The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

°REIG,T INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

do PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
ttvi,,_ not yet despair of seeing the difference
keirn the Mexican and Spanish Governments
e 111137 settled, though it will require great tact
47 eh forbearance to do so. Marshal Serrano

iM an interviewwith Count Walewski on
1,1„e8c1637, and with Lord Cowley yesterday, on
bits k7Jeet• Ile was also to have seen, and I
41,0 has seen, M. Lafragua, the Mexican
Y'.this afternoon. Whether it be the supposi-
ktothtt!at England has no great desire to have
e 1 quarrel with the United States, in
41)."1. at an attempt by the Fillibusters on
Pk: Would require her inttrforence, and that
ttivielY would shape her conduct. after that of
tqattncl, or whether it is from real unwillingness to
144 twhar with its ancient dependency, it is certain
„.a Spanish Government are still reasonable
hlh.''derate in their demands, More moderate,
01a, than in strict justice they might be. As I
qt:aid before, they desire M. Lafragua's arrival
totio dria with as little delay as possible they are
ha buts to hear all he has to say, to treat him with
i 4 consideration., and if any fair explanation or
to iletion can be offered for what has occurred, I
iktellbt he will be received as the official repre-
tiewatiVe of the Mexican Government. The inter
14,8 of Marshal Serrano with him are of course,
tie, non official, but I trust that a frank and free
koatlation wbi 1 will have taken place this after.,
remove most of the difficulties. The
kitlean envoy is a man of education and
and report says of a conciliatory character.To
a Ilion some latitude ought naturally to have
f,
,halt
by his government, and it is to be hoped
V,,1 use it in a proper manner If, however, all
Itoiv° efforts are in vain; and that M. Lafragua, who,
itnever, has already stated his desire to give ex-
ttons remains unchanged, then I should not
11 ,7'lrPrised if the Spanish Government addressed
l401)/te to the English and. French Cabinets, and
kEtth.olY to the other Great Powers of Europe,
tl,,i"g forth the wrongs Spain has suffered, the
•ie;leration of the demands she has made, and
kraring that in the event of hostilities being
14,"eq on her, she is not to be held responsible for
be Consequences. This step would probably
V 0 accordance with the counsels of the two
tib!erntaents to which she has already looked for
Th
e Neufchatel question is not yet over. A proto
er whatever name such an authority as M.
it ttedetti or M. Feuillett de Conches would give
hear, drawn up, or very nearly so. The
is t terms of it I am ignorant of, but the sense
'said to be this :—The representatives of thefour
at,:era declare they have done their best to effect
tio arrangement between the Helvetic Confedera-
-1 jk:Alid Prussia, an arrangement which, in their
was the best that could be made in the
ItTcest of the contending parties. They offer
lioler their acceptance, but they have neither the
ICation nor the power to force them to accept
ktileught they strongly recommend them to do
tit; Jr, however, the refusal to accept these propo
be:aels should be followed by any ulterior measures
ring a hostile character, the four Powers will
he their best to prevent hostilities breaking out
Ween the two nations.
%4.t alluded yesterday to the unwillingness of the
1,01.114 d Duke Cdnstantine to be received with the
OP originally proposed, that his Imperial High-
tt444, 's
wishes would to a great extent be gratified,
Of ,that in all probability, neither the Minister
War nor the Minister of Marine would go to
e"him. The ceremonial for the reception of
th
,r) Grand Duke has been arranged by the Master
htile Ceremonies, and. of course submitted to the
uPeror, who has approved of it. The Emperor
41(1 naturally desire to receive the Prince with
tt ptord.inary splendour.
.lle Patrie publishes the following letter :
„,“ Monsieur le Redacteur en Chef,"—The Times,
"vr.l the faith of its Paris correspondent, and, after
()%e Times, other English journals, announce the
;I\7,tinate refusal of his Imperial Highness Prince
CPoleen to proceed to Toulon.to receive there the
tililnd Duke Constantine. That is a pure inven-
jo°ll. It has no more foundation than the pretended
pilarney of Admiral Hamelin with the same object.
lease, sir, to insert this contradiction in the next
1„
ill'eaber of the Patrie, and accept the assurance of
taY very aistinguished consideration.—The Secre-
P3' of The Emperor, Chief of the Cabtnet,
MOCQUARD.

Palace of the Tuileries, April 17."
M• Mocquard is, as he describes himself, the pr
;ate secretary of the Emperor—l'homms aux petits
Secrets., The qualification of the statement about the
l l'iece declining to go to Toulon, as a'" pure inven-
ti6n," is quite characteristic of the Cabinet. The
:lief
has only written what was dictated to him,
Ufa I consequently attach little credit to the denial
a person who is no authority. lithe superiors of
t,`
venial
said Chef du Cabinet addressed a similar
to the papers, one might know what import-
nee to give it. As it is, lam still disposed to
'tach 'at least as much credit *to the original
'statement as to M. Mocquard's denial.
The Pays publishes a private letter from the
'ritnea, of the 3rd inst., which announces that in
tlitse.ance of a plan recently adopted at St
the
g, great works were being commenced at
;41e port of Kaifu, which will render it the most
'.4lportant commercial and maritime establishment
14 the Black Sea.
The Nord of Brussels, the organ of the Russian
Government,
contradicts the statement published
41 some papers relative to the Grand Duke Con-
antine's intention to visit-England. The Grand
'ike, it is added, will proceed from Paris to Bor
'4aux and. the French ports on the Atlantic and
titte Channel. His Highness will thence pass
lrengh Bel'gium, Holland Hanover, and Prussia
'0 St. Petersburg. The Grand Duke has likewise
abandoned his Intention to proceed to. Rome.
pito. announced visit of the Dowager Empress of
.-tussia to France is likewise contradicted.
The following- despatches have bean received :
.
z " TRIESI E, Aram,-16.
• '" Intelligence has been received from Cdnstanti
teple to the 10ib. It was proposed to organise a
sort of Zollvereiti bet Ween the provinces of the
.Dannbe as means of conciliation in the question of
the Principalities. .
" The Circassians had repulsed the Russians at
'the end of March in the mountains of Tuabh,
'the Russians losing 700 men and the Circas-
eians 300.
" From Athens, under date of the llth instant,
'news has been received that the Committee on the
:budget has formally declared that the Ministry
.Las wasted the public money."
" COPENHAGEN, APRIL 15.
!` The Council of State has to-day adopted
unanimously the treaty relative to the. Sound Dues.
" The Ministerial crisis continues. M. de Tillisch
'has refused, it is said, to undertake the formation
'of a Ministry."

" BERNE, APRIL 16.
"The ,Bund pretends that Prussia and Switzer
'Rrd will enjoy pefect liberty to accept or not the
Proposition of arrangement offered by the Powers.
" The Gazette de Prusse believes that neither
Prussia nor Switzerland will accept the arrange-
,
Ittent, proposed"

MADRID, APRIL 16.
" The new law on the Bourse has received the
sanction of. the Council of Ministers. The
1T( apolitan Ambassador of this Court has died."
• MARSEILLES, APRIL 16.
M. Rouet, French Consul at Constantinople, M.
yernosac, French Consul at Adrianople, and the
Russian Generals Wolaskoi and Necopoichezki,
have arrived here. The sorks of the railway from
Marseilles to Toulon are continued with great
• being
along the entire line. Two tunnels are
'Doing pierced between Aubagne la Ciotat and Cassia.
These are the most serious and the most difficult
Portions of the works. The first of these tunnels
(that of Fonestrel) will be 2,600 yards long ; the
second (that of the Jeanots) will be 1,620 yards
long. It is expected that these tunnels will be
• Completely pierced in less than a year, and that the
entire road may be opened to the public by the end
of the year 185 S.
The experimentul squadron under Vice-Admiral

Trebouart has returned to Toulon from the Iles
d'Hyeres. Among the vessels composing it are the
following fine screw line-of battle ships :—The
Bretagne, Tourville, Ulm, Arcole, Agesilas, and
Austerlitz. Admiral Trehouart has hoisted his flag
on board the Bretagne. Admirals Lavaud and
Pellioa will hoist their flags on board the Tourville
and the Ulm. The Grand Constantine will be
received at Toulon in his quality of Grand Admiral,
and it will therefore be the naval authorities alone
who will do the honours.

AUSTRIA.
v lENNA, APRIL 15.
The following information, which has been
obtained from an intelligent Italian, who not long
since was at Naples,' will hardly fail to interest
your readers :—All is far the present quiet in
Naples, but the aversion tq the eXisting state of
things is as great as ever. Xu impression prevails
in foreign countries that the Neapolitan Liberals
have great sympathy for England and France,
but such is not the fact, as the more
intelligent among them have suaceeded in
convincing their fellows that no good
can possibly result from such futile measures as
those that have been taken by the Western Powers
The only service i that the Neapolitan nation has to
ask at the hands of the Great Powers is, that they
will induce the King to abdicate in favour of his
sc,n, the Duke of Calabria, Who would certainly
introduce a more rational system of Government,
" and might perhaps be persuaded to grant such
a Cons itution that would satisfy the people without
endangering the stability of the throne." The
Neapolitans, like the rest of the Italians, have no
sympathy for foreigners, and consequently the
Muratists have no chance of success. "In fact,
the party exists but in name." From time to time
the King liberates political offenders, but he reso •
lutely refuses to permit any list of them to be
published, " as he is resolved not to do anything
which could induce the World to fancy he had
made a concession to the Western Powers." Gen.
von Martini not long since ventured to hint to the
King that it would produce a favourable impression
if the names of the persons set at liberty were
made public, but his Majesty received the counsel
of the Austrian diplomatist most ungraciously.
The position of Gee. von Martini is an unpleasant
one, for no attention whatever is paid to the
suggestions which he. by order of his Government,
every now and then makes to the Neapolitan
Cabinet. 61 The truth of the matter is, that
England and France are only hated by the Neapol-
itan Court, whereas Austria is both hated and
despised." A. remarkable difference between the
political, feelings of the Neapolitans and of the
other Italians was pointed out. The Neapolitans,
who desire to remain a completely separate and in-
dependent nation, wish that their own government
should make those changes in the administration
which are necessary to their well-being and
happiness, but the Roman, Tuscan, and Anstro
Italian Liberals look to a foreign Power (Sardinia)
for the redress of their grievances. There are one
or two passages In the foregoing which are not likely
to give satisfaction to English readers, but it
appeared to be my duty to lay before you a
complete summary of what was said by my
informant.
The Bishop of Linz, who is one of the most
violent of the Austrian Ultramontanists, has
received from his holiness a letter, from which the
following are a few extracts
"It was most agreeable to me to learn by thy
letter • that the general assembly at Linz 'of the
Catholic unions of Austria and Germany was see
well•attended. It was also right pleasing to us to
hear that the assembly expressed its high venera-
tion for our person and fcee the chair of St Peter
Great was our joy also to receive intelligence that
in thy diotess so many priests subjected themselves'
to spiritual exercises, and that the residents in
many of the convents did the same. Particularly
agreeable was the information that holy Missions
had been sent" to so many places in thy diocese,
and that they had already been attended with such
excellent results. We must also rejoice that the
zeal of the faithful in thy diocess is so great, and
that such considerable sums of money and so
many jewels have been contributed towards the
construction of a temple which is to be dedicated
to the immaculate Virgin, the most holy mother
of God."
After remarking that he is not surprised to hear
that the Emperor Francis Joseph has done all in
his power to further the intention of the Bishop of
Linz to build a temple in honour of the Immacu-
late Conception, His Holiness concludes by urging
him to be more zealous in the discharge of his
duties, and to work without intermission in winning
souls for the Lord. The rev. prelate has received
permission to go to Rome, from which city he will
probably return with stockings and gloves a shade
darker than those which he now wears. [The
higher the rank the deeper the colour of the stock
ings worn. The ground or primitive colour is red.]
He evidently aspires to a cardinal's hat, but he is
not likely to get it, as he is but the suffragan of the
Archbishop of Vienna. Some people fancy that
the clergy arc less ambitious• than laymen,
but they would soon bo of a different opinion
if they were to reside in Austria, or in Rome
for a time. The Russians in Naples and Sar-
dinia give great offence to the Roman hierarchy
because they openly express their opinion that the
Italian peninsula will never be at peace as long as
the Pope is a temporal as well as a spiritual ruler
The Wiener Zeitung, of this morning contains,
the text of a Treaty which was concluded on Dec.
5, 1856, between Austria and Rome, for the mutual
" extradition of all those persons who have been
guilty of offences which, according to the present
or any future Austrian penal code, are or shall be
designed e‘irnes." That all kinds of political
'offences are considered crimes in Austria need
hardly be said. According to the Cracow Gras th
Jesuits are remarkably active in Posen. The so
called " Mission Haus" in the capital of the Grand
Duchy sends preachers to the dioceses of Posen,
Gnesne, Bressau, Culm, and Ermland
(Koenigsberg).
It is evident that the Russian Embassy in this
city has complained to the authorities of the attacks
made by some of the Austrian papers on the
Russian Consul at Ragusa for his attempts to do
mischief in Montenegro during the absence of
Prince Daniel. The Oesterreiehische Zeitung has
learned " from a perfectly well informed source,"
that the charges brought against the Russian Consul
are unfounded, and the ultramontane "Volksfreund"
does not publish two letters which it has received
from Cattaro "because the Great Powers have taken
the Montenegrin question in hand, and intend to
settle it in a diplomatic way. On the 12th inst.
M. George Petrovich, the ex-president of the
Montenegrin Senate, and M. Medakovitch, the
ex-secretary of Prince Daniel, left for Cattaro. M.
G. Petrovich intends to advise his partisans in the
Principality to remain quiet, and the vice presi-
dent, Mirko Petrovich, has received orders from
his brother, Prince Daniel, to display a more con-
ciliatory spirit. There was a 'report in circulation
that Prince Daniel intended to abdicate in favour
of the son of M. Mirko Petrovich, but the rumour
does not deserve attention. It is worthy of
mention, says a correspondent of the Augsburg
Gazette, that the son of M. George Petrovich by
his wife, who was the sister of the late Vladika, has
left Gratz for Constantinople, or, as some people
say, for Dalmatia. The gentleman in question, who
was educated at Klosterneuberg at the expense of
the Emperor Francis Joseph, is a lieutenant in the
Austrian army. He has received leave of absence.
It must again be repeated that. English and French
statesmen will do well to keep a watchful eye on
Montenegro, as its geographical position makes it a
place of the greatest importance both to Russia
and to Austria. An extremely well informed Paris
correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette states that
Austria and Russia have promised to take the
complaints of the Montenegrin Senate against
Prince Daniel into serious consideration. As you
were a few days since told, Austria is offended
because Prince Daniel went to Paris instead of
coming to Vienna.
Yesterday there was a vague rumour in circulation
that Count Valentin Esterhazy had been insulted
at St. Petersburg, but no confirmation of the
report has been obtained. As was yesterday said,
the Austrian minister in Russia is likely to receive

a prolonged leave of absence. Credible information -
has been given me that the Archduke Charles
Louis is to be transferred from the Tyrol to Gallicia,
where he will be either Stettholder or Governor
General.
According to a letter to-day received from Trieste.
the Novara will start on her voyage round the
world on the 19th or 20th instant. The NoVara, a
frigate of 1,700 tons burden, was built at Trieste.
Her speed is about 12 knots an hour. The crew
Consists of 16 officers, 14 midshipmen, 200 sailors,
100 marines, and four medical men. The se:entific
commission consists of Dr. Hockstetter, for phy-
siology and geology ; Drs. Frauenfeld and
Celeber for art and sciences in general ; Dr..
Scherzer for ethnography (statiscial accounts of
nations and races) ; M. Zeleny for landscape
painting ; and M. Jellinek for horticulture. The
route to be taken is from Trieste to the Island of
Lissa, Gibraltar, Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Cape
of Good Hope, the Islands of St. Paul and Amster-
dam, Ceylon, Calcutta. the Nicobar Islands Ole
expedition will arrive here in December, and
remain three months) Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes,
Manilla, Amoy and Hong Kong, Formosa, New
Guinea, Australia (Melbourne and Sydney), New
Zealand, New California, Society, Marquesas, and
Sandwich Islands, North America (not to San
Francisco), Canada, Central America, Valparaiso,
and by Cape Horn to the Falkland Islands.
The Trieste Zeitung seriously relates that M.
Cavezzali, an apothecary at Lodi, has discovered a
means Of making silk out of mulberry leaVes. The
Vienna Trieste Railroad, which will be completed
by the end of July, is about 355 English miles in
length. The change in the Austrian currency will
be attended by a loss of about 24 per cent., but it
, will probably be made good by the State.

IrAuk.

TURIN, APRIL 14.
It would appear to be the desire of the Austrian
Government at present to give its denunciations of
this country more of a personal than a national cha-
racter, and it is quite possible that, in pursuance of
this diversion, whereby it is hoped to escape from
an embarrassing dilemma, it may be intimated to
other Powers that if Count Cavour were to retire
from the Government the Austro Sardinian
difference might at once be arranged. • The
Armonia of Turin, which possesses a marvellous
instinctiveness of the wishes of the 'Vienna
Cabinet, told' its readers the other days
that if Count Cavour was possessed of that
exquisiteness of feeling which should be ex.
pected in a Piedmontese patrician, he would
imitate the example of the Prophet Jonah in
order to save the vessel of the State, saying
If this tempest is raised on my account
I will willingly throw myself into the sea.'?
The Armenia does. not seem to anticipate that the
subsequent fate of a Piedmontese patrician under
these circumstances would bear any resemblance
to that of the Prophet it recommends for imitation,
but I have no hesitatiog in saying that if Count
Cavour were to resign to-morrow on such grounds
he would be reinstated within three days, because
it would be impossible for any of his op-
ponents to form a Ministry with the present
Chamber of Deputies, and if . the Chamber
were dissolved the country would record
its confidence' in him as unmistakably as
England has just done in Lord Palmerston
Nothing in fact could tend more effectually to
increase the popularity of Count Cavour, than
an attempt to unseat him by Austrian intrigue.
Count Cavour is not now a popular Minister,
properly speaking ; every one admits his great
talents, and owns to his necessity in the Govern-
ment, but he is more respected than liked, more.
feared than loved, but only let it be known that he
is the object of Austrian persecution, and his
countrymen will become enthusiastic about him.
The Austrian press is said to have received in-
structions to abstain from all attacks on Sardinia (a
pretty clear proof that the Austrian Government
can suppress offensive articles if it pleases, and a
tolerable evidence of what " freedom of the press"
in Austria really means), but there is still a little
nibbling now and then which is•not.distasteful to
those in authority probably. The Verona Gazette;
received here yesterday, has a strange article on
the renewed close alliance of Austria and England,
which may, or may not be, complimentary to the
latter, but which certainly is intended to institute
an odious cdraparison with Sardinia. After stating
that this renewed friendship was the natural eon-
sequence of the position of the two countries after
the Peace of Paris, it explains why Austria feels
highly satisfied at the result of the recent general
election, and then goes on to show that this is not a
proof of Austria having changed her policy; but of
England having altered hers. It says : •
" Has Austria, in extending her hand to Palmer-
ston, and in expressing her satisfaction at his
recent triumph over the Opposition that wished to
ruin him, changed her policy, contradicted herself,
or given proof of instability, of undecided policy ?
No ; Austria has always pursued the same path,
and will always do so courageously :
The transfiguration has taken place in the
English Government, and more particularly in the
conduct of the Prime Minister. It is Palmerston
who has repented, and not Austria that has changed
in policy and seeks allies and protectors. Austria
'is glad to renew that friendly intercourse which
appeared to become more and more distant ; but
for her the new alliance is an argument of mere
moral satisfaction ; she saw before that even ani-
mosity could hurt her very little; for the revolu-
tionary party, on the contrary, the loss is irrepar-
able. It is repudiated by all the Cabinets of the
European Powere, with one single exception ; and
the exception, precisely because isolated, cannot
last, although a repentance like that of Palmer-
ston's cannot be hoped for ; for such a regeneration
it is necessary to have the lofty genius and frank
character of Palmerston."
You may think it doubtful, perhaps, whether
this sort of moral crucifixion is a greater punish-
ment to the repentant Palmerston or to the unre-
pentent Cavour, but the Austrian official writer
seems at least to have been anxious to give them
each their deserts, according to his own notions of
justice.
As it is already announced that the Austrian
government does not mean to take any notice of
the supposed intended camp at Alessandria, it is
almost needless to contradict a report which first
emenated from a German newspaper. As the ru-
mour has been seriously repeated by other journals,
however, it may be well to state there never was
any intention of forming a camp at Alessandria in
the spring, and it is more than probable that if
there had, been the Minister of Finance would
would have put a stop to it without the inter-
ference of Austria ; but it has always been the
custom: to have a camp of exercise in the
autumn here, and the country about Alessandria
has usually been selected for the purpose, as offering
every variety of ground. The last camp formed
there was in the autumn of 1853, under the com
mand of the Duke of Genoa . Ihe Crimean war
interrupted the system of late years, and if it is
revived this autumn, it will he n .thing more than
what would have taken place if Sardinia and
Austria had been on the most amicable terms.
The Senate met to-day and commenced the dis
cussion of the bill for abolishing privileged places.
After pasiing the first section of the first clause, the
debate was adjourned to tomorrow. The Minister
of Grace and Justice presented a bill (passed by
the. Chamber of Deputies) for authorising
Ecclesiastical Fund to contract a loan, in order to
pay the clergy of the Island of Sardinia, which
was agreed to without discussion:
The departure of the Empress Dowager from
Nice is said to be postponed to the 21st.
There has been a report current here for some
time that the French Minister, the Due de Gra.
mont, was about to be appointed to St. Petersburg ;
but it appears to be at least premature, if not
altogether without foundation.
Letters from Florence say that the new Papal
Nuncio had been making . every effort lately- to
induce the Grand Duke to sign a Concordat like
the Austrian, but as yet without effect. The
Nuncio, it seems, reckoned much .for assistance
on the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, M.
Lenzoni, who was till lately Tuscan Minister at

'Venna, but in this he was disappointed, probably-
because M. Lenzoni, had • seen enough of the
working of the Austrian Concordat to convince
him that such a treaty would be an enormous evil
for any government to introduce.

SPAIN,

MADRID, Mimi 13
The country is in danger. Marshal Narvaez
feels the necessity of doing something to revive his
reputation for vigour and action. He who was
once. the terrible, who rough-rode the Spanish,
nation, and whose frown awed royalty itself, is note
looked upon as a quiet old gentleman in a large
wig. He has become what the French call Per
ruque. Aware of, and vexed at this, he wants an
Opportiinity to show off a little wholesome severity,
Iliac ilia ldchrOrite=those, I mean, which the
unlucky captives may be sttppoeed to be shedding
in jail. It is rather singular that whilst, of
a sudden, upwards of a score of arrests are made
in Madrid of persons-who were living quietly, un-
suspected, and without mystery or concealment,we
do not hear of the capture of many of the Carlist
officers and soldiers who left Madrid some time ago.
A. few poor wretches have been shut up at Oviedo,
but nobody has been caught *hose name is known
to any one, The question is also asked, whence
came the money supplied to these people, for it is
certain that some df them, who were in great
penury, were *ell supplied With cash when they
left Madrid. NoW it is not believed that the Car-
list treasury is by any means well stored; on the
contrary, it is positively affirmed that its door might
be left wide open without the least chance of any-
thing being stolen. But, were its coffers full,
Count Montemolin would be wrong to expend their
contents, for he would hardly as do as much with
their aid as is now being daily done for him in the
very Palace he aspires to occupy.
fully confirm, notwithstanding various mis-
statements in Spanish papers, the information I
lately communicate t as to the satisfaction
given by the Mexican government to nearly
one half of its Spanish creditors, and I
am enabled to add that this proof of a
willingness to render justice has made a favourable
impression on the Spanish Ministry, /and will, no
doubt, tend to facilitate an amicable settlement
of the pending dispute, an object which the
British Minis!Or at Madrid, has been actively
employing his good offices to bring about. We
daily expect to learn the decision of Senor Lafragua
as regards the journey to Madrid, and it is hoped
that it will be favourable and that he will soon
arrive here.
With the recent reports of General Jose Concha's
recal from Cuba has been coupled one to the effect
that the measure was partly to be attributed to a
strong note sent in last week by Lord Howden with
respect to the gross and frequent violation of treaties
lately committed 'by the landing of slaves in that
islaild. • I believe it is customary, when authentic
inforMation of such transgressions reaches our
Minister here, for him to send a mite to the
Spanish government calling its attention to them.
These notes have of late been unusually frequent
in consequence of the many complaints made,
and for the same reason it may be presumed
that they have been couched •in terms more
than usually emphatic: But, beyond this, I
believe, myself justified in stating that the
above report is unfounded. As regards the rumours
of General Concha's return to Spain, whether to
take his seat in the Cortes, or by order of the
GOvernment, they are not confirmed. During
Concha's former command in Cuba he was noted
for his honest exertions to carry out the treaty
respecting slavery, but since then he appears to
have grown less scrupulous, or what many here
would call wiser. His three years, term of
power expires in a very few months, and it is
supposed that he is making the most of his latter
days.
- This being Easter Monday. and the first bull
fight of the year, there is no bolsa,