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      tlie demand has been more active , with a free supply of unemployed capital . Vidaurri has been again defeated in Mexico , and has acknowledged the Government of Comonfort . The siege of Puebla continues .

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      THE CONFERENCES . Sobie information , apparently official , with respect to the approaching resumption of the Paris Conferences , is contained in a recent number of the Constiiutionnel . A summary of this article , with extracts from the more important parts , is given by the Times Paris Correspondent . We here learn that the French writer notices , for the purpose of contradicting them , the rumours which have found their way into " foreign journals" relative to an adjournment of the Conferences , the doubts entertained in high quarters as to the utility of opening them , and the new difficulties that have arisen from the pretensions of some of the Powers who are to send Plenipotentiaries — pretensions which , were not admitted by others , and which might lead to the abandonment of the

      .. Conferences altogether . The Constitutionnel states that there is no foundation for these rumours ; that there is no reason to doubt that the Plenipotentiaries will assemble at the period already indicated , namely , towards the end of the present month ; that nothing of a serious nature has occurred to the present date to impede the preparations for the meeting ; and that the delay had been foreseen and was inevitable . No time has been lost , as the Conferences could not be held before the arrival of instructions for the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte , The convocation dates from the 1 st of December , and the instructions of the Porte left Constantinople on the 12 th . The bearer of them , is one of the sons of the Grand Vizier , and he is expected in Paris in a few days . " The delay which has taken place , "

      observes the Constitutionnel " has been turned to account , and tke spirit of conciliation and the judgment which de ^ cided the reunion of the Plenipotentiaries have not ceased , in the meantime , to reconcile differences of opinion , and to conduct matters , as nearly as possible , to a solution . There is every appearance that some few sittings will suffice for the labours of the Conference , and that these sittings will not be prolonged beyond the first days of January . There is reason to hope that the question of the frontiers of Bessarabia will then be settled , as well as the other difficulties of less importance which relate to this part of the treaty . The labours of the Congress will receive from the first days of the new year their definitive sanction , and no further obstacle will exist to their execution . "

      The Constitutionnel then alludes to the organization of the Danubian Principalities , and the impossibility of convoking the Divans in order to ascertain the wishes of the population , owing to the presence of foreign troops on the territory . The foreign occupation has not ceased , because the frontier question is not yet decided . When the question is decided , the troops will evacuate the Moldo-Wallachian territory , and the Divans will forthwith assemble . When the wishes of the Principalities are ascertained , the European Commission will terminate its labours ; the Conference will once more ,

      and for the last time , assemble in Paris , as the treaty prescribes ; it will take under consideration the wishes of the Moldo-Wallachian people as expressed by the Divans , and also the report of the European Commission , which will serve as the basis of that important question . The article concludes :-r- We may therefore flatter ourselves with the hope that this last phase of negotiations which have kept alive the attention of Europe since the Congress in Paris , will no longer meet with any serious impediments , and that the new organization required by the Principalities will take effect in the spring . "

      The substance of the instructions received at Paris by the Turkish Ambassador as regards the Conferences is that Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents shall be given up by- Russia . Complete fulfilment of the Treaty of Paris , for the organization of the Danubian Principalities , « demanded , as well as a settlement , as soon as possible , of the Turco-Bussian frontier line in Asia , when the season of the year will permit it . The great Powers are begged to take into serious consideration the state of Turkey , ¦ which desires to develop its resources , to become a strong Power , and to be no longer a source of anxiety to the West . The Sardinian Plenipotentiary has received instructions . The day for the opening of the Conferences has not yet been fixed .

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      Baron James de Rothschild has just placed for the poor of Paris , at the disposal of the General Administration of Public Assistance , 30 , 000 kilogrammes of bread , first quality , to be taken from the different bakers in the capital . The tickets for the distribution of this gift were immediately divided among the various bureaux de bicnfaisance to be delivered to the poor . —Idem . The attention of French merchants is drawn by the Journal des I > cbats to the excellent market for French productions which is offered by Persia . The natives of that country , it is said , are possessed of a refined taste , and are willing to pay for what they like . The Persians , also , unlike the Turks , do not feel any religious objection to works of art representing figures of living creatures , natural objects , &c ., and would therefore gladly purchase European pictures and engravings .

      A report by the Minister of finance , submitting the budget of the Civil List for 1857 to tlie Emperor ' s approval , has been published in the Moniteur . The Minister writes : — " The experience of the past year makes it my duty to call the attention of your Majesty to the necessity of putting a limit to your munificence . The previsions of the budget of 185 G , adopted by the Emperor , presented at the end of the year an excess of receipts which acts of liberality have nearly cancelled . Many of these expenses consist in pensions and annual indemnities , which will be renewed in 1857 , and it would be running the risk of compromising that balance which , your Majesty has always advised me to maintain to accept too readily the requests made daily for subventions and aid of every description . It is-as well to lay before your Majesty the sums which , in 1856 , were

      charged upon your civil list for such purposes . This outlay , which had not been provided for , exceeds 6 , 30 d , 000 f . Despite these calls , no branch of the service suffered , no payment was delayed , all the contractors were paid regularly , and yet the provisional return of 1856 offers , though small , it is true , an excess of receipts . It is only to provide for the future , as , thanks to the wisdom of your' Majesty , we Lave succeeded in preserving the past , that I must lay a stress upon advising the Emperbr to keep his acts of munificence within bounds . The accounts of the civil list for 1853 have been examined and audited by the committee appointed by the Imperial decree , of the 26 th of May , 1853 , and their report was placed before j'our Majesty on the 3 rd of May , 1855 . At the present moment the accounts of 1854 are in the hands of that committee , and those of 1855 will shortly be submitted to ik "

      Some of the Ministers who saw him in the ante-eh ^ T got much alarmed , and a Cabinet Council wLtelX midnight . During the interview , General O'n . a » informed the Queen that he was aware that hi ? '" was made use of to his injury , and that plans of SffiJS conspiracies were attributed to him with whiel , ) . ! T % nothing whatever to do . The Queen calmed 0 ° ] Wpir anxiety ; . she tola him he might remain perfbetfy fr " * quU , as she did not believe a word ofthesJrS , , " that she was satisfied with his serviceT TT " ' *" tion . then turned on the loan , and O'DonneJ * tTJ * ' ^ to her Majesty tlie bad effect produced in publicty S measure . l lvu J « iat

      ITALY . " Some curious scenes , " says the Times Turin corre spondent , - hayev taken pl , . at Parma in consequence S the preaching of some Neapolitan missionaries in the cathedral . It seems that the archbishop had given ner mission to those missionaries to preach , and that they had exercised the prmlege at the evening service inS popular style of Padre Kocco , qs described bv Alexandra Dumas in his % «« de Voijarjc . only without courting the responses of their audience , or , at all events not such responses ns they eventuall y elici ted Placed in a large box , orpalco ( as it is described ) , with flickering lights on either side , and themselves arrayed in hair clothin the dim twili of

      , ght the building , they made the most passionate and grotesque appeals to their hearers , pretending to see purgatory and hell ; and , in illustration of . what they , were supposed to have beheld a violent lashing of ropes ' -ends , attended with groatiing sufficiently diabolical to convince the most sceptical wa 3 heard from their box to represent the sufferings of purgatory , and a horrible rattling of chains , together with blue flames , was used to give-a . popular description of that place which should never be mentioned to ears polite . On one occasion , the preacher spoke of the dreadful consequences of persons dying without being perfectly reconciled to the Church or pardoned bv

      competent authority , and he quoted as an instance a woman who had . died in Parma a few days before , who , he said * he was sure was then suffering the pains of the damned because she had not received absolution in proper form . ' Many people here don ' t believe what I say , probably , ' said he ; ' but I hope God will give me the meansof proving my assertion . * Then , after some minutes of silent prayer , during which the congregation was , of course , in the greatest state of excitement to know the result , he cried out in a loud voice , ¦' . ' Cntitrina ! Catarina ! dove stai ? ' to which a reply was given in agonized accents ( with accompaniments ) , ' In bij ' erno . ' The style , however , proved too powerful for the Parmesan taste ; one or two women went into hysterics , and nt last those who went to pray remained to scoff . In fact , the

      missionaries were hissed , and'thc Government was obliged to beg the . archbishop to interfere to prevent further scandal ; which-he promised to do . " Aceordiii" ; to the account of this indecent foolery , given by the Jtaif // A ' civscorrespondent , th « hissing was caused in this way : —Tlie priest , after exhorting the people to reconcile themselves with Christ , offered to them a wooden crucifix to kiss . Some persons approached with a view to performing this act of homage ; Imt , the moment thfir lips came near tlie figure , it drew back , and the priest protested that their sins were so yroat that the image could not endure their polluting touch . This trick Mas too staringly impudent ; , so the people-literally rose in rebellion , and the priest and bin sit Umlauts were compelled to seek safety in flight .

      The proposal of the Argentine Republic to the King of Naples , inontioiied in these columns ix few weeks ago , to take out as labourers a certain number of the political prisoners , has been reduced to the . form of a treaty , which , however , has not yet been signed . - 'Naples is to pa ^ ' the expenses of the voyage to South America ; the Argentine Republic is to guarantee , for . the first \ ear , two hundred and fifty piastres to each emigrant ( for it is proposed that the expatriation shall be voluntary , though the Neapolitan ( iovemment wishes to use tlie word " transportation" ) , with hind and . stock ; and the treaty is to remain in force for throe years , or , as the King of Naples desires , four years . The piastres which th 1 . l ! epublic ia to advance aro to be repaid in five years .

      The powder magazine at the end of the Now Mole Naples , blew up on tlio 17 th inst . with a terrific report , An immense amount of damage has been done to the fortifications , and to vessels in the lirubour , some of which were sunk ; and « omc sixty thousand windows ( including acvernl in the palncc ) , have been blown to atoms , strewing the ground with powdered glu ^ . r lhe loss of life is variously estimated nt from fifleun to twenty . Tlio damage to the ( iovernincnt works is supposed to amount to /> 00 , 000 ducatf . The medal subscribed for by the inhabitants of the Legations in the Roman States , was presented on the 18 th instant to Count Cavowr . sitii

      The compute already in possession ol | hc concc- ' - ' of the railway from Naples to Tarento hns obtained tlio prolongation of the lino on the north to the frontiers , tlie railway thus traversing the entire kingdom . The particulars of trie execution of Milano , the man who attempted to stnh tho Khitf of Naples , are , w \ ys Uic Daily News correspondent , " us disgusting as can well lie coneoived . A ladder rested against tho cross beam , » ij ' which tiie criminal wns compelled to niount . It to « K full five mimitcs or moro to adjust the rope ; ns s-oon ns

      A Captain Morrison , of the English Artillery , has written a liistory of Napoleon III ., and the French papers publish the following letter of thanks from tlie Emperor'in return for a presentation copy : —" Palace of the Tuilcri . , December 6 : Sir , —When the truth is so often distorted , it is consoling to see a disinterested and dispassionate writer take iipon himself the task of collecting documents which render to facts their certainty , and to intentions all their purity . This delicate task you have been good enough to undertake in my favour , and , as I have observed in many passages of your work , you seem to have accomplished it- I am very thankful . It is not for me doubtless to praise a book which contains the narrative of my life , but I mav at least be permitted to express to you how sensible I am of the noble motive which inspired the work . Accept , sir , with my sincere thanks , tlie assurance of all my sentiments . Napoleox . '

      M . Michelot , the celebrated comedian of tlie Tln-fitrc-Francais , died on Thursday week at his residence at Passy , in his seventy-first year . The ruins of a Roman theatre have been discovered at Trigueres , near Montargis . It is seventy yards lon # from the back of the pit to the stage , and sixty yards wide . It could have easily held ton thousand spectators . The interior of the theatre is not yet uncovered . Prince Frederick William of Prussia left Paris lust Sunday on his return to Prussia .

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FBANCE . M . de Conoy , French Consul-General in China ( says the Courrier de Lijon ) , boa received orders to demand reparation firdm the Emperor of China for tho death bv violence of the Abbd Chapdelaine , who fell a martyr to Pia religion . This demand will be supported by tho £ [? £ « * B ( lU £ dron ' char S * ° compel the Emperor of feXn ° * n ° P re » o"tativo of France to reside at SlnT * pnvile « ° »« h Russia alone has hitherto ^ j Br ^ ter ^ ^ sassr ^ tz ^ r ^^ rA t ^ ts-as > noriy 0 « oupM bytl . « Qm < MHo , ton ™ ° anrLoir . N » I poleoi „ ., bom in it . _ -Z ) a , 7 j , Nm Pa ^ clr ^ £ l

      SPAIN . A revolutionary club has been discovered nt Madrid . Some persons aro said to have been arrested , and several proclamations seized . The three hundred million loan lias been definitively adjudged to M . Mires , at 42 . 56 . M . Rothschild's agent offered only 42 . 50 . There is a great scarcity of food in Spain at tho present time , and destitution prevails to an alarming extent ; but Marshal Narvaoz and his co-Ministers continue to give receptions of sumptuous magnificence . A rigid despotism is enforced ; the Liberal journals , and those devoted to the interests of O'Donnell , are coerced into submission to the ruling power , while , on the other

      1 \ ] i < ( . ! I . . band , the Absolutist and Carlist papers are allowed tho utmost liconce . The Ministers , says a letter from Madrid , of the 17 th , " have recently issued orders for tho early closing of the shops and cq / ifs , precisely as ho did ; and these measures , which aro considered by thorn as precautionary , produce groat irritation among tho public without any advantage whatever to the Government . Tho Ministers do not stir out without being accompanied by police agents . Each Minister is attended by three of thorn as a body-guard , and when his carriage stops at tho door of a house , two policemen placcta ^ ieinsolvcs at the corner of tho street , and the thirn at tho entrance of tho house . All wear large cloaks , and carry under their arms a loaded blunderbuss . —General O'Donnell lias had an intorviowwith tho Queen .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1856, page 1228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2173/page/4/