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^ T He Momentous Events Of The Past Week...
^ T HE momentous events of the past week ,, point , ¦ we sincerely trust , to the re-establishment of peace upon the Continent of Europe ; and the intelligence yesterday received of a suspension of hostilities between the allies and the Emperor of Austria , -will , we hope t > e followed by the news of a treaty of peace founded upon terras honourable to the victors of Solferino and Magenta , and
framed to protect the interests and hberties of the much enduring Italian people . If these aspirations are r fulfilled , the tLme-lionoured aisles of- Notre Dame may resound with a Te JDeum more appropriate than that of last Sunday , when all the pomp of the metropolis of France was called into requisition to furnish forth a thanksgiving for the bloodstained laurels of Solferino . As to the high contracting parties themselves , although both must stand in need of supplies and reinforcements , there
can be bat little doubt that the proposition of an armistice has come from Francis Joseph ; and that he will be compelled to agree , or to simulate acquiescence , with the terms dictated by Louis Napoleon . It may be , indeed , that the intervention of a third power has been at work , though of such a movement we have at present no information . Peace , to be of advantage to Austria , must follow immediately upon the suspension of hostilities , for
every dny of delay is assisting the Franco-Sardinian forces to repair the . fearful gaps iu thenranks , to prepare their mxich-vaunted flotilla of iron-platod gun-boats , fund to pi-epore further diversions by attacks xipon the weaker outposts of the Austrian empire . Meantime the army commanded by Hess , is on its own ground , and under the protection of its renowned fortresses ; and if its commander docs not feel himself strong enough
to risk another engagement now , while hie opponents are as yet unprepared to renew the fight , it seems certain that more ignominious terms must t > e accepted and greater sacrifices made by Francis Joseph , if ho allows the negotiations to be protracted . Tlint the Austrian dominion in LonVbardy must be resigned , is obvious , but by timely concession and the exercise of that sagacity which is
The report , which has been published with an air of authority , of the compact between Louis Napoleon and Louis ELossuth , is , if true , of the highest importance . It is asserted that the French Emperor is to place at the disposal of the ex-dictator a corps d ' armee , with arms and money to the extent required ; that in case of the expected result of a rising following their joint proclamation to the Hungarians , the Emperor will recognise their independence , guarantee their freedom to choose their own sovereign , and use his influence with the European Powers to ratify their decision . How the nation thus provided for would be inclined to relish the combined benevolence of
Kossuth and Napoleon , or what European complications , such an arrangement might give rise to , we will not . pretend to say . At home , both Houses of Parliament have been busily engaged in trying to get rid of part of the enormous accumulation of ptiblic Inisiness which must be disposed of before noble lords and lion , members can hope to exchange the odoiirs of Thames for the breezes of the moors . Nevertheless , in the Lords , time has been found to listen to one of the niost powerful orations of our tune , from the lips of the venerable Lyndhurst—an address which , whether based upon sound or unsound
testing his sincerity . Will he continue to be ruled by that moderation which he has so ostentatiously proclaimed since the outbreak of the war ; or will the claims , ancient and modern , of the nation of which he is the head , be again revived , to shai * e the dominion of the Peninsula . He disclaims all personal views , and proclaims to the peop le of Italy his upright design , in taking up then * quarrel , to be solely the restoration of their liberties ; . but it is to
be remarked that his despatch to the Empress , which he well knows will be flashed throughout Europe by the instantaneous agency of electricity , contains no word of his brave ally , " Victor Emmanuel , the chosen leader of the Italian nation , as having been considered a necessary party to the arrangement with Austria . iL Une suspension d ' armes est convenue entre l'Empereur d'Autriche et moV are the words in which the information is
conveyed to our thirsty ears . May he be wise enough to see that his empire and his dynasty can best be strengthened at the present epoch by a policy which shall silence the slanders of his enemies and quiet the grave suspicions of those who have not yet declared themselves against him . From France we learn that ruinours of an approaching peace have been increasing during the whole of the present week , and the circular of Count Walewski has greatly strengthened this
hnknowledge of facts , there can be no doubt has been dictated by the purest and most disinterested patriotism ; which has been received as it deserved by his fellow-countrymen , and which contains solemn warnings which we trust will not be lightly disregarded . Notwithstanding his repudiation of the idea of invasion , even Lord Granville was compelled to allow that the country is not sufficiently armed ; and in the Lower House it has been announced that Government are fully awakened to the necessity of pushing on our
shippression , by the willingness which it expresses , on the part of the French Government , to take counsel of the great neutral powers , and by the approbation of the policy of England which it evinces . At the same tune , the armaments both of the naval and military force of the empire continue , and we hear of mighty squadrons fitting at Cherbourg and Brest , -which cannot surely be all required to crush the navy and ports of Austria alone .
building , our cannon-casting , our steam-rams , and , above all , of increasing reserves of seamen and our trusty militia . The volunteers are also to be fostered , provided with arms , and drilled by Government ; and not before it is time , if it be true as we are told , that the number of men hors dc combat in the Italian campaign alone is much greater than the whole fox-ce which we could bring into the field , while France and ltussia individually equal us in the uuniber of their ships and trained seamen .
We hear of the investment of Pescliiera being completely established by the shattered remains of the jfinagnifioent little army of Sardinia , and of dispositions of the French force against Terona and Iklantua , which sho ^ r the French Emperor to be no neophyte in the art of war , nor wanting in that sagacity and power of resource which constitute the successful couxmandev . His balloons and rifled cannon may have been criticised and even laughed at , but they have produced rcmilts his opponents little dreamed of . Prince Napoleon has
The Cobden defection from the Palmerstoman cohort has produced at least one satisfactory result , in tb . e appointment to ft seat in the Cabinet of the father of the Free Trade movement—Mr . Charles Villiers—an honest politician , an able debater , and a real strength to the Government . What course will bo pursued by Messrs . Bright and Cobden , when measures vital to the existence of the now Ministry come uudor discussion , the public are curious to know ; nud how the policy of the Government can be disapproved by them , w » ue it is supported by Gibson , Gilpiu , and VilUers , The oxoitoment in the Indian army , according to Sir Charlos Wood , is at an end ; the correspondeuce by the last mail , however , tolls a different story , and Lord Stanley ' s suocesspr may find its arrangement a more serious matter than he anticipates ; while- diflicultios , financial and political , will , 'it is to bo feared , soon require the restoration oi ' an able statesman to the direction of our Indian empire ,
at length effected a junction with the mam body of the army , though perhaps too late to gratify his laudable ambition to head his charging squadrons in the field ; and Garibaldi in the passes oi the Tyrol has again driven th , e Austriaus before him , and gamed fi'eshlaurols for his gallant free companions . On the Adriatic qoast , ten thousand French soldiers have boon safely landed , we are told , at Lussienpiccolo , to create a nucleus for a rising in the Venetian States , and should tiuo war con . Un . ue , the result cannot be doubted .
supposed to be peculiarly the quality of his diplomatists , it is possible that the Emperor may still retain his hold upon Veaetia , at least until the xnisgovernnaent , which is one of the traditions of Ms family policy , calls again for a foreign interference , to back the remonstrances of his subjects . The French Emperor has throughout tbis war loudly disavowed ambitious or personal motives ; if , therefore , ho holds the advantageous position which is generally supposed , at the present crisis , the powers of Europe have the opportunity of
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Leader (1850-1860), July 9, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09071859/page/3/
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