Current:

Leader (1850-1860), 10th May 1856, Edition 2 of 2, Page 8, NAVAL AND MILITARY. The laxb AssAtjiTAT ...

Page 8
Page 8
8 of 24

On this page

  • Text (3)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Continental Notes. France. Tire Moniteur...

      concern the i ^ tfon , personalinfluence , is . proscribed ,, ; and he desires the police " mil use all diligence to Bring nndejr , the operation of the pe . nal code , persons offepdm ^ as Ascribed ..,, . "' , ' .. • ¦ ¦¦ , M . " VUipT , MonpurgoV ! , an' ^ a ^ tern traveller , whose writings iot the last sixteen years have materially contributed to th « knowledge of Turkish affairs which Europe now p dssess ^ . di £ dlasj , Saturday ' . He was one of the ^ m ^^ ^^ -esk ^ Pafis (/ orrespondent o t ^ V & fylfeiQs ., t , . _ . . } ...,,., ,,, -,., ' ., ¦ . .., ¦ / , mT T $ ^ icuAtlpn o * ^^^^ l ^^^^^ t alrSaWfcekum ' but it \ % beifeyed that thfe whole , army ; of oc ^ wfa ott-will nQth ^; Mturned . be ^ . the : hfeginmng , of ~ ' Octciber . * '' ' ' !'' ' ' "" ' « ij--.--- '¦ ¦> . ^ - . --« a « s * jm ^ o « i aava the Times Vienna Corre ; -

      cSeSsiW * '' reqiifed the . Minister ^ for Ecclesiastical AflfaW to inform them whethiei ; the arrangements recently n \ a 3 e > y the Bishops for the niterment of the nSPbathplic sta > jec ^; of hi ftMa ^ t ^' were approved by Government , / ' and information ; hasnow been , £ i yen me that an « u ^ tisfec ^ or ^' answer ' ^ as a | day or two since rec ^ iVe < i ' by ' the ^ ti ^ edapp h " c ants . " . , ; , .. i ^ e Austrian Goyerirnent , it is said , has now . abandonWthe iiitentibn bf sendfiag tropes io the Western frontier of Parma . '' ' ¦

      A letter ; froin ; Milan says ' i th ' at ordershave been given foil ! forming campsi of instruction / next month , in the Lombardo-Veneto provinces , but ' sidds that the fact in its & f has no importance , as it is the custom every ;^ ear to ;; have such , cainps iii onje part or another of ' the coiy » fay . \ ' . ' ; . 77 ... - . 7 7 . u '"' .. ' . ... . .. ' .. ¦ .. ¦' >' . "" . ¦ : '• ¦ ¦ , PRUSSIA . " '• ' . ' , ; T ^ e ' King of PruS ^!* lias ; sent to the Emperor of the French the insignia of -the Order of t !* e Black Eagle . The King , in his speech delivered on thd . closing of

      the . Chambers , thus alluded to the reduction of . the aiS ~*' to , ita usual state : — " A further , portion of-, the thirty millions raised to mee £ ^ he . extraordinary , requirements of . the army has . been spent this ! year , for the purpose for which it was raised ^ When you net & t meet , the necessary , accounts of the , expenditure will , be laid before you ; and , at the same time ,, ypur consent will be asked for the . definitive application of the balance that may remain available after the army 1 ms been restored , ^ o ; the . peace foo ^& jg . " 7 . .: . \ . '" ' ""' . . . ' . \ ' ' . < . ' . ¦ > . ¦ ' , ¦ :. ¦ : " ' ..

      Solemn , thanksgivings , for the . conclusion pfypea , ce , W , ere on Sunday offered"up in all th , e , £ russjanchurches . , ; .. ( . ¦! - ¦ .. ; . :: - ¦ ! - : 1 RUSSIA . ¦ > ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ < : : ' ' - . ' • ¦;• . ¦ The Dowager Empress of Russia is at present too uin well to undertake the-projected journey to Germany . General Soukhosanet has' been appointed Minister of War . The appointment of Prince Gortschakoff as Minister for Foreign Affairs is officially published .. A redaction of the fleet has been made . Three divisions will be stationed in the Baltic . One will still retainthe denomination of ? ' the Black Sea fleet . "

      The resignation of Count Nesselrode has been officially published . " In connexion with this retirement , " , says the Times Berlin Correspondent , it is said that he had not . the necessary courage to protest energetically against the policy of the late Emperor , which brought about the war . ' Solicitude about his own high position at the close of his long official life had led the Chancellor to show too much compliance with the ideas of his Imperial master . To this error he subsequently added a further fault , viz ., that he forgot how little becoming it is even for the most meritorious servant when once in the service

      of the successor to affect to maintain the consistency of the ; predecessor 5 -and that ho-had been unwilling , ieven aa late , as January / 1 I 6 , to : make the concessions essential to the peace which the state ; of Russia imperatively called : for . . On . this occasion , the Emperor , ia reported to hanre j said that several of . his fathers servant * , had overlived their time , and did 1 not sufficiently comprehend the requir « oei ) kta . » f the ; present day . ^ This remark of the Emperor is now talked ) of as having , led to the retirement of the three high officers of state , Nesselrode , Menschikoff , and Tschernitacheff . " The Curator of the St , Petersburg educational district , Puachkine , haa been dismissed ; from his office . , ; , ,,. > ,,. ; ¦ .,: ¦ It has been officially proclaimed / that the coronation of the Emperor wall take place at Moscow noxt August , , >

      Thp ; dwinq of the £ mporar , Alecrander to encourago , the , arta . of peacg iq , evinced , * by , a circular addressed by tbe ^ iniflter . of ( tho Inftcrior , to itlwj ; marnhula of , the va-. ri . Qqfl ; goyentunent « and piwvjnciaV / Colleges , of nobility , reminding them that , inasmuch as " the thorough de ,- vel ppnj ent of the empire ' ^ pr oductive energies , , and the w ^ e dir eqtion of , its ^ roanufacturing , activity ,, ban . . alone , sgC j UTO ^ e ^ P ^ rn a ^ prosperity pf I ^ us 8 ia ,, nn ^ consolidate !& rt # W ^ m ^^ ' ^^ p ^ f ^ m ^^^ P Ir one' of (^ heir ( moift important d ^ tipa , tQ . discpyer new branchM . of ( ufleful ^ a ^ tivi ^ y , , ^ da ^ tedjto local means , apd TSMffiSiJ "fifa ^ ft ^^ wsw ^ ' ^ ' ^! ,. w * ° ^ sTO ^ ffl'r ^ jmJi ffif fiPfffir PiwffiWH ¦ fip . mwif . of : f ^ m w & - $ nw % M ™ JFwtA t ¦? jwift m fwte a ate ' ofcSS <^ K ^ Bii ;? 7 ^ fff ^ rPsftyfi ^ ft ri 1 y ? c Hftr ° l" fl * ft > ° f ? » % ^^! STO ^ fi : ^;^ i > 4 JO ^ j : > 1 i' .: 1 ( . ' .. ¦ i ! ¦¦ ( 1 .. 1 ,: i ¦> ,. !¦ . > ¦• •¦ . ¦ il 11 t :, > ,, ¦ •• i 1 . .. ; 1 111 )' , 1 , ; ' ¦ , [( t )) , ¦ ,-n mi 1

      ties connected with the military hospital of Simpheropol , on accttunt ; of neglect cif their diity ; They wUl be brought ' to a court-maf tial . '

      ; "'¦¦ ' ' " . "" . ' ' .. fcrAir . " . Count Cavdur , oh his return to Turin , was cordially embraced by the King , ' who hung' Tound his lieck -with his own hands the cbllar Of the ' Order of the Airiiunciata , the highest decoraiibh . in ' the gift of the monarch . He was also most warmly received and complinlerited by the Chaniber of Deputies . An ' address has beep' presented td hibiiy signed by almost all' the ^ Neapolitan " ana Sicilian' Gmigris resident " ^ in Turin and Genoa , thanking ; him for bis exertions on their behalf at the Con- ' ferenc ^ s . ' '"' . ' , ¦¦¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ '' ,, ' . The official journal at Turin publisher an ordinance chargftig Count Cayour with the ad interim management of the " Department of Foreign Affairs . Count ' Cayour has' laid before the Chamber v 6 ry inlpoiftatit documents on the affairs of Italy . Questions have been put " to the Government on the subject . ' ,, " , ' ' ' "' . '¦

      The : deputies , both of the fight'' and' lef \ tendered their support to the Government , if circumstances shbtild require it . The Chamber then adbpte'd ' the ordefr bf the day , approving of the conduct of Count Cayour : ""' The Duchess Regent has left Parma ; arid the exef-, else Pf civil authority has been placed Jn the harids of the military Austrian Commandant . The Cprriere Mercantile of Genoa spates that the differences which existed between Naples ' and the " Western ' Powers '' are approaching * an arrangement" ' An amnesty on an extended scale will , it is expected , be shortly published . A public functionary at Parma ( according to the Universale of Milan ) has been threatened with death m the public streets by two well-dressed , but unknown , individuals , who took to flight on hearing the approach of three passengers . This was about five o ' clock in the aftertioon . ' ' -

      "The number of Austrian troops in Parma , says the Paiis Correspoiideht of the Morning Post , " is gradually augmenting , although the official journal states the contrary . They arrive in tu 3 d uchy a few at a time . A certain Francheschi , Austrian Commissary , and one Rossi , an artist , and a great favourite of the Grand Duchess , direct the affairs of Parma . Political prisoners are sent not only to Mantua but to Styria . " ; The permanence'' of the Anglo-Italian Contingent at Mafya ( according fo the ' GenW Correspondent of . t ^ e " Jnctipendance lidlge ) keeps the Neapolitan Government in a s ^ ate of great p , erturbatibtf . u It . is ' j > rqp 6 se ' d tp sehd ^ a reinforcement' of trPbps tb Sicil y to secure that island ' against a coup a * e main . "

      SPAIN . The Madrid Gazette of the 29 th ult contains the subjoined significant paragraph : — " In consequence of what some foreign journals have recently published on the affairs of Spain , it appears that a high personage has had a conference with the Queen , and that her Majesty declared that she would sooner lose her crown , and . the hope of seeing her daughter reign , than suffer any foreign nation to intervene in bur affairs . " " ' Numerous arrests' have taken place at Barcelona , in consequence of the investigation-commenced at Valencia against the leaders of the last revolt . ,

      :: •' ¦•' ' ¦ TURRET . ¦• ' ' - : The concessions granted by the Sultan to his Christian subjects are beginning to have their effect ! on the fanatical . Mahometans of Arabia . An insurrection has broken out at Mecca . The Scheriff , who had been dismissed from his post , refused to give it up ^ alleging the infidelity of the Sultan as his excuse . 'Heis supported in' his re ^ sistanoeby 50 , 000 armed Arabs , who , it is said , refuse entrance into the city to the pilgrims , under pretence that ^ the Ottoman ^ Empire is defiled . The Journal de Constantinople speaks of the disturbances at Xablous , but 1 announces that the most energetic moasures have beeri adopted against all perturbdtore . > The Circassian deputation , 'which has arrived at Constantinople , 'Is composed of two hundred persons .

      The Porte is sending troops to Syria . The members of the Circassian deputation have paid visits to the Ottoman functionaries . The troubles in Magnesia still continue . The Governor of Smyrna has act out in order to repress thorn . \ 1 ¦ ¦ . . ¦ 1 ...... DKIXJIUM . i-i i . ¦ ¦ , ' - ' ' ! In the Belgian'Chaniber of Representatives ^ on Friday week , M . Orta , a member of the Left , gav « notice that , in consoquenco' of the lato publication of certain important documents in 1 foreign journala , he intciulod to address interpellations to the Government , and , purticurlarly to the he * ul of the department 1 of ,-ForeigmAffairs . ¦

      Had the ministry any ,, objection to fix : au early , day /? MNi > edopker , Minietori f Belgium , and , will ww a , , direct 1 w ai »« upp « | Cpw » fi WUn lowaki ' sepeoch . " ; ... ,, ,.,, .. 1 M i . ( . . ,: „ , i , ; ... -.,, ,.,. „ ,. , I > Ii ^ w MA ^^ , ,, .,, .,.,, ,,,, . , ,.., „„ ,,.. .. , ' , Advices have been received at IIan ^ bJ urg ,,, and 1 , nptAce has beou opiciajly given , of ,. th , fi laxpoc ^ d ,, arriyAii pfr an American squadron in the Elbe , CopQU , h » gW h « W £ W ¥ " '' I / , ( 111 / . ' ' r . i ; l 1 (• I / . 7 I I ' I I I ' ( ¦ ¦ , ¦ ; 1 -i . ¦ .. I 11 Ml 'I' / . ;!¦ uii / . r :.. : ¦ ' . n-vi . i > . > il i

      tioned as the ultimate destination . This-important event is supposed to be connected with the expiration of the treaty with Denmark relative to the Sound Dues .

      44q Tjher Mam^? [No. S^ Gattogay, ¦ ¦^Jw...

      44 Q TjHEr MAM ^? [ No . S ^ gATTOgAY , ¦ ¦^ jwtS- " ' ... _ ' ' ' ' • - ¦¦ ~ ——^— - 1

      Naval And Military. The Laxb Assatjitat ...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . The laxb AssAtjiTAT tbog [ Gbxjhck & sipscr CAVAurr BA » RAC ^ s .- -Some further J 5 tepff hayebeeii taken in this matter . The . young man , Ste ^ r haying' addressed 4 letter to ^ Liord Hardirige ; detailiri ' g th ^ particulars of th ^ treatment ^ ie tvos subjected to , his ' LoVdship has traritfmitted the commut ^ catiori' to the commandant at Canterbury ' ^ fof " t * he purpbse of having ' ^' e ' sdleg-atloiis investigated . ' Tfie inquiry is now goJnig ^ ori ' : ' ^ Tide FORiacbaiiNG Review AT ^^ iirrisbbi ^ Accordin to present" arrangement , the g ^ ran d ' reyie '\ v of Crhnekiv and other troops , ' fiied for ' ThmMay , the 2 f £ > th instanV will " ' "take ' pfec e oh tlie cayalrV-exercising grdiind ; tit Windsor Great Park , between ihe ton ' g WtXk and the continuation of Sheet-street , Windsor , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , > in the presence Df her Maje & tjr , the Prince-Consort , the royal family , the Corps Diplomatique , and * her Majesty ? s Ministers , ^ he , Coramander-ui-Chiei ; the Adjutant and Quartermaster-Generals , and a large number of general and staff-officers wUl aleo be present . ^ . Riox at y ^ oqj ^ iqsf .-rrA desperate , aflfpay . occurred : late on Saturday evening with th , e . njilitary . of " ^ T oo lwicl ^ in wh ^ ch a portion of all the corps in . the , garrison were engaged , and which is . said to have resulted in the death of one of the militia ,: and serious injuries tp two privates of the marines . The affray commenced in one of tli & most degraded ports-of-the town , and required the as ^ sistonce of pickets to the strength of four hundred men to quell the outbreak . . ..

      Cruelty to the Sick in Pobtsmoittk Habbouk . — The Court-martial which commenced sitting on board the Victory , in Portsmouth Harbour , oft Friday , May 2 , to try Mr . ' Francis" Bowen Pritchar'd , surgeon of her Majesty ' s steam-sloop Rattler , on allegations Of cruelty to the sick during a period of four years , terminated its sittings on Thursday : The charges "were , preferred by the ship ' s company of the Rattler . " The court acquitted Mr . Pritchard of some of the charges , atid ; foiind litiff guilty of others . He was sentenisMto fee ?' placed at the ; bottom of the list of surgeons in the Royal N ^ vyi ^ nd ' to | forfeit all clalnis'to increased rates' ot § kp 6 t half-pay fo which he wqulft ^ otherwise have ifeen ^^ entitled for tTie period of nis ' " seryicea ori" board fh ^ 'Rattler , from flic 10 th day of September , 1851 , tcitheiSth ' of May , 1856 . ' Several of the persons alleged ; to'have been ill-used ; are now dead .

      Mutiny in the British German Leo « 6 n at Ply " -. mouth . —An emeute has broken out in the 3 rd Jager Regiment , two companies of wiiich are stationed- in the Plymouth Citadel . Dissatisfaction with their colonel h $ d existed for some days past , and on Thursday evening the men exhibited so , strong a spirit of insubordination , that it was deemed necessary to send for strong detachments of artillery , marines , & c . Major-Genera ! Eden ' ( witih his sjaff ) was promptly on the spot , and measures we ' re instantly taken to repress the outbreak ; but , all communication with the garrison being suspended , nothing definite is at present known as to the results . ; . .. ' ¦ ' ,

      : Murper ' by a Soldier . —Sergeant , Owen Guinea , of the 08 th Light Infantry , stationed at Fermojy Barracks , was shot dead on Tuesday by Private Charles M'Cready , of the same corps . The act yas qbmihit ^ cd in revenge , M'Cready having felt exasperated at some slight punishment ; to which he had been subjected . The culprit , who expressed no sorrow for the crimo , has been , handed over to the civil power . . ,

      , Obituabk. • M. Adolphe Adam.—This Popu...

      , OBITUABK . M . Adolphe Adam . —This popular musical composer died at Paris on Saturday night last iof congestion of the brain . The death was very sudden , ob he had been at the Opera on the same evening . Few musicians , " says a contemporary , " have evinced'such an oxtraordi * - nary facility as M . Adam ,, who would often be engaged on two or three operas , and a ballet « imultanooudly . This facility was his bane-. Besides supplying every theatre in Paris with incessant contributions ^ M- ' Adam wrote several masses and othor aacrcd oompositiona . Added to all this , he was successively muaiaalJituiUntonittt ) for the Conetitutionnel and the Ataeniblee . Rationale , as well « 3

      being a conatant contributor to other papers . Iu 1847 ,, M . Adam , joined to hia other avocations that of DireaWC of , the Theatre Lyrlquo , wliere helost a largo part , of hifl fortune ..: Ho wa « s moweover , Pvofaftsor of Ooinpositiou ftt the ( Goneervatoire , and ,. nvember , of . the Institute . Ho was an amiable a » well aa a clover man , and a hu-go circle of firionda will regcethw loss . ' , ' Ho woa buried ou Monday in the Montmartro Cemetery . Aubor *» a HfsUyy wer » among ,, ( the , pall-frear < w » , , Ou tho fl »> no « iV « nAPiKrith < vly ) rio , ( th « atirpsj , nerp ^ lo ^ ed ,, with tho oxw \* tiojut , pf ; , th , y , QperA ,, wh < jr «> th ( nGqr'Of ^« was perforwwtf fortbo bo » f £ l ( , PftJwwidow . i , ( . ,

      , , ,, ... , S < r WWJ 4 AM jiAMi ^ roN . rT-ThiB , eininewt p lulosophicttl , writer diftd . pn theimowUigpf . lwt Taeaday , from <( it i * , htfi 0 ve 4 ) , conge » jlil 0 n , of , tha brain . , i For yewralW haa ^ wffwe ^ . ifrpw , ^ n attack . pjfpamlyflw , which attwm th / Uiwhjo ^ of jhia r , i ^ t ! i » i 4 e X »; p »' . thfl-cye to the W * » M' 11 ! ! j 1 ' . 11 - , ' .. ' . i ¦ 1 . n . fiii . ' . ' ., /' .. I . 1 K . ¦ j . : . ' ¦

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10051856/page/8/