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of the press more precarious than at present . "Within the last two days most of the journals of Madrid had been seized , and several were obliged four times to altsr their text in order to appear .
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We have elsewhere , so fully described the present reign of terror at Milan , consequent upon the suppression of the revolt , that we have only to supply in this place the public and official documents , upon which , added to information derived from private and special sources , our comments are based . The Ililan Gazette of the 9 th , publishes a proclamation by Radetzky , dated from Verona , which subjects the city of Milan to the most rigorous execution of the state of siege ; orders that all strangers of suspicious character be expelled ; grants life pensions to the wounded and the families of soldiers fallen ; orders an extraordinary gratification to the garrison as a recompense for its efforts ;
and reserves the right of yet resorting to " extraordinary measures . " A proclamation by Count Strassoldo forbids the assemblage of more than three persons in the streets , and requires householders to register the names of their inmates . Another notification forbids "the carrying of large sticks , or any token of recognition to the disaffected , or any revolutionary emblems . " Another order suspends railway communication with Switzerland . The same number of the official journal declares that tranquillity is restored ; but the Zurich Gazette states that , on the evening of the 8 th , four or five oldiers were killed or wounded in the streets ; that General Benedek had just arrived , with full powers from Marshal Radetzky ; and that Tessinos , Piedmontese , and Englishmen were among the
prisoners . The Piedmontese Gazette of the 10 th inst . contains the following : —The Govern tnent of the King , having received timely notice of the circulation of the manifesto signed , in the name of the Italian committee , by Joseph Mazzini and Aurelio Saffi , first gave the necessary orders for the arrest of all the individuals who should attempt to pass from the royal dominions into the neighbouring states , to take part in the movements excited by said manifesto ; and secondly , decreed the immediate expulsion of a small number of refugees , convicted of having abused the hospitality they received in Piedmont . In the meantime it has ordered that all the refugees , indistinctly , residing in the frontier provinces , with the exception of those holding offices under the Government , should be removed to the interior . The Swiss and Piedmontese Governments seem to vie
with each other in declining the good graces of Austria . It must be confessed that their position is rather critical . The correspondent of the Daily News writes from Turin on the 21 st ult .: — " According to the news received indirectly from Milan the rage of the Austrian chiefs there is beyond conception . No man is safe , however harmless ho may be ; no one knows how to dress ; the military patrolcs , having authority to arrest any one and to fire on whoever they please , under the slightest pretence , are not sparing in making use of it . The number of those daily arrested is fo great that all the individuals confined for
debt have been set at liberty to make room for political prisoners . Among these aro now to be found many respectable people . More executions aro expected , as hangmen have boon sent for in the neighbouring provinces . All the theatres are shut up ; an order is on the point of luring issued compelling tho municipality of Milan to nettle a pension for life- on all tho wounded military , and all tho widows , relations , or children of the killed . Many Hungarian officers and soldiers are arrested , and several have been . shot in the Castle ( of Milan ) for having shown sympathy for tho people . dated Milan 8
The following order , , I ' ebruary , cut off the railway communication with Switzerland : —" By superior order , tho trains of tho public ; service on tho Milan , Afonzn iiiid Conio , and Milan and Troviglio railway lines aro suspended until further orders . " Among thoso tried by court martial and shot ., was a priest . The government had adopted military precautions on an extensive seale . Sentries hud been stationed all tho way between Oouio and Cliiasso . The towns of Lodi and JMonza were compromised . () f seven persons executed at Milan , two wore joiners , one was a waiter , ono a porter , one a typefounder , one a luittcr , and another a journeyman butcher . There being no gibbet ready the porter was shot instead of being hanged . A heavy contribution lias boon imposed upon Milan and other compromised towns .
Seven hundred insurgents attempting to cross tho irontier and join the movement at Milan , wero disarmed by the riedmontese ( Government ., at . Ktrudella . Denth bus just , removed another instrument , of political persecution . Morelli , tho I ' resident of the Criminal Court , who tried the accused of May ] f >| , h , 18-1-H , died a few days since perfectly mad . Thus the principal agents of Neapolitan injustice ! , IVechenodfi , Navarni , and Morelli , have been called from the hcoiio of their iniquities , and , singular enough , havo each died preternatural deaths . The government-paid spies who figured in tho political trials have lost , their stipends , find received small govornnient appointments instead .
Marshal "Radetzky lias publinhed a «« cond proclamation , in which ho orders tho judicial authorities nlo seijuestrato , upon tho first legal evidence , tho property of tlioso persons who shall render themselves , directly or indirectly , areomplioes in treasonable practices . lly another proclamation tho University of I ' aviu lias boon closed until further orders . Slight disorders had brokon out , at Forli and oi , Are / . zo , in tho Roman Slates , The Gazette d « Ilaslo ( il ' lho HHli announces that , all communication between ' Lnnilmnly ami Ticino is interrupted , tho passugo of iruvellorH , anil even merchandise and corn , being prohibited upon this frontier . There were iOOO AiistriauM on the line of Como , and 1200 on that of Varose . Letters from Vienna , in tho Constitutional Gazette , of Silesia , state that a widely-ramified conspiracy has boon
detected in Hungary . The details are wanting , but the fact of numerous arrests is well authenticated . Among the names of those in custody is that of Mrs . Eugene Beothy , whose husband was a commissary in Transylvania at the epoch of the revolution .
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KOSSUTH AND THE MILAN REVOLT . . We have received the following communication from Captain Mayne Reid . As the letter to which Captain Reid refers is of considerable length , and has already appeared , it is not necessary for us to reproduce it in full . The two passages subjoined state the substantial facts . It is to be remembered that the writer is addressing the Editor of the Times . { To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sik , '— "Well assured of your sympathy in the cause of liberty , I make bold to request that you will read a letter from myself , which appears in the Morning Post and Advertiser of this day ( Thursday ) . That in the Post is the correct copy , as I wrote it , and sent it to the journal to which it is addressed .
I know that in this matter M . Kossuth is an ill-used man , and I am resolved to defend him , whatever it may cost me . I feel confident that you will not allow me to suffer from the unfair advantage which my powerful opponent has already shown the intention of taking . Trusting to your sympathy with the oppressed people of Europe , as well as to your sense of justice and national hospitality towards a stranger like M . Kossuth , I shall say no more , but ask you to pardon me for taking the liberty to address you . I am , Sir , with high respect , yours , Matnb Reid . Parkfield-street , Islington , Feb . 17 th , 1853 .
{ To the Editor of the Times ) Sie , —In your journal of the 10 th inst ., appears a telegraphic despatch announcing an insurrection in Milan ; and underneath , in the same column , a document which you state " purports to be from Kossuth , " and to which is appended the name of that gentleman You have published that document without any authorization from the man whose name is subscribed to it ; and upon the day following , in an additional article , you have declared its authenticity , as a proclamation addressed by M . Kossuth from Bayswater , for the purpose of engaging the Lombard and Hungarian patriots in the late insurrection at Milan .
As such , sir , in the name of M . Kossuth , I disavow the document . Ipronounce it to be a forgery With regard to its first clause , I here affirm that M . Kossuth had not only no part in exciting the Italians to a revolution at this time , but that , up to the latest moment , he opposed such an ill-judged and premature movement with all the might of his counsel . He had weighty reasons for so doing . Perhaps you , sir , may know what these " weighty reasons" arc ; but whether you do or not , I am not going to declare them , for the benefit of Austrian ears . That is not the question now , but your charge is : to which I oppose the affirmation that it is not true . With regard to the latter clause of your quoted assertion , I have thus to answer : that tho moment in which M . Kossuth received the news of tho insurrection in 'Milan—and which came
upon him as unexpectedly as upon any man in Englandupon that moment ho hurried to make preparation for his departure for the scene of action . Although filled with a prophetic apprehension that tho affair would turn out to be an entente , and not a national revolution , he , nevertheless , resolved to lling bis body into the struggle . I , who was to havo had the honour of sharing his dangers , can bear testimony to the zeal with which lie was hurrying to face them , when bis purpose was frustrated by the nows that the insurrection was crushed . Wcro I to detail , as I may ono day bo called upon to do , the sacrifices which ho made to . eflecfc that object , the slanders , sir , which you havo uttered against , him would recoil still more bitterly upon yourself . For the present , I content myself with tho assertion of tho fact ; but should you render it necessary , I am ready with tho proofs
In the . Daily News of this morning , Captain May no Reid publishes u letter from Kossuth , thanking him for his letter to tho Times , disavowing the proclamation , and supporting the disavowal , by tho text of rm authentic proclamation addressed from London to tho HungiiriauH , since the news of tho , Milan revolt , or rather , of its suppression . We deem it necessary to caution our readers that tho matter in question lies exclusively between M . Kossuth and M . Mazzini ; the latter of whom is absent from England , and probably , us yet , entirely unconscious of tlio existence of any controversy upon tho subject .
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IUJRMAII . Tim despatches of tho overland mail recount a little fighting on tho part of General Godwin , in addition to giving , lit full length , the proclamation annexing Pegu , of which we gave ; an abstract last week . General Godwin having relieved I ' ogu on tho 15 th of December , heard that a force of tho enemy were entrenched hoi no four miles djsfiint , and , for a wonder , resolved to attack them . Accordingly , after expending two days in getting together means of convoying his commissariat , ho sol , out , with 1 U 00 men . They marched through thick jungle for a considerable distance , and then came rath or suddenly on the memy , drawn up , 10 , 000 strong , behind palisadoH , on u plain , ilauked by a tope and junglo . Leaving behind 200 men to guard tho baggage , he
advanced in columns to the attack , driving in the Burmese skirmishers . However , the main body did not stand their ground , but fled very fleetly . After an hour ' s rest , the inarch was renewed , and the position of the enemy at Lephangoon again seized , the enemy fl ying far before our troops . Here they stayed the night . The next day they penetrated still farther into the country ; at one time the Burmese seemed disposed to stand , but their courage soon failed them , and they fled , leaving their large barracks in our hands . The commissariat now was much reduced , and General Godwin was compelled to return to Pegu . Thence he went to Rangoon . He purposed sending an expedition , properly provided , against certain strong places occupied by the enemy .
Major Hill ' s defence of Pegu with his small force was most spirited and courageous . He not only withstood the onset of the Burmese , but protected large bodies of Pegnese .
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AMERICAN NOTES . The latest arrivals afford little matter for notice . The postscript of a letter announces that on the 27 th the Senate , by a considerable majority , adopted a resolution presented by General Cass , referring to the Committee of Foreign Relations the question as to whether any action should be taken on the alleged violation of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty , by the setting up of the Colony of the Bay of Islands . This is of some importance ; but it is only for inquiry . The main resolutions , reaffirming the Monroe doctrine , were being vigorously debated . General Cass had been directly accused of desiring war by Mr . Mangum , an accusation he denied . The Whig leader , Seward , had made a speech , and several others , and the whole debate was getting tedious . There seems , however , no abatement in the desire to be rid of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty .
The extradition case of Kaine , the Irishman , is still pending before the Supreme Court . By the latest accounts , the caloric ship , Hricsont had not sustained its reputation for speed and economy in the consumption of fuel . It appears that a treaty has been ratified between Great Britain and the executive of the United States , for establishing a reciprocity of trade with our North American provinces and the States , and settling the fisheries question . Some doubt is expressed as to its passing through the Senate . The Haltic arrived yesterday , bringing news to the 7 th instant , of which the following is a telegraphic
summary . The Honourable Mr . Everett , Secretary of State , had been elected senator for Massachusetts , in the place of the late Mr . Webster . The debate on tho Tehuantepec question rendered trouble with Mexico probable . An International Copyright Bill has been projected by some gentlemen at Washington . In the Senate Mr . Davis had introduced a bill to
regulate the rights of fishing and the rights of disposing of the proceeds of the fisheries . The bill provided , whenever the American fishermen are admitted to tho privilege of British residence in the provinces , the British fishermen should bo granted the like privileges in tho United States' waters , and also be allowed to enter the ports of tho United States on the payment of tho same duties which are required by law of American fishermen .
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ANOTHER FEMININE RESPONSE TO STAFFORD HOUSE . Tin ? feminine faculty of repartee Heoms to flourish vigorously on tho other side of tho Atlantic , if we may judge by tho few specimens which Mrs . John Bull has lately received from her sister-in-law . Mrs . " Julia Gardner Tyler , " ( if , indee d , she be the author of tho address " to the Duchess of Sutherland and tho Ladies of England" now before us , ) is wonderfully gifted with " that largo utterance , " not " of tho early Gods " exactly , but of the later Yankees ; and on this account , if on no other , she may be quite justified in assuming the oilico of spokeswoman . JJufc if sbo had reined in her rhetoric a little , and indul ged less freely in tho vice of itewition and reiteration , she might havo doubled tho strength of her addresn , and reduced its length by one half;—and this , without subtracting a grain of the tartness , pungency , and bitterness , with which she has neon fit , to season her argument .
Kespeeting the argument itsolf thero is very little to say . It is mainly true ; and tho feminine interventionists of Stafford House umy gather from it u thw wholesome axioms . Mrs . Tyler shall state tho chief points in her argument for herself . Sbo opens her epistle or oration thus" Your address to your sisters , tho women of tho United Statos , on tho subject of domestic slavery , as it exists among us , which has appeared in our public jourimlu ,
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178 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1853, page 178, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1974/page/10/
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