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1158 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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By TV-ay of text to our article last wee...
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A singular attempt at the reconciliation...
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The Prussian Chambers were opened by roy...
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Jho Governmen t and the Legislature of S...
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The theological disturbances in South Ge...
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The rigours of martial law and of the st...
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Tho Augsburg Gazette, in its Paris corre...
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Tho latest accounts from Egypt bring tho...
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The Naval Movements In The Black Sea Sur...
A large body of Cossacks having passed the river above Turtukai during the night to reconnoitre , were surprised by the Turks and cut to pieces . Accounts from St . Petersburg describethe Emperor as incensed beyond measure at the successes of the Turks . He is resolved to send the whole , of the army now in Poland into the Principalities , while the Imperial Guard and the invalids who garrison the Russian fortresses are to supply the place of the troops so moved
from Poland . The troops under General Osten-Sacken , which were to have reinforced Prince Gortschakoff ' s army , have been otherwise disposed of , being sent to endeavour to restore the Russian prestige in the Caucasus , but letters from Galatz announce that the 4 th and 5 th corps of the reserve have quitted Bessarabia to enter the Principalities . Before they could arrive , however , it is not unlikely that Omer Pacha may be able to deal another effective blow at Prince Gortschakoff .
We hear of Russian movements in the North as well as in the East of Europe . The following intelligence as to the speech of the King of Sweden is important , as showing that the concentration of troops in Russian Finland and the naval squadron stationed at Helsingfors have excited the anxiety and apprehension of the Swedes : — Stockholm , Nov . 24 . —The King opened the Diet to-day in person . His Majesty ' s speech contained the following passage : — "Agreeably to the demands of my royal duty and the present political position of Europe , I will cause to be laid before you a statement of a complete system of defence . Such a system is imperatively called for , in order to place the country in a position to preserve its independence . "
1158 The Leader. [Saturday,
1158 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
By Tv-Ay Of Text To Our Article Last Wee...
By TV-ay of text to our article last week on the Bourbon conspiracy , take the following from the Chronicle , which appears to be authentic : — " On Wednesday , the 16 th inst ., a major of cavalry , formerly aide-de-camp to the Duke de Nemours , and the Duke de Levis . met , according to appointment , at Vienna , for the purpose of deciding on the form in which the interview between the Princes was to take place . On Thursday , the 17 th , the Count de Chambord sent to Vienner-JTeustadt one of his carriages , with the Count de Monti , to meet the Duke de Nemours . When the carriage arrived at the chateau , the Duke de Levis stood at the door , received the Duke de Nemours as he alighted , and conducted him to the apartments of the Prince . In the principal saloon , the members of the household were drawn up ; and so soon as
the Duke de Nemours was heard advancing towards the door , which was half open , the Count de Chambord advanced fifteen paces ( another account says more , and a third states that he advanced to the door of the saloon ) , the last of which was completed when the Duke entered . He took the band of the Count do Chambord , and bent us if to kiss it . The Count took him by both hands , and in a very friendly , though very dignified , tone , said : — " My cousin , I am 'happy to receive your good visit . " The Duke de Nemours replied : — "It is I , my cousin , who am delighted to be able to do now what I have so ardently desired to do long since . I declare to you in mj name , and in the name of my brothers , that wo recognise only one royalty in France , and that that royalty is yours ; but one throne , and that the one on which we hope soon to see eented the eldest of our house ( VainS de nntrc maison ) . "
lhese words wen ; pronounced in a firm voice , and in the presence of the numerous persons who were atthn moment oh witnesses in tlie saloons of the Prince . The Comte de Chambord , accompanied 1 y the Duke de Nemours , then entered ( lie cabinet , of the former , where they remained for three quarters of nn hour . It , i . s supposed Unit during their short interview they touched on the questions most important , to both . They appeared completely agreed . On taking Iris leave , the Duke do Nemours seemed fluttered , indeed overjoyed , at the reception he met with . 11 o is reported to have said : — " This day is the . brightest , of my life . I remember tlmt it is precisely the . anniversary of the day I was named Colonel by hi . s Majesty Charles
X . " 'Perceiving Mm Huron (< le Monl . bel ) , tho Duke said : — " I am delighted to he able to congratulate you , M , Jo Baron , on your constancy and fidelity to the royal family . " The Duke having requested permission to pay Wm respects to the Countess do Chumhord , he was conducted to her apartment , by the Count . lie nlno asked pornmitiion to present , the Duchess de Nemours and her children to tho Count . < le Chamhord ; the latter Kniil : - " W « . shall arrange ull about , Hint , visit at , Vienna , and we will decide on the time tlmt . you are to return to , pans with us at Frohsdorf . " The i ) iike is also reported to have kii ' kI : — " I have . just li » i < l a bridge over the abyss that Nepimitcd uh --that brirltrc will lend us all buck to France . "
On Hie , iilfit , the Count de Clminbord paid a return visit , to Iiim cousin at Vienna . Four or fiv « of tho HI misters of the late King ' Louis ' . Philippe arc those who have worked with the greatest zeal and activity , for the hint few months particularly , lo produce Huh long-postponed recognition of ( be rights of the Count de Chanibord and the reconciliation of I he two branches . The moment , ( lie act , took place iiu'ssengoiM wen * Hen I , olfto several . of the generain who nr < t in exile . 1 learn , on the bent authority , that the statement of the DucIichm of Orleans having given her ' ndlictiion lo ( lie fusion i .-i erroneous . The Duchess still holds out , but . tho parlici who have succeeded no fur ex-K-enH their confident hope that nlie will give in before long . . Thiei-N in , it , in tuiid , disappointed and chagrined at , the NueeesH of liin rivals ; he has now hut , three or four persons of any note who mI . i' 11 adhere to him . " On Thursday last the Karl of Malinonbury left J'nrin for Fonluineliloau , on u viVit lo I he Emperor . The l <' r < tiil ' J ' oi't ( htzetta informs i ( n readers that it in empowered to white that , the engagements or acknowled gments jnade at Frohydorif by tho Duko do Nemouro were .
not made by the authority or on account of the Duchess d ' Orleans , who has not acknowledged the transaction in any wav . Letters from Vienna of the 27 th inform us that the Duke and Duchess of Nemours and the Duke of Cobourg dined with the Comte de Chamfcord on the previous day . \ M . de Montalembert has rallied to the fusion . The French government is believed to have demanded of the crown lawyers a " case" for the confiscation of the estates of the Comte de Chambord in France , by way of a reply to the Fusion . Certainly there is no reason why the Orleans family should be treated more hardly than the gentleman of the elder branch of the Bourbons .
A Singular Attempt At The Reconciliation...
A singular attempt at the reconciliation of science and theology , or rather of reason and Popery , took place on Sunday last in the restored church of St . GeneVieve ,. formerly the Pantheon . The Archbishop of Paris , Mgr . Sibowi had revived the Fete des Ecolcs , according to the custom of the University in old days . He had invited all the chief notabilities of literature , science , the arts , the professions , the press , besides all the constituted authorities of the State . Among the men of letters , M . Villemain , Minister of Public Instruction under Louis Philippe ; among the philosophers , Victor Cousin was conspicuous .
According to traditional usage , the Archbishop delivered an elaborate eulogy on a Saint of the Church . Augustine was his theme on this occasion ; and in the course of his subject he dealt some severe blows at the Ultramontane and Obscurandist party in the Church ; advocating the use of the Pagan classics in education ; discoursing on the harmony of the true , the good , and the beautiful , and dexterously complimenting M . Cousin by the way ; insisting on the rights of human reason , and the human conscience , by which Socrates and other sages in Pagan times had been able to arrive at a conception of the Deity and of moral truth .
This discourse of the archbishop is well-timed , as Liouis Napoleon is beginning to be weary of Papal arrogance . It will rankle in the heart , and give fresh gall to the pens of M . Veuillot and his friends . Altogether , this is not one of the least curious passages in the history of the Church of St . Genevieve at Paris . The inauguration of the railway round Paris , will take place on the 12 th of December , in presence of the Emperor . The only part not yet completed is the bridge at Bercy , but that is in a very forward state .
An old institution , called the Congress of Bakers , has been revived in many of the departments , principally in the central districts . The chief object of the measure is to co unteract the vulgar prejudice entertained by the poorer classes that foreign corn is always bad . The duty of the congress is to issue certificates of the quality of all parcels submitted to their examination .
The Prussian Chambers Were Opened By Roy...
The Prussian Chambers were opened by royal commission on the 28 th ult . The Royal speech was read by M . de Manteuffel , President of the Council . The only passage worth extracting relates to the war , and on the whole this royal and ministerial declaration on the character of Prussian neutrality is perhaps less ambiguous than might have been expected from such
a source : — " Gentlemen , your labours recommence at a moment when fears exist that the peace of Europe , so happily and so long maintained , may be troubled by difficulties which have arisen in the East . " The Government of his Majesty the King cannot and doe . s not wish to dissimulate that these fears are founded upon facts . Nevertheless , tho Government IooIch confidently at the future . " Prussia , relying upon her own strength , in which Rlie has full confidence , will continue , : ih heretofore , to
point in all directions ! her sincere and active efforts to loud to the cause of peace and moderation in thin question , pregnant with consequences , a , language at * independent aH impartial . Nevertheless , whatever turn events may take , Providence has placed tho King , our gracious master , ; it the head of a people really united , aiul maintained by patriotism ; and tho Government of hi . s Majesty -bo convinced thereof , gentlemen—in all that it may have to undertake , will adopt as the exclusive guide of its efforts and of its acts tho true intweHts of the country , which are inseparable from those of the Throne . " l
I ho permanent constitution of tho Prussian IIouho <> i 1 eers , or First Chamber , not being yet Bottled , tho actual First , Chamber is again convoked . Tho rest of the speech relates to homo affairs . H ( UT Cam )) hausen , the well known PruHsian Liberal , was < ' ected deputy to the Second Chamber for tho V r ( i ; . (> 1 ° ^ ° » H'o - > th ult , by » very largo majority . I he honourable gentleman at once declined tho honour paid hy hjH fellow-citizens
Jho Governmen T And The Legislature Of S...
Jho Governmen t and the Legislature of Spain are already at variance about , the railway bills . It will bo remembered that tho cabinets of GonoralH lloncalo and Lomiudi , and doubles Bravo , granted certain railway concessions by dec-roe , without consulting tho Cortes , who are now called upon to indemnify tho unconstitutional nets of thono Ministries . Tho matter now Ntnndu thuu : —On tho 28 th tho miuiHtora brought down
a royal message inviting the senare to conform to the ministerial project and abandon its own bill , but the senate evaded an immediate answer by referring it to a committee . The government has named five of its friends to the rank of senators , and-threaten to nominate more if necessary , and even to go to the length of closing the session . & Of the four secretaries elected by the senate three were returned by the opposition . Lord Howden has resumed his post at Madrid . The reports , via Madrid , of a Miguelite insurrection in Portugal are not as yet confirmed . Such reports would always have probability in their favour
The Theological Disturbances In South Ge...
The theological disturbances in South Germany still rage . The dispute is one between Church and State , and is of old date . The Pope , some years ago , constituted an ecclesiastical province of the Upper Rhine , embracing the Papal hierarchy in the partially Protestant States of Baden , Wurtenburg , the Hessen , Nassau and Hohenzollern , and endowed the Prelates with an authority distasteful to the Civil Governments of these States . Among other things , the Church claimed the right of presenting cures without State sanction . The State asserts the right of placing a lay-coadjutor by the side of the Archbishop of Freiburg , without
whose signature no episcopal document should be valid . This coadjutor has been refused the right of voting in the diocesan Chapter by the Archbishop , and some actual presentations without State sanction have been made . The Government of Baden had also appointed a supreme synod for governing the affairs of the Church , and the Archbishop excommunicated the members of that Synod . Upon this , the Government arrested ! the recalcitrant ecclesiastics , who had read the Act of Excommunication from their pulpits . But the villagers of the Black Forest , are like the ignorant and brutal peasants throughout the Continent , bigoted and furious Catholics . When the constables came to
arrest their priests , these villagers rose and rescued the priests from the civic authorities . So the matter stands . Several bishops have publicly declared themselves on the side of the Ultramontane Archbishop of Freiburg . It is not a little remarkable that the Roman Catholic party is supported in its conflict with the Civil Power by aids of money from , among others , the Archbishop of Posen , all the Austrian bishops , and a Princess whose name is not mentioned . As the feeling throughout the province is very strong , we presume the conflict will rage over its whole extent , unless as is anticipated , it be summarily put down with a strong hand . It may be remembered , however , that in the revolutionary rage of ' 48-49 , the Grand Duke of Baden , like other potentates , was glad to avail himself of the prestige and authority of the Papacy .
The Rigours Of Martial Law And Of The St...
The rigours of martial law and of the state of siege are redoubled at Milan of late . The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 26 th ult . publishes a new notice of the Director of the Police of Milan , enjoining the proprietors of houses in the city to close them at midnight , and in the suburbs at ten o ' clock , under a penalty of from ( if . to 24 f . fine , or an imprisonment of from one to four days . The Opinionc of Turin calls the attention of the government to the attempts of the Jesuits to regain a footing in Piedmont , from which they were driven in March , 1848 .
Tho Augsburg Gazette, In Its Paris Corre...
Tho Augsburg Gazette , in its Paris corresp ondence , relates a cancan which , if not true , deserves to be . Russian diplomatic cynicism is certainly capable of the coup attributed to M . Kisseleff . The R ussian Ambassador was recently invited to join tho Emperor's hunting party at Fontaincblcau . At d ejalncr , one day , ho was sitting silent and moody ; one of the guests asked him what ho thought of the present posture of tho war and of affairs generally . Ho replied
that ho did not seo how , in any event , Russia could Buffer : for one of two tilings must happen—either Russia would beat Turkey , in which case the most natural and satisfactory solution would bo found : or Turkey would beat Russia , in which case , Russia would appeal to France to hold out the hand of rescue to a subdued nationality , as she did to Poland in lH ' This mot , wo repeat , deserves to bo true . Dip lomatic and Russian cynicism could go no further .
Tho Latest Accounts From Egypt Bring Tho...
Tho latest accounts from Egypt bring tho gratifying information that , after repeated ineffectual proteHtfj <> t tho British and French Consuls-Ocuornl , tho latter , m-Sabatior , had succeeded in convincing Abbas J . asn « of tho Horious injury ho was inflicting upon Europeui commerce by tho interdict upon the further exportation of corn . i r On tho 14 th' a circular was itmued to tho consular body , Htating that permission vvati granted for tho « port of tho entire quantity of grain actually ni / H fc andria ( about 100 , 000 quarters , diiofly ^'' 'f ? . ' .,. .. that after tho export of that quantity tho prohibition
could have of tout . ,, „ ., 35 , 000 men to reinforce tho Turkish Hiray ^»« being got ready for transport . Of those , <> , < "" J votoran volunteers , tho rest being coiiHonp tH ; » groat is tho droad of Hoiznre iimongHt tho illUor ' labour is becoming H « arc « both in town » ' « wu ' f' ; A body of Bedouins , despatched in th © » 1 > " t . r would bo ' woll opposed to tho Ituanuin Oojwiciw .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1853, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03121853/page/6/
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