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and the steam corvette Caffarelli , were put into commission on Thursday . At Kochefort the order has heen received to provide three more frigates , the Flora , the Circe , and the Semirainis , with screws at the shortest possible notide . From different ports transport ships have been directed to Toulon . ' - ' In Wednesday ' s sitting of the Conferences on the Danubian affairs , the representatives of Austria and the Porte , on the reading of the protocol of the first sitting , demanded certain modifications , by reason of which a third meeting will take P ] Lady Cowley has departed for Baden-Baden , but Lord Cowley remains at Paris .
AUSTRIA . A great sensation lias been produced in Italy by a speech made by Count Giulay to the troops at Milan , which may be described as equivalent to a declaration of war . All our communications from ILombardy concur in stating that Austria ' s military preparations , instead of being slackened , are being Tapidly increased . At Vienna there is not the slightest belief in the preservation of peace . , The official Austrian Correspondence , of Tuesday published an article , of which the following is a summary : —Austria has given undeniable proof of her love of peace by the mariner in which she met Lord Cowley ' s mission , and afterwards by accepting the proposals for a congress . Willingly ¦ would Austria make sacrifices in order to
preserve peace , but she cannot do so merely to grant others delay before the commencement of war . The disarming of Piedmont has been stated as a preliminary condition , -which condition was supported by England , whilst Austria , on the other hand , proposed a general disarming as the first act of the congress , thereby adding a fifth preliminary point to those already proposed . Fi-ance did not think it possible to make Piedmont disarm alone , and Austria . thereupon proposed a general disarming before the congress began , in order to ensure essential guarantees for the maintenance of peace . The article concluds thus : —" How could it be thought possible that Austria would join the congress unless substantial proofs were given that the spirit which actuates her prevails also in all the other cabinets ? "
A Vienna letter says that the Emperor Francis Joseph has expressed his resolve not to be the football of the Emperor of the French . Great complaints are made of the want of good faith of the French Government . The ParisjCabinet advised Count Cavournot to disarm , and subsequently proposed that both Austria and Sardinia should withdraw their forces from the frontiers . The proposition was made by one of the mediating Powers to Austria , who rejected it , but at the same time expressed her readiness to disarm , if France and Sardinia would do so likewise . The Times published a telegram from Vienna yesterday , which says— "Austria has positively refused to become a party to the Congress , unless it is preceded by a general and simultaneous disarmament . The foregoing is perfectly authentic . "
BAR PIN I A , A letter from Turin gays : — " Wo arc in daily expectation of being attacked . The Government has summoned the Neapolitan General Uloa , now living at Paris , the man that signallised himself so greatly in the defence of Venice during tho siege of 1848 and 1849 . Ho will have the cammond of another volunteer corps , to be named the Chassours of tho Apennines . " The Cavaliero Massimo d'Azeglio left Turin on
Thursday morning for Paris , charged with . an extraordinary mission to the Governments of Franoe and England . An ordinanco of tltc King of Sardinia . sanctions and promulgates n bill passed by the ohamburs , authorising- the Government to suspend , for such a period ns it may think necessary , the export of forage nnd oats by tho frontier of Lombardy ; and an order of the Minister of Unanco declares that the said export shall bo at once suspended for an indefinite period .
RUSSIA . From' a Hamburg and a Posen gazette we ioarn that tho liussiuns have succeeded in appropriating tlio territory of tho Kkalkhnr Tartars . The country , in extent , Burpassoa Germany , although its population does not amount to move thnn four or five millions of somi-eivilifiotl horsomon . Its importance to the masters of Siberia , however , lies in tho fact of its possessing a perfectly Italian climate . Besides , part , of it ie immediately adjacent to the properly Chinese districts of tho Colostial Empire , to the dominion of which it has boon nominally subjected until now . If tho news prove true , the abstraction from China of tho Amoor provinco hns boon speedily followed by an equally bonoflcial oxtension of dominion .
. . ¦ . PRUSSIA .. .. . ... - ¦ ¦ On Tuesday the Archduke Albrecht of Austria , arrived at Berlin , and on Wednesday the reigning Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , who leaves at the end of this week for London , to be present at the confirmation of the Princess Alice . The official Prussian Gazette states , that there are still hopes that peace may be preserved , and announces that its Government has , during the negotiations for mediation , neglected no step 3 which could enable Prussia to fulfil the duties imposed upon her by her position towards Germany and Europe .
GERMANY . The Dresden Journal alleges its acquaintance with the fact that the Congress will assemble on the 23 rd inst . at Carlsruhe , and will commence operations by resolving on a general disarming . The official Wurtembergischer Staatsanzeiger publishes a royal decree calling in the Landwehr . The first bands are to be composed of those soldiers who have left military service within . the last two years , and the two junior classes which have not yet begun military service , are summoned for the 1 st of May next . . .
TURRET . The Grand Vizier , having become convalescent , will not tender his resignation . The troops being insufficient to form a second corps d ' armee at Shumla , the Porte has called in 150 ; 0 OO men of the reserve , half of whom have deserted . In some parts the people have used menacing gestures towards the recruiting officers . The deputations from Bosnia and the Herzegowina , wearied With the refusal of justice , are about to depart , but Fuad Effendi is endeavouring to detain them . A military camp has been formed at Sophia , destined for the surveillance of all movements in Servia and Bulgaria .
Delegates have arrived from Samos , commissioned to declare to the Porte that the inhabitants of that island are unwilling to recognise the newly-appointed Governor , Aristarchu The delegates invoke their local liberties , and threaten to elect a native Prince in case their protest should not be accepted . It is said that England supports the nomination of Aristarchi .
THE PRINCIPALITIES . There has been a change of ministry at Bucharest . The Conference of Paris remains yet disagreed on the subject of the Principalities . Prince Cpuza is again expected in Bucharest by the end of . this indnth . The object of Ms visit is principally to set things right in the Wallachian Assembly , which , according to all accounts , is not so pliant as that in the sister country , and has shown its teeth once or twice , especially when the question arose to fix the salary of the prince . The opinion of the ruling party is that its services might be dispensed with at thei present moment .
Advices from the Principalities report that the Grand Duke Michael , brother of the Czar , is about paying a visit to Prince Couza . It is also announced that the commercial crisis is becoming more serious in Moldavia and Wallachia , and that numerous firms have failed .
SERVIA . . From Belgrade it is reported that Prince Milosch will convoke another Skuptchina to raise a levy of 34 , 000 men . The inhabitants of Servia , who are of Austrian extraction , are submitted to . a severe persecution on tho part of Miloseh ' s Government , which has abolished the . liberty of the press . NAPI . KS . The malady of the King is becoming more aggravated . It is believed that he will not survive the
present week . Tho disease has attacked tho chest , accompanied by vomiting and stupor . Tho medical men ac t as . mere spoctatora , and sometimes with milk , and sometimes with strong broth , support a life which is evidently drawing to a closo . The agitation of parties is increasing . The Queen is anxious to associate her son with the future King , but her success in this undertaking is nob probable . Tho Grand Duko Constantino strongly supports reforms in the constitution . The lorcditary Prince and tho royal family go to Caserta
daily . At Rome the death of tho King of Naples is hourly expected , Public prayera are offered up in tho ehurchos for his Majesty . "In tho meantime ,. " writes tho correspondent of tho Daily News , " Naples is waking up . I have hoard already of tho circulation of addresses demanding a constitution . Evqn tho royal prinuos d <* not conceal their impression that tho country can no longor bo governed as it has been ; and should tho King continue as ho is , I am disposed to think that tho constitutional party will raiso its head . "
ROME . Advices Uavo boon received from Rome to the 9 th inst .
It was announced that the Pope would address the Consistory yesterday . He would describe thes present situation of diplomatic affairs . It is asserted : that he will reject the proposal of a congress . Passports are given by the Homan authorities to volvubteers for Piedmontese service from the States of the Church , but with the intimation that they will bet regarded as exiles . . ] ' . IONIAN ISLANDS . Advices have been received from Corfu . The elections which have as yet taken place arc all hostile to the English Government .
. SPAIN . Some of the Madrid journals of the 7 th state that General de la Concha had resigned the post of President of the Senate ; but they give no reason fbir the step , and the official journals do not confirm , the announcement . The Congress has approved a bill of indictment against Senor Collantes by 178 . voices against 66 r Senor Collantes was forthwith lodged as a prisoner in the hotel of the Civil Governor :
PORTUGAL . The Portuguese . corvettes , Bartholomew Diaz andT Sagres , are appointed to leave for England on the 10 th inst . The Infante Dom ! Luiz will go as commander . They will proceed to Spithedd , when Prince George of Saocony will join Dom Luiz , and both , it is said , will pay a visit to her Majesty . After this they will return to Portugal , and : the nuptials of Prince George with the Infanta will take place .
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. CANADA . The new tariff has passed through both Houses , and received the assent of the Governor-General . It extends further the principle of protection , increasing the duties on cotton goods , metals , books , &c-. Tl-ie-tfrf valorem principle is adopted , to fhe exclusion : of specifics , except in the case of whisky . There have been rumours that Sir Edmund Head is to be withdrawn , and that he is to be rewarded with a peerage on going home . In Canada they will not care much what reward he receives , so that lie is removed . Not a single member of the parliamentary opposition in either House has called on the Governor , and when he came down to the House to sanction bills the members designedlystayed away . ———
AMERICA . By the Borussia , which arrived at Southampton on Tuesday , we have received American news to the 1 st inst . It was said at Washington thatT Sir Gore Ouseley had violated in Nicaragua the solemn understandingbetween the British Government and the United States , and that the President would interfere , notwithstanding the refusal of Congress to grant extra * ordinary powers . The firm of Vanderbilt had got a contract for convoying the English mails . state that letters
Despatches from Washington from the American Ministers at the different Eurotpean Courts were decidedly warlike , and one of them declared war to be inevitable in the opinion of aU . competent persons , It was said that the Government would at once take prompt and dec sivo action , in regard to Central American affairs . Advices from Victoria to 28 February state that a proposition was on foot to annex that colony to British Columbia , and that a reserve of 400 , 000 acres of land would bo made at the forks of Thompson Itiver for emigrant ' s from Oregon . The New York Herald pays : — "A report is in circulation that an extensive filibustering
organisation exists , the object of which is the conquest of the island of Cuba ; that for this purpose arms aria ammunition have been provided , and that strong bodios of volunteers are ready to embark simultaneously from diflbraut parts of the union j that eecrot agents . in Cuba stand prepared to co-operate with tho invader ' s ; that New York is tho headquarters of the enterprise ; that tho chiefs of the conspiracy are hero , but that the principal materials are stored away in southern cities . And lastly , it is reported that probably by tho next steamer from Havannah final instructions will bo rooeivod , whorexiDon tho siornal is to bo civon for tho departuroIrani W | r ^^ ¦ m v ¦ ^ r ** m f ¦ «¦ tf % ^ pi # « r ^^ r ^ r ^* p-k ^ ¦ ^ - -. ~ -r — -- Fill formidable
* ^ ^ our shores of tlio invading expedition . A plot , and a beautiful plan of operations no doubt ; but , so far as tho question of invading tho island ol Cuba is concerned , we havo no hesitation in pronouncing this niagnUloont organisation aji uimuUSft tiioVoser , which arrived at Southampton da Wednesday , wo havo Now York news ol tho 2 nd instant . Advices from Washington ntato that General Lanmr ' s despatches to tho Stato Department , announced the ratification at one ot the Ouseloy Treaties with Nicaragua . At last advices tho Ouseloy Treaty , providing for tho ro . linqui&Umont of tho Mosqxilto Protectorate , was under con-Jdoration .
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Tffn . - 4-ya . April 16 . 1859 . 1 THE LEAD 1 R . 487
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Leader (1850-1860), April 16, 1859, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2290/page/7/
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