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      miversity , he stood in , the Pope ' s shoes . ' From that late , the bi 3 hop& fell av * y from , the uaiversi 4 . y . " ' Ltkch La . 1 t . — Tn-e Reverend Mr . Wallace , of Kingstown , having been taken into custody some months since on a charge of creating a disturbance by open-air preaching , recently brought an action for damages against Mr . Fl iynch , by whom the chaTge had been anade against Mm ; but tbe matter has beea settled by an ample apolog-y on tlte part of Mr . Lyncli , who also ofifered a sura of money to be bestowed upon any charity -which Mr . Wallace might propose . The Dublin Crimean Banquet . —The accounts of the Crimean banquet are now closed , and it . appears that there is a surplus over all charges amounting to little short of 1200 /" .

      The Murdeb of TMjr . Litti ^ . —It has bsen denied ( we believe da thepatt of the officer himself ) that Mr . Inspector Field , of London , has been invited to assist the Dublin police in the discovery- of the murderer of Mr . Little . Detectives " YVhicher and Smith , of London , are , however , on the spot . —A telegraphic despatch , dated Dublin , Wednesday evening , states that " operative lately employed on the Midland Railway has been arrested on board the packet for Liverpool . He confessed to tbe murder of Mr . Little , but he is supposed not to be the principal . ' *

      Ministerial Chakges . —It is believed in . Dublin that it is intended to remove Lord Carlisle from the Lord Lieutenaatship , and to give him some post in Downingstreefc . . ¦ '¦ . •¦'¦ . ' " ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ : " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

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      AMERICA . Thkkb ; ia almost an utter dearth of news from the United States this week , the excitement consequent on the Presidential election having been succeeded by a lull on thft upshot of the struggle being known . Walker , it is said , is preparing : for fresh hostilities ; this Costa Ricans are also collecting their forces , and the Chilian Government is said to have offered them assistance . Half of the To-wnof Thiee Rivers , Canada , has been destroyed by fire . - A steamer has been wrecked ia Lake Superior ,, and thirty-five persons drowned . A much more fearful wreck , towever , is that of the French vessel Lyonnala on its voyage from New York to Havre . Of this calamity-we have given a fall accouut in another column . M- Cabet , the founder of the Icarian community at Nauvoo , Illinois , died on the 9 th ult ., aged sixty-nine . .

      Honduras . Article 2 . Her Britannic Majesty agrees to recognize the iriid-chanuel of the river "Wanx or Segovia , which falla into the Caribbean Sea at Cape Gracias aDios , as the boundary between the Republic of Honduras and the territory of the Mosquito Indians , without prejudice , however , to any question of boundary between the Republics of Honduras and of Nicaragua . " The Mosquito Indians are to he ' recommended to renounce any right they may have to the territories lying between the river Wans , or Segovia , and the Eoman

      river , on condition of receiving from the Republic of Honduras ( in whose favour the renunciation , is to be made ) a ' reasonable stun' as compensation . The claims of British subjects to land -within the same territories are to be respected ; and any other British claims on the Government of Honduras are to be settled by commissioners . An American barque is said to have landed a cargo of six hundred African slaves at La Punta de Teja , some little distance above Cardenas .

      In the New York , money-market there was some slight relief ia the facilities for obtaining discounts inside the bank . Sates were extravagantly high . Confidence was being restored , and capitalists were more inclined to invest The Bank statement was favourable . The advices from the city of Mexico are up to the 1 st of November , and from Vera Cruz up to the 6 th . General Orihuela , with a considerable part of the garrison of Puella , had on the 20 th of October pronounced in that place against the dictatorial power of Senor Cornonfort , proclaiming at the same time the Constitution of 18-14 , called " Las Bases Organicas" ( the organic laws ) , and the annulling of the laws which have deprived the clergy and the army of their privileges and ordered the property of the Church to be sold at auction .

      The Chilian Government has determined to repeal the duties on the exportation of copper , should the fall in prices in England prove permanent , and affect that important branch of commerce . This duty produces at present about half a million of dollars . . Mr . Buchanan has declared in favour © £ a railroad to the Pacific . That jobbery is not confined to the Barnacles and Stiltstalkings of this country , but flourishes on tbe other side of the Atlantic too , is proved by some disclosures which have recently been made in connexion with the

      municipality of New- York , A committee has been overhauling tlw Repairs and Supplies Department , and tho looal Herald furnishes the taxpayers with some of the results—as thus : —" The plan on which mechanics are selected ia on a- par-with their instructions . The city glazier ia a butcher , the city carpenter an hotel-keeper , the' tinner and plumber never learnt their trades till they were engaged by the city , tho person who cleans out tho city wella is a doctor ' s apprentice Of course , these amateurs value thair services higher than regular mechanics-would do . "

      Mr . Greeley has been indicted ' in Virginia for a ¦ " newspaper pu b lished , written ,, and printed in the city of New-York ,, and styled and entitled tho New York Tribrtne , wtthi intent in him , tho said Greeley , then and there to advise and incite negroes in the State of Virginia aforo-BaicL to rebel and make insurrection , and to inculcate roaiatance to the rights of property of masters in their aUves . " Tf ho convention , between- England and tho Republic of

      JoAt oauraa nOotive to the Mosquito territory tsigned at LoMdoa * Auguat 27 , ^ 185 G ) , Las beon published . Tho raortUmportant aaticlea aro the first two : — ?^ a £ ! 5 fti , ^ ^ D ^ Ww of Honduras engages , not to diaturb the aubjoote o € , her Britannic Majesty in tlx « OTVJoymont of any pwporfcy of whiek they may be in ^ TTJa ^^ t ° Ruatan > BouacaT Elena , TJfclo , Barbarete , aud Morat , situated in the Bay of

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRAKCE . A decree has appeared in the Mwritetir , removing to other departments , or dismissing altogether , a certain number of Prefects who have misconducted themselves , and behaved with tyrannical cruelty to those who were placed beneath their rale . Sixteen officials have been thus dealt with ; and of these eight are dismissed , and the others are simply \ transferred . Of the first eight , two are said to have ' demanded' tlieir retirement ; an d the remaining six are discharged unceremoniously . Tho

      he says , for the interests of public credit , « that « Goverumcn-t continues to keep watch over thoTi terprises . " se «" AUSTRIA . The Emperor and Empress made their solemn e « t « into Venice on the 25 th ult . The official account ?* that the reception given them by the people was S enthusiastic . Of course . But the English public W pens to know , from particulars already publiahed tw < the people' were represented by paid police agents and state minkoys . As to the real people veritably applaud ing their alien oppressors , it is obviovsly too absurd demand upon our faith . a Prince Daniel of Montenegro will go with tho Princess , his wife , to wait on the Emperor and Emniess at Venice . Mr . Layanl , M . P ., passed through . Vienna on . Sunday week on his way to Constantinopl e M Soutzo , tho "Wallachian Minister of Finance has left Vienna tor Paris . Field-Marshal Eadetzky i 3 j Venice .

      Baron Hammer-Purgstall , one of tho most celebrated Orientalists of the day , died in the evening- of the 24 th ult . He was occupied in writing until a very short time before his death , when he suddenly covered hiaface with his bands , and , resting them on his desk , fell asleep and quietly expired . ¦ ¦ Russia and Trance have demanded of Austria that a time shall be iixed for the evacuation of the Ottoman territory ; and have proposed the 1 st of February Austria declines to cigree to this . - La Norit has been entirely prohibited in Austria . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : l'KtrssiA . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ :

      The Prussian Chambers were opened on Saturdar morning "by the King in person . The following passage occurs in the Royal speech , relative to the Neufchatel question :- —" The moderation with which , in the interests of general peace , I have for years treated the existing state of things in the Principality of Neufchatel has beeu duly appreciated by the Powers of Europe . It is my wish , even after the late deplorable conflict , and now that my-indisputable' right has been corroborated by the unanimous resolution of the Herman Diet , to effect a settlement , in keeping with the dignity of my

      crown by means" . negotiation with , tho European Powers . At the same time , I must not - ' allow- my longenduring patience to be converted into a weapon against my right . ' My people may restconvinced that 1 shall make the serious and thorough consideration of my own duties and of the state of things in Europe the guide and criterion of my further steps ia this matter ; and I entertain ( lie confident trust that , whenever circumstances may call for it , -my people -will stc |) forward to vindicate the honour of . my Crown with the same energy , loyalty , aud devotion thev have ever shown . "

      \ Y ith respect to the outrage on an English gentleman in Berlin , which we mentioned last week , Mr . GoniBgham , of Brighton , writes to the English papers to say that he lias " received a letter from Mr . Morris Moore , dated Berlin , November 2 G , containing further particulars connected with his arrest , and important as pointing directly to the secret agent by whom the intended blow v-ns struck . Mr . Morris Moore says : —• ' I heard last night on good authority that the order' ( for his arrest ) ' ¦ emanated from the " Cabinet du Hoi , " and that I was to be seized " coute ([ lie coutn . " Everyone says that there must be some , extraordinary inlluence in the

      background . At ton o ' clock on Saturday morning , — wns at the British Embassy . Lord lUomficld volunteered to him the name of Waagcn as the mover , and remarked that he was surprised that Waagen should have recourse to such weapons . said nothing to suggest this , " car jc n'uuraU pas osO profiler de tels soup ^ ons , quoiquo jc les cussc ;"— " for I should not have dared to utter such suspicion * , although I already had them . "' Mr . Moore ' s reason for suppressing the name of his informant is obvious , in Berlin , whore « secret tribunal -wields an irresponsible power , and where for wrong done there in no remedy . " Dr . Waagen has published a long letter of denial ami rceriiniiiiition .

      Prussia is about to invite the great Powers to fix on the measures to bo adopted , to re-establish her sovereignty over Neufchutcl , reserving to herself ulterioi proceedings . Slie wishes for a congress . The Austrian garrison at GalaU has been reinforced .

      ITAL ¥ . A conflict has broken out at Cefalu , in tbe Neapolitan torritory , between thtj populace and the gendarmes . Severul persons were , seriously wounded , but tho ultimate result is not yet known with certainty . Bentivonga , a person who was formerly iwirdoncd by tho king for some political oflencc to the existing powers , is at tho head of the movement . Troops havo been despatched to Palermo , which ia in a state of rebellion ; and it is also stated that a riwing has taken place at Ciirgonti , tho ancient Agrigentum , on the southern coast of Sicily .

      FieUl-Mavahnl KndcUky , in his capacity of Govornor-Crenerul of the Lombardo - Venetian provinces , ««* granted a full pardon to Count Piceioni , a political refugee . . Tho Senato and Chamber of Deputies of Piedmont nro convoked by ft royul decreo , for the 7 tu JanuW / next *

      cause alleged for the removal of M . Brun , Prefect of Tours , is want of zeal during the inundation of the Indre et Loire . On that occasion , the Emperor , coming upon him suddenly , found that he was extremely indifferent as regarded the calamity ^ and that the Procureur Imperial -was very zealous ; so he ordered ' that the'latter should be put in the place of -tlie former . The Prefects of Toulouse , Marseilles , and Strasbourg , who were threatened with dismissal , nre allowed to remain . The newly-appointed Prefects have not given much satisfaction . Thev aremostlv ' .-IJonapartists- ' , '

      It appears that the Irenc-h and Enghsh . Governments have at length agreed upon holding another Congress in Paris . Baroii Brunow will probably attend . The Emperor has passed a day at Fontainebleau , but quite secretly , and the newspapers have been ' invited to say nothing about the hunting . M . Nazon , the Protestant minister at Saint Affriqtie ( Aveyron ) , has just died at the age of one hundred . He has been in the exercise of his ecclesiastical duties for Beventy-iive years . He was president of the'Coiisis . tory , and directed its labours with perfect clearness and precision to the last , retaining all his faculties unimpaired . He was followed to the grave by all the inhabitants of the commune . —Daily News ,

      Mr . Disraeli has arrived at Paris , and it ia expected that he will have an interview with the Emperor , l ' eople couple this fact with the circumstance of Count do Persiguy having recently visited Lord Derby ; and they draw from the two some obscure anticipations . It is rumoured that the friends of M . Thiers intend putting , him forward as a candidate at the next election for the Seine Infcrieure ; MM . Duchatel ( brother of the Minister of Louis Philippe ) and . Dufaure ( Minister of the Interior under tuo Kepublic ) are spoken of for the Charente Inferieure ; and , by an alleged combination of a section of the Red and Legitimist parties , M . Olivier ( lied Republican ) and M . ISerryer for the Bouchea-du-Rhone .

      A report on the' present state of railway enterprise has beon addressed to the Emperor by M . Kouher , Minister of Public Works . From this document it appears that the Government fixes at 8 , 56 O , 000 J . ( English ) the amount which the railway companies may raise by the issue of now sorip in 1857 . " Independently of this sum , " writes the Minister , " the companies may turn to account their disposable capital Qpotirront tUUiser leur actif disponible ) , the subvention *! of tho State , the funds they have to receive from their shar

      anticipated . The companioB' spent 430 millions of francs ia 1855 , and 458 millions in 18 & 6 . The total cost of the lines yet to be constructed or finished amounts to 12 C 0 millions , 230 millions of which aro to be contributed by tbe State . Thi » expenditure has been distributed over a fjpneo of ten years . The whole French railway-not consists of about 7200 miles , of which about 8200 miles will be completed at the end of this year . The capital hitherto expended on tho construction of these railways amounts to 3080 millions of francs , or 123 millions sterling ; GC 1 millions of franca of which lravo been contributed by the State , while 2419 millions have been * raised by tho companies . The Minister of Public Works expresses his regret that tlie spirit of speculation should havo been on tho look-out for GOterptiaoa in foreign countries ; but it will suffice ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 6, 1856, page 1158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2170/page/6/