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      meanwhile was without a general , and lacked confidence in its chiefs . You may imagine what I suffered . One dav , the general in question said to me , 'I cannot accept . ' And , as I insisted , he at last told me that he had seen a report to General Cavaignac , in which it was stated that we had only 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 men . Now , our 120 , 000 were not all good ; many would have been better at home ; but 60 , 000 or 70 , 000 good soldiers we certainly had . It was the same thing as saying to him , ? I will not let you go . ' I obtained a last audience ; and then General Cavaignac , after many shifts { girt ) , said to me , Enfin , nous ne voulons pas nous brouiller avec 1 'Autriche pour voua faire plaisir . * ( Sensedion . ) Subsequently , I had other missions to the President of the Republic , Louis Napoleon , and was always received as the representative of a sovereign ; and the language of that head of the French Government was always marked "by the greatest sympathy towards Piedmont and Italy . Signor Tecchio , in supporting the measure , observed : — " Let us remember that we are not upon terms witn Austria , and that we have France for our ally . France also is evidently not upon good terms with Austria . Whilst , in Austria , the celebration of a funeral service for Daniel Manin was prohibited , in France a subscription in honour of him has been allowed . M . Jules Favre , by the Emperor ' permission , lately read the letter of Orsini , which was regarded in Austria as . a revolutionary publication ; and Qrsini ? s second letter has since been printed in our own official journal , which would certainly not have published it unless it had been received from the French Government . It is also to be observed that the Austrian journals are employing very injurious language against France . For my part , I do not look to foreign arms for the salvation of my country ; it is only by our own arms that I expect it to be gained ; but it would be folly for us to despise the support and friendship of others . "

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      CONTINENTAL . NOTES . That narrow and -unchristian , feeling is to be condemned -wnieti regards with , jealousy th . e progress of foreign nations , and cares for no portion , of the human race but that to -which itself belongs . Dr . Arnoid . FRANCE . Xhbee persons have consented to stand oh the Opposition interest in the approaching Paris elections . Those three are—M . Lionville ( Batonnier of the Order of Advocates ) , for the third electoral district , for which the late . General Cavaignac had been chosen ; M . Ernest Picard ( Advocate ) , for the fifth district ; and M . Jules Favre ( Advocate ) , for the sixth district . They have made the formal declaration on oath , required by law , that they will be faithful to the Emperor and the Constitution . The sittings of the Congress of Delegates from the French provincial scientific societies which have met for the last fortnight in the rooms of the Socie ' te d'Encouragement , Rue Bonaparte , have been brought to a close . The state of Marshal Bosquet ' s health will prevent him from entering on his command before the end of the year . It is probable that a Lieutenant-General will be appointed ad interim . The Emperor returned to Paris on Thursday week from Sologne . The Emperor and Empress visited , last Saturday afternoon , without escort , the Boulevard de Sebastopol , to inspect in detail the subterranean works which are being executed beneath that thoroughfare . The acquittal of Bernard has been criticized very indignantly by the Imperialist papers . . The Univers is fierce in its anger , and the Constitutionnel has the following short article : — "The acquittal of Bernard has excited deep indignation in France , and the animated sentiment expressed by the Univers on the subject has been understood by everybody . Nevertheless , we must remark' in strict justice that this is not the moment to attack the Times as the Univera has done , since that journal supported with energy the ' Conspiracy Bill , ' denounced the assassins , and vindicated England's honour . We will not dwell at any length on such an acquittal , which throws an unheard-of scandal on public morality , for what honest man in France or England could entertain a doubt of Bernard ' s guilt ? We will merely inform those of our neighbours who desire the maintenance of good relations between the two countries , that if , by misfortune , the address pronounced by Bernard ' s counsel—that address which was allowed to teem with calumny and insults against the Emperor , against tho nation which elected ~) nm ,. against _ tho _ arni . y ,-and ^ ugiiiji / it ™ Our _ Jns ) tit , utiQJ ( Mr = wore to be circulated in tho towns , barracks , and rural districts of Franco , it would bo difficult for government , with tho best intentions , to stay tho consequences' public indignation . " With respect to this urtiolo , tho Parts correspondent of tho Daily Nu % 08 remarks : — " Did tho Conatitutionuel never hear of tho renpect exacted by French law for tho choae jwjkti f It knows well that it could not ntako the slightest reflection upon tho judgement of the smallest polico-court in Franco without being punlahod , and yet it daros to any that tho British jury ' who tried Bernard are not honest mon I "

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      STATE OF TRADE . In all the great seats of industry there were slight signs of improvement in the various branches of manufacture during the week ending last Saturday ; but the increase of business is in no place considerable , though promising better things for the future . The number of unemployed poor is diminishing . In the Bradford Union , the number of persons in the receipt of outdoor relief at the present time is about 1200 less than it was last February , when the pressure was greatest ; but nevertheless the present number is more than 2000 in excess of the number at the corresponding period of last year . The suspension has been announced of Messrs . Robert Browne and Co ., a respectablo mercantile firm , chiefly in the Australian trade . Disappointments in remittances from tho colony have been the cause ottue difficulty , which it is hoped will be surmounted , ine liabilities are supposed to range between 80 , 000 < . ana -10 , 0001 .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An eccentric old maiden lady , named Maria Suter , living at Blissett-street , Greenwich , has met witu a very sudden and horrible death . Miss Sutor was P ° < f « ° sufficient moans to enable her to live comfortably one respectably ; but for tho last few years her ™» " gj become so very strange and peculiar , that two gentlemen related to her recently went to her house , in wok to ascertain the precise state of her mind , i » * wa deavour they wore aided by a coup le of ^ mod cal men , who wore each to furnish tho relatives of tho Iaciy w » a certificate to place her in some I """ ^? rTnm ei it be found necessary . Accordingly , the doctor- hmI cm an interview with Riles Suter separately , and ll ° wau that they both came to tho conclusion li « t «« of unsound mind ; and they , therefore , doto rminwi signing the required cortiuciite , wltli u view to remo ^ b her into an asylum an speedily as paasiuiosame night , at u late hour , itu unusually Jo made inclining tho tire , wm . hoard by the »«| B % ! WOTfiiJinoro whs hotieff < l ~ afccnv « r < l *~«» ^ "fotor lowing morning , when the postman cniiio wii " for Altai Uutor from her brother , ho rccolvuii " ° , ta to his knock . As , however , the lii . ly wmh ftoq uti / tho habit of not rbing until two or throe o clot > middle of tho day , nothing ronmrkablo wuh « ™\\ ( m . this circumstance , but , "bout four u oloclt u i ^ noon , MIhh Suter ' a brother himself culled at u donee , and , us tho house waa still iinononoil , |» obliged to niako an entry by tho back u » tno |» ^ Ho immediately proceeded into an w » -flt « ln »

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      The Debats of last Saturday has the following : — 11 We have just received the Globe , which contains Mr . Edwin James ' s defence of M . Simon Bernard . The general tone of this defence is such , that we dare not reproduce it . " " According to returns lately prepared at the Ministry of Marine , by order of the Emperor , " says the Times Paris correspondent , " France will possess in the year 1859 an effective force of one hundred and fifty warpaddle and screw-steamers of great speed , independently of the sailing ships of war fitted with screws . These one hundred and fifty war-steamers will be composed of ships-of-the-line , frigates , corvettes , and cutters . Neither gunboats , steam-transports , floating-batteries , nor fireships are included in the number of one hundred and fifty . M . Key-bell , Chief Engineer of Hydraulic Works , and M . Dupuy , de l'Orne , Director of Naval Constructions , have been sent to Cherbourg by order of the Emperor to ascertain the precise time at which the new dock can be opened . The Emperor inspected the works on Wednesday morning which have been commenced in the gardens of the Tuileries , by which the portion open to the public will be considerably curtailed . " The Emperor has completed his fiftieth year , having been born at the Tuileries on the 20 th of April , 1808 . The letter of M . Henon , one of the opposition members , declining an invitation to dine at the Tuileries , was as follows ( according to the Continental Review ) : — " Monsieur Ie Grand Chambellan , —I have received the letter by which you invite me , in the name of the Emperor , to dine at the Tuileries . 1 should be greatly surprised , M . le Chambellan , to find myself at such a meeting , and my constituents would not be less so , at the moment when my friends are on the road to exile and transportation . " AUSTRIA . Dr . Zugschwerdr , lately a member of the Board of the Credit Bank at Vienna , has been tried and found guilty of fraud and embezzlement . He has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment in chains . ITALY . It is seriously in contemplation by the Neapolitan Government to form a camp at Gaeta . Count de Trapani , the brother of the King , has resigned the command in chief of the Royal Guard in consequence , of some differences which have arisen between his Majesty and himself . The reply of the Court of Naples to the last Sardinian Note was officially communicated on Thursday to Count Cavour . It is couched in moderate terms , but contains a flat refusal of the Sardinian demands . SPAIN . The Queen is stated to be in a condition promising an augmentation ' of the royal family . A . person named Kibera , belonging to a respectable family at Granada , and formerly Chief of the Secret Police under the Sartorius Ministry , plunged a poniard , or short sword , in the middle of the day , on the 14 th inst ., into the body of Colonel Verdugo . The crime was deliberately and openly committed in one of the most frequented thoroughfares of Madrid . Having struck two blows , the assassin coolly walked away with the reeking weapon in his hand , and finally flung it down an area , after which he lit a cigar , and began to smoke . He was shortly afterwards arrested , when he nsked , with some indignation , " Am I a criminal , that I should bo treated in this way , and have my hands tied ? " Ribera had been associated with some scandalous transactions during and after the time that he was at the head of the Secret Police , and was more than once imprisoned . He afterwards went to Cuba , and sent home to Spain an attack op the administration of O'Donnoll in that island . Returning to Spain in 1856 , he was again made Chief of tho Secret Police by Narvaez , but once more lost his position when that Minister fell . The motive for his present act is said to be revenge against Ycrdugo for some alleged severity towards him when ho was a prisoner . The victim , however , i « universally respected . Ho is the husband of a lady of some note as a poet and dramatist . It is thought impossible that ho can recover . The journals announce tho approaching presentation of a law restoring to the secular clorgy tho church property not sold . TUitKicr . A religious disturbance at Aloppo is reported in a letter from Constantinople which appears in tho Purlti Univers . " Tho Armenian Bishop of Aloppo , Mgr . Nicholas , who is a . learned man , lias long manifested a Roman Catholic tendency . Tho now patriarch , wanting to got rid of him , obtuined from tho Porto an order that J > o . Bhuuld _ be . exUed , ^ TlioJL ! axUj ^ pC to execute tho order ; but , when ho sent to have tho bishop arrested , tho latter culled on tho consuls of Franco and Russlu to protect him , and sought refuge in tho convent of tho Capuchins . Aftorwurds , when tho French consul and a congregation wero attending divine service in tho church , Mgr . Nicholas , entered , and , walking up to tho altar , deposited on it h ' ia crucifix , and proclaimed himself and all his flock ( tho latter conniats of about throe hundred families ) to bo Roman Catholics . .. Tho Russian consul , who was proaont , then withdrew ! and the French consul then wrote an account of tho affair to

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      Constantinople . Mgr . Nicholas has been summoned to that city to give explanations . " The Presse d'Orient announces that the Porte has severely punished the Armenians who obtained passports as naturalized Russians . It was desired at Constant ! - nople that this lesson should not be lost on the Armenian population of the empire . The son of Sefer Pacha had discovered , by means of intercepted letters , a" plot organized in Circassia in favour of Russia . The Hungarian Bangya , who had taken service with the Circassians , confessed his share in the plot , and was conde mned to death , with several emissaries of the Russian General Philipson . The Sultan has decided on augmenting the pay of the troops . SWITZERLAND . Two hundred and fifty men have been sent for , to put down troubles which had broken out at Hegburg on the occasion of the municipal elections . A red flag had been displayed . The public-houses frequented bv the radicals are closed by authority . The Conseil d'Etat of Fribourg has just published the following proclamation : —" The communal elections have given rise for some days to culpable manifestati ons . The Conseil d'Etat has taken a large share in the excitement of the moment . But it will not allow it to be prolonged . Two companies have entered the capital , for the purpose of protecting it against any rash attempt Let the good citizens be assured . We watch over their safety , and guarantee it to them . Disorder is impos - sible , when the country and the authorities lend a hand . " Seditious cries and symbols are prohibited , as well as all parading in the streets and public places . If companies are formed , they will be dispersed by armed forces . The taverns where these tumultuous reunions take place are already under the surveillance of the police , and the Councillor of State , Presset , has been arrested , with thirty workmen , under a charge of having projected an insurrection . GERMANY . A rare event has occurred in Saxony—the release of a convict after not fewer than fifty years'detention . This man was condemned to imprisonment for life for having formed part of a notorious band of brigands , and was sent to the prison of Waldheim . He remained there until a few days ago , when he obtained a pardon . Notwithstanding his long confinement , he is in good health , and he has returned to his native village of Leutersdbrf with a sum of two hundred thalers , the product of hia labour in the gaol .

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      392 THE LEADER , [ No . 422 , April 24 , 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 24, 1858, page 392, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2240/page/8/