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      or with the disorder which reigns in every branch of the administration . In fact , there is universal corruption and anarchy throughout the land ; every man , provided he boars the right sign , does after the way of his own heart , possessing sufficient . power to check all impertinent intrusion into his affairs , and sure of indulgence u P " chance he be discovered . Every public office is full , not of honest , able , intelligent men , but of the Kings friends . To be suspected even of Liberalism would ba enough to exclude them from office . They know well their value as props of the monarchy , and they pay themselves according to their own estimate ; and , in fact , so-much has ' this habit grown into a system , that often

      they talk of the " lueri" of their posts—which arc greater than their salaries—with , as much openness as thev might talk of the most common incident of their liveV . Lord Malmesbury has proposed to the King of Naples , through the medium of Count Bernstoilj that the prisoners of Molltesarchio should bo liberated and sent out of the country on the terms of the treaty made with the Argentine Kepublic two years ago . The King is stated to have replied that it would be impossible to act on that treaty , as it had expired , and 'it was not likely that it would bs renewed ; moreover , that h ' n Majesty had offered pardon to the prisoners repeatedly , provided they would ask it . AUSTRIA . Austrian Servia is perfectly tranquil . . Some journals pretend that the Austrian Servians participate in the feelings of the Turkish Christians , but their sympathy docs not extend further than commiseration i ' ur their suffering-:, -aid they have no inclination to take up arms , to relieve them . The Gorman language is Incoming more popular in Austrian Servia , and an ¦ amalgamation of liiu r « . tx ' 3 is said to bo steadily progressing . The Austrian Government' hat * just granted iniloiim'itios to the landholders arcuud Mantua for the losses which they sustained in 1848-9 . TIT'SSIA .

      Accounts from the frontiers of Iiiissia , dated tlio 12 til instant , inform its that the ¦ disturbances which have taken ' place in the Eastern provinces of Kussi . i arc -more serious than they were stated to be . Several peasants fro ; n 'the German provinces on the IJaltic- have been transported to Siberia . Tho Emperor Alexander shows himself every day more detc : rmiuc . l to carry out his plan ¦ . of reform . Some of tho nubility aro raLing dink .-t . il tics in hi . < way . Their conduct , it is feared , will increasethe agitation which prevails . ' . A shameless attempt to defraud the ITussian Government has . come to light . The Imperial authorities , declared the distance from St . Petersburg to Mosuuv / . to be C' 07 versts , but M . von Struve has found it to bo 8 ^ ver > Uo Ji'ss . The American company which is to construct the railroad would have pocketed about twelve million dollars h . id it not linen for this di . srovorv . All

      the distances given on the projected railroad were ylven erroneously . The matter is likely to be hushed , up , a , « the reputation for common honesty of men of high rank is in jeopardy . There was a tremendous fire at Orel , the capital of the Russian government of the panic name , on the 1 st of October , and another on thc 2 o ' th of September at Livny , in the same government . At Orel 500 buildings were destroyed , and about 200 at Livny . Tlie construction has been commenced of a navigable canal from Astrakan to tho Caspian Sea , which will enable vessels of moderate tonnage to proceed to tlie former city and thenco up tho \ V " olga . The ports of Licbu ' u and Uiya aro being deepened to allow vessels drawing eighteen foet of water to unload without tho necessity of discharging tlioir cargoes into lighters .

      Immediately after the baptism of tho young Grand Duke Constantino , tho Emperor held his lirat . diplomatic levee sinco his return from Warsaw . Tho French ambassador , and tha new representatives of Great , llritain , liavnrin , and Saxony—Sir John Crumpton , Count von Moutgelas , and Huron Konucriiz—delivered tlielr credentials . Tho official Gazette contains the decree fur tho construction of tho important railroad from Moscow to Sar .-Uow , which will placo tho western provinces of Russia in direct communication " with tho towns on tlio ¦\ Voli 5 ii , tho Caucasus , and tho Caspian Sen , I'lti . 'saiA .

      Tho Prussinn Landtng waa opened on "Wednesday fov tho purpose or giving its sanction to tho establishinent or tlio Ik'goncy . It ia not this same Landing with wh oli tho 1 'rineo Regent is to govern ; ho will do Unit with a nowly-olectod ono , for which tho oloutioua aro to tnko plnco about tho end of noxfc month . Tho address of I lie l ' rinea scorns to linvo boon quito in aeooriluuuc ¦ with tho spirit of tho proclamation by which ho minniuieoil his willingness to becomo llogpnt . Ho says ho luis nccaiitcil tho onluo in obodiouco to tho Royal vinli and in accordance with tho statutes of tlio country . He furl her promises to do wliat tlio Constitution and tlio laws of tho . country voijulro , tuul ho hopes that tho Land . tng will ratify and confirm ,

      > ( lonetftutional committee for conducting tho elections lins juat boon formed at KUntgMburn ; , and thoy have published their programme , having takou as their model that of tho Broslau liberal committed .

      The Chevalier Bunsen , formerly Envoy at the Cuurt of St . Jcime . ? , who since his recal has retired into private life and been residing quietly at Heidelberg , engaged in literary pursuits , has been summoned from his "academic retreat into public life . At the direct invitation of tho I ' riuce Regent he is to repair immediately to Berlin to take his seat as member of the Upper House . Since his retirement he lias been ennobled , and now writes himself Von Bunsen .

      SPAIK . The Xoredtulcs , Parlamcuto , and Jfouarquia have been seized , and a prosecution of the JZspuni ordered for having published an article comparing Marshal O'Donnell to Oliver Cromwell , and offensively reminding him of what was done to the remains of the latter after death . The Itcjcneraclon , one of the clerical papers , had been tried and acquitted on the charge of " attempting to change the dynasty" by publishing an article in which the 1 ' retciidcr was described as waiting his time to ascend the throne . Several vessels with troops have sailed for Cuba .

      The electoral excitement continued to increase . The Gazette publishes a circular , addressed by the Minister Formento to all his subordinate public functionaries , iu which lie recommends them to abstain from influencing the elections . The result of the elections are still now favourable to Government . ~ General 1 ' rim is appointed to command the expedition against the Kilt" pirates . The Spanish auxiliary furce formed at trie Philippine Islands by the Governor , Don Fernando de No'zagnray , to assist tho French' expedition to Cochin Ciiina , is . composed of 1 ^ 00 . Tagals , forming two regiments of infantry , one of which is commanded by Don Bernardo do Lanzr . rotc , anil the other by M . Gamier , a French ' ofljeer in the Spanish rervic

      TUiticr . r . The Prase ( VOrient says : — " The afFuir of the Wal-Ischinu lady who brought from Liverpool a vast ¦ ( uanlify of forged Tiirki-sh notes hns been delayed in cansc / jueui-o of the necessity of obtaining information from the United States , whero ¦ the-f-trgery was effected . The miiw journal statosthat . it Gal at a , iiear that city , a .. falteso Ihtely stabbed an . Englishman in the open street ; the man instantly died , and tho as-assin walked quietly away ; i : p one attempting to arrest him . The Servian Senate lias resolved t 1 i . it the Ministers are not to sit in the Senate and vote , except when , invited . This lias boon done to prevent them -bringing in and defending a Jaw concerning tlie elections for the t > ku . pt . * chiiin . or General Assembly , and its convocation . Tho Ministers have met this move by tendering their resignation .

      A light has takou place near Damascus between two Arab tribe ? , who left -100 -killed on the field , the victorious party afterwards pillaging the villages iu the neighbourhood . The returning Mecca caravan had reached Damascus , and naturally added to an excitement following upon the Joddah bombardment . The execution of three L'lnistians at Salonica , iu contempt of tlio amnesty of 18 , } , } , and particularly the insult ottered to their " remains by the Turkish populace , had created so great an excitement iu Macedonia that the English consul had requested the Lord High Commissioner of tho Ionian Islands to send some English ships of war into the CJulf of Salomon .

      JLho Austrian Gazette states that the Turkish religious orders in Constantinople are tilled with terror at the appearance of the comet , « s they declare that a lmgc army of Hussions will soon maruli into Turkey in coufjequouce , and overthrow tho Sultan . They consider tho Sultan an having caused this danger by calling in tlio Christians to save him from those very Russians . Tho Mussulman pilgrims who visito ' d Mecca this year brought back with them a diseaso called purulent leprosy , which had not been soon since tho middle ages . Tho Egyptian authorities adopted very strict measures to prevent tho contagion from spreading . r . oMic . Tho Jew Mortnra ' s litllo boy siiU roinuins in tho hands of the InquiHltioii . Tho Due do ( jirauinumt , tlio French Ambassador , lia * tried in his turn to intercede , nnd tibtain from tho J ' opo tho restitution of this child ; but Pio Xono nnswcrcil tho Dnko that ho could not , in conscience ! , replace in the path of perdition a soul which luul , as though by miracle , boon won for Para dine . 15 AVA 1 UA . Tlio Anzicyw of Nuniborg was neizud a few days « luce , and a pniacautloii ordnvd ngniimt it , on an accusation of having iiumltcd " tlie l ' opo mid tho Hol y Oilioe , ' in commenting on tho Mortara auu " u \ bAimiMA . Tliu y lnit « f tho Grand Duko Constantino to Villafranoa ia said to Ijo certain . Tlio Grand Duko will probabl y leavo his lineof-battlo ship and frigate at Toulon , and will arrive at VillulVauca in a sloiim oovveUo , which will , subsequently transport him to tlio East . rOllTUUAI .. With rognrd to tlio Cliarlos-Gooigos ttfTuir wo may obsorvo thut tho . Austorlitz and Donauworth aro still Iu the Tagus . Tho English vosaul Victory and tho corvette Kagoou JUavo arrlvcil in tlao river . It novr nmionrfl

      that the proposal for arbitration is only accepted by France on condition that she is to name the umpire , whoso verdict is merely to refer to the indemnity required from Portugal . A Madrid telegram of Saturday informs us that the Portuguese Chambers have been closed . This seems to indicate that the . Portuguese Government is full of hope that the affair will be peacefully got rid of .

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      No . 44 S , October 23 , 1858 . 1 T . H E L E A P E B . 1119

      India. Tjik Overland Mail Has Arrived, B...

      INDIA . Tjik overland mail has arrived , bringing intelligence from Bombay to the 21 th cf September . Tantia Topee , the ablest of the insurgent leader ? , whose defeat by General Roberts at Nathdwarra was reported by the last mail , appeared' after that event to be in a hopeless position , without guns and without treasure . Further advance in the only direction where a reasonable chance of escape lay was out of the question . Nothing remained but to fall back on the Chumbul , to recross that river if possible , and then to make what head he might against tha different British detachments . General Iioberts , falling back on Xusseerabad , left the task of intorcepting him to Culonel Park , who failed in

      accomplishing it . Tiintia Topee , unencumbered with baggage or artillery , made his way over mountains and across rivers ( in six days he is said to have crossed as many . streams ) , and finally succeeded in placing the Chumbul between himself and his pursuers . Being now secured bv the deep river in his rear , he leisurely made his way across the hills , entered the valley of the Kalei Sind , and o : i the 27 th of August appeared before Jahlra Patun . The cowartlly or disaffected troops within the place resisted-for a moment only ; they passed over to the enemy , who thus became possessed of forty pieces of ncr artillery , ammunition , and provisions of war to a considerable " amount . The wealthy bankers of the place were fined ten Uikhs of rupees ; the Eana or chief was

      put to night , and Xana Sahib , proclaimed in due form . Tantia Topee had again an army , artiller y * and treasure . HU movements , however , were closely watched . It was on the 27 th . of August that he had made his successful dash at Jahlra Pntun . On the 1 st of September , the Movements of tile . British compelled him to' evacuate it , and he again commenced a system of marching and . conntcr-niarching . On the 15 th of September , General Michel came up with him , put his forces to instant rout , and took thirty of his gun * . The last intelligence loft it doubtful in what direction he was about to seek an escape , but tho probability seemed to be that he intended

      to penetrate into the difficult country between llajghur and IHiopal , and thonco niiike his way in an easterly direction towards Jhanui or Saugor . The day before his ili-feat by General Michel , ho had been joined by the disordered bands of Maun Singh , who had just escaped from a destructive onslaught ruade on them by Colonel Jiubortson , to whom had been entrusted the task of following up these fugitives—the late garrison of the insurgent fortress of Powrce . Tlie relics of this force were thus mixed up with the broken bands under Tantia Topee , and the routed host seemed menaced with speedy extermination bv thd combined movements of General

      iNfipicr fliul Goucral Michel , to the immediate junction of whoso columns no obstacle was opposed . Tlie forces under those o ' flicers are now at liberty to combine for future movements , not against Tautia Topee only , but uguinst other insurgents who continue their independent forays . Detachments have been sent out to crush these chiefs , and wo have accounts of slight engagements in I ho vicinity of Saugor , Jhansi , Culpce , Gwulior , and Dholporo . A thousand rebels , under a chief named Indur Gosliui ) , had successfully laid bare fho district of Shahpore . Captain Finch left Saugor on tho 31 st of August , reached Garakotft by forced marches , oaugjit tho robols a fow iniloa further on , and destroyed 250 of them , the chief and his two subordinates being among the slain .

      At Gwalior terror has boon instilled into tho disaffoctcil by the capture and execution of seven agents of the Kana . These men plotted the massacre of tho garrison , woakoncd by tho absence of numerous detachmttnts , but tho " ^ 5 th Bombay Nutive Infantry , whom they nought to corrupt , botrayed them . Gwulior has bi : ou Uisarmcd , and tho Maharajah will honooforth bo free from tlio terrorism of a turbulent and armed mob , Between Gwalior and Agra many partial engugoinonts havo boon fought with success , and the whole country bet . ween lSurheo and Dholpore on tlio ono hand , and lliirliee , iud F . tawali on tho other , has boon secured from 1 ' urtliar pUindur .

      In Oudo aud Boliai * tliQro aro no military oporutiona to roport . Lord Clyde waa maturing hia preparations for the flnnl campaign , wliiuh has ore this coinm « nco < l . Iu Oudo wo aro still told of numerous forces and an Imposing arrny of artillery roady Lo take tho Hold against tho JJritirth army . The gonorul boliuf was that in reality no olToctlvo roal ^ Cunuo would bo ofl ' wod to tuo ooinblnationa of tho commandor-in-oliiof , und tl » at organised insurrection in Oudo would tonnluato at no iong porSod after tho sorlous biulootw of tho campaign commenced •^ '»

      . .. . . .. In tho Punjab tho rloiiitf oC tlio disarniod bopoya ot Mooltnn in the only matter wliMf we havo to no Ice The alleged cause of thp outbroak was an ordor w ich liad l » ooo rocoivod ft-om hoaa-yuartera lor their beinf

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 23, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23101858/page/7/