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¦ ¦ ~ w — . . Leader Office , Saturday , August 28 th . THE CONTINENT . FKAXCE . Coust Peksigxy ' s remarkable speech is ascribed by many to the . influence of those two illustrious members of tlie late British Cabinet , Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon , who are not now at Paris without political reasons of their own . A Paris letter in the Tnjependance of Brussels contains the following information on the sulvject of the reported marriage of the Due de Malakoff . The first banns will be published on Thursday next , and it is said that it was for the purpose of signing the contract that the Emperor " postponed his departure for Biarritz . It is added that the marriage portion of Mdlle . de Paniega , amounting to one million , has been furnished by his Majesty . I know not whether there is any exaggeration in this sum , but I have heard that the trousseau will be furnished by the Empress . Lord Cowley will , it is said , act as one of the witnesses of the duke , and Prince Napoleon will also honour the marshal with his presence . M . Mon , the Spanish Ambassador ,-who is expected in Paris on the 31 st , will be one of the witnesses of the bride . It is said that the marriage will take place on the 8 th of September , the anniversary of the taking of the Malakoff . . SPAIN-. A ^ lelegram from Madrid states that a military expedition to Havannah is in preparation . ¦ . ' . ¦ : v , " ¦ ¦ : : ¦ TUREElf . ¦¦ ¦ ' . ' . Despatches received through Greece state that disturbances have broken out at Hevaclion , in Candia . Ten Christians were massacred . The irregulars of Dervend Aga invaded the Greek frontier ; but were driven back . - . ' '¦ ¦ . ' . - . ¦ ¦ ¦¦' . ¦ . ¦ . " ... ' '¦ ¦ -. . ¦¦ .. ¦ ... ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ... - .- ' ¦ '¦ ¦ Letters from Derna ( Tripoli ) announce that the plague was generally on the decline , though it had , broken out at Ogisa , a town four days' march inland . At Malta tbe Lazaretto bad been organised . GREECE . ' V ' : ; ¦'¦ ¦" ... ; . ¦; ' - ¦ ^ A private letter from Athens saysi— "The negotiations which have been going on between the roval family of Bavaria and the Greek Government to obtain some modifications in the provisions of the Greek constitution have not led to any result , Nothing will therefore be changed in the fundamental principle of the law , which requires that the Sovereign shall profess the orthodox Greek religion . The great question relative to the succession to the throne of Greece remains , ther efore , undecided . The religious sentiments of Prince Adalbert and of the Infanta Amelia , his wife , have not up to the present time allowed them to yield to political considerations . "
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FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE AT WORTHING . A frightful calamity occurred at Worthing on Thursday , ¦ which has cast a horrible gloom over the whole of that watering-place . The Mary nnd Eliza , pleasure boat , left in the evening with about twenty passengers , consisting of men , women , and children . When she had been out about three-quarters of an hour , by some irieans , at present unexplained , she overturned , and thirteen of her passengers were drowned . Up to the present time eleven bodies have been recovered , viz . seven children , two female . " , and the boatman and hie ¦ wife . Every means were adopted to restore animation when they Avere brought to shore , but without avail . The other bodies bnve not yet , bei > n found . The greatest excitement prevails throughout the entire neighbourhood .
Fire At The North London Railway '"Works...
Fire at the North London Railway ' "Works , Bow . —About four o ' clock yesterday morning a very extensive fire took place at the locomotive and carriage works of the North London Railway , nt Bow . The portion of tlie works which is destroyed formed n long range of workshops , two floors in height , which stood doge to the up-line of rails . They comprised the carriage building and repairing depot , turners' and painters ' shops , and engineers' and smiths' stores , in which were a quantity of machinery , patterns , & c . The whole of the stock of enrringes fell a sacrifice . Considerable time elapsed before tlio cnginos could arrive from London . Tb the mean time tho conflagration progressed with fearful rapidit } -, sweeping along tho roof ; tlio entiro
rango of building was in one Lody of fire , as also tho boiler and engine-house , which juijoined . By the time the brigade arrived very little could bo suvcd . The engines , however , ivcro got to work , nnd tho operations of tlio firemen wero chiefly directed to preventing tho flames commimicnting to the principal locomotive building , the west windows of which were nearly all shattered by the intense hent . By seven o ' clock tho fire lind been effectually got under . Tho vails of tlie destroyed building hod fallen over on to the main lino , mid , for a time , impeded the traffic . Gangs of lnbourerd wore set to work to clear tlio ruila , and in the course of tho morning the trains ran as usual . The loas will amount to several thousand pounds . Tho origin cf tho disaster is at present a mystery .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . — -De . Arnold . ¦' ¦ ¦ ' .- ^ -A—¦ . ' '•¦ ¦ . ¦
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MODERN VIEW OF OUR ANCIENT CONSTITUTION " . , To the Conservatives of our ancient and mucliadmired realm nothing can . be more astonishing than the manner in which tlie CoastitutLoiij once so much boasted of as " great , glorious , and free , " is now apologised for . it is scarcely defended by its friends . It is always to be improved by all parties . It is now contrasted -with that of the United States , and elaborately sliown not to be so extravagant nor so regardless of individual liberty as the : instrument that there , corrupts all who aspire to use it , / that passes Fugitive Slave Laws , and keeps in personal bondage 3 , 000 , 000 human beings . What is now chiefly said in favour of our Gor yernmeut is , that it is less wasteful and less mischievous than the ^ Federal Government of
the United States . We have no intention of inquiring into the relative cost of the two , which , to be done fairly and satisfactorily , must include tlie charge , here , for a State Church , wliile there no such charge is known it must include also , here , county , citv > and borough taxes , and there the taxes of each state Government ; and should here , we think , also include rent paid for land , which is in the limm an inherited charge on industry for the support of an aristocracy as a branch of government derived from the feudal system , as tithes are a charge on industry for a State -Church derived from tlie narrow , anti-commercial theocracy of Judea . Nor shall we do battle for the
anti-freetradc tariff of Ihe general Government of the States , nor for the in any petty oppressive laws which , in each particular state , are directed to ensure , in one , a puritanical observance of the Sabbath , in anotlier , to prescribe all the proceedings of bankers , and , in another * to forbid a negro to read , as a dominant interest seeks , by means of legislation , to attain its own private nnd paltry ends . We cannot believe that the good government so much desired for our own country will be obtained by showing that every abuse and every extravagance here can be contrasted with a greater abuse and greater extravaqauce elsewhere !
We must remind Conservatives , ] iowovcr , who resort to this new-fashioned Whig plan of apologising for the Queen ' s Government , that ISnglaud lias now had renowned statesmen , and has studied statesmanship for several ceutAiries ; that it has long hnd a noble aristocracy , a well-endowed clergy , and opulent middle classes , till with much leisure , jmd all claiming respect and honour for their services to society ; while the States have become an independent power within the memory of living men . They liavc no aristocracy , no endowed clergy , no especially leisure class to study science aud improve ivrt , and scarcely any middle cluss , though some individuals be richer thai * others , but consist gcncrnlly of the lowest classes , and the descendants of the lowest classes from every part ; of Europe . Tlift numwho starved hero and were ol '
nocoiisidera-I ion , such us the Irish and German peasantry , have found refuge there , and form ptirt of tho Government of the States . TImt such people should be rude aud have rude institutions is ntilurnl . To contrast our glorious , long-dcsccudcd , time-honoured institutions with those of the Stales , so newly formed
under such unfavourable circumstances , having a forest to clear , and wild men to subdue , and none of the advantages of old civilisation , and to exaggerate all the evils and all the defects of the American institutions in order id make a fair appearance for our own , which is now continually done , indicates a great change in public opinion . Formerly our venerable constitution , our throne , ouc aristocracy , our church , our universities challenged the public admiration , and the few were scarcely tolerated who hinted even that
imperfections might exist . Admitting , therefore , that the democratic Government of the United States is as costly , as corrupt , aud as oppressive as its worst enemies represent it—admitting even that the darkest picture they can draw of its principles and policy is bright compared to the reabVty- —to be obliged to have recourse to it as a foil , betrays the comparative dulness of our once brilliant institutions . The extravagance . and oppression in that new , struggling , and unformed community cannot afford the least justification for similar vices in . ours , old , long-formed , and carefully regulated .
The contrast , however , though unworthy o £ England , is not favourable when we consider , not only the expenditure of the two Governments , but what the subjects of each enjoy under its protecting care . The Americans are free , and they are safe . Their Government may be very much more expensive than that of Naples ; it is , at the same time , much more favourable to individual freedom , to the cultivation of the human faculties , and the enlargement of human power . If it expends more , it lays far less restraint on production . . It may cost even proportionably mote than the imperial Government of -iTraucc , but it interferes less with
locomotion , with enterprise , with industry , with freedom , of tlibughti and is far less injurious to the welfare and growth of society . We must not consider merely the money spent , we must also rncluda in our view the nature of tlie services ¦ performed . The . Governmerit of the United States , interfering and ambitious as it is generally described , has preserved peace with , its neighbours in a much greater degree than the Governments of Europe . Since it was established , the Americans have enjoyed almost uninterrupted quiet internally , while the people o £
Europe have been continually a prey either to wars or revolutions , or both . Without taking the internal and external condition of a community into consi . deration , all comparisons of the expenditure of one Government with the expenditure of another , and all contrasts between their policy and legislation , are absolutely worthless . What is good in tlie United States is the absence of dictation , not regulations—is natural freedom , not artificial restrictions . The people of the States have no excise and no censorship . They can make spirits and print their thoughts without nolniirp I , "rk \ Tri nf 41 * 1 % fHr \ i ? rki * iiiv \ £ »« £ T «/ 5 mil »**¦ am 4-lt ** MiJKVlAi VjI
p iyl *\ u VI * i * WW VJI \^ V HIUCAlt * XUU . UOI / L Jj C * O 1 / 1 LC 3 rule , is perfectly free and unregulated . They have no close corporations nor apprentice laws . Men are not required to take out a license before they establish themselves in . business . ^ Division of labour , is accordingly not impeded . Locomotion is free . Castes , except the slave and free castes , are unknown ; and every employment and office in the States is open to all . Religion is left to the good sense of individuals , and piety , though mingled with much intolerance , is more remarkable there than in countries where the Church and State are united , or arc identical . YYliat the federal Government
most interferes with , and interferes -with in tho worst manner , is the import trade . The export trade ia entirely free , but borrowing the policy of Europe , which raised a revenue by taxing imports , —the State , filling its coffers , and at the same time gratifying national animosities , while it conferred monopolies on some of its own subjects , —the Government of the United Stritcs raises a revenue by import duties on several articles . It pretends , as England pretended , to protect native industry by taxing foreign industry . "Like France , it
imposes heavy import duties on articles which can be aud are made at home . It has a vast and costly establishment to collect this revenue and continue the restrictions on this portion of industry . Herein it emulates tho old Governments of Europe . It borrows their policy and aluircs the opprobrium , which is now justly heaped on all Governments which impose restrictions on trade . The worst and most mischievous regulations of tho Federal Government iiro the custom lnws , by which its revenues arc chiefly raised , and which are defended by those who still cherish tho old protective policy of Europe . Its merit ., in comparison to
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28081858/page/11/
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