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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . The " Proposition of the Quegtors" has been rejected by a majority of 108 . The entire Republican minority , with the exception of a few of the Cavaignac nuance , voted for the Executive , and the conspiracy at royalist intrigues , yielded to- tfce fiwmess of t& « Opposition . „ ,. * c The debate was of the stormiest . The reports of the proposition , M . Vitet , affirmed Aat it was not intended in a hostile or distrustful ^ se , but simply as a reaffirmation of the decree of tfce Hth of Mig ' 48 . But that decree , wtech pl ««« i the army a * iflw direct requisition of the Assembly , dates from a time when the revolution- was still in the streets and in the Clubs ; when the Constituent was the sole , supreme , authority , and any other power existed only by its delegation ; whereas , now the Constitution has set up two Powers- side by side , assigning to each its limits and prerogatives , and confiding itself to the patriotism of the whole People . The written speech of the Minister of War was of thorough military brevity and decision ; laymg down that doctrine of passive obedience throughout all ranks of the service , which a few months ago was received with applause from the mouth of Changarnier , by the same party who now treat it as a usurpation . M . Cremieux exposed the hypocrisy ot the Majority in appealing to principles which they had constantly repudiated . Colonel Charras declared

      himself unable to vote with his friends against the Proposition after the unwarrantable doctrines of the Minister of War . M . Michel ( de Bourges ) in a few energetic words showed that it was not a question of principle , but of party , and that a dictatorship was the object of the Royalists ; whereas the Republic looked to the Constitution and the Contitution to the People , " for defence . " The People " brought M . Vitet on his legs in a passion , to spoil his case by

      identifying- " the People with insurrection and by betraying the secret purpose of the Proposition , against the People . This escapade sent M . Charras back to his party . M . Thiers , who seldom appears but ia supreme crises to talk over" the Assembly , vainly strove to obtain a hearing . His prestige has departed : his influence is null . In vain he assumed the air of a Parliamentary champion ready " to die upon the floor of the House " : in vain he exclaimed , Cassandra-like , that perhaps he was addressing the last French popular Assembly : he was laughed do \ rn . M . Jules Favre protested against the doctrne of passive obedience as held by the Minister of War ; and

      concluded by recommending the impeachment of the Executive , if there were conspiracy on that side but no alliance with the undisguised designs of the Majority . Then General Bedeau rose to ask the Minister if it were true that he had ordered the Decree of the 11 th of May , ' 48 , till lately posted in all the Barracks , to be removed ; to which the Minister replied , that in the few Barracks where it was still posted , he had ordered its removal : because the very proposition of the questors implied an uncertainty as to that Decree being still in force . This dangerous reply roused the Assembly to a degree of excitement impossible to describe . The result of the vote completely discomfited the " Party of Order . "

      The Opposition retired en masse from the debate on the de tached chapter of the Communal Law , into which the modifications of the Electoral Law are to be introduced . They refused to assent to any compromise of " Abrogation . " The Cour t of Cassation has rejected the appeal of the prisoners condemned in the trials at Lyons . Louis Napoleon neglects no opportunity of ingratiating himself with the army . He reviewed a portion of the garrison again on Wednesday , in the Champ de Mars .

      M . ThLers ( says the correspondent of the Globe ) is beset with letters of remonstrance from his constituents , and there has been a meeting at Rouen of some of the moat influential merchants nnd manufacturers , at which it was resolved that he should not have their support at the next election . It is announced by the journals that Marshal Soult has been attacked by severe illnesH . Private letters state that there are only very faint hopes of his recovery . The Alh / cmcine Y . citung publinhes the following letter from the Duchy of Posen : —

      " The feeling of the Polish population of our province is very depressed , aa , while they perceive the appearance ot some beams of hope from the west , the moat disheartening intelligence reaches them from the south and east . It ia calculated to produce dctqiair for the regeneration of the country , and makes the fa talents 1 ' olonue more and more a certainty . The nobility arone cannot rettrttanlixh Poland , and all other claaneM of the population ia the Austrian part of it hava , during the Einnaror ' s recent vinit , ahowo such an undoubted attachment W _ _ A _ aL ^ a * - ^ Vt <> -n *_ ~ . ~ . A . iL 1 - Government that there is not the leant

      . . to the Austrian , hope they will take any part in an insurrection . The peasantry of Galicia stand exactly , where they were three f •» r » ago - they regard th » nobility as th « ir enemies , and took on the Imperial Government as their liberator . Therefore , in prseisely the same districts m which occurred the massacre of the nobility , was the moat oowidlesa enthusiasm ofth « pea » antafitr the yotmf hmperor ; they took the hot-ae * from hit * carriage and drew him themgalTM ft * nufcra tBgatbrtr i tk » j strewed his path

      Everywhere with garltMds , «• «* PoW * journals describe with unfeigned surprita * and awtonfekment . Any revolutionary movement in Ga&ia would not be against the Austrian Government , h « tthe total expulsion of the class of nobles . And how do matters stand in the Kingdom of Poland ? It is beinjK wwidly Russianiseds with all the enfugy of Russian * Wmuw * ion . AHtf » officials of th * 6 o *« rar ment an * all offic&l transaetions are already Russian Streeta , dBartance * , coins , we % &ts » &c . } all that i * mixed up with , tile daSjt life of the people , have the Rueswai Homencfetore ; th « name of tfce kingdom of Poland ! M totally svetded im official documents . The peopl * ar » becoming- aceuatemed to the name of TSevr Russia * and it is believed th « t in a year or two the very name of Poland

      will be driven out of use . The young men of Polish birth , from whom attempts at a future movement in favour of their nationality might be apprehended , are early removed into the interior of Russia ; they can be no more found in the monarchy . Further , the Russian language is the preponderating one in all the higher schools . Even in the Prussian province the recent Polish demonstrations of nationality have only been prejudicial to themselves , as the new Chief-President , Von Puttkammer , will tolerate no patriotic demonstrations that are not German or Prussian . Even if a new insurrection broke out in France , and extended beyond the frontiers of that country—even then not the smallest chance for the Poles would arise out of it . "

      Our readers will not fail to appreciate this letter , with all the reserve which the sources from which it is taken , and the peculiar colour of the intelligence it professes to reveal , alike prescribe . Respecting Russian Poland we have too much reason to believe the report to be substantially correct . Indeed we have long been aware of the prodigious energy employed to obliterate the last traces of nationality in that unhappy country . The enthusiasm for the beardless Nero of Austria in Galicia , if it were verified , would bespeak a depth of degradation and hopeless depravity more fatal than the tyranny of oppressors .

      Nearly 200 persons , writes the correspondent of the Daily News , have been forced to quit Vienna , and the Austrian dominions , in consequence of being suspected to have speculated on 'Change , with the view to increase the price of silver . No excuse has been listened to in any one case . The individuals on the expulsion list of the redoubtable Minister of Police have had to cross the frontier without delay , many of them torn from their families and homes without the means of subsistence elsewhere . In several cases the arrests were made in cafes and other public places ; the gendarmes comforting their prisoners , in reply to their assertions of innocence , with the remark that if the police had anything particular against them they would have been tried by court

      martial . Among the number of the expelled are several influential merchants . In the course of yesterday the Chevalier Weiss had a banker , named Konigswarter , brought before him , and warned him that he would be severely punished if he continued hia Urntriebe , or doings on the Exchange . Herr Konigswarter is a director of the bank , a wealthy man , highly honoured for the skill and integrity with which he conducts an extensive banking and booking , business , and one of the last men to meddle with any affairs of an improper character . His character is no safety ; he is liable to be expelled , or tried by court martial , at the pleasure of Chevalier Weiss . The police terrorizations have put a stop to hon : t-nde transactions . Baron Krauss and his agents

      have the Exchange to themselves . I know that an eminent house by telegraph refused to effect the purchase of a considerable amount of foreign exchanges on commission for a distantparty , and even offered to pay their customers the difference between the price at Vienna and at the spot from whence the order was issued . Not a merchant or banker can venture under such circumstances to transact business on 'Change . Notwithstanding , however , the influential capitalists and bankers of the city submit without a murmur . The dread of trial by court martial , and of a violent death , or imprisonment for life , is too gTeat . They submit to be

      trodden underfoot with the same readiness that the Turk accepts the bastinado . If a dozen of the largest houses would only close their counting-houBes altogether , an impression would bo made that would produce some relief . The police are taking similar forcible measures against what their wisdom considers improper speculation in grain . Though the Government itself is at this moment in the market making very large purchases , to provide against the expected Bcarcity , private individuals are not allowed to make purchases to any amount . Instances have already occurred of expulsion from Vienna for doing- uo .

      We learn nothing ( says the correspondent of the Times ) from the Italian papers , but " death and imprisonment . " At Bate , twenty-four persons were convicted of highway robbery" ; four were shot , and the others sentenced to hurd labour for terms varying between eight and twenty years . The sentences ugaintit the engineer Curti , of Vieenzii , und the shopkeeper Giacomelli , of Treviso , have created a great sensation . The former , who had purchased a

      certificate for twenty-live florins on Mnzzini » loan , was condemned to death ; the latter , who had received tat anonymous communication from Turin respecting a general insurrection , and destroyed it instead of sending it to the authorities ^ waa condamned to ten years' fortress-arrest . Marshal ltadetiiky commuted Curti ' w sentence to eight yearn ' and that of ( iiucomelli to livo years' imprisonment . At Mantua " a pumon . " was uhot for having revolutionary papers in his possession ,, and endeavouring

      to induce soMuu » te desert . The Wiener ZeitZTT ^ not condescend to give the name of this individ l MUitaury and civil executions continue i » A northern provinces . Domenico Mancini was 1 e Ancona on , the 24 th of October , for homicide w Austrians ; and Eugenio Lucchini and GW Antollini were-beheaded at Forli by the Pa ™ i « t rities , on the 27 th , for murdering , through " ^( tortST ** ° Th ° Legri > WC ' »' suV Field-Marshal Radetzky , in consequence of th reftwai of the municipality of Como to cel ebrate nT arrival of the Emperor , has dissolved that bod y' Considering the unloyal hypocritical , and unpardon able conduct of the municipality of Como ; *"" < m-* ' Considering the frivolous and injurious pretexts I Ieged by the said council , in order to abstain from offerin the homage due to his Majesty ; -we have decreed . ^ order : dlia

      " The Municipal Council of Como is dissolved Th Vice-Delegate Fontana is charged with the reelection of a new council , to be composed of true and loyal subjects " Signor Fontana is especially responsible for the exe cution of the present . ( Signed ) "Ra . det 7 ttv " Verona , October 9 , 1851 . " Yl This is the consequence of not outwardl y manifesting the loyalty which Austria claims as a right and throws a light on the illuminations and other festivities attendant on his Imperial Majesty ' s visit to Lombardy .

      The republic of San Marino has been menaced by the Austrians and the Papal Government , on the ground that it gives asylum to refugees . The authorities of San Marino have resolved to maintain the right of asylum , and , in case of attack , to appeal to the diplomatic corps . Signor Farini , the new Minister of Public Instruction in Piedmont , has inaugurated his accession to office by abolishing the official programmes and texts hitherto adopted in all the universities of the States . Much controversy has been occasioned with regard to permitting the work of Professor Nuytz to be used at the universities , it having been , condemned by a pontifical Mef . The Armonia , the organ of the ultra-clerical party at

      Turin , has been unceasing in its virulent and unmerited attacks on the new Minister , against -whom even its animosity has not been able to bring any biased accusation , though it has been most personal in its allusions . The Austro-Italian press mentions the probability of a meeting shortly taking place between his Majesty of Naples and the Emperor of Austria , and Vienna is asserted to be the spot chosen for that occurrence . The Duke of Trapani is on his way to Tuscany . The police of the Grand Duchy has been entirely organized on the Neapolitan system . Two Neapolitan officers , who have been residing at Florence for that purpose during the last year , have been decorated by the Grand Duke , in recompense for their

      services . The Gazette of Madrid contains an announcement from the Ministry of Grace and Justice that the Queen havingenteredupontheninth monthofherpregnancy , public prayers are to be offered up in all the churches of Spain for her Majesty ' s happy delivery . Her Majesty has oppropriately commenced a round oi viwis to the shrines of the Nine Virgins . Signor Escosura has made strong representations in the Cortes on the utter prostration ot a free preaa in Spain from incessant pros ecu tions . Liberty of the press is ? uarante £ * I rL so-called Constitution ; yet the other day the Lurop was suspended for some remarks on tue ^ cordat , at which the Papal powers chose to taj offence . We have already seen , in the case o Tribunal del Pueblo , that a Liberal journal ^ " ^ the question at Madrid under existing constitute guarantees .

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      KOSSUTH PAPERS . A number of miscellaneous topics of int ° T * hca ( i . lating to XoBSUth , group themselves under tru First in importance i 8 the joint deP « " J alinUriBlington and Finabury which waited onl ^ , ston on Tuesday , to present to him » ddr ^ 8 # y l , l , at meetings in those boroughs over wlncn « M . P . and Mr . Wakley , M . P . respectively . prcsi ^^ LOUD l-ALMEltSTOX ON THE KOS 8 UTM D ™ * * " ^ , ;^ The Secretary of the Kossuth ^^ f ^^ ton bury , Mr . Daniel Harris , wrote to J-ora * , | , le requesting an interview , and received a a > f ,,, „ reply , appointing Tuesday lor th « « "tpt ^^ deputation . Accordingly on th » t WJ ^ toii , » fc gentlemen were introduced tol-ord ' a « e bcr the Foreign-office , by Mr . William Hhaen ,

      of the deputation : — T ( iVVjH f p . Mr . P . Barnes ( barrister ) , Messrs . ' 1 hornua ^ , illK , Harris , Green , James , J . n . on , M «< he M ore W ^ Medley , . Kit . OeorK e «««"» M f , ij / ownc . ( barrister ) , Pike , C . II . Williams , lU- Jirowae . ^ ^ The addresHes were very comp limentary ^ . r ^^ f ^ . «" ~^ r ^^; conducfc of th « Foreign Secretory w »

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1851, page 1102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1910/page/2/