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      jj&ople may happen to make a movement . It is aaded that the Swiss have received the most sanjzuinary orders in case Naples should raise a cry , sfad that the state of siege will be declared shortly . BT . M . S . Centurion , 80 guns , has arrived at Naples . J £ 90-gtfn ship , and other British vessels , are cruising off Genoa . —

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      ¦— * r " ¦ ' GERMANY . Beakisg in mind how valuable your space is at the present time , I sball confine my observations to the state of public feeling in this country , to enable your readers to form an idea of the view taken of present events hw this people , who consider themselves the natural allies < & England , and who look to England for support in th £ crisis of their history . It will not be surprising « mf Germany , compressed as she is between two powerful and rapacious nations , Russsia , and Fran ™ both of whom have already torn from he ? portions of territory , should turn to England in tto » hour of trial ; and that she should be somewhat daunted at the apparently selfish , but undoubtedly very prudent and patriotic determination enunciated by the English Go er " 3 ?? ntt i afcn ? ° dwi " : «*»• ««*> remain a

      , ' .-. ^ , _ watchful spectator of the-war , which the Germans firmlv believe to be the re-commencement of the war temporarily terminated in 1815 , and for precisel y the same objects , although seemingly directed against Austria alone . They do not believe that the contest will or can be confined to Italy , and they are unanimous in calling upon their rulers to declare war against France at once Never were a people more unanimous than the Germans at this rnoment . I say nothing about their Princes Perhaps it is fortunate for the people that their voice is not listened to j for this is certain : if public opinion were as mighty here as it is England , the Germans would be now on the march to Paris ,, or the French to ' Berlin . The people are by no means in favourof the Government of Austria , the Northern Germans least of all , but they think that the blow aimed at Austria , if effectual will

      , weaken the German element , at present so supreme in almost every part of Europe . They feel proud that , if not by the aid of Mars , the more securelv by that of Venus , the Teutonic thought finds the loudest utterance in the Councils of England , of Russia , of Portugal , Greece , and Belguim—that the Italian is oppressed by it , the Frenchman ridiculed by it , the Sclavbnian overwhelmed by it ; but more especially it is their pride that the Englishman has been made to propagate it . —They imagine that if the Germanic Confederation were at once to declare war against France , England would be forced to join against the enemy of Germany . The question put to nie frequently is : "JDoyou suppose the Queen of England would tolerate the occupation of Hanover or Saxe-Coburg ? Will not the son of your

      Queen be one day a member of the Confederation ?" . &c ., &c . They believe that the French have not forgotten , nor ever will forget , the offensive triumph of the Prussians in 1815 . The . appellation Prussian does not bear the same value in the Trench language that the appellation Frenchman does in German . It is expected therefore that Louis Napoleon will begin with Austria and end with all Germany . The day before yesterday a telegram was published to the effect that the English Government had warned the several sovereigns composing the Federal Union against the presumption that England would support Germany in a war against France , ov that the G erman coasts or vessels would be protected by the English naval power . The consequence of this news wasthat we Englishwho only an hour before were

      , , considered very near and dear relations , declined in a very rapid manner in public estimation ; and ^ at tins moment we are regarded as little better than disguised Frenchmen . Such a sudden chill to burning love was seldom seen . However , since this—but whether owing to it or not , I cannot say—the Prussian journals have been endeavouring to allay the turbulent patriotism ot the Germans generally , and implore the Princes of . the Confederation not to adopt any resolutions Hint mignt eow disunion in Germany ; by which is meant , that should the majority of the Diet vote for a rupture with 1 'iwce , Prussia would , in all probability , secede from the Confederation . It is most likely that Prussia , . ^<« ^ r rauier win

      worse , or sue uxcuvw w "" b """ » - .-r nliq-: can , her sole reliance against France on onesido , Kwm » on the other , and revolution ripe all nyound her . Oldenburg , Mecklenburg , Luxembourg , Holstein , ^«» "& and the Hanse towns might , perhaps , also hold with Prussia , for In what way they are benefited byj »« J £ » federation , or by the Italian possessions of Auetiw , or py Austria herself it would be , I fancy , liar * jo « JJJJ The Prussian Journals P ° * "t ° ut-wtot Wgotiy knows —the dtongeis and losses to wfVjgJ States are exposed in case of n war with Ij ancj The ¦ countries * of . the Ems , the Wcsor , and tne lower Elbe , as fay aa the Efder and th ? ^ "AfJ ^ tfi Brandenburg-, are entirely open to an enemy flom wo sea . Hanover nnd Oldenburg are n ™^ f % " \ Z to within these last . three w coles ne t ; ov of tfjm W put «•« j

      expended any money onaDour xo " ™; v' : ; of of defence , Hanover is now » aVHiV 5 S 2 d ! K 8 warlike activity , and to morrow the King ffJM djwn the mputh of" the Geeste to OTCQurogo . JJUjes presence the quick completion of , ihe strand imtwnw and other fortifications ; but , J u ^ X ^ ivrnmarkthai It Is much cry and Httle wool , t need hardly . ^ J ^ the merchants of these countries , althoug as ^ joj PJ « J as any In Germany , look forward to «« e ff ^ gg well war with France with feur and tremMlnf , * ° » "jy of know that In eixty bourn or so «< ter the ujoc * ft ™ " " war , a fleet of Breach gun-boata 7 ^ W ^ J JJ 5 SS « t » Elbe and Wqser , cauflng them Iomkb ,, no the [ g ^ wh 0 olono , but thousands of honestlndiMtrlouBlnUnwwuw depend upoa the tnide . i of the dyers 1 fw feft % ewnan that Austria , ovon If she should retain Italy » y w » ^ old , never could , nor would if she could , repay-

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      SPAIN . On the 5 th inst ., in the Chamber of Deputies , both 3 Sf . Otozaga and M . Gonzalez Bravo spoke in support of the Government bill for increasing the army to 100 , 000 men . The latter suggested that soinetnlrig ought also to be done for the navy . On a * Hvision the bill was adopted by 233 votes to 1—that of M . Rivero . The Gazette announces that on the 12 th August next the Government will receive contracts for establishing a line of steamers of 500-horse power to ply between Spain and the West Indies .

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      PORTUGAL . Ems marriage of the Infanta Donna Maria Anna Trfith Prince George of Saxony is to take place imanediately . It is said that Count de Thomar has bfeen entrusted with the mission of arranging a iriarriage between the Princess of Brazil and the Infanta t > om John of Portugal . Tthe Portuguese Government is anxious to giiard against any eventualities resulting from the war is Italy , and , it is said , will ask the Cortes for a contingent of 6 , 000 men , will raise the army to 3 £ , < 0 OO men , and organise the militia in case of necessity . . . ' ¦' - ' . . ' -. ¦ ¦ . . ¦ -. ¦ ¦ . JUVVVmmav ^ ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦¦

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      63 MT TH | IiEABIB . [ No . 47 ? , May 14 , iaso

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      AMERICA . J 3 r the Europa we have New York news to the 27 th alt . '¦ " ' ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ . ' The trial of Mr . Sickles terminated on the 26 th . Jitter a short deliberation the jury returned a verdict itf" Not Guilty . ' * For several - ' minutes the court T ^ ras it scene of uproar that was unparalleled JlUndreds yelled as though they had gone mad ; others wept , and a great number leaped into the dock and embraced the _ prisoner wildly . Sundry other extravagancies were indulged in , and his counsel were , in the evening , honoured . with a serenade . Mr . Si Okies was , of course , liberated . A New York letter says : —" One of the jurymen

      prayed long and fervently in . a corner of the juryroom before voting for an acquittal . Another of the jurymen played the fiddle , and the council for the defence facetiously remarked that no fiddler -would ever convict a man for murder . The applause in court was vociferous . . Sickles was carried on the shoulders of a crowd to his carriage . He goes to the liouseofa friend , and the " ladies " of the family instantly rush forward to thank him for protecting female virtue . A costermonger in the street formally expressed his acknowledgments to him for having « taught him to defend a wife and child ¦ whom he loved . " In fact , nothing has been put

      staying with the President . The new Minister of the Constitutional Government of Mexico had been received in Washington by the President . The navigation of the St . Lawrence had been opened .

      forward more strongly by the friends of the prisoner and by his council , than that the main defence of female virtue lies in the husband ' s weapons . Sickles , amongst his own set , will , as I predicted at the out-Bet , be a much greater man than ever . He represents in Congress one of the districts in this city , the voters in which are mostly of the " rowdy " order , -and in their eyes he is unquestionably a very much more valuable man than ever . California advices to April 5 state that Walker < the filibuster ) and Natzmer were at San Francisco , and it was supposed that Sonora would , perhaps , claim their attention .

      The steamboat St . Nicholas , from St . Louis to 3 ttcw . Orleans , exploded her boilers near Helena , Arkansas , and about seventy-five persons were Mlled and many others inj ured . . A serious difficulty had sprung up in Utah between General Johnston and Judge Cradlebaugh on the one side , and Governor Cummin on the other , growing out of the call of the judge upon the general for troops to , protect his court , which action was < 3 Hstasjtefui to the governor . The governor is sustained by the Mormons , and the judge , probably to avoid a collision of the oitizens and military , removed his court from Fxovo to Camp Fioyd . The St . Gebrce ' s Society of New York celebrated

      ifoj seventy-third anniversary on the 2 , 5 th April . Bishop Southgato preached the anniversary sermon , iri vrhUh ho lauded England as the peacemaker of A draft for 10 , 000 dols . had been received at the State Department , as an indemnification to the fiwnily of the seaman who was killed on board the Tf ater Witch , in 1865 , by a shot flredifrom a Para-S ^ ayaxx fort when that steamer was on her way to « xnlore the Parana river . ^ je . I ' uUpn arrived at Southampton yoater Tjitn . ^ ome additional newn . The Nloaraguan minister has notified to the American Government that the charter pf the Ameri-;« ftn Canal Company is forfeited . Mx , Cobdon is

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      WEST INDEES . HATTI . Advices of the 9 th April state that the new plan of selling the Government fifth of coffee at auction in Port au Prince , and appropriating the proceeds to the payment of the French loan , gave general satisfaction . The development of the agricultural resources of the country engaged the attention of the Government . CUBA . "We have received dates from Havannah to the 22 nd inst . All was quiet on the island , and nothing had been seen or heard of the filibustering expedition which , it was alleged , had sailed from New York . A French ship had landed 475 coolies from Macao . She was out 122 days , and 90 unfortunates died on the passage . Of the remainder , about eight died every day from the time she entered Havannah harbour . Front the period of the inauguration of the coolie apprenticeship system , 44 , 549 Chinamen have been shipped for Cuba , of which number 37 , 755 were landed alive , showing a mortality of 6 , 794—a little over 15 per cent .

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      CENTRAL AMERICA . Br the last advices from Nicaragua it is stated that Sir Wm , Gore Ouseley was engaged in giving entertainments to the President and cabinet , and quietly negotiating a treaty . M . Felix Belly was at San Jose de Costa Rica endeavouring to prevail on President Moro to go to Nicaraguayand use his influence in favour of his ( Belly ' s ) canal project ^

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      MEXICO . Aj > ncES from "Vera Cruz to the 22 nd , and from the City of Mexico to the 19 th of April , indicate a decided change in the aspect of affairs in Mexico . General Miramon had succeeded in forcing the lines of the liberal Generals Ampudia and Llave . at Orizaba , and had hastened forward to the capital , which city he reached on the 11 th with a diminished army . The victorious general had already commenced the . work of slaughter , and w , as murdering peaceable foreigners indiscriminately . He had also issued a formal protest against the recognition of the Juarez Government . The exequatur of Mr . Black , the American consul-general , had been withdrawn , and he was banished from the country . Mazatlan had been captured by Pesquira . The English were threatening that and the other Mexican Pacific ports , and were demanding payment of claims . At Vera , Cruz also matters were approaching a crisis . The British minister had insisted on the full payment of all the claims of his countrymen , n . nd had instructed the commander , of the British fleet at that station to demand l £ million of dollars from the Custom-house in Vera Cruz , and in case of refusal to bombard the city . Juarez had withdrawn the exequatur of the Spanish consul at Vera Cruz . By the Fulton we have the " following additional particulars . Miramon had reached Mexico on the 11 th ult . It was said that he hacl commenced , murdering peaceable foreigners indiscriminately . The British minister at Vera Cruz had demanded of the Juarez Government the full payment of all English claims . If refused , the city was to be bombarded .

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      WEST COAST OF AFRICA . The steamer Armenian has arrived at . Liverpool with mails from Cape Coast Castle , Sierra Leone , &c . Her Majesty ' s despatch boat Spitfire had arrived at Sierra Leone . The steamer Trident had left Sierra Leone for the Bomissey , where serious disturbances were existing . The Governor of Sierra Leone comes home by the Armenian , the Queen ' s Advocate , Mr . Alexander Fitz-James , governing in his absence . ¦ The Rainbow steamship had parsed safely over the dreaded bar of Lagos . At the Gold Coast the attention of the people was employed in the cultivation of cotton , and some of the more gentle of the native rulers were induced to embark in its production . The King of Jaboo , named Obe , has refused to allow palm oil to pass through his country , alleging that the Ibbadans people had annoyed him . The real reason is said to be the French emigration scheme , The quantity of oil this year will , it 4 a supposed , be very email . Dr . Baikje , of the Niger expedition , left Rabbi on the 14 th of March , and arrived at Oghomastro on the 27 th . All well .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/10/