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means of the workpenple can hold out but for a com paratively brief period against the capital and re s mrces of the toasters. The result will be great present privation, and extreme poverty during the winter. Whilst the effort of the men to obtain an Increase of wages was in the first instance legitimate and, so far as themselves and families were con cerned, commendable, yet, when the period arrived that trade became suddenly checked by the tightness of the money market and the threatening aspect of affirm in the East, then the attempt to force the employers to accede to their demands, by means of atimidation throu?h threats of " striking," was im p Aide and unjustifiable. The execution of that threat was even worse. It embarrassed the manu facturers, assisted to bring trade to a stand, dis arranged the whole course of business, and brought poverty and privation to their own families. It also lessened their claims for both present and future con sideration. When trade was active, the merchants realising large profits, the manufacturers prosperous, and the chief necessaries of life dear, and becoming more and more so week by week, there was a very reasonable pretext fur their asking for an increase. But the position of affairs is now entirely altered. Trade has been crippled, is now very quiet, or, more properly speaking, is dull, the merchants are ship ping comparatively few goods (for their markets have been overstocked), and the manufacturers find little or no demand for their products. Under these circumstances, it appears inceredible that the labouring populatimi will persist in a course of action which niust be productive of irreparable loss to many, and still more serious injury to themselves. Pt* and to lonia! linttlligente. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Nan, Nmember 17. Om Monday the following distinguished personages left Paris for the Palace of Fontainebleau, having been honoured by special invitations, which extend to the Stud instant The Prince Murat, the Prime Joachim Murat, his Excellency the Minister of State, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mine. Drouyn de Mays, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Paris and Mine. Magnan, the President of the Senate and Mine. Troplong, the Baron and Baroness de Chassiron, the Austrian Minister, the Danish Minister and the Countess de Molke, the Saxon Minister and Mine. Seehaeli, the Count and Countess Ferny d•lsly, the Duke and llnchess de Lesparre, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Duke de Trevise, the Duke (le Bauffremont, the Count Fran cois de Clary, &e. &c. The Prince and Princess de Clumsy, having received an invitation to spend a week at Fontainebleau, had the honour of being ad mitted to an audience, to take leave of the King of the Belgians before their departure to visit the Em peror of the French. A great number of persons have been invited for the Pith, 22nd, and 21th. The Emperor, during his stay at Fontainebleau, will make an excursion t 4) the estate he purchased some time back in the Sologue, called Lantothe- Beuvron. M. de Kistieletr, Minister Plenipotentiary of Russia, invited to Fontainebleau, is prevented by a sudden indisposition from availing himself of that honour; but his Excellency Vely Pacha, Ambassador of time Sublime Porte (who is not indisposed), will he pre sent at the fres, to which he also has been invited. The concentration of the direction of the semi official newspapers, the Constitution/le/ awhile Pays, in the hands of M. de hi tinerroniere, gives au im portance to any note signed by himself in those papers amounting almost to that of an official eommunication. Such an article has just appeared in the Pays, headed " Turkey and Russia before Europe," and has excited some sensation. The writer declares, that " had he for a moment foreseen the result of the late diplomatic negotiations, he should not. have hesitated to advise at once that line of action which has been tardily adopted since—nautely, the entrance of the combined fleets into the lhudanelles at the moment the Russians emoted the Pruth." Two camps are to be formed on a large heale: one at Toulon and the other at Strasbourg or Metz, the latter not being yet decided on. The order has not yet been given or the intention made public, but I have it from a source not liable to be misinformed; mid if a fact. it is an important one at this moment. It is also affirmed that eight battalions of chasseurs de Vincennes are to be raised and organised forth with. The 15th inst., the fete-day of the Empress Eu genie, was celebrated et the palace of Foutainel.leau. The Bishop of Ares said mass in the chapel of the imperial neidence in moan of their Mitiesties, the THE PRESS. Court, and the guests invit.„l. At four o'clock a council of Ministers WWI held, one of a series which hare been tolerably frequent during the stay of the Emperor. M. le Comte Eugene Dubois is appointed Director- General of Railways and Councillor of State. This new office is created under the Ministry of Public Works. The state carriage to be used at the coronation of the Emperor and Empress is just finished. The weight of this splendid equipage is more than 1:1,000 pounds. The under-carnage is the one which served for the coronation of Charles X. Eight others are also ready; amongst which is one which was used at the baptism of the Count de Chambord, and will be occupied by the Prince Jerome and his son. No one as yet knows at what period the coronation will take place, but it is said the Pope's pleasure will be consulted as to the most Opportune time. M. de Maupas, Ambassador of France at the Court of Naples, has arrived at Rome, and his visit is certainly con nected with this question. General Haraguay d'Hilliers, Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, is the bearer of a present from the Emperor to the Sultan, consisting of a splendid collection of highly-wrought arms among which is a cannon made after the improved model invented by the Emperor himself. At half-past three o'clock in the morning of the 111th the conspirators of the Hippodrome and the Opera Comique were condemned :—ltuault, Lux, Copinot, de Meren, Marie Girard, and Gabrat, to transportation for life; Moutchirond to ten years' imprisonment ; Turenne, Matz, and Mazille to seven years of the same; Deney, Maillet, Jaud, Commis, and Joimu to live years' imprisonment ; Decroix. and Mix to banishment for eight years ; Langardii•re to five years' imprisonment ; Folliet to five years of the same. Six were acquitted. Although it was announced that the Prince Napo leon had left the Palais Royal for Fontainebleau on Tuesday, it. w•as only yesterday that be took his de parture. lie is attended by Colonel I)esivarets, his principal aide-de-camp. The whale of the first page bath of the Pays and the Censtitsitionite/ wan aecupied on Tuesday with an article from the pen of M. de la trui•rr►nnii•re, the political director of those journals. The greater part of this article, which is entitled " Turkey and Hassle," consists of a review of the circumstances connected with the dispute between those two states, showing that it has been a provocation on one side, followed by a just and reasonable defence on the other. 'rho facts and arguments adduced have already been brought forward repeatedly by other journals ; but the interest of the article lies iu the fact that M. do la Guerronierre is supposed to speak the sentiments of the French Government in general, but more especially of the Emperor. The writer appears to have a conviction that peace will not 4e. materially disturbed by the conflict between Russia and Turkey. lie nevertheless draws a vivid picture of the injury already inflicted on the prosperity of Europe by the pretensions of Russia. The Esperance, a Protestant. journal. published in Paris, gives the following statement, which is reprinted by some other papers, though without as suming any responsibility for the matter of fact : " Alw out a month since a Protestant was buried at (lien, a (t list.). Three weeks later the snisprefeet furtively, during a wet day, took up the body, dragged it thrioigh the mud, and buried it in surd destined to receive the corpses of im• baptised inftmts. The priests came the nett day to teem seerate the burial•ground ' polluted by a Protestant inter ment.' Vo add insult to injury, a bill of Alit was sent to the family of the deceased fur expenses of exhumation. Complaint hos been made to the Minister of Public Wor• ship, and it is to be hoped this illegal outrage will be promptly redressed." A sum of 4,000 f. has been sent by the Emperor and the Empress to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, for the French missionaries in Syria. Queen Maria Christina left Malmaison on Sun day, to return to Madrid with her family. The Emperor and Empress came to Paris on Monday, and witnessed some experiments with an elector-magnetic machine. invented by a Mr. Shep anl, for the extraction of hydrogen gas from water. These experiments, which were also witnessed by Lord Cowley and the Minister of State, are stated to have been perfectly successful. M. tiondchaux has been interrogated by the jege &instruction relative to the manner in which the money raised by subscription for the refugees was employed; and a formal notice has been given to hint not to receive any more money for the political refugees. The Government has, it is said, determined to support the creation of a journal to popularise the ideas of free trade. Amongst the persons who are spoken of as willing to lend their assistance as writers is M. de Wolowski, director of the Mort gage Batik. _ _ _ A highly respectsble meeting of the English re sideuti iu Para was held on Wednesday at Neu- SATURDAY, rice's Hotel, for the purpose of raising a tablet to the memory of Lieutenant Bellot. Lord Howden presided on the occasion, and, in an admirable speech, supported the object that the meeting had iu view. The resolutions were proposed by Lord Poltimore, Hon. W. Stewart, Earl of Munster, Sir J. Easthope, Capt. Hall, R.N., Mr. Locke, Capt. Lang. ford, Rev. Dr. Hales, and Mr. O'Reilly, and were unanimously adopted. Six new battalions of Chasseur4 de Vincennes are to be organised. These will not, however, constitute any real addition to the army; as the battalions in question will be formed from companies taken from other regiments, and drilled and equipped as chas. seurs. It is probable that the practice will be gradually extended to a more considerable portion of the army. The of the railroad system has been now completely centralised in France by the constitution of a separate department, entitled the "Direction Generale des Chemins de Fer." Count Eugene Dubois, maitre des requites of the first class at the Council of State, and ex-director of public works in Algeria, is appointed the director-general of railroads. GERMANY. The Gazette of Darmstadt publishes an official communication made by Austria and Prussia to the Germanic Diet, relative to the Eastern question. After announcing the extent to which he proposes to disarm, the Emperor of Austria says that he has no intention to take part in the hostilities between Turkey and Russia. On the contrary, he has chosen the present moment for effecting a partial disarma ment, in order to give a new guarantee of his pacific sentiments, and of his confidence in the amicable termination of the dispute; and that his Government ventures to encourage and to express the hope that its attitude, and the tendency of its policy, will find, in the de liberate judgment of the other Govern ments of Germany, such an appreciation as will tranquillise their anxieties. In conclusion, the Eni remr trusts that they will give him their effective support and assistance. The Prussian Envoy con curred in these sentiments. Several Wallaehian boyardes.and their families have arrived at Vienna t►nm llticharest. Amongst them are Prince Soulzo, M. Cambisse, M. Catorno, and others of distinction. The Hospodar Prince Stirbey, who had arrived previously at Vienna, paid court visits to most of these boyards. The Prince has, however, received an intimation to abbreviate his stay in Vienna. He intends to proceed to Paris. The King of Prussia has convoked the Chambers for the 28th inst. The Post Ampt Gazette says that the Germanic Diet has voted by a great majority the proposition to vote 100,00 U thalers, in ease the Germanic Con federation should find itself led into a war. The Cologne Gazette states that great want of money is felt in Electoral Hesse, so that it is almost in contemplation to suspend the payment of the sa• laries of the public functionaries. A million of florins had been in vain asked for, as an advance, front the firm of Rothschild. No one will take the bonds of Electoral Hesse. The difficulties that have arisen between the Grand Duke of Baden and the Archbishop of Friburg ap. pear to grow more complicated. The archbishop shows no signs of yielding. He published an address to the Ministry, maintaining that ho was not bound to submit to the Senate laws of the country. On the 10th a ducal decree was published, attaching to the prelate a special commissioner, without whose signa ture no decision of the archbishop, nor any public measure in his name, will be executed or recognised in the Grand Duchy. The special commissioner appointed is M. de Barger. The archbishop re torted on the l 4th by issuing a decree of excommu nication against the superior members of the Ecclesiastical Council. BELGIUM. King Leopold, on the 11th inst., received a depu tation from the Senate, presenting the address in reply to the speech from the throne. Ilia Majesty replied : " The address causes me lively satisfaction. I find in it the expression of the sentiments to which the Senate has long accustomed me. To consolidate Belgian na tionality, by developing the moral and material eondition of the country, is a tusk worthy of all our sympathies. In assuring to my troventment its loyal co-operation, the Senate gives me a new testimony of its patriotic de. vuteduess." DENMARK. Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn, who, since 1817, that is, for thirty-seven years, has been Minis-. ter Plenipotentiary of England at the Court of lien. mark, has on his own demand been recalled, and iti tends to retire to private life. On the sth inst. Sir Henry had the honour to dine with the King, and the day following embarked in the steamer the Skirnir for Lubeck, in order to return to England. He was accompanied to the pod by the Prince of Doi/nark ) the Laudgraw of Hew, all the diflomattc