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    No. 455, Decbmber 11, 1858.3 THE LEA DEB...

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    WEST COAST OF AFRICA. Wic have rocoivod ...

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    relief of the sufferers at St . Ubes by the recent earthquake ; performances for the same puupose are to be civen at some of the theatres . The disease among the cattle still continues . The authorities are adopting very stringent measures to combat the evil , and also to prevent the sale of diseased carcases . The question of the Charles-et-Georges has not yet been publicly brought before the Cortes . When it conies forward there will doubtless be some new light thrown upon the affair . Letters from Lisbon state that the debates about to commence in the Portuguese Cortes on the subject of the incident of the Charles-et-Georgcs are expected to be of an extremely animated character .

    SPAIN . The speech of the Queen at the opening of the Cortes affords little information as to the i-eal state of that country , and the relations of its Government with foreign powers . The Queen says that instructions have been sent to settle pending questions witli Rome ; she hopes that the difficulties with Mexico may be shortly solved ; and the only thing she promises in the way of domestic improvement refers to the making of roads and the redemption of quit-rents . The result of the preliminary proceedings in the Cortes has been favourable to the Cabinet . In the Senate only was the election of the secretaries contested . The Marquis of Miraflores had presented his bill relative to elections ; Scfior Rios Rosas , having received his credentials as Minister , was about to leave for Rome .

    Rumours having been spread by some of the journals that a Spanish steamer called the Colon had been captured by Mexicans , the Correspondancia Autorjrafa says that " there is strong reason to doubt the truth of the statement , the Mexicans having no naval forces , and the Colon not having been at Tampico , the only place from which a vessel can be captured from laud . " Letters from Madrid inform us that in ! the Senate a committee to draw up an address in reply to the speech from the throne had been nominated . The motion of General Sanz blaming the Ministry for revising the electoral lists , which has been mentioned by telegraph , had created some sensation . The ariival of the Grand Duke Constantine at Madrid was expected .

    The Peninsular Correspondence says : — " After a long continuance of rain , we have had in Madrid several splendid days , and at night slight frost , a sudden change which has increased the number of deaths . Inundations have taken place , which caused great destruction of property in various parts of the country . A telegram from Madrid , of December 5 , states that a circular has appeared in the Gazette enjoining police officers to abstain strictly from meddling in political affairs . Marshal O'Donnell has declared that the Government has resolved to preserve the Constitutional system . the

    On the question of Mexico and Morocco independent press believes that the honour and interests of Spaniards have been too much injured for the Government to content itsulf with pacific negotiations either in Mexico or Africa . It is thought that the Ministers will be called upon for explanations on the expedition to Cochin China . Much dissatisfaction is felt that Spanish troops should form the advanced guard , and that France should take possession of the conquered territory , on which hers is the only Hag that floats . The expedition is considered as a serious error so far as relates to Spanish interests , which cannot be otherwise than injured by the vicinity of the French to the Philippine Islands .

    TL'KKEY . The Journal of Constantinople confirms tho now 8 that a new excitement had begun to manifest itself in the Island of Candiu . An active propngamlism , tending to detach tho population from their duty , and the landing of arms and powder , arc spoken of . Tho Turks , who aro scattered about in the country , alarmed by these rumours , aro thinking again of shutting themselves up in tho villages and fortressos . Tlio Journal qf Constitute nojrte . says that the Government is ready , in Candid as olsowhoro , to face every difliculty . 1 st of

    A despatch from Constantinople ! , dated the December , says that tho Ambassadors of the Great Powers havo mot in conference :, during two consecutive days , to dcliborato on tho critical stnto of tho Principalities , Thoro is an extraordinary movoment and activity among tho members of the diplomatic corps . Tho reserve of tho army in Asia has boon called out . Notwithstanding tho arrival of a part of tho loan contracted in England , tho Turkish troopa havo not yot recoivoel thoir arrears of pay . There is also a delay in paying tho salaries of tho public functionaries . An incrodiblo stock-jobbing ia going on with tho deoila of tho Seraglio debts . Further Intelligence , under dato of tho 4 th of December , says that tho Austrian Intomunoio , Huron Prokoscb , has arrived .

    Tho Journal ile Constantinople eloolaros that tho protocols of tho Conferences on the affairs of Montonogro , published by La JYortl , aro pure inventions . nuesiA . Tho Northern JJec publishes an account of tho trial of

    Count Montalembert , and also a translation of the speech of M . Berryer . The trial of the Russian Generals accused of peculation during the campaign in the Crimea is to commence in January . The-principal witness is a French corporal , retired from the service , who was taken prisoner in the Crimea , and , having by accident discovered where a sum of 100 , 000 roubles was concealed , gave information to the Russian authorities . There is a report at St . Petersburg that the Circassians have been defeated at a place called Bagnado . During September and October 4600 Circassians , with . the Naib Schago and his brothers , have gone over to the Russians . The Emperor and Empress left the palace at Tsarskoe Selo , on Sunday , December 5 , and have arrived at St . Petersburg .

    SWEDEN . A Stockholm telegram says that the Regent intends to propose the abolition of the edicts against converts to the Roman Catholic faith , in consequence of the harsh manner in which these laws have lately been put in force . PRUSSIA . The foreign policy of two of the great Powers is so little to the taste of the new Prussian Government that it has resolved to improve its relations with Austria ; been

    and communications to that effect have already made to the Austrian Government . It is not likely that a regular treaty of alliance for defensive purposes will be concluded between the German Powers , but they will probably pledge themselves to act in concurrence if any violent attempt should be made to disturb the balance of power in Europe . Baron Von Manteuffel was content to let the French and Russian Governments " shake hands over his head , " but his successor is resolved to vindicate the claim of Prussia to be considered a great

    Power . . ¦ . ¦ At the meetings of the Council of the new Prussian Ministers the Prince Frederick William is now almost constantly present , and his judgment and aptitude , for business are spoken of in high terms . The King and Queen arrived at Florence in the evening of the 23 rd November . If we may credit a Berlin correspondence which reached Paris circuitously by way of Hamburg , the poor King is about to renounce the Protestant religion at Rome , and be received there into the bosom of the Catholic Church . Should this be true , his wife will be responsible for it .

    Letters from Vienna represent that the Austrian Government is taking precautions on the Gallieian frontier , as if foreseeing some outbreak in Moldo-Wallachia . Count Buol and Prince Kallimaki , the Turkish ambassador , hold frequent conferences . The German Gazette of Leipzig some short time back announced that the police of Vienna had been compelled to make a midnight visit to a convent of monks in order to put an end to " horrible orgie . " The Vienna Gazette , in reply to this statement , declared that it was a calumnious exaggeration . The Attgspierg Gazette , however , now affirms the fact positively , in a letter from the Austrian capital , but without giving particulars .

    The irritation in Milan has been considerably increased by the appointment as censor of the press of one Signor Rossi , a man who was formerly commissary of police , and made himself obnoxious by his excessive zeal in , the prosecution of political offences after 1851 . A letter from Milan expresses an opinion that there is no foundation for the serious alarm which recent articles in the French and Piedmontese journals have been calculated to excite . An Italian journal thus notices the rumours of an extension of Austrian garrisons in the Roman States : — " There has already been talk of negotiations opened between Austria and the Roman Court , in . the prevision of approaching events , audit is asserted that the Archduke

    has gone to Rome to propose to the Pope that Austrian troops shall occupy some other important points , ia order to adopt fitting precautions against grave events , to which the present situation of Italy might give rise . Austria is seriously preoccupied by the ferment in Lombardo-Venetia , and by her position , with respect to her Italian subjects , as well as with respect to Piedmont and France . The 2 gitation in Lombardy , testified to by all who arrive thence , as well as by our correspondents , has been increased by the arrests the police have made at Milan , Pavia , Padua , and Venice . It exceeds even that of 1847 , because now all classes and orders of the population participate in the hostility towards the Austrian Government and its regimen . "

    AUSTRIA . A strange measure , according to the Prussian Gazette , has issued from the Austrian Government . All its functionaries have solemnly to declare that they do not belong to a secret society , or , that if they have belonged to one , -they have , left it . The state of the public health is very unsatisfactory at Vienna , and the Minister of the Interior has appointed a commission to examine into the quality of the water which , is drunk by the Viennese . Typhus fever is much more violent than it was in 1856 , when 1777 persons died of it . The hospitals are crowded to excess , and the mortality in the " Josephinum , " where the sick soldiers are lying , is said to be very great .

    Comparatively little interest is excited by the supplementary elections to the Chamber of Deputies , which were fo take place in the course of the present week;—for Berlin , probably on the 9 th . The cast of the several parties cannot be affected by the result of twenty-four re-elections , though one or two of the principal men of the Kreuz Partei will now most likely obtain seats .

    THE IONIAN ISLKS . Iu the address delivered by Mr . Gladstone , as Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary to the Ionian Islands , to the Senate at Corfu , on the 26 th of last month , he denned the powers and the purpose of his office . The latter , he said , was to ascertain by Tvhat means the object of tho Protectorate may be best attained , with a view not to British interests , but to those of Europe and of tho Ionian Republic itself , and for that purpose he solicited , ho said he could not command , the co-operation of all the Ionian authorities . The President of tho Senate replied in a congenial , friendly tone , promising every assistance to Mr . Gladstone . swrrzEitLANP .

    ItOJIE . On the 18 th November , all Christians serving in the Jewish families at Rome were taken away by order of the Vicariate-General . The mandate could not be executed without the employment of some little force , and it is said that more than one sbirro got his face scratched .

    NAPLES . Letters received from Naples assert that the King hns offered to the "Western Powers to re-establish diplomatic relations by sending Ambassadors mutually . The English Government has replied that everything would be subordinate to a satisfactory regulation of amnesty Lord Stratford lie Redcliffe has remained at Naples . A letter from Naples says : — " The weather still continues stormy and rainy without any intermission . I do not remember such a season of protracjted tad weather so long as I have known Naples , and every Giornale publishes a list of disasters at sea . We have had mists here , though of short duration , as thick as any of those which sometimes envelop London .

    The Marquis Turgot , accompanied by all the persons connected with the French Embassy , has been received by tho Federal Council . His Excellency made a speech , iu which ho declared that the Emperor attached a high importance to tho maintenance of friendly relations with tho Helvetic Republic .

    HAXOVER . The Hanoverian Ministry has just been defeated in tho Chamber of Representatives on a proposition to increase tho direct taxes . Very lately it was defeated in the Upper Chamber on a question relating to the administration of justice

    SARDINIA . Tho Turin journals relate the condemnation to death of a certain Bnron Profumo on tho chargo of having attomptod last Christmas to poison , by means of bonbons , a French gentleman named Hinard , who had been sent from Paris to snpersedo hini , on account of cortain irregularities of hid as manager of the Credit Mobihcr , Tho condemnation took placo by default , tho baron having fled to England . . The National Italian Spciety of Turin has just published a pamphlot which statos , among other matters , thnt tlie army of Piedmont on ft war footing consists of 112 , 000 infantry , 10 , 000 cavalry , and 40 batteries of artillery . The pamphlot says those statements are mado in the expectation of conflicts . "

    A correspondent of the Times at Turin says :-- * ' Tho rumours of war hero seom to bo subsiding . It is denied that tlioy orig inatoel in Piedmont , and Paris is pointed to ns tho placo of their birth . Itwus to tho imaginative flight of a Paris pen that wo wore indebted , for the bollicoso haranguo attributed to King Victor Emmanuel , who has not addressed any body of troops , largo or small , since tho rotuvn from the Crimea of Delia Marmora ' s gallant little corps tl ' arnuie . That war would bo welcome to tho Picdmontoso , so long as thoro was a reasonable chance or triumph , is not to bo denied , and it is also cortain that nothing is neglected in the way of preparation . "

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    West Coast Of Africa. Wic Have Rocoivod ...

    WEST COAST OF AFRICA . Wic have rocoivod nows from Sierra Leone to tho 20 th ult . A meeting was held there on tho 12 th for tho organisation of a " vigilance committee" to raise funds for the employment of an agent in England to advocate tho cause of tho colonists in order to obtain the samo rights which ? are enjoyed by her Majesty ' s subjeots in other colonies . . , T .. . Tho American steamer Niagara had arrived at wuona , With 200 captured slaves for the free colony . Tho Trident , Spitfire , and Alooto wore at Sierra . Lq settlor * at Fernando Po Intended to leave , in con-= 22 SH £ SH 2 « English Government aro to receive an indemnity of 10 , 000 / .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11121858/page/7/