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f tom Paris state that Prince Napoleon mil visi Xandon at the end- of the present week , and -wall / remain there five days . * _/ . AUSTRIA AND T ^ 'E DUEB OF SaXE-C 6 BUBG . — ± he . Austrian Correspondence contains an article censuring tfhe summary now circulating of the reply of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha to the note of ^ tne . Austrian Government for designedly omitting thai portion of the Duke ' s reply where his highaessjaut stress on the fact of his opinion regarding Austria ^ nd her relations to Germany being decidedly at variance with that expressed at the meeting ot the amlional party at Eisenach . ¦ . _ ... It is stated thatnotwith
A » oxhei * Schamyl . — , - standing the capture of Schamyl , the Caucasus is far fiom being entirely subdued . The Invalide JXuase announces that the mountaineers have another « &ief , named Mahomed Amin , not less intrepid and ¦ finsticai than Schamyl , and who may still resist one xr two winters . The Russian army in the Caucasus , TrMch comprises 60 , 000 men , cannot be reduced for some time to come . Ub War bbtwjbbn Spain astjo Morocco . — letters received from Madrid state that ; the . Era--nerox of Morocco had ratified the . arrangement concerning the frontier line of Melilla ,. and had exjaessed his readiness to give to Spain all the satisrdefection she demanded . _ _ .
. American Items . —Despatches had been received < aft the Department of Statein Washington from Mr , CSampbell , Boundary Commissioner at San Juan . Hie reported everything quiet , and did not apprehend any further difficulty or fighting . He announced lhat negotiations- were broken off between him and the English Commissioner . He maintained that the xaght of the Americans to the island is clear and *© nclusire . , The cricket-match at Montreal , between the 11 English players ^ and 22 Canadians , resulted in favour of the former . The Canadians scored . 85 in their
first innings , and 63 in the second . The English score was 117 in the first innings , and 63 in the second , with nine wickets , to spare ; The English ¦ players were to leave Canada for New York on the 30 th ult ., for the purpose of commencing a match there on the 3 rd inst . Recent advices from Central -America , brought by ^ he North Star , represent -affairs in that qua rter as progressing in a satisfactory manner . The bursting of the Belly bubble was fully confirmed . Sir Wm . Gore Guseley had received his papers , and it was expected he would embark for home immediately on Hhe arrival of his successor .
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LATEST rNDIAN INTELLIGENCE . Telegrams , in advance of the Overland Mail , have l > een received from Aden , dated the 1 st inst . The news from Calcutta is , that the bill for substituting son income tax for the license tax on trades and professions had been severely criticised by the legal members of the Council , and the clause exempting jkLvjI and military officers from the payment of this tax had been rejected , and they are to pay 3 per cent , on their incomes . The Government of Bengal lias ratified the commutation of the land tax . The 1 ) 111 taxing trades and professions passed its second reading , and was referred to a select committee .
The Chamber of Commerce and other bodies have petitioned against it . The Governor-General will proceed on a tour through the North-west Provinces and the Punjaub next month , and , in consequence , an Act lias been passed enabling him to leave Calcutta for theiNorthfrest , retaining full powers , for seven months . The clause in the Criminal Procedure Bill rendering Europeans liable to preliminary investigation before native magistrates , has been success--fully resisted . The latest accounts state that the rebels on the TTepaul frontier are still troublesome ; and we fear we xnay expect unwelcome news for some time to come .
.. Some of the- discharged Europeans have already aHed : the behaviour of all , except the 5 th Regiment / still at Berhamporo ) , has been good . . A large public meeting had been held at Calcutta , to petition Parliament for an inquiry into the affairs of India on the spot . 3 from Ceylon we loam that the Governor has been defeated by a large majority in the Council on the railway question . _
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CHINA . flfiwsr telegrams from Aden announce that there is ¦ ScdnV China to the 10 th August . The Peiho and Canal are blockaded by the British and ships of war ; Captain Vansittart , of the topy / atea on the 17 th : July . Admiral Hope jb ( kfaipua state , and will havo to be invalided , m ^ rlcan Minister was still negotiating about lifoffHo Pekln . Chlng ; King Kang , the oelooyffi ^ H Header ofi the rebels has / boon killed by his << own people .
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FRANCE . Pabis , Thursday , 6 p . m . A good deal of attention has been directed of late to Lord Cowley ' s movements . It was asserted a fortnight ago that he . had gone to Biarritz , but it now appears that this news was premature , and that the British ambassador ' s visit to the Emperor did not actually take place until within the last few days . The combined action of England and France against the Chinese is . now decided upon , and the latter power is fitting out a formidable expedition to join her ally in the chastisement of the celestials ^
There are rumours afloat to the effect that the question of the Duchies will possibly be settled by the Prince de Carignan , cousin to the King of Piedmont , becoming sovereign of those provinces which have voted the annexation . The prince is very popular . It will be remembered that Eugene Sue , whose socialismrenderedhim obnoxious tcfthe French Government , sought a refuge at Nice , in which city he died . Alphonse Karr , one of the most popular French authors of the day , has chosen butnot
the capital : of Savoy for his residence - on political grounds . . Lord Cowley returned to Paris from Biarritz on Sunday morning , and has gone to his seat at Chantilly . Count Walewski had left a few days earlier . Since the departure of the King of the Belgians it has been asserted that his Majesty ' s visit to the Emperor was principally in reference to the loan of . £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling , granted by France to Belgium , the immediate payment of which was rather peremptorily claimed by the former power .
The demolitions advance rapidly , and especially in the quarter of the schools * The students , who will soon return to Paris , as the holidays have nearly expiredr will be surprised " to witness the transformation which the " Quartier Latin has undergone . An ¦ «* English square " is to be formed jh the Marche des Innocents , arid will , when completed , present a most attractive feature in the densely populated and not over salubrious quarter of the Halles . Near the column of Victories , which has
lately been removed to a position of greater advantage , several Indian cane trees have been planted , and are flourishing in great luxuriance even beneath an October sky . A notable project now on foot is the demolition of the great opera in the Rue Lepelletier , the spot celebrated for Orsini ' s attempt on the life of the Emperor . ' It is intended to reconstruct the Opera-house in another and more advantageous position , not far from its present locale .
Some very skilfully-forged Algerian bank notes are in circulation . Investigations are being pursued with the view of detecting the authors of the forgery , of whom no trace can as yet be found . The Monte de Piete has also lately been imposed upon by an individual presenting and obtaining loans upon several ingots apparently of silver , but which , upon being tested , turned out to be composed of base metal . These ingots were valued at £ 40 , but the actual value is only two shillings . The weather still continues very warm for the season : occasionally there are showers of rain , and a few days ago we were visited again by an electric storm .
The death of Mr . Mason , the American ambassador here , is , of course , known in London . His obsequies were celebrated in the American chapel in the Rue de Bercy , in the presence of a numerous congregation . A detachment of 250 troops of the line were in attendance to pay the funereal honours . A meeting of the American residents in Paris is convoked with a view to render the last homage to their distinguished fellow countryman . Mr . Mason was very much esteemed , both in his private character and as a diplomatist . His intimates speak highly of his oratorical gifts , and pronounce him to have been one of the clearest and moat effective speakers ever heard .
A writer in tho l / niver * of the 11 th inst ., signed "Havierde Fontaines , " makes much of the fact that an English fleet is on the look out to protect Gibraltar . Ho evidently wishes that a collision may take place between Great Britain and Spain , and that France may aid her ally of Trafalgar . Tho concluding words of his article are- — " Formerly the sovereigns of Europe formed am alliance called holy against France . Is it more difficult to form a league for the public good against that people whose power resides n these two words . —Division 1 Revolution I" It is not likely that France will allow Spain to occupy territory in . Morocco ,. although less Interested in the matter than England t for , as the London newspapers have observed , a Spanish fortress , in front off Gibraltar would be a standing menace to our coveted possessions .
GERMANY . October 12 th , 1859 . —Now that the unity and re form agitation has , according to all appearance , utteriv spent itself , and sunk into a deathlike swoon , the princes or the clever gentlemen who perform their diplomatic business for them , and exerting themselves to the utmost to make the world believe that they , and thev alone , have overcome the insurrectionary reform movement in mortal combat—the coup de grace beinw » they seem to fancy , the refusal of the Post-debit " ie circulation by the Post Office of those journals which have leht their countenance to the programme of Eisenach . Attentive observers , however , cannot allow them this glory . For neither by their childish protests and threats , nor their persecution of tradesmen who with J innocent patriotism signed declarations ! haw
they contributed to put down this agitation . Long before any attempt at resistance to ; the movement was made by the authorities I foretold , as some of your readers may perchance recollect , the lame conclusion that the movement would have . It originated in national conceit , not in a positive want ; and if the bubble had been left to itself , it would have exploded unperceived and harmless , notwithstanding the unanimity and spasmodic activity of the people in extending its dimensions All interest bad ceased in it two or three weeks ago nor should we have heard anything more about it but for the vain interference of the authorities . The people are now , in fact , tired and ashamed of the ' aJBhir , and there is no need whatever of princely warwhopping and flourishing of tomahawks . We shall , however , verv nrobablv
hear more of the matter if the Government of Hanover and Hessia persist in the course of persecution which they have commenced . On the 6 th inst . a . prosecution was instituted atj Darmstadt against a Counsellor Metz for haying' taken a part in forming the national association . Two Prussian subjects have also been taken into custody upon suspicion of being concerned in the same affair . It need hardly be observed that these proceedings can only tend to stir up the passion of the people . . It is likewise a question whether the Prussian Government will tamfcly allow Prussian subjects to be treated as criminals for such a cause . The great events of the past two weeks have been the opening of the Rhine Bridge at Cologne , and the speech made by the Regent on the occasion : secondly ,
the letter of M . "Von Schleinitz upon the dispatch oi Count Rechberg ; thirdly , a letter said to have been written by the Duke of Saxe Cobourg , in reply to Rechberg ; fourthly , the termination of the sittings of the Congress of political economists at Frankfort . The labours of this Congress have tended to convince every patript that before the princes can be fairly called upon to make sacrifices , the host of guild tradesmen must first make a sacrifice of their selfishness , and allow Germany to be thrown open to all Germans . As things at present stand , France—the asserted natural foe of Germany—offers a fairer field to the German workingman than does his own country ; At the opening of the Rhine Bridge , as well as at the banquet which succeeded ., the Regent expressed his regret that the , King was unable to behold the work which he had commenced crowned with success . The
Prince then spoke of the grief Ins brother ' s continued illness caused him , and the difficulties of his position as Regent at this eventful period . He touched upon the circumstance of his having been obliged to call out the military force of the country , and acknowledged the readiness with which the people submitted to the sacrifice demanded of them . He dilated upon the military power of Prussia , and the weight it carried in the councils of the nations around . In peace and in war they might rely upon it Prussia would maintain her position in tho world . He expressed the hope of a peaceful development of the country , to which the structure now connecting the two bnnks of tho most beautiful river of Germany , if not of Europe , would undoubtedly contribute . There existed no longer a riffht bank and a left bank—they were one and insepar-{
able . He proposed as a toast , ' The City oJ Cologne , " with the wish that the new bridge might prove a benefit , not only to Cologne and the Rhine province , but to the whole land , and to all the tribes that dwelt therein , be their distinguishing appellations what tlwy jmght . These are fine words ; but ,, as I have already stated , patriots are at this moment being persecuted for striving ; o give effect to similar sentiments . The lettor ofM . Von Schleinitz and the reply of the Duke of Saxe Coburg were regarded as doubtful Inst week . Even now it is rumoured that no letter has been written by the Duke , and that the nnewor to Rechberg ' s note by tho Duke ' s Charge d'Affairos at Dresden differs materially from that which hns been made public . The letter of Schleinitz has , howover , been published . Though somewhat stale : it may possibly not be unwelcome to thoso of our readers who follow attentively tho course oi
Gorman nflairs . These documenta ore ot moro importance for theiuturo than for the present . They are , moreover , rather curiosities in their way , with their diplomatic rigmarole and mouthing ambiguity . The Prussian mmwter writes to the following effect : —'' The Iuiperta Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs has been led to addrese a dispatch to the representatives of the Imperial Government at Dresden , fa consequence of an answer given i > y Hie Highness the Duke of Sax Cobourg to an address presented to him by the town of Gptlin . Your Excolonoy will find enclosed a copy of said dispatch , wiuon has Un communicated In confidence to the OaWnet of Berlin . In a dispatch annexed , which anld Ifpwfw Charge : d'AffWres read merely to Count Perponcher my predecessor , the Austrian minister' reiero in genf "" terras to the German Reform movement , nna expteafW » strong deeire to awertata . the sentiments of tho ^ a »» » J of Berlin upon tho question . At tho request of Couni
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 1150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2316/page/10/
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