Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-24

, Savoic prints it. Tho phrase in 1t so much
/ quoted is really what the Gazette del Popolo' oil
! Turin, stated it to be. The King said, address
| ing however, only few officers OF hisn RANK
"Gentlemen, let us be prepared, Tor II may
happen that next spring we shall again nave 10
! smell gunpOwder.
The following letter from Milan. dated the
2Sth November. has been received III Paris -
The Archdukc has returned to Milan. Some
hostile demonstration waSfcared in consequence
of the public feeling being so much irrtatcd by
the Inconvenience experienced at the change in
the currency The confusion which arises from
: it exceeds all that can BE- imagined 1t is not
only necessary to discuss the price Of the mcr-
chandisc one buys, but likewise to fix the value
of the coin in use. The new livre have 4 fixed
value, but the old ones have only a convention
al price, which must be arranged between the
buyer and seller. As to the gold coin the price
varies like that Of any other merchandise. Ii Is
now within two days Of the end of the month,
and everybody fears the confusion which Will
arise The tax collectors have declared that
there is not sufficient coin i'll circulation to pay
the taxes To make the matter worse, there
has been an error committed mt the Mint. and
il has been found necessary to rc-melt seventeen
GuntalS of silver The war against cigars has
been recommended If any body is seen
smoking in the street he is requested to throw
away his cigar, and ne is compelled to
do so if he refuses. You may rccollcct
that it was with similar childrens play that the
revolution of 1913 Was commenced, but there
will be many mSiOrtuneS TO be deplorcd II
Austria be afforded 4 pretcnce for drawing the
sword, and, nevertheless, such IN event is. per-
hapS. not far distant The hopes Of the people
are the more warm as they are excited by the
Picdmontcsc journals, who speak Of war rs If
We were in the Winter Of lsi9. \ medal has
been circulated bearing the legend Emanuel,
King OF Italy" \ thousand most absurd re-
ports are circulated. OF which you may Judge
from the following. Russia demands it is said,
200 millions for the expense OF the war OF
Hungary, in 1874? Austria has no means OF
paving the debt except by selling Lombardy to
Piedmont for 4 like sum. Piedmont would
thus extend her frontier to the Adigc. Venice
would be formed into duchy. and given to
the Archdukc Macmillan. Such reports de-
monstratc 10 what pitch the imagination of the
people Is raised.
PORTUGAL.
The Count de Pava, Portuguese Ambassador
in Paris, is at present in London. The Belgian
papers have announced that he is unwcll, but
there is reason to believe that his illness IS OF
political character. 1t appears that the
French Government is annoyed al the mode in
in which the affair of the Charles ct Georges
has turned out. 1t did not imagine that the
Portuguese Government would boldly announce
TO the world tina, il yielded under the threat of
force. Since then the French Minister nj Lisbon
has complained, in the name Of his Govern.
mcnt, o; the clause in the Kings speech, and
not onlr denies tina, France threatened Portu-
cal. but insists upon note being inserted in
the Lisbon official papers to the effect that
the documents which arc to bclaid before the
Cortes, with respect 10 the whole Of that affair,
will prove that France did not use any sort Of
pressure to induce Portugal to yield" His
Portuguese Majesty refuses to comply with this
second humiliation and until the affair Sscttlcd
one way. il is thought as well that NJ. dc Paiva
should pass his leisure time either in London,
or in Brussels. as may best suit his taste and
his health.