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    • October 4. 1856.1 THE LEADER. _____ 941

      October 4. 1856.1 THE LEADER. _____ 941

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      ike yellow fever has been committing great ravages in Guiana in an epidemic form" AUSTRIA . A monetary panic exists at the present moment in Austria , owing to a decline ia all kinds of Austrian stock , and to certain measures taien by the Credit and National Banks , the former of which has made a call on tne shareholders for a further payment of tie seventy per cent , of the capital subscribed for before -the time at which it was stipulated that tlie demand should be made ; -while the latter ( the National Bank ) has notified that it has raised the rate of interest " on all discount and loan business" from four to five per cent . The Emperor has been travelling into Hungary , as fai as Temesvar . A squadron of eight Austrian -vessels has arrived at Malta . . . The intentions of Austria with respect to tne affairs ot Naples are not precisely known ; but it seems probable that she disapproves of the contemplated interference of France and England in the internal government of King Ferdinand , and that she has notified this disapproval to the Cabinets of Paris and London . The Emperor and Empress go to Venice , and probably to Milan * in the beginning of November . , ¦ The Emperor has commenced liis travels m Hungary , arid is said to have been well received at Pesth . . ' ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' pbussia . ' : '" ¦¦ ' The Royal Bank of Prussia lias again raised its rate of discount by one per cent . A great drain of silver specie from Prussia to England and Russia , by way of Hamburg , is now taking place ; and it has been resolved "by the directors of the Royal Bank not to take in any bills for discount , the proceeds of which there should l ) e reason to believe would be exported in silver . Tlie bankers of Leipzic , Cologne , and Frankfort have also made the same stop , and have advanced their rate of discount . The latter course has likewise been pursued by the National Bank of Austria . # The late war in the East , while it brought Prussia iio profit by any increased consumption of her manufac tures or otherwise , caused her an outlay o £ 16 , 000 , 000 out of 30 , 000 , 0000 thalers for tlie mere support of her army in a state of " preparedness for war . " The whole of those 30 , 000 , 000 were raised , in hard cash , and the unspent 14 , 000 , 000 are supposed to be still in the hands of the Government . To defray the interest of these 30 , 000 , 000 , the nation has been for these two years and a half paying 25 per cent , increase on its entire direct taxation , the income-tax itself toeing , as must be borne in mind , of very recent introduction . It was also one the results of the war , that , while various branches industry and adventure were crippled , breadstuffs were made dearer by the abstraction of large quantities grain for the wants of distant armies ; then came tad harvests and inundations at home , so that in several parts of Prussia , and hi the north and west of Poland tlie scarcity has amounted as closely as possible to famine ,-while the facilities of railway conveyance and steam navigation , by carrying off the best of meat and all other sorts of provisions , ha . ve fearfully run up price of all that remained , no matter how inferior quality . This deamess has pressed most severely of on the subordinate officials of the Government , whose salaries , without exception , are unconscionably low . The excellent character for integrity and incorruptibility which the Prussian officials have hitherto justly enjoyed has of late years been impaired under tlie pressure high prices and insufficient salaries , as has been m particularly evidenced in the service of the post-office where the theft of inoney-letter 3 some little time back had reached an incredible height ; so that the Govern ment sees itself compelled from this cause , as mueli from the cflbrts of tlie majority of the Hou . se of Deputies to prepare a bill , to be brought in next session , for proving the pecuniary position of its worst paid servants This will cause a very considerable increase of State penditure , for their name is legion . —Times Berlin respondent . The Government has determined to enforce on the cruits in foot regiments , their full term of three years service , which for some time past has been commuted effect , to one year and a half , an injustice being done to the cavalry , the men in whicli were not similarly indulged . The army will not be reduced to its condi tion before the war , the Government choosing to main tain it in a state of effectiveness on a large scale . King has also decreed , without proposing any reference to the Chambers , that the retiring pension of generals shall be higher than the three thousand thalers at it was fixed at the time of the revolution . In connexion with this strengthening of the there are various rumours to the effect that Prussia bigns to march an army into No . ufchatel for the recovery of that territory , -which belonged to her up to the Intionary era of 1848 ; and it is added tliat the object Count Hatzfeldt ' s visit to the Emperor of the French llinrrit / . is to procure his permission for Prussian to march through French territory in order to tlie disputed province . Another rumour ( fathered Jji Nord ) states that Count llatzfeldt ia negotiating a cession of Ncufchdtel to Franco in exchange portion of land of similar extent adjoining the French frontier at Saarbrllcken ; but these statements

      are £ j us .. ra « i * u yet say . ? nei ac m c lat situ OIU : raP U P ° -n _ P & co mu ™ « er ^ . . ™" " ^ ^ ^_ q M , iQ ru rfi tu dj - gi tli d « cc pi m e- < of ti of t < p of a I , t a r ri a the f in all i 1 of 1 ore i , 1 - as , im- .-ex-Corre- ' , in thus - - The which forces , derevoof at troops occupy by for for n . Prussoare of course not reliable , though worth a passing notice , the ii Russia and Austria have recognized the alleged right of mone Prussia to the territory in question . The trial of the Th insurrectionists by the Swiss Federal authorities has not mans yet taken place ; but , "for the sake of the prisoners , " ThoS ' says a writer from Berlin , " it is very desirable that ehricl their fate should be decided without delay , for they are panie at present , to the number of about three hundred , kept Burn in confinement in a church , without fire , without venti- expr < lation , and without any accommodation for the neces- lates si ties of nature ; while the peasantry at liberty , who are Cath only suspected of Royalist sympathies , are being ruined rious rapidly by numbers of Swiss Federal troops quartered the upon them . " J _ ° P < ; BELGIUM . Arch The Belgian Government is at present engaged in a mati series of scientific inquiries , with a view to a vigorous adva prosecution of the deep-sea fishery on the east coast of Tl Scotland . Beyond certain limits , foreigners are per- fled mitted to fish on the British coasts , and Belgium is'dc- drav termined to take advantage of the tracks by which the the c herrings reach the Scotch shores in order to dep-osit their Tl spawn . A few weeks ago " , the officers of the Atalanta , with in pursuing their inquiries off the Orkney Islands , fell in thor with a shoal of herrings ; information was speedily com- polil municated to the nearest Belgian boat on the coast , the witr fishermen in which proceeded to the spot where the fish or t wereseen , and at the first haul their deep-sea nets got beei sixty barrels of fish of the finest quality . The Belgian said Government is determined , therefore , to take advantage dire . of the wealthy mine thus opened . . nan . ¦ . ¦ - . - ' ¦ : ¦ . ¦ • • ¦ . " n DKSMARK . len All the Ministers of the King , with the exception of u ' i M . Scheele , have resigned . The real cause of this split of ^ i in the Cabinet is not yet known , but it is very generally he 1 rumoured that it is connected with certain proposals for gav ' changing the law of succession in order to unite even- ^ I tually the three Scandinavian kingdoms Tinder one ^ dynasty . be I SWEDEN . Jm ] A mixed commission of six Swedes and six Norwe- tor ) gians ha 3 been . appointed-to . meet at Christiania , under jtg r the presidency of the Norwegian Viceroy ^ for the better ^ e determination of the act of union between the two h ^ e countries . Among other uncertainties , tlie mutual ^ s obligations of " the two countries in time of war are still ag e undefined . This might prove a serious danger in the ¦ ¦ ' 1 event of hostilities . . ¦ am t ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ ' - ¦ ¦ " : ; KUSSIA . . '¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ .. . ¦ rea e The first division of the Russian squadron of evplu- ar ( ) f tions , under Vice-Admiral Schantz , has received orders ) f to be ready for sea . Its destination is said to be theBay . . c pf Naples , and its presence there is no doubt intended as ta H" a demonstration in favour of the King and against tQ d France arid England . q il The disagreement with Russia respecting Bolgrad and i , the Isle of Serpents has led to the adoption of some ° a rather hostile movements on the part of England . Ad- ^ id miial Houston Stewart is to return to the Black Sea , ¦ id and the squadron of Admiral Lyons' is to receive rein- fQ ie forcements . ' ¦ . '•¦ ' w in The dinner of the Czar to the people has taken place . tl ] ill SO ITALY . lie It is said that a schism has recently manifested itself ' ty in the councils of the Viceregal Government at Milan cd between the civil and military authorities , the former of being advocates of mild government and conciliatory re measures , while the latter maintain the necessity of : e , holding Italy as a conquered country , ck The Papal Government ( says the Times Turin corren- spondent ) is taking active measures to suppress all such q as expressions of opinion as lately emanated from the es , municipal councils of Bologna and Ravenna . Monsigm- nor Bernardi , ' - the friend and undcr-secretary of Cardinal its .- Antonelli , who was lately sent to Bologna to aid Mon-! x- signor Amici , the delegate thero , with his advice , has c or- now started on a tour through the Romagna and the . t Marches , charged , as I understand , with the mission of t re- counselling the delegates to prevent or postpone by any irs' means in their power tho meetings of the municipal 1 , in councils , and on no account to recognizo officially such i iius addresses as the councils of Bologna and Kavenna prerly sented . At Pesuro , a small town on the Adriatic , a 1 idi- curious sceno is reported to have occurred a few days ago . tin- The delegate had received orders from Rome to collect L'ho the taxes on trades and professions in his district , and , nco in conformity with those instructions , lie caused notices rals to be posted up on the walls of tho town , warning tlie lich inhabitants that they would bo called upon to pay tlie tax forthwith , together with tho arrears clue from former ccs , years ; for it appear * that , although this tax haa been de- decreed for some years past , it lias not been possible to ,-ery collect it on account of tho violent opposition of the jvo- people in somo instances , and on account , of their utter jt of inability to pay in others . On this occasion , the people li at of Pesnro seem to have como to the determination of lops offering a passive resistance to the demands of thn (» o-; upy vernment , the only active demonstration they mario being I by the taking down of Rome of tho notices and biasing the ; for troops ( part of a Papnl Swiss regiment , but not those in or a motley ) that were called out to assist the tax gatherers ; isso- and so effective did this opposition prove with tho delclents gato , that ore midday ho withdrew his forces , and left the money The mans Those enriched panied Burman lates Catholic rious the Pope matic The fied draw the with thorized political witness or been said direct name " ~ length f up f of r he * say " the be " its r d' \ had \ ever as e and ~ are 3 ¦ st to " the ! a > the n ~ : e > the , < , has ' Cr rv of l r [ f J of i ( ' ° ° ~ on- has the of my pnl uch ¦ > re- > a II ™ lect iml ices tlie the mer > ccn G to the Uter ¦ 01 ile n of ( Jo- i « in « - tlie ; 3 e in row dele- L left

      inhabitants in possession of the field—and of their . Pope has received from the Emperor of the liurrich presents brought to him by a missionary . presents consist of a chalice of solid gold , a cross with precious stones , and valuable rings , accomby a letter in which the Catholics inhabiting the Empire convey to the chief of tieir Church the expression of their attachment . The cardinals and prebelonging to the Congregation of Extraordinary Affaire have lately met at Rome to consider vaquestions connected with the religious affairs in East . The Sultan has made propositions ; to the , through the medium of Monsignor Hassoun , Latin Archbishop of Constantinople , for establishing diplorelations with Rome , which would be extreinely advantageous to the Catholics of the Ottoman Enipire . _ Governments of Parma and Modena have signito the Cabinet of Yienna their intention to withfrom the Customs League , which will expire in course of the present month . There-examination of Captain Acuti in connexion the statement he had made that the King had au- . the illegal lashing of some of the Neapolitan prisoners , took place on the 23 rd ult ., when the . ,- " said that either he had misunderstood the court , the court had misunderstood him , but that it had his intention to say exactly what the court had . His meaning was , not that lie had received a order from the King , but from the Minister in the of the King , and that such an order was called a rescript of the 4 th class . " The political trials have at been concluded , the Attorney-General summing the case for the Crown on the 24 th . Against three the prisoners—Mortati , Avitabile , and the priestdeclared the proofs to be insufficient . " Theothers , " s the Times correspondent , " will probably be condemned to perpetual exile ; but this will remain for consideration of the judges . Already , however , it remembered , they have suffered fourteen months ' imprisonment . In the course of his speech , the Attorney-General denounced twice , as . revolutionary in character and tendencies , a work by Massimo Azeglio , entitled / Lamenti dei Lom . ba . rdi . This book been found in the cell of Padre Ruggiero . Wheiir the term ' liberal' was introduced , it was evidently a term of opprobrium . " Orders have been sent to Verona for several regiments some batteries of artillery to hold themselves in readines 3 (» to march at a moment ' s notice . These troops destined to reinforce those now in the Legations . The Swiss troops employed by the Pope are said to be greatly disaffected , and several desertions have recently taken place . This is not the only source of uneasinessthe Papal Government . The all-powerful position of Cardinal Antonelli is viewed with great jealousy by a great many of the Cardinals , who object , among other ' things , tohisupholdiugtlie monopoly of corn , by which price of bread is made exceedingly high . Some of malcontents recently brought tueir grievances before the Pope , by means of Cardinal d'Andrea ; but he would not listen to the complaint , and sharply reproved Cardinal . ' A regularly organized confraternity of depredators just been discovered in Yelletri , a large town eight and twenty miles from Home , on the high road to Naples , and situated between the forest of Fajola and the Pontine marshes , both traditional strongholds of - ¦ ¦ " i tT ' is rumoured that , should France and England persevere in sending an expedition to Naples , Austria will secretlv cet up republican insurrections in various parts Italy , in ordeT t 0 show tae Allies thc ( lan er oE rousing the populace ! SPAIN . Tho Government has determined to re-establish the original limits of the Spanish territory touikI the presidioj and fortifications still retained by Spain on the coast of the Riff . An expedition will shortly be sent out . A Cadiz journal announces that the sequestration on the property of the Queen-inother is to be shortly rcmoved . . It id now stated that all the ministers at first agreed to the project of law with respect to Church property which tho Queen-has successfully opposed , and that it was only on hearing of that opposition that Rios Rosas , and the ministers who acted with him , resolved to scpnrate themselves from the policy of O'Donncll and Cuntero . , . The ¦ ¦ commission appointed to draw up the project ot law on thu Council of State has completed its task , fho project , unanimously adopted by the committee , will be shortly submitted to tho approbation of the Government . It nxes the number of Councillors of State at thirtythree . Thc Government will be authorized to dispose ot one-sixth of that number , to employ them on diplomatic iniHHiona abroad , or avail itself of their services in tho interior . Tho council m to be divided into as many sections as thore are ministerial departments . The Spaniards on tho African coast have had an cncounter with the Riff pirates , provoked by the savages themselves , who were signally defeated , with a loss ol forty-two killed . Tho Spanish loss was very Hmall . A person named Mora has been arrested and mi-

      October 4. 1856.1 The Leader. _____ 941

      October 4 . 1856 . 1 THE LEADER . _____ 941

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 4, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04101856/page/5/