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      S OME words addressed by the Emperor Napoleon to the Austrian Ambassador on New Year ' s-day have set the pulses of the continental nations dancing to a war-tune . The words arc not in themselves remarkable , but , taken in connexion with various occurrences of the hour , they very naturally carry ¦ with them a weight sufficient to bear , down the price of funds upon the Bourse , and to-shake the balance on our own Stock-Exchange . " I regret , " he is reported . to have said to Baron Hiibn-cr , " that our relations with your . Government are not so good as they were ; but I request you

      to tell the Emperor that my personal feelings for him are not changed . " The Moniteur of Friday , which was looked for with great interest and anxiety , contains an announcement which is intended by the French Government to allay the spreading agitation ; nothing in diplomatic relations , it says , authorises the fears that have been excited by the alarming reports that have been current of late . But it . must appear that this announcement , though it may have the effect of repressing the rising alarm of the . moment , docs not carry with it the least

      assurance of continued tranquillity . Ihe course ot events in Italy , in fact , aro not to be controlled by cither France or Austria , and almost any hour may sec France called upon to take the field against Austria . In spite of tho denials given to exaggerated accounts of insurrectionary outbreaks in Milan , the fact rcmaius that in Lombardy the spirit of revolt is as active as it was in ISIS , and active under conditions infinitely more dangerous to Austria , namely , the unity of all classes . France ,

      it is reported , has proposed to withdraw her troops from Itomo , on condition that Austria will do tho like with her troops in the Lombardo-Vcnctinn States , and whether or not the report is well founded , it is oaloulatod to miae unlimited hopes in Italy . Tho alarm of the King ofNaplos is manifest . It is only a few days ago that wo heard of bis adding 1 S , OOO men to his axmy j this week wo have him nervously shrinking from any connexion with Russia , the new friond of Sardinia . Russia has established herself in the Mediterranean ,

      but the King of Naples will not hoar of a " Russian coaling , station " in tho Adriatic , whore Austria has lately been making extraordinary efforts to inoi-caso her naval power . Anothor significant ftiot has bgoomo known during tho week ; it is that Garibaldi , tho Commandcr-in-Chicf of tho Roman troops in 181 . 8 , has been ycwillod from Nioo to bo consullod on tho formation of » v Sardinian National Guard , or Yoluntoor Corps . Tho conclusion sooms irresistible tlflit tho words lately spoken by tho King to his military ollloers , and afterwards repeated in spirit by Count Qavour in his lithographed

      diplomatic circular , were spoken advisedly in anticipation of the commencement of th e inevitable Italian struggle in the coming spring . In the mean while , the Austrian military force in Italy is said to amount to 100 , 000 or 120 , 000 men , and the papers both of Vienna and Berlin speak confidently of her preparedness in every respect . A council of war is expected shortly to assemble in Venice to consider the state of affairs ' in Italy , and several officers of high rank , including Count I \ Giulay , Commandcr-in-Chief of the 2 nd c orjys ¦ d ' arwee , arrived in Venice at the end of last month . A few days back We heard of the projected movement of Austrian troops towards the Servian frontier , oh account of the recent events in Belgrade , but the report has been contradicted , and it is probable that at the present moment every . Austrian , soldier that can be moved will have his ^ face turned towards Italy—and France . The Servian revolution makes progress . Frcparalions , according to the latest news , were being made in Belgrade for the solemn entry of Prince ; Milosch , who has accepted the offered throne in j face of tho demand made by the Porte that a Kai-, maikan , or viceroy , should be appointed . There is j so much unanimity among the ascendant party that an easy solution of this part of the difficulty is looked for . The Servians have no present desire to anger the Sultan , but it appears that it has required the good offices of the foreign ambassadors , and , particularly of Sir Henry Bulwcr , to persuade him , against acting upon the suggestion of the Austrian j Ambassador , which was to dissolve the Skuptschina , j or National Assembly . | From Constantinople the news is curious as well ¦ as interesting . Thcro is no end to the troubles of ; those who administer the finances of the empire , j for everything conueotcd with tho Turkish treasury ; is more or loss complicated with . wrong . A * strange scene was lately enacted , tho Sultan playing a new pnrt . Ho was beset by a crowd of working people clamorous for arrears of pay , and—ho was obliged to pay them ! But a more important fact is , that those members of his family who lately fell under the ban of his passing displeasure havo been reinstated in tho Council—Aali Pasha , who had the orcdii of having oauscd thorn to bo driven out , still holding his own . Stories aro rife in Constantinople that thcro lias boon vast jobbery at work with tho proceeds of tho lato loanj tho Government , nevertheless , pcrsovorcs in its intention of buying up n largo quantity of tho paper money , although it is < perplexed by tho great number of forged notes in circulation . ; " ... i Mr . Buchanan ' s offer to settle tho Cuban diflloulty " by buying tho island from Spniji lias lod to n ' demonstration of virtuous indignation in tho ' Spanish Cortes , Spain , apouking by tho mouth of < Marslml Q'DonuolI , expresses unlimited indignation i

      j at the language used towards it in the President's ! last Message , and declares that it is prepared to ! defend its dignity and rights ; and the Cortes re-! solve with very unwonted unanimity to support ; Government in its defiant attitude . Cuba , however , is not a whit further removed from | America by these loud words and the American ' claims are not likely to be less vigorously urged in -consequence of the bluster of Madrid . j The lonians have left Mr . Gladstone no possible ! loophole by which , he could escape from the conclusion that they desire of all things to be relieved j from the ; friendly protection of England . They | listen quietly to his answer that England caunot : relieve them from the action of the bond , which . : was signed , sealed , and delivered by the Great : Powers in 1316 ; they only reply that ; if England will not give up the protectorate , they will appeal to the said Powers . Within a few hours , Governnment has received a report from Mr . Gladstone . The contents of this document hare not yet come before the public , but at the very foundation of Mr . Gladstone ' s advice must be the apparently unalterable determination of the lonians to cut their connexion with England . The news from India by the Bombay mail is for . the most part satisfactory . Lord Clyde has rapidly executed one part of his plan , which was to clear the country between the Goomtec and the Ganges . In accomplishing this , he has beaten Bainie Madhop , and captured Ametie and Shunkerpoor . General Grant and Brigadier Smith have both gained victories over the flying rebels , the latter leader inflicting great slaughter upon them in Bundelcund . Tantia Topee continues his wonderful ( light . Beaten whenever our officers have a chance of coming up with him , he is still unsubdued , still has a force to fight and to fly with . Ono item of the news will be received with universal regret—it is the announcement of tho death of that extraordinary and admirable man General Johu Jacob ; it is not too much to say that his loss is a national calamity . At home , the political news of tho week is scanty . One of th e most noticeable facts in connexion with tho progress of tho Roform question is that Mr . Bright is , in self-dofcnco , obliged to doclino attending auy moro publio meetings , with the exooption of ono at Bradford ' on the 17 th instant , before Parliament assembles , Ministers are all out of town , but a Cabinot Counoil is to bo assembled on Monday next , when tho date on whioh Parliament will bo opened is to bo dotprminod . Ropovfc speaks of Lord Dorbyfs dosiro -for an oarly oponing . J ? ivo moro arrests havo boon made during the svoek in Kilkonny ami Belfast . Tho roal nature ot Lho Phoenix Sooioty , with its numerous brauohos , is 3 oming out . Some of tho objeots of the coufraiernity are to oolleofc money for the defence of pri-

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      REVIEWOFTHEWHEK-. " Home Intelligence . Political Foroshadowings ' . —••• . 3 C Gatherings from . Law and Police Courts *» Crimmal . Record •» The Lato General Jacob .. ; .. Trela'id .. ^ . - ...... " 7 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 37 Naval and Military 37 miscellaneous £ 0 Postscript ... *^ Foheiox Intelligence . Continental Notes 3 S India • ** 3-: > rypt $ » "West Indies ; ¦ . — ¦¦¦ . ? £ Canada < iJ

      South American States 40 | Australia .,.... ' 40 j Mexico *« Abyssinia 40 Persia 40 The River Plate < ... 40 LITERATURELiterary Chronicle of the Week . 42 What will he do with It ? 42 A Soldier ' s Life in India .... 43 Bartholomew Fair 44 j Military Hygiene •* & Poems 4 « Logic aiid Hanking 46 Cambrideo Essays 40 j Lays ' of Middle Age 4 / , Recollections of a Literary Life . 47 ; Magazines : 47 | Songs of a Song-writer 48

      Kelly ' s Railway Guide ..... 48 Lessons on Mind ; ... 48 Julius Hall ' s Indicator 48 Books Received 61 PUBLIC AFFAIRSPosition of Austria 49 The Moralitv of Trade . 50 The Lyndsay Letter .. 51 State Homes for the Homeless ... 51 Thoughts , Facts , and Suggestion ' s on Parliamentary Reform 52 Biographies of German Pnnces . 52 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEFrance 53 India - 5 A FN 4 E ART . SMiscellauies ..... 55

      THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTSLyceum , &c . 55 INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESSNotes on Indian Progress 56 COMMERCIALThe Rerenties of 1858 57 General Trade Report 57 Home , Colonial , aud Foreign Produce Markets 58 Railway Intelligence C 8 Money Market and Stock Exchange ; ..... 59 Joint Stock Companies ' 59 British Interest in Mexico 59 Bank of England .. 59 London Gazette 59 Shares and Stock s 62

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1859, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2276/page/3/