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we * similarly ornamented . All the windows were ehaiged into open arcades , hung with crimson velvet fcflged with mep gold lace . The balustrade forming the todfte of each was also covered with the same noh mate * - riaL and in the centre of the drapery stood out , m gold embroidery , an oval shield bearing the letters V . A . interlaced . In front of each window , but borne forward « ome distance from the general line of the building , were amended magnificent chandeliers of richly gilt bronze , s imilar to those over the doorways . Between' each -aOiar stood the statue of a Cupid , of beautiful
proportions , sustaining a stand of lamps of ground glass . Still liJgher up amongst the quaint pinnacles of the ancient ^ architecture—for nothing has been changed in the original style and its adjuncts—were placed hundreds of fether lamps and lights , so that every line of the tracery came out in full relief , and was seen as plainly as if the Spectator was placed on a level with it . All the lines of ^ fc nfe rich gilding , the fretwork of the mason work , and -even of the light pink vellum which was spread under the-ground-glass roof above , were seen as distinctly as * t high noon . " !
\ Ail the other parts of the building which the Emperor and his guests passed through were adorned with equal magnificence . The Queen joined in one or two dances ; after which , some Arab chiefs were presented to her . The Arabs , we ' are told , "bent down , and embraced her Majesty ' s ftaees , after the custom of their country . " The regal visitors left at about a quarter after eleven . - ! The Queen directed Ix > rd Clarendon , to address the following 'letter to the Prefect of the Seine , after the reception given to her by the Hotel de Ville : — " St . Cloud , Aug . 24 , 1855 .
*' Monsieur le Pre * fet , —The Queen orders me to express to you and the municipal corps her sincere thanks ftr the f&te given to her yesterday . The magnificence of the arrangements , the splendour of the edifice , and the courtesy of the numerous guests , have made an indelible impression on the mind of the Queen , and they will always be . present to her memory as one of the most agreeable incidents of her visit to Paris . "In replying to the address which the Queen received
with so much satisfaction from the municipal corps , her Majesty has assured you , Monsieur le Prefet , that she could nevAr forget the reception given to her by the inhabitants of Paris . She also desires to renew here the assurance of her deep gratitude for the very kind feelings she has everywhere met with daring her passage when visiting with her illustrious ally and friend the numerous edifices in which are collected in such profusion memorials attesting the success of the French nation in arts , sciences , and war .
" But the satisfaction and gratitude of the Queen are yet enhanced by the conviction that her own subjects take part in the benevolent manifestations of which she lias been the object . She sees in them the ratification given by France to the alliance now existing , not merely between the two sovereigns , but between the peoples of the two countries . She is convinced that the two nations , who have learned mutually to appreciate each other in a war undertaken for a cause both just and equitable , and who are now no longer rivals , save for attaining the object they desire in common , will always remain ^ united by the bonds of interests henceforth become * inseparable . This union has been the ardent wish formed in the heart of the Queen , and her visit to the magnificent capital of France has inspired her Majesty with a profound personal interest In the welfare of ibis great nation .
" I profit by this opportunity to offer to you , Monsieur le Pre'fet , the assurance of my most distinguished ^ consideration . " Clarendon . " ' During her stay in Paris , the Queen bestowed the Order of the Bath on Prjince Napoleon and General ( Cfanrobert . Since her return , she has sent a sum of money to be distributed amongst the indigent of Ihurifl .
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; THE ITAUAN NIGHTMARES . IPbb nightmare governments of Italy have , been stricken with a degree of panic by the speech of Lord John Russety at the close of the session , in which he called attention to -the condition of the peninsula . Whatever may be thought in England of the motives of our City member in making those remarks , it would appear , from jQome statements made by the Roman Correspondent of the Daily News , that Naples and Rome have felt their chronic state of uneaaiueas increased tenfold by the mere agitation of the subject in the English House of Commons . The Pope dreams uneasily of French and Engllflh interference
Rome , witfioutf any apparent t cause , , unless * it be the feeling of mingled fear and exasperation caused by the recent debate in the English House of Commons . With reference to the speeches of Lords Palmerston and John Russell , the Papal official organ speaks in terms of high indignation , but generously declines to enter into , " reprisals . " , ' In Naples , it would seem that matters are gradually ripening for revolution , and for the casting-off of that ghastly abortion of misgovernment which now overrides the energies of the people . The note has been already sounded in Sicily , if we may credit the assertion that a proclamation by Prince Murat is now being extensively circulated in that island . It is stated that , in this document , one sentence runs as follows : — "The hour has come for-the people to rise . I will not impose myself upon them , but I declare myself ready to answer thencall . " In the meanwhile , a small Austrian fleet has arrived in the Bay of Naples , and Austrians are seen in the streets of that city . On board one of these vessels is the Archduke Maximilian . In Castellamare , where the royal family are now stationed , police tyranny is becoming every day more and more intolerable . " unknown persons , " * says the Naples Correspondent of the Daily Jfeuxs , " followed by spies from Naples , and every one on his arrival is required to explain the motive of his coming from or going to the capital . ' Permits ' are , indeed , granted to known persons ; but those who hold them are liable to be stopped by any policeman in the street , and required to show them . Those who have not them , and are only en route , must , to nse an old police phrase , ' move on , ' without any opportunity for repose being given to them . Even the native or foreign residents have now the range of their walks through the woods limited , as every avenue to the royal residence is guarded . So annoying has this state of things become , that I know persons who refuse to visit their relatives in that city in order not to expose themselves to continual disquietudes . " The state of his Neapolitan Majesty seems to be exactly similar to that of Louis the Eleventh of France—a condition of perpetual and overwhelming fear . The Neapolitan police , however , are not content with oppressing their own fellow-subjects : one of the chief members of the police has nowhad the audacity to insult an attache to the English embassy , Mr . Fagan . That gentleman was in the box of Prince Satriano at the Teatro del Fondo , making interest with the Prince to procure a benefit for Signora Paressa , an English subject now singing in Naples . In an opposite box was Signor Mazza , the director for the Minister of Police , who , looking across , made menacing gestures cither at the Prince or at Mr . Fagan . On the following day , Mazza spoke to- a person connected with the theatre , and denounced Prince . Satriano for receiving in his box such an " assassin and enemy to the King" as Mr . Fagan ; concluding by an order that the Prince was for ever prohibited from receiving the English attache . It is stated that our minister , Sir William Temple , has taken up the matter in a verv determined spirit . ^ The celebration of the Emperor of Austria ' s birthday at Milan has been very coldly received by the people . The police regulations force the inhabitants to hang out of their windows pieces of tapestry or carpets ; and this was accordingly done , from fear of the consequences . But there was a marked absence from the windows and from the streets of the people themselves ; and the official solemnities of mass in the cathedral and a military parade outside were attended by scarcely any other than the paid servants of the Government . Secretly leaguing with Russia , while pretending to be neutral , Austria views with alarm the possibility of her Italian subjects joining the Anglo-Italian Legion , and helping in the overthrow of the great northern despotism . Every obstacle is thrown in their way ; the rich are threatened with sequestration , and the poor are sometimes imprisoned on mere suspicion . A correspondent of the Morning Post says : — "The jealousy of the Cabinet of Vienna is such , that orders have been given not to publish any news favourable to the arms of Piedmont . I hear the war spoken of with enthusiasm by the Italians , but the Austrian officers are to a man Russian . "
on the part of , his oppressed people ; and the police flatter themselves that they ltave got scent of a Republican conspiracy now hatching in London , or Paris , or Genoa , or all three . Garibaldi is said to be navigating the Mediterranean in command of a vessel tearing , the Sardinian flag . A strong force of gendarmes bos . been sent to occupy the coast-stations of Palo , Fiuxnicino , Ostia , Castel Fusano , and the neighbourhood , to keep a look-out for suspicious sail . The localities indicated are considered very unwholesome at this time of year , owing to malaria ; , but the dread of a revolutionary Invasion overcomes every other consideration with the Papal Government . Several arrests have been made at
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . Tub disturbances in Tripoli , which still continue , are said to have arisen thus : —Goama , 'the leader of them , demanded the displacement of his cousin from the Government of Gebel , for the offence of having ravished his wife . This , together with a request that ho himself should be placed in that post , having been refused , the Arabs took up the quarrel of Goama , when a very bloody battle ensued between them and tho forces of Sion Boy , who was defeated . The carnage would have been still greater than it was but that the Arab chief exhorted hid followers to spare the subjects of the Sultan . Goama has retired into his mountain fortress ; andj it in said to bo utterly impossible for tho Turks to attack him with any chunce of' success .
offender , and several mole , naVe bees' captured by a newly organised rural police , after anineffjecfcualattempt to escape into Greece . Simon was killed by the police , and his head was hung up over the gate of the chief ' prison in the town of Smyrna . Kiriako , who is a most desperate character , was brought in alive ; but he has since mysteriously disappeared , and it is whispered that he has been tied up in a sack and drowned . Previous to this energetic interference on the part of the Government , brigandage seems to have been a thoroughly organised trade in Smyrna . Thafeie of August 15 th ( the birthday of Napoleon I . ) was celebrated at Constantinople with great pomp . The Sardinian and Greek Ministers were present at the Te Deum which was performed on the occasion ; but the absence of Lord Stratford do Redcliffe was remarked . It is said that the visit of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands to the Swedish Court has political motives . The Prince arrived from St . Petersburg , and went on to Christiania , after having stopped only one day at Berlin . It seems that his main object is to induce Sweden to keep neutral . The rural districts round Namur in Belgium have been disturbed by some rather serious riots . These were in the first instance directed against the proprietors of some large manufactories of chemicals , which are supposed to have a deleterious influence . The disturbances , however , subsequently assumed a political form , and cries of " Vivo la R «? publique ! " were heard . It was found necessary to call out the military ; and at ArwelaU the troops , being attacked with stones , fired , killing two and wounding one of their assailants . The Ministerial bill , legalising a change in the fundamental law of Denmark , was read a third time in the Lower Chamber on the 20 th ultimo , by a majority of seventy-four votes ; only ten being recorded against it . By this bill , the power of the executive is made almost absolute . A despatch from Copenhagen , dated August 29 th , says : — " King has sanctioned the alterations in the fundamental law , and to-day the Premier has presented the collective constitution to the Landsthing , accompanying it with a two hours' speech . Ho stated that ; if the measure were rejected , the whole Ministry would resign . " Cholera is at present raging to an alarming extent in Galicia , Croatia , and parts of Germany and Italy . I The harvest in the north of Italy promises to be of average excellence ; but the vine disease is exhibiting , itself , more especially in the Venetian provinces . Commander Laurenzana , a Neapolitan Colonel under Murat , lately died at Genoa , in the eightieth year of his age . lie was for several years a prisoner of Dr . Francia , in Paraguay , and , having been constantly kept there at work in the fields , he was nearly bent double . We learn from Vienna that the Government has I granted a subvention of one million to Austrian Lloyd ' s , I in order to enable them to increase the number of vca- sels in intercourse witli the Crimea . ] The Vit * nna correspondent of tho Times saya : — In i one of my recent letters it was stated , that though the German Diet had expressed its gratitude to Austria for her endeavours to restore peace , it professed not to see the n ecessity for pledging itself to tho Four Points , and a well-informed Berlin correspondent of the Augtbvrg Gazette now writes that the Berlin Cabinet has recently given a reply to tho somo effect to the last circular addressed by Count Buol to the Austrian diplomatic agents in Germany . " The Spanish Government has published the whole of the recent correspondence relnting to the matters in dia- I pute between itaelf and the Papal Court . In a prefatory " Ministerial exposition to the Queen , " the dif- j ferent members of tho Government state that they would have been fully justified in suppressing these do- I cuments , but that they believe " tho most complete a publicity" to be the wiser course . The following remark- j able language , as addressed by a Spanish Government f to tho I'ope , occurs in tho course of the exposition : — \ " Our impartiality will thus ( by the publication of the j papers ) be notorious , and tho admonition of his Holt- I ness , unjust in its substance and violent in its form , will i receive the most complete reply in everything relative » to ecclesiastical inatton * . Tho Government does not ro- / cognise , as no independent Government has ever recog- 1 nised , the r ight which the Holy See seeks to arrogate to I itself of declaring null tho laws made by your Majesty with the concurrence of tho Cortes ; of appreciating , falsely tho state of our country , establishing n sort of divorce between your Majesty and tho nation nnd tho [ i Government ; or of placing in doubt the legitimacy of ' the acquinitionn of tho ctttutcs which were ecclesiastical , . alienated in virtue of civil' laws to which tho Holy Sec f itself had already given Us aasent nnd approbation . " j In consequence- ( says tho Times Madrid correspondent ) of tho joint rcproBontntioiiH of Mr . Otwny nnd M . do I Turgot , a royal order has been intmed , declaring foreigner * I domiciled in . Spain exempt from tho obligation to con- I tributo to tho lonn of 2 M ) , 000 , 000 , which will become ft M forced contribution ' on the payers of direct taxOH after tho I end of this month . Foreigners resident here i » ro per- I lnittud to subHoribo towardn tho loan if they think lit to I do ho , but it will bo optional with them to do ho or not . N It In thought that a chan / jo will nhortly bo inudii In I tho pemonncf of the royal household of Madrid . I *• If * I hinted that individual liavo for Homo tlmu been about I
At tho instance of Colonel Stork « , tho English military commandant , and of tho French consul , vigoroun measures have beon taken against tho Smyrna hrigumdrt who lately carried away Dr . M'Crnith , burnt tho French model farm , and committed other outrages . Simon , tho head brigand , together with Kiriako , another chief
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832 THE iLEAPEjR . [ No . 284 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 1, 1855, page 832, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2104/page/4/
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