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No. 4M/HAMH 6, i«ni THE LEAPEE. 228
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. That narrow and unchr...
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IRELAND. Episcopal Denunciation of Ribbo...
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STATE OF TliADE. Thuuu is but little cha...
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.The Trial Of The Conspirators At Paris....
Sets- that I should be always ready to fight any jS n power , and that I offered him my boldness and my energy to aid him in , before all things , obtaining in-SpendenTe ; so that , although a Republican , I did not Sunk myself entitled to impose my opinion on a whole nation . I never received any reply to my letter . Ursini ' s examination tnen terminated . On the following day , M . Jules Favre addressed the court on behalf of Orsini . He said he bad told the unh appy man that he execrated the offence he had committed , and could not offer a word to the jury m extenuation of it ; but he besought them to conaider Orsini ' s life-long devotion to his country ( inherited from his father , a soldier of the first Empire ) , and the misery he had bad to endure . He sought to vindicate his memory from the aspersions which had been
needlessly cast on it by the prosecution , and to show that , with the exception of the crime for which he was then being tried , he had always acted with honour and patriotism . The advocate thus concluded : —" I have now done , and my last words shall be like those of the Procureur-Ge ' neral—a prayer . You will do 3 'our duty without passion and without weakness ; and God , who judges the great of the earth—God , who measures all human actions , and weighs the lives of men in the balance , of which our intelligence and our hearts cannot have any adequate notion —God , who views the sufferings of this man—his anguish , and the thoughts which have ever agitated his spirit—the ardent passions which have filled bis heart—will , perhaps , render to this intelligent and noble soul a pardon which , in their weaknessmen will not be able to extend to him . "
, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty as regarded the four accused , and the Court pronounced sentence of death ( the death of parricides !) on Orsini , Rudio , and Pierri . Gomez was sentenced to penal servitude for life . Parricides are conducted to the scaffold with a black veil covering their features , a white shirt put on over their clothes , and barefooted . An appeal on behalf of Orsini , Pierri , and Kudio , was lodged last Saturday in the Court of Cassation . In the course of his speech , M . Jules Favre read the following , singular address from Orsini to the Emperor , which he said he had his Majesty ' permission to produce : — " To Napoleon III ., Emperor of the French . made
• ' The depositions which I have against myself , in the course of the political proceedings which have been instituted on the occasion of the attempt of the 14 th January , are sufficient to send me to the scaffold , and I shall submit to my fate without asking for pardon , both because I will not humiliate myself before him who has destroyed the reviving liberty of my unhappy country , and because , in the situation in which I am now placed , death for me will be a relief . " Being near the close of my career , I wish , however , to make a last effort to assist Italy , whose independence has hitherto made me pass through so many perils , and submit to so many sacrifices . She was the constant object of all my affections , and it is that idea which I wish to set forth in the words which I address to your Majesty .
" In order to maintain the balance of power in Europe , it is necessary to render Italy independent , or to loosen the chains by -which Austria holds her in bondage . Shall I ask that for her deliverance the blood of Frenchmen shall be shed for the Italians ? No , I do not go so far as that . Italy-demands that France shall not interfere against her , and that France shall not allow Germany to support Austria in the struggles in which she may perhaps be soon engaged . Thia is precisely what your Majesty may do , if you are so inclined ; on your will therefore depends the welfare or the misfortune of my country , tho life or death of a nation to which Europe is in a great measure indebted for her civilization .
" Such ia tlio prayer which from my cell I dare to address to your Majesty , not despairing that my feeble voice may bo hoard . I bosecch your Majesty to restore to Italy the independence which her children lost in 1849 through tho very fault of the French . Let your Majesty call to mind that tho Italians , among whom was my father , joyfully shod their blood for Napoleon the Great , wherever « o pleased to lead them ; that they were faithful to him until his fall ; and that , so long aa Itnly shall not be independent , tho tranquillity of Europe and that of your Majesty will only bo vain illusions . " May your Majesty not reject tho luat prayer of a patriot on tho stops of tho scaffold I May you deliver my country ! and tho blossings of twenty-five millions of citizens will follow you to posterity . "Prison of Massaa , 11 th Feb ., 1858 . " Ficjuioii Ojksini . "
Tho publication of this document has created noino surpriso and ill-fooling in the political circles of Austria . ' ~ " onco for stealing an umbrella , the other time for utealing a watch . Ho admitted tho theft of tho wutoh , but vehemently denied tliat of tUo umbrella . When uek , od t » acoouat for the fact of a pistol and n bomb boing found on him when he waa nwcotod , ho said that in England ( where ho baa resided for souio tLine ) everybody goes out anriod , and , has tho right to do bo ; nay , tkut tho Mayor * rooomia « n ( l thoin to curry urma , aa a
protection against garotte robbers . Several people who heard him say this , not understanding the word ' garotte , thought he alluded to the superstition of the loup garou , or man-wolf ! , It is stated by the Times Paris correspondent that the trial has been reported in full—even including the speech of M . Jules ' Favre—by order of the Emperor . He adds , however , that " perhaps one or two sentences were omitted" from the speech .
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Continental Notes. That Narrow And Unchr...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow and unchristian feeling is to be condemned which regards with jealousy the progress of foreign nations ' , and cares for no portion oi the human race but that , to which itself belongs . Dr . Arnold . FRANCE ., The Senate has adopted , by a majority of 135 to 1 , the new Penal Law on Public Safety . " The single dissentient , " saj-s the Times correspondent , "is said to be General Macmahon . He grounded bis opposition on the unconstitutional character of the law , and is stated to have expressed his regret that a measure which he considered fatal should be brought forward . " The Emperor has taken the important step of abolishing the butchers' monopoly , which will thus cease on the last day of the present m '
onth-Generals Changarnier and Bedeau have permission to return to France . The former has addressed the following letter to the Tndependance Beige : — " Malines , March 1 , 1858 . —To the Editor . —Sir , —I have just read in your second edition the following telegraphic despatch : — ' The \ Moniteur announces that Generals Changarnier and Bedeau are authorized to return to France . ' Amid the blessings of peace France , justly proud of the glory of her incomparable army , which . I have so many reasons to love , has no occasion for the services of one of her most devoted soldiers ; she will therefore approve of his Avaiting to enjoy the ineffable happiness of seeing her again until she shall be in the possession of laws protecting the dignity and safety of her inhabitants . I pray you to insert this letter in your next number , and to accept with many thanks the assurance , & c—Chax-GARN 1 ER . "
Arrests are constantly being made , particularly in the departments . Some of the persons apprehended are suspected of having been concerned in the plot connected with the attempt of the 14 th of January ; others have been taken in consequence of their having made use of violent language . Some were liberated shortly after their capture , there being no grounds against them .. A handsome mausoleum is to be erected in the Mussulman cemetery at Pere la Chaise over the-Queen of Oude ' s remains , by command of Mirza Mahomed Hamid . A phj'sician residing in the Rue Montmartre has been arrested and committed to prison . The secret society of the Marianne is extending itself in the department of the Orne , in consequence of the arrival there of several workmen from tho neighbouring slate quarries , who are connected with the society .
The river Herault has overflowed its banks , and the entire plain is covered with water from Beziers to Florensac . Crimes of unusual atrocity are becoming very frequent in the country towns . A young man named Guignard has been found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of his father and two sisters , which he committed simply for the sake of robbing the house . "An Englishman , " says tho Daily News Paris correspondent , " was arrested two or three days since in the Champs Elysees , while talking politics rather loudly with a friend . His brother went to complain at the British Embassy , where he waa told , doubtless very properly , that the Ambassador could not interfere ; thut Englishmen in Paris were as much subject to tho laws of Franco as Frenchmen were , and that , if his brother was in prison charged with a political offence , ho must wait patiently to see what might be tho result of the trial . "
GKRMANV . For the third time thia winter , the Rhine and Moselle are frozen over , and steam navigation is interrupted . Tho water continues very low in both . ITAI-Y . The OJftoiul Journal qf the Two Sicilies of the 18 ta ult . publishes a complete list of all tho victims of the memorable eurthquuko of December 16 , 1867 . Tue total number of dead amounts to 1 ) 850 , and the wounded to ]!) 5 D . It appear ** throughout tlio list that tho number of dead 1 ms greatly exceeded that of the persons more or loss aoriouttly injured . Thus , ut Montemurro , a place of 7000 inhabitants , 6000 wore crushed to death by tho falltug houses , and 600 severely injured-The military school at Turin has been broken up in « onagqucncc ^ pLcortaiu . diuordgia ^ vh , ioh-havxiTocourjro « I ,-a 8 woll a « to pluco tho now organization on a footing with tUo general discipline of tho army aud tho other militury educational institutions . " Tho PloUmontoso Chamber , " says tho Paris correspondent of tho Daily Teloffntph , " haa received very unfavourably tho French proposal far aa alteration in tho law rcupouting trials of tho press , and respecting tuo trotttuiout of refugees ,, M , Brouorio , th . fi celebrated
republican , has been chosen as reporter of the Commission ¦ The despatch addressed by M- Walewski to the Piedmontese Government was so violent that M . Cavonj dared not communicate it to the Chamber , but simply read it to the Commission . There will be a great struggle to get the measure passed , and influence and threats will be unscrupulously used on the part of France . However , it is possible that the little sub-Alpine kingdom may be able to escape this disgrace . " SWITZERLAND . The French Legation at Berne recently sent the following circular to the cantonal Governments : — " The Imperial French Legation in Switzerland has the honour to inform the Governments of the Swiss cantons that ia consequence of new regulations no ' Wanderbilcher' ( the passport or document of identity of journeymen is so called ) or passports will receive a visa unless the proprietors of the same appear in person in the office of the Legation at Berne . Passports for France will only be granted to persons who appear with two witnesses in the office at Berne . " The Federal Government remonstrated against this , and it is now arranged that frontier consulates are to be established at Geneva , Basle , in the Berne Jura , and in Lausanne . XUEKET . Fethi Ahmed Pacha , the Sultan ' s brother-in-law and the Grand Master of Artillery , has died of a heart disease . He was a boon companion of the monarch , who used to spend h ? s evenings and nights in carousing at the Minister ' s kiosk of Tophane . Fethi Ahmed acquired a great control over the Sultan , partly by feasting him in a sumptuous style , and partly by never asking him for anything and being very cautious in his suggestions . His place has been given to Mehmed Rushdi . The Sultan has made a present of some ground . on the slope of the hill of Tophane for the Memorial Church . PRUSSIA . The Prince and Princess Frederick William continue to receive presents and addresses . Among the latter is one from the English branch of the Evangelical Alliance . The Princess has put one thousand thalers at the disposal of the municipal authorities of Berlin , for distribution among the poor . She has also sent three hundred thalers to the town of Potsdam for the same purpose . The Princess Frederick Carl of Prussia has been safely delivered of a princess .. RUSSIA . The Emperor has just authorized the Russian press to discuss freely the best means to be adopted for carrying out the work of emancipating the serfs .
Ireland. Episcopal Denunciation Of Ribbo...
IRELAND . Episcopal Denunciation of Ribbonism :. — Bishop Cantwell makes the following observations on the spread of Ribbon conspiracies in Westmeath in his annual Lenten Pastoral : — " We have learned with the deepest sorrow that in a few districts symptoms have appeared of a revival of the abominable sj-stem of Ribbonism , which we had hoped to be extinct within the diocese . We earnestly exhort the clergy promptly to denounce the criminal folly of those who become members of that or any other secret society . The past sad history of
Ireland furnishes a melancholy detail of the progress and termination of all such illegal combinations . They have never failed to produce disorder and crime ; they have ever been destructive of domestic happiness and public tranquillity . They have always terminated in the ruin of the parties concerned , bringing sorrow and affliction to their neighbours and disgrace on their friends . Their wicked deeds of darkness should excite tho horror of ovary virtuous Christian , while they cannot fail to provoke tho auger and draw down on the guilty the vengeance of the Almighty . "
Encumbiskkd Estatks Court . —During tho past week ( says the Times ' ) , three petitions for the salo of property , representing an annual value of 1523 / ., were presented . Of these , one is for tho sale of the estates of tho late William ltathbomo , situate in the counties of Moath and Dublin , anil city of Dublin , producing a yearly rontal of 12871 . * ou which are untuiled encumbrances to the oxtont of 13 , 861 / . Among tho absolute orders for snlo given in tho ofUoial report of tho Irish Farmer * Gazette is one respecting the estates of Clement William Sadlcir , whialt is petitioned against by the London and County Buuk .
State Of Tliade. Thuuu Is But Little Cha...
STATE OF TliADE . Thuuu is but little change t » bo reported in the condl-. tiou of trade . Tho lauo trade of Nottingham , however , became slightly armor during thu week ending luat Saturday , aud iu hoaiory tliero waa a dooidod improvement . Tho aaino is reported of tho Loods -woollen cloth traUe ,-a » di-tlie ^ oHrpet- 'trador <> frMuHfttx-ia-iu-a-fair'Oond »—^ tion . BuainotJd has been a . little in ore active at Shouiold . At Bradford there is a alow lmt continual diminution of pauperism . " During tho l « to oomiuorcitU crisis , " says a communication from thai towu , " tho evil consequences of tho undue wxteuaion of credit beuaiuo so apparent that tho-morounnU , manufacturers , and oth «* ft connected with tho Bradford market held several meetings with a view to ukorton tuo tonua of credit in tho different
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Leader (1850-1860), March 6, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06031858/page/7/
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