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A French vessel had been on the coast , shipping slaves called " emigrants , " and the Liberians had sought prolection from the Alectp and Niagara , which was granted . The French vessel had since left the coast .
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EGYPT . The Government of the Viceroy formally repudiates all responsibility as regards the payments that may be made in virtue of the subscription opened by M . de Lesseps for the canalisation of the Isthmus of Suez . That gentleman's agent at Alexandria has now , however , addressed a circular to the subscribers , disclaiming all intention of attaching responsibility to the Egyptian Government , and declaring that it will rest solely and entirely with , the administrators to the extent established by law . But the circular neither states who are the administrators or members composing the board of directors , nor how or by whom they have been nominated . _
Mr . Alfred Walne , her Majesty ' s Consul at Cairo , has been appointed British Commissioner at Jeddah in lieu of Captain Pullen , who , it is stated , had made a request to be relieved from the mission . Seyid Pasha , the new Turkish Commissioner , arrived at Alexandria on the 22 nd ult ., and left Cairo for Suez , whence both he and Mr . Walne proceeded for their destination br her Majesty ' s steamer Roebuck .
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WEST INDIES . PORTO RICO . On the 3 lst of October the war steamer Bazan left Porto Rico with a scientific commission , sent to survey the islands of Mona and Monito , in order to ascertain the quantity of guano they contain . Advices from Llayaguez report that the recent rain storms had done serious damage to the coffee , and sugar crops of that neighbourhood .
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AMERICA . By the Circassia and the Asia we have Xcvv York news to the 24 th ult . Clearance having been refused to the vessel in wliich the Walker emigrants were to leave Mobile for Nicaragua , had created much excitement , and the intending emigrants , about four hundred in number , had demanded their passage-money back . It is positively denied by Senor Yrissari that he had furnished these men with passports . It was believed at Washington that Walker was already on his way to Nicaragua ; and that while the discussion had been proceeding at Mobile he had left a smaller southern port with five huudred of his " emigrants . " A mass meeting of Jews was to be held in New York to denounce the unjustifiable abduction of Mortara ' s child by the Roman Inquisition .
A statement that the Government of Spain intends to erect Cuba into a monarchy ia laughed at at Washington . A Washington telegram says : — " Lord Napier and Count Sartiges are both anxious that the United Stated Government shall have confidence in the good intentions of Spain , and that no serious assault upon Mexico is intended by that power . " Advices from California to November 5 , state that the mail steamer of that date sailed for Panama with two and a quarter millions of dollars on freight . From Campeachy we learn that a plot to sack that place had been discovered .
A dispute had arisen in L tali as to the seat of Government . Governor Cumming decided that the Territorial Legislature should meet at Fill more City , which was originally selected as tlie capital , but afterwards forsaken for Salt Lake City . Accounts from Fraser River are favourable . New diggings had been discovered , and more miners were going up the river than were coining clown . Freights from Victoria to Fort Hopo had advanced from 40 dols . to 60 dols . on a ton . From Oregon we learn that the troops were to be concentrated at Vancouver fora new distribution by General Harney . Trouble was anticipated with the Walla-Walla Indians . An effort is to be made curly in the session of Congress to bring Oregon into the union as a state .
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Gaffre Chief Umhala . and two of his councillors , have been found Guilty , by a special criminal court , of attempting to levy war in South Africa against her Majesty ; sentence deferred . The general elections were still in progress . I he Council elections have terminated , but the scrutiny was not reported . The Assembly elections . will take place in January . . , . ., The small-pox continues very virulent , especially amon" the coloured population . No correct register is kept . The weather was favourable , and there was every promise of an abundant harvest . Major Hope , auditor-general , had died , and left behind him the reputation of a most valuablo officer . The exports of fine wool from the colony were increasing . ¦ _ '
CAPE . The mall steamer Colt arrived at Plymouth on Monday . Her dates from the Capo of Good Hope are to the 22 nd October , on which day Sip Georgo Groy arrived at Capo Town from the frontier . Mutual concessions have boon made- between Moshoah and the Free State , The Capo Monitor ia not sangulno of permanent peace . Tlio
. , . , _ _ _ Reinforcements continued to be sent to India ; many of the German Legion were on their way there . There is no news of Dr . Livingstone ' s expedition ; and the Cape jou rnals are not at all sanguine as to its results .
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no stage of decline- can be more ruinous , and men aTe " only looking to see what may follow Times A Hint to " Kntkkpkisino Publishers " "—Let v be remembered that the appearance ami get un of book have a great deal to do in making it attractive People oi literary tastes generally take hardest to read ing in the autumn of life , and , although they would nnf for the world acknowledge that their eyesight was » whit less sharp than at twenty , they silently shun all badly printed , roughly mounted , or too much com pressed books as they would a plague , liut whether in
fact , it be a book , a newspaper , or a serial sheet ' all people prefer good , white , smooth paper , clear , reason ably large typo , ami funeral respectability of appear " ance . Jeffrey acknowledged to Miss 1 irontc ! that seeine one of her works nicely printed quite altered the opinion he had originally funned from reading it in her own extraordinary manuscript , written on Huworth foolscapand it is the same with the general reader—at least with the English reader—whose inborn habit of neatness makes him abhor " rags " in literature as well as in habiliments . —Daily JVt-ws .
East India Company . —A general court is called for the 20 th inst ., " in order to receive the report of the committee of proprietors appointed at the general court of 30 th August last , ' for the purpose of consulting with the directors in reference to the measures to be taken for the future management of the Company ' s affairs , ' and for the discussion of the said report , and other general business . " Another general court ia called for the 18 th instant , for th (» election of throe directors in the room of Messrs .- J . Shepherd and W . J . Eastwick ' and Sir J . W . Ilogg . Bart .., who have disqualified . Ckyst . vl rAi . Aci :. —A puldie meeting was held on Tuesday , in . St . Martin ' Hall , to promote the opening of the Crystal 1 'alace on Sundays . The large hall was crowded with a large and enthusiastic assembly , and the chair . was . taken bv Sir . Joshua Walmslev . Some
opposition was-attempted by the Secretary of the Naval and Military Uible Society , but the resolution and petition were ' adopted by overwhelming majorities . The shareholders "will rediscuss this Sunday question at their seventh general meeting . The report of the directors , which will be submitted t' > the meeting 1 , recommends a dividend to bo declare 1 of '_ ' ¦ > . lid . per share on the ordinary shares of the rompa-ny . The directors say they have curtailed the ordinary working expenses of the company very much , an-l they point to an increased revenue which lias arisen from the refreshment department , now under the management of Messrs .. Sawyer and Strange . According to the report of the directors ,
the number of persons who appear to have availed . themselves of the Sunday opening by becoming shareholders is only 417 . The " number of visitors to the palace during the si ^ months embraced in the accounts shows an increase of 21 , 000 over the coVro .-ponding period last year , and of -I ^ Oi . h ) ; l s com pared with the name period this year before ; that . The directors miv that they look forward hopefully to the future , and have every confidence that thti improvement : n the company ' s ntiuiw , so evident in the fui-i ? of the accounts , is not a mere transitory alteration fur the better . They think that hereafter they will bo able to declare ' a regular annual dividend on the ordinary shares of tho company .
I . nuia Kimisk Fi - . ni > . —InfunnatMUi has lately reached tlieromiiiiue .-of this fund from tlie honorary secretary of the Calcutta Helief Fund , to the elled that their balanr « in linnd will be immediately diminished by the necessity of n liirgc remittance to Agra , and to wmj tho expenditure fur passages to Enylnii . l , which will m considerable , and that on this account the Cnk'uttn committee will require to make uso of the . credit for H ) , """' -. while , it U tul . icil , ' the committee have reason tu expect niany new applications . " ruder these J- ' ircm " ' stances , as well n . s the iindiminUln-d appeals lor uoin temporary and permanent relief wliich continue 10 ut disposed of by the London Central Committee , a »»' stunt lioavy ilruin upon tliu resources of tliofunil is ipuriuueuri , and it i . i evident that any iipprvliuiwwnw " may liuvu nrlson regarding n dinieully olMi .-l'OMiuJ . i " balance of the fund on its k-tf it in in to objects n «»
foundation . r .... Nkaj'Oi . itan Tiiikvkh . —A correspondent ol a _ , temporary hiivs : — " This class in thu » lllHl . " «'' , i , tolligont , aii ' <| numeroti . s of all others m » Hitherto it hail contontf . l itself wilh n . l . hmf , ' wot ) " J in every direction . A la . lv , for inwtnm'o , euiiW » u » out without danger of losing her eaniiigH , oi' « b » man tnko a stivJl without expiwintf him * " 'J l " om of returning minim hid shirt-Mtud * . 1 saw _ , « . ocenwion , a wdl-drcflsod man walking in H" > > IJ " .. j shorn of Iuh cont tails . One of thu nlmblu-lln ««" juat cut thorn off , hh iv short way of aaiwrt" " ° hicfj contents of tha pocket * . Ah for carrying uanimi ^ about with you , cxeopt rouml your m-ch , ii »» ' » , „ not to bo dreamt of ; mul art for a l' 11 ! 1 *" ' ^ " ,,. i in ii .. n i -a i i il ... lnL . lt ' . it irf Bt » v v . tin ! ' ¦ ¦ 7 - ¦
MISCELLANEOUS . Tiik Coukt . — Her Majesty and the Hoynl Family loft Windsor for tho Isle of Wight on Monday , whore the Queen has been enjoying the privacy of Oaliornc all the week . Tho Prince Consort visited tho cattle-show on Saturday . It is announced that tho Prince of Wales leaves Berlin for London this day . This Public Hbalth . —The return of tho Itctfistrnr-Generul for tho last week again « hows au oxcessivoly high rate of mortality , tho deaths amounting to 17 J 3 H , For the laat two weeks taken togthor the doatiis , usually much below the births , slightly exoeedod tliein . Measles and scarlatina nro on the docronso , but whooping-cough is on tho increase . Tho number of births far the past week was 1703 . Dr . Lotheby ' u weekly report for tho City is more favourable , but the number of deaths ( 72 ) is still abovo tho average .
Tiih Mexicans .- —In Moxico tlioro is not a vostjgo of nationality . Of its bovoii or eight millions of population about one million only are whites , the rest being Indians or mixed breeds ; and thoso Mexican . Spunlardo have not succeeded , like tho French Canadians , in pjo&orving the spirit which they brought across the soau . Mexico has broken up from puro incapacity for self-government . The llconoo which ensued on the extinction of absolutism forty years ago has never boon exchanged for any regular or atablo Administration , so that what should have been a more temporary suspension of authority hue proved a permanent abeyance of order , l ) o « poti « in might have relieved tho country , but no Mexican lias been strong enough for n despot , and nflulrH , tlioroforo , have gono from bad to woi'do , with iutorinlimblu convulsions , hopeless wars , louses of territory , and , at length , with auoh absolute political disorganisation that
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MEXICO . The intelligence that a battle had been fought between the Liberals and Zuloaga ' s forces in the city of Mexico is confirmed . The place was besieged by 3600 Liberals , under General Blanco , on the 14 th of October , and on the following day the attack took place , but , notwithstanding Zuloaga had not more than 1000 men , Blanco saw fit to withdraw after several encounters , although not thoroughly defeated . It is believed that he might have taken entire possession of the city had lie been so disposed . Zuloaga made stout resistance , having four hundred killed , and a large number wounded . The entire republic—with the exception of the capital—is said to be in the hands of the Liberals , and the speedy overthrow of Zuloaga ' s Government is considered inevitable .
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BKAZtL . The Tamar arrived this week , bringing intelligence from Rio to the 9 th ult . Kio and the' shipping ia the bay aro free from sickness , th * e weather having been unusually cool , under the influence of heavy rains . The interior of the state of Buenos A . yres is reported as perfectly quiet , and there is no political news . The prospects of the revocation of the differential duties -were considered as having entirely ceased , and it was almost certain that the additional duties upon produce from the confederation would come into force from the beginning of next year . There was no doubt that this latter demonstration of Urquiza would continue to affect general trade most severely . Peace had not been interrupted at Montevideo , and there was every chance of its continuance . At Buenos Ayres rumours were spread of a revolution Laving taken place at the Guardia del Monte among a division of the army there .
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SYRIA . Advices have been received from Lebanon to the 20 th November . Notwithstanding the death of several of the insurrectional chiefs and the submission of the Syrian tribes , disagreements and diaorder increase continually , and the inhabitants of Syria implore tho protection of tho European Powers . A fight has taken place near Damascus , jritfi a horrible slaughter of tlio Mutualis ( a Syrian tribe ) by the Nomados .
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COCHIN CHINA . The Moniteur publishes an official notification from Admiral Rigault do Genoullly , Oommander-in-Chief of the French and Spanish forces in Cochin-China , to the effect that on and after the let of September , 1858 , tho bay and rlvor of Tourane and the port of Cham-Callao are declared in strict blockade . All vossels attempting to force tho blockade will bo treated according to the usages of international law .
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1344 THE LEADER . [ No . 455 , December 11 , Jj&g .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1858, page 1344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2272/page/8/
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