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PEACE . RUSSIA UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPTS THE AUSTRIA . !? TEBMS AS A . BASIS FOll KEGOTIATION . Sucli was the intelligence which startled London on Thursday morning . It was doubted by many at first ; but the second editions of the daily papers confidently announced the news as authentic , and yesterday tfie Morning Post published the fact that the Government had received an intimation from Sir Hamilton Seyniour at Vienna that such was in truth the case . Negotiations , therefore , will be renewed ; but it remains to be seen whether , as was . the case last spring , Russia ^ after accepting the terms in the abstract , -will not reject them , in the concrete . The Vienna correspondent of the JPatric says , that the Peace negotiations will be carried on solely in that metropolis .
A brief sketch of the final stages which led to this result will not be uninteresting . Count de Stackelberg was the beaver to the Court of Vienna of counter-propositions on . the part of Russia . The Morning Post givea the annexed as the upshot of these propositions : — " Russia rejects the second clause of the first proposal— viz . the ' rectification of her frontier with Turkey . ' She also rejects the fifth proposal , by -which a right of producing special conditions is reserved to the belligerent Powers , and in virtue of which they would demand the engagement not to rebuild Bomarsund . Russia accepts the rest of the ultimatum , including the neutralisation of the Black Sen , with some modifications . In exchange for the strong places and territories occupied by the allies , Russia proposes to restore to the Porto Kara and the territories slie has
won from Turkey in Asia in the last campaign . " Austria , however , exhibited unwonted firmness and decision . Hho gave Russia till the IStli instant ( yesterday ) , for declaring yes or no ; nud , in tho evemt of the latter , she announced thsit she would a . t once break off diplomatic intercourse with the Cabanot of St . Petersburg . Tho counter-propositions of Russia are alleged to havo been couched in very conciliatory language . Notwithstanding this ai > i > oarauco of enorgy ,
Austrm informed tlie Western row era that she would not bo prepared to enter tlio field this yenr in tho event of Russia refusing her ultimatum . ' Whether she would ever hnvo been " prepared" may be doubted ; but hey interference has certainly led to a proBpCct of ponco . M . Scobach hns loft St . Petersburg on his return to DroadoB . Prince Augustus ) of Wurromborg , General m tho . service of Prussia , loaves lav St . Petornburg . Genora . 1 Mansnvoflf ha , s passed through Berlin on his way to Vienna .
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^— tho Lake Mareotis . The engineers sent out to survey the Isthmus of Suez have returned to Alexandria , and report favourably on tie practicability of the canal to join the Mediterranean and the Red Sea . The report will be sent -to Constantinople , to obtain , if possible , the adhesion of the Sublime Porte . " It is now becoming a regular thing , " says a _ communication from Egypt , "for travellers to vl ? it the interior of the Great Mosque , on the site of the Temple . The Pacha of Jerusalem went so far as to offer to allow the Jews to enter the Mosque in ord « r to pray for rain ; but they refused , for two reasons , —first , because they were all ceremoniously unclean ; secondly , because they might have put under their feet the -words of the Law , which they believe to be buried under this mosque . The Jews , however , went to the tomb of Daniel to pray for rain , which came next day , but unfortunately soon ceased . ' JAPAN . A conveation between Admiral Sir James Stirling , on the part of England , and the niinistrr of tlie Emperor of Japan , has been signed and ratified . It provides that the ports of Nagasaki ( Pisen ) and Hokodadi ( Matsmai ) shall be open to English ships for the purpose of effecting repairs and obtaining fresh water , provisions , &c . Only ships in distress from weather , or unmanageable , will be permitted to enter other ports without the permission of the Imperial Government . English ships are to enjoy an equality of advantages with those of the most favoured nation , always excepting the advantages accruing to the Dutch and Chinese from then- existing relations , with , Japan . The laws of Japan to be observed by English ships ; otherwise , the ports to " be closed .
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. TANumv 19 , 1856 . 1 THE LEADER . 57
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C 0 NT 1 NES T A I , N O T K S . FltAWOK . UiKfifaniteur of Friday woek oontaiuw u lnntf artiolo m conapicuoufi typo , reviewing tho varkniH lofiitilative bodies comprised in tho Imperial constitution , mid ¦ objoofcMi g to the Hoimto that it has not , fully carried out th © purpoHert for whioli it waa osfcablinhod . ThoHo purposes are defined to bo tho taking tho initiative in tho proposal of now law « , and " tho guardin-iiHlrip of ftl » th © principles ond all the intore » t » of which it in tue embodiment and guarantee . " Tho writer inquires whether " tho Sennto hiw fully undorntood ull
the importance of so high a mission , " or whether it has not " allowed itself , perhaps , to be dominated by the 3 ouvenir 8 and customs of the ancient peerage ?" The Senatorial body is reminded that " its prerogatives are not those of the peerage ; they are different , but they are far more numerous , more serious , more elevated . " These remarks are prefaced by the observation that in all new constitutions it is found necessai-y at first to adopt somewhat from the older powers they have replaced . The article has created considerable sensation , and tlie various journals have made many attempts to construe its z-eal meaning . The members of the Senate are understood to be greatly offended , but the Ministerial papers have endeavoured to show that the lecture was , in fact , complimentary in its spirit .
It appears from the returns of the Bank of France that the metallic reserve has decreased during the past month 5 , 43 O , 4 G 2 f . in Paris , and 13 , 860 , 824 f . in the branch banks . The discount accommodation has increased in Paris 34 , 843 , 096 f . and decreased in the departments 5 , 815 , 141 f . The advances on public secur ities have increased in Paris 6 , 470 , 000 f . and decreased in the departments 798 , 950 f . The notes in circulation have increased 15 , 912 , 700 ^ in Paris , and d « creased 8 S 0 , 450 f . in the departments . The Treasury account current has decreased 21 , 026 , 34 Of ., and those of private persons increased 13 , 951 , 457 f . in Paris , and 879 , 472 f . in the departments .
The Emperor on Sunday received Baron Hobner Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Austria , who presented to his Majesty the reply of the Germanic Diet to the letters of recall of the Marquis de Tallenay , Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Emperor at Frankfort . The police authorities of France ( says the Morning Post ) have lately discovered a . Republican political movement of some extent , which has ramifications in various parts of France , especially in la Nievre , les Deux . Sevres , and Charente . The authorities have ascertained that this proposed movement was planned in London ; and the chiefs are said to be in constant communication with the revolutionary committees abroad . Measures have been taken to preserve public tranquillity .
The Emperor on Tuesday reviewed , m the Court of the Tuileries and in the Place c ! u Carrousel , the different corps of the Imperial Guard and the Line which lately returned from the Crimea . On this occasion , the Duke of Cambridge distributed to the officer and men the commemorative medals granted to them , by the Queen of England . The Emperor yielded the place of honour to the Duke , who , after some little hesitation , accepted it . ST . Magne , tlie Minister for Finance , has published the usual annual report , addressed to the Emperor , on the monetary condition of the country . The excess of money , realised from the resources of Government , over the expenditure actually made—that is to say , the money in hand—is , at this moment , 19 . 0 , 000 , 000 francs . This , joined to 415 , 000 , 000 francs , which have yet to be received frem the two last
loans , forms a disposable total of 535 , 000 , 000 francs , or J £ 21 , 800 , 000 . In conclusion , M . Magne thus sums up -the general results : — " The simple sketch , of the principal financial events of the past year shows us a commercial activity without a parallel ; two enormous loans , paid up with the greatest regularity , a ; uL in a great measure before the payments were due ; besides tho loans , more than 135 , 000 , 000 francs , a sum which had never before been known to have been employed in the purchase of rentes , for the departments : tho direct contributions paid by anticipation , aud almost without expense ; a well-balanced budget ; the goating debt reduced ; and all this despite the war , despite tho crisis in the high price of food , de spite tho very considerable outlay which accidental circumstances imposed vipon it . " This , it will be observed , is the official account .
AUSTRIA . Tho Oeslcrreichischc Zcitung has changed hands , and is supposed rtow . to bo tho property of Baron Bruck .
FKU 3 SIA . General von Wrnngol rvnd other Prussian officers havo boon severely reprimanded by tho King of Pa-UHBin for linving been present at the Tc Z > t ? t » t sung in the chapel of tho Russian Exnbnssy at Berlin iu honour of tho surrender of Kara Tho King of Prussia has promised a deputation from tho Paris Evangelical Alliance Conference ( ineluding Sir Culling F , nnlWiy and other *) that ho will inquire into tho nota of intolerance- which Imvc boon mid to havo boon committed in his kingdom ; also , tliat ho will uitttruufc his representatives nt several minor Gorman court ** to cull tho attention of thouo Govormncni'H to tho ahnilnr accusations which havo boon urndo with regard to their HUiten .
the Greco-Russian faith on the 6 th inst . The marriage of the Princess with the Grand Duke Nicholas was celebrated on the 7 th , -with great ceremony . There was a grand gala at Court , in presence of the Imperial family . The Council of War at St . Petersburg lias pronounced judgment against seven members and the President of a Tribunal of Commerce hi tlie south . They axe understood to have appropriated funds belonging to the State Treasury , as well as those belonging to the Tribunal itself . TURKEY .
The two Greeks who , on the 16 th of September last , murdered a gunner of the French brig of war Olivier , were executed at Smyrna on . the 29 th ult . On the 1 st ins-fc ., three other executions took place at Smyrna , the first at the Fassola , the second at the Three Streets , and the t hird outside the first bazaar , which are the most frequented points of the city . The culprits Trere also Greeks . They ha-d formed part of the band of Simo , who , last June , arrested and carried off several persons ha the vicinity of Bournabat , and were subsequently convicted of various murders . Omar Pasha ' s house at Constantinople has been officially sealed up . The measure has been , taken ha favour of his children by his late wife , wiio at her death left a large property .
A commission , which had been appointed to consider the demand of Lord Redcliffe relative to the abolition of sanitary measures in favour of transports in the service of the allied armies , has reported that the quarantine is necessary as a safeguard against disease .
GREECE . The Greek Government has signed with the Porte a treaty for the suppression of brigandage ; and the bandits are now being hunted down without mercy . DENMARK . The existence of a Danish circular despatch , repudiating Denmark ' s solidarity with Swedeai ' s treatty , and promising to maintain strict neutrality in future , is denied by the official journal at Copenhagen .
THE DANUBIAX PRINCIPALITIES . Prince Stirbey continues to make as many difficulties as he can . " M . Kretzoulesko , " says a' letter froin Bucharest ( Dec . 29 th ) , "having demanded his passports for Constantinople , Prince Stirbey declined giving them ^ to him . The Consul-Oeneral of Prussia and Suleiman Pacha had to interfere , and at last tlie order was given to the local police to . grant the passports for Italy , en route for Constantinople . M . Krezouleseo leaves next week for Varna . Tlie Austrian battalions have marched , in spite of the excessive cold which we have had for more than a week . They are not , however , five , but seven battalions , which return to their country for the purpose of being disbanded . "
Stirbey and the Austro-Russian party in the Principalities are in delight at that article in the conditions of peace which leaves the Wallachians and Moldavians to the administration of their own affairs . The Hospodar will thus be left free to oppress -the miserable people without any effective control from the Porte ; and it is but too obvious that any form of popxilar government will be a mere pretence . The ¦ writer of a letter from Bucharest complains bitterly
of Franco , England , ajid Austria conniving at doing the very same thing which Russia effected in 1830—¦ taking the Principalities from the protection of Turkey , to pvit thenu under the heel of the Hospodar , who is a mere creature of the Czar and of Austria , and who , in plain words , refuses to listen to the complaints of the poor people outraged by the Croats . England is thought to be least culpable iu this respect . The dignified conduct of her representative u contrasted with that of the French minister .
> Thirty-two persons havo been arrested for talcing part in tlui « Srheute which recently took pLucein Madrid ; and tranquillity now reigns both in tho capital and in tho provinces . The disturbance at tlio palace of tho Cortos ( which wo briefly reported . last week ) oroso from tho instigation of a drunken sergeant ot tho militia , who posted men nt tho doors , uud , ordering them to load their muskets , told them to prevent the
depnrliu'o of any of the deputies , boditious ones , in favour of a Republic , wore uttered ; some of the deputies wore menaced , others instil tod ; and Espartoro , linving boon went for by tho Cortes , assured the members t hat he would put down tho 6 inuu . be in tho eourao of a low minutes ' , or lose liis life . Tho lnuUneon ; continued shouting , and occasionally firing their pieoort iu tho air ; but dispersed on tho iutivuI dI' oiivulrv . tiovoral arrcsta havo boon unvdo . —
Another insurrection ban taken place at Alroy , iu tho province , of Alicanb , arising out of a . ip . iarro . 1 with tho corporation . Tlio National Guard sided with tho pooplo ; but tho disturbance wan ultimately put down . Tho C ' ortos havo adoptocl tho nrrit , eight artiolon for ooncoding tho SaragoHHu railway to tho Orand Control Company . Tho writer of n letter from San Sebastian calls attention to tho inunoimo quantity of corn produced Inat year iu tho ponaisula , especially
Sovoral l ' rinooH of tho ( U'linanic Confuduration two about to imftcinblo at llerlin . Tlio Prinoo Uogent of tlio Grand Duchy of ISadon , tho ( Jnuul Dului of f- ' axo-WoiuiHr , mid tho horcsditnry l ' rmeo piotminplivo of Auhalt-DoHfliui will be among tho nrrivnlw . Tho Prince of IIohonlolio arrived on Tuesday from Vieimn . niiasiA . Tho PrlnooHH Aloxaudrina of Oldenburg euibraood
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2124/page/9/
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