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tlemen did you observe any symptoms of this intellectual decrepitude in Sir Richard Pakenham or in Sir Henry Bulwer ? I have not the honour of having ever served with those distinguished personages , but , in honour to the profession to which . I belong , 1 am . justified in a lleging that in my friend and my former chief , Sir Hamilton Seymour , I never observed any want of vigour or capacity . And , gentlemen , I never observed any want of vigour and independence in my later master , Tiscount Stratford de Redeliffe , who has passed thirty years of his indefatigable life in contending against the ambition of arbitary power in one country , and in mitigating its abuses in another . Gentlemen , I do not wish to say anything unduly and ungratefully depreciatory of
any country or of any Government . I have had some experience of despotic Governments . I have lived in Naples , in Turkey , and in Russia . There are elements of happiness iu them all . Fortunately , I say , there are elements of kindness , of culture , and of happiness which no political system whatever can exclude from the face of nature and from the hearts of men . { Loud cheers . ) But neither the retrospective glories of the Italian scene , nor the ancient repose and the picturesque associations of Oriental life , nor the splendid enchantments of social life which have arisen in their most agreeable form upon the borders of the Neva , can ever make an Englishman undervalue or forget those principles of freedom which have been cherished by our common
fathers at home , and which by them were sown broadcast upon the soil of the great American continent . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I have , since my arrival , sometimes observed an impression in the United States that the development of this country is regarded with jealousy by England . That is an erroneous opinion . ( Cheers . ) You will bear me out in the assertion that the last vestige of former prejudice founded on the animosities of two unhappy wars is being very rapidly extinguished . The peaceful and legitimate expansion of the United States forms a matter of satisfaction and pride for every reasonable Englishman . That expansion forms the best resort and relief for out superabundant population ; it forms the best market for our increasing industry ; it is
the triumph of our labour and our arts , of our language , our religion , and our blood . ( Loud cheering . ) Xo thoughtful Englishman can contemplate this unparalleled spectacle of future predominance without emotions of thankfulness and praise . No thoughtful foreigner can regard it without a sigh , because Providence has not reserved the future empire of the world for his own tongue and his own race . ( Cheers . ) These sentiments of sympathy and goodwill , to which I give a feeble utterance , are , believe me , not rare or partial in our country , nor do I derive them from obscure authority . ( I / ear , hear . )
I have gathered these sentiments in the benevolent pages of a Carlisle , in the wise conclusions of an Aberdeen , and in the eloquent declarations of an Elgin . I have heard these sentiments declared and enforced from the bench of the Government , and I have heard them echoed back from the benches of the Opposition . These sentiments have been inculcated upon me with sincere and careful emphasis by the Earl of Clarendon , and by that noble viscount who is first in the councils and the hearts of the British people . ( Immense apj > lause . ) Finally , gentlemen , I have received these sentiments as a faithful trust from
the hands of my Sovereign , and I will not laj' up tins profitable talent in a diplomatic napkin . " At the close of this speech , his Lordship was loudly cheered .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FUANCIS . The abrupt departure of Prince Napoleon for Berlin has been attributed to a mission for the tinal settlement of the Noufclmtel question , to a desire to return the visit of the Prince of Prussia , and to the necessity of getting him out of the way of the Grand Duke Constantino , to whom he behaves with marked coolness . The lust is tho most probable reason . It ia whispered in Paris that the Grand Duko Constantino nnd tho French Court do not got on in tho moat
cordial wny imaginable , and that the Russian lViuce contrives to mako it apparent that ho does not look upon tho present dynasty as likely to be permanent . Ho is accused of behaving with abrupt haughtiness , of making too many inquiries as to all ho sues , and of taking too many notes . Ho was entertained last Saturday at a magnificent banquet givon by Prinoo Jorumo . Prince Napoleon was already off to Berlin , and the two Imperial grandees had thoroforo no further opportunity for exchanging their mutual coldness and distrust .
M . Duehosno do Bellooourt , Hrst Secretary of tho French Legation to tho Germanic Confederation , has arrived from Frankfort in Paris , to tuko tho appointmont ofFlrst Secretary to tho French Commissioner Extraordinary to China . Tho Franco CuiUnde , of Blois , publishes a lottor nddrossod by tho Count do Chambord to General Count do la Itocliojaquoloin , condoling with him ou tho death of hia aged sister-in-law . Tho Tribunal of Correctional Polico on Friday wook brought to a close tho trial of fourteon men accused of having got up a secret aociety for tho overthrow of tho Govonunont by meana of an insurrection which waa to
—^—^— am ^ mmmm —¦ p ^^^^^«^«™ - « m—— — - have broken out on the 24 th of last February—the ninth anniversary of the revolution of 1848 . They were found Guilty with three exceptions , and were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment ( none , however , of great length ) and to fines of different amounts . The fete commemorative of the deli % erance of Orleans by Jeanne d'Arc took place on Thursday week in that city . The Bank of France Bill presented to the Corps Legislatif last Saturday differs materially from the scheme circulated at the Bourse . The capital is to be doubled , and the produce of the new shares , instead of being applied to relieve the immediate wants of the Treasury , will only be so applied to the extent of 100 millions in the course of the year 1859 . To cover itself , the Bank will receive a sum of Three per Cent . Rentes at 75 fi \ , from the Caisse d'Amortissement . The privileges of the Bank
are to be prolonged for thirty years . In exchange for these advantages , the Bank is to make advances upon Credit Foncier obligations as well as upoii public securities and railway shares . It undertakes , moreover , to make advances to the Treasury not exceeding eighty millions . A very important cliuse in the bill is that which permits the Bank to add -a charge for commission to the interest upon its advances and discounts . This question has been very vehemently discussed . The change amounts in substance to a partial repeal of the Freuch usury laws . Instead of being prohibited from taking more than six per cent ., while the Bank of England may be lending at seven or eight per cent ., the Bank of France will now be able to charge whatever rate money may be worth in the market . —Daily News Paris Correspondent .
The Emperor and Empress , accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine and a numerous suite , left Paris for Fontainebleau at one o ' clock on Monday . The Nord has been seized for a libel imputing to the Emperor , Empress , Grand Duke Constantine , and Court . the vulgar and ignoble amusement of attacking and defending a steep mound at Villeiieuve-1 'Etang , like a parcel of children let loose from school . In this game , the Emperor is said to have ' manoeuvred skilfully , ' but to have been ultimately made prisoner after having ' penetrated into the very midst of the enemy . ' This pretty little fiction is thought to cover a political allusion .
A grand stag-hunt has-taken place at Fontainebleau , whither the Court has gone . The Emperor , the Empress , the Grand Duke Constantine , the Prince of Nassau , and their suite , dressed in all the courtly splendours and absurdities of the reign of Louis XV ., followed the chase till the stag gave them the slip , and they were forced to return . IT AI A ' . The garrison of the city of Naples has been completely changed , and is now exclusively composed of Swiss regiments . The members of the King of Naples' family have made ( according to a report from the Two Sicilies ) a combined remonstrance with that monarch ou the subject of the debased and wretched . condition into which the country has been crushed by tlio despotism which overrides it . The discussion is said to have bccMi very
animated , if m ; t warm ; but tho King of course gave no sign of a disposition to relent . lie said that any change would accelomtu Ills fall . On this occasion , it is alnrmcil that the Count of . Syracuse , meeting in the salon * of the palace with the members of the council , bitturly ( though with ^ roat truth ) reproached them with their system of administration . The Minister of Grace and Justice replied that the King acted for himself , and that , even whon their opinions wero asked , thoy wero not permitted to givo them with that honour and truth which their consciences dictated . The Prince retorted that innocent men wero persecuted . simply because they were Progressisti . One of tho Camarilla expressed his horror at a prince of tho blood being u friend of progress , and added that all sovereigns should league themselves to destroy tho advocates oi' Liberalism . To tlii .-i the Prince replied by inveighing against tho Camarilla , and I lion hastily leaving .
AVbilis tlio Government is strong to restrain and oppress Progressisti , it cannot or will nut protect life from the assaults of assassins . Ah a proof of tins , a young Englishman has been nearly nuirdeml by a rulliau in tho Kiviora di Chiaja . Tlio streets , indeed , swarm with assassins and beggars . Vesuvius is now iu a state of active eruption . At its witting of the 8 tli inst ., tlio Sardinian Chamber of Deputies adopted , by a majority of 1 ) 1 votes against 52 , tho bill ordering the transfer of tho naval arsenals from Genoa to Spez / . ia . Tho Pope started ou the 1 th hist , on a journey to Lorotto—an expedition which , nuniu time ago , at a moment of personal danger , ho vowed to mako . Al . 'flTltlA .
To commemorate tlio Kmperor ' s visit to Hungary , an amnost . y hns buen grantud to all tho . so persons who , having boon condemned to imprisonment for political offences , aro now iu Austrian prisons . All trials for political oul'iicoa aro quashed , excepting thono which uro pending aguinat tho refugees . Tho Emperor , iu replying to tho address of tho
Primate of Hungary , said , in the native language : — " It affords me pleasure to have been able to come again , in order to show this beautiful country to the Empress , and to examine in person into the condition and necessities of my well-loved Hungary . It is my continual endeavour to increase the general -well-being of this country and of the whole of my empire , and thereby to satisfy lny loyal subjects . " On the 3 rd inst ., the Emperor sanctioned the revised statutes of the Hungarian ' Academy of Sciences , ' and at the same time took the institution under his especial protection . " It will be the task of the Academy , " says the Imperial rescript , "to cultivate and disseminate learning and literature , and at the same time to develop and enrich the Hungarian language . " The Magyars lose no opportunity of bringing forward their national colours . Thus , when the Emperor and Empress went to the theatre at Pesth , the bills placed before them were made of red , white , and green silk .
itussiA . " The subscription for the 150 , 000 shares of the railway network scheme , " says the Times Berlin correspondent , " was opened in . St . Petersburg on the 28 th ult . In one letter which I have received , the bare fact is mentioned without any commentary as regards the result . In another the rush to secure a place for the subscribers' names iu the list of the fortunate shareholders is described as having been very great , and as offering an irrefragable proof of the feelings prevalent among the public ou this subject , and the great desire the latter has to promote the construction of railways and other means of communication . The number of shares left open for allotment will hardly suffice to satisfy the great demand . " This , however , is a Russian
account . The Empress was safely delivered of a son on Monday . Two American consuls have just arrived at Irkutsk , which they reached by proceeding up the river
Amoor-SPALX . The Queen still remains in-cloors . A few nights ago , the King went to the Italian Opera-house at Madrid ; but such is his unpopularity that the audience , instead of rising , as usual , took no notice of him . The same thing occurred on a previous night . Stories are told of very scandalous dissensions at the palace . A conspiracy has recently been hatched by some Roman cardinals , aided , it is supposed , by Russia , for deposing the present Queen , and placing on the throne the Princess of the Asturias . The cardinals communicated the ? project to Quean Christina , under the hope
that she would encourage it ; but no sooner had she obtained possession of some documents connected with the plot ( having previously dissembled sufficiently to get at them ) than she transmitted them to the Government at Madrid , and then told the conspirators , with much indignation , that she would have nothing to do with their scheme . Among the documents was one by the King ; and that unfortunate monarch by courtesy was summoned before the Council of Ministers , lectured by them , told that he had rendered himself liable to trial for high treason , and warned to be more circumspect in future . The French Government has been informed of this strange episode of the Spanish Court .
Tiie Purlamento newspaper gives details of a desperate affray in the neighbourhood of Saragossa on the 2 u ' th of April , between forty contrabandists and . twenty infantry soldiers . The latter were supported by twenty cavalrymen , who had carried them to the scene of action en cruupc , but the nature of the ground did not allow tho horse to net . A lieutenant and a soldier were badly wounded , and an ensign was killed . The smugglers inudu off , having four of their number killed or wounded . They wero escorting forty-eight or nfty lomls of contraband goods , tlio retreat of which they appear to have successfully covered . — 'rimes Madrid Correspondent . The Spanish Government has announced its intention . to despatch two ships of war to tho Cliiuii Seas , with an agent specially charged to conclude a treaty of commerce with the Celestial Empire as soon na the situation , of the country will permit it .
Five petty ollieers belonging to tho English war steamer Curlew , while ashoro at Malaga , and indulging in a low harmless practical j'ikos among tlioinsolvcs , were arrested by tho Spanish gendarmes , who thought they were quarrelling , ami wore convoyed to prison , in which they havo lain since tho lUth of April . For a day or two , they wero kept without food , and might havo starved , had not the facts como to tho knowledge of our consul , Mr . Mark . Lord Howden , our Minister at Madrid , being informed of the circuiurttanco by tho consul , mailo a eoinphuut before the Spanish Government ; but no redress had been offered at tlio last dutos , nor had tho nion been released .
1 NUJSSIA . IVmca Napoleon has arrived at Uorlin , and hns delivered to tho King an autograph letter from tho French Emperor with rospoot to tho Noufuliatul question , lie ww received at tho railway terminus by Prinoo George , second cousin , of the King . A fcolornblo amount of .. outhurtiasin wnn manifested 'by the populace . The Prince attondod a parado of tho PrutwUn troops last Saturday morning , at which the King > « a > lho I ' rosont - Tlio parado was followed by a graiul . limior at tno
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¦ ¦ May 16 , 1857 . 1 THE LEADER . ¦ _ , 463
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 463, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2193/page/7/
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