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      Soo-chow , the capital of the province , and the outlet of commerce to Shanghai . Heang-yung has retired to Wooseith , which is only thirty miles from Soo-chow . In the western part of Kiang-soo , the cities of Keu-yung and Leihshwny are occupied by the insurgents , who have also taken E-hing , and are now spreading themselves over the districts of Tac-hoo and Tung-ting-san , recently the resort of European tourists . A horrible tragedy has taken place on hoard the Dutch ship Banco , bound , with coolies , for Havanriah . " This vessel , of 700 tons , with a live freight of 350 to 370 , " says the China Mail , " put back to Macao with her water-casks leaking , and came to anchor in the outer roads , the coolies not being permitted to land lest they should make their escape . For three weeks ,

      whatever discontent may have prevailed , no fears of an outbreak would seem to have been entertained ; but on Sunday ( August 3 rd ) a Chinese doctor on board warned the captain that mischief was brewing . In . preparation for such a contingency as a rising of the coolies , the small arms were placed on the poop , and two guns were loaded with grape and pointed forward . About nine at night , tie disturbance commenced , and the crew took refuge on the poop . The captain first fired a shot or two over head : but as that had no effect , and the coolies advanced to the assault , armed -with belaying pins , bricks torn from the cooking places , &c . a volley of small arms and the discharge of the big guns followed . This drove the coolies below , whence flames speedily burst through the after-hatch , and shortly the vessel was in a blaze fore and aft . The mainmast soon fell—then

      the fore and mizen , and about midnight the magazine exploded . Of the Europeans , the captain , gunner , and steward are missing , together with 220 to 230 of the coolies , those who were saved having been picked up by the steamer Queen , Captain Endicott ' s cutter , a lorcha , and a fast-boat . One sailor , supposed to have been drowned , was found on board a China boat by the Queen on her passage over to HongrKong . " A French priest is supposed to have been cruelly murdered in the far west of Kwangvsi . The district of Swaton has been flooded ; the people are living on the tops of their houses , and several have beea drowned .

      ; : . ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : . - . ' ¦ - •¦ •; : ¦• ¦ JAPAN . ; . .. ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . '¦ . ¦ ; ' The Emperor of Japan has decided that two ports of the empire , those of Nangasaki and Hakodadi , shall be open to the vessels of all nations , for the purposes of repairing , taking in provisions , . establishing depots of coal , &c . The other ports of the empire are to be accessible to vessels in distress which may take refuge in them , but which will have to put to sea the moment the danger is over . No foreigner is to he allowed to penetrate into the interior of the country without a special permission from the Chief of the State . A decision has not yet been come to with regard to the right « f trading with Japan , which privilege is still reserved exclusively for China and Holland .

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      IRELxlND . The Harvest in the West . —The recent severe rains have done great damage to the corn and other crops in those parts of the country where they are always late . The accounts from Erris are of a very afflicting character . The Tippickauy Bank . —A meeting of tho creditors of the Tipperary Bank took place at Tipperary on Thursday week . " From the statement of Mr . Gibson , the solicitor , who represented the shareholders at that meeting , it substantially appeared , " says the Freeman " that about 350 , 000 ? . represented the probable settle d amount of liabilities , and that to pay a dividend of 2 a . on this , and defray the costs of the affair , -would absorb

      Balonasloe Sheep Faib . — -The great October fair of Ballinasloe has been very well attended , the number of sheep being unusually large . The demand was brisk , but prices did not rule as high as was expected . A large number of animals changed hands on the subsequent days . : '¦¦ . ¦' . ¦¦ - •" . ""' Disappearance op a Nobleman—Baron de Rolieck has been missing for several days , and the most vhrilarit investigations have , not yet succeeded in discoverincr him or his body . There is little doubt that he has W drowned . It appears probable that he was Avalking on the banks of the Lifiey , towards dusk , under Leixli p Castle that the banks , which were injured b y the late floods ' gave way under him , and that he was swept away bv the current , being in feeble health at the time , and unable to save himself . Insolvent Debtors' Couut Statistics . —The num * ber of dividends declared by the Dublin Insolvent Court during the year 1855 was forty-eight , and the amount as follows .- —Gross sum received , 18 , 88 G £ ; costs deductions , and payments , 2674 / . ; amount divided , 16 2117 ~ There were three of 20 s . in the pound , one of ' ' Id * one of 18 s . 6 d ., sevea between 10 s . and 15 s ., the re 'l mainder below 10 s . Increased Value of Land . —A letter from Tralee mentions that at the close of lust week a portion of the property of the late Mr . Spotswood , situated in the barony of Iveragh , in the county of Kerry , which in 1851 was sold to a Mr . Lindsey , of Cork , for 12007 . was resold in Killaruey , by Mr . " Justin M'Carthy , auctioneer , for 3 7 . 0 . 0 £ , the purchaser being the Rev . John Chute , sou of Mr . Arthur Chute . The cause of the resale was a dispute whether Mr . Lindsey purchased originally for himself or on trust . — Times .

      Episcopal , Liberality . —The Protestant Bishop of Limerick ( the Right Rev . Dr . Griffin ) Las contributed 5 / . towards tbe bazaar of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Convent , in the city of Limerick . The Earl of Carlisle is also a contributor to the amount of 21 . —Idem The Crimean B ^ vkquict . — -The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Wednesday , the 22 nd inst ., for the banquet to the Crimean soldiers stationed in Ireland . The Queen ' s University ix Iueland . —A meeting of the senate of the Queen's University was held in Dublin Castle , on Tuesday , for eqnferrhig degrees and presenting prizes and medals to the successful competitors from the three Colleges of Cork , Belfast , and Galway , forming the University . A chair of State was placed for the Lord-Lieutenant , who honoured the meeting with his presence , and who distributed the medals and money prizes with his own hands .

      all the assets of the bank , making the latter pretty much what we stated on the 10 th of March last , 35 , 000 / . He estimated that the probable amount to be obtained by making a compromise will be about Gs . in . tho pound more , or 105 , 000 / ., & largersum than we thought possible . He appeared to consider that the English shareholders , from whom ho stated , and , we believe , with good foundation , a sum of -40 , 000 / . could have boon obtained by a compromiso , have , for all practical purposes , escaped from further liability . It further appeared that one hundred actions have been brought , of which twenty-oight are nearly ripe ; and it is expected that the costs in these twenty-eight alone will bo 4500 ? , —equal to the whole debts for which they have been brought . It was

      eventually agreed upon that the chnirman , the Very Rev . Dr . llowley , and Major Massoy , should bo appomtod , in conjunction with one or more representatives from tho other branches , to form a committee to confer with the ollicial manager , and those interested for tho shareholders , to ascertain if a compromise is possible , and report to tho general body . " —A lithographed circular has been addressed to tho English shareholders by tho official manager , in tho course of which some advice is offered by Mr . M'Douall with respeot to the policy of those parties submitting to a compromise , and thus obtaining a complete release from all future liabilities . —Tho furniture of James Sadlcir has been sold in tho presence of tho sub-sheriff of tho county . It realized a largo sum for the benefit of the creditors of tho Tipperary Bank .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES- ' .. . . ' \ " " ' . ' ¦ ¦ FUANCE . ¦ ; . - . ' .. : . . . .. ¦ . The state of affairs at Paris is becoming critical . Several persons—amounting , according to some , to one hundred—were arrested on the night of Thursday week in the Hue MouQetard and in . other streets of the twelfth arrondissement . These individuals were charged with having posted up several placards threatening certain persons with death , demanding " cheap bread or blood , " recommending summary measures against the owners of house property , and menacing the Emperor . The enormous height to which house-rent has run up , in cunsequence of the large number of houses which have' been demolished in making the new improvements , is supposed'to be one of the causes of this disturbance . The

      poorer classes are suffering severely from want of accommodation at prices which they are capable of paying , and it is stated that many have been actually thrown upon the streets . Add to this that broad is excessively dear , and tho distress of the poorer classes can be imagined . One of . tho placards torn down by the police contained the words —• " Tue ton jn'o / trie ' taire ; Je iucrcd le mienf—Mort aux projmetaires . '" The Government is taking precautions . For several nights , patrols have been perambulating the faubourgs , in order that tfiey may crush at once any attempt at an outbreak . Monetary troubles and distress among the working classes huvo generally brought tho lurking discontent of tho French people with respect to any despotic Government ; to a head ; and both theso dangers arc now gnawing at tho foundations of tho Imperial throne .

      The commercial embarrassment from which Franco is now suffering hns caused some ominous grumbling even among tho supporters of tho Empire ; ami it is not uncommon to hear people contrasting the bulletins of brilliant -victories which tho I'irst Napoleon would . seiul homo after long absence from Paris , with tho accounts of bullfights now transmitted i ' ram Unyoiine , ami * ut forth in the admiring columns of the Afoniktn : Tho editors of tho Paris papers have boon requested by tho authorities to publish nothing on tho Kluanoial crisis , and to bo equally discreet about the Neapolitan question . The money-changers have Lecn forbidden to expo .-o in their shop windows tho premium they offer on silver .

      Meanwhile , the Emperor ( like Mr . Miouwber wliou on tho brink of ruin ) is planning now architectural works and adornments . Ho has ordered that important oroctiojis shall bo immediately commenced for enlarg ing tho Villa Eugdnio at Biarritz . These additions will coinpriao an elegant pavilion , barracka for troops , accommodation for clerks , and stabling . Marshal Francisco Serrano , the now Spanish Ambas-

      Tvyrro-Fwirra Atvttv W A T T Am:Rr A Moldavia And Wallachia

      presses its earnest hope that the Government of England will , in conjunction with France , insist upon the fulfilment of the resolutions of the Paris Conference , in adopting the views , and satisfying the just expectations , of the Itounfan people as to their internal government . " Mr . Dodson , in seconding the resolution , said the diplomatic part of it had been so tersely and correctly given , that nothing was left on that head ; and he then , in a very interesting address , proceeded to give his personal experience of the people in whose behalf they were interesting themselves . ( Aimlause . ) .

      Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., spoke to the motion , and showed that neither Austria , Russia , nor Turkey had a right to exercise sovereignty over the Danubian Principalities , though the latter power had a suzerainty—a tribute of moderate amount for her services , should they ( the Principalities ) be attacked by a stronger or third party ; and to establish this fact the lion , gentleman quoted the first , second , and fifth clauses of a treaty made in the sixteenth century which had never been repealed . He concluded by calling upon the meeting to exert themselves now , while the subject was under the consideration of Government , as such a moment would not , perhaps , arrive again . ( Loud cheers . ") The resolution was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Councillor Cox then moved that a petition , founded on the above resolution , "be presented to the Government by the Mayor in behalf of the meeting .

      Dr . Huge seconded ; and expressed a hope that the people of England would not allow Moldavia and "Wallachia to be lost as Poland , Hungary , and Italy had been . ^ Cheers . ) Mr . Horace St . John supported the motion . After pointing out that the Principalities were naturally and historically one , and had only been divided by violence and intrigue , that no just claims of the Ottoman Porte would be interfered with by their union , and that Austria , which had pursued a policy of expectancy , deceit , and selfishness , had been permitted to gain in the Yalley of the Danube immense advantages over Russia , her rival hi aggression , he said that the English nation had '' yet to assume the government of its foreign

      affairs . " 1 . ou have nothing to do with the foreign policy of your own Government , " said Mr . St . John , ' " ¦ except to suffer its results , whatever these results maybe . You leave your Ministers to decide on plans of peace and war ; they despise your opinions , and connive at the suppression of liberalism in all quarters of the ancient world ; and while this system continues , you , who affect to have constitutional sympathies , who abhor tyranny , who applaud the efforts of the oppressed , and repeat their prayers for liberty , —you may remain happy and free yourselves , but you will be witnesses of the despair and misery of the other nations of Europe , and perhaps degraded by the consciousness of your complicity in that great collusion which makes them what tbey are . " ( Loud cheers . )

      MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA . ( From the Brighton papers . ") A large and influential public meeting- —a success in every respect—was held on Monday evening at the Town Hall to promote the union of the above Danubian Principalities . It was presided over by his Worship the Mayor , and among those present were Montague Scott , Esq ., J . G . Dodson , Esq ., W . Scholefield , Esq ., M . P . for Birmingham , I . G . Bass , Esq ., Dr . Huge , M . D . Bratiano ( late member of the Government of Wallachia ) , Horace St . John , Esq ., Croe , Esq ., and several of our loading residents . Letters , expressing regret at inability to attend the meeting , hut full of sympathy with the object , were received from . Lord Brougham , and Messrs . Roebuck , Gladstone , Otway , Foster , &c . The Chairman having stated the object of the meeting , and hia full concurrence in it , called upon

      Mr . Scott , who gave a history of the diplomatic proceedings connected with the Danubian Principalities . At tho Treaty of Paris , he said , Count Walevrski and Lord Clarendon advocated , as he had stated , the union of Moldavia and "Wallachia , by tho means of which a wall of steel would bo created botweon Russia and Turkeyfive millions of a brave race would be created into a nation , owning neither the despotism of Austria nor Russia , but be a free people . ( Cheers . ) Count Buol opposed the proposition , not by proposing an immediate negative , but by a much moro diplomatic course ; he stated it would not bo well to effect such a union unless it was the wish of

      tho majority of tho inhabitants , which proposition was very plausible , and it was agreed to . They then consulted with the Minister of tho Sublimo Porto ; and tho manner in which they proceeded to obtain the wishes of the inhabitants , was to abolish tho freedom of tho press ( laughter ) , and prohibit the Liberal party , who had been oxllod in England , from returning . ( Cheers . ) It was , thorefore , utterly impossible that tho feelings of tho country could bo ascertained ; but they were informed by men , who know their countrymen , tliat it was their daring wish that they should throw off tho yoke of Austria and Rusaia , and bo created a froo government under an hereditary monarch . ( Loud clmrs . ) He then

      ™ S ? l " ^ ^ , cWt \ . border to make a free and powerful nation of the Roumans , aa tho host barrier against Austria and RuMa ; ftnd ' that tho mooting

      ex-Mr . Matthews having addressed the meeting , three cheers were given for Bloldavia and Wallachia , the Mayor was thanked for his attendance , and the proceedings terminated .

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      964 ¦¦' ;¦ ¦ __ . _ THE IEAPEB . [ No . 342 , Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 964, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2162/page/4/