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THE LEADER .
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FROM the French capital , this week , there is little intelligence of interest or importance . The Emperor and his fair consort are at St . Sauveur , seeking that repose , both of mind and body , which the turmoil of recent events has rendered atTimperative necessity . The camp of St . Maur is broken up , and the regiments which composed its population have been distributed among the various military commands into which fair France is now divided . Paris is at length deserted by all exeept the shopkeepers , the police , and the English and German excursionists whom the cheap trains of the season bring , to taste its gaiety and its dissipation .
Whatever motives may have influenced the ruler of the French in his late declaraticra of amnesty for political offences , that measure can scarcely be considered a successful stroke of policy ; nor has it apparently , as far as we can at present judge , in any way strengthened his position , or increased his popularity . The vague and ambiguous terms in which it is couched have aroused the suspicions of those whom it was intended to conciliate ; and the most respected and ! influential of the refugees , in this country and in Belgium , refuse to accept the proffered boon at
the hands of the man who has so _ deeply injured them , or to place any confidence in his promises , until he gives some satisfactory guarantee for their fulfilment . Louis Blanc , Victor Hugo , Pyat , and other leaders of the constitutional and republican parties , have published their rejection of the Emperor ' s overtures in eloquent and spirited language , which cannot fail to have a powerful effect upon their less celebrated fellow exiles . Louis Napoleon is defeated in his great object , which was , doubtless , to induce the return of these distinguished Frenchmen to' their native land under
his rule , a course which would seem to imply a tacit admission of the permanence . of his dynasty ; and the adulation of M . de la Q-ueraoniere and similar eulogists , will ill compensate for the rebuff which has been bestowed upon his apparently humane and conciliatory offers .. M . Louis Blanc a second letter upon this subject , which has appeared in the English newspapers this week , gives the Emperor full credit for the motives whioh seem to actuate his policy , " He could hardly have done more for us in the present conjuncture , " says
upon the 20 th of September , but the measures which are announced to be taken with that object are neither very extensive nor very re-assuring to those neighbouring States who regard with , anxiety the gigantic military power of France . The extent of the reductions seems to be the discharge of those soldiers whose term of service has expired , and who would have been released from service if they wished it , as a matter of course , without any regard to the war or peace footing . Meantime the activity in the French dockyards is unceasing , and every resource of which modern science can boast is brought to bear upon the construction , for the imperial riaVVj of iron-plated
frigates and floating batteries , which it is supposed , when armed with the most destructive artillery yet invented , will make France as terrible a . t sea as her most ambitious sons can possibly desire . The affairs of Italy seem to be rapidly approaching a crisis . The will of the people has been expressed by their representatives in the p _ arliaments of Tuscany , Modena , and Parma , without a dissentient voice ; and the forfeiture of all claim to their sovereignty by the Hapsburg-Lorraine princes , unanimously declared . This has been followed by a resolution of union with the kingdom of Victor Emmanuel on the part of each of
these States ; in which also the provisional junta of Bologna has joined . A central league of defence , has been formed ; the energetic and patriotic Garibaldi has been p laced at the head of the united forces of the duchies , and has reviewed the various corps , who have received him as their commander ^ with an enthusiasm that bodes well for success if a struggle be at hand . At Modena , Farini has been re-invested with the dictatorship which he wielded so ably , and so gracefully laid down at the meeting of the National Assembly . AH this looks well ; but the friends of Italy anxiously inquire what part the Emperor Napoleon
will take in the arrangement of her affairs . He is said to have declared that he cannot interfere to prevent the arme d intervention of Austria to enforce the provisions of the Viilafranca treaty , according to which , the Austrian princes are to bo restored ; He has also said that it is impossible that the State of Tuscany can become apart of the kingdom of Northern Italy ; and the arrival of General Bourbaki at Parma , at the head . of a French division , is a very significant fact . Active intriguers are at work in Tuscany to bring about the restoration of the young Grand Duke , with the promise of constitutional government , and an offer to ereot Venice into an independent State under another Austrian arch-duke .
At home our members of Pa . .: vr . r- > % as is their wont when deprived of . the arena of Westminster , contrive to pour their . eloquence and wisdom into the willing ears of provincial audiences . At Winchester has been a gathering of parliament men to dine and talk to their constituents . The speeches were characterised chiefly by taunts and abuse of their political adversaries ; that of a minister , however , Mr ,. T . Baring , contained some plausible promises of parliamentary-reform measures to be introduced by Lord Palmerston ' s Government . At TynemouthMr . Lindsay addressed
, some sensible remarks to the working-men who had presented him with a testimonial . His text was the strikes ; and he showed in what degree combinations injured , and how much they benefited , the workman . Judge Haliburton , who was also present , in a short speech' combined wit and wisdom in his usual happy manner , and remarked that Jhe possibility of men remaining out on strike for three months together was an evidence of the wealth of England ; in America , added he , the " strikers" would be starved out in a week—an
assertion which is novel , to say the least , of it . While on this subject we regret to say that the dispute in the building trade still remains unarranged ; though both parties are heartily tired of the stoppage of business . The operatives continue to carry matters with , a high hand ; successful appeals have been made to their fellows in the country to support them , and a considerable sum has been subscribed for their assistance . Rumours have been again current this week of an . « i . TMwnflfiTiin . a- reconciliation , and we hope they will
prove to be well founded . The Tyne shipbuilders have gained their point and returned to work at increased wages , and the Birmingham gun-smiths have dropped the disputed points and have , many of them , recommenced their labour . The latest Indian mail brings the intelligence that froin eight to ten thousand British soldiers have aocepted the discharge which the tartly justice of the Government has proffered them , and are on their way towards home ; and thus is satisfactorily closed another disagreeable chapter in our Indian history . The skirmishing with rebels in detached parties continues with the same unvarying result of slaughter and dispersion of the wretched outcasts . . . ,. , / . f
Volunteering still goes on with some display o spirit in certain parts of the country ? , m many localities , however , it is flagging , , and it is to be feared that the results will bo miserably insignificant .- - Too much attention appears to bo paid to neat uniforms and smart accoutrements ; whilei » great error has been committed in fixing the amount of subscription in most cases at too lii-harnte . In connexion with the subject of national defences we observe the Gazette of yestorc av contains the Royal proclamation of tho commission to inquire ^ ThctnfliSg character of tho evidence nt the trial of Dr . Thomas Smethurst him rendered the publiodissatisfied with his conviction ol the crime of £ ., rrW . mid m-oat excitement has boon tho result .
These meet with small encouragement , however ; and Prince Poniatowski , who has been sent to succeed the unsuccessful Reiset , and to feel the way for tho establishment of tho meditated kingdom of Etruria under Prince Jerome Napoleon , has been greeted with a similar coldness . _ We can but hope that Louis Napoleon does not intend by force to establish in Central Italy a puppet sovereign contrary to this avowed determination . If this unhappily bo his intention a sanguinary contest must follow , tho extent and results of which it is impossible to fbroeee . Viotor Emmanuel makes no sign at present , further than a vague appeal to tho Italians to " have faith in him , " and an assurance that ho will do all in hie power to promote tho welfare of Italy .
Memorials have been numerously signed to obtain a commutation , if not an entire annulment , of tha sentence * and wo hoar they havo boon so far successful that a ropnovo has been granted , for tho purpose of making a strict inquiry mto the facts and the medical evidence .
M . Louis Blanc , but he repeats tb , at the exiles have no certainty of safety if they return ; and that while they cannot serve , their country at homo , it is their duty to serve her abroad , where thoy are under the onnobling protection of the law , and oan speak their ratnu freely . Victor Hugo , in brief but emphatic terms , declares it impossible for him to acknowledge any other duty than that of absolute and inflexible protest against the wrongs of Franoo , or to re-enter his native country until tho cause of liberty is again in the ascendant . The Moniteur has officially declared that the disarmament of the French army is to commence
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1859, page 975, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2309/page/3/
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