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    THte RED REPUBLICANS AND THE QUEEN . A painful , feeling of disgust and indignation has been excited in England by the publication in a French Jersey newspaper of some wild ravings directed against the Queen by the ultra-Red Republican section of the refugees now sheltered in London . An analysis of this document : fe thus given in the leading columns of the Times : ^—" A document has been lately circulated , signed ' The Committee of the Revolutionary Society . —Felix Pyat , Rougee , Jourdain . ' These three persons are , we believe , located on British soil . Their production is entitled 'A Letter to the Queen of England , ' and is of

    considerable length . It is , in " parts , so wild and unintelligible that it is charitable to think that exile and sufferings have turned the writers' brain . It has , however , been not the less accepted by thePrench refugees in this country as the exposition of their sentiments . It was read publicly and with applause at a meeting in London on the 22 nd of September , the anniversary of'the proclamation of the first French Republic . German and Polish refugees were present , together with two English TRepublicans , ' Citizens Nash and William Jones . ' A report of the proceedings appeared in the newspaper ZS'ffomme , published in Jersey by the refugees . After it was read sit the meeting , a frenchman , Citizen Talandier , made his comments . He paid a tribute to the memory of the

    Jacobins of 1793 , and divided the duties of the patriot into three heads—conspiracy , study of means , and propaganda . ' Such attempts , ' he observed , ' as 'those of Pianori and of the Angers insurgents are only justified in the eyes of the world by success . Let us hope that the justification is n't hanQ . ' Baptising their children in the name of the orily true trinity—Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ¦ they were to educate them in the cause . It will be aeon that rebellion and assassination are not the dreams df a single individual . The "Letter to the Queen of England' 1 h actually addressed to the Queen in terms of insolent familiarity . No feeling of decency or of respect for the usages of the conntry which has sheltered thorn restrains for a moment the ruffianly rhapsodists . i

    • us , -we neither beKeve in iiie justice of < 3 od nor in the eternal misery of man" ; "vre tlo not told out one hand to truth and the other to success ; we do not demand political liberty taiA social inequality ; vedo not cry , ' Vive la LiberteP and ' ViveVEmpereurT We are one . There rests our strength ; there is the pledge of out definitive triumph . 'The day of that triumph is not forthcoming as rapidly as we desire ; but , when it shall come , the Republic will 'be nailed "by virgin lq > s , which never -uttered another ' cry . ' Vive la RepubKque WniverseWe X > dmocratique e' t Sociale P " The publication of the Letter to the Queen and of these Tabid outponrings in the Jersey paper L'Homme , has excited so much indignation in tlie island that , at a meeting neld at St . Helier , it ^ vas determined to Tequest the Governor to "banish all connected with the journal from Jersey . A deputation accordingly "waited on his Excellency , in consequence of "which , the Constable of St . Helier verbally communicated to MM . Piancini , the proprietor , Ribeyrolles , the editor , and Thomas , the distributor , of the journal UHomme , the Governor ' s commands that they quit the island on or before Saturday , the 20 th inst . The proceedings of the meeting have t > een communicated to the French and British Governments .

    ' Why have you gone to see the parvenu tyrant , you honest woman , as much as a Queen can bo ? ' The Emperor is blasphemously described ns ''t he word'of treachery made flesh . ' An immediate rising is predicted . * The lightning of Pianori has preceded the thunder of the people . ' The'Queen Is told of her tfblly in making friends with this 'Corsican Emperor , whose purple is of French blood , by wTiom Prance is no moi-e represented than 'Prometheus by his vulture . She thinks of the master df * o-daywithoutithinkingdfito morrow ; but his infallible fate is > nign . He "Will bo punished . How will ho end ? HeTmaysay that the worst is to ride away in a carriage , like 'Charles X ,, or in a cab , like OLouia Philippe . 4 But 1 i < ' l < 1 i ' : '

    there is a third manner , madam—in a van , like Louis XVI . in an executioner ' s cart , to be oKcoutod by Donange , the hangman of Montfaucon . ' .... ' Louis Napoleon , ' says the letter , « is not a man ; ho shall bo executed ovon to his memory ; even hw remains and those of his relations shall not pollute thb soli ; they shall bo driven out , tho living and the dead ; it shall be a caaus belli for airy nation to give them shelter . The writers do not ooncenl that they desire tor royalty In England a fate little less disastrous * tian 'that which they predict In Fjrnnoe . Madam , * -says the Demodratio Committee , ' 1 « t the "Revolution be your cteeron « in Paris . It can point orit a opot inatruttttVe to sovereigns : '" 'Citizen Taiandier concludes the opoetih with which ho favoured his auditory in the following words :- *•• As Urn

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    THE ITALIAN NIGHTMARES . The joy felt by the Frenoh army of occupation at Rome at the successes in the Crimea has given occasion to the Government of his Holiness to exhibit its paltry spite against Sardinia . A Te Deum was sung at the Church of St . Louis of the French ; and it was desired to introduce the flags of France , England , Turkey , and Piedmont ; but the Vicar of the Holy See objected to the flag of Turkey as being Mahometan , and to that of Sardinia because that country is now under the Papal ban . The Ambassador of France is understood to have remonstrated , and to have had an audience of the Pope which lasted upwards of two hours ; but what resulted is not

    known . The utmost sympathy with the Russians , despite their difference of religion , is indeed being freely . manifested at Rome just now . A lawyer named Pallatta , a relation of Cardinal Gizzi , has been in the habit lately , at a certain coffee-house , of denouncing with the utmost bitterness the French , English , and Sardinians , for their part in the war against Russia . One evening he was spoken to by a stranger , and escorted to the exterior , where he was addressed by General de Montreal , who strongly rebuked him for indulging in such intemperate remarks against a power which is at the present moment upholding the Papal chair The General even threatened that the indiscreet orator should be sent in irons to the hulks at Toulon if he did not desist . From Naples , we hear of no settlement of the quarrel with . France and England ; but ive continue to read of the lawless state of the country from the tyranny of the

    Government and from the depredations of brigands , who attack the diligences with impunity . That the dismissal of Mazza has not led to any real improvement in the condition of the people , is manifest from the ensuing anecdote related by the Daily News Correspondent—an anecdote which refers to a period since the discharge of that insolent police despot : — "A short time ago , some hundred and twenty or fifty of the mule drivers in Sicily were employed by the British Government to accompany the miiles which were purchased by our Government for our service in the Crimea . Knowing well the tender mercies of their own Government , they , asked for passports , but were informed that passports were not at all necessary , A British steamer

    not many days since landed these men at Messina . Six of them , it appears , belonged to Reggio , whore , upon thoir arrival , they were arrested and cruelly beaten . An abominable p iece of tyranny , moreover , has been committed « t Sorrento . A youth , who was studying at tho Priest ' s Seminary there , composed a poem m honour of the fall of Seboatppol , and had the temerity to include in his verses some hopeful allusions to the probable . future liberty of Italy . H « put this poem into the hands of a sergeant to copy , and by him it was shown to the lieutowant of tho roff iment , who brought it before tho authorities at Naples . The lad was accordingly arrested ; and so also has been a Iriond to whom'he dedicated the verses . ...

    A bookseller has been seized and , prosecuted for haying on sale Rousseau ' s History ofMu » io—tho name Rousseau -boing thought auflioient offence . Tho jumcim court boforo which ho was taken , however , conceiving tUo case to bo correctional rather than penal , dismwsuu it , to be treated in a different way . Such is the state o things under tho now Ministry ; l > ufc Mazza ui hold to bo , in fact , tho directing spirit of tho police , Bianolm i being imbecile and easily influenced . A note , howov . has been uont to the British Araboaaador , intimating tuo dismissal of Mazza in official form . „„ , •!„„ t « I am informed , " says the Z > a » 7 y &wa Oorrwpondont , " that Borne differences-8 tiU exist between the Neapo Man and the French Governments on the subject oi iu refusalof passports to the nubjecta of'Niipta ^ "J desirous of going to the Ori « ioa . This dip lomatic battio tho French are OgUtlng alono . "

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    ^^* s * Md *^ F ^* ry % o « he « rip- *«* - « 9 * n * n * b « - ^ SdW ^ wVfr ^ inafcifc © PP *** " ™ . * &d to gild all tttatraer * £ r ** J awn * 5 ' ' 'Wet » e tB » te * e Republican % &m >( # ¦ gttvmnrient , % Wn of 'onfirertta -mrift-agft , vrben Jflas *« rt « mal wiiteJbops , so fboKSayestaiblWhed by M . SSaiie . -a rtpiftBtesa , *« sre ttrttts ^ + atasol ^ d ^ tliose Tia-^ onalimfcsfeops wbfefcifee-most impudent « f caltmmiefi «« crib « a 'tt > < 9 » e very wiaa against whom they were in-TWided , an 4 n * i « 9 » wade Beggars fee fotrngry workmen in quest of employment . We were -saso "nnder the 3 Rejttftlicattform d"f government , when -Che blood of the ( people , $ n lihe tnonthof June , was poured "forth to tor-* rwjts ; when the leaders-of the Teaction , after having twenty " Iftmes , in Uhe sitting of the 4 th < # f May , shouted 'lionglJte to Hihe ' RepuWKc V came gradually-so far as to rob of -trmVersal snffrage ' ithe vite multitude' ( la vile muUituaV ) . H « was a Republican , «» &t General < Javaignac , Who ordered les transportations 'en masse , 'and 'illowed "Paris to be a prey to all the horrors of a savage resentment . Louis ^ Bonaparte was a republican . He ^ ho , liavhig'perjffry -in his heart , though ndt yet on Iris < Hps , sent -French soldiers to Borne , there to crush the $£ oman Kepublic , -was president of the Republic . Ton must remember it , you , Mazzini , in-whose arms Italy Tell bleeding ! you , Xedru- 'Rollin , who art now an exile , 9 br having Tiiised a most courageous protest against so Abominable an outrage ! No , no ; the 'Republican form of government is not the object ( le but ); the object is to restore to'the dignity of 'human nature those whom the ¦ eefceess of poverty degrades , and to enlighten those whose SuMligence , from want of education , is but a dim vacillating ' lamp in 'the ' midst Of darkness ; the object is to m&e him * that works enjoj' all the fruits of his work ; € tte object is 'to enfranchise the people , by endeavouring gradually 'to abolish this double slavery—ignorance and Inisery . A very difficult task , indeed , whose accomplishment requires long study , deep meditation , and ¦ something more than discipline ! As to the Republican 'form djf government , it is a means , most -valuable cer--tttirtly , and TVhich "We ought to strive to conquer , even at the cost of life , but which it is very imprudent to mistake'fortbe aim , as the consequence might be to make tis'take the shadow for the substance , and run through a heap of ruiira to fatal delusions " I ana well aware , and I will gladly say in justice to Kosstlth , Ledra-Uollin , and Mazzini , that they have no Intention of proscribing discussion after the -victory is won . But they seem inclined to believe that , till then , discussion is to be removed . I am of a contrary opinion , and feel convinced that intelligent men can hardly act in common With power and success unless they have previously come to a perfect 'understanding as regards the many objects of their common struggle . ' The sabre Of Mahomet struok in -silence '— -true ; but Mahomet waa considered by : hisifollowers as a prophet , > os a semi-rgod ; lie was : obliged 'to account for his schemes and his thoughts ( to i none but himself . Where is the man bold enough to Bay to the republicans , 'I am Mahomet ; follow me ? ' . . . . "In our day , moreover , the people . must know clearly fhe worth'of the . movement to-which they are solicited . For iltaly , for Hungary , the question is simple . It is iBar less « o ftor 'France . The people will not easily take the sword , If vre insist upon leaving a bandage over its eyes , ilt has . already too often turned upon its ibed of pain , - without finding > repose—it has already poured forth too wraob . blood , only > to arrive at a change of masters . ' But Trhat besides ? The people , which is hungry , behold the bourgeoisie , which is afraid . The columniesapread against ms have peopled the imagination of . theraiddle classes -with-a thousand black phantoms . What appals them is the unforeseen , the unknonrn . Thus it happens that certain people accept tho Empire , even -while they detest it . Now , is it to bo believed that ihe apprehensions which oppose us can bo removed 'by spreading on the morrow of the -revolution nnomtairtties a thousand times more . alarming than the most hardy affirmations ? And have we nothing to offet to the totrifled spirits to restore their calm , except the image of *« . s » bre fthat strikes in sUenoo ? ' . . . " We should have , you will say , for the protection 'of U , thfeoovereignty of the people , illusion ! When a jjevolutionarywiaia 'breaks out , is . thei national will able * o , deoh »» E > it » elfiat < the moment ? Haa not every revolu- tion-a ppowlsion&l . fltato to . go tbrough ? i JDoe * not tho dircotdourof'oventa . depend iipon men wlio , in moments of supreme transition , are , invested with the connnand of forces ? .. - . . Read hlHtory—how many bloody mi « und « retandings would > not the Moutagnards and the Girondins hayo escaped iF , on the evo of a tremendous battle , th « y ha 4 had the opportunity of bettor penotrating « tid comprehending each other ' B moaning ! Unhappily , once involved in tho BmoHo of combat , 'deadened with 'itv / tuantlt , Intoxicated by'its violence , they thought t heyeaw everywhere the opeotr © of treaoon ; not cotttont to carry Ithe real points at iasuq , they -showered imagloary aocusationa upon ono Another ; they , mutually suspected each other of deairlng tho dcstrueflon of ,, v thj » fc , UpoHbUo which they all loved with an cQual love , aha lima Ahey < Qxxg beneath thelir own ftot a yatjt abyss into ¦ wfhlO'h they ail fell , one'hy ono , un'ift the Itovdlution ^ ia ' tolteMirBrrfl ^ Vallo woa up . Tho melan choly predlotlon ^ W ^ Mjifl J * aa realiaea j Saturn bad ttorourea Mb

    "T must add that , in the Etiamsi omnes , ego non , 'there has almost always been something heroic . When Galileo was contending against all Catholics that the earth ttrrns round tlie sun , ne was not the man of the Universal Chtrrch— -of the Popes . This was his glory , not his shame " To sum up all : —Organisation , but -no imperial counterfeiting , even in a warlike way . Union , but in the sphere of principles , first . War against the -present , but no veil thrown over the-morrow . Action , but subservient to the thought . "

    cannot cry anathema against a worship of the truth , however * oHtary . When the isolation of a philosopher , a friend of the people , is but tne delicate reserve df a rigid conscience winch disdains popularity , dislikes concessions , and only trusts , for fhe deliverance of the oppressed , to t ! he latent force of things , « ided by « tudy , we may tax such a p hilosopher with error , and blame him for overmuch pride i but if "he be disinterested in his belief , if he suffer for what he believes to be absolute truth , his error certainly has in it' nothing criminal , his pride nothing shameful .

    '" One last wwrfl . The manifesto of ; 1 £ 6 s 6 aSi , Learu-RoHin , snd Mazrini contains the foHowing passages—* Shanmft'on him -amongst "Os who , try sepTaraffing-from-tlte crnnmoTt % ofk , AaH desert « re army -which tfre « ry of i «» * snflering oretfcren is driving to tsttile , to isolate Wmselfin the barren pride of an exclusive programme ! Hem « y 'be a sectarian ; "but -he ts not tftie man of tlie Universal drarch . ' No exclusive programme , certainly , but the active , devotefl , and -conrageous concurrence of each to the cause of all , is what I , for my part , desire as ardently as Kosstffli , Ledru-RolKn , anfl M-azzmi . But I

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 1002, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2111/page/6/