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      scamp ostentatiously ; thanked God for an arrest whichi Would make his scientific discovery known to the World . The barrister retained for his defence his Written to the papers to vindicate his client from . th ' e charge of . fraud . His invention is certainly very ingenious ; the imitation of ,. silver is perfect . Michel ( so he is named ) is at present detained at Mazas awaiting his trial which will bring niatrers fully to light , both in regard to the invention and its author . Meanwhile ppininion is divided , whether to consider him a madman , a rogue , or a man of genius ; it may be that he is a little of all . There is some talk in the scientific world here , of the new planet discovered by the German astronomer , M . Xuther , on the 22 rid of last month . It has received the name of Mnemosyne . _ _ _

      The Count of Monternolin , the pretender to the throne * of Spain , has arrived in Paris ,. and taken apartments in the Hotel da Rhin , occupying , it is said , the identical room formerly tenated by Louis Napoleon when he was a deputy in the National Assembly . -

      The Observatoire of Paris h « s been publishing a series of papers on the frequent appearances of Aurora Bqreaiia which have taken place of late ; some think that these predict a hard winter . Xamartine ' s " Entretiens" are still continued . Commercially considered * this work has not met with success , although very much admired . The poet's affairs are iiot yet satisfactorily arranged , the subscription not having come up to the expected mark . People wonder that he does not try his hand at a poem , as there is little doubt that anything from the pen which wrote " Jocelyne , " would meet with a large meed of public favour . In his " Entretiens , " Ijamartine has drawn a sort of parallel between M . Thiers and the Emperor , prudently concealing the letter ' s name . He rather happily describes the character of M . Thiers ' genius as a landscape without sky 1

      As I am on the subjec t of literature , I may mention that Mr . Blanchard Jerrold has come to . France on a visit , having for its principal object the investigation of the state Ofjabour , chiefly in reference to the Institution , known as " Conseils de Prud'hommes . ' * Mr . Bi Jerrold , like his late father , takes great interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the working classes , and the wide circulation of the newspaper he directs will insure attention to his views . The Fa < n ' e the other day notices a translation of Mr . Dickens' " Pickwick Papers , " which Has lately appeared , and has been very well received . Mr . Dickens' 'writings are much admired here , when they appear in a French dress .

      The son of the Hon . Mr . and Mrs . Norton , died here a few days ago . He was in his thirtieth year , and for some time past had been attached to the service of the British legation . The Univers has received a government warning for a petulant article upon the China question . M . Yeuillot ' s organ has been warned several times of late , and this . may be taken as another indication on the part of the Government to break with the Ultramontane faction ... Considering the services they have rendered to [ Louis Napoleon , both on his election as President of the Bepublic in 1848 , and , subsequently , after the coup d ' etat in 1851 , the TJltramontanes may , with some show of reason .

      reproach him with ingratitude . Every day , almost , in the reign of the would-be modern Augustus , brings to light some new project for the improvement of Paris . The Jardin de Plantes , is going to be considerably enlarged by the annexation of the vast space now known as the Entrepot de Yins . The chestnut trees which adorned : the latter place are being conveyed to the Champs Elys ^ es , where they , will be replanted , and will , by the luxuriance of their verdure , contribute a fresh , beauty to that delightful promenade . A new edifice , cfestiiwjd for the Prefecture of Police , is also tp be constructed on the " western side of the Pajaia deilustice .

      TMe Sardinian minister for foreign affairs , General Dabormida , arrived in Paris on Sunday morning , and was received in audience by the Emperor at St . Cloud / on Monday ! It is said that the purport of his Excellency ' s mission regards , principally , t ^ e question of , the debt owe * by JLombardy to Aue ^ rja , Jtt , is also conjectured ihat the Sardinian , icnvgy v , wi } lt plead that his epvereign may bejal ^ wed , to occupy th , e fjuchiea with his troops , il ^ e , regency , of Prmce Parjgnaii Jb , probably , the jpop » t jmportant question , which will be discussed Ijetw ^ en , the ,, , ^ inperov , and , Victor Emmanuel's omjDssary . ' , , < THf * Uh ^ lMH ^ y int one , abduction of Mr . HiiaV chUa , has . itermiftaied in the commitment for at

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      GERMANY . . Buemen , October 19 th , 1859 . The following is the reply made by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg , through the medium of his minister , to the note of Count Rechberg . After some introductory remarks bearing upon the receipt and contents of the Austrian note , the Duke proceeds to say , that the observations as uttered by him , as correctly reported in the public journals , bore reference particularly to the address presented to him by the City of Gotha , and when Count Rechberg complains that in that address Austria was placed in

      a line with Denmark and the Netherlands , with regard to the Germany of the future , he can hardly imagine that the Duke adopts such an acceptation , for the Count is well aware that in the great struggle from which Austria has just issued , the Duke gave the most convincing proofs that nothing could be further from his thoughts than to place Austria in a line with Denmark and the Netherlands . If the Duke was ready to draw the sword for those territories of Austria not guaranteed by the Germanic Confederation , how could he entertain the wish to exclude from Germany the German territories of the Austrian empire ?

      Count Rechberg states that , as the Duke will not conceal from himself , the aim of this newly-formed so-called national party is the complete negation of the relations existing between his Imperial Majesty and the other Princes' of Germany , including His Highness the Duke , and that Consequently any encouragement or countenance shown to that party was equivalent to a separation ; from the Confederation ; and upon this a protest is based against the

      Duke s expression of opinion . The position and power of Austria lends weight to the charges made by the Imperial minister , that it is the desire of the Duke to break a compact whieh is the protecting bond that at present unites 'princes and people of Germany , and it is , therefore , -incumbent on the part of the Duke to protest most emphatically against an interpretation , which in a formal , as well as material , point of view , is in total opposition to his sentiments .

      For whatever may be the aim of the party alluded to by Count Rechberg , not only have the subjects of the Duke , ' lout the Duke himself , the right to claim that when they express the wish or the hope that tlie public law of Germany should undergo an alteration , no one should assume that they intend or desire the alteration to be effected otherwise than by the voluntary concurrence of all the high parties concerned . . I will take the liberty to pause in my translation , at this paragraph , which has cost me an hour in the endeavour to discover its real meaning , and I am almost ashamed to say , I am still unsuccessful . To comprehend my difficulty

      your leaders must have the original before them , and be fully alive to the past history of the existing German Princes , The Duke of Saxe Coburg is universally believed to be an honest and patriotic man , I will not , I dare not attempt to gainsay this general belief ; but I , for ifxy own part , would never put political faith in the man who could calmly sit down and compose a paragraph like the foregoing . At first sight it appears to convey an acknowledgment of an inherent right on the part of the people to have a voice in the making or uttering of the laws of the land , but a close study shows that nothing more is said than that they have a right to claim a correct interpretation of their sentiments expressed

      in a petition . i / h « I ? uke , through his minister Seebach , proceeds to say , that no one can be more firmly convinced than he that such changes without this voluntary concurrence would only lead to the destruction of the ptiblio welfare , and present no guarantee for a lasting benefit from such changes . Tho Imperial Government itself , within theeo last ten years has by formal notes invited the Gorman Governments , to take a part in a revision of the Federal compact , and laid before them plans of an alteration which contained very considerable

      curtailments of the privileges guaranteed to' them by the act of the Congress of Vienna ; and had it been asserted that Austria had desired to carry out these alterations without the consent of the States' concerned ; Hho ' Yould 'be justified id declaring such an lntdrorbtfttidnas'incorrect ; The Duke la entitled to a aitnllflr i rlght . tllU '• ' ¦" ii i ¦•¦ ¦ ¦ HiB'Hiffhn < j 8 S ( Tn , ay likewise claim to be > judged by his o-vrn < Words . 'Hp i greeted' with joyful hope " the desiretdtor national * strength and greatness , of , power abroad andjunityf , at homo /* ,. , , ,, > . uW ^) WffJ > new . dW | a ^ . ^ a ^" , ][) e , the , ways wha ; ti

      they might by which this desired goal was sougliTto be attained , aUd take what fbrm Boever the future ConstitUttoii of Germany ihight , one thing was certain , that nothingreally beneficial could be obtained unless Princes as well as States were ready to make sacrifices for the sake of the whole . " These words not only explicitly acknowledge the free concurrence of the German Princes , but also exclude the assumption that the national strengthening of Germany can be attained but in one way . They admit simply that the whole demands a sacrifice from the parts . And are these ideas really opposed to thos e of the Imperial Government ?

      Austria has but lately experienced that even in her position as a non-German power she meets with the ardent , support of the > people of Germany ; that those very political parties , from whom the reverse has ever been anticipated , have exerted themselves with ardour to support " the German Imperial State against every foreign aggression . Should not , then , this self-same experience have shown that the forms in which the direction of affairs of the Confederation is enveloped tend rather to cripple every l

      nationaprogress ( Aufscmvung , soaring ) than to promote it ? and that if any German State has cause to wish for forms in which the patriotic instincts of the nation to make its influence felt abroad may find full development , this State is the Imperial State itself , whose integrity is bound up with the most precious interests of Germany ? Perhaps it is worth the consideration of the Imperial Government that beyond Austria and Prussia there live eighteen millions of Germans , who are not alone dissatisfied with the German Federal

      Compact , but view it with sorrow , because it deprives the nation of the esteem due to it abroad , and prevents effective assistance being rendered to any of its members that may be attacked . The Imperial Government will not conceal from itself that this state of feeling , if it could be kept down till 1848 , and if mixed , as it was , with extraneous elements , it could be suppressed in 1849 , is now of an intensity that renders it well deserving of the attention of the Governments , and that not the negation of this hitherto legal agitation , but . the acknowledgment and guidance of the same by the Governments can make it conducive to the welfare of every member of the Confederation , and , not the least , to that of the Imperial State .

      The Duke would consider any change made without due regard to the interests of Austria as deplorable . Attached to the person of the Emperor by proofs of his gracious goodwill and by the possessions of his House closely connected with the fortunes of the Austrian Monarchy , his Highness would have many reasons to desire the greatness and power of Austria did not reasons of patriotic interest speak more eloquently . The mere maintenance of the existing state of things is hardly possible for any considerable length of time ; and the Duke hopes that the Federal Constitution will soon be able to offer a basis , upon -which an arrangement in accordance with the interests of Austria and the strengthening and defending of the whole of Germany may be made . which

      The amalgamation of the different parties have hitherto been disputing upon constitutional doctrines , an amalgamation proceeding from the ardent desire to bring effective help to Austria , ought rather to have the encouragement than the opposition of Austria . At least , this is the view which his Highness takes of the present movement for unity and reform , arid he thinks that , as a Gorman Prince , he is bound , in this sense , to give it his countenance . In conclusion , he requests Count Rechberg to bring this reply to the knowledge of his Majesty the Emperor . Thi $ , I am inclined to think , is the very last dying speech arid confession of the unity and reform question , for the Governments of Hanover nnd llessia counsoleand

      appear now to have given ear to other , are letting the prosecutions instituted drop , imp late agitation , at the commencement , bore ulookot 1848 about it i and although there was no real stamina in the movement , an accidont might have given it a force and vivacity which might have lea to a complete revolution . It is somewhat dililouit to give tl < e English reader a strictly correct view ot the political movements in this country , for however tnatter-cf-fnet and dull the description may be , the . wordd » i . l convey more animation thun the thing itself possesses . , The agitation which haa been lately going on confined itself in fact to the nowepapora . There were no meetings , disouoaions , nor parties . In England the movement would liavo been , moonshine , but here it was , nevertheloss , a real

      movement . The plan of a lottery tp defray the Subillor Dcstiya * . l \ asbe » n , nindef public . The plan la—1 st . lYWy- * lf 4 w * to . coat one dollar . 2 nd . The purchafler , , pf ten , tickets to xecolvu one gratia . 3 * wm-w ^ W . ^ fow ) M ' > . i 4 ^ ^ iw jw ^ g »

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 22, 1859, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22101859/page/16/