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lessly alienated by sickness could not disarm the ferocity of personal pride . What mattered the mortified " honour" of a man , compared to the wreck of the woman ' s reason , life , and affections P They are made of no account . N or are we , in the absence of all evidence eit her way , to presume that the transfer of the woman ' s affections was a mere caprice . Without repeating any of the stories current in the whisper which accompanies the published reports , we content ourselves with saying that we must
not so presume . Was there any reason for the change P and if so , what was the reason ? Did it leave the balance of blame to her , or to the " injured" husband ? Was he or she the more materially injured , the more outraged ? The facts which would be the reply ^ o these questions seldom come out on the post-mortem inquiry ; the woman ' s case is seldom stated , far more seldom made good ; yet assuredly , in the eye of real justice , she should stand on an equality of right with the man . But the discussion of these subjects continues
in the Times ; however superficially , the relation of woman to man is discussed in the most public journal of the world j and the facts will gradually draw discussion beneath the surface .
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HOW TO MEET IiOTJIS NAPOLEON IN THE CHANNEL . Me . " John Bull § i . ick" threatens us with the great floating , batteries . They ought to make the naval architects of pur docks restless jn their beds . We have , nothing to , match them— -noticing at once so big , ( sp handy , anc } so , swiff ? j and if Rome was not built in a day , a " Napoleon , " or an Austerlitz" is not . totje . created and equipped in an hour , ,, , ; . _ . ' . ,. ; , , It is not so certain ,, however , tha , t the , menacing position taken up by . t | ie , Emperor ^ apolepn ti ^ e Third , in the § e . steam war ships , w ^ pse ; names , are almost . a , declaration of war , is so . ^ nurag-. nable as it loots « . Extremes . meet . It . iwfepSr sible that the position may be " turned , " andthat the advantage gained b ^ t he extreme size and concentrated strength oi tb , ese batteries may be overridden by the very opposite prpcess . Great improvements have , taken place in gunnery , and a suggestion is &t , work ,, just now , in active minds , which is really worthy of , attention . It has been proposed to furnish , our coast with a totally new species of naval guard—tp fit out a considerable number p f very small steamers of peculiar : construction . In the next . great conflict , it will ,,
probably turn out , that i guns will project shot of great size , able to destroy anything , from , a hencoop to the largest ship of , . th , e line . -A . single one of these guns \ n a man a ^ e , ablo boat . might copo even witfy , an " Aust . erlitz . " It ia proposed tp construct tho boats on a total } y now plan ^—making them very ppiutpd ; fitting them , at the bows with a shiejq , the wliplo of the , front being rendered gun-prppf $ $ ic only aperture would be the embrazure of the jyun ^ exactly a ^ the snout of tlie boat , a position in which it would bo nearly of
impossible ^ or t ) io guns a ship to iirq down the throat of a singly gun ; th-Q sole pojnt at whiyU . a boat advancing , stem on , would bo vulnerable . The only man on board exposed to fijro would , bo the steersman ; , aud even lie might bo brought uuder shelter . As to ( lie value of , this . . puggosfcion . we are npt competen t to judge ; biji . w . o know that those who are , are talking of it as if it , were- not a < lrea , m . JUo plan liaa . nianifeHUy , thjp recommendation , that ij , wpukl bo . more- promptly brought iuto active ua o against tliq machinery , w . lucb , it , has to encounter .
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T 1 IK TIjtUJK ATTACK OF . AUSTHJA .. . A a in vku'lias come over the einph-o iof Austria , "uch m the Hlonteat wuri'ior may fl » el in lihe hbUr <> ' victory , when be nomeinbtfrH bis crim ^ H'im « l " ; ' < ' » nuiHteriug before hiiuthe HOnfl of liia victims . Tlie nigiia of thin appear' e ^ en ofi the eiiix-| ju-o . The Vfonnn coh-eHjMrulont of Mid Tikes Mito ) J " To ull '' outwrtrtl iippWuneo , '" life toritfow ; . '»» v « ryih , iii in pfeffiwUV < fuiU in 'Jtiirillrife , but I'llonruition , acquired IVoiU trustworthy ¦ tfour ' cetf , "imiiciiH mo to believe tlitob such ifl nbl ; th < V ciiak ' , ' »« nifrjia wbioh Wgiv ^ H wta Higniftaatit ; ottough : in <« () ,. Kt (; o + r 4 tf / Jiomfifhii : ' 'b '< ' ) tihiytt the ftlnMn . in "' minding th ( , Uovormriertt ; a'propo ^ 'to' the'Mii * - NcilleH conspiracy , " that it is not only their ' "' tfht , bul , | , l , oii » " duty , tfriiiul With unrelenting twent y agauiMt tho tfubt «* siw party ; ' * A ettmp
at Pesth has just been raised—a great pageant exercise of two armies , which has cost 3 , 000 , 000 florins ; and just before it broke up there was an awkward exhibition of insubordination . The people pressing olpsely arpund the royal party , through curiosity , a General ordered a company of gendarmerie to " cut in . " He was disobeyed ; and the officer of gendarmerie , whom he arrested , was released by superior authority . In Northern Italy , however , matters are becoming still more thoroughly critical .
" A friend who , totally devoid of Italian sympathies , has known Lombardy and its inhabitants from his early youth , assures me that the hatred of the Italians to the Austrian Government was never so deadly as at the present moment . Another person , who is perhaps as capable of giving a correct opinion on the subject as any one in Austria , expresses himself thus : — ' It is but natural that Austria should wish to be qn good terms with the President , as she is well aware that should she
be involved in a war with France , her Italian possessions- would he lost for ever . ' The yoke now weighs infinitely heavier on the necks of the Italians than before the involution * TJp to 1848 the greater part of the ! evils , complained , of by the Austro-Italia , ns were purely imaginary ; the laws were righteously observed , ; and justice ? duly administered ; Venice , Milaiv and the other great Lombardo-Venetitin cities were prospering * Since , the revolution , the country has been subjected to , military Jawi and to' what is -still nwe i galling , \ tbearbitrary will of the several commanders ; heavy fines ,-in the shape of loans > have been imposed , and trade ia languishing . ¦ ¦¦ ¦• : ¦ ,-. ¦ "¦ , ¦ ¦
" A fefcriking instance pf arbitrary rule came to my knowledge but yesterday . ; It having been observed that some of the lamps in the ; streets of Brescia were extinguished before day-lighti the commander of the cityrt-r-General Susan , I believer—gave notice that if they were not kept burning / until a certain hour- a severe punishment would be inflicted . Shortly after a patrol found three lamps ¦ extinguished before dawn , and the city ; authorities to save themselves threw the blame upon the contractor , whose business it was to see that
the Iamp 3- burned a certain number of hours . Although iti was found in this man ' s contract that he was only liable to a fine Of 15 lire for each lamp which went out before a specified time , the General mulcted him in 3 , 000 lirei The man appealed to the Gubernium , which decided in his favour , hut the General persisted . The Gttdermum then tendered itd resignation j it waa accepted * and the unfortunate contractor learned tliat might may overcome right .: ; One and the same person lays down and ; enforces the law at Milan , the director of the police being also commander , of the
gendarmerie . ' f : ¦¦ *' . In short , things are sb strangely managed in Italy , that ! no obo who is not either an employe or n , military . man . can doubt that this Government is play- < ing Maza ; ini' 8 | gfc » no for him . " ,. ' i ; : Mofit assuredly they ; are . It is m true ' that the hatred of the Lombard population is increasing , and assumes a threatening aspect , that all the military measures of the Austrian *' reveal their con ^ eipuHiiess of i t . After tb > arrests ill all tho Lombaxdo-Verietian iownir , arresta are daily takih " place in the ' towns'Or * tho IJoman Sta'tes
which are garrisoned '' by Austrian troops—Mn .-cerata , l ^ aefnfta , ' Bologna , Forram , Spoldto , Tei-iii , and- othetH . The ' -garrisons arc eontinnsilly recoiving reinforcements ; and wo have reh ' son to believe that orders are givori for concentration on Bologna , should toy riiovomont take place in celltral Italy . The fortifications of' Mantua and of Venice lire Occupied day and night ; 22 , 000 men , with batteries , ' are encamped on the road from Coino' to ' Lereo , ready to act in JNortherrt Lombard'y ; Tliewe airo the main feature ^ of the
present position . , "' ¦ In tlte meahwiiile , the incidenffl of this milital ^ -cooifeion are liot slick aH tP' fecori' ^ lp 'tho " Italiiim tO'Uio bufdrh : In'LOmbjlrdy tlie ertelesiaati'rtal ' iH ' ofKjrty ' find' pionrf orftubliHhinenLs are taxed ImV per cent ., with " retroautlviityi" iV ) i ^ Uyi i y < 'arH . Tlio personal lfax " W ' A'liouti ^> be re-eWl ^ blikheu ; niu \ un' incrt ; aso of the tatfdn . ' fmlt'iw'dccrbod . - ' It wJU i )( i raided to eighty ettfitiinoa per , ponnd , which is twenty wir'nout . i ^ yr . c tlV } lu i * 1 was bdlVkW' 48 . \ Vh \ M } ti' \ f'l ) uil Austria delVayrt her rtiilitaty' ^ x ^ eJirteh : It in )< ii orgnhizelt j ) Hla !^ i ; to nav lV ^' arK ^ -L ^ nizwlieiiMlavc ^ uiiit ; in '
Tlie writer ; afc 'Viohrta i « nrtflfoiluvn in H / iVliig tluit tho' rttnti ) of' 1 yHnbrivdf wsih yMnyetoxm be- ' ford' 48 . The I ' mtriith < if " that ; AuRtrfwrt' reiVorfc has been ro ^ Ut ^ l long ' ugo in Mttzzhii ' s pamphlet , " Italy , A . uflf . rm , and the lAvpo ; " but A ustria han worked V ' comparative trUl ; h into Mi ( it hUi fuiaohood ; Th < y » tuW of liOmbardy bvford mm
was prcsperpus as compared with the state pf things which Austria has now created . Fear makes Austria cruel and exacting , and each access of the ague causes her to extend her grasp ; hoping to save herself from falling , the wider is her stride and stretch , as the strong man feels when his fatal sickness comes upon him . Englishmen should remember , that the enemy of Italy is the enemy of constitutional freedom and of England . The best field to encounter absolutism , both temporal and spirituqJL is on the other side of Europe ; and none could
be better than Italy . It is not every State which can be benefited by being made the ground of the coming battle of principles ; but it so happens that Italy is one of those States . To be a battle-field would be a curse to England , and a blessing to Italy . It would afford her the opportunity of resuming her place amongst nations . To permit the outbreak of a battle there would be a sound policy for England , and a kind policy for Italy . That great truth of statesmanship has been urged on our Government ; but if e ¥ eir tre had a Cabinet inclined to take so broad
and practical a view of military statesmanship , it is not the present . The people of England , however , might dp something for itself . It might , air lekst , lend that aid to Mazzini and the Italian , patriot ^ for which an opportunity is offered by the popular subscription . The circular of the committee for organizing that subscription appears in another column . It is worth attention . The trifling contribution towards it might be mor « then an expression of opinion : a popular subsidy from this country would be a declaration to Austria ? and if it were worthy of the people , it would be material assistance to a common cause /
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HOW OLDHAM BEMO 2 fi 3 TRATES-IN FAVOUR OF FOX . A PEN AND INK SKETCH TAKEN ON THE PLATFOBM . Mb . Editor . —Next Saturday you will be announcing , by local reports , that a great meeting has been held in Oldham Of the friends of W . J . Fox . Permit your correspondent at the reporter ' s table to give you a transcript of the proceedings as they pass . In adjacent towns , Stockport , Rochdale , and similar places , tho Radicals feel quite compromised at the contingency of Oldliam becoming a Tory" borough . Mr . Fox has a large party of friends in each place , and the immediate interest of the contest is spread over two counties . Distant and diffused readers , therefore , arc not unintorested in what is transpiring on this spot .
Except in the Free-trade Hall of Manchester , I havo witnessed no- flinch meeting in . the hives of the metallic bee ' s of' Lancashire . Tlie plain of heads rocks to and fro » # ? th the storm of passion , and the galleries , liko frowning lull ' s , throw their turbulent shadow over tho crowd below . Tlie proceedings have opened by tho muling a fac-siinile of Mackay ' s song of tho " Good tim 6 coming , boys , " the whole as ' sornbliigo chanting the chorus . Never was that emphatic prophecy , " There ' s : i good time coming , hoys" snug with such emphasis of hope , as by the Oldham " boys . " Never was there a more astounding orchestra than that which peals forth
from tho iron throats of these untutored , iustianjaekeled vocalists . In the sharp , clear ring of the retioUiiding , copper notes , you wonder at the animal vigour ( in \ vhich tio consumptive lung can be detected ) that this hour of political interest prompts . In the resonaiit' atmosphere ; of this vast crowd , you don't believe one * jot of the physical ' degeneracy of human natureat least , of Oldhain ' nature . Oldham " rough heads " ought henceforth'to he known- —if physiologically the junction W possible - - ! is hearty heads . A more generic tntth you iniglit leavn here , l ' oor lads , jammed between the'legs ol'tlle men , lads who sleep in beds that never' gr ( kw ' cohl ; 'wlio < lr ; vg out- their ' voting ( lays in mills wln ' 1 \\ lldwer / is never seen , sing " There ' s a . good tinU * ( coining , boy . s , "' ' I * opr gn * ls , whose ' budding beauty
has 1 ; been' Maueiirtl ih hot factories , and whose limliH have been distorted liy premature foil , who know not what refinement means , sing , " There's a . good time coining . " ' Iguontnc «» nn < l' imitation , aind'their juvenile ( in'dulity , muy account foi-f bo re ^ ponsti of these poor innocent beinp . . Hut there wcn \ crowded on tho pliltfovm of this meeting , pallid weavers , who looked as though they lived in a ' grave- who , for the life of them , ciuiiiot toll whether a « juasi-jMiniil death in tho ui » i 0 n w ( rt-k , h <> use will not close their p < '" ; d existence in ivhcV ' liiifls ^ VV / Y V / sing , " ' TheriCs , a good time coining , boys . " In'MW ) iVout i : aiikn of this thickly-wedged mass , mu ) 6 lcl maii , gray with years and haggard wipi grief ) imd - vfrotalicd , jllluili-faccd Woinon > ntuopiiig with a ^«
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 9, 1852, page 969, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1955/page/13/
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