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      No. 392, September 26,1857.] Tse Leader,...

      No . 392 , September 26 , 1857 . ] TSE LEADER , sag 3

      Js== Jfkancb. Tarn Emperor, A Few Eveuin...

      jS == JFKANCB . Tarn Emperor , a few eveuings ago , attended a singular performance l > y the Zouaves at the camp at Chalons . Those semi-Africans represented an Arab wedding , the T ) aTt of the bride being of course by a man . Tlie spectacle took place in the open air , in a vast space , at the corners and in the centre of which bivouac fires were luTnin * -. An Arab tent , surrounded by Bedouins in white burnouses , stood at one extremity of the area . A temporary stage , lighted with lamps , was erected ; and here the sports , which were very lively and included feats of skill , took place . Towards the termination of the performance , the Emperor rose to depart ; oa-which , the Bedouins , snatching up their lanterns , hurried to escort him to his head-quarters . The Police Court of Paris has delivered the following judgments : —Pierre Batifoulier , a journeyman hairdresser , to be imprisoned thirteen months , and to pay a fine of 500 f ., for an offence against the person of the Emperor , ami for insulting the police agents ; Pierre Ccmbet , labourer , to imprisonment for eight months , and a fine of 500 fv , for an offence against the person of the Emperor , for quitting the place of residence assigned to him b } ' the police authorities , and for violating a decree of expulsion . The deposits in the savings-banks of Paris , and those in . the office for securing- pensions to the aged of both sexes , have increased within the last few weeks . This is thoug ht to indicate a tendency on the part of the working classes to abandon Bourse speculations . The Minister of Foreign Affairs has addressed a note to the French Ministers at the Northern Courts , from the contents of which it would appear that in the question of the Duchies the Emperor takes the side of the King

      ox uenmarK-351 . Vergne , a lieutenant in the Trench navy , has invented a new steam screw propeller , which enables the vessel to go at a g reater speed , and entirely prevents that disagreeable vibration which is felt on board screw steamers . The French Government has received despatches by the last Indian mail announcing that the Governor oi Pondicherry had written to the -Admiral commanding the French * jfleet in . the Indian seas to send him some ships-of-war as a measure of precaution under existing circumstances . The Duke of Cambridge has arrived at the Chalons camp , and has witnessed , in company with the Emperor ; tlie manoeuvres of the troops . The Emperor departed from the earnp on Wednesday afternoon . He proceeded to Luneville , in order to review the cavalry . conversion to Jrrotestantism

      The Siec 7 < i describes the of a considerable number of the inhabitants of the Vienne , and praises the conduct observed by the Protestant clergymen , -who treated the Roman Catholics with the utmost respect , and did not threaten those who disagreed with them with hell fire . Nearly two hundred persons freely embraced the reformed faith . Manin , the patriotic dictator of Venice when it was "besieged by the Austrians , died on Tuesday , in the Kuc Blanche , Paris , of disease of the heart , aged lifty-three . Mdlle * Rachel ( says the Pays ) has installed herself in tlie house which has been prepared for her near Cannes , and in wlnen is 10 tne winter jv eeiuoraieu

      sne pass - , physician whom she consulted at Paris before her departure , has prescribed a regimen for her which he declares ¦ will infallibly restore her to health . One of the rules laid down by him is that she is not to speak during the whole time of her treatment , and the patient is stated to have accepted this condition , -writing her questions and answers on a slate . In a letter which IVIdllc . Rachel 'lino writ-ton tn nno . of-li « r friends , she declares her

      intcntion of conforming to the prescription , and of not littering a word until next May . The Court of Assizes at Paris is now engaged with the trial of Carpcntier , Gicllct , Guurin , and Parod , for the robberies on the Northern of France llailroad , amounting to about 6 , 000 , 000 francs ; but the result lias not yet been arrived at . Five hundred French troops have arrived nt Calcutta in the Eniilic . AUSTRIA . A major of tho 8 th Hussars , a native of Hungary , has 3 t / tnn * lir > •«*? .-... * i .-l ^ Kn AHinir !* . *»» nuillfr ilhllOltTn 1-11111 * 11 * 11 ^ 0 til tfcl ^ HOilv **•

      VUUU UiaiUlO & UlL U 11 U ULailJ * Vl H . llllj ^ . . . £ , «» . £ , « - « ihe Mayor of a village near Vienna who had provided ltirn with quarters with which ho -was dissatisfied . According to one account , the major not merely spoke with great insolence to tlie Mayor , hut caused him to be stretched faice downwards on : i bench , where ho received 'twenty-five blows "with the ilat of a sabre . Tho present state of Austrian finances is thus described by tho Vienna correspondent of the Times : — " Kmployes "Who arc not connected with the Financo Department aver that Baron Biuelc has never even thought of issuing Ileicksschatzsckeine ( Treasury-bills ) , hut there is Teason to believe-they are mistaken . If tho information tv'liich hns reached mo be correct , the Minister of Finances proposed to make Treasury-bills , bearing four percent , interest , to the amount of 150 , 000 , 000 iloriim , wad with them to puy off tho debt of tho State to tho Bank . The object of tho Minister of Finance * ia to pluco tho Hank in auah a position that it may bo able to rc-¦ nme ita cash payments on tho 1 st of Junitary , 1859 ,

      and he is said to be * of opinion that it might do so with safety if batnk-notes to the amount of 150 , 000 , 000 florins were withdrawn , from the circulation . If Treasury-bills to the above-mentioned amount should be paid over to the Bank , the State domains , valued at 155 , 000 , 000 florins , will still be left in its hands as security . " About' fourteen thousand cavalry and horse artillery aie now encamped at Pauendorf , for the sake of testing a new system of cavalry manoeuvres . Tlie Austrian expedition for circumnavigating the earth cast anchor in the port of Rio Janeiro on the 5 th of August . There were a few cases of scurvy on board , although the crew had been well supplied with preserved meats and vegetables . Rosza Sandor , the famous bandit and guerilla chief , lias been removed from Szegedin to Buda , where he is to be tried by the civil authorities . Above a hundred Austrian officers have offered to take service in the English army in India . PKUSSIA . The Emperor of Russia left Charlottenburg and Berlin for " Weimar on Wednesday week . Before he departed , a deputation from the European Committee of the Evangelical Conferences solicited an interview with him for the purpose of presenting a petition in German , French , and English , requesting him to permit the Scriptures to be again printed in modern Russ , and circulated in Ins dominions- There was no time for granting the interview , but the Emperor consented to receive the petition . The European Committee has organized two sub-committees for North and South Europe . Our countrymen in Berlin have , exerted themselves so unsparingly tliat most of them ( including Sir Culling liardley ) have been confined to their beds with sickness . The " -Evangelical Conferences closed last Saturday .

      The King £ ind Queen were present , and joined m the concluding hymn , which was accompanied with trom-; bones . Our " ambassador , Lord Bloomfield , was also 1 present , though of course not in his official capacity . The final act was the administration of the Lord's Supper , at . the Church of the Moravian Brothers , to , above four hundred persons of all denominations , even ; including numerous Lutherans , though the rite was not ' conducted isi accordance with their ritual . Some modi-;¦ fications , however , were introduced , for the purpose of ' avoiding dissension . SPAIN . 5 The expedition against Mexico has been indefinitely ] adiourned . It is said that Queen Christina has abandoned all intention of going to Spain for her daughter ' s accouchement .

      The Spanish Ministry have offered their resignations five times to the Queen , who has at last accepted them . -General Concha , tlie Governor of Cuba , is at the bottom of the split . 3 STarva £ z' -wished to recal him , on the ground of his having so misconducted himself with respect to the slave trade as to cause strong representations on the part of the British Government to that of Spain . Narvaez also desired to send General Lerstnidi ( one of the Cabinet ) to Cuba , in order to make room in the Government for Gonzales Bravo . He also wished to introduce a creature of his , one Marfori , the present Civil Governor of Madrid , but a man who is said to be

      of obscure origin . The Queen opposed the recal of General Concha , and hereupon the Ministry resigned . Later accounts state that tho Ministers have been iuduccd b } ' tlie Queen to resume their posts . For the third time during the few weeks that have elapsed since the law on the press was decreed , thaJDiscusslon , Democratic Madrid newspaper , has been condemned to a fine of 10 , 000 reals .. is vuuuuiiiiiig

      i \ orignnu , nameu iuanuei xjiu-a , « uw .. great havoc near Malaga . " It may seefn incredible , " says a correspondent of the Times , " but it is nevertheless true , that tlie authorities arc perfectly aware of the retreat of Manuel Diaz , the clrief of the band , and that , so far from taking steps to apprehend him , they actually pay him a sort of ' black mail , ' to enable them to visit their country-houses unmolested . Manuel Diaz now receives money from some of the wealthiest families in Malugn , to allow them to pass to and from their countryhouses , -which are situated a few leagues from the town , and the head of one of these families is a deputy , and

      has lately been created a Marquis . i ] / ' The | outwnrd overland pust , " says the Gibraltar Chronicle , " has been stopped by robbers about a league from San Roque . Tlie mail was opened and the letters . scattered ubout . The postman was robbed of the money he had upon his person , and thon tied to a tree . He was discovered , and released about two hours afterwards , and , upon information being given at San ltoquc , some of the Civil Guards wero bent in pursuit of the robbers . " TIJ KICKY . Another change has tnkon place in the Ministry . Fothi-Aclsniot Piiclm , Grand Master of the Artillery , and broth or of the Sultan , Ima been superseded by Mo-Ucmed Vussil" Pacha , the Turkish commander « t Kara during the siogc . Vethi was a favourite of tho Into Sultan M-uhmoud , one of whose daughters ho iwvrricd , and hohiLH boon concerned in oil the political intrigues of CoriHtiuitino |> le for the last thirty years , lie ltn » also been a favourite of the present Sultan , whom he hus

      encouraged in the licentious habits to which it is said he has a natural tendency . He would frequently feast kis Imperial master at night in the littlo Mosk of Tophane ' , on the Bosphorus ; and the Sultan was there the very night before his disgrace . It is said that Fethi lias annoyed the Sultan by contributing towards the appointment of Vogorides as Kahnakan of Moldavia , and by taking from him a bribe of six thousand ducats . This latter assertion , however , is doubted . Fethi has held his late office for more than ten years . Mr . George Barkley , one of the engineers of the Black Sea and Danube Kuilway Company , has gone up to Kustendje with several assistants , intending to commence at once the works for the railway . The Russian railways are also about to be commenced , a large party of French engineers and one English having arrived at Constantinople on their way to Theodosia . iioixa : nd . The States General assembled on Monday for the session of 1857-8 . The proceedings were opened by a speecli from the King , in which he stated that tlie abolition of slavery ill the West Indian colonies would again be brought under the attention of the Chamber ; that the country and its colonies are in a prosperous condition ; that " the attention of the Government has been specially directed , to railway schemes ; that the telegraphic system will be extended ; that taxation is to be revised ; and that Government intends to foster private enterprises , and , if necessary , to render pecuniary assistance in the formation of the requisite capital . SWEDEN . The Norwegian Storthing has accepted without opposition the proposal to nominate the Crown I ' rince of Sweden Regent during the King ' s illness . The Committee of the Swedish Parliament recommended the ^ . n-zv ^ l + / - > + iin "P-ivivoiiioiif iv 5 ^ 11 n mfiinritv of IS votes

      against 5 . STWITZEKLAND . The Prince of "Wales and suite , eight persons in all , have been recently at Chamounix and the neighbourhood- Among other places , the Prince visited the Great St . Bernard . The news from Berne ( says a contemporary ) 5 s serious . In tlie sitting of Friday , the 18 th inst ., the Federal Council resolved to send two commissioners to the Canton de Vaud , with instructions to enforce the execution of the Federal decrees concerning the Oron railway line . This grave measure was taken immediately on the receipt of the despatch announcing that the Council of State of the Canton dc Vaud appealed to tlie Grand Council upon the conflict between the Federal Council and itself . The commissioners appointed are the Federal *~ ^ r » i . 1 i i ! ' P 1 ~ > 1 ~ ...... , 1 1 . * " ¦• — * n . C TJ i- » i * n n r I Wail * xviniui j tint j

      Uoioneis oceiuni , oi jjiuu , mm , _ > . . ^ . ^^ . mission is to give direct orders to the Communes to make the surveys in case the authorities of Vaud shall persist in their refusal . They are also authorized to grant further time if they think fit . THE OANUBIAK PRINCIPALITIES . The result of the elections in Moldavia is no-w known . Out of eighty-seven elections , sixty-six have declared for the Union , lift con arc neutral , and six only are anti-Unio-uists . The elections in Wallachia commenced on the lDth , and will terminate on the 29 th .

      Daniel Manin. (Abridgedfrom The ' Conrvi...

      DANIEL MANIN . ( Abridgedfrom the ' Conrvier de Paris . ' ) Itata- has just lost one of the noblest of her children , the chief of that party which has now become tho national party . To render homage to his memory , for ever dear to " generous hearts , there is no need to have recourse to the pomp of that vain rhetoric which iaiu uiu utiu iw Y"ii

      too oiten only serves m u «™ . » ,. « vo which the living failed to own . Of Daniel Manin it is enough to pronounce the name , which wns the personification of all civic courage and of every imblic and private virtue . Few men even among the most illustrious have won the double glory of defending their country heroically against foreign invasion and the assaults of factions fatal to her liberty , and then , when forced to yield to circumstance rather than the enemy , of seeing a party wrought by defeat into a nation . To Manin . belonged thi ^ double honour . From tho depths of his exile he saw tho triumph of his opinions iinci oui

      survive tho wreck of Ins power , uuu , yowui - vived , Mania would have taken rank in history by the side of Washington . It would be superfluous for us to write the life of Daniel Manin in detail . It is sufficiently known- Son of Peter Manin , a distinguished advocate , Daniel Manin had nothing but his name m common with the lust niul weakest Doge of Venice , of pitiable celebrity . Born in 1804 , he was received as a Doctor of Law , in 1821 , at tho University of l ' aduft . Ah he was thon only aev enteen years of age , and couJU not excreiso the advocate ' s profession before the ago ot twentv-four , ho devoted the seven intervening years to a profound study of jurisprudence , and to a ' » 8 » fttl «" of tho Koimn law . Ho married early , » . one of the mast retired quarters of bi » natlvo c . ty lua «» Hy maj n hood was coaaecrntocl to pure nfloction , to inspiling studios , and to generous aspiration * .. 11 >«* f » ond 8 only were tho partakers of His modest ** ° * P « f £ . Degli Anton , Giovanni Minotto , the savant , and Alw-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26091857/page/7/