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and France , in place of checking the struggle had done nothing but embitter it . " But was it , therefore , necessary that France should resort to arms , or should remain silent ? No , for there yet remained an expedient which might be adopted . Russia had declared that " conferences in which all the other questions now agitating Europe should be debated would iu nowise wound
her dignity . " Let that declaration be acted upon , and let a congress assemble to consider all the questions which threatened the peace of Europe , and to " re-construct on new bases the edifice shaken by time , and destroyed bit by bit by revolutions . " The treaties of 1815 had ceased to exist , since they had been everywhere violated ; and why should not a congress
of statesmen meet and endeavour to satisfy the wants of the nations . Such a course of conciliation would tend to peaceful progress ; and an obstinate refusal to recognise tbe wants of the epoch would sooner or later lead to war . A letter to the Governments of Europe , on the subject of the Congress , has since been published in the Moniteur .
The Emperor points out that the treaties of Vienna have been ' ' destroyed , modified , or misunderstood . " He then alludes to the awfully destructive character of modern warfare ; calls on the sovereigns to meet in Congress ; asserts that his sole object is to arrive at tbe pacification of Europe ; and suggests Paris as the place of meeting . The Italian Liberal press regards tho
Emperor ' s speech as favourable to Italy , and looks to the Congress or a war as the means of recovering for Italy her national rights . The Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath has unanimously granted to the Government a credit of 69 million florins , an act which the press considers as a demonstration against the Emperor Napoleon's speech . —•—The King of Prussia opened tho Chambers on Monday . He expresses a hope that the differences between tho legislature and the Government
may cease , but expresses his determination to adhere to abudget to maintain the army under its reorganisation in a state of efficiency . He also alludes to the proposed Federal execution in Denmark , and expresses an opinion that the Federal reform proposed by Austria is not suited for the times . The Prussian Minister of the Interior has presented to the Upper House a
bill regulating the press in a manner closely similar to that prescribed by the King ' s ordinance of the 1 st July last ; and he added that the government intended that ordinance to remain in force " until there should be permanent legislation on the press . " —•—On Tuesday the Belgian Chambers were opened by the King in person . His Majesty , after acknowledging tho
marks of sympathy and confidence he had received from foreign Governments , dwelt on the internal affairs of Belgium , and described the state of the country as flourishing and prosperous . At a sitting of the German Federal Diet , the representative of Denmark announced that though his Government maintained its former ground , it was yet open to negociation . A third note
from Earl Russell was laid before tho Diet , in which his lordship endeavours to form a basis upon which to mediate . The session of the Spanish Cortes has been opened by a speech in which Queeu Isabella declared that Spain was on friendly terms with all foreign powers , and that " the project of constitutional reform is definitively resolved upon . " The new
King of the Greeks , on arriving at Athens , issued a manifesto , in which he declared that he should strictly observe the constitution , should surround himself with tho most " experienced men in the country , and should " make Greece the model State of the East . " The Gazette publishes a brief despatch on the Polish question , addressed by Earl Russell to tho British Ambassador
at St . 1 ' etersburgh . It is dated the 29 th of October . Lord Russell says her Majesty ' s Government have no desire to prolong the correspondence on this question " for the sake of con .
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troversy , " but the Emperor of Russia is reminded that the rights of the Poles are guaranteed by the same instrument which constitutes him King of Poland . Advices from the city of Mexico , received at JSew York by way of San Francisco , and consequently deserving of very little confidence , report that the French authorities had discovered a conspiracy against them ,, had imprisoned a number of persons supposed to be implicatedin it , ancl had ordered others to be transported to Martinique .
AMERICA . —The City of Limerick has brought New York telegrams of the 30 th ult . received at Cape Race . In A'irginia " there was nothing new ; " but we are informed that on the 29 th ult . the Confederates assailed the Federals under General Hooker at Bridgeport , on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway , and were repulsed . Nothing is said of the numbers
engaged or of the losses on either side ; but tho action , whatever may have been its importance , sufficiently indicates that the Confederates , persisted in the design of endeavouring to compel the Federal army to retreat from Chattanooga by interrupting or impeding its communications with its base of supplies at Nashville . The premium on gold at Neiv York was last quoted
at 46 per cent . The latest New York telegrams brought by the Hibernian ancl the City of New York are only a few hours later than the despatch conveyed to us by the City of Limerick ; and they add very little to the intelligence which we previously possessed . The announcement of General Hooker's repulse ofthe Confederate attack is repeated , but with no fresh details ;
and it is asserted that the Federals occupied the range of hills south of the Tennessee , ancl that the communication with Chattanooga had been completely restored . General Gilmore's batteries had re-opened fire on Forts Sumter , Moultrie , and Johnson , and had even thrown a few shells charged with " Greek fire" into the city of Charleston .
INDIA . —The Bombay mail has arrived , but it has not brought any intelligence of much importance . An expedition was to be sent against the fanatic tribes ivhich were causing disturbances on the Huzara frontier , on the Upper Indus . According to the Pombay Gazelle , the " accounts from all parts of India are very encouraging as to the crop of cotton this season ,
which will be nearly double that of last year . " The Confederate steamer Alabama had been spoken by a merchant ship bound from Ganjara to Colombo ; and her appearance in the Eastern seas had caused a panic among the masters of American ships .
To Correspondents .
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
ANTi-HriinrG . — -Yourself and other brethren of tho lodge should lay a statement of the whole facts before the Board of General Purposes . P . M . —A brother taking the chair at any of the Masonic Charitable Festivals , is not bound to subscribe any given sum to the
funds—just what he thinks fit . J . HARRIS .- —Your communication will appear next week . J . B . —The Provincial Grand Master is right ; he cannot appoint a brother living out of the province to Provincial Grand Lodge , without a dispensation from the M . AA . G . M . The law may appear to act harshly towards brethren living just out '
side the provice in which their lodge is held ; but laws are made for the majority , not for individual cases . The brother who brought forward the recent regulation to strengthen the law on the subject retires from all active participation in the business of Masonry next month .
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and France , in place of checking the struggle had done nothing but embitter it . " But was it , therefore , necessary that France should resort to arms , or should remain silent ? No , for there yet remained an expedient which might be adopted . Russia had declared that " conferences in which all the other questions now agitating Europe should be debated would iu nowise wound
her dignity . " Let that declaration be acted upon , and let a congress assemble to consider all the questions which threatened the peace of Europe , and to " re-construct on new bases the edifice shaken by time , and destroyed bit by bit by revolutions . " The treaties of 1815 had ceased to exist , since they had been everywhere violated ; and why should not a congress
of statesmen meet and endeavour to satisfy the wants of the nations . Such a course of conciliation would tend to peaceful progress ; and an obstinate refusal to recognise tbe wants of the epoch would sooner or later lead to war . A letter to the Governments of Europe , on the subject of the Congress , has since been published in the Moniteur .
The Emperor points out that the treaties of Vienna have been ' ' destroyed , modified , or misunderstood . " He then alludes to the awfully destructive character of modern warfare ; calls on the sovereigns to meet in Congress ; asserts that his sole object is to arrive at tbe pacification of Europe ; and suggests Paris as the place of meeting . The Italian Liberal press regards tho
Emperor ' s speech as favourable to Italy , and looks to the Congress or a war as the means of recovering for Italy her national rights . The Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath has unanimously granted to the Government a credit of 69 million florins , an act which the press considers as a demonstration against the Emperor Napoleon's speech . —•—The King of Prussia opened tho Chambers on Monday . He expresses a hope that the differences between tho legislature and the Government
may cease , but expresses his determination to adhere to abudget to maintain the army under its reorganisation in a state of efficiency . He also alludes to the proposed Federal execution in Denmark , and expresses an opinion that the Federal reform proposed by Austria is not suited for the times . The Prussian Minister of the Interior has presented to the Upper House a
bill regulating the press in a manner closely similar to that prescribed by the King ' s ordinance of the 1 st July last ; and he added that the government intended that ordinance to remain in force " until there should be permanent legislation on the press . " —•—On Tuesday the Belgian Chambers were opened by the King in person . His Majesty , after acknowledging tho
marks of sympathy and confidence he had received from foreign Governments , dwelt on the internal affairs of Belgium , and described the state of the country as flourishing and prosperous . At a sitting of the German Federal Diet , the representative of Denmark announced that though his Government maintained its former ground , it was yet open to negociation . A third note
from Earl Russell was laid before tho Diet , in which his lordship endeavours to form a basis upon which to mediate . The session of the Spanish Cortes has been opened by a speech in which Queeu Isabella declared that Spain was on friendly terms with all foreign powers , and that " the project of constitutional reform is definitively resolved upon . " The new
King of the Greeks , on arriving at Athens , issued a manifesto , in which he declared that he should strictly observe the constitution , should surround himself with tho most " experienced men in the country , and should " make Greece the model State of the East . " The Gazette publishes a brief despatch on the Polish question , addressed by Earl Russell to tho British Ambassador
at St . 1 ' etersburgh . It is dated the 29 th of October . Lord Russell says her Majesty ' s Government have no desire to prolong the correspondence on this question " for the sake of con .
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troversy , " but the Emperor of Russia is reminded that the rights of the Poles are guaranteed by the same instrument which constitutes him King of Poland . Advices from the city of Mexico , received at JSew York by way of San Francisco , and consequently deserving of very little confidence , report that the French authorities had discovered a conspiracy against them ,, had imprisoned a number of persons supposed to be implicatedin it , ancl had ordered others to be transported to Martinique .
AMERICA . —The City of Limerick has brought New York telegrams of the 30 th ult . received at Cape Race . In A'irginia " there was nothing new ; " but we are informed that on the 29 th ult . the Confederates assailed the Federals under General Hooker at Bridgeport , on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway , and were repulsed . Nothing is said of the numbers
engaged or of the losses on either side ; but tho action , whatever may have been its importance , sufficiently indicates that the Confederates , persisted in the design of endeavouring to compel the Federal army to retreat from Chattanooga by interrupting or impeding its communications with its base of supplies at Nashville . The premium on gold at Neiv York was last quoted
at 46 per cent . The latest New York telegrams brought by the Hibernian ancl the City of New York are only a few hours later than the despatch conveyed to us by the City of Limerick ; and they add very little to the intelligence which we previously possessed . The announcement of General Hooker's repulse ofthe Confederate attack is repeated , but with no fresh details ;
and it is asserted that the Federals occupied the range of hills south of the Tennessee , ancl that the communication with Chattanooga had been completely restored . General Gilmore's batteries had re-opened fire on Forts Sumter , Moultrie , and Johnson , and had even thrown a few shells charged with " Greek fire" into the city of Charleston .
INDIA . —The Bombay mail has arrived , but it has not brought any intelligence of much importance . An expedition was to be sent against the fanatic tribes ivhich were causing disturbances on the Huzara frontier , on the Upper Indus . According to the Pombay Gazelle , the " accounts from all parts of India are very encouraging as to the crop of cotton this season ,
which will be nearly double that of last year . " The Confederate steamer Alabama had been spoken by a merchant ship bound from Ganjara to Colombo ; and her appearance in the Eastern seas had caused a panic among the masters of American ships .
To Correspondents .
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
ANTi-HriinrG . — -Yourself and other brethren of tho lodge should lay a statement of the whole facts before the Board of General Purposes . P . M . —A brother taking the chair at any of the Masonic Charitable Festivals , is not bound to subscribe any given sum to the
funds—just what he thinks fit . J . HARRIS .- —Your communication will appear next week . J . B . —The Provincial Grand Master is right ; he cannot appoint a brother living out of the province to Provincial Grand Lodge , without a dispensation from the M . AA . G . M . The law may appear to act harshly towards brethren living just out '
side the provice in which their lodge is held ; but laws are made for the majority , not for individual cases . The brother who brought forward the recent regulation to strengthen the law on the subject retires from all active participation in the business of Masonry next month .