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CONTINENTAL NOTES . The Moniteur of Thursday contains the following : — " The Bureau of the Senate , the Bureau of the Legislative Body , and the Members of the State Council will meet on Saturday , at noon , at tho Tuileries , to receive a communication from the Emperor respecting his marriage . " The Emperor ' s marriage with Mdlle . Montijos , and the falling of the funds , two events which the historians of the week do not attempt to disconnect , now form the uppermost topic . Mdlle . Montijos , daughter of a Grandee of Spain , and Countess of Teba in her own right , is of Irish origin . Her mother ' s name was Fitzpatrick . We must ¦ wait confirmation of the reports that the general voice is against Louis Napoleon ' s selection of an Empress . He has heen sufficiently unsuccessful in his aims at an alliance which might bring a friendly power to the side of France , to be allowed this indulgence of inclination . It is quite clear that no chance is lost of picking an Empress from a foreign court . Meanwhile the Countess de Teba is admitted , even by those who discountenance the marriage , to have every qualification but royal blood . Her beauty is said to be that of her mother ' s nation . She has light auburn hah * and a fair complexion , with dark eyes ; and her smile is very fascinating . She was the intended bride of an Aguado , but the match has been broken off for some time . The Times correspondent gives an amusing anecdote of
Napoleon Jerome ' s interview with one of his former colleagues of the Mountain . The ex-representative maintained throughout an attitude of much firmness , and seemed by no means convinced by the arguments employed by his Imperial Highness for his justification The Prince reminded him pathetically that they had once sat together on the extreme Left , but the stern republican was untouched by the souvenir . He then alluded to the possibility of a democratic Prince being one day the ruler of France . To this it was replied , " Sir , you will neither be the man of France , nor the man of the [ Republic . "
M . Dupin seems to be in the same position with the Orleanists as Napoleon-Jerome is with the Democracy . liy a distinguished adherent of the House of Orleans he is told to consider himself " a stranger to its interests for ever . " The lists of decorations conferred on the 1 st of January excluded the National Guard . The mistake , however , was perceived , and Tuesday ' s Moniteur gives the names of twenty-eight persons who are remembered—as having been forgotten . The clergy are to come in for a share of the honours ; among them the Bishop of . Kennes . The year ' s delay for the sale of the Orleans property is on the point of expiration . The whole of that property is , we believe , now alienated .
The dockyards continue to present scenes of activity . Twenty ships of the lino , eighteen frigates , and fifteen vessels of different classes , are now building . The greater number arc to be propelled witlrscrews . The Palace of the Luxembourg has been knocked about with a view to render it more commodious , as the invitations issued for the ball which the Senate gives tho Emperor on the 2 r > th , number 4000 . The ball at the Hotel de Yille took place on Monday .
Slag hunts are to take place twice a week in the forest of St . Germain . Two packs of hounds are ordered thither , one pack to be called " the Emperor's , " the other to be . named after the town . It is calculated that each Hunt will only occupy an hour , so that Louis Napoleon need not leave Ins occupation for more than throe hours at a time . The accounts of the floods in the departments are deplorable . From the overflowing of the rivers , roads have become impassable , and villages have boon destroyed . The town of Vendome is completely flooded .
Catholic agency , in localities where the Protestant population in iu excess , has attracted the notice of the Prussian Government . Wherever the Jesuits' preaching seems likely to lead to " a broach of the peace , " the authorities arc empowered to interfere . Further , the Government has refused permission for students of divinity to visit the Collegium ( Jernmnicum at Rome . Baron Waldbott's motion ibr an address to tho King , praying him tori'vi'rsi ! tho decrees against Catholics , lias been numerously signed , and it seems probable that ( he petitioners may gain ( heir object . The night , before the King of Bavnria loft Florence , a concert was given linn . Jtossini himself directed ; and the Prince and I ' rineess 1 ' oniatowski and Countess Orsini
entered the lints with tho artists Ba / zim and Vvanhofi . The King , who was accompanied us far as Sienna by the Grand l ) uke of Tuscany , arrived at Rome on tho 4 th of January . It i . s said that ho intends visiting Spain . llaynau is still at ; Florence , caressed by tho aristocracy — among them by several old Italian families . A despatch , dated Vienna , tho 17 th , announces the death of I ho Archduke Rngnior , ex-Viceroy of Loinbardy . The death of Madiai turns out a false report . Tho accounts state that , he is in bad health , but not , in absolute danger . Tim Milan correspondent , of tho Au sbur < iazett « writes on the i ) th , that twenty persons have boon arrested as members of a democratic club . Among them are landed proprietors , merchants , artists , artisans , and two or threw Austrian officials . The arrests worn followed by
domioiliutory visits and seizures ol papers . The piuish priests of Genoa huvo read from tho pulpit a now pastoral letter , anathematizing the civil marriage bill , I he press , Ac . Tho collection of busts of eminent Italians , ordered by the Republican Government , being now complete , with the few except ions arising from the squeainishnoss of taste of his lloliness ' s Government , tho busts have been p laced , by order of the Minister of Public VVorks , on tho Pineiann ' , whoro they greatly add to tho interest of tho promomule , mid where the design will be completed l > y the erection of a temple to the imaginary divinity of Rome .
A clei- ( j ; yniaii one of the eight persons against whom the Imperial and Uoyal Cffuucil of War , witting at Udina , lately pronounced judgment -wan sentenced to imprisonment lor having omitted to tang UUo Ambrouion Jlyuixi on
the Emperor ' s birthday , and with having celebrated on that day an office for the dead—an act somehow held to be disrespectful to Austria ! The Pope has conferred on the Bishop of Cahors the title of Attendant on the Pontifical Throne , and has created hiin a Koman Count . The letter which General Narvaez writes from Bayonne , to the Queen of Spain , puts in pretty plain terms the particulars of hi 3 " mission" to Vienna— " a mission so little in accordance with the rank of one of your captains-general ; a mission which a mere colonel could discharge just as well as he" — " this illusory mission "— " a disguised
banishment . " Narvaez , who received orders , late at night , to quit Madrid in twenty-four hours , on a pretended commission to examine the state and progress of the Austrian army at Vienna , reminds the Queen of his services to her from her infancy , and demands to be released from the position " in which an act of flagrant injustice has placed him . " This undeniable injustice of the Bravo Murillo Government is but retribution after all . Who so regardless of law or justice , in his despotic decrees , as Narvaez ? The Diario JEspanol , Clamor Publico , and ttpoca have been again seized for inserting articles against the Government .
Georges Petrovitch Nigosch , vice-president of the senate of Montenegro , and cousin of the reigning Prince , has arrived at Trieste , on his road to Vienna and St . Petersburg , charged with a special mission . Different Austrian battalions in Italy have received orders to march to Dalmatia to strengthen the Austrian army there . The Turkish general , Omer Pacha , is at Scutari , at the head of a large body of troops , and has proposed commencing the campaign at once , without waiting for spring . The Montenegrins are determined on resistance . Prince Daniel has gone to Grahovo , to concert measures with the Voivode of Wojatich , an independent prince , who has declared for Montenegro . Both these princes wear Russian orders .
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THE DIGGERS IN COUNCIL . There have been hitherto two concurrent facts regularly reported by the Australian papers—the enormous yields of gold , and the frightful immorality of society generally . But the news brought by the overland mail has added a third . One of the great complaints from the cities of the gold colonies , and the migratorypopulation of the gold fields , is the inefficiency of the police ; and a letter we quoted last week hinted at the establishment of a Vigilance Committee . At present , however , the diggers have not been sufficiently exasperated to adopt that summary course ; but they have taken the first step . We have before us the report of a meeting held at Moonlight Flat , near Forest Creek , and about the central spot in the mining region of Mount Alexander . Four thousand diggers were assembled . As a specimen of the literary and rhetorical powers of the gold lmnters , we subjoin a part of the proceedings as given in the Adelaide Observer .
A Mr . Wells moved the adoption of the following memorial to the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria , which , seconded by a Mr . Perkins Wood , was unanimously voted : — " The humble Memorial of the Miners , in public meeting assembled , at Moonliyht Flat , Forest Creek , Oct . 2 'X , 1852 , respectfully shoiveth— - " That your memorialists are exposed , by day and night , to great peril of life and property , from the numerous hordes of ruffians at present congregated on the gold-fields , owing to the ubsenco of any real polico protection . " That the present police are numerically inadequate , their organization miserably defective , and their officers , for the most part , apparently unacquainted with their duties .
" That the present system ol sharing a moiety ol fines among tho constabulary , has had tho demoralizing effect of confining their attention exclusively to the apprehension of unlicensed diggers , and persons committing breaches of the Licensed Victuallers' Act , to tho total neglect of tho suppression and detection of crime ; while , in many cases , it has led to tho commission of perjury on ffio part of tho constabulary . " That the duty of patrolling is entirely neglected , whilo tho men , instead of being spread about the diggings , are concentrated at , tho various commissioners' camps , Avhilo many of them are employed as servants , theso stations being generally Homo miles distant from tho most thickly populated nei ^ hbourhooda .
"Ah out ! proof of . tho culpable negligence of the police authorities , your memorialists would instance that , on the 19 th instant , a tent was robbed on Moonlight Flat , and valuable property stolen . The name afternoon information wiih given to tho polico authorities , together with fche description and place of abode of I ho thieves , who were well known bad characters ; none of the police , however , made thoir appearance until tho following evening , twentyfour hours after the robbery had been reported , by which time , of course , no trace could he found of the offenders . " Your memorialists would , therefore , urgently pray that , measures should immediately bo taktiii towards establishing an efficient body of police , that may be distributed among the diggers , and who should patrol by night us well us by day .
"And your memorialists would further desire to imprcHH upon your Kxeelleney , that , owin £ to the present excited state of" the honest and well-conducted diggers , tho delay of oven a few days in chocking tho present lawless state of tho gold fields may be productive of tho most deplorable results . "And your memorialists , as in duty bound , will over pray . " In seconding tin ? adoption of this , Mr . Perkins Wood Buid he would not have done if ,, lmd ho yielded to his own dosiro to avoid anything approaching to public
display ; but that urgent occasion , combined with bis firm conviction that something must be done by the diggers themselves , as the Government would continue to do nothing , compelled him to put aside all diffidence , and claim the attention of his brother miners for a few moments . ( Hear , hear . ) " He waa anxious to impress upon his hearers that great good must result from that meeting , the memorial just read be adopted , and a temperate but firm expression of then * opinions placed on record , which could be done through the medium of the press , as he was happy to observe many of its representatives present . ( Cheers . ) He might be thought too sanguine , but it struck him , looking at that vast collection of stalwart frames and intelligent
faces , that the anniversary of their meeting would hereafter be regarded as a red-letter day in the colonial calendar—a bright page in the history of young Australia—a day that they would hail with pride , and their descendants regard with grateful reverence . ( Cheers . ) He had heard within the last few moments that his excellency the Governor was likely to pass that way during the meeting . What a singular coincidence 1 ( A laugh . ) He hoped , if such were the case , that his Excellency would be respectfull y invited to remain and witness their proceedings—A Voice : We'll put him in the chair . ( Laughter and cheers . ) —Mr . P . Wood : No , don't do that ; he has to arbitrate between many interests , but should not be identified with any particular one . ( Cheers . ) Treat him with the respect due to his station , and give him credit for acting up to the information he rpceives from his subordinates . He was
satisfied that many of their complaints never reached the Governor ' s ear . He hoped , with regard to the memorial recommended for adoption , that the meeting would be unanimous in approving of it . When crime was in the ascendant , it was in vain to look for the peaceful enjoyment of their earnings , and still more to hope for social improvements . Without a feeling of security there was no enjoyment even of wealth , and permanent prosperity was incompatible with the frequent occurrence of robberies and outrages such as they were subjected to . That was a
new country , and its population contained contributions from nearly every nation in the globe j like a young f ellow who had outgrown his boots , its corns would require to be cut occasionally . ( A laugh . ) They were met to call for the performance of such an operation , and the memorial suggested the most efficient mode of performing it . If the Governor complied with then : request , he would have no need of troops from England . He could command the services of a grateful people , and rest assured that 50 , 000 diggers would , when necessary , become his body-guardhis special constables . ( Cheers . )"
Next came a Mr . Taylor , a moderate gentleman , at least as regards form . "He understood that a letter to the Governor had not been forwarded by the commissioner , because it was not couched in language sufficiently obsequious to be sent to head-quarters . The same fate might attend the memorial ; and he would move tho addition of a respectfully-worded clause , intimating the intention of the diggers to withhold the licence-fees until the 15 th of next month , and if thoir just demands were not then in course of being complied with , to refuse payment of tho fees altogether . If they stopped the supplies , a polico would soon be established . It was indeed said that police wore coining out from Ireland ; but in the meantime was tho present state of things to continue 'i Were men to bo beaten and robbed when
they had money , and shot by the bushrangers when they had no money r Let tho diggers show his Excellency that they meant what they said , and were resolved to havo protection . Look at the frightful atrocity committed recently at Friar ' s Creek , where four monsters in human form violated a helpless female . Was it for permitting such things that tho Governor should bo lauded or his memory respected ? ( Cheers . ) If he was powerless to prevent such things , why should ho waste so much of thoir money with tho mockery of protection ? TJioro was a scheme in preparation by which probably socurity could be attained , but that would now perhaps bo sot asido to wait ; for tho arrival of tho Irish police , and in tho mean time robbery and violence would run rampant through tho land . Ho moved the addition of a clause to tho memorial such as ho described . " Mr . Ihyee Ross , in reply to the last speaker , referred to the convocation of rats , and the memorable decree for " belling tho cut . " He then continued , How many of you will refuse to pay tho licence fee ? Many Voices : All of us . Mr . ltoss : Ho very clear on this ; better supposeono to bo arrested ? A Voice : Wo must stick to support ouch other ( Cheers . ) Another Voice : We must open lists , and . subscribe for mutual support , and protection . Then came a characteristic performance . A Captain Harrison , who styled himself the represimtativo of 20 , 000 diggers , took the chair , and spoke iu still stronger language than Mr . Taylor . Before addressing tho assembly , Captain Harrison unfurled a nag , which a digger hoisted on a tree . " That flag , " said Captain Harrison , " was the destiny of Victoria , kvory man must see that Victoria will soon have a flag of her own , and the sooner she unfurled her Ihig tho sooner she would go ahead as sho ought . / Choors . ) Jho cuckoo sang ( J ( , d miv ,, tho Quoon merely bocaiiHo sho was Queen ; but our Quoon deserved « nd enjoyed the lovo and respect of her subjects of every rank ut homo , ulthough her beneficence could not bo felt in thin colony . They woro under a complete autoeruey *—they woro tl » o very Borfs of Downiiifj-stroot , despotism . Tho disarming of tho pooplo was talked of in tho council . A Voice ,, Lot thoni try thttt on . ( Choors . )
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76 T HE LEADER , [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1853, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1970/page/4/
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