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      August 19, 1854.] The Lje A D E R. 775

      August 19 , 1854 . ] THE LJE A D E R . 775

      The Court. Thb Queen And Prince Returned...

      THE COURT . Thb Queen and Prince returned to Osborne oa Saturday immediately after the prorogation of Parliament ; , and there they still remain , occasionally taking cruises in their yacht . No day seems yet fixedtfor the autumn journey to Jialmoral . The Morning Post says : — " The celebrated pianist , Charles Halle , had the honour of being commanded to attend at Osborne yesterday ( Tuesday ) for the purpose of performing before the Queen and Prince Albert some of the most remarkable productions from the music of Beethoven , of which M . Halldis so well known to be a faithful and brilliant interpreter . Her Majesty and his Eoyal . Highness condescended to receive 21 , Halle priyately during an interview of nearly three Jiours ; and , after having appreciated with exquisite taste and remarkable delicacy of artistic sentiment , all . the beauties of the principal sonatas of the grand master , they were pleased to expras to the artist their approval of the excellence of his playing , and to treat him with the most flattering distinction . " Most of the Ministers have left town . Lord Aberdeen remains at the Hanger ' s Lodge , Greenwich , to be near business ; and the Duke of Newcastle is constant at Downing-street as Minister of War . Sir B . Hall , also , -will probably remain at his newpost \ viiile the cholera lasts .

      The Tubkish Ilo An. At Last The Turkish ...

      THE TUBKISH ILO AN . At last the Turkish Loan is out : the Times City article-says : — ¦; . ^ . ' •;¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' . . \ ' , V ,,. - ¦ ¦ "¦¦ .. ¦¦ " The follovviDg . notificat ion regarding the proposed Turkish loan was issued to-day ( Wednesday . ) by the agents , Sir I . L . Go-ldsiriid arid Mr . Honsley Palmer , and is in precise cpnfiorbiHy jsri'th the ¦ particulars already published . An accomrpanying memorandum states the views with which it is regarded by the Governments of'France ahd Englaiid . The total amount is to be 5 , 000 , 000 / ., and tho first issue . vyill represent 2 , 000 , 003 / . ; of . 6 per cent , stock at' 80 ( or a cash payment of l , 6 () O , O 00 J- ) , ' with a pVivilege to the subscribers of taking a further sum of l ; 000 , 0 d 0 / . on the sanie terms within a month- The remaining 2 j 000 ' 000 ? . of stock is not to be issued for five months below 85 . Subscript ions' to b « received both in London and Paris ^ and , as ¦ i . 'h ' e total cash payment involved , even ' supposing the entire amount of the loan to be eventually Subscribed , will not much exceed 4 , O 0 OjO 00 ? ' . , there is no reason to apprehend . that the isstaU mehts spread over many month ? , and , divided between the two countries , will produce any very objectionable effect ; on themoneyifnarket . The : time allowed for the sending in of subscriptions is limited to to-morrow , and the applications already far exceed the sum requirc . d- "

      Egypt. We Read In Thedebuts •—• "The Let...

      EGYPT . We read in theDebuts •—• " The letters which we have just received from Alexandria comb down to'the 5 th inst ., and are again full of descriptions ¦ of thej ^ es given in'honour of Said Pasha ' s accession 46 the throne . He derives ; benefit from the hatred borne to liis predecessor , and it is only just to add that the measures by which-ho has signalised the commencement of his reign justify the joy and hopes of the population . The removal of the prohibitions imposed by Abbas Pasha on the corn t rade is an absolute boon to foreign commerce , and more particularly to the population , whom that deplorable system caused to perish of-starvation in the rniilst , of the most fertile country in the world . As if by enchantment , whont fell at once in price , as all that was necessary to place bread

      within every one ' s reach , even of the very poorest , was to throw open tho Government stores , which . wore full to overflowing ; . The- first acts of" clemency of the now Government axe known , and 110 ulterior act has come to impair their effect . Not only has 'Klfy Bey been pardoned , but ho still retains' tlie title of Kiaya ; and ( said Pasha has confirmed tlie . donation of land which had been mudo him by Abbas Pasha . The moderation and pyudencc of the new Viceroy aye such , that up to the present time very few changes ore cited in the administrative staff . It is not that solicitors and flattorcra hnvo been wanting , but they have been thrust aside without ceremony , lliiami Pasha , « on of Abbas , being aTjsont , the post of ¦ Minister of War , of which ho bore tlio title , has been given to Ahmed Pasha Eltopdji ; the prefect of police of Cairo has been replaced by , the former profiet of police of Alexandria , Talur Bey , and Bomo prefects of

      provinces whoso incapacity or neghgenco was notorious Kayo boon dismissed ; but the highest personages ore maintained in the places whioh they occupied before the { death of Abbas Push n . For tho . present moment the principal anxiety of the Government i » to bear up against tlio financial crisis winch AbbasToslu has bequeathed to it , The tiinancos exhausted , tho 'State borne down by heavy arrears of debt to tlio civil and military functionaries , andndciioit of nearly 6 O , OOO » QOOf . in tho Treasury—such is tho situation . Abb | is Pasha , however , died exceedingly rich , as his personal fortune aa OBlimnted at the lmgo amount of 200 , 0110 , 000 in apeoio ( no doubt « n exaggerated iicuro ) , witliout reckoning n large ffe nrtAll lit t \ T iiAiiI % * w » iki \ Aitl *» ^\ T a a * - « ,. lh . .. t . IA--. £ .. Z .. k » . ¦•> >\ ii 4 . 1 ... A . wuuivHiiui vui Min

      * > [<« w |/ mij ' . i > u uiu , uosmua uj i ^ iiuiwik i . that prince , wlioso distrust was proverbial , concealed liis trensurcs in mysterious hiding-places , and it will bo exceedingly difficult to get in tho sums to which tlio Stato ia certwnly entitled from tho property loft , but which right tiiild iHshuhas deolarod that hu will only wtorciso in the at lift limits ot tho law . To ward off the peril which monnccH thorn troin that quarter , hia brother , nopiiown , aiuUll tlio princes ot tho irtmUy » ao > v oloaaiy united for tho lirat time to the lieuu ot the Uovcrnmont , na well aa tho principal pcrsoniiKos , liftvoplaeod hoiti 8 olvcattthl 8 dispos . il , and hnvo nob lumituloJ to pay into tlio Areaaury very important Bums . It in honud tlint those extraordinary resources , joined to lho » o which iimy liavo been croivtcd by other moans , and to the poraomlJ I'oaorvoa ol « uiU Pasha , willaulugo toatoptlio crisis .

      " We had not thought it right to mention the rumours which were afloat after the death of Abbas Pasha ; as the present information obtained from a good source did not allow any doubt to be entertained that his death was one of violence . Two of his Mamelukes , who had recently witnessed the execution of several of their comrades , the victims of-the cruel caprice of their master , and who had been menaced themselves with a similar fate , strangled him in the midst of his debauches , and then immediately fled , carrying with them all the jewels that they could lay hands on . it was said that one of them bad been discovered in bis hidingplace and arrested . On the 5 th , the Egyptian steam frigate Nil . arrived at Alexandria from Constantinople , having on board Ferid F . ffendij first secretary of the Sultan , bearer of the firman of investiture . "

      Naples. Tne King Secludes Himself In The...

      NAPLES . TnE King secludes himself in the Island of Ischiafrom the attacks ot cholera . The reports of bad feeling between the foreign and Neapolitan troops had been revived . The King of Naples , it is known , has 15 , 000 mercenaries in bis pay , chiefly Swiss , to whom he shows much more favour than to his 100 , 000 . Neapolitan soldiers , . giving . ' 'them higher pay , better food and clothing , and better quarters than to his own countrymen . OF course , this gives rise to much jealousy , so that , if there were any one to head a military insurrection now , there is every probability that it would be sue « essful i as even , the mercenaries have shown themselves not free from the taint of liberalism , and those who are now loyal to the man yvho disposes irresponsibly of the Neapolitan revenues would soon give their adherence to the party which seemed likely to command the treasury . Luckily for the King , no-such leader presents himself , and so the Government has inbther respite . ¦

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      . ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . ¦ . . ' . ' ,:: , seain . [¦ : ' ,: . , ¦ ; ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ , : ¦ In the elections for the constituent Gortes , the Iaw of 1837 will bo earned put ; with some modifications . There will a representative for every 25 , 000 souls . Everything is in suspense , meanwhile ; Espariero and Q ' Donnell contiriue on ouovrard good terms : Queon Christina is a . prisoneriii her daughter's palace . The accounts from Catalonijiindicate serious disturlanceSi At Patosa the nibb abolished all taxesj and murdered the principal ta ^ collectpr ! ¦ - : The Dowager Duchess of Alba has been appoiniied camerera mayor'to the Queen . Her Majesty , it appears , expressed soine little-chagrin at the complete change of all the Palace ofiicials . Tins , for various reasons , -was not '' unnatural . ' They had'been long about her , and some of them must have beeii complaisant to a fault . In Spain it is : ipt the custom fur the Queen ? s household to be changed when the . Ministry changes , -but certainly it was high time to make the innovation . Tins may have strvck the Queen as strange , and she may have regretted . parting witli some of lier old familiars * . but , . . upon the whole , the thing passed over very well . I need hardly say tnat of so promising a molehill as this mountains have been made .

      America. General Ovaif-Beix Has Been App...

      AMERICA . General OvaiF-BEix has been appointed Minister to London . The New York Jferald announces the arrival at New York of Dr . Cottman , an American gentleman , who has lived for several years at St . Petersburg , and whohus been intrusted by the Czar with a mission of the highest importance—viz ., to propose a commercial treaty , and to dispose of -Sitka , the latter on very advantageous terms , to the United States Government- According to the Htrakl , the Czar , " in sneaking of our relations with Spaiu , says he

      considers that Cuba is ours by right of her geographical position , and that , a ? she commands the entrance to the Gulf , > ve should take her , whether the Spanish Government is willing Or not ! " The Herald is most fulsome in its praise of the Emperor and abusive of England . This Dr . Oottman , tho Char ' s agent , while in London , e « route to New York , addressed a letter to tlio United States' Consul in London , speaking in tho harshest terms of the proceedings of the British squadron in the IJaltie , and even accusing the crews of violation of Finnish -women !

      Cajtada. Umo Tho 1st Inst. Tho Roturns S...

      CAJTADA . UMo tho 1 st inst . tho roturns showed . the election of G 4 tUefomiera and 22 Conservatives . Mr . Hi neks , the l ^ remior , has been returned iby . two constituencies by largo majorities .

      Continental Notes. A Kkivatkj Letter Fro...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . A kkivatkj letter from an influential poison nt Konk-aux says : — "What do you think of affairs in tho East ? Aro wo to have any decisive action before the end of tho tmason ? If wo do not make a little- haste the Cmr will Jmvo us through the winter behind lib iinpunotrablo burner of ice . . . " Our groin harvest is muguiiicent tins your . It wua smlly wanted in France , lor the poor haV'O sullbiedaevovoly . Thoro will lo aomo little nniomls , perhaps , ao far us broad is concerned ; but there arc aoi'iouti nroapucts in ofchor directions . All articlurt of aubaistonco aro rising m price quite nnuaunlly . " The iiuoation ot ' Hulmiak'iieo' id becoming a capital quostion for our rulers . In opposition to tlio eorn-liarvuat , the vintage will bo nbaolutoly null : to such n degree that there have been ovon applications from tho sniith to tho Giivornmont tondmittlio niiion of fcipuin « nd l » o » -t ugiil at a rcdntod duty , if not froo , Uut this doinunil can uorn'ooly bo acuodud to . Tho coiniuoroe of liyrdotiux will bo gnuvoualy all ' vuleU by tliia

      total failure of the vintage . The proprietors are already in alarm : and . if the vine disease continues its ravages much longer , there will be an enormous depreciation In all the property of the'Me'doc district , and many proprietors will "be obliged io sell at ruinous prices , in order to meet their engagements ;"

      The Madrid Press Now Consists Of The Fol...

      The Madrid press now consists of the following journals : —la Espana , las Wovedades , la Naeion , la Epoca , el Clamor P-ublico , el JDiwrio espanal , el Tribuno , la Esperanza , -la Iberia , el Calolico , el Alttidano , la I-ndep & tddncza , el Guardio , national , el Esparterista , la Union , la Eurapa . The Heraldo , official organ of the late Government ,-has ceased , to appear .

      Layaed And The Hungarians. It Has Been M...

      LAYAED AND THE HUNGARIANS . It has been more than indicated in these pages . that Mr . Layard is a ' parliamentary failure , and his late passage of arms with M . Kossuth ought , when the facts are rightly understood , to finish him in the House-of-Commons sense . The correspondence between Kossuth arid himself shows that he was'Understood to accuse the Hungarians , & o , of ingratitude to the Sultan for the part they seem to be -taking ivith regard to the war . This Mr . Layard , in , writings has denied , and declares that he put ' ' tie . matter as a supposition ^ 'that if thej- did so and so , then they would be guilty of ingratitude , ' , & c . This declaration , though it got the reporter of the Times

      dismissed , is anything but founded on fact . ^ Mr . Layard is a blundering , lumbering speaker , evidently always labouring with an overj ) lus of confused matter in his head , which he blurts out without aTrangernerit or any clearness either of voice or language . So tiiat the mistake of & single stenographer in the gallery might be excusable . But what will itfr . Layiird say when a comparison of the notes of at least two other reporters of ids speech , and the testimony of two of the writersof the summaries of > newspapers , besides tliat of certainl y one ; if not niore , attentive listener to his speech , prove that , whatever he may have meant to say , the forrrij the meamng , and the substance of-. what lie did . actually say was

      correctly stated in the Times- A ^ has been said before , Mr . Layard was listened to during liis first two or three speeches , not from any intrinsic merit they possessed , but on account of the " prestige" of his personal position , literary and antiquarian ; but as his -two last efforts had the effect of-clearing' the House , he may safely be left to the tender mercies of that x > arli « amentary Nemesis , ¦ . which , ever dogs tlie pretentions meui ) . ber '' who is uaoqual to the daring flight of trying to storm the House of Commons into listening to him , or , worse still , who endeavours to take advantnge of exoteric circumstances to inflict upon that keenl 3 critical assembly that which it most abhors under every form—a sham!— -Glasgow Conimoniveullh .

      The Choleua. The Kegistrar General's Rep...

      THE CHOLEUA . The Kegistrar General ' s Report thus spealcs this weelc of the " Health in London : "—• Las > t week tho total number of deaths registered in , London was 1 , 832 , while the births numbered 1 , 0 ( 3 : 2 , the return exhibiting tho unusual result of an excess in the former ovor tho latter . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 18 . 11-53 the average number ot deaths was 1 , 110 , which , if rnkccl in proportion to increase of population , becomes 1 , 221 . Hence it appears that the nctiml number ot' deaths in last week exceeds the est ' unuted amount by 611 . This excess corresponds nearly with the number of fatal cases of cholera lecoivled List week , which was C 44 , while

      those of diarrhoeu numbered 195 . In tho 32 nd week qf 16 ' 1 S > , which ended August 11 , 623 deaths occurred from cholera , and 173 from < liarrhaui . Tha progress of the prqsent epidemic , which slightly munifc-itua itself in , the second week of July , is shown by tlio following weekly numbers ;—dcatlis from cliolcrn , 5 , 2 ii , 133 , 399 , and Gil ; doaths from diarrliceu and dysentery ( also in the hist fivo weeks ) , 51 , C 3 , 87 , 14 ( 3 , and 2 ( 10 . Of lust week ' s deaths from cholera 446 occurred on tho south side of tho river , m proportion to tho total number of 69 percent . , 'r / ho 6 AA deaths from cholera in the week , now reported on wore distributed according to districts thus : —West districts , 68 j north districts , oi ); central diatriuts , 31 ; oust districts , 60 : south districts , -116 .

      Lord Jocelyn's Death Fpom Cholura Last S...

      Lord Jocelyn ' s death fpom cholura last Saturday excited consternation in tow . n ; und tho circumatancos havo . culltid'forth . great syn » i ) athy for Jus family . Be is to bo lamcntud by tho public because he was an admirable soldier , a » ul becuuso it is . a fair conclusion from the facts that hie death w . as occasioned by liis rigid performnnco of his duties as tho head of a regiment . This X'ogimont was stationed at tho Tower , and deaths from cholera having been very numerous thoEe Lord Jocolyu thought that ho would revive tho

      confidence of tho men by xuin « iiniu « among thorn . Accordingly ho slept nightly at tlio Towor and as Jio was for several days suflcr-lng Jt ' roni < li « rrhoo « , rejjdorod a serious malady lu hia constitution by hia having , by moans of tho Wator Cure , recently very groutiy roiluocd hit ) weight , Wo Uecamo , by bin per-BiHtztnco in roinnhiing with hia regiment , a viotim . ilo loft tho Tower on Saturday morning to walk to tho "West Endf but suddenly becoming alurmingly wouk whilo naasing along tlio Strand , ho called a cal >

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 19, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19081854/page/7/