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" ^ The official and semi-official organs of the French Government this week enlarge upon the measures taken' by-Louis Napoleon to carry out his programme of disarmament , which example we presume that potentate expects to be followed by the surrounding European powers . Prussia , for example , must be gratified to know that the edict has gone forth for the dissolution of the army of observation on the Rhine ; while the much-ridiculed alarm of the English Government and people ought surely to disappear before the announcement in the Moniteur de la Flotte of the
squadrons that are to be reduced to a peace footing . In addition to these peaceable demonstrations , we are informed that M . de Moray , the most trusted servant of the Emperor , has called together the directors of the French railways , in order to hint to them the sovereign ' s desire to see a continuance of those works of progress , and that outlay of capital to which war is admitted to be a hindrance . The Count took -the opportunity to break the news of a fresh loan , by announcing to the assembled financiers and capitalists the intention of his master to raise more money , not to be employed , he assured them , in new regiments and rifled cannon , but in the service of
peace . At present , unfortunately for the restoration of confidence , the actual measures taken by the Imperial Goverment do not very satisfactorily agree with the declarations so demonstratively issued . To the ordonnance with regard to the Ilhine -army of observation are affixed sundry directions which appear to have the effect of merely shifting , in a slight degree , the position of the troops , without in the least affecting their efficiency for hostile purposes , or reducing their actual numbers . With Tflrrnrrl tn the * snniiosod naval reductions , itarmears
that the few ships included in the decree are to be laid up in ordinary in a very diflerent manner to that in Use in Our own navy—with all their guns and stores complete on board , and their ammunition on the quays ready fbr immediate shipmentwhile the men are dismissed on fiirldugh , but by means of the inscription can at any time bo recalled to their ships at a few days notioe 5 the result being , that the French Government is spared the expense of keeping their ships and men afloat , while , witli the money saved thus , the defences of the French coast and ports are to bo rendered impregnable to future Nelsons orCochranes . There is too muoh reason to foar that the feeling of the
French , army and of the populace in the large towns is acquiring a tone of bitterness against this country which must preoipitato a quarrel , should occasion unhappily arise to embroil the relations between France and England . Meanwhile , under the strict censorship to which the French press must bow , the Constitutlonnol rails at the fears and precautions of England and Prussia , ridiculing the timid cotton-spinners of " Liverpool" and the greasy citizens df London and Berlin 5 informing them at the same time that the magnanimity of the great French dictator is their safeguard , but for wlu ' eh their reduction to sue humbly for favourable terms at the foot of
the whole system of government in India as utterly bad , and carried on at ruinous expense ; he protested against the system of centralisation , and recommended the division of the empire into separate and independent governments . On the subject of the workmen ' s strikes , the opinion of Lord Brougham was given , as an old and true friend of the working man , that the existing combinations must be repressed for the general good of society , since their effect was to place the welldisposed craftsman under the tyrannical authority of the designing and selfish agitator . He thought that an English Coriseil des Prud'hommesrnight
be established with advantage . The subject of electoral corruption gave Mr * Roebuck an opportunity for some biting sarcasms against those so-called Liberals , who , af ter heaping charges of corruption with such circumstantial details upon Lord Derby ' s friends , had now been convicted of political profligacy , which he declared , surpassed what was seen in the rotten boroughs before 1830 . Returning to this subject at a later period ' of the week , the hon . member for Sheffield
drew from the House an acknowledgement of the impropriety of allowing a compromise by means of an acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds , when conviction for bribery was unavoidable . A great part of the week lias been devoted to the subject of supply , in the course of whicli , some interesting discussion has been , evolved on the provision made for fostering the fine arts in the metropolis , and on the vexed question of Gothic or Italian for the style of the new Government offices . We learn that no decision will be arrived at until the next
session of Parliament . The disputes which , have commenced within the last fortnight between employers and workmen involve social results 01 the most important character . Happily the strike among gasworkers , has been brought to a peaceable conclusion , t he unreasonable demands of the workmen were met with promptness , and they have been convinced of their futility , if not of their injustice . The threatened general strike among building operatives , on the other hand , appeal's likely to be characterised by such unyielding obstinacy on both sides , that it can only result in the exhaustion of the weak in both parties , and , unless happily arranged , must inevitably produce wide-spread misery before its conclusion . While the workmen ' demands have been characterised by an
nrtheir French conquerors , would be but an affair of a few short weeks . The-triumphal entry of the army of Italy into Paris is not , we now learn , to take place upon the fete Napoleon , but upon the day previous ; and for some unknown , but doubtless well-founded reason , the conqueror ofSolferino will not lead the procession through the fauxbourgs of Paris , but will pass the troops in review in front of the triumphal column in the Place Vendome . The pageant of
the following day will not . include the poor remains of the son of the first Napoleon as was at first intended ; the bones of Reichstadt rest for the present with his German ancestors at Schonbrunn , until they shall be demanded on the part of Napoleon III . His father ' s brother will not escort them to their French grave , for old Jerome is sick and near his end , and . the office of guardian is to be confided to one of the followers of the new empire —the French Pole , WalewskL
Unwillingly has Victor Emmanuel withdrawn his commissioners from the Italian duchies , and fervently have the inhabitants of those states appealed , to him and to his lieutenants not to desert the cause of liberty . The provisions of the Villa Franca convention were , stringent , however , and the King has been compelled to obey them . The feeling in Central Italy is indignantly expressed , and preparations are being made in the Duchies and the Romagna to call together the parliaments of those states , that their refusal to the -return , of the Austrian princes may be firmly and constitutionally enunciated by the representatives of the people . At Modena the Sardinian commissioner Fai'ini has resigned his authority in obedience to the orders of his sovereign ; but at the same time
has responded to the call of his fellow Italians , and , to preserve order , has boldly acoepted the title of dictator conferred upon him by the citizens of the state , resolving to exercise the power of that office till such time as the national will shall have been constitutionally expressed as to the government it -will accept . The Duke , we learn , is threatening his former subjects with the tender mercies of a host of mercenaries , who , with the Papal troops , should they also be sent to his assistance , will meet with a worm reception from the united forces of the Italian volunteers with Garbaldi at their head , should a restoration by the strong hand be attempted . In such a case , Europe will see to what extent the French Emperor will respect that expression of " national will , " by which he boasts that he holds his own crown .
bitrary aggressiveness to which it was nnpossiWc that the masters could submit , it is evident tliat the masters , by entirely closing their works , Imye involved the workmen who arc not members pi tne combination , in the same puniehmcnt wluon it was intended to inflict upon the unionist * , and will thereby inevitably cause many honest men to join the mbvoment who would otherwise have Jjeld aloof . For the sake of all concerned , and contemplating the inconvenience and mjury *> Ums public generally , it is to bo hoped that conciliatory terms may be offered und accepted speedily . The accounts from India at the beginning of the week were of a most alarming character , with respect to the late Company ' s nrmy , and the ox-Jn fl sfnns to which the so-called mutineers had
At home , the discussion of the Indian budget xa the House of Commons has been the most important topic of the week , and has given rise to gloomy forebodings on the part of some members of that assembly , which are shared by no inconsiderable portion of the public . Sir Charles Wood demanded and obtained powers to . raise a loan of five millions , which lie acknowledged would only servo ' as a temporary alleviation of the difficulty . The
prospect , said our new Indian minister , is discouraging but not utterly hopeless ; indeed ho thought that li wo could but tide over the' next two or three yoars , India may bocome prosperous as beforo the outbreak of the mutiny . Lord Stanley thinks that present retrenchment in our Incliui »_ expenses is impossible * , and lie very ulearly pointed out the necessity and justice of Imperial nssietanco to cover the present deficiencies of the Indian revenue . Mr . Bright , as usual , condemned
resorted . As wo write , however , news 1 has amyea which somewhat neutralises the prcoeding intellitfonco i the men at Borhamporo have returned % o their duty , and the recruits at Barrackpore have peaceably accepted the discharge offered to them .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06081859/page/3/
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