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have we acquired , together , a lasting glory in the East , but even at the extremity of the ; world we have beeii opening an immense empire to the progress of civilisation and the Christian religion . ; " Since the conclusion of the peace , my relations with the Emperor of Russia have assumed the character of the frankest cordiality ; because we have been in accord upon all the points in dispute . "I have also to congratulate myself upon my relations ¦ w ith Prussia , which have not ceased to be animated by mutual goodrwill . ¦ ¦ ....: the
" The cabinet of Vienna and mine , on contrary—I say it with regret—r-have often been found at variance upon the principal questions , and it has required a great spirit of conciliation to effect their solution . JFor example , the reconstitution of the Danubian Principalities could only be terminated after many difficulties , ¦ which have prevented the full satisfaction of their most legitimate desires , and if it should be asked of me what interest France had in those distant countries washed by the Danube , I should reply that the interest of France is wherever there is a just and civilised cause to p ' romote . "In this state of things it was not at all extraordinary that France should draw more closely to Piedmont , which had been so devoted during the war—so faithful to our policy during peace .
" The happy union of my beloved cousin , Prince Napoleon , with the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel is not , then , one of those unusual facts for which it is necessary to seek a hidden reason , but naturally arises from that community of interest of the two countries and the friendship of the two sovereigns . " For some time past the state of Italy and its abnormal situation , which makes it impossible to maintain order except with the aid of foreign troops , has justly alarmed diplomacy . It is not , however , a sufficient motive for belieying in War . ( Ce rCest pas neanmoins «» motif svMsant de croire a la guerre ?) without
" While some call for it with all their hearts legitimate reason , and others in the . exaggeration of their fears , like , to show France the dangers of a new coalition , I shall remain firmly in the path of law , of justice , and of national , honour , and my ( government will neither permit itself to be led away or intimidated , because my policy will never be either quarrelsome or pusillanimous . Far from us , then , be these false alarms—these unjust mistrusts—this internal weakness . Peace , I hope , will not be troubled . Resume , then , with calmness , the habitual course of your labours . I have explained to you frankly the state of our external relations , and this expose agrees with what I have endeavoured to make known for the past two months . Alike at home and abroad , you will find I wish to believe that my policy has not ceased for an instant to be the same—firm but conciliatory .
" Thus , I rely always with confidence upon your concurrence , as well as upon the support of the nation which has confided to me its destinies . "It knows that personal . interest or a mean ambition will never direct my actions . " When sustained by popular -will one mounts the steps of a throne , he is raised by the gravest responsibilities above the infamous region wherein vulgar . interests are struggling , and he has for his first motives , as well as for his last judges , ' God , Conscience , and Posterity . '"
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AMERICA . The Niagara has arrived from Boston with intelligence to the 26 th ult . The bids for the remaining 10 , 000 , 000 dols . of the loan authorised in June last , were opened at Washington on the 24 th ult . The whole sum offered amounted to over 317000 , 000 dollars , at premiums ranging from $ to 5 per cent . The proposition to place the sum of 30 , 000 , 000 dols . at the disposal of the President to enable him to negotiate for the purchase of Cuba had boon favourably reported upon by the Committees on Foreign Affairs , in both Houses of Congress . Tho bill proposes to appropriate 80 , 000 , 000 dollars to enable tho Preaidont to conclude with Spain a treaty of amity , and for tho settlement of all difllc « lti 83 with her , including tho cession ' of the island of Cuba .
Tho Washington correspondent of tho New York Herald gives a rumour that the Spanish Minister had threatened to demand his passports in the event of tho appropriation being made . Tho general impression was that tho bill would pass . By the interposition ; of friends an explanatory correspondence hail takqn plaoo between Senators Douglas and Fitch , and the threatened tluol had boon averted . Tho centenary of Burns was celebrated with much
enthusiasm in Amorloa . At Now York tho Rev . Henry Ward Beoohor dollvorod an eloquent and instructive address on the diameter of Burns , before a largo audionoe , and In the evening a grand banqupfc took plaoo at the Astor House , prosidod over by William Oullon Bryant , tho poofc . At Boston two banquets took place , and wore attended by many of tho most eminent literary men In , America . Celebrations llkowlso took plaoo at Washington and many other cities . The dates from Victoria are to the 25 th of Dooombor . The Fraaer River was open again , and Into discoveries
have increased the faith in the richness of the gold-fields in that region . . ¦ In Washington territory a band of white men from El Paso County had stolen into the camp of a party of Indians known to be remarkably peaceable , massacring seven of them , besides wounding a number of their companions . It was apprehended that in consequence of this outrage the Indians would commence an indiscri--minare war on the border settlements . The Washington correspondent of the New York Times gives currency to a rumour that President Buchanan was contemplating matrimony with a widow lady .
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WEST COAST OF AFRICA . Bv the Armenian we learn that trade opened at Bonny on the 1 st of January . The King of Old Calabar is dead . The slaver Julia was captured at Cape Coast on the 19 th of December , by the American frigate Vincennes / andsent to the United States . A ship called the Juliette was deserted by her crew at Bonny , and reported to H . M . S . Archer .
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THE GERMAN DIET . The Diet disposes of the following troops in time of peace : —The 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd army corps ( of Austria ) , 142 , 233 men ; the 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th arniy corps ( of Prussia ) , 120 , 392 men ; the 7 th , which is Bavarian , 53 , 400 ; the 8 th corps numbers 35 , 933 , the 9 th . corps 28 , 954 , and the 10 th 20 , 045 men . The total strength of the simple contingent , together with the division of reserve , amounts to 452 , 475 nien . . But by the . month of June the Diet would dispose of 600 , 000 men for its 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd army corps , leaving another 100 , 000 in the country , that is of Austria ; 300 , 000 for the 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th corps , leaving the Landwehr ( or militia ) to guard the country ( of Prussia ); the 7 th corps would number 75 , 000 , leaving the reserve in the country ( of Bavaria ); the 8 th . corps would amount to 40 , 000 , the 0 th to 20 , 000 , the 10 th to 25 , 000 , the division of reserve to 22 , 000 , and the volunteers to 50 , 000 . The grand total would make a collective strength of 1 , 132 , 000 men .
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MEXICO . Bv the last American mail we learn that the Constitutional President , Seiior Juarez , had issued a proclamation denouncing tho movements at tho capital , and calling upon all good Mexicans to put down the reactionists , and to restore the capital to the Liberal cause . It was reported at . Washington thnt the President was considering favourably the question of receiving Sefior Mata as Minister from Mexico , and thereby recognising tho Constitutional Government of Juarez .
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MISCELLANEOUS . This Couht . —Tho royal family continue at Windsor in good health . The Queen , with tho Prince Consprt and all their childron , were present at a juvenile ball givon by tho Duchess of Kent on Friday in honour of tho birth of her great-grandson . Thursday , the 10 th inst ., was the anniversary of her Majesty ' s marriage , and was duly celebrated at Windsor Castlo . As early as seven in th « morning tho band of the 2 nd Ljfo Guards playou" on tho eastorn terraco , and in tho evening' tliero was a
performance of choral music in St . George ' s Hall , by an orchestra of upwards of one hundred and fifty performers , to which a large party wore invited by tho Queen . Tho Prince Consort has been engaged this week in visiting the Windsor Infirmary , tho Savings iBank , and tho Model Lodging' Houses , and has also transacted business at tho Wellington College . Tho Archbishop of Canterbury , tho Duko and Duehous of Beaufort , tho Earl at Curliulo , the Right Hon . H . and Lady Mary Labouohoro , and tho Duohoss of Sutherland , arrived on a visit at the Castlo this wook .
Tmm Prustok op Walks . —A lotlor from Homo says : , — . » When the Prinoo passed through Bologna , ho reoolveel tho Austrian General , but not tho Cardinal Aruhblshop . His suite aro very rosorvocl . They take notes upon tho state and condition of tho country . These notes will certainly not be in favour of Austria or of the Pope . TitQ Prinoo , I fancy , vrll \ seo that tho Empiro and tho Papacy have had tholr day , and that it is time now for something now . " , , T # im Prinobsb FKBDBRjqK Wmuam , —On Saturday a bulletin was Issued stating that the Princess Frederick
William and theinfant Prince being well , no more bulletins will be issued . A Berlin letter states that Queen Victoria , the Emperor of Russia , the Queen of Prussia the Grand-Duke of Weimar , and the Princess Charles o ' f Prussia will " be the godfathers and godmothers of ' the infant prince . Election Committee . —The Speaker has appointed the following members to serve ori the general committee of elections for the present session : —The Right Hon . Sir F . T . Baring , Bart . ; the Right Hon . Sir "W . Meredyth Somerville , 'Bart . ; Sir William Heathcote , Bart . ; Robert Palmer , Esq . William Miles , Esq . ; and John Bonham Carter . Esq .
The St . Pancras Vestry . —At the meeting of the vestry on Wednesday , a letter was read from the Poorlaw Board in reference to the dismissal of the chaplain . This communication stated that the sanction of the board was necessary to give force to the disnvissal of an officer . The letter was ordered to lie on the table . It was , nevertheless , agreed to appoint a day for the election of a chaplain in the room of the Rev . Thomas Pugh . The debt of 13 , 500 ? . on the vestry rates is now entirelyliquidated . Fame vkksus Gold . —A very curious dinner has just taken place in Madrid , and a private letter gives us
a report . We should scarcely venture to meddle with anything so unpretending but for the thoughts which were uttered there , remarkable alike in their source and in their ajsthetical tendency . The eminent banker , M . Salamanca , receives at his table , every Thursday , politicians and journalists of the Moderate party . To this weekly courtesy twelve gacetilleros ( journalists ) , recently responded by inviting their opulent host to an entertainment of their own , at one of the modest restaurants of the Spanish capital . The invitation was accepted , and the dinner took place , the cost of the feast being eight reals , or Is . 9 d . ahead . Our correspondent takes up the tale : — " Instead of the baske ' t of flowers usuallv
placed at the centre of the table stood a pyramid of books , surrounded by the busts of Calderon , Lope de Vega , Cervantes , and Velasquez . The : dinner has been more than modest , and I would never have troubled you with it'were it not for Salamanca ' speech , which , I think , is worthy to be reproduced : — ' Gentlemen , ' said he ,. ' about twenty-five years from this time the old and threadbare cassock , of Salamanca , then a student in the University of Grenada , might be among the oldest and most wonirout cassocks of his comrades . When ray education was completed I proceeded to Mataga , and made myself a gacetillero ( journalist ) of the Ainsadm Mulagueno . Then the love of gold took possession of my soul , and it Svas Madrid that I found the object of
my adoration ; but not without the loss of my juvenile illusion . Believe me , gentlemen , the man who can satisfy all his w'slics has no more enjoyment . Keep the way you have entered on , I advise you . Rothschild ' a celebrity will cease on tho day of his death . Immprtality can bo earned , but not bought . . Hero are before you the busts of men who have gloriously' cultivated liberal arts ; their busts I have met with throughout the whole of Europe ; but nowhere have 1 found 11 ¦ ta 4 ue erected to tbe memory of a man who has devoted his life to making money . To-day I speak to you witli my feelings of twenty-two years , for in your company 1 have forgotten I am a banker , and only thought of my youth and days of gay humour . ' "—Spectator .
St . Pkteu s Private Pjuopekty . —Tho Univers advances a tremendous argument against tho politician : ! who propose a reorganisation of the Roman States ; 1 — " The Roman States are not tho property of Pius IX . ; they are tho property of St . Peter . The Popo has a . lift ) interest in them . " Election IsmsjucipENCK . —AtBanbury , Mr . Saimiclson , tho great manufacturer , has boon elected , to the defeat of Mr . Mini ) . —Tho now Lord Advocate , Mr . Charlos Baillio , liaa boon returned for Linlithgpwsliiro . — From Oxford wo learn that tho election for tho University takes place this day , anil that there is not n
whisper of opposition to Mr . Gladstone . —At llytho , on Monday , Baron Mayor do Rothschild met with an enthusiastic reception from a largo meeting of the elector .- * . M . r , Wildo , Q . G ., a Conservative , is also canvassing thu borough , — -Mr . Townsond ' a resignation of his aunt for Greenwich haying at length been formally completed , u writ has boon issued . Tho result of tho contoat , which lios between Mr , Alderman Salomons and Mr . Arigordtcin , appoiirs to bo uncertain . In tho moun while ( jomTiil Codrington ' s resignation bus lod to a movement . In favour of Mr . Montague Chambers , and a requisition to that gentleman lias npponroU .
GuoLoaitsTs' Abhouiatiqn . —On Tuoaday ovouliitfi tlio 8 th inst ., an utlilrose wan duliverud by Mr . Hy de Olarko , V . P ., ou tlio organisation of 11 ¦ coiitlniu / iid geological survey by local auctions or oommiuoi ' d of tlio mombors , contributing yearly loports on tho invtfrug /* ot geology In tholr districts , which would ombrncos—Additions to tho survey s and maps by siib-clasrtllleutloii <> t formations ; itisuovcrioi of now mlnornls and JWlln , niiu particularly flubwtniiccs uultnblo for agricultural nunnirud , building , inuniUiioturoH , or mining ; nocounta ol' minus , quarries , wollrt , cuttings , tunnels , landslips , aflfl ollwr operation *) by wlilcih tho substrata aro pouotrnted 1 obuurvations on tho wolls , springs , rivers , and aubUirwrnmn water stratnj thormnl observations \ olcatro-mnymit'O obsorvatlona on mJnor « l Zodos ; records of Jooal ourtn-
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SERVIA . A despatch from Belgrade , dated Sunday , announces that Prince Milosch has made his solemn entry into that city , accompanied by Prince Michael . The Senate and the Ministry were excluded from the ceremony . The following letter has been received from Belgrade , ' dated 31 st January last : — " The Skouptschina has today unanimously decreed the dismissal of all the Senators and of all the Ministers . Almost all the deputies united in demanding the dismissal of the entire Senate and of all the Ministers . After a tumultuous discussion , the Skouptschina unanimously decreed the dismissal of all the Senators and of all the Ministers . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2281/page/8/
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