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      fcr anv increase of his army . The President , however , £ , ordered the despatch of reinforcements . Governor CWiiigs has signed a proclamation declaring the : terriforv ia a state of rebellion , exhorting the- inha bitants Ia [ i 3 tara peaceftL » irt 5 their occupations , a nd-threatening SEnt , as traitors , to all who shall disobey . Brigham Young seems to be desirous of seducing the expedition , by acts of kindness . One day , he sent a quantity of salt to Colonel Johnston ; but that officer returned it , stating that he would hang any other messenger ftwn JheVue quarter . Young has alsa invited the omcers Sm army to partake of his hospitality , and spend the winter at Salt Lake city . It is needless to say that this was also refused . ¦

      _ . „ . _ , Seoor Yrissari , Minister of G uatemala , Nicaragua , and San Salvador , has thanked the Government of the United States for having carried , away the adventurer Walker ¦ i nd his invading band from the point of which they had takea possession on the coast ) of Nicaragua , " thus relieving friendly countries from the evils with which they would' have been , visited had these disturbers of the peace of the nation been allowed the possibility of increasing their force by new recruits . The point from which Commodore Paulding forced away these bandits ( justly assiniilafcetl by the laws of nations to pirates and foes of deserted which exists

      mankind ) is an almost one , on no Nicaraguan authorities . " Therefore he considers the proceedings of Commodore Paulding against Walker and his horde were perfectly justifiable ; " for a man-of-war of any nation may take up pirates from a barren island , or from one thinly populated . " Colonel Anderson , Walker ' s associate in the last descent on Nicaragua , has surrendered Fort Castillo and the river steamers to the United States frigate Susquehanna . Previously to doing so , however , he destroyed all the buildings , and broke the machinery of the steamers . He was taken back to the United States in the Wabash . The President ' s

      Message on the affairs of Nicaragua has been referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations . The House of Representatives has rejected a bill providing : for five additional regiments for the army . The Kansas elections were still going on at the last dates , and the Pro-Slavery men seemed to be gaining laxge majorities in several of the counties . The Free State men have arrested , many fraudulent voters , as well as t ^ o judges—one for stuffing the ballot-boxes , and another for receiving fraudulent suffrages . Great excitement prevailed ; but we do not hear of any further collisions .

      Walker , the Filibuster , has left Washington for New Orleaus . It was expected that he would demand a trial these , with the object ( according to the iVeu ; York l ^ imes ) of " introducing positive testimony showing that the Presid&nt , months ago , encouraged him in his Nicara guau enterprise . " A most revolting case of murder is reported from Pool-> : illa , near Hamilton , Canada West . A man named Comstork killed his aged parents with an axe . He then extracted their hearts , cut one of the bodies in pieces , and roasted the other on the stove , eating a portion of it . He intended to have killed his sister , but fortunately she escaped . It is some comfort , in these abnormal cases , to reflect that the person who commits such deeds must be mad .

      In Lower California , political nffuirs are quiet . A dreadful hurricane on tho const has driven thirteen vessels ashore , and destroyed many houses at La Foze and , San Bernardino . A committee has been appointed at Mobile to expel from the city an Abolitionist bookseller . The Democratic State Convention of Indiana has resolved , by a vote of more than three to one , that State constitutions should bo submittod to the people , and . that no territory should become a State until a /' air expression of the will of tho citizens respecting their organic law should have been hud at tho ballot-box .

      The state of affairs in Mexico is thus described in a telegram from Now Orleans : — " A numerous party lius luaeu against tho plan of Tucabayu , consisting of u largo majority outsido the military . Comoufort , the Pictutor , left tho capital on thu 1 st of January , at thu hoaxl of a division of troops . Ilia destination was unknown . Before his doparturo , ho organized a Ministry , amonii whom arc Alooatrjz , lSupurtM , ( Jerdo , and I ' nyno . On Now , Yoar'a-day , t , ho diplomatic corpa paid their Msrcootd to Comonibrt ; but tho absence of tho British roprodonUtivo caused much remark . Tlioro was a rumour of thu death of General Alvarez . General Purodl has issued a proclamation against Comon fort ' s action , and has recalled the acceptance of tho plan of Tupibayu . Civil war hooius inevitable . "

      ' With ro . ipcct to trado , wo hnvo little fresh to report . M ^ bbi-h . Smith , Russell , and Co ., soap and candle inanu--BiMstiirorn , of Louisville , havo failod . A Now York morqtuUilu agonoy has lately issued a circular containing 8 . omu curious , results of thu lute panic . It estimates tho ¦ nwniibor " ofrflrm 3 ^ in- ^ tho- 'Unitocl--Stnte 9-at--5 JO'i v l > Gl-- ;~ -l ; ho number of swindling failuroH us 1 ) 17 , with an indobtudmQ 8 S . of 0 , 222 , 500 dollar * , ; tho numbor of failures that will , pay nothing oxcopt confidential , 512 , with an indqbKMlnoas of 20 , 800 , 000 dollars ; thu numbor of 1 lirma tya fcwH . nfty from 40 o . to 50 o ., 3 , 830 , owiii tf 107 , 080 , 500 d ollar *; and 40 , 5 , houses owing 77 , 130 , 000 dollars , which wAU ha paid in fiilL '¦ W » o ttssASsiiuu of tho Into British Minister at Lima

      M r . Sullivan , has been arrested , together with some of his accomplices , by the military , at a place distant about ten leagues from the city .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow- and unchristian feeling is to ^ e condemned which regards with jealousy the progress of foreign nations , and cares for no portion of the human ? ace but that to which itself belongs ^ AsNOhD . FRANCE . Congratulatory addresses to the Emperor on his and the Empress ' s escape from the late attempt at assasination continue to pour in . The army of Paris and those belonging to other military divisions have sent in addresses expressive of their attachment to the present regime , and their determination to identify themselves with its cause . Several of these contain insolent menaces against England for harbouring assassins . An address has been sent in from , the British residents at Pan . in the Basses Pyrenees . The following letter from a man of extreme Republican principles lias been addressed to the Journal

      d'Epernay : — "On the news of the execrable attempt which has just struck France with horror , and caused the whole of Europe to shudder , every good citizen and every honest man ought energetically to express his opinion . If it be right to defend any particular views by a prudent vote or by ideas founded on wholesome reason , it is also a duty to abandon a party which disgraces itself , and to reject a flag which is shamefully soiled with blood . This sincere declaration , dictated by my conscience alone , is made for those who do not know me intimately . — Masson-Thibault , a political prisoner of 1852 , Montmirail , Jan . 15 . " been arrested

      Four foreigners coming from Paris have at the station of I ongueau ( Somnie ) on the Northern Railway . One of tnem had a large wound in the forehead . It is . ansGiintced that M . Pietri , the Prefect of Police , has submitted a plan to the Emperor fvi" placing Hie police force of Paris on a new footing . It is said that General Changaruier is about to follow the example of General Lamoriciere , and to return to France . Captain de Sardi , a brilliant officer of the Imperial navy , who distinguished himself during the Crimean warj and exhibited great humanity to the English wounded on their return from the seat of War , has died at Marseilles , after a short illness . The Budget for 1859 has just been presented to the members of the Corps Legislatif . The receipts amount to 1813 . millions ; the expenses to 180 G millions , of which forty millions are appropriated to the sinking fund . The balance in favour of the receipts is thus seven

      millions . The Emperor and Empress went to the Theatre Francais last Saturday night , to see the . first representation of Feu Lionel , a new comedy by MM . Scriba and Potion . Special measures were taken to keep the approaches of the theatre clear of strangers . The piece was not very successful . The Moniteur publishes a decree , raising the salaries of the Bishops from 12 , 00 Ofr . to 15 , 0 OOfr . a year from the beginning of the present year .

      The trial for murder of a hairdresser at Mont de Marsan , named Latemule , who on the 4 th of January killed with a sword-stick a councillor of the prefecture , a M . de Garidyl , whom ho fuund jlagrunte delicto in his wife's bedroom , came on at the assize court of the Landes on tho 21 st inst ., when the prisoner was acquitted with flying colours . The adulterer had nearly killed the injured husband before the latter could use his weapon . The Emperor and Empress attended the fete given on Monday night at tho English Embassy in celebration of tho marriage of tho Princess Royal .

      Tho Army of the Line is to bo divided under live great communds , coniidod to Marshals , and having their general quarters ut Paris , Nancy , Lyons , Toulouse , and Tours . An article in tho Moniteuv justifies tho conduct of tho Government , towards Protestants . Authorizations , it is said , arc refused soluly in eases whoro there , is reason to know that it would bo an invasion of proaolytism rather than u natural requirement . All further religious controversy in tho pupors is prohibited , as tondiug to bring religion into contempt .

      The persecutions of tho press contiuuo , and it is now difficult for tho maat cautious journal to avoid , at the loast , a warning . Tho Prefect of Nantes has addressed an . avertiaaeuient to tho editor of tho I'hare da iu Loire for having published an article ou tho opening of thu Legislative Sostiion by I ho Emperor , in which ho observed that , aooorJiny to the JJamia Correspondence , tho Kmperor's speech elicited crios of •* Vlua VKmpereur /" " Vioo r / iujttSt'atrwti / " " Viva In JPriuoo Jtnpurial /" The Prefect miy » that this form of stating tho fuot id eal-. ouUtod-ao ~ oast ^ tt ^ Uuubt .-Miuit . ^ TJ )^ Mondca intends to confine itself to tho discussion of literature and art , as the only muuus of avoiding offence . Thu Paris correspondent of tho Times has brought to light some edifying passages in Louis Napoleon ' s historical writings ( ropubliohod iu Paris in 1854 ) , from which it appears that the E nporor applauds , with ror furouco to England , thoso very principles of rational liberty and free uttoninco which ho so sedulously

      sunpresses in France . For the last week or two , it has been the habit of the Imperialists ( and the Emperor himself , in his message to the Assembly , took the same line of argument /) to assert that England , in the- times of William III . and of the first two Georges , was obliged to quell ' faction by the same stern excesses of power as we now see employed by the Imperial Government . Louis Napoleon , however , in the work quoted from , praises William . foi the mildness of his rule , for his love of constitutional liberty , for his tolerance of diversity of opinion , and for his spontaneous acts of grace to political enemies . In one passage , the Emperor calls anarchy " that complacent phantom which ever serves as tho pretext foi tyranny . " The Times correspondent recommends M Billault and his colleagues to study the Emperor '* writings on English history ; and we may add tha it would not be amiss if the Emperor were to study thea himself . BELGIUM . Colonel Charras , who was ordered by the Governmem to quit Belgium , is , it is said , about to sail for the Unitec States . SPAINThe Governors of Madrid , Burgos , Cacerea , Cuenca , Ciudad Real , and Old Castille , have been superseded . ITALY . The Piedmonlese Gazette announces the seizure of the Radical journal Ragione , for having published a lettei from Paris relative to the attempted assassination of the French Emperor and Empress . " This seizure , " sayi the Piedmontese Gazette , " is the accomplishment of a duty and the expression , of the moral sentiment of th < people . " Cctint- Ttobilant and General Delia Eocr * aide-de-camp to the King , were to leave for Paris , ir order to congratulate the Emperor on his escape . It is affirmed by Government organs that traces have been discovered at Rome of the existence of a conspiracy which was to hays b « i « r out the day after the affair of the Rue Lepelletier , Paris , had the attempt proved successful . Several persons have been arrested at Ascoli , who are said to have confessed to having committed fifty political assassinations since 1850 . The French Government has warned that of Naples of a contemplated outbreak , in which some Frenchmen were to have been concerned . Certain papers have been discovered at Ancona , relating to the secret societies in Italy and their ramifications in France . A certified copy has been sent to the French Government . Several gentlemen who took a prominent part in the reforms of 18-18 have been appointed to Government offices in Tuscany . This is looked on as a sign of returning liberality in high quarters . TURKEY . The news of the 16 th inst . from Constantinople is as follows : — " The Grand Mufti ( Sheik-ul-Islam ) , and Achmed Fethi Pasha , the chief of the artillery , are ill . The English Minister at Teheran is dangerously ill . The Sultan , accompanied by his eldest brother and his eldest son , has been iu state to the' theatre—the first time these two years . On the 13 th inst ., Aali Pasha , the Grand Vizier , called on Baron Prokesch and remained with him some hours . " Grave disturbances have broken out in Bosnia , and three thousand Bashi-Bazouks have been sent to the scene of action . The long-talked-of project of the consoltdation of tha floating debt has at length been published . rnus . siA . Just at tho moment of his departure from Berlin for England , Prince Frederick-William received from tho Kin ^ his promotion to tho rank of Mojor-Genoral . IIA . XOVBR . Tho King has permitted M . von dor Declcen , the Minister of Justice , to retire on a pension . M . do Botlimar , tho Minister of Worship , is to hold the portfolio of Justice ad inturiin . HWITZKKl . AXIJ . It has been satisfactorily ascertained that nothing haa been discovered to implicate tho refugees at Geneva in tho attempted assassination at Paris . Tho Governmont of Geneva , however , has promised to keep a strict wateb over tho conduct of tho exiles . AU . STUIA . Several very sharp shocks of earthquakes havo boon folt in towns in tho Carpathians . Tho Emporor has granted to tho Culvluwt community at Ber / . ote , in tho OOmOr county , live hundred florins towards thQ reconstruction of its bulfry and tho purohoso of bolls . This piece of liberality haa inspired tho 1 rotostantu with hope for tho future . Tho Austrian papers toeiu with accounts of robberies and murders , committed with the moat atrocious vw-JLonooJivUunKary and Croatia . Tho people > n Hungary off with impunity . TIIIO 1 > ANU » IAN I'BINCH-AMTIKH . Tho Divan ad hoc of Moldavia him dl-nulvod itaolf- , OUKA 1 ANY . The Grand Duko Louis of Uiidou Is dead . It was , said , aomo jtuaiusluoo , that ho was disordered iu Wa wind .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 30, 1858, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2228/page/7/