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      ~ -saj « ^ "A highly creditable letter of the 11 th , from Jassy . gays that , the corps of Qsten-Sacken , which was 35 days ' march distant when the order to ; advance was given , cannot reach the Pruth before the 1 st of December . In Jassy the Russians . openl y pressed a number of Jews , who could only escape the military service by paying , a considerable . , It is rumoured in the Wallaehian capital that the son of Prince Vogdrides , who was married , and settled at Bucharest , had been sent in chains to St . Petersburg , as a consequence of his correspondence with Omar Pacha , in which the movements of the Russian troops were made known , having been intercepted . Six Boyards were also said to ; have been'sent 1 to Siberia forkeeping up a connexion with Omar Pacha . "

      The Piedmontese Chambers have been dissolved , m consequence ef- the defeat via the Senate by a majority of four votes of the Bill presented by the Government for transferring ilia custody--of the funds of the State to the National Bank . The elections will take place on the 8 th of December , and the . new Chambers are to meet on the 19 th . The ministerial defeat is an intrigue of the reactionary and priestly party , to whom certain members of the ministry are particularly obnoxious . Letters from Bologna state that several of the deputies of the Roman Constituent ; Assembly , belonging to that province , have received an amnesty from the Pope . Lord Malmesbiiry . has been invited to Fontainebleau .

      The Superior Court has given its decision in the affair of the foreign correspondents . It confirms the decision of the Imperial Court of . Rouen , which is to the effect that the Prefect of Police'has the right to seize and open letters which have been entrusted to the Post-office . Letters from Egypt of the 17 th inst . state that tlie prohibition to make shipments of corn had come into effect , 400 , OQO ardebs having been already exported . Vessels half loaded with wheat were unable to complete their cargoes .

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      Mxtracbfrom the " Mules for the National Bauds . " Tho warfaro carried on by means of national bands may Iks Hoarded as the firnt stago of a national war . Tho bands must therefore be organized in such a manner as may prepare and facilitato tho formation of tho national army . Tho general rules of the organization , the authorization ° i tho chiefs , tho moral and political instructions which ahull govern tho conduct of those bands towards their nmnLry . and towards individuals , will therefore procood l ( > iu the centre of action , which , from Homo point of Jul y , wm combine and unite in a common military {"' in , tho apparently unconnected action of each individual bund .

      ¦ Iho political mission of the national bands i . s tho armed ' ?•¦ Ti ' ' ' - ' - *'"' « lslirroction" -Kvery bund must bo in ' W'U a living programme of the morality of tho party . " <» inoat aovoro discipline is at onoo tho duty ¦ mid a »< ' ™ " " »™ t ; duty of tho Holdio . r of tlio national

      cull T " ( v ( l < ma * il »«> dH arc tho precursors of tho nation , and | () '' . llr ' = fchoy are not tho nation , mid have no right Mm . '"| ll ' ; '' hen-melvott to it . To tho nation alono belongs < !() 1 ri Kl > <; «> f declaring its own belief . Toleration — tho vir | ' ' ' ° * ' '' " ' y «> f eonfwieneo-irt among tho ( irnt 11 m i ' 0 < ' I > ulf > licnii . The bum Ih muni ; therefore ronpeot no , Um ' hm « " > d tho symbols of Oatholieimn , and tho priest , To fl " \ lrlaint ; ftinH lus neutrality . tho I " { " lia , '' } "lone belongu tho right of administering 'I'ho " ^ '' . lUB *'"' ft «> n thoHo guilty in tho ]) iist--expiation . ' •> i . hT' ^ T '" ' Oi ' ! ° <; oilnfcry <«""»«>«¦ justly be entrusted ¦ . l " ' tT > lU'llf , of iiwliviiliinla i . ; l ., 11 . ¦ . !/ ' . ¦ . v : ivi- Dwiv irmv h » .

      « uir 1- ( U ? " ) an < l 'hore will bo a commission elected by (! ll l > Uii ! uno "ff () ' " Holdiern , and presided over by tho ' huso v I , w , ";'' ° vei ; and maintain tho inviolability of »»« ao ( l r ' ''"' nmnoM ° ' »» HoldiorH punished or din-1 iw ( 'rW"tigr < woiii K them . ahull bo trautfmitlod by tho

      captain to the centre of action , to be published at a fitting moment . The captain of every national band is responsible to the centre of action for the conduct of the band . ¦ Should the captain himself be guilty of unworthy conduct , the centre of action will dismiss him , and appoint his successor * - Whenever collective or repeated misconduct shall have proved any band unworthy of representing the national cause , the centre of action shall publicly proclaim its dissolution . Should it not dissolve , it shall from that time forward be regarded as a mere body of men without a banner , and without a mission . The right of every band is to watch over its own safety , and to promote the insurrection . .

      Every act of aggression or resistance , every information given by the country people to the enemy , every hostile attempt on the part of individual Italians , will be speedily and severely punished by the national bands . To compromise the large cities , and protect the smaller localities from the fury of the enemy , must be a general rule for the national bands . -In traversing the smaller localities , and the defenceless parts of the country , the captains will not excite but repress all revolutionary demonstrations on the part of the inhabitants .

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      AMERICAN NOTES . We have some news from Washington , which we reprint from the New York Herald as we find it , with a caveat . That journal , of course , has the interest , common to all papers , of coming as near the truth as compatible with the means at command ; but it is also interested in decrying the Government of General Pierce . However , we see no decided symptoms of hostility in the subjoined summary of the probable character of the Presidential Message shortly to be delivered . " It is understood the President in his Message will speak out pretty definitely upon the subject of the Pacific Eailroad , and in such a manner as to satisfy the strictest constructionist . He has declared that the project , as pressed in the last Congress , ' Senator Gwinn ' s Bill , ' never could have his sanction , and he has intimated prett y clearly that if such bill is passed by Congress during his Presidenc y it will have to overcome a vote before it becomes the law of the land . " The President ' s feelings upon the subject of internal improvements by the general Government may be gathered from the facts , that he declares he sees no reason now to " change the views he formerly held on that question , and that his votes in Congress at the time show his present position . " The Graray arid Tehuantepec grant will be endorsed by the Administration , and the treaty negotiated by Judge Conkling , recognising the Sloo grant , will not be noticed in any way , on the ground that there was no authority given to Conkling' to negotiate a treaty , and that the Sloo grant is a diplomatic fraud to get rid of the Garay grant .

      " The President will recommend a general system , of reciprocal trade with the provinces of all articles the growth and product of each country , and the admission of fish duty free , upon our fishermen being permitted to fish unrestrictedly on the coasts of Nova Scotia and Ne \ r Brunswick . " Tho proposition of the English Government to permit colonial vessels to obtain American registers will not bo opposed , but the suggestion to throw open the coasting trade of California will be rejected as unconstitutional . " A complete revision of the tariff will , it i . s confidently stated , be suggested , and with this viow the Secretary of tho Treasury is busily engaged in preparing voluminous data to show the consumption of the several articles of trade , and will suggest important modifications in all such articles as come under the head of necessaries .

      " It is yot doubtful whether any material modifications will be made in the duty on iron , but , notwithstanding tho most urgent remonstrances of the manufacturers of railroad iron in the United States , it in believed a repeal of the duty on that particular article will bo recommended . " Tho secretary of the navy will recommend nn entirerevision of tho personnel and materiel of the navy , being fully impressed with tho worthlrannesn of tho existing system . A retired list and on increase of pay to tho sailors will form a prominent feature in hi « report . Perhaps tho most important feature of the Message will be its allusion to tho position of the Sandwich Lslandti and tho bold avowal of their being annexed to the United SI ; aleH . . Depend upon it , the President will take this ground , and it will probably bo tho immediate cause of parties resolving themselves back to their original olomentH , the SocossionistH mid tho Abolilionisl . H ( lying off again an they did in IHfiO . "

      Other statements , aluo contained in tho name paper , have their flpeeial interest . " Mr . Onunpton , tho British Minister , bad along interview with the . President , which was particularly in reference to tho recent oavago and ridiculous attacks on Mm British Government and llritish -policy in relation to Cuba , MY . Crampfcon denied positively that tho British Government hud any idea of authorizing the . slave trade in Cuba for any hmgth of time or , in fact , had any other designs on that dependency of Spain than those which were guided by Y > hilniitiir <> py aU ( l humanity . At , tho British litigation it i « declared positively , that ( hero in not tho slightest truth in any of the dreadful description of British intrigues in Cuba which have boon recently put ; -forth in the- Union and other journals ; and the British Minister is vory indignautattho imputations cast on his Government through the organ .

      " Tho Hiuno day , also , Chevalier JfulHomann ( railed on Secretary Marey , and had a long conversation with him . A Government , courier from Vienna han arrived in town , and immediately proceeded to the residence of l . ho Austrian Miiiintor . have not the slightest doubt but that tho jfocou . 1 iirmugomoiit iu roHpoct . to KotMlu ,

      between the American and Austrian Governments , has been induced by a spirit of policy of both Austria and Russia towards the United States , ' in order to detach the hitter tremv the great maritime confederacy of Western Europe in favour of Turkey . In the Austrian and'Russian Embassies herej have heard frequent intimations , that if the American Govern ment and its influence were thrown into a neutral position , or in favour of ltussia in the Eastern question they would not care for all the doings of the English and French Governments in that matter . It is believed , therefore , that , under the influence of Russia , Austria may be endeavouring to get back into the good graces of the United States , in order to neutralize that Power m the approaching great contest in the East . "

      i rom the Sandwich Mands we hear that a decided step had been taken towards annexation to the United States . The French and British Consuls had protested ^ to the King against such an act ; and the American Commissioners had replied in a firm but dignified manner . This movement had caused the greatest excitement in the island . The Government of the United States , upon the representation of Dr . Black , has determinded to despatch the sloop of war Ct / ane , Captain Holmes , immediately , as a part of the home squadron , to Caledonia Bay , to convey a surveying party , under the command of Lieutenant Strain , United States' Navy , for the purpose of making a thorou gh survey of the route from Caledonia Bay to San Miguel ; in order to settle the question definitely as to the practicability of the proposed oceanic ship communication between the Atlantic

      and Pacific . This is done on the part of tbe Government , without reference to the execution of t he work by any particular company , but as a subject deeply affecting our own commerce , and the defence of our Pacific States .

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      PEINCE ALBERT AT CAMBRIDGE . Prince Albert , Chancellor of the University of Cambridge , accompanied by the Duke of Brabant , set out for that seat of learning on Tuesday . His main object in going seems to have been to confer a degree of Doctor of Laws upon the Duke of Brabant , and to show him the architectural beauties of an English University . The Royal party reached Trinity College about eleven o ' clock , and Dr . Whewell , the Master , and Professor Sedgwick received him at the lodge . The day was industriously spent by the Prince and Duke . They were edified by a lecture on the fossil animals of a former era of the world ' s history , and learnt that the megatbaria of that day were sloths , — a species of animal not yet extinct , and to be found even in England . They went to St . John ' s , the college which so hotly opposed the election of Prince Albert in 1847 , but which now made up for adverse votes , by crowding around the Prince , and dodging him about , and making a loyal uproar through the enveloping fog . They also visited Jesus , and Sidney , and Catherine Hall , and Peterhousc ; the Prince held a reception in the evening , and finished up the day by dining with Dr . Whewell .

      But the great doings were on Wednesday , when the Prince presided over a congregation held in the Senate-house , for tho purpose of conferring the degree on the Duke of Brabant . Tho undergraduates seemed . to have especially distinguished themselves in making a noise , as ia their wont on these occaaions . They cheered and groaned , and bullowed at their favourites and foes . The oddest effect was produced when Dr . Whewell entered , whose name in said to be more easily

      whistled than spoken , arid accordingly the whole gallory whistled at once : i « he came in . There were groans for the Emperor of Russia , and cheers for Turkey . Meanwhile tho area gradually filled , and presented a striking appearance , jmd Prince Albert ' s entrance changed tho indescribable , uproar , so well suhtained b y " tho gods , " into general and hearty cheers . Tho ceremony of granting the degree wo need not describe . After they loft the Senate-houno tho Prince and the Duke visited some more of the Iiouh , a . ud then returned to Windnor .

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      THE BURY ATHEN 7 KITM .. BuKYhan had an educational or literary iiJHtitution over Hinco 18 . ' 57 . But hIio had hoiuo tiiiio ninco outgrown its dhnonnionn , and in IS 4 H a now one wan projected , larger and more oomprolion . sivo in its nc ; opo . In 1850 , inatterH had ho far advanced that Lord Derby came down to lay tho foundation-stone , after having boon a munificent subscriber ; and now , on tho Wednesday of tliiH week , avo find Lord Stanley fitly presiding' over the ceremony of the opening . Lord Stanley , iu hi « opening speech , treated of education : ih tho most important , question of the day , and ho declared that , in

      the namo of Iiifl father , no man in inoro tloHirouB of diffusing education and raising tho working chittum in tlio . social Hoalo , than Lord Derby . Lord Stanley very properly waid , that the object , of AbluiniiMuuM must not bo to make Uaoou : ; and ArintoUoH , but Hinooth tho path of the ordinary Htudont , ami give to porHonn ongjurcd in other affairs a taste for tho ploaHuroH Hpringing from tho culture of tho intellect . At tho oIoho of his Hpoech ho dilated , iu admirable tanto , upon tho ho-called danpforn of education ; and concluded , that man had a thirat for knowledge * which iuuhI ; bo gratified , that intellectual pluamimt arc among our chief conwolatioiiH

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      No ^«^ & 26 , 1853 . X THE LEADER . 1133 » mmm ^ ' **** ' *^*'''* ' *' m ' m' * l ^ ' mmmmmm * ' *^^ ' mm ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ' ^^ ^ '' mmmmmilim ^ * ^^ — ¦¦¦ ¦ - . — ;

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      CALUMNIES OF THE " TIMES . " The other day the Times ¦ Had a fierce article , accusing Mr . Mazzini and the * National s -Party of advocating plunder and assassin&tion , and quoting , incorrectly , some " rules for the national bands . " The whole article breathed a bitter spirit of hostility . Mr . Mazzini has sent the following letters to the papers . The Times of yesterday did not contain the rectification forwarded to it . . ' _ ¦ To the Editor of the Daily JSTezos . Dear Sir , —The following has been sent by me to the Times , perhaps you will oblige me by inserting it in your valuable paper . —Yours faithfully , Joseph Mazzini .

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      To the Editor of the Times . Sir , —In your very excited article of the 22 nd on the Italian question you have quoted three lines of mine . It seems but fair that you should grant insertion to the first articles of the '' Rules for the National Bands , " which were , seized on my friend Felice Orsini . They bear my name . You may—unless you feel decidedly pledged to the system of . Fouch ^—" give me three written lines of any man and I shall lead him to the scaffold "—verify the authenticity of the extracts at the Sardinian embassy . —I am , sir , with due respect , Joseph Mazzini . Fulharn , Thursday , Nov . 21

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1853, page 1133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2014/page/5/