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    although ' -at peace , was never able , in homely phrase , ffKSre both ends meet ; " her budgets exhibiting the following results : —1853 , revenue , 23 » 7 ^ 699 J , Spenaiture , 2 ?^ 96 , 663 Z . ; 1854 , reyenue , 24 , 533 , 372 . ; Spenditure , 38 , 604 , 664 * . ; 1855 , revenue , 26 , 378 , 688 / , ; « a £ enditure , 4 O , 268 , 618 £ ? 1856 , revenue , 27 , 316 , 2177 . ; iSnenditure , 33 , 551 , 5947 . The amount of the Austrian Sublicdebtin 1856 was 241 , 700 , 000 / . The public ex--benditure of the Sardinian Government also exceeded the revenue in the five years ending 4857 ; but it -mil be observed from the following statement on the subject that the deficit was not comparatively so serious : —1853 revenue , 4 , 360 , 957 Z . ; expenditure ,

    , 6 037 . 095 Z . ; 1854 , revenue , 5 , 127 , 302 / . ; expenditure , 5 5061729 / . ; 1855 , revenue , 5 , 138 , 912 / . ; expenditure , 5 , 654 , 981 / . ; 1856 , revenue , 5 , 310 , 113 / . ; expenditure , 5 597 , 343 / . ; 1857 , revenue , 5 , 438 , 692 / . ; expenditure , 5 749 074 / The amount of the Sardinian public debt at the commencement of 1857 was 27 , 224 , 201 / . The declared real value of the imports into the kingdom of Sardinia in 1856 was 15 , 852 , 711 / ., and of the exports , 12 , 523 , 164 / . ; while those of the island were 587 , 815 / . and 460 , 070 / . respectively . The total value of the imports into the Austrian empire were 23 , 646 , 49 lZ . in 1855 , and of the exports , 23250 ^ 70 / . ¦ ¦ . ¦• .

    , . , _ ., . Fires . — Three fires occurred yesterday ( Friday ); one on the premises belonging to Mr . T . J . Pulson , a cabinet manufacturer , &c , situate in Deal-street , Mile-end New-town , where several hundred pounds ' ¦ worth of property was consumed . Another fire took place in the premises of Mr . Haynes , a butcher , 13 a , Long-alley , Bishopsgate-street : and a third in the premises of Mr . Macrow , situate in Pollard ' srow , Bethnal-green . The two latter nearly destroyed the premises . . The Murder op Mr . Jessop . —Poor Jessop has

    left a wife and four children to mourn his untimely fate . Three men have been committed for further examination on suspicion of having been concerned in this foul murder . Their names are Matthew Coffey , Patrick Ryan , and James Gorey . The first named is a farmer in comfortable circumstances , who actually witnessed the murder , and not only gave the murdered man no aid , but also obstructed the pursuit of the murderer by his victim by drawing Ms horse and cart across , the road , by which means he deprived Mr . Jessop of the chance of shooting the assassin .

    Breaking up cm ? tiie Russian "Winter . — A letter from St . Petersburg of the 2 nd , in the JVord of Brussels , saysf " The end of last week was a period of rejoicing for the inhabitants of tliis city , the Neva haying become entirely clear of ice ,, and the navigation being open . The bon-vivants have hailed with delight the arrival of several vessels laden with oysters , oranges , and other delicacies , the production Of more favoured countries ; and in a few days we shall see foreign steamers alongside the quays . During the last three or four days , St . Petersburg has assumed all the appearance of a city in a state of siege . Drums and trumpets may be heard from daybreak ; and the streets arc frequently blocked up by regiments and parks of artillery . All this is caused by the preparations for the , grand

    annual review of the guard , and of the pupils of the military schools , which is to take place in a day or two , if the weather is fine . Immediately after the review , the court will remove to Tsarskoc-Selo , where ^ the Empress mother has already been for ten days with the Grand Duchess Olga FC * odorovna , wife of the Grand Duke Michel . Mr . Rarey , the horsetamer , is now displaying his powers hero . A Kkirghis horse had recently been brought from the steppes of Orenbourg for the regiment of the Cuirassiers of . Guard , but it defied all the efforts made to break it in . Mr . ltarey rendered it submissive in about two hours , and it allowed itself to be saddled , bridled , and led to the railway . On reaching St . Petersburg he mounted another horse and led the Khirghis courser by the bridle to its stable .

    from the inhabitants of Toxteth-park , signed by 9 , 000 workmen , was also presented , in favour of a public park and the boulevards ; and from the statements made in the council it appears that , if the intended improvements were carried out , it would cost the corporation of Liverpool 1 , 500 , 000 / ., : and * that a rate of Is . 2 d . in the pound , extending over a period of thirty years , would meet the expense ; that , while the boulevards were being erected , an extensive line of sewerage , encircling the town , could likewise be constructed ; and that by carrying on the improvements at the same time a great deal of time and money would be saved , while the health of the town would be materially improved . After an animated discussion , a motion was proposed by Mr . Bennett , to the effect that the report be referred back to the Improvement Committee for final consideration . Tupper or Tenntson ?—Yesterday morning was published a small sized sixpenny book , in paper covers , entitled . " Spine Verse and Prose about National Rifle Clubs , from the author of ' Proverbial Philosophy . ' " ¦ In a . preface the writer says , that he has from time to tune " struck notes of warning in , the matter of invasion , a topic whereto now at length the nation seems inclined to give somewhat anxious heed . " One ballad commences :

    , Englishmen , up ; make ready your rifles ! Another : And are they to come with the craft of a thief ? " Any composer , " Mr . Tupper generously says , "is at liberty to publish music to these ballads . " It would possibly give relief to the admirers of Mr . Tennyson if we could state that the lines , signed " T , " printed prominently by the Times a few days ago— Storm , storm , Riflemen form ! &c , were included in the present little brochure but such is not the case . Nevertheless , there is additional evidence to justify the Tehnysonians in , attributing the authorship of those noisy verses to Mr . Martin Farquhar Tupper . .

    Helen Fattcit . —This lady is at present in Paris . Galignani says : — "At one of our most distinguished literary salons , a few evenings since , the party had the enviable privilege of witnessing her recitation of the poison scene from Romeo and Juliet , and , the terrible sleep-walking of Lady Macbeth ; in both of which'the effect created is described as immense , though , with a happy tact , the fair tragedian gave the somnambulism of the guilty queen with a subdued intensity befitting the restricted size and auditory of a saloon . Both scenes were witnessed with delight ; and though familiar with more exuberant testimonies of applause it is questionable if her genius ever produced on her hearers an impression more profound . Miss Faucit is here on a tour of pleasure , seeking relaxation and repose after a most successful but fatiguing professional tour in Scotland . "

    The War in Italy in 1796 . —Thursday an exceedingly interesting and instructive lecture on the . French war in Italy in 1796 , was delivered in the Lecture Hall of the United Service Institution by Lieut .-Colonel Macdougal , Commandant Royal Staff College , Sandhurst . The hall was- crowded by a very select attendance of ladies and gentlemen , and amongst the latter we noticed his Royal Highness the Count do Paris , Major-General the Hon . Sir Edward Oust , K . C . H ., who presided , Sir C . Pasley , Sir D . McDougal , General Drummond , General Cameron , General Lawrence , General Low , Colonel Hamilton , Colonel Lambert , Captain Atkinson , Captain Macguiro , General Alexander , Colonel Lloyd , Dr . Lloyd , &c . Tub British at Genoa . —The Paris

    corresponvernment would not purchase foreign provisions as long as they could find sufficient provisions at home , as they -would rather encourage the home producer than the foreigner . It appears , however , that they have since arrived at a different , conclusion . The Horticulturai , Soctett . — The spring show which took place on Thursday at St . James ' s Hall , was pronounced by competent judges to be considerably above the average , notwithstanding the unusual severity of the season . The fine foliaged plants were in great force , and exhibited all those graceful varieties of form which have created for them their now very general popularity . Orchids were well , although not numerously , represented , and azalias and rhododendrons were exhibited in

    considerable numbers and variety . The roses were much admired , and a new variety of " forget-me--not" attracted general observation . The judges were puzzled as to the exact family to which this new flower belonged , but the general public at once pronounced in favour of its great beauty and perfect novelty . In fruit much interest was created by the exhibition of a tray of oranges from South Australia . They are considerably larger than any we get from Southern Europe , and their flavour is said to be far beyond anything hitherto known to English palates . They were shipped at Adelaide , without any unusual precaution , and yet ,

    notwithstanding the extreme length of the voyage , were landed in England in a high state of preservation . It appears that the neighbourhood of Adelaide is specially adapted for the cultivation of this valuable fruit . There were also spine remarkably fine grapes shown , public opinion favouring more the second bunch : on the judge ' s list than that to which the first prize" had been awarded ; but the greatest marvel in this department was a basket of strawberries of immense size and the most brilliant colour , and which the successful grower had designated the " Sir Charles Napier" variety . Taken altogether , the spring show may be pronounced to be very successful .

    Weather "Wisdom- — " The late Marshal Bugeaud , " says the Emancipation of Brussels , " when only a captain , during the Spanish campaign under Napoleon I ., once read in a manuscript which by chance fell into his hands , that from observations made in England and Florence during a period of fifty years , the following law respecting the weather had been proved to hold true . ' Eleven times ) out of twelve the weather remains the same during the whole moon as it is on the fifth day , if it continues unchanged over the sixth day ; and nine times out of twelve like the fourth day , if the sixth resembles tlie fourth . ' From 1815 to 1830 , M . Bugeaud devoted

    his attention to agriculture ; and , guided by the law just mentioned , avoided the losses in hay time and vintage which many of his neighbours experienced . When governor of Algiers , he never entered on a campaign until after the sixth day of the moon . His neighbours at Excideuil , and his lieutenant in Algeria , would often exclaim , How lucky he is in the weather ! ' What they regarded as mere chance was the result of observation . In counting the fourth and sixth clays , he was particular in beginning from the exact time of new moon , and added three-quarters of an hour for each day for the greater length of the lunaras compared with the solar day . "

    , The Governorship cm ? NEwaATB . —Mr . Weatherhead , the late governor of Newgate , who has been appointed to fill the same office in the City prison at Holloway , still continues to act as the governor of Newgate , the Court of Aldermen not having yet appointed a successor . There were ? originally a considerable number of candidates , and among thorn was Mr . Jones , who has for more than twenty years filled the office of clerk of the papers in the prison , a gentleman well acquainted with the duties required of the governor of a gaol of this description , and who has given tl » o greatest

    satisfaction by the manner in which ho has porformed his own duties . The general impression was that this gentleman was well fitted for the office of govornor . and that ho would receive tho appointment . Ip appoars , however , that tho committee of aldermen appointed to investigate the claims of the different candidates liave roportod that Mr . Jones was ineligible , on account of his age ; and the candidates selected by thorn , from whom the final choice will be mado , are throe in . number—Captain Flunoy , Mr . Cartwright , and Mr . Hillyard . tho late govornor of the Maidstono gaol . Tho oleotion is dxpected to take placo on Tuosday next .

    dent of tho Globe says : — " A most disastrous statement comes up to Paris to-day from tho Sieclc correspondent at Genoa , to tho effect that a British pighty-gun ship had taken up berth athwart tho entrance pf the harbour , in defiance of the port captain , who pointed out its allotted moorings , and to tho intense disgust and indignation of tho wholo city . As to the French , their fprbearanco is miraculous , as they have guns and steam-frigates alongside enough to blpw the English craft out of tho wator . Whnt on earth can the Foreign-office or , tho Admiralty mean t The British uniform is lilesod in tho streets , and tho boatmen

    Improvements at Hveupool . —A special nicoting of tho Liverpool Town Council was held on Thursday , for tho purposo of taking into consideration tho projcot of orcctlng around Liverpool boulevards similar to those in Paris . Tho report which was presented to tho counoil embraced two schemes , one an outer boulovard , extending from Aigburth to the north end , and tho other commencing at Prince ' s-parlc , and . running closer along tho boundary line of Liverpool , and ending at the Boundaryroad of Lord Derby at tho north end . A raoraorful

    tho officers are refused as fliro by very who ply in tho port . Tho millione who read tho Sleole ' this morning throughout Franco will curso tho moddling of Malmosbury , and the son tl men 6 will find an qoho all over tho peninsula . " I ho samo corrospondont , writing a day lator , observos : — " in coneequonco of tho intrusive and obstructive bearing of tho Orion athwart tho harbour of Genoa ' " ^" S ' ofcourso , on Instructions from your Cabinot , three moro lino-of-battlo ships—RodoutaWo , St . Louia , and Lnporial , wore yesterday ordorcd round into tho Mediterranean from ftrqst . What th , o — - — - does Malmesbury mean ? That ' s tho question . "

    Warlike Preparations . —A . letter from Hamburg , dated Wednesday , says : — "Letters from Kiel inform us that during the last two days the English Admiralty have hired some spaoious magazines , with the view of establishing depots pf sea coal . Similar arrangements , it will bo remembered , wore made by tho Admiralty several inonths bofore the last maritime war in the Baltic . At our Bourse today a report was circulated that English vessels of war have taken up a position in tho roads of Gothonborg—tho chief pore of Swodon at tho entrance of the Baltic .

    Contracts for the French Army . —A privato lettor from Dublin , received at Paris , states that a contract has been concluded by the French Government with a house thero for tho supply of a largo quantity of provisions . Tho Dublin contractor supplied tho French Government with provisions during tho Crimean war , and is said to have realised l » largo fortune . Ho came to Paris whon tho first runicnira of war wero current and askod tho Governttipnt would they require his services on tho present Occasion ? The answer was that the French Go-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 629, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/25/