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      The Triumphal Procession The Solemn Entr...

      among others , a magnificent . /& e denu . it , on the 16 th , at the Pre Catalan , to which all the officers and deputations of non-commissioned officers and soldiers are to be invited , ond which is to surpass all previous spectacles given at that popular and beautilul ^ Another account says that ' , the Emperor has altered his mind , and will lead the army into Paris . The following , according to the Patrie , is the order in which the troops of the army of Italy will march , on the 14 th , in procession : — 1 . The soldiers bearing the Austrian flags taken on the fields of battle . 2 . The Emperor and his staff . , ; .,, ¦ -, 3 . The Imperial Guard , having Marshal Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d'Angel y at its head . _ 4 . The 1 st Army Corps * having Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers at its head . : . 5 . The Second Army Corps , having Marshal Mac Mabon , Duko of Magenta , at its head . 6 . The 3 rd Army Corps , having Marshal Canrofcert at its head . . . 7 . The 4 th Army Corps , having Marshal Niel at its head . lastly , the march ' will be closed by the Austrian guns . The wounded will be at the head of the regiments to which they belong .

      No. 490, Auo. 13, 1859.] The Lea Pee. 93...

      No . 490 , Auo . 13 , 1859 . ] THE LEA PEE . 933

      The Villa Franca Preliminaries. A Letter...

      THE VILLA FRANCA PRELIMINARIES . A letter from Frankfort says : —On the 4 th of July the proposal of a basis of mediation was communicated to Lord John Eussell by the Count de Per-r signy . Lord John refused to recommend the project , but agreed to communicate it to Austria , simply and ¦ without comment ; On the 7 th the French Minister in Berlin applied to Baron von Sehleinitz to propose an armistice , at the same time proposing terms on which mediation niight be entered upon . These terms contained four points ( not . seven ) , and were identical with those afterwards agreed to by the Emperor of Austria , with the exception of one . Baron von Sehleinitz took time to consider the propriety of proposing an armistice . Between the 7 th and 8 th the armistice was agreed to by the principals without intervention , and on the . 8 th the news was communicated to Baron von Schleinitz by the French Minister in Berlin . It took him of course by surprise , and he instructed the Prussian Charge- d'Affaires in Paris to express to Count Walewski his astonishment at the answer , of Prussia on the subject of the armistice not having been waited for . Both propositions were thus originally French . At V-iliafranca the Emperor Napoleon showed Francis Joseph the project of seven points , giving him , to understand that the neutrals were not averse from adopting it . Then he at once brought forward the four points proposed , and . rejected on the 7 th at Berlin . They were—1 . Cession of Lombardy j 2 . Erection of Venetia into a Duchy ; 3 . Confederation of Italian States ; 4 . Restoration of the banished Dukes and an amnesty . On the second point the Emperor Napoleon yielded to the reasoning of the Emperor of Austria , that ho could not be expected to resign what he still held possession of . This statement yon may depend upon being in every point correct .

      Austrian Revorm.—There Is Some Hope That...

      Austrian Revorm . —There is some hope that political reforms arc really thought of in Austria . As , however , it is necessary first to hoar the wishes of the people , it has been resolved to convoke the old provincial diets . That of Tyrol is now sitting . Papal States . —Advices received from Bologna state that a decree of tlie government has convoked an assembly to bo elected by tho inhabitants , in order to exprqss tho wishes of tho population . Several agents of Mazzini had boon arrested and expelled . The Kino of Prussia . —A telegram dated Wednesday , says that the symptoms of congestion of blood to tho head havo increased and , according to the latest bulletin , huve given cause to tho most serious apprehensions . Prussia and Japan . — -Prussia is about to send some vessels of war to Japan to open commercial communications with that country . Tho frigate Thetis and tho corvette Arcona have been selected for the purpose They will leave towards tho end of the month , and romain absent for three years . A councillor of the Prussian Legation will accompany the expedition , to carry on negotiations with the Japanese Government . Cujia : Spanish Precautions . — Tho Madrid journals of the Oth state that tho Government has resolved to lnoreaso tho fortifications of the island of Cuba , in order to i protect it against an attack of filibusters . They contain no other news . Thjb LMssuip ' a SciiiiMB .- ^ According to an agreement effected between M . do Lessons and . the viceroy , tho rights and property of the Suez

      Caiial Company , should the same be wound up , are to be transferred to the "Viceroy , who would then undertake to repay tlie shareholders in full .

      United States Policy In Mexico. The News...

      UNITED STATES POLICY IN MEXICO . The news from Mexico is that M'Lane adheres to the Juarez Government , and has made a treaty with it , which has been transmitted to Washington for . approval . It does not contain any provision for annexation of territory . But the Americans gain large concessions by this treaty—the right of way both north and south , the right of protecting those ways , and a general oversight over the Mexican Goverment ; and should this treaty be ratified , it can hardly be doubted that the influence of the United States in Mexico would overtop every other influence . The course that the British Government will pursue is watched with some solicitude . The Washington correspondent of the New York Times gives the following heads Of the treaty . " 1 . Right of way across the Northern States between the Rio Grande and ports in the Gulf of California , with guarantees for their protection and safety . " 2 . Right of way and valuable privileges of transit secured to the American Company holding the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . " 3 . The privilege of erecting and . maintaining warehouses at the termini of the several transit routes . " 4 . The right of transporting troops and munitions of ' war over such routes , and to send troops to protect them , in default of Mexico fulfilling that duty . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ' 5 . Free entry and transit of goods belonging or consigned to American citizens in Arizona through the ports of the Gulf of California and across Sonora . " 6 . Entire and unquestionable freedom of religious worship throughout the Republic . " 7 . A clause indicating the willingness of the Mexican Government to accept a modified form of protection at the hands of the United States , in other words , to solemnise another treaty in form , and one of alliance , offensive and defensive , but in substance creating a protectorate , whenever the United States shall signify her willingness to enter into such engagements . "

      Another American Street Murder.—At New Y...

      Another American Street Murder . —At New York , on the 23 rd of July , a merchant from Mobile , Alabama , named Robert C . M'Donald , having cause to doubt the fidelity of his mistress , Virginia Stewart , determined on killing her out of revenge . He quarrelled with her in the street , arid shot her through the head as she was attempting to seek refuge in the Brandreth House . The murderer then made an effort to kill himself with the pistol , a Colt ' s revolver , but was arrested and restrained by several citizens before he had time to accomplish his object . The injured woman was conveyed to the New York Hospital , where the doctor in attendance pronounced the wound a mortal one , and gave it as his opinion that she could not live many hours . The prisoner was taken to the station house , where he made a full confession of his guilt , and regretted nothing save the fact of his being prevented from committing suicide , as ho intended . M'Donald is about thirty years of age , and is a native of Georgia .

      Tub Vk>Ezuei.An "Difficulty."—Generalpae...

      Tub Vk > ezuei . an "Difficulty . "—GeneralPaez , who returned to Venezuela some six or eight months since with such splendid military ovations , both from those who sped the parting guest and those who received him , has roturned to New York , haivng left his native country in a stato of hopeless auarcliy . The war of races has begun—the black man against the white , and tho white man , thus fur , has the worst of it , This change of policy may complicate mattors between Venezuela and tho United States . — - The from

      Tin: Fiusnch In Cochin China.—The News F...

      Tin : Fiusnch in Cochin China . — news Cochin China is very unfavourable % o the French , who appear to havo suffered very sovoroly from climate , and wore' much in want of reinforcements . The Amaneso appear to havo behaved with considerable courage and skill , and they had oven attacked the French intronchments , and killed fifty men and one officer boforo they woro repulsed . The latest accounts , however , state they were desirous of treating for poaco , and wo doubt if the French , weakened us ' thoy are , would reject a good opportunity of retiring with honour and advantage .

      Harmonious Eyidenom.—A Paris Journal, Sp...

      Harmonious Eyidenom . —A Paris journal , spooking of tho talk of tho returned soldiers , says , amusingly enough , that their accounts concerning tho campaign must bo true , because they all exactly agroo with each other ; and the nun ) and substance of these reports are , that the arm earried by each corps is the moat useful arm in tho world , and that tho chiefs of each wore the best and bruvost in tho army .

      The Treaties With China. The Overland Ma...

      THE TREATIES WITH CHINA . The overland mail brings intelligence from Hong Kong of the date of June 22 . By . advices from Shanghai to the 14 th inst . we learu that Admiral Hope left that port , in the gunboat Lee , on the 11 th , bound to New Chwang , the newly opened port in the Gulf of Shantung , and thence to the Peiho , whither his Excellency , on the 9 th , despatched the steam sloops Fury and Cruiser , transport Hesper , despatch , boats Cormorant and Nimrod , gunboats Starling * Forester , and Kestrel , followed on the 10 th by the steam-frigate Highflyer , and gunboats , Janus , Banterer , and Haughty . With the Lee , the Chesapeake and Opossum also left for the Gulf of Pecheli , the Assistance , with the marines , starting on the 10 th . The British , French , and American ministers were all at Shanghai when the mail left . The China . Mail says that it is now not improbable that obstacles may be thrown in the way of their advance . The Chinese Imperial Commissioners who were at Shanghai , tried very hard to detain there the British and French Plenipotentiaries , pretending that they alone were entrusted with the exchange of the ratified treaties , and that they wanted to be at the capital for about two months . However , two rather severe communications addressed to them by the Hon . Mr . Bruce and M . de Bourboulon , succeeded in changing the opinions of Kwei-liang and his associate . The last despatch which that Prime Minister addressed to the representatives of Great Britain , and France seemed to indicate that the way to Pekin is quite open to the British , French , and American Plenipotentiaries ; and the Imperial Commissioners left for Pekin on the 13 th . In Hong Kong or Canton no political events of any importance have taken place . Shameeh has been selected as the site of the new foreign settlement at Canton . The necessary space is to be filled in by the Chinese Government , and we believe the cost will be deducted from the indemnity .

      Foreign Incidents.

      FOREIGN INCIDENTS .

      Pipe Holdeks.—At Alma When The Men Under...

      Pipe Holdeks . —At Alma when the men under the then Colonel Beuret were lying on the ground to avoid the storm of grape and canister , before charging up the hill , erery now and then a curious fellow would lift up his head , to see how matters looked , when the colonel would roar out , with a good oath , " Keep your pipe-holders down , men , can d you . " Calling a man ' s head a pipe-holder reminds one of Brindley ' s famous reply to the question of a member of a committee of the House of Commons as to the object of rivers : " Why ! to feed canals to be sure . " Tins Last Paris Plot , — A French correspondent says : — "A consph-aoy of whistles is said to havecaused the abandonment of the Emperor ' s intention of meeting the troops at the Bastile . A plot to hiss , the Emperor as he rode past by means of penny whistles was organised by the Faubourg St . Antoine . The immense quantity of the horrible instrumentssold during eiglit-and-forty hours excited suspicion - —everything does so in these clays of universal festivity and national rejoicing in Paris . This suddon love of harmonious strains was thought to look queer ; and so , on examination , the cause was found , and many of the merry wags sent to pay for their whistle in prison . ' This comes of this rage for luxury , ' growled an incorrigible old rouge to whom I was mentioning the circumstance this morning . ' In my day a door-key -would have done the business : quite as well , and would not have been found out . < Ah , but friend , thore is but one door-key jn the family , nnd there may be many whistlers . X ho incorrigible old rouye pinched up his mouth , scratched his head , whistled without penny instrument or door-key cither , and went on his wuy . Africa * Cricket . — While some members of the Cane Coast Cricket Club was practising © a the . , parade ground , Otoo , King of Abrah , l > "P » enc < l to pass by , accompanied by a numerous tra in of In > Ifowera . One of the cricketers ? f ^' J * f ^ como and look on at the game . He did so , am i was much pleased . Presently he was P ° " «« fr ' ia ? *»* £ a bat and try his hand , and when « ' } 0 b »« w ^ . ff" ^ - at his wlckot ho hit a tremendous bow at rt , vrwtali , however , missed the bull and struck one of his attendants ft blow on the heart almost auffloiont to ffvo Sato nn ox , but which dW not appear tokve at aH disconcerted the individual In question . Otoa fa a man of gigantic sizo , so that t is a wonder hi * aUonclan ; dfi not yield up the ghost on the spot The king woa quite pleased with tho noblo game o £ cricket ' imcl wo should not boat nil surprised to , loarn cro long that the little boys of Abrah in . the interior have commenced to practise it . At Gaper . Coast , Accra , and ono or two othor towns along the coast , this noblo sport is a fuvourlto among tho native lads , who havo quickly imitated it after seeing ; it played by tho residents .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13081859/page/9/