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    No . 412 , February 13 , 1858 . ] _ T gj _ IijBA D ; E B . 151

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    closed the secret of the Government opposition to his Nicaragua scheme which was a rejection of their proposition that he should go to Mexico and incite a war iiere , with a view to the United States acquiring that territory . Resolutions were passed denouncing the Gov ernment , and demanding the trial of Commodore ^ LoVd ™ Napier gave one of the most brilliant fetes ever witnessed in Washington in honour of t he marriage of the Princess Royal . The city of Mexico has been bombarded by . the opponents of Comonfort , and a desperate conflict continued for several days , resulting in the loss of more than a hundred lives and the wounding of a large number more . A truce of a day was agreed to . The last report is that the coalition was marching on the oity , and that civil war was ing .

    rag _ _ , _ The ship North America has come into collision , between Tuskar and Holyhead , with the American barque L-e ander , which went down in about five minutes . Nine men-and the captain's wife were drowned ; the rest were saved . The steamboat Fanny Fern has blown up near Cincinnati , and several lives have been lost .

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    THE PROGRESS OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL . The progress of the Princess Royal and her husband through Belgium and Prussia has been marked by as many stately observances and as much affectionate re gard for the fair young girl who has left her home and country for new scenes and duties as signalized her departure from England . At Aix-la-Cliapelle , the streets were gaily decorated , and the young couple were heartily received . Cologne was bright with illuminations ( the arrival took place after dark ) , and the cathedral was brought out into magnificent relief . The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph •/ * _ _ - . * t i i . i _ ill / I . _ . * which until that

    " The grand and wondrous cathedral , moment had been hidden in the midst of darkness , suddenly burst into view , radiant with the most gorgeous light . On every side it had been illuminated with a rick red glow , which brought out even the minutest . tracery of the architecture into strong relief . The effect waa- almost supernatural . The whole building stood out against the background of night , like some fairy temple toat had been called from empty space at the bidding of an . enchanter ; and this lasted , not for a minute , but for a good quarter of an hour . During all that time , the pans of red fire which had been placed upon the parapets , and on various parts of the outside of the building , continued to blaze , and to reflect their lurid glow upon pillar , upon pinnacle , and upon sculptured figure . As

    you gazed upon the glorious buildiug , thus tinted with iairy colours , you might have supposed yourself iu the golden East of fable and tradition . You might have fancied that the palace of some gorgeous dream had suddenly started into form before your eyes . Such a magnificent illumination was never , probably , seen in any other city of Europe . While red fire was thus burning without , I learnt that the electric light was shedding a pale and ghostly g low within ; and that the Prince and Princess were there in order to see this marvellous building , under the influence of a double illumination so imposing . But the doors I soon found were pitilessly closed to all who sought admission , and accordingl y I ain iu ignorance as to what took place in the vast old temple at this particular moment . The one great illumination of the town completely eclipsed all tho others .

    Yet of these , however humble they might appear , it was impossible not to take note . Nearly every house in the principal streets of Cologne wore , more or less , a holiday garb . Some had flaga drooping from their casements , and coloured lamps shining in their windows ; others contented themselves with displaying rangos of lighted candles in tho place of lamps . Everywhere there waa universal light . In tho streets tho crowd was sufficiently numerous to render locomotion through tho narrow , crooked , and puzzling by-ways exceedingly tiresome work . Tho people who had gathered round tho station to greet tho arrival of the Prince and Princess , hastened away to see tho cathedral as soon as thoy hud gone . Thus every street in tho neighbourhood of this building waa soon filled . Tho soldiers hud some diuioulty in keeping order , and did not dimmish that dilliuulty by checking everybody in the roughest manner who endoavourud to pass certain ill-undorstood limits . "

    Tho Prince and Princess afterwards attended a grand concert given in tho GlLrzeuiuh Sualc , or 0 uild-. lialj , n building pf immense sizu , with , fine sculptured timber in . tho roof and ou the walla . It wua not until nine o ' clock that the Royal visitors arrived , and some of the audience had been there from five . Tho concert was given by the celebrated Cologne Choral Union , and tho special feature was an original com-—goidtion ^ in ^ honoui \ --of ^ aUo ^ oxQiU . ^_ Tl » i . vli ; MfiilslL &ational Anthem waa hum introduced , and was rocaivod . with gjreafc onthusiasin , the wholo company standing . The andionco was very brilliant , aaU tho Ladles glittored with jowellory . At Magdeburg , and PotBdjuii , there woro grand coaontions ,, and tlio trades' companion formod prouus-» loa » through tho streets , fcjoino remarks woro madu at tun fojcmor town on tho fact of tho Royal couple

    driving by in a close carriage ; but this , it was explained , resulted from the Princess being rather unwell , owing to her long journey . The entry into Berlin on Monday was a very brilliant affair . The weather was clear , bright , cold , and exhilarating ; the citizens were out in their beet array and in the highest possible spirits ; and every accessory that could add splendour to the scene had been showered forth with cop ious liberality . The correspondent of the Times reports : — " The authorities gave us ( the Eng lish ) permission to

    erect the English flag outside the gates of the town ( a locality courteously described in the official programme as 'the commencement of the Theirgarten' ) , and assemble round that attractive point to give the Princess a hearty British cheer as she entered the town . This item of " the proceedings , as set forth in an official programme , the Prince of Prussia was pleased to approve , and accordingly we assembled to-day , about one hundred and thirty men strong , besides the gentler sex , under cover of a noble Union Jack , a red ensign , a pilot flag , and a fourth that exceeds my flagging powers to describe .

    " When her Royal Highness drove past in the procession , and accidentally made a short halt in front of our post , we gave her an unmistakable British cheer that went to her heart , if we may judge by the pleased and kind expression of her eyes . She looked infinitely better than on Saturday at Potsdam , where she was probably fatigued and over excited . As well as we could see , the Princess was to-day dressed in -white , and she certainly wore a very comfortable ermine mantle , that did one's heart good to contemplate as she sat at the open window of the State carriage , Lowing to all , and smiling where here and there some incident provoked it . We flatter ourselves that she smiled at the very British

    manifestation which she met with outside the gates at our hands and throats , but in another instance sb . 3 laughed , outright , and has won the hearts of many by so doing . As it is stated to me , the peoplo at one portion of the distance to be traversed outside of the town threw flowers into the carriage as she passed before them , for which she bowed her smiling acknowledgments ; but , just as she was at one time bowing , a tolerably substantial nosegay flew in at the window and struck her in the face . The well-meaning donor stood aghast at the contretemps , till the hearty goodnature of the Princess manifested itself in unconstrained laughter at the concussion , in which Prince Frederick William

    joined . " The sight of that most noble of promenades , Unter den Linden , to-day , was most imposing ; from one point where I stood I calculated , with the assistance of a military friend well versed ill these matters , that above 180 , 000 persons were standing in quiet expectation of the Princess ' s arrival , surrounded by the most tasteful and ample decorations , and in the presence of soma of the most beautiful monumental sculpture that any cap ital of Europe can boast . " There were separate decorations of this festal Mall at every point where a cross street intersected . Thus , at the intersection of the Schadow-strnssc , the above-mentioned flagstalTs were not only decorated , as before , with garlands and banners , but in this case were converted

    into obelisks , on different stages of whioh the busts ot the various members of the lioyul family were placed in due order and relation . At the intersection of the Friedrioh-strasse , the erections took a still more monumental form , and allegorical statues of the size of life were mounted therein niches mar . y foot from the ground , and , like the busts oii tho obelisks , were surrouiulod by evergreens , by emblazonries , flags , ami various legends . At various other points woro decorations less elaborate thau these , while the ncuidcntul prosnnco of certain barges in the canal over which the Sdiloss-brUcko loads had g iven rise to as protty a demonstration as any to bo found throug hout thu wholo fostul liiu . Tho vessels woro hauled up close to tho bridgo , and had not only flagged and sported very appropriate banners

    in addition , but t !; oy hutl slung tliuir tucklo iroin mast to mast outsiilo the bridge , across the road , and on these linos hail hung transparencies that oven by daylight were good looking , and in tho evening worn highly elleotive . Ouo of tlie . so boro a . s a logund , 1 A hoarly welcome to tho noblo ncwlyrinarriod couple ;' tho other , ' All huppinoss and good wishos from tho Prussian Navigation . ' The wholo di . it mice of tho lino of procession from the monument of Frederick the Groat down to tho Sohloss was marked out with a double lino of flagstaff ' s , decorated as before dtinoribud , and along tho aUlos of this portion woro to be found at every available

    The strewing of flowers by young girls , the processions of the trades' companies , the displays of military and civic power , and the thousand-and-one little minutiae of such an occasion , contributed to adorn with a flush and superabundance of life and gallantly the progress of the Princess and her husband to the Schloss , which they reached at a quarter past two o ' clock .

    point stands erected with scats lor spouLutnrs , containing from a few hundred to 2000 persons each , and ornamented with great skill , taste , and liberality ; muuy ul those creation * woro so tastefully designed undso prettily jAtteii ^ ULjjiilLJiJii ^ Ji'Ji ! 0 re gret to think their oc cupation would bu ' ao qThemoral ! TNor wore' tlioro ihn ' riy luTiiSoi In tho wholo length of the fostul lino tliut did not sport some species of decoration , the very loastof which uouslstod of two or inure flags waving from tho roof or upper windows ; iu many oases rich earputa woro exhibited at tho windows li | tho Italian stylo , and , iu rarer iuotanoud oxpeuuivo and elaborate decorations of tho ontiro fu ^ aded had boon got up . "

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    CONTINENTAL , NOTES . That narrow and unchristian feeling is to be condemned which . re ^ ard 3 with jealousy the progressof foreign , nations , and cares for no portion of the human race bat that to which itself belongs . DB . ' . AltNOIiB . FRANCE . A TRAXsr-ATiox of a despatch from Count Walewski to the French Ambassador at London , on the subject of the late attempted assassination , has been laid on the table of the English House of Commons , and published in our newspapers . It is dated January 20 , and , after alluding to previous acts of the same kind , all of which , it is remarked , were concocted in England , it asserts that the French Government is ' penetrated with the sincerity of the sentiments of reprobation' of the recent attempt which have been expressed in this country . France , it is affirmed , honours the principle of protection to refugees maintained by England ; she observes the same principle herself , and is far from complaining of the shelter granted iu our territories to refugees who remain ' faithful to

    their opinions , even to their passions . But there are certain parsons who engage in conspiracies for assassination . " Ought , then , the right of asylum to protect such a state of things ? Is hospitality due to assassins ? Should English legislation serve to favour their designs and their manoeuvres , anil can it continue to protect persons who place themselves by flagrant acts outside the pale of the common law , and expose themselves to the ban of humanity ? In submitting these questions to the Government of her Britannic Majesty , the Government of the Emperor not only discharges a duty towards itself , it responds to the sentiment of the country , which demands such a proceeding under the pressure of most legitimate anxieties Qqui Vy invite sous Vempire des plus Icyithnespreoccupations ) , and which , in a circumstance where joint responsibility ( solidarite ) between all nations and all Governments is so evident , believes that it lias the right to count upon the

    co-operation of England . The recurrence and the perversity of theseguilty enterprises subject France to a danger against which we are . all bound to provide . The Government of her Britannic Majesty can assist us in averting it by giving us a guarantee of security , which no State can refuse to a neighbouring State , and which we are authorized in expecting from an ally . Full of confidence , moreover , in the exalted reason of the English Cabinet , we abstain from all indication as regards the measures which it may be suitable to take to satisfy this wish . We rely in this matter entirely on them ^ the English Cabinet ) for the care of appreciating the decisions which the } ' shall judge the most proper to lead to this end , and we flatter ourselves ( none nous complaisons ) with the linn belief that we shall not have appealed in vain to their conscience and their loyalty . You will bo so good as to read this despatch to Lord Clarendon , and give him a cony of it . "

    It is said thatFerukh Khan , the Persian Ambassador , acting on a special authority from his Government , has signed a treaty with a Paris merchant for the exclusive spinning by machinery during twenty-five yonrs of all tho silk produced in Persia . The conditions of the treaty , it , is added , will enable tho French merchants to save a portion of the 200 , 000 , 000 francs they pay annually for foreign silk . M . JJilluult , Minister of the Interior , has rosignod hia ofneo , ami tho resignation has boon accepted by the Emperor . General L'Espiuusse , tho Emperor's aido-dccamp , Imii suoeeodud to tho vacant post . M . Corneau , Prefect of the Landes , is appointed General Secretary to tho Minister , in placo of M . Mauceaux . General de L'Espinasse has issued a ol re alar to tho Prefects which may bo considered as a- manifesto of tho now policy whioh is to bu inaugurated in oon .-ioqudnco of tho attempt on tho lifo of tho Emperor . The General writes : — " Franco , tranquil , prosporouti , and glorious under u

    Government of restoration , luis abiuulonuil hursell for six years to , perhaps , an excessive oonlidtmco in tho subsiding of anarchical pas . iiuiia wliiuli tho energy of tho Sovereign and the solemn will of the country sooinod to have entirely annihilated , i'lio gouorosity of th ) Kmporor , multipl y ing partlotw ami ninnuslio . s , itaoli ' gavoa phulyo for this * natural , but luuumpleto , roturu to nuiot and union . An uxoerublo attempt has oponod all oyos , and has rovoaloil to an ilio savage rosoutmont aud tho culpable honos whiuh still # limmur among tho ushos of tho revolutionary party . Of that party , Monsieur lo " ProToi , wo' hVu « i ^ ToliEttTrp T 5 VOiTBitO" * iTOr--nmderrnt ( r ~ the . strength . I t * odious iitluiii |> t hu . i aluruuid t | io country ; wo must givo it tho |> loiltfc < f )> l' safety it roquimi . Dincrotionury or superfluous ino ' imu'os aro not tho point in question . What wo want id u watchful , inoossuiit ot * rvpiUunvti , ready to provont , prompt mul linn to suppress , always uiilui , as power and Justice should bo ; in fact , our populations , who irnvo L > uou Justly ttlnnnotl , must bo

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2230/page/7/