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      nounced a dignified and elaborate eulogy of England and English institutions .,: of which he professed himself an . ardent admirer and devoted student from his youth up . He expressed a decided preference for the English alliance , and a well-grounded confidence in the ultimate justice and generosity of pubhe opinion in England , in spite of the hesitations and reserves of diplomacy , and the dictates of commanding national interests . He affirmed his own policy to be neither aggressive nor provoking , but national and Italian ; but that nothing less than a change of Government and legislation at Turin could reconcile constitutional Sardinia to the good-will of despotic Austria . Count Cavour ' s speech is weighty , decisive , ardent , but studiously moderate , courteous ,

      and calm : Count Mamiani , who may be said to personify the wisest aspirations of a federal Italy , spoke with all his wonted grace and animation ; and M . de Beauregard , though he betrayed an aristocratic provincialism very distasteful to the Liberal majority in the Chamber , and , in his prophetic fear of French eagles cresting Mont Cenis , was somewhat disposed to sink the cause of Italy in the safety of Savoy , yet avowed an unchangeable fidelity to his king and country with so frank and heartfelt an emotion , that it was impossible for any party to refuse him attention and respect . The Ministerial , measure was carried by an overwhelming majority , and it is believed that the amount of the loan ( 2 , 000 , 000 / . ) will be subscribed in a great measure by Italians , if not in Italy .

      The apartments of the late Queen of Sardinia are being prepared for the reception of a new inmate . The Russian marriage of the King is believed to be decided upon . 7 The Avenir of Nice says that the entire Russian Mediterranean squadron is expected there in the month of March .

      232 The Leader. [No 465, February 19, 18...

      232 THE LEADER . [ No 465 , February 19 , 1859 .

      Canada. The Canadian Parliament Was Open...

      CANADA . The Canadian Parliament was opened on the 29 th ult . The Governor-General , Sir Edmund Head , in his speech , says : " The legislature solicited our . gracious Queen to exercise her prerogative in making a selection of the seat of government : an act , moreover , was passed adopting beforehand the decision of her Majesty and appropriating the necessary fundrs This act of the Canadian Parliament and the decision of the Queen are binding on the executive government of the province , and it will be their duty to carry out the understanding which existed at the time when the reference ^ yas made by which , the government will be transferred to Quebec for a fixed shallhave

      period until the necessary arrangements , been completed . The correspondence with her Majesty ' s Government will be laid before you , and I cannot doubt that , you will recognise a selection made by her Majesty at your own request-, and that you will duly acknowledge her gjraeious compliance with the addres ses which you yourselves caused to be presented to her . " In regard to the federation of the British provinces he says : " The possibility of uniting by some tie of a federal character the British colonies in I > Jorth America has formed the subject of correspondence which will be placed in your hands . I will also cause to be submitted to you despatches from her Majesty ' s Secretary of State in l'olation to the questions affecting tho Hudson ' s Bay Company , and on the subject of the Intercolonial Railway . " In

      reference to financial affairs he says : " It is gratis lying to me to be able to state that symptoms of amendment have begun to show themselves , and I trust that should Providence bless Canada this year witli her usually abundant harvest , she wiljl recover her former prosperous condition . Tho exorcise of a sound and rigid economy in evpry department of tho public service will , I hope , again enable us to bring our whole expenditure Within thp limits required by our revenue . " In regard to supplies and the tariff , ho says : "In asking the supplies for her Majesty ' s service , I desire to assure you that everything will bo done with a view to placing tho tariff on a satisfactory footing . The principle of ad valorem duties will bo , proposed for your adoption in all cases in which it can bo properly carried out . "

      America. Tub Europn Arrived At Liverpool...

      AMERICA . Tub Europn arrived at Liverpool , on Tuosday , from Now York , with dates to February 2 . Nothing had boon dono in ' Congress on tho Cuban quostion . Tho tariff and tho financial wants of tho Qovornmont monopolised attention . The Democrats had taken a very decided stand in opposition to a change of tariff . A caucus of democratic senators , hold to deliberate upon tho tariff question , adopted resolutions declaring it inexpedient to change the law at tho present session of Congress , and also that it is the duty of Congress to reduce the expenditures inatoad pi increasing the revenue ,,, in order to meet tho rcquiromonta of the' public service , This action lms created no little excitement , especially among tho Poniifiylvuniiv delegation , who together with the

      Republicans will vote for no loan bill unless a change in the tariff is coupled with it . . The members of the house opposed to a protective tariff had likewise held a meeting , and adopted resolutions of a similar purport . . _ _ . Propositions for loans and changes in the tarifl had been made in both houses , but without leading to any result .

      Mexico. From Mexico, Via Washington, We ...

      MEXICO . From Mexico , via Washington , we learn . that the British and French Admirals : united in demanding of the Government of Vera Cruz : —First , payment of the interest due to British and French creditors ; second , full monthly statements of the revenues collected from imports ; third , damages for what the English and French subjects have suffered from the existing revolution ; fourth , the restoration of . the old import tariff as it stood prior to the modifications made a year ago , by which great facilities were afforded to commerce , and the import duties were reduced 30 per cent . The old tariff , provided also for credits of 40 and 80 days for import duties ; the new e xacts cash payments . .. ' ¦ ^^ i

      , _ . _ , „ ., . _ .. _ .. The French Admiral , Penaud , further-Insists that the payment to the French creditors now demanded shall be not the percentage heretofore agreed to upon the receipts from imports actually collected under ¦ the modified- tariff , but an amount equal to what they were last year . The removal of Garcia from Tamaulipas was demanded by the French Admiral .

      South American States; "We Have Received...

      SOUTH AMERICAN STATES ; "We have received the Panama Star and Herald to January 22 . CHILI . Chili remained in a very disturbed state , and the provinces were still under martial law . A number of the persons who were arrested in Santiago for sedition prior to the sailing of the steamer of the 16 th of December had been sentenced to a- fine of 1 , 000 dollars each and three years' exile , while others less implicated had to pay 800 dollars fine . . PERU . From Peru we continue to receive very unsatisfactory reports of the state of the country , and the prospects of a general revolt against the present Government appear to increase . PARAGUAY . From Paraguay there is little news beyond the fact that the Government was still making warlike preparations to resist the United . States forces . CENTRAL , AMERICA . A t . ktxrr from Greytown , dated January 15 , says : — " Nature herself ; seems to have taken in hand the Nicaraguan question , as far as the transit to the Pacific is concerned . As the harbour of Greytown is now nearly closed by the Point Arenas extending itself at the extraordinary rate of 10 feet a week towards the mainland—at present barely leaving a passage wide enough for the royal mail and small men-of-war steamers , with a depth of only 22 feether Majesty ' s screw-steamer Valorous inside is sounding daily so as to make her exit in time . The United States frigate had great difficulty hi getting out . The inhabitants were in great fear that Walker would elude the vigilance of the cruisers , and make a descent . Her Majesty ' s ships Ciesar and Diadem , with the United States frigates , were at anchor m the roads , and the United States corvette , Jamestown , cruising in the offing . "

      West Indies. Tun Parana Arrived At South...

      WEST INDIES . Tun Parana arrived at Southampton on Monday , but brought little news " of importance . Her intelligence from Jamaica is to the 27 th \ ilt . JAMAICA . Tho weather has - been genial throughout the island of Jamaica . Fever prevailed in some districts . Soulouque , the ex-Emperor of Ilayti , had arrived in tho island .

      Demerara. At Domcrara The Court Of Polic...

      DEMERARA . At Domcrara the Court of Policy had a sitting on tho 22 nd ult ., at which the affairs of the Domerara Railway Company came under consideration . A long discussion took place , and a string of resolutions was adopted which converts the Ordinaneo , No . U , of 1858 into a dead letter .-r-Tho Court of Policy had anothor meeting on tho 24 th , at which a letter was read from tho Secretary of State for the Colonies , stating that a greater number of Coolies had boon sont to Trinidad than the Government could dispose of . It was thereupon agreed that a communication should bo forthwith entered into with tho governor of Trinidad , and an offor made to take over for this colony such of tho Coolies as might not bo provided for .

      And Protection To His Family If He Would...

      and protection to his family if he would abdicate his power and save the people of Hayti from the horrors of a civil \ var . Soulouque demanded time to consider , which was allowed him ; but before the allotted time had expired the Imperial troops laid down theirarms and made common cause with the followers of Geffrard : The Emperor ,- no longer left to his choice , proceeded to niake out his . papers of abdication , and on the 15 th caused proclamation to be made to that effect . , Soulouque is said to be immensely rich ; his wealth is estimated at upwards of 500 , 000 / ., banked in Europe . He and his family ' immediately left for Jamaica .

      HAYTI . On arriving Port-au-Prince , Gonoral Ooffrard sont a lag of truce to the Emperor , offering hhn his life

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      From Our Own Correspondent. Pjeace Ob Re...

      From our own Correspondent . PJEACE OB REVOLUTION . Paris , Thursday , 6 J p . m . The question of an aggressive war upon Austria , to disarm the revolutionary party in Rome from personal attacks upon the Emperor , and to promote a transaction with Sardinia far the increase of French territory by the cession of Savoy , has assumed a new phase in consequence of the position assumed by the mercantile and manufacturing classes liere . Men no longer question

      the propriety of plunging "into hostilities on a point of sentiment , but they discuss among themselves whether they should tolerate a government which so wantonly trifles with the best interests of society , and which sacrifices the trade and industry of the country to stock-jobbing conspiracies , or to the gratification of dynastic vanities . Even the Pressc , which preaches war , has been compelled to admit that " the political pre-oeupations of the hour exercise a most fatal influence upon commercial affairs . Orders are suspended in all manufactures , arid works are slackened in factories . Speculators have almost entirely ceased to purchase raw

      materials . Everyone has taken his precautions , as if war were" declared ; and war itself would be less feared now by trade than the state of uncertainty which paralyses all operations . " This statement , which winds up with what looks like -an argument in favor of war , falls far short of the truth . - From , all the seats of manufactures in the provinces comes news of discontent and suffering . Masters cannot keep their works open , for their goods won ' t sell , however greatly they may reduce the prices ; as a natural consequence , the handsure turned off , and , as there is no poor-law in France , they are brought to the verge of starvation in many districts . When men are unable to earn their daily

      bread , they have time to reflect upon " the reason why , " and there is good cniiso to believe that the conclusions to which they arrive are not the most favourable to the Government . Among the working passes there is no sympathy for Italian independence ; not enjoying any themselves , they are at a loss to understand why they should be called upon to fight in order to extern ! the liberty and constitutional government of Sardinia to Lonlbardywhy they should shed their blood to set up the parliamentary system in northern Italy , when they have been deprived of it in France . In spite of all arti

      the nourishes in Imperial speeches and leading - cles about the generosity of France , puoplu here are strongjy impressed with the wisdom of the adage that charity begins at home , Wherefore it is argued , that if the Government cannot maintain peace anil ensure employment to the working classes , so much the worse for it—qu'ils ' ert aille . , $ , The basis of the present regime has been , all along , tho material prosperity of the country ; its strength . has been the support of the industrial classes j alienate them , and I know not where the supporters and defenders of the Empire are to bo found .

      THIS FIRST CONCESSION TO l'EACK . Under these civciunstunces , and in presence of undoniablo evidence which crowds in from every pare of the Empire , the chief authority in tho Stato has ftt last awoke to a sonso of tho ruin to which it was hurrying , Easy enough has been the down-sliding from peace and . confidence to as bad a state as opqn war and wido-sproad distrust . And now wo nro trying back . Tho first step , which has given universal satisfaction , and which has been followoa uy an ascensional movement in the funds , equivalent to a half per cent , wiib the warning givon yesterf » y evening to the Prestte for an article on the Italia " crisis , signed L 6 ouzon le Duo . The presumed intimate relations between tho Prineo Napoleon an the Presse have been before mentioned . U is u significant factthat M . Loouaon Jo Hue s one

      , of the staunohest partisans of tho Hudsinn ft I" " ° ? : It will probably be in tho remembrance ot 3 om readers that this gentleman perpotratod , some t mo buck , a most profitable job , with tho assistance o certain Uussiin offlulula . When the remains ot

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19021859/page/8/