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nies . As the time approached the streets began to fill , ^ .... . " : >„; , years , with carriages and footfolk ui holiday attire In « .. li .. ^ however , were turned from , not towards , the Corso . By so > < . *• ;» n . i < --mbus system of communication , which seems eyer to ftoumn :. * -n . : uh despotic governments , it became known , without prochu . mtn . ii , -... notice , that the road beyond the Porta Piawas the spot -iix .-. c . . . . ¦¦ »•¦ . the city ' s rendezvous . Along this road , which leads to \ iw . - i < " Sacer , whither the plebeians went forth in olden time n . . '>• . t . u ; . of freedom , the Roman , people poured out innumbeiv . i « . . < h . > - * . « - that they also were not forgetful of the past . Throug h , . iii int Carnival ' hours , there was one long string- of some four ..,- nn ; hundred carriages , stretching from the gate to the couve . uf , * i > :, v ;) i Agnese . The footpaths were densely lined with . thousand nt * vhdressed , respectable Roman citizens ; the class . , in fact , \ m .., iu . .. ¦ looked for in vain amongst the Corse ' s mob . There were u « .-. « ii .. in . * . no crowding , no demonstration of any kind , save thai <••• " - ' ? - •* in the presence of the vast orderly multitude , lhe uV ;\ :. > <•>• -, of the few Spring days we have had this year , llie < ^ . ip .. " -.-:-looked fresh and green ; the distant hills , snow-capped aui « ^ ' ¦'""¦ ; striped , shone out bright and clear in the rich evening-iiyi . ; : •• . ;•' the people around you seemed to enjoy tho scene , ¦ quiei . n - u-. ' ¦»« Boisterously . It is true there were neither ^; ,., / , ; ,.. ; mazzoletti , but then there were no French soldier .-. : m-i «• < v gendarmes . ¦ . . , Gn the Saturday , the demonstration was repeated , with linu-n U ... same features ; save that , this being a working day , there -v .-iv «••<* . ipeople on foot , and the carriages were of a move s ; vim « . « thm .: character . The great event of the day , however , was-the nup .-. rr-. i n ^ ,-of the public executioner . The feeling all oveiv Italy :,...,...- n ,. " Carnefice" is one which we cold-blooded Northern . tuul n difficult to comprehend . He is always , at Home , a < 'v ; mu > : ii condemned to death , who has consented to purchase his . hie . •>; . il . e acceptance of the loathed office . He is forbidden to puss t u . nv ,-,- . or indeed to leave the " Rioite / ' or district of St , Ang-elo , u 1 ,. re .,.: Eves , except on duty , and never does so for the best of an .-, ¦ -. < - < ., ^ . that , xinguarded , he would run the greatest risk oi bemir i « -m .. ; u . pieces by the ltfob . With that petty sp ite , and silly petuJn > - <; * v inert characterises our Papal rulers , they resolved to insult tli , , i ; .. v «^ tM the Porta Pia , who refused to come and amuse theiriHou c < inc . good children in the Corso ; and no more appropriate . >«• r .-i n , . insult could be conceived than sending up the " Camefice 10 -: r . \ ... along the road , proteete _ d by a dozen sbirri . -Even tnirj nisu . 1 failed to produce- the desired outbreak , which would have -1 . t > \ m Government a plea for dispersing the crowd- The m > . i d-.. y . •¦< pasquinade appeared , thanking the Governor of Rome , m > . l * . n . iiu . of the Roman people , for having sent his Secretary to 1 n < - . " . it :. Pja , as he was not able to come himself . This was all tli « .- « nii ^¦ .-aul sign ; but when the heavy day of reckoning comes bei • > ... •¦ ¦ fj . e priests and their subjects , the " hangman ' s mission '• will ncit in > ;» e forgotten nor forgiven . _ . , On the last day of the Carnival the . Porta Pia roa * t wi .- - unl as usual , and the Corso filled , as \ isual , with soldiers , « m » - - )>;¦ l -.. and rabble . An order was published , that any person :. ]>> , : uiirj ; out of the Corso with lighted tapers would be arrested , and . i ^ 'ivi ' .-n-. the idea of an evening demonstration outside the gates wa . « u . r .. » n < r .. Not all the - efforts , however , of the : police could ) i » i > t il * . Ttwcqoleiti in the Corso . House after house , window sirinwindow , were left unlighted . The crowd in the street muti .. ) no candles , and there were only sixteen carriages or so , all iiII > i -viili strangers . Of all the dreary sights I have ever witne ^ r . i . tint . moQcoletti illumination' was the dreariest . At rare inn -mi !* . and in English accents , you heard , the cry of " Seimv jh .. « - < -.. | . > . " which used to burst from every mouth as the tiny flames fh . 'Ur »! . and glared , and fell . Before the sight was half over , the - ;>; ¦!•'• _ <>•• - began to leave , and while I pushed my way through tho t '<\>\«••• -: •¦¦ .: ' crowd , I could still hear the faint cry of " Scnza moccolo . " As 1 h . sound died away , the cry still haunted me ; and ., in my rc .-oii . < -ii < m . the Carnival of ' 1860 will ever remnim as the dullest and « . M ' - wn-i 3 .- > t of Carnivals— tho Carnival without mirth , or sun , or' g ; ii . \\ tin . ' Carnival senza . moccolo . " . Hanovku , Mnvcli 5 ih . ' !•>•' . « 1 . IF Mr . Brigoett is jiistified in his condemnation of thtfwui' < iho-i . i or invasion panic in England , tlien , moBt assuredly , tin- cut in people of Gernmiiy—tho profoundosb thinkers in the wovhl . > r . i-Ing to rnaxiy learned English writers , have become assupc . ' 1 'lirii . r nn-i silly as those wliom Mr . Bm&nw so loudly ridicules ; for 1 < i . > ul > i whether a dozen men could bo found hi this country wh-
cease , till another Napoleonic idea is brought' forth , and then the effort ' s recommence , to be , however , set at rest again by another success , anotliei ? fait accompl-L Thus it is that , in spite of all warnings and repi-esentations , tlic French Emperor is permitted to remove one obstacle after another that stands . in the way of the aecomplishineiit of his views , aiulto approach nearer and nearer to the grand ol ) ject of his life , which object is nothing lf .-ss than French supremacy in Europe . . „ ¦ , „ . ¦ , ,, ' It is the ¦' generi . il belief that the war in the Crimea and the war in Italy were undertaken for the purpose of sowing- animosity amon" - the-other nations , breaking alliances , isolating his rivals , antl accustoming his troops to fight preparatory to the grand swoop upon the Ilhine , where one victory will enable h-iuv to langji all efforts , to scorn . The people of this country are in despair to observe at this eventful period the disunion existing among the confederate princes . At this moment Germany is divided within herself Even in a matter of such importance as the reform of the army the States are opposed to each other . ¦ The arguments advanced bv Prussia in the proposals lately made for a revision of the German Federal army luive been formally replied to by Hanover in a lengthy note . AIL things , considered , the Hanoverian Cabinet declares resolutely against the division of the Federal army into two parts , as proposed by Prussia (/ . e ., the absorption into the . Prussian and Austrian armies of all the different contingents ) . Hanover perceives in . the realization of this scheme the destruction of all the middle and smaller states , whose-independence Hanover-is anxious to maintain , not only in her own . particular interests , but in those-of all Germany . The Hanoverian Government is of opinion that although the Federal military organisation is open to improvement , the system , upon which it is based , is , for the whole of Germany , the best that could be devised , and that nothing further is required but a uniform and sound system of discipline "in the several contingents ^ and patriotic self-denial on the part of the confederate princes . The note is signed Pt ^ 'CKV ] I . u . lKUMrp . ; In the aftair of the coast defiiiices also . Haiio . ver -still declines to enter into the plan of Prussia , or to adopt any meaieures in concert with that country winch have not the acquiescence and support of all members of the Confederation , y . c , the . Diet . ;¦ As a maritime Federal power Hanover considers her . self not equal merely , but superior to Prussia , ' and regards the initiative adopted by that power in a question of naval defences , as an attempt to establish a supremacy over the Confederation : In ¦ ' thisi- . view . . ILaiiover is seconded by Austria , Bavaria ¦ Saxony , Hessia . and several of the l ^ Sser states . " . According to private letters from Flensburg the Danish Government is taking somewhat-.-high-handed ine «* ures -against the members of the Provincial Assembly- Their houses arc entered and searched by the police , and letters addressed to members ai-e detained at the post-office , and afterwards l-ead by officials in the presence of the parties to whom the letters are addressed . Letters addressed ' " Sclileswig-Holstein , Gerniany , instead of " Schleswig " or " Holstein , Denmark ,- " ' are-immediately , returned , marked by the post officials , " False address . " The animosity between the German and Danish or Scandinavian party is constantly on the increase , and an intriguing foreign foe might , without . ' much difficulty at this moment , fan tins smouldering hatred into a flame - It is incomprehensible to the impartial observer , how , in- the present day , two kindred nations like the Dunes and Germans , with . France and llussia on their flanks , and threatening- their very existence , can continue to cherish and encourage a hatred of each other S 0 unchristian and imprudent . The tyranny , actual or pretended , of the Danish Government is not sufficient , ground for tho bitter enmity evinced by the . Germans . The * King- of Denmark or Duke ot' Holstein is quite as much a German prince fis tho . sovereigns of Hessiu and Saxony , who , heaven knows , grant their , subjects but little liberty , avid whoso people are quite as deserving-of compassion and sympathy as the-Hols-teincr ? . That tho Danish Government is guilty of tho ' greatest folly in nbfc granting the fullest liberty to tho inhabitants of the duchies , na reffiirds the conduct of their internal affairs , the use of tho German language , the choice of their officials , schoolmasters , &C . ., is evident by the ottVets , The duchies are ' burning for an -opportunity to revolt , anil the German people , who ought to bo the friends aud allies and bulwark of Denmark ugainwt Russia , are its most iuvolorato enemies . Ft , is evident that , the people , as represented by their writers , whatever may be said of the Governments , havo . no clear conception of their trnc interest with reference to their internal and foreign policy . Tho Germans , while ' watching with feverish , anxiety § every -move of r Taumb Natolkon ' s , mid firmly persuaded that it is his aim to mnkcTtJio Khine the " natural" boundary of Franco , take no oaro to conciliate either Dunes or Dureli , fm loss tho Sclavoiuaiif ? . Inptesul of endeavouring to make allies , or , nt any rate , friends of tho people of Denmark and Holland , tlin maritime countries of yuoarnphic Germany—nnd who by origin ,, volition , and hinjj . 'uiig'o arc part and parcel of themselves-- ' they have by thoir writing * rather than b . v their actions thrown these bravo seafaring * nation * into tho anna ot Gonnany ' s > noi « tal i ' oes . This inust bo apjiuront to every Gonaauj rvndyot ' not ) quo voice is raised to oilect betinieH , bufuro the ovil day dVej , 'takca us , 11 reconciliation between the kindred people . J ' roas and people , tlie written nnd the spoken word , sire devoted to wirlonins the broach . , On the 21 ab ult ., when tho motion of Count iJ . vi' iMtsnix respecting freedom of the press was to have come on for discunHion in tbo 1 ' rovincial Astsembly , tho Govovninont conuntafiiomti' road a xiw ymv oinnnuling from tlio Danish miuiHtor Bavou . Hi . ixKN-FjN'cc'Kiwf . Xn this writing 1 all the acts and political tondonoics o ( ' tho members
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040 The Leader and Saturday [ Analyst . ( Makcii 10 , 1860
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Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1860, page 240, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2337/page/20/
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