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      Naval And Military. Commander Peter Gile...

      Additional hands have been entered during the nresent week at the carriage and laboratory departments of Woolwich Arsenal , and considerable activity now prevails in the preparation of shot , shell , and other ammunition . _ _ The improved French gunboats are thus described in the Paris letter of a contemporary : — " There are . eleven of them actually being constructed at Ciotat , close to Marseilles : They are steamers , flat , and of small size , carrying one gun each on a swivel ; and both gunners and gun are protected by an iron shed so fashioned that the enemy ' s balls will glide off on either side without doing harm . Moreover , these boats are made to be taken to pieces and carried overland , if necessary ? and put together in an incredibly short space of time . They are said to be intended for Senegal , but would , no doubt , be equally serviceable elsewhere . " . Before leaving New . Zealand , last November , the 58 th Regiment was entertained at a public dinner at Auckland . The 58 th served more than fourteen years in New Zealand , arid in the years 1845 , 1846 , and 1847 saw much hard work in the native wars . The number of men returning is about . 200 of all ranks , all who could having obtained their discharge , to avail themselves of the free grants of land awarded by the Auckland Waste . Lands Act .

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      Continental Notes. Fuaxck. War Is Said T...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FUAXCK . War is said to be so tiiiichresolved on by the French Governmeut that the corps which | are to commence the campaign have already been designated , arid orders have been given to the Minister of "War to frame a plan of operations . It is contemplated , to attack the Aiistrians simultaneously in front , flank , and rear—the Piedmontese , supported bv a large French army , forming the main division , while another will march northward from the Papal Statesand a third will seize on Trieste or Venice .

      , Remonstraces of ministers , and deputations of manufacturers and merchants , have endeavoured to stay the Emperpr ' s martial ardour in vain . In spite of all resistance , the formidable preparations for war are not discontinued . In six weeks , 800 field-pieces and 400 pieces of siege ordnance of a new model will be ready . The military provision factories are working night and day . ' Government agents are busy in making arrangements for the chartering of steamers . The commissariat has collected prodigious

      quantities of forage and provisions of all kinds . The Ministry of War have fornied at Marseilles for the military hospital an ambulance medical staff , ready to enter on a campaign , and provided for 10 , 00 o invalids . AH the preparations are on a scale suited to the px-ovision for an army of 120 , 000 men . Marshal Canrqbert if ? designed for the command of the army of Italy , under the orders of the Emperor . Adiriiral Parseval JDeschc-ncs will command the squadron in the Mediterranean . at Vincennhas

      Hereditary Prince ! " A hew Ministry , and eleven hew senators , had been appointed by Prince Milosch . The Austrian Gazette announces that a military deputation have arrived at Belgrade from Semlin , ta congratulate Prince Milosph in the name of the Emperor of Austria . ' IONIA }* ISLANDS , A telegram , dated Corfu , February 19 , sa 3 * s that Sir Henry Storks issued a proclamation on the 17 th inst ., Announcing Ms assumption of office .

      DENMARK . The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-IIolstein-Augustenburg , eldest son of the Duke of Augustenburg , has placed on record , in a letter addressed to the King of Denmark , the formal reservation of his right of inheritance in the Duchies . The letter was brought before the Cabinet on Saturday last . BEtGIl'JI . ; The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has voted the following article in the new penal code : — " Any minister of religion who in discourses , read or spoken in public assembly in the exercise of his functions , shall pass censure or criticism upon an act of the Government , or ' of authority , upon a royal decree or a law , shall be punished with imprisonment from eight days to three months , with a fine of from 26 to 500 francs . "

      PORTUGAL . Lisbon letters inform us that there have been several secret sessions in the Cortes on ecclesiastical question !? , and on the long-disputed subject of the right of presentation to the Indian bishoprics . - home . A young lady , daughter of Admiral Cavendish , who has been staying at Home with her family for some time , was inveigled by the Rev . Mr . Northcote ( a pervert from the Church of England ) into a convent , where she allowed herself to be baptised , and there she would probably have remained for life , if her father had not gone to the ^ convent and insisted ou her being delivered up to him .

      GERMANY . The AUcjemeine Zeitung , under the heading " , " What , does Russia intend . " . hints at a secret treaty between Russia and France , and concludes ¦ with the following sentence : — - " Words are no longer of avail : action is-the thing , and let it take place at once , and in true earnest . " In the sitting of the Hanoverian Upper Chamber on Thursday last , the 1 . 7 th . inst ., Mi de Kielmansegge riioved that the Government should take energetic measures to defend the national rights of Germany against the stranger . The motion was unanimously adopted amid loud cheers . SARDINIA .

      There is a rumour current in Paris of a letter from Victor Emmanuel td the Emperor Napoleon ,, complaining of the probable abandonment of Italy by France , in which case the ICing would have to follow the example of his father after the battle of Novara , and abdicate . He adds , that if thus driven to descend from the throne he shall feel himself obliged to communicate to the world the causes which obliged him to make such a sacrifice . The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne , just arrived in Paris from Turin , whence he was recalled by telegraph , brings the most deplorable accounts of Piedmont . He represents it as a country lost in debt , and scarcely able to pay the taxes . It will be impossible for Piedmont , according to -what the French Minister says , to pay the interest on her loan .

      A large military forage depot es been destroyed' by a fire—supposed incendiary . The damage is estimated at 200 , 000 frs . The rumour of M . Wale wski ' s resignation continues to gain ground . Another pamphlet by M . cle la Gucrronniere was expected to make a sensation . The question it treats is the " Revision of Treaties . " The titlo is to be Comment / ' Empire c' est la Paix . The scope of the pamphlet is to refute the arguments of M . de Girardin , that if thoce is to 1 ) 0 a war at all it should a general one . At the same time the necessity of a specific war in Italy will be strongly insisted upon , It is rumoured that M . de la Guorronnioro is likely to

      lie appointed director in the ministry of foreignnffuirs and that M . Benodetti ( who acted us secretary to the Paris . Congress ) will bo provided with a diplomatic appointment , ' In a lotter from Paris in the Ind & pendance Beige , it is stated tlmt the French Government is not by any means disposed to push the acceptance in the Conference of the -double election , of M . Couza ; It is said also that Lord Cowley , beforo quitting Paris , pronounced energetically in the name of his Government against the ratification of the acts of the Assemblies of Jassy and Bucharest , and that in those circumstances ho pointed out tho confirmation of his

      count in their ranks men of decided liberality , intelligence , and honesty . Many , too , have wealth at their command . A very large class of the bourgeoisie have . not forgotten that , during Louis Phillippe ' s reign , they enjoyed a sensible amount of political liberty , and that , at the same , time , the lawprotected their lives and their property .

      PRUSSIA . The students of Berlin University have celebrated the birth of the infant Prince Frederick by a torchlight procession ; and a deputation of their number , with a congratulatory address , was received by the Prince and Princess . Berlin letters describe the reception of the new marriage law by the Liberals as very favourable , while . the Conservatives observed a gloomy silence . Its main provision is the establishment of a permissive or optional civil marriage , and the abolition of impediments to marriages between nobles and

      commoners . sPAir . The Queen , " says a Madrid despatch of Saturday last , " has signed the decree relative to theHispano-American Exhibition of 1862 . The Neapolitan exiles left Cadiz on that day on board an American frigate . " . ' . A letter from Madrid , states that in Spain war is looked upon as inevitable , and that although the proper part of Spain is to remain neuter , if circumstances were to force her to take an active part m the hostilities she would certainly declare herself against Austria . ¦ .. . . On the evening of February 20 th , 101 deputies in the Spanish Cortes , holding free-trade opinions , after a discussion on . the tariff , passed a resolution that the liberal regulations of the tariff in regird to cottons ought to be extended to corn .

      The English consul is negotiating a treaty of peace between Spain and Morocco . . The Count of Paris is gone to Morocco , but was to depart again tlience tor England on the 15 th inst .. ' . "• ¦ ¦ . . .. ¦ . ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ , . . ' AUSTRIA . . -. At Vienna an official order appeared on Wednesday , prohibiting the exportation of niules and the transit of horses . A letter from Milan states , that trade in Austrian Italy is in a complete state of stagnation , no business being at present transacted / A considerable number of recruits , deserters from the Austrian army , have crossed the Piedrnontese frontier . The Grand Duke of Tuscany intends to grant a liberal constitution to his subjects .

      A despatch , dated " Milan , Wednesday , " runs as follows-: —t" On the occasion of the funeral of Signor D ^ indolo , an opposition demonstration of the nobility took place in the church yard , but subsided quietly without further disturbance . Continual quarrels occur between the Austrian , Moderiese , and Piedraontese sentinels , stationed along the frontier . " Austrian Italy . — Paris , Feb ag .-r-At Venice contracts have been entered into for the construction of three new forts , which are to be completed in six weeks . -According to the Opihione ( pf Turin ) 5 , 000 workmen , collected from all parts of the Venetian territory , arc already occupied on these works . —Post , SWITZERLAND . With regard to the election riots in the Swiss canton of Tioino , it docs not appear which party was guilty of the first attack . The elections seem to have turned slightly in favour of the Radicals as against the Ultnunontanes , but many returns aro protested against . In Paris it is believed that Mazzini is in the canton , and that ho is endeavouring to hatch a conspiracy in Lombardy . RUSSIA ,

      " I am informed , " says tho Paris correspondent of the Daily News , ' on what I consider credible authority , that Russia has intimated her determination to resist any attempt to prevent the union of the Principalities by force . " On Friday tho Ambassador of the Grand-Khan of Bokhara and suite arrived at St . Petersburg . Tho Ambassador has since boon received by the Emperor , tho Empress , and the Crown Prince . Tho object of the embassy is the removal of obstacles which hinder tho developmentof commercial relations between Russia and Bokhara . TURKEY . The Post correspondent announces that despatches have arrived in Paris which prlvo reason to apprehend a general rising of tho Christian population of Turkey in the coming spring . A despatch , datod Constantinople , Tuesday , says : —The reports lately- circulated in certain papors , respecting tlio marriage of tho Sultan , tho despatch of Ethom Pashn . to tho Danube with troops , and tho contest in tho Divan , ' tiro stated to bo untrue , aiiHVIA . Tho SlcuptBOhina was dissolved on tho 12 Lh inst , by Prince Miloscli in person . The Hoapodar was greeted with cries of M Long live Mlloach , our

      own views and misgivings . . It Is said that tho Influence of Prince Napoleon Is looked upon with great dissatisfaction in Paris ; ftiul it is thought that tho Emperor attaches too much weight to tho Prince ' s opinions . It is rumoured that the Imperial Government is much disturbed by an unwonted movoment which lias for some little time bocu observed among tho loading members of the Orleans party , , Louis Nupoloon , it la generally bolioved , liars thoso oppo nents muo'h more than any other , whether they bo KopubUcans , Legitimists , or Socialists . The Orloanlsts uro a small' but lnlluontlul pwrty . They

      America. Tins Arabia Arrived At Liverpoo...

      AMERICA . Tins Arabia arrived at Liverpool on Sunday , with advices from New York to the 10 th inst . The news is of little importance . Nothing has , been done in Congress on the tariff ; loan , or Cuban questions . A proposition was talked of for suspending the tariff law for two years , and thereby reviving tho Act of 1840 . Mr . Forsyth had formally tendered his resignation as Minister to Mexico . Mr . Cass assured him that his course had met with the approbation of his Government , which as yet had come to no determination relative to Mexican affairs . The arrival of the 42 d Highlanders at Now \ ork , en route to British Columbia , was expected , and a very friendly reception was to bo given them . JbVom Vlotoria , British Columbia , wo loam that a party of American " rowdies " had . carriod away a British justice of tho peace from Holmes-bar , and made him pay a fine of fifty dollars for contempt . The French had taken possession of Clifterton , Guana Island .

      West Indies. , Hav'fi. Tim Intolllgonco ...

      WEST INDIES . , HAV'fi . Tim intolllgonco which wo havo received , viA the United Suites , doos not confirm tho statement-of tho arrival of t-ioulouquo at . Jamaica , which was brought by the last West . India- mall . Advices rocKilvud In Now York from I ' ort-au-Prlnbe to tho 10 th oi

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 26, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26021859/page/7/