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4 AFFAIRS IN EUROPE, The Course of Debate in the Italian Parliament. ABritish Baronetey and Extraordinary Career ef a Millionaire Baronet. Development of the French Iron- Clad Wavy. &e. ba. ae. ITALY. QUA FLORENCE CORRESPONDENCE. The Course of Debate in the New Parlia- ment-How Ministers Treat “Interpelia- tions”’—The Coming Cabinet Changes and Condition of Political Parties, &c. Frorexcs, Jan. 29, 1867, While the French are chuckling over, or half mourn- fully, half Judicrously debating the points of the doubtful concessions made them in the almost impracticable right of interpeliation so gravely gra- ciously accorded them by their Empéror, the Itatian Deputies are in the full-fledged enjoyment and practice of theirs, and much good it seems to do them. “They in- tend to ioterpeliate Signor Scialoja, the Minister of Finance; but on the day set apart for the interpellation, he is not in his customary seat, so the in- terpellators elicit nothing more significant than the yawns of tho reporters in the. galleries, who spend their time, when not yawning or taking their sparse notes, between looking up at the clock o:(! cursing the stupidity and long-windeduoss of \ sriby Deputies, who persist m keeping them (rom their slender dinners by asking question: » sing objec- tions, with nobody to answer or reply. When it comes Baron Ricasoli’s turn te be ‘ iaterpeliated,’’ he is away. His seoretary, Gora! Signor Celestina Bianchi, could well fill his eu be were there, but le is not; #0 the worthy !) puties, Instead of satisfactory roplies to their de su » have nothing but the satisfaction of inferr t they are unanswerable, It may seem tnoredible that for two or three days this week thore was no session of the Chamber of Deputies, for the reason that there was no work prepared for their discussion, ‘This is mot, a8 some ingenuous beings at a distance might suppose, owing to the over assiduity and impatience of the members of the cimera to get through their work, and thus, in artisan’s parlance, having “worked themselves ‘out of a job.”? Ministers from the beginning have taken things D markably easy, from the day of the opening (15th De- cember) to the present, having meanwhile taken a for- mal limited recess of ten days, and many others of shorter duration, as suited their own individual con- venience or pleasure. So meseieurs les Ministres cannot very well complain of them for pressing too hard upon them, and 60 the Opinion, an oficiosa (semi-official) Journal, seems to think, in ‘a article cailing the Ministry to account, in which it a e6 the members of everything but activity or attention to their duties and the intercsts of the country. Indeed, so severe and un- atinted are the terms of reprehension in this article that one is tempted to beileve there ts some foundation tp the rumor afloat for several days fn regard to a change of Ministry. “If there is care and energy at the head,” says this locturing article, “there is likely to be care and onergy in the membors; but if these are lacking at the head it is not reasonable to suppose those who are de- pendent upon it will be laborious, ‘The example should descend from above, And when we hear it lamented that there aro too many em- Bloy officials (impregati), and that these many do little (that’s 80), we are tempted to ask if those who have the guiding of them do any better, and if they roally know how to direct their labor. There 43 a su- premo necessity of Italy giving greater impulse to all the moving parts of the government machine, otherwise ‘all the affairs of the Siate will be compromised and zed by an invading wtony.”” “Can it be con- ceived,’ continues the Opinion, “that there are minist- era who do not see their ciifofs of division, or do not re ceive or confer with them ovee a month?" But to re- tura to our Deputies. What must have been their fecl- ings while they were waitiog as above for papers to tarp pce the President's desk to fnrnish them ma- terial for debate and action upon seeing some of tho most important state documents published in a favorite p xagpe sor journal before they were presented to thom for consideration? In the number was Scialoja’s new project of raising the wind. Some of the members carry their reprobation of this sot of the government in putting its actsin the papers before presentine them to then so far as to Cored the whole of the Scialaja project, on tue ground of its bell Gerband, unwarrantable and uo y act, position papers, true to their code, oppose it. Hor ya] they be opposition if they did not? All this will not amount to anything more than an expression of sen- timent. The thing ts cut, dried, and as as done. And the Church party, what does it say? Nothing. I suppose I should say something about the East, That which is more eapecialty local in regard to it is tue for- mation of a Phi!-Hellenic Society, comprising among its members.add promoters the nat of many of the no- dillty, Seuators and Deputies. Asyou know, the stea ship Principe Tommaso affair is all wound up nicely. ‘The goeetement vessels, there for the purpose have been a ly saluted in Turkish waters, and the amount of in- nity to be paid the owners of the steamer is being amicably arranged through the imiermediation of the British Consul at Constantinople. The various signs confirmatory of the for some time rumored alliance between Austria, France and Italy. compacts with Rome apd the probable carly release of Persano, all tend to put the opposition into a very bad, or apparently bad, humor. Tue vote on the charge of Persano's cowardice—sixty for guilty and seventy-one for not guilty—is not ove fatter.ng to bim. The worthy Senators, according to present appearances, are willing to let the matier rest +0, «nd moreover destroy all evi- dence of what has gone belore. One very good reason given by one of those wor'hiee, as above, why Persano’s Case should not be prosecuted sas because that of Gen- eral Benedek had been quastied by the Austrian govern- ment While the Parisians wore eujoying their little canard tn regard to the assassination of King Victor Emanuel, ‘on Friday afternoon last, he, ail unconscious of the noise he was making in te monde and the disturbance kicking up in the Bourse, was enjoying bimself at his favorite ime of hunting in the forest of San Rosron, near ‘isa, The game was exceedingly abundant, and he sus- coeded in bagging five boars, four deer andan uncounted Bamber of minor beasts of the feld and fowls of the air, which, in their complex whole, must have made rather a goodly show, as on Saturday morning there was unioaded from the train in which his Majesty arrived, to Gill two of the largo wagons used for traning horses. The Church Property Bill of the Govern. ment. The dill before the Italian Parliament proposing to grant liberty to the Church and to liquidate the ecclesi astical property declares tue Catholic Church, in its exercise of religious worship, tobe free from all inter. on the part of the tate. It proposes to abollal the nomination of the bishops by the | King and the for- malities of the cath of alleginnce, the placet and the exe- uatur, as well as the privileges, exompuons, immunt- Sad prerogatives of the Cuurch in the State. The Church “will maintain itself with the free con- currence of the Soiehtal aad by means of the property jonging to it or legitimately mired. All prestation from the State, provinces or communes le oc juently to cease, If tue bishops deciare them. selves willing to undertake the conversion aud liqnida- tion of the ecclesiastical , Such property must be alienated within tem years; all led property to be Sonveried into personal property, and the bishops to pay to the Eiate 600, if ve fo,0008 a ms jue, in baif-yearly instalments The bishops would also have (© undertake the pay- ment of the pensions granted to individuals belonging to the suppressed religious corperations, Should-the ma- icrily OF the bichope mot bo witting to undorake the con- version, the government would pi 10 CBFFY UUv tines mensore, allowing to the bisl Teste, It would dispose of all the ecclesiastical wealth and alienate the landod rere, The pensions above wo would have to id by the bishops, The bill for the liquidation of ecclesiastical property is followed by the convention concluded between the Ttalian goverament and MM. Laug aud Damonceay, This stipulates that if the bill be approved by Parliament and the majority of tho bishos eapaant toe the con- version of the property, rhe Lang and jonceaa Will undertake, on bebalf of the government, to collect pach ose ed lire, or whatever lesa gum oS n8 quota appertain from the proceeds of the iqatetion, eo ee From the London Times, Jan. 80.) one fre knot to be solved jg not merely the modification ot ine. Seung relations between Church and Stato, but the utter abot web relation. They, (tho italian Cabinet) wiih mee eenful, accomplish a revolution which no other nation wor attempted. The French did, indeed, fob the ‘hureh; but by making her dependent on the mlaries A ertasp. The ltalians moment that bold upon her. The Amoricans built up sanene & Churoh; bat thoy had no Chureb to pail down Italiane out adrift a church 80 long co-exisent. no ely bound up wit the State, that, according to come .o7 belief, they could only stand or fail togetuer ENGLAND. OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. » Tichborne Baronetcy Case—An Tramenso voice of public opinion and satisfy the people, the fash- ionable circles of Belgravia aud the “upper ten’ generally are eagerly:discussing the merits of a case@horily to be brought before the courts, ia which is involved a baron. etage and half a millon of dollars perannum, The Eng- lish press has been occupied for some time with volum- inous correspondence on the subject, and great intorest in the case ts fe!t by all who make the history of aristo- cratic families their particular study, Although many versions of this extraordinary story have been given to the public, I have not seen, as yet, anything like # true and correct narrative in the English press) As I happen to be acquainted with the principal character, and know all the incidents in the drama, Iam enabled to afford your readers one more iifastration of the maxim that truth is stranger than fiction, Before proceeding with the story, however, itis necessary to clear the ground by a short sketch of family history. The family of Tichborne, or as 1t was formorly called De Itchenborne, is one of the oldest in England. In the county of Hants the bearer of fhe title and the possessor of the estates of that name was respected for centuries, ‘The family was notable in Hampshire before the Con- quest, and ever since, in spite of revolutions and in- trigues, has inherited the samo land. Similar posses- sions in other parts of the country—including @ property in Galway, Ireland—have been added to the original es- tates, from time to time; but these changes took place 80 long ago that the latest of them is old in history. From the tim of Henry Il. til! 1620 the principal repre- sentatives of the family were simple knighta, But when Queen Elizaboth died, Sir John de Tichborne, Knight, who was at the timo Sheriff of Southampton, acting on his own responsibility, went directly to Winchester, and there proclaimed James VL. of Scotland hor successor, as King James I. of England. After the monarch had beon settled on his throne one of his first acts was to reward his Hampshire champion, aud Sir John de Tiehborne was created a baroue! oad his four sons were knighted, He was also mac» custodian of the Castle of Winchester, which was se!tied oa him in fee form. This barouetey has come down to his descen Jants in (he present day, and Sir Alfred Doughty Tichborne, | Baronet, who died a short time ince, was the last bearer of the hereditary dignity. The career of this gentleman was a wild and reckless one, and the English pubiic recollect seeing his name in the Court of Bankruptcy, His net income—£75,000 per annum—was not sufficient, and iu fact Sir Alfred was torribly embarrassed. One of his first acts in succeeding to the title and estates was to purchase a yacht at a cost of $70,000 and five bun- dred stand of the best breech-loading rifies for his own private shooting. The estates became heavily mort- ed; bat the Jews who lent the money felt perfectly secure. On Christmas day last, however, there landed in England, from the steamship Cella, from New York to London, a gentloman whose presence appeers to have had the effect of a falling bombshell among Jews and Gontiles who lent money on the Tichborne estates—no other, in fact, than the rightful owner to the estate, Sir Roger Charles Tichborne, Baronet, Never before in the family history has so strange an incident been known, The official books record that Sir James Francis Doughty Tichborne, Baronet, of Tichborne, Hants, born in 1784, succeeded his brother as tenth Baronet in 1853, He had at this time two sons, viz, Roger Charles, born in 1829, and Alfred Jos»ph, born 4th September, 1839, who married in 1861 Teresa Mary, eldest daughter of Lord Arundell. There were of this family also two daughters who died, Tnus the eldest son and heir, Roger Charles, was, when his father became baronet in 1853, twenty-four years of age, and his younger brother, Alfred Joseph, was fourteon years old. In 1862 the father died, but in tho meantime tho heir, who had been gubject from childhood to nervous attacks, took his departure from England, with the intention of visiting America and the colonics at the antipodes. “ome time before the death of Sir James nows 6 to this coun- try that the ship in which Roger Chafles took his de- arture to Australia was lost off Cape Horn, with ali on Hoard. The sad intelligence was confirmed by the fact that nothing was afterwards heard of the'lost heir. So the younger brother took the title and estates, How- e no 80n to su: him, and when he died, a few months ago, it was thought by many that the title would bo extinguished in that branch. But his Indy bore & posthumous child, and great rejoicing was made when the iofant was formally declared heir of the line. But now comes the extraordinary part of the story. ae the ship (the Edinburg, I eve) in which Roger Charles sailed, was lost, with nearly all on board, ue himself, with four others, managed to scramble into Doat, and, am the icebergs of the Cape, dreary days and nights held on to existence, ‘by a vessel bound to Valparaiso, Roger Charles landed in South America, his sole property being a suit of clothes and a borrowed bat. A good Samaritan, de co es + castaway, ‘such — rs live ia oe a the Land me acquire & je among whom he was 80 jely thrown. He wandered among the different States for two years; but when at Callao he ofa Ses captain in the Australian ‘sbip’s steward, and in that landed in Melbourne, Australia, In grateful reinem! co of his Spanish friend he assumed the name of Thomas de Castro; and leaving the ship at Mel- bourne sought work as a shepherd in the interior of the colony. » He readily obtained employment, and by atten- tion to his dutics very soon received the confidence of his employers and the settlers gencrally. About this time he learnt through the English papers that his father, Sir James, was dead, and tha: the titlefand estates bad boen assumed by his brother, Alfred Joseph to whom he was very much attached, Thinking that as he was considered dead it would be better to tet his brother enjoy the title for atime at least, and besides the roving wild life of an Australian settier was sulted to hia taste, while he enjoyed better health under the southern sun than he ever did in England, he made up his mind to maintain bis incognito and settle down io the couvtry. Years rolled by, and Thomas de Castro, ‘as Sir Rover Charles Tichborne, Boronet, became the Manager and owner of a butcheriog etablishment in Walla Walla, near Sydney. He prospered in business, and M.. astro became known in the settlements as an oxcellent butcher and an honest man. But the romance would not be complete without the usual tale of love, ending with a happy marriage. Thomas do Castro, the butcher, fell viotently in love with Mary Byrne, a daughter of a plasterer. In due me the marriage took place, and there were high times in the ranche for a week before and a month after the event. Mrs. De Castro, however, was utterly ignorant of tho previous history of her husband until some few months since, when Sir Roger deciared bimself the rightful owner of the Tichborne estates, He was saved to this course when his lady presented him with a bP eeyor id and at the eame tine he hoard that his brother e cordingly Sir Roger departed from Australia, and with Lady Tichborne and cbild and four servants arrived in London on Obristmas day. He has been recognized by his mother the downger Lady Tichborne and by bis tonasiry ; yet bis rigits will be Np pow ‘by the trustees of the late Sir Alfred and tho host o! le to whom the late baronot owed money. The case will probably come up in the courts In a few cave, bat there can & doubt-that Sir Rover Charles Tichborne, baronet, will be a nice Ddaronet admitted to his full rights. It will, howover, int for the lawyers to decide how far the real i On ge for debis tucarred by his brother, Sir itred, It le progee to say ip ae - Sir yr is every a man, a perteot type of a honest Dritisher. Of Lady tlehbotne, watice ft to say that although she might feel herself ill at ease in Bol. gravian circles, she is a most amiable lady, a good wife and, {f I may judge of her character from what I have already scen of her, she will prove a blessing to the poor in the neighborhood of Tichborae Hall. A PEER IN COURT. Return of a Noble Emigrant from America to Enginnd—He is Called Up fer Sentence for an Old Offence. COURT OF QUEBY'S BENCH, LONDOR, a {Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Biackburn, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Jastice at The Queen v. Lord Ernest Vane.—This Prosecution: tor an instituted en josie ae: been coruets in the “Queen's Own,” @ ca ase eet ton, tard Erpest Vane, very young, being scarcely twent; had, it talen me 4 years peca. the iment, and soon afierwarde to leave the country. nen be he in hie fore he loft England, on the Sist of October, met Mr, Amos righton and face, ing hima 1800, betonn 4 On the 15th of No- ‘vember, wy" ST hg pp Voi vangand ene ane drthe ‘un of November, 1856, « criminal iniortates Kod moved hit thie im in court, and of the court the rule mould plea ag Wéaa ie this’ case idageedite, cote ren cntaas Oy cou! as he was pevertheloee, somehow or other, the prosecution rs) the rule mado absolute on some affidavit of service at Holdornesse House upon a who, 1t was stated, eaid he ‘would give ihe rule te Lord Ernest Vane," which of course he could uot and did not do. The Toeult was, however, that upon this affidawt the Court 7 Li ey betel acon Bend rule enter ef eanan Lord Ernest Vane hav opportun! making 8 dofence or being heard; and thereapoa the prosecutor took what the Court described aa tho ‘strictly legal but Very unusual course’ of outlawing the defendant on a | criminal charge, although abroad, Lord Ernest Vane swore that be went to America on account of his pecu- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, fore he tnow of the proccedines against iim; that he had never been rerved with process ia the preseoution, and bad not beard of it for two years; and, finally, be declared that he desired to express his sincere regret tor the offyace woich he bad committed. Upon theee mate- rials, ~ Mr. Garth (with him Mr. Massey Dawson a: Woolieit) appeared on the port of the prosecn Said that, without wishing undoly to press the case. bo | fects wit not have to suifer from tl Must urge upon the court that the assault was a very | serious insult, and without excuseor provocation. No doubt, he said, Lord brnest Vane at tho time was ¥: y began and was lab ring under great excitemont, Btill, he must have ben aware of the serious character of suc d xithougtete an insult to an officer and a gentleman, offence was committed ten years ago, had cot up to this moment offered any apology to Mr, Atos, whom he had thus so grossly and offensively insulted. So fares appeared, there bad been no provocation, nor was suggested that there had been any. ‘The Lord Chief Justice saggested thas if it was to be pressed as a topic of aggravation that there was no pro- Vocation, it was rather for the prosecutor to bring for- ward the previous circumstances of the case, which ho had not done. Mr. Garth gaid he thought it wag rather for tho do- fendant to do 80, by way of mitigation, and it must be insisted and be taken that there was no provocation. ada ‘Mr, Coleridge (with him Mr, Pol essed the court in behalf of Lord Ernest Vane, in mitigation of sentence, The court consulted together for nome time, Mr. Justice Blackburn then addressed the defendant in these terms:—Lord Ernesi Vane—You havo ploaded guilty criminal information for an assa.lt, and now ‘has to pase sentence upon you, and isis my duty to pronounce senteme and to stat: the reasons upon which it is based. The offence, by itself, was, no doubt, of an aggravated claracter. Ai assault cem- mitted by spitting ina gentleinu’s taco was certainly @ very pe offence. But in this, as in all other we have to consider what were the circumstances which might make such an offence in some instances more heavy and in others more light. It appears that from circumstances which nether party has brought before us, a quarrel bad arisen betweon you and the prosecutor, in consequence of which you were obliged to leave the regiment, and he remained. What the circumstances were wo know not. If they would have tended to Sageeeate the offence they should have been brought before us by the prosecutor, and in the absence of such evidence on his rt we must presume that they are not’such as woul wate the offence. If, on the other hand, the circumstances would have tended to mitigate the case, then it was for you to bring them before us, As you have not done so we must take it that they would not mitigate the case. Further thau that we do not go. It appears, however, that at that time you wore s very young man, not yet of age, and that, no doubt, is a Circumstance of mitigation. ' But, still further, it appears tbat, whem you had gone abroad, not to avoid these proceedings, but to evade pecuniary difficulties, the strictly legal, but not usual course of pro- ceeding against you—that of outlawry upon the criminal charge—was taken Tho effect of that waa that, during the lime which bas elapsed, you were placed under all the disabilities and annoyances of outlawry, which, no doubt, must have been in itself a considerable punish- ment.” Further than there is the lapse of time to be considered—the lapse of ten after which, of course, the circumsiances do not come with such force and freshness asif they occurred more recently. Nor is it necessary now to pass such @ severe sentence as it might bave been ten years ago, for the tone of public feeling as to quelling and the course to be taken on such occasions are so much improved that it is happily not necessary 10 infilct sentences so deterrent as might havo beew re- quired some years ago, Theze circumstances aro men- tioned as grounds for inflicting a somewhat mitigated sentence. But, after ail this has boen anid, tere ro- mains still a serious offence, which requires aserious sentence, though, at the same time, the circumstances are such as to induce us to pass as lenient a sentence as possible, consistently with our duty. Wo do not think ‘that, under such circums‘ances, a fine should be im- posed, which would be no punishment toa person in your rank and position, Woe feel bouad to pass a sen- tence of some severity, and, taking all the circum- stances into consideration, our sentence is that you bo imprisoned for three calendar months asa first class misdemeanant. Lord Ernest bowed to the Court, and was then ro- moved to the prison in which misdemoanants sentenced in this court are confined. FRANCE. Tho Lincoln Medal-—Mrs. Lincoln’s Reply. From Galignani’s Messenger, Feb, 1. It may (4 remembered that after th piigeiaidiba of President Lincoln a subscription, on the initiative of the Phare de la Loire, was opened to present a commemo- rat:ve medal to Mrs. Lincoln. That has pow been done, and that lady has sent the following letter to the com- mittee through the agent specially sent over:— Caucaao, Jan. 8, 1667. Gavrizuex—I have received the medal nae sent mae. I cannot express the emotion with which this proof of the sentiments of 8» many thousands of country- men fils me, So marked a testimony to memory of my husband, given in honor of his services in the cause of liberty by those who in another land work for the same great end, touches me profoundly, and I beg you to accept, for yourselves and those whom you repre- sent, my most grateful thanks. I am, wiih the pro- foundest respect, your most obedient servant, MARY LINCOLN, Development ef the Iron Clad Navy. {Rochefort (Jan. 28) eee of the London Orders have been received here from Paris to lay down the keel of a now coast guard armor plated vessel, to be called the Tigre, and which will be adapted chiefly to run down an enemy by Three other vessels of the same kind are prevent being built in our dock arde—tho Bélier at Cherbourg, she Boule-! at orient, and the Corbére at Brest. These vessels will be of five hundred and tiirty horse power, and are on the model of the Taureau, finished at Toulon. The coast guard armor plated soe are specially intended for the Protection of the French porta. They are furnished with a formidable spur at'the stem, and two screws, working indepesdently of cach other, enable them to turn ‘Tap- idly, thus making therm as suitable for defence as for at- tack. The Taureau has lately been tried, and her suo- cess is perfect, Her ia good, she turns casily, has admirable seagoing qualities even fn the woret of weath- er, and her weight and rapidity combiaed will enable her to strike an enemy’s vessel With the most destructive A Oberbourg letter of the 25th of January be fr port, although almort begs’ 4 tn consequence the de- parture of the trangporis and iron. division for Mexi- co, is nevertheless not inactive. The first class steam de- sph boat Estréeg was launched yes'erday in presence Admiral armor I Reynand. Three smali models of th plated frigate Fiandre, the imperiul yacht Aigl steam tran: Cher, to be sent to the Univers’ Exhi- bition are now almost terminated, sterial orders fust received the fol- lowing vesgela, resent in course of construction, are to be completed in the course of the present year:—' Volta, despatch boat, in August, and the Jeanne d’Arc, iron-cased frigate, in September. Tho Estrées is also to be . for. sea in June. The works of the ermor- plated ships Suffren and Atalante and the monitor Bélier are likewise to be advanced; and a fast sailing corvette, named the Clocheterie to be commenced. The number of days’ labor of the men employed on those works is estimated at one hundred thousand for the year, {From Galignani’s Messenger, Feb. 1. Advices from Teneriite state that, the iad Belli- F ips anchored in that roadstead on the 19th of January. is vessel is the first of her class that has been con- structed in France. She is considered so success that the French na stocks imunediately, several others like her on will be, like the former, intended for distant stations. the flag of Rear Admieal Ponhoat, The Bell:queuse carries: commanding the French naval squadron in the Pacific, to the Straits of ho ig on his Magellan. vat wih —< = heaviest a and her i= Fatiect lation, + Pn Of Copidle casing is backed Roux, to cause a The Belliqueuse has sailed woll on her voyage to the Canaries, both under canvas and steam, THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE. Tactice of the Opposition. of Paris, Feb. 1. The right of int Seuite fo te Ue mats tie or ened very beginning of the session. A notice of motion, It ie tae reo NS ae ne a0 of lormaay. "fue on this subject in thy Palaoe of tale hasersy it ‘was guid In poll a that the jute de Moustier would be sgpoined by Em to re, ourme of the government ‘Question should it arise in the Chambers; nM of State, that respecting affairs, the most imporiant events of before Present Foreign Minister came iato RUSSIA AND ROME, Bubjoined ia the circular despatch forwarded by Prince Gortechakoff from St. Potersturg, oanvern with @ memorandum to tho represes foreign courte, ‘aimtene' c. Power and Sr, Tre att the Cour of ie ring matic retations with the on Honing this decision is k: document confines itself to stating the surianalee $f a Concordat. Tt was not accompanied by the destined to explain the adoption of that measure, reserve dictated to the Imperiai Cabinet ‘the Holy See has not been 0} — Tt has just made locuments the idea and gist o relieve the Holy See from rll fest solely upon the Imperial Cabinet. the collection states the progress of this flict im @ partial and inexact mannor, ibility, letting: It By this means Fegrettable oon- FEBRUARY 20, 1867<-TRIPLE SHEET, | not actuated by apy idea hostile to regard for the Holy Tt has no other object than to establish .ruth. {pies of relg ane teleracton, and the constant eoli- chude of the Emperor (or all the creeds professed a bis States, no logs remain (he invariable rule of his political conselence. so far as depends upon.his Majesty bis Cathotie eab- conmation of the Tejationa our augual master endeavored to maintain with the Holy See im view of thelr religious interwta ovive, 0., AUSTRIA. eee The Experimental Policy of the Cabinet, stated from the Augsborg Gazette, Jan, 14) The question of Austrian reorganization may be con- sidored entirely ag a home affair, but Germany, even Earope, cannot be indiivrent to iis solution, It does not ‘that the Austrian govorament is more lucky With its newest experiment (we bave no other name for the patent of January 2) than with the others already tried, Political experiments are dangerous, and beeome disastroua if they prove faiiures. Physiological expert ments have been made on pervons under seatence of death, but the conttaued repetitions of sch im a State ike Austria, composed of so many and heterogeneous ments, must prove fatal. With surprise we ask, whence does Anstria derive the courage to ast as she docs in times like these, If it ts really courage by whioh the Stat» is + But no, its want courage, in which this goverament hesitates to adopt a constitutional goveroment and to return openly to Ita old system of absolutism. Want of courags misled Austria {ato this mongrel system tm which its unhappy experiments are revolving. They were leas s for the coavocation of ss honest parliamentary or the expression of an absolute govern- ment. The latter ceceren ening We “an enlightened, rosolt with the nocessittes th ferences betwoon the followed this ap by a separation of the Church from the State, the emancipation of the laboring classes, reform of the financial system and of the army. He would have opened the field for parliamentary ac- tion. This would not have beon returning to"Jozephin- fem, but would have shown the peogrenn of Josephiniom to the demands of ounti: and would not leavé Aus- tria exposed and the‘crown weakened. Without adopting eny system, it ts hoped in Vienna to save Austria by constant changes and diplomacy, re- gardiess of the warning. Of the times that mor» import- ‘fant measures are required and that it ia inopportune to indulge in governmental vanities, THE MEXICAN QUESTION. 1s Mexico a “Difiiculty” or a Nation¢ ‘From the London Times, Jan. 29.) If the Mexicans have not yet succeeded in making themselves a nation have, at any rate, mate thom. selves a@ difficulty. Their destinies form a subject of embarrarsing interest to more than one grea’ Power, and @ compicte puzzle to the whole world, They are rey lod as ‘8 people “incapable of self-government,” and they have certalaly never yet been able to govern themselves or to accept a gevernor at the hands of any other nation. When, however, it is said that they resemble no other people, it seems to be forgotten that they represent a Spanish colony, and that Mexiro, after all, is really very like pain. Take the actual state of the country at this moment, and what do we find? ‘The possession of political power In Mexico ts disputed by half a dozen military leaders, who scarcely profess any principle, but wio aro ready to oppose all adver- saries by force of arms and to shoot or banish any rival who may fall into ‘their hands, In those proceedings they are not cqntrotied by nny public opinion; indeed, there appears! to be no public in Mexico, aceording to our accepiation of the erm. The more adventurous or turbulent spirits are ranged under the bannerslof one or other of the contending chiefs, but as for the rest of the population.we nevor so much as hear of it. The peopie seem utterly indiff-rent to the quarrels of the wilitary, probably because it matters litte to them which soldier is uppermost for the time. One or other of these leadors claims the power of governmont, aud either actually clutches it or prevenis ‘anybody elso from doing 60, The tier is the more common result, and therefore Mexico is usually in a state of anarchy; but, allowing for this ab- sence of a preponderating force. in what does Mexico differ materially trom Spain? Of course, the character of the Mexican chiefs is affected by the conditions of a ruder country anda lower civilization, nor would it be just to Narvaez or O'Donnell or Prim to compare them with Marquez or Miramon or Juarez.’ Practically, how- ever, the course of affairs in either couniry is pretty much the same. Military leadors scramble for power by zB Hi H 5 H r which is not itself sabvorted or destroyed. We can hardly say proserves a coustitution, but she docs serve an administration, such es it may be. in Mexico this centre of attraction has been wanting, and 0 tho result is what it might be in Spain if Narvaez and Prim fought for the com- mand of tho State, instead of the control of the govern- ment, It would appear, therefore, to follow that Mex- icormigAt be raised, at auy rate, to the level of Spain ly establishment and ion of some Syvercign Unfortonately, this is a difficult thing to bring about, for in no respect aro the Mexicans more genuine Spaniards than in their obj to foreign interven- tion, Maximilian in Mexico has nearly as i) as King Joseph in Spain; but he has at last got a chance whieh never feli to Josopl’s lot. He ts tobe left, it seems, entirely to himself, without Sean or sq] = and this proepect has actually ight him in’ wor, At the samo timo beri ered dionstelg vot under foreign pro! proporti to Se asi v any people, ai we in England, should concern Gureelves-about theaffairs of Mexico. ‘What is Mexico to us any more than Mawogascar? We can only reply that Mexico owes wea deal of money, which does not, like Spain again, she makos very little ap- towards the dischargo of her obligations. Besides this, the country ts so adventageons!, ? Greeks. They traditions of their own which, if not cal, were Loess 4 Teas ini 3a rose in gms for their independence, which gave them credit in our eyes; and al! England looked the Spanish fee che America, and 0} Mextoo all the rest, as entoring apon a ‘and prosperous career. How widely different the actual result has been need not be now remarked, but it may be observed that, since other Spanish e ey ma Ses ‘por: tion of the ex; ed of them, Frat Ke Mexico cann td ny 5 i g ; iw inet 3 LUE satire i it s H ae 35 2 é i fase wget ane pies snd that party Ta cade dems ‘tarts ant tbat i thad tnlerentOns tm Maton teas tt aren: 00 take the: of complete conqued, can eR 3 om ‘ton, to walle rent thas ‘We ourselves bay the 0.80 min te be freddie wt oled when wo aid, eerie the foal Saenger rig gee pacts: AF } politieal for now tal kets furfrsd oraea tone Do genni no longer. af rrontrian Prince thoald pote Lo teprescn past ony the feet eoeeeen ones sit di te as ar fet ih his in the end Mexico might cease to be a “~~ lara amen mane ‘way of becoming oso to the Ex-Emprens. {From fewi0rial Biplomatiqo, Jan. 26. reassuring accounts of the ve aerec in the condition of the Empress Charlotte which enabled to Paes while so many journals jer stato as desperate, are daily being confirmed. ee ay Miramar announces that the attacks 0 352 = =e (pronounce the future of the The Empress conversed foot-tnd eatgesiot hese Testers with utmost calms MEXICO. OUR PUCTLA COURESPORDENCE. Thirty Thessand Liberals Converging on the Capital Peecramme of the Campalge— Sketches of Biramen, Margres aud Dias— The Bail Opesed, &e. Cras amd Posbia; from every potat of the compass, in (uct, the Hermie are concoutrating ther forces and marching on Mexios city, Nor are Marjo, Miramon ‘and the church party idie, By forced levies avd forced aistency,rarely earpassed, for @ republican form of gor- ernment based om the constitution and the will of the people. These are the issues mow about to be tested by AB appeal to arma Chief among the liberal commanders whose troops are now converging on the capital is Porfirio Dias, Leay- ing Oajaca on (he 224 instant, with # force of siz thou aand mon, an¢, it is sald, ten thousand steed of arms and ten thousand uniforma, from the United States by way of Tabasco, General Dina is now at Acatlaa, in the southern part of Pecbla, and about one hundred and twonty-three miles from Mexico olty: Waiting to join him, in the northern part of the State, are the commands of Generals Mendes, Juan Francisco, Cavriote and Flandez, in ail about six thousand strong, and occupying the towns of Apam, San Jean de los Lianos, Haanchinango and Atiieoa, Matamoros Aaarear, whieh lies in Diaz's line of march, was held by the im- perialista, but they have evacuated tt at his approach and retired upon Pusbla, While Diez and his eubordi- nate chieftains are thus within @ few days’ march of the capital on the southeast side, forees equally formidable are approaching it in other directions, Gen- orals Kacobedo, Corona, Auza and Rincon Gallardo, with an entire foree hardly short of fifteen thousand men, are allon the march from Guadalajara, San Lats, Zacatecas and Agnascalientes, and will probably eifect # junction at Guanajuato, sixty leagues from Mexico, To oppose them there are Miramon, at Silao, jost below Guanajua- to, with two thousand imperial troops, and Mejia, at Queretaro, with something like the same number of mon. Miramon is reported to be retirins before the liberal ad- vance. Mcxico city iteeif is nominally held by Marquez, whoao army numbers from fourto six thousand. At Toluca, within twelve leagues of the sity, there are four thousand liberal troopa, ander the command of Martinez and Rivas Palacio. This is the nearest point to the city of Mexico yet reached by the liberal lines, Ouermavaca. five leagnes further south, is held by the fiberal chic Alvarez, who has marched U volve the task of repu'aing, if ton the Diaz; while Miramon and qill bave to to Escobedo aud his forces either at Queretaro other selected point. You have already your spondent with the army of Guanajuato. cu seem to warrant it, I courteous invitation from seif to the headquarters of the arwy of President Juarez remains OE mg Yotosi with an-escort of one t! aan will Ltd ce the ae jaz present him: ron’ capital with @ foren Bazaine will deliver the city into bix banda. But Diaz seems littie disposed to to take possession of the city receive It aa a gilt from the French Maximilion transfers his seat bla, which unfortunate city is last of every revolution, will bé-a stabborn fight. But Mirainon are composed.of the most unreliable and it te more than possible desert in a body to the liberals ‘Drought face to tact with them. vail may be th su warfare after the fal! dl Re ving at crow purposes. zaine Is ne to vo bins in Mexico leaves, so that he may surrender the city to him, on various pretexis has pees hia departure day today. The object of the ous His surrender of the give him some kind of claim would evable him to remain at tiatons with Juarez sees through this design and ingly, When Bazaine gala ha would leave ou the 5th arriv poned his departure to the 8th, Di iia in front of.the city on the ctator 1s, he has his match in Diaz Garcta, the liberal Governor of Puebia, MIRAMON, mGURL Miguel Miramon was born in Mexico and ed itary ‘hapultepec, life @ pronunciamento in favor of the Church against Comonfort, the liberal President, rebellion crushed out the good- minded Comonfort pardoned Miramon live in his palace, But the unsery Miramon could brook no restraint. he pronounced again against his afterwards ( omonfort hit ff, z ity g H ! # Fy | = E 2 Hi E i Z 8. s it i i is Ej F, i ii : i ie PB =. iH fl itt if i re al f Fi i { i E # { E Z : i i | 5 H 5 & : H § imperial soldiers, under the command of General Tama- ria, were marching to tie relief of Matamoros Asurcar (which bas not yet been abandoned by the imperialists, to the country, Much of this land bes been tilled ‘a former years, and the most extraordinay stories are teld of ite productivencas, According to the traditions of the natives, never eo many bushels of rain to the sere can be raised ip this section to what are produced in the most productive part of Central New j wag Hii ef i : i ij of . ai 4 Hs iteallitt a8 8 fi l I i i ! f 8 eit f tell i 4 if hi f i is i a ee af A t i ; : ii i Fs i; } As Hl i i 4. | i HH i iE E Hae i ‘i ij sgt FET i fia ely i : 2 i es gs i i i af : uh F i BY i Ff if U i i ie ak so sss ‘tela atin iso nonce bm pyc aad ed] hisry dificultios and remained there ant!t 1862, since By *0 doing the Court of Rome rete from ti | ‘ortane and Extenordigary Family His. fhe time he had not been in fom until the end of | ecruples by which we have been held back. pod | ‘Doss, expressing her satisfaction at finding the Emperor ‘ss harness, 1 ory—Adventures of the Heir Apparent and | 64436" when he came dver to this country, got his | monses us to the ground of debate, and even makes it | holding to Lia post of honor, where sho b to rejoin He ‘wagon, F atsual Excitemeut in the World of Fash. awry reversed (paying £00 to the prosecutor's aitor. | our duty to follow it thereon. ‘The acts of our august | hitns# soon as the national congress shall have made at Osjoca, the town in fi whieh he has Jum. —Match Ss Me | no ane ere CI | son, de ney for the costs of it) and pleaded guilty to the Indict- | mester do not fear the light, Hereto annexed you will | known {1s decision, Until then tbe Empress ‘en | sitice been alternately the victor dnd the vanquished in | tm draw! Jono br. & ; hms Loxpox, Feb, 2, 1807 | | Te "hy?ROM which he was now brought up for nt ton ofthe note chat Baye | the ee-saty of her remolsing in ummpay Tt i able | several well fougns Mehta. Ito was send Bqpoe va, Henry a colt, i White the i a 4 an Alfidavit, stating that at time he was ‘plomatic relations between | which ‘es greatly contribut to restore her nate ‘to Ortega in the ainbborn defence of Pn bla aganet the 4 july 2. fn $250 wile le the political world of England is engaged in the 'y annoyed at the loss of his cota’ id that | the two Courts, You are auihorized to give to this do ferenity of mind, for bat recently she evinced great im- "| French ; and eatrapp ng « number of Zonaves 'nto a com: bom three five, for yon olde. HB. Wootret's & < sundion of reform, and British statesmen are at their Sean eran a) complained (a oy ment fy net gocuelty. « uu will be care! the | longo to.revurn to Mexico. a vent from Aston) or) ra, oni ene small fyb Ld my «oe Tar Ri Pafer's posers Sa y nial excitement; samo PMR ow wt in foll t,t] esra| captur: an 1 about ol letontan, oi Hambleton: ia end to dlaaawar a scheme by which to silence the | Rueland on account of hws vecuniary dimeuitien: aad be: | Rome into dhie painful discussion the tmeseit Cobunos is } Rauptess (hat! (9) fhok” Tho walle aro stil) bowpatiored wan the f to weunes Witt aera