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The Week.
burg frontiers . The Austrian journals continue very warlike , and the Austrian Gazette does not scruple to recommend the hangman as a pacificator in Lombard )' , clenching its advice with this argument , "Austria has the right and the power to do this in Lombardy , as well as at Vienna . " The rumour : of a journey of the Emperor of Austria to Italy continues to gain ground . We hear that for the Princess Clotilde a dotation of £ 20 , 000 sterling a year will he asked lor from the Sardinian Chambers , that being the customary portion for a princess of the house of Savoy . The marriage of the Sardinian princess to
the Prince Napoleon , took place on Sunday morning . In the afternoon they left Turin for Genoa , accompanied by the king and royal family . Prince Napoleon does not hesitate in saying that the Emperor has 100 , 000 men ready to support the Sardinian army the moment it passes the Ticino . The speeches of Prince Napoleon contribute to the agitation of Italy . All the refugee Lombard chiefs and delegates of the insurrectionary party in the other states have congregated at Turin to confer with him as to the plans of the campaign . A deputation of the Chambers has presented the address in reply to the royal speech on the
opening of the session . On all sides ( says the Turin correspondent of a contemporary ) , one'hears of military preparations . The news from the Ionian Islands is important . Sir John Young is at the present moment on his way to England , and Mr . Gladstone has taken his place , for a fortnight , at the end of which time his successor will have been appointed and despatched . Tlie Madrid Gazette of the 19 th of January contains a decree fixing the strength of the permanent Spanish army for the year 1859 at 84 , 000 men . Some English housesit is saidhave bought at advanced pricesall the wool in stock in
, , up , , Estramadura and some other provinces . AVe learn from Turin that Poerio , and all other . prisoners of the same class , have been , in spite of their protestations , taken to Cadiz , there to be embarked on board the vessels ivhich are to convey them to the other side ofthe ocean ; and au extraordinary piece of news has arrived by telegraph , to the effect that the Spanish government , suspecting
a plot to rescue the Neapolitan prisoners on their arrival at Cadiz , have taken measures to prevent it . Intelligence has been received from Naples , that the rheumatic s flection of the king has lessened considerably in intensity , so that his majesty will return shortly to his capital . The rumours , therefore , which were current of his death , are without the slightest foundation . A rumour is prevalent at Naples that a camp is to be formed on the Roman frontier . This measure will depend on circumstances , but several regiments have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march . The family of the Grand Duke
of Tuscany hasarrivtdatNaples . TheKing and Queen of Prussia are expected . Accounts from Berlin state that the city was brilliantly illuminated on the night ivhen the young prince was born , and an immense crowd assembled all the evening in the Palace-square . The chambers decided on sending a deputation to the palace to offer their congratulations . The Prince Regent of Prussia , when receiving the deputation of the chamber of representatives , with the address in answer to the speech from the throne , after thanking them warmly , faid , " AVe only desire to ameliorate the king ' s system of governmentnothing more . "
; A discussion is going on at present in the Belgian chamber of representatives , on the subject of education . M . Rogier , minister of the interior , asserted that to decide parents to send their children to school , it would be necessary to bare recourse to coercive measures . The discussion has been adjourned . The duchess of Brabant had a narrow escape , some days ago , from the horses having run away with the carriage in which sbe was taking an airing . The postillion , however , managed to stop the carriage . A revolution is impending in the free city of Hamburg . A number ofthe beads ofthe first families in the city have alread
y met to determine on a complete revision of the government . The English in Rome are wondering Avhy a credit has been opened at the house of Plowden and Cholmeley tor the Prince of AVales , instead of with Mr . Freeborn , who is the English consular agent . The other firm are friends of Lord Palmerston . The grandson of Lord John Russell has been definitely named diplomatic agent of England at Rome . It is a post filled by an attache from the Tuscany legation , and has for object to keep ¦ tl )« j | pji ] jgfr * effice informed of ivhat passes in the
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The Week.
burg frontiers . The Austrian journals continue very warlike , and the Austrian Gazette does not scruple to recommend the hangman as a pacificator in Lombard )' , clenching its advice with this argument , "Austria has the right and the power to do this in Lombardy , as well as at Vienna . " The rumour : of a journey of the Emperor of Austria to Italy continues to gain ground . We hear that for the Princess Clotilde a dotation of £ 20 , 000 sterling a year will he asked lor from the Sardinian Chambers , that being the customary portion for a princess of the house of Savoy . The marriage of the Sardinian princess to
the Prince Napoleon , took place on Sunday morning . In the afternoon they left Turin for Genoa , accompanied by the king and royal family . Prince Napoleon does not hesitate in saying that the Emperor has 100 , 000 men ready to support the Sardinian army the moment it passes the Ticino . The speeches of Prince Napoleon contribute to the agitation of Italy . All the refugee Lombard chiefs and delegates of the insurrectionary party in the other states have congregated at Turin to confer with him as to the plans of the campaign . A deputation of the Chambers has presented the address in reply to the royal speech on the
opening of the session . On all sides ( says the Turin correspondent of a contemporary ) , one'hears of military preparations . The news from the Ionian Islands is important . Sir John Young is at the present moment on his way to England , and Mr . Gladstone has taken his place , for a fortnight , at the end of which time his successor will have been appointed and despatched . Tlie Madrid Gazette of the 19 th of January contains a decree fixing the strength of the permanent Spanish army for the year 1859 at 84 , 000 men . Some English housesit is saidhave bought at advanced pricesall the wool in stock in
, , up , , Estramadura and some other provinces . AVe learn from Turin that Poerio , and all other . prisoners of the same class , have been , in spite of their protestations , taken to Cadiz , there to be embarked on board the vessels ivhich are to convey them to the other side ofthe ocean ; and au extraordinary piece of news has arrived by telegraph , to the effect that the Spanish government , suspecting
a plot to rescue the Neapolitan prisoners on their arrival at Cadiz , have taken measures to prevent it . Intelligence has been received from Naples , that the rheumatic s flection of the king has lessened considerably in intensity , so that his majesty will return shortly to his capital . The rumours , therefore , which were current of his death , are without the slightest foundation . A rumour is prevalent at Naples that a camp is to be formed on the Roman frontier . This measure will depend on circumstances , but several regiments have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march . The family of the Grand Duke
of Tuscany hasarrivtdatNaples . TheKing and Queen of Prussia are expected . Accounts from Berlin state that the city was brilliantly illuminated on the night ivhen the young prince was born , and an immense crowd assembled all the evening in the Palace-square . The chambers decided on sending a deputation to the palace to offer their congratulations . The Prince Regent of Prussia , when receiving the deputation of the chamber of representatives , with the address in answer to the speech from the throne , after thanking them warmly , faid , " AVe only desire to ameliorate the king ' s system of governmentnothing more . "
; A discussion is going on at present in the Belgian chamber of representatives , on the subject of education . M . Rogier , minister of the interior , asserted that to decide parents to send their children to school , it would be necessary to bare recourse to coercive measures . The discussion has been adjourned . The duchess of Brabant had a narrow escape , some days ago , from the horses having run away with the carriage in which sbe was taking an airing . The postillion , however , managed to stop the carriage . A revolution is impending in the free city of Hamburg . A number ofthe beads ofthe first families in the city have alread
y met to determine on a complete revision of the government . The English in Rome are wondering Avhy a credit has been opened at the house of Plowden and Cholmeley tor the Prince of AVales , instead of with Mr . Freeborn , who is the English consular agent . The other firm are friends of Lord Palmerston . The grandson of Lord John Russell has been definitely named diplomatic agent of England at Rome . It is a post filled by an attache from the Tuscany legation , and has for object to keep ¦ tl )« j | pji ] jgfr * effice informed of ivhat passes in the
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