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The Week.
The Austrian Gaulle , in an article headed "Peace or A \_ ir ' . " says— " Wc will defend ourselves to the best of our poAvor , for that is our right and our duty , and ive have the means of doing so . AVe shall know IIOAV to fight , to conquer , or die 'like men . " A rumour is current that the King of Sardinia is about to marry a Russian princess . The Pays publishes a letter from Turin , which states the fact positively . The name of the princess in question is the Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaiewnatho eldest daughter of the Emperor Nicholasand widow of the Duke de
, , Louchtenberg , who died November 1 , 1852 ; tho Grand Duchess is IIOAV at Rome , where it is alleged the Marquis Alficri has succeeded in negotiating the marriage . The government continues the most active preparations for war , which is considered at Turin to be inevitable . The Sardinian ministry has presented to the chamber a project for a loan of 53 , 000 , 000 lhe , to enable the country to meet the extraordinary arnaments of Austria in Lombard }' , the concentration of troops on its frontiers and on the Po and the Ticino , and the provisioning of many localities near those of
Piedmont . A despatch , dated Corfu , January 29 th , says : — " The members of the Ionian parliament have handed over to Air . Gladstone the address of the committee to the Queen , AA'ith the request to lay before the great Poivers their desire for union ivith Greece . " One of the Madrid journals having asserted that Spain cannot avoid taking part in the conflict whicli appears not unlikely to arise in Europe , especially if England interferes iu it , the semi-official Correspondancia asserts that the present cabinet is determined to maintain the strictest neutrality .
The journals contradict the report that the Duke of Montpensier contemplates leaving Spain . A telegram of the 3 kl states that the law on the press hacl been presented to the chamber . The security required from the journals varies from 3000 to 6000 piastres . Neil's has come from Naples of a conspiracy in the fleet there , not quite so alarming as the mutiny at tho Nore in 1798 , but of sufficient dimensions to occasion the seizure of twenty naval officers , AA-IIO have taken the berths lately vacated by Poerio and his eighteen companions . The jewels and other precious objects of tho royal palace of Naples have been sent no ono knows where .
The king ' s brothers have become excessively familiar . They evidently wish to grow popular . Several officers of engineers and of the navy have been arrested and confined in the IIOAV castle of St . Elmo . The military club at the Gigante has been closed , and General de Agostinis , the king ' s secretary , has been disgraced . The king is better . Alines are said to have been found under the Swiss barracks . In the Prussian chamber of deputies , onjthe Srd , the president ' statecl that the Count Pourtales had resigned his seat , having been appointed ambassor to Paris . In the free city of Hamburgh there has beeu a union of the conservative and
democratic party , AA-IIO , in tAA'O meetings that Avere called by the leading members declared their determination to obtain therecognition of the constitution of 1812 . A letter from Rome , of the 23 rcl ult ., says , — " The event of the day in this city is the address of the students of Padua and Pavia to those of the Roman university . The corridors and vestibule were covered with copies of this document . The address is an appeal to union , in view of great coming events , in which all young Italians ought to take part . It concludes with rivals for Italy , ancl Victor
Emmanuel II . According to advices from tbe Caucasus , au attempt of the Russians to take the town of Gelendshik on the Circassian coast , by surprise , has failed . A letter from Berne , dated January 29 th , says : — "The Federal Assembly has been closed . The president , in his speech , said— ' We ivill maintain our independence as a united and armed people , but without giving offence to neighbouring states . ' " A telegraphic despatch informs us that the Portuguese chambers have unanimously voted ninety contos of reis to the Infanta Alary Anne , and thirty centos of reis for tbe celebration of the
marriage . A letter from Munich announces that the session of the chambers of Bavaria ivas opened on the 20 th by Prince LuitpoH , brother of tho king . No speech was made ou the occasion , The real opening took place a fortnight before , as , according to the constitution of Bavaria , tbe chambers first assemble to form their bureau , after AA'hich they are convoked for tbe royal sitting . The Dresden Journal contradicts the news of the Saxon ministry having resigned , and declares that there has not been , and Avill not _ in its opinion be , any ministerial crisis dining the present parliamentary session , Two principal ringleaders in tho massacre of tho Christians at Jcddah
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
The Austrian Gaulle , in an article headed "Peace or A \_ ir ' . " says— " Wc will defend ourselves to the best of our poAvor , for that is our right and our duty , and ive have the means of doing so . AVe shall know IIOAV to fight , to conquer , or die 'like men . " A rumour is current that the King of Sardinia is about to marry a Russian princess . The Pays publishes a letter from Turin , which states the fact positively . The name of the princess in question is the Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaiewnatho eldest daughter of the Emperor Nicholasand widow of the Duke de
, , Louchtenberg , who died November 1 , 1852 ; tho Grand Duchess is IIOAV at Rome , where it is alleged the Marquis Alficri has succeeded in negotiating the marriage . The government continues the most active preparations for war , which is considered at Turin to be inevitable . The Sardinian ministry has presented to the chamber a project for a loan of 53 , 000 , 000 lhe , to enable the country to meet the extraordinary arnaments of Austria in Lombard }' , the concentration of troops on its frontiers and on the Po and the Ticino , and the provisioning of many localities near those of
Piedmont . A despatch , dated Corfu , January 29 th , says : — " The members of the Ionian parliament have handed over to Air . Gladstone the address of the committee to the Queen , AA'ith the request to lay before the great Poivers their desire for union ivith Greece . " One of the Madrid journals having asserted that Spain cannot avoid taking part in the conflict whicli appears not unlikely to arise in Europe , especially if England interferes iu it , the semi-official Correspondancia asserts that the present cabinet is determined to maintain the strictest neutrality .
The journals contradict the report that the Duke of Montpensier contemplates leaving Spain . A telegram of the 3 kl states that the law on the press hacl been presented to the chamber . The security required from the journals varies from 3000 to 6000 piastres . Neil's has come from Naples of a conspiracy in the fleet there , not quite so alarming as the mutiny at tho Nore in 1798 , but of sufficient dimensions to occasion the seizure of twenty naval officers , AA-IIO have taken the berths lately vacated by Poerio and his eighteen companions . The jewels and other precious objects of tho royal palace of Naples have been sent no ono knows where .
The king ' s brothers have become excessively familiar . They evidently wish to grow popular . Several officers of engineers and of the navy have been arrested and confined in the IIOAV castle of St . Elmo . The military club at the Gigante has been closed , and General de Agostinis , the king ' s secretary , has been disgraced . The king is better . Alines are said to have been found under the Swiss barracks . In the Prussian chamber of deputies , onjthe Srd , the president ' statecl that the Count Pourtales had resigned his seat , having been appointed ambassor to Paris . In the free city of Hamburgh there has beeu a union of the conservative and
democratic party , AA-IIO , in tAA'O meetings that Avere called by the leading members declared their determination to obtain therecognition of the constitution of 1812 . A letter from Rome , of the 23 rcl ult ., says , — " The event of the day in this city is the address of the students of Padua and Pavia to those of the Roman university . The corridors and vestibule were covered with copies of this document . The address is an appeal to union , in view of great coming events , in which all young Italians ought to take part . It concludes with rivals for Italy , ancl Victor
Emmanuel II . According to advices from tbe Caucasus , au attempt of the Russians to take the town of Gelendshik on the Circassian coast , by surprise , has failed . A letter from Berne , dated January 29 th , says : — "The Federal Assembly has been closed . The president , in his speech , said— ' We ivill maintain our independence as a united and armed people , but without giving offence to neighbouring states . ' " A telegraphic despatch informs us that the Portuguese chambers have unanimously voted ninety contos of reis to the Infanta Alary Anne , and thirty centos of reis for tbe celebration of the
marriage . A letter from Munich announces that the session of the chambers of Bavaria ivas opened on the 20 th by Prince LuitpoH , brother of tho king . No speech was made ou the occasion , The real opening took place a fortnight before , as , according to the constitution of Bavaria , tbe chambers first assemble to form their bureau , after AA'hich they are convoked for tbe royal sitting . The Dresden Journal contradicts the news of the Saxon ministry having resigned , and declares that there has not been , and Avill not _ in its opinion be , any ministerial crisis dining the present parliamentary session , Two principal ringleaders in tho massacre of tho Christians at Jcddah