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Leader (1850-1860), 7th April 1860, Edition 1 of 2, Page 337, Untitled Article

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      News from the Zambesi Missionary party , dated the 4 th of October , states that they are in good health . There is no intelligence froin Dr . Livingstone . : . . .-. '__ On Saturday , March 31 , the transport Havering-, of JL . ondon , with Government stores from London for Hong Kong , was wrecked in Batter Bay , by Plymouth . No lives lost . Tlie number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital , Grray's-inn-road , during the week ending ' March-31 , was 2 , 914 , of which 807 were new cases . It is stated-that forty commissioners from France . are here in "England , for the purpose of collecting ; details , with a view to assist tlie French Government in fixing contemplated specific duties . The Roman Catholic papers report the secession from the Church of England , and connection with the Church ' of Rome , of the Rev . Charles John Pratt Forster , M . A ., curate of Stoke Abbot , Dorsetshire , and ckaplain to the Beaminster Union . On Monday , April 2 nd , the patrons and supporters of the General Theatrical Fund dined together at the Freemasons' Tavern . Mr . Buckstone , the honorary secretary , stated that tlie capital .-of the Theatrical Fund now-amounted to £ 12 , 000 ; that during-the last year eleven annuities of from £ 60 to £ 90 had been granted ; besides which , the funeral expenses of three' deceased , members had been paid , and £ 250 had been voted towards the building of the Dramatic College . .-A public meeting- was held on Monday evening :, iu New Park Street , Chapel ,, for the purpose of hearing a statement as to the progress of the . building fund , for the -erection of the great inetropdlita ' n " tabernacle for the Rev . Mr . Spurg-eon , now in progress . The contract far the building was £ 20 , 000 , of which £ -1 , 000 had only yet been paid . . . . . .. ¦ k : ' . , The Liverpool ' . Burial - Board have awarded prizes to Mi * . C . P . Barry , of Liverpool , and W . Stokes and Mr . Wimble , of London , for their plans for a new- ' -cemetery-at-Walton , near Liverpool , which , is to cost . £ -100 , 000 , and to extgjiel over one hundred acre . s . .. At the Central Criminal Court , on -Tuesday , the- grand jury returned a true bill against Kugenie Plummer ¦ for perjury , upon whose " evidence the Rev . Mr . Hatch had been convicted of an offence of a particular character * and th-e ease had since attracted a good deal of public attention . i " - ' The Registrar ^ General ' s Return stages that the health of London is . far from being in a satisfactory condition . The deaths , which were in the first week of March 1 , 397 , have during-, the ' rest of the month shown a constant increase , and rose in the week that ended Saturday , 31 st ivlt . to 1 , 708 . The favourite vocalist , Mademoiselle Victoire Balfe , has just been married at St . Petersburg to Sir John Fiennes T . Oainpton , K . C . B ., -Her Majesty ' s- Minister at the Court . of Russia . The bridegroom is in his 53 rd year . The St .. Georg-e ' s-in-the-East riots , in consequence of the withdrawal of the police , are lik e ly to be renewed . During the services last Sunday the congregation were very tumultuous , the rector being loudly hissed when he pronounced the benediction from the altar . : ' ¦ ' . ¦' '' . ¦

      April 7 , 186 Qj \ The Leader and [ Saturdayi Analyst . 337

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      JL'ne jntOlllgGuce uoni vieniui , . oj , , jo . - Cabinet has resolved to protest . solemnly against the annexation of Tuscany , Parma , and Modena to Piedmont . A note to this effect has been addressed to . the Cabinet of Turin , April 1 . Count Rechberg has communicated to M . Steiger , Charge " d'Affaires of Switzerland , the definitive reply of Austria to the protest against the annexation of Savoy , addressed by the Feclera } Council to the Great Powers . In reference to the annexation of Savoy , Austria declares that she could not abandon the passive attitude which her real interests demand in that affair . As regards the " neutrality of Switzerland , Austria declares her readiness to join the , Great Powers for the fulfill no ' ufc of the legitimate wishes of Switzerland . The French troops entered Nieo on Sunday , April 1 , The attitude of tlio population was cold , Jn the evening disturbances wore suppressed . ' Saturday , March Ol .- ^ The Constiiutiunnol has an article slating tlmt tho ailumce of Eiifrhiufl and Franco ia ' firmly connected- with modern ideas and necessities , which , if ruptured , would bo the signal for n Htruggle and for fresh troubles . The JPalrie states that the Savoyards have ropulsotl the 5300 persons from Gonuva who had arrived in a stoiuher with the intention of attacking Cliablais and Fauci ^ ny . * The Jlfoiitteur of Sunday , April 1 st , contains the following article of the Concordat , reonllod by the Government , that no bull , brief , rescript , mt \ nduto , or other document from the Court of Homo can bo received , published , printed , or otherwise put into execution without the authorization of tho Government , News from America to tho 83 rd ult . Tho Fulton , from Southampton , and tlio Canada from Liverpool , had arrived out . The Senate at Washington hud reconsidered tho treaty witli Nicaragua i the treaty won expected to puss , Latest news from Mexico . Minunon eommoneed tho siogo of Vera Cruz on tho 5 th of March , ' with 0 , 000 men and a Btrong wioyo train . An attack was made on tlio city on tho 7 th , but waa repulsed , Tho Amovicau sloop of war ciipturod tho Htoiunorn Gunornl Minimon arul MLurquosy , off Vera Cms , after rofuaing to show colours , and firing on tho American fittg . The Amerioan Minister had been instructed to lund a force at Vera On / ,, lor tho protection of American citizens . Tho Sardinian CliamborH wore opened cm Monday , April 2 nd . The King of Sardinia delivered a speech , in which he recounts by

      what means Lombardy and Central Italy became free , their gratitude to France ; and in entering upon tlie new order of things , the principal object of the Italians must be the welfare of the people and the greatness of the country . In reply to the request addressed by Switzerland to the powers who signed the treaty of . Vienna , * Russia , England , Austria , aid Pussia have pronounced themselves in favour of the immediate assembling of a congress . . From Madrid , Tuesday , the news is that the revolutionary movement under General Ortega is suppressed , and that perfect tranquillity prevails everywhere .- The Bank of Barcelona has offered 40 , 000 , 000 reals to the Government . From Berne . —The National Council , by XOfi votes against three , and the Council of State unanimously , have voted the extraordinary ' powers demanded by the Federal Council . . The following telegram was on April 4 th received from India . Mr . Wilson explained in the Legislative Council his schorne for a convertible . paper currency for all India on the 3 rd of March . ] S otes of from five to one thousand rupees to be issued to the aggregate value of £ 5 . 000 , 000 sterling . Gold standard condemned . Tlie ship Clifton Bell , from London , witli soldiers' families , arrived at Ivurrachee on the Gth of March . A despatch from Washington states that the seizure of the Mexican vessels has no connexion " . whatever with the present imbroglio in Mexico , and so the . President Will inform . CongTiffiStf if called upon ; The United States Government will , however , ctefnand of Spain whether these vessels were fitted out at Havannah for the . purpose of interfering with their commerce . From New Orleans , March 23 , it was reported that Mframon had abandoned the siege of Vera Cruz , deserted his army , and taken refuge on board the French fleet . ¦¦ '• . ' In reference to the United States ' relations with Japan , Cousui-General Harris , writing from Yeddo to tlv 6 Secretary of State , says that -American affairs there are in an unsatisfactory condition . Lord Elgin had requested , the'Japanese to send an Ambassador direct to . England , but they evaded the application , giving the United States the--preference . ; ¦ .. ¦ ' ¦¦ - . . Her Majesty ' s ship B . oebur ' 'k has been cruising outside , testing ¦ the .-Japanese coal , and trying to find out where the principal mines are in the-vicinity , of Nagasaki' ; she proceeded to Yeddo direct to try to obtain permission from the Emperor to see the mine . - ' . An engineer who is ? on board her states that there must be splendid coal in the country , if they will only allow of the aid of a little : science in working it . The money market at New York was without change , tlie tendency being- to increased ease ? JVforiey was freely offered to the brokers at 5 per cent ., and at the discount houses the complaint was of a scarcity of paper .. From ¦ Melbourne , February 17 . —In Parliament the Land Bill is progressing . The Government has agreed to the alteration in the mail route , on the condition of other colonies sharing the expenses . A great fire had broken out .. at Creswick . The-, gold receipts had decreased 30 , 000 ounces , as compared with the same period last year . Afc Sydney , the Parliament met on the 24 th of January . An increased subsidy for tlie alteration of tho mail route has been refused . Great Hoods have caused the destruction of a large amount of property . .

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      Mr , Gye was not far behind now rival opera house in issuing the programme of the Roy a * Itat . iAn Opera , Covbnt Garden , which , it will be seen , is an interesting anil a strong one as regards fclio celehrity of the artists named , if not in . musical novelties . First on the list of the former is La GrUi , who , suys ruinoair , may still claim her ancient place on tho top step of operatic " star-terrftces , " while -Mario' Icn ^ s the host of malo voices . Of last yenr ' s prini& donne , we are to have Madiime P « uco and Miplan-Cnrvalho , both Purisiun favourites , of whom the former jtakeH I lie Gidla in Verdi's "Rigolotto , " Lady Henrietta in " Martha , " n ' nd Ninetta in " Lu Gnzzn Lndra ; " wliile tho latter , whir will take . Diwrali , Ituxina , // mina , nnd Zerliaa , must lie fresh-in the memory of opcm goora as our lirst ( jxpoiient of the first of those characters . Then for Miullle . Itosu Cs'illng , from tho Grand Opera of Vienna , a vast success is predicated as iHdex in Meyerbeer ' s " I ' roph ^ to ( with Tamherlik as Jean rf Let / den ) , and an Leonora in 41 Fidelip . " Among tho gentlomen nro Signori " I-nchosi , Neri , Jiaraldi ( one of last year ' s tenora ) , Gitrdoni , TamberMk , Jtoitconi , Zclgor , Graziani , Monsieur Faurc , ( from the Oporft Comiqu «) , cum mnllia aliin . Miwlnmo Zina Richard is priticipal damnme . Tho band and chorus of the Royal Q |) C > a remain under Signor Costa ' s direction , and Mr . Augustus Harris , latyjy of tho L ' rinoess a Theatre , is , as of old , stage manager . The only now work at present promised iu tlie French operetta for Madame Miulnn and Siguor lloncom , called > " ^ o No / . zn rli Gi » netta . " Tlio "Ktradulla" of Flatow will be given for the lirat ; time on tho Anglo-Italian statue . Tho " Matrhnoino Segreto" of Chnarosa , and Uerold ' a " Zaiupa" are to be revive ^ , the former nftor an eight years' repose . All tho stock operas arc to he presented during tlie soas ' on , and four grand ooiicbi'Ih ( two inonnng and two evening ) will also take plnoe in tho Nicw Vlqvlm . XtahU . At ono of tlioni will ho produced , for tlio first tlnio In this country , illmtxnusa with qoatumo , scenory , ami decoration , GHick's " Orpheus an ( M 2 nrydio « , " a work imporiiihably aHSoeiatcd with that ; groat German composer ' * renown in the rnlndsj of both German und English « m « tou . rs . We have small donl ) t that tho riireotor haa oih «? r lioveltios ii » store , which a perhaps nrurjont reticoneo induces him to refrain froin , naming jugt ut present , littt , oven without them , t | iQ subsorihors ml » y look for ample flatisfactfftu fronr ^ tho present promises . Th « " Fidolio , " with such a baud and chorus , ana thq " PronhOto" and " Huguenota , " with these and the grand sconw ^ . *^ ^ ^^

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 337, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2341/page/21/