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      at the idea itself but at the manner in which it is presented . The journal A'Hreria , another liberal paper , Las also an excellent artic 3 e on the Imperial Prince being named S e nor of Biscay , while the Sovereign herself , t houg h Queen of Spain , is only Senora ; and it dwells very strongly on a report , much spread and considerably believed , that there is a movement among some of the leading men in tbe Basque Provinces to place their fiieros under the protection of France . These two subjects have created , much sensation at Madrid . — -Times Paris Correspondent .

      The Emperor Napoleon ( according to the Madrid correspondent of the IndtSpendance Beige ) has addressed an autograph letter of eight pages , full of very serious advice , to Queen Isabella . After . praising many acts of the presen t cabi n et , the Emperor invites the Queen to abandon the idea of any further ministerial modification ; to maintain the constitutional regime which alone , in his op inion , is sui t able for the P eninsula ; t o raise t he state of siege as promptly as possible , aaid to assemble without much further delay the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies . The Emperor insists upon the necessity of granting the fullest liberty of discussion to the two

      chambers , and of avoiding , by all means , a return t o the arbitrary and despotic regime ¦ which distinguished the Sartorius ministry . He also alludes to the dangerous influence of certain members of the clergy . The same correspondent "writes on a subsequent day : — 41 Her Majesty has written to the Emperor of the French , e x p r essing he r pr of o und gratitude . She states that she is ; infinitel y obli ged to him for his advice , that she will take his counsels into her best consideration , and t hat she particularl y appreciates the cle ar , precise , and trul y paternal manner in -which his suggestions are conveyed . " These statements must , of course , be recei v ed

      " with caution . . The Gazette publishesa Boyal decree suppressing the commission appointed to prepare the codes by a decree of the 11 th of September , 1854 , and replacing it b y anothe r , consisting of seven members and a secretary , who are ordered to draw up , without delay , the long-expected laws on judiciary organization and criminal procedure , and to reform the penal and civil codes now in vigour .

      . . '¦¦ -: ¦ : PORTUGAL . The failure in the supply of grapes excites the utmost consternation among the vine cultivators , many of w ho m ¦ will be ruined by the disease which has destroyed the means of their subsistence . Hardly one thousand pipes of sound wine can be produced in the wine districts , and prices have of course gone up considerably . The vessels that w ere scuttled in the river Douro , by Order of the Board of Health , are still in the same position , and no order has been received to attempt to raise them . Two of them are past recovery .

      TUBKEr . Omar Pacha , w ho has be e n p ensio n e el b y the Government and excluded from the suite of the Sultan , has retired from Constantinople , and taken up his residence in a village . Some curious particulars of an expedition to Jerusalem are contained in a letter from that city published in the French religious journal , the Univers , where we read : — - '' The caravan of French and Hungarian pilgrims spoken o f latel y by the French journals is at the present moment a ccomp lishing its pious excursions in the Holy Land . Arrangements had been made at Jaffa to facilitate their journey to Jerusalem , and , after they had v isited the Church of St . George , they slept the first night in the convent of Ramleli , where they were moat kindly received . The next day they crossed the mountains of Judtea , and at the first sight of the Holy City

      precipitated themselves to the ground , and kissed the soil . " This is like a bit from the middle ages ; indeed , it is difficult to imagine the countrymen of Voltaire in theso times " k 3 asing the consecrated earth" of Judcea . After relating the kindness of the reception which Kiamil Pacha , tbe Governor , gave to the pilgrims , the writer proceeds : —" Although Palestine is one of the most fanatical countries of tho Ottoman Empire , Mussulman i n t ol e rance i s rap idly declining , the war in the Crimea having made a breach in th « , Koran . Contrary to tho prescriptions of Islamism , the Christiana con at present , though not w ithou t p ay ing for it , construct churches on every spot where one had ever stood . At the present time it is « ertain that they will obtain the restitution of an ancient sanctuary held b y the M ussulm an s since the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187 . Tho building in question ia one erected by the Crusaders on the spot where our Saviour first fell in bearing his cross . "

      A trace hns been agreed upon In Montenegro , tho Austrian officers having recommended Prince Danilo to coase hostilities . Tho Porte hns refused tho exequatur to several Greek Consuls who had compromised themselves in the late war . The septennial census has just boon ordered at Constantinople , and tho civil list has been defi n i t i v el y established . There has been a rise in tho p fit ? COm both at Constantinople and at Smyrna , notwithstanding th « favourable accounts received from Kuaslu . A frightful tempest has lately tnken p l a ce at Varna . ; all the crops have been destroyed ; tho houses , the French bndg « on tho lake , and tho port , lmvo suffered aevwrdy . ' A . French squadron is ordered to Constantinople , to

      co-operate with the English fleet , as the Isle of Serpents question is not satisfactorily settled . An Austrian squadron is also ordered to the same spot . " The dissension between the French Ambassador and the Turkish Government , with reference to the prilivege granted to Captain Magne and the navigation of the Sereth and the Pruth . " says a letter from Constantinople , "is said to be entirely settled . Austria at last listened to reason , and the revocation of the privilege has been again , set aside . The Minister of Finance is still in great difficulties , and he has borrowed another 25 , 000 , 000 piastres , at eight per cent , interest and two per cent , commission , which makes ten per cent . Rothschild ' s house furnished the funds through its agent at C ons t antinop le . This sum is hardly sufficient to answer the most pressing wants . "

      ITALY . T he K ing of N ap les is making all the preparations he can . to resist any attempt that may be made to coerce him into reform . He is strengthening his fortifications and concentrating his army . Likewise , he is becoming very religious under the influence of fear , which , howe v er , he affects not to feel . For the present , he remains at < 5 aeta , where ho has removed % his valuables and carriages . Mr . Lowther , English Secretary of Legation , has not yet arrived at Gaeta , havi ng been de t ained by superior orders from England . Mr . Fagan is at Civita Vecchia . In case of the arrival of the Allied fleets , o rders w ill be g iven by the authorities to put the' city of Naples in a state of siege . Baron Hiibner , before leaving , requested the Austrian consul to publish a denial that he ( the B aron ) had gone to N ap les on any special mission ; but we all know the worth , of ministerial contradictions of popular rumours .

      While these diplomatic card-shufflings are going on , the political prisoners are d 3 dng . Zeuli , in fact , is dead of consumption , accelerated by hardship ; and . Poerio has bad au operation performed on him , and is confined to his bed . ' , . : l V The King of Nap les , it is said , has consulted , not only his usual advisers , but the superior officers of the army and navy , with respect to the present crisis . The advice given by these persons was , that Iris Majesty would be justified in adopting , if he thought fit , the recoTnmendations of France and England , unless they were acco m panied b y menace . In consequence of this , the kuig resolvecL to reject the ultimatum of the Allied Powers . . ' ¦ ¦'¦ '¦' ¦ '¦ . ¦ . •¦¦ ¦'' ¦ ¦ '¦' ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ .. '¦¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦'

      The Lazzaroni are being organized and paid b y t he police ; a fact which . induces ' a wiiter from Genoa in the Paris Constitutionnel to observe : — " In Naples , the third city of Europe according to its population , an order of things extremely Unnatural now exists : it is democracy closel y united with absolutism—it is the Lazzaroni shouting ' Long life to the absolute Icing !'—it is the red cap and the crown put together . " Two French officers have been in Naples , sounding the populace in the interests of Murat ; but they have met with no encouragement . Some of our contemporaries have announced the stoppage of the . Db-itto , Turinese journal . Wo are happy to say that our Italian contemporary is vigorously alive , re pr esenting a large and powerful party . The rising influence of the Italia e Fopolo , of G enoa , also , is a si gn of the times . .

      The Ministerial Austrian Gazette states that the King of Naples has sent autographic letters to the Emperor Napoleon and Queen Victoria . Tho King announces tliat he is willing to send a representative to the Paris Conference , and to communicate his intentions respecting organic reforms and an amnesty .

      & W 1 TZKRX . AND . M . de Salignac-Fcnelon , F rench A mba s sador to the Swiss Confederation , has paid an official visit to M . Stampfli , President of the Confederation , for the purpose of asking from him , in tho name of the French Government , an amnesty on behalf of the Royalists of Neufchutcl .

      OKEECE . The Queen ( says a letter from Athens ) caused to bo voted about a month since a law having for its object tho partition of national property among those who support hor M ajesty ' s policy . The law was the cause of much scandal and irritation in tho capital and tho provinces , and the Ministers of Franco and England no doubt communicated the fact to their respective Governments , as they have received instructions to inform the Greek Government that the loan of 60 , 000 , 000 had for its guaran t ee t hat property ( which could not be alienated without the assent of tho throo Powers . Tho Governments of Franco and England have approved the conduct of tho French Admiral Bouct-Willaumez on the subject of tho command in the Pirasus . This has given great offence at court .

      MONTENEGKO . Austria , supports the application of Montenegro for an extension of frontier , hut all negotiations had been again pu t a n e n d to b y a renewal of hostilities between the Turks and Montenegrins . TUB DANUBIA . N PniMCIPA"LlTIE 8 . According to information received in Paris , tho return of tho Ottoman forces to Wallachia has coincided with the occupation of Galatz by an Austrian l ' orco of 8 0 0 0 men . Prince Schwarzonberg , Governor of Transylvania

      • was at Galatz on the 27 th ult ., and left in the eveaintr for Jassy . ¦ . . . " '• ¦ ' . ¦ Great surprise and excitement have been caused by the announcement tliat four thousand Austrian soldiers have suddenly seized Galatz and occupied it ; have also occup ied I brail , and seized on all the ports of the Pannbe . They have taken possession of the police and post-offices , and are complete masters of the towns mentioned .

      966 The Leadeb. [No. 342, Satukdat,

      966 THE LEADEB . [ No . 342 , Satukdat ,

      The Registration's. At The Close , On. F...

      THE REGISTRATION'S . At the close , on . Friday week , of t he revision of the list of voters for the City of London , the Kevisintt Barrister called attention to the strange apathy-with respect to the suflrage exhibited by voters an apathy not creditable to freemen . He observed : — " To those who have paid attention to this registration it must have been more than apparent that there has been generally the most complete state of apathy as io the elective franchise into which a constittiencj- could well be supposed to have fallen . It was very different a few years ago ; then the franchise was greedily sought after , and it required some exertion to prevent persons getting on the register who had no pretensions to be there ; but now all is listlessness and total indifference as to

      whether persons have votes or not . In several instances where parties have been objected to , aiul did not appear , and it was supposed that they might either ha-ve forgotten or hot been aware of the precise time when their lists would be taken , I have myself suggested that those cases should stand over for au hour or two , or a day , so that re m inding no t ices mi ght be sent to the individuals , w hich has been do n e , and of all who have been thus dealt -with I do not think that more than three—certainly hot more than four—persons have availed themselves of the opportunities afforded them of coming here , tlicir answer generally having been , 'No , 1 don ' t care a"bout my vote ; I don ' t care ¦ whether I have it or not . ' " The barrister then proceeded to comment on the nature of the objections : — " The objections which have been taken this year have been all on one side—en that which I believe is called the Liberal party . As is now

      pretty well understood , when an objection to a party's name / being on a list has been served , and called on in court , the party objected to is required to appear and prove his qualification to the satisfaction of the barrister , otherwise the revising barrister is laid under the necessity of expunging his nanic from tbe list on which it may . appear . It is not necessary that the objector or his agent , who may be in court , should open his lips until after he av ho has been objected to shall have proved his right to be registered . The result of this has been , that ge n erall y I have no knowledge of the nature of the objections that were taken . I had no right to ask the objector what the grounds of his objections were . " Whether the objections , or the majority of them , therefore , that have been taken this year and prevailed , would , if they had been investigated , have been found to be well grounded or not , I have had no certain means of knowing . "

      Mr . Sidney Smith , one of the agents , afterwards supplied the annexed statistics of the registrations : — " Of persons who were on last year ' s reg ister , -who were now omitted , there were 1 G 52 householders and 290 liverymen . Of persons not on last year ' s reg ister , and not inserted on the new register , there were 1 C 08 householders and 181 liverymen , making a total of 1879 , being a difference of only eight in a list of 21 , 001 ) names . In respect to objections , there were 4 G 5 householders and 111 liverymen , making a total of 576 . " When the learned barrister commenced the revisiou there were about 5000 objections taken on each side , but now they were reduced to about one-tenth that number . With respect to claims , 5 J > were allowed and 13 were withdrawn . The objections allowed were 533 ; fail e d , 42 ; and . erased by tlie Court , 27 . "

      Navaii And Military. Miragk.—A Curious I...

      NAVAIi AND MILITARY . MirAgk . —A curious instance of this phenomenon is given in a letter from the agent stationed at Aden of tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company , who writes thus , under date September 16 : —" Yesterday , a little after noon , the signal was made ' t en m orto tho eastward , ' and was kept flying the whole afternoon ; towards evening , the signalman reported that the steamer was gradually receding , and supposed that sho liad either broken down or run out of coals . On this , tbe Political Itcsident ordered the lion , company ' s steamer Queen to get nip steam and go to her assistance . The Queen accordingly left a bout n i n e o ' c l ock , and met the Oriental at th r e o o ' clock this morning steaming along all right . At the time the ateareor was signalled , she was one hundred and fifty miles from Aden , and we can only account for this very singular phenomenon by some optical illusion , such as tho mirnge . "

      Lord Cakmgan . —In connexion with tho dispute between Lord Cardigan and Colonel Buck mentioned in o u r las t numbe r , tho latter officer has addressed to the carl a letter containing a review of hia lordship ' s military career , of a nature by no means flattering ^ alu ' " '' letter he has since sent to tho Times , whero it has been published . Colonel Buck writes : — " Your Loidship evidently requires from mo soino explanation of my allusion

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101856/page/6/