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      ?'The Emotion Which Has Been Produced, W...

      have -we acquired , together , a lasting glory in the East , bat even at the extremity of the ; world we have heen opening an immense empire to the progress of civilisation and the Christian religion . ? ' Since the conclusion of the peace , my relations -with the Emperor of Russia have assumed thej character of the frankest cordiality ; because we h ave been in accord upon all the points iji dispute . ¦ . ¦ ' '" I have also to congratulate myself upon my relations with Prussia , -which have not ceased to be animated by mutual good-wilL . ..

      " The cabinet of Vienna and mine , on the contrary—I say it with regret—have often been found , at variance upon the principal questions , and it has required a great spirit of conciliation to effect their solution . For example , the reconstitution of the Danubian Principalities could only be terminated after many difficulties , ¦ which have prevented the full satisfaction of their most legitimate desires , and if it should be asked of me what interest France had in those distant countries washed by the Danube , I should reply that the interest of France is wherever there is a just and civilised cause to promote . '" In this state of things it was not at all extraordinary that France should draw more closely to Piedmont , which had been so devoted during the war—so faithful to our policy during peace . .

      " The happy union of my beloved cousin , Prince Napoleon , with the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel is not , then , one of those unusual facts for which it is necessary to seek a hidden reason , but naturally arises from that community of interest of the two countries and the friendship of the two sovereigns . " For some time past the state of Italy and its abnormal situation , which makes it impossible to maintain order except with the aid of foreign troops , has justly alarmed diplomacy . It is not , however , a sufficient motive for believing in war . ( Ce n ' est pas neanmoins tin motif suffisantdecroire a la guerre . ') their hearts without

      " While some call for it with all legitimate reason , and others in the exaggeration of their fears , like to show France the dangers of a new coalition , I shall remain firmly in the path of law , of justice , and of national honour , and my Government will neither permit itself to be led away or intimidated , because my policy will never be either quarrelsome or pusillanimous . Far from us , then , be these false alarms—these unjust mistrusts—this internal ; weakness . Peace , I hope , will not be troubled . Resume , then , with calmness , the habitual course of your labours . I nave explained to you frankly the state of our external relations , and this expose agrees with what I have endeavoured to make . known for the past two months . Alike at home and abroad , you will find I wish to believe that xay policy has not ceased for an instant to be the same—firm , but conciliatory .

      ' < Thus , I rely always with confidence upon your concurrence , as well as . upon the support of the nation which has confided to me its destinies . " It knows that personal interest or a mean ambition will never direct my actions ; " When sustained by popular will one mounts the steps of a throne , he is raised by the gravest responsir bilities above the infamous region wherein vulgar interests are struggling , and he has for his first motives , as well as for his last judges , 'God , Conscience , and Posterity . '"

      200 T He Ii E A Per. [No. 4&4,, Febbuaby...

      200 T HE Ii E A PER . [ No . 4 & 4 ,, Febbuaby 12 , 1859 .

      America. The Niagara Has Arrived From Bo...

      AMERICA . The Niagara has arrived from Boston with intelligence to the 26 th ult . The bids for the remaining 10 , 000 , 000 dols . of the loan authorised in June last , were opened at Washington on the 24 th ult . The whole sum offered amounted to over 81 , 000 , 000 dollars , at premiums ranging from 5 to 5 per cent , The proposition to place the sum of 80 , 000 , 000 dols . at the disposal of the President to enable him to negotiate for the purchase of Cuba had been favourably reported upon by the Committees on Foreign Affairs , in both Houses of Congress . The bill proposes to appropriate 80 , 000 , 000 dollars to enable the President to conclude with Spain a treaty of amity , and for the settlement of all difficulty j with her , including the cession of the island of Cuba .

      Tho Washington correspondent of the New York Herald gives a rumour that the Spanish Minister had threatened to domand his passports in tho event of the appropriation being made . Tho general impression was that tho bill would pass . By tho interposition of friends an explanatory correspondence had token place betwoen SonatorB Douglas and Fitch , and tho threatened duel had boon averted . Tho oontonary of Burns was colobratod with muoh enthusiasm in Amorloa . At Now York tho Rov . Honry Ward Boeoher delivered an eloquent and instructive address on the character of Bums , boforo a largo audience , and in tho evening a grand banquet took place at the AstQr Kouso , prosldod over by William Cullon Bryant , tho poet . At Boston two banquets took place , and were attended by inany of tho moat eminent literary men in America . Celebrations likewise took placo at Wash " lngton and many other pities . Tho dates from Viotoria are to the 26 th of Docombor . Tbe Ffftser River was open again , and late discoveries

      have increased the faith in the richness of the gold-fields in that region . In Washington territory a band of white men from El Paso County had stolen into the camp of a party of Indians known to be remarkably peaceable , massacring seven of them , besides wounding a number of their companions . It was apprehended that in consequence of this outrage the Indians would commence an indiscriminate war on the border settlements . The Washington correspondent of theJiVew- York Times gives currency to a . rumour that President Buchanan was contemplating matrimony with a widow lady .

      Servia. A Despatch From Belgrade, Dated ...

      SERVIA . A despatch from Belgrade , dated Sunday , announces that Prince Milosch has made his solemn entry into that city , accompanied by Prince Michael . The Senate and the Ministry were excluded from the ceremony . . The following letter has been received from Belgrade , dated 31 st January last :. — " The Skouptschina ha 3 today unanimously decreed the dismissal of all the Senators and of all the Ministers . Almost all the deputies united in demanding the dismissal of the entire Senate and of all the Ministers . After a tumultuous discussion * the Skouptschina unanimously decreed the dismissal of all the Senators and of all the Ministers . "

      West Coast Of Africa. By The Armenian We...

      WEST COAST OF AFRICA . By the Armenian we learn that trade opened at Bonny on the 1 st of January . The King of Old Calabar is dead . The slaver Julia was captured at Cape Coast on the 19 th of December , by the American frigate Vincennes , and sent to the United States . A ship called the Juliette was deserted by her crew at Bonnyi and reported to H . M . S . Archer .

      The German Diet. The Diet Disposes Of Th...

      THE GERMAN DIET . The Diet disposes of the following troops in time of peace : —The 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd army corps ( of Austria ) , 142 , 233 men ; the 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th army corps ( of Prussia ) , 120 , 392 men ; the 7 th , which ia Bavarian , 53 , 400 ; the 8 th corps numbers 35 , 933 , the 9 th corps 28 , 954 , and the lOth 20 , 045 men . The total strength of the simple contingent , together with the division of reserve , amounts to 452 , 475 men . But by the month of June the Diet would dispose of 600 , 0 . 00 men for its 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd army corps , leaving another 100 , 000 in the country , that is of Austria ; 300 , 000 for the 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th corps , leaving the Landwebr ( or militia ) to guard the country ( of Prussia ); the 7 th corps would number . 75 , 000 , leaving the reserve in the country ( of Bavaria ); the 8 th Corps would amount to 40 , 000 , the 9 th to 20 , 000 , the 10 th to 25 , 006 , the division o reserve to 22 , 000 , and the volunteers to 50 , 000 . The grand total would make a collective strength of 1 , 132 , 000 men .

      Mexico. By The Last American Mail We Lea...

      MEXICO . By the last American mail we learn that the Constitutional President , Sefior Juarez , had issued a proclamation denouncing the movements at the capital , and calling upon all good Mexicans to put down the reactionists , and to restore the capital to the Liberal cause . It was reported at Washington that the President was considering favourably the question of receiving Sefior M ' ata as Minister from Mexico , and thereby recognising the Constitutional Government of Juarez .

      William And The Infant Prince Beingwell,...

      William and the infant Prince beingwell , no more bulletins will be issued . A Berlin letter states that Queen Victoria , the Emperor of Russia , tbe Queen of Prussia the Grand-Duke of Weimar , and the Princess Charles of Prussia will be the godfathers and godmothers of the infant prince . ¦ ¦ . - Election Committee . —rThe Speaker has appointed the following members to serve on the general committee of elections for the present session : — The Right Hon . Sir F . T . Baring , Bart . ; the Right Hon . Sir W . Meredyth Somerville , Bart . ; Sir William Heathcote Bart . ; Robert Palmer , Esq . ; William Miles , Esq . ; and John Bonham Carter , Esq . .

      The St . Panckas Vestry . —At the meeting of the vestry on Wednesday , a letter was read from the Poorlaw Board in reference to the dismissal of the chaplain . This communication stated that the sanction of the board was necessary , to give force to the dismissal of an officer . The letter was ordered to lie on the table . It was , nevertheless , agreed to appoint a day for the election a chaplain in the room of the Rev . Thomas Pugh . The debt of 13 , 500 / . on the vestry rates is now entirely liquidated . Fame vehsus Gold . —A very curious dinner has just takeu place in Madrid , and a private letter gives us a report . We should scarcely venture to meddle with am'thing so unpretending but for the thoughts which

      were uttered there , remarkable alike in their source and in their sesthctical tendency ; The eminent banker , M . Salamanca , ^ receives at his table , every Thursday * politicians and journalists of the Moderate party . To this weekly courtesy twelve gncetilleros ( journalists ) recently responded . by inviting their opulent host to an entertainment of their own , at one of the modest restaurants of the Spanish capital . The invitation ' was accepted , and the dinner took place , the cost of the feast being eight reals , or Is . 9 d : a head . Our correspondent takes up the tale : — " Instead of the basket of flowers usually placed at the centre of the table stood . a . pyramid of books , surrounded by the busts of CaUie ' ron , Lope de Vega , Cervantes , and Velasquez . The dinner has been

      more than modest , arid I would never have troubled you with it were it not for Salamanca ' s speech , which , I think , is worthy to be reproduced ; : —• ¦ '• Gentlemen / said he , ' about twenty-five years from this time the old and threadbare cassock of Salamanca , then a student in the University of Grenada * might be among the oldest and most worn-out cassocks of his comrades . When my education was completed I proceeded to Mataga , and made myself a gcicetillero ( journalist ) of the Avisador Malugueno . Then the love of gold took possession of my soul , and it was Madrid that ¦ I found the object of mv adoration ; but not without the loss of my juvenile

      illusion . Believe me , gentlemen , the man who can satisfy all his -wishes has no more enjoyment . Keep the way you have entered on , I advise you . Rothschild ' s celebrity will ceuse on the day of his death . Immortality can be earned , but not bought . Here are before you the busts of men who ' have gloriously cultivated liberal arls ; their busts I have met with throughout the whole of Europe ; but nowhere have 1 fu ' und n tatue erected to the memory of a man who has devoted his life to making money . To-day I speak to you with my feelings of twenty-two years , for in your company 1 have forgotten I am a banker , and only thought of my youth and days of gay humour . ' "—Spectator .

      St . Pktek is Pjkivate Pkopjckxy . —The UnIrers advances a tremendous argument against tho politicians who propose a reorganisation of tho Roman Status : — " The Roman States arc not the property of l'ius IX . ; they arc the property of St . Peter . The Pope has a . life interest in them . " Election Intelligence . —At Bimbury , Mr . . Snniuclson , tho groat manufacturer , lias boon elected , to the defeat of Mr . Miall . —The new Lord Advocate , Mr . Charles Baillio , has been returned for Linlithgowtfliiro . — From Oxford wo learn tliat tho election fur the University takes place this day , and tliait thore i * not n

      wlijspor of opposition to Mv . Gladstone . —At Uvtho , on Monday , Baron Meyer do Rothschild tnvt witli ( in onthusjastic rocoption from a largo mooting of tho doctor * . Mr , Wildo , Q . C ., a Conservative / is also canvussiny tho borough . —Mi " . Townsond ' s resignation of lii * seat , for Greonwioh having at length beon fonmilly coinplotcil , n writ has boon issued , Tho result of tho contest , which lioa between Mr . Alderman Salomons and Mr . Anyurtiuiii , appears to bo uncertain . In the moan while ( ivncrnl Codrington's resignation has led to a movement in favour of Mr . Montaguo Clmmbors , and a requisition to that gentleman has appeared .

      MISCELLANEOUS . Tujfi Court . —/ Tho royal family continue at Windsor in good health . Tho Queen , with the Princo Consort and all their children , were , present at a juvenile ball givou by tho Duchess of Kent on Friday in honour of the birth of her great-grandson . Thursduy , the 10 th insfc ., was tho anniversary of her Majesty's marriage , and was duly celebrated at Windsor Castle . As early as sovon in tho morning the band of the 2 nd Life Guards played on tho eastern terraco , and in the evening there was a

      performance of choral music in Sto Georgo ' s Hall , by an orchestra of upwards of one hundred and fifty performers , to which a large party woro invited by tho Quoon . Tho Prince Consort has been engaged this week in visiting the Windsor Infirmary , tho Savings Bank , and tho Modol Lodging Houses , and has also transacted business at the Wellington College . Tho Archbishop of Canterbury , tho Duke and Duchess of Beaufort , the Earl of Carlisle , tho Right Hon . II . and Lady Mary Labouohero , and tho Duchess of Sutherland , arrived on a visit at the Castlo this week .

      This Princk of Walks . —A lottor from Romo says ; —¦ ' When tho Prince passed through Bolognn , ho received the Austrian General , but not tho Cardinal Archbishop . His suito aro-vory rosorvod , They take notes upon the stato and condition of the oomitry . Thcso notes wiU certainly not bo in favour of Austria or of tho Pope , Tho Prinqo , I fanoyVwill boo that tho Empiro and tho Papacy have had thoir day , and that it is time now for something new . " Thm PniNonsa IFnuvvmiaK William . —On Saturday a bulletin was Issued , statins that tho Princess Frederick

      Geologists' AssociAnoN . ' --On Tuodtlay ovonlntfi tho 8 th inst ., an adilross was delivered by IWi' ,. H . (' ° Olarko , V . P ., on tho organisation of a uonlliiiu'iis geological survey by local woctiona or commit tuei of t » o members , contributing yoniiy joporta on tho prn ^ ro ^ t ot geology in lliulr didlrlut'H , which would * uiibra ( . 'o : — AiMltlonH to llio hui'vuvs , nul maps by » iib-olu « rtiiii'iiili > ii " formatlyus ; discoveries of now niiiionild ami lYwUfy | 1 U " parlloularjiy substances suitable for ngrlouUural iiiamirod , building , manufrtotuiioa , or minifies accounts of inliios , quarries , well * , cuttings , tunnels , landslips , ami otlior operations by which tho substrata arc poootratud ) obouivatjone on the wolls , siirlngs , rivers , and subtorninoiin watQt strata ; thermal obsorvAtlows ; olootro-mutfiiot '" obsorvfttlons ou mineral lodes s rqoords of local oftrta "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12021859/page/8/