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    through Messrs . Thomson , Bonar , and Co . of ^ fc . Petersburg , and M . Magnus , the banker , of Berlin . No subscriber to the loan is to be allotted less than 100 Z or rrtore than i ; 0 ' O 0 Z . of the debt . The new loan was done at 71 in St . Petersburg . . From Paris it is positively announced that the representative of Russia at the _ ensuing Congress will be Prince Gortschakoff . The Nord pretends that the right to preside over the Congress ^ will belong to Russia , because it was convoked by her . There is no diplomatic precedent to support this assumption . If the meeting were to be held in the territory of either of the five great powers , the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the country in which the plenipotehtaries assembled would , as a matter of course , take the chair . m . A despatch , dated , St . Petersburg , April 6 , says that according to private advices received from Kiachta , in the Governmental district Irkutsk on the Chinese frontier , famine is prevailing m the southern part of China .

    effect of the operation to the relics of the blood of St . Luigi , which are said to have been applied by a priest called Baccher , and others attribute it to ' the stick of St . Gaetano . The King so far revived that the Grand Duke Cohstantine was presented to him , and on the same day Filangieri had a long conference with his Majesty . On the following night , however , the King became much worse , and the medical men were compelled to order restoratives in consequence of his weakness . Since then advices have been received of the 2 rcd inst ., which state that the strength of the King is continually declining * and the news of his condition caused a fall of 4 fr . in the public funds during two days . Since the commencement of this year the fall has been 10 fr . The Queen has despatched Prince Carini on a diplomatic mission to Berlin . The armaments are still going on , and three vessels have left Naples laden with shot for Sicily . The troops garrisoning the citadel of Syracuse have recently been reinforced . A rumour is current that a commercial message has been : received at Marseilles from Sicily , announcing that foreign corn will be admitted into that country free cf duty . TURKEY . Constantinople journals and letters to the 25 th ult . state that Ali Pacha , the Grand Vizier , had entered on a state of convalescence , but that a retirement from the fatigues of office for two or three months would be necessary to ensure his entire recovery . Ali Pacha had expressed a wish to resign , but the Sultan would not consent , and Fiiad Pacha will continue the ad interim direction of the affairs of the Grand . Vizier ' s post . The : news of the intended meeting of a congress was received with great satisfaction in the Turkish capital , where serious fears of a European Avar had been at one time entertained . The marriage . between the Sultana Fatima ( widow of Ali Ghalib ) and Noury Pacha has taken place . The young bridegroom was coming down the Bosphorus when his caique struck upon a sunken snag of rock , and being stove in by the shock , began to fill rapidly . Fortunately the shore was only a few yards off , and the occupants of the little barge , therefore , managed to reach terra firma up to their knees in water . Had the accident occurred in mid-clianne ] , poor Fatima would have been once more in the matrimonial market . . A despatch , dated Constantinople , 2 nd inst ; , states that two steamers with troops had left for Varna . The former Kapukiaja Aristarchi had been appointed Governor of Samds . A fanatical agitation prevailed at Smyrna against the Jews , caused by the murder of a Frenchman in the Jews' quarter . The Customs had been farmed out to the banker Missirloglu for thirty-three millions per year .

    PRUSSIA . A book has been published in Berlin bearing the title " The Urgency of Saving Europe from " the Clutches of Military Despotism , and the Means to Effect it " It i s written by Schuttre Bonder , and dedicated to Chevalier Bunsen . It shows the inevitable result of the uninterrupted increase of standing armies , and proposes mutual disarmament . Articles and letters to the editors in the same sense begin to make their appearance in the journals of Prussia , the most military country in Europe .

    an advance of nearly the whole of his fortune . His nephew , the reigning Duke of Mbdena , gives six millions of zwahzigers , and the Molza family one million and a half , besides an equal sum which they wilt ad--rance under the guarantee of the Grand Duke . It is not yet known what subscriptions will be made by the King of Naples and the Grand Duke of "Tuscany . , , The Memorial Diplomatique says that it has reason to know that Austria has made no objection to the admission of Piedmont to the Congress , if the same permission be extended to all tne Italian states . With respect to the evacuation of Rome , it is stated -that Count Buol has given an assurance that the Imperial Government will immediately occupy itself with the regulation of the details in concert with the Holy See and the court of the Tuileries .

    We read in the Austrian Gazette : " For us the congress is but a secondary affair ; the capital point is that the armaments should cease . The congress cannot meet for a month , and its deliberations will last at least two months more . Are we to be spending our money all this while in armaments Tifhich will be of course highly useful if we are to fight , but superfluous in the contrary case ? What matters it to us that Sardinia promises not to attack us ? we know perfectly well that Sardinia is nothing tut a French advanced post , and that she servilely obey all orders that come from Paris . Sardinia s intention is to excite insurrection and to second the rising by her army . It would seem that ever since January 1 , France is carrying on a financial war -with us . It is essential above all things , that a stop be put to this perfidious warfare / ' .

    The Independance Beige shrewdly remarks on the phenomenon presented by the contradictory reports on the state of negotiations for preventing a war between France and Austria . Our contemporary says : — " The accounts in favour of peace come to us from London , Berlin , and St . Petersburg ; while those of an opposite character are invariably dated from Vienna or from Paris . " The letters published by the Independancg from this last-named city , coming from different sources , agree in representations very discouraging to the hopes of peace They reiterate the assertion that Austria makes the disarming of Piedmont an absolute condition of the Congress .

    SARDINIA . The Courrier du Dimanche gives an analysis of a dispatch addressed to the diplomatic agents of Piedmont at foreign courts , by Count Cavour , in which Jie complains in a high tone of the intended exclusion of Piedmont from the Congress , and refers to the great sacrifices she made in aid of the cause of the Western Powers during the Crimean war . He says that Piedmont was called upon to take part in the Paris Congress for concluding a peace , and also in the Paris Conferences on the Danubian Principalities—questions in which she had no interest , and he cannot see any reason why she Should be excluded now when her own existence is at stake .

    Count Cavour arrived in Turin on the 2 nd of April , and was met at the station by a number of coffee-house politicians , who -were eager to read his countenance for news ; but there was nothing to be gleaned from the perusal . He bad a long interview with the King in the course of" the morning . A deputation of workmen and students went to him as representatives of . the crowd shouting their vivas under his window . To . this deputation the Count addressed a short speech , expressing his confidence that the youth of Italy would be unanimous in braving the dangers of the future . A Turin letter in the Moyd of Pesth says : — «• You have , perhaps , heard that , in the event of war breaking out , the intention is to transfer the seat of

    government from Turin to Genoa . At the end of February a grand council of war was held in this capital , the King presiding y and among other questions discussed was one as to whether the fortified line of Alessandria , Torlona , and Casale would suffice for the defence of Turin . The reply was not favourable , for General La Marmora , the Minister of War , and Generals FanU and Ciuldini , expressed the opinion that the enemy might leave those places untouched , and , by passing by Oleggio , Bella , and Chivasso , march on Turin . It was , in consequence , decided that , should war ensue , the Government would remove to Genoa , and orders were given to fortify as promptly as possible Novi and Busnla , two important passes in the mountains on the road from Turin to that oity . "

    RUSSIA , , Tlie Gaxette oj the Senate of Tuosdny publishes an imperial decree for the issue of bonds for rentes \ Cohlinationa de rente ) , bearing Interest at 4 per cent ., which bonds are allowed to bo purchased both by Russian and foreign subjects . The bonds issued arc to be for the following values — namely , S 1 I 0 , 500 , 1 , 000 , 6 , 000 10 , 000 and 100 , 000 roubles . QDhe following day there appeared nn Imperial ' XJicaae for tho loan of 12 , 000 , 000 / . at 3 per con . * , * fliG Ukase states that tho loan has been concluded

    GERMANY . News from Hanover states that the French Ambassador was recently obliged to quitrthe Theatre Royal in consequence of an anti-French demonstration of the audience . The Roj'al family was present at the time . The Chambers and even the theatres in the minor spates of Germany are made the scene of demonstrations for German national unity , and for resistance to French encroachment . In Prussia alone do the Government , the Landtag , the press , and the people continue to show the most dignified reserve and moderation .

    SPAIN . ' The Conservative members of the Spanish Senate , who , on the occasion of the dispute between the President and Serior Collanges , had withdrawn altogether from the exercise of their legislative functions , and thought it wiser to settle down inactively , have now changed their minds , and have made their eappearance in public life .

    TUSCANY . Volunteering for the Sardinian army is going on rapidly , both on account of the small distance from the coast of Genoa , and also because the Government is too weak and irresolute to oppose any serious obstacle to this universal exodus . 150 volunteers left in one evening from Pisa ; 200 marched off in . . a body from Lucca ; at Florence several hundreds , amongst them youths of the noblest and wealthiest families , have left the luxuries of their homes to enlist as private soldiers in the Piedmontese regiments .

    ROME . The Prince of Wales and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe are still in Rome . . The French Ambassador , Duke de Grammont , has given a dinner to the Marquis d'Azeglio and other Piedmontese notabilities resident in Rome . The Marquis has been recalled by telegraph to Turin . ,, More than 300 volunteers for the Piedmonteso army had left Rome before the 17 th of March . Considering that Ronie boasts a prelate , priest , or monk for every twenty-one inhabitants , that the rest , of the populatipn is' mainly made up of servants of priests , couriers , waiters , and swarms of beggars , such a contingent from such a city is by no means

    to be despised . Funds have been subscribed mHome not only to favour the departure of these , volunteers , but also for a gift of war horses to Piedmont , in imitation of tlie Tuscans , who have mounted fifty Piedmontese troopers at their own expense . At Perugia , a town bordering on the Tuscan frontier , and distinguished at all times for its daring as well as for its detestation of the temporal power of the Pope ; not only \ yove there from fifteen to twenty departures of volunteers every night , but 800 papal carabineers , constituting the whole garrison of tho town , wero more eager to join in tho march than the townspeople themselves , and wore meditating a rush across country to Sienna and Leghorn , deserting with their arms and accoutrements , with flying standards and braying trumpets .

    NAl'LES . , A recent letter from Naples mentions , that about a fortnight ago the health of tho King seemed a little improved , and tho fears of those diminished who are of opinion that things would be in a worse state in tho hands of his successor . * On tho 2 lst ult ., the surgeons opened the tumour in tho right thigh , and his Majesty was better afterwards . Some of the hangers-on about the palace attribute the good

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    Canada. Ve Ry Violent Storms Of Rain Hay...

    CANADA . Ve ry violent storms of rain hayc occurred in all parts of the country , doing great damage , particularly to railroads and on the banks of rivers . On the Great Western Railroad , between llnmboro and Dundas , the rain washed away an embankment , and a train was precipitated into a chasm some 20 feet wide ; six persons were killed , and a dozen others more or less injured . Other railroads were submerged for miles , and travel was in many places suspended .

    America, Tnp Arabia Arrived On Sunday Wi...

    AMERICA , Tnp Arabia arrived on Sunday with ^" Sj * from Boston , to the 23 rd ult . The news is of jjig ht importance . It was definitely stated that there vouUi bo no extra session of Congress , and the Post master-General was preparing plans to enable the mont to carry on its duties without an nppxopxi a was reported that tho barquo ^ Lnwrons hod landed 600 Africans on tho coast of 1 ) loruia . A Washington telegram says promlnont imuylduaw wero named for the English and French , iniss ons , but it was believed no change was contenipmteu . A serious strike prevails among tho Inbornors o « tho Erie Railroad . An outbrotvlc was tonvo < 1 . California dates to Fob . 25 hud been recon ed o > cr land . Business was quiet ; news unimportant . Tho whole . winter and spring has boon onooi extraordinary rains throughout tho country . „ ,,. „ , tho storms have raged . with a . peculiar violence , a strong south-east wind accompany ing them »«» driven the waters la from tho soa , and forced tiwi " up tho North River , piling up tho torrents « 1 njjn water which wero seeking an outlot , until tl > o » no of tho Hudson Rlror Railway was lor loa much submerged that traffic bepamo V " " ?? ni linos Tho representatives of tho principal ""•^ .. K of tho country arc now-mot in con von t Ion nt IJujnuo for tho purpose of arranging a scale ot titi «» joint iiecT Those meetings tako place every tluoc oi

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09041859/page/8/