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      THE LEADER .

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      fllHE victorious advance of the Franco-Sardinian - " - army continues , and indeed , from the latest accounts would appear to have assumed the guise of a triumphal procession . "What course , indeed , the defeated Austrians will now take it is difficult to conjecture ; whether the veteran Hess and his lieutenants , Benedek and Ramming , will venture another great engagement with the morale of their army injured , if not destroyed by the incapacity of ( -Jyulai , or whether they Avill at once retreat to the shelter of the fortresses which

      have before successfully defied the enemies of Austrian dominion in Italy . The whole force of the allies has now crossed the Adda , and the line of that river is turned ; it cannot be defended by the Austrians with Garibaldi in the possession of Bergamo ; and it would therefore seem their only resource to fall back upon the line of the Mincio , and the fortresses of Peschiela , "Verona , and

      Mantua . These places of refuge were considex-ed well-nigh impregnable , Verona in particular , being styled a second Sebastopol ; but if Louis Napoleon ' s wonderful siege trains of rifled ordnance , which are now being hurried to the scene of action , answer but a part of the expectations which have been formed of their powers of execution , the campaign , may bo brought to an earlier close than the Austrians perhaps imagine .

      WhUeGaribakli is threatening tlie Southern Tyrol ; we learn that Prince Napoleon in the south is at the close of the . present week to commence his march upon Piaccnza , and , perhaps , upon Venice , to which latter spot is also directed the powerful fleet which the . Emperor Napoleon has despatched to the Adriatic . In order that no element of combination may be wanting against Austrian dominion a Hungarian legion is forming at Genoa , whither the valiant Kossuth is proceeding to assist in their organisation , while Klupka has issued a spiritstirring appeal to Magyar patriotism , which will bringMnany from their forced allegiance to Francis Joseph .

      This lnafc-namcd potentates position appears daily to increase in difficulty . The recent Imperial decree for the payment of interest on the national loan in papor instead of specie , exposes , too plainly , the national bankruptcy ; while his Gorman allies scorn to be wonderfully cooling down in their enthusiasm fbr the preservation of the integrity of Austria . Ilussia looks upon him with an unfbrffivinix and unpitying eye , and

      probably endeavour to carry on business . It seems to be impossible for Lord John Russell to come into office without flying to the old aristocratic and obstructive Whigs , and continuing the same old routine of family appointments . The best friends and well-wishers of the new Government cannot flatter themselves , we fear , that it is established upon anything like a broad basis ; how can Milne r Gibson and Cdbden , with their advanced political ideas , ever pull together with the Whig and Peelite noblemen and baronets who are ° to form part of the same Government , team with them ? Not a very lengthened

      period is likely to expn-e ere one section or the other will kick over tlie traces and upset the coach . It is , doubtless , true that the new Government can boast in some of its members " great administrative ability , parliamentary talents and statesmanlike reputation ; " but unless the great political questions w hich have so long agitated the public mind are brought by them to a satisfactory and speedy issue , the country will not , perhaps , be inclined to seeany groat benefit from the dismissal of the prctical , if less oratorical Cabinet w hich preceded them . Great as are the ability and experience of some individuals in the onsiderable of

      new Ministry , they carry a c ninojint dead weight \\ rith them ; and if we gain by Lord John as Foreign Secretary in place of Lord Maimesbury , we have substituted fbr thy energy , perseverance , and administrative powers of Lord Stanley the stolid feebleness of Sir Charles Wood , who having failed notoriously at tho Admiralty and the Exchequer , will probably make us great a hash of the affairs of India . Sir John Pakington and General Peel have left the navy and the army in a condition worthy of the position and resources of the empire . Pjray heaven that the Duke of Somerset and Mr . Sidney Herbert may keep them .

      so , and that the experience of the Crimean war has not been lost upon the latter statesman ! On the subject of neutrality it will be well to recollect that the blue-book just published shows Lord Derby and Lord Malmesbury to have done their utmost ( us it is allowed oh all sides ) to keep England out of the Italian difficulty . Two most important enterprises arc this week announced , to which all must wish success . The iirst is tlie laying down by Government

      Italy appears the very essence of moderation and justice , and there are not wanting many who are disposed to put faith in it as a genuine exposition of his policy . Most men , however , who have watched the career of this extraordinary individual , will be inclined to place it in the same category with the former declarations he has made to the world , which will be considered by him just so lortf ? as consists with his ambition of his policy .

      The Emperor disclaims all motives of territorial aggrandisement and personal ambition . His aim is only to free the Italian soil from foreign oppressors , and then to give the peop le their choice what form of government they will adopt , and whom they will take for their head . Perhaps the French garrisons which will be left , merely to -preserve order , when the Austrians are driven out © f Italy , may exercise soine influence upon public

      opinion . The rumour of the approaching return of Napoleon to Paris is not without significance , when combined with the fact of the mobilisation of six Prussian corps d ' armee . The tone of the Prussian journals continues to become daily more warlike , though it is obviously not the interest of that State to interfere in the belligerent arena . Should the Emperor be really on his way to France , it is probably with a view to the direction of the corps of observation towards the Rhine , at the same time that lie is superintending the movements of the army in Italy ; and Paris would certainly be the only place where this could be effected .

      Foreign news , except in respect of the . war , is of no great interest this week . The King of Naples we find has already modified the objectionable ministry which he had formed ; and we hear of an amnesty and a release of many thousand " suspected" from police surveillance . Let us hope this i ? not too good news to be true . In fact , it comes qualified with the intelligence of further political arrests , and hints that Francis II . dislikes members of his

      the society of the more liberal family , and is even suspected of a tendency to tho views of his departed sire . From the East come accounts of the brilliant state in which the Russian Grand-Duke Constantino has been visiting the holy shrines , and of the largesse in gold , diamonds , and orders which he has lavished among pashas , bishops , Greeks , and Turks ; and of tho contrast drawn in tho oriental mind with the unpretending visit and humble state of the English Queen ' s sailor son .

      of a telegraphic cable from luihnouth to , Gibraltar , which cannot fiiil to add to the security of cmr Mediterranean and Indian possessions : the other is a now trans-Atlantic cable , which , avoiding tho faults ofcouetnujtion in the former enterprise , ami being submerged upon sounder principles , will , it is honed , prove an enduring link between England and America . Tho accounts from tho North ot Ireland show that the pHUudo-religiouH agitation of tho lust few « , «» U- « 5 h ranidlv subsiding ; funiitiowni having

      : At home the ousted Conservatives are watching with mah ' cious satisfaction the attempts of tho two leaders of the lute opposition to form a compact Ministerial phalanx out of the discordant forces by whoso aid they gained their recent victory . Lord Derby ' s manly speech in the City lias pledged him and his party not to ofl ' or a factious opposition to thoir successors' governments which has therefore now to show to the country in

      produced its Wfoling , ™ sult of u certain amount of immorality and lunacy , the embers of tho fitful fire are happily dying out . Tho history of crime has received hoiiio fearful additions . Two murders , under circumstances of fonrful brutality , in diflbront part of tho provinces , are recorded ; ivlu'lo in tho metropolis a poor mad woman has destroyed herself and two innint children . The trial of Adams has resulted in a verdict of guilty and a sentence of death ; that of Smolhurst , accused of poispning , is to stand over till next session .

      what way those great measures will bo oamoa out which have formed the foundation of so many philippics against tho Tories . Few politicians , however , wiU expect any groat moasuro of reform from a Ministry which comprises Lord Campbell , Lord Palmerston , Mr . Gladstone , and tho D . ulce of Newcastle ; nor is the prospect of neutrality much brighter from tho ohange of administration . The strongest point in tho programme of tho new men is probably thoir anti-Austrian tone s and upon thin , email " stock in trade they will

      by her recent circular declares him to bo altogether in the wrong , and Napoleon ' s cause to bo that of justice and right . Still the rccourcps of his empire are groat ; with his Gorman subjects at least lie is popular , and his natural obstinacy and courageous disposition will , it is to bo feared , pr event lils listening to any terms of treaty until his cause appears absolutely hopeless ? and in tha moan time much good powder must bo wasted and many innocent lives sacrificed . Napoleon Ill ' s proclamation to the people of

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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- i INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- LITERATURE , SCIENCE , ART Benedict ' s Concert • i . . , Ktvicw » -r i nc wcciN . | . The Philharmonic <••> - noME intelligence . p age j -t ora stanlev and the Indian'A d- Literary Notes 74 ft Handel Choral Society . 75 : 1 Jmp 3 rial Parliament .: 730 | ministration iniuan aci rj , hc xi ^ Bsitndc 3 of Ita ly 748 8 t . James ' s Theatre ........ 7 M The New Ministry .. 736 | in Ai-in Notes " 74--J Memoirs of Robert Houilin-.,.... 74 'J Princess ' s .. 75 : 2 Law , Police , and Casualties 730 iuui . iu i * uwB Theology of Geologists 750 Adclphi . 7 te Naval and Military » 730 The Navies of the World 750 Robert Brough's Heading- 752 Volunteer Rifles 737 The English Bible 750 commercial—Ireland 737 Facts and Scraps 744 Miscellaneous Literature 751 t-owiivitKu « l General Home News 737 Postscript 74 v ! The Effects of War on Trade 752 The New Atlantic Telegraph 788 FINEARTb Money Market and Stoek Kxfoueicn intelligexce . PUBLrC AFFAIRS- Captain Peel ....... * ..... 751 change 750 The War 73 S Palmerston ' s » Woolly Horse " .. 745 Water-Color Society ' s Exhibition 7 ol Sg ^™^*? *^ 1 ^ - ^^ 7 U State of the Belligerent Forces .. 730 France and the Nationalities .... 745 THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS- ^ iwayl ^ M ^ cc ^" " " ™ General Summary / 40 rhc Principles of Politics , 40 Covont- < rarden 751 Joint-Stock Companies 754 0 mzny CORRE * ° . " ?~ ~ ... 740 "S ^ Woe ^ -J ^ vf l ^^ : 740 & £ y-lS £ e '" 751 General Trade Report ..... 7 K

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1859, page 735, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2299/page/3/