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      :¦ . ; • . France.. • ¦ • (From Our Own ...

      which may make wiar preferable . General dissatisfaction at home may become so threatening that , to preserve his throne , the Emperor will resort to war to occupy the public mind , and then will play his last card . It is to this extremity that the coalition I have mentioned are seeking to drive him , and I ask Mr . Roebuck , and those who think with him , will they allow themselves to be made the unwitting tools of heartless political traders and of the enemies of all freedom to bring about such a disastrous state of things ? The preparations for defence which Mr . Roebuck called for may be needful . England ' s : prosperity , internal peace , and freedom have made her many enemies , and the very greatness of her position forbids her laying aside the sword and buckler ; but surely she may arm without roaring out defiance to I the world , or telling her allies she looks on them as no I better than burglars . . . I

      "No. 442, September 11,1858,] The Leader...

      "No . 442 , September 11 , 1858 , ] THE LEADER . 929

      Germany. (From, Our Own Correspondent.) ...

      GERMANY . ( From , our own Correspondent . ) September 8 . In my last communication I imparted my view of the state of popular mind with respect to the rulers . I j shall now venture a few remarks upon the intrinsic value of popular mind itself : perhaps my observations will enable your readers to form a correct opinion as to the consequences that will ensue should a convulsion I take place , and find the governments as torpid and despotic , and the people as eager for civil disenthralment and as politically imbecile as at present . I Germany , like every country despotically governed , is I indebted for its position and renown mainly , if not entirely , to its princes—not that the people were or are less capable than free nations of becoming gre ^ t through themselves , but that the opportunity has hitherto been denied them . Whether they never possessed civil liberty in times of yore , or whether thev did |

      and have since lost it , this is not the place to inquire ; suffice it that , setting the dubious account by Tacitus aside , from all we can learn through history and tradition , they were formerly in a more servile condition than they are at this day : The civil rights they now enjoy have either been granted , or allowed ; by the rulers ; they are not acquisitions gained by the prudence and patriotism of their forefathers or themselves ; what they possess in material and intellectual wealth , such as it is . they owe to these very princes whom they wish to destroy . _ Germans , however , think that their country would have been politically , commercially , and intellectually greater if their forefathers had been wise , brave , or fortunate enough to tear asunder the leadingstrings which now disenable their posterity from walk- I ing alone . What the Bourbons did for France the German princes have done for Germany , with this advantageous difference , that whereas the Bourbons , by uniting all the w i j ^ j - - — r— — -- -- ^^^^ — — — -rm - * — — -v rious of aul nder

      liberty , and are totally incapable of working out freedom for themselves , still they are made to feel that there ia a patriotic work for thorn to do ; and they will trv to do 'iV , / » fc work is to remove the obstacle to their * union , lhot a all they boo , the rest ia to thorn a blank . NotwithBtanding Una political imbecility tho Germane are , in to rSivo ' nn , ? H ly ' ? at pc ° Pl 0 of thc Continent fitted Ss X ^& Jffi ^ Xttp * ¦ ga * g ra b gjry Sit 5 h . S'" """" " « ' ° ^ 1 ° ? 5 , '" > 8 of CteiSJf If | % flc ^ ssl 5 | 5 only min choir princea but their country Too S Princoa hftV 0 boon tlio creators of Gonnaliv-thov * w » now ahow wtaUoni , and prove h , ZZVaSK

      They must put their hand to the work at once , for the day is far spent . I am inclined to fear that some of your readers , who have travelled in Germany , may think my view of the state of public feeling rather overdrawn , because they have , never perceived signs of discontent , but the traveller need not be surprised if he never hear dissatisfaction expressed , unless in very-vague terms . The following item from the Weser Gazette will . show the reason why : —On . Monday last ( 3 rd Sept . ) a sailor was taken into custody at Verden , in Hanover , for having spoken disrespectfully of the Government ( wegen Majestiits Beleidigung , i . e . lese-Majesty ) , and sentenced to three months' imprisonment , with hard labour . The man was a sailor , one of a profession proverbially carelessly free-spoken , this must be his excuse ; but a landsman , who would utter his sentiments freely about his Government ,. , beyond his own threshold , must be

      considered a silly fellow Indeed . The sailors weak mind is at this moment undergoing a double process of enlighteniment : be will learn to confine his tongue to subjects I appertaining to the " belles lettres , " and to enable him the better to do so , perhaps the authorities will permit I him , during his hours of rest , to peruse novels , or , if light reading be not allowed , possibly a little atheistical philosophy . When the sailor comes out of prison he will be every way a wiser man , and better subject in word if [ not in deed . To travellers , no doubt , he will ever in future appear a very loyal , contented German . Your readers will bear in mind that the King of Hanover is an English prince ; but it is perhaps unjust to make him responsible for the acts of his ministers . A letter from Berlin says : — " Never has labour been so much in demand in our factories and shops as at this moment . AH are in full work ; wages are high and provisions cheap . Commerce in general is , on the other hand , extremely dull , owing to want of confidence . " Letters from different towns complain of the want of dwelling-houses , in consequence of which rents have risen enormously . The cause assigned is that capitalists , FfirPCOOl 11 <** . t r > A < lnn erai' ^ r \ f f V » n {* ** 4-1 » - > . - »»»» 11 v * n 4- •** m-i 4 *«* aA wtv ! uctn . kj * . 1 UIU 1 AX \ I

      I - v » ^ -.. ^ mv ^ v . » . o me cy 7 * 111 L * » Cll tUJ C their mone y in house property so exposed to depreciation . In Vienna , as your readers know , the emperor has ordered the fortifications to be demolished , for the pur- , pose of affording room for building ; but the fortifications do not stand in the way ; the cause , as the emperor's advisers ought to be aware of , is deeper seated and farther off . In Frankfort , the seat of the Die t , house rent is excessively high . Capitalists are pl entiful there , but they will riot build ; they prefer building in America , Californi a , and Australia . In some towns , where wages are not half so high as in London , houses are fully as I dear . ; The free trade movement is making sensible progress , and meets with support from the entire German press ; the people , however , take little or no interest in it at present , but no doubt they will arouse from theirlethanrv when the pamphlets of the Congress at Guina suall be put into circulation .

      va races G u one head , concentrated the intelligence of all at Paris , leaving the provinces in ignorance , the princes of Germany , by retaining their independence , have been enabled to set up a shining light in the shape of a miniature metropolis in every quarter of the land , spreading polite manners and making the remotest nook and corner acquainted with art and science . But , and here is the point , they have spread nothing but arf ; and science , which appear to be quite compatible with despotism . Education , or rather a-b-c-ism , is not merely encouraged , but thrust upon the people . It is compulsory , and it is their boast that they are , upon compulsion , the most , accomplished people in the world . Now , although it would bo hard to find , a young Gorman peasant who has not received instruction in reading , writing , cyphering , geography , and history , from teachers appointed by the Government , examined by the Government , and perhaps educated in a Government school , yet , as there is no such thing as political discussion—neither freedom of the press , nor freedom of speech being permitted—it would bo just as difficult to find ono who comprehends anything whatever about civil and religious liberty , or could be made to understand that the authorities are his servants , not his masters . Heroin , tho most illiterate stripling in England or America is superior to tho learned Gorman . But , although thoy are not clear unon tho subiect of nolitiual

      - Iippoinicu Iqsi Mo Accuracy Or Story, ...

      - iippoinicu iqsi mo accuracy or story , , or course , under tho assumption that it may bo true as well as false . The persecution at Maubougo continues to bo discussed in Franco . Protestant worship had boon going on for many months at Muubeuge . On a Sunday morning a body of gendarmes not only proceeded to stop tho wqruhi |> but to arrest the preacher ami his very little congregation . They woro put in prison , and kept thoro for a fortni ght . In Franco , an la well known , meetings for "WorfilTlp ^ c ' nn ^ oii ^^ b ' ci'lTeinnvy tno sanction " ofTlio civil authorities . It also appears that in Franco the authorisation to hold religious assemblies may bo withdrawn as well as bestowed , and tho gendarmes at Mauliougo actod upon an order of tho Prefect , taking away the , license to worship in tho Protestant way . Tho Prefect is therefore to blaino in tho 11 ret instance ; the law of Franco in tho rocoihI . —Tho ( S / fcWc , wlillo admitting tho anost of tho ProtOstant nunfotor and part of his Hock atMaubcrgo to bo a moat disagreeable proceeding , say a that no legal nn nAimpn **« r ^ f

      blame can be laid to the charge of the French Government on that account . '' .. ' .. It is reported that an important meeting will be held in Paris in the month of November , in furtherance of the plan for piercing the Isthmus of Suez . At the close of the reign of Napoleon I ., the total number of members of the Legion of Honour was 9000 . Great progress has been made since then . There are now 272 , 000 . members . Thirteen men , pretending to be members of the Icarian Society , in France , have been tried and condemned to various terms of imprisonment for holding secret meetings , possessing seditious pamphlet 3 , and even arms and ammunition , and being in communication , with chiefs of the revolutionary party . General Macmahon is preparing to leave Paris in a few days to take possession of his new post in Algeria ,

      and to prepare for the reception of Prince Napoleon , who is expected to visit that colony about the middle of this month . M : de Thouvenelj French Ambassador at Constantinople , has obtained leave to return to France , and there is a rumour that he will not return to Turkey , but will be replaced by M . Benedetti . The Emperor , private letters state , has found so much benefit from the sea breezes at Biarritz that his Majesty will stay there somewhat longer than he originally intended . As was , the case last year , an auditor of the Council of State goes down every day with despatches and the correspondence of the . various ministries for his Majesty . The will of the Duchess of Orleans has proved itself to be dangerous to the present order of things in France . Two Belgian papers which published it were accordingly seized by the French post-office authorities , and the Paris journals , with one exception , have not taken , any notice of it . This exception was the Presse , which produced extracts from the will , and it is understood that , since it did so ; warnings have , been sent to the other T"VO nore Tl «»?" ' 4-r \ ft "* l 1 r \\* r in + lt a caiwr * # ¦*•« £ \\ y ' tv * Ii * - " » i- » r % n nanro ¦ I 1 VU 4 / lllb

      J'Uf ^^ l . I IV VAJ . VS * V Jll OUIl'C VI « H _ XV « AU J- J . ClIIWC j ilCTVO would seem to create as much apprehension as gunpowder , and appears to be equall y inflammable . A petition has been addressed to the Emperor of the French by the inhabitants and workmen- of Givors ( Rhone ) , complaining of the deplorable condition to which the people of that town have been reduced-. from the lowering of the duty on foreign iron . Two out of three large establishments have been closed ,, and between fifteen hundred and eighteen hundred men discharged from the want of sufficient employment in their trade . They also complain that the business of the port has been injured by the effect of railway competition on the navigation of the Rhone . SPAIN . The Spanish print called the Regeneration , a journal devoted to the priests and Carlists , has been denounced ' i « JL . z tr . L"i : i 1 < 5 for having published a letter from Baden , in which the pretender to il ? Spanish Crown is described as far from relinquishing : his rierua : but . on the conus iuj iium luiimjuiaujiifj xna liyina . ; juiou me

      cou-A'errol , where thoy have witnessed the launch of a war steamer . Rumours of modifications in the ministry have again begun to bo current , and several important political personages , as if anticipating a crisis , have arrived in Mudrld . At Segovia tho police have seized upwards of 250 muskota ami other fire-arms , together with a considerable quantity of ammunition , A now return relative to tho Spanish navy shows that it oonsfets of 85 vessel . * , carrying 83-1 gujiS j also pf a , nunibpr of steamers of * T 7 w ) lioise-pb \ vo ' r . JUJ -- ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ' ¦ lA ' ' ¦¦¦ ' ¦ '• AI . 'STUM . According to meroantilo letters from Berlin , Augsburg , and Frankfort , tho imperial edict on financial mattors has produocil a much Iocs favourable impression , in A Germany than it lius dono in Austria . Tho Finnnco Mi n is tor , howovor , does not appear to havo any doubt of , tho ultimate niicooas of his measures , and tho conildunco which ho fouls , or afl / octs to fool , ylvos oourago to tho Austrian finance world . / ift ^ 4 lt HOI rtO V ^^ A 6 % A ^ k «*»«^^ 1 « ftl 1 t ^ kHA ill A .- m A V * A V » ¦ « -h A ^ M « . llh .

      cntiiusiasm at , trarj-, is in hopes that some favourable event to * . 11 replace Spain in her former position—and , as a consequence , place him upon the throne . The Iberia complains that large distributions of Protestant Bibles are taking place , especially in the nei ghbourhood of Gibraltar and in Andalusia . It was said that the decree for the dissolution of the Cortes will be positively promulgated on the 20 th . An article in the Dia ? 'io Espanol contradicts the statement about the number of white foreigners in the island of Cuba , and asserts that there are not 5200 there , but only about 2000 , and these are mostly Irish railway labourers find good Catholics . A telegram states that a fatal accident had occurred on the Santander and Alar Railway , by which two English engineers were killed , and a Spanish engineer much bruised . Tho province of Cuencn , in Spain , is stated to be suffering dreadfully from tho ravages of both small-pox and typhus fever , tho first-mentioned disease sparingneither young nor old . The ministerial journals of Madrid confirm the statements curronl for some time past of the interitibrisoT the Government to chastise the Riff pirates for their aggressions on the subjects of Spain in that quarter . Tho Spanish royal family have been received with groat 1 At tl

      uuuii 10 tno and CONTINENTAL NOTES . PRANCE . : The Moniteur of thc 3 rd inst . published a decree organising the new Algerian ministry , preceded by a report signed by Prince Napoleon . The various changes which it will be necessary to make in the administration of tho province are set forth , and tho probable effects of the new arrangement arc detailed . The chief alteration is the ubolition of the office of Governor-General . One of the principal objects sought to be attained is the introduction of colonists into Algeria , and tho report closes with the hope that the means adopted will " attract the current of European emigration to Algeria , by tho simple and salutary principles of security and justice for all—for Frenchmen , Europeans , and natives—and of the successful emancipation of men and of interests . "Prince Nopolcon is expected to leave Paris on tho 25 th , and as ho bus been asked by tho Council-General of the Hdrault to embark at Cette , on hia way to Algeria , it is thought probable that he will do so . Tho new-alleged miracTa in Franco is that with whieli a Pyrenoso peasant girl has hor naino connected . She saw tho Vjrgin near a well , and the waters of tho well can cure discuses . An ccclosiastical commission has itPftll nnintrwl in t / xaf tlm / iir nf fti / i ots \ nmi

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091858/page/9/