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      vant of the palace , aged sixty-eight , father of a family , and a silversmith , a man of bad character , who has been before convicted . LOMBARD Y . The Archduke Maximilian and his wife have been grossly insulted in the streets of Milan by a man of the lower orders—a facchino , or porter . It is believed in Milan that the man waa summarily puunished by a flogging . The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian is doing all in bis power to make himself popular in Lombardy and Venice . His friends relate that he disapproves the new laws for supplying the army with recruits , and has informed the Imperial Government that such is the case . In order that the lower classes should suffer as little as possible by the change in the currency , the Milan Mint gives new copper coins in exchange for the old coins of five , cents , which are taken at their full nominal value . New silver coins are also given in exchange for the old " zwanzigers . "

      noMB . ¦ Some difficulty has been experienced in Co 1 W ; z , taxes in Komagna Campagna , and it is gni . i ft ? * dinal Antonelli having allied to GeLS ^*!??' tho assistance of French soldiers in the collecting , * i General had refused , lie said neither he aor ^ ' were tax-gatherers . ¦ 1 S me "

      IONtAX ISLANDS . A despatch dated Corfu , Dec . 14 , says : — " A few days ago Mr . Gladstone went to the southern Ionian Islands and to Greece . Shortly before his departure there was a demonstration at Santa Maura in favour of an annexation with Greece . The Municipal Council of Zante has addressed a memorial to Mi-. Gladstone , in which it is said that the best thing England can do to improve the political position ; of the Ionian Islands is to consent to their being united to the Kingdom of Greece . The Municipal Council further expressed a hope that Mr . Gladstone would communicate to her Majesty the Queen the wishes of the Ionians . "

      TURKEY . A letter of the 8 th from Constantinople quotes intelligence from Aleppo , to the effect that the governor of the provineo has arrested Karaieid Oglou Ali , a brigand chief , who for the last twenty years has been carrying on his depredations on the roads about that city " . Letters from Ueyrout stato that Ismail Heir 11 ey , the rebel chief of the district of Santa , who , after his . defeat in the late disturbances , took refuge in the village of Ansaries , on the territory of llama , was pursued so closely by the Ottoman troops that he surrendered . The Pasha was disposed to treat him with clemency , but the inhabitants did not give him time . They seized on the rebel , his son , and his brother , and cut off their heads .

      The note uf the Porte has been published , in which the Turkish Government makes excuses for having admitted the American frigate " Wabash to the Dardanelles , and promises for the future to adhere strictly to the Paris Treaty . A letter from Belgrade of the 13 tli instant announces the assembling of the Skuptschirin . Afterwards there wa . s a grand reception at the palace . A certain number of deputies , however , refused to attend it , as well as the

      grand banquet which the Prince gave next day to the National Assembly . Many of the deputies base their refusal on the ground that they have come to discbarge the business of the country , and , that until that is done , there ought to be no amusements . This shows what the Prince has to expect from the Skuptschiua . Belgrade was looking very much like an English , town during an election . All was political stir and life , the people in crowds in the streets , discussing , and yet the greatest order and decorum prevailing .

      The Turkish 'Government has formed a commission at Constantinople to draw up a new Ottoman dictionary . The Journal ' 7 e CunsUtntiuople publishes a decree making the following nominations : —Ali Pasha , at present governor of Djedduh , is confirmed iu that post . Mahmod Pasha , who had been named to the post of Djeddah , is appointed governor of lvunlistai ) . Ali Kiamily Pasha , governor of Kurdistan , is appointed governor of Damascus . AV . vriiiA . A letter from Vienna says : —" There is reason to believe that the highest and most influential persons in the empire are beginning to observe that they committed a-gross political blunder when they gave such unlimited

      powers to the Roman Catholic clergy . Since the publication of the Concordat there has been nothing but discord at homo and uuplcasnnt complications abroad . The Government would fain do something for the Protestants , and the Emperor himself is of opinion that their reasonable wishes should be attended to , but the Ultramontane party is so strong that no power in the state is now able to overcome its passive resistance . Tiie consequences of the Concordat have , if possible , been even more disastrous abroad than they have been at home . With the exception of Naples , Tuscany , and Koine , Austria has no ally . It would bo good policy for England to bo on intimate terms with her ; but no British Ministry can venture to go hand in hand with « i power which barely tolerates Protestantism . " HAPJ-ES . A tol <> gram of the 21 st indicates Uio confirmed hostility of the Klug of Naples to French interference . Monsieur d'Agiout hud brought fresh capital ami skill to tho undertaking of a . line from tho Appian Way to the remote seaport of Olronto , and hud lodged u very largo num . as caution monoy for the duo execution of tho contract . On fiomo flimsy protoxt thu King has coiifiacated tho deposit , and annulled the contract . A similar proceeding had already occurred iu the Castellamare line of rail . I'OItTUCJAL . Tho commission for tho revision of tho tariff haa hold reported meetings lately , but tho rosulu will Hcarccly bo ready for presentation during tlio present inmnioii . In a short , tlmo tho railway question will bo brought boforo tho Cortos . Many of the documonts respecting tho Chnrloa-ut-Georgos question linvo bqcn publlnhod , and tho Marquis do Loultf hus declared with rospoct to aouiu papors whluh woro not published , that tho Government did not think it expedient to publinh thoin , but , thoy would bu laid on tho tnblo for tho examination of tho doputlos , thoy lining tho judges of tho socrooy and confldonco which ought to bo maintained ; tho Miirquid also stated that ho would givo all oxplunatlpn iu public sosalou whon tUo tnutlor wa « diacuuflod .

      A . few days since Count Gyulai returned to his post in Italy , and it ia believed that he is furnished with greater powers than he had before he came to this city . Military men appear to have a high opinion of the Count .

      SARDINIA . '¦ A . letter from Xice , dated December 16 , says : —Adjniral Isthmin has arrived in Tillafranca 13 ay , and has hoisted his flag as second in command under the High Admiral Grand-Duke Constantine . The Russian squadron concentrated in these waters has been raised by fresh arrivals to a very respectable strength ; and it may really be inquired what necessity exists for this naval demonstration . ' The force is composed of the Retrizan , screw line-of-battle ship ; Polkan and Garobpy , screw frigates ; Baian and Rurick , screw corvettes . Two other frigates are recorded as on their way . Xothing certain is known respecting the intended movements of the fleet . The squadron will probably proceed to Cadiz and other Spanish ports , and then return to Villafranca . Should it subsequently proceed eastwards and accompany the Prince to Jaffa on his talked-of pilgrimage to the Holy Land , work may be cut out for diplomacy .

      ' The correspondent of the Times at Turin says : — " The most moderate people here seem to forget the word moderation when the questions of Italian nationality and of Austrian rule are brought forward . The fixed and immovable idea is to drive out the foreigner and have Italy for the Italians , and I hope I do not wrong them when I express my belief that they would deem the attainment of that " end cheaply purchased by a general war in Europe . Europe might think this rather too high a price to pay even for the emancipation of the Italians . It is certainly to be deplored that misgovernment and oppression have been suffered to be carried to such an extent that now no concession would be held satisfactory , and every hope of improvement is based upon anticipations of an armed and desperate struggle . " EUSSIA .

      A Russian fort has fallen into the hands of the Circassians , who were led by Sefer Pasha ' s son . The Imperial Foreign-office has granted Mr . S , Dufour , the bookseller of the Russian Court , to be the director of the French Journal

      DE . V 1 IAHK . The German Diet has come to the resolution to await what propositions of constitutional arrangement the King of Denmark will lay before the Estates of IIol-Bteiu , which are to assemble on the 12 th of January , and not to negotiate beforehand with him on what ho may himself propose . ' Whatever the relations between Penmark and Holstoin are , the King ' s savereign rights as Duke of Holstein must bo respected .

      SWITZERLAND . On tho 29 th of November fifty French soldiers , belonging to tho garrison of tho Fort des Iiousses , entered the Dappenthal , and advanced as fur as tho Groviuo . This unceremonious occupation of a part of tho Federal territory has created a great sensation iu Switzerland , and the Uoderal Council ia about to ask tho French Government for an explanation of its conduct .

      BELGIUM . The debate on postal reform in tho Belgian Chamber Las been continued , and was not concludod when tho last mall left . Tho proposition of the reformers is to introduce the syBtera of penny postage undeservedly . In connexion with tho prosecution of Lc CummjipH ' dant , a stormy discussion has arisen in the Belgian Chamber , h propos of a bill framed on the laws of September , 1836 , imposing a flno of 10 , 000 fr . and 11 vo years' imprisonment as a maximum penalty for press articles against tho governmental authority . Tho Ministry was assailed by M . Dofrd ( mombor for Brussolfl ) , and the debnto was adjourned . The metropolitan moml )« r deprecated moat vigorously tUo importation of French laws into Belgium . SWEDEN . - Intelligencei from Stockholm states that tho health of tho King is seriously impaired . Ilia apputlto and , power to . 8 l « e » diminish , and his stronfftk failo .

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      THE DE MONTALEMBERT APPEAL The appeal of Count do Montalembert a < raiu < J « , judgment of the Court of Police Correctionnelle wl , h sentenced him on the 25 th of November to iill meat for six months and a fine of 30 U 0 f ., was hear ! Tuesday in the Appeal Court of the Imperial Court tf * ill IS * . . The court sat at half-past eleven . M . D ufaure com meiiced iu support of the appeal . M . Chaix d ' j Est \ n replied to M . Dufaure , and M . Berryer followed Thl police regulations at the last trial were justl y commented upon . No such severity , was exercised on this occasion and several persons wore observed taking notes of the proceedings without liinderame . There were not less than eleven judges . The president of the court . II Perrot do Chezcllo . s , is describe . I as an enlightened ' and impartial magistrate . A few minutes before eleven the judges entered and do Montalembert called in 1 i lUoiitaiemoert called in

      M . was . I . > ^ n ,- > , i „ ., ' « .,. M . uo was . He stood up and answered to the cu . Uomury interrogatory . The '' nrocesverbal , " or mhmtcs of the . ' former trial , and judgments were read by M . Treil . hard * as reporter . ¦ M . Dufaure opened the pleadings . He went over the history of the case , as he did in the Police Correctionnelle . lie relate . I tho early career ' of hid client ; and the remarkable part he had played for nearly twenty-eight years in public . atlairs . He diiried that tire note . hi the Jfu ) iit < iur which proclaimed the -Imperial pardon granted to . his client ' was a pardon in the proper sense of the vto : 'd . It was only a limited remission of the sentence , because it did not free the accused from the effects of the ¦

      penal law of the 2 , tl-i of ¦ February , 183 S . It . still left liim exposed for the -iv . > t of his life to the chance of being transported to Algeria , or exileJ , without trial or judgment ; nothing w ; is reniiiuJ but the penalty pronounced by the Police L'urrcctJojinolle . It was for that reason that he appealed—that lie culled upon the court to quash the judgment of the Police CorreetioUiielle . M . Du-fu-ure again examined tin- p : \ ssi \ gc . s of the article in the C ' urrcspoit'loiit . lie maintained that , in praising the institutions of F . ii'laiid , there was no defamation or

      attack on those of France . That which he did attack was the .-ystem of calumny and hatred adopted by tho .- > e whose constant practice was to abuse England and to exult the rebels in India . He only attacked I lie svi-Jisaut Conservative ami Catholic jiress of France ; : uul throughout the whole .. f the article uf the G'rruipwtdmil tho same spiri t is observable . Siuvly it could not be made tho ground ' or a t riiniiul chaise , that a writer eak in ii f KnlaudV If aueli be the case

      should ¦ sj . pr . » e « . - , then " Montesquieu , " and ; J 1 works written in praise of Kiiglidh institutions , inu > t be at once suppressed . 1 writers are allowed in Fame . ' Iu trainee linglaiul aud its Governmont , others should Iw allowed to say somcthing iu pmise of them . M . Puf . iuivntfaitt retraual the ouriy career of M . de . Moiitaleiubert—hu a-lvocicy ot civil and religious liberty—of tin- liberty of iiwiruction . All his triumph * w « -n : won in the tnbuuo—wn » it . strango that lio « h . aild luve its tra . liiiuiu , cluirf to tlw recollections of his younger day ., and iiraiwthe JrcvJoia

      of Parlinineiitary institution * . ' , , The speech lu , ted nu hour and a hall . ^ U « . » i ^ ended , M . Udiloii Brtrruiorodaedlhc Uoor and shook him warmly by the luind . , ,, Tho Procurcur-GcucVul , M . Cluix d L . l-Auge , ^ lowed . Ho road tho whole of tho Vn »* w * ot ^ do Mo . italcmbert ' d article and »« v ^ al ostnicu to ^ that lila intention was to attack the lui |> ona ^ rlJ mcnt . Hosuid that Kngl . ui . l had ^ enl nmci t ujo i ^ acquiring her present liberfu ,, ami „! . « hm » o PJjJ through so many onlcal ., ( i , 1-r . uia ' . » ' , £ ' 111 Mi ho formerly existed sevorc Luva n ^ U ^ l . the . « . , « "J « formeriy existed sevorc uiwa m ^ ij »» . »•; -- . of iw ¦

      read paasagea from old rtlululu ^ h » . wniii ' *» t ( J the EiitflUU law »«« inri K Ul"tJ U 1 ll U , e hiory ^ ^ against tho woverui rf n . 1 ^ r * . laU'd iho l la ^> uuacm . Inilian in-mrrectiuu nb recoiuited I ' . y *• « u { tUtf bort . JIo ridiculed tl . u debnto on thai oca , » M w lJntish l ' . u-liament . H w ; h only a . ^ " allullld bo Lurd Derby and Lord 1 ' iiIiiioi-bIou as to m o «» ^ iuolUuo . lie road n iiiwwigo Uvm ll 1 " /'' , .. > , flOvor » l Kuebuuk ( whoso nainu , by tliu way , J « «»» [{ ta vnin attuinpta to pronounce , mid at **»»«• b " lu ftm | . lo ^ pnlO- Tlio di . ljnte , ho ^ " ^ Ol' ' -, 1 to h atwl of -torilo . M . do Mont . il « mbert fi > l ^ " ^ ' of lingtlio Imperial Covennnonl , and hid fj loriiu . auo m land and of ivJifi liah institutions > va » ny" »' » kl ) rttt an ntuiuk on Franco . M . Clioix d ^ ' ^ bl , i hour and a half . Thoro woro sign" ^ lllsa l '

      during Ills spoooli . ' , oVer tho M . Uon-ycr , for M . do M » utn « m K 'J il o 6 ftt i H rtumo grouud us liU o 0 ll «« tfuo , M . l ) l" "lo ; . , M yo « waa usolfdtt to try . lo inu . o .-o Mmvu o liU ¦ > -J ruvent could not impose it on tho rc . it ol )> mM ' ^^ h g tlwif them by tho most » lrlntfo « t " *¦» fivm "JJ' ^ W l « vo of llborul iiwtlluUuiw . U *» ^ ° tUtit W

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1858, page 1406, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2274/page/6/