Foreign Intelligence.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 1282, 14 November 1857, Page 3

Foreign Intelligence.

FRANCE, CONSPIRACY TO ASSASINATE the EMPEROR. It has hern known for some time that a plot against the Emperor’s life bad been delerttd in Paris, and that some Lallans were impliceied in it. Beyond this rumour nothing more transpired until the 22nd of July when the following simemr-nt, which possesses official authenticity, ippearid in the Moniteur:— ” For more than a month lhe police has bad proof that a plot had been formed in London to make an attempt on the life of the Em<eror. “ Three Italians, charged with the execution of this horrible project, were at Parts, BIK | wrested. The arms also which were to have been used for the perpetration of the crime have keen seized : they consist of poniards, revolvers, Xrc Brought to justice, the prisoners had al. .■ally coni ssed their crime, and revealed the atues of iluir accomplices, ” T he Government, notwithstanding, suspended ■ ••it pioreedings against ihtin, tn ordei that the clot ul the ptoerss might not be regarded as a 'i-ai'S of ii fliir ncitig the result of the t lections ith were about i 0 take place. The proceed- > are ifsumeii, nnd an ordinance ol iln .Udge u’Justtucliuu sends btlore the Chamber ul

Accusation all the prisoners arrested with their' a< Complices. “Their names are Tibaldi, Bartolotti, Grilii (.uherwiae Saru), Mazzini, I.idru Rollin, Maza- • eon, and Campanella. ’’ Unoii thpse facts the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post remarks— It >hould be observed thflt, with the exceplion of Mazzini and Ledru Rollin, all the conspirators are Romans, and iniimaie friends of Mazzini. Another feature worthy of remark is, t' at most of the persons arresied at Genoa had Roman passports, regularly signed and in perfect "rder. lhe public trials of the prisoners will ' •ke place in I'rance during the early days of Angu-t, and probably the corresponding trials in P edmont will occur the same lime. It is the t'iteinioii of the Governments of Ft»nce and I lednitmt to give the inmost puhliciiy o d proceedings of these political trials, in order that Europe may judge correctly of the aims of mei. *ho have long c •mernplatfd assassina’ion and rtxolu ion for ihe hiiimph of doctrines which no modei n sotitiy c -tild ton-rate. The investigations are going on both in France ami Satdinia with ‘he utmost activity, the Minister of the Interior and the Police here, and M. Cavour in Turin, being occupied from morning to night in thes‘ afftirs.”

'1 he correspondent of the Times says that after ’he conviction of the parties, the French GovernineiH will apply io the British Government, who, u is thought will r.sk the necessary powers from Paikanirnt for surrendering the tefugees. We • earn from the i\ord tha’ a conference^has tak- n place between Count Wakwski, Lord Cowley, and Baton de Hubner, concerning the means of preveniing a recurrence of revoluiianary atiemp's in bay, and that it was impressed upon Lord Cu«hy lhat England was the country that could render the m st iniporiant aid by not giving so ready an a-yhim io polit cal propagandists. Rrsprcting the plot against the Emperor, the Brussels lndependan.ee gives the following par'iculars ;—

1 be investigation into the plot against the Emperor is still carried on with great activity. Ihe accusation appears io be concentrated on two of the Italians in custody, the third appearing not to have known much what they were about -—one of the two confesses, the other denies, lhe afLir, the precise gravity of which has not yet teen ascettained, seems decidedly to have touned part of the projects which have just come io light in Italy." Ihe Pays says that the British Government has already communicated to Mazzini that he can •»d longer be permitted io prepare expeditions against foreign States on English soil; but thia'atement is not en'itled to ciedit. It is m t geneially believed in England that Mazz'.ni would commit ihe lolly, to say nothing of the atrocity, of ei rt uraging assassination ; and it is proper to add, hit one of th? tetsons implicated in the staietnent uf the Moniteur has already vindicated htmsrlf from the charge. The following is a note hum Signor Campanella addressed to the Times:—

“Siu, —I read in an article cf the French Moniteur, reported it- your journal of to-day, tny name mentioned as an accomplice of a pretended plot against the life <4 Louis Napoleon. I give a fcttnal denial tu such an absurd accusation. “I'rfdeuico Campanella. 2 Lansdowne-place, West Brompion.”

Six iui Campanella has also written to the Moniteur, frankly telling the official journal that 'ts whole statement concerning him is a “ IL.” Mazarenti, another of the persons implicated, ■ind Ledru Rollin, both of whom are residing in Loudon, have also publicly disclaimed ail knowledge of the conspiracy.

1 Le official account of the alleged conspiracy against the Emperor of the French appears in he form of a long document, called the Act ol Accusatio.i, The true English term for such a 'tocutnent wt u d be to call it a leaning article, for ac s «nd comments are so m xed up as to make t, in this country, have a ludicrous appearance as -n indictment. A perusal of this Act of Accusation ujil more than ever lead to the belief th»i the imputed plot is altogether at) invention, and , a n invention ol a culpable character, made lot political purposes. It does not, by any means, rea fasif it were true. From this paper we learn that the officials of the French Post Office are in the 1 abit of opening all letters which are likely to afford evidence of political action, and the case against such men as Mazzini and Ledru Rollin is, that letters were found which implicate them in mysterious doings that are interpreted to mean conspiracy age-nst the life of the Emperor. Thes-e Li eis aie g ven in the Act ol Accusaion, an.l they certainly appe.r to be of a very n lie and indr finite characrer ; but then follows lie confession, as ii is called, ol t»o of the conspirators, Tibaldi and Grilii, who are supposed io supply ilie riyht inierpreiaticn of the seised letters, and who Vrry conclusively say that the intention was to kill the Chief Ma jstrare of trance. Bui the question naturally arises whether rheir le-imiony has not been got up for the occasion, and wheiher ii can be trusted. One thing looks bad, namely, that the Aci of Accusation reads more like a complaint against England than a complaint .gainst the refugees who live amongst us ; for it sets cut with describing London as the chosen dwelling plsce of the demagogues who are chiefly compromised. The trial of the persons accused of this offence took place on the 6.h cf August, in the Cour d’Assis-s de 1. Seine.

Ti e .censed were Paolo Tibaldi, Giuseppi B.rtolotti, and Paolo Grilii (alias F.ro), elrea y in die .lauds ol justice. The accused absent are— Giuseppi Meztitii, Alexandre Auguste L'diu Rollin, Gaei.no Massarenti, and Frederico Campanella. Tile indicimei.t i r —•• For having, in 1857, by • resolution to act, concerted and agreed upon by themselves, formed a plot, having for its oljict an e-tempt upon the life of the Emperor, the said plot having been followed by an act commitcarl, or commenced to prepare the execution of it, whir It crime falls within the article 89 of the penal cotie. ’’

The proceedings commenced by reading the Act of Accusation, the main features cf which will be loun.i in mother column. Tibaldi upor being examined denied all connection with Mazzini and I,is agents, and stated that he knew notiling of the letters which bad been identified. Grilii stated that fibaldi bad given him two poniards fur ti e purpose ot killing the Emperor, but that be never tmenuetl to use them. He bat! also received 10001. in London. Bartolotti, the third prisoner, deposed .bat he bad been taker to Mazzini's by Massarenti, from whom be got fifty Napoleons to go to Paris and kill the Emperor, Alter the examination of some witnesses, evetal connected with the accused and the revoutlonaty party were read by the judge. The

'Court then a joiirncd until the following mor- 1 - ing, when the proceedings were resumed. At length the jury retired to consider their verdict, and after deliberating for forty minutes, found an afhrmttive verdict on ell the questions, but. with extenuating circumstances in favour of Grilli and Hartolotti. Ihe Court, in consequence, condemned Tibaldi to transportation, and Grilli and Bartolotti each to 15 years’ imprisonment. The condemned have three days left them for appeal. Tibaldi, Bartolotti, and Grilli, since their condemnation, have been kept in the prison Mazes, and are placed, as before, in separate cells. The formalities to he obseived in the proceedings against Mazzini, Ledru Rollin, Campanella, and Massarenti, will occupy about three weeks, so that their case cannot be brought before the Court of Assizes uunl the first session of September. As in all charges against comuniacious persons, the proceedings before ti‘e CoUit will be very brief, and the decision rill be given without the participation of a jutv, Ii is sai i that Ledru Rollin intends to address a long letter, or rather a species of memoir, to the President of the Court of Assizes ; but no amount can be officially taken of it. Of the five democratic deputies returned for Paris, three have, after much delav, resolved r.ot to take the oaths to the Imperial Government. These three are Cavaignac, Goodchaux, and Carnot, lhe last hesitated a good deal, the first a little less so, but the second was resolved from the first. A meeting of the five deputies, with the exception of General Cavaignac, was held, when this resolution was agreed to. Death has removed a great Parisian notable from the scene of his eccentricities. Joseph Napoleon Ney, Prince de la Moskowa, and son of Marshal Ney. born 1803, died at St. Germain on August 1. He had long been a victim to apoplectic fits, and he died of softening of the brain. He entered the army and attained the rank of general of brigade.' The prince was in his youth an ardent supporter of the turf, and was one of the 14 founders of the French Jockey Club ; he likewise distinguished him=elf as a gentleman rider. He was a first rate musician, and exerted himself at one period to introduce classical music in France, ith that view he organized concerts to which the finest voices of Parisian society contributed ; these aristocratic concerts a’traded at the time immense interest. As a composer the Prince was less successful; hrs opera, entitled " Regina,” proved a dead failure. He likewise contributed some papers on Cowes and yachting to the Revue des Deux Afoncfes; but they were not very remarkable. The Prince married the great heiress of France, the daughter of Jacques Laffitte ; but the union was an unhappy one, and led to repeated lawsuits and demands for a separation. The political career of the Prince was peculiar. He was appointed Peer of France in 1 S3l. by Louis I hilippe, and at once joined the Opposition ranks. He delivered a famous speech in defence of the memory of his father. In 1848 the Prince became a violent Red Republican ; and he formed one of the principal members of a German democratic club, of which Herwegh the communist was the leader, This club sent forth a column of Republicans on a revolutionary excursion into Baden, and and the Prince distinguished himself by addressing an encouraging speech to the column before its departure. On the reestablishment of the Empire, the Prince became a warm Imperialist, and was named a senator, TURKEY. A storm seems to be brewing in the Danubian Principalities. It is stated that flagrant proofs the corrupt mode in which the Catmacan of Moldavia has caused the electoral lists to be prepared have been placed before the commission. Letters complaining of the “ svstem of terrorism ” exercised by Vogorides, in defiance of the laws, have appeared in the Moniteur. According to a telegraphic message, “ the Commissioners of France, Russia, Prussia, and Piedmont, have agreed to accept a protest signed by the principal inhabitants of Moldavia against the illegal results of the elections which took place on the 19th of July. A

Stormy meeting of the Divan took place at Constantinople on the 15th of July, and the utmost confusion continues to prevail on the Principalities difficulties.” This intelligence has been followed by the announcement that M. de Thouvenel, the French ambassador, had received orders to break off diplomatic relations with the Porte if the Moldavian elections were not declared null and void. The ambassador, having failed to effect this object, suspended his relations with the Porte, and on the sth of August he took down his flag ; but after some time he informed the Turkish Government that h- would not leave his post for some days in lhe hope of being enabled to arrange the existing differences. The Sultan has changed his Ministry. The following are the new ministers :—

Mustaphs Pacha (of Crete) is appointed Grand Vizier; Aait Pacha Minister of Foreign Affairs; Redscbid Pacha (ex-Grand Viziei), Presidentof the Tanzimat; - Kiamil Pacha (of Jodda) Seraskier. The four Powers mentioned above presented separate notes directed against Prince T’ogorides. They were, however, identical in character. Prince Vogorides had proceeded to replace the Metropolitan of Moldavia, because be had declined to preside over the Divan. The new Minister proposed a middle course—to investigate the whole matter of the elections. This, however, was rejected by the French ambassador, who reiterated his unconcitional demand, which was finally rejected. The Pone having refused to accede to M. Thouvenel s demand for the annulment—iminediate, absolute, and without examination—of the Moldavian elec inns, he baa broken off diplomatic lelanous with the Tuiktth Government, and, as •■»e have stated in another column, the flag of the French < rnhassy was hauled down. The ministers of Russia, Piussia, and Sardinia have also broken rff their diplomatic relations with the Porte for tlie same reasons that have ptoducetl the rupture between France and Turkey. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dateil August 9, states lhat Austria has addressed representations to our Cabinet relative to he protest banded in by Prussia against the elections in Moldavia. These representations have been fruitless.