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The Insurrection of the Sontals . —A correspondent of the Daily News says : — "If there be a quiet , docile , innocent , and yet an industrious , race of people in India , it is these poor Sontals . For nearly a century , they were utterly neglected by the East India Company , not a Company ' s servant going near them . Now that they have been in a manner unearthed by the East India Railway passing through their hills and jungles , the first civilian let loose among them is as usual the tax-gatherer . He looks about for what he can tax besides the land , already taxed $ fixes upon salt—a prime necessary ; then upon the rude home-made beeranother necessary , prepared for itself by each family , which cannot of cour / 30 be collected except by a domiciliary police visit and search of each hut ; and , lastly , ho
forces stamps upon a people who scarcely know the use of letters . These hourly and daily vexations sting and goad them into madness . They rise , seize their hatchets , thoir bows and arrows , and , like all rude people , regardloss of life , they put to death all opposed to them who fall into their power , quite prepared for tho like fute , if they themselves should fall into tho power of tho Government . " Another correspondent of tho same paper thinks tho Government officials are not to blame for tho insurrection , which ho attributes to tho instigations of a tribe called tho Forazeos , " a most powerful , numerous , and bigoted sect of Mussulmans , " who have on previous occasions given evidences of thoir enmity to the English . AOOIDBNT TO THE HON . F . II . 13 ICRKKLKY , M . P . Tho member for Bristol has met with an accident of
such a nature as temporarily to hinder him from writing . He was throwing open a window , when the pulley broke , and tho sash , in consequence , descended bo suddenly and violently that it came down upon his right thumb , the bone of which was fractured . Two surgeons wore called in , who sot tho bone ; but so groat have been tho pain and irritation , that a flit of gout has ensued .
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SUNDAY OBSERVANCE . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ^ SiBj—During the recent agitation caused by the introduction of Lord Robert Grosvenor's Sunday Trading Act , I have read various articles and letters in the public press , and against that measure , with a great deal of curiosity , but have abstained on all occasions , even amongst ray most intimate friends , giving any opinion on the subject , and do not intend to do so now , as I consider that myself and coreligionists have no right to offer even an opinion on the way Christians should observe the Sunday , but on reading a letter in your impression of last Saturday , signed John Holmes , a shopkeeper , in which
my nation are gratuitously insulted , I feel bound to answer the calumniator through the medium of the powerful journal in which he has breathed the slander . I shall not take up your valuable space by attempting to answer the whole of the arguments ( if they deserve such a name ) , but shall proceed at once to the passage I complain of . He says , " There is ever some Jew or Judas who will be stepping over wholesome regulations , and compelling habits publicly injurious . " It will be needless for me to point out the falsity of the above assertion , or the absurdity of supposing a small and confessedly Sabbathkeeping community have the power of " compelling
habits publicly injurious . " If Mr . Holmes were really the religious and disinterested person hewishes to be considered , he would follow the example of that very people he so wantonly maligns , and keep his Sabbath according to his conscience , irrespective of legal enactments to bind down his neighbour . But , instead of that , he wishes the law to step in and aid him in keeping a convenient Sabbath , without at all interfering with the Mammon worship which he so openly professes . Feeling confident the legislature will deal far more wisely with the much vexed question than either Mr . Holmes or myself could . I am , Sir , yours truly , An Anolo-Isbaelite . Winchester , Sept . 4 , 1855 .
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ITALY FOR THE . ITALIANS . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ") Sir , —Allow me in taking leave of our correspondent to offer him the right hand of fellowship and to assure him that ( waiving our discussions in the past , wherein we agree to differ ) I do heartily concur with his judgment of the present and his hopes for the future . It would , of course , be a juster and honester course for Piedmont to enrol Italians to fight in the allied war ; the query is whether the Austrian , Neapolitan , and Papal rulers who grind their teeth in impotent rage against England , would allow the King of Sardinia to do so without construing it into a ground of offence ; and , if this be the case , wo must be content to do what we can where we cannot do all we would .
I entertain no sentimental hopes that the upholders of a system of despotism in Europe will' reform , and do unto others as they would be done by , yet there is some comfort in the certainty that they will fulfil one Gospel maxim , vialgre eux , " that unto him that hath shall be given , and from him that hath not shall bo taken away even that he hath , " for thcro is more justice in this distribution of property tlian seems nt first sight .
Trusting that by tho time the map of Europe shall bo drawn afresh tho Italians , inasmuch as tho Peninsula is concerned , will bo ranged in the first category , and the Austrians in tho last . I thank you , in tho name of Italy , for tho free discussions always allowed in your columns on her uffiiirs , and romain , even though her consolidation into one kingdom be tardier and more distant than present events lead us to hope , A Be ^ ikver in Italy jtok the Italians .
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fea » sd * *© me sayf * onit the Imperial pressof * tofa , * a £ in * r tfaedwa * of Murat ' s dynasty to thewnor ptfKy ^ of the l * e « poHtans , showing the probability &a * £ li 4 se * wo members of Napoleon ' s family-will settle in Italy , the one as a powerful Italian sang , the oiker , possibly , asiihe future head of CatholiciBin , boiJh subject , however , to the will ofifee Oracle of Versailles ! We know not how far our own statesmen and those of Austria ; Germany , and Prussia may coincide with this Boriaparte poKcy . If , on the other hand , we consider this fact as it affects the interests of Italy , and as it offers a solution of the Italian question , Muratism in Naples , with its consequences , would be one of the most delicate questions with which the Italian national party would have to deal , and would also impose the utmost responsibility on all who might endeavour to aid the movement . Italian nationality has long had to struggle amid various foreign elements . From the dismemberment of the Koman Empire down to the present time , foreign influence , as the Leader has said , has ever been the chief obstacle to the unity of the peninsula , and for many ages the endeavour to get rid of one foe by calling in the aid of others , is an occurrence which has from time to time disgraced the history of modern Italy . It was not till the present century that Italians attempted to gain jaational independence by their own exertions , and refused the help of foreigners , who , under various pretexts , had ever quenched their patriotic aspirations , and riveted more firmly the chains which they had vainly tried to break . This self-reliance , this determination to gain their rights and organise their country as best might suit their own interests , is the most striking indication that Italians have profited by their past misfortunes . This resolution is the more honourable to that strong-minded people , when we remember how long they have been the victims of Jesuitism , ignorance , and oppression . Now , to place a Murat on the throne of Southern Italy would be to retrograde ; such an act wotild cancel the power of self-dependence so nobly proved by the troubles of 1848 , and would be a mere repetition of former errors . That an alliance between Naples and Piedmont could alone give any well-founded hope of securing the independence of Italy , is a truth that no one can doubt ; but such an . alliance would be impossible under a Bourbon dynasty . The historian Colletta , who cannot be considered too friendly to the Bourbons , reminds us , it is true , of the courageous project of Ferdinand I . of Naples , in 1795 , to enter into an alliance with Sardinia and Venice , to which the Pope also assented , "in order to accumulate such forces as might defend Italy from foreigners , and give her weight and authority in the wars and congresses of Europe . " Again , in 1848 , -King Ferdinand affected not to be so much averse to the Italian League as Charles Albert afterwards proved himself to be . Nevertheless , it is undeniable that the Bourbon dynasty has for more than sixty years disgraced its annals by an excess of crimes , perjuries , proscriptions , and despotism , of which no nation of modern times offers an example . We plead , however , for the free development of Italian nationality ; we believe that the intrusion of new foreign elements into Italy would in no way lead to the solution of the question , but would , on the contrary , throw back tne progress of the nation , and further complicate her affairs , by adding new factions to those which alread y exist . The Neapolitans either feel their degradation , or they do not ; they will either rise , and by a revolution prove that their sufferings have been unmerited , or they will romain passive victims . If they are not inclined to be flogged , imprisoned , and made to suffer agony in the subterraneous vaults of their oppressors , they will rise , and by one of those popular efforts , for which the country of Masaniello and the Sicilian Vespers is renowned , will drive forth their tyrants . Tho nacrifice would bo immense , tho struggle most bloody ; still the army is composed in largo majority of their fellow-countrymen , and the officers , generals , ministers , are of the same race . What does Lucion Murat require , unless a revolution P In the pamphlet which has just appeared in Paris , and' which is probably oiroulatcd by aid of his friends in every town of Naples and Of Sicily , we find a letter addressed by the Prince to Count Popoli , in whioh , wMh an affectation of modesty , he writes : — " Since it appears to you '
—we trust that they will know into whose hands they may entrust their fertile provinces , their liberty , and the future of Italy—we think they would not select a Murat .
We already hear from different quarters this project has been received with contempt or indifference by the Neapolitan patriots ; they are right , for the mere idea is a new signal for disunion and dissension among Italians . But indifference to Muratism must not degenerate into apathy , for it is time for action ; especially as the Murat party is at work . If the Neapolitan people , having the cause of Italian independence at heart , should by their efforts free their country from the incubus which now overwhelms her—if by a revolution they should once more become masters of her destinies
that to present their country to a French adventurer ? —a man who has no other claim but the scarcelyremembered tradition of a day which is not dear to their memory as a day of freedom , glory , or prosperity . Without merit or danger thus to win ¦ a crown would be but little honour to the man who gained it ; while the people , who thus imposed upon itself a master , without -even the justification of having submitted to any prestige of valour or of talent , would be covered with lasting disgrace .
( as to me ) that I am the only solution , lam forbidden all initiative . Let Italy call upon me , and I shall T > e proud to serve her . " Shall Italy , then , lavish her blood to overthrow despotism , with no other result but to Taise a new despot , simply because he thinks , or a few sycophants have made him believe , that he is " the only ^ possible solution ? " ' Shall Italians expose their iwives , their families , their towns , to ail the horrors of a civil war , and give their lives for no other object but
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EXAMINATION TESTS . A correspondent , anxious for our consistency , is distressed at what he supposes to be a discrepancy between the paper on " Examination Test , " in our number for the 1 st instant , and that headed " Why Examine Public Servants ? " in the next number . If , however , he will read both papers with equal mind , he will find that their main doctrine is exactly the same . The first argues , that any " clear-headed and ambitious boy" will be able to acquire so much of literary knowledge as is requisite to make him a well-informed and intelligent public servant ; the second shows that although the mere " athlete" will not compass the art of governing , neither will the " learned pundit , " but that knowledge of the world , and experience in the working of affections on a large scale , are needed to render the working state servant complete ; that it is idle to pass from ignorance to punditism , and to exchange neglect of literary education for neglect of physical education , where both are needed .
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There is no learned aaaan Tanat will confess he Itafch mudx profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , arid Ms judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him 4 o read , wny sbeuld at not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Mixtow .
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Tine Land Tkanhport Corps . — Mrs . Symonds , whoso hard cnao hns several timo 3 come before tho public , again attended at Westminster on Friday week , and denied tho last statements of Mr . Kirby- Men who had como from tho Crimea had told her that her hunbanci had not rocoivod hie money , and aho exhibited a lottor from her husband , dated August 17 th , in which tUnt statement was confirmed .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 890, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2106/page/14/
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