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DECEMBER 1, 1855. Marinet. They held their meetings at the hotel of Mme. Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, with whom was associated a certain Mme. Beranger, an intimate friend of the Prince of Orange. It was substantiated by the revelations of Bastide, Balmy, and the de moiselle Fremont, that Cantillon was the man who fired the shot at the Duke in Paris, under the direc tion of the Croquembonrg committee. To the shame of England be it spoken, that the late Lord Kinnaird was, without doubt—lamentably, without doubt, — cognisant of, and thus by tacit consent au abettor and an accomplice in, the projected act of assassina tion. His criminality was not a jot less flagrant than that of M. de Croquembourg and the other friends of the Prince of Orange. The Great Duke thus states the affair, in his usual terse manner, to Lord Clancarty, the English Minister at the Court of the Netherlands : Paris, March 24, 1818. My dear Clancarty,—l have already informed you that the Governor and police here are loud in their oomplaints of the Government and police of the Netherlands, for their want of activity and energy in the investigation of the Mr. cumstancea attending the attempt against me, particularly since the discovery of Cantillon ; and the Duc de Richelieu, who writes this day to M. de la Tour do Pin upon the sub ject, has requested me to write to you. In bringing this subject under your consideration, I beg you to reflect a little upon what grounds the King [of the Netherlands] will stand in this affair. For years the French Ministers, and the Ministers of the allied powers at Paris, and the allied Sovereigns themselves, have pointed out to the King the inconveniences and dangers resulting from his allowing those proscribed by the united voice of all Europe, and the criminate who escaped from the vengeance of the laws in this country, to resort to his dominions, there to receive the encouragement which his Majesty afforded them. The mischief foretold has occurred : a plot has been formed in the Netherlands, by these very people, to UMW. sinate me ; not, 1 presume, because they did not like my face, or my manners, or the colour of my coat, but because I was the general of the allies, and the main support of the system of tranquillity and order which it is wished to establish in the world. And then the Ministers and agents of the Government of the King of the Netherlands, instead of their doing everything in their power to aid those of this country in bringing to light this transaction and to justice those concerned in the plot, appear to exert every nerve, and to make use of every chicane which the law can admit, to prevent the seizing and to screen and to save the criminals. Why are not all the French men and women named as being concerned in this affair seized and sent into France, to be dealt with according to law ? They are in the Nether. lands, in spite of the King's engagements and his orders to the contrary ; and surely there could be nothing un justifiable in making an exertion to hand them over to the tribunals which can and will make them speak out and punish them. J beg you to speak seriously to M. de Nagel upon this subject, and tell him I write to you for the sake of public justice and of the King's reputation. I consider my own safety to be quite out of the question; if it was involved in the decision of it. I should, perhaps, scruple to write so strongly upon the subject ; but, as it is, I have these motives alone for troubling you.—Yours, WELLINGTON. These observations would fairly apply to the Jersey refugees, and to those in Belgium. So defective were the laws of the Netherlands, and so inconclu sive the police regulations, that no correctional re sult, beyond temporary detention, followed upon the notorious attempt at a systematised assassination of the Duke of Wellington. The guilty, by proof and confession, were ultimately acquitted, from the name of the Prince of Orange being closely mixed up with the affair, many of the con ipirators being his inti mate friends, and others in his employ. The whole matter conferred the reverse of credit on him, and it was smothered on this account. A tribute of respect has been paid to the last of the conspirators that might well have been omitted. It is unusual amongst generous and enlightened. Governments to pay honour to those whose antecedents have coupled them with the crime of conspiracy to do murder; but it must be urged in Brabancon defence that the late Lord Kinnaird, although an accomplice by cognisance, thoroughly proven, to this attempted assassination of the Great Duke, retained the honours of the English peerage and escaped condign punish went. But he was a Whig. E. R. SIZNA, Nov. 26. THE great gainer by the Oriental war will be— Turkey ? No ; the Jesuit. A Roman dignitary, an Irishman, and a Roman member of Parliament, an Englishman, have passed through this place during the week, and have had private communications with the secretary of the late archbishop and a relative of a cardinal of this town, whose historic name belongs to the military annals of the German cmpire. It has been resolved at Rome that the Roman members of Parliament shall be forcibly urged to support the war party to any extremity; that the " brass band," as these Roman Roundheads are named in England, shall systematically and obediently wage holy war by parliamentary vote against the heretic and THE PRESS. Greek Church. A bottle of Monte Pulciano, and others of Aleatico and Montallino, with a generous substratum of " acqua vita Francese," quickened the pulses and tongues of these Ilibernico-Romans, and they made a tolerably clean breast of it. They ex pressed large views on the extirpation of heresy through the prominent position taken by Austria, and the silent yet steady co-operation of the French Jesuits. In fact, they asserted, on authority gained at Rome, that the south of France was one of the strongholds of the conspiracy to reduce Southern Europe to Papal subjection, always in the names of, and through the sovereigns of, the respective States. It appears to be a fact that the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was put forth as a feeler, to gauge the length, depth, and breadth of bigotry and spiritual credulity. The result was satisfactory. In England and Ireland the warm reception given to the gorgeously ungrammatical and impurely redun dant letter of Cardinal Wiseman, brought assurance that with the Cullen and Redemptorist bible-burners, the Wilberforce extravagants, and eke with the Glad stonian semi• Jesuits, the time served well for the pontifical scheme. Public attention being entirely engrossed by the Russian war, the encroachment of the Papacy under propagandist direction crept for ward in feline quietism until an effectual lodgment was made within the Protestant outworks. The fall of Sebastopol succeeded. The Greek Church was accounted to be on the decline, and the Papacy, cast ing aside a useless disguise, and relying on France, proclaimed the ascendancy of the Roman Church, protected and championed by the house of Hapsburg- Lorraine, according to the stipulations of the Austro-Papal Concordat. To a man the Romanists of England have consented, or rather they have humbly obeyed the wishes of the Pontiff, conveyed through Cardinal Wiseman, to consider the Russian war as one directed against heresy, and so to act without reference to other bearing. This was confi dently declared by these Vatican missionaries to England and Ireland. The proximate removal of the Cardinal to Rome is consequent on the success of Roman propagandism in England. This has assumed an appearance of increasing solidity from the open and unimpeded prosecution of its object, so that the presence of Cardinal Wiseman has been judged expedient in order to superintend a " Cancel leria Anglicans" which shall be exclusively devoted to English matters. People in England, the Whig bawlers of civil and religious liberty, will affect to discredit that the war is assuming another aspect, distinctly foreign to the question of Turkey ; but it is nevertheless true, and it may be stated, in the most comprehensive sense, that the weakness of Russia is the strength of Rome, and the strength of Rome is concentrated in Austria, to the direct damnification of the Northern and Protestant powers. Miserably, most miserably, have Mazzini and his assassin associates been imposed upon by the Jesuits. Those instruments of evil were used by the Roman acrobats for momentary purposes—and they gained their end; for the Mazzinians tho roughly believed that by a quasi freedom of action in Central Italy, obtained on a promise to support the Papacy, they might so drive the wedge in as to cause a rising in the Northern States away from Rome. The moment, however, that the Concordat was irreNocably perfected, the police of Cardinal Antonelli suddenly pounced upon two of the Maz. zinian gang, who had been allowed to suppose themselves undetected, and in whose possession were found documents of importance, and letters from the arch-Republican himself. They were escaped galley slaves. Mazzini may consider him self exceedingly clever, but he cannot match himself with a Jesuit, " sangne azur." One of the two, Lu centi, worked as a bell-founder, and in the revolu tion of 1848 was compelled to break up the great bell of Santa Maria Maggiore, which was melted down for Republican purposes militant, and aided in the extirpation of the priests, under the orders of Gari baldi. This ruffian tried his priest prisoners during dinner, and had them shot when partaking of his postprandial brandy and cigar. As Lueenti was present at some of these bacchanalian dragonnades, he has small hopes of tender mercies being vouch safed to him. Mancini of Ariccia, near Velletri, is a higher class of villain, and papers were discovered in his obscure lodgings, emanating from tha London triumvirate, with proclamations of Mazzini and other documents, compmmising many at Rome, Viterbo, and Bologna. Arrests have been frequent, and continue. fi subscription to the testimonial determined to be given to the Sardinian army, is a political crime of the highest magnitude. In the hamlet that occupies the site of ancient Vali, now Isola Farnese, a clue was obtained to an extensive confederacy, and it was ascertained that the village was the biding-place of one of the chiefs, and the general rendezvous of the gang. They were betrayed by means of the confessional, as usual, in the pay of the sacerdotal police. Strange that the old Etruscan city, the largest of the confederated twelve, and to which the Romans were anxious to remove on the destruction of the capital by tho Gauls, should now be the 1141 resort of bandits and Republicans. These, under the name of liberty, would crush every vestige of real freedom, and, rather than forego their thirst for blood, would link themselves to a spiritual tyrant; so that under any phase, by communal licentiousness or Jesuit supremacy, the cause of mercy and truth, righteousness and peace, would be violated and laid low. M. T. A. cfrtign anb tiolotai jintelligcnce. FRANCE. The presence of the King of Sardinia in Paris during the week, has partially obscured every other topic of interest in the French papers. The high dignitaries of the Church, it was remarked in Paris, received his Majesty with singular condescension. The projected absence of the Papal Nuncio himself was even stopped, indirectly, by the influence of the Emperor. Some articles upon the prospects of peace appear ing in the late numbers of THE PREss, seem to have given considerable umbrage to the Pups and other French papers. tine Constitutionnel of Tuesday indicated in an authoritative tone the character of General Canro bert's mission. Putting aside the " immediate defen sive and offensive alliance," so dogmatically an nounced, the writer intimates that General Canrobert went to prepare the way for the adhesion of Sweden to the Western alliance : Coming before military conventions which lead to com mon action, are there not those diplomatic ailliesiona which constitute a moral league, and which prepare alliances of and defensive for the day when they can be useful and opportune. With this view General Can robert went to Sweden. If the war continues to the spring, the allies will of course seek to extend their alli ances, and think naturally of Sweden. General Canrobert is gone to see what we are to expect. He will return very well satisfied with the result it his mission, and the Western powers have acquired a certainty that the cause they have embraced will receive not only the moral support of opinion, but, in time, a decided adhesion to their politics. The writer also intimates that I)eamark will also go with Sweden in her adhesion to the cause of the Western powers. AUSTRIA. Austria, according to the Times Paris correspond ent, was making some fresh efforts to effect peace : The impression is very strong that the move made by Austria will considerably advance the prospects of peace and bring them nearer to realisation than is supposed. I am unwilling to offer any conjectures on the anhject, as they cannot, for the present, be otherwise than vague. lint I am pretty confident that the action of Austria will soon be felt in a manner not unacceptable to this tiovern ment and that of England, and, above all, involving no sacrifice of honour or consistent)) , on the tiovernments who have taken up arms in a just cause. The secondary lierinau powers were about to assemble at Dresden, to decide on a joint expression of sentiment upon the war. Baron von Prokesch-Osten's delay in leaving Vienna for Constantinople is understood to arise from his desire to await the arrival in Vienna of the Turkish Minister, Ara Effendi, or of his successor. In addition to the difficult question of the principali ties—the settlement of which is referred to the three representatives of England, France, and Turkey at Constantinople, where he will soon be ready to take a part—it is assumed as certain that the baron will on hie way to the Turkish capital proceed on a mis sion to the Court of Athens. A marked change has lately taken place in the policy of Austria towards the United States, and the nomination of Chevalier Hulseman to the post of resident Austrian Minister at Washington, together with the large increase in the general organisation of the Austrian mission in the United States, indicate a new step in Austrian diplomacy : Up to the present time (writes the Oct. Deutsche Post) the United States have been to Austria a sort of scarecrow, with which it was wise to avoid all minuet. A wise policy, however, dues not believe that danger ceases cause you close your eyes to it. Austria dues well, then, to prepare to take up her proper position in the events of which, sooner or later, the United States are destined to booms the seem,. PRUSSIA. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. The King opened the Chambers in person on Thursday. His Majesty made the following remarks upon the of Europe ; Gentleinen,—The conflict between several European powers is not yet at an end. Our fatherland, however, continues to be the abode of peace. I trust in God that it will remain so, and that I shall succeed in preserving the honour and standing of Prussia without inflicting upon our country the heavy sacrifices of war. 1 am proud to say that I know of no people so well pre pared for war, or more ready for sacrifices, than my own whenever its honour or interests are really in danger. i, worked as a bell-founder, and in the revoin- ... . ._ of 1848 was compelled to break up the great with the large increase in the geneial organisation of of Santa Maria Maggiore, which was melted down the Austrian mission in the United States, indicate Republican purposes militant, and aided in the a new step in Austrian diplomacy : rpation of the priests under the orders of Geri- Up to the present time (writes the Oct. Deutsche Post) .i. This ru ffi an tried ' his priest prisoners during the United States have been to Austria a sort of scarecrow, ter, and had them shot when partaking of his with which it was wise to avoid all contact. A wise policy, however, dues not believe that danger ceases Ike- prandial brandy and cigar. As Lucenti was ca use you c l ose your eyes to it. Atria dues well, then, to pre lent at some of these bacchanalian dragonnades , tu la k e u i p her proper position n the events of ;as small hopes of tender mercies being vouch which, sooner or later, the United States are destined to dto him. Mancini of Ariccia, near Velletri, is become the seem,. gher class of villain, and papers were disoovered PRUSSIA. is obscure lodgings, emanating from the London OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. mvirate, with proclamations of Mazzini and other The King opened the Chambers in person on uments, compromising many at Rome, Viterbo, and Thursday. ogna. Arrests have been frequent, and continue. His Majesty made the following remarks upon the ;übscription to the testimonial determined to be of Europe;— en to the Sardinian army, is a political crime of Gentlemen,—The conflict between several European highest magnitude. In the hamlet that occupies site of ancient Vali, now Isola Farnese, a clue Powers is not yet at an end. Our fatherland, however, ; obtained to an extensive confederacy, and it continues to be the abode of peace. ; ascertained that the village was the biding-place I trust in God that it will remain so, and that I shall one of the chiefs, and the general rendezvous of succeed in preserving the honour and standing of Prussia ; gang. They were betrayed by means of the wit h out inflicting upon our country the heavy saeribces ifessional, as usual, in the pay of the sacerdotal i c e. Strange that the old Etruscan city, the of war. 1 am proud to say that I know of no people so well pre. gest of the confederated twelve, and to which the mans were anxious to remove on the destruction pared for war, or more ready for sacrifices, than my own the capital by the Gauls, should now be the whenever its honour or interests are really in danger. .._ __ ..— imilimmi ii i milli.lllllllllllllllllllllllll..llllllllllllllllllllllllll_ ,