EUROPEAN EXTRACTS

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 327, 7 December 1860, Page 3

EUROPEAN EXTRACTS

(From the "Sydney Meriting Herald, November 13.) ' ; ; [from ouii fcoxooN cokkespondent.]

Parliament was prorogued on- Tuesday 28th August, after an existence of ; nearly ■ seven months, which has been remarkable; for .what it has attempted and failed in, rather than for what it has effected. It opened full of promise and vigour; it closes its labors fagged, worried, and out of tune—dissatisfied with itself and lowered in public estimation. What has it dorio beyond forcing through the Statute Book an illusory French Treaty ? It has certainly given us an increased Income-tax of threepence in the pound—immensely augmented the army and riavy estimates—committed us to aii enormous expenditure for fortifications—broken up the Indian army, and matured a Chinese war. It has failed in attempts to reform the Constitution, the Law of Bankruptcy, and the Criminal Code—nay, even in the oft-repeated attempt to improve the corporation of the City of London. The Ballot, Church Rates, Savings' Banks, Paper Duties, it has handled,, but failed to affect. Its virtues Would be negative if we had not to pay three-pence in the pound on our incomes for the privilege of buying claret at six shillings a bottle, and if the Commercial Treaty with France, had not been succeeded by a vote of two millions for the defence of the country. The session of 1860 has advanced the r'eputa-" tion of some of piif.leading statesmen at the expense of otherjs^p. $h:e Queen's, speech on theprorogation ; tells''tis' nothing .that we did not know, before. We are Wormed that .her Majesty's Government is in favor of the policy of * non-intervention in the affairs of Italy on the part of all foreign powers; that.in the proposed conferences they will endeavor to secure; the independence and neutrality of Switzerland. The speech is chiefly remarkable for the absence of any direct allusion to the Treaty of Commerce between France and England. Ministers practica'ly acknowledge that the great measure of the session" has proved a miserable failure. They do not even tell us that such a measure has even been concluded. Her Majesty ismada to declare that she " has witnessed, with much heartfelt pleasure^ the warm and affectionate reception given to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by the North American subjects." There can be no doubt that Parliament separates under circumstances of grave importance, aDd, perhaps, serious emergency both at home and .abroad.' Foreign politics are a tangled wjeb 'ofExtraordinary complication.

England's Poor.—The "strikes" of the silk- Weavers both at Coventry and Spitalfields have ended by the workers being compelled by starvation to accept the masters' terms. From all we can learn, even the most industrious will only be able to avoid starvation by accepting wages whioh, at the present prices of provisions, will be but semi-starvation. The first effect of the French treaty.

Austria.—After Italy, Austria! Despotism is to be thoroughly' eradicated from civilised Europe. Kossuth and Klapka are both at Turin; and Colonel Turr, an Hungarian, who nearly lost his life to the Austrians, is one of the foremost amongst Garibaldi's commanders. The undying hate of Garibaldi for the House of Hapsburg is well known.

A Splendid Gambler.—lt appears, by a letter from Hombourg, that the Spanish gentleman who bad won such enormous sums;at the gaming tables of that city, and had placed the bank in such frequent peril about this time last year, has again presented himself at the same place. The letter says:—"The Spaniard G——, who had won in his preceding visits to Hombourg the siijh of 1,500,000 francs, has been here for some days. In his first seance he gained from the bank 300,000 francs; on the second day he won 260,000 francs; but the third day fortune failed to favor him, and he lost 350,000 francs. To day (the 9th September) after sis hours of an anxious struggle, he once more broke the Ibank, to the great applause of the crowd, who came from all parts to witness this gigantic contest. The shareholders of the bank are in the greatest consternation; the shares' have fallen at the Bourse at Frankfort "20 per cent, in one day." India.—The Government of India, according to the Englishman, has reported to the State Secretary that unless larger numbers are sent cut immediately to supply the necessities of. the Civil Service, the Government will be driven to the very objectionable measure of refosiug all furloughs and leaves of absence to the present members, except on medical certificate. The ■decrease of, the members of the Civil Service from deaths and resignations for the last two years had not been adequately supplied by the members since sent out from England. Scotch Missionary.—The Hurkaru announced the deaU);,pu the Bth of October, from cholera, of the' Key. Dr. Evvart, for six and twenty years a faithful and zealous missionary in connection first with the Established, and after the disruption, with the Free Church of Scotland.

Female DeAgoon.—Queen Victoria is about to succeed to a new honor. The Prince Regeut of Prussia is about to confer on her Majesty the nominal command of the 2nd Regiment, of Dragoons and of Guards, and also the Order of the Black Eagle. Her Majesty will doubtless feel it a very high honor that this order has only been conferred on two reigo ing princesses —we refer to the two Catherines of Russia. .;

Volunteers;^—Lord Derby> welcomed in his princely park af'Knowsley, twefve thousand volunteers of Lancashire. In the way of volunteer reviews nothing could be more successful. The weather was most auspicious, business operations were suspended at midday, and the burn of thousands upon thousands of happy people reverberated through the woods and the copses of the seat of the Stanleys, superseding for the occasion the cry of the wouuded hare or the partridge—while the sharp report of the fowling piece gave place to the booming of defensive, but not aggressive artillery. From every place in the neighborhood—from Liverpool, Bolton, and Manchester, thegreat centres of industrial enterprise in Lancashire, and the adjoining counties, thousands of spectators gathered together in the splendid park of Kiiowsley. The arrangements for the reception of so many visitors Were admirable. The portion of the park devoted to military movements was railed off; in the front were the pedestrians, and in the roar, equestrians and carriages of all descriptions. The military movements were simple, but they were gone through by the volunteers with a steadiness and precision which, we are told elicited at the close of the demonstration, the warmest commendation of General Witherall.

Foreign Inteevention.—-A. frightful retribution is being taken for the massacre of Christians at Damascus. Gibbets creak in all parts of the city, and the condemned are hung and

shot-out.of.hand. In the anxiety of the Turks -r-not perhaps, to make amende but to avert the wrath, of two powerful nations, which have a fleet of ten ships close at band—-it is riot un> likely that the.' Syriau massacre will bo, enacted over again,, with only a change of characters. There is something in this mode of offering sar. tfsfaction nbt far removed from the practices of those savage natious who think a human battue the highest compliment you can 'pay a distinguished visitor. .

A Coldblooded Monster.—Hopley, 'the Eastbourne schoolmaster, who was a short time ago sentenced to a term of penal servitude, for whippiog his pupil to death, and who is now undergoing that sentence in Lewes county prison, has issued a shilling pamphlet in defence—or at all events in palliation—of his own brutal conduct. A publication more revolting in its way never .came under our notice, and it may be pronounced a sad proof of!how cruel and unfeeling men. may become without knowing it. The way in which the pedagogue sets forth his system of punishment—his details of the beating with the thick stick, the " smear of blood," the ' "sponge and water bath," and'the cleansing of his stained clothes—makes one's heart chill. As a work; of artful construction, written in striking and melo-dramatic style, the pamphlet ,will : be; eagerly read; but the -reflecting people will say that, if Mr. Hopley exhibited as much: talent j& the ■ management and governance of hirpupila as mi this pjea^ing ip his own defence, ;he,wouf q ig^ now be-suffering the penalty of an inUumap-'crinTe. ! , !. ■;:\<.,v:?;!') f !*■:-. .„'■'•. .'-is')i-:->:.'-' ■'■•;■ .'"■■■ .. '>■ p. •■ •

~. ■ in, the:;. English1 Channel.—The following narrativef 6f an extraordinary attempt at piracy on the schooner Flown, of Bideford, is given; ill the Western Morning Nevis :— " It appears that two meu and a youngster of about seventeen years of age,, having heard that the captain had received his money for his freight, and thinking or having been toid that he bad it on board, shipped themselves with the view.of obtainmg.it; and on Tuesday evening, the 19th of July, they seized, as they thought, a favorable opportunity for that purpose. It was the captain's watch- on deck, and one of the conspiritors, who was at the wheel from eight to ten o'clock, complaining of being cold, the captain offered to take his place while he went for his coat. He went for his coat accordingly, and concealed an iron bolt about his person. He resumed his position at the wheel, and the captain resumed his walk up and down the deck. Presently,, softly, and suddenly, the would-be pirate sprang on the captain and knocked him down. Mr. Baldson, however, recovered his feet, seeing which both men rushed towards him to iqflict another blow, but he succeeded in jumping 'down into his cabin, and at once caught up a pistol, which he had loaded the evening before, in consequence of these men endeavoring to get up arow, in which they were not able to succeed. They now battened down the captain iv his cabiri, and as the mate was in his berth, they thus |confined both the captain and the mate. They also batteued down the forecastle to prevent (the other man interfering with them. The captain awoke the mate, but they could not. get out of the cabin. The men commenced a parley, threatening to take the vessel to the coast of France and run her ashore and drown those on board. The mate proposed to the captain to ask them to allow him to come on deck and inquire the cause of such extraordinary conduct, but he fearing that they would at once kill the mate, was unwilling to consent ter this. The mate said he was not afraid of them. He then asked them if they would allowhim to come up, to which they consented, on his showing that he had no weapon about him. He convinced them and came on deck ; but as soon as he was there, they seized him by the hands, and. one stood over him with the iron bolt, telling him at the same time that if he made the least resistance they would smash his head, but as they said he had never injured them, they would not otherwise injure him. They then tied the mate to the rigging and demanded the money from the captain. He said he had very little on board. The captain said he had not more than £8 10s. on board. They said that would not do jit was not enough to pay their expenses. The mate, who *was within hearing, and a witness of all, cried out, i.The captain put the freight money in the bank th 6 day before the vessel left the port.' Then they demanded the captain's gold watch and ,£8 10s., which were thrown up by the captain. They then took the boat and sails, and some other things, including the crowbar which they had used as a weapon and a mallet, got into the boat and sailed off. The captain soon afterwards broke open the cabin, went on deck, and released the mate. The boat by this time had got out of reach. The boat has since been found, and the boy been taken to Exeter jail for trial. ■ The two men are supposed to be at Bransoombe, In the eastern part of Devonshire. They were ; Americans, from New Orleans; and one of them had lost two fingers from one of his hands."

An Old Settler—A Doubtful " Steeet." —A young man who gave the name of John Phillips,, and his residence 'No. 11, White Horse-street,' Westminster, was charged in the Wandsworth Police Court, with attempting to steal a watch from the waiscoat pocket of Mi*. Alfred Fell; a gentleman residing at Stamford House, Putney .^.The case was as follows:—On Friday ■-, prosecutor was on the 'tbwjri|-ipath| at Putney, watching the boats oi "X%q Ji'owjjig, match coming in. .There was -a great crowd; of persons, and the prosecutor suddenly felt something pressing against his waistcoat pocket. He, immediately looked down and saw his watch nearly out of his pocket. The prisoner was standing with bis back to him, and his hand was behind him, and at that moment he was withdrawing it to his front. When he first saw th^ hand it was close to his pocket. He touched'the prisoner's shoulder, and he then turned round. The prosecutor told him that he had caught him, and that he should give him into custody. He instantly slipped away, and he was seen running away at the top of his speed. The prosecutor followed him, and he was stopped by Bradley a plain clothes' constable. He (prosecutor] charged him with stealing his watch, and the prisoner replied, " You have not lost your watch."—The prisoner crossexamined the prosecutor as to whether he (the prisoner) might not have had his hand' behind him without touching his chain—The prosecutor said he might, and also that he did not see him touch his watch-.-1-Bradley s&id the prisoner had given his address in White Horse-street, Westminster, btit'he bad not bad time to make iu-quiries.-i-^laspector .Lovelace said there was no such street in Westminster.~-i-The piisoner said it was near ; the Abbey. Mr. Dayman looked through the directory, but was unable to find such a street. He said there was cjne in Lamb3th.— The prisoner said that was the other side of the

water. His street was in Westminster. It was not a very public street. (Laughter).— 'Me. Jpayinan said he should remand him for in.quiriia to be made.— London Paper. A-'Lady Horsewhipping a G-ay Deceiver. —Aii incident occurred Wednesday evening, not a;hundred miles from Shaw's. Brow, Liverpool, ■■.w.bich produced hearty amusement; to everybody 'but the principal person concerned. This was a young gentleman, who has,of late been flirting with two ladies, one of whom, having been told of him that his attachment to her was only a little nonsense, resolved to give him a little nonsense in return. Her notion of. nonsense was peculiar, for she took a stout rid-ing-whip and soundly beat the faithless swain about the head and-face. He was so stung by the pain that he raised his fist with the intention ; pf striking his.fair assailant. This was perceived by a bystander, who, to prevent anything of that kind, knocked him down. A sympathizing young lady, seeing the.blood flowing from the-young man's nose, and learning,the cause of; the disturbance, kindly procured a handful of flour and another of soot, and by the time these were thrown in his face his appear? ance was, to say the least; a little singular. Indeed, he looked like a sweep in a snowstorm.-— Having sufficiently triumphed over her. faithless admirer, the LivepoolrLola Montes took her departure in ; good spirits from the scene of conflict. -—Liverp6ol Daily Post, .. ". V■.- .U • •

■Lotusr Napoleon.—A. correspondent of thei Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle tells a- wonderfulstory,'"which, he" says, he learned;from. tl&eUip.s' of a woman, named fllercier, residing in. the United States, who knew Louis Napoleon well during his exile in America.'lt is.to the. effect that the real son of Queen Hortense died in Mercier's house, and that the present Emperor of the-French is a persou named Bo wen, who was a steadfast companion of the real Simon Pure, and bore a striking resemblance to him! The imposture is alleged to hav<s been concocted in order to prevent an inquiry into the circumstances under which the prisce died.

( Translated from the Moniteur clc la Flotte of the 27th o

September, for the Sydney Morning Herald,) Italy ;ia passing through a new phrase, a crisi of very grave importance.

The idea that the Pope may have to abandon Rome, of which we spoke quite recently, is again talked, of, and is looked upon as an actual probability. , ; The Constitutionnel ■ yesterday published, ;ia connection herewith, an article to which one cannot help attaching af peculiar significance. Prom that article one is plainly left to infer that the departure of the Sovereign Pontiff from Kome would not oblige France to trouble hersejf with-the fatal destiny of the Eternal City.

" Such a Step," says the Constitutionnel— speaking of the retreat of the Pope,—" would be a great misfortune for the Cburcb, hut though it would change the situation of France it would not change her duties."

This article, to which we think it our duty to draw special attention, affects in many very important respects, the Italian Question—such as recent events have made it, that is to say, surrounded with very serious complications. The persistence of the Constitutionnel in thus recurring' to the question of the possibility of a retirement of the Holy Father confirms the expectation generally entertained as to this forthcoming event. The Constitutionnel is oppposed to such a resolution on the part of Pius the Ninth, "suggested to him through hatred of French influence," by political arguments which 0 appear to us to be of undoubted weight and value.

The Sovereign Pontiff has personally nothing to be alarmed about" at Home; there is a French army in that city which will do its duty, and it is not difficult to guess how. Ought the Pope to reproach France with not having repelled by force the aggression of Piedmont ? In the opinion of the Constitutionnel (and the' opinion is not without grounds) the protestatioa of France was sufficient, and for her to have acted otherwise " would have been for her to have taken in the affair's of the Peninsula, that very situation which we treated as a cause of quarrel with Austria," The more that France should alienate the feeling of Italy, the more she would draw upon her the suspicions of Europe. The part of a moderator and an umpire becomes her better. France cannot and ought not to go further than that.

This question as to the retirement of the Sovereign Pontiff pre-occupies the public mind in Germany as much as in France.

The Gazette tie Breslau says that the Nuncio* of the Pope at Vienna has received orders to take the advice of the Austrian Government on this poiut, and that M. de Rechburg has given this twofold counsel—"ln the first place, that the Pope should remain at Rome, whatever may happen, because he is assured of the protection of the French army; and in the second place, that;he should, for the present, still forbear to have recourse to the extreme measure of excommunication."

The journal La Noiwe\le : publishes the following communication which has been addressed to it, and from which one is led to expect a denoument as much nearer at hand than commonly supposed.- The note appearing in the Nouvelle is as follows:--" The news which has reached 'us this morning from Rome direct is of very grave importance; the excitement in; the city is at its greatest height. Assuredly French armyjcan prevent any general, disturbance^ butwhatjt cannot is the absolute disorganisation ofthe Pontifical government. At daybreak General Goyon will; be obliged to take into his hands the direction of public affairs, in consequence of the general desertion of the principal state functionaries. It is an agony which is now com-, mencing, and you may be sure that it will cause some trouble for several days." s

The question regarding Rome is only one of the two faces of the medal of that crisis which runs throughout Italy at the present moment; the other face is the question of Naples.

The journey to that city of King Victor Emmanuel, which receives additional confirmation is a strong sign of the grave posture of affairs in that direction.

It may at least be considered as extraordinary that the King should officially betake himself to a country where the revolutionary struggle has not ceased to declare itself; into a country, the annexation of which, to his own sceptre has not been voted, where, in fact, he who may be considered as its real master (as the organiser of the insurrection (is yet at the head of the movement Will Garibaldt cede the povvor into the hands of Victor Emmanuel ? Will Garibaldi abdicate ? Will the King of Piedmont accept the present state of affairs ?

Such are the complex questions which one has to settle as regards the journey. Ai)d it must not, moreover, be considered to be a circumV stance of slight importance that the forts of

Naples have been occupied by a Piedmontese brigade, sent from Naples, under the orders of Geueral Pernot. According to the instructions which were given to him at the moment of his departure, that general "is to.depend entirely upon M. Villamarina, the Sardinian minister at Naples."

The gulf which • separates Garibaldi and Count Cavour becomes still wider every day; it now seems impossible that it cau ever be filled.

At Venice events of some considerable importance bave taken place, to whioh must probably ba attributed the origin of a report, which, having got into circulation, has since been contradiction, namely, that the Austrians had crossed the Mincio.

The official gazette of Venice announces, in fact, that the military patrols on the frontiers have been obliged to use their arms to put down revolutionary efforts on the part of tb.9 people. Details are not yet forthcoming. It will be necessary to know what they are before one can. be in a position to appreciate the importance and the character of the movement spoken of by the Official Gazette of Venice.

....... A correspondent- at Marseilles, on the 25fch 'September, writes that letters dated on the evening of the 22ad transmit the following intelligence:— -'"■.■■■ ,

; Gariboldi set off on the 21st in order to attacfejthe town of Capua, where 24,000 voUmteers;,were guarding the line of Cajano. Already, however, had the troops regained that line, and had;even; reoccupied the; right bank of _the;Vaiturrio. :i (xariKaldi had made an appeal to all the volunteer soldiers of Naples. A decree of the Dictator had exiled General Bosco and Cardinal Sforza, and had confiscated-all the goods of the Church. It was feared there would be an outbreak on the part of the populace.

It was said that Gsneral Medici had been killed, and that before that some Garibaldian Generals had been made prisoners. Advices from Rome on the l7th of September state that General .Count Noiiß had then the honor of presenting to his Holiness the' Officers of the 62ad regiment of the line. Pius the Niath had readily acknowledged the compliments of the General in the following words : 11 1 thank you, General, for the expressions which you have addressed to me, and for the visit which you have made me, in company with the brave officers of the regiment recently arrived in Rome.

"All the world admires the conrage and discipline which distinguishes the French, army, and I hope, nay rather, I feel convinced, that this regiment will, for itself, also merit the same admiration. lam pleased, moreover, to see in you the sons of that nation which is. proud to own herself as the eldest daughter of the Church. It is that you may be worthy of that title that you have come to Rome carrying out the ideas of your Emperor, to sustain and defend the rights of the Church. And herein be well aware, my dear sons, that the Church has no occasion for anyone to sustain her in her spiritual sovereignty; for in that, directly procected and enlightened by God, far from having need of snpport of the powers of the earth, it is she who sustained nations and empires.

" Since, however, God has thought fit, in tb# present dispensation of his providence, for the freer exercise of her spiritual sovereignty that the Church should also be endowed with a temporal power, it is the defence then of that power, my very dear sons, that your are called ■-.upon to maintain. A great and glorious mis'ston? .As for me., if lam persecuted that is no reason why I should be abandoned. God who holds in his hands the rights of sovereigns and of peoples, protects me, aud his defence, I feel assured, will never fail me. You will protect me—you, who, for this object, have come to thi* central point, the capital of the Catholic world. In. that intention, my very dear sons, I raise my hands to heaven to bless you and your, families, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." The following is the order of the day addressed to the Division of Occupation, by General Count Goyon, on the Bth of September:— " Officers and Soldiers, " The. Emperor has deigned, by an imperial decision, dated the 12th September, to direct me to resume my old command, and so I return once more to you with a joy which is at least equal to the regret I felt at leaving you. "Called upon again, and by circumstances yet more grave than those of the past, to protect the interests of Catholicism in the person of the Holy Father, who is its most legitimate-and highest Representative, and also to guarantee the security of the Holy City which is his See, we shall be all equal to the importance of this noble mission, and ready, if required, for every sacrifice to see these ends accomplished. It is with such sentiments that we respond like French soldiers to the will of our Emperor, and it is thus that we no longer envy our brothers in Cochin-China and in Syria the glory of defending a great and noble cause. I know that I can count upon you, and you know how to rely upon me. ; " Our forces have received an accession of strength, to meet the exigences of our situation. The reinforcements, animated- by an excellent; spirit and justly proud of their antecedents, will be of great assistance to us. . . ■ "The first brigade, commanded by General Count jtfoiie, will comprise— .'.:.'/.!" 1. Theii2oth Battalion of Chasseurs a pied. ..." 2. The 7th Regiment of the-Line. '." 3. And the 25th of the Line; " This general officer will, moreover, fulfil the functions of commanding officer at Rome, and will have under his orders a field officer to act as i Major de place. , " The second brigade, commanded by General Ridouel, will comprise— """■■■■"■ 1. The'4oth Regimemt of the Line. " 2. And the 60th of the Line. " The other corps will remain under the direct orders of their own commander, and will bo, like the brigades, under me as chief in command. " (Signed) General Count Goyon, General of Division commanding the Division of Occupation in Italy."

Hollowav's Ointment. —The first hospital surgeons in Europe have recognised and proclaimed the cooling and healing properties of this extraordinary Ointment, and governments have sanctioned its use in.the national hospitals. It penetrates to the sources of inflammation and corruption which underlie the external evidences of disease, and neutralises the malignant humors which feed and exasperate the malady, A most remarkable and happy change is produced on the foulest and alter a very few applications of this powerful curative; tile surrounding redness disappears, granules of healthy flesh begin; to take : the place of the discharged matter;. this process goes on more or less rapidly until the orifice is filled up with solid material, and the uke? ig ra» cUcally cuxecl.