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FRENCH DEMANDS UPON SWITZERLAND . The following is a translation of the despatch of Count Walewski to the French Charge d'Affaires , which was communicated by the latter to the Federal Council of Switzerland : — " To M . Count de Salignac Fenelon , Minister of France at Berne . " M . le Comte , —In the despatches which I had tho honour to address to you on the 7 th of August , 28 th of November , and the 12 th of December last , I directed you to acquaint tho Federal Council of the manoeuvres in -which the refugees in Switzerland , especially those in the canton of Geneva , notoriously engage , and to demand their removal from our frontiers . In spite of your zeal and activity in the matter , we have , up to the present time , obtained only dilatory and evasive replies , and I find myself obliged , M , le Comte , to ask you to renew your application to the Federal Government . Our complaints , as you are aware , are principally directed to the presence of refugees belonging to the Italian emigration . Tho late events at Genoa and Leghorn have shown tho violence and perversity of this fraction of European demagogues . The attempt on the 14 th of this month against the hfe of the Emperor shows that wo have only too much reason to watch the attitude and tho plots of Italian refugees and that it is amongst them that the most corrupt ana docile instruments of tho regicidal conspirators nro found . It seems impossible to mo that any honest man of tn « Helvetic Confederation can have been otherwise than struck by this fact , or that he does not share our impressions theroupon . I dare then to flatter myaolf that , in renewing at Berne your former requests , you wlH find on tho part of tho federal authorities a greater readiness to do them justice . However that may bo , W . lo Comto , tho Government of the Emperor knows not Low to remain indifferent to the voice of public opinion , ¦ which , from one end of France to tho other , ileinnnus how it is that neighbouring and friendly countries pro-I 5 ^ t ~ Witlr ^ a ~ Tio " mplacont-ho 8 pltfllity - ~ men-who-oiiou » y _ conspire ugainst tho life of the Emperor . " In addressing itsolf to tho Confederation , in ojuor that those dangerous men may bo expelled tho Clinton whioh toueh our frontiers , and placed at more dlaiaiu . parts , tho Government of his Imperial Majiwly oniy makes use of tho law of legislative dofenoo , ami » "volt ™ tho principles of tho rights of nations Tll ° / , ?„? . Government will disregard tho conditions . of t >> " " ° \ votie neutrality , and will deceive itself as to tho " » turo
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow and -anchriatian feeling is to be condemned which regards with jealousy the progress of foreign nations , and cares for no portion of the human , race but that to which itself belongs . Da . Arnold . FRANCE . Insurrection has again shown itself in the streets of a French town , despite the immense pressure which is constantly being brought to bear on any resistance to the will of the Dictator . On the evening of last Saturday , a movement of a rather serious character took place " at ChaMons-sur-Sa 6 ne . " Favoured by the darkness and by a heavy fall of snow , " says thePatrte , " the rioters , preceded by some individuals of an inoffensive appearance , proceeded first to a small infantry post in the Rue de Beaune . At some distance off , the majority of the mob halted ; those who formed a sort of advanceguard -went up to the sentinel , who was instantly surrounded and disarmed in spite of his resistance , while one of the assailants put his hand on his mouth to prevent his raising an alarm . After this first success , the remainder of the rioters rapidly advanced on the guard . The soldiers , half asleep , could not prevent the seizure of the arms which were placed in the gun-rack near the door , but the sergeant in command had time to draw his sword and seize . a few of the muskets , which he distributed amongst his men , ordering them to load immediately . The rioters , who had possessed themselves of arms , then left the post , and went to the railway station , -where they were-energetically repulsed . Meanwhile the officers of the garrison bad received information in a cafe ' , where they were accustomed to assemble , of what was going on . On arriving at the bridge over the river , the rioters disputed their passage . Thereupon the officers and soldiers , sword and bayonet in hand , cut their way through , not without wounding several of those who attempted to oppose them . On the other side of the bridge appeared almost immediately the military commander at the head of a strong detachment coming from the barracks . At sight of these soldiers , the rioters fled in all directions , while the soldiers occupied the Hotel de Ville , the sub-prefecture , and the approaches to the bridge . The greater number of the insurgents were arrested , and the rest no doubt will soon be in the hands
of justice . " Meanwhile , arcests continue , and malcontents are deported . ^ The Moniteur states that on the 24 th ult . ' - ¦ arrests were simultaneously made in . various parts of France , which defeated « yilpable projects , and led to the discovery and the seizure of arms , ammunition , and compromising correspondence . The number of arrests , however , according to tiie official journal , has been exaggerated . They are limited , we are told , to fifty principal ringleaders at Paris , twenty at Lyons , twelve at Marseilles , and four on an average in forty departments . In spite of this precaution , a gathering took place at Paris on the night of the 5 th of March . Vigilant measures caused it to prove abortive , and led to twenty new arrests . The affray at ChalonSj says the Moniteur , is indisputably part of a plan of systematic agitation . General Bedeau , like General Changarnier , has written to the Belgian papers , refusing the French Emperor ' s offer to allow him to return to France unconditionally . He says that , as the decree which banished him has not been annulled by a counter decree , he shall not avail himself of the permission accorded to him . In consequence of a decree pronounced by the Assize Court of the Seine , several documents bearing on the cases of Bernard and Allsop have been forwarded to M . Bonnard , the consulting advocate of the French Embassy in London . The funeral of tho Prince of Oude took place at Pere-la-Chaise , on Thursday week , with much Oriental splendour and solemnity .
Father Ravignan , tho distinguished priest of the Society of Jesus , justly celebrated for his eloquence and learning , and beloved by all who came within his influence , has died in Paria after a long and lingering illness . His funeral service was celebrated at the church of St . Sulpice , and was attended by all the dignitaries of the Catholic Church in the French metropolis . Having taken tho vow of poverty , the lamented father was burled in a pauper ' s coffin . Tho / Sticks informs its readers that its sale in tho streets of Paris has been , prohibited by tho authorities . Tho trade of France is at present in a very depressed state . The wide-spread , fear which has beon . Induced by the late measures of repression , and the belief that convulsions are imminent , check the operations of commerce , and cause stagnation in all departments of business . Tho preparations for the construction of ft lino of railway from Algiers to Blidah are being carried on with greaTac'tivityT *~ ' ' •" ¦ '¦'¦ ' ' ¦** - ' " - " ¦<—r ~^~~ ,, A Picdmonteae , named Bozzo , a ticket porter at Lyons , has been tried by the Assize Court of tho Rhone for an attempt to murder by moans of an infernal machine . Ho sent a box of pistols to a follow ticket porter against whom ho Uad a grudge . Tho trigger * of tho pistols wore tied to the bolt of tho look , and , on tho key being applied , one of tho weapons went off , and a ohlW was wounded In . the face , hut not seriously . Bozzo was found Guiltv . and sentenced to hard labour for life .
Some official notifications with reference to the passport svstetn appear in the Moniteur . We here read : — " Travellers coming from abroad into France must , for each journey , cause their passports to be vised by a diplomatic agent or French consnl . In order that no fresh expense may be incurred by such travellers through this obligation , the Minister of Foreign . Affairs has just decided that the fee charged for the visa shall only be required on the first journey , and that all the visas required in tho course of the year , for which period the passport is valid , shall be delivered gratis . It should be remarked , on this occasion , that the regulations now in force allow the diplomatic and consular offices to deliver gratis travelling licenses to poor persons , and to grant them at a reduced scale to those individuals to whom the payment of the full charge would be too onerous . " " Another miracle is reported by the Interet Public of Tarbes . A young girl of fourteen goes to a grotto , and has interviews with the Virgin Mary . A vast number of persons follow her every morning , and are duly edified by the radiance and rapture of her features . But the authorities , it is added , are beginning to disapprove of such assemblages—fearful , perhaps , of the people talking politics as well as theology . A number of the inhabitants of the Saoneet-Loire having been informed of the necessity -which M . de Lamartine was-under of selling his estates , proposed to him to put them up in a lottery , as sometimes takes place in Italy and Germany . M . de Lamartine , on being applied to on the subject , wrote a letter , in which he expressed the gratification he felt at the friendship evinced towards him by the proposal . Thinking that the plan proposed may be the most ready mode of realizing their value , he expresses his grateful acquiescence , if it can be legally carried into effect .
" It is positively stated , " says the Daily News Paris correspondent , " that Orsini ' s hair was jet black when he was arrested , that at the time of his trial it had turned very grey , and that now it is almost white . " A singular statement is made in the daily papers . The famous affair of ' the Queen ' s diamond necklace , ' which ma < le so much noise just before the outbreak of the great revolution of 1789 , is about to come on again before the courts of Paris , the heirs and representatives of Boehmcr and Bossange , the jewellers who supplied the necklace , having brought an action against the heirs and representatives of Cardinal de Koliaii , the Princes de Rohan , now residing in Bohemia , to obtain payment for it out of the Cardinal ' s estate , it having been confided by them to him . In this action , some of the heirs of other creditors of the Cardinal have intervened in order to obtain payment of what is due to them . Mr .-J . F . Robertson , a Scotch gentleman , communicates to a Glasgow paper an account of his having been arrested , together with a friend ( a Russian ) , in the streets of Paris , on the 26 th of February , under suspicion that they were Italians , and because a police spy thought they had ' an air suspect . ' They were not discharged till after they had been taken before the Commissary of Police .
ITALY . The Archducal Viceroy of Austria , at Milan , finds that his endeavours to conciliate the native nobility have failed . Those few who have clung to him are insulted by their countrymen . Great displeasure is felt by the Archduke , and the Court party talk of severe
measures . Another Englishman , and an American , have been arrested at G : ? noa , under suspicion of their being connected with the Orsini plot . The first English-man arrested ( Mr . Hodge ) is still in prison , but is well treated . As yet , the case against him is very vague . The Neapolitan trials recommenced on the 5 th inst . One of the prisoners has died of consumption since tho previous sitting ; and many of tho Neapolitan captives have tho scurvy . Poor , insane Watt is to remain in the British Hospital , under the responsibility of our Acting Consul . Among the Sardinian prisoners , says a letter from Salerno , is " a child of thirteen years of ago , Dominico Costa by name . He had been compelled to land by the insurgents , and on having a . flag placed in his hands ho put himself at the head of the party , and regardless of tho shots , kept shouting out ' Viva la liheria Ttaliana / ' He is a fine , healthy-looking little follow , and one cannot look at him without compassion , when one thinks of the long months ho has been in confinement . "
TURKEY . Tho Turkish Government officially deny having negotiated with England tho cession of I ' orhn , in the Arabian Gulf , in consideration of a sum of money . Tho Paris Conference will be delayed , as tho reports of the European Commissioners on tho Danubian Principalities aro , not . y « t-drawn . up . _^ - >— . ~^~ -, There haa beon a fight between tho Turks and Montenegrins near the Turkish fortress of Lcssandria , on tho Scutari Lake . The Montenegrins captured a Turkish vessel , with its guns , and twenty-flvc prisoners , who were immediately beheaded . Their own loss was seven killed And fourteon wounded .
metans , the former are still persecuted by the latter with relentless bigotry , while orthodox . Turks are permitted to commit crimes with , impunity . SWEDEN . A small island on the Swedish coast is to be made the site of a quarantine station for the different Baltic States . ' -
RUSSIA . The construction of the railroad between St . Peters * burg and Warsaw is reported as progressing rapidly . Baron de Whitinghof , captain of the staff and memt ) er of an ancient family , has been condemned to the loss of his title and rank , and sentenced to serve in the army as a private soldier , in consequence of having stolen registered letters and money destined for soldiers . A Central Committee has been appointed at St . Petersburg to examine all the projects for the emancipation of the serfs sent in by the Provincial Committees . The Council consists of thirteen members . The Em * peror is the President , and among the names of the members are those of the Grand Duke Constantine , Prince Orloff , and Count Bloudoff .
SPAIN . A plot has been discovered amongst the convicts in the Chafarinas islands , the object of which was to assassinate their keepers , and to escape into Morocco . The ringleaders in the affair have been secured , and sent to Melilafor trial . The Senate has resumed its sittings , and has refused to accept the resignation of the dignity of Senator offered by Espartero . GREECE . The Greeks seem determined to ape their ancestors in everything but their virtues and their genius . During the fetes recently given to King Otho , there was an entertainment in the Temple of Theseus at Athens , where the revellers drank wine of Tenedos , and danced a kind of Pyrrhic dance . / ' We have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx now ?"
BELGIUM . The Senate has passed ( by 34 votes to 4 ) the bill for modifying the penal code in that part which relates to crimes committed or prepared in Belgium against foreign Governments . M . Louis Labarre , editor of the Drapeau , a Ked Bepublican journal , has been sentenced at the Brabant Court of Assizes to thirteen months' imprisonment and 1200 francs fine for " offences against the person of the Emperor of the French . " AUSTRIA . It is announced in the Weiner Zeitung that the Empress is enceinte . Her confinement is likely to take place at the beginning of August .
Tho Christians of Bosnia have eon I an address to tho Sultan , complaining that , notwithstanding tho huttl qumayoun grunted about two years ago , by which Christiana are placed on tho sumo footing as Maho-
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i 24 l 8 THE LBA 33 E R . [ No . 416 , March 13 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1858, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2234/page/8/
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