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THE LEADER .
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mHE " return of the French legions" has at J _ length taken place , amid the shouts of applauding Parisians , and -welcomed by every appurtenance that the genius of the most theatrical nation in Europe could contrive , to give splendour to the day . But , notwithstanding that the triumphal arches were of the most stately proportions , and in the best taste ^—that the toilettes of the ladies were perfection , and the decorative wreaths and votive bouquets profusely showered
upon the gallant host—the representation can hardly be considered the " most successful of the season ; " it . cannot compare , for instance , in the applause it excited , with that previous more enthusiastically , admired exhibition , the departure of the army of Italy . On ^ Sunday , although care had been taken to proVide all the accessories , and to care for . every point of sympathy—though the wounded were paraded with theh- crutches and ban / laged limbs , while then * unscathed comrades wore the tattered uniforms which unmistakably testified to the hardships of the campaign—though the daring
Zouaves and the savage Turcos took part in the ceremony , to afford the laughter-loving Frenchmen their joke upon the most facetious mode of slaughtering one ' s fellow-creatures—still the result was hardly one of unmixed satisfaction to the director of the spectacle . " Vive la France / " was the cry substituted for " Vive VEmpereur ! " and Vive Vholier testified the sympathies of the French people with the good work so ostenta-r tiously begun , but so ignominiously incomplete . MacMahon and Canrobert were the heroes of the day , while Louis Napoleon was received with a calmness which must have chilled him even more than the pelting of the pitiless storm which he endured for threo mortal hours .
The Emperor ' s own fote on the succeeding day , with its raree-shows and fireworks , its gratuitous theatrical entertainments and additional military promenades , suffered , as the natural'consequence of the reaction , from the ecmi-excitement of the previous day : it was neither a success nor a failure . The ideally important event of the week was reserved for Wednesday , when the clemency of the French ruler was announced to the world in the columns of the Moniteur . An amnesty has been pi'pclainied to all expatriated Frenchmen \ and Victor Hugo , Louis Blanc , Blanqui , UauasiaiOrc , and their less conspicuous fellow victims , are at liberty again to breathe the air of their native
land . Ik cannot bo denied that tins is a wise and well-timed proceeding ; and if it be followed , as is no doubt probable , by a more liberal system of government , will do more to consolidate tho qynasty of the Bonapartes than all tho repressive measures which their present representative has put in foroo . Possibly , Louis Napoleon finds hi inself now aufliolently strong to try tho experiment of ruling by popularity instead of force ; perhapu , some reoolfoctions of his own privations in exile may have induced him to show a tardy pity to tho sufferings of others ; or his sagacity may show him tho necessity of uniting , as far » s possible , tho various political parties into which Frenohmon are divided . We wo told that
the result has been already to induce the greater number of the exiles in London and Brussels to take measures for their return to France ; and even that steamships have been dispatched to Lambessa and Cayenne , to restore life and hope to the wretched beings who are slowly dying in those penal settlements for the sole crime of exercising their rights as free citizens of a free nation—and to bring them back to their native land . Many there are , however—and those among the most honest and respected of the French liberals—who place no faith in the promises and proclamation of the ci-devant despot .
The press , they say , is pardoned for past offences , but will the-press be any the more unshackled for the future . They point to the " pardon" of Montalembert , and they ask how they are to be satisfied that thp " measures necessary for the public safety may not again at any moment be called into action , and with more fearful ^ consequences to liberty than before ; and until these questions are solved to then * satisfaction they prefer banishment in security to a life of suspense at home . M . Louis Blanc has expressed these opinions in a manly letter to the English daily journals . He asks , why should the exiles return from the " land of unfettered thought and free
speech" to France , so long as she is kept in bondage ? and truly declares that until the day of freedom returns for his native land , it is needful for her faithful sons to reside abroad , where they may be allowed freedom to make known her sorrows and denounce her wrongs . To the friends of liberty and constitutional government the news from the Italian States this week is of debp interest . In the Tuscan capital the National Assembly has me * , and __ without a dissentient voice declared that no prince of the hated Ilapsburg-Lorraine dynasty shall rule over their laud : and also that it is the will of the
announces that ministers have not decided whether it will be necessary to interfere in the Zurich conferences . China and India afford subjects for congratulation ; and the national defences , we are assured , shall be well looked after . Minister ? have now at least six months before them , during which time they are to prepare such admirable measures , and to carry on the business of the nation in so masterly a style , as to convince the country , before the re-assembling of Parliament , of the advantage it has derived from discarding Lord Derby ' s government , to make room for the present Liberal Conservative an d TV big R adical administration . ..... .. - _ . l . . nJ- ^ AnT jls . / l T * " I \ * 1 ^ " 1
But though Parliament has risen , and the halls of Westminster are deserted , members of Parliament and aspirants to the Legislature do not therefore hold their peace . At Rochdale has been much talk for two days by Messrs . Cobden and Bright , addressed to the admiring electors of Rochdale in particular and to the people of England in general . The first-named statesman s pseech has disappointed his admirers , and occasioned much criticism at the hand ; of his opponents . It may be mildly described as exceedingly commonplace , and very long and tedious , its most
statesmanlike points being his enunciation ot tue proposition that it would have been better to have taken five millions of taxes off French goods than to have spent a like sum in additional fortifications against France—a shrewd remark , though it will find few admirers—and his expression of the sympathy of this country with Italian freedom . Mr . Cobden takes credit to himself for conscientiousness in refusing to join LordPalmerston ' s cabinet ; but the question arises whether , if his service ? his foll
are of such value to the nation as owers would fain have us believe , lie might not have given the country the benefit of his services at the Board of Trade , without his lender conscience comin" into collision with Lord Palmorston s foreign policy . Mr . Bright , of course , wns as eloquent as usual upon the general misgovermnentoi the country , and the universal comiption--upon which points he is , no doubt , wo qualified 'to iud < re . His speeches were also marked by tue singular fact of Ids alluding to the newspaper ?
people to pass under the constitutional rule of King Victor ^ Emmanuel . In Modena , the dictator Fai-ini , after a short but able administration , has resigned his trust into the hands of his . fellowcitizens , upon the opening of tho parliament of that state , which august assembly hastens to express its determination to defend the principle of " Italy for the Italians . " In Bologna we find the official journal of the free government putting forth a declaration of dcjunl po litical and civil rights . How will all this end is anxiously pondered by the ' 4 ends of Italy—whether Victor Emmanuol will assumo tine government of those magnificent provinces ; or whether ho will bo compelled to submit to the veto of his powerful
without special abuse of them . The dispute between the ninstcr builders ami their operatives still remains unsettled , though there are signs o *' nn approaching accommodation . Many of tho smaller masters have been compelled to reopen their vai-cfc by tho ¦ f % \ f 0 A ? s % } busincV ami there is no doubt tl . a t ho loss ot time and unemployed , cap ital miwt u ! powci fully upon the employ * ' * " - The men . uv ul * o showing ZupolL of iouliiv the screw , ami we hear of ^ nutations being * 5 nt round the country to can - va £ » fbr subscriptions to the iumUov then- support which poems to show wenknesH . Othei Br tk ' cB nra in operutlon-aiuung tho » etovy hamb ut Padilmm , tho colliers m some pni-ts ol WtUof » , nnd the chain trade in SlatfbrcMm'o .
ally , and unwillingly resign his chum to tho sovereignty offered , him by the people Meanwhile * tho advantages of Bonapartist rule , and the claims of Prince . reromoNnpoleon to the possible kingdom of Etrnria arts steadfastly urged by able and unscrupulous agents ; nikl Count Arose , the chosen confidant ot the French Emperor is despatched to Turin to remind Victor Jimmanuel of his duty ; and to see that Napoleon / Wos avo duly performed in Lombardy nnd in Piedmont . The British Parliament is at last prorogued , and weary Lords and exhausted Commons onoo more at liberty to indulge in tho same amusements and occupations ns their follow subjects . Tho royal speech wus even more than usually frigid and conventional . It alludes to measures of reform which may possibly be considered next session ; it
YuBtunlay one of tho most exciting anddeoplyinloroMtinK ' criminal trials of our times was brought to n close . Alter a long and carpi nl examination of oxuuuiluiffly . conflicting uvidunee , pr . Ihomas Smothurst wa * convicted of poisoningJus unhappy ciupo , Isabella Bankcs . The Lord Chief Baron eJjanietoriaod tliiti as one of tho most horrible murdorii on record . Tho prisoner protested hifl innocence strongly to tho last .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1859, page 951, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2308/page/3/
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