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monisi'for tire-birth of the Imperial infant on the plea of "" want of room . " "We must repeat the same excuses .
AUSTRIA . Some "ulterior designs of Austria , to be brought forward on the conclusion of peace , are unfolded by a Vienna correspondent of the Frcmkfort Post Zeitiing vrhosays : — " Count Buol intends again to direct his attention to a matter which was set aside when the European-Russian difference assumed such formidable dimensions . The matter is question is a claim which Austria made on the Porte when Count Ledningen went on his mission to Constantinople . What is desired is the cession of a little strip of land called the Sutorina , "which runs into the Austrian territory in Dalmatia , and has frequently led to quarrels . "
and heir presumptive to to « crown , will pay another visit to England in May next , and that it will be of rather long duration .
RUSSIA . A very remarkable comment on the corrupt state of the administrative system in Russia is furnished by a letter from the Grand puke Conatantine , as High Admiral , to Vice Admiral von Wrangel , dated November 25 th ( December 7 th ) , 1855 . The Grand Duke observes : —" The immense variety of forms with us paralyses the elasticity of administrative action , and serves as a eloak of impunity fo r the official lie so common with us . Cast a glance at the annual reports and accounts , aud you will find that everywhere the greatest possibl e amount of work has been executed , in every direction progress has been
proof m the new postal arrangements betwoen the two countries , and in the settlement by France ta the entire satisfaction of Spain , of the Aldudes f Jon tier question , which has been 'debated for the last eightyvfive years , Spain considering that France has hitherto made exorbitant demands .
made , everywhere have the prescribed works advanced , if not with excessive haste , yet at least in due relation to the exigencies of the cas& . But when you come to look closer at the actual state of things , to examine into them , to divest them of all false colouring , to separate what really is from what only appears to be , to distinguish the true from the false , or the only half true , there will seldom le left any positive and beneficial result . On the surface , epeeiousness ; beneath it , corruption ; Among fca . e products of our official phrasyology , truth finds lao place ; it is concealed and stifled under diction , and where is the official reader who knows how to extract it /'
SWEDEN AND NOEWATT . It is generally considered in the north of Europe ( says the Union ) tjbft the recent prohibition by Russia of the exportation of fresh or salt beef from Finland i 3 a measure more or less hostile to Sweden . The population of this country ^ aaid principally that on the shores of . the Gulf of Bothnia has been accustomed , to draw its provisions front the little ports of Finland . It is knovyn that the exportation o f all sorts of corn and dry vegetables is still strongly forbiddenj , and it is by no means rare that Finnish boatB are stopped and fined whilst leaving some small port in order to introduce their cargoes into Sweden . A commercial crisis has shown itself in Norway . At Bergen , twenty-five houses hare suspended payment . ¦
TEfBKET . A financial crisis has broken onfc at Constantinople . The exchange on iiondon has ris&nto 1 ST ; that on Vienna to 520 ; the French piece of 20 f . worth 111 piastres , and the English pound sterling 140 . The Minister of Finance has appealed fco the merchants , and invited them to devise some means of remedying theevili The Danube is reopened , and -the Lloyd steamers have recommenced their service on that river . The Government is directing its attention—not before it " was needed-r-to the financial condition and the material resources of the empire . It is proposed to establish a bank on the plan of the Credit Mobilier Of France and Austria ; and , should this be carried out on a liberal basis , it will probably have an excellent effect in releasing the larere amount of hoarded
capital which ; from the -want of some safe means of investing , is now withdrawn front general circulation . There is also talk of a railway frota Constantinople to Belgrade , touching on many of t ] ie chief towns , and , by means of a branch running to Sehumla and Rustchuk , connecting the Danube witU the Golden Horn . The coal mines of Koslbo , which' for eighteen months have been worked by the Englisfc Government , have up to the present time yielded satisfactory results . A new layer of coal , of excellent quality , has been found in the neighbourhood of Kosloo , at Oozeltuaz . It is now proposed to construct a , railway thence to Zungelduk . The cost would be £ 10 , 000 , part of which , according to the convention , would be repaid by the Turkish Government when it shall again take the administration of the coal mineB into its hands .
THE DANUBrAN" PRI ^ OrrALITIES . An innkeeper and his two partners at Bucharest have been robbed by thieves , who , after subjecting them to dreadful torture to force from them n confession aa to where they kept their money , murdered them outright . The pohco having requested tha public prosecutor to investigate tlie matter , he refused on the ground that the crime wns " an accomplished fact . "
SPAIN . The Fajpana tells a strange utcry , to the effect that verbal communications were reoently addrossod by Oount Walewski to M . Olozaga , the Spanish Ambassador , at Paris , in tho presence of Count Buol . The French Emperor ( Count Walewefei is reported to have Baid ) was dissatisfied at the anarchical condition of Spain , and was doubtful whether the Spanish Government , however ¦ well infcontionod , wex'o strong enough to put down insurrection . Tho same observations , it is asserted , -were expressed t > y M . de Turgot . Finally , says the Espajici , tho Government , having held a oounoil on tho subject , determined to send a reply to tho French Emperor . Such is tho story ; whioh , however , is rendered improbable by tho faot of very friondly relations still existing betwoen France and Spain . This friendliness h-as recently received a
Counts Orloff and Buol , if we may believe report , have lad A violent dispute at a fete given at the Palace of the Tuileries during the performance of a play ; and have since been on the most frigid terms to one another . These tales , however , must only be taken for what they are worth 1 A statement com . es from Vienna fco the effect that it will be impossible to regulate the Bessarabian frontier without despatching a commission to the spot . In feet , the topographical details at hand are Tery incomplete , and the projected frontier of Chotytn to the Lake Sasik is * neither marked by-a stream cif water nor a mountain chain . France , it is said , has already fixed on her commissioner , who will be General Eetahg ; Austria , England , and Russia , are on the point of naming theirs . Sardinia will not be represented in this commission .
. " .-:. PRUSSIA . The President of Police , B [ er Von Hjhckeldey , wa * shot in a duel , on Monday jnorning , by Her Von Koichowi " whom b : e had feli obliged tp challenge JQjacb , eldey , who was a Libemi ; had given offence to thei Conservative party j > y endeavouring tQ set up the power of the police Over that of the military , and by a mistake which he made a few . months ago in . arrest : ing some young nobles at a club under the impression that
pttey jvere blacklegs , A dead set has beeii made at him , and lie . has been systematically insulted— - Kochovsr at length prbvpking' the diieit bjf : dpixbting his veracity . After the termination pf ^ he duel , Jibchow reported himself and the circumstecnces at the Conimandant ' s and at the Ministry of the laterior , and was allowed to go ; on parole , but was afterwards arrested , to 4 ' again libierated . The King , on hearing of the death of his Minister , uttered' the bitterest exclama tions of grief and rage . ' ¦ ' .
Herr von Eaumur and Count C ^ nitz have sho t themselves . Th « Priisgiaa Government having recently , without the ^ sanction of the Chambers , withdrawn from the dfatUlers thp advantage of adrawback on the distillsitionpf ^ spirits ( the object bein ^ to diminish the consyimptibn f or such purpose ^ ' of grain , &c ., in anticipation of " $ scarcity ) , Count Scblw ^ rin introduced into the House of Representatives a motion expressing the opinion of the House that the Government ljad apted contrary to the spirit ' of the Constitution in arbitrarily issuing such an enactment . This motion was resisted by Baron von Manteuffe ] , who said that , according to t
Count Schweiuvs view of things , ( the person of the King vanishes entirely , " adding , that the programme of the ministry was— " We are the servants of his Majesty the King . " Some time back , several of the Silesian nobility and , gently got up an address to the Emperor Alexander , in which : they expressed their admiration and gratitude to him for tpie pacific sentiments lie had evidence ^ . The address was -forwarded to the Emporor by the Russian Hiurster at Berlin , and through the same channel the Emperor jias sent the annexed ans-wer : — " I thank you , gentlemen , for the sentiments and kind wishes that you express to me
in ' yoijr address , not only in your own tfapae , but in thftfcof all Prussians , in whose hearts the Christian and paoino sjpirit of their Boyal Blaster is dear and eocred . I , too , desire the speedy restoration and the permanent assurance of peace , and trust that tjie God of Grace will hoar the prayers that I and others who think and feel with me put up to Him . I beg all of you , gentlemen , whose honoured naoxos I have wiw sincere pleasure read ab the foot of tho address , to receive the assurance of my special esteem . ' " Alexander . u St . P e tersburg , Feb . 4 , 1860 . "
An important proposition ( says the Bourse Gflzette of Berlin ) lias just been presontod to tho Chamber of Deputies , emanating from M . GJruner awd thirty other members , and is to the following offeot : TT ^ TJh ^ Chainber of Deputies expresses to the Govemxnexjit its hope that it will use every effort to have P «^® r attention paid tc the legitimate complaints yhloh have been raised for many years paafc , partiou-^ S ^ -i *? poastern provinces , against tho oharges i 5 Www £ ? m tto ^ ue ' siian prohibitive Bystom and Stojath ^ joloBuig of tho Uuasian frontiers , and to « 2 ? f 7 ^ V \ P ^ ° * thia S 8 better suited to the n * SSW of 1 }* e ppTOmerce of tho two countries . i 5 w £ : r i ^ m ^ ^ otte r from , Berlin that Prince Frederick ^ TiUWm , p ^ ly BOn of the JMnoe of Pr ^ to ,
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Case ob > Oeneb ^ l Cavendish . — Colonel Caveadish , son of General Cavendish , has addressed a letter toJSir De Lacy Evans , with respect to the case pf his father , obscurely alluded to by the member for Westminster in the debate on Mr . Roebuck ' s motion on Friday the 29 fch ult . The Colonel states that Sir De Lacy was incorrect in many of his particulars , and furnishes his own version of the story , which is to this effect :-r- ' < A gross and unfounded charge" was brought against General Cavendish in March , 1848 but the Duke of "Wellington , instead of investigating the accusation , silenced it without even allowing the General to know that such an imputation had % een made
against him—a knowledge which only reaxhed him in November , 1862 , when he applied to Xord Hardinge to cause " a public , solemn , and immediate investigation" to be made . This was refused ; but a board was appointed , consisting of sundry members and a Deputy-Judge-Advocate-General . By the latter , a great deal off evidence which , according to , Colonel Cavendish , would have made the ease clear , was rejected ; but several gentlemen came forward to testify to the preposterous nature of the charge . After < 3 ie finding of the Court , which was in favour of the accused , General Cavendish applied to the eommander-in-Chief to reconsider the first application for a trial on oath ; but this was positively plechnedand the General
^ was recommended to lefc the subject rest , and to " treat the author of the charge and his supporters with the contempt their despicable conduct deserved , " To this statement ,, Sir De Lacy Evans ( who seems to have implied that General Cavendish was screened as a concession to his aristocratic station ) replies by expressing his regret that lie had fallen into any error with respect to the details * He adds : " I thought and said then , fcnd I think now , that the course adopted by the late illustrious Duke of , Wellington towards General Cavendish was in all ita particulars utterly indefensible , and of grievous , unheard-of , and unexampled iniquity . "
The Loss of the Polyphemus . —A court-martial commenced sitting on Monday morning on board the ship Victory , to try Commander Warren for the loss of the steam-sloop Polyphemus ^ on the 29 th of January , in the Baltic . The case exited considerable interest from the rank and family connexions « f the prisoner , and the fact of the master and several of the crew having lost their lives by the catastrophe . A pledge was exacted from the reporters present that no part of the evidence should be published until the termination of the trial . The inquiry was conclude d on Tuesday , when the finding of the Court was as follows : — - " The Court agree that the loss of the said steatn-sloop is to be ascribed mainly to the irregularity of the current s on that part of the coast of Jutland
on which her Majesty ' s steam-sloop Polyphemus was wrecked ; but , while the Court consider that there is evidence of much attention having been paid "by the commander , and no want of general vigilance' was imputable to him , it is nevertheless the opinion o f the Court that blame is attachable to the sajd Commander Frederick Pelham Warren , in not having slackened the speed of the vessel to obtain accurate soundings , especially when running in thick weather in the neighbourhood of land where tho currents are known to be irregular ; the Court considers that every exertion was used after the wreck , and , upon consideration of all the circumstances of the case , do adjudge the said Commander , Frederick Feljham Warreo , to be reprimanded for his neglect on the occasion . "
The Prefarationb for Wah continue at Woolwich un diminished . Last week , bo great w < is tho number of artillery which started thence for the Crimea , that twelve special trains , independently of the ordinary departures , were despatched from tho Arsenal station to Southampton direct . Two > trains were oocupied with gun carriages , and one train convoyed the baggage alone . The horses numbered 580 . Several batteries of ' Royal Artillery are under ordcre to embark for the East . The witEok supposed to h . avb Belonged to the
Paoijtec . —Tlio following notice has been published : — ' ? Glasgow , 7 th Maroh . The pieces of wreok soon by tho Edinburgh ( S . S ) on the ioe , were in lat . 46 N ., long . 40 W ., and not in lat . 41 N ., long . 40 W ., as reported on the 29 th , of February . " Nova . Sooxxa ' s Tribute to Oibnuiral Wh . mam 8 . — The Lostelativo Assombly of NTova Scotia has plaood ouo hundred and fifty guineas at the disposal of the Government to px-eeent a aword to General Williams , who i » a native of that province , In order to cahanoo the gift in the estimation of tho gallant oflloor , it has been determined that it shall bo made entirely of materials produced in hia native country . Tho
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50 TgS LEADER , [ No- 312 , Satvzoay .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 15, 1856, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2132/page/10/
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