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      Russian Policy In Italy. —The Following ...

      best founded is that this person was commissioned by the Emperor Alexander to warn the Emperor of SeFrench ^ that the English and Prussian Governmeats , alarmed at his success , ^ e re taking measures S oppose its continuance , and that thei Russian Government , in that case , thought itself , in an honourable point of view , equally obliged to apprise the Emperor of the French that it could not engage in a general war . This explanation is g ^ ffi , " * - cepted as correct in the highest political f " ^ - Naples . — We are informed , says a letter from Naples that the court-martial has just pronounced sentence in the affair of the 270 prisoners . taken in . the Champ de Mars . Two of them have been condemned to death , and all the rest to hard labour for life . Mr . Elliot has been definitiirel y accredited as Ambassador from England to the Court of Naples . He has delivered to the King an autograph letter from her Majesty the Queen . Portugal . — The funeral of the Queen took place on the 20 th . A great number of the inhabitants of liisbon voluntarily put on mourning , and the courts have been closed for eight days . _

      Spanish JealoIist . — The semi-official Correspondencia Autografa lias the following : — " At Gibraltar the English are mounting batteries , not only , as has been stated , in the forts , but even in the midst of the streets . The day on which the sentinel of the Straits shall light his first match this place will be transformed into a volcano of gunpowder and ball . Our forts of Santa Barbara and San Feline , destroyed by the English in the War of Independence , under the pretext that the Trench troops might take possession of them , are now only heaps of ruins , and the brass guns with which they were armed are still in the hands of the English . The English will not allow these fortifications to be restored * and yet we permit them to encroach every day ^ by constructing barracks on the neutral ground , and by taking the stone destined for their walls from the quarries of San Roque . " -

      United States News . —Sickles and his wife have become entirely reconciled , and he is now living with her . —The Vermont State Republican Convention was held on the 12 th instant . The present state officers were re-nominated . Resolutions were passed condemning the extravagance and pro-slavery character of the present administration , and maintaining the right of naturalised citizens to protection against the Cass doctrine . —A duet took place on the 15 th in North Carolina , between O . Jennings Wise , of the Richmond Enquirer , and Patrick Henry Aylett , a contributor to the columns of the Richmond Examiner . Mr .

      Aylett fired first . Mr . Wise then fired in the air , when Mr . Aylett withdrew the challenge and asked for a reconciliation , which Mr ; Wise refused . The "" difficulty " grew out of the late controversy between the Enquirer and the Examiner on the subject of intervention and non-intervention of Congress as regards slavery in the territories . —A despatch of the 15 th from Washington says : "I understand that certain black Republicans lately offered an Arizona expedition 25 Q , 000 dols . to attempt to make that territory a slave , state , and play tlio border ruffian . ' It was something of this . nature that caused the split between Henningsen

      and the New York party . " Venezuela— Servile Wak .-t-A fearful negro insurrection was initiated at Puerto Cabello on the 15 th ult ,, and a regular war of race and colour commenced . The outrages began at Guaiguasa , where Judge Miguel Mnro was assassinated by the negroes . At Puerto Cabello . fortunately , the negroes were routed after severe street fighting , and retired to the country . All trado \ yaa at a standstill ; the Government hoped soon to put an end to the insurrection . The revolt there is not a political movement , ' but a negro insurrection . Although , by the latest accounts , the insurgents had been beaten in an attack upon Puerto Cabello , and in several engagements , they -still caused groat uneasiness . Business was suspended and communication -with the interior interrupted .

      Mexican Anarchy . —A special despatch , dated New Orleans , 8 th inat ., in the Charleston Courier , says that General Well has defeated the liberal forces under General IZuazua , at Guanajuato , mid proclaimed Santa Anna dictator . Tlie despatch also states that this affair had caused groat confusion at San J ^ ula Potoai , that ex-Governor Barrerra hud attempted to stir up a revolution in tho province of Campeachy , which was followed by similar demonstrations in other provinces , and that the government was milking vigorous efforts to suppress the Outbreak .

      No. 488. ' Jw.T 30. 1859.1 Thexeader. 88...

      No . 488 . ' Jw . t 30 . 1859 . 1 THEXEADER . 885

      Tho Talk Of A Fusion Botwoon Tlto Legiti...

      Tho talk of a fusion botwoon tlto Legitimists and Orleanists is again spoken of as a contemplated step . The Count 4 o Paris is said to bo anxious to establish himself at once as the executor to his father ' s will , which is again to bo posted up this year in JParis , on the 24 th of August .

      Foreign Incidents.

      FOREIGN INCIDENTS .

      The Rothschilds.— The Assurance Given In...

      The Rothschilds . — The assurance given in French financial circles of the approaching retirement of the Rothschilds has created a strange sensation . If the rumour prove true , not only Baron James but both the sons , Gustaye and Alphonse , would likewise withdraw from business , the accounts of the liouse in Paris be closed , and , in short , it would exist no longer after the month of December . The deplorable state in which Nathaniel Rothschild still remains , who , in the flower of his age andstrength , has been suddenly struck with paralysis ; and the uncertainty of financial operations in the present unsettled state of Europe , have decided Baron James to take this step , so it is said . But although the announcement , even unconfirmed as yet by himself , has occasioned some little emotion amongst the moneyed men of Paris , men of experience in these matters persist in declaring that such a measure is utterly incompatible with the Baron ' s age , his nation , and his love of domination , and therefore reject the possibility .

      Very Important !—A lively correspondent draws our attention to the following astounding discovery of the Journal du Havre : — "The Emperor has not been seen in Paris since his return from the wars , but the news has been sent to the Journal du Havre that he no longer wears the points of his moustachios turned up and stiffened with Hungarian pomatum , ; but allows them to curve downwards as they did before his marriage . What , if anything , this change may portendI cannot say . A lively imagination may

      , perhaps see in it a renunciation of his Majesty s military career . The perked moustache , pointing to the ear , in shape like a fighting-cock ' s spur , has undoubtedly a smarts soldier-like appearance to a continental eye , although I believe it is not yet in vogue with the Horse Guards Blue . It is quite conceivable that an important mercantile article organ like the Journal du Havre should see in every neglected hair on the Emperor ' s face a symptom of peace and free trade . "

      Totrcos in Pams . —A large portion of the French army has already left the scene of its triumphs . Of one corps we read : " The destination of these 60 , 000 men , or at least of the greater part of them , is Paris , where they are to be assembled in time for the Emperor ' s fete on the 15 th of August . The Zouaves and even the Turcos are to be treated to a sight of the capital . What Austrian shot and shell have spared of these ferocious African savages will shortly be displayed upon the Boulevards . It is presumable they will there be kept in better order than in Italy . If it be deemed justifiable to bring them at all into a Gliristian country for purposes of warfare , they oughtwhile therealways to be under the eyes of

      , , energetic French officers and sergeants . As soon as they obtain the opportunity the savage and the robber breaks out . But for the different colour of the petticoats , it would often puzzle the most practised eye to detect the difference between the bronzed , weatherworn French Zouaves and the African soldiers of the lighter races . The proportion of Negroes among the Turcos is not large . Officers have been sent to Africa to recruit for the Chasseurs Indigenes , and one of them told a friend that he proposed addressing himself particularly to the red-bearded Kabyles , whom he considered the best adapted to furnish good soldiers . They will do for the next "war .

      Peace anj > Harvest Home . — A friend , just arrived from Touruine , says that tho announcement of peace was hailed with enthusiasm by all the fanners in that district . The want of hands to get in , the harvest is so great that in some oases lOf . n-dny are given to reapers . There is a dop 6 t of Austrian prisoners at Blois , and the farmers requested tho mayor to permit the prisoners to assist in saving the crops , The mayor complied with their request , and tho farmers received them into

      their houaes ; they feed ftwd lodge them , and provide them with a light dress to work in the fields . After their day ' s work the prisoners , who are mostly Italians , delight tho fiunillos with their singing . They are oxtreniely well treated by tho French , and are quito grateful . As a matter of form , the prisoners are sent to Blois once a-week to bo inspected by the mnyor , who pays them 3 f . a-weolc out of their wages for pocket money . The remainder is laid by as a fund , to bo given to them when they return in duo course to thor own country .

      The Fhess in Napi-ks . —For tho first tune since 1848 a journal has boon sold in tho Neapolitan streets , but by order and in tho interest of tho Government . Haifa shqet of note or lotter paper is called L * Annunxiatore / aPolitiaul , Scient (/ lc , Literary , Artistic , and Comio Journal . It contains two articles —one being tho Poaco Despatch from Paris ; the other tho decree of tho 10 th of June , normiUlng the return of tlio exiled Sicilians . A Jiotioo at the end says , L" Annunxiatore will roanpoar when it thinks propor .

      India, Indian Progress.

      INDIA , INDIAN PROGRESS .

      Inevitable. We Look Forward With The Gre...

      inevitable . We look forward with the greatest interest and anxiety to Sir Charles Wood ' s financial statement , promised on Monday evening , and hope that the sanction of P arliament to this new loan of Twenty Millions , will not be given until the whole question of Indian Finance , present , provisional , and prospective , has ^ undergone the careful and deEberate investigation of the House of Commons . We are no alarmists , nor Lave we the least doubt that the Indian Empire can be made to pay , but it is vain to conceal that matters are in that desperate condition when legislation , can be no longer delayed , and when Parliament ¦ will have to determine whether the Indian

      Govern-¦» ——INDIAN FINANCE . —COMPENSATION TO SUFFERERS BY THE MUTINY . That the Secretary of State for India would again have to appear as a public borrower , ^ to meet the pressing exigencies of the Indian service , is , our readers will recollect , in direct confirmation of our observations on this subject three weeks ago . Everybody who has given close attention to the matter must long ago have foreseen , that , looking to the present depreciation of Indian securities and the credit of the local Government of India in its own territories , an appeal to the English money market was absolutely

      ment is to be suffered to exist on credit , or by what means some approximation to an equalisation of income and expenditure is to be obtained . We venture to point out , that it is worthy the serious consideration of the Legislature , whether an attempt should not be made to pay off the / whole of this Indian debt of one hundred millions , carrying interest as it does at about 4 . i per cent ., with a new loan , backed by the Imperial guarantee , and obtained at from 3 to 3 i per cent . There are na abler financiers in the world than the natives or India . They long ago apprehended the difficulty which has now arisen . They have a perfect appreciation of the fact that this system of borrowing in the English market for Indian purposes will not be theoest

      allowed to go on for ever ; that it is at . _ only a provisional , and no very brilliant , expedient . They wait to see what is to be done by the Supreme Government tpwards the permanent settlement of this great question . But let the House of Commons once pledge the credit of the English nation to the repayment of this debt , at present secured only on Indian revenue , and the faith and confidence of native capitalists would be re-established . They would lend tkeir money more freely at 4 per cent , than they are now doing at six , while by the conversion above suggested a saving of about a million

      and a half yearly , would be effected to the totato . People deceive themselves in fancying that the wealthy natives of India will subscribe to these new loans , with a deficit of seven millions a year staring them in the face . They wait to see what is to be done . Let England once boldly assume tho reponsibility of tlio debt , and demonstrate to the . natives of India that she means not only to hold the country but to make it pay , and if necessary to collect the requisite tnxea at the point of tuc bayonet : then confidence will be restored , and we only repeat what is in the mouth of every man recently from India in asserting that such n measure would do more to consolidate and strengthen RviMfllvnlo in that crroat dependency , than tJic

      , most imposing manifestation of material gowci . By guaranteeing the debt this country wouW be m no worse position than at present : ^ V" ? ™ ^ ^ rx ^ 4-4 rvi . nW K SK S & XJ ^^ a KS SX ^ T ^ f ^ U ^^ L ^^ withdrawal of her Government . In estimating suino time ago tho public debt of India at ninety million * , no account was taken bv us of tho compensation which Lord fetanley , When in o / Hoo , declared it will bo necessary to make to sullbrors in tho recent disturbances . The olnims for compensation lodgod with tho

      Commissioners in India appointed by Government to receive thorn , amount , wo have reason

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 30, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30071859/page/9/