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arsenals . A levy of 18 , 000 men has been ordered for the end of May . Altogether , durmg-the year ending at the present time , 36 , 000 men have been ^ There have been fresh earthquakes in the Abruzzi , and several new craters have recently opened in Mount Vesuvius . . The King has undergone an operation ontne thigh , but the fever still continues . The state , of the King ' s health becomes alarming ; for a few days Jie improved , but on Wednesday he became worse . J . o lessen the pain he has recourse to opiates , in tne meantime everything stands still . The hereditary Prince takes no part in affairs . The police exercise the utmost rigour towards all who speak ot Ins illness . A gentleman in the cafe under the Palazzo Augri , in the Toledo , ventured to expresses regret at the silence of the official journals on the subject . On his way out he was arrested . On the 8 tn instant a monk , in the ardour of sanctity , left fpr Bari , to mtercede with the Almighty for the King s health . TUSCANY . It is now becoming a common pi-actice to take advantage of the assembling of any considerable number of people to disseminate political handbills . The following manifesto of this kind , was widely distributed in the Pergola Theatre , at Florence : — " Who deprives Italy of that most sacred treasure of every nation , independence ?—Austria . Who wishes that we should be eternally slaves , even denying us the right to weep?—Austria , Austria , and always Austria ! Tuscans ! the hour has arrived in which this ancient tyranny will have to pay the penalty of its evil doings , and Italy will be cleared of foreign tyrants . The hour is near when we shall again . be a free people and independent nation . With God ' s help and the sword of a loyal king , right and justice shall triumph . Have courage , then , firmness , and discipline . The hour Of redemption will not find us unprepared ; andj unhindered by the wretches who would wish to prevent us , we will raise the cry , 'War to Austria ! Vive V Italia / ' "
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AMERICA , The . Africa arrived on Monday ab Liverpool , froni New York , with intelligence to the 2 nd i » st . In the United States Senate a test vote strongly in favour of the bill for the acquisition of Cuba having been given , Mr . Slidcll had withdrawn the measure for the session , with the intimation that he should bring it up again on . the first day of the next session . Qenerul Houston delivered his valedictory speech as a senator , his term of service having expired .
The question of the tariff ami the proposed reissue of treasury notes oi' a new loan remained in u stato of uncertainty . Motions providing for a bill reviving tho tariff of 1840 , and lor a re-issue of treasury notes , had both fooen defeated in the Houso of Representatives , In the House a colloquy of . a personal nature took place between Messy * , licagan and Bryan , of Texas , which created considernblo excitement . The . Naval ' Appropriation Bill was passed , the amendments reducing tho navy-yard appropriations from 1 , 102 , 000 dols . to 130 , 000 dols ., and reducing the appropriation for repairs , armaments , &a , from 0 , 100 , 000 dols . to 1 , 900 , 000 dols ,, having been concurred in . Tho Now MoNieo Legislature hud . passed a stringent Act for the protection of slave proporty , and donylng tljo right of Congress to interfere with it . The British Consul at Now York hail notified through the press that ho had received official instructions from hgv Majesty ' s Government to assist the Neapolitan exiles on their arrival . _ President Buohnnau , in roply to a cull of tho House of Uepi'eaentaUvos for information concerning the African slave trade , says that the . Instructions given to the commanders of the squadron are such
that seiziires are riot likely to be made except under circumstances which would at least ensure a certificate of probable cause , if they , did not authorise condemnation . . The object has been to avoid as far as practicable all vexatious interruptions of lawful
commerce . " The steamboat Princess , from , Vicksburg for New Orleans , exploded her boiler , caught fire , and burnt to / the water ' s edge , at Conrad ' s Point , near Baton 'Rouge ;'¦ on the 27 th of February . Four hundred passengers were on board of her at the time , 200 of whom are lost and missing . A large number of those on board were , ladies , and m J ^ 7 were badly scalded and otherwise injured . The boat and cargo are a total loss . The former was one of the finest vessels plying on the river . " A Baton Rouge dispatch says : —The engineer is reported to have said he would reach New Orleans in time , or blowup . The engineer was cut in two .
On the night of the 28 th a very destructive fire occurred in Broad-street , Boston ; the damage was estimated at 250 , 000 dols . ; the " Royal of London is responsible for 20 , 000 dbl 3 . By the City of Manchester we have New York news of the 4 th instant . Congress was in a state of * confusion , as usual when within a-day or two of the expiration of the session . As a last resort for securing adequate
provision for the wants of the Government , the United States Senate had made an amendment to the General Appropriation Bill ; , authorising an issue of treasury notes to the extent of twenty millions of dollars . The house would have to concur in this movement . A proposition providing for home valuations upon imports was voted down in the Senate . Mr . Smith O'Brien had visited both Houses of Congress , and was cordially received .
The Postmaster-General , Mr . Brown , was dangerously ill , and his medical advisers feared the worst . The New York Times states that Mr . Sickles continued to receive numerous calls from friends , and innumerable letters of sympathy from every quarter . He was somewhat more calm , but " looked badly . " The papers arc filled with details of a morbid and sicklv cliuraeter . ' " ¦ We find whole columns of such smoked
stuff ' as this : — "He rose early this morning , a cigar , and got a barber to shave him .. Many friends are visiting him to-day . Mr . King , the gaoler , lias had a cell fitted up , and whitewashed , and vermin cleared out , to put the prisoner in , where he will remain till his trial cotnes off . He will be placed in the said cell this evening as soon as it is dry . To day artists are engaged in taking photographic views of the scene of the tragedy in Madison-place for New York pictorial papers . "
A fire had occurred at Memphis , Tennessee , destroying property on Main-street to the value of 150 , 000 dollars . Five newspaper establishments were burned down . The following scene had taken place in a Kentucky law court : —An old political fund has existed for some time between Thomas S . ' low , of Hawesville , and Cicero Maxwell , of Ilartfor . l , Kentucky , the prosecuting attorney for that district . Mr . Low iad threa . tene . il to cowhide Mr . Maxwell on meeting Maxwell
him . On the 2 nd of March , while Mr . was addressing the court at Hawesville , he was interrupted hy Mr . Low denouncing Him . in grossly insulting language . Mr . Maxwell and others then fired sovcral shots at Mr . Low , wounding him in the thigh and arm , cutting off his thumb , ami riddling his shirt , A general lire with pistols ensued , and John Aldridfre , a friend of Mr . Low ' s , was killed , nnd a Mr . Miller shot through tho thigh . Mr . Low has boon committed to gaol for protection from the mob , .
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CENTRAL AMERICA . The advices from Central America concur generally in stating that Sir W . Gore Ouseley had succeeded in making a favourable treaty for England with the Government of Nicaragua , and that a copy of the convention was on its way to London . The Cass-Trissary treaty had been laid on the .. shelf . President Martinez , in his Message to the Legislature on the 14 th of January * refers with proud Satisfaction to the presence of Sir W . Gore Ouseley ' , as a guarantee of close intimacy and new commercial relations with Great Britain . From San Salvador we hear of the resignation of President Santin and the accession of Guzman . Letters from Greytowri express great alarm at the gradual silting up of the harbour . Already the entrance is only 26 fathoms wide , and 18 feet of water , where only a short time ago the width was double what it now is , and 25 feet of water on the bar Now only small sized vessels can get inside . The English mailsteamers are now obliged to anchor outside among the men-of-war . Hereafter , they will only stop long enough to land and receive the mail , then go to Aspinwall and lie there , instead of stoppin" at Greytown . Several consultations hail been held by the officers of the British squadron on the subject . Her Majesty ' s ship Valorous had been compelled to leave the harbour , her commander fearing to be effectually blockaded by the bar . The 1 people of Grey town * with characteristic liberality , have given the menrof-war officers permission' to survey the harbour and to make such improvements as they might deem proper , but at their own expense . At Puntas Arenas the sea had commenced breaking through , and there was danger of all the buildings and property belonging to Scott and Vanderbilt being washed awy .
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CANADA . The seat of government question continues to agitate the Canadians . Ottawa is to be the eventual capital—that point is settled ; but while Ottawa is getting ready , the Government will leave Toronto , and make a temporary settlement in Quebec . There have been four removals since 1841 ^ costing in the aggregate 427 , 916 / . A report is current that the expenditures of Ottawa will be postponed for an indefinite period , and this encourages the people of the Lower Province to hope that Quebec may yet be the permanent capital .
A bill for the protection of squatters has been read a second time arid referred to a select committee . There are large tracts of land in Lower Canada owned by non-resident proprietors who have totally neglected their property . Persons have settled on these lands without title , and the object of the bill is to compel the proprietors , whenever they remove the squatters , to pay them for their improvements . It encounters considerable opposition , but its passage is conceded .
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^ mtoH 19 . 1659-1 THE LEADER . 361
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WEST INDIES . UAYTI . Accounts are to tho Oth of February . By a decree of tUo Senate , all tho property of tho ex-Emperor , of his witt y and of his daughters , Olive nnd Celia , liari been confiscated to the Government . Tho property of General tl'Klva , Chancellor of the Empire , Hail also been sequestrated , Geflfrarri had dismissoil the National Guard . Ho had declared void all tho acts of fcjou ' ouquo after December 20 , the date of the proclamation of tho revolution ; had issued a proclamation urging tho people to moderate their hatred towards the supporters of the late Empire , nnd an address of thanks to thoforoign Consuls for tho dignified part tlicy took during the revolution . A permanent committee has been appointed L > y the Government to deviso some substitute for the impost of one-fifth , now exacted qn eotti'O . Gonoral Santana , in a jmoasago to the Dominican Senate , lind roquosteel authority to renew tho commercial treaty with England which Is about to oxphv .
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MEXICO . On the 22 nd February , Miramon was still at Orizaba with 4 , 000 men , and was collecting forced loans everywhere . He had formed a cabinet , consisting of Larraintzan , Minister of Foreign . Relations ; Bagaceta , Minister of Finance ; and Castillo , Minister of War . Th 6 re were 4 , 000 liberal troops at Zucatecas and another body at Morelia . 7 ? foreign ministers of the capital had not recognised Miramon as Presidenj ! :. The English and French , squadi-oris were in a -hostile attitude before Vera Cruz , and favouring Miramon and the chinch party .. They will attack the city from the sea , while Miramon does the same from the land side . Another despatch says : —The English arid French merchants at Vera Cruz have renounced the protection of their own flag , and placed themselves under the American flag . A subsequent despatch states that a force would be landed from the English and French Vessels to protect the lives and property of subjects of their respective nations , unless Miramon guaranteed their safety before attacking Vera Cru : < . Later advices from Vera Cruz reiterate the former statement as to the hostile altitude of the British and French fleets towards Juarez . It is reported they have intercepted his reinforcements and otherwise ' favoured Miramon . The latter threatens to sack the city , in consequence of which the citizens have applied to the British and French commanders for protection , but have been refused . It is not supposed , however , that the fleets will openly participate in the attack .
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EGYPT . At Alexandria a grand ball was given in the rooms of the Now Exchange , on the 2 nd instant , by the British residents * , to'the officers of the Eurysilus , tho United States frigate Macedonia , and tho French war steamer Chaptal , besides a large number of the inhabitants , in all about 900 persons . Tho Viceroy , for whom a separato suite of apartments was prepared , arrived about ten p . m ., followed by his brother , llalim Pacha , and two of . his ministers . Dancing soon afterwards commenced , being 1 W off by Prince Alfred with Mrs . Thurburri . Many of tliu fair sex of different nations had tho honour of dancing with the young Prince , who appeared in excello |» C health . Ho has made two trips into tho interior , and ^ sited the Pyramids and other places of interest . Alio Vicerpy has put at tile Prince ' s disposal special trains for his shooting excursions , as also one ot the palaces in Citiro , where . the Prince roni « lo « l during his sojourn there j nnd , furthermore , daily sent on board " the Euvyalus , in honour Of the Prince , according to the Turkish custom , an nbufldiint wpii f ol provisions of all eorts , costing about . £ 200 per diem . Trade continues dull . Wheat has risen enormously high in oonsc / quenco ol U « o . demand for the Rod Sea . Tho cotton crop tlila season is about onethird short of tho previous one , and of a very infO Tl ! o q Caiflut ' ta mallri met with a groat dotonUon on the isthmus , in consequence of part of tho lino bot IconSuok and Cairo * having got bloc Iced up with moving sand during tho lato gale . Onu ot tho enginoB had to be dug out .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 361, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2286/page/9/
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