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      Theue Is A Decided Break In The Clouds, ...

      Month , are the chief political topic . The Imperial circle is still at Compifegne , but light rumours float Paris-ward that the sylvan sports iu which the party arc -wont to take delight are not going oa well this autumn . The probability of a speedy letum of the Cou . it to Paris is hinted , and there is much whispering as to ilie ^ pftWftP for tid » tubbz pected chaage of arrangement * . But many

      unexpected things have happened in France lately . Ooae of the most unexpected , probajjljy , was the deckiwi of the tribunal ¦ of Ctolmair in H ! ie case « f tOount Migeok the other-day ; the'court declared itself incompetent to tleal with the charges of election malpractices , or with any of the other charges , except one—that which accused the Count of wearing the cross of the Legion of Honour without being entitled to do so : for that offence the court

      sentenced the Count to a month ' s imprisonment . But he means to appeal even against this sentence , and may very possibly be successful , for he did not wear the cross ' honour , ' but another . That would be a terrible blow to official 'France . ' Probably official c Trance' will not mourn over the tomb of Ca-Vajguac , of whose honourable and illustrious career we do not speak this week . Such a man does not pass away in a word of conventional regret . Prussia is another centre of attract ion . The

      Prince of Prussia has been authorized to act m the King ' s name during the time Iris Majesty remains too ill to discharge the duties of State . The Prince has issued a manifesto in which he promises to govern the country in such a manner as shall ¦ will meet the King ' s desire , and for as long as the living shall see fit to entrust him with his authority . It is said that the Reform party , to which the Prince was supposed to be recently attached , ai-e disappointed by the way in which he proposes to exercise his power . The Prince , however , could

      hardly have acted otherwise , without , to a certain extent , betraying the confidence of his royal brother . Three months are named as the time likely to elapse before the King will be able to relieve his proxy of his trust ; but should he not at the end of that time be in a condition to perform the duties of State , a formal Regency will be established . Meanwhile , the new" Viceroy has trouble on his hands . The per-Bistent endeavours of the Danish Government to

      incorporate the German Duchy of Holstein with the Kingdom of Denmark have again brought matters to . a crisis . A representation of the grievances of the Duchies is to belaid before the Federal Diet by the representative of Prussia , who is instructed to apply to the representative of Austria for co-operation , with a view to procure a final settlement of the question . The week lias been almost void of domestic

      politics , and with , one or two exceptions , even the sfcopk public meetings have been unimportant . Mr . $$ enry Xiabouchjire , the Secretary of State for JjheCplouies , has spoken out somewhat strongly upon \ he past government of India . " JIe did not impute th . c slightest blame to t ^ e existing government of . India , " he said , " but he blamed all for so long pprmdtting a si , ate of things to exist which was a

      4 i § gE ( iec to thp Christian name . " At Liverpool , at a banquet to commemorate the spventeenth anniversary of tlic founding of the Collegiate Institution of tliut town , lytr . GiiADsxq ^ E addressed to both . teasers and students some excellent observations upon the duly of physical as well as mental training . The 1 'Jiul of IIabkowbv , at the annual dinner pf ' tlio Sand on and Marston Agricultural Society ; Mr . Monckton Milnes and Mr . Wood , at a

      banquet given them by their constituents at Pontcfr , act ; tho Solicitor-General , at Reading ; Mr . Wil-IAA . M Milks and Mr . W . V . Knatchbum ,, at the meeling of Uio Harrington Agricultural Association •—all spoko of India , but said nothing new upon the subject ; and the only notable fact with regard to tWi * speeches is tho unanimity of their coniji ^ ertco in we obUity of the present Government to \< jkiQ $ - yrWA \ Uio mutiny and its consequences . w 'ho Orimgc Society has shown ua that it still

      possesses stamina , by the publication of a manifesto m answer to the Loud Chancellor's late circular . It has'theitme ripe Orange flavour , and claims for the Society more thma . all the political virtues . Since the ibattle > cf 'the Boyne , according to the spokesman-of the Central Lodge , the Orange Society has "been Ireland ' s Providence . The motion is pewaliariy Jrisli . Another notion—atrifcitonately not wholly Irish—that < tlie Patriotic Fimd has been unftiifly administered m regards Catholic-claimants , has Ibeen hotly revived by lather Ma-iie * .

      Explanations 4 » ve been jjrromwed upon , the $ x > i * rt in quesftoi ^ amcl will no jfloubt ij » forthcoming . Meanwhil-e , t " ne feeling of the whole country is with the progress of the Indian Fund , and the Cullbns and Mahers can do themselves nothing ; but harm by these unseemly attempts to thwart it . The Broadstone tragedy has been played out ; SpotLEN , after being acquitted of the murder , has been acquitted of the robbery , and is now free to take himself to whatever distant spot upon the earth his funds will carry him .

      There is not the least reason to question the justice of the verdict in the libel ease which has just been tried at the Central Criminal Court . The prisoner Evans clearly failed to substantiate the charges which he brought against tlie Honourable Frederick William Cadogan , and we have no further concern with him . But henceforth the public will have the right to require some better assurance of good faitli oa the part of Telegraph Companies than merely the names of certain Honourable directors . Another important trial has just taken place at the Quarter Sessions of the borough of Leeds . It is a case in which the operation of the Fraudulent Trustees Act has been

      brought to bear against a man acting in the capacity of a commission agent , and dealing with him as with a bond fide trustee ; and the man is martyred to illustrate a legal question—a fragment in oar constitutional' and ' imtheoreticar land .

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      The Oltlent. China. From China There Is ...

      THE OltlENT . CHINA . From China there is hut little news . The blockade of the Canton river ia strictly observed . Some prize junks have been taken while attempting to break the blockade . JMr . Tarrant , the editor and proprietor of the Friend of China , has been convicted , at the criminal session of a libel on Dr . Bridges , acting colonial secretary , and sentenced to pay a . line of 100 Z . to the Queen . The amount was at once produced . The policy of Yeh , judging from what appears in the Pckin official Gazette , appears to have met the approval of the Imperial Government , and tho means proposed to raise tho necessary funds for lighting tho ' baj-bariam have been sanctioned .

      The court-martial on the officers of the Transit for the loss of that vessel hns resulted in the captain and master being severely reprimanded .

      INDIA . The Mohurrum has passed over quietly . On the 15 th of September , a public meeting was held , presided over by the High Sheriff , when it was unanimously agreed to petition Parliament to remove the government of India from the administration of the East India Company , nnd place the country ( including the Straits ) under the direct control of the Crown . The Hurkaru records the death ( hy his o-wn hand ) of Lieutenant Beecher , 4 $ rd Native Infantry , at Barrackpore , on the morning of September 4 th . The death of his wife and child within one month of each other proved the cause of the temporaryjnsanity which led to such u fatal conclusion of his career . l'KitaiA .

      At Buahire , there has been a report of Mr . Murray having hauled down his flag at Teheran , and gone oil' to Bagdad- Jte ia also said to have written to the Indian authorities to point put a . possible- danger to our forces when leaving Bushirc .

      State Of Trade. An Announcement Was Made...

      STATE OF TRADE . An announcement was made in the City on Monday afternoon of the Buspcmion of tho firm of ~ W . and II . Brand and Co ., a house formerly in the West India trade , but lately engaged in American transactions- Tho failure of remittances by the American inail of Monday in tho oauso of this unfortunate state of things ; but hopes are entertained that the tttoppage- > vin only bo temporary . From Iluddersiield wo hour of tho suspqnsion of Messrs . Thornton , Iluggins , Wni'd , nnd Co ., of tliat . place and Manchester , with liabilities for 500 , 000 / ., in the American trudc . At Manchester Messrs . Cliai-lon Smith and Co ., iu | . ho muslin trade , arc stated to have been brpught down in connexion with Lhe difficulties in Glasgow .

      It transpired on Monday afternoon that Homo difficulticB in tho position of tho Liverpool Borough Bank had rendered an application necessary to tho Bank of ¦ England for assistance . A Court of Directors was suinmoncd to consider tho enso , and the application wan favourably entertained , but tho arrangement ultimately

      failed , and it is understood that the bank will be recmireri to wind up . —Times . eyuir ea There has been increased activity in the central fcusirujss of tb « port of London during the week endiiS last-Saturday , the arrivals of corn , flour , rice , fruit and sugar having been very large . The total number of vessels reported inward was 313 , being 90 more than in the previous -week ; and the number cleared outward was 126 , including 28 in ballast , showing an increase of one . Tbe number of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 62 , being two less than at the last account . —Idem . The Board of Trade Returns for September vere Swned on Tuesday , and , contrasted with the corresponding month of 185 G , exhibit an augmentation in the declared v » lue of . our exports of 852 , 203 / . In the import ? tea , coffee , sugar , spices , and tobacco , show an i . uciease ' Wine and spirits show a decrease .

      Naval And Military. G-Kba.T Storm, And L...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . G-KBA . T Storm , and Loss of Shipping . —Several terrible disasters , arising from a very heavy gale which occurred on Thursday week , were reported at Lloyd ' s last Saturday . Twenty vessels were lost , with a great sacrifice of life , between the Spurin and the Severn ; and as many as forty persona perished on the Yarmouth sands . The ship Ontario , Captain Balfour , struck on the Barber sands , near Yarmouth , and went to pieces . All but Mr . Robertson , the chief mate , were drowned . Two hours later , two other ships—one a Neapolitan , the other n Sunderland vessel—were totally lost . The men of the former vessel were saved , excepting the pilot ; those of the latter were drowned , with two exceptions . Several vessels were lost by collision . Loss of an American Ship . —The Richard Anderson ,, an American vessel from Rotterdam to Baltimore , has been totally lost ; but her crew were saved by the Ville de F «? camp from Newfoundland . Sinking of a Schooner near London Bridge . — The trading vessel Stork was being towed out from Fresh Wharf , close to London Bridge , during the afternoon of yesterday week , when the swell from a passingsteamer made the vessel roll heavily , and then capsize ! The persons on hoard were rescued , though with great difficulty , and the vessel shortly afterwards sanic

      Recruiting . —Recruiting for the various Indian regiments in proceeding in a satisfactory manner . Last week , the number of recruits who joined the Indian depots at Chatham was close upon seven hundred . Iu addition to these , intelligence h ; is been rece . ved that there are upwards of live hundred recruits at the various recruiting districts waiting to be forwarded to Chatham . The supply of recruits conies chiefly from the London . Midland , and Northern districts , the neighbourhood oi Liverpool having furnished a largo number . A Kuhaway Enbign—Intelligence has been received at Chatham that Ensign . Thomas S . Mitchell , 89 th

      Regiment , who was placed under arrest at Shonu-lilVe , with orders to proceed to Chatham garrison fur the purpose of being tried by general court-mnrtial on several charges of disgraceful conduct and drunkenness while on duty , has broken his arrest and gone to the Continent , leaving behind him a letter , addressed to the Adjutant of the corps , in which he states that , as there was no doubt whatever of his being found guilty by the general court-martial , and , consequently , disnriaseil from the service , he declined taking his trial , and had proceeded to Franco . In consequence of this , her Majesty will direct his dismissal from the nrmv .

      The Keinforcementb for Ikijia . —Letters received at Gibraltar , dated from on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Madras , near the Mauritius , tho 9 th of September , state that she was on her way , to Calcutta , with the hcad-quurtcr .-i of her Majesty's 18 th Light Infantry , commanded by Colonel Lord Mark Kerr . They had only two days' notice to quit the Cape for India . The second division of this corps , under , the command of Major John William Cox , was likewise on its way to the same destination to assist in (( nulling the mutinies . AdmiuaIj Lyons and his squadron arrived at Corfu on the 29 th of September . It was expected they would sail from thence on the 10 th inst . . .

      A JSiJir Bwimt . —The English ship Kundian C'luel has been burnt in tho South Atlantic Ocean , while ou her voyage from London to Ceylon . Captain I > 'ivida and his crew were rescued by tho Dutch ship Souburg , Captain Kvors , and brought on to Btituviti . Liicuxknanu' Yuijj . — The court-martini <> n tliis I'dicei is now concluded , hut tho finding will nut !»¦ "W " known till it has received the sanction » f tlu ? Duke o Cambridge . , , whlf

      1 ' A . TAi , Shipwhkcjics . —Two schooners ami Hie " of their cnnv . s , belonging to the port of iH . lvt's t * - " wall , have beuii lost . . itKMJiru ok Six Skambn . — The Hurvivoi-.- * <> f tin . b"K Exchange , of South ShicldH , have just reachud t u : ii homes : they give an enthusiastic account of llu-ir giU ' ruscmi hy tho muster and crew of the I * ' ' ° , i . schooner , the Brilliant , off the Isle , of Kiitf ' " - ' t thom worn drowned , but . the rest , wuru nav ^ d , th <» "fe

      without immuUHu exertions . , ,. ( TllK BOAIU ) OV AUMIKAM'Y . —Tllfl V «< ' « ' »' , y ««« j in flic Board of Admiralty by tho resignation <•• ^ j F . V . Berkeley has beon filled up by thu appointi """ - Captain Lord Claroncu IS . Pagot .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 31, 1857, page 1034, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_31101857/page/2/