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have learned so far as to know that events may happen unexpectedly . The experience of the last Parliament would alone suffice to prove it ; and weak as the next Parliament _vAity _bfcj _fhfere is fi ( J certainty that it may not witness e _¥£ nts quite As unexpected and quite as important aS those which have gone before—events which frhay need a strong Parliament and a Strong Ministry . Already we have _soittfe ugly sighs . Lest thfe virus of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill should have
quite expired , the present Ministry has fetched it out with that new proclamation against Roman Catholic processions , and has thus set Protestant and Catholic fi ghting in Stockport . In the riot more than sixty persons have been wounded , and one person has been killed . The dwellings of the Irish have been taken by storm and sacked , and the contents thrown into the streets . Two Roman Catholic chapels have been gutted , and a Roman Catholic priest was obliged to escape over the tiles . Order was only restored by the appearance of the military , after the mob had been " in possession" for several hours .
No one fears the Roman Catholics in England , and so this provocative proclamation can be thrown out here ; but there is no idea of attempting it in Ireland—where Dr . Cullen is enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin , with a procession public to the sight , but railed off against legal intervention . The Achilli affair , too , triumphant for Protestantism in the letter , is a disaster in effect .
Counsel , jury , and judge co-operated to disallow the justification which Dr . Newman gave of his exposure ; but the evidence has been more convincing to the public than to the court ; and the press , with scarcely an exception , has been obliged to disclaim the verdict as belonging to rational Protestantism . Multitudes of cards were left next day at Dr . Achilli ' s door : Lovelace or Dr .
Cantwell would find the same , if either of those distinguished persons were to arrive in London , especially Lovelace ; but still the press evinces the dislike of the public to accept a convert , whose character it can only absolve from turpitude by disbelieving a host of witnesses and a mass of evidence . With the actual close of Parliament the
elections take a start of fresh vigour . Hustings begin to rise here and there ; committees sit en per ~ manence . The rising excitement is likely to prove favourable to the candidates , in proportion as they are bold and outspoken . In the metropolis , for instance , Coningham's prospects improve every day , he being the most advanced in opinion , aud the . most explicit of all the metropolitan candidates . The explicitncss reconciles numbers to his strong opinions , because it enables them to know exactly what he means ; and right understanding removes many anxieties , in most
cases . By the help of Bulwer , Lord Mahncsbiiry has " settled" the Mather question , just in time for the dissolution . Tuscany has been brought to acknowledge her responsibility , and the international question is left , at least , theoretically , on n sounder basis . The Legislative Corps of Napoleonic France has been relieved from its labours by its Creator in a Message , through which , under cover of the
customary falsehoods , and the stereotyped mystifying optimism , pierces an ill humour , and a menacing disappointment . lie tells the deputies that they must ha \ e understood that the time for speeches was p ast , and that of business begun , lit ! vaunts his Constitution as one " of wholly 1 _'Yench origin , " in contradistinction , we suppose , to our
Britannia metal . You must have understood ( he continues ) that the ; Government is no longer _disposed to allow itself to he . discussed , or to he the butt of all ( he oppositions . Then , softening his tone , he alludes feelingly to the difficulties that attend the working _<> f a new Constitution , which it . will be "for the Senate , to repair ; and he perorates with a triplet to the effect , that his Government is based on the people , source of » dl power ( a sop
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for the _Fauboufrts ) : oil the army , source of all strength ( a so | J to the Barracks ) : and on religion , source of all justice ( a sop to the Priests . ) It cannot he said that this _brifef session has _bfefcn wholly _sterile or inglorious . It has _engendered A compact nucleus bf resistance , cotnposed of the ablest-met ! iu the country , Who hare told some feitter truths to _tyrahnv .
Louis _Najjoleon is sorely _discomfited . The very composition of the Message denotes the progress of his humiliation . He begins with a threat , to end with a concession . We may guess his feelings by the fact , that a grand fete was in preparation at St . Cloud , in honour of the Legislative Body . This fete is countermanded . But if the attitude of the Legislature has discouraged the President , it has aroused the nation . At the Bourse ( not given to sentiment in politics )
Bonaparte has been openly pronounced " no longer possible . " He must resign his portfolio as ministries ( in old constitutional days ) resigned , after repeated defeats . Such inveterate Constitutionalists are your Parisian stock-jobbers ! It is evident that either the President or the Legislature must give way : the old deadlock again ! Meanwhile , conspiracy stalks abroad , invisible as
a pestilence , and as universal ; and ridicule , Protean in disguise and form , gnaws at the vitals of an imposture that rests on an army , the source of bankruptcy , on the priests , the source of reaction , and on the Bourse , the source of corruption . Still , if France is growing poorer , her rulers are waxing rich ; and if the Constitution is defective , the Prince-Tailor has a new livery in contemplation for the Senators !
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THE WEEK IN PABLIAMENT BRITISH SUBJECTS ABBOAD . It -will be remembered that the House was counted out , some time since , on the motion of the Derbyite , Mr . Plowden , when Mr . Anstey was wearing out the attention of honourable members by a statement of the case of the Scotch missionaries expelled from Pesth , under circumstances of peculiar cruelty , by the Austrian Government . Mr . Anstey intended to move the following resolution on that occasion . " That this House , recognising the undoubted title of the Queen ' s subjects resident in foreign countries to the
continual protection of her Majesty , in respect of their liberty , property , and other personal rights , and considering that in tho case of the Rev . Messrs . Wingate , Smith , and Edward , arbitrarily expelled from the Austrian dominions in the month ol'January last , with their wives and children , under circumstances involving much sacrifice of property and other hardships to the sufferers , those rights were violated , and that no redress has been hitherto obtained for the violation , is of opinion that the case is one calling for prompt and earnest measures on the part of her Majesty ' s Government . "
1 he motion , defeated by the count out , stood for Tuesday , when Mia Anstey being absent , Sir _ll'ENUV V ' KI £ ' . nicv took it up , and moved it in a short speech , not entering upon the merits , lie was followed by the CirA'Nciorj _. oit of the _Nxoiiicqi'i . k , who opposed the resolution , and made a . statement of the actual position of the ease when the Derby Government came into power , and at the present time . In doing this , he quoted largely from the correspondence which had taken place on the subject . The first despatch he read was the following , from . Lord Granville to the Earl of Westmoreland , at Vienna .
" A deputation from the Protestant Alliance , the Free Church of Scotland , and Mm Scottish Reformation Society , consisting of the noblemen and gentlemen whose names I inclose , waited upon me a few days since for the purpose of submitting to me a statement us to tho circumstances attending the expulsion of the Kev . Messrs . Wingate and Smith from tiie Austrian dominions . " If appears from this statement , that Messrs . Wingate and Smith are missionaries from the Free ( 'hurc-h of Scotland for the conversion of the . Jews ; that they established themselves in the year IKtl af IVsth , with the knowledge and approbation of his Imperial Highness the thorn Viceroy
ot Hungary , and that Ihey continued ever since to reside there , except during a short , period in the year IH 4 K , when they retired for a . season in order to avoid any imputation of meddling in the political troubles which then agitated II uiigary . " ¦ 11 , further appears that during the whole of the time they have resided in Hungary they have transgressed no law , and have conducted themselves with _mtivoiwilly admitted propriety ; that , in the lifetime of tho late Palatine tbey always enjoyed his protection ; and that since his death they have uniformly given to the constituted authorities every information as to their proceedings and objects . "After having thus passed ten years peaceably in the country , _Mesoro . Wingato and ftmith were , on tho 16 th ol
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Januafy , summarily , and -without cause assigned , dismissed from Pfe _$ w _^ and % fere compelled within six days to dispose of their _brdpetfty , and , with their wives and families , to depart in tha depth of winter from their homes . "Although it is not for her Majesty's Government to suggest what _amount of religious toleration should be exercised in Austria- and although her Majesty ' s Government are aware that measures as rigorous as the above have at _different times been applied both to Protestant Austrian subjects , and to foreigners not subjects of her _Majjjptj ; and although ber Majesty's Government have therefore abstained from making a formal demand for redress , yet her Majesty's Government cannot think it possible that the Austrian Government should have been
acquainted with the particulars stated above when they ordered the hasty expulsion of these unoffending persons ; and I have , therefore , to instruct you , in bringing the matter under the notice of Prince _Schwarzenberg , to leave it to the good feelings of the Austrian Government to decide whether they think fit to afford any compensation to those persons for the bodily sufferings entailed on themselves and their families by their sudden removal at this inclement season , and for the loss of property inflicted on them , by the forced sale , amounting almost to confiscation , of their effects . "
He then- referred to and read a despatch dated March 20 th , written by Mr . Addington , from instructions given by Lord Malmesbury to Mr . Guthrie , of Glasgow , which was merely a repetition of the above . On the 19 th of April , Count Buol sent a memorandum stating that the Austrian Government had instituted an inquiry , and proceeding as follows : — " From the reply of the Ministry of the Interior of the 17 th of this month , the British Minister is informed , first , that Messrs . Wingate and Smith were from the first only tolerated in the exercise of their calling , and that therefore the withdrawal of this tacit toleration was always in the power of the Government ; further , that their removal only took place in consequence of clear evidence of their
having repeatedly overstepped and transgressed the existing laws and regulations ; and that the Imperial authorities only adopted this measure to avoid the necessity of adopting more stringent measures against them , namely , prosecuting them according to law . " The next document he quoted was dated May 25 th , to the effect that the Austrian Government had refused permission to _distribute Bibles , on the ground that it interfered with the rights and privileges of Austrian subjects who sold Bibles . Mr . Disraeli then turned to the case of Mr . Edward , who lived at Lemberg , and was not allowed to remain . But it appeared that . Mr . Edward had neglected to comply with certain regulations _^ had shown g reat nervousness in leaving Lemberg when there was no need , and had , in fact , brought Ins expulsion on himself .
Lord Pa : lm . erston made a speech of great importance . He could not agree with the resolutions because they asked the House to affirm assertions which the House was not in a condition to affirm , as they had not been proved . He hoped , therefore , that the resolution would be withdrawn ; but he thanked both the honourable members concerned for bringing the case before the House . " I do not think there can bo anything more advantageous to the maintenance of peace between this country and foreign nations , and to the protection of our fellowcountrymen abroad , than that questions of this sort should bo brought under the consideration of this House . ( Hear . ) It is of the utmost importance ! that foreign Governments should know that there exists in this House a determination
to press these matters , and to call upon tho Government of the day , whoever tbey may bo , to show why redress has not ; been obtained . And , sir , I am bound to say , that though I think a very unfitting tone has been adopted by the British Government throughout the whole of tho correspondence , I do not think the blame rests with Her Majesty ' s present advisers . They found matters launched into a wrong givx . vo , and it wna very difficult , if not indeed impossible , to set . them right . ( Hear , hear . ) There is one thing that must _strike ; everybody as resulting from this correspondence—how important it , is that we should take
cognizance of these matters , and that tho nation also should talco cognizance of them . 1 felt it my duty to tell tho deputation that called upou me , when I waft in olliee in Iler Majesty's late government , with regard to the . 11 ungarian refugees in Turkey , that 1 thought great advantage arose from the public discussion of * matters of this kind . ( Hear , hear . ) I thought that if the Government _, were disposed to do their duty , they would find their hands strengthened by an expression of public opinion . but that if , on tbe other bund , they were shrinking from the discharge of their duty , they would be urged to it by those discussions . ( Hour . )
" Now , with regard lo this question , if will be seen how the conduct of the Government has gradually become more energetic in proportion ns the treatment of tho Austrian Government towards these unfortunate men has become flu' subject of discussion throughout tho country . ( Hear , hear . ) I must say , sir , that I think the whole course of conduct pursued upon this question is much to he regretted . Nobody can esteem more than I do tho public and personal character of my noble friend who represents
Her Majesty at the _Oourf of Vienna ( bear , hour ) , and I nui quite sure _lluit that noble individual never would havo intentionally fallen short of the performance of his duty upon this or any other question-- -that , as ho says in ono of bis despatches , ho would always act up to tho full efleet of his instructions . ( Hear , hear . ) If , therefore , my noble friend on this occasion did not entirely do what lie would have been disposed to do , 1 am entitled to ascribe it to _Sviuo restraint placed upon huu , to winch ho was obliged
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071852/page/2/
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