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cfrattrz ank 13nringal.—Early in the week they reported from Paris that the dispute with Portugal had been satisfactorily settled—on the basis that is of an absolute concession on the part of Portugal to the de- mands of France. On Thursday, the Moniteur' repeating the announce- ment, published a long article, setting forth what it states to be the facts of the ease of the Charles-et-Georges from which it is to be concluded that the whole of the " misunderstanding " has been on the side of Por- tugal. After objecting that the vessel when seized was beyond the ter- ritorial sea-line, and consequently, when she was out of the jurisdiction of the Mosambique authorities, the Mon iteur says— "The Governor-General and the Commission appointed to decide upon the capture of the Charles-et-Georges took no account of the regularity of its papers, which established the proper armament, nor of the presence on board of an agent of the French Government, nor, finally, of other circum- stance which ought to have left no doubt as to the legitimate character of
the ship's mission or the honesty of the captain On the 19th of November, 1857, only a few days before the seizure of the Charles-et- Georges, the Governor-General had addressed a circular to the district Governors, the precise object of which was to regulate their conduct as regards French vessels that might touch at Portuguese ports to recruit labourers. Now those instructions are to the effect that the Portuguese authorities must not mistake such vessels for slavers." The Portuguese Government has now been led to "more correct views," and every trace of misunderstanding has disappeared.
Vruss itI.—The members of both Chambers assembled in the White Saloon of the Royal Palace on Monday. The Prince Regent, after having thanked them for the patriotic unanimity with which they had cooperated in the establishment of the Regency, took with a firm voice the constitutional oath. The President of the First Chamber thanked his Royal Highness in the name of the country, and the President of the Second Chamber gave three cheers fur the King and Prince Regent. The Minister President (Von Manteuffel) then declared the Diet closed.
The works at the new palace for Prince Frederick William of Prussia are pushed forward with great activity. The Prince wishes to occupy the palace by the 20th of November, and on the following day to give a grand fete in celebration of the Princess Victoria's birthday.
Several members of the two Chambers dined with the Prince Regent of Prussia on Saturday.
Dramark.—The Constitutionnel states that the English Cabinet has sent a commuication to the Danish Cabinet, urging it to make concession to the German Powers, in consideration of the wishes of Holstein.
lugfri ft.—Letters from Vienna state that the war-budget especially will undergo considerable reduction, as the annual levy, which was 103,11.5 men, is in future not to exceed .85,000, thus leaving 18,000 hands more to agriculture and manufactures.
Stela .—The Corriere Mercantile states that the Odessa Company is displaying the greatest activity in turning the Villafranca establishment to account. The directors of the works have already arrived, the neces- sary stores and supplies have been ordered at Toulon, and upwards of 200,000 metres of timber have been bought for the buildings to be erected. The steam-engines are to be sent from England.
In consequence of the great and progressive deterioration of silk- worms in Europe, two Venetians interested in the silk trade—Counts Fieschi and Castellani—have determined to undertake a journey to the Caspian Sea, Persia, India, and China, in order to study the system of the management of the silk-worm in those aboriginal countries, and to bring home a quantity of spawn from the best plantations, in order, if possible, to improve the breed at home. The Governor-General of Lom- bardy has asked the French Government to patronize this spirited pil- grimage, and the Minister of Commerce has strongly recommended it to the consideration of the silk-growing districts of France. MM. Fieschi and Castellani hope to return from their journey by the end of next year.
A few evenings ago, at the theatre at Varese, a little town in Lom- bardy, near the lake of that name, an opera was produced, a couplet in which ended with the words, "Viva ''Italia!" These words electrified the audience, who rose to their feet and cried with the greatest enthu- siasm, "Viva rhalia !"
A letter from Venice in the Opinione of Turin states that the anni- versa' y of the death of Manin was celebrated at Venice by a religious ceremony, in the church of San Michele di Murano, and that the police did not interfere.
OwitIrrlanit.—The conflict between Geneva and the central author- ity has been settled without resorting to argument of arms. The Gene- vese authorities, after consulting the Grand Council and obtaining its assent, has come to the following agreement. Five of the suspected in- dividuals are to leave Switzerland, but their departure is in a sense vo- luntary, for they have consented to the arrangement. They will receive a subsidy from the federal funds, to pay their travelling expenses. Five other refugees having promised to be very circumspect in their conduct, will be allowed to remain in Geneva. The three remaining suspected persons having concealed themselves, will be sought for by the police of all the cantons, and expelled when found.
furkt4.—A correspondent of the Nord, at Sarajevo, reports progress in the rising of the Bosnians against their Mussulman lords, throughout the districts of Posavina, %rains, and Herzegovina, to the cry of "Ab- dul Medjid and the hatti-humayoum !" The great provocative of the outbreak is the ferocious conduct of the Mussulman Boys in extorting oppressive taxes from the Christian Rayahs. In these respects the new accounts do not differ from the old ; they only appear to describe a con- tinued extension of the same movement.
uutrAustrali H.—Mr. Gregory, who left Moreton Bay in Febru- ary last in search of the missing party of exploration under Ludwig Leichardt, has returned to Adelaide, without having gained any intelli- gence as to the fate of the expedition, lie only trace of Leichardt which he discovered was the letter "L," cut upon a tree; the mystery of his end is, therefore, not likely to be cleared up at present. The la- bors of Mr. Gregory have not, however, been wholly fruitless : he has brought back additional information as to the nature of the interior of the Australian continent. A dreary desolate waste of arid sand and burning desert exists beyond the boundaries of the settled parts; and Mr. Gregory has changed his former opinion,—that Leichardt and his companions had been killed by the natives,—and he now believes that the loss of the party has been occasioned by the drying up of the surface water of the desert. Sometimes, for a distance of thirty miles, not a drop of water was to be seen; and even in those. parts where water wile seen the quantity was so small that the probability was that, on passing the same spot again in a few weeks, not a drop would be left. Re thinks that, possibly, Leichardt may have proceeded to a considerable distance beyond the watercourse of the ictona river, and then found the supplies of water cut off by the drying up of the shallows and streams.
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