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¦ . ¦ . ' ¦ » - '— ¦ ¦ CONTINENTAL NOTES . . JfltANCE . As improvement ' has ' . taken-place in the price of the Bublic funds at Paris . It seems to have been the result of the note in which Austria disclaims having had the intention of sending troops to Servia without the concurrence of the other Powers that are parties to the Treaty ° The . Revue des Deux Iffondes has the following remarks : —MVe cannot yet believe in war ; there are strong reasons for the absence of alarm . Among the motives that tend to give confidence , we point out in particular the financial arrangements made at the end of December by the Ministers of Finance and Public Works ? The financial report of M . Magne does not , indeed , leave any room for warlike provisions in the next
The Tndcpcndance Beige contains the following : — - " It is now believed in well-informed political circles in Paris that the speech of the Emperor on the opening of the Corps Lcgislatif will be extremely pacific . He has frequently declared that the words addressed to M . de Habner were not intended as a war manifesto . The French Embassy at London has received orders to make a similar declaration to the English Government . " The T ' mes correspondent writes : —" The writers charged with'the correspondence of certain foreign newspapers , furnished by the Government , have received orders to announce that there will be no war . The
language of official people is more and more pacific . Probably , though war '' may not he entirely abandoned ) it is postponed to a much later date . On the other hand , it is affirmed in some quarters that the preparations have not relaxed ; that there is activity in the arsenals and military workshops ; that armourers , carpenters , shoemakers , bakers , arid other artisans are in constant requisition ; and that contractors 'have been ordered to forward to Toulon without'delay the necessary supplies . The feeling , however , for peace is still general . ' As the fact of the preparations at Toulon is tod patent to be denied , they are intended , it is said , for Senegal , Algeiia , and China . Rudio , condemned to death for the atlentai of the 14 th January , whose punishment was commuted by the Emperor of the French , has just died at Cayenne .
Madlle . Espinasse , nun , known in religion as Sister Margaret Mary , has just died at her convent in Toulouse . She was the sister of the late Minister of the Interior in France . A letter from Toulon informs us that on the 12 th the crews of the ships of war composing the Toulon fleet , under the command of Vice-Admiral Romain-Desfosses , effected an imitation of a hostile landing and a sham light at the Grosse Tour . The population , of Toulon , who occupied the adjacent hills to witness the manoeuvres , warmly applauded the precision with which the commands of the Admiral were executed . The French Emperor , it is said , will demand of the Corps Lcgislatif a dotation of 1 , 200 , 000 fr . for . the Prince Napoleon , and , moreover , a pension of 150 , 000 fr . for the young Princess in case of the death of her husband .
The Jfoniteitr lias published a ministerial notification of the entire abolition of the visa for passports . In futuro no visa whatever will be nccossary for either French subjects p . r foreigners . The abolition of passports is , however , a measure far in advauco of the immediate intentions of the French Government . The ministerial article proves on examination to be a magniloquent and elaborate puff of the Government for having put an end to the special aggravations of the passport nuisance ¦ which followed Orsini ' s attempt and restored the provisions in force just before that dato . It is announced that govern ! Fianch ouiocrs serving in tho army in Cochin China having beon attacked with chrouic dysentery have boon sent homo to Franco .
The rumour circulates again of the probable accession of M . do Persigny to office , » a Minister of Foreign Afiairfi , An it indicates a pacific policy , and , consequently , tho maintenance of tho alliance with England , it is well received . AUSTRIA . After inarching troops to thoSorvian frontier , and signifying its readiness to intorforo by force ,, Austria has been induced by a threatening noto from Franco , and by tho consideration that a casus belli was not . only threatened but desired in that quarter , to back out of a
position which it toad assumed without consulting the rest of the groat Powers under whoso sanction the national independence of Sorvia was established . Tho Austrian Government has eont a satisfactory noto to Franco relative to Sorvln . This note is said to declare that the Austrian offer of troops to tho Pasha of Belgrade should have boon eont to the Porto , and that the i orto should have consulted tho great Powors about ite QXQoutlon . Tlio Comtitutionnel adds : — - " The apoody solution of tliia dUUculty , in whlgh Austria makes an m of deference to public opinion in Europo , cannot but Btvongthon the oonJldonoo In tho maintenance of poaoo , «» m complete the calming of tho public mind . " At Padua , on the Oceanian of tho buriul of Profosaoi
Zambra , a disturbance took place among the students of the University , which was , however , immediately suppressed . The lectures at the University were at once stopped . The inhabitants remained quiet . The affair was considered insignificant . ; The Times correspondent at Milan writes :-- ' " After many inquiries among persons of all parties , including some of the most decided anii-Austria ' , I cannot but come to the conclusion , that there is not the least chance of an insurrection at Milan . As regards the smaller towns and the rural districts , although there is doubtless a Vast deal of discontent , especially on account of the conscription , nothing serious is to be apprehended there so long as the capital remains tranquil , and Milan was never quieter than it is at present . "
It would seem that the Austrian Government has either received tranquillising assurances from Italy , or considers that it has already despatched into Lombardy a sufficient force to meet any enemy . We read in the Havas Correspondence from Vienna , January 14 th : — " Positive orders -were issued yesterday evening—so it is confidently asserted- ^ to stop the progress of troops marching towards the Lombard © -Venetian Provinces . Count Giuiay , Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army , considers himself strong enough with the forces at present at his disposal , to answer for the maintenance of tranquillity . , . . .
The Vienna correspondent of a contemporary informs us that the leading German papers have made exceedingly violent attacks on the French Government ; and one of the most moderate papers in Germany declares that if the little nephew of a great uncle expects that Germany will patiently bear -with his p rrvenu arror gaiice he deceives himself . Another paper says the vexatious policy of France has excited such indignation in Germany that the inhabitants of the great Fatherland are in imminent danger of forgetting the Concordat , and
of uniting with Austria in opposing the aggressions of the Emperor Napoleon . During , the last few days the public has eagerly seized every opportunity of giving tokens of its sympathy and loyally . Letters received from onieers stationed in Milan and Venice give an insight into the feelings of the army . The troops ardentlv hope there . ' will be a fpreign war .. It is not distinctly said what is meant by a " foreign war , " but the Austrian pincers would greatly like to measure swords with the French . To use . their own words , " there are old notches to be ground out . " . .
PORTUGAL . " The Portuguese Government , " says the Moniteur , "in restoring the Charles-et-Georges , consented to pay an indemnity in proportion to the losses incurred by the owners , captain , and crew . The amount was fixed by a commission , who calculated with perfect impartiality the damage which it was just to make good , and the amount has just been paid to the French Minister at Lisbon . " The steamer Ville de Lisbonhc had left for St . Naz a ire , having on board 343 , 000 fr , for the French Government . This sum , it is supposed , is the indemnity paid by Portugal for the Charles-et-Georges .
ROME ; According to advices from Rome , Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was received by the Pope in a private audience , which was of very long duration . His lordship will soon return to London . It is said that the Austrians will declare a state of siege in the States of the Chnrch . A letter from Rome says : — " In the salons of the Cardinals and of certain members of the Roman aristocracy , France and its Government are torn to pieces ,
and Austria is looked for as a Messiah . In this society is t : O bo found M . Lonormant , chief editor of the Correspondent of Paris . Father Lacordaire and Bully Vouillot , of the Unicers , accompanied by tho Abbe Malais , of the Tuilories , nro expected . Pius IX . makes much of the first two . As is well known , tho Pope is accustomed on Christmas-eve to bless a sword aiuU pot , and to send thorn to tho monarch who hns best deserved them . This year , tho choson of his Holiness is Pruncis Joseph ol ' Austria ,
In consoquonco of tho treaty of lien-sin , the Court of Rome is occupied in reorganising tho various bishoprics in China . That empire is to receive a now ecclesiastical distribution , and several new bishops are > to bo consecrated .
uussia . Tho Gazette da St . Fdterebowff dwolls with acrimony on Austrian oppression in Lorn barely . It contains the following remarkable passage , which may be taken as an indication of what attitude Russia would be likely to assume in tho event of a strugglo ;— " It is usually said . that tho chief motive of the Italians in their bitter opposition towards the Austrian Government is a hope of regaining their independonoo . Well , supposing it ib , who could possibly object to it ?" Tho students of tho University of Moscow hissed one of their profoesora who had displeased them . The academic authorities gave orders to arrest those who had commenced tho disturbance . At Moscow this movement was described as a political insurrection , but tho Govornmont was not ulavmcd by these reports . Whew tho Emporov hoard of id ho moroly sent M . Ivowalowski , tho Minister of public Instruction , to Moscow , who . iag . teil
with the greatest moderation , in , conformity with the instructions of the ^ Emperor , and made a report representing the affair as a schoolboys' riot , and not an affair of State . The minister recommended the students who had quitted the college to return , and expelled only a few of the ringleaders . . : Tire Emperor has- by a ukase organised a railway committee to consider and report on all question ' s connected with railways in Russia . The committee , over which Count Nesselrode is to preside , is composed of Count Strogonoff , Baron Meyendorf , Baron Lieven , and the Engineer G enerals Gersfeld , Todtleben , Timachoff , Melnikoff , and Kerbedz .
BPATNi The Senate has adopted the bill which fixes the effective of the army for the present year at 84 , 000 men . In the Chamber of Deputies a bill fixing the number of vessels and men of the navy for the present year had been presented . The Espana says that the Due de Montpensier contemplates visiting Italy , but it does not state for what reason . The Comte de Paris is at this moment at Madrid , at which city they have given to him a splendid reception , particularly disagreeable to the Court of France . The Emperor of Morocco has ordered that the Spanish , prisoners should be released , and a sum of 2000 dures paid to the Spanish Government as an indemnity for a , bark pillaged by the pirates of the Riff . Some of the journals state that the Government has sent an agent into England to purchase twenty-four steamers of small tonnage for the Philippine Islands ^ The Government contemplates making various important reforms in the administration of the isle of Cuba . The weather is very severe at Madrid . The cold was so . great that a coachman had been frozen to death on bis box , and three washerwomen had been taken up senseless by the side of the Manzanares . TUKKEY . The weather in Roumelia has improved ; the heavy rains have ceased , and the Maritza has begun to return to its bed . The Government is repairing the damage caused by the ' inundations . Bosnia is tranquil . Dervich Pasha , the new Governor of the province , on his way to his post , was attacked by a band of rebels . One of the Pasha ' s escort was killed ,, and several others wounded , but the rebels were defeated . Letters from Beyroiit state , that the greatest tranquillity now prevails in the mountain in consequence © f the defeat of the niost formidable of the chiefs . Mgr . Valerga , the delegate of the Holy See , had left for Jerusalem , having , during his stay at Beyrout , arranged all the difficulties which had arisen with the Maronites who had threatened to separate themselves from the Church of Rome . Mazai Pasha , another brother of Rescbid Pasha , and General commanding at Roustchuk , has been thrown out of his carriage , and killed . He was brother to the unfortunate Ali-Ghalib , lately drowned in the Bosphorus . Accounts have been received from Jeddab . to the 26 th . nit . They confirm the fact of the arrest of the Kaimakan , the Cadi , the Mollah , the principal functionaries , and several of the inhabitants of the town . These wretches have reciprocally denounced each other . The Kairaakan is discovered to have been the principal instigator of the sanguinary catastrophe . The guilty parties will be conveyed to Constantinople to take their trial . A contribution of three millions of francs has been levied on the town , to be used as reparation to the families Of the victims pf its fanatical inhabitants . Private letters announce that the diafcnrbanoes in the . provinces surrounding Bagdad become move serious . Mehemet Bey Will not return to Paris as ambassador . NAPLES . The following edict was issued onithe 13 th : —" Any person or persons taken . in the act of an Attempt against the internal safety of the State will be tried immediately by a council of war . Persons accused of conspiring against the safety of the State-will be tried before tho ordinary courts . " This was followed by a rumour of Naples being placed in a state of siege , confirmed by the following from Marseilles : —" The text of the Royal edict of tho 18 th inst . comprehends tho whole kingdom . Couuoils of war will be instantly coiled in all places whore politicul disturbances may break out . These councils will have to decide upon tho indemnity to be granted to those ( States which havo fluttered injury ; and thoir duty will alao bo to fix the amount of reward to be given to such persons as . may have co-operated in tho suppression of disturbances . It is asserted that a message in ciphor , received from London , was tho causa of this measure Tho public funds hove fallen 8 £ - per eont . within tho lust few days , "
The Moniteur Announces that the eighty-nine political prisoners whoso sentences have boon 'commuted by the King of Nnplos to banishment will bo despatched to the United States . Those measures of clemency lmve boon brought to tho knowledge of tho French Govornmont by that of NaploB itaolf . Poorio , who la an invalid , has rofiiHod tho Royal pardon ,, bcoauso , In his opinion , it is equivalent to transportation .
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' . No . 461 , JAtmART 22 , aS 59 X THE X , EADER . 103
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2278/page/7/
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