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      arsenals . A . levy of 18 , 000 men has been ordered for the end of May . Altogether , during the year ending at the present time , 36 , 000 men have been enlisted . . . ., There have been fresh earthquakes in the Abruzzi , and several Hew craters have recently opened in Mount Vesuvius . . . ¦ ¦ The King has undergone an operation on the thigh , but the fever still continues * The state of the King ' s health becomes alarming ; for a few days he improved , but on Wednesday lie became worse . To lessen the pain he has recourse to opiates . In the meantime everything stands still . The hereditary Prince takes no part in affairs . The police exercise the utmost rigour towards all who speak of his illness . A gentleman in the cafe under the Palazzo Augri in the Toledo , ventured to express his regret at the silence of the official journals on the subject . On his way out he was arrested . On the 8 th instant a monk , in the ardour of sanctity , left for Bari , to mtercede with the Almighty for the King ' s health . . TUSCANY . It is now becoming a common practice to take advantage of the assembling of any considerable number , of people to disseminate political handbills . The following manifesto of this kind , was widely distributed in the Pergola Theatre , at Florence- — " Who deprives Italy of that most sacred treasure of every nation , independence?—Austria . Who wishes that we should be eternally slaves , even denying us the right to weep?—Austria , Austria , and always Austria ! Tuscans ! the hour has arrived in -which this ancient tyranny will have to pay the penalty of its evil doings , and Italy will lie cleared of foreign tyrants . The hour is near when we shall again be a free i > eople and independent nation . With God ' s help and the sword of a loyal king , right and justice shall triumph . Have courage , then , firmness , and discipline . The hour of redemption will not find us unprepared ; and , unhindered by the wretches who would wish to prevent us , we will raise the cry , 'War to Austria ! Vive V Italia >'"

      No. 469, March 19/18591 The Leapeb, 361

      No . 469 , March 19 / 18591 THE LEAPEB , 361

      A Bill For The Protection Of Squatters H...

      A bill for the protection of squatters has been read a second time and referred to a select commitjtee . There are large traots of land in Lower Canada ovued by non-resident proprietors who have totally neglected , their property . Persons have settled on these lands without title , and the object of the bill is to compel the proprietors , \ yhenever they remove the squatters , to pay them for their improvements . It encounters considerable opposition , but its passage is conceded .

      CANADA . The seat- of government question continues to agitate the Canadians . Ottawa is to be the eventual capital—that point is settled ; but while Ottawa is getting ready , the Government will leave Toronto , and make a temporary settlement in Quebec . There have heen four removals since 1841 , costing in the aggregate 4 . , 916 / . A report is current that the expenditures of Ottawa will be postponed for an indefinite period , and this encourages the people of the Lower Province to hope that Quebec may yet be the permanent capital .

      That Seizures Are Not Likely To Be Made ...

      that seizures are not likely to be made except under circumstances which would at least ensure a certificate of probable cause , if they did riot authorise condemnation . The object has been to avoid as far as practicable all vexatious interruptions of lawful ¦

      commerce . -.- . . • " The steamboat Princess , from . Vicksburg for New Orleans , exploded her boiler , caught fire , and burnt to the water ' s edge , at Conrad ' s Point , near Baton Rouge , on the 27 th of February . Four hundred passengers were on board of her at the time , 200 of whom are lost and missing . A large number of those on board were ladies , and many were badly scalded and otherwise injured . The boat and cargo are a total loss . The former was one of the finest vessels plying oil the river . " A Baton Rouge dispatch says : ^ -The engineer is reported to have said he would reach New Orleans in time , or blowup . The engineer was cut in two .

      On the night of the 28 th a very destructive fire occurred in Broad-street , Boston ; the damage was estimated at 250 , 000 dols . ; the " Royal of London " is responsible for 20 , 000 dpls . By the City of Manchester we have New York news of the 4 th instant . Congress was in a state of confusion , as usual when within a day or two of the expiration of the session . As a last resort for securing adequate provision for the wants of the ( Government , the United States Senate had made an amendment to the General Appropriation Bill , authorising an issue of treasury notes to the extent of twenty millions : of dollars . The house would have to concur in this movement . A proposition providing for home valuationsupon imports was voted down in the Senate . Mr . Smith O'Brien had visited both Houses of Congress , and was cordially received .

      The Postmaster- General , Mr . Brown , was dangerously ill * and his medical advisers feared the worst . . ¦¦ ¦'' , The JVew York Tunes states that Mr . Sickles continued tO : receive numerous calls from friends , and innumerable letters of sympathy from every quarter . He was some what more calm , but "looked badly . " The papers are filled with details of a morbid and sickly character . We find -whole columns of such

      stuff-as this : — "He rose early this morning , smoked n . cigar , and got a barber toshave him . Many friends are visiting him to-day . Mr . King , the gaoler , has had a eell fitted up , and whitewashed , and vermin cleared out , to put the prisoner in , where he will remain till his trial comes off . He will be placed in the said cell this evening as soon as it is dry . To day artists are engaged in taking photographic views of the scene of the tragedy in Madison-place for New York pictorial papers . "

      Afire had occurred at Memphis , Tonnessee , destroyT ing property on Main-street to the value of 150 , 000 dollars . Five newspaper establishments were burned down . The following scene had taken place in a Kentucky law court : —An old political fund has existed for some time between Thomas S . Low , of Hawesville , and Cicero Maxwell , of Hartford , Kentucky , the prosecuting attorney for that district . Mr . Low had threatened to cowhide Mr . Maxwell on meeting

      AMERICA . Tub Africa arrived on Monday at Liverpool , from New York , with intelligence to the 2 ml iust . In the United States Senate a test vote strongly iu favour of the bill for the acquisition of Cuba having been given , Mr . Slidell had withdrawn the measure for the session , with the intimation that he . should bring it up again on the first day of the next session . General Houston delivered his valedictory , spoech us a senator , his term of service having expired . The , question of the tariff and the proposed reissue of treasury notes or a now loan remained in a 1

      state of uncertainty . Motions providingfor a bill reviving the tariff of 184 G , and tor are-issue of treasury notes , had both been defeated in the House of Representatives . In'tho llouao n colloquy of a personal nature took place between Messr . s . Kcngun and Bryan , of Texas , which , created considerable excitement . The Naval Appropriation Bill was passed , the amendments reducing the navy-yard appropriations from 1 , 192 , 000 dols . to 130 , 000 dols ., and reducing the fippropri'itiou for repairs , armaments , & e ., from , 0 , 100 , 000 dole , to 1 , 000 , 000 dols ., havingbeen concurred in .

      The Now Mexico Legislature Iwul passed a stringent Aot for the protection of sluyo property , and denying the right of Congress to interfere with it . The British Consul at Now York had notiflgd through tha iH-oss that ho had received official , instructions from her Majesty ' s Government to assist the Neapolitan oxlloa on their arrival . President Buchanan , in reply to a call of tho House of Representatives for information concerning the Africiui slavo trade , says that the instructions given to the commanders of the squadron avo such

      him . On the 2 nd of March , while Mr . Maxwell was addressing the court at Hawesville , he was interrupted by Mr . Low denouncing him in grossly insulting language . Mr . Maxwell and others then fired several shots at Mr . Low , wounding him in the thigh and arm , cutting off' his thumb , ami riddling his shirt . A general lire with pistols ensued , and John Aldridjje , a friend of Mr . Low ' s , was killed , and a Mr . Miller shot through the tlnj * H . Mr . Low lias been committed to gaol for protection from the mob .

      West Indies. «Hayti. Accounts Arc To The...

      WEST INDIES . « HAYTI . Accounts arc to the 5 th of February . By a deoveo of the Senate , all the property of the ex-Em poror , of his wife , and of hjs daughters , ' Olive and Colia , had been confiscated to the Government . The property of General d'Klva , Chancellor of the Empire , had also been sequestrated . Geffrard hail dismissed tho National Guard . He had declared void

      all the acts of Sou ' . ouquo after December 20 , tho data of the proohuontion of tho rovolution ; had issued , a proclamation urging tho puople to modorato their hatred towards tho supporters of the lute Empire , and an address of tlirmUs to tho foreign Consult * for tho dignified part they took during tho revolution . A permanent coinmittoo ha 8 been appointed by the Government to devise somo substitute lor tho Impost of one-fifth now exacted on coffee . _ . ' .

      . . Gohoral Snutana , in a-message to tho Dominican Senate , had roquoatcd authority to renew tho commercial treaty with England which is about to expire .

      Central America. The Advices From, Centr...

      CENTRAL AMERICA . The advices from , Central America concur generally in stating that Sir W . Grore Ouseley had succeeded in making a favourable treaty for England with tlie Government of Nicaraguaj and that a copy of the convention was on | ts way to London . The Cass-Trissary treaty had teen laid on the shelf . President Martinez , in his Message to the Legislature on the 14 th of January , refers with proud satisfaction to the presence of Sir W . Gore Ouseley , as a guarantee of close intimacy and new commercial relations with Great Britain . ' From San Salvador we hear of the resignation of President Santin and the accession of Guzman . Letters from Greytowri express great alarm at the gradual silting lip of the harbour . Already the entrance is only 26 fathoms wide , and 18 feet of water , whei-e only a short time ago the width was double what it now is , and 25 feet of water on the bar . Now only small sized vessels can get inside . The English mail steamers are now obliged to anchor outside among the meii-of-war . Hereafter , they will only stop long enough to land and receive the mail , then go to Aspinwall and lie there , instead of stopping at Greytown . Several consultations had been held by the officers of the British squadron on the subject . Her Majesty ' s ship Valorous had been compelled to leave the harbour , her commander fearing to be effectually blockaded by the bar . llie people of Greytown , with characteristic liberality , have given the men-of-war officers permission to survey the harbour and to make such improvements as they might deem proper , but at -their own expense . At Puntas Arenas the sea had commenced breaking through , and there was danger of all the buildings and property belonging to Scott and Vanderbilt being washed awy .

      Mexico. On The 22rid February, Miramon W...

      MEXICO . On the 22 rid February , Miramon was still at Orizaba with 4 , 000 men , and was collecting forced loans everywhere , lie had formed a cabinet , consisting of Larraintzan , Minister of Foreign Relations ; Bagaceta , Minister of Finance ; and Castillo , Minister of War . There were 4 , 000 liberal troops at Zucatecas and another body at Moreha , Ihe foreign ministers of the capital had not recognised Miramon .. as President . The English and French squadrons were in a hostile attitude before Vera Cruz , and favoiirirtg Miramon and the church-party . They will attack the city from the sea , while Miramon does the same from the land side . Another despatch says : — The English and French merchants at Vera Cruz have renounced the protection of their own flag , and placed themselves under the American'flag . A subsequent despatch states that a force would be landed from the English and French vessels to protect the lives and property of subjects of their respective nations , unless Miramon guaranteed their safety before attacking Vera Cruz . Later advices from . Vera Cruz reiterate the former statement as to the hostile attitude of the British and French fleets towards Juarez ; It is reported they have intercepted his reinforcements and otherwise favoured Miramon . The latter threatens to sack the city , in consequence of which the citizens have applied to the British and French commanders for protection , but have been refused . It is not supposed , however , that the fleets will openly participate in the attack . ———¦ ¦

      Egypt. At Alexandria A Grand Ball Was Gi...

      EGYPT . At Alexandria a grand ball was given in the rooms of the New Exchange , on the 2 nd instant , by the British residents ' , to , tho oIHcers of the Euryalus , the United States frigate Macedonia , and the French war steamer Chaptal , besides a large number of tlie inhabitants , in all about 900 persons . The Viceroy , for whom a separate suite ot apartments was prepared , arrived about ten p . m ., followed by his brother , flalim Pacha , and two of his ministers . Dancing soon afterwards commenced , being led oil' by Prmco Alfred with Mrs . Tlmrbur . n . Many of the fair sex of different nations liad tho honour of dancing- ¦ with tho young Prince , who appeared in excellent hunlth . Ho has made two trips into the interior , and visitoa the Pyramids and other places of interest , llio Viceroy lias put at the Prince ' s disposal special trains for Inn shooting excursions , as also one ot tlio palaces in C . ilro , wliqro tho Prince resided during his sojourn there-, nnd , furthermore , cJ « iJy flout on board tho Euryalus , In honour of the Prince , according to tho Turkish custom , an nbiindnn *" ll > f ° provisions of all sorts , ccwiina about * 2 <) 0 P « v diem . Trade continues dull . Wheat lias rUon enormously high in confluence of tho demand for tho Hod si The cotton crop this season i . abon oncthird short of the ju-ovious one , and ot a rcvy info Ti ^ CiUuStttt nmlfc met with a groat detention on tho iHthinus , in consequence of part of the lino bot eon Suo * nnd Cairo having tf ot Uoalu-d up wth moving sand during tho late gale . One of tho engines had to bo dug out .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19031859/page/9/