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      thirikinff France wonld Tather have war , under any form , than « Imperial Peace . " And it is with , deep regret that we find ourselves compelled to ask : " Where are the men of France ? " The French have always laid claim to a very fair proportion of that spirit of chivaW which has done so much to . civilise Europe . The French have also been charged by their neighbours with being more fickle and more volatile than the most volatile Athenians . And we are sorry to see that their conduct in so ignobly humiliating one of the heroes of 1848 has more than justified the accusations of their rivals . We are informed that the English admirers of Lamartine have taken it upon themselves to subscribe the sum grudged by his countrymen . Will it ever be said that " perfide Albion" has paid to the ¦ worth of him who , if not one of the greatest statesmen , is surely the greatest and most genuine modern poet of " la belle France , " that tribu te which was refused him

      by his self-proclaiming chivalrous countrymen . Our Maltese contemporary does not appear to us to have taken a very correct view of the case as far as the cause of Lamartine ' s misfortunes is concerned . We have inserted his remarks in our columns merely to show how wide-spread is the feeling for the poet ' s distress .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Two women lost their lives , and several persons were scalded , at the Independent Calvinist Chapel in Kyecroft , Ashton-under-Lyne , on Saturday last , by the explosion of a boiler placed in a cellar under the chapel , ¦ which was used to heat water for the purpose of warming the chapel by pipes running round the building . We have to record another of those calamitous occurrences which are a disgrace to the authorities of the metropolis . In a street near Spitalfields , a lofty and heavy stack of chimneys fell early ' on' Tuesday morning , the ponderous debris forcing their way through all the floors of an adjoining house , killing two persons and seriously injuring several others . Is such a supervision as would condemn and remove dangerous structures in London an impossibility ?

      The late violent gales have produced their inevitable effects in-numerous disasters and some loss of life at sea . The accounts from all the Channel ports , and indeed generally . from those of the British seas , teem with the announcements of disaster . . ¦ A fatal aeculent has occurred to a young woman named Susan Butler , on the Newmarket-road , near Cambridge . The deceased , who was of a light character , on Thursday last , in company with a female companion , had been driving about in a fly , and had indulged too much in brandy-and-water . At an inn , with two

      the two females formed an acquaintance gentlemen , and ultimately accompanied them in a trap which they had with them . The deceased insisted upon driving , which she did at a furious rate , in spite of the remonstrances of the others ; the consequence being that the party were thrown out , and the deceased was killed . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " adding that the accident was caused bj r the deceased ' s own act . The affair has created considerable interest at the University , in consequence of the two gentlemen alluded to being gownsmen . Neither of the others received any serious injury .

      A lamentable accident hns happened in the family of the Earl of Bradford , at Weston . While Lady Newport , who had just arrived at the family seat , was engaged in conversation with the Ladies Lucy and Harriet Bridgman , tho dress of tho latter caught firo , and her sister was also enveloped in flames in tho vain endeavour to render her ossistanoe . They both lie iu a most deplorable condition . Tho past week has boon one of very tempestuous weather which has produced very deplorable results , Numerous ( shipwrecks , with loss of life , are roported from the eastern coast . In town much damn go has boon done by tho gales , and on Monday night a policeman was blown into tho Surrov canal and drowned .

      We have to notice a calamity , which is remarkable ns apparently arising from tho same cause as tho recent Bradford rascality . This time Bolton is tho scone . Two children of a farmer in tho neighbourhood died suddenly , and tho poat-ntiortom examination proved that tho only reason for death was an inflammation of tho stomach . apparently produced by poison . The mother says aho bought a . ponnyworth of loaenges from Mr . Smotliurat , of Bolton-moor . Tho docooaod children partook of them , and tho presumption is that thoy caused their death . A cpronor ' s jury has adjourned , in order that it may bo put iu possession of complcto ovidenco .

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      CQNTINENTAIi NOTES . FRANCE . An application has been made to . the Procureur-Imperial to fix the 24 th inst . instead of the 17 th , as originally intended , for the trial of M . de Montalembert . The ground of the application is the absence of M . Berryer , the counsel for the defendant , and the short time allowed to prepare the defence . The application has been granted , though not until the Procureur-Imperial had taken twenty-four hours to consult with his superiors . Prince Napoleon , in accordance -with , the letter of the Emperor , has instituted a Commission of Inquiry into the real nature of the African immigration scheme . The Motiiteur contains an-official account of the capture of the fortified port of Turon , in the empire of Anam , by the joint forces of France and Spain . The resistance was weak , though the Anamites -were evidently prepared for an attack , and though their arms and ammunition and mode of warfare are perfectly Enropean—in fact French , the French having themselves been their teachers . The French and Spaniards are now lodged in two camps on the spot , and it is expected that they will march on to Hue , the capital , which is but a > very short way off . The Univers states that the Catholic Bishop Melchior , the news of whose arrest in Cochin China was received some time since , has been executed by the authorities at H \ i £ .

      Additional despatches have been received from the French army in the Bay of Tourane to the 25 th of September . Admiral Rigault de Geuouilly at that date had not received a reply from the Court of Anam , although the time fixed by him had expired . He had not been able to attack Hue , the . capital of the empire , because the second division of the Spanish army , coming from Manilla , had not arrived , and the artillery , of which the Admiral had great need , wa 3 with . the second

      division . . A pamphlet has just appeared , entitled " L'Angleterre et la Guerre , " in which it is conclusively established by A plus B , that England has neither men nor money , and must inevitably fall an easy prey whenever it may suit the convenience of her . powerful neighbour to attack her . These incendiary writings are utterly neglected by the public , and cannot pay their expenses . The frequent appearance of them is therefore the more curious . The following letter has been addressed by the five independent members of the Corps Legislatif to M . Bonabeau , recommending that an attempt should be made to carry the vacant seat in the Nievre . M . Bonabeau was a candidate at the last general election , and , although defeated by Government influence and pressure , he polled 6000 votes . This letter ¦ w as written ^ in answer to a request that the nucleus of an opposition

      which exists in the Legislature would adviae him as to the course he should pursue under present circumstances : —" You ask us what should be your attitude at the coming election . You must stand . As long as a Constitution leaves us any rights , we should make use of them . Abstention is a mistake . As to your programme , it should be reduced to one point—Liberty Without liberty a nation cannot have either security greatness , material prosperity , or dignity . Appeal to all lpvers of liberty , without regard to their antecedents , and they will vote for you . " The document is signed by MM . Emile Ollivior , Jules Favre , Ernest Picard , and Darimon , deputies for Paris ; and by M . He ' , deputy for Lyons . This manifesto is especially remarkable as being an appeal to the Orleanists , who arenumerous in the department , to coalesce with tho rnon whose names savour of Republicanism .

      Prince Napoleon , whose name it soems now to be tho policy of tho Emperor to associate -with everything liberal , has issued a deoreo relieving tho press in Algiers from certain oppressive additions which ingenuity had invented as an appendix to the repressive laws which rule the prps 9 in Franco by virtue of tho deoreo of Fob , 17 , 1852 . Tho Prince says , " I annul all those regulations , " and decides that the Algerian journals shall onjoy tho full measure of liberty vrhioh appertains to their brothron in tho mother country . It is stated that Franco intends to extend her dominion in Africa to tho banks of tho Niger , and has with that view adopted a plan proposed by M . Faldherbe , Governor of Senegal .

      M . do Montalombort recoivos numerous visits from all the notabilities of tho opposition , and from all parts of Franco , letters expressive of tho wannest sympathy . Tho judge boforo whom tho case is to bo tried , is overwhelmed witb . domands for admittance on tho day of trial , but tho polico havo received or-tors to limit tho numbor of persona to bo admitted to tho " oourt ns inuott as they con , in order to prevent upplauso or other manifestations of sympathy . A collision occurred on Monday afternoon botwoon two trains on tho railway from Rouen to PJoppo . J . oitioulara are not known ; but it * » Bor \ J ™ l" ° " ^ woro lost , and that the injuries received by eeveral consider tho quostion of » froo emigration" from Africa ,

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      loadiqg cannon , the invention of Sergeant Robert Watry , 3 rd Battalion . Tho gun is capable of firing ten rounds per minute , arid although only four inches in length from the breech , was found to do execution at one hundred yards' distance . The model has been highly approved of by the officers that witnessed the experiments . . Mimtaby PuNisHirESTS . —On Saturday , at Chatham , Henry Davis , a bandsman of the Marines , was brought up in presence of the troops at that depot , to receive the sentence of the court-martial which had been held on him for desertion and for making away with his musical instruments . The judgment of the

      court was . read in the presence of the entire battalion , the prisoner being sentenced to be branded on the breast with the letter " D ., " to be imprisoned for 168 days in FoTt Clarence Military Prison , and also to be placed under stoppages until the whole sum of which he defrauded the War-office is made good . —The punishment of the lash has been inflicted on private David Jones , of the 23 rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers , for gross insubordination and mutinous language in the presence of the troops . For this crime he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , and also to be imprisoned for fifty-six days . The prisoner underwent the corporal punishment ; after which he was removed to the garrison hospital . has been received

      The German Legion . —A letter from an officer of the German Legion in British Caffraria , which states that the commanders of regiments had been ordered to send a list of those officers of the corps willing to volunteer for service in India . It has also been notified to the whole of the German military colonists there that volunteers will be received to serve either in India or any other of her Majesty ' s possessions or colonies . They are engaged for ten years certain , and will enjoy the same privileges and emoluments as the British soldiers as regards pay , rations , pensions , promotion , rewards for goOd conduct , and meritorious service , with Lalf-pay after a certain number of years . Tri -addition to this thev are to receive a gratuity , are to

      have a free equipment , and will be entitled , at the expiration of their time of servitude , to a free passage to the Cape of Good Hope , and will then receive a free grant of house and land from amongst those at the disposal of the Government . . Captain von Gonthard . and six other officers have been selected to take charge of the volunteers , and have received orders to hold , themselves in readiness to march to East London for embarkation to India . . Several large vessels have already been chartered by Government to convey the volunteers to their destination . ¦

      CfcOTHixo ron- the Army in India . —The whole of tho army nt-present serving in India are to be provided with "' new- x-egulation cloths better adapted for warding off the scorching heat of the tropical sun than thoso now in use . The closely-fitting tunic of thick cloth , with the stiff leather collars and tight belts , are to bo replaced by a loosely-fitting coatee of thin red sergp , devoid of all ornament excepting the shoulderstraps , bearing the number of tho regiment , and a plain row of staff buttons . This is well adapted for keeping

      out the heat of the sun , and at tho same time allowing of free perspiration . The troops are also to be provided with a largo loose coat of stout jean , of a very light drab colour , with full trousers of the same material . Though stout and closo in texture , these cloths aro not waterproof . They are , however , undoubtedly admirably adapted for a hot and dry climate , whero rain , except at particular soasona of tho year , seldom falls . The head-dress with the loose white covering now used by tho troops in India will not bo changed for the present .

      Deputy Inspector , of Hospitals . — Dr . William Richard 13 d win Smart hns boon appointed Deputy Inspoctbr of Naval Hospitals , tho promotion to date from September 17 th , 1858 , tho dato of tho well-earned promotion of Dr . Burn and Dr . Anderson to tho respoctivo ranks of inspector and deputy inspector of hospitals , for services during tho lato war with China . Dr . Smart , throughout tho Chinoso wnr , has boon staff-surgeon of tho hospital slup at Hong-Kong—a position of responsibility which lio has occupied with groat benefit to tho public service . Ho is justly consiclored ono of tho most ablo and accomplished medical officers in . tho service . During the Crimean war Dr . Smart was surgeon of the Naval Hrigado Hospital at Bnluklava . Ho is a Knight of tho Logion of Honour , and recently obtained tho Blano gold mcilnl for tho best modical journal in the sorvico .

      NAVAL . AND MILITAKY . Hen Majksty ' s Shcf Cukacoa . - —Lottors from Smyrna etato that tho Curnooft has boon got off without tho slightest dam ago . It sooms that sho was stooring by tho old charts , and tlmt tho spit of land on which eho Btruck has much oxtondfld einco thoy wore mado . In fact , by thorn sho ought to havo boon in twonty-nlna foot of wator . Boforo thoy got her oft * they woro obligod to toko put hor guns , coals , stores , &o . New B « KBou-r , OA . DiNG Cannon . —Exporimonts havo boon made at Chatham with a now doaoription of

      brooch-NiflW FirtsT-RATKs . —Tho dockyard authorities havo ns many men omployod na oan work upon tho undermentioned ships at Portsmouth , with tho object of getting thorn out of hand with all despatch : — 'fho Victoria , 121 guns , 1000-horso power 5 tho l ' rinco of Walos , 101 guns , 800-horso powor ( both on tho stocks ) ; and tho Noptuno , 120 , sailing ship , under conversion to a 91-gun sorew two-dockor , with GOO-horao power . Gospoht . —Tho War Dopartmont is placing cannon of tho heaviest metal and most improvod construction on every available point of tho Gosport fortifications . A contract has boeu entered into for tho conveyance of the oannon from tlio Guard Wharf , Portsmouth , over the floating-brldgo to Goaport . Two lnontbs will olapso boforo this -work is completed , although tho utmost despatch will bo usod .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 1247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2269/page/7/