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Germany. The Political Aspects Of German...
the borders of his Polish kingdom . But the power that then quelled the liberalism of Germany by no means altered the relations between the small and the great powers , between the provincial Diet and the Diet of Frankfort , between the governments which were represented there and the people who were not . Up to this time the agitation has teen going on , and it has become the more formidable as the events of 1849 have receded
from view . «• At present it ia not too much to affirm that , taking one German state after another , a general declaration of op inion has been elicited against the authority of the Bund . It is that aggregate of governments , disunited from the German nation , that places the policy of Germany in contradiction to that of Western Europe . Prom this source proceed restrictions on trade , prohibitions of to the decrees of
enlistment , submission Prussia . And Prussia , having no interest in the war , and being only intent upon consolidating her supremacy over the lesser states of the Confederation , has gained many decrees of influence , on her own peculiar ground , while Austria , by intervening between the belligerent powers , has sought to extend her European interest to an equal extent . Prussia has hitherto played the more successful game , though her rival holds
at present an unacknowledged sovereignty on the Danube . But this federal system , by which Prussia triumphs , is fatal tathe progress of Germany . It is not , as the Germans themselves complain , a representation of the people ; bnt of the Cabinets . Small states , therefore , in which tendencies such as those of Piedmont appear , have to contend with the whole weight of the Band , and if not crushed , are retarded . Perhaps a general war might break up this framework of despotism ..
[ This Eminent.... .. The Leader. No. 28...
.... .. THE LEADER . [ No . 280 , Saturpay T cLAi ¦ i ¦ - ; . a ^__^_^_ :
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.- ,. ? ITEPXREE . , 5 ?» w men of' Ottr day have lived down idle sjaeera i & Qore ; courageously and more successfully than the sagacious , active , and genial host pf ^ tipW ee jfarin . After serving as a butt for the delicate pleasantries of Protectionist journals : —after being the . laughingstock of antediluvian landlords . and prsescientific farmers , Mr . Meohi , by sheer energy of purpose , haB lived to be recognised as a ruler and a iudge in the agricultural
world , and to , draw all' men to his annual comitia . The intelligent foreigner has not seen England , thprqughly if , The , has neglected a ipilgrimage to Jvelvedqn . , ite lias not seen ; what ? the . union , of those " sister sciences'' ( as Lord Mayor Moox called th < pm ) y agsricfaltuTe 1 and commerce , can effect ¦ under tfte > impulse of a pushing man of busirttesft , of tins industrial epoch , ' all compact . ' ^ tt is duo . tp Mr . Mjscnito reihember that his
energy , and ,, enterprise . have been expended upon a mpst 6 tub ] t > pr , n e ^ rth . Pirppp rljipned ^ o the . difficulty has been , the success . li ' Tiptree Farm had been a rich , deep , 'loamy soil , Mr . M ^ p Hi might-have folded his arwsiti the comfortable ai & uranc e of a safe ; e ^ asy , arid' dignified investment , ; lie Wight have graduated as a ^ landowqer , a $$ bjivfl ^ become a juBtietf of the . peacer—who k ' p ' ows . jfc-a ciounty ., n > emj > £ r ; t
. out Jae would not jhave DeenJ / ne , ner o pi tjiq , hqge and jet £ the pioneer ofaooew rural economy , ' an economy of beneficent town-etewtoge * o £ the ' tt ( t © 8 hiiigr * mttchi'n ©; imd thefiriteam-pWugto . ' ' -If ¦ IKptree Farnl had been , not a barrten * com' ind # , "k ttidi-aM of s ^ oT ttrid' clay . but ; a'i i ^ t ^ m ^ m ^ MM ; ba ^ : # w ^^ ho ^ rfg iJ ^ flfa ^ sqnable aunffl ^ brace , ^ ho , » . ^ mfl ^ tei » Uw * £ KW pf . spring , , * wd the , cjeimmng Jkotim o £ -whiter , Mr . Mecui's boJbance-flheet ^ n 6 ri && t ^ h * v , e escaped the jeea-a of . gentlemen
who have simply taken the trouble to " come into" their estates , and left the rest to mortgagees ; but it would not have been the record of a noble and bloodless battle , and the title-deed of a more precious inheritance than that of ' conquest . ' "Was there ever a man so bearded as the patentee of the razorstrop , presuming to lose his money on the land ? He might have been content with the vulgar splendours of a parvenu , wearing his life out in the offensive but amusing
contortions of a bourgeois qentilhomme But he has had the audacity to be useful in his generation , and to teach the territorial aristocracy their duty to the land they hold in trust . Loud nnd savage were the pagans of exultation over Mr . Mechi ' s annual balance-sheet ; but let them laugh who win . He faced unflinchingly the terrors of
Freetrade , and now he tells us that he realised a clear profit of 700 ? . last year . There is something almost touching in the franltuess with which Mr . Mechi relates the story of his agricultural campaigns : how from the first he discerned generally what might be done , before he knew accurately the way to do it ; how he took into his own hands the acres his
landlord would not aid him to improve , and by the rigid application of the principles of successful commerce , converted a waste into an oasis of golden harvests , and a dead loss into a living profit . He confesses that his ignorance of details had led him into some blunders ; experience had corrected what was erroneous and extravagant , and had taught him how theory and practice could be safely reconciled . It is impossible , we think , to dispute tjie value of Mr . Mechi ' s services to the agriculture of our country . It may not be possible to tenant-farmera to follow his steps very closelv , but as a reformer , an innovator if you will ,
who points out the direption in which the new * farming will have to march , he has earned a very high and honourable reputation . The interest of the annual gatherings at Tiptree has consisted in the assembling of representatives of every branch of tho agricultural interest , and of every science affecting its operations . On Saturday last there were men from all corners , not of Great Britain only , but of Europe and America —corn-farmers , cattle-farmers , rice-farmers ,
men of theory and men of practice , men of literature and men of science , captaina of industry , sanitary reformers , chymists , engineers , and—clergymen . The Church , indeed , came out remarkably Btrong in tho person of the Kev . Edwin Sidney , who discoursed on tho ravages of a certain wheatfly ( an insect that takes tithes most unscrupulously ) with an , unction peculiar to the priestly office . There is a certain flavour ,
like that of sound old wine , in the parsonical speech , which almost persuades the wildest Dissenter to toast * Church and Queen . * We cordially believe with'the Kov . Edwin Sidney that ifc is not inconsistent with the * higher and holier duties of his calling ' that no should take some interest in farming . Nothing human should be alien to the divine , arid if , through the instrument of Convocation , the Establishment werd to resolve itself into a
model farm to-morrow , it is quite possible that ^ ucation and morality would bo tho gainers . . "V ^ e tr ust Mr . Mnjoiii will accept jbh © very kind and just , caution of tho Thncs , against the intrusion of the City , element too prominently into his improving hospitalities . Many eminent authorities remained silent , and nrnch valuable information was lost to the guests while the I f > B » Ma yob was allbWing his riewty-rtv ^ kelned rural onthwfiiaqm 'to . ge , t the / better p £ his grapamar , do-, dar ing Mow , . proud , he , felt to ^ eit round 90 scien ^ fto <* , tabla t" opd , , pronouncing his . attachment £ 0 the . V ' sister , noienoes , aqriaulturo
and commerce" Not long ago this eminent civic functionary inflicted a delicate compliment upon his municipal guests from Paris , by informing the company that he was happy to say that some of the foreign gentlemen were Christians . We believe he meant to say " Protestants . " But never . did he flounder about more desperately in search of a
substantive nnd a verb , than in this recent memorable excursion into agriculture . Like a gambler he went on staking his syntax , in the wild hope of completing a sentence ; but this was impossible : adverbs , prepositions , and adjectives were tripping up each other in a confusion that made the boldest at the table hold his breath , and even
common-cotincihnen shudder . " If his lordsftij > ( it was whispered ) would but slick to common sense , but he will folk science / " And the rest of the City dignitaries were worthy of their chief . Surely some educational subsoil ploughing is wanted at Guildhall . The tavern minstrels , too , were not only out of tune , but out of harmony with the occasion . Sentimental ballads , nasal and
gin-and-watery , served only to convince foreigners how barbarous are the musical instincts of the English , and Sally in our Alley , ' by desire , ' as the pleasant fiction of the toastmaster assured the Chair , was a sickly substitute for wise words on the objects of the meeting . Mr . Mechi said well that he was sure his guests had not come for the mere satisfaction of a " glass of champagne and a dinner , " Let us be permitted to hint that these vulgar and apoplectic gaieties of a City surfeit are a very questionable example of that Spartan simplicity which ia usually identified with agricultural pursuits .
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Torture In India. A Paitffui, Sensation ...
TORTURE IN INDIA . A PAitfFUi , sensation lias been excited in this country by the discovery that torture , though recognised as illegal , was atill practised by the subordinate police authorities in our Indian possessions , for the purpose of extracting a confession of guilt . The existence of this frightful abuse has lone been known , however , to the local magistrates , who have more than once brought ifc to the notice ot the Government . But the due collection ol
revenue was generally deemed a matter ot greater amount than the wimple administration of justice , and the dazzling triumphs of war were more regarded than the unostentatious labours of peace . So far back as the year 1840 , Mr . JLewin reported to the Supreme Criminal Court of tho Madras Presidency that the cruelties to which accuHetl parties were subjected wero systematic and habitual .
" A prisoner , " he writes , " came before me at Ouddalore with the loss of hia arm near tho shoulder , arising from maltreatment ; the arm was amputated after he reached tho court . In another case two prisoners appeared , with their bodies branded , tho sores still fresh , while tho arms of one ot them were swollen from the effects of » tight ligature . " These inhuman proceedings arc by no means peculiar to Madras—they are nt least equally prevalent in Bengal , though probably unknown in the North-Western Provinces . But
in Bengal Propor a witness , whoao imagination ia too dull to reveal tho circumstancen ot a crime of which he Was both innocent and ignorant , may perchance find the faculty ot composition suddenly aroused by a loose bag containing fragments of dried chillies being ahakori over his head . , Almost suffocated by the pungent duet , and his oyea smarting with agony , ho readily confesses to whatever in pcqmred of him . Another one -will bo Uept exposed for hours to the rays of a vertical
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 4, 1855, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04081855/page/12/
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