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BELGIUM.

Brussels was on the afternoon of Wednesday the
scene of a popular,turm oil, which at one time assumed
the features of a serious political demonstration.
This incident arose from the warmth of political
' feeling excited by the debates in the Chamber of
Representatives on. " charitable institutions," and
particularly by the attitude of the opposition in
the sitting of Wednesday. M. Frere, a member
' of the latter, laid the foundations of the subsequent
rdisorders by characterising the guarantee offered
by Government , for the production of the
j accounts of monastic institutions as an insulting
farce. Loud cries from the right of " We know of
nothing of the kind," interrupted the speaker, who
was requested by the president to retract his words.
M. Frere replied in a stentorian voice, " When
some days ago I denounced the conduct observed
towards some young girls, lace workers. in a reli-
gious institution, a voice in this chamber taunted
me as an infame." This sentence was received with
immense applause by the strangers in the gallery,
who commenced yelling and stamping. The presi-
dent gave orders to the huissiers to clear the gallery
and the publie slowly withdrew. The allusion of
M. Frere to the yoUng lace manufacturers is ex-
plained by the following article in the Precurseur
of Antwerp :
" The Observateur published in one of its late
numbers a fact so incredible that in the expectation
of an official contradiction we have until now hesi-
tated to layit before our readers. In presence of
the silence of the clerical journals and of the per-
sons interested we can no longer doubt of the cor-
rectness of the account given by that journal. It
is therefore now certain that the religieuses of the
lace school of Liederkerke caused the hair of the
heads of ten young girls who worked in their
manufactory to be cut off because, on the Sunday
of Lakermesse, these poor girls had taken part in a
dance."

After a few minutes had elapsed, and before the
excitement created amongst the members of the
chamber by the incident had subsided, a great
number of men with their hats on forced their way
into the galleries, and it was necessary to have re-
course to the troops on guard in order to clear the
chamber, and orders were given to strengthen the
military posts outside. Half-an-hour after this
second disturbance, the president resumed his seat,
and the discussion recommenced. Meanwhile, the
public, after having been expelled from the house,
assembled in noisy and agitated groups on the
space which separates the park from the chamber.
No sooner had the proceedings terminated and
some members of the right departed than a storm
of hisses and yells arose from the crowd. The
apostolic nuncio, Mgr. Gonella, who was leaving
at the same time, misconstrued the attitude of
the crowd into a personal attack upon himself,
and he withdrew into the chamber. The
crowd, after waiting in vain for M. Frere,
proceeded to his residence, where it sang the
" Braban9onne" under his windows, and in-
dulged in innumerable vivats. The crowd next
proceeded to the residence of M. Verhaegen
and favoured bim with a similar manifestation ; it
then dispersed in the utmost order. During the
above scenes the troops were ordered to remain in
barracks ready to act should circumstances unfor-
tunately have demanded their interference.
At the commencement of Thursday's sitting of
the Chamber, Vicomte Vilain XIV., Minister of
Foreign Affairs, said :—" A circumstance to be re-
gretted occurred yesterday. The Apostolic Nuncio
to the Court of Brussels was seriously insulted. The
Minister oPForeigfa Affairs had offered excuses
to him in. the name of his Government,
which the Nuncio would have been justified
in demanding had he had time to draw up his 4-e-
-presentations. The King has charged the Grand
Marshal to express th is morning to the Papal Nun ci o
the regrets of his Majesty.
This brief speech was received by the Chamber
with general approbation.
The Independance Beige of Friday has thefollow-
ing

i' The manifestations were renewed yesterday on
a large scale. Long before the sitting of the Cham-
ber of Representatives was over, an immense mul-
titude had assembled in the vicinity of the Palace,
waiting for the deputies to come out. Cheers and
hisses continued for nearly half an hour.
" The mob then proceeded towards M. Frere's
house. That gentleman was absent. The crowd
then made for the park, and as it passed under the
Palace windows gave cheers for tile King.
" The numbers had now considerably increased,
and the crowd proceeded across the Place Royale
and the Rue de la Regence. Before the Palace of
Justice they stopped to hiss and express their dis-
satisfaction in various ways. Leaving the Rue de
la Regence they entered the Rue des Miuimes,
stopping before the house of MM. Verhaegen and
Orts, to cheer those popular members ; they then
proceeded to the offices of the Emancipation and of
the Journal de Bruxelles, where the mob took up a
menacing attitude.
"In the evening their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Brabant attended the Opera.
Their carriage was greeted as it passed with cries of
' Vive le Roi 1 Vive le Duo de Brabant !' They
were also cheered on entering the theatre.

The pit then loudly demancled the Brabextgonne

and the natiobhi. air Was performed by the orchestra
and k)lloWed by loud cheering. The opera as
"William Tell," and the patriotic passages were
loudly cheered. Their Royal Higlanesses did not
leave till the performance was over.
" The crowd outside the theatre is estimated to
have been about 5,000. This body split into two
parties. One took the direction of the Grande
Place, singing the Brabanconne in chorus, the
other proceeded to tit+, Emancipation office. They
broke it open, smashed the windows, and de,troyed
a portion of the type. The other party halted in
the Grande Place, where the national air was sung
in loud chorus. Most of the shops were shut.
Smal'er bands traversed the city during the night.
" At the moment we are going to press order ap-
pears to be restored."
The Observateur says :
" The troops of the garrison have been ordered
to remain within barrack. Alarming reports are
circulating.
" 6 p.m.—There is a large crowd acisembled round
the palace. Cries of rive Zc Roi P are intermingled
with shouts of bas les Convents !' "

The Emancipation says :---
`Among the shouts of the mob we distinguished
thoAe of Down with the priests !" Down with
the Catholics !" Let us drown the President !'
"The mob has broken the windows of the Jesuit
College and of the Capucin Monastery."
A despatch, dated Brussels, Friday, says :
" The Civic Guard is called out. Squadrons of
lancers, cuirassiers, and other troops have arrived
at Brussels. A Cabinet Council is sitting. It is
thought that the obnoxious bill will be withdrawn."

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MAY 27.
The Wiener Zeitung of this morning contains the
following autograph letter from his Majesty the
Emperor to the Governor-General of Hungary :
" Dear Cousin Archduke Al brecht, —As a supple-
ment to my decree of the 12th July; 1856, by
which property that had been confiscated as a con-
sequence of the sentence of a military court was
returned to several persons who were concerned in
the rebellion in the kingdom of Hungary and in
the Grand Principality of Transylvania in 1848 and
1849, I now ordain—

" 1. That the confiscated property in the hands
of the State—in the same condition as it was wh.-n
taken possession of—and all such produce and
revenue of the same as had not then been received,
and the same indemnification as has been allotted
to the otbor lauded proprietors for the loss of their
right of villenage and socage, and any interest, that
may be due on the indemnificatiou's capital' from
the date of this my decre-, shall, in the way of
grace, and as a supplement to my ordinance of
July 12th, 1856, be delivered over to the follow-
* persons :

"(a) Alt those non-military individuals who
were guilty of high treason during the abive-
mentioned rebellion, or of other offences which
were not mentioned in my autograph letter of
May Bth, 1857, and who, for the last-mentioned
offences, are still in prison in this my empire ;
and all those military men who ate now in con-
finement in this my empire.
"(b) All those persons who aro no longer
imprisoned in this my Empire, but whcs3 pro-
perty is still under confiscation.

- "And it is further my 'will, that the net re-
venue arising from confiscated property which
has been received by the State Treasury shall be
employed for the benefit of the country and
its inhabitants. 2. And, in the way of grace,
I ordain that all those persons included in the
above-mentioned category, who, during the re-
volution, had sums of money advanced to
them out of the treasuries of the State, and never
accounted at all, or only in part, far the same,
shall not be obliged to produce their accounts. On
the one side, the necessary steps for cancelling the
sums in question are to be taken, and on the other,
such measnres as may be requisite for handing over
their confiscated property to those persons who had
received them (the sums of money).
" As Article 3 only contains instructions to the
authorities how to manage with the property of
persons who were bankrupts at the time that the
sentence of confiscation was pronounced, it has not
begin translated.

"4. In regard to those persons who, having been
condemned by court-martial, are still fugitives, my
legations and consulates have received instructions
to accept their petitions for permission to return,
for remission of punishment, and for the restora-
tion of their confiscated property. I, however, re-
serve to myself the right of determining how far
the conditions of this my act of grace can be ap-
plied to those petitions.
" At the same time my Ministers of the Inte-
rior, Finance, and Justice are instructed to do
what is necersary to give full effect to this my
decree.

" FRANCIS JOSEPH.

" Buda, May 23, 1857."

CHINA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Constitution-
nel, says :—" The Russian ecclesiastical mission in
China has left this capital for Pekin, in order to
replace that which is now in that city. The new
mission is composed of the A.rchimandrite
who has already lived for ten years at Pekin, three
priests, four students, a physician, and a painter.
This mission will not, like the preceding one, re-
main for ten years in China, but only six, as the
climate of Pein is not favourable to Russians.
There are now two Russian churches at Pekin the
first of which was founded in the 17th century by
Russian prisoners of war under the direction of the
ecclesiastic Maginkroutjeff."
" Letters from Madrid," says the Pays, " state
that orders have been transmitted to the governor-
general of the Philippine Islands iu anticipation of
coming events in China. According to these orders,
a vessel of war belonging to the local navy of that
Spanish possession is to be placed at the disposal
of the Spanish consul at Macao, and the colony
will also supply the French and English vessels of
war with everything of which they may stand in
need. The measures which have been just taken
by the Spanish Government are the more useful
that Manilla offers numerous resources for the
navy, and is within easy reach of the coast of the
Celestial Empire."