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      In -the general business of the port of London during the same week , there has been considerable activity . The total number of ships Teported inward was 267 , being 103 over the previous week . Among these were 29 laden with corn and flour , 25 with sugar , four with tea , and 12 with fruit . The total number . of vessels cleared outward was 128 , showing a decrease of 23 ; the number in ballast being 13 . The number of vessels on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 7 . 7 , "being one less than' at the last account . Of those now loading , twelve axe for Adelaide , two for Auckland , one for Canterbury , six for Geelong , five for Hobart-town , four for Launceston , three for Melbourne , two for Moreton Bay , six for New Zealand , fifteen for Port Philip , one for Portland Bay , one for Port Fairy , fifteen for Sydney , two for Swan River , one for ¦ Wellington , and one for Warnambool . —Idem .

      Great indignation is expressed at the expedient , lately practised by the Government of Buenos Ayres , of nxaldng an offer to compromise its foreign debt , and subsequently taking advantage of the fact that the landholders had suggested some modifications , which the Tinance Minister was -well aware would be required , as a pretext for summarily cancelling-the negotiation . . The London and Paris Bank has . been dissolved . A meeting of the shareholders , convened ly the directors , was held on Friday week , when itwasstated that , owing to the altered state of public opinion with respect to joint-stock banks , in consequence of recent events , and

      to the disinclination of a considerable number of the shareholders to pay up their calls , it "was thought advisable to wind up the affair . A resolution to this effect was agreed to . The directois propose , as a first instalment , to make a return of capital as follows : —On each share of 10 Z . paid up , 71 . ; on ditto 30 ? . paid up , 27 / . ; on ditto 50 / . paid up , 47 ? . They will tlien , after defraying expenses , declare a final dividend , payable after the second meeting required by the charter for the dissolution of the company . —The bank was started la ^ t November , with a view to establishing branches in several of the Continental cities . M " t . W . O . Young , ship and insurance broker , -was on Tuesday awarded an immediate certificate- - of the . first class by the Commissioner of Bankruptcy .

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      AMERICA . The civil war in Kansas lias reached an alarming development . The Free-soilers have been encountered at two or three points by their opponents , who have in every case defeated them . At Ossawatornie , on the 30 th ult ., the anti-slavery men were routed after an hour's hard fighting , and twenty of their number were killed or wounded . On the 2 nd of the present month , Leavenworth was attacked by the pro-slavery party , who drove out all the Free-soilers at the point of the bayonet , and destroyed or confiscated their property- *

      and parties of Missourians ( advocates of slavery ) took possession of the Iowa road , thus cutting off the retreat of their enemies . Colonel Geary , the newly-appointed Governor of Kansas , is on his way to the seat of the disturbances , and has already taken steps for putting down , by aid of the militia , the civil war which threatens the whole state . A request has been made to the Governors of Kentucky and Illinois for military assistance . Instructions to the military authorities havo been issued by Mr . Marcy , and by Mr . Davis , the War Secretary , authorizing their interference in suppressing the belligerents .

      The Presidential election in Maine on the 8 th of September resulted in the triumph of the Republicans ( antislavery men ) by a largo majority . The returns were not all in wlu > n the accounts left , but it was supposed that the majority would reach 10 , 000 or 15 , 000 . The friends of Colonel Fremont are greutly elated by their success . The Federal Government has decided upon exercising its authority in suppressing the San Francisco Vigilance Committee . The instructions have not yet been made public—From Greytown tlicre is news of the arrival at that port from ! New Orleans , and of the immediate departure for Granada , of a party of seventeen persona , consisting of a certain Mancosos , Walker's chief recruiting agent in the United States , fifteen Filibusters , enlisted for the service of the adventuier , and M . Pierre Sould

      There is talk of a partial failure of the Indian corn crop in the West . A « opy of a communication from Don Leon Alvarado to the Governor of the Republic of Honduras , advising him of the conclusion of the negotiations with . England , and specifying the terms of the treaty , has b-een published . The letter is dated " Legation of Honduras , London , Sept . 15 , 1856 , thirty-fifth anniversary of the Independence , " and intimates that the negotiations with England are concluded . Although claiming the Bay Islands , Honduras was willing to leave them free to the enterprize of the world , on condition that her sovereignty were recognized and ihe Mosquito territory Tyere returned to her . The United States have also accepted these conditions . Mount Vernon Hotel , at Cape May , Cape Island , was destroyed by fire on the night of September 5 , and Hr . Philip Cain , the lessee , with his son and two daughters , and the housekeeper , Mrs . Albertson , lost their lives . This immense hotel was . built by a company of gentlemen , at a cost of 125 , 000 dollars , upon which there is uo- insurance . The edifice , which was entirely of wood , was first occupied in 1853 .

      Mr . O . Smith , of New York , has been appointed Minister from Walker's Government to the United States . The Government at Washington is determined not to recognize him . He is proposing a loan in New York of 2 , 000 , 000 dollnrs , secured by a mortgage of the public lands of Nicaragua to trustees . Costa Rica is arming against Walker . President Mora has issued an address to the citizens of the Central American Republics , urging them to forget past ( Ullerences , and unite against Walker . The reports of the condition of the public lioalth at New York represent an encouraging state of things . At the various points whero the yellow fever prevails , disease continues to decline . —The fitting out of slavera at New York still continues , notwithstanding all the efforts made by the Government oflicera to prevent it . Great difficulty is experienced in getting satisfactory legal evidence .

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      IRELAND . John Sadleir abd the late Earl , of Shrewsbury . The Tablet relates an anecdote of John Sadleir , highly illustrative of the crafty character of the man , and showing the skill with-which he contrived to inveigle himself into the friendship and confidence of people of all ranks . Amongst the effects of the late Earl of Shrewsbury , a will has recently been discovered , by the executors of that nobleman , in favour of" John Sadleir , to ; whom-the Earl bequeathed , absolutely and unconditionally , his entire estates . This will was made previously to another in favour of the infant son of the late Duke of Norfolk , but at was not on account of what transpired after the suicide of Sadlier that the la tter will was made . A high ecclesiastic had advised the Earl to place his affairs in the hands of Catholics well known for their honour and

      probity , by whom it is supposed that the executors of the existing will were recommended to his lordship . However , he never informed them of the previous disposition he . had made of his property , and rejected their advice on many points . In bequeathing his estates to Sadleir , the Earl intended that he should apply them to charitable and ecclesiastical purposes , and the only mode of accounting for his choice of the . person to whom he left his property , is that his solicitor -was the same as John Sadleir ' s . It is more than probable that this gentleman knew ; nothing whatever either of the frauds which Sadleir had committed , nor of the speculations in which he was engaged . " And it is probable , " says the Tablet , " that so astute a man as Sadleir would , so far as possible , keep from the knowledge of his Catholic solicitor everything which -would tend to lower hia

      opinion of him , and seek other and less scrupulous advisers to carry out the details of his frauds and speculations . " —This story has been contradicted on authority by the Times , which saj-s : — " TVe are assured that tlie will in question was a _ temporary will executed on the Earl's coming of age ; it is true tltat Mr . Sadleir's name was inserted in it , but it was as one of four trustees , selected by the Earl himself , including persons of rank , Mr . Sadleir being at that time one of the Loids of the Treasury . The supposed finding of this document within a few days , and the alleged ignorance on the part of the executors of the tenor of it , are wholly incorrect . " The Earl , of Carlisle . — The Lord-Lieutenant is to leave Ireland about the middle of the ensuing month for England , where his Excellency will remain for some weeks . Mr . Horsman , the Chief Secretary , is to arrive in Dublin before Lord Carlisle takes his departure .

      IheDowagicr Marchioness of Lohdondeuuv entertained two hundred and fifty-five of the tenantry of her Antrim estates at dinner , in the market-house of Cnrnlough , on Thursday week . Her ladyship's son , Lord Adolphus Vane Tom pest , occupied the chair , and , among those present , were the Protestant , Presbyterian , aiul Roman Catholic clergymen , and several of the local gentry . After dinner , her- ladyship addressed the meeting . Religious Istolkrancic . —An assault lias been

      committed in the island of Boffin , off the coast of Mayo , on some clergymen and their wives , and on the agents of a missionary society , who hiul visited the island . After having been on tho island for some hours , thoy were nbout leaving , when a mob of the peasantry assembled , nn ( I commenced hooting nnA pelting them with stones , so that they had some difiiculty in getting on board their lioat . The boatmen , whp vere Roman Catholics , known to the inlanders , interfered to protect the visitors , and , with the exception of some bruises from stones , the party escaped unhurt .

      Execution . —Charles it'Crcadj " , the soldier of the C 8 th Light Infantry , who wns convicted at the last assizes of the murder of Sergeant Guinny , of the Maine regiment , was executed on Monday . Tiirkatenihg Leutkis . —A threatening letter has been received by Mr . A-braham Contes , agent to the Right Hon . the Earl of Stradbrokc over the IJallymucarby estate , stating , among other Hangs , that the writer would have " tho pleasure of meeting him ( Mr . Contea ) before long with powder and ball . " No trace has been discovered of the perpetrators of tho outrage .

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      ¦¦¦^¦¦¦^^¦¦¦ i ^^ WMBWBBB ^ WMi ^ W ^^ i ""^*"""""^ " ^ 1 *^ September 27 ( 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 9 X 7

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . M . Jebome Bonaparte , of America , is about to leave France for the United States . The Moniteur publishes the returns of the principal articles of merchandize imported into France during the eight months of 1856 ending on the 1 st instant , together with the Customs' duties levied thereon , which amounted to 114 , 592 , 525 f . Compared with the receipts during the corresponding period of 1855 , there is a diminution in 1856 of 24 , 671 , 685 f . The salt-tax produced , during the eight mouths of 185 G , 20 , 6 Gl , 335 f .

      Ihe Moniteur de la Flotte , in an article in which the celebration of the Fete Napoleon at the Piraeus was mentioned , commented in rather strong terms on the absence of the Greek Ministers from the celebration of the Te Dcum . M . Roque , the Greek Charge' d'Afifaires at Paris , has written a letter to the journals , stating that the reason of that absence was simply because the Ministers had not been invited to be present , but that they had , in the usual manner , called on the French Minister to offer their congratulations . . -. . , ,,-. It now turns out that the persons arrested last week in Paris on account of a political plot in which they were concerned numbered forty-nine instead of thirty , as originally stated . Establishments are , it is said , in process of fonnation at the French settlement of New Caledonia for the reception of political and other prisoners .

      The Emperor and Empress went last Saturday to St . Jean de Lust . In spite of the bad weather , they visited the embankment made at that interesting little town , a part of which , unfortunately , has already been carried away by the sea . The Emperor gave lOOOf . to the Mayor for purposes of charity , lOOOf . to the Commissary of the Marine for the widows of sailors , and 5000 f . to the curate for the repair of his church . — -Moniteur . Prince Napoleon left Christiania during the night of the 5 th of September , after having received from the hands of the Viceroy the insignia of the Norwegian Order of St . Olaf . He has also been , received by the King of Sweden . . .

      The Constitutlonnel has been reading a lecture to certain of the English papers -which , it alleges , have been employing an offensive tone towards the French Government , and thus endangering the performance of the alliance . The Siecle denies the truth of the accusation , and concludes by remarking : — " Vt e are glad to see the Constiiutioiinel paying a signal homage to the power of the press . " . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' .: . ¦ . The Princess de Chambord is said to be enceinte . Great complaints are being made of the dearness of all necessaries of life in Paris at the present time .

      Houserent is more especially alluded to as been excessively high . This having been attributed to recent demolitions , with which it has been said constructions have not kept pace , the Moniteur publishes a statement , according to which the houses pulled down from 1852 to 185 ( 5 inclusively are 15 G 5 , while those built or enlarged havo been G 552 . The number of demolitions , it is said , is annually on the decrease , but that of the constructions yearly increase ? , and amounts , in 183 G alone , to 2000 houses . The Moniteur contends that the augmentation of rent is merely temporary .

      The Emperor and Empress have attended another bullfight at Bayonne . Despatches from the Governor-General of Algeria , having reference to the recent operations against the Kabylcs , are published in the official journal . Marshal IJandon conceives that the struggle in the country of the Guechtoulas is near its termination . The Bishop of Arras , whose " confidential circular to his clergy , " condemning the mixed schools of Calais and other towns , has lately excited mticli discussion , now publishes a " pastoral" in which he explains his former act and establishes a distinction between a passive and an active consent given to heresy .

      I he Emperor has expressed a wish , through Field-Marshal Serrano , Spanish ambassador , that the French republican refugees who were expelled from Sebastian previous to the Imperial visit to that place should be permitted to return . The Spanish ambassador has communicated this to his Government , and the refugees in question will return to Sebastian in a few days . rnussiA . After describing the pleasure trips of the King of Prussia during the last fow weeks , tho Times Ucrlin correspondent proceeds : — "The only thing of general interest connected with those autumn manoeuvres in East Prussia wns the uso there , for the- first time in Prussia , of the locomotive electric telegraph , v'liich was invented and first used in Austria at the Olinutz manoeuvres in 1855 , at which the late Emperor Nicholas was present . It consists of a close- omnibus-looking- vehicle , drawn by horses , and containing an electric battery , together with amipply of metal wire , protected by guttapcrcha , which runs on" from a reel as tho vehiclo advances from the Hpot where tho wire was originally made fast . This spot is the hend-quartcra of tho commandcr-in-cluuf of the vutmi-unre , or of a hypothetical battle . Tho point to which the vehicle advances , ' as the crow flies , ' ia tho advanced post of a general of division , or tho extreme point of an outlving wing s nncl in its pnssago from one

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 27, 1856, page 917, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2160/page/5/