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London, England, 1855-01-11 00:00:00

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its front, and that it will have. nothing else to u °
to defend and to augment the glory and honour ttho
belong to it. To attain that object the greatest Able to
must still be made during peace, in order to be a
day to sustain the trial on the field of battle."

ITALY.
THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF 101-°
foligt
The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the
ing article on this subject : VOA
"In deciding that the effective strength of tbe_4o
troops at Rome should be diminished in prciper`O
the degree of security now enjoyed by the P°1)001
states, the Emperor, in his solicitude for the 011°0
church and the Holy See, has consented that enjoed
ther orders the corps of occupation shall not be In,/
below 3,500 men. The French ambassador, havingtoo
charged with the announcement of this resolution to
Holy Father, has received from Cardinal Ant° ,
fallowing letter :
has

" ROME, Dec. 28, 1854.,-Your Excellency to 0
the goodnem, with your accustomed courtesll4o6;
nounce to me by your letter of the 18th inst., apti
lution taken by H.M. the Emperor not to redgatlit
further orders, the French occupation corps in tiff
tifical fitates below 3,500 men, 3,000 of whom /110
son Rome, and 500 Civita Vecchia. The 114 j A
to whom I have communicated this inforrastientaoo
not fail to appreciate with me this benevolent dec'fortY
your august sovereign, a decision formed entirely t
of t.h
purpose of being agreeable to the governnle,l3 olto'
Holy See, and especially dictated by those seilt''
happily shared by the two governments. yap,'"
' " At the sama time his Holiness has, like f of
seen in this resolution a new and peculiar PrtirsdA,'
devotion and attachment which France bss ur"„
add to so many illustrious and conspicuous aellie"
have rightly caused her to merit so well of the blio
especially in recent times. The Holy Father. 4
cordingly manifested all his gratitude, and deol'llo
warmest thanks to be expressed to his Mkiefil;clilroi,
order I now fulfil with profound satisfaction iu .
dll
ing your Excellency, begging you to convey 1: D'
his Majesty the expression of these sentimell44
ought I to omit testifying to your Excellency ht essj,
I am grateful for the interest you have taken"tori
ing the benevolent intentions of your sovereigllbiclillc
the supreme head of the universal church, to //AV
have shown at all times and on every ooses._,l4
great devotion. It is therefore with espsma' /,
tion that I profit by this opportunity of re.nea
hecl c)"
your Excellency the assurance of my distings.
sideration. it A. 00,0.-

SPAIN . of tYI
We have received the Madrid jouStiottl,
sth. In the Cortes, on that day, the Aluill'icova
the Interior, in reply to a question, said Ai9eo Ord
make inquiries respecting a sum of 591Y:ioT,
said to have been received by Queen. 0111:,,, tea
some shares, and would, at the same T'w"„r4el
care to see that the sequestration of her r„,00,,
was a reality, and not a fiction. The 1.1,1
the committee relative to the sanction to
to the laws was then taken into consideresl;e4
Camprodom maintained that if the Queell,"re
prived of the right of sanctioning laws ets r (211
by the committee she would cease to ve area it
M. Alosso, iu the name of the committee' rothi
that, as the Cortes were not ordinary u°3
was or opinion that the laws adopted 11:1°- , 004
ot
not. to be subjected to the Queen's saL.l
after the adoption of the new Constitution' Or
Nocedal attacked the Government for hangofl
its consent to the report. The Ministeriotol
Interior defended the Government, and Inader
that the report in nowise encroached, °The
circumstances, on the royal prerogative•
bate was then adjourned.

; tl 0 sth'
The Gazette des Postes de Francfort 0- 5,3 Di
Jan. says—" The first sitting of the Ger°lThe 11
of the present year was held yesterdaY•
lowing subjects were brought forward :""-f.
note was presented from the Envoy ° to
Britain, in which the latter communicate' ofdoi
high assembly the cessation of the blockadeatig
ferent Russian ports in the Baltic, in the wer'
Finland, and in the Gulf of Bothnia. The vot°lcci%'
then taken on the project of the military fedell,,
Ali
stitution, and on the propositions relative t°oo
vention to be granted to the Germanic ulacil°6
Nuremberg. The Envoy of the Grand Plof
Oldenburg then presented a memorandnur
state of the federal contingent of the prin. or?
roes.
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Various priv
tions were referred to the respective coraral"

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A Vienna letter of the 6th, in ''',;oll)°"ci
Gazette, says :—" It is reported that Ge2'00203:10
Schlick has been revoked from l'ted ;of
of the masses of cavalry conceorhdt Voll-tej
neighbourhood of Cracow. Count Ve%i
the generals whom the Emperor of 111.1.:".119,6 pl
with distinction when at Olmutz, and ne,"thy
been able to avoid showing a marked On/ cIE
the perm of the Czar. It is said that *'''t {pi,
back Count Schlick warmly proposed a tOsl
health of the Emperor _Nicholas at a Bur' IV
which were several persons of distinction: ofe
possible that that aut may have led to b'
cation."

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Letters from Berlin of the 7th state thalPi. 3,
ote,
ing to a despatch from Count Boul to 3/1. 3',„3110,.
:
fel, the Conference has not laid down Perrtso'
condition§ of peace applicable to any circlull',A
that may arise, but has only offered a precise
aPt
of the preliminaries which Russia must Mc'
order to the opening of negotiations.

Berl- The Cologne Gazette announces from 13er,'„-Alllir
in their interpretation of the four points, the N'
do not dernAnd the razing of the forts of Sej3ls7
nor the reduction of the Russian fleet in the, glti
Sea ; the latter, however, is to be a subject (7'
rior discussion.

The news received in Frankfort, to the StIP.
from Vienna, has for the moment arres'„ftl,
active canvassing for votes on the question
bilising the federal contingents which tig).l4 c!,
of Austria and Prussia have been car*? P,
amongst the plenipotentiaries of the Di 6" •
Austrian proposal for mobilising the troop
formally made on Friday last.
A letter from Cracow, of the 3d, in the
gita
Mei-cicry, says :—" The whole line of Galho'o4
the Russian frontier at present resembles a rs
formed by troops and stores. The fact of °je
possessing a single strong place capable of re,.°os/d
along this frontier has rendered these meagil'ort
dispensable. It is easy to see that the OPP, st,r,
such masses of troops is too expensive for thigogi'
of things to continue for any length of time)
cularly as the price of corn is so high."

The solemn oLsequies of Mgr. Bouvier, rd 31
of Le Mans, were celebrated at Rome on
d'709,1
in the church of the Twelve Apostles. Mgr.
Archbishop of Paris, officiated. Cardinals de re 07
V,
and Gousset, the Count do Rayneval, and tPt
cers of the French garrison were present A.
ceremony.

The Piedinonte of Turin states that the °"
loan meets with groat favour among the eaPi
of that city.

PATRIOTIC FUND.—The Earl Aof Elgin has 1)1;0;
with him the Canada subscription—twenty 111,°10
pounds sterling—to the fund for the relief of the v:001)
and orphans of the soldiers who have been billed IN
present war with Russia. The sum was raised ,
proportions from the French and English popUlatt
Canada—ten thousand pounds from each.
PARIS BOURSE.—The closing accounts from .-°
Bourse last evening indicated a great steadiness.'tbt
sidering the sales of stock that are being made Alt v,i
view of taking the new loan. The last price lov:
account on Tuesday was 67f. 75c., and yesterday
67f. 90c. For money, in consequence of the inar9bir
pressure, the quotation is 67f. 25e., showing slightits'
cline. At Vienna financial affairs generally e's
more settled appearance.
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STAG HUNT ON THE RAILWAY. The Hon. - • ,Pd
hounds met on the 2d inst., at Chalk-end, from goy,,
they started a stag, which took the direction of 1-1
ford, mounted the railway near the station, 009
tinned its course along the line followed by the RI II
till it arrived at Boreliam, where the noble aniatio
captured, after a dashing and somewhat periloao
about an hour.

SINGULAR RECEPTACLE FOR STOLEN GOODS 1:0:
Boston, Post says that in St. Louis a young 1a(19,-,, ti!;
most undoubted respectability was discovered
keeper of a shoe store in the act of purloinlitivil.
property. lie was compelled to accuse her of seq Ott
his shoes. She denied it ; and he insisted, °I'LL°,
ceeded to search and found several pairs, suspe°l'" Pc;
hocks which were attached to the lady's garterB'd levd
took from the hooks those belonging to him.an ke
there several others, which had no doubt bee° is
from other stores.

THE LATE COLLISION* IN THE BRISTOL CllAsll,rillft
The Erin's Queen, the vessel run down by the S3vthio
is a complete wreck, having broken in two, an,(lo3oe
destroyed all hope of saving her. The amount of (1. it
done-is stated to be at least 10,0001. The enginet'ot
was rescued by the humane and meritorious con urn tIY
the captain and crew of the halt-ship stationed In
channel, is progressing favourably, and hopes are e
tamed of his ultimate recovery.
INCREASED SALARY TO COUNTY COURT jllDa."'col)
an order of the Government, 15 of the 60 CountY, 500';
Judges have been selected to receive a salary of ''t
a-year each. Under a recent act of Parliaroe4cleat
maximum salary to be paid to the County, Court
oeto
was 1,5001., and the minimum 1,200/. The 13';00"
all the judges has been considered by the Goverilto."-0
and the result is, that the n-aximuna salary 's.dg,;
awarded to 15 out of the whole number. The
,010`.:
are precluded by a provision from practising at t' pee"
It is understood that the metropolitan judges baV,e 4
included in the highest amount of salary to be pal,
some of the districts the causes entered have 11'1340
exceeded 10,000 in each. The County Court "
aro Allowed their travelling expeales