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The Week.
instructed to publish an article on the correspondence with Mr . Bigelow , in which the arguments Jof M . Drouyn cle l'Huys are repeated . There is , however , one sentence which is manifestly intended to be a severe hit at the AVashington Government . Surely , it says , "the United States cannot call the . resistances offered by a number of plundering adventurers war , after
refusing the title of belligerents to the Confederates of the South . " To which it may as fairly be answered that the United States never hung ancl shot Southern soldiers as the infamous Mejia has clone . The Spanish Senate has been engaged in the preparations of an address to the Queen , in reference to the war with Chili . On that subject it regrets that
hostilities have broken out , but urges that the war shall be pursued till Spanish claims are satisfied / and Spanish honour vindicated . — - — A very interesting ceremony , which has for some time been looked forward to with interest , took place at A ' erviers , in Belgium , on Saturday last . The Belgium Society of Political Economy presented to . the Chamber of Commerce of that
thiiving manufacturing town a bust of Richard Cobden , as the most expressive symbol of their appreciation of the services rendered to the cause of Free-trade bythe Verviers merchants ancl manufacturers . It appears that these gentlemen were the principal supporters of the Free-trade movement in Belgium which has been crowned with such great success , ancl tie recognition of
their efforts and sacrifices have been attended with great eclat . Gentlemen from England , Ireland , France , Germany , Spain , and several other countries attended , and bore unqualified testimony to the grandeur of the principle of Freetrade ; to the modest greatness of the distinguished Englishman whose memory was thus honoured so gracefully in a
country which his doctrines have now thoroughly permeated ; and to the worthiness of the men of A erviers to be associated with his great fame . An interesting letter from Mrs . Cobden was read in the course of the inauguration , which was followed by a very brilliant banquet , attended by 200 gentlemen , and characterised by the most cordial enthusiasm in behalf of
" peace , justice , and liberty , " the great ideas for ever identified with Richard Cobden ' s public life . Lord Howard de AA ' alden had an interview with the King of the Belgians on Friday week . He presented the condolences of Queen Victoria on the death of the late king , and her felicitations to Leopold II . on his ascending the throne . Ou Saturday Count de Commiuges-Guitaud fulfilled a similar duty for the Emperor ofthe French . From the Mediterranean-coast of Spain some rather ugly
news is to hand . It is said that some vessels bearing-Chilian colow-s have appeared off A'alencia and given chase to Spanish coasting brigs . If-the story is true , which we think unlikely , the cruisers must be some of those privateers , the crews of which Spain has threatened to treat as pirates . — - — The Norwegian Storthing has rejected by a majority of two an amendment to the Constitution proposing annual Parliaments . The Superior Criminal Court of Berlin has ordered Mr .
May , who was acquitted by the Lower Court on a charge of publishing articles in the Schleswig-LTolstem Gazette insulting to the King of Prussia , to be arrested again , and sent to Berlin . He * will have much less chance of escape there than in Altona . Meanwhile Count A ' on Bismarck has refused to join the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on tho Lauenburg question , on the ground that the indemity paid to Austria was taken from the public treasury . The bill for the
suppression of religious corporations in Italy has been given to the members of the Chamber of Deputies . It provides annuities for members of the religious bodies from the state . Of course the state takes the property of tho religious bodies . ——The French Yellow-book has been issued . It contains despatches relative to Mexico , in accordance with the information ire have alreadpublished .
y AMERICA . — The telegraphic news from America has an alarmist character , but more , we think , on the surface than in reality . Mr . Chandler had moved a resolution in the Senate requesting the President to withdraw the American ambassador from England , and to inaugurate a policy of non-intercourse on
The Week.
the ground of our refusal to settle the Alabama claims . There seems to have been a debate of some considerable importance on this motion ; but it was ultimately "tabled "—that is , rejected —by a majority of 25 to 12 . Mr . Chandler and Mr . Sumner both wished the resolution to be referred to the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs ; but instead of this the subject was got rid of altogether . Thus far , therefore , the anti-English feeling has been powerless for mischief . Sweenythe Fenian
, Secretary for War , is calling for prompt " military action , " AA ' e wonder how many calls ancl appeals of a similar kind have been issued by the Fenian worthies during the last few months , all of which have ended in smoke . The news from Mexico by way of New York seems to show that anything but peace prevailed there . One statement is that a filibuster force , commanded bthe America ^ generalReedhad captured
y , , , Bagdad in Mexico , taking the Imperial garrison prisoners They plundered the city and sent the spoils to Texas . Gun boats—one Imperial ancl the other French came up ancl drove the filibusters into the upper part of the town where they remained . General Crawford had left Brownsville for Bagdad , and the Imperialists were moving in force upon that place . The ' other views- shows great activitin martial
mattersy . The Moravian , bringing dates from New York to the morning of the 20 th , has arrived . The Fenian State was to hold a congress at Pittsburgh , but their ardour must be somewhat clamped by the return of a dozen ex--Federal officers from Ireland , who openly confessed that they decamped from an ignoble fear of arrest . The report of
the capture of Bagdad is confirmed . The commander crossed the Rio Grande , sacked the town , ancl , after liberating the prisoners , garrisoned the town with them . It is , however , right to add that General Sheridan , whose command extends to the Mexican frontier , discredits the story . The anti-Slavery party in the House of Representatives have gained another substantial victory by the passage cf the bill granting the suffrage to the coloured le in the district of Columbia .
peop The necessities of the Papal Treasury are so great that it has been resolved to levy a light tax on all vessels entering the Roman ports . A . telegram from Vienna states that negotiations for the formation of a new corps of Austrian volunteers for Mexico will soon be brought to a conclusion . The Austrian volunteers will act wisely if they decline a visit to Mexico . . AA ' INDIES .- —The American , which arrived at Liverpool
on Sunday last , brings news from Jamaica to the Sth of January . At that time Sir Henry Storks had not arrived out , ancl Governor Eyre , all unconscious of his deposition , had arranged to open a commission for the trial of political prisoners on the 23 rd . Before that day , however , Sir Henry Storks would have arrived out , and doubtless he would make other arrangements . The Governor does not seem to be growing in popularitin the island . On the last day
y of the session of the Legislative Council Mr . AVellesley Burke delivered a speech , in which he denounced the conduct of Mr . Eyre , and advocated the putting of Jamaica solely under the British Government . This speech was most favourably received in the island .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* S * AH communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , AV . C . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS IN ARREARS . — Subscribers who are in arrears are requested to forward without delay the amounts due from them by Post-office Order , payable to the Proprietor , Bro . AA'illiam Smith , C . E ., 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , AA' . C . AA'e regret to be compelled to request brethren from whom
outstanding amounts are due to respond to the above notice . Some of our Colonial Subscribers are especially reticent in this respect ; ancl our exchequer is not only impoverished through the non-receipt of amounts overdue , but we have also been put to the trouble ancl expense of writing and postages without even producing the bare courtesy of a reply . AVE have to acknowledge the receipt of some lodge reports , and other matter to handtoo late for insertion in our present
, number , but will receive a place in our next . AV . E . G . —Many thanks for your courtesy and attention . We are obliged to you for the particulars already received , and we will gladly avail ourselves , of the remaining instalment which you are good enough to place at our disposition .
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The Week.
instructed to publish an article on the correspondence with Mr . Bigelow , in which the arguments Jof M . Drouyn cle l'Huys are repeated . There is , however , one sentence which is manifestly intended to be a severe hit at the AVashington Government . Surely , it says , "the United States cannot call the . resistances offered by a number of plundering adventurers war , after
refusing the title of belligerents to the Confederates of the South . " To which it may as fairly be answered that the United States never hung ancl shot Southern soldiers as the infamous Mejia has clone . The Spanish Senate has been engaged in the preparations of an address to the Queen , in reference to the war with Chili . On that subject it regrets that
hostilities have broken out , but urges that the war shall be pursued till Spanish claims are satisfied / and Spanish honour vindicated . — - — A very interesting ceremony , which has for some time been looked forward to with interest , took place at A ' erviers , in Belgium , on Saturday last . The Belgium Society of Political Economy presented to . the Chamber of Commerce of that
thiiving manufacturing town a bust of Richard Cobden , as the most expressive symbol of their appreciation of the services rendered to the cause of Free-trade bythe Verviers merchants ancl manufacturers . It appears that these gentlemen were the principal supporters of the Free-trade movement in Belgium which has been crowned with such great success , ancl tie recognition of
their efforts and sacrifices have been attended with great eclat . Gentlemen from England , Ireland , France , Germany , Spain , and several other countries attended , and bore unqualified testimony to the grandeur of the principle of Freetrade ; to the modest greatness of the distinguished Englishman whose memory was thus honoured so gracefully in a
country which his doctrines have now thoroughly permeated ; and to the worthiness of the men of A erviers to be associated with his great fame . An interesting letter from Mrs . Cobden was read in the course of the inauguration , which was followed by a very brilliant banquet , attended by 200 gentlemen , and characterised by the most cordial enthusiasm in behalf of
" peace , justice , and liberty , " the great ideas for ever identified with Richard Cobden ' s public life . Lord Howard de AA ' alden had an interview with the King of the Belgians on Friday week . He presented the condolences of Queen Victoria on the death of the late king , and her felicitations to Leopold II . on his ascending the throne . Ou Saturday Count de Commiuges-Guitaud fulfilled a similar duty for the Emperor ofthe French . From the Mediterranean-coast of Spain some rather ugly
news is to hand . It is said that some vessels bearing-Chilian colow-s have appeared off A'alencia and given chase to Spanish coasting brigs . If-the story is true , which we think unlikely , the cruisers must be some of those privateers , the crews of which Spain has threatened to treat as pirates . — - — The Norwegian Storthing has rejected by a majority of two an amendment to the Constitution proposing annual Parliaments . The Superior Criminal Court of Berlin has ordered Mr .
May , who was acquitted by the Lower Court on a charge of publishing articles in the Schleswig-LTolstem Gazette insulting to the King of Prussia , to be arrested again , and sent to Berlin . He * will have much less chance of escape there than in Altona . Meanwhile Count A ' on Bismarck has refused to join the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on tho Lauenburg question , on the ground that the indemity paid to Austria was taken from the public treasury . The bill for the
suppression of religious corporations in Italy has been given to the members of the Chamber of Deputies . It provides annuities for members of the religious bodies from the state . Of course the state takes the property of tho religious bodies . ——The French Yellow-book has been issued . It contains despatches relative to Mexico , in accordance with the information ire have alreadpublished .
y AMERICA . — The telegraphic news from America has an alarmist character , but more , we think , on the surface than in reality . Mr . Chandler had moved a resolution in the Senate requesting the President to withdraw the American ambassador from England , and to inaugurate a policy of non-intercourse on
The Week.
the ground of our refusal to settle the Alabama claims . There seems to have been a debate of some considerable importance on this motion ; but it was ultimately "tabled "—that is , rejected —by a majority of 25 to 12 . Mr . Chandler and Mr . Sumner both wished the resolution to be referred to the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs ; but instead of this the subject was got rid of altogether . Thus far , therefore , the anti-English feeling has been powerless for mischief . Sweenythe Fenian
, Secretary for War , is calling for prompt " military action , " AA ' e wonder how many calls ancl appeals of a similar kind have been issued by the Fenian worthies during the last few months , all of which have ended in smoke . The news from Mexico by way of New York seems to show that anything but peace prevailed there . One statement is that a filibuster force , commanded bthe America ^ generalReedhad captured
y , , , Bagdad in Mexico , taking the Imperial garrison prisoners They plundered the city and sent the spoils to Texas . Gun boats—one Imperial ancl the other French came up ancl drove the filibusters into the upper part of the town where they remained . General Crawford had left Brownsville for Bagdad , and the Imperialists were moving in force upon that place . The ' other views- shows great activitin martial
mattersy . The Moravian , bringing dates from New York to the morning of the 20 th , has arrived . The Fenian State was to hold a congress at Pittsburgh , but their ardour must be somewhat clamped by the return of a dozen ex--Federal officers from Ireland , who openly confessed that they decamped from an ignoble fear of arrest . The report of
the capture of Bagdad is confirmed . The commander crossed the Rio Grande , sacked the town , ancl , after liberating the prisoners , garrisoned the town with them . It is , however , right to add that General Sheridan , whose command extends to the Mexican frontier , discredits the story . The anti-Slavery party in the House of Representatives have gained another substantial victory by the passage cf the bill granting the suffrage to the coloured le in the district of Columbia .
peop The necessities of the Papal Treasury are so great that it has been resolved to levy a light tax on all vessels entering the Roman ports . A . telegram from Vienna states that negotiations for the formation of a new corps of Austrian volunteers for Mexico will soon be brought to a conclusion . The Austrian volunteers will act wisely if they decline a visit to Mexico . . AA ' INDIES .- —The American , which arrived at Liverpool
on Sunday last , brings news from Jamaica to the Sth of January . At that time Sir Henry Storks had not arrived out , ancl Governor Eyre , all unconscious of his deposition , had arranged to open a commission for the trial of political prisoners on the 23 rd . Before that day , however , Sir Henry Storks would have arrived out , and doubtless he would make other arrangements . The Governor does not seem to be growing in popularitin the island . On the last day
y of the session of the Legislative Council Mr . AVellesley Burke delivered a speech , in which he denounced the conduct of Mr . Eyre , and advocated the putting of Jamaica solely under the British Government . This speech was most favourably received in the island .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* S * AH communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , AV . C . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS IN ARREARS . — Subscribers who are in arrears are requested to forward without delay the amounts due from them by Post-office Order , payable to the Proprietor , Bro . AA'illiam Smith , C . E ., 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , AA' . C . AA'e regret to be compelled to request brethren from whom
outstanding amounts are due to respond to the above notice . Some of our Colonial Subscribers are especially reticent in this respect ; ancl our exchequer is not only impoverished through the non-receipt of amounts overdue , but we have also been put to the trouble ancl expense of writing and postages without even producing the bare courtesy of a reply . AVE have to acknowledge the receipt of some lodge reports , and other matter to handtoo late for insertion in our present
, number , but will receive a place in our next . AV . E . G . —Many thanks for your courtesy and attention . We are obliged to you for the particulars already received , and we will gladly avail ourselves , of the remaining instalment which you are good enough to place at our disposition .