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      the 23 rd alt . She was received at the station by King Victor Emmanuel , who , riding on horseback alongside hex carriage , escorted her to the royal palace . Afterwards , the troops of the garrison and the National Guard inarched past in silence , on account of the state of health of the Czarina . The first foreign regiment in the pay of the Pope is being disbanded . Already more than one hundred men have left Rome , and by the end of the year some five hundred more will follow . They will pass over to the service of the King of Naples . Baron Brehnier has quitted Naples . The parting interviewwith . the Neapolitan Minister for Foreign Affairs was very friendly ; and assurances were given that-every care should be taken of French subjects . The customs ' union between . Parma and Austria has been dissolved . SWITZERLAND .

      same effect , though in rather different terms ; but the official Correspondenz of Vienna denies the truth of the assertions . The latter paper , after argning the question at some length , proceeds : —" Having shown that the prolonged stay of the imperial royal troops : and of the Turkish forces in the Principalities is based on the same legal foundation as is the stay of the English fleet in the Black Sea , it follows as a matter of course that the occupation will cease as soon as the cause for the same has ceased to be—that is , the occupation will cease as soon as the frontier question is arranged and settled . The settlement of . the internal affairs" and the future organization and government of the Danubian Principalities are in no connexion with the occupation , and the interest which the imperial . royal Government takes in the prosperity and peace of those countries will be shown by her friendly understanding with the other great Powers , and in particular with the Sublime Porte .

      " The envoys of the great Powers accredited to the Swiss Confederation , " says the Paris Presse , "have , we are told , received instructions from their respective Governments to express to the Federal Council the -wish or expectation that those citizens of Neufchatel who were arrested on the 3 rd and 4 th of September , should be shortly liberated , adding , at least as regards some of the Powers , the offer of mediation to procure an amicable settlement of this question . The reply to this communication was that the Federal Council was well disposed to propose an amnesty in favour , of the men compromised in the insurrection of September , but on the express condition that such' an act should be intimately connected and subordinate to a full settlement of the Neufchatel

      The settlement of the question of the Danubian Principalities cannot be adduced as a reason for the prolongation of the occupation . " The French official press , however , renews its assertions ; and considerable bandying of contradictions has been going on between the Paris and Vienna Government organs during the week . The Presse . d'Orient of the 16 thnit . states from Constantinople , that the commission for settling the Bessarabian frontier question , after a new study of the locality , have found a satisfactory solution of the point in dispute at Bolgrad . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ' ¦¦ iiirssiA . ¦ '• i . . . .. ' . - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ Accounts from Russia contradict the reports published by the Constantinople journals of a-victory having been

      question in every point of view in the sense of a definitive enfranchisement of the Canton of Neufchatel from all foreign domination . " In connexion with the same subject , the Debats publishes the . substance of the note addressed by Prussia to tie other Powers . The most important parts run thus : — - "' Subjects of the King have been arrested and imprisoned because they failed in an attempt to re-establish the royal authority , disowned for eight years through tie disastrous influence of foreign revolutionists , who imposed their will upon the great majority of the inhabitants of NeufchatelIt is intended to try and condemn wv v&

      gained over the Russians by Sefer Pacha , at the head of a considerable array of Tcherkesses . General Gortsehakoff has received orders from the Emperor of Russia to immediately commence the works for the establishment of a railway from Lowicz to the Prussian frontier near Thorn . : MONTENEGRO . The Governments of the Sultan and of Prince Danilo ( says the Corriere Italiano of Vienna ) have come to a resolution to submit their affairs to the arbitration of such of the great Powers as are interested in the

      matter-. *^» v «»* ^ v ^*^*» a ^^» 4 * 4 i w ^ s ^ v ^ . Am **¦« wv a& \ 4 uu b ^^ ^ a T ^***^ % . v ^ vtaa ^ vuiai the authors of that attempt ; the King will not permit It , as it -would be at the same time a blow against his authority , a denial of his rights , and an insult to his personal dignity . The fact alone of the arrest and imprisonment of the King ' s subjects is already an insult to his authority , an insult which becomes daily more serious . This must at once be put a stop to . The King can no longer delay providing for the case , and the Federal Government remains obstinate . There still remains the recognition of the right of sovereignty claimed fey the King . No one questions that right : the allies

      The military movements have been suspended , and conferences have taken place at Constantinople between the Divan and the French and Austrian ambassadors in order to bring about a definitive settlement of the differences . : '¦ .. - ¦ ¦ . " ... ¦; . ¦ . HOLLANDS ' / ¦ ¦ - ¦' ¦ We learn from , a letter from the Hague , in the Emancipation , that in . the last budget a sum of 31 , 825 , 600 florins in Government bonds and securities is down as having been withdrawn from circulation and destroyed . GERMANY .

      of the King not having as yet succeeded in their negotiations with the Federal Government of Switzerland , the King desires to know how they intend to act , supposing they think themselves called upon to act at all . . . . . . At the same time that the Berlin Cabinet invokes the support of the Powers which signed the Protocol of London , it has made a statement of the facts to > the Governments of Bavaria , of Wurtemberg , and of the Grand Duchy of Baden , with a view to make sure that they will not give any assistance to Switzerland , nor oppose the passage of a Prussian army through their territory should it become necessary to take military possession of the canton of Neufchatel ; and it informed those Governments that the question -would be shortly submitted to the German Diet , which -would be

      The election for members of the Legislative Assembly of Frankfort took place on the 18 th ult . It gave for general result 1433 votes for the candidates of the democratic ' party ; 1166 for the constitutional party of Gotha ; and 216 only for the old Conservative party , The triumph of the democrats , as regards the number of votes obtained , would thus ( says a letter from Frankfort in the Paris Co 7 istitutionnel ) appear to be secure ; but the new organic law guards against such an eventuality , and the votes given are not cast up in an ensemble of figures , but by the total obtained in each of the three categories of electors—the union of two constituting the majority of the three . The candidates of the Gotha party have thus been elected . SWEDEN

      called upon to give its opinion . " The text of this circular has since been published . The general upshot is the same as that just given ; but the language is less strong , and there is no allusion to marching an army through some of the German states . The despatch , however , mentions that the Prussian Government " reserves itself for more serious measures against the Swiss Government , according to the result of the latter ' s compliance with the requisitions addressed to it . " THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES . Tho following statement appears in the Paris Pays and Patrie in identical terms . It was of course communicated to those two journals by the Government on the receipt of a despatch from M . Thouvenel , which is considered at Paris to establish the triumph of French diplomacy at Constantinople after a long struggle "with Lord de Redcliffe : — " An important communication which readies us today gives a totally new aspect to tho question of the

      . The King of Sweden's speech on the opening of the Diet , on the 23 rd ult ., contains the following paragraphs : —" Two commissions , consisting of an equal number of Swedes and Norwegians , have just drawn up the draft of a bill for regulating the commerce and navigation between Sweden and Norway . A mixed commission is occupied with fixing $ he contingents which each country has to provide for tho defence of the independence and for the maintenance of the common glory . An enlightened toleration for the faith of others , based upon the love of one ' s neighbour , and inspired by an indomitable conviction , constitutes the essence of the dogmas of tho Protestant Church . The ancient laws which impede the freedom of worship must therefore give way , so that the community may be in harmony with the constitution . Bills for the abolition of the punishment of exile , and for reforms of tho criminal code , will bo laid before you . "

      occupation of the Principalities , winch has been so vvarmly discussed for some time pnst . According to private information , which wo have every reason to believe correct , tho Porto protests against the maintenance of tho Austrian corps of occupation in tlie Principalities . At tho same time , the Ottoman Government demands the recal of the English vessels from the Black Sea . These ships , according to tho Turkish demand , arc to leave at tho end of this month . If this news should be confirmed , as wo believe it will bo , Austria will no longer have tho slightest pretext for prolonging tho occupation . Since tho argument upon which she relied , namely , the consent of Turkey , now fails her , she will , no doubt , readily withdraw her troops at once . " Tho Constitutionnel contains an announcement to the

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      November 1 , 1856 ] THE L E AD EBt 1037

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      THE ORIENT . INDIA . By tho last mails from the East , we learn that tranquillity generally prevails throughout India . The rainy season has closed favourably . Preparations for the expedition to the Persian Gulf continue , and great efforts are being maclc for driving the Persians out of the territory they have invaded . A great deal of mystery still hangs about tho state of affairs at Herat ; but a rumour that tlie city has fallen before the Persians is discredited . The French Ambassador at the Court of Persia , who has arrived at Constantinople , on his return from Teheran , is said to have prevailed on tho Shah to make poaco with England . Tho deaths by cholera in

      ¦ the Punjaub are enormous , and there have been very serious inundations in the North . The Indian moneymarket is easy , but the subscriptions for the West Loan have hot been filled up . Still more wonderful accounts than those already received continue to be published respecting Colonel Jacob ' s rifle-shellff . One of them has shattered a very massive box filled with gunpowder at a range of 1800 yards . . ' / ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . ¦' ' ¦ . A translation of a letter in the Khas language from Jung Bahadoor , Prime Minister of Nepaul , to the late British Minister at the Court of Kattmaundu , has been published in the London papers . Itcontains an account of recent hostilities between Nepaul and Thibet , ending in the defeat of four Thibetan kings or rajahs , and the conclusion of a peace which is to confer peculiar advantages on the Nepaulese . ¦ .. . - ¦ . ' ' SIAM . ¦ ' ¦¦ ... ¦ The latest accounts from Siam state that the French Envoy has concluded a treaty with the Siamese King . After leaving Sianri , the French mission will proceed to Turon for the purpose of trying to open negotiations with the Cochin-Chinese Government . ¦' - . ¦ ; ¦ . - . ¦¦ . : . ' CHENA . ' ¦ , The intelligence from China is of the most meagre description , there being no further news of the progress of the rebellion , nor any domestic facts of general interest . Trade , for the most part , appears to be tolerably prosperous . The ship Emigrant has struck on a rock in the harbour of Amoy , and has been completely lost , ¦ with its entire cargo . All hands were saved .

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      ^—; _ v . . . HIGHWAYMEN AT OLD EROMPTON . " G . E . H ., " residing at Brompton , writes to the Times ; : —" Have the burglars of Notting-hill , whose exploits ' Mantrap' and ' Revolver' so lately recorded , emigrated to our hitherto secure and quiet neighbourhood ? If so , they have now assumed the profession of highwaymen , and have taken to breaking head 3 instead of breaking into houses . The other evening two ladies—one young and lovely , the other not so young and not so lovely- — were , report says , knocked down and robbed , close to the Boltons , in Brompton . Their purses and watches were taken from them , as a matter of course ; and , as a . matter of course , too , Z 25 was not to be found . An . evening or two after this occurrence , a gentleman was maltreated in like manner in the vicinity of those new roads called Albert-road and Cromwell-road , connecting Brompton and Kensington . He was so severely hurt that he did not recover his . senses for some time ; his watch he has not yet recovered . The roads are dismal and dreary enough at nightfall . Lamp-posts here have no existence ; an Egyptian darkness reigns around , uninfluenced by a single gas-burner . The virgin soil has never felt the pressure of the lamplighter ' s light /? tep . Yet they are magnificent roads ; or , at least , might be made so . " This account is in no degree exaggerated ; and the wonder really is , not that footpads have at length resolved to honour Old Brompton with their presence , but that they have so long delayed to do so . The neighbourhood , in fact , is one of extensive open spaces ( divided between market-gardens and large private grounds shadowed with trees ) , of narrow hedge-bordered lanes , unlighted and unpaved , and of the half-finished new roads mentioned by " G . E . II . " There is hardly a communication from Kensington to Brompton which is safe at night . The rates are heavy , but the police are few ; and the footpads , as a natural consequence , rejoice -with a great joy not to be exceeded .

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      A " HUE AND CRY" LIBEL . A trial for libel took place on Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court . Joseph Lane , an elderly man , was indicted for publishing the mattor complained of in a paper called tho Police Gazette , or Hue and Cry . Ho appeared to be very excited , and was about to make some statements before any of tlie evidence had been hoard , when ho was checked by his counsel , who said ho would not defend him unless ho was quiet . The prosecutor was a Mr . Saltcr , a solicitor , who , in the year 1814 , was serving * as clerk to an attorney at Chard , in Somersetshire . In that year ho was professionally employed , at the death of a Mr . Hood , in going through tho necessary legal formalities in connexion with that gentleman's will . The property passed under tho will , and nothing more was heard of the matter till fourteen yenrs ago , when Lane commenced a scries of annoyances , under tho pretence of luiving- Homo claim in the property ; and various legal proceedings against the late Mr . Hood ' s tenants were entered into by tho accused . At length , lio -went to Mr . Burnaby , tho chief clerk of tho J 3 ow-strcet police-court , and who was also the editor of a publication called tho Police Gazette , or Hue and Cry , and requested him to insert an advertisement in that publication ollcring a reward for tho apprehension of Mr . Saltor upon a charge of forgery and uttering a forged will . Mr . Buraafcy declined to sanction tho issuing of such an advertisement unless Lano made an affidavit of tho facts ; and shortly afterwards ho brought

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 1, 1856, page 1037, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2165/page/5/