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THE FRENCH MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The debat...
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conspiracy , or the distorted account of some more creditable plan , we have as yet no means of certifying . Madrid has lost its soldier master General Narvaez : worn out with the ceaseless harassment of his office , he backed the oft-rejected tender of his resignation with the announcement that , unless it were accepted , he would shoot himself , and , oh obtainting his wish , he instantly left Spain . The conjecture that he did so in the fear of being sent to the Philippines by his successor , shows the state of the country , where he only is free who has his foot on his brother's neck . It is probable , however , that the rough Ramon fled more in the fear of being " sent for" again .
Bern has been buried at Aleppo with all the honours of a Mussulman-soldier-saint . He died firm in the faith of the Crescent and the Sabre , despising civilian theories of politics , hating Russia .
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The French Ministerial Crisis. The Debat...
THE FRENCH MINISTERIAL CRISIS . The debate in the National Assembly , which began on Wednesday week , lasted till Saturday , when Ministers were defeated by a large majority . This unexpected result was owing to" the amendment of M . St . Beuve , which , instead of complimenting General Changarnier , as M . Lanjuinais proposed , without expressly blaming the Cabinet , threw the general overboard , and distinctly declared a want of confidence in Ministers . M . Thiers spoke at great length on Friday against Ministers . They were in a grave situation , he said , and it was necessary that the truth should be spoken . He charged the Government
with disturbing the harmony which had so long existed . For his own part he had cordially assisted Louis Napoleon in every measure calculated to strengthen his authority until the message of the 31 st October , which he disliked on account of the pretension it put forward to a soTt of omnipopotency . The doctrine then broached was that nothing could save France but a strong Government , arid the Assembly was represented as the cause of all disturbive or dangerous agitation . The Socialist elections in Paris , however , opened people ' s eyes , and the President , having consulted him as to what
ought to be done , he and his friends recommended the modification of the Electoral Law , which was soon afterwards carried with the most satisfactory results . M . Thiers , after condemning the Dotation Bill , because it tended to introduce habits to the Elysec not conformable with the simplicity of a Hepublican magistracy , proceeded to examine the proccs-vcrbaux of the Permanent Committee , and expressed indignation at the cries of " Vive 1 'Kmpereur , " uttered in the plain of Satory . Whether they were encouraged by the Government or not , it was certain that GeneralNeumayer had been superseded in his command because he prohibited those cries .
General Cavaignac was one of the speakers on Saturday , lie blamed severely in the name of nil sincere Republicans , the law of public instruction and the electoral law of the . ' 51 st of May , those great misdeeds of the majority . The constitution might be revised . But it was not the constitution which invented the national sovereignty , nor could , this fundamental principle be destroyed by any party . There could be only two parties , for the Monarchy or the
llepublic . 'lhose who ill-guided the Monarchy paved the way lor the Republic . At present the Republic was ill-guided , and it was to be feared that if it continued to be si > it would have to make way for a restoration of the Monarchy . In conclusion , he declared that he adhered to the amendment of M . de St . Beuve , which consisted in a simple vote of want of confidence against Ministers , and was the only one which ought to be adopted by the Republican party .
Ah there were several amendments before the chair a violent struggle took place an to which should be first put to Mm vote . That of M . St . B < : uvc— "The Assembly declaim that it lia . s not confidence in the Ministry , and passes to the order of the day , " was at lust declared to have ; the priority , and was carried by 417 voles against 278 ; a majority of K 59 against Ministers . "It is impossible , " says a person who was in the gallery , " to describe the scene of noise , interruption , laughter , ami agitation which the Assembly presented throughout the latter part of the nitting . At the elo-e , the members all rushed to hear the result of the scrutiny . The motion of ho many feet raised u dust which presented the appearance of n thick fog .
While the debute was going on ( . lie President appears to have been determined to show that he felt very much at ease whatever the Assembly might choose to decide . The ball which he gave at the ISlynee , on Thurtulay , in described as one of the mont brilliant given in the place . The correspondent of tho Times , writing on Friday , says : — - " I am unnble to miy whether there was uny intention of niukiug u ( IcmoiiKt . rutioit lunt nig lit . in I ' tivour of the President of the Republic , after whut had pursued in the Assembly , or whether it wan from cuiioHity , ( tut . it in a fact that never hits t > o crowded an annembinge met
together as last night in the saloons of the Elys ^ e , which were literally crowded to suffocation . The line of carriages began at the Boulevard and Madeleine on one side , and far down in the Faubourg St . Honore on the other . The Rue Boyale was actually covered with vehicles , and the utmost efforts of the politee and gendarmerie were scarcely sufficient to keep the passages clear . Those who reside acarcely a quarter of an hour * walk from the Elysle spent an hour before they could get to the door . Within , the crowd was bo dense , eren at the early hour of nine o ' clock , that all movement was impossible , and the Princess Mathilde , who does the honours of the President's house , was obliged to r 6 c « ive the ladies m the clock
vestibule and the cloak-room . Before eleven o ' 2800 persons were present , and not less than 5000 m all presented their respects to the President . All that Paris contains of rank and fashion were there . On no such occasion were so many general officers assembled at the Elysee . It was a perfect Babel of language , and on every side you beard English , French , Spanish , Italian , German , Turkish , and Arabic spoken . " The President was dressed in plain clothes . He walked about the saloons with his cousin , the Princess Mathilde , and chatted familiarly with all he knew . The Prince and Princess of Capua were present , several of the late and most of the new Ministers . M . Lamartine and Horace Vernet were not the least remarked . Dancing
was kept up to a late hour . " I have been this moment assured that many of the small traders of Paris—te petit commerce—actually intend to propose a general subscription for the President of the Republic , in the event of his allowance being refused by the Assembly . This subscription would , it is supposed , be national . I know of one woollen manufacturer in Paris who declared the day before yesterday that his name should appear at the head of hi 3 600 workmen , who were ready and eager to subscribe . " After the vote passed by the Assembly there was only one course left for Ministers . They went at once and tendered their resignation to the President , which " , after a day's deliberation , was accepted . They still continued to retain office , however , till the appointment of their successors .
The ministerial crisis had not ceased up till Wednesday , nor did any great progress appear to have been made in the composition of a new Cabinet . M . Odilon Barrot writes to the Dibats to contradict the report of his having been charged to form a Cabinet , and to say that he has only been consulted on the state of things by the President of the Republic . The Patrie says that all that can be reasonably supposed is , that Louis Napoleon will take his Cabinet from the 286 . Some sensation was created on Tuesday by the
arrest of nearly sixty persons belonging to a secret society of Red Republicans and Socialists . Amongst the papers seized are the programme of the association , and a proclamation to the people , telling them to prepare for the extermination of the Monarchists of all kinds . The principles of the programme are the same as those proclaimed by Barbes and his partisans , viz ., Abolition of the public funds , free schools for the people , and protection of the working classes , with emancipation from masters , a graduated property-tax , organization of labour by the State .
German Affairs. The Great Question Betwe...
GERMAN AFFAIRS . The great question between Austria and Prussia now is the settlement of the Zollverein . Prussia will not consent to the equalization of tariffs by which Austria wishes to bring about a zoll uny > n , but ia ready to conclude a treaty of commerce for six years , by which raw materials may have free transit through countries separated by different tariffs . M . M : mtcufiel wi ^ hea t . lin NVirt . li Sea States to enter
likewise into this convention . As it is the Free , Trade party which supports Manteuifcl , he will not be able to play into the hands of Austria on that point , even if he were so disposed . Of Saxony and Bavaria the Austrian Government is secure ; the memorials which have been presented to the third commission by " them show this . Wirtemberg is equally safe . From Berlin , liar over , and the llanBe Towns alone can Austria expect opposition .
The Hamburg Free-Trade Union has organized a connection with about thirty commercial towns , and iiKRumnd the title of " Central German Free-Trade Committee . " The party seems to be developing great activity . The Austrian project has pvit the north of Germany quite on the alert , and raised that degree of interest for the question which waa hitherto wanting . At Marienwerder a free-trade meeting of the lauded proprietors of West Prussia was to be held on the ' 20 th instant , for the purpose of signing an energetic memorial against the evils of Protection abuse , in which all the towns corporations of the province would be invited to join . A general congress for the middle of next month at JKlbing will be proposed .
It is understood that the whole of tho Bavarian troops , under Prince Taxis , will evacuate the territory ol Hesse forthwith , unless the Elector shall deem it requisite for the maintenance of order to retain a ninall portion . But there has been nothing in the conduct of the people hitherto to justify such apprehensions . Casnel itself will continue to be garrisoned by n Prussian and Austrian battalion , most probably until the affairs of the country art ; arranged . The two Commissioners , who are fuininhed with in-HtructioiiH , have held repeated conferences with M . HuBsenpilug , and it ia thought will ero long como to
some arrangement relative to the projected altera tions of the constitution . Submission to the ordi nances of September being now universal , and th taxes having been paid , or being in process of paymen throughout the land , all cause for coercive measures has ceased . Letters from Hamburg of the 20 th instant announce the arrival , and describe the reception at Altona , of the 1 st battalion of the Holstein troops , which had been conveyed by rail from Rendsburg . The troops had their colours muffled up in black crape . Count Reventlow-Criminil has assumed the government of the Duchy of Lauenburg , and the
public functionaries of that principality have been called upon again to take their oaths of allegiance to the King of Denmark . Another royal proclamation and an address of the Stadtholders to the people of Lauenburg were about to be published . The Copenhagen papers of the 17 th protest that no reduction will take place in the Danish army until Rendsburg and Friedrichsort shall have been given up to the troops of the King of Denmark . On the 19 th the Austrian forces , numbering about 2500 , were about two days' march into . Holstein . The Prussians were engaged in throwing a pontoon-bridge over the Elbe , which would not be finished before the 23 rd .
Protestantism And Popery. The Most Notab...
PROTESTANTISM AND POPERY . The most notable event of the week in this department has been the presentation of an address to the Queen by the whole of the Irish prelates , in reference partly to the Papal aggression , but more especially to the question recently mooted in the correspondence betwefn their lordships and the Archbishop of Canterbury . They express great anxiety on account of the siience maintained regarding the invasion of the royal supremacy in Ireland , " where the prerogative of the Crown is , by law , one and the same as in England , " and where " the Bishops of Rome have long ago pursued a
course not dissimilar to that now attempted in England . " They express a fear lest " some ill considered compromise" should be contemplated •« for the distinct and special defence of what has been called , by a title unknown to the law , ' the Church of England . ' " If the present excitement should lead tp the adoption of any measure calculated " to impair the integrity of the united church , " they hold that it would do more damage " to the whole church and to the country than any acts of the Bishop of Rome or any encroachments from without could possibly effect . " Whatever may be done , they ask that Ireland may have its share of protection against Papal aggression .
The Reverend H . L . ' Jenner , son of / Sir Herbert Jenner Fust , who was said to have " received an intimation that he had better resign his curacy in consequence of hi 8 taste for Romanizing practices , " has given that statement an unqualified contradiction . A statement somewhat similar in character , respecting the Reverend W . J . Woodward , of St . James ' s , Bristol , is also contradicted . Robert Biddulph Phillipps , Esq ., of Longworth-house , was received into the Latin communion of St . Francis Xavier'B Church , Hereford , on the feast of the Epiphany , Monday , the 6 th instant , by tne Reverend J . B . Morris , of Prior-park , formerly Fellow of Exeter College , Oxford . —Hereford Times .
With reference to a statement in one of the morning papers , that Cardinal Wiseman has had notice of an intended prosecution for misdemeanor , we are at liberty to state that no such notice has been given on the part of the Government . We believe that a document hae beea sent to his Eminence at the instance of a gentleman legally connected with the City , containing some admissHions which the Cardinal is requested to make , in order to raise the question of the legality , or otherwise , of his archiepiscopal assumptions . The step has been taken in the exercise of the right which belongs to every subject , to institute a prosecution in any case in which he may consider the criminal law of the country violated , and without the cognizance of her Maieatv ' fi law officers . —Globe .
An advertisement having appeared in the Morning Chronicle stating that Lord Ashley and his friends were endeavouring to procure " a royal commission for a . latitudinarian reviaion of the Prayer Book , " and calling upon all true Churchmen to rally against this dangerous movement , Lord Ashley has written to the Chronicle giving a flat contradiction that he or his friends are taking any such course .
Father Gavazzi On The Inqcjisition. Tho ...
FATHER GAVAZZI ON THE INQCJISITION . Tho influx of hearers to the Princess ' s Concerthall , when ; the reverend padre holds forth every Humluy , is rather an interesting sign of the times . And , us the Daily JV <> w >« remarks , " When considered with reference to the immense gathering of Italians which the Crystal Palace will attract to the sphere of the eloquent friar ' s irresistible oratory , ito telling effects on the future prospeets of the Peninsula can scarcely be overrated . " The subject of last Sunday ' s oration was " tho Holy Inquisition . " H « gave n rapid sketch of tho progress of that bulwark of the Papacy in Southern ISuropo ; entered into the detail of privileges and indulgences and dispensations enjoyed by the familiars and spies of tho "hol y tribunal ; " showed how > diouH and intolerable its working was found in
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 25, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25011851/page/2/
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