On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
the consent of the Bignataries of the general treaty . The closing of the Straits will admit the exception applicable to the stationary vessels mentioned in the preceding article . " IV . Chbistian Subjects of the Pobtb . " The immunities of the Rayah subjects of the Porte shall be religiously preserved , without infringement on the independence and dignity of the Sultan ' s crown . As deliberations are taking place between Austria , France , Great Britain , and the Sublime Porte to assure to the Christian subjects of the Sultan their religiouaand political rights , Russia shall be invited , when peaee is made , to associate herself thereto . "V . " The belligerent Powers reserve to themselves the right which appertains to them of producing in a European interest special conditions over and above the four guarantees . " FBASTCB . The Prefect of Police has issued a decree for the re-organisation of the inspectors of the butchem . These inspectors , who were previously appointed by the Prefect on the recommendation of the butchers , will now be appointed direcfely by the Prefect , and will be increased in number from eight to fifteen . A . very significant indication of the opinions and tendencies , of the youth at the University of Paris was given last Saturday morning , on the occasion of a lecture delivered by M . D . Nisard , the newly appointed professor of literature , who undertook to prove that Voltaire was a Christian . The lecturer was formerly a Republican , and one of the editors of the National , but when offered his present appointment he said , "I have nry opinions ; but 15 , 000 franca ayear is a matter of consideration to my family . " " As soon as the drift ofthe lecture wa 3 perceived , " says the Paris correspondent of the Daily News , " there were ones of ' Vive Voltaire ! ' 'Abasles Soutaue 3 ! * M . Nisard remonstrated again and again , with no success . When he said , ' Hear me—you forget that I am a man of study ; ' it was answered t 6 him , ' You forgot the 'National . ' When , putting his hand on his heart , he talked of his conscience , the youths cried , ' * Yours is a venal conscience ; you have sold it to the Government . After more than a hundred interruptions , and an . ineffectual interference by the inspector of schools and the rector of the university , it was found impossible to continue the lecture , and the meeting broke up amidst tremendous confusion . " In the letter of the same correspondent , we read : — " An ¦ extraordinary ebullition of public feeling , the particulars of which , have uot reached me in any reliable form , has taken place to-day at the offices of the Credit Mobilier , in tlie Place Vendome . I understand tliat a . crowd of people broke windows and tore up boots . It is supposed that they nvust have been shareholders in some companies , who conceive their interests have been affected by the operations of the Credit Mobilier Society . " The four del' An was favoui-ed by fine weather , and the retailers sold largely . The small shops established along the Boulevards , which only opened on tho 30 th tilt ., disposed in two days of the greater part of their stocks . The payment of the enormous amount of bills due on tlie 31 st of December was effected more easily than was geuerally expected , but that of many invoices , presented iu the last days of the mouth , was postponed , to the great inconvenience of traders . The manufacturers whose goods were remarked at the Universal Exhibition , but particularly thoso who obtained medals , are in a prosperous condition , having greatly extended the circle of their relations , particularly with foreign countries . The fall in tho price of grain made new progress during tho week . The important arrivals at Havre from tho United States and Spain , and ivt Marseilles from tho Mediterranean countries , have baffled tho calculations of tho farmers , who , reckoning on a scarcity of corn ia spring , kept back their produce , which they are now moat anxious to part with . Hence the markets are everywhere abundantly supplied , and rates are fast declining . —Times Paris Correspondent . Tho OazctU d'Angoumois says that , among tho numerous candidates for tbo seo o > f Rochello , now vacant , Prince Laioicu Bonaparte , sou of tho Prmco de Ciuu ' do , appears to have tho greatest oluiuco of success . M . David ( d'Angers ) , tho colobmtod sculptor and republican , hns recently expired . He was omployed on ix bust of Francois An * gi > when hn was struck with paralysis . ITALY . Tlio mirision to Nnplen of M . Bronior , tho French Minister , itn Haul to havo linil a good effect on tho royal mind . Some pros poet is ontortainod of an amelioration ia tho condition of -the pooplo ; and nuuuurn arc abiMiul to tho oflfoct that tho King has volunteered to soncl iv contingent to tho Crimea , though this la highly improbable , and ho » perhnpn merely boon suggested to tbo national mind by n largo levy of troops which has boon made , It ia also asserted that tho Emperor of AuHtriu in about to visit tho court of Naples ; and
and French embassies . The firat arrival -was Sir Hamilton Seymour , who chanced to be ao > deeply engaged ia conversation when Prince Gortschakoff entered that he did not remark his presence . The Russian Minister had hardly made himself comfortable in his chair when M- de Bourquney , accompanied by one or two of the members of the French embassy , arrived . Whether the air of the room wa 3 oppressive or whether Prince Gortschakoff was out of hia element , I cannot say ; but certain it is that he left the house soon after M . de Bourqueney entered it . The Emancipation of Brussels says that Count Esterhazy met with a very cold reception from the Czar . The Count on ha-nding to him the Austrian ultimatum ( if it may be so called ) , beseeehed him to agree to the honourable conditions to which the Emperor Francis Joseph had taken a firm resolution to adhere ; but Alexander made no reply , and shortly changed the subject . A second attempt was made by the Count , but failed . These stories , however , must be received with caution . On the other side of the question , the Dresden Journal sbate 3 that telegraphic despatches from St . Petersburg have been received , representing that the peace negotiations are progressing favourably , and that an unconditional rejection of the proposals by Russia ia not feared . Colonel Manteuffel , it is said , has delivered into the lands of the Austrian Emperor a despatch from , the King of Prussia , refusing , on the part of that monarch , to enforce the conditions of Austria . Captain Yon Raucb . has left Berlin for St . Petersburg , bearing private despatches from the King and Court to the Imperial family of Russia . Count Nesselrode has declared confideaitially to M . de Seebach that in his opinion Russia made ; in the circular of the 22 nd of December ( relating to the closing of the Black Sea to all bat the ships of Russia , and Turkey ) , the last concessions that she ought to make . The Danish Government , in a circular addressed to tlie various European States , renews the declaration in virtue of which it persists hi continuing its position as a ' neutral Power , and declines to admit that it is bound ia any way by the treaty concluded on the 21 st of November between Sweden and the Western Powers . The Titdcpendance BefffJ publishes the text of the propositions submitted by Austria to the Czar : — " 1 . Danubian Principalities . " Complete abolition of the Russian protectorate . The Danubiau Principalities shall receive an organisation conformable to . their wishes , to their wants , to their interests , and this new organisation , respecting which the population itself will be consulted , shall be recognised by the contracting Powers and sanctioned by the Sultan , as emanating from his sovereign initiative . No State shall be able , under any pretext whatever , under any form ofp > rofcectorate > to interfere in the question of the internal administration of the Principalities ; they shall adopt -a definitive permanent system demanded by their geographical position , and no impediment can be made to their fortifying , in the interest of their safety , iu such mautior as they may d « ern advisable , their territory against foreign aggression . ' In exchange for the strong places aud terrieori . es occupied by the allied armies , Russia consents to a rectification of her frontier with Turkey in Europe . It would commence in the vicinity of Cliotym , follow the Hue of the mountains , which extend iu a southeasterly direction , aud termiuate at Lake Susik . The line ( trace ) shall be definitively regulated by the general treaty , and the conceded territory would return to the Principalities and to tho axizeminty o-f the Porte . "II . The Danube . " The freedom of the Danube and of its mouths shall be efficaciously assured l > y European institutions , in which tho contracting Powers shall bp equally represented , except tlio particular positions of the lords of the soil on the banks ( des riverains ) , which shall bo regulated upon the principles established by tho act of-the Congress of Vienna na regards the navigation of rivers . Each of tho contmoting Powers ahull have the right to keep one or two small vesaols stationed at the mouths of tho river , do&tined to ixssuro tho execution of tho regulations relative to tho freedom of tho Danube . "III . Neutralisation of xnE Black Sea , " This Boa shall bo open to morohiuit voeselsclosed to war navies ( marines miliUtircs ); couboquontly , no naval military arsenals ahull bo created or maintained there . The protection of the commercial and maritime interests of all nations ahull bo assured in the respective ports of tho Black Soa by tho establishment of institutions conformable to international law , and to tho ouatoms sanotlonod in tnjoh matters . Tho two Powers which hold tho ooaat eng « ge thomoolvoH to maintain only tho number of Hglvt voshoIh , of « fixed force , nooesflary for thoir coa « t Horvioe . Thin convention , concluded separately between thoHo two Powers , shall form part « a an annex , of tho general treaty after rcooiving tlio approval of tho contracting parties . Thin uoparato convention cannot bo annulled or modified without
Untitled Article
it ia certain that preparations are being made for fe ' es of unusual splendour . A new mouth has opened at the summit of Vesuvius ; lava is flowing forth ; and the sea ia agitated , and emits sulphureous vapour . A despatch from Vienna has bean received by the local Government at Milan , ordering the release from sequestration of the property of the Marquis Pallavicino Trivulzio . It is said that the Imperial decree for that purpose has been granted because these estates had been sequestrated by mistake ( j > er errore ) . The Marquis Pallawicino ' s property was sequestrated , with that of many other Lombard gentlemen , in the early part of 1853 , ostensibly from a belief on . the part of Government of his having been implicated in the « ne » teofthe 6 th of February , at which conviction it was pretended it had arrived from secret sources of information , which , of course , were never published to the world , and therefore could not be contradicted . —Times' Turin Correspondent . General Delia Marmora is suffering severely from a hurt in the leg caused by a fall on board the steamer between Marseilles and Genoa , on liig return , from the Crimea . In virtue of the Concordat , the Archbishop of Milan has commenced a crusade against tlie press , and has requested the Governmeat to give him assistance , which , however , has not been accorded ; whereupon the ecclesiastic accuses the temporal power of not maintaining the Concordat . Resides certain newspapers , the wrath , of the Archbishop ia kindled against the works of Scldller , wluckhavc been suppressed . The Government is content to let intellect alone , as long as it does not nxeddle witL politics ; but the intolerance of the Church is more catholic . SPAIN . The Duchess of Roca , mother-in-law of the late Duke of Sotomayor , died the day after Mm . The funeral of the Duke -was suitable to his rank ; his corpse had been previously embalmed . Captain General Capaz , of the navy , has just died . D . Francisco Armero y Penerando will succeed him in that dignity . General O'Donnel is much better . His position has even so materially improved that in a few days he will be quite convalescent . The former Progresista Minister of Marine and Captain-General of the Navy , Dionizio Capaz , died at Madrid . He is to be succeeded by M . Armero , the senior LieuteuantrGeneral . The difference relative to General Rosde Olanois satisfactorily adjusted . General Espartero no longer insists on appointing General Gurrea Director of the Infantry , and continues on the most friendly terms with the Generals bf Vicalvaro . The Parliamentary Commission , to whieb . the Tariff Bill was referred for examination , and M . Bruil , Minister of Finance , have resolved to meet hereafter every day in the Palace of Congress until the 10 th of February , to liear the observations and grievances of the parties affected by the contemplated reforms . A motion is to be brought forward in tlie Cortes to the effect of calling on them to reject for ever or approve the re-establishment of the duties on articles of consumption . The commisaion appointed to report on the Credit Mobilier Bill assembled on the 28 tli of December , under the presidency of M . Santa Cruz , and decided on hearing Messrs . Pereira and Bixio , and a . number of competent persons and capitalists of Madrid , before it submitted its opinion to the Cortes . Barcelona is aleo anxioua to possess a Bank of Credit Mobilier . The General Budget Commission meets every night ) and is now discussing the estimates of the Finance Department ., tho last remaining to be examined . Iu reply to an interpellation by M . Figueras , the Minister of Foreign Affairs declared that the conduct of the French Government , and the measures it had adopted along tho frontiers to prevent the Carlists entering Spain , were perfectly conformable to the amicable relations existing between the two countries . — Letter from Madrid ( Dec . 29 th ) . DENMAUE . The conferences on the Sound duos are postponed sine die . SWEDEN" . General Block , Minister of War in Norway , anp Conimander-in-Chief of tho army , has been directed to organise tho Norwegian troops in concert with tho head of the war department at Stockholm . AtJBTIUA . A piece of audacity on tho part of Prince GortschakofT , tho Russian ambassador at Vienna , ^ has given groat offence to tho Emperor of Austria . Tho Prince , at a dinner given tg Karon Hows , and other Austrian officers of liigh rank , proposed tho health y of the liaron , and oxprcHsed his heartfelt satisfaction that there was such an excellent understanding between the Russian and Austrian armies ; thus hinting that tho ' Emperor's ' Generals did not coincide with hia Miniatora . Baron Hess , in hia reply , took no notice of this remark ; but tho Emperor—who , as au absolute monarch , directs hin own foreign policy—was very indignant at the implied affront . The quotation of tho abolition of tho antiquato <] guild » yfttom still greatly occupies the Austriiu
Untitled Article
Wary 12 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 33
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 12, 1856, page 33, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2123/page/9/
-