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      No . < W 3 . Sept . 3 , 1859- THE LEADER . 1003

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      State of Venice . —A letter in the Constitutionriel gives a deplorable account of the condition of Venice . The indignation expressed at the unlooked-for conclusion of the peace , is now said to be succeeded by a profound sorrow . The City of the Doges is . as . a City of the Dead . Travellers find some difficulty in entering it . New defensive works are in course of erection on the Lido . It is added that at Verona and Mantua , especially the latter , the system of repression is less severe . Lisbon News . —The Cortes will open on the 4 th of November next , The weather still continues ho . t , and the accounts of the vine disease are as bad as over ; little or no wine will be made this year throughout the length and breadth of Portugal . The works of the new Water Company have at

      length commenced , after remaining in abeyance about three years . If this company carry out the works as they have been projected they will confer a benefit upon the public . At present the only means of water supply is the barrel of the carrier , and if- the company oonvey it by pipes into the houses a great saving will bo effected , and a more regular and plentiful supply secured . IIOSTI&ZTIES UETWJBI 5 N SPAIN ASI ) MOROCCO . — The Correspo ndantia Autografa announces that ordors haev been given for tho formation of an oxpoditionary corps of 10 , 000 men . Tho Spanish consul at Tangiers has withdrawn from that placo , after having handed a note to the authorities announcing that Spain , is decided to have satisfaction by arms for tho hostilities against Couta .

      Turkish Affairs . — -The Sultan had been on the point of , death from a severe attack of fever , but his health is now restored . ' The Journal de . Constantinople says tho rumour of the modification of the Ministry is unfounded . Letters . from Syria to tho 18 th instant state that fears are entertained of an extension of tho civil war in that province Tho Druses wore devastating tho country by sotting flro to people ' s proporty . The Europeans aro said to bo flying from tho town . Some silk factories had hoisted tho French flag'for protection . Tho Fronoh consul had sont for troops , but tho Turkish force Avas insufficient .

      Russia : Financial anp Miutary Arrangb-MUNxe . —It would scorn that tho Russian Government are about to take control of the funds in the various banks of tho empire deposited for charitable purposes by tho trustees of clerical and other foundatlons , lior which have to await ti decision of a oourt of law . Through * tWa order of tlio Stato Council tho amount of capital available for tho temporary use of

      the finance minister will be largely extended , and will aid him in perfecting arrangements which it is presumed he has in view . The Russian Government ( says a Warsaw letter ) has given orders fo demobilise the first three corps d ' armee placed under the orders of Prince Gortschakoff . This return to a peace footing has not been effected by a ukase , but by special orders from the Minister at War , and it seems to be the present intention only to reduce the number of horses in the artillery and waggon train , which are very numerous in the Russian army , and so far as present information goes , that reduction is to affect only the three corps d ' armee in Poland . the StPeters

      The Russians in Caucasus . —A . - burg letter of the 20 th inst . says -. —News of a . brilliant success obtained by our troops in the Caucasus has arrived ; namely , of the entire subaiission of Andia and Itchkeria . The intelligence reached the Emperor as he was passing a review . The Russian troops have made more than one expedition , into Andia . The first time they went was in 1845 , when they destroyed the fortified villages of the enemy , and carried by assault Andia and Dargo , the residences of Schamyl . They were , however , subsequently obliged to leave the country after supporting cruel privations , itchkeria , up to the commencement of the year , was almost a terra incognita . lastof Vedenethe

      The capture , on the 1 st of April , , last refuge of Schamyl , enabled the Russian army to enter the province . These two countries join Daghestan , and form the most inaccessible part of the enemy ' s territory . Since the taking of Vedene , the Russian troops have pursued their success , and the inhabitants of Andia and Itchkeria , delivered from the presence of Schamyl , have made their submission . The plan of the-pacification of tlie Caucasus , which is being carried out , was inaugurated by Prince Worontzoff , and has been largely extended by Prince Bariatinskii ; and , from the success that has- been , achieved , it is thought probable that in five years magnificent roads will be made in the Caucasus , and that travellers can pass through the whole

      country without danger . _ CHINA : PROGRESS OF THE EMBASSIES . Tins Ovcrlctnd China Mail of the 5 th of July says : — The British , French , and American Ministers left Shanghae for Peking , via the Gulf of Pechelee , on the 15 th of June ; the Hon . Mr . Bruce in H . M . S ., Magicienne , with the CoromandeL as tender ; M . de Bourhoulon in H . I . M . S . Du Chayla , with the steamer Norzagaray , and his Excellency Mr . Ward , the United States Minister , in the Pbwhatan , with the chartered steamer Tocy-wan . Admiral Hope left for the Gulf three days before in the Chesapeake , and a large British force , consisting of seven steam ships , 10 gunboats , and 2 troop and store ships were to rendezvous at Sha-lui-tien , about fifty miles from the mouth of the Peiho . Every precaution had been taken to force , if necessary , admission to Peof the ratified

      king , and the proper exchange treaties . Between 500 and 600 of the Royal Marines , with 100 of the Royal Engineers and a number of seamen were to accompany the Hon . Mr . Bruce ; while abundance of provisions ready for land package , with 200 of the military train coolies ., would render the expedition in great part independent of the Chinese . These coolies of the military train are all llakkas , and were enrolled for service at tho taking of Canton , where they sorved us most faithfully , and were known under tho title of the " Bamboo Rifles . " From the attempt made by the Chinese Imperial Commissioners at Slinnghae , it may bo interred that obstacles will be thrown in the way of admission to Peking ; but these have been overcome , and it is extremely unlikely that the Chinese will have recourse to any overt acts ol opposition .

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      EXPECTED HOSTILITIES IN BOLOGNA . It is stated that 8 , 000 men , under the command of General Kalbermatten , have marched towards Cattolica from Pesaro , and that an attack is expected every moment . The Monitore de Bologna of the 26 th , without affirming or denying the fact , calls on the people to be calm and confident , as the Government is prepared to meet any eventuality . It appears certain that 2 , 000 Swiss , with several pieces of artillery , have arrived within a short distance of Cattolica , and the Government have received despatches informing them that these are but the advanced guard of the Papal troops . These troops are said to be composed , not but of Mod who

      merely of Romans , enese , are favourable to the pretensions of the duke , Swiss from Naples , who have been engaged by the Pope , and Austrian soldiers , who have been disembarked at Ancona , and dressed like the papal army . Altogether they amount to 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 men . On the other hand , the Government of the Legations is adopting the most energetic measures . The troops of Mezzacapo are full of warlike ardour . A messenger is sent off to Garibaldi every other day , and that general is gradually advancing from Fe ^ rara , so as to be in a position to give effective aid , if the necessity for it should arrive . Telegraphic despatches have since announced that Mezzacapo has advanced towards Cattolica at the head of his troops , and that the elections have taken place without the slightest disturbance .

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      THE CONFERENCE . The Opinione of Turin states that , the questions arising out of the annexation cf Lombardy to Sardinia are not settled , although they have made progress . Neither has it been decided by France and Austria to treat the question of the duchies directly . The same journal maintains that the settlement of the duchies , so far as foreign Powers are concerned , must be made by a European congress , the proposition of which now meets with less opposition than it did , - and "in favour of whichthe majority of the great Powers have pronounced . " A Paris correspondent of Le Nord states , with great positiveness , that the Emperors of France and Austria signed at . Villafranca a formal engagement which expressly provides that neither shall employ arms to restore the sovereigns of Tuscany or Modena .

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      NAPOLEON AND THE DUCHIES . The Constitutionnel . of this day , in an article on the Duchies , says : — " The Emperor , having agreed at Villafranca to the restoration of the former reigning princes , has caused to be heard words of reconciliation in the Duckies . His Majesty has not yet given up all hope of success , and will fulfil loyally to the end his disinterested mission ; but ,, if he should not succeed in reuniting , the princes and the peoples in mutual accord , it is not his intention to force either

      the one or the other . It is not the wish of his Majesty to follow the errors of the ancient Austrian policy , whose armed intervention in the affairs of the Peninsula has ceased for ever . We . have given to the Italian peoples advice which we believe wise and prudent , which if they do not follow it will grieve us , but which we could not press upon them by force . To us Italy owes her independence ; we shall not take away again from her what we have given her yesterday . "

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      GARIBALDI AND THE DUCHIES . General , Gahibat-di arrived at Parma on the 22 nd ult ,, and was received with immense enthusiasm by the people . At Parma tho number of suffrages in favour of annexation , lqjown up to that dato , was 0 , 718 ; at Placontla , 5 , 560 . Count Linati , Podesta of Parma , who had been sent on a mission to Paris , has , on returning to Farma , informed his follow citizens that Napoleon III . said to him : — " Toll tho populations that have sent you to mo that my arms shall never do violonco to their wishes , and that I will not permit any other foreign force to commit violonoo aorainst you . "

      The Tuscan Government has addressed to tho cabinets of JOuropo a memorandum on tho affairs of the Grand Duchy . Tuscany , it Is doolarod in this document , regretted tho termination of tho war , winch loft the independence of Italy incomplete , but it coincided In tho generous policy of tho ¦ Emperor of tho Fronoh . Tho Tuscan Assembly in declaring for tho annexation of tho duohy to Plodrapnt has only exorcised its right , for tho restoration Qt tho grand ducal dynasty was impossible , and tuo programme of the Grand Duko Ferdinand illu- » « ory . In this atato of things tho wishos of tho luscans cannot bo ropolled without giving rise

      to regrettable consequences ^ The memorandum concludes by an expression of gratitude to the great powers and a protest against foreign intervention . V The deputation , conveying the vote of the Tuscan people for their annexation to Sardinia , left Florence on the 29 th . Orders have been given at Genoa and Turin to receive the deputation with great solemnity . In Tuscany and iii Piedmont by this time most men firmly believe the King of Sardinia will accept the vote of the Tuscans , Modenese , &c , for annexation .

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      GERMAN UNITY . A few days ago a deputation waited upon the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha to present an address , expressing the hope that the duke would unite his efforts to those of the patriotic party for the unity of Germany . The following remarkable answer was returned : —Gentlemen , —It is with the utniost satisfaction that I learn from the address you have just presented to me that here also' in this little land of ours the events of the last months , whiiih have pressed so heavily upon us , have been rightly judged . Now that after years of the deepest apathy the wish for national strength and greatness , for ppwer . abroad and union at home , is once more awakened in the people , every patriot must greet this new movement with joyful hope . By whatever ways we reach the desired end , whatever be the form of the

      future constitution of Germany , this much is certain—that it is only , when princes and people are alike ready to make sacrifices for the good of all that anything great can be effected . As for me , long since , both on the occasion of the erection of a central power in 1 . 848 , and again on that of the creation of the union in 1850 . I offered of my own free will , and with joyful heart , to lay rny sacrifice on the altar of our country . That my patriotic endeavours have . received your approval , gentlemen , and that of the German people , has encouraged me to pursue the course I have entered on .-. Be assured that I not only haH with joy the endeavour to form n great national party , but that I shall always be ready to participate with counsel . with deeds in all which conduce to procure for our beautiful country that respect and might to which Germany has such just claims .

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      Niphon , has started on a voyage circumnavigation Hor engine is of 350-liorso power , and of American manufacture . Tho crew consists entirely of Japanoae sailors , who show groat aptitude in the management of steam onyincs . A dl Hculty which arose botweon tho American consul and tho Japanese Government has been amicably settled . An American , who had discovered a rich copper mine , laid claim to the mine and to tho soil , contrary to tho laws , of tho country . Tho Government roelated , and the allulr was assuming an unploaaant aspoot , when tho JOwiporor , to prevent all further , dispute , proposed that a third power should bo selected as

      of News fkom Japan . — " The last China mail , " says tho Dcbats , " brings us nows from Japan to tho r > th of June . Tho intercourse of Kuropuans with the country was dftiJy becoming more extensive , and is likely in afew yoiirs to effect a complete change in its aspect . Tho " Emperor , after the lirst oxpenments with the electric telegraph ,, ordered the construction of lines connecting together the towns of Yodclo , Nangasaki , SimocJa , and Hnkodadi . Ho has also decided on transforming his fleet , and already possesses six steam war-junks . One of thorn , tho

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1859, page 1003, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2310/page/7/