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      Ameeioa. The News From The United -State...

      fchority . The conduct of fLacerda appears to hare been in the highest degree offensive , and , after undergoing many perils and annoyances , Mr . Swann was compelled to seek refuge with the British Consul at Para .

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      26 THE LEADER . [ No . S 5 5 , Saturday ,

      Nicaragua: The Tbeaty Between Great Brit...

      NICARAGUA : THE TBEATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES . The Washington correspondent of the New Tork Herald gives the following as an analysis of this Treaty : — By the first article of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain , the Contracting parties agree jointly to propose to the republics of Nicaragua and of Costa Rica the arrangements contained in the following articles : —

      A territory comprised within the following limits shall be set apart for the Mosquito Indians- And then it goes on to establish the boundary . The boundary is to be designated and marked by two commissioners , to be appointed , one by her Britannic Majesty , and one by the President of the republic of Nicaragua . By article third , the Mosquito Indians , confining themselves-within the territory designated , shall enjoy the right to make , by their national council or councils , and to convey into effect , all such laws as they may deem necessary for the government and protection of all persons within the same , and of all property therein belonging to their people , or to such persons as have

      connected themselves with them . Their rights of property and of local government within the territory denned shall be recognized , affirmed , and guaranteed by the republic of Nicaragua , in treaties to be made by that state with the United States and Great Britain respectively ; and the republic of Nicaragua in each of these treaties shall stipulate and engage that it shall enact laws to preven the purchase of lands from the Mosquito Indians and the introduction and sale of spirituous liquors among the said Indians , and the said republic shall protect them from all inroads , intrusions , or aggressions along

      their western and northern frontier . The Mosquito Indians shall not be able to cede their territory of rights to any other state without the consent of the United States and Great Britain , each separately expressed ; it being , however , understood that nothing shall preclude the conclusion of such voluntary compact and arrangements between the republic of Nicaragua and the Mosquito Indians , by which , the latter may be incorporated and united with the former ; but at shall be stipulated , in such case , that the said Mosquito Indians shall enjoy the same rights , and he liable to the same duties as other citizens of the said republic of Nicaragua .

      By article four , all the territory south of the river Warcoe , or Segovia , not included within the limits of the reservation set apart for the Mosquito Indians , shall , without prejudice to the rights of the republic of Honduras , or to any question of boundary between that republic and the republic of Nicaragua , be recognized and declared to be within the limits and sovereignty of the republic of Nicaragua , on the following conditions : —The republic of Costa Bica shall retain for its citizens the freedom of navigation' up and down the river San Juan , from its mouth to the mouth of the Sera Pique river , with liberty to enter and quit the port of San Juan or Greytown with their vessels and to store their cargoes in that

      port , and -without being subject to any duties of import or export , tonnage duty , or other tax or public charge whatever , except for light money and other necessary port charges-. The republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica shall allow the territorial disputes between them , and the limits or extension to bo given to the town of San Juan or Greytown , if the same cannot be amicably adjusted between themselves and that town , to be settled by the arbitration of the United States of America and Great Britain who , in any doubtful point , shall be able to call for the decision of a third party . All bond fide grants of land for due consideration made in the name and by the authority of the MoBquito Iudians . since the 1 st of

      January , 1848 , and lying beyond the limits of the tern **!* X x * a * Tv * ii for said Indians , shall be confirmed , provided the same ahall not exceed in any case the extent of one hundred yards square , if within the limits of San Juan or Greytown , or one leaguo square if without the same ; and provided , that ouch grant shall not interfere with other legal grants made previously to that date bv Spain , the republic of Central America , or either of the present States of Central America ; and provided farther , that no sueh grant within either of the said States shall include territory reaerved by its government for fortsarsenal other

      , * , or public buildinga . Thia stipulation is in . no manner to afflict the granta of land made previously to the 1 st of January , 1841 , The republic of Nicaragua shall constitute and declare the port of Greytown or San Juan a free port and tho city a free city , though , under the Bovereignty of the , ropubllo , whoso inhabitants shall enjoy the following right * ana immunities :-The right to govera themselves by means of their own municipal govZ ? ESSV «^ raia J ^ b legislative , executive , and JmUcUl offlcera of their own election , according tc their own negotiations ; trial by Jury in their own court . ; perfect freedom of religious belief and of wor " Up , public and private . Tfce municipal government

      shall lay no duties on goods exported , nor any duties on eoods imported , intended for transit across the Isthmus , or for consumption without the city , nor any duties of tonnage on vessels except such as may be necessary for the police of the port and the maintenance of the necessary lighthouses and beacons ; provided that the present condition shall not interfere -with or prevent the levy of a temporary duty on import ? for the purpose of the payment to the Mosquito Indians as stipulated in article 5 ; exemption from military service , except for the defence of the city and within the bounds of the same . Art . 5 provides that the republic of Nicaragua shall

      enter into positive treaty stipulations with each of the two governments of the United States of America and Great Britain , tbat it will make the grant of freedom to the city of Greytown , or San Juan , subject to the condition tbat the municipality of the said city shall , as soon as organized , pass laws and ordinances levying by tax or duty on imports , some reasonable sum to be paid half-yearly to the Mosquito Indians , by way of annuity or a limited period , as an indemnity and compensation for their interest in the territory recognized and declared by the first clause of article 4 to be within the limits and sovereignty of the republic of Nicaragua .

      By article sixth , her Britannic Majesty and therepublic of Nicaragua shall , -within six months after the exchange of tie ratifications of the treaty , to be concluded between them in virtue of the present arrangements , appoint each a commissioner for the purpose of designating and marking out the inland boundary separating the territory to be set apart for the Mosquito Indians . They shall also appoint each a commissioner for the purpose of deciding upon the bona Jides of all grants of lands ; they shall further appoint each a commissioner for the purpose of determining the amount , the period of duration , and the time , place , and mode of payment of the annuity to be paid to the Mosquito Indians according to the stipulations .

      Article seventh provides that the commissioners shall meet at such & place or places as shall be hereafter fixed . After they shall be respectively named , arid before proceeding to business , they shall make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide upon all the matters referred to them for their decision . The commissioners to appoint a third person to act as arbitrator or umpire in any case or cases in which they may themselves differ in opinion . Article ninth provides that the two governments bind themselves in case the republics of Nicaragua and Costa Bica , or either of them , should refuse to accept the arrangements contained in the preceding articles , not to propose or consent to any other arrangements more favourable to the refusing party or parties . ( Signed ) G . M . Dallas .

      Clarendon . To this analysis is added in the same paper the text of the only three Articles £ the first three ) which have as yet been agreed on . "

      Murder Of The Archbishop Op Paris. A Sta...

      MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OP PARIS . A startling crime has been committed in Paris by a priest acting under the influence of revenge . The Archbishop of Paria was officiating pontiflcally last Saturday , in the church , of St . Eti « nne-du-Mont , at the novena in honour of the festival of St . Geneviive , the patroness of Paris . The 3 rd of January , the day on which the saint is supposed to have died , ia always observed as the first of a series of nine days' devotions , masses , & c . On the present occasion , at half-past five in the evening , the Archbiahop was accompanying a procession of the lady patroness of St . Genevieve when , as he was passing the outer door to enter tho principal nave , and was turning round to give his blessing to the persons assembled in

      the lower part of tho church , a young man advanced , and exclaiming , according to one account , "No goddess !" but , according to another , "A priest should not be allowed to starve 1 " stabbed tho prelate twice in the chest with a long Catalan knife , having previously drawn his victim ' s robes aside . The Archbishop started back a few steps , ejaculated " Ah , malheureux / " and sank , covered with blood , M . Surat , tho grand vicar , gave him absolution on the spot , and he expired almost immediately . The assassin , it is said , watched his dying victim with a smile . Ho had made an attempt to escape , but was instantly collared by a sei'gent de ville , who overthrow him . li , 1 *¦*« wn _ - I with the in hia hand

      -weapon . Several of the congregation also seized on and nearly strangled him . He was asked why ho exclaimed , " No goddess ! " to which ho answered , "Because I do not believe in the Immaculato Conception , upon which subject i explained myself in tho pulpit . I wished to protest once more against so impious a doctrine . " Ho was then conveyed to prison but although lie replied with great calmness to every question which was put to liim , he is considered to be mad A Sister of Charity , who had observed the movement of tho assassin , and who attempted to throw herself between tho Archbishop and him , was wounded in tho hand .

      The criminal ' s name is Verger . He was a priest of tho d . oceao of Meaux , and had been several times suspended from the exercise of hia functions—once for writing a violent pamphlet against tho Procureur-Imponaj of Laon , and anothor time for tho ecclcsiaaticul oitence to which ho referred when interrogated in tUo

      church . The dogma in question he regarded as idolatry . He has been seen at the doors of the church of the Madeleine , with a placard on his breast , bearing accusations against his superiors , and stating that he was perishing of hunger . The Archbishop , it seems , had refused to reinstate him ; and he therefore came to Paris on Christmas-eve , probably with a design to commit the assassination . Tor some days he passed his time in reading at the public libraries ; and , -when arrested , his paletot ( for he was dressed as a layman ) was stuffed full of written papers . It is said that he had once before entertained an idea of murdering the Archbishop , but had abandoned it . He was evidently a man of habituall y excitable and -violent temper , as he had already been pointed out to the Paris police for having threatened a parish , priest .

      The church where the ciime was committed has been placed under an interdict until the expiatory ceremony shall have been performed . The outside of the edifice was on Sunday hung with black ; and on that day no high mass was chanted in any of the churches throughout the metropolitan diocese . In its place , a low mass was celebrated , after whicli the clergy sang the seven penitential psalms . The Archbishop was in his sixty-fifth year . He -was promoted to the Archdiocese of Paris by General Cavaignac in August , 1848 , as successor to Archbishop Afire , who was killed in the insurrection of June in that year . Singularly enough , the Abbe" Surat , who received the late prelate in his arms on being stabbed , also caught the previous Archbishop when he was shot . Verger ' s victim is spoken of as a man of high Christian virtues .

      According to the Times Paris correspondent , it is not true that "Verger exclaimed " No goddess ! " at the moment he gave the blow , or that he was suspended for preaching against the Immaculate Conception . Hia suspension , says this writer , was on account of general misconduct , as indicated in a quarrelsome and brawling disposition and great laxity of morals . The Archbishop of Paris refused to remove the suspension which bad been pronounced by the Bishop of Meaux . " At the same time , he treated Turn with much kindness . He entreated him to be cautious of giving scandal , to amend his life , to avoid in future the errors which had brought

      down punishment on him ; and he hinted that the restoration of his functions would depend on his own conduct in future . In the meantime , the Archbishop gave him 300 f . to provide for his present necessities , and informed him that he should do all in his power to save him from falling into destitution . The Archbishop on subsequent occasions relieved his wants , but still declined , from conscientious motives , to remove his suspension . It is said that Verger very lately wrote letters in which he acknowledged the kindness and charity of the Archbishop , while at the same time , according to his own declaration , he was preparing for the crime he had just committed . "

      Some interesting particulars are given in the Fatrie : — " The assassin passed several hours in tho church of St . Etienne-du-Mont the day he committed the murder , to choose a place where he might strike his victim most securely . His first intention was to stab the Archbishop when seated on his pontifical throne . For this purpose he offered the beadle money to allow him to take his scat during the sermon near the stalls occupied by the clergy , and which place , he said , he occupied every year during the ceremonies . The beadle refused . Verger then thought of a bench whence ho might strike the Archbishop in a narrow passage . The prelate passed close to tho assassin on bis entrance . Verger waited for his going out , but the Archbishop went out by another door , and Verger was again disappointed . It was then he -went to the nave , where ho accomplished his fearful project . " It ia said that , during his examination , he wept , and confessed the wickednessof his act .

      Continental Notes. France, The Conferenc...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE , The Conferences proceed somewhat slowly . There was no meeting either on Friday week or for some following days . A difficulty is said to have arisen on the subject of the compensation to 1 ) 0 given to Russia for sacrificing Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents . It was found necessary to refer this matter to the respective Governments . This prevented any meeting on Friday week , and the furtlur delay took place ( if wo are to credit tho accounts from Paris ) owing to England and Austria not being prepared to announce tho evacuation of the Danubian Principalities and of tho Black Sea immediately after the signing of tho Protocols , or until the new lino of Russian frontier shall have been verified on tho spot by the Commissioners . It ia calculated that this cannot be effected under two months . The Conferences closed on Tuesday—a fact which ia thus announced in the Monitcur : — " Inspired with the resolutions of tho CongreaB , and wishing to conciliate all interests , tho Conference , by unanimous consent , has decided that the frontier Hno Hhall follow the Vale of Trajan as far as tho river Ynlpuck , leaving Bolgrad and Tubak to Moldavia , and that ltussia ahall retain on tho right bank of that stream the town of Komrat , with a territory of about flOO squaro versts . The Islo of Serpents has bocn considered M belonging to tho mouths of tho Danube , and it hnfi been agreed that it goes with their destination

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 10, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10011857/page/4/