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      for , the * UffiA&f , a&YUies „ rendered ., to the . maa . ¦ wh a / oun < kh £ ir foee ^ , victorious ,. , and pjWKer&U and leftnher . , hum - Med ,. mutilated * , and . couqweredrr-France paid , only ; a fe > yvm <> tttiba « inq ^ . foiM milhons of fBanfis . ^ i e ^ Q ^) acft » & < the . legacies of the First-Ewperpr . Now we ., are-assured , that ., this . M » Cantilloahas laiely received the . tea thousand francs , as af small recompense / for ; his , heroic , act .. We shall be curious -to le . ar » how . England will appreciate , the , morality of this , honourable recompense paid , so many years after to the man who had sought to de .-stroy her . preserver . let me addtluafc this MV Cantillon is . now an inhar . bitant of Brussebvwhece hekeeps—Rue Notre Dame , near ., the Place Eoyale—a grocer ' s shop . You would never believe * to hejir him ask in an . oily voice , " Monsieur , ne desire , pas . aulre chose ? " that this subdued grocer is the historical candidate for the imperial , munificence . It belonged to Loui 6 Napoleon to pay the debt of blood . Arcades ambo ! IV

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . WBideen » it right , to aaaure our friends in Fraoce , for their consolation , and in behalf of our > ow » national dignity * that the object of our Government in recommending . the Court to invite the iErench Emperor , to Windsor , is understood to be to . prevent him from going , at present at least , to the Crimea * It is not improbable , that our Court < w * lkpay a-return visit t& Pferis 'in- May or- Jane , and thus another delay wiH be interposed between the French Emperor ' s design of visiting the . Crimea , and his actual departure pft that wild advent ure * He is ta be made respectable , ma . lgrp . luu The repugnance-of our Court to the idea of-entertaining the present ruler of the French is no secret . Only the other day Count

      Walewski was emphatically and deliberately snubbed , or rather ignored , by the Due de Nemours , who chanced topay a morning , call to Windsor at the time when the French ambassador was on a visit to the Qtteen . r It is _ a seriousTblow to hereditary royalty to entertain such : guests as Louis Napoleon on equal terms . . The question of * morality need not be discussed , foriwhat is the morality of Courts and Cabinets ? We know how Sing Leopold / has paid his respects to the despoiler of ' the House of Orleans . So , long as the French nation , permit' a- successful conspirator to represent Jthem ,. however lawlessly , they must-excuse these political and official necessities . We can * only record a protest , and leave to time and to the awakened public spirit of . France to ratify it .

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      F&auce . —The . discussion ; on , the : j > rojet de Iqi of municipal organisation in . the Corps Le * gislatif has given rise to considerable difficulties . The reporter of the commiflr sion ; was . obligedrjto state that the commission . adopted with , reluctanoewseveral of the clauses which appeared to At - to , d ? 3 tooy jthemunidlpal : liberties ; but that . it had yielded its Jobjeptiona . froni ^" ^ esirFTtb ^^ r ^ " a '" suii « W '«" support to the Government * Nevertheless * , the project , as adopted . by the commission ,. is seriously altered from the draft approved , . by the Council of State , For uigtauce r concerning the dissolution , of municipal councils by , the Government , and thai ? being replaced by a special conx miss i on ,, the law , as proposed by the Council . of State *

      determined that the commission so apppinted , ex qfficio , should hold office until tho time appointed for , the renewal of tho municipal council— . that , is , for a period extending possibly to five years . The commission , in spite of its good-will , and of its anxiety to lend , the Government a " sincere concurrence , " declares that it cannot acoept that clause which would hand over the municipal councils ¦ to a sort of-arbitrary supremacy . By way of a compromise ,-it'proposes as a maximum of delay in reelecting the municipal commissioners , thirty months . T 6 this ) however , the Councilof State demurs , and the Corps Le " gislatif will have to pronounce its decision by a public-vote ^ ThO'same . disagreement has arisen respocting ^ tho authority of the , mayor » .

      Tha measure woichj . hBB-bean presented : * to the Corps-L -y < $ r 9 ar <« iidldfl JV £ orny t them has been a * talk o £ a Moro ^ l fi pnepMfidUbyrt ha vtMWiiaUes . iaxeply to the . exiled Gewflaltt Tbiai aj * wnoic WfMifoxtolduon- toi appear at the lost : moment *; , Wo road in tho Constitutiotmtl gudeapatoh from Madrid , 8 rd , uVpf } l >» wh 4 oh- * ay / j « — ' ^ Lord Howden , haa addressed to tty | . rJiej *» pQB £ r » la . communication .. contradicting the Qli o ^ effi ^ l i acoouwt iof ,. tho meoaurea taken agaUiatthe-Prot « wrf , a » tftof , S . » viUo . " Tho Spanish ,. Government ¦ ho £ iemfwiei , , tho . r « o % l / of Lord iHowdem on account' of bia Intefferewo

      Ths . Jkfffn » teur of-Wednesday-state * tha ^ . the dermand of Prince Napoleon ,., and in conformity . with * . the instructions of the Imperial Government , the Minister , of'France on-the 22 nd ultt- lodged- with- the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs jm ^ flfciafc'Complatnfcyigainsfe the publisher rof the BEUBsaIs .-pamp , hM ^ on ^ the expeditionr to the . Crimea , and calumniously . entitled . " A . Memoir , addressed to the Government of JbisJMaj esty Napoleon HL , by a General OflScer . " This complaint was at once transmitted-to the public prosecutor .-The Vienna r Conferences have come to- a standstill ; beingrppstponed till Monday or Tuesday next , when , the Russian ministers are ; expected to receive their fresh inr structions . It is stated by ; some , writers ,. and denied by others , that Lord John Ru 3 sell and M . de Bourqueney are not quite agreed on some important points ; and that this ^ is ; the ^ cause of the visits of Mw

      Drouyn de Lhu . ys to London and-Vienna . France , it is said , objects to England concedipg . 60 much , The . Time * Vienna correspondent writes : — "Since the 15 th . March , the first point , which relates to the Principalities , has been- signed ,- though with a reservation on the part of Russia ; the second point , ' which treats of * he free-navigation of the .. Danube , has been initialled ( pamafe ) , but not signed , and the Conference has been fruitlessly occupied for two sittings with' the third , point . This , then , is all'that has been effected in a fortnight ,, during which there have been-seven regular Conferences , and many consultatAonsi'between the * AHIes . on the--one hand , and Prince-Gorteqhakoff and his lajgediplqinatic staff on the othe r * " A . variety . of jrum . ouj ^ h ave beeukin ciicula . tion , but sor entirely devoid of authority asrnot tq . be worth repetition . It is pretty clear , however , that . Russia is not very conciliating .

      The daily'papers state that-the- following-entry-appea £ e 4 vin'one , of the recent i returns-inade ; by . the Vienna police agents-, to their superiora ¦ : —^ " Lord John Russell has . walked arm-in-arm . on . the . glaQis with , Pr ince Gortschakoff . " This of course set the quidnuncs talking . ; but it had no influence on'Change . M . Drouyn d * - Lhttys returned to Paris on Saturday , and on Monday started fqr . Vienna . Ioahis absence , the Foreign .. Office will be filled by M . Thouvenel , the Director-General . M . Dreuyn de Lhuys an 3 Lord JoEnJlussell will not acoept the . uwiltatioij < -which * they , have ^ received to stay at rBfirl » n »

      On the , 6 th .: ult . M ^ . Oorradii . ; editor ojL the .. Clamor PuUico , and M . de Mazo , editor the Occidents , both of Madrid , fought a duel . To escape the penalty of the Spanish lawj the duel war fought in 1 ^ hired hall . The combatant * ought with swords , which were ground for the- occasion , and having ; wounded one another , closed ,, intending each to end the other ' s life . The . seconds , were compelled to tear them asunder . ¦ A singular ceremony took pldce at 'Madrid on the 25 th ult . —namelyj the public crowning of'the Spanish poefc Quintana with / laurel , as . a solemn' acknowledgment of hie gemmae and . patriotism . , The fallowings are the particulars : ^ The . ceremony took place in- tb e ~ Palace , of the Senate , and the Queen and the . King . presided , over .

      , it . The ministers , the foreign ambassadors , and many pereonages "" of distinction ; were'pre 3 ent ;~ The-poefc havingbeen , introduced ^ . M .-, Calyo A 3 censio r a / deputy ^ delivered , a speech , in , wbich > the > gftye an ,, account of . hia , labours . , M . Hartzenbuech # ^ one .. of the first dramatic authors of , jSpain , then presented a crown of laurel leaves in gold . to . the Duke de \ tt Victoria . The duke handed the crown to the Queen , and her-Majestyj amidst loud applause , placed it on the head of-Mi Q . uintana . A' ( riumphal hymn , written by M . Ayala ,-. anils , set , tq music by-M »! Arieta , was then , executed ; and afterwards the . Senora ,. Avellanda recited , an ode . The Queen and tho King then returned to the palace , and tho ministers , the ambassadors , and other-principal personages-, retired to partake , of a / banquet M . . Quintana < was afterwards

      acconipanwl tq his residence by tUeiprosident of tbo Cortes , the constituttQnal alcalde , of Madrid , , thc director of tho Spanish Academy , and a splendid procession ; tho crown was convoyed befdrc him in a sort of triumphal car . An acoounfc of the ¦ day ' s' proceedings was drawn up . and signed' by-the King and Queen , and air the principal ; personages t and it is to be -deposited . in the archives of tho Royal Academy ¦ of History . It' was intended to ready in the course of the ceremonyj pieces of vorso in honour of Quintana * written by tho principal literary celebrities of tho day ; but they -were so numerous that it would- havo taken- toa . much time , and they were ordered to be . printed , ' and to bo distributed gratia , in all parts-of Spain . —This - reminds one of the days when Petrareh was crowned in the Capitol .

      . Death has beon busy among tho notables of Greece . ^ General Tsavollas , tho hero of Missolonglii ; Gurdukiotis Grivas , formerly palace marshal ; and Dcliany , formerly President of th . 0 . Senate ^ havo . died within . , tb , o spaoo of ten days . Spiro Millios , the Minister of War who aided from the public treasury the bands which loft Grccco to kindle an , insurrectionary war . on tho Turkish . territory , da impriaonod at Athens . The ministry are endeavouring to Endoutthe precise . application of theiniB » ing money . ¦ Several ^ ppliUool , pftraouagea ,. apprehejading ' ill conso-^ upnoos , have . t . the ., country . Cli * rles SoutzQ > who ( succeeded Spiro . MUJios , as ... Mittfater of , War ,.. haa , gpn « , straight to ltassia . ' * Thtj rumour -of the death of 'Prince Menschlkoff scorns

      to be . ixue . He had , bee * -ftayin ^ somerjtwwe At-Sirophe * , roppj ^ oft aacounjtof ^ wo . u « dia ; fiis ,.-legi . wbicJw assmnedn an . ; alasmtog-jappeaowfiP !; ani , he ^ vdisA on ^ . th ^ ieth ^ Mwch efcPerekopj onbift way torSt ,. JE « tej » bnrg The Pdtrie contains a long and interesting lettes-from St . Petersburg , dated March 18 . The' writer ^ says , it ia ' remarkable how , 'liberal the Government * is . , just now about newspapers ^ The Charivari , Punch , andj all the London , and Paris papers are , distributed , and may be seen in the cafes of St . Petersburg . The language , of the , European press towards Russia , it was supposed , would ' create an increased , hatred among , the Muscovites towards France and England . The nobles , according to this , writer , are animated ; with much' devotion towards the

      new Emperor . This is a remarkable and sudden change , , for they have been conspiring ^ for years against the . family of Romanoff . They are- making , however , im- ' inense sacrifices of men and money . Prince Chereinelieff is reported to have given 2 , 750 , 0 . 00 fr ., and 20 , 000 serfs , ' \ provided with ; clothing , to the State ,. They are 4 o be ' , conveyed to the Danube also at the expense of the Prince . Another , noble , Prince . YousoupoflV has given ,, thousands of roubles and men . Demidoff and Yakowo- * . lofp have also contributed very largely towards carrying on the war . The whole military internal force had left for different points of frontier defence . Fortifications of . every sort have been erected about St . Petersburg anaV Cronstadt .- A telegraph is in course of construction ber tween St .. Petersburg , Riga , and Abo .

      The Vladida of Montenegro has ordered a ten days ' , mournings , of the deepest kind , ! for the late Czar . Hopes ; , ax& entertained that Alexander II . will appreciate tbisj , manifestation , and restore the pension of 8000 zeckios pe * r annum , which Nicholas cut off . inl 1 § 42 ,., after it ha < i . been duly paid for a generation .. The King of Prussia has decreed that the Sixteenth , Cuirassiers should bear for ever the name of the Emperor Nicholas , and that the . Third Regiment of Hulans should

      take the . -name of the present Emperor of "Russia . A letter from Berlin , in thfe Universal . German , Gazette , says :- — " General tie Berg , the Governor-General of Finland , returned to Hfelsingfors on , the 16 tbAom St . Petersburg , bringing with him . the manifesto which . guarantees th& fundamental laws and-privileges of J ? inland ^ After , the publication of this manifesto , hoivever , the Government- ordered throughout the whole o £ Finland and the Isles of Aland ' a . large levy of sailors , which is directly contrary to the tenor of the manifesto . "

      The Turkish Sultan , has Jately received several-petitions , both from . France . ; England , beseeching him to become a Christian . We do not , however , hear o his conversion . - Large preparations ( says a . letter from Turkey ) are still going on at Constantinople fo ^ : the reception of the French Emperor , which , will be in-a styje of high Oriental splendour . Four lddies . of honour ,, to attend upon the Empress , and also to act' as interpreters , have been chosen in the highest rank of the Armenians . The same , letter , says that the Councilof the Tflnzimat -is . employed on-a . code for Turkey , and hafl completed a chapter , treating of corruption , " the great canoer ^ f , the Ottoman . Empire /'

      —A letteiv-of ~ . the . 24 tk _ ulfc : fr < xm _^ of ' Turinj states that the Bank of Rome is iu so precarious -a condition that . . is preparing to wind up its affairs-. It is to be succeeded by anpther bank , to be established by Prince Tttrlonia and Mjissxs . de RothscluldV The > new Belgian mmistry are in the interests of the priests , and , ; with the except ion of M . ' Mercier , are new ta the duties of governments The King has . to ^ en a very friendly leave of the late , liberal ministry . Mr . Bowyer ' s recent assertion- in . the House of Com-: mons that thb Sardinian Government id not solvent , or , indeed , over honest , has been received with . great indignation by the Sardinians , who deny the truth Of thfl ,, allegation , and support the denial by figures . th

      A letter from Naples- says— " I am glad to confirm e report which I sent you some time since , that Poerio was better treated . Greater lenity is shown to him ; he has better food , and ia permitted to , have books aud writing materials . " ' The story of 1 the . physician , Dr . Mandt , having been obliged to . quit Russia to evade popular aversion , u stated to be without foundation .. Lieutenant-General yon . Wedell . roturnod to Berlin on tho 1 st of April , from Paris , and proceeded , at . once to wak on the Ring at Charlottenburg . He has again set out ftom Berlin for Paris . A lottcr from . Frankfort , in the Patrie , says : —" The mobilisation of the Federal . Army , which Austria so strongly , urged , only about a mpnth ugo , now appear * indefinitely postppned .. At soveral of tho ^ lato sittings , aero , tho question was not even alluded to . "

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      MANIFESTO Off , TBM " KNOW-NOTHINGS . " Aca&M 4 . mug »* rB , manifijpjto ; of jthia rising & » & V ?™ 0 * ! fuj Aua « rj < iau , party has befti » ie # ucd in ,, the Unitea ,. States . The documont state » that . the association ,, if it may bo so called , / 'has . found it necessary to . take its stand against the political action of the Catholic ; Ghuroh in the United Spates ;' bTit disclaims any feolipg of > int « teffance ) towiuadi » tth « r « pi « ts , wlios »' honest . convictions * ro jr « # pectcaj . an 4 i vdi < m ^»» mi Mi i freedom of action , in common with all other sects , is

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      3 lfti T . HJ ^ BiAiDtB . " QStonRm ^ ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2085/page/6/