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      The Marquis d'Antonini , the former ambassador of the King of Naples , is at present in Paris , a fact which has given rise to the report : of a rapprochement between the two Coarta , improbable as this event is . As the King of Naples has refused to let the Russians have the port of Brindisi as a coaling station , they are now trying to obtain TJarletta , "Bari , ' or Trani . The Grand Duke Constantino is at Palermo , and will visit Naples , it is said , on the 5 th of Februaryi The King of Naples is much applauded for his prudence in having refused the port of Brindisi to his well-beloved brother ..: * ¦ ¦'¦' : - ¦ . . ¦¦¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' \ - ¦' . . ¦• ' _ ' A telegram , dated Turin , Thursday , states that the King of Naples is seriously ill ; his death even has been rumouredbut the report is not yet confirmed .

      , A Naples correspondent writes : — " A feature of this week has been the distribution of a vast variety of decorations amongst the King ' s friends . There are Liberals perverted into Royalists , there are spies in abundance , and Commissaries of Police noted for acts more or Ies 3 unworthy . These are the men whom royalty has chosen to rally round the throne on the occasion of the marriage of the heir-apparent . Worth , learning ,, literature , and art are comparatively neglected ; what need has Naples of them ?" . In the prison of Santa Maria Apparente only six have been liberated unconditionally , six on condition of going to the United States . AvitabHe demanded time ^ for making preparations . His request was sent to ? he King , and accorded .

      •• ¦¦¦ ¦ PRUSSIA . ¦ .- ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . The Chamber of Representatives has elected Count Schwerin President , by 274 votes oat of 316 . M . Arnim , the Conservative candidate , obtained only 3 8 votes . M . Reichensperger ( Cologne ) , of the Catholic party , and M . Mathis , of the Left , have been chosen Vice-Presideots . On the 16 th . the annual " Orden ' s Fest " was celebrated at Court . The ceremony consists of a grand levee ^ held by the Sovereign , to commemorate the day when the Elector of Brandenburg raised himself to the rank of a " King in Prussia , " as the original title ran ; The "Order of the"Black Eagle" having been founded on the occasion , a shower of all the various orders of Prussia is always poured over the country on the anniversary of so grand an event .

      The Count de Hatzfeld , Prussian Ambassador at the Imperial Court of Paris , is dead . It is rumoured that the Prussian Government intends creating a number of . new peers . The aim of the measure would be to counterbalance the Conservative majority in the Upper House . . '

      DENMARK . An outcry fpri mmediate armaments is beginning to be raised in Denmark . The alliance ' popular in that kingdom is , of course , that of France . The price they expect to be paid is the full possession of the Duchies .

      THE PRINCIPALITIES . On Monday the election of a Hospodar for Moldavia took place , and Cousa , an advocate for the union of both Principalities , was elected , and assumed the reins of Government . Moldavia has lost one of her most eminent men—M . Demetrius Ralletti , formerly Minister of Instruction and Public Worship . M . Ralletti has left his fortune to the foundling hospital at Jassy . Intelligence from Constantinople , in the JRamburg News , says : — " The conference of the Ambassadors on the subject of the , Principalities has recommenced its sittings . The state of the Principalities is stated to become daily less satisfactory , since the Kamaikana have paid no attention to the first memorandum of the conference despatched to them by the Porte . "

      Notwithstanding the hopes of future aggrandisement in Italy , it is affirmed that the King of Sardinia did not give his consent to the marriage of his daughter without much hesitation . The ancient lineage of the one ^ and the recent rise of the other may have had some weight with the descendant of the old and glorious house of Savoy , all liberal as he is in politics , and free and easy as he may be in familiar intercourse * for the prejudices of race never are really eradicated . The Opinione of Turin , in a leading article , complains that although all the intelligent classes of Piedmont are in favour of a war , the clergy are against their Government in that question , because they foresee that a war , instead of causing the suppression of the constitutional system , according to their wishes , would only lead to its consolidation .

      On Thursday Prince Napoleon held a review of 1000 veterans of the " Grande Arme ' e . " The veterans and the people shouted , " Viva il Re ! " " Viva il Imperatore !" >• Viva Talleanza ! " »« Viva Italia !" The correspondent of the Times at Turin , gives a very different account of the reception of Prince Napoleou to that we have received from the French journals ; He says :- — " The reception given to his Imperial Highness was , as 1 am assured by various persons who founl themselves on different parts of the route he took from the railway terminus to the Palace , extremely cold . The truth is , that the projected marriage is here exceedingly unpopular , especially with the higher classes . The Princess Clotilde , I was told ; is looked upon as a victim immolated to . political considerations . "

      Thi Turin papers state that workmen are actively engaged at present in the Sardinian arsenals in getting all the royal steamers ready for sea . They are to be used in transporting troops from distant garrisons to Genoa . ¦ . ]¦ ¦¦ . . ¦ . .. ' . ¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦¦• . The Times correspondent at Turin says : ^— " It appears to me that the Sardinian Cabinet is playing a very hazardous , game . Should Sardinia attack Austria she is sure to be worstedj and if she does not attack her , King Victor Emmanuel will be considered a traitor by the Ultras , and treated accordingly . A writer in the Augsburg Gazette asserts that the Italians want a Republic rather than a united Italy under the sceptre of King Victor Emmanuel , and it can hardly be doubted that . he speaks the truth . If Austria were to relinquish Northern Italy , the chances are that in two or three years the House of Savoy would cease to reign in Piedinont . "

      . , ¦¦¦ . . . 8 ERVIA . " . . ¦ The Servian question may be announced as , closed for the present . The Porte has been recommended by its allies to assent without reserve to the decisions of the Skuptschina , to the deposition of Prince Alexander , and the recal of Milosch . Kabouli Effendi has . communicated ¦ ¦ ¦ to ' the Skuptschina the Porte ' s approval of the election of Prince Milosch , which communication was followed by rejoicings among the people . Milosch has left Bucharest , and appointed M . Stercka , a member of the Provisional Government , deputy in his absence .

      IONIAN ISLANDS . The Osterreichische Correspondenz states that Sir 3 . Young was to have left Corfu on the 18 th or 20 th in « t . Mr . Gladstone has summoned the Ionian Parliament for the 25 th inst ., and will open it as provisional Lord High Commissioner , Hopes are expressed that of the forty Deputies twenty-seven will bo in favour of reform alone without union with Greece . Mr , Gladstone had called together the Deputies to a conference at which they all demanded the revisal of the treaties of 1815 , and the annexation of the Ionian Islands to Greece . They likewise refused to examine the proposed reforms before a solution of the pending question .

      The Journal de Constantinople Btatea that new conflicts have arisen between the Kaimakans , and that the state of affairs is particularly grave in Moldavia , and regrets deeply that the elections had not been adjourned . The triumph of the Liberal and Unionist party in Moldavia at the eleotionof the Hospodar is confirmed by numerous telegrams . The announcement waa unexpected , as all earlier ., communications foreshadowed the victory of the Stourdza family , whom Austria and Turkey supported .

      BBLOUOM . The Belgian Government has just instituted in the Ministry of the Interior three general departments- — those of public instruction , of the fine arts , literature , and science , and of agriculture and industry . The report which precedes this useful measure explains tho motives which have led the Government to change into three general departments what had hitherto only formed simple branches of tho Ministry of tho Interior .

      BARDINIA . ¦ Prince Napoleon Arrived at Turin on Sunday . Ho was received at the terminus by Prince Oarignan . Tho concourse assembled to await his arrival greeted him with shpuffl of " Viva JSTajpoleon , " " Viva il Be , " "Viva Franca , " and " Viva Italia , " On Monday tho first interview took place between Prince Napoleon and tho Princess ClotUdo . The prince was present in the evening at a ball , given by tho President of tho Council , at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . On Tuesday ho received the members of the diplomatic corps . .

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      The Begum Of Otide Has Issued A Counter-...

      The Begum of Otide has issued a counter-proclamation in reply to that of Queen Victoria . The document is an evidence that the . British proclamation is effectually influencing the natives . . The Begum declares that it is impossible to give credence to anything an English Government can say . The proclamation of the Begum is also remarkable for the misunderstanding it reveals of the first essential article of the faith of a Christian , for after stating that the truth of the Christian religion is announced in the document of amnesty , we are told that the only religion which is true is that "Which admits of only one Divine Being , and not of three .

      The Overland Mail arrived on Thursday . The newspapers add little or nothing to the telegraphic summary . A greal meeting had been held in Bombay to adoj > t measures for the establishment of a museum and gardens in that city , in honour of the assumption by the Queen of the direct sovereignty of India . Several native gentlemen took a prominent part in the meeting , and ove of them , Dr . Bhawoo Dajee , delivered a speech of considerable eloquence . The Queen ' s Proclamation was referred to in . terms of admiration and hope . Lord Elphinstone , it was stated , had been requested to prolong his period of office for another year .

      INDIAN OPINION OF LORD CLYDE . The Daily News Calcutta correspondent says : — "If more is not done in the two months left of the cold weather than has been done in the last two , the hot season will again find our troops in the field , and sunstroke will decimate them as it did last year . Lord Clyde , it is said , is going home in March , and Sir Hugh Rose and Sir James Outram are each ' mentioned as his probable successor . The Indian opinion of Lord Clyde

      is that he is a general that can only fight . pitched battles in appointed fields . The Lucknow rebels gave him his own time to make his preparations , and he took the place with a strict conformity to rule and regulation that would have delighted Vauban . Guerilla warfare is not his style , and his dislike , to travelling without a siege-ltrain makes pursuit a very serious matter . The Governor-General is expected in Calcutta next month , and it is not improbable that Lord Clyde , whose health has been failing , will accompany him . ''

      NANA SAHIB AND TANTIA TOPEE . Mr . Russell writes : — " By our last accounts the Nana Sahib was in his old haunt in the close jungly conntry between the Terai of the Himalayas and the open in the Buraech division , at a place called Chundea , or Chundahah . His force consists of cavalry almost exclusively , and he has three horse guns . He . has entrenched himself strongly , but this is" merely to guard against treachery , and not for the purposes of defence . His henchman , a one-eared sabreur , . armed to the teeth , never leaves him , night or day . No one is permitted to enter his stronghold without a pass in the Nana ' s hand . I need not say that all the projects lor his capture by a sudden dash are utterly

      futileas , on the first intimation of the appearance of any force within fifty miles of him he bo will off and away . Our very remarkable friend Tan tin Topee is too troublesome and clever an enemy to be admired . Since , last June lie has kept Central India in a fever . He has sacked stations , plundered treasuries , emptied arsenals , collected armies , lost them , fought battles , lost them ; taken guns from native princes , Io 3 t them ; taken more , lost them ; then his motions have been like forked lightning ; for weeks ho has marched 30 and 10 miles a day . Ho has crossed the Nerbudda to and fro ; he has marched between our columns , behind them , and before them , Ariel was not more subtle , aided by the best stage mechanism . Up mountains , over rivers ,

      through ravines and valleys , amid swamps , on ho goes , backwards and forwards , and sideways and zig-zag ways , now falling upon a post-cart and carrying oiF tho Bombay mails , now looting a village , headed and turned , yot evnsivo as Protous . One knows not where to have Tantia Topee . If any ono does , I wish ho would toll Brigadier Pnrkos , who ia always in pursuit ; ' or General Mioholl , who ia always 1 close upon his heels' ( they are not Tuntia ' a vulnerable spot ); or excellent , gallant , long-suffering Brigadier Smith , who had tho satisfaction of fighting a battle with some of tho quicksilver force a fow days ago ; or any of

      INDIA . Tjeleokaphio news has boon received in anticipation of the mail which left Bombay on the 24 th ult . The intelligence is satisfactory . Tho subjugation of the disturbed districts is going on rapidly . Tho insurgents aro dispersing before the merciful conditions offered , by tho Queen ' s Proclamation , and the dismantling of forts and disarming of the population are being carried on vigorously . \ ' On the 1 st of December Brigadier Troup ' s column dofeatod a largo body of rebels at Biswa , in Oude , commanded by Ismaol Khan , who gave himself up with a considerable number of adherents ^ Tantia Topeo is still at large . When last heard of ho was supposed to be making for Oodeyporo , in Rnjpoqtana . On tho 5 th

      of December a party of rebel fugitives , about 1200 strong , from Btewa , eluding the vJgilanco of tho British troops between Cawnporo and Kimong , crossed at once into the Doab , with intention , it is conjectured , of joining Tantia Topeo . This party was commanded by Forozo Shah , and on tho 8 th wore encountered by Mr . Hume , whom they forced to . retire upon Hurohandporo , where he occupied a small fort . On tho 12 th tho rebel party was at Tangeooa , moving south , plundering and burning as they went , and closely pufBue \ i by" General Napier , who , on tho 17 th , completely routed thorn and pursued thorn with slaughter for eight miles . Captain Pretlyahn ( probably Prottyjohn ) , 14 th Dragoons , and eight or ten men wore wounded , in the action ; none killed .

      tho half-dozen and one bravo ofuccrs at tho head of as many movable columns , who aro always about to annihilate our feathered Mercury . ' I am thinking of directing my letters in futuro to tho . oaro of Tantia Topeo , for it' ho 1 ms any courtesy—and some say ho is asaea ban ( liable—ho will no doubt forward thorn aftor perusal ; and when I send my corrospondorico by Bombay , in future , I shall nlways spoak of him in respectful torms , and express such wishes for hia long lifo , success , and happinoss as cannot fail to oulist his sympathioa and co-oporation in . tho furthonmco of tho honovod words to England . "

      NA'WVK INDIAN AI > I > UI 08 , SKH TO THIS QU 1 CUN , In pur account of ,. tho . promulgation of hor'Mnjusty ' tt Proclamation in India wo noticed tho fact of Hindoo and Mussulman meetings having boon hold , and mltfroasos votod in reply . Those addrojs . es wo now find in tho London Qa ^ ua of Tuosday . Tho spirit is universally loyal , and tho form so littlo different in any instanoo , that wo do not consider it nocoe » ary to give our roadors what would amount to no more than a more repetition .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22011859/page/8/