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      prisoned by the ecclesiastical authorities iu ; MadruLon the charge of " professing the Protestant religion . He Is described as a British subject , though it is douWul ¦ whether sach is the fact ; he is also said to be an agent of oae of tbe evangeli « al societies . ^ :. ¦ ¦ .-General Narvaez has received his passports , and : was to leave for Madrid on the 2 nd . It is announced by the Clamor Tublico that the state « f siege will be taken off throughout the kingdom on the 10 th Tnst ., the Queon ' s birthdayv The different fractions of the Moderado party held on the 22 nd ult . a general meeting at Albacete to consider the expediency of accepting the Liberal uniou . The majority rejected the proposition .

      The Madrid Gazette of the 24 th ult . contains the decree which suspends the desamortlssement of the estates of the Church in Spain . This decree is found to be without a preamble- —a precaution , it is to l ) e supposed , designed to exclude any admission of which the Court of Rome might take advantage in the approaching negotiations . The recent changes in the financial policy of the country have led to something like a panic in monetary circles .

      GREECE . Tranquillity reigns throughout Greeee ( says a despatch from Athens ) ., and nothing more is heard of a Ministerial modification . Seventy law projects have l ) een presented to the Chambers and adopted , and all the branches of the Administration have been entirely Teorganized . It is announced as certain that the Allied forces will have evacuated the country before the end of January .

      HOLLAND . The Minister of Finance has presented to the Second Chamber the budget for 1857 . The expenses amount to 72 , 746 , 458 fl . ( about 2 fr . 15 c . each ) , and the receipts ¦ to 72 , 784 , 421 fL , making a presumable increase of 37 , 982 fl . It is stated in the expose of the financial state of the country that the enrrent year is not so fa-Tourable as the one preceding , / but that no deficit is to T ) e feared . The principal point worthy of remark is that , since 1850 , 56 , 500 , OOOfl . of the public debt have been redeemed , making a reduction in the rente of 2 , 29 O , 890 fl .

      TURKEY . Two ne \ r shocks of earthquake have been experienced at Constantine and Setif . The Turkish steamers , Malakhoff and Silistria , with Mehemed Pacha , the Turkish Governor-general of Bosnia , and four battalions of guards , on board , are expected at Antivari . There is also a great movement of troops in the Herzegovina and Turkish Servia- The Bosnian contingent is assembling at Mostar , under the command of Mehemed Pacha , and the Routnelian troops are marching to Monastir ( Albania ) , where Abdi Pacha has his headquarters . ¦ Mr . Churchill , the young secretary of Sir "William ]? enwick Williams during the siege of Kars , has been appointed English Consul-General in Bosnia .

      SWITZERLAND . M . de Sydow , the Prussian Envoy in Switzerland has replied to the note of the Federal Government in the following terms : — " In answer to the note of the High Council of the Swiss Confederation of the 10 th , the undersigned Privy Councillor and Envoy of his Majesty the King of Prussia can only refer to the tenour of his note of the 5 th , and to tho reserves formerly made on the subject of the Principality of NeufchateL " The National Council of Switzerland , on tke 27 th ult ., passed a vote unanimously that the Kepublicans of Nenfchatel had deserved well of their country , and that the Federal Government ouglit to persist in the conduct which it has hitherto followed . The Council of tho States passed a similar vote , also without a dissentient voice .

      The Grand Council of NToufchutcl has voted , by a majority of 48 to 31 , the dissolution of tho bourgeoisie , the creation of a municipality , the expulsion of the compromised clergy , and the dismissal of officials who had secretly or openly aided tho late insurrection . Swords of honour have been voted to Colonels Denzler and Giraid .

      MONTENEGRO . The Prince of Montenegro has addressed to the European Powers a note demanding the recognition of nIus country as an independent atate . He observes that , " for four hundred and sixty-six years , tho Montenegrin people have refused to submit to any power , or to recognize the auzerainetd of any lord . " lie alludes , to the long struggle for independence in the midst of surrounding empires and kingdoms , and proceeds : — "Tho European Powers know but imperfectly , or hardly at all , this people of the mountains . Kings have not concerned

      -feoennbelves about causing the independence of this nation to be recognized and to enter into tho great family of the Buropean states . One of the causes of this indifference—that which was . inherent in tho hiorarchio organization or tha- government—was lately removed by the restoration of the © Id system . Receiving neither protection nor BnppoTt from tbe Christian powers , who ought to hdvt ) ameliorated , their position in gratitude for the uervico they had rendered to Christendom , the Montenegrin people Havo Been thwmaelvca confined to a narrow 8 paee > and comp « Ue 4 to combat toe tho

      reacquisition of their ancient limits . " The Prince complains that the Congress of 1814 compelled the Montenegrins to cede to Austria the entire coast of Cattaro , which they had conquered at the cost of their blood . " Without freedom of commerce , " continues the Prince , " there is for the land and the people of Montenegro neither progress nor internal development , nor any basis fit for the establishment of a regular political organisetion , and suitable relations with neighbouring peoples . The necessity of possessing a free port has long been

      perceived by the Montenegrins . At the commencement of the eighteenth century , the Tladika Danilo endeavoured to restore to the Montenegrine territory the district of Antivari ; an attempt that cost torrents of blood . . . . The claims of Montenegro are confined to the following points : —1 . Diplomatic recognition of her independence ; 2 . Extension of her frontiers towards the Herzegovina and Albania ; 3 . Definitive settlement of the boundary line towards Turkey , such as it exists for the Austrian frontier ; 4 . Annexation of the . pori'of Antivari to the Principality . "

      The English Government has recently brought forward , a plan for the settlement of the Montenegrin question which finds favour with Austria and , as some state , -with France . The plan is , that certain lowland districts , now belonging to Turkey Proper shall be ceded to Montenegro , which shall then publicly recognize the suzerahteie of the Porte . .

      THE DAUUBIAH PH 1 NCIPA 1 . ITIES . ¦ " The news from the Principalities , " says a correspondent of the Morning Post , "is not good ; The effervescence there is very great- People are engaged in getting up petitions amongst different classes—all of course for the union . The Turkish commandant , not accustomed to political manifestations , has recommended tbe Kaimakans to prohibit all petitioning . But so natural a manifestation of wishes is difficult to preyent . An application has been made to the Kaimakans to send out of the country for a time about one hundred agitators , chiefly young men , and of the best families ; but the Kaimakans have refused . "

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      The Revenue. The Official Returns For Th...

      THE REVENUE . The official returns for the quarter which ended on the 30 th ult . show an increase to the extent of 1 , 114 , 288 ? ., as compared with , the corresponding quarter of last year . Subjoined are the details : — ¦ . ¦'" ¦ XXCUEASE . Excise ..... £ 309 , 000 Stamps ............... 117 , 926 Taxes ....... 3 , 000 Property Tax .... •¦•••• 752 , 378 ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ Crown Lauds ..................... 1 , 341 Gross Increase .......... ...... £ 1 , 183 , 645 . DECREAJ 3 E . Customs .... . £ 37 , 143 Miscellaneous ...... 32 , 2 l 4 - 09 , 357 Net increase ... .... £ 1 , 114 , 288 On the year , up to the 30 th September , 185 G , the ncrease amounts to 3 , 211 , 70 S / .

      State Oj? Trade. The Expectation Of A Sp...

      STATE OJ ? TRADE . The expectation of a speedy advance in the rate of discount appears to have had little effect on the condition of the manufacturing trade of the kingdom , the accounts from all quarters being still satisfactory . At Manchester , during the week ending last Saturday , thero has "been a good average business , at steady prices . At Birmingham , tho prospect is confirmed of tlie existing quotations for iron being : maintained , while , as regards the general occupations of the district , considerable supfJbrt has been received from an influx of foreign orders . The Nottingham advices describe rather less activity , but all classes are well employed . In the woollen districts confidence continues to prevail , and in the Irish linen markets the tendency of prices is still upward . —Times . The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the past month have been issued , and again show & great increase in the employment of vessels , in which , on thia occasion , foreign ad well as British have participated . The activity is hi some degree attributable to the movements in the grain trade . The arrivals of ltuasian vessels have been 25 , representing an aggregate cf 5741 tons , and tho clearances 17 , representing 4012 tons . With regard to the coasting trade , tho tonnage entered inward was 1 , 102 , 809 in the month o-f August , 1854 ; in 1855 , it was 1 , 100 , 12 G , and in the present return it is 1 , 049 , 238 , including 87 foreign vcaaols , of an aggregate burden of 6358 tons . Tho clcaruuces outward were 1 , 266 , 933 in August 1854 , 1 , 246 , 773 in 1835 , and 1 , 148 , 170 , including 8083 tons of foreign , in 185 G . In the general business of the port of London tliero has been considerable activity during the week ending last Saturday , although the arrivals have not boon numerous . The total number of vessels reported inward waa 195 , being 72 less than in tho previous week , And tho nurabor cleared outward was 119 , including 16 iu ballast , showing a . decroase of 9 . —Hem . The Board o £ Trade returns for August wore issued

      last Saturday morning , and are again of the most satisfactory character . In June , our exports , as compared with the corresponding month of hist year , showed the extraordinary increase of 2 , 492 , 492 / . ; in July the im provement was 1 , S 17 , 843 £ , and on tha present occasion it is 1 , 861 , 819 / . Not a single item c-f any imp ^ taace appears on the adverse side . Cotton , linen , woollon , and silk manufactures each exhibit large totals , l ^ ber dashery , hardwares , saddlery ,. & c , which depend in a great degree upon qur colonial trade , likewise ii « Ure for a considerable augmentation . Metals , next to cotton manufactures , still keep tbe highest place upon the list The total exports for the first eight months of the pre sent year have amounted to 74- ( J 89 , 934 Z . against 60 , 154 , 178 / ., showing an increase of 14 , 535 , 75 ( 3 / Or about 24 per cent . As compared with . ' the same period of 1854 , the increase has been 7 , 293 , 575 / . — With xeffard to imported commodities , the totals for the month are in

      many instances large ,-the arrivals of grain , Hour and rice having again been heavy . In tlie consumption of most articles there has been an increase , but the receipts of coflcc-, tea , wines , and spirits show a falling off —Idem . °

      . Ireland. Sadleirism.—-It Is Absolutely...

      . IRELAND . SadLeirism . — -It is absolutely certain that some of the shareholders of the Tipperary Bank now engaged in law processes , conceive ( being altogether ignorant of the manner in which they were swindled , and of the Aagrant uses to which their property and their names were converted ) that they do right in resisting call 3 l > y every means the law leaves open to them . It is said that a great portion of the liabilities to which they now find themselves subjected were incurred Ly a practice introduced into the unfortunate bank by the Messrs . James and John Sadleir , of soliciting persons to deposit their spare ' cash in the concern , as well as by the false representations of the affairs of the bank made through the reports to which Mr . James Sadleir attached his signature , while he -was aware at the time that the statement he signed was delusive and calculated to inflict detriment on all who confided in it . There is no doubt , we believe , as to the canvassiugs and solicitations for deposits , and as to the exertions to procure as many depositors as possible . In some cases , depositors -who had withdrawn their money from the concern were induced to place their mone } ' again in the keeping of -the bank by persuasion that they could not dbbetter . Where the enormous sum of money went which * was swindled away nobody can tell , except as to tho estates purchased , by the Messrs . Sadleir , and in these a sum of about 80 , 000 ? . was invested between the Cahir estates and the portiop of the Kingston property in Tipperary and Cork , and the Coolnamuck and another estate- The electioneering proceedings of that unfortunate man iu Carlow and Sligo are said to have taken from him a sum of between GOOOL and 8000 / ., not including banking accommodation to political partizans , whicb accommodation is stated to have been liberal , and for which accuininodation the parties who obtained it are liable , if it has not been already discharged . The electioneering proceedings of Mr . James Sadleir must have cost him comparatively a trifle . — Tipfie . rai' y Vindicator .

      Ikisii Phosfeiuty . —As an illustration of the growing prosperity of Ireland , as compared with its condition in , the year 1847 , the Cork Examiner says : — "In . the Fermoy union , in the worst perio-il of the famine , the numbers relieved in the workhouse , or rather workhouses of Fennoy , amounted to upwards of 5000 , while the guardians , on . out-door relief , supported 13 , 000 paupers , making a total of 18 , 000 human beings dependent on the poor rates for their existence . The number at prosent receiving relief in the Fermoy union amounts to 201 , and of those a largo proportion are hospital patients . " ¦ . < Joveunment Patuonage . —Sir Thpma 3 Redington is to bo Chief Commissioner of Luaacy ; and Mr . Michael Joseph Barry , a member of the Young Ireland Confederation , who lately published sormo iiidiiuircnt poems , culled " Lays of tho War" ( noticed in the Leader of February 2 nd ) , has been appointed to the Secretaryship .

      MuitDEit . —A man , named Frnncid Conolly , has been murdered by one Patrick Conolly , who docs not seem to be a relation , or even an . acquaintance . Tliorc had been an . altercation between tho two in a publiu-liouse , and , on . being put out , Patrick pulled forth a knife , and struck Francis on the back of tljo neck . The spinal marrow was divided , and tho man wua dead almost instantly . The murderer , who has been for some time in America , was afterwards arrested , and has been committed for trial . —A -watchman at tho District Lunatic Asylum hi Clonmol has been murdered by so > ino ruffians -who crossed tho outer Avail for tlio purpose of p lunder . Six mon have been arrested a-s participatov .-i in the deed . One of . thorn had boon soTCiely wounded by the watchman , who seems to have made a gallant defence

      Loud Caiiusus m Tivpisuawy . —Lord Carlisle , on hia return to Dublin from Lisnioro Castle , passed through the town of Tipperary , on which occasion his Excellency waa presented with an address from tho inhabitants by a deputation composed of the moat . iu . " lluentiul gentry in the town and neighbourhood .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 4, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04101856/page/6/