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      Facts For Tech Iiatjkeate.—The Beeorder,...

      ami Phillips then employed various persons to pawn tt ^ aripilie s . This led to detection ; and the prisoners ^ vere found guilty , and sentenced to various terms of panal . servitude . —Thomas Jones has been . found guilty at Winchester of the murder of Thomas Hope , surgeon on , board the Stirling Castle convict hulk at Portsmouth , The facts will be found in the Leader of February 16 th . The prisoner was sentenced fco death . In this case also the defence was temporary

      insairity . —Michael Cuffe , a private in the 221 nd foot , was charged with attempting to di » wn his wife . He had contracted an intimacy with another woman , and , under the pretext of trying " whether he was as strong as he used to be / ' he lifted his -wife on to the parapet of a bridge in Portsmouth which they were passing , told her to stand there a moment while he looked at her , and then threw her deliberately over ; She was speedily rescued . Cuffe -was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . the FireThe usual

      The Bal Masque ; pro . — number of charges pf rioting , drunkenness , aad pocket-picking , consequent on a bal masqitd and a fire , have been heard at Bow-street within the last few days , arising out of the events of the memorable Wednesday at Covent-garden . One of these cases was that of a man with being drunk while driving a carriage . Mrs . Anderson ( wife of " the Professor ") bad returned home from the theatre in her husband ' s c & rriage , and had seiit it back for Mr . Anderson and the children . The coacbiniau found the theatre on fire , and , ; being alarmed , lie quitted his box , and entered thSlioliLse . ; "The prisbner . then jumped on the box arid drove off , but was taken into custody by the police . He was fined ten shillings .

      TNOEMDrABY 3 ? iRBi . —The Canklow five-naills , near Rotherhino , have been destroyed by fire , together wijbn their valuable contents in / grain and flour . The cbMagration is supposed to be incendiary . The inill is the second which has been burnt down after siinset i ' within t , helast few weeks . Qjbijt . rai Cbimhstai , Coukt . — -William Bousfield has been tried for the mui'der of his wife and three children , and > being found guilty , was sentenced to death . The facts were of such recent occurrence that they

      need not now be repeated . Bousfield ' s counsel admitted the overwhelming nature of the . evidence , and . s ^ t ujihia defence on the usual plea of insanity . THe prisoner appeared to be overwhelmed with grief , attd . was reinoved almost fainting , — -A case involving unquestionable madness , though but of brief duration , was' tried on the same , day in the same eburt . Emily Ryder , aged twenty-one , a married lady , was charged ynth the murder of her infant , by drowning it in a . pan of water .: The child was her first > r . ri Sna annAJir ^ ot water . Tne child was her first and she appeared

      to be paBsiQTi » tsljiona of it . But shortly after her confinement she wa 3 attacked with nervous fever ,, and became almost frantic- —an effect not unfrequently following on the confiffement' of women . In this cojadition the act was committed . She was found not guilty , on the ground of , insanity , and she will , be restored to her friends . —Another case of child-murder was then tried . Hannah Bramwell was charged with causing the death of her illegitimate

      child . She had been abandoned by her seducer , and reduced to the greatest distress ; an d in this state she drowned the child ( as alleged by the prosecution ) in the Serpentine , Hyde-park . On being * questioned as to its absence , she told several contradictory stories , and evin | fcd , great grief . From the diseased and emaciated state of the body , the jury conceived that the child might have died from natural causes , and therefore , witn the concurrence of Mr . Justice Erie , found the prisoner not guilty . —Joseph Taylor , a man employed on board one of the Iron Screw Collier Company ' s steamers , was acquitted of a charge of attempting to sink the vessel by turning on the " sea cock , ' out of spite to the chief engineer .

      Th E L B A [ U --. -.. '¦ Mmmmmm 3|4 ^ D...

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      America. The Organisation Of The Senate ...

      AMERICA . The organisation of the Senate was not entirely completed at the date of thelaaj ; advices ( February 16 th ) . In order to arrange his committees without annoyance , the new Speaker , Mr . Banks , had , deserted his usual place of residence , and taken lodgings in . some wjndiscovored place of concealment , The State De-JWty * * * had Bcntto the Senate a mass of documents bearing oa the Central American question as far back as I 860 . Speaking with reference to Lord Palmer atone proposition to refer the matters in dispute to arbitration , the New York Herald observes : — - " Tho United States have no friend in

      Europeandthere-, , fore , , reject tho idea of arbitration . " ^ rLpM ^ n ^ erfl of tho Western Anti-Slavery Socioty WTft ^ J' ^ oriatfaod fchG Legislature of Ohio to withdraw '" P ^ 'jyrS W » - Bavbour , the witness against tho ¦* 8 ffiTO Iri * Filibusters at Cincinnati , has . boon ^*^ » ia , trial for , porj ury . Th , o English Consul haa ' SfrI ^^ ^' fjiVOUr of * ^ veracity of the accused . iWffiiWfci- n x w Miniatev to Englaud , was to leave SmS ? tt ? ° * * tho B ^ iuBfc ' ' * hia fl 0 » bftd been Rp-SSfife ° * Legation . Tho Governor of ^ B & wS ^ SJ ^ t ° ' ' P S with him inof SkKuSST ^ ^ ?^ who w «« at tho head or oi $ h % Hun 4 re , d koops . to hold . bimeolf prepared for

      all emergencies . Some sharp engagements have taken place off the Feejee islands , and the crew of the United States sloop of war John Adams . The natives of the islands had committed great cruelties on some American seamen ; but a treaty has no-w been ratified between Commander Boutwell and the King of Feejee . In Nicaragua affairs are quiet . General Walker had about 1 , 000 men with him . President Rivaz had issued a decree suspending all official communications with the Ministers of the United States . Mr . Manning

      acting Vice-Consul of the English Government at Kealigo , has addressed an official letter to the Minister of Foreign A ffairs , recognising the government of Walker , and assuring the executive of the good-will of the English Cabinet . * ¦ -. -. ¦ :.- x _ i . ' Mexico , as usual , is in a state of insurrection and civil -war . Santa Annas property has been seized . In the interior all the telegraph wires have been cut away . Uraga has been beaten j and it is said that the southern provinces are tranquil . Peru is in a very unsettled state .

      The New York commercial advices report that the money market was plentifully supplied with capital , and a good business was being done at the rates previously quoted . The stock market was buoyant .

      The Orient. . Infila. The Proclamation A...

      THE ORIENT . . INfilA . The proclamation annexing Oude had not appeared when the last advices left Calcutta ( January 24 th ); but troops are already swarming towards Cawnpore . The TSing will be dismissed -with a lackh of rupees amonth ; and it is thought that he will retain his personal immunities . The Jaghirdars will retain their rent-free lands for life , and a -new settlement will be commenced . The Goyernor-Kieneral has received carte blanche , and is arranging the administration of the sequestrated proviu . ee , notwithstanding his extreme ill health . He is drawing tap also complete accounts of every province and department for the benefit of Lord Canning , and a report upon his own administration of eight years . The question of the remodelling of the Bengal Marine gives some trouble .

      Their position is ill defined , as their commanders have no naval rank , and the sailors are not subjected to' control-. A proposal has been made by the Court of Directors to amalgamate the Marine with the regular navy ; and it is " now proposed by the Governor-General to place the vessels ^ bf the former under martial law > and to give the officers a suitable rank . Great inconvenience , also , results from the Want of sufficient pilots at Calcutta , owing to which the Szistillg pilots are terribly over-worked : There has been talk of a strike , but this has not occurred . The Indigo Planters' Association have resolved to present a petition to Parliament praying for the introduction of non-official members- into the Legislative Council . Sir William Goinna has issued his farewell address to the Indian army , the chief command of which he has just relinquished .

      A demonstration has been made against the Persian Government . Two war steamers have been despatched from Bombay to Bushire . Some further accounts have been received of the insurrection of Arabs at Judda , in the Ked Sea , It appears that a traffic in slaves has long existed between Judda and some of the ports on , the Abyssinian , shore of the Red Sea—a traffic from , which the Ottoman Government derived a considerable revenue , and which ,

      consequently , it-was interested in maintaining . Nevertheless , the present Sultan has abolished it in the interests of humanity ; but the inhabitants of Judda , displeased with this annihilation of one of their chief sources of profit , asserted that the abolition of the trade was against the law of Mahomet . A serious disturbance was the result ; the Turkish pacha and the European consuls wore threatened ; and the town was declared in a state of siege . Th « place ia thought to be in no immediate danger .

      All is quiet in Rajpootana , though the chiefs have not yet given iu their adhesion to tho award . Lord Dalhousie has promulgated his decision with respect to the affair of Colonel Mackenzie and the mutinous troopers at Bolarum . The brigadier is censured for his conduct , and the ringleaders in the disturbance have been dismissed tho" regiment . The new Governor-General and Lady Canning arrived at Bombay from Suck on the 28 th of January . A scarcity of water , owing to want of rain , is apprehended at Bombay , and measures of relief are being taken . At tho initiation of one of these schemes—the construction of a largo reservoir or lak ^ 'in the valley of Vehar , in the island of Salsotto—Lord Canning presided .

      The money market in Bombay i » very tight during the past fortnight , and tho banks have raised their rates of interest to twolvo per cent . AH eoouritieu aro much depreciated in value . The import trade has' not improved , prices remaining very low . I « the export market some activity has been manifested . CHINA . Admiral Stirling has organised a system of convoy to protect vessels from tho attaoka of pirates—a measure much needed . Several daring attacks have

      ,..., „ ,,,... -r —< . w < -- - - ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ mm been made by robbers on private residences at Hong-Kong . Two very large fires have broken out at Macao , and destroyed the greater part of the Chinese town . The rebellion is making Lead against Ihe Imperial Government . The insurgents have entirely possessed themselves of three prefectures in the pro . vince of Kiangsi ; and it is feared that the transit between the tea and silk producing country and the English possessions will be interrupted . The province of Honan in the north is said to be in a state of insurrection ; but particulars are not yet known . It is reported that a plague has broken out in Chin-kiangfoo , and carried off upwards off 100 , 000 persons . EGYPT . The despotic extravagancies of Said Pacha continue . The Bedouins are especial sufferers : Beveral have been chained in couples , and cast into the vilest prisons . Many have died ; but the dead bod y is not for a con ~ siderable time removed from the living companion to ¦ which it is linked . Mr . Gisborne , who is at Alexandria on the part of the Eastern Electric Telegraph Conipany , is very well satisfied with , the arrangements he has made with the Egyptian Government for ths formation of an electric telegraph for his company between Alexandria and Suez , and he speaks highly of Said Pacha's liberality . Mr . GiBborne hopes eventually to extend the line from Suez to India , and the submarine electric telegraph between Constantinople and Alexandria is expected to be in working order in the course of the ensuing summer .

      The Fjrench Emperor's Speech At Tee Open...

      THE FJRENCH EMPEROR ' S SPEECH AT TEE OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS . The Legislative Session at Paris opened on Monday when the Emperor delivered the subjoined speech : — M . M . lES Pairs , M . M . les Senatestjrs ,- — " The last time that I summoned you to meet grave anxieties weighed upon us . The Allied armies were exhausting themselves in a siege , in which the stubbornness of the defenders made success doubtful . Europe , uncertain , seemed to await the issue of the struggle before declaring herself .

      "To sustain the war ,-I asked a loan which , although it might appear excessive , you voted unanimously . The high price of provisions menaced the labouring classes with general discomfort , and a disturbance in the monetary system gave ground to fear the slackening of business and the diminution of employment . Thanks to yout aid , and to the energy displayed in France and in England—thanks , above all , to the support of Providence- —these dangers , if they havenot entirely disappeared , are for the most part dissi pated .

      " A great deed of arms has since decided a desperate struggle , unparalleled in history , in favour of the Allies . The opinion of Europe from that moment has been more openly shown . In every direction our alliances have extended , or have become more firm . The third loan has been supplied without difficulty . The country has again proved to me its confidence by subscribing a sum five times larger than I required from it . It haB undergone , with admirable resignation , the sufferings inseparable from dearnees of provisions—sufferings which , nevertheless , have been mitigated by private charity , by the zeal of the corporations , and by the millions of francB

      distributed in the departments . An arrival of foreign com has now produced a considerable fall in the price of food ; the fears arising from the disappearance of gold have faded ; and never has labour been more active , never have the revenues been so large . The chances of war have reawakened the military spirit of the nation . Never were there so many voluntary enlistments , nor so great an ardour among the conscripts . "To this short statement of our situation , I may odd a fact of a high political signification . The Queen of Great Britain , wishing to give a proof of her confidence in , and esteem for , our country , and to render

      our relations still more intimate , came to France . The enthusiastic reception which her Majesty received must have proved to her how deep were the sentiments inspired by her presence , and how much of a character tending to strengthen the alliance of the two peoples . " The King of Piedmont , who had unhesitatingly embraced our cause with that courageous ardour of which he had previously afforded proof on the field of battle , also enme to France to consecrate a uniou already cemented by the valour of hia soldiers . Those sovereigns behold a country , some time so disturbed and fallen from her rank in tho councils

      of Europe , now prosperous , peaceable , and respected , making war , not with the hurried delirium of passion , but with that calm which belongs to justice and all the energy of duty . They have aeon Franco , which had Bent 200 , 000 men across the sea , at tho same time convoke at Paris all the arts of peace , as if aho meant to say to Europe— ' Tho present war is but an episode for me , and my strength ia always iu groat measure directed towards peaceful occupations . Lot uh neglect no opportunity of coming to an understanding , nnd do not force me to throw into tho

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08031856/page/8/