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7 " wreioh KXELLWrnE . Knflaelle and Michael Angclo in ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- REVIEW OF THE WEEK- ^ „ " London , HAY . " i - 10 ) 1 Germany l ' . VSo . HOME XXT «« GBK € B . PACK . gSS ^^^^ tiiAii ;^ l 2 » " ^ llanCOUS . ..,, -... 1 W 1 UTERATUREPolitical Foresbadowings 1024 Foreign Incidents 1030 MUSIC AXD THE MAMA- Notes of the Week .... I < K > 7 ISIlSiH ^^ :::::::-: ; : i ? ^^ . ^ « ^ :.. ^™ ¦ S ^ i ^ ::::::::::: ^ M ^^ - s ^ i ™ The G ? eatE " irn . ?^ . . " . " ::: 105 « . . - , NDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- PUBLIC AFFAIRS Scottish Life and Character . - 103 » Law , Police , and Casualties ..... 1020 . TUl . CivIl Servlcc and its Pros- Arbitration or War - 1033 ^^? ° I ? iL The Smcthurst Case 10 0 cctB ... . 1031 The . Smethurst Lesson . ' . ... 1033 C ° y * ! l ~ , i , Mi General Home . News 1-7 . Our Mismanagement 103 i The - Wool Trade ............... 1041 The National Debt .... . .......... 10 ., . FI J > E ARTS— E The l ' nper l 5 uties—Liffht from Money Market and Mock Jvx--IJgs ^ S ^^^^ . Z ' - ^ Ss ^ a = E ^^ gS ^ EE- l i _ , - «» » ^ . - * 1 il ' _ _ T _ Jl fc _ . _ . ^ ^ . T _ ^ k & - - *»<» ' ^ f * irAii . i 1 " T 1 ^ ^ k O " >*! C 1 f ^ a . affairs and the lunder of the taxpayers bthe aristo-
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T HE Emperor Napoleon lias at length ( tin ough the columns of yesterday ' s Moniteur ) thought , fit to enlight e , Europe ' as to the reasons which induced him to conclude the much criticised peace of Villa Franca , and to withdraw his victorious legions from the Austrian territory . _ Francis JOsephj ive are somewhat vaguely informed , promises certain " concessions" to the Venetian ^; but demanded in return as a , sine qua non , that his cousins the Grand Dukes should be allowed to return to their petty sovereignties in Central Italy . Napoleon consented to the bargain , and now tells us that if the destinies of Italy had been entrusted to men who had at heart the future welfare of their country , their aim would have been to dcvelope the consequences _ of this . arrangement- instead of-. obstructing it . The Emperor doubts whether any better conditions can be obtained for Italy , even though the much talked of European congress should take place . The Italian people may pro bably differ with his imperial Majesty ; and at any rate they seem at present to be arranging their own affairs in their own fashion without consulting emperors , arch-dukes , or congresses . Napoleon ' s statement proceed * , logically , to show that since the archdukes are not to be restored by foreign force , , therefore . Austria is perfectly entitled to continue her present system of government in Venice ; the inhabitants of that unfortunate state will hardl y of the imperial opinion . In conclusion we are given to understand that " France has accomplished her mission . " But if France has accomplished her mission as far as Italy is concerned , it appears probable that she will soon discover a . fresh ' mission , " and probably one of an equally important nature . The Emperor is shoi tly about to leave the pleasant retreat of St . Sauveur , to visit the camp of Chalons , and inspect the port of Cherbourg . We hear also of twenty new iron-plated frigates in course of construction , besides screw transports for an army of 150 , 000 men . This may be part of the peace footing that we have been told of ; but the neighbouring states naturally express some curiosity as to what new " Napoleonic idea " is about to be developed by these means . The late amnesty promulgated in France has produced some further expressions of opinion from banished republicans . Chauffour has given up his Geneva professorship to return to his native land ; and FelixPyat declaros . it to bo tho duty of every Frenchman to go back and do his utmost on the spot for the liberation of his country . On tho other hand , Flocon and Edgar Quiiict have determined , like Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc , not again to set foot upon their native soil 1 till law and liberty aro re-established ; while Colonel Charms hurls back an indignant refusal of tho profforod boon crouched in the bitterest terms of invective . M . I'yat would scorn to English minds to have the beet of tho argument ; ho forcibly points out that loaders , who arc worthy Of tho post , ought to do more than lecture at a distance ; and he asks whether as much boldness might not bo wisely and woll displayed by Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc as was shown by M . do Montalombort . The arrangement which was made at Villa
^ ^^ Franca with regard to Italian , having apparently proved neither satisfactory nor practicable—it is believed that another personal interview is about to take place . between the rulers of France and Austria , since the conferences of Zurich have" failed to settle the mode in which Central Italy shall be governed . Meanwhile the allegiance of the Tuscan people has been solemnly offered to V ictor Emmanuel by a deputation of the National Assembly of that state ; and Farini in the Parliament of Modena , in the exercise of his office as . Dictator has declared the legal annexation of Modena and Parma- to Piedmont to be complete . The inhabitants of the Romagna , by then- National Assembly , have declared that they throw off the authority of the Pope for ever , as their temporal sovereign , and demand to be included in the kingdom of Victor Emmanuel . The Piedmontese sovereign lias received the Tuscan deputies with honour and has not refused eventually to become their ruler , but his reply to then- enthusiastic address merely declares that hewill support their cause before , the Powers , and especially with his magnanimous ally , the French Emperor , who , no doubt , carefully revised King Victor Emmanuel ' s reply before the latter . permitted to deliver it to the Tuscan deputies . The Pope and the Grand Dukes , however , do not intend to give up their former sovereignties without a struggle ; and the Holy Father in particular is busily engaging troops of mercenaries ior the invasion of the liomagna , recruited , we are told , from the worst specimens of all the continental armies , while Austrian soldiers arrive daily at Ancona in private clothes , which are speedily re-, placed by the Papal livery . To meet this motley troop , Garibaldi is doing his best to mould the umvarlikc Tuscans into an efficient force ; and in the Homagna Mezzocapo is preparing to meet the first shock of the wrath of Christ ' s Vicar . If efficient generals and u good cause can inspire the Italian patriots with sufficient energy and enthusiasm to make up for their want of discipline and training , there is no fear that the result will lie the defeat of tho llapsburg princes , and the final overthrow of t he whole fabric of priestly tyranny and misgovo ' rnment . At homo , the Queen and her faithful Lords and Commons aro enjoying the delights of rest and holiday-making in tho country and at tho coast . Our evergreen Premier is transacting the business of tho nation in the quiet retreat of Broadlandrf , and varying his ministerial avocations by cutting first turfs on railways , visiting mechanics'institutes , and such like country gentleman ' s pursuit . * ¦ Hisgrcatrival , Lord Derby , is about tobeunwillingly dragged from his rural magnificence at Knowsk-y , to bo bored by presiding at a " demoiiHtration " of fussy Conservatives at Majd » tone , and disngreuablu as it may bo to tho Earl himself wo can have ; little doubt that un oration will bo tho result , wlijoh vy jll prove a godsond to the newspapers and thy quidnuncs . Other stars in the Parliamentary firmament have been shedding their light upon provincial intelligences this week ; and first among those is John Bright , at lluddcrsfield , who ontcrtainod nn audience of three thousand ladies and gentlemen with an oration of somu two hours' duration , upon tho old familiar themes of the abuses in tho Church , tho Parliament , tho army and tho navy , —• tho enormities committed'by tho landed interest ,
^ ** ^ ^ * p y cracy . The general venality and corruption of the whole of the representatives of the people , with the exception of himself and a half- dozen others , we learn , have wroug ht such bitterness in the soul of this tribune of the people that he hath often thought of accepting the Chiltern Hundreds , the only office , he added—possibly—that , he shall hold under Government . -After Informing his hearers that he was no demagogue , the orator wound up one of his most fervent speeches with a brilliant peroration describing how absolutely the greatness of England dependedUpon a full and fair parliamentary representation of her people . At Leeds has been a banquet with a lord and four M . P . s under the auspices of Sir Peter Fairbairn , of hospitable fame ; here were no politics discussed , . but much mutual congratulation upon the wealth and prosperity of Leeds and its neighbourhood . Conservatives at Leicester , and Liberals at Chelmsford , have this week dined and . talked their . fill—the chief topic being that reform which everyone pretends to consider necessary for the salvation of the country , but the postponement of which does not absolutely stop' thc _ wheels of the great machine of progress in the opinion of-the cynical , nor occasion any very profound grief ; even to those most clamorous in their demands for it . . Among the greatest events of the -present year must be ranked the successful trial trip of that cheffVamore of engineering science , the Great Eastern , which will this week have become an accomplished fact , " , as far as our present information extends , without the slightest accident . One regret is felt universally—that the veteran Brunei was incapacitated from illness to be a witness of the success achieved by the latest offspring of his " ( .-n-ius . "NVhilo our faithful ally , ovev tl » e wnU .-r , id busy with his mighty screw transports and iron-cased frigates , we are doing something , at least , towards keeping our -place as the largest shipoSvners of Europe . We have tho announcement of no less than six great ships of war ( almost all first-rales ) to be launched from our dockyards in October next ; mid that they may be . properly proniuvtMor attack or defence , wo have ju . st in thu nwk of time discovered a patent gun to shoot from Dover to Calais ; it only remains for < ho engineer to invent spectacles which will make the gun available within the scope of tho human eye . And on the subject of national duftmees , wo may remark that something liko liib heglna to show ilsoll among the volunteers ; and judicious steps have b ^ n taken to nmko tin- varr 6 us corps »<> iiicthin # muro than playthings f «> r idlogentlemen or convivial in « 3 el . ings . Tho disputes between masters and workmen jil various parts of the country are ooiijing to an end . At J ' lidiljiini the strike of Uiu nnll-liiuuUt , which has lasted fur twonty-ibur weeks , is on tho point , wo Hour , ( . l ' amiutfoniont . Tho IJirnnnyhain gunsmiths and the-Dublin carpontois Jiuvu gamed thoir point and resumed work at increased v / ivuii . Tho succohsoh of those will possibly prevent an early compromise of the dispute in tho . London building trade , which still ruimuns unsettled ; though tho masters have announced their intention to terminate tho " look-out , " and to open their shops on Monday , it is , wo rogrot to say , very doubtful if tho terms tluy offer will bo accoptud by tho workmen ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 10, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10091859/page/3/
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