Above we have given a summary of the principal foreign
intel- ligence received during the week. There are, however, other points of greater or less interest, some perhaps merely gossip, which deserve notice; and which we accordingly subjoin, as we find them in the newspapers, English and Continental.
It is said that when Metternich was at Tceplitz, an agent of Don Carlos preached to him about the danger of the growth of Radicalism in England and Spain. Metternich said —" What would you have us to do for your King? England acts without us, and France with us. Let Spain unravel this chaos ; we desire to remain sheltered from the catastrophes to which a perilous enterprise might lead us. Let time effect its work ; at all events we can restore nothing. We did nothing for French legitimacy—we shall do nothing for that of your master." The diplomatist having urged the same point with M. Ancillon, the latter drily answered—" The distance between Berlin and the Pyrenees is great." Count Nesselrode held out no hope of interference, but said he should be well pleased if the Royal party succeeded in establishing the throne of Don Carlos ; " but," he added, " the King of Prussia desires repose, and the Emperor Ferdinand still more."
The Emperor Nicholas paid a flying visit to Constantinople, under the pretence of anxiety to condole with the widow of the late Emperor Francis ; but, from the following account, he seems to have been more especially anxious to pay court to :Metternich.
" On his arrival at the hotel of the Russian Legation, he dressed himself in the uniform of an Austrian General of Cavalry, went to Schonbrunn to see the Empress, and then paid a visit to the Arcbdutchess Sophia. The meeting at Schonbrunn, where the Archdukes Francis, Charles, and Louis, were with the Empress, was truly affecting. After stopping two hours with the Em- press, the Emperor hastened back to Vienna, and paid a visit to Princess Met- ternich, to whom he delivered a letter from the Prince her husband, who is at Prague. After stopping a short time, his Majesty returned to the hotel of the Legation, put on a Russian uniform, and then went to surprise the Countess Czemitchcff with a visit. His Majesty then drove back to the Imperial family at Schonhrunn, and returning at nine o'clock, again visited Princess 3Ietter- nich, who received him in company of her two daughters, Princess V. Sander and Princess Hermine. His Majesty did not leave the Princess Metternich till eleven o'clock, to take some rest at the hotel of the Legation ; of which he had need, after a most rapid journey and the fatigues of the day. This morning early, crowds of people were collected round the hotel in hopes of see- ing him. Their wishes were soon fulfilled ; his Majesty set out betimes to view the principal parts of the city. By his express desire, an ordinary hack- ney-coach was employed on the occasion ; his Majesty prohibited every mark of honour, even a sentinel. The diplomatic body, applying to know whether his Majesty would allow them to wait on him, received for answer, that his Majesty regretted that lie could not receive them, as he was to leave Vienna immediately. mmediately. At twelve o'clock, the Archduke Palatine, who had been informed of the agreeable surprise, arrived from Presburg; when the Emperor received him in the most cordial manner. After an hour's conversation with the Archduke of Schonbrunn, the Emperor taking the carriage of his Ambas- sador, who is absent, went to take leave of Princess 3letternich. At two o'clock he is to dine with the Imperial family at Schonbrunn ; he will return for a moment to the hotel of the Legation; and then go back to Prague, where he will again meet with our Emperor. The striking proof of the most deli- cate attention which the Emperor has given to our court, by this short visit, is the more felt here, as be has thereby manifested his great respect for the Aus- trian Monarchy. But it is impossible to form an idea of the joyful excitement which the news of his arrival caused, and which was many times uttered in loudest acclamations both yesterday and to-day wherever he was seen." According to some of theParis papers, no fewer than four pretenders to crowns by "Divine right" have hastened to prefer their claims before the three Absolutist Monarchs lately assembled at Tceplitz. The ex- pelled dynasty of France was, of course, the first ; then came the agents of Don Carlos ; after him Don Miguel, who it seems had set off post-baste from Rome, but we have not heard that he ever reached his destination ; and the last was no less a person than the Prince Gustavus Vasa, formerly of Sweden, who one day arrived out of breath from Vienna, having made all the haste he could, lest he should not be in time to find all three Sovereigns still at Tceplitz, and who came to ask them why they did not at once adjudge the crown of Sweden to the legitimate claimants of his race. But the Imperial and Royal Court of Appeal, to which so many parties applied, has it seems, thought it tpor.udent to declare at once that the cases could not then be entered i The meetings of the Councils-General of the French departments have just been brought to a close; and it is satisfactory to see that the parish business of the country has been conducted with so much good sense and discretion. In almost every department there has been a struggle between the Prefect, on the part of the Government, and the majority of the Council-General, on the subject of the publicity of its proceedings ; but the result has generally been favourable to the popular side of the question, in spite of the refusal of the Government to sanction the payment of the expense of printing the proceedings. In many cases the minute of the sittings of the Councils-General have been communi- cated to the journals published in their neighbourhood, while in others subscriptions have been raised to cover the expense of a separate pub- lication. Another species of publicity consists in the encouragement of agricultural meetings throughout the country, at which the interests of the locality are considered and discussed.—Times.
A Colonel Latafie is the author of the articles against Mendimbal
in the Journal des Mutts. The Ministerial Journal de Paris denies that the Due De Broglie ever saw Lutafie ; but that person declares that the Duke knows him, and that he has been regularly 1 resented to the French Premier.
Thiers, Duchitel, and another French Cabinet Minister, have lately been carousing at the country-seat of M. Vigier, a Deputy. There were strange doings there, according to report ; but it is denied that they caused a mock infernal machine to explode, by way of terrifying those not in the secret.
The Suubian Mercury gives a letter of the 15th instal t fro banks of the Maine, saying—" It is reported that Frio kfort Is at length about to send a Plenipotentiary to London, to bring the affair of the treaty of commerce with England to a conclusion ; for, without the dissolution of this contract, it would be impossible to obtain the accession of the German States to the Prussian system of customs."
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