The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1867, Page 4

4 APPAIRS IN EUROPE. | rious Differences of Race in South Germany. Napoleon’sSpeech tothe French Legislature, "The Mexican “Idea” and Prebable Biffect of an Assertion of the Monroe Doctrine. Articles of the New Nerth Ger- man Confederation. The Russo-American Telegraph and Progress ‘ in Siberia and on the Amoor. &. &e. &e. ‘The French transatlantic mail @teamship Periére, Captain Duchesne, from Havre on the 14th and Brest on the 16th of February, arrived at this port yesterday morning, bringing very interesting details of our cable despatches dated to the afternoon of her day of sailing from Brest. ° By tho Periére we have the fall text of the speech de- livered by Napoleon at the opening of the session of the French Logislatare, with a copy of the articles of basis of the new North German Confederation, The steamship Peruvian, Captam Ballantine, which feft Liverpool at balf-past two P. M. oa tho 14th of February, and Greencastle on the following evening, ar- rived at Portland, Me., at one o'clock yesterday morning The London Times admits that the vagueness of the mintsterial resolations of reform cannot be too strongly condemned, and says that it is marvellous how the Derby Cabinet could Lave so mistaken the temper and time to think such proposals might be adopted. It is still trae that the resq@lutious as a whole, pomt to a complete measure. The Times urges the House of Commons to take the good, eliminate the bad, supply what is defi- cient, amend what is cavable of correction, and resist all attempts to enlist under the banner of this or that can didate for office. . All that was known of the result of the elections for the German Parliament appears to be favorable to the Nberal cause, At Bertin and other great cities the cane didates of that side have triumphed. Some curious in- cidonts are related. M. de Munchausen, the old Hano- vorian Minister, the author of the protest, has been chosen at Hanover, At Frankfort, as stated by tele- gram, Baron Charles de Rothschild, who has made him- self remarkable by his opposition to the acts of the Prussian authorities, is the elected deputy for the old {roe city, Lastly, at Elberfeld, a secend election has become necessary between Count de Bismarck and M. de Forckenback, President of the Chamber of Deputies. # A Vienna letter of the 11th of February in the Indé- prdance siys:— Tho designated members of the Hungarian Ministry havo been here since Snr ae morning they. have ‘had % cohferehc® with in de Beust; aiter which’ Count Andrassy, Barons Evtvos and Lonyay were recotved by the Emperor, There are still some pegene 2 oligageee to Francis Jowoph. re tia prosentéd to to prosent his cv ‘The Pontifical Minister of Finance the Céunoil of State bis budget for 1867, Tt shows 36,434.058f. of receipts and 72,883,754f. of expenditure, bemg & deficiency .of 37,402,096f. The government counts upon the twenty millions which the Italian gov- ‘ergmoent bas to pay in March for arrears of the public dobt of 1859, and eighteen millions more from the same source for the annual interest on the Pontifical debt allotted to the former provinces of the Church. A Vienna letter, in the Paris Literté, says :— The change of Ministry which bas just been effected in Austria is not one of persons only, a3 is often seen elsc- where; it ts before all a radieal change in tho political system, How many of them have not already been triod in the Austrian empire since the Revolution of 1848! Absolutiam has been employed in three diferent ways a first, there waa the military absolutism. then the bureaucratic, and, lastly, the clerical. Thon comes the Reichsrath, reinforced by mero shadows of pro vineial States, Then Count Agenor Goluchowski and the diploma of October with its federalist tendencies. Next, mM Sebmerling and the constitution of February with mtralist leanings. Then at fast, Count Belcred! and the suspeneion of the constitution, bringing in its wake aform of government which neither absolutism, nor constitutionalism, nor federalism, nor centralism; which, in a word, had no fixed character at all In what havo all these pretended statesmen, all these systems ended? In nothing else than creating for the monarchy of the Hapsburgs a succession of new embarrassments, and to bringing the country to the very verge of ruin. Tho failure of Mr. N. J. Amies, smallware manufac- turer, of Gaythorn, England, with £30,000 of Iabilities, | moment has not satisfied them. Tho confusion ho had argh : has been announced. Mesers, W. Hadfield & Co., of | caused should have beon carried to its end by him, ana | #24 wil probably reach Higher Ardwick and Warrington, have suspended pay- ment. A curious circumstance was noticed at the recent opening of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Finland. Rassian language, tho Senator Peterson gave it in Swedish and Finnish, The Magelal of the country re- plied in the name of the nobility, avd the Archbishop im that of the clergy, in French; the Speaker of the citi- ven class in Swedish, and that of the peasants in Fin- nish, ‘The intentions of the Turkish government respecting the indabttants of Crete cannot but be, the Opinion Na- that ‘the combined efforte-of the Cabinets of London, Yaris and St. Petersburg have tended to bring about bet- ter relations between the Porte and its Christian sub- jeots."’ Consequently a certain amount of independence must, the writer thinks, be accorded to that portion of the Turkish subject, and their postion rendered support- able. Tho Paris Patric has the subjoined observations on the now Ministry just formed at Constantinople:— We believe we are ‘not wrong fn saying that those ehangoe are of a great political significance. The new Cabinet may be cailed a reform one, a ofl the men com- poring it, without exception, have long been the warmest advoeates of progress. At present, summoned to the councils of the sovereign, and on the morrow of events which have attracted attention to the situation of thejE we have no doubt that the new Ministers are determin to seek the solution of the peotiog, questions by satie fying the interests of the different population: to the Sultan's ecoptre without exception of rac ligion, At tho head of the Cabinet will also be re- marked the eminent statesman who signed, among others, the Treaty of Paris in 1856, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AUSTRIA. QUA VIENNA CORRESPONDENCE. Eacitement in South Germany and Effeets of Divided Nationnlity—Power of Pras- stan Unity as Against Austria and France— k- Policy of Towards the Em- ‘Viena, Feb. 7, 1867. A feoling of uneasiness ts spreading over all the States sanctioned by the Peace of Prague is deoply felt and everybody finds that the situation cannot last very fong. The independent existence granted to Baden, Wurtemberg, Bavaria and to two-thirds of the Duchy of Rosse Darmstadt is a gift of tho Prussiana, The gov- ernmonta of these four States are ata lossto know ‘what thoy shall do with their national independence. ‘They are wise enough to see they cannot exist without leaning on @ great Power, unless through the medium of the mind of another (Southern) Bismarck, they can amalgamate and make of themselves a Power as strong as that of Prussia in the North. the traditions of the reigning families they might choose France; but this jast now of at any time for the future will remain simply impossible, Any attempt to lean on a foreign Power would place those Princes in the very position in which we now find the late King of Hanover and the servant-kicking Elector of Hense, only sohemes, people that Prussia might bave not France also, and that her chance in euch a bloody war Peis by nau lonad aarp one Ginoa the Prue 9, . NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, F sian schemes have become facts, the Prus#an generals the y and soldiers their courage, even cau no longer afraid of a war with France. 1¢ State of that coun’ s su@b that only the antago- nists of the Emperor could wish him to pick a quarrel with Prussia, The Freach people have been disappointed not only with regard to foreign, but also on their own personal affairs. Considering thia, the Emperor may hesitate to embark again in a hazardous undertaking, although he may look with a jealous eye on Pruasia’s ris- ing power, and feel sure that the army would bail with enthusiasm the order to march on the Rhine. In a war, the first success depends mainly on the ability of go! erals and other things more or less dependent on chance, and independent of the character of the strug- gling- nations; but the final success must be considered as resulting from the condition of the peoples of the antagonistic countries provided their forces are in something like equal numbers. Should the French go to war with Prusma thoy may gain battles; they probably would at first; but in the end thoy must be smashed, and if so, Prussia will carry out her cher- ished projects of 1815 and 1814. This conviction lives in the hearts of the people of Southern as well as of Northern Germany. For the States of Southern Germany to lean on Austria ple are his new department which bitherte have been so very much neglected at te expense Of progress and enlight- enmeat, OUR ST. PETERSBURG CORRESPONDENCE. Tho Russo-American Telegraph — Progress Reported—The Overland Route Through Siberia—€ the Amoor River—Entertain- ments by the Way—Imperial Policy in the East—The Pensant and His Position im Society. Sr, Perersnona, Feb. 1, 1367. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Knox, of the Russian- American Telegraph Company, reached this capital on on Wednesday last, from “an Francisco, via the over- land route through Siberia. His personal appearance at Present does not suggest to any one that he has under- gone any severe bardships or sufferings in the lengthy trip he bas completed, but, on the contrary, rathor inti- mates that he lived a very jolly sort of lige, with plenty to cat and a satisfactory quantity of sleep, and other solid comforts, In fact, I have never seen tho bold traveller looking in more robust and vigorous heaitb. He has not been ill a single moment since leaving the Golden Gate, and has accomplished the entire journey of would bea condition of things that could not be cnter- | fourtoen thousand five hundred miles without accident tained by any rational man, They cannot lean on a State | or unexpected discomfort. that is shaken to its very foundations Only the ultra Leaving San Francisco the 23d of June last, on a little Roman Catholic and aristocratic party have not set aside | steamer one hundred and eighty tons burthen, named their old confidence in the Concordat and the fortunes of | the George S. Wright, belonging to the Western Union Austria, The liberal parties of the South had formerly a | Telegraph Company, of the United States, carrying the certain sympathy with Austria on account of hor Ger- | Engineer-in-Chief, Col. Charles 3. Bulkley, he reached man population and Gorman ideas; but this sympathy | Potropaulovski, capital of Kamtschatka, in thirty days. has died away since it has become evident that the Aus. | Thence, after sojourning eleven days in this portion of trian government intends leaning on its Magyar, rathor | Kamtachatka, Col. Knox sailed on the Russian corvette than {ts German subjects, The strongest counter-weight against a lasting separa- tion from the North of Germany is the material interests the countries and people @ave in common—the North for the South, and vice versa, The trade and manufac- tures of the South would be ruined from the day they were excluded from the Zollverecin. Prassia has thus a lever in her bands, which she will hie ¢ make use of, to make the independent governmonts of the South quite pliable and yielding to her will. All this must be considered when we weich the decla- ration of the Bavarian Prime Minister, Prince Hohen- lohe, respecting an alliance with France and also with Austria. In accordance with his invitation, if not his order, the Secretaries of State for war and foreign affairs wil! soon, meet in order to form rales for the assimilation of their army to that of Prussia. Some people appear afraid of such meeting, feeling afraid that a Southern confederacy might result from it; but this fear appears perfectly groundless. The Bavarian Minister in his address appears to reject the idea of a Southern confederacy, the formation of which seems all the more impossible since Baden would not and Hesse Darmstadt could not enter it. It would be mere foolery, madness, for the government of the latter Duchy to enter- tain apy proposition contrary to Prossia’s views, since the Prussians bave a strong garrison at Mayence and the command of about one-half the Hessian trovps. Imporgunate advocates for the union wish the Soutbern States to enter the Northern confederation at once. The peace of Prague would not be an impediment, as the Southern States have been by that document recognized independent, They may euter into an alliance with Prussia, and even place their troops under the command of Prussian generals. But the question arises, would Proasia desire it for the present? ‘When peace was patched up last summer, Prussia is sad to have given way to the summons of the French Emperor, and contented herself with a contederation of the Northern States Bismarck may have feigned to respect the wishes of Napoleon, but ho may also have considered it his interest not to extend the confedera- tion all over. Germany at once. Three months ago the feeling of anmosity in the Southern States towards Prussia was stronger than it is now, indeed, was very intense, and even now deputies trom Bavaria or Wur- temburg would not be welcomed in the Parliament, as, notwithstanding their sympathy for the Union, they would strengthen the opposition. When’ the propositions which Bismarck will make in behalf of his government. have been accapted, and the hold on the lately acquired States tightened with the sanction of their own delegates, thon, but not til then may Pres- sia think it time to absorb the Southern States. The way for this will be smoothed during the meeting of the Parliament in Berlin next spring. I think I have shown BOHEMIA. OUR PRAGUE CORRESPONDENCE. onthe Fall of the Boloredi, jury Partlos—An Important Ap- pointment, &c. Paaoun, Feb. 10, 1867, The truth of the assertion I made a fow weeks ago, that the Beicredi Ministry was tottering to its fall, was sooner and more suddenly proved than I had anticipated myself. Count Beicredi has now plenty of Isisure time to reflect om the fallacy of tis idea that if Sobmerling could have ruled without the Czechs for five years he might be able to govern without the support of the Germans as jong. Our city was thrown into a great ox- citement by the news of his fall. But although the adherents of the February constitution—é, ¢., the Ger- mans—had wished his fall, his dismissal in the present he should not have beon allowod to withdraw and leave it to bie successor hefore it was resolved in a natural way. At all events his fall spared the world the plteous spec- tacle of an Austrian Parliament assembling in a German expectations bein: fully answered, ‘We aro not dosir- ous of being always in the opposition," says the Gor- ‘man paper of this place; “it is not the strife we serve, but the canse. But we aro too mindful of tho many bittor lessons we reccived to seize on tho first favorable opportunity of indulging in a multitude of hopes One: new measures of the government, received a severe shock, while abroad the bopes of a consolidation of Austria have been raised.” r But the Czechs! They are frantic with rago at the events of the week. How soon the gay frostwork of their dreams was dissolved. Now they threaten the gov- ernment with an intent of imitating the example set by the Hungarians, and think that by perseverance and by insisting upon their pretended medisval rights soon to outdo the Hungarians; then, they say, the voice of the Germans will have died away in the wind, Their pa- pers declare all such Czech deputies as will enter tho Parliament for the countries and kingdoms on this side of the Leitha ‘to be traitors, and give them up to the curse of the Czech nation.’’ Their latest attempt at alarming the government ts that they that Bis , Seeing the utter impossibility the present state of things in Saxony, intended to annex Saxony, and to indemnify the King of *axony for bis loss by procuring him the mm of Bohemia, for which put & now war should be entered uj by Prussia. Puey give to understand. that now the Ozechs Czech nation, without considering those of the empire. But, in spite of ali these hollow phrases and deciama- tions, I bave great reason to suppose that in the last moment they will not hesitate to enter the great impe- oF a mg and if they do not nobody but they will @ losera. ‘The elections for the Bohemian Diet end, we can form @ correct idea of will be composed. The elections of the prietors were in favor of the high tones, hence the ents of the constitution will have But what are the com fae however r, they agree in one point 4 the . may appear, tie diate of the ‘conattotion’ dhe former beowas they verse ti const! whatever, latter from think ft to be an obstacle to ther entab. 3 a 2 = ment Count Beloredi mia their number a 3 i z 3 Jeges of the nobility the Diets will be abolished four hundred and fifty great landed return almost as many members for Fepristice of the whole country—that is § 3 2 a g up i il & vies, From ula we may safely Variag for Geshiga, at the head of the Okhotsk Sea, where he arrived after a trip of nine days, After remaining there nine days in consultation with Major Abase, Chief of the Siberian Construction, he sailed again for the mouth of the Amoor river, in the Russian corvette, touching at the port of Okhotsk, fora single day, and then proceeding by the La Perouse straits and the Gulf of Tartary. He arrived at the mouth of the Amoor the Ist of September, at the little Russian city of Nicolaefski. Remaining there six days, where he reccived every attention and courtesy from Admiral Fulyhelm, Gov- ernor of the sea coast provinces, and Mr. H. G. 0. Chase, American Consul, a very worthy official and a genial companion, he took passage inasmall steamer up the Amoor, spending thirty days on the voyage. On the way he visited the various small settlements on the banks of the Amoor and the Mongol city of Aigoon, the largest city in Northera China. The Amoor is described aa an exceedingly picturesque stream. The head of navigation is two thousand two ‘indred miles from the mouth of the river, which is ex- ceedingly, broad in places at the lower part, with a cur- rent less rapid and powerful than the Mississippi. At certain points it resembles the magnificent Hudson, but more grfud and majestic in its mountain scenery. At other points it is like the St Lawrence, studded with islanda, In the lower portions the country is fertilo and wich, while in tbe upper, where it 1s more hilly and mountainous, it is hard and sterile. Colonel Knox reached Stratevsk, tho head of naviga- tion on the Amoor, the 20th of October, and proceeded immediately, by Russian post, in a westerly direction Having letters to the Governor of the'Trans-Barcal a‘ Chetah, the capital of that province, he remained thore four days to receive the generous hospitalities of the Governor, Major General Ditman, engage in an antelope hunt, and gain needed rest, Next he proceeded to Kiachta and Maimai-chin, for many years the seat of commorco between Russia and China, where the most Iiberal hospitality was lavished upon him, both by the Busvian and Chinese authorities, Aftera stay of ‘somo days at this point he proceeded Irkoutsk, the capital of Kastera. Siberia, thatit is yos diffientt to hazard ap opiaion om ‘to where tie of the Southern States of Germany; that “| remained foor Very segn after his arrival there join Wranons shantee. will mot to Governor raackomt an dinner in in owing that ‘not ‘afford boner of bis American at she took that of themselves cannot © lasting. ‘easion to apeak of the . | relations brew sg tn Harope, and teat although willie te Tasted Stale, abd proposed a toe tna tons of the, heir esristance ted fuvporthvom esi Aha tn cal pts ine is not prepared afford o For tho present nothing, will be dono either by Knox Teaponded briefly snd offered a toast to or Wurtemberg. In the future we may have ‘the Emporor of «alt the Russias.” In addition to this Changes in those countries, and the most one # | ontortainment tlie ‘Mayor of Irkoutsk and 2 number of the Union of their forces to the remamder of the leading merchants each an official dinuer to Colonct man family at the Nerth. -Keox; and on bis greed farowall dinner was a , and the ferry boat on which he crossed the river ugara was decorated with American and Ru: flags, rOvaROF. edge, and by tho lar poat route trave!li weet Uae ae Kead halting for rest at the princ towns, such as Ke A 1, the Altai Mountains, Fkatorineburg, in the Ural Moun- oy Hepa Nigni Novgorod and Moscow, thence by rail this point, Throughout his ontire journey he waa the recipient of many kind attentions and ho3- pitalities from the officials and prominent citizens, who ‘wore dolighted in being able to aid an Amorican, who not commonly seon in thoir country. Indeod, Colonel Knok is tho American who has ever made tho jour- ney ‘rom San Francisco to St. Petersburg, via this par- ticukr route, and the filth American bas ever croamd the whole of Siberte, between the Amoor river ‘and the Ural Mountains, which separate Asia from Europe, In it this new-andstrange trip be bas not met with the alighbet accident whatever. Of course it was attended ‘by a good deal of phvaical fatigac; bat the novelty and beauty of much of the country through which the travel- ler paises relioves it in a great measure of weariness. Since bis arrival hero the Colonel feels the natural effects of thescaction of the severe journey, but is only tempo- He will remain bere for a brief period, America by way of tho Atlantic present yoar. Fron this and other sources I learn that the telecraph: constristion is progressing under the moat favorable aus- Lary Mon dae ‘Svitian mo sak the epee les in 18 opening of sprit the obuatruotion of the line will be punted fore ward wih the vigor. to the stekbolders, which I do not undertake to answor. As an intrnational undertaking it deservos, ag it will re- ceive, the, wishes of all Americans »nd Russians. The question doos not become much clearer ‘as tho tine of action approaches. It is y certain, though, tht Austria and France havo no idea of consent- I A thet elt gg tin He 8 on the Just now, but shes not insensible to the importance of + etn ly oe close! LT for every aality, whatever may it her interest to Peaue ely upon, i abe will have the hearty endorsemeniof and Great Britain—the latter a passive and eutral friend—the former an earnest and vigorous ally. ith lines drawn aa I have suggested Saree Saree cee who ire ond of Asiatic a in tarepe I have observed aparagraph floating about in the press, evidatly taken from the London Tele. ratty aa or hisloving subjects. It there stated that Kommissarow. § the young it whosaved the ror's life, had ceased. to be consideredss of soy importance: that bis hone ‘now were fount de: kim reverente, it was none now were foun: lo him reverence, was added that he was still por, and that all to collect for him a com y for life had writer was Mistakes or badly Mr. or rather Kommtsarow is not | ber of is ‘no se nobly he sam of of which thirty-five in bank, to will be, attached to the f and oan always live in a style bel to the intimation that the American present bim with a sum of money, \t is only necessary iat he was not in need of it, and jaite satisfied with his futare to say th they. not entirely please the dvd not find things here quire “the Pi e Provinoial vo WAS been tase of the Meiners ie consequense { eadension f& override tho law which created it, ownfitct with the Eroperor, Allthe heme, end tye Cham! cr cannot declare authentic the report that Count Shoaveloff, one of the leaders, had been sent abroad, and that a very proménent and radical leader of the extreme party, Mr. Krousa, the President, who has been very outspoken in his criticisms of the imperial government, has been bold io his opposition to it, and has been sent to Orenburg, Siberia, where he is hkely to be less troublesome. The sudden closing of the Assembly created great excitement in St. Petersburg and surrounding country, and is still the subject of warm discussion. The cause of the step taken by the Kmperor is said to be the action on the of the Assembly tending to assail the prerogative of is Majesty im the levying and collection of taxes. The Emperor, while inclined to give them liberal pes found that ere grasping at more, and he very quietly solved tir m by sending the whole Assem- bly to their ituents again, which ended tho affair. It te not likely that another Assembly will be called to- (hr senso It you give them an inch they will ee a yard, and + imc ae matters ia a ferment, without accomplis! any . Tig Bameiee Winner kas bese unen us in good earnest the past week. The thermometer has registered from twenty to forty-seven degrees below zero for several days, and at times the wind has been bitterly sharp. The trains on all the railways have been greatly interrupted in consequence. It is now mild again. The Legislature Prorogued—Close of the North German fere: The Paris Exhibition, &c. Brrray, Fob. 9, 1867, To-day the session of the Prussian Chambers was closed by the King in person, with a speeth, the con- tents of which will have reached you per telegraph long before the receipt of thia letter, It is the first session for the last five years that has terminated without a kick-up between King and Commons, and the first which, ‘at least in its latter part, since it amet again after the ad- journment, has proceeded amid the utter indifference of tho public, The liberal majority having ved to avoid a conflict at any price, and to accept the smallest favors that might be granted by the Mimstry; the dis- cussions had assumed a character of tameness and balf- heartedness which deprived them of all interest, The only question in which they showed fight, that of the dotations, was settled after all by a compromise which, in fact, gave the government everything they asked for, and if some partial reforms have been made it is because they had little or no political bearing, and Ministers did not think it worth their while to oppose them. An attempt ta repair a blunder committed in the early part of the session, when in their hurry to pass the law of eiection for the new German Parliament pro- posed by Bismarck, they bad forgotten to provide that the reports of its proceedings should be exempted from the Prussion censorship, was frustrated by the vote of the upper house, and a motion for removing offences of the press from the cognizance of the royal judges and restoring trial by jury disappeared in the committee appointed to defiberate upon it, and was never heard of more. Nevertheless, the President, M. Forckenbeek, in reviewing the session, declared its results to have been eminently satisfactory, enumerated all the bills that had passed and all that had not passod—among which were the only few that “originated in tho initiative of the House’”’—and finally concluded with three cheers for the King, which, asin duty bound, were vociferously Joined im by the assembly. Almost simultaneously with the Chambers, the con- ferences of Pienipotentiarics from the North German States have como to an end, after dragging on much longor than was expected by the public, or than was fore- seen by the Prussian government. The last meeting took place yesterday at the offs of the Ministry of State, and the final protocol having been signed, the whele force of diplomats repaired {o the Hote! Royal te celebrate the’ conclusion of their jabors with a grand dinner, which was given to. thera by M. doe Savigoy, in the name of i a tht the tenacity displayed by th appears, nacity wy the sentatives of tho minor States hgs at least had the ofret| of slight wees the demands made upon them Prussia. itary an reauitod ta the'r Nb. | which, wotld Gaystemi hax to be torr Will be. allowed as respects of military service, whish (u the population and less A Royal Marriage— and was welcomed ihe ter of Court has reference to. « to the Marie, at 3 and ‘being the pore Get hey porciyn Mihee hig consent to tt» union, which will ondoubtedty be given. The Count of Flanders, who in the @ames of Philip Kugene Ferdi Maria ent Baliwin Leo- Rong in nest rato fo whe King of garam, and now jo thirtieth year of Nis age. His! bride, the Princess Maria Louise Alexandrine Caroling, is twenty- | two of age; ber elder sister was mamied to the late of Portugal. One of her brothers, Chari ‘and another, Anthony, Was ily ir in the Prussian Guards, as the fone time tne independent sovereign of & principally one time iG t sovere ‘a prince! iv 1a the south of Germany, and ie, im fact, the senior momber of his illustrions house, although the younger branch has attained far higher de: He was 80 frightened by the revolution of 1848 tiat he suddenly tenant During the first year of the reign of he was for some tite President tevs, but retired when the conflict between the King ‘hia Parl:ament mado it indispensable to have recourae to of Bismarck. epee acoe| or a who is now about to become his a oy The portrait of the King of Prussia, which his Majesty had promised to the Magistrates of Berlin,and the pre- sentation of which had been delayed by (the important the last few yuie ycehe a ‘ero 8 fu a bs | f : ri : i i F 2 it 18 believed that the I pot rest. satisfied with this Idilgmecn, but op supreme tribunal at Bertin, which, in similar jecided in. sense {nvorablo to the viow taken House, and which will probably edhere ROME. OUR CITY OF ROME connespagpene “oi iat 4 ‘ed Suppressjetintions with Italy—In- jon—JUntribution by the Pepe to bors te mesition—A Series of Disasters vere Roun, Feb. , 180%. ‘The Atlantic cable has orought us the intelligence that a voto bas beon fasies Congres Oe ee ‘the pubyoot, and (rosa atm mesre pes EBRUARY 28, 1867.—TRIPLE SHRET bation of the Sonate and President. Wo are ignorant of the motives which have induced this resolution, although it is thoucht that the closure of the Presbyterian places of worship in Rome may have produced am anti-papal feeling in the House of Representatives. But it must be recollected that the measure is not new, for a simitar one was proposed six years ago, when Mr. Stockton was United States Minister in Rome, and was ouly negatived in the House by a majority of one vote. At Say rate, no change will be necessary betore the summer, as the vote of appropriation has already destined the funds for the Legation up to the month of July. But if finally carried into execution, the American Episcopalian congregation, having mo longer the protection of the United States flag, will have to follow the example of the Scotch Presbyte- Tians, and migrate beyond the walls to the Protestant colony outside the Porta del Popolo. Pending difficulties between Rome and Italy, but every- thing tends to show that the existing negotiations 0 lengthily carried on by Signor Tonello wi!! have no defini- tive result, It has ‘always been my opinion tbat the olomentary principles of the two governments are of too conflicting a nature to admit of any real or durable com- Pact between them, and it isthe desire of the liberals and partisans of national unity among the Romans, that ‘no such friendly treaty should be ever effected, consid- ering tho Pope's non possumus more likely to lead to the desired national results—it any doubt still existed in the public mind respecting the hostility of the Roly ‘See to the project of the Italian ministry, originated by Signor Soialoja, for the liberty of the Catholic Church And the conversion of its property, it must have been dispelled by the following leading article in the official journal of Rome of Friday last, ‘ ‘The journal says:—A Florence journal, the Diritto,"of the 30th, hax published ta letter dated from Brussels, Jan. 18, 1867, addressed by Count Langrand-Dumoncean to the shareholders of that bank of fondiary and in- dustrial credit, in which they are informed of a grand operation of the above-named banker with the govern- ment ‘of his Majesty Victor Emanuel II., which, it is added, has been signed after long negotiations opened contemporaneousig at Florence, Rome, and with the Italian bishops. Leaving to the Dirilfo the responsi- billity of the authenticity of this letter, in accordance. ‘with what was said in our No. 21, of January 25, the“ sertions contained init, in as much as regards ¥Ome, are absolutely false, which leads us to infer tt what is said of tho bishops is unfounded also, wet regard to the thoughts and intentions of the Hed See respecting the grand operation, which some Jafian journals, even. officions ones, bave boldiy mtgxTeted, every person of sound judgment will have nly valued those hardy Prognostications and unfonp4 assertions at their proper worth. These and sim@r manouvres of the daily Ttalian press explain, peaps, Why many honest persons, among whom some to be well enough informed, assert that all the «Mors spread and the present nego- tiations only tend€ gain time and throw dust in people's eyes, go as ¢0 6atry out better the impious and anti- cbr'stian plans #hich are being secretly ripened. If sho Holy See considers the Scialoja plan too spolia- tory. the Itatan Parliament seems likely to consider it C00 little so,and therefore, from different motives, both parties int@ested will concur in condemning it. But the subseqtient measures to be adopted will be much vantageons to the material intorests of the Church Man the somewhat complicated scheme projected by Sigwr Scialoja and M. Langrand Dumonceaux- Tho.’ope will be a contributor to the Paris Exhibition in a panner alike suitable to his own spiritual character and bteresting to students of early Christian history. His Holiness is coing to send a model, constructed of woal lined with cork, painted canvas, plaster and anent terra cotta slabs, according to’ the imitation re- nted, ‘representing an ambulacrum and eubiculum of le Roman ¢atacombs in a state of perfect primitive in- ity. Each sepulchre, fresco, or sculpture, is faith- fully copied from the original—the selection of them ‘has been directed by the commendatore De Rossi. The ambulacrum 1s farnished with lacu!i and specimens of the various kinds of their enclosures, the inscription engraved on stone, painted on bricks, or scratched on plaster, and peta wa ornaments or imager which adoro said that his mind was deranged; but at _ "s body was 80. og ge iy ‘be the fa! antes ima This ~ example was fol- Zounve, whe from the rool inday morning, about @ mile from Rome, on the Frascati road. An honest vigna- vol waa coming into the city at early dawn from bia vineyard, near Porta Furba, accompanied by his the ygoeee ina oSapeea't whoo, near the rallway bridge, three men stopped tne cart, dragged out poor Padrou Giacomo en Te with one single tre- mendous blow from a pois uch entered his braast ‘and came out at his back. y watch and fifteen pauls and decamped allowing the farm servant to escape back to the vineyard, a fact perbaps «x- plained by the circumstance tbat the fatherof thia ser- vaot was one of tho assassins. It will give: your readers: some idea of the extraordinary formalities accompanying the cours of Justice in this conntry whon I iaform them that the corpse of this poor murdered man was left all the day and night and great part of the following Mon- day lying in tho road, drouched 19 blood, with band- kerchiof ovor his face and a lantern at hia- feet: Unui ‘the legal recognition of persons found dead in this country is offected no one is allowed to touch the corpse, Such a wretched state of things at the very gates of Rome does not speak well for the security guaranteod ww to his subjects by the Suprome Fontill’s goverument. NAPOLEDN’S SPEECH. Opening of the Sesion ef the Fronck Legin- lature Scenes in thd Strcete aud.C! Arrival and Reception of the Empress aud Emperor, &c. 7 {From Galignani's Messenger, Feb. 15—Eyening-! OPENING OF THR CHAWHERA, The legislative session of-1867 was opened this day at one o’clock by the Keperor in the ceremony taking place, as on preceding occnsgum inthe ma dos Etats of the Louvre. Aste” eallery which communicates from 400 Tuileries with the last named building still remains unfinished, their Majest: in state car- wore obliged to through the triomphal arch in the Piace da ; woop te he foapad r Pa consequence rendered infinitely Sits writer: e's the ‘wonton was dolightful and us- usuaily mild for the season of the year, S considente crowd had assembled 3 ted a most brilliant coup dil, all the places nin aed except those reserved for the high personages who were to accompany the Emperor. Nearest to the throne, at the sides, were to be seen the admirals, cardinals and minis ters, all tn full official costume, and wearing thoir various orders, Close to the eae leading up to the estrade were the members of the Privy Council, a - tation of Grand Crosses of the Legion of Honor, the Vice Presidents of the Council of State, the Presidents of Section, and a considerable number of members belong- ng to . Farther back the seataon the rate were were of Cassation, all attired in their ancient costumes; different denominations, the Police, the Commander i at i Portion occupying the twelve o'clock no persons were further admit A little before one cheers outside and ing a salute announced the arrival of Majesty came from the Tuileries in two horses, preceded and followed Guard. The carriage went slong ‘moderate pace, and loud cheers burst from the the Emy press pavsed. Her entraroe of the Pavillon Dénon: i Mathilde and the i Fs 1 i : & g ‘3 i tress of the Housel ceeded to. tribune On the right of the platform, where she took her seat with the princesses and the ladies im attendance. Im tely after the cannon of the Invalides fired a salvoof twenty-one guns, to announce that the Em; rorhad left the Tuileries.’ His Majosty, accompanied che Prince Imperial, was also conveyed to the Pavillom Menon in a carriage drawn by two horses, preceded by a body of the Cufrassicrs of the Guard, and followed by one of Cent-Gardes. Loud cheers burst from the speo- tators as the passed along. Tis Majesty, on alighting, was received by Prince Na- poleon and the Princes Lucien, Joacbim and Achille Murat. The imperial cortege then formed, and, havmg ascended the staircase, entered the ball in the customary order. First came a master of the ceremonies, the Eque on duty and the Prefect of the Palace; next the Gra Master of the Ceremonies, the Graod Chamberlain and the Grand Marshal of the Palace; then advanced the Emperor, in a general's uniform, with the Prince Impe- rial, dressed in a black velvet suit, with knickerbockor# and velvet stockings, followed by the Princes havi rank at court, tho Grand Almonor, the Commander the Cont-Gardes and the several officers of the imperial household. The moment the Emperor appeared, loud crics of “Vive UBmpereur !”” burst forth, and continued until bis Majesty had taken his seaton thothrone. The young Prince sat close by, and the other princes occupied the chairs of state adjoining. 2 The Grand Master of the Ceremonies then signified to all to ve seated, and his Majesty, who looked in exellent health, rising, delivered in a distinct voice, heard im every part of the salle, the following SPRECH. Messreurs Les Semareuns, Messaevrs 193 Derorms:— Since your last session grave events have occurred Europe. Although they sarprised the world their rapidity, as well as by the importance of their results, it seems that, according to the previsions of the. fe they were fatally destined to be accompli Na- poleon said at St. Helena:—*‘One of my greatest ideas was the agglomeration and concentration of the same geograpnical nations which revolutions itica have broken up and divided. * on eo union will take place sooner or later by the force of events; the impulsion 1s already givem, and I "J not think that after my fall and the disappearance of my other great bquilibrium agglomeration and confederation of the great bet ett Thg. transtormations which have bees. eitected Germany bon of ‘cmetenk yrogramino of 6: at of b Eur 2 pingle conte" i contlict the countey had. plainly ite desire to Lig Si sur fo Not only did [ defer to that pice de ‘all my efforts. or { did notarm:one advance one jana get: the Fy 2 ® i the integrity: of hor ; aad nitia, completed Teallen Independence therefore exercised in r Ait : tke iat 1 i the oquiig™ A new & Detween the countries. ion.) "Thag” therefore, mat preeeue fore, {Minstances, can awaken our tmeasigaat ana have T™ Conviction: that peace.will not be disturbed: ud applause.) Assured as to the Present, an@ fufident in tho fature, I thought that the momens come to develop our institutions, Evory year ; but, com- have in te .. =e stitutions of hour was alike ta of the those, for ite to dis. Provoestions over 1 coatinue d nectar, obligations which abroad, of war- forces ba ry has boon, ‘iret arrivals, contfai A care, lightans. the burdon before tue usual hour, and at half! apie p J of Jenn except for the highly pavilege, ‘ere antl | Dating’ woe just iow Sp Pas’, Ofte, conalder Peeabitiy for, any person to. get more’ thaue”crowd | satiauon th Hance into the hall of meoting, 4° something nom sot a ‘stood in the ‘Lebrun, \d, bus without ‘and. will T am ccecontia' Gamrsy oes of ctaaions The of Ld question ; ust mentioned, not one of tI iibenag Sibeee taneee could penetrate beyond the the effectual the persons who had special tickets the their eyes fixed om as . of course, entered free! or the isfin. hats. There, from eleven o’cloc Lat & qaarier past twelve, richly attired personages fol- that is the com. clegantly dressed ladies also es, and generally were galleries above, at Inst the w Ww Om each side was occupied oxclusivel: r of their vim