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present conducted . A fresh difficulty has arisen out tation of free , negroes into the French , colonies , a vessel so engaged haying been overhauled by the English cruisers , and forced to reland the immigrants , No ^^ has occurred to throw light upon the relations of France and Austria ; but every scrap of news from Italy bears witness to the growing disquiet . A report is current that Count Persigny is abou ^
natural is that the present state of affairs must have something to do with his journey . The Presse announces that the corps legislatif ^ M be opened on the 4 th or 5 th of February in the new gallery of the Louvre . The Spanish expedition against Mexico will be on a larger scale than was supposed . " The policy of O'Donnell about Mexico , " says a private letter , "is to put forth all our available strength , which he thinks will make us more respected there , by enemies and . friends , - * Marshal O'Donnell has declared that the government has resolved to
preserve the constitutional system . It is thought that the Spanish ministers will be called upon for explanations on the expedition to Cochin China . Much , dissatisfaction is felt that Spanish troops should form the advanced guard , and that France should take possession of the conquered territory , on which hers is the only flag that floats . Spanish interests caniipt be otherwise than injured by the vicinity of the French to the Philippine Islands . - — --Letters fro Lisbon state that the debates about to commence in the Portuguese eortes
on the subject of the incident of the Charles-et-Georges are expected to be of an extremely animated character . Subscriptions have been set- on foot for the relief of the sufferers by tfe ^ dated the 1 st of December , says that the ambassadors of the Great Powers have met in conference , to deliberate on the critical state of th ^ M is extraordinary activity aniong the members of the diplomatic corps . The reserve of the army in Asia has been called out . Notwithstanding the arrival of a part of
the loan contracted in England , the Turkish troops have not yet received their arrears of pay ; there is also a delay in paying the salaries of the public functionaries .-- —The Empress Dowager of Russia ,, sister of the King of Prussia , has fallen seriously ill . There is a report at St . Petersburg that the Circassians have been defeated at a place called Bagnado . During September and October , 4 , 600 Circassians , with the Naib Schago and his brothers , have gone over to the Russians . The emperor and empress left the . palace at Tsarskoe Selo , on Sunday , December
5 th , arid have arrived at St . Petersburg .- — -A Stockholm telegram says that the regent intends to propose the abolition of the edicts against converts to the Roman Catholic faith , in consequence of the harsh manner iu which these laws have lately been put in force . At the meetings of the council of the new Prussian ministers , the Prince Frederick William is almost constantly present , and his judgment and aptitude for business are spoken of in hi ^ h terms . The King and Queen of
Prussia arrived at Florence in the evening of the 23 rd Nov . It is said that the king is about to renounce the Protestant religion at Rome , and be received there into the bosom of the Catholic Church . Should this be true , his wife will be responsible for it . A letter from Turin of the 6 th says , that the Sardinian government has sent to its agents abroad a circular relative to the rumours of a war with Austria . Count de Cavour declares in it that hitherto nothing whatever has arisen of a nature to confirm such assertions . At the same time he insists on the
urgent necessity which exists of effecting considerable modifications in the present government of other parts of Italy , as otherwise it would be impossible to look for tranquillity . The Austrian government is taking precautions on the Gallician frontier , as if foreseeing some outbreak in Moldo-Wallachia . Count Buol and Prince Kalljmaki , the Turkish ambassador , hold frequent conferences . The
irritation m Milan has been considerably increased by the appointment as censor of the press of one Signdr Rossi , a man who was formerly commissary of police , and made himself obnoxious by his excessive zeal in the prosecution of political offences after 1851 . A letter from Milan expresses an opinion that there is no foundation for the serious alarm which recent articles in the French and
Piedmontese journals have been calculated to excite . The news from Corfu represents Mr . Gladstone as hard at work , communicating with the authorities . On the 26 th of November he delivered a speech in Italian to a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week
present conducted . A fresh difficulty has arisen out tation of free , negroes into the French , colonies , a vessel so engaged haying been overhauled by the English cruisers , and forced to reland the immigrants , No ^^ has occurred to throw light upon the relations of France and Austria ; but every scrap of news from Italy bears witness to the growing disquiet . A report is current that Count Persigny is abou ^
natural is that the present state of affairs must have something to do with his journey . The Presse announces that the corps legislatif ^ M be opened on the 4 th or 5 th of February in the new gallery of the Louvre . The Spanish expedition against Mexico will be on a larger scale than was supposed . " The policy of O'Donnell about Mexico , " says a private letter , "is to put forth all our available strength , which he thinks will make us more respected there , by enemies and . friends , - * Marshal O'Donnell has declared that the government has resolved to
preserve the constitutional system . It is thought that the Spanish ministers will be called upon for explanations on the expedition to Cochin China . Much , dissatisfaction is felt that Spanish troops should form the advanced guard , and that France should take possession of the conquered territory , on which hers is the only flag that floats . Spanish interests caniipt be otherwise than injured by the vicinity of the French to the Philippine Islands . - — --Letters fro Lisbon state that the debates about to commence in the Portuguese eortes
on the subject of the incident of the Charles-et-Georges are expected to be of an extremely animated character . Subscriptions have been set- on foot for the relief of the sufferers by tfe ^ dated the 1 st of December , says that the ambassadors of the Great Powers have met in conference , to deliberate on the critical state of th ^ M is extraordinary activity aniong the members of the diplomatic corps . The reserve of the army in Asia has been called out . Notwithstanding the arrival of a part of
the loan contracted in England , the Turkish troops have not yet received their arrears of pay ; there is also a delay in paying the salaries of the public functionaries .-- —The Empress Dowager of Russia ,, sister of the King of Prussia , has fallen seriously ill . There is a report at St . Petersburg that the Circassians have been defeated at a place called Bagnado . During September and October , 4 , 600 Circassians , with the Naib Schago and his brothers , have gone over to the Russians . The emperor and empress left the . palace at Tsarskoe Selo , on Sunday , December
5 th , arid have arrived at St . Petersburg .- — -A Stockholm telegram says that the regent intends to propose the abolition of the edicts against converts to the Roman Catholic faith , in consequence of the harsh manner iu which these laws have lately been put in force . At the meetings of the council of the new Prussian ministers , the Prince Frederick William is almost constantly present , and his judgment and aptitude for business are spoken of in hi ^ h terms . The King and Queen of
Prussia arrived at Florence in the evening of the 23 rd Nov . It is said that the king is about to renounce the Protestant religion at Rome , and be received there into the bosom of the Catholic Church . Should this be true , his wife will be responsible for it . A letter from Turin of the 6 th says , that the Sardinian government has sent to its agents abroad a circular relative to the rumours of a war with Austria . Count de Cavour declares in it that hitherto nothing whatever has arisen of a nature to confirm such assertions . At the same time he insists on the
urgent necessity which exists of effecting considerable modifications in the present government of other parts of Italy , as otherwise it would be impossible to look for tranquillity . The Austrian government is taking precautions on the Gallician frontier , as if foreseeing some outbreak in Moldo-Wallachia . Count Buol and Prince Kalljmaki , the Turkish ambassador , hold frequent conferences . The
irritation m Milan has been considerably increased by the appointment as censor of the press of one Signdr Rossi , a man who was formerly commissary of police , and made himself obnoxious by his excessive zeal in the prosecution of political offences after 1851 . A letter from Milan expresses an opinion that there is no foundation for the serious alarm which recent articles in the French and
Piedmontese journals have been calculated to excite . The news from Corfu represents Mr . Gladstone as hard at work , communicating with the authorities . On the 26 th of November he delivered a speech in Italian to a