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No. 4,54, December 4,1858.] THE IEADEB, ...
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¦ might-answer for a " Protestant , would never do for a Catholic country , in which the people are accustomed to obedience , and that the material prosperity of a people could be founded by a despotic system alone in Spain , as ia France . . Letters from Blelilla , on the Riff coast , state that efforts had been made to ransom some Spanish officers taken by the Arabs , or to effect an exchange of prisoners ; but the Arab chief refused to give up his prisoners unless the cannon taken from him were given back , adding , that in case his demand was not complied with he would shoot his Spanish prisoners in sight of the
forfrpss The bridges and embankments of the Seville and Cordova Railway have suffered great damage by the late storms and inundations . LOMBABDT . Telegraphic news from Milan , which comes through Paris , states that a popular movement has broken out in that city threatening to the Austrian dominions , that insurrectionary cries are heard , and that the Austrian authorities have thought it necessary to patrol the
town . A letter from Milan , in the Opinione , says : — " The population complains of the conscription and the newmoney . Bread and cigars , the objects of the first necessity , have undergone a rise in price in consequence of the change of money . People say that after the battle of Novara , it was not a peace that was concluded , but aii armistice for ten years , which is about to expire . The preference cigar is that called Cavourino ( from the name of Count Cavour ) , a Sardinian cigar smuggled into the countrj * . The police are alarmed at these symptoms . Some disorders took place at the School of Fine Arts , which ended in the expulsion of several pupils . " SWITZKRLAN'D .
The negotiations eEtered into between France and Switzerland on the subject of the Valley of the Dappes still meet with serious difficulties . Ther Swiss Federal Government showed itself very well disposed to cede to France the territory in question ; and the military au-: thorities of the Confederation have expressed favourable opinions on the subject , but since then the national susceptibilities have found voice , and raise against the projected settlement an opposition which will not easily be put down . Thi 3 opposition meets with an echo abroad . An article published in the Gazette Militaire of Vienna gives to the Valley of the Dappes a very great strategical importance , not only for the defence ef Switzerland , but also for tbat of Italy .
SARDINIA . Speaking of Villafranca , a correspondent at Nice ¦ writes : —" - . The very nature of this retired port , with its Splendid bay , is calculated to awaken mistrust in others , and inspire mischievous ideas in Russia , even if they do not exist , and if Villafranca has been really patronised at St . Petersburg with the-sole view of facilitating the movements in the imperial navy . In this out-ofthe-way port , the ships of Russia dispersed over the south might concentrate , with the best prospects of being unperceived by those powers who have nothing to gain by the extension of Russian influence over tlie members
of the Greek Church in theso waters . It could not be supposed that the sudden concentration in the bay of Villftfranca of a strong Russian squadron would at the present moment give moderation to the politicians of the Ionian Isles , or would improve the relations existing between the Sultan and his Greek subjects , Not an objection could be raised by the most fanatical Russophobe to the fact of Russian vessels repairing at Villafranca , and of thus availing themselves of resources otherwise condemned to decay . But it certainly ia desirable , in tho interest of all the groat powers , save Franco , that the number of Russian vessels ia the port should be subject to restriction . "
Another letter says : —" Tho first vessel to enter the Sardo-Russian port was tho sloop Polkan , and she was soon followed by tho liner Retrissan and tho brig Castor . The rest of tho squadron , which will for a time bo . wider tho command of tho Grand-Duke Constantino , must have already reaclved Villafranca . According to the Genoa papers Russia is to bear half the expense of tho fortifications which are to bo constructed at Spozzin , and in return she is to be allowed to keep her men-ofwar In that port during tho winter season . " Sovon Russian vessels of war were expected to arrive at Nice on tho 21 st or 22 nd inst . According to tho Sardinian despatch , those sovon ships , with tho two which have already arrived , oto to form a squadron " for tho protection of the commercial interests of Russia in tho Moditorranoan . "
A correspondent of tho Dally JVewa writos from Turin ;—" Sir Jamos Hudson , tlio Minister pi Queen Victoria , has returned hltlior from Scotland—I bolioyo from a visit at tho mansion of Lord Malmosbury . No xnnn Is bottor calculated than Sir Jainos to keep alive tho friendship which should oxist between Groat Britain and ^ Piedmont , seeing tho groat conildouco which ho Inspires In both Governments . Ho possesses a thorough knowledge of this country , and of tho rest of Italy ; and * » opo ho may have convinced your Minister of lft > roi # n Afldlrs of tho necessity of on ' uaUinlly aiding tho Italian cause , If ho wishes to romovo one of tUo , pormftnout ami
most perilous causes of an interruption of the peace of Europe . That eminently national party amongst us , of whom I have frequently spoken , and who vvould desire to see Italy , arise gradually by her own strength , turn their eyes always towards England , a power which must regard this design with favour , as one both just and advantageous to all the world , except to grasping aggressors . " TURKEr . A telegraphic despatch from Belgrade , received in Vienna on the 25 th , announces that the Ottoman Commissioner , Kabouly Effendi , had arrived there the evening before , and had been immediately received ty Prince Alexander . The despatch adds that the garrison of the fortress of Belgrade had been augmented by a battalion of Nizam . It is inferred from this that the Porte does not see without disquietude the convocation of the Skuptechina , or Servian
Parliament-Agitation in Caudia ia said to be increasing , on account of oppression and violence of the Government-The inhabitants are buying arms and ammunition . Sami Pasha , fearing a general rising , has applied for fresh reinforcements . Government intends increasing the taxes in the whole empire , especially on tobacco , and . to establish a tax on landed property . We have news from Constantinople , via Marseilles , to the 24 th of November . It announces that the Sultan had intimated his firm determination to maintain the actual Cabinet , with Mebemet Pasha at the Admiralty . The news from Gandia is bad . The attitude of the population is still threatening . The telegraph from Constantinople to Rodosta is in operation . __
BELGIUM . The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has adopted unanimously , by sixty-five votes the ensemble of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill , the Unai vote on which had been postponed . The Belgian association for promoting reforms in the customs duties has just met at Brussels for a fourth time . A resolution was adopted unanimously at the first sitting that it was necessary to continue the most active exertions , by petitioning and agitation , in order to bring about , even during the present session , the changes which seem imperatively called for . THE IONIAN ISLANDS .
A letter from Corfu of the 23 rd says : —" The Perseverance troopship sailed last evening with the 3 rd Buffs for Alexandria , en route for Calcutta ; their departure from this place was much regretted . The Terrible , with Mr . Gladstone , from Trieste , is expected to-morrow . Our island was never so full of English families as this winter , and others are expected . " , Advices received from Corfu to the 27 th nit . state that the ten deputies of Corfu have protested against the statement of Sir John Young , that the inhabitants of Corfu desire incorporation with Great Britain , and have expressed , at the same time , their desire of being annexed to Greece . This protest has been forwarded to tlie Colonial Minister , Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton .
of Albasin , on the Amoor river , ia 1680 , in the warwitl Russia , and who were removed to Pekin . These boy are taught the Russian language , and any documen coming from Russia is sent to this school to be renderec into Chinese , as well as such Russian , books or writings which the Emperor of China wishes to be informed of . According to a decree of the Emperor , the serfs in the mines held on leases from the State are to be free men in the space of six months .
MONACO . A correspondent of the Times informs as that during the Russian war—in 1854 or 1855—the needy descendant of the Grimaldis ceded his principality to the United States . A convention was concluded on the subject between the Washington Government and the Prince of Monaco . " The convention wa 3 never ratified , " says my informant , " because some of the European Governments entered a protest against the transaction . " There is reason to believe that General Cass , who was then the
representative of the United States at one of the Italian Courts , carried on the negotiations with the Prince and his official advisers . Some years ago the place of rendezvous for the American cruisers in the Mediterranean was Port Mahon , in the Island of Minorca , bat , for some reason which is unknown to me , they received notice from the Spanish Government that their presence wa » not agreeable . They afterwards went to Spezzia , and while cruising about in the neighbourhood the ' cute Yankee captains were greatly struck by the " capabilities" of the port of Monaco .
PORTUGAL . The Count de Pavia , the Portuguese Ambassador in Paris , is- at present in , London . The Continental Review says : — " The Belgkn papers have announced that lie is unwell , but there is reason to believe that his illness is of a political character . The French Government is annoyed at the mode in which the affair of the Charles- et-Georges lias turned out . The French Minister at Lisbon , has complained , in the name of his Government , of the
obnoxious clause in the King ' s speech , and insists upon a note being inserted in the Lisbon official paper to the effect that ' the documents which are to be laid before the Cortes with respect to the whole of that affair will prove that France did not U 3 e any sort of pressure to induce Portugal to yield . ' His Portuguese M 3 j « 3 ty refuses to comply with this second humiliation , and until the affair is settled , it is thought as well that Mde Pavia should pass his leisure time either in London or in Brussels . "
THE PRINCIPALITIES . Letters from Bucharest state that on the 28 th an attempt was made on . the person of the Kaimakau . A . jectile was thrown , but happily nobody was wounded . Advices from the same place of the 25 th ult . state that the 17 th of December is fixed for the close of the electoral lists . A letter from Vienna , however , draws a very unfavourable picture of the state of feeling in the Principalities . The agitation , it is said , caused by the approach of the elections , has lately assumed so alarming a character that the three Kaimakans named by the Sultan have been under the necessity of resorting to rigorous measures to prevent the disturbances which were on the
ROME . A letter from Rome says : — "As there are many contradictory reports in circulation respecting the conduct of tho French Government in the Mortara affair , it may bo as well to give you some reliable information on the subject . Neither France nor any other power has officially intervened in favour of the parents of tho boy , but both the Duke de Gratnmout and M . von Thiele ( the Prussian Minister at the Papal Court ) have endeavoured to persuade Cardinal Antonolli to restore the child to his natural protectors . The French Ambassador was vory urgent , but his eloquence was en pure pevte , for ho could make no impression on tho atony heart of the Roman Minister .
eve of breaking out among the partisans of the different candidates for the post , of hospodar . In . Moldavia there arc no less than six candidates . The continued presence of the Turkish commissioner at Jassy tends very much to keep up this agitation among the people . The Democratic party claim complete emancipation from all suzerainty , and tho authorities have been obliged to call out the armed force and arrest the most turbulent among tliem . According to accounts from Vienna , the Austrian Consul-General at Jassy has refused to sign passports issuod by tho Kaimakania of Moldavia with , the heading of " United Principalities . " There is no doubt , adds tho writer , that his Government will approve of what ho has done .
Five men latoly wont in a carriage to tho railway station at Bologna , at which they alighted , and demanded of the officials nil the cash in tho strong-box . This being politely delivered to them , they re-entered their vehicle with their prize and drove off , no one attempting to stop them . They wore masks . This occurred about two in the afternoon .
HOLLAND . A letter from tho Hague states that the Minister for the Colonies has just presented to the Legislature a bill relative to tho emancipation of slaves in the Dutch East India colonies . As by tho vote of the Legislature in 1854 these slaves become free on tho 1 st of January , I 860 , tho present bill is inoroly to regulate in time tho manner iu which that oinancipation is to take place . PEN 3 XARK . The Flenshurg Qaztttn states that great dissatisfaction prevails in Iceland , where tho people are desirous of governing themselves . Tho committee on finance of tho Second Chamber at Copenhagen declares that the tinio- has arrived for according to thorn tho right of managing their own affairs .
RUSSIA . Advices from St . Petersburg state that tho Emperor has not ratified the project of tho commission charged to regulate the question for emancipating 1 tho serfs in Poland , on account of ita being but little in accordance with the spirit which dictated tho Imperial decroca on tho subject . It is , thoroforc , presumed that tho rules adopted in the other parts of tho Russian Empire-will bo likewise applied to Poland , In ft rocont treaty between Russia and China it is stipulated that tlioro shall bo a monthly mail
communication between Kinchin , on tho Russian frontier , and Pokln , tho communication to bo effected in fifteen days , for tho convenience of tho two Governments , as woll as for tho wants of tho Russian ecolosinstical mission at Peklu . Tliis mission consists of ten persons—novor more—but may bo less , from doath or other causes . They rosido within tho city of Poliin , near the imperial palace ; have a Chinese guard of honour , but aro unrosfcrlctod in their movements . Tho Chinoso havo a aohool of twenty-four young men selected from tho clogcQiulants of tho Cossacks made prisoners at tho ennturo
AUSTRIA . A Vienna paper contains the following ' strong romarks : —" Tho opprossed nationalities know that tho French , when in foreign countries , are arrogant , Impudent , and oppressive , and consequently they aw not vorjpltkoly to desire their aotlvo support . The foreign policy of Franco is essentially ngft rossivo , for England , Turkey , Austria , and Portugal liavo Iu their turn boon attaokoil . Can this sUto of things last ? In our opjuion it cannot , and tho French Government will do woll to remember that tho iKitlonoo of Kuropo lias already boon tried to tho utmost . " Thld appeared in nn indepondont papor , which U frequently called to account ; by tUo authorities for
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No . 4 , 54 , December 4 , 1858 . ] THE IEADEB , 1311
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 4, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04121858/page/7/
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