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    Jasoaby 5, 1856.] THE LEADER. »,

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    Continental Notes. Peace Mosrncts. Pnino...

    Bussiato stake her last man and her last rouble rather than agree to terms incompatible with her honour and dignity . ' After this simple statement of facts , you will permit me to communicate my opinion on oue or two matters of importance . If Russia ^ should reject the conditions of peace , -which she probably will do , Count Valentine Esterhazy will quit his post ; but it is by no means clear that the diplomatics relations between the Russian and Austrian Governments will be entirely interrupted . Indeed , it is whispered , that , if Count EBterhazy should return to Vienna , an Austrian Charge d'Aflairea will remain at St . Petersburg . Austria will not , under any circumstances , give her material assistance to the Western Powers next spring ; but , if the war should be prolonged another year , she may possibly be induced to send an

    ultimatum to Russia during the winter of 1856 and 1857 . Even if Austria should not act up to the engagements which she has recently entered into towards the Western Powers , it would be impolitic to press her too hard , a 3 there is a powerful Russian party in this city which would not fail to take advantage of any imprudence on the part of England and France . In order that due attention may be paid to the foregoing re ~ mark , it is necessary to observe that there are many influential persons in this city who ' do not despair of eventually seeing Austria in the Russian camp . ' As long as Count Buol is Minister for Foreign Affairs , Bach a breach of good faith is not to be feared ; but , if you should hear he has quitted office , you may safely oonclude that the policy of Austria has undergone a . complete change . " Sir Hamilton Seymour is a great favourite with the Vienna nobles and ladies . He is

    on close terms of diplomatic intimacy with Count Buol , with whom he has almost daily conferences . With regard to Naples and Russia , it ia said that the Archduke Albrecbt has succeeded in " shaking the allegiance of King Bomba to the Czar . " Count Buol , on Friday week , communicated thei terms of peace to Prince Gortschakoff . They are the same as those which have been alread y mentioned : — By the cession of so much of the territory of BSssarabia as is necessary to secure to all nations the free

    navigation of the Danube , is meant the cession of that part of Bessarabia which lies between the fortress of Chotyn on the north , the Salt Lake Sasyk on the south , and the Pruth on the -west . Three weeks from the day of delivery is the time allowed for consideration . To these terms , it is said that the Allies have added—^ Admission of consuls into the harbours of the Black Sea , and an undertaking on the part of Russia never for the future to erect any fortifications on the Aland Isles .

    A great deal of gossip has been flying about Paris with respect to the words said to have been addressed by Louis Napoleon to M . Sabach , previous to the departure of the latter for Dresden and St . Petersburg . It has been asserted that the French Emperor expressed to the diplomatist the most passionate desire for peace ; that he had no other alternative , as the resources of the country were exhausted ; that , if the Czar rejected the Austrian proposals on the ground

    of excessive rigour , he was to be assured that , whatever might be the intentions of England , France would consent to some others . All this is most glaringly improbable ; but it has made some noise . Count Eaterhazy reached St . Petersburg on the 26 frli ult ., and tlie next diy communicated to Count de Nesselrode the object of his mission . The proposals he bears do not take the form of an ultimatum , but ore simply suggestions .

    The correspondent of the Hfoming Post at Athens , in mentioning the dockled preference given by the Austrian Ambassador at that city to Russia over England or France , asks— " Why will Eugland and France condescend to listen any longer to anything that Austria may propose , or give her the opportunity of still pursuing that despicable and shuffling policy which has characterised all her acts relating to the present war ? " A conspicuously printed leading article has also appeared in the Morning JPost during tho week , saying " that Prussia shall bo compelled to abandon , her dishonest neutrality , and deolayo herself for us or against us . " This coming from n Government organ , is rather significant .

    PRANCE , The author of the famous pamphlet , advocating : a Congreaa of Kings for tho settlement of tho Eoatera question , is now- discovered to ba an old St . Simonis-ra and phnlaustorian , a journalist , a apooulator , and n hanger-on of the Credit Mobilier . That tho Emperor 1 ms anything to do with the pamphlet , sooma improbable ; but thoro are those who think that ono of tho ministers haa to nonao extent " inspired" tlxo production .

    AtJBTIUA . The CUovalier do Raushor , Archbishop of Vienna , fcfts been created a Cardinal , as a reward fop hiB effortu in bringing about tho Conoordat . The reigning Empress of Austria oompleted" her eighteenth year on tho 24 th off December . Tho Prafcoatant party in Pmairia have petitioned tho Jfimperor of Auutria to relax tho aovoro measures taken against tho convert Borazinaky . Onq of tho

    official Austrian papers denies that Borszmsky has been ill-used , and says that the petition is so offensive in its laaguage that the Emperor must decline -to receive it . Austria haa become exceedingly unpopular with the Russians . She is denounced as " treacherous , perfidious , and ungrateful , " and is looked upon as being the principal author of the recent diasters which have befallen the Czar ' s arm 3 . A Russian banker , in a letter addressed to one of his Vienna friends , writes to this effect , and prophecies that Austria will sooner or later fall under the stroke of avenging Nemesis .

    The premiums on the shares of the Credit aad Commercial Bank ( says the Times Vienna correspondent ) are slowly falling , as the founders are bringing their shares into the market . It was foreseen that they would do so , but it would have been much better for the establishment if they had waited until its business had fairly commenced . One of the leading men , who can well afford to wait for a time , is even selling largely in Berlia and Frankfort . The Direction of the Vienna Union for the assistance of

    the poorer classes haa announced that the first public eating-house will b « opened in the suburb of Grunapendorf on the 2 u . d of January . A portion of sotip , with rice , pearlbarley , & c , in it , will cost two kreutzers , or about three farthings , and a portion of somp , meat , aad vegetables , seven kreutzeTS , which ia a fraction less than threepence . The food may be eaten in the public hall , or fetched away between the hours of eleven and one , " excepting on Sundays and holydays . "

    The Paris correspondent of Le Nord says he ia assured that the French Government has demanded of the Cabinet of Vienna an explanation , of the toast which hid been drunk in-honour of the Russian army at a banquet given to Marshal Baron He 3 s , to celebrate h . i 3 fiftieth year of military service .

    PRUSSIA . The" Berlin correspondent of the Times has been endeavouring to g-et up a book subscription in the Prussian capital , for the sake of the Anglo-German Legion now in the Crimea , but has been compelled to abandon the attempt , as no subscriptions of money can be opened without the previous consent of the police , andthi 3 it would have been impossible to obtain , as the act might be considered to compromise the neutrality of Prussia ! The most inoffensive acts in the second of -the German states cannot be performed without police sanction ; so the poor fellows of t he Legion are compelled "to pine without their accustomed intellectual food .

    Count Munster , hitherto Military Representative of Pru 3 ? ia at St . Petersburg , who recently returned to Berlin ou leave of absence , will not return . It is thoug ht that his place will be filled by Coldnel Von Burgh , a vehement pro-Russian , who , together with Count Munster , was present sit the Tc J > eum celebrated at St . Petersburg for the fall of Kars .

    ITAI . Y . The Neapolitan and Sicilian refugees residing at Genoa are gr eatly excited in consequence of an order said to have been , received by eight ships of wan- o f the English naval division of the Black Sea to repair to Messina . A gentleman , whose impartiality may be judge d from the fact that he ia an ardent convert to th e Roman Church , writing quite recently from th e Eternal City , offers the following involuntary testimony to the excellences of the Papal Government : — " I returned here ten days ago . Rome is not of course bo full as last year , but I bolieve a fair quantity of people are coming . The condition of the States seems just as usual—fraud , lying , and

    inapoature : strong young men beg of yovi in the streets , and well-dressed men out of employ : foreigners ave victimised in every way to make up the deficit of a bankrupt treasury . I am afraid to say how much lading I was charged ou arriving at Civita Vecchin . for my luggage ; and they had the audacity the other day to demand of mo something . like 12 s . 6 d . for my ' Wcoily Register ' and ' Tablet , ' which demand I refused to comply with , and want no more mewspapors to bo sent mo from England whilst tho ratoa of postage are so exorbitant . A friend of mine told mo he onco paid five scudi , moro than £ 1 sterling , for a nowspapor . "—Tho rest of the lottor was filled with enthusiastic descriptions of ecclesiastical celebrations .

    Sl'AINr . General O'Domxoll has been seriously ill with bilious fever , but is now bettor . Ho was seized at tho Qucon'n ball on tho night of the | 20 th of Docombor , and at one timo vm ^ delirious . Sonor Bruil has read , ns was expected , tho bill authorising tho establishment of a new bank , on tho princi p les of , and in connexion with , tho Credit Mobilier Company of Paris , and authorising tho Government to make similar concessions on tho name boaoa , tvhon thoy may consider it advantageous to tlo bo . The bill was referred , to the aeotiona , for tho nomination of a committee to report upon it . Tho

    title of the new association is to be " General Society of Credit ;* ' the capital 256 , 000 , 000 reals , or 12 O , 0 O 0 , OOOfr ., at the exchange of 19 reals per 5 fr . in 240 , 000 shares of 1 , 900 reals or SOOfr . each , divided into series , and issued in virtue of a decree of the Counqjl of Administration ; the first series to be 80 , 000 shareB , which are to be issued immediately , and on which the subscribers must pay up at least thirty per cent , within fifteen days of the approval of the statutes ; the shares to be payable to bearer , but

    may ba deposited by the owners in their names with the society , receiving from the latter a nominative receipt as a guarantee : a reserve fund to be formed annually out of the profits , but not to exceed 20 , 000 , 000 fr . ; the association to be directed by a council of fifteen administrators , elected by the shareholders ; the council to elect the director-general and sub-director ; and an account to be furnished to the Government every six months of the Btate of its affairs , and also at such other timed as ib may be called on to do so . —Times .

    The Barcelona papers state that the youngest of the Tristanys has died of the severe wounds which he received dur ing an encounter which they had with the column of General Rios two day 3 before . Twenty other Carlists were placed hors de combat on . that occasion ; twenty-three more Carlists were in prison at Cardona , and about thirty people of that district and Segurra had been sent off to Barcelona in custody of a company of Cacadores . The Carlist agents

    sent off to the different districts of Catalonia are stated to have returned with very discouraging news as to the prospects of a successful movement in any part of Catalonia , so much so that one of the most daring chiefs of the party is said-to have exclaimed at their last meeting that the game was up for the present , and to have recommended each one to provide for his own safety ( " cada mochitelo a su olivo " —" every owl to his ivy-bush " )•—Idem .

    The Duke of Sotomayor , formerly Ambassador to London and Paris , and at one time Minister of Foreign Affairs at Madrid , has shot himself dead . For some time past , he had suffered much from gout ; and lately he exhibited great wildness and nervousness , and expressed a fear that he should commit suicide . Indeed , it appeal's tliat he had made one or two attempts previously , but had been prevented by the watchful care of his Duehes 3 .

    ROME . The new foreign Cardinals named at Rome are Joseph Othraan Rauscher , Archbishop of Vienna ; Charles Reisach , Archbishop of Munich ; Clement Villecourt , Bishop of Repellensin ; and Father Francis Gande , Dominican Friar . The Pope , in nominating them , said that he desired to show that the Church of Rome does not recognise any distinction of nation among its servants . A writer from Rome observes that the people of that city have called Austria , since the passing of the Concordat , " aa" ecclesiastical province of Rome . "

    GBEECB . It ia said in the diplomatic circles of Constantinople that the visit paid to King Otho by M . de Pxokesch ha 8 resulted in opening the eyes of that sovereign on the policy followed up to the present by his government with regard to the Western Powers . M . Christopoulo , Minister of Public Instruction , has founded at Athens a public school . A telegraphic despatch from Jassy announces that Prince Qhika has decided on the abolition of slavery , and has convoked the Divan for the 10 th , in order to give this measure a legal sanction .

    Soine frightful particulars of the anarchical state o f Greece are contained in a letter from Athens : — " In the district of Me " gara , twenty or twenty-live malefactors shut up the Mayor's flock in a stable and set fire to the building . One of tho men relented , or the animals would all have been burnt . Tho crime waa committed because the Mayor had refused to act aa the commissioner of these banditti . Fifty of these ruffians entered the town of Thebes , Fortunately , « detachment of troops was there ; but these could not prevent serious disorders in the Faubourg of St . Theodore , where some Wallachinn , shepherds wero robbod . A similar band appeared in tlio parish of Aorefnion , and put tho mouks of tho Convent of Agia Polivzia to the torture . They sent word to the

    authorities of Thebes , and especially to tho Mirarch Tzmo , charged with the pursuit of tho brigainda , that they invited him to go and attack thorn . In tho parish of Lirimni , in the province of Loorida , they have seized two young men of good family , for whoso ranaom they demand 18 , 000 clraohmas . In a village in the province of Hypata , they pillaged aJl tho inhabitants , three of whom thoy mortally wounded . They took « way the richest person in tho place , for wnoBe release they demand a considerable sum . Two of tho inhabitant ) : h « cl their oars and noses out off . Yesterday , at foui hours' journey from Athena , on tho road to Marcopotiloo , robbers stopped and plundered all tiavollerH In the night , they entered tho village of Tatoi , at tare * hourn' journoy from AthonB , and seized and mutilated the gendarmes stationed there . "

    Jasoaby 5, 1856.] The Leader. »,

    Jasoaby 5 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . » ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 5, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05011856/page/9/