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The Week.
THE WEEK .
HER Majesty will open Parliament in person ; the Queen and the Prince Consort propose leaving AVindsor on the 2 nd proximo , for Buckingham Palace . The Queen and the royal children continue all well , aud take outdoor exercise daily . The Prince has been shooting in tho Home Park . The Duchess of Kent has been very unwell at Frogmore , but has recovered . Her Majesty ' s god-daughter , tho Princess A ictoria of Coorgwas confirmed at Kew church by the Queen's order .-
, It is asserted that an alliance offensive aud defensive had been concluded between France and Sardinia . Notwithstanding the announcement in a leading contemporary that all chances of war are at an end , there is no change whatever in the situation . Preparations on a grand scale are going on . Several regiments have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for Rome , and not a reliable word has been uttered to allay the panic . The rumour circulates again of the probable accession of M . de Persi to officeas minister of foreign affairs . As it indicates
gny , a pacific policy , and , consequently , the maintenance of the alliance with England , it is well received . The French emperor , it is said , will demand of the Corps Legislatif a dotation of 1 , 200 , 000 fr . for the Prince Napoleon , and , moreover , a pension of 150 , 000 fr . for the young princess in case of the death of her husband . The Emperor has received a letter announcing the death of the Archduchess Marie Anne ( aunt of the Emperor of Austria ) . The Emperor Napoleon has gone into mourning . The relations of France and Austria are said to have become more friendly .
The reports from Italy are less eseiting . Austria has halted in the Tyrol the corps d'armee which was to have entered Lombardy , and the generals in command of her forces in Italy express their ability to maintain order without reinforcements . The vexatious policy of France has excited such indignation in Germany that the inhabitants of the great fatherland are in imminent danger of forgetting
the Concordat , and of uniting with Austria in opposing the aggressions of the Emperor Napoleon . During the last few days the public of Vienna has eagerly seized every opportunity of giving tokens of its sympathy and loyalty . The troops at Milan and Venice ardently hope there will be a foreign war ; the Austrian officers would greatly like to measure swords with the French . To use their own words , "there are old notches to be ground out . " At Turin on Thursday Prince Napoleon held a review of 1 , 000 veterans of the " Grande Armee . " The veterans and the people shouted <; Alva il Re ! " " Viva il Imperatore ! " " Viva 1 ' alleauza !"
, " Viva Italia ! " The correspondent of the Times at Turin gives a very different account of tho reception of Prince Napoleon to that we have received from the French journals . He says : — " The reception given to his imperial highness was , as I am assured by various persons who found themselves on different parts of the route he took from the railway terminus to the palace , extremely cold . Tho truth is , that the projected marriage iB here exceedingly unpopular , especially with the higher classes . The PrinceBS ClotildeI was toldis looked upon as a victim
im-, , molated to political considerations . " On Sunday , after mass in the cathedral , General Niel , in the name of the Emperor of the French , demanded from the King of Sardinia the hand of the Princess Clotilde in marriage with Prince Napo . ieon . All the great officers and dignitaries of the state were present . In the evening a gala representation took place in the theatre . The king , Prince Napoleon , and the whole of the royal family were present . A despatch received in London yesterday informs us that the marriage will be celebrated next Sunday .
¦ Mr . Gladstone lias summoned the Ionian Parliament for the 25 th inst ., and will open it as Lord High Commissioner extraordinary . It is hoped that a majority of the deputies will be found to take a common sense view of affairs . The Spanish government has sent an agent into England to purchase twenty-four steamers of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
THE WEEK .
HER Majesty will open Parliament in person ; the Queen and the Prince Consort propose leaving AVindsor on the 2 nd proximo , for Buckingham Palace . The Queen and the royal children continue all well , aud take outdoor exercise daily . The Prince has been shooting in tho Home Park . The Duchess of Kent has been very unwell at Frogmore , but has recovered . Her Majesty ' s god-daughter , tho Princess A ictoria of Coorgwas confirmed at Kew church by the Queen's order .-
, It is asserted that an alliance offensive aud defensive had been concluded between France and Sardinia . Notwithstanding the announcement in a leading contemporary that all chances of war are at an end , there is no change whatever in the situation . Preparations on a grand scale are going on . Several regiments have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for Rome , and not a reliable word has been uttered to allay the panic . The rumour circulates again of the probable accession of M . de Persi to officeas minister of foreign affairs . As it indicates
gny , a pacific policy , and , consequently , the maintenance of the alliance with England , it is well received . The French emperor , it is said , will demand of the Corps Legislatif a dotation of 1 , 200 , 000 fr . for the Prince Napoleon , and , moreover , a pension of 150 , 000 fr . for the young princess in case of the death of her husband . The Emperor has received a letter announcing the death of the Archduchess Marie Anne ( aunt of the Emperor of Austria ) . The Emperor Napoleon has gone into mourning . The relations of France and Austria are said to have become more friendly .
The reports from Italy are less eseiting . Austria has halted in the Tyrol the corps d'armee which was to have entered Lombardy , and the generals in command of her forces in Italy express their ability to maintain order without reinforcements . The vexatious policy of France has excited such indignation in Germany that the inhabitants of the great fatherland are in imminent danger of forgetting
the Concordat , and of uniting with Austria in opposing the aggressions of the Emperor Napoleon . During the last few days the public of Vienna has eagerly seized every opportunity of giving tokens of its sympathy and loyalty . The troops at Milan and Venice ardently hope there will be a foreign war ; the Austrian officers would greatly like to measure swords with the French . To use their own words , "there are old notches to be ground out . " At Turin on Thursday Prince Napoleon held a review of 1 , 000 veterans of the " Grande Armee . " The veterans and the people shouted <; Alva il Re ! " " Viva il Imperatore ! " " Viva 1 ' alleauza !"
, " Viva Italia ! " The correspondent of the Times at Turin gives a very different account of tho reception of Prince Napoleon to that we have received from the French journals . He says : — " The reception given to his imperial highness was , as I am assured by various persons who found themselves on different parts of the route he took from the railway terminus to the palace , extremely cold . Tho truth is , that the projected marriage iB here exceedingly unpopular , especially with the higher classes . The PrinceBS ClotildeI was toldis looked upon as a victim
im-, , molated to political considerations . " On Sunday , after mass in the cathedral , General Niel , in the name of the Emperor of the French , demanded from the King of Sardinia the hand of the Princess Clotilde in marriage with Prince Napo . ieon . All the great officers and dignitaries of the state were present . In the evening a gala representation took place in the theatre . The king , Prince Napoleon , and the whole of the royal family were present . A despatch received in London yesterday informs us that the marriage will be celebrated next Sunday .
¦ Mr . Gladstone lias summoned the Ionian Parliament for the 25 th inst ., and will open it as Lord High Commissioner extraordinary . It is hoped that a majority of the deputies will be found to take a common sense view of affairs . The Spanish government has sent an agent into England to purchase twenty-four steamers of