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Oct. 18, 1851.] gftg %t(L%tV. 993
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KOSSUTH. The non-arrival of the Magyar c...
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A LETTER FROM JOSKPII MAZZINI TO VICTOR ...
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IRELAND AND HER DEBTS. The famine debt q...
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Is The King Of Prussia A Protestant ? Fr...
reason to believe that on that day he sealed his formal conversion . But abstaining from speculation we return to facts Thev who have not seen Sans Souci and its environs during the last two years , would be struck with its Popish , or , to say the least , Us quasi-Popish , ^ air . There is an incessant bell-ringing and tinkling daily for private church services , attendance being obligatory upon all persons connected with the royal household . The new-built Friedens-Kirche is in architecture , interior arrangement , and decoration , half Romish , half Byzantine . You see there immense candlesticks , a gorgeous altar , two
diminutive pulpits , and plenty of saints painted and carved . The creation of two cardinals ( considered as an insult in England ) , procured the Pope the most fervid gratitude of a king , who went so far as to entreat his Holiness to " honour him with a constant embassy , " intimating at the same time how happy he should be to " receive a true portrait of the venerable head of the Church . " On the celebration of the « Ordensfest" —the 18 th of January last—the congregation was surprised by six clergymen suddenly . ' coming forward , and assisting the officiating minister by kneeling and bowing ; a thing never witnessed in any German Protestant church , and thoroughly
incompatible with the Protestant rubric . The spectators , who had hardly recovered from their astonishment , ¦ were at a loss whether to believe their own eyes when the King cast himself down on the ground , giving a sign to the Court to follow his example . It ¦ was on that occasion that the Princess of Prussia indignantly turned away , muttering— " As for me , I shall never becsme a Catholic " ! The King , being informed of her refusal to kneel , banished her from the Court . Lately passing through Westphalia , on the way to Hohenzollern , he received the Roman Catholic priests with the utmost devotedness , while he reproached the Protestant clergy , that " they had
failed to imbue the youth with the doctrine of authority . " To another deputation he nodded complacently , at the address of the Catholic priest and counsellor , Engel—we quote the words from our former authority , the New Prussian Gazette : — " The King is the representative of God , because he is King by the grace of God . The revolution aimed to eradicate this doctrine from the heart of nations . It stands , however , indelibly written in the Scriptures , and we shall take all possible care to revive it again in the hearts of your subjects : for Church and State , both divine in origin , must live together as heavenborn twins , that the spiritual and the bodily welfare of nations my be insured . The enemies of religion are
also the enemies of the State , and Church and State , therefore , have only one enemy . We are infinitely rejoiced to be subjects of a monarch who ventured boldly to trample on the serpent Infidelity at a time when only the most courageous could attempt it , by pronouncing publicly the truly * > yal words : ' I and my house will serve the Lord . ' We aTe happy to have found in your Majesty so powerful a protector of religion . We feel compelled to express to your majesty our deepest thanks for this protection ; and we are , moreover , flattered by the joyful hope that Prussia , on which the eye of the headof our Church looks with so much complacency , and where religion has so august a guardian , will be also in this respect a shining light to the other states of Germany . "
The establishment of a Roman bishopric in Hamburg , a city which has not seen an officiating Popish priest since the thirty years' war , is eagerly promoted by Prussia . The Belgian " Directory of the Society of JesuB , " which we have had the good luck to in-Hpect , contains addresses for almost every town in North Germany . A . well- known Ultramontane Association held its last meeting in Berlin , on the express invitation of the King ; and all principal places in Prussia are swarming with monks , friars } and nuns , clothed in all the fopperies of monastic habiliments .
" have not proposed to-day to comment on the Reneral otate of religious parties on the Continent . Our busineba is with Frederic William , King of lrussia , and wo have said enough , we think , to justify the prophecy , that a Papist will die , like Charles II . of England , if Fato should permit him to eHcupo the penalty of the faithlessness of that "lonarch ' a father . G . A . U .
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Kossuth. The Non-Arrival Of The Magyar C...
KOSSUTH . The non-arrival of the Magyar chief has not in the least diminished the intense interest with which his coining iu awaited . In all parts of the country , from ** lVori »« particfl , we have significant adhesions nnd words of cheering sympathy . Almost every post ingH ut 5 *« of public meetings having been held , ' ju resol ution * of the most decided character » K'pted . And whut wo prize more highly even » au the unequivocal oxpressions of esteem for J ^ oBs uth , i 8 thut all men cle » vly comprehend that nlH » mOnstration al ) Out to oo "" Kl o wiH uo above fav " dc ' monBtruti *>» against Absolution and in T <\ . ° . ° ^ ' oppressed nutionuliticH of Southern and J'UHtern Europe . Iho Mayor of Southampton received a letter from in « , ! i " " , On 8 llt «« lay morning , a copy of which »» Bub jomod . It w dated Mar ^ illea , 21 HU ultimo ; -
« Sir —The Government of the Ottoman Empire gave me asylum and hospitality ; and though afterwards it had to yield to the presumptuous arrogance of its mighty enemies and to convert the asylum into a prison , still it yielded but with regret ; it felt deeply the disgrace , and at the first favourable moment shook off in the most dignified manner the disgraceful bonds . " It was Turkey has acted so . . " The people of England raised its powerful voice to claim the vindication of the rights of humanity , offended in myself and in my associates ; and the Government of Great Britannia proved to be a dignified organ of the people of England ' s generous sentiments . States of America the peoplethe
" In the United , Congress , and the Government shared with equal generosity in the highminded resolution to restore me to freedom , and by freedom to activity . They sent over a steam-frigate to that purpose , and most generously offered the protection of their glorious flag . " Thus acted England and the United States . " We stopped at Marseilles . I wished to visit England ; the lively sentiment of gratitude pointed out to me as a duty to go there to thank for the highminded sympathy I and the cause I represent were honoured with . So I requested permission to pass through France to England directly , without asking leave to ^ top in any place ( because I know the character of the present Republican French Government ) , and declaring to be ready to follow every loyal and honourable advice the Government . would feel convenient to give me for my rapid passage through
France" Monsieur Louis Napoleon Bonaparte refused the requested permission to pass through that French Republic which did him the honour to elect him to the high station , where his sacred , sworn duty is to be the chief guardian of the Democratic constitution of his country , which proclaimed to the world to have for principles ' freedom and fraternity . ' " M . Bonaparte was himself once an exile , and may yet become an exile once more . France was not then a Republic , still it was an asylum to oppressed humanity . I claimed no asylum , I desired only to pass ; and the once exile , now the President of a glorious nation ' s great Republic—refused ! " It is not I , I hope , to whom before the tribunal of public opinion throughout the world this refusal will prove to be a disgrace .
" I wish that no one should remember it at the time when , perhaps , M . Bonaparte will once more be an exile himself . " In no case will the refusal of the French Government impede me to fulfil the high felt duty to thank the people of England for its generous sympathy . I am still resolved to land at Southampton , Sir . I will entreat Captain Long , of the Mississippi , to hasten me down to Gibraltar ; I wish and hope to find there some means of conveyance to your free and glorious shores , were it but for one hour ' s stay . " I felt bound to address tojou , honoured Sir , this communication , as a proof of my respect and esteem , having the honour to sign , with the most particular consideration , myself to be , " Sir , your most obsequious servant , " L . Kossuth . "
" Mr . Andrews , Mayor of the city of Southampton . " The Central Committee , 6 itting nightly at 10 , Wellington-street , under the presidency of Mr . Thornton Hunt , have resolved to give Kossuth a public r eception ; to send a deputation to wait on him , and respectfully invite him to a banquet , to be given in one of our largest available rooms—perhaps in Drury-lane Theatre—to levy on the willing public voluntary contributions , the sum total of which to be placed in the hands of Kossuth , for furthering the Hungarian cause .
This banquet , there is every reason to believe , will be really metropolitan , not confined to working men , but comprehending all sections of the people . Westminster , Marylebone , Southwark have spoken out . A writer in the Daily News proposes that a body of gentlemen , on horseback , nhould assemble at the railway station and escort Kossuth to his place of abode . The charges brought against Kossuth by the Times have been successfully confuted by the author of the Jtevelations of Jtussia , in a letter to the Daily News ;
nnd by Count L : idlislaus Vay , a native of the Oomitat of Zemplin , where the delinquency in stated to have occurred . Count Vay says : —" The facts are briefly these : M . XosHuth , appointed at u very early age the trustee of an orphans' clmrity , although then as much addicted to the turf as to the bar , was seen on one occasion to play higher and more unfortunately than usual . It was reported ( ut Austrian instigation ) that he had gambled with the trust funds , an investigation was called for , but on preliminary inquiry the fund \ vnn found intact , to the confusion of his accusers .
The arrival of tho Amo at Liverpool on Thursday caused a great sensation , as it whs thought Kostmth might bo on board . He will most likely arrive in the Madrid on the 20 th , us the captain of the Amo saw him at Gibraltar .
A Letter From Joskpii Mazzini To Victor ...
A LETTER FROM JOSKPII MAZZINI TO VICTOR HUGO . London , Bopteinbi-r ' 20 . 1851 . Sin , —You have uttered beautiful mid touching words upon Rome and Italy . We havo gathered them up with love and gratitude . You have wince then nobly struggled for France , and through Franco
for all , against oppression , calling itself republic ; against hypocrisy , calling itself religion ; against the materialism of the interests of a caste , or of a man usurping the name of a governmental doctrine . You have , into this struggle , devoted two sons worthy of you ; and now that they are momentarily hors de combat , you replace them on the breach . This is noble , and equal to the height of the great cause . All who suffer and combat for the banner that your sons have sustained , and which you sustain , in order that there be neither the scaffold nor any pretext for the scaffold—neither violation of the right of asylum , nor necessity for asylum—for the holy alliance of the Peoples—for a world to come , where there will be
neither anarchy nor castes , neither masters nor slaves , neither persecutors nor persecuted ; but God and His law at the summit , the People at the base , genius and virtue , apostles and guiding lights upon the waywill appreciate , as it deserves , the beauty of your conduct . I take advantage of the opportunity afforded me by a fellow countryman , who desires to see you , to tell you this . As a poet I have loved you from my first student years ; I admire you to day casting your burning words upon the border of the two camps , between the People and its masters . I have long felt the necessity of expressing this to you , for the satisfaction of my own heart , as a man and as an Italian .
March ever onwards . It is only with us , believe me , Sir , that you will find strong faith , unity of thought and action , devotion , love , and life . On the other side there is only death . Our reason may deceive us , but not our hearts . We desire the good of humanity , they the power of a day . We believe , they calculate . Do not hope to convert them ; they are doomed to pass away ; contempt and isolation must do the work of justice on them ; the People must arise . The pacific relation , which you still invoke , is the last dream of a good man ; it will not be realized . The men to whom you make your appeal , have only transactions to offer you . On the 31 st of May they lost faith , logic , and all sentiment of the new life which ferments around them .
The initiative is no longer with them . To fill up the void which they have created , the People must affirm itself again . Action is the genius of the People , the source of its intuition , its collective revelation . To this field it must be summoned , or France is lost . It is not by partial revisions or transactions , that she can again enter into the European world , into the world of eternal principles , from which tactics have led her astray . Joseph Mazzini .
Ireland And Her Debts. The Famine Debt Q...
IRELAND AND HER DEBTS . The famine debt question has not made much way since last week . There is a cessation of the corresponding mania , but there is no cessation of the flood of memorials sent from the bankrupt unions to the Treasury . " We have , " says the Dublin Advocate , " doubt , that whatever is justly due , nay , whatever can be claimed under the past acts , will be paid to the uttermost farthing ; but we very much question the justice of pressing for repayment , through the Board of Guardians , of money expended under other agency , and we deem it nothing short of madness to press , at presenr , any extra demand on Unions all but bankrupt . "
Nowhere is there any attempt , as was at first reported , to repudiate , but to postpone , repayment . It is unfortunate that no sort of temper is displayed in conducting Irish local affairs . At the Ennis Courthouse a most unpleasant scene occurred . A resolution was moved , which , in a small degree , gave offence to two Catholic priests present , and they seized hold of it as the pretext for an onslaught against the Irish landlords . " Resolved , —That we seek for a postponement of any attempt to levy in this county the claims of the ( Jovernment under the Consolidated Annuities Act . We seek it as a matter of necessity , if it be desirable to abate the alarm which exists amon ^ the occupiers of land , and which ia leading numbers to dispose of their property and abandon the country iu despair . "
The resolution having been seconded , a " scene " ensued as follows : —¦ " Tho Reverend Mr . Corbett , P . P ., here stated that lie wished to propose an uinendmcnt to that resolution , and asked the chairman if that was the proper time for it ? " Captain Macnamara suggested thnt it would be bettor if Mr . Corbett would allow all the resolution ;* to bo iu at disposed of , and then he could bring forward any other resolution which ho might wish the meeting to adopt . " The Reverend Mr . Corbett would insist , as a rutcpayer , on his right to propose the amendment . " Mr . V . CrcuKh advised Mr . Corbett to take Captain Macnamura ' a suggCHtion , and bring it forward us a substantive motion .
" Reverend Mr . Corbett ; No ; I will move an an amendment , that th « )« nt clauae of that resolution bo entirely left out , and thnt the word 4 attempt" in the first clause be aim ) expunged from it . 1 ^ ivo as my reason for omitting the last sentence , that it is inconsistent with fact . It appears to ine not to bo founded on truth . The renolutioii usmik" * " thin increusod taxation , railed the Consolidated Annuities , as a cause of tho frightful tid « ol emigration . \ « ay that jtj not the fact
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18101851/page/3/
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