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April 28, 1860.] The Leader and Saturday...
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Turin, April 21,1860. A I/L Other Politi...
I do not vouch for verbal accuracy in the above , as it has been translated and re-translated more than once , but the sense is as I The accounts we receive from Sicily are of so contradictory a character , that it is impossible to tell if the revolution is suppressed or not . In any case , however , it will leave behind it indelible traces . It is a movement of the utmost importance as far as Piedmont is concerned , whether viewed as to its actual effects or probable future consequences . The King of Naples had collected an army on the confines , which , there is every reason to believe , was destined to , attack us . He is now compelled hastily to recall it , so that we are for the present liberated from that danger . We
might hope that , after the warning which has been publicly given him by one of his own nearest relatives , he would confine his attention to the internal dangers which threaten his dynasty with absolute and speedy ruin , and be in no haste to renew his preparations ^ attack upon a neigbouring power , whose only offence is , that its example is such as to render bis mode of government unbearable to his long disaffected subjects . The Count of Syracuse has written a letter to King Victor Emmanuel , accompanied by a copy of the one he has addressed to his royal nephew , Francis ; II . The tenor of both is expressive of the desire that Sardinia and Naples should unite for the benefit of their respective subjects and the interest of the entire Peninsula . But it is little to be hoped that the Count ' s
appeal to his nephew will produce any good result . The Kings uncle and the brother-in-law of Prince Eugene of Savoy , has never exercised any influence either over the Court or the populace . In spite of his well-known liberal sentiments , and his constant intercourse- with artists and men of letters , he has not succeeded in inspiring faith even in those opposed to the Court and Government . Still , the present act is significant as recognising truths hitherto ignored by the royal family of Naples , and proving that they see the future with great apprehension and difficultieswith which he is beset
dismay . But , in spite of the - , , the King of Naples has repulsed the efforts of Victor Emmanuel towards a better understanding between them , and has taken the ' opportunity twice recently of wantonly failing in courtesy to the Piedmontese Court through its diplomatic representatives . The publication of the correspondence upon the Neapolitan affairs by the English Parliament up doubt largely contributed to excite public spirit throughout the more important towns of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies , and Mr . Elliott ' s name is greeted as that of a conscientious , upright diplomatist . onlbe
The recent appointment of General Lamoricieee can y looked upon in the light of a menace to Piedmont on the part both of France and Borne . No doubt the general ' s example will find many imitators among the . youth of France , and the Pope will presently see himself in possession of respectable troops—^ at all events for a time . . This ' will , most likely , induce him to bring about a militarv struggle , in the hope that he may find a remedy in the universal confusion of the Peninsula for the perils with which he is beset . Our Government will therefore have sufficient to do for the present in watching over its neighbours , and adopting measures of security in case a political crisis arise . Rome and Austria , no doubt , as well as Naples , ' calculate , that a newly-composed state must be incapable of long-sustained military effort , but they would find that a common peril would but the more firmly unite us together .
April 28, 1860.] The Leader And Saturday...
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to be strongest in the manufacturing towns ; Duisburg- onej but possibly the slackness of trade may have had something to do with the discontented state of the working men , for hundreds were out of employment at the moment . The chief complaint against the Prussian Government was , that the Uhine provinces \ vere excessively taxed , while the older countries of Prussia wore favoured , or rather that tbo landed proprietors of those countries wore permitted to retain their feudal privileges at the exponso of the whole nation . Under French rule they anticipate mow personal liberty , less military service , imd a reduction of taxes ; but , above all , freedom from the constantly recurring fear of invasion , which , ia so crippling to all commercial activity . It strikes me that Prussia is beginningto lose ground in Germany by her timid and hesitating polioy with respect to internal affliirs ; and unless she take soon some decided stop to accomplish the ardent ; and novor-to . bo « ora < Uoated desire ot <¦« *>••« . k . i I 1 _ . . ... M . n Klnup A < Atk-k ttr It i / tlt olio ait h uiu
i all Uernmns lor unity , . o wm moov w »« » "V " , """ " """ never will recover . The Cabinet of Berlin appears halt molmod to believe that the time has arrived to venture a throw for supremacy , or at least to retain a , little longer the support of the masses , and has taken a stand upon the question of the Hessian Constitution , ilio late decision of the Diet in favour of the Constitution of I 85 H , as
instance tor A TOUR of two weeks through Hanover , Oldenburg-, Westphalia , and the Rhine provinces of Prussia has afforded me an opportunity of ascertaining- with a tolerable degree of certainty the sentiments of the great mass of the population . As regards the great topic of the day , the prospects of an invasion by the French , I have found that while the Northern Germans are filled ' with fear and hatred - of the Emperor of the French , the mass of the people on the Ehine would be rather inclined to welcome him . The upper classes share the fears and antiputhios of the Northerns , but the lower classes are either totally indifferent whether they belong 1 to France or Prussia , or they are openly , at least in my hearing , desirous of annexation to France . This , I know , North Germans and Prussians will scarcely credit , and , in fact , I was considerably surprised to heur such sentiments expressed ; that they wore expressed , however , your readers may bo assured . French tendencies seemed
opposed to that of 1831 , has led to a declaration on the part of Prussia which is regarded as a challenge to Austria , Hanover , and SaxOny , and Baron Kubeck , the Austrian president of the Diet , has obtained the passing- of a resolution to the effect that every member of the Diet , and consequently Prussia , is held bound to submit to the will of the majority ; The question now is , will Prussia really refuse ? That she has , or would have , all Germany at her back in this matter , I think must be pretty evident to any one acquainted with the state of feeling here , although I think it would be difficult . to prove that the Prussian declaration upon the Hessian question offers the people of Hessia any guarantee of selfgovernment and non-interfererice on the part of their Prince or the Diet . Nevertheless , as matters stand , Prussia is considered as the
sole hope of constitutionalism and the defender of Germany proper against France . Should Prussia execute the threatshe has more than hinted at lately , of separating herself from the Confederation , she will become thereby at once Germany united , for . it would be absurd to imagine that the petty princes , even though aided by Austria , could stem the rush of their people and troops to the banner of Prussia . Without her countenance" and support the petty States possess neither internal authority nor external influence . At a meeting lately held at Berlin , an . address of thanks to the Ministry upon their conduct in regard to the Hessian question was read . A discussion was opened upon some amendments proposed , particularly upon one calling upon the Ministers to propose in the Diet the summoning of a National Parliament . This was rejected upon , the ground that the address of thanks had a special and actual object in view , and . that it would not be consonant with the dignity of the nation to treat as accessory so ParliamentThe
important a matter as that ot a National German . address commenced with the declaration that the Germanic Diet , by its resolution of the 27 th March , 1852 , had . placed itself in direct opposition to its own fundamental laws ; that by it the liberty of every constitutionally governed State of Germany was infringed ; that ' every State . . been threatened with the fate of the Electorate of Hessia ; that the principles therein enunciated had triumphed because Prussia , in 1851 , lost the courage to act as the protector of liberty and German nationality . The address recalled to mind the words uttered by one whose position lent weight to the declaration , that Prussia was ready to defend the right wherever it might y be necessary , and the passage in the speech from the throne respecting the competence of the Diet . The address further characterized as defiant towards Prussia and regardless of the known desires ot the whole German people the proceedings of the . Diet , and expressed the hope that Prussia would firmly resist any attempt on the part of the Diet to execute . its resolution-. of the 24 th of March .
Since this the Minister of Foreign . Affairs has expressed himself in categorical terms against the resolution of the Diet , and disputes its validity , because , according to the Minister , the Diet has . gone beyond its powers , and is consequently not binding for the minority The chairman of the committee upon the Hessian question , M . CaelowitZ , likewise drew up a proposal , inviting the Government to seek the adhesion of the Parliament with the view to withdraw from the Confederation . This proposal was , of course , opposed by the Ministers , who , although they must be fully assured of the support of the Prussian pcoplo and the rest of Germany , are not willing to risk a quarrel with the feudalists in Parliament , and possibly with a foreign Power . M . Caklowitz ' s motion was , therefore , rejected . - '
Hanovee , 24 th April , 1860 .
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IIECOKD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL ,. On Sunday evening last , in the parish church of St . Gcorge ' s-inthe-East , the gas went out , and the whole congregation " sat in darkness . " Mr . King , the rector , would , nevertheless , persist in going 1 on with the evening service with the aid of candles . -I Uo only sounds hoard in the church were profane songs , yo" » . } K > h ° [; ing , shouting , and slamming of pew doors . At last Mr . King lett his desk , and a body of police entered the church and commenced clearing it—a difficult process , it may be imagined , the ehuroh being by this time in totiil darkness , nnd densely crowded , lho cause ot the accident was the defective state of the meter . The Uritinh and North American Koyal Mail steamship , Canada , took her doparturo about nine o ' clock on Sunday morning , for Halifiix nnd Boston , taking out passengers and the mails tor the
United Stutos , Canada , & c . A correspondent of the Athenaum states that the English language has of lute become a compulsory branch of education in the public schools in Norway . , On Saturday last , the members of the Stock Exchange presented Sa . yors , the Champion of England , with a purao containing 10 O guineas us a tribute to his courugo . . . , The President of the Koyal Society , Sir Benjamin ««> d » o , gave his second ttoirje for the season on Saturday night , at Burlington House , Piccadilly . A groat number of very interesting objects in art and science wore exhibited . ¦ A ..
_ _ , , . One of the largest fires that have taken place m the metropolis for a considerable poriod occurred on Sunday morning nt three o ' clock , on the promises of Mossr * Johnson , Gillmun , and Co ., wholesale boot and shoo inanufhoturorH . and leather mereihanto , situuted in Kedcross . stroot , Barbican , The fire oooamonedthe destruction of no less than seven houses , but wan' Prjv « iUj d irorn doinff furihor damage by tbo successful labours of thenromen . me flro-wonpo conductor was s « 0 fieH « ful in rcHcui , » tf two persons from No . I , in Kodcross-stroot . Nearly the whole of the property w « a insured .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 28, 1860, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28041860/page/19/
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