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      • whom were a great many ladies , several of high rank . The Prefect of Police begged the people to disperse ; but they declared they . would accompany the bier tp the cemetery . The c \ vil governor of Milan , Baron- Burger , now canje lip , and renewed his request , that the people would disperse ^ It was in vain , and the vast throng increased ; and having laid the tri-coldured cockade of Italy on the coffin , they burst into one loud shout of " Italy for ever I" It was repeated on every side , the whole road

      and the cry was taken up along . And then arose other shouts of " Freedom for ever 1 " A few speeches were delivered , in which mention ¦ was made of young Dandold ' s gallant deeds against the troops of the foreigner in Xombardy , Venice , and Rome . After that , the crowd broke up by degrees , without committing any excess . In consequence of this popular demonstration , numerous arrests have taken place , but several persons succeeded in escaping . The prisoners were conducted to the Castle , and delivered over to a military

      com-. . A farmer near Pavia , who had denounced some refugees , has been clandestinely assassinated . The works of fortification along the Ticino , at Pavia , and at the environs , are carried on actively . General Gyulai and . staff have arrived at Milan . letters from IiOmbardy speak in painful terms of the distress prevailing amongst the great bulk of the smaller landowners . It is on the cultivation of the mulberry-tree and the production of raw silk that they chiefly depend for support . But so exhausted are they by the relentless taxation of the

      Austrians that thousands of them are obliged ^ o cut down , as a means of present subsistence , their mulberry-trees . Th 3 dreadful significance of this will be appreciated by all who know the country and the time the mulberry-tree takes in coming to perfection . The consequence is that the animosity jarid hatred of the rural population towards the Austrians are fast becoming as great as they are in the mural population . In fact the whole country pants for an Opportunity of rising . The sons of the richer proprietors are emigrating to Piedmont , where they are enteringr . even as private soldiers , the ranks of the Piedmontese army \ ~

      ILord Cowley arrived at Vienna on Sunday ; and had an interview with the Emperor on Tuesday ; the next day a grand banquet was . given at court in his honour . His departure for Paris is announced to take place this day ( Saturday ) . " We find the following statement of the objects of Xord Cowley ' s mission , in a Turin letter ; —" Lord Coxrley was to inform Count Buol , in a semi-official ¦ way , of the bases on which England is prepared to assist in establishing peace . As regards the Papal States , Austria is to join France in requesting Pio

      Nono to accept the reforms as traced out in the memorial presented by Count Cavour at the time of the Congress of Jj ? aris ; the separate treaties concluded by her with the Italian governments , and which are derogatory to their independence , are to be considered null and void ; liberal governments are to be . formed in each tltalian province upon the . bases of the statutes promulgated in 1848 ; and Austria is to grant to Xiombardy and Venice a government largely infused with the representative element , and ailraost independent , under the Archduke Maximilian , to be created Viceroy . "

      PRUSSIA . On Wednesday , the Ministry , urged by tho re-Seated prpposals pf several states of the Zollverein , edided upon proposing to tho Zollverein resolutions prohibiting tho exportation of horses on all the frontiers , without exception . A telegram from Berlin in tho Nord , dated February the 27 th , states that tho projected mission of Prince Eredenck William pf Prussia to Vienna has been abandoned . . . Tho baptism of tho infant Prince will take place on the 5 th of March—a day distinguished in the Protestant Church of Germany by tho

      denomination of Friedrioh . On the 6 th , hor Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William will be churched in the Dom of Berlin . The Prussian princess alluded to as the probable bride elect of cho Prince of Wales , is Princess Alexandrine , daughter pf Prince Albert of Prussia , and niece to tho Prince Regent . The Princess is tho foster child of tho Quooh of Prussia , her parents having boon legally divorced at a time when she needed all the tonder wire of a mother . She ie now staying at Homo with hor royal guardian , whither , if reports aro to bo trusted , tho I'rtnco of Wales has not reported without somo cloflnito hopos pf meeting thia roost Ultimate fi'iond pf his sister .

      , . ., , VATM . STATJG 8 . Tho Moniteur" announces that on tho 22 nd ult . Cardinal Antonolll announced to tho ambassadors of Franco and Austria that tho 1 ' opo considers his , Own powor sufficient to warrant ; tho security of his throne , and consequently was ready to on tor into

      arrangements with the two Ppwers for the simultaneous evacuation of his territory by the French and Austrian army with the least possible delay . The Roman Government , it is said , has already taken measures for organising an army of 20 , 000 Swiss , arid that a negdtiatiofl between : Queen Christiana and the Papal Government j for Spain * to place stt the disposal of the Pope two regiments of infantry and one of artillery , to be paid by him , is on the eve of conclusion . / A regiment of Swiss Catholics is to be raised The native Roman army consists of about 15 , 000 men . .

      SARDINIA . The congratulatory address which the King has received from the National Guard testifies strongly to the wish of the people for a war undertaken to liberate the remainder of Italy . A letter of the 24 th inst . informs us that preparations are being made on a large scale for the defence both of Genoa and the Gulf of Spezzia . A great number of deserters arrive daily at Genoa , coining from the frontier . They are almost all from the Duchies , and are immediately sent to Turin . The-deserters from liombardy and Venetia arrive from the other side , and are more numerous . In execution of the law concerning the loan , the official Piedmontese Gazette publishes a decree , by which the Minister of Finance is authorised to alienate by public subscription 1 £ million francs of the Five per Cent . Rente at the price of 79 .

      A despatch from Turin says that a public subscription , to coyer the loan ,. has been opened at the Bank . A large number of persons have subscribed , and it is certain that the whole loan will be covered , if not exceeded .

      NAPLES . A letter from Naples , dated Feb . 22 , says , " The Bang still continues at Bari , and the Journal is silent as to the state of his health , from which I infer that it is in a very uncertain and : unsatisfactory state . A very general impression prevails that the King ' s health is in a much more precarious state than has been imagined . That his legs have been much swollen is , I believe , undeniable . A person writing from Bari says ¦ : — ' Since his illness , his Majesty has not been able to occupy himself much with : public affairs . Bis nervous system is so shattered that he weeps when spoken to . ' "

      . TURKEY . ' . - ;¦' Advices front' Constantinople to the 23 rd February state that the appointment of the Minister of Finance has been revoked . A convention has been signed for the purpose of forming a new bank in Xondon . Sir Heiiry Bulwer has remitted a note to the Porte , in which he claims the fulfilment of the promise made by the Humayoum . It is believed that Sir Henry was acting in concert with France . There is a violent agitation in the Epirus and in Thessaly ; The Divan and the Greek Patriarch are engaged in . a dispute on the subject of reforms in ecclesiastical matters .

      . The Porte has declared its disavowal of the manifesto of Prince Miloscb , in which he asserts his authority as an hereditary ruler , THE PIU ^ CIPAIJITIES . Since the last news , Priuce Couza has relinquished his project of uniting the assemblies of WaUachia and Moldavia at Foksqhani . It is , however , his intention to address to the Great Powers a petition in favour of tho union of the Principalities . The French Consul at Bucharest is reported to have arrived in Paris on leave of absence . It is very probable that his journey has a good deal to do with the , approaching conference on tho double election of Colonel Couza .

      TKE GERMAN DIET . The speeches recently delivered in the Hanoverian Chambers were fiery and energetic . Most of the orators evidently delighted in allusion to Waterloo , and tho strong ingredient of Hanoverian troops then and there fighting under the command of the Duke of Wollington , The First Chamber has unanirnously adopted the resolution of the Second Chamber , that Government should bo requested to use its influence with tho Federal Diet , if necessary , to repel with united Federal power , any attacks on Austria or other Gorman States .

      Bavaria has intimated her intention of requesting tho Frankfort Diet to arm and provision the fortresses of tho Confederation in readiness for war . Those places are , Mayenco , Ulm , Rastatt , Landau , Luxemburg , and Gomersheim , which have boon erected for tho purpose of protecting Germany against tho French . The whole reserve of tho army of Wurtomburg 1 , forming altogether a force of about 80 , 000 men , has received instructions to hold itsolf in readiness . * . •¦ ' . ¦ SPAIN . '

      lit tho Chamber of Deputies , on tho 22 nd , ult ., If . Rlvero strongly opposed tho Horn of 3 , 000 , 000 reals for Qucon Christina , on the ground that the allowance to her Majesty , having boon formally suppressed in 1854 , could not bo legally renowod . Tho Olmmbor ,

      they could have known the prohibiting its introduction . Two conferences have already tak en place at Madrid between the members of the Cortes , who are divided into Prohibitionists and Freetraders . At their meeting the Freetraders spoke eloquently , and M . Olozaga proposed the formation of a Commission to come to an understanding with the Government with the view of reforming the Customs' tariff , and thus securing to Spain a more regular supply of cheap food . The Commission was named , with M . Olozaga for President , and had a conference of two hours with the Minister of Commerce , who promised that the Government would soon prepare a bill , and propose it to the Cortes , having for its object the admission of foreign corn at a duty sufficient , to protect the agricultural interest of Spain .

      decree on a division , voted the allowance by 196 votes to 14 . . ¦; ¦ '¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ " . Some journals haying published a telegraphic despatch , announcing that an alliance offensive and defensive has been entered into between Spain France , and England , for the defence of the Isle of Cuba , the semi-official Hojds says : — "Wd hav e reasons for asserting that this despatch is false . " Iretters pf the 23 rd mention that the corn question had for some days previously occupied the whole of the Spanish Deputies . In consequence of the extreme dearness of every article of food , foreign grain was allowed to enter Spanish ports during a part of last year , but that after that period vessels lsiden . with corn have only been admitted on condition of proving that they had shipped their cargoes before

      . PORTtTOAL . A telegram received on Thursday informs us that at Lisbon the question of a , concordat has been finally settled , and the right of nomination has been vested in the Holy See . The Chamber of" Deputies are discussing the railway contract . A violent speech has been made against Sir M . Peto by one of the deputies . It is expected that Sir M . Peto ' s proposals will be adopted ..

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      . . .... . , . . CANADAThe Queen ' s decision in favour of Ottawa ' . as the seat pf the Government of Canada was curried in the Legislative Assembly on the 11 th ult ., by a majority of live . , . A telegraphic despatch from Toronto of the 15 th says : —" The parliamentary debate oh the Governor ' s speech closed this morning , and all the clauses of the address in reply thereto were . carried by majorities ranging from five to fifty . The address was presented to the Governor to-day . " AMERICA . B v the Asia we have New York intelligence to the 16 tli

      ult . On the 11 th October the American bngantine Rufus Soule , from Matanzas for the African coast , was boarded by the British steamer Viper—searched and burned . The American flag was flying at the time . There is little doubt that she was a slaver , At Washington it is reported that Lord Lyons will remain in the country for a few months only , when he will be succeeded by Sir William Gore Quselcy . The Secretary of the Interior has asked Congress for an appropriation , of 20 , 000 dollars for taking the census of Kansas , with a view to its admission ; > "to the Union . . ...

      In the House of Representatives on-the 12 th the bill for the admission of Oregon into the Union passed . Another State is now added tp the Confederation , anothor sovereignty established on tno Pacific , and two more votes added to the Democratic side of the Senate Chamber , as a reinforcement against possible Republican increase hererifter . 7 The Cuban question was still under discussion in Congress . President Buphamm was called on to tno window of the White House on the night of thoUti ot

      to speak on tho subject of tho admission O reS ° " into tho Union , which was being celebrated , no said ho sincerely qongratulatod thcin upon x e advent of another sovereign State into tno glorious confederacy of tho Republic . Extension was in future the policy of their co \ mtry , and cowards luom , feared and opposed it . Vice-Prosidcnt Breckcnridgc , having been called upon id my something « wui Cuba , remarked that they talked much nnfl tud too Httlo . When England wished to do a tiling b *!? "" 1 It , and talked afterwards . If tho island oiOuim instead of being placed at tho mouth of tno Jj ujiw Jiruisn

      Mexico , lay at tho oponing of tho ^ ' «* ' »^ ' England would havo it in ton days . Ue was m favour of tho acquisition of Cuba . ., . The Washington correspondent of tho . Now i «'« Tribune says that ho has reason to be-llovo that ou donoo oxists whloh will convict a Pomoorntlo mw >" of Congress of having clomandoil 400 dollars oi claimant bofbro ho wortld report a certain hHi « o » l his committee Tho oaso will bo investigated . . The scrow-Btoamdr Now York , ftrrIvo « Ut SouUJampton on Tuesday , witty niaWsof tho 10 thuU ., uo Now York .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 296, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2284/page/8/