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THE LEADER.
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The Leader.
THE LEADER .
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rfview OF THE WEEK— England and her Soldiers ( 593 Italian Liberty—No . VI . ........ 099 COMMERCIALhomeotelliOehOe . page Native ^ Convention ....... 694 Traffic Route through Battcrsea- q chaTffe A & ainst the Joint-Stock Imperial Parliament 6 S 8 The Life of John Steggall < £ * fields . .-00 Banks ... . 703 Na ^ Siift ^ a 8 ualtie 8 "it ISnaneous :::::: ; ::::::::::::: tU original correspondence- R « Js ^ in the Kate of . - , Volunteer Rifle ^ T . * *"' *"" I . ' *'' I 688 The Poetical Works of Robert Germany 700 Money Market * ' and ' Stock i * x-TheDerbyDay . * 680 o * J"" ^ "if' " * 6 2- change ..... . , 7 vj Ireland . v . 680 Stanford 6 Maps 09 u THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS- General Trade Keport 7 < M General Home News .- 689 . . . . _ .,, Stocks and Shares — 7 uJ foreign intelligence Postscnpt C . 96 Royal Itelian Opera 70 a IIonlc , colonial and Fovvign l ' roforeign iNTEi . i . n » JiJNC £ .. Drurv lane Opera 701 < 1 ucj- APirkets 70 ( The War- " . ;• . «» PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Cry ^ al Palace . 701 Kfey Intefeic " .:::::: "" I fl . i ¦ General Summary o ^~ parliamentary Ceremonies C 97 . Joint-Stock Companies ... 7 ua War Incidents -09- The Italian Victories 097 INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- P ° ¦ iTBDiTiipr- "W ^ hy is Democratic Government a ' , „* .- LITERATURE- Failure ? 097 Sir C . Trevelyan—Hill Stations—T ^ e'Sandb ^ ok of ' Binin ^ . * . ' . ' . " . * . " . " . * 093 Ferdinand II ., Iving of Naples .. COS Freehold Tenure 702 Facts and Scraps - u »
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T HE record of the _ week again opens with the account of abrilliant victory on the banks of the Sesia . On the 30 th of May , the anniversary of the sanguinary conibat of Goito , won by his gallant father eleven years ago , Victor Emmanuel has gained fresh laurels for the Sardinian arms . If the glory of the field of Montebello must be given more particularly to the French troops , that of Palestro belongs to the Pi edmontese , who , under the leadership of their cb ^ alrous sovereign , fairly defeated the Austrian army , taking numerous prisoners and guns . The personal courage of the
Sardinian king led him , we are told , into the heaviest fire , under which two of his aides-decamp were killed by his side . 2 ^ o doubt his rashness has been fairly blamed ; but may there not be policy in this daring which may elevate him in the eyes of his admiring compatriots , from the second to the first place in the emancipation of Italy ? Even among the forces of his French ally comparisons in favour of "Victor Emmanuel will undoubtedly be made , unless the Emperor Napoleon speedily does something more , to distinguish himself than we have at present heard of , since Frenchmen and , above all , French soldiers are
prone rather to admire action in general than hospital visiting . Meantime we learn that the Austrians have received powerful reinforcements , and are now in the field probably in as great force as the allies . The two reverses which they have met with cannot but be considered as of the greatest importance ; and Francis Joseph , who is now hastening to the seat of war , will need the wisest counsels and the most energetic action from tjte statesmen and generals who surround him , ' to repair the shock which the Austrian power has already received in Italy . Count Gyului will probably entrench himself between Pavla and
Piaoonzn , to oppose the advance of the i ranco-Sardinian army upon Milafc , which citjr is also threatened by the coim > s of Gai'ibaldi from the north . The engineer , General Niel , lias been dispatched by Louis Napoleon to the aid of Gari-. Imldi , which neems to argue some serious expectations from his operations , which will doubtlcsu prove tin important feature in the campaign . The triumphant career of Garibaldi to Como , and his successes in Loinbnrdy , appear to have been checked in the beginning of the week by
their drill , and study the art of putting an ounce of lead into an invader with proper accuracy . Old officers have shown how , with volunteer artillerymen , and mounted and foot volunteer rifles the coasts and hedgerows of Old England can be made impregnable , while , to crown all , the assurance offices declare that life policeis will not be invalidated by doing one ' s duty in this way pro aris etfocis . Lord Ellenboi'ouo-h lias made another sensible and energetic
speech , in which- he insisted upon our comparatively defenceless state in the present scientific age , and urged preparation immediate and . effective . In Ireland the Government will need to exercise much judicious care to prevent what ought to a bond of national union becoming ' ¦ -a source of heart-buinm ! jc ana disssension .- The Orangemen claim their old right to-curry arms , while the law does not include ' the bulk * of (! ic population- of Ireland . Surely the time has come to foster the risin <> - spirit of loyalty by moderate ami seasonable
. . The more , regular defences of the country continue to be increased with the most unremitting energy . Recruiting for the army is active all over the kingdom , ami the standard of height mid limit as to age have licen reduced . Volunteers are sought ( and found ) for the navy , while new ships and ;' Armstrong yuns arc being turned out nsj- ^ fast as British wealth nnd . skill can supply thorn . The work-people at Woolwich Arsenal alone arts enough in number to form a population . for a large town , and arc working night and day U < add Jo our stores of deHtruL-tiVe missiles .
Wars and rumours of wars ; do not , however , contract the oll ' orts of the benevolent lor the social and physical improvement of their fellows . Tliis week has seen ltu-go and important meetings for the establishment of drinking fountains ; the inauguration of a cancer hospital ; and for teaching the blind to road . Last , not . leaat , the Anti-Slavery Society has met , and the iniquities of I / Vouch " immigration" and American ¦ " blackbird " trading have been unveiled *<» ' the scorn of thu civilised world .
ceiving daily recruits who volunteer from the duchies and the Papal States . Action would , it appears , be desirable to preserve the morale of his motley force ; already . we' hear of mutinous behaviour among the Tuscan soldiery and even of reactionary conspiracy . Even Austrian soldiers , it seems , are not so black as they are painted , and we are glad to find that the atrocities attributed to them and their officers have been too highly coloured by the French and Sardinian chroniclers . The more
respectable portion of the Sardinian press has repudiated these falsehoods , and the French Minister of the interior lias reprimanded certain journals for their disgraceful exaggerations . Nevertheless , General Zobel ' s proclamation is not calculated to convey a very -favourable impression of Austrian leniency or forbearance ; and the Emperor Napoleon shows . 'his-usual sagacity in the kindness-which he displays to wounded . enemies , and in his returning prisoners without exchange , thereby drawing a strong contrast in favour of his humanity and moderation . v '
From France we already begin to hear rumours of the war pressure being somewhat uneasily borne , and of complaints from the working classes of scarcity of employment . The Constitiitionuel has-been made the vehicle of an important semi-official statement ns to the policy of the Emperor's Government , which is declared to be non-aggressive in regard to the Rhine provinces ot Germany . The rumours of an alliance , offensive and defensive , with Russia have also been revived . Ferdinand 11 ., of Naples , was laid with his fathers on Wednesday , and Francis IF . has issued his proclamation to his subjects , of which the best that can be said is , that it makes no promises .
British , French , and Sardinian representatives arc on their way to the court of the young monarch , and it is to be hoped that their counsels may deliver him from the incubus of Austrian influence , and the perils of an Austrian alliance . Queen Victoria ' s sixth Parliament has mot and elected its Speaker , and the forces of ministers and their rivals for power are being marshalled for the contest of the session . The Conservatives have an undoubted majority in tho House oi' Lords , and count nlso upon one in the Commons , by tho aid of the " Independent Liberals , taking , it is to be presumedt he illustrious " Tear ' em"
nstliomouth-Ohitreh inallur . 3 hove been 1 opir : s of public discussion ; the Convocation-of York and Canterbury hnvo mot in great state ; have talked iniKvh Latiu ( chiefly of Clio ermine sort ) ; have complimented tlienisekes excecliuffly—ami have adjourned . Thu beautiful and beautified Puseyito Church of All Saints , in Margnret-struut , lias been opened , Mid enormous amu * collected to pay for its completion . And lastly , tho Venerable Archdencon of London li * is addressed lib clergy in an oration savouring mthor more of the old high-churcli arid lory opinions , than is exactly suited to our moderate , or ns ho would U-nn them , huidudiuariun tunes . l # lh lie mm *< ii ^ r *> v ¦ ^ -v m- ^ ----.--t — -j
-, piece of that party , who , according to him , would prefer the present Government to a combined dictatorship of Palinerston and Russell , from which is to be expected neither reform nor neutrality . The demand of the country is unanimous for the latter , if not the former of those conditions , as the price of oHice from whoever may aspire to govern ; but war may become a popular cry , as it has been before . It remains tp be seen whether Lords Palmerston and John Russell will
An unusual n amber of tragic cK ? njm-uuu » Mmve to be noticed tliix week . In Ireland lln- shouting of laud steward by I lu ^ uii of his i » utroii , ( oHo \ vo « U » y the suieidcoftlie imlinj ^ pN' -inaniiic ; two suicides olyoung men of "ood Mrii * i >« ufH , mi ollicei * at the Slioriiulifle camn ami a ,-iirjifcWs assistant . At Manchester tho iutnl jealousy of a madwoman has been the (¦ 1111140 o / ' icnniiialhig her own life and that of her child in a Iioiti ' ho niannor . A transport , laden with invalid tniu |> .- < from Judin , which took fire at nnclior at Npithcind , wo trust will not swell tho loas of'li / e , owing l « i the j ' troniptncHS with which assistance , arrived iVoin the men-of-war and other craft si the nor ! .
roap victory from their now alliance , or whether they will bo forced to content thenioelves with what tho Tunas describes with such unction as the dignified and honountblo post of leaders of her Majesty ' s opposition . The volunteer corps throughout tho country are vapidly assuming form nml substance ; public meetings and patriotic resolutions aro tho order ol the day . All classes join in tho cry , from lords to labourers , and even the church militant ; hns found representatives in clerical orators , who have expounded tho duty of Christian men to learn
General Urban ; but tho accounts received through France and Germany diflbr materially . There ecems to bo no doubt that Gavjbaldi retired from Como into Tessin , , but the latest news is , that ho has surprised and beaten the Austrinns at Vareso , and re-entered Como . The whole of the Valtelino , we learn , has risen in favour of the Italian cause , and tho Austrian authorities have abandoned Sondrio and fled into the'Tyrol . If this last account prove true , the kingdom of Loinbardy will bo soon in a flame from one end t : o tho other .
In tho Adriatic some alight hostilities have boon reported , and wo hoar or the French squadron being cannonaded by tho Lido forts . Some prizes have also boon taken by the French cruisors , but tho intended blow appears to bo withhold for tho present . On tho other side of tho poninauln , Prinoo Napoleon in Tuscany is awaiting tho signal to take his post in tho graud combined movement , which is boliovod to be in contemplation : and re-
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04061859/page/3/
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