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CO ^ TINENT-AX NOTES . JFKANCB . Tke Emperor , a few eveuings ago , attended a singular performance l > y the Zouaves at the camp at Chalons . Those semi-Africans represented an Arab wedding , the Tiaxt of the bride being of course by a man . The spectacle took place in the open air , in a vast space , at the corners and in the centre of which bivouac fires were turning . An Arab tent , surrounded by Bedouins in ¦ white burnouses , stood at one extremity of the area . A temporary stage , lighted with lamps , was erected ; and here the sports , which were very lively and included feats of skill , took place . Towards the termination of the performance , the Emperor rose to depart ; oa-which , the Bedouins , snatching up their lanterns , hurried to escort him to his head-quarters . The Police Court of Paris has delivered the following judgments : —Pierre Batifoulier , a journeyman hairdresser , to be imprisoned thirteen months , and to pay a ¦ fine of 500 f ., for an offence against the person of the Emperor , anil for insulting the police agents ; Pierre Comber , labourer , to imprisonment for eight months , and a fine of 500 f ., for an offence against the person of the Emperor , for quitting the place of residence assigned to him b } r the police authorities , and for violating a decree of expulsion . The deposits in the savings-banks of Paris , and those ia ' the office for securing- pensions to the aged of both sexes , have increased within the last few weeks . This is thought to indicate a tendency on the part of the working classes to abandon Bourse speculations . The Minister of Foreign Affairs has addressed a note to the French Ministers at the Northern Courts , from the contents of which it would appear that in the question of the Duchies the Emperor takes the side of the King of Denmark . 3 JI . Vergne , a lieutenant in the French navy , has invented a new steam screw propeller , which enables the vessel to go at a greater speed , and entirely prevents that disagreeable vibration which is felt on board screw steamers . . The French Government has received despatches by the last Indian mail announcing that the Governor of Pondicherry had written to the -Admiral commanding the French ieet in . the Indian seas to send lrim some ships-of-war as a measure of precaution ' . under existing circumstances . The Duke of Cambridge has arrived at the Chalons camp , and has witnessed , in company with the Emperor , tlie manoeuvres of the troops . The Emperor departed from the earnp on Wednesday afternoon . He proceeded to Luneville , in order to review the cavalry . The SiecTe describes the conversion to Protestantism of a considerable number of the inhabitants of the Vienne , and praises the conduct observed by the Protestant clergymen , -who treated the Roman Catholics with the utmost respect , and did not threaten those who disagreed with them with hell fire . Nearly two hundred persons freely embraced the reformed faith . Manin , the patriotic dictator of Venice when it was "besieged by the Austrians , died on Tuesday , in the Kuc Blanche , Paris , of disease of the heart , aged lifty-three . Mdlle- Rachel ( snys the Pays ) has installed herself in tlie house which has been prepared for her near Cannes , and in which she is to pass the -winter . A celebrated physician whom she consulted at Paris before her departure , has prescribed a regimen for her which he declares ¦ will infallibly restore her to health . One of the rules laid down by him is that she is not to speak during the whole time of her treatment , and the patient is stated to have accepted this condition , -writing her questions and answers on a slate . In a letter which IVIdllc . Rachel las written to one of-her friends , she declares her intention of conforming to the prescription , and of not littering a word until next May . The Court of Assizes at Paris is now engaged with the trial of Carpenfcier , Grcllet , GuJrin , and Parod , for the robberies on the Northern of France llailroad , amounting to about G , 000 , 000 francs ; but the result lias not yet been arrived at . Tive hundred French troops have arrived nt Calcutta in the Einilie . AUSTKIA . A major of tho 8 th Hussars , a native of Hungary , has l ) een dismissed the army for lining abusive language to "the Mayor of a villujrc near Vienna who had provided him with quarters with which ho was dissatisfied . According to one account , the major not merely spoke with great insolence to tlie Mayor , hut caused him to be stretched face downwards on a bunch , where ho received twenty-five blows -with the ilat of a sabre . The present state of Austrian nuances is thus described by tho Vienna correspondent of the 'J'imcs : — " Employes Tvho arc not connected with tlie Finunoa Department over that Baron Biuelc has never even thought of issuing Iteickssckatzackeine ( Treasury-hills ) , hut there is reason to believe they are mistaken . If tho information tv'liich has reached mo bo correct , tho Minister of Finances proposed to make Treasury-bills , bearing four per cent , interest , to the amount of 150 , 000 , 000 iloriiw , mid with them to puy off tho debt of tho State to tlie Wank . The object of tho Miniater of Finances ia to placu tho liank in auah a poaition that it may bo able to resume-ita Gash paytnernta on tho 1 st of Junwary , 1859 ,
and he is said to be * of © pinion that it might do so with safety if bank-notes to the amount of 150 , 000 , 000 florins were withdrawn from the circulation . If Treasury-bills to the above-mentioned amount should be paid over to the Bank , the State domains , valued at 155 , 000 , 000 florins , will still be left in its hands as security . " About' fourteen thousand cavalry and horse artillery aie now encamped at Pauendorf , for the sake of testing a new system of cavalry manoeuvres . The Austrian expedition for circumnavigating the earth cast anchor in the port of Itio Janeiro on the 5 th of August . There were a few cases of scurvy on board , although the crew had been well supplied with preserved meats and vegetables .
ltosza Sandor , the famous bandit and guerilla chief , has been removed from Szegedin to Buda , where lie is to be tried by the civil authorities . Above a hundred Austrian officers have offered to take service in the English army in India . PltUSSIA . ' The Emperor of Prussia left Charlottenburg aTid Berlin for Weimar on Wednesday week . Before he departed , a deputation from the ^ European Committee of the Evangelical Conferences solicited an interview with him for the purpose of presenting a petition in German , French , and English , requesting him to permit the Scriptures to be again printed in modern Kuss , and circulated in Iijs'dominions . There was no time for granting the interview , but the Emperor consented to receive the petition . The European Committee has organized
two sub-committees for North and South Europe . Our countrymen in Berlin have , exerted themselves so unsparingly tliat most of them ( including- Sir Culling liardley ) have been confined to their beds with sickness . The Evangelical Conferences closed last Saturday . The King £ ind Queen were present , and joined in the concluding hymn , which was accompanied with trombones . Our ambassador , Lord Bloomfield , was also present , though of course not in his official capacity . The final act was the administration of the Lord ' s Supper , at the Church of the Moravian Brothers , to above four hundred persons of all denominations , even including numerous Lutherans , though the rite was riot conducted isi accordance with their ritual . Some modifications , however , were introduced , for the purpose of avoiding dissension .
SPAIN . The expedition against Mexico has been indefinitely adjourned . It is said that Queen Christina has abandoned all intention of going to Spain for her daughter's accouchement . The Spanish Ministry have offered their resignations five times to the Queen , who has at last accepted them . General Concha , tlie Governor of Cuba , is at the bottom of the split . NarviUz' -wished to recal him , on the ground of his having so misconducted himself with
respect to the slave trade as to cause strong represeatations on the part of the British Government to that of Spain . Narvacz also desired to send General Lerstmdi ( one of the Cabinet ) to Cuba , in order to make room in the Government for Gonzales Bravo . He also wislied to introduce a creature of his , one Marfori , the present Civil Governor of Madrid , but a man who is said to be of obscure origin . The Queen opposed the recnl of General Concha , and hereupon the Ministry resigned . Later accounts state that tho Ministers have been iuduccd by tlie Queen to resume their posts .
For the third time during the few weeks that have elapsed since the law on the press was decreed , thaJDiscusslon , Democratic Madrid newspaper , has been condemned to a fine of 10 , 000 reals .. A brigand , named Manuel Diaz , is now committing great havoc near Malaga . " It may seem incredible , " says a correspondent of the Times , " but it is nevertheless true , that tlie authorities are perfectly aware of the retreat of Manuel Diaz , the chief of the band , and that , so fur from taking steps to apprehend him , they actually pay him a sort of ' black mail , ' to enable them to visit their couivtry-houses unmolested . Manuel Diaz now receives money from some of the wealthiest families in
Muliign , to allow them to pass to and from their countryhouses , which are situated a few leagues from tho town , and the head of one of these families is a deputy , and lias lately been created a Marquis . " i v" The ^ outward overland post , " says the Gibraltar Chronicle , "lms been stopped by robbers about a league from San lioquu . Tlie mail was opened and the letters . scattered about . Tlie postman was robbed of the money he had upon his person , and thon tied to a tree . He was discovered , and released about two hours afterwards , and , upon information being given nt San ltoruie , some of the Civil Guards wero bent in pursuit of the robbers . "
TIJ KICKY . Another change has takon placo in the Ministry . Fotbi-Aclsniot Puclm , Grand Master of the Artillery , and brother of the Sultan , lias been superseded by Mo-Uemed Vussif Pacha , the Turkish commander « t Kara during the Bioge . Fethi was a favourite- of tho Into Sultan M-uhmoud , ono of whose daughters ho married , and hu linn boon concerned in all thepoHtienl intrigues oi Constantinople for the last thirty years . Ho has alao been a favourite of tlie present Sultan , whom he h * s
encouraged in the licentious habits to which it is said he has a matural tendency . He would frequently feast kis Imperial master at night in the littlo kiosk of Tophane , on the Bosphorus ; and the Sultan was there the very night before his disgrace . It is said that Fethi lias annoyed the Sultan by contributing towards the appointment of Vogorides as Kaimakan of Moldavia , and by taking from him a bribe of six thousand ducats . This latter assertion , however , is doubted . Fethi has held his late office for more than ten years . Mr . George Barkley , one of the engineers of the Black Sea and Danube linilway Company , has gone up to Kustendje with several assistants , intending to commence at once the works for the railway . The Russian railways are also about to be commenced , a large party of French engineers and one English having arrived at Constantinople on their way to Theodosia .
iioixa : nd . The States General assembled on Monday for the session of 1857-8 . The proceedings were opened by a speecli from the King , in which he stated that tlie abolition of slavery in the West Indian colonies would again be brought under the attention of the Chamber ; that the country aad its colonies are in a prosperous condition ; that the attention of the Government has been specially directed to railway schemes ; that the telegraphic system will be extended ; that taxation is to be revised ; and that Government intends to foster private enterprises , and , if necessary , to render pecuniary assistance in the formation of the requisite capital .
SWEDEN . The Norwegian Storthing has accepted without opposition the proposal to nominate the Crown I ' rince of Swedeu Regent during the King ' s illness . The Committee of the Swedish Parliament recommended the proposal to the Parliament with a majority of 18 votes against 5 . .
SWITZERLAND . The Princo of "Wales and suite , eight persons in all , have been recently at Chamounix mid the neighbourhood- Among other places , the Prince visited the Great St . Bernard . The news from Berne ( says a contemporary ) 5 s serious . In tlie sitting of Friday , the 18 th inst ., the Federal Council resolved to send two commissioners to the Canton de " Vaud , with instructions to enforce the execution of the Federal decrees concerning the Oron railway line .
This grave measure was taken immediately on the receipt of the despatch announcing that the Council of State of the Canton dc Vaud appealed to tlie Grand Council upon the conflict between , the Federal Council and itself . The commissioners appointed are the Federal Colonels Stehlin , of Bale , and Kurz , of Berne . Their mission is to give direct orders to the Communes to make the surveys in case the authorities of Vaud shall persist in their refusal . They are also authorized to grant further time if they think fit .
TIIK OAKUBIAK PRINCIPALITIES . The result of the elections in Moldavia is iiotv known . Out of eighty-seven elections , sixty-six have declared for tlie Union , iiftcen are neutral , and six only are anti-Unio-uists . The elections in Wallachia commenced on the lDth , and - will terminate on the 29 th .
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DANIEL MANIN . ( Abridged from the ' Courrier de Paris J ) Itat . v has just lost one of the noblest of her children , the chief of that party which has now become tho national party . To render homage to his memory , for ever dear to nil generous hearts , there is no need to have recourse to the pomp of that vain rhetoric which too often only serves to decorate the dead with virtues which the living failed to own . Of Daniel Manin it is enough to pronounce the name , which wns the personification of all civic courage and of every public and
private virtue . Few men even among the most illustrious have won the double glory of defending their country heroically against foreign invasion and the assaults of fuctions fatal to her liberty , and then , when forced to yield to circumstance rather than the enemy , of seeing a party wrought by defeat into a nation . To jVIunin . belonged thi ^ double honour . From the depths of his exile he saw the triumph of his opinions survive tho wreck of his power . Hnd that power survived , Mania would have taken rank in history by the side of Washington . It would he superfluous for us to write the life of Daniel Manin in detail . It is
sufficiently known . Son of Peter Manin , a distinguished advocate , Daniel Manin had nothing but his name in common with the lust niul weakest Doge of Venice , of pitiable celebrity . Born in 1804 , he was received as a JDoctor of Law , in 1821 , at tho University of Padua . An he was thon only seventeen years of age , and could not excreiso the advocate ' s profession before the ago of twenty-four , ho devoted the seven intervening years to a profound study of junaprudeiicc , and to a translation of the Human law . Ho married early , and hi <> no of tlie most retired quarters of his native city hifl early manhood was consecrated to pure affection , to inspiring ; studios , and to gunerous aspirations . Three friends onlv were tho partaker * of Ms modest . hospitality , Degli Antoni , Giovanni Minotto , the savant , and Alea-
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. No . 392 , September 26 , 1857 . ] TIE LEADER . ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 919, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/7/
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