The visit of the Emperor of Russia to the other
two surviving members of the Holy Alliance is anxiously watched. At Vienna the fraternization has .been most cordial; at Berlin it is expected to be equally cordial. While the great despotic _powers are thus holding secret converse, the minor agencies of despotism are not idle. The compact which assigns the crown of Denmark in re- version to a dependent of Russia has been completed; the consti- tution of Tuscany has been suppressed ; and an attempt to over- throw the liberal Prime Minister of Sardinia has been all but successful. The Count de Chambord, too, has warned his ad- herents against any compromise with the existing Usurpation in France. "Legitimacy" is looking up, and begins to despise the aid of illegitimate conspirators against liberty. The position of President Bonaparte grows more precarious. Abroad, the demeanour of the Great Powers is cold if not threaten- ing; and the passive resistance at home increases in boldness. The example set by Arago, Changarnier, and Lamoriciere, in re- fusing the oath of allegiance, is extensively followed in the pro- vinces. The mendacious attack of Granier de Cassagnao on Chan- gamier has drawn forth an indignant contradiction from M. Mole, and, what will more disturb the President, expressions of intense disgust from the officers of the army. It is stated by the Times that considerable sums of money have lately been transmitted from France to England for safe investment.
