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      No. 404, December 19, 1857.] T He L E Ad...

      No . 404 , December 19 , 1857 . ] T HE L E AD EB . 1205

      Continental Uotes. Fra2jce. . . . ' • ¦ ...

      CONTINENTAL UOTES . FRA 2 JCE . . . . ' ¦ ' ¦ Great distress prevails among the workmen of Lyons , many of whom are out of employ , owing to the closing of factories during the present time of financial trouble . M . Billault has addressed a report to the Emperor on the subject . ; and a decree has been published authorizing a grant to the Minister of the Interior of an extraordinary credit of a million francs , that he may enable certain communes ,-where people are out of work , to open ateliers and kitchens for them .

      The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph speaks of a " projected conquest of Morocco . It seems quite certain , " lie adds , " that war -will he declared in the spring at latest . There is no doubt , of course , if the French set their hearts on the acquisition , that they will be able to accomplish their designs ; but will England be satisfied to see this vast addition to the French Empire in . Africa ? Ought we not , at least , to make preparations to compensate ourselves ?" Some curious statistics with reference to the new buildings recently erected in . Paris are contained in the last annual report of the Prefect . " Since 1 852 , and up to the present date , " says a summary in the Building News , u 2971 structures have been wholly or partially pulled

      down—viz ., 2524 up to the end of 1856 , and 417 during the present year ; of these 1768 were demolished by the municipality for the improvement of the city , and 1203 by the landlords of their own free will . The number of new buildings finished and inhabited was 5238 from 1852 to 1856 , and 1345 in 1857 , giving a total of 6583 ; of these 3743 were entirely new constructions , and . 2840 structures partially rebuilt or raised . So much for Paris proper . In the suburbs of St . Denis and Sceaux—in the former , 1500 houses were pulled down , and 11 , ' 20 6 built ; in the latter , 968 houses were demolished , . and 6185 constructed from 1852 to the present year . These different fignres give a total of 5439 houses wholly or partially pulled down , and of 23 , 974 houses wholly or partially rebuilt in the last seven years . Evidently this statement would not convey a correct idea of the

      house accommodation for the inhabitants of Paris . The Prefet has taken care , therefore , to add the number of apartments or dwellings—for the reader will scarcely require to be told that Parisians live in lodgings—to be lound . in the city . He states that last year there were 432 , 639 dwellings , of which 426 , 896 were occupied ^ and 5743 empty . This year there are 443 , 315 dwellings , of which 8560 are vacant . The floating population , which was estimated at 60 , 000 in 1852 , is set down at 150 , 000 to-day , to accommodate which there are 2412 readyfurnished houses or hotels , and 6038 houses partially appropriated to this purpose . Consequently , there are 8460 persons who let furnished lodgings or rooms now , against 5380 in 1852 . From these figures it is estimated that an equivalent to 4000 houses are devoted to the accommodation of travellers to Paris . " The Shah of Persia has officially put an end to the mission of Ferukh Khan . It is stated to have been officially intimated to the Procureur Imperial at Colmar ( Haut Rhin ) that he is not to appeal from the decision of that court in the case of M . Migeon . The sentence is regarded by Government as too lenient , and indeed almost a defeat to their designs ; but they probably fear that the reopening of the case would lead to further disclosures ia connexion with the late elections , of a still more damaging character than those which came out during the recent investigation . An Imperial decree in the Moniteuv announces that foreign brandies have to pay on importation into France a duty of twenty-five francs per hectolitre of pure alcohol .

      A singular trial for murder is now occupying the attention of the Court of Assizes of the Euro ; but it ia not yet finished , and -we therefore reserve our summary of the facts until they have been all elicited .

      TUR . KEV . A telegram received at "Vienna from Constantinople says : —* ' Lord Stratford is going to England . Mr . Alison has taken charge of the business of the Embassy . The Turkish member of the Riverain Commission lias returnedto Constantinople . 'Die line of railroad between the [ Danube and the Black Sea is traced , an d the plans will be laid before the Sultan for his sanction , threat preparations are being made for the reception of M . do Lesscps , who is expected to-day . The Smyrna ( inn of Lochner andSalziini has resumed payment . " Jerusalem is ugaia in a vary agitated . state . Several conflicts have taken place between the various religious sects ; ono man haa been killed , and several wounded . The crews of an American and three Russian vessels aru now visiting the holy places . Lass Billal , a famous brigand who lias long been the terror of the country about Smusouu in Asia Minor , has been shot by a party of aoldicra after a hard light . Sonic of his comrades escaped . ai'AiN . An attempt 1 ms been made by tho . Camarilla of the King Consort of Spain to obtain for hid Majesty the authority to sign decrees and perform other acts of royal authority during the period the Queen should ho unable

      to transact public business -with her Ministers . The design , however , was defeated . The newly-born Prince of Asturias has been baptized by the name of Alfonso ; so that , if he lives to be king , he will be Alfonso XII . A great deal of previous discussion was excited among the various political parties as to -what ought to be his name . Several promotions have taken place in honour of tlie event ; and an amnesty for political offences has also been proclaimed . The Madrid journals state : — "In addition to the amnesty , an . order had been given that all persons arrested by the preceding Cabinet on what is called

      administrative measures , should be set at liberty , and that reductions of the periods of punishment , varying from one-fifth to one-half , of condemned criminals should also be made . " It is related that the infant cried most lustily during the ceremony , which was looked upon with favour as a sign of his being a robust child , though of course it might indicate the contrary . But courtiers are bound to be hopeful . They are also bound to maintain grave faces in the presence of more than pantomimic absurdities . For instance , this infant was made a Knight of the Golden Fleece , with all the customary ceremonies ! Who dares to laugh at the Siamese ambassadors after this ?

      HAMBURG . The crisis continues , and matters even seem to get worse . The savings banks have been crowded with persons anxious to draw out their deposits ; and the authorities have found it necessary to resort to military aid to keep order . The Assembly of Citizens has adopted the proposal of the Senate not to place the 10 , 000 , 000 received as a loan from Austria in the Discount Bank , but to employ them in giving pecuniary aid to some great houses on the point of stopping payment . A ' Commission of Confidence' has been formed to distribute , the money . On the other hand , the Treasury is authorized to lend to the Discount Bank the surplus over what it requires , not exceeding 5 , 000 , 000 .

      DENMARK . " With a view to meet the commercial crisis , " says a telegram from Stockholm , " the following measures have been proposed to the Diet : —A state loan of ten millions . Employment of the disposable portion of the loan for railways to the amount of ten millions . Permission for the banks to issue notes bearing interest . A delay of three montlis to be granted to the debtors of the National Bank . Modification of the bankruptcy law . " Five additional houses have suspended payment at Stockholm . A great number of workmen have been discharged in the woodyards and sawmills . ITALY . A parallel to our failure with the Leviathan has occurred at Ancona . An attempt was made on the 2 nd inst . to launch the ship Adria Dorica , of 1000 tons—the largest ever built in that port . A vast crowd assembled to -witness the achievement ; but—let Mr . Brunei take comfort—the vessel stopped after proceeding some way , and now lies broadside on the shore . Efforts were made by a steamer to get her off , but they failed . Since 1848 , it has been customary at Genoa to

      observe the 10 th of December , as being the anniversary of the expulsion of the Austrian ? in 1746 . This year the occasion has been marked by a slight riot . A crowd went to the house of the Austrian consul-general , "with a view to breaking the windows ; but they were soon dispersed by the military , and not a stone was flung . It is said that the demonstration was secretly fomented by Austrian gold , in order that the paternal Government of the Emperor Francis Joseph might point to the * anarchical' condition of free Piedmont . But the plot , if it existed , has utterly failed .

      liedpatliism seems to he developing itself at Rome . The Marquis Cnmpana , Director of the Monte di Pieta , lias been arrested on a charge of making away with the funds entrusted to his car * . He had married an English lady , and was well know n for hid profuse expenditure , for his charity , and for liis tastes as an archasologist , a lover of art , and a patronizer of science . The deficit is esti mated at nearly 4 , 000 , 000 f . Some have attempted to give a political colour to the arrest , alleging that the Pope and Cardinal Antonelli have never forgiven the Marquis for having served under the Revolutionary Government . It is said that a popular disturbance wuh feared on his arrest ; but this is doubtful .

      The brigands are very active in the Papa ) States . A party of English travellers ( including Dr . Connolly , Uonmu Catholic llishop of Halifax , who was on his way to pay liis homage to the Pope ) have recently been robbed . The Bishop , besides losing a good sum in cash , was lightened of several of his religious insignia . One of the travellers , who resisted , was much ill-used . The Sardinian Parliamentary session has just opened . The King was very well received .

      A nmn named Luizzi , anc of the confidential servants of his Royal Highness the Count of Aguila , has just boon condemned to death at Naples on a charge of attempting to poison Iiia master . The evidence was of a most incomplete diameter ; and his advocate and tho witnesses for the defenco were terrified into silence . The triiil has created grout , though suppressed , indignation in the country . It is thought that the capital sentence will be commuted to a line and imprisonment in irons for thirty yearn—an . aggravation rather than a .

      commutation of the punishment . But in Naples even ' clemency'is cruel . It is stated that a report on the present condition of the Two Sicilies is now being prepared by order of the French Government . " Mr . Acting-Consul Barbar , " says the Daily News Naples correspondent , " visited the English engineers again on the 5 th inst ., and found them tolerably cheerful . They still complained of the treatment which thev had

      received , and begged , so it is said , Mr . Barbar to see tlie room , in which they were first visited . It is a portion of the prison , and is a wretched Toom , with scarcely space enough for them to walk up and down at the bottom of tlieir beds . The room had no door—nothing but a curtain , through which the wind rushed from a long corridor . A room close by it was occupied by the guard , who were singing and shouting and smoking all night , utterly destroying all sleep . There certainly was no comfort in such a room . "

      SWEDEN AND NORWAY . A great many failures are announced from Sweden and Norway . The Norwegian Government has advanced one million dollars . Four hundred thousand marks banco have been already sent to Kiel . MM . Homann and Halow left Christiania on the 8 th inst . for England to negotiate a loan of 1 , 000 , 000 rixdollars . Three manufactories and two custom-houses have been destroyed by fire at Hammerfest . The loss is estimated at between 30 , 000 and 40 , 000 rixdollars . The property was partly insured .

      BELGIUM . The result of all the elections ( says a contemporary ) is known . The number of Liberal deputies , which was forty-four in the last Chamber , is now increased to sixtynine . The Liberal majority is thirty . In all the important towns—Brussels , Antwerp , Ghent , Liege , Bruges , 3 Ions , Tournai , Charleroi , Verviers , and Nivelles—the Catholic party lias been unable to elect a single candidate . MM . Duraon and Mercier , both ex-Ministers , ~ tt-ere defeated , the one at Tournai and the other at If ivclles . M . Delahaye , the late President of the Cham"ber , was defeated at Ghent . Two influential members of the Catholic party , MM . Osy and Descliamps , have been thrown out at Antwerp and Charleroi . M . Rogier , the Prime "Minister , has been elected both , at Brussels and Antwerp .

      Naval And Military. The Duke Of Cambridg...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Duke of Cambridge inspected the garrison at Woolwich last Saturday morning . Military College at Addiscombe . —The public half-yearly examination of the gentlemen cadets educated at this college , and destined for the military service of the Company , was held on Friday week at the college , in the presence of Mr . R ^ D . Mangles , M . P ., Chairman of the Court of Directors , Sir F . Currie , Deputy-Chairman , and other members of the Couit of Directors , as well as a distinguished company of visitors . The prizes , & c , having been distributed , and the examinations gone through , Mr . Mangles and the Archbishop of Canterbury addressed the students—tlie former with reference to Indian politics and our military heroes in the East , and the latter with respect to Christianity in our Oriental possessions . Collision at Sea off the Coasts . —The Times , screw steam-ship , arrived at Liverpool from Dublin on Sunday morning . She came into collision off the Skerries at three a . m ., with the brig Atalanta , bound from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres , which immediately sank . The crew were saved by the Times , which sustained but little damage . —A collision took place on Sunday night , off the Newarp light-ship , between the INew Pclton screw steam-ship and another steamer , which is supposed by the captain and crew of the former to have foundered . The New Pelton was also a good deal damaged . The Rapid , screw steamer , has sunk on tlie Cross Sands , off Yarmouth ; and this is believed to be the vessel which was in collision with the other ship . The craw and passengers were saved .

      COIU'OKAL PuNISHMKNT AT WOOLWICH . A general court-martial was held at "Woolwich daring the greater part of last week , for tho trial of a considerable number of prisoners . Three of these , convicted' of insubordinate conduct to the non-commissioned officers , were sentenced to fifty lashes each One of them , a Scotchman , and a gunner in the Horse Artillery , said , after receiving punishment , I'll never die happy till 1 have revenge on the man who brought mo to this . " The men will also bo imprisoned . Tub Pensions to the Indian ( xisnkkai » s . —A special general court of tho East India Company was held

      on Wednesday to consider the . subject of tho pensions to be granted to Gcncrul Wilson , LndyNcill ( widow of the late General Neill ) , and Mra . Nicholson , mother of the late General Nicholson . The Chairman introduced the respective caaiw in n luiitf speech , audit was finally determined to grant un annuity of 1000 / . to Sir Archdulc Wilson , and of 500 / . « y »)« r eiicl 1 to Lady Neill and Mrs . Nicholson . An , attempt was mode to enlarge the two latter pensions ; l > ul it only Hucoeedcd in » o far an the Chuinnun consented to give Lady Neill over and above the 500 / 1 , the ordinary pension , to which tho widow of an officer killed in battle ia entitled , of 120 / .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 19, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19121857/page/5/