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    France. Paris, Thursday Evening. Tiieke ...

    lineage , O'Donnell by name , would arise iii Spain and would liberate Ireland , from Saxon yokejafter defeating the Englishin a great battle to be fought in thesouth of Ireland . To make the canard complete it is said that the Irish sailors in . the Mediterranean fleet apply this prophecy to passing events , and look for this liberator—who is described as a stalwart , ruddy man—in the commander of the expedition against Morocco . It is said that quarrels which sometimes come to blows take place , between the English and Irish sailors in her Majesty ' s service . Sunday ' s papers contain a government communique formally denying the statement put forth in certain English Journals , that France was . supplying covert aid to

    Spain , and instigating her to war with a view to territorial acquisition . In regard to the Italian question , the Paris paper s think that the interview between the Prince Regent of Prussia and the Emperor ' -of Russia at Breslau bodes an alliance with England which will prove inimical to French policy . It is a very general impression here that the Prince of Prussia whose English sympathies are wellknown , has been endeavouring to remove the estrangement which has been existing between the Courts of St . James and St . Petersburg ever since the Crimean war , arid , as the Opinion Nationale observes , an Anglo-Russian alliance might ; be dangerous to France .

    A pamplhet by the Chevalier JLouisDebrauz , containing the Austrian version of the Peace of Vilia-r franca , has been published at Paris , and is attracting much attention . According to this pamphlet , I . ouis Napoleon was induced to cede the possession of the quadrilateral fortresses to Austria , owing to the vigorous representations made by Francis Joseph , that a prolongation , of the war might be fatal to the Napoleon dynasty , of which he professed himself a friend . People look for a version of the

    matter for the French Government , -which may probably modify in some measure the statements advanced by M . Debauz . As to the question of the Suez canal , the Emperor has been occupied with the matter , and has received in audience the son of the Viceroy of Egypt and some engineers connected with the undertaking . It is said that Louis Napoleon is determined to carry out the project , and has expressed himself forcibly against the opposition , supposed to be raised by England , and by Turkey at English instigation .

    The Comte de Montalembert ' s name has not been before the public of late . About this time last year all Europe was ringing with the Government prosecution directed against .. him and the publisher of the Correspondent . The same review now contains an article froniDe Montalembert's pen , conceived , in a very different spirit . The . article is an energetic defence of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope , and of all the abuses of the Papal system . It is -very much lauded by 'JO'Ami de la Religion , but meets with a just rebuke from Le Siecle and the liberal papers . It was rumoured that this article would be made the subject of a Government prosecution in

    consequence of the strong terms of disapproval in which he alludes to the late Italian war . Monday ' s Moniteur contains an official warniqg to the Correspondent , but it is now evident that there will be no proceedings against Montalembert for this expression of his sentiments . It is a noticeable fact , that other members of the Orleanist party were opposed to the so-called -war of Italian independence , and Thiers , in particular , is said to appreciate it . It was observed that he did not illuminate his mansion in the Place St . Grearg'e ' s , when the battles of Magenta and Solferino were won , but that upon the signing of the peace at "Villafranca all his windows were radiant with light .

    The quarter of the Jardin des PlanMs , now so notorious for its dilapidated condition and its insalubrity , is going to receive many important alterations . As for the Jardin itself , it will be considerably enlarged and improved . The Church of St . Roch will be renovated , and its Calvary Chapoi and its transepts will be embellished with allegorical pictures similar to those which adorn tlie . Church of St . Germo-In Auaeerrois . St . Roch is not an ancient church , and only dates back to the reign of Louis Quatorze , who laid the foundation stone . Much rain has fallen here during the past few days , and the wind has been remarkably tempestuous . Tuosday , November 1 , being the feast of All Saint's , was observed as a holiday , a , nd the journals omitted their publication either on the festival itself or on the day after .

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    them . Opinions are beginning to vary as to the object of the vast naval' and military preparations . of France . Some are convinced that Prussia is the next to be attacked ; bthers- ^ -and these , perhaps , form the majority—that an invasion of England is projected , and one or two voices are heard declaring 1 that the United States and Mexico present a tempting-bait , from their Wealth , their impudence , their rivalry with Eurppe-in commerce , and their overweening confidence in their military and naval prowess , though possessing neither fleet nor army . It is thought that a coup de main might put the French and Spaniards in possession of the arsenals and entire seaboard of the United States and Mexico as easily , if not more easily , tlian the arsenals and seaboard of England , particularly as England is not supine . The expedition against Morocco is regarded by some timid souls who are interested in American State papers as a sort of preliminary exercise in embarking and disembarking , to enable the two allies to act the better in concert . Il

    is said that there are Jrench agents in the ports of Norway , Swe , and Denmark , engaging sailors as fast as they can , expressly for private snips , not for ships of war . This lends strength to the surmise that an expe-r dition against the United States , with its plunder temptingjfand its unprotected merchantmen , is notan impossibility . These sailors , if being engaged at all , are being engaged for transports or privateers , and privateering by French ships can now only be carried on against the United States . With regard to the affairs of Hes 3 ia , the Elector has carried his disregard of the wishes of his people so far , that if Austria and the middle States -will not unite upon some means of redress , Prussia in all probability will interfere alone . It is reported that Prussia has expressed

    a willingness to see the Constitution of 1831 restored . The present discontent and exasperation of the people is the consequence of a former interference of Prussia and Austria , in favour of the Elector and should an outbreak occur ' they' must be held responsible for it . The Commissioners appointed at the time by those Powers to inquire into the state of the country , took into their hands the whole internal government , and if not in name they were in fact the-aiders and abettors of the Elector in all his measures of repression and oppression . They made so-called provisional laws -which swept away all the ancient rights of the people , and transferred all the state officers to the centralized administration , whereby any official could be at any time deprived of office and consequently of his bread without being convicted of any oflenet : by the legal tribunals . But in case any official thus deprived of His pl ace should prove

    ^ SS ^~ *^ t tants of Hungary , displeasing the Catholics of Bohemia smiling upon the Vienna Protestants , whom they have lately permitted to erect an orphan asylum ; breakup promises with the Liberals , and not satisfying f t ! nobles in their expectations . Austria is at this moment without friends or . credit at home or in Germanv and less mention is made of her in the German papers than of England and France . The ardour of the promoters of the Schiller Cele bration , or Unity Demonstration ( the latter is the most appropriate term ) , has aroused the jealousy of the Governments , and it would not be surprising if at thp last moment , difficulties arise to spoil the sport' The Prussian Government has boldly set its face agai nst the public celebration upon the plea that the state of the King renders any participation on the part of thp

    authorities unseemly . They cannot permit either the illumination of public buildings on the occasion , because such a distinction was never before shown to a literarv genius , and Schiller would not be the only one deserving of such ah honour if it became a rule . Berlin being regarded as the metropolis of New Germany the prohibition is considered as a heavy blow to the Celebration The chief commercial city , too , Hamburg , is debarred from rejoicing with the provinces by the circumstance that the lOtii of November is their General-Thanksgiving day , appointed by law . Some of the inhabitants of this city , represented by two or three journals , have

    petitioned the Senate to put oft * the thanksgiving to the Almighty for another day . This the Senate has refused to do . and thereby excited the wrath of the petitioners , and indeed of " the journals . One writer upon the subject says : The Senate having , in its great wisdom , thought fit to refuse the postponement of the JBussund Betting—i . e ., penance andprayer daythe DeutscJi-feindlicJie party—German inimical or Anti-German party has gained a victory , and the celebration of our Schiller ' s hundredth birthday is nipped in the bud by this Hiost lamentable decision . " One journal makes the proposal to divide the day between Schiller arid . —— . Another journal enters its protest against

    this proposal on account of its impractical nature , and exclaims : —r" Aut Cocsar aut nihiL" However , not to be deprived of their festival by this absurd arid bigotted refusal of the Senate , the inhabitants are ndvised to emie ? i masse to Holstein for the day . Should this advice be acted upon , a disturbance is not improbable , for the Danish party are most violently opposed to the demonstration ^ which they seem to look upon as more national and political than literary .- Thejpurnals of Copenhagen appear particularly opposed to any celebration taking p lace in thnt town . Jn Germany generally every town is busy in preparations for the celebration , and there is every reason to believe that the'festival will be passed through as joyously and harmlessly as German merrymakings usually do , in spite of the bit of politics that may be mixed up tvith it .

    obstreperous they invented » so-called court of discipline which took cognizance only of offences committed in an official capacity . They raised , too , tie taxes for the license to carry firearms and the edict , of which , I gave a translation some time ago , by which the patrols or gensdarmes were . ' empowered to shoot any one carrying firearms if he did not answer or throw down his weapon on being challenged twice , was issued under the auspices of these commissioners . At present this constitutional struggle of the Hessians is a local affair , and cannot be expected to interest the general reader ; but should the Hessian Constitution of 1831 really be restored , civil liberty will have gained a great victory , which will not be without influence upon all the rest of Germany . These rumours and fears may be very absurd but they show the unsettled state of affairs and do much to check all kinds of business and political reform . Every one prays fervently for an early solution of the riddle of these vast

    ¦ armaments . . The revision of the Federal Compact has been proposed in the Diet by Bavaria , Wurtemburg , Saxony , Hanover , Hesse Darmstadt , Nassau , and Mecldenburgh . In the declaration accompanying this proposal , the above ? mentioned governments express regTet at observing the agitation which has been excited in all parts of the qountry . The agitation , in their opinion , has arisen from ignorance oftlie provisions of tho Federal Compact . These provisions , they maintain , ore fully sufficient to preserve the unity of alj if the Federal Governments would but fulfil their duties to the letter . The Compact is , indeed , open to progressive development , and the governments above-mentioned would readily support any proposal havjnerfor its object the strict accomplishment

    of the Federal treaties , and the prevention of all resistance to the decisions of the Federal Diet . But such reforms must take place in a legal manner . All endeavours to overthrow that which : really exists they are resolved to oppose , l > y all legitimate nueans at their disposal . Unfortunately , erroneous views have been propa * - gated respecting the War-compact ( Kricgsverfnaming ) and as the public mind has been rendered uneasy thereby , the governments propose that the War-compact should undergo a revision . Prussia immediately acquiesced in this proposal , at tho same time professing * a disinclination to enter into tho other questions raiscdin tho declaration ,

    The Austrian Government has replied to the petition of the Hungarian Protestants , by prohibiting their meetings jn future Tli . e Government seems to be ogling ¦ with the old Conservative or Feudal party of Hungary , seeking , by concessions to them , and by procrastinating ifftli the reforms promised in the hour of danger to the liberals , to gain the support of the nobility . Commissioners have , been sent to Inquire into the state of tho country , but -the Liberals hold aloof , and refuse to give evidence at the Courts of Inquiry . According' to reports from Bohemia whole villages are declaring : tlioir section from the Catholic Church , This Is supposed to be owing to the working of the muchi talked of , but , Indeed , little understood : Concordat . The internal' polloy of the Austrian authorities fs a puzzle td all political observers , frowning at the JPrbtes-. ¦ ¦ ... . •> ' . ' i ,, . i ' j * * . i

    * ' GERMANY . ,.,, ¦ . „ Hanoy ^ r , Nov . H , 1850 . TntE meeting of the Emperor of Russia and tho prince Regent of Prussia , tho Schiller Celebration or Unity DemonBtratiqn , and the Cprtatittition of Hossia , aftbrilthe staple of political gossip , , Th © . first l « considered by eomo joUrpoU | o fte a nov % of demonstration against Eng - wnd . to . Mher see thnt the Continental Powers coj ? , do WWid « t Je > ' % litle ( inei h 8 theWrlWraoMMqustotlie oVi-^ enwsiofldBbprytweto'tbthmk ; ' cannot welt do Wltlfout . j v-iifi . ' ) .. : ¦ ' . ' ¦ .. ¦ / ' " ¦

    Disraeli Ant> Stanley On Popular Educati...

    DISRAELI ANt > STANLEY ON POPULAR EDUCATION . At a conference of delegates from the mechanics ' institutes of Lancashire , which was holden at Manchester on Tuesday , these two statesmen made long and eloquent speeches . Mr . Disiiakm said—1 would impress upon those whom I have the honour of addressing this evening , not for a moment to suppose that all that they obtain by the effort which they have made is that they are to be applauded by tlieir fellow citizens , and to be recognised with momentary approbation under circumstances like the present . I want to impress upon them that , if they continue the efforts by which they have arrived at this result , they will advance themselves in the social scale ,

    and will obtain tliat which every Englishman ought as a right to look forward to— to elevate his social condition . NoV , I would very humbly , if I migM presume to oflor my advico—especially to the young men who are present—recommend this : " A alee tins as an incontrovertible principle , accept this as a moral dogma of your life—every man has his opportunity . Now a great point is this , it mny be a long time coming , but depend upon it it is sure to arrive ; ana what you have got to do in the interval is to-prepare yourself for that opportunity . Now , when i say that every man has his opportunity , nnU wlu 3 " ; venture to lay that down as a principle whirl ; cannot for a moment bo controverted . I will ( Him ' >* JZ that many men have their opportunity , and ij r «»» Tlio rlttht ,

    capablo of availing themselves of it . ongentloman gavotwo instances of this , one o ™! was that a man of ability lost an lionouniblo anj profitable post which was offered to him I'oeause i o did not know French—a knowlodge ot which niigns bo acquired in this institution . Wlion a m * * " * not nrpmlto tho occasion , it was not Ins ao » "W that he ( Might to condemn , but it was his own inuufereneo and his own neglect . Now , gontlonion ( . con tinned tho chairman )' , it is said—and it is A >«»/ dangerous saying , though a very common o ^—""? life is a lottery . Life 4 s not a lottery- LW * " ij science , and certain qualities and talents , "r 0 P ° r £ handled and managed , must load to certain roauiis . Debend upon It , that this is a truth . whion you must accept , which , if you bolievo in , you wM flna a very considerable ohange in your »»• a ? in * has a right to bo discontented with his position i i « j aQQeptsftsa principle of existence that nn W ' tunjfy wjjl So oifered him in tho course of ti >«

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 5, 1859, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05111859/page/16/