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938 THE LEADE R. [Saturday,
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THE CASE OF MR. PAGET. The Leicestershir...
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NADAUD'S ADDRESS TO THE MASONS. We have ...
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NEWS FROM AMERICA. THK liOHOS ISLANDS. M...
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Continental Notes. According To The Moni...
the former -with his suite , and , escorted by the other , enjoyed a short trip at sea . The grapo crop in Sicily is almost entirely destroyed , as it has been in Madeira . The Queen of Naples was delivered of a prince on the 15 th , at Cascrta . He has been christened Pascal , Count of Bari .
938 The Leade R. [Saturday,
938 THE LEADE R . [ Saturday ,
The Case Of Mr. Paget. The Leicestershir...
THE CASE OF MR . PAGET . The Leicestershire Chronicle furnishes some additional particulars of this burglarious business . It will be seen that Mr . Paget ' s property has not been returned to him . " Lord Malmesbury , it seems , is likely to have his hands full . It remains to be seen whether the spirit which , under Lord Palmerston , kept foreign despots in check , and extended to British subjects abroad that protection which rendered them safe and respected on the Continent , is to continue to animate our Cabinet , or whether their persons , as in the case of Mr . Mather ,
their papers and property , as in the case of Mr . John Paget , are to be at the mercy of those arbitrary and cruel Governments , with whom to be the advocate of Liberal opinions , to be the bearer of a name identified with the cause of freedom—nay , even to be the subject of a free State like England—is a crime . " We are glad to see the case of Mr . John Paget made the subject of animadversion in some of the London papers ; and having received from the friends of that gentleman some recent particulars of the case , we have pleasure in laying them before our readers .
" The documents and papers belonging to Mr . Paget which were seized have not been returned . Mr . Forbes , the British minister at Dresden , has received an answer from the Saxon Minister , stating as the reason for searching Mr . John Paget , and seizing \ ipon his papers , the belief that he was a ' medium of communication between Kossuth and the malcontents of Hungary , and that he had had interviews with
Kossuth ;'_ whereas he ( Mr . Paget)—we quote from his letter of the 13 th inst . to his brother , Mr . Arthur Paget—• had been living quietly all the time at Dresden ; and it must have been known from his letters , which had been opened , that he had held no communication with Kossuth or the malcontents of Hnngary ;' and that his writings and speeches had invariably been in Opposition to their proceedings .
" The meeting held in Leicester , in June , 1851 , to receive General Messaros , then on a visit to Mr . John Paget , and the Baroness , his wife , at the time of their residence in Leicester , is doubtless in the recollection ot our readers . On that occasion Mr . John Paget , in a speech of some length , thus expressed himself : — " ' Now , I fear that what I am about to add will scarcely agree with the opinions of many of those who hear me , but 1 think I owe it both to you and myself to speak openly and without reserve , and I feel assured you will give me a , fair hearing . 1 do not agree with a former speaker on revolution and war ; I hate revolution , for 1 know how little it has contributed to the freedom or happiness of mankind . 1 abhor war , for I
have seen something of the crimes it gives rise ; to , of the miseries it indicts on the- innocent and unoffending ; und yet , so aggravated was the conduct of the Austrian Government ., that , in common with every man of honour in the country , I was morally obliged to gird on my sword for the defence of property and life , as well us for the preservation of the rights and privileges which had . stood the test of centuries of opposition . ( Loud applause . ) I am not , nor never was , an adherent of Kossuth . While I fully admit the brilliancy of his talents , and the disinterestedness of his patriotism , I neither ; uhniivd his policy "or shared in his opinions . The Act of Independence , of which Kossuth wuh the author , J held to be unwise and injurious to Hungary . '
" And yet this is the man , who , living quietly at Dresden , with his wife and son , for the purposes of the education of the latter , driven from the country of his adoption by the mob which pillaged and utterly destroyed bin house , hacked by the most despotic ; and perfidious of Governments , from which he narrowly escaped with life and liberty , having been guilty of no offences , but . having laboured to maintain the constitutional existence of Hungary , and quietly living in the capital of a friendly . state , is to be subjected to a personal search , and deprived of his most private papers , on u pirn which those who make it know to In . ' , on the iiice of it , faint ) and unfounded .
" If this in the treatment , which is to be submitted to on the part , of an Knglish subject , by the sufferance of Lord Mahneshiiry , we may indeed bid adieu to tin ; proud position which Knghuid lia . s hitherto held among the nations of the earth , and to regret those days when wo hud the bold . spirit of a I ' ahnerNfon to avert war , and the great , iinnio of Wellington to insure its huccohu when inevitable "
Nadaud's Address To The Masons. We Have ...
NADAUD'S ADDRESS TO THE MASONS . We have great pleasure in giving publicity to the following address , written by M . Nadaud , to the Masons of London—an address which is equally honourable to both parties . When M . Nadaud arrived in London , thinking he might be in want , and anxious to mark . their sense of his honesty and worth , the English masons subscribed and sent to , him several pounds ; but M . Nadaud , with characteristic andfraternal generosity , handed the money to the Refugee Committee , saying that no doubt many of his brethren were worse off than he ; as he had a trade which he was willing to work at , and they were bordering on starvation .
TO THE STONE MASONS . Bkethken and Fkieitds , —A few months have scarcely elapsed since I was drive n out of France by the savage despotism of the perjurer of December . What was my crime ? Son of an agricultural labourer , myself a mason , it was after the revolution of February that universal suffrage took me from the midst of my labour to make me a representative of the people .
The treason of the 2 nd of December found me faithful to my mandate , and unreservedly devoted to the working-classes . It was enough to raise against me the hatred of the traitor who had then raised himself to the supreme power . Therefore I was not surprised when the gendarmes of Louis Bonaparte came to tear me out of my house , to put me in prison ; and , later , to banish me from the land which they now sully with their presence .
I was obliged to choose another country . England alone , it must be said , offers a fitting refuge where an exile can freely live . I came to you as to brethren , without believing in all those rivalries , in all those hatreds , which kings and princes endeavour to kindle between the nations in order better to enslave them . I was not deceived in my trust . The second day of my arrival you opened to me your workshops , and in consequence of the employment I found amongst those who adopted me , I could live as an exile without any acquaintance witE'misery .
Since , you have done still better . In your solicitude you have raised a subscription , of which you offer me the proceeds . Accept my thanks . But as I have been enabled to earn my livelihood by my labour , allow me to dispose of the sum in favour of those of my fellowcountryinen who , less fortunate than I , are wanting bread and refuge . In receiving us amongst you , you have begun a great work : go on until yoxi have accomplished it , Do not
forget that the French proscribed are the pioneers of the Revolution ; that in their country they have always struggled against all despotisms , under whatever name they have been disguised . Remember that many of them have done so , being not rich , and having wives and children . Now , to strive when you have fortune , for the cause of truth and justice , is honourable ; but how far more honourable , is it not , when you are poor , to give \ ip your family , your business , your labour , your all , for the sake of your . country ?
English workmen , open to us your workshops . Be without fear ; we will behave as honest men ; and you will have done for the realization of our common belief much more than many philosophers arid sages ; you will have substituted practice for theory ; you will have opposed to the calumniating words of our enemies the example of working men , diflering in language and in manners , but united , without respect to nationality , in a common feeling .
May my wish be accomplished , and you will have well deserved of humanity , for you will have scaled , practically , an indissoluble alliance between tht ! two greatest nations in the world- -England and France . Yours fraternally , Nadaud , Mason .
News From America. Thk Liohos Islands. M...
NEWS FROM AMERICA . THK liOHOS ISLANDS . Mit . Wkhhtiok'h letter to Captain . lewett , and his subsequent despatch to ttenor / Dsnia , have produced their consequences . The bold , spirited Captain Jewett , whose ideas of nicuin and tuiim worn < : onfn . se < l , went out fifteen ships and five barks , last summer , to take guano on the LohoH islands JNot content with this , and determined to lest the power of Mr . Secretary
Webster ' s letter , he sent with his squadron , an convoy , the } n \ r \ , Sarah Chase , armed to i lit ) tooth , with four nine pounder earronades , inuskets , aiiilof her anna , llercaptain was instructed to " tnko possession of all tho available loading places oh the islands , " and remain there so long m the ships were loading , lie forwarded a gratuitous and lengthy account of his intended operations to Mr . Webster , enclosing a copy of tho instructions given to the captain of tht ) Sarah Chase . This seems to huvo aroused Mr . Webster from his perilous position , and to havo completely revolutionised
his notions on the Lobos question , aa the following &?* patches will show : — 8 " Department of State , Washington , Aug . 21 1852 " Sie , —Your letter of the 16 th inst ., with the acconmanv mg papers , relative to your proceedings for the pur & osTrrf taking guano from the Lobos Islands , has been received Since the one addressed to you by this department undl date the 5 th , in answer to yours of the 2 nd of June w information has reached the department that the Peruvian government claims jurisdiction over these islands , and thitf in 1842 it issued two decrees prohibiting any foreim vessels , upon Hie penalty of confiscation , from removing guano from any of the islands near the coast of Peru , with out a license from that government . Under these circum "
stances , it is expected that the vessels which have proceeded thither under your auspices , will not make use of the arms with which it appears , from your letter of the 16 th inst ' they are provided , for the purpose of forcibly resisting the * Peruvian authorities . You must be aware that such resistance would be an act of private war , which can never receive any countenance from this government . The naval commander of the United States in the Pacific will also under existing circumstances , be required to abstain fronr protecting any vessels of the United States which may visit those islands for purposes forbidden by the decrees of the Peruvian government until he shall receive further orders .
" Some of the statements contained in your letter of 2 nd of June last had a tendency to mislead us , and , as intimated ! above , may , it is apprehended , have done so . " I am , Sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , " Daniel Webstee . " To James C . Jewett , Esq ., Ufew York . " A despatch upon the same subject from the Secretary of the Navy to the United States commodore commanding in the Pacific , has also been published , and is to the following effect . — " August 25 th , 1852 .
" Sib , —By direction of the President , you are hereby instructed to suspend , until further orders , the execution of the order addressed to you under date of June 16 , 1852 ,, and you are required to abstain from aiding or abetting any citizens of the United States who may forcibly resist the execution of the laws of Peru by the authority of that republic . —I am , & c , " John P . Kennedy . " Commodore C . S . M'Cauley , Commanding U . S . squadron , Pacific Ocean . " The only other document on this question is ei letter from Mr . Abbott Lawrence to the National I ? lelligencer : — " Legation of the United States , London , Aug . 24 .
" Dear Sirs , —I noticed in the New York Herald of the 11 th inst . an article , copied into The Times of this ' morning , intimating that I had consented , on the part / of the United States , to the monopoly of the Lobos Islands between Peru and Great Britain . I have not spjoken or written of these islands to im ^ yerBuii'v < yx ^ . r , ^ lr t'Lith . the British Government—I have received no communication : from the Government of the United States relative to them—I havo expressed no opinion about them , nor , indeed , have I made an examination to form an opinion . I am , therefore , at a loss to know the reason for such a . statement . " I am , dear sirs , very faithfully , " Your obedient servant , " AUBOTT LAWBENCK . ' *
THE FISHERIES . Seizures continue in the fishing grounds . Tlie Gloucester Telegraph of the 12 th , says , on the authority of a letter from one of the owners of the schooner Florida , which has been seized and carried into Cliarlottetown , Prince Edward ' s Island , that the schooner had been stripped , and her provisions stored , and that thew would huvo to sue the Government for a trial . The writer says , " the case appears to be clear on our side , and , if there is any justice , she will have a chance to be cleared . " The schooner Golden Jt'ile , taken tliu week before , had been released , on an app lication wade through tho Governor . The schooner Jlannibal went to the Magdalen Islands , and had taken 30 harre s ol mackerel , when she was fired at by the British cuttc ,
in consequence of which she left the islands . Tho correspondent of the Boston Atlas writes thai the commander of the English cutter , NeLley , continue ! to annoy American fishermen . On the 20 th of AuguM the Netlcy hoarded the schooner J ' owfona , ' » l ) tlU Coggins , and the Leader , Captain milliard , both <> Lubec , between Campo Hello and Grand Alcrian , wIk'H there was no fishing ground , and , after searching . *» vessel , endorsed on the licenses , " Found nuduir Mini - cious circumstances . The commander of the Nclhy told Captain L ° f" ^ lie observed the Yankey papers stated , thero wouu ^ no more trouble to the lulling vessels . I h . would lik « know , he said , where they got their information , J J would find him doing in futuro just a . s ho had " * tf ^ done . The above statement wiui obtained from * " 1
(' oofglllH . . , , il ,, i / , The New York Herald of tho Mil . i » lu » ali' » tlu tho question is not set fled : — . , j ( r " Tho statements in tho English papers , that tjiojn ()| i diflicultioH huvo boon arranged , art ) not . to he rol "' u ' . i , <> - tho contrary , it in confulontly Mated by llion" wi . o . rity is not to bo alighted , that , tho Hritiali ''" l ^ 'V , lo .., incut , b y tho hiHt ^ toarnor , soul , despatches to JWj . , | 1 (| (> t . (| , iiit . iiiiat . ing that , no arrangomont had boon nin < n > . ( 1 () r ( . Hu Admiral Koyinour has his oxpross orders , «»>«« . t ) yt .,. y adjourned , eonfc through Mr . Crampton , to » " »
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101852/page/6/
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