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dience , which \ rasi unanimous , against the Government . The three members for West Kent were " unavoidably absent . "
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . The Moniteur of Tuesday , published a fresh article stating that part of Germany now presents an appearance both afflicting and astonishing . France has occupied herself with the consideration of the alarming state of affairs in Italy merely to allay it in concert with the allies , and in the interest of European tranquillity . It is impossible to show a more sincere desire to unravel peacefully the existing difficulties , and to prevent further comp lications , winch are always the result of want of foresight and decision . The article proceeds to show that the mistrust of a part of Germany springs from reflections unjust and painful to France , and shows contempt for the independence of her policy . France is praised for her moderation and her foresight in endeavouring to settle the Italian difficulty , and the Germans are
blamed for totally misapprehending . This misapprehension amounts to a contempt for the policy of France . Germany , it is asserted , has nothing to apprehend from France on the score of independence . The French nation is Susceptible in regard to . its honour , but at the same time-moderate in the '' employment of its strength . If threats will arouse it , it may , nevertheless , be pacified by conciliation . Of this composition , the Times Paris correspondent remarks— " One motive for its publication is probably to neutralize the effect of the article of the 5 th , which was the work of a different and an inferior hand . If there was any intention of restoring calmness to the public mind , diminishing alarm ,
re-establishing security , or restoring confidence , I fear much that the labour has been in vain . Among most of the banking and commercial people it is looked upon as nothing less thanpreliniinary to -entering on a campaign . By the German Ministers the article is pronounced as well j > ut together ,, but " perfidious , " -and intended to exculpate the French Government by trying to make the public beheve that , it is Germany that menaces France , ins t ead of -the Imperial Government menacing Germany , They have no doubt that it will produce a bad effect among the German people . A few look at it
in a more favourable light , but they are very few . Meanwhile the return to office of Prince Napoleon seems to be looked upon as certain , even by those who desire it least . It is known now that no coolness of any kind has ~ sprung up between the Emperor and his cousin ; and it is supposed in some q _ uarters that the resignation of the Prince was a inere comedy which had been rehearsed and arranged beforehand . If so , his return to power will be the signal for the retreat of some of the Ministry with whom he has been in disaccord * The war party will thus be decidedly in the ascendant at the
Tuileries . A report continues to be circulated that Prince Napoleon will shortly replace Prince Jerome as Pre-r sident of the Council of Ministers , or will be constituted Vice-President . The Moniteur contains the appointment of sixteen generals and thirteen colonels . The official jotirnal also states that the squadron of evolution quitted Toulon on the previous day , the l £ th of March , for the purpose of practising nav&l manoeuvres . The Government project for removing the octroi walls to the fortifications continues to excite a very warm opposition among the persons living outside the present barriers . There is not one suburban district , it is said , which does not condemn the measure .
It is stated that despatches hayo been received from Algeria announcing that unusual excitement prevails among ¦ the Arabs , and that a demand is made for tho envision of infantry which lately arrived in Franco to bo sent back to Africa . The Emperor , at the reconan&endation of the Minister ofWar , has pardoned or mitigated the sentences passed on 700 soldiers tried by court-martial . 426 have been fully pardoned , and the sentence passed on 324 has been mitigated . . Thero is great talk of the immediate formation of an avmy of observation near the Alps . It is said the Lyons Railway Company has received orders to be ready to convey 75 , 000 men to the south . The coincidence of this number with tho force paid to have been demanded by the King of Sardinia a few days ago , flwoura the supposition that a , French army is to bo sent immediately to Piedmont .
PRUSSIA . Tho Prince-Regent ' s Government , in Prussia , has suffered its first defeat in the Prussian House of Lords . TIxo House has refused to leave the surplus of two budgets at the disposal of the Qovernmont . It wants it transferred to tho public treasury , to bo stored up there for future contingencies , TJUs
resolution , which has caused cpnsiderableexcitement at Berlin , is more of a demonstrative than a practical nature . .
GERMANV . The Mannheim Journal states that the Ministers of War ' of those states which furnish contingents to the 8 th corps d ' armee of the federal army held a conference last Saturday at the Castle of Bruchsal . The' Hanover Correspondent states that the Emperor Napoleon has sent an autograph letter to the King , which is said to contain tranquillisuig explanations as to the intentions of France ; and the Nuremberg Correspondent , announces that similar communications have been sent by the French Government to various other Governments . On the 15 th instant the Bavarian Chambers unanimously voted an extraordinary credit for military preparations . . ¦¦ '¦ From Stuttgard it is reported that the Wurtemberg army will be immediately placed . on the war footing . %
ROME . The Pope has announced before the Consistory that he did not claim the . fulfilment of the demand for the evacuation of the Papal States . His only intention was to prevent a collision of the tM o Catholic Empires in his own dominions . The Papal Government is actively engaged in reorganising its army in order to be prepared against the evacuation of the territory by the French and Austrian garforce is about
risons . The present strength of the 17 , 000 men , and it will be raised to 22 ^ 000 men by additions to the Swiss legion , and . by native levies . A letter from Rome of the 10 th , m the Univers , says . — " A solemn act of adhesion to the Roman Catholic faith has just taken place here , and caused a certain sensation . It was that of Negoussie , King of Tigre and Semen , in Abyssinia . This sovereign did not : appear in person , but sent three of the natives of liis states to represent him . "
IOXIAN , ISLANDS . Sir Henry Storks has prorogued the Ionian Parliament for six months , upon the plea that the ten days on which it has sat have been occupied with useless discussion . Sir Henry may probably make shift without the Parliament altogether . A despatch , dated Corfu , March 12 , says that Sir Henry Storks has instructed a mixed commission to submit , to him proposals for administrative reforms .
SPAIX . The Madrid Correspondancia Autografa announces that Mexico has given full satisfaction to Spain , consenting to . re-establish the treaties with that Powerj by punishing the guilty persons and indemnifying the natives of Spain according to the award made by the mediating Powers . Mr . Preston , the Minister of the United States , has been received by the Queen . He assured her Majesty of the President ' s desire to maintain friendly relations with Spain , and that the general wish of the people of the United States was to preserve the friendship at present existing between the States and Spain . The Queen replied in terms flattering both to the United States and its Minister . ¦
PORTUGAL . . . The King has accepted the resignation of the ministry . The JDuke of Terceira is charged with tjie formation of a now cabinet . The following are mentioned as the members of the new ministry ;—President of the * . Council and Minister of War , the Duke of Terceira ; Minister of Interior , Fontos ; Minister of Justice , Ferras ; Minister of Finances , Ribeirq ; Minister of Public Works , Sorpa j Minister of Marine , Ferreira . The contract with Sir Morton Peto is said to havp been abandoned .
AUSTRIA . There is a great movement of troops in Austria , and some Italian regiments are being removed from Italy to the Gorman provinces of tho empire , There is no reason to supppso that disaffection prevails among the men , but the Austrian Government , is not inclined tp expose them to temptation . On tho 8 th inst . Count Gyulai went with a very numerous suite of officers from Milan to inspect the new works at Pavia . " Xombardy , " says a person residing at Milan , " is like an immense camp , for it is litorally crowded with soldiers , " Tho emigration from Lombardy to
Piedmont rapidly increases . It includes all classes and degrees of people . Tho son of the actual Podesta of Milan , has shook the dust of Austria from his feet , and sought liborty and poverty in Piedmont . Young cadets of noble families have also gone . From Udino , a curate with thirty of liis parishionors have sought refuge in Piedmont , Masses of conscripts from kombardy are passing from . Valtoloino through the Canton Orisons into Piedmont , The Austrian authorities have transported all the public treasures , records , and registers to Sbndrio , chief town of the Valtlloine . The Austrian troops concentrated in tho neighbourhood of Somlin , in order to observe Servia , are
about to leave their present pbsition . The force consisting of nearly 12 , 000 men , is ordered tp march towards Trieste ; and the belief is that it will ultimately be sent to Verona , where the reserves of the army of Italy will be assembled . Large bodies of troops have recently come to Vienna front the northern and eastern provinces of the empire , and there is reason to believe that another army of 50 , 000 men will in a few days be on its way to Italy . The Sardinians affect to believe that the Austrians in + 3 nd to make an attack on them , but that Government will act strictly on the defensive . .
TURKEY . Advices from Constantinople state that in the Principalities preparations are being made to offer resistance in case Prince Couza ' s election should be cancelled . The English ambassador expressed himself strongly as to the necessity of making concessions to the Roumans . The Governor of Bosnia writes that he has discovered ari extensive conspiracy to bring about anew insurrection , which was on the point of breaking out , arid which extended to Montenegro . The Governor demands reinforcements . The army of observation on the Danube is in a disorganised condition , and desertions , especially among the Redifs , are extremely numerous . The state of the finances is unaltered .
Disorderly bands have been committing plunder in Cahdia , have insulted the English consul , and demanded his dismissal . Hussein Pacha , who was lately arrested for issuing counterfeit coin , has been condemned to fifteen years ' imprisonment . The last accounts received from Constantinople announce that the Ottoman Government had sent a military commission into Armenia , under the direction of Selini Pacha , a Geridral of Engineers , to report on the expediency of rebuilding the fortifications of Kars and Erzeroum .
;; . . RUSSIA . It is asserted that Baron Budbcrg , the Russian ambassador at Berlin , has communicated to the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs a despatch from Prince Gortschakoff , in which the latter pronounces himself in a pacific sense , and promises to support Prussia and England in their endeavours to procure a peaceful solution of the pending difficulties . The Russian Cabinet admits the necessity of the maintenance of treaties , but advises a revision of the separate treaties of Austria with'the small Italian States . An imperial decree , dated March 10 , prohibits the exportation of horses from Russia and the kingdom of Poland across the European frontiers .
A telegram bearing date St . Petersburg , Thursday , gives intelligence from the Caucasus . On the 19 th February General . Jeffdokimoff with his corps d * arm 6 e laid siege to Schamyl ' s capital . The place is fortified , and the besieged appeared determined to make a stubborn resistance . The tribe . of P 8 hok , in Abhasia , made its submission to tho Russians on the 28 th January .
SARDINIA . A letter from Turin says that matters must be now pretty ripe for an outbreak , as M . Cavour has intimated to the French Minister at Turin his intention to serve a formal summons ( une mise en demeure ) on the French Government for aid and assistance , as lie considers the measures recently adopted by Austria as equivalent to a declaration of war . M . uc Latoui ; d'Auvergne begged him , before having a-ccourso to until lie could communi
this extreme step , to wait - cate with his Government . " The King immediately assembled his council , which Gonoral Ganbauu attended , and after it was over , M . do Cavour again saw the French Minister ; and it is declared that Victor Emmanuel has formally applied to tho Ironcir Emperor for his intervention . The reason oi the step taken by Victor Emmanuel is the exceedingly menacing attitude of the Austriana , 'lluy . 1 ™ J 70 . 000 men massod between Milan , the liomo , ami kw
the Po . Cavalry , artillory , siege trains , n ^< ww > bridge-building—overthing is prepared for crossing the viver , and carrying war into Piedmont . Xflo word of command alone is wanting , and tl > ls tno telegraph from Vienna might at any momont bring . The Emperor Francis Joseph works every da ) , it seems , with General Hess for several hours . Tlu > Marquis i Ciho Carpono , of Worence , tw voteiwn of the Italian Liberals , lias subscribed £ 0 , 000 livros to the Piedmontoso loan . tTho Marquis a « Pbiwonl , after having sent 15 , 000 musket ° JJJ volunteers , has purchasod a fleld-battcry , and » mmw a present of it to the King . ^ m-nnl . Vho Courrier des Aljics , a Savoyard jownaj draws a frightful picture of the . state to whtai » t «« policy of Count Cuvour is allowed to have Iwougiw " volunteers from Venice aro oxpootod to wjj lvo J * Genoa by sea . General Cialdini is about to organise a division of volunteers . > T . I ! S . ,, i . Extraordinary activity prevails In tho Neapolitan
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a 60 THE LEADEB . £ No- 469 , March 19 , 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 360, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2286/page/8/
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