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THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 13, 1858.

PRUSSIA.
THE REGENT AND THE PRINCE.
le daughter of Prince Adam Czartoryski being
ionsly indisposed in Posen, her father was anxious
see her, and applied to the Prussian authorities
\ passport ; but they refused to grant one unless
consent of the Russian Government were
seriously obtained. The Prince Regent of Prussia
no sooner made aware of this refusal than he
imedistely sent the Prince a passport without any
iditions.

GERMANY.
A NEW LINK WITS ENGLAND.
telegram of the 6th from Hamburg states that
laying of the submarine cable which joins
bland to Germany by the North Sea, and which
300 miles in length, bad been happily effected that
• on the coast of Hanover.

SPAIN.
THE INQUISITION.
Some sensation has been caused at Madrid by M.
tartinez de la Rosa, the Vice-President of the
moil of State, having delivered a speech at the
!neo Cientifico, in which he inveighed with much
Inence against the Inquisition, still the theme of
iration in clerical journals and amongst the
lutist party. He could not, he said, conceive
existence of the Inquisition on the Spanish soil,
that the peninsula was being intersected with
rays and covered with telegraphic wires. In the
e speech, M. Martinez de la Rosa spoke of the
!fish domination in the East Indies in terms
lar to those lately employed by M. Montalembert.
ROME.
THZ MORTARA. CASE.
'he Giornale Officiate di Roma has the follow-

The ntiver: , of October 21, publishes a long and learned
le, by Father Gueranger, in which, apropos of an
, which has led to much noise on the part of the
lions press, it is demonstrated that naturalism has
Aen possession of most minds. It shows that many
:hristians, having lost the true spirit of the Church to
ich they belong, manifest, on the contrary, great
:ty, not for the sovereign domination of Christ, of
on they are members by baptism, but for the authority
the natural family; not for the rights of the Church,
t for the Pagan prejudices of modern society, and those
is of personal liberty which seem to them a conquest
which everything else is to be sacrificed. They consent
look upon faith and Christian practices only through
perverted medium of naturalist prejudices.
'he Gazzetta del Popolo publishes a private letter,
ig an account of the journey ot young Mortara
Bologna to Rome, from which it appears that
conversion to Christianity is not by any means so
advanced as was pretended some time ago by an
Itramontane paper. It is stated that the poor
ld did nothing but cry all the way, and call for
father and mother. The sergeant under whose
large be was, having endeavoured to force a chaplet
Ibis hands with a little cross at the end, the boy
all he could to reject it, crying that be wanted
name of God, such as it is worn by other Jewish
Idren. The father, in one of the visits which he
allowed to pay his son, told him of the hopes he
that the Pope would relent and restore the boy
his parents, at which the boy expressed the greatest
The letter concludes with an account of the
lourney of the father and mother to Rome, of the in.
ides they were exnosed to in endeavouring to
lain audiences, and of the calumnies which bad
to studiously spread among the populace regarding
!m, viz., that it was their intention to go and murder
.4 own child ! in consequence of which their very
Ives were in danger in passing through the streets of
Alatri, whither the boy had been conveyed.
AMERICA.
the Royal Mail steamer Africa, Captain Shannon,
.aved in the Mersey on Sunday, bringing advices
frora New York to the 27th ult.
GENERAL W•LICER'S NICARAGUAN EXPEDITION.
despatch from Washington of the 20th says :
,dmiral Kellett, commander of the British West
idia squadron, will go at once to the waters of
itral America to back Sir William Gore Ouseley
the presence and significant prestige of the British
fleet. Sir William !eaves immediately. Should
Ineral Walker or any filibusters attempt to land in
icaragua, Admiral Kellett is instructed, upon appli-
ion of the existing Government of that republic,
use his force against the filibusters. Doubtless
there is an understanding between the Governments
Nicaragua and Great Britain and Martinez would
delay in making the application, if he has not
done so already."
Another despatch of the same date, which corro-
borates the above view ot the course to be taken by
- British naval forces, says The movements of
seneral Walker are regarded with much interest,
that
in diplomatic circles, it being represented
he is well supplied with both men and money
his professedly peaceful enterprise."
Mit. DALLAS.
There were rumours at Washington that Mr.
miliaa, the American Minister at the British Court,
vould return home next spring.

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of rights, whether of property or person, arising between
themselves shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Bri-
tish authorities ; if they commit any crime against the
Japanese, they will be tried and punished by their own
authorities, and vice versa Japanese subjects in the same
predicament will be tried and punished by theirs : but, in
either case, the British Consuls are to act in the first in-
stance as amicable arbitrators. In respect of debts con-
tracted on either side, the respective authorities will
do their utmost to enforce recovery, but neither
Government will be held responsible for the debts
of its subjects. The Japanese Government will
place no restrictions whatever upon the employ.
ment by British subjects of Japanese in any lawful capacity.
British subjects will be allowed the free exercise of their
religion, and fur this purpose will have the right to erect
suitable places of worship. Foreign and Japanese coin may
be used indifferently for commercial purposes. Supplies
for the British navy may be stored at certain specified ports
free of duty. If British vessels are wrecked or stranded
the Japanese authorities will render every assistance in
their power. British merchants will be at liberty to hire
Japanese pilots. Munitions of war are to be the only
exceptions to articles of import and export, which last, on
the payment of an ad valorem duty at the place of import,
are to be subject to no further tax, excise, or transit duty.
Stich articles may be re-exported without the payment of
any additional duty. The Japanese are to prevent fraud or
smuggling, and to receive the benefit of all penalties or
confiscations. The treaty is written in English, Japanese'
and Dutch, the Dutch version to be considered the original.
All official communications on the part of the British to
the Japanese authorities shall, however, thenceforward be
written in English, though for five years from the signature
of the treaty, to facilitate the transaction of business, they
are to be accompanied by a Dutch or Japanese version.
The treaty may be revised on the application of either of
the contracting parties, on giving one year's notice after
the Ist of July, 1872. All the privileges, immunities, and
advantages granted, or to be granted hereafter, by Japan to
any other nation, are to be freely and equally participated
by the British Government and its subjects. The treaty
is to be ratified within a year from the day of its signature.
Fur the regulation of trade the articles which are
appended to the treaty are to be considered as forming a
part of it, and as equally binding. The majority of these
relate to the arrangements of the Japanese Custom-house,
bat the more important contain the tariff of duties to be
levied. In the first class, as free of duty, are specified
gold and silver, coined or nncoined, wearing apparel in
actual use, and household furniture and printed books
not intended for sale, but the property of persons who
come to reside in Japan. On the second class a duty of
five percent. only will be levied, and this class comprises
all articles used for the purpose of building, rigging,
repairing, or fitting out ships, whaling gear of all kinds,
salted provisions, bread and breadstuffs, living animals,
coals, timber for building houses, rice, paddy, steam
machinery, zinc, lead, tin, raw silk, cotton and woollen
manufactured goods. A duty of thirty-five per cent. will,
however, be levied on all intoxicating liquors ; and goods
not included in any of the preceding classes will pay a
duty of twenty per cent. Japanese products which are
exported as cargo will pay an export duty of five per cent.
The above are substantially all the material stipulations
of this important document.