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September 20 , 1856 . ] T BE E L E A D E B . 895
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Tuscan Governments . SoUjb gentlemen belonging to one of the colleges of Torin were travelling in Tuscany , their passports having been regularly vised by the Tuscan authorities ; but , shortly after arriving at Florence , they were told to leave tlie Tuscan dominions without delay . One of . the gentlemen went to the Prime Minister to try and get the order reversed ; bat he failed , and the travellers were obliged to depart with the utmost haste . The excuse of the Tuscan Government is that two of the Professors belonging to the party were refugees from Tuscany . Sardinia will no doubt demand an ample apology ; but the Grand Duke , in this as in other affairs , has the support of Austria . ' The municipality of Milan ia-said to have presented an address to Cavaliere Burger on tuo unsatisfactory state of the finances of their town , and the enormous taxation under which they labour .
Baron Hiibner , the Austrian Minister , has arrived at Naples . Simultaneously with this , an order has been issued to recommence the political trials" of Mignona and his friends . The Papal nuncio at Florence has just got into disgrace for smuggling at Rome ! The articles on which the holy man sought to cheat the Government were certain articles of feminine dress ; but it appears that the nuncio's mother is a milliner , and her son wanted to supply' her with fashionable articles duty free . The only punishment of the offender has been changing his appointment from Florence to Rio Janeiro .
: ¦ : . . ; ¦ SPAIN . . . - . . . The Gazette publishes a circular of the Minister of the Interior , addressed to all tlie provincial governors , and communicating to them a royal decree , in virtue of which all the new governors of provinces lately gazetted are ordered to enter on the discharge of their functions within fifteen days from tbe date of the said circular . After directing the special attention of those functionaries to the present state of the . municipal and provincial corporations , the decree annuls , after the 10 th of October next , the extraordinary powers conferred on the captains-general and the provincial governors " ,
authorizing them to dissolve , and appoint municipalities and provincial deputations . The integral or partial renewal or dissolution of those bodies is , after that date , to belong to the Government . Considerations of public order , however , may render their suspension imperious for the military and civil authorities , iu whicli case they will immediately apprize the Government of the motives which induced them to adopt that measure . The governors are to proceed without loss of time to dissolve tbe municipalities and provincial deputations , twO-thirds of which , at least , consist of councillors or deputies whose functions had ceased iu consequence of the events of 1854 .
The Prince and Princess of Bavaria left Madrid on the evening of the 7 th iust . They have since visited Louis Napoleon at Biarritz . General Zabala , it is reported , will succeed the Duke de San Miguel in the command of the Halberdiers . Gonzales Bravo is to be appointed Minister of Spain at Washington . . . ' Count Guro-wski , the husband of the Infanta Dona Isabella , left on the 8 th for Russia . The Gazette publishes a royal decree , accepting the resignation of M . Escal&nte as Spanish Minister at Washington . A royal ordinance limits the exercise of extraordinary powers to serious cases .
Marshal Serrano has presented to the Emperor and Empress at Biarritz the deputation charged with the official act by which the Junta of Biscay recognized the right of the Imperial Prince to enjoy the prerogatives and privileges attached to the citizenship of the province . The Emperor ( according to the Monltew ') replied that ho was very grateful to the Queen of Spain for allowing the deputation to bo presented to him ; that he was extremely touched by this proof of sympathy on the part of the province for the Empress and her son ; that such demonstrations could not but strengthen the ties which already united the two nations ; and that he was happy to think that the Imperial Prince had Spanish blood in his veins , for he had ever felt as much affection aa esteem for that -warlike and chivalrous people .
rOIlTUGAL . A dispute has arisen between the owners of twelve Portuguese ships engaged in the Brazil tradp , and the Lisbon Board of Health . The Board ordered that tho ships , which wore stationed at Oporto , should bo sent out of the Douro in conscqucnco of a report that they had brought the yellow fever with them . Tho Commercial Association of Oporto , which has long been onbad terms with the Board , held a meeting , and adopted , a strong representation on the subject , which they transmitted to the Government by telegraph . Tho Government consulted with tho Board , which refusod to withdraw its order , and tho Ministers therefore directed that tho command should be carried out ; but the Marino Superintendent of Oporto telegraphed back " that the owners of tho twelve ships had withdrawn tho crews , and that ho could not send tho whips out of the rivor without a supply of sailoTS from Lisbon . " Very contradictory accounts are given as to the existence of yellow fever at Oporto-. The death at Lisbon of the Councillor of State Jozc da Silva Carvalho , President of the Supremo Tribunal of
talion of infantry . Notwithstanding the superiority of discipline and arms on the side of the French , the great disparity of numbers rendered the contest severe and its result doubtful . The Chasseurs d'Afrique charged with great effect and the enemy was finally repulsed . On the 5 th inst ., the mountaineers came down again , but they had not reckoned on the considerable reinforcements the French had received in the interval , and they were speedily driven back with loss . It is said that an expedition against the Xabyles will at once take place . Any operations that the French may have contemplated against the Riffians are for the present postponed . "
A ' presentation' took place on the anniversary of the taking of Sebastopol . On that occasion , the Emperor , says the- Courrier de Bayonrui , " reviewed the troops on service at the-Villa Eugenie . After haying twice passed along the ranks , his Majesty took the Prince Imperial in his arms and presented him to the soldiers . All the officera dined at the villa , aud tables weTe laid out for the men , who were provided ! with a gpod dinner and a bottle of champagne to each , three men . " BT . L . de Carnbaceres , son of the Deputy , grandson of the Arch-Chancellor ( who was one of the colleagues of
the First Consul after the ISfh Brumaire ) , and nephew of the present Grand Master of the Ceremonies , has just married the young Princess Bathilde deCanino . M . L . de Gambac ^ res is allied to the Napoleon family through his grandmother ^ the Princess d'Eckmuhl , who is a sister of General Leerlerc , who married the Princess Pauline Bonaparte . This marriage has taken place with the consent of the Emperor , -who is the guardian of his family as far as the fifth degree for the males . If . de Cambaceres is now in possession of a considerable fortune , and will have a much larger one at a future day . —rTimes Paris Correspondent . ' .-. ' .
In the Almanack Imp&iwl , which -has just appeared , some changes have been m-ade in a matter which concerns the Imperial . family of France . The names of the civil members having rank -at Court are not set down in ¦ the chapter headed " Maison de leurs 3 fajestes et des PrincesFranqais" but five Princes and three Princesses aTe placed in a special chapter , viz ., Princes Lucien Bonaparte , Pierre Bonaparte , Lucieu Murat , Joseph Bonaparte , and Joachim Murat , and the Princesses Bacciocchi and Lucien ami Joachim Murat . The
Emperor has carefully regulated the titles of each ; it is stated in the Almanack that the daughters of princes , relations of the Emperor , aTe to enjoy the titles of princesses until their marriage , but when that event occurs they only take the names and titles of their husbands , unless a special decree decides the contrary . The princesses of the family of the Emperor who are married to French or foreign private persons have no other rank at Court than that of their husbands ; thus , no mention is made in the Almanack of the daughter of Prince Murat , ¦ who married TSZ . de Chassiron . —Idem .
The Progres du Pas-fe ~ Calais announces that the strange circular of the Bishop of Arras relating to mixed schools is likely to be brought before the Council of State . It adds that the British . Ambassador will communicate with the Minister of Public Instruction in order to reassure the English Protestants . M . de Morny , it is stated , will return to Franco very shortly . His health is not strong enough to bear the continual fatigue and excitement consequent on the special embassy to Russia . It is believed that the Court will leave Biarritz on the 27 th or 28 th instant for S * . Cloud , and will stop for two days at Bordeaux on its -way northwards . There is a report that King Otho of Greece is going to Paris next month . It is thought to be ccrtaaii that a Congress will be held at Paris next winter , to settle some questions arising out of tlie treaty of last March .
of the petty sovereign houses of Germany , has deserted from his regiment owing to money difficulties . He took one of the sergeants with him ; but both were arrested as they were about to land from a steamer at Du 3 seldorf . A lady recently put a Bible on the table of the waitingrroom at the Geislinger railway station , for the edification of delayed or expectant passengers . The Roman Catholic population were offended at this , as being against one of their cardinal rule 3 ; and two Papists were observed on a certain day to open the volume and spit in it . several times . On being charged with this desecration , they denied the fact , adding that they had merely sneezed at the same time .
.. •¦ . . . RUSSIA . ¦ . . Russia has opened negotiations with the Porte , for permission to send ten vessels of war from the Baltic through the Bospfaorus , for the coasting service of the Black Sea . Further , these ten vessels arc to be " escorted , " it is said , by two steam frigates , -which are intended to take in tow two frigates and a line ship now at Nicholaieff , and transport them to the Baltic . It is not stated that the permission has been granted , and no attempt is , made -to reconcile the demand -with the provisions of the Treaty of Paris . —Daily ' NewsParisCorrespondent . The Emperor has confirmed General MouraviefF ' s military sentence , which degrades Lieutenant Prince Zerekeli to the rank of a private for killing an ensign , Prince Bagration Muchranski , who had grossly insulted him . The possibility of promotion is not destroyed by this sentence , and Lieutenant Zerekeli retains his princely dignity . . ; .
On the 24 th of September ( says a Moscow correspondent of Le Nord ~) , there is to be a grand popular festivity . Besides all kinds of public rejoicings , there will be a dinner in the open air on the Khodinskoie ' plain in front of the PetrovsH Palace . If you ask the mujDc about this dinner , he will answer you with the greatest seriousness that on tliat day he is invited to dine with the Emperor . And in fact he is not mistaken , for the dinner is given to the people by his Majesty , who will dine with them as a father does with his children . They are already preparing for the Emperor a large t
tent ; he people will dine under eight immense wooden galleries , which will form one vast circuit round the imperial tent . During the repast , the military band and choruses will perform national airs . The number of tables being made is incalculable ; people say that when they are set up they will cover a space of sixteen versts ( about eleven miles ) . Each table is to be thirty metres long , and between each fountains are to run with wine . Then the plain is to be covered with the socalled ' Russian mountains , ' or mountain slides , with greased masts , swings , and roundabouts , theatres in the open air , &c .
Workmen continue to be actively engaged in endeavouring to raise the vessels sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol . It appears that the fine steam-frigate Vladimir is completely lost . ' ; ¦ A discovery has just been made in'the village of Aloxandropol , in the government of Ecatherinslow ( Crimea ) , which has caused , an immense sensation among archaeologists . M . Luzancho , the director of the museum at Kertch , has found in a small mound the catacombs of the Scytliian Kings . Numerous articles in gold , silver , bronze , iron , earthenware , &c ., have been discovered there . The existence of the Gbcrros , or Necropolis of the Scythian monarchs , spoken of by Herodotus , is thus proved .
The Imperial manifesto in connexion with the coronation contains the subjoined provisions ;—A commemorative civic and military medal for all who took part , directly or indirectly , in the war . Freedom from military service for four years throughout the empiro , unless in case of war . A more equitable assessment of the poll tax . Tho Emperor accords an amnesty to the political offenders of 182 G and 1831 . All the Jews of the empire are freed from the special buidens of tho recruitment thut still oppressed them . The children of soldiers that were brought up by the State , and as such formed part hitlierto of tho army , in ( which they were Lound to serve as soldiers , nro all restored to their relations .
lhe Prussian Ambassa-dor , Count de Hatzfcldt , accompanied by his wife , left Paris on Sunday morning for Bian-itz , where it -is said they were to stay witll tho Emperor for the week . Tho Emperor aud Empress have attended , in tho neighbourhood of Bayortne , a Spanish bull-fight , or rather five bull-fights in succession , with all the most orthodox roSnements of cruelty . One of the Spanish torrcros was trampled on and severely hurt . The Imperial visitors remained to the close of this brutal and revolting spectacle .
ITAXY . An amnesty is to bu granted to the seven or eight Geuoeso who were excluded from tlio benefit of the general measure of clemency in favour of the persons implicated in the events of 1819 . Marshal Ratlctzky proposed , at a recent banquet in Loinbardy , a toast to the King of Sardinia , whom he promised to visit at Turin next spring . The Ojrinion-a says that it was by the advice of tho new Russian Envoy , Count Stackelberg , that tho Duchess Regent raised tho stato of siege in tho Duchy of Parma , and ordered tho political prisoners to be tried by tho ordinary courts of justice . The Envoy , it appears , has succeeded in persuading the Duchess that dependence on Austria is neither honourable nor useful .
Tliero was an unusual stir on Tuesday night at tho Prefecture of Police and at the prison of Mazns , owing to tho arrest of about thirty persons belonging to a secret socioty . This socioty , composed of revolutionists of the most violent and dangerous kind , held a mooting yesterday , Vt which it is said that it was decided to assassinate tho Emperor on his return from Biarritz . I understand that tho police know all the mombors of this society , most of wliom are old members of the Marianne , inhabiting the Gth , 7 th , and 8 th arrondissenients of Paris . Tho majority of them are artizans . Several are very young , a , nd appear intelligent and not uneducated . —Times Paris Correspondent . Tlie French Government is said to havo given an order , dating from tho 1 st instant , prohibiting any further transportations to Cayenne . pftusaiA . Another officer of tho Trusaian Guard , a prince of one
1 ho journal L Arte has been suspended by the police of Florence , for publishing au article on suicide , in which it inserted some verses of 31 . Puntanelli , oho of tho coaccusod of Guorrazzi . A quarrel hua arisen between tho Sardinian and
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 20, 1856, page 895, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2159/page/7/
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