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      The Leader.

      THE LEADER .

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      KV . EWOP THE WEEK- ISSS ^ SSS ^ : " ! I ¦ I ' . ' . 3 S Si fM ^^ S ^? X ^ ^ ¦ ^^ - ¦¦¦¦ - ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' B HOME INTE 1 MGEBCE . PAGE OR | G | NAL CORRESPONDENCE- LITERATURE- The Grecian- " . ' . ' . " . , 1255 Political Fore Bhadbwings ...... 1240 Germany 1240 Notes of the Week , 1251 Crystal Palace 1255 Broug-ham and Stanley on Edu- * The West Indies and the Spanish Miscellaneous Items 1255 cation ... 1240 INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS— Main .... 1251 The Great Eastern - 1241 Recent Courts Martial 1247 Women Artists in All Ages and COMNIERCIALNaval and Military .....-.. *¦ 1241 Latest Indian Intelligence . 1247 Countries 1252 The Volunteers . 124 , 4 Miscellanies—Kings ley ' s 12 o 3 Maritime Assurance 12 oO Ireland ..... • - 12 *~ Postscript .. 1248- Serials , 1254 Money Market and Stock Ex-Law , Police , and Casualties 1242 General Literature 1254 change •¦ 1257 General Home News ...-. . 1243 PUBLIC AFFAIRS General Trade Keport 1257 Settling Italy 1249 MUSIC AND THE DRAMA— Railway Intelligence . 1257 foreign intelligence . Our Protectorate of Morocco ... 1249 Joint Stock Companies . 1257 rpnorsi Siimmarvr . 1244 The National Prosperity 1250 Drury-lanc j ~» j ? General Commercial News 1257 England an ^ rance . ' . " . ' . ' . ' .,. ' .... 1245 The Romish Church Militant .... 1250 Corent-garden USS

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      i FTER the many contradictory reports' which ¦ A- the telegrams of the last week have brought us as to the progress of the deliberations at Zurich , the ¦ important news at length arrives that the various points at issue having been satisfactorily arranged , three treaties of peace have been signed , which have arisen put of the Villa Franca armistice . A . congress is to be convoked by Austria and France , at which it is hoped that the future

      peace of Italy may be assured upon a firm and lasting basis . If it be thought advisable that this country should condescend to enter as a party to these deliberations the duty of England is manifest ; it has been boldly and clearly e xpressed by our Foreign Minister on a late occasion in Scotland , and was reiterated by Sir George Lewis at the City "banquet on Thursday . We must steadfastly refuse to consent to any act by which the expressed will of the people of Italy may be contravened ; and , indeed , after their public avowals , any other policy than this it will be follow

      impossible for our ministers to . Notwithstanding the disavowal of all intention of forcible -interference , thei-e still appears evidence of intrigue against the accomplishment of tho hopes of Italy . " The Imperial letter to Victor Emmanuel has , it is said , elicited a firm and . dignified reply , " to the . effect that the thanks of the Italian sovereign and his people were duo to the French Empon > r for his assistance to their cause ; but that in future the will of the 4 tnlian people must be the guide of their king and leader rather than the recommendations or implied wishes of Louis Nupoloou . It is added that the Piedmontese monarch expressed his determination not to S ennit the restoratiqn of the banished Grand ? ukesat tho same time consenting to avoid

      lend-, ing armed assistance to the people of tho Duchies . Garibaldi , wo are told , who has been called to the council of- hid Sovereign at this crisis , advises imraodiato action , and expresses hia conviction that the time for deliberation is past . lie fonrs no failure : with his good cause and his gallant followers , he believes , and with good ground , that ho will speodilv dispose of tho myrmidons of tho Pope and the Duke of Modono , if . indeed they evor give him tho opportunity to bring them to action . T . ho Governments of the four States of Tuscany , Parma , Mo den a , and the llomagna , have by tho unanimous votes of their individual national assemblies ohoscn the I ' rinco do Carignan as Regent , to

      administer tho aifturs of Government in tho name of his illustrious relative ; and this expedient has not boon resorted to without diya deliberation , and with the hopo that it would relievo the di / liouliy felt by Victor Emmanuel , in acooptinc personally the crown which they had oflbrod . 'JLhc French Emperor , however has ( notwithstanding his former declaration ) interfered , and the latest iutullingqnee from Turin id , that tho King , in consequence of " a , very urgent representation" of the lyouoU Government , has refused hie permission ibv JL ' j'inoo Eugene to noutipb tho regency of Central Italy . Simultaneously with this we reoeivo the news tout his " illustrious ally " demands from tho King of

      Sardinia the trifling sum of sixty millions in payment of the expenses of the late war ; and this , be it remembered , is in addition to the Lombard debt with which he has been saddled . In another part of the Italian Peninsula French diplomacy has been equally busy ; the Holy [ Father , whose indignation at the letter in which JLouis Napoleon pointed out the necessary reforms in the states of the Church , was so great as to lead to a very decided quarrel and a threat from the Emperor to who

      withdraw the French troops now garrison the Holy City—has apparently been brought to a more humble frame of mind ; and Count Walewski announces to doubting Europe that the Pope is only waiting the " opportune moment" to make the often promised and urgently required reforms in his dominions ; that he is about to replace clerical by lay government ; and—most wonderful of all—that he consents to the labours of government being supervised by an assembly elected by the people .

      Two remarkable productions have this week issued from the French press , which , though they take England for their text , strange to say , do so without abusing us . One of these , from the pen of M . Michel Chevalier , is written to counteract the warlike sentiments which appear to be studiously fostered at the present time on the other side of the Channel . M . Chevalier dwells upon the vastness of our resources , and the inevitable superiority of this country at sea to all European Powers—either separate or combined ; he even n-oesso far as to warn his countrymen of the

      possibility of their receiving a blo-w from " John . Bull , " which it may once more take half a century to repair . On the other hand , he declares that an invasion of this country , if successful , would leave no traces which in ten years would not be effaced by British energy . The text of M . Louis Jonrdan is simply this—that England owes her superiority to other nations v to the liberty which she enjoys ; he therefore hopes that , as soon as convenient , the Imperial Government will graciously vouchsafe that freedom which alone is necessary to make France more than equal to her haughty neighbour .

      Hostilities between Spain and Morocco appear actually to have commenced ; and a Moorish gunboat is the first trophy of victory on the Spanish side . O'Donnell by this time has sailed for the field in winch his laurels aro to be gathered ; and considerables ; displeasure has been exhibited in Madrid at the departure of the prime minister on such an orrand . French successes on the Moorish frontier aro also again spoken of ; whether or not there exists any understanding with Spain in this

      African war , we shall probably , soon learn ; meanwhile wo hoar that the French Government has de clined to supply the transport which was expected by tho Spanuu'da . The Spanish Government have been diatinoLly and firmly informed by the British Miniator at Madrid that this country cannot permit any appropriation of territory ' on the coast of tho Straits of Gibraltar ; and the reply has been made that no such proceedings wore intended .

      of hunting out the remnant of the Sepoy rebellion now lurking on the frontiers of Nepaul ; and in this we are to receive the assistance of Jung Bahadoor , who has already been rewarded , for sheltering bur foes , by a large grant of territory . The magnificent progress of the Viceroy to the northwestern provinces , with a retinue that almost vies with the ancient splendours of the sultans of Delhi * meets -with comments not altogether favourable from the Indian journals , which point to the diminishing revenue and the empty treasury . The Uiiath of November of this year wa 3 an . occasion of more than usual interest , since the

      Heir of England on that day completed the age which makes him free from the control of a regent incase ( which Heaven avert ) of a demise of the Crown . The event was celebrated with warmth , but without magnificence ; the family reunion at Windsor being the most notable circumstance . Of the other event of the day , the civic monarch ' s installation feast , notice must also be taken , though in truth it was greatly shorn of its former splendour . At the Guildhall neither the Premier nor the Foreign Minister were present , but in the absence of the heads of the Government Sir George Lewis gave a very satisfactory , and ( for him ) pithy of their ho and

      announcement me foreign policy . The reform bill is promised among the earliest events of the coming session ; and on tine subject of Ital y the Home Secretary said that as yet no intimation of a Congress had . been received ; but that he and his colleagues were decided as to the policy to be adopted—no forcible interference whatever should be allowed in Italian matters . The eloquent Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke the praises of the House of Commons , it was , he said , a very good _ House , aAd always paid the taxes which it was his disagreeable duty to bring forward , and would not disappoint the expectations of the country . Mr . Gladstone insisted upon ' supplies sufficient to ensure tue national security ; that seen to , he acknowledged that the burdens of the taxpayer must

      be lightened . ,,,,,, t " The statesmanlike letter of kord hllenborough . upon the Italian question will not fail to carry great weiffht with it . both at home and on the Continent . While ho approves of a fund being raised for the purchase of arms as moans to tho freedom of Italy , he truly says that as yet tho Italians have done little more than rejoice over an independence which they have neither achieved nor deserved . Ho , like most Englishmen , hopes to sec tho men of Italy with arms m then- >* nds--, under the guidance of Garibaldi , who has the heart to dare and tho head to direct—establish their independence , and raise up a strong ireo State that shall be a guarantee for the peace ol

      Tho main question between tho masters and workmen of the building trade remains still unsettled , but every wook tho number of men on strike becomes smaller . Groat injury baa been done during tho progress *)* ' tlio dispute to the mutual interests of employers and employed ; and wo roirrot to lenrn that one . large linn hold out throats of importing skilled foreigners , to take at n low rate tho work rolusou by English mechanics . On tho oLlior side tho bitterness has boon inoreasea by sumo acts of intimidation on tho part of the men .

      The nows fi'om India 5 b again of a warlike natuitu 5 tho nirutiuul tribe of VVWhurs have boon chastised in tueir island stronghold , but not withr out severo loss to tho attacking forces . laying columns are ajso to bo organised for the purpose

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111859/page/3/