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POSTSCRIPT. Saturday., Jan. 4.
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The Leeds town council has done itself credit . At a meeting of that body , held on Wednesday , Mr . Joseph Barker , of Wortley , moved" That the council petition Parliament to sanction no interference with the rights and liberties of the Roman Catholics of Ireland . " He thought that , according to the law of England and the law of reason and equity , the Roman
Catholics had as much , right to attempt to convert the people of this country to Popery as the Wesleyan Methodists had to convert them to Methodism , or the Unitarians to Unitarianism . The disposition manifested by many persons seemed to him to be of an intolerant and persecuting character ; and he thought the town council might very properly petition Government not to sanction any interference whatever -with the rights and liberties of Roman Catholics . It would be soon enough to interfere with the Roman Catholics when they robbed , murdered , or violated some other law of the empire .
The resolution having been seconded by Mr . Titley , Mr . R . White moved as an amendment" That an address be presented to her Majesty on the recent proceedings of the Pope of Borne with reference to this country , expressive of the loyalty and attachment of the council to her Majesty ' s person and the institutions of the country , and praying that her Majesty will cause such measures to be adopted as may be necessary for the defence of the Protestant religion and for resisting all attempts , directly or indirectly , to reestablish Papal power within these realms , and that the address now presented be received and adopted . "
After a short discussion the amendment was put and lost , there being only nine hands held up in favour of it . Mr . Barker ' s was then carried by a majority of 17 to 15 . A petition- embodying the resolution was then adopted , and ordered to be transmitted , after the borough seal had been affixed thereto , to Mr . J . G . Marshall , M . P ., for presentation . A meeting of the Ulster Protestant Association ¦ was held at Belfast on Thursday to protest against the Papal aggression . The demonstration is described by the Northern Whir / as having been a failure . The place of meeting was the Music-hall , which was at no time more than half- filled . The Pope having been denounced as 4 < the Man of Sin , " and Home characterized as " the mystery of iniquity , " resolutions of the usual kind were passed .
Viscount Alford , M . P . for Bedfordshire , died , after a protracted illness , at eight , o ' clock on Thursday evening , at Ashridgc-paik , his lordship ' s seat , near Hemel Hempstead . Ho had been in declining health for the last two years , and he and Lady Marianne Alford passed the winter of lust year in Kgypt , and did not return until the summer , when it became apparent to all his friends that he had not derived any permanent benefit from his residence abroad . He was the eldest son of the Earl of Brownlowby his first marriage with Sophia , second
, daughter and co-heir of the late Sir Abraham Hume , Bart ., and Lady Amelia Egerton , and was born October 1 / 5 , 1812 , und married February 10 , 1811 , Lady Marianne Margaret Compton , eldest daughter of the Marquis of Northampton , by whom his lordship leaves two noils , the eldest of whom is in his ninth year . He was first elected member for Bedfordshire at the general election in lS ' dG , in conjunction with Lord Charles Russell , nnd continued to represent that county in the House of Commons in the successive Parliaments of 18-i 7 ,
1811 , and 1817 . The KUjin Courier states that a number of influential fanners in that district contemplate the formation of a Tenant League , to secure u readjustment of rents . This in a sensible movement . We nhould like to nee a League of that kind in every county in England . Two burglars were captured in the New-road , St . fJcorgo ' s-in-the-East , ycntcnlay morning , after a rather dungerouH chase along the roofa of Home six or seven lioiiHcH . Tli € ! two men had been kcch by two policemen going into an empty houue , next door to the premises of a watchmaker wul jeweller . The policemen having
followed them , they made their way to the roof , where they displayed no iimall degree of agility and reckleHKnctm , but were captured at last . When taken back to the ompty house , several hou . sebreaking implements were found upon them , and in the hIioj ) u skeleton key , three picci-H of candles , a Hcrewdriver , lucifer matches , nnd other articles . On both priHoniTM were found bottles containing u preparation of oil of aniseed uud « om « other stuff , which the oilicerH had no doubt wan intended to be used to poison the dog at the jeweller ' s hIioii . The prihoiuth were brought up at Worship street police court yesterday , and ( sentenced to hard labour for three ; months .
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Ciip « of ( ilood Hope papcrn to tins (> th of November have been received . All apprehensions of another Kaffir outbreak wtr <; ut an oml . The meeting , which
was convened at King William ' s Town for the 26 th of October , took place on that day , at which his Excellency the Governor-General , Sir Harry Smith , was unexpectedly present , ready to hear any statement of complaint they had to make ; but to the surprize of every one present , they e . " pressed a decided aversion to war , and a desire to live peaceably under the British rule . His Excellency reminded them that while they conducted themselves in strict accordance with the regulations the Government had laid down [ for their
conduct , he would behave to them as a parent ; but if they manifested a hostile feeling , he would inflict , without mercy , the severest punishment upon them . The Kaffirs , one and all , reiterated their former wishes to live in peace , and Sir H . Smith having shaken hands with many of the chiefs , the meeting dispersed in quietness and good will . A considerable number of farmers dwelling on the frontier had been frightened into a hasty removal to places of better security , from the reports in circulation of another threatened war , which his Excellency deeply
regretted , as there was no ground for such rumours ; and he caused an official intimation to be placarded to this effect , urging the runaways to return to their former farms , and resume their labours , without fear of molestation or harm . The accounts from Dresden to the 1 st instant contain nothing remarkable . The correspondent of the Daily News says : — " The main idea in the plan of the two Ministers for the restoration of the Germanic constitution is the division of Germany into two political bodies , the heads of which are to be Austria and Prussia , with a joint organ for controlling the whole , in which they will possess the chief power . It was at one time
anticipated that these conferences would terminate in an extensive mediatisation of the smaller princes , a measure which by many of them would be welcomed with joy , provided their future prospects are gilded with a bountiful appanage . Among the sovereigns tired of the trouble of governing unruly subjects , without foreign support , are the Dukes of Oldenburg , Brunswick , Saxe Cobourg , Schwarzberg , and several others . Their representatives do not hesitate to say that they feel it to be their duty , in all deliberations on the German question , to be prepared at any time to cede the sovereign rights must take to
of their masters , but that they care secure for them a future free from care . I use expressions which I myself have heard on more than one occasion . It was anticipated that these and other small sovereigns would here have been required to lay down their crowns and retire upon full pensions . I believe that the two ministers have settled between themselves that the proper moment has not yet arrived for such a measure , and that the alterations which they will cause to be made in the constitution of the confederation will be such as on this point will pave the way for a future , and perhaps general , sweeping away of all the small principalities . "
Vienna correspondence of the 29 th ultimo states with certainty that an interview between the Sovereigns of Prussia and Austria will take place . Dr . Hock , Ministerial Councillor , will be sent to Dresden to watch the proceedings of the Congress in the interests of commerce . The Austrian corps under Field-Marshal Legeditsch , 2500 strong , commenced its march on the 30 th ultimo , from Fulda , through Cassel and Hanover , to Holstein . The Deutsche Reform states that a conjoint Austrian and
Prussian force is being directed towards the Duchies ; but whether the Prussians will proceed further than Hamburg , which they intend to occupy , is not known . It is believed that the Staathalterschaft will come to terms with the Federal Commissioners ; but hints are made that the army may make a show of resistance in which case , says the Deutsche licform , " it would be disarmed without ceremony—an armed force which refuses to obey orders being no longer a disciplined army . " 1 st instant
The latest advices from Cassel are of the . Measures of violence and compulsion arc still proceeded with . A permanent court martial is established . Major-Ucnoral Schirmer , of the Hessian army , has been appointed to the command of Cassel . Frequent arrests are taking place , and the refractory citizens are subjected to corporal punishment . The reduction of the military in Bavaria seems to be proceeded with in good earnest , orders being issued for dismissing 60 , 000 men , and leaving only 2 i > , () 00 under arms . In Prussia a large number of men arc also being sent home ; whence , however , they can be
recalled within a couple of days , if wanted . In the meantime , the augmentation of military stores in proceeding with unabated activity . Contracts for !) 0 , () 00 infantry helmets and 300 , 000 cartridge-pockets , to be delirered by the end of March , are being executed . Each pocket is to contain thirty cartridges , and the soldiers will wear a pocket on each side , besides carrying sixty cartridges in the knapsack . There are also great exertions made in getting up new uniforms ; those in store were made for the soldiers of the line , , young men under twenty-five yearn of age . They were found to be far too small for the Lmdwehr , composed of stouter men , between thirty and forty .
1 he clergy ol almost all 1 ' rtiHstan dioceses have protested against the project , rained during the revolutionary period , of convoking a coiiHtitutivc synod of clerical nnd lay members , elected by universal suffrage , with authority to concoct a radically new conntitution for the Prussian Church ; they pray that the Church-Council , which has prepared a Church , code in conformity wit . h established relations , limy maintain its uuthoiity , umJ proceed to neceuuary lcforin with salutary caution .
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1801—1815—1851 . PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE . The Jubilee of the half century-is celebrated with immeasurable exultation by the journals ; and not entirely without reason . We enter upon the second half of the century better provided in every respect than we were when we entered upon the commencement . The youngest tyro in history can contrast our present state with the traditions of 1801—the revolution consummated , but not crushed , in France—John Bull in a paroxysm of reactionary loyalty , and rejoicing in the Toryism rampant over him — the feeblest efforts at maintaining liberty of discussion , like that of the Corresponding Society , trampled upon by the iron heel of power—National Debt in full swing under the Heaven-bora Minister—Orthodoxy triumphant in Church and State — Dissent scarcely tolerated , abashed before the dominant faith—free thought scouted , skulking in corners , and only hinting its existence , or flaring forth in the unmeasured coarseness of men whose freedom lay solely in their recklessness . Socially , the people were labouring with a crisis of dearth . "We all remember the bread at two shillings a loaf : and if war prices
lent a fallacious activity to trade , a fallacious prosperity to those dependent upon trade , that solace of the hard time was afterwards paid in a desperate price on the reaction of peace . In our daily life respectable society is enormously improved since that day , both in conveniences and manners . We have food cheap and abundant , every part of the country shows better lodging ; raiment is plentiful and better . We have steam , railways , electric telegraph , penny postage , " and , " says the solemn Post , " chloroform and mesmerism ! " In short , we have escaped by half a century from the regime embodied in the genius of Pitt .
1815 brought to Europe and to England the blessings of peace . To Europe the blessings of peace were principally recorded and immortalized in the treaties of 1815 , which partitioned the continent of civilization among a small class of men called royal , which is very unequally divided between a few respectables , some rogues and some zanies . The scourge of Europe , indeed , Bonaparte , who had betrayed the cause of Republicanism and disgraced it by setting up in its name a spurious empire , was crushed and disposed of for ever , that was one embarrassment out of the way of future progress . As to the rogues and zanies royal , even
if we cannot convert the class and make it respectable , which seems almost a hopeless task , thot'g h we have had some promising nibbles in the Cobourg and Dutch families , we shall certainly be able to deal with them as we proceed . The period personated by Bonaparte had passed away , and 1815 left us with a ruling spirit represented on the Connent by the Holy Alliance and the treaties of 1815 in thin country by Wellington and Waterloo , —the decent honest Tory , with laurel « round his regulation cocked hat , who never mistrusted himself , and whose object in life was to see that the king ' s Government should be carried on .
An eventful and revolutionary period this peace of thirty-five years , ending with 1 H 5 O ! Europe haH never ceased to quiver with clenched teeth and fists under the settlement of the Holy Alliance . Italy has never ceased to warn off the " Foreigner , ' Who will be driven out at last ; Germany has studied in its books until it has found the problem of free thought in politics as well m metaphysics ; Belgium has parted from Holland to be a continental England ; and Holland with wisdom unusual i « bettered by the change , und emulates the freedom of its revolted province . France ban seen a HiicccHsion of rulers , First , a restoration of monarchy trying to bo a revival of aliHolutiHin , » n < 1 exiled in ( 'barlcH X . Next a long spell of Xouitf-JMiilippiNin , an enthroned humbug ol" the res pectability cIuhh . To that succeeds the elected humbug .
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TO HEADERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing : to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one Bide of the paper only . If long , it eucreases the difficulty of finding space for them .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . — Db . Arnold .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 4, 1851, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1864/page/10/
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