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    nation by the Emperor at the beginning of his reign , that "liberty should one day crown- the edifice . " M . Bosselet thinks that the proper time has come , and it is for that reason that he presents himself as a candidate . « If " he says to the electors , " you return to the Corps ILegislatif the old deputies , you will show yourselves satisfied with the present state of things ; if , on the contrary , you vote for the independent candidates , you will declare that in your opinion the hour has come for the fulfilment of the promise made to the nation , ' Liberty shall 1 crown the edifice . ' I , therefore , ask for your suffrages , being one of those who think that the time nas arrived , and that the management of public affairs should now be in the hands of independent men . " The M'&ssager du Midi , so far from being of the above opinion , thinks that the hour of liberty will never strike for France . " France does not know , does not love , does not understand , does not wish for , liberty . "

    The Independant deVOuest contains the following brief statement of its intentions : — "We had been forbidden to discuss the electoral question ; but this prohibition Has now been raised . "We avail ourselves of the freedom granted us to declare that we shall abstain . " Baron : Mariani , Chevalier d'Honneur of the Princess Bacciocchi , and the Government candidate for the new circumscription given to Corsica , has issued a circular to the electors . He here states that the Emperor himself supports him , and that , if any other person should present himself , that person would be guilty of an act of opposition to the sovereign will . He appends a letter of Napoleon ' s , signifying that he " shall be very happy if the confidence of the electors places " the Baron in the Chamber .

    The Opposition candidates for the electoral districts of Paris are—M . Laboulaye , formerly one of the editors of the Constitutionnel , candidate for the first arrondissemsnt ; M . Bethmont , second ; General Cavaignac , third ; M . Ernile Ollivier , fourth ; M . Carnot , fifth ; M . Goudchaux , sixth ; M . Darimon , of the Presse , seventh ; M . Vavin , eighth ; M , Ferdinand de Lasteyrie , ninth ; and M . Regnault , former Sub-Prefect of Sceaux , tenth . The Assamble'e Nationale contains some information on the electoral movement as follows : — "It is known that , with few exceptions , the candidates supported by Government are the late deputies . We are now acquainted with certain-of these exceptions . The Due de Cone " gliano , Chamberlain of the Emperor , will oppose M . de

    Montalembert in the Doubs . CountTascher de la Pagerie , son of the Chamberlain of the Empress , and himself Chamberlain , replaces the Due d'Uzes , who is set aside in the official list . In the Calvados M . A . Rene ' e , political director of the Constitutionnel , and ' special defender of the cotton goods interest , ' succeeds M . Leroy Beaulieu . Count Migeon is replaced in the Haut-Rhin by M . Nizole , jun ., ' a man new to politics , ' saya the Prefect , ' ¦ who has offered to Government a devoted co-operation in order to- support a dynasty which has saved the country and covered it with glory . ' M . H . Bosselet has addressed a circular to the electors , declaiming himself an independent candidate . M . Jules Brame likewise presents himself to one of the districts of the Nord as ' an independent candidate ;'"

    The number of non-official candidates is said to be far from numerous . M . Brifaut , member of the French Academy , and a dramatic author , has just died at the ago of seventyseven . Professor Carlo Matteucci has been elected a member of the French Institute . He is Professor of Natural Philoaophy in the University of Pisa . M . de Segur , First Secretary to the French Embassy at Constantinople , who is in Paris on leave of absence , ia not to return to Turkey . It is thought he will be promoted to the Ministry . A review of infantry took place nt Longchamps on Thursday week in presence of the Emperor , the Empress , and the King of Bavaria . , The weather has been intensely hot in Paris .

    Marshal Randon has received the submission' of the various Algerian tribes against whom ho has recently been operating . The Loader was again seized by the French authorities lost week . It was the only one of the English weeklios > thus distinguinhed . General Count Kisseleff , the Russian Ambassador at Paris , having obtained leave of absence for two months , has determined to pass that poriod at ouo of tho wateringplaces of Germany . During his absence , M . do Dulubiuo will cany on the business of tho oinbnaay . Tho King of Bavaria loffc Paris at , half-past nine on Monday morning by tho Straaburg Railway . tho

    A vory serious fire burst out on Tucsduy morning in Kue Ponthiou , close to tho Champs Elyso ' , in the haylo ft of a dealer in horses . The beasts—as at tho flro en thftsaino day at Pickford ' s , in London—wore rescued with groat difficulty , and it was foarod at ono tima that the . flames would have aproud to a lamentable extent . Aa it was ,, a great deal of miaohiof was done . M . A . Fould , Minister of State , hau loft Puria fo r England for a fow days . DENMARK . A note has'been addressed by tho Prussian Government to , HePr von , Steffona ,, its Chnrgd d'Aft ' airos at CopoaUagen . It haaiuefeijen . ee to the Puohlda of Holatolu

    and Lauenburg , and in it we read : — " The Danish despatch [ of May 13 th ] contains the promise that the provincial estates of Holstein shall be convoked , at the latest , in August of this year , and a revised draught of a a constitution for the ' special affairs' of the Duchy be submitted to them for due deliberation according to the forms of their constitution . It contains also the further promise that this draught to be submitted to them shall , also contain those provisions which shall define the scope of the ' special affairs' of the Duchy of Holstein . Finally , there was specially the express assurance g iven in it , and . to this we attach especial weight , that the Assembly of the Estates should have ample opportunity afforded them of expressing themselves freely and unhindered on the limits to be put to the competence of the Estates . In all this , however , there is nothing said as to how far the Danish Government will be prepared to meet the claims Which the promises of 1851 and 1852 entitle the Duchies and the Confederation to make . On this point we must wait for the results of the approaching deliberations of the Estates , and although in respect to it we confidently reckon on the wisdom and justice of his Majesty the King of Denmark , all tho rights must of course be reserved and vindicated which flow out from the constitution of the Duchies , and from the" undertakings entered into by the Crown of Denmark with Prussia and Austria in the j-ears 1851 and 1852 . . . . Under these circumstances , we , in common with the Court of Vienna , find ourselves at the present moment under no call to bring the matter before the German Diet . It must be observed , however , that the Copenhagen despatch holds out an expectation of a draught to be submitted to the Estates of Holstein only in respect of the ' special affairs ' of the Duchy ; of the constitution for the ' common affairs' of the Danish Monarchy there is no special mention made . .. .. Finally , the despatch of the 13 th May does not inake any special mention of the Duchy of Lauenberg ; we presume this to have arisen from the circumstance that , as is currently understood , negotiations have been opened with the Estates of Lauenburg , for we believe "we may look on it as beyond all question that the . Governmeutof his Majesty the King of Denmark is prepared to recognise a no less amount of rights as resident hi the Estates of Lauenburg than in those of Holsteiu . "

    SWEDEN . The King continues ill . His Majesty is labouring under a nervous debility , which renders him incapable of deciding on important questions in the Council of Ministers , and , if his health do not speedily improve , it will be necessary for the hereditary Prince to assume the government .

    SPAIX . Lord Howden , on the 31 st ult ., gave a magnificent banquet to the Prince and Princess Galitzin . Thirtyfive persons sat down to dinner , and several members of tlie diplomatic corps were present . Marshal Narvaez was unable to attend , owing to indisposition . The dinner was followed by aa evening reception . Despenlieios , or Dominguez , the famous toreador , lies dying , having been frightfully wounded by a bull in the ring of Puerto tie Santa Maria , in the presence of ten thousand spectators . Tho bc-ast caught him with its horns first on the right side , then on the left , tossed him , and , as he full , caught him under tho chin , splitting the jaw , and driving the horn up to the right eye , which it forced out . Several other accidents of the same kind

    are rocorueu . AUSTRIA . The Princess Vogorides , who has just been divorced from her husband nt Vienna , arrived with her family , and will leave in a few days for Paris , where she intends talcing up her resilience . ITAXA' . Monsignor Barardi ( anya a communication from Rome of tho 2 o " th ult . ) hua oboyod to the letter tho instructions of Cardinal Antonelli— that ia , ho is constantly near the person of the Tope , and prevent * him from having any direct communication with those of hid subjects who might respectfully explain to him the truth ua to tho deplorable situation of the country . At Perugia , for instance , his Holineaa was earnestly entreated by an inhabitant ( hia devoted adherent ) to prolong hia viait ouo day , and the Pope consented , but Monaignor Borardi obaorvod to hia Holiness that if he did ao the order of hid journey would bo altered . The Pope was forced to ohaiigo Ilia resolution . During hia stay at Porugia , Mouaignor Berardi provonted the oitinona IVoin approaching his Holiness , and tho forty-six houra ho remained there were spent iu visiting tho convents . The deputations from somo municipalities were only sull ' erod to approach tho Popo to kiaa hia feot ; they wore not permitted to speak . TJio Sardinian Minister of tho Interior hua given ortlora that the body of tlie Protostunb which was rofijsod aopulturo in tho ohuruhyard of Fura shall be diaiuturreu and buried in cuiaooratod ground . The atudouta of tho University of Parma , in conjunction with those of Placenta , havo forwarded 420 C . BOo . to tlio Minister of Finance at Turin , to be added to the milisorlptlons sent by other Itallun students in aid of the piuohaae of ono hundred guns for tho fortress , of Alessandria . Tuoy hope that tha following inscription .

    will be placed on one of the guns : —" The Italian students . " Cardinal Antonelli has addressed a circular to the provincial authorities of the Papal States , forbidding the Communal Councils to assemble . The cause assigned for this measure is to prevent the Council from taking ' advantage of the journey of the Pope to express their complaints and make known their wishes * Pia JNT-ono > in his progress through his dominions , continues to fee received respectfully , but by no means enthusiastically . A striking romance of Italian life is told by the Gazetta Popolare of Cagliari , where it is stated that a solemn reconciliation has been effected between tlie villages of Perfugas and Bortigadas ( island of Sardinia ) , the infeud vendetta

    habitants of which had lived in perpetual ( for upwards of a century . The most singular circumstance connected with this event is , that it has been brought about by a notorious bandit named Pietro MaiTas , a native of Perfugas , who has been the terror of the country for the last twenty-two years . He obtained a safe-conduct from the Government , in order to be present at the ceremony of the reconciliation , and it was . intimated to him that if he would constitute himself aprisoner , and submit to a trial , he would obtain a-pardon , in consideration of the important service he had done to his country ; but he refused , and returned to the woods immediately after the banquet which closed the proceedings , saying that " birds liked the forest better than , the cage . "

    The silkworms have suffered in the districts of Mantua , Brescia , and Cremona , but the apprehensions of the inhabitants of the country around Milan and Pavia are ; said to have been exaggerated . The worms-are thriving in Friuli , Venice , and the Tyrol , . as also in Modena , Parinn , iu tlie domains of the Church , and in Tuscany . Jn Sardinia , the prospects are but middling . The trial at Parma of the prisoners accused of having been connected with the political disturbances of the year 185-1 has taken an extraordinary turn . One prisoner .

    who had given information against his accomplices , Has refused to appear to give evidence against them in public . He declares that he had received a promise from the authorities that he should not be confronted with his confederates . Every inducement has been held out to him to prevail on him to repeat his evidence in court , but he remains obstinate . The judges have consequently continued the trial without him , and it is believed that the other prisoners will be acquitted . The Pope arrived at Rimini on the 4 th inat .

    TURKEY . Tlie Porte is said to have demanded of the Belgian Government the recal of its Minister , but it has refused compliance . It is anticipated that there will very shortly be a suspension of diplomatic intercourse between the two countries . The cause of the dissension is not known . Diplomatic conferences are about to take place shortlybet ween the Grand Vizier and the Representatives of the Powers who were parties to tho Treaty of Paris , in order to agree to the interpretation of the Finnan for convoking the Divans in the Danubinn Principalities .

    " Above 4000 peasants of all religious creeds , and without firearms , " says a letter iu the Austrian Gazette , " are assembled near Tusla ; they demand the reduction of taxes , the removal of abuses , and the realization of the Hatti Houmayoun . The endeavoxirs of the authorities to diasipato the assembly have failed . The peasants ask for the formation of a commission composed of Turkish functionaries and European consuls , in order to have their grievances taken into consideration . They also intend despatching a deputation to Constantinople ;" A conference took place on tho 80 th ult . at the Porte on the subject of the Damibian Principalities . The

    persons present were , the Grand Vizier , the Minister for Foreign Affairs , and tho Representatives of tho Powers which signed the treaty of Paris . The object of tho meeting was to inquire into the complaints against the Government of Moldavia , brought forward by some of the commissioners , especially those of Franco and Sardinia , and alao to solve aomo difficulties encountered in carrying out tho provisions of the Imperial finnan . The conference lasted several hours , and broke up at aa advanced hour of the night . It appears that the points in dispute wore settled to the satisfaction of ull parties , and more especially of the Turkish Government . — Times Conetantiuoj > le Correa / jonden t .

    SWITiSlSltLiAND . The Fudoral Assembly met on Tuesday . The message of the Federal Council propoaea and rocouunonds tho ratification of the treaty rulutlve to tlie affairs of Nenchutol . M . Edoher , President of tho National Council , oxprossodj himself in the same souse . The treaty has boon roferrud to a committee .

    G 1 UOA 33 IA . Tho Russians have opened tho campaign against Sohainyl . Prince BavyatinHlil communds tlie expedition . M . Finok , Consul for Franco at Tlllla , aocompanieu tho Prinoo . RUSSIA . Tho C / . ar moans to call hia infant child Sorgius , having , in company with- hia consort , vowod boforo the tomb o £ ' tUo saint of that name—the ' , protootor ' of Russiatuat , it the Emprosa should bo safely delivered o £ ft son ,

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    JTOE 13 , 1857 . ] - THE LEADER . S 59

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 13, 1857, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2197/page/7/