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ro THE LEAD E B. [No. 356, Saturday,
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to some years preceding the great revolution . After his accession to the throne , the King had little or no time to devote to the continuation , of the work , "but he carefullypreserved the manuscript which he tad prepared , and had it bound into three volumes . In the revolution of February , 1848 , the volumes disappeared from the Palace of the Tuileries , and nothing was heard of them , until last summer , -when a person named Vallette offered on certain conditions three volumes of the King ' s manuscripts to the royal family of Orleans . He was called on to produce one of the volumes , and to say how they came into his possession , but he refused to do either . On the 7 th of August , on the application of all the sons , grandchildrensons-in-lawand daughters-in-law of the
, , late King , authority to seize the volumes was granted by the President of the Civil Tribunal . The seizure was effected on the 9 th , in the residence of Vallette . On the 21 st , on the application of the advocate of the Orleans family , the volumes , which were in the custody of an officer of the Tribunal , were ordered to be given up to them . To this application , at the moment , M . Vallette made no opposition , but le subsequently put in an opposition , and it was to obtain a decision thereon that the matter came before the Civil Tribunal . " The advocate of the Orleans family contended that M . Yallette could not have come by the manuscripts honestly . M . Valletta ' s advocate argued that the papers possessed by his client did not consist of the volumes taken from the
Tuileriee , but of the original rough notes , which nad been put into some person ' s bauds to copy , and so had come , in a perfectly honest manner , into the possession , of M . Valletta . The tribunal postponed the case foi a week , to hear the reply of the Orleans party and to give judgment . - llohamed Sidi , chief of the Brachmas , in Algeria , and one of the most determined enemies of the Flench dominion , has died at Senegal , whither he fled last October . The French authority is now completely acknowledged in the Fouta , in the Oualo , and in the Cayor . The purification of the church of St . Etienne-du-Mont , in which the Archbishop of Paris was assassinated , took place on Monday . The procession stopped at the
entrance of the nave where the crime was committed , and the whole congregation , on their knees , chanted three times the Para , Domine . " It is certain , " says the Times Paris correspondent , " that among several of the lower orders the cxime has produced an effect unfavourable to the clergy , ^ nd I have heard of one or two priests being insulted in the streets . Such conduct , unjust as it is , proves at all events the sympathy felt for the deceased . —It is repotted that a letter was found on "Verger addressed to the Emperor personally , which -was immediately given to his Majesty . The conclusion is said to
be , ' JD'Archeveque estjperdu , gare it vous . Verger is also said to have left at his late rectory , in the diocese of Meaux , a sort of testamentary paper , which has been transmitted to the police by the bishop . The paper says , * J & legue man dme a VimmorialiU , mon corps it la guillotine' ( ' I bequeath my soul to immortality , my body to the guillotine . ' ) The exhibition of the Archbishop ' s remains -was curtailed by two or three days . The crowds ¦ were becoming more numerous each day ; the language ¦ was , in several cases , not at all . edifying ; and the police did not think it advisable to allow the exposition to continue on the Sunday . "
_ A great grand-daughter of Corneille , Madame Veuve Girard , n < fe Corneille , died last week at Carpentras , at the age of eighty-five years . The Xndejpendance says that a Conference will shortly assemble at London , with tho consent of Prussia , to " regularise a departure from the acts of the Congress of Vienna "—in other words , to approve of the settlement of the Neufchatel question . Switzerland will bo represented in this Conference . Monaignor d'Aramolea , Archbishop of Aix , in Provence , expired on tho 9 th inat ., at tho archiepiscopal palace , shortly after having received extreme unction .
I have just heard , " says the Times Paris correspondent , that the Prefects havo received instructions to allow tho unrestricted circulation of the voting tickets , in consequence of the demonstration of tho Paris bar , and that these functionaries replied that , if they did ao , they could not answer for tho Parliamentary majority . " J
AUSTBIA . The Emperor and Empress of Austria reached Vicenza on tho morning of tho 5 th inat . On quitting-Venice , they aro said to havo received greater munifestatiom of enthusiasm from the people than on their arrival ; but to what an extent there may be a polico colour in this statement it would bo difficult to say On the 9 th inat . the Emperor reviewed the garrison of Verona . A singular story ia thus told in tho Gazette Natimmlc ? , \ ? ' communication dated Oassel , Jan . 5 — M
. Hasacnpflug , formerly ministor , who has for some weeks been residing at Marbourg , demanded admiasion into tho Society of tho Casino of that city , which includes amongst its members tho oldest and most conservative families of high society , principally professors and Government functionaries ; tho result of the ballot however , was unfavourable to tho candidate . Tho Polico Director of Marbourg has accordingly absolved tho fl « - ciety , and tho following notice has bcea affixed to tlio doors : —' Tho refusal to admit M . Privy Councillor Hassonpflug into tho Society of tho Casino being a
hostile demonstration against the system of Government , and . an association which commits such a political act admitting of no further toleration , the Society of the Casino is closed , and the meeting of its members forbidden under a pain of a fine of five thalers each member in every case of disobedience . The committee are authorized to take the necessary steps for the conclusion of its pecuniary affairs . —Direction of Police , Marbourg , January 3 . ' " SPAIN . The condition of Spain continues to present the usual
features of despotism oi \ the one hand and discontent on the other . A circumstance has occurred at Barcelona ¦ which has caused great excitement . Five or six respectable citizens of that town were arrested simply because they prepared to take part , legally , in the municipal elections ; but the act was so staringly unjust that they were released . They were friends of General Prim , who wrote a letter to them , deploring the occurrence . This letter was afterwards published in the Ihei'ia newspaper ; but the Government stopped the circulation of the journal , and inflicted a penalty . General Prim also was arrested .
HI . Moron , a political writer and orator of note , has been lodged in the gaol of "Valencia . The discovery of a Carlist conspiracy at Ouhaela is confirmed , but no details are given . Wheat in Madrid has fallen four reals the bushel , and in most markets there is a tendeacy to a decline . The opposition journalists have charged a deputation of their body to wait on the Minister of the Interior , to request him to order the subordinate agents of the Government to observe more regularity and legality in their treatment of the press .
RUSSIA . Great exertions ^ it seems , are being made by the Bussians to strengthen the defences of Cronstadt , and to convert the sailing ships into screw steamers . The Government is also constructing forts on the frontiers of Siberia . The Russian fleet ( says a despatch from Constantinople ) has anchored in the Bay of Balkan , and occupied some of the islands . The JSTord publishes the text of a despatch addressed by Prince GortschakofF , the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs , under date the 30 th of December last , to Baron Budberg , the Eussian Envoy at Vienna , in . reply to a communication from Vienna on the Neufcbatel question . The tendency of this despatch is to express entire sympathy with Prussia in conneixon with the dispute between her and Switzerland . The Eussian sailors who were recently on the Isle of Serpents have retired . PRUSSIA .. The election of the President of the House of Representatives of the Prussian Landtag has been carried by the Conservatives , wlio have succeeded with their candidate , Count Enlenburg , by three to one , against Count Schwerin , the leader of the Liberal party . POB . TUGAX ,. The Session of the Portuguese Cortes for 1857 was opened on the 1 st inst . by the IKing in person . ITALY . The King has recently received several addresses of congratulation on his escape from assassination . These are expressed in terms of the most loathsome and even impious flattery . The state of the country is still that of smouldering excitement and sullen discontent , breaking out now and then in very significant ways . The Times correspondent supplies some particulars . He writes : — " Wo hear of more prisonors amnestied , and a list of forty-two has just been presented to the Grand Criminal Court , which is the last act before their liberation . These are all political prisoners , twenty-eight of whom belong to the class called ' Popolani , ' and were imprisoned for what ia here well known as the affair of the
5 th September , 1849 . These aro all to be exiled to tho Isle of Ponza , two are to be exiled from the kingdom , and tho others are doomed to a do ? mciliojTorzatd > in the provinces . Such is the character of this latter amnesty . Tho Police Commission ( surveyed by another commission !} continues its investigations into the state of the army . I believe the Marines have been tho first to be overhauled . Two officers havo been removed , and some of tho soldiers sent to tho islands . Arrests have been made in the other corps . The company to ¦ which Agesilao Milano belonged has been broken up , and tho captain , lieutenant , and sergeants put under arrest . During a part of the week , tho Post-office box liaa been closed , and letters havo been by order consigned to
tho hands of an employd . The" reasons are variously stated . A very general impression ia , that lucifer matches with other inflammable materials were thrown into tho box ; again , some add , that since tho death of Milano , proclamations and letters to the Intendonti havo boon thrown in , menacing them with being called to account by the country for their conduct ; and it is even said that not only havo other persons of distinction , been addressed , but that oven to the King hirnaelf was sent a lotter enclosing a likeness of Agosilno Milano , and warning him that there wore seventy others like Milano , and that , if his Majesty wanted any proof of their power , ho was to order search to bo made for tho l > ody of Milano . During tho past week , indeed , it has been reported that tho body of Milano has been removed . I will
not take upon myself to guarantee the truth of these reports . " The effect of the explosion at Naples of the fri gate Carlo Terzo is described as fearful . The royal family were at the San Carlo at the time , and the violence of the shock having put out the lights , people rushed forth , in the dark , uttering exclamations of terror . A large part of the city also was struck with sudden darkness ; carriages and cavalry soldiers dashed wildly to and fro . ' Cries of " Fui , fui ! " were heard in some directions . Thousands of windows were broken . The Queen , who is near her confinement , fainted ; and the Commandante of the Carlo Terzo , on hearing the explosion in the streets , nearly fell to the ground in something bordering
on an apoplectic stroke . The boats of the English ship Malacca were instantly ordered out , and were making for the scene of the disaster in five minutes . Twenty-five of the crew of the unfortunate frigate were taken off by them , and expressed their gratitude by kissing the hands and feet of their preservers . Preparations were made on board the Malacca for the reception and surgical treatment of the wounded ; but those who were saved happened not to be hurt . Notwithstanding this kindness , however , there have not been wanting hints that the catastrophe was caused by the English . —A Naples correspondent of the Nord states that , just before the explosion on board the steamer Charles III ., a loud voice waa heard , crying , "To the bow and the stern all who wish to save themselves !"
A letter from Turin , in . the Gazette de Savote , asserts not only that Agesilao Milano , who attempted to assassinate the King of Naples , was tortured previously to his execution , but that the torture was inflicted in the following manner : — "He was stripped , bound hand and foot , and hung to a beam with his head downwards ; he was tormented in this position for two hours , burning wisps of straw being held under his head . He was also bound and hung up by the ears , causing him the moat agonizing pains in the head and ears ; and the ground
beneath him was covered -with burning coals , so that with his bare feet he could , not stand . He was also tortured with alternate applications of cold and boiling water , and his s"houlder-bones were pulled out of joint with ropes tied to the arms . Lastly , he was scourged ; and those who saw his naked body declare that the skin was blackened , with green and yellow marks upon it , hideous to behold . " These statements are probably exaggerated ( at least , let u 3 hope so ) ; but it is believed by many persons at Naples that some sort of torture was actually inflicted .
An address—printed , in parallel columns , in Italian , German , and French , headed " Italian National Party Independence a : nd Unification , " and dated " Italy , the 10 th of January "—has been circulated among the Swiss soldiers in the service of the King of Naples and the Pope . It exhorts them to return to their country , to fight its battles , and to rid themselves of the reproach of being sbinH . Some further particulars relative to the temporary
exile of the yo-ung Count Emilio Dandolo from Milan have come out . The director of police read to the young man a written speech , in which it was said that Count Dandolo had not reformed , Tmt that he was the chief of a society of young men who endeavour to prevent the nobility from attending the court , and that consequently he was exiled to the country . He was given his choice of several districts , and he selected Adro , in the district of Iseo . — Times Paris- Correspondent .
BELGIUM . A severe sentence on M . Cappellrrianns , the responsible editor of the Nord , of Brussels , is mentioned in the daily papers , where we read that M . Cappellmanns was cited last August before the Tribunal of Correctional Police , for having libelled Vely Pacha , formerly the Turkish Ambassador at Paris , and since Governor of Crete , in the Nord of the 28 th of April last , by alleging that that personago " had carried off a young French girl , had placed her in his liarem , and either because she troubled the peace of the harem , or preached to her companions Western ideas , or wanted to leave , had her
strangled according to tho old Turkish custom . " The tribunal , after hearing Vely Pacha ' s positive denial of the allegation , condemned the defendant to 1200 C fine . M . Cappellmanns appealed against this condemnation to the Court of Appeal of Jlrussels , and the case was heard on Monday . The court , after overruling a technical objection , to the effect that a foreigner could not proceed against a Belgian for libel , increased tho condemnation on M . Cappellmanns to 2500 f . fine ; it also ordered him to pay tho costs , and moreover to pay the expenso of inserting the whole text of tho judgment in two newspapers of Brussels , two of Paris , two of Constantinople , and one of tho Ialo of Orcto .
" The Belgian i ' roc-trado Association , which can already boaat of a long and very active career , 1 ms held , " says tho Morning Star , " a ptiblic meeting at Ghent , nt wliich controversy was invited . Tho Protectionist party , which in Belgium consists of manufacturers , did not shrink from the challenge , nn < l the proceeding * wcTe rather ntoimy . Tho most promising feature is tho lively intoroat which tho population at large took in tho ( Vifl-CLlHHinil . "
BVnTZICUIiAXlI ) . Tho Swiss Federal Council has unanimously accept ( id tlio conditions of agreement with Prussia offered liy
Ro The Lead E B. [No. 356, Saturday,
ro THE LEAD E B . [ No . 356 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17011857/page/4/
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