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    rapid as that of the tropics . But , though the ( rammer has began gloriously , and the heavens are -without a cloud , yet pestilence stalks among us , and darkens the joy of the people more than a -wintry sky . The cholera , which has lurked all the -winter in the lanes of Pera and among the villages which stud the sides of the ravines which run down into the Bosphorus , has now ( May 7 th ) come forth to attack high and- low . A few days since the deaths were about one hundred and "fifty a day on the Frank side of the Golden Horn . Happily , within the last * wo days , the disease has somewhat abated in this quarter . It has steadily directed its course along the nriqin street , until it has reached the low-lying purlieus of Galata , where , while I write , its ravages are chiefly felt . The funerals that pass on their

    way to the great burial-ground indicate that the victims belong to a lower class than those of the past week . Then the death-psalms were chanted by richly-clad choristers ; bishops and arch-priests , in all the pomp of their antique vestments , passed- the door hourly , preceding the decorated coffins of wealthy victims . Sometimes a procession of little girls , clad in white , each bearing a taper , proclaimed that one of the conventual schools had lost a young pupil ; sometimes the French uniforms which crowded round the bier showed that the pestilence had been busy in the camp or the hospitals of our allies . As will be observed by the returns from Scutari , the British hospitals are absolutely free from the sickness , the deaths not numbering more than from four to six a day .

    A . very curious affair , says the Sentinelle of JN amur , is about to occupy public attention in Belgium . In the siege of Bouvignes , in 1455 , the Duke de Brabant made prisoner a nobleman named Legrain , but instead of taking his life , as he was entitled to do , the Duke consented to spare it on condition of receiving all his estates and property . Legrain made over all he possessed , but stipulated that at the end of four centuries it should return to his * family . " The Duke made no objection . The four centuries expire in July next , and already a greafc many persons , representing ^ themselves to be descendants of Legrain , are preparing to claim the property . It is foreseen that the claims will give rise to numerous lawsuits .

    The resignation of Redschid Pacha is attributed to his interference with the French project of cutting a ship canal through the Isthmus of Darien , no less than to the recal of Mehemet Ali . M . Lesseps lately obtained from the Egyptian Pacha a concession for the above-mentioned object ; and , -when this concession was brought before the " notice of the Sultan to obtain his sanction , the English ? and French ambassadors disagreed upon the matter . Redschid Pacha , therefore , under the

    signature of Kiamil Pacha ( whom he induced to put his name to the letter ) , wrote to the Egyptian viceroy , requesting him not to press the concession , as any rupture between France and England at the present time would be unfortunate . This interference came to the knowledge of M . Benedetti , who upbraided Redschid Pacha , and finally rendered it necessary for him to resign . Such , at least , is the story now current in Constantinople . Kiamil Pacha , who held the office of President of the Council of State , has since resigned .

    The Convents Suppression Bill has been finally voted in the Sardinian Senate by secret ballot . The votes were—53 for , 42 against . The result was received with great applause in the galleries . The last accounts from Archangel mention that the Dwina commenced thawing in the middle of April . Since the commencement of this century , the river has never but twice before freed itself so early from its icy fetters . The Spanish Cortes have voted the seventh basis of the Constitution . The English Government approves of the conduct of Lord Howden in the affair of Seville . The appearance of a Carlist band in the province of Avila is considered as insignificant .

    Some inquiries into the anarchical condition of the Austrian army in the Danubian Principalities have been made by M . Doria , attache * to the Prussian embassy at Constantinople , who was sent into Moldavia for the purpose . From his report ( which is dated from the Principalities , April 22 , ) it appears that the Austrian soldiers , consisting chiefly of Croats , have been in the habit of conducting themselves with a brutal ferocity which has acknowledged no law but that of its own pleasure . Robbery , murder , savage assaults , vio lation of women , and perpetual intimidation , are proved to Jhave been committed by these desperate soldiery , who seem to enjoy perfect immunity from punishment . One of their most audacious feats—an attempt upon the treasury of the local government—was thus related to M . Dorla : — " An Austrian soldier had obtained entrance

    burglariously into tho apartment where the money and valuable papers were deposited , and was apprehended there by tho Moldavian sentinel , who handed him over to his superior officer . Tho following morning , an Austrian corporal came and demanded his liberation . Tho soldier was at that time still in confinement in tho apartment in which lie had been detected . Tho demand was refused . Later in the same day , an Austrian oflicer , with a guard of twenty men , arrived , and demanded Again tho liberation of tho prisoner , which demand was again refused . Tho Auatriana on this made use of their arms , seriously wounded the Moldavian sentinel in tho

    head , and carried off the prisoner . The Moldavian soldier is still in the hospital , suffering from the conse quences of his wound . To my inquiry as to when this occurred , the Governor answered that the papers connected with the matter were in his chancellerie ; in their absence , he could not give me the exact date , but he believed it was the middle of November . No satisfaction or atonement had been given , nor had the soldiers been punished , the Austrians affirming that a Moldavian has no right to arrest an Austrian . " The Austrian Government , ashamed of this state of things , has been making a few feeble attempts to put a stop to it , and a slight improvement has taken place 5 but the Principalities are still in a very wretched and dangerous condition . The Croats are so ill disciplined , that their officers are afraid to reprimand them .

    The statement , which furnished a little temporary excitement last week , of the resignation of Count Nesselrode and the appointment , as his successor , of Prince Yermaloff , is totally unfounded . A letter from Bucharest of the 9 th gives some details as to the facts which have induced General Coronini , the officer in command of the Austrian forces , to proclaim martial law in the Principalities . It says : —" The numerous arrests which have taken place here during the past month appear to have been caused by the discovery of a ^ vast conspiracy organised by some Hungarian emigrants , in concert with a number of

    revolutionists . It is said that all this has been done at the instigation of Russia , with a view to excite a movement against the order of things established since the return of the hospodar into Wallachia ; it is said also that attempts * have been made to lead away from their duty the Austrian troops of occupation . All the interrogatories undergone by the persons arrested have been perfectly secret , and the persons set at liberty have been warned not to speak of what has occurred . In consequence , scarcely anything has transpired abroad . But owing to what has come to light , Count Coronini has published an order of the day declaring martial law established . "

    New Aggrandisement of Russia- —According to letters from St . Petersburg of the 11 th , Russia has profited by the troubles of the Chinese Empire to effect an easy extension of her frontiers in Southern Siberia . Means have been found to induce four Mongol Khans , long subject to China , to ask that their lands may be annexed to the Russian Empire . The Mongolians in question are miserable tribes , without agriculture , arts , or even towns , and well understand that they cannot hope to maintain a position of independence . Of course this request could not be refused , and the Khanates , late the possessions of China , are now annexed to the Czar ' s dominions . —Daily News .

    The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius . —Much of the land belonging to the village of St . Jovio has been already destroyed . Should the eruption continue , the course of the lava will lead it over the railway into the sea . It is to be hoped , however , that it will not reach so far . The summit of the mountain is so riddled , and the surface is presumed to be so thin , that it is feared it may fall at any time ; and no person is allowed to advance beyond the Observatory . Indeed , it would be madness to attempt it . The spectacle which the mountain presents at night is remarkably grand . Its sides are covered with the fiery fluid , which one may imagine to be blood oozing out from the wounded giant . — Morning Post .

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    A RUSSIAN-GERMAN CHEVALIER D'lNDUSTRIE . At the Middlesex Sessions , on Monday , an amusing case of roguery came before the notice of the jury . Henri Scherr Thoss , described in the calendar as a gentleman of superior education , was indicted for obtaining , by false and fraudulent pretences , from James Baker Pyno , a picture of the value of sixty guineas , with intent to defraud , He was further charged with obtaining , in like manner and with like intent , two dressing-cases , value 4 . 6 L , from Thomas Charles Hanniford ; one dressing-case , value 40 / ., from Francis Kennedy ; one ditto , from William Gregg ; and a gold watch and gold chain , value 40 ? ., the property of John Mitchell and another , from James Murray , their servant .

    , Mr . Parry appeared for tho prosecution ; Mr . Rib ton for tho prisoner . The case stood for trial at tho laBt session , but was postponed until tho present in consequence of tho prisoner claiming his right to bo tried by a half foreign jury . A mixed jury waa accordingly now cmpannclled to try him . It appeared from the evidence given in support of tho prosecution , that tho prisoner , who was stated to bo a nephew of General Rudigor , commander of the Russian Imperial Guard , had for somo time been an

    accomplished swindler , and , notwithstanding that tho indictment contained five charges against him , a number of persons wore present ready , if required , to substantiate others . The evidence as to each cuurgo was nearly identical , and showed that ho had carried on . plunder on a rather cunningly-devised plan . About tho end of March , ho went to tho shop of Mr . Pyno , picture-dealer , of Maddox-strcot , and asked to bo furnished with the numos of somo of tho most eminent miniature painters of tho day . Mr . Pyne mentioned tho name of Sir W . Ross and one or two othorn , but ho coultl not give their

    addresses ; and the prisoner , one of whose representations was that he jras concerned for a foreign famil y of distinction who were coming to England and would require the » services of a first-rate artist , requested that he would procure the information he required , and transmit it to him at the Prussian Embassy , in Carlton-houseterrace , at the . same time giving him his card— "Count ThoBs , Prussian Embassy . " Mr . Pyne did so ; and , a day or two after , the prisoner again made his appearance at the shop . As he produced the identical letter and envelope which he ( Mr . Pyne ) had sent to the Prussian Embassy , addressed to him , Mr . Pyne of c ourse never suspected that the " Count" was not con nected with the embassy . In a conversation that took place

    the prisoner said he had waited on Sir W . Ross , whose terms ( two hundred guineas ) were too high , and that he had agreed with Mr . Thorburn to paint his portrait for eighty guineas . On the afternoon of Good Friday , the " Count" drove up to Mr . Pyne ' s private residence at Camden-town in a brougham , and said he wanted to purchase one of his pictures , and at his request Mr . Pyne got into the brougham , and proceeded to his shop in Maddox-street , where the prisoner selected two pictures of the value of 401 ., promising to pay for them in a month . He said he must have the pictures there and then , as he wanted to present them to a friend

    on that day , which was his birthday ; but on the succeeding day , he returned the two pictures , and selected one instead , of the value of 60 Z ., which Mr . Pyne parted with in the full belief that the person he was dealing with was a real Count , and really belonged to the Prussian Embassy . The only person called from the embassy to disprove the prisoner's representation was the under-butler to Count Bernstorff , the Ambassador , and he stated that the prisoner was in no way connected with the embassy , but he had been in the habit of calling there some months ago to see Count Euckel , who was then one of the officials , but had ' since gone abroad , and letters addressed to him as " Count Thoss" had been

    received there , and the prisoner had called for them . By this means he got possession of the letters which he induced his victims to write to him on the pretence of seeking information about miniature painters , and which he afterwards used to show that he belonged to the embassy or he could not have received them . He resorted to this trick in each of the five cases now charged against him . In Mr . Hanniford ' s case , he got from that gentleman ' s shop two dressing-cases , one of which he said he was going to give to a lady residing in Langham-place , to whom he was about to be married ; and the other to a friend of his at the Turkish Embassy . On the 12 th of April , the prisoner was detained at a pawnbroker ' s in offering a dressingcase in pledge , in consequence of information which had been given by the police , and he was taken into custody . He then gave his address at the Star and Garter ,

    Richmond , but he was not known there at all , and he was traced as lodging- at 2 , Northumberland-street , Strand , and it was stated that he had been living at a private hotel in Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross . In his possession were found a number of letters . Among them was one from Mr . Benjamin Bond Cabbell , in answer to an appeal for pecuniary aid , declining to do what was asked , and one to the same effect from the Secretary to the Duke of Devonshire ; another was in his own handwriting , and related to | an application for permission to dedicate a musical composition of his own to the Duchess of Sutherland . A passport signed by Count Bernstorff , and made out in the name of Count Thoss , was also found upon him . It was available for fourteen days from the 3 rd of April , and was for Belgium and Silesia . At his lodgings in Northumberland-street , he was known by the name of Ernest .

    The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for four years . Mr . Parry , the counsel for the prosecution , said , there was not the least question that the prisoner waa one of the greatest swindlers the metropolis had ever seen . In January , 1854 , he was discharged from Coldbath-fields House of Correction , after serving twelve months for an offence committed by fictitious cheques . In the course of the case an allusion w made to the prisoner ' s title of Count , upon which Mr . Ribton , the prisoner ' s counsel , said : " Well , wo all know what these Gorman Counts are . "—Tho Assistant-Judge : " Oh , yes ; discounts . "

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    NAVAL , AND MILITARY NEWS . RicronTEi ) Dangkhous Cuukknt in tub IJi-ack Ska . —A despatch lias been received by tho Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade , throug h the S ecretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs , from Mr . Nealo , her Majesty ' s consul at Varna , enclosing tho copy of a despatch addressed by him to Sir Edmund Lyons , rewpecting t he existence of a dangerous current which prevails h " ' " " ward of Kalakria . It appears that vessels navigating from Odessa or tho mouths of tho Danube , to V arnn , or the BosphoruB , or from tho Crimea to Varna , have been frequently drawn upon tho shoala at Shablu . . Iohs , indeed , than six vchscIh have been wrecked during uu : laat month between Shabla and Mangolia , all Uounu from KamioHch to Varna . In December , 1852 , tliiiHM'ii vombuIh of different nations went on shore within « wecK ' Mr . Nealo states that ho Iuih found a general bi-liol prevail uinoug ; seafaring men with whom ho hu » couycthui

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 26, 1855, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2092/page/10/