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The Week.
THE WEEK .
The fine weather havingbroken up in the Highlands , her Majesty left Balmoral on Tuesday last , and arrived safely at Windsor on Wednesday night , accompanied by the Prince Consort , Prince Alfred , and the juvenile members of her family . The Court will remain at the Castle until the latter end of November , when her Majesty will visit Osborne for three weeks , after which the Queen will return to Windsor for the Christmas holidays , and reside at the Castle until February . The Duke of Cambridge is again laid up with the gout . -A difference has arisen between France and Brazil . A French merchant having died at Pernambuco
leaving children ' under age , the French minister caused seals to be put on his premsies . The local authorities maintain that he had no right to do so . There is no truth in the report of the Tetuan massacre of the French and Spanish ( or English ) viceconsuls . The visit of the Emperor Napoleon to Compiegne has been postponed . There is further talk about an intended journey of the Emperor to Italy . It is not probable it will be extended beyond Mce , and no great political weight ought to be attached to it .- — -Madrid letters inform us that several vessels with troops have sailed for Cuba . The electoral excitement continues to increase . A circular ,
addressed by the minister Formento to his subordinate functionaries , recommends them to abstain from influencing the elections . The elections are favourable to government . General Prim is appointed to command the expedition against the Riff pirates . General Cordova has resigned his post as member of the consulting junta of war . The Progressist electors of Madrid have begun to choose their candidates . Ologaza is one of them , and some intention was entertained of making Marshal Espartero another . The Fspana , has been again seized ; several other journals have also been fined and confiscated . The disturbances in the Eastern
provinces of Russia are more serious than they were stated to be . Several peasants have been transported to Siberia . The Emperor Alexander shows himself every day more determined to carry out his plans of reform ; some of the nobility are raising difficulties in his way . An attempt to defraud the government has come to light . i , The imperial authorities declared the distance from St . Petersburg to Moscow to be 60 T versts , but it has been found 88 versts less . The American company which is to construct the railroad would have pocked about twelve million dollars had it not been for this discovery ; all the distances were stated
erroneously . There was a great fire at Orel , the capital of the Russian government of the same name ^ on the 1 st of Oct ., and another on the 26 th of Sept . at Livny in the same government . At Orel 500 buildings were destroyed , and about 200 at Livny . The Austrian government has just granted indemnities to the landholders around Mantua for the losses which they sustained in 1848-9 . Austrian Servia is quiet ; the German language is becoming more popular , and an amalgamation of the races is said to be steadily progressing . King Otho has arrived at Athens . The minister of the interior has tendered his resignation on account of ill health— -Tho
Prussian Landtag was opened on Wednesday for the purpose of giving its sanction to the establishment of the regency . The Prince Regent , in his address , says he has accepted the office in obedience to the royal wish , and in accordance with the statutes of the country . He promises to do what the constitution and the laws of the country require . M . von Bunscn , formerly envoy at the court of St . James , at tho direct invitation of the Prince Regent , is to repair immediately to take his
seat as member of the upper house . The change in the ministry has not improved the position of the press . Several journals have been seized . -From Switzerland we learn that the government of the Canton Berne has announced that it has called together tho Grand Council to decide upon the execution of the federal order with regard to the compulsory residence in the interior of the refugees . - —A difference between Piedmont and Naples , relative to the capture of a Neapolitan vessel in the Sardinian waters , has been satisfactorily arranged , thanks to the French govern-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
THE WEEK .
The fine weather havingbroken up in the Highlands , her Majesty left Balmoral on Tuesday last , and arrived safely at Windsor on Wednesday night , accompanied by the Prince Consort , Prince Alfred , and the juvenile members of her family . The Court will remain at the Castle until the latter end of November , when her Majesty will visit Osborne for three weeks , after which the Queen will return to Windsor for the Christmas holidays , and reside at the Castle until February . The Duke of Cambridge is again laid up with the gout . -A difference has arisen between France and Brazil . A French merchant having died at Pernambuco
leaving children ' under age , the French minister caused seals to be put on his premsies . The local authorities maintain that he had no right to do so . There is no truth in the report of the Tetuan massacre of the French and Spanish ( or English ) viceconsuls . The visit of the Emperor Napoleon to Compiegne has been postponed . There is further talk about an intended journey of the Emperor to Italy . It is not probable it will be extended beyond Mce , and no great political weight ought to be attached to it .- — -Madrid letters inform us that several vessels with troops have sailed for Cuba . The electoral excitement continues to increase . A circular ,
addressed by the minister Formento to his subordinate functionaries , recommends them to abstain from influencing the elections . The elections are favourable to government . General Prim is appointed to command the expedition against the Riff pirates . General Cordova has resigned his post as member of the consulting junta of war . The Progressist electors of Madrid have begun to choose their candidates . Ologaza is one of them , and some intention was entertained of making Marshal Espartero another . The Fspana , has been again seized ; several other journals have also been fined and confiscated . The disturbances in the Eastern
provinces of Russia are more serious than they were stated to be . Several peasants have been transported to Siberia . The Emperor Alexander shows himself every day more determined to carry out his plans of reform ; some of the nobility are raising difficulties in his way . An attempt to defraud the government has come to light . i , The imperial authorities declared the distance from St . Petersburg to Moscow to be 60 T versts , but it has been found 88 versts less . The American company which is to construct the railroad would have pocked about twelve million dollars had it not been for this discovery ; all the distances were stated
erroneously . There was a great fire at Orel , the capital of the Russian government of the same name ^ on the 1 st of Oct ., and another on the 26 th of Sept . at Livny in the same government . At Orel 500 buildings were destroyed , and about 200 at Livny . The Austrian government has just granted indemnities to the landholders around Mantua for the losses which they sustained in 1848-9 . Austrian Servia is quiet ; the German language is becoming more popular , and an amalgamation of the races is said to be steadily progressing . King Otho has arrived at Athens . The minister of the interior has tendered his resignation on account of ill health— -Tho
Prussian Landtag was opened on Wednesday for the purpose of giving its sanction to the establishment of the regency . The Prince Regent , in his address , says he has accepted the office in obedience to the royal wish , and in accordance with the statutes of the country . He promises to do what the constitution and the laws of the country require . M . von Bunscn , formerly envoy at the court of St . James , at tho direct invitation of the Prince Regent , is to repair immediately to take his
seat as member of the upper house . The change in the ministry has not improved the position of the press . Several journals have been seized . -From Switzerland we learn that the government of the Canton Berne has announced that it has called together tho Grand Council to decide upon the execution of the federal order with regard to the compulsory residence in the interior of the refugees . - —A difference between Piedmont and Naples , relative to the capture of a Neapolitan vessel in the Sardinian waters , has been satisfactorily arranged , thanks to the French govern-