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    THE LEADER .

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    rpHE news arrived in London last night that the -L long-talked of Congress is at length summoned to arrange the complicated affairs of Italy ; that the date of the first meeting is to be the 5 th of January ; that the Emperor ' s confidential minister , Walewski , is to preside , and that it is supposed the English Government will not refuse to send a representative — indeed , one journal names Lords Gowley and Clarendon as the ministers who are to be in attendance from the Cabinet of St . James ' s . With a not inconsiderable section of the inhabitants of Great Britain there is , undoubtedly , a decided unwillingness that this country should interfere or participate in the consultations in question ; but the feeling of sympathy with the Italians and the glorious cause of freedom is far more widely diffused among us ; ^ by far the greater part of our countrymen , it is probable , would be glad to see the enormous influence of their nation actively exercised to save the rifht from being crushed by the chicanery of diplomatists . Taking it for granted that this country will be represented at the Congress , the only course which can honourably be pursued by us is that declared in the famous speech of our , Foreign Secretary , who has , in addition to others , been spoken of as likely to act as the plenipo- ' , tentiary . The Times ( peiiiaps acting upon even official inspiration ) declares that the exigency demands the services of the ablest man in the country ; and , after pointing out as a parallel crisis the Congress of Verona , where England was represented by the great Wellington—passing over Lord Stratford de liodoliffe , us of too unbondinf a disposition — boldly intimates that Lord Paluaerston himself would be the right man rightly placed . Upon this point opinions may vary ; but that tho cruel despotism may be extinguished for over in the beautiful Italian land , aud that freedom of speech and action may be * firmly established—ought to be , and surely is , the prayer of every native of this empire , whose , free institutions have raised it to the superiority which it has attained over every other on the face of the globe . Although wo hoar no more of a proposition for mutual disarmament , and although the collection of warlike material and the building of war ships still continues in the ports and arsenals of I < ranco , ( the ruler of that country has thought fit to curb < tho venomous utterances of the newspapers of his dominions against this nation ; tUo evils which must result from this course are pointed out in a oiroular issued by the Minister of the Interior , who , singularly onouglx , expressl y omits from his censure ? those Paris journals whoso language has been considered most offensive in this country . Desirous also of being -civil to everybody , and . not thinking « it by any means , advisable seriously to offend the < powerful body of priests , to whom in a great de- < gree ho owes his present position , Louis Napoleon » has severely { reprimanded ( through the proper channel ) sundry journalists who have , in the t exercise of theiv vocation , dared to critioise the t

    \ patriarchal rule of the Holy Father . While on this subject it is well to call attention to an article in the Journal des JDebats , which by its manly exposition of the absurdities of the scheme for " liberating the enslaved nationalities , " who groan tinder the . 'iron yoke of perfidious Albion , has confirmed the high opinion which Eng lishmen have not failed to conceive and to express , of the formerly independent journalists of France . Though Tipstilities between the French and the powerful semi-barbarians of Morocco were thought to have been concluded , a fresh collision has taken place . It seems that a Moorish commandant mistook the French for a Spanish pendant , and fired upon His imperial Majesty ' s ship " St . Louis . " Summary vengeance was instantly taken by . Admiral Romain Desfosses , who having with his squadron completely destroyed a fort at Tetuan , and thereby vindicated the insult offered to his country's flag , was , by the ^ atest ac counts , proceeding to the Moorish cWmandant at Tangier , to receive his humble apology for the mistakewhich is to be expiated by the punishment of the unfortunate Moorish captain . Everything being thus pleasantly arranged , the two states are as good friends as ever . The diplomatic relations which have been suspended for the last three years between Austria and Piedmont have been at length renewed , and the statement that Buoncompagni ' s appointment to the vice-royalty of Central Italy had given dire offence to Francis Joseph is contradicted . Cavour is again foremost in the minds of his countrymen , and universally demanded as their representative at the forthcoming Congress . At this same Congress we learn that r jthc too celebrated Antonelli will undoubtedly take his place as the representative of Pio Nono , and will of course do his utmost to prevail upon the representatives of the Catholic countries of Europe to respect the heaven-derived claims of the successor of Saint Peter . As to the promised reforms in the dominions of the Popof . a remonstrance has already been published in the Continental journals against the expectations of any great changes . One great point , the substitution of the lay for the clerical element in the administration of the Government , it is truly enough said , would , compromise the very existence of the present fabric , aud the Holy Father docs not appear to havo yet made up'his mind to become a mere "honorary" ruler . The noble proclamation of Garibaldi is , oroug h ^ to bo , a complete and satisfactory reply to- * those ( few indeed in number ) who have ventured to Joubt his patriotism or his loyalty to the cause for tvhich his sword was drawn . Ho tells his follow jombatants that he shnll soon bo ngain among them , " to aid in finishing tho work so glonoualy begun ; " ho declares that in the various Italian States there exiat tho elements of an united nighty nation , and once again declares that jvon should tho present revolution prove abortive ) , md ho and his comrades fall in a vain struggle , ; hoy will bequeath to future generations " a legacy ) f hatred ana vengeance against foreign donuna-Aon . " Tho grout Liberal demonstration at Liverpool ihie week was bo far unsatisfactory— that out of iho threw Anti-Corn-Law herpes whom it wns

    intended to honour , General Thompson and Mr Cobden were both absent . The third , the mosi appreciated of the group , John Bright , was present , and by the energy and brilliancy of hit speech did his . best to make up for the absence oi his less distinguished colleagues . His oj-ation recapitulated many well-worn charges against the aristocracy , who he declared to be the lust to learn anything .. ' The taxes as now imposed , he says , by a Parliament composed of- the tipper classes , spare the aristocracy , press lightly upon the middle class , but crush the working man . He appealed to the middle class to use their powerful influence to remove the unjust burden from those below them in the social system ; and proposed a new scale of equitably adjusted income tax which is to be levied upon the -wealthy and thus relieve the hig hly-taxed necessaries of the pooc Notwithstanding the efforts of tho " masked conspirators" who write in newspapers against him and his measures , the modern tribune declares his determination to persist in his vociferous demands for a full measure of parliamentary reform , and assures the high ones of the land that if they do not listen to his gentle pleadings , they will , ere long , have to reply to a sterner voice—that of . the great unrepresented . Other members of the Liberal side in politics have also this week been making speeches on various occasions . Mr . Williams , to the congenial audience of Lambeth , glorified his own labours in the House in the cause of economy and purity , and declared fur uniuniversal suffrage as a remedy for our political corruption . At Bath the impetuous Roebuck demanded for the working man the franchise , -which their intelligence and honesty—in his opinionfairly deserve ; with his usual warmth he declaimed against all interference in the affairs of foreig ners , and said that , whatever side England took in the coming Congress , misconstruction and ingratitude would inevitably await her e / Tbrls for tho general good . A startling assertion -was made in the course of this speech , —no less than that one of the refugee OrleunisL princes resident amongst us , prepared a plan ot thy weak points in " our coast defences for the use of the present Trench . Government , offering his aid to carry it into execution . Lord Stanley ' * address at Muncheutur may bo considered a remarkable sign of tl'O tunes ; the days are gone for ever when Uiu " dungcroufi classes " could be spoken of with mingled contempt and fear ; and wo find ono of Hie most able and comprehensive minds of the « . luy inculcating in language of hoartfolt eloquence thu duty of the state and of individuals to do their utmost ior the rescue and industrial training of those uneurocl-lor ones whoso energies may by these mums bo developed into a part of tho national strength , motuad of being u- curse upon the luud . Tho criminal record of this weak ooniprieoa offences which are happily rare in their ntroc ty ; t ho fearful umrUor by a madman in blwreultqii , and tho brutal manslaug hter of u child , tho details of which liuvo been brought before tho pubue , being tho most flagrant in their wickedness . 1 Uo cauxa oddhra of Sriiethurnt lias , apparently , reached itu final stago ; but , in addition to those already named , tho list of offences is lamentably heavy

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1859, page 1311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2323/page/3/