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    ^n*> THE LEADER. [No. 335, Saturday, ¦ j...

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    of Ningp < y has . gone to Algeria , to explore the country and ascertain if the nature of its sod is favourable to the erowth of certain Chinese productions . Should this be the case , a colony , composed of two hundred Hindoos and eight hundred Chinese , will be conveyed to Algeria , -where they will settle as planters . The Moaiteur contains d « crees by -which M . Abbatucci Kesper of the Seals , Minister of Justice , is charged provisionally with the Ministry of State and of the Emperor ' s household during the absence of M . A . Fould ; and Marshal Vaillant , Minister of War , is charged provisionally with the ministry of marine and the colonies during the absence of Admiral Hameliu . The official journal also states that , by decree of August 16 , 1856 , the Emperor , on the proposition of the Minister Secretary of State for the War Department , has conferred the military medal on Sir William Codrington , and on the Chevalier Alphonso della Marmora .

    The anniversary , on Friday week , the 15 th inst ., of the fete of Napoleon I ., passed off with less than the usual amount of festivity . There has been so much expense lately in the way of fetes , that it was thought advisable on all sides to let the 15 th pass without any great splendours . No public receptions were held by the Emperor . In connexion with the annual celebration , the Minister of State ordered the distribution of 1 , 300 , 000 fr ., from the funds appropriated for the execution of the will of the Emperor Napoleon L , among the twenty-six departments designated by the testator . The amount for each is 50 , 000 fr . The Minister has also placed at the disposal of the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour a part of the funds of the will intended for old soldiers , and which is to be distributed among four or five thousand of the oldest aud most necessitous . The harvest still promises to be excellent .

    The Moniteur announces the departure from Paris of the Emperor , Empress , and Prince Imperial for Biarritz . It likewise announces the departure of Prince Jerome for Havre . General Pariset , with the remainder of the French troops , has left the Turkish territory . The Russian Embassy at Paris has received official notification that quarantine has been re- established on the coasts of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Azoff . Count de Morny has arrived at St . Petersburg , where he has been admitted to an audience with the Emperor , with whom he has also dined .

    PKtTSSIA . " Considerable sensation , " says a letter from Berlin , of the 11 th inst , published in the Presse of Brussels , " has been caused here during the last few days by the flight of three officers of the Royal Guard , on account of being heavily in debt . The officers in question are Prince William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Major of Cuirassiers ; Lieutenant De Hagen , of the Fusiliers of the Guard , son of the General commanding at Stettin ; and Lieutenant Stosch , of the same regiment , son of a Iaeutenant-General on the retired list . His Majesty was so annoyed at these shameful desertions that he is said to have warmly reproached the Minister of War , as well as General von Wrangel , with not having kept the

    officers under stricter discipline . General von Wrangel , on this , wrote to Prince William , who had stopped at Tauroggen , on the Russian frontier , telling him that if he did not send in his resignation in twenty-four hours he should be cashiered . The Prince chose the former alternative . The Police Gazette of Berlin had given some mysterious hints of the above nifair , and the President of Police thought at first of stopping the journal , as the Prince is the nephew of the King ; but , before doing so , it appears he thought it . best to take the opinion of hi 3 Majesty on the subject . The King ordered him not to interfere with the journal , aa the affair could not remain a secret , and as in his eyes all hid subjects were -alike . The Prince's mother , the Dowager Grand

    Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schworin , sister of the King , refused -positively to pay her son ' s debts ; but the King has taken the payment on himself , saying that he could not allow his subjects to suffer from the thoughtless conduct of his nephew . He has given orders for the payment of the money borrowed , with legal interest , but states thaUnothing like usurious demands shall bo satisfied . The amount of the Prince ' s debts known up to this time is 140 , 000 thalers . What has caused much pain to his Majesty is , that the Prince had contracted many of them on his word of honour , which he hat * broken by taking to flight . The debts of the two lieutenants amount together to 40 , 000 thalcr . s . Prince William spent a good deal in bacchanaliun enjoyments , a

    propensity which hue acquired for him the nickname of ' Prince Schnaps , ' on account of his red nose . M . do Hagen in said to be in England , and M . de Stosch at Alfcma . " Itya Royal Highness Prince Adalbert , Lord High Admiral ct thePruB » ian navv , has been severely handled by ^" ii *** _ **¦**«¦ The Prince wns at Gibraltar , when , ^ Nf ^ iiUitoTislt the spo t whoro the crew of a " ! 2 f * " *?**** **• Ma *« 8 a « red by the pirates , he proco 9 aeatfcHh « ar l » Wnj WM . > wll ( m hia ian < ii ,, WU 8 op _ posed , «* d he WMfltwft ^ Returning to hit ' frigate / he mann * d * nd anw * tf » b «* , aml * gaiu lamiod . ' Uo ™ ««»* ved by very large body of pirates , who were A ^** T ^ £ \ ' J" ? * * rt *» of the day ultimatolv declared itself in th « lr f * vo * r . Tl * Prince was speedily fltrock down with « UaUln hU uUgh , his aida-dl-caiiip

    ( flag-lieutenant ) was mortally wounded ; the mate of the party was shot in the arm ; seven men were killed and seventeen wounded : these were left on the field , the others being unable to get them away . In fact , the whole of the Prince ' s party were nearly cut offl The survivors were ultimately got on board the frigate , and subsequently sent to Gibraltar hospital . The Prince ' s wound is doing well . The English ship Vesuvius was immediately despatched to the Morocco authorities , to demand an explanation and satisfaction . General Von Wrangel celebrated on the 15 th inat . the sixtieth anniversary of his entrance into the army . He is seventy-two years of age , but very upright , agile , and hardy . His house was on Friday week thronged with visitors , among whom was the King , who handed him his patent as General Field Marshal .

    The Dresden Journal states that Baron Seebach , the Saxon Minister in Paris , has just arrived in the Saxon capital , and is about to proceed to Moscow . This nomination of a representative for the Crown of Saxony at the eleventh hour excites a little surprise in certain circles , while in others the choice of representative that has been made is taken to confirm , the belief that has been entertained there for some time , that the Emperor Louis Napoleon is still endeavouring , through the intermediation of the representative of Saxony , to bring about a meeting with the Emperor of Russia . — Times Berlin Correspondent During the stay of the Dowager Empress of Russia at Berlin , she was made chefo £ the regiment of cuirassiers , at the head of which , to the time of his death , was her late husband , Nicholas . She was presented to the regiment on Friday week , on which occasion she wore the colours .

    GEKMiSY . The Princess Anna of Saxony , fourth daughter of the King of Saxony , was betrothed at Pillnitz , on Friday week , to the hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany .

    BELGIUM . The visit of King Leopold to Antwerp has been made the occasion of the most magnificent fetes and rejoieings in that city , in commemoration of the 25 th anniversary of the present monarchy . A train has been thrown off the line on the Antwerp and Ghent Railway by a cow which had lain down on the track . Two or three persons were killed , and about twenty seriously injured . ITALY . Monsignor Amici , the new Papal Commissioner Extraordinary at Bologna , has excited great dissatisfaction among the people by imposing certain vexatious regulations on the sale of corn . He has met with very serious opposition , the Municipal Council of Ravenna , as well as several others , having refused to fulfil the part allotted to them in connexion with the execution of the

    decrees . The subscription for the guns for Alessandria proceeds rapidly in Piedmont . A tradesman of Turin , named Joseph Moris , has subscribed 1000 francs , with the request that his name might be inscribed on one of the guns . The fear and the hope of an outbreak in Naples increase every day ; " the fear , " that is to say , on the part of the authorities , and " the hope" on the part of the people . The strongest precautionary measures are taken by the Government . "To the Swiss , " says the Times Neapolitan correspondent , " have been given two sealed letters and one open , containing the following directions : —That , on tho slightest agitation or demonstration , from -whatever party it may proceed , they are

    to march upon the people -with their cannon , without waiting for further directions ; that from that moment the police are to cease to act , and yield all their power to the military . The Neapolitan colonels of regiments have also received sealed orders ; but it is too evident that the preference is given to the Swiss , and that upon them is cast the principal onus of maintaining public order . The Swiss are in command of all the forts , of one even in which there nro Neapolitan troops , who may l > e said , therefore , to be guarded Irv the Swiss . They do sentinel duty in the town , and , with their superior pay and ration , the calculation is that it takes at least one-half more to maintain a Swiss than it does to

    maintain a Neapolitan regiment . There exists , therefore , a variety of motives , high or low , for strong jealousy nnd hostility between tho native and tho mercenary troops , and this feeling leads sometimes to an open rupture . A caao took place recently at the Arco di Purgatorio . , Somo Swiss insulted the Pompieri , who , not having arms , wrested their swords from the Swiss and gave them a beating . More Swian came to the nupport of their countrymen , when the people joined in nnd assisted tlio Neapolitans . Tho fracas ended with the flight of tho Swiss and tho death of one of thorn , it Avns aaid , from n blow on the head . It in the opinion of many that in a general row tho Swiss would be fired upon by tho Neapolitans . "

    Tho Sardinian Uovornrmont hafl jnst published its report on tho " commercial movement of 1854 , " -which comprises a series of tables compiled by the general direction of Customa on the model of tbo Kn ^ linh Board of Trade returns . Thin system of tables waa only introduced hero by Count Oavour , whon Minister of Finance , in 1851 , and an yet the returns have not be « n published in a coiuplote form of la tor date than 1854 .

    The year 1854 was-a very unfortunate one for Piedmoa t , inasmuch as there was a scarcity of grain ; the wine crop was almost wholly destroyed ; and the population was severely afflicted by the cholera . This combination of local ills , together with the commencement of the Eastern war during that year , seems sufficient to account for the " general commerce" having declined in value from 554 , 572 , 816 f . in 1853 to 527 , 313 , 522 f . in 1854 . But , on the other hand , the " special commerce " is shown to have increased from 283 , 034 , 772 f . ia 1853 to 309 , G 22 , 800 f . in 1854 , and the difference between these

    terms is , that " general commerce embraces the whole trade , whether of foreign or home production , in the exports , and -whether destined for re-exportation or disposal in the country in the imports ; while the " special commerce" only represents the produce of the Sardinian States in the exports , and the goods entered for sale or consumption in the kingdom in the imports . In 1854 the general imports amounted to 322 , 429 , 890 f . and the special imports to 199 , 912 , 351 f . The general exports were 214 , 883 , C 32 f ., and the special exports 109 , 710 , 449 f . — Times Turin Correspondent .

    The statutes of the Homan Railway Company have been approved of by the Pope . This network , -which will connect the Mediterranean with the Adriatic , will give railway accommodation to Civita Vecchia , Kanie , Ancona , and Bologna . Prince Poniatowski ( says a correspondent of the Daily Kews ) is going to Florence to conduct an affair that baflled Count Baciochi . It is , they say , about some papers which the ex-King Jerome requires for quashing the hereditary rights of his son Patterson , who , if the male offspring of the present Emperor were to fail , would then become the heir apparent to the throne . Another rumour is the projected divorce of the Priucess Mathilde from Count Demidoff , so that she may confer her hand on Marshal Pelissier . Her Imperial Highness was born and married at Florence , and Prince Poniatowski is a Florentine also .

    Doctor Farini , the historian , has just published a pamphlet on the state of Italy , under the title of A Letter to the Right Hon . W . Gladstone , & c The author attributes all the evils of Italian misrule to Austria .

    EUSSIA . The Russians are said to be making great progress in the direction of Khiva , and that the Lake of Aral , with its coast , is now in possession of the Czar . Many of the streams which debouch into the lake are navigable , and orders have been given for constructing several iron war vessels for navigating the Sir and the Amou . The most sumptuous preparations far the coronation are being made . The Americans ( says a correspondent of the Daily News ) have undertaken to illuminate the " Nevskoi Prospekt , " the Regent-street of the North ; the English take the Admiralty-square ; and the other foreign factories take also their positions . The Russian commercial community have volunteered to illuminate

    the Moscow Railway , four hundred miles from eud to end , for the Emperor ' s journey to and fro ; and the quantity of fireworks in preparation is stated to be almost incredible . From Moscow the note of preparation returns with a portentous echo . The -walls of the Kremlin are being studded with lamps , and millions of roubles arc spoken of as the sums allotted by the high nobility for their fetes and decorations . The public entry still stands for the 22 nd inst ., and the coronation for the 7 th September , between which dates it is understood the Emperor and family will spend some days en retrain ;

    according to the usage of the Greek Church . After the coronation will be the grand review , the people ' s banquet , the fireworks , and tho fetes ; and about a fortnight , it is expected , will restore Moscow to its normal state ot tranquillity . Although it may bo expected that the greater part of St . Petersburg will crowd to Mo . seow to behold the ceremony , various ceremonies of a religious , military , and holiday-keeping character will be gone through in the capital on the day of the solemnity . On the 11 th of September , St . Alexander's Day , tho Emperor will return to St . Petersburg , to be pretwnt tit what is called " hia own fate , " at the conclusion of which he

    will again repair to Moscow . In St . Petersburg , there ia a Btory in circulation of a reply that Sir Oharlea Napier gave the Grand Duke Constantino . The latter , after lotting < ^"" » ^ all the arrangements and the entire strength of Croiistadt , naked him , in a chuckling nort of manner— " Well , admiral , and why didn ' t you come in ? " To which Sir Charles replied by uBking , " Pray , why didn ' t your Imperial Highness come out ?"—Times fierlin Correspondent . A Paria correspondent of tho Aw / sbury Gazette say * that RuHsia in about to publish a circular on tho subject of tUo Isle of Serpents .

    . . Some details with rcferenco to tho financial condition of Russia are furnished by a St . Petersburg eonvHpondent . of / . a Nonf , vrho writes : —" At a Hitting recently h < -l < l by tho board of the Credit Institutions , the . Miniver ol Finnnoc , on presenting a report of tho operntionn oi these institutions in 1855 , ' made a nnoech lull <>» ' interesting detailct about the fiiiancinl movement of la . st yenr . l » ic loan of two hundred millions of francs mad *! in 18 f ) . > in entirely realized and in the hands of the Gov ernnioiif , whilst a « p « cial fund , formed from an annual payment . of two per cent , on the nominal value of tho loan will >> °

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23081856/page/6/