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FRANCE. THE WAR LOAN.—rHEINFOECEMENT? FO...
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was to lay before the society the results of a series of experiments which he had made with coal and coke in locomotive engines , and which had led him to the conclusion that coal was decidedly superior to coke in respect to heating power , and consequently more economical . A discussion ensued , in , which Messrs . John Grantham , John Braithwaite , John Bethell , George Lowe , F . R ; S ., Professor John Wilson , F . R . S . E ., J . Greaves , Mr . Duncan , and the Chair-¦
man took part . " ¦ ' . The Nine Hours' Movement . —Oft "Wednesday a : meeting of workmen was held in Exeter-hall for the purpose of making the ^ Nine Hours' Movement " general . The chairman said the meeting had been convened by the united building trades , in consequence of the master builders * at their meeting on the 20 thHit ., having passed resolutions saying that the workmen did not join in the " Nine Hours ' Movement . " Resolutions in favour of the movement
were put and carried . . An amendment was proposed and seconded , entreating the meeting not to come into collision with the masters ; but upon being put it was lost . . An Alleged Dattphin . —An old man named Meves , who has for some years past carried on the profession of a teacher of music in Tottenham-courtroad diedLsuddenly in a cab this week . His son was most particular in demanding a careful register of the marks on the body of the deceased and made the following extraordinary statement . " My father always led us to believe , from the marks on his person and other circumstances , that he was Iiouis Charles de Bourbon , son of Louis the Sixteenth , King of Prance , and he has lately written his life , which is at the present time in the hands _ of Mr . Bentley , the publisher , of New Burlington-street . Such is my sworn evidence . "
Playground akd Eeceeaiion Society . — This society was established two years , ago , and its object is to furnish the means of healthful and innocent recreation for the poor children of London * and other large and thickly populated cities ; free from the mental contamination and the bodily danger which attach to the present custom of playing in the crowded streets without protection or supervision . On Thursday evening the second anniversary of the society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern , under thejpresidency of the Marquis of Westminster . The subscriptions of the evening were reported at 2641 . 17 s .
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France. The War Loan.—Rheinfoecement? Fo...
FRANCE . THE WAR LOAN . —rHEINFOECEMENT ? FOR THE ARMY , The Moniteur of Tuesday contains a report of the Minister of Finance , respecting the subscriptions made towards the new loan . The subscribed capital amounts to 2 , 3 Q 7 , 000 , 000 f . 80 , o 6 o , OOOf . have been subscribed in sums of lOf . rente : The number of subscribers is 525 , 000 . The Ministerial report points out that such results prove the solidity of the French financial system . .
The races at Chantilly commenced on Sunday . The weather was dull and cold all day , with frequent and rather heavy showers , but the attendance was good , and the running , is said to have been excellent . Baron Niviere ' s horse Geologie was very successful , and , is spoken of as not unlikely to be a favourite for the French Derby . It is announced that the Minister of Marine has addressed instructions to Admiral Rigault de Genouilly directing him to return to France with his entire fleet .
Meantime very little reliable information is received in Paris from the seat of war , and the Government are determined that no news but their own shall be allowed . Marshal Randon , Minister of War , has addressed a circular to the colonels commanding regiments in Italy , forbidding any officer to correspond with a newspaper . It is said that the confidence in the success of the army in Italy is so great , that preparations are soon to bo made at Notre Dame for a Te Deum in thanksgiving for a great victory , which is expected to be announced in the course of next week . Unless
The prospect of having to support the war , which may be both long and Costly , has cooled down the cry for Italian nationality . The war is not so popular , says a : correspondent , among the officers of the army as it is represented to be . The reason will be obvious when it is remembered that most of the officers spring from the bourgeoisie , and that their pecuniary , position in life is dependent upon the prosperity of trade . It is rumoured that four new Marshals of France will soon be nominated , viz ., Prince Napoleon , and Generals de MacMahon , Niel , and Regnaud die . Saint Jean d'Angely .
The Paris correspondent of a contemporary says , that a great sensation was caused by the arrival in hot haste from Alessandria of one of the Emperor ' s own aide-de-camps . This gentleman remained the whole of the next day closeted with the Minister of War , and set off again in the same hot haste for Alessandria . Men most versed in these matters declare that the general was dispatched with orders to hurry on to Italy all that can be spared of the French army—particularly artillery , which is still deficient . Algiers has given up the best portion of its defenders , and the other colonies long since despoiled of their troops , which had always been regarded as necessary to their safety till they were wanted elsewhere . — ' ¦ — - .
some such event speedily takes place it is very doubtful whether the enthusiasm of the French people will not Bubsido mote rapidly than the Emperor will And convenient . As long as the Allies are prevented from entering Lombardy all the supplies will have to come from Franco , or to bo purchased with Frenoh money . Feeding the army will J ? 3 thS ISCSt iteffloult and costly problem whioh the Emperor will have to solve . And ib remains to be BeemhoW'thenatlpn . wiU roliah being compelled to make thjo-heayy payments that will be required for that ) purpose , ana foran object which many do not hesitate to affirm does not directly concern them ,
Austria. Resignation Of Count Buoi-:—Blo...
AUSTRIA . RESIGNATION OF COUNT BUOI-: —BLOCKADE OF VENICE . The Emperor Francis Joseph was to leave for the war in Italy on Wednesday . The strength Of the seven corps of the Austrian army in the north of Italy is said to be 250 , 000 men , and it is provided with a magnificent artillery"train . The Wiener Zeitung announces that his Imperial Majesty has , in compliance with Count Bud ' s request , graciously relieved that Minister from the duties of the office hitherto held by him . Count Rechberg is appointed the Minister for Foreign Affairs , in place of Count Buol . Failing health was the only cause of Count Bu ' ol ' s request to be relieved from the office of Foreign Minister . His resignation occasions no change in the principles of Austrian policy . ,
All the direct and indirect taxes throughout the Austrian Empire have been increased , with the exception of the tobacco monopoly and the Customs duties , and a new loan is announced to be raised in Lombardy . Seventy-five millions of florins is the sum required . A despatch from Trieste on Tuesday , announced that the French squadron was before Venice , since which the Austrian Lloyd ' s have ceased the running of all their steamers . A Norwegian brig , making for Venice , has been overhauled by a French frigate , and its captain
received the intimation that all Austrian ports , with the exception of Trieste ( as a German federal town ) , were placed by France in a state of blockade . The Vienna Gazette adds that the commandant of Venice had as yet received no notice of the blockade ; but that the French fleet before Venice bad already taken six schooners , and six other vessels . Reports from Dalmatia also speak of fifteen French men-of-war having been seen near the port of the Cattaro . If the French intend to blockade all the Austrian ports except Trieste , they certainly will want a great number of ships for this purpose .
The Austrian Governor of Venice has published a notification that from the evening until the morning gun no vessel of any kind shall be allowed to enter or leave that port , and that persons violating the regulation " shall bo arrested and punished according to military law . ^ General Melizer de Kellemes has published a proclamation , declaring Lombardy in a state of siege , and General Count Wirapfen has adopted a similar measure for the territory situated between Pavia and the frontier of Dalmatia . It'has been resolved here to station an army of 60 , 000 men in Gallicia . Austria has already placed all her contingents to the garrisons of the federal fortresses on a full war footing .
Sardinia. Important Movements Of The Aus...
SARDINIA . IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS OF THE AUSTRXAN 8 : CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS : INACTION OB LOUI 8 NAPOLEON . According to , the latest reliable accounts , the position held by the allied armies extends from the line of the Dora , covering Turin , by Casale and Alessandria , to Genoa . The French army distributed along the line is counted at 160 , 000 men . Marshal
Baraguay d'Hilliers is posted between Novi and Arquata , watching the road which leads from Tortona and the East , with Canrobert at Alessandria , and MacMahon and Noll on h \* i « o Th # » hn « A quarters of the Sardinian army , are at San Salvatore , juet behind , Valonza , where Victor Emmanuel resides with' his staff , and where also the reserve is posted , undor Cftstelborgo . Wo further learn that Olaldinl and Duvando command at
Casale , Fanti at Alessandria , and Cucchiari at -nw " The six divisions of the Sardinian army ^ mouS to 75 , 000 men ; Alessandria is almost entirelv in ^ 2 hands of the French , The only Piedmon & lre belong to General Fanti ' s division ; the othersill * at Tortona and the neighbourhood . "" ^ rs are The French Emperor is still at Alessandria " concerting strategic measures with his Generals " The operations of his Imperial Majesty have not hitherto \ been very important s his Majesty wenfc out to have a look at the course ofthe Po hia Majesty went ; to Valenza to see the vanguard hi * Majesty has paid a visit to the King of Sardiniaand so on . The King and the Emperor visit each other incognito very often .
Prince Napoleon does not . lead the van—that is certain ; and what he is to lead seems a matter of ( ionsiderable doubt ; he is still at Genoa , waitine the organisation of his corps d ' drmde , some portion of which is expected from Algeria , and which ig supposed will be completed in eight days or thereabouts , say the correspondents ; but how and where this extra corps is to be employed , no one seems to have the slightest idea . The Prince has , however issued the first order of the day to his " fifth corps " of the army of Italy , calling upon his followers in the usual style to remember what they did at Alma Inkermann , and so forth . The proclamation produced a good effect here . The Italians think that it was a little too strong to speak of the French aa liberators . .
The most direct contradictions are given in the despatches from Austrian and Sardinian sources , and there is reason to believe that the atrocities attributed to the Austrian troops are greatly exaggerated . The reports from each camp are mutually recriminative ; and as a set-off against the bulletins from Turin , here is a short extract from , the letter of an English correspondent , who writes from Austrian head-quarters : —" When the Austrians arrived at a certain town , which I must not
name , the inhabitants reproached them for not coming a fortnight sooner . Expecting them , they said , they had made , every excuse to delay providing . their quota of the reserve of the , army , and had the Austrians arrived they might have escaped sending it at all . \ Dy the way , the Piedmontese have carried off nearly all the horses and provisions from this part of the country . Ar Stroppiaria they even carried off tlie women to work at Casale . The Austrians sent provisions for
the starving inhabitants left there . " The same writer adds that the strictest discipline is preserved by the Austrian , generals , and that pillage is severely punished . He also states that twenty or thirty imitations of Austrian uniforms were captured at Novara . They had been made by certain parties for the purpose of committing robberies and atrocities , and of throwing the odium on the Austrians . The rivers , we learn , had again overflowed the country , and military operations were completely suspended . The Austrians were concentrating , with a view to fortify their line of the Ticino and Po .
. . To believe the French bulletin , the treatment of the people by the Austrians is getting worse and worse . . They are constructing extensive works , and are compelling even the women and children ot the country to assist with their labour , although one would think that such assistance as that could scarcely repay the odium such tyranny must surely draw down upon them . Several mayors of villages have been arrested for refusing to compty ¦ withi requisitions for contributions . Rain was still tailing , and the Po rising . . ,, , » that great
A telegram , dated Pavia , Thursday . snys movements of troops had taken place , that the Austrian head-quarters had been removed from Mortara toGarlasco which is situated in the direction of Pavia , and that a collision was expected . The transfer ot the Austrian head-quarters from Mortara to Uarlasco shows that the attack of the 1 ™™ ° ;^" dinians is expected , not ; from tho fiado of tno Sesin , but from that of the Po , starting perhaps from Voghera , which tho Austrmns evacuated but a few days ago . Voghora and tho feftrduuan towns sputh of the Po , and Eastward as far as Stradello , which is situated in oloso vioniity botn to the Po and to tho Parmeso frontier , aro conneoted with Alessandria as well as with Novi , tno two main points of the aesombl ng of tho S ronoft nn-vi-iin ™ ivrmv which wont byi way of Gonoa oy
? aff . The tragic of this railway ' is dotted w | o » battle-fields between the French and A" ^ ™ The Po | does not offer at this part of its comae any of those difficulties to a crossing which are to bo me * with lower down . Yet it certainly offers a . bettor lino of defence for tho Auatrians thnn does . tlie Ftonfn ~ Tcls the masfe exposed point , not of tho Aurtnan j but of the French position , to which tho f ° ™* g both parties now eeom to be rushing , and tUW woum * indicate that tho Austrian oomniander-iii-oliw «» eo far been successful in hie seemingly oJifloiw
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Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21051859/page/6/
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