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    Oct. 27, 1860] The Saturday Analyst and ...

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    Record Of The Week. Home And Colonial. L...

    the commissioners have determined to invite Mr . Tram to explain his views personally in Court , instead of making the usual reference to the committee for general purposes . Mr . Moffat has been returned , -without opposition , at IToniton . The French treaty formed a subject o f discussion , recently at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce , when a just tribute was paid to the * practical-wisdom and devotion of Mr . Cobden in the carriage of the matter , and the great labour he had bestowed upon , the business , " shewing , that both in motive and intention , as well as success in practical French

    results , " no man deserved better of his country . A journal , L'Avenir Commercial t speakingof the treaty , says "it must revolutionise the whole Customs' system of Europe . There is , therefore , no reason to be surprised at the negotiations opened in divers quarters ; they were commanded by the very force of circumstances , and if the French Government refused-to take the initiative in these matters , it would not fail to be solicited by foreign Powers . We are , then on the eve of a complete remodelling of our tai'iff ; and we hope that the modification will also reach the products of the far East 3 which vre have up " to the present rejected by prohibitive duties . " of London last

    There was an increase in the mortality , during week . The deaths , which had been in the previous woek 1 , 008 , rose in the week ending Saturday , Oct . 20 , to 1 , 116 . I :: the ten years 1850—59 the average number of deaths in tlu week ; corresponding with last week was 1 , 020 j but as the deaths return ? , ! for last week occured in an increase population , the average should be raised proportionally , a correction which will make it 1 , 122 . It appears , therefore that the deaths in tho present return approximate closely to the average rate of mortality at this season of the year . The births last week exceeded the deaths by 684 .: Lord Paltnerston arrived at Mr . Beckett ' s , at Leeds , on Wednes-W — — . a . m * fc » i-V ft 1 V . 1 Davidsonthe defendant in which had

    ^ ^ * *^^ In the case of the Queen v , , been , charged with an indecent assault , and has now been acquitted , a law point has been settled this week at the Central Criminal Court . The defendant pleaded that he had been put . upon lri . 3 trial for the same offence at the Middlesex Sessions , and that the juvy were unable to come to a decision , and that they were improperly dischai-ged by Mi ' . Payne , the presiding judge , without sufficient grounds , under the circumstances , for his taking that course . The Court decided that the plea was bad . The trial then proceeded , when the jury , after a quarter of an hour ' s deliberation , returned a verdict of not guilty . . . On " Wednesday the Queen gave an audience to the ; new Persian Ambassador at "Windsor . In the Stepnc-y murder , the trial , at the time of our going to press with this part of the paper , was proceeding .

    In India , it would appear that the disposition among the soldiers to mutiny from-provocation , ' -generally apparently the mjivst trifles , is not confined to the native race . It seems that , without the authority of Sir Hugh Hose , an order had been issued for destroying the pet animals , such as birds , dogs , monkey s , & t by the soldiers ; ov , at least , for prohibiting their being kept in quarters . The consequences was a considerable feeling of discontent . However , the pets are to bo let alone . The idea of a spirit of mutiny becoming dominant because the fat of a particular animal was believed to be used in the preparation of cartridges , or , becanse other animals were not to be kept in quarters , docs not impress us with a very high idea of the reason , or the patriotism of the troops concerned . On the other hand , if the soldiers liked to have their " pets , " which , however , wo should imagine could be promotive of sanitai'y arrangements in their quarters , eccentric and dirty as the whim

    might be , ifc seems a somewhat harmless one , and scarcely worth whilo to provoke disaffection by thwarting it . The Supremo Council at Calcutta had issued a declaration for tho purpose of removing a misconception which had become prevalent among the troops , as to tho effect which the amalgamation of the British forces would have upon their position and prospects . Tho Indigo Commission had reported a decidedly anti-free-trade state of things ; tho ryots being compelled to cultivate indigo whether they liked or not . They report , that all tho defects of tho system can bo traced to defective remuneration . But if things are left perfectly free , it ia to bo presumed thoy will find their lovel , and if tho trade is a remunerative one , there will h < i , if tho freetrade principle is fairly roduood to practice , a due mid proper remuneration to all parties ongagod in carrying it on . Tho difficulty is ,

    to apply the froo-trado principle under conditions founded on a total negation of free-trade , both theoretically and practically . The House . —No unprejudiced mind who understands anything at all about the physiology of ' this noble animal , can read Thorloy ' s Testimonials without coming to the conclusion that condiment to tho horse is his natural Arabioa lieoalenla . Tho small quantity of food that sxipports tho horse of tho Arab in Arabia and tho East is tho aupriso of travellers . Now , not only does his food contain a larger amount of condiment , but tho very air ho breathes is also scaaonod with it . Does not this then account for what travollors toll us about tho "Arab and his JiorsG'l" And does not the absence of suoh condioiontal alimont account for tho enormous quantities of food oonsumod by horses in this country and tho little work v « sfc numbors of them can do for it ?

    FOREIGN . Tho wook oporiod with important intelligoxlco from abroad . Italy , whioh has hitherto enjoyed the lion ' s share of spaoo and attention in tho columns of tho press , this week gives plaeo to Austria , which is now in possession of a " constitution , " which will be found in another column . Hungarian vassalago is abolished ; eo alao h the exemption of tho aristooraoy from taxation ; tho different prorinoos of tho ompiro are x'eoognisod as constituent parts of one constitutional aggregate j tho Magyar langungo ia to be used in Hungary * and tUoro is to bo a dislinot sovereignty in rospoot of that oountry . Constitutionalism has boon nlroady roduood to practioe in Sryria , whoro a syafoin of ropro < sontation has boon established . Out of forty-two mombors forty are to bo elective , the Speaker to bo nominated by the Emporor . The representation ia that of olassos ; six mombors to bo oleotod by tho elorgy , twelve by tho proprietary , tan by tho oitioa aud boroughs , two

    by the tyro Chambers of Commerce , and twelve by the j > easantry ; leaving the privileged classes in a minority of 18 against 24 . On Friday , last week , the Sardinian Chambers , after voting an address to the King , expressive of confidence and gratitude , resulting from his recent energetic deportment , were closed . ¦ The -first news from Italy this week -was , that General Cialdini had routed the Neapolitans in a decisive encounter at Isernia , about 35 mile 3 from Capua , on the high road between that place and the Abruzzi , and not far from where the Volturno takes its aise ; 800 men and 51 officers , including a . general , were taken prisoners by the victors ; while the . King , in person , had reached Sulmona , about 30 miles distant . At Rome , it appeared , that recruiting for the Pope's

    forces had been desisted from ; and rumours were m circulation that Lamoriciere was about to proceed-to his native country . On the other hand , the Austrians were busy , in " Venetia , making preparations for any emergency that might arise . General Benedek is the Commanderin-Chief destined for that province , it being supposed his presence can now be spared from Hungary . This will make any but the most credulous suspect that the concessions to Hungary were anything but the spontaneous prompting of a mind capable of profiting by ex-23 erienee ; much less the generous peace-offerings of an ingenuous , but hitherto mistaken , nature : it looks very much as if the constitutional reforms were simply a pretence effected under the severest pressure . The Archduke Albert William accompanies the Greneral . Early in the week we heard from Italy that there had been a great

    preponderance in the voting in favour oi the absolute and unconditional annexation of Naples . But if we are to rely on what we have been told so often , about the fallacies of this mode of decision , as exemplified in the election of Louis Napoleon to the office of French Emperor , it is clear that the republican party has not had a fair chance . Every thing we hoar from Italy up to the time of writing , betokens the military success of the liberal movement . Capua is in possesion of the Garibaldians . In diplomatic proceedings Pallavicinis ' s views in favour of unconditional annexation were in process of being successfully carried out . The King of Sardinia was expected to enter Naples on the 2 Sth . Count Cavour is understood to have made the disbanding of all foreign mercenaries on the part of the Pope an _ essential coudition to the release of prisoners of war taken by the Sardinians .

    As the week advanced , news arrived from Austria that the new constitution had mot with a favourable reception from the people . The Emperor of Russia arrived at Warsaw towards the close of last week , and took up his residence with the Prince Regent of Prussia , in the Belvidere Palace . The Emperor of Austria has had the ! Labyinski Palace prepared for his reception . Prince Gortsehakoff and Count Rechberg were to be present . Baron Schleinitz was prevented from attending by inopportune indisposition , his place being supplied by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Herr G-runer . Prince Hohenzollern , the Prussian minister , it was xraderstood , would himself proceed to the " Warsaw Conferences . The Chief Secretary of the Russian Embassy at Turin , we learned as tho week opened , had officially intimated to the Federal Council , the definitive withdrawal of the legation ; diplomatic relations having thus been interrupted between these two powers .

    A report was prevalent that the Russian forces encamped in the neighbourhood of Warsaw had received orders to march , and were already en route towards the south , their destination being kept a profound secret . The Emperor of Russia has written an autograph letter to the Emperor of the French , that he is not concocting a new and revised edition of the Holy Alliance . . . The determination of Prussia not to recall her minister ironi lurin seems now to be no longer a secret . Tho fro" emulating the ox and bursting itself with vanity and

    selfconceit , is well exemplified in the little petty potentates ( it we measure thorn by tho power they possess ) of Portugal and Spain , playing the ape of Russia , in withdrawing their ministers from Turin . Wo loarnocl at mid week , through the Parisian journals , that a telegram had been received dated Beyrout , October 12 , assorting that the English squadron left on tho 11 th test ,, ' it was said , for tho Adriatic . Two French vessels romained at Beyrout . It was reported that agitation prevailed at Pamascus , and that throats had been made against the Christians in consequence of the war tax . Fuad Pasha and tho French and Russian Consuls had returned in hasto to Darnasous . article of tho

    Tho Connlitutlonnel contains an official speciea styled in diplomatic terminology " semi-official , " of such importance that wo givei a full summary of it :- —Tho article is signed by its editorial secretary . It commences by energetically repelling tho accusations brought against tho Government of the Emporor by those who reproach him tor not intervening in Italy against the revolution , and by those who wish to see him sustain tho Italian movement at all hazards , French policy could not , without compromising its most incontestable principles and its ossontial interosts , hold eithor one or other ot tho two linos of conduct . In taking part against Italy , the Emperor would betra y his origin , he would lose the character ho holds , from universal sufiVaito by which ho was olooted , and would divest himself of tho authority necessary to a Sovereign of Franoo for the good of Europe . Tho more ho is equitable to peoples tho greater is tho servioo rondoreel by the Emperor to tho prinoiplo of authority . Besides , an intervention oould only bo a military occupation of tho Peninsula . Whnt would Italy , England , and Europe . have said ? They would have looked upon the Peninsula thus proteotod as a French itaW . The other attitude was equally imposeiblo and dangerous . " ^ "JJ have made us an accomplice of the ™ i ? ™ V , " £° °£ things . It would have caused us to break with ta p 1 . i ^ "Jj " a .,= ?„!„ «« , i Knvn , hraiifrht us to a cronoral war . Iho Junpoior woiua hU ot the ho ^ ouia

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    Oct. 27, 1860] The Saturday Analyst And ...

    Oct . 27 , 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . 901

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1860, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27101860/page/13/