly related ) , Prince Joromp , Prince Napoleon , Princess Matbildo , the Murats , together with a numerous assemblage of dignitaries , Ministerm , Marshals , &c , were present . The Times says :- — " Marshal PelisMer , l > uke do Malnkhoff , is snid to be in his sixty-seventh year ; his Duchess in her thirty-third . She had been living for somo time with AJUdame Montijo , and constantly appeared with her in Parisian society for two winters back . She seemed to bo regarded almost in tho light of an adopted daughter . . Much is reported
of the . generous splendour displayed in tho Emperor's present : * to the new-married pair . Could the resources placed by 11 liberal an . l emhusiustio people- nt their sovereign ' - * disposal bo more gracefully distributed ? Somo of tho \\ w \ i papers have aliid that tho spacious mansion in tho Champs Elysix's , known as tho Hotel iPAlbo , has been bestowed on * Madame Montijo . If this bo tlio case , it will probably become her pennanont residence , and may so . nx again bo adorned with tho [¦ roseneo of other luemlurs of tho family . It is poasiblo that oilier isplondM alliances are yet in store POlissier , who , nil accounts agree , went through tho interesting ceremony wiih romavkalilo sJf-pos . ses . sion , was not supposed to bo what is on Hod a marrying man . "
Marshal L ' oil ** lor will , soon after his ninmago , sot out for England . Tliero U no intention of recalling him from Jilri diplomatic [> oA , nor id tho Marshal at nil do-Birous of quitting England . < h \ tli « contrarj ' , tho longor ho lives thoro tlio moro ho likes It . Ho 1 ' eola a strong desire for tho duration of thy present friendly rotations , butwoon tho two countries . . Something is said of uauj part of , hid mission which Is not yet effected . IVHUVUAl .. . Wo loarn from tlio 7 Vcwu that the two French men-ofwnr now In iho Tagua havo no othor object but t-liat of convoying back tho French ambassador at tho Portu .
guese Court , in case the negotiations about the Charles-Georges should not be brought to a satisfactory conclusion . Another Paris journal informs ns that Portugal has proposed arbitration by a third Power , but that France has refused to accept it .
TUSCANY . The birthday of the Grand-Duke was celebrated at Florence on the 7 th . The few thousand troops paraded in the parks made a gallant show , and the people everywhere were as usual gay and merry . The appearance of the Prince , however , called forth no display of enthusiastic greetings . Most of the foreign representatives were absent . The Comere Mercantile of Genoa states that the increase of a quattrino in the price of cigars ( a Government monopoly ) has created such discontent in Tuscany that many have given up the use of tobacco . Those who appear in public smoking cigars ara often very rudely stopped and requested to throw them away , by which quarrels have become very frequent .
sp , uy . The Progressists of Saragossa have elected a committee whose members are favourable to Government . Advices from Barcelona state that a powder magazine in that town had blown up by an accident ; there have been several persons killed and wounded . The official Gazette announces that the Queen has received the Marquis de Turgot , at a private audience , to take leave . Her Majesty expressed her regret at his leaving Madrid , and assured him of her esteem for himself and his countrv .
From the late census it appears that some parts of Spain are very much over-peopled , while others , remarkable for th-eir fertility , are almost without inhabitants ; yet , strange to say , hundreds of the population emigrate annually to Algiers and South America . According to . the report of the commission , the'popular tion is- 15 , 40-1 , 330 : but there is reason to believe it amounts to-upwards of 17 , 000 , 000 . It is rumoured that a . Spanish mission , on board the steamer Vasco , have discovered two islands on the coast of Africa , and taken possession of them . The zeal of the nnti-Protestant journals has been troused in Spain by the arrival at Vigo and other plaee 3 of a number of copies of a Spanish Protestant paper , called the Alba , which is published in London .
The Carlist party appears to be taking advantage of the preparations for the elections-to endeavour to excite an interest in favour of the Conde Montemolino , but the Government is fully on its guard . It seems to . be probable that Spain will take some decisive measures against Mexico . She possesses disposable forces for this purpose , and it is stated that 70 , 000 , 000 of reals have been deposited in the treasury to meet the expense :-. On Sunday next the Progresistas will assemble in their different districts to make , if possible ,, a final selection of their candidates . A letter from Manilla , dated the 4 th of August , states that the Spanish troops destined for Cochin China were exercised dailv , and wore in a high state of efficiency .
The Spanish expedition to punish the Riff pirates has been postponed till the affair with Mexico is settled ; but in the mean time some light armed vessels are ordered to cruiso off the Riff coast , to protect shipping from attack by the pirates . RUSSIA . It is reported from Warsaw that the older generation of Polish nobles , who know the first Napoleon by sight , gave an exceedingly cordial reception to Prince Napoleon , whose likeness to his illustrious uncle is very striking . Somo who still have visions of an independent kingdom of Poland were delighted to mako tho personal acquaintance of a man who is known tooliuve strong sympathies for the Poles .
Tho committee of nobles in tho Government of Wilna has ttiken tho following among other resolutions in regard to the emancipation of tho serfs : —The arrangement !? relative to tho amount to bo paid annually by each serf after his emancipation are to be completed within twelve years . The amount is to be fixed once for all ; that is , that no periodical changes arc to ba made . Tho peasant ' s house and garden aro not to bo separated from the ostato of tho landed proprietor ,, and , consequently , they are to remain his property . TJu ? peasants may cither farm tho land from tho proprietors or purchase it .
A lettor from St . Petersburg says that the manner in which the kingdom of Poland ia now governed differs essentially from tho rtfgimo established in tho roign of Nicholas , and many reforms have boon effected , by Which the happiness and prosperity of tho people will bo greatly promoted .
r . Tho Regency of tho Princo of Prussia lins been otllclally proclaimed . Tho first act of the . Princo was to dismiss Von Wcstplialon , Minister of tlio Interior , who is succeeded temporarily by Voil Jr tottwwll , a . statesman wh'o mmfo liluitfaif conspicuous in tlio post o uiwi President of tho province of Poson . Ho was , besides Minister of Finance ,, and or luto hold tlio bouoiwftb ° post of Cliiof ProsUlont of tho central province of Biun-^ A Toiler of Iho Ulne ot Prussia , transferring his
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Pite last American mail brings details of the loss of the Austria steamship . This calamity will take rank among he most terrible disasters of the kind , for it is feared , hat out of six hundred souls believed to be on board . 10 less than 530 met with a watery grave or perished m he flames . The irrc broke out in the forward steerage , md appears to have been occasioned by an insane atempt to fumigate that part of the vessel by means of . urning tar . The fire ran rapidly aft , causing the . pasfrowhence
en gers to crowd on the poop ,, m they were lompellcd , some of them being enveloped , in flames at he time , to jump into the water . The scenes that took dace were of the most heartrending character—husbands . nd wives , pai-cuts and children . .. embracing each other 5 they tossed themselves into the sea , ' or . perishing in ¦ aeh other ' s arms . Not more than twenty or _ thirty esaped in tho boats , and bv far tlie largest number . of hose rescued by the French bark / Maurice , held , on to he bowsprit . ¦ Only six women were saved . _ The pasenters were chiefly Germans , as the Austria was a
Iamburg steamer . A railway collision , by which one guard was killed on he ppot , and another so seriously injured that his life s despaired of , took place at the Six-milcBottom St . iion of the -Newmarket branch of the Eastern Counties ine , on Saturday night . The injured men were the guards of a train " of empty horse boxes , which was reurnmg to . London ; they were setting in the break at he re : ir of the train , when a goods train which left Newmarket a few minutes after the lirst ran into if , mashing up the break and killing one man on the spot . S ^ n inquest has been held on the body , of the unfortunate nan : verdict " Accidental Death . "
Another dreadful colliery accident occurred on Wedicsdny at the Primrose Colliery , Pontardawe , nine miles rom Swansea . Two hundred men were in the pit when he accident occurred . The men went to work at six ' clock in the morning , and about half-past eight one ot he men came running up from the pit stating that " the rholu place wns full of sulphur and that all tho men i-erc killed . " The alarm spread rapidly through tho urron ' ndmg villages . Within a short timo there were omul somo colliers heroic enough to risk their lives in heir ondeavours to save those of thoir fellow-workmeu . L'wo bravo fellows ( one named William Lewis , CO years if nge , a married man with several children , and Griffith fell
Sibbs , nged 18 years ) , who wore thus engaged , a iacrilico , being siitfocateil by tho fatal choke-damp . Tho > vormnn also descended , was rendered insensible , and ivas afterwards conveyed out of the pit . When tho foul iir had Sufh ' ciontly cleared otf for a descent , several of . ho colliers volunteered their services , anil within a few ninutcs tho lifeless bodies of fourteen workmen were iroiyht up and laid side by side near the pit ' s mouth . I'horo aro also . seven dead horses now lying in tho pit . Mr , Thomas Evans , Government inspector of coal mines , ins made an inspection of tho pit in order to acquaint liiusolf with tho various scientific details necessary for the nquost , which was opened on Thursday .
On Wednesday tho adjourned inquest on tho Into satantropho at Pago Bank was hold . A groat amount jf cvidonco , which was almost purely of a technical jharactor , having boon recoived , Mr . T . C . Forster , viewer , of Newcastle , said ho decidedly thought every precaution had boon used In the mine to cusuro the safety of tho mon . Tho inquest was nguln ndjouruod . John Linfiloy ., who lived iu Gravol-lane , South-work , with several others , wua engaged to accompany tho removal of a largo boiler woighhig upwards of twenty-five tons from tho makers' in tho Southw ark-road to somo
works at tho other sulo of . Haling , Tho ponderous mass , drawn by twenty horses , arrived at Eallng , wljoii n stoppages wna made . At tho moment of a , gain starting LhiHloy suddenly foil to tho ground , and tho wheels of tho oarrlago passod ov ' or him . IIo was conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where ho remains without tUa alightoBt hope of recovery .
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r ^^^ -. ft VSSS . - I THE LEA-DEB . 1087
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1858, page 1087, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2264/page/7/
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