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Belgium. Tub Biiussels Pamphlet.—Cantiia...
for the trifling services rendered to the man who fount ! her free , victorious , aud powerful , and left her humbled , mutilated * and conquered—France paid only a few months since four millions of francs £ 1 . 6 . 0 , 0 . 00 ? . ) to acquit the legacies of the First IJniiveror- Hpw we are assured that this M . CautlUoB has lately received the ten thousand francs as a small recompense far his heroic act . We shall be cnrious to learn how England will appreciate the morality of this honourable recompense paid so many years after to the man who had sought to destroy her preserver .
Let me add that this M . Cantillon is now an inhabitant of Brussels , where he keeps—Rue Notre Dame , near the Place Kpyale—a grocer ' s shop . You would never believe , to . hear him ask in an oily voice , " Monsieur ne desire pas autre c 7 w . se ? " that this subdued grocer is the historical c andidate for the imperial munificence . It belonged to Louis Napoleon to pay the debt of blood . Arcades ambo ! F .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . We , deesa it right to assure our friends in France , fox their-. f ^ nwoM ^*"" , aud in behalf © f our ecwik national digaity , that the objeet of our Government in recommending the Court to invite the French Emperor to Windsor is understaod to be to . prevent him from going , at present at least , to the Crimea * It is not improbable that our Court -will pay aietuxn visit to- Paris in May or Jane , and th « s . an « tther delay wiH be interposed between the French Emperor ' s design of visiting the Crimea , and his actual departure ojq that wild adventure . He is to . be made respectable , mtdgve lui . The repugnance of . our Court to the idea of entertaining the present ruler of the French is no secret . Only the other day Count
Walewski was emphatically and deliberately snubbed , or rather ignored , by the Due de Nemours , who chanced . to pay a morning caH to Windsor at the time when the French ambassador "was on a-visit to the Queea . It is- a serious blow to . hereditary royalty to entertain such guests as Louis Napoleon on equal terms . The question of morality need not be discussed , for what is the morality of Courts and Cabinets ? We know how King Leopold has paid his respects to the desppiler of-the House of Orleans . So long as . _ French nation ~ permit a successful conspirator to represent them , however lawlessly , they must excuse these political and official necessities . We can only record a protest , _ and leave to time and to the awakened , public spirit of France to ratify it .
Erakce.^-The Discussion On Projet Muni--...
ERAKCE . ^ -The discussion on projet muni--cipal organisation in the Corps Legislatif has given rise to considerable difficulties . The reporter of the commission was- obliged to state that the commission adopted with reluctance several of the clauses which appeared to it to destroy the municipal liberties . ; but that it had yielded itsLobj ^ cJ ^ ns , ^ support to the Government . Nevertheless , the project , as adopted by the commission ,, is seriously altered from the draft improved by the Council of State . For instance , concerning the dissolution of municipal councils by the Government , and their being replaced by a special commission , the law , as proposed by the Council of State ,
determined that the commission so appointed ex oj / jcio should hold office until the time appointed for the renewal of the municipal council—that is , for a period extending possibly to five years . The commission , in spite of its good-will , and of its anxiety to lend the Government a " sincere concurrence ) " declares that it cannot accept Chat clause which would , hand over , the municipal councils to a sort of arbitrary supremacy . By way of a compromise , it proposes as a maximum of delay in reelecting the municipal commissioners , thirty months . To this , however , the Council of Stato demurs , and the Corps Le ' gislatif will have to pronounce its decision by a public vote . Xb & MNM difiagoaMnjmt has . arisen respecting , the aujibirwrity , of the mayors .
Hho la & aeurc which , haa been presented to the Corps L / £ gi # latif for : a- tax upon cacriages , i & veey obnoxious to the deputies oil the provinces , in wbioh , it will affect the- nftiddle claaaea and the small proprietor * . The Deputies are curious to learn some detail of the financial . situation of the City of Paris : tho conunission charged with the examination of tho measure for a Iowa of sixty millions , of francs ( 2 , 400 , 000 / 1 ) will have to , lie informed of tho actual state of things , and grave die-, closooes apo apprehended .. Sictcfi the-flat dwial igivea by General Cbangarnier to Mcsms . VeVon , « # d d » Monny , there bos boon a talk of a MienoMr jpxepajjed , by tb # % w # . latter ta reply to the exiled , Genera ] , XU * h jl ^ oinoir wa # forbidden to appuur at th « laat moment .
We read in the Constitutionnel a despatch , from Madrid , 3 rd , Apr il , which saya : —" Lord Howdo * has addressed to tine iujw 4 jpaper » a conunuaicatoion contradicting the Mioi & toaal account of the measures taken agaiawtthe Pro *« atwt 3 of Seville . " TJi © Spanish ( ioveraiaeat has domandetltUo j ; ocajtof Lord . IftoAvdon on account of bis intafenwee ,.
Drouyn de Lh » ys to London and Vienna . France , it is said , objects to England conceding so much : The Times Vienna correspondent writes : —" Since the 15 th of March , the first point , which relates to the Principalities , has been signed , though with a reservation on the part of Russia ; the seeond point , which treats of the free navigation of the Danube , has been initialled ( parqfe ' ) y but not signed , and the Conference has been fruitlessly occupied for two sittings with the third point . This , then , is all that has been effected in a fortnight , during which there have been seven regular Conferences ) , and many consultations , between the Alike en the one hand , and Prince Gorts / ehakoff and his large diplomatic staff on the other , " A variety of rumours have b « en in circulation , but so entirely devoid of authority as not to be worth repetition . It is pretty clear , however , that Russia is not very conciliating .
The Mauiteur of Wednesday states that , _ on the demand of Prince Napoleon , and in conformity with the instructions of the Imperial Government , the Minister of France on the 22 nd uli . lodged with the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affaura an official complaint against the publisher of the Brussels pamphlet on the expedition to the . Cr imea , and calumniously . entitled " A Memoir , addressed to the Government of his Majesty Napoleon III ,, iby a General Officer . " This complaint was at once transmitted to the public prosecutor . The Vienna Conferences have come to a stand-still , being postponed till Monday or Tuesday next , when the Russian ministers are expected to receive their fresh instructions . It is stated by some writers , and denied by others , that Lord John Russell and M . de Bourqueney are not quite agreed on some important points ; and that this ia the cause of the visits of M .
The daily papers state that the following entry appeared in one of tbe recent return * mad * by the Vienna police agents to their superiors : — " Lord John Russell has walked arm-in-arm on the glacis with Prince Gortschakoff . " This of course set the quidnuncs talking ; but it had no influence on 'Change . M . Drouyn de Lhuys returned to Paris on Saturday , and on Monday started for Vienna . In his absence , the Foreign Office will be filled by M . Thouvenel , the Director-General . , M . Drouyn de Lhuys » b & Lord John Russell will not accept the invitation which , they have- received to stay at Berlin .
Qu the 6 th ult ., M . Cbrradi , editor of the Clamor Fuhlico ,, and M > de Mazo , editor of the Occidente , both of Madrid , fought a duel . To escape the penalty of the Spanish law , the duel was fought Jn a hired hall . _ The combatants fought with swords , which were ground for the occasion , and having wounded one another , closed ^ intending each to end the other ' s life . The seconds were compelled to tear them asunder . A singular ceremony took place at Madrid on the 2 » th alfc . —namely , the public crowning of the Spanish poet Quinfcana with laurel , as a solemn acknowledgment of his genius and patriotism . The following are the particulars : —The ceremony took place in the Palace of the Senate , and the Queen and the King presided over
it . The ministers , the foreign ambassadors , and many personages of distinction , were present . The poet having been HtrodiSe ^ a speech , in which , he gave an account , of his labours . M . Harlzenbusch , ' one of the fir 3 t dramatic authors of Spain , then presented a . crown of laurel leaves in gold to the Duke de la Victoria . The duke handed the crown to the Queen , and her Majesty , amidst loud applause , placed it on the head of M « Qwixttana . A triumphal hymn , written by M . Ayala , and set to anisic by M . Arieta , was then executed ; aud afterwards the Seuora Avellanda recited an ode . The Queen and the King then returned to the palace , and the ministers , the ambassadors , aud other principal personages , retired topartake of a baacjuet , M .. Quintana was afterwards
accompanied to his residence by the president of the Cortes , tho constitutional alcalde of Madrid , the director of the Spanish Academy , and a splendid procession ; the crown was conveyed before him in a sort of triumphal car . An account of the day ' B proceedings was drawn up and signed by the King and Queen , and all the principal peraoaagos , and it ) ia to be deposited in the archives of the Koyal Academy of History . It was intended to read , in the oourae of tho ceremony , pieces of veree in hoaour of Qumtana , written by the principal literary celebrities of tho day- ; but they were so numerous that it would have taken too much time , and they were ordered to be printod , and to be distributed gratis in all parts of Spain . —Tni « reminds one of tho days when Petrarch was crowned in tho Capitol .
Death has been busy among tho notables of Greece . General Tsavellaa , the hero of Missolonghi ; Gurdakiotis { Jrivas , formerly palace marshal ; and Dcliuny , formerly President of the Senate , have died within the space of ten days . Spiro Millios , the Minister of Wur who aided from tho public treasury tho bands which left Greece to kindle an insurrectionary war on tho Turkish territory , is imprisoned at Athens . The ministry arc endeavouring to find , out the prectoe application of the imietiing * money . Several political personages ,. uppreuendAUK ill consequences , have loft the country . Charles Soutzo , who succeeded Spiro Millios as Minister of Wur , ha * go-no straight to Kuwsia . Tho cruniow of the death of Prince Mcnschikoff seems
to be true . He had been staying some time at Simpheropol , on account of . a wound in his leg , which assumed an alarming appearance ; and he died on the 16 th of March at Perekop , on his way to » St . Petersburg . The Patrie contains a long and interesting letter from St . Petersburg , dated March 18 . The writer says , it is remarkable how liberal the Government is just ' about newspapers . The Charivari , Punch , and all the London arid Paris papers are distributed , and may be seen in the cafe ' s of St . Petersburg . The language of the European press towards Russia , it was supposed , would create an increased hatred among the Muscovites towards France and England . The nobles , according to this writer , are animated with much devotion towards the
new Emperor . This is a remarkable and sudden change for they have "been conspiring for years against the family of Romanoff . They are making , however , immense sacrifices of men and money . Prince Cherenielieff is reported to have given 2 , 750 , 000 fr ., and 20 , 000 serfs provided with clothing , to the State . They are to be conveyed to the Danube also at the expense of the Prince . Another noble , Prince Yousoupoff , has given thousands of roubles and men . Demidoff and Yakoivaloff have also contributed very largely towards carrying on the war . The whole military internal force had left for different points of frontier defence . Fortifications of every sort have been erected about St . Petersburg and Cronstadt . A telegraph is in course of construction between St . Petersburg , Riga , and Abo .
The Vladida of Montenegro has ordered a ten days ' mourning , of the deepest kind , for the late Czar . Hopes are entertained that Alexander II . will appreciate this manifestation , and restore the pension of 8000 zeckiusper annum , which Nicholas cut off in 1842 , after it had been duly paid for a generation . The King of Prussia has decreed that the Sixteenth Cuirassiers should bear for ever the name of the Emperor Nicholas , and that the Third Regiment of Hulans should
take tbe name of the present Emperer of Russia . A letter from Berlin , in the Universal German Gazette , says-: — " General de Berg , the Governor-General of Finland , returned to Helsingfors on the 16 th from St . Petersburg , bringing with him the manifesto which guarantees tbe fundamental laws and privileges of Finland . After the publication of this manifesto , " however , the Government oidered throughout the whole of Finland and the- Isles of Aland a latge ^ levy of sailors , which is directly contrary to the tenor of the manifesto . "
The-Turkish Sultan has lately received several petitions , both from France and England , beseeching him to become a Christian . We do not , however , hear of hisTkmversion . Large preparations ( says a letter from Turkey ) are still going on at Constantinople for the reception of the French Emperor , which -will be in a style of high Oriental splendour . Four ladies of honouT , to attend upon the Empress , and also to act as interpreters , have been chosen in the highest rank of the Armenians . The same letter says that the Council of the Tanzimat is employed on a code for Turkey , and has completed a chapter treating of corruption , " the great cancer of the-Ottoman Empire . "
A letter of the 24 th ult . from Rome , in the Piemontc of Turing states -that- the ^ aak-of-Rome is in so precarious a condition that it is . preparing to wind up its affairs . It is to be succeeded by another bank , to be established by Prince Torlonia and Messrs . de Rothschild . Ttke new Belgian ministry are in the interests of the priests , and , with the exception of M . Mercier , arc neir to the duties of government . The King has taken a very friendly leave of the late liberal ministry .
Mr . Bowyer ' s recent assertion in the House of Commons that the Sardinian Government is not solvent , or , indeed , over honest , has been received with great indignation by the Sardinians , who deny the truth of the allegation , and support the denial by figures . A letter from Naples says— " I am glad to confirm the report which I sent you some time since , that Poerio was better treated . Greater lenity is shown to him ; he has better food , and is permitted to have books uiid writing materials . "
The story of the physician , Dr . Mandt , having been obliged to q , uit Russia to evade popular aversion , is stated to be without foundation . Lieutennnt-Gcueral von Wcdoll returned to Berlin oil the 1 st of April , from Paiirf , and proceeded ut once to wait on tho King at Chnrlottcnburg . He has agiiiii set out from Berlin for Paris . A letter from Frankfort , in tho Patrie , aays : — " lnu mobiliaaiion of tho Federal Army , which Austria mo strongly urged only about a month ago , now appears indefinitely postponed . At several of tho ^ uto Bittingd here , the question wns not even alluded to . "
Manifesto Of The " Know-Kotiungs." A Hkm...
MANIFESTO OF THE " KNOW-KOTIUNGS . " A HKMARBU . BLB manifesto of this rising and powerful American party had Icon issued , in tbo United States . Tho document states that the association , if it may bo so called , " has found it necessary to take its stand against the polWioal action at the Catholic Church iu tho UjuriteU Slates ; " bat disclaims any feeling of iutoleranco towardfl tho Papists , whose honest convictions arc respected , and wkoao claim to freedom of action , in common with all other sects , is
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07041855/page/6/
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