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~ ' . Leader Office , Saturday , September 20 . IMPORTANT FROM NAPLES . "" Tab Neapolitaa question , -rrlxich was in a state that » re hopes of aa amicable and satisfactory adjustment , his , I regret to learn , " -writes the Paris correspondent of the Times of this day , " jost assumed a Less favourable aspect . It is now considered not improbable that France and England will send in a note , of the nature of an iMrmUurtiy and that , should its terms not be complied with , the two Pp-wers will -withdraw their representatives at the Court of tie Two Sicflies . "
"I am able to assure you , " "writes the Pans corre-Bpondent of tie Post of this day , " that the French Government ^ unless some unforeseen , events occur , is about to recal M . Breiiier and the whole of the Embassy from Naples . I understand that that diplomatist ' s last despatches do not now hold oat any hopes of an amicaWe settlement of the Neapolitaa difficulties . " Baron Hiibner , after arriving at Naples , declared to Cheyaiier Carafa that he had no mission of any kind , but that , if the King would deign to speak to him on political affairs , he would most willingly reply to any questions his Majesty might think proper to address to him . He has since then had a public and a private audience of the King . The first was merely a mattei of etiquette ; and te have information ' s io what transpired at the second . " * " ' ¦'
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THE RUSSIAN CORONATION . The Times of this day has a letter from its Special Correspondent , describing the State levee , &c . He mites : — - " According to the stories I hear , his Majesty was very gracious to M . de Moray at the levee , and conversed with him for some time . He alluded to the readiness evinced by France to conclude peace , and to remove all impediments to an entente cordidle . With LordGranvillo he was , ondit , more reserved , and h « is undertood to have made some pointed allusions to the attitude of the English Cabinet . ' We were ires lies in days gone by , ' said his Majesty , ' but it is to be hoped that the estrangement will not continue . ' LordGranville replied in a low tone of-voice ; To Prince Esterhazy the manner of the Emperor was at first exceedingly dry and cold ,. hut the veteran diplomatist spoke with such effect , and gave such assurances of the sincere desire which actuated , a large party in Austria to return to their premiers amours , that the Emperor was visibly moved , and held out his Land ere the Prince ceased . When the Turkish Minister was introduced , he read , at some length his letters of crdance , * but the Czar became impatient ere the conclusion , and dismissed the Envoy irith a few short aentennps . " ¦
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SWITZERLAND . —HOLLAND . The Swiss Federal Assembly opened on Monday , the 15 th inst ., when the President spoke in very firm language of the late attempt at Neufchatel . The Session of the States General of Holland was opened at the Hague on the same day . The speech of the King contained nothing of particular mark .
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SPAIN . The Gazette publishes a Toyal decree which re-establishes the Constitution of 1845 . An additional article lays down the nature of those offences of the press which shall be cognizable by a jury . It is also stated in the decree that the minimum duration of the session of the Cortes Bhall be four months ; that the existence of the Council of State is solemnly acknowledg « d ; and that the consent-of the Cortes shall be necessary for tho marriage of the Sovereign , or that of the heirs to the Crown , fox the alienation of the royal patrimony and for general amnesties .
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Daniel . Porrkstbr has succeeded in apprehending in London one of the lato officials of the Great Northern of Franco Railway Company , supposed to be implicated in the recent extraordinary robbery of 800 , 000 shares of that company . The party in question is M . liuetin , the chief superintendent of the line . He has been sent back to Paris ,, Two English , officers will be . despatched to America , in , pursuit of the other fugitives . . B 4 H 4 . WAY A <; oiudknt . —Another . ' accident of a very serious nature has occurred on the Birmingham ,
'Wolver-B * tnpton , and Stour Vallfcy Railway , ' about seven miles rtW Birmingham . .. Tho express train , to the north ran 'Ww ^ gj ^ s train , and eovon of the paaaengora were very '^ JSTwjPJ ?^? , Cox-tiuBBY Explosion . — -Three ini . Krtlf eaii no bfMits ofthtt ihen killed in the Ramrod M ^ 3 ajtalk ) Il ; ll » VB terminated In verdicts of 'SKS ^ M ^ tto , decked bt , tty , Baker , who -5 $ 3 S& nS » g ^ jS , ^ T ** ftLW ¦ , dJSZuL ^ « £ ***? " & > * tt «» i <« ion 8 for-1 mx
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We do not undertake to return rejected communications . No notice can be taken of anonymouB correspondence . Whatever is intended , for insertion must "be authenticated by the name and address of the writers not necessarily for publication , but as . a guarantee of his good faith .
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CORONATION POLICY . Jottbitalists who affect to be more than philosophical , may discover a profound significance in the glitter of the Moscow coronation . But its meaning was simply identical with the meaning of a regal inyestiture in any other part of the world—Teheran , Shoa , Pekin . It was the act by which the unlimited authority of a single man was consecrated by religion in a cloak of gold brocade . The size of the diamonds , the brilliance of the carriages , the ostentation of the ceremony , added nothing to its moral effect . Alexander II . was as
powerful before he was crowned as after—he was the first judge and the first priest in Russia , the head of the army and the Church , and the . embodiment of the State . The diadem , the globe , and the sceptre , the oath , the benediction , and the sacred oil , made him not more supremely the master of sixty-four millions than he was -when his-proclamation announced to the empire the death of Ni-OHoiiAS . Of course , until the sanctification had taken place , the Russian people -would have regarded him as an imperfect Czar ; but , to attribute more than this amount of influence to the dramatic exhibition at Moscow , is simple affectation of the most morbid kind . What did it signify to ALEXANDER II . that heTieard the bells in four hundred steeples ringing in his " official accession ? that tributary princes came from the "valleys of the Caucasus and the Asiatic steppes ? Not one of hia disaffected subjects waa conciliated by his display of military force , of gilt and jewellery , or ecclesiastical pomp . In a word ,, not the slightest change was wrought in the Russian Empire by the imperial coronation . " Whatever change is due io the descent of the crown from Nicholas to Alexander is of a
negative kind . The character of the new Czar hiniBelf has been exhibited , as jet , in only negative aspects . He appears not so determined aa his father , not so insanely proud ; he declined to carry out his declaration , that while a man or a piece of money remained in Russia he would not succumb to the opposition of the Western Allies . It is frequently said that we are not in a condition to
attribute any special qualities to Alexander II . H © ia unknown , untried . We are inclined , to take . this is a proof , that h& is wanting in character * . We have all heard and lenown enough of the Archduke Constantine . Even during the late reign , under the imperious parental authority of the Eiriperor , he made hia influence felt ; h « attached to himself a strong aud restless party ; and Europe , while afciat a loss what to think of Alexander , was SQon persuaded of , the characteristics , of Coni Ssajstwe . \ Sincere death / of NiOHOJf . As all the , acts , pf . , $ be . > y $ mng > € « ar , haY « beer * negftr
tions . He agreed to drop the war . His policy was that of abstinence . And now , being crowned , he promulgates a manifesto declaratory of his intentions with respect to the future government of the empire . Every point in this document is negative , remitting reserving , relenting . ¦ : ¦ Special immunities aue to / be granted to the provinces bordering « n the White , Black , and Baltic seas , in consideration of the great charges endured by them the of the
during progress recent conflict . The empire is liberated from the ruili . tary conscriptionjfora term of four years , providing that the public safety does not re quire this' ordinance to be revoked . Arrears of taxes , to the amount of about 4 , 000 , 0002 ., are forgiven , and fiscal fines commuted . Mercy is to visit the prisons : some penitent convicts are to be pardoned , the sentences of others are to be mitigated . There is , also to be a political amnesty ... ' That is to t
say , there is o be what passes in Uussia for a political amnesty . A certain number of political prisoners and exiles are to be set at liberty ; the condition of others is to be materially assuaged . But of those who are to receive their personal freedom not One is to be allowed to inhabit St . Petersburg or Moscow , nor is there to be any restitution of confiscated property . The nobles who had lost their nobility are to regain it , but not" with it the estates , without -which nobility is a burden and a sham . The few traces of an improved administrative policy to be discovered in the manifesto relate to exemptions granted to the Jews , to an equalization of the term s 4 | bf admission to the government service , and to a more equitable distribution of the poll tax . But the policy of the new Czar is 3101 to be estimated , amid the flush of his coronation . It will be developed under colder influences . We have yet to learn what relations he will he solicitous to establish with , the other governments of the world , despotic and liberal :
and what are his plans for the administration of the empire . It would be very premature to flatter the Russian people with the hope that they are about to enter upon an era of practical reform , that high roads and railways are to open up a vast system of internal communication , that the free commerce of the provinces will be encouraged , that serfdom will be gradually abolished , and that which English journalists call civilization introduced . Two-thirds of the conditions regarded in our country as essential to civilization would be incom patible with the perpetuation of the existing political system of Russia . Tlie celebration which has just been witnessed only differed from the barbaric shows of the Ivans in that it was more artistic , and upon a grander scale , consistent with the enlarged resources of the empire . We may credit ourselves with a good deal of ingenuity for suggesting that the fact of the Czab , wearing the ( comparatively ) plain uniform of a general officer , in the midst of the hundred-tinted masquerade , waa emblematic of Western simplicity stealing within the
precincts of Eastern splendour . But the trick is as old as the Pagan ages . As we have before remarked , it was the policy of the Hun kings to dress with Bobriety , and to affect eremital manners , while they forced the subject chiefs io wear peacock liveries and servile decorations . JNo incident connected with the ceremony indicated , on the part of Alexander II ., thai ; he waa prepared to insist on less than the utter prostration of men at hia feefo ¦ Ho , placed the imperial crown on hi& head , according to some accounts , with hia . ; own-i hands ; he .: barely touched the ; brow of hia , Empress . with that superior diftdom , and himself crowned herewith another , aa if from , no mortal hund
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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1856 .
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There is nothing 30 re . volu . tion . ary , because there is . nothing so-unxLatural and . convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed -when , all the world is by the very law of its creation , in eternal progress . —Db . Ajbnoid . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ?——¦ ' " ¦ . .: ¦ ¦ : .
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NOTICES TO COEBESPONDBNTS . B . ( Paris . ) —Our correspondents communication , witii several others , reached us too late for insertion this week . H . I .- —Oiir oorrespoildeiit vill ol ) 36 rve that the remainder of his communication , is published this week .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 20, 1856, page 900, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2159/page/12/
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