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    ¦ ——?¦— - — T HE momentous events pfthe past week , point , we sincerely trust , to the re-establishment of peace upon the Continent of Europe ; and the intelligence yesterday received of a suspension of hostilities between the allies autf the Emperor of Austria , will , we hope be followed by the news of a treaty of peace founded upon terms honourable

    to the victors of Solferino and Magenta , and framed to protect the interests and liberties of the much endxiring Italian people . If these aspirations are fulfilled , the time-honoured aisles of Notre Dame may resound with a Te Deiun more appropriate than that of last Sunday , when all the pomp of the metropolis of France was called into requisition to furnish forth a thanksgiving for the bloodstained laurels of Solferino . As -to' the high

    contracting parties themselves , although both must stand in need of supplies and re inforcements , there can be but little doubt that tlie proposition of an armistice Las come from Francis Joseph ; and that he will be compelled to agree , or to simulate acquiescence , with the terms dictated by Louis Napoleon . It may be , indeed , that the intervention of a third power has been at work , though of such a movement we have at present no information . Peace , to be of advantage to Austria , must follow

    immediately xipon the suspension of hostilities , for every day of delay is assisting the Franco- Sardinian forces to repair the fearful gaps in their ranks , to prepare their much-vaunted flotilla of iron-plated gun-boats , and to prepare further diversions by attacks upon the weaker outposts of the Austrian empire . Meantime the army commanded by Hess , is on its own ground , and under the protection of its renowned fortresses ; and if its commander does not feel himself strong enough

    to risk another engagement now , while his opponents are as yet unprepared to renew the fight ,. it seems certain that more ignominious terms must be accepted and greater sacrifices made by Francis Joseph , if ho allows the negotiations to be protracted . That the Austrian dominion in Loinbardy must bo resigned , is obvious , but by timely concession and the exercise of that . sagaoity which is supposed to he peculiarly the quality of bis

    diplo-The report , which has been published with an air of authority , of the compact between Louis Napoleon and Louis Eossuth , is , if true , of the highest importance . It is asserted that tho French Emperor is to place at the disposal of the ex-dictator a corps d ' arniee , with arms and money to the extent required ; that in case of the expected result of a rising following their joint proclamation to the Hungarians , the Emperor will recognise their independence , guarantee their freedom to choose'their own sovereign , and use his influence with the European Powers to ratify their decision . How the nation thus provided for would be inclined to relish the combined benevolence of Kossuth and Napoleon , or what'European complications such an arrangement might give rise to , we will not pretend to say . WU Will 11 UL JHCICUU hj Buy . T ^ V .- ^ ** svnsvr » it' i « tT » 1 /^ 1 t TiaC Ti <^ C * Tl TYIiiVl isllfill Wltn

    At home , both Houses of Parliament have , been "busily engaged in trying to get rid of part of the enormous accumulatipn of public , business which must be disposed of before noble lords find hon . members can hope to exchange the odours of Thames for the breezes of the moors . Nevertheless , in the Lords , time has been found to listen to one of the most j > ow . erful orations of our time , fi-oni the lips of the venerable Lyndhurst—an address which , whether based upon sound or unsound knowledge of facts , there can be no doubt has been dictated by the purest and most disinterested patriotism ; . which has been received as it deserved by his fellow-countrymen , and -which contains solemn warnings which we trust will not be lightly disregarded . Notwithstanding his repudiation of the idea of invasion , even Lord

    Granville was " compelled to allow that the country is not sufficiently armed ; and in the Lower House it has been announced that Government are fully awakened to the necessity of pushing on our shipbuilding , our cannon-casting , our steam-rams , and , above all , of increasing reserves of seamen and our trusty militia . The volunteers nre also to be fostered , provided with arrns ^ and drilled by Government ; and not before it is time , if it be true as wo are told , that the number of men hors de combat in the Italian campaign alone is much greater than tlie whole force which we could-bring into the field , while France and Russia individually equal us in the number of their ships and trained , seamoii . The Cobden defection from the Falmerstonian cohort has produced at least one satisfactory result , in the appointment to a seat in the Cabinet ot the father of tho Free Trade movement—Mr . Charles Villiers—an honest politician , an able debater , ana a real strength to tho Government . Whnt course will be purlucd by Messrs . Bright and Cobdon , when measures vital to the existence of the now Ministry como undor discussion , tlio nubJio ore cur ious to k » ow ; and how the policy of tho Government can bo disapproved by thorn , while it is supported by Gibson , Gilpin , and Vilhws . Tho excitement in tho Indian army , aocording to Sir Charles Wood fo at ftn oml 5 *! 1 G co ™ J ? on 7

    testing his sincerity . Will he continue to be ruled by that moderation which he has so ostentatiously proclaimed since the outbreak of the war ; or will the claims , ancient and modern , of the nation of which he is the head , be again revived , to share the dominion of the Peninsula . He disclaims all personal views , and proclaims to the people of Italy his" upright design , in taking tip their quarrel ; to be solely the restoration of their liberties- but it is to . . i ¦ • , TTT » n l _ ^__ j . " „ ± * "Urt Mi-tl ^ -v ^ -1

    be remarked that his despatch to the Empress , which he well . knows will be flashed throughout Europe by the instantaneous agency of electricity , contains no word of his brave ally , Victor Emmanuel , the chosen leader of the Italian nation , as having been considered a necessary party to the arrangement with Austria . " Une suspension d ' armes est convenue entre l'JEnipereur d'Autriche et moi " are the words in which the informat ion is t he be wise

    conveyed o our thirsty ears . May enough to see that his empire and his dynasty can best be strengthened at the present epoch by a policy which shall silence the slanders of his enemies and quiet the grave suspicious of those who have not yet declared themselves against him . From France we learn that ruinours of an approaching peace have been increasing during the whole of the present week , and the circular of Count Walewski has greatly strengthened this

    impression , by the willingness wiich it expresses , on the part of the French Government , to take counsel of the great neutral powers , and by the approbation of the policy of England which it evinces . At the same time , the armaments both of the naval and military force of the empire continue , and we hear of mighty sqxiacUons fitting at Cherbourg and Brest , which cannot surely be all required to crush the navy and ports of Austria alone .

    We hear of the investment of Peschiera hemg completely established by tho shattered remains of the magnificent little army of Sardinia , and ' of dispositions of the French force against Verona and Mantua , which show the French Emperor to be no neophyte in the art of war , nor wanting in that sagacity and power of resource which constitute the successful commander . His ,- balloons and rifled cannon may have boon criticised and even laughed at , but thoy have produced results his opponents little dreamed of . JPrinco Napoleon has

    at length effected a junction with tho main bodv of the army , though perhaps too late to gratify his laudable ambition to head his charging squadrons in the field ; and Garibaldi in tho passes of the Tyrol has again driven tho Austrians before him , and gaitood fresh laurels for his gallant fteo companions . On tho Adriatic coast , ten thousand French solaiors have been safely landed , wo nro told , at Lussienpiocolo , to create a nuolous for a rising in tuc Venetian States , and should tUo war continue , the result cannot bo doubted .

    , . deuce by tlio last mail , however , tolls u different story , lid Lord Stanloy ' s successor may find its an-aiwromont 11 more serious matter than lie anticipates 5 while difficulties , finanoial and politioal , will , it is to bo feared , soon require tho restoration of an ablo statesman to the direction of our Indian empire .

    matists , it is possible that the Emperor may still retain his hold upon Venetia , tit least until the misgovornment , which is one of the traditions of hia family policy , calls again for a foreign interference to back tho remonstrances of his subjects . Tlie French Emperor has throughout this war loudly disavowed ambitious or personal motives ; i * V therefore , ho holds the advantageous position which is generally supposed , at tho present crisis , ths powers of Europe have the opportunity of

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 9, 1859, page 807, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2302/page/3/