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The Week.
was generally attributed to it . I can now assure you beyond a doubt , that whatever turn events may subsequently take , the French ' army of Italy' is at this moment ready to march ' on paper . '" AVhatever may be the intentions of the Emperor , he disclaims any warlike intentions for the present . The Moniteur of Friday has the following : — " For some days public opinion has been agitated hy alarming reports , to which it is the duty of the government to put an end , in declaring that nothing in our diplomatic affairs authorises the fears which these
remours tend to create . " The government has also spoken ou the question of the slave-trade . At the reception at the Tuileries on New Tear's-day , Prince Napoleon announced that the imperial government was ready to abandon the existing system of immigration , provided Great Britain would frankly undertake to assist France in obtaining coolies from the English possessions for her colonies . People at Vienna are no less persuaded of an approaching war than at Paris . At Vienna they think the recent occurrences in Servia were brought
about through the instigation of France , with a view to compromise Austria . It has been reported at Vienna that a conspiracy has been discovered at Cracow , and that forty persons had been arrested , some of whom were Russian agents . A well informed correspondent at Milan , says the Austrians seem bewildered , and are taking measures never heard of before , and which some think perfectly absurd . In 1848 you would meet scores of people that upheld Austria ' s good right and her virtuous intentions , but you would not find now half a dozen in
the whole Lombardo-Venetian kingdom . Every one is now convinced that if the Austrians were only once out of Italy , the King of Naples , the Pope , and all the petty princes of the peninsula would soon change their tone , and that a lasting peace might then become a possibility . No one dreams of a republic ; no one hints at socialism . What Italians desire is , to have Italy governed rationally by native princes and native laws . The King of Sardinia opened the Chambers on Monday last . In his speech he remarked that the political horizon was not clear—that the future must be awaited with firmness—that the oolicv of
Piedmont was based on justice and liberty , and that though Piedmont was small , she was great in the councils of Europe . " It respects treaties , " says the King , "but it is not insensible to "Italy's cry of anguish . " That is to say , circumstances may induce the Sardinian government to pay no attention to treatie ? . " Let us resolutely await the decrees of Providence , " said the king in concluding his speech . No doubt can be entertained that he spoke words of lire , and the legislature which heard them is said to have cried , " Long live the King" in acclamations that were prolongedThe war feeling is strong
, . very in Sardinia . Either thereis to be war between France and Austria , or Napoleon III . is duping the Sardinian government , or that government has taken leave of its senses . It is quite evident to every body at Turin , that the government desires war , means war , and is confident that war is at hand . The ministerial party , the intimate friends and daily companions of the ministers , make no secret of it . The petition of the Servian National Assembly that the Sultan will be pleased to instal Prince Milosch as hereditary prince of Servia , is already on its way to Milosch has arrived at
Constantinople . Cernitz , in Wallaehia , and there met the deputation sent to offer him the crown . He has accepted it for himself , and not for his son Michael . The Forte does not require that Prince Alexander should be restored . Mr . Gladstone has sent home his report from the Ionian Islands , and expects instructions before the opening of the Ionian parliament . If England refuses her consent to the union of the Ionian Republic with Greece the representatives of the- people will communicate the wish of the nation to the which the Paris
powers signed treaty . The Spanish government and legislature have taken great offence at the way President Buchanan alluded , in his message , to the probable purchase of Cuba . The supposition that Spain would sell Cuba is protested against as offensive . A resolution proposed to the cortes in support of this declaration was agreed to . The Spanish government has been informed , officially that complete satisfaction has been granted to Spain for the exactions of which the Spaniards had been the victims at Tampico , in conformity with the demands of the authorities of Cuba . The immense majority of the electors just chosen in Moldavia for exercising the trust of electing the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
was generally attributed to it . I can now assure you beyond a doubt , that whatever turn events may subsequently take , the French ' army of Italy' is at this moment ready to march ' on paper . '" AVhatever may be the intentions of the Emperor , he disclaims any warlike intentions for the present . The Moniteur of Friday has the following : — " For some days public opinion has been agitated hy alarming reports , to which it is the duty of the government to put an end , in declaring that nothing in our diplomatic affairs authorises the fears which these
remours tend to create . " The government has also spoken ou the question of the slave-trade . At the reception at the Tuileries on New Tear's-day , Prince Napoleon announced that the imperial government was ready to abandon the existing system of immigration , provided Great Britain would frankly undertake to assist France in obtaining coolies from the English possessions for her colonies . People at Vienna are no less persuaded of an approaching war than at Paris . At Vienna they think the recent occurrences in Servia were brought
about through the instigation of France , with a view to compromise Austria . It has been reported at Vienna that a conspiracy has been discovered at Cracow , and that forty persons had been arrested , some of whom were Russian agents . A well informed correspondent at Milan , says the Austrians seem bewildered , and are taking measures never heard of before , and which some think perfectly absurd . In 1848 you would meet scores of people that upheld Austria ' s good right and her virtuous intentions , but you would not find now half a dozen in
the whole Lombardo-Venetian kingdom . Every one is now convinced that if the Austrians were only once out of Italy , the King of Naples , the Pope , and all the petty princes of the peninsula would soon change their tone , and that a lasting peace might then become a possibility . No one dreams of a republic ; no one hints at socialism . What Italians desire is , to have Italy governed rationally by native princes and native laws . The King of Sardinia opened the Chambers on Monday last . In his speech he remarked that the political horizon was not clear—that the future must be awaited with firmness—that the oolicv of
Piedmont was based on justice and liberty , and that though Piedmont was small , she was great in the councils of Europe . " It respects treaties , " says the King , "but it is not insensible to "Italy's cry of anguish . " That is to say , circumstances may induce the Sardinian government to pay no attention to treatie ? . " Let us resolutely await the decrees of Providence , " said the king in concluding his speech . No doubt can be entertained that he spoke words of lire , and the legislature which heard them is said to have cried , " Long live the King" in acclamations that were prolongedThe war feeling is strong
, . very in Sardinia . Either thereis to be war between France and Austria , or Napoleon III . is duping the Sardinian government , or that government has taken leave of its senses . It is quite evident to every body at Turin , that the government desires war , means war , and is confident that war is at hand . The ministerial party , the intimate friends and daily companions of the ministers , make no secret of it . The petition of the Servian National Assembly that the Sultan will be pleased to instal Prince Milosch as hereditary prince of Servia , is already on its way to Milosch has arrived at
Constantinople . Cernitz , in Wallaehia , and there met the deputation sent to offer him the crown . He has accepted it for himself , and not for his son Michael . The Forte does not require that Prince Alexander should be restored . Mr . Gladstone has sent home his report from the Ionian Islands , and expects instructions before the opening of the Ionian parliament . If England refuses her consent to the union of the Ionian Republic with Greece the representatives of the- people will communicate the wish of the nation to the which the Paris
powers signed treaty . The Spanish government and legislature have taken great offence at the way President Buchanan alluded , in his message , to the probable purchase of Cuba . The supposition that Spain would sell Cuba is protested against as offensive . A resolution proposed to the cortes in support of this declaration was agreed to . The Spanish government has been informed , officially that complete satisfaction has been granted to Spain for the exactions of which the Spaniards had been the victims at Tampico , in conformity with the demands of the authorities of Cuba . The immense majority of the electors just chosen in Moldavia for exercising the trust of electing the