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TT02 THE LEADER. J^^iT^ CTQ ? E3JJ'Jg58.
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GERMANY. (From our own Correspondent.') ...
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. Trance. (From Our Oxon Correspondent?)...
and if your mother consents ? You must make haste . I beg of you to write by return . " Write by return the silly girl did , and as I have no wish to screen her folly and falsehood , I give her letter verbatim : — "A present , madame , je yeux vous expliquer ma position de fortune . Je possede en Angleterre 400 G pounds ; un pound vaut en France 25 fr ., avec line petite campagne , avec des jardins et deux champs . II faut que je vende cela tout de suite ; ca fait peut-etre 900 pounds ; plus , toute une fortune qui m ' a ¦ e ' te"
laiss 4 e par ma tante pour ma vie , et , apres , pour mon man , si je meurs pour la premiere , et pour mes enfans . Quand maman mourra , je recevrai une portion de fortune d ' elle . Aussi , madame , j ' ai un trousseau grand , comme j ' ai dit b , M . Che ' ri , pour porter en France . Ma famille , madamej est tres ancienne et tres respectable ; mon pere est mort depuis quatorze ans ; j ' ai trois sceurs , toutes marines , 1 ' uue h un medecin , l ' autre a , un avocat , et la troisieme a , un pharmacien . Je suis la derniere , et vous comprenez que je vais etre la plus eloigne ' e de
maman . " Vous voyez , ma chere madame , que maman veut voir ici M . Chc'ri pour lui donner la fortune dans sa main , tout mon trousseau aussi , panje . que je suis jeune encore et la derniere fille de la famille . Alors faites prier M . de X . . . . de lasser venir son fi . ls . ... II peut venir chez nous dans quatre jours , rester ici deux jours et retourner h . Pau dans le me * me temps . Je suis toute prete . Mon trousseau est fait , robes et tout . Je touche ma fortune h . present Alors maman dit que s'il ne peut pas rester , qu'il vienne comme cela , parce qu ' on peut faire un manage vite avec le consentement des de le laisser
parens . Alors je vous supplie , madame , venir dix jours ; nous reviendrons ensuite a Pau . Maman veut que le mariage se fasse le plus tot possible ; mais il faut qu'il vienne . Le voyage n ' est pas long , je l ' ai fait toute seule quand j ' etais malade . Je vous remercie pour la lettre que vous in ' avez e " crite ; je comprends tres bieri tout ce que vous me diteS . Je suis fache ' e d ' ecrire mal le francais . Je fais donner a maman son eonsentement pour tout . II faut que M . Cheri recoive ma fortune a la main lui-meme ; un avocat me l ' a dit . Laissez-le venir , je vous supplie ; il pourra voir toute ma famille qui est en Angleterre et veut lui faire du bien . " .
These falsehoods were evidently inspired by those con tained in Cheri ' s letter , and they may be treated leniently when we consider they were used by a girl to save her reputation and bring about marriage ¦ with one who had seduced her under the promise of marriage . The prospect of 400 Of . sent Che ' ri off to England to secure the sum , the truth of which might have been ascertained by inquiry of Chfjri ' s future wife ' s mistress . And with this scamper in hot hasto to England closes the first act in this melancholy drama . I will give the conclusion in my next .
Tt02 The Leader. J^^It^ Ctq ? E3jj'jg58.
TT 02 THE LEADER . J ^^ iT ^ ? 3 JJ'Jg 58 .
Germany. (From Our Own Correspondent.') ...
GERMANY . ( From our own Correspondent . ') October 13 . The anticipation which I ventured to express in my last regarding the settlement of the Regency question haa been fully verified , The Prince of Prussia is now Regent of Prussia . It is not difficult to penetrate the motives of the Queen and her abettors in submitting thus suddenly after their long and obstinate opposition : the country was beginning to get interested in the matterthe people were devoting rather too much attention to political affairs—and there was every prospect of a dangerous agitation if the question remained longer open , and the
confiscations of journals continued . Since the year 1848 this question has been the only one that has called forth a little political spirit amongst the journalists of Germany , and , comparatively speaking , they have evinced a certain amount of courage ; but , to make Germany what they want her to bo , and to induce the people to follow and confide in them , they must bo prepared to submit to greater sacrifices than the loss of two or three numbers of a newspaper , which ia loss their loss than that of the subscribers . Even npw tho journalists , although evidently enjoying more latitude than for the last ten years , havo not tho heart to utter wholesome troths as they ought to be uttered .
The edict constituting tho Prince sole Regont of tho kingdom , ia literally aa follows : — " Supremo Edict of 7 th October , inviting His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia to undertake the Regency . " Roynl Highness and Beloved , —By acting as my representative ia affairs of State during my illness this year past , you have afforded me a great as- * suagoment , for whiph I tender you my heartfelt thanks . As , by tho visitation of God , I am still prevented from devoting myBolf to affairs of government , and as tho physicians have proscribed a Journey to a more southerly dime , I request your Royal Highness , pending this my continued indisposition , and
till I shall be again able to fulfil the duties of my Royal office , to exercise the kingly authority as Regent in my name upon your sole responsibility towards God , and according to your conscience and ability , and / hereto your Roval Highness will decide upon every further needful arringemfnt . Of the concerns of my Royal household all that regards my person I reserve to my own good pleasure . |( FRTEDnICH WtLimiJd . " Vox Maxteufel—Vox her Heydt—Simons—Vox Raumer — Von Bopelschwixgh —Vox Massow—Graf Vox Waldersee—1 lottwell V " OX MANTETJFEti II . " Sans-souci , Oct . 7 th , 1858 . " The following is ' the edict of his Royal Highness , of 9 th October , respecting his acceptance of the Regency , and the convening of the National Diet : —
" According to the contents of the annexed Supreme Edict of the 7 th inst ., his Majesty being still prevented by the illness with which , by the visitation of God , he is afflicted , to devote himself in person to the affairs of government , has summoned me to undertake the Regency . In obedience to this , his Majesty s summons , ancfin accordance with the Article 56 of the Constitutional Charter of 31 st of January , 1850 , I , as the nearest Agnate , hereby undertake the Regency of the kingdom , to ' conduct the government in his Majesty s name until his Majesty shall be enabled to resume himself the Royal authority . I have , therefore , agreeably to the provisions of Article 56 of the Constitutional Charter of January 31 st , 1850 , convened both Houses of the National Diet for the 20 th inst ., and I commission the Ministry of State to publish this ordinance with the Royal Edict of the 7 th inst . and my present
order . ' " TTrLHELM , Prixce of Prussia , " Regent . " The following is the translation of the writ issued by the Prince Regent , summoning the two Houses of the Diet : — " I , having undertaken the Regency of the Kingdom in obedience to the invitation of his Majesty , and in accordance with Article 5 G of the Constitutional Charter of the 31 st January , 1850 , hereby ordain , according to the provisions of the " said Article 56 , what follows : "The two Houses of the Diet , the House of Lords and the House of Delegates ( Abgeardneten ) , are summoned to meet on the 20 th of October of the present year , in the capital and residence city of Berlin . commissionedwith the
" The Ministry of State is - execution of this ordinance . Authentic , under my own hand , and impressed with the Royal seal , " ( L . S . ) Wkjielm , Prince of Prussia , " Regent . " Done at Berlin , 9 th Oct . 1858 . " The publication of the above documents was preceded by the resignation of M . Von "Westphalen , Minister of the Interior , which circumstance is taken as an evidence of an entire change in the system of government . The immediate cause of M . Westphalen ' a resignation is snid to bo this : —When the wording of the Royal edict came under the consideration of the Council , the Minister of the Interior , who from tho very first has been the steady opponent of the Prince of Prussia , or rather the most audacious supporter of the Queen and her clique , insisted that Article 5 G of tho Charter did not in any
degree bear upon tho Regency question as it stood at prcsont , which was simply whether tho King could bo prevailed upon voluntarily to surrender his royal authority to another , mid whether the Prince would voluntarily accept it . As , in his opinion , tho event for which Article 56 provided had not occurred , he firmly declined signing an ordinance based upon that article . Ho was soon after this declaration relieved from his functions by an order Bigned by Mr . Mimtoufel , President of the Council , and countersigned by tho Prince Regont . It ran as follows : —
" It hns graciously pleased his Majesty the King to relievo tho Minister of State Von Wostphalon , at his own request , from the Direction of tho Ministry of tho Interior , with the permission to rotain the titlo and rank of a Minister of State , and tho Ministor of State Flottwoll is charged witli tho manngemont of tho Ministry of tho Interior in tho interim . " Tho formal settlement of tho Regenoy has given universal satisfaction : to tho rulors who folt that a
continuance of tho disputo would have gradually excited an agitation which might havo boon productive of groat danger to thomsolves—to tho Liberals , who havo long been hoping for tho government of the Prince , for tho reasons stated in former letters . The , Liborals are tho moro ploasod , as tho Prince , in his edict , takes his stand upon tho Charter , wherons It will bo observed , in tho edict of tho Court , the Charter is completely ignored . Some journals oxpootcd a change of Ministry
immediately , and at one swoop ; but sugh nn expectation was founded upon ignorance of the provisions of the Charter upon which the Prince had taken his stand , arid to which , by the wording of his edicts , he has pledged himself to adhere . Even the resignation or dismissal of . M . V , estphalen was an act done prior to the transfer of the Royal authority , for , between the edict of the King ami that of tiie Prince of Prussia , there is a space of two days . Tlie former was drawn up on the 7 th , the latter not till the 9 th . Even under the first the signature of Westphalen is not to be found , but that of the Minister Flottwell instead , so that the resignation of M . Westphalen cannot , in fact , be regarded as an act of the Prince Regent ' s ; besides , it i 3 a
question whether the Prince had the power to give the Minister his dismissal , for Article 5 S of the Constitutional Charter , so often quoted now by tho Prince and his friend ? , concludes thus : —" After the establishment of the Regency , the Regent will take oath in the presence of a General Assembly of both Houses of tho Diet , to main - tain firmly and inviolably the Constitution of the kingdom , and to govern in unison with it and the la-v . s of the land . Until this oath , shall have been taken , nil the Ministers of State remain responsible for every net of the Government . " From this it follows that all those Ministers who were acting as responsible advisers of the Crown at . the time of the transfer of the royal authority ,
must continue their functions till the oath prescribed by the Constitution shall have been taken ; < tnd as this can be done only in presence of the assembled Diet , it follow ^ further , tliat no change of men can take place . In some German states , the power of the Regent is , in -similar cases , subjected to certain limitations ; he cannot , for instance , grant titles of nobility , or dispose of the Crown lands , it being presumed that such powers may lie dormant for a while without detriment to the "Stale . This has led' some journals to suppose that the Prince Regent of Prussia is under similar restrictions , but such is not the case . " The Recent exercises the royal authority in the name of the King , " according to Ankle 5 S of the Constitution , but excepting duly the name , all
the rights of royalty devolve -upon him without any limitation whatever , for the Golden Bull of the yoar 1356 , which denned the prerogatives ! of the , > even Princes of the Empire under Charles IV ., prescribes that the Recent , as soon as he is installed , is bound to imvst himself with all the attributes appertaining to tlia " rights , the voice , arid the power of sovereignty . " ' . I believe this Bull holds good in Prussia at this day , and consequently the Prince is in every respect , excopt the name , King of Prussia . The confiscation of journals has now begun in iuvaria , anil of course a dead silence upon political atl ^ re reigns . In Austria all journals , not newspapers only , but even scientific periodicals , are about to be sulyoetuJ to a tax of only one kreutzer in future . fifteen
Last Wednesday a duel with pistols , at paces distance , vas fought at IJerlin , between an officer ol tic Garde Reserve regiment and a youn-jj nobloinan . , llio cause of the meeting is not known . The result was not fatal , but the ball from the officer ' s pistol just grazed the fureliefl'd of the young nobleman , who wore a lanama straw lint , which probably saved his liie , lor being very stout and elastic , it may , perimp- > , Imvo i' » er « i some slight resistance to tho bullet nnil given it niwtnoi direction . The hat was whirled from the young main head by the force of the blow , and , of course , rippiM «! ' It is reported that a submarine telegraph is ubniit to be laid down between the east const of lMiglnml niiu East Frisio . It is expected to be commenced beloio w end of this month .
Sciileswig-Iiolsteix. A Urn-Eli From Ron...
SCIILESWIG-IIOLSTEIX . A urn-Eli from Rondsburg anys : — " You mny tnko for granted that tho greatest exasperation provailH :,. mw Danish Court » gain « t tho German citizens nt I'lenMjiii ; ,, who did not conceal from tho Kintf tho inu « i uiiun-vtakable signs of their disaffection . Porlnips no luiitf " " will olapso boforo they will bo made to fuel the ell > ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " " tho Royal nngor . Tho Antfe peasants , also , Imvo h ^ into bad odour at Court . You remember Unit , wwn ^ King passed through Scliloswig , thoy uddi-i-Hned to m ¦ petitions of grievance against the compulsory MS 0 ,- ' ' Danish Innguago . Several strong expressions ol i * ni , Frederick two reported , from which it would a ™" ll •' , tho unsatisfactory reception In tho duchy lias oxasponu | J him more violently than over . Meanwhile , «» ^ :, nctlvo doaiuorntio propaganda takes advnntiigo oi i ¦ stato of things to propagate among the pooplo ol ™ '' wig-IIolstelu tho ideas of Germim unity mill i' 1 ' 11 ' ^ ' such as ivero pronohocl by tho advanced J-lbornlfi oi io Pamphlets are profusely disseminated for that l ' I J ** One of tlteso prints bears tljo aignoturo of a coinnwu of patriots of Kiel , Rondsburg , and Soliloswig , «»« » addressed « To all good G 6 rinans of Sclilosw , g-l'io I ie > r especially to tho troops of that country . Tho P «» '"' -J circulates seorotly , but it is said to find ovory"How eager readers . .... Some of tho rocont dom «««»* tlons in our neighbourhood oro ottributod to uw fluonce of this popular propaganda . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1858, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16101858/page/22/
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