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      INDIA . The Bombay mail which arrived this week brought mi extraordinary rumour , to which , however , much weigut was not attached in Bombay , that 3 » r Jun « u » h n ( J ° 2 J whom our gracious Queen was adviacd to honoui yuu the Order of the Bath , is on his way wllli l » , « J » Ghoorkas from Nopaul towards Dnrjcohntf , lor urn purpose of invading the North-Western Provinces , wlwro our military force ia very small at present . Near Bombay the Wheels have again appeared » n h u neighbourhood of Sindwah . They havo stolon uw mails and plundered some stations , but a loroe > Mhow is in motion against them , and will l »» ° - " f . * this time have driven them from tholriurtat Ji «* U » b i oast of Sindwah . , „ ; ,, In Oudo several engagements havo t « kon iiiacc , which the rebels KuA'urod severelyns usual j » t » i , j

      , are atrongthanlng themselves . Proportions are "F gross for hemming in tho rebels of Oi . de . 13 osldo «> troops which are everywlioro converging toworca wu i there are standing camps ordered to bo format o » Doab , one of which at War will be the eon tie from which tho banks of tho Ganges oan bo watcneu . Tho position of Tantia Topee and tho w >« nalna Ji ^ » Gwallor . army is uncertain . One account 1 ms ittuot . ' ia at Soronjee , and that his situation ^ « "O flpor ' ° X Brigadier Smith and Woutonmit Korr J ollltl r ° E " a against him . Another tells us that he now "' M ^ Jalra Pattan , in possession of groat trowjiuo . _ * country all round Is occupied by numerous dotnohmouw

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      solved on going to Nice before the end of the present month . During the King's absence the Prince-Royal is to preside over the Council of Ministers , but his Majesty intends to retain the supreme direction of affairs . HOLLAND . A letter from the Hague of the 3 rd instant says that the Government had just presented to the States General three bills , the first two for the abolition of slavery at Surinam and in the Dutch East India Islands , m ^ the third for regulating the indemnity to be paid to the owners of slaves . The expense of carrying out this measure is calculated at 13 , 588 , 670 florins , or 3 , 051 040 florins less than that of the former bill . '

      HANOVER . A letter from Hanover of the 3 rd instant says that the Chambers , after an adjournment of two montlis , " assembled on the 2 nd to terminate the discussion of the bills which remained on the order of the day . MOLDAVIA . A letter from Jassy of the 28 th ult . states that the commissioner of the Porte had arrived in the Principalities ,, and was about to proceed to the publication of the constitution granted to them . He was also the bearer of a hatt of the Sultan , establishing a new Kaimakan , with the consent of Austria , England , aud France .

      DENMARK . A telegram from Copenhagen announces the abrogation of the whole-state Constitution , as far as concerns Holstein . This concedes all that the German Confederation demanded . We learn from Copenhagen that the Chamberlain Von . Levitzau has been appointed Minister for the Duchy of Holstein , and that Duke Charles of Gl . uoksberg has been reinstated in the office of General of the Danish army .

      THK PRINCIPALITIES . Kiamil Bey arrived at Bucharest , and Afif Bey at Jassy , on the 2 nd and 4 th inst . These functionaries were sent from Constantinople by the Divan to carry the firmans relating to the regulations adopted by the Conference of Paris relative , to the Danubian 1 ' iincipalities .. Count ¦ "Walew-ski lias instructed the French Consuls in-Moldavia-and . " YVallachia that the French Government does not patronise any candidate for the post of Kaimakan , and they aii ? further recoinnieiicK'd to permit the people to freely exercise their choice . The French . Consul at Jassv is to be absent during tbi- election .

      CIIM'ASSIA . The Pesth Lloyd publishes a letter written by Schamyl to the Naib of Cireassia , in which the chief of the independent tribe in the eastern part of the Caucasus announces the taking of the Russian fort of Burutina , in Daghestan . In his letter Schamyl says that the GliazL Mohamcd , his son , is to be his successor , ami that by God ' s will General Wrangol has been wounded . Nov ,-that it is too late , Schamyl orders the 2 sai'lj to enter into communication with the agents of the European . Governments .

      well Minister of the Interior ; Baron Auerswald , Minister of State and member of the Privy Council ; Baron Schleinitz Foreign Affairs ; Von Bonin , War ; Von Patow , Finance ; Count Puckler , formerly Regierungs President , Agriculture ; Von Bethmann Holweg , Public Instruction ; Von der Heydt remains Minister of Commerce , and Simons Minister of Justice . The daughter of Prince Adam Czartoryski being seriously indisposed in Posen , her father was anxious to see her , and applied to the Prussian authorities for a passport ; but these gentlemen refused to grant one unless the consent of the Russian Government were previously obtained . The Prince Regent of Prussia was no sooner made aware of this refusal than he immediately sent the Prince a passport without anv conditions .

      The King of Prussia , says a letter from Maran , has become much better , and regained , in some measure , his former portly appearance . It adds that his Majesty appears in good spirits . The frigate Thetis , 42 , has received orders to proceed immediatel y from Dantzig to the Swedish Arsenal at Carlscrona , " where she will be docked , lengthened , and transformed into a powerful screw steamer . This is one of the first-fruits of the new order of things . As a sign of the times , it may be mentioned that a merchant of

      Dantzig , Herr W— - —d , being appointed some time ago agent of the Berlin Life Assurance Company , petitioned the local authorities for the usual " concession , " which tras refused , on the ground of his having voted against the Government candidate . A few days since , that gentleman sent in a petition to the Minister , complaining of the conduct of the local police in not permitting him to accept the agency for political reasons , and received an answer by return of post informing him that there were now no difficulties whatever in his way .

      The elevation of Baron van Manteuffel to the dignity of Count was offered by the Regent to that nobleman , who has declined it ; but a list of officials whom he has recommended as candidates for knighthood , on account of their meritorious services , has been approved and acted on by the Regent . A Berlin letter of the 9 th says the King has left Meran in the south of the Tyrol to commence his journey towards Italy . The next stay of any length will be made at Verona and Florence . Should the winter prove severe , the Royal sufferer will resort to Palermo . The jewel-case of the Queen , stolen at Leipsic or Hamburg , has not been recovered . Such is the last intelligence concerning this mysterious robbery .

      Petersburg guaranteed 4 £ per cent . The navigation was still open . We read the following strange story in the Presse : — '' A strange rumour is circulating in Italy , to the effect that the Emperor of Russia ^ in order to make his maritime position at Villafranca more effectual , desires to purchase the principality of Monaco , which is . almost close to it . There is no doubt that a very large sum of money would tempt the Prince of Monaco to sell his principality , with all the rights and privileges appertaining to it . Monaco has been sold for money more than once , and why should it not be again ? The Prince , who is in taste and habits quite a Parisian , would find

      many advantages in getting rid of his little kingdom , and it would be an immense acquisition for Russia . She might create important establishments between Capes Aglio and Martino , and particularly at Monaco itself , the port of which is one of the safest in the Mediterranean , and would be almost impregnable if properly fortified . Piedmont , notwithstanding her present friendly relations with the Czar , would assuredly not consent to allow Russia to take possession of a territory which is bounded on all sides by her states , and the European Powers would never sanction such a transaction . Russia must see all the difficulties in the way of such a project , and we can therefore only regard the rumour ns unfounded . "

      TURKEY . Derwisch Pasha has been nominated commander-inchief of the troops in Bosnia , Herzegovina , and ou the frontier of Montenegro . Fuad Pasha arrived at Constantinople on the 3 rd instant . A Vienna letter states that Turkey refuses to consent to the annexation of the Grahovo district to Montenegro , unless the sovereignty of the Sultan over Montenegro be embodied in the treaty and expressly guaranteed by the European Powers . This does not look as if the affair was to terminate so soon as was expected .

      It is not improbable that Fuad Pasha will be made Grand Vizier , and that Aali Pasha will become Minister for Foreign Affairs . The body of Ghalib Pasha has been found . The Presse d'Orient says that the plague has disappeared from Bengazi .

      SPAIN . A ministerial organ announces that the Emperor of Morocco had paid to Spain an indemnity for the seizure of a vessel called the San Joaquin , by the pirates of the Riff , two years ago . At Villarobledo two railway trains had come into collision , and a good many persons had been injured . On the Aranjuez line also a similar accident had occurred . Letters of the 2 nd instant say that as soon as the result of the elections in Spain was known Marshal O'Donnell waited on the Queen ; her Majesty received him with much kindness , and told him that he continued to enjoy her confidence , and thut she trusted in his energy and talents to carry on her government .

      AUSTRIA . We learn from Vienna that an imperial decree interdicts , in the most absolute manner , the exportation of arms and ammunition for Servia and the Danubian Principalities . - According to a notice published by the National Bank of Austria , the old bills of the Bank of 1000 florins would be changed after the 9 th for the new bills , at the rate of 105 far 100 .

      ROME . The most singular defence set up for the action of the Church of Rome in the Mortara case comes from Rome itself , and appeared in the official journal of that city . This journal deplores the existence of opinion in the Catholic Church which stands up , not for " the rights of the Church , " but for " the Pagan prejudices of modern society . " It complains that everything in the estimation of such gives way to ideas of personal liberty , and that

      Conferences have taken place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the French and English Ambassadors , relative to the Affairs of Mexico . Prince Alfred arrived at Corunna on the 2 nd , on board the Spanish steamer Santa Teresa , which had beeu sent by the captain-general of the department . The Prince was received on landing with the salutes and honours bestowed on an infanta of Spain . He visited the spot where the battle of Elvina was fought , and also the tomb of General Moore .

      they won't submit themselves to the " Sovereign domination of Christ . " In answer to such statements a French journal says :- — " If at Rome all those are declared to be Pagans who think that natural right should everywhere and always prevail , that tho father who has done nothing to forfeit his natural rights cannot without injustice be deprived of his paternal power , and that the child cannot lawfully and rightly bo detained in a convent against his own and his father's will , we declare ourselves Pagan . "

      The Spanish Government seem Jikoly to order their fleet at Cuba to proceed at once to demand satisfaction from Mexico on the matter in dispute between the two countries . Probably the countenance of the French Government , who are likewise reported to have sent additional ships of war to that point , is relied upon in this movement , while it is also known that England has serious demands to urge , which will cause her to insist upon redress at least equal to that which may be accorded in other cases .

      RUSSIA . ¦ The Gazette ofihe Senate publishes some modifications in the statutes of the Russian Steam Navigation Company , the principal of which are that its steamers , which hitherto have not quitted , the Mediterranean and the Black Sea , shall bo allowed to go to the ports of England and Belgium , JThe Gazette ofSt , Petersburg gives an account of the election of municipal councillors by the inhabitants of two villages in the suburbs of St . Petersburg . These inhabitants had been attached to the glebe as serfs of the Admiralty since Peter tho Great ' s time , and were forced to work as carpenters . The Emperor Alexander II ,, by a ukase published in the month of March this year , enfranchised them , giving them the power of becoming citizens of the capital Itself , or of forming a distinct community apart . Tho number of those freed men amounts to 34 . 05 .

      A Madrid telegram brings news of the victory of tho Government at the municipal elections . This seems strange , lnasmuoli as the elections at Madrid for the Cortes have just turned in favour of tho Progresistas . The Government prints announce the intention of the O'Donnell Ministry to demand largo credits from tho Cortes for tho execution of publio works , especially for the construction of railways and common roade ; and a sum of 900 , 000 , 000 reals is also to bo laid out in the construction of chips and the purchase of naval Btoros . It has been Almost taken for granted that in consequence of the satisfaction givon to Spain by the Emperor

      of Morocco , the Cabinet of Madrid had renounced its projected expedition against the Riff pirates . A telegram h « H , however , reached Paris , stiting that the Spanish fleet , consisting of eight steamers , actually sailed from Gndls on Wednesday for Tangiero . The fleet has orders , after presenting tho demands of tho Spanish Government , tq scour tho const of Africa , and destroy nil vessels manned by tho Kiff Moors which may bo found without regular pappvfl , and treat them as pirates , ¦ WURTBlMnURO . The King ltae , by tho advice of his physicians ,

      ro-Tho Northern Ben of Wednesday published an account of the re-establishment of tlie relations between the Russians and Chinese on the 2 flth of August at Sohoujotitachnkojn , Kouldga , in Western China , and the solemn Inauguration of the consular factory . The Gazette of the Sonate contains the regulations of % company established for the purpose of supplying St . Petantburg with water . The capital was to bo i . 200 . 000 silver roubles , « nu tho municipality of St ,

      HKLOIUM . The speech by which the King of Belgium opened , on Tuesday , tho regular session of the Belgian Chambers offers but few striking points . It mentions the tieaty with France respecting the free admission of literary works , and holds out the prospect of a law for the better protection of literary property . It alludes to an intention of the Government to demand more money loi educational purposes , particularly for enkirying tne school-houses where space has become xiisiiilicwut . Neither the fortifications of Antwerp nor tho iorcign relations of tho kingdom are mentioned at nil .

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      1214 THE LEABEB . [ No . 451 a ISTovember 13 , 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 1214, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2268/page/6/