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T HE intelligence from the Italian Peninsular which , we have received this week has increased day by day in interest arid importance The decision of the Prince de Carignan to decline the regency of the united Central Italian provinces is a significant indication of the pressure from without that the rightful king and people of Italy are subject to ; it remains to be seen whether the patriotism of the Italians themselves , and the courage arid energy of their leaders , Victor Emmanuel , Garibaldi , and Farini , will bring them in safety and honour , through the perils which now environ them , to " the goal of constitutional freedom . The substitution of the Chevalier
Buoncompagni as the representative of the authority of the Piedmoiitese sovereign has been accepted with thanks by Parma , Modena , and the inhabitants of the Romagna : and there is small reason to doubt that it will be considered equally satisfactory in the Tuscan parliament . Meanwhile the -French Government has made known its disapprobation of this arrangement in terms which admit of no possibility of misunderstanding , and complains that the Sardinian Government has not followed the " wise
counsels'' of the Em pwror Louis Napoleon ; this is coupled with a recommendation , meant as a command , to the Piedinontese Sovereign to annul the appointment of Buonconipagni , on the ground that neither Victor Emmanuel nor his new subjects have a right to anticipate the decision of the coming congress , an argument which comes with a strange grace from tho monarch who has been permitted to assunio the government of one of tho greatest empires iu Europe without the interposition of
congress or diplomacy to sanction the right b y which ho rules . The promised of the Einpere-Napoleon cannot be forgotten . May ho hold to his word . Still it would appear that ho feels indignant that the Italians have presumed to attempt a Battlement of their own affairs ; and also tlmt'ho ia determined to pi'escribo the amount of liberty and the form of government which they shall enjoy . Their future is , indeed , tmocrtain , but their hopes are . not extinguished , though it
is iinpoaaiblo to say whether tho close of tho year may see tho groat kingdom of Italy an established faot , or the petty satrapies of Austria restored by the aid of Franoe . Strange things are said of tho late interview between tho Russian and Prussian niters } it is thought that tlioso Powers , as well , indeed , ns England , are ftilly alive to tho mischief which must ariao out of tho French scheme of an Italian Confederation , in which Franco could not fail to have overwhelming influence ;
and if the men of Italy are united and determined , it would seem not impossible that the weight of these great European monarchies may be thrown into the scale in favour of a settlement of Italy in accordance with the wish of the Italians themselves 1 —the disapproval of a powerful " protector " notwithstanding . The Opintone , of Turin , speaks with firmness on the question : While anxious-topre .-ser-v . e the valuable friendship of France , it reminds the nation that Victor Emmanuel has entered into
engagements with Central Italy , which his honour compels him to observe . Buoncompagni , however , had not gone to take the reins of government in the Duchies , according to the latest accounts which we received yesterday ; and the important intelligence is added , that the great leader Garibaldi has resigned his command of the Central Italian forces , and is to retire to the obscurity of the island of Sardinia—it is said with-the rank of Lieutenant-general in Victor Emmanuel's a ray . Until confirmed , this latter rumour will be received ¦ with suspicion by the friends of liberty ; so little consistent does it appear with the character of the patriot whose self-d enial has ever been as conspicuous as his fortitude .
The Congress at which these important questions are to seek solution is casting its portentous shadow before ; and we hear of the illustrious Antonelli as the representative of the Holy Father , while the mighty sovereign of Naples is to lend his potent influence to the settlement of the peace of Europe ! Tho representatives of priestcraft , tyranny mid intolerance will hardly be in time to provent
the downfall of their cherished institutions . Already in the Romagna the dictator Farini has suppressed the Inquisition—that record of human folly and cruelty . Will the civilisation of our age permit its restoration ? Farini continues to fullil his duty as the ruler ( in the name of the King of Sardinia ) of the States of Modenn , Parma , and tlio Romagna , into the latter of which he has this week made an almost triumphal entry . . "•
Though Italian afl ' airs , at tho present moment , appeal most strongly to our sympathy as fi'cemen , still the foreign news of this weejc is generally oi interest . From Turkey wo read nows of a spasluodic attempt to roinyigorato the " sick man "reforms are to bo inaugurated in tho Sultan's Civil List , in the administration of the army and other departments of government ; and last , not least , sumptuary regulations havo been enacted , wti to extravagancies in female attire—an example which might , with advantage , be followed in other liuropoan capitals .
p >* * 4 Ilia . * _ lsiil Tho American mails bring us tho sequel of the Ilurpor ' s Ferry rising , in tho condemnation of Brown to an ignominious death , after having given a shock to tho " institutions" of the United States , neithor unimportant nor unfelt . As to our own iim ' nodiato American business , it is to be observed that , on tho San Juan question , Lord John Russell ' s despatches nro said to havo btion ninrked by warmth , and something moro ; nnil that if any unpleasant consequences wore to occur it would not be Uncle Sum only who is to blame ,
Warlike rumours , with regard to this subject and in connexion with the attitude of the Frencl Government , have again been rife ; and the increased energy in every department of the armj and navy is jsroducmg results ,, such as the resources of 110 other empire , in the world but our own could compass . Day by day sea monsters , in the form of steam liners and new war transports , are launched , to be ready for the sh-u £ rgle with which , according to the modern Lu . ..-.. a - ' . / . ¦ - ¦ . we are
threatened ; and the military spirit of the country has been fairly roused to repair by volunteer service the deficiency of our army . In relation to the latter subject ; an event of the -week has been the issue of a judicious circular , from , that worthy soldier , the Com . mandev-m-Ch . icf , containing regulations whieh will be greeted with . praise by all intelligent Englishmen , and will go far to x * e move a great blot upon our administrative system . OF ]> olitical talk the week has not supplied a large crop . The Bristol charity dinners , ' Loirever , gave the opportunity for party speeches from the men of mark connected with that city . Mr . EL
Berkeley , at the Liberal feast , spoke manfully of bribery , and declared that it must rear its snaky head until the heel of the people is firmly and honestly put on it to crush it ; and in this vice he honestly declared that , all parties are . etjually guilty . He also spoke well and lustily in praise of the manly fellows who , as volunteer riflemen and artillerymen , are coming forward to pay to their free country the duty they owe her . At the Tory meeting in the same great city was much mutual congratulation upon the prospects of their individual party ; and on the part of Sir F . W . Slade , great
objurgation of John Bright , and his nominees , the Liberal representatives of the city . _ Mr Arthur Waj r expressed but a common opinion when he said that the Derby it « s would sutler the existence of the present Government until it came to a natural collapse from internal dissension , or from the pressure of promises of reform given too freely , but not easily rodcomed . Mr . JJuchnn . in , at Glasgow , has advocated assistance to Italian freedom in the tangiblo form of money for Garibaldi to buy muskots with . At a dinner iu the important city of Cork the Lord JLiuutenhiit of Ireland has departed so far from his usual
reticonce on political matters as to express his satisfaction in announcing measures of dolc-nco for tho Irish ' coast . Lord Fennoy , at the Fame festival , thought that Irish ri . Hc clubs should bo encouraged as n " -uard against invasion . This idoa of his lordship ' s will ncarcelv be realised in tho fnco of the demonstration that has boon niado by tho Popu ' s . Irish " subjects " nt Dublin . Domestic ailiitre this week luvvo boon more tliau usually interesting . Among other prominent topics tho discussion at thb lioyal Geographical Society as to the probable fato of Sir John lnuuklin ' fl foinnanionfl ; tho meeting to furnish forth the
episcopate of British Columbia-i—to which Miss Coutts liaa g iven out of her abundance a princely HHin ; the decision to hold tho next Great Exhibition in 1802 ; and Iho inquiry into th < & art ' aird of Greenwich Hospital , must bo noticed ; and among tho benevolent objects of tho day a movement in' favour of tho overworked journevmen bnkora of tho metropolis deserves especial commendation .
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R VIEWOFTH £ WEEK— INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- The French Animosity . — Our Csecilia Metella 1279 S ^ lsSSi ^^ SlffJfifeSSr .::::::::.::: SS £ sS « K i »« :::::::::::::: : !??? % itns f ^ . ^ t . "t ^ T . I 8 . B MUSIC ASJ > THE DBAMA- Education in Italy 1275 COMMERCIALNaval and Military 12 < k > . ^ , _ , , . _„ .,.., „ -. Supply and Price of Wheat .... 1280 Tho Volunteers l ? C 0 Itoyal Opera , Drury-lane 12 , 1 LITERATURE- - „ -, _ . ¦ Money Market and Stock Ex-Ireland .... lttiO St . James ' s Hall . — Monday Xotes of the Week . 1270 ' change 1281 Law , Police , and Casualties lviGO 1 ' opular Concerts ....... , 1 ~ ' 71 A \ lew of the Evidences of General Trade Keport ia ? l General Home News 1207 Trincess'Sr-St . James ' s—Sussex Christianity 3277 J . stocks and Shares 3 ~ ' « 1 foueign intelligence . Hall 1272 Timon , ami other Poems ........ 1277 Kailway Intcllig-ence 1281 Foreign Summary 1208 r , naiB ^ -n ( . ¦ o-o 'Iwnc Dramas . irom boottish Joint Stock Companies 12 SI JForoi ^ a Incidents 1270 J . ostsenpt . l-. i History 12 , 7 General Commercial News 1281 Dimi ir * ac-e-aidq New Novels : — . ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- PUBLIC AFFAIRS Misrepresentation — Under- Germany 1270 The Wakcficld Inquiry 3273 | currents—Now or Never ..... 127 ^ 8 Letters from Italy 127 ii
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1859, page 1263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2321/page/3/
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