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    • EECORT) OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COLONTAI,.
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      achievements . As to the self-glorification of Lord John . Russeli . and his satellites , about the wonders they have performed with their " moral influence , " it is estimated in Italy at its trues value . Whatever may be the case theologically , as a practical matter , the man who comes in at the eleventh hour , when the labour is over and the battle fougrht and won , does not receive the same reward as the labourer who has borne the heat of the day . It is in France , then , that the destinies of Italy have been decided . It ia from France that those destinies must be directed for many a long day to come . _

      So much for the past trnth ; and now about the present one . It hardly seems to me that justice has been done at home to the Italian nation . My residence in Italy lias raised my opinion of the Italians . In the whole of the last year they have had to play , as I have sought to show above , a secondary part ; but because their part was secondary , it was none the less arduous . It is the fashion now to talk about Italian astuteness—a new rendering , I suppose , of the old common-place about Italian cunning . For my own part , I have seen little proof of any great aciiteness of intellect . On the contrary , I thfnk that Hie Italians , like all people who have been kept in political bondage for centuries , are deficient in intellectual qualities . They are poorly educated , little skilled in exercising their own powers of mind * and subject to superstitious influences . The real

      and the sole secret of their success lies in the fact , that what they have willed they have willed simply and honestly . The one article of their faith is , that Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic , from the slopes of Switzerland to the shores of Sicily , must be one nation . Whatever contradicts that one article of faith , they reject unhesitatingly , whatever supports it they accept blindly . It is by virtue of that ' simple , unreasoning cre ed ¦ -that they have succeeded Mtherto , that they will , I trust , succeed eventually . This theory explains the striking fact , which all who have studied Italy cannot but acknowledge , that the revolution is not a social one , still less a religious one , butsolely and simply a political one . Let Italy be be that

      once one country , under one political government , governmen * a despotism , a republic , or a monarchy , and then-. ' social and religious questions will find their own solution , somehow or other . Then , and then only -Italy will manage for herself . Till then , let all questions which interfere with the ? i one great end be deferred , put aside , ignored , or _ suppressed . It is in the simple earnestness of this faith that I see hope foriltaly . AtVation who , after centuries of oppression arid foreign slavery , can will so firmly and so straightforwardly , —can sacrifice all " private , all local * and all temporary considerations-to one sole object ,, will surely be capable of great things , as a free and ¦ ¦ . united peopje ^ reversing the old saying , those Who have Been faithful in great matters may be trusted to be

      faithful in little also . With regard to the future , I speak more hesitatingly . It seems to me . however , that the real solution of the Italian question will be found at Rome . The Italians , as a nation , have a positive distaste to all theolbgicjtl considerations , and would only be too happy to leave the priests to themselves , if priests would abstain from interference with secular " affairs . " " Unfortunately , or fortunately , this is not possible . The instinct of self-preservation , common to pviwsts . is to the whole animal creation , drives them to take part with ¦ tlie ' foreign despots of Italy . l » ay by-dny- ^ her-guH ^ etweeii--the nation and the priesthood is growing wider . Up to this time the Italians have gone on flattering themselves with the belief that

      they can retain their priest-creed , and yet deliver themselves from priest rule . Sooner or later the impracticability of the idea will become apparent . Then the nation must , surrender ¦ tlieir freedom to the priesthood—or the priests must give up their power to the nation / On the whole , I think the latter hypothesis the more probable , btit the struggle will be si long and a doubtful one . Of this much , however , lam convinced , that till the Pope becomes a mere ecclesiastical dignitary , subject to the state , like sny other Italian citizen , the freedom an the independence of Italy will not be secured . When , or whether , that event occurs , time alone can show . It is in Borne , now , not in Sicily , or Naples , or Venice , that the fate of Italy has to bo decided .

      I could go on for long , drawing out thus the moral of . my story ; but , if I may be allowed to parody the dying phrase of King Charles the Second , I have been " an unconscionably long time in" ending . If , then , in these letters of mine I have inspired anything 1 of respect for the great deed of one nation , on whom we are npt to look jealousy , and anything of esteem for the struggles of another nation , whom I think we regard too lightly , I shall be content . .

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      is to be permitted therein . The houses are to be opened to police officers , and in the license the parties undertake not to ^ mix any spirits or drugs , or to adulterate the same , under penalties . The wine not to be consumed oh the premises is to be sold " in reputed quart or pint bottles . When sdld ' in bottles the licenses are to terminate on the 1 st pf April in each year , and the houses are not to be opened before five o ' clock in the morning or after twelve o ' clock at night . The Apt is not to extend to Scotland or Ireland . The recent dreadful loss of fishing boats belonging to Yarmouth and Lowestoft has cast a great gloom over the eastern fisheries . Several boats have , however , succeeded during the past week in taking 600 to 700 mackerel each , and these have been sold at 40 s . to 45 « . per 100 . The late awful destruction of fishing boats was attended with the loss of about 200 men , and meetings have been held at both Yarmouth and Lowestoft to promote subscriptions in aid of their destitute widows and orphans .

      A very disastrous fire occurred at Beverly , in the East Riding of Yorkshire , on Friday morning last , upon the premises of the trustees of Mr . W . Crosskill , a celebrated agricultural implement maker , &c . The whole range of buildings covered an area of about four acres , and afforded employment for upwards of 300 men . The whole of the machinery , and upwards of 10 , 000 spokes in the adjoining building :, the wheelshop , have been entirely destroyed . The entire damage is estimated at £ 25 , 000 .

      Two material defects in the new Refreshment and Wine Licenses Acfc have been discovered , and an Act will be required to amend them . The houses are not to be opened before five or after twelve in the section , but in the license in the schedule of the Act " four " has been placed for " five . " In the 27 th section , where the hours are mentioned , the borough of " Finsbury "has been omitted from the other metropolitan borouirhs and cities . The new duties are payable from the 1 st of July , and a short Act will probably be forthwith introduced .

      A deputation , consisting of the Right Hon . Milner Gibson , the Earl Stanhope , the Right Hon . Win . Cowpeiy Sir John Boileau , and Mr . Hay wood , had an interview yesterday morning with his Royal Highness the Prince Consort , and obtained his Royal Highriess ' s consent to become president of the proposed International Statistical Congress-General Sir John Robert Harvey died on Monday evening , at his residence , Mbusehold House , near Norwich . The" death—of the gallant officer causes a vacancy in the colonelcy of the 2 nd West India , reirinient .

      A parliamentary return issued onWednesday shows that during ! the session of 1859 the cost of the ¦ .. reports ,:-. < & : c .,. printed , forthe Home Office , was £ 4 , 005 ; for the Foreign Office , £ 1 , 912 ; for the War Department , £ 1 , 085 ; for the Colonial Office , £ 1 , 302 ; for the Treasury , £ 2 , 042 ; for the Board of Trade , £ 3 , 612 ; for the Admiralty , £ 2 , 707 ; for the Irish Government , £ 1 , 855 ; for the India Office , £ l , 0 S 4 : the total being £ 19 , 706 . This is exclusive of the cost of printing ordered by the two Houses of Parliament , of job-work printing , and of all printed work not laid before Parliament , and not paid lor by her Majesty ' s Stationery Office . Mr . Baring and Mr . Labouchere , the latter for the firm of Hope arid Co ., at Amsterdam , during their recent sojourn at St . Pettrs-—hu . rg ;^ -hav ^ cpm pieted their ^ transactions with the Russian Government relsitive to the realisation of *~^ lte ~~ lITSt abrortive —* loau—of

      £ 10 , 000 , 000 . The deaths in London , which had fallen to 909 in the 'first week of the present month , rose to l , 0 (> 4 in the second week , thut ; ended last Saturday . For the weeks corresponding with last vvcek ^ in ten years , 1850-9 , the average number of deaths , after correction for increase of population , will be found to be 1 , 070 , with which estimated result the actual number of deaths in lust week very nearly agrees . Last week the births of 870 boys , and 873 girls , in all 1 , 752 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-0 , the average number was

      1 , 495 . A public subscription has been opened at Berne to send , arms to Garibaldi . . ¦ : It may bo remembei'ed that iu the course of the war in Morocco , General JJuceta , who commanded at Melilla , had n combat with the Riffians , which ended in a Revere check for his troop ' s , and that he was afterwards placed und ' or arrest by Marshal O'Donnell for having engaged in the combat contrary to orders , and for having misconducted himself in it . He has jnRt been , brought to trial on those two charges before a court-martial sitting at Granada , and has been condemned to two years ' detention in a fortress .

      The Rev . P . Jacob , Canon of Winchester , has been appointed by Lord Palmeraton to tho Archdeaconry of Winchester , vacant by the promotion of Bishop Wigram . Tho Rev . M . Cooper , rector of Bramshaw , has been appointed to the living of St . Mary ' s , Southampton . Oii . Ti | esday last , Mr . Elliott , the presiding- magistrate at Lambeth police court , " deliverer ! judgment inthe toll i fl 8 d , "ironed before him on that day week , ugjunst the volmitears who cmimed tho right to exemption from toll . It is intended to tnko tho cuse to the fyi een ' a Bench . Tho commemoration at Oxford of I 860 Was celebrated during the lust week with the utmost enthusiasm and success .

      The Great Eastern sailed on Sunday morning last . On Saturday . the new A , (? t , for rcfreshment-housqB and wine licenses , which received the royal assent " - " oh " theT 14 tlf hist ., was printed . It contains forty-six sections , aud the new duties aro to commence " from and alter the 1 st of July , 18 G 0 , " so that the actual operation of the new law will bo on the 2 nd of July- For refreshment-houses the charge for u license whore the vent is under £ 20 a year is 10 * . 6 d ., nnd at £ 20 and upwards £ 1 Is . To soil ( vine to ' be consumed on tho premises , where tho rent is undov £ 50 a-yciir , the duty . is to be £ { 1 3 a ., and £ 50 and over , £ 5 5 * . ^ To sull wine not to be consumed on the pronises , where the rent is under £ 50 tho charge in £ 2 2 s ., and over £ 50 it is to be £ 33 * . The houses are to be projjcjlv romhu'U'd , aud neither drunkenness nor guuiing

      The officers of tho 3 rd Hegiment of Scots Fusilier Guards gave a dinnor on Wednesday to the non-commissioned officers and men at tho Crystal Palace , in celebration of the 200 th anniversary of tho rai » iiu » of tho roirfmont .

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      596 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . [ June 23 , I 860 ,.

      Eecort) Of The Week. Home And Colontai,.

      EECOKD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONTAI ,.

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 23, 1860, page 596, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2353/page/16/