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unanimously agreed by the above-named enlightened assembly that no Italian Christian should die in Alexandria without the presence of a Roman Catbolie priest ; but knowing the sick man's aversion to the members of that body , and supposing that the friend then waiting on him -would scrnpulouslv carry out his wishes , they chose from amongst them an individual ( to be a kind of mediator ) who enjoys in their minds the title aT refugee arid liberal , also a pretended friend of the invalid , as the likeliest person to pay a visit to the sick mans room for the purpose of taking a few soundings . ThIS self-same h and the heart of
: > arty , with a head of porpyry a mouse , for fear , we suppose , of counteracting the great care he bad bestowed at his toilet , previously had abstained from waiting poor Ciatti during his illness ; but no sooner dxd lie hear that by the death of one whom he should have reated as one friend ought always to treat another , he ; ould put something in the way of the Roman Catholic priesthood , the eternal enemies of his country , than , like ; he bird of bad augury , he rushed eagerly away to fulfil ais mission ; but finding that the true friends of the lying man were determined , as far as they could , to carry rat the wishes of theix sick brother , he had to return as
ie started . The priests , in the meantime , had been advised of all he proceedings , and , like the raven that waits the leath of the fallen animal to devour its body , so they tvaited the last agonies of Ciatti , in order to plant on Iris death-bed the flag of triumph , and to appropriate the little money they might be able to find him possessed of . " The soul , " said they , " the soul of this uniappy man will be lost , if we do not administer to him he comforts of our holy religion ! " And so echoed their realoue clique . But the real friends of the dying man informed them ; hat Ciatti would die with indignation at the very sight jf a priest about his bed ; he was replied to , at the initigation of the priest , that confession was not necessary , lor yet communion , but that the presence , at least , of > ne of the respected Padres was absolutely 60 .
But knowing it to be impossible to have the presence > f one of these priests without the sick man being aware ? f it , they coolly proposed to bandage poor Ciatti's syes , allow the priest to enter the room , and , as if the loor fellow were dead , to await his last breath without > ven uttering a syllable . Of course the true friends of Ciatti would not listen o such base proposals ; but they were few and their adveraries were many , and soon the petty brokers of popish vares ran to inform the despotic Tuscan authorities , to Thorn , unfortunately , Ciatti belonged . By them the ron arm of the law was put in motion , which obtained or the priests a victory ; but even in victory they were lespicably poor . Oh , miserable men , who could prolose such frivolous means ! If the mercy of your God » e such as he cannot draw under his mantle a poor
linner without the aid of another and a greater sinner ; f your God in his omnipotence cannot save the soul of i poor creature without bandaging his eyes , we refuse ris mercy . We deny such a being . No ! our God is lot your God ; our God is not a malignant , revengeful , md frivolous being , selling out mercy by the poundheight—the more money the more mercy—after the nanner of the Roman Catholic priests , who sell the mercies of their God . The God we acknowledge , venerate , and worship , and whom from the innermost recesses ) f our hearts we silently adore , is an immense , incomprehensible , and infinite Being , who by the waving of Sis hand creates and destroys worlds and nations ; our 3 od is , in fact , the Fountain of inexhaustible light and ife—yours , that of darkness and death .
There was sent to the house of the dying man an unultivated-looking figure in shape of a priest , and it vould almost be difficult for us to say whether the orpulency of his body or the ignorance of his mind be lis qualification for the position which ho holds . But ve know that he was compelled to wait nil night in an djoining room , as those who had the care of the sick nan's chamber would not allow him to enter therein . Finally , at daybreak , February 19 th , 1857 , just as ho clock struck six , poor Ciatti breathed his last . It vas then that those who had waited upon him , seeing 11 human care would bo for over useless , with grief left lie room of death . Thon the priest , like a conquering erald , planted hia flag of possession , singing a Miserere n such a strong and gladsome strain that it appeared to e , nml in fact was , one of his Te Deums .
Behind such a conquest the God that was consulted / as that of Mammon , in the shape of the effects poor ) iatti had left , and of which nn account was immoiatcly taken , in order to ace whether they would pay > r a fir « t , second , or third stylo of funeral . And it vms f the Jirst . The foregoing took place near Alexandria , Egypt . Vo could enlarge considerably on the underhand doings f the ltomiHh priests , but fearing that this may already oquiro more Hpaco than you can give it in the columns f your valuable ) journal , wo reserve ourselves for some thor time . Glorying in truth , wo fear neither persons or parties ; and being strong in our consoionco and nth , wo fearlessly bring to light the above facts , and ponly defy contradiction . Your obedient scrvnnts , TjIK ITATJUVNH IN AliKXANlMUA . Alexandria , March 23 , 1867 .
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NOTICES TO CO RBTESPONDETrTS . No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily forpuiblication . bafcasaKuajranteeof hisgpodfaitn . Tt is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , ifc is frequently from rea sons quite independent of the merit 3 of the commnmca tion . " . ' . ' " ... We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the aimculty of finding space for them .
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THE FIRST DEBATE . The Premier has met his Parliament . His speech , by courtesy attributed to the Queen , read very like a protocol , with a pareuthesis on English affairs ; but , at Mr . Roebuck ' s suggestion , he added a rider , and promised a Reform Bill next year . The main difference between moving for leave and throwing down a pledge in connexion with that topic , is this : —A distinct proposition means something to be done ; a distinct promise means that something may be done , if a great
many other things , all of which are probable or possible , do not happen . The House of Commons , after listening idly to the Royal Speech , about the Treaty of Paris , the unsettled questions between Prussia and Switzerland , the United States and England , and all theEuropean Powers and the Danubian Principalities , heard with interest two announcements—from Sir De Lacy Evans , that he would raise a debate upon foreign occupations ; and from Mr . Roebuck , that he
would challenge the Government on the subject of Parliamentary Reform . The Government—that is to say Lord Palmebston , rose —and signified that , next session , he would himself lead the party of Reformers . It is not to the popular voice , or to theoretical convictions , that he yields , but to the body of influential opinion already declared in favour of an improvement in the parliamentary representation of the country . He cannot afford , triumphant as he is , to slight the resolution of Lord John Russell to
carry on the work begun in 1832 . Lord John Russell , out of office , and with the Vienna mystery still hanging over him unexplained , is yet a powerful political chief . The Examiner significantly raises its shield to parry the awkward and discreditable violence of the JEdinhurfjJt , Heview , and displays the Bedford crest * . Lord Palmeuston knows , therefore , that the Liberal majority is bent
upon reform ; with painful hesitation he rises in his place , and replies to Mr . Roebuck ' s notice for Thursday week , by a notice for February or April next year . Wo can only repent our decided opinion that ho dislikes the very mention of a Reform Bill , and express a hope that the nation will not suffer itself to bo misunderstood or misrepresented .
Meanwhile Lord Palmehbton is eager for official reinforcements . Tho gossip about the Loud Chanoellou ' s retirement is , however , very vaguo as yet ; better law is wanted on tho Woolsack than Lord Cra . nwoktii supplies , as well' as a more authoritative reputation ; but wo do not credit tho rumour
that it is contemplated to appoint Chief Justice CooKBUBxr his successor . , ChiesF Justice Cockbubn possibly aspires to the portfolio of Jiastice , should that department be created ; but the Great Seal woula probaibly be the prize of Sir Richard Bethjslii or Sir William Page Woo » . Sir Ri'CQEABD BethjbiiIi should be promoted . Mr . Phinn might practically explain his reason for giving up his post as Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty , by assuming the Attorney or
Solicitor-Generalship . That is to say , unless lie has fixed his eye upon the seat on the bench that is to be vacated , it is said , by Mr-Justice Colebidge . Lord Panmuee ' s secession from the Ministry is . also problematical , as well as the appointment of Mr . Sidney Hebbebt in his place . It is understood , however , that Lord Panmjjbe is weary of his duties , and Mr . Sidney Hekbebt , an enthusiastic army reformer , and strong personal friend of the Premier , certainly has pretensions to be his successor . One change in the department has been
determined upon . Mr . Fbedebick Peel , as we anticipated some weeks ago , retires into private lifer—the Right Hon . Fbedebick Peel . Sir Robebt Peel , moreover , quits the Admiralty for a reason or reasons not stated . It was at first supposed that ho was to be put out of the sight of the Grand Duke Comstantine ; but the Grand Duke does not seem to be coming—also for a reason not stated , although probably understood at Buckingham Palace . We do not know whether Mr . Ball is to leave the Colonial Office ; probably he will , and his absence will be sincerely regretted .
The new Parliament has begun by pacing along quietly under the guidance of the Premier , who adheres to his habitual policy . If this session is his , let next year be next year .
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SIB . JAMES BROOKE AND HIS CRITICS . FoBMEBiyy there was a band of men whose business it seemed to be to insult the reputation and to cavil at the proceedings of Sir James Beooke . The cabal has been effectually broken up . Joseph Hume , sincere in good and evil , is dead ; poor John Macgbegor , who first worked the Indian Archipelago Company in his own special interest , and was then sworn into the British Bank
conspiracy , is also dead ; Henex Wise , the discarded agent , may be still in existence , but he no longer looks from the top of his dining-table at that portrait of the English Rajah which he once apostrophised as the representative of all virtue , after intimating to a private friend that he considered it the likeness of a murderer . The portrait hangs in a civic hall , and Mr . Wise is nowhere .
Sundry individuals , however , lurking under the anonymous , still carry on the war of insinuation , assisted by the credulous complicity of others , infected by morbid humanitarian convictions . Sir James Buooke , for instance , is to this day dogged by an old foe , who , having made several failures , literary and other , in connexion with the Indian islands , yet retains the will and the
power to become his critic on every possible occasion . Hence has resulted , Bince tho intelligence of the March massacres reached England , a small chorus of half-hinted objections , implying charges of tyranny and cruelty against the British Rajah of Sarawak . He is spoken of as a feudatory of the Sultan of Bruno "—who , we beg to remark , is not the ruler of tho whole island of Borneo , but only of an an . cien . fc state on tho norfch-wesf coaat—whereas he is practically no feudatory at all , but an independent governor , paying no tribute to the { dultan . acknowled ging no
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w There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep ~ th . in . gs fixed when all the world is by thevery law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Aekold .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 9, 1857, page 443, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2192/page/11/
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