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      , , Prince Christian of Denmark returned on the 27 th . Hit . to Copenhagen from his mission to the Russian Court . A report from the Admiralty says that the Oberon was despatched to Broussa to assist those British subjects -who were thrown into distress by the late earthquakes . Upon the Oberon returning to Constantinople , she brought with her the English Consnl , and some others . The Consul states that " a very severe shock of an earthquake on the 28 th February did great damage

      to the city , and many lives -were lost , and from that time there has been a continued succession of shocks more or less severe ; that on the 11 th of April , a shock of still greater severity , followed by a most destructive fire , reduced the city to a heap of rums , and the unfortunate inhabitants have , in many instances , lost the whole of their property . These earthquakes have been attended with the usual phenomenon of the wells drying op ; but the Jast have produced an extraordinary increase in the quantity of hot water thrown out by the springs which supply the mineral baths . "

      Some doubts were entertained as to whether the Queen would give her consent to the bill for the sale of the Church property ; but the Minister of Finance ,. who went to Aranjuez , has returned , and it is said that the : royal sanction will be given without any opposition . - A report is current that the Papal Nuncio has protested ? against the promulgation of the law . Agitations in Turin . —The utmost discontent has 'been produced at Turin by the conduct of the king towards the Court of Borne , relative to th e law on the suppression of convents . On the 28 th , 29 th , and 30 th , several bands of students , preceded by the tricolor flag , made a pacific demonstration against the retrograde -decision of the king . They cried , " Viva la legge

      Rattazzi 1 " On Friday , the 28 th , they were met on the Piazza Castello by the ex-Ministers Cavour , Ratazzi , and Cibrario , who stopped to harangue them , and urged them not to doubt the king ' s sincerity in favour of free institutions . On the following day , however , a proclamation having been issued by the new Minister Dtirando , indicating that the Government intended to enter into an honourable and dignified understanding with Rome , the discontent increased , and demonstrations became more frequent and imposing . On Sunday , the 30 th , the Piazza d'Ormi , the Piazza Castello , and the Contrada Nuova , were obstructed by a very numerous crowd of students ,- who proceeded to the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele , where one of them addressed his companions , inciting them , to remain firm in their design of not

      suffering the Government to come to terms with the Court of Rome . Squadrons of cavalry and troops of the line were sent to disperse them , and a few arrests were made . No violence has stained this protest of the young students . A deputation from their body , supported by the members of the Parliament Berti and Abbene , framed a petition to be presented to the King . The Unione contains the following notice : — " It is known that the King feels repugnance to treat with Rome ; but it is rumoured that the Bishops propose to conciliate all by an abdication and a Regency . We can come but to one conclusion as to the policy of this step : If Victor Emmanuel II . abdicates , he abdicates for himself , his sons , his successors ; hence in a few years the Kingdom of Sardinia will have ceased to exist . "

      Baron Heaa ' s journey to the army in Gallicia is postponed . The cholera has made its appearance at Galata , CfiCaslak , and even at Pera . Count Cavour and . all his colleagues in the Sardinian Ministry have resigned , and the King has accepted their resignation , which has arisen out of the opposition to the Convents Bill . A despatch of the 26 th ult . says : " The Senate , at its sitting to-day , adjourned the discussion on the bill relative to the Convents , in consequence of a proposition for paying the sum of 900 , 000 fr . a year to the clergy , the annual allowance to whom will no longer figure in the budget . " The next

      despatch , dated the 27 th , makes it probable that the proposition was likely to be carried . It reads : In consequence of the proposition relative to the allocation for the clergy presented to the Senate by the bishops , the Ministry gave in their resignation , which was accepted by the King ; and M . Durando , Minister of War , was charged by his Majesty with the formation of a new cabinet . " A later account says that General Durando announced to the Senate on the 3 rd of May that , an agreement with the bishops not having been come to , the former Ministry resumes office , and that the discussion on the Convents Suppression Bill would be resumed on Saturday .

      #20 Jfhe Ire^Abeb, [Saturday ,

      # 20 jfHE IrE ^ ABEB , [ Saturday ,

      State Of Trade, Labouk, And The Poor. Th...

      STATE OF TRADE , LABOUK , AND THE POOR . The Manchester cloth markets for the last fortnight have been in a state of inactivity ; and , although the Intelligence of a further reduction of discounts by the Bank of England has been received with satisfaction , business has not recovered . The corn markets , however , are buoyant . Frpm Nottingham we hear that all the lace trade is a little more animated , and that there Ifl a continuance of activity in the hosiery trade , while yarns continue firm and unaltered in , price ; the labour market , nevertheless , is deprcsaod , and many operatives are out of employment . At Huddoraflold ,

      little business is doing in the cloth markets ; but at Rochdale , the demand for fl >™ i « l « continues steady . The reports from the iron districts of South Staffordshire are , if anything , more favourable ; arid the coal trade , now that the strike of the colliers has nearly terminated , is improving . Speaking generally , the trades of Birmingham are not very brisk . The linen markets of the North of Ireland are quiet ; but there is a greatly increased demand for flax seed . The monthly returns of the Board of Trade ( says the Times ) have been issued ; but , as there is a departure from the usual period to which they are dated they do not afford the ordinary means of comparison . They thus include but twenty-two working days instead of twenty-seven , as in past years , and therefore , as

      contrasted with those for the month ending 5 th of April , 1854 , are five days short . Hence the various totals present an undue diminution , and the declared value of exports appears to be only 7 , 311 , 305 ? . against 10 , 042 , 754 ? . in the corresponding month of 1854 , whereas , by allowing for five days extra , the amount would be raised to about 9 , 000 , 000 ? ., showing an actual ailing off of not more than 1 , 000 , 000 / ., a result much less unsatisfactory than in the preceding month , when it was 2 , 470 , 496 ? . Metals seem to have experienced the greatest decline , owing to the diminished demand for iron for railway works in the United States , and elsewhere . Woollen , cotton , linen , and silk manufactures have likewise been much depressed , as well as haberdashery , hardware , -and saddlery , the reaction in the Australian markets being especially felt in the three latter branches of production .

      Our Civilisation. John Tahak, The Militi...

      OUR CIVILISATION . John Tahak , the militiaman whose attack with a bayonet upon a policeman was narrated in the Leader of April 21 st , has been sentenced at the Middlesex Sessions to nine months' hard labour . Dog-Stealing . —Mr . Bishop , the gun-maker of Bondstreet , who was recently charged with being accessory to stealing a dog , and who reappeared upon remand , has been discharged , the magistrate being of opinion that Mr . Bishop had no corrupt intention in receiving the money for the restoration of the dog , but only a kind desire to assist his customers . He thought , however , that the accused had been injudicious , and trusted . he would be more careful in future .

      George Mercer has been committed for trial at Marlborough-street , for obtaining goods from various tradesmen by means of forged orders purporting to be sent by the Earl of Onslow . Seduction by a Youth op a Girl of Fifteen . — Fifty pounds damages have been given in an action for seduction , in which the defendant was under age and the girl less than fifteen at the time of tEe offence . The latter in her evidence stated that the defendant had made a previous attempt upon her virtue , and yet that after that attempt fake had consented to walk out with him again .

      A Painful Cask . —An old man was on Thursday brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate , charged with cutting his throat and attemptiug to throw himself over a parapet . An elderly woman residing in the same house , gave evidence to the effect that , after a frightful struggle , she pulled him back as he was flinging himself over . The prisoner , in answer to the magistrate , said that he was deprived of the society of his children , and kept by himself in a room , and that he felt lonely and uncomfortable , and became at times very low-spirited . His wife and son being called , the latter , in a very brutal manner , charged his father , whom he called " this man , " with having ill-used his mother . This statement was supported by the mother ; but the magistrate , not believing it , ordered the old man to go to the workhouse . He also highly praised the courageous exertions of the woman who saved his life , and ordered her a gratuity out of the poor-box .

      Naval And Military News. Insunoudination...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . iNSUnOUDINATION OF THE ANGLESEY MlLITIA . A short time ago , it was mentioned in the morning papers that this regiment , stationed at Beaumaris , was in a state of disgraceful anarchy ; that the men were constantly drunk ; that the officers had been obliged to draw their awords in sheer self-defence ; and that the townspeople , being alarmed , had petitioned for the removal of the regiment . These statements were emphatically and indignantly denied by the commanding officer in a letter to the Times ; but the Daily News , having caused inquiries to be made on the spot , has discovered that the assertions were strictly true . It publishes the following

      official report , presented by the borough police-officer of Beaumaris to the Watch Committee : — " Friday , March 80 . —About six p . m ., the town being put into great confusion by the militiamen being drunk and fighting in all directions of it , I called , with Mr . T . A . Dew , upon the sergeant-major , to know if he intended to send out a picket to look after the men who were setting the town in an uproar . He said that ho could not ; that the tradespeople and authorities of the town had set the men against them ; that they could exorcise no discipline on them ; that ho was in danger himself , and going to lock up his house . He afterwards said that it wus the officer of the day , Ml \ Roberts , that was to order p ickets out ,

      who was not in town . I again called upon Captain Jones , who asked me to tell the sergeant-major to send a picket out , and to send a man up to Heully's , to acquaint Captain Hampton of the state of the town . He said he would send to Heully ' s , but would not send out a picket , for he could not get them , and that the town might thank themselves for it . And no picket being sent out , I got seven constables out for the night . " In addition to the disorders here detailed , the following incidents may be mentioned : — " On Easter Tuesday , two militiamen were drinking at the Marquis Tavern . Some words arose between one of them and a . person present . The militiaman pulled out a pistol , and presented it at

      his antagonist . The landlady , frightened , begged him to be quiet ; on which he turned round and fired the pistol at the woman . Some of the shots passed through her cap and knocked it off her head . The woman has been urged to prosecute , but declines . Later , a militiaman , kept waiting for his pay after being discharged , was at the Old Bull , tipsy . On ^ being refused more drink , he snatched a knife off the table , and attempted to stab the female servant . Again , on Sunday ( April 22 ) , a militiaman pulled out his bayonet , and , striking another man ( a civilian ) with it across the head and face , threatened to run him through , and made a thrust at his body . The man narrowly escaped .

      The Cukragh of Kujdare . —The commander of the forces , Lord Seaton , proceeded to the Curragh of Kildare on Saturday morning , to inspect the progress of the works in the formation of the encampment . His lordship , attended by Major Colborne and Sir L . Newman , aides-de-camp , was accompanied by Colonel Doyle and Colonel Wood . A Court-martial assembled at Plymouth , on Monday morning , on board the flagship Impregnable , 104 , to inquire into the circumstances connected with the grounding of the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Hecla , 6 , on the morning of the 23 rd of January last , at the back of the rock of Gibraltar ; and to try her commanding officer , Henry Samuel Hawker , and her master , E . J . H . Tucker , for their conduct on that occasion . The court considered the commander to blame , and adjudged him to be severely reprimanded . The master was sentenced to be dismissed from the Hecla . and lo lose two vears '

      . Admiral Dundas . —We learn from Copenhagen that at noon on Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., Admiral Dundas , Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet , arrived there on board the steam-sloop Dragon , from Kiel . The admiral landed , immediately after his arrival , at the Customhouse-quay , and proceeded to the British Embassy . On the 27 th he had an interview with the King of Denmark . Loss of the Crctsus btFieb . —The Croesus , English screw-transport , has been destroyed by fire . The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa , of the 25 th ult ., gives the following brief account of the catastrophe : — " She left Genoa at ten a . m . ; and , in about an hour , her provision of coal was found to be on fire . After several vain efforts to get

      the conflagration under , the steamer was brought back to Fruchioso , which she reached about noon . Everybody who remained on board was saved ; but three or four soldiers who threw themselves into the sea have not been heard of since . The captain and crew did their duty manfully , and were aided as much as possible by the soldiers on board , 287 in number , belonging to the Engineering Corps and the commissariat . The Pedestrian , a large sailing transport , was in tow of the Croesus ; but she returned safe to Genoa , being afterwards taken in tow by the Nubia steamer . " We read in the OjAmone : « The conflagration of the Croesus is accounted for as follows : — " It is well known that when a mass of coal has been several times exposed to rain a sort of phosphoric oxyde forms itself on its surface , which becomes motion of the steamer

      easily inflamed when the occasions a certain friction and brings the masses of coal in contact with each other . The fatal accident winch destroyed the Croesus cannot be attributed to any other cause . The captain , whoso conduct was above all praise , ordered the rope which served to tow the Pedestrian to bo cut , for the double reason that the latter was laden with gunpowder , and that her weight retarded the progress of the steamer . The boatmen on shore displayed little zeal in assisting the shipwrecked . I wo poor women , sisters , threw themselves into a boat , and by dint of rowing they reached the wreck ; but , too many soldiers having rushed into the boat , it sank , and those two courageous women disappeared and perished , victims of their devotedness . " One of them ban left eight children . The numbers of victims in now thought to oo bci

      eight or ten . —The Croesus was one of the iron -cw-Bteamers built for the General Steam Shipping Company by the Messrs . Mare , of Blackwull . She belonged originally to the Australian lino ; but has recently been taken up- by the Government aa a transport snip . After carrying out the Wiltshire Militia , aho waa ordoreu to convey the Sardinian contingent to Constantinople ; and she had those on board when nho loft Genoa , l nrco months' provisions for the contingent w « ro lost ; but , uw French have undertaken to victual them . lh « ' ° | " dinian Government has made great exertions to awpftM- " the troops in other vessels . ' . RjaA'n-ADMiHAL . OoiuiY died at Paria on I " " }** night . Ho was captain-superintendent of the J > ™ service at Southampton , and last year waa « oc " »!^" Command of the Baltic fleet , until ill-health QblifeW him to resign .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1855, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05051855/page/12/