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      interest of the Porte to have Russia for an ally ; but that it was impossible for the Czar to admit the modifications in the Vienna Note . All these arguments have been met with firmness , and an assurance of the determination of the Porte to resist . Russian agents have swarmed like locusts of late in the Turkish dominions ; and the number of Russian travellers in all the chief capitals of Europe this summer has been remarkable . The Times correspondent at Constantinople writes : — - " Themost important reform that has been projected for many years in the Ottoman Empire is at length about to be accornplislied . A firman will shortly be issued , authorizing tlie admission of Christian evidence in courts of law . Hitherto no Christian's word has been admissible as evidence against a Mussulman , and hence an immunity from punishment and a license to crime to any Mussulman who took cate to have none but Christian witnesses to his

      offence . Practically the rayhas were deprived of anything in the shape of law or justice , and lived in perpetual distrust of their Mussulman fellow-subjects . The working of the n ^ w firman will doubtless be difficult , but , supported by the European Consuls , it will confer an inestimable boon on Turkey , and will do much to remove those causes of complaint which have led to the present crisis , which latter , having produced the firman , furnishes an instance of good resulting from evil which could scarce have been hoped for . " The new bank at Constantinople is to commence operations on the 15 th of October .

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      Admiral Dundas has paid a visit to the Pacha in command of the Dardanelles forts . On the 3 rd inst ., charts of the Black Sea were distributed to the ships of the two fleets . The ships will soon he compelled to leave their present position . A large quantity of stores of all kinds has been sent from Malta to the fleet ; . The Bellerophon is at Tenedos with invalids from tlie ships . She has established an hospital on the healthiest part of the island , under the yellow ( quarantine ) flag . It is reported that the Captain of the Bellerophon , Lord George Paulet , has been placed under arrest by the Admiral , for negligence in carrying-out orders , and that the matter has been referred to the Admiralty .

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      Austria , as we always predicted ( and we take no credit to ourselves for the prophecy ) , has , backed out of the Conference of the Four Powers , deserted Turkey , and positivelj taken sides with Russia . On the 14 th , Austria despatched a strong note to the Porte , declaring that it was absolutely necessary for Turkey to yield , and that Europe could not remain longer in the situation in which the Eastern question had thrown her . M . de Nesselrode , in sending the Russian memorandum to Vienna , to M . de Meyendorff , informed him that he was to leave an official copy with M . de Buol , but that he was not to pursue the same course with respect to the other representatives of the Great Powers . By that mode of acting , Russia desired to intimate that she recognised only Austria as tho mediating Power in the Eastern dispute .

      The Nemesis of the Hungarian war is looming . Austria sacrifices her traditional policy to her fenrs of a revolutionary war : and in tho connivance of Austria with his designs , Nicholas ) no doubt chuckles to find ono more article of Peter the Great ' s testament accomplished . On the receipt of the Inst Russian despatches it seems tho Austrian Government summoned the Conference ; and n . a . France nnd England could not be brought to insist upon Turkey ' s unconditional submission , Austria , isolated from the other X ' owera , despatches tho pressing note to Iho

      Porto , not emetly in the name of tho Conference , but with a hint that it is in accordances with the presumed intentions of Franco and England . This insolence on tho part of Austria is only surpassed by that of M . do Nes . selrode , who , in liifl despatch to M . do Meyondorff , speaks throughout of Austria as tho chief Power in tho Conference , only referring in a . secondary and subordinate ! senso to Franco and England , Tlie tone of tho whole despatch is clearl y designed to flatter tho young Emperor of Austria , tho conquost of whose heart and hand in to be finally accomplished at Olmiitz .

      The Emperor of Aimtria arrived nt OlmiUz ,. on the 10 t . h . M . do MeyenilorfP loft Vienna on the Jfil . h for Warsaw , to await the Emperor of Russia . The British Ambassador was to go to Olmiitz on tho 23 rd , to remain till tho 27 th . Tho Czar arriveH on tho 24 th . The King of Prussia does not go to Olmu ' tz , as his preHeneo thero would be interpreted in n Russian Kense . Frederic William can onl y afford to bo iiussian at a distunce . lie has no policy of his own . The King of Prussia lins junt appointed Prince Frederic William , son of tho Prince of Prussia , to bo Major in tho first regiment of the ( iuarris .

      Tho Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia arrived in Moscow ten dayw tipo . The I ' rinoo nnd Princess Frederick of the Netherlands have also arrived in that capital . Mr . Tackflon , tho now American Ambassador to Austria , hns arrived at Vienna . It is said that he goes to Olmiitr ., to " settle" tho Ko . ista affair . Mr . . Jackson , we suspect , will bo found of different mettle to Lord Westmoreland . Tho Emperor of Austria wont to Vienna on the 21 st inst ., to receive ) tho lost and found regalia of . Hungary . Yet we are told that the Austrian ( Government , to show their contempt for tho lately discovered regalia which Mm . Hungarians ro | jard with superstitious veneration , has ordered them to be placed in tho Vienna Kehal / ehammer —a collection of " curiouitiou . " Tho word indicate * tho

      true character of all such baubles—Austrian or Hungarian . . Austria has had another brush at Smyrna ; but tins time it is against a weaker power . The cordial reception given to the American frigate St . Louis at La Spezzia , and the ball given to the Queen of Sardinia by the Americansr'btt ^ increased the enmity of Austria to Piedmont . When tho Bellnna , Austrian frigate , arrived at Smyrna , she found a Sardinian frigate stationed in the roads , but omitted the customary salute ; and moreover , the Austrian captain indulged in some observations insulting to Sardinia . The . Sardinian captain dared the Austrian to repeat his insults on shore .

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      The great reviews in Prussia were terminated on Friday last . About eighty foreign officers were present at the manoeuvres . The officers of the English nrmy proceeded from Berlin to the camp at Olmutz . The festivities at Berlin included a performance at the Opera , and a grand banquet given by the King .

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      Louis Napoleon reviewed the camp of Satory on Tuesday . The troops were formed into three sides of a square , the carriages of the Empress and of the Court , and a consi derable crowd of spectators , occupying the fourth side . The Emperor then proceeded into the centre of the square , accompanied by a numerous staff and a considerable number of foreign ' officers , Austrian , English , Piedmpntese , and Dutch . The Emperor , having on his right Prince Napoleon , and on his left General Prince Jablonowski , of the Austrian service , then delivered the following address to the troops : —

      " Officers , Eon-commissioned officers , and soldiers!—At the moment when the camp of Satory is about to be rased , I desire to testify to you my entire satisfaction . The three divisions which have in succession occupied it have manifested that discipline and confraternity , and that love for the profession of arms which keep up the military spirit so necessary for a great nation . In fact , who is xt that in difficult times has supported empires , if not these assemblages of armed men taken from the people , broken into discipline , animated with the sentiment of duty , and who preserve , in the midst of peace , when generally egotism and interest in the end enervate everything , that devotedness to the country founded on self-denial , and that love of glory which is founded on a contempt for riches ?

      That it is which has always made armies the sanctuary of honour ; and , consequently , as long as peace continues , there exists a community of sentiment , I may even say a sort of esprit de corps , between us and foreign armies . We love and esteem those persons who in their own country feel and act as we do , and as long as political events do not turn them into enemies we are happy to greet them as comrades and as . brothers . Receive , nay friends , with my encomiums for your good conduct , my thanks for the marks of attachment which you have given to me and to the Empress . Reckon on my afFection , and be certain of this , that next to tho honour of having been three times elected by a whole nation , nothing can afford mo greater pride than to command such men as you . "

      After the defile" of the troops the Empress retired , and the Emperor gave a collation to all the officers near Marshal Magnan's tent . In front of the tent was to be seen a colossal bust of the Emperor , made in twelve hours by M . Roubaud , a pupil of Fradier . At six o ' clock the Emperor returned to Saint Cloud " amidst loud acclamations . " The camps at Satory and at Helfaut ( near St . Omer ) aro to be respectively broken up on the 24 th and 27 th of this month . Tho mayors of tho various towns which Louis JN " apoleon is to traverse in the course of his progress in the northern departments , aro assisting the prefects and sub prefects in * ' gettiilg up tho steam" of loyalty and spontaneous enthusiasm . Tho Emperor nnd Empress arrived at Arras on

      Thursday evening . A brilliant reception had l ) een propared for them . Indeed tho towns are vicing with each other in splendid decorations , addressee , balls , illuminations for the occasion . Boulogne distinguishes itself by an address of congratulation and compliment to the Emperor from the English inhabitants . The English residents in Boulogne ( who are not bigoted politicians as n , class ) may reasonably feel grateful to tho man who keeps things ( juiot in Franco , and who has certainly hitherto shown himself animated with friendly feelings towards lingland . Tho Prince do Chimay is pent by tho King of Belgium to Lille , to compliment tho Emperor on his visit to that frontier town . It is rei / tmrked that at tho marriage of tho Due do Brabant tho Frcuich ambassador was conspicuously ( ihscnf :. \

      I . lie French Protectionists express alarm at the decrees allowing tho I ' rcn admission of corn , cattle , and meat . They specially object to t . ho latter decrees , and admitting tho urgency of the present crisis , ask why the time for tho re-imposition of the duties is not fixed . ! riio JdcJio ji grlmlo has been warned for having fold tho truth on tlie corn question . It in accused of having fronted a factitious rise in prices , tho fact being Lhnt tho Government ha . s laboured to create a factitious fall . A warning hns been given to tho Const i In tionnal , for having in spite of au " unofficial warning , " persisted in HVKtematioally praising , in its bulletin of tho bourse , (• ertniri industrial enterprises , and depredating others , from interested motives .

      Wn Tuesday las , tho Od ^ on Theatre was reopened with a new play by Mrfry , tlie Provenqal improvisators , called i Ins man tlw Jlraiu : This Don G nsman in auppooed to bo an iuif ( w ( . or of tho Hmpress ; and tho ploy was written by Ma-y , who i . s a Hort of Court , poet , for tho pur ] who of stirring- up the loyally of the students and working uujii of tlio quarter of tho ' ' on . Queon Christina olj Spain was present at , tho first , performance ; but the JCuiporor and Empress , who woro expected from t > t ,. Cloud , did not malm their apnoaranort , on account of ft slight indisposition , it wan understood , of tho Empress . The cloth manufactory of M . Jourdain-Ribouleau , at Louviern , tho largest in Franco , in which about 1200

      workmen were employed , was completely destroyed bv fir * on Sunday night last . J "jnxe ™ . Th \ marriage of C ? unt Olivier de I ^ ochefotteault ^ T Miss Montgomery , daughter of a New York merchant was celebrated on Tuesday last at the church of S £ p v « ia * in the Faubourg St . Germain . Val 6 re > General Voirol , an ex-General of Division and e * Governor-General of Alpferra , died on the 15 th inst IT was Commander of the Forces at Strasburg m 1836 " whs the present French Emperor attempted an insurrection i * that town . u

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      Another shuffle of the cards at Madrid . General Ler sundi's ignoble Cabinet Las fallen . Sartorius / Count of St . Louis ) has formed a new administration . The new Ministers are Sartorius , Interior and President of the Cabinet ; Blaser , War ; Domenech ( ProgresistaV Finance ; the Marquis de Molins , Marine , or State ( Foreign Affairs ) . The other names are not mentioned . M . Sartorius and M . de Molins were members of the 1 last ministry of which Marshal Narvaez was president - the first as Minister of the Interior , and the second asi Minister of Marine . At that time M . de Castro was President of the Congress , and in that capacit y seconded theplans of the Ministry . At the present moment he occupies an elevated judicial post . M . Domenech was Minister of Finance with M . Olozaga . General Blaser is not known as a politician . It is believed he will make room for Narvaez .

      The Marquis de Molins was at Paris when he was informed of the fall of the government ; and would immediately set out for Madrid . M . CollanteS ; who held the portfolio of Public Works im the late Ministry , will , it is fcejieyed , be Minister of the 1 Interior , and M . Llorente ( now hi Paris ) will take the ; Finance department . The Queen returned to Madrid on the evening of tin ? 16 th from La Granja . Before proceeding to the palaca ; , she visited the Church of Atocha .

      The new Cabinet has a more constitutional look than the last ; but in Madrid intrigues and " influences , " govern all . It may be expected of the present Ministry , that the Cortes will be speedily convened r the Protestant Cemeteries question settled : Marshal Narvaez recalled : and the slave-trade in Cuba less openly carried on under the Spanish flag : but those who expect much of Spanish ministers , however liberal and honest their complexion ,, do not take into account the more secret agencies by which ' the Queen ' s Government is carried on in constitutional ! Spaing The deposition of the Queen is liberally discussed im certain political circles at Madrid .

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      The King of Belgium , accompanied by hi 3 two sons and several Ministers of his Cabinet , has visited the statistical congress at Brussels . During the discussion of the reports of the various sections a delegate stated that a statis--tical congress would be held in P , aris in 1855 . Mr . Horace-Say , the political economist , objected on political groundsto the choice of that city , and proposed Turin . This littleincident created no slight sensation . The regular session of the States General of Holland , was opened by the King in person on the 19 th inst . The ' speech was received in London within two hours after its , delivery , by submarine telegraph . The recent session of ! the Chambers was an extraordinary session , convoked for : the discussion of the new law against the aggressions of tl '« r Papacy .

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      Alexander von Humboldt celebrated his 85 th birthday on the 14 th inst ., at his estate at Regel , surrounded bv > a select society of friends . The Duke of Genoa is in command of tho forces cnv camped upon the plain of Marengo . Ho ia indefatigable in exorcising the troops . . .. At Naples it is generally understood that Austnaus playing tho game of Russia in tho Eastern question . Miss Cuninglmm , an English lady anxious to convertthe Italians to Protestantism , distributed tracts among tho people of little villages near Lucca . Tho people got : offended , and pelted her away . Sho persisted , ana ttie > police arrested her . Sho is now in jail , accused of having , endeavoured to seduco tho people from their fiiitlu- « u was repeatedly warned by her friends , but she would not . desist . She is now liable to imprisonment for six years ,, with hard labour . Tho Grand Duke was appealed to , Delias declined to interfere .

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      Wo mentioned , a few weeks since , that tho Prince Bclgioso had been stabbed , at Smyrna , by a discharge " norvnnt . No apprehension of fatal consequences wftS'jitertained by the friends of tho Princess in Paris , ftB \ V ~ -J had received a letter from her after tho wont , nn" w heard from other sources that her wounds wore not < ^ gerous . Wo regret extremely , however , to learn by a i _ from Constantinople , of the ' 8 th , in tho Ost Dentsclio x u of Vienna , that tho Prince ™ haH died of hw wound * tho Turkish capital . Sho will bo deeply regretted .

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      MENSCIIIKOFF THE MISSION ARY Iff civilization hatt been Beared by atrocities committee in l , ho name oflifoerty , it cannot lio denied tlinl ; crn . an flagrant ; nnd iniquities uh onomioiiH Iwiyo boon < >^ guiscd in tho sacred vestments of religion- N <> e "" J , ' no wet , can claim immunity from this oliar |? C iil < . ( , having perverted the most nolenm objecta of rtiV 0 H' Q and wor « hip to tho Korvico of violence and wr 0 K ' Orthodoxy , ' or in other words « dl » rence to ^ tlw ci > which the " strongest lin . s the power to enforce . ^ been tho fruitful parent of wnr ft ml violent , « national and intefitine , in every torn :, and un « or pretext ; . . , i - , Hut ; not to enlarge upon a toxfc so fmnilmr as - » let xxh proceed to inquire into tho religion «« 1 >^

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      A telegraphic despatch from Vienna , received in Paris on Thursday , announces that , upon the demand of Lord Stratford do Redcliffe , new conferences had taken place , at which it was decided that the representatives of the Powers at ; Constantinople should declare that the Vienna Note does not contain the dangers which the Porte sees in it . toother collective step will be taken . The effect of these conferences at Constantinople , if indeed they take place , is neutralized by the Nesselrode Notes and the diplomatic rupture at Vienna .

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      918 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1853, page 918, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2005/page/6/