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    JlP®h, 2Q; X858.] THE LEABE1. .39!

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    CONTINENTAL NOTES. FRANCE. Count Buol an...

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    -with the gunboats , next passing the'brigs , corvettes , and smaller steamers , then-the frigates , and so to the . greater ships of the line . Her Majesty and suite steadily - . advanced , until-they reached the ilagrships , the huge tiireeddeefcers , Duke of Wellington : and Royal George , . and emerged from the lines at haUvpast one o ' clock . Every ship as the Queen passed by manned all the . yards with admirable celerity , and acknowledged the royal presence' with a joyous burst of English and .-sailor"like cheering . fi At a respectful distance behind , a couple of miles or « o , the Royal . squadron rwas followed in its progress Sbrough the fleet by all the flotilla of gunboats , which had left their anchorage behind the station as sooa as tlie-Queen ' s yacht entered between the < sbips of the line . The gunboats now came on , tw < o and two— 'that is , in -double line , similar to the' order in which the large ship 3 Twera anchored- ^ -proceeduig towaTds the flag-ships at the ; & ead of the fleet in a very steady and regular manner , Aiid keeping on the prescribed path between the two lines of first-raters and frigates , in comparison with the size of which they looked quite boyish . The gunboats being more than a hundred in number , it was necessarily < a matter of time to bring the last of them to the end of a five-mile course . It was nearly three o'clock before tie entire flotilla , got out of the lines , and , dividing into two squadrons , to the right hand and to the left hand ; £ or as it is technically said , to the starboard and to port ) , turned round the flag-ships , each on its own side , and ¦ went to their appointed positions nearer the shore . By this time , other arrangements for the combined operation -tobe'thua -represented were in progress . Two or three -of ' those grim iron-mailed monsters , the floating batteries , had been detached from the rear of the fleet , and , together with -the exercising brigs , a mortar vessel or two , and the Maaander and B « Ueisle , sailing vessels , f « rined a stationary line aeross-the bay , just outside'the site of-the sandbank , and near enough to beTvell examined by the people on shore . One squadron of gun-¦ fcoafcs took up its place beyond them , so as to command J ? 6 rt ~ Monckton and that part , of the coast . A squadron -of-sixteea or twenty gunboats ( perhaps more , for it ivas difficult to get am uninterrupted view of the whole line * of them at once ) came straight in towards Soiithsea Castle , just eastward of the Boyne buoy , and anchored about a mile off , with all their broadsides ^ bearing on the -fortress ; but nb-preparations were made in the castle to refcurntheir amicable fire . ¦*• The breeze in the afternoon was not sufficient -to prevent the accumulation of a good deal of smoke and btaze , by which the view of the fleet -w-as rendered less -distinct than it had been at an earlier hour . After the Boyal yacht had gonefar out to the Nab , and marked the farthest limit of the course , the whole mighty fleet at once weighed anchor , east off the trappings of its flattering -flags , and , with a stately and a measured j > ace , moved in superb procession towards the place -occupied by its illustrious Mistress . Then , indeed , the -wondering -and gratified admiration of the multitude -who > 8 a > w that glorious spectacle rose toa higher pitch ¦ than before . It was as if the mountains had arisen to . walk the earth , -when those stupendous oreatures of fruman skill , which had appeared to be permanent objects' in the scenery around them , began to stride over the sea . The increasing distance from which they loomed through the misty atmosphere seemed in no appreciable degree to diminish their relative vastness . ¦ They were followed , until they reached their goal and tzurned , by the earnest gaze of many constant eyes . 4 *! The fleet , an hour or two- later , returned to the anchorage Which they at first occupied , and the Royal squadron was saluted , as in the morning , upon passing the Spit buoy on its way back into the harbour . The gitnboats stationed against SoTithsoa Castle fired six rounds at half-past four , giving the people on the beach . an . opportunity of observing how their guns are worked . Her Majesty ' s yacht then returned into Portsmouth , and ± Ue entertainment of the day was done . " A novel and very beautiful effect -was produced at night by the sudden and unanticipated illumination of the fleet . This -was obtained by simultaneously lighting up . the yards and port-holes with blue lights . " At nine o ' clock gun fire , " aay 8 tho Times , " the whole fleet at anchor burst into light as by magic , tho jets bbing one above another ; and tho ports of each vessel opening at once , showed a vivid glare between decks , causing an ¦ nnusiial roar of cheering from tho shore , which was -echoed » nd given Imqk with interest from tho boats of the legion afloat . From nine to ten , rockets were then aent up thickly from the ships , and rained a golden Bhower upon tho floating capita . 1 . ' " The amount of wowdiog ©** Wednesday at the stations of tho various railways which run in tho direction of the show proved , as may bo expected , something terrific , an < l there was , as usual on these occasions , a goodly sprinkling of tho ' roughs . " The arrangements , however , wove all well carried out . According to tho official statoinenlis , Dho number of carnages sent down , and -composing the various trains to Southampton and Irorfcamouthj'woro 867 , convejing upwards of thirty thousand , persona .

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    Continental Notes. France. Count Buol An...

    CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . Count Buol and Baron de Manteuffel took leave © f the Emperor of the "French on Thursday week , and on the following day they left Paris together by the early train—i-the Count for Tienna , the Baron for Berlin . The Independcuuse Beige states positively that more discussions'upon the Italian question have taken place in the Conferences . At the last sitting , Russia and Austria maintained that every sovereign has aright to call in the aid of another power , and to retain that aid as long as he chooses , without consulting the wishes of other States . England and Piedmont maintained a contrary opinion , and so lively was the debate that Lord Clarendon , it is asserted , allowed an expression to escape him when speaking of Austrian policy , - which is not likely to find a place in the proces * vevbal . He described it as " an infernal policy . " "I am assured on good authority , " says the Times Paris Correspondent , " that Beranger denies positively that he is the author of the verses ' Aux Etudiants ' attributed to him . " It is stated as certain that Count de Morny will be appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to St . Petersburg , for the Coronation of the Emperor of Russia . He will probably be afterwards made President of the Senate , and the place of Arch-Chancellor will he established for M . Troplong . It" is stated that France has been , endeavouring to effect a reconciliation- between Rome aad Piedmont , and that both those Powers have exhibited great moderation . " In . the sitting-of the Corps Legislatif on Friday week , " says the Daily News Paris Correspondent , " on the occasion of the introduction of the Count de Lahedtpyere , the newly elected menlber for the Seine Infe ' rieure , Count de Montalembert made an important speech on the subject of the recent decision of the Court of Cassation with respect to the liberty of distributing electoral bulletins . Immediately on rising , he was interrupted by the President , Count de Moray , who inquired whether he disputed the election . 3 tf . de Montalerhbert replied that he did not . His only object was to make some general observations on the working of the electoral law . He adniitted that the present rules of the House did not give hiin a right to make any interpellation . An interpellation would involve an answer ; he did not ask for , he knew that he had no right to expect , any . He merely wished to express an opinion with regard to the electoral law . The President said it was most desirable that there should be no misunderstanding . FFe had always ' thought , and was now more than ever convinced , that the best-considered constitutions j the most far-seeing regulations , required in their working the assistance of the parties acting under them -with good faith and common sense . Interpellations had been erased from their regulations , and could not he made . But he was prepared to acknowledge that observations presented with moderation , and in a good spirit , might be made in that House with advantage to the country , to the House itself , arid even to the Government . He would therefore authorise M . de Montalembeit to make his observations , but under the express reserve that the Government should not be obliged to answer them , and that he ( the President ) should have full right to stop the speaker if he found the course of his observations transgressing the limits alluded to . " M . de Montalembert then "contended that , as the Government had been based on universal suffrage , that pr inciple should be honestly carried out . He was no great admirer of universal suffrage ; but the people would rather forgive a Government that oppresses than one which deceives them . He said that , if he were a factious man of opposition , 'he should hope that the prefects might be authorised to denounce as enemies of the Emperor men vtlxc had been his ministers , as had been done in the cuso ol M . de Ohasseloup-Laubat , and that they might lock uj in prison every boaror of an electoral bulletin—ho should hope and-wish for this , because ho was thoroughly convinced that such a course could not foil to rejoioe the * niltiif * r \ P / VTMtftat + lj"tn « r 1 t ai * a ih A-vlat-nA m-t / 1 **•* ttninn £# ¦ «*• /» ff %£ al \ i \ 4111 l + Ah

    Jt ' w * i , fc ***»• W » v * UUI \* AV }*> . *)* y C A XJ * UIQU M U where it was dead . But , as a good , citizen , ho wished to give the Government a warning , dictated by the spirit of justice and loyalty . Tho very word election implied choice , and choice meant that ono candidate might be preferred to another . It was tho right of tho elector to make preparation for his choice . Art . 21 of tho organic decree stipulated that tho electors should come to tho poll with bulletins prepared outside tho electoral mooting . Every elector , consequently , might have recourse to a third party to prepare h | s bulletin . TJhero might , therefore , according to this decree , bo concert and discussion between citizens . 3 Proin this it necessarily resulted , to his mind , that the distribution of bulletins by one eleotor to another was a thine permitted . " AusxniA . One half of the Aiuatrian army of occupation in tho Danubian Principalities is about to return to Auutria . An order to that effecjt haa been transmitted to General Coiouinj .

    PBtJSSIA . A paragraph has been inserted identically hi all the Prussian papers , the origin of which is clearly the Polizei Prcesidium , to the effect that very careful investigations > have' been . instituted of late with regard- to'the Potsdam despatch theft ; and that these investigations would already have . led to a judicial trial of Techen , if the latter had not been confined by illness to the ( hospital of the Stadtvogtei prison for the last < few-weeks . As the maa is alreacly seventy-five years old , has beea an invalid for a long ; time ,-and has now no interest in getting well , it is more tbanprobable that he will continue to be confined b-y illness to the sick ward « f the prison . —Times Berlin'Correspondent . The trial of Herr von Itochow for the Hinkeldey duel-is now completed , and the result has been communicated to the King , but for the present is kept a profound secret from'th © . public . . ¦ The Prussian Government is experiencing great oppar shion on financial grounds from , ihe Lower House , which refuses to vote any new taxes i until ihe-Tlfinjsters clearly state what they-intend to do with the . unspent baLanceof 30 , 000 i 0004 halera voted for the Erlegsbeieitt schaft . The balance amounts to about 16 , 00-0 ^ 000 thalers . . * - The reduction of the war footing of the army 4 o its usual peace complement -will affect more particularly ^ - * . 1 , all the cavalry regiments ; 2 , all the batteriesof'the nine regiments of artillery ( thexecehtly organised . 'fifth batteries , 6-pounders , » f « v « ry regiment are to-be entirely disbanded ) ; 3 , the technical companies of the artillery . The King of Prussia ratified fee 0 Preaty « of Peace on Friday week . The Emperor of Austria ratified on , the 15 th instant . SWE 5 EJ , Prince ( Xscar , third son of the King of Sweden , ^ M shortly arrive , in London , preparatory tphis TOaraiageTyitili the Princess Mary of Can ? bri ^ ge . The , . Queen Dbwager of Sweden tvuJI set out for Paris aboj ; t Jibe i ' Oth ' gf M &^[ . '¦ . ' : -. ' .... DFJJMAEE . . ; ¦ ¦ : -i . ' :.. .-.- - ' . ' Ihe , English- Government , haviag refused to : agree-to the Danish proposal for . capitalising the Sound .-Dues , has made a proposition of its-own ^ -: w 3 uch | ai . ofi the ; fi ) i = lowing nature , viz ,: —r-Thatilhe diues are to be retained , but that their amount shall ux future be levied . iu . : fcb . e Baltic ports instead of at Elshiore . The Goveraanenta of Jhe Baltic Sta . tes , however , oppose this arrangement , on Uae , gro , ujid that it is . impracticable and at variaace with tiieir expressed wishes and interests . The PrusBian Goyernment ; is inferojir of capitalisation ; and committees of both Houses . of the Diet have been appointed to consider the question .. The report of the committee of the House of Deputies has been given in : it recommends the JHouse to express its agreement with fche Gpy . erpment jn again recQgnisiqg the prejudicial influ-r ences of tjie Sound Dues on Prussia ' s commerce < m & shipping interests ,. and its hope that the ininjLstera will energetically fo } low ; up the getting rid of the . Sound . Pa 09 iri the negotiations that have been opened o » . the Sjubjecb ¦ ,, ^ sissf 4 . : ; . . . ; An Imperial decree dissolves , $ he whpje . of the m ^ Jltia . Co ^ vnt Orloif is appointed President pf ^ h , e . Qoupia of Ministers , vpee Tscherjuclieflf ' . O rders h . are been jgiven to , jekLndle tlie lightb , i > , usea and replace the buoys , along the whple cpast . , The senii-pfiiqial jQrescl & n Journal confirms t & 0 ( re . - tirement of Count Nesseh'ode from the . llussjian Foreign Oi | fice . He , 4 s finicce . eded tliero by Prjnfte Gprtachaleofi ^ recently Russian ambassador at Tienna . Qo . unt 2 Tea ? eeb'ode will letjdin the title and . office of ^ rch-Chai \ BsW ior of the Empire . It is stated by wejl-infor , med persona that it is $ he , JigfcT teiltion , pf the Emperor Alexa ^ ier to free all phe , cbU , ^ . re # | L born of seofs on and after the day of his corpp , atioor Various circumstances , moreover—^ mong othoxa , th

    captured , on tlvo 17 th of October laBt , l > y tho WMW forces of England and France , have boon brought ; , io , p . close . Tho examination pf tho Oenoral'a condu . ct iwaa referred to a Council of Inquiry , which sat , at Odeasa . o ^ , the 8 id inst . The council after a thpr ^ ugh jiny 9 * ti » - gation of all tho fuctp connected with tho attacjc « n . d dafenco of tho place , ami of the t , 02 tt of the capjitulatipn , declared thut the General's conduct in such circuinptaacpp deserved no blumo , and , that there was no , pcQa &^ on to summon a courti-martial to in , q \ iu-e into Jit . SJMJN . A report that an inaurrection had broken put < at >< Qra » nada , on tho ooeasion of tho drawing for the conscription , produced at Madrid only a slight alarm , wlrioh was soon dissipated . Tho camraltteo of tho oongroaa appointed to examine into the . conduct pf the ox > ministers liavo decided on impeaching Sartorius . The Q < iBctto denies tho truth of the rumours relative to f , \ xa ret ironic nt of tlio Duko do la Victoria . Tho Paris Canatitutionncl contains a very bitter article oguluat Eapartoro , accusing him of ambitiojo , andoEdc-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26041856/page/7/