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Sept. 8, I860.] The Saturday Analyst and...
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Foreign Correspondence. Special. Hanover...
a State as Aldenburg will produce any effect at Copenhagen remains to be seen ; nobody expects itto mean anything more than a bone thrown to occupy and quiet the howling press . The protests i sent up to the Federal Diet by the chief cities of the Electorate of Hessia against the present Constitution , and in reservation of that | of 1831 , \ a , ve t > eeii supported by Prussia and some of the lesser j States entered on the records , The Hessian people have testified j their hearty concurrence in the protests of the cities of Cassel and : Hanau by the result of the elections for the He & sian Representa- j tive Assembly , and it is almost certain that the Assembly -will unanimously vote the adoption of these protests . Although this may prove but of little immediate practical benefit to the Liberal cause , the Hessians will have given another bright example of their resolute and consistent spirit . The gentry and working-classes , or rather handicraftsmen , for all men are more tir less working men , are entirely of one mind in Hessia . We hear of no such distinctions as feudalists and democrats , so common in Prussia and other States of Germany . _ The Teplitz meeting is still the subject of discussion . The most positive assurances of the journals and- correspondents who are presumed to be the best instructed in the secrets of the Cabinets of Austria and Prussia , that neither verbally nor in writing has any agreement been made by the two Powers , excite doubts even amongst those who have the least reason to fear such an agreement- The assertion that Prussia has suffered herself to be entangled in the revolution of Italy is too pregnant of consequences to be implicitly credited and acted upon without the strongest proof . It is admitted by all parties that another attempt by France to acquire in Europe that military and political preponderance claimed for her as a national right by Louis Napoleon would , if sought to be obtained by force of arms , necessarily lead to the conjoint declaration of war of Austria and Prussia , and almost certainly the other States of Germany . This has been settled at Teplitz ; but , except perhaps the fanatics of the feudalist party , nobody hnagines that Prussia has pledged herself to employ her forces in support of the principle of legitimacy , the Popedoni , or tlie maintenance of Austrian rule in Italy . The greatest fear of the Liberals ; however , stiQ is , that Prussia , confiding in the good understanding between herself anc | Austria , may discountenance , if not boldly oppose , all measures of progress in civil liberty . Time will tell , but up to the present I do not see in what way Prussia has encouraged the advance of Liberal views in Germany . The Hessians and Holsteiners have done more for freedom in this country than . Prussia . . _ - The Saxon Government , following the example of Oldenburg , has framed a new law respecting the handicrafts , based upon freedom of labour , by which the effete and abominable guild system is to be set aside . In Prussia , on the other , hand , the Minister for Commerce appears to be in doubt whether to make labour free , or to restore the giiilds . It is plain that the Prussian Government will not venture Upon any liberal measure till _ it has been well tried , a , nd found to answer in other countries as like to 1 herself as possible . . ,. The National Association -will hold a general meeting tins month , at Cologne . Up to the present from 300 . to 350 gentlemen have notified their intention to attend ; the most of these will be delegates from the branch associations * established in almost every town of the country . The Manheim Branch Association will move at the general meeting a resolution , to the ef tect that the National Association will adopt into its programme i ; ne introduction of the Imperial Constitution ( Reichtsverfaxsjtng ) oi 1849 . The Nuremberg branch has alike resolved to vote ior such a resolution iti case ^ should > e moved , but declines to take the lead . On the other hand the Frankfort branch will vote against the Reichsverfassung of 1849 , and for the retention of the present programme , whiqh has been already fully explained wv youi columns . I make this mention of the National Vcrew— -not that I anticipate any results from it , but mer % to show that it is still in existence ., I have already expressed doubts of _ xts being able to maintain itself . but I shall be very glad to find myself a false prophet . The intentions of the National Association arc nobly patriotic and liberal , and deserve the best wishes of evory , man ; but , seeing the wilful apathy of the people , one cannot help thinking that the exertions of the brave and . intelligent leaders of the movement are bejlng thrown away . The rumour goes , that an arrangement has been made between Austria and Prussia , according to which as soon as the two powers have resolved to declare a federal war , and consider it unaclvisatuo to place their armies under the command of the General selected by the Diet , the relations of their respective armies towards each other shall be settled by a special agreement . The Diet will then , be at liberty either to abolish a part of its military laws or to let such part as is u * isuited to the period fall jtato abeyance , Bavaria , j it is said , has promised Austria to occupy Tyrpl in enso Oamxbaldi should attack Venetia . This would be unfortunate for Germany , as it would doubtless prove the commencement of a j series of separate alliances -which quickly load to foroign interference , aa £ fft lost to foreigii separate alliances . Accorclfag to the latest calculations the Prussian military force , after the compl y reorganisation of the army will com ™ ' 780 , 000 men , r Jl'he field aiiny alone numbers « 39 , 000 , and tho first of the lowhyehr or fencibles 241 , 000 men , TJKetownof Brqslaw has sent J ., Q 00 iranoa os a first , contribution to G aiubawdiui support of the war against Naples . Ihis wtho flrsb German town that has given evidence of sympathy by a peoumary contribution for the cause of freedom in Italy , and it will most
probably be the last ; for though the Germans evince great admiration for the Italian hero , they display little inclination towards the Italians , or sympathy with their glorious struggle ; indeed , should the Italians succeed in becoming a free and united people , the German ' s couldhardly help feeling themselves degraded , particularly . »¦ . when they reflect upon all that their professors have . written as to ¦ ¦ ¦ the physical and intellectual superiority of the Teutonic over the Latin and other races .
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MISCELLANEOUS WORKS . ' ¦ J-,-nnt Compendium of the . British and Foreign Funds . London rEffingham Wilson . Edinburgh : A . and C . . Black . Dublin : M'Glashan and Gill . I 860 . This work contains the fullest information respecting the debts and revenues not only of Great Britain , but of all nations—bants , railways , mines joint-stock companies , and , in a woi-d , every description ot security negotiable in . London , as well as the laws and regulations of the Stock Exchange . The edition before us is the seventh , corrected to the present time by ZM > . J . \ L . Simonds . Facts bearing on the Death of Reginald Charm ell Canceller . By Thomas Hoplcy , T . S . S . London : Wertheiin & Co . 1860 . These " facts , " by tending to sliow that the boy Cancellor , who , it will be remembered , was beaten to death by hie schoolmaster , Thomas Hopley , was labouring under abnormal conditions of the bram and nerves , shew that , consequently , the cruel treatment to which he was subjected , and of which , he . died , was totally inapplicable to the > case . His stolidity and obtusity were as obviously a disease of the brain and nerves , as biliousness is of the liver . The lash might make a person on the vero-e of bilious fever jump out of bed and devour a dish of bacon and cabbage with alacrity , and it would be no more absurd to suppose that the llo <*< nmr had cured the patient , than to suppose that the torture inflicted upou Hegiuald Cancellor was suited for . changin g ¦ tho state pt his brain and nerves , converting stupidity and dulness into genius and acumen .. . . Ti-a'tjandS t ' oiicn in China . Ilonpkong : SUortrcde < fc Co . 18 C 0 . The Chinese question , in the opinion of the present writer , is whether " England shall elect territorial occupation in China / or a pohcy founded on mutual interests and cemented bya . practical acknowledge ment of past errors ; " ar id he is in favour of the latter alternative , lie considers that if we displace the present G-bvernment , which , he eays , . = has sprung out of the character and needs of the . people , France equally witli England , will claim a share of the spoil ; America will follow in bur footsteps , and Russia will be the clnei gainer ; but on England will rest the responsibility of ^ destroying a national edince , whu ? h has been the wprk of forty centuries . . ¦ , i Selection of Hatred Poetry , < Cr . Sotto Music ; eoraposed ahdcollocted by John Henry Mills . London : HiiffUcs and Iiutlcr . . ISfiO .. . _ Thefirsfrhalf of this little work consists of 30 pages of verses , selected from various appropriate sources , in addition to original compositions . The remainder comprises the music . The author , who is librarian to the London Cambrian Society , dedicates it to the inhabitants of the Principality of Wales . SERIALS . Once a Week . Part 14 , August . London : Bradbury and Evans . For a judicious blending of " light literature " with instruotivc . reading . this periodical takes , the first place anaong our weekly pablicationB , From the high-class novel down to tho " social sketch of a , page or two , everything is of the very first quality in the former department , and the name of Miss Martineau is a euifioienfc assuvance for the excellence of these papers which come within . , the latter . The illustrations , moreover , are appropriate and well executed by some ot the first artists of the day . Wo give the following extract on •» Spiritualism frp » papei " . signed \ Jb | n Delaware Lewis , " and dated «¦ lft ^ King-street , St . James ' s . '' "I can only ail'ovd to glaneo nt several other ' manifestations which took place during the seance and which it would be an abus ^ oi the reader's patience to dwell upon at length . Thus a tray was produced which , under tlio manipulation of the two mediums , shuffled up and down o » the suvfauo of the mahogany ,-ami on one ^ occasion tilted upon one end , a performance which I again mpst distmqtly BaW to bo due to - . a Bharp moVoment of tho fingers" on the , part ot the juece . The spirit of some one ' s father danced to the air of Q-od Save ho . Qiieen ISts wore ordered to rap on tho w « llS , and inside the piano , Which thS entirely failod to dp , rapping all the time unrmstakoabiy under tho tablo , Avitl slight variut ons of Bound . And ovary time that one of these vans was producod , it was impossible for tho youngop ined » um . to repress a slight , almost imporeeptlblo , movement , of the body , showing plainly thoitbVwroooiiod . lJy her ; . oven if tl » i » could &** ™™*** doubted , after a second request -to ™ . " « lut al \ ° , M lcttV <> th , ° £ ] £ *' M ? dBi & ustol »« tti ' ao'miu > haBftsiii 8 la nip when she wae not there , which Iho njaln refused to do Jn short , I feel . o « no _ di » ljolty xn conveying afi noournte notion of the extremely clumpy nature of tho wholo oxh bfl ibn—far , very far below tho . ppi-fopmimeos of a strolling conjuror at a eoiii > V 5 fair ThJso ^ ho may oonHidor this statement » n exaggeration can b ly satisfy thonwclvoa ( provided they go without any jmw * « w , rilhwoii one side or the other , and nro only . nxioua , like m * aolf , to discover tiro truth ) , on applying at 21 or- » 2 , Bor ^ * V' f biirv for « n intorvbw with tho oolobretod ¦ medium , Mrs . Marshall—* lIdhlvXe I write thia wouian ' a " *»» o in fiiU ( perfectly rogaVdleas S ^ SMSS ^^ ISffi ^ iss - . ' ¦ . fttoLuro 5 on tho abpininablc . V vo < ni v und ^ U *« u « a JOI 10 (? ivi that a ¦ . tts ^ af s ? sf "« g ^ -ss -js s ^ s
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 8, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08091860/page/11/
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