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    T HE Emperor Napoleon has at length ( tin ough the columns of yesterday ' s Moniteur ) thought fit to enlighten Europe as to the reasons which induced him to conclude the much criticised peace of Villa Franca , and to withdraw his victorious legions from the Austrian territory . Francis Joseph * we are somewhat vaguely informed , promises certain " concessions" to the Venetians ; but demanded in return as a , sine qudiion , that his cousins the Grand Dukes should be allowed to return to their petty sovereignties in Central Italy . Napoleon consented to the bargain , and

    now tells us that if the destinies of Italy had been entrusted to men who had at heart the future welfare of their country , their aim would have been to dcvelope the consequences _ of this arrangement instead of Obstructing it . The Emperor doubts whether any better conditions can be obtained for Italy , even though the much talked of European congress should take place . The Italian people may probably differ with his imperial Majesty ; and at any rate they seem at present to be arranging their own affairs in their own fashion without consulting emperors , arch-dukes , or congresses . Napoleon ' s statement proceed ? , logically , to show that since the

    archdukes are not to be restored by foreign force , therefore . Austria is perfectly entitled to continue her present system of government in Venice ; the inhabitants of that unfortunate state will hardl y be of the imperial opinion . In conclusion we are given to understand that " France has accomplished her mission . " But if France has accomplished her mission as far as Italy is concerned , it appears probable that she will soon discover a fresh ' mission , " and probably one of an equally important nature . The Emperor is shoi tly about to leave the pleasant retreat of St . Sauveur , to visit the camp of Chalons , and inspect the port of Cherbourg . We hear also of twenty new iron-plated frigates in

    course of construction , besides screw transports for an army of 150 , 000 men . This may be part of the peace footing that we have been told of ; but the neighbouring states naturally express some curiosity as to what new " Napoleonic idea " is about to be developed by these means . The late amnesty promulgated in France has produced some further expressions of opinion from banished republicans . Chauffour has giyon up his Geneva professorship to return to his native land ; and Felix Pyat docljvrcs . it to bo tho duty of every Frenchman to go back and do his utmost on the spot for the liberation of his country . On tho other hand , Flocon and Edgar Quiiiet

    have determined , like Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc , not again to set foot upon their native soil till law and liberty jvro re-established ; while Colonel Churrjis hurls back an indignant rolurtiil of tho profforod boon crouched in the bitterest terms of invective . M . Pyat would scorn to English minds to have the best of tho argument ; uo forcibly points out that loaders , who arc worthy Of tho post , ought to do more than lecture at a distance ; and he asks whether as much boldness might not bo wisely and woll displayed by Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc as was shown by M . do MontjUomhort . The arrangement which was made at Villa

    Franca with regard to Italian affairs , having apparently , proved neither satisfactory nor practicable—it is believed that another personal interview is about to take place . between the rulers of France and Austria , since the conferences of Zurich have" failed to settle the mode in which Central Italy shall be governed . Meanwhile the allegiance of the Tuscan people has been solemnly offered to Victor Emmanuel by a deputation of the National Assembly of that state ; and F arini hi the Parliament of Modena , in the exercise of his

    office as . Dicta-tor has declared the legal annexation of Modena and Parma to Piedmont to be complete . The inhabitants of the Romagna , by then- National Assembly , have declared that they throw off the authority 'of ¦ the'JPopG for ever , as their temporal sovereign , and demand to be included in the kingdom of Victor Emmanuel . The Piedmontese sovereign has received the Tuscan deputies with honour and has not refused eventually to become their ruler , but his reply to their enthusiastic address merely declares that he will support their cause before , the Powers , and especially with his magnanimous ally , the French evised

    Emperor , who , no doubt , carefully r King Victor Emmanuel ' s reply before the latter . permitted to deliver it to the Tuscan deputies . The Pope and the Grand Dukes , however , do not intend to give up their former . sovereignties without a struggle ; and the Holy Father in particular is busily engaging troops of mercenaries for the invasion of the liomagna , recruited , we are told , from the worst specimens of all the continental armies , while Austrian soldiers arrive daily at Ancona in private clothes , which are speedily re-, placed by the Papal livery . To meet this motley troop , Garibaldi is doing his best to mould the umvarlikc Tuscans into an efficient force ; and in

    and the plunder of the taxpayers bv the aristocracy . The general venality and corruption of the whole of the representatives of tha people , with the exception of himself and a half- dozen others , we learn , have wrought such bitterness in the soul of this tribune of the people that he hath often thought of accepting the Chiltern Hundreds , the only office , he added—possibly—that he shall hold under Government . ¦ After Informing his hearers that he was no demagogue , the orator wound up one of his most fervent speeches with a brilliant peroration , describing how absolutely' the greatness of England depended Upon a full and fair parliamentary representation of her people .

    At Leeds has been a banquet with a lord and four M . P . s under the auspices of Sir Peter Fairbairn , of hospitable fame ; here were no politics discussed , . but much mutual congratulation upon the wealth and prosperity of Leeds and its . neighbourhood . " Conservatives at Leicester , and Liberals at . Chelmsford , have this week dined and talked their fill—the chief topic being that reform which everyone pretends to consider necessary . ' for the salvation of the country , but the postponement of which does not absolutely stop the wheels of the great machine of progress in the opinion of-the cynical , nor occasion any very profound griefj even to those most clamorous in their demands

    for it . Among the greatest events of the - ' present year must be ranked the successful trial trip of that cliefcVteuore of engineering science , the Great Eastern , which will this week have become an accomplished fact , " , as far as our present information extends , without the slightest accident . One regret is fult universally—that the veteran Brunei was incapacitated from illness to be a witness of the success achieved by the latest offspring oi' his grinus . Whilo our fitithful ally , over the wnU-r , id busy with his mighty screw transports and iron-cased frigates , we are doing something , at least , towards keeping our -place as the largest shipoSvners of

    the Komagna Mezzocapo is preparing to meet the first shock of the wrath of Christ ' s Vicar . If efficient generals and a good cause can inspire the Italian patriots with sufficient energy and enthusiasm to make up for their want of discipline and training , there is no fear that the result will lie the defeat of tho Hapsburg princes , and the final overthrow of the who le fabric of priestly tyranny and misgovo ' rnment . At . home , the Queen and her faithful Lords and Commons are enjoying the delights of rest and holiday-making in the country and at the coast . Our evergreen Premier is transacting the business of the nation in the quiet retreat of Broadlands , and varying his 'ministerial avocations by mechanics in

    Europe . We have tho announcement of no less than six great ships of war ( almost all first-rales ) to be launched from our dockyards in October next ; and that they may be . properly pronaivtHbr attack or defence , we have just ni thu ni « . 'K of time discovered a patent gun to shoot Iroiu Dover to Calais ' ; it only remains-for tlu > engineer to invent spectacles which will make the gun available within the scope of tlio human eye . And on the subject of national defences , wo may remark that something liko life begins to show itself among the voluntuors ; and judicious steps have bfi-n taken to nmko tho various corns Momotliing more than

    cutting first turfs on railways , visiting - stitutes , and such like country gentleman ' s pursuits ' Hisgroatrival , Lord Derby , is about tobeunwillingly dragged from his rural magnificence at Knowsley , to be bored by presiding at a " demonstration " <•( fussy Conservatives at Majdstone , and dimigreuablu as it may bo to tho Earl himself we con have ; little doubt that un oration will be tho result , whjch will prove a godsend to the newspapers and tho quidnuncs . Other stars in the Parliamentary firmament have been shedding their light upon provincial intelligences this week ; and first among those is John Bright , at Huddcrsficld , who ontertaincd an audience of three thousand ladies and gentlemen with an oration of some two hours' duration , upon the old familiar themes of tho abuses in thu Church , tho Parliament , tho army and the navy , — tho enormities committed'l > y thy landed interest ,

    playthings for idlo gentlemen or convivial meetings . Tho clTcpnlcs between masters and workmen jn various parts of tho country aro coming to an end . At Pudihain tho strike of thu mill-hands , which has lasted fur twenty-four weoks , is on tho point , wo lioar , of amiugoniont . Tho Birmingham gunsmiths and the-Dublin carpontors huvo gained their point and resumed work at increased wagon . Tlio hucoussoh of those will possibly previtnt an early compromise of the dispute in tho London building trade , which still remains unsettled 5 though the masters have announced their intention to lurininato tho " lock-out ., " and to open

    their shops on Monday , it in , wo regret to say , xury doubtful if tho terms thuy offer will Ijo accepted by the workmon ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 10, 1859, page 1023, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2311/page/3/