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The Week.
ivas no prospect of an understanding between the Government and the Chamber , but that the formal dissolution had been postponed until the King ' s return to Berlin . As there has been no change in the state of affairs in Prussia , and as " tendencies have manifested themselves within the limits of the German Federal Constitution , the evident aim of which is to reduce
Prussia from that position as a great power in Germany ancl Europe which is her well-earned inheritance , " the dissolution has now become indispensable . It will therefore be " incumbent on the Prussian people to give expression , upon the occasion of the approaching new elections , to the fact that no difference of political opinion is so deeply rooted in Prussia as to endanger
the unity of the people and the unshakable fidelity with ivhich they are attached to the Royal House when placed in face of efforts tending to diminish the independence and dignity of Prussia . " The elections will take place immediately , in order that the new Parliament may be convoked to discuss the budget within the current year . From the Black Sea there is news
of another Russian aggression . A Turkish vessel has been seized at Anapa by the Russians , notwithstanding the protests of the foreign consuls . The fact of these protests alone suggests anything serious in the event . Tho Morning Post authoritatively announces that , as it has " reason to Relieve , " the Cabinets of Copenhagen and Stockholm have concluded a
treaty of alliance for the defence of the Danish territories against any German aggression . The Pays says that negotiations are pending with great capitalists in France and England for a Mexican loan , to bo employed in reimbursing
France for the expense of the war , and in paying the debts duo to the different Powers . AA o learn from Paris that the Emperor has received a letter from tho Queen of Madagascar , notifying her accession to the Throne . The Due de Montebello , French Ambassador at St . Petersburgh , has received permission , at his own request , to pass two months in France , where the
state of health of the Duchess requires attention . This leave coincides with the stay of tho Emperor Alexander iu the Crimea and at Moscow . A private letter received at Berlin from AA arsaw , dated 9 th inst ., states that on the following day all communication would be cut oil' with the city , and a strict state of siege ivould be established for ten days . By telegrams
from Madrid it appears that Senor Madoz and General Prim have declared that tbe Progressist party is in favour of monarchical institutions and constitutional liberty , and that it will never follow a policy of violence , but one of resistance . Another meeting of 50 members of the Democratic party has been held , advocating the policy of abstaining from voting . This policy
was agreed to . A letter from Copenhagen states that King George I . of Greece was to return to Copenhagen on Thursday last , and on Friday would proceed to Glucksburg and Schleswig to take leave of his Danish Majesty , and continue his journey on Saturday , via Rumpenheim , Brussels , and London . Tho Journal de St . Petersburgh of AA ednesday denies the rumour
concerning new arrangements by Russia relative to Polish affairs , and says that the Emperor considers his first duty to be the re-establishment of order in Poland , and then he is determined to fulfil his international obligations , his sentiments on the Polish question having undergone no change .
INDIA , CHINA , AND AUSTRALIA . —The Bombay papers do not bring any very important intelligence , but by telegraph wc learn that cholera was raging at Shanghae ; that a civil war has commenced in Japan ; that the natives of Waitnra ( Australia ) have declared war , 5000 of them having taken the field ; and that General Cameron has withdrawn his troops for the defence of Auckland .
The Week.
AMERICA . —A New York telegram of the 29 th ult . contains the intelligence— -of which the importance can hardly be exaggerated if the announcement be true—that President Jefferson Davis , after a consultation with the Governors of the Confederate States , has resolved to call out ancl arm 500 , 000 blacks ,, who aro to be rewarded by their freedom , with a grant of 50
acres of land to each man at tbe end of the war . This intelligence was , we are told , derived from " Confederate papers received at Moorhead City . " There was no confirmation of the rumour that Fort AVagner and the ruins of Fort Sumter had been occupied by the Federal troops . Gei-ier-al Gilmore's official report , dated the 24 th ult ., stated that the seven days' '
bombardment had reduced Fort Sumter to a mass of ruins , and had rendered it utterly useless for the defence of Charleston . He had established batteries within effective range of the heart of the city , and had opened fire from them . It was reported that tbe Confederates were removing guns and stores from Chattanooga to Atlanta , and were preparing to evacuate
Chattanooga and all East Tennessee . A war steamer , carrying ten guns , and defiantly hoisting the English and Confederate flags ,, was stated to have run past the Federal cruisers , into Wilmington , and no fewer than four steamers were alleged to have entered that port within a short time . Drafting had been terminated in New York , ancl was to commence in Brooklyn on the 31 st ult . Mr . Seward , in a circular addressed by him on the 12 th ult . to the Federal Consuls in Europe , has endeavoured
once more to dispel the " prejudice" which , as he says , has caused English and French statesmen to " agree in opinion that the efforts of tbe Government to maintain the Union and preserve the integrity of the republic could not be successful . ' He narrates the successes obtained by the Northern armies since August , 1 SG 2 , and admits that no great progress has been made
by the Federal arms in the East , but declares that in the AA est 200 , 000 square miles have been subjugated by the Federal arms . Every "insurgent" port is blockaded , besieged , or occupied , while the control of the Mississippi by the Federals cuts the " projected Confederacy" in two . The "insurgents" have lost one-third of their whole force , and the last conscription ordered
by "the leader of the sedition , " while it will exhaust the male population , will not produce more than 70 , 000 to 95 , 000 men . The Federal armies are everywhere superior in numbers , and a draft of 300 , 000 men is raising , while large voluntary enlistments take place , aud about 70 , 000 negro troops will soon be organised . The North is abundantly supplied with provisions
and stores , and its loans are readily taken at par . These facts the Consuls are to represent " in such a way as may be most effective to convince those who seek a renewal of commercial prosperity through the restoration of peace in America that the quickest ancl shortest way to gain that desired end is to withdraw support and favour from the insurgents , and to leave tho adjustment of our domestic controversies exclusively with tho people of the United States . "
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
BRO . MICHAEL FURNELL , 33 ° , P . Prov . G . M . of North Minister ( Sydney Parade , Merrion ) , informs us that he is in possession of a magnificent copy of Mitchell ' s " History of Freemasonry , " and any brother has full welcome to refer to or inspect it any time . AV . S . —Next week . BRO . SPENCER shall have his note attended to next week .
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The Week.
ivas no prospect of an understanding between the Government and the Chamber , but that the formal dissolution had been postponed until the King ' s return to Berlin . As there has been no change in the state of affairs in Prussia , and as " tendencies have manifested themselves within the limits of the German Federal Constitution , the evident aim of which is to reduce
Prussia from that position as a great power in Germany ancl Europe which is her well-earned inheritance , " the dissolution has now become indispensable . It will therefore be " incumbent on the Prussian people to give expression , upon the occasion of the approaching new elections , to the fact that no difference of political opinion is so deeply rooted in Prussia as to endanger
the unity of the people and the unshakable fidelity with ivhich they are attached to the Royal House when placed in face of efforts tending to diminish the independence and dignity of Prussia . " The elections will take place immediately , in order that the new Parliament may be convoked to discuss the budget within the current year . From the Black Sea there is news
of another Russian aggression . A Turkish vessel has been seized at Anapa by the Russians , notwithstanding the protests of the foreign consuls . The fact of these protests alone suggests anything serious in the event . Tho Morning Post authoritatively announces that , as it has " reason to Relieve , " the Cabinets of Copenhagen and Stockholm have concluded a
treaty of alliance for the defence of the Danish territories against any German aggression . The Pays says that negotiations are pending with great capitalists in France and England for a Mexican loan , to bo employed in reimbursing
France for the expense of the war , and in paying the debts duo to the different Powers . AA o learn from Paris that the Emperor has received a letter from tho Queen of Madagascar , notifying her accession to the Throne . The Due de Montebello , French Ambassador at St . Petersburgh , has received permission , at his own request , to pass two months in France , where the
state of health of the Duchess requires attention . This leave coincides with the stay of tho Emperor Alexander iu the Crimea and at Moscow . A private letter received at Berlin from AA arsaw , dated 9 th inst ., states that on the following day all communication would be cut oil' with the city , and a strict state of siege ivould be established for ten days . By telegrams
from Madrid it appears that Senor Madoz and General Prim have declared that tbe Progressist party is in favour of monarchical institutions and constitutional liberty , and that it will never follow a policy of violence , but one of resistance . Another meeting of 50 members of the Democratic party has been held , advocating the policy of abstaining from voting . This policy
was agreed to . A letter from Copenhagen states that King George I . of Greece was to return to Copenhagen on Thursday last , and on Friday would proceed to Glucksburg and Schleswig to take leave of his Danish Majesty , and continue his journey on Saturday , via Rumpenheim , Brussels , and London . Tho Journal de St . Petersburgh of AA ednesday denies the rumour
concerning new arrangements by Russia relative to Polish affairs , and says that the Emperor considers his first duty to be the re-establishment of order in Poland , and then he is determined to fulfil his international obligations , his sentiments on the Polish question having undergone no change .
INDIA , CHINA , AND AUSTRALIA . —The Bombay papers do not bring any very important intelligence , but by telegraph wc learn that cholera was raging at Shanghae ; that a civil war has commenced in Japan ; that the natives of Waitnra ( Australia ) have declared war , 5000 of them having taken the field ; and that General Cameron has withdrawn his troops for the defence of Auckland .
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AMERICA . —A New York telegram of the 29 th ult . contains the intelligence— -of which the importance can hardly be exaggerated if the announcement be true—that President Jefferson Davis , after a consultation with the Governors of the Confederate States , has resolved to call out ancl arm 500 , 000 blacks ,, who aro to be rewarded by their freedom , with a grant of 50
acres of land to each man at tbe end of the war . This intelligence was , we are told , derived from " Confederate papers received at Moorhead City . " There was no confirmation of the rumour that Fort AVagner and the ruins of Fort Sumter had been occupied by the Federal troops . Gei-ier-al Gilmore's official report , dated the 24 th ult ., stated that the seven days' '
bombardment had reduced Fort Sumter to a mass of ruins , and had rendered it utterly useless for the defence of Charleston . He had established batteries within effective range of the heart of the city , and had opened fire from them . It was reported that tbe Confederates were removing guns and stores from Chattanooga to Atlanta , and were preparing to evacuate
Chattanooga and all East Tennessee . A war steamer , carrying ten guns , and defiantly hoisting the English and Confederate flags ,, was stated to have run past the Federal cruisers , into Wilmington , and no fewer than four steamers were alleged to have entered that port within a short time . Drafting had been terminated in New York , ancl was to commence in Brooklyn on the 31 st ult . Mr . Seward , in a circular addressed by him on the 12 th ult . to the Federal Consuls in Europe , has endeavoured
once more to dispel the " prejudice" which , as he says , has caused English and French statesmen to " agree in opinion that the efforts of tbe Government to maintain the Union and preserve the integrity of the republic could not be successful . ' He narrates the successes obtained by the Northern armies since August , 1 SG 2 , and admits that no great progress has been made
by the Federal arms in the East , but declares that in the AA est 200 , 000 square miles have been subjugated by the Federal arms . Every "insurgent" port is blockaded , besieged , or occupied , while the control of the Mississippi by the Federals cuts the " projected Confederacy" in two . The "insurgents" have lost one-third of their whole force , and the last conscription ordered
by "the leader of the sedition , " while it will exhaust the male population , will not produce more than 70 , 000 to 95 , 000 men . The Federal armies are everywhere superior in numbers , and a draft of 300 , 000 men is raising , while large voluntary enlistments take place , aud about 70 , 000 negro troops will soon be organised . The North is abundantly supplied with provisions
and stores , and its loans are readily taken at par . These facts the Consuls are to represent " in such a way as may be most effective to convince those who seek a renewal of commercial prosperity through the restoration of peace in America that the quickest ancl shortest way to gain that desired end is to withdraw support and favour from the insurgents , and to leave tho adjustment of our domestic controversies exclusively with tho people of the United States . "
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
BRO . MICHAEL FURNELL , 33 ° , P . Prov . G . M . of North Minister ( Sydney Parade , Merrion ) , informs us that he is in possession of a magnificent copy of Mitchell ' s " History of Freemasonry , " and any brother has full welcome to refer to or inspect it any time . AV . S . —Next week . BRO . SPENCER shall have his note attended to next week .