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part of the year ifc did his lordship a degree of injustice in connection with the Light Cavalry charge which % int one had blundered . " "At any rate , " simpers the Globe , "it was an error on the side of tha ^ ' dash '—the want of which is now complained of among our Generals . "
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Continental Notes. Pea.Ce Prospects. The...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . PEA . CE PROSPECTS . The Times Paris correspondent reiterates his assertions that Austria has made certain peace propositions of a nature which the Allies are very likely to accept , and which , as far as Russia is concerned , will be backed by an ultimatum presented to that power by the Government of Vienna . The writer therefore believes that we have a better chance of peace now than we have had since the commencement of hostilities . With reference to the question of peace , and to the speech made by the French Emperor at the close of the Exposition , the following circular has been addressed by Count Walewski to the diplomatic agents of France : — . . _
" Monsieur , —According to the intelligence which reaches me from many parts of Germany , the speech uttered by the Emperor on the occasion of the closing of the Universal Exposition has produced , as it was easy to foresee , a profound impression . Nevertheless , it has not been appreciated everywhere alike , and it has become the subject of diverse interpretations . It bears , however , but one , and the neutral states cannot mistake sentiments which it is evident they can only commend . ¦ The Emperor has said that he desired a l > rompt and durable peace . I have not to dwell tipon this declaration—it explains itself , and needs no commentary . In addressing neutral States , in order to invite them to offer wishes in this sense with him , his Imperial Majesty has given suffibient evidence of the value which he attaches to their opinion , and of the part which he assigns to their influence in the march of events . Such in fact , ha ? been his manner of
viewing their position from the commencement of the diplomatic conflict which preceded hostilities . The Emperor has always thought that if they had then more forcibly defined their opinions upon the subject in dispute , they would have exercised a salutary action upon the determinations of the Power that provoked the war . Their position has undergone no change in the eyes of his Imperial Majesty , and thej r can to-day , by a firm , and decided attitude , hasten the denouement of a contest which , in his conviction , they might have xx-aventei . It is with this thought that the Emperor requests them boldly to make known their dispositions towards the belligerent powers , and to put the weight of their opinion in the scales of the respective forces . This appeal , so well understood and so warmly received by an audience composed of representatives of all nations , is in truth but a solemn homage paid to the importance and the efficacy of the role devolving upou neutrals in the actual crisis . "
The official Morning Post smiles favourably on the idea of approaching peace , insisting , at the same time , on the determination of Franco and England to exact from Russia the most satisfactory terms ; and the Independance of Brussels says : — " The Powers of the second order , and the majority of the other Courts of Germany , have just addrosaed representations to Russia , enforcing on her the necessity of restoring peace to Europo before the spring . These Powers have not addressed themselves to Russia collectively , but have cuino to an understanding together as to the nature of tho representations to bo made to her , and have all written in the samo tones . This is a fine reply of tho Courts of Germany to tho loyal appeal inado to them by tho Emperor Napoleon . The Emperor himself did not use that language without well knowing , from the conferences of MM . De Beust and Vpu dor Pfordton , when in Paris , liow it would bo understood in Germany . "
The Moniteur, Under Dato Copenhagen, Nov...
The Moniteur , under dato Copenhagen , Novembe r 27 th , publishes tho following particulars of the roooptiouof Gonoral Canroborfc , in tho capital of Donmark : — " General Canroberb was received yesterday at four o ' clock in a private audience by tho King of Denmark . Tho General was taken to tho Palace in one of the Court carriages , in which was M . do Moltke , aide-de-camp to hi » Majosty . More than two hundred poraona assembled in tho court of the hotel , and cheered him an ] jq entered tho royal oarriairo . The
audionao lasted for half-au-hour . Aftev the audience , Count do Bondy , Secretary of the Imperial Legation , and Baron Duporrd , commander of-fcho Pelican , wore presented to lm Majesty by M . Dotozar , tho Frenoh Minister . At five o ' clock , tho corps diplomatique ( with the exception of the Russian Charge" d'Affaires ) , tho members of tho Cabinet , tho high dignitaries of tho Crown , tho commanders of tho army and navy , and the most eminent functionaries were invited to a
banquet given in honour of tho General . Gonoral Canrobert eat next to the King . In tho middle of tho repast , the King , -who wore tho insignia of the Logion of Honour , proposed tho health of hie Majosty tho Emperor , and at tho flame time the mvisio atruck up
the national air , « Partant pour la Syne . In the evening , the General attended a ball given by the Landgrave William , in honour of the birth of his son . M . Dotezar presented the Ambassador Extraordinary of the Emperor to the royal family , all the members of which received him most graciously . " In Vienna , ifc is affirmed that the main object of General Canrobert ' s mission to the northern courts was the furtherance of the cause of peace , as the French Emperor is said to hope that Russia will see the necessity for yielding before the arrival of spring . Should she not , Sweden and Denmark , Bay the Vienna gossips , will join the coalition , and " assume a warlike attitude "—an equivocal phrase , which may mean nothing more than an armed neutrality .
The King of Sardinia was entertained on Wednesday week by the municipality of Paris , with the same splendour and elegance which were exhibited on the occasion of the visit of the English Queen . Austria is making indirect advances to America . The Chevalier von Hulsemann , who for many years has represented the government of Vienna at Washington , as a simple Charge d'Affaires , has been appointed Minister Resident ; a fact which , gives occasion to the Ost-Deutsche Post to write a long leader , advocating the claims of America to be considered as the fifth
great power , to in t erfere in European affairs , and to form a parly in the present quarrel with Russia , should she think fit . The balance of power in Europe , argues the German paper , is fast verging into the broader consideration of the balance of power all over the world ; and , in so important a question , the great Western Republic will be sure to have a voice . The writer therefore deduces that it is highly desirable for Austria and America to come to a good understanding on foreign matters ; and he hints that the former would be willing to forget the Kossta affair .
The Colonisation , a journal published at Algiers , lias received a second warning . The Akhbar has also received a non-official warning for an article relative to orphan establishments and discussing the acts and conduct of the Administration . This friendly notice given to the Akhbar by the Prefect , M . Latour M ^ zeray , concludes a 3 follows : — "The attention of the Minister of War had been previously directed to an article in the Akhbar relative to tax on rents , and on this fresh occasion the Governor-General charges me to warn you that you are forbidden any discussion on facts or acts in which the Administration interferes , either directly or indirectly . " The committee of the Cortes ( says the Times Madrid correspondent ) elected by the sections to report on the Tariff Reform Bill has chosen Senor Olozaga as its
president . The Catalan manufacturers are stirring in opposition to it . Meetings were held at Barcelona on the 21 st and 22 nd ult ., and it was decided to forward an exposition against the measure addressed to the Duke de la Victoria , which is to-be presented to him by Senor Madoz . In this document , the injuries which will bo inflicted by it on the manufacturing interests are to be set forth , and the petitioners ask that the discussion on the bill may be suspended . On the other hand , a proposition in a more liberal sense than the Ministerial measure of tariff reform
will be submitted by Senor Gaunnde . He proposes limiting the protective duties to twenty per cent , ad valorem , and to benefit the manufacturers , in another way—viz ., by allowing all the primary materials required by them to be imported duty free . The Cortes have deoided , by one hundred and twenty votes against fifty-seven , to re-establish the Council of State as n corporation to be consulted by the Government on important occasions . This body was suppressed after the revolution of 1854 , having for some years previously been denominated ( Joncego Heal General Canrobert has arrived in Paris , and has had an interview with tho Emperor . A curious instanco of the results of the alliance is
mentioned by tho Times Paris correspondent , who says : —• "Enterprises in which English and French capital is united are in extraordinary favour . This predilection for international association , encouraged , it is true , by the Imperial Government , was particularly evinced by the rapidity with which the subscription of the London Omnibus Company wna covered . Tho aooiety of the Anglo-French clippers affords another instance of it . There m every reason to believe that this society will obtain in tho course
of this month the concession of tho four transatlantic linos , for which throo others nro bidding . Tho document !* tho company has laid bofuro tho Government aro deemed most complete , and the terms it proposos nro calculated , from thoir reasonable and advantageous naturo , to secure to it tho proferenoo . The four transatlantic lines to bo conceded are tho following : —From Havre to New York , Nanten to tho Brazils , Marseilles to tho Braziln , and Bordeaux to tho Isthmus of Panama . "
It is rumoured in Vienna that Baden i « about to conclude a Concordat with Romo ; and iit fact tho speech which tho Prince Regent made when ho opened the Chambers , on the 2 ( ifch , contains tho following passage : — " Respecting the relations between tho State nnd tho Roman Catholic Churoh ,
negooiations have been opened with the Papal Chair , and I cherish the hope that they will end in a way which shall be conducive to the interests both of State and Church . " Remonstrances have been made by the English and American Governments against Portugal ' s recent resumption of the possession of Ambriz as the frontier limit of its territories on the western coast of Africa . An order bas been issued at Konigsberg , prohibiting the importation of goods of any kind from Russia across the land frontier . Personal communication is also restricted to a minimum . The cattle disease has broken out in a malignant form . A great scarcity of food and considerable distress prevail all over i ' russia . Viscount Stratford de Redeliffe has protested energetically against the late arrest of Colonel Turr by the Austrian commander at Bucharest . The Porte also
has expressed itself to the Austrian minister at Constantinople as deeply aggrieved by this outrage , seeing that the Turkish territory was the scene , and that the officer arrested is attached to an allied amiy , the individual members of which , by virtue of a treaty , have the right to circulate throughout the Sultan ' s dominions . It appears from the Ost Deutsche"Post that on the 30 th ult . Colonel Turr was in prison at Cronstadt , and that a council of war had pronounced his sentence . A letter from Vienna , of the 29 th ultimo , in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin , says : — " Count Coronini , who had gone to his estate at Gortz , is about to return here , to take part in the deliberations in the affair of the Danubian Principalities . These deliberations will be opened as soon as Sir Hamilton Seymour- shall have arrived . "
The Polish poet , Adam Mitzkievitch has died . He was formerly a professor of the Sclavonic language and literature in the College of France , and recently librarian at the Arsenal . A few months since he was charged by the French Government with a scientific mission to the East , where he fell a victim to cholera . It is now announced officially that the United States of America will take i \ o part in the conference on tha question of the Soimd Dues .
Obituary. Mr. Montgomery.—We Regret To A...
OBITUARY . Mr . Montgomery . —We regret to announce the deat ^ of the Rev . Robert Montgomery , minister of Percystreet Chapel , a gentleman well known for his literary productions , and as being one of the most eloquent preachers in the metropolis . Mr . Montgomery was educated at the University of Oxford , and about the year 1835 was ordained a priest of the Established Church . Ho went to Glasgow , where he became incumbent of an Episcopal Chapel ; but unfortunately there was much religious antagonism between him and his Presby terian neighbours . The liev . gentleman , quitting Glasgow , came to London , and resumed his ministerial labours in Percy-street chapel , which he rented to the day of his death . — Globe .
John Williams , Esq ., late M . P . for Macclesfield , died on the 29 th ult ., from the bursting of a bloodvessel . He was in his fifty-seventh year , and his history is by no ineana uninstructive or uninteresting . His parents were very poor , humble people , and he was left early without a father . Starting , when fourteen years of age , from Ruthin in Denbighshire , his native place , ho walked up to London , became an errandboy iu a drapery shop , got on in life , and finally
rose to be chief partner in the celebrated establishment , well known to all London ladies , in the Regent ' s-circus , Oxford-street . He was an energetic supporter of the Anti-Corn-law League ; was elected a churchwarden , ou the popular interest , in tho aristocratic parish of Marylcbono ; and was returned for Macclesfield in the general election of 1847 , but was defeated in 1852 , though retaining the confidence of a largo body of the electors . Since then , until Inn death , he remained in private life .
Miscellaneous. Amkuioa.—-Wo Continue To ...
MISCELLANEOUS . Amkuioa . — -Wo continue to receive from America accounts of the present diplomatic quarrel which remove all fear of a serious rupture with the Wanhington Government . A satisfactory apology has been inarlo for tho indiscretions of our recruiting agents in the United States , and assurances havo been g iven that tho West India squadron was not sent out with any hostile intention towards America ; but , with respect to Mr . Attorney-General Gushing ' h letters to tho District Attorney of Philadelphia , it is said that tho English Government has addressed to tho
American Government a demand for redress , nnd for a disavowal of participation , and it is thought that thH demand will bo complied with . Some littlo soreness , howovor , has been created by tho lumortiou , on the part of some English pi » pera , that , in what ho did , ho had had tho previous sanction of tho American Secretary of State . —Tho improvement lant noted m tho Now Ybrk stock market continues ; nnd the New York money market is earner , particularly for loans on dumaud . The national part of tho Kuow _ nothings have issued a plan for the-organisation J * tho House of Representatives , with a view to settling tho slavery question on its present basis . —Mexic o «!>•
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 8, 1855, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08121855/page/8/
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