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      Continental Notes. Lours Napoleon And Hi...

      the squadron , and six of the above vessels havo already arrived there . The French journals have received a fresh caution not to report trials in prosecutions of the press . They are to confine their summaries strictly tp the text of the judg-i inent , and to indulge in no comment whatever . The first detachment of pilgrims departed from Marseilles for the Holy Land on the 22 nd ult . The Moriiteur declares that they belonged to the highest families , but prudently abstains from giving their names . Pilgrimages , and other church afFairs , are all the fashion in France at present . L'Impartial , of Boulogne , enlarges upon the numerous pilgrimages to our Lady of Boulogne , and the Gazette de France publishes an elaborate account of the principal church bells of the empire .

      Great excitement has prevailed in the corn-market at Odessa . Depots were established in the open air . Foreign Governments , especially the French , were making large purchases . The stoppage of the bar of th-j Danubo at Sulina is causing a severe loss of shipping . The Journal du Midi announces that a certain M . X has left a legacy of 20 , 000 f . to the editor , upon condition that a detailed biography of the testator appear in that journal . As it does not appear that any stipulation has been made as to the biography being eulogistical , the editor may clearly accept the legacy—and speak his own inind freely .

      La Presse notices the military celebration now going on in Prussia as follows : — " For some days the Prussian journals have brought us pompous accounts of all sorts of demonstrations , which France would be entitled to coneider misplaced . On the 23 rd of August it was the celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Grossbeeren , won in 1813 against Marshal Oudinot and General ltegnier . Presently we are to have a vast display on the occasion of the inauguration of the monument to Blucher at Krublowitz , in Silesia . When France abstains from celebrating the anniversary of the battle of Jena , and even England seems to have given up feting the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo , we may fairly ask what Prussia means bv such demonstrations . "

      The ex-Queen of the French is about to visit her son , the Due do Montpensier , in Spain . A grand evangelical assembly is to take place at Berlin next month . It is intended to be a Protestant demonstration , in opposition to the spread of llomanism in Prussia . Count de Montalembert has just published in the Correspondant ( Paris religious journal ) a long and eloquent article on M . Juan Donoso Cortes , Marquis de Valuegagamas , late Spanish Ambassador in Paris . The Assemble ' e Nationale has copied the article in full , and its example has been followed by one or two of the other journals .

      The Times correspondent takes much pains to expose its inaccuracy in relation of facts . Regarding the character of Donoso Cortes , the critic says : —It is not exactly eorrcct that Donoso Cortes , virtuous , high-minded , and noble as we may admit him to bo , was so utterly indifferent to temporal rewards for his great merits as one would conclude from . M . de Montalembert's sketch . lie took , no doubt from conviction , what turned out to be the more successful side of the question of the Spanish marriages . His exertions were very great , and his speeches in tho Congress of Deputies powerful . His zeal was recompensed with tho title of Marquis of Valdegamas from tho Queen of Spain ( how her share of tho " ¦ Spanish marriages" turned all tho world knows ); tho Cross of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour from Louis Philippo ; and , I believe , that of Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic , with tho title of Excellency as a matter of course , from his own Government ; and I never heard anybody say that ho had to bo forced to accept them .

      In tho Pans correspondence of tho Chronicle wo find the following account of tho ultimate conditions of peace laid down by the Sultan : — " First , that tho Ambassador to bo sent to St . Petersburg should not leave Constantinople till after the order for the evacuation of tho Principalities Dhould have been despatched from St . Petersburg ; and secondly , thai , a declaration fihould be made bv the Four great Powers , guaranteeing Turkey against any further exigencies on tlio part of liu .-ma . Theso two conditions tho Porto insists upon as a . sine qua non , notwithstanding tho joint remonstrances and explanations of all tho representatives . ""

      At Boulogne the Jtiinporor s employes avo preparing n " popular" reception for their master . He is expected there on the ( ith . ( Tlio London steam companies advertise tho fact in loud placards through town . )

      846 The Leader. [Saturday ,

      846 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

      Wo Read In The Journal Do .Liritxc.Llcs ...

      Wo read in the Journal do . liritxc . llcs : — "I us Holiness Popo Pius IX . has just senf ; to tho Duko do Brabant a fragment of the wood of the manger which formed tho crndlo of our Saviour . In tlio privato audionco , which Mgr . Gonolla obtained , in order to present this precious relie , bin roynl highness was much ail ' eeted at tho present mado to him by tlio Pope . " It is HtAtod thiit the reigning Duko of Brunswick , who hafl no issue , in about ( o abdicate . Tho titular Duke , ho

      long notorioiiH in London and Pans , in debarred from tho micocHHion , having been deprived of his Duchy by tho Germanic Diot . The consequences of the projected abdication of tho present Duko will be , commercially as well as politically , important . The Duchy of Urunnwiek is merged in the Kingdom of Hanover , which thereby becomes nearly an large a . s Saxony . On tho anniversary of ihofiUo of ( ho Fronch Emperor , a grand linnquot was given at tlie French Embassy at Athens . AH the niemborn of the diplomatic corps , and

      tho officers oft ho Fruncli ships ol war m port , wore m . went . Tho health of Mm Emperor wan propound by M . PaicOH , the Minister of Foreign Affairs ; and tho toast ol tlio EmpretiB was given by tho British Minister , Mr . WyBc .

      Letters From Ohlcihi Stato Mint Queen Vi...

      Letters from OhLcihI stato Mint Queen Victoria intends mnkiii" an oNcm-nion to that town , to return tho visit of tho Belgian Royal family , and oongratulato tho Duko and Puchouw of Brabant on thoir marriage ,

      The Belgian wedding festivities oro not yet over . The Zing of the Belgians , accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Brabant , the Count de Flandre , and the Princess Charlotte , left Brussels on Tuesday for Bruges , where splendid fetes were to be given in honour of the recent marriage . ' « There is a rumour that the Federal Council of . Switzerland contemp late an extensive plan of fortification on their Italian' frontier . Colonel Bourgeois } M . Ochsenbein , General Du'four , and Colonel Zeigler , were . at Bellinzona on the 18 th : M . Ochsenbein is the Swiss Minister at War .

      In The Early Part Of August The Governor...

      In the early part of August the Governor-General of the Lombardo-Venetian provinces prohibited the exportation of corn and flour from Lombardy . The federal council consider this measure , in so far as Switzerland is concerned , a manifest infraction of the treaties of 1818 , which stipulate that the cantons of Ticino and the Grisons shall be free to buy corn in Lombardy within the limit of 70 , 000 measures for Ticino and 6000 for the Grisons . The Swiss charge d ' affaires at Vienna has received orders to insist upon the strict and loyal fulfilment of existing treaties .

      The Government Of Electoral Hesse Has Hi...

      The government of electoral Hesse has hitherto attempted to check the increasing emigration of its subjects , with but indifferent success . Leave to emigrate was only given to such as were free from the obligation to military service . But so long as the adjoining states gave no assistance evasion was easy . The Prussian , Hanoverian , Ducal Hessian , and Brunswick governments , however , have at last issued orders to the heads of their police to aid the government of Electoral Hesse in dragging back such of its subjects as emigrate without a permit . The mitigation of martial law in the Lombardo-Venetian provinces would seem to be merely nominal . Not only political offences , but murder and cognate offences , may still bo referred to military courts . The political police , too , is still to bo left to the military authorities . The seats of the military tribunals for Lombardy are Milan and Mantua ; for the Venetian territory , Verona and Udine . Uadefczky continues at the head of affairs .

      la the Vienna Gazette of the 26 th . ult ., twenty-two persons are sentenced , by the military tribunal , to various punishments for high treason . The revised customs-tariff is about to be laid before the Emperor of Austria for signature . The Lloyd informs us that , when tho revised tariff is published , the last trace of the prohibitive system will have disappeared . This must not be taken literall y ^ Colonel Ituff is said to have brought from Constantinople to Vienna an autograph letter of the Sultan ' s , thanking the Emperor of Austria for Ms good offices in the dispute with liussia . The Emperor , on the other hand , is reported to _ have written to the Sultan urging his prompt acceptance of tho Vienna Note , and threatening to Avithdraw from the intervention in case of further delay . The Grand Duke of Tuscany has forbidden his subjects to subscribe to the monument to Gioberti .

      Tho Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 22 nd quotes a letter from La Spezia , stating that Captain Ingraham , of the St . Lo 7 iis United States frigate , which had arrived there , received an ovation from tho inhabitants of that placo on the preceding day for his conduct at Smyrna . A number of boats with bands of music surrounded tho vessel , while a deputation , presonted a flattering address to tho captain . Tho Roman correspondent of the Daily News details insuccessivo letters tho circumstances connected with tho arrest of a number of persons supposed to bo preparing for a popular outbreak . Of theso the principal is tho advdbato Petroni of Bologna , a man devoted heart and soul to the republican cause , and late president of tho

      Mazzinian committee in this city . In his hiding-place , a quantity of correspondence , revealing tho entire plans of tho party , is said to have been discovered . Among the number arrested arc lioselli , brother of the General ; Pict . ro Ituiz , accountant , and his gouvemunte , Caterina Baracchini ; Antonio Pnlma and Giovanni Erniliani , two emissaries , who took refuge in vain under a French officer ' s bed ; Enrico Ituspoli , of the princely house of that name , taken to prison on a litter , having brokon his arm in a full ; Casciani , son of the Major of tho Pnlatino guard ; ( . 'laudini Lepri , accused of having walked

      arm-inarm with tho refugees subsequently arrested ; and Kidolfb Lepri , her son—tho father having escaped by the wellropo from the kitchen window , and fled in his shirt through Prince Piombino ' H stables . Tho alleged discovery , and these numerous arrests , is ascribed to t . ho information of one Catonaeci , a returned fugitive ; wIioho trepidation led , in the first instance , lo bin own apprehension , and his fenrn or cupidity to Mm revelation ho has been induced to make . —Tho Government liavo appointed a commission for tin . trial of tlio conspirators , and made several additional arrests in different , parts of tho Papal Slates .

      There liavo been rather Norious riots at Genoa , in consequence of a rino in tho price of grain . Several shops were attacked by the populace , consisting chiefly of women , pome of whom have been arrested . T \ vo companies of the National Guard were called out , and small dotnchmont . n of troops wero placed near the shops which had boon attacked . The Mayor has innuod a proclamation ( stating that the prico in that oily was lower 'thai * that of other markets . At , Liege c . iniilar riots hnvo taken place , and popular dinturlmiices havo , alno occurred jit Bi'uhkoIm . There in general unouMinoNH throughout tho Continent ., arising from tho hiffh prico of bread . There haw been a meeting of tlio people at . Lausanne , to take Mio matter into Horious consideration .

      'Lho Turkish fortifications on tho Danube continue- to bo pushed forward with activity . In t . ho Dobrodja , in tho environs of Shuinla , and especially in lho dolilos of tho Balkan , redoubts are being constructed , it is mud io tho nuinbor of 200 . Perfect tranquillity continues in Constantinople , though a fltrong and bittor fooling has Jattorly

      arisen against what is termed the faithlessness of the allies of Turkey . Letters from Odessa of the 20 th of August state that an extraordinary activity reigns in the grain market . The stores were not sufficiently large for the quantiti es of co rn brought to the place , and it had been found necessary to establish depots in the open nir . *; Austria interfered , in ' 48 , between Denmark and the Duchies , that it might counteract the influence of Prussia in the north . It now demands sis millions expenses from the Danish Government ! The Trieste Gazette says— " M . de Fock , the Russian Consul-General in Egypt , has received orders , it is said from his Government toquit . that country , inconseq uence * of the participation of the Viceroy in the Turco-Russiaa difference . "

      The Princess Belgioso , who since the Milan revolution has lived secluded in a village of Asia Minor , has been nearly assassinated by an Italian . She received seven wounds , but nevertheless survives . The would-be assasin has been arrested and taken to Constantinople . It is asserted that the Sultan intends declaring the independence of Moldavia , Wallachia , Servia , and Montenegro , and that these provinces shall form a confederation under the protection of the Four great Powers . The following is the Vienna note , with the alterations

      suggested by the Sultan . The words proposed to be omitted are printed in Italics , and the words to be substituted are appended at foot : — His Majesty the Sultan , having nothing more at heart than to re-establish between himself and his Majesty tho Emperor t he relations of good neighbourhood and perfect amity , which have unfortunately been weakened by recent and disagreeable complications , has betaken himself diligently to the task of seeking means whereby to efface the trace 3 of these various incidents .

      The Sublime Porte is happy to be able to communicate to his Excellency Count Nesselrode a supreme Irad < 5 r which gives publicity to the result of those labours . If the Emperors of Russia have on all occasions evinced their active care for the maintenance of the immunities ani privilege * of the orthodox Greek church , xvithin the limit * of the Ottoman Empire ; the Stdtans , on their part , ham never refused to ( 1 ) confirm them anew by solemn acts which testify their old-and enduring benevolence towards

      their Christian subjects . His Majesty the Sultan Abdul Medjid , now reigning , is animated by the same sentiments , and—desirous to give to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia a personal proof of his sincere friendship—he has listened to nothing but his unbounded confidence in the distinguished qualities of his august friend and ally , and has condescended to take into serious consideration the representations ( 2 ) of which hia Excellency Prince Menschikoff has been made the medium of communication to the Sublime Porte .

      The undersigned has in consequence received orders to declare by these presents that the Government of his Majesty the Sultan will remain faithful to tho letter and tho spirit of the stipulations in the treaties Kiiscuik , Kainarji ( 3 ) , and Ad \ ianople , relating to the protection of Christian worship ( 4 ) , and that his Majesty considers himself bound in honour to cause to be respected , now and in future , tho enjoyment of spiritual privileges , which have been conceded by the august ancestors of his Majesty to the orthodox Church of the East , and which are now confirmed by him ; and , moreover , to make the Greek ritual participate , in an cquitablo spirit , in tho advantages conceded to other Christians by any convention or special ordinance ( 6 ) . to

      As tho Imperial firman which has just been granted tho Greek patriarch and clergy , and which contains the confirmation of thoir spiritual privileges , will of courso bo regarded as a new proof of those generous sen timents—ana ns , moreover , the promulgation of this firman affords a guarantee which will dispel for ever all fear with regard to tho ritual which is the religion of H . M . tho Emperor ot liussia , I am happy to bo charged with tho duty ot making the prosent intimation . As for tho guarantee lor the future , nothing will bo altered in tho visitation ot Jerusalem ; it is regulated by the firman issued by th « Hatti Hunmyon , on tho 16 th of tho month of l «> bbi Ulakir , 1208 ( February , 1852 ) , and explained and confirmed by tho firmans of , and the intention of Jl-M--tho Sultan is to cause his sovereign decision to bo ontorcct

      without any alteration . . Tho Sublime Porte , moreover , promises spon taneously that no modification v / ill bo introduced in tho estabhsneu wtato of affairs without a previous understanding with tlio governments of Russia and Franco , and without prejudice for tho various Christian communities . . . In tho event of the Imperial Court of Russia making : such a request a proper locality will bo assigned in tho ci v of Jerusalem , or its environs , for tho erection of a cllU f Hot apart for tho celebration of divino sorvico by JtusHin ecclesiastics , and of an hospital for tho indigent or Hick 1 » - grims of tho oamo nation . . Tho Sublime Porto engages to subscribe a formal < loc » - mont to thin effect ., which will plaoo thoso piouB < m t ( l ; "J £ jj " ments under tlio especial mipervision of tho general con lato of Kuhhiu in Syria and Palestine .

      ( Tho undersigned , & o . ) ( 1 . ) Tho Sultans have novor ceasod to keep waJoh on «>« maintenance of t . ho ininjumities and privilogoa ol t »' ' fillip and this church in the Ottoman empire , and to firm them anew by solemn acts , which attested , & c-S 2 . ) Tho communication . ., t a f : } . ) Of KuLshuk and Kainardji , confirmed by tllfl \ ;„ Adrianoplo , relating to tho protection of Christian wo »» i by tho Porto . ( 4 . ) And to notify that H . M . tho Sultan . , i ( f > . ) In tho advantages granted , or which shall bo gran " to other Christian communities of Ottoman tmb jcols . Tho cholera makes proproHH » ' » U 1 " Nor ( ' of ^ i" ^! . ) - It is Htill active in Norway and Sweden . It has aim' ) , pearod in Berlin ; whoro out of thirty-four poroonu ""^ twcnty-JIvo died ,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1853, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03091853/page/6/