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"" T * . mHE interview : which took place on Monday JL between Francis Joseph and Louis NTapoleon has produced results which have astonished Europe , if they have failed to prove satisfactory to the Italian people and those who sympathise with them . Contrary to the opinion which prevailed upon the receipt of the first intelligence of the armistice , there seems , from , the language of the JUbniteur itself , good reason for the inference that the , peaceful overtures proceeded from , the Trench , and not the Austrian sovereign , while the official
Vienna journals , somewhat esultingly , assert that every demand of their Government was conceded before the armistice was agreed to by their Emperor . What has induced this favourable disposition in the stern , unyielding , and inscrutable leader who now guides the policy of France , we may in vain conjecture—whether it be the enormous gaps in the ranks of liis army , caused by the bloody encounters it has passed through , and the ravages of disease , which "we now learn is making fearful attacks upon the French legions- —whether the shattered condition of his Sardinian contingent , and the threatening , attitude of the great German Confederacy in addition , have rendered him fearful of the consequences of protracted sieges in the pestiferoxis marshes which surround the Austrian fortresses—or whether the possible results began to bear too much of a revolutionary aspect to suit the views of him who rules " by the grace Of Grod and by the national will . " i * os * sibly the fear of another Solferino , in which fortune might favour his adversaries , and destroy
as well as-with a great amount of necessary routine business . The Roman Catholic Relief Amendment was ably opposed by 3 Ir . Whiteside and Mr . "Walpole ; Mr . Edsraeli acknowledged its necessity , but compromised his ^ opposition to . the measure by proposing to refer it to a Committee . Lord Palmerston was as neat and effective as usual in his speech in favour of the bill , which was supported by the Government , and will probably be carried . The Church-rate discussion , also , was conducted with vigour and some heat ; again the Premier supported the measure , and the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledged the necessity of aa altered law ; but this debate afforded him an opportunity of ironically complimenting Lord Palmerston upon the liberal alteration in iiis views upon the matter . The second reading of the bill is carried , and we trust the vexed question will speedily be set at rest forever . Supply has been the chief business of the Commons during the week , and among other topics which have occupied both Houses , may be mentioned the Tolunteers , and the Hudson ' s Bay territory , which the Government , in both cases , expressed then ? intention to interfere with no more than they can help . The rumour of an Autu-mn Session is beginning to he discredited , and , indeed , one weekly journaT , -which assumes to possess indisputable information , announces that Parliament will not meet again , after the close of the session , till next year . _ _ -.,. ' , mis "II _ - Zj-1 ^ . « MHnnJ . «» -M /^ i- » -n + / vrnortiBC'ifV T / ITit . lTl
The termination of the war- m Italy given a fresh impulse to the question of our means of defence , both naval and military ; since that event leaves tineuiployed a French army of a quarter of . a million , and a magnificent force of men-of-war and transports , which our faithful ally may , perhaps , have some difficulty to keep from becoming discontented , unless some vent can be found for their superfluous enthusiasm . Under these circumstances , we are luvppy to be able to stato that , at present , there is no indication of any flagging in the Gqyeraiuent measures . Lord Clarence Pftget announces that our navy is now in a state befitting the honour of the country . VVe trust there may not be occasion to test the truth of his assertion ; but until the navy of England is in a position to give a satisfactory account of any two combined enemies at sea , the country -will not bo sntisfieclat any rate , in its present temper . London is ' taking tho lead in the volunteer question ; and wo hope that tho mooting at Guildhall next weyk iml give a satisf ' aotoYy fillip to the enthusiasm oi the provinces , though in this ' matter the Government havo not dmiu much , at present , to iustor the
' fortresses still remains intact to protect her communications between the Tyrol and the road to Milan or Florence ; the principalities of Tuscany , Parma , and Modena , are again to be ruled by Austrian satraps ; and thou gh perhaps they may be for a time mocked with the semblance of a constitution , the influence of the house of Hapsburg will not . eventually be diminished by the provisions of the present arrangement . Lombard y ^ " beyond . the ' line of the Mincio , '' is . ceded to Victor Emmanuel , as some return for the ruin of his finances , the almost annihilation of his army , and the waste of his ; i ? iedm ' ontese territory—to be retained by him until time and circumstances shall favour its _ . ... . • . . ' . *
re-annexation by its former master . Cavour , the originator of this great national crusade , has been thwarted and deceived , and at this most important crisis has retired from the councils of his Sovereign , and thrown up the high position which he held in the eyes of Europe , unable to meet the indignation and reproach of those whose hopes he has excited only to disappoint . The Pope , to crown all , whose government of his own petty sovereignty has been pre-eminently distinguished for its mingled barbarity and helplessness , is to be the " honorary head" of the Italian Confederation ; and the kingdom of Italy , under Victor Emmanuel , is
henceforth to be considered an exploded political chimera of the aspiring states in wliibh . it was fostered , Kossuth and his compatriot , Ivlapka , remain in Italy to ponder upon the wisdom of putting their trust in princes ; the object of their presence as a threat to Austria has been fulfilled , and the revolution in Hungaiy , as far as they are concerned , appears" to be postponed sine die , their partnership with Napoleon to be dissolved , and they themselves free to return to - ( Sower-street or Broadway as soon as ever they please . From Germany we learn that the intrigues of Austria to place Prussia in a secondary position
have been thwarted by the refusal of the Prussian ruler to take the command of the Federal Army . The news from the Continent generally , also , is of importance and interest ; in the North wo hear of the decease of King Oscar of Sweden , and in the South of another outbreak of Swiss mercenaries , but this time their energy , at Naples , has been expended against their own officers instead of unoffending women and children , as in their famous passage of arms at Perugia . The Commander of tho Faithful is about to visit his faitliflil pashas in Egypt and in Syria . Whether the projected tour is for hcajth , or undertaken with political objects , we are not informed— -probably tho two are combined . In Syriu it is possible that Russian or Frencli
inpatnotlc ypint oi the country . On . Monday next , , tho Chancellor oi the Exchequer luis promised , if possible , to bruiff toward his Imdffot ; wlicn wo slinll . probably have tho satisfaction of knowing that vo have more taxes to pay with the questionable udvantngG ot naccrtainiBfa'iii "'JuiC manner tlioy will bo levied , _ Tho sultry weather ot tho lnst few weeks js pro duo in " uu uniu-vourablo ouoct upon the public huallh ,. which in njfljrnvoted by tho condition , of tho river rimmoei , upon which stream remedial measures seoni to havo been lavished in vain . Deaths fi'oin sun-stroke , too , » most rare event in England , huvo boon registered , and the Htorais of hiyt week resulted in several fatal accidents from , lightning .
( luence may , before long , give rise to complications winch may require greater energies than those of Abdul Medjid to * deal with them , nncl greater wisdom and honesty than appears to belong to his present advisors . The Now York mails bring tidings of that singular adventurer , Walker , having again turned up , in connexion with n jmmoureu attempt ujwu Mexican territory . Wo also hear generally favourable accounts of harvest prospootm , ana of the trade of our transatlantic cousins . A fearful railway calamity , upon the great scnie which is too common in tho United States , has occurred , by which sixty lives are said to have been sacrificed * Tho sittings of the British Parliament have been oooupied this week with questions of importance ,
f or ever the popularity to gam which he has so lavishly poured out French blood and treasure—has entered into his calculations , and he has determined discreetly to withdraw from a . contest so profitless before his gory laurels fade ; perhaps , indeed , even in his bosoiw there may exist $ ome compunction for the loss of those gallant Frenchmen whose lives have been sacrificed , neither for the welfare of their own country nor of that which they believed they were rescuing from despotism . Whatever be his motives , wo cannot consider that ho has tliis time shown that oareful
regard to his own interests , and tho same extras ordinary astuteness which has characterised tlfe principal acts of his former career . To judge by what we know at present of tho facts , Napoleon has stoppod , as it were confounded with the magnitude of tho enterprise before him , and has patched up an unprofitable peaoe when he might havo earned tho campaign to a satisfactory and glorious conclusion . Ho has disregarded those saore ' d interests of Italy , of which ho so loudly proclaimed himself the champion , and has loft that unhappy country in a condition little if any bettor than that m which she was before tho commencement of hostilities .
Austria is foiled , but scarcely humbled , by tho peaoe ; her hold on Venice is retained , and even strengthened , by her new position as tho leading power of tho Italian Confederacy , while hep line , of
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Leader (1850-1860), July 16, 1859, page 831, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2303/page/3/
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