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      is at wort , -SKa-a : "SyfllemaK 6 " process" on foot' for rootins out the MazFinian- leaders , ^ ^ and them only , over the entire Peninsula . Some curious information * ions thia head is contained irt theiJSbveinber ; number of the Monthly Uecord of the , Sft » cw ^ < 2 ^ --Me FriiendsAof ' Jtalp , just published , Facts tending in the gamedirection are ^ thei proposals of the French Goverjtiment ¦ to- strengthen ; th « ir hold in : the Boman . States by increasing tlieir army there ; and the recent attempts of the French in Bome to gam popularity among the citizens ; dearly the meaning of it all . is ; that- if

      the war extends to Italy the , conduct : of the war ; in that peninsula' shall be left to the -Piedniontese and 3 Ftench governments ,: doting in concert , and unembartasaed by Mazzini and the reainational patriotism . Nor is there wanting reason to believe that Downing-street knows all d-bout this , and : is -quite on an ¦ understanding in ; the matter with Piedmont and IFranee * It is fsaid that among theimost active of those who are secretly disseminating in the Papal States the notion of i trusting the J conduct of the > . future Italian war to ¦; the

      monarchy of Piedmonts tanct not to-the . native demperaey , is one of our own . ; British ¦ ' consular agents . > ; : > . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ^¦¦ . - . - . - . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ r < - . ¦ > .. ¦ - --J - ¦ IWheix we consider what isrthe real motive of ail ( this , ¦ -. so far as our own Government is ' concerned , we find thati underlying-the general and vague horror ofdemocracy which afflicts our owri and every other government , there is a more specific an&palpable political , reason >; Jlxajnine ajlfthe speeches and all the antecedents of all our Ministers , and you will find that they are all infected to , the very core , with what we' consider the most wretched political fallacy of our time—the notion

      that the conservation of i ^ ustna as a- Eur opean power is necessary and desirable .,- ; The nji p oy , s ingredient in ; the foreign policy of ( Great Britain is this paltry notion of the necessity of conserving Austria ; Give us : a ,-j ? tatesma ^ who . jpjaces , the ' phrase , Delendo , $ st Auspia , \ TX-^ h& foreground of his policy ^ and , we will pardon that : statesman almost any crime , and pronounce him 1 to . be the man fittest ; for the Foreign Office , But no , such , man is forthcoming . On the contrary , there is no man ainong our present ; MinisterB who will not eret up and talk , to-morrow , the old everiastirig

      rubbish , about the necessity of having Austria as a prepqnderaut power , jn the ; map :. to balance against "Russia . Are men , ; Blind ?; . Austria ; to balance againsft ^ Russia ! i : Why * , wha ( t is Austrja ? Austria is nothing in herself ; she is no country , no nation- , JXhere ; is no mountain - rangc . no tract of wheat'plaui or'desert , no disr tinct fragment of humanity ,-, which the Gqd iof tho . woi'kl has christened by the name of Austria . Itussia is a country , France is a country , Spain is a country . ; . ' ¦ but . there is not such a thing , geographically or ethnagrnplucally , ¦ as Austria . ' "What we call Austria is a factitious ,

      bureaucratic union < of four or . . , five , nationalities ; or fragments ' of .. nationalities ,- struggling to be asunder . . Snap the bureaucratic ptrings ,- and tho fragnipnts will fly . apart-r—vvh ' at of Gorman blood there ia attaching itself to Germany , Lom-Inurdy rushing towards Italy ,: Hungary forming a power by itself ,., thp Slavonian populations . ffi'oupinar . thomaolvea . round their . JtoUsh ,

      tlioir Boliom ' ian , and their Illyrian centres . And thisis the x ^ ower to , b a lance against . "Russia ! , You hayo four or five do ^ a , strong mastiffs all , to keep ° n a robber from your house , ; and what ypu do i « to Hjiiggofc them , iogeihor , tip ' iUeir logs with Hteuigs of rod tape-, ' and , ' ' ptyco , tlie . end ? , <> , f the Hj'rinfrs in tho hands of the rpbbor hhnsolf . .. Ob .. } that we had hqiuo political invention . ' among us . V" I ' " '' wo had some man ' to flco what ia as plain as jiia , pa , can inalcp it , that what . ifl necessary for

      '" M , balance of , pywor , ' , . a . bouA . wh . ic . Ii < Ujp , | oniiUists t , n }] iii # o . mucb i v s , ^ t ^ hi qg , f ^» o . . tlAtii ^ .-ii i' <^| Ta , nge , in , ont of * tlj , o ^ aHtcm na . ^ on ^ . according to tjKni- natnrajf toii ( loncic 3---n () t an Austria w-( l ' lr ! | t .. pprpoimi ^ , bo ) , si ; cring up au ( J , ppa'potual pw ' . lujH of H | , i () l ( , infr- |) 1 « , N ( by , hut ' ,, flolf 7 minioi ( , 7 i I ; wind , a Holf-fjuflicio ' u l , Hungary , aiuj . a , p ^(^ kiHh 01 > u olKuuian coiifodcrapy . ' ' . ¦'¦ ' ¦' .. ' .... . *¦ no . ( U ^ ro t () pojiHoi'vo AwHtria * wo « ny , oxpUianrt

      'J-ViPvyu , ujplomjitio bundling ' and , Hccrot ; cx ) mluofc w-il ^ i iv , vi < w , U ) , y | wa ,,. X ' C-. iw ili ^ irablo to }> xvin !' ° 7 ^ ' ^ H l ; % y : < tfwi > wp ( b not , Call Hungary , ,, ^^ W .,. t ^ t , i ^ , il <) s ^ r al > lo , to prcHHu-vo AtiHtiiitt ;; . j ^ 'r oippo ^ vp m * oi' »» onni . viug . with rl ^ odinont awd , . VhiumvJ ; a ., lmiul ; ovon , the unponding ; Il ^ i lian yvnv ¦>• tnoir guidaiuro . Whilu j ^ -aiuxi pourn howy « w i ^ to tlio : Papal . fcjUtoH and Waplos , ho an . to uo ° » 1 < roncji couqucjdt wf the Houth Of Ituly ,

      Tie'dmoht , renewing tEe Carlo-jOberto game , will do the fighting against Austria in Lombardy and Tuscany , to preY © Q % : otlie % s fwfci ^ o ' uag it , who might do it more dabgerdiisly for' e ^ i ^ ing monarchical an . <| bu ^ eau ^ rati ^ - . int ? jeS ]^ . |;^ Lhen , at the end of th ' e | i ch | p | er ^ . ^ ejj : ^^^ (^ lonjatistsmake up their 'foodfts , France wiu be allowei } to ; keOT her conquest of the South , and Piedmont wuk * be obliged to disgorge the main part of her Lombard conqi ^ esft > if slid ^ las made ; any ,: baek . io Austria , getting as her reward an Italian Duchy or some such extension of her . territories .. And so , if Diplomacy succeeds , ! tli ^ eternal ^ ivibibu'S -circle will move on repeating itself , and wars will never cease . . . . ' .. . ' . ' . V" " . " .. ....,

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      . CONCERT- IN THE COAL CELLAR . " Patjee-familias" writes angry letters to the jDmepi deman 4 ing why ifoe . price of coals . has advanced . Last year he ^ w . as paying twenty-two shillings a ton , and . now he Qanno ^ w ' arm . JtuSjfin- ) gefs at less than Ibaicty-two shillings ' for jfche sanaequantity ; It is evident that '' Pater-familias '' ha ^ s never been in tlie north of England , or that , if he ha ^ . he Up . ' -come away and seen ; nothing .,..,-. 3 ? iie position pecupieti ; by coatowiiers ^ the condition of the pitni § pl > the , causes ^ vhich regiilate the . poriee of ,-coal , ; are a riddle to the ; unhappy Londoner , who can understand a rise in . the price ; of bread , but is fairly baffled by an advance in the price of coaL : ¦ . ¦¦ , ¦¦• ¦ : ' ,. -. •¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ -.- ¦• ., - . ¦ ¦ ::: ' • v . ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ " '

      To ; the monks who were searching for a place in wliich , thpy might , deposit , the body- of Stv Cuthbertj the neighbourhood of Durham offered irresistible , attractions , and no one can quarrel with , their , choice . , How , as then * the ; ¦ City . Durham possesses remarkable advantages of position : and : scenery . > , B , ut . a strange contrast is presented- by , the' surrounding , country . ¦ " Itsbeauties are confined to a , few favoured spots , while the xem ^ imng . portions have- been fre ely ¦

      sacrificed to coal . Coal is the great idol-of the north . Its presence is felt . ever . yT ^ rhere .- ' Travel where you . will your cannot escape from . 'dt . The trains which intersect the . northern district flash rapidly through a country black ,. -hideous , and desolate by day , but which night converts into a range of fire-heaps . The houses are built from cpaJU the ships are laden with it ; it forms tlie universal -subj ect of conversation ^ it' has changed Newcastle into the . metropolis' of the north , and is oiie great , secret of th . & prosperity of the

      envpu'e- - - ¦ ¦ - , ' ¦ i ¦ ¦ : •¦'¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ • ; ' ' ¦ ¦ : ] But it would be . foolish i to imagine that doafc pw&ors are always successful , ' and' never fail to accumulate large fortunes . ¦ The history of coalowtiingi in the J ^ Torth of England 1 is ' fas full of tales of ruin and distress as the history of any other tirade or speculation . Atithis moinant * there are pits which cannot be worlcedl , and pita which would be - worked ; if- <; apital woro forthcpinin-g '; i A few years ago < speculation in coal was synonymous with bankruptcy . ' . None but tho « e wlio had . a supply of , accumulated capital could survive a crisis which ruined thousands ;

      The offects of that over-speculation still press heavily upon the coalowixers . Time has not yet bean allowed for recovery , and , in spite of the more favourable turn which affairs have talcon , many yours must elapse before the injury then inflicted can bo repaired . Besides ^ tno recent impulse- which has boon given to the coal trade haw brought with it fresh demands from the pit * - men , avIio sock to sharo in th 6 prosperity- ' of theft ? master , ) . And never was there a raco of men

      jnoro cliiHcult to deal witk than tluj wiincte of the north- It is in thoir power to ' makei oiiorxnouB . wages ; but they profci * * indoleri ^ ei to work when a ileaH amomvt ofilafooWwill Hatirify ' their , demands . Kivo days in a fortnight ? is aoriU !^ times the whole oxtoiidot labour whi < th'fih 6 pilimaTi will perauade himself to undorgot Hiy ' ia exposed tor riaks above . l ; ho , ser of men < ong ' agbd in otlib ' r ' 6 ( xvnpaiiona . lie , liven , during his Iioui ' b of work , almost hi tlio fn 7 > f death ; for a ¦ 'breath , of wind

      may H ]> i'cad dcrtl . ru (; lion in an instant ovei * many juiiea of grou hd . Tlie < ihildron ai *( i aeiit so oarly int 6 the pit , that the men grow up' in groator ba ' rbarSBni itJwui any othw clans of p ' oi ^ oiin in thii couniny . ¦ JN otbJmi ? will por ' stuuto a pUm ' wn to'w 6 fk | au lioui' l (> ngcr tlian he chooadsy in 'fcinieal wlrort tluvValuo of la . bou » 'toitho maAto iti'iiicrijloillablo . Ait tihiH fchnojw . hon 'fl ^ t ^ r-fa ™ iiliaa ^ iBl kiih | Mkirting of 11 id pioo of <; 6 alaj tUo owiiorHavetpay ih ^ Wages up-to , the iulva , nc ( 5 ( l Htendard , and av& tillable to tninspoj'fc their oojiJs for want of nliipn ; and to produce thorn for want of labour . This iri tho

      simple state of the case , and if " Pater-famiiias " would take ' journey to the north , aind see , the actual condition of the coalowijer , and the . nun > b . er of ;; collieries which , he might buy up * - if 'he wished , she would probably cease to complain . ; No doubt it is a very hard thing to pay th'irtytvro shillings a ton for coatl ;; btLt ' " who is to bj , anie fo r ; it P , Jt is quite . ., much a subject for discontent that poal ' . ' should have cost , twenty-two shil * lings a ton last year , as that it should now cost thirty-two shillings . The whole difficulty arises

      from an ; original Want of concert between the cbalpwners . arid the . Londoners . There is . a huge b ' eji . df coal : in the north of England , ancl some thousands of coal-cellars in the metropob ' s . Two processes are requisite : to bring the cbal to the . mouth of the pit , aiid convey it to the coal-cellars . . In the performance of this second process there , lias been the . ' . greatest bungling conceivable , and hence the numerous complaints about the price of coaL' First of all , there are no ships ; gold has beaten coal out ofi the market j and our Australian emigrants have monopolized the merchant fleets of England . Hallways are utterly useless ; so much money has been spent on their construction , that

      directors are positively unable to make arrangements for the conveyance of goods , which , under other V circumstances , would have paid shareholders , and conferred a , benefit on the public- ' Again , fancy more , tHan the necessity 6 f trade has had the principal share in the selection of lines of country . We . wanted a railway from HeWjCastle to Xondon , and we have lines from Harrogate to liipon , and an infinity of others of a similar description , which serve only to perpetuate" the short-sighted folly of directors . When , therefore , we complain abovit the price of our coals , it is only fair to remember that we are paying the penalty of previous improvidence , and an obstinate refusal "to make both ends meet . "

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      . THE TRUTH ABOUT C [ JBA . . . The Government of Cuba is one of those that can't bear discussion , and accordingly ; ns the Dhily News discusses Cuba , that journal is'hateful to the local Government which prohibits its admission to . the island . With our contemporary we have differexl strongly on the subjects that come uppermost m Cuba ; bvit we cannot fail to rcqognise the great ability with which his journal

      is conducted , nor to express pur sense that his exclusion from Cuba is a proof of tb , e service which he haa done in throwing light on the iniquitous government of that colony . When so many interests ^ great and sma hY are engaged in promoting a had intelligence between lilnglaud and America , it is not opinion that wo want , but facts ; and happily we have facts . The Daph / J ^ eipf ; supplies an important sliaro of tiipse facts . Our . readers will romember , the cock-and-bull story of English designs on

      Cubaa project to Africanise the island , and then emancipate it , in order to render it a . nuisance to the United States . Our own opinion on that stoiy has already been ¦ -expressed ' : it is a newspaper " canard , " got tip for effect at the moment ; bu (; mischievoriH men , who would like to embarrass General i'ier ' rto ' fl Government , or f ; o no \ V diHsentioii bct / vveen England , and America , improve the

      opportunit y * r l ho first explanation is Bup ]) Iie < l from Cuba itself , intlxo eoi : vespontlen ce of th cDmf . gJSrcios , which states tiiat the plan of freeing th , e . Blacka by , a form of apprenticesliip is notiung hotter than one to conidnucslavery in a form as otlbetivo for the ownor , while it miiy escape some of the attack wlijich slavery undergoes when it ia called by that inamn * .,. „¦ ,. ¦

      This ; ia olear , enouglij hut , there m yob further explanation . ' Ono part of tlie story wm , that fcho IMfJfih Ambiifls sado ' r al ; Madrid wjih ' nofjotinting a fjonspiraey between I » Vanep , , England , and Spaiu ^ for the purpose montiwod above . A Virginian gentleman—Mr . Corbin- —has taken a Hfcmighf ; road to a ¦ knowlodgoof the truth , and afikecl Lord llowdcit himself how it stands . I ' mmI H ' ofw / loh roph ' os by a eategorical explanation of what ho Jluh boon Vlping-- ( i ndoavourmg to obtain

      perform-\ illuw of Sj >« " » hIi promises in tleclarin ^ HlaviJ-lirntdo 'pi-rany , in sotting fVoo ' 'those N o ^ toh ' who havo indicivutiy Vinm caHo ( l ' llJniatj ^ ipados , ibui in ' otherwiso ' hoTiently doing , th > oxjiet rev <; rp « of what Spain ban l > eon doing ' , iiord Kowdon ' s jlott ' w will rienrcoly l )« riiniHlrid hy mit ; o \ Wi 'tealclp ^ s ! for tlieir oiilightehinont , Imti it w ' f / atisfactory ' iifl a diroeti atul a ^ t hcnticn kuL eontradietjion of tho idlo talcs no imhiHtrioiiMl . v niroulakid at Wnskingfcon . Men nuiy diU'er as to the expediency of

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      November 19 , 1853 . ] ;! TpyLEADIB , Ulp

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1853, page 1115, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2013/page/11/