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^ mmmmmmmm .. . . . .: ' r ' " . ' ' ataatituvtajudaon * the dhrergenoe ; betaKeeatbe ; two . »» at ^ OT « T ^ orto ex Mbitediitself Brosiay byrafeaeBtang herself from the Conferences * aad xfeoKuing ; fc ^ iaga ^ the note *** August ^ . indicate * a m * M sepuaton from SbsS -wWoh , af ter th * treaty ojEt December : 2 ^ wMchshfr refuaea t * adhere ; had beeom *^ more d ** toiofc Prussia decLsres herr confidence ; in Rinasia , but therecia * . diffiaenee betwwn , ™ oxal assnaaamc ^ g ^ id . n ^ - teeial l&wt * r a » d wJwre ^ xontradictiQn : does . eaaafc . * the simplest aad -wisest p la * ' is to actia « msonanc ^ "iiaih TdurttaU th «^ rarld is enabled i t © , judge of ift theasto » manner . ' * ' _ . t
" Is it not trae that a large Russia * armyy ready © take the field , ia stationed i » Poland , and aloag the frontiers o £ GaUSci * and Transylvania . ? Is it not true that an incident threatens ttv bring the Austriansand the Bustians into collision on the banks of the Broth or oi ^ tbe Xxmsc Danube ? Is it- not true that the relation ietwee »* he cabinets of Vienna . and St . Petersburg are of the most delicate nature ? Can it-be said , ' in . short , that the . opinion of a speedy restoration ; « of peace is « nec « By credited ? Is it even sure tbafctiie-acceptaiMJe annooncedby Prmce G 6 rtschafcofFia swhas wa » ai < fi * st believed ? T& put these question * is to solve-thera , aad t <* 3 ij «* iff a * the ^ am * time all c the-deiBanda 4 hat Austria addreB 38 & 4 oberconfederateA . '
, Answering the alleged grieyances-of Prussia ^ that side bad not been regofeudy-made acquainted with the negotiations ^ and that there was ; an appearance of- estdudi ng h » r in . future from the * - - Europeancouncils , Mi Bwmyn dd-Lhuys -observes , that the 4 solaikm of Prussia had been her -own voluntary act , and that as-soon as -she used < her right to- keep aloof from the three powers , they exe . r « is «* tkeirs to exclude- her fromthe- " confidence of theh ^ iOtefior designs , " _ ¦ ¦ _
- As ^ ftito the- Enropean concert , ' it has been habitually for the last forty years formed by five Powers . Never theless , four of these Powers , in one of the preceding phases of the Eastern question , united without France . The concert was not re-established . until after the inci- > dent that gave rise to the treaty of July 13 . An analogous fact ma y * therefore , without-anomaly , be reproduced under actual circtunstances ; In order to take part iit-a-debate , rthe party must be entitled ? botthe only title Prussia invokes is her quality of-great power .
Fraaee does not dispute * the rank : of Prussia ; but rights have correlative duties , and in general we do not t * eat on the- conditions of peaee unless we have waged war , or , aT least ,- have accepted the eventuality of taking an-active part in it ; It is as signatarjfeof the treaty of Feb . 13 , 1841 , by which France entered the European cttttcertythat she . takes up arms for Turkey-. If Prussia recognises the ¦ importance of that treaty to which she subscribed , she has declined its obligations , and loses the right of ¦ participating in- its revision . ' Even in this case France would , at the end of the negotiations , join in any combination to give to Prussia guarantees equivalent to those in 1841 , and to cause her to resume her station in Europe . Prussia ' s isolation is her own . France cannot be accused of having wished indirectly to diminish the importance of the Confederation , of the secondary powers by excluding Prussia . - ____ . __ ..
On the 29 th of January , M . Drouyn da Ltiuys addressed another despatch to the Prussian Government through the French' ambassador , M . de Moustier . France is ready to sign a separate treaty with . Prussia immediately , provided only that it contain the same obligations ^ as-the treaty of'the 2 nd of December . Prussia ha £ distinctly declined to sign either protocol ,, note , or treaty , with the three Powers . M : Drouyn de Lhuys insists on the wilful isolation of Prussia from the common cause of the three Powers . In a circular despatch addressed to the agents of Prussia , at the German Courts , dated the 17 th of January , M . Manteuffel informs them , of the resumed negotiations on the Four Points , and of the alliance of France and Austria . Prussia wilt not ] abandon ., her neutral attitude , and she calls upon her German confederates to support her in the Diet .
Lord Cowley has addressed to the French" Monster of Foreign Affttfra a copy of the address of the Legislative Council and . Assembly of Canada , offering thfcir congratulations on the victory of Alma , and contributing 20 , 0001 . to the widows and Orphans of the two notions * General de Crenneville , on a military mission ftom tho .. Emperor . of Austria , and General- t ) e Wedel on , a diplomatic mssion from the King of Prussia * ore . in Paris . General De Wedel has diued with Marshal Vaillant , the Miniater-of-War . It is reported in Paris that General Canrobert , who has a warm enemy at Court in Prince Napoleon JexOmo , is to be superseded by General Pollssicr , who haa recently arrived in the Crimea from Algeria .
General Canrobort has ordered alt the correspondents of the French preasv to quit , the Crtaea , even one bringing ; letters from , a Minister-in . the . Councils of the Ejnneror > ^ U » I . btQ has published an order of the day ou-, Mau ^ . tha . officers , to desire , their frienda not to publish Wlfib ? private letters . Tl ^ fonuatUra of three French . corpp d ' armtfe is talked 06 i . onfl ^ lM :, the Baltic , ouo of observation , in the North of iFrauco , and althird for Austria , Tho last would be coaunAodod . .. pbitf by tlio Emperor , with General Sfllwamm , aa . jfiMtni . ia . command . It . is expected , that
the Emperor will visit London about the beginning of March . ' M . de-Morny ( susceptible manj ) iasa * d tobe so much feurt atithe report of his ambition to compose a regency ia the- ' expected , absence of the Empecory that he has ofi ^ red fcjs resignation of tb © Presidency of . the Legislative Corps , which , of course , has not been accepted . The Siecle has had a severe private , warning for its recent articles asking for more liberty . From Spain we learn that French gendarmes have arrested fourteen Carlists , secreted near the Spanish frontier , prepared to attempt an invasion in Navarre . Cortes voted the first
On the 3 rd inst . the Spanish basis of the constitution—the national sovereignty . On the 5 th M . Madoz presented a bill to the Cortes , authorising the complete sale of the Church * property . The Minister ! has expressed his determination to carry out / this measure in spite of all opposition from Rome . Espartero has addressed an energetic memorandum to the Governors of Provinces , insisting oDtobedienee to the l aws , and public order , as the guajattfeees of : liberty . IatheCostes , the Minister of Grace and Justice anaounced that the newspaper , the CatolicQ , should be prosecuted forvha-ving published the Pope ' s . Bull on the Immaculate Conception before it had received the sanction of the Goverjozneat . . . .
On the 7 th . last , the Treaty of Alliance was adopted by the Piednwntese Chamber of Deputies , altw a remarkable speech from Count Cavour , in . reply to the Opposition . Geoeral Dabormida ,. the late Minister of Foreign Affairs , expressed his adherence to the general policy of the Government , though he had felt it his duty to resign office . It is bElieved that diplomatic rer lations will soon be re-established between Piedmont and Austria In the arsenal at Turin preparations fox the expedition to the East are being carried on with great activity . The whole of the infantry of the line will shortly be furnished with forty Minil rifles per company .
A Monitory from the Pope against the Suppression , of Convents . * BiH has arrived in Turin . A Monitory is preliminary to excommunication ; an interval of three weeks for repentance is usually allowed , but . tbe Government at Turin shows no disposition to repent . It does not oppose . the _ discussion . of the monitory in thepress , but it withholds its exequatur for the public reading of the document in the churches . In a consistory held on the 12 th of January , the Pope , after deploring the obstinacy of-the Sardinian Government ^ Jttot only '' denounces - and condemns - '' its - antiecciesiaatical measures , but- "declapea them null and v « id r '" and threatens the pains and penalties " denounced by the ; apostolic constitutions and the canons of thesacred councils , especially , of . the Oouncil of Trent . "
The King- of Naples- is said to be enraged at th * Piedmontese aJKancet with ; the Western Powers ., He ¦ haa just : renewed his - contract with Switzerland for - thesupply , of troops , far thirty years . His Queen , has been delivered of a . Princess . TheGoneraL of the ¦ Jesaita haa addressed a circular , da * ed Home , Jauuary 10 , to the provincials of the order , ia which JiaiBstruct * . them how _ to : act with respect t » the . differ ^ t foriw of Mffiicff
o £ the : Jc 8 uitB . beiBgi he says , solely , a-religious order , and devoted exclusively- , to-the . salvation of men ' s souls , the various members of it- are everywhere to act as faithful subjects of the government under which they live , and in no case to interfere in political matters . In that manner only can they , the circular declares , conform to the principles on which the order is founded . It is somewhat extraordinary that if these be true Jesuit principles , the members of the order should require to be . taught them at this . time . of day .
The £ ktis $ e announces that the English Government has offered the Swis 3 Federal Colonel JJontems the rank of Lieutenant-General , with , the command of a foreign , legion , which he accepted . A treaty of alliance is talked of with Portugal , on tho same terms as that with Piedmont . The Portuguese legion is to be 12 , 000 men . This rumour wants confirmation . Ttle Tuscan army , numbering about 8000 men , is reported to manifest a desire to take part in the war . The Duke and Duchess of Brabant returned to Venice on the 28 rd ult .,. from their excursion to Milan , and embarked on the 28 th for Egypt , intending to go as fur as the cataracts of the Nile , and return through Palestine and Syria ,,
The accouchement of the Empress of Austria ia daily expected' ; 101 guns will announce the birth of an heir to the throne , and 20 that of a princess . If a princo is bom he wilt probably bo named Rudolph , after the founder of the family ' ; if a princess , Sophia , after tho mother of the Emperor . Tho Emperor , as a kind oi acknowledgment of the important services rendered by the late liaron " VVelden during the years 1848 and 1849 , has appointed his widow " Ayah , " or govorncsa-dn-chief , to his expected offspring . . Count' Eaternazy , tho Austrian Minister to tho Russian Court , has returned to Berlin . As tho French , cavalry passed through Genoa , the following address . was circulated along , tho lino of march : —¦ " Soldiers of Franco , —You will traverse our countries
amidst a . mournful silence , and for you , there is . not a smile of friendship , not a flower of reo * embji « nce . on your footsteps , no brotherly adieu , no regard 1 of tenderness and regret . You will receive only official flatteries . The cause of all that , soldiers of France , is , . that you are about to return to your countty , your breasts covered with wounds and . crosses , . which weigh because they have been blessed by the Pope and cursed by the people . The cause of all that is , that you have been sent here to betray a nation , and you understand that this nation cannot receive you with a smile on itslips . Thus ive , retaining in our hearts the indignation felt by our brethren throughout Italy , must say to you—soldiers of France , we pity you because you also , are , unhappy . We
would willingly grasp your hands as brothers , but those hands are stained with the blood of our friends , of our children—of the children of a nation which ,, had it not been for your liberticidal bayonets , would have released itself from the double tyranny of priests and tyrants . Tou pass through the midst of widows and orphans whom you haveTnade such . Turn away your eyes , for you -will encounter the pale visages of those who by you have been torn from their families and lead a life of misery and exile . You , also , you . are very miserable , because , in . suffocating our nascent liberties , you have fallen with us , and you cannot , like us , have the pride of victims- and respect in your falL You , children of Voltaire and the Revolution , you have given us the Pope , the Roman Inquisition ,
and the tortures in the dungeons ; but , in exchange , you go to see still smoking at home the blood of the 2 nd of December . You go to carry tb . e messages of the Pope ' to . a master who has sold and dishonoured you . You go to bow the head before a man who has made of the glorious soldiers of France , of that country of Bayard and of Hoche , an army of Swiss and almost of gaolers , You go to find tears and misery everywhere ; maledictions suppressed by the fear of slavery ; the most courageous citizens in prison or transported ; the best geaerals~—those who could lead you to 4 £ tory- —languishand
ing in exile ; while the honour of . your . ; - flag , the lives of your- comrades are confided to cbiefe . without capacity , without faith ,. aDjd without honour I Yes , Ave pity vou , because yours is a cruel misfortune—more cruel " than ours ,, for there is . shame attached to it . Soldiers of France ,-= we hope ia the fntur-e ; : w . e have faith in ,, the regeneration ; . . of peoples , in . the resurrection of nationalities . May you one day return among us , washed of . " the blood of our brethren , with the holy alliance of the nations ! . ~ ~~ ¦ " The Genoese , in the name of the whole- nation . " Genoa , December , 1 « 64 . "
The English missionaries to the Jewa . in Poland are banished . Their printing and bookbinding ,. establishments , library , and chapel , have been appropriated by the Government , and are offered for sale . On the 27 th , of January an ukase for the issue of paper money was published at St . Petersburg . Tlue enactments of the ukase are to the effect that each issua shall comprise an amount of paper money six times greater than the sum in specie deposited as an equivalent in what is called the Credit Fund ; that is , for an issue ofil 2 , 04 ) 0 , 000 roubles in paper , 2 ; 000 j , 000 roubles in specie ^ to be deposited . ~ ThepaperIssued is " , i t is " declared , to be withdrawn-from , circulation three years after the conclusion of peace , or sooner ,-if possible .
M . Soule * , the American Minister to Spain , applied on , the 28 th ult . for his passports , and for an . audience to take leave of the Queen . He leaves Mr . Perry as charge d ' affaires , and is to be succeeded in the embassy by Mr . Brakenridge . Mf ; Soule' is a candidate for the senatorship of Louisiana ; The latest , accounts fromtheCrimea report a sortie on the 28 rd of January , made by the ganrisoo-of Sebastopol , in which the French sufiered severely . The Zouaves had mutinied , and demanded a retreat from the Crimea . Four hundred of the mutineers had arrived at Constantinople in chains , and will be despatched to Toulon . The barracks at Smyrna have been converted into hospitals , and will bo provided with 2000 beds .
A sharp shock of earthquake was Mt at Constantinople or the-night of the 23 rd , but no damage was occasioned A fgrand dinnerand aoirfo were given on tho 25 th lit the English Embassy , to which all the Turkish Ministers and the Corps Dipl omatique , without exception , wero invited . For tho first time ladies ., were not excluded from , a dinner uf -which Turkish . funcJtionariua weic present , Abdel'Kador lias despatched oaa of bi * ai ( lca-de-eiim [> to Paris , to request the Emperor to give bjuaa . the command of tho native African troojpa serving at Sobustoppl . The Germanic Diet hus adopted tUo proposition to put tho principal contingents of tho Federal army ou a war-footing , in such a manner , as to bo ablo to ouU'C tho field a fortnight after the order .
Baron Kollcr , tho newl y-appointed Ambassador f >> i Austria at Constantinople , left'Trieste on the-4 th inst . The Danish XtarliameuA hat paa »« d , by a nuyority of 87 to 7 voteu , thtt third . reading o £ . tb « bill for ultoring th © CooaUtutiooal Act . A . statue of Charl « m «« ue , in , wUto m « rbh ^ in to b » oreutod iu . tho . open . space ia froai of thai Collegu o £ Frauoe . M . L ^ v ^ ol JUaa beoa ontcuatod witht . the execution of thia statue .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 10, 1855, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2077/page/6/
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