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auspices of several ladies of rank , have given rise to e stablishments of the same kind in many of the principal cities of Spain . . At Erla , in the province of Iluesca , a Iargebody or armed smugglers , who were Escorting : contraband goods to a very considerable amount , were recently attacked by a detachment of soldiers near Cuellas , and dispersed after a sharp combat ; Twenty-six of them were made prisoners . BELGIUM . The trial took place at . Brussels ,, on Monday of a M . H alloux , a writer in a journal called the Crocodile , who published an article on the 17 th January last libelling the Emperor and Empress of the French . In his defence he quoted the Times and M . Mpntalembert ' s incriminated article , but the jury found him Guilty , and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and 300 fr . fine .
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JAPAN . The United States steamer Powhattan arrived at Woosung , in Chinaj with date * from Nagasaki to the 31 st of October . There is apparently nothing important in the news . The British schooner Vindex was entered at Nagasaki after permission of the authorities had been obtained under tho provisions of Sir James Stirling ' s Treaty . .
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VENEZUELA . ; Accounts from Caracas , to the 20 th ultimo , say that rumours were current of projects of rebellion against tho Provisional Government , and- it was alleged that the late British Minister , Mr . Bingham , was prominently implicated in the movement . .
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE The Norman arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday with news to the 20 th of November . * The colony was prosperous , and there was a prospect of an abundant harvest . The reduction of thie military force causes uneasiness . Small-pox had proved fatal in 150 . 0-cases , but was decreasing at Cape Town . Intelligence has been received from Dr . Livingstone to the 4 th of October . The expedition had reached Kongone Itiver , and was tolerably healthy . ¦ SirGfeorge Grey returned to Cape Town on the . 22 nd of October , having , fixed the landmarks of the new boundary between the free State and Mqshcsh . It was reported that , at Natal , Kreili w&s inducing the tribes to kill their cattle , but to plant extensively . A serious drought prevailed on the frontier , and stock and crops were suffering very severely ,
The ship . Gipsy Bride , which conveyed horses to Calcutta , returned to the Cape for another supply . Her Majesty ' ship Boscawen was at Simon ' s Bay . The steamship Hermes was preparing to leave Table Bay , in search of the brig Sappho . The Sardinian ship Malabar , with coal , from London for Aden , was wrecked at Table Bay on the 6 th of November : crew saved .
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AMERICA . This Europa arrived this week bringing news from Washington to the lttth of Docember . The Pacific Railroad Bill was engaging the attention of Congress . The intelligence from Central America is of great interest . Tho steamers Washington and Hermann , on arriving at San Juan , had been boarded by American and British ships , to intercept filibusters , and the Nicaraguan Government refused permission to the passengers to pass through tho . country . The Washington returned to Now York on tho 11 th , with part of her passengers ; the others , after much difficulty , got over to Panama , for California . Tho' explanations of the British ofllcors in regard to tho boarding of tho Washington nro said to bo quite satisfactory to tho United Statos Govornmont .
Somo of tho Now York papers indulge in warlike articles on tho proceedings of tho English nt San Junn , and affirm that tho right of search is clearly not abandoned . In the Senate , Mr . Clingman had in ado a speech on tho necessity of tho abrogation of tho Clayton-Ihilwor Treaty , and stated that Groat Britain had nppliod tho Monroe doctrino to tho Unitod States . A despatch from Washington snys that Lord Napier would not leave his post until tho arrival of his successor , Lord Lyons , whloh was not expected for two months . The . Maw York Tribune stotos that Lord Napier's influence has been oxorciaod at Washington on tho uUla of a elaveholding polloy , and hints that the discovery of bin warnings to tho South has had something to do with hid rooal .
The Academy of Music is stated to have been crammed on the last occasion by an audience of 6000 persons , who received the preacher with cheers , and warmly applauded him at various points in his discourse . They also grew quite enthusiastic in their applause on tho singing of the jiymnS ; The rush , for seats closely resembled that for the week-day performancesf It is stated that the disputes between the United States and Chili had been nearly adjusted . Southern Kansas is represented as the scene of much disorder and lawlessness . Meetings had been held for the suppression of outrages . The reports of abundance of gold at Pike ? s Peak were confirmed . An election for members of the Kansas Legislature had taken place at the mines , and a delegate to Congress had been chosen with a view of organising a new Territory .
The Pacific telegraph line "was completed to Lexington , 300 miles west of St .- Louis . ' Captain Farragat had received preparatory orders to take command of the new sloop of war Brooklyn , and was to report himself ready for duty on the 1 st of January , when this vessel would make a trial trip to the Gulf of Mexico . ' By tho North Briton , which arrived on Wednesday from Portland , we have a few additional items . The New York agent of the steamer Washington had announced that that vessel would be despatched to Nicaragua again on the 2 Dtb , and that all the passengers who wished could go by her . Very few of them , however , were inclined to avail themselves of the offer .
Senor Mata had returned to Washington as Minister of Jufinata , in Mexico . He has , it is said , plenipotentiary powers to make treaties -. and settle all difficulties between the . Governments . . ' General Houston was expected to make a speech in favour of a Mexican protectorate , and with regard also to the next presidency . . ' ' ¦ . Mr . English , the chairman of the House Post-office Committee , is conferring with the Postmaster-General in regard to some general system of ocean mail service . A bill to that end will shortly be laid before Congress .
The Washington Union , the official organ , says emphatically that England , France , and Spain fully concur in the line of policj' laid down by the United States concerning Mexico and Central America . .
Lord OavqndUh , Mr . Ashley , and Lord Robert Grosvenor , oonoornlng whoso aafoty a . omo fours wen lately ontotyainod , had ( irrlvod at Fort Gory , Ked Iiiver , in perfect Health . * It Is positively stated that the yacht Wanduror had *» nd , oa a cargo of about 050 negroes noar Brumwlok , Worgla . Threo mon , bollovod to bo implicated lit tho waffle , were Imprisoned at Savannah , and tho yacht had » mi Boteca by tho authorities , Tne last Now York novelty was tlio colouration of « mno worship on Sunday ovouingu in tho theatres .
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CANADA . LobP Bury recently addressed a large meeting at Halifax in advocacy of the projected' Intercolonial Railway . Resolutions were adopted eulogistic of the zeal disnlnj-ed by his Lordship in the enterprise .
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MEXICO . Advices from Mexico confirm the reported defeat of Zuloaga by Degollado at the Bridge of Iotolatlan . The Spanish Consul had expressed himself pleased with Governor Cor 3 o ' s satisfactory explanation to the American , French , and Spanish Consuls , wherein he denies the statement published by the expelled Zuloagan Government , but intimates that he has deemed it his duty to make a requisition upon the Captain-General of Cuba for a vessel of war , not for any hostile purpose , but to remain in port with the exclusive object of protecting her Catholic Majesty ' s subjects in case it should bo necessary .
General Arthoaga had completely defeated tho troops commanded by Colonel Puelas in the neighbourhood of Guanajuato . . Artheaga had not entered the city , preferring to keep up his communication with Degollado . Colonol Puelas , after his defeat , went to the city of Mexico , where he arrived on the 2 Gth ult . Several rich houses in tho city of Mexico refused to pay tho contributions demanded by Zuloaga . Tho Brownsville Flag ¦ of the 1 st inst . says that Vidaurri has organised a force of five hundred mon against San Luis , which is garrisoned by eight hundred men . A rumour was current that tho Unitod States had ofiored live millions of dollars for tho right of a railroad track from New Mexico through Chiluiahua to Sonora . The Liberals wcro concentrating around tho capital .
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No . 458 , January 1 , 1859 . j THE LEADER . 7
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" Si'iiutuausm . " — Dr . Kandolph , a prominent " medium" in ' tho earlier days of spiritualism , delivered a lecture recently in Now York on this subject . He says : •— " 1 waa a medium about eight years , during which time 1 inndu threo thousand speeches ) , and travelled over Hovoml different countrios proclaiming tho now gospel . 1 now rogrot that so much excellent breath waa wasted , nml that niy health of mind and body was well-nigh ruined . I have only begun to rogaln both since I totally abandoned It , and to-day had rather aoo tho eholora in my liouao than bo a-spiritual modi urn I . For years I
lived alouo for spiritualism and its cognates . Five of my friend * destroyed themselves , and I attomptod it by ell rue t spiritual iulluoiiccri . Every crinio In tho calendar has boon ' committed by mortal movers of viewless boing 1 Adultery , fornication , suicides , desertions , unjust dlvurcori , prostitution , abortion , Insanity , are not evil , I Huppouo ! I cliarga all thoso to this scientific spiritualism . I will Htuto hero my opinion of clairvoyant doctors . Exporloiieo has taught mu that 05 por cont . of tho mod leal clairvoyants arc arrant knaves , humbugs , and catchpenny impostors , who aro no more clairvoyant than a brick wall . '
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TEANCE . ' { From our own Correspondent ^) DE MOXtALEirBEET . "' Paris , Thursday ,. 6 p . m . I hasten to apologise for an error which occurred in my last letter relative to the result of M . de Montalembert ' s trial . The verdict , by setting aside the charge declared to be proven by the police tribunal , of attacking ] the fundamental principle of the constitution—universal suffrage- —and the authority which the Emperor holds from the constitution , liberates the author of the Debate on India in the British Parliament from the operation or jurisdiction of the loi des suspects . M . de Montalembert will , consequently , not be liable to be placed under the surveillance of the haute police , nor subjected to those annoyances previously described . That I should have stated otherwise is certainly an error , but it is one which was generally shared by the non-legal portion of the community . Nor is it very surprising that such , should be the case , for the loi des suspects is not a twelvemonth old , and it was not until the occasion of the trial that it was legally examined and expounded . Moreover , the correct copy of the verdict was not issued until within a few minutes of post time . The result of the appeal among the intelligent niembers of the community can , with difficulty , be realised in England , where the majesty of the law is never profaned nor debiased , where the administration of justice is pure and undefined by the taint of political bias > and where the freedom to speak and write is inviolate . But here , where none of these things exist in their integrity , and only partially sometimes by chance or inattention , or sufferance "with view to an , ulterior object , the triumph of M . de Montalembert is hailed with satisfaction ; what is more important , it is greeted with hope and some confidence in the ultimate success of right over might . Men feel thai Government , however strong it maybe , is , after all , amenable to that public opinion which it cannot continuously outrage ; and never among the manifold , genuine , and brilliant services rendered by the British . press to the cause of freedom was one which sty-passed the high-minded and pure-niotived defence of M . de Montalembert . Had . English newspapers remained silent , as recommended by political extremes who love their kindred little and mankind less , there can be little doubt but that results would have been very different- Without meaning to impeach m the slightest degree the purity of the judges , it is problematical whether they -would have altered the first finding . It was believed up to the latest date that no appeal would be allowed . When public opinion spoke , and it could only speak but through English organs , Government recoiled from the position into -which it had plunged , seeking 1 an issue for escape , without being too sensitive as to the amount of dirt that might cling to it . The strictures of English papers were known to have the concurrence and approval of all that was honest and intelligent in Europe . To prevent the appeal , or to get rid of the difficulty by any of those expeditive processes that have recently been adopted ,, was felt to be impossible . Then again the judges felt that the eyes of all civilised men were upon them , and were thereby fortified in the conscientious discharge of their duty . The happy consequence is , that there is commencement of restorative confidence in tho protection of the law . Sincerely is it to be hoped that the future acts of Government may strengthen this confidence ; for it is a sad aud terrible thing to feel thatthewill of one man is omnipotent , even supposing him to bo tho truest and justest that ever lived . . " ^ further proof of the influence of public opinion is afforded by the announcement in tho UtonUeur of lost Tuesday that " the Emperor , repeating his first decision , baa remitted M . Ip Comte do Montalembert from the punishment definitively pronounced against him by tho judgment of tho Imperial Court of tho 21 st Dec , 1858 . " The annoimoement , I do not hesitnto to say , does redound to the credit of tho Emporor . It ia a graceful termination to an unseemly proceeding taken by his servants in his name , but very probably without hjij full knowledge . It is as full an apology as can bo offered from ono gentleman to another , or between political opponents . Ilouceforth , I oonooivo , it will bo indecorous and useless , partaking of tho spirit of unmanly vindictiveness , to refer to tho individualism of tho caso . Tho Emperor has publicly admitted that his servants havo misbehaved themselves- —for " It is tho curse of kings to bo attended By slaves who take thoir humour for n warrant "towards M . do Moutalombcrt , and has apologised to him for thoir f / aucherio , so tliero is , or ought to bo , an end of tho matter . That Una ia M . do Montalembert ' a views I ha ' y o ovcry ,, roaeon to believe ; and if ho did not aot accordingly to this idea after tho first trial and the first pardon , it was because ho would havo boon still left liable to annoyancos previously stated . TlUAk OV U . KA 1 MCTTJU A trial of loss niomont , but not less curious , has como t » a conclusion . Tho roador may probably romombor M . Kapottl in connos ; ion with certain roviowo of Napoleonic literature which grAcud from time to time tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 1, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2275/page/7/
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