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according to their value . The sittings the Chamber of Deputies are suspended until further Notice from the president of that body . . Sir James Hudson has arrived in Turin . Defensive works are being actively constructed © B the river Dora , which forms the left portion , of the line the Piedmontese propose defending . Three batteries of artillery , one of them of heavy guns , left this morning for that part of the country . The Lomellina has been laid under water .
PE KMAUK—AM . TA . NCB WiTH FKANCE . The Neue Preussischp Zeitung , of Wednesday , states that Denmark- is Said to have concluded during the last few days a treaty offensive and defensive with France . TUSCANY—D 12 CULKATION IN FAVOUR OF SARDINIA . On Wednesday , nearly all the superior officers of the Tuscan troops ( 15 , 000 men ) presented themselves to the Grand Duke at Florence , and declared to him that to prevent the revolt of his army there ¦ was only one way , viz ., to unite with Piedmont in the cause of Italian independence . The Grand Duke , by the advice of his ministers , immediately sent for the Marquis of Lajatico , and begged him to form a new administration .
The Marquis answei-ed , that he could not undertake so important and difficult a task , or save the dynasty except on two conditions . First , the abdication of his Imperial Highness . Second , a declaration , of Avar against Austria , and an alliance with France and Piedmont . The Grand Duke refused to subscribe to these conditions , and declared he would quit Tuscany immediately , and without making ' any provision for a legal and regular government , leaving the Tuscans to do what they pleased . Victor Emmanuel has been , it is said , proclaimed Dictator of Tuscany . At Florence , Count Giialtier , having published a letter in " . favour of Count de Cavoiir , had been ordered to quit Tuscany , but he has refused to obey .
PARMA . . The Duchess Regent" of Parma intends to maintain strict neutrality , and to resist all Austrian or Piedmontese' occupation of the Duchy .
SWITZERLAND . The Bund of Berne states that the Hon . Captain Ilarris was to proceed to Milan to make known to General Gyulai the protest of England against the ultimatum of Austria . Captain Harris has , it is said , received counter orders from home . The Federal Diet has been convoked for the 2 nd of May next . Three battalions have been ordered to the banks of the Ticino . Five Sardinian steamers on the Lago Maggiore , which had taken refuge in Switzerland , have been disarmed . Many members of noble families from Milan have arrived at Lugano , and numerous arrests have been made among the aristocracy .
HOME ,: —THE AUSTBIANS AT AXCOXA . A telegraphic despatch arrived at Ancona from Vienna , on the 15 th , ordei'ing the Austrian Commander to put that place immediately in a state of preparation for war , announcing that on the next day 1 , 360 soldiers . would arrive from Venice , and 1 , 000 more from Bologna—thus raising the garrison to 6 , 000 men , or a fifth of the population of the city . The General directed works of defence on the
heights of Montepolito and of Pasatom , which command the city and the fortress , and '' . ¦ which-the Austriains , in 1849 , had themselves planted batteries , to the great loss of the proprietors . The works were commenced directly by the military b 3 destroying the trees and the crops ; a demand was made for a thousand labourers in the city ; and munitions of war and bombs were carried to' the detached forts .
The son or nephew of General Grogorio , commanding the army of the Pope , left homo a few days ago for Piedmont , , but the goncral caused Jiim to bo arrested before ho could leave the Papal Sttttos . On Friday , tho 15 th inst ., three Christian children wore missing from the neighbourhood of tho Ghetto . Tho mother consulted a mngnotizer , or rather a " medium . " Tho information which she received was as follows ; one child had boon murdered , tho othor two wore concealed in tho Ghetto . The report gained ground , and a very threatening demonstration was made in tho products of the Jew ' s quarter . Tho Roman commandant ; actually marched a ho (\ y of gendarmes into the Ghetto to search for traces of tho crime . The children had strayed into a vineyard nnd were found at play there .
NAPLES . A letter from Naples soya ;— Tho King is dying ; ln ? /^ t 0 dw ^ wo expect to hear that all is ovor . Ano Queen , w . hois Austrian , is doing all aha , can to got a Bharo of the government for hor son . Tho howaltaryprince is tho Bon ofKlng-JTordinund ' * first wi ( o , who was a Sarulniau princess . Tliu young nee is eaia to have longuod himsolf with
FUnngieri , Cariati , and others , moderate liberals and men of talent . If this be true there is great reason to hope something good will result . As soon as the King dies a total change of measures will be proclaimed ¦ : ' this will be succeeded by reforms throughout Italy . It will be curious if Naples , which for the last ten years has been so badly governed , should , as in 1848 , be the first to grant a constitution . " Disturbances have taken place at Palermo , followed by numerous arrests . Letters received state that 300 individuals were seized .
It is said that the Scourge has been telegraphed for from Leghorn , and is to be stationed at Naples . The King may die at any moment ^ and grave complications may arise that cannot be anticipated , and may render very desirable the appearance of the British flag in these waters .
SPAIN . A Madrid telegram of April 26 th says : —" Their Majesties and the Princes reviewed 1 G , ~ 000 troops yesterday . The army and the people cheered them heartily . It is asserted that the Infante Sebastian lias determined to acknowledge Queen Isabella II . " Prince Adalbert of Bavaria has been summoned from Madrid , to take the command of one of the divisions of the Bavarian army , which has been placed on a war footing .
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AMERICA . By the Kangaroo and the Persia we have New York intelligence to the , ' l 3 th inst . Lord Lyons and suite , accompanied by Lord Napier , who had met the new Minister at Annapolis , arrived at Washington on . the 7 tlu He was presented to the President oh the 12 th , arid addressed him in a short speech , expressive of the cordial good feeling of the Queen and people of England to the United States . The President was much gratified by the emphatic language of the new envoy , which fur transcends the formal phraseology usual on such
. , The trial of Daniel E . Sickles was still going on at Washington , amidst great excitement . The Hon . Kob ert J . Walker , while giving his evidence , was completely overcome , and had to be removed . On the 9 th the counsel for the : defence went at length into the question of adultery , and concluded : that Sickles , in killing Key , only obeyed the sudden and uncontrollable impulse of his passion . ' He quoted
very freely from the Scriptures and other works , with a view * apparentlj ' , to show that the crime of adultery is contrary to Holy Writ . On the following day he concluded his address , and the examination of witnesses commenced . No new facts of interest were elicited . Mrs . Sickles' confession of guilt was put in as evidence , and is disgustingly minute as to details . A more astonishing production , from the pen of a " refined and ladylike woman , " it would be difficult to imagine .
' Before the next session of Congress we may expect to hear news of considerable importance from Utah . Every mail brings confirmation of a good understanding between tho military and ciyil chiefs in the territory on Mormon matters . It is stated that Brigham Young is unpopular with the Mormons , and that lie has ngenjs in the northern provinces of Mexico , and also in Central America , prospecting for u location to which he and his partisans may remove and sot up nn indepciiuont hierarchy .
A New Orleans dispatch says : —Tho Loveo press firo was in tho poorest part of tho city . The houses were small , and the loss amounts to but 850 , 000 dollars . Halo ' s warehouse , half a square in extent on Fulton-street , with a largo quantity pf . bales of bagging , gunnies , ropo , nn . il western procluco , with eight partially occupied stores adjoining , luivo boon destroyed by fire . Tho loss is about 200 , 000 dollars . Tho Now * York Herald announces tho peaceful settlement of tho difficulty with Paraguay ; through tho friendly offices of President Urqui / a , Chief of tho Argentine Confederation . Amnlo indemnity is conceded to tho family of the person killed on board the Watorwitch .
Tho Personal Liberty Bill had passed in tho New York Assembly , It provides that no person shall bo deprived of liberty without duo prooesB of law , and gives tho right of trial by jury , with twenty additional challenges , to alleged slaves ; subjects any person doprlving another of liberty contrary to this law to a fine of 0 , 000 dais ,, and imprisonment from ilvo to twenty roars ; and makes colour no disqualification tor Qltlzonshlp .
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WEST INDIES . The New York Herald says : —War exists between Denmark and Dominica . ; Our correspondent at San Domingo states that a Danish M-ar steamer had arrived at that port , having on board a diplomatic , agent from the King of Denmark , who peremptorilydemanded indemnity in the sum of 150 , 000 dols . for the seizure of two Danish vessels by President Baez . during the last revolution , in the Dominican Republic , president Santana offered to refer the matter to arbitrators , but the Danish functionary declinedthe proposition ; and gave the Dominican authoritiestwenty-four hours to comply with his demands , or submit to the blockade of their ports- The Dominicans met-the emergency by deciding in favour of war , and forthwith commenced manning their batteries to repel the enemy . It is liinted that the Dominicans may issue commissions in the United States to privateers .
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CANADA . The Montreal Herald announces that Sir William Eyre had sent in his resignation of the command of the forces , on the ground of ill health .
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MEXICO . Advices from Vera Cruz to the 8 th inst ., repor t that Miramon , after reconnoitring Vera Cruz on the 18 th ult ., retired to his main army , which was encamped nine miles off . The women and children in Vera Cruz were transferred to the ships , and the Liberals prepared to make an animated defence . Miramon sent 1 , 200 men against Alvaraclo , but finding the place strongly defended , they retired without attacking it . Miramon , finding himself outgeneralled afc all points , broke up bis camp on the 28 th , and commenced his retreat on the capital with the Liberal forces hanging on his rear . The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 4 th . inst . The Liberals surrounding the capital were 15 , 000 strong . They had cut off the supplies of water and provisions . The garrison numbered 6 , 000 men . Miramon had sent 1 , 500 men to the capital from Orizaba . On the 2 nd General Degollado attacked the capital , but was unsuccessful : about 500 were killed on each side . Miramon was at Orizaba . The United States Minister had recognised the Juarez Government .
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EGYPT . Advices have been received from Alexandria to the 18 th instant . M . de Lesseps has had an interview with the Viceroy , in consequence of which the public functionaries have been instructed to assist in forwarding the preliminary works of the Suez Canal . The governors of Dawietta and Alexandria , have been ordered to admit vessels with materials for the canal operations free of duty . The Progresso d'Egitto has been ordered not to publish any more articles on the Suez-Canal undertaking . The agent of France is said to have received instructions to declare emphatically the approval of his Government of the project .
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CAPE OF GOO 3 > HOPE . Tub Calcutta arrived at Plymouth on Sunday , witlr intelligence from the Cape to the 13 th March , llobert Knox , Esq ., registrar of the mixed commission , and for twelve years editor of the Morning Herald , died at his residence , Cape Town , on the Gtli March . Ho had been in the colony but a few months , having only lately received the appointment from Lord Malmosbury , on the accession of tho present Government to power . Parliament was to assemble on the lGth March for the dispatch of business , Tho drought was very severe in the . coloiiy , and transport was greatly impeded thereby . Tho South African Commercial Advertiser of the 16 th March says : —" The grand idea of connecting Calcutta with London by an ' electric wire is about to be realised , a portion of the cable , 900 miles in length , having already readied Table Bay , and the remain dor being at no groat distance . In a few months tho capitals of India and England will be only a few hours upart in point of time . ' '
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CHINA . Letters have boon received from Hong Kong to tho Uth of March , The Pekin Gazette of the 31 st of January contains an Imperial edict , proclaiming In somewhat unusual and 81 S ™' » ° terms , tho determination of tho fcinncror to keep faith with foreigners , nncl to observe in its full integrity the Treaty of T . onsin , 'I ho : edict oven goes so far as to enunciate tho possibility of tho British and French retaining temporary possession of Canton , without endangering peaceable relatons . Lord Elgin left Hong Kong on tho 1 st of March for Omton , vhoro , 011 the following day ho met a bo ( y of merchants , with reference to tho sites proposed 1 W tho new foreign settlement . No steps could bo taken previously , the community being ? ignorant of his lordship ' s viows , and , as hia excellency left for Singapore tho samo afternoon en rqute for England , tho matter rcnmlua almost in statu < juo >
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TJn 475 . April 30 , 185 &T THE LE A DEB . 1 553
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Leader (1850-1860), April 30, 1859, page 553, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2292/page/9/
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