Penny Newsman (Newspaper) - March 10, 1861, London, Middlesex REGISTERED FOR AID SUNDAY TRANSMISSION ABROAD MAIL AO 59 PUBLISHING SALISBURY FLEET CONE MARCH THE MORALITY OF PUBLIC is probably no point on which the people L are more sensitive than on the integrity o public The reputation of Pitts Adminis tration suffered more in popular estimation by th asserted malversations of Lord Melville than by anything else and Lord was of his rank and honours for because he wa falsely believed to have participated in his uncle gambling transactions on the Stock Exchange Sot long ago the bare suspicion of a Minister having been involved in transactions open to the imputation of not being quite fair and above would have sufficed to blast his reputation anJ destroy his pro spects for No Government could have with stood the tempest which would have assailed it for counting in its ranks one whose probity was im and whose personal honour Ve look with and are almost incre the revelations of the foreign We can hardly believe that the Count de the bastard brother of the Emperor and President of the French Legislative should coalesce with a Jew and make the infor mation acquired in his political position the means of driving profitable bargains on We look upon such things as deliberate fraud and con to It requires strong faith in the weakness and avarice of women to credit the rumour that the Princess the Emperors legitimate first should have gone into partner ship and become a loser to the extent of by his We looked upon the de struction of Louis government as a righteous punishment of the corruption which per with the exception of and regarded a fearful catastrophe as inevitable after the exposure of the misdeeds of Teste and General We are pained and at the malversations of the late United States after casting our eyes we are thankful such things could not happen in No English we would dare to dabble in the or in the stocks of public or to use his official in formation for the benefit of himself and friends and we whatever their political faults may God the Ministers are honest men their personal character is beyond like the virtue of Casars But ere we indulge again in like let us ask ourselves if we are sure we have good cause for we the hands of English Ministers are their characters for truth and honour are The moment ve commence investigations misgivings When look back the mind recurs involuntarily to the dismal scene that was witnessed on Hampstead where a Minister of the the and intimate friend of many of those who now govern us committed crime of to escape the punishment of his iniquitous and aroid the of the dupes he had made and There can be no doubt but that John Sadleir availed himself of his political position to inspire confidence and to carry out his nefarious undisturbed by inquiry but neither the Count de nor nor the Count de who has just committed succumbing to a stroke of ac cording to the veracious Count who braves it out in the French EOT General who blew his brains nor who died of have been guilty of one tithe the fraud and cheating perpetrated by her late Secretary for Group all the iniquitous corruption of all foreign Ministers and public servants hitherto found out into one vast they have enumerate their and John Sadleir will be found to overtop them He committed more crimes against and property than all the others He effected more widespread nun than they have He made more ana descended to even lower depths of ith the the misdeeds of this breaches of and falsification of can we be that English Ministers are not like those of other Better we should hold our tongues and never allude to the integrity of our public Since the grave was closed over John events have occurred which have made winter the memory of his and people tave gradually and gladly come to the conclusion tnat his was an exceptional he was the only black the Ministerial and that the characters of all the rest were pure and spotless as driven just as we had down in this flattering and comfortable our equanimity is and our confi dence in public men is by charges pre against present Minister of India and the late Secretary to a committee of investigation into we affairs of the Great Western of Canada Railway company of which Laing was a and the chief introducer to English It be as well to recall to the collection of the reader that Laing has been TT 6I7 successful speculator in railway was chairman of the Brighton ac to his own made it part of his to assist up public companies on as he phrases for a definite re We apprehend this part of Laings quite new and or at all events eat improvement upon the system in vogue nig the railway mania fifteen years and then by the vulgar name of The which this gentleman devised was in probably it was a distinction without a at all it was pro obtained a seat in and the two offices held by the late Next to the Premier and Chancellor I the the Secretary to the Treasury is e most important member of greatest unimpeachable the most rigorous It is the same n thp f Finance Minister of it is not for us to say whether or not he guilty of the charges brought against fw t carmot say bis honour is deliberately by a com leti composed of honourable mail should have M matter whether falsely or we must as a atonal calamity and it ia not sufficient the members of should be able to clear themselves be The charges by the late of the Treasury of shareholders as foil 4thTof last may be briefly described to 7u a was issued with 4 ree among which figured that MPI u 8tatedfath th trustees had in that an also as provisional with an contractor for the construction of the line a a sum on no account to exceed com report asserts that Laing admitted tha before signing the contract and issuing the pro he had entered into an agreement with thi contractor to share with him the profit 01 loss upon the so that and leaving out of consideration the shareholders on the one side and the contractor on the it may be said that as trustee anc provisional made an engagement with Laing as Laing now asserts that he subsequently relinquished the contract and took no share in the Whereupon the committee remark that it may have been but he placed himself in a position from which any man with right intentions would have Laing replies that it was a part of his business to assist in getting up or to induce the public to subscribe capital for various and to receive a commission for his He also alleges that his business and engagement with the contractor were well to all his colleagues but the committee assert they do not find such to have been the although it was certainly the subject of and to some of the the com three years after the formation of the Laing ceased to be a but that no notice was given to the shareholders of this unusual The other charges made against Laing we omit to We confine ourselves to those he has admitted to be we submit that the committee of investiga as well as those writers in public journals who have a defence of the Indian Finance are quite beside the real The point is not whether Laings ness and position were wellknown to his or but whether it was wellknown to the who subscribed their capital oh the faith of the The prospectus asserted that Laing was trustee and provisional but it did not state that he was also at that very time in partner ship with the was a wilful suppression of unless the before they were informed of the double and antagonistic positions filled by he was provisional and all rolled into were the public aware when they subscribed that their trustee and provi director was a hired assistant in getting up a of a speak as we are a decoy duck 1 If he public were not made acquainted with these was there not another suppression of and was not their capital subscribed or induced from them on false representations 1 This is the real and it is one maybe very easily without calling for the action of the Supposing an original shareholder should bring an against Laing the money le had paid upon his he would plead that le had parted with his money and signed the sub scribers agreement upon of representations contained in the prospectus which Laing issued vith two He would contend that the prospectus lid not and that as one of the was not aware of Laing having signed a partnership agreement with the or of his being a agent for procuring subscriptions that lad he known these things he would not ave subscribed for nor would he have one so unless he had fully believed g to have been a trustee and provisional in the usual and general acceptation of the Under these circumstances the court would to pronounce upon the bona or good f the or withholding the facts of jeing in partnership with the contractor and an in lucer of the prospectus as vitiated the and entitled the shareholder o recover from it would then be for the Government to consider how far a gentleman who was a party to the issuing of a document so by a court of justice is the square nan for the square is worthy of being taken nto the councils of the and of administering he finances of 150 millions of British on the other the court hold that the of truth did not stamp the prospectus with and by so deciding establish its bond the charges made against Laing would fall o the The whole question lies in a nut It need not occupy the attention of the more than a or cost more than If the reader remembers the case of loses foreman of he will perceive low characterise the conduct of working men who enter into arrangements to divide upon work given out by their employers their was refused bail on charge of conspiring to because he entered nto an agreement with a tailor to be paid certain sums out of the prices given by Moses for titching shirt and Sup osing the charges preferred against Laing to je and that he should be proved to have into an engagement with a contractor to be aid certain sums out of prices given by the Great Canada Railway for execution of works this to be we should be glad to mow what moral difference there is between James Wests conspiracy to defraud and the peculiar ine of business followed by the Minister of before he accepted Admitting the the only real difference would appear to je in the importance of one line of business over the and in the social positions of the parties re But has English justice two sets of scales to weigh the rich and the other the poor man PLAIN FOREIGN THE CAPE OP GOOD The Norman steamer brings the following Jeorge Grey is still on his tour to the The movement for the separation of the two provinces ia still maintained in some of the frontier districts but large in portions of the eastern province have declared opposed to Her steamer KeppeL has proceeded on a cruise of in to the west and Lyra have eft Simons Bay for the with Bishop Mackenzie and his band of There have been no changes amongst the military stationed here during the The Nord correspondent at Petersburg ends us an account of the closing sitting of the Council f the held on the 25th upon the question f the It was decided that the latter should receive leir personal and that all the relations between lem and their proprietors should cease at one stroke lat the peasants on each property shall receive the en that is the house they inhabit and the kitchen garden attached to it that there shall be allotted them at o price fixed by the the fourth of the quantity of ground which was fixed in the plan elaborated by the that from one to hectares according to the This allocation is obligatory the other territorial arrangements are Th imperial manifesto which wiS publish these decisions i already printed at Petersburg but it will not appear in the present which is that of the Russian carnival The publication will take place in in about fifteen days at a time of meditation and sobriety forth the opportuneness of which for th proclamation of emancipation there is no need to The Patrie and the Pays say the Czar will elaborate a project of constitution for Russia as soon as the question of the emancipation of the serfs shall be An imperial autograph addressed to the Ban p sanctions the reestablishment of the electora law of 1848 in that the military the annexation of Dalmatia to A deputation from with Count podesta of that at their is to present petitions to the Emperor in the name of We have received from Vienna extracts from the col lection of and statutes which compose the new Austrian hitherto described in tele graphic These documents fill 150 pages of the official The constitution is one for the whole and no nationality is exempted from its Thus it is not true that Hungary is to retain her ancient constitution So far from she is to send members to a general Diet and the taxes and levies of that country are to be at or wherever else the central assembly and not at or There are to be two Houses of composed of princes o the blood archbishops and and men o nominated by the The House of De will be composed of persons elected to seats by the Diets of their respective according to propor tions set sending and the total number being The Movimento of Genoa announces that diplomatic relations are soon to be renewed between the Courts oi the and in which case Chevalier Nigra will have to quit Naples and proceed to It is said that Count Cavour in a diplomatic brought under notice the necessity of the Roman From before Messina we learn that General Fergola has declared to General Cialdini that the works com against the citadel constitute a violation the convention concluded between himself and and that he would bombard the city should they be carried General Cialdini replied that for every inhabitant of the city who might be or wounded by the bom he would order an of the garrison of the citadel to be He has also notified to General Fergola that he does not consider Trim as a but as a rebel against King Victor The Official Journal notifies the blockade of the citadel of Hostilities have and all foreign vessels have left with the exception of those of England and English captains have declared their intention of in order to protect the property of their The bombardment of Civitella del Tronto was pro at last and more guns were being rapidly ant in The Mint at Naples and some other former royal establishments have been secretly demanding the autonomy of are being been disturbed but Baron Piazza has been arrested for having tip seditious the From Borne we nave the following items manifestations are continually taking students have from the Cardinal is on the point of Francis IBS dismissed his composed of 100 and also Prince his grand and is making preparations for departure to He is selling off the carriages and has dismissed 3eneralBpscb ia about to proceed to Placards lave again been posted bearing the Long ive Victor Emmanuel Afresh demonstration by the students of the University has taken Everything appears in readiness for the day and the coming which shall see the Italian flag flying in and the embarkation of the Imperial The the next payments have been deposited at the Zeitung publishes a leading stating hat France and Russia have either or are on the joint of to an agreement in reference to the Mental and that such an agreement admits the supposition of an understanding relative to the Polish The article concludes that the yielding of assia to Poland must be considered as a symptom of The Austrian Gazette Prince the Austrian ambassador at las received instructions to in the conference on he affairs of the territorial rights of the Porte as he principal point of Austrian policy in reference to that question but at the same time to leave it entirely to the Western Powers to come to an understanding on the ques ion of the prolongation of the occupation of It i stated that Prussia will not acquiesce in the French in reference to It expected hat the Conference will consent to the prolongation of ie French occupation for some The discussions in the Senate on the address still pro ceed various amendments have been more espe in the paragraphs relating to the and he From these discussions we learn that the alli ance with England is looked upon with favour as a matter of that it is best to leave Italian affairs to the august aind that the Pope may be eft in the same good Various and significant were made in as many energetic luch opposition has been shown to various acts of he opposition being made in no ser vile but in a manner that does credit to the on Thursdays sitting he whole address was agreed to by 120 against 3 after speeches had been delivered by several Cardinals and other On Friday a committee of the Senate presented the address to Prince Napoleon will embark for Italy in ten and levy of sailors has been ordered in the district of Great improvements continue to be made in and nore are being projected it becomes an important ques ion now as to where the poor people are to Nothing more has transpired of moment in the Mires investigations being carried on in secrecy it would that Government means to ferret ut the whole system of SPAIN AND THE In Tuesdays sitting of the Government an that they had resolved upon stationing cruisers n the coast of These cruisers would be rised to visit Spanish and English in order to revent the slave The ministry seized the opportunity to again repel the of Lord in regard to the slave which accusations they stigmatise as DENMARK AND The Austrian Cabinet has dispatched a note to Copen jagen requesting that Denmark should lay before the estates of Holstein the budget for The note adds that should not this request be complied Federal execution would take place in nd Russia have also demanded that Denmark should lay the Estates of Holstein the draft of the budget for The Estates opened on when ministers submitted a communication concerning the project of the of and also a project of law relating to he provisional position of The following are among the royal project of a constitu to be for the whole The establish ment of two legislative the upper chamber to be composed of appointed for A distinct position for the army of to contribute two towards the expenses of the In a Government offers to Holstein independence of freedom of press and of habeas religious financial competency for the and inviolability of its MARCH dissensions pre vail in the An altercation has taken place between the Grand Vizier and the Capitain Pacha on financial The latter disapproved of the recent policy of the Grand and demanded new taxes on articles of The carrying out of the new scheme has been An been de td note relative to the Grand Viziers From the States we have several one bringing the inauguration speech of Jefferson President of the Southern in which he explains the position and the sovereign right of each State to secede from the He advises the formation of a navy and a small standing In conclusion he there were many slaves not far off from him when he said Obstacles may but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctioned by its justice and sustained by a virtuous Reverently let us invoke the God of our fathers to and provide and protect us in our efforts to perpetuate the principle by His they were able to estab lish and transmit to their and with a continu ance of Hia ever gratefully we may hopefully look forward to to to pros The Southern Congress declared the navigation of the Mississippi probably because they could not help Lincoln had continued his triumphant journey to at which place he had arrived A murderous attack was made at Washington on the 21st on the Van the Re publican member of Congress from Orange New He succeeded in beating his three unknown assailants it is shot one of The New had tabled abiE abolish ing the slave Charlestown advices state that a portion of the State troops have withdrawn from Morris and that there will be a general abandonment of the harbour A telegram from Fort Smith states that the Overland mail had been seized near Fort and that aE the property of the company within reach had been taken possession of by the Texans that Forts Chadbourne and Belknap had been A telegram from Nebraska dated the Fort Kearney was taken possession of last night by a party of and this morning a Palmetto flag waves over the bearing the tion Southern attack was made ori the fort this morning at 10 and amid great excitement the Palmetto flag was torn and the stars and stripes raised in its Arkansas had declared for union by an overwhelming The Indians were ravaging the territory of New Application had been made at Washington for troops to suppressing San advices are to the evening of the 6th There had been several heavy failures in goods trade at San Hostilities had again commenced between the whitesand Indians in the vicinity of Humboldt and thirteen of the latter were reported to be killed in one Dates from British Columbia are to the 27th of There was a large sale of real estate on the 24th of belonging to the Hudson Bay situate near the centre of The property sold was unusually indicating a confidence in British Columbia WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ABDUCTION AND SEDUCTION BY A FRENCH A case which has excited great interest in the north of France has just been concluded at certain Abbe 54 years of a canon of the cathedral of Cam being charged with the abduction of two under The names of the girls were and Gabrielle and they had been converted to Chris by Abbe who placed them in after keeping them and all their family in his house during the revolution of as the priest was fast converting all the young to and had already converted the Madame appealed to the authorities of the Jewish The abbe then em ploy ed all his efforts to remove the girls of the family from their and he actually conveyed one of them out of the way for two carrying her from convent to convent to make a mm of The second case of abduction was of a similar These were the youngest girls but the eldest and Siona those who were The Abbe on being declared that it was false that any im proper intimacy had existed between him and or that she had been seen in his Witnesses were then Madame Bluth I was indignant at the manner in Mallet acted towards my They were together like husband and She added that Siona is now I ascribe her she to her imagination having been and to her connexion with the The was asked to what reason he ascribed Sionas and he but not without considerable I hardly dare tell But some persons said that it was be cause she was by the Abbe Mallet be cause she had been sequestrated and others talked of a child suppressed A lady named of Valen said that she had engaged Siona as rat had dismissed her because she had observed improper between her and the Abbe Gabrielle who is now a shop girl at The rea son why my father and mother left Cambrai that he Jatter could not bear the conduct of the Abbi Mallet towards One she when I was living in the house of the abbe I got up and on his bedroom I opened the door to say good Ie was much confused on seeing that I approached the I there saw my and a shame 1 Have you to complain of him personally One night when I was in bed he came into my chamber and threw off he I struck He was a little having nst The next day I told him it was a pity he was not The prisoner What she says is False cried the witness why you came into my not but twenty times 1 That is also false To what do yon ascribe the madness of your sister asked the I do not know exactly but no doubt to her connexion with ie Louise after deposing to the facts men in the indictment with respect to I ost confidence in the Abbe Mallet because he took too great liberties with A number of other witnesses de Jared they had seen acts of great and even between the abbe and MARCH three oclock this morning the found the Canon Mallet with extenuating cir and sentenced him to six years IsT TOWEK HAMLETS deputation c of Churchwarden and Wigginton had sn interview with Field Marshal Viscount respecting the proposed uniform of the and other His lordship ulti mately agreed to the modification of the uniform of tha Boyal Engineers scarlet and also to accept the office of Presi dent of the The first drill toofe place on Thursday and was well the contemplated band of the corps playing suitable The number of members ia rapidly and the committee hope the first Company will soon be completed and the corps 1ST MIDDLESEX first annual meeting of the members of this corps was held on Tuesday evening at head quarters Captain Creek in the The chairman said two additional batteries had been granted to the He had ap plied to the authorities for four heavy guns for the purpose of which had been and in future all the members would be new With re spect to tne receipts for the past there remained a small balance in hand after the payment of all and he hoped that next year they would have a larger He would re commend them to form a the expense to bepaid by con from the He would also urge upon them the necessity of having an and of engaging an He should also like the members to attend one muster drill in every He thought that the corps should go down to Brighton to the sham had spoken to Lord on the and he found that the railway company would take them there and back He would advise all members intending to be present to provide their He concluded by moving a series of resolutions era bodying the which were The committee for the ensuing year having been the meeting separated cordial vote of thanks to the The effective strength of the corps at present exceeds 230 SOUTH Saturday afternoon tte distribution of prizes to those members of the South Middlesex Bines who had been successful in the recent competition place at Beaufort Lord pre and distributed the greater number of the A largo number of elegantly dressed ladies were also and we may add here that Lord Elcho was assisted by halfadozen of these fair volunteers in the pleasing duty of The distribution having been Shout was con ducted to the front by Lord In presenting the colours to the Bhe My and gentle men of the South deep interest felt in ths volunteer its and the great success which has attended it throughout the I need scarcely are known well to you The state of efficiency which this regiment has attained at once testifies to the care which has been bestowed upon it by its noble as well as to the exertions of its By permission of Lord and his I beg to present these colours They are a fac simile of those presented by Major Eyre to the Knightsbridge Volunteers in when our forefathers were threatened an invasion by the of that With hope that in the future your children may emulate I beg to present you with these Queens the the Knightsbridge to its proper the seventh I am satisfied that under any will follow only one that yon will stand or fall by Lord in the name of the thanked Shout for the and called on the under the special cir to give three cheers for the which was done with great The proceedings then Mia KENT ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS ROYAL which is exclusively composed of artisans employed by Government in Woolwich is making rapid progress in The only place in the dockyard available for that purpose consists of a shed of about 200 feet and the unoccupied by about 6feet BO that nothing but carbine drill could be carried on therein with this coupled with the brief space of time at the disposal of the the corps has worked itself into a state of praiseworthy During the winter officers have gone a course of heavy gun drill on the open battery in the yard by the light of and in all completing their course to the entire satisfaction of the Two extra drill guns were received and with and two guns in the noncommissioned officers and gunners are pursuing their course of REFUSAL OF THE MARQUIS OF WINCHESTER TO SUBMIT VOLUNTEERS NAMES TO THE WAR letter has received by the commandant of the Portsmouth Rifle Corps from the of the the Marquis of in which his lordship has refused to submit names oi two members of the elected to the the alleged ground that they were elected by thei and not according to the As other sioned officers have hitherto been elected by the his lordships letter has caused much LORD ELCHOS PROPOSAL FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE VOLUNTEER Saturday information of at important character was received in reference to the notice given by Lord Elcho in the House of on the estimates being brought up he would move certain with a view to obtain greater assistance from the Government than that at present extended to this now very important of the The course taken by his lordship arises from a conference of twentyfour commanding which took place in the early part of the under the Presidency of Lord at the Volunteer Service at which the resolutions above alluded to by his lordship were unanimously They are as follows in the opinion of the commanding officers it is essential to the efficiency and permanence of the volunteer force that should be made by Government for drill and musketry That the amount of drill and musketry ia struction thus provided should be in proportion of one non commissioned officer to every 300 effectives in and to every 200 effectives in administrative battalions in inde pendent That the annual grant to be fixed at so per head per to be asked for from Government to wards the expenses of practice That man should be furnished by Government to teer corps free of cost such remaining the property of the corps being responsible for their due fair wear and tear That the an allowance should be made by the Government for the due care and preservation of the arms supplied by the on behalf of the be requested to submit the foregoing resolutions to the Secretary of State for THIRD LONDON Wednesday evening the mem bers of this corps assembled in the Floral for the purpose of being inspected by Colonel The regiment at present numbers more than effective principally composed of working and was lately known as the The the command of Colonel De fell into the ranks shortly after eight and were put through a variety of military which they performed in a very creditable At the close of the addressed the ROYAL ARSENAL VOLUNTEERS AND THE SHAM A communication has been received by Colonel commandant of the whole of the volunteer force at the Boyal expressing the final decision of the War Department as regards the request made by several artillery and rifle companies to be permitted to attend the sham fight on Easter and to make up the day by working extra hours before and after Lord Herbert positively refuses to grant this and his reply has been forwarded to THE PALLING OF A RAILWAY AT SHEF inquest on the bodies of the six men who were killed at the falling in of the tunnel connecting the dicker station with the and Lin was resumed on Wednesday morning at the before John deputy and after several witnesses had given their the jury returned the following hese men have met with then death the fall of the caused by the injudicious removal of the earth from the lower side of the arch and the jury are of opinion that there has been a want of discretion in the on the first fal qf the stable not giving to Midland 5 a A RURAL Some excitement has prevailed during the last few daya in the village of in consequence of the discovery in the river of the bodies of ayoung named Mary and her illegitimate The a short time went to her at but as she was in an advanced state of he refused to receive her upon which she left with her a boy of five declaring that her father should see her no This declaration she made on the 24th of and nothing further was seen or heard of She was supposed to have gone off with a man named who disappeared at the same and of whom nothing can be Whea the bodies were found in the decomposition had made considerable and they had evidently been in the water some It is supposed that the unhappy young woman whose mother has become an inmate of the county lunatic drowned her little boy then terminated her own TT MURDER AT At the Hull on Saturday George and Thomas were charged with having caused the death of a fisherman named Henry Petter gell appeared for the and said that on the identity of one of the prisoners being proved the charge him would resolve into one of wilful From his the death of the deceased appeared to have been caused the following The smack on which the deceased wal coming into the Humber dock basin on Friday night ran foul of the Foxhole on which were the two pri order to dear the the deceased boarded the and was pushing the smack off whea one ol the prisoners came up to and with an swore that if he did not get off he would throw him over board and drown Not content with the he afterwards kicked deceased several until he forced him overboard between the bows of the two and whilst hi that position the deceased was kicked times over the after which he fell into the dock and was The prisoners were ultimately
