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      The Papal Government. An Important Treat...

      ObriBtian man by the nevs of the massacre of JBerugia , where the unarmed inhabitants of that -unhappy city were slaughtered tod pillaged . by _ a laand of mercenary soldiers under the direction of a Cardinal of Holy Church ? These are t" ^ " ^ 9 * 10 " -which the Marquis pertinently asks ; and then tie TOfers to the 9 th chapter of St . Luke , where we jread Jesus Christ ' s reproof to the disciples who -wanted to bring down fire upon the city of Samaria , Jfrom which they had been expelled ; and he biUerly suggests that tiie Papal Court may as well put that -jwrraitive in the index of prohibited books , conveyances it docs , the severest censure on their recent

      ^ The Marquis goes on to observe that the historical ^ events which led to the acquisition of temporal soye-^ wgnty in CentraMtaly by the Popes are now pretty Severally studied and understood . The apocryphal lonation of Constantine , the forged decretals of Isidore , the embezzlement of Exar « hate of Ravenna , ± he deception practised upon King fepm by ^ writing to him a letter alleged to be dictated by St . Beter himself , the manifold acts of trickery and -duplicity by which subsequent Popes contrived to jaogment their worldly possessions down to the amnexation of the Legations by Alexander Borgiaifeese and other such facts have become fair subjects bod f the

      of public criticism , and as the great y ^> Catholic faithful are no longer to be debarred from secular instruction , they cannot be prevented from drawing their own conclusions adverse to the falsely ^ alleged divine origin of the Roman monarchy . If ^ tbese utenable pretensions are persisted in , the con-^ eauences will be most injurious to the Catholic xeligion . Firmly convinced that it is God ' s will to ^ maintain the perpetuity of His Church , the writer 3 uunbly trusts and prays that its chief minister may yet be guided to the adoption of a wiser and more equitable course . Woe to him , and woe to his agents and advisers , if they attempt to withstand the rising -Side which is now overflowing every province of

      Italy . That God who strengthened the hands Tof His chosen nation of old to defend their own independence against foreign aggression , will now aid the Italians in a similar struggle . Let the . servants of the sanctuary desist therefore from opposing and maligning that holy cause . The church 4 Can gain nothing by . force , without losing much ariore in the destruction of the faith ; and its ^ political victories are religious defeats . " So long - « s the Pope , unlike Christ , who dwelt with the ^ people , holds aloof from the people : —so long as , xensconced behind the cannon of St . Angelo , and in - ^ the command of a host of black soldiers , not less hostile to Italy than those of the Austrian army are , he -contends against the people , Who are animated by tfhe noblest and most ardent feelings which can

      inspire the human heart—so long he is sure to have Jfox his enemies all those who can comprehend whatjever is grand and generous in the love of our native : < eountry ; and if the issue of this great controversy -should turn upon the inevitable exclusion of the one or the other , it will soon be decided by an unanimous trote "

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      Federal compact must : be , as a matter of course , struck out ( ousgemerzty" Now if all be stmofc out , what may be considered by the Diet _ in opposition to the Federal compact , it is diffi-r cult , for a person of moderate capacity to guess what will be gained by the Hessians * It is pretty clear that revolution and bloodshed will be the flnale of all this . The rulers will have it so . ( One would suppose that with such a gloomy future before them , when their whole system depends upon the life of one man , the princes would now endeavour to gain the love and esteem of their people . But they seem to be all struck with political blindness . On the 5 th inst . the Hessian Chamber of Deputies almost unanimously voted for an address to be

      pathy of the German people , who do not feel in th least offended or hurt at the Hungarian young men entering the lists for their native tongue against the German . They are acting only as the people of Holstein and Schleswig are acting against the Danes . > ¦ ¦ The Princess of Prussia has remitted eighty ducats to the minister ,- Von Auerswald ,-to be divided between the Schiller foundation in Dresden and the Schiller monument in Berlin .

      presented to the Elector , praying for the restoration of the Constitution of 1831 . The address met with the same reception as did the petition of the town Council , presented , or rather that was attempted to be presented , some weeks ago . The Elector refused to receive it . The entire German people feel the deepest sympathy with the Hessians , and , wherever they dare , are ready enough to show it . The territorial Assembly of Frankfort has voted that its representative at the Federal Diet be instructed to give his vote for the immediate and complete restoration of the Constitution of 1831 . Austria is the author of the proposal mentioned in my last letter of making a patchwork constitution from . the old and present constitution , or rather jumble of despotic edicts . . :

      At the meeting of the Federal Diet on the 3 rd inst . the Committee on Military Affairs reported in favour of the revision of the Federal war compact proposed by the Middle States . On the same day the representative of Baden , in the name of his Government , proposed the establishment of a permanent Federal Tribunal , to consist of nine members . It was referred to a Committee . We hear absolutely nothing , of the National Verein at Coburg , The Schiller Festival' has completely shallowed it up just as the former did the war-against-France " agitation . The festival which comes off to-morrow naturally absorbs

      the attention of the entire public , and fills the columns of the journals . The preparations are going on with a briskness unusual in this country , and everything promises well except the . weather . The Hamburgers intend to have their celebration on the 13 th , it is said . The Berliners have go $ over some of their difficulties with the town and police authorities , and , although the Government has forbidden any illumination of public buildings , and the making of bonfires , permission and funds have been granted for the erection of a statue to the poet . It is not my province to criticise , but I should say a good poet requires no statue- —his memory lives in lis works .

      As a counterblast to the Eisenach programme , 220 citizens and inhabitants of the town of Emden have issued the following expression of their views and sentiments : — 'The undersigned citizens of the town of Emden consider it a public duty to make known their sentiments as opposed to the desire enunciated by several towns for a reform of the Federal Diet and Constitution of Germany . They cannot but acknowledge , with grateful thanks , the generous endeavours of his Majesty the King of Hanover , to promote the interests of Germany in general . Above all , they remember , with gratitude , his exertions to preserve the German fleet , and his efforts in protecting the rights of the people of the Duchies

      which are subject to the Danish sceptre , as likewise his patriotic wish to see Germany place herself in a position of defence against the chance of aggression from abroad during the late war . They feel it also their duty to proclaim their gratitude for the great . and manifold improvements mado by . his Majesty in the means of communication , for' the facilitating of trade and navigation , conducive not only to the welfare of this country , p ut . of Germany in general . Truly appreciating those efforts , they entertain an unwavering confidence in the wisdom and paternal government of their monarch , and fervently pray that ho may continue to protect and further the weal of the coxmtry with his ¦ prerogatives undiminished . " This address has , indeed , a suspicious look about it , and some journals pro so far

      *¦— " - , w GERMANY , Hanover , Nov . 9 th , 1859 . Tjhb Hamburger NachrialUen publishes the memoir , as it is termed , of the Prussian Government , with xeference to the affair of the Hessian Constitution . It occupies three broad columns of close print , and 3 has evidently been written by some gentleman who isjregarded by his employers as an adept in throwing literary dust . The journals , or some of them , 4 irc in raptures at the splendid style of the document , which , of course , precludes all criticism on the 3 port of a " non-German . " But if I might venture axn opinion , I should say it was about as Jesuitical and trashy x a document as ever issued from a Cterman diplomatic source . It tells us of the Constitution as it wan , as it was hot . as it might be (© tight to be , and should be , if Prussia could have her iway . It is impossible to make a summary of it 'that would agree with common sense ; and a translation that would give a straightforward and honest meaning is entirely out of tho question . The German journals have discovered from it that Prussia is billing to restore the Constitution of 1631 , and declares her readiness boldly in this document . But although t )> e document does indeed , at the conclusion , and most prominently , declare that " the above Hcon » iderations have become the guiding stars of the ^ Prussian Government , which has convinced itself ftftftti the restoration of the Constitution of 1831 is Sort , in a Federal point of view , and is demanded ataion-practical grounds , as woH as by a sense of 'SsWr" > Xiflnd , however , among the considerations * U * a ><*> tQ , the following , hidden in a rigmarole of ' iJPggyWfts + wtThftHhe olauaea of the Constitution of ~* w ; wblob , are effectively in opposition to the

      as to assert that it has been got up by the officials . * The resolute resistance of the national and Protestant Hungarians is causing moro and more trouble to Austrian statesmen . The deputation , or , at all events , a body of Pesth students did really go to Vienna to seek an audience of the Emperor , although some papers reported that the professors had succeeded in persuading them to abstain from their expressed determination . The deputation , however , did not obtain an audience , and it is stated by the Official Preva that a " disciplinary inquiry" will bo instituted against them for having assumed the title of " deputation without authority . " It is hardly credible that such petty and tyrannical measures can lave been adopted with the knowledge of the Emperor . The Hungarians have of course the sym-

      Foreign Incidents. "Tiie Pure Well Of En...

      FOREIGN INCIDENTS . "Tiie Pure Well of English ondestlbd . "— - We have had some very amusing native letters shown to us ( says a Madras journal ) , one of which is such a clever specimen of what a native can accomplish with a dictionary and a little knowledge of English , that I subjoin a verbatim copy . It is intended to convey information to the executiv e engineer that the post- office window was blown out by the storm ;— " Honoured Master , —Yesterday evening qanie one great hurricane , valve of window aperture not fasten , first make great trepidation and palpitation , then precipitate into precinct . God grant master more long life and more great post . I remain , honoured master ' s most obedient servant , Purvoe of English Department . "

      Latest American Hoax . —A New York letter has the following : —To morrow an aeronaut—a professor of course;—will begin the inflation of a great balloon in New York , destined to attempt , the Atlantic . The balloon itself is to be of some incredible size . The basket is to be Of some six or eight feet diahieter , with an aperture at the bottom , through which , in case of need , the party may descend to a boat that is to be carried suspended . beneath . This latter is to be 30 or 4 O feet in length , equipped with sidewheels , to be driven by a caloric engine . Such is the programme , and if by anyunexpected chance the balloon reaches you before , this letter I shall nevertheless have the merit qi chronicling the attempt .

      Rowing at the Antipodes . —A challenge has been forwarded to England by the friends of Mr . JR . Green , the champion sculler of Port Jackson , to pull any man in England for from . £ 500 to £ T , 000 , the acceptor to receive £ 125 for his expenses in coming out . A gentleman in London has been instructed to make the necessary arrangements . Crystal Palace at Amstekdasi . —This building is to be completed and opened in the year 1861 ; it will be 400 feet in length by 200 feet in width , and the central dome will be 200 feet in height , at the

      junction of which will be a transept and the nave of the edifice . The structure is to be of iron and glass , but as Holland is not famous for iron it wilt be supplied by England . The contractors arc Messrs . Van Heel and Holtzman , of Amsterdam , and Messrs . Smith and Sons , of Birmingham . The engineer is Mr . Cf M . Moorish ; the erection of the palace is intrusted to the superintendence of Mr . J . P . Ashton , whose practice and experience at tho Hyde 1 ark Crystal Palace of 1851 , as well as at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham , is well known . The design ot the palace is by Van C . Oudshpom . , Venetian friend

      Austrian Role in Italv . — A has just sent me a letter ( says a Tuscan correspondent ) , in which he draws such a picture ot Jus unfortunate country that I could scarcely bolievc it , had not the same statements reached me from other well-informed quarters . The Austrian generals govern now more cruelly than they did before the last war . Wholesale arrestB havo boon ot late maae in the province of Mantua . All the members of tnc town council of Marmizolo and Ostigha were imprisoned the same night . At Venice , fit Verona , at Padua , brute forco is triumphant . Poor peasants who arc unable to pay the hoavy taxes are thrown into dark dungeons . Commerce is entirely gone . Paunerism has reached such proportions that smau oi

      landowners are obliged to give up the cultivation fields whoso crops tire not sufficient to pny tno taxes . An Englishman can scarcely bohovo tlinx ¦ w hilst the land revenue of the Vonotian P ! » c ^ did not amount to 44 , 495 , G 85 f . befora tho disease oi the grapes and silkworms had loworod it to tlio nan of that sum , thiB year tho landowners ot those provinces wore obliged to pay an enormous sum in pxtiaordinary taxes . The emigration from tho cltj' ox Mantua is boginniug to alarm tho Austrian Oo > era rnent , The sight is piteous . At tho bctfinninff ot tho war tho town was registered as containing 34 , 000 inhabitants . At tho present moment it uoot not reckon more than 1 . 2 . 000 . Evory house , with ft " it oontalns , Is to bo sold for . what it will toton , andno Udder , whether Austrian or Italian , is to bo iaunu . At Venice the forced taxation lms mot with tlio most docraed opposition , and tho house * aro seized by ¦ tno

      Government and sold to pay tho impost . JNo mu »« » dare bid for the property thus sold , and gradually tho « old palaces , with all their glorious souvenirs , aro passing into tho iron hand of tho Teuton .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111859/page/10/