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de Paris , or the Prince de Joinville , in case one of them should take it into his head to imitate the attempts at Strasburg and Boulogne . The Corps Legislatif has been unanimous in its resistance on this point , and the Government has been obliged to suppress the second article of the bill .. The report of the committee was read to-day . It reoommends only that attempts on the person of Bonaparte shall be visited with the punishment prescribed for parricide . As for offences having for their object to effect a change in the form of the government , Bonaparte having three times proved that he looks upon such things as mere peccadilloes , there is no mention whatever made of them in the bill as it now « tands .
The appeal in the case of the Foreign Correspf n dents was heard yesterday in the Imperial Court . The accused cut a very good figure and carried off all the honours of the day . Rovigo amused the public and the judges by his humourous replies . In the first place , he defended himself from the charge of having called Bonaparte by the nickname of Bedinguet . " I am accused , " he proceeded to say , " of having put in circulation five franc pieces bearing a mutilated image of the head of the State . That would have been no easy matter ; for , in general , I am possessed of but few five franc pieces . One day , however , as I remember , I paid for something I had had at the Cafe Tortoni with one of those pieces . What of that ? There are a great many of that sort ; and if
one was bound to keep every one of them he takes , in the first place , he could not find a purse large enough to hold them ; and in the second place , it would be necessary to recoin at least half the coin in Prance . " De la Pierre ' s defence also excited much mirth ; the judges and the gendarmes themselves laughed till the tears rolled down their cheeks when he pleaded , in justification of his having called Bonaparte Bedinguet , that he was ready to produce a witness in court , whose testimony would be quite conclusive . That witness was the parrot of M . Aguado , the Empress ' s friend , which said parrot was made by the Empress's lady of honour , and by the Comte 'Bacciochi , the Emperor's aide-decamp , to repeat all day long , Vive Bedivguet ! The case was left standing over for to-day . I do not yet know the result .
Another remarkable speech has been delivered in the Corps Legislatif , that of M . de Montalembert , on that article of the budget which includes among the receipts of 1854 , the proceeds of the sale of the Orleans property . M . de Montalembert protested with all his might against that arrangement , and declared that he could not and would not participate in it in any degree by passing the budget , and , consequently , that he would vote for the rejection of the " budget of receipts , " that he might not become guilty of a violation of the rights of property . M . Billault , the president , attempted to interrupt M . de Montalembert , but the latter turned round upon him like a wild boar , and thrust his tusks into him in the following style : " I am astonished , " he
exclaimed , " at being interrupted by you , M . Billault , who have also lived under the shadow of King Louis Philippe ' s sceptre , by you , who have been honoured by the confidence of that royal friend to liberty , by you , who have been the professional adviser of that King ' s son , the professional adviser of the Due d'Aumale , I am astonished I say at being interrupted by you , when I , a disinterested advocate , stand up to defend that royal nice , now exiled and odiounly despoiled . "
The Government has done its utmost to counteract the damaging effect of the speeches of Messieurs de Flnvisjny and de Montalembert . It has caused all the obnoxious passages to be suppressed in the report published by the Moniteur , among others , those containing the scandalous stock-jobbing facts , « o fully set forth by M . de Flavigny . Poor government , constrained to clip the wings of truth with scissors ! Scared by the temper shown by the Corps Legislatify Bonaparte has again fallen back n step . On Saturday these words were inserted in the order of the day for the Semite : " Communication from the Government . "
The- purport of this * communication wiih to obtain an augmentation of the civil list to the extent of five millions \\ yesir , and five millions extra for this year , the twenty-live- millions already voted btiing by this time nil spent . Bui ., on becoming aware of the success of 1 >« Flavignv ' rt speech in the Corps Legislatif , Bonaparte ordered the communication to the Semite to bo postponed until Monday . When Monday came , conKcioiiH of the- bad effect which this fresh demand for money would produce upon the public mind , ho atrain countermanded tho communication . Lastly , th » Moniteur of yesterday , Wednesday , gravely announced that a malicious report had been sent abroad of an intended uuKinonlul / ion of the civil " list , but thui nothing could be more destitute of foundation than such a notion ! What a fine thing is this rfyi »* of authority !
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CONTINENTAL NOTE § . Once more Turkey is the centre of political interest , and the peace of Europe hangs upon her fate . To sum up in three sentences the condition of things , it is this : Russia has sent in an ultimatum ' , it has been rejected ; Prince Men 6 cbikoff has left his post ; and probably the French fleet are in the Dardanelles . A history of these proceedings will interest our readers . On Thursday , April 5 , the day on which the French steamboat departed , the Sublime Porte addressed to Monsieur de la Cour and to Prince Menschikoff a copy of the firman for regulating the delicate and difficult question of the Holy Places , accompanying it with a note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs . The day passed without any complaint or remark on the part of Prince Mensehikoff , and it was believed in the diplomatic circle that this question was terminated , and that the patriarchate for life and the protectorate of the Greek Church being based on no right that could be pleaded by Russia , would henceforth give rise to no difficulty . One or two of the ambassadors took advantage of the departure of the boat to inform their Governments of the happy termination of the
affair . But Prince Menseliikoff , having received tbe firman relative to the Holy Places , sent at midnight to the Minister of Foreign Affairs , and by a simple cavass , an ultimatum , in which he demanded a firman that should comprehend the solution of the affair of the Holy Places , and a guarantee for the future maintenance of the privileges and immunities of the Greek Church , that is to say , the most extensive protectorate of this Church , which would have given to Turkey two sovereigns—the Sultan for the Moslems , and the Czar for the Christians . Although the Sultan had just lost Ms much loved mother , Prince Menschikoff gave but four days for a reply to these demands . In the course of tbe night tbe Prince sent off a steamer
-to Odessa . The next day ( Friday ) the Sultan and the Ministers were informed of the receipt of the ultimatum , and of its contents . The Sultan was much vexed at the want of respect evinced by the Prince in pressing him at the moment of his severe family affliction . He , however , ordered his Ministers at once to deliberate on these strange demands , and to keep in view the rights of the Crown and the dignity of the country . On Friday evening Lord Stratford was informed of what had taken place , and in the night sent off the steamer Wasp to Malta with despatches for Admiral Dundas . On the following morning he had an interview with M . de la Cour , to advise with him in these new and difficult circumstances . They afterwards placed themselves in communication with the Sultan ' s Ministers , whom they counselled to reject the demands of Russia : but in doing so to observe tbe greatest
moderation . The two Ambassadors then prepared their respective despatches , and both were sent off by the Chaptal , which started at midnight for Marseilles , with orders to communicate with the French , fleet , which was at Salamis . On Saturday , the news of the ultimatum spread , and tbe public gradually became excited . On Sunday the Ministers met , first at tbe Grand Vizier ' s , then under the presidency of the Sultan , and then again at the Porte . In each of these councils it was unanimously resolved , that the Imperial Divan could not and should not in any way adhere to the demands of Prince Menschikoff . In the course of the day ( Sunday ) Lord Stratford went to the Sultan , to encourage him to resistance , and M . de la Cour assured the Porte that his Government would do its duty with resolution . Prince Mftnsnhikoff had withdrawn to Buyukdero . Lord
Stratford sent on Sunday , and again on Monday , to ask an interview , in order to persuade him to moderation and reason . The request was denied . On Tuesday , tho Ministers of Wnr and Foreign Affairs met at the house of the Grand Vizier , who had invited Prince MenschikofF to meet them and endeavour to arrive at a reasonable arrangement . This request was refused . Tho prince , however , fooling , no doubt , that ho had violated tho most obvious proprieties in taking no account of tho Sultan ' s affliction , notified to the Porto that ho prolonged by three days tho timo for replying to his ultimatum . Tho Sultan and his Ministers said , " Our reply is ready , and no prolongation can induce us to modify its result . " Nevertheless , Menschikoff
gave tbe timo ; and , of course , the Turks , supported by Lord Stratford and M . de la Cour , returned tho same answer . That reply is said to have been couched somewhat in tho following terms : —Tho Porte is animated with tho strongest desiro to draw closer tho bonds of perfect amity and alliance between tho two Governments . Tho Sultan ia himself constantly and sincerely disposed to keep up and to increaso tho relations of good neighbourhood and intimate union which havo so long and happily existed betweon him and the Emperor of Russia . The Porto will , therefore , receive favourably such of tho demand * of Princo Menschikoff as wound neither its honour nor its independence . It grants tho erection at Jerusalem of ( ho church , tho convent , and tho hospital , which tlio Nmperor Nicholas wishes to found there , provided that it takes place in such a manner as to maintain intact tlio rights of to internal administrationand aftor mature
tho Sultan , negotiation between tho two Governments . As far as re ~ irardn tho religious privilegos planted to all tlio Christian sulnoets of the Porto , and especially to tho ( J reeks , by tho preile . vsHors of tho Sultan , and on tho iniunterinnco of which Russia appears to lmvo nomo douhtu , not only has tho Sultnii Abuul-Merljid never thought of withdrawing or restricting them , l > ut their maintenance and development at present and for tho future havo been , ami always will bo , tho object of his constant sohcitudo . At tlio siuno timo he cannot conclude any treaty with any foriiini Power on a question which exclusively lit'longs to the infernal administration of tho Kmpiro . lo do «> would b » »<> sacrifice his rights of sovereignty and his independence ; and whatever may bo tho character of the friendship with which tho relations and reciprocal aentiineato of the Sultan and tho Emperor ore imprewecL
that friendship cannot go so far as to impose such a sacrifice on the Porte . It would be contrary to international rights , and to those of every free and independent State . The Sultan appeals entirely on this subject to the justice and equity of the whole world , and particularly of the Emperor of Russia , who is so well known for his good faith and uprightness of character . The Sultan formally declares , in the face of the universe , that he will maintain , in all their extent , the privileges and immunities which have been so long enjoyed by the Christian churches in his State , and particularly by the Greek Church . This declaration ought to suffice , for he would no longer be an independent Sovereign if he were to consent to bind himself on the question by any treaty or convention with a foreign Power . . . . t
Meanwhile , Reschid Pasha , and other members of he National party , had returned to power ; Prince Menschikoff communicated with the Porte from the state cabin of the Bessarabia ; and M . de la Cour , it is said , ordered up the French fleet . The latest telegraphic news is as follows , dated Vienna , Thursday : — " Prince Menschikoff and his suite have left Constantinople . " Russian subjects at Constantinople are placed under the protection of the Danish Ambassador . " The French fleet is said to have received permission to pass the Dardanelles . " Another despatch , dated Constantinople , May 17 , i » worded thus"On assuming office , Eeschid Pasha requested from Prince Menschikoff a delay of six days .
" Menschikoff refused , and declared di p lomatic relations broken off , adding that he would remain in Constantinople three days to make the necessary preparations for his departure ; and he exhorted the Porte to reflection , and to profit by the short time he should be detained . " The following was received yesterday : — " Constantinople , May 19 . —On the 17 th , a meeting of the Divan was held , at the issue of -which it was definitively resolved that the Convention , as proposed by Prince Menschikoff , could not be accepted . " Nevertheless , on this being notified to Prince Menschikoff , he did not quit Constantinople . "
On the contrary , he has opened new communications with Eeschid Pasha . This leads to the presumption that fresh negotiations will be entered into . The date of tho departure of the Eussian Envoy is no longer fixed . The Russian ports of the Black Sea are at this moment crowded with the munitions of war , and the heights above Odessa are covered with the tents of a large army . On the banks of the Pruth , we are assured , the pontoons are already made , and the vast army collected there waits but the signal to enter the principalities . Besides the Turkish quarrel there is a rupture between .
Austria and Switzerland . On Saturday the Austrian Charge d'Affaires announced to the President of the Federal Council that the Austrian Cabinet , convinced of tbe uselessness of further negotiations with Switzerland , and considering that bis presence at Berne was for no purpose , had instructed him to leave that city for an indefinite period . The President of the Federal Council demanded to have this declaration in writing for the purpose of submitting it to the Council . The Austrian Envoy has promised to address to the President a letter containing the above declaration . Zurich tte of tho 21 st
On the other hand , the New Gaze gives tho following account of the matter : — " The affair of the recall of the Charge" d'Affaires of Austria , M . de Karnicki , reposes on a misunderstanding . About fifteen days &"O , M . Froihrose , president of the Federal Council , invited several diplomatists and members of the Federal Council to a private dinner . Tlio invitation was caused by tho presence of tho ambassador of Bavaria , Baron de Vergor , with whom M . Freihroso , in his quality of chief of tbo department of Commerce and Customs , has nogotiated for tho conclusion of a treaty guaranteeing free navigation on tho l&hinc and on tho Lake of Constance . Almost all tlio representatives of foreign Governments wcro invited ; but M . do Karnicki and two or three members of tho Federal Council were not present . This latter circumstance would havo sufliced to deprive tho dinner of anv oflicial character . However , in several journals it waa
stated that M . Karnicki had attended tho dinner ; and tho New Zurich Gazette corrected the error , and announced that M . Karnicki could not havo attended the dinner , to which he was not invited . Tho Gazette did not say formally that tho dinner was not diplomatic or official . Tho Court of Vienna , led into error- by this news , decided on recalling its Charfjo u" Affaires . Tho Federal Council , having become acquainted with the motives of this act , caused explanations to bo given by tho Swiss Charge * d'Affaires at Vienna . They perfectly tranquillifioil Austria , and diplomatic rotations havo undergone no interruption . M . do Kurnicki line , however , obtained a cuntji . " Unfortunately for tlioso who would wish to put faith in tho above version of tho story , a telegraphic despatch hati boon received from Berno , dated tho 2 ! Jrd , which shows that llio Swiss ( xovornmont , so far from considering tho rocall of tho Austrian Minister as a mistake , has acted an if it wore done in good earnout , and withdrawn its
ropro-¦ . A letter from Milan of tho lflth inst . announces the arrival of the reigning Duke of I ' arma in that city . Fiold Marshal Count Kadetz . sky , accompanied by bin lieutenant , Count Itnchberg , was about to establish his head-quarters at tlio Villa di Munzu , whore he proposes to pasa the
summer . A stcamor has arrived from Venice with twenty-three political prisoners iVom Austrian Italy on boaru . Tho majority of them are young men of good family . They are to bo confined in tho fortresses of Laybach , Konigagraetz , and Josophutadt . Vienna has boon tho theatre of magnificent fdtotj in constant succession , in honour of tho King of Prussia , the King of the Belgians , and tho Duke of Brabant , who ii
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May 28 , 1853 . ] T H £ L EADER . 509
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Leader (1850-1860), May 28, 1853, page 509, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1988/page/5/
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