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      " £ f " it . j X * J « Wtf or < MHW * ttty 1 W" * y > tP rwmcl ; you ! of 8 ffie amSfiMiMLrR ^ ^ : Jr al ^ i ^ ch j v conformably ; tcf Jaw ' and " ru ® WEU * S « 5 % ' 9 ft ^^ u& 4 > u * pubjuc l * vr on tfn > point . "SSSSR ^^ deposited ; in the office " g ^^^ S ^ Sifc be pMto&w ^ . distributed ''^ JSS ^^^ ' ^^ The voting ZSS ^ i ^ wy ^ . dwtnbuted an £ h " 5 * ^ U » v " MBdidaSsWp , # TPwed . by hvaa . who . is the ob-^ 5 to ^^ SbiHAa . tOotlwielestois the ^ material means , of ' gS ^ 8 SS !? £ Sr iVBut thisexception to the ^^ i ^^ - adiaitt ^ rin ^ wurof oandidateshipvthe > and the .

      S ity-Ofr . vW ^^ nguteantfeed ,: , responsiDimy J p ^ lSy Sptd ^ b ^ lhTsigned circular or ^ e cand .-date . It doe » fi « ot 8 npp ly / . ta 5 « umymQtw distributions of TOtiasjindlatiaaoand does JJbfc Mindly permit the hawking SKSlmSrf » kh ,, fteq « fi fitlyi ^ pnbliahed without -the eofeeafe . enefda afrititaa 8 : itt 18 pife ; of"the legal incapacity of those who bear th « nj 7 Aagr becomQjthe ' occasion « f-a disturbance or o public outrage . For such distributions the common law ~ resumeslts appKcaRon , and an autho ^ rization jtttatrtX ; deiUandiad . ¦ : But , as the president of the . jCpwncil of ; 8 ta * ev declared , in . 4 he name of the Go-¦ 'SS ^ ajate ^ ittmg of the Legislative Body ,, you rSS ^^ g ? auch : deu > ands , give the greatest wiU not mat

      , latitude to / teyery ^ oitizen , Jon , iorget ^ SitiSmust ; . j » e * are and exceptional ,. and founded tSnS » -danger . « C public outrage and disturbance , and £ ^^ b » ' . j windirect favour-tor the benefit of a S ^ oXlMB ^ W ^ . may be preferred , These / ules jltoufewte ' iPrffoti ' are simple , and secure * the fullest liberty to universal suffrage . The will of the Emperor is that it ehaU be practised in good faith . Accept , tec , BnjiAuivr . " \ ^ M . Baudin is the commissioner named for th <^ lJanub * " * Principalities by the French Government . | Mr . ai ^ T >« iwir"" » - 'o the Bri tish Embassy at ConsMpiinoX ' is ^ h ^ g ^ h con ^^ -5 f ^**^ was attached to the mission of Coum *<«_ . ™ •*••• - . ' named in the same capacity for Austria . ¦ The Lfoniteur contains the first of a series of imperial

      decrees , by which the French army will be gradually reduced to a peace footing . The 4 th Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique is disbanded . The 101 st and 102 nd Regiments of the line are disbanded . The fourth battalions of the hundred regiments of the line are suppressed . Like the 101 st and 102 nd Regiments , these fourth battalions were a creation of recent date . Lastly , the 1 st and 2 nd Foreign Legions are disbanded . A well-known newsagent in Paris has been arrested by . the polioe and lodged in prison , under a charge of < p « rtteipatmg in the « bstraetion of the State papers which : have-recently appeared m'the Brussels journal , Le Nord i

      ~ : < , \ **® y order of the ' Emperor , " says the Moniteur , " the ^ JPrinee Imperial has been put on the muster-roll of the f-lsty Regiment of- the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard J « 8- *» ri / % 7 rf" # ( j tro&Mj ?¦¦¦ Possibly he will bo made . Arch- ' bishop of *»*«»; Mxe .- 'v His Imperial father has already "Obttiala t * at ' tb « i 8 ame military honours shall be paid to th » "infant as ' to himself or 4 he Empress . In passing ybefdreany-bodyibf troops , the drums and bugles are to Ifeatknd' play the ' -usual' salute , and the aoldiors are to 'present arms . The Minister of War has issued orders ' ^ fraffchte'dedlitfoft &iall bo cttPried out . y ; : 'At a banquet lately given to the Govemor-Geueral of " ^ Algeria , * » h «' prefect of Algiers proposed the following toast i-i-i . '* To the" arrival of the Emperor , whoso nrosenco in the of

      'jftmftttgat'iSis ^ ll'inBricanow era history this O 46 nntry . " " ' ' ! M . Bolmbirtet , a "NapOleonist , but democratic deputy , Ji ' openly expressed his regret at the famous sentence ' ^ a Wed by the'Cbur d « Cassation respecting the electoral ' tyflletthtf . " To the observations of M . de Montalombert , ^ kuds that ; o ' 1 wtts ' still Wanting , the most logical and ¦ Wfa&M & aUj * n « l this is it : — "If , at the period of 1 ^' &ectittbs 4 h '' 184 # , the sentence now passed by the !> 'Cp'ott < bf- CaB ^ atiotf bad been ' in force , the cundidateship y WLoufe itfap'ileon Bonaparte , the present Emperor , would 'ittoktr- asstirSalS ' liave been rejected and interdicted by arbi

      the prefects at that date , then invested with the - trary power of a preliminary censorship over tho bul-Count Orloff ( says tho Daily News Paris Correanondmt } went on Tuesday afternoon to the Tuileries in JTO ^^^ r oottttdej ijAi his' character of Russian Ambfta" Wd © r ^ xlxaW p ! ma ¥ < iy tho Accession to tho throne of the a j ^ iiefrd ^ JWAjitn 'dW ' i I .: which , it must be borne in mind , J ^* % injbe % f J ! Wftblebto ITI . has bfeen all throughout the ^^^ ' ButooAWt'TOt / tAkriow of . 'I ' understand that the ^ WlMv ^ VMA ^ n'iff on tertow of extraordinary friond-^ ' ^ W ^^ 6 !' jiiftimiW + l' >) itH Count Orl 6 ff , tarid that ho ia wwW&tly teen 'WdHding ' abotit with h \ tn arm-in-arm , 'n «> VL « "'{¦ - » •/ t « J Uj . j ' .. ,. ' , XTAt . T . ¦ -.. . . . , Monnignor Barnabo , tho Cardinal Prefect of the Pro-P Kf « da , died at Rome on the 20 th of April . The Vienna Otstermichischc Correspondvna is

      authorized to state . that 'certain reports : 'which'have' fbuftd their ^ way into - several organs of the press , ' respecting the- reiiiforcement and > change o £ position' ( Distodir&ti ff ') of the Imperial royal troops in the-duohy of PaWla ' , ' ar ^ totally unfoundedi ¦ ¦ " As the foregoing is a semi-dffleial communication , " 3 ay » the ( ttntes Vienna Correspondent , " I report it ; but information , which has been acquired at no bad source , inducesme to believe that at this very moment the-town of Pontrentoli is garrisoned by Austrian troops . In a former letter it was obserVed that this Government feared tbevemight be disturbances or hostile demonstrations on the return of the Sardinian army , and a glance at the map will show you that Pontremdli is the place which an able tactician would choose if he wished to keep Genoa ( the port at which the Sardinian trtfops ^ are to land ) in check . " ' The Grand Dnke of Tuscany , who is now at Naples , ¦ purposes visiting the Pope , to consult with his Holiness on- the present prospects of Italian rulers .

      There is a rumour at Rome that in the month of ^ une next the Emperc- 'T and Empres 3 ' of Austria will visit the Holy City , to take part in a grand fete in honour of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception : . : The , Court of Rome is sedulously endeavouring to obtain .- itorn the . Government of Tuscany a Concordat . sjjmilar to , that lately granted by Austria . . .. ; The iM * for > i 61 ofiet £ e , in . a letter from Turin , states that -the Piedmontese .. Gover 4 raaeat ,, i * Di : eparing a law which will : impose a caution-money on journals , ana give the Government $ he . right of suppressing a journal that has been condemned five times . According to the same journal , Archbishop Franzoni , of Turin , will probably be named cardinal , and return to his episcopal see .

      AUSTRIA . The Vienna tribunal has condemned to death by default three political refugees , Doctors Antonio Fuster , Joseph Goldmark , and Ernest de Violand . These leaders of the Vienna revolution are declared guilty of high treason , and of having been implicated in the murder of M . de Latour . Religious intolerance is getting more and more rampant in Austria . The Roman Catholic priests now refuse to bury Protestants in consecrated ground , but actually compel the mourners to seek a grave for them in ^ - - ' Crests . The clergy are also petitioning the * x 0 i 3 S aau « , _ _ - "O r-otestants the right to occupy Government to refuse to * ..

      land . PRUSSIA . " Some young men of good family-have been arrested in Berlin on a charge of conspiring in favour of the reestablishment of Poland .

      RUSSIAGeneral Prince Gortschakoff has published a decree maintaining the prohibition against the exportation from Poland of rye , barley , oats , wheaten flour , and cattle . The reason assigned for this measure is the existing dearness and scarcity of those articles .. , Le Nord says that the alleged speech of the Emperor Alexander to the nobility and commercial corporation of Moscow , lately ' published in the French papers , and from them quoted into the English journals , is , a fiction . The , . Emperor Alexander has addressed a letter to Coiini Orion , cbi % ratu 1 at £ iig him' on Ihe .. peaceful termination of the Paris Conferences ' , and thanking him , for riio IaitoI Ailii / IA-Vr /\ 4-n < 3 OA- **« r « staq Y ^ ln nnnnln / ino ¦

      ' " IJnder , the auspices of tlie peace how re-established , my first care will be devoted to developing and securing the prosperity' of the empire ' which God lias confidecl . my solicitude . I am firmly convinced that I shall always find in you a zealous co-operator and a wise councillor amid the toila of power that await mo whijo striving to attain this sacred object . In testimony of the high confidence which I repose in ^ ojv I have just raised you to the dignity of President of the Council of the Empire , as likewise of the Committee of Ministers , also of those of the Caucasus and Siberia . At the same time I reiterate to you tho assurance of my unchangeable good wishes . "

      In an address , thanking the Imperial Militia , called out by the late Czar ' a manifesto of January 29 th , 1856 , and now disbanded , the Emperor Alexander says : — " Like the army , you have given an example of patience , of indomitable resolution , and an entire obedience—prepared to sacrifice all for us and for Russia , which is so deur to us all . Many have sealed their devotion with their blood , and have found a glorious death amongst the ranks , of , tho bravo defenders of Sebastopol . You have displayed to tho world the strong will with which tho Russian people are animated . To-day tho war has closed . "

      THE CRIMEA . Little bits of gossip , relating to tho last acts of the A llied armies , and to tho interchange of courtesies between them and tho Russians , continue to drop in from the Crimea . A visit paid by Marshal Pelissior to Generul LUdera was returned by the Russian General on the 14 th of April , whon tho marshal entertained him at a dtfe&ner , where tho greatest cordiality prevailed . Tho Comlnandcr-in-Chicf of the Russian army was present at tho races aud at tho theatrical performance . Commerce has resiutfcd ita . aetiyity , to a . cQjt ' dJn extent , at Kamiesch and Ejalakjava . Ai . roguJAtJMm of , tho intercourse between tho Russians and the Allies bus beeu established , aa well as a system of passes . T ^ io permiss ion for three days ' leave of absence was reserved aa a recompense for the troops .

      •); : MarAa 1 "> Pe ^ ier , ' ' \ nd ' Generalii Codrington and La Marmora , attended , on L tbd ~ 13 th ttlt . ; a review of a body of Rus 8 lan" -trooptej ; on the' Mackenzie plateau . They afterwards attended a deje&ner given by General Lilders . . UV . ' . v : > H ¦ GJatecB . ^ ¦ : ' - - Accounts from .- Athens are rather'alarming . It is said that squadrons of English ^ cavalry are to reinforce the garrison of the city .: A ; change in the order of succession to the throne of { Greece is also talked of . These ruxnpurs , however , require confirmation . ; .. •;• ¦ - 1- ¦ : ;• ¦ ; ¦ '' SPAIN . " ' The Madrid journals- again assert that Russia will shortly recognise Queen Isabella ; fcnd that this recognition will be followed by the submission of a great number of CarJist chiefti '" .

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      ' : '; AMERICA . There appears at present to be a dearth of news from the other side of the Atlantic : l The indisposition of Mr . Clay has prevented the con tinuance of the discussion in the Senate of the Kansas question- ? ' but a petition , presented by General Lane , relative to the-memorial of the members of the Free State Legislature of Kansas to be admitted into the Union , which the Senate had refused , has , after a lively discussion * been laid- on the table . The Know-nothings and " Nigger-worshippers" have carried both branches of the . Connecticut Legislature . It is reported from . ' Washington that Mr . Stoecke , the Russian Minister , , has got himself into difficulties by engaging the services of some eminent surgeons for the Russian army , and , now that , peace is . established , informinor them that , their services are not wanted .

      Philadelphia has been visited by a terrific hurricane Two churches , three factories , and about one hundred and fifty other buildings , were partially demolished . The large boiler-house of the Franklin Ironworks , one hundred and sixty feet long , was totally destroyed . The Trenton Railroad depot at Kensington was considerably injured ; innumerable awnings , signs , and glass windows , were torn into fragments . Two sloops were blown from their moorings , and driven high and dry upon the Bhore at Red Bank . So far as knowfi , the disaster was unattended by loss of life , and but few casualties were reported . The gale prostrated the Western telegraph

      . . . A treaty of friendship , commerce , and extradition , has ^^ . v ,.. i , i ;« « f Son TJomineo and been r ~ n ^ n-T ^ iTfrrmrtrirn"f . r -z ^ . - "J 8 B » -r ^—— -J 0 * the United States . The war between Walker and * Cosu . Rica goes on , and the troops of the former appear to have been greatly discomfited . Walker is-said to have retired to Rivas , where he has fortified himself to the best of his ability , and where he awaits the approach of the Central American troops . 'Large numbers are hastening to his assistance from various parts of the United States , ' -without o ^ pO Sitron- from the Washington Government . " " ¦ •• ¦ ¦" ' " *¦•> : ¦•¦ ¦¦ - ¦¦' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ From Mexico we learn that Puebla has surrendered , and that the reactionists ' ate completely crushed . : They complain of being treated with great ' severity . Money continues aWndaht . writh an active demand . Cotton is buoyant ^ btit-tfaue , generally , dull .

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      An alarming accident has befallen Lady Canning , from which , however , eho escaped without serious injury . In returning from the Bethune school , ' which her Ladyship had inspected , her carriage came in contact With a hackery , and was completely overturned . A native gentleman offered his carriage , i n which Lady Canning returned to Government Houae .

      THE ORIENTS .: ¦ ¦< i ' ¦'¦ ¦ , •¦¦ ; >¦ ¦ ' . ¦ INDIA . ' ¦ • The last arrivals from India show a growing tranquillity in the far liust , and a consequent dearth of news . The Santals ore perfectly subdued . Oude is tranquil , and the King baa left Lucknow on his way to England . Promo has been destroyed by fire . Persia is quiet , and . tho Pera . Journal states that the movement * of the Shah's troops towards Herat were not directed against the English , but against Dost Mahomed , who was plundering tho neighbouring provinces , and ¦ menacing Khorasan . Trade in India has improved .

      CHINA . Intelligence from China speaks of several small disasters . An oxtensivo fire has occurrod at Hong-Kong , and tho firm of Nye Brothers and Co . baa failed . The Chinese at Shanghai rofueo Mexican dollars . The Imperialists have sustained a dofoat , and tho rebellion to active in Kiang-se .

      fctitfctf ; Owing to an English ililssltjjiiary at Nablouz ( the ReV . Mr . Lydc ) having unintentionally killed an Arab dervish by tho accidental discharge of a musket , the Mahometans have attacked the houses of the Christians , and have murdered tho Prussian consul . —The subscription of 45 , 000 , 000 francs , for cutting through , the Isthmus of Sue / , was completed in three days . The Viceroy la proceeding with his public works . After making a portion of tho embankment for the } ine of railway between Alexandria find Marcgti ' s , ho , seems to have abandoned tho idea of . comnjofbig this , eutorprju © , ; but the works connected with the deepening of the Mahmoudieh ' Canal were commenced on tho 8 th ult ., with about 100 , 000 labourers , and it was expected that they would be com-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 3, 1856, page 417, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2139/page/9/