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No. 451, November 13, 1858.] THE LEADER,...
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GERMANY. (From our otcn Correspondent.')...
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MISCELLANEOU& The Court.—At Windsor, the...
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mitted during the revolution , and which were mostly the deeds of criminals . They are careless of the future , and prone to fits of idleness . They are liable to sudden bursts of anger and to violence . They are intemperate , so that on Mondays outside the barrieres there maybe eeen more drunkenness than in London , and almost as much as in Glasgow . But in spite of all this , they are in the great majority honest , proud of being confided in and faithful to their trust , grateful for kindness , . and devoted when treated by a superior with brotherly
affection and respect for their manly dignity . They are truly kind one to another , although brusque , and heartily sympathise with human suffering . Their means are more easily exhausted than their charitable inclination . In short , they are neither better nor worse than their brethren in England . If France is to be regenerated and society purified , it must be by the action and influence of the working classes , who are sound to the core- — healthy in mind and body . The upper classes are the mere scum that has settled to the surface during the
ebullitions France has undergone . The slaves of the Golden Calf cannot float after due time has been allowed for repose . Their very affinity for the yellow dross must , in the ordinary course of nature , sink them to the lees , where may they rest in peace while the mass of Frenchmen , like their own generous -wines , acquire more body , virtue , and purity as ages roll on .
No. 451, November 13, 1858.] The Leader,...
No . 451 , November 13 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER , 1217
Germany. (From Our Otcn Correspondent.')...
GERMANY . ( From our otcn Correspondent . ') November 10 . The hoped-for consequence of the establishment of the Regency has now been in part permitted to take place . I say permitted , because it is pretty evident that the Prince Regent of Prussia does not feel that disgust with the late Ministry which the people displayed , and dismisses them with reluctance . For those of your readers who are curious to know how matters constitutional are managed in nations where political liberty is budding in spite of the nipping blasts of aristocratic pride , arid the chill , murky fogs of ignorance , I give a translation of the official documents upon the reconstruction of the Prussian Cabinet . ' The Government Gazette of Saturday last publishes the following edicts : —
" It has pleased his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to relieve of their functions — " 1 . Baron von Manteuffel , hitherto Minister of Foreign Affairs ; " 2 . Minister of State Yon Itaumer , hitherto Minister of Spiritual , Educational , and Medicinal Affairs ; " 3 . Minister of State Von Bodelschwingh , hitherto Minister of Finance ; " 4 . Lieutenant-General Count " Waldersee , hitherto Minister of State for the War Department ; and " 5 . Baron von Manteuffel IJ ., hitherto Chief of the Department for Agricultural Affairs . " Supreme Edict of 5 th November , 1858 , touching the transfer of the Presidency of the Ministry of State to his Highness the Prince Ilohenzollern Sigmaringen : —
" Serenest Prince and dear Kinsman , —Your Highness , to my great consolation , having promised your advice and assistance in the organisation of a new Ministr 3 ' , ¦ which I have resolved upon , aud you , with your welltried , kinsmanliko devotion , having further declared your readiness to place yourself at the head of the same , I hereby transfer to you the Presidency of tho Ministry of State , requesting your Highness , at the same time , to lay before me , with all possible despatch , your proposals as to the organisation of the new Ministry . 411 remain , with particular esteem , 44 Your Highncss ' s friendly Kinsman , " WlMIKLM , P . P . R . "
Berlin , Nov . 5 . —His Highness Prince Ilohenzollern Sigraaringcn , after his appointment , under this date , to the Presidency of the Koyal Ministry of State , proceeded to the Regent ' s palace to take tho oath in presence of his Royal Highness , as prescribed by Article 108 of the Constitutional Charter of January 31 st , 1850 . At tho same tlmo , tho two following Ministers attended , at tho command of his Royal Highness , to witness the ceremony of adjuration , tho Minister of tho Interior ad interim Flottwell , and tho Privy Councillor lllaire . The wording of tho oath was duly read to his Highness , and ran thus : — 41 Your Highness swears to God , the Almighty and Allwiso , that you will bo faithful and obedient to the King , and conscientiously observe tho Constitution . "
It was likewiSQ notified that the oath wa $ to be taken with tho oath fingers , i . e . tfio foro and middle flngors of the right hand , uplifted , and by saying at tho samo time , " I ( Christian and surname ) Rwear it , so help ino God , " leaving It to his discretion to add at tho conclusion tho form of asseveration that his ro ^ iglous confession prescribes . Tho Princo of Hohonzollorn Sigmaringen hereupon took tho oath , raising tho ontli lingers of lib right hand , and pronouncing the won . ln « of tho oath : ' — "I , Carl Anton , Princo of Hohongollorn Slgmariugon , swear it , so luilp mo God , and his holy Gospel . " The Record of tho solemn act has boon signed by his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent , and countersigned by those present . 44 Supreme Edict touching the organisation of the Ministry about to be formed . 44 Agreeing with the proposals laid before me by your Highness respecting the organisation of the Ministry to be formed under your Presidency , I have appointed : — " 1 . The Minister of State Fiotfrwell , hitherto Minister ad interim of the Interior , to be Minister of the Interior . 44 2 . President von Auerswald , to be Minister of State and a Member of the Cabinet . " 3 . Privy Councillor Baron von Schleinitz to be Minister of Foreign Affairs .
" 4 . General Commanding the Seventh Division of the Army , Lieutenant-General von Bonin , to be Minister of the " War Department . ' 5 . The Councillor of Legation Baron von Patow to be Minister of Finance . 44 6 . Present Count von Piickler to be Minister of Agricultural Affairs . 41 7 . Privy Councillor Dr . Bethmann Hollweg- to be Minister of Spiritual , Educational , and Medicinal Affairs . " I have likewise confirmed in their offices the Minister of State and Minister for Trade , Handicrafts , and Public Works , Von der Heydt , and the Minister of State and Justice . Dr . Simons . " In the name of his Majesty the King , 4 WlLHEUI . P . P . R .
( Countersigned ) " Pkince of Eoheszollebn . 44 Berlin Nov . 6 , 1858 . " The Prince of Prussia , at the last moment , as it would appear , resolved not to change the whole of the Ministry , contrary to the expectations of the public , or rather the journals , and greatly to the disappointment of the free-traders and true Liberals . It is difficult to guess at the motives of the Prince in retaining Messrs . Simons and Yon der Heydt . It can hardly be supposed that among the numerous persons --who were mentioned as candidates for the places of these gentlemen , not one could be found with talent sufficient to occupy them . M . Von der Heydt " would , I have good grounds to believe , gladly have resigned , for he is growing old and
longs for the retirement of the domestic circle . And I am quite certain the free-trade and Liberal party would have hailed his retirement with delight . He is one of the most ardent supporters of the centralising system , of monopolies of all kinds—guilds , and every check upon private enterprise . Not a bank , not a railway , not a telegraph would he permit to be called into action by private efforts . Government and public servants is M . Von der ITeydt's notion . The retention of this gentleman in . office affords but little encouragement to the patriotic exertions of the Congress of Political Economy of Gotha , ami shows that the true interests of Prussia are little understood at head-quarters . In fact , they seem to be little understood anywhere , for in not one
election address do you find a word about freedom of trade or freedom of labour ; the Constitution and religious liberty are the chief , if not the only , points mooted . It is remarkable that the Prince should have dismissed all the aristocrats , and retained the only two persons appertaining to the middle and commercial class . Were they retained to please the Rhine Provinces , of which both gentlemen are natives 1 believe—at least they are settled there—or was it because they are middleclass practical men with aristocratic tendencies ? The retention of Messrs . Von dor Heydt and Simons , and the appointment of the Roman Catholic Princo Hohen-Kollorn Sigmaringen to the Presidency , I think must be
considered as a sop for the Rhine Provinces . Notwithstanding the change of Government the confiscation of journals has not ceased in Prussia . In other parts of Germany , of course , the police are us severe as ever . The celebrated i ) opular poet Ernest Morita Arndt has been summoned before the Assizes of JSJweibrucken for having asserted in his book entitled " Ramblings with Baron von Stein , " thut tho Bavurian officers , during Napoleon ' o occupation of Germany , treated tho Germans with the same cruelty as did the French . This must bo a hard blow for tho old patriot—not a very wise patriot truly , but at any rate a sincere one . Ho helped , and mostly helped , to rid his country of one great tyrant to deliver her up to thirty-two potty ones .
It is reported that the , . inco Regent , on releasing Baron von Maiitcull ' el , the President , from his functions , thanked him very graciously , and oflorod to raise him to tho hereditary peerage , which , however , Von Mantcuffol most respectfully declined , saying , t hat it might appear as if ho had been guided by a feeling of self-interest In his endeavours to bo useful to his country , instead of by simple faithful patriotism . Tho reception he now received from tho Princo was his lost reward . Ho begged , howovor , Unit his Royal Highness would bo graciously pleased to' show favour to some old and deserving ofllclals , who had merited Ills approbation during his period of oftico . An official inquiry has been held as to tho origin of tho fire which destroyed tho steamer Hudson , but no evidence was adduced tending to show that tho fii'o wns otherwise thna accidental .
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MISCELLANEOU & The Court . —At Windsor , the health of her Majesty and her family continues good . The Queen on Saturday inspected Sandhurst College , on which occasion she wai accompanied by the Prince Consort . Her Majesty oi Tuesday gave a grand dinner party at the Castle , ai which the' Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge assisted . An evening' party followed , numerously attended . The Queen with her children walks daily is the Home Park . The Prince of Wales . —Tuesday ' s Gazette contains a notice of the appointment of the Prince of Wales a £ Colonel in the Army . The Princess Alice . —The Court Journal informs us that 4 < next season will probably witness the entrance of the Princess Alice into the Court circle . The Princess bids fair to be tall , her figure is elegant , and 6 he is like the Queen . Mr . Leslie , R . A . —This gentleman is understood to be engaged in writing a life of Sir Joshua Reynolds . " Mr . Leslie , " says the Illustrated London News , " will mak < the fourth Royal Academician who has tried his hand at Sir Joshua ' s life . We have memoirs of the Knight of Plympton , by Northcote , K . A ., his pupil ; by FaringtD » , R . A ., his friend ; and by Phillips , R . A ., who set up his easel j ^ ithin a very few years of Sir Joshua ' s death , and lived in habits of intimacy with many who knew the great painter well . " As Attempt is being made to secure a site for a memorial to Caxton . The Westminster Palace Hotel ( says the Athenaeum ) will cover the proper site for such a testimonial , but it is hoped that a favourable spot may be found in the neighbourhood .
Spcrgbos ani > his Tabernacle . — . This popular entertainer is so far recovered from his severe indisposition that it is expected he will make his reappearance at the Surrey Music Hall on Sunday next . Olney and Winsor , the " treasurers of the fund for the erection of a large tabernacle for Mr . Spurgeon , after having paid 5400 ? . for a piece of ground opposite the Elephant and Castle , have between 3000 Z and 4000 / . left . To complete the building they want some thousands of pounds more than they have , and , to remind their friends , they have erected a . large board on the site , soliciting donations . -
Submarine Telegraph . —The fractured portion of the cable between Dover and Calais has at length . been discovered , and will be replaced by a new piece , which will be " spliced" on as soon as the weather becomes more favourable . The operation is not expected to occupy more than half a day , so that telegraphic communication between this country and Paris , via Calais , will doubtless be speedily resumed . The portion of the cable which has been damaged is now lying at the offices of the company in Cornhill , and presents a sufficiently remarkable appearance . The accident occurred about five miles from Calais , through & ship ' s anchor catching hold of the cable .
The London Crystal Palace . —Working from the designs of Mr . Owen Jones , Messrs . Ivennard have produced an elegant interior . The site of the new edifice is within a few doors of Regent-circus , Oxford-street , the chief entrance being in Great Portland-street . The pillars , shafts , and framework of the roof are of iron , the ceiling filled in and interlaced , with mouldings . The roof is the most original portion of the building . By day the hall is illumined by variegated stars . By an ingenious use of ground glass , placed without , so ns to
soften the light , the brilliancy of the stars is so far neutralised as to leave the various objects on the stalls below in their true colours , and free from shadows . The roof by night is lit up by jets of gas , depending from tho ceiling . Mr . Owen Jonos's system of decoration 1 ms been carried out with success in other portions of the'palace . The stalls and counters are compact , the passages convenient , and tho floor noiseless to tho tread . The mode of ventilation adopted promises to fulfil the object in view ; and tho rooms for refreshment are designed for real comfort .
PuuLto SriiuT , —A citizen of Melbourne has offered the sum of 1000 / . ' towards the exploration of the interior , provided 2000 / . bo raised by public subscription for tho same , purpose . Tho whole of tho Australian colonies seem to have taken up tlie question with onthusiasin . Gignural Toussoun Pasha , —Amongst the didtinguinhcd foreigners at tho Guildhall on the 9 th , \\ a » tho son of SuTfd Pasha , a general of division of tho ripe ago of four and a half years , who seemed quite at homo in liis little uniform , including a sword valued nt 2000 / ., timid tho stares and blandishments of tho wholo of the
fomalo portion of tho company . His young highness was attended by his physician , who euporvisod tho quality and quantity of hia sweetmoiUs , but . tho little fellow was quite a , paragon of moderation compared to what an English boy of that ago would bo umlor such tomntlnjr circumstances . Having UiWy onJoyeU Wineoir ntthotablo \\ u hfglituws ordered lila boots to beii « Ron . oily ami then graciously porn . litc . 1 hlmsolf to bo oarriod to tho balcony , whoro ho nniuBod himself apparently in ll » tnnin « to tho speoohos . 1 ' L'inia Hkvi ' th . — Tho return of tho Registrar-Gonorol for tho " past week exhibits a riithw high rate of mortality , tho deaths amountl . ifi to 1217 , being on in-
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13111858/page/9/
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