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      and if your mother consents ? You must-make haste . I beg of you to write by return . " Write by return the silly girl did , and as I have no wish to screen her folly and falsehood , I give her letter verbatim : — " A present , madame , je veux vo . us expliquer ma position de fortune . ' . 5 e possede en Angleterre 4000 pounds ; un pound vaut en France 25 fr ., ayec une petite campagne , avec des jardins et deux champs . II faut que je vende cela tout de suite ; ca fait peut-etre 900 pounds ; plus , toute une fortune quijn ' * te

      laissee par ma tante pour ma vie , et , apres , pour mon man , si je meurs pour la premiere , efc pour nies enfans . Quand maman mourra , je recevrai une portion de fortune d ' elle . Aussi , madame , j ' ai un trousseau grand , comme j ' ai dit & M . Che ' ri , pour porter en France . Ma famille , madame , est tres ancienne et tres respectable ; mon pere est mort depuis quatorze ans ; j ' ai trois scours , toutes marines , 1 ' une a un medecin , l ' autre a un avocat , et la troisieme & un phannacien . Je suis la derniere , et vons comprenez que je vais etre la plus eloignee de

      maman . " Vous voyez , ma chere madame , que maman veut voir ici M . Che ' pour lui donner la fortune dans sa main , tout mon trousseau aussi , parce que je suis jeune encore et la derniere fille de la famille . Alors faites prier M . de X . . . . de lasser venir son fils . ... II peut venir cbez nous dans quatre jours , rester ici deux jours et retourner h . Pau dans le meme temps . Je suis toute prete . Mon trousseau est fait , robes et tout . Je touche ma fortune a present . Alors maman dit . que s'il ne peut pas rester , qu'il vienne comme cela , parce qti'ici on peut faire un manage vite avec le consentement des parens . Alors je vous supplie , madame , de le laisser venir dix jours ; nous reviendrons ensuite h , Pau . Maman veut que le mariage se fasse le plus tot possible ; rnaia il faut qu'il vienne . Le voyage n ' est pas long , je l ' ai fait toute seule quand j ' etais malade . Je vous

      remerqie pour la lettre que vous m avez ecrite ; je comprends tres bien tout ce que vous me dites . Je suis fache ' e d'e ' crire mal le franeais . Je fais donner a maman son consentement pour tout . II faut que M . Gheri recoive ma fortune h . la main lui-meme ; un avocat me l ' a dit . Laissez-lB venir , je vous supplie ; il pourra voir toute ma famille qui est en Angleterre et veut lui faire du bien . " These falsehoods were evidently inspired by those

      contained in Cheri ' s letter , and they may be treated lejaiently when we consider they were used by a girl to save her reputation and bring about marriage with one who had seduced her under the promise of marriage . The prospect of 4000 / . sent Cheri off to England to secure the sum , the truth of which might have been ascertained by inquiry of Cheri's future wife ' s mistress . And with this scamper in hot haste to England closes the first act in this melancholy drama . I will give the conclusion in ray next .

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      GERMANY . ( From our own Correspondent . ' ) October 13 . The anticipation which I ventured to express in my last regarding the settlement of the Regency question has been fully verified . The Prince of Prussia is now Regent of Prussia . It is not difficult to penetrate the motives of the Queen and her abettors in submitting thus suddenly after their long and obstinate opposition : the country was beginning to get interested in the matterthe people were devoting rather too much attention to political affairs—and there was every prospect of a dangerous agitation if the question remained longer open , and the

      confiscations of journals continued . Since the year 1848 this question has been the only one that has called forth a little political spirit amongst the journalists of Germany , and , comparatively speaking , they have evinced a certain amount of courage ; but , to make Germany what they want her to bo , a ' to induce the people to follow and confide in them , they must be prepared to submit to greater sacrifices than the loss of two or three numbers of a newspaper , whic h is less their loss than that of the subscribers . Even now tho journalists , although evidently enjoying more latitude than for tho last ten years , have not the heart to utter wholesome truths as they ought to bo uttered .

      The edict constituting the Prince sole Regent of the kingdom , ia literally as follows : —> " Supreme Ediot of 7 th October , inviting His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia to undertake the Regency . " Royal Highness and Beloved , —By acting as my representative in affairs of State during my illness this year paat you have afforded me a groat assuagement , for which X tender you my heartfelt thanks . As , by the visitation of God , I am etill prevented from , devoting myself to affairs of government , and aa ' the physicians have proscribed a J ourney to a more southerly clime , I request your Royal Highness , pending tula my continued indisposition , and

      till I shall be again able to fulfil the duties of my Royal ofiice , to exercise the kingly authority as Regent in my name upon your sole responsibility towards God , and according to your conscience and ability , and hereto your Roval Highness will decide upon every further needtuf arrangement . Of the concerns ! of my Royal household , all that 'regards my person I reserve to my own good p easure . " FrtedrIch Wilhelm .

      The following is the edict of his Royal Highness , of 9 th October , respecting his acceptance of the Regency , and the convening of the National Diet : — " According to the contents of the annexed Supreme Edict of the 7 th inst ., his Majesty being still prevented by the illness with which , by the visitation of God , he is afflicted , to devote himself in person to the affairs of government , has summoned me to undertake the Regency . In obedience to this , his Majesty ' s summons , and in accordance with the Article 56 of the Constitutional Charter of 31 st of January , 1850 , I , as the of the

      nearest Agnate , hereby undertake the Regency kingdom , to' conduct the government in his Majesty s name until his Majesty shall be enabled to resume himself the Royal authority . I have , therefore , agreeably to the provisions of Article 5 G of the Constitutional Charter of January 31-st , 1 S 50 , convened both Houses of the National Diet for the 20 th inst ., and I commission the Ministry of State to publish this ordinance with the Royal Edict of the 7 th inst . and my present order . " Wilhelm , Prince of Prussia , . " Regent . "

      The following is the translation of the writ issued by the Prince Regent , summoning the two Houses of the Diet : — "I , having undertaken the Regency of the Kingdom in obedience to the invitation of his Majesty , and in accordance with Article 5 G of the Constitutional Charter of the 31 st January , 1850 , hereby ordain ; according to the provisions of the * said Article o . G , what follows : " The two Houses of the Diet , the House of Lords and the House of Delegates ( Abgeardneten ) , are summoned to meet on the 20 th of October of the present year , in the capital and residence city of Berlin . commissioned with the

      " The Ministry of State is execution of this ordinance . Authentic , under my own hand , and impressed with the lioj-al seal , " ( L . S . ) "Wiijiexm , Pkince of Prussia , " Regent . ¦ " Done at Berlin , 9 th Oct . 1808 . " The publication of the above documents was preceded by the resignation of M . Von Westphalen , Minister of the Interior , which circumstance is taken as an evidence of an entire change in . the- system of government . The immediate cause of M . "Weetphalen ' s resignation is said to be this : —When the wording of the Royal edict came under the consideration of tho Council , tho Minister of the Interior , who from the very first has been the steady opponent of the Prince of Prussia , or rather the most audacious supporter of the Queen and her clique , insisted that Article 5 G of the Charter did not in nny

      degree boar upon tho Regency question as it stood at present , which was simply whether tho King could bo prevailed upon voluntarily to surrendor his royal authority to another , and whether the Prince would voluntarily accept it . As , in his opinion , tho event for which Article 50 provided had not occurred , he firmly declined signing an ordinance based upon that article . He was soon after this declaration relieved from his functions by an order signed by Mr . Mnnteufel , President of the Council , and countersigned by tho Prince Regont . It ran as follows : —

      " It has graciously pleased his Majesty tho King to relieve tho Miniator of State Von Wcstphulen , nt his own request , from tho Direction of tho Ministry of thq Interior , with the permission to rotnin tho title and runic of a Minister of State , and tho Minister of State Flottwcll is charged with tho management of tho Ministry of the Interior in tho interim . " The formal settlement of tho Regency has given universal satisfaction : to tho rulers who felt that a

      continuance of tho disputo would have gradually excited an agitation which might have been productive of groat dangor to themselves—to tho Liberals , who liavo long been hoping for the government of the Prince , for the reasons stated in former letters . Tho Liberals are tho more pleased , as the Prince , in his edict , takes his stand upon the Charter , whereas it will bo observed , in the ediot of tho Court , the Charter is completely ignored . Some journals expected a change of Ministry Imme-

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      SCIILESWIG-HOLSTEIX . A letter from Rondsburg flays : — " You mny take for granted that tho greatest exasperation prevails isr i » - Danish Court ngainat the German citizens nt Mnn-un c , who did not conceal from tho Kinjr tho nnwt «» ' •" tnkable signs of their dissection , Perhaps no h'W '" will el . ipse before they will bo made to fuel tlll > t < lll' ( , " tho Royal anger . The An ^ lo peasants , " - J " . , A ,, into bad odour nt Court . You remember that , w »«» . V King passed through Sulilaswig , tlioy nildromwl to m petitions of grievance against tho compuWry " '" ., , Danish language . Several strong oxi'iw onfl oi « * Frederick « ro reported , from which it would bcohi u i the unsatisfactory reception in tho duchy linn exiwpo <" him moro violently than over . Meanwhile , « " / active democratic propaganda takes udvnntiiso ^' stnto of things to propagate among tho people <> i j wlg-Holatoiu tho ideas of German unity mm m •' such as were preached by tho advanced Liberals <>¦ i Pamphlets are profusely disseminated f « r that P r One of these prints boars tho signature of a comnm of patriots of Kiel , Rcn . lsburg , and SohloBwIff , nim addressed 'To . all good Germans of Sol j lowSg-U"J » » | J especially to the troops ol' that country . l » ° 1 " I circulates secretly , but it Is « aid to find ovj y ««« __ eager readera . .... Some of the recent domu ««" tions In our neighbourhood are ottrlbuted to fluence of this popular propaganda .

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      diately , one swoop ; an was founded upon ignorance of the provisions of the Charter upon which the Prince had taken his stand , and to which by the wording of his edicts , he has pledged himself to adhere . Even the resignation or dismissal of M . AVestphalen was an act done prior to the transfer of the Royal authority , for , between the edict of . fhe King and that of the Prince of Prussia , there is a space of two days . The former was drawn up on the 7 tli , the latter not till the 9 th . Even under the first th « signature of Westphalen is not to be found , but that of the Minister Flottwcll instead , so that the resignation of M . Westpiialen cannot , in fact , be

      regarded as an act of the Prince Regent ' s ; besiiles , it is a question whether the Prince had the power to give the Minister his dismissal , for Article 5 S of the Constitutional Charter , so often quoted now by the Prince and his friend ? * concludes thus : — " After the establishment of the Regency , the Regent will take oath in the presence of a General Assembly of both Houses of the Diet , to maintain firmly and inviolably the Constitution of the kingdom , and to govern in unison with it ami the law * of the land . Until this oath shall have been taken , all the Ministers of State remain responsible for every act of the Government . " From this it follows that all those Ministers who were acting as responsible advisers of the

      Crown at the time of the transfer of the royal authority must continue their functions till the oath prescribed by the Constitution shall have been taken ; and as this can be done only in presence of the assembled Diet , it fallows , further , that no change of men can take place . In some German states , the power of the Itegent is , in similar cases , subjected to certain limitations ; he cannot , for instance , grant titles of nobility , or dispose of the Crown lands , it being presumed that such powers may lie dormant for a while without detriment to the State . This has led some journals to suppose that the'Prince Recent of Prussia is under similar restrictions , but > ueh

      is not the case . " The Recent exercises the royal authority in the name of the King , " according to Article 5 S of the Constitution , but exc . epting ' ciily the . name , all the rights of royalty devolve upon' him without any limitation whatever , fur the _ Gokkn liull of the year 1350 , which defined the prerogatives of the . Seven Princes of the Empire under Charles IV ., prescribes that the Regent , as soon as he is installed , is bound to invost himself with all the attributes appertaining to th ? " rights , the voice , and the power of sovereignty . "' I believe thisUull holds good in 'Prussia at tliis day , and consequently the Prince is in evury respect , except the nameKing of Prussia . /

      , The coniiscation of journals has now begun'in T ! avaria , and of course a dead bilenee upon political athnrs reigns . In Austria all journals , not newspapers _ oiily but even scientilic periodicals , are about to be subject * . I to a tax of only one kreutzcr in future . Last Wednesday a duel with pistols , at fifteen paces distance , was fought at Berlin , between an officer ol the Garde Reserve regiment and a yoinii ; nobleman , me cause of the meeting is not known . The result was not istol gnizM

      fatal , but the ball from tho officer ' s p just the forehead of the young nobleman , who wore a I anania straw hat , which probably saved his life , lor benifc very stout and elastic , it niny , perli .-tp « , have olleri i some slight resistance to the bullet and given it niiutnei direction . The hat was whirled from the young innna head bv the force of the Wow , ami , of cour . se , npiwl up . It is" reported that a submarine telegraph ia about 10 be laid down between the east coast of Kiiglauil m East Friain . It is expected to be commenced I . elore wend of this month .

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      and at but such expectation , nA * THE LEADER . [ No ^ iAT * Octobei ^ I C ^ 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1858, page 1102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2264/page/22/