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. Keligious Liberty In Sweden. An Addres...
tion of Protestant rights in Roman Catholic countries * and a ready answer to the demands of French Protestants on their own Government is afforded by the persecution of Roman Catholics in Sweden . The memorialists express a hope that they will receive the sympathy of the ambassador , and conclude by saying that they aTe sure that nothing will more tend , under God , to bind the hearts of Englishmen and Swedes together , than our possessing and practising in common the great principles of civil and religious liberty . The address-was signed by the heads of the societies named , and by many other influential noblemen and gentlemen . Since its presentation , a very large number of noblemen and persons of consideration , including many bishops and members of Parliament , and the bulk of the London , clergy , have expressed their concurrence in the address .
Count Platen , in his reply , observes that all nations enjoying the blessings of constitutional government are jealous about the interference of foreign bodies in their affairs ; and if , as has lately been shown , such should be the case with a powerful kingdom like England , it can hardly be considered extraordinary if it should be the same -with the kingdom of , Sweden , not as . powerful it is true , but as old in its constitutional rights , and as fond of them . His Excellency promises to bring the address under the notice of his Government , but -wishes to draw the attention of the memorialists to the fact that the
Swedish Government did not institute the suit at law that has given rise to these feelings of uneasiness and apprehension ; it is a Government that neither could nor ¦ would have interfered with the course of the courts of justice . The court could not but deliver judgment in accordance with the existinglaws , and the Government proposed a change iri these laws which it had reason to expect ¦ would come into operation before the case was to be decided ^ The as sembled Diet , on the other hand , the representatives of the people , in accordance with their undoubted right , rejected the proposition .
The following letters have been elicited by Count Platen ' s reply : ¦—
FROM THE AKCHBISHOJP OF GAJfTEnBUKT . "I have to thank you for the satisfactory information which your letter gives me of the state of things in Sweden , and the probability which now appears of improvement in the way of religious liberty . " . However good grounds we have for wishing to keep Roman Catholics at adistance , we must not borrow our weapons from their armoury . "I cannot deprive myself of the privilege of being found in the good company who have expressed their concurrence in the object of the address to Count Platen , and shall bo obliged by your adding my name to the long list which you have sent me . "
FROM IiORP CEANWOKTH . "I concur with Count Platen in the sentiment that nations are , in general , jealous—he might have said are properly jealous—about the interference of foreign bodies in their internal affairs . But , considering the general tone of his answer to the address , and more particularly his statement ( hat he believes the address will be conducive to the object desired , I do not hesitate to authorise you to add my name to the list of those who have already subscribed it . " As Protestants , and therefore friends of religious liberty , we cannot be doing wrong in expressing sympathy with those who are suffering for their adherence to What they consider to be their religious duty , however erroneous we may deem their views to be . "
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894 T H E L E A D E It . [ JN o . 441 , September 4 , 1858 .
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COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE . WEST INDIES . TfltB Koyal Mail Company ' s steam-ship Orinoco has arrived , bringingintelligence frpnj , JEingston under date of , too 10 th ultimo . In Jamaica much anxiety is felt about immigration , and it is expected that , on the opening of the legislature in November , a bill will be immediately passed for the furtherance of immigration , the act of last session relating to this subject having been disallowed by the Colonial Secretary . At Grenada there was a total cessation of business on the 5 th of August , and a full attendance at all the churches , on occasion of the General Thanksgiving decreed by the Executive " for the blessings of the recent harvest , and the prosperity connected with it , " and " for the continuance of the Divine favour in the present season , and for protection from pestilenoo and storm . " ¦^ hewyount ^ anoB . genogaUy-lQokcfl . gre , on anfl a . f . rpnff , ami _ there was a largo surface in course of culture for next crop . Suitable labour , however , waa wanted . At Demerara the new Militia Bill had become law , having been read a third time and passed by tho Court of Policy . The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the . British Guiana Bank , was held on tho 80 th of July . Tho affairs of tho bank appeared to be in a highly prosperous condition . Tho Barbadoos Houso of Assembly mob on the' 10 th nit ., and wero engaged in the discussion of aovorul moa-Butoa . which , possessed only local interest .
America. The New York Mails Of The 18th ...
AMERICA . The New York mails of the 18 th are almost exclusively filled with details of the rejoicings aud enthusiasm consequent Upon the completion of the Atlantic Telegraph . Great disappointment was caused , and many severe remarks were made by the American press ' , iii consequence of the Queen ' s message to the President . being imperfectly given on the 16 th , ¦ only the first clause having been transmitted , through the imperfect working of the apparatus . In the course of the following day the blunder was rectified by the whole of her Majesty ' s message being transmitted , along with the explanation that " during its reception , Valentia desisted sending it , in order to make some slight repairs in the cable . Through a mistake , the part received was sent south as if it constituted the whole message . " The celebration of the successful result took place upon the 17 th . The newspapers vie with each other in the flaming accounts which they give of the proceedings , which are described in a . style peculiarly Transatlantic Advices from Venezuela to the 14 th of July report the election of Toro to . the Presidency . England and France had sent instructions to their Charge ' s d'Affaires to demand the delivery of Monagas , Gutierrez , and Guiseppi as a satisfaction for the alleged violation of their legations . . The mail steamer Solent arrived at Ilavannuh on the 8 th with advices from Vera Cruz to the 4 th . The priests were in power . The vomito was committing much havoc at Vera Cruz .
The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on the 16 th . The Governor-General , in his speech , regretted that he could not speak of the commercial crisis "which had passed over the country as something which had entirely ceased . He proposed in the . course of the recess to communicate with the Home Government and with those of the sister colonies . on the subject of a federal union of the provinces of British North America . The Crystal Palace in course of erection at Toronto for the exhibition of Canadian produce is to be opened in October next . By the Atlantic cable we have Still later news : Sir William "Williams of Kars arrived at Halifax on Tuesday , the . 24 th . He was enthusiastically , received . There " was an immense procession . To an address of welcome , he made a feeling reply .
Yellow fever , prevails at 'New Orleans , sixty to seventy deaths per day . The epidemic had also declared itself at Charleston . Great preparations were being made at New York and other places for celebrations to be held on the 1 st and 2 nd of September- The New Yorkers will make it the greatest gala-day ever known in this country . A letter from Havannah says : — " In thirty years the Island of Cuba has not been so generally affected . There is not a port in the whole island that is entirely free from the yellow fever . The slave trade has received a momentary check in Havannah , through the activity of Mr . Savage , the American Consul ; but all other ports of Cuba are in the constant receipt of slaves , and the general success for the last twelve months has sharpened the appetites of the adventurous dealers in this unlawful traffic . "
From Panama we have intelligence as late as the 7 th of August . Great hopes were entertained that the Australian mails would be sent via the Isthmus . United States troops for Oregon had passed over the Isthmus of Panama . The Californian mail had arrived a , t Panama . The news is conflicting from Fraser River , bub everything tends to confirm the fact that there is no scarcity of gold . A grent number of clipper ships had recently arrived at San Francisco . By the West India mail arrived on "Wednesday , wo have received news from Mexico . At Tampioo , Gcnoml Moreno is holding tho place for tho Government . Ho has no money to pay his troops , and unless lie gets some from the President , his allegiance will ceaso . Car . bajal is noar . Tampiqp ,, and it . is expected that he
will soon outer that place without much resistance . Tho lower orders are in his favour . Vora Cruz is still held by tho party adverse to tho Government . From Chili wo learn that tho political agitation continued in Congress , but tho sessionwas assuming a more peaceful aspect . Among the projects newly submitted to Congress , the most important was the establishment of towing steamers through the Straits of Magellan , which is of groat interest to tho navigation aud commerce of tho whole world . It would shorten tho voyage from Chili upwards of 1500 miles to tho Old World and North America . The Government intended promoting emigration from tho north of Europe towards tho Straits , Q O £ qKQUftP .. ^ nd ^ niaiiai ; flJ ; Qry wo rks had alroady boon commenced . The pbjoot of tho Government w to aFivE " away the Indians from the frontier *
The news from Poru is tho excitement of tho ponding elections . Secret societies hftvo boon formoU all over the country , which havo proclaimed as their candidates General Medina for President , and Don Grogorlo I ' az Soldan as Vico-President , both popular men compared with General Cuatllla and . Senor Lamar . Tho gonoral impression appeal-oil to bo that Castillu would bo roolocted . From tho Republic of Bolivia tho news k satisfactory .
The Linares Administration continued their laborious task of reorganising every branch of public service . By the Arago , which arrived on Thursday , there is New" York news to tho 21 st illt . We learn from Utah that all the Mormons who were able had returned from Provo , and matters were apparently quiet . Brigham Young , fearing assassination , as was alleged , had shut himself up in his residence , under a strong guard of his followers ' . General Johnston was making preparations for going into permanent quarters . Colonel Loring , with three companies of the 3 rd Infantry and 100 riflemen , had departed for New Mexico . The deaths from yellow fever in New Orleans were 43 on the 19 th ult ., and 20 on the 20 th . Mr . Field has resigned his post as active manager of the Atlantic Telegraph Company from ill health .
The entire upper part of the City-hall was destroyed by fire on the night of the 17 th , after the illuminations . The lossVill not fall short of 50 , 000 dols . A large number of public documents were destroyed which can never be replaced . Mr . Cyrus Field and Mr . Woodhouse were serenaded at their respective residences on the evening of the 20 th . The Niagara frigate was enthusiastically welcomed at New York on her arrival . Great preparations were m king for the cable celebration on the 1 st of September . A despatch of the 20 th from Washington says it is not probable that the Government will agree to the Cass-Herran Treaty , as amended by New Granada .
From Washington territory we hear that the Indians wore combining to prevent the passage of . the United States troops through their country . In the vicinity of Fort Colville , on the Frazer River , the Indians arc making hostile demonstrations , and have driven in the Settlers as they were about harvesting their crops . A great battle has been fought between the Pawnees and parties of the Comanchcs , Choyennes , arid Arrapahoe : ; .
Continental Notes. France. Tiikkk Is A R...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . Tiikkk is a rumour in Paris that Lord Malmesbury has told the French Government , or instructed others to do so , that the Jeddah bombardment arose from the captain of the Cyclops acting- upon orders that were transmitted to him before any conferences were held or explanations given at Constantinople , orders which could not afterwards be countermanded . A letter from Maubeuge says ,, that on Sunday , the
22 nd , ten Protestants were expelled from a room in which they were assembled , and four of them , one the minister , who had been sent from the Consistory of Lille , carried to prison . It appears that the Protestants of Maubeuge have more cause to complain of their treatment by the prefect than was thought , as they were legally authorised to hold meetings by the mayor , though the prefect overruled his decision ; the parties present in the chapel , including the military sub-hiteiidant and the minister , are to be prosecuted for having held an illegal meeting .
The Si & cloy after remarking on the importance of M . de Persigny ' s position in the French Government , comments upon his late speech , and says , "As to the English alliance , wo see with pleasure that the ex-ambassador of France at London appreciates nt its just value the union of the two nations ; " and adds , tho two nations "justly consider themselves as iuviuciblo so long as their llags shall be united . " A Paris law journal , the Audience , haying published a report of the trial of Orsiui , has boon suppressed in consequence . The Duke of Malakoff , who was to havo left Paris for London on Wednesday , has , for some reason or other , postponed his departure , and it ia announced that ho will remain hero some days longer . Tho end of September is still spokon of as tho period of his mnrriiigo .
It is reported that Baron Gros is to bo made a senator in consideration of his eminent services in China , ll is also suid that one of tho now streets iu Puris'is to bo called Rue Tieu-Sin . Tho Palriv , notwithstanding the caution which it ^ lma rocoivod , protests against tha , t part of Count do Persigiiy's speech which advocates tho maintenance of tho present laws on the press ; it particularly objects to tho system of warnings , with all its oppressive uncertainty . Tito Emporor , tho Empress , and thoir infant , left St . Cloud on Wednesday for Biarritz , where they wore to havo arrivod tho same evening . Count do Porsigny arrived in Paris on Monday , «»« was received in the courso of tho day by tho Emperor , and paid a visit to Lord Pulmoraton .
- — ' —l TAXX . - Mazzini ' s journal , tho Italia del Popolo , has ceased to appear , boing at length crushed under tho weight of repeated condemnations of tho l'iodmontcso courts . . iiisjucuuiu . Tho King is on a tour « up tho Rhine , " and will thonco prooood to SwitKOrland , visiting a sinter , who residua m that country . Ilia Majesty will also , before hi » return to Belgium , stay a short thno at the Villa Uullia , a proporty which he poasosaoa by tho Lako of Cw « o .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 4, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04091858/page/6/
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